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RAISES A RuMPUs.
Rev. Holmes, Member of the City Council Of
Rnnkfnrd illinois, Cats into Daap Water.

Rev. Holmes, a Member of the City Council Of
Rockford, Illinois, Gets into Deep Water
ROCKFORD. H., Dec. 1S.-Rev. Mead
Holmes went home from the council
meeting last night accompanied by a
body guard to protect him from the
white Caps" The serious part of the
matter cropped out yesterday when
license alderman, f. w. Blaisdell, de-
clared his intention of commencing a
suit against Mr.. Holmes for SANDER.
In an interview published Saturday.
Mr.. Holmes, it is claimed intlmated
that Mr.. Blaisdell who is his antag-
onist in the council was responsible
for the s@White Cap letter and also
author of the letter rejecting on hum
(Iolmes4 in paper printed in Chicago
in the interest of the liquor dealers.
Mr.. Holmes has received an enormous
number of letters from all over the
| country both of encouragement and
condemnation of his course.
He has received quantity of papers,
with marked copies, containing state
ments of all outrages which the Gaps"
have perpetrated. lie has also received
letters signed by initials of officers of
| the genuine White Caps. claiming that
the first letter-was bogus, and adding
| that il he is further molested the real
White Caps will take up his cause and
| avenge him. In the council last night
| MIR. Holmes caused sensation by
producing the White Cap letter and
| the bomb found on his doorstep.
Alderman Davis offered resolution
condemning the attack on Mr.. Holmes
but it was tabled. Then Alderman
Blaisdell arose in a great passion and
said: ut is a base, cowardly insinua-
ton for Mr.. holmes to place me in
this light before the people of north
ern Illinois who know me well and
before the people of the east. 1 say it is
a base, cowardly insinuation and /
] don't propose to associate with such a
man. If he is a crank he ought not
to be here. If he is a dishonest man
he ought not to be here and if he is to
remain in the council / will not and
will resign tomorrow" Mr.. Balsdell
then seized his hat and left the coun'
| ell chamber and shortly afterwards the
board adjourned amid great confusion,
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Coal Dealers Admonished by White Caps.

AURORA, ILL.,, Dec. 19.-The White
Caps have opened correspondence bu-
reau in Aurora and the newspapers and
coal dealers have thus far monopoly
of the communications. Alderman
Jungles received a letter which ordered
him to stop giving short weight on coal
under penalty of receiving visit from
the White Caps of local branch 81. The
letter was adorned with red ink repre-
sensations of skulls and cross bones,
white caps and snakes. Other coal
dealers have received similar commu-
nications. Coal is selling for 1915 a
ton, an important drop, the result OF
strong competition, and the letters al
lege that the difference in price is more
than made up by the shortage in weight
and insist that it must cease or the
''blacksnake" will be employed to en-.
force the demand. Editor Burlone OF
the Daily Express has also been warned
to stop Publishing articles derogatory
to the cause of the Burlington strikers
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Ohio White Cans uOrnsrsd.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Dec. I7.-Governor
Foraker said last night that detective
had been among the White Caps since
the first report of outrages in the state,
and that the names OF all members and
the secrets of the order had been Sc
cured, with such evidence as would
bring any offender to Justice. He said
that none of the members had been
summoned to his Office, but that sew
eral OF them came voluntarily, being
frightened by the possibility of prose-
cution, and the result of their visit
was that the organization had been
permanently abandoned and these
members consented to quit their line
OF conduct. The governor said that
the White Caps were regular organ
lied secret body, but that they had no
connection with the organization of
White Caps in Indiana. They were
divided into lodges, and the entire or
der was under general officer known
as Colonel There were nine
lodges in Ohio, with a membership OF
about 1000 among whom were many
OF the best ct liens.
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TERRIBLE STORM.
A Blizzard Cripp'es Commerce in
Canadian Provinces.
Several Persons Absent from Home
TN :ccOuntsd For.
Aurora Coal Dealers Warned to Let
upon Short Weights.
Chicago Pickpeckets Beat and Rob
Street Car Driver

CHICAGO, Dec. ia dispatch from
Montreal, regarding the blizzard of
Monday and yesterday says: Train
service in the province is greatly de-
Iayed by the fall of snow. Monday
afternoon six farmers started fol-
Boucherville for this city with wagon
loads of produce. They had to cross
the river on the ice ia the height of
the storm and as nothing has been
seen of them since their departure
broke through the ice and were
drowned. Two brothers, Hugh and
Michael Walsh, who arrived at Corril-
Ion last evening tell a terrible story of
suffering. They had travelled with a
team on the ice from that place to
Point Fortune. There the hurricane
overlook them and the ice broke up.
The team was swept away and they
only escaped death by jumping on
a large les foe. The remainder
of the night was spent in
terrible agony, drifting aimlessly on
their frail support upon the tempest
tossed river. AT daylight the ice foe
grounded on small island and their
sad plight being seen from the shore, a
boat WAS put off and they were res
cued. Reports of more serious loss of
life and damage is expected when the
telegraph is once more in working or
der. A dispatch from Quebec says
that the storm which has been raging
there since Sunday rose to a blizzard
yesterday, and the wind and snow are
sweeping the almost deserted streets
with binding violence. The thorough
fares are terribly drifted. ALI COM
munication is cut off between town
| and country. Farmers from the sur
| rounding districts here say that the
roads are almost impossible and fences
| and buildings have been blown down
which will result in enormous damage
1t was difficult for them even to get tc
/ their barns to care for their stock.
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Sullivan and Kilrain.

NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-Another hitch
occurred to-day in the arrangements
tor the fight for the championship of
the world between Jake Kilrain and
John l.. Sullivan. Both parties seem
to have great respect for the law and
deep seated desire to keep strictly
within its bounds. To-day a gentle
man who gave his name as Richard
Roe and announced himself as friend
editor of the New York Clipper, and
expressed his willingness to cover the
IS, 1000 deposited by the Sullivan party.
Mr.. Roe produced long yellow en-
velope and handed it to Mr.. COlvin.
That gentleman opened its flap and
took from it a ponderouS
document written on foolscap.
1t was four and half pages
long. and it was evidently in
teresting reading for Col. Colvin. After
he had perused it, he closed it and re-
placing it in the envelope laid it on his
desk. A moment later Mr.. Roe de-
posted in Mr.. Colvin's hand an envel-
ope. 1t was unsealed and from its
depths Mr.. Colvin tished out So 600. in
crisp bank notes. He counted them
twice to assure himself that it was
SIS, 900, replaced the wad in the white
envelope and put it and the larger one
containing the ponderous document in
the main drawer of the desk. Mr. Roe
looked anXiously as though a part of
the ceremony had been overlooked.
He whispered to Mr.. Colvin, who re-
piled oh, no; / can't do that, we
never give a receipt for money depos-
tied with us under these circum-
stances. Wen keep it a secret, was
urged by Mr.. Roe. / don't care any,
thing about that, was the response. 1t
is not our custom and we can't do it.
The Sullivan party got no receipt, but
the fact of the deposit will be duly
proven, that's all the receipt we give.
Further persuasion proving unavailing
Mr.. Roe said he would with
draw unless given a receipt.
Mr.. Colvin opened the drawer of his
desk and took out the envelopes and
handed them back to Mr.. Roe, and Col
win stated the big document was largely
a denial of Sullivan's title to the cham-
pionship of the world ard made a conn
ter claim of the title for Kilrain 1t offer
ed to make match with Sullivan fol
the title and a stake of IS, 200 aside
this is S.. 1000 less than Sullivan's chal-
lenge and was not an acceptance of it.
the diamond studded championship
belt now held by Kilrain and it also
provided that Kilrain as the holder OF
the championship, should be permitted
! to name the time and place of til,
fight. Virtually it amounts to the
ignoring of the points of SullIvani
I challenge and the substitution O
others and more to Kilrain's liking
Heretofore in all champion matche
the time and place of the combat ha
] either been settled by mutual agree
ment, especially the time Of the battle
or has been decided by the tossing of
: coin
Before leaving, the visitor said b
was speaking by the card when he al
: nounced that Kilrain means business
; and that if Sullivan or his friends ar
{ not dealing in another bluff they ca
= make arrangements to meet Fran
II Stevenson of this city and jaime
: ! Keene, OF Boston, on behalf of KilraiI
= and arrange any little differences .
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Muydersd bv pebter.

ST. JOHNS, N. F. Dec. 1s.-Archi-
bald Sellers, the weaithiest dry.'goods
merchant of this city. was brutally
murdered Sunday night by Mr..
Parnell, another business man who
was indebted to Sellers for a large
sum Parnell secured an inter
view with his victim on plea of max
ing A settlement. AS soon as he had
revolver at his head and demanded
a receipt In full. Sellers, who was an
old man, shouted for help whereupon
Parnell strangled him and then
emptied the contents of the revolver
into his body. The murderer then hur-
ried home and took dose of strich-
nine and believing himself dying con-
fsssed his crime. but physicians say he
will recover. He is now in jail.
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ANevYears RssOIvs-Try to Win Fortune.

3 New Tears hesolVe-1fy 70 VIII Ioftano.
On Tuesday. always Tuesday,, Now
ember 18th. 1888, the 222d Grand
Monthly Drawing of the Louisiana
State Lottery took place under the sole
supervision of Gems. G.. L. Beauregard
of La, and Jubal A. Early of Va. as
usual, The prizes were from 500 to
$500 600, No Sc, 621 drew First Capital
Prize of $500, 900. 1t was sold In frac-
tionaI parts of 81, and sent to NJ. A.
Dauphin New Orleans, La. One part
was collected by Z. G.. Minor. Platt-
smouth. Neb., one by Lydia Behme.
34S 9Th St., New Orleans La: one by
Ed. Clayton. 932 Sixth St., Louisville.
KY; one by E, j. Curtin, Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, H.; one by Mrs. 81.
AEsel, rs w. Houston St.. New York
City: one by VIM. Rowan, Ala Lami
ST., st. Louis, Mo-; one by depositcr
through Wells Fargo s. Co., San Fran
cisco, Cal; on y Mrs. G. York, care
of a. S. Blake. agent, 800 Canal St.,
New York City; one by Casper Weaver,
Waverly, Mo-; one by Edmund G. and
Geo. G. Albert, 165 w. Maple St., Day
ton. o.; one by G. PeraZZo, Truckee,
Cal. No. 99.391 drew Second Capital
Prize of SI00, 900 and No. 1857 drew
third Capital Price of $50, 600, and No.
1856 drew Fourth Capital Prize of
S25, 900. a list of winners too long TO
enumerate. The next drawing win be
on Jan. 18th, 1889, when you should
resolve to try to win with the New
Year fortune.
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The Vice Prssidsnt-Eiect Leaves for Home.


INDI ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 15.-Viee Presi-
dent-Elect and Mrs. Morton concluded
their visit to General and Mrs. Harri-
son and left for their home this morn
ing at Il:35 by special train over the
Bee line. Mr.. Morton stated last even
ing that they should leave at 4 D. m.
to-day, but it is thought the hour was
changed so as to avoid the crowd at
the depot and escape receptions along
the route. Mrs. Morton arose much
refreshed and feeling almost entirely
recovered from her indisposition of
last night. The vice president elect
was also in excellent health and spirits.
his face was wreathed in smiles as he
stood on the rear platform when the
train pulled out, and waved farWell to
Secretary. Halford and Secretary Nc
Kee, who had escorted them to the sta
fInn
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Street, Car Men Held up.

CHICAGO, Dec. I9-There was quite
reign of terror among the west
side street car men last evening,
caused by gang of pickpockets.
About FIVE O'Clock two men boarded
a Madison street car and attacked the
coRductor, endeavoring to rifle his
pockets. A. rough and tumble fight en-
sued.
The conductor succeeded in reaching
the hell rope and stopping the car, and
both his assailants ran. The con-
ductor and driver pursued them and
captured both, turning them over to
the police. The conductor was so bad
ly beaten that he was compelled to lay
off. Later in the evening another
conductor was assaulted by
two thugs and severely beaten, but
he succeeded in protecting his cash and
driving off his assailants. Several other
conductors had their pockets picked OF
amounts ranging from three to ten dol
lars and one was held up near the Og
den Avenue house, robbed of his watch
and money and badly beaten.
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TOPEKA, Dec. ia bloody en-
counter took place Friday night near
the Indian Territory line in Stevens
county between farmer named
Howell and Jim Newtons notorious
horse thief. Howell heard noise in
his barn yard and on going out to in
vestigate found the horse thief prepar.
ing to leave with three of his best
horses. He commanded Newton to re
lease the horses but the deserpado
answered by firing pistol. Howell
then attacked the thief unarmed and a
desperate struggle ensued., The far
mer was overcome and brutally
beaten about the head and to finish
up his work the thief fired three bull
let's into Howell's body and rode off to
the territory with the horses. The
body of the farmer was found this
morning and a posse of farmers was at
once organized and are following the
desperado.
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ABrntalPriue Pieht.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Dec. ls.-The
most brutal prize fight that. ever took
place in Eau Claire. occurred last even
ing between James Fell, champion Of
Michigan and j. w. Curtis of Duluth,
MINI. Seven rounds were fought.
In the fourth the police interfered and
stopped sthe round. In the seventh
both sides claimed . foul aud the
referee called the fight draw, where.
upon Fell struck him three blows II
the face. The audience then tool
sides and jumped into the ring and :
general melee took place. No arrests
we're made.
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Rspublioan L.arus Club cony.n,io,.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. I5.-Delegates to the
republican league clubs of Missouri
met in the exposition building to-day
for the purpose of selecting four dele
gates the national republican league
convention, which meets in New York
next Wednesday.
The st. Louis republican club sub
mitted proposition to encourage i'm
migration to Missouri, and commit
tee was appointed for that purpose to
be known as the Missouri Bureau of
immigration.
After disposlng of large amount of
routine business the convention pro-
ceeded to the election of delegates to
the national league meeting, and a
places.
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SLAUGHTER OF RACES.
Bloody Encounter Between Whites and Black
in Which the Latter are Worsted

Bloody Encounter Between Whites and Blacks
in Which the Latter are Wersted
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 1.-THE
States Walhala, Mississippi, special
says: There was terrible riot last
night at this place, and to-day twelve
white men and. $50 negroes lie dead as
the result. For a long time there has
been much ill-feeling between the
whites and blacks of this place, aggra-
waited by the impertinence of the lat
ter. and yesterday the two elements
became involved in a-quarrel which
ended in a great loss of life The facts
as far as they can be aseertained are as
follows: a negro and white man be-
came engaged in a quarrel and the
negro was killed. this was an excuse
for an assault,and immediately q black
horde swept down on the whites who
were greatly outnumbered. Knowing
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HoTyntb m the Renort

HAYS CITY. Dec. 17.-Reports re
Gently published in eastern papers re
lative to the extreme restitution of the
farmers in Western Kansas, and the
failure of crops generally and the ex-
odus from fear of starvation is wholly
untrue and without foundation. On
the contrary, crops in Ellis county
yerage as well as in former years and
prices are better. Fall crops and prices
have never been better. Fair
association and board of trade now in
session will prepare report substan-
tiated by afIidayits showing utter faIsity
of such repOrfS.
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ST.. LOUIS, Dec. ia dispatch
from the Bity OF Mexico says that be-
fore congress adjourned Saturday
night, the Union Light. Fuel and Gas
Company of America, an organization
under the laws of Illinois. in which St.
Louis, Chicago. New York and Detroit
parties are largely interested, through
the efforts of its represen ;atiYes
Charles j. Whimple general manager
and George Hill Howard, its attorney,
obtained an important concession from
the Mexican government for the in
PRODUCTION of water, fuel and gas
into all cities.
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"A ChtcagO.

CHICAGO, III, Dec. Is ISss
HOGs-Receipts, 1900 head: market mod
erately active: light, 81 .950526. rough pack
ing s45G5.05: mixed, 45.G0d530: heavy PACK
ing and skipping, e5G51530
CAFTLE-HecefRts, IL GO head: market Nras
quiet and weak. beeTes, S1.9s1525; COVE and
mixed, Sf501al0. stockers and feeders q 10
03S0
Receipts, 5000 head: market steady
natives. 43Oe45-z5s westerns, corn fed 83e(f6
4.55: Texans, e2-5905.50, lambs esJ0a =
HHEAT-StronGs No. red. caEk ffJfFyz<.
January, sl04s<; May el.09af.
sCoI.z--lEasy; cash. Slc; Janual 5ssSc:
0zrs g g cash. e5s<c:Janp Ike;
RYE-51c.
BAREET--Ho trading.
PRIME IEzlOTHY-EO trading
FBAx-e1.00.
WH1szg-e714f
Pos:E-ssIsly: elsa. sls.ss, Janda .slsa5:
L..s..-.szsy cashs e is1E; January. s.ssK
1snnary; es.eo.
S=IzkEn< 4teadys crSezasFys s313zcs dairy
-steaevi frs1hl zoe
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Southern Manufacturers to Gen. Harrison.

BIRMINoHAM, Ala, Dec. IA COM
mittee of six prominent manufactur-
ers will leave here to-day for Indian
apolis. to present an address to Presi-
dent-elect Harrison. The address will
set forth that political parties in the
south can now divide on the practical
issue, and that the signers of the add
dress are pleased with the triumph of
protection. They ask General Harri-
son to recognize the best elements of
the republican parties in making ap-
pointments in the south. 1t has been
signed by about fifty prominent manu-
facturers and business men, most of
them democrats. The committee will
reach indianapolis on Monday night
and will call on General Harrison
Tuesday
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somsthinn 10 Iirht rnr.

DAvENPoRT, Iowa, Dec. I7.-Twen-
ty-four suits have been entered in the
United States district court here
against the Chicago. Rock Island &
Baker, in the name of the state OF
Iowa The charge is extortionate
freight rates. The allegation asks
5000 damages on each of the twenty
four suits. amounting in the aggregate
TO 1920, 600. He cites instances where
1t Is averred the road has charged SC
much per one hundred pounds on Ger
tain articles named, while the legal
rate was only certain specified
onnnuf
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In our review of the Normal Regents
report few days ago, we stated that
the board in making improvements
on the Normal had exceeded the appro-
priation 81 200. On closer examina-
ton we find that We were mistaken
as besides the 1850 approp riation,
81 200 was appropriated for water
closets, so the total appropriation was
s26, 200. There is of this amount I'M
drawn, $3.50. This correction is due
the board and all those who iabored SO
earnestly to secure ths judicious ex-
penditure of the appropriation.
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IMPROMPTU bUEL.
George Mason Gets His Throat Cut in
Duel With Knives.
A Horssthief Murders Farmer and
Takes HIS Stock.
The c.. R l. & P. Defendant In "a Sditi
for Extortlonats Charges.
Southern Manufacturers to Present an
Address to Harrison.

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. IA tel
egram from Barley Springs nsrrates
a fatal encounter at Towards Chapel.
Morgan county, between two young
men armed with knives. George Ma
son and John Lamp inaugurated a row
about a watch trade. Mason drew a
knife and attacked Lamp, stabbing him
several times. Both were repeatedly
cut and were bleeding freely when
Lamp ran his knife blade through Ma
sons neck, ending the imprOmptu duel.
Mason died instantly.
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Both Pound Guiltv.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Frederick Won
Oberkampf and Thomas E. Mack on
trial for wholesale robberies from street
letter boxes, were found guilty this even
ing and viii each doubtless receive q
long sentence to the penitentiary Both
received the verdict without any show
of emotion. After the decision Mack
claimed to have been unable owing to
lack of money to avail himself of a
mass of evidence in New York. Won
ObeTkampf ON leaving the court for the
jail sought an interview with the post
office inspectors, and is said to have
given up valuable information.
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Pnuna anntr.

WILMINGTON, DEL, Dec I5.-In the
case of VIM J. Calhoun, indicted for
rape on Catherine Utz, the jury this
afternoon rendered verdict of guilty.
The penalty is death. Calhoun is a
youth of twenty-three, his victim an
unprepoSsessing woman of fifty-iiye.
The crime was committed November
18th and was signaliEed By peculiar
flagEancy.
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LETTERs ADvERTIsED

List of letters advertised at the Emporia
postoffice for the week ending December 18th,
1855. Parties calling for these letters will
please give date of advertisement, and pay
one cent on delivery:
Andrews. Frank AcGougheY, Sam
Brigham. III Morris, Miss Lizzie b
Brown, III Mederbrook, Mrs 81
Brown, DIR l. Parker, II A
Buck, Mrs Emily Rhodes, Frank
Case. Albert II Ross,
CogsweIl, John Ross, I'd G
Depont, Miss Jeneta Sanders. David A
DUN, Pat Smith, Mrs Nancy
Farley, Tom Smith. w Fl
Fisher, Emily Sponable, j W
Fleming. Sam j Walls, Miss Mary
Fugif, Bliss Leah Ward, ConeY
elders, Charley Whiuecotton. Howard
Griffiths, Miss Lizzie Wilson, Miss Norah
Hall, Samuel Wood, Mrs r
Huber, W woodruff. John g
Johns, Miss A Woodruff, John q
King, John g Teys. K
Boomis, ii
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Eegross Deuied cit1zsusbip.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. Dec. 17.-An In
dian Territory special says: The Chick
asaw legislature which is shortly to
meet and coufirm the election of VIM.
Guy as governor viii probably enact
some kind of legislation fixing the
status of negroes in the ChiekasaW Ma
ton. The Chickasaws, of all the five
tribes, have denied the right of citizen
ship to freedmen living in their coun-
. kR-xv
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ever credited in shipping circles, and is
looked upon as a wise movement of the
Haytien minister. It is argued that
this crew will at once be sent to Port
au Prince and be placed Immediately
on the Haytien Republic. The vessels
head will then be headed for New
York where she will arrive, barring
accidents, before the American vessels
Galena and Yantic can reach Hayti.