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Show he $ox $Ur sterna LII A WilOK, Prprltori. TERMS OV SUBSCRZPTZOHl lo S4TBB6eeee ATM?i gli Month bill 11. H U Batorad MUm Post Odoa at Brlfhtm City a a aaaoad alau matter. NORMAN LIE, Edltar. INSTRUCTIONS TO OORKESPONDENTd. llama at cava ara aolleltad tram all partt ol Ika country. Write upon ana alda af tha papar only. Write proyor names plainly. In order ta protect tea publisher from im Irresponsible persons, the full Kltlona from author should be aigoed to all The Identity ot correspondents Will be withheld whenaear desired. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. UTAH STATE NEWS. Amass Smith, a young man of Sprlngvllle, convicted of stealing a revolver, has been sentenced to six months in the county jail. There were 65 deaths in Salt Lake Ctty during January, 1905, and 81 during the same month in 1904, thus showing a decrease in the death rate. Counterfeiters have been passing spurious quarters throughout the state since New Years, quite a number of the coins having gotten into circula- JUMPED FOR THEIR LIVES bomb-throwin- lars have been caused by a fire that Shaw of Venice was left the famous Battle house, in Moseriously Injured while climbing into bile, Ala., a ruin and swept on to a wagon last week, falling upon the buildings adjoining. One person was wheel and sustaining severe Internal killed and several seriously injured. The blaze was discovered shortly beInjuries. It is reported that a new national fore 11 p. m. Sunday. The fire broke out in some unoccubank is to he established in Layton by business men of Davis and Weber pied rooms over the kitchen on the, county. The bank will have a capital Battle house, which, although an old hostelry, was one of the largest In the of 25,000. John Creps ot Salt Lake City Is in south. The flames spread so quickly the city Jail as a result of attempting that a number of guests lost all their rifle belongings and not a few of those on to kill bis father with a the fifth floor were compelled to take fathe between a controversy during to the fire escapes In their night ther and son. clothes. Two elevator boys, Joseph Parks Will Phillips, a cousin of Bernard Constantine, stuck to County Cierk D. B. Davies of Salt and their posts until all the gueBts had Lake county, has been arrested, been gotten out although the elevators charged with being Implicated in the caught fire and the youngsters were burned about the face and hands. bounty frauds. A petition has been presented to the QUIET IN ST. PETERSBURG. legislature asking relief for David Trouble Failed to MaIWllcken, the penitentiary guard who Anticipated terialize In Russias Capital. jwas shot in the leg during the out. . break two years ago. The anticipated renewal of trouble among the workmen of St. Petersr The entire family of E. S. Crowther fcf Park City was attacked with acute burg, Sunday, was not realized. Neithptomaine poisoning one day last week er strikers nor students made the ha the result of eating canned toma- slightest attempt to demonstrate, and toes, but all have recovered. throughout the day the city presented , State Senator Samuel C. Park bas a normal appearance. The emperors Introduced a measure to reorganize creation of a joint commission of masithe Utah National Guard, and will ters and workmen, chosen by themlater on introduce a bill providing for selves, to investigate the causes of ithe erection , of a suitable state discontent among the laborers, has armory. made an exceedingly good Impression, It tooks as though the towns to be being considered definite evidence of represented in the Pacific National the government's purpose to compel league next season will be Salt Lake, some of the masters who have paid Ogden, Boise," Butte, Spokane and starvation' wages to do justice to their employees. Helena, with probably Great Falls and Walla Walla added. WOMAN WAS BETTER SHOT. v Fred Warren was caught in the act in Ogden. Husband and Wife Fight Pistol Duel, Of burglarizing a saloon the Former Meeting Death. Warren sneaked behind the bar and Edward R. Koehn and his wife, filled the cash till. - The bartender, however, discovered him and held him Eleanor, who were married only seven until the police arrived. weeks, engaged In a pistol duel In The night school started at Mt. Oakland, Cal., on Sunday, with the rePleasant some three weeks ago is sult that the husbands body is now proving very 'popular. Quite a large In the morgue. The couple quarreled number are in attendance, many of immediately after marriage and Koehn whom are married, and others too old ordered his wife from the house. She io attend the other schools of the city. returned and Koehn demanded the While chopping kindling, Josephus reason of her presence. Angry words ICarrens of American Fork struck his followed, and Koehn, so the wife said, brandished a revolver and fired at right foot with a heavy swing of the She seized a second revolver from her. unSax, completely severing his second der a mattress and, as Koehn fired again, shot at him four times. One to, splitting the third one and deeply Imbedding the ax in the ball of his bullet entered his neck, killing him. pi The light at Moroni last week resulted in a decision tor Rowan on a foul in the third ' round. Many of the sports present were dissatisfied, claiming that the light had been fixed between the principals. ' As a result of the explosion of a 'missed shot, John Noyce, a miner (of Alta, has probably lost the sight lot both eyes. Noyce was clearing out Bn old winze, preparatory to sinking It deeper, and struck an old load with fils pick. That George Jacobs, the mining pan who was found dead in a Salt Lake hotel, had little faith in banks is evidenced by the finding in one corner of hiB trunk of a canvas bag containing 92,065 in five, ten and twenty Rowan-Markha- Hollar gold pieces. James Malcom, In jail at Great Falls, Mont., has confessed to the murder of W. W. Greer, a former of Utah, at his home on Big lake, near the Canadian line. Greer was murdered January 28, and his body found a week later. In accordance with a resolution of the city council of Lehl, passed recently, nearly every sidewalk, in the city has been given a light coat of gravel and pedestrians may now go to any part of the city without the necessity of the use of rubbers. Mrs. Lee Taylor of Ogden narrowly escaped serious injury while building a fire in the range in her home on Twenty-firs- t street The water had frozen and the pipes burst blowing the stove to pieces, knocking out window panes and creating general havoc. Andrew Rohn, a junk dealer of Salt Lake City, while driving between Bingham Junction and Murray, was attacked by two highwaymen, badly beaten and robbed and left for dead. His arm was broken and his head badly crushed, he being left in a precarious condition. res-dde- r ' Trolley Car Ran Away. A car on the Sutro electric line, San Francisco, filled with passengers, on the way to the beach, got beyond the control of the motorman on a Bteep grade and jumped the track at a curve. It plowed through thirty feet of sand without overturning. Fred Kettleman of Stockton was on the front end of the car and when it left the track he jumped off, pulling his wife with him. His skull was d and an operation was later performed. His Injuries may prove fatal. free-ture- DOWN IR STORM STEAMER DAMARA LOST THIRTY MILES FROM HALIFAX. The Chief Officer and Eighteen Members of the Crew Saved, While Captain and Passengers Are Lost. During a raging and blinding snew storm which swept the Nova Scctia coast for twenty-fou- r hours, the ocean steamer Damara, of the Kurnessia line ran on the rocks at Musquodoboit, thirty miles east of Halifax, and is believed to have foundered with the loss of many lives. The first officer of the ship, with eighteen of the crew, escaped in one of the lifeboats and landed at Piet sant Point, after a terrific struggle with wind and sea. Captain Gorst, master ot the Damara, four passengers and the rest of the crew, left the vessel in another lifeboat. They have not been heard of since, and it is feared that they have perished. The occupants of the boat which reached shore were utterly exhausted, and many of them were badly frostbitten. They had a barrowing experience, battling In the darkness for hours to the open boat, with tempestuous seas on a treacherous coast, with the thermometer 10 degrees below zero, and an Arctic blizzard raging. They landed on shore some time during the day and reached the telegraph office at Musquodoboit harbor at night, whence they wired the first news of the disaster to the agents of the Furnessla line at Halifax, to which point the Damara was bound ACT ON STATEHOOD BILL. Senate Decides to Make New Mexico a Separate State. After a continuous session of nine hours the senate on Tuesday passed the joint statehood bill. As passed the bill provides for the admission of the states of Oklahoma, to be comprised of Indian Territory and Oklahoma, and New Mexico, according to the present boundaries, with Arizona Trusted Employee's Confession Clears eliminated. One of the first amendments taken up was the amendment prohitating the sale of intoxicating liquors in what is now Indian Territory for the next ten years, and this was displaced with a substitute offered by Mr. Gallinger, which extended the amendment to the entire state for a period of twenty-on- e years, and this was adopted. up Mysterious Robbery. George Morris, for some time a trusted employee of the Wells-FargExpress company at Truckee, Cal., has confessed that he robbed the office a few weeks ago, securing more than 91,200. The crime at the time aroused the entire detective force of the company and proved a difficult case. Suspicion in a way pointed to J. Mercy Asked for Condemned Pennsylvania Murderess. ' So numerous have been the requests from all over the country from people who want Governor Pennypacker to commute to life Imprisonment the sentence of Mrs. Kate Edwards, who Is to be hanged at Reading, Pa., on February 16, that it has been found neces- worked out. FELL FROM GRACE. o Winter, the agent, but he speedily cast this aside by paying every cent of the amount missing. Morris was 'closely Bhadowed, and the officers have been working with the boy for several days. He finally admitted his guilt. sary for the executive department to prepare a circular letter to answer to these requests. This letter quotes the state constitution to show that the governor has no power to commute a death , sentence to life Imprisonment Swayne Impeachment Case Begun. to upon the recommendation except The'senate on Friday began to hear of the board of pardons. writing witness in connection with the imCouncil of War to Buenos Ayres., peachment proceedings against Judge statement of The Florida. A council of war for the trial of milSwayne of the case on behalf of the house itary Insurgents, of , which Council was made by Manager Palmer, who General Montes-Deoc- a is president and Vent over the various charges agalnsi Colonel Lynch secretary, was held to ex was said the and it Swayne Judge Buenos Ayres on Tuesday. The govpectatlon of the managers that all of ernment has ordered that military inthem would be proved. The witnesses heard testified concerning hotel bills surgents be brought to Buenos Ayres paid by Judge Swayne while holding court in Texas. The senate decided to for trial. In a fight near Pirovano, devote the time between 2 and 5 province of Buenos Ayres, the revolu o'clock each day to the Swayne to' tlonary engineer, Baca, and former qulry. Senator Clark of Wyoming, Senator Rhur were killed and several who has been absent, took the oath others were injured. The transport Premier Mayo has left the roadstead as a member of the court. with 300 political prisoners. BOMBARDMENTS DAILY. Russians Continue to Drop Shells in Japanese Campa. A large Russian force remains on the right bank of the Hun river, but jt shows no disposition to attack. There have been frequent clashes between patrols, but without any serious results. The Russians bombard daily, but the Japanese suffer no damage. Every day three or four Russians surrender. There Is no prospect of a general engagement. The weather eon ttaues very cold. Horsewhipped by Women. George W. Haight, a resident of San Francisco, was driven from Goldfield, Nevada, by two women. Haight went to the gold camp a few days ago and located on the property of the two women. They demanded their rights, Haight demurring, and the result was a The incident was witnessed by a large crowd. The women used buggy whips, and Haight, after being driven from the premises, surrendered all claim to the property and was forced to leave town. horse-whippin- Husband and Wife Attempt Suicide at Montana Man Commits Suicide In Hit Blizzard In the South Causes Much Same Time. Office. Mrs. Robert Campbell was found Suffering. J. W. Conner, secretary ot the board dead and her husband in a dying conWire communication with southern dition in their apartments in Ander- of trade of Kalispell, Mont, and prom- points is slowly being restored by the inent in business circles, was found son, Ind., on Sunday. The coroner, telegraph and telephone companies, who found among their possessions a in his office at the city hall with the through the efforts of hundreds of lineoff. Messages men. box marked quinine, but which con- top of his head blown The temperature In Memphis. tained corosive sublimate, is conduct- show the deed to have been premedi- Tenn, on Tuesday, was 18, a fall of 7 42 of age tated. Deceased was ing an Investigation.. Mr. and Mrs. and well connected. No years degrees in twelve hours. The situation trouble of a In northern Texas is reported to he Campbell came to Anderson from Nor- business or known. Is nature private wood, 8. D.t about four months ago. He was an Elk and had insurance with the worst to years. A blizzard has been The husband is not expected to surover the cattle ranges in the the Modern Woodmen and Maccabees. raging vive. western part of the state, and live He leaves a widow but no children. stock has uffered severely. v An Oklahoma Tragedy. While temporarily Insane James Estes, a farmer, at their home at Marshall, a small town near Guthrie, Oklahoma, murdered his wife, and his daughter, Maude Estes; attempted to kill his son Lawrence, who escaped; set fire to the house, and literally blew his own head off with a shotgun. The house was destroyed and the bodies burned to a crisp before neighbors could arrive. Lawrence Estes .says that he was awakened by his father attempting to attack him. Hoch Breaking Down. Johann Hoch, the btg-ami- st of Chicago, is thought by the police to be on the point of breaking down. He no longer acts the part of a comedian. His smile is wearing off. Inspector Shippy said Saturday that Preliminary - arrangements have Hoch hag about reached the point been made, an option on a suitable site has been secured, and nothing where he Is willing to tell some things seems now to stand in the way of a which have been denied by him before. magnificent building being erected in While not admitting he anticipated a the near future as a home for the full confession soon, the inspector various Masonic orders of Salt Lake said the prisoner might tell a sensaanv tional time. tity. story at v Plans of Lower House Must Prevail or Bill it Dead. Statehood for Oklahoma and New Mexico will not be granted during this session of congress unless it be on lines provided in the house statehood bill. This was decided Friday at a iconference of Republican members of the house. The following resolution, ot which Speaker Cannon was the author, setting forth this position, was adopted, 112 to 33, after three hours debate: "Resolved, That it is the sense of 'this congress and the Republican caucus held April 15, touching the statehood of New Mexico and Arizona, as provided in the bill of the house, which bill had been amended in the senate and is now pending in ' the house committee on territories, be insisted upon, and that we Insist on such parliamentary proceedings as can be had by a majority of the house or a special order as can be ordered and adopted by a majority of the house, under which the aforesaid policy of the Republicans of the house will be SHIP DOES Murdered by Countryman. Amelia Sirannl, a young Italian woman, was shot and killed in Portland, Ore., by Joseph Fiorebello, one of her countrymen. The murdered woman conducted, a fruit stand, and was recently divorced from her husband. Fiorebello had annoyed the woman on many occasions and Thursday night went to the fruit stand, and, after - a short conversation, drew a revolver from his pocket, and shot the woman in the head twice. She died shortly after. The murderer made his ' escape. Has Had Many Close Calls. Samuel Attorneys representing Greason, a negro who, with Mrs. Kate Edwards, is condemned to be hanged at Reading, Pa., next Thursday for the murder of Mrs. Edwards husband, came from Reading to Philadelphia to lay before the supreme court, a petition asking that G reasons case be ref opened and sent back to the Berks county court for retrial. The petition is based on the confession made by Mrs. Edwards on, Thursday. Greason has been respited more than a dozen j times. February 7. Two bills passed the house. One makes it incumbent on the county commissioners to withhold the salary of any county treasurer who shall fail to remit money due the state at thei proper time. The other enlarges the powers of city councils in some minoi matters, such as increasing the assessment on property owners for the use of water for irrigation purposes. Contrary to expectations, the fight on Senator Walton's registration bill It was averted did not materialize. by the move of Senator Bambeiger, the Democratic leader, to recommit it The land board bill created discussion, l was postponed. but Four new measures appeared in the senate, and a like number in the house. Representative Kinney introduced a bill providing that street car passengers who are not provided with seats shall be exempt from paying fares, and making it a misdemeanor for a motorman to pass any person who signals his desire to board a car. a Senator Lawrence introduced measure providing for the erection ol a monument for deceased soldiers and war sailors of the roll-cal- Spanish-America- n February 8. By a vote of 24 to 17, the boiler' bill, introduced by Representative Cromar, the labor leader, was killed in the house. The bill provided for the inspection of steam boilers, but the majority of the legislators turned the measure down. Those who voted Anderson. J. A for the bill were: Edward, Fishburn. Hone, Cromar, Hopes, Jones, Joseph, Kinney, Kuch-ler- , Marks, McCrea, Pancake, Roberts, Stewart, Stookey, Hull 17. f Those who voted against the measure were: Allen, Anderson, A. V. Car-rolCottam, Curtin, Christensen, Dailey, Dean, Gundry, Hawley, Johnson, Luther, Lyman, Merrill, Miller, Simons, Richards, Pace, Peterson, Spencer, Stringham, Thompson, Tol-toWilson 24. The most important of the new bills introduced in the house was a substitute by the special conference committee on H. B. No. 9, which provides for the taxation of salt works. Under the proposed bill the salt companies will be required to make ' a sworn statement showing just what their output and Income has been. They are protected by a clause which makes it a felony for the state officials to disclose the information thus rendered. The bill leaves out coal, coke and other commodities that the original bill proposed to tax. The senate passed Hollingsworths bill changing the fiscal year to end November 30 instead of December 31. The president has sent a message to congress' recommending that . provision be made for the appointment ot a board of survey to superintend the national surveys and explorations to be made in the Philippine islands, and that appropriation be made from time to time to meet the necessary expenses af such investigation. It is probable that the survey would not be completed to a less period than that of eight or ten years, but he suggests that It should be begun In the near RINGS. Believed Blessed by Kings, People Ills- Cure Could They which were Cramp rings sere rings and cure cramp supposed to haie They are said to middle of originated as far back as the prethe eleventh century, in a ring the Edward to a pilgrim sented by which, Confessor, lung of England, after that ruler's death, was preserved as a relic in Westminster abbey and was applied for the cure of epileps) and cramp. Hence appears to have arisen the belief that rings blessed were efficacious by English sovereigns of in such cases; and the custom numblessing for distribution large bers of cramp rings on Good Friday continued to exist down to the time of Lord Queen Mary. The accomplishedIn Hen Berners, ambassador to Spain ry VIIIs time, writes from Saragossa to Cardinal Wolsey: "If your grace remember me with some cramp ryngs looked ye shall doo a thing muche well for; and I trust to bestow thaym The metal the with Goddes grace. was what rings were composed of formed the kings offering to the cross on Good Friday, usually either gold or silver. faiung-sickness- DESCENT FULL OF PERIL. Difficulties Overcome by Man Who Climbed Grand Mulets. This striking peture represents the climber, Marquignaz, descending the face of the Grand Mulets on Mont BlfttlG. The Grand Mulets is a mass of an island in a granite rising up like FRIGHT NOT HER WEAKNESS. of His Aunts Nephew Had Record Brave Deeds. "I declare, said his Aunt Hetty, war is an awful thing. Its terrible to think of men takin their lives to their hands day after day. If I had to stand up and get shot at day in an day out, Id just die of fright. said But youre only a woman, Theres no fun ta solher nephew. diering, though. I see that some men died recently in the Philippines of smallpox. By the way, auntie, did you ever see a case of smallpox? Oh, yes. I nussed three or four 1 was vaccismallpox patients. But nated. And you've nursed patients with other contagious diseases, havent you? Oh, yes diphtheria an scarlet fever an such as that an one cholera case. Werent you afraid of taking the diseases? Well, I didnt have much time to worry about that I reckoned that if I'd take em Id take em; an if I wouldnt I wouldnt And you ran upstairs when Cousin Sophys house caught fire and saved her little girl, didnt you? It wasnt much of a Oh. well, dont apologize for It. Do you know, auntie, Im beginning to think youre a humbug? What are you talk"Land sakes! ing about? Why, the idea of your trying to persuade me that youre afraid of bullets. You may tell that to somebody that doesnt know yon, anntie wont go with me! fire" l. February FIRST AUTO IN BOGOTA. 9. The editors of the state were turned down cold by the members of the house when their bill to provide for the publication of session laws and the proceedings of county commissioners was killed, the enacting clause being knocked out. Four bills were passed: Authoriz ing recorders to take acknowledgements and administer oaths; appropriating 910,000 for investigation of 53 the proper use of irrigation water and the reclamation of alkali lands, provided that a like amount is given by the United States government;, making housebreaking, burglary in the second degree and applying it to the entering of rooms ta lodging-house- s with intent to steal. Prescribing the 'C'f J duties of state auditor. Six bills were passed by the senate, JCV as follows: Relating to judges acting 2ras attorneys; providing to whom process shall run from municipal courts; relating to preparation, settlement and signing of bills of exceptions; relating to motions and orders; Granting powers to boards of county commissioners to provide penalties for the violation of ordinances enacted by such boards. A night session was held in the On the Face of the Grand Mulets. house, the four bills being passed at tremendous billowy ocean of ice and the night session. snow. -- o 1 February 10. Following bills were passed by the No. 38 Changing the time house: for taking school census in cities and towns from July to October. No. time for taking school census in country districts from July to No. 87 Pequirtng work to October. be performed on mining claims within ninety days from the date of location. In the senate Representative Luthers bill, providing for mileage and per diem of persons summoned as Jurors in Justices' or municipal courts, though not permitted to set as such was killed. The following new measures were introduced in the senate: By Larsen, to establish and maintain a trade school branch of the Agricultural cortege to Sanpete county. By Lawrence, Uj request, authorizing cities of the first and second class to issue scrip. By Lawrence, relating to special taxes to cities. By Park, relating to state militia. By Park, amending present laws relating to state militia. By Calllster, by request, ntaking appropriation for Utah Dairymens association. Adjournment was taken until Monday at 2 p. m. Exorcise the Devil. On August 1 each year the people of Val di Rose, to rural Italy, gather In the public square and elect the most intelligent man to officiate at the exorcising of the devil. An effigy of the evil one is attached to a fire balloon and liberated, after which the peasantry believe they will.be free from malign influence for the rest of the year. Japanese Naval Crews. The average age of the Japanese Nothing Doing In Manchuria, as Both naval crews Is lower thru that of the Sides Are Resting. navy. No one over The lull to operations to Manchuria men In any other old is accepted for enyears twenty continues. General Kuropatkin reports listment The average hlght is 5 feet the continuation of severe frosts. A '4 inches less than that of any other correspondent . at Tslnkhetchen de- navy. scribes a daring raid by a small RusPasteboard Resists Bullets. sian detachment across the Taitse At some firing experiments by the communications the river, threatening Swedish government the bullets failed between Liao Yang and Feng Wang to penetrate targets made of pastea and Cheng causing panic among the board three inches in thickness, yet General modKuropatkin Japanese. easily pass through planks five estly and laconically describes this they as an feat attack by tne Russian left. inches thick. To Survey the Philippines. CRAMP FAITH LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. IS RENEWED. Workmen in St. Petersburg Are Fighting for an Eight-Hou- r Day. PASSENWARNED MOTORMAN St Petersburg is again face to face GERS CAR WAS RUNNING AWAY. with a renewal of the labor upheaval, the immediate incitement being the failure of the workmen to secure payWhile Two Jump and Are Injured, ment for the time they were out on Those Who Remained on the Car added to the fact that there has strike, Escaped Without a Scratch. been no adjustment of the demands which led to the strike last month. Through the parting of a brake The Putiloff iron works, where the chain on a Montavllla electric car, former strike originated, is playing says a Portland, Ore., dispatch, the the principal part. There are 30,000 motorman lost control of the car at a workmen already out within the megravel switch with a dead end. He tropolis district, and workmen at the opened the car door and warned all torpedo factory in Zolpino, eighteen the passengers to jump for their lives. miles distant, have Joined the strikers. Only two followed his advice, one a There Is a strong prospect of the movement extending. woman, who rolled down an embankby the Only energetic measures ment and was severely bruised; the troops and the police prevented the other a man, who fell on the track resumption Friday of the former tacbehind the car and received severe tics of the strikers marching from fac-- . cuts about the head. The passengers tory to factory andto Inducing or comlay down their pelling employees who remained in the car were un- tools. Thus far there has been no dishurt, the car coming to an abrupt stop order in St. Petersburg, and the aufrom striking the ties, at the end of thorities appear to have the situation the track. This is the same line on well in hand in this respect. It Is which one man was killed and thirty generally believed that such precautions have been taken as will preclude Injured last week. the repetition of the bloodshed of January 22. However, circumstantial reBIG BLAZE IN MOBILE. ports that the revolutionary element One Person Killed and Several In- is about to join with the strikers and are causing resort to jured in Fire Which Destroye grave apprehensions. Famous Hostelry. HOUSE OPPOSES STATEHOOD. Losses estimated at a million dol- tion. ' Mrs. Thomas foot. STRIKE to the face of the rock a rough shielding of stone and boards has been built where a bed and refreshments can be had. It Is to charge of a woman who ascends to the beginning of the season and remains there three months. World's Largest Store. The honor of possessing the greatest store in the world belongs to Russia. It Is situated to Moscow, covers twenty acres and embraces a thousand different establishments, each of which has its own proprietor. The place is, in fact, a sort of bazaar, consisting not only of shops on the ground floor, but also on, three floors above It. The merchandise offered for sale is described as of fabulous value it amounts, to fact, to millions of dollars. The prices of the wares are not marked. The Russians are much given to bargaining for and cheapening the goods they buy, and in buying It the bazaar most of them negotiate with the tradesman much in the Oriental fashion. . Strange Animal Found in Oregon. L. A. Newton, the telephone man, yesterday morning received from Waterloo a curiosity in the shape of a dog. The animal seems to be a cross between a shepherd dog and a little black bear. The head and face are those of the canine family, as are the fore feet; but the body and hind feet are those of a bear. The dog has one brown eye and one albino. His heavy coat of fur is black, with the white marking on neck and breast peculiar to certain breeds of shepherd dogs. The animal is kind and docile. His movements are those of the bear; the movements of the body when he walks cannot be distinguished from those of Bruin. Albany Herald. Costs Much to Remove Snow. Removing snow in New York city is a large item to the citys annual expense bill. It costs about $35,000 for every inch of recorded snowfall. Last year it cost the city $755,000 to remove tho snow from the streets. Confetti in Paris. It is estimated that the Parisians The average fail in New York is 30 alone spend $120,000 on confetti Inches, but though the snow season has begun, 23 inches have fallevery year. The total weight of con- hardly fetti sold to Paris in a year has been en this winter, and the cost this seaestimated at more than a thousand son promises to reach considerably over $1,000,000. tons. What Passengers Leave. Last year forgetful passengers left .in trains on the London & Northwestern. railway 417 hats, caps and bonnets, 617 umbrellas, nine sunshades and 191 walking sticks, besides heaps jof rugs and bags. Dispossessed Large Coon. White chopping at Munroe, Conn., Patrick Gorman felled a hollow maple tree which was the temporary home of a coon weighing 17 pounds. The pelt is now among Gormans prized possessions. Excited Crowds Greeted It and Streets Were Blocked. at BoA. G. Snyder, consul-genergota, reports as follows, says the New York Times: Last week the first automobile made Its appearance upon the streets of Bogota and the excitement was unparalleled. Crowds have blocked the highways for squares, rendering t raffle almost impossible, and great interest has been aroused as to the possibilities that this mode of transportation may offer in the future. This automobile is an American machine, and some business may result from the present enthusiasm. I shall be pleased to receive catalogues from automobile manufacturers of the United States for filing in the reading room here. It is rumored that a concession is shortly to be given to a transportation company for the exclusive use of road, which leads from the' upper Magdalena river' to Bogota. Automobiles are to be used exclusively by this company. Antiquity of Hooks and Eyes. Hooks and eyes arc known to have been used as dress fastenings for at least a couple of centuries, and they may have been 'in use for 400 or 500 years, but the date of their Invention has never been traced. George H. Cliff, who is head of a big concern which manufactures all sorts of fastenings devices, has made the subject a matter of research and has found the hook and eye to its present form to have been to use early to the seventeenth century, to his travels through various lands he has examined many antique garments, hoping to trace the device still farther back, but, while the relics all were fitted with hooks and eyes, none of the garments was of earlier manufacture than the seventeenth century. In Westminster abbey Mr. Cliff came across a display of very ancient wearing apparel, which he hoped would throw further light on his researches. But the articles had been worn by royalty and the guard would not permit close Inspection. Not even an order of $5 for a look at the fastenings would tempt him. So far as Mr. Cliff could see at a distance, lacing was the method of fastening used to the garments, which were of twelfth and thirteenth century design. Philadelphia Record. Faint Praise. Senator Depew, qt a recent convei tion of railroad men, had occasion t introduce a well known speaker froi the West. to making introductions, he bi gan, ft Is possible to say some ver pleasant and agreeable things. I ai always pleasant and agreeable whe I make an introduction. I wouldn if I could, hurt the feelings to an way of the man whom I present. I this respect I differ from a certai Dakotan. This Dakotan arose ta s crowde hall to introduce a lecturer from Ne York. He swaggered to the front the platform, put hla hands in hi pockets, sneered, and said: Ladies and gents, I am call on to interduce this here man to yoi but I can only say two things in h favor. One is that he has never boe to jail. The other is that I dont kno why he hasnt. Souvenirs. Mate on sont les neiges dantan? Where is the glove that I gave to . Perfumed and warm from my armhirt night? And where Is the rose that another s When the land was flooded with 3 moonlight, And the satin slipper I wore? Alack Some one had thcit it was wroni fear. Where are those souvenirs Hut where are the snows of yes' year? The glove was burned at his next to' prayer. And the rose was lost In the tnlr tne street; And the satin slipper he tossed away. For his Jealous hrlde had not fairy f Give what you will, but know, mesdan For a day alone are your favors den Be sute tnr the next fair womans sal Theywm golike the snows s Anne Reeve Aldric; Wages Only Object Lots of men are hunting e berths, says a representative ft Tennessee, but multitudes of lal lng men who are compelled to e their bread by the perspiration of frontal sinus ought to be able to predate the simple beauty of this vertisement, which appeared in New Orleans paper:' Employri'ert Steady wo-- k not much note' nod wages. c. m. a |