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7 GERMANY A FRIEND I WON'T WANT A TflADE WAK WITH UNITED STATES HOPES TO HAVE TREATY DEFINITE PROrOSAIi ON THE WAT TO THIS COUNTKX Urtrcfn Speck von rtternberp to Lny the Mutter Ilofore President ltoonevelt Expressions Krum Premier BERLIN. Baron Speck von Stern berg, tho German ambassador to too United Stato3 who sailed lor New York from Bremen on tho Korth German Lloyd stOBmer Kaiser WI1 helm II, will, on his arrival at Wash ington, submit to President Roose velt the proposals of tho German government for a new trade agree ment between the United States and Germany. The ambassador takes with him full knowledge of tho Ger man government's position and is prepared to negotiate. The corres pondent hero of the Associated press asked to foreign otllco if, in view of the public interest in the United States on this subject, the imporial chancellor would not define Gor- j many's attitude with some precision. S Princo von Buolow received the cor respondent and among other things, said: "An idea, I suspect, Is abroad In America that tho changes in tho German tarllls and the modifying agreements with other European countries were In some way directed against the United States and that Germany desired to damage tho trade of the United States. This I am glad to say was never a motive with the German government .'and the proposals that laro about to bo . made are designed .to Increase tho exchanges between these two coun tries and not to contract them. Tho facilities for transportation between Germany and the United States are destroying their locality and by tho operation of forces beyond the con trol of elthor of them bringing the tVO, peoples Into greater identity of economic Interests. "Each countiy has special apti tudes and products of which tho other may avail Itself and yet main tain the revenue und protective symptoms adjusted to Its individual situation. "Germany is as little inclined to shape Its commercial policies accord ing to the right dogma as the United States. We deslro to promote the V Interests of our country and act in consideration of its economic needs. The old tariff of- 1870, with the amendments added to It in the course of time no longer correspond in view of the dovelopeaient of Germany's agriculture in particular suffered in consequence of the treat'es of tho nineties whose chief purpose was to win foreign markets. For this reason spaclal attention was given to Ger man agriculture in the new tariff.. That this aim is not hostile to tho commercial treaties and can be re conciled with the spirit of considera tion lor tho interests of other countries, wo have already proved by ttbo negotiations of a series of new commercial conventions. With the .United States, too, we can live upon a friendly footing in trado relations and extend our system of exchanges "to the advantage of both coutries - Such is our will." , , "Gould not the existing arrange ment resting en tho most favored nations interpretation of tho exist "i'ag treaties bo continued? .That ap- peats to be the prevailing sentiment "in "the United States. Prince von Buelow, replying, said: . l'A continuation of tho present conditions unchanged is not possi ble, ifZonly for tho formal reason thnK nur nrr.rnnmnnh nf Iflflrt njlt- Klin ' 'United-States is founded expressly . . n'.n tariff dutlo3. Under the old r -O l!jf$fiC Beatles with Au&tro-Hun-'tty'i Itily, Switzerland, Belgium, " .1 . . i I ... e Ttinesu iiuojes. iu uuu&ruuuui-u ui our T. - . - ... . . . v tireatles. will he abolished at tho end Vvof February 1000. Thus the Ger- tA ' A n,nilnn'n (InMnmlnK colli Inco i. man l IUUI1UUU agreement will lose si lts bas s when tho new taritr goes Into eileci warcn l, next, ana thcreforo the imperial government J- ij uncier tho necessity of giving notice of tho termination of this HAS "ISO CHARM FOR THEM ItUSSTAN MI LIT Alt Y MEN DO NOT OA HE TO ItETUKN HOME Scathing: Vituperation Agnlniit All HIr1 rertonnes In Empire, Includ ing tho Cetr S.nudal In tho Army NAGASAKI. On account of the actlvo mlllta'y cousonhlp after the ratification of tho peace treaty, when the Associated press correspondent left tho front a statement for tho press of the condition in Russia, Manchuria and eastern Siberia was impossible. Thoro wa? general, and, especially In tho army, s:athing vituperation and recrimination affecting all tho highest porsonuges in Russia, including tho czar. Tho newspapers wero tilled with dis cussions regarding the causes of the war und motives by which It was In spired and fixing tho blamo. 'I hero was general distrust of all govern ment acts. Tho military qppeared to bo anxious to remain in the cast indefinitely, most of tho onicers dreading to return to Russia account of tho terrors which recurring dis orders there gave promise. Tho largo number tif Russians belonging to tha progressive element who had settled, in the east anticipated a now modern empire and were animated by a spirit of revolt. Tho lntclllgonco that anti-government demonstrations had successfully been repressed caused an outbreak in tho Irkutsk theater that the "Marselllallse" was sung and there were shouts of "Down with the government," "Down with tho emperor." I Tho peasants and lower classes were declaiming against religious practices of tho state church, some thing hitherto unknown. Tho head of the institute of oriental languages at Vladivostok was hooted, mobbed, SDit upon and driven out ny the students. Owing to tho severe strain on the railway caused by the concentration oPGeneral Linevltch's army demob Iliz3tlon was relatively slow. Gen erals Kaulbans and BatazanolT, com manders of the Second and Third armlts, hurriedly quit tho field aftor the treaty of peaco was signed. General Kuropatkin will be among the last of those leaving. When the armistice was signed at Shaluitzu it wa3 revealed that a soandal in the management of the army on the Tumen river had been discovered, consisting of the forage of provisions causing a famine, and also military 'malpractice, owing to which th Japanese refused to negotiate the armistlco there, even aftor their slg 'nal victory. ' Oppt sed to this gloorav aspect ol affairs are the facts first, that a new era ui communication has been 1" augurated by British engineers who have Just completed a wireless tele graph system extenlng from the Llao river to the Tumen and thence 'to the Amur railway; second, tho ex penitures of government ranney lor constructing Dermatent burrjeks at Harbin, Vladivostok and Khabaro vosky and the building of railways; third, the opening of tho northern paitofthe island of Sakhalin and the promised modification of the laws applying to commerce and in dustry. The RussO'Cblnese bank, which confronted serious diplomatic d 1 til cultics in reopening through the Jananeso sphere of influence, is already in activo operation. ST. PETERS B U RG. Count Witte summoned a conference of tho editors ot all the St. Petersburg newspapers and ask their aid and co-operation ia restoring normal conditions and securing the confidence of the people in the new regime, tho purpose of which was to give the fullest measure of liberty outlloed In the manifesto. The Count sala ho had telegraphed to many eminent liberals to come to St. Petersburg and assist In putting tho new administration on a solid and acceptable footing but while the railroad strike prevented their ar rival ho was forced to rely on the saber sense of tho St. Petersburg press, without whose assistance in calming the people tho government could do nothing positive and would bo obliged to conteat itself with negative and, oven reactionary measures. Tha editors preEcnt expressed the fullest confidence in Count Witte but declared that they could not puulhh their papers without tho consent cf the strike committee. The editors of the radical papers said that, t? content tho people it was necjS3.irj to give tho fullest amnesty to politl cal prisoners. CITY IN A PANIC I'EOI'LH OP 8T. 1'KTEKUIlUUG FEAHFUL OK A ItlSINQ THE OUTLOOK NOT GOOD 5TIUKHUH FOll TIME 1UCIMJ CON TENT TO HE 1'EAOEFUL lion Anxious to I'rovo Cnpnclty for Solf-Oovcriiiiiont Order Given l'ollco to l'ormlt I'enco fill Dcmoiiatrntloua LONDON. A dispatch to tho Ex- ,'hango Telegraph company from St. Petersburg savs that Emperor Nicholas has decided to grant a con- ititutiuu similar to that of Germany. ST. PETERSBURG -St. Totorsbuig was in a punio, but to a largo extent apparently without reason. The in est alarming rumors were in em ulation and tho Bhopkecpors ou all except a few of the principal streets closed their stores and boarded up the doors and windows, whilo peaceful-minded Inhabitants kept within doors Anxiety was evidenced In tho whole atmospboro of tho city, but so far nothing has ocourrod to lustify these fears. Thcro were no disorders. General TrcpofT, who has been placed in command of tho St. Peters burg garrison and given an addi tional division of reinforcements, declares that ho Is ample able to maintain crdor and tho polloo arc allowing tho strikers to vent their enthusiasm eo as to avoid a conflict. General TrepofT instructed tho police not to interfere with tho pa rades so long as thev wercoiderly, but ho gave notice that he was pre paicd to copo iiimlv with any dls Drdor. Ho had printed in all the jvenlog papeis a notification that tho troops would bo urdcred to use ball cartridges in caso there should DC any outbreak. By tho grea'est exertions tho gov ernment has succeeded In moving trains manned ty military operatives an a few railroads. Trafllc was re sumed Irregularly on tho Moscow-St. Petersburg lino, and on all lines to Brest and Kazan. The first effort? tvoie directed to tho moving of :attle trains so as to meet tho pinch if approaching famine in the two :apltnl3 and one train load of cattlo xrrlved at St. Petersburg and mother at Moscow. A scanty lupply of milk, butter and eggs Is iniving In St. Petersburg over the Finland railroad, tho employes of which refuse to strike. Tho situa tion cannot be regurded as much im proved. Tho strikers at their meet ings were as determined as ever to lontinuo th3 strike and the full force Df tho railroad battalions Is almost hplpless In the face of tho general itrike on the railroads. The source of tho funds wbich aro it the command of the revolutionists Is a mystery. In Moscow the revolu tionary committee Is paying strikers 15 cents dally, and has invested lago sums in arms and ammunition. Tho tactics ot the revolutionists in St. Petersburg are apparently to create a reign of terror. Tho strike conta gion Is jpreadlntr. All classes of workmen aro organizing sympitbetlc strikes, and Industrial life In the country Is coming to a standstill. The situation can not long continue. Either tho workmen will soon be starved into submission, or pillage with military interference and blood shed on a largo scale aro bound to follow. At Moscow COO cabmen ha"o flready fought the strikers, whom they charge with taning bread out of their mouths. In manv cities es peclally at Moscow, the question of food Is becoming extremely serious. Collisions between troops and strikers aro reported to have oc currcd at several places. Communication by telegraph with many Interior points Is interrupts. The whole country Is becoming alarmed, and In St. Petersburg an Incipient panic prevail?. Tho boats and the Finnish trains, now the only means of egress, aro crowded with peoplo fleeing abroad. The situation hero has grown much worse. The prices of food havo gone up and the supply ot beef Is only sulllclent for three days, but there are ample supplies of wheat and rye ifortwb months. Tbo eroparor and the court at Petorhof are supplied bj a warship from St. Petersburg. REBATES THE RULE SANTA KM OAK MANAOElt 1'ltANK IN HIM CONVERSION CANNOT STOP PRACTICE HATE IV All WOULD FOLLOW HK- l'OUT ON HIS l'AUT UorrlRorutur Dispatch I.luo Owned by Kullroad Uompiny Hut Mnn. iicd Sopumtely Lends Long on annul WASHINGTON. -Admitting that robates aro given to shippers in the California fruit service by practically all prlvato car linos, G. P. Leads, general manager of tho Santa Fo Re frigerator Dispatch, enlivened tho inquiry being conducted hero by the Interstate commerce commission to show tho relations between railroads and companies engaged In tho busi ness of refrigerating freight in transit. Mr. Leads said these re bates woro nccssary to his company becauso all his competitors woro granting thorn. Ho assorted that ho could not break up tho practice with out precipitating a rate war. Tho testimony was confined to tho business of the Atchison, Topuku Santa Fo Rofrigerator Dispatch, which corporation, according bn olliclals of both, who wcro on the stand, aro oarned by tho samo inter ests and they havo the samo presi dent. Tho commission orncrca the taking of tho deposition of Edwla T. Earl of Los Angeles, Cal., November 10. Attorney Urlon for th3 Armour car lines again endoavcrerd to have a date fixed for closing the Inquiry but his motion was denied. Tho cases ou which tbo hearing arc being held arc directed by the commission against tho Atchison Topeka & Santo Fo and tho Southern Pacific railways and tho Armour car lines, Santa Fc Rofrigerator Dis patch and tho American Refrluora tor Transit company. Thesa cases were (ogregatcd from the numorout cases against southeastern railways on which hearings wore held m cently. J. S. Loads, general manager of tho Santa Fo Refrigerator Dispatch, gave startling testimony concerning ret ales, and declared his Inability to break up the practice Ho said his company operates 4,550 cars und obta'us additional equipment by In terchanging witli the American Re frigerator Trans.t company und the Michigan Central railway. Tho cars operated by tho Santa Fe Refrigera tor Dispatch, sala Mr, Leads ore owned by the Santa Fu railway a.d aro leasod ny tho Dispatch line. Commissioner Prouty questioned tho witness regarding tho cost of ro frigeration in the California fruit service and Mr. Louis said n charge for 'cfiigeratlon Is justifiable for thn reason that the receipts from mileage are insulllolcnt to pay earnings cn the expensively constructed cars. Mr Leads figured the ccst of maintenance of cars at 21 cents a day, and tho oarnlngs for Blxty-slx miles at three-fourths of a cent a mile., making tho annual earnings at $142, maintenance $75 ani net earnings 867 a year. The cars cost about $1,200 each. In response to questions by Com missioner Clements and Prouty, Mr. Leads admlttoi that lie has paid rebates to shippers of deciduous fruits, but Instead that there Ins been no discrimination lu favor of anyone or moro shippers. Ho justi fied tho payment of rebitcs by say- log that he found this practice Indulged In by his competitors. The rebates, ho said, amounted to 810 a oar to Chicago, 815 tn Buffalo and Pittsburg and -820 to tho -Atlantic Isoast.. A1 protest wis mado by attorneys for the Armour car lines and the South ern Paolliq railway against the 1 loose manner ot examining tho wit ness." Commissioner Clements had called the attention to testimony ulven by Mr. Leads In hearings in Chicago a year ago, and asked Mr. Leads to tell the commission again of "these practices." Tho attorneys Eald that if Mr. Loads had evidence of con creto casc3 where rebates had been given it would be all right for him to toll of tnese cases. "Why can't you break It up" asked Commissioner Prouty. "Be causo It would precipitate a war that might bring the charges below cost of refilgeratlorjj'J laid Mr. Leads. NEBRASKA NOTES George Randall has sold his llvory barn and business at Stella to a Mr. Mowry of Vordon. . Somo thief stolo 810 from tho Brcozo olllce at Grotna. Tho money was lu an old pair of overalls. Ernest Gutlirlo of Wymoro who was sentenced to tho reform school by Judgo Bourno, has bcon Hakon to Kcarnoy by Shot I ft Trudo. Section Foreman Mclvard, of Arlington has bcon killed by bolug struck by a train. Ho had boon in employ of tho Northwestern road for tho last ten years. i Joshua Clark, of Stella, has re ceived a telegram stating that his son Roy wns down with typhoid fover at Elk City, Oik., and not cx; pected to livo. '. Jacob Hclnrloh, proprlator of a' restaurant ou Main streot in Plults mouth has boon kicked In tho faco by a liorsa bolug Injured in suoh u manner as will dlsllguto his faco for lire. A freight wreck on tho Union, Pacific uno mllo east of Papllllon, Btoppod all trafllc on tbo road.- Tho: wrecked train was a stock train going cast. Soveial cars ot stock wero piled up and tho stock killed.; Tho army desorter who was being held at Norfolk has escaped from tho Norfolk city Jail In an unknown manner. Ho was to havo been taken to Omaha und dellvorod to tbo Fort Ciook authorities. Tho prisoner gavo his namo as O. R. Car tor. Eva Muy Sldders, 7 woekB old and ono of a pair of twins born to Mr.; and Mrs. Slddors of Boatrlco, has died. At hor birth sho wolghod but a pound and a half and at her death, two pounds and three quarters. Tho other child dlod soon after birth.. Tho funoral ot Dr. Eveiott Van' Huron, furmcrly a prominent physl olan of Li'romont has been hold at; Hoopor. The sorvlcoa woro held, under tho auspices of tho Masonic lodge. For two terms Dr. Van Buren sorved as mombcr of tho cltyi council of Fremont. j Dr. S. W.MoGrow of Auburn offors! to prosont to tho city u lot at the cjinsr of Third avonuo and Fifth street und tho ladles of tho W. C. T. U. aro making an endeavor to secure! a library and it is probablo that to-' foro long that city will havo a puollc library aud reading room. Wnlle crisilng the railroad tracks! near the depot in Flattsmouth L. A. Weuro, son of John Weare, oft Omaha, slipped and fill and tho wheels ot a car ran over and crushed! his left leg. The unfortunato man' was taken to tho Perkins house! whero Drs. E. W. Cook and Living ston amputated tho limb botwoon' the ankle and knee. ; Tho Cream City Creamery com-, pany In Beatrice bus su Cured a loss! by Uro that will reach probablyi 810 000. Flro wub discovered on tho second floor of tho plant at 7 o'clock: in the evening and hud galnna suchi headway beforo water was playing upon It that much damage was donoi before It was gotton under controlj lato at night. , Mm. Herman WIppcrn's 1-yoar-oldl baby became unconscious In a rnys-i tciious manner and died suddeuly at' Hutto. Tho sorvlces of a physician, were called but tho doctor oould gito no explanation for tho death. Mrs., Wlppsrn wa3 recently restored to! her parents at Butte a short timo ago, after having been kidnapped eighteen years ago. Tho home of J. D. Homan Boven' miles southwest or Gretna, has boon entirely consumed by flro. Tho o wiro only two children at homo when tho tiro was discovered. Everything was destroyed Including valuable papers to tho extent of about 81,000. The houso and farm belonged to IT. G. Sanday. Mr. Sanday carrlod $500 insuranco with tho Columbia Flio Insurance company. The noman' family aro left destitute. Whilo Mrs. J. H. Overman of Stella, was doing somo work Jn tho cemotory a fow days ago she Eaw a monstor snako, which gave hor such a fright that sho went running to town and reported the matter, when her huBband got a dozen men, re paired to tuo cemetery ond woro un able to find his snaknshlp after a dllligent search. Sho described It as largor around than a stovc-pipo and about sixteen feet long. Goorgo Smith und Marvin Davis wore In tho samo neighborhood and sa.v tho reptlio, which got through a hodgo fenoo beforo they were aolo to kill It. A largo crowd Is going out from Stella to try and find It. agreement on.Marcb 1. . j