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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24
Pack Train Starts for Alaska.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., December 24-The
army pack train has left here for Alaska,
twelve packers and sixty-two mules FORM
ing the outfit. Before leaving the packers
wages were increased from $50 to $50 q
month, and the chief packers wages from
$3.50 to $3.50 a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24
Mrs. booths Condition Critical,

NEW YORK, December 24.-Mrs. Bal
lnston Booth, who is i'll in this city, passed
fairly comfortable night, but there was
no apparent change in her condition this
morning and she is still in critical state
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Fire mt Everett, Mass.

EVERETT, Mass. December 24-The
Ferry street car house Of the West End
Street Railway was destroyed by fire to-
day. together with ninety electric cars. The
loss On the building Is estimated at about
$4,000. and on the cars at $4,000.
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Eight Mail Boxes Robbed.

OSNEGO, n. Y, December 24.-Eignt
United States mail boxes in this city were
broken open and robbed of their contents
last night. No clue to the robbers.
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Gold Tide Flows This w.x

NEW YORK, December 24.-Heidelbach.
Ickleheimer & Co. announce that they have
$5UO000 in gold leaving London tomorrow
consigned to them.
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Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the
interior. will address the Rhode Island
Business Mems Association on its ninth
annual banquet. New Year night, on Good
citizenship" The other speakers will be
Governor Dyer and Senator Aldrich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24

Steve Spellen. who shot Mike Robert at
Dubois, Pa. and then barricaded himself
in his house. was fatally shot yesterday
by the officers who were pursuing him.
Albert 8. Warner, the leader OF the Kid
napers OF Johnny" Conway. was ssntenc-
ed to fifteen years In prison by Judge
Cheshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24
Government Bonds.

Quotations reported by Corson G. Macart-
new bankers
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steamer James A. Carney Ashore.
BREAKWATER, Del, December 4-The
steamer James A. Carney, from Mobile for
New York, went ashore on the beach OPP
rosite the Marine Hospital last night. She
is lying easy and will probably float with
high tide, III the wind moderates.
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Dixastrou. Blaze mt Paterson.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Fire in the
business portion Of Paterson, N. j., de-
stroyed property of the value of $4,000,
about equally divided between the building
and the stock tenants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening. the hig.'-
est and the lowest and the closing prices cs
the New York stock market today as re-
ported by Corson Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents,
Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 80 Broadway
ODen. high. Low. Close
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Convict Stabbed by Fellow Prisoner.

BUFFALO, N. Y, December 24.-Harry
Kings was fatally stabbed by fellow con-
vict at the Erie penitentiary yesterday and
died today. Frank Carr, a United States
prisoner from New York city, convicted of
passing counterfeit money, was the assail-
ant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24
Oppose Rrili.h Aaxan.

CAIRO, December 24-The deryishes
have left Shendy and Metemmeh and are
marching against the Anglo-Egyptian
forces. with Berber as their objective point.
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Taken 10 the Station.
FOR CUBA'S POOR.
Secretary Sherman Appeals to the
People of the United States.

The Secretary of State has issued, in the
name of the President, an appeal to the
people of the United States in behalf of
the suffering POOR of Cuba for food and
supplies. Contributions may be sent in
care of Consul General Lee, Havana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-24

Furnished by w. B. Hibhs & Co.. bankers
and brokers, 1927 F St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg. Thalmanh Co.. New York.
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william Schoenlank Dead.
BERLIN. December A.-William Schoen-
lank. the consul general of the Central
American republics, u dead.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
STOPPED BY AN ALLIGATOR.
Hcarsc Attacked While Procession
Was Crossing Florida Creek.

Hcarsc Attacked While Procession
Was Crossing n Florida Creek.
Word comes from Twin Lakes, some
distance west of Jacksonville, Fla, that
15-foot alligator appeared in new
role at Hampton creek. Mrs. Henry
Thomas had died, and the body was
being taken to the cemetery across the
creek. The creek is about three feet
deep. AS the hearse reached the mid
die of the water an alligator dashed
from the bank and began circling
around the horses. The horses ran
away, broke loose from the hearse, and
dashed to the bank, leaving the hearse
and driver in the middle of the stream.
The alligator then attacked the horses
in one of the buggies behind the hearse.
Saul Jackson's black horse showed
fight, and the alligator bit his leg. The
horse overturned the buggy, throws
ing Mrs. Jackson and two girls into the
water. They managed to get to the
shore in safety. One of the men went
back half mile and borrowed rife
from neighbor, came back, and after
six attempts, shot the alligator dead,
It was nearly is feet long.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Americanized Cinnamon.

Wong Chin FOO, an educated Chicago
Chinaman, who studied at Columbia col
1ege, is the leader in movement which
aims to remove in part the disabilities
at present affecting his countrymen.
He believes that Cinnamon who are pro-
ficient in the English language, who
understand the laws, and are willing to
obey them, and who have adopted Amer
lean dress and customs, should be admit
ted to citizenship. To effect his pur-
pose he has founded the Chinese Equal
Rights league, and has had 1t incor-
porated under the laws of Illinois. He
has established headquarters at No. 329
Clark street, and issues q paper In the
Chinese language for the benefit Of
those IL whose interests the league has
been founded. Already there are 1000
members on the roll, and it is expected
that there will be $4,000 before many
weeks. There are 100000 Cinnamon in
the United States, but SO rigid is the
test of eligibility that only small per.
centage can be admitted to membership
in the league.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
su,c,de Of phys,c,ap.

There are several theories advanced
es to why the members of the medical
profession are more prone to suicide
than any other. During the last three
years suicides among physicians have
numbered respectively As, SO and A per
annum, or about one in 1000. Nearly
one-fiftieth of the deaths in the profess
sion have been by suicide. Some claim
that this result is caused by morbid
ness resulting from association with
the sick and dying, or by an indiffer-
ence to death or from q knowledge Of
how to die painlessly. A medical jour
nal claims that suicide is q matter Of
insane impulse. The doctor comes in
fatigued in mind and body, depressed
in spirits, perhaps weary of life. The
accessibility of drugs is fatal in his case.
If he had to walk to the drug store to
obtain them, perhaps meeting an agree-
able acquaintance on the way, the inn
pulse would pass, but with the deadly
poison within reach of his hand the
sudden temptation to avail himself OF
it's use is too strong to be resisted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Confidence Pudding.

AS subscriber to your paper wish
to send you recipe for publication
known as confidence pudding" of
which 1 hope President Mckinley
and his cabinet will examine closely
till the next regular session of con-
gress. The recipe is as follows: Take
three gallons of confidence, one peck
of international agreement, one quart
of gold standard, seven tablespoon
fuls of prosperity, two quarts of sound
money, and one pound of protection:
boil it 10 months with Clevelandism
and eat while hot, and if this doesn't
prove the nastiest dish of which the
American people are to partake of,
then pray to the Lord God to have
mercy on us as nation of civilized
people, and that some day in the near
future we may get relief without beg
ging Great Britain for international
agreement. w. B. RODGERS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

1t is stated on apparently good au-
thority that the Spanish minister De
LONE, at Washington, has received
from his government 81 800, 900 to in
fluence congressional action against
the Morgan resolution or similar ones
recognizing Cuban beligerancy. 1t
only took 100000 to procure from
congress the act demonetizing silver,
and reasoning from analogy, if an act
inficting untold evils upon the peo-
pie of the United States could be OBJ.
tanned for that sum, three times that
amount ought to buy whatever is
asked against Cuba.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
TO CONVERT ,NcERsoLL
st. Louis Man Feels Called Upon to
Bring the ArnOatfc tn Chri.<

st. Louis Man Feels Called Upon to
Bring the AgnOstic to Christ.
Joseph Bloomfield Jackson, of St..
Louis, claims to have been inspired to
the task of converting Robert G. In
gersoll The plan, as he claims it was
unfolded to him when he awakened
from sleep on the afternoon of April
%, is to get the great pagan to pro-
nounce certain invocation which he
claims was impaired to him by the Holy
Spirit. Should Mr.. Ingersoll consent
to repeat the invocation Mr.. Jackson ex-
poets the power of God to come upon
him, as 1t came upon Saul of Tarsus
over 1880 years ago, and that the ag-
nostic will become faithful servant Of
the God whom he has reviled for SO
long. The conversation is to occur be-
fore the end of October. Mr.. Jackson
believes that God is already working
upon the heart of Mr.. Ingersoll, prepar-
Ing it for the reception of the message
which he will take to him as coming
from God.
Mr.. Jackson is a successful business
man, having worked his way up from
III OlllSc uOy. ne CldlI1lS W Dc u lIleIl-
Der Of the Mercantile club, and says that
he has paying business, which he will
abandon to go about the duty which
he claims God has called him to per-
form. He lives at the Terminal hotel,
and has wife, who is now in Pitts
burgh, Pa, visiting relatives, one of
whom is her uncle, j. NJ. Guthrie. Both
Jackson and his wife have been mem
bers of the Centenary Methodist Epis-
copal church of St. Louis for two years,
but until now jackson has never been
particularly enthusiastic in religious
work, although he has always been
regular attendant at divine service. He
is intelligent, well educated and per-
feet gentleman in every way.
Mr.. Jackson is 80 years old and was
born in Newark, N. j., coming from one
of the Oldest families there. His great
grandfather was q Presbyterian minis.
ter. II am the last of my line" he said,
"and believe that unworthy as. feel
myself to be God has chosen me as an
instrument for this great regeneration
which is to be worked in Ingersoll."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
FINDS a MAN UNDER THE BED.

Woman Beats Him with Stick-!Then
Turns Him Over to the Police.
One woman has been found who does
not scream at the sight of man under
her bed. Mrs. Rosa Meyer, of No. 1873
First avenue, New York, returned from
visit the other afternoon, looked un-
der the bed for the always expected
man and found him. She quietly locked
the door and told him to come out and
be thrashed. He declined, and, secur-
ing stick, she beat him until, bowling
with pain, he crawled out. Then she
caught hold of him and let him have a
few right hand jabs in the face. He
broke away from her, unlocked the
door and dashed downstairs. Mrs.
Meyer then tucked up her skirts and
went after her man, determined that
after looking for him for many years
he shouldn't get away. She chased him
two blocks, caught him, and turned him
over to policeman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
ROMANCE IN HIS LIFE.
Son of EnElishman Returning Hon
Having Won Riches and wife.

Son of EnElishman Returning Home,
Having Won Riches and a Wife.
T. w. Beakbane, well-to-do fruit
grower of Lower Lake, Cal, has Just
been identified as the son of wealthy
English family. He disappeared from
the knowledge of his parents 80 years
ago and has long been given up for dead.
He is now on his way to the land of
his birth. and it was Walter II. Cline,
a ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific,
who located him as the missing man.
Twenty-three years ago, as the result
of trouble with his family, Beakbane
left his home and came to the United
States. He drifted west and is now one
OF the wealthiest of the Lake county
ranchers. He is married and with his
wife and four children is on his way
to Europe to attend the diamond jubi-
lee and to see his people in their home
on the island Of Jersey, in the English
channel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

"Going into Decline" How often
do we hear this expression. What
does it mean? 1t means that people
are losing flesh, growing thin, vast
ing.
The way to correct this condition
is to improve the digestion. The con
dition arises from an inability to eat
and digest food. In fact food does
more harm than good because it fer
ments and putrefies in the stomach,
developing poisonous substances
which when absorbed causes various
disorders.
What is required is that the stom-
ach be made to perform its duties.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial is q
food already digested and digester of
foods as we'll. 1t will make the stom-
ach healthy. Get a book from the
druggist and read about it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
The Nations Hone,

Ina few short sentences writer in
the Detroit Free Press strongly pic
lures the home of the toilers of Amer
lea: Home is the wage-earner's para
disc. When on returning from his daily
task almost worn out he finds his wife
cheerful, substantial, well-cooked
supper on the table, plain though it
be, his children clean and orderly, and
his house neat and in good trim, his
heart is cheered and his arms grow
strong. In such presence he soon for
gets his WEAKNESS, and after nights
refreshing sleep in clean bed he feels
as thoroughly equipped for another
hard days toll as David did when with
five smooth stones in his shepherds
bag he went out to meet Goliath. God
bless the homes of the toilers of Amer
lea! They are the foundation of our
free institutions, the laboring MAS
paradise, the hope of the country. And
God bless the wives and mothers who
turn their thoughts from the fashions
and gayeties of society and give their
hearts best energies to outstanding the
earnings of their companions in toll
and to the making of happier homes
for them and their children!"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

A Marietta CO., man while out hunt
ing the other day was unexpectedly
caught in terrific whirlwind which
drove him In haste to his home. He
tried every possible means to avoid it's
fury, but it followed him, no difference
in which direction he would 20. He
only avoided its danger by hasty
retreat to his house, and then, to his
surprise, it vanished,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
A Sanitary Register.

Paris is making sanitary record of
every building in the city. Since the
beginning, in March, 1894, $4,000 houses
have been described and it is expected
that the register will be completed by
1900. 1t contains for each house a de-
scription of the drains, cesspools and
wells and of the plumbing; record Of
whatever deaths from contagious dis
ease have occurred in it, and of all dis
infections and analyses of water, dust
or air
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

The trouble with Horace Boies is
that he has lost eight of the process.
sion. He is now a party without a
following, he being the head and tail
totally isolated from all parties
not one to adopt his theory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

Admiral Brown, who will soon re-
tire from the navy, gives the following
reasons for preferring indianapolis for
his home: "I'll be the only admiral in
indianapolis" he says. Whereas IL
l settle in Washington I'd be one of
forty. When a man goes into the club
at Indianapolis and inquiries if anyone
has seen the admiral they will know
that he means Brown; but when such
question is asked in Washington
forty old coves will rush up and answes.
I'm here"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
ASSERTING HIS MANHOOD.

No, gentle reader, the party going
over the fence is neither tramp nor
burglars it is simply Mr.. Dennis, who
made up his mind that he had been
henpecked long enough, and de-
termined he would hereafter be master
of his house. The tableau represents
Mr.. Dennis five minutes after he made
Mrs. Dennis aware of his intention
N. Y. Truth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

Efforts are making to sell to the goyy
eminent for $4,000 the farm of 11e
acres near Hodgenville, KY, on which
Abraham Lincoln was born.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

A member of the present congress
has the honored American name of
Patrick Henry. He is a democrat and a
Mississippian, was soldier during the
war, is lawyer and legislator, and was
formerly farmer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

The Buffalo IN. W kindergarten has
caught the craze and has evolved the
following "yelr':
" B, a, bay; B, y, bee;
MIXERS precious kids are we!
Eenie, meenie. mimic, mo!
Kindergarten! Buffalo,"
This is lots more sensible and I'M
derstandable than the grown-up col
lege yells.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

1t is reported that the largest flag
pole in the United States--oyer 176 feet
long and 30 inches i'll diameter at the
base-will be soon erected at Doyles-
town, Pa. DIR. Swazlander had it made
at cost of $1,000. and will present it
to the town.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

The latest reports from the Bombay
presidency show very considerable re-
duction in the mortality from tho
plague, and indicate that the worst is
over. As regards the famine, also, the
prospect has been frightened by rains.
1t will be several months, however, be-
fore the effect of these rains is felt in
the crops, and meanwhile it is estimated
that $2,ooo,ooO will be needed to keep
the people from starving. At last ac-
counts about 100000 people were en-
pleyed on the relief works. Charity is
active in this country as well as else
where, and congress has appropriated
money to furnish vessels to carry Amer
lean gifts of food to India.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

A novel use of the X rays has tran
spired in Massachusetts. While baking
some cakes the other day lady lost her
ring in the paste, but did not discover
the loss until the cakes were out of the
oven. Afraid of choking some mem
Der of her family, she was struck with
the happy expedient of taking the cakes
to a photographer, who PLACED them un.
der the X rays, with the result that the
ring was Immediately discovered. The
lady probably did not want to waste
her cakes or she would have gone to
less trouble and broken them up to find
the ring.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Cheap Farms for Sale.

Cheap Farms Tor Sale.
100 acre improved farm, two miles
from Cresco, $42 per acre, bargain;
In Vernon Springs, 90 acres at $45;
New Oregon. so acres at $3.50, 200 acres
at $35; Paris, 80 acres at $50; Howard
Center, 800 acres at $38; Chester, 40
acres at $50, 1870 acres at $2S, and 200
acres at $4S; Oak Dale, 100 acres at
$50, 100 acres at $34. and 800 acres at
$85; Saratoga, 100 acres at 1926, and
72 acres at $50; Howard, 80 acres at
$35; New Oregon, 40 acres at $35.
Money to loan on good farm
securities. JOHN NJ. CANNON,
Cresco, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
No skyscrnpers I'm yienna.

In Vienna the height of house must
not exceed so feet, the floor of the last
story must not be more than CSC feet
above the level of the street. When the
ground slopes' this measure must be
taken from the highest point. The
house must not have more than five
stories, including the cellar and attic.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

The West Virginia benedict who Or
dered the parson to give back the we'd
ding fee of one dollar which he had just
received In consideration of his serv-
ices ought not to be judged too harshly.
The explanation that the bride needed
the money for the purchase of snuff
wherewith to complete the joys of the
wedding trip reveals a tenderness and
delicacy of feeling on the part Of the
bridegroom which augurs well for the
future happiness of the high contract
ing parties. and especially so, inasmuch
as the dollar belonged to the lady in the
first place. By miracle the parson got
away with both his fee and his life.
which slightly obscures the prospect,
but we hope for the best.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

According to decision OF the post
Office department blind man cannot
serve ks q postmaster.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
JcnlONSY

did Miss Gildenbat enjoy the play
very much?"
@Sot mHqch, I'm afraid" replied Misc
Cayenne.
She was very laNishiy dressed,n
Yes. l think that fact is what inter
fered with her enjoyment. She noticed
that the audience persisted in looking
at the actors instead Of her."-Wash.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06

Changed.
what I so in my husband price,
Cried Clara, ''is, he is so wise!"
That may be true now," Molly said,
But how he's changed since you he we'd"
Harlem Life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-06
Grand Canyon Of the Yellowstone

"Qn both walls thousands of pinnacles, towers,
obelisks, and needles seem to be growing like
the trees around them On the south wall there
are gigantic buttresses supporting smaller ones.
The north wall flares widely and carries tobog.
gan-slide areas, through which knife like ridges
and tongues of rusty rock are thrust.
Between our rocky perch and Inspiration
Point. which stands well out into the canyon an
absolute precipice almost alOof from the main
wall, the forest pushes half way down to the
river. Its dark green intensifies the vivid walls
on each side of it.
1t also shelters numbers of deer, that can be
seen If one wishes to climb down into it.
The pinnacles of rock below us are used by
the eagles for nesting purposes. Their nests
can be seen. as can also the young eagles.'
Send for wonderland 81" new book issued
by the Northern Pacific Railway and read a
long descriptions this Canyon. Send six cents
for 1t to CHAs. s. FEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent ST.
Paul, MINI.