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PRICE I'M M CENT
DO Young Proposes m InseniouA salieIns
for tho Fair.


for tho Fair. s8ss
CH1dAdo, Dac. MISREPRESENTATION of tliA9
Worlds fair boards of the various RtatSa
and territories spent tho morning to-dAyg
listening to reports on proRroaa sot The
work. In the afternoon whit
was paid to tho Worlds fair grounds
A novel proposition WINS put forth at to-
days gession. the originator being VIa0
President DeYoung, Of the national COM
mission. He wishes cong raga to pAaH8 III law
authorizing tho coinage III something
which will At the same tim0
be legal tender and q souvenir OF
the Columbian exposition. He offered Il
resolution that the government be reauestesl
to coin in the mintB pieaeH OF tho ynl1afnt
so cents, this being tho probable price of
admission to the fair, these coins 10 be nHeti
for that purpose and rnAlsu valn
able souvenirs, their component
parts to be gold and silver, thats
100000 be struck of, and that thsy bes
legal tender; that the secretary OF this
meeting be requested to forward the reao-B
luton to Congressman Springer
with a request that he ifltrodncn aunt
bill. Now ] don't want you III
jump into this matter without d1s
consideration Of IT, said Mr.. De Young,
$50 move that it be laid over Tor discua-
sion until next session. III iH almost a|
fOregone conclusion that the national board
Of control will refuse to concur with the
local finance committee In the plan toR nsk
congress- for an appropriation inatead of As
lEHjG
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SAN TRANc1sco, Dec. TO- Harry Miller,
alias Joseph Mckay, the young aon III
joaquin Miller, the poet, and who wan ar---1
rested short time ago for stage robbing.
told the story of his life IN an interview to-
day. AT the age Of 10 ha was placed in tho
keseing Of an aunt at GpoB Bay. He had
little achnoling there anh deBired moro. Has
wrote his father at Oahiand Of his desire
and Joaquin wrote him to come and work
on the ranch. the boy thought thAt with
the money he was promised for his labor heF
could educate himself, and when Joaquin
failed to pay him, be left in anger. He
driftsd back to Oregon and while hungry
and desperate Joined another man in house
breaking and went to the penitentiary far
1t. H6 said that while hungry and In Mem
d0oino county last month, he stole d gun
and cartridges and food. and then, seeing
the stage coach, was seized with the idea of
robbing ii. He secured no Money. He pro
poses to plead guilty and snner the penRlty.
He says he bears his father no i'll will, but
wants him to keep away from him.
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Jerry Twohig, Red Lodge Saloon
keeper. Killed in His Own
Place.
Jack Rice, With Whom He Had
Quarreled, Charged With
the Crime.
D0mcrsville Isnvaged by u Destructive
Fire, Heavy Losses Being Sustained
Heap Roasting ut Butte.

RED LopaE Dec. 1O.-[spscial.l l--Jerry
Twohig, q saloon keeper, was shot and in
stantly killed in his own saloon at 7:HD q.
m. There wa/an Italian in tho saloon
converting with deceased, when man sup
posed to be Jack Rice, formerly of Cooke
City, walked to the door of the saloon and
deliberately shot Twohig. 1t is stated that
Twohig and Rice quarreled during the
evening, and the citizens here are inclined
to believe he was the man who did the deed.
Tho italian SAYS he can identify the man
who did the shooting, but does not know
Rice The sheriff and a number Of citizens
are searching for Rice, who has disap-
peared. Rice is an old prospector and is
known throughout the state.
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ESTIMATES OF THE MESSAGE.

Comment of the English Press ON tho
M7@ Document.
LONDON, Dec. 1O-Commenting upon the
Presidents message ths Post notices with
satisfaction the absence of any signs OF
bluster toward the foreign nntions and says
if the message meets with the ideas Of the
Presidents party, Blaine's chances are
diminished. ~
NJ The Daily News says: ''Hhe presidents
message leaves nothing to be desired either
i'll tone or temper. Harrison is less exasper-
ating than Blaine and consequently is more
statesmanlike. He would not speak 50 ten
derly of reciprocity if his protection were
success."
The Standard says: ''Harrison's message
is noticeable for its large devotion to foreign
affairs. This showing is due to Blains's
activity. The president glides with Gus
tomary bland optimiams over several mat
tors hardly doing credit to the American
dlplomatists. 1t must be admitted that the
figures he quotes although justifying the
sanguine hopes of the Mckinley law are
sufficient to cause some surprise to adverse
critics both at home and Abroad
The Gazette says: ''lhe most important
point in the document is that part which
has reference to the result Of the Mckinley
tariff. The figures presented compare sig
nlflcantly with the British figures, which
remain stationary calculations. The sup
porters of the Mckinley bill are working
out much better than any one in England
had reason to expert"
The Globe sarcastically comments on the
message, which, it says, is auroitly traced
Oh the catch vote lines. The nervous Yam
KEGS are assured that the government
knows how to climb down, as in the case Of
the Chill and the Boring sea dispute. Lord
the Globe adds, need not be
much frightened at President Harrison's
menace, and the expression Of
at the foreign encroachments upon
controlled by the American gov
The Globe disputes the state
ment made in the message that the pros
perity of tho United States is entirely due
to the Mckinley bill. On the contrary, it
says. the prosperity Of the country is due to
exceptional harvest here at Il time when
Europe is short of grain.
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lsol.
responding to tho right they enjoy to sue
as plnintiifs and to remove suits In which
they are defendaIits,
HIS IDEA OF REVISION.
Plan of Mr.. Springer fnr Dealing with 4
Il ~E1su 1H' t}e5 " s1|5I .I5.

Plan of Mr.. Springer FIR Dealing with the
L5 Tariff:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.---Mr. Springer, who
ia likoly TO be chairman Of tho ways and
means COMMITTEES IL Mills IL offered and
declines the honor, said to-day TINT his
policy with reference To tho tariff was to
provide for free wool. fros salt, free lum-
Der, free cotton ties, free coal, and FREQ
binding twinc. Hs aaid y do not think
We shonld attempt general revision OF
the tariff ut this time. We should offer the
country relief bypassjng bills for putting
tho articles named on the free lst and
sending them to the senate. A general
thrift bill cannot be enacted into law. and
wonld keep congress- here until. October.
think there should be appointed q strong
COMMITTEES on manufactures, with able in
vestigators on it. 1t should consist OF
fifteen members, ton democrats and Eve
republicans. They could make Ii sub
committee Of three each, They should di-
gide the work, ono investigating the textile
Industries, another iron production,
a115thor glassware and pottery, and so on.
Itfs committee would DO. n sort. OF adjunct
to the ways md means committee, which
GO4lS Eva ~ WlIIA AbS$ WOIEy AiA
tben subsequently get ali testimony
without a long list of hearings.
These sub-cnmmittees could 80 on
during session and also during recess.
Their inquiries should not be conducted
with a spirit Of shostility toward manufac-
sturers, but With a view to ascertain bottom
Y faotg, nnd- -aAcertnfn7in each case what, if
nay, degreS of protection is needed, as !
havA.a suspicion that frequently it is rep
resented that they need great deal more
protection than ia really the case. 1t
should be hscertained what is the labor cost
osstAines bsoducad; wages paid; whether
WoThsbe stbady Or not; profits On actual
soapitarandk not on 'watered stock; relative
stock of production here and abroad;
WIN Ather thers are are tacit or direct agree
meifAs to limit prod and much moro
information of a practical cha acter. his
information is not now to be bad. The
party could then fight the Mckinley bill
and if VIC win in the elections this inforna-
#tion would enable US to form q tatif bill
adapted to tho country, and we will pass it
in the Fifty-thirtl congress. If VIC fail III
tho elections, then ths information has
been obtained and wo can keep on until the
country is educated against the Mckinley
bilIs' &
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Foreign Flashes.

The new commercial trenties between
Australia, sHungary and Germany and
Austria. Hungary and Switzerland were
signad Thursday. @0
Influenza epidemic in uIpSr Austria and
All immense number Of people are pros
trated. Horses, too, arc attacked by the
disease and many deaths of animals are re-
ported. 50 mw 5az %#
In retaliation for the duties imposed BY
Canada On Newfoundland fish, that goveln.s
ment will enforce the section of the act
against Canada which increases the duty on
articles imported from Canada.
The situation in Brazil still continues
critical. Advices from Compos state that
there has been an open rebellion against
curred Tuesday last between government
troops and insurgents
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shot His Wifs's Parents.

LAJuNrA, Col, Dec. 10.--Kit Carson, Jr.,.
son Of tho famous old scout by the saana
name, to-day killed. his fathor-in-la LAW and
mother -in-laW and than made good hia sa-H
cape. About II year ago Carson married
Miss Susie Richardson, bnt because of
his Drunkenness and cruelty ahe waa
compelled to return TO her fAthar'a3
homo. To-day Carson went to Richard B
sons house and demanded his wife. slha
old man refused, whom CarRon ahot At him.,
the ball passing through both hips. Aira.
Richardson hurried 10 the room, ind sxnaS
shot directly through the foreAead, dying
The murderer than mounted his
horse and escaped into New Mexico.
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1n the uaus. or unmanltY.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.--One of the first
SUBJECTS to occupy the attention Of the
house foreign affairs committee Will bs
that Of the harsh treatment Of Hebrews by
Russia. The question will be earnestly
pt esssd upon the attention OF the commit
tee and it will he urged to 20 as far as
possible In expressing sympathy with RUS
sian Hebrews in distress, and to take such
menus consonant with the uaages Of diplo-
macy IA will tend to secure the umeliora-
tion OF their condition. This government
will be asked to continue to use its good
offices ~ intercessor with the czar on be-
half Of tha Hcbrews.
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HIGH PRAISE.
What Insersoll Considered the Compli-
ment OF His Life.

What Ingersoll Considered the Compll.
ment Of His Life
The writer once asked Col. Ingersoll what
was the greatest compliment he ever re-
ceived He thought a moment and said
- will tell you. Twas strolling about the
lobby of the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago
one evening after supper smoking cigar
and waiting for some friends with whom
was going TO spend the evening. | saw q
vacant chair and sat down init. Presently
] waD accosted by a man sitting near who
was trying to smoke.
Stranger, did YOU over read thntp' pointing
half wide hanging against tho wnll of the
Grand Pacific office, giving the dream or
vision portion Of my speeon ut the soldiers
reunion at Indianapolis only d short time
before.
"'Yes,' replied, 4 have read it,
a''Ihe fellow sobbed away few mo-
ments longer and continued
'.'Stranger, do you know what think2'
"'No; what do you thinkY
well, air, have Il copy Of that bill hang
ing in my store ut Tuscola. I'LL. and I watch
every man that comes in read it, and tell
you any man that can read TINT through
and not cry is u blanketv blank biAMk.aIia
! would not trust him any Further than /
could throw q male bevinh by the tail. /
tell YOU his heart ih not in the right nlace.'
3. Now said Col. Ingersoll, ''itshhat man
did not know who I WAS, and Il haye no ideA
that he did, that is the greatest comp plinent
I ever had paid me. ''---E xohanke. #
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WASHINGTON, Deo 1o.-Seoretary Foster
to-day transmitted to the speaker OF the
house for the information of congress-, esti-
mates of appropriations required for the
fiscal year 1898, rs furnished by the hoads
of tho several executive departments. Some
of the details are OF interest. The estimate
for the army and navy is STAT ,O64, $50, which
1s ceorense of SIS, 74S,5sS from the amount
appropriated on account of pensions for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1892, which
includes n deficiency appropriation Of $29,-
350,597. The amount OF estimates under
the general Lend Of naval establishments Ia
$50, 500, ,654, which IS soinsthinss over So 0Oo.-
600 less than tho present appropriation.
Nearly all this reduction smaie III the es-
innate for the inefense OF the navy, the esti-
mate for this itern being $l2,1So, SIS. For
the building for the library of congress-
Sl, 035, 900 il asked.
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ate any claim the lntter power might hnve
on her. In his opinion tho most natural
and profitable alliance for France would
be with England.
Mar, es Her Mother.

LONDON. Dec. 1O.-Ihe trial suit Of Miss
Florence st. John against her husband con-
tinued to-day. The interest in that oaso
shows no abatement in theatrical circles.
Marins was again on the stand. Witness
admitted thnt once after qnarral with his
wife he tried to force his way out Of the
door threatening to leave the house. He
pushed her and she fell on the floor atrik-
ing the table. Miss ST. John afterwards
left the house and refused to live with him.
The year following her separation from him
he became acquainted with the actress
Marie Luslln. Mnrins denies that he had
his wife watched. He said hls first wife WAS
divorced from him on the grounds OF adul-
terry and desertion. Marius declared that
IL ii were not for Miss st. Johns mother
and brother he and his wife could live hap
PLY together.
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Two More R!ows in lsir Timber.

B1a BouLpER, Dec. 10.-(Spsoial. The
school house, whose roof and upper story
were blown away Thanksgiving day, had Il
temporary roof put on its lower story and
school had been rnn four days when Sunday
night another windstotm came and blew
this second roof away. The Congregational
chapel had been re-erected aud was ready
for it's roof. 1t stood Sunday nights blast,
but another and mere terrible wind than
either of the others struck the town Mon
day evening at about O'Clock, making the
chapel Il second complete wreck. Consid
cradle other damage to buildings was DONE
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BY cAPR|v|.
The Commercial Treaties Negotiated
by Germany Come Up for
Discussion.
Trade With the United States
Under the Most Favored
Nation Treaty.
Opinions OF the English Newspapers on
the Presidents nIessage--They DIFF
Ter Among Themselves.

BERLIN, Doc. TO- lin tho reichstag to-day
Chancellor Won CApiivi opened debate on
tho new commercial treaties. making a
strong appeal for their adoption. He dwelt
upon the fact that present import and ex-
port relations would ruin both employers
and employees. The measures under
discussion were necessary to pre-
serve Germany's husbandry and COM
meroe. Continuing. the chancellor said
the Immediate effect OF the treat ,es
upon the finances of the empire would be q
elimination Of revenue nearly 18,O00.000
marks, This was matter that required
budget consideration. Speaking on the
question of difforential treatment OF
countries not included ii. the
troaties he said it was need
less to speak Of Russia. Lamentable
distress in that country could not be re-
moved for some time. and it would be use
less to disouss what would be done aftery
ward. AS regards the United States, this
two governments decided to continue on
tho basis Of arrangements Of 1885, whereby
the United States received the most favored
nation treatment. In connection with al
legged distress in Germany, he said the agri-
culture of the country could very we'll bear,
without risk, reduction in the tariff rate to
one and one-half marks. In the matter of
wine, it had been the aim to compel Sharp
competition aRainst artificial wines,
schnapps and aoaoalled French claretsS''
80 aa to provide on. German soil better,
field for italian wifiNs against those Of
France. Reduction in the duties on the
necessaries Of life was ef advantage to
working people. Adversing to the
Mckinley law, the chanaellor said:
I'VE wish tho cou1tries. of
Europe to preserve their Independence
against America. For this purbpse they
must unite together. The treaties Just con
cluded will give sure guarantee 4pr,tha,
future.'' u
Herr Won Kanitz, conservative, sopposed
the chancellor's policy. He regretted that
the negotiations showed that they had only,
free trade counsellors. He looked forward
to the ruin of the German ngricultprist.
The chancellor responded that he had abeen
aided by the same advisers that hadagsisted
Prince Bismarck. a.l
Alta meeting of conservative members Of
the reichStag twelve voted in favor Of, !, and
254 against the treaties. Herr Kardof read
a telegram stating that Bismarck did not
intend to appear during the debate.
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I Lawyers nb q Spread

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.A banquet WaaI
given at the Arlington hotel tonight in
honor Of the delegates to the annual meet
ing Of the National Bar associations.
Among the prominent people presentE
we're Attorney General Miller, Justices.
Blatchford, Brewer, Gray, Harlan and
Lamar Of the supreme court. Solicitor Gem
eral Taft, number of senator's nnd either
os'as ~
Manderson, Of Nebraska, who paid Il 81 eas--
ing compliment to President Harrison and
Ex-President Cleveland, mud siilogi zsd tho ~
memory Of President Lincoln. Aslo1iata
Justice Gray respnndaa VI, THE Bsnch;;,I,t
Senator Gray tc III hs ConRraas,a Hnd S11a S11ar. N.
Garter, III New York, to .'r he Bar. \, During
the evening Y letter WAS read from proHi-
dent Harrison regrstting his inability To be
present and saying he would % plensed to-
see the delegates at tho White house. Let
ters Of regret were also read from Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Bradley, Senator
Speaker Crisp and ot hers.
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no lAttllINtIen yYlsl. .1al.rlarl.ns.

PARIs, Dec, sanator Saint Hilaire,
exsniniAtsr " foroiRn affairs, said 70 an An
aociated press correspo ponaent to4dayS that he
Ia diatinotly opposed To MI sattarnpt ia draw
France and Russia intoSinfl allinnee. Hs
can discover no comntorl bond OF union be-
Europe and q country almost eRstsrn in its
bRrbarity. Tho prevalent idea in France is
that this nlliRnoe will enable her to regain
her lost Provinces while she will help RuR-
aia lay hands On Gonstantin0pla. but
whila Ryasia will seize every opportunity
OF lnDreasing her empire she would not em-
broil herself with Europe In order to please
Franco, aud, whom satiRtlsd, would repudi-
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Dropped Out Of the Sky.

BOMBAY, Dec. To- -Lieutenant Mansfield.
who gained quite reputation by thrilling
parachute descents from great heights, met
time ago he made descent of u,0C0 feet
safely. To-day an enormous crowd gath
cred at Victoria garden to watch him repeat
the feat. When the balloon had reached a
hoiRht of about 400 feet il burst and imnae-
diately began to fall to the earth. Mans-
field could not disAngage his parachute as
it was entangled in rope. He came to the
ground with awful force and was instantly
killed. his body being mangled in a terrible
manner. l K9est
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CROP BULLETIN.
The Harvest Bountiful and Prices Above
the Average

The Harvest Bountiful and Prices Above
the Average.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-The report of the
department of agriculture gives the condi-.
tion of growing wheat as 1858. Returns
showing the condition of coming crops of
winter grains are not generally favorable.
On the Atlantic coast soma injury is re-
ported on early sown areas fson The Hes
sian fly, The season was not favorable for
seeding in the south on account of con-
tinned dry weathei, and termination is
slow from the same cause. Rains in the
late autumn have improved the prospect.
III the western states seeding was late, the
seedbed hard and cloddy, termination slow
and growth favorable until November,
when Material Improvement wns seen i'll
most fields. In some districts tho Hessian
av made its appearance causing damage.
The crop is S5.3, the average is 81. The
condition Of rye is a little higher than that
Of wheat. making an aveaage OF 1873.
Returns duly consolidated make the aver
age farm value of the current crop of the,
1858; rye, TIA; barley, 81; oats, 32.2; buck
wheat, 57.9; potatoes 81; tobacco. cigar
leaf, AL per pound; manufacturing and
export leaf, rs; hay. $3.50 per ton.
The price Of corn is 30 cents per bushel
more than the average of the ten years
from 1880, ana only four tenths of q cent
less than the average for the decade from
1870 In the states Of largest production
the prices are: Ohio Al cents, Indiana 3S,
Illinois 81, Iowa 80, Missouri 81. Kansas "a,
Nebraska 26. The latter state, where corn
ID cheapest has reported higher value
only four times in fifteen years. The aver
age value of the whole crop since 1883 has
baen higher only III 1887 and 1890. when the
yield was only twenty bushels per acre. The
value of the wheat crop is 20 cents per
bashel higher than the average for the ten
years from 1880, and was exceeded only
once, in 1883, since 1888. In the states Of
the Atlantic coast and on the Gulf Of Mex
100, except Texas, the value is from 81 to
ST.. is; inVtho Ohio valley from IS to89 cents;
North Dakota @ to 81 IL IN Iowa. Only once
since 1883 has the price of oats been as high
as at present, 52.2 cents, which is 1.3 cents
higher than tho average for the ten years
from 1880. The prices of all csreala are
remarkably sustained in view Of the abun-
dance Of production.
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Eyes replied, Il have read it,
"lhe fellow sobbed away a few n
Charged with E,nbcxzion,ent.

DENVER, Dec. 10,-- Robert Shirr, ex-presi-
dent Of tho Red Cloud bank aild Tarlners'
msAt. Shirr canab here 4 yenr ngo after he
had heels dcposed As s#presidento of these two
institutions and VIA living with his father.
in-luw. a. IL alleged that false entities have
been discovered showing whore the expires
ident got away with $20, 600, which will be
investigation has hnen concluded. shirr
denies the ohlTGas ana says that he lost
his priyate fortune trying ". save the oon-
CGrflH Has@lMas&Ea ~ =.
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CHICAGO, Dec. s..A bill fled i'll Thu cif-
Quit court to-day attacking the validity of
the Milwaukee " Ghioaeo Breweries cor-
poration, limited. The bill daclares TINT
tho corporation was nnlaWfully organized.
I'M that the sole rutpose il the holding pf&
stock Of other corporations, contrary toS the
eomplainant ssani i wv VIII. J j. Mail Mafis, q 10
promoter, who claims first lien for
$370, 900 on some of tho largest breWeries.
as commission for negotiating snles To tho
English Syndicate. Marks asserts that hin
associates, various Boston and London peo-s'
and by false pretenaea induced him VI Ra~ss
sign his interests Tor $50 0D0, although they
realized more than 81, 0OO, 900. S I3
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The English Borgla.

LONDON, Dec. 1o-Baronesst Deroquss
mothor Of Mrs. Maybriols, was Sallowed to
visit her daughter in MeekinR prison to
day. Afterwards she said Mrs. Maybriok
was i'll great deal. She iSfhnable to sleep
we'll or eat the coarse food given prisoners.
Solicitor Lumley and Sir Charles Russell
are considering new points in relationb W
the poisoning, which were not submitted
on Mrs. Maybrick's trial and tho attorneys
think they will be sufficient to bring about
her release. m e@ #