Nebraska Newspapers

    EASTERN WAR
SCENE CHANGES
i!
Reported * here May Be Con*
flict Between Russian and
Chinese Troops.
ARE SENDING ARMY NORTH
Japanese Have Landed a Force on
Korean Coast—Russians Said to
Be Crossing the Yalu River
Into Chinese Country.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 26.—Reports of
an alarming nature of the situation
there continue to pour out of the far
east. These include the statements
that the Japanese are landing an armed
force at Masampho, Korea, but that
8,000 Russian troops are crossing the
Yalu river.
The reported dispatch of a Chinese
army of soldiers trained by European
officers beyond the great wall to pre
serve order in Manchuria can not be
confirmed here, and the reports of the
Japanese at Masampho and Russians at
Yalu are discredited at the toreign of
fice here by M. Kurion, the Japanese
minister to Russia.
i M. Hartwig, a departmental chief of
‘ the Russian foreign office, yesterday
spoke feelingly to M. Kurino regarding
the harm being done by exaggerated
and often utterly baseless reports. M.
Kurino is in no way anxious because
of the delay in Russia’s response to the
latest Japanese note and says that Ja-‘
pan is not pressing for an immediate
reply.
•Russia will be given all the time
she needs,” the minister is quoted as
saying.
The statement published by the No
* voe Vremya that while Russia desires
peace she can not surrender all, coin
cides with the distinct impression gath
ered by the correspondent of the As
sociated Press at the foreign office that
Russia will continue to maintain that
the question of the sovereignty of
Manchuria is solely a matter between
Russia and China.
May Mean War with China.
The Svjet and the St. Petersburg
Llstoe have raised an outcry over the
reported sending of Chinese troops to
Manchuria, and the latter newspaper
fieclared that if it is true that these,
troops go with the purpose of threat
ening the railroad between Port Arthur
end Vladivostock, it means war with,
China, and not with Japan.
In an interview the Chinese minister;
to Russia is quoted as saying:
' The talk of China going to war with
anyone is absurd. We have no inten
tion of fighting. If Chinese troops are
being sent north it is solely for the pur
pose of Inspiring confidence in our own,
people, who are alarmed and who,
would become panic stricken in the
event of hostilities between Russia and
Japan. Personally I have no knowl
edge of this reported movement, but'
the fact of ft would not necessarily be.
communicated to me.”
The Russ has attacked the Novoe
Vremya for what it terms its col
league’s stupid mistake about the des
tination of the American Asiatic
squadron, the Novoe Vremya having
said the American warships were go
ing to Nongampho, when actually their
destination was the Philippines, and
also for presaging American Interven
tion in the far east.
Japan to Issue a Huge Loan,
London, Jan. 26.—No news from the
far east was received at the Japanese
. legation here yesterday.
Special dispatches from Tokio pub
lished here report that the Japanese
minister of finance has had a confer
ence with the leading Japanese bankers
and has decided to issue a loan of 100,
000,000 yen.
The Japanese newspapers assert that
at the new year reception the czar re
minded Minister Kurino that the Japan
ese ougtht to remember that Russia is
a great power
The Daily Telegraph says it learns
from a Russian correspondent that
Viceroy Alexieff recently advised the
mobilization of the Siberian troops. To
this Minister of War Kuropatkin dis
sented, but the czar after considering
the matter concurred with Viceroy
Alexieff, and the necessary orders were
issued.
WUU dV)C ujr nuooinM i'iai mv«.
I-on'don, Jan. 26.—The Tokio corre
spondent of the Times says letters re
ceived there from Vladivostok declare
a party of Russian marines landed at
Vladivostok January 9 and subjected
the Japanese residents to great vio
lence. They wrecked twenty-four
houses, maltreated women and inflicted
wounds upon the aged persons and chil
dren. The rioting lasted for twenty
hours. The rioters were accompanied
by their officers, according to the let
ters from Vladivostok, and were not re
strained by the local authorities.
Japanese newspapers advocate the
withdrawal of all Japanese from Si
beria and ask what may be expected
in the event of hostilities if such things
occur during peace.
Russia Very Active.
New York, Jan. 26.—-Military activity
at Black Sea ports continues on a more
extensive scale than ever, cables the
Russian correspondent of the Times.
Men are arriving for shipment on
transports to the far east, and the rail
ways are gorged with military stores.
Private freight is sidetracked in ordei
to expedite shipments of supplies.
Five more transports carrying 25,00t
tons of cargo and a large number of
troops will be dispatched as soon as
possible. The transports will take guns
and munitions which are needed at
Port Arthur.
Naval and military stores in unusual
quantities are being bought on condi
tion of immediate delivery. The ad
miralty authorities, answering inquir
ies on the part of a shipowner, decline
to define the rights of neutral ships
bound for Japan. Shipping rates have
advanced 100 per cent, during the last
fortnight, otherwise traffic of foreign
ships, especially in Japan coal, was ob
tained by indirect purchase and con
tinues normal.
Japan Hasn't Moved Yet.
• __ London, Jan. 23.—There is no con
I * flrmation here of reports that Japan
* has occupied Masampho. Baron Haya
6hi, the Japanese minister, has not only
discredited them, but said the Japanese
government had previously decided not
to take any half measures, or any steps
which could be construed as being
prejudicial to negotiations so long as
they are proceeding.
“When Japan decides to take ac
tion," he added, “she will announce it
frankly to Russia and the rest of the
world.”
According to Baron Hayashl the sit
uation is unchanged and he continues
to taka the gloomiest view of the sit
uation.
| OUTRAGED BY COSSACKS
lapan Thinks War More Desirable
Than a Peace Which Permits
Such Things.
New York, Jan. 27.—A Toklo cable
says that letters from Vladlvostock
state that a party of Russian marines
was landed (place not stated) on Jan
uary 9, and submitted the Japanese
residents to great violence, wrecked
twenty-four houses, ravished women
and wounded old people and children.
The riot lasted twenty hours. The riot
ers included officers. The civil author
ities did not restrain them. The Jap
anese press asks what Is to be expected
in the event of war if such crimes can
occur in time of peace. The dispatch
adds that rumors of Russia’s pacific
intention do not affect Japan. The na
tion is absolutely determined to fight
for a thoroughly satisfactory settle
ment.
Japan Can’t Wait Long.
The Herald's St. Petersburg specla.
says the same almost painful silence
which preceded the dispatch of the
previous reply to Japan again reigns.
In spite of optimistic views expressed,
I own I am unable to find any con
vincing proof of the same, while there
are abundant warlike signs. Quite
true, Japan has placed no time limit
for Russia’s reply, but I have it on the
best authority that the Japanese
consider delay In the highest degree
dangerous. This was stated to me in
an emphatic manner, which left no
doubt of the earnestness of the speak
er’s meaning, and which I Interpreted
as being that Japan may at any mo
ment find herself unable to stem the
public sentiment there toward war.
The Danger in Thibet.
London, Jan. 27.—With the danger oi
a clash in the far east believed to be
averted, interest has been partially di
verted to the almost equally serious
position in Thibet, where Russia and
Great Britain have divergent claims to
paramount influence. At the present
moment far-seeing diplomats regard
the danger of open hostilities between
the lion and the bear as by no means
slight. It is realized, of course, that
much will have to be done through dip
lomatic channels before a clash could
come, but it is realized also that unless
one side or the other backs down com
pletely war is the only possible event
ual outcome.
Russian Encroachments Seen.
Following her usual policy in such
matters, Russia has been gradually
pushing her frontier forward. One year
a lone ’ survey party” appears and
lodges Itself In tents. The next the
tents are replaced by little stone huts
occupied by a party of soldiers “sent
out to guard the surveyors.” Then fol
lows a garrison and then strong forti
fications. Meanwhile the “surveyors”
have pressed forward still further and
the small detachment of guards have
followed. Thus It has been going on for
some years, till the British India office
is seriously alarmed as to the ultimate
fate of Thibet, which, as a buffer state,
is one of the Indian empire’s chiefest
safeguards.
Matters came to a head last year
when news was received that Musco
vite officials were coquetting with the
Dailai Lama, the spiritual and political
ruler of Thibet, making him presents
and striving to obtain the right to sup
plant China as his traditional protector.
To offset this British envoys were
sent to Interview the Lama, but in ac
cordance with that practice which for
centuries has kept Thibet closed to all
but Buddhists, they were turned back.
Then It was decided to send the envoys
back, guarded by a Btrong military
force under Colonel Younghusband,
than who the British army has few
abler diplomatic officers. That expe
dition is now on its way, hampered by
a total lack of accurate information of
the country, but, apparently, progress
'ng slowly and surely.
Danger Is Imminent.
The immediate danger lies in a clas..
with the Thibetans. Should they feel
that the British expedition were an en
croachment on their privacy and appeal
to arms, England would, of course,
avenge any attack on her "peaceful
mission.” Then the Thibetans would
more than probably appeal to Russia
for aid and the fat would be in the fire.
It is a matter in which Great Britain
can hardly recede without laying her
Indian empire open to possible Rus
sian attacks. It is a case in which
Russia would be unwilling to give way,
as surrender would defeat her carefully
followed plans of half a century. Con
sequently, diplomats and soldiers are
watching the progress of events with
the keenest interest, not unrnixed with
anxiety. _
It is hinted, by ti way, that Eng
land has been keenly in her support
of Japan during her trouble with Rus
sia than might otherwise have been the
case, as she felt that a blow to Rus
sian prestige in the east would cer
tainly be carried to the Dalai Lama
and would be likely to influence him
against the Muscovite should the clash
come. A discredited Russia is less like
ly to be invoked as a protector than a
Russia successfully defying the world
to remove her clutches from Manchu
ria and keep her clutches off Korea.
Hence Britain’s anxiety to insure the
success of the Japanese remonstrances.
Arrest tor I reason.
Tokio, Jan. 25.—Takashima, the
Japanese interpreter for the Russian
attache, was arrested Saturday on sus
picion of acting as a spy in the Yoko
suka fortified zone. He has been taken
to Yokohama for trial. It is alleged
that conclusive evidence has been ob
tained regarding other suspects, which
is causing a very strong feeling against
such treachery, which is a capital of
fense in Japan.
Port Arthur Isn’t Hurt.
Port Arthur, Jan. 27.—The highest 01
flcials here repudiate the published ac
cusations of Russian hostility to the
United States because of its Manchur
ian policy, and the appointment of
American consuls under the new treaty
with China. Ofiicially is is asserted that
no large reinforcement of eastern forces
is exptced at present.
This Will Cheer Russia.
Manila, Jan. 25.—Japanese merchants
in this city have received advices from
the home government in case of out
break of hostilities, they had better
transfer their business over to Ameri
cans.
CITY IS FLOODED.
Parksburg, W. Va., Is Largely Under
Water and Hundreds Driven
From Homes.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 27.—The
lower portions of Parksburg are under
water today. This includes the bus
iness part of the town almost up tc
Third street, while among the residence
districts, Riverside, Westwood, and the
South Side are pretty well inundated
All public buildings available were oc
cupied last night by persons from the
flooded districts, and several hundred
were driven from their homes while
many are living in the second stories
SENATOR BURTON OFJ
KANSAS IS INDICTED
I
6t. Louis Grand Jury T >.ks
He Sold Influence to Fraud
ulent Concern.
THE JERUSALEM AFFAIR
it Is Recalled as Having Caused
Strained Relations Between the
Senator and President
Some Time Ago.
St. I.ouls, Jan. 26.—United States
Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kan
sas was today indicted by the federal
grand Jury, charged with accepting a
. bribe from the Rialto Grain company
■ for his influence in securing the use of
the mails for their advertising matter.
Burton is charged with attempts to
Becure the aid of a number of high
; postoflice department officials In per
! hiltting the use of the malls by the
Rialto people. The Rialto Grain com
pany has been under Investigation by
the state courts for several months on
account of Internal troubles on com
plaints of Investors, and indictments
were found against its officials, but
hone has been convicted. At one time
the offices were closed by alleged cred
itors, but were reopened on making
grrangemets to satisfy the claims
which had been made.
The Indictment of Senator Burton will
not be a severe shock to people who
have been reading the reports connect
ing him with various dubious transac
tions In St. Louis. It has been repeat
edly charged that he gave letters of
recommendation and commendation to
gome of the bogus turn concerns of the
city, and that for these he was paid
large sums. Burton has denied these
stories at time, but has never made a
very clear case.
The Jerusalem Affair.
Some time ago the Kansas senator
got on bad terms with the president by
trying to use a private letter of Mr.
Roosevelt’s for advertising purposes.
It seems that Burton was deeply In
terested In a project to reproduce a
Jerusalem In miniature on the World’s
fair grounds. It was to cover about ten
acres. The senator was a silent part
ner. He wrote a letter to the president
referring to this exhibit, and the presi
dent courteously replied expressing in
terest. The letter promptly appeared
gs advertising matter, to help sell stock
In the new Jerusalem company. The
i president was very angry, and rela
tions with Burton have been strained
ever since.
Burton Explains.
Washington, Jan. 23.—Senator Burton
said he did not know why the Indictment
was returned at St. Louis against him.
He was attorney for Dennis, head of ths
Rialto Grain company, and his only con
nection with the postoftice department
was in acting as Dennis attorney.
BLOW TO DEATH TRUST.
New York City Offers to Supply Chi
cago With Anti-Toxin at Cost.
New York, Jan. 26.—"It costs New
York about $20,000 a year to run the
laboratory and furnish all the anti
toxin used In Greater New York," said
Dr. Parks, in charge of the antl-toxln
laboratory at Willard Parker hospital.
"I am Informed, however, that one of
the three houses in the trust alone
clears a profit of more than $100,000 a
year on the sales of anti-toxin. It was
the knowledge of this condition which
caused us to offer aid to Chicago, and
If the trust keeps on raising prices as
they have done, we shall offer to fur
nish all cities that need the serum at
cost.”
Before the first of January the New
York laboratory had been furnishing
supplies to several other cities, includ
ing Chicago. The complaints of the
anti-toxin trust were of such a nature,
however, that It was determined not
to sell the serum to other cities.
As soon as this determination was
made known the trust sent the price
of the serum up 100 per cent. Inasmuch
as the three firms In the trust supply
95 per cent, of the serum used In this
country, this meant death to thousands
of little ones throughout the country
unless some relief could be secured.
New York again offered to furnish
Chicago such supplies as might be
needed, with the assurance that no
further regard for the feelings of the
trust magnates would cause a with
drawal of the supply.
REMOVES THE DANGER.
New York Man’s Invention Is Guaran
teed to Make the Third Rail
Safe.
New York, Jan. 26.—Employes of the
telephone company In Harlem are all
talking about an Invention for render
ing safe the third rail on elevated roads,
which John C. McDonald, the com
pany's wire chief at the Tremont ex
change, has made. Mr. McDonald will
not tell the details of his work until
he has secured a patent on it. He did
say that his invention or attachment
would render it harmless or "dead” ex
cept only on the space occupied by a
train.
"My invention.” he said, “makes it
Impossible for a person to receive a
shock from the third rail, unless he falls
under a train. It will also be possible
by the use of my contrivance to avoid
collisions, as, by regulation with my
Invention, the power on the rail for 600
feet, or one mile behind each train, may
be rendered inert. The inter-borough
company has promised me space for a
trial of my Invention, and I shall hold
it as soon as I learn whether my appli
cation for a patent has been successful.
To prove that I am right, I'll stand on
the rail in my bare feet.”
H00SIERS BOOZERS.
Drunkenness in Indiana Seems to Bs
Rapidly Increasing According
to Statistics.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 26.—Drunken
ness in Indiana was greater in 1903
than in 1902, according to reports of
county sheriffs made to the hoard of
state charities. The total number of
ntoxicated persons harbored in the
Jails in 1903, was 12,394, and in 1902, 11,
866. Of the total number admitted in
1903, 11,804 were whites and 690 colored.
There was 32 boys and 7 girls under the
aged of 16 years; 9,563 men and women,
from 17 to 60 years; 1,891 men and 16
women w'ere more than 60 years old.
If the remaining 383 the age is un
known. The sheriff of Wabash county
reports that one man admitted on ac
count of drunkenness was 104 years old.
SUPREME JUDGES MIFFED
Diplomats Placed First in Line at
Washington Judicial Reception.
Washington, Jun. 27.—The old-ttine
precedence feud between the diplomatic
corps and the supreme court broke out
anew at the White House Thursday
night. The diplomatic theory Is that
members of the corps represent kings,
potentates and sovereign states when
they are the persons of these powers by
proxy. Hence they should be accorded
the precedence that would be accorded
their rulers If present. If King Ed
ward, President Loubet, or the kaiser
were the guests of President Roosevelt,
he would take precedence as being at
home with such guests Immediately fol
lowing him. The corps argues that Its
members should follow the president
and precede all others.
Members of the supreme court argue
that diplomats are simply foreign of
ficial persons, officials holding appoint
ive Jobs, while they form a co-ordinate
branch of the United States govern
ment. The controversy Is nearly a cen
tury old and has broken out at most
unlikely places, notably the funeral of
Admiral Sampson. Thursday night's
reception at the White House was to
the Judiciary.
First, but Last.
The supreme court headed the list. Or.
arriving at the White House members
pf the court were detained at the door
pf the blue room while the diplomatic
•orps was received by the president,
.lajor McCauley of the marine corps
las been recently attached to the
IVhite House entourage as social aide
fe-camp. He stopped the members of
he supreme court last night.
“The diplomatic corps goes first,
Tour Honor,” he told Chief Justice
f'uller.
“But this is the reception to the Ju
Jlciary, sir,” responded Chief Justice
Puller, in cutting tones. "Tonight, at
least, we should take precedence."
“The diplomatic corps goes first,” in-;
listed Major McCauley, in his soft, low,
veil modulated voice.
Chief Justice Fuller talked to Major
UcCpuley, while the court waited. The(
forgeous aide-de-camp turned very redj
ind looked his discomfort. Chief Jus
!lce Fuller had ample time to express!
dearly what was on his mind, because
pot only ambassadors and ministers,
put under-secretaries and attaches of
Ihe diplomatic corps were all passed
jhrough before the court was allowed
jo begin its stately procession past thi|
President. Chief Justice Fuller left th^
|ouse immediately on passing the re-*
felving line. So did several othe|
(nembers of the court.
CHEAP FAfflfENJOmED.
Federal Court Delays Reduction or
Cleveland Street Car Line to
Three Cents.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 27.—Judge Win,
»f the United States circuit court, upo#
application of the Cleveland Electric
Hallway company, issued a temporary
Injunction today, restraining the citj
Oflleials from enforcing the ordinance
recently adopted by the city council
providing for 3-cent street car fare!
Within a certain zone. The ordinance
llxed tomorrow as the time for the in
auguration of the new fare schedule)
l'he injunction is to hold until Febru
ary 13.
In its application for an injunction
the railway company claims that all 11.#
I'apital and the security for bonds will
he jeopardized if the acceptance of a
8-cent fare is forced.
It asserts that the enforcement of thi
ordinance will amount to "taking prop
erty without due process of law, and
deny to it the equal protection of th^
law, In contravention and violation ol
the provisions of the constitution."
BABY BAKED’TO DEATH.
Act of a 5-Year-Old Girl at LaCrosse
Wis.
LaCrosse, Wis., Jan. 27.—While Mrs
Edward Smith was chopping wood he)
daughter, 5 years old, pKiced a babj
brother in a hot oven, closed the dooj
and baked the baby to death before thi
mother returned. The oven had bee#
heated for baking.
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City, Jan. 26.—Sioux City Star,
Yard3.—Hogs—Butcher ami heavy,
4.85; light ami mixed, $4.4004.63.
Cattle—Fat cows and heifers, $2.2503.70
stock cows and heifers, $1.7503.00; mock
ers and feeders, $2.5003,80; butcher steers,
43.5005.00; yearlings and calves. $2.2503.5(4
Chicago.
Chicago Jan. 26.—Hogs—Receipts, 35,000
Market steady to easy, flood heavy. $5.i|
0 6.20; light, $4.6005.00; mixed and butcher,
$4.8505.10; rough heavy, $4.5505.05.
Cattle—Receipts, 0,00o. Market steady.
Sheep—Receipts, 16,000. Market steady.
Closing; Hogs—Bulk, $4.7004.85; good,
heavy. $4.8504.95; light, $4.4504.75; mixed
and butchers, $4.6004.90; rough heavy, $4.60
®4.85.
Cattle—Slow and lower, with beeves
quoted at $3.3003.60; cows and heifers, $1.5(1
04.25; stockers and feeders, $2.2504.10. I
Sheep—Slow and lower at $3.000 4.35:1
lambs, $4.260 5.90.
South Omaha.
South Omaha, Jan. 26.—Cattle—Native
steers, $3.2505.00; cows and heifers $2.50®
3.80; stockers and feeders, $1.5002.40;
calves, $3.000 5.25.
Hogs—Heavy, $4.6504.80; packers, $4.60®i
(.65; light, $4.4004.65; pigs, $3.500 4.25.
Sheep—Yearlings, $4.000 4.75; wethers,
$3.7504.40; ewes, $3.0003.80; common and
stockers. $2.2503.60; lambs. $4.7505.80.
Kansas City.
Kansas City, Jan. 26.—Cattle—Native
steers, $3.600 4.60; cows and heifers, $2.15®
3.50; stockers and feeders, $3.000 3.76; bulls,
$2.2503.75; calves, $3.500 6.00.
Hogs—Bulk of sales, $4.5004.75; heavy,
$4.6004.85; packers, $4.5004.65; pigs and
light, $1.2004.65.
Sheep—Receipts, 4,000. Market lower;
muttons, $3.5004.30; lambs, $4.6505.75.
GRAIN MARKET8.
Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, Jan. 26.—Cash quotations were,
as follows;
Flour—Market firm.
Wheat—No. 3 spring, 780 86c? No. 2 red,
86®92‘ac.
Corn—No. 2, 4644c; No. 2 yellow, 48c.
Oats—No. 2, 3944c; No. 3 white, 374404144c.
Bye—No. 2, 66c.
Barley—Good feeding, 40® 12c; fair to
choice malting, 47058c.
Timothy Seed—Prime, $3.25.
Clover—Contract grade, $11.25.
Provisions—Mess pork, $13.03013.1744;
lard, $6.9744; short rib side, $6.3006.55; short
clear sides. $6.62440 6.75.
Whisky—On basis of high wines, $1.27.
Butter—Market steady; dairy, 13®19c;
creamery, 15021c.
Eggs—Market steady, 25®27c.
Cheese—Market steady, 1001944c.
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Jan. 26.—The closing cast,
prices on track were as follows;
Wheat—No. 1 northern, 91c; to arrive,
31c; No. 2 northern, 87%c; to arrive, 8744c.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, old 40c; no. 4, old
3944c.
Oats—No. 3 white, 38c; No. 4 white, 3744c;
No. 3, 35037c.
Rye—No. 2, 5644c.
Barley—Feed, 37®41c; malting, ■,206644c.
Flax—No. 1 northwestern, $1.10: to ur
rlve, $1.10; Alay, $1.12.
TORNADO KILLS ‘
SCORES OF PEOPLE
Fuller Report of the Terrific
Calamity at Mounds
ville, Ala.
village is wiped away
_
Thirty-Seven Persons Are Known to
Have Lost Their Lives and More
Than 1d0 Injured—Every Busi
ness House Destroyed.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 25.—A disas
trous tornado swept over Moundsvllle,
Ala., a town of 300 Inhabitants, fifteen
miles south of Tuscaloosa, and as a re
sult thirty-seven persons were killed
and more than 100 Injured. Every bus
iness house, with the exception of a
small drug store, was completely de
stroyed.
The tornado struck the city from the
southwest and mowed a path a quarter
of a mile wide through the town.
The following Is a list of the white
persons killed:
E. P. SEYMOUR, of Nashville, Tenn.,
telegraph operator at station.
A. H. WARREN, of Birmingham.
J. H. REDMOND, superintendent
jpumplng station.
' ROBERT S. POWERS. Tuscaloosa.
The negro dead are:
W. N. MILES, WIFE AND SIX
CHILDREN.
ALBERT WILSON, WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN.
IKE HOLSTON. WIFE AND
THREE CHILDREN.
FOURTEEN OTHER NEGROES,
unidentified.
Some of the Injured will die.
Surgeons were rushed to Mounds
ville from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa,
and everything possible was done to al
leviate the sufferings of the Injured.
By the force of the storm persons
were blown hundreds of feet from their
beds In the blackness of night.
Through terror a mother and three
children fled from their home to seek
refuge, and in their excitement left a 5
year-old boy In bed. Today he was
pulled from beneath some timbers, and
thus far It Is Impossible to find another
member of the family.
Bedding, carpets and wearing apparel
are scattered for a distance of ten
miles through what was a forest, but
which Is now a mass of uprooted tim
ber.
The depot, the hotel, warehouses, cot
ton gins, thirty homes, the storehouse
occupied by R. L. Griffin, A. W. Wig
gins & Son, J. W. Domenlck, A. D.
Griffin and W. P. Phifer, together with
their stocks, were completely destroyed.
Bales of cotton which were stored In
the warehouses were torn to atoms, the
fragments of lint lodging In trees, mak
ing It appear as though that section had
been visited by a snowstorm.
A young clerk employed by W. P.
Phifer, hearing the terrible roar of the
storm let himself Into a well In the
center of the store. The store was com
pletely carried away, but the young
man was rescued uninjured.
BIG BANK FAILURE.
The Liabilities of the Cleveland Pro
duce Exchange Company Placed
at $1,500,000.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 25.—The Produce
Exchange Banking company closed Its
doors. The Insolvency court has ap
pointed the Cleveland Trust company
as receiver.
The assets and liabilities of the bank
are each placed at $1,500,000.
An official of the bank Is now un
der guard at his home. He will be ta
ken before the grand Jury, and will, ac
cording to statements of other bank of
ficials. plead guilty to the charge of
embezzlement. An indictment will be
brought against him and the case hur
ried to trial. There Is a great deal of
uneasiness among the depositors, many
of whom are small merchants, Ital
ians and other nationalities, who sell
fruit and vegetables from door to door
and deposited their money In the Pro
duce Exchange bank. The Irregularity
has been going on for eight years, It is
said.
$300,000 FIRE.
Great Blaze at Bay Mills, Mich., De
stroyed All the Factories in
the Town.
Milwaukee. Jan. 26.—A special to the
Sentinel from Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich.,
aa ys:
Fire started In one of the Hall &
Munson factories at Bay Mills, twelve
miles west of here, and spread rapidly
until it reached every factory In town.
The company owned a large saw mill, !
woodworking plant and box factory,
and a large stock of lumber. The
total value of the plants was $300,000,
and a message received here says that
nothing has been saved.
As soon as It started a special train
left the Soo carrying a company of fire
men.
The Hall & Munson plants were the
largest of the kind In the upper penin
sular, employing 300 men. The plants
were Insured, but It can not be learned
how heavily.
The town, which has 1,200 Inhabit
ants, will probably be left desolate, as
there will be nothing to keep It up.
The origin of the fire can not be
learned.
ST. LOUIS*AROUSED.
City Will Wage Fight on the Christian
Science Cult as Result of a
Recent Death.
St. Louis, Jan. 25.—Aroused by the
death of Mrs. W. H. Davis of 1016 Grat
tan street, which occurred at the city
hospital Monday night from blood poi
soning, and which, according to the
coroner's verdict, was due to "culpable
negligence,” Dr. John H. Simon, health
commissioner, has resolved to wage a
crusade against the practices of the
cult known as Christian Scientists.
"In a civilized community we have
no place for such an alleged faith as
the one known as Christian Science,”
said Dr. Simon.
"A science which will permit the sac
rifice of lives which it is possible, nine
cases out of ten, could be saved by ade
quate medical attention, Is anything
but Christian.
"Such instances as the death of Mrs.
Davis seem to make up an important
chapter in the history of Christian
Science, and It is revolting to think
that In this age we permit such a social
faith to flourish.
"Personally I am determines to
stamp out what I regard as one of the
most menacing evils of our day If it
can be done, and the fact that the evil
masquerades under the cloak of relig
!• ‘us faith should not savs It from the
1 hand of the law.”
HEIR TO MERGER. ' I
•Vail Street Believes the Erie Road Will,
Succeed the Northern Secur
•ties Company. S
New York, Jan. 26.—The directors ot, .'JW
(lie Erie Railroad company declared at
dividend of 2 per cent, on the first pre-! Efj|
ferred stock of the company yester-] H|
day. making 4 per cent, for the fiscal H
year. By this action the great system ffll
passed automatically out of the hands Hj
of J. Pierpont Morgan, Louis Fitzger- >£|§
aid and Sir Charles Tennant, the vot- jgg
Ing trustees, in whose hands it had H
been since the reorganization was com- Hi
pleted August 20. 1395. Under the H
terms of that organization all of the
stock of all classes must now be issued «
by J. P. Morgan & Co. to the stock- §1
holders in exchange for the voting trust 3g§
certificates, which they have held since »
December 1, 1895. pi
Wall street believes that great devel- Jy
opments are in store for the road. SS
Many people believe it is to become the §
successor of the Northern Securities SI
company if the United States supreme |||
court compels its dissolution and the] IP
distribution of the stock of Great. Mi
Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur- ?f|
llngton, which it owns. ||g
What Lawyers Think. are
Eminent lawyers, it is said, have tola, tH
Mr. Morgan that the legal objections to w
the Northern Securities company can-1 H
not be successfully made against the' |g
Erie, whose entire system has been! H
built up by the absorption of compet-j j£
ing ami contributory lines, which has) 3
been unquestioned. They have pointed ;jg|
out to Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill that the! Sp
absorption by it of the western roads* «
would have a legal precedent in the! jw
absorption of the Lake Shore and thej &
Michigan Central by the New York HI
Central, in accomplishing which the If
New York Central exchanged its own* 4jtj
3% per cent, bonds for the securities' ifS
of the other roads, which were de-J Si
posited in Us treasury as collateral. Iti ®
is said on very good authority that justj 9j
such a scheme is now being worked out H
in the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.,; *1
contingent upon the decision of thej 3
United States supreme court next| ;H
month, which, it is said. Mr. Morganl jgj
expects to be unfavorable.
in connection with these reports, it is! M*
significant that several months ago Mr. j ifl
Harrlman, who is now at peace with] £■
Mr. Morgan, was elected a director of; IB
the Erie, in which he has acquired aj *9
very large interest. It is also sig-| H
nificant that Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have!
also bought heavily of the stock. Tills. flij
places the control of the road in the; 55
hands of J. Pierpont Morgan, James J. flfi
Hill, E. H. lla-rlman and Jacob Schiff, j fly
the men who controlled Northern Pa-i 3
cific, Great Northern and Burlington] |;|
before tlie great fight which precipl- H
tated the Northern Pacific panic. It is 9
plain that the redistribution of the se- H
curittes of Northern Pacific in obedi- 98
ence to the mandate of the supreme H
court would return the securities into Bfj
the hands of these four men who con
trol the Erie railroad.
Probable Plan of Absorption. 3
It Is believed that the absorption ot H
the roads by the Erie would be accom- H
pushed by an issue of collateral trust "H
bonds of the exact amount of the hold- If
lngs of the Northern Securities com- H
puny in Northern Pacific and Great
Northern, botli roads controlling Bur- H
llngton. The Northern Securities com- H
pany holds practically all the stock of H
the Northern Pacific railway company H
and over $90,000,000 of the stock of the H
Great Northern railway. It is said that H
this plan can be carried out without re- H
qulring one dollar in cash. |Jj
J. P. Morgan & Co. would say yester- H
day only tliut the Erie voting trust H
would be dissolved as the result of the H
action of the directors yesterday. ag
IF DIPLOMACY SHOULD FAIL.
The Czar and Mikado Urged to Resort
to The Hague Tribunal. f
London, Jan. 26.—Two Identical cable
dispatches, originating with W. T. '
Stead, and W. R. Cretnor, M. P., were
sent tonight to the czar of Russia and i
the mikado of Japan, urging these
potentates, if diplomacy failed, to sub
mitli the far eastern dispute to The
Hague tribunal.
The messages are lengthy and theyl j
appeal especially to the czar as "The',
courageous originator of The Hague
conference," to take the initiative in re-1
ferrlng the matter to The Hague.
The appeal Is signed by sixty prom-;
inent English advocates of arbitration.'
Among the signers are all the mem-'
bers of the labor delegation In parlia-! j
inent, Lord Avebury, Lord Hobhouse,!
the marquis of Bristol, Frederick Har-|
rison, George Meredith, Sir John Gerst,
Earl Grey, the Iiev. J. C. Clifford, the
Rev. R. J. Campbell and many labor
leaders outside of parliament. i
The Pekin correspondent of the Lon-!
don Times lias cabled a corrected and)
minutely detailed Hat of all the Rus
sian military forces In the far east,
east of Lake Baikal, in Eastern Siberia,
and Including the frontier guards,
which shows a total of 3,115 officers,
147,479 men and 266 guns.
The correspondent adds that the line
of communication between Manchuria
and Western Siberia is a single line of
lightly constructed railway which trav
erses 1,600 miles of unfriendly coun- S
try. He says further that the entire)
Russian fleet, with the exception ofl
four armored cruisers at Vladivostock,)
Is now wedged In the harbor of Port
Arthur, where only one dock is avail-;
able for repairs.
The Tokio correspondent of the!
Times cables it will probably be nec-, i
essary to remove the entire Japanesel
population from Vladivostock, as they:
are suffering greatly at the hands of;
the Russians.
Cabling from Moscow, a correspond
ent of the Times says that Grand Duke’
Vladimir, commander in chief of the, I
Bt. Petersburg military division, and
Grand Duke Serge, military commander' t
at Moscow, are strongly supporting.
Viceroy AlexielT and that the czar, al- |
though anxious to avoid war, is not I
wavering.
Special dispatches from St. Peters
burg to the Daily Telegraph and the
Dally Malt assert that Russia’s reply
to the latest Japanese note was drawn j
up yesterday at a ministerial council
at which the czar presided. The tenor j
of this reply is courteous but firm, and
it was approved without a dissenting i
voice by the ministers, including M.
Witte, president of the committee of
ministers. Nothing has been given out
officially concerning this reply, but it
is understood, according to messages
from St. Petersburg, that Russia main
tains that Manchuria must remain
amenable, politically and strategically,
to Russian influence, the concessions' i
made being only of a commercial char
acter.
Rich Man Starved.
Brussels, Jan. 23.—Lucien Lecocque, a» i
Frenchman, was found dead from star-,1 i
vatlon in a grain field near this city
with 18,000 francs in bills In his pockets.'
Investigations have shown that he stole I
the money from the desk of the Banquet
Natlonale at I.ille and tramped to! !
Doual, where he put up at a hotel, but.;
tendering a 1,000-franc note for pay-j |
ment, suspicious were aroused, and hej
made off before the police arrived.
Thence he walked to Noyelles,
Doeuges. Henin-Lietard and Billy
Montigny, but wherever he asked t<*
buy food with his notes people refus*d(
to serve him.