THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IltA X.. DARE, Proprietor.
TERMS! l.aINADVANCB.
NORTH riATTH, - NEBRASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS. j
Nearly nil of tlio foreign umbossa
dors called upon Secretary Hay to bid
Mm farowoll before ho left on tlio
presidential trip.
Governor Odell has signed the bill
which authorizes New York City to
accept tho $5,2,00,000 gift of Androw
Carneglo foryC free library, system.
. , A jnaty. named Pctroff attempted to
enter tho royal palace at Bucharest,
tho Roumanian capital, with a view to
murdering King Charles, but was pre
vented by tho Gentries after a severe
struggle.
Suit has been Instituted against tho
Chicago & Northwestern railroad for
$2GO,000 damages by forty-four clalm
Ans nllcgcd to Imvo been Injured In
tho wreck at Dcprc, Wis., Juno 21, of
last year.
Carefully compiled statistics of tho
Oazetto show tho gold production of
tho Crlpplo Creek district, up to the
cIobo of April malco a total of over
$100,000,000. Gold was first found In
this camp In 1889.
Tho London Times announces the
approaching marrlago of Mr. Archi
bald Edward Halfour, Bccond son of
Mr. Archibald Balfour of London, to
Miss Vivian May, eldest daughter of
Mrs. Sartorls of v.nshlngton.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
tho Russian government has forbidden
tho exhibition at Moscow of Rcplno's
lief slzo portrait of Count Ico Tolstoi,
icprcscntlng him in tho costume of a
peasant and barefooted.
Wbllo tho first train from Pekln to
Tion Tsln was traversing tho brldgo
between Lo Fa nnd Yang Tsum, It was
derailed through tho collapse of a cul
vert. Elovon Chlncso were killed and
forty Chlneso nnd twenty Americans
injurrd. Ono American ennnot recov
er. Tho Michigan houso of representa
tives passed by unanimous voto n
stringent nntl-clgnretto law, and If
concurred in by tho scnato and signed
by Governor Bliss", it will bo unlawful
to manufacture, sell or give away any
clgarotto or clgarotto paper In that
Btnte.
Tho London Dally Chronicle says It
learns that Dr. Ludwlg Mond has dis
covered a mothod of producing Illu
minating coal gas at two ponco per
1,000 fcqt, which will effort a revolu
tion by cheapening electric power and
ulso as bearing upon tho production of
open hearth Btcol.
Norrls Humphrey, for twonty-flvo
years a lending business man of Lin
coln, Nob,, committed mtlcldo by
shooting. Tho death a yoar ngo ot
his brothor and partner brought about
a receivership for tho property, and
tho Htlgntlon which followed, it is
cnld, unbalanced his mind.
Forest fires nro raging at a number
of upper Michigan ponlnsula points,
and unless thcro Is a drenching rain
soon great damage will bo dono and
mflhy hamlets and villages ondnngor
od. Tho wholo north country is very
dry, less than a quartor of an Inch
of rnln having fallen during tho
month,
Thcro really sccmB somo reason to
expect an enrly advanco In diamonds.
. This has not been decided upon, but
flvo firms In London which control tho
market and are thomsclvcs controlled
by tho Do Boors Mining company of
South Africa, think it probablo that
iho prlco of diamonds would lmvo been
much higher but for tho war.
It is reported from Dclgrndo that
tho Albanians In old Sorvla aro com
mitting wholesale atrocities.
Fred Dickson, well known ns on op
era singer with the RostonlniiB, wus
lound at Hough's Nock, Mass., hang
ing In his cottago.
Thrco cases ot tho bubonic plague
have occurred nt Bazrn, Asiatic Tur
key. 8ovcn fresh cases of bubonlo plaguo
Jmvo been discovered nt Cnpotown and
llvo Europeans and two colored peoplo
kavo died from tho dlease.
Tho Union clun of Cleveland, O.,
whoso membership comprises tho
wealthiest nnd most prominent busi
ness nnd profcsslonnl men ot Clove
land, has decided to build n now club
l.ouso nt tho comer ot Euclid nvonuo
and Harrison Btrcet to caBt $800,000.
Tho comptroller of tho curroncy has
decided that additional rooms which
tho collector of customs nt Now York
proposed tp build In tho custom houso
out of tho appropriation for repairs
runnot bo constructed under tho ap
propriation. Postmaster Samuel G. Dorr of Buf
fulo died of heart disease,
L. P. Hunnor, on trial for Illegal
banking, pleaded guilty at Alma, Wis.,
to tho chnrgo of rccolvlng money nfter
knowing tho bnnk was Insolvent and
was sentenced to ono year nt Waupun.
A. D. IngerBoll, tho Inrgest land own
er In Tazowcll county, dlod nt Pontine,
111., whoro ho was on n visit to hla
daughter. Ho was 75 years of age.
Ho owned l.COO acres of land In Tuzo
well county and 1,208 ucros In MaBon
county.
a 'mum mi
Tho Oityof Jacksonville, Eloridn, Suf
fots a Great Conflagration.
THE LOSS IS VERY MANY MILLIONS
Hcnrt of tho City liuton (lilt hy tlio o
vourlnc Klemcnt llunlntM lllock nnd
Ilealdcncen In Oreat Number Arc
Kntltely Wined Out.
JACKSONVILLE, Fin., May 4. The
most disastrous flro In tho history of
thin city began yesterday shortly after
noon, In a small factory, started by a
defective wire, according to tho best
belief, and burned for nearly ten
hours. In that time property damngo
estimated from $10,000,000 to $15,000,
000 was caused.
According to tho city mop 130
blocks were burned, many of Uicm
In tho heart of tho business nnd resi
dence section, where tho estlmnto of
houses to the block Is ten. Many of
tho finest public and prlvato build
ings wcro destroyed, including hotels,
thcnlcr, churches nnd residences.
Tho casualties cannot bo accurately
estimated tonight. That there were
sevcrnl seems to bo well authenticated.
Among them was that of Flro Chief
Hanoy, who sustained a bad fall. Tho
mayor ordered all saloons closed nnd
has Impressed help to clear tho
wreckage. Tho mnyor stated that he
estimated tho Iobb nt $15,000,000 and
that 10,000 to 15,000 peoplo wcro home
less. Along tho entire length of Heaver
street, from Davie street to tho creek
on Liberty street, all buildings bavo
boon destroyed. This is fourteen sol
id blocks of residences. For the
Eiimo dIMnneo Ashley and Church
streets have both been completely blot
ted out. When tho flro reached
Bridge street In Its eastward course
It envolopcd In flumes an area thrco
blocks wide, taking in Duvnl, Monroo
nnd tho north sldo of Adams street,
burning tho entire section of the city
and running fourteen blocks to the
Duval street bridge.
How mucl. further In that direction
tho city Is burned It Is Impossible
to learn, tho street being Impassable,
but it Is feared that St. Luke's hospi
tal was burned and It Is said that tho
Presbyterian church In East Jnckson
vlllo Is nblnzo. If this is correct, tho
flro must hove extended flvo blocks
further cant. Tho nro, which broke
out at 2:4G o'clock this afternoon, hns
covered, na far as Is definitely known,
a distance of two nnd rt half miles
by half a mllo wide.
'When tho lira reached Julia street
It was u roaring conflagration and
thcro was no prospect ot It bolng put
under control. Tho local military. com
panies wcro called out to keep tho
crowds back nnd tho flro department
began to uso dynamite to blow up
houses a block fiom tho (Ire hoping
thus to prevent the llro from spread
ing. So flcrco wns tho blnze, however,
nnd so strong had becomu tho wind,
that millions of sparks and Hying,
burning shingles spread over live or
six blocks, sotting tho roofs ot tho
houses on flro In advanco of tho de
partment. It Is Impossible at this hour to as
certain tho losses, but It is estimated
by Insurance agents that It will bo
between $S,000,000 and SO.000,000. Six
llvo nro reported lost In tho conllngra
tlon. Tho mayor has called a meeting
of tho city council for tomorrow to
consider ways and means of reliev
ing tho tuffcrors.
Well Known farmer Killed,
NEW LONDON, In., May 4. Harry
Holphrey of Canann township, a woll
known farmer, was killed while at
work In his flold by tho accidental
dlBehnrgo of a shotgun. Ho had lean
ed his gnu against a fence post and
wns plowing, when, in mnklng a turn,
tho horses knocked tho gun down nnd
la oxplodcd. Tho contents entered
Holphroy's hoart, killing him Instant
ly. Typhoid nt Oerman l'ortn.
BERLIN, May I. An epidemic of
typhoid fovor has broken out In sev
eral forts and villages In tho neigh
borhood of Mctz. Tho Eighth Ba
varian regiment has alone last six
teen men from tho disease and has 281
men sick.
Wlim Holy Terror Cimo.
RAPID CITY. S. I)., May I. P. B.
McCarty of this city has received
word from the supremo court at Wash
ington that ho has won tho Holy Ter
ror ense, which glvos him ono-olghth
interest In tho Holy Terror mlno at
Keystone.
(loutil llfli ArkmiHtiH Line.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May I. A special
from Holoua, Ark., says: lohn J. Hor
nor, president of tho Arkansas Mid
land railroad, today admitted that his
road would pass under the control of
tho Gould system within tho noxt
sixty days, probably soonor. Ho re
turned yeatordny from St. I.ouIb,
whoro tho deal wns practically closed.
Tho sale included tho main lino from
Helim to Arkadon and tho branch
from Pino City to Brlnkley.
CHINA CANNOT MEET DEMANDS.
.11 lint Hnvo Aid to l'njr Indemnity Tone
of Wnlderiice'a Letter,
PEKIN, May 3. At a mooting ot
tho ministers yesterday the roport ot
tho Indemnity committee was read.
Regarding the resources of China the
report was very voluminous. It was
practically a repetition of .lamesson's
well known pamphlet on tho subject.
Sir Robert Hart offered suggestions
Blmllar to thoso already credited to
him and cable to tho Associated
Press. It Is assorted that tho reve
nues from all avallablo resources will
not allow China to pay tho Indemnity
unless nsslstanco Is rendered.
Tho noxt meeting will bo held next
Tuesday. Tho subject of Count von
Waldcrsco's letter will then bo taken
up nnd n reply to It will bo drnftetl.
Tho ministers nsBcrt that they know
what they want without being told.
Thoy particularly object to any of the
legation guards being under any au
thority except that of the ministers
themselves.
NEBRASKA PENSION f RAIDS.
Fred Oorer Taken to Omaha for Crime
AkiiIiirI Vetenum.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 3. Fred
Dorer, alias Fred Down, who wns ar
rested hero on a change ot drunken
ness two weeks ngo nnd later Identi
fied no a man wanted by tho govern
ment authorities for pension frauds,
was taken to Omaha today for trial
In tho federal court. Pension Com
missioner Tedrow of this city recog
nized tho man ns ono who is alleged
to havo committed pension frauds
near Beatrice, Nob., in April, 1899.
It Is claimed thut Dorer represented
that ho was a special pension oxam
Incr nnd could securo pensions and
nicrcn8es In pensions for tho old sol
diers In that district. Under this pre
tense, it Is alleged, ho collected a sum
of money and then loft tho'country.
WU THINKS CUSTOMS TOO LOW.
8iyn I'rcnent Unto U Inadequate to Pro
vide for Now I.oiin.
WASHINGTON, May 3. It is be
lieved hero that tho hitch which is
said to havo nrisen nt Pekln over tho
proposition to lncrenso tho Chlneso
customs duties to meet tho indemnities
domnnded by tho foreign powers Is
cnuscd by tho oroachlng by Mr. Rock
Wll of his plnn for Mjo nbolltlon of
tho llkln duties ns a cxindltlon for
his acquiescence In tho Customs ln
crenso. Tho United StnttWgovcrn
ment has In tho past admitted a (.read
iness to permit tho Chlncso to lneteaso
custom rates providing tUoro, was no
discrimination between the powers.
Minister Vu says; that the present 5
per cent rnto Is totally Inadequate to
provide a sinking fund for a now loan.
COMING HOME OP TROOPS
Miwiy of tho Volunteer Troup to lleliiru
lleforn tlio Kud of Silly.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3. Ma
jor Miller, chief quartermaster nt Ma
r.lla, has cabled tho war department
an approximate schedulo of tho sail
ing of transports from Manila with
troops to bo mustered out of service,
as follows:
May 10, Hancock, with tho Thlrty
llrst; Buford, with tho Forty-first;
Pennsylvania, with tho Fortieth.
May 20, Logan and Kllpatrlck, with
tho Thirty-eighth, Forty-third nnd
Forty-fourth; Indiana, with tho Forty
second. May 25, Grant, with tho Forty
eighth and Forty-ninth; Ohio, with
tho Forty-seventh.
If thoro should bo any surplus they
will bo sent on tho Thomas.
lowit I I.niitiohod Again.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 3. Tho bat
tleship Iowa was launched today from
tho Bremerton navy yard, after un
dergoing repairs nnd n thoiough over
houllng. Ijcbh than four weeks were
required In tho great undertaking, al
though six weeks had boon allowed
by tho navy department. Tho Iowa
Is now awaiting sailing orders.
Twin" Hum to Deutli.
SIOUX CITY, In., Muy 3. Jay and
Joy, tho 3-ycnr-old twin children of
Mrs. Lay ton Hubbard, woro burned to
death In a stablo at Hawarden, la.
Tho children wero plnylpg In tho barn
nnd sot flro to somo papers. Tho
charred remains woro found nfter tho
barn bad been destroyed.
Mint Throned III" lleurt.
NEW LONDON, la., May 3. Harry
Holphrey, farmer, while plowing In
tho field, leaned his shotgun against
tho fonce. In making a turn hie
horses knocked down tho eun and It
went off, sending tho load Into Hol
phroy's heart, killing him Instantly.
Canada to Control ltiiud,
OTTAWA, May 3. Tho scliemo by
which tho Mnnltoba government hopes
to control passenger and freight rates
within tho province 1ms been ratified
by tho Dominion railway committee.
Tho provincial government will leaso
that portion ot tho Northern Pacific
railroad lying within tho province for
a term of 999 years. It will b0 Im
mediately turned over to McKonzlo &
Mnnn of Tortonto for management,
tho government fixing all freight rates.
TOE CREDIT OF JAPAN
Scoretary Komatz Defends by Saying the
Panic is Not Serious.
EXPENDITURES LARGE BUT PRUDENT
Government Hun Somethlnp; to Show for
tho Indemnity Money l'uld Out of the
Treumiry nnd No Very (Ireut Debt Sit
uation Quito Thoroughly (lono Over.
WASHINGTON, May 3. Midori Ko
matz, secretary of tho Chlncso lega
tion nt Washington, In an Interview
today with nn Associated Press re
porter, mado an lntercstlns statement
of tho financial situation of Japan. He
said:
"A good deal of comment has been
provoked about the flnnnclal condi
tions In Japan by tho publication of n
very elaborate report sent to tho Uni
ted States by Consul General Bellows,
nnd It Is gratifying to me to see tho
American public taking so much Inter
est In my country. Whllo having no
hesitancy In endorsing tho statement
contained In the consular report as
generally correct, everything has two
sides nnd It is a dlsagrccablo thing to
havo ono's worst part exposed, the
bettor ono being left out.
"I do not deny that our llnanclal sit
uation today Is anything but satisfac
tory. It Is truo that the government
has deferred nil such undertnklngs ns
would lnvolvo new lonns. It Is truo
that a few locnl bnnks have been
compelled to suspend pnyment nnd
stringency Is prevailing In tho money
market. It Is also true that our Im
ports have lncrenscd tremendously
since the inflow of the Chinese indem
nity.' The totnl vnluo of our Imports,
which was 138,700,000 yen ($09,350,000)
in round numbers In 1895, the year tho
peace treaty wns concluded, lncrenscd
to 324,700,000 yen in 1S58, while tho
vnluo of exports wns 118,000,000 yen
and 1GC,200,000 yen In tlu respectlvo
years.
"You will ho greatly mistaken, how
ever, If you should attribute all this
to the Improvident wasto ot money
or unproductive and useless enter
prises. Although a largo portion of
tho Chlncso Indcmntly hns been used
for tho redemption of war expenses
nnd mllltnry nnd nnvnl expansion, yet
tho estimate of Iron foundries, tho
extraordinary reserve fund and the
capital of lo'cal Industrial bnnks have
drawn no smnll shares from It. Rail
ways, telegraph, tolophono nnd postnl
fiervlco hnvo mado great strides In the
last few years and an enormous
amount of money, has been nbsorbed
In their Improvement nnd extension.
You will observe nt this moment
twelve twin screw steamers of over
0,000 tons each, all newly built, pay
ing between Yokohama and Europe,
whllo threo great merchant vessels,
recently constructed In England, nro
running between Hong Kong nnd Snn
Francisco, under tho manngemet of
a Japanese company, nnd moro thnn
thirteen stenmers from 3.000 to 5,000
tons, nro being employed on lines
to Bombay, Austrnlla, Vladivostok,
etc.
"Notwithstanding this, our public
dobt, ns it now stands, does not
nmount to moro thnn 437 900,000 yen
($18,950,000). Tho foundation ot our
financial arrangement Is too firmly es
tablished to bo affected by any tran
sient depression, any mo.-o than tho
bottom of a river is apt to bo Bhakcn
by tho fceblo waves? caused by a
passing wind.
"There Is no dnngor, In my opinion,
that tho present situation will result
In any sorlous crisis. On tho contrary
It will produce, I am quite confident,
a beneficial effect upon tho national
progress by affording tho peoplo a
lesson that no good times should bo
nl)U8ed by luxury or cxtravaganco In
any form."
lino of WlrolmH Telegraphy.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3. A
demonstration of tho prnclcal usnges
of wlroless telegraph which occurred
in Belgium hns been reported to tho
stnto depnrtmcnt In tho communlcn
tlon from Consul General Guenther at
Frankfort, Germuny. A cnptnln of n
chnnel mall stoimer, which wns fully
c-qulpepd with wireless toJ.egrnphic ap
paratus, reported thnt on his last trip
in ho received n wireless message from
a French lightship, anchored somo
twenty-five miles from Dunkirk on tho
Belgian coast, stating thnt tho warn
ing light could not shlno again until
aid was received from whore.
Tho C. R. Ilnrpor Manufacturing
company of Marshalltown has filed
articles with tho secretnry of Btnte.
JCiihhIii Kriidy to llorrow,
BERLIN, May 3. Tho Vossischo
Zeltung prints a special dispatch from
St. Petersburg announcing thnt Rus
sia has virtually arranged with Franco
for lonns nmountlng to 500,000,000
francs nnd thut nnothor Russlnn lonn
Is being nogotlated with English nnd
American bankers In London. Tho
dispatch further says that tho czar Is
planning for a trip abroad during
noxt August, nnd thnt ho will soon
visit Coponhagen and Darmstadt
MR. SAVAGE BECOMES GOVERNOR.
Tho Ceremony of Tithing the Kzccuttvo
Chnlr rilinplo In tho Kxtrcmo,
LINCOLN, Nob., May 4. Tho cere
mony by which Ezra P. Savage was
Inaugurated governor of Nebraska
was simple. Tho incoming and out
going governors met In tho executive
ofllce. Immediately, and without any
formality, Governor Dietrich signed
bis namo to tho resignation prepared
In his office. This document wns
then tnken across tho hall to tho ooc
retnry of state and was accepted by
that official. Mr. Savage was then
told of tho acceptance. Ho walked
Into the prlvato ofllco of tho gover
dlschargo of his duties as the chief
dlschargo of his dutols as the chief
executive of tho state.
Governor Savage's first official net
was tho signing of the sonntorlnl com
mission for Scnntor Dietrich, This
wns done with the pen used by tho
former governor In writing his veto
messages and tho pen wis formally
presented to Senator Dietrich nfter
tho commission had been signed.
Senator Dietrich about Juno 1 will
go to Washington nnd will probably
mako his headquarters tboro during
tho summer.
"I will remove no office holder, man,
woman or child, except for cause,"
said Governor Savago when questioned
concerning tho policy ho would pur
sue. All appointees of my predeces
sor will bo allowed to hold their of
llcc8 so long ns they do their dtuy
I Intend to watch all of them, but as
long ns every ono satisfactorily fills
his placo thcro will bo no trouble."
Tho present clerical force In tho
governor's ofllce will continue to sorve
under Governor Savage. Mr. II. C.
Lindsay will remain, at least for a
month, as the governor's prlvato sec
retary, and R. J. Clancey, chief clerk,
will hold his position so long ns he
desires to do so. Miss Lena Meyer,
niece of Senator Dietrich, will remain
permanently as stenographer.
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS.
Weather I'avorahlo for Advancement of
Fiinn Interest.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
LINCOLN, May 4. The past week has
been warm and dry, with moro than
the normal nmount of sunshine. The
dally mean temperature has nvernged
9 degrees above the normal. The
maximum temperature on the 2Gth
wns between 80 degrees nnd 90 de
grees nnd at a few places exceeded 90
degrees.
The rainfall of the week amounted
only to slight sprinkles, except in the
central and southwestern counties,
where It ranged from a quarter to
slightly more than half an Inch.
Tho past week; has been very fav
orable for tho growth ot vegetation.
Oat seeding Is practically completed.
Spring wheat and oats aro coming up,
nnd the stnnd Is good. Winter wheat
has grown well. Grass Is gcnorally
backward for tho season, but has
grown well during the past week.
Veteran Heir to fortune.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., May 4.
John Phtlllpa, an old veteran of this
city, has been notified of the death of
bis father at McConnellsvllle, O., and
that ho Is ono of the heirs of a large
estate. Nothing had been henrd from
Mr. Phillips for twenty years, and a
letter from n brother In Peoria, 111.,
r.lntes that hundreds of letters of In
quiry wero sent to postmasters
throughout tho United States and that
his address was finally secured when
tho matter was finally referred to tho
commissioner of pensions at Vash
Ington. Cuts On Ills Own Hand.
WINSIDE, Neb., May 4. Theodore
Erlckson, an old man of this place,
took a handaxo, and laying his left
hand on tho sidewalk, hacked It off
at tho wrist. He struck It threo blows.
Then leaving tho hand nnd the nxo
on tho walk ho sat down on a step,
whoro ho was found and cared for.
I'll Ilnto For lteuulnu,
WEEPING WATER, Nob., May 4.
Tho business men held a meeting here
nnd fixed tho tlmo for holding tho
G. A. R. district reunion on August
20 to 23rd, inclusive. They nro mnk
lng arrangements for a largo attend
ance, nnd n grand tlmo is anticipated.
I.odcn HiiiiUh l'niiud In Canyon,
HOLBROOK. Neb., May 4. Tho offi
cial books and records belonging to
tho Odd Fellows lodgo, which wero
supposed to hnvo been carried oft by
tho absconding secretnry last fall,
woro found in a canyon north of town.
Tho books aro in bad condition.
Monument to Nehrimku boldlurn.
MADISON. Neb., May 4. Bids wero
opened hero for tho erection of a
monument to tho memory of threo
young men who lost their lives In tho
Philippines. Thcro wero six bidders.
G. F. Shophard secured the contract,
his bid bolng $800 with a $200 dona
tion. Tho monument Is to bo twelvo
feet eight Inches In holght, grnnlte
pedestal, two bases, carved cap and
nn oxidized copper figure of a soldier
In khaki uniform.
IS GOULD AND CLARK
Those Aro tho Men Now Figuring in
Union Faclflo Theories.
BUYING IN ORDER TO CONTROL.
New Yorker Thought to Rherluli Three
llnnd Control Scheme Clark Wants
Outllt for Now Line, unit Is Said to lie.
Heehlnir TrU'llcge In tho Knst.
NEW YORK Mny 2. The Mnil nnd
Express says: It was learned from offi
cial sources that William K. Vandcr
bllt is a largo holder of Union Pn
clfic stock nnd thnt he acquired his
holding nfter rcnchlng n full under
standing with E. H. Hnrrlman. Those
in a position to know assert that Mr.
Harrlman wns plnced nt tho bend of
tho road nt tho Instance of Mr. Van
dcrbllt, although others declare that
Mr. Hnrrlmnn la the Joint choice ot
Messrs. W. K. Vnnderbllt, Georgo J.
Gould nnd Kuhn, Locb & Co.
Mr. Hnrrlman Is a closo personal
friend of Mr. Vnnderbllt and was pick
ed out to manage tho Union Pacific
because ho was regarded as an nbla
railroad man. From sources closo to
Mr. Vnnderbllt, it uppeurs thnt the
present mnnngemcnt of tho Union Pa
cific is not only In thorough accard.
wlth that gentleman, but has stood
ready for n long tlmo to mnko a deal
with tho Chicago & Northwestern,,
which tho Vnnderbllts control. But
up to tho present year of great deals,
Mr. Vanderbllt, it is said, thought
It wns better for the Northwestern to
have several strings to Its bow. rath
er than tlo up exclusively with the
Union Pnciflc.
Tho Burlington dcnl, however,
chnnged tho western situation and tho
nggresslvo policy of eMssrs. J. J. Hill
nnd J. P. Morgnn In combining tho
Burlington, Northern Pnciflc nnd Grent
Northern forced tho Northwestern to
prepare for future emergencies.
Thcro are excellent reasons for tho
assumption that Mr. Vanderbllt hr.s
been tho largest buyer of Union Pacific
on tho great, rise to nearly 130 either
for his own account, with n view to
increasing his Interest, or on account
of Chicago & Northwestern, so thnt
tho latter can exorcise a leading lnflu
enco In Union Pnciflc.
There Is good ground for believing
thnt George J. Gould, ns president of
the Missouri Pnciflc nnd a lending di
rector in Union Pnciflc, hns been a
heavy buyer of tho latter stock and
that by moans of his largo prlvato
holdings of stock which may Inter
bo turned over to the Missouri Pnciflc,
tho lntter road will, Jointly with tho
Northwestern, nnd possibly tho St.
Paul, control Union Pnciflc.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 2. Tho
Evening Express this afternoon pub
lished a report 'that private ndvlces
hnvo been received hero to the effect
that John W. Gates, tho steel mag
nate, is rsponsiblo for tho recent phe
nomenal advanco in Union Pacific
stock and that Gates Is acting for
Senator W. A. Clark and associates,
who aro endeavoring to securo con
trol of tho Union Pnciflc ns nn outlet
for tho Snn Pedro, L03 Angeles &.
Snlt Lnko railroad.
ANNIVERSARY OP MANILA BAY.
Admiral Dowey and Ilia Comraden In
llattlo Meet ot llnnqiiot Hoard.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May. 2. Tho
third anniversary of the battle of Ma
nila bay was celebrated her tonight
by a banquet nt tho Raleigh hotel,
participated In by officers cf the Amer
ican fleet who took pnrt m that con
flict. Thcso numbered nbcmt twenty
fivo porsons, less thnn one-fourth of
thoso who woro In tho battle. Tho
grcnter number of them enmo from
stations along tho Atlantic const, from
Portsmouth, N. II., to Norfolk, Vn.
Tho floral decorations wero unusually
attractive, but four largo American
flags, with tho American eaglo and
shield ns a centerpiece, wero tho fea
tures of tho decoration.
Center of Population.
WASHNGTON, May 2. Tho ensus
bureau issued a bulletin announcing
that the center of population of the
United State, excluding Alaska nnd re
cent torrltorlnl accessions, on Juno last
was six miles southeast of Columbus,
Bartholomew county, In southern In
diana. (leriiiiin'H NurpriHlue; Action,
HONG KONG. Mny 2. It is reported
thnt tho Germans havo selected a con
cession at Canton, thnt the prelimi
naries havo been arranged and that
possession will be taken soon.
Wiirrmt for ThuiiKundii.
SOUTH M'A LESTER, I. T., May 2.
A warrant containing 3,000 names
was Issued by United States Judge
John R. Thomna, in tho northern dis
trict, nnd given to Marshnl Bennett
for service. Tho complnlnt wns malo
by Hon. Tarns Blxby, acting chair
man of tho Dawes commissions, nnd Is
ngnlnst tho Creek fullbloods who re
fuso to bo enrolled. Tho commission
hns tried for sovernl weoka to got tho
Creole Indlnns to onroll to no avail,
avail.