Eau Claire Leader (Newspaper) - December 2, 1896, Eau Claire, Wisconsin WIS DECEMBER 21896 r EIGHT PAGES Some rare bargains are now offered close out the remainder of our now stock Fur Coats A good dog skin Formerly A good A Russian Buffalo Formerly A genuine Formerly A coon skin Formerly Overcoats for Men and Boys Now Now Now Now Now 749 998 1350 1650 2100 Union Ulster Formerly Fancy Formerly Black Irish Freeze Formerly Blue Formerly 10 Black or blue 10 Washington Beaver Formerly 12 Imported Formerly 20 Beat in the laud Formerly 26 Now 1 98 Now Now Now Now Now Now Now 349 549 598 598 749 1098 1393 Suits Union Suits Formerly All wool Cheviot Formerly 8 Fancy Cassimere Formerly 10 Dark and Black worsted Formerly 15 Best of all Formerly 18 All wool f5 275 75 Now 598 998 1275 Now Now Now Mens Underwear Good heavy Union Formerly Now Heavy 75 Now 49 All wool Heavy Ribbed Formerly 1 25 Now 89 All wool 250 Now 138 We have a small lot of mens shoes rub bersand pacs 11 ard of all kinds suitable for the which wu will sell you way below anything vet quoted Our entire stock must be closed out before Jan i Step in and examine our wares we will guarantee that we can save you money none can duplicate our prices AFFAIRS OF CUBA The President Said to Be Still Holding His Message to Congress Open ANNEXATION FAVORED Highest of aH in Leavening U S Govt Report Late Occurrences in the Cam Have Caused Him to Modify His Views But There Is No Warrant For Believing He Will Change Hrs Policy WASHINGTON Dsc there be only one more regular meeting of of to Become a Part of the United States WASHINGTON Dec Mr W Foster former secretary of state has returned to Washington from a six peeks visit to Hawaii whither he went as the representative of the Pa Cable company In speaking of his visit Mr Foster said The condition of business in Hawaii is flourishing The prosper and their future is bright The Pacific Mail has recently doubled its service sending a steamer twice a month instead of once as formerly and a new liue is soon expected to be estab by the Japanese which will touch at the islands on the way to Francisco The people of Hawaii wish bo Annexed to the United The present government has the ap proval of a majority of the native and there is no likelihood the cabinet before the assembling of that there ever will be a restoration of congress all the members were present to discuss those portions of the message of the president that relate to the business of their respective With one exception the message is practically complete and awaiting only a few finishing touches the monarchy The English and Ger man element however are opposed to annexation to the United States be cause they believe it will interfere with their contract labor and so affect their interests commercially The present government in its ad This exception is most important for ife is giving satisfaction NILS CO North Barstow Street IT IS DISTURBING Decision of the Federal Supreme Court in a Montana Murder Case Which Will Be Likely to Give Many Prisoners Their Liberty State Has Jurisdiction Over Crimes on Reservations Ex cept as to Wards the jurisdiction of the state courts and if released those courts could take jurisdiction of and try and determine their cases on their merits If the evidence to convict them cannot be reproduced they would con sequently go free The Draper case so far as the results are concerned is by far the greatest criminal case ever tried m Montana THE CASE DISMISSED Great HELENA Mon Dec telegram from Washington states that the United States supreme court had reversed the Draper murder case which was ap pealed from this city The reversing of the case gives Draper a new trial and not only that but it takes the case out of the United States court and throws it into court One of the points in the appeal was that the United States court had no juris diction in the matter and it was on this point the new trial was Not the Proceeding It is the first time the United States supreme court has ever had this juris diction matter brought to it and in handing down the opinion it did it es a precedent which is in con with the federal courts in such matters It will be remembered that Pleasant Draper about a year ago shot and killed Turner on the Crow Indian reservation Both were employed at the agency at the time Draper was tried inthis city before Judge Knowles in the United States court found guilty and sentenced to be hanged His attorneys appealed to the United States supreme court for a new trial one of their points being that the federal court had no jurisdiction to try the case that the only cases which courts can try are those in of Superior Cannot Tax Northern Elevators WEST SUPERIOR Wis Dec I Judge Vinje in circuit court granted the defendants motion for a dismissal in the case of J S Bishop against the assessors in the city of Superior Bishop instituted mandamus proceedings to compel the assessors to place upon the tax rolls of the city the elevator plant of the Great Northern The case was on trial for four days and the plaintiff had finished its side when the motion for dismissal was granted Corrigan Lost the Land ALBANY N Y Dec The court of appeals has decided against Arch bishop of New York who wa the defendant and appellant in tho suit which was won by Marie Upping ton in the lower court whereby she gains title and possession of 32 lots o laud in New York city The property is valued at over and do to the Catholic church upon con ditions The held the condition not fulfilled in the River DES Dec The bodies of Eddie Bean aged IS years and John Jr y years old who disap Saturday were found in the river at noon They were last seen go ing up The river together Saturday afternoon at 4 oclock The river was full of skaters all day and it was sup posed by their parents that the boys had run off concerns the treatment of the Cuban question In the natural order of things this subject coming under the head of foreign relations would occupy a most prominent place in the very tbe ginning of the so might expected to receive early treatment at the hands of the president Still a Gap in the Message There is still a gap in that part of the message however notwithstanding several efforts have been made to close it up for the varying phases of the campaign now in progress iu Cuba have made it necessary to change consider ably the views the president and Sec desire to lay before con gress in that connection and probably it will not be until the end of aud at the very last moment tnat the missing paragraphs will be supplied Of course any expression of opinion to the nature of the presidents views respecting Cuba are only speculative at present but so far there can be found no warrant for the assumption that he has determined upon any decided change in the policy tp be pursued by the administration in fhis matter Yet this government is only temporary and the people want to be annexed to the United States The members of the government are pledged to it and the present constitution of the republic expresses this expectation So it is the general belief that the matter should be decided at an early date if possible THE NEEDS OF CANADA RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES St Gazette the Government to Consider Them Seriously Dec the course of an editorial article of revision in the United States and Canada The St James Ga zette urges the government to give con sideration to the of Canada which it says constitute a question of infinitely more importance than those attaching to Guiana and South Africa The St James Gazette article ues would be well before it is too late for the government and ment to consider whether the Domin ion has received the attention it de serves The consolidation of the empire is an absolute necessity yet nothing is doing to accomplish what Mr Chamberain long ago promised What has he done and what is he go ing to do for Canada Continuing The St James Gazette points out Canadas temptations and Lacs Receiving Annuities Long Ago Due Them j LITTLE FALLS Minn Dec Nate Richardson who has for years transacted the business and acted in the capacity of a confidential adviser for the Mille Lacs tribe of Chippewa Indians received a letter from Head Chief stating that he had been notified that the Indians would receive a payment of the an due them on Monday The annuity amounts to per head including squaws and children Unpaid For Six The Mille Lacs Indians have not been paid annuities for six years and it is thought that the reason for withhold ing payments was the desire of the de to induce the Indians to re move to the White Earth reservation and accept land in severalty The Indians have resisted all efforts toward removing them and still refuse to go and it is now evident the depart ment has given up the idea and will give them their payments at Mills Lacs AS EXTENSIVE OPERATOR Disastrous and Fatal Wreck on Pacific HELENA Mon Dec freight train of 80 curs loaded with lumber andt shingles going west got beyond on a heavy grade east of the Mul len tunnel on the Northern railroad and ran away Twentysix cars were scattered along a distance of eight miles where tho engine left track Ed Jarbeau head brakeman was thrown down an embankment with several cars and killed Fireman Young jumped and escaped with a broken col lar severe and other injuries Engineer John leg was broken besides internal injuries Conductor John thigh is broken his back wrenched and his shoulder thrown out of joint For a distance of eight miles the track is badly torn np and it will be 48 before the damage is repaired In tha meantime through trains are sent around by way of It is the worst wreck ever known on the North ern Pacific railway in point of damage to track and rolling stock Richard C Arrested In New York on Forgery Charge NEW YORK Dec arrest which the police believe to be a very import ant one was mode in the general post office here The prisoner is Richard C Monks alias Wellington Thornewaite who is wanted for forgery in Bay City Mich and if the contents of his pock ets show anything he has been operat ing on a very extensive scale There were found on him biank checks on at least banks in states all the way from Texas to Maine He alo carried a punch such as is used in banks for punching checks aud a loaded revol ver Monks will be held to await ex tradition papers BURIED Government Deficit For November Wan a Trifle Over Eight WASHINGTON Dec compara tive statement of the receipts and ex of the United States shows to the alleged boast of the Anglophobe that during November the total American papers that she has no chance receipts were and the ex The receipts for the five months of the fiscal year amount to and the ex The deficit for the month of November therefore is and for the five months even of a customs union until Canada joins the United States CAPTURE OF General Garcia Gives Details of the Battle NEW YORK Dec Pal ma as compared with of the Cuban junta has received a let 33 for the corresponding five months ter from the camp of General Calixto of last year The receipts from cus Garcia giving details of the capture of toms during November amounted to by the insurgents The let from internal revenue ter says that not only did Garcias 103828 and from miscellaneous sources army capture the town but enough arms and ammunition to fit out 400 re General Garcias army Cum bered nearly 5000 men Ho attacked the fort using two cannon with frood effect He drove the Spanish troops This is a loss in customs as compared with November 1695 of a gain from internal revenue of and a gain of from miscellaneous sources Describes Lockjaw AntiToxin WASHINGTON Deo 1 a special report to the state department upon the discovery of Professor Bering of theria antitoxin fame and Knorr of Marburg of a cure for lock jaw United States Consul Mason at Frankfort describes at length the meth ods of preparation and application nfj from their position occupied tho town which was later destroyed by tho torch In the battle ISO Spaniards were taken prisoners arms and ammunition captured were 123000 cart 1 ridges 200 Mauser rifles 160 Reming 1 ton rilles and 2 field pieces Burned CARLTON Minn Doc 1 Moose Lake the Moose Lake House and building and residence both owned by Joseph King also the saloon and resi dence of W Thompson were totally destroyed by fire Loss insur ance Next Grand Army Encampment BUFFALO Dec l The national council of administration of the G A R with Clarkson in the chair held a meeting during the afternoon It was decided by the com to have the encampment in Buffalo the week beginning Aug Absconding Treasurer SEYMOUR Wis Dec 1 Treas W M Muehl who disappeared seven weeks ago leaving the city finances in a serious tangle has re turned He declares that he is ready to lake the consequences of his course Where Muehl has been is not known Remains of of Chill Re moved From Their Obscure Local on NEW YORK Dec dispatch from Valparaiso Chili says The body of the late President Balmaceda has been in the cemetery at Santiago Great pomp attended the at the tomb More remarkable still was the popular observance of the burial More than 10000 persons attended the body from the obscure place in which it had been interred m to tho prepared by that family in the cemetery Balmaceda after his sudden death ta September laDL was hastily buried m a secret place to of the grave by political enemies SETTLERS SUFFERED Storm Waa Very Severe 00 the Dakota FARGO N D Dec re ports of the late storm show it to have been far more serious than was at first anticipated Drifts in the cuts are from six to fourteen feet deep and frozen like ice mixed with sand Dynamite used to loosen it up The Southwestern to Lisbon and Edgeley is still frozen up aud people in towns the line are out of wood aud coal and there seems no prospects of opening np the road for three or four days Small towns along the main line are also out of fuel In the wreck of a snow plow John fireman had a broken head badly scalded and received injuries SNOW PLOWS COLLIDED Sentenced for Manslaughter FAIRMONT Minn Dec the new serum with a full history of u case of of agains typical case under treatment and rek Carl Krett for the murder of Oliver how the preparation may be governments wards are interfered with or are interested in The United States supreme court decided in their favor Many The decision will disturb the tion of the federal courts in cases which it has heretofore always taken tion over Heretofore when a white man killed another on the reservation the United States court tion of it and thia decision practically decides that state courts have tion over such offenses as disturb or interfere with the of the Indians upon the res Under this decision the confinement of many prisoners at Deer Lodge is illegal and when they desire they can take advantage of the situa tion and and get released upon habeas corpus proceedings But then their case Illinois Militia Will March CHICAGO Dec Tribune says The First regiment Illinois National Guard will march in the inaugural parade on March 4 Their place in the the federal I precession will be near the presidents which the personal escort John M Tanner will ride at the Illinois militia head of tUe obtained Chicago Capitalist Injured Los ANGELES Dec 1 result of a headend collision between two electric cars near Pasadena P E Frost a Chicago capitalist lies at the Westminster hotel in thi city m a critical condition He wa pinned n the wreck and sustained a fracture cf the right leg above the knee His tc r was badly crushed and his head cut broken glass Wilbur the jury having brought in n verdict of manslaughter in the Judge M J Sev sentenced Carl to the state prison for 1J and t months 1 A recount of the auditor has been granted by court on demand of T H Martin present incumbent of An Old AInti Sentenced OCONTO Wist Dec 1 Samuel Dodge convicted of criminal assault on a young girl WIIK sentenced to 18 in prison He wept like a sentence was passed Ho old child is bU Distributing Strike HAMBURG Deo i The distribution of strike funds has bepran Seven thou sand men are receiving aid About 14500 are now on strike The of the upper Elbe hava decided not to strike One Man Killed and Two Badly FARGO N D Doc accident on the Northern Pacific just beyond Oriska is much more serious than at reported Two snow plow got their orders mixed was a when j terrible collision in which oneman shoveler Hans Hanson of Maple ton was instantly killed acd two men und Uvo men seriously if not A Great Feast ST Lours Dec Christmas feast the like of which 1 never L of ore been seen in St Lo will be given by the Salvation Army Christ maday Preparation are i mir made to feed and cers aro now in parch of a naii large enough to accommodate above number the who defeated votes by J F Hynes Largest on Record BUFFALO Dec the opening of navigation to tne close of the pres ent month lake receipts at this port have been Flour barrels grain 154411742 Increase over last year Flour 1000000 barrels grain 50000000 bushels The of grain are the largest in the history of the port Bryan California Elector SACRAMENTO Cal Dec re turns from Santa Clara county com the state show that Martin Bryan elector has defeated Flint McKiniey elector by 429 votes ThU gives McKiniey eight from California and Bryan one Looking Toward ft Monetary Convent Dfc 1 the r to he preliminary conta in this city called by the local bear trade looKin toward a national tary convention responded except two President the Ind by eight To BUFFALO Dec 1 Tenders were opened during for the construction of tho extension of the breakwater in harbor There were many bidders The work is to cost in the neighborhood of It will be several days before the pro can be figured out BITS OF NEWS und BRUSSELS Dec l The burgomaster and sheriffs have resigned owing to the adoption by the communal council of a proposal fixing the minimum wage of communal employes at three francs per day board delegates ol welcomed u Increase In ST PAUL Deo I Minnesota rai roads but cne have submitted for mal statements of earnings and ex penses for the year ending June liO to the railroad commission which will have its annual report ready thi When the commissioners carry work of footing ap totals to com they will find it u thought that all roads combined show an in crease in groat earnings of over 15 pei cent as compared with those of a year ago Over 6000 tons of steel rails have been delivered at Duluth for the Great Northern road en route to Japan Martin Sanaker cashier of the Bank of Fisher Minn suicided by shooting He was despondent His accounts all right The French monetary commission has pronounced in favor of a nickel issue M director of the mint opposes thia decision Be Killed Little BROWNS VALLEY Minn Dec Nathan Lampson who resided on farm about miles from thia city in Roberts county S D died at the age of 96 years and 1 months During the Indian outbreak in Minnesota in 1862 Mr Larapson resided on a farm in McLeod county HB known tt fame as the man who killed the great leader of the Sioux Crow Friend J pay Daub I suppose you heard about our bouse being broken into the other night No I hadnt heard Did they take much Friend A of watches some a suit of clothes and its a fun ny thing but yon know that picture you painted mo cut it out of the frame anH Artist excitedly Jiy Jupiter fM mm yti dont say Why my Yes Friend Ami nipped off with thn frame Aft 1st Ah did they Itn rather fan ny isnt it Friend Good duy Week Committee ST LOUTS Dec I Comptroller Isaac H Sturgeon appointed a Cu ban relief According to he ifm fni t fee is or iranize u to the in every lawful manner alleviate caused by th war mid help them to secure a share of r of and prosperity L ire the inalienable jf every on the American continent Will ALBANY N Y DiC of the Fayerweather will case befort the state o appeals wan by Edward C who appears for widow executors and next of kin The the case will con sumo two or three days Over a dozen col leges are interested in the decision of the case What to Eat The carpenter hardtack tho watch maker minute padding the printer pi tho wheelman the sterer stuffing the plumber long ed snipe the blacksmith hammered the banker golden the balloonist angl food the clown ca pers the lady fingers the shoemaker solea the political speaker own words tbe bummer swallows the the tramp any old thing Up to Date November a Jold Month Dec 1 meteor record for November 1800 com piled by William Cheney United Stutes weather bu reau hows that the November just passed cold being one tion November 1880 the coldest No on record for this locality and 8 deg colder than the average Novem ber for years The mean lor the month was 212 deg Take No Substitute Gail Bordeu Eagle Brand of
