1 1 n t IT rmrnn n nnnnrnnrnw I
i 1
RACXJCAL. I'OK I ItOIi OB KORKA
UE HUH I'OLIOT-
LIKELY TO RE GOBBLED UP
.t'reaent Shadow of Korean Governtunnt
Will lt Hwrpt Array -Oorii m
Criticism Mlnlctar KocKhlll.
Lfc
ViCTORIA, JJ. C.-A dlpateh
from Tcklo by tho Empress of Japan
itates ti at a stern policy Is to be
tdoptcd by Jaoan following the an-
Bounceruunt of tho Anirlo Januieso
treaiy. Tuklo publicists state freely
that since tho treaty guarantees tho
freedom of Japan In Its prosecution
pi iv nun infjnatB tho shadow or a
Korean government; will shortly be
swept away, and practically suzer-
nlguty ovtr Korea established. Sev
oral Japanese papers state that
foreign ministers In Korea wll
prooubly be withdrawn Blurtlv.
The JIJI of Toklo siys it Is necessary
tnat a change take puccatoncc In
Koroa; that foreign ministers bo
withdrawn and Korean ministers
abroad recalled, for as long as Kurca
s in the possession of wielding
diplomatic rights she may be In
velgled by ambitious diplomats,
even If Japanese supervision be
maintained, and Japan sa Interests
may be airents. thn itrr.it-.nrto nf tuo
Korean govereans In tho north ard
una lormaiion or tne patriotic so
Mot-Inn I.. 0..t
vu wii u aiiu
n tor calling forth demands from pn
iu oeuiu urn mnn r.nn rm
lineal leaders in Janan iluormm
measures la Korea.
a Yokohama paper says a pa it of
too Manchuria army may he quar
i fc rod in Kuroa instead of being w'th
' drawn to Japan as a concerted up
sr rising of the Koreins, ah tted by
, olilclals of the K uem governmnt, is
considered Inn Immlnnnh : r tcii,nii.,
to bj treatoa lightly. The recent, at-
ticks upon Japanese administration
In Korea by two newspapers pub-
nsnoa ny Amerlcina at Seoul hav?
nnered Jnpinese polhieliris at
xokio and their is a demand for
their suppression
According to aavices received by
tho steamer Empress of Japan the
bomb outrage at tho Peking rol'vsay
,6tdt' wll'ch involved Ue death of
,the bomb-thrower and otneis, Ja
alleged to havo been instigated by
.J&t. Sun Yat Hen, ringleader of the
a revolutionary party in China. 'Jh
i Japanese Art verifier of Ynknhm...
i)s Sun Yat Sen, who Is in J.ipan
has sent over thirty assassins to Tien
Tslii sluco August. Following the
outrage the Chinese government tele-
krapbed to the Chineso minister at
;'okio asking that ho secure the
aid of tho Jnpjiieso government to
appreheud Sun Yat iron, who es-
caped from prison in China aid
escaped from the Chinese legation
ct London when arrested thero.
. Mall advlcos by tho Empress of
J Japan included a' Manila dispatch to
theJapanise Advertiser ot Yoko
u huma, which states that General
Ipriin sovcrcly censures United
states Minister Ruekhill nt Puking.
charging him with derollctlon r.r
social duty In the provisions made
for the receptiou and entertainment
of the pnsldeut's daughter ard
(party at Peking. Trio Advertiser
says:
: "Kxeornble mlsmanacement of thn
'reception and direct discourtesy on
(the part of the minister nro charge-,
rreely marie. Tho returning party
'beay the marked scantiness or atten
jr'tlon paid them was sunk-lent to ellct
,bu prise from the various legation
iBt.lfsof thn other Peking ombass-
Yl Yonglk, the. farinor Koroan
' trtlnln X i r y-v - . ...
iijuua oi, Yiu .M;jp3Q m Shanghai
In a Junk, is stated by Shanghai
papers recehed hero lo be on a sec ct
ml.-slon to Europo. ()o arrival at
tShanghfil he aridrcssed a long tcle
lg am lo tho Unlnesc empress. The
ulntster Is hcl overt to bo a Russl in
ngen', and .lap.uusB citllcluli sought
to apprehend him before ho euuid
Jeatfanr.!a.
Jrv ' Ilutlhut of tho Koroan Rev-flew,
according to advices hy the
'steamer Empress of Japan, makes
pravo charges against tho Japanese
administration in Korea. Ho sajs
thousands of Korean pea ants are
froitenod with starvation, and
m i rf..rnrirlin(T Bnnnnc nm -t
i".iily b oausn the neanti urn ni.
pusi.'u in imir miiiik wjrnmit ooui
pensation Many i.nmlgranta change btielr
mnes upon arriving In this country
On account, of the difllrulty they llnd
In getting thorn silled pnjrily.
Many In New York adopt the taiueB
of si reel1? a their Hurnnmen
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NEBRASKA NOTES
'MMHyim. . i
Mildred the 5-yrar-ola daughter of
Mr; aod Mrs. O.K. AnderBon, Hv.
lex two inllos ajuthca-t of' Oakland
died of typnold fever, from which
Hie hal betu sutlcring f0r ihe last
three wtoks. A 7-ytar-old da jgluer
Is also very ill wltn typhoid.
Walter Stoel has been taken to
Baatrlco and lueged lo the county
Jail, oLarged with nssaulliog his
employer, William Elllnuer, an ugod
farmer living mar Plrknll, with
Intent to do great bodiiy iniury. lie
will bo arraign. d in uuuuty court.
r
D'ime oro or more persons broko
the glass In the back window and
ontorid the cl thing store of William
Uolly of Plaitamouth and helped
themselves to sucn articles of mer
chandise as they could carry away
with them No clue tu tun guilty
persons
Tho beet sugar factory at Fremont
a ill he opened up for the season's
campaign a? soin as the repairs ate
compltted Ws rapiclty will then
ho double that of last year. lodlra
tlons are that thn crop this year will
bo above the average In ouantitv
nnd Of a S4t,Uf:lr.toro m.tllru
Harvesting Has not yet commenced.
F. A. Grell, a farmer living four
miles west o? ileatrlce has Infr,
samples of potatoes irrown on iila
place which are the linest siinwn In
Ueatrlco this season, tlx p. tat.es
left at a grocny store weighed a
pound and one half ea-h and Mr.
Grell gathen d from half an acre Lf
uround over J(K) nu&hels.
Kev. L. P. Luddou president of
the Stale Hoad of Eduoatioo uas
spent a day vhlt'iu the Stale Nor-
I'll TliOt? I'ri a - ilnti h.
Ludr'en was ninhl irraiilleri at tho
showing which Isbdng marie and
oompll nenlcd Presldtnu Tnomas and
tLe members of iho faculty on thn
work tney are riolrm.
Fred W. Arnrib has been found
dead near his home south of t o
Stuck excharu'-' at Nthi-nsi niiv
UcitH was due to apoplexy or heart
piraiysis nrougiit in by over exer
tion. He was about (JO ve:irn i Id
d is su vivod by a widow, four
sons Frid. Fr.mk. Artliur in d
Edward, and hy a duughtr, Cirrie.
t'no deceased was a aitin .or of tho
O.Iri Fellows' lodgo
Mrs Joseph J indra has committed
sulcido at her homo, six miles nor II
west or bebuyler ty lianglrg. She
baa been mentally unbalanced for
simetlmo and her bodv wus fonntl
n a grove near her homo, banning
from a limb of a tree She had
climbnl tho tree aod tied a rone
iron ml her neck and then jump, d
otf. A husband and three chlhlrnn
survive her.
Tho Masonic building at Nebraska
Gltv has been slluhily namaed Lv
llro. The lire nrlglnateri lu scino
took oi.svs on tho second floor. Rp.-
fore tho 11 ai es were Bubdutd thpv
pread to the third floor, where soma
Huhb damage was done. Wuter
done cnusldcrablo damage to the
Hradley-Uatron grocery stock on
the first flour. Tliu less will not
ex cod 5 1 00(3 and is fullv covurpd h
nsurance.
Lee Allen, a young man 19 ynartj
Id, IWing near Pleas inb Dale.
Seward coun'y has been seriously ln-
u rod by slidlnir down a stack onto
a pitchfork which stood at the bot
tom of the stack. He was lnlutrd
nternnlly and an operation Ins b en
preformed. lie was abne when hurt,
bit managed to extricate himseif
from, the p tchfork. Ho Is s ser
iously Injured It is fouled he will
not rccivVro.
Totally blind for
elev :n years,
Cherokee, ,
Gcttlleb Hraascn of
who has been visiting
-it Nurlolk and who
his nlativfs
Is 81 years oi
ago, has suddenly regained tho p -wer
of siht and Is able fo lecnunlzc
ices. A laro party ws held foi
him, nt which he behaved 1 ko a
small bny with a toy engine. The
delight at having his sight restored
hns made a d Ifercnt man of him
Fate has dealt unkindly with Mrs.
Gforge OiTenhaiiBor of Norfolk, a
bride or Ies9 than a year, who re
reived a telegram announcing the
d-atb of her mother Mrs. ICrnst, r.l
Shenandoah, la., and who was mafe
a widow when her young hushanrt,
n prominent business man at Nnrfi-lii
s icenmhed to heart fail rro riuo to
Ihe nervous strain occasioned hy tlx
r'oath i f his mothcr-ln-liw. Ho wai
25 yoars nf nge. 1 1 ).J, parous Hvp In
Omnha. The lomalna will l tnknr.
boSfonanrio ih Tnrsday. where I ha
vnnnc widow will bury motlier and
honnow? ;
ISLAND IMFIiHMfcNTj'1AKEUP RATE bill firstItaKEH OFF WITHOUT PAHIC
TOO K3on rourrrcAi. ci.hknsion
TOK CUBA'S GOOD.
GOMEZ HERE ON MISSION
Kzpofltml to Call on I'm ltd tut, AUliuli
l)tnylC tliHl fnch U nit Intra
lion Karate to Ull.
SEW YORK. G?n. Juan Joao
Gomez, the governor of Santa Clara
province, Cuba, who recently re
signed as trio liberal candidate for
tho presidency of Uuba in oppooltlon
to President Palma, arrived hcio
on the steamer Montoruv. He win
remain in tula couutr; about two
weeks.
To the Associated press General
Gomez salii!
"liiis is not ray first visit to
the United Slates. I was lieio In
3898 with the commission from tbe
Cuoan government that (sauie after
we ciose or tho wrar bo arrange
tcatters. My errand now Is to sot n
rest. I do cot know what cities I
shall visit; I havo no plans."
Asked If he should visit Welling
ton or call on President- RoosevoU,
General Gomez said:
"1 do nob know If I will visit
Washington, but I do nob oxpeot to
?13U President RoosoYclt."
Wnen informed of tho report that
he came on a mission to ask Ameri
can Intervention lu Cuban politics
he rspliod with an empuatlc "no."
General Gome, said ho did not
know wbother tho liberal party
would place a candidato in tho Held
In December to oontest the election
with President Palma, tho candidato
of the moderaio party. Tho nat
ional oonvention c,f tbe party wticb
was held refusad to ajcopb his resig
nation, luc heasyithad not open
bi Informed, as he sailed before the
convention mot. Tnercfnre ho was
not prepared to say what would be
bis future course.
General Gomez is accompanied only
by O. Fcrera, a lawyer of Havaoa.
It was learned abtard tbe ship that
both Cubans and Americans, whose
business interests art in Cuba, en
tertain somo anxiety over the oat-1
romo of the political dlesonsion
Mr. Ferera, while lmost ds reticent
bs General Gomez said thut all
tho J alls lu Santa Cluro. iinvin
were tilbd with oolitlojil m -is mor
V 11 I
l
mt. terera is a political leader, a J I
Is ono of Cuba's constitutions!
autocrines und a member of tho
liboral party. He professed a lack of
Knowledgo of tho English language
wnen questioned on politics.
On too other hand tho merchants
on board tho ship woro ready ta talk
or tbe situation. Onti of the largest
clear manufacturers In this city and
Havana said tbat it was tho well
fjundod bslier of the passcnge's
after tho uos3ip on tdc trip, and
before the steamer sailed from Hav
ana, tnat General Ouiuor was ru a
iccrut mission.
Get Littln for Troui
SEATTLE, Wtub.-The Grca
Northern overland train 'crtvlng
Heattio was held up and the bapgago
nd express car dynamited abuui live
! miles from Ballard. Tmeo men are
known to have done tho work. Two
, boys, who got on tho blind h?k.-gago
I herci as srjnn as tho hold up 1 o;an,
entered the passenjnr coachpb and
began holding up tbe passengers.
xnoy were captured.;
All were well dressed, with rain
ccats and Blourh ha is. So far as to
ported no ono was killed, but ;h,:ri 'K
Anacrson, express messenger s
slightly Injured.
Tne train was flapped und at tc
enKlneor slowed up two men h
raincoab3 climbed over the tni'e,
and presented revolvem to hi haul.
When tho train stopped tbe eiineer
was lrebructed to pull ahead which
he did for several huodred yards
when ho was again oommanded to
stop.
Two of tho robbers then Jumped
off, making tho eoalneor and Drernan
do the earno and all marched to tho
baggage Orir d"or. Tho messenger
was commanded to open tho door,
ind refusing, nn extra heavy clwnre
D dynamite was placed analoat it
nd exploded. The explosion tore
the car to pieces. The saro was th'.&
flynamltcd. Tho two boys claim they
aeyer met tho hold-upa until they
got on tho train and ate in no wav
tennooted with their work
PltrfllUKNT AJ1D KKrilKRENATlYX
TUWHSKNOCONFKK.
t'lfiaut I'nrpoBe U lo Mruo 11111 Cover
All lht It Kliould-High
to JKnk JIh en Not
rcuiAiidol.
WASHINGTON. - Kailroad rate
louis atlon was the topic of a loi'g
conferenco bcljweon tho president
and Representative Towiiscixl of
Mlohfgau, ono of tho authors of tho
Esch-Townscnd bill, which was
passed last wlulcr by the house of
representatives. At the conclusion
of tho conferenco which lastod nn
boor and a ouaitcr, Mr. Townscnd
said It as hi3 purposo to havo his
bill iu roadlncss for Introduction in
tho houso as soon as congress con
venori.
"My effort now," said ho, "is to
mako certain that ib shall cover
what is expected of It. It will em
ncciy my ideas, and at tho came
time, I
am quite aurc, It will
accurately 'tuoso of the
represent
president
"After making It perfeotlv clear
that tho provisions of tho mcasuro
apply to prlvato cars, refrigerator
care and terminal charges. It will
he my purposo through bbo measures
to confer upon tho lnt?rstato com
merce comwiislon tho power bo mako
Its iindinga in any particular caso
clTectivo within a roasonab o time
after they aro announced. EfTnrrq
havo been made to create tho Im
pression that Ib is the purpose of tho
advocates of this lecls!at!ou to ,'lo
the Interstate comtoorco commission
he authority to llx all the rates of
u railroad- Thnt Is not true lb is
ntpnded only that tho o mmlsiion.
: complaint shall bu made to lb that
any particular rato is uolust, snail
iavo powor pfter duo Investigation
to sutituto n roiiBonanlo rato it)
rase the complaint shall havo been
shown to DC well founded "
"Do you expect that rato Ip'!Ie1i
lion will bo enarted durlm tho an
noaeblng Bcssicn of congress?''
"I havo no doubt of it." ronllert
Mr. Tpwnsend.
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Mother Seeks, for Child.
yfflAliA, JNeb. A llbtlo woman.
wearing a distressed and InquJrng
ooir, worried her way throuirh tho
corridors of tho court houe search-
ng for a traco of hor thrc-months-
old I'ahy.
r i. .. . .
dmu jfdvo nor name qs m.. o
Miller, now of Lincoln, but fc ? ?rly
of Plattsinouth.
This is bho woman's story:
"--'Ksaerra.
"About two weeks ago 1 left
iJjattmouth and gave my baby In
charge of a woman thoro. A few
da?s ag i I went back and asked to
see the child, but was bold by the
woman In whoso custody Ib hod benn
loft thab an otuVer of a child's homo
aoeioty in Omaha hod been down and
bad kidnapped tho little boy.
I came up to Omaha hero and
found tho woman, who had also some
to this city, and sno told me that
the child's nomo to which my baby
naa been takou was in tbe Urown
block, but that bboy woro no lomrer
in pusscssku of tho child, aa thoy
had
piaooo it with a family tor
adoption
would
not tell me
whero It was. hut said
100 miles from here.
It was about
"1 want to find out whether
adoption papors have been filed
here."
It. was f .und that no adoption had
teen recorded In the court houso
hero, and tho woman left for the
Brown blook for further search
As the ISobraska children's homo
t-oclfty has offlcra in tho Urown
block, Superintendent Oulvev was
nsked nbcub tho affair. Ho Bild:
".rnc child was ordorod nv the
court at Plattsmouth to be placed in
our home. It secrn3 that tho woman
was not a proper ono to have tho
rw,t, dy of tho child. Tho child wa
obtained by us through bho court,
after tno county attorney had lces
b'gatcd the case and wo have founa
a homo for It.
Cov Cnshed Foigd Cheek.
FREMONT, Neb.-Honry Mllbon.
a youth wtio hns been working at
tho sugar factory, used a check for
$65 on which tho namo of his em
ployer it. a. Gould, was signed, to
purchase soma goods at tho otoro of
N. Saroptcr In Fremont. He scoured
about 810 worth nf c!obhlur. Mr.
.Sampler who was called out of bed
rv I nln'lit i f 1 u - 1TI l .. . ill
h;.nMri nror n,n ....h
DTplmiHin tnt tho mnrthtnen I
W - fc.-JW tUUUD uuu iiuaiiKU Jill
r- ..u.iimoi)
Kn.,o 1,... .1 ....1
onmri f un ..li
uluuuou ij nuviv ui u uijy. unu nru-I ,
nMiitvu nt... i,u uu mti llyllu. I
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PASSKWJKRS ON TIIH ST. TAUC I
KKN4IULK COT.
STEAMER IS TOTAL WRECK
I'Mk On ltoott Off Knrk, , 0l
Ulimlt rltrnck Unrlns Ocaat
WK- Itvnrjrono on tha
Blilp llaiauact.
'v.
ICUK12KA, Cal. Fast Umn ths
rocltB ono and ouo-half mllcB south
Of Point iJnrrhi. unit Imntdn t,A
bollors of bo old steamer Ilumboldfc.
- - '"I j uiuw w a j
tho San Francisco and Portland
company'a stoamor St. Paul, CapbalD
itauoau, Jios a total wreck. Its
ninety. tbrco passengers and crew of
slxty-llvo men aro safe. Sonio arc
on board tho steamer Pomona en
mlltn tn Hun tTronnlonn !... ...!
frroator number arc. In Eureka, liar
Imr arrived on tho tug SnnRcr of
Eureka and tho steamer Vanguard.
j lie captain and most of tho crow
are In Eurcfrn.
Tho disaster, lb Is uald, was duo to
a thick fog. Tho Ranger came Into
port bringing flvo passonnore. and
tho Vanguard dooked later. Captain
Kunrinll ct .lit HO I llnf. t Hrt llmintna a n i
due to tho fog and attaches blnmo
to no one. The vessel was on Its
usual courso and bho weather was)
clear until Point Gorrin wnn nn.i
proached, when tho sloamar ran Into
tho fog bank. Third Ofllccr nolmesi
being on tho bridge. The tlrsb:
I ri v I . . . . r n .1 .. ... f
wiiiiuuK 'u iu oi uuii(cr was mo
roar of the surf, when no Immod
lately changed tho ship's coumo. A
moment later It struck bow flrsb. Is
now lies with Jt3 stern toward lanai
two hundred yards from the boacU1
with two lines fust ashore.
Captain Handall was Just about bo
gb up anJ take a look around when
tho Bhln Struck bho rnr.kn. Tim
hook av7kc'ned tho passengers und
bho watch below. Connidprlntf rhn1
1 ....... . I
ciroumBiancos inoro was unusually
g od order preserved amosrr all on
boara, says tho captain, and tnero
was no panic or unnecessary confuB
Ion.
A small boat was Bent to the
HubtGhln OlT Rlnnt'q rnnf In nrHnr
that any passing sloamor might be!
signalled. Later a second boat was
picked up by tho Vanguard which'
turned around und went bo tho res
cue. Tho Vanguard arrived at ths
sccno of disaster and lmmndintnlr:
ocean transferring passengers, three
small boats nlvlntr hntwnnn it nnil
the Sb. Paul oarrylng pasiongera and'
iransrerred them to too Bangor
Wnen thO 8U!d WHH dnsprfnfl Ilia
Rariger started toward Eureka nnd
bno vanguard soon followed. Tho
Ranger met tho Bloamer Pomona
a Ehoit dlsbanco out from tho Uitbto!
snip and permitted all but flvo of
the nasseri?Grs to hnarl If,.
Many poopln wore gathered ab tha.
wnari to receive any who mlgnt bars
been in distress Humboldt tar was I
uiuuufM uuu uiu iiiruci crear, wnion
accounts for tho Ranker notno tihltv
to enter the norr.. RimtMv hnrnra
rnidnleht tho Vane-tar t nrngao.i .hni
bar and landed anout fifty nasenifemJ
Can! aln Randall anri Mm Rhn'
omrers wore on tho Vnniruard. As
, . i
many passcngeia a a can Und accom-j
modal Ions will ocnblnuo tho vDvaco
to Ponland, on thn steamer Alllancs
... i
wbich will sail from hero for the
norio. The Alliance cannot carry
aU, however, ana arrangements for
tho remainder will bo made!
Captain Panda!! and tbe masters at
tho Ranger and Vanguard consider!
tho St. Paul a total wreck, both!
ship and curgo. It bad aboard 1,100'
tons of miscellaneous freight.
Sbatementa of various rassongerR
In regard to the dlsis'er agreo la
every caso whero an Interview was
secured. Tho women passengonf
suffered muob from expasuro and '
numher of them fainted when tho
rcillzed their peril.
J. E. Wlckman, of San Francisco.-
who arrived on tho Vanguard gavs
tho following acount of tho wrerkr
"I woke up about half an hour
ne.foro tho ship struck, and felt tho
tlrsb bump which was as though wo
were ruBiiing over stones. There was
a short Interval of quiet: then a
severe rumbling, throwing the bo-
from sido to side. I lumped '
my berth an d opened tho d' A
was rulnlntr and tho der' Aom
Pontly deserted.
Ith yjt. 1
to- c tap
ogM bad
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