THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
I1CA I 1IAUK, Proprietor.
TERMS: 125 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS. J
Two men wero killed and three sorl
oualy Injured In b gravel train wreck
on the El Pane- & Northwestern rail
Iroad. The Amorlcan Sugar Roflnlng com
pany, Arbucklo Bros., and B, P. How
ell, Son & Co., have ndvancod all
grades of refined migar 10 points.
A. J. Ayres, a young messenger of
tho Union bank of Brooklyn, who
disappeared roccntly wl.th 12,000 of
the bank's money was arrested In
Montreal,
Peter A. Hollonback, a woll known
farmer, was shot to death at IiIb home
near Grccnport, Columbia county, N.
V. Eloven shots woro fired and all
took effect.
Apootlo Drlghum Young, prcsldont
of the quorum of twclvo of tho Mor
mon church and tho eldest living son
of tho famus prcsldont of the church,
is lying critically 111.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the English
actress, rocolvcd an enthusiastic wel
come at tho Qrand opera house, Chi
cago, whoro alio mado hor American
dobut, presenting "Magdu."
Tho board of ostlmnto adopted, In
behalf of tho cltizons of New York, a
resolution of thanks to Andrew Car
negie for tho gift of $5,200,000 with
which to build libraries in that city.
Ex-Congressman 'William H. H.
Cowlcs died at his home In Wilkes
boro, N. C. Colonel CowIcb was n
distinguished olllcer of tho confeder
ate army and norved four terms In
congress.
Tho petition against the snlo of tho
Danish West Indies without first sub
mitting tho matter to a pleblsclto
was prcBontca to King Christian, tho
cabinet and tho rlgsdag. It boro 8S0
signatures,
William Klusmlro, tho wife murder
er, was brought Into court at Oska
loosa, Kan., and sentenced to fifty
years lu tho penitentiary. Klusmlro
was convicted of killing his wife in
Holton last May. J
Mr. Hugh Bonner of Now York has
accepted tho tondcr of an appoint
ment ns chief of tho flro department
of Mantlu. It Is proposed to reorgan
ize tho Manila flro fighting, servlco on
modorn Amorlcan lines.
Govornor Odell of Now York ap
pointed Nathan L. Mlllor of Courtland
county as stato comptroller to fill tho
vncancy caused by tho resignation of
Erastus C. Knight, who was recently
elected mayor of Buffalo.
Tho world's bowling record of 300
at tenpins, tho best ucoro possible,
was equalled at tho Commercial Ath
letic club In Cincinnati, Tho ucoro
was mado by Samuel M. Robinson,
an oil mnn and club member.
Emperor Francis Joseph has ordored
tho exnulHlon from Austria of the
principals In the baccarat game of
December 21, when at tho Vienna
Jockey club Count Potockl lost $500,
000 during throo hours' playing.
Several cases of smallpox havo ap
peared in tho ntuto institution for
fooble minded at Lincoln, III. Dr, J.
A. Egan, sccrotaray of tho Btato board
of health, ordored tho removal of tho
pationts to an loolatcd hospital,
General Prank Armstrong, as agont
of tho war department, Is at Port
8111 making arrangomonts for tho re
lease of Chief Goncomo and tho eigh
teen Arizona Apacho Indians held by
tho government as prisoners pf war.
.uuiaiu uuuiua i ai rvui ui villi u I 1 '
boy, N. J., ono of Adm.in. tJinont., of d"ta
Captain James Parker of Perth Am
cuiiusci, sum inui Auniirui ocniey rc-
sards tho enso as closed, but that his
Mends will nsk congress to vlndlcnto'
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lilftt fnttvlntr Ulm mi full rn '
reimbursing him for expenses of ,p
trial.
Colonel D. L, Cockloy, who organ-j
ized tho Shelby Tubo company, tho;
first concern of its kind lu tho Uni
ted States, Ib dead. Ho wna born In
1844 and wna a prominent llguro lnj
tho republican party.
Dispatches from Salonlcn report that
W. W. Poet, treasurer of tho mlsBlonJ
nry society In Constantinople, has es
tnbllshed communication with tho
brigands who hold Miss Ellen M.
Stono cnptlvo, and hopes that tho rc-
lenso of Miss Stono will bo nccom
pllshod within a fortnight.
It 1b positively stated that Secrc
tary Wilson will remain in tho cab
Inet.
Tho Bulgarian cablno has resigned
It is understood tho now cablnotwlll
Include two members of tho Stambou
loft party.
According to tho llorlln correspond
cut of tho Ioudon Dally Mall tho
Princo of Wales tins accepted Emper
or William's pressing invitation to
visit at Berlin tho middle of next
month nnd to bo Invested with the
order of the Black Englo.
Tho Northwestorn Missouri Press
association will meot in St. Joseph on
January 24 nnd 25.
John J Kelly, formerly u member
of tho Now Jersoy assembly from Bar-
dontown, was found dead tn bed is
Jersey City.
HON SIGNS ARE BAD
foreigners Find that Official Influoncei
A ro Against Them.
LOSE FAITH IN THE EMPRESS
Clon. V ii lie I.u Organize Two Army Corpi
of Men With Iloxer Men Itamuant
Onlr Independent Newspaper anil nn
Industrial School Snpprcaaed.
PEKIN, Jan. 3. Recent occurrences
tend to dlrioourngc tho hope that tho
dowager empress had learned a les
son of roform from tho events of tho
past year. Foreigners are disposed to
tako n posslmlstlc view of tho out
look. Oonoral Yung Lu'b Intention to
organize two nntl-forclgn army corps,
to offset tho commands of tho pro
forolgn Chinese leaders, Is particular
ly disquieting nnd Is evidence of con
tinued domination of his influence,
which Is bitterly nntl-forclgn.
Other incidents which nro consider
ed significant nro tho suppression of
tho only Independent newspaper in
this city, by order of the govornor
of Pekln, nnd tho closing of tho Indus
trial school horo recently organized
by philanthropic Chinamen, also by
tho governor's order. This Bchool
was intended for tho training of des
tltuto youths, Other liberal Chlneso
will hesltato now to glvo practical
vent to their thcorlcB, fenrlng tho dls
plcnsuro of ofllclaldom.
A third edict regarding tho recent
murder of n Belgian priest near Nlng
Sha Poo, In Kan Soo province, has
appeared. It appoints a special offi
cial to punish tlioso who nrc guilty
of tho crime, nnd rcnfllrms tho dow
ager empress' good will toward Chris
tians. This Ib unusual activity upon
tho part of tho court, In the fiunlsh
mont of those guilty of nn nntl-Chrls-tlnn
outrage, and Ib taken as evidence
of tho dowager empress' dcslro to con
ciliate tho powcru upon the evo of tho
return of tho court to Pekln.
Proofs accumulate that Princo .
Chlng's arguments persuaded the dow
ager empress to trust hcrsolf within
rnngo of tho legation forts. Officials
arriving horo describe tho dowagor
empress and General Yung Lu as be
ing extrcmoly nervous and suspicious
lest tho foreigners arc planning to
entrap thorn after their arrival and
punish them for encouraging Boxer
ism. Tho foreigners will probably vlow
tho court's ro-ontry Into Pokln from
tho wall near tho legations. Tho Chl
neso officials havo been sounded by
the tnlnlstors as to whether they will
ontorco tho old custom of restraining
foreigners from witnessing Imperial
processlono. Tho replies nro not en
couraging. Tho treaty glveB tho lega
tions a strip of wall commanding a
vlow of tho gntea of tho Imperial city,
nnd tho members of tho foreign com
munity arc planning to nssomblo
thereupon. It will bo a great innova
tion. INCREASE IN CURRENCY
Comptroller' Monthly Statement Shown
Marked Addition,
WASHINGTON, January 3. Tho
monthly circulation statement of tho
comptroller of tho curroncy shows
that at tho close of tho year 1901 tho
circulation of national bank notes was
?360,289,726t an Incrcauo as compared
with December 31, 11)00, of $20,148,GG1,
nnd nn Increase for tho month of
?BG9,01S. The circulation based on
United Stated bonds amounted to
5325.009,306, un Increase for tho ypnr of
810,714,03'' and a decrviuw for the
-
136.280.420, nn Im-ream for tho year
of 53.133.019. and un Increase for tho
u.u'iirnii iivr ifiu'iiii nnnnv nfiiniinrnfi in I
month of il.771.895. Tho amount of
United States registered bonds on do-
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posit to secure circulation notes was
?320,280,280, and to secure public de
posits 1110,814,650.
President Attend Theatre.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Tho nresl-
,,unt romulod out n vory busy New
Year dny by vising tho now Nntloual
theater to witness Prnnels Wilson in
"The Toreador." It was strictly a
family party, tho prosldout being ac
companied by Mrs. Uoosovelt nnd tho
children. Tho eapaclouB theater was
crowded to the walls.
Ornln Dmlrr to Meet.
DKS MOINES, la., Jan. 3. Presi
dent B. A. l)ckvvood of tho National
Grain Deulcrs' association announces
thnt a meeting of tho oxcoutlvo com-
mltteo will bo hold In Chicago tho ttrst
week In March, when tho plans for
holding next year'B meeting will bo
urrauged.
MraoiEO VlOmnil Cliorrml,
LONDON, Jan. 3,ln accordance
with his annual custom, Rev, Joseph
Parker, minister of the city templo,
at today's midday service In tho tem
plo, tho first held In 1902, rend out
a numbor of messages which ho pro
posed to furnish to u numboj of im-
portant persons in behalf of tho con-
grcgatlon. The first meBsngo as In
tended for King Edward and too sec
ond for President Roosevelt, each sen
tence of which was heartily cheered.
BRANCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD
Outline of I'lan of the New American
International It unit.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Plans of tho
International Banking corporation,
which has been named by tho presi
dent ns repository for the portion of
tho Chinese Indemnity duo to tho Uni
ted States, have been explained by
Gcncrnl Thomas II. Hubbard, tho pres
ident of the board of directors of tire
now corporation. He says that after
the Philippine agency 1b established,
other branches will bo established In
,tho principal cities of tho new Insular
possessions of tho United States, Tho
ultlmnto purpose is that tho entlro
Orient nnd South nnd Ccniral America
shall bo comprehended by tho Opera
tions of tho bank,
"All of this Is but tho natural out
growth of the commercial and terri
torial expansion of tho United States,"
continued General Hubbard. "Hereto
fore there has been no particular need
In tho United States of a banking In
stitution doing an International busi
ness, but since tho Spnnlsh war and
tho tremendous trado of recent years
with South America and the promlso
of n constantly Increasing commerco
with China and the Orient, tho neces
sity for such an Institution as this has
developed.
Heretofore all of the exchange with
foreign countries hus been handled by
tho bnnks of Berlin nnd London.
There aro a number of International
banks In these cities. It will bo tho
purposo of the International Banking
corporation to secure ns much as pos
sible of the exchange business here
tofore handled by these foreign banks
with which this country is concern
ed." DEATH OF "BOSS DILL" STOUT
Former Completion Xebraakan tloei Oat
With the Old Year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. W. H. B.
Stout, known to Nebrasknns as "Boss"
Stout, Is dead. He retired at his usual
hour Tuesday evening, but about 11
o'clock ho complained of palnB In his
chest. Homo remedies wero applied
and a physician sent for. Mr. Stout,
howover, refused to remain in bed,
protesting that he was not HI. Local
applications failed to bring relief, and
hnrdly had tho physician who had
been hastily summoned left tho house
whoa tho mnn who onco occupied a
prominent position in tho politics of
Nebraska sank to tho floor and ex
pired Just as tho Now Year dawned.
William H. B. Stout came to Wash
ington twelvo years ago, after his fail
ure In business in Nebraska, After a
short tlmo hero ho formed a partner
ship under tho name of Stout, Hall
& Bangs and secured n contract for
building the sub-basoment of tho con
gressional library. But dissatisfied
congressmen from Pennsylvania se
cured congressional Intervention and
tho wholo contract for tho sub-baso
ment nnd superstructure was relot to
other bidders. Stout's quarries In
Maine wero shut down and tho works
along the Potomac river front woro
useless.
SAYS WHITE MAN MUST RULE
Gen. Joiepli YVherler Dlacuaa Itaoo
Question lu the South,
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 3. General
Joseph Wheeler was in this city in
tho interest of u now army rifle. In a
nowspapor Interview he stated, in re
ply to n question on tho possibility of
n political break in tho south:
"Thero Is no question that the su
periority of tho white race In tho
south must bo maintained. Anyone
who has ooen tho south under tho rule
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why
this must bo so. For ono reason
whlto supremacy alono can lnsuro
flnnnclnl stability. Thero will bo no
political break lu tho "solid south" by
I imv tuirtv which tt-lna tn lntArrni-A
uny party which tries to Interforo
from tho north, through tho medium
of politicians, with tho solving of tho
color problem by tho south.
Malady Progreaie Blonlr.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Admiral
SampBon's malady progresses slowly
hut vory steadily toward tho end.
Medlcnl science ennnot check It. Symp
touiB of arterial degouerntlon have
appeared, such as aro Incident to hla
malady, Injecting great uncertainty
Into tho ease.
MU Htoiin u Still in.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Tho last
advice of tho stato department re
specting Miss Stone nnd Mine. Tallkn
Is that both wero allvo and well
though still In captivity at tho end of
last weok. Portlier Information as to
tho women's case Is not obtainable.
Call on the Prealdent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Senator
Poklns of California Introduced to tho
president Prof, Campbell, superintend
ent and director of the Lick observa
tory, and Prof. Simon Newcombe, the
celebrated astronomer. Prof. Camp-
boll Invited the president to visit tho
Lick observatory. Tho president told
him thnt It was his Intention to make
a trip to .tho Pacific coast next
Hummer and that ho would bo glad to
visit tho observatory.
WHITE 1I0USR IS GAY
Predthnt Hoosovelt Has His First New
Year's Reception.
SHAKES HANDS WITH MANY PEOPLE
Cabinet Member anil For Hen Rcure
fentatlrfs Oreet Illtn The Weather
Delightful and Vait Throne Are In
Attendance.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 2. Prcsldont
Roosevelt's first public "ccoptlon was
attended more largoly than any Now
Year's reception in a number of years.
In nil 8,100 persons filed through tho
Whlto House nnd shook hands with
tho president. Mr. Roosevelt on be
ing apprisod that tho crowd In line
outsldo tho Whlto Houbo wns unusu
ally large, gnvo orders that tho gates
should not be closed until tho last per
son desiring to do so had an opportu
nity to pay his respects.
Tho reception began promptly at 11
o'clock and it was 2:30 p. m. before
tho last person In lino had been pre
sented to the president, and a quarter
of an hour later before tho reception
camo to an end.
Tho wenthor was delightful, being
clear and crisp, so that no hardship
was suffered by tho throng that wait
ed for hours beforo admission to tho
White House. Tho reception was In
every way successful, tho attendance
not only being large, but tho decora
tions beautiful, tho arrnngemcnts per
fect and the prcsldont in .excellent
spirits.
To each person tho president ex
tended n cordial "Happy Now Year,"
and Mrs. Roosevelt was equally pleas
ant to each of those who filed past
tho lino in tho Blue parlor, where
tho receiving party stood. Miss Alico
Roosevelt was conspicuous among
those assisting at tho reception. A
party of her young girl friends, by
invitation, also participated In the
function.
Surrounded by tho presidential and
cabinet circle, President Roosevelt
greeted officials In evory branch of
public life, as well as a great con
courso of people from private life.
Tho scono within the historic mansion
was ono of extraordinary benuty and
brilliancy, and thero was an added
touch of interest in tho occasion this
year from tho fact that this was tho
first offlcl&J function of magnitude
with Mr. Roosevelt and his interest
ing family aa tho central figures.
Tho day was ideal for tho observ-
nnco of tho tlmo-honored custom of
making Now Year's calls. Tho Bun
shono from a cloudless sky, tho air
was cool and bracing and fresh wind
mado tho Whlto House flags stand
out proudly.
Early In tho day an army of deco
rators and florists took possession of
tho mansion nnd transformed the
stately corridors and parlors into
bowers of pnlms, potted plants and
sweet smelling flowers. Tho ofllclal
program for the day fixed 11 o'clock
as tho tlmo for opening tho reception
with tho calls of tho membors of tho
cabinet nnd tho foreign representa'
tlves, but some tlmo beforo that hour
the approaches leading up to the mar
bio portico wero filled with carriages,
whllo long lines of people took post
tlou at tho outer gates in order to
havo points of vantage when tho pub
He reception began.
allure of the Year.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-rReports to
R. G. Dun & Co. show that tho fall
urcs for tho year 1901 wore 11,002 In
number and 5113,092,370 In amount
of liabilities, while In banking and
other fiduciary Institutions thero wore
74 Insolvencies, Involving ?108,008,
774, u total of 11.Q7C defaults, and ?13l.
111,160 In liabilities.
Turbulence nt Maple.
NAPLES, Jan. 2. The arrival hero
of tho socialist momber of tho cham
ber of deputies, SIgnor Perry, to ad
dress a meeting, resulted In turbulent
demonstrations, which tho troops
wero called out to suppress.
Kx-Coiiireiiinn lteld Ilrud.
LEWISTON, Idaho. Jan. 2. James
W, Hold, ox-congressman from North
Carolina, died hero after nn Ulnoss or
several months. Ho was ono of tho
best known public nion of tho state,
Ho camo to Idaho in 1887.
Unrulier War StntUHr.
LONDON, Jnn. 2. Ofllclal returns
show that the lno? lodsos by klllod
wounded unit surrendered during 1901
totaled 14,887.
l'ottal ClerU I Arretted.
ST. PAUU Jan. 2. William
Work, night mnll clerk at tho poat
office, wna arrested on u chargo of
stealing money from letters. Tho ar
rest waa mado at the Instanco of Post
office Inspector Ulmbnll, who has been
working on tho case for throo years,
Tho local authorities have received
complaints for several years that
small sums of money had been ex
tracted from letters mailed horo. Work-
was la charge of tho office at night.
LOOKS TOR GREAT UPHEAVAL
Mlailonnry Hay China I Preparing for a
Great War.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Charles P.
Gammon, superintendent of colpor
teurs for tho American Blblo society
in northern China, writes to tho soci
ety concerning the present situation In
tho Chinese cmplro as follows:
While at Shanghai I observed that
tho Chlneso government was openly
violating tho provisions of tho proto
col. The great omplrc would shake
off European domination. Thousands
of boat loads of small arms and nm
munition wero passing weekly up the
Yang Tso Klang and the nrsennls
wero being enlarged and worked day
and night. Cargoes of explosives were
being received nndi the dowagor em
press had Issued instructions to nil
officials to recruit tho army nnd also
to Inform her ns to tho fighting
strength of each division and tho tlmo
required to concentrato tho forces at
given point. Thero wero and aro
many unpromising features which
wolghed heavily upon tho minds of
thoso Interested. I must bellovo that
tho end Is not yet nnd that within ten
years, nnd possibly within five, a war
will onsuo tho like of which tho world
has never known. For centuries Chi
na has boon making repeated attempts
to expel the foreigner, each tlmo prof
iting by past experience, each tlmo hot
ter equipped and hotter planned. It
Is now preparing as never before, buy
ing vast quantities of superior weap
ons and reorganizing Its armies on
correct basis. Therefore, tho next
attempt will bo In forco and terrible
In execution. It will result In a uni
versal upheaval and tho final dismem
berment of this empire at u terrlblo
cost"
Creek Ask New Acreoment.
WAS H RI NGTON, D. C.Jan. 1. Tho
Creek Indian nation of Indian Ter
ritory has submitted to the lntorlor
department a request for authority
for a delegation of Creeks to como
here with a now agreement which tho
Creeks havo drafted, looking for al
lotments of lands and othor matters.
Tho agreement Is designed to take tho
placo of tho ono executed with fho
Dawes commission, but which after
being altered hero, is still pending.
Tho Creeks want to negotlato tho now
agreement directly Instead of througll
tho Dawes commission. Tho depart
ment probably will refuso to sanction
tho proposition.
Oeta Four Year.
LE MARS, la., Jan. 1. Will Bea
ver pleaded guilty to tho charge of
manslaughter In the district court and
was sentenced to four years In tho
penitentiary at Anamosa and fined $1
and costs of tho action. Beaver was
mpllcated in tho killing of John Jon-
non, who wns shot on tho Steflln farm
by Henry Steflln last April during a
quarrel. Steflln, who flred tho fatal
shot, Is serving an eight-year sen-
tenco for tho crime. Beavor started
tho shooting, discharging tho con
tents of a gun at Jensen, but missing
him. Beaver's father and uncle aro
wealthy land owners In this county.
Poor Outlook for Wheat.
SALINA, Kan., Jnn. 1. The out
look for winter wheat Is becoming
decidedly unfavorable on account of
tho dry weather. In eastern and
southern Kansas, whllo tho weather
has been very cold, practically no
Bnow or rain has fallen this winter,
UnlcsB moisture of soma kind comes
at onco tho prospect is that tho whetft
crop will not amount to much.
Parmers generally reject tho theory
that the excessive cold damaged tho
wheat to any oxtcnt.
l'enny Pontage Inipnanlhle.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 1. Congress
man Ixmd, chnlrman of tho house
commtttco on postofllccs and postal
roads, had u talk with the president
about postul legislation. Mr. Loud
says that 1-cent postngo Is out of the
question. "Under present conditions,"
says he, "penny po3tago would result
In a deficit of $35,000,000 annually."
SHU Destroyed by Fire.
WINSIDE, Neb., Jan. 1. The grist
mill and elevator of Prlco & Lound
was entirely consumed by flro, Tho
Iobb Is partly covered by Insurance.
Tho Union Pacific railroad lost ono
car of corn.
MftMhslltoiTii' New LVnini..
MARSH ALLTOWN, In., Jan. 1.
According to tho now city directory
lust Issued. Marshalltown hns a nop
ulatlon of 14.C8S, nn Increase of over
2,000 over tho federal census taken In
1900.
Deny Itrport nt ComjiroinUe,
LONDON, Jan. 1. Messrs. Uoxall
and Befell, counsel for tho Duko of
Manchester, declares there la no truth
lu tho report published In tho United
States that tho duke, with tho assist
ance of bis fathcr-ln-law had offered
Miss Poftla Knight, tho actress, ?20,
000 in full settlement of her claim for
damages resulting from alleged breach
of promlso of marriage. Tho lawyers
sayn o negotiations have occurred up
to the present time.
mm
Ambassador Whlto Tells Germans United
States is Friendly.
REBUKES REPORT OF HOSTILITY
The Halaer Bald to Deilre Peace With
America Above All Kite Nothing 81c
nlllonnt In Nnval Conduct Why Venel
Are In Veneiuelan Water.
BERLIN, Jan. 1. 'Tho German for
eign ofllco authorizes tho Atsoclatcd
Press to stato that thero is no truth
whatever in tho dispatches from Car
acas, saying that tho German minister
has left tho Venezuelan capital after n
heated exchango of words with Presi
dent Castro. Tho German ohargo d'af
faires, Horr von Pllgrltn-Baltazzl, 1b
still at hla post, and Is continuing
negotiations with President CaBtro.
Thero has not been any question of
breaking off diplomatic rolations with
Venezuela.
Tho German minister to Vonczuela,
Dr. O. Schmldt-Lcdn, who has been
on a vacation here, is now on his way
to Caracas. Tho foreign ofllco again
solemnly reiterates tho statement that
it does not contemplnto territorial ac
quisitions in Venezuela.
Replying to German's assurance to
the United States regarding the. for
mer's plans in relation to Venezuela,
the foreign ofllco here has received
an answer from Secretary Hay, ex
pressing full satisfaction with Ger
many's position. Germany still hopes
to collect hor claims peaceably.
Tho Tageblatt this evening prints
a double leaded cnblo dispatch from
Washington, setting forth that tho
principal naval and military authori
ties thoro conBldor that war between
the United States and Germany soon
er or later Is Inevitable.
Tho United States ambassador, An
drew Whlto, informed tho German
newspaper men who called at tho em
bassy that the roports of tho possi
bility of war botweon the United
States and Gormany were tho "thin
nest kind of sensational nonsonsc."
Not one of tho authorities referred to
In the dispatch, he added, would un
der any circumstances disclose such
an opinion, least of all when tho re
lations between tho countries aro so
good ns at present.
"Moreover," said Mr. White, "Pres
ident Roosevelt entertains not only
official, but personal predllictions for
Germany, which havo been known not
only officially to tho Gorman govern
ment, but which havo long been
known among his friends. He studied
In Germany, reads and loves German
literature, and has a most sincere per
sonal respect for the German empe
ror.
"Any utterance of tho kind alleged
by nn officer of either service would
bo sternly rebuked by President
Roosevelt."
Today tho small German crulsor Ga
zelle was ordered to Ball Immediately
from Kiel to Venezuelan waters. Tho
government intends to send one or
two small warships to reinforce the
present Gorman squadron In the Car
ibbean sea. Tho additions to Gor
man's naval forco in tho Caribbean
will not bo sufficient to. glvo rise to
eusplclonB among tho peoplo of the
United States that Germany meditates
anything beyond the collecting of
claims duo German subjects.
Know Our Terrna Perfectly.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. L--Thoro
havo been no recent dovolop
monts of Importance in the matter of
tho proposed sale of tho Dunlsh West
Indies to this government, negotia
tions for which at various times have
been carried on between the United
States and Denmnrk. Tho United
States has defined Its position very
clearly as to tho terms under which
It will purchaso tho IslandB.
lloera Liberate Trlaonera.
LONDON, Jan. 1. Tho war ofllco
has received a dispatch from Lord
Kitchener, datod Johanesbury, saying
that tho British prisoners captured
when tho Boers successfully rushed
Colonel Flrman'h camp at Zcefonteln
December 24, havo boon llterated and
returned to Bethlehom.
I'rnnk N. Clime Dead.
CEDAR PALLS, la., Jan. 1.
Frank N. Chase died hero today of
quick consumption, ngedd 66 years.
Mr. Chaso was secretary of the Iowa
Columbian commission in 1893, and
wna an ardent supporter of tho Btato
fairs and industrial exhibits of every
kind.
Navy Kktuldlnlim I'liiiitn.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Tho navy
department has decided to establish
wireless telegraph plantB at tho
Washington navy yard and nt An
napolis. The plans for the necossary
equipment of tho two stations aro
now being worked out under the di
rection of Admlrnl Bradford, and ex
periments will bo under way at nil
early date. At each point a tall mast
will be erected for tho purpose of re
ceiving and transmitting signals.
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