The Omaha Daily Bee. aSSTAHIilSIIJSI) .1 U2S'J3 10, JS71. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER 20, JOOO-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY ElVE CENTS. TUAN UNDER ARREST PRINCE SHAN ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Yn Yien i Ordered to Botnrn to Sian Fu, Preiramablj for Execution. DEMANDS OF POWERS APT TO BE GRANTED China Likely to Efspond to Joint Noto Within a Month, it is Bcliored. MESSAGE NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE COURT Slow .Methniln of (,'oiiiiutinlcntlnn Mny Citiise .Some Drlny In Trim mil It alian (if I,' 1 1 1 mil ( ii m to i:niircHM Dim n Kfr anil lltupcror. LONDON, Dec. 23, Tho Shanghai corrc Ipondcnt of tho Standard, telegraphing Dc comber 24, Hays: "Tho government bus arrested I'rlnco Tunn and I'rlncu Shan on tho bonier of Shan SI province. Yu Ylen has been or dered to roliirn to Sinn Fu forthwith, to bo executed It Ih supposed. "U In Inferred from these reports that tho I tup or In I authorities nro preparing to concede tho deninliilH of tho Joint noto for the punishment of tho Instigators of Urn trouhlo In Chlnn." According to a iicwh agency dlnpatch from Pokln, dated December 21, tho for eign ministers thero nro unanimously of tho opinion that China will accept tho conditions Imposed by tho Joint noto of tho powers within n month. The note was (darted on Its way to tho dowager ompicsi mill tho emperor Immediately after Its presentation, tho dispatch says, but wlro communication Is slow and it probably lll not reach them until December 27. BLOODY BATTLE IN CHINA l.nrne llmly of lleformeri Kntlccil Into lliiKtllc City, Where IIcuiiIiu-m I'll 11 t'ioii Them Without Mercy. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 2.".. A spc clnl to tho Times from Vancouver, 11. C Bays: News of a terrible mnssacru of tho reform forces In China nnd the bo bunding of twenty-seven of Its leaders was received hero today in n cablegram by W. A. Cumrow, secretary of the Chinese Re form association In America. Tho en gagement took place In the provlnco of Po Cht LI, n porulous section of tho Ynugtso valley In central China. It resulted In tho killing of 1.500 men and tho completo demoralization of tho reform forces. The battle. Into which tho reformers were brought by treachery, occurred on Decem ber IS and tho work of tho movement has. us a conscqucbce, been dropped in all that part of the country. Tho Chlneso hero arc loud In their expressions of disapproval of tho conduct of tho campaign by their leaders. It appears from tho few details given In tho cablegram received today that Long Tom, tho reform louder, at tho head of a badly armed force of 12,000, paid a visit to Chung 111 Tung, governor of tho dis trict, who, though an Imperial officer, was bcllovcd to bo In sympathy with tho re form movement. Long was Invited to tho governor's palaco and was with his 12,000 men marched Into tho city. They left all their arms outsldo tho gates, taking the precaution only to carry their loaded re volvers. Thero were 5,000 Imperial troops In the town, but nothing was feared from them and n delay of a day took plnco In order that other reform leaders might bo Kent for, nnd when tho nudlcuco with the governor was finally nrrauged thero were twenty-seven of tho leading followers of Knng Yu Wei admitted. Then a disagree ment arose. Tho governor had tho leaders seized and taken Into tho oourt yard, whrro thoy were beheaded, and, In tho mean time, n strict order had been sent to tho iuipcrlul troops to descend tSpon n poorly ntmed rabble of the reformers. The few m-1I-drilled soldiers tool: tho country pcopla completely by surprise, but never theless tho latter plucklly fought their way thrcugh nnd cscuped. They carried away thcl own wounded, but loft 1.500 dead on tho Sold nnd scattered In tho streets of tho Ity. Tho cablegram says that the Hccndof tho butchery was frightful. N0TF. DELIVERED TO CHINA Ultimatum of l'ont'rn Leaven IIiiiiiIm in I ore I urn .11 mix (em nt I'rkln, PARIS.Wc. 25. A dispatch to the Havns ngeucy frtoi J'ekln says: Tho milliters assembled at tho residence of Scnor i. J. do Cologun, tho Spanish minister nVi the doyen of the diplomatic corps, und Vcclved I'rlnco Chlng, to whom tho Spunlshhnlnlster handed n Joint note of tho powik m Hung Chang, who is Ktlll III, askcito bo excused. I'rlnco Chlng Bald: i "I havo honor to nccept tho noto concerning theo-establlshinont of good re lations nud wlA trnnsmlt It Immediately to tho otnncror iim communicate to him his reply as soon ulrccolvod." ItllNllllll i'l ( (',.N,. ,,,ot. LONDON. Dec. 0. Vice Admiral Alcxolff, pays tho St. Potxsburg correspondent of tho Times, bus Uued orders to tho men under his cominau u china to mako do tolled lists of tho Ojinese property, money enttlo, provisions, iV., taken by them, and where such properk now is. Tho corre spondent nlso says tlyt detachments of Hua slan troops In t-outbru nnd southwestern Manchuria contlnuo pursue tho work of exterminating dlsorga(Zt.,j Chinese troop nnd brigands, H.h.tn Hill-urine ri-iU, lli.tnrhmeiit. TIEN TSIN, Dec. 25A rrPnch aetach. mout of 100 men left hiV on December 20 for Hung Tsu, twenty ilc3 westward, to search for arms. Applying rt vlllngo ucross n frozen creek aorCo of Doxers opened nro, Killing Weutynt Cental and wounding another oiilcct Tho Trench mimed tno village. I IIUI Tlllllll'l'r Villi- IVr lrlia 'iu lllivu urt:miii! iiivuivi n 1 , tirlpH war over the contrnotH for furimAr;. vhtrli nr.. now being cloaed for d.V rv' ilurl i tho tlrst half nf the new yl V) e VIE unit 1.. !... II... I... 1.1 . 11- ntin IS null BfJMiu "t lliu II 111 v'ldeut noli Connellsvlllo producers are )1K tW' imi-M i-uiiii lin iui un ti.rj u ui Invnlv',.1 i I It H 1 I'lllllllll V lM llllll III itv nn 1. n r..ii. , . ,., . i. 1 ,1 ti n7 i-,iiiii,i in i-l'lirftrl(pa liri rhleily the II. C. Frlek Cuke ciViiiv the J. W. llnlney Coke coinm ny. V Wnili. Ington Coal nnd Coko eoni,v nI,i tho HpsKemrr Coke rnmn.il ' m. 1 HIT minimum trlco of 11.73 n ton oiVririnci ooko at tlm ovens, ihlle other Vniiictl. tors nro quoting as low as tlulii,irra nnnied. ami one of the larger thesi Interests Is holding to 11.55. yneat JOYOUS DAY IN GAY PARIS French tiiplliil Observes A'nlal Uny of tin; Church In ItN Own in' I (i n ( Wny. IUS, Dee. 25. Chrlstmastldo was fa in rrauco with bright, cheerful Parisians c.iebrated It In slilon. All the restaurants nnd cafesiwsBBMamed on Chrliitma-t nvo with fcstlvoBBRirttes, which did not disperse until cjTflfthls morning. At mid night masses with special musical attrac tions filled tho leading churches to over flow. Tho boulevards today woro Ailed with throngs Inspecting the attractive llttlo booths, which had been erected In contin uous lines along both sidewalks and In which toys, candles, fancy articles aud other Christmas novelties were displayed. A roaring trade, greatly In excess of tbat of previous years, was done. Tho charltablo 3ldo of tho festival was represented by numbers of free meals and ecasonablo gifts to poor families and out casts. Mine. Louhct gave 7,000 francs to be used fur the relief of widows In necessitous cir cumstances. AMERICA'S PROUD POSITION Austrian i:ii'rl t'mit'cilcs to t'nlli-d Mint en I'ooltlmi iim I'lrxt ImliiM trlat .iitliin mi Earth, LONDON. Dec. 26. Tho Times' Vienna correspondent says that under tho tltlo "European Economical Alllanco" Paul Leroy Heaullcu In the Nues Wlcnertageblatt, after reciting America's Immense resources ind growing population, eays: "It may henceforth bo regarded ns the first Industrial nation nnd Its superiority will become strikingly evident year by year. Tho fulled States will, moreover, soon hnve a considerable mercantile marine. Americans are accustomed to regard Eu ropeans, more particularly Contlncntnls, In about tho same light as Orientals, who vegetate In dreams of the past." llo points out that European states In dividually are comparatively restricted ns to markets and cannot carry n division of labor to tho utmost limits nnd ho suggests an economical alliance and tho regulation of tariffs by a permnuent European com mission. This commercial co-operation, ho thinks, might lead to a gradual reduction of armament. APPROVE SENATE'S ACTION IttiNxlini ciiuiicrt Iti-Kiiril Ahrngn. I inn of Cliiytnii-lliilMi'r Treaty iim (Inlte I 'roper. ST. PETERSBtmo, Dec. 25. The Novoe Vremyn, din -usslng tho English newspaper Indictment of tho United States senate for "Its unparalleled attempt to overturn tho Clnyton-Ilulwer trcnty," says: "Tho caso Is not unusual. Conditions have changed and tho treaty must change too. Kussla nfforded an examplo In 1S70, In declaring that she was no longer bouna by her promlso not to maintain war vessels In the Ulnck sea." Tho Ilourso Gazette says: "Russia is gratified by America's dip lomatlo victory over England. AVestcrn Europe dislikes the Monroe doctrlno bo. causo it desires to grab territories every where. Itusslu, which has sympathiMd with America In her independence, which liqui dated American possessions to An.crlca, ha nothlng against tho Monroe doctrlno and the old sympathies havo grown more cordial In China." Ainrrli'iiii Stt-fl mill Iron. LONDON, Dec. 25. The Times this morn ing prints another long nrtlelo on tho prog reus of American steel nnd Ircrn competi tion, concluding ns follows; "How much of the world's expansion will America take from us? How much will sho leavo for us lo struggle over with other manufacturing natious? Apparently tho problem will bo solved far sooner than has been generally expected. The abnormal demand of thn United States for its own engineering products is fast slackening, thus bringing tho marvelous Increase In American manu facturing capacity for the last nvo years nnd especially for the last three to bear upon foreign markets. It is n question paramount to all others, even to the efficiency of tho navy subsidy." iiliilil Oiicnlnur lit St. IVtorxlnirK. ST. PETERSIiURO, Dee. 25. Tho prince of Oldenburg, president of the government temperance committee, nt noon today de clared tho People's palace open to tho pub lic. After tho Inaugural ceremonies the prince nnd twenty of tho higher army of ficers, Including the commanding generals, along with tho olllcials, noblemen and wo men, dined sldo by side with peasants nnd tho families of worklngmen. Di'iitliN from lliilitiuli' I'lnKUP. CALCL'TTA, Dec. 25. Lord Curzon nf Kedleston, the viceroy of India, in the course of u speech today said that since the nppearanco of the bubonic plague In 1SUS 25.000 deaths from tho dlseuso havo occurred In tho Mysore state. Will I'm in rir .111 ii I Miry. SYDNEY. N. S. W Dee. 25. Edmund Ilarton, who was the leader of the federal convention, has accepted tho earl of Hope toun's offer to form the (list cabinet of the federation. Ho anticipates no dlfllculty. Pole Arri-Mleil nt Wiitnimv. VIENNA. Dec. 25. A dlsnnteh from Wnr. saw says that fifty-two Pole3 havo boon arrested there, nccused of being In a po- uticni conspiracy. ThriM- WiiiiiiiIoiI Men Mny Die, C'AItlUlNDAl.vr ill rw o-. ., pennes. a small station nn tho Illln di t eiitriil railroad In this rounty, today Jnu nnd Jake Davidson, brother, became in- viiivru in a quarrel witn iienrv vn, n nrnsiienms farmer, during which Joe navldsnn Hlinf l,iv tn tlm nii.iMn., niim. hliots were llreil, which n'obablv fntniv wminiii-ii roe i-yatt. n bystander. Tho nrnthpfM nt nun,' (I,.i1 nmi ,i a,,..ii was sent after them. A few ' miles from i"vii uireo men named Tlppoy. C'raln nd Hole, overtook the brothers and demanded tlK-lr Itiimi-dlato surrondor. A runnl'i.r llirllt took lll:ir,. nml lintlt thn litt.r. woiindeil one bring- shot through tho evo and prnlinbly fatally Injured, whllo the other was badlv wounded In tho shoulder Ihey were rammed und tonght plnced in the county Jail. It Is thought that . at least three of tho wounded men will die. IH'lHity Sherlir Kllleil, MAYF1ELD. Ky.. Pee "V-Two mU dead and nnother wounded Is tho resiil nf a ragedy that occurred hero last nlnht Deputy Sheriff John 1'nlwr und Charls Ijnwllne a saloonkeeper, wow killed, nnl lllrch lllllyer. an nssoelnt" of the latter leeelved a bullet wound in the head. INher and Sheriff Sam D''utli!t wont to Uowllm, s house to arrest lllllyer. und upon tho lat ter resisting I 'sher procured a revolver and fired nt him. Howlleo ran into the room and llreil n bullet through Usher's heart, nnd was In the act of shooi.ng Sher Iff Douthlt when the latter shot him dead, lllllyer was arrested lod-iy ns nn ncces. sory to tho murder of INlier. Dlniu l)lNiiiioiitt ii Croivil, HOSTON. IVc. 25,-rieorge Dixon, ex thnmplon featherweight, did not Imx Jimmy Davenport of Chelsea at the Isot erle club tonight, to the Intenso dlsnp polntmeut of a big crowd. Dixon had rigreed to fight nt the featherwolcht limit, but Davenport enmo to the ringside weigh. !V nt J,1 115 pmirds, ngnlnst Dlxon'i 1154, Dlxou was at the ringside, but .lid not go nn nml Andy Daly of Maldo i. featherweight, was substituted. Daly and Davenport fought a draw, WHOLE CAPE RIPE FOR REVOLT Dutch Bcaidonts Will Join Boon if Their Ammunition it Sufficient, KITCHENER IN HEART OF DISTURBANCES Ilrltlsh Fortunes Arc Trembling: In the lltiliiuce and .May He Lout If Ili-liiforceiiicntN An- Xot Hur ried to the llcseue. LONDON, Dec. 2C The position of Capo Colony Is hanging lu the balance. Accord ing to tho Morning Post's Capetown corre spondent everything depends upon the quantity of ammunition In possession of tho disloyal Dutch residents, 100 of whom have Joined tho Boers in tho Phlllpstown dis trict alone. Energetic measures have becu taken to stem the invasion, but there la unquestionably danger that parties of Iloers wilt get through Into parts of the colony and gtndually raise the whole Capo In rebellion. Reinforcements ran arrive none too scon. Most of tho dispatches from Capetown describe tho raiders as doing llttlo harm nnd as being rapidly enclosed by Lord Kitchener's command. Lord Kitchener Is In the heart of tho (ilsnffcctcd districts, llo has the advan tage of being personally acquainted with local conditions. Last March ho super vised the suppression ut the rising which occurred then. He Is bringing down thousands of troops from tho north. The Standard's Copetown correspondent says tho loyalists demand that martial law- shall be proclaimed throughout Cape Colony, but mlds, "such a step Is now 1m possibly owing to tho lack of sufllclcnt troops to enforce It." The ecricspondent of tho Dally Mall at Capetown says: "The pro-Hoer press Is singularly quiet They hnvo been made uneasy by tho promptness and thoroughness of the mill tary action, but reports from various parts of the western provinces foreshadow peril ous possibilities. "A rcspcnslblo colonist, who recently made n tour of the colony, declares that P0 per cent of tho Dutch nro simply wait lug for tho appearance of a resourceful leader to rebel." Civil railway traffic has been suspended largely In all parts of the colony and tho movements of both the Doers nud tho Drlt Ish arc almost unknown In Capetown. It appears that one Doer column at tacked Stejsburg, but was repulsed nnd fled, entrenching Itself In the mountains Another Boer Commando captured a party of police at Vcntcrstndt. Mounted colonial troops surprised 300 Doers fifteen miles from llurghcsdorp on December 2.1 and after n brisk Interchange of volleys retired with a loss of two men. Tho Capetown eorrefcpondent of the Times telegraphed that scarcely any Capt Colonists have Joined the Invaders. NO SIGN OF DESPONDENCY C'hrlxtiniin KdltorlnlM of tho London 1'i'eHN ItecKHlilve Smith Afrli-a Wnr In .Mensiireil Wnriln. LONDON, Dee. 251:23 n. m. Thcrj is no sign of the despondency which olnr acterlzed "bU'k Dtccmber" last yar. At tho same tlmo tho Christinas editorials find llttlo caasc for supreme satlsfa? tlon. All express regret tbat tho nation Is still at war. Some tuko tho trouble to remind their readers that there aro four times as many troops In South Africa now ns thero were twclvo months ngo and nil engaged In tho monotonous and woarlaoino duties against un over-cvaslve foe and ncodlng the sympathy of friends at homo at this festive season. Tho Standard, which says that Christmas finds tho Iliitluh people In a chastened mood, moralizes on tho strango lack of political foresight regarding tho char acter nnd the wisdom of tho Boers. It confesses that everything has long slnco been dono that would havo been posslblo to end tho war If wo had been contending ngalnst European powers." It Is confident, however, that tho settle ment Is only a question of tlmo. Lord Kitchener's departuro for De Aar would bo sufllclcnt to explain tho nbsenco of olllclal news. Elaborate preparations aro being made to glvo Lord Roberts n popular wolcomo on January 3. Ten thousand troops will bo gathered lu London to lino the route to Buckingham palace. CARS ARE RUNNING AGAIN lleKulnr Unllniiy Service Ilp-i:ntiili. I.lxhvil llftut-i-it Di-Aiir nml C'llll'llMVII, CAPETOWN, Dec. 21. Regular railway service between Capetown nnd DeAar has been restored. Tho report of the destruc tion of u brldisc south of DeAar turns out to be Incorrect; only a culvert was dam aged. Trains uro running from DeAnr to Klmborlcy Irregularly. Thero are consider able delays elsewhere as the result of heavy 'rains. BOERS FORCED TO FALL BACK Thoriicyei'ort'H Mounted Iiifiuilry Or. e ii il i-n llrlt.itnwii Without S tum or )iMiNltlon, LONDON. Dec. 25. Lord Kitchener, tel. egraphlng to tho Wnr ofllco under dnto of Nnauwpoort, December 21. 9 n. in., reports: "Thorneycroft's mounted Infantry havo occupied llrltstown without opposition. Tho Doers returned to tho north in tho . reetlon of Piieska. They will be followed up." , Cnpe to rulrn Teleicriiih I.lne, LONDON. Dec. 20. A dispatch from Dur ban to a nows ngoncy hero announces that tho Capo to Cairo telegraph lino Is In op oration to a point fifty miles north of Kasanga and 100 miles beyond tho southern end of Lako Tanganyika. Mny Hnve lleen lllluliey Miirunn'i Pal. PITTSHURG. Pee. 25Wlmt may provo an important arrest was mnilc at Alle gheny today. J. c. Clark and hi' wlfo were arrested pn a charge of shoplifting nnd considerable loot was found in their possession. A search of Clark's effect.! disclosed tho fact that ho had been -ir- i. -.tii-u in ni, i.oiiis on uciolier s. charged with murder. It Is believed bis real name Is J. v O'Neill, nnd that ho nun uiui ui ino notorious iiiinK w. Tho M tlon a number of yenrs ago. c'lnrk and I sectll his wlfo nro tibout fc yenrs old, and tho cUleCs ' "r0 ',vn,,t0,, 1,1 otner .Vimv SlenniNlilp I, hie to Manila. PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 23.-A (.Ircct line of steamers between Portland nnd Mn nlla will bo In operation by February Tho Oregon and Oriental company. In order to nccommodato the growing trndo between the ports, has decided to put Into commission tho steamer-i Monmoiithsnlro and Caermarthenshlre. The steamers will be used exclusively In the rtrvleo and make regular trips, For tho pnst year tho Jobbers of Portland havo been trvlng to secure the establishment of a line of steamers to Manila They sent a repre. sentatlvo thero to Inquire Into the tmd3 conditions und tho nw steamship lino is MARINES FIRST TO ENTER tlrnt All Olhrri Into (lie City of the Chinese. I'orhlilili'ii WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Some contro- ery has arisen over the question who nmong tho American forces nro entitled to the credit for first .entering the forbid den City of PeUln, China, when the nllles moved from Tien Tsln to relieve the lega tions. This honor seems lo attach to the .Marine corps, nccordiiiB to the olllclal dispatches on lllo in tho Navy department. and tho report of Captain Long of the Marino corps, which follows, appears to bear uut tho claim thai tho marines were first In tho Torbldden City, ns they worn nrst on Cuban soli, when' they landed at uuantnnnmo In June, IMS. Tho following is tho offltjla! report of Cap tain Long of tho Klrst roulmcnt: I respectfully fmbmlt 4tlie following re V, t,u" lu tlrnt performed !v Company i. nltod States marliws, at I'ekln, China, on August 1(5, UOO: , I P to that tlmo tho Korbldden City hnd not been entered by any of tho allied Ii -v, , ' "rr ur l" rour -gates between Mm (sh?n. s,en R;l,e aml 'I'1' I'orblddiu H had been forced tho previous day bv tho Americans, but then they halted and llnally wlthdruw to thb llrst gate, wnlrlt was held. Hecelvlmi nn order from the commanding otlleer of murines to enter in.- i-iiiiiKiuen iuy ntil neize such build. nun iiuiiricrs as miviu no inoit ail vuntageotis for us to held and occupy. 1 ninVl-fl llritumllnf ..It. ..Ill, ... ...... A, ..!.. f . ....... ..... .1 tj .,,11. i. v , II I'll , , J , i. l'" tt,,(' fuiirtli gato and entereii thn uiipanesn sentrieii nliiecteil to our entering, but I did not consider their claim to any control nt that point. On entering ..in- mm no niipiiKiunii, inn i iunese Hav ing departed, leaving their tents and ban ners standing. 1 put guurds on the best or the buildings and the regimental col ors w;ern hoisted on on of the administra tion buildings. To tho 'est of my belief t lis was the llrst ami only occupation of the l orblilden City by any nt tho allied rorepn and the only tlmo tbat nnv foren hoisted Us colors there. We remained thero from about 3:30 to 5:S . in., when I received an order to withdraw und tn leave a guard at tho fourth-gate Captain Matthews and Lieutenant Little, United Mates marines, worn tho ofllci r. lu Com pany D with me. Very respectfully. CHARLES (1 I.ONO, t aptaln United States Marine Corps. , To the Commanding Olllcer, Klrst ltcg. linent, United States .Marines: 1. Respectfully fnrwutded to the com-mander-lii-chlef for transmission to tho commandant of the Marino corps. 2. The Incident described herein became known to me while In I'ekln and I believe has not been mentioned thus fur lu any report of the campaign In China. , . HENRY CLAY COCHRANE, Colonel 1 nltod Staler Marino Corps, Commanding. KLAOS!IIP I1ROOKLYN, CAVITK. t. I., Nov. S, 1!). Respect fully forwarded ... ft HO ROE C. REMl'Y, Hear Admiral. United States Navy, Com- mander-ln-Chlef. CAN GROW SUMATRA TOBACCO Hotter Article Than the Imported Or. IkIiiiiI Suec-!.Hfiilly KiiImmI In the Ciimieellcut Vulloy. WASHINC.TON. Dec. 25. The following notice was posted today by tho secretary of agriculture: "Milton Whitney, chief of division of soils, report's a successful termination of experiments conducted In co-operation with the Connecticut experiment station lu the production of Sumatra tobacco near Hartford. One-third of nn acre was planted under a cheesecloth shade nine foet high, and cultivated and fernvjnjfid under the direction of ?,I. L. Kloud, tobacco expert of tho department. The yield of cured to bacco was 700 pounds, making nn estimated yield for ono acre of 2,100 pounds. This lost about 30 per cent In tho fermenta tion. Tho crop has Just been sold by L. I. Haas Co. of Hartford, to Mlchaelson .t Hlbbard of Kansas City for $473.70, making nn estimated value for one aero of $1,121 Tho cost of production, Including the wholo cost of the hhailc, tho framo for which will hist live yenrs, will not exceed $300 an acre, leaving a net profit of over $K0O per acre. This was nn nicrngo price of 71 conts a pound. Tho crop grown In tho samo field without shade nnd fermented In the samo way yielded about tho same quantity nnd brought 27 rmts a pound, or nt tho rate of $307.87 an acre. Deducting cost of cultivation this would leavo a nrolit of about $300 an ncre. The c-dlnnry crop of tho Connecticut valley brings tho farmer about 20 cents a pound, or $360 an acre, and deducting tho rost of expenses, leaves n profit of ubout $200 an acre. Tho Sumatra tobacco grown under shade has been submitted to Now York and Phila delphia business men and has been pro nounced satisfactory and fully equal to Imported Sumatra. These facts, taken In connection with tho award at the Paris ex position of two points for the Florida grown Sumatra over that given for tho Imported Sumatra show- that wo can crow Sumatra tobacco of tho highest quality In mis country and savo our farmers be tween $0,000,000 and $7,000,000, which Is now- sent abroad annually for tho forelgn-growa leaf. 1 his work Is tho result of tho soil survey mndo In the Connecticut valley two years ago, and similar results can bo ex pected oi.ly from similar areas whero the soils and climatic conditions aro similar to thoso In tho Connecticut valley nnd In Florida. tiirlitmtiN nt the White Motive. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. Christmas day was generally observed here, nil of the churches holding special services. At tho Whlto House the president and Mrs. Mi- Klnloy had with them ns guests nt dinner Surgeon General and Mrs. Sternberg, Dr. nnd Mrs. Rlxey, Mrs. O. S. Illestnnd, General Corbln nnd Secretary and Mrs. Cortelyou. Tho president did not go to church, but ho nnd Mrs. MeKlnley took two drives out Into tho country during tho day. Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Postmnster General nnd Mrs. Smith nnd Representative Pnyno of Now York called on them. CATCH AN OLD-TIME CROOK llm-Kliir Who Ilus Done Time nml lllll-llleil .lull Device Mppeil in I'hlluilc Iphlu. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. Seventy-year-old Gustav Kindt, an ex-convict, said to bo known to tho police of mnny cities of tho country, was arrested today charged with having robbed tho safe In tho wholo snlo liquor storo of John T. Sloan nt 303 Callowhlll street, In this city. When caught ho wos equipped with oil tho tools of an expert cracksman. Chief of De tectives Miller recognized him as "French Gus," who had sorved terms In many states l'"; According to the criminal rec"''- - police headquarters Kindt enmo to mis couutry in tno eariy uus, Ho was born In Ilelglum and Is known to tho po lice as "Frunlc Lavay," "Isador Marshall," "Perrlo Marccall" and "French." Whllo serving a term lu Sing Sing prison ho In vented a device for opening and closing simultaneously all tho doors In a tier or colls. Tho dovlcn Interested tho governor of Now York and Kindt offered It to tho authorities, providing thoy would pardon him, but tho olTor was not nccoptcd. Tho prisoner, however, finally escaped and was arrested hero In 1S1'2 and sentenced to nvo years In tho eastern penitentiary for for i ry. Ho has been held without ball, pend ing a further examination. RACE WAR ON IN INDIANA Drunken Negroes Imtitnts & Reign of Ter ror at Cementvillei WHITE CITIZENS DRIVEN OFF THE STREETS Sheriff fJoen to the Scene nml Sue cecils In 1'iili'hlne Up TiMiuiornry Truce IliMievf ill of Trouble Hxnectci! Soon. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., Dec. 25. A spe cial to the Nows from JcfforsouvUle, lnd.. says tho race war Is on at Ccmentvllle, a small station on tho Panhandle load, nvc miles north of this city, and serious troublo lo expected nt any minute. Tho negroes nre well nrmcd, and the whites aro keeping within doors to avoid them. Tho outbreak began yesterday after noon, when Leo Ranger aud John Redmond, negroes. Isith very drunk, started In to In timidate whites. When their Insults wore resented other negroes Jumped In with the liquor-crazed men and captured Sam Ken dall's saloon. Nearly twenty shots were fired, but no ono was hurt. An appeal by telephone wns mndo to Sheriff Ravo for help, mid ho drovo out to Cenientvlllc In a buggy and to some extent quieted the ne groes while ho was present. After his departure another outbreak took plnce and messngo after message enmo to tho local police to send men to the town, Sheriff Ravo was ogaln nsked to go to tho scene, but declined to do so last night. Kendall, In addition to his saloon, conducts a dry goods store, which was being attended by his wlfo, nnd Into this tho negroes flocked after tho firing at the saloon. Mrs. Kendall was badly frightened nnd her husband ran Into the place nnd be gan shooting Into tho mob. Ranger was shot, but how badly Is not known, ns bo wni carried away and secreted by his com panions. Kendall's life was threatened, but about midnight ho wns nblo to escape from his storo nnd enmo direct to this city, awak ening Prosecutor Montgomery and begging him to Issue warrants and havo deputy sheriffs sworn in to servo them. It wn almost daylight when the town beenm quiet, tho negroes having everything the!:- own way. bo far today no outbrenk hat taken place, because tho whites aro In timidated to such an extent that they aro using every possible precaution to prevent a collision with the blacks. It is bellovcrt tho slightest qunrrcl will bring about n bloody riot. There Is no direct telephono connection with tho place, but n private line, ownec by tho railroad, Is being used to keep tho ofllcers posted. If troublo begins this will bo cut out by tho rioters. ARMENIAN APPEAL FOR AID Itcvoliilloniiry l'ederiillou Assembled nt WiiNliiiiKton InroheN Inter vention of United .stole. IIOSTON, Dec. 23. At n convention of representatives of the Armenian Revolu tionary Federation tho following resolution, which wns telegraphed to President Me Klnley, was adopted. TiOSTnW. linn '. Tn Ilia 1." !.,-.. William MeKlnley, President of tile United States. Washington. 1). ('.: Tin. nnnmli. tees of tho American Ilovnlutlimnrv LVil- eiuiiuu in hum country in ineir annual con vention ussemDieu in llostnn unimlmnnslv congratulate you upon yojr re-election to ine presidency or tno I'liitrii sintes mid Invito your excellency's kind attention in a deplorab'o condition, as our people in Armenia aro perishing nnd will soon be exterminated If a powerful hand does not come to the rescue of such a nation, which nas oeen tne cnnmpion ol civilization lur centuries In Asia Minor. In tho present complicated situation of i-juropeau diplomacy me rnueti Kiaies is the only nation that has been unselfish and neutral In Oriental affairs and yet a friend for suffering races tho only nation who can terrorize tho trreat assassin and bis bloodthirsty fanatics to save the remainder or ineir victims trom imminent uioousiieii. Our fnthers and brothers cave their lives for the sake of ojr country und we are nil rendy to fall lu their places but In mis utmost struggle nave we nut tne right to expect assistance rrom tins great rcpun lie. which founded Its existence upon rev olution and which hns the Inheritance of liberty from Washington und Lincoln? Please acept our sincere wishes und as surances of our highest regnrd. BONES OF FATHER MARQUETTE Reported Discovery enr FrniiUforl, Mich,, OcciinIoiin Surprise In Mllii uiil.ee. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 25. Surprise wns oc casioned In this city by tho report of tho discovery of tho bones of Father Marquetto near Frankfort, Mich. It has been gen erally supposed for tho last twenty yenrs thnt tho body of Fnthor Marquutto is In possession of Marquetto college, this city. The bones and other relics wero located by Father Jacker, an Indian missionary, lu 1S7S, nt St. Ignace, Mich., on tho slto of tho chapel of tho Mission of St. Ignatius, which Father Marquetto founded lu 1071. Father Jacker found the ruins of tho chapel nnd, digging beneath tho altar's site, dis covered tho relics. They wero sent to Mnrquetto college, which wns then being built. A celebration was held nt St. Ignace In 1S79 on nccount of Father Jacker's dis covery. FRANK RICHARDSON SHOT l'roiiilneiit IIiinIiicnn .Mint of St. Jo seph Killed by StrniiKcr im Itevult of iiiti-rel. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dee. 25. Frank Rich ardeon, a wealthy business man of thlB city nnd Savnnnuh, Mo., was murdered nt his homo in Snvnnnah last night about !) o'clock. Tonight it was discovered that n stranger followed him from town and shot him In tho back of tho head. They had quarrelled, and Mrs. Richardson heard the stranger say: "Well, hns It como to this?" Sho heard a pistol shot and her husband entered tho houso nnd fell dead. Richard ton was tho brother of John D. Richard, son, tho general manage! of tho blicult trust. Tho dead man was a stockholder In tho trust. JUMPS ON DOCTOR'S STOMACH Con hoy Objects to ProfesNlounl Hill In .Mnnner Which IIchiiIIn In I'll) Nleliui'N lleuth. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 25. A dispatch from Ponra City, O. T., says: Dr. I. L. Hawkins, formerly of Knox, Mo., Is dead i.t Ralston, near there. Death Is said to br duo to Cowboy Hnmm of Moody's ranch knocking him down and dancing on his stomach. Tho doctor was over CO years old and recently saved tho life of Ifninni. The trouhlo aroso over a bill for medical services. I'lllelile on (iirlntiiuiN liny, OIIEAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 23,-Jncnb Worten toduy shot nnd fatally wounud bis son. John. Werten had treated his wlfo badly nnd tho son Interfered tn pro. ten the mother Tho father drew a re volver and fired a ball Into the boy's neck Tho son Is paralyzed und will die. Wer ten surrendered. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER l orecast for Nebraska: Fair Wednesday aim inursuny Trniirrntiire nt Olimhn ) estprdn.il Hour. Ut'Ki Hour. I leg:. " n. m ir, p. in , i it. in ii u n. in 'Jtr, " ii. iii in :i p. i un N n. in in . ,,. in un i ii i s r, p. in un l n. in Ill ( p. in un II n. in Ut 7 p. iii U7 iu iii u:i n p. in ut f p. tn UM ALV0RD TRIAL BEGINS TODAY Amount of Itetlllutlmt Mnile by I)e- rnultliiK Cashier 1 Kipeeled lo lie IlrmiKhl (Int. NEW YORK, Dee. S3.-Tlin trial of Cor nelius Alvord, Jr., defaulting cashier of the First National bunk of this city, Is sot for tomorrow In tho United States district court. The umount of his defalcation was $1X10,1100. Ono of tho Interesting features of the trial and which In all probability will bo brought out by tho United States district attorney In his examination, Is tho iiniojnt of restitution of the stolen funds mado up to tins time. Tho olllccrs of tho Klrst Nn tlonal biuik huvo been reticent upon this point over slnco Alvord's arrest. The sale ..t 1. 1.. ... . ... . . . . . . in ma cuecis in jus name at .Mount Vernon amounted to very little. Where tho bank really made good part of Its loss was, It Is said, lu the turning over of Mrs. Alvord'M Jewels. Their valuo has been estimated Kt not less than $130,000 ami the story goes that they were taken to tho bank und placed In tho custody of one of tho ofllcers. who locked them up In u strong box until they could bo nppralsed and sold. I' long these gems were In tho possession of Mrs. Alvord Is not known. It Is said she has had them for three or four years, and that they were presenls from her liusband, Tho wholo story Is expected to como out beforo the prosecution closes Its case. DRUNKEN INDIAN PUNS AMUCK Three .Men Killed mill Another Wounded In Allrny lu Indian 'Territory. MUSKOGEE, 1. T Dec. 25,-John Tiger. a full-blood Indian, ut u farm on the Ar- Kansas river, two miles south of Eufauln, weni mere with his wife this afternoon. und while intoxicated mot L. il. Roper and threatened to kill him. Hoper Immedi ately struck Tlgir with a board, no further words passing. Tiger went to his buggy, got a rifle nnd camo back, but failed to find Roper. Enraged, ho pro ceeded to llro at everyone ho saw, shooting Jesso Heck through tho hips and killing hlmi shooting and killing Davo Porter, a nephew of Chief Porter, and a mover named Johnson, on his v.-ay to Missouri In a covered wagon with his family. Hud Taylor, aged IS yenrs. o boy. was shot through tho shoulder ami Is not expected to live. Tiger Immediately Jumpetl on a horso and tried to escape, but was chased three miles, when he Jumped off his horse, got behind a tree and began shooting. Deputy .Marshal Johnson, who returned the fire, struck Tiger In the arm. Tho murderer surrendered and wns brought to Eufaula. Tiger's arm will havo to bo amputated. J. Smith, who lives two mlleii south of Checotnli, heenmo Involved In a quarrel with T. Thompson over tho shooting at Eufaula nnd began shooting, Thompson being mortally wounded. TWO CARS RUN AT SCRANT0N Striker-. Succeed In rcrxiiitdliiK Muuy of the Men from Ohio lo Ite frnln from Work. SCRANTON. Pn., Dec. 25. Owing to the successful work of tho scouts of the strik ing enr meH ten of tho thirteen men brought from Syracuse, N. Y.. to take their places, were sent homo today and two others were Induced to quit nnd agree not to go back lo work. Only two cars wero run In the whole county todny. Ono of these, on which Superintendent Patterson wns motorman, ran off tho track at 11 o'clock and was so badly damaged It had to bo taken to the barn. No other car was sent to replace It and nt 1:30 tho other of tho two cars was taken In nnd housed. Thlrty-ona men arrived tonight from Now York City to tnko tho strikers' places, but seventeen quit at tho railroad station at tho solicitation of tho strikers' scouts and promised to go back to New York. They say they were recruited through adver tisements In tho papers to come to Scran ton to work on a new road and that none of them had uny Idea there wns a strike In progress here. MISS H0EL STILL MISSING llellef CriMVN In Pueblo (hut Girl l.cfl Voluntarily In Order (o llrcuk Off liupf iiiIIiik .MurrlitKc. PUEULO, Colo., Dec. 23.-Tho pollco havo tailed to unearth nny cluo to the where abouts of Magglo Iloel, the young woman who mysteriously disappeared threo days ago from her uncle's homo near this c!ty. Tho Impression Is growing that sho left of her own accord. Ono theory Is that tho girl lied to avoid fulfilling her marriage engagement, which vvaa set for two or threo months uhead. Thero Is a probability that the unknown and well dressed woman who was In that vicinity In a coach drawn by whlto horses on tho morning previous to her dlsappcaranco had somo connection with the mystery, though tho strange woman gnvo n sharp nnd repelling reply to Miss Iloel when the girl Inquired if sho could nesist her. Tho houso Is In nn Iso lated place In tho rlvor bottoms, surrounded by thickets nnd the prosenco there of a line coach and richly dressed woman Is some thing very unusunl. BRYAN IS STILL OPTIMISTIC I'lixlon Lender Declares Hint Hie I'rlu chiles of Ills Miniy-TjiUcd I'ul loMiiiir Are Immortal, LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Dec. 25. Wil liam J. Rrynn todny, wiring from Lincoln, Neb., to tho Evening Standnrd, send3 the following: "Plcnso present grcotlngs to my political friends of Leavenworth and of Kansas. Tho principles of democracy still livo and tho policies for which tho fusion forces fought will yet bo vindicated. Wo can enter tho twentieth century with the confldont bo llcf that tho people will soon return to Iho teachings of tho fathers and to tho tradi tions of tho republic." Consul Slum CiiiiiiiiIin Suicide, PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 25. W. Irving Shaw, who had been lining tho position of United States consul at Ilarranqullla, Co lombia, and who was recently appointed consul general to Singapore, committed suicide in a hotel hero today. He opened a femoral artery and slashed his throat nnd wrists with n knife. Ill health is sup posed to havo effected bis mind. Mr. Shaw was 88 years old, a natlvo of Clearfield county, Pennsylvania, Ho Is sur vived by u widow and two eons, ULTIMATUM IS ISSUED Pat Crowe Must Either Surrender or Prov His InncccBM, POLICE WATCHING SOUTH OMAHA 110 USE Impreision Gining Gronnd That Bnipeoted Mm is Hiding There. HIS ESCAPE DECLARED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE Mn tt Picifio Junction Holding Pony at a Big Figure. DEMANDS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT Much Time Wnsletl In Itntinlnp; Hoim Cities Submitted by Aiuntrnr lle leellvew. Who Are Sure They lliMe u "Tip." It is said that Mr. Cudahy has given Pat Crowo until midnight "f Tuesday to cither provo thnt he had nothing to do with tho kidnaping or surrender and that Stevo Is hero to deliver the message to him, Tho pollco will not deny that such nn ultimatum has been Issued, but thoy re fuse to glvo any details. If It Is true that an edict of this kind has gone forth It seems to Imply that tho police do not know the exact whereabouts of Pat Crowe, but the Inference also Is that. In their opinion, Pat Crowe Is In hiding some whero In Omaha or South Omaha and that he doesn't dare emerge for fear of being arrested "If this Isn't true," nsked n well known attorney, who has followed the case closely, "why should they demand his surronder? It would be ridiculous for tho pollco to de mand tho surrender of u man unless they were In a position to enforce their de mand. In my opinion they havo got Pat Crowo cornered In South Omaha, that they hnvo him In a state of siege and that thesn terms nro named beforo they closo In upon him." It Is well known that thero are certain houses In South Omaha that nro under consfnnt police surveillance night and day. but tho pollco will not admit that Pat Crowo is suspected to bo In any of them. iniblet Over I'ony. A curious complication has arisen at Pacific Junction concerning the proprietary rights In the matter of the little bay pony which It Is belleied was used by the Omaha kidnapers. Joseph Goodrich, the Burling ton engineer who now has tho animal, re fuses to permit It to be brought lo Omaha or to relinquish control of It unless he is paid $3,000, so Detective Heitfeld, who was sent down thero to bring It bnclf, was compelled to return empty-handed. An other phaso of the situation U that Mrs. Ilcrtha Muck, who lives next door, nlso claims tho pony. Sho says that not only tho bridle and saddle, but the pony ns well, wero left In her barn last Friday night nn.i ll-il Mr. (loodriru's llt.lc sun opened her barn door and lot tho pony out, ufter ward driving It Into tho Goodrich stable. Mrs. Mack adds that unless Mr. Goodrich will turn tho pony over to the Omaha po llco sho will have him arrested, charged with the theft of the animal, but thero Is a doubt us to her legal right to do this. Frank Glynn, the 14-year-old boy, who saw tho pony ridden by tho bandit who used his (Glynn's) father's telcphono Wednesday morning, has visited Pacific Junction and bus seen tho pony now being held there, but fulled to identify It. Ho says ho Is positive It Is not the pony the bandit tied In front of his father's livery stable last Wednesday morning. The po lice, however, aro disposed to think that the boy Is mistaken. Tho antmnl at Pa cific Junction certainly has nil tho general markings of tho ono which han appeared several times In tho uso of tho kidnapers. "If the pony at Pacific Junction Is not tho ono used by fho kidnapers," said Chief Donahue yesterday, "there Is certainly something crooked In Its history some where, us othcrwiso why should It bo aban doned In a private barn under such pe culiar clrcumstanres? ' The Pacific Junction pony Is described as a dark bay of uncertain breed, weight 850 pounds, S to 10 years old, whlto Btar In forehead, heavy mano nnd tall, threo whlto feet, hind feet whlto abovo tho nnklo, small lump on back mado by saddlo, nerv ous nbout head and cars, four fect shod, front shoes with sldo nud end corks. Tho saddlo Is of the kind known na tho cow boy's saddlo und Is worn, but In good condi tion nnd Is titled with a doublo girth. Upon tho left stirrup is enrved tho letter "J" with a Jackknlfo. Tho number "201" Is pressed Into tho leather Haps. Mr. Greevy Smv Hie Aiiliniil. Ono of tl-o persons who will bo comp; tent to pass upon tho Identity of tho pony nnd upon tho identity of tho slender bandit with tho long, blonde mustache as well, Is M. J. Orcuvy, whoso numo has not here tofore appeared In this case. Mr. Orccvr, manager of tho Lemon Gold Mining com pnuy, hns this to say on tho subject: "On tho uftcrnon of Saturday, Decembor 15, I Baw a man who answers the descrip tion of the llght-compkxlnned bandit, rid ing a pony which answers tho description of tho one now held at Pacific Junction. I left my homo nt Twenty-eighth nnd Hick ory streets to go to tho branch postofllco at tho northeast corner of Hanscom park, when I saw a man who boro n striking re semblance to Pat Crowo como out of ono of the neighboring stores nnd mount a bay pony with a whlto star in its fore head. O' course thnt was beforo tho kid naping and nt Unit tlmo I had no apodal Interest In Pat Crowo, but my attention wns attracted to both him and his mount by tho fact thnt tho uultnal shied and nlmost threw turn to tho ground as hi was In the net of vaulting Into the sad dle, I wntched him as ho rodo nway and observed that lnatond of following tho paved street ho struck through tho park, taking a westerly course. I thought time odd, and nfter nil this talk nbout light comploxloncd bandits and bay ponies I havo often thought thnt this might havo been tho man and this tho pony for which tho pollco nro now- looking. I could rccog nlzo either tho horso or tho rider If I should over see thorn upaln." Mr. flreevy may go to Pacific Junction to seo the pony nnd attempt to Identify her. CERTAIN HE IS IN ST. JOSEPH Polleeninti lu Unit City Snyn llo TulUeil tilth Pill Crime Mon day Afternoon, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 26. (Spcalnl Tele gram.) Pat Ctowe. tho much-wanted man, Is lu hiding In this city nnd tho wholo pollco nud deteitlvo force Is hunting him, Crowo Is u frequent visitor to this city, whero ho hns mnny and Influential friends, und Ii, Is from tho lutter fact that bis cup-