Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1900, Page 2

Telephones 618-694 This ad should be read Fancy Christmas Linens— We are more thor- oughly convines ed every day, by our own observations and the com: ments of our customers, that we are showing the greatest collection of faney linens for Christmas, ever seen in the west, HERE YOU WILL FIND A FULL LINE of Cluney Lace centers, Renalssance centres, Slavin Lace centres, Real| Irish Hand Embroldered centres, Bcarfs, Buffet cover, Tray cloth, Doy- Nes, Carvers Tea cloths,, Lunch cloths, Pillow Shams, Bed Spreads, Pillow cases, Sheets, Table cloths These dainty linens range In price from a 16c Doylle to a $50.00 Bed Spread, and there is a host of rare values in between. These pleces are all em- broldered in white by the Irish peas- ants, Holiday Handkerchiefs— Special atten- tion is called to our handker- chief department. You will be sure to be pleased with our aseortment. All our handker- chiefs are pure linen. The assortment comprise every desir- able style of pure linen handkerchie for men, women and children. Em- broldered, lace trimmed and hem- stitched. “Dainty embroidered all each, linen at 15c Embroidered and lace trimmed, all linen at 25¢ each. Embroldered and lace trimmed, linen, at 50c, 75c and $1.00 each Plain hemstitched all linen handker- chiefs at 10¢, 16, 20¢, 25c, 36e and Goc each. Women's initial all linen handkerchiefs at 26c each. Men'a initial all linen handkerchiefs at 26c and 35¢; or 3 for $1.00. Men's plain all linen handkerchiefs at 160, 18¢, 266, 86c, 50c, 76c and $1.00 Men's Furnishings The tollowing list is only \)" a few of the ’j many articles /! we have suitable for gifts. NECKWEAR-- The latest shapes and patterns in ailks, tecks, rlals, four-in-hands, Eng- bat-wings, butterfly, band shield-bows, string-ties, boe 0 ) SUSPENDERS— Put up one pair in a box, Tie, $1.00, $1.26 and $1.50 per pair—Sterling bu Fancy Web Suspenders, 60c $1.00 per pair. GLOVES— Lined or unlined kid—special values at $1.00, $1.50, §2.00 and $2.25 per pair. UMBRELLAS— | Alw an acceptable gife—new line | to show you--$2.00, $2.60, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 up to $15.00 each. Leather Goods— Our holi- day line of pocket- books, purses, chatelaine bags, shopping bags, bill books and card cases now on display Is one of the finest. We have shown, perhaps no single article better— answers the always perplexing question, “what to give” than a nice pocketbook. Ladics' combination pocketbook in black #eal, colored seal, walrus, alligator, morocco and carved leather, at 40c, 0c, . $1.00, $1.25, $1.60, $1. $2.00, . $2.50, $3.00, $3.60, $4.50, $5.00 and $8.00 each. Bill Rolls and Bill Books at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, §: Children's Combination Pocketbooks at 0c and 40c each. Chatelaine Bags at 50c, to $4.50 each. Our Cloak Dept— g2Y Christmas shopping Wb has commenced— + do not fail to look through this department as we have many articles suitable for gift giving. Fine Neck Furs—such as scarfs, storm collars and other effects; an elegant B¢ $4.00, c, $1.00 and up Real Laces— We have a choice line of real du- chesse and rose point collars, fis- chus and Berthas, from $11.50 to £30 each. Real Cluny Lace Collars at $3.50 each. «Real Laces by the yard in large va- rlety. i assortment of natural martens, which are the most desirable furs. L Handsome Electric Seal Coats, trimmed | with black raccoon, genuine brown | marten, mink and other combinations. | Genulne Brown Marten Muffs, a beautl- ful quality at $8.50. Black and colored Silk Petticoats, in all the new and late colors, rose, gray, plum, red and other desirable shades at $8.50 and $10.00 each. | We Close Our Store AGENTS FOR FOSTER KID GLO THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE DRY ¥. M. O. A. BUILDING, OOR. THE OMAHA DA 1 LY BEE: UNDAY, Dee, Dee. 9, 1900 by every one that is thinking of buying Holiday Gift Sensible Gifts—Dress Goods— that will go to thousands of | homes at prices figured down velty Silks at $1.00 ana $1.25 | tO the lowest noteh of economy THE NEW SATIN STRIPED CHALLIS ARE HERE. Omaha has never seen such a display of theso handsome fabrics, They are all here, the oncs we have been showing you the sample cards of. Just the thing for a handsome Christmas pres- ent—very popular for walists or full sulte—_omo and see them before they are picked over. CIAL IN BLACK DRES2 GOODS L0C Careful judges ay this is the best value they ever saw in black goods; Plerola Novelty, pure all mokair top, beauti- ful luster, never sold for less than $1.00 a yard—Monday's price G0c yard, STYLISH VENETIAN SUITINGS. Preity close to top-elegance among the plainer dress goods Is the Stylish Venetlan cloth, handsome for tallor- made costumes or dressy dross—its tenure seems pecullarly adapted. A look will tell you more. All colors and black, $1.00, $1.25, $1.60, $2.00 and $2.60 a yard. STYLISH MEDIUM GOODS at 2o 2 yard. CHARMING SILK WAIST FLANNEL. This new material is correct to a “T" there never was any(hing more handsome than these. New silk flan- nels for walsts. You couldn’t make any mistake fn adding one or two walsts of these dainty fabrics to your list for Christmas giving. No lady ever had to many waists—$1.00 a yard. Waist Flannels-— DRESS and PRICE o, G0c, 6be 760 For ladies’ stylish waists there is nothing more desirable and popular. Our flannel stock is acknowledged to be the finest and most complete in tho city. Only first class goods can ente it. If you are looklng for these con to us. All wool plain colored twilled flannels, all new shades at 60c per yard. Prigted flannels, all wool at 65¢ and Imported printed flannels at 8o and $0c per yard. Sllk striped, plain, colered, twilled flan- nels at 60c and 70c yard. SILK EMBROIDERED flannels in dots at 90c and $1.15 per yard. SILK EMBROIDERED FLANNELS in bordered effects at $1.35 yard.—striped at $1.50 and $1.50 yard. EMBROIDERED WAIST PAT- very fine, at $6.00 per pat- The ‘latest tucked flannels in old rose at $1.25 yard. Saturdays at 6 P. M. VES AND McCALL'S PATTERNS, THoMPSoN, BELDEN 2 Co GOODS HOUSE IN OMAHA, 10TH AND DOUGLAS STS. S, Fancy Novelties for Holiday Gifts. A large assort- ment of novel- ties, hand decorated and embroidered, suitable for gifts, ranging in price from 25¢ to $2.50 each. 25 Hungarian Embroldery-- Hcarfs, Centers, according to size. This is the newest in embroldery work. Made-up Pin Cushions, 50c to $4.00 each. Made-up Sofa Plllows, $18.00, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00 each. Arablan Lace Table covers. A large assortment of stamped linens— pillow covers, ete. Shoe Pockets, 36c each. Laundry Bags 35¢ cach. We carry a complete line of Belding Bros. silks. Umbrellas—New lines received for the holiday Never have we had sucha pretty assortment of handles. We have them suitable for either men or women. At $3.00, $8.50, $4.00 and $5.00 we have an clegant assortment that you would think wero higher priced, and usually are, but we have marked them at theso speclal low prices. We would like to have you seo these other val- ues from $2.00 to $15.00 each. Ostrich Boas— Among the choice gifts to be | thought of for a lady are the handsome real ostrich feather boas, which come in soft gray, black, black and white and natural shades. Ostrich Boas range in price from $6.00 to $18.00 each. Another charming gift which s always a delight to any lady is real lace, Hints for Little Folks— Kid moccasing in many shades, kid bootees in lace and button, dainty satin lace, trimmed slippers quilied satin, fur trimmed bootees. Crochet Sacques, Shawls, Hoods, Vells and Bootees. We have Infants' Bibs from 5c to $2.00 each. Eating Bibs from 15c to 40c each. Wool Toques for bables and for school boys and girls. Knitted and Jersey Leggings for all ages. Delight the children with a pair of our Doll Shoet Bouthery C.l fornfa and $:n Francisco & San Joaquin Valley divisions of the Santa Fe, ex- tending from Albuquerque, N. M., to San Francisco, went out today almost to a man. While the national officers ot the Order of Railroad Telegraphers will make no state- ment as to their plans, it is hinted that it the management of the Santa Fe does not grant the demands of the strikers within the next twenty-four hours the operators over the entire system may be called out. Bureaus have been established in Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louls for the purpose of hiring operators to take the places of the strikers, but at the headquarters of the Order of Rallrond Telegraphers it is stated they are not meeting with much success in getting men PUEBLO, Colo., Dec. §.-—Many Santa Fe railroad men quit here today and at La Junta in sympathy with the strike of the telegraphers. The number out is estimated at between 300 and 400 tu this division, In- cluding all not absolutely necessary in the moving of trains, taking In the telegraphers, shopmen, machinlsts, statlon employes and & number of trainmen and sectionmen. The telephone is being used in running tralns be- | tween here and Denver. and allow no person access thereto until jou “are properly checked and released from all responsib ctual representative. ssary to This action is made secure for you reasonable compensation and conditions. All train dispatchers, clerks and other employes ure earnestly requested to give us thelr assistance, Referring to his order, Chairman New- man sald: This action was taken up at the sug- geation of National President M. M. Dol- phin, and only after it was evident that the company would not listen to our griev- ances. We ‘were compelled to take this step to #eo that justice 18 done to the members of our organization on the Gulf system and as & matter of protecilon (o ourselvua, If the Santa Fe company cut wages and imposed other burdens upon the operators on that system, what {8 to prevent them from doing the' same thing here? This is not altogether in sympathy with the Gulr operators. My order caused over 1,800 operators to strike. There s one thing | am glad of and that 1s the fact that the men are a unit in the matter. 1 am re celving telegrams from all points endorsing my action. Just how long the strike will continue |8 a hard matter for me to de- termine. Under no clrcumstances will we return to work uatil our grievances have been adjusted in a manner satisfactory to the members of the organization. The real grievance of the men on the Gulf system, as given to me in a special from National President Dolphin, 8 a_protest GRIEVANCE OF STRIKERS General Chatrman Newman, at Whose Order the Men Quit Work, xplulne Sitaation, WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 8.—General Chair- man J. A, Newman of the Santa Ie di- vision of the Order of Rallroad Telegraph- ers, including the entire Santa Fe system, fssued the following order at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon and a few minutes later he was Informed that 1,800 operators over the entire system had quit their keys: To all agents and operators of the Santa Fe aystem: In accordance with the action of your general commitice and the by aws of the organization, on this date you will strike, cense work' and there o perform any duty of any whatever untll the sald strike {8 ¢ oft by me personally and notlee of setties ent of all Your grievances acknowle ald notice ‘must be vouched for by ouf local representatives. You will turn your boards red for the protection of life and property, and leave them In that position permanent'y. Carefully protect all com- pany property In your care or possession How it reddens the skin, itches, oozes, dries and scales | Some people call It tetter, milk crust or salt rheum, The suffering from It Is sometimes in- tense; loca) applications are resorted to— they mitigate, but cannot cure. !{Prtx‘fidl trom humors inherited or ac- quired and persists until these have been positively removes them, has radically and permanently cured the worst cascs, and s without an equal for all cutaneous eruptions, WOODs ViLLE are the boss cathiarilo. Price 38 cene against a proposed eliminaifon of twelve stations from the schedule and a proposed reduction {n wages at nineteen other sta- | thons old the strike the committee 3 4 ded hours & In cases by the provision for elght consec rest In each twenty-four, except of emergency, The clau ving m of a hearing’ when discharged for' {nsu bordination was also to be eliminated. An- other demand made was that thera was not to bo ‘eduction In wages at any of the stations for the present We will stand by the men of the Qulf and fight this battlo to a Ainish All the Santa Fe tralns are said to be tled up in this division, between Newton and Purcell. No operator was working after 8 o'clock except two at Arkansas Clty and one at Perry, Okl. Division Superin- tendent Tice I8 trying to bring the night train in, but it is not expected that he will succeed. Three frelghts and & p are tled up here, and a telephone message from Wellington ¥s that everything Is dead on the Panhandle division. TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 8.—~A Capital spe- clal from Pittsburg, Kan., says: When the Kansas City train came In to- night Conductor Ramsey found the red light tufned against him. He hoped to get out of the dilemma by running the train to Fron- tenac, but found the light turned against him there. He then returned to Plttsburs, where he will wait for orders. The tleup Is complete 8o far as the traflic {n and out of Pittsburg 18 concerned. GUTHRIE, O. T, Dec. §.~All Santa Fe operaters on the Oklahoma lines quit work promptly at 3 o'clock today. Trains are ruening on timecard rights any : TEMOUTH, H., Dec. 8. United States torpedo boat Craveh, which was in colllsion recently fn Newport har- bor with the Dahlgren, was hau'ed to ths navy yard today “and upon examinatin was tound to have su damage than outward appearanc indicate, Tt fs estimated’ that 1t wil 1 840,00 to At it for sea. w: I take lity by the company's | | senger | IN RUSSIA A. Taking a Strong Hold in | the Capital of the Great | Empire. AMERICAN IDEAS | ¥, M. e | ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 25.—(Corre- |epondence of the Associnted Press.)—The St. Petersburg Young Men's Christian as- soclation is having phenomenal success Rooms were opened less than two months ago. There are now over 500 members or applicants for membership. Classes in bookkeepiug, English, French, German, cor- rerpondence and shorthand are well at- tended. Over 100 men are ardent students of bookkeeping. venings one can usually find 200 members at the classes, In the rooms, playing games or dricking tea Alcoholic liquors and tobacco are barred | to ab- | from the rooms, though no pled staln from their use are exacted from mem- bers. The secretary, Mr. Franklin Gaylord, has succeeded in iransplanting the Ameri- can institution with only such modifications |as the customs of the country require. The | name, “Socioty for Promoting the Physical and Moral Development of Young Men," was adopted In deference to the wishes of the government, and in order to prevent orthodox Russians from suspecting it to be a proselyting assoclation. Kis royal high- ness, the prince of Oldenburg; Rev. Alex- | ander Francis, pastor of the Anglo-American | church, whose intorests | were enlisted by James | Yerk, continued to give M support. The empress has also shown her interest in varfous ways. The marquis of Queensberry is here mak- Ing arrangements for boginning the active exploitation of the Perchina gold fields, He told a representative of the in tho enterprise Stokes of New 800 shareholders und £1,000,000 capltal, ex- pects to find this fleld a second California He returned less than two months ago from Strotinsk, which is the starting point of A Great Fight Age and you scem to be having a terrible steuggle, It's tea to one you will get whipped —unless you do something, Restore color to your gray hair with Ayer's Hair Viger, You will ook tweaty years younger, and the fight vith age will be over, Always resteres color, never fails, never, 0 not abtaln the benefit you d e Vieer, wivio b Diet o il e st the ‘do. Adiress, Drldc! AV i Lo church, and several priests of the orthodox | Gaylord zealous | Assoclated | Press recently that his company, which has | the leased territory, embracing 6,000 square mwiles. It lles on Chilka river. The lease- hold, which is on a basis of 10 per cent | royalty, embraces all rights, and the com- | puny expects, with the ald of improved American machinery, to begin both quartz working and dredging early next year. The property belongs to the emperor and has | been worked in a primitive fashion for forty years. The Russians appear to have the | tmpression that the fields have been ex- | hausted, but the marquls says they have no idea of the wealth of their Asiatlc pos: | sessions. SALE OF COUNT BONI'S YACHT | Walhalla ix Betng Forced on Markat by One of His Importan Creditors (Copyright, 19%, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. §.—(New York World Cable gram—Speclal Telegram.)—The recent anx- lety of Count Boni de Castellane to sell the Davilller, a Paris banker, who has been un- able despite repeated threats to get repay- ment of sums he had advanced to the count, attached the vessel yesterday and at the same time appeared {n a civil tribunal in Havre with an upplication to make_ the selzure final. Castellane's attorneys sald the yacht was worth more than the 750,000 francs ($160,000) he owed M. Davillier, the orlginal cost belng 850,000 francs (§170,000), in addition to which he had epent over 800, 000 francs ($60,000) in refitting the craft. Therefore he begged delay. The court declined to release the yacht, but granted Castellane until the end of Feb- ruary. Unless the 750,000 francs ($150,000) be pald then the yacht will be sold at pub- lic auction, the minimum price to be ac- copted being fixed at 350,000 francs ($120,- 000). POKE MUCH FUN AT ROSTAND ¥ Press Grida Publ Pats the Poet and Fry Him Delectation. on the for (Copyright, 1000, by PARIS, Dec. 8/—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—Nothing has ever called forth such cruel, untiring mockery in Paris as Bdmond Rostand's “Welcoming Ode,” published in the Figaro the day of Paul Kruger's arrivel here. The noted poet and dramatist nearly covered a page of that paper with an amazing com- pound of bombastic loftinegs and triviality. When it appeared Parls was astounded Now excruclating parodies of It appear in all the newspapers and music halls. Press Publishing Co.) ‘ondition of the Czar, LIVADIA, Dec. 8.—The physiclans of the czar iseued the following bulletin this morn- ing DECEMBER Doylies and Table covers, 40c to $9.00, | yacht Walhalla cheap is now explained. M. | 9, 1900, MERCIER MADE A MISTAKE French Peopls Not in Line Expresced Sentimenta. with His LOOKED UPON AS A HARMFUL ENTHUSIAST Thought That of Invading Engln of the Mass of Cltizens, Who Do Net Seek for a War. (Copyright, 1%0, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- grem—Special Telegram.)—General Mercler 1a again enjoying several radically diiferent Kinds of popularity siuce his speech in the | senate demanding that the French govern- ment be directed to take measures to in- sure the success of an eventual luvasion of | Epgland. In that speech he revealed the secret tlhat in 1897, while he was the minister of war, he had worked out all the details of such an invasion, The patriots of the rabld school now hail Mercler as a Caesar, as the only man able to lead France to glory. But sensible people doplore the speech, which, it fs belleved, will certainly have serious consequencos, despito the fcrced levity with which England greeted Merclor's deciarations. The best mowspapers print hareh, edi- terlals upon Mercier veral demand that he be tried for high treason, having dirclosed state secrets. Jean Jaures, the great soclalist and chief, writes: “Neither the English nor the French people want to fight. They know and estoem cach ofher. Subsidized political knaves are responsible for the friction. Such men as Chamberlain and Mercler, in | whichever country they happen to be found, ought to put to death without any more for- mality than is used to get rid of mad dogs They are public universal calamities.” General Mercler's wife Is English and ho owns lnrge estates in England. WHY THEY DIDN'T LIKE SLOAN English © Remembers Bratal and Offensive Per Ways Too Well, (Copyright, 190, s Publishing Co) LONDON, Dec New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Tod Sloan flnds few defenders among British sports- men. Personally Sloan is the reverse of popular. The Ascot episode, when he bru- tally assaulted a walter with & champagne bottle, lowered him greatly in the eyes of the crowd. His cleverness 18 undenfable, but he has been regarded with growing suepicion for some time back. In fact, the immediate cause of the refusal to grant Sloun a license is regarded as a mere pre- text for getting rid of a troublesome in- dividual, Lester Reiff, on the other hand, emerges with fiying colors from the most exhaustive investigation any jockey ever sustained. Lord Durham's insinuations against Amer- fean jockeys proved due merely to ignorant prejudice, The sweeping success of the American jeckeys on the English turf is strikingly {llustrated by the percentage tabl On the polnt system of calculating Sloan is first, with Lester Relff second, Danny Maher third and Johnny Relff fourth. This system of figuring takes into consideration the times the jockeys have finished second and third. Collectively the Americans scored per cent, as agalnst 807 for the English Jockeys. It 1s not surprising that the English boys are fast adopting the Amer- ican methods, YOUNG SWELLS ARE SOAKED Four Gay Boys from Cambridge Made to Pay Fines for Disturbing ® Music Hal 8. 693 (Copyright, 1000, by Press Publishing Co. LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World blegram—Special Telegram.)—Four young | swells of 20, Charles Dudley Ward, first | cousin of Earl Dudley; Lord Alan Percy, sccond son of the duke of Northumberland; John Spencer Coke, third son of the earl of Leicester, and Robert Oppenheim, son of | the millionaire banker—were charged in the police court with attempting to force thelr way into the pavilion of a music hall without paying and when efected with link- ing their arms and pushing foot passengers on Piccadilly. A constable also preferred a charge of drunkenness, but the police doctor certified that they were only excited and not drunk. The accused, who were up from bridge university for the evening, vig- orously denled both accusations, stating that a friend of Oppenhelm’s had a box in the pavilion and that they had been Invited to join him. They also charged the police- man with exasperating them, but the mag- tstrate fined them £4, or fourteen days' im- prisonment each, This sentence was undoubtedly more so- vere than would have been Inflicted on less arlstocratic prisoners, but in London police courts the motto, “Noblesse oblige,” Inva- riably rules. am- MANY DOGS OF HIGH DEGREE Show of Canine Champions Whose y Fancy ces on Them, (Copyright, 190, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 8.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Dog fancying is now running horse racing close as a fad with the most fashionable and the wealth- fest clusses in England. At the Birmin ham show this week, an average provincial town exhibition, $12,500 was given in prizes, and the total exhibits are estimuted as worth at least $500,000. Several dogs were | priced at $50,000, among them the deer- | hounds Selwood Dhouran, winner of fifteen champlonships, and Rufford Bendar, 4 years | old, owned by Mrs. H. Armstrong. The duchess of Newcastle exhibited threo Russian Borsols, all champlon dogs, and each valued at §50,000, while her champion collle, Armskirk Emerald, was priced at half that sum. The princess Montglyon collies priced at $60,000 aplece, one winning a champlonship, while Mr. Peg showed the champion bulldog, Woodcote Chinosoe, val- ued at the same amount In the mastiff class the champion, Marks- man, was priced at $50,000, while some Pomerian fox terriers were also set down at this prohibitive sum, which really means they were not for sale, no such price ever having been paid for any dog. showed three CRIME AT THE PARIS FAIR Police Department of the Esposition Iasues an Interenting Statis. ul Report, (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram—Special Telegram.)—The exposition police report, just out, shows a total of 13,097 arrests on the fair grounds. The cuuses are thus divided: Murder, 4, murderous assaults, 115, crimes agalnst mcrals, 262, minor assaults, 1,192; defaclng property, 401; theft, 4,608 Strangers arrested were 1,180, Of those forty-four were Amerleans, which was less The czar felt very well during the last twenty-four hours. ~He spends part of the day out of bed. His strength is visibly | increasing and his temperature and pulse are normal, than any other nation, except Denmark and Polynesla, which had one each. The total Ing restored to & healthy condition. permanently cures the worst cases of aftor everything else has failed. T Konor, Dyserrsra Cure is the only digoests all classos of foods without aid oat all the good food you need while the worn out digestive organs are bo- Digests what you eat reparation known that rnmyulm»h‘] me the stomach. It allows you to That is why it instantly retieves and/ f indigestion and stomach trouble even| chs can take it. | he most sensitive stoma Prepared only by E. . DeW| & O containing $47 in American monoy which was never clalmed, more than 6,000 umbrellas, one set of false teeth, 248 single garters, twenty-two corsets wrapped in newspapers or otherwise, three burglars' kits, five crosses of the Leglon of Honor, fourteen foreign decorations, one palr of women's russett slippers only slightly used and many other queer articles This museum, with the cxception of what may be claimed before May 1, will be sold at auction for the benefit of charity. HER STRENGTH HER BOAST Young Divorced Matron Starties by Wrestling with Mer tended Husband, Presa Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram — Speclal Telegram.)—The young Comtesse de Becker is the heroine of an episcde which has been excitedly discussed in the most exclusive Franco-American set. A tall blonde, the comtesse is very fond of her reputation as an all-around athlete. 8ho was formerly Helene Richman of Dy trolt. Two years ago she divorced her titled Viennese husband. Late her strength being challenged by her flance #ho offered to wrestls him before twenty intimate friends of both sexes. His victory was stubbornly disputed. The first bout lasted twenty minutes and the second four- teen. The comtesse was defeated twice. She wore u sult which was startlingly prac tical. After the necessary tollette, the wrestlers and the crowd adjourned to a supper in a private room at the Cafe Anglals, where, in the course of a joyous feast, the comtesse was taunted upon her defeat. Sho promptly challenged the main offender, Count de Lautrec, and defeated him in two minutes, proving that it took a really strong man to beat her. Parlsian soclety is making such a protest over the comtesse’s actions that she may make her residence {n London hereafter. DO MISSIONARIES TO DEATH Boxers Massncre Swedlsh as weglan Evangelists Detweel Pekin and Kalgan. (Copyright, 190, it can’t liolgr but do 'ybufgdod.‘ | seventh 0., Ghloago. 50 ots and $1. a bottl The Jarge size cntains 2%y times the small size. TARIFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES Commission Frames a Meanu Ready for Public Henr- tngs on The Philippine commis- sion has prepared a bill fixing the dutl upon imports and exports. There will be a public discussion of the measura next week. Under its provisions importations from the United States into the islands are dutiable. The importation of explosives, adulterated wines, articles under false trade marks and apparatus used in games of chance are prohibited. The rates of duty have not yet been perfected. Fifty-two prisoners were ¢aptured in the suburbs of £an Antonio and San Benito last Wednesday by a dotachment of the Thirty- regiment. Many escaped, but a portian of these were overhauled and captured by the gunboat Laguna de Bay. MANILA, Dec. § TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Aruggists refund the money it it falls to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each | box Men. §.-Three masked of Peet Bros.' Soap Manufacturing com in Armourdale to- night and, leveling revolvers at the c; and superintendent, who were |t time, secured $8%, The mone: a week's wages of the laborers in the departmen Trylug to Save Ferrell's Life. COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 8. ~The attorne; Roslyn M. Ferrell, the express robber, sen- tenced to be electrocuted on March 1'next, will make one more effort to save his life. They have given notice that they will pre- sent his case to the Hoard of Pardons at ity next mecting, asking that it recommend commutation of sentence to lfe imprisons ment. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Sunday and Monday Apt to Be Fair nd Colder with Northerly Wind, WASHINGTON, Dec. Sunday and Monday: For Nebraska and Kansas—Fair, colder 8.—Forecast for PEKIN, Dec. 6.—Captains' Wingale and | Ryder, who accompanied the expedition to Kalgan, returned today. During their ab- seace they. visited several places to which | the Germans did not go, but they encoun- tered no opposition. They learncd that | some twelve Europeans, mostly Swedish and Norwegian misslonaries, besides Captain Watts Jones, were massacred at Kwel Hua Ching by order of the taotal, and that 100 Christians had also been put to death, The | detalls of the outrage are most revolting. Captains Wingale and Ryder visited the Bel- | glan station, where the priests in charge and 3,000 converts had sustained a prolonged slege by Boxers and imperial troops. They | were informed that other stations further west are still besleged, not only by Boxers, but by Chinese troops acting under orders from the authorities, and this In spite of the assurances by the plenipotentiarien that the government {s doing its utmost to suppress | outrages. Chinese carrylng concealed weapons are arrested daily {n Pekin. Natives allege that | December 19 has been fixed as the date for | a rising against the foreigners in the cap- ital. No alarm is felt, howcver, as the troops here are sufficiently namerous to deal with a rising should one occur. THEFTS WORTHY OF MENTION Hearse and Pair L t Horses and Big pmotive Stolen by French Thieves, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 8.—(New York World Cable- gram.—Speclal Telegram.)—Two of the strangest thefts that have ever puzzled the Paris police have just Leen repored. The municipal administration mourns the loss of one of its best hearses and two trotters, which were pulllng it. The whole six days ago and has completely as if it had planet.: The Northern plains of the (Copyright, 190, disappeared as gone to another Raflway company protracted absonce locomotive, which disappeared from the roundhouse at Calals three weeks ago. It was first thought that it had been taken down to Parls by some inspectors and a special crew, but as it did not return an inquiry was set on foot. The wholo trac ing brigade ransacked the company's entire system and even its forelgn connections 1o the remotest confines of Belgium nnd yet all in vain. The rallway company's superintendent now appeais to the police to solve the mystery com- of a Delegate Wilcox He) BAN FRA e from Hawaii. §.—Robert W Wiicox, Haw e-clect (0 congress, arrived here today on the steamer Rlo de Janerlo enroute to Washington Move of Ocean V At N ork—Arrived Southampton. Selled—Firnessia, gow; Patricla, for Hamburg, via Ply and ‘Cherbourg; Etrurla, for Liverpoo ;. nominee, for London; Potsdam, for Rot- terdamn, . via. Boulogné, Colombla, Naples, et At Brisbane—Arrived. couver, via Honolulu, for At Queonstown — Arrive “ham- pint ym_ Montreal, for Liverpool, and proc ithout stopping 1o land nalis, Gwing to storm weather At Philadelphia—Arrived rpool t Yokohama—Arriv & Maru, from San , for Hong Kong. At Hamburg Arrived — New York. At Hlivre — Safled New otk At Liverpool York, At Hong Kong—Balled n Van- B W, orangl, fr. Sydney Pennland, from 1, previously—Hong ‘ancteco, via Horx Pretoria, from ~ La Champagne, for New Balled—Umbria, for number of objects found and turned over to the police 06,617, lncluding a satchel Eva, for Portland, Ore. At Murovan—Salled, Dec, 6-8t. Bede, for Port Townsend. funeral | Deficloncy for cor. outfit vanished | Sunday; Monday, fair; northerly winds For Iowa—Colder Sunday; cold wave at night in northeast portion; Monday, fair and cold; northerly winds For Missouri—Falir, colder Sunday and Monday. Kor North Dakota—Falr, continued cold Supday and Monday; northerly winds For South Dakota—Fair, colder Sunday;. cold wave In east portion; Monday, fair and ccld; northerly winds. For Colorado and Wyoming Quy; colder In eastern portion; fair; variable winds For Montana—Fair Sunday and Monday; variable winds, For Western Texas and New Mexico— Fair Sunday and Monday; fair, colder in ncrthern portion Monday; nertherly winds For Oklahoma, Iudlan ‘Territory and Arkansas—Fair Sunday; Monday, fair, colder, winds becoming northerly. For Ilinols—Fair, colder Sunday; cold wave at night in northern and central por- tiors; Monday, fair and colder; brisk to high west to northwest winds, Local Record, WEATHER BUREAU, Officlal ord of tem precpitation compared with responding day of the last threo alr Sun- Monday, 1900, 1599, 1898, 1897, § 41 -1 ® 0w w Maximum temperature... Minimum_ temperature Precipiiation . . rd of temperature and pre ha for this day and since precipitatl iey for the day March 1..,,29.78 fnc noi i 4.85 Inches inches I, Onietal riod, 15 period, 1898 L A | Local Fore: “A WINNING BOY. Earns His Medals by the Use of Good ¥o A Vicksburg, Miss., boy, J. B. Smith, cor- ner Grove and Third streets, says: "I have been studying very hard to try and beat my room in examivation. 1 have been eating ontmeal and cream for breakfast all my life. Lately when the hard study began I did not feel well enough to go to school, and there was an examination ahead of me and an exhibition too. “I was determined examination, to go through this but felt so sick all the time that 1 didn’t koow how to accomplish it Well, mother saw the Grape-Nuts food advertised, so she bought some and gave it to me for breakfast every morningand you just ought to see what this food did tor me. “I began to get well at once and grow hearty and fat, in spite of my hard’ work Above all that 1 did beat my room at ex- amination, making a gencral average that wa# the highest mark in the room. I am also able to take part at the military drill tomorrow night at the exhibition and wiil try for the gold medal for general excol- lence. 1f you think there is any question about this you can write to Bro. Gar- brial, our principal, and he will tell you that It is true." It of the greatest imporiance thut parents feed thelr growlng children, dur- ing #tudy, on the most nourishing food possible to obtain, and there Is no ques- tion on this score regarding Grape-Nuts, for the food is compounded of the ele- ments eclected from the grains which go to quickly make and rebuild the brain and nerve centers. Any parent can prove this statement by feeding the children on Grape-Nuts. Obtalned from wny first-class &rocer,