EQblTAbU LOAN PAID BACK DEATH HIGH IN AIR THE WAR IS OYER rttAMlNG A TREATY BBRASKA NOTES "V. A. OBAUNUKY M, DEPEW DKTEItMINED TO STOP UOANUiil-. Lnt!r From Senator to Pntil Morton CttnttliiK He linn Uhii AlnllRui-.tl mid thn i;iirril)Hint(iiice Mttilu Public. NEW YORK.--Announcement lias bean inaae by tbo otllcers ol t lie Equitauie LiTci Assurance society that the It.clebicdness to the society Df tbo D pew improvement company has beeo paid, the rrluHpul aud In terest of I2AS.-I0 'i'h" corres pondence incident to tha transaction wui also, at the suggestion of Presi dent Mutton runrio public, to the end, Mr. Morton Silcl, tbit ait Impression unjust to Sonatur Chauncey M. Dtpew ruigbt bo re moved. Uic corro-poodeuce consists of three letters of oven date, the first, addressed to Mr. Morton by Henry B. Anderson, of tbo Ian tirm of An derson x Anderson, attornois for the Depcw Improvement company, an noon Ing that the reorganization committee of the Ddpew Improve ment company, having perfected the titlo to the property not covered by tho Equitable mortgage, was pre- paiod to take over tho propeity which secured the loan, paying in :abh to tho Equitable the face or the loan and Interest. Ilml Nothing to Uo Willi it .imong othor things, Senator Depew says: "I bad nothing to do with thn orgahlzati m ol the Depcw Improve ment company, not even authorizing the use of my name, nor was I iu any way connected with it until Sve years aftei Its incorporation, I pur chustd lor $100,000 iu casb a one Of fceeuth interest in tho stock of the compiny. Tho company at that time had a ttact of land consisting ol about 27 700 BUb-olvidcd lots and 205 ores not sub-divided. "Tue Editable Life loaned S250 000 up tn 1,575 of the company's lots. These luis vvo.o selected as constitu ting tho most valuable tracts there. At the time the niorgago was made these lots were selling the lowest at WOO unJ the highest at $600 each. Tbe valuatino placed upon the plot Xy tho Equltble appraisers at tibat bimo was 831)3,750, and upon the balance of the land owned by tbo company 8540,000 a total valuation of brie properly of $083,750. Au ap praisal was at the same time made ind submitted tj tho Equibiblo by William 13. Lubber, oiie of. the lead ing real estate men of Buffalo, in which ho appraised tho value of bb-3 lets Laned on at $703,000. Dontal of Kncli Uliarge. Mr. Depow then recites tho charges that have been node against him, denyiug each Of the charge? which related to transactions resulting from the default of tl)p com puny and tbe forecloaire of tho loan by tbe Eq j. bible, ho suys boat as a result of the company's embarrassment a reorganization was octermlued upon, ind thong i b ore wo o unavoidable del iys t.id j.lan was orogessir.g as apin.lv as possible. JAPANESE AKE UNMOVED, tfetiliui;, Ilowovor, Tliut Peace Tvrinp Will Provo Uiiiimlnr, 'IOK.lO.-Thc public continues to ie w thout information rewarding the agreement of tne peaco envoys at Po bsmoubh. The division of the hi tnd of Sakhalin and bbfi waiving of ldemnity are not yet publicly krown. Despite the lacK of Information, many peoplo are convinced that tho Japamse govtrmcnb has made sub st . tlul concessions and already are criticizing and objpeMng. Unless faho terms prove to bo better than were null Ipated, it is certain that bho compact will prove unpopular and be b tt rly assailed by the press and by tho dltt. whi h Is expected biuieet in special passion shortly. Tho radical clntnpnts rue asserting fch it cabinet charges are Inevitable. The m.ss of the publllc Is not moved. There unquestionably is a foellng of great rtllbf that hostilities have ended and that t e men of the great army will nturn homo, be dis tanded and reenter tho walks of pea o. This feeling however, is witjoub public maolfcsbitlon. T icre nave hien no processions, no d spliy of fligs nor obbor marks of popular JJlllicablon. . . . A1CKONABT BALDWIN BLOWN TC ATOMS IN HALLOON. WAS CARRYING DYNAMITE btfPPOSEl) TO HAVE ION1TED Till ENTIRE MASS. Specie la Sky When Aoolilfiit Occun Mnd Only PrnfjnirHt of Ilody Fomiit - .Muni llall Play iTk Injured. 6KBBNV1LLE, O.-In sight Ol 2,50(1 persons Prof. JDhn Baldwlr was blown to atoms hero by tbo ex plosion of six sticks of dynamite when 1,500 feob in tho air. Ills wife and three children wore among the spectators who witnessed tho tracedy. Raid win has hcon glv tug daily exhibitions at tho countj fair here. He would asoend several thousand feet in tho air and explode dynamito at intervals. This time he mounted 1,500 (cot in tbo air. Every eyo among tho thousands of specta tors below watched him until ho be came a more speck. Suddenly a cloud of srcnko ap peared, it hid the airship from view, tbo spectators supposed, as the balloon hadjvaoishod completely from sight. In another moment the sound of tho explosion reached the strain ing ears of the watehers, but tho air ship did nob again appear. For a moment tho crowd waited ox peotantly thinkinj that a view of the aeronaut would bs obtained. Then a groan of hnrror arose from the multitude. The airship hnd vanished. Searchers immedlatrly began looking for fragments of tho wrecked airship. A half mile away they found plecrs of silk oloth from which the balloon was raado and splinters cf the basket-liko frame work on which tho aeronaut bad been perched. Scattered about a twenty acre field were found menbs of Baldwin's body. Tho distance at which tho rem nants of airship fell was sog'eab thai the crowds had not seen tho frag ments fall. No ono can tell bow tin accident occurred. The six sticks ol dynamite which Baldwin carried with him exp'oded simultaneously, as only ono report was heard. It is supposed that In igniting the fuse connecting with the dynamito he (ircd the gas in the balloon and that it exploded causing tbo dynamite t( explcdo Haldwin's business was aerial warfare demonstrations. Fcr nearly twenty years he had been giving balloon and airship ex hibitions about tho country. He wai thlrty-sevflo years old and his hoini was at Los Antville, Ind. It wai wltii great dilllculty that Mrs. Bald win was revived from tho faint thai followed the tragedy aid her con dition is orltioal. It was Kaldwin'i two hundred and first ascension, acd tbe Sbird bore. .IAPAN HOLDS HACK. Not rti'Hilj t Enter Into Forma Arnutlce. PORTSMOUTH.-Japan has re fused to consent to tbo cessation oi hostilities, until tho treaty of peact has been signed. The Russian plen ipotentaries, accompanied by tin s oretarles called cn Baron Komurt aud Mr. Takahira and were In con foronco with them for half an hour. Japan having Just indicated through liaron Komura her willing, ness for an armlstlco, Mr. Witte sup posed that he would tind them readj bi sign. IJaron Komura explained that while his government was readj to consent to an armstice, his in structlor-s were that this should nol take effect unti after tho signing oi tbo treaty. The discussion lasted for half ac hour, tho Russian position bcint that Japan's contention was wibooul precedent, and ihab if bho armi-blco was not to take e(Te:b until the sign ing of the treaty it was practlcalli unnecessary. However, tho Japan ese were Insist nt and au agreement was accordingly entered uihn pro vidlngforan armistice nrtic shall take effect tho n nn:L "? t-eaby ii signed. "It is necessary, i u ,x,v only bin coaimanders In tho Held but ali the commanocrs of ships shall be utti lied, and this necessarily requirts s little time. Japan did not desire tt have the armistice go Into tffe I until the commanders on sea anc land bad been notified, thus insur ing the maintenance of the agreo meot." TXiuVh AOItEEMENT HETWEEN Till WAK1UNO NATIONS, Ooncaittnn Oranteit to Suildenly ml to Mnko 8obiia llramatlo rvto pie of I'urtftaaouth IH plny OuUlaUun. POHTSMODTn, H. The Iour and bloody war between Japan and Russia is ended. Tho terms of ptac wore settled by Mr. Witte and Uaror Komura at tbo session of tho con ference and preliminary arrange ments for an arniis ice were con cluded and tho actual woik of fram Inir tho "treaty of Portsmouth" wai by mutual ogreomont turned over tc Mr. De Marten's, Russia's gteat in ternational lawyer, and Mr. Denul son who lor twonty-tivo iyeais 'Jiai acted as tho legal advisor of tho Jap anoo foreign onlco. The treaty Is expected to t"o completed soon. iiitwti ntul O'rHiniitlo llcolnlon. This happy conoluslon of tho con ference which a week agn wnulri havo hcon shipwrecked had It nnt been for tho hoiolc Intomiss'on ol President Roosevelt, was sudden and dramatic. For tho sako of p"aro, Japan, witli the rnagnamhy ol a victor, nt tho last mnmrnt yltlnpd everything In Ifisuo. Russia refused to budgo from tho ultimatum Km peror Nicholas had eIvct to Presi dent Uoosovelt through Ambas9arior Meyer. No indomnity under any guls", hut an agreement to divide Sakhalin and rolmburso Japan fur thn main tenance of tho Russian prisoners vero his last words. Thnv had hrcn rooeatedly reiterated in Mr. Wltte's instructions and in tho form of a written reply to the Japan-so com promise pn posal of they wero do- llvcred too Huron Komura. Turn Doivn tlie 'niiiriiitiUe. Mr. Wltto wont to tho nnnlcreneo declar ng he was powerksi to change the dob of an "I" or tho cross of a "t" In Instructions. Empurur NIMmlas' word had been given not only to him, but to President Rnoo velt, tho head of a foroljn tnte. When Huron Knmura, then fore, first offered the new basis of corn prom ho outlined in tho Assnriated press dispatches, tho com plot o re nunciation of Indpmnlty cnuplei with a proposition for tho rodemp tion of Sakhalin a prloo to bo fixed by a mixed tribunal consisting ol representatives of 1 tie neutnl pnwe a in faob if not in words the solution offered by tho president Mr. VVlttf again returned a non-pi)SBU i.i:s. It was what Mr. Wltto termed in hla Interview with tho Associated press tho "psyche loiical moment." Mr. Witto did nob fllnoh. He expected a rupture and as be expressed it afterward ho was t tunned by what happened. R-uon Komura gavo way on all tho disputed points. Only Way for Prae. With the nresclpnco that has en ahled tho Japanese to gauge tnn monumental prcc(6sc3 of their ad versaries (,n tho Held of battle and up.in the sea tliey had realized In ad vance that peaco coind hi: obtained In no other wiy. They had warned their government. The Mikarin at tio session of tbe caolnib and tl in statesman Dad sanctlnned tne hnal concession. Article ten and elisvm (intoned wars) Ips and tho llmlia lor of Russia's sua power In the far eat) word' withdrawn. Japan agreod thai only that portion cf tho Chinese. Eastern railroad south ofChanifii. tho nosltUm occupied hy Ovama should bo ceded to Japan. Both sides once the deadlock was broken wanted a "lust and lasting" poace, and in that spirit It was drcl ed to praotioaily reutral zo Sakhalin, uarh c urntry hinting itself not to fori I fy its half of thn lslanfl, arid .hipun assuming an obi gat ion not to for ii fy the La Pernuo strait between Sak halin and Hokkaido, which wi ulo bar Russia's commercial mute to tho PaolUe. A Period or JuUllatlon Thon began bha jubilation. Mr. Wltto and Baron de Knscn letornen to the httel for luncheon. Tho Japanese had remained at tho. con ference hall to lunch with Mr. Pearce. Tho news that peavo ha1 been concluded had prei ceded the RusUan nleni potential ies and such scenes of wild rejoicing natonev. r boforo been witnessed in the State of Now Hampshire as groetcd them upon their arrival at tho hotel. PEACEMAKERS AT FOKT.SMOUTU UK G.1N TlllCIil TASK. -.- WITTE NOT HERO AT HOME CO HUT OIUOLES SOUHV HE EFPEO EI) AN A 11EEMENT. Jnnt Over an Ohli-f Plnliolftnttnry fur Ptirtiimn of f liclyltifr Him I.litlr Doubt of Iflunl ltallllcntloiif. PORTSMOUTH, N. K.-Actual woik of draltliM tho "troaty of Pottsmouth" has begun. It was doLC by Mr. Do Martens and Mr. D nnlson, acting as legal advisors f r tho respective sides. Whllo tho "bases" of poace have been accepted by tho plenipotentiaries, consider able detail remains to be worked out in the elaboration of the artlolos of thu fcaty. This Is ospcolally true In regard to tho articles dealing with the Chinese Eastern railroad and too surrender of tho loasos of tho Liao Tung peninsula aud Port Arbour and Talienwan (Dalny). Mr. Pokotlloff, tho Russian minis ter to Poking, who was formerly manager of tho Russo-Chlnoso bank at Peitlng, and who has intimate knowledge of all tho details relatli g to tltcso matters, is assisting Mr. Lio Murtous. A vory anomalous situation exists as to tho impres3ion crented by the conolusl n of peaco. Whllo tho out side world applauds Japan, there Is o idently great disappointment in the terniB, aud In Russia, where it would seem that t'loic should bo universal rejoicing ovor tbo gioit diplomatic victory Mr. Witte has won, tho government seems to have receivod It coldly. With tho people I', will make Mr. Wltto tho groat cind iooultr tlgure and add to his laurels, but at court evidently tho vory vie t ry that Mr. Witto has aohicved m ikes it all the more bitterly re sented. It is an open scorob that when the emporor appointed Mr. Witto chief plenipotentiary tho "military party" ixp cted him to fall. Thoy did not want peace and li. was 'recly pre dicted In St. Petersburg whon M Witte left that ho bad been given an Impossible mlss'on. They expected him to fall in toe negotiations or lo make "a bad peace," and cither would havo spelled political ruin. Instead, upon tho vory terms upon wi loh the emperor told Mr. Meyer ho would make peace and upon which tbo military party did not be liuve it possible for peace to bo negotiated, Mr. Witte succeeded In securing a treaty honorable and under circumstances lavnrahln to Russia. When the signatures arc a AcfcC'J t'ie exchange of ratitloations by the em erors of Russia and Japan ah ne will remain. Emporor Nicholas In tho credentials given to Mr. Witte formally pledged his word to approve any treaty his plenipotentiary would s im. While tho credon lals of i aion Komura, undor legular Jap-au'!-e procodure, reserved to the mikado tho right to sanction tho tin i y, that is regarded as a mere formality. Tho Russians continue to regard the agreement reached as a wonder ful diplomatic victory. Tho highest HuskI iii authority, speaking of what would havo happened If peace had not been made said: "'Consider tbo military sibuatloo frm the Russian standpoint in the most favorablo light. Ass-rme that th Russian arms would have boen bucoessful. Llnevitcti victorious rnuht have forced Oyama back to Llao Yang, possibly to Halllcheng. But with the Russian licet destroyed n could never venture Into the Llao Turn: peninsula. Wo cou'd nut havo i-oprsed tho Yula into Korea. Wo co ild never havo retaken Sakhalin. P si tkally wo obtain in tnls treaty wnat wo would have bad to buy with victories. Had defeats come who knows what else we should in the end have been obliged to yield." All senseless gossip about E uppror Wlllhra throwing his Inlkcnco atilnsb peaco Is now coinplo-ely x.loded. Tho Russian envoys h ve roe lved information direct from P terhof showing that Emporor illlam was uiging peace upon the czar .with as muoh earnestness as tho president. Miss tiarah Abbott, a popular, young woman of W od River, oaf accopted a position as principal ol the f ubllc schools at Obadro'3, Nobr.- Tho work of laying steel rails be tween Llncoo and Boatrlco on tho Union Pad do, which has long been chlayed, has been to3uinoo. About 100 men are employed on tho Joo. Burglars entorod tho saloon of Henry Krumwiedo at Dakota City by sawing out a holo in tbo front door largo enough for u man to enter. A slot maonlno was rellevod of 84 nud sovcral bottloa of l.quor woro taken. A son of B. Knoklo, M years old, of Paplllion has had his foot cut oil hy a mowing machine. Ills oldor brothor was driving tho machlno and did not bco tho boy until too lato to avoid the accldont. Youthful robbers aro working In Doatiico-, and a number of houses havo been entorod. Tho oillcers havo nut yet succeeded In locating the guilty parties. Mrs. irank Miller, colored, of South Sioux City, has placed her 10-year-old son, Oscar, in charge of Sheriff II. U. Hansen, who his him In Jail, and he will In sont to tho ro- form school on ciraplilnt of his) mother. Mrs. Miller chums oho has; lust all control over mm and thati ho Is I ncorrlglblo. Whllo working In tho hay field at) Wood River Joo Stono received a' sovero Injury by a hay fork tailing and striking him on the noso causing u fracture of tho bono. John Hi rat, who was standing bosldo him, saw the fork falling, and in au attempt! to piovent it hlttliig Stono wus hurtj badly on tho hand. Oscar Johnson of Saronvlllo was hurt while moving a threshing machlno from ono farm to another. He fell under the win els of tho Bepirator, hub on account of tho .ground being soft no bono oro broken. Ho was badly bruised how over. A number of Cubs county farmers are losing cattli, which seom tu be dying from some Kind of poison. Tho oontents of tho stomaobB of two cows havo been sont to u chemist for examination. B. N. Smith of Beatrice, travel ing representative for Marshal Fl 14 & Co., of Chicago, has received a telegram from Sllvcrton, Colo., to tho effect that oro valued at 8l,7UQ pel ton was being tauon oub of the mino in wnlcn he was in.erested.l Naturally Mr. Smith is lot llnrz protty good ovor this plcco of nowa.' Nightwatchman Chut-buck baa killed two mad dogs in Tecumseh and tho council has ordered all dogi within tho corporato limits to bo muzzled. j While in tbo bottling room Mar-, hlnUehllug, suporln ondonb of tbo Gehllng brewery in Falls City got hla hand cut on a broken ooltle. Ho did not pay much attention to tho injury until the blood poisoning set In. Ho is having a hard time with tbo hand, hut no serious rc suits arc anticipated. i M. P. Oloppor, was bitten on the hand by a ratllesnako at his home near Beatrice. The snake baa crawled Into tho bouse, and as Mr.j Clopier onterod the kitchen aboutj dusk ho noticed somotbing on tho ollor. In attempting to pick it up( the snnko strunk him. Otto Zacok, nianagor of thoi Biumann Drug company at West Point, has pu rebus d the Frank Drahos resldenco at West P Intp ly ing therefor bho sum of 81,800., Resident c proptrly In West Point is; advancing in price voiy rapidly. David Helphand and A. Spiglo, of Pender who are charged with sotting lire to a car of furnishing goods have had their prellmlna y hearing, and were hound ovor to the district court in tho sum of $2,000 each Linn Swan of Tecumseh, who Is now holding tho position of brake man on a frelg it train between Lin coin and Table Rock, bad a gold watch stolon from him while on duty. Ho left the watch in a small coi'jpartmeub of tho caboose and som ono managed to get It, unotv served. A passenger who alighted from tho train at Tecumseh is una r surveillance although it is not cor-i tain that he purloined the watch.' After shooting two loads frjra uj sho'gun at his wife and believing her to be murdered, Gu3tav Schraeder,) aged 60, of Norfolk committed sui-. olde. The wife had spcurdd divorce.! Shn escapod both loads and ia, alive.