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The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-05
:. SANTA CLAUS

Has sent Fine Holiday Presents the Cohers Odson
Richardson suit the present mother
give the boy, School double and
knee year, they constantly remind the boy of the
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NeCkWear.
Just received, 100 dozen Fine Silk
Ties, in 4in-hands. tecks, bows, etc,
actually worth soc, price
Only 25c.
The Ties we are showing at soc, 75c,
and $1.00 are the handsomest the most
critical can wish.
SILK H0||dke|CnIe|S.

Holiday suspenders, put up in indi-
vidual boxes. Silk and Satin embroid-
cred. They are beauties
The Anaconda standard., 1897-12-05
Night Robes.

A choice line for the holidays-beauti-
full slk-worked designs.
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HAPPY =. XMAS.
Hats.

The o. r. &. A. Hat-nobby Fedora or
stiff hat at $3.50, is worth double the
price.
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Totals United states .....$1 14 S62 763 Inc. .25.2
Totals outside New York.. 452 $50, 1873 Inc. 9.9
Dominion of Canada
THE SILVER MARKET.
Recent Decline Disc Issed by Director
of the Mint Preston.

WASHINGTON, Aug 6.-"The bullion
value of the American silver dollar, ac-
cording to yesterdays market price of sill
yer, is just 43 Clio cents" said Mr.. Preston,
the director of the mint, to-day. This
makes the commercial ratio between silver
and gold 36.6 to l instead of 16 to l." con-
tinued Mr.. Preston. I'm order to make our
silver dollar equal to a gold dollar at this
rate it would have to contain $50 fine grains
of silver. If the alloy were added the total
would be 953 grains
How do you account for the recent de-
cline in silver, Mr.. Preston?" was asked.
Simply the lack of demand for it, L
see no future for silver whatever. Yester-
days market quotations made it Sc cents
an ounce. It is my honest opinion that
within six months silver will fall to 40 cents
an ounce There is no demand for it any
where. China is not buying now, Japan is
out of business and there seems to be no
demand for it in any country to any extent,
even for use as subsidiary coinage. 1t is
true that in the baZaars of India 1t is traded
in as merchandise, but the famine and hard
times in that country have reduced the de
mand to a minimum. The output of gold
is steadily increasing. l think that the
worlds product for this year will be about
$240 600 600. The United States will contrib
ute about 500 100000 to the supply. l base
my predictions of an increased worlds out
put ON the fact that the supply has not
fallen off in any country. Here comes the
KlondilIe now with still further additions
to the gold supply of the world. The eX-
tent of the klondike's output is problemat
ical depending largely upon climate con-
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SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.
Human Body to BE Subjected to a So
luton of Hot Crude Potash.

CHICAGO, Aug 6.-At the Rush Medical
College tomorrow morning an experiment
will be conducted that will prove unique
in the realm of science. On the results at
tanned may depend the ability of the State
to convict Adolph l.. Luetgert, the sausage
manufacturer who is alleged to have mur-
dered his wife In the presence of a num-
ber of citizens, medical experts and experts
of the scientific world, human body will
be subjected to a solution of crude potash
previously heated to the boiling point 1t
is expected by those who have carried on
preliminary experiments that inside of three
hours time not a Vestige of a human be-
ing will remain--not even the smallest fiber
of bone. What was once a body, it is
said, will be only a dark, sluggish, slatish
The solution will easily carry it away and
when the last drop has run from the re-
was accomplished will be demonstrated.
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TENNYSON MEMORIAL BEACON,
In Form of an Ionic Cross, Unveiled
ON Freshyyater Downs.

LONDON Aug. 6-The Rev. George
Granville Bradley, dean of Westminster
unveiled to-day on Freshwater Downs, Isle
OF Wight, the TennysGn memorial beacon.
The beacon, which will take the place of
one that has long stood there, is in the
form OF an Ionic cross and is visible for
miles. Its site is in the immediate vicinity
of the poets favorite walk Although the
Iamily preferred not to issue many invita-
tonS to tho ceremony, there was large
gathering. Among those present were the
Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Whip
pie, Lord and Lady Tennyson and The Hon
Lionel Hallam Tennyson, with other mem
hers of the family and many literary celeb
rites. The Rev. Joseph Hartman chair
man of the memorial committee, pointed
out that considerable proportion OF the
subscriptions had come from the United
States. A special interest attached to the
ceremony because to-day is the anniversary
of the poets birth.
On Sunday next Bishop Whpple will
preach d commemorative discourse at
Freshwater at a memorial service to be
held in the parish church, where the Ten
nySOnS attend.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Deprived of
Its LOng-Enjoyed Advantage Over
American Roads.
WILL NOW HAVE A HANDICAP
DISCRIMINATING DUTY OF 10 PER
CENT. ON ALL IMPORTED GOODS.
President Hill, of the Northern Pa
cifc, Charged with Suggesting the
Change-CIaims Against Spain.
eeIal to the Indlananolig Iournal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. cit was learned
this afternoon that by the introduction of
an innocent appearing word into Section p
of the tariff law it looks as though the
Canadian Pacific Railroad would be
stripped of the advantage which il has
heretofore enjoyed under the treaty OF
Washington, in competition with exclusives
ly American lines for through traffic from
the Pacific coast. Under the treaty the
Canadian road has been able to undersid
American roads, bonded goods being free
from interstate-commerce regulations. 1t
has therefore had a virtual monopoly on
this class of freight which amounts an
nually to 10000 carloads, or 100000 tons,
only giving the Southern Pacific and East
ern connections enough business to stop
them from opening up a dangerous fight.
The scheme has virtually killed the through
business of the trans-Missouri systems and
cost them millions of dollars every year.
Under the new law the Canadian Pacific
will have to go into competition with
American lines with the handicap of a 10
per cent. discriminating duty on all inn
ported goods. The Canadian line has pre-
vented interference with the old arrange
ment for twelve or fifteen years but it
would appear that it's rivals on this side of
the line have accomplished by indirection
what could not be done by direct means,
and great is the commotion in consequence.
The language of the new bill appears to
virtually nullify the effect of the treaty of
Washington wherever the Canadian-Ameri-
can roads have been given an unfair adj
vantage over lines exclusively in the United
States.
President Hill of the Great Northern, and
of the reorganized Northern Pacific, Is
charged with having been at the bottom of
the fine work. The change in the bill
was made in conference and Representa-
tive Tawney, of Minnesota, operating
through Senator'S Burrows and Allison. re-
ceives the credit of the performance. If
the Treasury Department. construes the law
as it would seem to be intended, two-thirds
of the through business of the Canadian Pa-
cific will be transferred to American lines.
The result will mean a difference of many
millions of dollars annually in the traffic
of the Union Pacific, the Atchison and the
Northern Pacific systems The bankruptcy
line may be shifted north of the border
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RETURN OF GEN. FOSTER.
He Declines to Discuss His Mission to
Europe or EIIiOt's Letters.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Hon. John w. Fos-
ter, the commissioner sent by President
Mckinley to England TO confer with Lord
Salisbury relative TO the Bering mat
ter, arrived here on the steamer St. Louis
this evening. He was accompanied by Mrs
Foster. Mr. Foster when asked what he
had to say concerning the result of his
mission abroad, replied: Il do not care to
say anything concerning the Bering sea
question until l have first seen Secretary
Sherman and submitted my report to him. :"
How about the conference to be held
in Washington?" the commissioner was
asked.
'AI that I care to say on that subject
has been cabled from London to this coun-
try"
Have you read the letters of Henry w
Elliot, criticising you and your efforts in
connection with your past relations with
the Berlng sea matter and your present
No, have not seen them.'
After hastily glancing through the Ell
liot letters Commissioner Foster said Il
do not care to express myself regarding
the matter at all. The people in Washing
ton know OF the anlrnus that actuates him
and know what his status is and what my
status is"
DO you have any apprehension as TO the
dlfhcuity between this country and Japan
relative to the annexation of Hawaii?" the
reporter inquired.
mot in the least. Japan only takes just
such an interest as would be expected from
any country having $4,000 people on the ISL
ands The matter will be amicably adjusted
without any trouble between the two coun-
tries, replied Mr.. Foster.
Notwithstanding the reports that the con-
ference in autumn of Great Britain, Japan
and Russia at Washington will be one of
naturalsts to compare biological notes and
that all reference to the existing regula-
tions is to be expressly barred from the
discussion, passenger on the st. Louis
said that Mr.. Foster told him that he had
the expectation of reopening the whole
question in the fall and that ne had salts
factory assurances from Lord Salisbury to
that effect. Mr.. Foster was asked about
this important statement, attributed to him
and he refused TO affirm or deny it.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster, accompanied by AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles
$. Hamlin, drove to the Waldorf. Mr.. Ham
lin met the st. Louis down the bay and
of the State Department.
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More Canadian Mounted Police.

OTTAWA. Ontario, Aug 5-At to-day's
Cabinet council it was decided TO send rein
forcements of Northwest mounted police
into the Yukon country. This course was
determined on IN consequence of official re-
ports from Dyea that owing 10 the crush
Of pilgrims bound for the Klondike il Will
require double the present detachment of
one hundred men To preserve law and
order The government is daily receiving
protests from its political supporters in the
West against the new mining regulations
for the Yukon. IL Is probable that another
hundred men of the Northwest mounted
police viii be ordered to the Kiondike dis
trict at once. To-morrow's boat from Vic
toria takes six police and Assistant Com
missioner McElroy as we'll as the boatmen
The shack building and trail makers will
go OF by the boat on the 18th.
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PRISON FUNDS SHORT.
Ex-CIerk of the Chester 0lI.) Peniten-
tinry Alleged 10 BE an EmbezzIer

ST LOUIS, Aug. 6.-Thomas w. Scott, of
Fairfield, Ill, one of the commissioners of
the Illinois penitentiary at Chester, who
came from that city to-day, said there is
a shortage of from $4,000 to $4,000 in the
accounts of Orla Havill, former clerk of
that institution. According to Mr.. Scott.
Havill will be arrested soon. Havin is now
editing newspaper at Lawrenceyille. III
thirty miles west of Nincennes, Ind He is
q son OF Frank "; Havill, clerk OF the
supreme Court at Mount Vernon, and edi-
tor OF the Mount Carmel Register. Mr.
Scott said to a reporter: I'VE have not
been learned to warrant the arrest OF Orla
Havill The shortage will be between Sc 900
and $4,000 1t was accomplished hy him
through the purloining of remittances TO
THE warden from the customers of the man
ufacturing plant of the institution
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ANOTHER FIREMAN DEAD.
Fifth Fatality Resulting from the Eel.
evatOr Explosion.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Charles M. Conway
died this morning from injuries received
while at work at the Northwestern elevator
fire last night. Conway was at work in the
narrow area way at the rear of the elevator
when the explosion occurred and he was
thrown with great force against a shed.
He was rendered unconscious and before
rescued from his position his body and
limbs had been terribly burned. The death
of Conway brings the total number of
known fatalities in the fire to five. The in
jured fTemen are progressing favorably
but several of them are not expected 10
recover.
who was carried into the river by the
stream of grain from the elevator at the
time of the explosion was Thomas Mona
han the fireman who drove Chief Swenie
TO the fire. The chief says he is certain
Monahan was standing IN the neighborhood
at the time Of the explosion. He has not
appeared since.
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As viewed Abroad.

LONDON, Aug. 6.--The Times in its finan-
cial comments this morning admits it's ina
bility to explain the persistent weakness of
silver, but thinks it is due, perhaps, to a
wel-grounded belief that the results of the
American Bimetallic Commission, headed
by Senator Wolcott, are not likely to prove
satisfactory to silverites here and in the
United States. The Times adds: Even
those who disapprove the closing of the
Indian mints are not prepared to support
a demand for opening them, because re-
opening now would involve a worse evil
than continuing the new state of affairs
which their closing has created. MOre-
over, it cannot be denied that the policy has
been successful inaSmuch as it has kept
the exchange value of the rupee at level
much above its melting value, and though
this means that the rupee is no longer a
standard coin, which is an evil, it has
greatly helped the Indian government in
making provision for the extraordinary diff
ticulties caused by famine and plague.
The Standard in its financial article, also
refers to silver and says: 1T is difficult to
see where the decline will stop, resulting as
it does chiefly from the extent to which the
forced liquidation of holdings by American
spectators has yet to be carried. Since
Japan threw silver over there has been no
outlet for the production of the mints.
India might reopen her m1nts and relieve
the monetary stringency in all her markets.
but her position is so bare financially that
she must borrow money with which to do
that. Nothing, therefore, is likely to be
done. The market must Just ind its level. "
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VIII Speak at BuTaIo.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 6.--Commander
Mcconnell of Columbia Post, g. A. r., of
Chicago, who is in this city, to-day received
a letter from Private Secretary Porter an
nouncing the acceptance by President Nc
Kinley of an invitation TO a banquet TO be
rendered him by the post in this city on
Aug "a. The speakers at the banquet will
be President Mckinley, COMMANDMENT
chief Clarkson, of the Grand Army; Gov
ernor Black Mayor Edgar b. Jewett
Archbishop John Ireland, of ST. Paul; Gen
John S. Wise, Of New York, of the Con-
federate army; General Alger, secretary Of
war Cen John ID. Long. secretary of the
navy; Justice Brewer, of the Supreme
Court; Charles d. Anderson, the negro ora
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SHOT BY WHITE CAPS.
italian Killed for Teaching Tennessee
Negroes Music.

NASHVILLE, Aug. 26.-An old man, sup
posed to be an Italian and whose name has
not been ascertained, was shot and killed
by unknown persons near Aspen Hill, in
Giles county, at 2 o'clock this morning
He had been atliliating with negroes for
several weeks and teaching them music
He received an anonymous letter Tuesday
10 1eaye Within u fnrtv-eig5t Sns Sonrn 81 MN m
would be tarred and feathered. He threat
ened to prosecute the writers of the COM
munication if they were discovered He
refused to leave and his death followed
His body was found in his cabin riddled
with bullets.
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SUICIDE OF A CRAZY WOMAN.
Saturated Her Hair and Clothing
with OIL and Applied "a Match.

TEXARKANA. Ark. Aug. 6-Mrs. Caro-
line Ochs. wife of a railroad conductor. this
morning saturated her hair and clothing
with kerosene oil. ignited them and ran into
the yard where she burned to death In a
few minutes. Mrs. Ochs weighed nearly 300
pounds, and prevented her family from ex-
tinguishing the flames which enveloped her.
She Was recently discharged from an insane
asylum AZ cured.
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A KentueI<ian Lynched.

BARBOURVILLE, KY, Aug 6.-Jack
williams was caught in the mountains
near Brush creek and lynched last night by
a mob of enraged men. He and his brother
Tom were accused of assaulting a deaf
mute gir! named Viney Bays. Tom Will
lams was forced to marry his victim. lie
is now in Jail here and there are threats of
lynching him before tomorrow. The crime
was a shocking one. The girl was brought
into court to-day scantily clothed and bare
footed. She is in a serious mental and
physical condition, There is much indigna-
ton.
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CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN.
Americans Ask S75,O0O,OOO for Prop.
erty Losses in Cuba.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.--An official OF
the State Department is authority for the
statement that the claims already filed by
Americans against Spain growing out OF
and incident to the Cuban revolution aggre-
gate not less than So 900 00O and that the
amount is increasing daily. only a few
revolution claims have been brought to ths
attention of the public. but hundreds OF
those now before the Department OF State
are as Just as the Ruiz or any OF these
claims and can be forced 10 a successful
issue Just as certainly In the slow process
Of diplomatic adjustment of claims filed
against Spain Is per cent. OF the persons
concerned VIII drop out Of sight and their
demands be lost but the remainder, who
have greater persistence or superior ac-
quaintance with the agencies employed in
the busienss. may eventually get something
back In the way OF reparation for losses
sustained. 1t is safe 10 say, however, that
not 10 per cent. of the original claims viii
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Insurance Commissions Cut.

CHICAGO, Aug 6--Twenty-eight nom
union Insurance companies to-day signed an
agreement TO restrict their agents to COM
missions OF Is per cent, and by this action
averted what might have proved a disas-
trous rate war, The meeting at the Audi
torium, called promptly at IL o'clock yes
terday, was attended by representatives OF
about IS per cent. of the nonunion COM
panies doing q general agency business.
Attar short discussion a preamble and
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PARK CITY, Utah, Aug. 6.-Superin-
tendent Chambers. of the Ontario and Daily
mines, to-day received a telegram from
New York to close down both mines at
once, owing to recent decline in silver
These are two of the largest silver mines
in the State and give employment to about
700 mems. The Ontario mine is one of the
greatest producers in the country and has
been in active operation for twenty years
and has paid about s13 100000 in dividends
1t is claimed that these mines cannot be
worked with profit at the present price of
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No Great Enect in Colorado.

DENVER, Aug. 6.-The effect of the de-
cline in silver and the probable further fall
to as low as 80 cents, which seems to be con-
ceded by those in the best position to judge
is a current topic of conversation among
mining men and while some are greatly
discouraged at the outlook for mining in
Colorado, the general opinion seems to be
that the decline in silver Will have no very
serious effect on lie mines, because there is
comparatively little silver mined in the
state except in connection with "copper"
rAlA nrnd
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Heavy Receipts OF wheat.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 6.-The unu-
sually heavy receipts OF wheat from the
West threaten a possible blockade at this
point Tonight there are l,S00 cars loaded
with wheat on side tracks in Kansas City.
About half of these cars are billed through
to Galveston, and the gulf roads are said
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SIicht Rise i'm Price.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Yesterday's ex-
treme reaction in the silver market to 5515
cents for bar silver brought out some buy
ers and the price rallied to 5614 cents in
New York at the close to-day. In London
the close was at 257s pence as compared
with 25s4 pence last night. To-day's price
for NIexican dollars rallied q to 43 pence
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Dentist Associations Unite.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Aug. 6.-The
American Association of Dentists and the
Southern Dental Association. which organi-
cations have been in convention at Old
Point Comfort since Monday morning hast
evening united into one body with DR.
Thomas Fillbrown, of Boston. as president.
Dr. George II. Cushing of Chicago was
elected secretary.
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TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. 6.-Secretary F. d.
Coburn, of the State Board OF Agriculture.
to-day issued report on Kansas crops in
which he says: The yield of winter wheat
aggregates 49, 5020S7 bushels, or. with two
exceptions QS91 and 1S92) the largest in the
history of the State The yield per acre Is
14H bushels on the 3.31S. .763 acres sown.
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HANGED In A SWAMP.
Negro Lynched Because He Entered
His Employers Daughters Room.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 6-Near
Spring Hill, Barbour county, about mid
night, George Turner, a negro farm laborer.
entered the bedroom of Miss Mary Robin
son, daughter of his employer She was
aroused by the noise and screamed. Turner
then attempted to choke her Her father
ran in from an adjoining room and Turner
sprang out the window, through which he
had entered and fled. Before daylight a
posse was organized and the negro was
run down a few miles away and brought
back to the scene of the crime. identified
and promptly hanged to a tree in a neigh
borinu swami
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Total Last Week Was $1,141, ,S62, 1853,
an Increase of 25.2 Per Cent.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6-The following
table. compiled by Bradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at eighty-seven cities for
the week ended Aug. 5. with the percentage
of increase and decrease as compared with
the corresponding week last year:
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to be unable to move the product as fast as
it comes in from the West. Grain IS COM
ing in far beyond the capacity of the ele-
vators and the indications are that the accu-
mutation here will become greater.
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BANK CLEARINGS.

the United States against 240 last year
and p in Canada, against 81 last year.