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Mrs. Vanderbilt to Marry.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Alva S.
Vanderbilt announced to her friends
yesterday that she is engaged to be
married to Oliver Belmont. Mrs
Willie K" as Mrs. Vanderbilt is known
in society, is the divorced wife of
William X. Vanderbilt. She is the
mother of the Duchess of Marlborough
Miss Consuela Vanderbilt), whose
marriage last autumn was the crown
and most precious jewel in her moth
er's social career. Oliver Belmont is
the son of the late August Belmont.
He is himself divorced man, his first
wife having married again. It is
quite certain that the wedding will
take place soon.
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twenty Years in a spanish Prison.

PONTIAC, Mich, Jan. 3.-Simon En-
sign of this city, who was confined in
the Moro castle at Havana, Cuba, for
twenty years, has filed at Washington
a claim for $500. 900 damages against
the Spanish government. Ensign was
an American citizen employed at rail
reading, suspected of sympathy with
the rebels and, guiltless of crime, he
was thrown into prison and kept there
for twenty years without trial. His
two companions died in prison and it
was only by accident that he escaped.
He fed from a Spanish man-of-war, to
which he was transferred, while it
was anchored at New Orleans. En-
sign is " years of age.
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DIsREGARDED ORDERS,

The Message OF Cape COlony's Governor
Was Received Before the Battle.
LONDON, Jan. 3-The colonial Office
publishes the following kilograms
from Sir Hercules Robinson. Governor
of Cape Colony. to Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain. which are dated jan
uary 2: "a messenger overlook DIR.
Jameson ten miles the other side of
the Elana river. He has brought back
a verbal message that the dispatches
have been received and will be at
tended to. The force was then sad
ding up and Immediately proceeding
eastward into the TranSvaal. DR..
Jameson thus received and disregard
ed nv message Sir Jacobus De Wet,
British agent in Transvaal, telegraphs
that the fighting commenced at 4
o'clock yesterday. He was unable to
obtain details from General Joubert,
commander of the Transvaal forces,
last evening, and had heard nothing
beyond rumor. The Cape Times has a
telegram from Pretoria, capital of
Transvaal, received there from Krug-
ersdorf, that there had been hard
fighting, the forces of the chartered
South African company suffering
heavily"
A second cablegram has been re-
which says: 1.-THE British agent at
Pretoria telegraphs under date of Jan
nary 2: I have just seen General Jou-
bert and he says that as far as he
knows, DIR. Jameson has been driven
out of several positions. The burghers
have twenty-five of their wounded as
prisoners, including three officers, and
five corpses have been buried by the
burghers. The fighting is still pro-
ceeding. No force has yet left Jo-
hannesburg to assist DIR. Jameson.
The government has received infor-
nation that further forces of the
chartered South African Company are
mObilizing to enter the Transvaal and
the Kaffir comma oder within the
Transvaal on the Rschuanaland bOr-
der of the Free State is ready to assist
the Transvaal if required. DIR. Jane
son is surrounded by a large force
near to Krugersdorf. The railway be-
tween Krugersdorf and johannesburg
has been broken up. The acting pres
ident of the Free State telegraphs me
that 1900 burghers have been com
manded to take up a position sixteen
miles this side of the Vaal river"
A third telegram from Sir Hercules
forwards a dispatch from the British
agent at Pretoria stating that DR..
JamesOn's force has surrendered.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain in
reply has cabled to Governor Robinson
| his regret that DR.. Jameson's dis
obedience has led to this deplorab bic
loss of life, and to do his best to secure
generous treatment of the prisoners
and care of the wounded, and to tele-
graph the names of the killed and
wounded.
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Knew whas 70 Do.

Is was evident that various emotions
were playing tag with each other in the
bosom of the judges daughter.
"Last night she began, and then her
whole frame shook as she thought of what
had happened.
looking up from his paper
She waited for a moment to reoain ba-
composure.
Last night she said at last. uwben
you found George and me in the library
you ruthlessly tore me from him.
II should say did, . returned the Judge
sharply. 1.-The idea. Of his presuming to
make love to you was enough to make me
lose my temper
''You said,'' continued the girl, speak
ing slowly and distinctly, "that should
never be his. -
'And meant itI'' exclaimed the judge,
with emphasis.
''WeIl,' replied the girl, ''I desire to in
form you that you are powerless in the
promises, and that George has decided to
act promptly, at the same time taking care
to keep wholly within his rights
The judge dropped his paper and looked
at her in astonishment.
''You don't mean to say that you are
married?'' he said.
'No," she answered, ''but had prom
ised to be his, and virtually I was his at
the time you took me away. We had en-
tered into contract, and he purposes to
have his rights under it,
''What kind of contract?' asked the
judge.
"The usual kind, sealed in the usual
way under such oircumstances-that is,
by a kiss
"Oho',' said the judge. "And he intends
to enforce it, docs he?''
'tHe does.''
"How?''
81 have advised him to sue out a writ
of repIevin, and am expecting the officers
to come and take me at any moment. No,
father, you cannot thwart the new woman.
I have studied your methods, and have
proflted by them. ''-Chicago Post.
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THE WORLDS BULLY.
Significant Remarks About England By
Venezuela Commissioner Coudert.

Significant Remarks About England By
Venezuela Commissioner Coudert
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Frederick R.
Coudert is the only one of the commits
sioners, who, in advance of his APP
the boundary controversy. Mr.. Cou-
dert, while the country rang with the
Venezuela message, took occasion to
express his views of England Now
that he is a commissioner they become
significant and are presented as he
gave them some days ago:
England has been the bully of the
world Her policy has been one of
aggression. She holds Gibraltar and
by that means has Spain by the throat.
When France was tied up with Ger
many, England seized Egypt, as she
had practically seized Cyprus. In the
event of trouble between this country
and England. France would sweep nto
Egypt and Russia would march upon
Constantinople. England, of course,
is responsible for the Armenian masa-
cres. England will not permit Russia
to seize Constantinople and wipe the
unspeakable Turk off the face of the
earth, therefore thousands of Chris
tians must suffer death. John Bull
has no friends and Uncle Sam has no
enemies. If there should be trouble
between America and England the
sympathy of all Europe would be with
us and the hand of every European
nation would be raised against Eng
land. The English government APP
preciates its friend1iness and helpless
ness. Because of that fact there will
be no war. If war should come, the
map of Europe would be recast and
perhaps the map of Asia, too
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TWO INDIAN FIENDs.
ChOctaw Boys KIN and Horribly Mutt
late white Man.

ChOctaw Boys KIN and Horribly Mutt
late White Man.
ANTLERs, /. T., Jan. "a revolving
tale of Indian butchery is embodied in
a confession made by two Choctaw
boys Last evening the dead body of
Lee Crum, white man, twenty four
years of age, was found on the bank
of Kiamichi river, two miles north of
here. The body had been scalped and
otherwise shockingly mutilated.
Will McAlester, a Choctaw youth,
II years of age, was arrested on sus-
picion. He denied the charge, but
told the officers that his half brother,
Taylor Hickman, aged IL years, and
that they had killed Crum. They con-
fessed and told the details of the
murder.
They stated that they had decided
that the United States laws were no
good and had agreed between them
selves to kill a white man. Last Sun
day afternoon they met Crum in Sc
be their victim. While Davis held
his attention by conversation,
Hickman fred bullet into
his breast. AS Crum fell, he pulled an
empty pistol from his pocket and the
Indians were frightened away. Later
in the day they started back again but
met some men and turned away. On
Monday Davis went back again. He
found a bloody trail over which the dy-
ing man had crawled to the river bank.
He followed the trail and came across
Crum, still alive. The young Choctaw
fell upon the dying man with knife
and finished his devilish crime. He
cut his victims throat, scalped him,
cut off his ears, gouged his eyes out
and slashed his face in a horrible man
ner. The Choctaw then took $40 in
coin from the body and the dead man s
pistol and went away.
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Missouri Convicts.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 3.-The
books of the Missouri State peniten-
tiary were closed yesterday. and
Warden James L. Pace finds that there
is just gain OF. eighteen convicts in
the prison population for the year of
1895. During the year there were re-
ceived sos males and 21 females, maxi
ing a total of 926, while there were
discharged during 1895, s55 males and
81 females, and 81 males died, making
a total of sos. On December 81, 1894,
there 2,17s convicts in the prison, and
on Decem Der 81, 1895, ., 1876.
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A CASE REAL POVERTY.
A Fami1y's Sole Support Dies and There
Are No Funds to Bury the Body.

Fami1y's Sole Support Dies and There
Are No Funds to Bury the Body.
GALENA, Kan. Jan. 3.-A genuine
case of poverty has just been unearthed
by D. B. Whiteside and w. b. Waugh.
They were driving southwest toward
Shoal creek, when cries of half dozen
voices were heard coming from the in
side of tent Going inside to investn
gate, they found a family consisting &
the mother and five daughters. rangin
in age up to eighteen years. A son. the
only support of the family, aged nine
teen, was lying on couch dead, having
died of typhoid pneumonia the day be-
fore, and the family had not the means
to bury the body. There was nothing
visible to eat. and the children who were
not sick were crying for food.
Money was raised by the business men
of this place for the immediate relief OF
the family, and the services of a physi-
clan were provided for the sick ones.
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ATCHIsoN, Kan. Jan. al M. Rob
bins, president, and N. T. Hess, cash
Ter, of the State bank of Everest,
which failed some time ago, were
arrested yesterday on charge of re-
ceiving deposits when the bank was
known to be in a falling condition.
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A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Burned Large Department Store in
ArmourdaIe, Kan.

DuIuSU . IMPAIRMENT
ArmourdaIe, Kan.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. "A FIRE
that started in the department store
of C. H. Simms at Nos. 612-614-
Gle Kansas avenue, Armourdale,
Kan, from an overheated stove
shortly after 10 o'clock last
night, consumed the building and
spread to adjoining structures. At
ter wiping them out of existence
the fire crossed the street and attacked
a row of frame business houses, doing
many thousands of dollars damage
before it was gotten under control
and subdued. AS far as could be
learned the losses were:
c. Fl. Simms. department store, stock
$30,O building $1,000; insured for
a bout two-thirds. Other losses amount
to SI7 600
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Newklrk WIN Not Appear.

SEDALIA, Mo-. Jan. 3.-The attor-
neys for Cyrus Newkirl<, president of
the defunct First National bank, of
this city, announced yesterday that,
owing to an attack of pneumonia, he
will not be able to answer to the
charges against him in the Criminal
court next Monday. Newkirk is So
journing in California. His bond will
most likely be declared forfeited and
a capias issued for his arrest.
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FARMER CRAZY.

Louis sprugalI, of Jewell County. Goes
Crazy at the AtchisOn Depot.
ATCHIsoN, Jan. 3.-The crazy man
picked up at the union depot Thursday
night by the police turns out to be Louis
Sprugall, a wealthy farmer from Jewell
county. The cause of 6prugalPs sudden
insanity lie not known.
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WILL USE THE MOTORCYCLE.
Cleveland Company Formed to UtiI-
ize Them for Street TrateI.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 3.-A mammoth pro-
iect for the transportation of people
through the streets of Cleveland is now
under way The plan embraces the
practical use of horseless carriages on
time schedules. with various lines in
operation over regular systems of streets,
A partnership of wealthy Clevelanders
already has been formed to C TRY out
this great project, and big corporation
is to be organized eventually. The first
lot of carriages has been ordered, and it
is expected that a part of this system
Will be in active operation by June 1, 1896
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Disappointed Retiection.

ttWhat sort O. place do you reckon heav-
en- is?'' said Mosely Wraggs. slowly shift
ing his seat on the park bench and looking
dreamiiy out over the blue lake.
1.-THE good book says it's place o. rest, :"
replied Tuffold Knutt, squirting contem-
platively at the sun.
cit won't be much of a change, will it?'
rejoined Mosely Wraggs after a long pause
-Chicago Tribune
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A SURPLUS IN DECEMBER.
Government Receipts Exceed Expendi-
lures by s474.6eO.

Government Receipts Exceed Expendi-
lures by S474.62O.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The monthly
comparative statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the United States
shows that during the month of De-
cember, the receipts, cents omitted,
aggregate $50, 2Ss, 937, as follows: Gus
toms, S12, 100, 172; internal revenue,
S12, $50, I'll; miscellaneous, 81. 368, 993.
The expenditures during the month
amounted to $25, S14, 3l7, leaving a sur
plus for the month of S474, 500.
The figures for the first half of the
present fiscal year, ended Decem Der
81, however, show deficit of SIS, 394,-
-Oc, as against a deficit of S27, SD, 465
during the fret half of last year.
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violators of the Antitrust Law.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 3-Circuit At
torney William Zachritz has filed 200
suits against foreign corporations do
ing business in this State, who have
failed to make the affidavit required
by the antitrust law that they are
not members of a combination in re-
straint of trade. The fine in each case
will be 81, 900 if conviction is secured
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P. d. Armour Buying Up Corn.

OMAHA. Neb., Jan. 3.-P. D. Armour
is said to be buying and cribbing corn
in Iowa aud Nebraska. Armour S
agent in Omaha is George Lyon. Lyon
said it was true that Armour was buy
ing corn in this State and in Iowa and
storing it to await better price, as a
SDeculatiOn.
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Newspaper change at Fort Scott.

Fort SCOTT, Kan, Jan. George
W. Martin, proprietor of the Fort
Scott Daily and Weekly Tribune, has
sold to George w. Marble, who for
years has been city editor of that
paper, a one-third interest in the
business, and it will hereafter be con-
Quoted by Martin & Marble. Mr.
Martin is editor and manager and Mr..
Marble continues to serve as city
o6ifnr
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APPLAUDED INGERSOLL.

III AAUHH t4AAO n q N. N A~1'117" -
rup1s the COIOne1's Lecture with
His APprOVals.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Col. Robert G.
Ingersoll delivered his lecture on ''The
Bible" to 200 persons in the Jersey City
Academy of Music last night. Mrs Inger-
soil sat with friends in a box and her
daughter occupied a seat in the parquet.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the millionaire
merchant, occupied box and frequent
" interrupted the lecturer with express
sions Of That's good! Give it to them,
Colonel" aud You are right?
Col Iugersoll compared the present
administration at Washington with that
of Jehovah, as recorded in the bible. "T
tell you," he said, "the administration of
Grover Cleveland in spite of the hard
times and the war talk is a gorgeous and
glittering success compared with Jeho-
vah's administration"
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Raid on Arkansas DIoonshiners.

LITTLE Rock. Ark, Jan. 8. -Deputy
United States Marshal Watkins made
a raid on the moonshiners in Howard
county last night, capturing two stills
and eight men. Two moonshiners are
supposed to have been killed
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street Car Strike on Again.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-The street
railway strike is on again. At l:4O
this morning the motormen and con-
ductors employed by the Union Trac-
ton Company decided not to go
to work when the first day cars
started at 4 o'clock
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Deaths at SOIdfers,H Home.

LEAvENwoRTH. Jan. 3.-Among the
membership at the Soldiers home there
were 1877 deaths during 1895. OF this
number twenty-three died while on fur
Tough, and one was absent without leave.
One veteran was found dead near the
north gate, two were drowned in the
rver and one was murdered on the
pike"
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Statements of the Public Debt.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.-The monthly
statement of the public debt, issued
from the Treasury department to-day,
shows that on December 81, 1895, the
public debt, less cash in the Treasury
amounted to S947, 298, 262, or decrease
for the month of S1.179.34a
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ROBBED MONROE'S TOHB5
Some Thief Has Taken Away the Bronze
lte.

RICHMOND, Jan. 3.-The widespread
discussion of the Monroe doctrine in con-
nection with the Venezuelan matter has
caused unusual public interest in the
tomb here of the author of this declar4
alton. This has recalled the fact of the
removal of the name plate of President
Monroe. This robbery was committed
some time ago, but the removal of the
plate has just been discovered. Mon
roe's tomb is in the northwestern part of
Hollywood cemetery aud near nv the
grave of President Tyler and within
few rods of the last resting place of JEFF
ferson Davis.
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Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112
and ia w. 9Th. O.
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Have you received an invitation to the
on Saturday Jan. 4, '96 at K. of p. hall?
If SO, then go and enjoy yourself. The
K. of P's. never do anything by halves.
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CREEK CONNECTS ESCAPE,

Three Indians Bid HaSfy Adieux to
the U. s.. Penftentiary at Fort Leav-
enWOrth.
LEAvENwoRTH, Jan. 3.-Three Creek
Indian convicts confined in the United
States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth
made their escape yesterday afternoon.
They were working cleaning prison
farm close to the Missouri river with a
big gang of prisoners, when they man.
aged to get into the woods along the bank
before they were discovered
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The Cooper College Quartette will
give an entertainment at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church on Saturday even
ing, Jan. 4th. consisting of Readings,
Impersonatious, Bass Solos, etc. They
have been highly complimented by the
state press.
[7a,I.,- e. T2,,-,rh,,.s. .;..,
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We aim please our trade-Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West Sth.
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Every body takes the JOURNAL.
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ASK your dealer fer Burgharts cigars.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-21
Canine Intelligence Demonstrated.

An English traveller in Switzer-
land having recently criticised some
what unfavorably the race of St
Bernard dogs because a certain men,
Der Of that famous breed took the
liberty Of devouring the contents OF
his luncheon basket on a recent oc-
casion, a German admirer Of the
maligned animal has been moved to
take up his pen in its defense. The
st. Bernard's action, he maintains,
does not exhibit any lack of intelli-
genoe. On the contrary. it shows q
very keen appreciation Of the inter-
ests of the innkeepers in mountain
GUS regions. On the summit where
the offense was committed, he points
out, there is an inn where an excel
lent luncheon may be obtained at q
very moderate price. When the Eng
lish tourist makes practice of car
rying all his refreshments up from
below, he shows a disregard for the
prosperity of such establishments,
which the st. Bernard dog-to his
honor be 1t said-has no disposition
to encourage. = Westminster Ga
zette.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-21
Tho Kick of . Thirteen Inch Gun.

Some timo ago tho English gov
ernment experimental with IS
inch gun on ship of the Royal Sow
ereign class. At the first firing of
the gun the entire upper deck was
lifted from its position and sprung
along Its entire center, so terrible
WAS the shock The United States
battleship Indiana has been special
ly equipped to provide against any
such disaster, and her decks have
been constructed in such manner
that naval experts agree that no
such damage can befall her when
the IS inch guns send out their fam
ing message.
Naval experts are agreed. howev-
er, that when she is In action and
the four 1S inch guns are perform
ing their deadly work the explosions
will shatter and destroy every piece
OF woodwork and glass in every por-
ton Of the vessel. That is expected
and prepared for. and for that rea-
son the battleship Indiana Is oom-
posed almost entirely of iron and
steel. She has been aptly described
IS an enormous floating steel fort,
with ship built around it for pur-
poses Of navigation. Fully one-half
Of her could be shot away and she
would still float and retain her un-
qualified fighting power.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Middletown transcript., 1896-03-21
Preserving Wood.

It Is claimed for the Haskins proc
,ess for preserving wood that 1t Is
the most natural as we'll as most re-
liable and effective method yet pro-
posed for that purpose. The princi-
pie on which this is based Is that
the sap should be so treated that the
whole Of its life preserving proper
ties be retained and solidified with
In the substance itself; this follows
from the fact that the sap of wood
contains large proportions of GER
tain albuminous, glutinous, resinous
and oleaginous compounds in a state
of solution, and 1t is of these oom-
pounds that nature, in the growth
of the tree, by the laws of heat and
pressure. gradually creates the hard,
sound, fibrous portion of the wood.
So, then. the new process is to take
the wood in its green state and SO
treat 1t with air pressure and great
heat that the various compounds in
the sap are distilled and retained
within the wood, without losing
their antiseptio and preservative
properties; the various essential
compounds become coagulated in
the pores and impregnate the whole
substance-the soluble sap becomes
lnsoluble, binding the f1bers, and
forming a homogeneous mass incapa-
BILE Of absorbing moisture, impervi-
ous to atmospheric change, un-
'hrinkable, easily worked and prao-
Ideally indestruetib1e. New YeFk
Sun.