M'CUOK TRIBUNE ,
F. At. KIMMKU. , Publisher.
UcCOOK , NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
Crawford has now a creamery in
operation.
There Is active demand for real es
tate in Beatrice.
Scward dealers arc shipping horses
to the New York market.
A Castle of Lady Highlanders has
been organized in Kearney.
The Platte river Immediately south
of Graud Island is to be bridged.
Holdrege expects to have telephone
connection \vith the outside world .it
an early date.
A Michigan firm has purchased all
the Thurston county property advertis
ed for sale for taxes.
There arc a number of cases of scar
let fever in Syracuse , some of which
are of a malignant form.
The postmaster of Lyons was given
a reception and banquet by the citizens
on the occasion of his marriage.
The Odd Fellows of Wymorc are
soon to have a new home , which will
be one of the finest lodge rooms in I ho
state.
The school in the Finch district
south of North Loup , has been dis
I missed on account of diphtheria in
some of the families.
The Burlington shops in "Wynvvc
are undergoing some extensive im
provements , which is an indication
that the shops arc to remain in that
place.
A Holbrook blacksmith was badly
burned by pounding hot babbit metal
into a frozen boxing. The hot metf : !
caused an explosion and flew in his
face.
face.The
The people of Hendley have be ante
to build a Methodist church to coat
about $1,200 , and the people ofVil -
sonville have subscribed $1,400 to build
a Methodist church.
The county commissioners have ap
pointed Prof. George Ewing , principal
of the Lawrence public schools , to ! > -
clerk of the district court , vice P. Fla
herty of Nuckolls county , who recently
died.
died.A
A shortage of stock cattle is preilSor
ed for 1899 and that at least a million
less fat cattle will come to market
next year. Western feeders , it is saH.
are agitated as to where their supply
Is to come from.
John Lemmer of Franklin county. 1C
years of age , while husking corn , wont
to take his gun out of the wagon. Dis
charging the load in his left shouldor.
Had it been two inches lower he
would now be a dead boy.
A Stromsburs barber found a skunk
in the chair waiting for a shave wh. n
he opened up one morning recentlv.
The barber drew the line on skunks
and prudently retired unMl the visitor
became tired of waiting for "nexL"
The police of Hastings found Franch
Harding , a well known negro character
of the town , dead in his room over
Eck's bicycle shop. He had been sm'-k
several days and suffered some tima
from attacks of delirium tremens.
A fine horse and phaeton were stol
en from Dr. P. L. Moore of Grand Is
land at about 10:30 while the animal
was hitched on the street. The sheriff
of the county offers a reward of $50
for the arrest of the thief and Dr.
Moore offers $23 for the return of the
property.
Private Roy Cobb ot" company G.
First Regibent Nebraska volunteers ,
arrived In Geneva on sick furlough.
Cobb was the recruiting officer at thar
station for company G. and had not
got farther than Honolulu , where lie
was taken sick and from whicli plioa
he was sent home.
The Table Rock Woman's Suffrage-
association , which claims to be the old
est and largest in the state , gave
banquet last week. Plates were Jaiil
for the sixty members and fifty invited
guests. Among the guests were sev
eral from Omaha , Lincoln and other
points in the state.
The Standard Cattle company of
Dodge county sustained a heavy loss
"
"by fire. Its" barn on the old Do-l o
farm just west of Ames , with twenty
six head of horses , thirteen sets of har
ness , a cow and a lot of feed were a
total loss. The barn was insured for
nearly its full value , but the stock was
not.
The barn of John Dodds , who lives
three miles northeast of Stockham ,
was burned , together with four horses ,
one calf , twenty tons of hay , 700 bus.i- :
els of oats , a lot of farm inplemants
and two sets of harness. Loss is about
81,000. No insurance. Cause of the
fire is unknown , as Mr. Dodds had no
known enemies.
Last week Monday three prairie nrt.n
were started by the engines on the B.
& M. track north of Central City. Tun
one between Archer and Palmer prov
ed to be quite serious and over 100
men were fighting fire as for their
lives. Some haystacks were burned
and the buildings on a couple of fanns
came very near being swept away by
the fire , but it was turned .iiist in time.
John A. Butler , a well known ranch
er living near Chadron , lost all his
winter feed by a fire which originate' !
in his haystacks , destroying several
hundred dollars' worth. Various cir
cumstances caused Mr. Butler to fan-
lieve that the fire was the work of an
* incendiary and lie began to investigate
which resulted in his swearing out a
complaint for the arrest of a neigh
bor. Jasper Enochs. As a result of this
trial Mr. Enochs is now confined in the
county jail awaiting his trial before
the district court , to which tribunal
hs was bound over.
Nick Wcinrich , an employe at the
sugar factory in Grand Island hail
three fingers of his left hand caught m
the engine on the certrifugal machine
and amputation was necessary , as thev
were badly crushed.
Several hundred people last week
visited the greenhouses at the Nabras-
ka hospital for the insane to see the
splendid display of chrysanthemums.
There were at one time about foi-ty
varieties inbloom of the choicest
kinds , and the gardener. Henry Brew
er , and his assistants , v.-ho are all pa
tients of the institution , took pride : n
tpointing out the excellencies of their
acts.
Representative Cannon of Illinois
Sees No Occasion for One ,
SAYS THE COLONIES CAN WAIT ,
a Year' * Boluy Uoforo Attempt
ing Permanent .Laslilutlon Necessary
to GIve Time for the Study of Condi
tions Surrounding : Our Now Possession ? .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 28. Representa
tive Cannon of Illinois , chairman of
the appropriation committee of the
House , has arrived and the subcom
mittee on deficiencies will begin the
consideration of the estimates for the
extraordinary expenses of the army
and navy growing1 out of the war and
the preparation of a bill covering
these deficiencies for the period from
January 1 to July 1.
With the enactment of the regular
money bills necessary to carry on the
governmental machinery at this ses
sion of Congress , Mr. Cannon sees no
occasion for an extra session as far as
legislation for our new possessions is
concerned. He believes unripe or
hasty legislation for the government
of the islands would be
infinitely worse than military
rule. "Under military governor
ship there is perfect elasticity , ' '
he said. ' 'Changes can be made to fit
new conditions as fast ns they arise.
A year's delay before attempting per
manent legislation will give ample
time for the study of all the conditions
surrounding- governmsnt of the
islands both by the military authori
ties and by commissions which may be
provided by Congress. Congress can
then deal intelligently with the sub
ject. "
The grand total of the appropria
tions for the fiscal year ending July 1.
including- the extraordinary war
expenses to January 1 , but not includ
ing the deficiencies for extraordinary
expenses from January 1 to July I. is
$ S93,2U.r : l.- . There tire no figures yet
upon which the appropriations for the
coming session of Congress can be
based , but Mr. Cannon believes they
will be considerably below the figures
for the last Congress.
DREYFUS' LETTER TO HIS WIFE
Kxtracts Said to llavo Uocn Head to Her
by a French Official.
PARIS , Nov. 28. Madame Dreyfus ,
wife of the unhappy prisoner on Dev
il's island , is in bed and has been ex
tremely ill since the receipt of the
recent letter from her husband. She
has been so prostrated , in fact , that
access to her is denied and the text of
the cable message , which shs is said
to have sent to Captain Dreyfus , is not
obtainable.
Following is the translation of the
letter from Captain Dreyfus , read to
his wife by the chief clerk of the min
ister of the colonies , the French gov
ernment having withheld from her the
possession of the original letter :
' Despair is beginning to seize me.
Have all my friends forgotten me ? No
one seems to be occupying1 themselves
with me. I recall to you that
months and months ago I wrote
to the president of tlu repub
lic and to General UoIsJeftVe. barging
them to introduce a revision of my
case. I am without news ; nothing ,
nothing conies to me. 1 leave as a be
quest to the president and General
Bolsdeffre the task of avengingnvp
memory , of clearing my honor , my
name and that of my dear children ,
whom I shall see no more. I shall no
longer communicate with my family ,
as 1 have said all there is to be said ,
and I have nothing more to say. " '
This letter has been hinted at , per- j
haps , but this is the atithcutic copy. ,
Captain Dreyfus * ail'cetion for his !
family is well known , and the pathetic !
nature of this letter is all the more ap- I
parent.
TO RAISE CATTLE IN CUBA.
A Texas Man Found Condition ? Favorable
For the Industry.
Four AVoiiTii , Tex. , Nov. 23. David j
Pryor has just returned from a trip to j
Havana and other places in :
Cuba. Mr. Pryor went to that !
i
island in August in charge of a
shipment of cattle to Havana via Galj j
veston. He visited the provinces of
Havana.Matanxas and Santa Clara and
investigated the conditions there in
relation to the cattle industry , which
lie contemplates engaging in. lie found
that there are great possibilities there.
It is not a feeding country , being
tropical , and suitable cattle feed in
not raised there. But it is a splendid
grazing eo an try uri.l cattle fatten and
flourish well on the native grasses.
Mr. Pryor is thinking seriously of re
turning to Cuba later and engaging in
the cattle business there , so well
pleased was he with his prospecting
trip.
The Kaiser at IIU 7oiirncyii End.
POTSDAM , Nov. 2S. The emperor and
empress of Germany arrived here at
11 o'clock this morniug on their return
from the. Holy Laud. They will re
main here until after Christmas.
Mm. Slarlowe 3fi- Leave the Stnjje.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23. Mrs. Owen
Marlowe , the actress , whose daughter.
Ethel Marlowe , died in the wings of
the Knickerbocker theater November
lj ( , during a performance of "The
Christian , " is ill , and will probably
withdraw permanently from the stage.
Mrs. Marlowe has been on the stage
for forty years , and has been identi
fied with all the best companies. Her
husband , Owen Marlowe , was a mem
ber of Lester AVallack's company , and
died in 187G. They come from old the
atrical families.
LITTLE TO CHANGE IN HAWAII ,
The President TFUl Suggest it
tloti of the Island Government.
WAsmxGTorr , 'Nov. 2& Senator Cul-
lom is preparing the report of the Ha
waiian commission and will submit it
to the President for transmission to
Congress so that it will b3 ready at
the opening of the session. The sena
tor declines to give details as 'to the
character of the report , but from other
sources it was learned that the re
port , as finally drafted , will provide
for a partial continuanca of the pres
ent government in the islands under
direct federal supervision. There
will be a senate of fifteen members
and a housa of double that number ,
which is an increase upon the present
house membership of Hawaii. There
will 1)3 a , graded qualification
upon the suffrage. Members of
the housa may be elected by voters
who pass an educational test alone ,
while members of the senate will be
chosen by voters possessing both edu
cational and property qualifications.
There is now a property qualification
for voting in Hawaii , but the proposed
form of government will modify this
so as to furnish an inducement for
small holdings. There will be educa
tional and proprty restrictions in re
gard to holding office , the qualifica
tions for which will be closely defined.
There will be no "open dooiin Ha
waii. The tariff laws of the United
States will bi extended to the islands
without alteration , because Hawaii
was formally annexed to the United
States by a statute law and any other
course would undoubtedly be opposed
by the supreme court. The present
supreme court of the islands , whose
members hold their places for life , is
to be continued and to be given juris
diction of local laws , whose force will
also be continued as far as possible ,
as they have been taken by law from
the statute books of different states in
the union and are , as a whole , quite
acceptable.
Tlie immigration , labor and general
election laws of the United .States will
be specifically extended to the islands.
These will keep out further inroads of
coolies. The islands will be give a
delegate in the House of Representa
tives , who will have no vote , but will
have the same privileges as the repre
sentatives of Arizona , Xe\v Mexico
and Oklahoma. The governor and
some of the higher territorial officers
will be appointed by the President.
The legislature wiil have control over
local taxation and expenditures. The
restriction of the suffrage on educa
tional and property lines wiil reduce
the numbers of voters far below the
present organized territories.
MISSOURI'S ' OFFICIAL VOTE ,
Secretary of State Opem the Kotnrns of
the T.aie Klectlon.
Jr.FKKissoN CITV , Mo. , Nov. 2S. Sec
retary of State Lesueur opened the
official returns of the election held on
November S yesterday. He announces
the following vote , as shown by the
totals of the county clerks :
For judge of the supreme court , long
term Marshall , 2S. i.770 ; Finkclnburg ,
25j.428 : Voris. 9.0:57 ; Kobinson , 2.ii'tj ;
Sanderson , J.ti4."i ; Custenberder , J,0r 0 ;
scattering , .14 ; Marshall's plurality ,
30.372.
For judge of the supreme court ,
short term Yalliant , 2SSl.f5 ! ; Hijrbee ,
2.3,17S : S. Livingston , 9,752 ; Orr. 2S71 ;
Hoehen , 1,031 : Cunningham. 1.034 ;
scattering , 05 ; Valliant's plurality ,
34,903.
For superintendent of public schools
Carrington. 287,213 : Kirk , 25 .203 ;
Krown. ' . > . ( : } 5 : Bond , 2M2 ; Kendall ,
l.G C ; Kaneher , lJ'l , ( ; Carrington's
plurality , 32,1)50. )
For railroad and warehouse com
missioner McCully , 287,002 : Hatha
way. 254,495 ; Hillis , 9iS5 ( ; Williams.
2S23 , Storz , 1,040 : Andrews. 1,05'J ;
scattering , 5 : ; ; McCully's plurality ,
INVITED THEM TO A MASSACRE
3nrdor of Christian * * Vr'as ITr-jod by the
Turkish Coniimndcr.
CANKA. Crete , Nov. 2 ? . During the
tr'.al of the murderer of the Tx.angkaki
family to-diy the deposition of a
.Mussulman was read. It was said that
at the time of the massacres Edhem
Pasha , the Turkish commander , as
sembled the influential Mussulmans
and invited them to massacre all the
Christians found in Candia twentv-
four hours after the meeting. The
pasha's remarks were uttered in the
presence of Major Churchill , who pro
tested strongly and was ordered by
Edhem Pasha to leave the room.
NO BULL FIGHT FOR DENVER ,
I.I TO Stork : \Iei to IJc Siviro.-I an .Exhibi
tion of Sp.iln' . National Sport.
DE.VVKK , Colo. , Nov. 2S. The com
mittee in charge of arrangements for
the coming convention of the National
Live Slock association has rejected
the proposition to make bull fighting
a feature of the outdoor sports on that
occasion. Uroneho riding , lasooing
and all the exciting operations usually
associated with cowboy life will be on
the program.
Never Too Old to AVert.
Goi.nr.N Crrv , Mo. , Nov. 2V. A
Thanksgiving wedding , in which the
combined ages of the bride and groom
equalled 17. ! years , was a Missouri
novelty , this year. The contracting
parties were Uev.A"511iain E. Paine ,
aged S3 , of Pcnkcsville , Mo. , and Mrs.
Mary T. Ilinger. aged So , of this city.
Neither party had seen the other be
fore they met at La mar Thursday.
The courtship hal been carried on by
mail , facilitated , no doubt , by tha i'not
that the groom v/as posiciaster at
Pcakcsville.
The Pacific Coast Gives the Second
Battle Ship to the Navy ,
GREAT CROWDS PRESENT ,
i-iflss Stcphcnsoii Christened the Vessel
It 1TIH Not Be Finished for Eighteen
Ittimtlis The Last of the Three Greut
Sister Uittle Ship ? .
SAX FKANCISCO , Nov. 23. The first
class sea-going battle ship Wisconsin
was launched at half past 9 o'clock
this morning , from the yards of the
Union Iron works , the builders of the
Oregon. Great crowds of people were
present.
For an hour before the plunge a
large force of workmen tore away
chock after chock which supported the
vessel , and they finished almost to the
minute of the time set for the launch
ing , leaving only one chock in place.
At a signal little Miss Lucille Gage ,
daughter of the governor-elect of the
state , pressed the electric button , and
the crash of breaking timbers an
nounced to the thousands of spectators
that the vessel was about to leave the
ways. As she plunged into the water
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson of Wiscon
sin broke a bottle of wine across her
bow and said , ' 'I christen thee Wis
consin. ' '
Hefore the launching a fiag 27 feet
long and H feet wide was presented in
honor of the Wisconsin. The flag was
given by the children of the Irving M.
Scott public school. Following' the
presentation of the flajr a poem "To
the AVisconsin , " was read by Miss Clara
IJHI Price , its author.
The AVisconsin is a sister ship of the
Alabama and Illinois , which were
launched from the yards of Cramps
and of the Newport News company ,
last summer. She is an improved ship
of the type of the Iowa , of 11.525 tons
displacement , a < > 3 feet long , and sev
enty-two feet wide. She can carry be
tween 1.400 and l.r.OO tons of coal.
Her probable speed will be 10'j knots.
She will probably not be completed
until the spring of 1'JOO.
The main battery will consist of
four ] 3-ineh breech loading riiles in
llichborn balance.I turrets , oval in
shape , plac3d in the center line of the
vessel , and fourteen C-inch rapid fire
guns. The secondary battery will
consist of sixteen G-pounder rapid fire
guns , four 1-pouuder rapid fire guns ,
two Colt guns and two field guns. She
will carry four torpedo tubes. The
small guns will be mounted in fight
ing tops fifty-nine to S3venty-nine feet
above sea level.
The armor belt , which extends from
the stem to abaft the after turret , is
to be sixteen and one-half inches thick
at the top , and nine and one-half
inches thick at the bottom , except at
the forward- end where it will be
tapered to four inches at the stem.
This belt armor will extend from four
feet below the normal load line to
three and one-half feet above it. Diag
onal armor twelve inches thick , con
necting this belt armor and barbettes ,
and extending from the slopes of the
protective deck to the top of the side
belt , on each side , will give protection
from raking lire. The steel deck
ranges from two and throe-quarters
inches to four inches in thickness.
The turret armor is from fifteen to
seventeen inches thick.
The AVisconsin is protected against
the entrance of water through a hole
in the side by a'packing of corn pith
eclhriofc that will .swell and close aiy
wound made by a shell. The hold is
divided into between ' . ' 00 and 200 water i
tight compartments. i
More than eighty auxiliary engines j
will do most of the work that was
formerly done by hand on old naval
vessels. Electricity will be used
largely as a motive power.
MII.WAVKKI : , AVis. , Nov. 2y. Speak
ing of the acceptance of a bottle of
imported French wine instead of Cali
fornia wine for the christening of the
AVis-consin. Herman IJlcyer , whose I
brother chose the wine , suid : "The
offer of the gold-\vir : > .l bottle and case
came unsolicited and was accepted in
the spirit in which it was tendered.
Had the Californinus been wide-awake
and presented their claim in season. I
have no doubt that it would have been
considered favorably. ' '
FOR SUFFERING SPANIARDS ,
The Inf.iiita Ktilulfa to Open : t t.i'/.i : r
in London.
LONDON. Nov. 28. The Countess
Casa Valencia , wife of the former Span
ish ambassador of that name , has
written to the newspapers , appealing j
for funds to be devoted to the relief of
the wounded Spanish soldiers and
widoxvs of tlie slain. As contributions
already received will not suflice to
meet the misery among tlie suffering
Spaniards , a three days' bazaar will
be opened at Down.shire housj. Tues
day , by the Infanta Kulalia. The proceeds - \
ceeds will be devoted to the Spanish
fund for the relief of the wounded and
the widows.
Insane Ui-camo lie Killed a I'nrgliir.
ST. .IOSKIUI , Mo. . Nov. 2S. Georpe
Van Hoser , a constable was admitted
to the insane asylum here yesterday.
He became insane from brooding over
tlie killing of a burglar in the county
live years ago.
She AVns C.ertrudo .ttherlon's Mother.
SAN FKANCISCO. Nov. 28. Mrs. Ger
trude Franklin U hi horn , the mother
of Mrs. Gertrude Atherton , the author ,
is dead. Mrs. Uhlhorn has been an
invalid for ten years. Mrs. Atherton
has been living in London.
CATTLE KING GOES UNDER ,
Grant tiitlolt Falls for About 8J.OOO.OOO
Leaves Itluny Creditors.
KANSAS CITV , 1Mb. , Nov. 28. Owing
from 8000,003 to § 1,0.13,030 Grant G.
Gillett , the greatest feeder of cattle in
Kansas , and for that matter in the
world , has failed. '
This debt , in the form commonly
known as "cattle paper , " is in large
part held by twenty-five or more com
mission firms at the Kansas City stock
yards. The Kansas City creditors ,
without exception , contend that the
cattle which secures their paper will
easily meet all obligations. The brunt
of the blow will fall on Kansas City
commission men.
At Abilene , Kan. , yesterday .T. S.
Hollinger , president of the Gillespie
Commission company of Kansas City ,
filed an attachment against Gillett for
a debt of 540,000 , which , it is alleged ,
was secured with an intent to defraud.
The attachment is general , and is in
tended to cover cverj'thing that can be
found.
News of the attachment spread rap
idly , and all day lawyers here hs.ve
been busy investigating the case in be
half of Kansas City , St. Joseph and
Denver firms that did business with
Gillctt. The register of deeds of Dick
inson county has been compiling a list
of chattel mortgages given by Gillett
and finds that those still in iorce will
come close to 8l,0')0OuO ) , on most of
which Gillctt was the only signer.
The commission firms claim that
many cattle have been mortgaged more
than once. About 5,000 head are at
his ranch. Gillett has recentlv taken
S2i7,000 : life and 5200,000 accident in
surance , has traveled in special trains
and had a cowboy band , lie is 30
years old and has startled the old
cattlemen by his bold methods.
About twenty-five commission com
pany representatives arrived in Wood
bine yesterday. They investigated all
day , and found that the mortgaged
cattle are supposed to be scattered all
over Central and Western Kansas , Ok
lahoma and Texas. Searches made so
far have been fruitless , and the pros
pects are that further efforts in that
direction will bring no result.
Gillett has been the "Coal Oil John
nie"of the live stock business , an Alad
din of farmers , a Napoleon of cattle
paper finance. His 7,000 acre stock
farm near Abilene , Kan. , is a town
with a name and a pottcflice of its
o\vn , Woodbine.
SANTIAGO'S MAYOR A CUBAN ,
General Wood Appoints Senor Il.u-urili to
That Volition.
SANTIAGO UK CUHA , Nov. 28. Some
time ago Major McLcary , whom Gen
eral Leonard AA'ood had appointed
mayor of Santiago , requested to be re
lieved of his mayoralty duties and to
return to his military post. This re
quest was granted yesterday.
In the opinion of General AVooil it is
preferable to appoint to the mayoralty
a civilian acceptable to the Cubans ,
and he has appointed as Major AIc-
Leai-y's successor Senor JJacardi , an
old resident , lie is anxious to give
the mayor as much authority as is com
patible with military jurisdiction. The
new mayor will conform to General
AVooiVs ideas , which are to give tlie
Cubans every opportunity to show
themselves capable of self-government.
The first official act of Mayor liayar-
di was to discharge the entire clerical
force in the maj-or's office and to em
ploy Cubans who had served in the
war. lie wiil shortly issue a manifes
to to the effect that he intends to ei-
couraje the city's development and
give .employment as far as conditions
will permit to worthy persons. Gen
era ! \Vood has hig-h hopes of this first
attempt al civil government under Cu
ban control.
A NIGHT CABINET SESSION ,
President -JCiiic-y Summons His AdvU-
er * In Vest Jlnto. ;
AVASinxoTo.v. Nov. 23. A .special
meeting of the cabinet was held at 10
o'clock last night. All the members
were with the I'resiJent except Secre
tary Long , who was out of the city.
The meeting \vs called by the Presi
dent in order that his advisers miqflst
ronsi > ier with him advices received
from the American p'-ace. commission
ers at Paris. It is understood that the
advices related to counter proposals
informally nr.ide to the American com
missioners by the representatives on
the commission of the Madrid govern
ment.
It is uulcr.touJ that one point new
in the negotiations thus far was
raised in the dispatches received by
the President. It related to a modi
fication of the terms of the proposi
tion submitted to the Spanish com
missioners a few days ag' > by the
American eumtuisMioners , but in just
what particular the proposed modifica
tion was to be madeeoutd not be ascer
tained. That the proposition was not
accepted was made clear by the. Presi
dent in cabling to the American com
missioners a reiteration of his former
instructions.
No I'aper Money for Chill.
VAM'AKAifo. Chili. Nov. 28. In the
chamber of deputies the miniate-
finance declared in the nr.nie of tlie
president that there would not be an
other dollar of paper money issued.
Kli-ctlon Itcttor * Indicted.
MAKVVII.I.K. Mo. . Nov. 2.S. The Noil-
away county frrand jury adjourned
after a two week's session , during
which sixty-four indictments wore re
turned. The nature uf all of them
has not become public , but some sen
sations arc promise.l. A large number
of election bettors , among them some
prominent men , were caught , it is said.
It is understood also that a large num
ber of Nodaway county druggists who
have been violating- the liquor laws ,
will soon be in the meshes of the law.
tfl
Captain of the Charleston Places ?
Guard Ashore at Tien-Tsin.
THE SITUATION VERY GRAVE.
Neces-jary In Order to Protect
American Interests Owing : to Political
Disturbances tanded 100 Miles From
Peklnjr , tlie Chlnoao Capital.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 2S. The navy de Jt
partment received a dispatch to-day
that the cruiser Charleston has landed u ?
a marine guard at Tien Tsin , in the
roadways of the gulf of Pe-chi-li , 100
miles by water from Pokin , the Chi
nese capital. The dispatch was con
sidered of grave importance , and was
taken to President MeKinley at the
White house at once.
The disturbances in Pckin following-
the dethronement of the Chinese eni-
peror suggested , to AVashington the ne
cessity of sending a naval vessel to
Chinese waters to protect American in
terests. Admiral Dewey was ordered
to disnatch the Baltimore and Petrel
to the" Gulf of Pe-ehi-ii. The Balti
more , on account of a slight accident ,
was unable to sail. The L'ostoa and n
the Petrel sailed from the Philippine
islands October C. It was regretted at
that time that the Helena was -not on
the Asiatic station. The Helena had.
been built with a light draught , pur
posely for ascending Chinese rivers.
At the cai-ly part of the war she was
recalled to America. The Boston's
draught would not permit her to
ascend the river above the Taku forts ,
near the river's mouth. The Petrel ,
however , took a position near Tien-
Tsin. The Charleston arrived later ,
relieving the Boston. On account of
the fall Uoods the Charleston was able
to join the Petrel at Tien-Tsin. Pekin
is about 2,000 miles from Manila.
The American vessels at Tien-Tsin
could not be joined by another cruiser
from Admiral Dewey"s fleet , on ac
count of the shallow water.
Secretary Hay , when called into con
sultation over the dispatch , said that
the marines were landed , not because
of any-information of rioting1 or at
tacks on American missionaries , but
solely to act as a guard for the
United States legation at Pekin.
United States Minister Conger had
represented that nearly all of the lega
tions of the Enropean powers were
provided with marine guards , and he
did not care to be exceptional in this
case. After lying at Tangu for a
while the Boston worked her way up
the river to Tien Tsin , about the
head of navigation for vessels of her
class. It is believed at the Navy de
partment that the marines will be
sent forward from that point in
launches or small river boats. Prob
ably not more than twenty-live ma
rines were landed.
LONDON. Nov. 20. According to a
dispatch from Shanghai to a news
agency publish.vl hre this afternoon ,
the ilritish aJmir.il has hoisted the X .
union jiek ever Ting Hai , capital of
the little isiunJ. of Ciitusan , aul over
several othrr inlands in the Cuban
archipelago.
MURDERER GETS HIS SHARE ,
A I'crson 3'aycqnlro Troporty as the
Direct Kcsult of Ills Crime.
Suisi'N , Cal. , Nov. 2S. Superior
.fudge Buckles of Solano county has
just decided that a person can acquire
property as the direct result of his
own crime.
Louis , Frank. Arthur. Thomas and
Susie Bele\v were brothers and sisters.
Louis and Susie were unmarried and
each possessed estates in their own
right. The father and mother were
both dead. Frank was without jueans
and possessed a family with whom at
the time he was not living. He mur
dered Louis and Sr.sic with no appar
ent motive except to ucceevl to a portion
tion of their respective estates. He
pleaded guilty and was hanged.
The petition for the. distribution of
he estate of Susie as.l Liwis IJilcw
asked that the estate be divided in
equal shares to the surviving brothers
and to the estate of Frank Helew.
One of the brothers tiled objection to
any distribution b.-ing made to the es
tate of Frank Be'.ew , on the ground
that he. having murdered his brother
and sifter , could not succeed to anv of
the estate left by them. To this" ob
jection a general demurrer was inter
posed and lias been sustained. Jud-re
Buckles declaring that unless the
court can change the code of civil pro
cedure the estates of Lewis and Susie
Belew must , be distributed in equal
parts to tiie estate of the murderer.
Frank Heew ! , and the two surviving
* "
brothers.
PRINCE GEORGE IS NOTIFIED ,
Announcement of the Appointment
t >
Crete Made by the Four I'otrers.
ATHENS , Jfov. 2S. The. ministers
of the four powers interested
in tiie proceeding : . Great Urit-
ain , France. Russia and Itaij- .
went at noon to-day in roval car
riages , to 'the palace and for
mally announced to King1 George , in
the presence of the royal family of
Greece , the appointment of his son
Prince George , to be hi h commis
sioner of the powers in Crete.The
prince. later , received tlu congratula
tions of the ministers.
The crouds in the streets cheered
the announcement of Prince George's
ippointment , which has relieved'Iho
popular anxiety , which had arisen on
it-count of the delay in making the an
nounce itent.
A HI5h School for Santiago VToiurn.
SANTIAOO. Nov. 28. General Wood
lias given his approval to a scheme for
i school for the higher education of
n-ouicu , similar to the American
nor
mal school.
