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Emm 'eeely Gazette; 1 PRICK 1.00 rR YE AO GREEN BAY, DKClCMBKU 27. 1800. NO. 8a. 'XHIRTY-FOUllTII YEAJtl ENDED IN BLOODSHED.

Negro Riot Wound Up a Cake Walk: One Man Fatally Injure d-Others Hurt. LOSS BY FIRE. Flames at Van Buren, Destroyed Stocks ol Several Small Stores and Bdrned Opera. House. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES AMERICANS HAVE SEVERAL TO ALLOW THE MOST LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.

U5ITED STATES TO SEND SPAN-; ISH PRISONERS HOME. LEFT PULPIT TO CHASE A THIEF rf Marinette Pastor Stopped Ilia; 1 Christmas Service to Pre-: yent Theft. 1 BRCSHES WITH ISSUHQEST8. 1 tITTLE CHANGE 1 IN SOOTH AFRICA British Still Inactive Except for the Keeping Up of a Desultory Fire, 80ERS MADE ONE SHARP ATTACK The Rebels liost Heavily In Several New York, Dec. 26.

During a riot among fifty negroes, men and women, on a trolley car in Morrisania late last night, Dudley Smith was fatally shot and two others dangerously wounded. They had been attending a cake walk and the fight resu'ted from disparaging remarks about one woman. Cabinet Decide to Admit tbe Most favorable Construction of tbe Treaty with Spain Transportation Of Prisoner. BKirmisaea nnerai uj wen. -ton to Be Held December 30-Re-port from Otis.

St. Louis, Dec. 26. A dispatch from Van Buren, says that Murta's opera house and Uinckels' hall burned today and the etocki of the Van Buren Hardware company, John Hinckels, general merchandise, W. II.

Boss drugs and several stores were destroyed causing a loss of $100,000. AN ALLEGED FENIAN PLOT FOR INVASION CAPTURED THIEF AND GAVE HIM UP Manila. Deo. 26 -Colonel Bell of the ARREST FORMER SHERIFF. 36th infantry encountered 150 Filipinos Thursday, near Alaminos, province of Zambales, and killed, wounded or captured 28.

One American was EX-SBKRIFF ISEflEING OF MILWAU-KEE RENDERED NO ACCOUNT. Poured Hot Firo Into, Ladyamilh for a Couple or Hoars But Old kittle Damage New Zealanders Were Almost Surrounded at One Polat After Seeing the Thief In Charge ot tbe Police tbe Preacher Went Back to His Chnrch aod Finlihed tbe Service Which Had Been Inter rnpted. wounded. A detachment of the 34th infantry MUSTER OF MS FOB THE INVASION OF CANADA. encountered a band of tbe enemy Saturday at Aritao.

province of New Viz- Did Not Obey Writ of Mmdamus Served on Him He Has Been a Prominent Politician in Milwaukee County. caya, routed them, killing two and wounding or capturing 13. Washington, Deo. 23. The cabinet today decided to construe in tee most liberal way that portion of tbe treaty with Spain regarding the return of the Spanith soldiers and prisoners of war.

By the terms of the treaty the United States agreed to transport all such from conquered territories to Spain. The question has been whether the terms of the treaty cover the Spanish prisoners in the hands of thePhilippine insurgents, now being liberated and this has been the subject of correspondence between Gen. Otis and tbe Spanish representative at Manila. The cabinet today decided to admit that the language of the treaty covered not only all these but their families and all Spanish civilian officers and their families. All will be sent home at the expense of the United States.

Six Hundred to Oo from Dunkirk to Form New York's Quota of the 125,000 to Be Raised Arms and Ammunition. The 21st regiment attacked the Filipino outpost Sunday near Calamba, Milwaukee, Dec. 26. An order for tbe arrest of the former sheriff of Mil scattering them and killing five. The 32d regiment Sunday had a brush waukee county, Frederick C.

Isenring, with the enemy from the mountains was isFueJ today. northwest of Dinalupijan. One Ameri iBenrirg completed his term January Marinette, Dec. 26. Dr.

Schep-ler, pastor of St, Paul's Episcopal church, interrupted bis Christmas services long enough to give chase to a sneak thief who was carrying off a number of holiday gifts from the parsonaite. The preacher while at the altar saw a thief leaving the parsonage with a lot of stuff nnder his overcoat. Patting aside his robe be gave chase and caught the fellow and, after a tussle, turned him over to the police. He then returned and finished tbe divine service. can was wounded.

The troops captured 125 head of cattle. 1 last but up to the present time has not rendered an account for the last In the island of Panay Capt. Brow- half year of his incumbency. A writ of mandamus to render such report nell's company of the 28th infantry fought the enemy near Saya. The rebels lost heavily.

The rebels who fled London, Dec. 26. The latest dis-patches from South Africa show the situation at the front ia practically unchanged. With the exception of desultory artillery practice, to which Boers do not reply, the British continue to mark time. The Boers heavily bombarded Lady-cmith for a couple! of hours December 16, the day after the battle of Tugela river, but little damage was done.

Ihey killed one man and wounded two. Advices from Cape Town state that the New Zealanders with General French at Naaupoort, were in a tight corner, Dec. 18. They were nearly surrounded by Boers and retired under a hail of bullets fired at short range, but sustained only a little Iocs. Several newspaper correspondents have returned to Cape Town from Modder River, apparently confirming jthe belief that no immediate advance of the British is projected.

waa served upon him recently and his failure to comply resulted in the order from Panay to Romblen island are sur for his arrest. rendering to the American garrison. Isenring has been prominent in re The funeral of Gen. Lawton will take Buffalo, Dec. 26.

A Dunkirk special sayr- The Fenians are said to be organizing here for the invasion of Canada. A man known to have a knowledge of the condition of Fenian affairs in Dunkirk says this city has been called upon to raise 600 men to form a part of New York's quota oi 125,000 men to be enrolled throughout the country. At present 500 men are known to be mustered with the Fenians here and the remaining hundred can be obtained with little It is currently reported andextensively credited that the Fenians have two carloads of arms and 'munitions of war in concealment in or near the city. This material is said to have been, in the possession of the Dunkirk Fenians for some years. GLOBE BANK VICTIM.

place December 30. The remains will be embarked on the transport Tnomas. SOLDIER'S SENTENCE COMMUTED. Sentence of Deaih Will Not Be Carried Oat In Case of Oshkosb Soldier. I Oshkosh, Dec.

26 William Scarborough of this city, a private of company 3d U. S. infantry, who was tried by a military coart in ths Philippines on a serious charge and sen publican politics in this county for several years and served as chairman of the board of supervisors for one term. Nothing can be stated at this time as to tbe condition of his official accounts LOVERS MUST APPLY TO ROME. In Order to Secure Dispensation for the Marriage of a Protestant to a Catholic In 10OO, ISDIANAP0L1S TRAGEDY.

during the latter part of his term. John A. Hoover Shot His Wtfeanl Then Committed Suicide. Indianapolis, Dec. 28.

John A. TERRIBLE DISASTER. Brussels. Dec. 23.

Upwards of 40 A BITTER PILL. school children were drowned Friday In an ice accident at Frelinghem, near BSBMBaMSMSSaW 3 MORE BODIES DISCOVERED. SEARCH IS KEPT DP AT THE BRAZIL ELL MINE, the French frontier. The children of the district had been given a holiday with permission to play ou the froaen river Lys. When the merriment was Failure of tbe liovell Arms Company of Boston, Heavy Manufacturers of Sporting Goods.

at full height the ice broke suddenly and the children disappeared. A few were rescued half dead, but the majority were drowned. Thirty-six bodies have been recovered, but others are still missing. The catastrophe Five More Bodies Were Found Last Night Thirteen Victims Were Bnrled Todaj The Whole Village Attended the Funeral. New York, Dec.

26. Archbishop Cor rigan has transmitted to the clergy of the diocese a decree from the Vatican bearing- on the celebration of the jubilee of the holy year. One effect ol the decree will be to make difficult the marriage of a Catholic to a Profc esrtant by a priest in 1900. Mixed marriages, as they are commonly termed, are customarily allowed only by dispensation of the bishops but for the holy year this power is suspended. In his circular Archbishop Corrigan says that the pope suspends special faculties to the ordinaries of dioceses, "so that, at this season particularly, Rome should be the great fountain ol merry and spiritual favora for the Catholics of the entire world." This is understood in Catholic air eles to mean that only by applyinr 4t rect to Borne shall dispensation bt cnated dtnintf the yerlW0 'yV BIG ROCK FELL Pinnacle Rock, -a Famous Rook at Cumberland Gap, Fell with the Force of an Avalanche.

Boston, Dec 26. The John P. Lovell Arm's company assigned today as a result of the Globe.bank recei vershi The Lovell company was one of the largest companies manufacturing bicycles and sporting goods in the country. HE KILLED HIS WIFE. Baltimore Man Claims That Hta Wife Tried to Smother Him with a Feather Bed.

spread consternation throughout the town, where nearly every family suffered loss. CREW lb' NOT LOST Cleveland, Doc. 23. Pickanda, father of the' whale-back barge No. 115, which it waa supposed had been lost with all on board in the great storm of early last week, have received a telegram from the captain of the barge saying that himself and crew were safe.

The telegram is dated Middleton, and says the vessel went ashore near Little Pic river on the north shore of Lake Superior. The message says nothing as to the condition of the Brownsville, Dec. search for the dead was kept up at the Braznell mine all night, resulting in the finding of five more bodies, making 20 victims of the explosion. The were so mutilated that, tbeytaave mrt been identified. A thorough search, of the mine was made this morning but no more bodies were found.

It is believed the number of dead will not be increased. Thirteen victims of the exploiion were buried today. The funerals were attended by every roan, woman and hild in Brarnell, CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY. Baltimore, Dec. 26.

Franklin B. Livingston, a blind civil war veteran. choked his wife Roeie to death thU i morning, and then surrendered to the police. He claimed that his wife tried Cumberland Gap, Pec. 26.

The celebrated Pinnacle Kock, which overhung Cumberland Gap and was noted as a natural spectacle, fell this morning. The town wsb awakened as if by an to smother him with a feather bed. Jealousy is thought to have been the motive for the crime. Quarrel Over a Game of Cards Re-suited In Murder at Weldon, 111. Harry Summer Killed.

CHRISTMAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Very Simple Observation of Day at the President's Home. Washington, Dec. 26. Christmas day, always quiet at the nation's cap- Doctors never like to take their own medicine, neither does Dr.

Chamberlain. itol, was unusually so this year. All of the executive departments were closed tenced to death, has been saved from STATUE OF WEBSTER. Washington, Dec. fc3.

The joint committee of senators, representatives and citizens of the district, appointed to make arrangements for the unveiling of the statue of Daniel Webster, presented to the government by Stilson Hutchins, met and perfected the plans. The exercises will be held at the Lafayette opera house January 18. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire will preside and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts will deliver the address. Fresident McKinley will accept the gift on behalf of the United States. After the exercises at the theater the committee and the invited guests will drive to Scott Circle, where the statue will be unveiled.

execution bv President McKinley. and practically all the members ol both branches of congress are out of the city. Services were held in many churches, and, as the dinner hour ap Hoover, an elevator conductor, early this morniDjr fatally shot his wife and then killed himself. Jealousy was the cause. Tbe President has commuted his sentence to dishonorable discharge from Ckraton.Ih., Dec.

26. At thrt o'clock Monday afternoon a murder was committed at Weldon, 10 miles southeast here. Harry Summers, of Weldon, a carpenter, and "Doc" Marcurn, farmhand near Deland, in Tiatt county, engaged in a quarrel in a poker room, when Marcum shot and killed Summers. Marcum, who was drunk at the time of the killing, is a Ken-tuckian and is about 23 years old. His victim Is abont 30 years old and peaceable.

He has a family. Marcum is un-tnarried and had been in Weldon but ace before. He was placed in jail here at live o'clock Monday evening. The eltlzens were greatly excited and Mar-tun was hurried to Clinton, as it was feared an attempt would be made to lynch him. proached, the streets were deserted the- army and 20 years' imprisonment.

Scarborough is little more than a boy. YOUNG GIRL'S SAD FATE earthquake, as the immense mass, weighing hundreds of tons, came tumbling down. No live are reported lost although considerable property was destroyed. THE KUPKROhVd CHRISTMAS. Emperor William Spent the Day with the Usual Celebration.

Berlin, Dec. 26. Emperor William celebrated Christmas in the usual manner at New palace, Potsdam. At three o'clock he attended as bescheer-ung for the members of the imperial family and the court entourage. There were seven trees for the children, graded in size according to their ages, that of Princess Louise being very small.

A large, fine tree for tbe emperor and empress had been cut from the adjacent wild park. Upon all. the trees and tables there were presents. Emperor William entered with keen enjoyment into the celebration. Their majesties attended church in the morning and in the early afternoon the whole imperial family made up a sleighing party.

AN OFFER FROM CARJ.EG1E. At the white house a quiet day was spent. About ten o'clock the president took a walk alone through the HIS SESTKMIKCOMHCTKDl grounds at the south of the mansion, Jobn S. HoHhll ii lie leased from Mangle Drayer Accidentally Shot and Killed bj Mrs. William Taylor at Topelta, Kan, and then joined Mrs.

McKinley in the familv livinjr rooms. There were no Prison at Baltimore. Baltimore, Dec. 26. John fe callers and no guests.

Neither attend' ed chnrch, and at the usual hour they Hoshall, who was sentenced about dined alone. eight months ago in the United States district court to ten years' ment in the city jail for a violation of the postal laws, has been released jail, his sentence having been commuted by President McKinley. Hoshall was a medical student at one of the colleges here at the time of his SELLS VALUABLE MINE. Mrs. Helen M.

Gouicar Sells Property In Stlsaonrl. Wabash, Dec. 26. Mrs. Helea.

M. Cougar, the celebrated prohibitionist orator and organizer and leader of the Women's Christian Temperance union in Indiana, has made a large sum in the sale of her mining property in Joplin, Mo. The boom In ore prices and the discovery of rich leads made the mine, which she christened the White Ribbon, valuable, and In disposing of the mine to the Great Deposit Zinc company she has realized a handsome margin. Print We Topeka, Dec. 26.

Maggie Drayer, the 14-yearold daughter of John Drayer, was shot and instantly killed at six o'clock Monday afternoon by Mrs. William Taylor. A number of children, including1 Mag-gie Drayer, were at the Taylor house playing with popfriiBS, when Mrs. Taylor, saying that she had something that would beat popguns, picked up an old musket, which she accidentally discharged. The entire load of shot entered the girl's breast.

Death resulted instantaneously. It ia feared Mrs. Taylor will lose her reason. i DROPPED DEAD IN CBl'KCB. arrest.

YODKG HCNTKK KILLKP, Accidental Discharge of a on lie snlted In Boy's Death. Union Label on your work if Daily Ssml-Wsskly Decatur, 111., Dec. 26. Frank Moore, aced 14. son of William Moore, of Blue Lincom, Dec.

23. The State Journal publishes a dispatch from Washington saying Andrew Carnegie has made the city of Lincoln a conditional gift of $75,000 for a publia library building. The conditions ars not stated, but are supposed to be the usual ones of a suitable Bite, free from incumbrance, and the maintenance ol the library. The Lincoln public library was burned in the fire of last September. Latter Heads Note Heads Memorandum Headi Bill Bead! Statement! Envelopes Mound while hunting on I.

B. Gordon farm in company with ins cousin. Cecil Baldndtre. acred 13, of Jlu Shipping Blank! Wedding Stationery, opolis, accidentally discharged his gun, killing young Bald ridge in-itantly. shipping BuiineM tiardi, Bills and Porten, Tieaeta.

TO BE DISCONTINUED. New York, Dec. 23. A contract was signed Friday transferring all copyrights, title and subscription lists of Demoreat's Magazine to Robert Bonner's Sons. Demorest's Magazine will be discontinued, and the fashion and pattern departments, half-minute talks and world's progress will be continued in the Ledger Monthly.

Bail ana ran? inriianoni. Ball and Party Pros rami, Calling Card! and Krery thing Printable. Mrs. Hiram L. Roberta Died Suddenly at Tiffin, O.

Tiffin, Dec. 2(3. Mrs. Hiram h. fioberts, residing on Mohawk street, went to the Methodist church to attend Christmas services.

She had just greeted the minister and started up the aisle to her pew, when she fell forward, and expired a few minutes later. Those who had assembled to attend the service were greatly excited, and it was some time before the minister could proceed with the services. Spanish War Pensions. New York, Dec. 26.

A special to the Tress from Washington says: Pension attorneys are piling up cases against the government as a result of: the war with Spain. Already 25,000 applications have been filed on behalf nf the soldiers of the recent war. Catalogues Circular! Pamphlet! Book! Blauki As CHEAP and BETTER than can be secured elsewhere Full line of Fine Paper always in stock. ILLINOIS STATE MEfcTlSGS. Horticulture Sncle'y In Annual Session Teachers to Meet.

Springfield. 111., Dec. 28. The Illino i Horticulture society is holding its annual meeting. The reports show the society to be in good condition.

Tbe Illinois Teachers' association begins its annual meeting this evening. T. C. lt.rby. proprietor of a hots! at Psrry.

shot and killed O. A. Folsr, and riding to Oakaloosa surrendered to tat shsruT. Foley was a boarder at ths Ktrby assert ths dead tut had ruined His) Sansktsr. Death of Fin.M Scout.

Washington, Dec. 26. Bushrod Underwood, who achieved fame as a scout in the army of Northern Virginia, died here Monday, aged 56 years. Many deeds requiring great coolness and courage were credited to him by Gen. R.

E. Lee and Col. John O. Mosby, of the Forty-third Virginia cavalry, to which command he belonged. Gazette Publishing A Total Loaa- Norfolk.

Dec 26. Capt. Balnea, of the British steamer Ariosto, which ran ashore four miles south of the Cape Ilatteras life-saving station Sunday morning, reported to the agents here that his ship will prove a total loss. Killed la a Mine. Greenwood, B.

Dec. 26. By an explosion in the Snowshoe mine at Phoenix camp, caused by drilling into an old blast that had missed fire. John Nelson waa killed and Stanley McLeod fatally Injured. 114 Street.

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