Nebraska Newspapers

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THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
3’NEILL, NEBRASKA
A singular war has been waged In
Bosnia recently. Both sides to the con
troversy speak the same language—
Croat—but they write It with different
alphabets, the Catholics with Roman
letters and those of the orthodox Greek
church with the Cyrillic. To simplify
the task of thejpubllc teacher the Aus
trian government directed that th«
Latin alphabet should alone be used In
schools. The Innovation provoked a
loud outcry from the orthodox Greek
partisans, who deemed It n blow to
i their religion. The government had to
yield.
In the Interest of preventing con
sumption In the boarding schools ol
France, only metal bedsteads are per
mitted, every child older than 12 must
j Bleep In a room by Itself, and In the
kitchen and dining room scientific pre
cautions must be taken against the
disease. And no pupil or teacher who ;
is known to have consumption Is per- ,
j mitted In any school. Circulars pre- 1
, pared by physicians are sent to every
school principal, which explain In de- ,
tall preventive measures of all kinds.
The Valley of Mexico Is seventy miles
1 In length and forty-five miles In width. I
Lake Texcoco, n large body of water I
lying Immediately to the east of the
[ City of Mexico, Is only six feet lower j
than the level of the street pavements.
In 1629 this lake rose and Inundated
the city, drowning thousands of the In
habitants. The waters of the lake
I covered the site of the city to a depth
of three feet, and remained so for over
four years. This danger is now obviat
ed by a great drainage canal.
Mexico has many ancient ruins, par
ticularly In the states of Oaxaca, Chi- ;
apas, Yucatan and Morelia. Those of
Mttla, In Oaxaca; Palenque, In Chia
pas; Uxmnl, In Yucatan, and Xochl
mllco. In Morelia, are among the most
famous and Interesting. Some of them
represent whole cities and are sup
posed to be from two to three thou
sand years old. They all show the
most elaborate carvings, which closely
resemble the Egyptian hieroglyphics.
In October 7,887 building permits were
taken out In twenty-four of the prin
cipal cities of the country. These per- i
mits Involve an expenditure of J26,
000,000. During the same month of last
year 628 fewer permits were taken out
t and nearly SOOO.OOO less money expend
• «d.
There are 10,000 Catholic churches
and chapels In Mexico. Six archbishops
and twenty-one bishops administer the
affairs of the church. All Catholic
church property In the republic of Mex
ico belongs to the government—since
j 1874, when the reform laws were enact
I |
I The unique and costly house of one
of the most remarkable societies In the
world has Just been completed, In Ber- i
Iln. The building Is the home of the
German Colonial society, and Is to be
known as the German colonial house. I
By an English law passed In 1266, It '
was provided that a silver penny, called i
a sterling; should equal In weight thlr- I
ty-two wheat grains, well dried and 1
taken from the center of the ear. This
to the origin of the grain weight.
The recent high-speed experiments ,
on electric railways in Prussia have re- 1
Vived the plan of connecting Brussels !
and Antwerp by a high-speed road.
■ “he estimated cost Is fl.OOO.OOQ francs, j
’*'*The clarti, like the lobster, belnfr ,
threatened with extinction, the United 1
States Bureau of Fisheries 'Is endeav- 1
©ring to propagate It by artificial cul
ture, with good promise of success, i
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Foreigners should beware of the
Mexican "rateros,” or pickpockets, a« .
they are the most adept of any of their
kind In the world, with the possible ex- ,
ception of those In Havana.
Mr. Chamberlain’s organization has
already circulated more than 16,000,000
pamphlets, setting forth Its views us to
protective tariffs, and the Free Trade
union has Issued 14,000,0*0.
as a part or the efforts of the Brlt
,l»h to become independent of Ameri
can cotton, something like 30,000 acres
«lll soon be under cotton cultivation on
the West African coast.
Recently Lord Roberts received con- !
rratulatlons on his 71st birthday. It
was in 1832 that the present command- i
er-ln-chlef of the British army was
born in Cawnporo.
After the death of the, reputed witch i
borne peasants of Hungary mutilated i
the corpse In the belief that she would j
Otherwise reappear and suck the blood
of living persons.
Of the 37,000 inhabitants of Vladlvo
IJtock, 25,000 are Russian soldiers.
There are also 3.000 Japanese residents,
of whom 233 are merchants and 264
i laundry men. • I
j The world's production of rubber was
! two years ago almost equally divided
between Africa and South America;
now the Amazon region produces three
Afths of it. ,
U. Gaub, the French chemist, says
if the hair crop could all be shorn
,rom the women of France for one year
,t could be made to produce 1,022,000
pounds of Iron.
"Mexico. D. F.," as the postmark on
all Mexican postal matter reads, means
"Distrito Federal,” or Federal District.
■®<1 corresponds to our Washington.
In y.e South of Ireland, near Inchl
•eelaLi. is the "Cats well,'' the waters
of which are supposed to exert mar
velous remedial effects upon ailing tub
bles.
v Colon Is a mere sand pit a mile long
and a mile wide. At an expense of
$5,000,000 causeways have been built
connecting the town with the mainland.
Refined cocoanut oil is being large
ly used In Hungary as a substitute for
butter. Two and a quarter million
pounds of it were Imported last year.
In area the new republic of Panama
•Is a little less than Indiana, and its
population is about 300.000, of which
$.000 are in Colon and 25,000 in Panama.
It is reported that the eighty or
xnore beet and cane sugar factories of
Spain, all except twor or three, have
Just been merged In a sugar trust.
j , A strange animal, half Mger and half
panther has been brought back from
the Congo by a Belgian and placed in
the zoological gardens at Antwerp.
England £ets about 15,000,000 worth
•f new gold from Africa every month
■ And 57,000,000 worth out of Australia.
Colombia has little more than 300
j «tues of railway and not a mile of road
baa been built in ten years.
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SENATOR DIETRICH
WAS NOT A SENATOR
Judge Instructed the Jury to
Bring in a Verdict of
Acquittal
OTHER CASES DROPPED
District Attorney Summers Moves a
Nolle as to Them, and the Court
at Once Issues the Order
as Acked.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 11.—Senator Diet
rich has been released from custody.
Judge Vandeventer, after delivering
his opinion, Instructed the Jury to bring
in a verdict of not guilty. The dis
trict attorney entered a nolle in the
other cases against Dietrich. Jacob
Fisher, postmaster at Hastings, Neb.,
was also given his liberty, a nolle hav
ing been entered in each indictment
against him.
The Court’s Opinion. •
In delivering the opinion, Judge Van
deventer said:
The court has given as careful and ex
haustive attention to the demurrer as
time woujd permit, and we have arrived
at a conclusion In which we are both
quite agreed.
This defendant Is charged with receiv
ing and agreeing to receive, while a mem
ber of the United States senate, or a part
of the United States congress, valuable
consideration from one Fisher, for pro
curing or uldlng to procure for him an
appointment as postmaster at Hastings,
Neb. Section 1781 of the revised statutes,
under which this action Is brought, con
tains two distinct and separate prohibi
tions. The first paragraph, under which
this indictment Ih brought, provides that
every member of congress, officer or
agent of the government who commits
certain acts shall be guilty of a demeanor,
and provides for certain punishment. The
other paragraph provides that every
member of congress, officer or agent of
the government, after his election, etc.,
shall lie liable to the penalty provided for
commission of such acts.
The Essential Difference.
The opinion then defines the differ
ence In meaning between the two para
graphs, and Is to the effect that a man
elected to congress does not actually
become a member of that body until
he has qualified and taken the oath at
the bar of the house to which he has
been elected.
The judge said the court was unable
to find a single Instance, nor had coun
sel cited any instance, where a member
of congress after his election and prior
to his qualification, and before the ad
ministering of the oath by that body,
hud enjoyed greater privileges than
any other person by means of elect
tion; although they often enjoyed much
greater influence. The last paragraph,
said the court, refers to acts which may
be committed by members of congress
after their qualification for acceptance
of the duties of their offices. Contin
uing he said:
"Under the law. therefore, there Is
no crime except where congress has so
Jeclared. The court does not make
the law or say what It should like to
have It be.”
Couldn't Be a Senator,
"The district attorney has admitted
there was no session of congress from
March 28, the date of the election by
the legislature of Dietrich, and Decem
ber 2, the date of the convening of con
SnefsB. Until the latter date there could
ae no question raised us to his actual
membership fn the senate, nor could he
juallfy before that body until that
time. Until then It was not known
whether he would be permitted to enter
upon his duties as senator and as rep
resentative of the people of Nebraska
before that body.”
The opinion defines members-elect,
“x-members, and members of congress,
mil closes:
"Our opinion, therefore, Is that this
defendant was not a senator at the
time of the acts charged In this Indict
ment, within the Inhibition of this stat
ute. The jury Is instructed to find a
verdict of not guilty."
Immediately the verdict was ordered
for defendant, District Attorney Sum
mers announced he wished to enter a
nolle in the case of Jacob Fisher, post
master at Hastings. The court made
the order and then called up Hie case
against Dietrich in which he is charged
with holding and enjoying a lease with
the government while he was a United
States senator. I
District Attorney Summers stated to
the court that the government had not
within his knowledge ever placed a
man on trial on what might be termed
a technical violation of law. ”1 would
not," said he, "ask the Jury to return a
verdict of guilty against a man under
any circumstances unless I believed
such a verdict to be in tlie Interest
of Justice."
The court, therefore, on motion of the
district attorney, entered a nolle to
the Indictments, which cleared the
docket of cases against Dietrich and
Fisher.
Why Dietrich Did It.
On account of the statement made to
the press some time ago on behalf of
Dietrich to the effect that he did not
wish to take advantage of a technical
ity. and wished the case, tried on Its
merits In order that he might be fully
vindicated. General Cowin today gave
out a statement of his reasons for de
murring to the indictments. In effect
It is that owing to the fact that the
court Itself would have the adjudication
of the questlbn .whether Dietrich was
a United States senator during the
period covered by the alleged unlawful
acts, he declared that a demurrer
should be introduced before the taking
of testimony should begin. General
Cowin explained that otherwise the
court at the close of the ease for the
prosecution would have raised the
point, whlcn would have piecluded the
defense presenting any evidence in
refutation.
When court convened todal Judge
Vandeventer handed down a decision
sustaining the demurrer interposed by
counsel for Senator Dietrich. The de
murrer was made to the introduction of
evidence on the ground that Dietrteli
was not actually a member of the sen
ate when the alleged bribe took place.
The effect of the decision Is that a
man Is not an actual member of con
gress until he has taken the oath of
office at the bar of the house to which
he Is elected, and that he Is not amen
able to the law as a member of the con
gress of the United States.
But He Drew the Pay.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 11.—An investiga
tion of the records and vouchers on file
with the auditor of state discloses that
Senator Dietrich drew double pay for
thirty days, once as governor of Ne
braska and again as a United States
senator.
The disclosure was made through the
plea made by the senator's counsel that
be was not yet a senator when the
crime with which ha was charged was
committed. To disprove this allegation,
a representative of the treasury depart
ment at Washington was sent for to
testify that Senator Dietrich’s pay from
the federal government began the day
after his election by the Nebraska legis
lature, wlch was on March 28, 1901.
The records In the auditor’s office
show that Mr. Dietrich held the office
of governor until May 1.
The state authorities are credited
with the belief that the senator may
either be prosecuted or compelled to re
turn the money he drew from the state
from the time of his election as a sen
ator until his resignation as governor.
NEBRASKA FOR “TEDDY.”
Representative Henshaw Says It Is for
Him First, Last and All the Time.
Washington, Jan. 11.—Representative
Hinshaw of Nebraska called at the
White House today to assure the presi
dent that the reports that the candi
dacy of John L. Webster of Omaha for
the vice presidency was hostile to
Roosevelt are unfounded.
"Nebraska Is for you first, last and
all the time,” said he to the president.
Mr. Hinshaw declared the Wall street
opposition to the president had
strengthened him Immeasurably In
Nebraska and that Roosevelt clubs are
forming In many sections of the state.
He said the stories were baseless that
it was proposed to get a Webster dele
gation that might at the right time be
turned over to the anti-Roosevelt
forces.
President Roosevelt expressed him
self as greatly pleased at the Nebraska
situation.
Fight Going Ahead.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 11.—Chairman
Lindsay today called a meeting of the
republican state committee for Janu-,
ary 20 to fix a date for the convention,
to select national delegates. The sup-'
porters of Rooseevlt announce their In
tention to force the passage of a reso-,
lution endorsing the president and
pledging Nebraska to his nomination.
The railroad machine which Is accused
of fighting Roosevelt under cover, op-,
poses an Instructed delegation and the'
president’s friends Intend to force the
Issue at the committee meeting.
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PEDDLER LAW VOID.
Nebraska Supreme Court So Holds as
to the License Statute of That
State.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 9.—The state su
preme court today decided that the
section of the revenue law fixing a li-:
cense fee for peddlers is invalid insofar,
as it relates to peddlers representing
business houses located outside of Ne-,
braska. This holding is on the ground
that this section of the law is in con-j
diet with prohibition of the federal
constitution and legislation affecting'
interstate commerce.
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION.
Omaha School Board Charged Witt
Corruption by Former Member.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 9.—H. J. Penfold,
a former member of the board of edu-,
cation,filed in the district court charges
of corruption by board members and
asks the court to restrain the present
board from paying to John McDonald
$11,000, which he says McDonald claims
for services under a contract with the
board, which, the petitioner alleges,
was secured through bribery and by
other unlawful means.
Penfold relates in his petition that
the contract was secured by illegal
means, and that the sum of $2,500 al
ready paid to him for his services was
paid only by means of the alleged fact
that members of the board were bribed.
WILL BE NEUTRAL.
Cabinet Takes Action Qcven.ing the
Pacific Squadron.
Washlngton.Jan.il.—The far eastern
situation was discussed at the cabinet
meeting today, special consideration
being given to the movement of the
Asiatic squadron, which it is desired,
shall be so shaped as to emphasize the'
absolute neutrality of this country in
the event of hostilities between Russia
and Japan. After the meeting it was
announced that orders would be cabled,
to Rear Admiral Evans upon his ar
rival at Guam tomorrow, tq proceed
thence to Subig bay, it being desired
that the American navy shalk observe
"good sea manners" by not going to
Japanese or Russian waters just now.
Dsanneal nf IU1 Ari ■
Representative Slayden, dsm., of
Texas, introduced a resolution in the
house today requesting the president
to tender the good offices or mediation
of the United States to Russia and
Japan. The resolution follows:
Whereas, By the provisions of The
Hague peace convention of 1S'J9 a tender
of good offices or mediation by a nation
stranger to a dispute, cannot be regard
ed as an unfriendly act; and.
Whereas, By said convention it is made
the duty of signatory powers, if a seri
ous dispute threatens to breuk out be
tween two or more of them, to remind
these luttcr that a permanent court of
arbitration is open to them, and such re
minder is only to be regarded as a friend
ly action; and.
Whereas, War-like difficulties ure now
threatened between Russia and Japan
which Countries as well as the United
States, are signatories to The Hague
peace convention;
Resolved, By the senate and house of
the United States of America in congress
assembled, that the president be requested
to tender the good offices or mediation
of the United States to Russia and Japan
with relation to their present dispute und
to remind them, In accordance with The
Hague peace convention, that a perma
nent court of arbitration Is open to them.
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SMALL HOPE AT TOKIO.
War Preparation Proceeds, While Rus
sia Continues to Be Lofty.
New York, Jan. 11.—A London ca
blegram to the Herald says;
Bennett Burleigh cables as follows to
the Daily Telegraph from Tokio:
"The cabinet sat from - until 5 o'clock
In the afternoon. The ministers of
war and navy, the chiefs of the naval
military staffs and other military au
thorities were present. Russia's an
swer was not the only matter consid
ered. The ministers of foreign affairs
and finance sat later. It is probable
another meeting will be held tomor
row.
"Rumor persists In describing the
Russiun reply us very unsatisfactory.
My impression is that the discussion
will not be confled to southern Korea,
as Russia now seeks to minimize that
area, leavingcherself the fullest liberty
in Manchuria, in the Yalu river and
elsewhere, but that Japan will take the
matter up hand und foot.
Russia’s Lofty Attitude.
A St. Petersbury dispatch says:
Nearly all persons here at the pres
ent crisis assume the view that Japan's
conduct toward Russia is that of a
naughty child. She is constantly being
told by the press not to be so foolish;
not to waste her money; that It. is im
possible to talk of fighting Russia,.and
so on.
THE CLALLAM WITH
50 LIVES IS LOST
Steamer Plying Between Van*
couver and Seattle Is
the Unfortunate.
WENT DOWN IN BIG STORM
Ifesael Had About Fifty Feople Aboard,
All of Whom Are Supposed to
Have Lost Their Lives in
the Wreck.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12.—The steamer
Clallam of. the Seattle-Vlctoria fleet,
went down midway between Smith Isl
and and Dungeness, In the Strait of
Juan de Fuca. Fifty-two persons were
drowned.
Every woman and child aboard the
Clallam perished. Within three miles
of shore and at a time when it ap
peared certain the Clallam had been
saved, a desperate effort was made to
save the women and children in the life
boats. They were placed in the first
boat to leave the ship, which Captain
Lawrence, a Yukon pilot, volunteered
to command, and which was manned
by deck hands. The frail craft went
down within sight of the Clallam, and
a second life boat filled with males pas
sengers and in command of Second Of
ficer Ourrin was probably lost in a
few minutes later. Aboard the Clallam
watchers saw waves sweep the pas
sengers from their hold on the seats
and hurl them into the water.
Though the life boat was rlghed lat
er, a diligent search has failed to find
trace of its occupants. More passen
gei'ij and members of the crew were lost
when a third life boat was stvamped
in an attempt to launch it.
The bodies of thx-ee passengers who
had fastened life preservers about their
bodies and had died from exposure were
picked up by the steamer Bahata and
brnilp^bt tn
Names of the Victims.
The list of those known to be lost:
CAPTAIN L. THOMPSON. Victoria,
Lloyd's agent.
BRUNO J. LEHMAN, Tacoma, customs
Inspector.
CAPTAIN T. L. LAWRENCE, Victoria,
Yukon river pilot.
MRS. S. E. BOLTON, Alberta, B. C.,
who was on her wedding tour.
N. P. SHAW, Victoria, ship owner.
C. W. THOMPSON. Tacoma, president
of the Washington County Co-operative
Mining company.
MRS. A. J. C. GALLATELY, Victoria,
wife of the manager of the Bank of Mon
treal.
MISS LOUISE HARRIS, Spokane.
MISS GALLATELY, Victoria.
MRS. ROUIN, Seattle, wife of a res
taurant owner.
A. K. PRINCE, Kansas City, member
of a theatrical troupe.
EUGENE HICKS. Indianapolis, Ind.
MRS. Ti SULLENS and TWO CHIL
DREN, Pori Townsend,
P. L. LAPLANT. Port Townsend.
MRS. H. W. LAPLANT AND TWO
CHILDREN, Friday Harbor.
MRS. RICHARDS, Port Townsend.
H. H. SWANKY, Seattle.
MISS MURRAY, Victoria.
W. W. GIBBONS, Tacoma.
GUY DANIELS, Kansas City.
The following were passengers whose,
residences are r^pt reported:
G. J. JEFFS.
W. H. GRIMES.
GEORGE HISON
A. VALDEMER.
P. BRUCKNER.
MRS. ROSE.
MRS. CHARLES COX.
CHAS. THOMAS.
C. H. JOY.
MISS GILL.
C. J. BURNEY.
R. G. CAMPBELL.
W. E. ROCKLEDGE
ED. LENNAN.
MISS REYNOLDS.
C. JOHNSON.
W. CLUETT.
R. TURNEY".
CHARLES GREEN.
MISS BELLIES.
The folowing members of the crew:
C. L. LOCKWOOD, freight clerk, Seat
tle.
JAMES SMITH, first assitant engineer,
Seattle.
CHARLES MANSON, quartermaster,
Sattle.
R. LINDEHOPE, quartermaster, Seat
tle.
JOSEPH JEWEL, saloon watchman,
Victoria.
ALEVANDER HARVEY", messman, Se
attle.
ROBERT CURRIE, Steward, Victoria.
HARVEY SEARS, seaman, Victoria.
THEODORE HUDSON, waiter.
M. R. CURREN, second mate.
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ONE SURVIVOR.
S. W. H. Grimes, a Passenger, Picked
Up by a Tug.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12.—The devel
opments since the steamer Clallam’s
disaster is the recovery of the the bod
ies of eight more victims of the wreck
and the appearance in life of S. W. H.
Grimes, one of the passengers reported
drowned.
Thirteen bodies all told have been
taken from th* waters of the Strait of
Juan de Fuea. Those recovered today
include Miss Louise Harris of Spokane,
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan of Mt. Sicker,'
Miss Gallately of Victoria, Miss Ethel
De Prose of Tacoma, Alexander Har
vey, a deck hand on the Clallam, and
three unidentified women. These are
all at Victoria.
Grimes, the unexpecter survivor, was
among the last to leave the Clallam.
He and five or six others, after being
washed into the sea, managed to climb
upon the pilot house, which had been
swept from the deck. They were res
cued by the tug Holyoke and taken
to Port Townsend yesterday.
Throughout the day a fleet of tugs
has patrolled the waters In the vicin
ity of the wreck, keeping up an inces
sant search for bodies of victims,
while parties of men on foot patrolled
the beaches, one at either side of the
strait.
The tug Albion, on her way from Vic
toria to Vancouver, picked up life boat
No. 1 of the lost steamer. It contained
the body of one woman, and another
was floating but a short distance aw ay.
They W'ere identified as those of Miss
Louise Harris, the daughter of W. J.
Harris, the Spokane mining million
aire, and Mrs. Thomas Sullins of Se
attle. The bodies of both Miss Harris
and Mrs. Sullins had life preservers
buckled on.
! Another body was picked up near
Beacon Hill. It was identified as that
of Miss Ethel Diprose, a nurse in a
Tacoma hospital.
The body of Miss Gallately, daughter
of A. J. C. Gallately, manager of the
bank of Montreal at Victoria, wae
brought in from off Clever Point.
The body of Alex Harvey, a deckhand
on the steamer, was found near the
quarantine station at Williamshead.
No Hope for the Remainder.
Port Townsend, Wash, Jan. 11.—There is
little or no ground for hope that any more
of the passengers or crew of the ill fated'
steamer Clallam will be found alive. All
day and until far into the night the storm
kept up with unabated fury, making the
work of deep sea tugs engaged In the
I search for victims and wreckage one of
difficulty and danger. No further bodies
have been recovered, and of the five
brought hare yesterday all have been
Identified, the fourth proving to be the re
mains of C. F. Johnson of Victoria, a
relative of Chief Justice Hunter, of the
provincial court. The fifth body is that
of Archie Hudson, a young man con
nected with the steward’s deportment.
The tug Sea Lion returned from the vi
cinity of the wreck, bringing only a small
quantity of flotsam and no news of the
location either of the wreck or of the vic
tims of the disaster.
The tug Holyoke returned from a day’s
search, during which she communicated
with all the residents along the shore of
San Juan Island, with the result that a
force of fifty volunteers is now carefully
patrollng the beach, while three steam
launches and boats from the United
States revenue cutter Grant are engaged
In the waters adjacent to the shore. Un
der these arrangements any bodies which
drift shoreward will be recovered.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
William J. Reid Unlocked Nine Doors,
Sawed Through Three Chains and
Climbed High Wall.
Springfield, Mass.. Jan. 12.—William
J. Reid, alias L. O. Hoffman, who is
charged with swindling thirty-two ho
tels cut of about $10,000, from the At
lantic to the Pacific in 1892, and is now
under sentences aggregating ten years
for these offenses, broke jail here Sun
day, under remarkable circumstances,
and is still at large.
To accomplish his escape he unlocked
nine doors and sawed through threej
chains, vlsitecr six different rooms of
the county jail, passed in front of sev
eral guards, and finally climbed an
eighteen-foot wall. All this was done!
about 3 o’clock in the morning, yet he
was not missed until 7 o’clock. He was
supposedly too weak to move without
the use of a crutch, had been practical
ly bedridden for three months, and
so far as the prison officers know had
eaten nothing but beef broth in all that
time.
Sheriff Clark has made a thorough
investigation, but he finds that many
details of the escape are still unex
plained.
EX-GOV. FOSTER DEAD
The Former Executive of Ohio anc|
Cabinet Member Passes Away
at His Home.
Springfield, O., Jan. 12.—-Ex-Governor
Charles Foster died at 11:30 today.
The funeral will take place from thq
family residence Tuesday at 2 o’clock*
conducted by Rev. J. W. Hyslop of Tif-I
fin and Rev. J. F. Hirschburger of Fos
toria.r Until then the body will be in
care of a committee of Masons ancj
Odd Fellows, which lodges, with thq
Columbia club, will furnish the palj
bearers.
Company D, Sixth regiment, formerly
the Foster Light Guards, will act as an
escort.
Mayor Cunningham has issued a
proclamation suspending business iq
the city departments during the fu
neral.
DEATH OF GEN. GORDON
Famous Old Southerner Succumbs to
Attack of Indigestion.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12.—Lieut. Gen.
John Brown.Gordon died at his winter
home near Miami,.Fla. His fatal ill
ness, which overtook him last Wednes
day, was congestion of the stomach and
liver, following an acute attack of in
digestion to which he was subject.
Gen. Gordon was born in Upson
county. Ga., July 6, 1832, o£ Scotch an
cestry which had a prominent part
in the revolutionary war.
Young Gordon graduated from Geor
gia Stale university in 1852 and a few
mcnths Intel was admitted to the prac
tice cf iaw-. Early in 1861 he enlisted
in the volunteer confederate service,
was elected captain of his company and
rose rapidly until in 1864 he was made
lieutenant general.
He has taken prominent part in the
councils of his party since 1866. He
has served three terms in the United
States senate and was twice governor
of Georgia.
Since the first organization of the
United Confederate Veterans he has
held the position of commander in
chief.
HIGHWAYMAN CONFESSES
John M. Shockley Killed Two Men at
Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 12—John
M. Shockley made a full confession of
the murder of Motorman Gleason and
Conductor Brighton, who wdre shot and
killed by a lone highwayman who at
tempted to rob them in their car
Wednesday nigttf.
In his confession Shockley declares
he had no intention of killing his vic
tims, but they put up such a vigorous
fight when he attempted to rob them
that he was forced to shoot them in
self defense. After the tragedy, he
says, he contemplated suicide, but his
nerve failed him.
Shockley says he is heir to consider
able property, and that his parents
live in St. Mary’s, Mo._
SIGNAL DISREGARDED.
Secret Test Proved Northwestern
Trainmen Remarkably Lax
About Lights.
Chicago, Jan. 12.—Without noticing thal
the light In the semaphore above the sta
tion of the Chicago and Northwestern
railway at Maygair was not burning,
eight tran crews passed the danger signal,
while a high official secretly marked
down the numbers of the trains. Eight
conductors, eight firemen and eight engi
neers are now on an enforced vacation ol
sixty days each.
The remarkable test was suggested by
the recent Pere Marquette wreck and by
the desire of the company to throw the
utmost safety precautions about its pa
trons.
According to the rules a light that is
not burning has the same significance as,
a red light, or danger signal, but the
Northwestern limited hurried by without
a stop. Suburban trains stopped at .the
station and then pulled away, taking no
notice of the extinguished light. One
conductor, who had a friend among the
station men, had his attention called to
the signal just as his train was leaving.
Jumping to the platform he gave the hell
cord a vigorous pull. The train came to
a stop. j
•'What's the matter with your sema- :
phore light?” he demanded, as he en-:
tered the station .and walked up to the
operator. "Get the train dispatcher and
give me a release.” |
•'Well, I guess this is enough for twc
hours' work,” said the official, who was
camped behind the stove. "Eight trains,
including freights, that would not stof
for orders. It is certainly a fine record
not.”
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Japanese Cruisers Sail.
Genoa, Jan. 9.—The Japanese ar
mored cruisers Kasaga and Nlasin lefl
1 Genoa today for Suez.
JAPAN’S REPLY]
ALMOST ULTIMATUM
ri r,
Gives Russia, It Is Said, a Fi*ed
Time in Which She
Must Reply.
MAKES NO CONCESSION?
Japanese Feel Strengthened by th*
Plainly Friendly Attitudes of the
English and American Na
tions Toward Her.
Lond9n, Jan. 12.—The Tokio corre
spondent of the Times, cabling under
yesterday’s, date, says that pour par*
leurs still continue, but that public!
opinion despairs of any satisfactory is
sue of the difficulties between Russia
and Japan.
Rome,, JaVt. 11.—The Italia says that
Russian warships sighted between Ge
noa and Spezzia yesterday are believed
to be spying on and following the Jap
anese cruisers Niasin and Kasagaj
which left Genoa yesterday.
It became known only today that
some unknown persons had attempted
to set the Niasin on tire by tampering
with the electrical appliances. The po
lice authorities have begun an inquiry
into the matter.
Naples, Jan. 12.—The Japanese cruis
ers Niasin and Kasaga arrived at Poz
zuoli today and emoarked heavy ar
tillery and tour torpedo tubes. Thq
warships then sailed lor an unknown
destination.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 11.—The most re
liable news received here is that the
mass of Russian .troops in the far easi
is concentrated at Vladivostok or on
the northern frontkv of Korea.
A traveler who has lately returned
from the far east estimates that be
tween 100,000 and 200,000 soldiers were in
the vicinity of Vladivostok. He surf
mised that the Russians will occupy'
northern Korea but thought that ttnj
possible collision was not imminent for
a month or more, when taking intq
.consideration distances and the diffi
culties of marching.
Tokio, Jan. 12.—Japan addressed a
note to Russia today, through Mimste}
;De Rosen. Its character has not been
’disclosed, but it is said Japan require:)
an answer within a given number o}
days.
It is understood Japan adheres closelji
to her original contentions and it is be-i
lieved if Russia fails fairly to meet he4
demands, war will ensue.
The attitude of the British ani|
Americans greatly encourages th(
fJapanes% war spirit, which is stronge}
!than ever.
Tokio, Jan. 9.—The meeting of th}
elder statesmen has been deferred 4
day or two.
The Russian warships which let1
,Vladivostock recently are reported , t}
jjiave returned there instead of proceed)
'ing to Port Arthur as expected.
Russia’s Chinese Recruits.
New York, Jan. 12.—The North Chin}
Herald of December 4, just arrived, ha)
the following, under dale of Pekin, Dei
(cember 3: It is currently reported ij
iPekin that! Russia has enrolled no let!
than 30,000 Chinese under her bannei.l
one-half being malcontents, dissatisflej
with the rule of the empress dowagei
rl'he other half, serving under the RuS
jsians, are said to be ex-bandits, follow:
ers of some of the most noted brigand,
iof Chili and Manchuria. In a woii
(hone of these Russian recruits is to Lj
(depended upon, for with the first new)
of the empress dowager’s resignation ii
favor of the emperor, or the changin;
of her policy for the better, the firs}
half of the Chinese soldiers under tht
Russian flag will be certain to return ti
kheir allegiance, while the first seriot:
reverse experienced by the Russian:
fwould be t. signal for the bandits t(
Resert, either to the Chinese army, o',
Ito return to the old state of independ:
ence and roving life.
The Russo-Jap Views.
New York, Jan. 12.—A London eablf
says the St. Petersburg corresponded
of the Cologne Gazette is assured thf
answer of Russia to the Japanese notj
expresses the most conciliatory term;
as regard Korea, but as regards Man.
churia continues to maintain the thf
position of Russia all along adopted;
Stress continues to be laid in ‘ Berlir.
upon the Russian view as expounded
by the German press, that the occupa)
tion of southern Korea by Japan is no ,
to be regarded by Russia as a casus,
belli. On the contrary, says the Timef
correspondent, Russia appears to be
adopting tactics in northern Korea, and
by a diplomatic fiction the action ol
both powers is regarded at Berlin as
on the same footing as that of the
United States, which has sent a de
tachment of marines to protect Ameri
can interests at Seoul.
A dispatch from Odessa to the Times
says the statement Uiat Russia is pre
pared to agree to a Japanese protecto
rate over Korea, Japan assenting to a
Russian protectorate over Manchuria
is semi-officially denied. Russia, it is
declared, has not the slightest intentior
of brooking Japanese dictation regard
ing Manchuria; while the most she is
willing to concede to Japan In Korea is
a delimitation of spheres of influence
while postutating the maintenance oi
Korea’s sovereign rights.
Russia Conceded Much.
Paris, Jan. 12.—Reports, chiefly froir
Tokio, but also from St. Petersburg
give a clear view of the circumstances
leading up to the sudden improvement
of the situation. They show that the
Russian answer actually reached Tokic
the night of January 6, and proved tc
be the turning point. Prior to its re
ceipt Japan had been making strenu
ous preparations for sending two divis
ions to southern Korea. Official re
ports establishing these preparations
are beyond the slightest question, but
the note received on the 6th disclosed
to Japan for the llrst time that Russis
fully conceded Japan’s paramount
rights in southern Korea. Russia’s con
cession thus gives Japan practically
what she had been preparing to assert*
by force, and accordingly the military
activity was suspended, as Russia's
concession made unnecessary Japan's
forcible assertion of her paramount po
sition in southern Korea.
Nature of Reply.
The three days succeeding January
6 gave opportunity to the authorities
at Tokio to consider and recognize Rus
sia’s concession. Whether it will bf
satisfactory, the reports have not ye
disclosed, but the suspension of mili
tary activity is regarded as removirif
the most dangerous aspect and as giv
ing hope that Japan is likely to receivf
Russia's concession. It goes to thf
extent of relinquishing her contentioi
for a neutral zone across northerr
Korea, but it is understood it relatet
chiefly to giving definite assurance of
Japan's rights in southern _
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