flESTREICHER'S
Stock
Taking Sale.....
Today we are making
seciallylow prices on
all cut pieces of
RIBBONS
AND
TABLE
LINENS.
Our object is to save
measuring and re-rolling.
We can safely
guarantee a saving ot
25 to 30 per cent.
OESTREICHER&CO
lPattou Avenue
.MASSAGE,.
AND PACKS.
Treatment for
NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC and OTHER'
DISEASES.
Special:
THTJRB BRANDT MASSAGE FOR
FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO
, PACE MASSAGE.
PROF. EDWIN GRUNER,
Graduate Chemnitz CoMege, Germany.
Formerly with Oakland Heights.
Sanitarium.)
5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206.
Home or Office Treatment.
Office hours, 11 a. m. to 1. p. m., 2 to
4 p. m
BIG SNOWSTORM IN ALASKA.
White Pas Railread Keeping Its Line
Open With Snow Ploughs.
Tacoma, Wash.;' Jan. 3. Steamers
from, the north bring news that south
eastern! Alaska was visited week before
- last by the heaviest snow storm known
in many years. Three feet of snow fell
in less than twenty-four hours. T'
storm extended from Lake Bennett to
the coast and from Pirmce Winiam
sound south to Wrang-el. The White
Piass railroad is having its first exper
ience in keeping its road open by the use ,
of rotary snow plows. The 'great miche
1n the side, of the cliffs which was blast
ed ouit to make a right of way for a
large part of twenty miles between
Sbagway and itihe summit was blown
full of snow. There was danger that
the rotary might jump the slippery
track and go plunging into the canyon
( a thousand feet below. The last reports
say that the rotaries were able to keep
. "tihe road open.
Between Bennett and Dawson the
weather has continued clear and , cold.
By this time the lakes are frozen solid.
The telegraph line has been down be
tween Selkirk and Dawson for ten deys.
The week before it was prostrated toy a
stormi the company received over $3,000
in tolls between Skagway and Dawson..
TO ADVANCE PRICE OF KNIT GOODS.
New York, Jan. 3. The American
Knit Underwear association met hei
"today to formuTate plans for a general
advancement of albout 2 per cent, on
all knit goods and! to regulate and
maintain the prices on ell kin Is of
fleece-lined' underwear, .hls organiza
tion is composed of every mill in New
. TTork state, from Hudson ; and Catskill
or: the south to Utioa oa the west. The
- officers are: President, F. B.Hardey,
Philmon't, N, Y.; vice president, Geo.
i V. : Kavan'augh, " Cohoes ; treas'J rcr, W.
,y . Hardey Hudson, 'and secvrary, A .
A. Marvell, New York. Bloomingidale
Broa.of New York, have about, corn
; ered the market typurchasing all the
esent product at pldi prices ; AM
'ipZ- ' ' .'" '. ' i "'yi:;y-?,x,.r-
; i EMPEROR WILLIAM PRESENT,
" .,; Stettin, .Jan. ; 3. In,- the presence of
. the - German, emperor Barott -vott; Bus-
low performed the 'Ceremony of chrls
i, teningf the Hamiburg-Americanl line
steamer Deutsohland.-. which wa4
BOERS HOLD
COLESBURG
ButitM They
They arei in a Tight
Corner.
Gen. FreDch Asks for Small
Reinforcements.
Firing Heard in Direction Babbington
Has Gone.
The Daily Bombardment of ladysmith
Continues.
INCOME TAX BILL INTRODUCED
BY SENATOR BUTLBD Ci-aN D -
LER INTRODUCES AMENDMENT
TO CURRENCT BILL FAVORING
BIMETALLISM.
London, Jan. 4. Nothing fmiportant
has been received from iSouth Africa
today and there is quite an unusual
absence of rumors and camp g-ossip
which the correspondents daily furnish
their papers. The centre of the great
est activity for the moment is appar
ently the Golesburg- district, where
there is a great deal of manoeuvering
andl counter-manoeuvering with little
solid result. General French has asked
for small reinforcements to enable him
to capture Oolesiburg, which the Boers
yet hold, though some reports represent
them as toeing in a tight corner with
their line of retreat cut off.
General Baib'bington'9 mounted force,
which started to co-operate with Col
onel Pilcher in an attack on the Boers
at Sunnyside and Douglas, is not-reported
to have returnedi. The latest
reference to this force is in a despatch
dated, Modder River, January 2, which
States t!h.t firing has been heard in the
direction of its march. Nothing-of con
sequence Is reported from Natal.
COM9SBURG-KOT YET OCCUPiED .
not' yet- been occupied .Uy . the Bri'tlsai
The Boers have removedi the!r-Tag,r'
"
out 01 range 01 me rntin guxio, iui ;
are holding a strong position. Two
British guns commandi Nforval's Point
bridge and the Colesburg road bridge.
LADYSMITH STILL BOMBARDED.
Frere Camp, Natal, 'Wednesday Ev
ening, Jan. 3. The (bombardment con
tinues at Ladysmith. There is desul
tory firing between the British and
Boer outposts near Tugela river.
DID BUNDES RATH CARRY GUNS?
London, Jan. 3. It is reported at
Durban that the captured German
steamer Bundesrath had on board! five
big guns, fifty tons of shells and ISO
trained artillerymen.
Nothing further has been heard from
MOlteno, which is reported from
Storkstormi to have been attacked by
the Boers this morning. So far as
known here, there is only a small force
there.
A special despatch from Rensburg,
dated Tuesday, says 'that a supply
train without locomotive was set in
motion within the British lines near
Colesburg and! proceeded so . near the
Boer position that it was impossible to
recover it, and British guns therefore
destroyed the trucks. It is suspected
that this was the act of a traitor. The
total British casualties about Coles
burg in two days is six men killed and
twenty wounded.
A despatch from Moddter river inti
mates that the Sunnyside prisoners
will not be treated as prisoners of war
but as British subjects caught In open
rebellion.. At the Modder River camp
the conduct of the colonials is greatly
admired and they are delighted! that
they have struck the first blow on tbe
western frontier since-. the battle of
Magersfontein. It is believed that the
relief of Kuruman will quickly follow.
FRENCH'S POSITION UNCHANGED
The war office this afternoon issued
a despatch received from French under
yesterday's date, saying that his posi
tion was the same as on the previous
iday; that with small reinforcements
he-450uld dislodge -,the Boers from
Colesburg, and in the meantime he
continued manoeuvering.
Buller continues , night bombard
ments and patrol surprises. As the
f F TT!T
want to rent
'house; ; :
a house ,or buy
OR 5FMT'Cr
V '
house
have a house for rent or a
v
for BaletTTCOhsult us,. we can as-
ocoo
WILKIE & LaBflBBE,
Real Estate; Agents
, 23 Patfdn Avenue,
.Ail
Tugela ; river is again Tordabl? ad
stretcher-bearers 4iave " been; requisi
tioned at Durban and PietermiwHbui's
there is a disposition to believe that the
British advance will ndt be long delas
ed. - 1 ; ' ' ' V- .
A GERMAN BARK SEIZED '
Hamburg, Jan. 3. The Hamburger
Cbrrespondenz announces that the Ger
man bark Hans Wagner of Hamburg
was seized by the BritfaO at Delagoa
bay on December 21 and that her own-
ers have lodged a complaint, with the
British foreign office,
Berlin, Jan. 3. The press continues
to discuss the capture of the Bundes
rath with some show of irritation. In
a. semi-official note, the Post remarks
that in consequence of the seizure Ger
many has taken ateps and Great Brit
ain is expected t6 deal with the matter
in a "spirit of good official relations'
The Neuste Nachricten says: . "There
is every reason to believe the incideut
will speedily be closed." .
REQUEST TO MEDIATION.
Brussels, Jan. 3. Senator, de Junp,
former member of jus'tice and now
member of the council of state, former
Senator La Fountain and other lead
ing members of the Universal League
of Peace, have convoked! a meeting to
be held next Thursday in favor of ap
pealing to the United States govern
ment to offer to mediate in the South
African! war.
600 EP'ORTFD KILLED.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 3. It is report
ed that six hundred persons were killed
by an earthquake Monday in the Achal
kalak district in the government of
TiflisKiflis.
THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 3. Representa
tive Alexander, of the Pan-American
exposition committee on states and for
eign relations appeared before the
Maryland legislature today with the
proposition for the state's exhibit at
Buffalo in 190.1, when the exposition op
ens. The miimittee has sent delaga
tions headed by a chairman to the .va
rious states. J. N. Adams is chairman
of the committee to Kentucky, Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island; Joseph E.
Gavin to Georgia and Virginia; Alfred
Hams to Ohio; William Nr Ryan to
Mississippi; R. R. Hefford to Iowa;
J. W. Robinson to New Jersey; Chas.
F. Bishop to Alabama; Commissioner
General Weber and Wiliaan I. Marcy
will attend to matters at Albany, N.
Y., where they hope to get the states
appropriation increased1 from $300,000
fo $500,tK0. '
tackso(n;IlsaXaa.I ariHespage
seBstrtfaithse Mlssisppl legislature- today,
Governor McLaurin called-attention to
of the Mormons,
i and its evil effects. He recommends
that the legislature pass a law, inflict
ing a penalty upon any minister or pre
tended minister, w!ho preaches the doc
trine of polygamy. It is believed that
the law will be passed, and it will be
made the basis of expelling the Mormons
from "Mississippi
McLAURIN NOMINATED.
Jackson, Miss., Jam.. iOTjernW Mc
Laurin was nominated by" the joint cau-
1 cus of the legislature tonight for United
States senator. Representative Allen
was not put in nomination but most of
his friends refused to vote.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
Abany, Jan. 3. The legislature met
here today. The republican leaders in
control of both houses have determined
to have all business finished by the
first of April, and will not allow the
f introduction of a large number of bills
that might interfere with their finish
ing 'by that time, or bills that might
have a tendency to raise state issues,
preferring to go before the people next
fall on national questions alone.
Many important features, hwwever,
will be brdught up, among1 Which is
the matter of the revision of the laws
relating to taxes of all kinds, the edu
cational problems, and the nomination
of a successor to Louis F. v Payne as
superintendent of insurance.
MARYLAND LEGISLTURE.
Annapolis, Mr., Jan. 3. The legisla
ture opened today for a ninety days'
session.
Grant's Digestive
pepsia, .Indigestion
Price 50c at Grant's
Cordial for Dyl
an d Constipation.
The Way to Home Oiniflg.
to easy enough by our planii WrftffvWr
caJLl jan ua for- partlculaire,'-telling us as
. nearly .as piossibIe , what you want.
; There ino reason wl'you lSbould: Xjiot
yCWH'YOUR -OWN HOMU. - ' ; H
I If you dio, luot, listen to our warning,
and take, ad vantage of some of ouT-df-fers
in Real-Etetiate, you may -regret it
.vueni- ipo mriu yuy -, -
xr ypu wisnno rent now, ana puy iaiw,
70a cannot dki better -thaai call iota us:.e
can ajd'you la many , ways where you.
can't aid , yourself.' ,
f-x.KBAV ESTATE BROKERS, k ,
YLow feverimhavaiia:; Vr-
HAS STRONG FOOTHOLD
at-v" j,. ' -i 1 ": "
A-
liiconraging eatnrea of V Year's
Siatistici.
rr - "...
- iwviiv jaa g. -The yellow fevor
s,uslics 1839 1 while not alarming
7 - ?ollcIusively .that the fight
gainst the disease Is indt yet woo,
rePrt tor December shows: New
deaths, 22. A comparison of
me wnoie year with, the ten preceding
years is .fiaVorable,-ibut the lap three
; months . xf 1899 were unfavorable.
Since' September 1 there have een
. eighty-three deaths. The danger ;rt
1 the present' situatio-n is that fo V
year of American occupation and all
the work and nsone,y expended ft is
worse than during the finati month of
the Spanish regime with its attendant
reconcentradoes and " troop,. ; -The
weatber has been favorable 'Thee
was a a!ry summer and it iscool now.
The explanation offered is the great
influx of Spanish immigrants' Who were
riot acclimated and1 who huddled to
gether in the lower, quarters of the
city. TOhe prominent fact is rhQ failure
of house disinfection to kill the germs.
Every; house In thig city'has been dis
infected several times.
BRYAN RETURNS TO UK-
COLH FROM TEXAS TRIP
Sayi Administration Financial Policy
Will Alienate Thousands
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 3. Fully . restor
ed in health and the embodiment of
vigor; Bryan returned today from a six
weeks' sojourn in Texas. He paid a
compliment to the imagination of. Tex
as cdrrespondent, who had depicted,
him ks hunting tame .panthers and rid
ing ostriches in the streets of Aus
tin. V
Hefiaid he had heard nothing of any
rupture between himself anS Chairman
Jonesi'-of the democratic national com
mittee. He 'predicted that the financial
policy .'.of i the ladministration, as out
lined; by thTe house currency bill,1 VouTd
alienate from, y the . repuhlican party
Oious"ands who; had hoped for a re
demption of, the party pledge to restore
bimet'alllsm.V " 't ' "
Xhtthe 16th Bryan will leave for Bal-
timore !and' will speak in New Jersey,.
Belaware ana New-England.
BELMONT'S BOOM.
O. H? Belmont, of New York, are
actively at work in Texas to advaace
that gentleman's interests for the dem
ocratic nomination for vice-president.
Ex - Congress man Yoakum- in an, inter
view declared today, that a man Tike
Belmont who openly and loyally espous
es the principles advocated by Bryan, is
entitled to recognition. He expressed
the hope that Texas would send a dele
gation! to the national ckmvenUion,
pledged to the ticket for Bryan and Bel
mont. 1 A
STATE DINNER AT WHITE HOUSE
Given Last Night in Honor of Presi
dent's Cabinet. .
Washington, Jan. 3. The first state
dinner of the season was given by
President and Mrs. McKinley tonight
in honor of the cabinet. All the mem
bers of the cabinet accompanied by
their wives and daughters, except the
attorney general, Mrs. Griggs being
detained in New Jersey by the Illness
of her mother, were present. A num
ber of members of congress and: persons
prominent in "Washington society were
present. The principal rooms of tho
executive mansion and the tables,
which were laid in the main corridor
between the east room and the conser
vatory, were adorned with roses and
flowers. " .'
CORBETT AND JEFFRIES
WILL FIGHT MARCH 15
Asa Preliminary-to Jeffries Meeting
. Sharkey.
New York, Jan. 3.: Jeffries and Cor
bett have agreed to meet in 'the rin
within three months and not wait un
til September. .. This conclusion re
sulted from an off-handed meeting be
tween Billy Brady and Tom O'Rourke
this afternoon. Corbett and Jeffries
A MOfHER I? VERY PARTIGULAR
about her boy ' health about the way
he w paiotected . frim; severe ooldr-but
she sometimes foirgets. about hto eyes.'
She somehow fails-; to realize that the
headache he complains of Is the. .result' of
defective pys-fir, "Jy&ls.igh.
cSc dp.
Soiehtiflo'Opticians,''"'
45 Patton Ave.-BIalr's TTHrniture Store
Urs Furniture Store. J
are now-to flerht Aon TT.K-t.i.,-' w.4-v !
Corbett an Brady say there will fee na F
further chanspesV t . -- 1
Speaking In regard to- the "matter,
Corbett said he woulcL commence seri
ous f works at once. t and . that ; after a
brief, sojourn, at Hot Springai hevSm,
returp and go to Far Rockaway v where
he would train. He further stated that
he, expected ttor .hate "-McCby or Ruhliji
train him. The change of ;date "of the
fight was .the outcome of an expression
by P'Rourke to 1 Bray ' that s Sharkey
would "like to meet Jeffries k again.
Brady and Jeffries were Willi og on
condition that the 1 fight . with Corbett
be , first disposed, of. -'Cr'.-
YAQUIS 70 ATTACK A CITY.
Unless Help Comes - Ou) mas -Will
- Probably he Captured J -
,Oortlse, Mex., Jaa:-AWerier has
just reached here from General Torres'
camp, with despatchea;for the war de
partment rom lie commander of the
government troops in the YaquI Indian
country;' He brings information that the
Yaquis are preparing to attack ; the city
of Guaymas, where, - there-: are i only a
few trooBs. Unless Torres-Intercepts the
Yaquis it is feared the attack wJll be
successful. . . " - -
A STFAfilSK'P FOUIIOERS.
London, Jaa.? 3. The ".British steam -shSplBorghese
foundered off Cape Fin-
lsterrei'.Tecember 29.
Twenty-twa
persons were
drowned.
. A IjJUG RUN DOWN
Boston, Jan, 3. The United States
quartermaster's tug Resolute was run
down and, sunk by the tug Swa'tara
this evening. At the time of the col
lision there were - twenty-two peoDle
aboard the Resolute, which was making
a trip to Fort Warren. Among- the
passengers were Several army officers
and their wives; All 'were saved, ex
cept the engineer and fireman, who, it
is believed, went down, with the ves
sel. ' -
Burlington, ; yt.t jan.3. It is reported
on excellent authority that the Fenians
are engaged In storing vast quantities
of dynamite, lyddite, ammunition and
supplies, in; a few selected depositories
ta Temotexural districts in"Vermomt 'and
Maine, neari th.e Canadianboundary.
This Is the mosit activf unoe'ret take
in the reported actiom for. the1 invasion of:
Canada." , The: infornmtjtontls.-glven-out
by , persoas -who claim to 1 know of the
purchase of some to the supplies and by
otiier---w"ia? gleamed of-- their being?
shipped &B groerie ' '' " ' N
MOONSHINERS SHOT
Montgomery, Ala., Jan; 3. It is re
ported here tonight that in an en
counter this afternoon in the hills of
Coosa county between a posse of rev
enue officers and a hand of lawless
mountaineers and moonshiners three or
four of the mountaineers were shot
and several arrested. The officers es
caped unscathed.
OCEAN LINERS AS TROOPSHIPS.
London, Jan. 3. Owing to the Majes
tic, Britannia andP Cymric being taken
as transports no White Star line steam
ers could sail last Wednesday or to
day. Last Saturday a Cunard liner
took the mail that should Wave been
despatched on December, 27. The
North Germain Lloyd steamer sailed to
day with a heavy midweek mail.
SLOT MACHINE COMPROMISE.
Charttanooga, Team. Jan. 3. The con
troversy between the sheriff and the
owners of the "Owl" slot machines held
as. gambling devices for the circuit
crfart have been compromised and the
machines turned over to their owners 5
An no,n.rJitimi that the v .be taken out oi
the state and kept out and under no cir
cumstances to be. operated again in this
city. Seventy-five dollars was found in
the machines which was iurned over tc
the orphans' home.
AUCTION. .
E. Coffin!, auctioneer, will sell a donkey
at auction today on south side of Court
Square at 12:15 o'clock
f -ON THE SQUARE
Agency
"R0CKBR00K FARM"
CREAMERY BUTTER.
Good
Old
VIRGINIA
MIXTURE
E
to
2 ounce paxfee..:v.......8!C:
g-4HOiince packae.L... ...6c
While it lasts.
CLfiRENCE SftWYER
X ' Successor to W. F. Snider,
6 NORTH COURT SQUARE.!
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Smoking
Tobacco
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OF CONGRESS
LijyDiscusion in the Seri
1 J ate Precipitated by Senr
V4.""1 ator Hoar-
Wanted to Know About Open-
JfjngPhaiprjM '
Currency Bill Will be Taken Up at 2
- O'clock Today.
Resolutibns Astosr Information as to
.. Aid Given to Banks. :
CAPTURED GERMAN
STEAMEli ,1
HKRTED TO VE HAD Ofs;
6N4 BOARD-ANOtHER GERMAN
. : ''''.'v-'. - , . - '
VESSEL SEIZEO-TALK OP MED- V
IATION IN
BRUSSELS.
Washington, Jan. 3. The senate met
today from the adjournment from the
holidays, December 20. With this por
tion of the session .commences the real
work and many bills of the greatest
Importance; will be. taken up this
month. It is thought that the rervort
of -the privileges and elections commit- j'l sf
tee on the Quay case will not be heard . , a,'
for several weeks. Tomorrow Senator ' J
AMrich (R. I.), chairman ot the finance
committee, win open the discussion " 1 '..
the senate financial bill as a substitute , -
fortthe house bill. A . , , )r
Senator Aldrich ha declared hi . Jn
teirtlon to, press the "measure t pass-.
age as soon as possible. Another ' I .
measure that will ireceive prompt at- , ' 7
tention is the bill in the house provll- i , '"
ing for, a. new uptown postoffiee in v',- Ttv
New Yor"k city. Representative Cum
min;tnd'. other members ot the New Y
York Reiteration are losing no , oppof- ' .
tunity;!& t press the bilL Culmmlngs tins ' - , '
received! letters ::.p-;umcviX9 f t? - -sociatlon
-.of" 'NewSTork. -salftg-Siiiii'i JtpfJz--A.
there will (be ar eommittee bfiii,;,jv-U gl
ground to advocate al'Tavorale'recc- : :
mendation of the" bilK Representa'tlve . '
Mercer, of Nebraska, chairman of the - -v
house committee on public buildings
and grounds, will carl a meeting at ,
once, as there are a large number of - vit
bills similar, to the New York bill
Much depends upon the attitude of ,t
Speaker Henderson, who desires to
keep the appropriations of this con- '
gress as low as possible.
A large number of bills, resolutions
and petiions were Introduced today.
and petitions were introduced today
question of . polygamy, while the bills
and resolutions covered a wide variety -of
subjects. ff
Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire,
offered an amendment to the financial
bill; that in accordance with the act
of November 1, 1893, it is reaffirmed
and declared to be the existing policy '
of the United States to continue the '
use of both gold faM' silver a g standard '-"x
money, and to coin both gold and sil
ver into money of equal intrinsic value..
such equality to be secured through ' .f
international agreement or by such ' )4-
safeguard of legislation as will insure ' '
the maintenance of the parity.
Pettigrew offered a resolution asTdng" .
the war department to furnish the
senate with information as to how hos
tilities began between) the United
States forces and the Filipinos at Ma
nila. Its consideration was objected!
to by several senators.
Senator Allen presented a resolution
calling upon the secretary of the treas
ury for all letters passing- between the
treasury department and the National
City bank and the Hanover National
bank of New York. ,
A SENATORIAL TILT.
A feature of the proceedings today
was a discussion precipitated by Hoar,
who accused the majority of suppress
ing all information to 'the senate as to
the new relations of the government.
Hoar based the accusation on the ob
jection to immediate consideration cf
the resolution presented! by Pettigrew,
calling on the war department for in
formation in regard to the alleged in
terview by the Filipino general, Ter
ry, under a flag of truce, in February
last, in which he stated on he-half of
Aguinaldo, that the war Wad begun ac
cidentally, and requesting a cessation,
and Otis alleged reply that the war
would be prosecuted to the bitter end.
, Hoar said that four senators had
risen to object, although such resolu
tions had to "be uniformly adopted as
a matter of . course. He added that if
the senate was to be abolished in such
a way-he wanted to know ft.
Hoar's remarks were mainly occa
sioned, by AWJrich's suggestion', in con
nection with his (AJdrich's) reporting
of a substitute for the house currency
bUL -that the measure would "be con
sidered tcroorrbV at 'the close of the
routine morning business .
At the conclusion of Hoar's remarks
Afdrich denied he -was trying to sup
press Hoarr, anybody else. He with
drew the suggestion in regard to the
consideration: of the . .. substitute eur
rencyblli, vtouf said he would move at -2
o'clock. tomorrowr to take it up.
" ' CJhansdler; who was due of the sena
tors rising- to object, repudiated Hoar's
Tight to criticise hi action, and Haw-
iov-:-tm wrfhnse motion Pettigrew's reso-"
lption, was referred to the military af-
x
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launched1 here taday'M7
" u .26 Patton Avenue.
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