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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1901)
THE SEMl-WEEKlTf TRIBUNE IRA I.. HAKE, Proprietor. TKnilS: IN ADVANC. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ! nmee Tcicrnlur UlilLI ILLLUKVTldt Tho Bcnato and Iioiibo will Iwth hold night sessions this month. Col. Albert Hartsuff, assistant sur geon genera), has been retired. Tho Colorado house has passed n Mil providing for tho electric chair. Tho Princeton (Ind.) Elevator com pany's olovator was totally destroyed by 11 ro. Tom O'Brien, tho Pittsburg club'H first baseman, died of consumption nt Phoenix, Ark. Tho cut nail pool announced nn In cronso In prices of Sc a keg, to go Into effect at onco. The Belgium King Is said to bo In danger, a man having been nrrcstcd who had designs on his life. A dispatch, from Cincinnati says that hope- of mnklng tho JcffrloB-Ruh-lln fight havo been nearly abandoned. Prof. Salisbury, for a qunrter of n century an uuthorlty on Sanscrlpt In Yalo college, Is dead In his 87th year. Tho blast furnaces of tho Lorain, 0 Steel company have resumed oper ations aftor an Idleness of over six months. Edward Hopkins, who was orgnnlst of tho Tomplo church, Ixmdon, from 1845 to 1898, Is dead. Ho was born In 1818. Mrs. Jacob Yocum, aged CO, and her son William, aged 19 years, wero found dead in their bed rooms by tho police nt Fostorla, 0. Thomas P. Fenlon, ono of tho most prominent lawyers nnd politicians in Kansas, died At Leavenworth of heart dlfienuo, aged sixty-five. Adjutant General Patrldgo of tho Illinois Qrand Army of tho Republic, uaya tho death rate among old nokllera is nt tho rato of .1 per cent. Lord Wantngo is quoted as saying that tho queen's last words woro: "Oh, thut pcuco may como." Those fow words wero characteristic of her life. Edward D. Cornell, a retired hat manufacturer und for mnny ycar3 president of tho Hatters' union, com mitted sulcldo by hanging nt Philadel phia, Pa. Assemblyman Lottcr end his son havo been nrrcstcd und jailed at Ult enhago, charged with aiding the Moors. It. Is alleged dynuinlto wns found in Mr. Lotter's house. Colonel B. P. Clandom, aged 7ft years, was found dead in his bed nt Galveston, Tex. Clnudom wan French consul nt San Antonio and was well known throughout tho south. Eugcno I. Gowell visited dctcctlvo headquarters in Chicago and an nounced that ho was tho long-saught-for Chnrlio Koss, who was kldnnpcd from Gcrmantown, Pa., In 1874. Chamborlln & Co. or Chlcngo 'offer to raiso tho wrock of tho battleship Maine for nothing and glvo the gov ernment 3 -par cent of tho sales of tho material In tho form or souve nirs. Under apodal orders rrom tho nnvy dopartmcnt tho crulBer Lancaster loft St. Vincent, West Indies, for La Gulra. Tho gunboat Scorpion arriv ed at Curncoa yostorday from La Gulra. Tho body of Judgo N. Pearl of Port GlbBoii, I.u., was found in Uio Missis sippi river noar that pinco with hoavy weights tied around tho hands and unities. Ho had been missing about two weeks. Tho steamship Duko of FIfo brings iiows that ownors of Japanese oil wollB are organizing n strong company to compoto with tho company formed by tho Standard Oil company to develop tho Echtgo oil Holds. 8onator Alonzo Smith ot Indiana, former lieutenant governor or that ntate and n lender ot tho democratic party there, Ha;-a Indluna democrats want David D. Hill of Now York stato to head tho ticket in luO I. James J. Corbott nnd his wlfo had a war ot words in their apartments at mo Hotel Navarro, Thirty-eighth street nnd Seventh avenue. Tho end wns that tho pugilist walked out vow ing ho would never return. Jefferson Long, a negro, who thirty yearn ago represented tho Macon dis trict In '.ongrcHs, died at Macon, On. Tho xtJT department Is Inrormcd that Capt. Raymond Sulzer, of tho voluntoer quartermaster's depart ment, died on tho transport Pagltng, which arrived at 8an Francisco, Speaker Henderson Is opposed to tho movoment for nn extra session of congress. A sensational sulcldo shocked Pat orson, N. J when John Dorltter, u wealthy contractor nnd mason, endod lun llfo by drinking carbolic acid after having n violently Jealous quarrel with his wife. It Is roported from Kiel that Sleg frlod Hess, a local banker, has lied to tho United Stateo after embezzling 300,000 marks. AddlBon Cominaclc, nged 74 years, at ono time ono ot tho most promi nent speculators In Wnll street, died ui nis homo m Now York city. Twenty froah cnBca or Bmall pox nnd nlno donthu from that dlsutiRo woro roported ut GlaBgow. There are now 433 cases In tho hospital. A car ot tho Adams Express com pany attachod to tho train which loft Philadelphia at midnight Snturdny ror Now York, va rilled by robbers cn route. Tho big bnttlcahlp Wisconsin, built nt San Francisco, has been plnced in commission. In vlow ot tho possibility ot a Doer raid all tho ammunition surrendered by burghers nt Komntlpoort hns been loaded on lighters nnd moored In tho bay, Tho annual meeting of tho Iowa Association of County Treasurers will bo held In Des Moines at tho Kirk wood Houso on Feb. 13 and 14, The sonnto In exccutlvo rcsbIoii mado tho following confirmations: Franklin Moses of Alnskn, to bo reg ister qfjhjj land oftlco at St. Mlchnslt Alto severoj army protnoti'jnH. WILD IIDHORS AFLOAT Reports Go Round London That Chamber lain Is Reconsidering. TALK OF THE RECALL OF MILNER Hound Table (,'onferrnoe with Liberal Lenders In Contemplation- The Htor ! Hauled The Slonthplece mt Colonial Secretary. LONDON, Feb. 1). Public attention has again turned to South Africa by tho dispatch of reinforcement and the publication of Lord Roberts' mall dispatches. Rumor have been in circulation thut Mr. Chamberlain has reconsid ered his South African policy and was contemplating a round-tablo confer ence with Mr. John Morloy And Sir William Horcourt and tho recall of Sir Alfred Mllncr. Tho Dally Mall says It Is nblo to assert, on Mr. Cham borlnlnV. nuthorlty. that tho story is n fabrication and that the government rotnlni tho moat nbaoluto confidence In Sir Alfred Mllner. "Mr. Chamber lnln flatly denies," says tho Mail, "that ho has had nny communication .with any member of tho opposition on tho subject of tho wnr." Lord Roberts' dispatches aro not regnrded aa giving nny further olu cldatlon of the conduct of tho wnr, but they are Interesting, as proving that throughout tho campaign ho nov cr had mifflclcnt mon, horses or sup plies to cover such n vast field of op eration. Lord Robortfl assorts deliberately that tho porninncnt tranquillity of tho republic "depend on the complete disarmament of tho Inhabitants, a task difficult, I admit, but uttalnablo with tlmo nnd pnticnoo." Looking nt all tho circumstances, Lord Roberts nays tho campaign Is "unlquo In the nnnnla of war" and ho pays tho hlghost trlhuto to tho gal lantry nnd worth ot tho troops, de claring that, "no finer force over took tho field under tho British nag." Thero la n general Idea that tho dispatches havo suffered considorablo excision at tho hnnda ot tho wnr office. Thov do not throw any turthor light on tho nummary rotlrcmont ot Gen eral Colvlllo or any other matters ro tating which tho public Ib anxious to boor. Tho nppoarnnco ot bubonic plaguo nt Capetown scorns likely to ndd to tho dinicultlcu ot Uio sltuntlon. Tho HUlhnrltlos thcro havo dooldcd upon a Avhnlosalo extermination ot rnts. Should tho dlscacH spread It will ne cessitate changes in the military ar rangements. Today Sir Altred Mllncr makes an other earnest appeal to employers to allow as ninny mon as possible to enroll in the colonial mounted defense force. From Delngoa Hay It is roported that the British huvo occupied Er melo nnd Carolina, which until ro omily wero Doer dopotB. The Boors bold up n Nntal mall train near Vlakfonteln. Tho few boI dlora on board exhausted their cart ridges and the Boors then lobbed Uio passengers, afterward allowing tho tral nto proceed. OUTLINING Till: KINO'S SPEfCII. ItrtlUli Ciililnot Gonnetl Hold Kemlou to I'rmnw the Document. LONDON. Fch. 9. The cabinet mooting todny will prnmimably settle tho tonus of King Edward's speech at the opening of his first purllnmont, February II), which may be expected to partially ropnat bis majoaty'a spooch to the privy council on accession day, cxpronulng thanks for tho condolences nnd oxprcaoloiiH of loyalty, roforrlng to his deep sonso of tho responsibility of his now position and announcing his dctarmluntion to work tor the wel fare of all classes. Kerniumeiid Wyoming Men. WASHINGTON, Fob. 8. Senators Wnrren and Clnrk nnd Itopro3ontntivo Mondoll of Wyoming havo rocom monded ror nppolntmont ns officers In tho regular army under tho now re organization act, nil tho Wyoming men now In tho volunteor Borvlco, They uro: Lloutennnt L. L. Dlotrlck, Chey enne: Lieutenant Charles If. Burrltt, Buffalo; Captain Gcorgo R. Shannon, Larnmlo; Captain Thomas Miller, Buffalo; Captain Loron Checvor, Shor Idnn; Captain Ira L. Frodonhull, Choyenno. Of theao ofTlcera, Dletrlck, Burrltt, Mlllor nnd Choovor nro In th Philippines, Shnnonn 1b In Cuba, nnd Frcudcnhall In China. Union raolllo'a High Figure. NEW YORK, Fob. 7. A now high flguro was acorod by Union PaclIU common today, when 129,400 shares sold up to 9S, it rlso ot three nnd one eighth. In addition to tha buying by bunking iutorests considerable utock was taken by tradors on tho notion that In somo way tho stockholders would rccolvo vnlunblo rights In con nection with tho Southern Pacific pur chase. Hallo & Stloglltz bought heav ily all day. Another ltallroutl Uonitilur. CHICAGO. Feb. 8. Tho Trlhiino to morrow will Buy that according to reports received luiro today a nuw Milwaukee & St. Paul deal Is bolng planned, with President J. J. 111)1 ot tho Groat Northorn loft out. Accord ing to thla story tho Pennsylvania, Milwaukee & St. Paul und Northorn Pacific aro to bo merged into ono sys tem. ANOTHER HARRIMAN SYSTEM. Bllmmi'l I'ai'lllc, "Knty," JMo Grande and Two Other KoaiU, CHICAGO, Fol). O.Tlio Trlbuuo to morrow will 6ay; A Rrhumo Is under consideration whoroby the Missouri Pacific, tho two uio Gramlo roads, tho Colorado Southern, the Missouri, Kansas & Toxns nnd tha St. Louis & San Fran cisco nro to ho grouped in ono nyu turn. Tho proposed plan would moan tho formation ot a Harrlmnii south- weBtorn railroad sjBtoni. FINANCING BY UNION PACIFIC. Plan for New AcfinUlttnn U Agreed on by tli Executive Committee. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. A plan for financing tho acquisition of control ling Interests In the Southern Pa cific on behalf of the Union Pacific was today agreed upon by tho exccu tlvo committee ot tho 'Union Pacific, which will make nn official announce ment tomorrow. Semi-official admissions mado to night nro already directly in line with what has ulready been published. The Central Pacific will bo taken out ot tho Sot'.hcrn Pacific system and annexed separately to tho Union Pacific. Tho directors do not want to assume any direct burden on behalf or the Union Pacific, so will issue dobenture bonds Bccurcd by tho Southern Pacific stock purchased, tho bonds being redeema ble at par nt tho company's option or exchangcablo for union Pacific stock at par within a limited period. It Is also said that two Southern Pacific bondB may bo exchanged tor ono Un ion Pacific. Union Pacific wns n market leader egain today. Both common and pre ferred rosr violently. Over 125,000 shares of common was Hold. Tho heaviest buyer was John W. Gates. All his brokers wore on tho floor. Ho bought 40.000 Bharcs. Other heavy buyers were: Kcech, Locw & Co.. Jacob Field. A. Houseman. Wil liam Oliver. Woaserman Bros.. C. A. Missing. Halle & Slglltz and Clarko, Dodgo & Co. It Is said that a largo nmount of stock wbb purchased by tho Interests recently In control ot tho Southern Pacific, and this list ot brokers Indicates that. WILL OPPOSE SENATE DILL. Kcpubllcani DUcuis Wnr Hernine Amendment. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Tho repub lican mcmbora ot tho wnyB and means committco mot this nftornoon to for mulato a plan or nctlon relative to the war revenue bill, but no definite con clusion was reached beyond tho deci sion to nonconcur in tho senate amendments. Tho nction ot tho sennte in substi tuting an entirely now bill tor the bill ns It passed the house, is looked upon as n distinct invuslon ot tho prerogative of tho houso to initiato revenue legislation and nt the meet ing today somo ot the members fa vored radical action to bitdtain what thoy consider tho constitutional rights of tho houso to originate revenuo leg islation. Tho plan was to ignore the bill in Its present form and to pass nnother entirely new revenue bill. But this was regarded ns entirely too radical. Another proposition, nnd tho one that met with most favor, was to re port back tho bill to tho houso tomor row with a recommendation ot non- concurrence, but without a request tor a conreronco. This would requlro tho Bonato to ask ror a conference it nny was to bo held. NO MORE APPOINTMENTS. Walt Anlillo for Creation of Vacanry In the I.' at of General! WASHINGTON, Fob. 8. It is Baid at tho war offlco that no more gcnoral officers of tho army will bo appointed until tlm Hpnntn hns acted on thoso sent in on Tuesday. Ono reason is that thero will bo no vacancy In tho list of concrnls unless General Miles n f-nnnrmnd In tho higher ranK. un less 11 vncancy occurs In that ninnnor, It In modlctod that it will bo filled by tho appointment of Colonel C. Butcs. who was ycBterday nominated n. brigadier general. faucu an np pointmont would prevent tho ppolnt ment of Brigadier General Wade or Morrlam to a major goncralshlp tor nornn tlmn Under tho prcsont plan Brigadier finnnrn! Schwan. nominated yesterday. will bo retired Immediately after his confirmation, and Colonel Daggett of tho Fourteenth lurnntry win ue np pointed to tho vacancy. FOR BRANCH MINT IN OMAHA. Home Committee Will Katroraldy Ueport the lllll. WASHINGTON, Fob. 8. Tho houso committco on coinage, weights and measures docldcd to report favorably tho bill establishing a urancii mint at Omaha und appropriating $100,000 therefor. Sutherland or tho Firth district ot Nebraska was the member or tho sub-commltteo that took initial action. Attack Htnlue of Virgin. LONDON. Fob. 7. Hlldbernnd do Britto Lyra, a relative ot the presi dent ot Brazil, Dr. Campos Salles, was Incarcerated in an uaylum for tho in- Bano today aftor committing a sacri legious outrago In n Roman Catholic church at Matlock Bath, a pinco a few miles south of Mnllock, In tho county ot Derby. Lyra suddonly appeared In the church thlB morning during ser vice, jumped over tho nltnr mils and attacked a statue of the Virgin Mnry. Morgan Oppnire Subaldy. WASHINGTON .Feb. 8. Tho sen ate had both day and night sessions today. At tho dny session the pen sion bill appropriating $144,000,000 was poBBed uftor a fow minutes con sideration. Tho Bhlp subsidy bill was then taken up, nnd Mossni. Mc Laurln und Morgan, both domocrntn, inntltj speeches on It. Mr. McLnurln announced hla Intention to support tho bill nnd Mr. Morgnn opposed It In vigorous language. Packers deny the rumor vbg ft PIRDY DENIES THE RUMOR. llock Itland Doe Not Contemplate lltiy- lut; Mexican Ceiitml, CHICAGO, Fob. 8. Prcsldont War- rou G. Purdy of tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad today mado an ubsolnto denial of tho roport cir culated on Wall street thnt tho Rock Island cystotn had acquired a control ling intorcst in tho Mexican Central in II road. "Thero Is nothing nt nil in thnt re port." Bald President Purdy. "No Hiich fiction is contemplated." lion of Tenth Infantry Uzci Dcali cn the Rail, VVETE ON THEIR WAY TO NECRASKA Flye Ilodlts Taken from the Debris anil Store llrllcTail to Its Hurled Looomo Ito Jump the Track While Hunulng at Very High Unta ef Speed. GREENVILLE, Pa., Feb. 8. Train No. C, tho New York-Chicago limited, on the Erio railroad, wns wrecked this morning within tho town limits. Five passengers were dead when takon from the wreck, several are missing and thero aro many seriously injured. Dwid; SDROEANT MAJOR HARRY A. HART, Fort Wood, N. Y. GEORGE W. PATTERSON, Phila delphia, private, Company I, Tenth United States infantry; carried card of Iron Molders' union. PETER J. CURRY, Cuboco, N. Y.; private Tenth infantry; nged 21. UNKNOWN MAN, nged nbout 35. UNQNOWN MAN. Only papers on person was a postal card that had been sent to tho Adnma Produce com pnny, Rushviile, Ind., and a ticket from Now York to that Point. His face was literally torn Into shreds. Hardly a passenger escaped with out Bomo injury. Tho ill-rated train waB composed entirely of vcstlbuled Pullmans, throo sleepers, a day coach, combination smoker and baggage and mall car, and wns drawn by one or tho now AtlanUc typo ot engines. It was on tho smoking compartment that death laid a ruthless hand, tor not ono ot tho sixteen occupants escaped bolng killed or injured. This car wbb com pletely telescoped by tho Btoel mall car ahead, which went through It as though It wero paper, tearing, crush ing, maiming and carrying death. Tho only wonder ot the occupnnt3 was that they wero not all killed outright. The scene ot the wreck is on n sharp curve. On ono sldo, torty reet below, flows tho Shenango river; on tho other is a steep bluff. Tho engine left tho track nt the curve and before It had gono two car lengths plowed into tho steep hill, whero it fell on Its. sldo nnd was hnlf burled. The train was running about two hourB late and tho accident happened at 7:10, Just about the tlmo when the oc cupants ot the sleeper had finished dressing. After tho terrible crash the unin jured passengers set about tho rescue of tho dead and wounded. Surgeons were summoned and within a tow minutes tho dead and dying were be ing cared tor as fast as they could bo discovered beneath tho wreckage. It was several hours betoro tho victims had been removed and placed in tho two rear urnmans. Tho Bcencs inside the telcsconod cnrB were terrible. The mon begged to Uo released and screamed In agony. They wero all heaped In a corner ot tho car, dumped thero by tho Irresisti ble Impetus ot the mail car. The in jured woro placed on a special train and taken to tho Spencer hospital, Meadvillo, about noon. A party ot soldiers, nlno in number, on tholr wny rrom Fort Porter, N. Y., to Fort Crook, Neb., In charge ot Ser geant Major Harry A. Hart, ot New York, occupied a part or tho smokor. Ot tho number three wero killed and two seriously injured. They wero under orders tor tho Philippines nnd would havo sailed In n Bhort time. Tho trnck was blocked tor twelve hours, tho work ot clenrlng the wreck progressing Blowly, nnd It Is believed other bodies are still beneath the debris. DISCUSS THE KAISER'S VISIT. German Netriprper Hare Varying Views nn Ilia Reception In Kngland. BERLIN, Feb. 8. Tho Cologne Ga- zetto, reverting to Emperor William's visit to England, lnsiBts that his re spect and lovo for hla grandmothor alone dictated tho visit, his reception being purely personal. It acknowl edges tho existence or a strong Brit ish tondency In many circles in Ger many," and nascrts that "nothing could bo moro disastrous to Germany than the opposition or Qreat Brit ain." Knutli nholH Memorials. WASHINGTON, Fob. 8. Congress man Gamble today presented n me morial from tho South Dakota logls- latum urging tho establishment ot a permanent mllltnry post at Fort Mend, 8. D.; also a memorial urging tho erection ot an Indian school at EverettB, 8. D. Tho Metropolitan National bank ot Chicago wob today approved as a re aervo agent for tho Hurt (In.) Na- tlonnl bank; tho Merchants' National bank ot Philadelphia, Tor tho Iown Mutionni bank or unvenuort. la.; tho First National bnnk ot Chlcngo. ror tho First National bank of Sioux City nnd tho First NatlonnI bank of Ha- warden, la. ranker! Deny the Humor. uiuuAUO, Feu. 8. The rumor nflout today to tho effect that the pncklng Interests of Armour, Swift and Nelson MorrlB wero to bo consoli dated, with a capital of 8135,000,000, wa denied tonight by nil the pack ers Interested, The lNialnltlee Hill I'uacd. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Tho poat- ofllco appropriation bill, dobato on which has consumed Almost nn entlro week In the house, was passed to day. Tho dobato hovered about threo toplcfl railway mall pay, pneumatic tubo service and special fast mall fa cilities but it boro no fruit. Tho amendment to rcduco tho rato ot rail way mall pay wbb ruled out on a point ot order; tho amendment to contlnuo tho pneumatic tubo service in Now York, Boston and Philadel phia was abandoned. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. I.ittett Quotation from South Ontatta nnd KniMMi tltr. UNION STOCK YAHDS. SOUTH OM-AHA-CATTI,E Tlin nupply of cnttlc fell considerably nhort of tho number received the limt few dnytt, and, as the demand wan of quite liberal proportiotiH, the mar ket on Rood stuff ruled active nnd a llttlo HtroiiBcr all around. There wre not many Rood to choice beef stcera of fered, and as there was conslderaWo competition on mich nmdes, prices were stronger than ycHturday. Whero the cat tlo Just suited buyers they paid fully a nickel more thnn yesterday and In some cases sales looked better than thnt. Tin situation, however, Is best dcsc'.bcd by calling It a good strong market. Common and half-fat Mtuff did not Improve and In fact sellers found It dltnctilt to dispose of that class of cattle, lookers do not want them and will take them only at their own prices. 'Ihc cow market was also active and stronger on good stuff, the Hltuatlon being much the snmn us on fat steers. As the supply wua limit ed tho morn desirable bunches wero nut of first hands early In the morning. Dulls, calves and stngs could be quoted just about steady with yesterday, 110 partic ular change being noticeable. The de mand for good stock cattle was equal to to supply thiH morning and prices re mained stationary. There was not much offered In that line und conseuunctly sell ers had llttlo difficulty In disposing ot their holdings. HOOB There wns not as liberal a sup ply hero as yesterday and the market opened WH'c higher. Tho llrst sales were mostly nt (.1.271 and $3.30 nnd ns high as Jo.32V-i waH paid for prime heavy weights. Tho hogs however, did not move toward tho scales very rapidly, ns packers did not like to pay the advance and wero slow about taking hold. After about thirty loads had changed hands tho feeling seemed to be n llttlo easier nnd not much was dono for 11 time. 8IIKH1' There wero only about thre.o cars of sheep Included In today's receipts and conHcquuutly hardly enough to maki a good test of tho market. The few bunches offered, though wero bought ut Just about yesterday's prices. Lambs sold as high as $5.00 and owes brought J.1.C0. Tho light supply of wethers con tinues, the bulk of tho receipts helm; owos and lambs, which naturally make tho wethers bring strong prices, as com pared to the ewes nnd lambs. Feeders may be quoted practically steudy, botH for the day and for tho week. KANSAS CITY. CATTLK Beef steers. Including Texas and westem, steady to 10c higher; others sieauy; native peer steers, jl.&OfiD.lo: Blockers and feeders, $3.75V44.SO; western fed steers. $l.Orf4.C0; Texas nnd Indian steers. $3.7S14I.G0: rows. tt.ffliii.'Xi heifers. $.1.r0fH.75; canners. $2.25f2.!K); bulls, $3.00'tf caives, jo.wiK i.&y. HOGS Market Be hlirher! ton. 1V0! bulk of sales, $...30',t.".W: heavy, 5.40; mixed packers. $r.!5D.35; nBht, $.'5.2005.31; pigs. $I.C6ijR.O0. SIIKEI' AND T,AMHS-Market CWlOo lower; western lambs, $5.00H5.25; western wethers. II. luff). 40: western venrllnin. t..ui.it; owes, u.tiius.bst; cuns, CARNEGIE NOT AFTER CASH. lie l Willing to Surrender 111 Btr' for Klre 1'or Cent. PITTSHL'IIG. Pa.. Feb. Finan cial nnd steel mon or Pittsburg aro anxiously awaiting further informa tion from New York relative to the Carnegio deal, but not a word camo horc todny that gave any intelligence ns to what progress is being made by the Morgan syndicate. It Is learned from private advices that very llttlo cash will be required to consummate tho deal. If tho plans go through, Mr. Carneglo will withdraw entirely rrom tho affairs of tho Carneglo com pany, taking tor tho trunster or his stock a sum exceeding $85,000,000 in guaranteed 5 per cont bonds, which nro to bo a first lien on tho Carnegie and other properties. Go3sip centers now mostly on tho price that will be paid ror tho 85,000 nharcs ot stock. Two years ago H, C. Frick nnd others, Including cx Judgo W. H. Moore, obtained an op tion on Carneglo s holdings, paid 81,- 000,000 In hand money, tailed to com plete tho deal nnd lost tho 51.000,000. At that time Carnegie stated that tho next tlmo ho set n prlco it would bo high. Thla statement Is being in terred to as ovldcnco that tho price placed is considerably nbove the par value or 81,000 a Bhare. It is un derstood in tho Carneglo building that Mr. Carnegie has taken steps to, pro tect tho nterests or Ills younger part ners. Ono or tho tew officials or tho company who could bo seen today said In relation to tho report from New York that the minority stock holders hnd taken eteps to block tho deal. REPLY IS EXPECTED SOON. Great llrltnlu'a Mind ! Unde Up on the Onnnt Qneitlon. LONDON. Feb. 9. It has been learned by a representative or tho Associated Press that n reply will shortly be sent to tho United States' Nicaragua canal project, it win not comply with tho senate's demands. Neither will it bo in tho nature or a flat refusal, though for purposes of Immediate construction it will bo tantamount to such a refusal. It will consist mainly In a counter proposal, or proposals, likely to necessitate ex tended negoUatlons. Tho nature of tho proposal Is not yet ascertainable. Lord Pauncefoto win prooaoiy uo tlm medium through whom tho nn- Bwor will bo sent ond by whom tno subsequent negotiations will chiefly bo conducted. In British official opln Ion it Is likely thnt several months will olapso before tho matter reaches n cone uslon. by which time 1110 nay- Pauncofoto treaty will have lapsed on tho basis of tho Bcnnto's amendments. Tho British counter proposals nre now rovmulatlng and it is hoped nn en- tirnlv now agreement, satisfactory to both countries, will eventually bo reached. State Settle llnuuilarle. BRISTOL. Tenn., Feb. 8. Tho leg islature ot Virginia today ncccpted from Tennessee tho ccBSlon or one- half of Main Htreet In this city aa tho boundary lino between tho two states. Tho matter has been In litigation for many years. BLOWS Off SISTER'S HEAD. Klshl-Yenr Old llnjr of Murr.iy, la., l'lnyt Hnliller With Katal lleaulls. CRESTON, In.. Fob. 9. Don nnd Ixila Tagem, children or Mr. nnd Mrs. James Tagem, wero In tho yard play ing soldier, near Murray, tho mothor being Blck In tho houso and tho rather In town for n physician. Don found an old discarded shotgun In tho smokehouse. The boy, who Is 8 years old, pointed tho gun nt his slater's head and pulled tho trigger. The gur wns loaded and tho charge blew tho girl's head off. A But Bullet Through a Viid Tart Gtopped Hit Antics. ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE A SALOON Got. Dtltrlcli lime Ills Arbor l)r I'roc- litmittton April 93d tha Time t I'lnn Trees Various Other Nebraska Doing and Happenings. aOUDON. Neb.. Feb. 9. Tho ltttlo town ot Merrlman, twenty-flvo mlico east ot Gordon, was shaken up by the shooting ot Jim White, who ha3 been holding rorth In this vicinity ror somo time. Jim Whlto and Louiu Provo, a halt-breed Indian, entered Jack Barnes, saloon nnd immediately attempted to run the bartendor. Linn Kern, out nnd tnko possession. whlto and Provo began tho trouble by throwing cuspidorcs at Kern, chns ing him behind tho bnr, brandishing their revolvers and uttorlng vllo threats. Kern did not propose to havo them take possession in that way nnd carao out shooting. The first shot passed through whites Iung3, It Is reported that Whlto killed threo men in Montana, tor which ho bad to lenvo there, and ho has boon regarded as a dangerous porson. Ho terrorized tho citizens ot Gordon two years ago by defying tho authorities nnd standing tho city marshal oft with his gun. Tho latest reports claim that Whlto is still alive, but railing fast, hi chances tor recovery being very frag ile ARDOR DAY PROCLAMATION. Governor Bet Apart Monday, April 22, to He Obnorved. LINCOLN. Nob.. Feb. 0. Govornor Dietrich has issued tho following proc lamation, designating Monday, April 22, as Arbor day: The observance of Arbor day has in tho past contributed in no small degreo to tho growth nnd improve ment or Nebraska's rore3try and roli- ngo. It has transformed vast ex panses ot prairlo Into picturesque woodland, Increasing the landscape beauty ot tho state and nnklng it more desirablo tor thoso seeking op portunities tor Investment nnd nt- rording comfort nnd pleasure to thoso already (here. This practice, which haa added bo much beauty and valu to tho Btato in the past should not only bo maintained in the future, but should bo enlarged upon to tho great est practical extent. On each recur ring Arbor dny every citizen of Ne braska should ndd at least one tree to our forestry nnd foliage, which shall servo the double purpose or be ing both commemorative and benefi cial commemorative of tho mental genius ot our distinguished citizen. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, author or Arbor day, and beneficial in tho way or increased comfort and value. "ny authority vested in mo uy law I therororo do hereby proclaim and designate Monday, April 22, 1901, an Arbor day, and I earnestly request or the citizens ot this state and all school children to observe this occa sion by the planting ot trees anil beautitying bhrubbery. "In testimony whercor I havo here unto subscribed my nnmo nnd caused to bo affixed tho great seal or tho state or Nebraska. Dono at Lincoln, tho cnnital ot tho stato ot Nobranka, this 4th day ot February, in tho year or our Lord 1901. "CHARES H. DIETRICH." . Ilnala for Itepresentntlon. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 9. -Tinder tho reapportionment ot legislative dis tricts each 32.000 people or Nebraska will bo entitled to ono senator nnd threo representatives. Tho, number or members will remain unchanged, but the representation will bd divid ed unon nn actual population basis. which will probably decrease tho rep resentation or the eastern nan 01 uio stato and Increase that ot the .western halt. Representative EvanB ot Lin coln county In preparing to make a strong tight In tho houso in uenair of his section, and in tho upper branch Senators Currio and Von uosKirK win champion tho interests of- tho great northwest. FTor New Wine for the Anylnm. HASTINGS. Neb.. Fob. 9. Tho leg islative committees appointed to visit all tho state Institutions ror tho pur- poso ot inspection visited tho nsylum for tho chronic insane at Hasting" and wero caretully escorted through tho institution by Superintendent Kern and Steward Haverly. Tho in vestigating committees mado a thor- ough examination or everything nnd expressed great surprise at finding tho institution in such excollont con dition. They found that all warun were filled to tho limit and on loarn ing tho annual Increase of tnmnto.i in th Hnatlnus asylum thoy nil ex pressed thenuclvcs to tho effect that It wan an absolute necessity that a now wing bo added to this institution at tho earliest poEBlblo duto. Change nt the Innane Anylutu. HASTINGS. Nob., Feb. 9. Tho Asy lum for tho Chronic Insnno was offi cially turned over to tho nowly ap pointed omclai8. ur. lvern or wooci River Bucceeded Dr. Steele of. Hast ings as superintendent, and Harry Haverly ot this city succeeds Mr. Barnes or Red Cloud as steward. Georgo Jnmos ot Hastings was ap pointed bookkeepor, to tako tho placo or Dan Althcn or Omaha. Canadian smelters havo entered In to an agreement combining their In terests. Maddened florae Kill II I m. HOLDREOE, Ncb Fob. 9. Tho death ot A. It. Potter, living some ten miles trom this city, occurred Trom tho effects of being crushed by a horse. Tho horso was craz with tho cornstiilk disease, nnd crushed Mr. Potter ngnlnst tho sldo of tho stall, Inlllctlug Injuries nbout tho liver.