Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 350, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1901 — Page 2

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The Great Stores of Indianapolis are a wonderful sight, brimming over with Magnificent Christmas Novelties, artistic and exclusive productions of the world. Because of existing prosperous conditions the members of our Association, in anticipation of unprecedented business, have assembled a greater variety and quantity of seasonable merchandise than ever before.

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For further information address J. AJT. S--XJXvlSI, Business Manager, Cordova Building, Indianapolis, Ind.

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The Merchants' Association of Indianapolis Will refund the round trip fare to persons living- within a radius of forty miles from Indianapolis upon the purchase of $25.00 worth of merchandise from one member of the Association or from all combined, and One Per Cent. Rebate Will be allowed on all purchases in excess, of twenty-five dollars ($25.00.) Ask For a Merchants' Association Rebate Book In the first store you enter of those named in the margin as members; insist on having each purchase entered in the rebate book in every member's store you trade, and when through buying- the last store will direct you how to receive your rebate. It's all very simple no extra trouble. Application for rebate must be made at the time purchase is made. Every Iine of Merchandise Is Represented The Merchants' Association of Indianapolis includes all of the representative retail stores of the city, and covers practically every line of merchandise needed for personal or home use. You may spend three dollars at one store, ten at another, eight at another and four in miscellaneous purchases there are twenty-five dollars expended, for which your round trip fare will be refunded. Persons living at a greater distance than forty miles may have their fares rebated. To illustrate: If you live 60 miles away, you pav for only 20 miles and the Association pays for 40 miles both ways. Interurban passengers ARB GIVEN ENTIRE PARE POR ENTIRE DISTANCE, but should ask conductors for cash receipt, and the receipt must be shown at stores where purchases are made.

A glance through this'list shows that none but firms of the very highest reputation ask you to do business with them. Iy. S. AYRES & CO., Dry Goods, Cloaks and Millinery. BADGER FURNITURE CO.. Furniture, Carpets aud Draperies. D. II. BALDWIN & CO., Manufacturers of Pianos aul Oraa. BESTEN & LANGEN, Ladles' Suits and Wraps. BLISS, SWAIN & CO. (The Progress), Clothing: and Men's Furnishings. WM. II. BLOCK CO., Dry Goods, Cloaks, etc THE EAGLE (L. Strauss & CO.), Clothing and Men's Furnishings. FEENEY FURNITURE Sc STOVE CO., Furniture and Carpets. ALBERT GALL, Carpets and Upholstery CHARLES L. HARTMANN, Furniture and Stoves. ISKE BROS., Furniture. PAUL H. KRAUS S, Men's Furnishings and Shirtmaker. KAHN TAILORING CO., Tailor. GEORGE J. MAROTT, Shoes. CHARLES MAYER & CO., , (Retail Department) Silverware an! China. W. II. MESSENGER, Furniture and Carpets. L. E. MORRISON & CO., Trunks, Traveling Bags and Rubber Goods. THE NEW YORK STORE, Dry Goods, Carpets and Furniture. PEOPLE'S OUTFITTING CO., Furniture and House Furnishings. F. H. RUPERT, Furniture and Stores. SAKS & COMPANY (The Model), Clothing and Men's Furnishings. SANDER & R ECKER, Furniture. THE STAR STORE, Dry Goods, Carpets, Cloaks, etc H. STOUT 8c CO., shoes. ADOLF SCHLEICHER CO. Wall Taper, Carpets and Draperies. TAYLOR CARPET CO., Carpets and Upholstery. VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO., (Retail Dept.) Hardware. JULIUS C. WALK & SON, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silverware. H. P. WASSON & CO., Dry Goods, Cloaks and Millinery.

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cf Reading hundreds of acres of land along the river are BubmrSel. There were several serious xvashouts on the Ph la.lel hU

t iln. All the tributaries 01 uir ouu, . river al-o overflowed their banks and the flood ia the worst known In years.

DELAAVAHE AMI 1.CIHG1I VUVEItS.

They Are Dolns: 3lucli Damnge In nml Arnnuil Knslon. EASTOK. Ta.. Dec. i3. The freshet In the Delaware and Ixhlgh rivers has done rerious damage all through this rrt of the State. Railroad truffle is suspended and the water has risen to Front street In this city. Telegraph and telephone communication is Interrupted. The rivers are still rising at the rate of a foot an hour, and from advices received from points up the Delaware valley the Delaware river probably will continue to rise until midnight. Thousands of dollars of damage have already been done to the big industries at West East on. At Bethlehem In six hours this morning the Lehigh river overflowed the canal and the adjoining railroad tracks on both sides. p.oth the Lehigh Valley and Jersey Central railroads were forced to suspend traffic. Not since 1$U has the backwater from the river wrought such serious damage. The canal bank bosses say th damage to tho tanai will reueh M.(m. while two hundred private residences in the Hooded district suffer to the extent of nearly x..m). iioth the electric and as companies are without power and the churches were compelled to suspend services to-night. Although many head of live stock have perished, no loss of human life Is known hereabouts. The Lehigh river was seventeen feet above lowwater mark at LYthlehem before the people realized their danger, hence the severe loss to personal property. Heavy Lossen at AUcntown. ALLENTOWN, Ta., Dee. 1Z. The most destructive flood In the Lehigh valley since 12 started this morning at 3 o'clock, following a two-days' drenching rain, which melted the sncw In the mountains, causing the .Lehigh river to become a raging torrent. The traction company's power houses are floodedwlth seven feet of water, which drowned fires under boilers. No trolley cars have been run since 10 o'clock this morning, and Allentown tonight is in darkness. The Adelaide silk mlilJ suffered a loss of over UVVO by flood. Kight feet of muddy water is on th .tirst rloor, completely covering the warping and finding machine" and ruining all th Silk on tho machines. The American Stetl and Wire Company's wire and nail plants arc under water and thousands of dollars' damage has b-n done there. . All other lndu?trlt along the course of streams suffered heavily by water Hooding the basements and tlrst floors, lamaging the machinery and stock. No throunh trains uro running north of Allentown and communication by wire Is completely cut off. No loss of life has been reported. There are many washouts along the railroads. Superintendent Wentz. of the Central Ilallroad of New Jersey, 1 stall.-. 1 In his ptlvate car ornewhre north of Allentown. Locktender William Huffert's houso and stable, near AlleMown, were swept away. The family escaped, but two hartes were carried with the stable into the LehMh river and drowned.

Ilnllrond T rattle- nt n Stundet III. SUSQUEHANNA, 1'a., Dec. 15. Owing to the heavy rains nnd wind of last niht business to-day was at a standstill on the Erie railroad." A mile of track near Owego. on the Susquehanna division, and several feet ut Itosa's Switch, on the Delaware

division, are tubrr.erd. Two hur.dred men It ft h-re to repair the damage and a dinlr.g car was .nt from Su.S'juthanna with food for the paaafi.Kers on a trair which is blocked at Oweno. Telegr.nph and telephone line. throughout this p.trt of the Mate h.we bet-n down all day. A I.eliUh Valley train, on account of high water over the tracks at certain points en that road, was to-!ay run from ücraiiton to Cirbondale on th Dlaware & Hudson lt-ilroud. ther.ee to Owego cn the I'rie road, whtrn It wan again halted by high vatrr. Th Sua lueh.uma and De lav are rivers are full to the banks and the creeks

are the 'lighest in years. Much damage has beer, done to property along the low lands.

I1AMAKU AUOUMl HEIIFOKD.

Southern Pennsylvania Town Svrept ly the SnrKiiiK AVater. BEDFORD, Ta., Dec. 13. One of the heaviest wind and rain storms in its history visited Bedford last 'night. The rain fell in torrents and a fierce gale shook the buildings. Tho Raystown branch reached its highest rolnt since the Johnstown fiodd. It overflowed the tracks of the Bedford division of the Pennsylvania Kailroad; flooded cne or two houses In tho western end of town and rushed through the power house of the Bedford Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, doing considerable damage. last night a train was delayed nearly two hours by a, landslide near Saxton. The trestle at Lybarer's farm was washed away. Junlnta Valley Is Flooded. HUNTINGDON, Pa., Dec. 13. Yesterday's excessive rainfall has precipitated a destructive flood throughout the Juniata valley and through tho low-lying country traversed by the Raystown branch. The line of the stream has become obliterated In many places by the overflow. To-day the Juniata river had risen fourteen feet and the Raystown branch much higher. The farmers along these streams have suffered an Incalculable loss to fences, growing grain and other property. Many farmers were forced last night to abandon thtir homes temporarily. The public roads to the south and east of Huntingdon are Impassable. Ilritlcen Put Out of Ise. LEWISTOWN, Ta., Dec. 13. Yesterday's heavy rains raised the water in Kishacoqullla3 and Jack's creeks about ten feet, and did much damage to property along the' banks. The railroad bridge on the Milroy branch at Walnut street was twisted out of position and travel on that line will be cut off for several days. The new Iron wagon bridge' over Jack's creek, on the road to Mililintown, was carried away by th? flood. Travel over half the line of the Reedsville trolley road has been Etopped. Rain and AVInd at Lancaster. LANCASTER, Pa.. Dec. 15.-A rain nnd windstorm of great fury raged here during the early hours this morning. Many houses were unroofed, Including Fulton's Opera House. Hotel Lincoln, the Stevens House and St. Mary's Catholic Church. Somo streets wire strewn with limbs torn from trees and bricks of dismantled chimneys. Throughout the county the storm was not so severe.

Still i:iiiiK Hanlrily. HARRISBURd. Pi.. Dec. 13. The Susquehanna river has been rising at the rate of nine inches an hour since 2 o'clock this morning, with indications that it will continue to rise all niht. There were two feet of water In the mine room of the Harrisburg water works this evening. The frethet was caused by the heavy rainfall In the Juni.ita valley and along the west branch of the Susquehanna.

COAL IIAIKJES SWEPT AAV AY.

Heavy I.omn Suffered at PlttliirK with the River Still Kl-lnu. PITTSBURG. Pa., Dec. 13. Pittsburg's three rlvtrs at 'J o'clock to-night have passed the danger line and are Kill rising, with reports from the headwaters of the Mor.ongahe'a and Allegheny rivers stating that both streams will bo higher. The weather bureau announces that the cold wave will prevent the streams from reaching thirty feet, but that considerable damage will result from the unexpected rise and inability of shippers and riv rmt n to tie craft securely before the crest of the rise arrives. In the Allegheny river at y o'clock the water Indicator showed 23 feet 7 Inches and Die river rising. In tho Monongahela the reading on the gauye was "C ftot 7 inches.

while at Davis Island dam, 21 feet 6 inches and rising seven inches an hour was reported. At Brownsville it was 2S feet and rising, while at all points up the Allegheny the stream is swelling. At midnight the stages were: Herr's island dam, 1'5.7 feet and rising six inches an hour; lock No. 1, Monongahela river, 'J.7 feet, rising six inches an hour; Davis Island dam, Ohio river, 21.6 feet, rising six inches an hour. "One of the greatest floods In the history of Pittsburg was averted only by the sudden drop In the temperature. The rise at tho headwaters of tho Allegheny and Monongahela rivers was about stopped at midnight nnd the rivers will likely slowly recede." This statement was made tonight by Weather Forecaster Frank Ridpoway. At 10 o'clock to-night the government thermometer registered 7 above, and Mr. Ridge-way says it will drop to zero by 8 o'clock in the morning. Swirling, crashing and carrying danger to everything In their way, seventy-five empty coal barges and fifty loaded boats were torn from their moorings to-day and went down the Ohio river at a terrihe rate. The packet Ben Hur Avas on her way to the Pittsburg wharf and with a good passenger list aboard barely escaped a calamity that might have resulted In great loss of life. The craft were the property of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, constituting the upper and lower fleets, and were tied up at Brown's Landing, between the Point and Davis Island dam. The great amount of water that poured out of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers during the day caused a swirling current and the strain upon tho moorings at Brown's Landing became intense. The barges tugged at the ropes, there was a sudden snap, arid, like a vast floating pier, the seventy-five barges swung into the middle of the Ohio river. No person was on the barges at the time. As soon as they broke away the great danger to any craft that was below became imminent. It was impossible to stop the fleet, as the momentum of the barges grew stronger and stronger. Warnings and messengers were eiuickly dispatched along the lower parts of the river, and the people in shanty boats and persons who had valuable interests at the water's edge were told of what had happened. When the runaways reached Davis Island dam they had become separated and wera going at a high rate of speed. In going over the dam they carried with them tho signal lights and a portion of the machinery. What other damage they may lnllict cannot be predicted at this time. At Duquesne- a fleet of twenty-five barges, moored at the docks of the Carnegie Steel works, broke away and went plunging down the Monongahela river. Nineteen of the barges were heavily laden with coal and when they struck the pier of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge just helow Pert Perry all but three or four were smashed and sunk, completely blocking the channel at that point.

Wheeling: Look for HlRh AVater. WHEELING. W. Va.. Dec. 15. Wheeling is preparing for a thirty-three-foot stage of water in the Ohio, which is a foot over the danger line. Reports from headwaters indicate there may bo even a higher stage unless the cold spell cuts the rise short. Reports from all part of West Virginia tell of streams rising higher than ever before known.

river here reaching a height of twenty-one feet, which did no damage in the city beyond flooding a few cellars on the lowlands. A few stray logs in the river were carried away. Lycoming and Loyalstoek creeks were both very high, and the Northern Central tracks along the first-named stream were badly washed out in places, and several bridges were damaged. At Ralston a passenger train had to be abandoned and the passengers sought high ground to escape the flood. The Philadelphia & Beading road bridge at Montoursville was so weakened that traffic had to be suspended. During the twenty-four hours ended at last midnight the rainfall was three inches.

C. &. O. Uridine Washed Out. IIINTOX, W. Va., Dec. 15. A portion of the Chesapeake & Ohio bridge at Lowell, eight miles east of this city, was washed out this morning at 7 o'clock. All eastbound traffic direct Is abandoned. Train No. 3, from the east, turned back at Ronceverte and will reach Kenova and Cincinnati over the Norfolk & Western. Train No. 4, from Cincinnati, reached this city at 7 o'clock to-day and was immediately turned back to Kenova to be run over the Norfolk & Western to eastern points. The company will try to repair the damage for traffic to-morrow, but this all depends on the stage of water and it is rising to-night.

High Water In Virginia. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. A Tost special from Lexington, Va., says that owing to the heavy rain of the past thirty-six hours North river to-day is beyond its banks more than at any time in the past six years. At Woodstock there was a heavy rain last night and the temperature has fallen fiftyfour degrees in the past eighteen hours.

Man and Daughter Drowned. YOUNG STOWN, O., Dec 15. Mrs. John Bloondecker, aged thirty, and daughter Bessie, aged five, were drowned last night in the Mahoning river. A sudden rise of tho water carried away a email building on the river bank In which the family lived.

CRISIS AT HAND.

DIE TO THE STORM.

Wreck In Pennsylvania. That Canned the Los of Three Lives. WILLIAMSPORT, Ta.. Dec. 15. A freight train on the Philadelphia and Erie division of the Pennsylvania Railroad went through the bridge spanning Lycoming creek, between this city and Newberry, at 6 o'clock this morning. Three lives were lost. The dead: JOHN MARTZ. Rnglneer. FREDERICK GLASS, tireman. GEORGE HARLEY, brakeman. All resided at Sunbury. The train was known as fast freight No. JO, and was running three hours late, owing to the disarrangement of schedule In consequence of tlie Pterin. The bridge over the creek was a two-span Irrn structure, the first span of whieh gave way be neath the tr Jn. The engine and nine cars we re en?' i'". d In the icy waters. The creek was Tjitatly swollen as a result of th heav. rains, .ind it Is presumed th- middle pier had been weakened. No efforts could be made to reach the bodies on account of the height of the waters. All the s-treams in this part of the State were greatly swollen, the Susuuehanna

Manchnrinn Situation Xever More Critical Than Now. PEKING, Dec. 16. The Manchurian question has reached a stage which best informed observers conlder to be a crisis in Chinese history. The Chinese government is beset between Russia on the one hand and Great Britain, the United States and Japan on the other. The government is helpless and will yield to the faction ablo to bring tho strongest pressure to be?.r. Prince Chlng la distinctly more friendly to Great Britain than was Li Hung Chang. The British. American and Japanese representatives h.re have separately visited Prince Chlng and insisted they be shown any treaty before it Is signed. Prince Ching has submitted to them the draft of a treaty practically identical with tho treaty already published. Prince Ching is now pressing Russia for more definite, terms, the present form of the treaty being so vague In Its Important points as virtually to leave Russia a freu hand. The Japanese minister has taken a strong stand in the matter and has notified Prince Ching that Japan will require concessions equivalent to all the advantages conceded to Russia in Manchuria. The belief is general that Russia intends to ignore what she regards as mere formal objections on the part of the other powers. Japan would go to the length of war to stop the Russian occupation of Manchuria If fche were assured of support; but shr will not risk a repetition of the rebuff received after the China-Japan war.

to obtain from her anything that will lead to the identity of the assassin. BELIEF IN SIGHT.

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threo hours this morning the mercury stood at 12 degrees below zero. Later, however, the skies cleared and the wind, which had been blowing from the northwest, died down, causing a gradual rise of .temperature, and to-nls;ht the thermometer at the local weather bureau registered but 3 degrees below zero. The predictions for to-morrow are moderate weather and a rising temperature. While there was considerable suffering among the poor, many of whom were unprepared for the sudden change, no deaths were reported to-day that could be attributed to tho cold.

ONE DDAT1I AT ATLANTA,

Colored Woman Succumb to Cold In the Georgia Capital. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 13. One death, that of & colored woman, was reported to the police to-day as a result of the continued cold weather here. Th mercury at 10 o'clock to-night registered 13 degrees above zero.

Very Cold In Tennessee. CHATTANOOGA, Term.. Dec. 13. The lowest temperature this morning here was 5 degrees above zero, the coldest weather since February, 1S99. Tho Tennessee river is rising rapidly here. Ccldest In Twenty Years. OXFORD, Miss., Dec. 13. Last night was the coldest night in this vicinity for

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FALLING AT CINCINNATI.

Mercnry nt Zero, While the River Is Rising One Front Victim. CINCINNATI, Dec. 13.-Shortly after 8 o'clock to-night the thermometer reached zero here and it is still falling. The Ohio river suddenly rose from fifteen to twenty feet during the day, causing much suffering along the river front during the cold weather, by the movins of an endless lino of shanty boats. "Doc" Orr, a well-known character on the Kentucky side of the river, was found frozen to death to-day near his home at Fort Thomas. He got lost while en route home late last night and stuck fast in tho mud of an excavation being made near tho Covington reservoir.

Lima Is Without Gas. LIMA, O., Dec. 13. The temperature dropped from LK above to 8 below from Saturday morning to Sunday morning in this city. It remains about at zero tonight. The natural-gas nupply has given out In a number ef houses, and as no other method of heating was provided suffering ensued. Railroad traffic la suffering badly through trains being eight to twelve hours late.

Wilhelm Decorates Ilo. BERLIN. Dec. 15. Emperor William ha3 dee-orated Marquis Re. the Japan se statesman, with the Order of the Red Ragle.

3Irs. DeuuiK Is Worse. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-There wfc a slight change for the worse in the condition of Mrs. Ada Gilbert Dennis, the fashionable dressmaker who was so murderously assaulted last Monday nlht while in her bed at hvr residence on K street. There has been no Improvement In hr mental condition and detectiv have not been able

BeliMV Zero at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 13. The official thermometer went to 7 degrees below zero at 3 o'clock this morning. It was 1 degree below at 10 o'clock to-night and failing. Many trains were two to three hours late to-day and In some eases the number of coaches In outgoing trains was reduced in order that they might be more easily handled.

Zero Weather at Knoxvllle. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Dec. 13. Intensely cold weather has kept relief workers busy all day. At 3 o'clock to-nUht the thermometer shows 6 above zero, and the chances are that it will drop to zero before morning. The Tennessee river Is on a rampage as u result of the recent heavy rain. Lake Seamen Iladly Prosen. SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Dec. 15 The thermometer dropped to IS below zero to-day, and Captain John Bolton and Mate Thom

as Sweeney, of the steamer Rand, had their ears, face and hands badly frozen In trying to make port in the fog. One Man Frozen to Death. OLIVE, Tex., Dec. 15. Ira Hlllard, aged forty, was found dead near here to-day, having succumbed to the cold during the night while trying to walk home from Kountze.

RISING TEJlPERATUnES.

Relief In Sight for the Sufferers from the Severe Cold. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Kentucky Fair on Monday and Tuesday; rising temperature; variable winds. For Ohio Fair on Monday and probably on Tuesday; rising temperature; light variable winds, becoming southerly. For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Monday, except probably snow in northern portions; warmer; Tuesday probably fair; light to fresh southerly winds. For Lower Michigan Fair and warmer on Monday; Tuesday cloudy and probably warmer In northern portions; light variable winds, becoming southerly. Local Observations on Sunday. Pres. Tern. It.II. Wind. Weath. Pre. 7 a.m.. 30.54 10 3 West. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m. .30.50 2 76 N'west. Clear. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 2; minimum temperature, 10. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 15: Temp. Pre. Normal 33 0.10 Mean 4 0.00 Departure 23 0.10 Departure since Dec. 1 57 2.5-) Departure since Jan. 1 103 1L07 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE, Sec. Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p.m. Aalanta, Ga 22 15 Bisma Buffalo, N. Y IS 10 Calgary, N. W. T IS H Chicago, 111 12 2 2 Cairo, 111 4 8 6 Cheyenne. Wyo 2 22 20 Cincinnati 6 2 Davenport. Ia 10 2 0 Des Moines. Ia 10 6 6 Galveston. Tex 40 4) Helena, Mont 3) L'S Jacksonville, Fla 51 AI Kansas City, Mo 2 12 10 Little Rock, Ark 6 IS H Marquette. Mich 6 0 Memphis, Tenn 2 12 8 Nashville. Tenn 2 8 6 New Orleans, La x 34 New York city 4) 22 North Platte, Neb 2G is 16 Oklahoma, O. T 4 IS IS Omaha, Neb 10 14 14 Pittsburg. Pa 8 IG Qu' Appelle, N. W. T.. .. 16 Rapid City. S. D 16 IS 1 Salt Lake City 20 34 2S St. Louis, Mo i 8 6 St. Paul. Minn .2 4 Springtield. Ill 10 6 2 Springfield, Mo 4 12 12 Vicksburg, Miss 2s 24 Washington, D. C 24 20 MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. Arrived: Btruria. from Liverpool; La Bretagne, from Havre; Canadian, from Liverpool. QUEENSTOW.V. Dec. 15.-Sailel: Celtic, for New York; Campania, from Liverpool fur New York. SOUTIIAMITON. Dec. 13. Arrived: Bremen, from New York to Bremen. MOVILLE. Dec. 15.-S.Uled: Furnessla, from Glasgow for New York. HAVRE. Dec. 15. Arrived: La Gascogne, from New York. Croker nt Lexington, Ky. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Dec. 15.-Richard Croker, accompanied by Senator Murphy, David Gideon. ljuaranMne Inspector Corsby, of New York, and several others spent the day here en route to French Lick Springs, in Indiana. They vblted . S. Barnes's Melbourne etud. where Crkr's Bellarto and Beau Gallant are wintering. The party left to-niKht for the health retort, where they will remain a month.

WAR IS STILL ON.

Venezuelans and Colombian Liberal Defeat the Conservatives. , WILLEMSTAD, Curacao. Dec 15. The Venezuelan general, Vicente Sanchez, who is here on his way from Maracalbo to Caracas, reports, that a thousand Colombian Liberals, distantly supported by 4,Ou3 Venezuelan troops, captured the Colombian seaport town of Rio Hacha (on the northwest coast of the Guajlva peninsula) on Dec. 10, after Generals Clodomiro Castillo and Cirio Pupo, both Venezuelans, had defeated 2.00O Colombian Conservative troops near Treinta, about thirty milts southwest of Rio Hacha, In Colombia, C-eneral Rafael Uribe-Uribe is directing this campaign "from Maracalbo. where he has obtaned lukewarm Venezuelan sui-

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at Rio Hacha. General Urlbe-L'ribe imme

diately proceeded south to the province of Tachlra. The Colombian Conservatives made an attempt to intercept Uribe-Uribo. but were foiled by means of a decoy armored train. Uribe-Urlbe's forces are now moving along the Venezuelan-Colombian frontier. Their objective is ald to be Bucaramanga, In Colombia, which, it has been reported, has been lost to the Colombian government. The Liberals are also said to hav taken possession of the capital of the Colombian district of Tolima.

IN A KISSING HUMOR.

3Iaxine Elliott's Response to. a Toast at a London Dinner. LONDON. Dec. 15. Miss Maxlne Elliott (Mrs. Nat C. Goodwin) presided at the ladies' night dlr.ner of the Old Players' Club at the Criterion to-night. The guests included American and English professionals. After toasts to King Edward and President Roosevelt Miss Elliott responded to the toast "Our Guests," proposed by the president of the club, who alluded In the kindliest terms to American vlsito rs. m t- r 1

tionir.g B(.oth, Ada Rehan, Drew, Mr. and

jooüwin and others. Miss Elliott.

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charmingly apologizing for her inability t make a speech, thanked the president for his kindly welcome and undeserved praise, and, adding she would be an IriKrate if hhe could not hnd words to express the exuberance Of her gratitude, hhe quoted the words, T would kls as many if you tis had beards that pleased inc. complexions that liked me."

(;liirliuvtskl Mny Ilcsljcn. VIENNA. Dec. 13. A rumor is cut rent here that Count Goluc howskl, the Auslro. Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, is about to resign owing to the refusal' of the Emperor, Francis Joseph, to panrtlori his arbitrary proposal to satisfy German cumplaints arising from the antl-Germn demonstrations In Gallcla.

Mcvr I'alnce Car Company. ALBANY, N. Y.. Dec. 15. The American Palace Car Company, of New York city, was Incorporated yesterday with a capital of $"..oi.i ,(.. h). The Incorporators Ineiud. President J. H. Haodly. of th International Power Company; L. W. Baldwin. preMJeut of the Empire Bank, of New York, and W. J. Arkell. of New York. Director .f the leading railroads at home and abroad are Interested. Among the.e Is Baiwj Nagelmaker, the sleeping car magnate of Euroj-e. I'orty I'ulilienns at Church. CLEVELAND. Dec. lS.-Ke-rty local Palo, n keepers attended the Hough-avenue Congregational Church to-night In a lny on the invitation of the pastor, the Rev. C. W. Carroll. The recent Matement by a kiloon keep-T that their occupation barred them from church prompted the invitation. No reference was made to their calling la Dr. Carroll's sermon, but he said they tt always welcome to his church.

What Shall A Hate for Dessert? ThU iuct!on arltrt in th family vrjr dj It ua untwtr It to-day. Try JU-u. a JUol..üi cnttrt. l'rtiifrvl la two ni!nuta. No lkl!iu! A'l h'.t mater atid t to cA. FUwra: Ixn n Oralis-. lUt.rrr an4 .Strawberry. At ytur groceik. 1J eta.