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if 1. I W IS m m If I . iM M Is 6 f I ff 1 'I in t i ;Ss HAS ANEASY TIME General McArthur Reaches a Friendly Country AMERICANS MOVE WITHOUT HINDERVICE Natives Heotn to n Less Attached to Agulnalrtn't Cause Tlmu Elsewhere General Young Supposed to llo at the town of Bayombong, General MoArthur'fl troops arrived ftt ranlquc, I. I., from Ocrona In the course of tho morning. Tho railroad beyond tho point has not been des troyed. Tho captured railway stock is being repaired to handle supplies. Tho expedition trill go north toward Hay' ombong probnbljr Monday. Tho signal corps In constructing lines with great rapidity. A uatlvo courier from Bayombong re ports that tho American troops left tho town soon after thoy entered, nnd that many natives remain, although no in burgents. General McArthur discovered hero Major Joncson, formerly chief surgeon on tho staff of tho Filipino commander, General Mnscardo. He resides at Ha color and Is about to return thoro to resume his practice. Major Jnnenou says that all respectable Filipinos nro disgusted with tho behavior of tho In surgents and are very glad that the Americans have tho upper hand. A continuous procession of refugees Is entering l'anlquo from the north, indicating tho proximity of other American troops, probably off tho rail road lino. These refugees say that tho insurgents have not known which way to turn, with tho Americans occupying so many places In tho north. Paniquc is a rich sugar town. Soma of the wealthy Chlncso and tho poorer natives lied at the first approach of our troops, but they aro now confidently returning. Tho rain has ceased, tho weather Is tine, nnd the country is dry ing rnpldly. Tho natives hero say Bayombong was occupied last Sunday by mounted troops, probably General Young's brl gado of General Lawton's division. The people hero nro of a better class than wo have usually found, and thoy welcomed tho Americans, as they evi dently realize that their agricultural Interests will revive. TRAIN GOES INTO A DITCH Wreck of Train on Omaha Itoad unci Hlx Men Killed. Six men were hilled and four seri ously, if not fatally injured In an ac cident Sunday night on the Omaha railroad at Humboldt. A work train was backing out of Humboldt when a handcar bearing a number of Italians came around n curve. Tho men, seeing their danger, jumped from tho handcar, but left It on tho track. The work train backed Into tho obstruction and Hvo Hat cars, upon which were a number of Italian workmen, Jumped tho truck, killing flvo men nnd Injuring Hvo others, one of the latter dying later. It Is so far impossible to secure the names of tho dead and Injured. Brook Coblemnn, an American, Is among the dead, the others being Italians. As soon as tho wreck occurred tho Kalians began making threats against khu tralnmeu, and their demonstra tions becamo so ilerce that tho crew were compelled to pull out at once In order to save their lives. A relief train was sent out with physicians nnd when It arrived the Italians had quiet cfLl9!yn ,tttd no trouble occurred. Tho dead and' injured wcra taken to Sioux Falls. PASSES COMFORTABLE DAY Vice Prcsdent Ilobnrt it Least Molding Ilia Own. A Patterson, N. ,T November 11) tel egram says: VIco President Ilobnrt passed n comfortable night. Ho slept well, and when ho awoke this morning Memed refreshed. At 0 o'clock ho par took of solid food nud told those about him that ho enjoyed it. Mn Hobart passed the greater part of the day sitting at tho bedroom win dow, at times reading thu newspapers. Ho took less food than usual. TNtf seems. Jo, Indlcato that his stomach trouble has returned. There Is no por ceptible change In his condition, but lila friends are not as hopeful as they have been, They believe that the vlco president Is gradually growing weaker. A DEMAND FOR STATEHOOD Oklahoma Send a Louy or Fifteen to Washington. Tho statehood convention which closed at Guthrlo Saturday, appointed a committee to draw up a memorial to congress asking that Oklahoma bo granted statehood with her present boundaries. A lobby of fifteen per sons was also appointed to go to Wash inton. Delegate Dennis T. Flynn will leave for tho capital tomorrow armed with bills In behalf of a statehood and free homes for Oklahoma. Flynn's statehood bill Is said to bo slmllnr to the ouo ho Introduced In tho last cos blon. Teacher Gives Baby Away. So.thnt she might goon with her work Mrs. Ernst Hummel, Jr., a teach er In tho Phil Sheridan school,Chlcago, stood beforo Judge Whentlcy and gave her baby, seven months old, to her sis ter, Mrs. Bertha A. Phelps. Tho giv ing was an adoption, and It come about by reason of tho board of education ruling that a mother with a child un der; tho ago of two years could not teach in tho public bchools, and the board had just acknowledged it and heard of this baby. THE ENEMY WAS CHECKED liner Advance on Hitonnrt Wns ItotUlcil f-ffrVw flttibliomljr. Tho followlr7 Is from the general commanding at Plctermarltzburg by way of Capo Town: "Saturday nt 8 a. in, tho officer com manding our northern outposts report ed that the enemy's mounted patrols wcro advancing across tho whole conn try from Gourton road to Ulandl, mov ing on Kstcourt. My force stood to arms. Tho outposts reported various bodies, from 500 to 700 strong, advanc ing on Kstcourt from a northwesterly direction. One party, BOO strong, moved toward the railway bridge, half a mile northwest of Kstcourt. "Our outposts flftd on the enemy, and one of our naval guns fired a shell at 8,000 yards range, tho shell burst ing close to tho enemy, who then hur riedly retired. . "At 13 o'clock reports wcro received from three pickets that a large num ber of Boers were In sight on a -hill nbovo Leslie's homestead. Tho troops returned to camp." A dispatch from Kstcourt, dated No vember 10, says: "All is quiet here. The enemy Is be lieved to bo encamped six miles away. Our position is good nnd our forces are sulllclently strong to repulse at tack." Tho Doers occupied llurghcrsdorf on Tuesday, November 14, und it Is be lieved that they were then on the way to seize Stormburg Junction. Sir Alfred Mllner, governor of Capo Colony, nnd Hrltlsh high commissioner, has issued a proclamation declaring that tho Iloer proclamations, annexing territory", Impressing men or betzlng goods, aro null and void -and should not be obeyed. Ho promises full recog nition and of fair compensation for actual Injury resulting from royal ad herence to Hrltlsh allegiance. Mr. W. S. Shreiner. the premier, has Instructed all civil commissioners to announce that there Is no intention to call out tho burgher forces In tho col ony, as the colonial government con siders tho military force of tho crown sufficient to preserve order and repel invasion. "Ordinary citizens," the premier de clares, "are only expected to remain loyal and not to give countenance to tho enemy." Judging from present indications so far from there being u prospect of a Dutch rising, the faet is that many of tho Cape Dutch aro so incensed at tho loss of their property und the destruc tion of railways and bridges that they are oven beginning to force the annex ation of the two republics. Our promi nent politician goes so far as to say it may possibly happen that tho out lnnders will be the chief opponents of annexation. WAS DETERMINED TO DIE. Sent IIU Companion Away nnd Ilellber ntely Hangs lllnuelf. George Ludwlg'Cominltted suicide by hnnglng at his homo at South Lincoln Saturday morning at about I) o'clock. He was alone at the houso at the time, having sent a small boy who lived with htm to a store, and tho evidence Indi cates that he went at tho preparatory work deliberately. The hanging was In one of the rear rooms of tho house. He had cut away tho plastering nnd lath from the celling nnd tied a three quarter Inch ropo over the rafter. Af ter tying his feet together with a strap ho tied tho noose around his neck, cllmcd upon a tablo that he had pluced In the right position, made the ropu fast and stepped off the table. Mr. Pudwlg had been despondent for some time and tho taking of his own life Is belioved to havo resulted from a mind unbalanced by constant brood lug over domestic troubles. THURSTON WEDDING PLAIN Ccrumony at Ilrltto'n Home and Very Qnlot. Saturday morning, November 18, nt 0 o'clock, at Washington, 1). C, the much-talked-of marriage of Senator John M. Thurston nnd Miss Lola Pur mnn was solemnized at tho residence of the bride's parents, Dr. Frank M. Bristol of the Methodist church officiat ing. Dr. llrlstol nt one time occupied the pulpit of tho First Methodist church of Omaha, Nob., aud is a warm friend of Senator Thurston. The wed ding ceremony was attended only by the Immediate relatives of tho con tracting parties and E. C. Snyder. The bride was attired In a' plain tailor-made gown of light gray cloth, with a picture hat to match. Tho bride was unattended and tho cere mony was as slmplo as possible. Practitioner of Osteopathy Acquitted ' At Omaha, Nob., Novembor 18, ufter a prolonged hearing before Judge Bux ter of tho Douglas county court, Dr. Matthew Donahue, osteopath, was set frco today on the charge of prnctlctng without a certificate. Tho county attorney prosecuted at tho Instance of the htato board of health, Dr. Danahuo admitted the practice of of ostoonathv. but conttnid- ed It was not the practice of medicine and therefore not subject to the statute regulating medical practitioners. Novel Dm Moines Ordinance. Tho city council of Des Moines, la., has passed an ordinance prohibiting all persons walking tho streets after 11 p.m., unless thoy can give satisfactory reasons therefor, relating to business or borne other necessary occupation, The penalty Is 810 tine, nnd It applies to adults as well us children. Tho ob ject Is to provide a means for stopping street-walking by women of tho tow n, The ordinance is not taken seriously, the prediction being commonly mndo that it will have no effect even In the dlrcctlou Intended. da wiry ra American Campaign in Philip pines Full of Vigor, RAPID SWEEP MADE BY THE CAVALRY General Young's Command the Essence of EnergySquad Under Major Swl- (art Meet and Engages a Superior Force Insurgent Activity. Only fragmentary reports reach Ma nila of tho operations north, which, when tha story is known will provo to have been the most remarkablo cam paigning the Philippine war has known. Genoral Lawton's division i spread thinly over tho territory beyond San Jose, where the telegraph end is. General Young's two regiments of cav alry are continuing their rapid sweep into tho new towns nnd tho infantry is being pushed forward to hold tho towns the cavalry take, all In a coun try whoso natural difficulties nro in creased Indescribably by tropical rains, making rivers of creeks nnd Bwnmps of fields. Wagon transportation Is supposed to hnvo been practically abandoned, tho American troop3 living on captured supplies and tho little produce the Insurgent levies havo left. Mujor Samuel Swigcrt's squadron of tho Third cavalry Is reported to bo engaging a greatly buperlor forco nt Pozorrublo, northeast of Dagupan. These troops havo fought three en gagements nnd nro now holding their position, waiting for reinforcements. It Is believed at headquarters that this Filipino forco Is covering tho re treat of tho insurgent lenders to tho Blnguct mountains, that tho Insur gents planned to retreat northeast along tho Tayug road, which is stocked with storehouses, thrco of which the Americans havo secured, to draw upon en route, and that only tho Insurgent advanco force had passed Tayug be foro tho American occupation, the main body of Agulnnldo's army being within our lines. Tho majority of these insurgents may disorganize and pose as nmigos when tho Americans overtake them. Among tho scraps of news obtain able aro stories of tho hardships tho American army is meeting with. It is reported, for instanco, that General Lawton narrowly escaped drowning whllo fording a swift river, when Lieutenant Luna and two privates were lost. Insurgent Activity South. Thero has been a revival of insurgent activity south of Manila, particularly In Cavlte province. At Imus tho Fili pinos fired a smooth-bore cannon, but this was soon silenced by the American artillery. In tho course of the morn ing Major Cowle8, with a battalion of the Fourth infantry nnd two g'nns, scattered tho enemy from tho districts around Imus and In tho direction of Perez das Marlnns. Tho Americans could not pursue the retreating Insur gents because their ammunition was exhausted. Tho Filipinos wcro under tho command of General Marino Triaz. SAYS HE SHOT A PRISONER Charges Drought Against Colonel or the Twentieth Kunsas. ATopeka, Kan., November 20 spe cial says: Licutcnt Hall of Lawrence, formerly of tho Twentieth Kansas reg iment, In a letter to tho Topeka Jour nal makes tho chnrgo that Colonel Mctcalf, recently breveted brigadier general for gallantry In tho Philip pines, bhot an unarmed and supplicat ing Filipino, nnd in support of it fur nishes affidavits of Private Husky of the Twentieth Kansas and First 'Lieu tenant Furgcson of tho Thirty-sixth Infantry. Husky swears "that at tho battle Coloocan ho was orderly for Ma jor Mctcalf; that he saw a prisoner brought out Oof tho trenches to Ma jor Mctcalf', who shot tho prisoner with his revolver, and at the tlmo of the shooting the prisoner was unarmed and on his knees." Colonel Wilder Mctcalf, accused by Lieutenant Hall of having shot a Fil ipino prisoner, Is visiting old friends at Elyrla, Ohio. Ho said ho did not know what Lieutenant Hall referred to, and that he could not comprehend how he came to make any such state ment, unless it was duo to tho fact that tho lieutenant was not recommended for promotion. Ho declared the chargo was absolutely false. THE PATRIA A TOTAL WRECK Lteainer Htlll Afire and Partly Sunk In English Channel. The Hamburg-American liner.Patrla, which caught 11 ro in tho English can ,nel last Wednesday whllo on her way from New York, and which was finally abandoned Thursday when all attempts to tow her to port had failed, now lies between Wntmer nnd tho South Fore land, on tho Kentish censt. The depth of tho water an hour previous to her sinking -was seven fathoms. She Is still on flro forward. Apparently the fire has completely gutted her and ren dered her a total wreck. Tho survey ors could not get on board today, but they will do bo as soon as possible. Thomas Boycotts France. Tho Chicago orchestra, under tho leadership of Theodore Thomas has de clined the Invitation of tho directors of tho Purls exposition to attend that show In 1000. In a letter addressed to Eduardo Colonne, chairman of tho board of directors, Mr. Thomas de clares that as an American citizen he is a lover of justice and liberty and cannot consistently visit tho French capital. Mr. Thomas freoly admits that the verdict in the Dreyfus case was re sponsible for his determination to re main away from the exposition. REVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA Advices Brought by llrltlili fltcmnor Make the Outlook Ornvc. The Hrltlsh steamer Atrate, from Ua rnnqulllo, Tuesday, nnd Colon, Wcdncs day.reporlcd a widespread revolution ary movement In Colombia and a. grave outlook. Tho government Is recruit ing nn army by Impressment under martial law, and is levying forced loans In Colon, Barrunqulllo, Panama, and Cnrthngcna, where the Colombians havo been taxed 835 each at 12 per cent Interest, with tho alternative of 8300 flno or enlistment. Foreigners nro excluded, but com. mcrclal men in Colon nud Panama arc subjected to a forced loan of 8100,000 at 13 per cent, under a guarantee of railroad subvention, lluslncss is prac tically suspended, famine prices pre vail and foreign exchange is at 800. Foreigners nro watched with sus picion, tho government claiming that tho strength and popularity of the revolution nre duo to foreign support. Thero was heavy fighting Wednes day on the Mugdalona river. Tho gov ernment claims to have won n vlctorv. Tho revolution Is retarded owing to want of arms, but according to ndvides brought by the Atrato is gaining strength. LIEUTENANT LUNA'S RECORD Man Drowned In Philippines Known in Now Mexico. Lieutenant Maxlmllllano Luna, whom General Lawton reported ns having been drowned In the IUver Agno, Phil ippines, Is a member of n wealthy Spanish family, who havo resided for generations at LosLunas, within twen ty miles of Alberqucrque, N. M. His war career started early In the spring of last year, when ho recruited n troop of rough riders In Alberqucrque and went to tho front with tho troopers, storming San Juan Hill ns their cap tain. On returning to New Mexico, and after a long Blego with tho Cuban fever, ho received nn nppolntmcnt ns lieutenant la tho regular army, nnd when President McKlnley made a call for additional soldiers to do service In tho Philippines, ho recruited for the Thirty-fourth infantry throughout Now Mexico and Arizona, making his first recruiting station In Alberqucr que. After the Infantry had remained at Fort Logan for a month or so, or ders wcro issued to move, and on Fri day, September 8, on tho transport Columbia, tho lieutenant, with the Thirty-fourth, sailed for the Philip pines. SEQUEL TO WHITECAPPING Abuse of Victim Followed by Hunting of Property. There was a sequel to the West Lib erty, Ohio, whitccapplng caso early Sunday morning, when n mob of that place tore down a largo livery barn of Edward Jackson and turned the horses .loose Jackson was one of the trio, consisting of two colored men and a white woman, Jackson's daughter-in-law, taken from the jail at West Lib erty early Saturday morning by a mob and tarred and feathered and sent out of town. Tho trio -came to West Lib erty, where Nelll Jackson, who was severely beaten, lies critically 111, tho result of internal injuries. Jackson is nearly bllud from vitriol thrown In his eyes, Bank Robbortos In Kunsns. Bank Commissioner Drlcdcnthnl ot Kansas states that an organized gang of bank robbers is abroad in Kansas, nnd warns the bnnkcrs to guard their vaults. Six banks have been wrecked recently und all of tho robbers have escaped. Mr. llrledcnthnl says 200 armed men are scouring the country surrounding Pnrkcr, in Linn county pursuing the thieves who blew oper tho bank vault there. Fever Has Kun Its Course. Reports received by Surgeon General Wyman at Washington, November 10, show that tho yellow fever has about run its course at Key West, Fla.,whero It was so severe during tho latter part of tho summer. At Miami, however, tho disease still exist, though the coses reported are few In number. Murdered For Ills Money. The unknown man whose body was found Thursday night last in Mill creek, six miles from Fort Scott, Kan., wolghtcd down with a heavy chain nnd sack of stones, has been Identified as Leopold Edllnger, n farmer living near Rockvllle, Mo. Edllnger was un doubtedly murdered for his money. Death or Lady Salisbury. Lady Salisbury died at London Mon day afternoon. She had been in 111 health for a long tlmo past, suffering n second stroke of paralysis. In Juno last. Lady Salisbury was the daughter of the lata Hon. Sir Edward Hall-Al-dorson, baron of the court of exchequer, and was married to the Marquis of Salisbury, now premier, in 18S7. Typhoid Fever Epidemic. An opldemlo of typhoid fever has broken out In the stato normal and In dustrial college at Greensboro, ,N. C. Tho institution has been closed and moro thnn eighty young ladles uro 111, two having died. Kills the Peaco maker. George Moaley, n soldier of the Spanish war, tried to stop a quarrel on tho street at Lyons, la., ana was xniai ly shot by Frank Strohra of Lyons. Moaloy's home is In Indianapolis. THE NEWS IN BRIEF The yacht Shamrock Is being dls mastlcd at Greenock, Scotland. She was towed most of the way over. Harry Forbes has signed articles to fight Terry McGovern at New York for a purse of f3,000. DEATH CLAIMS Hi Garrett A. Hobart Succumbs to Long Attack. HE WAS A MOST POPULAR MAN t.nt Comes at 8130 Tuesday Morning Made n'llccord for Ilelug Impartial Whllo Presiding Officer of the Senate IIU Life. Vice President Hobart died at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at his homo in Patterson N. J. Tho condition of Mr. Hobart began to change for the worse lato In tho afternoon. About 10 o'clock Monday night he; fell inton deep Bleep. Ho awoke shortly before, midnight nnd spoke to his wife. Ho then becamo unconscious nnd remained in a coma toso condition tho rest of tho night. The cause of death is given as heart iauurc. President McKlnlov was at once no tified of his death. No arrangements have been made for the funeral yet. Gnrrott T. Hobart, vice president of tho United States, was born in Mon mouth county, N. .!., Juno 3, 1844. He studied law, graduated, nnd practiced his profession for many years. Ho was n member of tho New Jersey legisla ture. He was n delegate at largo to the national republican conventions of 1870 und 1880, a membar of tho repub lican national committee, serving un til his nomination for tho vice presi dency in 1890. Since his election to the vlco presi dency Mr. Hobart has taken an Impor tant part In politics. His ndvicc has constantly been sought, nnd on ac count of his tact ho was chosen to ex plain to Secretary of War Alger why the latter bhould tender his resigna tion. As a presiding officer of the senate he was n distinct success, Always punctual In his duties when his health permitted, he made a record for being impartial, and was popular with re publicans nnd democrats alike. IT IS FULL OF HARDSHIPS. Lawton's Energetic Campaign Tells on Amerlran Soldiers. Officers and soldiers arriving at Cab anatuan from General Lawton's force, says a Manila dispatch, describe the campaign as one of great hardships. Many men, dropping out sick, were left at .various towns without ade quate supplies, and some of them were making their way back across the ter rible roads. A number of horses were dying and many of tho soldiers, and even some of tho officer i, were march ing on half naked, their clothing hav ing been torn to pieces in getting through the jungles. Some of them were reduced almost to breech clouts, and hundreds were barefooted, their shoes being worn out, and all were living on uny sort of provisions, llrcad was rare and caraboa meat and ba nanas were the staples. General Lawton foresaw that the campaign would involve such hard ships, but he considered It tho quick est nnd cheapest way "of ending the war. THE HOME IS IN NEW HANDS A Second Transfer Is Made of the Dewey Itesldenco Property. Ocorgo Goodwin Dewey, Admiral Dewey's only son, Is now tho owner of the residence presented to tho admiral by tno American people. Papers wcro prepared and signed early Tuesday by which Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewoy transfers all rights und titles to the property which Monday Admiral Dew ey transferred to Mrs. Dewey. The transfer was made because of tho pub lic indignation aroused by Admiral Dewey's action in transferring the property to his wife. Tho evening papers wpre full of protests, and the public talked. To shut off criticism Mrs. Dewey trnnsfcrrred the property to Dewey's son. PROPOSE A SLIDING SCALE Cotton Operator Submit Proposition to Workmen. Representatives of Fall River, Mass., cotton manufacturers and operatives, consisting of special committees of five each from the manufacturers' as soclatlon'and the tcxtilo council, met, and after a four hours' conference an agreement was submitted to the oper atives in the form of a sliding scale of wages based upon margins existing between the price of raw cotton and the price of cloth. Wages aro to bo re adjusted every six months. HE ESCAPES BETWEEN LINES Agulnaldo Leading Young and Lawton a Merry Chase. A telegram from Manila dated No vember 22, 12:30 p. m. says: Agulnaldo has escaped between Generals Young nnd Wheaton. General Young is push ing toward Hayambang. Kills Ills Brother-ln-Law. Nenr Lovlngton, Moultrlo county, Illinois, George Warren fatally stabbed his brother-in-law, Thomas Todd, a farmer residing near that town. The men were driving homo nnd quarreled, and Warren stabbed Todd in tho ab domen, inflicting a fatal wound. Charleston Crew Saved. The United States gunboat Hclona has arrived nt Cavite with tho crew of the cruiser Charleston, which was wrecked early in the month on a reef off the northwest coast of Luzon. All the men are w. ell, NO CHANGE IN CONDITIONS Itnmnrs'of a Fight nt Ladysmlth Un confirmed Boer luvnde Natal, The reports of henvy fighting at La dysmlth Wednesday have not been confirmed. On the contrarv. tlii tnnfc reliable advices from Kstcourt indicate that thero was nothing more than a desultory cannonade. Probably tho rumor of n serious engagement grew out of tho fact that tho lloers threw a few harmless shells lato Tuesday night, leading to tho supposition that an at tack was Imminent. Nothing, how ever, happened Wednesday, llcyond tho fact that the lloers aro daily re ceiving fresh reinforcements nnd sup plies, thero is practically nothing new from the front. , The Uocr invasion of Cape Colony continues steadily and rnpldly. There arc 1,300 lloers at Golesbcrg, and news has reached East London that Lady Grey, near Allwal North has been de serted by the Hrltlsh nnd is now in tho nanus oi ine enemy. A Prctorln dispatch announces the nrrlval there, among the Hrltlsh pris oners, of Major Haldraue, Lieutenant llrochlc, nnd Lieutenant Hallwcy. It also declares that the British on.Snn day made two unsuccessful nttempts to oust tho Rustcnburg command from a position near Mufcklng und that severe fighting took place. t From Dclngoa Hay comes reports of the arrival of more German officers nnd nrtlllcrymen who havo volun teered to hcrvc with the Transvaal forces. HAYWARD HARDLY SO WEL.I Improvement Noted Three Daya Ago Not Maintained. A Nebraska City special says Sena tor Hayward's right nrm is useless again nnd his physician is not nt all pleased with his condition. Ho slept nicely nnd is well physically, but not bo well mentally. Dr. Whlttcn says that the condition of Senator 11 ay ward is not us good as it was threo days ago. There is noth ing seriously alarming, but tho patient does not rally as he should. Paralysis of tho right arm again is a bad symp ton and shows that tho lesion of tho brain is not absorbing as it should. The patient Is resting easily and bmf fcrs llttlo pnln. UNITED STATES AGREEABLE m Plan for Partition of Samoa Meet With Favor. It Is the expectation of Secretnry Hay that tho treaty for tho partition of Samoa will be finally disposed of this week. Ambassadors Choate is understood to have mailed the. text of tho agreement reached by Germany and Great Britain. When this Is received final arrangements for signing tho treaty will bo made. There is no doubt that this govern- - ment is agreeable to the action taken by the other powers in relation to Sa vil and Upolu, so that nothing remains to bo done except formally sign th convention. ' Wreck the Bunk Building. The safo of the Exchango bank ot Brooklyn, Mich., was blown to atoms and between 85,000 nnd 80,000 was so curcd by three masked men who did vho work. The bandits fired threo shots at their pursuers and hurried southward. The bank building Is n wreck and the saf j and fixtures are ruined. Gold and bilver currency to. tho amount of 81,500 wns taken from tho ruins today and the officials ex pect to find 81,500 moro when the wreckage is cleared. Moody Improving. D. L. Moody's physician Wednesday issued the following- bulletin: "Mr. Moody has had n comfortable day. His general condition and' his appetite havo improved. Ills troublo -is a weakening of the walls of tho heart, caused by overwork and a con dition akin to futty degeneration of tho heart. Wo confidently expect . steady though no rapid Improvement." Mr. Moody is nt his homo In East Northflcld, Mass. Strike at Sugar Works. The 400 men employed at tho Illinois Sugar Refining company's works nt Pckln, 111., have stmek. Tho manager has been reducing tho scale of wages of tho skilled mechanics, and many of them struck. Cheaper men wcro em ployed in their stead und u now master mechanle becured, and then thero was a strike of tho entire force. Tho com pany lost 83,000 In consequence of the syrup in tho pans hardening and sour ing. Ohio's Vote. The canvass of tho official vote In Ohio has been completed. It shows that Judge Nash's plurality is 40,022. The total vote cast was 008,130, di vided as follows among tho bIx candi dates for.. goveruor: Ocorgo K. Nash, republlcn'wH.4,17,100; dhn R. McLean, democrat,3iv17fStth 11. Ellis, union reform, 7,700; G.orgtf'M. Hnmmel, pro hibition, fl,823; Robert Bnndlow, so cialist 'labor, 2,430 Samuel M. Jones, naBipftrtlsan, 100,731, M Tho president issued a proclamation extending the; "copyright act to tho Netherlands. "' n Dlplonmtlo Itelatlons Resumed. ' A cablegram received at tho btato de partment from United States Minister Loomls, at Caracas announces that ha has established relatlon-i with tho Castro government of Venezuela. Mr. Loomls was authorized to recognize, tho do facto government in his discretion.' Smallpox Scaro In Iowa, ' v Fort Dodge, la., is seriously fright- ened over the small pox that has brok en out at Storm Lake nnd elsewhere. The city council ordered all school children vaccinated and tho mayor published a notice advising every ono to do likewise. At . 1 - .ggeatiwqaiwwBMtt