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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Interesting Information From the Seat Of
Government

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. - The pro.
gramme of the appropriation bills to
be reported to the house has been out
lined in general way. The appro-
priations committee will get to work
on the District of Columbia bill just
before congress convenes after the
holiday recess, and it will be several
weeks before it can he put in shape
for report. The next bill the
committee will take up is the
Notifications, and the sundry civil bill
will be brought up late in February or
March as now indicated. All these
will originate with the appropriations
committee The army bill will be re-
ported to the full committee in the
first week after the recess and will go
to the house probably early the follow
ing week. 1t will carry a
large decrease from the es-
Inmates though an increase
over the last years appropriations.
The agricultural bill will be finished
by the subcommittee the first wcels
after the recess and will be reported
Immediately. The naval bill is now
pending the consideration of the sub
committee. The post office appropria-
tion bill may be called up Monday if
the subcommittee is here then, but at
any rate will not be reported until the
middle or latter part of January.
A bi-monthly service between New
York and the ports of Hayti has been
established by the Clyde Line Steam
ship Co., which United States Minister
Powell, at Port An Prince, says in u
report to the state department, will be
the first American line to carry our
flag under American registry to Hayti.
He regards the outlook as bright for
the success of the new venture.
The total output of sugar from the
Hawaiian Islands for the year
just closing, according to the figures of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters associa-
ton, transmitted to the state depart
| ment by United States Consul General
Haywood, is put down as a4s. .567 tons
as against 24s,555 tons last year. The
planters have had more trouble than u.s.
uaf on account of dcsertions, cspcci
ally with the Japanese. Ten Japanese
gave trouble to one Chinese. OF the
%, 600 laborers on the plantations 8, 1O9
were contract Japanese, 5,2s5 free
Japanese. 1850 contract Chinese. and
1911 free Chinese. The number of
| laborers whose contracts expire next
year is 2,O17, and the number wanted
is 4,a7s. The Japanese seem to be pre-
ferred by the planters as laborers.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-- Both houses
of congress have adjourned until jan
uary next The Klondil<e relief bill
was put through its final stages be fore
adjournment.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
THE RUSSIANS,
u 10 Reported, Have Taken Posses.
sion Of Port Arthur.
The Harbor is Free From Ice the Year
Round. which h. Not the Case with Via-
livestock. Present Headquarters of
the Russian Fleet In the East

LONDON, Dec. 20.-A dispatch TO the
Standard from Vienna says it is ru-
more there that the Russians have oc-
cupied Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, which Is situated at the
extremity of Leao-Tong peninsula. has
practically been in the hands of Russia
for some time past. After the jap
anese evacuated the port, which was
the scene of the terrible massacree of
Chinese during the war with japan,
Russian engineers began supervising
the reconstruction of the docks and
forts, which had been destroyed by the
Japanese previous to leaving the
place.
Previous to the war between China
and Japan, Port Arthur was the larg-
est naval station possessed by the Chi
nese and was strongly fortified. There
was naval dock yard there, built by
the French company, large refitting
basin with depth of 25 feet at the
low water, spacious wharves and
quays, two docks, one 400 feet long,
| and facilities for repairing ships of
all sizes, from ironclads to torpedo
boats. The fonndries and work
! SHOPS WeTc cOUSbFucbtu Ou tUc HloSI
| improved models and contained the
| best modern machinery. Japan was
very anxious to hold Port Arthur per-
inanently. but Russia strongly object
ed and would have backed up her OBJ
| lection by force. Russia's great anx-
iety to possess Port Arthur is due to
the fact that the harbor is free from
ice all the winter. which is not the
case with Vladivostock. the present
headquarters of the Russian feet in
the far east. 1t is proposed to connect
Port Arthur with The Russian railroad
now being built through Manchuria,
which in turn will connect with the
Great Trans-Siberia railroad.
kilograms from all the continental
capitals show that Russia's step at
Port Arthur is regarded as tantamount
as a permanent occupation and a reply
to Germany's action.
A well informed ST. Petersburg COR
respondent says there was no agree.
ment between Russia and Germany
and that the latter simply warned Rus
sia when the occupation of Kiao- Chau
was already decided upon.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
A New Press AssociatIon.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Dec. lS.-Ihe As.
sociated Labor Press of America has
been organized with 40 charter mem
bers Its principal object will be to
disseminate labor ne ws throughout the
country. to be given only to members
Of the organization. II has adopted a
badge. which will be distrib ibuted among
the members. and which entities the
weaver to attend all conferences of
unions and to receive reliable news in
the event Of strikes or other contro'
vsrsies. The odiesrs are - follows:
President D. Douglass Wilson. Of Chi.
cago; secretary. Stephe 9. Bonbright. Of
Ci1ciuunti.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
"kiD" M'COY
The Middle- Weight Cha mpIOn Pugilist o
the World.

the World.
New YORK, Dec. rs. Norman Selby,
of Rush county, Ind. better known in
pugilistic circles as kid" Mccoy. is
undoubtedly the middle-wcigh cham
pion pugilist of the world. He met Dan
Creedon, of New Zealand. Friday night
in the arena of the Puritan Athletic
club at Long Island City, and after Is
lively rounds made the foreigner throw
up the spong and acknowledge the
"Hoosier's" superiority Long before
the big event took place the frame build
ing in which it was held was crowded
to excess. and bets were free
ly made with Mccoy the favorite
at 10, to g. The. Kids" wonderful
science and self-possession were al
ways in evidence and these. combined
with the advantage of height and
reach. enabled him to outpoint his
more stockily built antagonist. From
the moment the men put up their
hands in the opening round, McCoy's
stock began to ascend and at the end
of the, sixth round McCoy's hackers
were offering three to one on their
man. Mccoy is a wonder" was the
universal comment when the fight was
over and no one. even those who bet
against him, begrudged him his well
won laurels
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
PARDEE HALL,
Pride Of Lafayette College, Badly Dam-
aged by Fire.

ksToN, Pa. Dec. 2O.-Pardee hall,
magnificent four-story stone struc.
kthat stood on the brow of College
Sthis city, and was the pride Of La
tie college, was badly damaged by
early Saturday morning. Only
east wing was saved from the
IS. The center of the structure
Ithe entire west wing were gutted
only the blackened walls are
standing. Besides the damage
he building thousands of dollars
tn of valuable property belonging
rofessors at the college were de-
ved by the flames. A heavy portion
on j. Madison Porter, professor of
and Typographical engineering.
|nachinery, instruments, etc, were
ed at $4,000 on which there was
Insurance. DR.. I. C. Porter's DO.
cal collection, probably the finest
The United States was also destroy-
be Ward library, consisting of TO-.
folumes of valuable books, is in the
5 along with a valuable museum Of
|erals and birds. The fire was dis
,red at 5 o'clock Saturday morning,
it had evidently been burning a
\ time. The flames ragged SO fiercely
fspread SO rapidly, aided by stiff
q from the west,. that for three
Is the work of the firemen was o1
avail. Then aid came from Phil
|burg, N. J.
the students succeeded in carrying
IN the building many valuable in
hmcnts, books, experimental plants,
Tho fire originated in the biolog.
laboratory.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Uuprovoked Murder in Louisville.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 1S.-Clande
Bryant. bar tender at Abe Roth's
saloon. Sixth and Green streets. was
shot and killed Friday morning by
Curtis Dearing. son of Charles r. Dear
ing president of the Louisville Book
: Co. and one of the most prominent citi'
zens OF Louisville. Bryant was un.
armed while Dearing used two revol.
vers. firing nine shots in all. The
killing was entirely unprovolied.' Dear
ing was arrested and presented in the
police court Immediately after the
killing The case was continued until
SATURDAY.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
THE EXECUTION
but. Col. Joaquin Riuz by the
= Cuban Insurgents.
3mens Of spaniards Besissed hy In.
)ats-The Garrlstn Completely De-
| = cd Insurgent Loss 200 Killed r.
ia Wounded Spanish Loss 81.

MANA. Dec. s0.-The official state
as to the execution by the insur-
3or Liedt. Col. Joaquin Ruiz says
~ was shot on Friday last by or
the insurgent commander, Ale
Rodriguez, with the approval of
rent commander, Aranguren.
sneral opinion is that it was q
rous act
,anish detachment at Guamo, on
Iuto river, north of Manzanillo,
province of Santiago de Cuba,
Aieged, according to the official
bit, from November 8 to 10 last,
iliantly repelled the insurgents.
bvember 81 a fierce attack was
on the fort by large body of in
nts with wo.capnon. More than
tnnon shots made sieve of the
land destroyed factory. Finally
Insurgents got inside the wire
around the fort and called on the
son to surrender. The garrison,
according to the official account,
led to listen to the demand, and
IN heroic pride continued the de-
b" until December 10 last
le insurgents left 26 killed inside
wire fence and quantity of arms
which the garrison
|, according to the official account,
folong it's desperate defense. Gen.
I've, while reconnoitering in the
hborhood, found the bodies of three
insurgents and many graves.
|hg the siege and the attack
he fort the insurgents lost it is of
lily asserted, 200 killed and wound
The garrison had only six killed
81 wounded. But the fort was com.
" destroyed and the garrison was
tout water, with pestilence all
Ind and only a little pork for food.
Blanco will recompense the mem
|tof the garrison for their losses.
In. Pando and the column under
Bruna, assisted by the gunboats
Luisa, Centinala and We.
.uez, found in the River Cauto three
= torpedo and also many small
ken vessels. They destroyed with
amite u quantity of the effects OF
insurgents at Cienaga Del BueJ
Cayaman.
en-. Aldave, who left Cauto Del EN-
.adero about the same time, had ar
agement on December 8 at Laguns
Ytabo, losing 20 killed, among these
captains, and 95 wounded, among
n a doctor and two officers. The
irgents were compelled to abandon
# trenches and retired with larg,
Ihile reconnoitering the extensiv,
Us in that district Gen. Aldave hal
soldier and u captain wounded.
dispatch from Havana says tha
he the insurgents report the execu
of Lieut.. Col. Ruiz after court
'tial, rumors are also current tina
: still living.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Hof Accused OF Another Murder.

SAN JOsE, Cal, Dec. 2O.-The police
of this city express the belief that AL
bert Hoff, held by the police of San
Francisco for the murder of Mrs. Mary
Clute, is the murderer of Emma
Hawkes., who was found in her room
with her throat cut April %, 1896. A
description of the man last seen in her
company tallies we'll with that of Ho6.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Passenger Ste. mer. Collide.

Wis, Dec. 2O.-Two big
penger steamers, the Iowa of the
Ddrich transportation line and the
|oslsey of the Huron line, collided of
fosha early Sunday morning.
Petoskey was bound for this city
the Iowa for Chicago. The extent
he damage is not known, but was
serious enough to prevent the
smers completing their trips.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Death Of John Gilles pie.

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 2O-John GILES.
pie, territorial auditor of Nebraska
nnl member of the commission which
founded the city of Lincoln and made
it the seat of the state government,
died here Sunday. aged 65.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Two Brothere Charged WLth Muir,

BRIsToI. Tenn, Dec. 2O.-Walter and
Jack Marks. well-known stock dealers,
were arrested charged with the muir
der of Mrs Rebecos Carlton. Jacks
m0ther.in-lsw. which occurred in Den
ton valley last week. They were bound
70 court without bail
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Cleveland Joins q Club.

NEW York, Dec. 20.-Grover Cleve-
land has joined the Princeton Univcr-
sity Cottage club. This club is open
only to the members of the senior and
junior classes of the university and
honorary members. 1t corresponds to
Q fraternity in other colleges.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Fty-Throe Psrsons Injured, Two Fatally

tty-Three Persons Injured. Two Fatally
ksTLE Rock, Col, Dec. 2O.-At half
seven o'clock Sunday night q
lck occurred at q point two miles
Ith Of Castle Rock ON the Rio Grande
b in which 8S men were injured,
or two fatally. The wreck was
result of collision between Q
|kb bound passenger train and Q
lsway chair car which started from
We Rock, having broken the con.
|tion with the raet OF the train. The
yAA not . psst OF the pasasngsy
but coutsinsd about atty Of the
who had been employed In this
tsy 'aAsly. lsvdsg rsils - ths ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
Ehs Funeral Of washington He.lng.

hIcAGo, Dec. 20.-A meeting of the
IS club of Chicago was held Sun.
TO arrang. for attending the funer-
II Washington Hesing. who was the
rs president. Resolutions culogis.
Fof the deceased and expressive Of
let were adopted and committees
pinted TO assist in the funeral ar.
kementS
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
x. of r. Convention.

WELLsToN. O., Dc 9o.-The Tenth
district conyentiof bf the KniRhts Of
Pythias, including DO lodges, will be
hsld here Jsnuarya Anrhe grand Of.
Sears ars sGpected 70 b present.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23

CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-Three thousand
of Cincinnati's poor will eat Christmas
dinner at the Music hall through the ef-
forts of the Salvation army corps
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23

w. Ne. -Rnr I r.,trsu, bath 'he
Nahy aut he .rc'ui
Npw.l-W,H. 1 he '~hy rsrry the
atcl,ei.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
A GIGANTIC ANT MOUND.

the houses and streets are heaped one
upon the other in the best of order and
the whole Enclosed in fine roof or
dome. Its streets are as busy as any III
Chicago or New York The workers
hurry along on urgent business, and
here and there a policeman, or soldier,
armed to the teeth as it were, with ants
weapons, see that law and order are re.
spected. In the center is the chamber of
the president and his wife, or the king
and queen. 1t is surrounded with no
end of officials and servants Sometimes
these mounds reach an enormous size.
The one shown i'll the picture must be
at least 40 feet high. These white ants
seem to have good digestion, their
favorite articles of diet being glass,
wood and stalks of grass, but they seem
TO have special taste for cork. They
have been known to reduce the wood
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
When the Earth Was Young.

"When the earth was young" saws
DR.. Ball, "it turned on it's axis so ran
idly that it made q complete revolu-
ton once in every three hours The
earth was liquid then, and it spun round
at that dreadful speed probably for
thousands of years. The sun caused ever
increasing tides on the surface of the
great liquid planet, and at last it burst
in two.
but the break was not in the middle
OF what had been the great, swift re- 4.
volving globe of liquid matter. It was
at one side, and the effect was to throw
the smaller fragment out into space.
That fragment kept ON turning and was
soon fashioned into globe. We see il
today. and know it as the moon. The
larger piece also kept turning on it's
axis and in the course of ages became
our spherical, habitable earth.
"The smaller fragment of the great
original globe, being held in place by
the attraction of the larger, has been
going round the earth ever since. lint
has been gradually increasing the dis.
lance between itself and its primary"
Astronomers believe that eventna1,v
the moon will get so far away that Il
will not be seen by the inhabitants of
our planet. -
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27

and am proud of it, and so / beg Of You
TO instruct women. Give more time to
illumination than to wood engraving.
Elegant ladies of wealth and position
are ever ready TO cultivate new ideas.
Talk to them, and you can do more for
free art industrial education than if you
engraved blocks enough to build a
Babel.
Miss Dunlevy has taken prizes in art
schools in Philadelphia, while medals
have been awarded her in various ex-
hibitions in other cities.
Much Of her work has been placed in
the churches, generally the gift of some
parishioner, who confers with the clergy
man as to what is desirable She par
ticularly excels in the illumination of
marriage certificates and family rec
ords Heraldic coats of arms, consola-
ton texts from the Bible and poets to
suit the bereaved, diplomas, title pages
and labels-in fact, all points of fine
colored illustrating.
Miss Dunlevy is of peculiarly hearty
and genial nature mind stored up
with entertaining anecdotes and
brightness of disposition of which her
race Is famous. Her studio is "a charm
ing place, in which there are found old
hooks and good pictures. Besides she is
womanly woman, ready at all times
TO help fellow student and give aid to
those who require her assistance in art
MRS. OLIVER BELL BUNcE.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
A Dog That Plays Football.

A most amusing scene was witnessed
recently in Dublin, where a number of
small boys were playing football with
a large bladder under their own special
rules.
One of the teams, presumably being
disappointed in the turn up of imam, :"
filled the vacancy by substituting in his
stead handsome collie dog.
The dog played his game with extraor-
ordinary Intelligence, stopping the ball
with his head when it was going against
his team, and on every occasion upon
which he got possession of it he ran
with it in his mouth and, despite all
opposition of his opponents, carried it
triumphantly through the goal. The
game lasted about 30 minutes i'm the
presence of large gathering and ended
with much excitement in the dogs team
winning by ten goals to nil.
AS there was no gate to receive money
and as the teams depended on the gen.
crosby of tbeirpntrons the latter volla.
larily sul Crib q .'itr.ily.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
A Mighty Force.

The greatest force known to science
is that produced by the contraction and
expansion CT metals, resulting from the
action of heat and cold
Every person who has travelled by rail
has noticed continuous jolting and
throbbing of the railway carriage This
is caused by the wheels passing the in
terstices between adjoining rails On
account of its expanding property no
line would be safe without small spaces
left at these points.
Originally the rails used to be riveted
closely together. The result was that
when the brake was applied on train
going at great pace the heat generated
by the friction of the wheels caused an
expansion of the rails, for which no al
lowance was made. The great expansive
force, therefore, twisted the rails out of
the straight line, and the next train
that came along was derailed.
This great power is used in the con-
struction of ironclads, iron bridges and
things of the kind. When it is required
to rivet two plates together with the
greatest possible firmness, the steel bolts
are fixed when redhot and screwed up
as tightly as all the devices known to
mechanics will permit, but when the
bolt cools it contracts. and a tremendous
tightening is brought about, such as
could never have resulted from any
other known method
In making modern cannon the same
principle is applied. They are not cast
in one piece, but are constructed of sep
arate pieces of metal made to fit one on
the other when redhot. The tightening
resulting from the cooling process helps
much toward building up the stupendous
resisting power.
The tires of cart wheels are also fixed
when redhot, and they remain OH so
firmly that If they ever do come off it
can only be from some defect in the
wood.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-27
AN ILLUMINATION.
A Bright Woman and Her Unique Pro-
fession.


fession.
In all the various employments gen.
orally pursued by women the illumina-
tor is not one always found in the stu
dios of big city.
Among those who have made illumi~
nation profession Miss Alice Dunlevy
can be said by course of winter study
to have acquired this accomplishment.
This clever artist was born of Irish
parents in Manchester, England. Her
father, John Intaglio Dunlevy, was an
inventor as well as printer, while his
wife, brilliant conversationalist and
fine singer, was the granddaughter of
Thomas Hughes, who invented the spin
ming jenny.
This young couple, steering their
course toward America, brought with
them their daughter Alice, who, like
her father, had a decided taste for the
art of illuminating. No sooner here
than this small child spent all her time
and pocket money in haunting the
secondhand book stores, searching for
information in the work she loved so
well. Being such a tiny little creature,
one bookseller had box fitted up es-
pecially for her, so by that means she
could reach and handle the volumes
herself. There she spent hours, gener-
ally finding some book which she car
ried away in triumph.
When only ID, she was admitted into
the School of Design of the Cooper in
stitute, through the influence of Horace
Greeley, who, securing a water color
painting of flowers done by this art
student, often resolved to put forth the
helping hand in her behalf.
In this school she made her mark,
graduating with honors and afterward
taking her place as the youngest teach
er i'll the same institute. AS Peter Coo
per never remembered names, he always
designated Miss Dunlevy as THAT lit
tie girl" either in addressing her or
asking her assistance in school hours.
At special reception given by Mr..
Cooper for the benefit of the pupils Mr..
Bancroft, the historian, was present, and
so pleased was he with the exhibit done
by THAT little girl' that he urged her
to make illumination her greatest effort.
Said this wise man: women are re- "
the only leisure class in this count
and there is no better way to raise tko
of refinement or cultivate u
taste for letters than by this special art.
I am an old man and love my country