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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF new JERSEY.
Anthracite coal used exclusively.
-Four Tracks. Automatic Block signals
Stations in New-York foot ~ Liberty 81
aud Whitehall Terminal.
Trains leave foot OF Liberty st.
- - I'M lsAT

aud Whitehall Terminal.
T DS and l'a AVER fo Soy Of i tSeF sd e.
Gas,9p Bs,hsheW 10 Enstnn ilS
10 ii5 Csao 70 Easlonl 545 C7;so Asntows q
p. N: sundays 40. q 90 to Eas,on) A. NJ 100 $780,
" gor wiksssarr. Pus,o1 and Scranton, slo A. NJ
For Reading and Harrisburg q, 80 500 eio. 9ooo.
1880 20 Rcadngl a NJ i.ie iSo 60 400 20 to Read ;sS
sunday $50 n 80 70 Readins) A. ~ 100 ZOO $50
c s1 H. E'T so SoS SnP suadsy $50 l. H.
FOR LQNG HFANcH 0GEAN GROVE ys;k as Ocean
S ASH JS ss aS 5 $s sasssS. 5 ;a
at In,eTakcn Tor Asbury Park and ocean GrOveo 900.
o'iS .'a BANK AEsWSoopS SATURDAY.,
s 6I!a,ga s Ts5S and isI s';n'ss $50
niy:ss ssS ., S:'iS s;.'*n 'f sHte' is.
40 r. " sunday. 900 ". 400 r. NJ
80, ROYAL 10 l+1 III BILE LIE LINZ ~ x.sH
day. *; sS bans S ssi, 100 % O M is cH mat
$50 10 Rqps ms cnJ2 III Nj aGS
IS 1880 rs sSS I'M
1000. io:i5 io;ss HOS 1880 ii55 A. NJ i22s l2ts.
rs. .S9 i?5 5 5.e :Ss $f ss::s 4 s
s S @ &C. II s 30 lsi s %s ssnd ssS 49, 49,
sss. ~ ~ s25, 800. $50. 7:aS. SOS. 90. s'5.
whi iossl s." is I72 GOT s broad:
VA y ws '9 81 Ti'' iti@ BUS hS;5 w
ST. SEQ F@Sn y ST HrSGyp Ss R R iS Tor w
check baggage from hotels or residences 10 destination
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BALTIMORE g. OHIO

Leave New York. WhItehAN ItIHIHdI, bouII F'''V ""
foot Of Liberty Street
.Daly. Except Sunday. SUNDAYS
CHICAGO. - 80 q. m, &c 90 p m. and ~ 10 night
PiT-rsBuRG. 'i3o a. m. % ? m q 90 p M 'i2io
night tt3n a. m Lb.rVo ~ onJ
CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS, 1000 a. m, 800 m
WAsHINGTON BALTIMORE. tT63 1000 tDnen,
sit ao a m Diner 900 fDlner. 80 y CDlner). ~ b5
dpin.r, 1855 D. m. and ~ 10 night
NORFOLK tli3o a m.
KEN ORLEANS, 'f5j 2. Through sleeper.
An ,raln- are Illuminated with Plnisch Light. $3.50
0spc... iis i72 2Gi 43i. ili0 Bdway. 81 Il lNh-st.
,oT pow.ry ~ = 80 3ll Fulton st. BROOKLYN. White
ha Terminal Baggage checked from hotel or residence
10 Destination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
IMPAIRMENT OF STREET CLEANING.

REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE. for season end
Ing April 18th lsSs1The Commssioner OF street Clean
twelfth floor OF New York Life Building $40 Broad
way New York open bids for contract for the
OF and ice for the season ending April 18th. 1898.
Further information as 10 the requirements legal and
such bids be had by reference tho
public notice appearing in the 'Cy Record" tho
the corporation OF the City
The forms OF contract blank proposals and all other
information in reference tho
be had by applying the Office Of the Commissioner Of
Cleaning as above.
GEO. E WARING Jr,
Commiss!oner OF Street Cleaning.
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RAILROADS..
R1llro10e.
"AMGRicA's GREATEST RAilRoS0.
NETWORK
CENTRAL
~ & HUDSON RIVER r. r.
THE F0UR.TRACK TRUNK LINE.

DIRECT LINE TO NIAGARA FALLS.
, Al through trains stop at Albany Utca' S''a'0'''
Trains leave Grand Central Station 42d Street ana
$50 SUNDAY , Ths ff@' f F.s EN-,
iaa &: &s'f H'f III;
s4S Ss1a; Hs sS1su.5 Saas:
1856 Fan" M aSa STORE LIMITED pnlly
&scass S sSo carries ..! Sf; sss
ISGm sqpfsy rs,
LOO sou LIMITED PsyTs louis,
s,n So1 y; poh LinSlnnat iha'ahap0''' A"'
sfhSSs;' Da s,sa. P psasS:
S,sT$ Me-. p5s sSrsA.
500 M:L-LSEn SHORE LIMITED - DsilyI69 pa.
TIE 3'5 Ri s SsS'sfs o5
"'oO asars Fails GeVeiand TCsdo Detroit Chicago
e2SH M sRa Fl kR%i EXPRESS parS5 Tsy
Plattsburs Burlington Montreal and eA''''
100 hGEFSLo sPDcLA IA NoI RSy 1a u aS.
Roehssts Ba sR' Niagara rS Fa Cleveland
ooS XII L haf paySRs ;sSs
n Va car ydR snG for BUN iSs
liz and 81. Louis. -, e,-o.u..
OsweEo. Watettown, Cape Vincent OBu,c,,n1Soo.u1.e6
Buffalo Niagara Falls Cleveland, Toleao CnD" ~
and. except Saturday for Cape vincent anu Wv
Auburn road r...,r. train
1910 Night.-MIDNIGHr EXPRESS. Theauue -.
for Chicago and principal points on mn h sun
York Central, every night except sunhS a * ,Isin
day nights ,ago siecpers leave on S:lo uNn a.
pos A. VI and 3:35 p. M.-Daily. except euhuay' '"
Pittsneld via Harlem Division. a.. p.-L.h,r.
Hills Via the Harlem Division. mann,
ALL NIGHT TRAINS TO YoNKERs -,
IAN night trains between i55h street ana pon,s
On he a
with elevated road. The only line running all hsh'
trains of New York
Wagner Palace Cars on all through trains.
Trains Illuminated with Pntrch Light. ...,.-
Tickets and Way1,r Offices nj Grand Centra otaeon
iIs 2Gi ala Broadway. 81 East I4th ST. et2 BreadwS
2,S Columbus Ave al i25th ST.. and l8sth 81 s-
tion Neu York S3s and 728 Fulton ST.. and loo broau
way r u. BROOKLYN. -, .r.
Bargare checked from hotel or residence by the West
colt Express Company
IONS " TNOr'c'r-Y GFORGr " DANIELS.
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X. X.

lea, a2d st. station. N T., AZ touo"s S2io
ID M earlier from foot Of Franklin ST.; ,.-
1915 NJ Daily for Albany. Utica, Syracuse Hoches
Bunalo. Niagara Pai's' for' wayne A0's~'' ~''
land ard Chicago wal. GA.
cure Rochester Buffalo, Niagara Falls. toronto. De-
tro, Cleveland, Chicago and 81 Louis NJ,
R,I6 r. NJ Daily for Albany Utica, syracuse, foches-
Ter Bualo niagara Falls. Toronto. Detroit. Cleveland
Chicago ard 81. Louis
Time Ia oeI ~ principal hotels and Offices
c. Il LAMBERT. General Passenger Agent
5 Vanderbilt Ave. New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
n received al their Uptown ONCE. No. l242 Broadway
ri door north OF slsst, until o'clock m; advertise
Office rates until o'clock p M, VIZ 2ot sh,ave
OH ave and 4th-st i42 Columbus near West 10th
st. 100 West 42d ST. near 6th-ave % East 1tthst 2oI
At; iSSs 8d-ave between 10th and nth ss i020 3D.
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RAILROADS..
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.

CITATIONS foot Of WEST TwENTY-THIRD STREET
r AMP DEsBRossEs AND CoRTLANDT sLRE Etis,s,
W Inc leaving time from Desbrosses and SorQsnos
Streets Is five minutes than that given below fof
Twenty-thrd Street Station z
loo A. NJ. FAST MAIL-Pullman Buffet Parlor Saf
New-f0rk to Pittsburg Sleeping Car Pittsourg 70 III
, cago. NO coaches TO Pittsburg. -.
800 "A: NJ FAST LINE-tusburg and CLEVELAND
O.Io A. NJ PENNSYLVANIA LIMlTED.-Pullnah
Compartment Sleeping Dining. Smoking and OBSERVE
lion cars For Chicago. Cleveland. Toledo, CINCINNATI
Indianapolis, Louisville. st. Louis. .--zz.
1SS X: , ~. CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS EIPKEss-
BOO i. N. WESTERN EXPRESS.-For CLEVELAND
chicago For Toledo, except Saturday. ,,..
s.4o Il. NJ. SOUTHWESTERN EXPRESS.-For P'tts-
, burg, Cincinnati. indianapolis. st Louis
u. lDesbrOsses and Cortlandt streets
MAI. AND EXPRESS Pullman Buffet sleeping Cal
New YORK to Altoona, East Liberty Pttsburg and points
west, daily except Sunday. No coaches.
S.55 =. NJ. PACIFIC ExPRESS-For Pittsours and
Saturday.
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Suburban Real Gstate.

| ~~~N<SNNNNrNNNNrNNoNcoN
GENCYMontclsir real estate, ali kr6s rent
| "A CLARENCE B. TUBES Beelman-st New-York
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ROYAL BLUE LINE.
LEHIGH VALLEY SYSTEM.

Stations foot OF West 23is Penn r. RI cOrtlandt OF
Desbrosses at.
Indicates time from West 23d-s Other figures show
tine from Cortandt or Desbrosses st. 49,
GID 6itO A. NJ. daily SUNDAY '6R. A. M FOR
MATCH CHI NIX and Intermediate stations. -
Iio5. sii5 A. II. daily foT WILkEsBARRE SGKAN-
GENEVA. ROCHESTER. BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS
the West and principal local points: dining car and
chair Buffalo
III 100, IL 100 noon daily except Sunday.
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"BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS

arrives Buffalo 0:o6 p. NJ. Pullman vesibule Day
coaches Parl0r DiningCar service Meals Ia
carte. Connects at Buffalo with through sieepers TO
Detroit and Chicago.
.I225. I2,ip r. NJ. daily. except Sunday, for MAuCH
CHUNK and ntcrmediate points. ..uo>,
'f.:5o, Ii1o r. NJ, Sundays only. for EhSIoN'
MAuCH CHUNK ana tho coal branches. ,,,,, ,,r,,
40, ITO p NJ daily except sunday, Tor WlIshES-
BARRE. PITTSTON. SCRANTON and principal ;nterme-
date stations Connects for ali points IN coal reglons
chair car for Wllkesbare: , a.. n.,,yrs
.3:55. I.1O T.. NJ. daily except Sunday for WILKES
PARRE, PITTSTON. SCRANTON and principal interme-
date stations Connects for all points In the coa1 regions
Pullman Buffet Parl)r Car TO Nilkesbarrs. ,
'3.5b 1870 u. NJ. daily. except sunday TOT mAuCh
CHUNK and intermediate stations.
.I,55 5i5 /. n. daily for EASroN and intermediate
stations. . 80 ,,r,o x,.c.pA
FALLS and all points West. Pullman sleeper yestioule
train n Y Il Chicago seepers to Buffalo and Toronto
at SOUTH PLAINFIELD. EASToN. BETHLEHEM.
MATCH CHUNK. L. ~ H. JUNCTION. ShYRE. GENE
VA ROCHESTER, BATAVIA. BUFFALO and TORoN-
TO Sleeper for Buffalo. None but sleepins-caF
passengers carried. No baggage carried. ,-,,
sS:55, 300 u. NJ daily for ANNIVERSARIES. ~ II.
AGA GENEVA. ROCHESTER. BUFFALO. NlAM iy
FALLS. and all points West Pullman seepefs 10 "Aes
barre and Ithaca, - poy,Nn
SEQ siO:o5 i0:5O 'l025, 1890 Sundays only A. ~.
SIS 2:3O and '5:55. $3.50 u. NJ. -, ~, go
Tickets aud Pullman accommodations AZ III .o 10
355 ga and 1913 Broadway 81 f. 1th-st lou r. I2otn
ST.. 127 Bowery. N Y; $50 Fulton,st eouF's"' 10
Broadway aud Bro )kyn Annex. BROOKLYN; -. 49,.
Transfer will call for and cheek baggage from
hotel OF residence through to destination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
WASHINGTON AND THE ccUrH.

t3l5 Congressional Lin ali Paror and Dining Carsl
SS dining Carr 455 Dining Carr. sS5 P m; E!o
Hsht; sunday. S.23. V@. 1888 a. m. t3lo Sonsres-
sional Linz, all Parior and Dining Cars :. - phins
Sar q 90 Dining Carp. sb6 p. m l2l0 night "a ,s,
sOOIiERN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 40 2. M. L. night
Atlantic COAST LINE-Expre... 90. a. m. and SIS
p. m. fly.
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RATLwAY.-4.55 p. m. daily.
FOR OLD POINT COMFORT and NoRFo1K.-7.so a. m
week days and 1865 p. daily.
ATLANTIC CTTY-1255 D. m. weekdays.
CAPE MAY:-1255 p. m. weekdays. -
Long Branch. Asbury Park Unteraken, SundhyO. ocean
Grove and Point Pleasant Nroin West Twenty-third
Street Statlon). $50. Ii55 a. m. 315 Abs. 112o D. m
sundays, % m, 4.55 .. from Desbrosses and
Cortlandt Streets. 9.10 a. m. 1910 $40. DO. ll.oo
.. m su days 9.45 a. M. 5.15 p.
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FOR PHILADELPHIA.

ais 7c5. 1856. s25 $685. o25 C95S Penna Limited. os,
.pnlns ca[ 1000 ll05 a M i255 lO5 2o5 30;
?w, s.25' SIS. 925 s.55 d.mited) o55, io5j a. M,
lb5 dining Carr. 355. 4.25 Dining Carr, 4j5 O)ning
csr. o'55 Dining Carr 7.40 7.oo, $50 D. M, IL 10
Ticket Offices. Nos 40i d. ii9s 1929 III. and 2el
Broadway; Aston House; West Twenty-third street
station; and stations foot OF Desbrosses and Cort
Isndt STREETS; Court Street $50 Fulton Street 81
Broadway, and BROOKLYN Annex Station, Brooklyn
Station. Jersey CITY The New-York Transfer Com
pany will call for and check baggage from hotels and
residences through 70 destination.
J. u. HUTCHINSON, J. r. WOOD.
General Manager General Pass'r Agent
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Dantina 6rbocls.
on.ooNnnnNoNnNNoNoNN
IFXANDER MACGREGOR, -
Nendelssohn Rooms l0s West b6th-st
p,xa,. lessons rnd classes IN dancng See circular
yr, GEORGE DODwORTH.
II. IL & IA EAST 18th ST.
Glasses and private lessons. Mems class conrnences
Dec 9th. Dodworths new Minue:
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School Asenrifs.

4 MEXICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS. agency
suDpiies Professors Teachers. Tutors GoVernesses
SC 70 Colleges Schools and Families Apply 70
w" Mrs M J. YoUNG-FULToN, . Union Square
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The first payment of the account of
the Union Pacific amounted to Sl3 $780,
600.
The Jesse Eddy WOODEN mills at Fall
River, Mass. announce a ten per cent.
increase in wages.
i. i. Holt, missionary treasurer of the
VI. +. church. living 1T Nashville, Tenn,
dropped dead a Neatherford. Tex.
Capt. II. G. Bates. of the American
Volunteers, was bugler in the army
and blew the rally and charge on Sher-
idau's famous 2O-mile ride.
rrof. George Frederick Holmes, of
the University of Virginia, who died re-
Gently. had held his position since 1857
and was never late at lecture.
Rev. DIR. Henry Il. Pritchard, of In
dianapolis, the Oldest living preacher
in the church of the Disciples of Amer
lea. has preached G.O00 sermons.
Booker 7. Washington and the prom
ineut negroes of the south have deter
mined to hold annual demonstrations
on the anniversary of the emancipation
proclamation.
Francis \. Wade was given verdict
of % years in the penitentiary by a
jury at Liberty. Mo, for the killing of
Alex Schammel, near Excelsior Springs,
September 5, 1897.
Morrow Brothers, of GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, have secured the contract for
tobacco for the Italian government.
About $4,000. 900 pounds of dark tobacco
is required for next year.
Frank Mark, of ST. Louis, is the only
I,ensioner i'm Missouri who is awarded
500 a month, yet he was in the army
only Is days and did not fight a battle.
He lost both arms in cannon practice.
Col. Leonard Helm. Bavarian, died
penniless and of broken heart in ST.
Louis. For % years he has searched for
sweetheart from whom he was parted
by his parents in Germany. He was IS
years old.
Since the recent exploration of the
Medicine Lodge treaty. by whose pro
visions the Kiowa. Comancbe and
Apache Indi1hs held their lands in Okla
homa. psJspectors are pouring into the
Wichita mountains. which lie within the
reservation and are rich in gold
Duke Croxon. the first 10 be tried Ct
the nine men who followed Mr.. and
Mrs Gleason out of Newport, BY, and.
taking the woman from her husband
al the point OF revolver, assaulted her.
was found guilty and his punishment
was fixed by the jury al 20 years in the
! penitentiary.
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she DID The LEADING.
A Slight Mistake I'm the wedding
Noffee-

The square-Jawed woman with pinkish
HAIR Land her umbrella on the editors desk
and took her seat on pile of damp proofs
Did man. she said. "a man with a
graylsh goatee and a sneakin manner hand
IN marriage notice this mornin' for publ.
catIon!'
lie did. said the editor: there it is.
samson Peters TO Mrs. Huldah Hoskins. l.
that righf.'
The names Is all right It saws Mr.. Pc
ters led Mrs. Hoskins 10 the hymeneal altar,
don't it,
1T does
Il thought 80 I'm Mrs Hoskins. That is.
| was last night. I S'pose III have 10 be
Mrs. Peters now. | want the style OF that
marriage notice changed"
IN what way asked the editor
III. give you ms reasons first. You see.
I've got some money and own a farm and
two cotton gins. Anybody can see don't
need a husband That Samson Peters j.
trlfin, lazy, and no account generally. Tie
ann got no family nor friends and ain {
with shucks. He amt no more MT TO take
care Of hisself than a babe He'll be a dead
expense on my hands. fur he'll never paw
iur his salt, and he owes morn eighty dol
lars that Ill have to pay. But don't keer
how no count man glts, some woma ] OF
Others boz 4 TO try and cit him. That
sassy widow -tlbright's been on the trail for
four months ard one Of the Simpson gals
has heen maxim eyes at him every Wednes
day night at PRAYER meetin'. He's a mighty
pore, humble kind of oTeeter to take in, but
| knows my duty when il comes before me
You Jest scratch out where II saws Nh
Peters led Mrs Hoskins to the hymeneal
altar and say that Mrs. IIuldah Hoskins an
neNed Samson Peters last night at nine
clock r. m. = Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-25

During fight at Bayou Laconbe, La.
between Arthur and Edward Jolie on
one side and Laurance and Edward
Cousin on the other, all four were
killed.
George Durham, an alderman of Min
neapOlis, convicted of demanding a
bride of $4,000. was sentenced TO six
years in the penitentiary.
The farmers of west Tennessee arc
planting more wheat this season than
was ever known any previous year in
the history of the country.
Jim Hemphill, Frank Woodward and
Fayette Norton were killed by an ex-
plosion in a mill at Louisville. Miss.
bikes at Mount Vernon, Wash. broke,
and within an hour the whole town was
under two feet of water. Hundreds of
head of stock were drowned.
Lille Cornell, aged four. and Willie
Cornell, aged six. were found with
their 'hroats cut at their home in Ocon-
omowOc. Wis, and Ernest Cornell, their
father, was suspected of the crime.
John De Silva set fire TO the stock
barn of Fritz Dahler at Pana, H., and
90 head of fine registered milch cows.
five calves and five horses were ere
mated. Revenge was the motive.
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YELLOW FEVER.
Returns show n Total OF f.2s0 Cases
and 448 Deaths.

Washington. Nov. 23.-According TO
the last weekly report issued by the
surgeon-general of the marine hospital
service, giving the returns up to the
10Th inst, there had then appeared dur
ing the yellow fever epidemic in the
south total of 1850 cases. of which
446 had proved fatal. OF the total num-
Der of cases 1,ss7 were reported from
Louisiana, 1,625 from Mississippi. 74O
from Alabama. SO from Tennessee. 10
from Texas, from Illinois. from
Georgia and each from Florida and
Kentucky. All but ten of the cases
reported from Louisiana were credited
to New Orleans. Among the cities
Biloxi and Edwards. Miss. come next,
the former with 5s4 and the latter with
As. Scranton, Miss, furnished 800
cases and Mobile 355. In Tennessee the
fever was confined to Memphis. Ocean
Springs, Miss. where the epidemic
originated. furnished % cases and six
deaths. The cases in Kentucky. iii
nois and Georgia were confined to ref
ugees. A computation shows that about
1914 per cent. of the cases proved fatal.
In Mississippi the death rate was less
than six per cent of the total number
At New Orleans IA Ia per cent. of the
patients died, and at Mobile less than 10
Der cent
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THE FACT

Robert ! and John r. Gentry. the
PAGERS. have closed their 1897 campaign
and been taken TO SOmerville, y. ].
Advices indicate a total failure of the
fall mackerel fishery on the Atlantic
coast.
At South Hadley, Mass. Mount
HolyOke college, the pioneer institution
for the higher education of women. OBJ
served its sixtieth anniversary.
Directors of the Rochester u. "
savings bank voted to place that institu-
tion in liquidation.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
277, 50S.sSs. against si.3IT .652, 600 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 3.5.
In the United States there were 20?
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 10Th. against 291 the week
previous and 334 in the corresponding
period of 1896
At Nassar college in Poughhe epsie. n.
Y, so students were seriously i'll from
eating improperly cooked veal.
During n fright Samuel. the 11-year-
old son of David johnson. of Philips
burg, y. J.. recovered his speech after
being dumb three years.
The tannery owned by Langdon &
Co. of Boston. was burned at Watson
town. Pa. the loss being s15O.OOO.
IN ten days the wife and five children
of William Meyer. of Elizabeth, n. J.,
died of malignant diphtheria.
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DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review Of the Happenings
Of the Past Seven Days in This
and ALI Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

Secretary Bliss of the department of
the interior in his report for the fiscal
yea ended June 30. 1897, says that the
total area of the public domain is .s35.-
017.692 acres; there we're 976.O44 names
on the pension rolls June 80, 1891. an in
crease OF 1886; the Indians number
17T.l7s. exclusive of civilized tribes; the
number OF children in public schools
was nearly 100000 and the value of
school property sl56. 600. 900. 4 munich
pal government for Alaska IS recon-
mended
President Mckinley. il is announced
on high authority, viii tacitly approve
the programme for autonomy or home
rule for Cuba which Spain now prom
ises.
The discovery is announced by the
secret service bureau of new counter
felt SO silver certificate and also a
counterfeit national bank note.
an order was issued by the orphans
court in Washington issued an order
making Mrs. John \. Logan guardian
for Miss Evangeline COssio v Cisneros,
who escaped from Cuban prison.
IL has been decided by the govern
ment to make no further experiments
with Indians as soldiers.
Secretary Alger in his first annual re-
port urges military protection for Alas
ka, commends the work Of military col
leges, recommends two additional regi-
ments of artillery. the revival of the
grade OF lieutenant general. more gen
erOus treatment of the national guards,
and his estimates for the next fiscal
year aggregate S96,25s.445
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A 6AD COMPANION.
lie Didn't Like to Correct n Lady, But
lie Had To.

The man with bronzed skin and lonEish
hair was hanging upon every word that the
charming Young woman spoke. She was
telling OF an actress whom she greatly ad
mircd.
Il will never forget how she looked" the
young woman said. 'She was as beautiful
as Juno
The weather beaten auditor moved uueas-
ily, and then said. Il beg yer pardon. miss,
but ! ain I sure that heard yer remark jest
right.
Il said that she was as beautiful as
Juno
1T amt fer me ter erect lady, he be
gan in apologize tones.
Il am quite willing to be corrected when
there Is any reason for doubt" she replied.
in tone with traces OF congeaiment through
it. But ] do not perceive how this can be
such a case"
Il don't persume TO confer Dict nobody"
he replied. Il haven't no observations to
make further than that there amt no &C
Countin' fur tastes
Have YOU ever seen this actress"
NO. miss
Then don't see how you are qualified to
Might | make 50 bold as to inquire
whether YOU was ever as fur west as British
Columbia"
Never
"1han. mis-. YOU can't re'lizc that I'm
standn' up iuT the ladys good looks as
much as YOU are. Ye can't believe half Of
what these here miners that come east tell
We. II We amt even been as fur as British
Columbia. 1t STAINS TO reason that We can't
have no idea OF what a lonesome, ram
shackle, frizup lookin' place Juneau is
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-25
METHODIST CONGRESS.
begins Six Days Session In Pitts
burgh-lts Objects.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Nov. 22.-Pittsburgh
has perhaps never been the scene of n
more notable religious gathering than
the Methodist Episcopal church con-
gress. which began six days session
at Christ church Sunday morning. In
conception, purpose and treatment IL Is
unique in ecclesiastical annals and
marks an epoch in religious history.
The call for the congress. which was
signed by Bishops Vincent, Ninde and
Fitzgerald and many prominent Meth
odist educators, says:
1.-THE congress does not propose to In
wife or favor destructive criticism OF ey-
listing institutions. but simply to bring out
from persons representing different phases
OF intellectual activity frank expression
as TO whether the church can meet any
more fully than II does the demands of
our times. and II so wherein its activities
may be modified or directed to advantage.
The congress will not concern itself with
questions OF church policy, but with Issues
bearing upon the relation OF the church
10 the thought and life of the people as af-
fected by current scientific and literary
teachings. The congress will aim to secure
an adequate presentation of the tendencies
OF current scientific and literary teach
ings, and also suggestions as TO the best
service to be rendered by the church In
interpreting these tendencies for the spirit
ual and intellectual advantage of its fol-
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