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SETTLE WITH BRITAIN
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EFFORTS AT TREATY SOON TO BE MADE
CanatMu Bordir flrinrg Us Maaj PripUx
iig MatUn.
WARSHIPS ON GREAT LAKES AMONG THEM
Atlantic rithoriei aid Aliskai Baundarj
Inolmded.
HAY AND PAUNCEFOTE TO GET TOGETHER
Now Hint tin- ('limit (locution In (Hit
nf tin- Way ii Mine Will II.- Miulc
for it YiiiiWcc'-Cmiiiillnn Cnm-
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.--It In expected
that efforts will lio renewed before long for
thu settlement of the numerous controvcr
Bleu, which havo long existed between
thn United Slates and Oront Hrltnln, grow,
ing out of relations along tho Cnnadlnn
border, tho Atlnntle fisheries, war ships
on the Orc.it Lake, tho Alaskan boundary
end other questions. Ilcrntoforo, the ne
gotiations designed to sccuro a settlement
of the matters recited have not proved ef
fective, largely because of the cumbersome
machinery of negotiations, and thin ban led
to n belief that much morn could be ac
complished by direct negotiation between
Secretary Hay and Lord Paunrefoto on tho
main points, and tho subsequent iisscmbllng
of u commission representing tho United
States, Great llrltaln and Canada, to glvo
form to tho basin of the agreement ron
dried. Tho Ilrlllnli authorities have expected for
rome tlmo that when tho Uthmlan' canal
treaty was once disposed of, there would
tie a renown! of efforts to adjust tho
Alaskan boundary and other pending ques
tions, the canal treaty being regarded as
one of many ponding Unties. Now, that
the, Hrltlsh government has yielded the
Cluyton-Hulwor treaty and other points In
the Isthmian negotiation, It desires to take
lip sime of tho other questions. In which
Important Interests ore Involved. I,ord
Panucefoto dosiris to clear up all pending
differences and have "a clean slate" be
fore his present term as ambassador comes
to a closo.
I'nur Great Innnrn.
When he came to Washington thcro were"
four great Issues between the two govern
ments. The first of these was tho Ilerlng
ea controversy, which bad reached an acute,
stage. Plplomacy disposed of this Issue.
The second Issuo was over Venezuela,
which, like the sent question, at one tlmo
threatened war. Hut tho efforts of dip
lomacy were ngaln successful In nvertlng
trouhlo and bringing nbout a settlement.
Tho third Important Issue was on tho Isth
mian rnnht, whtt;'i hu.obeen satisfactorily
disposed of by the recent Hay-Paunccfote
treaty. This leaves only one Issuo remain
ing In order to bring about the "clenn
lato," namely, the border controversy, both
ns to Canada and Alaska. '
Tl.e Iliitloh olllclHls usually link these
various boundary controversies together, ns
thoy arc more or less connected. At pres
ent, a modus Vivendi exists ns ttf tho Alas
kan boundary, chiefly for the purpose of
avoiding a clafh along tho border and hold
ing eneh side In check until a final boun-t
dary Is determined upon. It seems to be
conceded on both sides that the modus can
not bo carried on Indefinitely nnd that
rooner or Inter the main question of es
tablishing a permanent boundnry must be
settled.
Lord Lnnsdowno-s desire to take up the
question was expressed clearly In his note
to Seeiotary liny last spring, when the
H"itlf.h government declined to accept the
senate amendment to the first Ilny-Pnunco-foto
trenty.
i.miiviIim' nr itMiti i;noit.
Recently, Lord Landowno again Ins ex
pressed In speeches the need of taking up
the Alaskan boundnry question. Those dec
larations by the bend of the Hrltlsh foreign
service, together with the well known wish
of Lord I'auucefole to clear away all pend
ing difference between the two govern
ments, doubtlcin will lead In the formal
exchanges neccsfcary to an adjustment. Just
what steps will be adopted are not disclosed,
but It seems likely that direct negotiations
nnd tho subsequent assembling of a com
m'.islon will commend Itself to tho partleo
concerned as tho most feasible procedure.
Tho border Ikbuos. outside) of that relat
ing to Alaska, nro those which long have
existed and have created moco or less
friction, The Joint high commission, which
assembled some two year, practically dis
posed of these lesser Issues, but tho dead
lock on Alaska prevented a treaty covering
thrso nnd other points of agreement.
With the disposal of tho Alaskan boun
dary, therefore. It Is felt that the way
would be clear to dlaposo of tho other
controversies.
The reciprocity question, which Is among
those formerly considered, Is not likely to
be tnken up In this connection, as Canada
desires to mnko It tho subject of separate
negotiation.
Tho Atlantic fisheries also may be tho
subject of separate negotiations.
EXPECTS PEACEFUL SOLUTION
riilleiin Clinrm In WnslilnKoii I.ooUn
for .o War ulth Arfteiitlne Over
Prcucnt DlHpiile,
WASIUNOTON, Dec. 2!I.-Advlces ro
eclved by Scnor Infante, the Chilean
charge, today confirmed tho news nlroady
published that the Argentine minister nt
Santlngo had Informed tho Chilean minis
ter of foreign affairs that Argontlne could
not .accept nil tho terms of tho protocol
heretofore signed for tho settlement of tho
dispute, and that Bmo changes would bo
necessary In tho Instrument. Senor In
fante's Information from his government Is
that thero Is no truth whatever In the
statement that a change was made In tho
protocol by the Chilean minister of for
eign affairs, but on tho contrary that It
ft'tts published as agreed upon by tho rep
resentatives of the two governments.
The belief here Is that no understanding
has been made on tho Chilean government
for a change In tho terras of tho protocol,
but the only action has been one of a con
ciliatory talk at Santiago.
Mr. Infante continues to express his firm
conviction that thcro will bo no war be
causo of tho present misunderstanding.
The government of Chile, he says, has been
conducting the negotiations In nn amicable
manmtr, and ho confidently looks for a
peaceful solution of tho difficulty,
TO MEET THE CHINESE COURT
Part) of Mnnehii Prlhfcn .Set forth
to Welcome Itonl Itctiim
to Pel. In.
f, IN. Dec 29. A parly of Mnnchu
Including Prince Su, collector of
tn oods entering Pekln, started
S.'itll. -;t tho Chlneso court. Prince
Su Into, .rove his claim to be sent
ns an env. .o Oreat llrltaln -on tho oc
casion of the' coronation of King Edward.
Tho downger empress has been making
vigorous efforts to assert herself before tho
Chlneso populace with a view of retrieving
the prestige lost by her during the last
few years.
The pr?gram for tho court's return to
Pekln provides that tho emperor shall pre
rede the downger empress to this city, .In
order that he may be enabled to meet tho
dowager empress with great honors nt tho
station when sbo arrives.
PEKIN. Dec. 20. Tho ministers of tho
foreign powers at Peklu have agreed that
when the Chinese court returns here, If
they are merely Invited to dine with the
Tsung LI 'Yaincn as heretofore. Instead of
with the Chinese emperor In the palace, as
was recently stated, they will all refuse
the Invitation.
Two thousand additional Chinese troops
entered Pekln Friday.
The Austrlans have mounted two large
guns upon the fortifications surrounding
their legation. Thn other foreign legations
keop their guns concealed. Although tho
Hrltlsh ore well supplied with artillery nnd
the Germans can occasionally he seen drill
ing on their glacis with field and rapid fire
guns, the Americans, who hold tho crucial
position nt the Cham-Men gnte, aro not
supplied with artillery.
With the approval of American Minister
Conger. Major Robertson of the Ninth In
fantry, commanding the legation guard, ap
plied to the War department for two guns.
This application was refused, becauso when
tho department consulted with Mr. Itock
bl II. special commissioner of tho United
States hero, on the matter, the latter re
plied that artillery was not needed nnd
that Its ptesenro would bo harmful.
At New Chwang thn Ittisslnns havo se
cured control of tho telegraphs nnd cables.
This action on the part of Russia Is cnus
Ing disputes between that country and the
foreign consuls nt New Chwang.
LOOKS INTO COAL RESOURCES
Ito j nl Cnnimlnnlmi A iijioliiteil (o In
quire Into Male of Kxlianntlon
of II r 1 1 ii ii I I'leltl.
LONDON, Dec. 20. A royal commission
linn been appointed to inquire Into tho coal
resources of Oreat llrltaln. The questions
to be covered by tho commission's Inquiries
will Include tho rntc of possible exhaustion
of Hrltlsh ronl fields, tho effect of tho ex
port of coal on' the homo supply, the pos
sibility of a reduction in its cost by cheaper
trnuspertntlon and whether the coal min
ing Industry of Oreat Britain under tho ex
isting conditions Is maintaining Its com
petitive power with foreign coal fields, etc.
Tho commission Is composed of seventeen
members and Includes the chairmen of
railroad companies, the heads of big col
liery companies nnd prominent engineers
and geologists, nod William Lnwles Jackson
M. P., chairman of thd" Orea't" N'SfThWn
Hallway company Is president of tho com
mission. A similar commission was appointed In
ISKi, and In 1871 delivered nn opinion to tho
effect that the supply of coal to the depth
! of 1.000 feet was 90,20!,000.O00 tons. It Is
estimated (hat during the thirty years from
180 io 1000 Incluslvo the Hrltlsh output of
coal vab 5,025.000,000 tons, a roto of ex
haustion far In excess of that asrumed by
the royal commission and duo to the enor
mous Increase of exports. If this rate -of
I ,1mll,lln tfin mitt, tit I tt tttltt. I'flflM Vl n tttdltt.
tt.,,J(,,l(, III! IJII.II. ,.. ,... I.J JV.I..J ,,.-
talned the end of the present century will
sec the exhaustion of Oreat Britain's coal
ilelds.
CONGER INTRODUCES WOMEN
Minister from Iiiimi Ili-i'itU ltnin All
Soelal llnrrlirt 1IM.
America nail China.
P12KIN, Dec. 2i. A considerable sensa
tion has been caused lu Chlneso olllclal cir
cles by ii dinner given at his residence by
United States Minister Conger, and which
was attended by the lending olllcials of the
Chlneso foreign office. Among the officials
present wero Ma Ting, a former Hoxer
lender, nnd Wang Wen Sunn, one of tho
Chinese plenipotentiaries, Tho dinner was
attended by several American women.
I'ormerly It was the custom for prominent
Chinese officials never to enter a foreign
legation, excejit upon tho most formal oc
casions, while the meeting of foreign women
socially would havo been considered de
grading, as would the nssoelatlon with
Chinese women upon tho samo footing. This
event is significant of the progressive ten
dency of today, which has receutly been
manifested In many ways.
COLOMBIAN "GUNBOAT ACTIVE
Cnrrlro 'I'i'iiiiiih to lli'lnfori'i- (ieaernl
C'anlro In (lie la
leiliir. COLON. Colombia. Dee. 2fl (Via Onlves
ton) The Colomblnn gunboat Hoyaca left
Panama early this morning, carrying troops
to reinforce Oencrnl Castro In tho Interior.
The Colombian gunboat Oenoral Plnzon Is
expected here soon with GOO men from Har
ran'qtillln. It will return Immediately to
bring more men from that port. General
Carlos Alban Is confident the Colombian
government Is able to defeat tho revolu
tionists, notwithstanding the help he al
leges they havo received from Salvador.
TWENTY MISSED AFTER STORM
.Not a Ventlge of limine Is Left nnd
All Iln Oi't'iipimtK III,
nppriir,
VANCOUVER. II. C, Dec. 23. Tvvonty
Japanese nre missing from Steveston and
aro supposed to have been killed or
drowned In the destruction of a Japanese
house between Steveston and Point Roberts,
Thursday morning. Tho house stood out
on polos nnd not n vestige of tho structure
rcmalus, The place was two miles from
Steveston, and It wns Impossible to reach
It during the storm.
PRISONERS ARE LIBERATED
llrltlnh Soldier Cnpturril liy Hurra
nt .erfonlelii llrliirn to
Met lilrhr in.
LONDON, Dec. 20. The War office has
received n dispatch from Lord Kttchoner,
dated Johannesburg, saying that tho Hrlt
iBh prlsonsrs captured when tho noora suc
cessfully rushed Colonel Firman's camp at
Zeefouteln, December 21, have been lib
erated and returned to Uethlohcm.
PRESIDENT'S NOTE TO SHAW
Ragardi ai Fiaal 0Tirnor'i Acciptaio t
Allison.
INVITES HIM TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON
'iitiire Srerclnry of Trrnnnry Will
.MuUc it Tcn-Ilii) s' Trip Ilrforn
1'renriilliiK llleniital to
I.eKlxlatiire.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE8 MOINKS. Dec. 2!". (Special Tele
gram.) Oovernor Shaw this evening re
ceived the expected letter from President
Roosevelt. Tho letter Is not exactly n for
mal tender of the position of secretary of
the lrMsury to the governor, but rather
assume that the tender was formally made
on behalf of tho president by Senator Alli
son. This hail not been tho understand
ing of tho governor, but Is satisfactory, ai
It Is clear to Governor Shaw thot tho presi
dent intended the offer by Allison to bo
nnal If accepted, and It was accepted by
tho governor at the time.
President Roosevelt expressed to tho
governor his regard for him In pleasant lan
guage, makes tho wish that their ofllclal re
lations may be cordlnl. ami Invites him to
Wnshlngton for n conference nt tho con
venience of the governor, lio will there
fore go to Washington, starting New
Year's day, to bo gone probably ten days,
lie can do this and be back In time to pre
sent his biennial messnge to tho legislature.
Ho will completo the message In tho next
few days anil bo ready to take up bis now
duties nR soon as he can get settled In
Washington.
Tliomn AIM!"'"' AppnliiltiiPiit.
STORM LAKE, Ia Dec. 20. (Special.)
Congressmnn Thomns, nsked what ho
thought of tho appointment of Oovernor
Shaw to the treasury fortfollo, said: "I
am highly pleased with the appointment.
Oovernor Shaw Is n strong man, safe and
conscrvtitlve. Knowing no wo do his pro
nounced views on tho money question, wo
cannot bo mistaken ns to what his policy
will be."
Judgo Thomas haa not settled the Sioux
City postofflce matter, and has not Inti
mated whom ho will recommend for tho
position,
DENMARK SLOW TO CLOSE DEAL
Oovoriinionl Slum ImilillKy
Ili-lK'll I)rtiriiilnnloii for Sale
of 'Wont Inillo.
WASIUNOTON, Dec. 2A. There have
been no recent developments of Importance
In the matter nt tho proposed sale of the
Danish West Indies to this government, ne
gotiations for which at various times hnvo
been carried on between the United States
and Denmark. The United States has de
fined Its position very clearly us to tho
terms under which it will purchaso tho
Islands, but apparently through the Inability
of tho Danish government to reach a de
termination to closo tho deal, tho negotia
tions so fnr hnvo failed of conclusion. If
any request looking to an arrangement for
a" plebiscite is in contemplation by tho Co
penhagen government Its wishes In this
respect havo not yet been communicated
to the State department.
WHEN ALFONSO COMES OF AGE
lion, .1 I,. M. Curry Wilt Onielnlly llcp-n-Hi'iit
I'liltril Ml ll ten lit
KcMlv itl.-K.
WASIUNOTON. c. 20. Hon. J. L. M.
Curry of this city has boon selected by tho
president to represent tho United States nt
Madrid on the occasion of the coming of
nge of tho young king. Alfonso XIII, May
17. Dr. Curry was United States mlnlstor
to Spain ISS5 to 1880, tho first administra
tion of P-esIdent Cleveland. He was pres
ent In his olllclal capacity at the palace
when the king made his advent Into tho
world. Mrs. Curry will accompnny him.
CONDITION MORE CRITICAL
(it'licrnl St-niiiniiH I'iiIIh Io Itenponil lo
Mi'illelai- Administered to
lllin.
WASIUNOTON, Dec. 20. Tho condition
of Adjutant Ocneral Scamann of California,
who haa been 111 boro for over two weeks,
Is very critical tonight. He falls to ro
spoud to the medicines given to him.
BAPTISTS EXPEL MINISTER
Church Council SiimiciicIk Heath for
tllciwill.v rciirlllT Divorce
from Ills Wife
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20 Rev. Jnmcs A.
Hentb. who Islleged to hnve Illegally se
cured a divorce from his wife In New York
In order to matry a Kansas City woman,
was deposed from the ministry and oxpolled
from thn Calvnry Baptist church at a meet
ing of the congregation today. The coun
cil of eight Baptist proaehcrs lo whom tho
matter wns referred December 17 made Its
report, finding Heath guilty on threo
chnrgrs, and tho report was unanimously
ndopled by tho congregation. Tho action
of the church not only excludes him from
the pulpit, but withdraws thn hand of fel
lowship from him as a member. Heath was
formerly pastor of tho Haptlst rhurch at
Castile, N. Y.. where his wife und children
now reside. Rov. Charles A. Merrill, the
present pastor of tho church at Castile,
camo hore and assisted, In collecting evi
dence against his predecessor.
COMPANION T0 LAFAYETTE
('antliiK of limine In HcKiin on the
Stiitur of A tl in I rill no.
clin nilicau,
PARIS, Dec. 20. M. Hanard, sculptor,
has Just completed tho model of tho statuo
of tho French marshal, Rochnmbeau, to bo
presented to Wnshlngton, D, C. ns a com
panion to tho statue of Lafnyetto. Tho
work of casting tho bjnnzo will bo com
menced this week. It Is hoped tho finished
statue will bo reody to send to the United
States next April.
MARCONI ENROUTE TO OTTAWA
Goen to Tlinnk Ciiiuiillnn Government
(iniclnln fnr the AUtnitcr
Offered to lllm.
MONTREAL, Dec. 29. Slgnor Marconi
arrived bora today. He Is enrouto to Ot
tawa, whither he Is going to consult the
Canadian government and to thank tho offi
cials for tho assistance offered to him.
Movement,, of Ocean Vi-hscl lire, -I),
At New York-Arrived: St. Paul, from
Houthamutou.
PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY RAIN
Itnilronil Trnckn, IlrlilKC niiil .Many
. neltliiK An tin-
ilnnar red.
LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 20. A henvy rain
fall has pen continuous In this section slnco
last evening. All the streams In tho county
aro swollen greatly beyond their volume
and the CnneHtnitn nrnrtt linn nvnrftnwril
lt banks to nn extent unknown In recent !
yenrs. The brldgo crossing this stream nt
Knglcsldo Is threatened with destruction
nnd traffic on tho Lancaster-Strnsburg rail
way, of which tho bridge Is n link, hns been
suspended. Tho bridge has begun to movo
and It la expected will wash away. It was
erected seventy-fivo years ngo.
High water at tho plant of the Lancaster
nicctrle Light company nt Rockblll, on tho
Concstnga, affected the system and tho
streets nre In darkness tonight. The Sus
quehanna river is rising rapidly.
At Safe Harbor, vvhero the Concstnga
empties, tho rise Is at tho rate of six
Inches nn hour. Tho tracks of the Port
Deposit & Columbia railroad nt this point
nre submerged and much npprchnnslon U
felt for property on low lying ground.
At Hald Friar, farther down the river, n
Inndslldc hns occurred, covering tho trncks
at Columbia and Marietta.
WATERS REACHFL00D STAGE
Hcivy Union at I'ltlnhnri,' ami Vicinity
Can Ac Itlvcr lo
II Inc.
PITTSHURO. Dec. 20. Heavy rains for
thirty-six hours hero and at all headwater
points on both rivers has produced a condi
tion which will result In what may be
called a flood stngo In the Ohio river by
tomorrow when a rlso of at least twenty
feet Is predicted. Timely warning by the
weather bureau will lis tho means of sav
ing much property, and only temporary In
convenience Is expected by Interests along
tho river fronts. At midnight tho mark
at Davis Island dam showed fourteen foet
and rising nt tho rate of four-tenths of a
foot an hour. Hoth tho Allegheny and Mo
nougaheln nro still rising.
DISCOVERS MUCH WRECKAGE
l.nrnc Amount of Hunt DrlirU I'outiil
on Itcacli South of Capo
Flndcry,
PORT TOWNSKND. Wash., Dec. 20. Ad
vices from Neah Hay say that a largo
nmount of wreckage Is being found on tho
beach south of Cape Flattery, among which
Is a broken rovvboat, several oars nnd life
preservers, broken doors and a quantity of
boards, probably belonging to the deck1
house of somo vessel. Somo bedding was
nlsj found on various parts of tho beach.
From Information at hand no clew Is fur
nished by theso findings, though It Is
thought the wreckage was part of tho collier
Mattnwnn.
Southern It a 1 1 way AlinmlniiN Tralnn.
NASHVILLK. Tenn.. Dec, 39. Incessant
rains for tho last forty-eight hours through
out eastern Tennessee threaten to do more
damngo to property than the iHsastrouq
flood of last May, when ftV llve 'wiVo
lost nnd fully $2,000,000 damage dono to
railroad and farming property. Tho South
ern railway has annulled nil trains between
this city and Ashovllio, N. C, owing to
water-covered nnd perhaps badly washed
tracks between Newport und Rankin. All
through t rattle and mall will bo handled
over tho Norfolk & Western. It will bo
Impossible for tho Southern to handle
trains enst via Ashovllio until late tomor
row at least, and possibly longer, for rain
Is Htlll falling.
The Tennessee river Is Hearing thn thirty
foot mark at this point, with Indications
that It will reach forty, feet and do heavy
damage.
I'looil AVnrnliiKN In Tcnncnncc.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Dec. 20. Heavy
rains over tho entire upper basin of the
Tennessee river will producq a flood. The
weather bureau predicts that tho river wilt
pass tho danger lino here by noon tomor
row. Flood warnings wero sent from here
this morning to Knoxvllle nnd Kingston and
over tho lower river ns far as Pndticali, Ky.
FUNERAL OF NELL CR0PSEY
Wilcox Ahnolntfly llefunpn to Sny
Anytliliiir Kckiii'iIIiik; III" Knnvr
IciIkc of llrr Itcntli.
KLIZAHKTH CITY, N. C. Doc. 20. Fu
neral services over tho body of Miss Nelllo
Cropsey, whose remains were discovered In
tho Pasquotank river after a search lasting
several weeks, wero held In tho Methodist
church hero today.
At tho conclusion of tho EorvlccB tho
body was placed In tho Sunday school room
and later will bo taken by Andrew O. C.op.
soy, uncle of tho girl, to Hrooklyn for
burial. Tho citizen's committee Investigat
ing tho nffnlr, acted as pall bearers today,
Thn Inl! In M'Mnl, Vrtnnc W'llnw ixlin a
arrested for alleged participation In tll0
1
Bins uentn, hps only n stone's throw
from the church. The guards wero with
drawn from tho Jail today nnd permitted to
go home. Public Hcntlmnnt Is strong ngalnst
Wilcox, but thero Is less talk of lynching
and somo of the ministers today took oc
casion In their sermons to advise against
mob violence.
Wilcox absolutely refuses under ndvlco of
his attorney to say anything regarding his
case. Ho asserts that the first ntatement
made by him covers all (ho knows of tho
mntter. His offenso Is not bailable In this
state. It Is belloved ho will vvalvn nn ex
amination nnd permit his case to go dlroct
to tho grand Jury' next March. H. V. Tur
ner, n member of the citizen's commltteo
nssorted today, that they havo sufficient
evidence to counuct Wilcox with tho crime.
NORTHWEST RAILROAD PLANS
(iovernorn Hnve i .Set Program
Govern Their Conference
In llele-nn.
lo
HELENA. Mont.. Dec. 29. There Is no
set program to govern tho conference of
tho northwestern- governors hero tomorrow
on tho merging of tho Northern Paclflo,
Great Northern and Ilurllngton. No chief
executives of other states aro expected un
til tomorrow morning. The only arrange
ments that have been mnde aro In a social
way. Tho vUltors will bo given n state
dinner either Monday or Tuesday evening.
APPOINTS THE INSPECTORS
Cannilu ainen Veterinary Uiamluern
fnr Shipping I'olutn of
I'nllcil SllltCH.
OTTAWA, Dec. 29. The Dominion gov
ernment has appointed veterinary Inspect
ors for shipping points between tho United
Statcn and Canada after a recont agreement
between tbo two countries.
FILM SPREADS OYER OHIO
rrakir-Haaia Cantut Iayadei Factional
Giiclti i ll Ortr ItaU.
PRINCIPALS KEPT BUSY TELEPHONING
'"""" ."tnleni.-nl Henoniu-
Inn an I'aNcyltic Humor Hint lie
Said 'I'll I nun to I'rrntdcnt
l'rejiullcal to llaunn.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 20. The contest nt
Columbus this week between the followers
of Senator I'ornker nnd Senator Hnuna over
tho organization of tho legislature has ex
tended to factional circles elsewhere In tho
state. While the members of the legisla
ture and candidates aro fighting at Colum
bus, tho principals nre kept busy at long
lUtancu telephones, notably Senator Kora
kor and Oeorgo II. Cox In Cincinnati, Sena
tor Hantin In Washington, Congressman
Dick, cnuirman of the stnto exceutlvo com
mittee, nnd other republican leaders.
Senator Foraker Is being visited hero by
many leaders nnd members of tho legis
lature. Today ho mado tho folloivlug state
ment: The story published from New York that
I spoke to the president In n derogatory
manner of Senator Hnnuii and that tho
pieHUIuut communicated the same to Sena
tor Ilnnnn und told him to be on his guard
lest ho have iroublo to maintain Ills lender
ship In Ohio politics, Is an unqualified false
hood from beginning to end. I never bad
uny such tulk with the president nnd It Is
not credltnble to blm to suppose that be
would have retold It to Senator Hauim If
1 bad. This story Is but a sample of many
others uppe.irlng In newspapers und being
peddled nbout from mouth to mouth for
mischievous purposes.
Most of tho republican members this yenr
arc serving their first terms and according
to precedent they nre expected to bo mem
bers of tho next legislature, which electa
Senator Hanna's successor two years hence.
OrKnalct! AualiiNt llaiiiiii,
While there Is no opposition to the re
election of Sonator Foraker two weeks
from now It Is claimed there Is an organ
ized tt.ovement io defeat Senntor Hanna
two years later. As tho presiding officers
In the appointments of committees and
other functions have great Influence, tho
friends of both senators aro necking to
control thoso positions as well as all other
offices, Including the clerkships, Bergeant-nt-arms,
etc.
The Hanna men admit thoy nro working
for tCHtilts two years hence and charge
that thero is "a conspiracy to retire
Hanna."
In former years there wero contestn be
tween the Shermen and the Foraker fac
tions and later between tho McKlnley nnd
the Foraker factions, but nono of thn for
mer factional tights approached the present
contest In general Interest. Thero ure sep
arate Foraker nnd Hannn tickets subject to
tho senato nnd house caucuses next Satur
day. Charles Kerks, formerly secretary to
Foraker as governor, and Inter chairman of
tho stnto committee, leada tho antl-Hannn
forces, and John P. Maloy, tho present sec
retary of tho stato committee and attito oil
Inspector under Governor Nnsh, leads thn
Hanua forces. Hoth sides, claim "n suro
thing," and Hioks A!nlmfr andniunlivlciljim,
are expected to continue during tho week.
Tho democratic mluorlty presents n sceno
of harmony. Colonel James KUbourne, re
cently the democratic candidate for gov
ernor, yesterday notified tho members from
his county not to present his rtntno to tho
democratic Joint caucus for their nomina
tion fnr United Stntes senator. This leaves
Hon. Chnrles W. Hakcr of Cincinnati with
out opposition tor tho democratic senatorial
nomination.
POLICE FIND IMPORTANT CLUE
Ulncoirr lleviilver .Siipponcil to llnvc
Hern I'ncil In Mnrilcr of
.In me II. liny.
SALT LAKR. Dec. 20. With tho finding
of tho 38-callbor rcvolvor not far from
tho scene of tho crime, tho polico of this
city havo In their possession what Is be
lieved to bo tho last element necessary to
clear up thn mystery of Jnmcs R. Hny's
murder on the night of December IS. Tho
weapon was found burled In tho mud near
tho corner near Thirteenth South nnd Stnto
street, and has been traced by the polico
to tho second-hand store, where It was
bought a short tlmo hefore the murder, ac
cording to tho police, by n man nnswerlng
thu description of Peter Mortensen, who Is
being held on tho charge of hnvlng com
mitted tho crime.
Mortensen continued to nfllrm his Inno
cenco and positively denies nil knowledge
of tho affair. Hay hail been missing for
two days before his body was found burled
In a trench, nnd It was reported that ho
! had absconded with $.1,500 In gold, which
was alleged to havo been paid blm as sec
retary of tho Pacific Labor company by
Peter Mortensen, a contractor. Telograms
wero sent to the pollro of various cities'
asking thorn to watch for Hay. The find-
Ing of the body wdth a bullet In the brain
(vp.inrml ii ennnntlnn In thin rltw Unv h nt
created u sensation In this city, Hay being
it promlnant and well known young man.
Tho whole affair was surrounded with mys
tory, but suspicion finally centered about
Mortensen. tho body being found not far
from his residence, and ho wns placed un
der nrrest. Nothing has been found of tho
missing $3,500.
TAKES D0SIE OF ARSENIC
YoillllC .Man I'oinonn lllmnelf lle
catiNc Woman Spurn 1 1 1 n
Null.
ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 29. Robert McElfrosh,
recontly of Chicago, a clerk employed by
Swift nnd Company, died In a cell nt the
city Jail today. Death was duo to arsenic
poisoning. The poison was taken during
tho morning. McElfrcfdi wns taken to Jail
In tho afternoon on tho charge of carrying
concealed weapons. Ho was 111 n't tho time,
but It was not thought that ho was In n
serious condition. He complained of be(ng
very sick and Jailer Thomas sent for phy
sicians. Heforo they arrived McElfrrah was
dead. He was deeply In love with a young
woman ho mot two weeks ago and It, Is be
lieved that ho took poison beeauso she
spurned his suit.
STATE SUES COMbTnATIONS
.South Carolina ClmrKcn Chemical
Coiapiiny with II el nit Trunt
anil Monopoly.
COLUMBIA, S. C, Dec. 23. Tho stato of
South Carolina, through lt attorney gen
eral, Duncan Helllnger, has begun suit
against tho Vlrglula-Carollna Chemical
company, charging It with being a trust and
monopoly. Undor tho samo act thot thU
suit Is brought, six of tho largo South Car
olina phosphate companies that havo been
purchased by tho Virginia-Carolina Chem
ical company, urv sued In tho tamo action.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
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MAY BE ABSCONDING CASHIER
Mini I'oiinil iv ltd Throat Cut In Pull
man I.ooUn I, Ike Mlnnltm Hanker
from California.
CHICAGO. Dec. 20. Attempts to estnb
11 all the Identity of a man who was found
In Pullman with his throat cut last Mon
day morning hnvo led tho police to bellevo
that tho sulcldo may be Henry J. l'lelsh
lunn, nbscondlng cashier of tho Farmers'
and Merchants' bank of Los Angeles, Cnl.,
who disappeared December 7 with 100,000
of the bank's money. The description of
tho dead man tallies with that of Flolxhmnti
lu every respect except one, that of ago.
Persons who have viewed tho remains be
llovo It to bo that of n mnn between 25 nnd
30 yenrs.
A man who claimed to know Flelshmnn
tailed at the morgue, and expressed tho
opinion that tho body was not that of tho
banker. Ho ngreed that tho resemblanco
was very strong, but snld ho thought tho
suicide a younger man than Fleishman.
The body waB found early Monday morning
In the street nt One Hundred nnd Fifteenth
street ntid Watt avenuo by two teamsters.
Tho throat was cut nnd a razor lay nearby.
HEADS 0FFPRIS0N PLOT
Wnrilcn of Lcn v en vv orlli I'rnltcntliiry
lllncovcrn Plan to Murder
anil ICncnpe,
LKAVKNWORTH, Kan.. Dec. 20. Warden
McClaughey of the United Slates peniten
tiary headed off a plot yesterday, planned
by five of tho convict mutineers of Novem
ber 7, which embraced tho pocslblo death
of Deputy Warden Frank Lemon nnd n
guard. It. G. Drown, the capture of thu
guard's nrmory nnd another delivery of
prisoners.
Tho ringleader In the plot Is Gilbert Mul
Hns. who held up nnd disarmed Sheriff Cook
r.nd piirt of the Topckn police force. Frank
Thompson, tho big negro, Frederick Robin
son, Hob Clark and Turner Hamcu wero
tho other four. The plot wns exposed by
n fellow convict, who overheard tho mu
tineers! talking.
Mulllns had obtained a file and another
convict a case knife. It was planned to
filo off tho shackles and on Saturday, when
four convict barbers camo to shavo the
prltoners In tho stonebrcaklng shed, tho
razors wero to bo seized nnd tho guards
rushed.
WHOLE TOWN QUARANTINED
.Smallpox Itrxolln In Imitation of
MqilWmi, 111., on (ho I'urt
of (Muer'fHlcn.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20. Hecauso of tho nl
legcd prevalence of smallpox In Madison,
111., tho city council of Ornnlte City, nt
a special mooting, has declared a quaran
tine against the neighboring town and au
thorized tho employment of gunrd to en
force It. Tho council has oppealc 'o the
state authorities, and expects the : Ma to
bo called on lo mako tho qiiarautluo se
cure. Tho Terminal railroad has abandoned the
servlco between Madison and Granite City,
the Trl-Clty street cars run only to the
outskirts of the latter town, nnd all pas
sengers who get off tho cars must prove to'
tho satisfaction of the Granite City guards
that they did not como from Madison.
As a result of the quarantine thero Is
much excitement In Madison, which Is a
town of about 7.000 population.
APARTMENT BUILDING BURNS
I'Mri- Spri'iuln Itaplilly nntl Twenty
Flimillf n llnrely Icilte with
Their I. Ives.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. A Christmas tree
j loaded with Inflammable ornaments nnd
I candles caused a fire tonight that deKtroycd
. tho Alexander apartment building, n slx
' story structure, comer of Howen avenuo
I ami Cottage Orovo avenuo. Tho loss will
exceed $100,000.
Twenty families lived In thn building
nnd the tinmen spread so rapidly tb'ut a
score of persona bnrely escaped with their
lives. Thero was only ono stairway In the
building anil escape by that avenue wus
cut off by tho flames and smoke. When thn
firemen reached tho scene, thn frightened
occupants were hanging to window ledges
nnd tho liro csrnpei. ladders worn raised
im fast as possible, but Hoveral of the
j tenants wero painfully burned before they
1 wero rescued.
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES MEET
ItcprcHcntiitlYcn of Triilnmrii nntl
Conilnclorn of Ihr llnrlliiKlon
,1111111 Healed Sennlnii,
ST. JOSEPH, Doc 29. Tho grievance
committees of tho Hrotherhod of Railway
Trainmen and tho Order of Railway Con
ductors of tho entire Jlurllngton system nro
In session here. Tho Trainmen elected these
oillcers: J. P. Strlcklcr. Oalesburg, 111.,
chairman: T. Y. Thlehoff, Hannibal, Mo.,
vice chairman! E. J. Hcnjumln, McCook,
Neb., secretary. Now oillcers of tho con
ductors nro: O. N. Marshall, Oalesburg,
chairman; W. F. Thlehoff, Cameron, Mo.,
vlco chnlrman; J. I). Pennington, Wymoro,
Nob., tecrotary. Tbo committees aro hold
ing long and animated sessions. Tho prin
cipal tioublo is alleged to havo como from
tho brnkeinen, who are dissatisfied with tho
present schedule.
WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED
I, can Viniiiir Demi of .ShnekliiK Wound
anil (ictirKC (irlltlile Held
for Crime.
STOCKTON. Gal.. Doc. 29. A woman
known an Lena Young, was murdered today
In her apartments at a lodging hotmo In this
city, and Oeorgo Grlbhlo is In Jail, charged
with tho crime. Sho claimed to bo Orlbblo's
wife, Grlbblo wos found In tho hallway of
tho house vvhero they both lived, with face
and hands covered with blood. He declared
that the woman had como homo badly
beaten nnd that ho put her to bed. Sho
arose, after which he again placed her In
tho bed, and sho died thore In a few mo
ments. Tho woman was frightfully beaten,
thero being evidence of her huviug been
jumped on.
FOUR DEAD IS WRECK
GnrfRndU aid Wifa f Omaha Ki lad
n Ntrthwtit.ri,
B. 0. NICHOLS OF COUNCIL BLUFFS DIES
Othar TiotiMi Are ua Nebtaika, I.wa
aid Eliiirh.r.
OMAHA PASIENGER TRAIN IN COLLISION
Oruhti Iito rnlcht at Main, III,, Early
Snada Motulaj.
PEOPLE ARE R9ASTED AND SCALDED
lllame In Hani to Locate, lint I'rrluht
i:v litcntly Projected from Mil.
In- Over to tin- .Main
' Track.
MALTA, III.. Dec. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) A terrible wreck on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad early this morning
reunited In tho death of four persons nnd
the Injury of n score or morn of others.
Tho first section of n through passenger
train from Omaha, while running elxty
miles an" hour, dashed Into n freight train,
demolishing two engines, five Pullman
sleepers and eight freight ears.
An Instnnt nflir the crash tho nlr wos
filled with the trie of the Injured. Fire
soon added horror to tho scene. In n short
tlmo all tho cars wero consumed nnd noth
ing remained to tell tho story but the
charred embers nnd tho steel frames of tho
vestibules, tho wheels und tho battered e
mains of tho engines.
I len tl.
GEORGE KUDU). 1.17 Ninth Thirty- econd
nvenue, Omaha; died at hotel from In
juries. MRS. GEOROE RUDIO. Omaha; terribly
scalded and dies lu bospltnl.
H. O. NICHOLS, Council Illuffs; dies of
burns and other Injuries.
ELLIS DUNCAN. Chicago, Pullman porter:
killed Instantly.
Duncan, tho nleepln? car porter, was tho
only person killed outright.
Mrs. Rudlo and H, O. Nichols of Council
Illuffs MKcumboo to their Injuries nt St.
Luke's hospital. Miss Grace Stewart nf
Council niufts, whom Nichols was to marry,
stnrtcd for Dekalb, but reached thero after
(no rener train had passed through. She
did not see .Mr. Nichols nllvo.
Injured.
Mnmlo Elllngwood. Omaha; bruised.
J. W. Schocu'tgcn, Council Illuffs; head
cut: aide hurt,
J. M. Wilson, Hnnne, In.; hands cut,
William Swcenoy, Lnrchvvood, In.; head
nnd hnnds cut.
L. H. Jameson, North Platte, Neb.; fnco
cut.
Mrs, L. II. Jameson, North riatto, Neb.;
back, hurt.
.Marlon Wilkes, Fremont, Neb.
Veronica R. Morse, Millard, Neb.
Edward Hinckley. Surprise, Neb.
P. O'Neill, Chicago, speclnl ngent, Chl
cago & Northwestern; feet badly burned.
Frank Lnrabce, Chicago, engineer of pas
sengor train; leg broken nnd badly burned.
Harry Cuwan, Chicago, fireman passenger
train: leg broken nnd badly burned.
II. P Grny, EvntiBton; Hcnlded.
William Peckman, Chicago, Pullman por
ter; scalded.
J. L. Kiel, 1023 Walnut street, Chicago;
bruised and shaken up.
W. L. Dawes, Evanston, sleeping car con
ductor; fnro and hands burned.
Morion Wllkle. Chicago; hoad scalded and
bruised.
Fred Duncan, Chicago; burned.
H. L. Miller. Ch rago. brakeman; nnklo
sprnlned.
C. E. Flfcr. Itaclue, Wis.; facn cut.
Lincoln Taft. Ohlrngo, head cut.
W. O. Fox. nouldcr. Colo., shoulder
bruised and Fcaldetl.
A. E. Jewell, Huffalo, N. Y.; hoth hnnds
cut.
Hurt Carr. Wlllett. N. v., badly cut nnd
bruised.
.Mrs. J. L. Knll. Chicago.
Clarence Lnuzcrus. Chicago.
Mrs. Eva Hall, Chicago.
F. P. Corrnn, fireman.
C, Aiken, ynrdmaslcr.
John W. Wilson, civil engineer North
western railroad,
H. L. Miller, brakeman; nnklo fractured
and body brulnod.
J. W. Woodruff, Chicago; Internal In
juries,
Dr. J. W. Anderson, Crlpplo Creek, Colo,;
burned.
W. F. Rlscley, Chicago.
Ileniionnllilltty llartl to Locate,
JuHt who Is respnnslblo for tho frightful
nffalr cannot nt this tlmo bo determined,
but the opinion prevails that tho switch
was left open by tho head brakeman of tho
freight.
In a short tlmo tbo people of tho little
village worn aroused, and they, tngother
with tho locnl surgeons, gave such assist
nnco ns was In their power. Tho homes
In tho Immediate vicinity wero soon turnod
into tcmpornry hospitals, Illood was ovory
whore nbout the wreck hnd tho scene pre
sented wos sickening.
The company Burgeons, Carlolon of Ro
ehelle, Ishcrwnod of Wet Chlcngo, Vnndcr
hoof of Wheaton and Scott of Geneva, be
sides a score of other surgeons from other
towns, wero summoned and brought to the
sceno nf tho wreck on special trains, and
In an hour and a half tho woundcu wero
given every enro In the power of the com
pany. Those who rculd bo moved wore taken
to Chicago on tbo second section of No.
(i, while tbo othcrH wero cared for whoro
first taken.
Ittiillii' I'rlKhtfnl Death,
Tho -second death caused by tho wreck
was that of Oeorgo Rudlo of Omaha, trav
eling representative of J. S. Kirk, manu
facturer nf soaps of Chicago, who died In
great agony at tho village hotel.
II. O. Nichols of Council Illuffs was ter
ribly burned from his hips down, a well
as on his hands and face, and his recovery
nan doubtful from tho first.
It Is thought the head brakeman of the
freight train und ono Pullman porter are
still In tho wreck, as neither can bo found,
Engineer Frank Larnbee and FIroman Harry
Coivon of the passenger train stayed on tho
englno and wero afturwurd pulled from bo
ncnth the wrecked englno with broken legs
nnd covered with cuts and bruises. Tho
bones of tho log of Engineer Iarubee pro
truded from tho flesh.
Train Too I.iini; for Slillnu
Tint freight train hnd taken a sldlnv at
Malta, but tho train wns longer than tho
siding anil tho freight locomotive protruded
upon tho main track beyond tho sidetrack.
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