THE SEMlWEEKtf TRIBUNE
IUA I HAKE, 1'rnprletor.
" TBIIMS: tl.g IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA,
TREATIES ABE IN BAND
President Transmits Agreement Extend
ing' Period for Eatification.
I THE NEWS IN BRIEf.
James II. Forgan, president of tho
First National bank of Chicago, and
ox-Governor Francis of Missouri wcro
elected directors of tlio Chicago &
Alton railway.
Congressman Chnrlcs Dick has been
elected president of a now national fra
ternal benenclary society, known as
tho Chcallcrs, which will have- head
quarters at Akron, 0.
Owen Murphy, who had been for'
moro than half a century ngent of tho
estate of tho lato Rufus Lord, and a
man well known In Wall street, Now
lork, Js dead from old ago at Brook
lyn. Flro destroyed tho business portion
of Etna, 111. Tho Methodist Episcopal
church, Jacob Raines' general store,
O. P. Splliman'B hardwaro storo, and
Zlmmcr's blacksmith shop wcro among
tho Tnilldlngn burned.
Tho directors of tho Atchison, To
poka & Santa Fo Railroad company
havo declared tho regular semi-annual
dividend of 2Mi per cent on tho pre
ferred stock, but took no action on a
dividend for tho common stock.
Countess Bonlo do Castollano, In
stead of being deprived of tho wholo
of her incomo from tho $18,000,000 aot
apart for her under tho will of her
father, tho lato Jay Oould, Is to re
colvo only (?) $20,833 per month.
According to a report that renched
Wall street, Vlckcrs' Son & Maxim,
limited, ot England, havo Instituted
negotiations for tho purchaso of tho
Mldvalo stool works and Cramp Ship
building company, ot Philadelphia.
Now proof of tho probablo truth of
Andrew Carncglo'B statomont that John
D. Rockefeller Is tho richest man In tho
world was given In tho offer ot $800 a
sharo for COO shares of Standard Oil
stock, to bo delivered January 1 next.
Tommy Ryan has Hlgncd articles to
moot Jack Root for tho mlddlo-wcight
championship. Root, through his
unngor, L. M. Housofan, at onco ac
cepted. Tho battlo will probably take
place in Saongcrfcat hall at Cincinnati.
Senator Proctor has presented to
tho senate a resolution of tho Vermont
legislature, asking recognition ot nud
roward for tho scrvicos ot CapUtu
Charles E. Clark, who commanded tho
battleship Orogon during tho war with
Spain.
John Brosnahan, slnco 1858 a resl
dont of Kansas City and at ono tlmo
a well known contractor, Is dead, aged
73 years. Ho saw tho first railroad
buUt into Kansas City, for on his ar
rival only wagons and steamboats
wor'o used.
Georgo S. House, on6 ot tho beat1
known lawyers In Illinois, died at
Jollct of gangrono brought on by -lb-coss
of tho too. Ills caso was similar
to that of Sonator Davis. Mr. Houso
was 05 yoars old and had practiced law
thoro slnco boforo tho civil war.
Onco moro Grovor Clovoland, twice
president of tho United Statos, tried
to Impress upon his friends In New
Jersey tho fact that ho Is seeking no
ofllco or honors. Ills latest rotusal
ot a proposition by his ailmlrors Is
his declination of the nomination for
United States Bonntor by tho demo
cratla minority in tho stnto legisla
ture J. M. Rboortson, who has just re
turned from South Africa, In a speech
at a meeting of tho Leaguo ot Liberals,
said tho pooplo hero know llttlo or
nothing of what Is going on in South .
Africa. Ho further aasertod that he,
himself, saw an ordor of Lord Robertn
;ln July for tho burning ot forty tarnis.
Tho Dutch, Mr, Robertson added," aro
now absolutely alienated.
Commissioner Peck's report of tho
expenditures ot tho Paris commission
for the year ending Novohlber'lG, 1000,
was sent to tho senate Tho total
amount expended was $939,405. Tho
principal items wore: Exports' sal
aries, $147,004; buildings, $101,4111;
jury, $53,770; clerks, tfa.nrlcs, $03,145;
general employes' salnrles, $49,bU5;
guards, $34,951; traveling expenses,
$52,530.
, At Falmouth, Ky Wm, Poor, a
.prominent contractor, wan shot and
TRADE WITH THE BRITISH INDIES
Compact Tittered Into With Nlcnrngtm,
IScnndor, tlio Dominican llcjiulillo nml
Denmark no far n St. Croix I Af
fected by Trade Itelntlom.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Tho pres
ident has sent to tho sonato a nurabor
of treaties with Great Britain, ex
tending, for a year tho tlmo for tho
ratification of tho reciprocity treaties
affecting tho British West Indlnn pos
sessions, which woro sent to tho scn
nto last session, but failed of ratifi
cation. Ho also has followed tho
oarao cour30 In tho reciprocity trea
ties wtlh Nicaragua, Ecuador, tho Do
minican Republic and tho government
of Denmark, tho last named affecting
tho Island of St. Croix only. Tho
reciprocity treaty with Nicaragua
was Bjgncd Octobor 20. 1800, but for
soino reason -was not transmitted to
tho sonato until tho Gth of tho present
month, It provides for n reduction
ot 20 per cent from tho rates of tho
Dlngloy tariff net on tho following
articles brought into tho United
States from Nicaragua: Cano sugar,
not abovo 10 Dutch standard; mo
lasses; hides of cattle and of othor
animals except sheop -with tho wool
on; Indigo, coffeo, bananas, ruUbor,
crudo; mahogany, In Uio log or rough
hewn. Nicaragua agrees to ndmlt tho fol
lowing articles frco of duty: Llvo an
lraalu; . grain, Including wheat, corn,
ctc.f agricultural seeds, llvo plants,
cornmcal, starch, all vegetables and
fruits, hay and othor forngo, cotton
seed oil, tar and turpentine, asphalt,
quicksilver, coal, fertilizers, limo and
'cdmont, wood and lumber, marble,
machinery, agricultural implements,
wagons and carts, railroad and struc
tural Iron and stool, fencs wlro, mo
tors, Xorgos, water pumps, hoso.
slcdgo hammers, Iron piping and
lightning rods, galvanized Iron roofs,
printing matcr'als, books, pamphlots,
etc.; surgical and mathematical in
struments, bonts of all kinds, gold
and 6llvor bullion, bars or coin.
Thcro Is to bo n reduction of 20 per
cent upon tho Nlcarngunn duty on
American , cheap wines and flour and
wheat.
Tho Ecundor treaty provides ifor
tho free admission of tho following
products of that country Into tho
Unltod States: Hides and skins of
all animals, oxcopt thoso of rioat cat
tlo and sheop with tho wool on; cof
feo, cotton and cotton waste, cocoa,
cruuo; mum rubber, crudo; Poru
vlan bark, hat roods, Ivory nuts.
On tho following Ecuadorcan artl
cles tho United Statos grants n re
duction of 20 por cent In duties:
Cano sugar, not abovo 1(5 Dutch
standard; hides of neat cattle, Btraw
hots, loaf tobacco, , ,
Rcclpracally, tho following arti
cles of United Statos origin aro to
bo admitted to Ecuador frco: AgrI
cultural Implements nnd machinery
of all kinds; masulncs for manufac
turing purposes, locomotives, cars and
materials for th6 ttonstructlbn 'and
oqulprdohl; of, railways; Iron Mnfplga
or bars, copper load nnd zinc In
hoavy bars; coal, bran ond malzo,
cheap wines, Tireoorvcd fruits, oil cako
and (Oil meal, presorvod salmon.
A 120 por cont reduction la granted
by iscuauor on tho following Amor
, dean! articles: Sowing mtichlneH1,
wnoat Hour, nigh-prlccd wines, tun
lor nnd lumber, cottonseed oil.
'DENVER' MAY LOSE 0: A. R. PLUM.
Failure to (let 1'rciniuod IUIlrond Itutv
to 11a Considered.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Doc. 12. Can
tain W, H. Armstrong of this city.
Bonlur member ot tho nntlonal exocu
tlvo committee of tho Qrund Army of
tho Republic, today recalved from
Commnndcr-ln-Clilof Leo Rassleur ot
St. Louis a call to como to that city
on Monday to attond nn Important
mooting of tho national oxtcittlvo
committee. The purpose of tho moot
ing
WAITING ON THE ENGLISH.
Nolo to Clilim Will Tie Delivered n Soon
ni Hint Country Sign.
PEKIN, Dec. 12. (Via Taku)' At
yesterday's meeting of tho ministers,
called to consldor if LI Hung Chang
and Prlnco Ching had power from tho
court to conduct negotiations for a
eettlomcnt on behalf of China, some
of tho ministers stated thnt they wore
authorized to treat with them as rep
resentatives of China, whllo othors,
including tho German inlnlstor, had
not received Instructions la tho mat
ter. All decide!, however, that nn soon
as Sir Ernest Mason Satow, tho Brit
ish minister, shall receive word .to
agreo to tho joint noto they will com
menco negotiations with LI Hung
Chang and Prince Clhng, unless oth
erwise instructed by their homo gov
ernments. Count von Walderseo has turned
over $G3,000 ns the British sharo of
tho result of tho Pao Ting Fu expe
dition to General Gnzeloo, who, In
turn, gavo tho money to Minister
Satow to bo used for tho benefit of
Chinese who may need help during
tho winter.
LI Hung Chang visited General
Chaffco today. Ho says that his pow
ers to ncgotluto with tho foreign en
voys, though conforrod by telegraph,
aro absoluto nntl complete.
At tho meeting of tho provisional
government held today tho United
States was represented by Captain
Dodda of tho Ninth infantry. All of
tho governments havo entered Into
tho plan except Franco, whoso repre
sentatives Inplst that tho French ter
ritory shall bo excluded from tho rule
of tho commission appointed. A num
ber of sub-committees wero appointed.
Sovcral high Chlnoeo officials, on be
ing asked, expressed a doslro to assist.
Though army ofllcerB havo boon ap
pointed mombors of tho commission,
It Is tho desiro of tho generals to
make tho rulo civil, as far as possible.'
Japan was placed on tho charity com
mlttco on account of tho amount of
rlco It commandeered m August, most
of which It has now!
RUSH TO NEW GOLD FIELD.
rn
Oount Vcn Buolow States ltegardlng
Emperor's AttUnd) to Kroger.
GERMANY TRIED TO STOP THE WAR
I'rrildent of Transvaal Republic Inform
ed ns to Condition In liuropo Afri
kander Itofuged Arbitration Spirit ot
lloer Lender Too High for Couniel.
BERLIN, Dec. 11. Tho Imperial
chancellor, Count von Buclow, reply
ing to a nuo3tion on the subject ofj
Mr. Krugor'a fniluro to bo received1
by Emperor William, said tho govern
ment did all In Its power to ward off'
war and left tho two republics In
no doubt as to tho stnto of affairs ini
Kuropo and of Gorman neutrality.'
When, In 1899, tho question of nrbl-i
tratlon ncomod not altogether cxclud
ed, tho government recommended it,
to Mr. Kruger. Ho thought the tlmo1
CENTENNIAL Of THE CAPITAL.
Notable
Anniversary to llo Celebrnted at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec 11. Govern
ors of stated and othor high officials
aro arriving hero to attond tho con
tennlal cchbratlon on Wednesday.
Among thoio who havo arrived bo
far aro: Governor Shaw of Iowa, to
gether with Secretary of State Dob
son, Adjutant Gonornl Byoro and At
torney General Romloy; Governor
Schfleld of Wisconsin. Governor
Barnes of Oklahoma and ex-Governor
Markkam of California. Tho celebra
tion of tho contennary of tho estab
lishment of tho national capital hero
will bo oponod at 10 o'clock Wednes
day morning, when President McKIn
loy will recolvo tho governors of tho
states and terrtlorle3. Subsequent to
this Colonel Thcodoro A. Bingham
will unveil a model and drawings of
on enlarged excouUvo mansion. Dis
trict Commissioner McFarland will
dollvor an address upon tho district's
dovolopmont and Governor Shaw will
dlacourso upon tho dovolopmont of tho
states.
In tho aftornoon tho president will
iprocced to tho reviewing etand at
Ho will ho escorted by
! TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE
Noarly All Envoys at Pekln Havo Eo
coived Instructions.
had not vet como. When Mr. Kru
irer later hoiicIiL intervnntlon his feol-( tho capital
Intra worn tno bndlv inflamed for tho! ' tho governors of tho states and torri
Dutch and Gorman governments. For' j torlc3 with their starts; large dctach
tho German government It was lost! mcnta of tho army, navy and marlno
I'rofltnblo Digging Itrported from Fourth
of .July Creelc.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 11. A apo
dal to tho Chronlclo from Nelson,
WubIi., brings news of a stampede up
Fourth cf July creek, a branch of
tho Kettle river. Shot gold has been
discovered with ground running $10
to tho cubic yard. Digging in thnt
vicinity has been Bccrotly worked by
Georgo Arnett, an old miner, fcr threo
or four yoars. It is estimated ho has
cleaned up $10,000. Tho strike ex
tends on both sldos ot the British
American boundary.
OFFICIALS SAY IT IS OVER.
Sunta Fe Executive Claim Strike I a
Thing of the l'Ht.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 12. Tho Santa
Fo officials today claim tho telegraph
ers' strlko la a thing of tho past. They
tay tho strikers' places are bo nearly
filled that tho hiring of mon will bo
otopped tonight.
Genoral Manager Mudgo has Issued
a roward notice offering $250 ior In-J
formation leading to tho arrest and
conviction of any person cutting or"
obstructing m nny way tho telegraph
wires or Instrumonta of tlio company,
Hearing on New Army 111 1 1.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Tho sen
ato committee on mllitnry affairs to
day continued its consideration of the
army bill. Secretary Root waa before
tho committee for a brlof tlmo and
rccommendod tome change. Ho wa3
followed by Genernl Miles, who con
tlnuod Ills TcmarkB of lyeaiorday.
uenerni wr.Bon, cnior or engineers
aleo was before tho committee. After
a short (but interesting dobato tho
matter of recommittal, by consent
went over until Thursday. Tho Bhlp
subsidy bill was then considered.
la to decldo tho ulaco of. next
instantly killed by his brothor-ln-law,, ycnr'B national Grand Army of the
Fred N. Gulick. Tno tragedy. was tho Ropubllo encampment.
culmination of a dlssatlafled fcoling
on tho part ot Gulick, who was de
posed as buyer and wolghor ot tho
iflrm.
Hon. William Wirt Henry, grandaon
ot Patrick Henry, nnd a distinguished
member ot tho Virginia bar,- died at
(Richmond.
Tho Turko-Germany difficulties re
garding a coaling station In tho Red
Boa has boon Bottled, Germany Inti
mating that sho only wants a station
during tho Chlnoso crisis.
President Cyrus Northrop ot Uio
Stato University of Minnesota an
nounces that a frlond in Chicago has
offered an annual prizo ot $100 to bo
awarded tho mombor ot tho senior
class writing and dollverlng tho best
oration, according to rules prcscrlbod
by iho donor.
Gon. Fltzhugh Loo, wlfo and daugh
ter, have arrived at Omaha, and Gon.
Leo has assumed command of tho de
partment ot tho Missouri,
According to tho London Dally Ex
press no more, infantry drafts will bo
Bent to South Africa. Tho only troops
to go to tho frontier horcattor will bo
mounted mon.
At Frankfort, Ky., Governor Bock
ham's plurality was officially roportod
at 3,089.
Gonoral Grcoly, chief signal officer,
has boon Informed that 200 miles ot
telegraph land lines havo boon con
structed in the vicinity ot tho south'
ern Yukon and Nomo, Alaska.
It is officially announced that a len
der ot $8,075,000 has been accepted tor
the construction of a Pacific cable,
Thin "new wire will bo pn-Brltannlc.
Wherovor It touches any land It will
At tho Chicago oncampmont Inst
Bummer it was voted to accept the
proposition of Donver, provided that
city would make good Its promise of
a railroad rnto of 1 cent a mile. Den
ver has been trying Its bc3t to sccuro
this rato, but has not succeeded In
getting tho western roads together, It
is Bam.
I'll tun Quietus on the St-ry.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 12. President
McKlnloy . nnd Picaldoat Harrison
mot last night at a dlnnor given by
JiiBtlco Hnrlnn ot tho supreme court
it waa tho first dinner that tho prc3
Ident had taken in Washington out
sldo the Whllo Houso for Homo tlmo
past. Tho fact of his ncceptanco of
an Invitation where ho would meet
ox-ProBldont Harrison Is takon to ef
fectively illspcfeo ot tho reports In
circulation that tho relations between
the two had bcon strained of late.
Kxttmnte for Next Yenr.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 12. Tho nn
mini comparative statomont bIiowIiik
by bills tho rolntlvo amounts of treas
ury estimates for tho next fiscal your.
compared with tho estimates for tho
last lla:al year, and also for noxt yoar,
compared wun tno actum aiiDronrln
tlons of last year, ns prepared by tho
cioncB oi tno sonato anil liouso com
mlttecs on appropriations, was com
pleted today. Thu statement makes
a comploto Bhowlng except ns to do
flctoncy and miscellaneous nnnronrla
tlons, and bIiows a totnl ot estimates
for appropriations for 1902 amount'
lug to S713.374.80-t, comparod with
actual appropriations for 1901, loss
inlBCollnenoiiH and deficiency appro
priationB ot juuu.uuu.o.
j Chntfrn Incident Clntcd.
BERLIN, Doc. 12. Tho Gorman
Foreign ofllco authorizes tho Assoel-1
atod Press to make the following
Btatomcnt. "Gonoral Chaffco wroto
Field Marshal Yon Waldorseo a lct.url
in n rough tone. J-leld Marshal von
Waldorsoo refused to recolvo It. re
turning the Biimo to General Chaffee.
Concerning lllchurd.Crnker.
LONDON, Dec. 12. (Now York'
Cablegram.) Crokor has been ordored
by tho British Incomo tax assessor to
pay on 20,000 a year. How tho as
scfBorB flxod UiIb sum It 1b Impossible
to say. Crokor attended recently bo-
fpro tho assessor at Wnntngo and pro
tested strongly, but to no purpose.
Tho amount ot his tax will bo about
1,000 and tho only way Crokor can
escape Is by proving that his Incomo
Is less than tho sum.
time to glvo ndvlco. Germany was'
ccnvlncod (hat any otep ot a great
power at thnt moment would bo crltl-I
cal and lead to no result. "Thoro'
iwoa no iiso for us," said tho chnn-1
ccllor, "to pinch our fingers between!
tho door and tho hinge."
Tho chancellor added that v. hen tho
suggestion of mediation was mado to
Great Britain by tho United Statca
In a nulto gently worded Inquiry it
was rejected officially and categoric
ally. Intervention anight havo led to
war.
Tho chancellor described tho reply
ot M, Delca3so, tho Fronch minister
of forolgn affairs, to Mr. Krutrer ao:
"Franco will In no caso tako tho
lnitintivo, but would not opposo It
whon cortain ovontualltleo ibecamo
known, provided they aro calculated
to Borvo French lntoresta."
Tho chancellor thereupon remarked
that ho could not havo dealt with the
situation better himsolf. Ovations to
Mr. Kruger in Gormany, ho ipolntod
out, would havo displaced Interna
tional rolatlons and sorved no purpose
of Mr. Kruger or of Germany. Gor
many waa not bound to Groat Britain
hair's breadth ,moro than Groat
Britain iwao bound to Germany, but
to act tho Don Qulxoto against Great
Britain would bo a piece of folly ior
which ho would not bo responsible
In tho Reichstag today during tho
dobato on tho estimates tJio secretary
of tho Imperial treasury, Baron von
Thlolmann, took a decidedly gloomy
view of tho economic situation in
Gormany. Ho said tho system had
bean undergoing n radical change
alnco Bitnimnr and peoplo must bo pre
pared for a number of vfrr- to ""i
a gradual snnnicago oi tno inuaieu
condition. The decline however,
would not take tho form of n great
financial crash, as In 1873. Tho pe
riod of diminished trndo could not
pass without affoctlng tho imperial
budget. Thoroforo, It was necessary
to stroncthnn tho reserves of the
treasury.
In regard to tho abolition of tho
suuar bounties, tho necretary ot tho
treasury ca.d tho negotiations be
tween Austria, Franco and Germany
wero not concluded, but they would
probably provldo a basis for definite
ngrcomcnts.
Iho cocretnry also announced that
a bill taxlns sparkling wines would
shortly bo presented and that another
bill taxing sacchnrlno wa? in course
of preparation.
MEASURES FAVORCD BY LABOR
Federation of Lubnr Undone Initiative
a ml Referendum.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec. 11. Im
mediately rollowlnx tho call to ordor
this morning tho resolutions commit
too of tho American Federation of
Labor submitted Its report Tho llrst
resolution recommended by tho com
mlttoo was ono reaffirming its fnvora
bio position on tho Initiative and ref
erendum, which was ndoitcd by tho
convention by a vote of 82 to 5G after
considerable dobato.
Following in rapid succession wero
rccommonded and adoplod resolutions
requesting support by congress of a
bill for the higher oducatlon of tho
blind. In favor ot an eight-hour bill
for all po3tofflco employes, to bo In
troduced at tho coming session ot con
grctti, nnd in Tavor of municipal own
ership of public utilities.
corps, national guards of the various
states and District of Columbia; na
val militia; veterans ot wars and dis
tinguished civilians. Ho will rfviow
this parodo and then with momdors
of Uio diplomatic corps, cabinet, su
premo court, governors, Admiral Dow
oy, Gonoral Mllc3 and tho senators
nnd representatives will repair to tho
houso of representatives, whero ad
dressee will bo made by Representa
tives Richardson and Payne, Senators
MicComafl, Hoar fend Daniel. Tito
celebration will tormlnnto with a rs-
ceptlon to tho governors ot tlio states
and territories at 9 o'clook thnt
night.
THE WORK WAY BEGIN TUESDAY
Diplomat Will Immediately Commence
Couforenco With Chlnu l'leulpoteutl
nrle and ISmporor Will Iteturn to l'e
kin to Bxecute the Trestle.
MARTIAL DEAD BROUGHT HOME.
of
Tmninort Ilnncoclc 11 ring llodlci
1,000 Soldier nnd (tailor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. Tho
transport Hancock nrrlved today from
Manila, via Nagasaki, with tho bodies
of about 1,500 sailors and soldiers
who either died In battlo of buc
cumbed to tho ravnges of disease In
tho Philippines, China, Guam and
Honolulu. This 1b tho largest num
bor of bodies brought home slnco the
outbreak of tha Spanish-American
war. Tho Hancock will likely re
main In quarantine a few days. Tho
bodies will bo convoyed to tho Pre
sidio and placed In tho buildings thero
pondng interment or shipment to tho
homes of tho relatives.
Tho Hancock was twenty-five days
In making tho run from Manila and
was seventeen daya In coming from
Nagasaki, tho last port at which sho
touchod. Sho brought flftq-two cabin
passengers, 500 in Uio steerage and
thero wero eleven deaths on tho voy
ago to add to tho cargo of dead car
ried from tho Philippines.
MlnlRterliillit Ite-etectcd.
LONDON, Dee. 11. Sir A. Ackland
Hood, conservative, haa been re-oloct-od
to tho Koueo of Commons from
tho west, or Wellington, division of
Somerset. Ho had no opposition.
Right Hon. St. John Brodorlck has
been ro-clepted to tho Houso of Com
mons from the Guilford division of
Surrey. In iho conservative interest,
without opposition. Captain E. G.
Protyman. conservative, has been ro-
olocted without opposition from tho
Woodbrldgo division of Suffolk.
Wa Caught nt Kuwllim.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 11. Walter D.
Glenn, formerly cashier of the Trad
cos Loan and Building association,
who disappeared last summer with a
chargo of being over $20,000 short in
his accounts hanging ovor him, was
placed in tho county Jdll today plead
lng trial. Glenn, after leaving Chi'
cngo, went to Rawlins, Wyo., whera
no secured a position as clerk In a'
hotel and It was whllo acting in that
position thnt ho was arrested.
PEKIN, Dec. 10. All tho forolgn
cnvoyB except Sir Ernest Mason Sa
tow, tho British minister, havo re
ceived Instructions from their govern
ments agreeing to tho Joint noto, pro
posed at tho last meeting.
Another meeting will probably bo
called for Tuesday next. Should tho
British minister havo received his in
structions to Blgn tho Joint fnoto by
that time, communications will bo im
mediately opened with Prlnco Chlng
nnd LI Hung Chang, who nro in
dally touch with tho court by tho
Chlncso telegraph.
Prlnco Chlng says Emporor Kwang
Su 1b ready to return as soon as as
sured that tho negotiations will allow
him to come under conditions conso
nant with his dignity and safety.
Tho removal of General Tung
Hslang from tho command of tho Chl
neso forces surrounding tho court Is
considered by tho foreign envoys to
bo a very Important stop, as Indicat
ing tho real desiro of tho government
to como to terms. Fu llslang's ban
ishment indicates that tho court rec
ognizes tho expediency of oboylng Uio
demands of tho powers.
Tho International club was opened
today, its object being to bring to
gether in n spirit special harmony tho
officers and diplomats of tho various
nations. There was a largo company
present nnd music was discoursed by
military bands. It is expected that tho
club will continue a groat success.
Tho building was formorly an Imperial
tcmploi
Tho envoys aro considering tho
question of legation buildings In tho
future. At present nono of tho gov
ernments own Its buildings, all tho
houses being ronted. Tno only ones
not damaged considerably aro the
American, British and Russian.
It Is proposed that all tho legation
buildings should bo concentrated,
within a squaro mile. "
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tho next
important step In tho Chlncso sltul
tlon will bo the formal presentation
to the Chinese plenipotentiaries of the
agreement arrived at between tho rep
resentatives of tho powers at Pekln
for reparation for tho Boxer outrages.
In Just what manner this will be
done. Mr. Congor has not Informed,
tho stato department, although tho
probability Is that tho document will
bn handed to tho Chlncso by tho dean
of tho diplomatic corps.
As has bcon stated already, tho
agreement Is simply a statement or
tho terms upon which the powers will
negotiate with China for a final set
tlement, and is laid boforo tho Chl
ncso officials as a mntter of form.
Tho negotiations for final settlement
will como later, after tho Chinese
havo beon given a reasonablo oppor
tunity for tho consideration of tho
conditions laid down by tho powors.
Tho complete agreement deciphered
from tho codo la now in tho handa
of the president. Officials decline to
make Its text public in advance of tho
receipt of Information that It has
been formally accepted by tho powors,
although tho advices which havo here
tofore como from Mr. Conger leaves
no uoubt that tnls will bo tho caso.
Tho essential features of tho agree
ment alrcndy havo been outlined in
tho press dispatches.
New Kxtrndltlon Trrntlr ltonurted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Tho son-
ato committee on forolgn relations to
day authorized favorablo reportB upon
recontly negotatod treaties providing
for tho extradition ot criminals be
tween this country nnd Chill and be
tween this country and Bolivia. Sim
ilar action was tnkon with reforonco
to tho agreement G 3, extendlug for
another year tho treaty privileges for
tho domarkntlon of tho boundary lino
between tho United States and Moxlco.
lUttle I HUH On.
LONDON, Doc. 12. Tho Evening
Standard says tho battio between Gon
oral Knox and General Dowot contln
uos and that tho forces chnngo ground
incessantly. Lack ot doflnlto Informa
tion on tho subject is Bald to bo duo
to tho absence of telegraphic com
munication with tho scone or action.
MANLf Y TO SEE PRESIDENT.
Not Likely to Accept Commlloncrlilp
of Intermit Itevenue.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Hon. Jos
eph Manloy of Mnlno la to havo an
lntorvlow with President McKlnley nt
3 o'clock this afternoon, whon tho
question of accoptlng tho ofllco of
commissioner of Internal revenue
will bo decided. It Is'undcrstooil that
thoro 1b legal objoctlon to tho presi
dent continuing tho vacancy fcr sov
cral months, as 6iggested by Mr. Man-
ley, and that tho latter will not ac
copt the office.
Aci-UHe Kuglitnd of Spite
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 10. Tho
Novoo Vremya, In an nrtlclo evident
ly Inspired, referring to tho recent
dispatch from Dr. Morrison In Pekln
to tho London Times, saying that all
tho crodlt for securing softened terms
by tho Russians, remnrks: "Tho crodlt
for tho existing ontonto renlly bo
Uncle nm'R Hnnt llulldlng.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 10 Tho ves
sels built In tho United States nnd
officially numbered from Juno 30, 1900,
to November 30, 1900, wero 495, of
149,903 gross tons. Tho principal
items of tho total are seven steel
6teamshlp on tho great lages (34,933)
gross tons) and four smaller Btoel
ctcamshlps (8.45G tons, which could
pass through UiIb now Wollnnd canal)
and ono steel schooner bargee (2,79!)
tons).
Mm. Mary McLean Dcnrt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Mrs.
longs to America, England begrudges R. McLean of tho Cincinnati Enquirer,
President McKlnloy his JiiBt prestige died hero at licr residence at 1:30
becauso ho has emphasized America's
friendship for Russia."
I.l'n Secretnry Arretted.
LONDON, Dec. 11. A special dis
patch from Shanghai announces that
Li Hung Clmng'B Becretnry, Ylko, has
been arrc3tcd by order of Field Mar
shal Count von Waldorseo, on tho
chargo of communicating with tho
Boxers.
Tho latter then wrote a second letter,
apologizing for his nbJcctlouablo ex-
WlSffi in DriUsh so.r & u wii ' E!, 2 ,MI
not only link oKethw Gifcat Britain vtm Walderseo Invited General Chaffco ly refused to tako tho inltlath
?2j hm? fir ?awiv rolonlcsTbut'it w ni to breakfast and tho Jncfdcnt Mts behalf of arbitration between
Bd her far-away COlOnCa.lbUt It WU.1 c,no,.,,, ,., f, Trnnnvnnt nnd nrnt nrltnln
Uo connect AUBtraua anqiuanaua. i --- ------
Dutch Muke Fltinl Itefnanl.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 12. Tho Dutch
government today finally and doflnlto-
Initiative In
tho
TranBvaal and Great Britain.
Troop AccmuplUh Their Mlnliin.
BERLIN. Dec. 11. Flold Marshal
Count von AValderseo tolcgrapliB from
rokln, undoi dato of Saturday, Do-
combor 8, that tho two dotachmouts
Knd it Murderer' Curecr.
VESTERAAS. Sweden, Dec. 11.-
Phlllp Nordland. who on Mny 17 last
as tho Bteamor Ptins Carl, on which
ho was a passengor, was passing
Qulckaund, murdered sovon mon and
wounded llvo othors, a woman and a
boy, Bubsoqusntly escaped In a boat to
Koplng ami who was convicted and
Bcntonccd to death In Juno last, was
beheaded today. Tho condemned man
chanted tho verses of u psalm as ho
laid his head upon tho block.
o'clock this morning of acute heart
affection. Sho had been 111 slnco Fri
day.
At tho bcdsldo of Mrs. McLean when
tho end camo wero her daughters,
Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Ludlow, wlfo of
Roar Admiral Ludlow; her son, John
R. McLean and Admiral Dewoy.
IlfUiben' Small Until.
PAINESVILLE, O., Dee. 10. Four
maskod men forced an ontranco to
tho office ot tho Mentor Knitting mills
this morning, bound tho watchman
and his wlfo nnd blow tho safo with
nltro-glycorlno. Tho robbora eecured
$50 In money nnd mado good tholr 03-
capo, and It was halt nn hour beforo
Mrs. Androw. tho wlfo ot tlio watcn-
man, succeeded In releasing horsolf
nnd hor husband and gavo tho alarm.
Chief Itebol Caught.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 10. Pao Ho Nlen,
tao tal of Chu Fu, In the province of
Che Klan, who was responsible for tho
July maBsacro and who absconded, has
been captured near au (Jhau and sent
to Hang Chau Fu.
Mr. John Goodnough, United States
consul gonoral In Shanghai Is about
starting for tho United Statos on leavo
of absenco.
I'erlnn Mlnliter Arrive.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Genera!
Isaac Kahn, tho now Persian minis
ter to tho United States, arrived horo
today from Now lork. Ho probably
rwlll bo presontod to tho president dur
ing tho coming week.
Condition of the Treniury.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 11. To-
day's statement ot the treasury bal
ances in tho general fund exclusive
of tho $150,000,000 gold rcsorvo In tho
Tirm Tain, commend-' division of redemption shows: Avail
cd by Colonel Lohrscholdt and Major ! nblo cash balance $410,022, 553; gold
Falkonhoyn, which had boon proceed
ing against a connldoniblo lorco or
Chlncso regulars who had taken up a
position at Toang Chou, nlncty-flvo
kilometers southward of Tien Tsln,
havo occuplod tho placo without op
$97,921,548.
llobinn Out of Hunger.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. At tho Pres
byterian hospital today Lieutenant
i position and 4ht tho columns are re-1 Hobspn was reported to be grcjuy
I turning to Tien Tsiiu 1 improved and out of danger.
An OUlHhoma Affray.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, O. T., Dec. 10.
Five men wcro wounded m a flgnt
between members of tho IIuglie3 gang
and City Marshal Jesse Morris and
Deputy Marshal Ayros In the Cattlo
Exchange saloon last night. Marshal
Morris was shot through tho Intes
tines, Deputy Ayros In the kneo, Jesse
Williams was shot four times. Frank
Hughes was shot througa tho chest
over tho heart. a uneroiteo nair-
breed named Palmsloy wnB shot four
times In tho head. Morris, Hughe
and Palmsloy will die.