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AVE CHANCE TO STRIKE
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TJIUK KKVIVKD.
a!an Do Wot Aconpt Statement Ad
mit Io of Hill Would K ttorlotu
Illowtltut Doulit Iu Citptur
lly tlio JCnemy,
ToKIO.Gencral Noglo's tclegrm
wjnunclng the storming and capture
Tor 203-Meter bill was received with
jltocis by tbe Japanese people, It
tovivoa tbc hope of an oarly capture
r Port Arthur ntouer. The people
iim'n nnvnr rlnunnlrnd nf tn CllCCVlfl I
I ( U UWM Wfc
of the besiegers, but the foitltudo
( tbe defenders and the prolonga
tion of the siege, which exceeds by
months the most libeiul preliminary
rstlmato of the tltno required to ac
ompllah tbe reduction of tula
stronghold, khi8 ;beeu a souioo ot
deep regret, combined with the loss
of life and dlsappolntmonta over
the fact that tho slogo has occupied
such a large foico of mon, decreasing
P'ield Marshal Oyamu's strength at
a tiiuo when be noodedovery avail
utile man.
Tho date was set under tbo coo
Jicrlptlou aot when recruits oould
join tho army. Cheered by the
news from Geuoral Nogl, thousands
of recruits tnroughouG tho nieplre
marched to barrack and donned unl
Jornia for tbo first time. Following
an honored custom, the relatives of
the recruits, carrying flags and bnn
ners. escorted tho now soldiers to
tbeir barracks. In Tokio there i.-as
been scores of little processions es
corting detachments of popular con
scripts. Tho number of men who
have joined tho colors undor the con
ficription act has not been made pun
lie
Reports from tho Japanese armv
besieging Tort Arthur say that Lieu
tenantGeneralThuchlya te amongtho
wounded and that General Nalc
umura, the leader of tho specially
trained body of swordsmen which
charged tho Russian forts Novcmbir
20, was Injured in both legs.
01. rjwiwusijuuu. tdh war
olllco here Js not yet prepared to ac
cept the report that the Japanese
before Tort Arthur have taken 20'1
Meter hill, but If It Is olllclally con
tinned tbe war olllco admits that it
will bo a desperate blow to the gal
lant defender of the fortress
The position commands the bar
Dor, ana ir tne Japanese cau mount
siege guns ou Its summit they can
lurcu out too uussian squadron or
destroy It at its anuhorago Tnosc
laminar with the supporting plans
of tho forts think it is by no means
certain that oven though the Rus
sians am forced to rot ire from 203-
Meter hill the Japanese can place iu
position neavy mins against the lire
wnicn Lne otuor rnrts can brim: to
near un It. Still the 'war office
oiiielals reluctantly agree that, sin-h
u bream in the ctialn renders tin
position extremely critical, and
tnougli the ganison might ho able
to hold out in tho Golden hill.
Tigers Tail and Llaotle forts for
some time It may mark the begin
nwg or too eno.
Forged By the Wholesale
PORTLAND, Ore. In the land
fraud trials today expert penman
pointed out to the judge and Jury
details and pecularitles in tho hand
writing contained In various papers
connected with the allegal fraudu
lent land deals which the prosecutors
of McKinley, Wire, Puter and others
declare gu to show that they had con
epiiod together to defraud the gov
ernment.
Arrested For Desertion
CHICAGO. On charges that he
deserted his wife and little son in
Chicago three years ago, David Mac
kenzie of Boise, Idaho, a wealihy
mine operator, has been arrested in
Chicago by order of Judge Dunne.
Mackenzie declared to the do putt
sheiilr that he is in Chicago attend
ing court proceedings, ana thmugh
previous operation of tlio courts has
bjeo piaced beyond the reacn of the
writ of exeat issued by ' the deputy
to keep Mackenzie iu sight until
there cat: ho an adjustment of his
slalui to exemption from the new ar
rest. Movement of the Batteries
SAN FRANOISCO.-The Fifth
u?J- ry cf Held artillery, now sta
tioned at the Presidio in this city,
whioh was scheduled to sail for the
Philippines on tho transport learing
February 1, has had Its orders changed
and will Kail on the Thomas on Janu
ary l. I ho Twenly-Hlxth Hold battery
from "Vancouver HarrackK, Wanh.,
mid thn Twenty-c ghth, from Fort
Leavenworth, Kan., will Mil with the
Klflh on tho riuimaa.
TIHZA OIVKN
KKCKPTIOH.
A nOBTIIil
ENEMY THROW STONES
8 ATM TTXr. NATION TV 1 1,1. UKClDH K
TWJ5KN T1IKH.
Rapprwr fflnally Kmlly m1 Abnel Mm
Mrtka Vlrny hptoch- I'cople Unable
to rurtliar Tolerato Tihnlr
OlMitruotteai.
BDDA PEST. Premier Tlow met
with a hostile rccption nn tho pari
of the large number of supporters o
tbe opposition while attending a
meeting of liberal electors at Gyoer,
Hungary. Tho sympathisers with
the minister's opponents throngrt
about his carriage, jeend, hooted and
threw somo stones at him. Tney
were eventually-dispersed by the po
llco and several were arrested
Count Tlsea's supporters then railed
round him and the premoir rccolvcd
an ovation, in tuo eourso or u
speech hn declared he was unable tc
longer tolerato tbe technical obstruc
tlon which for years had cloggec
tho wheeli nf parliament. Concilia
tlon had failod and it was necessary
therefore, to adopt othor measures
Ihe nation," concluded the pre
mier, "will deoide between us anu
will crush any one attempting to de
prlve It of conditions Indlspensabl
to Its progress and development.'
Hope for Improvement.
MANILA. Major General n. G
Uorhlo. military commander of tlx
Philippines has appointed a boan
of three olllcors to take into con
sldoration details for tbe admlnis
tratloo of tbe stall departments an
their soveral divisions, and also
commend tho number of otllcars nec
cesarr to efficiently porform the ad
mlnlstrativQ duties. This board wi
consider plans f jr the betterment oi
the service, seoktng a means where bt
Increased efficiency may be attalne
with a posslblo reduction of expenses
The board will give spclal con
slderatlon to the reduction of th(
number of depots and garrisons, a?
well as to tho amount of water ami
land transportation required. Major
General Corblu is in favor of givinii
iho transportation business only t
steamship and railroad companiM
capable ot handling a large volume,
It Is his purpose to confer wilt
steamship companies in the Dnllci
States with a view to ind icing then!
to establish a lino of up to datt
inter-island steamers, to which tin
army business would bo glveo.
The Closed Shop Illegal.
NEW YORK That the "ciosec
shop" is illegal was decided by the
justices to the appellate dn-ision nf
the supreme court sitting in Brook
lyn. A contract entered Into he-
ween the firm of Morris Colm & Son",
aud the protective c iat tailor's and
pre3ser's local No. 55 of tho unltcc
garment workers of America, whore
by tho tirm was prohibited from cm
ploying labor not belonging to Uh
local and also from employing even
member of. the union unless such
member hold a card slguod by tht
business agent of tho local, was de
clared by the court to he t: mtrap
to public policy. Presiding . Justice
Illrsehhurg wrote the court's opinion
Justice Liartlett dissented.
Says Wife Talks Too Much.
uniOAGO. An Injunction t
prevent his wife from talking wa
asked in the circuit court by Thorna
P. Wood, carpenter. In dorendltn
his own name from alleged scanda
Wood declires ho is aho acting fo
the good of a Mrs. Ma run ret Watson
Ho fears, ho says, that his wife wtl
tell things about him to the memlxr
of secret societies to whieli they bt
1-ing. lie also seeks to stop imra
utterances of his wife in Newton
villa, O. , and Muncle, Ind. In b c
"over-heated imagination." Wooi
declares his wife has conjured certah
visionary and absurd scandals.
Not Guilty of the Crime
PEOIUA, HI. It took the Jury I
tbe case of Benjamin and Oarte
Jacobs, chared with setting tire M
their clothing storo In this city De
ccmbor f, ten minutes to arrive at
verdict of not e iilty. The men havt
been on trial tbreo times, twice foi
anon and once together with thol:
father John Jacob of St. Louis, fo
MINISTKK
conspiracy to defraud tUe Iwuiiaci.?1,"!?1 T
companies. lasted at that tirno by tbe As'h:i.
1 1 ted preea baa posted tbe chamber f
KVROTATKrK MAT BOOM
ASOTKH
Ttmtt orrtmsiTJc.
nskfw4 kjr Withdraw) Mju;
ST. PET BR8BU RG. A ccord I n r
to iRrornatlan which has rpaohod
tbe war oMIce here. Field Marshal
Oyana'a strength Is much smaller
than heretofore believed, tending
3
confirm tbe theery that a largo for
baa been withdrawn to assist '
itorming Port Arthur. This infor
nation is to tbe effect that not much
more than 150,000 men are now con
fronting General Kuropatklo, tut
bbe Japanese lines are heavily fnrti
lied In order to check any aggicisive
movement which Kuropatkiu might
undertake long enough to enable tho
Japanese to hurry up rolnforcements
by rail from tho peninsula. The
present activity of tho Japanese
along tbe front, these reports Indl
cato, Is only feigning to convince
Kurupatkln that tho offensive Is !m
mlncnt. Should this Important
lntelliaence be absolutely oonHrmed
It Is possible that the Russian com
raander-in-chlef nay himself attempt
to strike a quick blow. Kuropatkln
Is now supposed to have nearly bOO,
WO men
Tbo followlui dispatch has been
received from General ICuopratkin.
dated November 28:
"Tbe engagement near TalnUhet
chen. near Da Pass, was resumed
but Boon ceased. We havo collected
and burled the Japanese dead. By
noon we had found 230 bodies, all be
louglug tn the Seventh reserve regi
ment of the Ninth reserve brigade
We took a large Quantity of rides
ammunition and entrei cbing tools.'
Tho student bodies of St. Peters
burg have adopted resolutions to
bupport Interior Minister Srlatopolk
Mlrsky. It now transpires that the
student's demonstration was plannod
in approval of the minister's pnlic
Prince Svlatooolk-.Miisky will have
a special audience with Emperoi
Nicholas. It is Galri in court circles
where tbe opposition to the interior
minister's policy Is tbe greatest
that when tbo minister reminded
the emperor that he bad taken oftlc
under certain conditions and that h
was readj co resign if Ins policy did
not receive his raajeity's approval,
tho emperor gave the minister the
most complete assurances of his con
fidence and endorsement of his pol
icy. Laborers Caught by Covein.
ST. LOUIS. ISIght of twenty la
borers employed in the digging of a
trench for tho laying of water mains
In Southwest St. Louis wore burled
by a cave-In and it is believed all
liavo perished. Tho men woro work
ing close together when, without
warning, tons of clay foil on top ol
tlipm. A bursting water pipe caused
the cave-In. Thoso who esoaped at
unco went to work with tho help f I
others, and after twenty minutes dug
nut three of their companions, who
we-e dead. The men were Italians.
Fire engine company No. 35 and
police with ambulances hurried tn
tho sceno and overy effort was made
to rescue tho remaining victims ol
the cave-In, who were in tlio employ
of John S. McMahon, a contractor.
The trench in which tho men were
at work was ten feet deep.
Further digging revealed the tact
that only throe men were burled by
tho cave-in. Tho othor men supposed
ti havo suffered doath turned up
later, safe and sound.
Street Car Jumps Track.
ST. LOUIS. One man was killed
outright and fourtcon other passen
gers were injured, suno of them
seriously In a llellefontaine street
car that Jumped the track and over
turned. Date for Sinoou Hearing.
WASHINGTON. Senator Bur
tuvvs, chairman the committee on
privileges and elections, has issued
tubpoenas for twenty witnesses in
She Senator Ileod Smoot investiga
tion, and has fixed December 12 as
(he date for tbeir appearanco before
tbo committee. Nearly all theBe
ire In Utah.
Monetary Reform Bill in Mexico.
MEXIOO CITY. The monobary
reform bill recently submitted by
UOKnriRATOKB tn IAND JVRAVUI
USttl) CVKM1N9 MKTIIODS.
ALL FACTS COMING 0U1
SKN NATIONAL TEHTIMOMT ITKW Al
ron.Tt.ANo.
Hrac MoKUler Pletm Wr Wit
m rrlra Mrr In Omni
of Icll Pi t cutlox
Not Tot Ban.
PORTLAND, Ore.That Georgi
A. Howe is a mvth. manipulated bi
the alleged conspirator Hornco G.
McldnUy, to bring about tho dis
position of the seven quarter sec
lions of land in townships 11 south,
range 7 east, by application for the
right, thus placing them In the
hands of alleged conspirators, and
that Horace G. McKlnloy mado the
n quest for an abatraot of title ;to
the Georgo A. IIowo lands was the
trend of evidence offered by tho gov
ernment In tho land frand trial hero.
Tbe government introduced an ab
stract titlo to the Howo lands on
which tho name of McKlnloy appears
to havo beon eraced and that of
Howe written in Its place.
Early In tbo session tbo prosecu
tion continuod its tight to show by
tbo testimony of tbo government
otliclals that Georgo A. Hows dooa
not rcprosont a oorporal reality and
precipitated a legal battle that con
named so much time to settlo for a
certainty that the government will
not rest its case before if thon. The
defense assumed tbe position that
ovldonco offered by tbe government
to provo the non-oxistonco of Uowe
Is not competent, and that It can
not be proven by tho moro testimony
of wltnessos that such a man is not
known and cannot bo found. The
prusocutlon contended that it could
bo proven, aud this is tho only way
to provo it, and mako Impossible
tho wholesale perpetration of fraud
md crime, and that such evidence
Is competent 6UfiIcently to establlst
tho mot for all legal purposes tha'
such a person dooa not exist in II est
and blood.
Doomed To Defeat,
ST. PETEUSBGRG.-Prlnco Mes
tchcrrsky, editor of the Grashdanlcn,
and the foremost spokeman of tht
autocracy, holds that the inaugu
ration of such reforms as aro at pros
cnt possible In Russia, has been ac
tually prejudiced by "Irresponsible
agitation or a constitution which
is now in progress," Autocracy ho
considers vital to tho life aud future
greatness of Russia as a nation.
Liboral reforms, ho maintains, arc
necessary, but thoy cmnot be Intro
duced except by autocracy.
Moreover, declares tho prince, a
broad plan of reform was already
mappo l out for gradual Introduction
when tho whole work was thrown
into courusion by tno liberal re
bound, accompanied by a discussion
of a constitution which followed
Minister von Plohvo's death.
Speaking to tho Associated press,
Prince Mcstchcrsky said.
"The question Is often asked,"
Why not Introduce a constitution
liussla might as woll ask an Ameri
can or a Hrlton, "Why not Intro
duce autocarcy A constitution Is
just as neccssarv to Great Britain
or the United States as autocracy is
for Russia. Constitutional govern
ment is impossible In Russia, for the
simple nasnn that the vast majority
nf the peoplo have not the slightest
.inception of Its meaning. There
ire perhaps 100 000 Russians who
want a constitution and as they do
ill the talking, while tlio remaining
150,000,000 are valueless, the Impress
Ion goes abroad that the sentiment
Df tho majority deslre3 a change
In tho form of government. If a
constitution wore introduced It
svouid be short lived for tho simple
re-tson that it would not bo based
jpon the wishes or ideas of the peo
ple, and therefore It would only im
pede roal and lasting reform. Con
Hltutlonal government would prove
in actual danger, because tbe na
tion includes races like tho Poles
ind thoso or tlio Baltic territory,
vho are moro advanced and dovel
Iped than tho rest. They would
.ousequeutly soon obtain prodoml
oance In tbe parliament, wnioh
vould call forth the opposition of
ho groat mass of tho population
md lead te the ditlnttsratUn of
be nation.
Mrs. Anna Morris, who lives nrai
H7ymoro,has boon adjudged insane by
Ihe Board ot Insanity commlssionets.
Prcpcrationa aro boing mado foi
Icdlcatipg tbo Carnegie library al
Hastings next Tuesday.
Tbe new uptown Northwesters
UuracoRer depot at West Point will
c formally opened on Thursday ol
ibis week.
Will Ingram at Hastings was son
lenccd to thirty days In jail for steal
Ing bides from tbo Blnkc slaugutei
souse.
Tbe Jason Telephone Go. has filed
irtlclcs of Incorporation with the
wcrotary of stato at Lincoln. Th
:ompany Is capitalized at 310,000.
David Awtry, a resident of Beat
rice was badly injured by falling,
downstairs at his homo and it wi
30 somo time boforo ho will bo a bit
to be out ou account of the accident,
Charles Swan, aged 24, son of thi
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Swan of Piatt
mouth, died at Roka on Sunday from
typhoid fovor. Burlcl will bo madt
at Syracuse.
Ono hundred laboring men mot at
Marshall hall last Saturday nigh)
and organized a laboring men's club,
Tbo club will take an active part t
tbo city politics next spring.
District court convened at Hta
ton, with Judge Guy T. Graves ol
tbo bench. There are throe oaset
on the docket to bo tried to a Jurj
and tbe Bession promises to be ai
Interesting ono.
The Alliance Mining company bat
been organized at Alliance with
000,000 capital. Tho company ownt
about thirty claims in Snutb Dakoti
and a-otlvo operations will begin a)
on co.
Grading for tho new Burllngtoi
depot has brgun at Beatrice. Fil
teen farmers in Gago couuty, In thi
vicinity of Plckercll, patrons of tht
Home Telephone company, havo or
gjinlzed a farmer's exchange.
Ilariy Komper, momber of "Thi
Two Orphans" compuny lost a 820i
dlamon 1 stud at the Paddock open
house In Beatrice. On Sunday tin
jewel was fouud by a policeman aud
Bent to tho actor at Hanover Kas
Stanton has a case of diphtheria,
Mrs. Beard, wlfo of Dr. E. A.
Beard, is the victim. Tho patient
has been kept under strict quaran
tine and there is llttto fear of thi
spread of tho disease.
While out delivering bread to bit
customers, Mr. Manning' horse wal
caught in an electric wire that ex
tended Into iho street and Jumped,
throwing Mr. Manning out brtiisinj
blm up and injuring his back,
Miss Georgia Sanders was badlv in
lured In a runaway accident at Beat
rice by being thrown out of tin
buggy in which she was riding onti
tho hard road. No bones won
broken but her cscapo from serlouj
and pnhibly fatal injury was mirao
ilous. Two other occupants of th
'chloie escaped unhurt.
A horse thief entered tho house o
lames Sohock, Bouthwcst of Beat
ilco and stolo clothes and othoi
Articles to tho amount of 8100. It li
believed tho thief is a fellow llvlnf
near Wathena, Kas., who Is alsi
vauted at Iiarbine, Neb., for steal
ng a-hog.
Deri Dempsey who was release
after having served a sentence ol
Ui'rty days In tho county jail, al
Lincoln was again placed behind tin
bars lor attempting to smuggle
Opium to other ptlsoners, who had
(,'lven him money just before his re
lease. An enthusiastic and largely at
ended meeting of farm or. s was hold
iit Pickrell to consider tho propo
rtion of organizing a farmers' cio
vator company and orectlng a bulid
lug. Aboi't $1,300 were pledged al
bo meeting and It looks as tbougb
iho organization would bo a cer
tainty. Tho intention Is to ralft
I5,0u0 for the erection of an olovator.
Tho first caso to come up for trial
before a jury at this term of district
tourt was that of Mrs, Anna Soarlt
jgainsh h'. p'ty of Plattsmouth lrj
which she sought to recover tho sum
tf 1, 00 J damages for injuries alleged
to have cecn received by falling on
jjtaioative sidewalk. After listening
to the evidence ot the plaintiff Judge
Paul Jessen inatruoted tbe Jury U
Hod for the defendant which was
done without leaving the Jury box
JuigeA. N. Sullivan appeared fo
Ihe plalnlff and City Attorney U. J
Travis for Ue tfeiaajfatak