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Terrible Siberia.

Siberia has no less a bad name for
lawlessness than for climate, for con-
victs escape from confinement during
summer and prowl about preying upon
the inhabitants. This is often done
with the connivance of the police au-
thorities, it is said, who not merely
draw the allowance for the escaped
convict but accept part of the spoil
when he returns with the approach of
winter, when no robber can live in the
woods or on the road through the long
months Of severe frost. An attempt is
about TO be made to reform the admins
tration, chiefly with the view of sep
arating the office of JUICE d'instruction,
or examining judge, from police func-
lions. In each town and village Of
Western Siberia there is to be, accord
ing to the proposal coming before the
imperial council, q creation Of Justices
Of the peace. The present provincial
tribunals will fulfill the functions of .
court Of appeal.
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County Delegate-T M Keefe, Morton.
Division No. l.-~President, J vi Ryan, Morton
vica~president, j D Kennedy, Morton: cor seo'y
II NJ Ksefe. Morton; fin sac, Fl Keefe, Nor.
ton; treasurer, 2 H Kirwin, Beaver Falls; meet
I'd Sunday of each month at PM
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NATIONAL OFFICERS.

"a W1LHEhE, y u. fnllanelRh!e, "a
M SLATTERY, n s. Albany, N Y.
THos DUNDON, T, Columbus Ohio
National DirecIors-P. J. VConror, chairman
Savannah. Ga; John W. McGreeyy, Thos. )
O'Brien. Cornelius Horrigan. John E. Tyrrell.
STATE OFFICEkS-MIN NESOTA
STATE DELEGATE--John MCCARTHY, OF Still.
water.
STATE sEonETARY-Geo. II. Giltinan, Of St.
Paul.
STATE TREAsuRER-John Sheehy, of Mont
gomery.
STATE BOARD OF MISREPRESENTATION De
laney st. Paul; +. MSaermott; Clonta Il
J. Murphy, st. Cloud
President of Insurance Fund. NJ. j. Mcdonnell
of Gracevjlle.
vice-Presdent, nj. W. Mogan, of Minneapolis
Insurance. Secretary. John A. O'shfughnessy
Treasurer of Insurance Fund, John sheehy, OF
Montgomery.
Directors of Insurance Fund. D. f. McDer
mott, Clontarf; r. j. Ryan. st. Cloud John T.
Byrnes, Minneapolis; Geo. W. Murphy. Fan-
bauIt; j. J.. Kennedy, st. Paul.
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4 PENS,ONED SCHOOLMASTE
The Hard Lot Of an Aged German PEN
siGIer.

A PENS,ONED SCHOOLMASTER.
The Hard Lot Of an Aged German PEN
A schoolmaster AIMED Handorf, sixty
eight years old, was pensioned from {.
Mecklenburg estate twelve years ago,
after having taught there twenty-seven
years. His pension consisted Of a cow,
shalxy little cottage, a small parcel Of
ground on which to raise few bushels
of potatoes and a few small measures
of rye. The old man received nothing,
however, toward the defraying of his
daily expenditure for food, heat and
light, and so it came about that he was
obliged to go out on the highway as a
laborer for twelve and one-half cents a
day. In the heat of summer and the
raw, wet days of fall he has for many
years worked patiently and uncom-
plainingly among rough men who We're
formerly his scholars, enduring without
a word the taunts and reproaches of an
unfriendly inspector. On the second
and fourth Saturday of every month he
has stood in line with the other labor
ers, his wage-book in his hand, and
waited his turn to receive the paltry
sum due him. Twelve years of the old
mans life have passed thus, He has
passed his eightieth year, and is without
a prospect of a better fortune.
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LIS the well known
and popular route
through
Central Minnesota
and Iowa,
also reaching from
St. Paul and Mime
apolis TO w ATEE-
TOWN, S. d., touch
ing most OF the prom
inent tOWns and fur
nishing rapid and Sa-
tisfactOry service.

It's through trains carry the best OF
Pullman Sleeping Cars. and provide all
those modern conveniences which make
long Journeys restful and profitable.
Winter Tourist Tickets are now on
sale, and the public ara reminded that
to ST. LOUIS, HOT SPRINGS, ARK,
and the South the IN. & St. L,'' makes
close connections in UNION DEPOT,
ST. LOUIS, as we'll as at KANSAS
CITY; also running through cars to
CHICAGO. DENVER,
COLORADO SPRINGS aud PU EBLO.
and there connecting for all Coast and
CALIFORNIA POINTS.
Close connection made at st. Paul
With all lines for the Northwest.
Inquire OF any agent Of this company
for rates, etc, Or
@. M. PRATT,
w. r. TRuEsDALE. GEN TIKI & PASS AGrs
RECEIVER. MlNNEAPOLIS.
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INDIAN AND COMET.
Ths Former Accounts for the latter to
His Entire satisfaction.

! Ths Former Accounts for the Latter to
His Entire Satisfaction.
During the year the last comet was
streaming in the sky was camping one
: night in canyon near the foot OF
Cooks Peak, N. M. In the party was
an old and-for an indiana fairly in
telligent Ute named Sam. Sam had
been attached to some cavalry troop at
Fort Cummings as scout, says the
Kansas City Star, but his day of leav"
ing the service being reached, he at"
tached himself to me-for a cousidera~
tion. Pointing to the comet, / asked
Sam what he could say in its defense
from the standpoint Of a Ute. Sam was,
unlike most Indians, a good SINGLE
handed tallzer, and could speak English
very we'll. He was ambitious to perfect
himself in the language and readily
seized on every chance for talk y In
deed, discovered him on one or two oc~
casions all alone and talking vigorously
at mark like a savage Damosthenes
sans the pebbles.
'sIell about that?' said Sam, pointing
toward the comet. Sam do it heap
easy, You bet. The sun is the man and
he have moon for squaw. The stars"
big stars and little stars-all are their
children. The sun don't like 'e1n and
chases em. If he catch one he eats it.
This makes the stars heap 'fraid, and
when the sun has his sleep over and
comes out the stars run and hide. When
the sun comes stars go; creep into holes
and hide. But the moon. is good. She
loves her children, the stars, and when
the sun sleeps she comes out in the sky
and the stars are glad, and they come
out of the places they hide in and for
get to be 'fraid and play. But when the
sun wakes again they run He is al
ways after them, and he catches them
sometimes. This one" continued Sam,
again pointing at the comet, 'Fthe sun
catch one time. He got away, though,
but the sun bit him and hurt him. That's
why he bleed SO. Now he's heap scared,
and SO he keeps his face always toward
the place where the sun is sleeping"
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LEW WAMACE'S NEW BOOK.
The Author Already Besieged with Flattering
Offers from Hungry Publishers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFORDsyILLE, Ind, Dec. 7.-Gen.
Lew Wallace is very busy preparing the
manuscript for his new book, and he
scarcely finds time to take needful exer-
else. To friend he said that it was the
gre latest task of his life, and he says that
he ia bringing into use all his knowledge
and experience in the literary world to
make the WORK O success. His other two
works have been great success. and he is
desirous of having the forthcoming work
occupy even more prominent place than
does Ben Hur" at the present time. To this
end he will write, rewrite and revise
each paragraph of his new work
until he is fully satisfied that it
He does not know when the manuscript
will be ready for the publishers. but he
will not turn IL over until he is himself
fully satisfied. He has been besieged by
publishers who desire to place the work be-
fore the world, and some of them make
very liberal offers. The majority of these
want to pay him 80 to GO per cent. royalty.
His latest offer is S25 900 cash in advance on
the receipt of the manuscript and 60 per
per cent. of the gross receipts from the sale
of the work. The usual per cent. paid by
publishers is 10 to 20. and these large in
ducements held out to secure the publica-
tion and control of the new work show
that great confidence has been placed in
the ability of General Wallace.
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ing in proportion to Crisp. as was expected,
when the Hatch and Springer following be-
gan to go to pieces. the word went around
the Capitol CORR dors that Mr. Cleveland
was drifting TO the rear and the new blood
of the part y was coming to the front.
IL am growing tired of this fossil dicta-
tion.n exclaimed "a Democratic member OF
the Michigan delegation. "and propose to
gressive element of the Democratic party
has been ridden and dictated 20 by Cleve-
land. Carlisle. Mills and the fogies long
enough. 1t will be Crisp or a black horse.
This exclamation was passed around ana
soon became the by word. The Mills men
had been hammering the other aspirants all
day In an unmerciful manner They had De-
come most despotic. They had been for days
overbearIng, arbitrary and unreasonable
In everything. 2Htience on the part or the
Crisp. McMillin, Hatch and Springer men
had now ceased to be a virture. From that
moment 1t was fight for political death TO
certain men. Mills bore very weary,
serious mien. He was distressed. He felt
that his doom was oblivion, and near. he
and his followers had worked their last
scheme, had forced the last man In under
the wire. it seemed. The moment Of retail
iation had come.
The Crisp men, feeling that the presence
of such Cleveland leaders as Villas, of Wis
consin. and Dickinson. of Michigan. who
were CIeveland's Cabinet officers. Samuel
MOrss. of Indianapolis. the direct repre-
sentative of Henry Watterson. Dan Lock
wood of Buffalo. and a lot of other
imported agents of the late President
and standing candidate, warranted q
personal fight. opened 1t IN earnest. Hither-
erto it has been q struggle between issues
largely. Democrats were trying to de-
termine whether Mills and free trade or
Crisp and free coinage should be the issue
next year. Free trade was becoming q
failure IN the contest. Now all of these but
the Mills men werc determined IL should
be an issue. SO far as this contest
was concerned, of Cleveland or Hill. Mr..
Cleveland lost in popularity from that
moment. and il soon became apparent that
it would never do TO renominate the late
President. for some of the lead
ing Democrats in the House would
mugwump on him. Crisp men
began to point out wherein Mills
could not win. although he absorbed much
of the support of Springer. The following
of McMillin was not of the Mills character,
and SO the Texan could not hope for much
support from that direction, barring very
unexpected turns. The fight became per-
sonal. and It grew more personal until the
end. although there was a disposition on
the part of Mr.. Crisp. after his nomination.
to bury the hatchet.
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Enormous Deficiencies 10 Be Created in All the
Departments for the Purpose of Swelling the
Surplus and Charging Ii to the Tariff.
Already Boosting That the Appropria-
tions Will Be Cut Down S100,0OO,000.
Incidents of the Opening Of the Fifty-SecoEd
Congress-New Senators Sworn In-Mr.
Brice's Case-Short Session of the House.
FALSE ECONOMY.
Democrats VIII Try tn Hoodwink the People
by Creating Large Deficiencies.

Democrats VIII Try tn Hoodwink the People
by Creating Large Deficiencies.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec There were DO un-
usual features surrounding the convening
of this Congress to-day 10 characterizs IN
from others, except the presence of a very
large number of new faces. The crowd
was about the same in every respect. As
many came to view the opening as to feel
the excitement incident to the speakership
contest. There never was more earnest
ness depicted in the faces of men than was
seen in tho followers of Cleveland and
HILL who were supporting Mills and Crisp,
respectively. They felt that the issues Of
the party were being fought out and the
political fate of two of their greatest ex-
ponents were being sealed. Members fore
got the profusIon of flowers and the neces-
slty of renewing old or forming new ac-
quaintances. They were absorbed in the
contest. There was an almost complete abA
sence of customary talk of committee for
nation and proposed legislation. A belief
prevailed that the Democrats intended to
fight out their own differences. and what-
ever the result of their struggles might be.
sion just convened.
Party feeling runs so high on the Demo-
cratic side that nothing can be hoped for
in the way of legislation which could be
construed into politics or assistance 20 the
present administration. The Democrats
are determined TO throw every possible OBJ
struction in the way of rounding up a suc-
cessful four years of Republicanism. Largo
Deficiencies are expected to be left In the
regular appropriations for the maintenance
of the public service. The Democrats
boasted on every hand during the day that
"retrenchment and reform" IN ap-
propriatIons would be their shib-
boleth. They declared that they
would decrease the appropriations
Sl00, 600. 900 below those of the last Congress.
and the idea prevails that the majority in
the House will bend every effort to starve
the public service in every direction. leav-
ing enormous deficiencies In the postoffice,
army and navy. and other branches not 10
mention pensions, without any regard to
public demands. for the sole purpose of be-
ing able 60 point out on the stump next
year the simple fact that so much was
saved" in appropriations. and also that
ian enormous surplus" was piling up under
the Mckinley tariff bill. and the only way
to remedy the "evil" would be by RADICAL
notifications of tke tariff law and o large
addition TO the free list.
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Story of a Scandal and Elopement That Was
Evidently Built on Fiction.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. I'm the wreck
near Evansville. Miss. on Saturday George
Mari and Anna Holmes were among the in
jured. A Waterbury, Conn.,. dispatch
weaves q wonderful romance around these
two, all because two people of the same
names had an escapade there. The Water
bury Miss Holmes is described as the star
of theatrical company, a very ladylike
person of thirty" and the Waterbury man
deserted his wife and five children TO eIope
with her. Alas for the romancer. Mari is
about seventy years old and lives In st.
negress of forty-five or so, weighs about
three hundred pounds and has lived here all
har life
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SMASHED INTO SPLINTERS.
Caboose Wrecked and Four Workmen Killed
and Twenty Seriously Injured.

WEST PLAINS. Mo-. Dec. IA terrible
wreck, disastrous in its effects both upon
life and property. occurred here on the
Kansas City. Fort Scott 81 Memphis rail-
road this afternoon. A construction train,
with thirty. eight Ihen in the caboose,
was backing into this place when
it collided with special freight train.
The cabooose was smashed into spllnters
and four of the workmen in it were killed
outright. They were: Patrick Lavan, AL
bert Miller, Matt Mcnamara and an un.
known man. OF the other thirty -four men,
occupants of the caboOse, twenty were serI-
ously injured. It is feared some of them
fatally. Fifteen freight cars were piled in
Q heap, and traffic is still suspended.
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PHASES OF THE CONTEST.

The Long Struggle Virtually One Between
Cleveland and Hill-The Former Beaten.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WAsHINGTON. Dec. This was another
nervous. rasping day in the speakership
contest. 1t was. however. but another
round In the great struggle which is raging
between the two leading factions for
the Democratic presidential nomina-
tion next year-Cleveland and Hill When
it began to appear at the afternoon ses-
sion Of the caucus that Mills was not gain
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VICTORY FOR THE GEORGIAN.

Mr. Crisp Nominated for Speaker by the
Democratic Caucus on the Thirsieth Ballot.
WASHINGTON, Dec. THE Democratic
struggle for the speakership ended late to-
night IN the nomination of Mr. Crisp of
Georgia on the thirtIeth ballot. Mr..
Springer cast the deciding vote. although
a number of the latter's followers after
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One Killed and SIX Injured.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 7.-An explosion OF gas in
"D" furnace, at the Maryland Steel Company's
works, sparrow's Point. early this morning,
killed one colored man and injured six others.
The furnace was destroyed
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AN OPEN LETTER
Everybody Please Read The Proposition Accepted
YORK, Pa, Dec. l, 1901.
Mr.. DANIEL STEWART indianapolis, Ind

Mr. DANIEL STEWART Indianapolis Ind
DearSir-W desire toacknowledgeour obligation,
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This Cigar is the pride Of QUIZ factory, and that
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be satisfied. Yours respectfully,
CELESTINO COSTELLO Y GO
Per OscuR Remach
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Deciding Vote Cast by Mr.. Springer After Him.
self, Dir. Hatch and Mr.. McMiIlin Had
Withdrawn from the Long Struggle.
Mr.. Kerr Named for Clerk and Lycurgus
Dalton, of Indiana, for Postmaster.
Political Phases Of the Contest-Crisp's Vic
tory Regarded as a Blow to Cleveland's
HOpes-Speeches of the Candidates.
Democratic Caucus Nominations.

SpeGker-CHARLES II. CRISP, OF Georgia.
Clerk-JAMES KERR. OF Pennsylvania.
Serge ant al irDls-S. s. YODER, OF Ohio.
oOrkecper-CHARLES Ii. TURNER, of New
York.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-31
TIMOTHY ISN'T IN IT.
THE TERMS OF MRS. MARY HOP
KINS-SEARLES'S WILL.
She Bequeathed All Her Possessions to
Her Husband-Her Adopted Son Not
Left Out in the Cold by Accident-Not
Dollar Given to Charity.

SALEM, Mass, July 30.--The will OF
the late Mrs. Mary Hopkins-Searles, OF
Methuen, was filed for probate today.
It bequeaths all her property, of what
soever kind and wheresoever situated,
to her husband, Edward F. Searles, his
heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns forever. In the document she
says: 1.-The omission to provide in this
will for my adopted son, Timothy Hop
kins, is intentional, and not occasioned
by accident or mistake"
The will, which is dated July 10Th.
1888, further says: whereas my said
husband this day makes his will in my
favor, do now declare my intention
and my understanding of HE intention,
that he be free at any time during my
life, without notice to me, and after my
death, if he survives me, to cancel and
revoke his said will, or make any new
will or wills, codicil or codicils, and shall
have entire freedom to dispose by such
will or codicil, or in any other manner,
whether by deed, sale, gift or otherwise,
Of all or any part of his property, and 1
reserve similar freedom and rights for
myself during his life, and after his
death if survive him."
The executors of the will are Edward
F. Searles, Thomas E. Stillman and
Thomas Hubbard, who are exempted
from giving bonds. The witnesses to-
the will are William w. Dodge of Cam
bridge, Charles M. Thornton, Lawrence,
Mass, and William O. Morris OF Methu-
en-. The above comprises the entire die
ton OF the will save fifty or seventy-tive
words of legal verbiage.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-31
HEBREW LIVES CHEAP.
KILL JEW AND PAY TWENTY
ROUBLES.
That Is the Extent of the Penalty for
Numbering an Israelite in Russia.
Horrible Tales of Persecution Related
by Jewish Emigrants.

BosToN, July 30..The Russian Jews
who arrived yesterday tell pitiful stories
of cruelties. Russian officers ordered
all the inhabitants of the town of
Slabotky to leave their homes. They
became so enraged at this wholesale in
Justice that they set fire to their houses
and destroyed them. For this many
were sent to Siberia, while others were
subjected to horrible cruelties. One
man was suspended by his wrists two
hours.
Others told narrowing stories of gen.
eral atrocities practiced upon the race
by Russian soldiers, and of extremely
unjust laws in force against the Jews.
Any Russian Christian who wished to
possess himself Of. the sproperty of q
Jewish neighbor, can obtain it by pay
ing one tenth of its value to- the mayor
or a government representative, who
will thereupon give him authority to
expel the Jewish owner and install him
self as proprietor.
1t is an ordinary occurrence for a
Jews house to be burned over his head,
or Jew to be stoned on the streets,
and it has become common saying In
parts of Russia, ''Kill Jew and pay 20
roubles" ($10). No other punishment
is ever inflicted for the murder of a
Jew, and even this fine is seldom i'm
posed. Some Jewish soldiers in the
Russian army wanted to rebel because
their families were maltreated by Rus
sian soldiers, and for this they were all
placed under arrest.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-31
woRLD,s FAIR NOTES.
What Is Done and Said About the Ex
nositfnr

What Is Done and Said About the Ex-
position.
PARIS, July 30.-The worlds fair COM
mittee had an interview with the min
lister OF commerce today, who assured
them of his best efforts to aid the fair.
LONDON, July 30.-The Daily News
says the Columbian exposition at
Chicago, under the critical eye of her
rival, New York, must succeed; for she
cannot afford to fail. Gladstone's re-
markable letter points out the impor-
tance of the scheme. There is no rea-
son why he should not live to see Amer
lea freed from the heaviest industrial
letters. That change is now imminent,
or political signs have lost their or
dinary significance. The fair will have
the further result Of putting America in
the rank OF frst-class powers.
BoGoTA, July 30.-The congress Of
Colombia has appropriated $4,000 for a
display of the resources of the country
at the Columbian exposition.
Rio JANIERo, July 30.-A commission
of eight members to have charge of the
Brazilian exhibition at the Columbian
exposition, has been appointed. Among
them are Professor Orville Derby who
accompanied Agassiz in the geological
survey of Brazil.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-31
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
People Who Yesterday Secured Per-
missions to Wed.


About the youngest couple that have
presented themselves in some time, ap-
peared yesterday at the counter of the
county clerks marriage license depart
ment, and asked to be allowed to marry.
They were both from Illinois, and the
husband to be had only seen twenty
short summers, while his companion
was young miss OF but seventeen.
They gave their names as Ray 0. An
thony and Lena M. Sharp, and pro-
duced documents showing that their re-
spectlve mammas were willing to have
them enter the married state together.
The first little hitch occurred when the
young man discovered that a fee was
necessary to obtain the license, and he
had not the required amount with him.
There was only temporary delay, how
ever, for he went away and presently re-
turned with the money, when the
couple departed merrily together.
Other marriage licenses granted were :
Stephen Kistler, of Germany, aged
%, to Caroline Kiser, of Switzerland,
aged 20.
Rufus Simpson, 81, to Mary Mas, of
Germany, aged 20.
Joseph D. Simpson, Of New York,
aged 81, to Alice S. Stent, also of New
York, and aged 23.