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REAPPoRTIoNMENr BILL.
The House of Representatives to Consist
of 356 Members.

WASHINGTON, December 12ih.-The re-
apportionment bill, based on representa-
ton of 356 members in the House of Rep.
resentatiyes, as originally proposed by
Frank of Missouri was favorably acted on
by the House Committee on Census
Dunnell subsequently reported the bill
to the House. The report notes the
changes, and says that from the pOpula-
ton Of The UAited States the committee
subtracted the population of the District
of Columbia, Oklahoma and Utah. The
remainder was 81, ,90S, ,906 With this num-
Der the different ratios were obteined by
taking as division any proposed number.
Each number was taken from 332 to 375
Trials were made until number was
found which would give a ratio which in
its application would secure each State
against any loss in membership, and in no
instance leave major fraction. This
number was found to be 356. The ratio
was 173, ,90l. The number of members OBJ
tained on even division was 339. The ad-
ditional II needed to make 356 was secured
by giving another member to each of the
States having left to it major fraction.
These States are: Alabama, California.
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Oregon, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Vermont Virginia and Wisconsin.
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UNIQUE PIECE OF WORK.
A Mountain Rooted to Prevent Land
Slides

Slides.
SAN FRANCISCO, December l2!h.- A
unique piece of engineering is just being
completed on the Santa Fe line, through
Canyon Pass, that will take rank with the fa-
nous Tehachapi loop on the Southern Pa
cihc. 1t amounts in effect 10 roofing over
the mountain.
Much trouble was experienced last winter
on account of land.slides in this pass,
which kept the road blocked most of the
winter. To avert this difficulty this re-
markable piece of work was designed.
Broadly described, the work consists of a
series of terraces, four in number, rising
up from the track where the cut is deepest
excavated, so as TO break the force of the
water coming down the slope and carrying
it off laterally by q series of wooden
conduits and surface drains. These terraces
range from 500 to 800 feet in length, meas
uring in the aggregate 1,S00 feet, and are
all rooted over. An army of men and
teams have been at work for some months.
The work has been done by Fred. Perris,
Chief Engineer of the Santa Fe's Cslifor-
mia lines, under the direction of General
Manager K. II. Wade.
This is the first time such work has
been done, and the result this winter will
be watched with interest and il is con.
fidently believed the desired effect will be
obtained
Mr.. Wade and party of invited guests
among whom were General a. McD. Nc.
Cook, commanding the Department OF
Arizona, and member of his staff, in.
spected the work to-day.
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FINANCIAL CIRCLES.
Banker Prettyman Indicted by the
Grand jury,


Grand Jury.
CHICAGO, December 12th.-The Grand
Jury this afternoon indicted banker Pretty
man, whose bank went to the wall short
time ago, and against his cashier, C. s.
Johnson, on charges of embezZlement, and
capiases for their arrest will at once be
issued. The basis Of the indictment is the
receipt of money from depositors after the
insolvency of the bank was apparent.
Prettyman was subsequently, taken into
custody.
SETTLED WITH CREDITORS.
PHILADELPHIA, December 18th h.-Narr &
Freund, who failed some two weeks ago,
have settled with their creditors with notes
payable in six, twelve and eighteen months.
GOLD FOR NEW YORK.
LONDON, December 12th.-The steamer
Lain sailed this morning with 9501 900
of gold for New York.
FAILURES.
New YORK, December 12,h-Peck, Mar
tin y Co.. brick dealers assigned to-day.
The liabilities are about $500 OOO and
assets, 100000 The inability of the firm
to collect money due them is the cause of
the failure. There are also individual as
sets amounting to S100 GOO above individual
liabilities. The liabilities are $500, 600 and
are secured by good collateral, which can
not be Immediately realized on.
KEoKUK (Ia.) December 12th.-The liza
bilities of Collier, Robertson & Hsmbleton,
wholesale grocers, who failed yesterday, are
now stated between $4,000 and 5000 600.
The assets are variously estimated at $751;
600 to 100000. The individual investment
in Western mining stock by members of
the firm precipitated the crash.
CHICAGO, December 12th.-P. McGurn &
Co., grain and commission merchants, as
signed to-day, with liabilities Of SO 600 and
assets of s25, 900.
CLEVELAND, December 12th.-The Davis
Platform Binder Company, manufacturers
of harvesters and binders, to-day went into
the hands of receiver. The assets are
said to be about s400. .000 and the liabilities
about $4,000 The embarrassment is de-
clared to be only temporary, and caused by
the stringency of the money market.
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National Commission, was also made pub
lie. The members are: Lyman J. Gage,
T. D. Brian, Ferd. w. Peck. Edwin Walker,
F. T. Jeffery, Potter Palmer, T. S. Win
stou and Dewitt C. Creiger.
Owing to the lack of time the Directory
decided TO dispense with any public COM
petition of architects for designs for the
buildings. The committee was authorized
to select five architects or firms of archi-
tec,s, each chosen for such work as would
be most nearly parallel with his best pre-
vious achievement. These architects will
meet in COZ ference
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WORLDS FAIR.
Three Important Appointments Made by
the Dire General

CHICAGO, December 12th.-Three impor-
tant appointments were announced to-
night by Director General Davis at meet
ing OF the Local Directory of the Worlds
Fair. Moses P. Handy of Pennsylvania.
as Chief of the Department of Publicity
and Promotion; Hon. l. ". Buchanan of
Iowa, Chief of the Department of Agri-
culture, and Joseph Hirst of Florida, Sec
retsry of Installation. All of these nomi-
nations were concurred in by the Board
of Directors. They will have two vacan-
cies in the National Commission, Messrs.
Hirst and Buchanan being members of
that organization.
The membership of the local body cor.
responding to the Board of Control Of the
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FAYERWEATHER's WILL.
The Instrument to be Contested by the
Widow.


Widow.
New YORK, December 12th-The widow
of the deceased leather merchant, Fayer-
weather, who by his will decided over
$4,000 900 to colleges, will contest the in
strument.
The whole estate is expected to realize
Sc, 100000. The fourth and last codicil to
the will was signed by Fayerweather on the
day of his death. 1t removed Mr.. Rich
from the position of simple executor, and
gave him joint residuary interest with
Henry B Vaugan and Justus Bulkley. The
objection which Mrs. Fayerwea,her holds
is TO this, and not TO the bequest to the
colleges. What she failed to comprehend
is why three executors should receive
81 GOO GEO apiece without any of them hav-
ing any particular claim on il. The contest
will be made on the grounds of undue ir-
huence
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Tons of California Products sent Ea
the Present Year

the Present Year
SAN Francisco, December 12.h-The
Southern Pacific Company 10 day compiled
its estimates of fruits and vegetables
shipped East ever lis lines from July 1st to
December 1st The canned goods ship
ments were 3,533 carloads, or about - 400
tons; raisins, S79 carloads, or about 10, 500
tons dried fruits, 1850 carloads, or about
1850 ions; green fruits, 92S carloads, or
30, 1876 tons; vegetables, 2I9 carloads, or
1925 tons. Total of California products,
l0,137 carloads. or about 12l ga tons, an in
crease from 20 TO 100 per cent. in each
branch over last year.
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Raisins from Anderson.

ANDERSON, December 12th.-The first
full carload of rsisins that ever left Shasta
county will leave this place tonight.
These are from the Alexander vineyard.
More will follow.
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LAND DECISIONS.
Several Rulings Made by the Secretary
of the Interior.

WASHINGTON, December 12th.-Secretary
Noble has decided the case of the United
States ex rel. Bullock ct al. vs.. Central Pa
cifc Railway Company, the Mayhower
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III. c. Wheeler, of Odebolt, has under
cultivation the largest farm in Iowa. 1t
comprises 6,200 acres, every foot of which
is under cultivation.
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EAST OF TBR ROCKIES.
Oklahoma Settlers Excited Over In
dian ianeuYefS.
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION,
Fayerweather's Will to be Contested
by His Widow-More Fail
ures Reported.
TIE INDIANS.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-uN1oN.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL.
BeniCia Selected as the Site for the
New Gun Foundry.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The New Apportionment Biil-Land
Decisions-Washing
NOTES.-The.
BENICIA THE PLACE.

ESPECIAL DErArcHEs TO THE EEcoRD.UNIos. !
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Burglars and Garroters.

SUFFER- CREEK December 12lh.-This
town is now infested with burglars and
garroters. Willman's store was robbed
last night. The burglars entered the store
by taking few bricks out, reaching in and
lifting up the door lever. The burglars
drilled hole in the top Of the safe and
made an effort to blow open the safe with
powder, but they evidently were scared
away, as the door was only partly sprung.
Horace Page was stood up Oh Main street
last night by two garroters and relieved of
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MODESTO, December 12th.-Word was re-
ceiyed at Modesto this morning that James
B. Brown was instantly killed at L. NJ.
Hickman's ranch. eight miles southeast of
Modesto, last evening, By accidentally fall
ing from a hay loft to a rack twelve feet
below. Brown struck on his side and was
killed instantly. He was SO years of age, a
native of Mississippi, and was either the
son or nephew of B. Gratz Brown, the
Democratic nominee for Vice-P President in
1872. Coroner Lewis went TO the scene to-
day to hold an inquest
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New ORLEANS, December 12th.-A special
from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to the
Picawtae says a courier rushed in this
morning and reported that 1000 Indians
had gone into camp three miles east OF
Choctaw City this morning. The inbabi-
tants of that place are alarmed, and are
hocking to Oklahoma City to ask the pro-
lection of the troops. Captain Steele mas
felepranhed IN Wss hiputon
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
One WAY Of Taking Cola.

On this side of the Atlantic single
shower will frighten thousands Of house
keepers into closing their windows for
week. Warm weather may return the
next day, but the air blockade is main
tanned, and some fine morning the whole
family will be found coughing and sneez-
ing. Caught cold" is the prompt ex-
PLANTATION, though their afliction might
be more properly defined as congestion
Of the respiratory organs by develop
ment of disease germs, favored by COM
bination of heat and moisture. Up to
the first of May, and even later, stove
fires are often kept blazing while the out
door thermometer ranges in the eighties;
children, flushed with outdoor sport and
drenched by q transient April shower,
enter a room where the slightest attempt
at opening a window will elicit prompt
protest from grandpa's corner; wet
clothes are dried near the stove, and the
domestic atmosphere develops harvest
of catarrh seeds as successfully as a
batch of eggs are Matched in patent in
cubator.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
Emperor Frederick's Tomb.

The mausoleum of the Emperor Fred
erick is completed externally. The dec
orations of the interior are very rich,
and carried out entirely in light gray
Silesian sandstone. The sober color of
this is only interrupted by the polished
dark green Syenite pillars. AS finish
to the arch which spans the opening Of
the altar niche a beautifully formed
escutcheon has been chosen, over which
the imperial eagle scars with outstretched
wings. This is fanked on both sides by
figures of angels holding religious SYM
bols in their hands. The spandrels Of
the upper gallery are adorned with cher
ubs. The emperor's consent has been
given to the carrying out Of the mosaic
in the cupola and on the ceiling of the
altar space. The designs for the mosaics
were worked out by Professor Ewald,
after early Christian works. The cupola
is to receive figures of argels on gold
ground between palms. Berlin Letter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
The New STYLE of Silk Hat.

I don't want you to give me away, but
I never heard so much growing about
the style in silk hats as I have heard this
spring. Of course men, or some men,
are like women when it comes to styles.
They will buy and wear them no matter
how hideous they are. But there are
other men who like to wear that which
is becoming, and most silk hats are be-
coming to the wearers. There are men
who can't wear a derby and some who
can't wear a soft hat. But l never saw
a man who couldn't wear silk hat if it
had any shape to it. The new style of
silk hat, the one just out, has no shape
that is artistic. 1t looks like sawed off
funnel of vessel. There used to be a
silk hat that had a sugar loaf shape. It
was very Frenchy. You see it occasion
ally ON the stage in the French operas.
The hat this spring is an abominable in
timation of that hat. don't say imita-
ton, for it isn't anything of the sort.
Our customers are buying them, but they
do so under protest. In view of this I
expect you will see more derbys worn
this year than formerly. Interview in
Chicago Tribune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
BI.msrc,s. Youngest Son.

"Billy" Bismark, as he is known to his
family and friends, is one of the most
popular society men in Berlin, a member
of many clubs, q bit of bon vivant and
the very image, the older folks declare,
Of Graf Won Bismark at his age. Count
Billy, who is about S8, excessively bald
and with quick, keen face and an eye
that scarcely hides the merry twinkle
that betrays his innate love Of humor,
is governor of the province of Han.
over. He Is man of rare mental gifts
and with wonderful faculty Of repair
tee. After leaving college, where he
studied law and passed the examination
creditably, he went into the service Of
the government, where his ability, to-
gether with the influence of the paternal
name, has pushed him forward to a point
that is usually reached only after about
thirty years of civil service. Still, his
administration in Hanover has given
satisfaction, where his energy and un-
failing fund Of amiability make him
very popular. Philadelphia Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
SInsty-nIns Year. for Nothing.

The famous case of Dell P. Wild, who
was sent to prison for year for refusing
to do menisl duty for Lieut.. Steele and
was summarily released by order of
President Harrison, is eclipsed by the
case of Lewis Carter, a private in the
Twenty-fifth infantry, who has already
served nearly five years Of a ninety-nine
year sentence in the Minnesota state
prison. The case is probably without
parallel in either civil or military his
tory, and is outlined as follows:
On the oath Of November, 1884, Carter,
who, by the way, is colored man, was
stationed with his regiment at Fort SHELL
ing, MINI. Two or three days afterwsrd
Carter was in st. Paul, and ran things
with high hand. His actions, however,
were not called to the attention of the
city police, and he went hack to Fort
Smelling unmolested. Arriving there he
was arrested on the charge of assault,
robbery and desertion. Brig. Gen. Terry,
then in charge of the department of Da-
kota, summoned a court martial, to as
semble at Fort Smelling, Jan. 81, 1885.
This court was composed of Capts. Ben
zonio, Lawson, Roche and Stivers, First
Lieuts. Tully and Glenn, and Second
Lieuts. Phillips, Ahern and Tear, all of
the Twenty-ifth infantry, while First
Lieut.. Luden, of the Fourth artillery,
acted as judge advocate. The court, after
a very brief session and apparently with
out attempting to probe the truth of the
charges, found Carter guilty of all the
four offenses and, with the usual army
severity of Furnishing criminals, SEN
fenced him to Saltwater prison for ninety
nine years.
Attorney Fred L. McGhee, of st. Paul,
has been giving this case searching at
tention since Wild's release, and what he
has found out is astonishing. He dis
covered in West st. Paul the person on
whom the assault was alleged to have
been made, and obtained an affidavit that
Carter had not assaulted her. Then Nc
Ghee secured evidence that no robbery
had been committed, and sent the two
affidavits to Washington.
The action of the president was prompt
and decisive. He found that Carter was
guilty only Of desertion, and has issued
a full and free pardon, which is to go
into effect May %, just five years from
the date of imprisonment. The president
also reprimanded the court MARTIAL
Washington Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
April Dividends in Boston.

The April dividends payable in Boston
aggregated $9,211, ,156, divided as fol-
lows: Banks, 81, ,34s, 500; interest on city
and United States bonds, 50, ,141 ,310; in
terest on railroad bonds, $2,9O5, Ala; in
terest on miscellaneous bonds, SSH, ,535;
railroads, $729, 1886; miscellaneous, ST.
574, ,464. OF the sixty-one banks within
the limits Of Boston three pay 8 per
cent. Zone 3 per cent. quarterly, one 5
per cent, one Al per cent, three 4 per
cent, three 81 per cent, nineteen 3per
cent, ten 81 per cent, thirteen Q per
cent, six are undecided, and two banks,
new this year, have not been in business
long enough to come into the dividend
list. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
A Crclon. Rslie on . Car rruek.

Station Master Raser discovered curl
GUS paper in truck of sleeping car on
the limited train from the west. He
picked it out and found that it was a
bond and mortgage payable by the West
ern Farm Mortgage Trust company, Of
Lawrence, Kan. The principal is $500.
Attached to the mortgage are twelve
coupons for the interest. payable at the
Bank of the Republic at Boston. The Sc
ries is 20, and the number 1865. 1t is
duly signed and sealed, and signed by
the president and secretary. The first
interest coupon is payable Aug. 1, 1890.
It probably is souvenir of the great
storm in the west, and was blown into
the truck by the wind.-Utica Observer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
A Russian Law Suit.

The courts at Tifis, Russia, have be-
fore them the suit of a man to recover
from professional assassin the sum of
$165. The man hired the assassin for
$75 down to kill an enemy, and promised
SIS more when he should receive proof
of the death in the shape of the enemy's
ear. The assassin brought around an
ear and received the $75, with SIS added
for tip. A few days later the man met
his enemy, alive and entirely whole as
to his ears, upon the street. An investi-
cation showed that the assassin had also
received 500 from the enemy as a re-
ward for having betrayed the plot to
him.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
Puzzled Cigarette Dealers.

Hereafter sellers of cigarettes in Mary
land must pay an extra license of $50
yearly and make oath that the cigarettes
which they sell contain no "injurious
drugs" Their situation is not a pleasant
one, for 1t is impossible for them to know
what cigarette contains, and the phrase
injurious drugs" is capable of very
varied Interpretation. For that matter
tobacco is classed by many as an "injuri-
GUS drug" and there is ample expert evil
dence to sustain their position. But this
is minor point.-Boston Post.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
Failures in Life.

People fail in many ways. In business, In
morality in religion, in a.iu happiness and n
ed cause of failure in life. If the blood does
not circulate properly in the lungs, there is
shortness of breath, asthma, etc.; in the
brain. dizziness, headache, etc.; in the stomr
ach, wind, pain, indigestion, faint spells. etc.;
in the liver, torpidity, congestion, etc. Pain
in the left side, shoulder and stomach ID
caused by heart strain. For all these mala-
dies Mr.. Miles New Cure for the heart and
lungs is the best remedy. Sold, guaranteed
and recommended by I. Leist, Treatise free.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
A Great Chimney.

The great chimney recently built at
Fall River, Mass, which is $40 feet in
height, will be far surpassed by one now
under construction at the imperial foun-
dry at. Halsbrucke, near Freiburg, in
Saxony, which is intended to carry the
noxious gases from the furnaces to such
a height as to prevent any Inconvenience
to the surrounding country. 1t viii be
468 feet high, with an interior diameter
of 159 feet. The chimney is built en-
tirely of brick.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
FIRST FLOOR,

provement, however, in the cellar stairway.
It may be reached from the outside or from
the pantry. One can go up the cellar stair
way and on to the porch or into the pantry.
In the first house that was built the attic
stairway went up over the front stairway.
As 1t is now it goes up from the rear. There
aFe bedrooms in the attic.
Ipresent herewith the cellar plan. It shows
how that space may be classified. The laun-
dry has its tubs under the cellar window.
There is shelf near the cellar stairway. The
furnace is separated from the laundry cellar,
and from the other room which may be used
t9r storage. The compartments shown are
made with flooring boards and have little
doors in front. In these compartments may
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

A young lady asks this useless ques-
tion In the "feeble-minded column, Of
a. leading newspaper" DO you think
it right for girl to, sit on young
mans lap, even if she is engaged?D
Whereupon the editor tells this extra
VACANT whopper:---"We have had no
experience In the matter referred tor
Why didn't he say-"If it was our
girl and our lap, yes; If 1t was another
girl and our lap, yes; but II it was our
girl and another fellows lap, never,
never, never!" s's
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01

SIN Wichita, Kansas, you don't have
to pay rent but you are paid to live In
and take care of the house. There are
hundreds of the finest houses in Wichi-
ia vacant and the owners, or agents,
would be glad to have some one occupy
them free Of rent. This does not seem
reasonable, but it is SO. Avenues in
Wichita, are now being plowed for
spring crops$40 q foot lots will raise
12 cent corn this summer. This is not
only the condition of Wichita, but the
same state of things In almost all the
Kansas towns where they have had
what Is known as the boOm.n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-05-01
Enriched by the Kick of . Mule.

In the case Of johnson against the
George Hammond Packing company, a
suit for $40, 900 damages, alleged to have
been received by the plaintiff by kicks
from runaway mule owned by defend
ants, the jury rendered verdict award
ing the plaintiff damages in the sum OF
"a, ,750.-Omaha Republican.