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Chinese Empress Appoints a Commission to Breast the Public for Her. SHE IS NOT SO ARBITRARY NOW. Hew Plan Seems to Indicate Less Incllne tlon to Kan Thlnits Herself—The News M Received In Washington Regarded aa Most Important. WASHINGTON, April 27.—The fol lowing cablegram has been received at the State department from Mr. Sqnl cers, the United States charge at Pe kin, dated today: “The empress dowager has appoint ed a board of national administration to relieve her of her public functions. They embrace three members of the cabinet now with the empress at Sian Pu and Prince Ching, Viceroy Li and Prince Kung, who are now in Pekin.” This news is regarded as of impor tance, indicating as it does the relin quishment by the empress dowager of the arbitrary powers she heretofore has exercised. It also is apparent that she has placed herself in a position to avoid direct responsibility to the foreigners for whatever may happen in the future and the board will have to bear the brunt of any complaint. It is felt that the appointment of this board will make it much easier for the foreign ministers to transact business with the Chinese government. The three members of the Chinese cabinet now at Sian Fu include the notorious Jung- Lu, who was one of the most active in the outbreak against the foreigners last summer. One of the other members of this council is 70 years old and is said to be greatly debilitated. The third member has been at least lukewarm toward foreign interests. The choice of these three is looked upon as likely to complicate the good which Li Hung Chang and the others may accomplish. The foreign establishments here are receiving a number of important dis patches relative to the question of in demnity and how it shall be guaran teed, by a Chinese loan or to each of the powers individually. One of the dispatches coming through an European foreign office says that Sir Robert Hart has con cluded that China can pay a total of $200,000,000, and the impression Is con veyed that this will be the amount agreed upon, the various claims be ing scaled down to this limit. An other dispatch comes from one of the most prominent Chinese officials and from a plenipotentiary in the peace negotiations. He makes a suggestion that when the amount of indemnity fif’ agreed upon it will be greatly to the Interests of China as well as to the powers if the amount payable to each power can be made by install ments and not by a gross payment outright. In that case China would not be compelled to negotiate a large loan. The Mew prevails among offi cials that while this proposition is fair it is not practicable and there is lit tle idea that it will be favorably en tertained. Other dispatches which have pass ed within the )ast few days revive the idea of having The Hague tri bunal administer the indemnities af ter the total is,opce agreed upon. GRASPS BEAUMONT HELD. Standard OH Company Has Now Texas Fields Nailed In BEAUMONT, Tex., April 27.—The Beaumont Oil exchange today posted the statement that the Standard Oil company had purchased the railroad terminals, wharves and shipping fa cilities at Port Arthur and 90,000 acres of land surrounding the port. The price was not given. Port Arthur is the nearest deep water port to the Beaumont oil field, and by controlling this outlet the Standard Oil company can control ev ery barrel of oil taken from the Beau mont field. Tbe railroads cannot compete in freight rates with pipe line and ship via Port Arthur to New Or leans and Galveston. Thus owning Port Arthur, the Standard Oil com pany will control even the domestic trade in crude oil. r Cannot Attend the Funeral. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26.— News of the death of Mrs. Saxton was received at the White House this afternoon. Mrs. McKinley was much attached to her aunt, but will be un able to attend the funeral, which oc curs Saturday, owing to the depart ure of the presidential party for the western trip on Monday. Prepare tor North Pole. HAMBURG. April 27.—Evelyn B. Boldwin, who is to lead the Ameri can (Zeigler) Arctice expedition, and who arrived here yesterday, spent the morning in shipping to Tromsoe and Sanjeford supplies for the expedition. Privy Councillor Neumayr is aiding Mr. Baldwin in every possible way. He has presented him with the latest polar maps, drawn by Dr. Nansen. Later he compared notes with the members of the German expedition. CONGER REACHES ’FRISCO. Minuter, Wife, Daughter and MUe Pierce Are Safrly Over. SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.—Edwin H. Conger, United States minister to China, accompanied by his wife, daughter and Miss Pierce, arrived from China this afternoon on the steamer Nippon Maru. Asked in regard to his future plans Mr. Conger said he would remain In this city until Saturday morning, when he would leave for his home in Des Moines, la. At the expiration of his sixty days’ leave of absence he intended to return to China. He would go back sooner if anything Im portant should come up. When told that it was planned by the citizens of Des Moines to give him a public reception he said that al though he did not care for public demonstrations he would accept a re ception at Des Moines. cH belonged to the people of Des Moines. In fact, the entire people of Iowa had always been kind to him, giving him every thing that he asked for, refusing him nothing. In return he had been com pelled often to refuse the people of Iowa favors. Owing to quarantine regulations and the necessity for giving personal su pervision to the landing of his bag gage, Mr. Conger did not reach his hotel until 6 o’clock in the evening. Mr. Conger’s arrival was awaited with considerable interest, not only on ac count of his connection with events in China, but from a political stand point. There was a great desire to know what position Mr. Conger would assume with regard to the coming gubernatorial nomination in Iowa. WILL CULTIVATE SUGAR BEET, Six Million Dollar Company Bay* Large Tract of Colorado Land. CHICAGO, April 26.—The Tribune tomorrow will say Negotiations have been completed in Chicago for the formation of the larg est beet sugar concern in the: world. A company has been organized with r. capital Btock of $6,000,000, to be known as the Arkansas Valley Beet and Irrigation Land company. The plant of the new company is to be located in Prowers county, Colorado, in the famous Rocky Ford fruit dis trict A number of New York capitalists, including the Oxnards, the Cuttings, the Hamiltons, the Lawsons and the Richards of the Mercantile Trust com pany are interested. The new concern has purchased the holdings of the Great Plains Water company, which comprises about 125,000 acres along the Arkansas river in southeastern Colorado. Colonization of the land with farmers will be undertaken by the company. Over $2,000,000 will be expended this year on improvements. Senator* Dine With the President. WASHINGTON, April 26—Tonight Senators Millard and Dietrich had their Hist taste of official life, hav ing been guests of the president at a dinner given by the chief executive to the Cuban commission. Senator Dietrich had determined to go home this afternoon, but in view of the in vitation from the president, he de cided to avail himself of the oppor tunity and delayed his return to Ne braska until tomorrow. Senator Mil lard will leave tomorrow night for New York with Miss Millard en route west. On tha Bant for Bad Batter. DES MOINES, la., April 27.—Dep uty Dairy Commissioner Wright re turned from Afton Junction, where he went the first of the week in search of oleomargarine. It had been report ed that a substitute for butter was being used in the railroad camps along the line of the “Q,” where 500 men are employed in straightening track. Mr. Wright had a search warrant for one of the camps and examined sev eral others, but could find no oleomar garine, although the butter used was of the poorest order. Shingle King Bnysa Mine. PRESCOTT, A. T., April 25.—E. W. Wells and W. C. Parsons of Prescott and Hugh McCrum of San Francisco have sold the McCable mine to a syn dicate of Chicago capitalists, headed by Frank Jager, the shingle king of that city. The price is said to be about $600,000. On Verge of a Collapse. CHICAGO, April 26.—A special to the Record-Herald from Honolulu, April 19, says Governor Dole is a very sick man. He has been confin ed to his house for several days and only the most intimate friends have been allowed to see him. Want a Foreclosure Sale. ST. LOUIS, April 26.—Judge Thay er of the United States circuit court heard arguments today in the case of the Guaranty Trust company of New York, Julius S. Walsh, trustee, and otners, agr.inst the Omaha & St. Louis Railroad company. The plaintiffs represent the bondholds and are seek ing to have the property of the de fendant sold under foreclosure pro ceedings. After hearing arguments Judge Thayer will decide the case. CUDAHY TELLS STORY Father of Kidnaped Boy Gives Testimony in Criminal Court. REITERATES FORMER STATEMENTS The Trial of the Alleged Kidnaper Draws a Great Throng—The Yonthfnl Victim Takes the Stand and Relates His ex* perlenee. OMAHA, Neb., April 25.—Edward A. Cudahy, sr., and Edward A. Cudahy, jr., father and son, testified at the trial of James Callahan yesterday. The story of the kidnaping and the subsequent payment of the $25,000 ransom, as related by Mr. Cudahy, sr., was a repetition of the reports of the affair as published at the time in the news columns of the Bee. The tes timony of the boy, giving the details of his abduction and imprisonment, also tallied with the reports hereto fore published in this newspaper. In no detail did the evidence given by Mr. Cudahy and his son differ with the authentic and exclusive stories of the crime printed. Yesterday forenoon was taken up with the opening statements of coun sel and a visit by the Jury to the scene of the crime, and in the after noon the taking of testimony began. Young Cudahy was placed on the witness stand at 4 o’clock and when court adjourned at 5:30 o’clock his evidence had not reached that point where he is expected to positively identify Callahan as one of the kid napers. It is apparent that the pros ecution is leading up to an identifica tion, for the boy was made to relate in detail the numerous conversations he had with his guard during the twenty-eight hours he was confined in the Melrose Hill house. It is the in tention, evidently, to show that young Cudahy had become sufficiently famil iar with the voice and the peculiari ties in speech of his captor and guard to recognize the same when heard by him at some future time. As previ ously published, after Callahan was arrested the Cudahy boy was given an opportunity to hear a conversation be tween him and Chief Donahue in the latter’s office, after which he declared that Callahan’s voice and peculiarities of speoch were the same as those of his former guard. It is therefore pre dicted that the prosecution will today ask young Cudahy to identify Calla han by his voice and articulation. So far as given the boy’s testi mony describes his captor and guard as a dark man with a stubby black moustache and black hair. This de scription may be fitted to Callahan, al though it is extremely meager and Callahan’s moustache at this time is long enough to support a small curl at each end. When the trial was resumed in the morning the court room was crowded with spectators, public interest having been revived by the announcement that the jury had been completed and and the relation of the story of the kidnaping would begin. Edward A. Cudahy and the son for whose release he paid the $25,000 ransom were in court, occupying seats directly behind those of County Attorney Shields and General Cowin. Callahan appeared as bright and cheerful as he was the day before and displayed keen interest in all the proceedings. PLACED IN MARBLE CRYPT. Remains of Lincoln and Other Members of His Family Moved. SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 25—Un ostentatiously and without any cere mony, the remains of Abraham Lin coln and the other members of his family, which, since March 10, 1900, when the work of rebuilding the Lin coln monument commenced, have been reposing in a temporary stone crypt in the monument which has been re built by the state of Illinois at a cost of $100,000, were removed to the newly erected marble sarcophagus in the crypt of the monument. Mosquito Fleet at Cavite. WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 25.— A cablegram received at the navy de partment today announced the arrival of the Mosquito fleet at Cavite, Phil ippine islands. The four vessels of this little fleet will be utilized in pa trolling the coasts of Luzon and the lower islands of the Philippine group. Women May Tote. ALBANY, N. Y., April 25.—Gover nor Odell today signed the bill au thorizing women taxpayers in villages and towns to vote on propositions to expend money for public purposes. Conger Isn’t Through Vet. VANCOUVER. April 25. — The Shanghai Mercury publishes a state ment, ostensibly from a confidential friend of Minister Conger, explaining that his application for leave was due to the fact that, having spent the last three years in Pekin, he desired a fur lough at this time. It is added that Mr. Conger would feel obliged to de cline the nomination for governor of Iowa because he had no desire to re tire permanently from the work. Y SPRING CATARRH MAKES PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS MISS ANNA BRYAN OP WASHINGTON. D. C. .®®®®®CSX5X5XSXSX5XSXS®®SX5XS®®®®®CS)®<S)Q Miss Anna Bryan, a favorite cousin of William Jennings Bryan, is well known socially in Washington, D. C., where she has a host of friends. Miss Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary, of Washington, D. C. 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