Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 December 1896 — Page 2

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HABBI HUX AHD "WED BBBSSiS^fS^WOaD" OF ATLANTA.

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ex-husbands,

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Crimes

Both Stood High Socially—The of Which They Were Con-

'Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28.-~Governor Atkinson has granted pardons to the two most picturesque conviots in the Georgia penitentiary. They are Harry Hill and "Lord Beresford," both serving terms for forgery, and both at one time social high rollers. Hill is a Georgia boy, a member of one of the most prominent families of the state. "Lord Beresford," who says his right name is Sidney L&acelles, is an adventurer, who palmed himself off as a sprig of English aristocracy* married a wealthy New York girl, came South ostensibly to make investments, gave a bad check to a prominent Rome

who was entertaining him, and

oame to grief, Hill was convicted of forging the name of Mrs. J. H. Porter to checks. He claimed he had„a right to do this, but she denied it. The case was one of Georgia's greatest sensations, Beresford married a Miss JLilienthal of Yonkers, N. Y. She has since secured a divorce from him, but he says they will be remarried. It is understood that for marrying Lascelles she was disinherited. The pressure brought to bear in favor of Kill had been strong. Beresford gets his release without ascf strong influence in his favor.

Seldom has an effort to secure a pardon attracted so much discussion as has that ia the Harry Hill case. The Hill family is one of the strongest. from a financial and

Governor Atkinson in his first fight for the governorship in return for a promise to pardon Harry. Several efforts to secure the pardon were made, but each time Governor Atkinson refused. The present application waB indorsed by citizens, court officers, the state pardon board and by both branches of the legislature by formal resolution. The principal keeper of the penitentiary recommended Harry's release on the ground that he is in ill health, and further confinement will be bad for him.

Mrs. Porter, whose name he forged, is the wife of a prominent bank president. It was she who entertained Mrs. Cleveland when she was here, and she has been a leader in social affairs. Hill was a protege of hers. Hill has served four years of a fiveyear sentence.

Beresford, about whom little is known here, served five of a six-year sentence.

The

sentiment in favor of Beresford has been tfcat the men swindled were trying to

nrnnpr

unload some high-priced prope:

supposed lord, and it was really a case

the biter bit.

Who Beresford Tg.

New York, Dec. 28—Sidney Lascelles, alias Lord Beresford, the adventurer, who has been pardoned by the governor of Georgia was the husband of Miss Maud Lilienthal, a society belle of Yonkers, and an heiress. Miss Lilienthal became acquainted with Lascelles in Algiers, and became infatuated with him.

The Lillienthals own a magnificent estate the banks of the Hudsoii. They# also vast estate In Georgia, where the family spend the winter. It was at this latter place that Lascelles induced Miss Lilienthal to elope. The elopement was preceded by a sensational scene on the lawn In front of the family home. Mrs. Lilienthal, Maud's mother, became aware of the proposed elopement and set out to catch them. Lascelles drove up in a carriage and Mis3 Maud left the house, followed by her mother. Mrs. Lilienthal tried to restrain her daughter, but Lascelles interfered, tripping Mrs. Lilienthal. The young couple escaped. They were married, and soon after Lascelles was arrested.

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Mrs. Lascelles last spring obtained a divorce. Last July Mrs. Lilienthal died, Her will was proleaving nearly $1,000,000. bated in the Surrogate's Court at "White Plains. It allowed the daughter an income jjeJic0 to the Pacific ocean,

eat which Teddy Hale, who recently rode about 2,000 miles in 142 hours, stowed away im his Interior department during his arduous labors. On the first day of his rotary perambulation over the country Mr. Hale had four quarts of beef tea, a like quantity of chicken broth, two roast chickens (but they were small) two boiled chickens, also small, an even dozen French chops, two gallons of oatmeal, three quarts of custard, a couple of dozen bananas, six pounds of grapes and two. pineapples. Total weight 34% pounds.

On the second day Mr. Hale's appetite be--gan to improve somewhat, and he got away with four pounds of roast beef, four roast chickens, one boiled ditto, a big lot of chipped potatoes, pudding ad libitum, four quarts of be?f tea and six quarts of chicken broth, three dozen bananas, three pine apples, six chops, five pounds of grapes, a quart of stewed codfish, one pint of tea, two dozen eggs, and last, but not least, twenty stewed prunes. .Weight of„, this grub 59

pounds. On the third day

of $10,000 a year for life. The clause stated that they will achieve that aim that, as she had married a disreputable man should, like to live to see it. But that if against the wishes of her mother, she could not possible in my case. Secondly, I should not share an equal part of the estate with nke to livo to see effected a joining of the her brothers and sisters. Miss Lilienthal a Rhine with the Danube. But that were

few weeks ago was..up in supplementary proceedings before Judge Dykman, in "White Plains It is said that she had guaranteed several thousand dollars' worth of her divorced husband's debts.

MRS. LINTER'S EX-HUSBANDS.

They Will Act As Ushers at Her Sixth Wedding. New York, Dec. 2S.—Thej marriage of Mrs. Eleanor B. Llnter to her Sixth husband will oocur tomorrow at the Church of Emanuel in Providence, R. I., and four of hor ex-hus-bands will act as ushers. The entire martial batch would have been present, but the fifth man met with an accident last week and is confined to his bed.

Contrary to the ordinary run of such affairs, the lady and all her former husbands are on excellent terms.^They are also great friends r^Augustu sT Thistlewood, who is to be the abundantly married lady's sixth husband. The future Mrs. Thistlewood was Miss Eleanor Rtblet when she was first married. Her husband was a Cleveland (O.) man. He is the one who is hurt, but he has sent her a wedding present and has invited her and Mr. Thistlewood to spend their honeymoon at his place, an invitation which has been accepted. In every instance the lady has obtained a divorce without opposition and without losing the friendship of any of her spouses. She convinced them all that they were net well mated, and every one of them accepted the situation gracefully and retired respectfully, with proffers of assistance at any time when called on.

Husband No. 2 is a Mansfield (O.) manArthur K. Singleton No. 3 is lllram E. Krimp of Rochester, N. Y. The fourth is Albert Edward Derby, an Englishman, and the fifth is Walter E. Devenlsh Llntsr of Newcastle, Pa. It will be the turn of the last to take office as president of the Eleanor Riblet Club, which was organized a few years ago by the first three

each of whom has served

a term as presiding officer. None but men who have been husbands of the lady are eligible for membership. They dine once a year, and their cx-wife Is never absent from the annual dinner in her honor. The dinner for 1896 would have

taken

place earlier, but was de­

ferred until Monday next before the wedding. The

bride'grooiitt-clect

would like to be pres­

ent, but the iron-clad rules of the society bar him out until he becomes an

ex-husband,

and

when that will be Is not known. The average term of Mr. Thlstlcwood's predecessors was ten months. There are no children. None of the ex-husbands has married again.

They will act as ushers at her wedding, and at the meeting tomorrow night it will be moved and voted that at all future weddings of this lady the club will act as ushers. Alsa as pall bearers in the event of her death.

THE WHEEL AS AN APPETIZER.

Alarming Record of a Long Distance Rider. The honor and glory of being a champion bicycle rider and breaker of records is doubtless great, but there.are otl-er and more substantia* cnupt j„s'.tions thaw glorv. which is, of it*Hf. an evanescent thing and likely to be wrested from the possessor by some more sussessful competitor, says, a writer in the Kansas City Journal. k~,'

Look lor Instance, at the good things 'to

TeddyV

appetite began

to fail and his friends were considerably alarmed, as he ate only thirty-one pounds. But he managed to get away with, among other things, a couple of pounds of blue fish, seven quarts of broth and beef tea and a lot more of stewed prunes.

For the next 'three days the amount eaten declined greatly in weight. On the fourth he bad besides the prunes, which measured two quarts, twelve quarts of stuff, including oatmeal, rice milk, s&go, tapioca, pedding and jelly, the whole only weighing ten pounds. He did better, however, on the sixth day, his record for the day being one whole codfish, half a roast chicken, more prunes and a few quarts of broth and custards, all of which weighed about 17 pounds. The entire weight of the food eaten In six days was 162% pounds, worth $65.

One of the good things claimed for the

__ wheel is that increases the appetite. If it political standpoint in the state, and it was

openly charged that some of them supported

had the effect on a

on Teddy

its devotees that it had

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matfe the fortune of

restaurant and hotel keepers.

GOETHE'S PREDICTIONS."

¥he Great Poet Had a Strong Political Imagination. It is Dot generally known that Goethe foresaw not only the construction of the Suez canal, but of the Nicaragua canal as well, and foresaw, also that the former would have to become the possession of England and tbo latter the possession of the United States. A writer in the London Spectator translates from Bckermann the following report of Goethe's conversation at a dinner in his houso: "'Humboldt,' said Goethe, 'has indicated, with great local knowledge, several points where, by making use of some rivers flowing into the gulf of Mexioo, one might perhaps attain the object In view, even more advantageously than at Panama. The decision of all this is reserved to

tv on the the future and to a grand spirit of en^er-

ig0

go much is certain that if a outting

pos3

ible of such a character as would

possible

allow ships with an|f kind of cargo and of every, even the greatest, size to pass through such a canal from the gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean there would result for the whole of the civilized world, also for the not civilized part of mankind, the most incalculable advantages. I should, however, be astonished if the United States were to let slip the opportunity of getting such a work into their own hands. One may foresee that that youthful country, with its pronounced tendency toward the west, will have seized upon and peopled, within 30 or 40 years, even the wide stretches of land beyond the Rocky mountains. One may also foresee that along all this coast of the Pacific, where nature has already created the most spacious and most secure harbors, there will gradually arise very important commercial towns, which will become the intermediaries of a great intercourse between China and the East Indies on the one side and the United States on the other. But in that case it will be not only desirable, but almost a matter of necessity, that merchant vessels as well as men-of-war shall maintain a more rapid communication than has so far been possible by the wearisome, disagreeable and costly navigation round Cape Horn. I repeat, then, that it is absolutely imperative for the United States to effect a cutting from the gulf oi

And I am

another gigantic undertaking, and I doubt its being carried out, jnoro especially when I contemplate the smallness. of the means that Germany can dispose of. And, thirdly, I should like the English to be in possession of a canal of Suez. These thrpe things I should like to live to see, and it would be really worth while to hold out hore for their sake.' "—-Literary Digest.

THE POWER OF COLOR.

It Is Said to Exercise a Potent Influence Over Humanity. It is claimed that color exercises a potent influcnco over the human race. The mystics believe tlmt every person is surrounded by an aureole of a color pertaining to his or hor nature. We are told that blue, the color of heaven, indicates the purest soul. Purplo also ranks high in the scale, and pink and red indicate grossness, immorality, materiality.

Experiments have been made as to the influence of oolor on invalids, and years ago the blue glass craze was given wide credence, but finally became exploded.

A woman heralded the fact that she had discovered tho efficacy of color baths for certain ailments, and she gained quite a number of adherents. Another genius discovered that certain tones in music wore represented by certain shades of color, and that those who understood the science could derive as much pleasure as whon listening ton performer.

Balzac seems to have held certain ideas as to tho influence of color upon human beings and averred that he could tell the disposition of a woman by tho colors she affected. Thus ho declared that a fondness for white marked the coquette that romantic and amiable women affected pink, and that tho woman with a predilection for green and orauge was sure to have a quarrelsome disposition that beauties wlio had passed their first youth wore inclined to lilac and purplo that those of a niclancholy disposition wore disposed to wear gray, and that the persons who always wdro black, unless they woro in mourning, were sure to be of a suspicious and quarrelsome nature. According to this thoory, rod and yellow are excitants, groeu and blue, bilious orange, fiery gray, melancholy lilac, quiet and unostentatious.

Colors do .undoubtedly wield a strange influence over sensitive organisms and offset tbem agreeably or disagreeably. Thus a cortain female novelist is a prey to nausea and faintness when she comes in contact with a mass of yellow. Combinations of color have a singular effect on other natures.—Godey's Magazine.

A Plug Artist.

"Do you paint in tho im^resSffOTilst school?" tiaked one sign painter of another. "You are right I do," answered the up to date artist "I am indeed a believer in tho paletta knifo in art!'

And so saying he used his knife to plug up several hoies with putty and then stepped back to survey the effect.—Detroit Free Press,

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To Car* a Gold in One Day.

Take bucative Brcmo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tie mon«y if fail* to cure. 86a. -.J

TWrf. HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29,1B9&

THE SANTA FK WINS

TUB BKCKIVEB8BIP CASK DECIDED IN TBKJLB FAVOR IfSTIBDAY.

Rumored Promotion For ML K.. Iifftlli the Bis Four—The Sand at Coxvtlle Being Sent to the Gas Belt.

Oskaloosa, KM., Dec. 28.—The Santa Fa Railway Company won in. the receivership case afternoon. Judge Myers of the district court, holding that the alien land law of 1891 is not applicable to railroads. Judge Myers dismissed the case.

The history of the case is most interesting. It began la Oskaloosa on November 5 last when in the Jefferson county district court over which Judge Myers presided. A petition was filed by County Attorney H. T. Phinney and Attorney Henry Keeler, W Topeka, praying lor the appointment of a receiver of the property of the Santa Fe company in Kansas. The action was taken niton what is known as the alien land law, pased in 1891, which provides that where more than twenty per cent of the stock of a corporation doing business in the state i^ owned by aliens its real estate shall be declared forfeited to the state and a receiver appointed.

Judge Myers appointed Charles F. Johnson an Oskaloosa banker, as receiver and instructed him to take possession, of the propterty. Soon thereafter affidavits were filed by the Santa Fe officials before Judge C. G. Foster In the United States court at Topeka, in which it was asserted that the action of the Jefferson county court was part of a stock lobbing scheme and that members of it had speculated in Santa Fe stocks in the east on the strength of the court's appointment. Following this, Assistant AttorneyGeneral A. A. Goddard filed a petition in the Oskaloosa court seeking to remove the case to the federal court at Topeka. On the same day at Topeka, the Union Trust Company of New York, filed a cross bill, holding,. as trustee, that they ought to have been made a party to the suit and on the etrenfeth of this bill Judge Foster issued a restricting order preventing Johnson from taking possession of the property.

Receiver Johnson having failed to qualify in the meantime was removed by Judge Myers, who in his stead appointed ex-United States Senator John Martin of Topeka. jn, order to prevent Receiver Martin from possessing the railway property the Union Trust Co. again came into the case, filing a cross bill claiming that the Jefferson county curt had no jurisdiction, and then Judge Allen issued a restraining order, this time against Martin. Thus both aides were bound by ironclad restraining Orders. Following this, in the federal court on November 21st, the attorneys for the state filed a motion to remand the case back to the district court at Jefferson county. They set up thr,ee points—that the federal court had no jurisdiction that the suit was not a civil action arising under the United States statutes, and that the amended petition of Mr. Goddard had been fraudulently filed.

After hearing the arguments on this motion Judge Foster called in Judge Thayer of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and the case was reargued December 1st. Judges Foster and Thayer handed down their decision December 7th, deciding against the railroad, and the case was remanded to the district court of Jefferson county, which court, through Judge Myers, today ended the case by reversing its own action and deciding in favor of the railroad company. Judge. Albert Horton, ex-chief justice of the Supreme Court, who was retained by the

Santa

Fe Railway Co., ex­

tending th«* land law Is invalid on the ground that the bill was not regularly passed by both branches of the legisla-

The attorneys for the plaintiff will take steps at once to carry the case to the Kansas supreme court on an ..appeal. ,,.

That Big Four Inspection.

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The recent trip of W. K. Yanderbilt over the Big Four system, in which he was accompanied by President Ingalls, is now believed to have been of more sigmflcanc than supposed at the time, says ths Indianapolis Sentinel. President Ingalls, it- is said in financial circles, is to be the succes­

sor 0f

Chauncey M. Depew on the New York He is not only to manage thr

Central. ""V to direct the presented E. M. Neal,

P™Perty, but he is to continue to airect we

affairs of the Big Four system, which was built up largely through his influence ai^d enterprise, also th& C. & O.

There have been many things of late that have happened that have caused gossip among railroad men and financiers. Mr. Ingalls is highly regarded as a man Of finance and he is safe and conservative.

It is a peculiar' fact that President Ingalte has left the countersigning and the signing of all passes to General Manager Schaff and General Manager Stevens. Several conferences of an important nature-have been held of late in New York and President Ingalls has answered one or two hurry calls. He was called to New York very suddenly during the business men's meeting there relative to the monetary conference.

President Ingalls is also getting the Big Four property in splendid shape. There are many who are of the belief that J. A. Barnard,' the present general manager of the Peoria & Eastern is to be taken to Cin-

cinnati, and that George W. Bender will go jj.

to the Peoria & Eastern as general manager. This Is thought to be the step that was hinted at the other day when it was stated that Mr. Bender was to receive a promotion. The Big Four people are not creating new offices during dull times and increasing office forces and high, officials On the division unless there is a purpose in lt.

If Mr. Barnard goes to the Big Four, it will be in a position equal in importance to that of general manager of the P. & E.

The Illinois Central.

Illinois Central railroad officials have before them the applications of 1,000 employes of that road who desire to purchase that company's stock. These applications are coming in at the rate of between 250 and 3C0 a month, and indicate a strong desire on the part of the working force of the roa3 to be in full harmony with the executive departments. -i

The Illinois Central employs 2,00ff "men. More than one-fourth of the employes of the company are now stockholders, and' it is thought one-half will soon be enrolled. In the success of the plan of making the employes financially interested with the executives it is believed the company has taken a formal step in the direction of solvrhg the strike problem end teaching the labor classes the value of economy.

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Stuyvesaiit Fish", president of the company, is the author of the plan, which bo railroad in the world has yet adopted, although its success has been proved after months of experiment. Large manufacturing concerns and other corporate interests are addressing the Illinois Central for information as to how the scheme has worked and if it can be applied in other industr.es.

The Pacific Short E.inp.

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Sioux City, la., Dec. 28.—Donald McLean, projector of the Pacific Short Line, which is built from this city to O'Neill, Neb., but which was planned to be built to Ogden, Utah, has returned to Sioux City and announced that he absolutely secured all the capital necessary for the completion of a railway line from Sioux Gity to San Franoisco* Mr. McLean- says) "I have cam-

pleted every arrangement for the investment of $32,000,000 of English capital for the construction of a' railroad line from Sioux City, la., to San Francisco, Cal. My financial agent is the Continental Trust Co. of New York. I am here to make arrangements for a survey of the route from O'Neill to the West I have already had negotiations wdth representative parties frm Utah and other states in the West and the preliminaries are practically settled. None of those formerly associated with me are allied now In this new deal. The Manhattan Trust Ca is left out. Wendell Goodwin and John I. Waterbnry have passed to other fields and J*. O. French is dead. I am convinced that if my life is spared Sioux City is certain to realise the dream inspired in the days when we firrt commenced together.

the Condition of the Vandalism

Campbell, Wild ft Co., brokers «t Indianapolis, have listed all the bonds of the Vandalia system, and have given out a Statement of the "condition of the road and all its branches.

The Terre Haute & Indianapolis Co. owns eighty miles, from Indianapolis to the Illinois state line, and forty-seven miles of coal branches. The capital stock of $50 a share is $1,998,150. The bonds are: First •mortgages, $1,900,000 second mortgage, $600,000. All bonds bear 5 per cent interest The first mortgage iB due in 1925 and was issued in 1885. The second mortgage was issued in 1892 and due in 1925i In 1893 $400,000 of per cent equipment notes were issued, payable $5,556 a month.

The Terre Haute ft Indianapolis road leases the Terre Haute & Logansport railroad, 133 miles St. Louis, Vandalia ft Terre Haute, 158 miles Indiana & Lake Michigan, 40 miles Terrec-Hautei & Peoria, 165 miles Bast St. Louis ft Carondolet, 13 miles a total of 686 miles- \"\.

Taking Sand From CoxvlUe. The Consolidated sand plant located at Coxville, on the T. H. & L'., has commenced operations. Modern machinery has been placed and preparations are being made to remove the sand in large quantities. The stone is first crushed, after which it is purified, this process making it as white as granulated sugar. The sand is then loaded into box ears and shipped to the glass factories through the gas belt. The work is slow at present, but when the machinery gets in good working shape this will be a big industry. -V

'-StOCklD(r Up tho take*.

The United States Fish Commission car passed through this city yesterday morning in charge of J. M. Lambson. The car is equipped with all varieties of fish and is going over the country stocking up all the lakes with the best of fish. The ear went north over the T. H. & L. to Marmont, where they will leave a large supply. Lake Maxinkuckee has always been considered good for fishing, but next year it promises to become more popular than during any Other previous season.

Hlg Lake Traffic.

The new lake route between St. Joseph, Michigan and Milwaukee is becoming very popular. The boats are loaded to their capacity on each trip. The City of Duluth carries a cargo equal to eighty carloads, and the Jay Gould carries one equal to fifty cars.

Notes.

The local grain movement i* reported to be very heavy. The road men on the T. H. & P. are to have their eyes tested.

The night telegraph office of the»Vandalia at Macksvllle has been closed. Paul A. Stewart of the E. & T., H. freight house was called to Evansville Saturday by the illness of his mother.

The Parke County Coal Co. has resumed work. They are running two mines at Rosedale with a force of fifty men.

Frank Burns, a Vandalia switchman, had his knee fractured Saturday while making a coupling. He was removed to the hospital.

Superintendent Hatch of the T. H. ft L. accompanied his wife to St. Louis yesterday, from which place she will go to Colorado Springs.

S. Yourd, yardmaster for the Pennsylvania system at Pittsburg, was in the city yesterday visiting his old friend, Superintendent N. C. Deane.

The employes of the Big Four at Mattoon

ex-superintendent

div!aion

of

with a $500 diamond

fihe St. Louis division, with a $500 diamond pin for a Christmas present. The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition advance pamphlets were Yesterday received by J. R. Connelly, city agent of the E. & T. H. The exposition ogens May 1st and closes October 31st.

The men employed in the auditor's office at the Vandalia received a Christmas gift in the way of a notice from the receiver stating that all receiving over $75 a month would have their salaries reduced. The cuts will range from $25 to $75.

A Big Railroad Tunnel.

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 28.—H. S. Henry, the millionaire contractor, has confirmed the report that he has secured the contract to build the approaches to the Great Northern tunnel through the Cascade mountains, and that the men were already on their way to begin preliminary work. Mr. Henry refused to state the amount of the contract,

wjh

take about six months to do the

work, and hen everything will be ready to begin on the track, which is said to be one of the grestest engineering reats in history. The tunnel will be two and axhal* miles long and will reduce the altitude oi the road 14,000 feet.-

The Bnrr Mansion Saved.

Washington, Dec. 28.—The large furniture house of Julius Lansburg, on New York avenue, was destroyed by fire this evening. The loss on building, stock and adjacent structures damaged will amount to about $200,000, on which there is $60,COO insurance.

The Burr mansion, where tradition says that Edgar Allen Poe wrote "The Raven," is separated from the furniture establishment only by an alley, but was saved. The origin of the fire is a mystery.

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Canged By the Atlaa Failure. Batavia, III., Dec. 28.—W. ft J. S. Van j^ortwlck, bankers and manufacturers, made an assignment today to the Equitable Trust Co., of Chicago. The assignment was brought on by the closing of the Atlas National Bank of Chicago. Tftieir property Interests run up in the millions. It is believed they will pay out in full.

Plarun Increasing.

Bombay, Dec. 28.—The Bubonic plague is increasing, there having been 2,094 cases and 1,494 deaths from that cause up to date. The exodus from the city continues, and the newspapers threaten the natives with martial law unless they conform with the Aa-uitary regulations.

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gpala Is Wagte« Battle la tke Phlll»pla« lalaadn »IHIM Feweie IB Afslee— Troubles of Chlaa aa« Boaela.

Bvsry oonti&nt sxcept that of North ^mariea has spots wlwr* fx* engaged in shedding each other'* blood, and oven this oontinent has Cuba at its doors, where war. oven more terrible than the ordinary war, to being waged between th« Cubans and their Spanish oppressors.

The Cuban war is perhaps larger than any of the other coofiicts which ore in progress, although It Jy. 8® p«W» tho oldest of them.

Spain has another war upon hor hands— that in the Philippines! The Philippines, being at the other end of the world, and there not being much interest in them in this country, very little news is heard of the progress of the rebellion against the Spaniards. Cuban news can he obtained only under difficulties. Spain pursue# tho same policy in the Philippines as in Cuba.

The insurrection was due to the same causes as those in Cuba, says tho Chicago Times-Herald.

There are usually three or four revolutions in progress in South America at all times. The average is one to a country each year. Only one, however, is in progress at the present time, and that is in Uruguay, usually the quietest of the South Amerioan nations. It is due to tho efforts of a party of Uruguayans, who favor the annexation of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul to .the nation. They wish to overthrow the present president of Uruguay and put in his plaoe a chief magistrate who will allow the Rio Gr«nde do Sulians to annex themselves to Uruguay. The president realises this annexation would mean war with the big country of Brazil, which unequal contest oould only have one ending* anfl so he opposes it, although the people of Rio Grande do Sul are anxious to be annexed. For the first three days of the revolution Savarla, the insurgent leader, won a sumber of skirmishes, In one of which General Munis, of the loyal troops were killed. But of late the revolutionists have been losing, and the indications are that the war will soon be ended.

One of the wars now In progress has been waged for more than thirty years. It is that of the Dutch with the Achlnese, which has already oest 100,000 lives, chiefly those of the natives, and is likely to cost as many more before it is ended. Their home is in Achln, on the northern part of the island of Sumartra, one of the chief colonies of the Dutch. The Achlns are Malays, the descendants of the Malay pirates, who were known and feared by every maflner of a century or so ago and whose exploits are frequently mentioned in the old' tales of buccaneers, which have been jpreseryed. They have never been really conquered, but they have resisted the Dutch continually since they first claimed sovereignty over the island.

The contest has been unequal, but the Achinese have fought with gre*t skill and courage, and every soldier who goes from the Netherlands to Sumatra, knows that some day he may die at the hands of the Aohinese. At times they are quiet, but lately they have been more violent, and several companies of. soldiers, both native and European, have been dispatched to do battle with them. A few Achinese are now being killed, and then they will retire beyond the reach, of the Dutch, keeping out of their way until they believe that they are afcain Btrong enough to try an open conflict meanwhile, as ever, they will make sallies against the Dutch on the coast, more like brigands than like ordinary soldiers.

One of the biggest wars now in progress is that in the Shan Mountain district of China. It is known that the Mohammedan outbreak, and its scene is so far removed from the rest of the civilised world and the means of communication are so primitive that very little 1b known of it. It is an outbreak of the Momammedans, who have constantly given the Chinese trouble. It is known that more than 100,000 Chinese troops have been dispatched to the scene, and that during the war many populous cities have been devastated and thousands of natives have been slain.

These northwestern portions of China have never been in sympathy with the rulers of the nation who live at Pekin. They belong to a different race, and they have attempted to show their independence on several occasions. In these contests the mountain chi^ftans have been uniformly unsuccessful. The natives are of the same family as the Turkomans, near whom their country lies. They obtain munitions of war from from the Russians, and. whenever they are able to do so, they engage in a war with the tartars. The Turkomans are nomads, who object to the fixed revenue system and the other systems which are successful in other parts of the empire.

The Chinese soldiers are bound to win in the end, unless Russia should aid the mountaineers and then take advantage of China's helplessness to annex the territory in Western Siberia. Chinese methods are very alow, because of their cumbersomeness, and the war is not apt to be ended for years to come unless, as Intimated, Russia should intervene.

Russia has a small war of its own on hand just now, but it is not big enough to cause the czar'any worry. It is due to the brigands of Transcaucasia. This is the part of the Russian lieutenancy of the Caucasus which lies in the south or Asiatic side of the main range, of the Caucasus. Its area is nearly 100,000 miles, and it has a population of nearly four millions onlofuati population of nearly 4,000,000, but it is small In comparison with the vast Russian empire.

In the mountains of the Caucasus, on the •Asiatic side, there are a number of tribes who make forays on the peaceful inhabitants of the villages. These have lately become more bold and the police have been unable to control them. The governor of the province has therefore dispatched troops to the scene and martial law has been proclaimed. Capital punishment, It has been announced, will be inflicted in every case. It is thought that these measures will soon result in their suppression, especially as the Russian troops will kill every brigand whom they may capture in battle.

Great Britain has few wars on hand. Most of those in which it has been engaged during the past year are closed, the natives having been whipped into submission. The Niger company is, however, now so engaged in an expedition into the interior of its territory against Bida and Nupe, 'two of the native provinces. The Nupes are continually sending out raiding expeditions, it is said, and, whether they have or not, the British have sent soldrs nto th coun­

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with that as a pretext. An exepeditlon against them I# expected to bring the Ilorins, another native tribe, to terms, by re&son of the example which will be made of the Nupes. The Nupes are well armed and the British have sent 800 cavalry and 5,000 footman to the spot for the purpose of conquering tbem. The French and Germans are watching this expedition witl# Jealous eyes, fearing that it may result in the annexation of more African territory to Great Britain.

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Ifeftr ehlef. KaturJ, MOMtljr Mot a ral£ t^| partjr tho gardens close to Fori Effangntft.1 carried off many women, among them tho wives of some of the na* tires who formed a port of the garrison.. An expedition under Lieutenant Alston id sow engaged in hunting for Katurl in ot« der to punish him. It Is a ijry small par-* ty, consisting of only thirty regular trocsK and twenty carriers .and, although lt will bo a war of extermination against Katurl Is hardly serious enough to be dignified h| the name of war.

All 1» quiet in Asia sihcl Chltral, wltl the exception of in Buraah, where "head hunters" have been giving the t»rtt« ish some trouble. These natives are bardlj bore than brigands and tbey confine tbeti efforts to predatory raids, made from timt to time, and give Uie British colonial office no concern.

Germany has one small war on Its hand/ In East Africa. It is in the Killma-Njart district Natives of Meru, who have bee* restive under German rule, recently brokl out and murdered two missionaries namot Karl Seqebrok and Bwald Ovir, who ba4 been sent by the Leipsig Evangelical Mt»* sionary society to convert the natives. AB expedition sba been dispatohed by the GOT* man governor Joj tho. purpwflt pf punlshlnf the natives.

France is engaged in a war with some tho natives of Algeria. They have alway* given the French more or less trouble, necessitating the maintenance of a strong army in that section. Those on the coast have learned by sad experience, the futility of attempting resistance, but the .natives of the Algerian Sahara have yet tu learn. France is now engaged In surveying that part of her African territory, and tha military expedition is meeting with fierod resistance from the natives. In a recent battle they were successful, and killed a& officer named Gollot. Reinforcements havs been ordered to the scene to fight the na* tive tribes. ,,

Japan is having trouble in Corea, ani Russia is also having trouble there. Ths two nations, who by diplomacy have each attempted to gain all of the results of ths Japanese-Chinese war, have had frequent brushes with the natives. A late dispatch from Seoul reports that a Russian foros entered the city to suppress a riot mads (or the purpose of forcing the king of Co« rea to leave the Russian legation, where he is now detained. Japan ia fighting tha mountain tribes in the northern part ol Corea, who haven't any very definite ides what they want, but know they don't want Japan to rule them.

Turkey's difficulty with the Armenians !t not war, but massacre. Yet 300,000 people have been killed since it began. Only ths larger affairs are transmitted by cable, but each day the Kurds kill a few Christians. There is also a contest between the Bulgarians and the Turks. This, like the other, is unorganized. And again, in Macedonia, the Islamites and the members of the Greek churoh are fighting.

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Conductor Forces Him to Cloan Up c&S Filth He Had Hade. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 27.—Apropos Ol the discussion of the filthy habit of promia* cuous spitting in public places, a little incident is related of an event on a car of the Ninth street line yesterday that shows what conclusion one of the conductors has formed of the habit and the best way of 'curing it

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Yesterday about 2 o'clock a'young man who carried a grip and sample case and was dressed in an up-to-date suit boarded the car at the East end of tha line and sat ia the corner of the car. He was chewing tobacco In a very enthusiastic way.

The conductor went forward to collect fares on the grip car and was detained thers until the car was near the Independence Avenue Church. There three well-dressed ladies boarded the car and took seats in ths coach. Wheil the conductor reached the ccach the young man had a large fioor space In the car covered with his expectoration and was adding to it as rapidly as his ability would admit. The conductor was disgusted and looked at the man as though he would like to throw him off the car. He studied the situation for a minute, pointed to a card in the car on which was printed "Don't Spit on the Floor," .and^tben said to tho young man: ,, "I am looking for a cloth, and if I find oBO I will expect you to wipe up that filth from the floor."

Not finding a cloth, he procured some papers and said, as he handed them to the passenger: "You can clean that up."

The young man did so in a manner, an® then as he saw the ladies observing him he quit. He was in open revolt. "I'll get off your car," he said. "No you don't until that floor is well cleaned," said the conductor, with some business in his tone. "You can clean it well or I'll turn you over to a policeman and charge you with committing a nuisance, and we'll test tha matter right now," he added.

The young fellow knew he was in the wrong and did the best he could to clean tho floor and then went to the platform and threw his tobacco away. He left the car at the junction, after which tho ladies complimented the conductor and 6aid they would be glad if he would serve all passengers the same way. The conductor said ha would. r--y£

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San Francisco, Dec. 28.—Two men and bear had a highly exciting contest 1.1 "Butchertown" yesterday afternoon, and the men got the decision—'also the bear. It was not a fair set-to, however, for the bear selected the battle ground, but that was about the only voice he had in arranging the preliminaries. He escaped from a slaughter house on Thursday last, and after terrorizing the neighborhood for two dayot was discovered on Saturday night by Charlci Diiiams and Juan Alverez, two vaqueros oi the Potrero, who attempted to drag him from his lair under Barry's tallow works, but were palpably outclassed. At the expiration of the bout, the bear continued hU snooze under the tallow works, and Williams and Alvarez went to the Receiving hospital to have their faces stitched up.

Up to 2 o'clock yesterday the bear was monarch of what little he could survey la his slimy wallow. He was finally trapped and taken to the packing house. His capture was witnessed_ by a crowd of several 5 ,B... nigfrrffr-WV-.i*', -1 ..^V- J- -t «Gross Earning" of the "Q

Chicago, Dec. 28.—The total gross ear*ings of the Burlington system for the month of November were $2,823,310, a dc-crcare Of $381,678 from the same month of last year.

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