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.
