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FOURTEENTH YEAR iilaidJUi itii F. 5. EtffO. til mil. Saturday, Feb.

fT MATIN EG AND NIGHT Qj 1 I i i I Uiiu in A Ilnnririjywi'ifiii A via. flt.hc. 16 CO.V.Pl TANT ART.STS 16 Introducing Lttt'o Lady Hamblin and Famous Quartette of Kentucky In their original Southern SonRH and 1'aiicon. Monday, Feb. 11.

Ilr.J.K.EuliiETT, "OUR HKirZ." IN III 3 LATEST SUCCESS HA! TG'" ii ii ii Songs' New DmcesI Excellent Company! Splendid Production! Ti kcls for Dulc at Smith cn of IV it'ir. 'tlx' Imok ft i ire (( of Huhsc. i'u 'j store Xurth I'm of ia A DIAMOND THIEF. Gets Seven Thousand Dollars VVorih of Diamonds and Decamps. San Francisco, Feb.

0. A smooth and luini 1 tp named A. ILircuurrt has suddenly disappaerod unci with liiiu 7,0 worth of (1 i anion ds lielonmn to two linns, llo was a Kalosmau fr II ihsSafo ami Look company, aii'l i 1 1 letters df credit, secured two lots of (li.mion.1 i as a side lino for on the roa.l.. It was discovered la night he had decamped and (lie. diamonds went, ton.

A A I UL VOYAGE. Th: ian ii'a Tcms'j's Vcya the Etor.K. Halifax, X. I b. I).

Tim 1 'r iimiT i 1 arrived at M. Johns an 1 r.s.... li ivin ci H.mitoivd Hoi d. ks were swept, the p. 1 cabin 1 kmi and she, wont ad to th" i and nearly found tv, in tin1 stoi ai.

re IN A Legislators Up a Schema ci Their Cor stitucnls. sufferage favored By the Kepott cf the Committee on Constitutional Amendment at Jefferson City Today. Kansas City, Fob. A Hjiccial to rlio Star from Jefferson City says: As visual oa Saturday tho houso convened without ft quorum. Later However, the quorum was manifest mid here bean a wrangle over printing the fellow servant bill applicable to railroads, Ktreet railroads and mines.

After a short debate, how ever, the motion to print prevailed. Tho aim of those who arc (ppposed to the fellow servant law is to load tho sfetd bill which, applies to railroads alone, so heavily with nmeitdiiients that no ono will vote for it. Iso one doubts but what tho house is unwilling to pass tho fellow servant law, but many members ivonlrt like to have it appear that they favor such lrp'slation but are now to tzvt wimo Hiibterfuo with which to hoodwink their constituents. Tho bill tirohiibtiii'' alien ownershio of land was taken mi under an adverse committee report and placed on tho cal ender. The committee on constitutional miien'inients reported favorably a concurrent resolution women tho ri ht of The same committee recooiiinMidt'd a eonstitutioual anieu'l nient tho miuimum tvhool at years.

Also port 1'avorablo t'i t'o'i couenrrent resolution providing removal of the str.to caoital to i.t. Lor. is. 1 1 l.i A Firm That Iry.rg 3 lh' Ffs' VViil Comptl the to Eat Canad'an Limed Egg that Were Laid Eefora the McKin'ey Till. tr' Chiea o.

Feb. 0. R. A. Foster of Winona, 21 inn.

is tho happiest man in Chicago txlay. Ho has just cornered tho vs'x market of the United States and tho colder the weather Rrows and tho lo r.rer the C(jld sim'11 lasts, tho greater proiits ho will reap. aro Mo cents per dozen in Kew York," sa.id lie "anil before another sun joes down I ill make them 40 cents or I may stop their supply altogether and compel them to eat Canadian limed that were laid before tho McKin loy bill became a law, three years ago." Foster is the principal in the firm of 11. A. Foster iN; of Winona, tlie most extensive shippt rs west of Chicago.

They have been purchasing gs by tho wholesale for a long time nntil tliey have cold Mor eue warehouses in Chicago, New York and full of them, and are holding them for their price. I'oisoiis are not food. Therefore shim adulterated baking powders. Dr. Trice's is absolutely pure.

Fr.OZEH TO VIZMll. A Farmer Found Sittir in His Vaj Cc. and i. Heme Feb. ii.

A farmer named Porter tlden livin.T ten miles of this luce was fro. it to ,1 on load or wood that 1 wa i la to tow n. When the' la iaa 1 he vas si ti bolt the v. in his hm and 1 iS 1 Mi i io is le 'l I FOUK MEIJ PARISil. At Eea Whils Trying to Reach Shore in a Schooner.

Quarantine K. Feb. When th(! storm was howling its loiah Thursday night, the little fishing scluMiner Ihiiiaa, while opposite Swin bourne Island was struck, by an ice drift and turned over on her side and began to fill with water with tho ice crushing down upon her. Tho snow was falling so thick that, none of the crew could tell how near they were to laud and lashed themselves to the rig ping to wait for help. About midnight four of the crew decided to risk reach ing tho shore in a dory and made the start.

They have not boon heard of since. After waiting three hours the rest of tho crew consisting of live men put out in a small boat, and liually reached Thompkin's light house, more dead than alive, with nothing but clothes they had on. A Ycurg Fsmrr in IrJIjna After f.hrr yirg Three Wives, Finally Gees Bac't to IL3 Fhst Love and They Are United by a Jusdce of the Peace. Fern, Feb. Ulysses Cattiu is a prosperous and frugal young farm er of Erie Township, owning a big tarm, and Rafhenng in all tho laud nroud him.

He came from Franco in the sixties, leaving a "child wife" be yond the sea. lie prospered, and ten years ago wrote his sweetheart, Miss Adclin Corttiueaux, asking her to come ti) America and share his joys and sorrows. In due timo Adeline arrived and they were married. The marriage terminated disastrously, and at the end of the year the young wife applied for a divorce. She obtained a decree, with a good slice of alimony, and returned to her native France.

Twice since then Cattin married American girls, but their domestic relation wio and the v.ives in turn 'it led divorces. This set the young Frenchman to tUinkin.i;. The more he meditated the more liis mind went bade to tho trim end comely little French girl at Bordeaux, lie realized then, for tho first time, that his frugality and economy bore down heaviest on her side el the bouse, (ukI she had uni' l' cause for asking divorce. In this humbly frame of mind Cattin sat down and wrote a letter to his first love, in which ho repeated his protestations of lovo and (levotiou. When about to start the missive across the sea a letter bearing a foreign postmark camo to him.

It was from this Adeline, who had kept track of his loneliness, olVcr ing to return to America and re many him if he would send her transportation. Cattiu engaged berths on the next steamer, and Adeline arrived last week, making the second tr.p to America to marry him. Cattin met her at Fern, and they went to the ohieoof the nearest magistrate and were re united. Squire Fuhviler speaking the words that made them one. The couple thou resumed domestic life in the big farmhouse, the happiest pair in Northern Indiana.

Price's Cream Faking Pow der is of uniform excellence, because it's ahso lutely pure. FRINGE OF WALES' DAUGHTER. To Tdarry the Crown Fiir.ce tf Ita'y F'exi May. Feme, Fi h. it.

poms an itotllh'O the beiroiln'l the I'lima' of Naples, crovNii piim im 1 Printc M.oid. mm; Mm of the Princes of The heg has t' to place in lay, town', mm the Prinee 1 will i 1', 1 was II. 'hi. 1 I. Ms me ra of l.e nant m.

0 1 in Mm 1 '1 i iici l1 a a 1 1 'lha is I (1 a a c. m. 1 1 Arriving i.i Largo Niirr.brs st Ccn i tan, Stala cf to avoid Too Gtcater Part of the Guatemalia Army, Has Been Pressed Into Service. Coiuitan, State of Chiapis, Feb. It.

This border town is res dl cf (Juat' malan refugees wlio are an i from tho soutli daily by secret rt 'liteS uia larni the iallv the sav 1 have to prevent Ik rng pressed ngo the service. Tiny report that eat a is prevailing among the people of Republic of Guatemala, cspe among the frontiersmen, over threatened war with and that tho greater part of the army of dot) men now along the border been forced into service by the, (it malaii government. FROZEN FIREI.5EN. Fighting Fires in Ice Covered and One WV.l Newark, N. Feb.

1 result of tho cold wave there were several fires here yesterday resulting in a total loss of tho firemen hud an awful timo with the cold. Their clothing froze on their bodies, and one was so badly frozen it is nut believed he will recover. Called Out and Killed. Union City, Feb. y.

Tvai men mimed Cardwell and Wyack were arrested yesterday fur the murder of William Wisdow. They called him out of his house and shot hietmel then cut oil' one of his oars. The cause is unknown. A Ghrt jr Issued by the cf th2 Territory. Vcr the Coristtucti of a Line of Railroad From Arkansas City to Ehckweh.

G.ithrie, O. Feb. Secretary of Territory Low, bus issued a charter to tho Northern Oklahoma railroad company, with A. J. as president, J.

C. Miller as vice president, J. R. May as secretary and Frank V. Potts treasurer.

Tho capital stock of this company is $100,000. The company will construct a lino of railroad to Llackwoll, beginning either at Arkansas City, or at Hunnewell, They have already begin negotiating for consturctiou material. The work will begin as soon as tho weather will permit. Price's Cream Raking Powder will go farther than any other because it's absolutely pure. TWO LlKOTiiEPvS.

Ehoot Each Other to Death in a Private (Dining Room. New Yoik, FMi. Don Ernest and Eugene mo. two brothers from (iuaiemala, v. ih' at snppt it two girls in a i ate dining room attached to the saloe:) of Mis.

shot e.e other to (1 Immediately after t' tragody the girls left, and no oac ei knows Ha' 1 the (pi.U" 1. "Lit 1 rrftr.criU Me Cliiea liii. li We.i t' on 1 ilV nal v. ill 1 a i id l.i a 11 1.0;, 1 1. aal Union.

1 Ail i 1 a teal ieliee Ca WON'T WEAR Hefus 5jqo to Aprmir in Tihta. Ni Yolk. F.b. it. Zr lhi Mia Vims, th Lmolue tho G.mld 1 (laah, won't wear tighM.

athl theri 1 bla h.a. is ed ail Oppoi ml to the st levate her from andf to ti footiiahts. en I tl) wa a a .1, but, I it mod cmv c. i.er at 1 moment an, I r. to go on.

has disappeared fr her remit hoi a in this city and la wlieu in. unknown. Three Men Drowned. Milwaukee, Feb. Gu tave Stoy tier, James Frown and Thomas Anderson were drow ned liimht before la a they were landing at the crib v.hh'a load of provisions.

i o. ShCcr.vin f.d bV. ft iry 4'h, John D. Equi Will AdJmss tl I 'en lleie To r. MtM.btfs Feb It has a anm that 15.

Sipiire of N. is ress the Y. M. C. tomorr aion tit 1 o'clo not her opport will imt be had to ar this t.deiie utle 1 aau tiddress he as ion i some time.

Ornier: 1 L. 11. 1 i ited the I C.o i this i I th' ai i 1 a il'g cm; 1. 1 'a es will a t. i by tho anira al of the a am (ae ft Col.m.h Fell.

lieu. The oeilVe a is i be the of the i it V. '1 A. 1 'r' 1 'on Miei eg ne of it i' 1 ver lrom other states liavo already been ell paged to take ptirt iu the program. Tue citizens of Columbia with their usual hospitality will make accredited delegates their guests during the convention.

Tho address will be made by Rev. Micheal Rnerham, D. IX, of 81. Louis. The musical part of tho pro pram will be under tho direction of J.

W. Willis, state secretary ef Alabama, Snritual studios will bo conducted by Augustas Kasli. A rale of tj lOjiO has been secured by way of Kansas City ami till delegates will receive free entertainment while in attendance. A movement is being pushed along toward oragnizing a college association of normal fudents. John IS.

Squire and Secretary liuell had chargo of the chapel exercises at tho Normal yesterday, and considerable interest was manifested. They may be represented at the state convention. A reception under the auspices of the Fpworth League of Grace church will take place at the rooms on the instil of the month. It is desired that till members attend as an enjoyable time is expected. Of all tho baking powders made Dr.

Price's is the only one absolutely pure. MRS. PAYTOfl DYING, Nutt's Victim Cannot Possibly Survive Her Wounds. Atehis.ui, Vb. it.

Mrs. Je. mo P. Pay ton ho was shot night by James Nut is dying. The i'o eeut attorney r.i ic.l a a a mi tads morning to the (meet to tako Airs.

Pav ton's ant statement tla shooting. a nev7 An Allr Teh Ms a i I a it.o A i Ei mo i' i 1 a.m Lh 1:1 1 ti 1 a 1 1 I 1 tl til 1 i ZCC.I A l'. A iui.il ti IliLiii Llu. Tlnir FrienJs Here Serdh; Tdoney to tring Them to America, the Land cf the Free. Ammrmn, Feb.

oh Stcig of this city todav a draft to is i fit Ft. i. Muvg, Russia, 1 a urging him mid his family 1 a hot. count ry as soon as possible. is wats in answer to his brother's saying that persecution of Ho vws liaal been resumed in St.

Peters ot her par's of Russia, with vat activity, and that his life and ai i the many others who had sent a iters to Amoriaa asking for money to get out of the. country, were' in danper. WHISKY TRUST RECEIVERS. Took Chargs the Business in Peoria Illinois Yesterday. Peoria, Feb.

McNnlfu and John Ik Lawrence, the receivers appointed for ho whisky trust have at rived in this city and took charge of tho trusts uilairs yesterday. Tho onions and' igonis will continue in their positions for the present and will make out a. statement of the business up to January L'S tuul another to February the time tho change was made in receivers, and third statement for the time since the last date mentioned. Tho business of tho receivership for present will bo continued in the 1 ual manner of the corporation. Prompt settlementvaud payment of ail obligations to the receivers must be ale and till claims against the corporation prior to the receivership must 1 referred to the receivers for ad'uist ment.

The Atlas dirt own. 1 Saiuutd ooluer, parted up yesterday with 1111 increased capacity. It is nit anti trust house. Price's Cream Raking Powder is always found by oHicial government tests to bo absoutely pure, SOME MORE WEATII2R Co'dn ss and Probably Enow Colder Sunday Might Today's forecast says there will be increasing cloudiness and probably snow' with colder weather Sunday night. Tho lowest point reached during tho last 'J I hours ending at.

o'llock this morning was three degrees above 'zero. The follow ing is a peroral, synopsis The area of high haromorter with its accompanying: cold wave is central in tho lower Mississipi valley, clear, cold weather prevails in 1 that section. An area of low barometer with higher temperature is central in tho vicinity of Santa Fo. Snow is falling in CMoiado, Kansas, Nebraska and Montana. Another area of high pressure with a cold wave prevails in the extreme northwest.

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