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HRST BILLS ON THE LIST
Gniniittltre nl Work on the Mini Import
mil Mriuiiir Sllie nf the Omul Anil
Olro Mill U rrxillilKil ltiiliiillnn of
War 1iiruiy IttMirgaiilratlna
Washington Dec 3 Tin- loaders of
tin1 llUIIHt IIIO pi OplUlUg to pttSS Willi
great vigor the Important business of
the Hlioit session of oougros which
convenes today Already considerable
prtllinliiiirv committee work Iium been
lone on I ho Important tuoasuios -tin
Mil for tho icduetlon or tho wnr rev
enue tnxos tho army reorganization
bill the river itnil hiirbor bill timl sev
r ni I of tho npproprlntlon bllls niid
tho legislative mill will Mini under it
full head of Htenm Tho tinny reor
ganization hill In coiiHliloreti purlieu
Inrly uiKont owing to this poNHlblllty
of Km mooting strenuous oppoNltlon
nftcr It reaches tho Homito nml It In
th Intention of the leniloiH to got It
out of tho wny at the earliest possible
moment It will be reported probably
tomorrow timl wilt bo taUeu up tit
once unless after further consultation
It Ih decided lo let the legislative exec
utive ami Judlelal appropriation bill
In a head of It Tho Democrats will
caucus on the army bill today and the
IndloatloiiH are that they will olTer iih
a substitute for the permanent reor
ganization measure it bill extending
for two or three yearn the preHont law
for n provisional army The bill to
reduce the war revenue taxes linn been
practically completeil by tho Kepul
llcnn members of the wiivh uud means
cnmmltteo ami It will be submitted
to the full committee TuuHtlny uiiIuhb
In the inenutlme a ciiucuh of the Re
publicans should bo found advisable
Some of the Itepubllean monibers are
not HiitlHlled with the Hat of article
relieved from taxation by the bill and
If too much opposition becomes evi
dent tho leaders probably will call a
conference or caucus for the purpose
of adjusting and harmonizing differ
ences On Thursday tho Grout oleo
margarine bill will come up as a spe
cial order under a rule made at the
last session It Imposes it tax of to
cents per pound on oleomargarine liut
terlnc or other manufactured butters
colored In Imitation of butter It has
strong backing from tho dairy Inter
ests and while It will meet with warm
opposition from the Intercuts that are
antagonizing Its passage when It
reaches a vote Its passage Is regarded
as n foregone conclusion
No business will bo transacted today
beyond the probable rending of the
preldents message owing to the
deaths of the late Representatives
Daly N J and HuflVckor Del
which occurred during the recess as
well iir tho deaths- of Senators Davis
and Gear
In tlin Henat
The senate beyond the probable
reading of tin presidents message
will transact no business today as thu
announcement of the death during the
recess of Senators Davis and Gear
when the message has been read will
bring the sitting to a close These nn
jiouncements will be preceded by the
ceremony of swearing In the now mem
bers who this year are Mr Dolllver
who has been appointed to succeed
Senator Gear and Mr Dillingham
who takes the place formerly occupied
by Senator Ross Vt
Mr Fryo expects to get up the ship
ping subsidy bill tomorrow and In do
ing thin to have tho Spoon or Philip
pine bill displaced Thin will he the
beginning of tin Important work of
the session and upon the success or
failure of the scheme may depend
much of the future course of proceed
IngH for the entire Reunion
MONDAY
Washington Dec 4 In the sonata
yesterday the work of the short ses
sion of the Fifty sixth congress was
Htuvesbfully launched 11 had been the
purpose of the senate to uuuoiiuce tho
death of Senators Gear la and Davis
Minn Immediately after assembling
and then to adjourn and receive the
presidents message today bill as this
lias been announced by tho leaders of
both branches of congress to be a
business mhhIoii II was decided to
receive the message Monday uud thus
gain one day In a session in which that
much time may be of luunciibo import
ance
Aside from tho reading of the mes
Bttge and the administration of the
oath of olllco to William It Dilling
ham the now senator fioui Vermont
who succeeds the late Justin S Mor
rill no business was transacted The
other new member of the body former
Representative John 1 Dolllver who
Hiicceeds the Into Senator Gear la
was present throughout the session
but his credentials were not presented
and he was not sworn In These form
alities will be compiled with today
now that the senate has been olllclally
Informed of the death of Senator Gear
Opuiilug Dny III the House
Tho opening of the session In tho
hoiik e was brilliant but not exciting
There were the usual throngs In the
galleries ami the usual display of
Uorul pieces on the floor but the pro
ccedlngs were purely formal consist
ing of the rapping to order by the
speaker prayer by the chaplain tho
roll call of members the appointment
of the formal committees to wait on
the president ami tho reception and
rending of tho presidents message
Desplto the fuct that a great presiden
tial cumpulgn had concluded wlthjn a
month the best of feeling seemed to
prevail between victors and van
finished The tending of the moinge
which naturally was the feature of the
dny ociiplod over two hours It was
listened to with respectful Interest by
both sides The deaths of the late
neprescntiitlves Duly N J and
IlouVcker Del and Honalors Davis
Minn and Gear la were announced
nml ns a further mark of respect to
their memories the house adjourned
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Hulxlily Hill ilvrn Itlslit r Wny
Washington Dec t The Itepublle
an senatorial committee on order of
bushiest decided Hint the nhlp subsidy
bill should displace the Spoouer Phil
ippine bill as the unfinished business
It also considered at the same time tho
disposition of the Iluy Iuuucefote
treaty ami decided t hut that ipiestlon
should lecelvo alternate attention with
the shipping bill The arrangement
further ptovldos Hint If the army bill
reaches the senate prior to the disposal
of the shipping bill or the Irony either
or both of these may bo displaced tem
porarily In order to penult the prompt
couslduriitlou of that measure
TUESDAY
Washington Dec 5 The program
of the senate leaders for a business
session was taken up In earnest yes
teiday and material progicss was
made What Is popularly known as
the ship subsidy bill was made the tin
liulshed business of the senate In
stead of the Spoouer Philippine meas
ure uud the discussion of ll was
opeuod by Fryo Me chairman of the
committee on commerce from which
the mensuie was reported He ad
dressed the somite for more than an
hour and a half Itccogulzcd by his
colleagues as an authority upon the
subject ho was accorded close atten
tion Fryo said that by the terms of
the measure a ton knot vessel out for
175 days would draw 15000 a year
beyond the cost of her coal nml hand
ling and thai the amount of the sub
sidy would diminish with thu speed of
the ship
Clay Gn asked If It were true that
a 21 kuot ship would draw under the
bill 301000 a year
Fryo replied that the amount drawn
by such a vessel would be about 22
000 In excess of her coal consumption
and handling
Hut persisted Clay Is not the
gross amount of the subsidy of tho 21
knot ship 101000 per your under thia
bill
Fryo admitted that It was
I understand said Clay that the
ten knot nnd 12 knot ships which carry
the agricultural products of the coun
try do not receive more than one third
the subsidy of tho fast passenger ves
sels which carry no agricultural prod
ucts
And I was showing responded
Krye that the low speed vessels were
the ones which recolved the actual ben
etlts from the subsidy and not the fast
passenger ships
1 1 mi no Hold Ilrlef Session
The session of the house yesterday
was brief The real work will begin
today when the house will consider
the army reorganization bill which
null chairman of the committee on
military affairs reported lie ex
plained the urgent necessity for Imme
diate action upon this measure as un
der the present law the army must be
reduced to 27000 on July 1 next and
asked unanimous consent for the con
sideration of the bill but Sulzer N
Y objected so Hull Introduced a res
olution for a special order for tho con
sideration of tho bill today with pro
vision for a vote at tho end of six
hours general debate
The objection to the swearing In of
Connor la the successor of Sonntor
Dolllver was romoved by the pre
sentation of a new set of credentials
from Govornor Shaw and Connor took
the oath
WEDNESDAY
Washington Doc 6 When the house
met the speaker announced that ho
had a communication from the family
of Mr Itoutclle Me resigning his po
sition as chairman of thu committee
on nuviil affairs Dalzell la from
the committee on rules then presented
u special order for the Immediate con
sideration or the army hill the rule
not to Interfere with other speaul or
ders
Dulzoll said that legislation of some
character was Imperative as It would
take some time to recruit and orgunlzo
the new army which muut replace the
old on July 1 1101
Itlchanlson Tenn snld tbut IiIh sldo
of the house recognized the necessity
for some legislation but did not agree
that this bill establishing a permanent
Btundlng army should become a law
If an emergency exists an emergency
Hhould be provided for It was pro
posed to provide an army which could
bo expnndod at the will of ono man
from 58000 to 100000 No matter how
good or able that man might be ho
was not willing to see ono man given
micli power
It wus then arranged that genernl
debate should run for two holirs on a
side and that then thu bill should bo
considered under the ilvo mlnute rule
The sonsathm of the day occurred
when Sulzer who had charge of tho
time on the Democratic sldo yielded
an hour to McCall Rep This was
the tlrst Intimation the house had that
tho Massachusetts member was to op
pose the bill Several times during the
lnbt session notably on the Porto
Rlcan tariff bill he refused to follow
his party Yesterday he attacked the
whole Philippine policy of the admin
istration Although temperato lu lan
guage ho was plain spoken in his
warnings of the dangers which lay
ahead of the government If a colonial
policy was persisted In He also crit
icised technically several features of
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY DECEMBER 7 WOO
the hill especially thai lodging In tho
president tho discretion to expand or
loduco the size of the tinny at will
In concluding he likened the uncon
querable spirit which opposed our
sway In the Philippines to that of
Washington nt Valley Forgo Love of
Independence ho said was the no
blest heritage of the human heart
Ho declared that the United States
Hhould Immediately give the Filipino
people honorable assurance that they
should have a government of their
own lu replying lo MeCnll Hull de
clined that until congiess acted to tho
contrary wo inusl assort and enforce
our sovereignty over the Philippines
or disgrace ourselves before the world
and It was the duly of congress to pro
vide an nrmy adequate to put down
the rebellion Eleven of the 21 pages
of the bill were disposed of before ad
journment Today the Jrout oleomnr
garlno hill under a special order made
tit the last session will displace the
nrmy bill which will go over until
Friday
Pryn Cnnrlniln Ills Speech
Washington Dec 0 Senator Fryo
nt yesterdays session of the senate
concluded his speech upon the ship
Hiibsldy bill He devoted his attention
principally to a technical explanation
of the various ptovlslons of the meas
ure explaining with especial care that
provision which would admit to Amer
ican registry forelgn bullt ships From
Bcvrral sources his attention was di
rected to this provision and It Is evi
dently ono upon which much of the
forthcoming debate will rest
HOLD UP AN IOWA STOCKMAN
llrtiwtlviii A i rest tint llnhhur Aftur n
IlRlit nml Iteiiiter llin 1ioperty
Chicago Dec I Fred T Gllmore of
Rntor In was knocked senseless late
lasl night near Michigan avenue ami
Harmon court ami robbed of 11 20
lu negotiable paper 23 In money and a
watch The robbers Wllllan Cum
mlngs and George Hayes after a des
perate battle with detectives wero
captured and all of the booty save tho
watch and money wus recovered
Gllmore came to Chicago to exhibit
cattle at the live stock show The de
teeth cs saw Gllmore with Cum
mlugs and Hayes whom they followed
to the scene of the robbery When
the olllcers approached the robbers
sprung behind n garbage box and be
gan shooting ut the detectives The
latter lined up behind a telegraph polo
and returned the tire Twenty shots
wore exchanged ut a range of not more
than 50 feet but no one was wounded
Having emptied their revolvers tho
detectives innde a rush upon the ban
dits and caught them as they wero
trying to reload their weapons
WEEPS IN COURT
Jeinl MorrUon Slimli Flrnt Tears Since
liar Trial execution Wlus
luipoituut Iolut
Eldorado Kun Dec 0 Jessie Mor
rison charged with murder In the tlrst
degree yesterday for the first tlmo
since her trial began two weeks ago
gao vent to pent up feelings of an
guish ami sobbed In court It was
tho tlrst sign of emotion that the de
fendant had displayed It caino when
Judge Keddcii one of her attorneys
pleading that the auto iuortem state
ment of Mrs Castle should not be ad
mitted as evidence declared that tho
words of accusation against the pris
oner were the concoction of men who
sought only to convict an innocent
girl
Later Judge Shinn ruled that Mrs
Castles statement could be placed be
fore the Jury as evidence hut sus
tained the objections of the defense
to certain sentences therein among
them the words By my God It Is
true the only part of tho statement
that the dying woman wrote herself
SECRETARY GAGES REPORT
Increase In Receipts and Decrease In Ex
penditures for the Fiscal Year
Washington Dec 0 The report of
the operations of the treasury depart
ment for the lust year was made to tho
apeaker of the house of representatives
aud by him made public The reve
nues from all sources were U505
43118 nnd the expenditures 510008
871 showlug a surplus of 72527
01018 As compared with the lineal
year ISO the receipts for 1000 In
creased 58Cii42t8i and there was a
decrease In expenditures of 117353
03814
Ire Formally In Cnniiuaml
Omaha Dec 0 Brigadier General
Fltzhugh Ice assumed command of
tho Department of tho Missouri yes
terduy A few minutes after his ar
rival the heads of the various bureaus
at the headquarters visited him and
were introduced to their new chief
Later In the dny the heads of tho gov
ernment ottlces In the federal build
lug called upon tho general to pay
their respects and with no formnllties
the business of tho department re
aunaed Its wonted routine
Lawyer UUU Pastor
Huntington W Va Dec 0 Rev
Mr Wool paster of the First Presby
terian church was shot and Instantly
killed by S D Stokes a prominent
lawyer Both mon aro well known
throughout the state Stokes was also
hot but not fatally Injured
Crowds Cheer Krucer
Cologne Dec 0 Mr Kruger walked
In the rain from his hotel to tho cathe
dral He was cheered enthusiastically
by an assemblage of people who hod
long wnited to see him Mr Kruger
repeatedly raised his hat In acknowl
edgment of tho cheering Ho departs
today on n special train connecting
wltV the Dutch express ut Zorouoar
nwn
A aLANCE AT THE GREAT ENTER
PRISE AND ITS PURPOSES
True IMctnrc of Mneteenth Centnrr
Development rrnnnrI In Setting
of Uimurpnimed nml Splen
dor nl Imi Aiiicrlrnn Kxpoaltlon
If one may Judge by the presence of
thousands of workmen at the grounds
of the Pan American Imposition nnd
the wonderful pi ogress they have
made during the last few months the
Exposition will be opened in n condi
tion of completeness upon the 1st of
May next
For the benefit of those who for any
renson hnve not been Informed con
cerning the plans nnd purposes of this
vast enterprise I will state thnt tho
Exposition grounds are In the northern
pint of the city of Buffalo nnd have
an area of 150 acres HulTalo with Its
400000 population Is preparing thu
most artistic creation ever produced
for tho purposes of an exposition The
completed work will cost probnbly 10-
000000 exclusive of exhibits
The landscape upon which the build
ings stand inoludet n part of ono of the
most beautiful paiks In Buffalo or In
if iidsifi
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fact In the world The Exposition
will thus have the setting of trees
lawns nnd water features which have
cost the city of Buffalo millions of dol
lars The main Exposition buildings
are some 20 or more In number and aro
arranged about a system of beautiful
courts some X acres In extent The
arrangement Is such as to permit the
most exquisite decorative effects that
the best trained artists of the world
may be able to produce
Space will permit only nn enumera
tion of the principal buildings These
are Tho Electric Tower 875 feet
high which is to be the centerpiece of
the most brilliant and novel electric Il
lumination ever conceived tho Propy
ls or architectural screen at the
northern end of the grounds tho Sta
dium for sporting nnd athletic events
the Agriculture building Manufactures
and Liberal Arts building Ethnology
building the Government group of
three great buildings the Midway res
taurant building Electricity building
tho Machinery and Transportation build
ings and Railroad Station the Temple
of Music Graphic Arts Horticulture
Mines Forestry Dairy Ordnance
Service and other buildings the Al
bright Gallery of Art costing 400000
the New York State building costing
175000 besides the state and foreign
buildings and numerous other struc
tures of beautiful and Interesting de
sign for a variety of purposes
The Mldwny nt the Pan American
Exposition alone will cost more than
some large expositions It Is estimat
ed the cost of the Midway will be about
3000000 as It vflll have more than a
mile of frontage closely built with the
most picturesque structures conceiva
ble nnd will contain between 30 and 40
entertainment features of most novel
and Interesting character
Tho purposes of the Exposition are
not merely to give the people a most
magnificent nud attractive entertain
ment but it will furnish the opportu
nity for every one to Inform himself
upon the progress of the nineteenth
century Tho Exposition Is held for
the purpose of celebrating the achieve
ments of tho western world during a
century of unparalleled progress It Is
distinctly n western world affair all
the governments of the western hemi
sphere having been Invited to partici
pate In all departments OUiclal re
sponses have been made by every Im
portant government state and depend
ency of the western world and they
aro preparing to be represented by
most creditable exhibits
The exhibits are classified In the fol
lowing dlvisious Electricity and elec
trical appliances tine arts painting
sculpture nnd decoration graphic arts
typography lithography steel and cop
per plate prlutlug photo mechanical
processes drawlug engraving and
bookbinding liberal arts education
engineering public works construc
tive architecture music and drama
sanitation and hygiene ethnology
archaeology progress of labor and
Invention Isolated and collective ex
hibits agriculture agricultural Imple
ments machinery and appliances
foods and their accessories horticul
ture viticulture agriculture forestry
and forest products Ush fisheries
fish products und apparatus for fish
ing mines and metallurgy machinery
manufactures transportation rail
ways vessels vehicles ordnance ex
hibits from the Ualwalluu Islands
Porto Kiev Guam Tutulla aud tho
Philippine Islands
The Exposition has tho Indorsement
not only of the state of New York
which appropriated 300000 but of the
national government whjch appropriate
ijr
ed 500000 for the purpose of being
nultably represented upon this great
occasion The Exposition will con
tinue stx months and will furnish an
opportunity such as rarely comes for
the public to take note at a glance
of the wonderful progress of the west
ern world It will be like a great uni
versity at which the young and old
will become for the time beiug stu
dents of western civilization
About 12000 people have subscribed
to the stock of the Exposition and It Is
a public enterprise In the broadest
sense of the tot in the nlm being to pro
duce a magnili lit spectacle to delight
the nrtlstlc hi i e of all who attend
ami to present through the medium of
an army of enterprising exhibitors n
true picture of nineteenth century de
velopemnt John G Mllhuru an emi
nent lawyer of Buffalo Is president
and the director genernl Is William
I Buchnnnn who was director of tho
departments of agriculture live stock
and forestry nt the Worlds Coluniblnn
Exposition at Chicago and afterward
for six years United States mlulster to
the Argentine Uepubllc
Mamc Bennitt
PAN AM RESTAURANTS
The Ileat of Brrvlce Will De Tro
livil
The needs of the Inner man will bo
well attended to at tho Pan American
Exposition to be held at Buffalo from
Mayl to Nov 1 1001 At some exposi
tions a great mistake lias been made
by not providing for good restaurants
where satisfactory meals could be ob
tained nt reasonable prices Either the
food obtained has not been of good
quality or prices charged have been ex
orbitant or the facilities lu somo par
ticulars have been Inadequate to the
occuslon
There will be good restaurants In dif
ferent parts of the grounds of the Pnn
Amerlcau Exposition so that It will
not be necessary for visitors to go out
side of the grounds to secure a good
meal well served at a moderate price
All tastes will be suited In the services
rendered for there will bo places
where monls will bo served on nn
elaborate plnn to suit the most fas
tidious tnste nnd where prices will bo
In proportion to those charged at
high class restaurants In large cities
There will be other plnces where the
meals will be cheap but the food appe
tizing and healthful and the surround
ings clean There will bo restaurants
In the beautiful building at the en
trance to the Midway another in a
similar building at the entrance to the
Stadium another in tho Electric Tow
er which will bo one of the great cen
ters of Interest on the Exposition
grounds and another on the Midway
Refreshments will also be served In
the Temple of Music which may be en
Joyed by visitors at the same time that
they are listening to tho concerts In
progress In the auditorium There will
also bo a Now England kitchen a Ger
man restaurant a Mexican restaurant
an Italian restaurant and other places
where various kinds of refreshments
will be served
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Wisconsins Batldlns
Commissioners from Wisconsin who
have charge of the exhibits from that
state at the Pan American Exposition
have selected a site for the State build
ing About 20 acres hnve been set apart
on the eastern side of the Exposition
grounds for state and foreign build
ings The site chosen for the Wiscon
sin building is nearly opposite the largo
buildings of the National governments
Just south of one of the mirror lakes
and south of the Ohio building It will
overlook the Esplanade with Its won
derful fountains nnd gardens and a
number of the large buildings will be
lu full view The Wisconsin commis
sion are Willard A Van Brunt and
George B Burrows of Madison B E
Edwards of Lacrosse Charles Reyp
olds of Sturgeon Bay and George H
Yulo of Kenosha Wisconsin will spend
25000 on her building and exhibits at
Buffalo
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A fOOOO A O V W Dnlldlnir
The Ancient Order of United Work
men are planning elaborately to wel
come the members of the order to Buf
falo next year Tho Supreme Lodge
has appropriated 3000 and the State
Lodge 3000 more to be used for tho
erection and furnishing of a fine head
quarters building at the Pau Amerlean
Exposition The Supreme Lodge will
meet In Buffalo next yenr The build
ing is a handsome pavilion with rooms
for rest and the upper loor a great
balcony with easy chairs for all mem
bers of tho order who attend the Ex
position
Took A Coatlr W
To begin with hes a good fellow
Thats a phrase easier understood by
men than by women It generally
means well It means hes an all round
good sort In the malo line
Saturday afternoon he was feeling
pretty good no had been quite thirsty
If what he had taken was to bo judged
as a criterion And the libations left
blm In a thoroughly good humor and
bo felt at peace with tho world
la this delightful mental and phys
ical state ho bethought him of a friend
of hla lu Providence and ho further
thought that he would call up that
particular friend on tho telephone
So bo went to a Broad street hotel
told the youug woman there who had
chargo of the telephone that bo wanted
to speak to Mr So-and-so In Provi
dence and wouldnt sho kindly call up
the party
The girl did as eho was bade
Partys on the phono she said
and tho man went into the telephone
box sat down and put tho receiver to
his ear
And then he calmly aud sweetly
dropped off to sleep
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Have Received Instructions
From Their Governments
AGREEMENT NOT EXPECTED
Irnm Mint llroppeil It U Amiinoil Satis
factory Arrangement Will Not He
Companies of German
Troops In Tight Ilare
Peking Dec 4 All the foreign en
voys havu now hoard from their gov
ernments regarding the joint note to
the Chinese plenipotentiaries and a
meeting will be held today
The envoys ure not communicative
but enough Is known with reference
to the objections of the different gov
ernments to make It seem doubtful
thai the meeting will have satisfactory
conclusion
Prince Chlng nnd Ll Hung Chang
both say Hint they are anxiously await
ing the demands of the powers They
declare that China desires peace at any
price commensurate with the dignity
of an Independent nation but they
point out that so long as a foreign
army occupies the provlnco of PI Clil
Li tiio problem will bo hardor to solve
The missionaries and others who
went through tho siege protest against
any suggestion of leniency They urge
particularly that those who nrc high
in olllco und who wero really respon
sible for the outrages to foreigners
should be executed And they Insist
also that a sufllclcnt force should be
kept In Chlnu to guarantee order and to
keep foreigners Independent of tho
Chinese declaring that if this is not
done a repetition of the troubles is in
evitable
London Dec 4 Placards are again
being posted says the Tien Tsln cor
respondent of the Standard wiring
Sunday announcing a renewal of the
ontl forelgn outbreaks as Imminent
The Hankow viceroy told vice Admiral
Seymour during the hitters recent
visit that tho court would ncvor re
turn to Peking
DETAILS OF ATROCITY
Dispatch to Oerniau Fapor Tell or Ome
More Mission Slaughter In China
Berlin Dec 4 A special dispatch
from China to the Volks Zoltung re
ports a fearful mission slaughter In
the province of Shan SI The first vic
tims the dispatch says were a Catho
lic bishop and his coadjutors and four
European priests Franciscans Italian
and French
The governor invited them to his
house pretending to glvo them bettor
protection but when they arrived
their hands were tied Then the gov
ernor himself polnurded them nil and
also n number of Chlnoso priests 30
Chinese sisters and 200 orphans from
8 to 11 years of age
Next the governor went to the bish
ops residence with a number of sol
diers and seized six Marseilles sisters
He promised them money and distin
guished husbands If they would re
nounce Christianity which ofifer they
unanimously rejected Mr and Mrs
Atwater and their two little children
Mr and Mrs C W Price and their
son all of the American board Mr
nnd Mrs LaCren of the Swedish and
Mrs Eldred an English woman we o
butchered The story of those mur
ders directly Implicated Yu Hsien then
governor of Shan SI As announced
In Peking dispatches members of Li
Hung Changs staff say the Chinese
emperor will probably send Yu Hsleu
a silk cord which Is nn intimation that
be must hang himself
A number of the reports have not
been published of the June massacres
in Shan SI some of the details being
too horrible for publication Men
women and children were butchered
Fifteen seminarists who had hidden
themselves In a cistern wero the dis
patch says tied to stokes and forced
to drink the blood of the first victims
They were then killed
A Chinese priest and two Christians
who nttempted to escnpo wore caught
and put In a small hut where they
were burned
Renewing- an Old Treaty
London Dec 4 Regarding tho dls
pntch from Washington as published
In New York saying that Great Brlt
aln Is endeavoring to negotiate a
treaty of amity and commerce with
Nicaragua which is said to disturb
the Amorlcan state department otil
clals a representative of the foreign
olllce Informed the Associated Press
yesterday that Great Britain Is nego
tiating with Nicaragua for a renewal
of the existing commercial trenty but
that nothing whatever has been sug
gested of nn exceptional character
Waiting for Tract Opening
Bagley Minn Dec 4 This little
hamlet Is overrun by laud seekers who
desire to file on tracts In the four
townships In the White Earth reserva
tion which are to bo thrown open at
the Crookstou land office today Many
squatters have established themsolvon
on the laud and serious collisions aro
Imminent
Vienna Door Is Closed to Kruger
London Dec 4 In response to a
confidential inquiry as to whether Mr
Kruger would be welcomed here says
tho Vienna correspondent of tho Dally
Mall a polite reply wus returned to
the effect thut Emperor Francis Jo
seph had mado other dispositions for
the next few weeks
Two Fatally Injured
Clinton la Dec U Hiram Bate
When he woko un ho owed tho and Churlcs Ryner were probably
phone company 3200 tally injured yesterday by tho collapse
Ho said he wouldnt pay It but ha of the roof of a large building la
did Philadelphia Preaa
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course of construction
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