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Temperance Crusade.

Chicago. Dec. "A special program
was carried out at the Emmanuel Meth
odist church n Evanston last night IN
commem1ut.0u OF the twenty slNtf an
niyersary commencement Of a temper
auce crusade throughout the Uhlted
states. The speakers of the evening
were Mrs J.. NJ. n. Stevens, president,
and Miss Anna Gordon, vice press dent
of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union Mrs. Stevens said
IN part.
There may be some who do not agree
with us I'm our ideas Of prohibition but
1 believe that there are very few
that are not with us. The W. C.. = U.
has now become one Of the greatest So
cieties both al home auu abroad that eX-
lists today When Miss Willard LEFT us
we tried 90 go on with work, and at
the next convention and the one fol-
lowing that the gain In membcEhip
was shown 90 be larger than had ever
been made before In a similar period Of
time.
This showed the force OF Frances
Wizards leadership and the cause for
which she worked The fundamental
principles OF our work are purity, pro-
hibIti0u and love Of abstinence. We be-
leye that Frances Willard raised 10 q
higher level than ever before The morals
OF both men and women throughout the
country"
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MOST SPLENDID EVER KNOWN HERE
Ceremonial at the Presidents InauguaOn-LOts Of Money Will
be Distributed to Decorators, Etc.-S4SOOO OF the
$4,000 is Subscribed

New York, Dec 2i-Presldent McKin.
leys second Inauguration, on March
next viii be marked with a cere-
nonial spendor never before attempted
81 the city. says the Washington cores
ponden, Of the World. The inaugural
committee, Of which John Joy Edison
Is chairman, intends TO make the iuau-
guptIon a magnificent spectacle.
Military win be the main feature Of
The parade. The committee has invited
State organizations TO participate and
from the responses It is probable that
more militia bodies win be IN lire than
ever before. The regular troops around
Washington viii be brought here. The
cadets from the military and naval
academies On also be In attendance,
Civic bodies will be well represented,
but the object OF the committee VIII bt
70 make the parade as military as pos
sble. Hundreds OF applications have
been received from Rough Rider COM
mlttees that wish 10 participate
An Innovation will be the decorations
q the Capitol and White House. Mt
Edison win ask Congress 20 authorize
the running OF electric lighting wires
over the White House. He intends mat
,he Capitol building. and especially me
great dome, shall be outlined In mean
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ELECTRIC FLASHES.

A dispatch received In London from
Aberdeen says five Shetland fishing
boats have been missing since the storm
that ragged last week, and 90 Is feared
that twenty-scyer fishermen have been
drowned.
The Financial Press OF Berlin Is now
contrasting the situation In Wall street
with that Of German bourses, where
complete pessimlsm reigns.
Emperor william visited Imperial
Chancellor Count Won Buelow yesterday
afternoon and personally conferred upon
him the Insignia OF the order Of the
Black Eagle.
The schooner Gem, which arrived at
Empire city. Or, from San Francisco
last evening. after hard struggle with
the wind and waves, reports seeing "a
vessel bottom side up about eighty
miles west Of Cape Arago.
The steamer Charles d. Lane was
flowed into Seattle harbor last night
In disabled condition. She was picked
up al Cape Flattery where she lay an
chored In O dangerous position, with
her fires an drowned out.
The overdue steamer MaSiawean from
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descent globes, and that the same plan
shall be followed with the executive
mansion and other public buildings.
Electric lights will be- placed In all
the parks and reservations which are
supplied with fountains.
The ball of the last Mckinley inau-
guraton which was unanimously de-
clared the finest in the history Of these
functions, win be eclIpscd by the one TO
come which will be held In the pension
Office. More than $4,000 will be eXpend-
ed in decorations More than $4,000 Of
the necessary $4,000 fund has been sub.
scribed. The TWenty-th.rd Ohio vol
unteer regiment IN which President
Mckinley served during the war. viii
attend In a body. The survivors Of the
first Republican convention, that of
1856. will ride In carriages directly be-
hind the President.
The reviewing stand from which
President Mckinley will witness the
parade. win be directly I'm front n the
Executive Mansion ana surrounded by
court Of honor. a plan for a tri-
umphal arch is being considered by the
committee. but whether or not the arch
will be decided upon is a qeustlon,
The navy for the first time In an In
augural ceremony viii be represented.
In command OF Admiral Dewey, all the
warshIps I'm eastern waters win be or
dered 10 Washington and steam up the
Potomac river.
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KIT CHENER THINKS
Beers Are CHECKED
Says They Received Little Assistance in
Cape COlOny-But the Outlook is
Dark at Best.

london, Dec. 23.-The war Office has
,scelyed the following dispatch from
lord Kitchener. dated Pretoria, De.
cember 22nd
"As far as It is possible for me TO
form an opinion from reports OF officers
an the spot. / think the Boer movement
into Cape Colony has been checked
OF the two forces that entered the col.
ony the eastern Is stlll north OF Zout-
uansburg range while the one that en-.
tered west appears to have been turned
I'm the direction Of Britstown and
prIeska. our troops are getting around
both bodies, and a special column is
also being organized, which viii be dis
Matched Immediately when know
where It's services are most wanted.
oThe Beers have not received much
assistance in Cape Colony, as far as
ms information goes, We have armed
some OF the colonists. who are assist
INK our forces. Railway and telegraph
communication has been much inter.
rupted by the very bad weather.
iDowet is In the neighborhood Of
senekal. Gen. French, in conjunction
Min Gen. Clements, attacked "a force
under Beyers south OF Magaliesburg.
The Beers broke away In a southwest
ery direction toward Potchefstrom,
and were followed by Gen. Gordon with
A column OF French's force.
Yesterday evening about 3 o'clock
Clements force was engaged south Of
Onphants Mex. but | do not yet know
the result
A later dispatch from Lord Kitch.
ener dated Pretoria, December END.
avs. The western column of Beers
occupied Britstown and cut the rail-
way south OF De Aar Junction. The
enemy r. being followed up.
Gen. French has been In contact for
two days with the commands Of
Beyets and Delarey. south Of Magalies.
burg. He Is pursuing them. The enemy
have lost considerably and Command
ant Kreuz and others have been cap
tured
Gen. Colville engaged two separate
eommandos December 2lst, near
yladkionteln. with slight losses. the
enemy retiring"
NOT SUCH A ROsEATE PICTURE.
Lord Kitchener's dispatches, breath
Ing confidence hardly justified by
their contents. are almost the only
available news from the seat Of hostil-
Ties IN South Africa, but kilograms
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS. MONDAY DECEMBER al 1900

" after II o'clock by George Ashley.
lhe l2-ye0r-oId son of "a. II. Ashley.
The sack was lying I'M a hole about
hve foot IN depth, partially covered up
with q piece OF Tin. and some old pa.
pers' When the chief went into the
mole he found that "a sllt had been
made IN the leather sack. and that the
contents OF the bag had been gone
over Ladies' pocket books were re.
Fea'ed by the removal of the papers
ana boxes. which evidently contained
,luss ana jeWelry were seen 90 have
been opened.
AS the case IS one that properly be-
longs TO the United states officers. the
ehlel made no further investigations
ana be and the officer Carried the sack
TO the postoillce without making any
examination as 20 its contents. The
mole which was cut On the leather sack
was about four by seven inches. thecut
uclnB IN the shape of "a right angle. IL
could be seen through the cut that the
clplh Jacket which is inside OF the
registered mail pouches. had been
taken out but what was done with IL is
not Known
II was impossible last night DO get
20 any Of the postoHcp officials 20 Learn
now extensive the r.hng OF the sack
had been.
The question which the police are
now trying TO figure out is whether or
not the bag was stolen while ~ was
being loaded from the rear door of Inc
uostOi.iCe on whether N was taken
while the wagon was ON IFS way 10 the
depot The latter appears 90 be the
:. b U HHH |.. I'D fH GA 90 d j.
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ROOSEVELT ACTED WISELY
His Course Warmly Approved by b-SyOr
Hewitt.
The Governor Acted Above Partisan
Motives, and for the Goodo OF
the People.

New York Dec 2i-"The removal Of
District Attorney Gardiner" eN-Mayor
Abram s. Hewitt said last night can
not but be regarded with satisfaction
nom whatever point Of view the situa-
Ton IS looked at Governor Roosevelt
nae acted with extreme wisdom. He
Goes not seem TO have taken advantage
o. ihe opportunity that was presented
70 him to make partisan capital out
o. IT, It is 10 be Inferred from the fact
uai be- appointed a Democrat TO sue
erei Mr. Gardiner, that he was not
saayed by partisan motives in taking
we action that he aid. ! think That
We general feeling at election time was
mat The officers Of the law had behaved
very badly Gardiner. Deyery the
mayor and the sheriff adopted altogeth-
!, false position at the time Of the
y'cuon, but the mayor and the
sherih subsequently absolyed them
NNees while the district attorney did
Nni
benlylng TO an inquiry as 60 what
..stci IN his opinion the change IN the
slm'n.stration Of the district attor-
u.y Office would have upon the reform
yofis which had been instituted MT
Hewitt SAID.
- should think that It was the hrst
,lte'iye step toward realizing such re-
,fn as Is possible In a city Ike New
lek But In this matter OF reform !
WOULD Ike 90 say that the people must
l'l expect too much. Much VIII nave
ven accomplished when this city u
eale O decent place 20 live IN. Nlse
cannot De got nd Of until virtue Is sub
Iamicd for 81. That transformation
VII prove a slow process. Il VIII take
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The White House Xmas.

New York. Dec. PA special to the
World from Washington says.
Christmas presents are arriving In
great numbers at the White House
coming from relatives. personal friends
and admirers OF the Mckinleys The
character of the gifts Is varied Some
are costly, Others unique. and not q few
are on the freak order. They come
not only from the States but from the
West Indies, and the far East
Cigars without number are sent to
the President from cuba, Porto Rico
and Manila.
Tropical fruits, including crates Of
pine.appleS. bananas ana oranges, have
been received al the executive mansion
and turkeys barrels u apples ana wild
game have come from friends within
the states. one Of the first presents
To arrive was a white turkey from
Dublin, Va. weighing thirty pounds.
It was the wish Of the donor that this
big bird might grace the table over
which the chief executive presided on
Christmas day. The wish may be
pratiupd
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RAILWAY STRIKE.
Pennsylvania Men Demand Increase
of Maqes.

Pennsylvania Men Demand Increase
of Wages.
Scranton. Pa. Dec. 23.-Every one OF
the 300 car and barn employees Of the
Scranton Railway company obeyei the
strike order. which went into effect AT D
o'clock this morning, and as a conse-
ouence only two cars We're run In AL
of the Lackawanna valley today. These
two were manned by Superintendent
Patterson and dispatchers, foremen
and clerks. No attempt was made to
modest them, and although rain fell a
great part OF the day. the two cars sell
dom had passenger
The tie-up region extends nom
Pittston 20 Forest city a distance OF
thirty miles, and includes siXty-hYe
miles OF track on which are run ordi-
narily eighty ears.
The men OF the wyoming valley
Traction company operating an the
lines south OF Pttston as far as Nam
ticoke, threaten 20 80 on strike Thurs
day. with both companies tied up,
there would be a total cessation Of
street-c traffic IN a busy stretch Of
country eighty miles north, including
the four big cities Of scranton, Wilkes
barre Pittsburg and Carbonate.
The strikers met tonight ana APP
pointed committees 90 man the dlherent
railroad stations. They are 20 watch
for men. who, is Is reported, have been
recruited In Philadelphia TO take their
places. They win also distribute cards
10 strangers notifying them OF the
strike and asking them not 10 ride on
the cars. An appeal 10 the local public
was also issued. asking that the cars be
not patronlzed.
The men demand 20 cents an hour
for old employees and from 10 10 ltia
for new men. They also demand a ten
hour day. The company IN rs answer
TO the grievance committee says Il Us
not In a position 10 afford any increase
In wages az the present time.
President CLARK arrived tonight and
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Losses in the storm.

San Francisco. Dec 2i-Reports Of
storms on the northern coast are caus-
Ing alarm among shipping men regard
ing a number Of overdue vessels. The
ship Berlin and barkentIne Renlca are
fourteen days out from Puget Sound.
The schooner Charles y. Fan Is seven
teen DAYS out from Port Hadd0ck, the
bark Fresno twenty-five days from
Port Gamble. ship Eclipse nineteen
days from Tacoma. ship Isaac Reed
twenty-five days from Seattle. schooner
Jennie Stella twenty-one days from
Gray's harb0r. schooner Lizzie Vance
seventeen DAYS from Grays harbor.
schooner Mary Rldwen twenty-five
DAVIS from Coquille river, schooners
North Bend and Repeat each eighteen
DAYS from Willapa haTbor and
schooner Wing and Wing forty-two
DAYS from Port Hadlock.
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Forty.nve Rebels Killed,

Manila. Dec. 23.-Advices brought
today by steamer from Southern Lu-
zon say that a lieutenant and sixty
men Of the Ninth United States cav
airy attacked a large body OF insur-
gents last Wednesday near Gunobatan
province Of Albay. After the battle
forty-fye dead insurgents We're count
ed together with many wounded.
The only American casualty was
the wounding " a sergeant, who was
cornered by several rebels and struck
In the leg by bolos The rebel loss
was the heaviest recorded among recent
encounters.
The cutting Of wires has delayed the
official report of the engagement
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centuries. In fact 20 bring II about.
Improve conditions and the population
and the morality Of the community
win improve.
Il cannot help saying that the police
and that department Of the govern
nlent which has 20 DO with crIHi0al
matters have been Indifferent 10 their
duty and apparently have been en-
couraging vice That has produced a
great reaction 10 the public mind, and
has lea 10 the reform movement
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ing. Is missing, it evidently having been
stolen between the postoilice ana the
Great Northern depot The pouch was
an extremely valuable one, containing
as IL did the principal portion Of
Christmas remembrance sent east
from here, being due In Chicago Mon
day morning. The pouch was loaded
ON to the mail wagon al midnight Fri
day night
Today the stolen mail pouch was
found in prospect hole I'm town, The
sack had been slit open and several
packages ri1ed. the boxes being SCAT
tered around where the sack was
found. PostodiCe officials refuse all in-
formation as to the contents Of the
sack
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Work of Footpads.

Mitchell. S. D., Dec. 23.-N. ]. Nielsen,
treasurer Of the W5rkmens lodge of
this city. was held mp by footpads NJ
midnight last night, bound and gagged.
his pockets rined Of $3.50, and left lying
In an alley 90 freeze. When found by
a nightwatchman, Neilsen's hands and
feet were badly frozen and he was I'M
conscious. The money taken from his
pockets was funds he had collected
as treasurer OF the lodge and which
he was preparing to turn over TO his
successor There Is no clue TO the per-
petrators of the crime.
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THIN CHILD

If a child is thin, let him
take little Of SCOTS emulsion
of cod-liver oil.
Some children like it too
well; begin with a little. A
half or quarter-teaspoonful is
enough at first, if the stomach
is weak; but increase, as you
find the stomach will bear.
The effect is: the little one
takes on strength; gets hungry
eats and is happy; gets fat-he
ought to be lat-and gets
healthy.
Wen send you li,ile to ty 4 you like.
SCOTT 8 BOVINE, ~ Pearl street, Nss York
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Tacoma tacoma VI f.I. L.s Angeles. put FOO
az san f,an.s.9 yesterday .rr proyis-
IONS ~, ,' ,.. 10 .h. zoe Malla"ean
S"'ou '.,,, o. ~ nv .'N .''.' VT me ttiII-
"O SUI ~ wa '.'." ls'"hl.
Empero Nicholas and the ministers
OF finance war and turaIm affairs do
not eXpec 20 leave LIyala. where the
czar is cnylgs..ug before the middle
OF JanuaT.
The senI-0iU3l Paris TEMPS am
nounces 1 confirmation of The press
dispatche3s lh4i 'h. l..gr'y of The prov
inces ot hu irl auI liu Nan declares
lnut WI ."'"A WI" "e maze an open
por"
The sti se lhlt was caused by the
closing of the project OF police of the
bureau OF labor unions Iu Genoa came
TO an END yesterday ou the announce
ment that lhe government had consent
ed TO a reconstruction of the bureau.
The business s,alnatlon m Japan com
tinues ami is exciting some alarm In
foreign as well as native circles. The
harhor OF Yokohama is wen nigh de-
nuded Of shipping. and there is steady
. though as yet small exodus of foreign
residents.
The disappearance of Lieut. Count
snollsl<y. military attarha uf the Swpl-
ish and Norwegian legation Inn Berlin
is attrlbutd 90 "a mental Arrangement
The Klogdfs. uass.rrars arriving at
seattle report ths death from heart
failure of Pete Mcdonald. one OF the
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for two years has been chaplain In the
receiving ship Vermont at the BOOK
lyn navy yard. has been assigned tc the
cruiser New Yorh, which Us TO go into
commission about February /. IL Is UNI
dersto1d that Rear Admiral Rogers,
whose flagship the New York Is 70 be,
made a special request that Father
Chadwick be assigned TO his ship.
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from Capetown depict the situation IN
anything but roseate hueg
Without believing the assertion nj
lhe llansyaal agency iu Brussels. that
oVVV Beers nave invaded Cape Colony.
II Is quite evident that the invasion
was serious aud wcll-planned affair
IN connection with this "a correspondent
SENDS am extremely Interesting letter
dated beihulie. December lst describ-
ing Gen. DeWet and his doings
DeWet has never been taken serious.
~ enough, says the correspondent
it ls OF little use 20 pursue him as he
hghts "a redrguard action and ga..
twenty miles while he Is being urrt.
he Us a born military genius whose
wonderful powers have kept up this
Phenomenal resistance once he fails
me whole thing would De crushed IN a
fortnight He has every single COM
mando under his supervision. An his
patrols and columns march and coun-
termarch on his order
The forces under his command have
been reduced by bis strength of win tn
a properly organized army. moving at
mis- word The sooner the British rid
themselves Of the idea that Dewets
forces are a mere rabble wandering
aimlessly, the sooner they win grasp
the need Of the determined effort which
Is necessary TO capture him."
ACTIVITY OF beers.
The Cape Colony cabinet had am i'm.
portant sitting yesterday Sunday. Ii
appears that the Beers have destroyed
a railway bridge, ninety feet long.
and no Cape mails have arrived at
Bloemtontein for three days.
Further anxiety has been caused in
CapetoWn by the discovery that during
the last two months public bodies In
out-of-the-Way places have requisi-
toned supplies Of dynamite The coz
lonial government is now endeayoriug
,' recover possession Of these eXpl0-
siyes and removing all stores OF arms
and ammunition from suspected depots
Other adyices from Capetown report
the Dutch element In Cape Colony as
greatly elated over the southwark
passage Of the Beers, and as Boosting
that the whole district Of Victoria West
will Join the raiders. IL is suspected
In Capetown that the force travelling
from Zootpans Drift Is not a body of
Beers but one Of col0nials, fastening
% Join the invaders
The PIetermart2burg correspondent
of the Daily Mail says THE Beers are
very active between johannesburg and
Pretoria exchanging shots with the
British outposts, and Il is reported that
parties of Beers are lowering around
johannesburg.
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st. Paul, Mimi. Dec 23,-This section
OF the northwest Is experiencing the
first blizzard OF the present winter The
past week has been extremely mild
and pleasant and yesterday a spring
like rain was falling Early today.
however. the wind shifted 10 the north
west and changed the rain 20 snow.
In ST. Paul the snowfall has been light
but the fierce wind blew il In binding
sheets. The storm Is general through
out the country At Black River Falls.
Wis. the thermometer has fallen %
degrees
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FOUND THE MAIL SACK.
But the Contents Were Examined
and Valuables Stolen.

Helena. Mont, Dec. 2i-The regis
tered mail sack which disappeared on
IFS tourney from the postofice TO the
mail car on the Great Northern. Fri
day. was found yesterday IN prospect
hole on Fuller avenue, with us con-
tents rlned. The sack was found short
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barns were destroyed and a negro and
several mules killed. on the Nancy
place a house was destroyed and a
negro killed.
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CANADA WANTS a CHANGE.
Desirable that Some OF the Senate
should be Elected.

Ottawa, Ont. Dec 2i.-Sir John Rou'
rinot. clerk Of the house Of commons,
the famous authority on parliamentary
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THE ASPHALT LAKE TROUBLE WITH VENEZUELA

rational Asphalt uray o
Tle sYupnN gre
.c1olra menaaN
maknsh d m
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29

difficult to squat Jap fashion. and in this room
not chair is to be had The wall is
plain screen of white cotton cloth. against which
are set on shelves dwarfed azaIeas and pines.
say, seventy-fve years old. The wall resembles
a paper screen whose flower design is 50 real
to be startling. There is an empty SHELF
where. if you We're a two-sworded Japanese OF
other days, you would lay your weapons
The plant arbOrs have been built So recently
that wistara has not had time 70 climb over
them. They are made of teakwood put together
with few nails. The Jap despises the nail.
the curious horse tubs for plants one sees are
cunningly constructed without nails.
Yumeto Kushibiki. chief nurseryman. gives
the American public ten years in which 20 begin
to appreciate Japanese gardening At this rtce,
1t is no wonder that plant one foot high is
not Immediately recognized as a red maple
forty years old. price $1OO There is no secret
in the method of dwarfng say the uurserymen-
a twig is planted. dug up, pruned. returned 70
the ground. again pruned. and on Try tbs