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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE J It A I.. II A UK, Frnprtetor. TEKMS: 1125 IN ADVANCE. MOUTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. t VVVVVVV WVWViVVtWVVVVV : imrr ir ru ham. A salo has been made of 20,000 ncrca of coal lamia In Wayno county, W. Vn., to a Pittsburg syndicate, which, it Is. Bald, will opposo the present coal trust. Ily a decision handed down by .Tub tlco Mcrvln, one-half of the cstnto of Mrs. M. II. Davis, of Itomo, N, Y., val ued at 50,000, will go to the Christian Scientists. An official Servian statement de clares there Is absolutely no founda tion In tho reports that Queen Dragn has been shot nt or that she has com mitted suicide. John Morgan, a convict at the fed eral prison nt Leavonworth, made n successful escape while working In tho quarry, his nbsenco not being discover ed until 5 p. m. Louis Grannottl, an accomplice of Brcscl, tho assassin of King Humbert, was sentenced to life Imprisonment nt tho assizes. Qrnnnottl has not yot been raptured. Conductor Hlgglns, the eighth vic tim of tho Santa Pe wreck in Arizona, died, Tho Injured nro progressing fa vorably and no mora fatalities among them are probable. It is ntnted that Senator Hanna, im mediately after tho opening of con gress, will Introduco a bill providing for a 5,000 annual pension to Mrs. McKlnley during her lifetime. Tiio Southern Athlotlo club wns or ganized at Charleston, S. C, tho ob ject of. tho association being to hold n series of sparring exhibitions In Charleston during the exposition period. Mrs. May Agnow, wife of Captain Agftow, formerly of Company M, Twentloth Knnsas, died at Manila, whore sho went rccontly with her Iiub Iwnd, who Is an officer In tho regular nrmy. It was learned at Baltlmoro that Mr, Isldor Itayner,, chief counsel for Hear Admiral W. S. Schley In the- recent hearing 'boforo tho court of Inquiry, has refused to accept a fco for his services. Thoro has been nn nlarmlng spread of tho plague In South Itussla, ac cording to dispatches from Lomborg, hundreds of fatal cases bolng roportod In Moscow, Odessa, Kloff, Kherson and other towns. According to tho World, heirs of tho lato CornolliiB Vnndorbllt must pay $301,803.43 into tho coffers of Undo Sam. This 1b tho total of tho Inheritance tax found by tho fodoral government agnlnst tho CBtato. Tho Vienna pnpors nssort that Tur hoy Id addressing nn arrogant circular unto to tho powers protesting against their "perpotual Interference" lit Turkish affairs, and demanding to know their Intention regarding Croto, Tho municipal council of Qulncs, forly-flvo miles southwest of Havann, has voted to award tho contract for supplying wator and electric light (o the, town to Hugh J. Rollly of Now York. Tho contracts nro for 250,000. Tho secretary of war has dlrcctod that tho order granting froo udmlsston of ChrlBtniaa presents to tho Philip pines and Cuba shall extend only to the officers and men nnd civilian em ployes of tho nrmy and navy, and not to uio civilian employes of tho civil government. The governor, secretary of stnto and attornoy general nt. Alabama oponcd and counted tho Yoto on tho now con BtHutlon, Tho result bIiowb a major it of 28,420 for tho constitution. The governor will Usuo his proclamation within a fow days and ton days there after tho now law will go Into offoct. The city, of Los Angoles has Bold water bonds to tho amount of two mil lions. Tho Industrial commission has Issued a report on railway labor In tho United States. It shows that rail way omploycs In this country constl tuto nn army of nearly 1,000,000 peo pie, with probably nearly C.000,000 de pendont upon tho wagon paid by tho railroads. Tho report says that for yoarB to corao tho railroads will ab sorb an Increasing number of em ployes. C. R. Drccklnrldgo, a mombor of tho Dawes commlsBlon, discussed with tho Interior department officials the pro posed supplementary Creek treaty, Tho secretary docldcit to tako no no tlon In tho matter Until congress con voncs, Flro destroyed tho Crnwfordsvllle, Ind., wlro aul null plant, entailing n Iohs of 150,000. At KansuB City tho dead bodloa of Inos Gordon and Harry Qrlsnrd, col ored, wore found on tho floor of a room at 1412 Grand nvonuo. Tho Pau-Amcrlcnn exposition build ingu were Bold to tho Chicago House Wrecking company for 1)2,000. The dlsordera nro Increasing In Spain and tho government Is stopping telegrams and taking military mens mm to maintain order. MAN! KILLi ON RAIL One Hundred or Mow Persona Moot Deatt in a Wrcok. MANY OF THE WOUNDED WILL DIE Maimed by Collision, Thru 1'crUh In flume Charred Jteumln Crumble Into 1'oiTilcr When Dragged Forth Mnuy Utildentlllrd. DETROIT, Nov. 28. From 100 to 150 persons wore killed Inst night In tho most dlsnstroun wreck In the history of Michigan railroads. Two heavily loaded passenger trains on tho Wabash railroad collided head-on one mllo cast of Sonnca, the second Bta Hon west of Adrian. Tho west bound train, composed of two curs loaded with Immigrants and Ave other coaches, was smnshed and burned, with the result of awful loss of llfo nnd fearful Injuries to a majority of Its passengers. Tho castbound train, tho Continental limited, suffered In scarcely less degree. Tho track In the vicinity of tho wreck la strewn with dead and dying. Many physicians from Detroit have gono to tho sceno. DETROIT, Nov. 29, When night fell over tho sceno of last nlght'u ca lamity on tho Wabash railroad nenr Seneca, Mich., those who had been in vestigating the disaster had found nothing to alter tho estimate of about eighty lives lost as n result of tho collision. Superintendent Goorgo.M. Burns of. tho division on which the wreck occurred Insists that tho esti mates nro too high. "I do not con sider," Bald ho, "that tho total death list will oxcecd twenty." However, in supoprt of tho larger estimato it Is pointed out that thoro are now fourteen passengers known to bo dead. Tho bodies of eight of theao have been recovered nnd It Is cousldorcd that tho fragments of oth er bodies now In tho morgue will ac count for may moro than the twelve (lend necessary to mnko up Suporln tendont Hums' estimate of twenty. In addition to tho comparatively few fragments recovered -and Bent to tho morguo, those who wore early on tho, sceno Buy that many more, pieces. woro discovered whjoh crumbled, to powder whlio th6y woiVbelng romov-' od. Superintendent Burns said to tho AflBoclntcd Prcs3 tonight that ho wn3; unablo to tell tho oxnet number of Italian Immigrants aboard train No. 13, but thought that thcro wcro not, moro tlinn fifty. PnsscugerH on the train and a number of those who' woro early on tho scono dlriputo this: and say tho numbor wns nearer, eigh ty. Suporlntendont Burns has receiv ed no roport ns yet from Ticket Col lector Omen of train No. 13, who prob- ably knowB nenror than nny ono else tho numbor of Italians In tho cars. Tho official Hat of tho dead given to the local papers bIiowb tho names of but ton dead and forty-eight Injur ed, but Detroit newspaper men, who wcro nt tho scono of tho wreck nnd lalkod with survivors of both trains, say that tho official list docn not hear out tho BtatomcntB of tho pasBongors nor evidence of loss of llfo which they witnessed nt tho spot whoro tho accident occurred. Tho Frqo Press tomorrow will say that tho loss of llfo was, In round, numbers, 100, nnd that tho statcniontB made by the Italian Immigrants on' trnln No. 13 bear out this claim. The Sueur Tariff, WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29. President Roosevelt has Btntcd to tv numbor of visitors that ho will rec ommend In IiIb m'oasugo that tho duty, on sugar from Cuba bo reduced In consideration of certain trade prlvl loges whon tho Independent govern mont Is Bet up, and that tho duty on sugar from the Philippines nloo bo re duced aB a stimulus to promoting tho Industry In those Islands, Wedding rurty I)rouT. HONOLULU, Nov. 20. (Via Vlcto rln, Nov, 29.) News cornea from Tonga thnt a schonuer currying n wed ding party of forty peoplo, men, wo men nud children, wns wrecked nnd all wcro drowned. Tho schooner hnd taken tho party to Nolufu and had started back to Hnabal. WrMnrn lMrklnc MiuWtlc. CINCINNATI, Nov. 29.-Tho Price Curront says tho marketing of hogs ling been further Increased, The total western packing 1b 735 000, compared with CC5.000 tho preceding week and 025,000 hist -year. Ciiii) Honor McKlnley. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Tho stato dopurtmont has received a roport from tho consul general nt Shanghai saying tho guilds of silk, tea and cotton pleco goods dealers have, contributed of their own Initiative- to n fund to erect n monument In Shanghul to the lato president .McKlnley and announce that they a co doing this to show tholr up proclntlon of tho man nnd of his nttl tiulo townrdB China. Tho emplro never urroro too k surn action. - DAVID NATION OUTS D.V0RCE Willi III I'rntented Suit for Separation From IIU Wife. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 2!). A special to tho Star from Medicine Lodge. Kim., says: David Nation was granted a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Na tion, "tho Joint Hraashcr." Tho court exonerated Mrs. Nation from the charge of cruelty to her hu3band nnd divided tho property. The Mcdlclno Lodgo home will go to Mr. Nation and outlying property to his wife. In reply to iiucstlons of the court, Mrs. Nation said that one reason she fought the proceedings was that sho wished to continue, to shuro tho pen sion money drawn by her husband. Mr, Nation, In support of hla petition for divorce, cited a letter from bra wlfo In which sho denounced him ns n "hellhound hypocrite." Ho chnrged that sho did not attend to his wants. CRAZY SNAKE IS UNRULY Lender of Kecnut Creek Itebelllnn Caue 31 on? Trouble. GUTHRIE, Okl., Nov. 29. A special to the Calil tal from Tulsa, I. T says: Crazy Snake, who led the rebellion last spring ngnlnst tho government, 1b causing tho Creek council much trouble. Tho Snake bund will send a strong delegation to Washington to protest against tho deeding of Crcok lands. A Joint resolution wns passed unani mously by both houses of the Creek council, domnndlng that deeds be lesucd Immediately nud at Okmulgee, instead of Muskogee. Chief Porter will probably sign tho resolution to Secre tary Hitchcock. The dplny hns caused widespread discontent. Tho treaty of lost May promised dcoda Immediately and the Indians only ask Justice. llolil On iictt on ftiiturday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Tho re publican members of the house- of ropresonnttlvcs will meet In caucus Saturday at 2 o'clock for tho purpose of nominating houne oftlcoru. There is no contest nnd Speaker Henderson nnd tho other clcctlvo officors will bo re-elected. It is expected that thoro will bo quite a Bharp contest over rc udoptlng tho Reed rules. All the nftornoon nnd evening, If necessary, will bo glvon to dlnemslng tho sub ject. ' liurdiif k Wound n Countable. ST. JOSEPH, Nov.29. For several nlghtB Constable Wcsloy Gnu and sev eral deputies havo been ndcavorlng to enpturo burglars thut havo robbed numerous stores nnd rosldenlu In the HUhurbs, but never enmo upon tho robbers until this morning. Constablo Gnn was separated from his deputies, but did not hesltato to attack three of tho burglnrs and endeavored to cap ture them. Ho was fatally shot and pounded into Insensibility. Attltudo l'leimea Tlieut. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. -Thomas I Walsh, prcsidont, und Gonoral F. W. Mnxwoll, secretary of tho executive' committee of tho National Irrigation association, saw tho president. They told him that tho expansion of Intor-I national trado and commorco of the, United Stntcs by the crentlon of moro. homes In tho west was the object of tholr association and that they fully Indorsed tho roport of Secretary Hitchcock on tho Biibject of Irrigation. In thtt Civil Sonic. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29, Tho pres ident signed nn order bringing tho rural froo delivery Borvico Into .tho classified civil service. Tho order be comes effective Immediately so fnr na tho 250 clorka, special agents and routo Inspectors of that Bervlco aro con cerned, but provides that until regula tions nro formulntod for nppolntmont of rural carriers, thoy shall not bo treated ns within tho classllled Bervlco. These number 0,000. Captured by Filipino. MANILA, Nov. 29. Privates Dun nnd Fronnlng of tho English Infan try, together with tholr horses, rifles and 300 rounds of nmmunltlon. havo beon enpturod by Insurgents, who at tacked a commissary wagon between Magndalonn and Gnjayjazn. A ser geant and a private were bIbo wound ed. Androw D. Whlto, tho United Statos ambassador to Germany, went to Pots dam for tho usual ceromonlous visit to tho court after nn ambassador's absonco from tho country. Mrs. Whlto accompanied her husband upon tho special Invitation of Emperor William. Both Mr. nnd Mrs. Whlto remained at tho palace tor dinner. Shift lteponthlllty. SOFIA, Nov. 29. Tho government has forwarded to C. W, Dickinson. tho United Statos diplomatic agent thoro who recently loft this city for Constantinople .n reply to his noto of November 12 concerning Miss Stone, tho American missionary, It Is mere y a repotltton of tho official views al ready cabled, repudiating tho responsi bility of Bulgaria and alleging that tho officials hnd given every assistance pouslblo In the matter. TDBRELIELS DRAWBACK General Albaa Marching to tho Capita) IIatrossc8 tho Enemy. SIXTY KILLED. ONE AN OfFICEII tonne on Doth Side Are Heavy and Out look I Ornve A Decl'lve llattle Seenn Imminent Likely to lie Fought ul Monkey IIIII. COLON, Columbia, Nov. 28. The ovcrduo passenger train, with a ma rlno guard on board, has Just arrived here. Tho train brlngB nowa to the effect that General Alban, with about 300 government troops, has crossed Barbacoa bridge and Is continuing his march to Colon. Ho Is now at Tav- crnllla, where ho Is resting. Tho lib eral forces continue to retreat beforo him. They explain their rotroat by saying thoy have no nmmunltlon. All of tho fighting yosterday occurred at Barbacoa bridge. Passongers on tho delnycd train assert that fully 100 con servatives wero killed and wounded during tho lighting there nnd thnt tho liberal losses wero Insignificant. Tho llborals aro now approaching Gatun station (about live miles from Colon) and If is believed a decisive ongagomont will probably bo fought nt Monkey Hill cemotory, distant ono mllo from tho limits of Colon. The 'rains which left hero yesterday afternoon for Panama, with tho Iowa marines and tho passengers from tho steamer Orlzlba, were delayed In traiiBlt, but reached Panama In safety. Reports curront here thnt Goneral PInzon has bombarded Bello have been found upon Investigation to bo unroHnble and not authentic. NEW YOItK, Nov. 28. Consul Gen eral do Brlardo of Colombia said that ho had rocclvcd a cablegram from General Alban, describing tho situa tion at tho isthmus. Alban, ho said, denied that Panama was full of liboral sympathizers. General Diego A. do Castro, who wan at tho consulnto, said that both Colon and Panama woro free ports, that tho tomporary occupation by tho robo's would not amount to much nnd thnt under existing troatles tho United Statos was hound to preserve order In that section. Ho said that at t'jc present thno Colombia had 32,000 trained soldlors In tho held. Of that force 10,000 men wcro with General Valoncla, on tho VenezUolan bordor, In tho department cf Santander, and another largo forco was protecting Bogota, tho capital. ,At Bnranqullln, ho sold thoro wcro 1,500 men, at Car tagena 2,000, and at Rio Hacha thoro wore 3,500 men. Tho general said that this forco of 7,000 men could be con centrated to support General Alban on tho Isthmus, but tho government did not consldor It necessary at tho pres ent tlmo to make an ns3ault on tho little ' rebol bands. General do Castro said that General Alban, with hla forco of 1,100 men and tho COO mon sept to tako Colon and now on beard General PInzon, would bo nblo to break up tho liberal bands. NfDRASKAN AT WHITE HOUSE Major Llewellyn, Former Itongh-nider, Ilnr With Frrtldent. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. Major W. II. H. Llewellyn, formerly of Omaha, now of Now Moxlco, who sorved with President Roosevelt nnd his Rough Riders during tho Spnnlsh war, dined with tho president and Inter was Mrs. Roosovclt's escort to tho theater. Major LleWollyn's Son, who was. hofn In Omaha, served with his father In Colonel Roosevolt'B regiment. The boy Is 18 and stands 0 feet 4 Inches. Major Llcwollyn, who is a brother of Charles E. Llowellyn, Inspector cf rural frco delivery in Nobraska, left Nebraska twonty yenrs afcond is now district prosecuting attorney in the territory. Ho Is hero to tiBBlBt New Mexico In securing statehood. 1WENTY-S1X ARE DEAD The Crowded Factory of I'enherly In jector Cotnpmy Wrecked. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 28. Twenty Blx are dead, flvo of them unidentified, and bo badly burned that identifica tion Is almost Impossible and twonty four other men nro lying In the vnrl oub hospitals of tho city. Twenty men arc lying In the vari ous hospitals of the city suffering from cuts nn,d burns nnd other In Juries, nil resulting from tho ex plosion of one of the boilers In the Penberty Injector company's large plant nt Abbott street and Brooklyn nvenuo. Hchle.r ul K,tii lllty. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 28. Admiral Schley will bo tho guest of Kansas City and the Commcrcln! club during next Janunry, if possible. He has ac cepted, conditionally, nn Invltntion to visit Memphis, Tcnn.. and If ho goes to that city he has promised to stop In Kansas City for a day or two. If ho comes hero, which seems probable, a spccinl reception and banquet In his honor will be arranged by the Kansas City Commercial club. COLON SO FAR ESCAPES FIRE Kim Keache Wnililngton that 1'or Will Not He Attacked. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It H pretty well understood hero that then Is to bo no bombardment of Colon bj cither clde. Whllo Commander Mc- Crea was given wide dlscrctlonarj power and nothlixr was said to hire about stopping tho bombardmont di rectly, nevertheless tho stato depart ment established a precedent In these matters last year when It Instructed Mr. Gudgers to warn tho Insurgent! at Panama that they would not bo al lowed to bombard that port. If tht government, troops on tho PInzon should persist in their purpose it it said that the commanders of tho vari ous warships at Colon would require that ample tlmo bo allowed for tho withdrawal from tho town of all fm clgners and that tho attacking forco, to escape restraint, would bo obliged to direct tholr bombardmont with such precision ns to destroy tho in surgent defenses without harming tho railroad property, and oven without endangering tho passage of trains, conditions probably not to bo met Tho secretary of tho navy cabled Captain Perry of tho Iowa to assumo full command of all the United States naval forces on both Bides of the Isth mus, in order to lnsuro harmonious operations. Consul General Gudgcr'e last dispatch, which camo after 1 o'clock, was about ng follows: "Our troops havo arrived at Mattachln, one-half of tho way across tho Isth mus. No obstruction, and Colombian government seemed to be victorious over tho Insurgents." REVENUES EXCEED EXPENSES Recommend Cnlon of Third and Fourth ,Clsrn of .11 all. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Third As sistant Postmaster General Edwin C. Madden, In his annual report, recom mends the consolidation of third and fourth class mall matter, an lncreaso of tho limit of Indemnity for tho loss of registered matter from 10 to 100, and that tho postal employes bo mado liable for tho valuo of registered mat tor lost through their carelessness. Tho postal rovenucs for tho year from all sources wero 111,031,193, be ing $3,023,727 less than tho expendi tures. This is exclusive of tho cost of transporting tho malls over tfeo subsidized Pacific railroads that havo not settled their bonded accounts with tho government. Tho total valuo of stamped paper nnd stamp books Issued during tho year was $104,735,987. Tho Issue of postago Btamp books. Is re garded aa a successful experiment. The 4,698,025 Btamp books Issued havo cost tho department 4.69 per 1,000 to manufacture. There woro 659,614,800 postal cards Issued. Tho amount of second class matter mailed frco of postago to actual subscribers within tho county of publication constitutes practically 7 per cent of tho ontlro amount mailed. CATHOLIC INDIAN SCHOOLS. Archbishop Favor Contributing More Money for tho Fund. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It was announced today that tho Catholic archbishops of America at their an nual meeting adopted tho following resolution: "Wo heartily commend nnd will practically encourage work for tho raising of the amount annually need ed for tho support of tho Catholic In dlan schools and will similarly en courage wider oftorts aiming at bring ing the benefits of Catholic training to tho Catholic children in tho gov eminent schools." Many Will Starve In Cliltv. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27.- John Goodnow, consul general at Shangahl, reports that thoro aro over 500,000 pooplo of tho Yang Tbo valloy who will starve this winter unless they get help from outside. A com- mlttco of foreigners and Chinese has been formed in Shanghai to relievo the conditions of these peoplo and all for eigners in China are subscribing lib erally. Contributions may be made through tho British consul general at bhanghal. Conflict In Itarcelona. L..RCELONA, Nov. 27. no dlsor dera aro Increasing and tho govern ment Is stopping telegrams and taking military measures to maintain order. Sorlous conflicts In which many woro Injured occurred last night nnd this morning botween students nnd soldiers nnd between Casttllan nnd Catalan stu dents. Hmmilnry Dlipute Averted, WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The threatened troublo ovor tho boundary lino botweon Chlnl nnd tho Argentine Republic has been averted for the present nt leaBt. Slgnor Infentla con veyed to this government an assurance that tho two principal to tho bound ary question havo Just succeeded in reaching nn nmlcablo, satisfactory un derstanding. ThlB statement hns given great satisfaction, for it is believed re Bulta wlllbo good, Bocretaiy Wilson Eoporta Great Develop- mjutc in Agriculture. ANIMAL INDUSTRY CHIEF CONCERN Tait Foreign Market l'reorved Only by aioit ltlgld Impectlon Forecait Field of the Weather lli'.reuu Mlicellaneoti Subjects Trented. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Tho fifth annual report of tho secretary of ag riculture, Hon. James Wilson, mado public todny, Is considerably larger than In former years, rollectlng there by tho great crowth und develonment which has attendod thlB department during bis administration. Ho announces nn important exten sion of tho forest field of tho Weath er bureau, which now -Includes re ports from certain points In tho Brit ish Isles and on tho continent of Eu rope, from tho Azores, Nassau, Ber muda and TurkJrf Island. An exten sion of tho forecast to farmers through tho rural frco delivery is contemplat ed. SubHtantlal Improvements aro re ported In the department's Bystom'of wireless telegraphy, of whicn tbo sec retary says in conclusion: "Whllo there la much experimental work yet to uo done, beforo tho pres ent system Is reliable for intershlp communication, or boforo nny .two systems can work In tho samo field wiinout each rendering tho otho use less, such progress has been made by tho government experimenters that, with no interference by private sys tems, stations can bo successfully oper ated over at least 150 miles of coast line, and they aro now In operation on mo North Carolina and Virginia coasts, and soon will bo lnstltuto- be tween tho - nrallono Islands an mainland and Tatoosh Island and too mainland, on tho Pacific coast." A largo portion of tho report covers tho subject of animal Industry. Tho grand total of animals and nnlmal products exported during tho year ex ceeded $250,000,000 In vnluo. This vast foreign market Is only preserved to our producers by tho Indefatigable efforts of tho department and tho rig Id Inspection exercised through tho Bu reau of Animal Industry. Tho bu reau Inspected fof export 385,000 cat tic, 228,000 sheep and 48.000 horses and mules and nearly 1,000 vessels carry ing llvo stock. Imported animals woro also Inspected to tho number of 342,000 and where necessary quar antined. Tho secretary Buggcsts that with the enormous Interests our stock raisers havo nt stake, tho inspection or qunrnntlno affording after all a rel ative, not an absolute guarantco of protection, It might bo well for tho country to follow tho oxamplo of Great Britain and exclude live Btock from other countries entlroly. Tho meat inspection service involved the inspection nt tlmo of slaughter of nearly 37,000,000 animals. Of tho moro than 5,000,000 cattlo In spected, tho condemned carcasses wero about one-fourth of 1 por cent; of tho 6,000,000 sheep, one-tenth of 1 per cent; and of the 24,000,000 hogs, one third of 1 per cent. In tho control of Indigenous diseases 1,600,000 InBpec t!on3 woro mado and over 45,000 cars disinfected In tho Texas fevor service alone. In tho repression of scabies in sheep nearly 8,000,000 animals were Inspected, and over 1,000,000 dipped under tho supervision of tno depart ment Inspectors. CANVASS OF STATE RETURNS Hoard Conclude It Labors and An nounce ltoiult. LINCOLN, Nov. 27. Tho stato can vassing board met at tho stato house hero and canvassed tho stato vote In tho recent election with tho following result: Supremo Judge Sedgwick, rep., 98, 993; Hollenbcck, fus., 86,334; Clark, pro., 4,072; Randolph, boc, 1,836. Regents of tho Stato university Ernst, 99.0S4; Calklno, 96,845( reps.) Hawxby, 83,895; Bayston. 81,819 (fim.) Mrs. S. M. Walker, 4,297; Dllworth, 4,015 (pro.) Wllkle, 1,924; Schram, 2,007 (80C.) Tho republican vote on regent shows a plurality of 15,171. Orrmnn Trade Mioxr Decrrunr. BEilLIN, Nov. 27. Tho October sta tistics of German trade show Imports to the amount of 4,110,304 tons. This Is a decrease of 373,274 tons from tho Imports of October of last yenr. Tha cxportB during October amounted to 2,980,081 tons. This Is nn increase oj 7,212 tons over tho corresponding pe riod of 1900. Toll tol In llrtter Health. ST PETERSBURG, Nov. 27. The health of Count Tolstoi Is Improving His appetite has Improved and ho it Bleeping better. l-'lrt Train Over w Itoiid. SIOUX U'Y, la., Nov. 27. Tho flrsl regular train over tho new Movlllt line of tho Chicago & Northwestern company steamed into Sioux City today.