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Foreign.
Tln-Hung-Tue, president of tlio
board of justice, Iiiih been appointed
grand cotniRellor of the empire In
success to Chnng-Chlch-Tung, de
censed. An Imperial edict Issued
eulogizes Chung-ChlchTung, gives
lilm posthumous honors mid promotes
IiIh three sons.
The Spanish camp, under Com
mander General Sotuinnyor, wns the
object of a surprise attack nt 0
o'clock in the morning by tho Moors.
The enemy was repnlBed and Hhelled
until it o'clock. The Spaniards lost
two men wounded.
Henry White, the Amnilcan ambas
sador to Franco, Iiiih been given n
leave of absence, and accompanied by
Mrs. White will sail on November 3
for tho United States, not to return.
Tho preparations for tho extension
of Spnln'H operations In .Morocco, In
volving tho Bending of heavy rein
forcements, are creating increasing
uneasiness in 1'arls.
Mohammed All Mlrza, tho deposed
Khali of Persia, sailed from Anzall, on
tho Caspian sea, on his way to exile
in Russia, no is expected to land
nt Potrovsk, on tho west shore of
tho Casplnu. Ho will bo taken direct
to Odessa on a special train. Ills
movements are being kept as secret
as possible as the Caucasus Is swarm
lug with Persian revolutionists and at
tempts nt assassination are feared.
Tho English government has com
pleted arrangements to take over all
tho coast stations of the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph company stations,
except tho I'oldhu and Clifton, which
the company retains for its projected
trans-Atlantic service. Tho govern
ment pays $75,000 for these stations
and gets also tho right to use all ex
isting patents a:ul all Improvements
made during tho next fourteen yeara
General.
Commnnder Peary has formally no
tified tho National Geographic society
of his nceoptunce of Its offer to ex
amine nnd pass mum the records of
IiIb polar explorations. Notice to this
effect enmo to Prof. Willis L. Moore,
president of the society, In a telegram
from Commander Peary in Now York.
After being In Jail llvo months
chnrged with counterfeiting, John
ProBton has been released on tho dis
covery that tho alleged bad money Is
nil genuine. Mows reached Bristol,
Tenn., from Abingdon, Va., whero ho
wns In Jail. A grand jury ordered his
release.
Miss Clara L. Clemens, daughter of
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain),
wns married to Oaslp Gabrilowitsch,
tho Russian pianist, mo wedding
took plnco In tho drawing room at
"Storm Field," Conn.. Mr. Clemens'
country home, with Rev. Dr. Jos. H.
Twitchell of Hartford ofllclntlng.
Tho llvo year prison sentence of
John R. Walsh, tho former Chicago
banker, lias been nlllnued.
Commander Peary has formally
notified tho National Geogrnphlcal so
ciety of his compllaneo with tho reso
lution of tho society urging Peary nnd
Dr. Cook speedily to submit all tholr
observations, notes and data to n coin
potent scientific commission In tho
United States.
Tho health of Count Loo Tolstoi Is
ngnln exciting apprehension. Ho faint
ed twice after his return to Yasnayn
Polyana from his trip to Moscow. Ono
fnlnting spell lasted ten minutes. Tho
aged nuthor, nfter several hours' rest,
wns ublo to undertake n short
promennde.
A monument to tho mndness of
"Mnd Anthony" Wnyno, tho revolu
tionary genernl who led a successful
nttnek ngaliiBt apparently hopeless
odds on Great Britain's Stony Point
Glbraltnr 130 years ago, was dedicated
at Stony Point. N. Y.. as one of tho
opening events of tho up-state Hudson
Fulton celebration.
John Van Nortwlck, millionaire pa
per and pulp manufacturer and owner
of oxtcnslvo water power rights In
"Wisconsin, died at his homo In Apple
ton of heart failure.
Governor Hughes of New York re
newed bis nctlvlty ngalnst rnco track
betting In his state. Several indict
ments will Boon bo returned against
prominent Jockey clubs.
Charles W. Murphy, president of
tho Chicago National Ilasoball club,
who wns recently lined $500 for al
leged tampering with a Toronto pitch
or, lina entered a demand that the na
tional commission reopen tho caso.
Congressman Parsons charges Tarn
ninny congressman with coming to
relief of tho Cannon machine on con
dition that "up-stato" republicans in
Now York block legislation to prevent
Tammany frauds In New York city
elections.
Sountor Aldrlch has explained to
Frenchmen somo of tho misunder
standings concornlng tho tariff.
After a happy married llfo of more
than fifty yearn David Ackennunn and
wife wero found dead In bed at their
homo in Philadelphia, having been nc
cldentally asphyxiated by illumlnullrig
cat).
Tho department of Justtco Is prepar
ing to fight tho cases against those
persons who by various means ob
tained from members of tlio llvo civ
ilized tribes of Indians lands that un
der tho federal government's conten
tion could not bo alienated.
Albert Pulitzer, n brother of Joseph
Pulitzer, publlHhcr of tho New York
World, committed sulcldo In Vienna.
It was evident that ho made double
Hiiro of death, for ho had first Bwnl
lowed poison, and then, standing In
front of n mirror, had scut a bullet
from n revolver through bis right
temple.
llrndstrcot'B report shows that tho
now tariff schedules have affected cot
ton nnd woolen goods.
Tho Omaha street car troublo Ib
over and strike-breakers havo boon
sent nway.
Revolutionists nro active In Para
quay, according to advices received
nt the stnto department from Mlnlstor
O'Hrlen.
On tho stops to tho Hall of Famo
nt New York university an unknown
man shot himself In the bend. Tlio
body was removed to the morgue.
Government reports from customs
receipts nnd Internal revenue nre fav
orable. GermntiB of Chicago celebrated the
anniversary of the landing of tho Gor
man pilgrim fathers and tho founding
of Gormantown on October 0, ICS'J.
Peary, In his ship, the Roosevelt,
wns central llguro in Hudson-Fulton
Journey up the Hudson.
Herbert Parsons, chairman of tho
New York county republican commit
ttee, announced that nil cheating In
the coming mayoralty contest In tho
metropolis would bo guarded against.
The picture of Martha Washington
may be placed upon ono of the post
ago Htamps of tho present scries. A
number of women prominent In tho
Society of tho Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution havo requested tho
postollleo department to take such ac
tion. It Is suggested that tho pro
posed Issue of tho 12 cent stamp offora
tin opportunity to do this.
Chief Forester Plnchot back In
Washington repeating charges of trust
controlled water power.
After having plended guilty to
burglary of a store at Woodbine, la.
Mrs. Anna I.lnd, aged 25, mother of
a tl-montlis-old bnby, was given nn
Indeterminate sontenco of ton years
In the penitentiary
Sir Thomas Upton will como to
America to offer again to raco for tho
American cup.
It is said that American families,
each with an nvorago capital of $1,000
have entered Canada from tho United
States this year to become homestead
ers. Tho total nntlonnl bank notes out
standing secured by United Stntes
bonds and lawful money today Is $702,
807.451), against $r.75,G12,327 a year
ago, as shown by the monthly state
ment of tho comptroller of tho cur
rency. Washington.
A now counterfeit llvo dollar silver
certificate has appeared in Michigan
and other places, and tho secret serv
ice Issued a wr.rnlng to the public.
The counterfeit bears tho Indian head,
mid is of tho scries of 1889, has tho
signatures of United States Treas
urer Treat and Register Vernon nnd
Ib described as having cheek letter
"2B" faco plate number 1242 nnd back
pinto number 802.
Continued Improvement In tho In
dustrial sltuntlon in tho United States
Is Indicated by the reports of leading
Industrial commercial movements re
ceived during August by tho bureau
of stutistlcs of tho department of
commerce nnd labor. Unusually largo
movements of soft coal, coak and Iron
oro and largo shipments of lumber
are Indicated.
Census Director E. Dana Durand an
nounces November 3 next as tho date
for mnklng n practical test of tho
qualifications of applicants for ap
pointment ns special agents for tho
collection of tho thirteenth census
statistics of manufacturers nnd mines
nnd quarries. Blank applications
may bo obtained now by writing the
bureau of tho census.
Secretary of War Dickinson loft the
city for Holloineado, Tenn., Hio home
of his sou, Immediately upon receipt
of a telegram to tho offect that the
young man was suffering from n soii
ous attack of heart failure
Representatives of eleven govern
ments will attend tho tenth annual
meeting of tho Association of Mili
tary Surgeons of tho United States,
to bo held bore. From tho United
States will bo medical oillcers of the
army, navy and marine hospital ser
vice and national guard organizations.
It Is believed tho convention will bo
tho most Imoprtunt to this branch of
medical profession hold In yours.
Personal.
Harvard unlvorslty formally oponed
by Installation of President Iowell.
Congressman Parsons of Now York
has thrown down tho gauntlot to Can
non forces.
Tho Duchess of Aosta Is about to
leavo Naples for tho Congo and will
spend tho winter In Africa tor the
benefit of bor health.
Street car strikers In Omaha havo
determined to go on with tho fight
President Taft ended a strenuous
porlod of dinners and speeches by
sleeping in tho mountains.
Mrs. Joseph Sullivan Is the first
policewoman of Chicago. Sho was
sworn In tho othor day and Invested
with all tho authority and privileges
, given to special polkomon of that elty.
Tho democratic convention of tho
Second Washington district nominated
nrncBt Lister of Taconia to succeed
tho into Congressman Francis w.
Cushninn.
In Washington tho president's tour
Is rogavded as tho opening of a cam
paign for a second term.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEW8 NOTE8 OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Central City bcIiooIb that were tem
porarily closed on account of dlphtho
rla havo boon reopened.
Harry Lueclc nnd Elmer Johnson of
Custor county, who stole horses and
cutlery and confessed tho Bnme, wcro
Bentonced to tho penltontlury for two
years ench.
Mtb. Ferdinand Pofnhl of Norfolk,
aged 59, killed herself by hanging with
a shoestring to a doorknob. Worry
over property caused her mental un
balance. Mr. nnd Mrs, Jacob S. WondeiTof
Plnttsmouth eclobratod their fiftieth
wcddlr.g anniversary. Seventy-five
gold dollars wcro presented to tho
voncrnblo couplo to remind them of
their golden wedding.
George Fox, a farmer living nbout
two miles cast of Weston, was held
up by four men Into Saturday night
whllo on his way homo from Wnboo.
Tho holdups got nothing, as ho was
broke.
John Rodell, who was accidentally
killed nt Waterloo, had been n resi
dent of Fremont for over thirty yearc
and previous to 1893 was a partner
with L. P. Uirson In tho wholesale
liquor business.
Tho 2-year-old son of Mr. and MrB.
Honry Drown of Table Rock got hold
of n dish of concentrated lye, which
had been loft on a table, and drank
quite nn amount. It is hardly thought
tho child can recover.
Tho record prlco wns paid for land
In Hamilton county Inst week when
John Dyers paid Emll Johnson $102.50
nn ucro for an eighty situated two
miles west of Aurora. Tho land has
good Improvements.
Whllo attempting to light a gaso
line lamp C. Evans of Aurora, son of
Sam Evans, wns fatally burned. In
some way not clearly understood a
can of gasoline that was sitting under
the lamp exploded and enveloped the
young man In flames.
John Durdcll, n traveling man from
Fremont, was killed at Waterloo by
being run Into by a work train on tho
Union Pacific road. Durdcll had been
In town on business during tho day
and nbout C:30 wns going to tho de
pot to take a train home when the
accident occurred.
Morlo Huston, n Syrncuso youth, 19
years of age, received clemency In
tho court of Judge Frost nt Lincoln.
Huston confessed to taking two
wheels valued nt $70. The Judge nl
lowed tho offender to plend guilty to
n chnrgo of petit Inrcony nnd as
sessed n fine of $25.
Tho clnshlng Interests of the differ
ent tclephono compnnles nt this plnco
havo nt last found common grounds.
A deal cntorcd Into turned tho Inter
ests of the old Dell company to tho
Independent company through ar
rangements for consolidation.
Isaac Pollard & Sons of Nohawkn
havo early winter apples of their own
raising. Tho lato ripening npplea
bucIi as Wlnesnps, Den DavlB, etc.,
havo not boon gathered. They havo
also Bhlpped threo cars of elder and
two cars of vinegar of their own
make.
Frank Nohol, aged 27, a Northwest
ern brakeman of Norfolk, was killed
a few miles west of Norfolk. Whllo
riding on tho gangwny of tho englno
ho leaned out just as the train reached
the Elkhorn river bridge. Ho wnB
knocked oft tho train and his body
rolled into the river below.
Tho Peru Canning company Ib work
ing its force to tho fullest extent in
their nttempt to get tho heavy to
mato crop out of tho fields before
frost. All avallablo Btudents of tho
normal nro employed Saturday nnd
after hours in nddltion to tho regular
force.
Tho ropalrs, decorations nnd now
additions to St. Mary's Catholic
church nt West Point, made necessary
by tho tornado of Juno 24, aro now
completed nnd tho odiflce Is In n
much hotter condition than ever be
fore Tho mural docoratlons have
been placed on the walls In oil Instead
of water colors nnd tlio offect Is much
bottor.
Tho war of extermination of squir
rels has begun In this section, says n
Nebraska City dispatch, and tho tolo-
phono companies havo offorod a roy
alty for
tho Bcalps of all squirrels
r tholr cable lines. Tho
killed near
companies havo experienced troublo
by reason of tho squirrels cutting tholr
cables for tho past two years and
tlio repairing of tho Bnmo has been
nn oxpenso running up into mnny hun
dreds of dollnrs, but they were afraid
to kill tho posts until tho law wns
suspended nnd now the slnughter is
on.
Dentrlco may soon havo another
creamery, nB parties nro desirous of
locating there.
Fred Dornhart, living nlno miles
oast of Dloomlleld, committed suicide.
Ho had been to town on Saturday
and purchased a revolver and Sun
day evening nbout C o'clock ho left
tho houso and wont to a buggy that
was standing about 150 yards from his
houso and waB Bitting In tho buggy
when tho family heard tho Bound of
tho revolver. Ho shot himself
through tho mouth, tho bullet enter
ing tho brain and killing him Instantly.
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PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR
Required to Bo In the Hands
County Clerks Twenty Days
Before Election.
of
For tho first timo slnco Juno 21 tho
state of Nebraska has an outstanding
debt. Last week a debt of $1,000 in
the form of registered stato warrants
appeared on Treasurer Brian's books.
There not being enough money In tho
general fund or tho fund for tho re
demption of outstanding warrants, tho
treasurer had to buy tho warrants pro
Bcntcd to him by using trust funds,
the Bamo nB was dono for years prior
to Juno 24, when there wore no war
rants registered. The state board of
assessment made no lovy for tho re
demption fund when It mot during tho
Inst summer because there was then
no apparent need of It. If county
treasurers remit all that is duo tho
Btato Treasurer Drlan believes tho
state debt can be wiped out by De
comber 1, when taxes on tho new levy
will begin to come In. Tho state debt
was over $2,000,000 a few years ago.
Election Proclamation.
Governor Shnllenbergcr has Issued
an election proclamation. If tho non
partisan Judiciary law had been up
hold by the supromo court this duty
would not have been necessary, but
undor tho law as it exists tho gover
nor Is required to Issue a proclama
tion and got it into, tho hands of
county clerks twenty days beofro tho
goneral election. The governor's
proclamation Is dated October 1, but
pending tho receipt of printed copies
it was not announced. The proclama
tion is very brief as follows:
Under and by virtue of the author
ity vested in mo by the provisions of
section eleven (11) of chapter twenty
six (2ti) of the compiled statutes of
Nebraska for tho year 1909, entitled
"elections," I, Ashton C. Shallonber
gor, governor of tho stnto of Nebraska,
do hereby lssuo my proclamation de
claring that on Tuesday, the 2d day
of November, A. D. 1909, thero will bo
nn election held nt tho usunl places of
voting In said stato for tho election of
tho following officers, towit: .Three
Judges of tho supremo court; two
regents of tho Btate university; ono
regent of tlio stato unlvorslty to fill
vacancy.
May Investigate Railroads.
The Btato railway commission may
bo forced to lnvestlgnto tho books
and records of somo of tho rnllroads
that aro In federal court objecting to
the enforcement of tho 2-cent faro law,
tho Aldrlch commodity rate law and
tho antl-pasa law and other regula
tory acts passed by tlio legislature of
1907. If this step is necessary tho
commission will employ an export ac
countant nnd empower him to employ
a largo force of accountants to In
vestigate records and accounts for tho
purpose of gathering ovldcnco to meet
tho testimony Introduced by tho rail
way companies.
C. W. Hlllman of Louisville, Ky..
who did similar work in Minnesota,
held a conference with tho state rail
way commission in regnrd to such pro
posed work in Nebraska. Tho com
mission may employ Mr. Hlllman as
Its chief accountant in charge of tho
proposed investigation of railroad ac
counts. Wreck In Burlington Yards.
C. E. Snfford, fireman on a Rurllng
ton Bwltch engine, died ns a result
of injuries received in a wreck in
tho Durllngton yards. Durllngton pas
senger trnin No. 9, heavily loaded with
Ak-Snr-Ben passengers, crashed Into
the switch engine, which was on tho
main lino when tho passenger train
entered tho ynrds. Hundreds of peo
plo wero jarred, thrown to tho floor
of tho cars or hurled birclc Into their
seats. Tho oxcurslonlsts wero prepar
ing to leavo tho coaches and wero
crowded in the aisles when tho crash
came. Tho crew of tho switch engine,
with the exception of tho Hromnn,
jumped. Stafford was pinned between
tho engines and was terribly bruised
and Bcaldcd.
The "Nebraska" Figurehead.
Secrotnry C. S. Pnlno of tho Stnto
Hlstorlcnl society has received word
that tho figurehead from tho battleship
Nebraska has been shipped from tho
Now York nnvy yard and will nnivo
I '" I',,!co1? wltll,n a fo,w, dn.y,B' , t'?'8
! ?sVreho.n? 8 sec"r(1 fr l0 ,.1,8tor'
icnl society through tho efforts of Cou
gressmnn Klnknld and it will bo held
by tho society as a permanent loan
from tho federal government. Tho
figurehead is no longer used on somo
of the bnttleshlps of tho navy. The
ono from tho Nebraska weighs 4,050
pounds. It was shipped from tho navy
yard last week.
Complaint Against Express Company.
Failuro to provide sufficient facili
ties for tho prompt transportation of
shipments 'delivered to it Is the basis
of a complaint to tho stnto railway
commission filed against tho Adams
Express company by tho Lincoln Com
mercial club, acting for the Appol Mer
cantile company. Tho chargo Is mado
that whllo tho business of tho oxpress
corporation has Increased 20 per cent
within a year or so no moro wagons
linvo boon put on to tuko care of It
and no nttempt Is being mado to sco
that shippers rccelvo proper attention.
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THE WHEAT FICURES.
Nebraska Crop Ectlmatcd at 60,000,000
Bushels.
Statistics compiled by the stato la
bor bureau show that tho total pro
duction of wheat in NcbraBkn this
yenr was 50,370,000 bushels. This is
almost equal to tho banner year, 1902,
when 50,500,000 bushels wero pro
duced, and n little in excess of the
yield of 1901, when tho totnl was
60,200,000. Tho labor bureau report
shows a production of 40,500,000 bush
els of winter whent this year nnd tho
yield nvcraged 20.13 bushels to tho
aero. Tho government report gives
the nvorago yield at 14 9 bushels. A
total of 3,870,000 bushels of spring
wheat was raised, tho averago yield
being 14.99 bushels to tho ncre. Tho
total yield of wheat In Nebraska last
year was 43,840,000, according to tho
Btato labor bureau. Thero wore 41,
000,000 bushels of winter wheat and
the nvernge yield per ucro was 10.99.
Tho total yield of spring wheat was
2,840,000 and the averago yield per
3acro was 13.98 bushels.
New Station for Madison.
The good ofTlccs of tho Btato rail
way commission have been used to
get the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany to build n new Btatlon nt tho
town of Madison nnd now ex-Scnutor
W. V. Allen, who Btnrted tlio nglta
tlou, desires tlio board to do what it
can to get ns large a station ns pos
sible, ono that will bo adequate for
twenty-five years. In compliance with
n recommendation signed by Railway
Commissioner Cowles recommending
a now station tho road has promised
to build, but some elevator firms who
nro occupying tho right-of-way by suf
ferance of the road nre slow in re
moving their buildings to new loca
tions so that the road can havo room
for tho proposed improvements.
To Dissolve Merger.
County Attorney Tyrrell began pro
ceedings before the stato railway com
mission, the object and purpose being
to dlssolvo the merger of tho Lin
coln Traction compnny and tho Citi
zens Railway company, which was
consummated February 3, last; the
cancellation of all stocks and bonds
Issued subsequent to such merger; to
compel the company to render better
service nnd treat tho public and its
employes with more consideration nnd
to bar It from transacting any other
business than that provided for in its
charter.
Commercial Clubs Ha3 Surplus.
A surplus of nearly $5,000 In tho
treasury of tho Lincoln Commercial
club was shown by tho annual cash
statement of Secretary Whltten laid
before tho directors. Three years
ago tho organization was struggling
along under serious hnndlcap for lack
of funds. At ono time It was neces
sary for some of the leading members
to give their personal notes at a bank
for $1,500 to pay the current orenses
of the club. During tho last year tho
general fund has been swelled about
$2,750. Contributions to the conven
tion fund made during tho last year
aggregated In the nelchborhood of
$7,000. Somo firms which derive di
rect benefit from conventions held
hero havo not so far subscribed to
this fund, but it is hoped to secure
them, as well as others which indi
rectly profit from the gatherings held
in Lincoln.
Charges Against the Police.
With Mayor Lovo, Exciseman Harp
ham and Exciseman Powell ns Judges
County Attorney Tyrrell nttempted to
drive homo charges of graft and ex
tortion filed several weeks ngo
ngalnst Chief Rlcknrd of the Lincoln
police forco and City Dotcctivo Ma
lone. Tho county attorney nlloged
that several weeks ago officers from
tho sheriff's department attempted to
make nrrcstsln the lowlands and that
tho police interfered. W. A. Bentley,
supposed to be a county detective,
was thrown into the city Jail nnd in
tho excitement some of the alleged
rounders escaped. Tyrrell filed
charges with tho excisemen ngalnst
tho officers.
Appointment by Governor.
Miss Mattle Allen of tho Whlttler
public school wnB appointed a mem
ber of tho stato board of inspectors
which has In charge tho enforcement
of tho child labor law as it relates
to compulsory attendance at school.
Tho appointment was mado by Gov
ernor Shnllcnberger.
Millers Want Transfer Switch.
Tho railroad commission began tak
ing testimony In tho complaint of
Wolls, Abbott & Nleman, a milling
company of Schuyler, which wants a
transfer switch put in there between
tho Burlington and tho Union Pacific,
Landls Will Not Contest.
Harry Landis of Seward, who was
In tho city, said that ho would ac
cept tho refusal of tho secretary of
stato to place his name on tho official
ballot this fnll as a candldnto for
stato university regent and will not
start a mandamus proceeding. TIiIb
leaves Frank Hnller of Omaha without
an opponent.
New Rule In Effect.
Flnnnclnl relations botweon mem
bers of tho faculty nnd students of tho
University of Nebraska wero cut off
by a rulo that wont Into effect Inst
wcok. From now on nil money paid
for instruction, books or supplies by
tho students must go through tho
hands of tho treasurer of tho univer
sity. This rulo wns ndopted last
spring by tho board of regents in or
der to systematize the finances of tho
unlvorslty and protect professors from
accusations of mlsuso of funds or
overcharging students tor books
nun
MINISTER TO CHINA UNGUARDED
IN HIS SPEECH.
A CAUSE FOR SUDDEN RECALL
Called to a Conference With Secre
tary Knox, But Case Undis
posed Of Interest In
the Outcome.
Washington. Chnrles R. Crane's
Btiddon. unexpected nnd hitherto mys
terious recnll to Washington by Sec
retary Knox, ns ho was at the point
of sailing from San FrnnclBCo to as
sume the duties of minister of the
United Stntes to China, was occa
sioned by developments Involving tho
question of Mr. Crane's fitness for
that post. This much Is known In
well Informed quarters In Washing
ton. Unless Mr. Crane Is able to
clear himself In the eyes of Secrotnry
Knox of nn accusation of a serious
breach of what the stato department
regards ns the first principle of diplo
matic discretion tlio conference with
his official chief may result in tho
abrupt termination of Mr. Crane's con
nectlon with the diplomatic service.
Minister Crane arrived In Washing
ton lato Sunday afternoon from bis
hurried journey across the continent,
and reiterated his declaration of ig
noranco as (o the occasion for his
rather dramatic call from the water's
edge of the Pacific, and declined to
ditcuss the matter In any of Its as
pects, beyond saying that while ho
expected to be hero tcvoral days, has
had reserved now accommodations
for the trans-Pacific voyage, on the
steamer sailing from San Francisco,
October 20 a week from next Wed
nesday, Tho state department hns in hand,
It Is said, what It regards as moro
or less convincing evidence that Min
ister Crane, on the eve of his depart
ure for the far east, became respon
sible for the publication In a Chicago
newspaper of what the department
views as a most Indiscreet discussion
of the nttitude of the United States
toward the two treaties recently nego
tiated between China and Japan. This
tho department holds to havo been
the more serious because that attitude
Is still under confidential considera
tion, no decision having been arrived
at.
While tho speeches delivered by Mr.
Crane before the American Asiatic
association nt Chlcngo nro viewed at
the state department ns having been
at best unwiso nnd undiplomatic, they
had been carefully considered after
their delivery and before Mr, Crnno
started for San Francisco, nnd al
though deprlcated wore not regarded
as justifying any change in his plans.
Tho Chicago publication falls, In
the eyes of the department, In a cate
gory very different and fnr more seri
ous. China and Japan early last
month entered Into treaties which con
tained provisions regarded by tho
state department ns very surprising
nnd possibly objcctlonnblo to this gov
ernment. Dy these trentles Jnpan
would secure rights In Manchuria
which nre hold by some diplomats to
be In direct violation of both letter
nnd spirit of tho Portsmouth treaty.
China has agreed in tho treaties now
under consideration that before ex
tending bor present railway system In
Manchuria sho shall consult Japan,
nnd, presumably, obtain her consent
thereto. This provision is regarded
as inharmonious with the declaration
of Japan In the treaty of Portsmouth
that she will not obstruct any meas
ures taken by China for tho develop
ment of her empire.
Another provision relating to the
operation of coal mines on both sides
of the Antung-Mukden and South
Manchurlnn railway, It Is thought,
mny be objoctlonablo to this govern
ment as violating the policy of the
"open door" ns Inaugurated by tho
United States and subscribed to by
Japan ns well ns by nil of tho leading
powers of Europe This "open door"
policy Is Intended to nssuro "equal
opportunities" to all nations to assist
In the development of China without
Impairing her territorial Integrity.
Matters of n highly confidential na
ture with respect to the position of
tho United Stntes regnrdlng there and
other provisions of the treaties be
tween China and Japan nro alleged to
havo been divulged In tho Chicago
publication, and for these disclosures
the state department Is disposed, in
tho nbsenco of proof to tho contrary,
to hold Minister Crane responsible.
According to authentic Information
obtained here, Mr. Crnno has been
summoned to Washington from San
Francisco to explain IiIb reported
statements.
The officials of tho stato depart
ment nro extremely reticent on tho
whole subject, most of them nffecting
entire Ignorance of It, nnd nil refer
ring inquiries to Secrotnry Knox, who
up to a lato hour Sunday wns Inac
Bible. Mennwhllo Monday's develop
ments nre nwolted with an interest
which may be described as Intense.
Secret Society Is Blamed.
Stockholm. Tho responsibility for
tho bomb outrago o( Saturday, In
which Ivon Hammer, directory of tho
Swedish export association, wns bad
ly Injured, Is charged against n secret
society formed by tho young socialist
party and claiming to bo a tribunal
to execute senlences passed upon
prominent nutl-soclullsts. Mr Ham
mor had incurred their dlsploasuio
by his unfavorable comments during
tho general strike. Anothor bomb was
mailed to Dothonburg. but Its uteml
cd victim escaped unhurt.
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