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Continued
Story
Ah now he knew the voice too
well It was Greebas one was
there she was on the other side of
that wall at that instant And she
was singing It was a love song that
she sang Her very heart seemed to
speak in it for her tones were the
tones of love and he must be ueside
her
It was for him she has left me
thought Jason in the whirl of his
dazed brain for him and his place
his station and the pride of his suc
cess
Then remembering how his love
of this woman had fooled him through
five treacherous years turning him
aside irom thoughts or his vow giv
ing him his fathers money for his
mothers wrongs and now she who
had been so damned dear to him
Jiad drawn him on in the days of her
trouble and cast him off when an
other beckoned to her he cried in
Jiis tortured heart Oh God in heav
en give me this man into my hands
CHAPTER VIII
THE SWORD OF ESAU
Jason went back to his lodging by
the Cathedral found the old caretaker
sitting up for him made some excuse
lor returning late and turned in to
ngd His room was the guest chamber
a little muggy stifling box with
lied and bedding of eider down sewed
in canvas sacks He threw off his
boots and lay down in his clothes
Hour followed hour and he did not
sleep He was nevertheless not whol
ly awake but retained a sort of slug
gish consciousness which his dazed
brain could not govern Twelve had
chimed from the great clock of the
turret overhead as he lay down and
he heard one two three and four
follow in their turn By this time he
was feeling a dull pain at the bacK
of his head and a heavy throbbing
in his neck Until then he had been
ever a man of great bodily strength
with never an ache or an ailment
I am making myself ill before any
thing is done he thought and if I
fall sick nothing can come of my en
terprise That must not be With
an effort of will he composed himself
to sleep Still for a space he saw
the weary night wear on but the
lapse the broken thread and the
dazed sense stole over him at last
and he dropped into a deep slumber
When he awoke the white light of
midday was coming in strong dancing
bars through the rents of the dark
blanket that covered the little win
dow the clock of tbo cathedral was
chiming twelve one again and over
the little cobble causeway of the street
in front there was the light patter of i
many sealskin shoes How could 1 1
sleep away my time luce this with so
much to do he thought and leapt
up instantly
His old landlay had more than once
looked in upon him during the morn
ing and watched him with an air of
pity Poor lad he looks ill she
thought and so left lim to sleep on
While he ate his breakfast of skyr
and skate and coffee the good soul
busied herself about him asking what
work he had a mind to do now that
he had come back and where he
meant to look for it with other ques
tions of a like kind But he answered
her many words with few of his own
merely saying that he intended to
look about him before deciding on
anything and that he had something
in his pocket to go on with in the
meanwhile
Some inquiries he made of her in
his turn and they were mainly about
the new President or Govenor what
like he was to look upon and what
his movements were and if he was
much seen in the town The good
body could tell him very little being
old very deaf and feeble on her feet
and going about hardly at all farther
than the floors of the Cathedral on
cleaning days But her deaf old htfs
band hobbling in from the street that
moment said he had Heard somebody
say that a session of Althing was sit
ting then and that under the Repub
lic that had lately been proclaimed
Miqhael Sunlocks presided at the parliament-house
daily about midday
Hearing this Jason rose from his
unfinished breakfast and went out on
some pretended errand but when he
got to the wooden shed where Althing
held its session he found the sitting
over and tne delegates dispersed His
only object had been to see Michael
Sunlocks that he might know him
and having lost his first opportunity
he returned the following day coming
earlier before the sitting had begun
or the delegates had yet gathered But
though he lounged within the door
yard while the members passed
through jesting and laughing togeth
er he saw no one young enough to
answer to Michael Sunlocks He was
too much in dread of attracting atten
tion to inquire of the few idlers who
looked on like himself so he went
away and came yet again the next
day after and waited as before Once
more he felt that the man he looked
for had not passed in with the rest
and between fear of exciting suspi
cion and of throwing away further
chances he questioned the doorkeeper
of the Chamber This person stut
tered before every word but Jason
learned at length that Michael Sun
locks had not been there for a week
that by rule of the new Constitution
the Governor presided only at the sit
tings of the higher house the Coun
cil and that the present sittings wera
those of the lower house the Senate
That was Thursday and Jason re
flected that though four days were
gone nothing was done Vexed with
himself for the caution that had wast
ed so much time he hodly started in
quiries on many sides Then he
learned that it was the daily practice
of the Governor to go at twelve oclock
noon to the embankment in front of
the merchant stores wh re his gangs
of masons were throwing up the new
fort At that hour that day Jason was
there but found that the Governor
had already been and gone Going
earlier the next day Friday he
learned that the Governorhad not yet
come and so he lay about to wait
for him But the men whom he had
questioned began to cast curious
glances in his direction and to mutter
together In groups Then he remem
bered that it was a time of revolution
that he might be mistaken for a Dan
ish spy and as such be forthwith
seized and imprisoned That would
stop everything he thought and
moved away
In a tavern of a by street a long
lean youth threadbare and tipsy
formerly a student and latterly ex
pelled from the college for drunken
ness told him that the new Governor
turned in at the Latin school every
evening at dusk to inspect the drill
of the regiment he had enrolled So
to the Latin school at dusk Jason
made his way but the place was dark
and silent when he came upon it and
from a lad who was running out at
the moment he heard that the drill
sergeant had fallen ill and the drill
been discontinued
On the wharf by the jetty the boat
man who had recognized him on land
ing Old Jon Olafsson told him that
serving whiting and skate to the Bish
ops Palace he found that the new
Governor was ever coming and going
there Now of all houses Jason had
most avoided that house lest he
should be seen of those eyes that
would surely read his mission at a
glance Yet as night fell in and he
mignt approacn the place with safety
he haunted tne ways that led to u
But never again did he see Michael
Sunlocks even in the uncertain dark
ness and thinking how hard itwas
to set eyes on this man whom he must
know of a surety before his enterprise
could be ripe a secret dread took hold
of him and he all but renounced his
design Why is it that I cannot see
him he thought Why of all men
in the town is he the only one whom
I can never meet face to face Why
of all men here am I the only one
whom he has ever seen It was as
if higher powers were keeping them
apart
By this time he realized that he
was being observed for in the dusk
on the Thingvellir road that led past
Government House three men over
took him and went on to talk with
easy confidence in signs and broken
words He saw that they were Danes
that one was old and white headed
another was young sallow and of a
bitter spirit and the third who was
elderly was of a meek and quiet man
ner
How are they going on in the old
country Anything done yet When
are they coming said the young
man
Ah dont be afraid said the old
man We know you are watching
him he added with a side long mo
tion of the head towards Government
House But he will send no more of
Gur sons and brothers to the sulphur
mines to slave like beasts of burden
His days are numbered
Then the young man laughed bit
terly
They say he is to be married Let
him make merry wnile he may he
said with a deep oath
And at that Jason faced about tc
them
You have been mistaken sirs te
said I am not a spy and neither
am I an assassin
He walked away with what compos
ure he could command but he trem
bled like a leaf for by this encounter
three new thoughts possessed Mm
first that when his attempt had been
made and his work done no who be
lieved himself appointed by God as
the instrument of His righteous retri
bution would stand no others ice be
fore man that as a common midnight
murdtrc next that unless he made
hato with his design he would be
forestalled by others with bas r mo
tives and again that if his hearing
had so utarly revealed his purpose to
the Danes it might suggest it to otheis
with more interest in defeating it
In his former rashness he had gone
everywhere even where the throngs
were thickest and talked with every
one even the six stalwart constables
who had taken the place of the rehu
matic watchmen whom ne knew in
earlier days But from the hour of
that meeting with the Danes he found
himself going about as stealthily as a
cat watching everybody thinking
everybody was watching him shrink
ing from every sight and quaking at
every sound They can do what they
like with me after it is over he
thought but first let it be done
He felt afraid vho had never before
known the taste of fear -he felt weary
who had never until tnen known what
it was to be tired Oh what is this
that is coming over me he thought
If I am doing well why do I trem
ble For even while he planned his
daring attempt a great feebleness
seemed to be in all his members
Thus it chanced that on the next
ay thereafter Saturday he saw many
busy preparations along the line of
the High Street and its byways such
as the swinging of pulley ropes from
house front to house front and the
shaking out of bunting without asking
what festival they purported But re
turning to his lodging in the evening
found his landlady busy with prepara
tions of a like kind about the entrance
to the yard of the Cathedral and then
he knew too well what new thing was
coming All the same he asked and
his landlady answered Mm
Lord bless me she cried and
havent you heard that the young Gov
ernor is to be wedded
When said Jason
Tomorrow said the old body
Where
Why in the Cathedral surely It
will be a bonny sight I promise you
You would like to see it I make no
doubt Well and so you shall my
son Ill get you in Only leave it
to me Only leave it to me
Jason has expected this answer like
a horse that quivers under the lash
while it is yet hissing over his head
he had seen the blow coming yet
when it came it startled ana stunned
him He got up touching no food and
staggerd back into the street
It was now dark night Tne stores
were lit up by their open lamps whose
noisome smoke streamed out over the
pathway and mingled with the foul
vapors that came from the drinking
shops The little town was very -busy
throngs of people passed to and fro
and there was much shouting and
noisy laughter
To Jason all this was a mass of con
fusion like a dream that is vague and
broken and has no semblance of re
ality His knees smote together as he
walked and his mind was clogged
and numbed At length he was con
scious that some brawlers who were
lounging at the door of the tavern
were peering as he went by them and
that a woman who was passing as the
same moment was rating them round
ly
Cant you see hes ill she was
saying and they were laughing lustily
He turned towards he sea and
there with only the black beach be
fore his eyes and the monotonous beat
of the waves in his fears his faculties
grew clearer Oh God he thought
am I to strike him down before her
face and at the very food of the altar
It is terrible It must be true that I
am ill or perhaps mde or both
But he wrestled with his irresolute
spirit and overcame it One by one he
marshalled his reasons and bit by bit
he justified himself When his anger
wavered against the man who had
twice supplanted bm he recalled Ms
vow to execute judgment and when
his vow seemed horrible he remem
bered that Greeba herself had wronged
him
Thus he juggled with himself night
after night and if morning after morn
ing peace had come with the coming
of light it was gone forever now He
rehearsed everything in his mind and
saw it all as he meant it to be To
morrow while the bells were ringing
he would go into the Cathedral His
old landlady the caretaker would put
him in the front seat before the altar
rail The pews would already be
thronged and there would be whis
pering behind him and little light fits
of suppressed laughter Presently the
old bishop would come halting along
in his surplice holding the big book
in his trembling hands Then the
bridegroom would step forward and
he should see him and mark him and
know him The briue herself would
come next in a dazzling cloud of ner
bridesmaids all dressed in white Then
as the two stood together he and she
hand in hand glancing softly at each
other and with all otner eyes upon
them he himself would rise up and
do it Suddenly there would be a wild
cry and she would turn towards him
and see him and understand him and
fall fainting before nim Then while
both lay at his feet he would turn to
those about him and say very calmly
Take me It was I All being done
he would not shrink and when his
time came he would meet his fate
without flinching and in the awful
hereafter he would stand before the
white throne and say It would have
been an evil thing if Gods ways had
not been justified before men so I
have executed on earth His judgment
-who has said in His Holy Writ that
the wrongdoer shall surely suffer ven
geance even to the third and fourth
generation of His children
To be Continued
A Night In a Buffalo Hide
A party ofscouts from the stations
on Bledsoes creek in Sumner county
was over in Wilson on a tour of obser
vation for Indian signs says the Port
land Oregonian As they prepared to
camp late one winter afternoon CapC
Jennings who was one of the number
started out to kill a buffalo from a herd
which was near by There was a heavy
sleet on the ground and he found it
difficult to get a good range on ac
count of the noise of his feet on the
crackling ice but after following the
game for several miles he at last killed
a very large bull Fearing that the
meat might be injured if left until the
next morning he skinned the animal
and took out the viscera By the time
he was done night had come and he de
cided to remain with his meat instead
of seeking camp in the darkness So
wrapping the huge hide around him
flesh side out he lay down and slept
very comfortably until morning On
waking he found himself tightly im
prisoned in the hide which had frozen
hard and now resisted all hia efforts to
escape Hour after hour rolled by in
agony to the captain He yelled at
the top of his voice for help and
strained and kicked with all his might
at the rawhide inclosure but it proved
stubborn to the last degree He doubt
less swore many a bitter oath for he
was of too irascible a temperament to
submit tamely He expected his com
panions to search for him and they
did but with a great deal of caution
fearing that he had been killed by the
Indians His prolonged absence could
be accounted for in no other way He
gave up all hope of extricating himself
as the hours wore away but help which
he had not thought of was to save him
from a death which would have been
extremely mortifying at the least to a
fnan who had escaped Indian bullets
and swam icy rivers like a beaver We
will let him relate the issue in his own
words Well the sun came out in
the afternoon and this softened the
hide on the top so I could get one arm
out and when I got one arm out I
worked likepizen until I got my body
through
Greatness of the British Empire
At the present juncture when the
greatness of certain nations is being
prominently paraded it is interesting
to recall these facts The British em
pire is fifty three times the size of
France fifty two times that of Ger
many three and a half times that of
the United States of America thrico
the size of Europe with treble the
population of all the Russias It ex
tends over 11000000 square miles oc
cupies one fifth of the globe contains
one fifth of the human raceor 350000
000 people embraces four continents
10000 islands 500 promontories and
2000 rivers It is estimated that the
empire possesses one third of the
sheep of the world one fourth of th9
cattle and one twelfth of the horses
GIVES LEAN AH
Treasurer Stueffer Issues Such
to Ex Treasurer Meserve
CERTIFIES TO RECEIVING EVERY CENT DUE
No Treasurer Has GoneOutJ With a Clean
er Record Than That of John
B Meserve The Senatorial
Situation Deadlock-
The last official act in the transfer
of 4500000 of state money was com
pleted on January 16 when Treasurer
Steufer returned the statement of the
auditor concerning the amounts to be
received by him to Auditor Wesson
with the indorsement on the back that
everything had been found as speci
fled in Auditor Cornells certificate of
January 3
Mr Steufer certifies that he has re
ceived every cent specified as being in
the permanent educational funds of
the state that he has verified the cash
balances to the credit of the state m
authorized depositories and that he
has checked over and found correct
every cent indicated as invested in
United States county and school dis
trict bonds and general and univer
sity fund warrants
No treasurer of Nebraska ever went
forth from the office with a cleaner
clearance card than lhat giyn Mr Me
serve by his successor Treasurer
Steufer Heres what is indorsed on
the back of the auditors statement m
Mr Steufers own handwiiting
I hereby certify that I have re
ceived in cash the amount specified in
the within statement belonging to the
four permanent educational funds of
the state of Nebraska amouuting to
91S3943 that I have verified the bal
ances in depository banks covering the
current funds of the state as specified
in the within statement amounting to
20860307 -and find them correct that
I have counted and checked the United
States county and school district
bonds general funds of the state as
specified in the within statement
amounting to 447450144 and find
the same correct making a grand total
of moneys and securities as per state
ment 447474399 which has been
turned over to me according to law
WILLIAM STEUFER
State Treasurer
Lincoln Neb Jan J 5 1901
ooo
Our republican friends are having
all kinds of fun out of the senatorial
struggle now on in all its glory Ev
ery mothers son of Jae cand dates was
a good fellow last fall when they were
laboring so hard to give the working
man the assurance of a full dinner
pail but now that they have locked
horns over the senatorship things are
not so lovely as they were Where
there used to be love peace and har
mony there now exists discord and
war to the death Instead of uniting
and selecting men who would reflect
honor and credit upon the state we
find the candidates going it alone each
for himself and the devil take the
hindmost Instead of leaving the leg
islators alone and letting them decide
the matter the candidates are using
every sort of a device calculated to
compel them to come their way Fed
eral patronage promise of ofPce
money anything is held out as an in
ducement to the members to quash
their honest convictions
Some of the candidates have started
daily papers to aid them in their can
vass and are abusing every other man
Avho dares to aspire o the senate of
the United States They are indulg
ing in personal threats and threaten
ing members with dire punishment in
the future if they dare to vote for cer
tain candidates They ure taking up
the cry against Thompson on the
agreement of two years ago and
are declaring him not to be a republi
can and they are using every sort of
scheme to get the desired seats The
scrap is not one for the fusionists to
enter but they can sit back and quiet
ly enjoy the fight in which the repub
licans are dealing in criminations and
recriminations and telling tales out of
school And this fight reminds us of
how nice it would be if United States
senators were elected by direct vote of
the people
ooo
The long looked for and anxiouelv
awaited Commoner Mr Bryans paper
is Issued this week As announced in
the Associated press it will issue fro -a
the Western Newspaper Unions Li i
coln office This is a guarantee that
thd Commoner will not only be typo
graphically correct in appearance biz
also will be composed imposed and
printed by union labor as the West
ern Newspaper Union employs only
union labor and pays union wages
It is hardly necessary to say that both
Mr Bryan and the Newspaper Union
should e congratulated on the matter
for it sbov s that both believe the man
is worthy of his hire and act in acrnrt
with their belief The Commoner will
start out under auspices conditions
and we espeak for it a warm welcome
by those whose regard for Mr Bryan
has not been shaken by lrsiecent de
feat
ooo
The populist democratic and silver
republican state central committees
held meetings last week in Lincoln
and talked over policies to be pursued
in the future The general opinion
seemed to be that the reform forces
must act together as they have in the
past
ooo
The populists had some difficulty
over financial affairs and an auditing
committee was appointed to examine
the committees accounts Final ac
tion was taken by referring all claims
to the executive committee with power
to act on szme afer investigation A
committee on ways and means was
named to act ii conjunction with the
executive committee to pass on ssess
ments also and to make an effort to
make more collections and to make
demands for any balance remaining
from the counties that have contrib
uted the least-
It was extremely gratifying to the
fticlrmtal Q wVir ntonrtoH nn Rnnrliv I
January 13 the meeting at the Oliver
theatre in the interests of charity a d
at which addresses were delivered by
Rev F L Wharton pastor of Si
Paul3 M E church Chancellor An
drews Professor Caldwell Lieutenant
Governor Savage and William J Bry
an The gratification came when Lieu
tenant Governor Savage in his ad
dress spoke of the charitable insti
tutions of the state and remarked that
during the past two years they had
been well and economically manage
and that in nearly every instance a
surplus was left in the fund not all of
the appropriation for each institution
being used This was praise for fu
sion economy which well becomes Mr
Savage whom we have every reason
to believe honest and upright
ooo
Then again we have been most re
liably informed that State Treasurer
Steufer js not a bit charry about ex
pressing his admiration for the splen
did manner in which ex Treasurer Me
serve had conducted his office and ho
good condition in which it was q
ceived from the hands of the fusion
force Republicans it seems do not
always withhold credit where it is
due and Mr Steufers commendation
of Treasurer Meserves administration
of the financial affairs of the state
stamp him a man large enough to rise
above party prejudice We were aware
that Mr Meserve was strictly all right
and never for one moment feared thai
scandals bieath would taint his office
He run things right and the people of
Nebraska have much to thank him for
and we feel disposed to believe tUey
are glad they had him in the position
he filled so ably and well
ooo
The game law which the sportsmen
of Nebraska will support was drawn
to embody the recommendation of
Governor Dietrich that a game warden
be provided to enforce the game laws
of the state Since it Jias been dis
coered that about 30000 worth of
game is shipped out of the state an
nually the true sportsmen of Nebras
Ica are beginning to realize that some
thing must be done to protect the
game song and insectiverous birds
The provision for a warden should
meet with hearty approval on all sides
and the warden should be given all aid
possible in the discharge of a duly
which is to a certain extent hazardous
for game poachers are a hard lot to
deal with The proper kind of a game
warden would make Nebraska a game
preserve that could be enjoyed by its
citizens for he would see to it that
game was killed only for home con
sumption and not for eastern markets
In short a game law and a game war
den to enforce it would assure every
Ncbraskan who desires to hunt or
fish the satisfaction of having the fin
fur and feathered game preserved for
his benefit
ooo
If it can be done at this session the
republicans propose to put through a
big gerrymander in the matter of re
apportioning the state so that repub
lican control of the legislature will be
perpetual Representative Evans of
Lincoln county has introduced a bill
which seems to be a very fair appor
tionment Mr Evans who is a re
publican claims that his bill was not
influenced by political considerations
and believes It should be passed in
preference to any measures which
were based on or influenced by polit
ical considerations In his bill Mr
Evans declares nothing but the p
of the respective counties ad
anything to do with determining nis
method of redistricting
ooo
Representative Gallogly of Brown
ctitfy also a rppuhlican his intro
duced a bill which on its face appears
to be similar to the one introduced by
Representative Evans In effect how
ever it is quite different Mr Gal
logly admits that his bill was prepared
in such a way as to give the republi
cans twice as many members of tbe
legislature as the fusionists would
have based on the vote of the 1J00
election He says that this aim was
the first consideration and that Hie
next one was to make the apportion
ment correspond to the population
ooo
The bills of Mr Evans and Mr Gal
logly give Lancaster and Douglas ths
same iepresentation The general ef
fect of each is to decrease the repre
sentation of the southeastern and cen
tral counties of the state and to in
crease that of other counties
ooo
The decision of the United States
supreme court in the Neely case pre
pared by Justice Harlan and unani
mously approved by the other justices
satisfactorily and definitely settled
the legal status of Cuba giving- to the
Cubans the final assurances for which
they have been waiting Cuba is a
foreign country according to the de
decision and the American people gen
erally will recognize the decisidn of
the court as an accurate definition of
the attitude this country assumed
toward Cuba at the outset of the
Spanish war and still bears towards
it The court declares that this nation
is bound by an explicit promise to
guarntee Cuba independence and far
itself now recognizes that the island
is free and independent The court
has voiced the verdict and views of the
people We trust that the august
body will continue to decide properly
in all cases now before it affecting the
attitude of the country to its colonial
possessions The country certainly
needs wise counsel and strict interpre
tation of its constitutional rights and
prerogatives and where else will we
go to get this if not to our supreme
court
OOO
It is getting to be in these up-to-date
times that scarcely any move of
importance can be made without an
injunction of some sort coming- for
ward to be fought Government by
injunction is getting right to the front
How do the people like it
ooo
Since salt has been found conducive
to longevity there is no telling whatr
the trustswill be asking for it
ooo
ROLES IN PHILIPPINES
Pnblio Discussions of Proposed Measures
Held in Manila -
NATIVES TAKING PART IN THEM
Taxation the First Subject Iuxnd to Bear
Its Share of Burdens 3atatead of As
sessments on Industry Patilug Mut
ters to Blshts
MANILA Jan 19 The public dis
cussion of the general codo of gov
ernment for municipalities began to
day Commissioner iJean C Worcester
outlined the bill and compared the
conditions from the general orders of
the military governor under which
many local governments were operat
ing Commissioner Worcester offered
two amendments disqualifying from
voting and holding office men who vio
late their oath of American allegiance
or who remain in armed opposition
after February
The commissioner elucidated the tax
ation features referring to the bene
fits of taxing lands and buildings as
against the present special taxes on
occupations and industries One
fourth of the proceeds of real estate as
sessments will be devoted to public
schools
Municipal councils are authorized to
license theaters places of liquor sell
ing public conveyances hotels and
cock fighting or to prohibit cock fight
ing for the first year until the tax
collections are available
Half of the internal revenue of each
municipality will be paid into the mu
nicipal treasuries
Commissioner Worcester did not en
large on the section confining the ex
emption of church property to prop
erties used exclusively for religious
charitable or educational purposes
This much discussed feature received
the approval of the administration at
Washington previous to the making
public of the bill
The bill centralizes considerable re
sponsibility in the provincial govern
ments for the establishments of which
another bill is being prepared
The public discussion which is tak
ing place in the municipal hall is proceeding-
by sections the natives par
ticipating
It is rumored that Aguinaldo visited
his mother in Oavite province and
narrowly escaped capture during the
recent roundup of one of the villages
in Cavite
RULING ON BANKRUPT LAW
A Matter in Which There U Much Inter
est Anion Business Men
WASHINGTON Jan 19 Argu
ment was begun in the United States
supreme court today in the case of
Carson Pirie Scott Coo appel
lants against the Chicago Title and
Trust company The case involves
the construction f the bankruptcy
law and much interest is manifested
in the proceeding among Tjusiness
men generally The case comes to
the supreme court from the circuit
court of appeals from the Seventh cir
cuit of the court where it is ordered
that the claim of Carson Pirie Scott
Co creditors of Frank Bros bank
rupts be disallowed on the ground
thatr moneys paid by an insolvent to
a creditor in ike usual and ordinary
course of business within four months
preceding the date of the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy by the insol
vent constitutes a preference under
sections 57g and 60a and 60b of the
bankruptcy act irrespective of the
fact that the creditor receiving such
payment is not aware of the fact that
his debtor is insolvent or that a pref
erence is thereby intended On ac
count of the conflict of decisions con
struing the mentioned sections of the
bankrupt act great confusion has
arisen and is likely to arise in the
administration of bankrupts estates
until the pending case is adjudicated
China Clinches Agreement
WASHINGTON Jan 19 A message
was received today from Pekin dated
last evening etating that the Chinese
plenipotentiaries had signed and de
livered the protocol Ths removes
the last doubt that had arisen as to
the sealing of the agreement for it
would not have been accepted by the
Spanish minister who is the dean of
the corps unless it bore all the seal3
and signatures necesary to give it full
force
Cattle Growers Organize
SALT LAKE Jan 19 The Amer
ican Cattle Growers association has
been organized by the representatives
of fifteen transmississippi states The
association is designed to fill the same
field with reference to the cattle in
dustry that is occupied by the Na
tional Wool Growers association to
the sheep industry It is claimed that
the men present at the meeting repre
sented a capital running Into the hun
dreds of millions The temporary of
ficers are all of Colorado Adjourn
ment was taken to a meeting to be
held at Denver some time in March
Is Not Coming to America
BRUSSELS Jan 19 Frickie Eloff
Krugers grandson is here from The
Hague He says Kruger has no In
tention of going to America at present
although pressed with Invitations He
possibly might go later if he
ered the interests of the Transvaal de
manded it
Amendment for Ft Omaha
WASHINGTON Jan 19 Senator
Thurston said that it was out of the
question to tack on an amendment to
the army bill providing for the utiliza
tion of old Fort Omaha as a military
school He has the matter in hand
and had asked the leaders about the
advisability of offering an amendment
I but they advised against the measure
j as too likely to put the bill in jeopardy
Mayor Harrison of Chicago believes Y and he therefore accepted the
in continuous performances when it
comes to the saloon question
ment of Chairman Hawley and mem
bers of xhe committee on military af
fairs
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