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"and taken to the hospital. SHOT BY A COMPANION. Jeweler of Lewiston, Minn., Probably Fatally Injured. Winona, Minn., Dec. 2.—Fred Kohl- epp, a jeweler of Lewiston, in this county, was accidentally shot by a comrade, Newmann of this city, @ member of the Winona high school feotball team, while hunting in the vicinity of Utica to-day. A full charge of shot from a gun which Newman was carrying struck Kohlepp in the right shoulder. He was picked up and taken to the farm of Mr. Wood- worth, where he was given attention until a physician could arrive, It was found that the wound was of a very serious nature, and he was brought to this city on an extra train to-night He is very low, and it is thought that he cannot live twenty-four hours. His parents reside at Alma, Wis. ATE POISONED OYSTERS. Former St. Paul Woman Thought to Be Dying in Madison. Madison, Wis., Dec. 2.—Mrs. Julius E. Olson, wife of the professor of Scandinavian languages and literature in the state university, is believed to be dying at the city hospital last night from the effects of poisoned oysters which she ate several weeks ago. Dr. J. A. Jackson, assisted by other physicians, performed an operation yesterday. Soon after the operation Mrs. Olson was taken with sinking spells, Prof. and Mrs, Olson returned two months ago from an extended trip abroad. Mrs. Olson is about thirty years old and was married five years ago. Her father is a well-known build ing contractor in St. Paul. ELECTRIC LINE A CERTAINTY, Work of Grading to Be Begun Early in the Spring. Black River Falls, Wis., Dec. 2. — ‘The surveyors of the new electric rail- read between here and La Crosse are now working between Melrose and this city, and will no doubt reach here tkis' week. The ‘survey being made follows the route last surveyed by the McHugh surveyors three years ago, | until it passes Melrose, then instead of following the river it keeps due north to Disce, thence to this city. From Melrose it runs about four miles west of the old survey, and it is thought the route will be much easier to work. The projectors consider the road a certainty this time and that work may be begun on the grading early in the spring. CAUGHT IN SIOUX CITY. Gang of Men Thought to Have Ope- rated in South Dakota. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 2.—The po- lice here succeeded yesterday in land- ing a gang of men who are thought to i have been robbing South Dakota’ stores. Four men were taken into| custody after they had gone into an auction store to dispose of a grip filled with articles. The men each carried revolvers. Two policemen who had shadowed them for two days arrested them without difficulty. A number of robberies have occurred in South Dakota stores recently and it is "yelieved these men did the work. MANGLED UNDER ENGINE. Man Instantly Killed Near St. Croix Falls. Taylors Falls, Minn., Dec. 2.—Ern- est Williams of Shafer, Minn., was in- stantly killed by the upsetting of a traction engine in attempting to ascend the steep hill to the main street of the village of St. Croix Falls. He was on the engine with Joseph Nelson, and half-way up the grade the engine commenced slip- ping back owing to the snow and ice, and went over the embankment. Will- iams fell under and was terribly mangled. He was about twenty-four years old and leaves a widow. MAIL CLERK GIVEN FORTUNE. Inherits Land in Wisconsin With Lith- ographic Stone Deposit. Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 2.—C. A. An. derson, a railway mail clerk of this city, has been given a valuable piece of property near Hannibal, Mo., said to contain a quarry of lithographers’ stone. He has declined an offer of $700,000 for it. ‘The original owner of the property bequathed it to a former governor of New York, who died before he visited his legacy. The widow oered Ander- son, who is related to the family, a half interest to develop the quarries. FIREBUG AT WINONA. | Barn, With Eight Horses and Four Mules, Is Destroyed. Winona, Minn., Dec. 2.—An incen- diary fire totally destroyed the barn of Pat Minck, drayman, causing a loss of $5,000; insurance, $1,500. | Four horses were burned to death and four others and four mules were killed be- cause of injuries. Eight tons of hay, a supply of feed, rope, blocks, takle and harnesses were destroyed. No clue to the person who set the fire. SAY HE WAS MURDERED. ‘Coroner’s Jury Fails to Penetrate a lowa Mystery. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 2. — Mystery surrounds the death of William Gill jam of Sioux Falls, who it was thought committed suicide at Rock Rapids a few weeks ago. The coro- mer’s returned a verdict that vs aa murdered, but did not jfind any cl the murderers. It is ee THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centars, St. Paul, Dec. 3. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 73@74c; No. 2 Northern, 72 @73c; No. 3, 69@70c; no grade, 61@ 70c. Barley—Malting grades, 45@53c; feeding grades, 37@45c. Rye—No. 2, 47@48c. Flax—No. 1, $1.18@1.19; re- ,Jected, $1.16@1.17. Oats—No. 3 white, 30@31e; No. 4 white, 29 1-2@30 1-2c; No. 3, 28@29e. Minneapolis, Dec. 3. — Wheat—No. 1 hard, 731-4c; No. 1 Northern, 721-4c; No. 2 Northern, 70 3-4c. Duluth, Dec. 3. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 72 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 71 3-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 69 3-8c; No. 3 spring, 67 3-8c; oats, 32c; rye, 51c; barley, 35 @53c. Chicagé, Dec. 3. — Wheat — No. 2 ted, 74c; No. 3 red, 69@78c; No. 2 hard winter, 72c; No. 3 hard winter, 68@70c; No., 1 Northern spring, 761-4c; No. 2 Northern spring, 72 @ 74c; No. 3 spring, 68@72c. Corn — Nos. 2 and 3, 58@531-2c. Oats—No. 2, 293-4 @ 301-2c; No. 3, 291-4 @ 29 1-2c. Milwaukee, Dec. 3. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 75@75,1-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 73 3-8@741-2c; May, 75 1-8¢c. Rye lower; No. i, 511-2c. Barley steady; No. 2, 661-2c. Oats firm; No. 3 white, 30@321-2c. Corn—May, 52 3-4c. Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 3. — Cattle— Beeves, $4.50 @ 6; cows, bulls and mixed, $2@4; stockérs and feeders, $2.50@4.50; yearlings and calves, $2.50 @4. Hogs, $5.75@6.10; bulk. $5.90@6. Chicago, Dec. 3. — Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.75@7.25; stockers and feeders, $2 @ 4.75; cows and heifers, $1.40@5; calves, $3.50 @ 7; Texas- fed steers, $3 @ 4; Western steers, $3.50@5. Hogs—-Mixed and butchers, $5.65 @ 6.20; rough heavy, $5.65@6.05. Sheep—good to choice wethers, $3.60 @4.10; fair to choice mixed, $2.50 @ 3.60; Western sheep, $2.75 @ 3.80; native lambs, $3.50@5.50; Western lambs, $3.75@5. South St. Paul, Dec. 3. — Cattle — Good to choice steers, $4.25@5; good to choice cows and heifers, $3@3.75; good to choice feeding steers, $3.75@ 4.25; good to choice stock steers, $2.75 | @3; steer calves, $1.50@2.75; good to choice stock cows and heifers, $2.25@ 2.50; heifer calves, $1@2.40. Hogs— Price range, $5.80@6.15; bulk, $5.90@ 5.95; rough sorts, $5.60. Sheep—Good to choice fat lambs, $4.25@4.50; fair to good, $3.75 @ 4; culls and stock Jambs, $2.50 @ 3.75; good to choice yearling wethers, $3.25@3.50. AUCTION BANK’S ASSETS. Five Thousand Three Hundred Dol- lars Is the Highest Bid. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 3. — The assets of the Grand Forks National bank were sold at auction yesterday to J. D. Bacon for $5,300. There were several bidders, but none of them wished to go to a very high figure. The indebtedness scheduled is about $200,000. The bank failed in 1896, and has paid about 50 per cent of its de- posits. PULLS GUN TOWARD HIM. Wisconsin Hunter Is Not Expected to Live. Grantsburg, Wis., Dec. 3. — Henry Backmark, assistant buttermaker at the Atlas creamery, and a companion went hunting yesterday. Both laid their guns on a brush pile. Back- mark took hold of his by the muzzle and pulled it toward him, when it went off, the shot going through his right lung. He is not expected to live. 4 For Shooting a Cur. Madison, S. D., Dec..3. — Although this (Lake) county has several thou- sand more dogs than it needs, it ap- parently is a crime to kill one of the animals. John Huntamer has been arrested on the charge of shooting a dog belonging to Frank Keller, a farm- er living in Franklin township, and as the result of his preliminary ex+ amination has been bound over in the sum of $200 for his appearance at the, February term of the state circiit court. Thus a 45-cent dog is likely td cost the taxpayers of the county sev- eral hundred dollats. Result of an Old Family Feud. Carroll, Iowa, Dec. 3. — Charles Crone yesterday shot and killed James Faust near here, while Faust was entering the home of Charles Faust through an upstairs window. The shooting was the result of an old family feud. It is said that James Faust had threatened to kill Charles Faust’s whole family. Crone is a nephew of Charles Faust. Mill Not to Be Rebuilt. Upson, Wis., Dec. 3. — The Upson Sawmill company, of which Albert Vogel, was the proprietor, and which was recently destroyed by fire, has sold its timber lands, consisting of 4,000 acres, to the Foster Lumber |_ Company of Mellen for $10,000. The Foster Lumber company will have the into lumber. Business House Burns. Tyndall, S. D., Dec. 3—The general merchandise store of Schwardtmann & Co. was gutted by fire.. Loss, $2,- 500 on building and $12,000 on the stock; insurance, $3,500 on building and $8,000 on stock. Dead With Chickens. Rolfe, Iowa, Dec. 3.—Neils Johan- ‘sen, a farmer living four miles north, |, hung himself in a chicken coop. spondency is attributed considered well Of and logs shipped to Mellen to be sawed cause. | quired. — oo IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MILLIONS Minnesota’ Has a Heavy Investment in Educational Facilities. A statement prepared by State Superintendent Olsen shows that Min- nesota has 412,671 school children, and that for the training of these young ideas, the various school dis- tricts employed 12,605 teachers at an expense of $4,347,354.53, and housed them in school buildings to the value of $17,604,436, providing them with furniture to the amount of $893,447, school apparatus to the value of $492,- 290, and libraries worth $253,290. The statement complete follows: Pupils. Number entitled to appor- tionment . Not entitled to apportion- ment Total number enrolled i public schools ........ Pupils under 5 and 8 years of age enrolled.. Pupils between/8 and 16 years of age enrolled.. Pupils between 16 and 21 years of age enrolled.. Pupils between 8 and 16 years of age attending not less than twelve WEEKS 2... .e.eeeeeeee Average number of days each has attended in eommon districts. .... 81 Average length of school in months in common districts ...... ss... 6.9 Average num! of days each has attended in independent and special districts .... .... Average length of school in months, independent 353,612 aseeee sobsreyete 61,059 412,671 102,688 281,536 “29,982 224,334 131,2 and special districts... 8.95 Teachers. a—In Common Schol Districts— Number employed during the year, males....... 1,613 Number employed during the year, females...... 6,952 “otal number of teachers 8,565 .-verage monthly wages of teachers, males..... $43.46 Average monthly wages of teachers, females... 33.14 Number who are gradu- ates of high schools... 2,061 Number who are gradu- ates of normal schools. 780 ates of colleges........ 198 Number holding _posi- tions, three years or MOTE 2.6055 seeeseceee ' 682 Number holding _posi- tions, two years....... 1,272 Number holding posi- tions, one year........ 4,533 b—Independent and Special Dis- tricts— Number employed during the year, males........ Number employed during the year, females...... Total number of teachers Average monthly wages 361 3,679 4,040 of teachers, males..... $93.50 Average monthly wage: of teachers, female.... 44.87 Number who are gradu- ates of high schools... * 2,055 Number who are gradu- ates of normal schools. 1,949 Number who are gradu- ates of colleges... 666 Number holding positions continuously for three ' years or more...... woes 2,089 Number holding positions continuously two years. 896 Number holding positions “continuously one year.. 1,060 Total number of public school teachers ....... 12,605 * School Houses. Total Number of School Houses— Frame .. . 7,565 6 Brick . 608 Stone . 98 | Log . 237 1 RE ye AA eRe SAB seeeee 8,508 Number of new school houses built ..... eee 642 Value of all school houses and sites . Value of seat: Value of school apparatus School Libraries. Mumber of volumes all during the year....... Total number of volumes in the libraries........ Total number of libraries. .Value of all school “li- DPATICB so 5-0'Fs owt ses 4 Text Books. Number of districts sup- plying free text books. umber of districts sell- WAT RR CORE santo anes sy Average cost per pupil for ; supplying free books.. Average cost per pupil for selling at cost..... be o's Financial Statement. ~ Paid for teachers’ wages ¢ and board ............ $4,347,354.53 Aggregate indebtedness $17,604,436 893,447 492,290 53,120 - 553,362 3,650 $353,679 4,864 930 45 65 Y of districts ........... 4,307,099.00 ‘Number of districts in- cluded “26.0. be eccads 3,320 He Didn’t Guess It. “Oh, I have such a lovely conun- drum for you!” she exclaimed, de- lightedly. “I know you'll never guess it? “Oh, I don’t know,” he replied, confi- dently. “Let's have it, and we'll see.” “When is a gown not a gown?” she asked. _ He looked dubious. “7 know an rtrd hs he said, “but aps you better give me ee it’s ae dream,” she explained. never would have guessed it,” he MIX-UP OVER NEW COUNTIES. Plans to Subdivide Beltrami and Polk Counties. The various propositions submitted to the voters of Beltrami and Polk counties for subdividing those coun ties seems certain to give rise to any amount of controversy. Three propositions were submitted to the voters of Beltrami county. The official returns made by the county canvassing board show that the prop- osition to establish Clearwater county carried carried by a vote of 396 to 48. The returns, however are incomplete, and none are made from some voting districts. The returns made by other districts were irregular. The board’s certificate shows that all three propo- sitions failed to carry, and it is ac- companied by a long written state- ment, and copies of ‘the returns re- ceived on the propositions. The propesition to establsh Roose- velt county out of Beltrami county re- ceived, on the face of the returns, 407 votes for it and 691 votes against it. The proposition to establish Black Duck county received 158 votes for it and 387 votes against it. The supporters’ of all three proposi- tions claim ,however, that if all the votes were counted their proposition would carry, as, after the proper peti- tion had been filed with the secretary of state, and the governor had issued his proclamation directing that the proposition to establish a new county be submitted to the voters the only requirement of the law is that the proposition should receive a majority of the votes cast uponit. The proposi- tion is voted for only in counties af- fected by the establishment of the pro- posed new county. Four propositions for the division of Polk county were submitted to the voters of the county. No official re- turns have been received by the secre- tary of state as to the vote, but the report is that the county canvass re- vealed that two propositions, one to establish-a new county, to be known as Nelson county, and another to es- tablish Columbia county, carried. Both propositions would organize the same townships in the southeastern portion of Polk county into a new county. The only differenee between them is that the county seat of Nelson county is fixed at Fosston, and of Ca- lumbia county at McIntosh. . WORK GREATER THAN EXPECTED Laws Cannot Be Codified Within Spec- ified Time. The state commission for revising the statutes will come before the legis- lature this winter wth a report that the best efforts of the commission haye been deyoted,to the work of cod- ifying the laws of Minnesota and that it has been unable to complete the work in the time specified in the law creating the commission. It will re- commend that the commisson be ex- tended, and that an additional appro- priation be made for the payment of its members. H. F. Stevens ,a member of the com- mission, says that the work of the commission has been done thoroughly, and it has taken longer than was ex- pected, because the ground to be gone over was underestimated when the commission was created. Instead of examining and harmonizing 8,000 par- agraphs of law, ag estimated when the they began work, they have found it advisablé to examine twice that num- ber. The laws of Minnesota were codified by a commission in 1866 ,but an’ ex- amination of that commission’s work convinced the present commission that it would be best to examine the entire range of state law from the be- ginning ,to get the best results. They have carried out their work on that plan. Every law in Minnesota, either un- der territorial or state government, has been examined and classified. In addition to this, every supreme court decision has been taken into consider- ation in connection with the law which it interprets, and has been followed in rephrassing the provisions of the old Jaws. There has been an enormous amount of duplication in the past leg- islation o fthe state, and all this has to be compared and reduced to ,the least amount of words necessary for preserving the sense of the law. i) EIGHTEEN YEARS PRISON TERM. Levi Nystedt and Andrew Haakansen Plead Guilty to Murder. Minneapolis, Dec. 3.—Levi Nystedt and Andrew Haakansen pleaded guilty’ to a charge of murder in the Hennepin county court, and were each sentenced to eighteén years in the state’s prison at Stillwater. Their -erime was the murder of an unknown man at Prospect Park on the night of Oct. 12. Had the case gone to trial a conviction must have followed, for in their confession to ‘the police, hefore they knew their victim was dead, they admitted having “held up” the dead man. rt acne ; Actress Is Killed. Philadelphia, Dec. 3. — Mrs. Kate Hassett, aged twenty-eight years, lead- third degree before Judge Elliot in the | woman in Keith’s Eighth Street TIED UP BY STORM WINTER’S FIRST SNOW STORM SWEEPS HALF THE COUNTRY. : TELEGRAPH «SERVICE CRIPPLED SNOW IN THE NORTH, RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND SLEET BE- TWEEN BOTH. ‘ TRAVEL 1S NOT INTERRUPTED ALL TRAINS WERE RUN AL- MOST ON SCHEDULE TIME. St. Paul, Dec. 3.—St. Paul yesterday was near the fringe of a snowstorm “which covered fully half the country. The center of the storm was in North- ern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas, and it extended north into Minnesota, west into Colorado, south into Texas and east into Indiana. It was a snow- sstorm in the North, a rainstorm in the South, and sleet between the two, and it was the sleet that did most of the damage that affected St. Paul. The sleet storm in Northern Illinois, Indiana and Eastern Iowa affected the telegraph wires, and telegraph com- panies spent most of the night trying to repair broken lines enough to keep up the service. St. Paul, during a part of the night, was almost completely shut off from Chicago and the Hast. During the early part of the night there was no direct lines through to Chicago, and the only way of reach- ing the East was through Winnipeg. The lines were able to get into Iowa, but south and east of that they could not penetrate. Later a few lines were opened to Chicago, and intermittent communication was kept up through the rest of the night. : The storm in this region was not severe enough to affect railroad or street car traffic. The lines were not only kept open but trains were run almost on schedule time. The weather bureau predicts colder weather to follow the snowstorm. A cold wave is coming down from the Northwest, and the predictions are that it will arrive as soon as the snow- storm is over. Several of the North- western stations reported tempera- ture down in the neighborhood of zero last night, but it is not expected to go so low by the time it strikes here. MARINE COOKS JOIN UNION. International Seaman’s Union Meets in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Dec. 3.—-Marine cooks of the Pacific coast were granted a charter by the International Seamen’s Union of America. An application for a charter by the marine cooks of Buf- falo was referred to the committee on organization. A communication from the licensed mates of the Atlantic coast asking for assistance in ergan- izing was also referred to the commit- tee on organization. Secretary Fras- er recommended that the fishermen of Pensacola, Fla., who are now mem- bers of the Knights of Labor, be asked to join the seamen’s union. The lodges of Scranton, Miss., and Mobile, Ala., ask that organizers be placed in those sections. Bay City, Mich., and San Francisco are new candidates for the next gathering. BIG FIRE AT HANCOCK. Loss of Twenty-Five Thousand Dol- lars Is Incurred. Hancock, Minn., Dec. 3. — Monday night Hancock experienced the worst fire in the history of the town. Fire started in a saloon in the middle of a frame block and spread both ways, burning the entire block except a fire- proof brick building on the corner. losers are: L. B. Wheeler, jeweler; I. T. Tollifson, druggist; Stone, Mun- roe & Stebbins, furniture and hard- ware; Dr. C. L. Cates, office and con- tents; Herman Schliep, saloon; EH. “A. Dutcher, grain and land office. Five families living .over the stores are made homeless, some being unable to save any household goods. The mer- chants saved part of their stocks. The loss is estimated at $25,000; about half covered by insurance. DANGEROUS CROSSING. Young lowa Farmer Is Killed at State Center. Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec. 3.—Henry F. Smith, a prominent young farmer, was instantly killed and Henry Hennis seriously injured by the Northwestern fast train at State Cen- ter crossing. The dead man leaves a wife and three children. Many acci- dents have occurred on this crossing, which is probably the most dangerous in the state. AGAINST CONSOLIDATION. Montana Board of Education Opposes Proposition. ¥ Helena, Mont., Dec. 3. — The state 'poard of cducation unanimously | passed a resolution declaring against consolidation of the state educational | institutions. The subject has been under discussion for two years, the last legislature having ordered an in- settled the question. . Used a Butcher Knife. Grand Rapids, Wis., Dec. 3—Jacob Martin, twenty-three years old, com- mitted suicide at Swan, in the town of Frankfort. He did the deed by cutting his throat with a butcher knife. He was an invalid. Leaps Into the River. Falls Wis., Dec. 3. — quiry by the board, which has now . KILLING OFF THE DEER. Timber Wolves Creating Depredations in the North. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 3. — Attorney General Douglas, who returned to Duluth last night from a hunting trip in Northern Minnesota, reports that timber wolves have been creating great depredations among the deer. The great scarcity of this game he attributes to this fact more than to anything else. In an interview he de- clared that unless steps were taken to destroy the wolf pest big game in Northern Minnesota would be gone within a few years. “There is too little inducement to the average man to kill wolves for the bounty which the state now al- lows,” said Gen. Douglas, “and I be- lieve the legislature should amend the law in such a way as would re- sult in greater destruction of the pests.” CANNOT APPEAR IN DANTE. Ellen Terry Will Visit America, but Not With Irving. London, Dee. 3.—Sir Henry Irving telegraphed from Newcastle-on-Tyne confirming the statement that Miss Ellen Terry will appear in America next year, under Charles Frohman, with her own company. He says that as there is no part in “Dante” for Miss Terry an amicable agreement was reached by which she leaves his company temporarily, and that Miss Terry will appear in her repertory in America at the same time that he ap- pears in “Dante.” pala alle Miekuta bc Stacks ONE-MAN POWER. London Paper Regrets That There Should Be a Morgan. London, Dec. 3. — The Daily Mail has commenced a series of articles on the financial operations of Mr. J. P. Morgan, the tenor of which may be gathered from the following quotation from the introductory editorial: “It is a misfortune for the world that such vast issues should hang on the discretion and judgment of a single man, for the failure of any one of Mr. Morgan’s trusts may mean a‘ financial catastrophe.” GETS BIG VERDICT. Jury Awards $100,000 to Woman Who Lost Husband in Tunnel Accident. New York, Dec. 3.—A verdict for $100,000 damages was brouge: in \by the jury in the suit of Mrs. Jennie M. Leys against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad company. Mrs. Leys sued for $250,000 for the death of her husband, who was killed in a collision in the company’s tunnel in this city in January last. Mr. Leys was manager of a department store and his earnings were said to be $25,- 000 a year. : 4 NATIONAL HEALTH CONGRESS. It Will’ Be Called to Consider the Plague. Washington, Dec. 3. — The marine postal bureau has received the reso- lutions of the Minnesota State board of health regarding the plague in San Francisco and the need for a national convention of the state boards of health to deal with it. Surgeon Gen- eral Wyman says that a national con- vention will be called probably be- fore the holidays. SHOT AT A TURKEY SHOOT. Receives an Ugly Wound in the ack From the Gun of a Friend. j Winnipeg, Man., Dec. 3.—Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at the skating rink at Elgin, ,Man., during the prog- ress of a turkey shoot. Nick Wicka- ford: accidentally shot Angus Leslie in the back with a shotgun at a dis- tance of not more than four feet. There is but a slight chance of his recovery. A Rich Man’s Good Work. New York, Dec. 3.—In connection with the coming visit to this city of Prof. Lorenz of Vienna it is stated that a well known capitalist has ar- ranged to make a donation of a large sum to carry on the work of caring for poor children afflicted with hip disease after Dr. Lorenz shall have feturned to Europe. The gift will be sufficient, it is said, to give treatment to sufferers among -the poor for a~ long time. The work will be carried on by local surgeons who will attend the Lorenz clinics. fa Hie A haat es No Split in the Irish Party. Dublin, Dec. 3.— John Redmond, chairman of the Irish party, has -aved the Irissh situation by publish »z a | request to the Irish members to re- | turn to parliament if the interyention of the house of lords with regard to | the education bill gives any chance of ' serving the Catholic schools. The let- | ter is most conciliatory and destroys the possibility of a split in the Irish Nationalist ranks. It is becoming ap- parent that the seople are united in favor of the ney land bill and eager to see it passed. ‘ Cossacks Vs. Strikers. London, Dec. 3.—A special dispatch from St. Petersburg, announces that serious conflicts occurred recently be- tween Cossacks and 3,000 strikers at Viadi-Kavuas. Shots were exc! and a few men were killeed and thirty were wounded on both sides. Upward of 100 strikers were arrested. The Death of “a City.” Tona, S. Dec. 3. — The town of Condon, which was established for the purpose of wiping Iona out of ex- has itself “gone by the It was situgted. only a few |zrs from TIona and aspired to be- come the principal town of the south- ern part of this (Lyman) county. The s\n ulemaencwr oer