Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1889, Page 2

DUN'S REVIEW OF THE WEEK. Open Weather in the West Causes Slow Oollections. COAL TRADE MOST AFFECTED. No Relief Anticipated For the Woolen Goods Business Until a Prolonged Cold Spell Sets Condi- tion of Other Lines., The Commercial Situation, Nrw Yonk, Dee. 27.—|Special Telegram to Ttk Bk, |—R. G, Dun & Co.'s weekly re- view of trade says: At westorn points, with searcely an excop tion, the open weather and bad condition of country r d as causes of un- usually slow collections, [n other respects the reports of trade are gencrally satisfac- tory. The movement of grain at Chicago continues equal to that of last year to date, with au increase of 50 per cent in beef pro ducts., Receipts of butter were nearly doub- led and there is a slight increase in lard, but some docline in cheese, wools and hides, weak points of the situation are those trades which are most uffecied by two suc- cessive zmild winters. The anthracite coal trade is stagnant in the absence of demand, and the situation is almost without vre- cedent. More than half of the Reading coal mines have closed, throwing 8,000 miners out of work, and it is stated that 20,000 1ainers aro working on three-quarters time. The bitumiuous coal trade is more active, but Jacking cars, No definite relief o ihe woolen goods business can be ex- pected until prolonged cold weather has caused a well sustainod demand, and the olothing business in all purts of the country must necessarily depend 0 o great exvent upon the weather, On the other band the iron business con- tinues to prosper. Though sales of pig are not_ very large prices are very firm at Phil- adelphis and $19.50 is quoted here for No. 1. Sales of 3,000 tons of steel rails are re- ported, with the price steady at $35 cast and £30.25 at Chicago. Bar iron is firm at 2 cents and confidence in the futare is in all branchos of the iron and steel business undiminished. A larger demand for eopper has enabled the Byndicate to advance lake to 143, with sales of 750,000 pounds, but. lead is quiet at §3. and tin hus been depressed at London by speculative realizing, being quoted at %l cents here, In the speculative markets corn has dropped cents, with sales of 11,000,000 bushels. Wheat sales were but 9,000,000 bushels and the price unchanged, but Oats aire nearly 1 cont lower. Pork products are substantially un- changed, petroleum 1 cent lower, with in- significant trading, - Coffee is 14 cent higher, with sules of 100,000 bags, and cotton steady with small sales, though 'the exports again those of the corresponding period ar_and the receipts are nearly tho The beliet in a very large yicld grows stronger, but thero is also faith in a largo increase 1n the foreign consumption, Tight money continues here and at Phiia- delphia, and a relaxation is not to be ex- pected how until after the January disburse- ment. The November exports exceoded the 1mports by the unprecedented sum of 34,635, 710, and ut New York in Docember tho ex- ‘ports show a decrease of 5.1 per cent, while imports increase 22 per cont, but even at ths rate the excess of imports for the wliole country would be over $10,000000. ~The treasury is 8o conducted s fo sustain tho money marlkets as far as practicable, and §3,- 200,000 bns been paid out in oxcess of receipts his week, but the movement of 70,000,000 cash from the treasury and the banks to the west and south since August L makes the present stringency by o weans surprising. he business failures occurring throughout the country nuwmber 258, P A The Storm Abating. WasmyarTos, Dec. 27.~The storm which was central yesterday morniug is'the lower $t. Lawrence valley has moved northeast- ward to Nova Scotia. Heayy eales prevailed yesterday and last night on tho lakos and on tne Atlantic const from Maine to Virgiia. ‘The wind on the Atlantic coast has dimin- isned in velocity this morning and the veloc- ity will probably still further decrease dur- ing the day. Generally fair weather pre- vails in al! districts. The temperature has fallen from ten to twenty degrees in all dis- triots cast of Mississippl. On tho upper Mississippi and Missouri valley aud in tho siortheastern states there has been a rise of 1rom ten to twenty degrees. Sl Our Relations With Canada. ToroNTo, Ont., Dec. 27.—The Empire, the government organ, says the reports which have been scattered broadcast throughout the United States to the effect that the goy- ernwent intends now to renew the modus Vivendi next yoar, are entirely unwarranted. By the treaty of Washington act, passed by the dominion parliament last year, the modus vivendi expires February 15 next, and 1n order to renew it further legislation will'be required. Whether it will be re- newod or not involves a question of policy which the government has not yet considered. ST Brained with an Axe. _McFaLL, Mo, Dec. 27.—A difficulty oc- curred Christmas day between Selus Har- rold and Barnew Fallis, hving near here but ended only In harsh words. Yesterday morning, however, Harrold and his two sons, John and Press, met Fallis near the house of the latter, wnen the quarrel was renewed. Harrold claims Fallis struck John, Xknocking him down, when Press interfered #nd struck Fallis on the head with the sharp edgo of an axe, splitting his head open and Xilling him instantly, Press Harrold hos surrendered to the authorities, ] Four Young M:n Killed. Porrraxp, Ore,, Dec. 27.—A special from Vancouver says: A terrible accident oc- curred yesterday morning. A party of six roturning in sleigh from a social evening on the Frazier river road about six miles from here, were struck by a falling tree and four persous and the horses instantly killed, Two_narrowly escaped death. The killed ‘were all young men and are, James Lawson, 0. D, Campell, Joseph Locke and J. V. Bod" ———— The Scheme Failed to Work, Burre, Mont., Dec, 27.—W. A. Clarke, one ©f the wealthiest men in the city, a few days Ago recoived & letter sigued by “nineteen mflnfia and determined men,” demanding he have ready for them December 24 #400,000, and adding that failure to do so ‘would result in death, Tuesdsy afternoon nineteen years old, a c aud was locked up. H paid an unkuown Jwan to carry the no:e, but 1t Ll believed that heis implicated in the scheme, if not the originator. . Lol IR A Youthful Fiend Convicted CreveLaxp, O, Dec. 27.—Otto Leuth, sgventecn years old, was convicted today of aurder in the first degree. Last May Mag- &ie Thompson, seven yoars old, disappeaved aund a month later her body was found under th' hou-e of Louth's father. Young Leuth rosted and confessed that he enticed thn ehnld into the house when the parents ‘were nway, assaulted her and then killed her with a bammer. P | Threatened Riot in Texas. Avsniy, Tex., Dec. 27.—The goveruor has Anformation that a riot 1s threateuned in Tyler oounty, and he has ordered out the militia to Mid the sheriff in keeping the peace. M - oonhunoe betwoen tho governor aud n this morning 1t was agreed attend the hubeas corpus citizens arrested for opioion that tue Brrests are vmmul 'mln'. n law, e — Meoxican Raillrods to Pool. Cury or Mexice, Dec, 27,1t is stated that and Mexican railroads will their freight and passenger rates. Work the hurflwu road is being vuorou-ly and the lne to Vera Cruz will be oted ut an early date. FOPPING AT PIGEONS, Scores of Yesterday's Shoot at the Kansns City Tourn: Kaxsas Crty, Mo, Dec. pram to Tne Bee.] —Thirty-two moen took part in the shoot st seven live birds, $5 entrance, left over from Thursday's pro- gramme. Ruble and Twitchell divided first money, #41.60, on clean scores. D. Under- wood, Grimm, J. Porte and Young split second on six birds, and third money went to BBudd, Halliwell and Corby on five, and Best took fourth on four. In the shoot at ten Keystono ots, $2 ontrance, Spencer and Swiggett won first money ou clean scores, Scoville Yook second on nine and Milier captured third after breaking eighteen targets, Nason and Pettie divided fourth y on seven, In the shoot at ten blue cks Grimm and Strawn won firat mon, r shooting with the others with cl records. Skiuners, Peters, “I o and Nason divided second money on nine, and Young, Beck and Mever won third on six. Fourth money wentto Gray on seven, The shoot at ten live birds, $7.50 entrance, brought out a large number of shooters, The ties for first and second money. Grimm, Parmelee, Thomas, Craybill, Vorhies and “Iucker, who made clean scores, avd Riley 1. Porter, Nason Rocks, Pueble and Wig- gius, who killod 9 birds, divide £56 and and Watson and Elliott, who killed 8 each, divided third money, The ties on T. Halli- well, Smith, Fairman and Gray, also divided, “Tho last programme shoot was at five live birds, $3 entranc Vorhies, Parmalee and Nuson, wno made clean scores and shot out several others, divided first money. Second money went to Halliwell, Cave, Walmsler and Wiggin, wio killed 4. McGes won third on 8, aud Smith and Best dividea fourth money on 2. Thero were several special shoots at inani. mate targets, Al Bandle, who was matched to shoot El- liott to-day, telegraphed that he understood that the match was to be shot in December, 1590, and that in consequence he would not be in Kaasus City this week, A Short and Lively Scrap. New Youx, Dee. 27.—Eugene Hornbacker was done up last night in quick order by George Dixon of Boston near New London, Conn. Dixon forced the fighting from the start, rushing Hornbacker and vot only driving him all over the ring but gaining four clean knock-downs before the close of the rouna. Hornbacker was hitso hard that he was very groggy at the call of time, and 1t was oasily to be seen that tho fight was about over. When the men were called up for the second round Hornbacker was still stupid, showing plainly that he had been se- verely punished. Kugene tried to rally and force the fichting, but he was not in it. Dixon was fresh und he pounded the plucky Iittle German all over the ring and_knocked him out with a well aelivered right-nander on the side of his loft cneek after they had been fighting about one minute. The whole fight, rest and all, lasted only five minutes, About one hundred and fifty people wit- nessed the mill. Dixon is to bo matched to fight McCarthy. COLLISION ON 1k COLUMBIA, The Union Pacific Sinks the Clan McKen PorTLAND, Ore,, Dec, 27.—At 1 0 o'clock this morming the Union Pacific steamer Ore- gon ran into and sunk the British shup Clan McKenzie on the Columbia river, ten miles below Helena. Charles Austin and Matthew Reid, colored sailors on the ship, wore asleep in the forecastle of the Clan McKenzie and were cut in two by the sharp bow of the Oregon when it penetrated tho side of the ship. Auother sailor was badly injured. None of the pussengers and but one of the crew of the Oregon were hurt. The captain of the Clan McKenzie says his ship was at anchor with all her lights properiy aispliy ‘The Clan McKenzie was valued at $50,000, un?“thl) damage to the Oregon will amount to $10, Steamer ()l'(‘gml Chu Fong Uaptured. New Youk, Dec. 27.—[Special Telegram to Tne Bee.]—Chu Fong, the young Sunday achool teacher, interpreter and Napoleon of finance of Chinatown, who eloped with a pretty Sunday school teachior ono week ago, after having obtained from Chinese merch- ants and others some $50,000, has been caught. The uetectives refused Lo say where they cantured the wily prisoner, or to give any mformation about him. He is a fine- looking Chinaman and was attired in clothes of the latest American cut. It was supposed at tho time he flod that he liad gone to Can- ada or shipped vn sowe bout for China. e A Jail Break Frustrated. Zaxgsvitig, 0., Dec, 27.—This forenoon one of the prisoners in the jail here disclosed a plot of ten prisoners to murder the jdiler and escape with outside assistance. Coul- ter, tho Dresden wurderer, had sawed t ugh the bolt of the cell door of a pris- oner named Eimbry, who was to release the others. After the discovery Quigby, who was implicated in the plot, assaulted and badly injured a prison named Morris, who, they claim, disclosed tho piot to the ofticers. Change in the Navy Flag. WasmiNeron, Dec. 27.—The secretary of the navy has adopted 8 new design for the flag of the navy, to take effect July, 1801 It will be applied o _both the flag and on juck of the navy and consists of rectangular arrangement of the forty-two stars, e e 1 A Society Lieader Defaults, Cairo, Ill., Dec. 27.—James E. Kent, a prominent member of society and assistant cashier of the Cairo, Vincennes & Ch railroad, has embezzled about $1,500 of the inmmmy'l money and left for parts un- nown, A A N Nuns Gentenced to L Muxicn, Dec. 27.—~Three Franciscan nuns at Dachau, near this city, have bsen sen- tenced to imprisonment for short terms for practiciog upon the bystorical erodulity of a girl pupil und deceiying her by various illu- sions of & pretended supernatural character. ——— An'Aged Woma Cixcixxat, 0., Dec, 27.—Ttus morning whilo Mrs. Rena Huch, a widow eged eighty- 0 years, was attempting to cross the Louswiile & 'Nashville. tracks, she wi gaughtbya pussiug engiue und instantl illed, Fate, i e Break in a Cable. New Yorxk, Dec. 27.~The cable working between Maraban and Rio de Janeiro, accord- ing to the latest advices from Brasll, has ceased to work, No cause is given for the break in the lin e Colliston Between Freights, Scorroave, Pa., Dec. 27.—A oollision oo- cured between two freight trains south of Moyer's station this afternoon. Kogineers John and Dayton, together with the entire crews nf both 1 riously injured, Pirrssuna, Pa., Dec. 87, —Constable Wash- abaugh of Greensburg arrested Hon, Jobn B. Byrne of this place this afternoon on a warrant sworn ouv several days ago by Edward Callaghan for conspiracy, ‘Byroe gave bail s The Bultimore Gompleted. Wasursoroy, Dec. 27,—The contractors for the construction of the new cruiser Baltimore having notified the navy depart- ment that the vessel is completed, Secretary Tracy has 1oflnully iustracted Captain Schuyler to accept her. b il Letter Carriers Laid Up. Bavrivose, Dec, 27.—Thirty of the local post office clerks aud letier carriers ave suf- fering from ifluenza and unavle to work, Numerous other local cases of grippe" ave rej S —— Death of a Count, Vizxxa, Deo. #7.—~Count Aloys Kavolyide Nagy Karoly, former ambassador to Great Britain and Germany, died suddenly while hunting on his estate at Pressburg, Hun- gary, e em——— An Indian Hanged. Gioue, Ariz, Dee. 27.—Mandiezaz, an Apache Indian, who murdered Lieutenant Soward Mott of the Teuth s Sow ! cavalry in 1887, THE OMAHA DAILY FROM THE HAWKEYE STATE Annual Convention of the Western Penmen's Assoclation. MOUNT AYR'S TRAIN SERVICE. Another Complaint Filed with tho Railrond Commissionsrs—A Cedar Rapids Man Missing—lowa Nows Notes. A Convention of Penmen. Des Motxes, T, Dec. Special Telo- gram to Tam Bek]—There is a large in- croase in attendance at the Western Pen- men's convention now in session here, This morning Prof. A. N. Palmer of Cedar Rapids spoice on the application of the movement, and C.-N, Crindle of Dixon, TiL., spoke upon teaching large clusses in normal schools, after which a general discussion followed, President Pierce spoke on the preseatation of figures in an ovder of simplicity. In the afternoon Prof. Chapman spolce for the practicai points of ||(‘||um||nhm, and Prof. Hinman of Wo delivered an address upon ophy essential to successtul teaching of peomanship.”’ The president’s annual ad- dreas was detivered tonight. Mount Ayr's Tramn Service. Des Morxes, Ia., 97.—| Spocial Tele- gram to Tne Bee.]=The attorney for citi- zens of Mount Ayr who complained of insuf- ficient train service has written to the com- missioners thut no improvement has been made. Some time ago General Manager Rippley of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road wrote that he had put on an extra train and approved the service as requested, but it is said now to be as bad as ever. The commissioners were asked t have the at torney general commence suit to compel ti railroad to obey their orders. Mount Ayr on a branch and has one passenger train @ day, & mixed train subject to long delays, The Thief Got Away. Des Morxes, Ia., Dec. 27.—[Special Tele- gram to Tax Bes.|—This morning, while of- ficers were taking u pickpocket numed John- s0n to the county jail, he broke away and ran around the southeast corner of the court houso, A constablo started after him and fired a shot av him, which, however, ouly in- creased the speed of the fleelng thief, who ran south to the Wabash track. then south- east to a lumber yard, then west to a yard in the rear of the Harrigan house., Here ail trace of him was lost. ‘The constable wanted t0 search the house, bat the inmates refused 10 allow him and the time was spent in quar- reling about it, during which time tho thief made a good escape and has not been found. Recom! nd Brick Paving. Des Morxes, Ia., Dee. 27.— [Spocial Tele- gram to Tue Bee.]—The anuual meeting of the civil engincers’ and surveyors' associa- tion of Towa convened here today. The president, 1. M. Gilchrist of Keokuk, in his annual address recommended that the engi- neers have published a book of field notes for general use by the profession in this state 8o as to secure uniformity in survoying. The secretary, Mr. Seth Dean of Glenwood, in his anuual Feport shows an increase in the membership of the association and increased interest in its work. The members then dis- cussed at length the subject of paving and especially recommending brick pavement. Several reports of its successful use were re- ferred to. A Cedar Rapids Merchant Missing. Cepar RapiDs, Is., Dec. 27.—[Special Telogram to Tuk Bee]—D. E. Buck, a promincat grocer, is missing. His accounts ave ail right, and as he complained of queer sensations in his head wien he, left homo last night his frienas fear he 1s demented and has wandered away. The First Regiment Colonelcy. CEpAR RaPIDS, Ta., Dec. 27.—[Special Tel- egram fo Tue Bre.|—Returns from the eight companies znd bands of the Firat Regi- ment, Iowa National guards, give Captain Georgo Green of Company C the clection to tha colonelcy of the First regiment, Second brigade. sl b WILD CAT COMPANIES, Auditor Closing Them Up in thav State. Mireney, 8. D., Dec, 27.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre.|--State Auditor Taylor was here last night frcm Plankinton, where he had just closed three wildcat insurance cempantes, He wus looking for Dexter Turner, gencral agent or the Citizens' Life association of Cherokee, Ia., but fuiled to find him, He says this association holds no certificate from the state and he will shut it from business in South Dakota as spon as he finds the agent. Auditor Taylor wants a knowledge of the association's illegitimate nature widely scattered so that its business may not continue pending the oficial ending of its South Dakota existence, SRR AN The Wool Market, . 1osToN, Dec. 27.—[Special Telegram to Tae Bre.|—This has been a quiet week for wool, the sales for the week bewng 2,511,000 pounds of all kinds, The largest transac- tions werc of Valley, Oregon, - wool, about three hundred and fitty thousand pounds beiug sold av 26@27¢ for No, 2, 22¢ for No. 3 and 25¢ for No, 1, all of which went to a single mavufacturer. In eastern Oregon sales were made at 21@22c and other sales at. 15@20c. Territory wools were quiet with 60c, scoured, and the outside vrice for the best fine medium at 55 ‘Texas wool has been selling at 19@25¢ for spring und at 16@ 2314c, a8 to quality, for tall. California and other washed wools are quiet. Fine washed fleeces are firm. Sales of Ohio XX have been made at 34@35e, X at B2@3244c aud No, 1 at 88@39¢ and Michigan X at O@sle. The outside prices were for very choice wool. Combing and delaine fleeces were more quiet with small sales of No, 1 combing at B@40c, Obio fine delane at 35@sbc and Michigan fine delaive at 3i@35c. Unwashed combing moved slowly at 23@30c. Pulled wools have been quiet. Foreign wools remain firm. South Dakota’s e Farmers Boycott Dressed Beef Men, Kaxgas Ciry, Dec. 27.—The ' Journal's Lawrence, Kan, ers' alliance of this county adoptea resolu- tions boycotting all dressed beef men, Each member “ledxes himself to buy nothing {rom butchers or any meat market that haudles the produot of establishments of uny packer who 18 believed to be a member of what the resolutions designate as the .‘'beef combine.” ———— A Big Oave-In, ‘Wikesparne, Pa., Dec. 27.—A cave-in ot large proportions occurred at Plains, a sub- urb, this afternoon. Without warning the surface of the earth settled and great holes ;reunlod themselves, some of them thirty eet deop. The Catholic church parsonage and several other buildings were badly daw- sged. Several acres were affected, R More Natural Gas in Dakota, Siovx FaLis, 8. D, Dec, 27,—Natural gas has been found at Redfield, in Spink county, ‘The find is the strongest struck in the state and the guality is the best. The discovery was made while digging for water. The pressure s so greal it carries sand and frnvul sixty feet in the air. This is the ourth discovery of Lhu kind made in South Dakota within sixty days. o Will Send a Triangular Epistie. Loxvox, Dec. 27.—Portugal, Germany and Italy will shortly send a collective note to the provisional governwent of Brazil pro- mlh':s sgainst the government's scheme in to the llvunlh.flon of foreigners re- siding in Brazil, el Insist on having the genuine Red Cross Cough Drops, 6 cts & box. Sold everywhere, BEEZ (SATURDAY, AN OLD CASKET UNEARTHED. Peculiar Bot Found Where the Bat tle of Ston Arabia Was Fought, Casatomang!N.' Y., Dec. 27.—While at Stone Arabia § ‘ow days ago a citizen of Palatine Bridgn found a bogrimed and badly battered mefallic box. It was about six inches Jong ahd two deep. It was opened with much difffgulty and its contents con- sisted of A lockey a bundle of parchment letters and a fadedipiece of blue ribbon. The locket is of goldand fine workmanship. On the side, in a mgAokram are the letters, “A. . D.,” and a ¢hniously wrought hunting scene. The letters were all written in T by & lady of evident royulty resaing in London, They were to hor betrothed and couched in the most tondor language. The superscription indi- cates the name of the recipient to be Captain Lowo of the Britist army. The last one re- ceived by Mr. Lowe must haye been written just previous to the battie of Stone Arabia and is sad and melancholy in its tone, The young lady sald her health was failing and she repmed and longed for ~the return of her beloved and she feared her days were numbered. There is no record of Captain Lowe having been killed at the battle of Stone Arabia. but ho must have been in that awful conflict and the box lost in tho fight. Relics of the bat- tie with Indians, settlers and Jsritish aro found very frequently at Stone Arabia, and it is thero that the remains of Captain John Iirown, who fell i defense of the United States, are laid, The gentieman owning the metallic box will gladly surrender it to the relatives of Captain Lowe, DAVIS' LAST RESTING PLACE. His Wife Cannot Yet Decide Where to Lay Rim. Rionymosy, Va., Dec, 97.—~Mayor Ellis of this city this morning received a letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis in reoly to a request that the body of her husband might be bur- ied here. The letter was dated Beauvoir House, December 21. In it she say *If gratitude for the manner in which the people of Richmond eustained him during the war, his affection for her, pride in the calm fortitude of her men and women udder crushing defeat were to be the moving cause only, I might lay him there unquestioned. But the state of lus birth, Kentucky, the state of his adoption, which showered every honor upon him within her giving, Missis- 8ippi; the state where the confederacy first unturled her flag, Alabama; the state in which his parents spent their early days and where his father was born and where my husband received many honors, Georgin; the state in which we found friends aud home, and where our doad repose, Tennossee; and last, not Jeast, the state which now gives him sepulchre amid the tears and plaudits of her people, Louisiana; all those have put forth claims so strong, that I can uot choose among them, and kave decided to wait perhaps a year before making the se- lection. To rest in the same soil with your immortal heroes, Generals Robert 1 Lee and Stonewall Jackson, is a privilege fully appreciated, and I should be the last to undervalue the honor. But when the tinal decision must pe made I can not be unmind- ful of the rights of those who have done me the honor to ciaits' the custody of my dead and 1 beg you to Haye patience with mo for a season,” Mrs. Hamijton's Answer, NEw York, Déc, 37, —Counsel for Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton today filed her answer 1o her husband’s scomplaint in his suit for annullme nt of the marriage. She puts in a general denial of her husband’s allegations against her, including the avermont that she was married prigr ‘to her union with him. She_says: “Tho ceremony performed on the 7th day of Jaunary, 1880, was performed at the solicitation ang earnest request of the plaintiff as a proper culminatiou of the re- lations therctofore subsisting between them."” 1 ———— Troops at Oklahoma City. OxuAROMA Crri Dec. 27.—The two troops of United States ¢ayairy that had been sent fréth Fort Rero Hy cimmand of General Merrett, commanding the department of the Missouri, arrived this' morning.. Even with the presence of troops it 18 impossible for the people to disguise their feeling of 1se curity. Almost every house is an _arsenal and every male citizen carries a revolver. The election of next Monday is anticipated with appre- hension, although the troops will doubtless prevent any serions rioting, ‘Ihe Kickapoos, poiitical opponents of the Seminoles, held n meeting tonight to discuss their grievances, No disorder occurred. e The Death Record. EAsTON, Pa., Dec. 37.—Joseph G. Fox, A. M., professor of civil topographical engineer- ing in Lafayette college, died suddenly last uight, from paralysis, aged fifty-seven. Loxpox, Dec, 27.—Thomas Oldhum Bar- low. u A., the cm.rnvur. is dead. Dec. 27.—Baron Kremers, the orientahist, diod today from tho efoots of in - tluenza, PR The President’s Movements, NorroLg, Va,, Dec. 27.—The presidential duck stooting party, after wisiting the old Harcison homestead at St. Brandon today, sixty miles up the James river, returned to Claremont, & few miles below. ‘There the purty left Commodore Bateman's yucht and proceeded in carriages to Waverly, on the Norfolk & Western railway. Early tomor- row moraing the party will leave Waverly by way of Richwond for Washington. Regulars Ordered to Oklahoma, ‘WasniNeroy, Dec, 27.—Acting upon in- ‘structions from the war department General Merritt has ordered two companies of cav- alry to Oklahoma to remain there until after the local election, which takes pluce on the B0th inst. Revorts just received from Okla- homa are to the effect that there is o likeli- gflml of any serious vrouble there on election ay. A Statement Krom Mre, Parnell, Borvexrowy, N. J, Dec. 27.—Mrs. Dalia Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, states that she has received only one-quarter of the $5,000 reported 10 have been presented to her, aud tbat when all her obligations are met there will be but a small margia left for future necessitios. Pt — Busincss Lroubles, . CamicAGo, Dec, 27.—An Inter Ocean spacial from Ellensburg, Wash, says: Lloyd & Co., the ohief' mercantile firm 1n Eliens- burg, made an assignment today after exe- cuting vhattel mortgages on their tock in favor of Tacoma banks. The vrincipal cred itors are in St, Paul‘Chicago and Nuw Yark. The liabilities will'exceed $15,000, e Dr. MoLefn’s £state Sued. Br. Louis, Mo, e 27.—The estate of the iate Dr, H. McLean was sued today for $50,000. The plaintifl in the case is William Jackson, and the'dotnplatut sets forth as a basis of ‘action Dr. MeLeaa's counection nod unfilled mnlw vlllh the Carbondale, Metropolis & éih railroad company. A Constablé INDIANAPOLIS, Dog. 37.—A special to the Sentiuel from Vig ceunes, Ind., says: Last night at a school” howse near Sumner, L, Constable Hoggs, while attewpting to arrest 'homas Palmer, Was! fatally shot, Palmer escaped. 13 00! 'atally Shot, - A School®eacter’s Crime. New Ricumonn) O, Dec, 27.—Av Nicholas- ville, O., last night Charles Calboun, school teacher, criminally aulted Miss Ma Jackson, aged fourteen. An excited mob now At the jaul threatenivg to lynch him. e -— Killed While Resisting Arrest, UvavLps, Tex., Dec. 27.—Will and Calvin Odall, brothers, of Burnet county, charged with murder and robbery, were killed last night by a deputy sherif of Edwards coun! JE rz-hung :yrms v Vislied 1t With His Name. Lassox, Dec. 27.—The Chicago, the flag ship of the Alum-n squadron here, was today visited and inspected by Senor erico Ressano Garcis, uuvuty of the Por- tuguese navy. e Mra. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup re- duces milumluu“ml while children ure teething. 25 cents « bottle. DECEMBER 28, 1889, CLOSING DOWN COAL MINES. Thirteen Thousand Men Thrown Out of Employment. TRADE WAS NEVER SO SLACK. The Output for the Present Year Nearly Four Million Tons Less Than Was Recorded In 1888, A Discouraging Outlook, Sonaxtox, Pa., Dec. 27.—Following the announcement that the Pennsylvania coal company had closed down eloven of its four- teen collicries and the Delaware & Western company six of its mines, today comes the news that the Hillside coal and iron com pany, working the Erie railroad mines of Forest City, Germain and Pleasant Valley, with nearly three thousand workmen, had also shut down. ‘The individual operators all through the valley, unable to secure cars, have also ordered a shut down until trade conditions are improved. These mdividual collieries numver a doren or more and will age 250 mon and boys employed st The announcement also Vestorduy aftornoon that the Delawaro & Hudson canal company will at the end of the woek shut_down fifteen of its collieries, about one-half it _operates, between Carbon- dule aud Plymouth, The ¢losing of the com- pany works and individual mines will cause tho idloness of upward of 13,000 men and boys, and to this number is quite likely to be added a large number of workmen who will be thrown out of employment by the shutting aown of the mines of the Wilkesbarre and Susquehanna coal compan- ies in the Wyoming region. Oniy stff win- ter weather can bring a reaction and start the mines moving. A prominent coal dealer said trade vever in 80 slack a condition as it is at p tand the year will close with nearly four miltion tons less output than was recorded in 1858, The outlook for the coming vear was anything but encour- agivg to those who had erected many new broakers in this region the past season, * i SNAPPED HIS HEAD OFF, Strange Sportin a Chinese Resort in New York City. A mortal combat between snapping turtles The specmmrs were fourteen China- men, six Malays and five whites, in- cluding a New York Journal reporter. The room in which they had assem- bled to witness the real old-time oriental turtle fight was a dingy hole. No. 18 Pell streot, where the fight took place, is a rookery inhabited by opitm smok Thursday night, how- ey the fact that a turtle fight would taike place at No. 13 early Saturday morning leaked out. Sevéral uptown sporting men made desperate efforts to attend, but with one exception in vain. The excepti vas Billy O'Brien, man- ager of a venue hostelry at the corner of Ninth street. The Journal reporter gained an en- trance into the **joint’ in company with Nee Piggee Wong, a Malay boarding house runuer. Nee Piggee, after speaking a few \vmds to the doorkeeper “Smoke um pipe? Turtle no here yot, blim-by.” A’ Piggee smoked the deadly opium he told in his own way how turtles are trained to fight. Turtles are always selected at least two months before the fight is to come off. In this part of the world large snapping turtles are used almost en- tirely, the finest specimens boing found on Long Isla heir belicose charac- ter, Piggee said, is very well defined, and it takes less training to prepare them for the contest than turtles found in Jer The iurtles areplaced in separate boxes which must be cleaned each duy and kept at least an inch deep with fresh salt water mud. The food con- sists of raw becf, covered with red pep- per. B A boit B eal iatore tna Az tHe mad is replaced by clean sand, and for an hour each day a silver pin ' is stuck into the ammal’s forefeet. Red-hot irous are thrust uncomfortably near the turtle’s head at short intervals while he is cornered so that he cannot retreat without coming in contact with small spikes so arranged in the box as to prod him between the shells. Another important part of the train- ing is poking a stick at tho reptile butil he bites.it, and then suspending and shaking the creatuie until it falls off from sheer exhaustion. I‘{'o turtle has ever been known to turn tail. Just before the fight the jaws are filed and sharpened until the mouth 1s a series of points and edges. n an upper room were a number of Malays and Chinese, Jim Costello, Jack Sullivan and **Doc” McKahn of Baxter Bend, and Billy O'Brien. On a platform two feet high was the pit. The pit itself was two and a half feet long by three feet wide and two feet deep. The sides were greased‘with Chiunese oil. One good s1zed lamp suspended over the pit was shaded so as to throw its fuil light on the miniature arena. Hong Qua and Wong Man Shuen, Chinese gamblers, owned the turtlés, and exchanged them for examination, a fashion similar to “‘testing the ter- riers” inn dog fight, todiscover whether the fin has been impregnated with cor- rosive chemicals or poisonous drugs, The fight was for #30 a side. Aug ‘Woon, a Malay gumbler, and Piggee had prcviuusl,\' put up $25 on the favor- ite turtles. The turtles were each marked on the back by a Chinese char- acter representing the name of its backer. Nicholas Minglo, an American- ized Malay, and Sing Bach Shuen were appointed judges. long Qua Koo and Wong Mah Shuen then took their turtles and, leanin, over the pit, struck them together till the snappers were beside themsclves with rage. Utmost care was taken if this last piece of tantalization, for if one of the veptiles could huve caught hold of the other by a sudden snap the right would have been a draw, The turtles looked hideous. with their saw-like jaws, when they were placed facing each other in the pit. Each plunged viciously, and struck the other’sshell with a sounding whack, The spectators leaned forward anxiously. Again the turtles struck at each other, and this time Wong caught Hong's left front foot in its jaws, The artificial teeth pressed down firmly, and the. cracking of the bone cou{d be %vnlnly heard. Hong struck wildly at ‘'ong, but could only hit the shell. For five minutes neither of the turtles moved. Then Hong raised his head and adroitly striking at his adversary, caught a firm hold on his weck which was pulled out to 1ts full length, The reptiles squirmed and slipped about in the greasy pit. The white spectators grew excited while the Malays and Chinese dance around the pit in flendish' gles, The betting had changed three times, from even money to £ to 1 on Wong, then to 8 to 1 on Hong. The fight lasted just an hour and three-quarters, during which time the jaws of Hong could be seen cutting their way through Wong's neck, while Hong's foot was almost bitten off, Finally it aid come off, and Wong shook himseif loose, though Hong's jaws tore away a part of his neck. Then they charged at each other again and Hong got another nock hold on Wong. This virtually ended the fight, but during the squirming around which followed, Wong, with his neck nalf gone, with a terrific snap secured n splendid foothold upon Hong. He was t00 late. The windpipe, arteries and veins in his nock were slowly but surely being sovered. o Wong's eyes closed, and his hoad came off, but still held the foot of his opponent. There were smothered shouts from the victorious side. The turtles were bundled up in a heavy papor. An hour later the turtles were sent to No. 14 Mott street and prepared for the banquet, which took place at 8 o’clock last night. BACHELOR TURNS BENEDICT, Eftect of Trying to Comfort a Forlorn Widow. A well known Milwaukeean planned a trip around the world recently and started on the trip, says Yenowine's News. When about * one-third of the way around” a romantic incident hap- pened that brought him home without finishing the trip. The young bachelor went to Kurope, and aftor sceing Ing- land and doing P awrted on his long yh\»‘ eing, Mo sailed for . from @ port in southern Fra and for o while all went well, On board the stenmer was a young married couple, evidently on ‘their wedding trip, and lovely people, in whom he be- came interested ab once. The first night ont the young husband was su denly wken very ill and died in o short 1me, and of colirse the young wife w. almost crazed with griof and terror. Alone, in a strange place, thousands of miles from home, her husband dead, and, worst of all, the officers had told her that th must bury the body in the sen. In this state of affairs the Mil- waukeean showed himself the ‘gul- lant” that he is by birth and cul- tivation. Through his influence the offics were prevailed upon to forego the “burial at and he agreed W get off at the first nding with the body, and there give ita Curistian burial. The sailors did not like it, as they were all superstitious, but ho gained his point aud then went below to try com- forting the distracted and beantiful widow. His evident and honest inter- est in her rewarded with her con- fidence, and hum then on he estab- lished himself as her protector, attend- ed to the buvial of her husband, and finding the true condition of affairs— that - she was an American, alone, oun the other side of the ocean, he changed his plans, returned to England with her, and arranged all Ler business matter so that she was re- lievea of ares and trouble. Her gratitude was unbounded,and nutuvally enough her admiration for his nohility of character and his unselfish befriend- ing of her made her grow very fond of n. On his part something more than interest” had been awakened in his breast, for when he came to think of leaving her he decided he had better “Staice hor along home™ while he was about it, and so he sailed with her and accompanied her through ta St. Paul, where she now lives. nce then his friends have noticed a sort of ange in anner, and rumor has it that he will do his best to make people believe *‘All bachelors are becomipng bene- dicts.” e KAISER WILHELM’'S NEW CROWN, Solid Gold, Set With Valuable Jewels and Weighs Three Founds. A new Prussian crown has been made at the command of the Emperor Wil- liam II. and has been delivered to him. The form is the same as that of the old one, but the crown is richer and more tasteful. The diamonds and pearls are taken from the treasury of the royal house and are of great value. The crown weighs three German (i. e., 8.3 English) pounds; the diamands alone weigh about seven hundred and filty karats. The frame is of solid gold The broad lower rim, contains twenty- four diamonds as large as walnuts and of striking beauty; tl are set in fine chasings in the baroque style. Round the rim rise eight clover leaves of splendid effect, the parts being formed of the finest diamonds, From these loaves rise eight hoops, adorned with seventy-eight diamonds. Be- tween these hoops viso very beautiful ornaments, each bearing a diamond in its middle and a pearl the size of an acorn on its point. The whole is surmounted by the apple of the empire, consisting of a single large sapphire. This enormous jewel is surmounted by the cross, which 1s adorned with eighteen dinmonds, The effect is enhanced by the purple velvet which lines it within. The crown is made to fit the head of the Emperor William IL exuctly. the new crown-shaped diadem of th empress, which she wore for the first time at the wedding of her s v Princess Frederick Leopold, ele the finest and largest peal pearls are set in most elegant silver or- naments, adorned with more than 1,500 dinmonds. These costly jewels are also taken from the treasury of the royal house. 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