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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE i IIlA I HAKE, Proprietor. " TERMS :1.28 IN'ADVANCB. WORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA i I THE NEWS IN BRIEF. About Boventy-flvc cases of small-pox exist at Flak, Mo. John D. Rockefeller 1ms given $100, 000 to Vassur collcgo nt Potighkecpslo, K. Y for a new dormitory. Frederick Mctz, Sr., president of tho llctz Bros. Drawing eompuny und a pioneer citizen of Omaha, died, aged 74 years. Carroll Carrlngton, a veil known newspaper man and writer of short stories, 1b dead In San Francisco, of pneumonia. Tho city of Dresden, Germnny, lias contracted with n syndicate of bank ers for a fifteen million murks loan at four por cent. Ocn. RubscI A. Alger, as head of tho Algcr-Sulllvan syndicate, will build a model town near I'cnsacola on tho model of Pullman, 111. John 15. Dubois, a wealthy lumber man and mine owner of Dubdls, Pa., has given $1,000,000 to tho Dunham Medical Institute of Chicago. William J. llryan passed through Chicago on his way to Buffalo, N. x. Between trains Mr. Bryan received a number of calls from Democratic pol iticians. Tho Hamburg-American steamship lino boo ordcrd two steamers, each of 7,000 tons, from tho Vulcan Ship Building company, of Bremen, for ita West India lino. General Weylcr, minister of war in tho new Spanish cabinet, asserts that ho will tiso all his energy In tho re organization of tho nrmy In order to render It useful for acrvlco in all cir cumstances. Tho state department gives emphntlc denial to tho statement iu a London nowapapor thnt tho United States ad dressed a note "almost threatening la tono" to Denmark regarding tho lat ter'a West Indian possessions. Every day slnco William Oehlstrom died, twenty-two years ago, his widow knolt on his gravo in tho Scranton cemetery, Cleveland, O., and prayed that sho might bo taken to him. Sun day her prayer was answered. Alfred Droyfim returned to Switzer land Tuesday after a stay in Paris, during which ho corrected tho proofs of tho book ho has completed, entitled; "Flvo Years of My Life, dealing with his imprisonment on Devil's Island. Alexander Craw, quarantlno ofllcor or tho California state board of hor ticulture, has recolved from Australia a box contains soveral million Tachlna lilea, which will bo llboratod in tho San Joaquin valley to exterminate Grasshoppers. Tho Omaha & St. Louis Railroad ban closed a contract with tho Omaha Bridgo and Terminal company, where by in futuro It will furnish that road all its terminal facilities) in Omaha and South Omaha for both freight and passonger traffic. Tho treasury department has lBnucd a warrant in favor of Admiral Goorgo Dewey for $9,7C0 on account of prlzo monoy found to bo duo him from tho court of claims for tho destruction of tho Spanish fleet In Manila harbor, May 1, 181)8. According to tho figures prepared by United States engineers, tho defeat of tho river and hnrbor bill will ulti mately thrown nt least 10,000 men out of employment In tho Memphis terri tory, oxtendlng from Cniro, 111., to Vicksburg, Miss. Tho treasury dopartmont has Is sued a warrant in favor of Admiral Goorgo Dowoy for $9,570, on account of prize money found to bo duo hlra from tho court of clnlms for tho de struction of tho Spanish floot in Ma nila harbor, May 1, 1898. Tho London Board of Trado Journal warns British manufacturers that tho reports of a British commercial agent In tho United States show thnt Amer ican boots and shoes nro capturing markets whoro Bltlsh goods ought to have a practical monopoly. Judge Neely entered an ordor dis solving tho Injunction restraining tho Chicago Packing & Provision company from distributing its assots. Tho company decided to go out of business some Umo ago, and wuh planning to distribute its assots among tho stock holders. Tho stock is divided into 20, 000 shares of preferred and 20,000 shares of common stock. Tho German government has ordered 300 barrels of California brnndly for uso by its array and navy. Senator Cullom guvo notlco of an amondmont ho will propose to tho sundry civil appropriation bill pro viding for a revenue cutter for Ha rwallnn watorB at a cost not to exceed $250,000. James U Mcintosh, Jr., a prominent young attorney of Sidney, Nob., has been confirmed by tho sonnto na re ceiver of public monoy at Sidney, Nob. Tho momorial to Queen Victoria, BUggcBted by the committee of minis tors and former ministers and approved by King Edward, Is to bo a monument. Dr. Thomas O'Hollly, 71 years old, died of tho grip. Ho pructlcod medi cine In St. Louis for tlfty-two yours. Tho monthly Btntomuut of tho pub lic debt shows Unit at tho close of buslnoss Fobruury 28, 1901, tho debt less cash In tho trensury, amounted to $1,087,019,501, a docreuHo for tho month or $7,570,37-1. W. C. Clark, agod G2, former secro ,tary of state, accidentally fell down stairs at Denver, Colo., breaking hla necR. Tho Copenhagen, Denmark, munic ipality has given notlco of tho Issuo of a communal loan of 20,000,000 kroner. Tenders will bo open until March 12, Gon, Aaron S. Duggot, recently ap pointed brigadier genoral of lho army, has been retired. Stephen Miller Gladwin, one of tho founders of tho Curow Mnuufucturlng Co., of Holyoke, Muss., and long Ident ified with tho paper industries of tho country, died at his homo iu Leonla, N. J. Ho was 80 years old. FRICTION AT 'UN TSIN Russians' Domand Given Defiant Snub by tbo British. WALDERSEE ANNOUNCES POSITIONS Informs Clmffea of the I)lxnltlon lie Intend to Make of tho Troop Under 111 Command Jnpaucae and Austri an Troop' Movement. IX)NDON, March 13. Friction has arisen nt Tien Tsln between tho Brti lsh and tho Russians over a plcco of land alleged to belong to tho railway company and to havo been in posses sion of the company for some yenrs. According to dispatches from Tien Tsln the Russians assert that tills land Is part of their now concessions and therefore Russian property. Mr. Kinder, manager of tho railway, began to make u siding, but was stopped by tbo Russian authorities. Ho appealed to Colonel McDonald, who referred tho matter to General Barrow, British chief of Btaff in Pe kin, who replied: "Carry on tho eld ing with armod forco if necessary." Guards woro put on tho lino by tho British and tho work continued. Gen eral Wagasak, the Russian command er, protested and said tho thing would not havo been dono If tho Russians hnd had as many troops nB tho British, adding thnt such matters should bo left to diplomacy. Colonel McDonald ngaln communi cated with General Barrow, who tele graphed: "Contlnuo the siding." Goneral Wagasak, vory Indignant, appcalod to tho RiiBslan minister at Pckln, M, DeGlers. Count von Waldorsee haB Informed Genoral Chaffco that the troops under his command will bo dlsposod of as follows during tho summer months: England will havo 1,000 men at the summer palncc, a small detachment in Hunting park and 2,000 mon near Chnng Chow on tho Pol Ho. Germany -will send the troops now In Pekln to a vlllngo northwest of tho summer palaco in tho mountains, while the Germnn troops nt Pao Ting Fu will bo located in tho mountains west of tho. cty. Italy will draw hor troops from that part of the summer palaco which somo of her forces now occupy. Count von Waldcrseo sayB that, as by such locations of troops any and nil troublo can bo avoided, ho sees no causo for interference. TREATIES MAY BE EXTENDED. Tlmo on TIiohb Concerning Ilrltlih Wet N Indian Colonlr. WASHINGTON, March 13. It Is prohablo that tho tlmo for ratifying tho treaties with Great Britain re specting reciprocity with tho British West Indian colonics will bo extended during Uio present week for a period of ono year or eighteen months in order thnt tho treaties may bo con sidered by tho senato next December. It was at first thought that tho West Indian treaties lapsed at tho closo of tho congrcBS, hut It now appears that four of them thoso on British Gulann, Jamaica, Turks and Cacos islanda and Bormuda contlnuo In cxlstenco until March 10, wnllo the BarbndOos treaty hna until Juno 8 within which ratifi cation can bo mndo. Following the ex tension of the. tlmo of ratlllcatlon of tho French treaty tho BrllUh author ities intimated a dcslro to havo similar notion taken upon tholr treaties. As the request -was granted to Franco, tho samo courso doubtless will bo pur sued as to Great Britain. IS IN DEATH'S GRASP. Former 1'reMdent Darrrlion'a I.lf May KnI at Any Moment. INDIANAPOLIS. March 13 At 2:30 a. m. tho condition of Goenrnl Harri son romalns tho samo as it was slnco tho last previous bulletin Issued at 1 o'clock, Ho remains unconscious, and is breathing with dlfllculty. Tho num bor of his resplrntlons has increased to a slight extent, but not enough to cnuso additional alarm to tho physi cians watching at tho bedside. It is apparent to ovory wutchor that tho general Is fighting for his life. Evory breath comes with a struggle. Tho doctfirs aro mnrvollng nt tho wondor ful constitution which Is nblo to ro Blst tho Blowly but constantly Increas ing lnllammatlon. Tho trained nurses and Dra. Jameson, Hadloy and Dor soy nro constantly wntehlng for tho slightest change either for tho worso or bettor. IlnninrV ICiertltlnn Kiprcted. KEARNEY, Nob., March 13. Sher iff Funk returned this afternoon from Lincoln with Frank L. Dlnsmoro, who has boon kept at tho stnto ponltentlnry. DlnBinoro wns glad to got back. In fact, ho did not Uko tho Idea of go ing to Lincoln In tho first place. Tho, wouthor was bad, consoquontly thero was but a smnll crowd gathered nt tho Burlington depot to sco tho man who probably will hang for tho murder of Fred Lnuo at 0lessa ovor a your ago. Cabinet Meeting Uneventful. WASHINGTON, March 13. Tho cabinet ineotlng today was uneventful, nothing of Importance being consid ered. Tho answer of tho British gov ornmont to tho sonato ainundmonts to tho Hay-Pauncefoto treaty was not dis cussed. Hem Curio. Ilii Nut Abdicated, MARSEILLES, March 13. Don Jul mlo, son of Don Carlos, tho Spanish protondor, arrived hero today on board tho steamer Iaos, from China. Ho de clared It untrue that his father had abdicated hla clulris to tho Spanish throno in favor of himself. Ho said ha had como homo, not to talk ovor tha political situation, but to rost from tho fatlguo of tho campaign In the province of Po Chi LI, whoro ho had taken part iu tho capturing of tho Pol Tang forts. TELEGRAPH WITHOUT WIRES. Weather Iturenu Hope to Operate Over Iliatnnce of OOO Mile. WASHINGTON, March 13. Secre tary Wilson of the Agricultural depart ment Is pushing the wireless telegraph expcrlmenta along tho Virginia and North Carolina coasts. Tho work is being dono by Secretary Wll6on'a di rection under tho immediate supervi sion of Prof. Willis L. Mooro, chief of tho Weather Bureau. Prof. Mooro mado this statement to thfj Associated Press today regarding success of the experiments so far conducted: "Tho most efficient method of long dlstanco transmission has ben found to bo from wlro cylinders. Tho now coast stations nro being equipped with cyl Indcra with sixteen wires each and 110 fot In length. From theso cylinders it Is expected to cover a mngnctic field of not less than 500 mile. Tho sta tions now In operation aro nt Hnttcras and nt Ronnoko Island, in tho Pamico sound, North Carolina. Workmen nro beginning tho construction of a station r.t Capo Henry, which will ho tho third station. When this Is finished the two remote stations will bo 127 miles apart. Tho thrco points now are connected by a government telegraph line, but this lino will bo abandoned on tho com pletion of tho Cnpo Henry PtnUon. This, incidentally, will savo the cx penso of maintenance of a half dozen ropalr stations." MORE HINTS AT PROTECTION. l'reddent of KuglUh Chamber a2 Com merce Imllcnte Change. LONDON, March 13. Presiding nt tho annual meeting of tho Associated Chambers of Commerco of the United' Kingdom which opened In London to day, Lord Avelbury foreshadowed changes in tho British tariff nnd urged, tho necessity of being preparwl to promote tho Interests of British com morco on tho termination of the pres ent treaties. Alterations, ho added, woro already being considered in the treaties wtlh Germany, Austria nnd Portugal, Ho was greatly Interested In tho out como of tho tariff war, which had sud denly broken out between tho United' States and Russia. Naturally, ho said, America regarded as n marked bounty tho Russian system of aiding tho ex portation of the surplus beet sugnr. The wholo dlsputo illustrated the com plicated questions -which aroso when It was attempted to npnly protection gen erally. As far as Greet Britain wa concerned, It would enter into negotia tions, not wishing to hnmper or cur tall Its commerce with Its neighbors, but rather to promote It, being con vinced that commonrco benoflta both buyers nnd sollers. On tho motion of Mr. Walton, M. P.. tho meeting passed a resolution to the effect that, reparation for tho recent ovonts In China should bo sought in Increased facilities for trado rathor than in money Indemnity. ARMY IN HEALTHY CONDITION. Chief Surgeon Give Htittlitlc of Sol dier' Slckne. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 13. Surgeon General Sternberg has received a re port from Colonel Greenleaf, chief sur geon of tho Division of tho Philip pines, giving somo Interesting statis tics in regard to tho health of the. army in that quarter. Tho report is dated Manila, January 15 last. At that tlins tho strength of tho command was 07,415 and tho per centage of sick was 7.49. Tho consoli dated wokly report of hospitals in Ma nila and tho military hospitals In tho division show 2,400 sick, of which 390 woro cases of malarial fover, 328 dys ontnry, 253 wounda und lnjurlea, etc. Thoro wero eighty-three dentha among tho troops during tho month onded January 15. Colonol Greenleaf says that ho re gards tho health of the command as good. Milk Adulteration. In Iohb. DBS MOINES, March 13. Dairy Commissioner Norton is sending out circulars to tho milk dealors in tho cities of Iowa calling attention to tho fact that tho lawB of Iowa mnko no distinction as to whether or not ndul tcrnnts placed In milk aro deleterious or good, but that the laws absolutely forbid adulteration of milk In any way. A great many of tho milk deal ors of tho stato havo gotten into tho habtl of using preservatives in their milk. This is unobjectionable from tho Btnndpolnt of health, and laws for bid It. Ilonr to (let Hatter Term. LONDON, March 13. Tho Dally Nowb Hits morning makcB tho follow ing Important statement: "Wo understand that tho govern ment has greatly modified the uncon ditional surrender policy. Wo bollovn Lord Kitchener has boon authorized to offor amnesty to both tho Hours and the Boer tenders, oxcopt where troachery Is clearly proved. Capo reb els only aro to bo punished by dis franchisement. Knlolde of a Hern, SIDNEY, Neb., March 11. John R. Murphy, a passenger on Union Pacific, shot and killed himself with n 38-call-bro Smith & Wesson revolver. Ho fired two shots from tho rovolvor, tho first ball glnnclng, nnd tho second struck tho frontnl bono on tho right side, nnd passed Into tho brain. Tho bullet nlso destroyed tho right oyo. Ho had two discharges from Amorlcnn nnd British navies. Carnegie still (living. NEW YOltK, Mnrch 13. Andrew Cnrnoglo has promlsod to glvo Yon kors, N. Y $50,000 for a public library building, tho city to guarantee $5,000 annuallv for support SYDNEY, C. B., March 13. Androw Cnrnoglo Iiub offorod $15,000 for n pub lic library building horo, tho city to gunrantco ?1,C00 annually for mainte nance NEWCASTLE, Pn., Mnrch 13. An drow Cnrnoglo hns offorod $40,000 for a public library here, tho city to guar antee $4,000 annually for support. THE TREATY REJECTED British Government Formally Turns Down tho Senato Amendments. NOTE FRIENDLY BUT NOT FINAL I'reaent Proposition Imponllile of Ac ceptance, Hut Other Negotiation Mar Ho Kailly Opened on till Hlile of the Witter. WASHINGTON, March 12. No op portunity offered this afteroon for the confcrcnco between tho president nnd Stcrotary Huy respecting tho nnswer of tho British government to tho Stnto department's communication reciting tho action of tho senato upon the Hay Pnuncefoto treaty, which reply waB roturnod at noon today. Thercforo it cannot bo stated what action, if any, will bo taken by our government. It Is stated that thero is no hurry, even In tho ovont that It shall bo decided to invito Great Britain to Join In frcah negotiations as to an isthmian canal, congress not being in session to con sider a treaty If ono should bo framed. Tho belief seems to bo warranted that thero will bo no further negotiations on tho subject in the Immediate fu ture, unless some event not now fore seen by tho offlclnls causes a radical change In the situation. 'or tho present the text of tho Brit ish answer will bo withheld from pub lication, on this sldo of tho water at least, though It is said that after tho president has thoroughly considered tho matter some general statement may bo mado na to tho polnta dovcloped. Tho British nnswer Is quite long, ns such documents go, and would mnko about two newspaper columns. Tho tono of tho reply is distinctly friendly throughout, particularly so In tho con cluding nssuranceB of good will and a dcslro to co-opernto In tho realization of this undertaking. Although tho text Is withheld, it Is understood thnt tho answer takes up each of tho three amendments made by the senato and presents tho difficulties In tho wny of assenting to them. As to tho amend ment which struck out nil that clause of tho treaty inviting othor marltimo nations to concur in the neutralizing of tho canal, the British vlow is that whilo tho United States and Great Britain can bind themselves by treaty to neutralize tho canal, the canilot make this action binding on nil othor governments, unless these governments concur. As to tho entire abrogation of tho Clnyton-Bulwer treaty, as provided by ono of tho sonato amendments, It ap pears to be tho British view that such a stop is too far-reaching to bo taken without some negotiation In which tho British sldo of tho caso is represented. Tho so-called Davis amendment ap pears, however, to be tho chief ob stacle In tho wny of nn agreement, nnd while tho British nnswef makes no suggestion of nny further negotiation, it scorns to bo a fair Infcrenco from its genoral tenor that if a modification of this amendment could be secured thero prohnbly could bo nn nmendment upon tho othor points of difference. A reading of tho nnswer nlso makes it plain that whilo it does not make counter-propositions of proposo fur thor action, yet It does not preclude Buch action by laying down a course which will bo adhered to without tho slightest dovlatlon. On tho contrary, tho answer takes tho form of nn argu ment tending to show thnt tho amend ments proposed by tho sennto do not fairly consider 'tho various British In terests Involved, iiiyl that for that rca son thoy cannot bo nccepted in tho form presented. Thero is nothing pro omptory in tho tono of the answer. FROM HARRISON'S BEDSIDE. Midnight Uulletln Stntlng that Condition t I Unchanged. INDIANAPOLIS, March 12. At midnight Dr. Jameson loft tho Harri son homo, nftor having spent nearly three hours with his patient. Tho oth er two physicians wero present and effort was directed to relieving tho conjostlon In tho left lung. Dr. Jame son gavo out tho following state ment: "General Harrison's condition Is not changed from what It was early In tho evening. His strength la keeping up woll and his pulso Is strong. "Tho Inflammation of his lung has not spread any nnd thero Is no danger to bo approhonded unless tho Inflam mation does spread. "Tho talk abonut a crisis in Gen eral Harrison's condition is nbsurd. Thoro will bo no crisis; ho will olthor gradually grow better or ho will grow worso gradually, and will In tho same way grow wpakor. Ho is perfectly conscious nt this hour and Is now resting easily." TRY NATIVES FOR MURDER. Terrnrlilng Filipino Who Are Favorable to Amerlrun. MANILA, March 12. Tho trial of tho nine natives charged with having murdered Qulslmblng, presldonto of aClanibu, lwcauso ho wns friendly to tho Americans, discloses how tho In surgents terrorized tho natives ovon in territory occupied by tho Amerlcnns. Mombors of tho secret society known as Mandoducuta systematically nb- ducted and killed Filipinos favoring Amorlcnn rule. In two months tho Cnlamba Mandodueats killed forty nlno natives. Hawaii Munt Kxplnln, WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12. Sccrotary Hitchcock has culled on the governor of Hawaii for a report on the recont oloctlon of tho territorial sec retary from tho floor of tho loglslaturo. Tho territorial secretary was Booking to record tho proceedings there, nnd a resolution wna passed which forbids his entry on tho iloor on tho ground that It was contrary to tho prlnclplb of Independence of tho legislative and exccutlvo branches of tho government. DEATH IN A DOILER EXPLOSION. Four Score Employe Killed or llarned In u Laundry. CHICAGO, March 12. By tho explo sion of'a boiler in tho Dorcmus Btcom lanudry, on Madison Btroet, near Throop, on the West Sldo, shortly al ter 8 o'clock this morning tho entire building was wrecked. It is Btatod that about thirty girls and between fifty nnd sixty malo omployca wero burnod in tho ruins, which took flro. Twolvo glrla wero dragged from tho wrcckago beforo tho flro broko out, Thoy wero badly hurt. It la feared that tho others caught in tho crash of tho falling walla and Hying" timbers wero killed. A general alarm was turned in and hundreds of firemen attacked tho pile in a desper ate effort to drag tho unfortunates from certain death in tho flro. Tho building waa a two-story brick. Tho boilers which exploded wero lo cated in tho basement. Thero wero between seventy-flvo and ninety men and women employed In tho lanudry and they had Just gono to work. Reports of tho number of dead In tho ruins run all tho wny from six to twenty. It is known that thirty-six employes of tho laundry had entered tho placo before the explosion took placo, because tho automatic time keper in tho ruins showed that num ber of registered arrivals. Two or three wero entering at tho moment of tho explosion, making tho approxi mate total of forty omployca in and around tho bulldnlg. The list of Injured Includes several porsons residing in tho adjoining buildings, nearly all of which wero badly damaged. Tho most conservative estimate by tho pollco concedes that nt least threo porsons, dead or alve, nro still in the ruins, yot tho search for bodies In tho ruins camo to a sudden ond early in tho afternoon nnd tho work of rescue was entirely abandoned. Tho causo of tho cessation of tho search was a dispute between tho firemen and po llco ns to who waa responsible for tho recovery of any bodies -which might bo concealed beneath tho debris. Tho llremon Bald they had performed their whole duty and, gathering up their hoso, they retired from tho Bcene. The pollco said it was not their work to dig for bodies and nobody olso volun teorod to do tho work. GUARD GRAVE OF THE QUEEN. Boldler to Keep Wntch Over England' Late Rnler. NEW YORK, March 12. Apprehen alon appears to prevail at London, ac cording to a cablegram to tho Jour nal and Advertiser, as to tho possibil ity of an attempt to desecrate the mau8elcum at Frogmoro at which Queen Victoria is entombed. Not content with the strong guard of po llco that has until now kept watch over it, by order of tho king, the au thorities havo established a strong military post there, and soldlerB nre to assist tho pollco in futuro in keep ing guard over tho body of tho lato queen. That tho arrangement is to bo a permanent ono Is npparent from tho fact that a guard house of consider able dimensions la being built in tho immeuaite vicinity of tho mausoleum. RUSSIA IS PRESSING CHINA. Demand Immcdlnto Signing of Conven tion or More. I)rntlo Term. LONDON, March 12, Tho Times, in its Becond edition today, published a dispatch from Shanghai, March 11, saying: It is reported upon trust worthy authority that Russia has no tified China that unless tho Manchu rlan convention Is signed at an early date sho (Russia) will withdraw tho convention nnd substitute harder terms in tho place. Li Hung Chang declares that ho is powerless to resist and has appealed to the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan to intorveno In China's behalf. Consid erable uneasiness, In consequence of the extromo friction, Is believed to exist between tho Yangtso viceroys and Li Hung Chang. TO BE A NEW REVENUE DISTRICT, North and South Dakota Separated from Nehraika. WASHINGTON, March 12 Tho pres ident has issued an executlvo order cre ating a now Internal revonuo district by detaching tho states of North and South Dakota from tho Nebraska dis trict and mnklng them a separate col lection district. This order will gd into effect upon tho nppolntmcnt and qual ification of tho now collector. Hurllngton Hut Another. CHICAGO, Mnrch 12. Tho Tribune tomorrow will say: Tho Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern road, owned by John W. Gntes nnd somo ol his business associates, haB been sold to tho Burlington Bystem for a price said to bo nbout $4,000,000. The road Is a small ono, extending from Mollne, IU., by way of Rock Island and a largo bridgo tho Mississippi river to Davonport and Clinton, la. It covors a dlstanco of forty miles. Nation Jury Cannot Agree. WICHITA, Kan.. March 12. Tin Jury in tho caso of Mrs. Nation has failed to agrco and has been dis charged. It Is said thoy stood 7 to E for conviction. Mrs. Carrlo Nation has given bond again nnd was rolonscd from Jail to day. Her sureties aro C. H. Moore and J. B. Elroy. Mooro Is hor brother Mrs. Nation said sho will make hoi homo In Yopekn In tho futuro BRITISH REJECT AMENDMENT. Utterljr Ilefuae to Accept I'rovlfloii to tin Hny-I'anncefote Treaty. WASHINGTON, March 12. Tho an swer of tho British government to the amondmont to tho Huy-Pauncofott treaty, mado by tho sonnto, wns re ceived today by tho British ambassa dor nnd committed to Secrotary Hay. Tho contents of tho document Is a dig nified but a complete rejection of the sonato amondment and it reaves upon tho United States government tho re sponsibility for any further action that may bo deemed expedient. IRRIGATION OUT WEST Department of Agriculture Eevicwa tho Condition in Wyoming. CANADIAN METHODS ARE STUDIED Guiding Principle It Security of Title and Die of Available Water for I.mtlog UenelltH to Greatest Number 1'rogres of Work. WASHINGTON, March 11. Tho Dc pnrtment of Agriculture has Issued as bulletin No. 9G n paper entitled "Ir rigation Laws of tho Northwest Terri tories of Canada aud Wyoming," with discussions by J. S. Denuls, deputy commissioner of public works of Can nda; Frod Bond, stato engineer, of Wyoming, and J. M. Wilson, ngent and expert in the offlco of irrigation in vestigations at Cheyenne, Wyo. Tho bulletin was prepared undor tho direction of Prof. Ellwood Moad, irri gation expert in chargo of the offlco of Irrigation Investigations, who, In submitting tho subjoct matter of tho publications to tho Department of Agriculture stated: "This publication has been pre pared becnuao of n domand for in formation regarding tho Wyoming law and tho Canudlnn northwest irrigation net, both of which woro partially de scribed in bulletins numbered 58 and SO of tho offlco of experiment stations. Sovoral of tho western states arc now earnestly eeoklng for somo wny to put an end to tho litigation nnd contro versy nnd to provldo somo slmplor, cheaper and moro cffoctlvo method of establishing titles to streams than is possible through a resort to tho courts. Tho success which has attended tho operation of tho two lawa therein giv en mnkos them worthy of study nnd tho six principles noted ns having served as a guldo In tho framing of tho interpretation of tho northwest irrigation act nre believed to bo so sound and fundamental ns to bo worthy of goneral adoption. I bollovo tho publication of the bulletin will bo of service in pointing tho wny to much neoded reforms In many of tho arid states." Tho six principles upon which tho Canndlnn northwest irrigation law is based aro as follows: "First That tho water In all streams, lakss, ponds, springs or other sourceB Is Mio property of tho crown. "Second That this water may bo obtained by companies or individuals for certain described uses upon com pliance with tho provisions of tho law. "Third That tho uses for which water may be so acquired are "domes tic," "irrigation" and "other" pur poses, domestic purposes being limited to household nnd sanitary purposes, the watering of stock, tho operation of railways and factories by steam, but not tho salo of barter of water for such purposes. "Fourth That the company or In dividual ncquirlng water for irrigation or othor purposes shall be given a clear nnd IndiBputablo tltlo to such water. , "Fifth That holders of water rlghtB shall havo tho protection nnd nsslst anco of permanent government ofllclals In tho exerclBe of such rights. "Sixth That disputes or complaints regarding the uso or diversion of wnter shall bo reforred to and Eettled by tho ofllclals of tho government charged with tho ndmlnlstrntlon of tho net nnd thnt decisions bo glvort shall bo final and without appeal." Deputy Commissioner Dennis In his rovlow of the operation of tho Can adian northwest Irrigation act based upon thoso principles, gives briefly but comprehensively nn itnorosting (ac count of tho operation of tho law, which is in tho main successful. Ho concludes "thnt whilo tho Canadian laws relating to irrigation aro in their infnncy or formative stago and possi bly weak in many respects, tho guid prlnclplo nnd aim of theso laws is se curity of tltlo nnd tho uso of tho avail-, able water in such manner ns to bring tho grentest and most lasting benefit to tho greatest number." LI HUNG CHANG ILL AGAIN. Fhyalclnn Snyi III Life Hang by at Thread. PEKIN, March 11. LI Hung Chnng Is again seriously 111. and his physician snys hla llfo hanga by a thread. Prince Chlng nnd Earl LI seem to think that by spreading rumora of tho court's unwillingness to return to Pekln, unless this or thnt thing is dono, thoy can influenco tho delibera tions of tho ministers of tho powors. As a matter of fact, according to re liable reports from Sinn Fu, the im perial porsonnges nro extremely un comfortable at Slan Fu, where thoy llvo In tho house of tho governor, which is only a small structure. French mlsslonnrlcs who havo Just re turned hero from Slan Fu lo'lovo tho empress dowager would bring tho court back to Pekln on tho first offer of tho nllles having ns a basis tho ro moval of tho troops, except tho lega tion guards. Carter (Jlveri n I'oaltlnn. WASHINGTON, March 0. Former United Stntes Senator Carter of Mon tana has been nppolnted by tho pres ident n United States commissioner of tho St, Louis exposition. Ho has ac cepted tho ofTer. Tho position pays $5,000 a yoar. niMHtron Storm In Chlcngn. CHICAGO, March 11. Ono of tho worst wind storms of tho season struck Chlcngo yesterday nnd during tho two hours It wns at its height damaged property throughout tho city to tho extent of $175,000. Many heavy pinto glass windows wero blown in. Tele graph nnd telephono companies woro tho worst sufferers. Thousands of poles wero blown down and Chicago wna practically Isolated from tho west and northwest'by telephono and tolo graph all day.