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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, J 821.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MOUNTS", OCTOBER 25, 1000 TWELVE PAGES
SINGLE COW FIVE CENTS
V.T
LI MUST SHOW CAUSE
Germany Wants to See His Credentials
Before Accepting Him.
HIS EVASIONS ARE NOT REASSURING
Dodging of Direct Questions on the Point
Doesn't Inspire Oonfidonce.
STAND OF THE UNITED STATES IS GIVEN
What is Satisfactory to America Will Bo
Deemed Good.
GERMAN SOLDIERS IN CHINA SUFFERING
l)-eiilerr and Typhoid I'rvcr Are
JlllkliiK Hud lumiiila on 1'orcea
lit I'eUIn, .Sctcrnl Dcnllia
UcetirrlUK Dull.
BERLIN, Oct. 21. Discussing the present
tago or tho relations botwecn the ChlncBi)
covcrnment and the powers, a high ottlclnl
or tho German Foreign olllco made the fol
lowing Htatcmviit today.
"Before I.I IIuiik Chang can bo accepted
ah a negotiator by the powers his creden
tials must of course be examined. So far
Karl LI on varlom occasions has refused
to oxhlblt them. When Dr. Muinm von
Bchwnrtzcnstcln wbh In Shanghai ho re
quested Karl I.I to show them. The Chi
nese) BtaJcBinan replied ovnslvcly.
"However, (lermany will not raho dlfll
cultleH. If Earl Li's rredcutlals will buIIIcc
for tho nltcd Stolen they will for tier
many. However, all the legations must
Jointly agree upon the preclso wording of
tho dcnmndB to be addressed to the Chi
nese government as preliminary to actual
peace negotiations.
"Theso demands will be framed In ac
cordance .with the German and first French
circular note. It l another iiucBtlon
whether Karl M will have power to enforco
thoso conditions In caso they uro agreed
to. All th powers earnestly dcslro to
how nil possible advances making toward
tho coniluslon of peace."
Ofllclal confirmation has been received of
tho news nlrcady forwarded by prlvute dis
patches regarding tho unsatisfactory con
dition of health of tho (Icrman forces In
Pckln. Dysentery and typhoid fever havo
appeared epidemic and each day bring sev
eral deaths.
o Wnr Is Intended.
LONDON, Oct. 25. The chancellor of the
exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks-Bench, In the
courso of an address before tho Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce, advocated closer
union beforo tho different countries of the
empire. Ho suld he did not think there
was Immediate danger of war and ex
pressed a hopo that tho principles of tho
Anglo-German agreement would bo uni
versally accepted.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. In view of tho
widespread comment that tho Anglo-German
alliance concerning China wafl open
to tho posstblo construction of an Implied
or Indirect nicnacp or threat against some
other power Interested In tho Chinese
question, tho attention of Count do Quadt,
tho German chargo d'affaires, today was
called to this point. Count do Quadt said
that ho was ablo to give a ratcgorical and
very pnsltlvo statement, on tho highest au
thority, that thn agreement Involved no
luennco whatever to any power concerned
In China. IIo said this applied to all tho
parties which had taken a hand In Chlneso
nffalrs. Count do Quadt slated 'With equal
pnslttvencss that thbre was no foundations
for reports of further or nddltlnnnl
features to tho agreement beyond those
transmitted to tho various governments
nd mado public. Ho sAld that document
tovorod thn entire transaction.
Tho response of the United States to tho
tfrttlah-Gorman agreement, as communi
cated by Count de Quadt, la still held In
aboynnce. It Is understood that with tho
third article, namoly, that concerning tho
compact between Great Britain and Ger
many to tako suitable measures In thotr
own Interests, In tho contingency that
other pbwors sclio territory In China, our
government will not concern Itself at this
stage. It Is not expected that our adher
ence to tho arrangement would bo required
to take the form of a formal slgnaturo or
acceptance, So It Is probable that tho
answer to bo made by tho State depart
ment will not be an unqualified acceptance
of tho wholo pact, but only will treat of
thoso portions of tho ngreement with
which wo aro directly concerned at present.
Emnreaa of Jnpnu. Aaanulted.
LONDON, Oct. 24. Tho Toklo corre
spondent of the Express reports an outrago
on tho empress of Japan. Ho Bays that
while lior majesty was driving In tho
roynl park a lunatic threw a wooden clog
at tho Imperial carriage. Empress Ha
ruko, howover, was not Injured.
DO NOT WANT TO BE SOLD
'
Danish West 1 ml lea Prefer to lleniulii
j as They Arc to Annexation
to 1'ultcd Stutra.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Oct. 24. Intense
adverse fooling has been raised here by
tho renewal of tho report that Denmark
Intends to sell the Danish Antilles to the
United States. A meeting of tho colonial
council has been convoked at St. Croix for
tho purposo of making a formal protest.
The newspapers discuss the question and
say In bold type: "We do not wish to bo
Bold. There Is no desire, much less en-
thtiBl'jm among tho population, to be
lougl i'o tho United States."
Veaael Hunk In Collision,
LONDON. Oct. 24. A special dispatch
from 'Madrid bays the French steamer
I'aldherbe, (late Chlgwell), was sunk yes
terday In collision with tho French
steamer Mltldja, which was sorlously dam
aged, but succeeded In reaching Alicante,
Tho Mltldja rescued eight (if the crow of the
Faldhorbo, but twenty-four other members
of tho crow of that vessel wcro drowned
The Faldherbe sailed from St. Louis du
Senegal, on the, west coast of Africa, Sep
tember 12, for Marseilles, ana wns lwst re
pork "Shaving passed Gibraltar, September
30. Bho wns 240 feet long, 35 feet wldo and
15 toot 1 Inch deep. She was built In 18S2
at Sunderland, England, and was owned
by Pascal, Hunan & Co. of Hordeaux.
Altntc for Commercial Trratlea.
I1ERLIN, Oct. 24. At a meeting today of
representatives of the commerce and In
dustry of Berlin a resolution was adopted
in favor of summoning a national moetlns
with a view of undertaking a vigorous agl
tatlon In favor of maintaining commercial
trnatlos as a safeguard of commercial In
terests.'
Sclirelncr Hralaiia III Sent.
CAPETOWN. Oct. 21. Hon. W. . P,
Schrelnor, the former premier of Capo Cos-
ony, has resigned his seat in Parliament
, owing to the persistent opposition tf tho
r
No Wool Over
, Oct. 21. ToT
UKAWFOItJJ, Neb
thu Ktlitor of Tho Hue: 1 lmve
nlwnyH boon a Uuinoerut, but slinll
vote for MeKlnley unci prosperity.
IIlli price of wool will soon util
ize every vncntit Hectlon of lnml In
wrMtern Nebraska for Hlieep Kf'iz
In; and mnko Nebraska the richest
state In the union. ItCHpoctfully,
t t rirft t t mt r r m
T
BRYAN DAY IN NEW YORK
Ad in I rill Hchley Itcfuaea to Allot- Ills
.Name to lie I mfiI In Connection
with tile Medina.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Tho program for
the visit of William J. Bryan to this city
will bo announced tonight by the commit
tee of arrangements the National Demo
cratic Associations of clubs. The na
tional democratic candldato Is expected on
Friday, remaining over night at tho .Hoff
man house and going to Now Hatcn, Conn.,
on Saturday morning, where ho will address
the Ynlo students.
On the trip to New Vork, which city ho
expects to reach at 2:45, be will bo es
corted by the democratic clubs of Connect
icut on a special train. On his arrival
hero a special dinner will be given, at
which Mrs. Itryan Is expected to ho pres
ent. This dinner will laat until 7:30, when
Mr. Dryan will bo taken to tho Broadway
Athletic club, where he makes the first
speech of tho evening, and on his trip from
thu hotel to the club ho will pass through
the phalanxes of democratic clubs, which
will lino thn entire distance. Bands, ban
ners and fireworks will mid to tho display.
After this meeting Mr. Bryan will bo driven
to Cooper Union, where two addresses will
be made, one lnsldo and one to an over
flow. The democratic clubs will have moved
over to the llowery and Second avenue and
the candidate's currlago will movo through
the lines to Madison Squaro Garden. At
this meeting, which Mr. Dryan Is expected
to reach at 9:30 o'clock, Anson Phelps
Stokes will presldo and the speakers beside
the candldato will bo Senator Hill, W,
Bourku Cochran and Senator Wellington.
Mr. Dryan will also address an overflow
meeting at this point, lifter which he will
bo driven to his hotel.
The BpcnkerB at the other meetings ar
locnl leaders with tho exception of Webster
Davis, Slgmund Zetsler of Chicago, Joshua
Qulncy of Doston, Hlchard E. Council of
I'ougkeopslo and John W. Tomlluson of
Alabama,
To an Invitation to bo present at this
demonstration Admiral Schley has cabled
from Hlo:
"W. It. Hearst, New York: I appreciate
and gratefully thank tho National Associa
tion of Democratic clubs for the honor, but
I must adhero steadfastly to my rcsolvo
and permit no lino of my name. Tho sense.
of duty well dono for my country fills tho
measure of ambition. W. S. SCHLEY
MISS BARTON IS VERY ILL
Head of lied Croaa Society Prostrated'
by Her I.nhnra In Stricken
flalveaton.
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 24. Clara Bar
ton In dangerously 111 at hbr apartments at
the Tremont hotel. Ever since her arrival
In tho city, about six weeks ago, sho has
been In 111 health and at Intervals, upon
the ndvlco of her physician, was com
pelled to remain lndoora. Of late her Ill
ness has assumed a serious phase. Miss
Barton's Illness, the result of overwork.
Nervous prostration Is the physician's
diagnosis. Tonight she Is growing weaker
and no one is allowed In her room except
the nurso and physician In attendance.
MEET TO TALK OF MISSIONS
Mnrr Than 2,000 Mcthndlat Wflmnn
Attending; Woreeater Caifreii
tlon nu nirlcKnte.
WORCESTER. Mass.. Oct. 24. The
thirty-first annual convention of tho
Woman Missionary Society of tho Methodist
church of United States opened this morn
In. About 2,000 women were present, In
eluding prominent mission workers and
missionaries from all parts of tho world
Tho address of welcome was by Mrs. Wil
liam Uutlor and tho response by Mrs. M.
8. Huston of Burlington, la. Thoro wore
addresses by missionaries on tho topic "In
cidents of Evangelistic Tours," this after
noon.
PICQUART WINS LIBEL SUIT
Drfrnrtrr of lire-ytnn Settle II In Score
with NcwaiHMier Men Who
MitllKiieil 1 1 1 .
PARIS, Oct. 24. Colonel Plcquart's suit
for libel ugalnst Lo Jour, arising from the
Dreyfus polemics, was decided In his favor
today. The court condemnod tho manager
of tho paper, M. Pouch, to pay a fine or
2,000 francs and Mm. Posslen and Gallt,
tho writers of the articles, were sentenced
to six months' Imprisonment and a month's
Imprisonment, respectively, and all thre
were sentenced to pay 30,000 francs
damages.
The llomir Pence Convention,
THE HAGUE, Oct. 24. Tho Peace con
vention today announced that tho first
distribution of prizes under Herr Nobel's
bequest will occur on December t, 1801,
tho anniversary of Herr Nobel's death
Tho convention also announced the Intro.
ductlon of bills for n general civil nnd
ponal coda and permission for travelers to
report thomselvcB to authorities.
Exposition to Last One Week Longer,
PARIS, Oct. 24. The government has
decided to prolong tho exposition for an
additional week. It will close Sunday, No
vember 11. . Ono day will be devoted to tho
poor, with freo admission. Thut night
tho exposition will bo Illuminated as on
special nights. It is expected that 1,000,-
000 visitors will be present that day.
Siiltnii Vnm American Siiiinilriiii.
LONDON, Oct. 25. "Great uneasiness was
created in palace circles," Bays tho Con
stnnttnople correspondent of the Dally
Mall, "by the report that nn American
squadron was approaching nnd the censor
was Instructed to forbid tho press from
mentioning the matter."
liolienlohr to Write u llnuL.
BERLIN, Oct. 24. Prince von Hohenlobe,
according to the Kreuze Zeltung. p6sBesses
voluminous and highly valuable material
extending back some sixty years, nnd will
devote the rest of his life to writing his
recollections.
Kxtrailltlon Treaty with Peru.
LIMA, Peru (Via Golvestou), Oct. 24. Th
senate in secret resslon last night, It Is
said, approved tho extradition treaty with
thn United States, fixing $200 g thu limit
sum allowing of extradition.
ALVORD IS STILL UNFODND
'J5 teethes Hate So Far Made Vain Search
. 'If' r. nr.,n: r-it.
IU1 ,LCinUlWU AUllUlt
DEFICIT MAY BE GREATER THAN SUPPOSED
Belief Ohtnlnn Hint .MUftlnw Man Took
Large Sum of llemly Cnih with
Hint Just Before He .Made
Ilia Departure.
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.".. Up to 2 o'clock
this morning Cornelius L. Alvord, tho de
faulting teller of tho First National bank,
had not been arrested and It was said no
news had been received of him. Mrs. Alvord
loft hor homo in Mount Vernon and camo
to this city yesterday.
It waB learned yesterday that when tho Al
vord family went to Saratoga last summer
they took with them nil their horses and car
riages. It took two car a to transport tho
outfit. Tho horses were blooded aulmala
nnd tho vehicles were ull of tho handsomest
description. Ono set of harness alone Is
suld to have cost J1.C00 and everything
about tho Btable equipment wns on tho sama
scale.
Siime Hint at Suicide.
Many personal friends of Alvord In Mount
Vernon believe ho has committed sulctdo.
John II. Murphy, ono of tho banker's most
Intlmato friends, snld today that he firmly
bellovcd that Alvord had taken his own
life.
"Ho Is Just tho sort of a man who would
do such a thing," said Mr. Murphy. "While
ho Is phlegmntlu and apparently tnkes
matters as they como, ho Is. in reality a
sensitive man.
"I wish, as his personal friend, to deny
tho story current that thero was nnother
woman In whom ho was Interested. IIo was
looply attnehed to his wlfo and fnmlly
and did not assoclato with a fast sot."
The following supplementary statement
was given out by tho First National bank
officials this afternoon:
Alvord'n fnlso entries anncar to havo be
gun about flvo years ago. Ono of his duties
wns to collect drafts and notes not payuble
through the clenrlng house, a eoiiHldernblo
part of theso usually being paid In ennh.
lie appropriated a portion or tins casn from
time to tlmo as opportunity afforded, be
fore any of It was turned over to tho money
clerk.
Tho discrepancy wan concealed by adding
to the Item of "exchanccs for clearing
houso" on the note teller's balance book an
amount equal to the sum of abstractions.
until ins recent disappearance Alvord had
not been absent from the bank durlmr one
business day this year. He did not take his
usual vncntion last summer, requesting that
Instead he might take a month next winter
for a trip to California.
llnee Truck Storjr Tlefutcd.
The Interesting feature- of thn supplement
ary statement Is too poslttvo assertion
that Alvord had not been absent from tho
bank ono business day this year. Mr.
Hlnes repented UiIh statement orally after
an examlntlon of the time books In which
overy day's leave of absence by an employe
of the bank entered This contradicts
tho numerous reports that Alvord was a
regular attendant nnd heavy better at tho
Saratoga races this last season.
The paragraph In tho same statement
explaining how Alvord operated was shown
to several experienced bank officials. Thn
only point mado clear to them was that
Alvord's opportunity camo chiefly In his
handling' of tho bank'B ensh as collector and
also that It had boen admitted that ho
always carried cash balances. An Import
ant official of tho leading banks said:
In every bank of Importance thero are
what is Known ns tnren tellers, in most
banks the note teller Is obllced to ad lust
his balance after tho eloso of every day's
business nnd Ills accounts should bo
checked off by his clerks nnd "proved" bv
the other tellers. Had this system obtained
at tho First National I do not sco how Al
vord could havo worked his. gamo longer
man ror n row monuin at tne utmost.
It was also contrary to custom, this
banker declared, to put a note teller In
chargo of the bank's clearing house settle
ments. TlinuKlit to Ilnve Taken Larue Sum.
In spite of Vice President Hlno's denial
It Is regarded that Alvord took a largo
sum of money shortly beforo ho left. Rep
resentattves of tho bank were reported as
having mado n Btlll hunt among the broker
ago houses In the financial district today,
presumably for pruof of the rumors that
the noto teller had dropped largo sums
in speculation. Whether or not they met
with any success could not be ascertained,
Mrs. Alvord returned from New York to
her Mount Vernon homo this afternoon.
ThlB Is said to bo n fair list of tho Alvord
possessions, all or nearly all being In the
wlfo's name: Real estato, houses nnd lots
In Mount Vornon, $25,000; lots In New
Rochelle, $15,000; six carriages, six horses,
$15,000; household furniture, $5,500; paint
Ings, bric-a-brac, $10,000; diamonds owned
by Mrs. Alvord, $30,000; Jowolry owned by
Alvord, $5,000. Total, $105,500.
Ahorcl Snld to He Fuller Arreal,
NEW YORK. Oct. 23. Tho, World this
(Thursday) morning says:
CoroelltiB L. Alvord, Jr., the note tcllor
who robbed tho First National bank of $700,
000, Is either In the custody of tho Plnkerton
men or ho Is whoro they can get him In n
very Bhort time. This was the surprising
statement mado last night by Chief of Po-,
Hco Foley at Mount Vernon, and develop
ments or tne aay tena to corrooorato it
There Is no pollco hunt being mado for Al
vord. Neither tho pollco of this city nor tho
pollco of Mount Vernon or nny other city
have been asked by the bank officials to find
hlra.
Every Indication last night pointed to the
fact that the whereabouts of Alvord was no
mystery to tho bank pepplo and tho Plnkor-
ton men. It waB thought for a tlmo that
tho Plnkcrtons had their man cooped up In
his own homo In Mount Vornon and had had
him there since Sunday.
Civil Servlco In C'IiIciiko.
CHICAGO. Oct. 24. Ah a result of an In
vcstlgatlon by the Chicago Civil Service
commission that liodv today d scharHed Su
nerlntendeiit of RtrpotH M. .1. Dnhprtv for
alleged lack of executlvo ability and Chief
oinuwuiK inspector jonn l'anocK, accused
of Incompetency, Superintendent of Sowers
It. O. S. Burke and Superintendent of Spe
cial AsscsxmontH John A. May were (:en
b tired for laxity In tho conduct of their de
partments.
MovemcutH of Ocean Veaaela. (let. -I.
Now York-Arrlved-Oceanlc, from Liver,
pool: Mesaba, from London; Noordlarfd,
trnm Antwerp nnd Bremen: Kalsertn Maila
i neresa, irom iiremen. Mniled,-St. l,ouls
tor Bouiuumpion; .Majestic, ror Liverpool.
Auckland Arrived Moana. from Sail
iTnncisco, via iionoiuiu, tor Hyunoy.
Drowhend Passed derma nlc. from Nsw
York for Queonstown and Liverpool; Servl.t,
from New York for Queenstowu mm Liver
pool,
Mnlln Head Passed Assyrian, from Hnl
Ifax. ff. 8 and St. Johns, N. F for Llv
erpool.
Gibraltar Pursed Pnramanla. from de
twin. Ijeuhorn and Naules. for Now Vnrlt.
Queeruitown Arrived Servla. from New
York for Liverpool nnd proceeded; Com
monwealth, from Boston for Liverpool nnd
proceeded.
Rotterdam Arrived Maacdam, from New
Southampton Arrived St. Paul, from
New York. Sailed Lahn, from Bremen, vlu
Cherbourg.
Liverpool Arrived Cuflc, from New
York.
Lizard. Oct. 25. S:25 a. m PassedLa
Lorraine, from New xorK ror Havre, mrt
BlsmarcK, from Nnr xoric ror riymouui
Edgar Howard on Pop Hoggishness
Editor Howard In Fnpllllon
Times, June 1, 1S90:
"Hope hits bcon the liest feed of
men nnd democrats since the world
begun, but In Nebraska the supply
Is running short, thanks to the hos
Kishness of the pops and those dem
ocrats who profit, or.hope to prollt,
by rensou of pop Breed."
THIRST FOR BLOOD PASSES
Kaiser Wlllielm Talk oMHs Lore for
Fence lit Itnrmeii and
Klhcrfcld.
BERLIN. Oct. 24. Emperor William and
Emnross Aueusta Victoria today dedicated
with olaborato ceremony tho Biispcnslou rnll
wuy, which runs along tho river Wlpperand
connects Elberfcld and Darmcil. Tho kaiser
mado tho Initial rldo over tho lino.
Subsequently his majesty attended the
dedication of a hall of fame ju Barmen. Re
plying to nn address by tho burgomaster, tho
emperor warmly acknowledged, on behalf of
the empress nnd himself, tuii. cordial recep
tion tendered to him by thii people of tho
town. " am happy to say' ho remarked,
"that my mothor'B condition' allows mo to
Day this visit to Barmen, although the Joy
ous beating of my heart Is still troubled by
tho shadow that hnncs over her. bDo re
quested mo to greet the city In her name."
Roferrtng to Banncifs uiaimguisueu com
mercial nnd Industrial history, his majesty
snld: "It has nhvaya been my Ilrst aim nnu
greatest task to maintain pcaco ns far as
posalblo for my people and its working
classes, nnd I beliovo I gave a fresh proof
of this drslre only a few days ago. Tho
agreement with the most powerful Tcutonla
state outBldo our own nation will, I horo. In
tho futuro bo a guarantee for common ef
forts In tho opon markets of tho world for
our two nations In friendly rivalry and with
out acrimony In nil that we feel, think and
do."
At Elberfcld, where ho attendod the open
ing of the new rathhaus, the kaiser con
gratulated tho city of Elberfcld upon tho
proud odlflce Just erected, declared nts con
fidence that tho old German spirit of eltl
zenshlp would govern tho deliberations
within Its walls and concluded with a prayer
that Cod would grant him the opportunity,
strength and capacity to preserve such n
stato of pcaco as was required to maintain
tho country's trado and Industry and, should
It become necessary, to secure this by force.
MONEY SCARCE IN SWEDEN
Ilnlnnce of Trade Aitnlnst, the Coun
try nnd Drain la Ilclii
ihiK to lie Kelt.
LONDON, Oct. 24.-A dispatch to tho
Dally Mall from Stockholm, Sweden, says:
rii extraordinary scarcity of money, which
has been growing more acute for a month, Is
so seriously affecting commercial circles
as to threaten a crisis. The balance of
foreign trade continues against Sweden and
the repeated contraction of gold loans
abroad falls to palllato thSjtltt-atlon. ' In
dus txlen ji re dnljy lnunchW, i.-fiSflqunV-i
capital Is not available and th nowspape'rs
are tilled with appealB Irom manufacturers
In desperate straits for money.
Rural people, nttraeted by tho Idustrlal
activity, are flocking to tho towns and
consequently tho demand for houses 1b so
great that rents have advanced 20 to 30
per cent. Tho civil servants have already
been granted 20 per cent lncreaso In pay to
meet tho hard times and It is expected
employers genorally will havo to follow
suit.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. A London cable
gram to tho Evening Post Bays: "Ileports
of a gravo crisis In Sweden published to
day In tho Daily Mnll aro bellovod 16 be
grossly exaggerated. The failure of tho
Chrlstonscna a year ago undoutcdly had a
bad effect on trado there. For Instance,
tho pressure for loans, which generally
characterizes this period of tho year, Is
this aeason slightly accentuated. Hereto
fore Swedish bills havo generally been
financed by Germany ntid tho fact that
Germany's own position renders Its bankers
less disposed to continue the practice ro-
niovea ono Bourco of relief to the Swedish
market."
IMPERIALISM OF ENGLAND
Jonciili Ohiiniherliiln Sayn Union -irlth
Coloulea IIocn .Not Menu IIum
tlllty to Other .Vutloua.
LONDON, Oot. 24. Josoph Chamberlain,
speaking at tho banquet of tho Fishmon
ger's company this ovenlng, dealt on tho
Imperial 'aspirations of tho British nntlon.
"Union with tho colonies," ho snld, "does
not signify hostility to other nations. On
tho contrary, wo dcslro their friendship
if it Is not purchased at tho cost of ob
Jicls moro essential. Wo hopo thoy will
reciprocate the friendly sentiments wo ex
press aud feol for them. If we cannot per
suade thoih then wo must ho Isolated.
"But, surrounded and strengthened by
our colonies, our isolation will bo a splen
did Isolation, that If even England falls
her over-sea colonies will carry on English
traditions. The new Imperialism means
tho recognition of tho fact that all British
colonies nro entitled to the samo rights
as England herself. I hopo tho federation
of Canada and Australia will bo an exam
ple to South Africa. Imperial federation
will enablo tho empire to continue Its mis
sion of Justlco and civilization, Its mission
of peace."
Mr. Chamberlain denied that England
anywhoro exhibited signs of decadence and
referred to tho splendid army dispatched
to South Africa, dwolllng especially upon
tho assistance rendered by tho colonies.
No tiiivernment Ordcra for America.
LONDON, Oct. 4". Lord Roberts has sent
the following dispatch to the Wnr oftico:,
"PHETOBIA, Oct. 21. Referring to
your telegram of October 9, no orders
havo been placed by Colonel Olrounrd
In America. I beliovo Wornher, licit
& Co., acting for various mining firms,
have, owing to tho Inability of English
houses to complete orders on time, placed
a portion of their orders In America."
Tho Coloutl Glrouard reforrcd to Is the di
rector of railroads and lines of communica
tion In South Africa. Ho Is n Canadian
and was formerly director of Soudan rail
roads and president of tho Egyptian rail
road board. It was Colonel Glrouard who
awarded tho Atbara bridge contract to
Philadelphia firm.
cvr Mlnlatcr of I'orelun AfTuIra,
BERLIN, Oct. 24. Baron von Rlchofen's
appointment as minister of foreign affairs
has beeu lulled with satisfaction by tho en
tire diplomatic corps. The Uutted States
embassy is particularly gratified. Ho Is now
53 yeurs of age. very accessible, straight
forward and thoroughly business-like In his
methods. Ho Is considered anglnphlle In Inn
tendencies nnd on this account th agrarian
press vxpreis dutruat,
EXPLOSION AT INDIAN HEAD
Powder Magazine at Government Proving
Ground Probably Destroyed,
MANY LIVES MAY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN LOST
Several Distinct Shocks Felt at a Dis
tance of Otcr Ten .11 1 lea, After
Which Flumes of n. Great
Fire Were Seen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.' 2 a. in. An ex
plosion occurred at tho Indian Head prov
ing grounds nbout 11 o'clock last night.
A flush of light vlslblo somo dlstanco ac
companied tho explosion, which was fol
lowed by a Uro. Tho explosion shook tho
windows of houses In Alexandria, nineteen
miles from Indian Head. Thero Is no di
rect communication with tho proving
grounds by which details can bo had to
night. Tho grounds aro twcuty-flvo miles
down tho Potomac river from WaBhlngton
and many of tho big guns and much of the
atmor Is tested thero. It Is believed the
powder magazlno was destroyed.
Tho first shock was felt over a radius of
twenty miles. A number of other explo
sions followed at recurrent Intervals, Il
luminating the surrounding couutry. At
Quantlco, ten miles below Indian Head,
ono explosion after another wns heard nnd
bricks were shaken from chimneys. Forts
Hull and Washington, cloven miles north
of Indian Head, were shaken by tho explo
sion. Tho tug lrlton left the navy yard soon
after tho explosion for tho proving grounds.
Thoro nro several ofllccra nnd a number of
enlisted men and workmen nt tho place.
PROSPERITY HARVEST HOME
I 'ill. I lie Political Fcunt, nt Which .,,.'.H
Snt IIiihii, Addrcaacd hy
Senator lliiiuia.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2l. Tho Marquette club
hold u prosperity harvest homo festtvnl at
tho Coliseum tonight. Twenty-dvo hun
dred people Bat at tho banquet tables on
tho main floor, besides a number of spec
tators In tho galleries. Tho Imraunso hall
was decoraated with grain, fruits, pump
kins and other products of tho farm, glv
inng tho appearance of the llornl building
of nn nlil-fnnhlonod county fair. Four
columns twelvo feet high Blood behind tho
spenker'a platform, wreathed with com
and oats. Tho suppor consisted of tur
key, pork and beans, doughnuts, cider and
other rural vlnnds.
James M. Wheedon, president of the
Mnrquetto club, presided, nnd speeches
wero delivered by Senator M. A. Hnnna, J.
K. Cubblson of Knnsas and Henry D. Esta
brook of Chicago. Senator Julius C. Bur
rowa of Michigan was on tho list of ora
tors, but was unablo to bo ptesent. '
Tho first address was delivered by Mr.
Estabrook, who said that ho would admit
Imperialism to be tho paramount lssuo for
the sake of debate. He said:
Diir nnnmloN iiffect to discover In Mr. Mc-
Klnley n purpose to make of hlinsolt tin
nmnnrnr. W in la thla mnll tnnl. nrODOHCH
to undo tho work of Washington and Lin
coln? If you nro to inako your estimate
Of. him from tho" testimony of his euomles.
wriif.it rtr tnnm. A.r..vmi to nciievef v. kjv
lf.ort.-lur'MKO'nwrJvaH burned In efflcybectinso
n npfiitatea to maito war on nnain. iO'
duv hn In horned In efllv nn a Mood-thirsty
wroicn wno cieiicius in carnuKc. jiui
linnu' that nplthfir of theso chnmeH Is trui'
I beliovo MeKlnley to bo, slnco Lincoln, tho
greatest moral force In the history of this
nation, a man with a mission to save our
country from the Infamy of repudiation nnd
then to sweep from tho western hemisphere
and If needs bo from tho earth that nna-r-lirnnlRm
known nn the kliiKdnm of Hnalll
mid then perhaps to plant our (lag on AhIii'h
son. k iiprii its Ntnrs may mummy mm
slilno forever, i no not. Know wnui win no
our ultimate duly In the j'lilllpplucH;
neither does MeKlnley nor Hrynn nor nny
man. hut I do know that If wo do our
duty nn we go along w tire safe to leave
tno issue to tno Aiiuigniy.
,1. IC. Cubblson of Knnsas predicted re
publican success In his Btuto In Novum
bor and devoted tho main portion of his
address to tho subject of "Prosperity." Ho
derided tho lssuo of imperialism and said
that the election would hlngo on tho ques
tlon of high wages and good times.
When Senator Hanna made his appear-
nnco he wns given a tremendous ovation,
tho entire assemblage rising nnd cheering
him for several moments. Ho said In
purt:
Prnsnerltv In this country Is a normal
condition and It Is only Interfered with
when clouds nrlHo In the horizon which
frighten capital and drlvo It from the chan
nt'lH of trado Into hiding places and capital
withdrawn from its usefulness brings idle
ness and poverty with It. No buslncsH man
will risk his capital In nny venture If thoso
clouds arlso nnd that will bo the condition
Just ns soon nn there Is nny chnngo In tho
prenont administration. Mr. Bryan has do
sconded to the lowest piano of demagogy
when ho uttempts to nrrny employes
against employer, labor ngalnut capital. It
Is a Blgnlllcant fact to mo. It means nurn
defeat, because nothing but desperation or
doniaRogy would remove a man who us-
nlres to tho lilgneHt olllce in this country to
such arguments, lie Is powIiik the seed of
nnarchlHin nnd Hoclnllsm. He Ih driving
apart theso great forces or capital ami
labor which united tiro productive of our
dnvelopmcnt. In doing- that he Is doing
vlolenco to tho good sense of tho people.
President MoKlnley'H whole publlo llfo has
been In thn direction of building up our
great Industries, protecting Amerlcnn
worklngmen, saving them from tho low
wages of our competitors In Kurnpo nnd
yet this Mosea of Urynnlsm proposes to
offer to them promoses based upon theory.
Steveiiaon In MIcIiIkuii.
HILLSDALE. Mlchv, Oct. 24. Adlal E.
Stevenson, democratic candidate for vice
presldtnt, mado two speeches hero today.
Ono was delivered from tho balcony of
Smith's hotel to a largo and enthusiastic
audience. His remarks covered the trust
nnd Imperialistic questions. Tho second
meeting was at tho depot, whero he talked
to a largo gathering of students of Mitls
daln cnllcga nnd school children,
At Adrian Stevenson wiib compelled to
make two speeches owing to tho Immense
crowd which gathered at tho opera house.
So many weru uimblu to got In that tho
tho second meeting wns hold at Monti
mout square. Both meetings wero marked
with otitiiutilaHin.
At Coldwater tho candldato was the re
cipient of nn ovation last night. ,Mr.
Stovonson mado speeches at tho opera
houso to largo and appreciative audiences.
He Bpoko on Imperialism and trusts. In
closlug his work hero Mr. Stevenson com
pleted his fifth speech of tho duy.
Wlthdra-iva In llrnu'a I'nvor.
SPRINGFIELD, III., Oct. 24. The with
drawal oi- Nicholas Grassland of Bluo
Island as presldoutlal elector on the ticket
of the social labor pnrty has boon rocelved
by tho secretary of stato. Mr. Crossland
gives nu his reason that ho can better
further tho Interests of labor by working
for Mr. Bryan's eloctlou.
Ileiiiurhaliln Salvatcc at tiul vcaton.
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 24.-Of 20,000
bales of cotton In cam, on wharves and
otherwise Involved In the Galveston Htorm
19,000 have been recovered nnd nil hut COO of
these Identlllcd. This Is considered romark
nblo Hnlvagi
(ieorKlu 1,'eulalature C'oueuea,
ATLANTA, On., Oct. 24 Tho Georgia
legislature convened today, The senate
was presided over by Hon. Clark Howell,
elected a member trom the Thirty-third
district, and the lower house by Hon, John
D. Llttl.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska:
rrobabie Showers: variable winds.
Temperature at Ouinha yeaterda-ri
Hour. tlrit. Hour. DfB,
ft a. nt r4 1 p. m 7ft
0 a. m rU a p. Ill 77
7 a. in nt a ii. m ?s
Nn, m CI 1 i. in 7tt
n. in nn r p. in 7S
1 a. m (10 II p. iii 7ft
II a. m lift V p. in 71
1- in 711 S i. in 17
it p. in .... '. . tin
ESTABLISH RURAL SERVICE
l'laeea Are amcd Which Wilt Have
the Alii untune of Free
Mall Deliver;-.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. (Special Tele
gram.) Rural freo delivery will bo estab
lished at Odell, Gage county, Neb., on No
vember 1. The service will embrace nn
area of forty squaro miles, with a popula
tion of 750. E. T. Hill wns appointed car
rier. Rural freo delivery will also be estab
lished on November 1 nt tho following
points In Iowa: Charlton, Lucas county,
area covered, forty-two square tulles; pop
ulation served, 1,033; Gcorgo Brown, enr
rler. Grundy Center, Grundy county, area
covered, forty-ono squnro miles; popula
tion served, 600; W. F. Wald, carrier. Pu
laski, Davis county, area covered, forty
squaro miles; population served, C$5; II.
O. Taylor, carrier.
Mrs. Margaret Glover of Wisconsin was
appointed music teacher Ip the FInudroau,
S. D., Indian school nt $000 a year. O. B.
Jennings and Walter R. Cross of Shenan
doah and Harlan P. Richardson of Exllno,
la., wcro ndmltted to practice beforo tho
Interior department. Dr. Reuben Harmon
was appointed pension examining surgeon
at Onawn, la. Walter J. Neely was ap
pointed substltuto carrier at Grlnnell, la.
Tho report of commissioner of education
was mado public today nnd shown there
wero 277,7G.i pupils enrolled In tho com
mon schools of Nebraska In tho years
180S-99; avorngo attendance, 16IU24. There
were 21038 male and 7,151 female teachers;
valuo of school proporty, $16,008,076.
In South Dakota thero worn !)S,.r40 pupils
enrolled; nvornge dally nttendnnce, 69,923;
1,125 mule nnd 3,5St female teachers; value
of proporty, $2,90.",924.
In Wyoming 13,042 pupils wero enrolled;
averogo dally nttendanco, 8,700; 102 mala
and 434 femalo teachers; value of property,
$141,460.
TWO ARE KILLED IN WRECK
Till I It nn the ('rent .Northern Itiina
Into n I.nndallde ,enr
t llnlliird.
SEATTLE, Wash.,, Oct. 24. Train No. 16,
thtrty-one freight cars, castbound, on tho
Great Northern railroad, ran Into a land
slide last night near Ballard. Two men
wero killed nnd three bndly Injured. Ten
cars wero burned up and tho locomotlvo
demolished. ,
The killed nre:
A. J. CREEPER, engineer.
ROY ARCHER, rt passenger.
Tho Injured: Albert Mlchnelson, brake
man, ear torn off, hand burned nnd prob
ably Intornally Injured; A. L. Urlndley,
supply .man. "nco and ilouldcrs burped
until nearly ur.recngnlr.able, probably in
ternnlly injured, may die; D. J. Altmnn,
llremttn, slightly Injured.
Tho train struck tho Inndslldo almost
without warning nnd tho cnglno nnd a
number of cars wero piled In n heap with
out tho engineer having a chancn to Jump.
Tho wreck took flro almost Immediately.
SLOWLY BLEEDING TO DEATH
Alexander II, I'louuh ThouKht to lie
D)lnir na lleaull of KfTecta of
Itnllroad Accident.
ST. FAUL, Minn., Oct. 24. Alexander B.
Plough, for ten years vlco president and
general manager of tluHL Paul & Duluth
railroad, and . previously with tho Iowa
Central, Is at tho point of death at his
homo In this city as tho result of an no
cldent on tho Burlington rnnd two years
ago In Illinois. Ho was thrown through a
car window when tho train left tho track
and It Is bellovod that pieces of glass, which
wero not removed, havo penetrated far
enough to cut Important blood vcsbcla. Mr,
Plough resigned from his position In Juno,
when tho Northern Pacific absorbed tho
Ht. I'nul & Duiutn, and three weeks ngo
was In tho east, having been offered nn
Important position. On his return from
that trip ho was taken sick anil two
weeks ngo suffered from a stroke of
paralysis, from which recovery seems doubt
ful.
HOT TIMES IN PORTO RICO
Ilryanlaeil Federala Tall of Crrrj-
iiiauilcrlnK and llnfalriieaa hy
Itciluhllciiiia,
SAN JUAN, P. It. Oct. 24. At a meeting
of tho oxecutlvo commtttco of tho fedornl
party today It was unanimously decided to
Invito tho federals to withdraw from furthor
participation in tho campaign for the
election of a houso of delegates and n
commissioner to Washington, and to get
them to abstain from the polls on election
day, thus silently protesting against tbo
election proceedings.
Tbo fedorals chargo tho government with
partiality. A majority of tho election
Judges aro republicans. They were ap
pointed by tho executive council, cdtnposod
of six Amorlcans and three natlvo republic
mis. Tho government Is also charged by
tho federals with helping tho republicans
by gerrymandering cortnln districts. It Is
understood that tho federal leader, Sonor
Munoz Rivera, will protest to Washington,
MAY PROVE SALARY GRAB
ComlnK Convention ut lliivnna Apt I A
He Protruded for the Money
There'a In It.
SANTIAGO DB CUBA, Oct. 24. Tho de
pnrture of tho provincial delegates to
participate In tho convention nt Havana
caused nn lmmenso demonstration this
afternoon. It Is estimated that they wore
escorted to tho wharf by upward of 12,000
persons of whom nlno-tcnths wero
negroes. The political partlos are draw,
lung tho color line cloooly and this Is caus
ing blttor feeling between tho races. Tho
whites predict that tho convention will
last a year, contending that most of tho
delegates will prefer $300 a month to tho
establishment of a republic,
All tho focal papers exhort tho dele,
gates to fulfill their duty and expel tho
Americana from tho iBland.
filfta to the Cauae of Ihliicatlou,
LINCOLN. 111.. Oct. 24, James Mllllken,
a retired millionaire banker of Decatur,
has bequeathed to Lincoln university $'i0,0'0
to bo ctven Just aa soon as thn citizens of
this city ral-o $25,000 to be iiKd In erect,
lug n new bulldlntr nn the campus. .Mr.
Milllken has recently given HUiO.fiOO for tho
establishment of nn Industrial colleen at
Decatur, to be conducted as a branch of
th state 'university, ,
END MAY COME TODAY
Peoplo of Anthracito Region Look for Ter
mination of Strike.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL NOT SAYING A WORD
It is Pipected that Mino Workora Will Iwra
Statement at Once.
NATIONAL AND DISTRICT LEADERS CONFER
Nono of the Men Will Qo Back to Work
Until All Are Heady to Do So.,
COMPANIES REFUSE TO INCREASE WAGES
I'romlac of Operntora to (Hie Certain
Hxtrn hunt In Order to .tlaUe
Mrulicht Ten I'er Cent IU
rllra Much Dlacuaalou,
HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 24. President Mit
chell nunounced today that he would to
morrow Issue a statement dellnlug tho
porltlon of tho United .Mine Workers In
tho present strike. IIo said ho would likely
Indlcato whether tho strike would bo de-
claicd off or whether It would bo continued,
This statement vtas made na a result of
toduy a conferonco between the national
nnd district oillcers. Tho Impression around
hcudquurtcrs tonight Is that tho statement
will contain practically n declaration that
Im contest Is ended.
Coal companion controlling nbout 75 per
cent of the anthracite product have, It Is
said, posted notices, but President Mit
chell will not say that all of thcnt havo
compiled. Tho companies In this district
that havo not posted notices aro the Le
high Coal and Navigation company, G. B.
Murlilo and Coxo Bros. & Co. Tho Markka
have granted no IncreaHO of wages of any
kind. Today's conferonco was in session
three hours and was adjourned until to
morrow morning.
President Mitchell ut Its conclusion an
nounced that thq situation was partly can.
vassed nnd that tho rovlnw would bu com
plotcd tomorrow.
Tho conference discussed tho plans as to
what Is to bo dono In tho event of ono or
two of tho companies refusing to grant tho
domiindH. No dcllnlto conclusion wnH. how-
over, reached. Mr. Mitchell declined to
say whether tho statement of tho United
Mine WorkorB that no man would bo per
mitted to work unless they nil go In to
gothcr still holds good.
Tho notice posted by several of tho larger
oonipanloB in tho Lackawnnuu nnd Wyom
ing district today announcing that tho tulno
workerH will bo given 2J cents on every
cat or ton In order to make up tho 10 per
cent lncreaso canto In for much consldera
tlon at tio conforenre. When tho con
ference adjourned thla evening this mat
ter was Htlll under discussion.
TRANSMISSOURI FREIGHT RATE
leed-lnTranalt,' Crnln nnd Ore Turin
- Considered nt Denver
Meeting;.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 24. The Trans
mlBsouri freight bureau concluded a two
days' Bcsslon in thin city this afternoon.
Tho proposition to revoko feod-ln-trnnslt
rates on live Btock wbb favored by a ma
jority of tho lines, but action was do
forred In couHoquonce of tho strenuous op
position of tho Colprado lines on thn
ground that It would greatly tnjuro trado
In thlB territory by placing prohibitive rates
on sheep, which otherwise would bo brought
from tho pastures of Now Mexico nnd
Southern Colorado to tho feeding grounds
of tho Arkansas valley and Larimer
county under tho old rato nnd sent to tho
eastern market next spring. Thero wns
nearly an ngreement on tho oro-rnto
question and it Is probable that the old
Htandard rato on low grado smelting ore ,
will bo effected after January 1.
Tho mill rates on grain for tho north
western milling confers will not b al
tered, though thero was lengthy discussion
of a proposition to ralso rates somewhat
on mill and elevator shipments from the
grain sections. This action was generally
approved, but ns It would bo Infringing upon
tho rights of other nesoclations to pass
definitely upon what this association would
do in mutters affecting dlfferent.assnclatlons
equally tho mutter was postponed until
thn January mooting.
It was decided to hold a meeting of all
tho freight trafllo managers in tho Trans
mlssburi territory In Jnnuary, when It
will bo posslblo to havo a dcllnlto under
standing with all concerned, and If thn
sentiment expressed nt tho Drnver meeting
Ih sustained thero will bo a genoral ad
vance of ratoH.
MAY F0RM0NEBIG SYSTEM
llurrlman .Sndlcale .tiny Consolidate
Ita Great Wratern Itullriuid
I'roiiertlea,
CHICAGO, Oct. 24. E. II. Harrlman, head
of the big railroad buying And consolidating
syndicate that bears his name, arrived In
Chicago toduy to confer with tho attorneys
of tho Kansoa City Southern nnd President
Felton of tho Alton regarding tho futuro
management of tho former line, nnd to dis
cuss tho recently formed trafllo agreements
of tho weBtorn roads.
Just what the syndicate Iptends to do with
tho Kansas City Southern Is not known. Tbo
rumor that this lino 1b to bo consolidated
with the Alton, Union Pacific and Illinois
Central, all llurrlman roads, and tho wholo
operated as ono Hystcm, la generally Be
lieved by local railroad men and financiers.
It is said thut several of tho new owners of
Kansas City Southern are against any
consolidation RCbemo on the ground that It
would tend to reduce the earnings of tho
various roads In tho Hnrrlmnn combine By
maintaining Independence the rondo would
be In positions to enter Into traffic arrange
ments with connecting linos not owned by
tho Harrlman people.. If the roads under
tho control of tho latter wero biou.ht to
gether as ono system thn lines would com
bine agulnst tho syndicate In competitive
traffic.
During tho duy, it Is said, Mr. Harrlman
met with tho presidents of big western
roads operating west of Chicago and dis
cussed ratfH and trutilc organization ut'
length.
Hi-liutoi- Ilitvla May Nave Ilia Toea,
HT. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 24.-Scnator C. K.
Davis, who bus been suffering for the past
month from blood poisoning, underwent n
second operation this afternoon, which it
Is thought will obviate the necessity for thn
amputation of ono or moro of his toes, Thn
senator's foot bus been very much swollen
nnd he has suffered acutely, but nfter to
duy'H npfrntlon his condition was mate
rlallj Improved nnd It la now believed "li'it
his recovery will be rapid, Whllo cam
p.ilyiilng In the east Scnatof Davis suffered
a slight abrasion of the foot, the dye from
his hose entered this and caused the com
plications that ensued.