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THE SEMI-WEEKLY IMBUK
IHA L. HAKE, Proprietor.
MUMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF, f
Theodore L. Poolo, United States
marshal for tho northern district, and
a former member of congress, died at
Syracuse, N. Y., of apoplexy.
Rev. Christian Keller, pastor of tho
German Lutheran church in Racine,
Wis., was found dead in bed. Ho ro
tirod in apparently good health. Ap
oplexy Is supposed to bo tho causo of
death. i-
Lieutenant Parker, manager of tho
patent department of tho American
Blcyclo company, Is dead at tho homo
of his mother in South Lancaster,
Mass. Ho was 43 years of ago and
graduated from Annapolis In 1882.
Sccrctaryllltchcock of tho Intorior
department is spending tho holidays
with relatives In St. Louis. Ho says
ho is not going to resign from tho cab
inot and, as far ns ho knows, only
Attornoy General Griggs contemplates
leaving tho cabinet.
"Russia offers Roumanla a Joan of
.OOO.nnO" nnva thn Vlnnna r.nrro-
10,000.000," says tho Vienna corro
spondent of the London Daily Express,
"to assist her in tho financial crisis,
biit tho oflor was declined becauso
thero wero conditions attached under
mining Roumanian independence."
John Riley Chamberlain, a veteran
of tho civil war, died at Cincinnati,
0 of pneumonia, aged 72. Ho has
been engaged In nowspapor work in
Cincinnati for thlrty-flvo years nnd
most of that time with tho Associated
Press.
An. unsuccessful attompt was mado
to rob tho Sonora, Ky DcpoBlt bank.
Tho would-bo robbors wcro ovldcntly
frightened away beforo they succeed
ed in forcing an cntrnnco to tho safe.
They left all their tools lying near tho
vault. Tho bank ofllclnls woro unablo
to open tho vaults and business was
suspended.
Mayor-olect John F. Hurley of So
kin, Mass., intends to glvo his salary,
$2,500 a year, to tho poor of tho city.
Ho will rulo after January 1. Ho will
not intrust tho money to chnrltublo in
stitutions to distribute. Ho will dm
nndo Josep do Parlo ln Brooklyn, N.
Y. Tho girl's father ordorcd him away,
but Lombarod persisted ln singing a
Iovo song, playing an accompaniment
on n guitar. At tho conclusion of tho
- song, and whllo his sweetheart was at
hor window, Ixmibardo drew a rovolvor
and with It shot himself In tho head.
At East Bralntrco, Mass,, tho tor
pedo boat destroyor Mac Donough
wan launched at tho works of tho Fore
River Iron compnny amid tho ringing
of bolls nnd tho blowing of whistles.
Mrs. Lucy Chnrlotto MacDonough
Kendo of Phlladolphla christened tho
vessol with champagno. Tho now boat
was takon down tho river to tho Quia
cy works of tho company.
At Houston, Texas, government In
spectors seized a largo quantity of
olcomargarluo which retailors had In
iitock labeled nu crenmcry buttor. Fif
teen retailers are under bond, nnd as
tho punishment is a heavy one, thoro
is much tribulation among tho30 af
fected. A common practice, it is said,
lias been to mix olco with butter and
soil it as tho best creamery.
Two men woro klllod and two wound'
cd at tho Farlu distillery, Kentucky.
Four members of tho Sizomoro family
on ono sldo and Henry Barrott and
W. H. Young, on tho other, engaged ln
a desporato light. Young and ono of
tho Bizemorcs woro instantly killed,
and two of tho Slzomores were prob
ably fatally wounded. An old feud
was tho causo of tho troublo. All are
from Clay county.
During tho last year Mr. Camogio
gavo away about 13,000,0000. for li
braries and educational institutions,
not Including tho Pittsburg tnatltuto.
During 1899 ho gavo away about $5,'
000,000. Ho has already founded so
many libraries In this country that
he is about to establish a training
school for librarians at Winona, Ind
in order to mako thorn moro useful.
Tho total numbor of libraries foundod
by Mr. Carnogto ln this country is
nlxty-BOVon, soventoon in Scotland and
several in Euglnnd nnd Ireland. Ho
has twenty-four libraries In Pennsyl
vania nlono.
State Senator W. F. Meyer of Carbon
county, a banker nnd prominent citi
zen of Red Lodgo, Mont., was arrested
on a warrant Bwom out by Dora Ful
lorton, tho daughter or n ranchman,
who charges that Moyor called hor
Into his olllco, locked tho door nnd
tried to kiss hor. She, howovcr, sue
ccedod In escaping.
Emma Goldman says that tho an
archists havo decided not to kill any
moro kings or crowned hoadB.
Tho largest coal deal over mado ln
Harrison county, West Virginia, will
bo closed ln a fow days. Tho territory
comprises 12,000 ncres, or nlnoteou
square miles around Salom.
Somo nnxloty is folt regarding tho
health of tho nged Grand Duko of
Snxo-Wolmar. Ho Is suffering from
Inlluonza. A bulletin issued by his
physician says his condition is satis
factory, that ho slept well In splto
of repcatod spasms of coughing and
that his temperature is 99.7, Thu
grnnd duko was horn In 1818,
Andrew Carncglo has given 120,000
to Tuskcgoo lnutltuto at Tuskogco,
Ala., tho monoy to bo usod for tho
erection of a now dormitory.
A. H. Plerco, tho richest cattlo man
in Texas, Iiub died at Plerco station.
Ho was many tlmos a millionaire, with
a largo varloty of Interests in Texas.
Davo Owens, a prominent man of
Garland City, Ark., wn3 shot and
killed, It Is allogod that Hill Ross,
a merchant, was shooting nt a man
named Davis, tho first shot striking
Davis In tho leg, Owens was passing
. nnd at tho second shot fired by: Ross
fell dead with n bullot In bin head.
.Ross has not bion capture;!,
burso tho funds hlmsoir. Kvery caso "",,," W,T nf wiltn , I B,'KKesi iao Proon- tlomont, so that ready access to tho
of deserving poor is known to him, " S S ta lid bill y that tho list will bo malnUUned Chinese capital of a foreign force
and ho will personaly aid them. X narty nsscd nto tho blue nador Tln I1"110:1 ? from 2C4 cents at would not bo prevented. The demand
Louis Lombardo undertook to sore- ' ? nT,C iZ2 07, 10 I,cnln?. to. 35 ccnls. ln of tho -powers in tho Joint note, how-
CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE
TIio World's Dignitaries' Greet President
and Mrs, McKinloy.
PROMINENT WOMEN ALSO IN LINE
A llrljclit and Ualmy Day Adds Enjoy
ment to the Occasion Mnrlno Hand
Compliment Mr. McKlnley by l'lny-
InC Utr Favorite Aire.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 2. In
tho long lino of Now Year's receptions
at tho White Ilouso which each year
inaugurato tho social soason at tho
national capital, nono, perhaps, was
mora brilliant than tho ono which to-
dpi ushered in tho twentieth century.
And perhaps no feature of It wan so
univcratally gratifying to tho dlstin
eulshcd throne which canio to ex
tpml tlin trroctlnKS of tho now year to
tho chief executivo of tho republic as
tho fnct that tho mistress of tho
Whlto Houbo was ablo to participate
In tho happy occasion and, with tho
president, rccclvo tho felicitations and
well wishes or all.
Tho members of tho cabinot and
their wives, together with tho ladlo3
0( tho receiving party, woro tho first
n nrrlen 'Phnv lnlil njtliln Minlr I
to nrr vo. Thov la Id asldo tlioir
wrans In tho state dining room nnd
ascended to tho prlvato apartments of
tho president, where they exchanged
greetings with Mr. and Mrs. McKIn-
Inv. .
alio ladles of the- revolving party
entered tho red and bluo pnrlors nnd
took their places behind tho lino.
Meantime, tho ambassadors nnd min
isters or foreign countries, witn mo
attaches of tho legations, In their
gorgeous and resplendent court uni
forms, had gathorod in tho stato din
lne room.
Promntiy at 11 o'clock tho bugles
sounded tho nproach of tho presiden
tial party, and, led by Colonel Bing
ham, tho master of ceremonies, and
Major McCnuloy of tho Marino corps,
tho president nnd Mrs. McKinloy de
scended tho mnln staircase, followed
by tho members of tho cabinet and
their wives.
Mrs. McKinloy bestowed her gra
cious greetings upon mnny in tho
throng, and when thrco sweet-faced
children near tho front chirped a
"Happy Now Year" to tho first lady of
Mnrlno band burst forth
...lit. 11.
Willi VIIU
stirring strahiB of "Hall
to
Chief."
First ln tho lino camo tho ambassa
dors and mlnlstorB from forolen
courts, accompanied by tholr ( full
staffs.
At tholr head was tho vcnornblo
nnd dltrnlfied Lord Pnuncofoto. Brit
ish nmbassador and dean of tho dip
lomatic corps, ln tho full uniform of
his high dinlomntlo rank. With him
woro Lnrty Pnuncofoto and tho Misses
T'niincerotn nnd- tho ambassadorial
staff. Following enmo Baron Ppvn,
tho Itnllnn nmbassador; Dr. Von Hoi
lehon, tho German nmbassador: M.
Onmbon. tho French nmbassador:
Count Cnssnnl. tho Russian arabns-
Bfldor, and Scnor Don Azpiraz, tho
Mrxkan nmbassador, ench nccomna
nled by his staff and ladles. Tho
French ambassador roturnod only
Inst nl"ht from Paris, having como
on nt this tlmo tooxtcnd to tho pros
ident tho folicftntlons of tho now
yenr.
rho Chlneso minister. In his rich
oriental Bilks, nccompmlod by Mnd-
nmo wu, in elaborately embroidered
gown, attracted much attention.
Aftor tho ambnpsadors and minis
tors camo tho chief liiKt.lco and nHio-
clntq Justices of tho United Stntns
supremo court, and Judges of tho
court of appeals, senators and repre
sentatives In congroBB, former cabinet
efflcors nnd ministers of tho Unltod
States.
At 11:40 oftlcors of tho army nn
reared. At 12:30 tho general public
wob admitted nnd for nn hour ln one
continuous stream tho poonlo passed
through tho parlors extending their
grrotlngfl to tho president
THOSE RFFlNniNfl OPERATIONS.
Those Under the New Currency Ull! Have
' Ileen Closod, '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Refunding
operations under tho flnanclnl act of
March 14 are closed, tho books of tho
departmout having been open to tho
oxchango of bonds for a period of
nino nnd ono-hnlf mouths. In dlscim-
Bin? tho subject Assistant Secretary
Vandorllp Bald:
'Tho rotund ng ban been successful
from ovory Btnn "point. Holders of tho
old hnnB, Ihrco, 'our nnd (Ives of
lf0i, 1907 nnd 190 J. respectively, havo
voluntarily offered for oxchango Into
twoH approximately $139,000,000 out of
$839,000,000, leaving outfitnndlng of
this part of tho Interest bcnrlng public
drbt less than ono-hnlf tho amont
pubject to tho law. Exact figures TI
not bo known for several days, as Bomo
bonds are still ln transit",.
l'ut Crnwo llepiirtt'il L'uuglit.
SIOUX CITY, la., Jan. 2. A special
t'. tho Journal from Obadran, Nob,,
sayB: "iu urowo, charged with com
pHclty ln tho abduction of Eddlo Cuda-
by of Omaha, has been captured. Three
dotoctlvo's, following Crowo'a trail.
anno upon him on tho Pino ltldgo ros-
orvation noar OolrlchB, s. D., nnd cap
tured him after a wl,d choso. CroWo
wib driving a team and buckboard. Ho
whipped tho horso and tried to outrun
tho horsemen, who Boon brought him
to a luvit with tholr six n'.iootoru.
111. Imps nro nt Outs,
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 2. Tho roslg
nation of Bishop H. M. Turnor iib nrca-
ident of African Mdtliodlnt Episcopal
bishops was announced today, on ac
count of a disagreement, it is under
stood, regarding assignments glvon
certain blaliops,
(Ion. lUtolieldur 111.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Brigadier
Gcnoral R. N. Bntcholder, U. S. A., re
tired, Is critlcaly ill In this city from
n complication of dlsoauca arlsug from
Kiuuey irouuio.
I 1 1 t. n It.i.lM I . . 7 ' I
DIN'S AEVIEW Of THE YEAR.
Commercial Acrnry rind Congratulatory
Condition! Have Ueen Kiperlenoed.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Dun' Review,
in its Bummary, reviewing tho busl-
ncn of tho year juat closed, says re
garding tho leading markets:
Conditions in iron and steel during
1000 were much moro sound than in
tho preceding year, when spccuintion
wus rlfo and prices inflated far beyond
tho bounds of reason.
Statistics of tho weekly capacity of
furnaces In blast show that tho highest
point on record was reached on Feb
ruary 1, while there was littlo diminu
tion during tho next fow months. Dut
with tho collapse of speculation during
the spring and realization of tho fact
that operations had been overdone,
there came a steady reduction In out
put. From 296 furnaces la blast on
February 1, thero folowcd a continual
shutting down until but 201 wcro In
operation on November 1, nnd tlio
weakly production docrco3ed 82,710
tons. Even at this rapid ruto of do
cllnlng output stocks accumulated
with startling rapidity and on'October
1 tho top was reached, (170,631 tons.
Business conditions wcro satisfactory,
however, and damand expanded, wJiilo
exports of finished products grew
when prices reached a level that mado
competition possiblo with British and
Gorman producers,
In two months,
on(ilng Dccombor 1, furnace slocks of
..i.. , j inornr. ,
pig iron decreased 113,895 tons and tho
demand was so Improved that many
fuinncos resumed.
Manufactured articles have moved
along similar lines. Quotations of
iron and Btoel products at tho begin
ning of tho year were littlo below tho
level prevailing thirteen years ago'
and In tho fall was almost uninter
rupted until October, when tho aver
age was but C3.C8 per cont of tho fig
ure prevailing Janunry 1, 1887.
It is (II mailt to select any one
branch of this industry ns being
DUShcd harder than nnnthnr. Rallw.-iv!
supplies of nil kinds lmvo sold voryi
nuuiy aim uio maricei is nooueu witn
urgent oruors ror rroight cars, struc
tural material, particularly fr bridges'
nnd ships, has been in much better de
mand than Biipply. Steel rails wore
reduced from last year's price of $35j
to $2G, but it was an open secret that'
tho former figure had only been nom
inal for months prior to tho olllclal'
change in September. Contracts for
1,000,000 tons, dilllvcrablo during 1901,
huvo been placed nt $2G, nnd numerous
I tUn trtn .111 nil. nn( 11 1. Mnl T...1
" tiuilll IUOb Ull 11IU KU111. II U
,lri ,. Df ,, 4l
nr.fnt, 071 i.
-"''; 7.4 uemo. rujiiiui uua nuuu
nothing Dtnrtling, variations remain
ing within tho rnngo or cont. Open
ing at cents, thero woro sales ns
low ns lCVi, and tho close was at the
top, 17 conts. Trado has been active
and domestic production pushed. Ono
authority places tho American viold
wen in ndvanco of any othorcountry.
i.caa ton rrom 51.70 at tho start to
?3.75, and recovered to $1.37, where It
has been maintained by tho smelting"
company ror many months.
MILES WILL NOT SPEAK.
Declines to Add (.'oiuinmit
on Alcrr's
CluirKi's Against llltn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Gonoral
nines wns oe3CL iy nowsnaptr men
seeking from him somo expression of
opinion ns to tho recently publishod
nrtlcio by former Secretary Alger rela
tive to tho beef supply of tho United
States army during tho Spanish-Amer
ican wnr.
To tho fow who saw the gcnoral. ho
had nothing of aubstanco to add to
what ho had already said on tho sub
ject. Ho wns still undecided ns to
whether ho should mako any answer
to tho criticisms passed upon h's
courso, br whether ho shou'd Ignore
what ho denominated bb tho false
statements contained In tho article, on
tho ground that tho Amorlcan public
had already passed upon tho contro
versy, which h"d no no features ns
tho result of Hub resurrection.
Tho gcnoral was ln consultation
during tho dny with somo of his close
adherents and frlonds ln tho assembly
and In civil life.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY IS DEAD.
Famous Writer, Scholar and Fnlltlrlnn
Taken Suddenly at Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Jnn. 2. Ig-
nntius Donnelly, politician, author,
sago, aged 70. died nt 12:03 this
Imornlng. Tho onilnontt Mlnnoapoll-
tan was taken suddonly ill last night
whllo visiting nt tho homo of his
rather-ln-iaw. Barton Hanson, 302:
Twenty-eighth avoiiuo. South.
From tho first Mr. Donnelly sank
steadily and soor becamo uncon
sclous. Dr. Murphy wa3 summoned
nnd whon ho arrived tho sick man
was still unconscious, Tho doctor
pronounced It hoart failure, and stat
ed early In tho evening that thoro
was littlo chnnco of tho pntlont'H re
covery. Lntor Mr. Donnolly Tasriod
away, surrounded by a number of his
relatives.
Itlver and Harbor lllll.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 2. A siib-com-
mlttco of tho houso committee on riv
ers and hnrbors met today for tho pur-
poao of putting tha river and hurbor
bill In shape for presentation to tho
full committee Chairman Burton
hopes that ono meeting of tho com
mittee will bo sufficient. Ho expects
to havo tho bill ready for presentation
tomorrow. Then ho will nsk ti h"vo
It considered on Friday and Saturday.
AVIII Ili-tlre This Yenr.
Washington, Jan. 2. Tho first yonr
of tho now century will pc marked
by mnny retirements In tho army nnd
navy for statutory reasons, mainly on
account of ago. Tho retirements In
tho army luciudo thrco hoads of staff
departments, viz: Judgo Advocate
General Llobar, Genornl Wilson, chlot
of onglnocrs, nnd General Bufilngton,
chief of rodnanco, ench of whom holds
tho rank of brigadier general, Ono
brlgadlor general of tho lino, Goncial
II. C. Mcrrlnm, commanding tho do
tinrtmout of Colorado, and six colonels
of tho lino will retire during the year.
CHINA ACCEPTS NOTE
n ud 0omplmnco with Demands of
r
mo iuueu ruwere.
THE FOREIGN ENVOYS ARE NOTIFIED
Emperor Instruct III 1'lenlpotentlarWi
to Get the IJeit Term Possible Dis
armament of Forts Instead of Their
DeJtruotlon Is Koir to lie Demanded.
PEKIN, Doc. 31. Tho Chincso
plenipotentiaries havo been unex
pectedly ordered to sign tho prelim
inary Joint noto and havo notified
tho foreign envoys to that offect.
Tho Chinese thomsolves wero great-'
ly astonished nt receiving tho lmpo-
rial Instructions. Neither LI Hung
nor Princo Chlng had expected suc
cess In persuading tho court under
ten days.
Tho omporor's Instructions are to
ngroo fully to tho note, but to en
deavor to get tho best terms possible,
particularly In tho matter of limit
ing tho number of tho legation guards
and also as to tho places where theso
are to bo located. Tho plenipoten
tiaries are Instructed to endeavor to
limit the number of army posts along
the lino of railway to ns fow ns pos
siblo and finally to require tho pow
ers not to destroy tho forts, but to
merely disarm them.
LI Hung Chang's- health is bad nnd
It Is doubtful whether ho will bo ablo
to do moro than afilx his signature to
an Instrument delegating his powers
to Princo Chlng until another pleni
potentiary hns been appointed. Ho
was dressed this morning and carried
In a chair to tho rcsldeuco of Princs
Chlng, with whom ho held a
long
consultation. Princo Chlng
called upon tho doyen of
then
tho diplomatic corps, tho Spanish
minister, Scnor do Cologan, nnd re
quested him to notify tho other en
voys that instructions had been re
ceived from tho emperor to sign tho
note.
PARIS, Deo. 31. As has nlrcady
been stated In theso dispatches, tho
United States government decs not
desire the absolute demolition of tho
Taku forts, but simply tholr d!sman-.
over, -was for tho destruction of tho
forts. Inquiries Bald to havo been
mado by tho Chlnesa government of
tho envoys, of which Inquiries, how
ever, no oulcial Intimation has been
received from Mr. Conger, havo been
regarded by tho officials of this gov
rnmcnt ns rensonablo nnd bscauso of
this moro delay than has occurred!
was expected In tho court's direction',
for tho signature of tho noto. Noth-'
lug lias como from Mr. Conger re-J
regarding tho status of tho ncto since
a cablegram from him somo days ngo!
announcing that It had been pre-1
scnted to tho Chlneso.
Mr. Wu, tho Chinese minister, lti
Bomewhat puzzled ag to Just wlftj
construction to placo on tho. .Pck'n;
dispatch. All nlmyr ho Was regardon
tho demands conveyed in the Joint!
noto ns hnrsh nnd severe nnd the'
stntoment that It has bo'n signed
causes him surprise. Ho U inclined to!
bellovo that In oil probability what
tho omperor hns directed is Hint tha
Chincso plenipotentiaries proceed to
d'scuss In frlondly manner with thn
envoys tho terms of tho agrefmo"t'
with a vlow, na Btated In thn Pokln
dUnntch to obtain the lxt terms pos-(
Binio nlonc certain specified linos and
also ln others not contained In tho
cablegram.
TRIBUTE TO 4MFRXAN MAN.
lllch Position of Woman Is Tartly Due
to Other Hex.
CHILLICOTHE, Mo., Dec. 31. Hall
Calno, writing to tho Sorosls, a local
woman's club, under da to of Grceba
CoeUo, Islo of Man, December 8, says;
"Whon ono considers what tho posi
tion of womnn was, oven In tho most
civilized countries, as recently a3 100
years ago, ana how high n piaco sho
has now won for herself, not only in
tno statuto uooks or nations, hut ln tho
republic of art, ono cannot but feel
that tho chango Is even moro remark
able than somo of tho great material
developments which havo distinguish
ed tho century.
"Speaking as ono who 1ms seen tho
conditions In many countries, I feol
.that it is within tho truth to sn.y
that tho position of womnn Is higher
in America than In any other part of
tho world. For this result American
women havo, no doubt, to thank tholr
own natural girts and great iudepend
enco or mind, hut tlioy havo also, I
think, to bo grateful to tho swlendld
chivalry ln tho other sex. which 1b no
where moro conspicuous than In tho
best typo of American gontlemcu.
"HALL CAINE."
Takes Vi-tidiiilstlo View.
LONDON, Dec. 31. All tho rell
gloua denominations aranged for
"end of tho century Bervlces," somo
of which woro hold yestorday and
somo will bo hold today. At West
minster abboy Archdeacon Fordlco
I'rlar, preaching yesterday, took a
gloomy vlow of tho future. Ho said
ho thought It by no means lmproba
bio that early in tho coming century
linginnd would havo to meet a combl
nation of European powers.
I'Rt Crowu Not Vet Found.
ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 31. For the
fourth tlmo tho police and detectives
of this city, havo been outwitted by
rat Crowo and tho men who nro al
Icgc-a to bo Instrumental in keoplng
him from tho clutcho3 of tha police,
Capt. Henry Frans led a squad of ofll
cers In n. raid on a building this
evening in which it was supposed
Crowo and RnlBton, alias McCoo,
Crowe's pal, woro in hiding, but tho
officers found no trace cf tho men.
Pollccmon Dillon nnd Carson statod
tonight that Crowo and Ralston wcro
iu the building this afternoon.
DULLET IS NOW THREATENED.
Kidnaper Grow Jtoro Ilrutat Toward the
Cndahy Family.
OMAHA, Nob., Dec. 31. E. A. Cud
ahy, tho millionaire packer, having
thought hotter o his resolution of Sun
day that ho would not reveal to tho
public tho, contents o tho ECcond leftter
ho received from tho bandits, Tho Beo
is now permitted to publish a ver
batim copy of that communication.
Hero Is tho letter:
"Cudhy: If you valuo tho boy's Hfo
at tho price of . bulet you will with
draw tho reward at onco nnd lot well
anough alone. If you don't do this
wo will finish tho Job wilh a bulet.
"If any man whether gllty or lno
cont is ever nrosted a bulet will closo
tho boy's mouth. You will think of
this warning when It is to late."
Tho iettor, which was unsigned, was
sent through tho malls, nnd was ad
dressed as lollows:
"E, D. Cudhy, 517 South 37th street,
City."
it wns postmarked "Omnha, Dec. 22,
8 a. m.," and was delivered at tho
Cudahy homo at 11 a. m. by a post
man. Tho paper used was ordinary whlto
noto Taper, and tho matter was print
ed in capital letters with black Ink.
Tho second letter received by Mr.
Cudnhy from tho kidnapers, publish
ed in the Sunday Morning Beo, re
newed interest in tho enze and was
tho principal topic of conversation
yesterday on street cars, In shops and
wherever people congregated. An Im
pression generally expressed wa3 that
tho bandits havo becomo foolhardy.
Flushed with success they havo gloat
ed over tho faso with which tliey
ovndo arrest and could no longer re
strain the lmpulso to taunt tho police
and furthor impress Mr. Cudahy with
a senso of his hclplc3sncss ln their
hands.
Others held directly the opposite
thnt tho kldnnpera wore so closo press
ed by tho detectives that they were
fearful of being caught and that tho
second letter comes n3 a cry of dis
tress. They want tho reward with
drawn ln order that manhuntlng may
bo los3 profitable and zealous.
Thero is no means of learning how
tho chief of police construes this let
ter, as ho refuses to discuss it. All
agree, however, that tho outlaws man
ifest a co'd-blooded brutality, which
is most revolting, nnd many a mother
with children of (tender yenrs has
shuddered nt tho thought of her own
dear ones in tho hands of Hipbo thugs.
Mrs. Cudnhy has the sympathy of ev
ery mother who has heard of tho cruel
threats to take away her littlo girls.
SUFPf.R HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
Lord Kitchener Iteporti TIrlllsli Loss ns
Fifty Kl'led and Wounded.
LONDON, Dec. 31. Tho War office
has received tho following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener:
"PRETORIA, Dec. 30, 7:50 a. m.
General Lytleton reports that our post
at Helvetia was captured yesterday
morning by tho Boers. About fifty
wero killed and wounded and 200 tak
en prisoners."
Gcnoral Kitchener reports that ho
le followlnc with a small forco in tho
track of tho cnomy, Helvetia being rz
occupied by Reeves, who ius been rein
forced from Belfast. Hoivctia was a
very strong position oa tho Mnchadorp-
L.yuenuurg rallwny and was held by
a detachment of tho Liverpool regi
ment. Am asking for further Informa
tion'
Whllo Lord Kitchener sends bad
news for England on tho closing day
of tho year, the press continues to Uke.
a surprisingly hopeful view of a grave
situation and of revelations or an
enormously wido field of Boer activity.
General Dowet is still at largo. Klm
berley Is Isolated. The Boers are ln
forco enough to havo captured a
strong position at Ho.vctla, ln tho Ly
denburg district, while, judging from
iora Kitchener s very recent advices,
no progress Is being mndo against tho
Boer InvnderB in Capo Colony.
According to further telegrams re
ceived yesterday Zeerust is practically
besieged, but has provisions sufficient
for flvo months. Tho garrison at Ot-
toshoop has been withdraw to Llchten
burg. Suit for Many SIllllous.
CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 31. A suit
Involving tho ownership of many mil
lions of dollnrs worth of property ln
mis city anu ror $i,buu,uuu uamages
for being excluded from tho rents and
profits of '.he eamo, was commenced
today by claimants to tho cstato of
Leonard Case, who died ln 1880. Tho
defendants in tho suit aro about GOO
ln numbor. Tho plaintiffs, nlno in
number, nllege thoy aro tho rightful
heirs to tho property.
German Cable lu China.
NEW YORK, Doc. 31. Tho Commer
cial Cable company has lasued tho fol
lowing notice: "Tho German adminis
tration Announces that In concert with
tho Groat Northern Telegraph company
nnd tho Eastern Extension Austral
asia and China Tolegraph company, a
cablo has been laid for tho Gormnn
government between Tsing-Tau nnd-
Shanghai. Tho oponlng for Interna
tional servlco will take piaco on Janu-.,
ary 1." ,
Iowa Man Orouud to IMeees.
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Dec. 31
(All night long trains on tho Baltimore
& OUIo and tho Big Four ran ovor
tho body of a man neir Otis City,
twenty miles east of this city, grind
ing tho flesh into small bits. A small
imomorandum book was found bear
'Ing the namo and address of William
'Goloro of Ottumwa, la. Tho man was
murdered and placed on tho track, pre
sumably by his companions.
Another Itnxur l'roi-lumatlon. ,
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 31. News is
brought by tho Rio Jun Maru that
"Boxer" proclamations havo been
found ln Zobut calling upon Korean
Boxers to expel all foreigners, in
cluding Japaneso. Tho anti-foreign
movoment ln Korea Is reported to bo
novm" Hl , 1VUM- ,B lu ""I
creasing in such a manner as taf
causo much uneasiness. Tho famlno
In Shan SI Is Increasing and U caus-
lng much cannibalism. Human iloah
la onercu ror aaio anu oniciai3 are un-
ablo to provent It,
FORMER TO HARRISON
Poito Eico Moro Generouely Treated Thaa
Any of tho Territories.
PEOPLE SATISFIED WITH THE LAWS
tocal Legislature lias Authority to lie
peal the Tariff If It Wlslns, bat Hns
Not Done So All Is l'rogretsluc fa
vorably. CINCINNATI. Dec. 29. Senator J. D
Forakcr has mado a roply to tho re
cent speech at Ann Arbor, Mich., of
former President Harrison, In which
Mr. Harrison criticised tho Porto
Rlcan policy of tho government, char
acterizing It as a departure from cor
rect principles. In a Bpccch boforo tho
Manufacturers' club of this city last
night Senator Forakcr Bald on this
point:
AJ1 tho questions arising under tho
Porto Rlcan legislation aro soon to bo
passed upon by tho Bupremo court. For
that reason I do not care to discuss
thom at this tlmo, but it is ln order to
Bay that the vlow takon by congress, as
reflected by that legislation, was cred
itable to tho generosity, patriotism and
tho industrial spirit of tho American
people. Wo found Porto Rico as poor
us poverty could mako hor. Sho had no
money, no credit, no s stem of taxation
of any kind. Sho wanted a civil gov
ernment and a revenuo to support It
Wo gavo her, a far moro liberal civil
government than wns over given to
any territory prior to tho civil war,
bo far as participation in It by her
pooplo is concorned, and wo dealt by
her moro generously ln providing sup
port for that government than wo
havo over yet dealt with any territory.
In requiring her to pay tariff duties
on Imports from foreign countries wo
did only what wo did with Louisiana,
Florida, California and all our otbor
territories; but in allowing her to put
theso duties, wfien collected, Into hor
own treasury for tho Bupport of hor
Jccal government, wo did what was
never dono beforo for nnybody olso;
for In all other cases wo havo not
only required tho payment of theso
Bamo duties, but wo have also re
quired them, when thoy wero col
lected, to. bo paid Into1 tho national
treasury at Washington for tho com
mon benollt of tho wholo country, and,
an to duties on commorco between
Porto Rico and tho United States, -wo
did not levy 15 per cent, but wo re
mitted 85 per cent of tho existing
on a number of articles, and tho wholo
duty on al tho rest, and provided that
the 15 per cent Bhould bo remitted af
ter March 1, 1902, or soo'ner If tho
legislature of Porto Rico shall pro
vide, and that ln tho meanwhile all
collections of 15 por cent bth thero
nnd in tljo United States, shnll Do
paid OTor to Porto Rico for her own
support. Wo made tills provision bo
couso it was tho best and least bur
densome way possiblo to raiso indls
pcnslblo revenuo for tholr govcrn
and not becauso It was ln any sense of
wy benefit to olthor our govornmont"
or other people.
Tho Porto Rlcan lcclslaturo is now
lu Besslon, but neither that body nor
any member of It, nor anybody elsp,
has taicen any stop to repeal or alter
tho tax sy6tom so Imposed by con
gress. On tho contraryStall testify
allko to tho highest satisfaction with
what congress Iras dono, and tho re
quest will bo almost unanimously
mado that the. provisions enacted
may bo continued, If not Indefinitely.
at least until somo. satisfactory sys
tem oi proper taxation may uo buu
mltted. In addition, It should bo stated that
congress, also in tho samo genorous
spirit, exempted Porto Rico from all
internal revenue taxation anothor
favor never before extended to any
part of our people anywhere Yes, It
Is truo that the legislation for Porto
Rico was a "departure," but It is not
truo thnt It- was a "departure from
correct principles,"
BOER LEADER MOW IN TRAP.
London nrd the Continent TIear That
nenret lias Itrrn Cantnrr,
LONDON, Dec. 29. Persistent re
ports are ln circulation in London and
on tho continent that General Dewct
has been captured. Tho British Char
tered South African company received
this'-'lnformatlon from a sourco in
whlh it Is accustomed to dIoco Im
plicit confidence. Tho War office, how
over.ls without any confirmation of
tho.rennrt.
CAPETOWN, Dec. 29. General De
wot's attempts to break, through tho
south havo been frustrated nnd ho Is
now reported to bo at Senokal with a
largo commando, holding tho country
between Focksbrug, Bonekal and Win-
burg.
Gcnoral Knox Is holding tho country
between Ladyibrand and Wlnburg.
The eastern parties of invidlng
Boers are being conetantly harassed
nnd driven back toward tho Orango
rlvor.
Tho Yeomanry who wero captured
near Brltstown hnvo been rcloasod.
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 29. Tho
Boors damaged tho now Klolnfontolu
nnd Chincso batteries yesterday.
Hm... Yon s7?
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29. Af
tor Janunry 1, in making tho calcula
tion of tho per capita wealth of tho
United States, tho Hawaiian Islands,
Alaska ond tho Indian Territory will
bo included. Tho probable effect will
bo to slightly reduce tho por capita
(wealth, which now Is about $27.
rnlian Kxtmdltlnn Kay,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29. A
tcquest was received at tho Stato de
partment today from Governor Pln
grco of Michigan for tho extradition
of Charles J. Thompson, who is char-
Eed with forgery committed at De
troit. Thompson Is now in Culm. Tho
State department, taking tho ground
tuat tho laland ,8 nt prcsont Bololy
under control of tha United States
military, did not undertake to go Into
the merits of tho application, but
transmitted tho papers at onco to tho
War department.
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