THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
VNEILL, NEBRASKA
There Is a gradually dawning beliel
that plant growth Is more or less of a
chemical process that may be acceler
ated or retarded by the application of
the proper reagents, generally In the
form of fertilizers, and that the ulti
mate growth Is usually far In excess
of the value of the material applied.
This is apropos of some Investigations
that have been conducted by M. Na
gaoka, of the Toklo Imperial univer
sity, In stimulating rice growth by the
stimulating action of manganese In the
form of manganese sulphate. A yield
of 37 per cent over a field fertilized In
the usual manner was obtained by this
Investigator and the value of the In
creased crop was equal to four times
the cost of the chemical applied.
If recent statistics are to be relied
upon the number of men—high-placed
officers—in both services who do not
smoke would bear out the theory that
smoking Is going out of fashion In the
British army and navy. It appears that
the majority of naval officers are con
tent, like the French and Russians,
with an occasional clgaret. Of course
there are exceptions. The army has no
officer who Is a more Inveterate smoker
than was the late General Gordon, who
was miserable unless he had an ample
supply of clgarels. Thus among the
non-smokers are found Lord Roberts,
General MacKinnon, General Sir ltede
vers Buller and General Gatacre.
Glass that can be heated white not.
and then plunged Into cold water with
out breaking seems an Impossibility,
but it has been recently made an ac
complished fact. It Is made from Bra
silian quartz pebbles heated red hot
and then thrown Into distilled water.
Then the purest pieces are selected and
welded with the ox.vhydrogen blowpipe
Into long stems like straws, from which
glass vessels of any shape can be made.
Thus far this quartz glass has been em
. ployed chiefly for making laboratory j
apparatus. A test tube made in this
way will not break when a white-hot
coul Is dropped Into it.
It has long been u mooted question
whether insects are attracted to flowers
by the bright hues of the petHls or by
the odor of the flowers, and recent ex
periments carried out on quite an ex
tensive scale seem to indicate that the
perfume is the essential directive agent.
It Is concluded that Insects are guided
from a distance to masses of flowers by
their perfume qlone, hut that where
flowers are grown singly Insects are at
tracted generally by color, and where
the distance Is small the odor doubtless
assists In attracting and directing the
movements of the flying Insects.
A man brought up at St. Albaris as
an Incorrigible rogue was proved to
have married his aunt. Hhis children
axe. therefore, his first cousins and he
Is his own ancle. His grandfather and
bis mother-in-law are the same per
son. Apparently the Judge sympathized
with him, for he was discharged.
The only Persian newspapers which
resemble those published In other coun
tries are those Issued In India and
Egypt, which copy English models. The
few papers published at Teheran con
tain little besides the shah’s proclama
tions and pictures of prominent offi
cials.
On the occasion of the hundredth an
niversary of the death of Schiller (May
9, 1905) the Swiss government Intends
to give every pupil In the public schools
a copy of that poet's play, ’’William
Tell.” The sum of $20,000 has been set
aside for that purpose.
Kettles made of paper—a Japanese
Invention used In the Japanese army— i
are about to be supplied to the Ger- 1
man army. By pouring water over
them they can hang over the flre with
out burning for a length of time suffl- i
cient to boll the water.
Mount Soprls, near Glenwood Springs,
Colo., 14,300 feet above sea level, is to !
be made Into a summer resort. Among
the unique attractions will be the per
fection of a - natural toboggan slide
which may be used all through the
summer months.
After three months’ trial of the re- :
suits of blacking out the betting news i
from the newspapers In Ermoudyey |
(London) public library, It has been de
cided to continue the practice, on the
ground that It excludes an undesirable
class of readers.
Copper mining once nourished in Ire
land. The Ballymurtagh mine, in
Wicklow county, averaged 6,000 tons of
copper pyrite per annum between 1840
and 1848. Desultory prospecting is go
ing on at the present day in several
localities.
The largest British submarine was
launched recently. It is called tha
B. I. It is 150 feet in length and 86 feet :
In girth—submarines have no beam— |
and is about 60 feet longer and 20 feet i
: greater in girth than any of its prede
cessors.
Pipelines are to be laid by the Stand
ard Oil company from Red Fork, I. T.,
■to the oil fields near Florence and
• Boulder, Colo. If the plan works with
-success. Extensions will be made from
Denver to the Wyoming oil fields.
A student-of the population of the an
thracite region of Pennsylvania reports
that there are 630.000 people inhabiting
that section, of whom 430,000 are for
sign-born. Of this latter number more
than 60,000 cannot read or write.
Bibles and other books are difficult to
distribute in Turkey, Bald a speaker at
Exeter hall, London, the other day. A
work on chemistry was rejected be
cause H20 (water) was translated as
“Hamid Second is a nobody."
A little dog the other day fell into
the rapidly running river at Couns
•water, Belfast, aad was drowning,
■when a black retriever came along and
at once plunged into the river and
brought the little dog ashore.
There are 262,436 miles of ocean
cable in operation today, and only 38,
797 miles are owned bsy governments.
The British cables, whicni connect Lon
don with ail parts of the world, have a
•total mileage in 154,099.
One of the largest gold nuggets ever
-found in Colorado was recently pictked
up at the Snowstorm placer, In Pstrk
county, between Alma and Palrplay. at
weighs 120 ounces and has a. market
•value of 32,000.
A French physician, Dr. Foucault,,
has found that in 11,048 deaths investi
gated by him 759, or 7 per cent, resulted
from cancer. He could not find that
heredity was a factor in the cause of
the disease,
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Official figures show that the Man
hattan "L" carried 128,000 more passen.
gera on November 1 and 2 than on the
game dates last year, In spite of tha
penlrg of tbs. subway.
W
GOVERNOR WILL
ATTEND A BALL
Chief Executive Mickey Is to
Head a Grand March in
January.
FIGHT WITH BANDITS
Bank Robbers Blow a Safe at Wabash
and Escape—Were Attacked by
Citizens and Harmless
Running Fight Ensued.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.—An Inaugural
ball with Governor Mickey leading the
grand march will be the feature of a
so« ial event scheduled for early in Jan
uary at the state house. Elaborate In
all Its details, the event will be worth
going miles to see.
Two years ago Governor Mickey de
clared his opposition to dahclng and
card playing and theater going. In ad
dition he tabooed all sinful amuse
ments. Now he explains that the In
augural event will be a social. There
will be the outwurd signs of revelery,
but actual dancing will not be Indulged
by the governor or his taff. Instead
all will execute the grand march, and
then will follow a reception. Before
the actual dancing begins Governor
Mickey will be gone.
The exact program will he announced
as soon as a few details are com
pleted.
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FIGHTS WITH BANDITS.
Bank Robbers at Wabash Have En
counter With Citizens.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.—Aroused by
the muffled sounds of an explosion,
citizens of Wabash tumbled from their
beds and engaged in a running light
with two desperate bank robbers. The
bandits escaped from the citizens and )
disappeared in the brush near Weeping j
Water.
The robbers blew the outside door
from the safe and partially wrecked
the building of the Bank of Wabash.
'A second charge was laid to destroy
the vaults where the money was kept.
However, the explosion brought the
citizens In such numbers that the- rob- |
bers were compelled to give battle In I
order to escape, without any booty.
Postmaster Brown notified the Lin
coln police and gave a detailed des
cription of the two men. It was thought
that the bandits made their# way to
Lincoln on an early morning train. A
systematic but useless search was
rnude for them.
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RESCUED BY POLICE.
Jealous Lincoln Man Kept His Pretty
Wife a Prisoner.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30.—Fort the last
two months a Lincoln man has kept
his bride locked up in a gloomy little j
room with blankets fastened across the j
windows and doors, lest another man
should see her. The man is W. J. Mc
Coy, who only three months ago mar
ried pVetty Martha Grice.
Through neighbors the police 1 earned
of the matter, and last evening broke
Into the room, which is In a block at
133t O street, and rescued the young
wife, taking her to the home of her
mother, Mrs. Grice. McCoy was ar
rested and taken to the city jail. How
ever, he was released on a thirty-day
probation, as the wife absolutely re
fused to make any complaint against
her husband. She declared that she
could neither eat nor sleep while her
husband was away from her and that
she had not rested for a moment since
he had been arrested.
"No, 1 ain't afraid, and I don't want
to prosecute further. 1 tell you I just
want him!” vehemently Insisted Mrs.
McCoy to the judge. "It's Just his way.
He means well. And I'm his wife, and
1 guess he has a right to do us he
wants to with me!”
For two months the young wife lias
been locked in a small room with hut
five brief periods of freedom. Three
times McCoy took her to visit her
mother for a few minutes and twice
he took her down town for less than
half an hour. Besides covering the
doors and windows with blankets and
buying an extra strong lock. McCoy
poured some of the keyholes full of tar.
on his departure to his work in the
morning he would lay toothpicks and
matches on lop of the door, and on his
return would look eagerly to see if the
door had been opened in his absence.
McCoy admitted that he had been
somewhat jealous, not of any man in
particular, but of all men In general.
He feared the influence of other men
on his wife. In Ills (Its of jealous an
ger he confessed that he had beaten
his wife several times. In talking over
his affairs he remarked that he had
some heart trouble and that it was
growing on him.
"Why, judge,” said he, "it used to be
that 1 could just about fell au ox with
this good right list of mine, but now
if I just lam Martha once or twice I
get Just as limp as u kitten!"
When McCoy was released his wife
embraced and kissed him fervently and
the two left the police station arm in
arm.
TEN COPPER PENNIES.
The Only Assets of the Failed Elkhorn
Valley Bank.
O’Neill. Neb., Nov. 30.—There have
been no new developments in the Elk
horn Valley bank failure.
The missing cashier, P. Hagerty left
a statement with his wife to be made
public after it is Inspected and passed
upon by his attorney. M. F. Harrington,
who Is out of the city.
Examiner Whittemore arrived in the
city Saturday afternoon and took
charge of the bank. Ten copper pennies
jv*> the only cash found upon the prem
ises.
Examiner Whittemore says it will be
a couple of days before a statement of
tile bank's affairs can be made. In the
meantime the people are preparing
themselves to hear the worst.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 38.-Announce
ment was made today by the state
banking board that there are no state
funds in the Elkhorn Valley bank, of
.O'Neill, which closed its doors recently.
A special from O'Neill says:
The missing cashier, Hagerty, left a
statement with his wife, to be made
■public after It. has been passed upon
by his attorney. Examiner Whitte
more arrived Saturday afternoon and
took charge of the bank. Ten pennies
i was all the cash he found. The exam.
Itier says it will be two or three days
Wore a statement of the bark's affairs
can be made.
The Vote of Virginia.
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 38.—Tic- tote
I cast in Virginia for president wt j can.
vpesed today. Parker received tsO.fsR,
| Jioo evelt, 48,181; Swallow, i.sk.
PRESIDENT ENDS
ST. LOUIS VISIT
Party Is Now Speeding East
ward and Will Be ir, Wash
ington Tuesday.
PLEASED WITH THE TRIP
President Assured Exposition Officials
That the Arrangements for His
Pleasure Could Not Have
Been Better.
Richmond, Ind., Nov. 30.—After a so
journ of two days In St. Louis which
proved an experience thoroughly de
lightful and almost unique, President
Roosevelt Is speeding now toward
Washington, where Jiis train is sched
uled to arrive at 7 tomorrow. The
president, Mrs. Roosevelt and all the
members of the party are congratulat
ing themselves upon the success of the
trip, which was regarded by so many
with serious apprehension. The presi
dent has expressed his perfect satis
faction with the arrangements made
for his care, comfort and convenience,
and Just before the train pulled out of
the exposition grounds last night he
congratulated and thanked President
Francis and the other exposition offi
cials, and the officers who were ills per
sonal attendants, for the admirable
work they had accomplished. Through
out his experience in St. Louis there
was a notable absence of cranks who
desired for various reasons to see the
president. One woman was taken In
charge by a secret service man at the
Thompson residence last evening, but
she made no trouble. The trip thus far
has been without incident of particular
note. The presidential party break
fasted about 9 a. m.
At Indianapolis, where the first stop
was made after daylight today, only
i small crowd had gathered at the
station. The president had not risen
ind tile people, although disappointed
it not seeing him made no noisy dem
jnstratlon. Few stops will now lie
made en route to Washington and it is
likely the president will make no ex
tended remarks at any of them. The
speeial train arrived here at 9:45, leav
ing a few minutes later.
Brief Talk by the President.
Richmond, Ind., Nov. 28.—President
Roosevelt during a brief stop here ad
dressed a considerable crowd as fol
lows:
"I atn very glad to see, you. I have
always thought highly of Indiana, but
during the last three weeks I have had
cause to think even more highly of it.
I want you to feel that I very deeply
appreciate the responsibility put upon
me by such u vote as that of November
8, and. so far as In me lies will with
your help, and with the help of those
who represent you, do all I can to
justify your confidence.”
WOMAN IS ARRESTED.
She Demanded to See the President
and Detectives Took Her.
St. Louis, Nov. 30.—After trying to
force her way into the residence of Wil
liam H. Thompson for the expressed
purpose of painting a picture of Presi
dent Roosevelt, Miss Maria Herndl, a
glass painter from Munich, fjerrnany,
but clali :tng to occupy a studio In Mil
waukee, was arrested Sunday night by
detectives. She apr 'red about 38 years
old, was fairly well dressed and showed
refinement.
IS A WELL Kt OWN WOMAN.
Painter Who Soiic it Interview With
President Roosc.olt in St. Louis.
Milwaukee, Nov. :!0.—Maria Herndl,
who was arres;ed in fit. Louis while
trying to seek an in dience with Presi
dent Roosevelt, has an excellent repu
tation in Milwaukee. She has made a
specialty of painting windows for
churches and portraits on glass. Be
fore leaving for St. Louis she expressed
u desire to a well known citizen of
Milwaukee to paint a picture of Mr.
Roosevelt for the White House or to
be hung in one of the other govern
ment buildings at Washington. Miss
Herndl Is well thought of here and is
believed to be perfectly harmless.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
Government Appoints Agents to Look
Into Standard Oil Work
ings.
Washington. Nov. 30.—Formal orders
have been isrvd at the department of
•Commerce and labor for a government
investigation of the affairs and busi
ness methods of the Standard Oil com
pany. The order was Issued this after
noon assigning two special agents of
the department to begin work Monday.
This action Is taken after frequent
consultations held between President
.Roosevelt and the corporation commis
sioner, Mr, Garfield. These conferences
were the consummation of a series of
complaints which have been filed with
the department of commerce and labor.
The charges to be investigated are
that the Standard Oil company Is vio
lating the Interstate commerce laws in
the restraint of trade. It is Intended
to make a most searching and thorough
examination. The two agents will visit
the oil fields to begin with and will then
proceed to the company’s refineries and
later will examine into the ways of dis
tribution and the alleged control of oi
transportation facilities.
Will Go to Congress.
It is expected that the report of the
agents will not be ready until some
time next spriig, or later, but fully in
.time for the president to Incorporate
It in his message to congress next win
ter any recommendations in the prem
ises he may deem necessary^.
The investigation Is to be after the
fashion of that instituted against the
beef trust, which has only recently
been concluded. Under the present law
the president If he deems the facts
warrant, may notify his attorney gen
eral to proceed against any trust en
gaged in violation of the law. This
course of procedure was instituted In
the case of the Northern Securities
company, the administration winning a
i decisive victory. Should violations by
the Standard Oil be found, therefore, It
* will not be really necessary for the
president to await upon congress. He Is
empowered to proceed at once to in
stlute court proceedings.
SEWER TRENCH CAVED
Three Men Killed in St. Louie, All of
Whom Have Been Taken
From the Ditch.
St, Louis. Nov. 30.—Three laborers
were burled- in a cavein of a wmter pipe
trench today. Tile men were- taken
| out dead.
EMBEZZLED BIG SUM.
Trusted Employe of the London Roths
childs Gets Away With Five
Million Dollars,
London, Nov. 30.—Discovery has been
made of an embezzlement of $5,000,000
by a trusted employe of the London
house of Rothschild. This is at once
the most stupendous embezzlement in
criminal annals, a_nd the first time in
their history that the Rothschilds have
suffered through the wrong-doing of an
employe.
Moses Blumenthal. head of the bul
lion department of the famous family
of money lenders, is the man charged
with the embezzlement. He had carte
blanche to use the firm's name, and
quite by accident, it has been learned
that for a period, the full length of
which has not yet been learned, he lias
been disposing of bullion intrusted to
his care and sinking the proceeds in
speculation.
At It Possibly Ten Years.
The extent of the man’s dealings may
oe imagined from the fact that he has
made away with 21,380 troy pounds of
gold. From this the Scotland Yard of
ficials argue that Blumenthal’s pecula
tions must have covered a period of
five and perhaps ten years. Character
istically, the Rothschilds have quietly
assumed the loss of $250,000 suffered by
them directly, while the disposition of
the balance which had been deposited
by clients is not yet settled.
Blumenthal, It is said, has fled to
New York, but It being against the
policy of the house to speculate, no
effort will be made to apprehend him.
To protect its great name the house
has even settled Blumenthal's broker
age accounts, though not legally re
sponsible for them. So quietly has
the whole affair been closed up that
London knows only of the enormous
crime through talk in the city, the
London papers having studiously
avoided all reference to it.
was a Boor tsoy.
A curious feature of the affair >s that
the Rothschilds hold the monetary loss
light as compared with the breach of
faith of a trusted employe. Blumenthal
was a protege of the Rothschilds, hav
ing been taken into the employ of the
house as a poor boy. He had been ad
vanced to his commanding position.
Blumenthal covered up his pecula
tions by adulterating the gold smelted
in the firm’s refineries. This means
that an extra amount of alloy to cover
the amount of his stealings has been
put in the gold melted at the Roths
childs establishment. To accomplish
this successfully he must have had ac
complices m the first place, and in the
second place, it follows that during the
period of his peculations a great mass
of gold, adulterated and under value,
has been turned out and stored in bul
lion vaults.
New Assay May Be Necessary.
The Rothschilds have recently
shipped bullion to both Russia and Ja
! Pan, and big shipments have been made
to South America. It is quite possible
that a new assay of the bullion may
now be necessary. Several well known
dealers in bullion in London say that
the affair may result in a sharp decline
in rates on Monday morning. The
Rothschilds, however, may be depended
upon to take every step necessary to
protect the credit of their house. This
defalcation is the first recorded in the
history of the house.
THE STRIKE IS OFF.
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Cattle Butchers’ Trouble Ends. All the
Men Applying for Old
Positions.
Chicago, Nov. 28.—The cattle butchers'
strike collapsed today and all the strikers
made application for their old positions.
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City, Nov. 29.—Sioux City stork
yards—Hogs—Mixed and heavy, $4.421/2@
4.50; others, $4.3054.40.
Cattle—Butcher steers, $3.505000; fat
cows and heifers, $2.205 3.50; stock cows
and .heifers, $1.7552.50; stockers and feed
ers, $2.505 3.50; yearlings and calves, $2.25@
3.25.
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Chicaao.
Chicago, Nov. 29.—Cattle— Market steady.
Good to prime steers, $5.0057.00. • poor to
medium, $3.505 5.75; stockers and feeders,
$1.7554.20; cows, $1.255 4.00; heifers, $l.S5(g)
5.35: canners. $1.4052-25: bulls, $2.0054.20;
calves, $3.0056.50; western steers, $3,505
5.00.
Hogs—Mixed and butchers, _$4.505 4.70;
good to choice heavy, $4.6054.70; rough
heavy, $4.405 4.55; light, $4.4054-60; bulls.
$4.5054.60.
Sheep—Good to choice wethers, $4,355
4.90; fair to choice mixed, $3.505 4.30; west
I ern sheep, $8.005 5.00; native lambs, $4,255
6.10; western lambs, $3.0054-80.
Closing: Hogs—Bulk, $4.5554.60; good
heavy, $4.6054.65; light, $4.5054.60; mixed
and butchers, $4.6054.05; rough heavy, $4.40
54.45.
Cattle—Steady, with beeves quoted at
$3.8556-75; cows and heifers, $1.205 4.25;
stockers and feeders. $2.005 4.00.
Sheep—Market steady at $3.0054.70;
lambs, $4.0056.20.
South Omaha.
Soiuli Omaha, Nov. 29.—Cattle—Native
steers, $3.755 6.25; cows and heifers, $2,505)
3.85: western steers, $3.005 4.75; Texas
steers, $2.755 3.75; range cows and heifers,
I $2.2553.25; ca liners, $1.7552.25; stockers
and feeders, $2.505 3.90; calves, $3.0055.50;
bulls and stags, $2,005)3.85.
Hogs—Heavy, $4.4554.55; mixed, $4.45(g)
4.50: light, $1.455 4.55; pigs, $4.0054.40; bulk
of sales, $4.4554.50.
Sheep— Market steady. Western year
lings, $4.2554.63; wethers, $4.005 4.50; ewes,
$3.805 4.50; common and stockers, $2,505)
4.30; lambs, $5.0055.90.
Kansas C«tv.
Kansas City, Nov. 29. -Cattle—Native
I steers, $3.50(716.25; southerns, $2.5054.25;
westerns, $3.005 4.75: cows and heifers, $1.50
5 5.00; stockers and feeders, $2.505 4.10.
Hogs -Heavy. $4.605 4.70; packers, $4,505)
4.65; pigs and lights. $3,605)4.65.
Sheep—Muttons, $3.7555.25; lams, $4,505*
6. CO.
CRAIN MARKETS.
Grain nnd Provisions.
Ch'enjvo, Nov. 29.-Cash quotations were
a& follows:
Flour—Steady.
Wheat—No. 2 spring, $1.09® 1.13: No. 3
rp**ing. $1.02® 1.10: No. 2 red. $1.10%® 1.12*8.
Corn—No. 2. F0**e: No. 2 yellow, 5f>c.
Oats—No 2. So*m*: No. 2 white, 32e; No. 3
white, 3032c*.
Rye—No. 2, TTv-*.
Barh\v Good feeding, 38c: fair to choice
malting. 12® Me.
Flax Seed —No. 1, $1.12; No. 1 northwest
ern, $1.19.
Timothy Seed—Prime. $2.70.
Clover—Contract grade, $12.25.
Provision: - Ah ss pork, $11.50® ll.GO; lard,
$7.oo; short r'h sides, $0.02*/ti 6.75; short
clear sides, $0.75®(>.87’
Whisky—On basis of high wines, $1.24.
Butter —Market was firm. Creamery, 16
(u 2.u*; dlaryr, 15® 21c.
Kggs—Firm at mark: cases included, 18*4
®22V>c: firsts. 24c; prime firsts, 20c; extras,
28c.
Cheese—Steady at ll®12e.
(Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Nov. 29.—Closing cash
prices on track were as follows:
Wheat— No. 1 hard, $1.11; No. 1 northern,
$1.08%® 1.09%; No. 2 northern, $1.04%®1.06%;
[No. 3. •)7%c®'$1.0074; No. 1 macaroni, 93c.
cTorn—No. 3 yellow, new 42%c.
Oats—No. 3 whil«. 2$%c; No. 3, 273ic.
I Rye—72%®T3%c.
Barley—35® 45c.
| iTax-41.17%.
JAPANESE ANXIOUS
FOR LAND VICTORY
Expected to Make Desperate
Efforts for It Before the
Naval Clash.
GRAFT IN CZAR’S SERVICE
Three Hundred and Fifty Carloads of
Stores and Clothing Destined for
the East Disappeared From
Road While En Route.
St. Petersburg Nov. 30.—The war of
fice has received Information from Che
foo that the Japanese assault on Port
Arthur Saturday were repulsed with
enormous losses.
Berlin, Nov. 30.—A dispatch to th ,
Lokal Anzeiger from Musken says:
"It Is believed about the headquarters
that the Japanese will make extraor
dinary efforts to win a land victory be
fore the second Pacific squadron arm
ies. The movements of the fleet are
reported in each Army Gazette, the
100th number of which was printed Sun
day. The paper is circulated through
out the army and is the only medium of
news from the outer world. As soon as
it appears privates gather in groups
while one who can do so reads the pa
per to the soldiers.
"The soldiers are convinced the ar
rival of the second Pacific squadron will
end the war, as they believe the Japa
nese will be beaten on the sea and will
seek peace.
“Severe measures have been taken
against marauders. Twelve Cossacks
of one regiment were sentenced to
death. One was shot in front of his
brigade, while the sentence of the re
maining eleven were commended to
penal servitude. Discipline generally is
good.”
KUROPATKIN USES AN AUTO.
Facilities for Getting Away Are Better
Than Ever Before.
Cliefoo, Nov. 30.—General Kuropatkin
is the possessor of a new 20-horse
power automobile with which he is
able to rush at high speed ‘from one
part to another of the line, twenty-five
miles long, according to M. Ravoir, who
reached here today from Mukden. M.
Ravoir said:
"The two armies lie facing each oth
er, each having three fortified lines.
Tiie soldiers live mostly in caves, be
hind their trenches, which are warm
even without fire. Tbp Russian troops
are In the best of spirits and have un
limited confidence In their leaders.
They expect Kuropatkin to attack dur
ing the winter. The Russian forces
now number 300.000 men.
“There are only a few' hundred
wounded at Mukden and 30,000 wound
ed at Harbin. I came out on the Si
berian railroad, which seemed to be do
ing its tremendous work smoothly. The
warehouses along the railroad between
Mukden and Harbin are full of supplies
which are almost untouched, as up to
the present the army has subsisted
chiefly on the country.
"The handling of the Russian artil
lery is improving, while the Japanese
artillery Are seems less effective. Or
iginally the Russians did not conceal
their artillery, which the Japanese
quickly disabled. Now the Russians
handle and conceal their guns with
perfect science.
"The belief is general at Mukden
that Port Arthur will hold out till re
lieved, no matter how' long the much
expected second Pacific squadron may
take in reaching the far east. In my
opinion Kuropatkin will never retreat
from Mukden unless defeated decisive
ly, and I think the next battle will be
a Russian victory.”
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FOUGHT FOR THREE DAYS.
Kuropatkin, However, Claims Japanese
Offensive Has Had No Effect.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 30.—Kuropatkin
under yesterday’s date, reported that
the Japanese offensive movement which
1 began the 24tb near the village of
Tsinkhetehen. on the front of the left
flank, was indecisive up to 4 p. m. the
26th, and was checked by the Russian
fire, although the lighting had then
lasted three days. The Russian troop;
are In excellent spirits.
Reforms in China.
Mukden, Nov. 30.—The viceroy of the
Chinese province of Honan is the first
to carry out the instructions of the
dowager empress of China In clothing
his soldiers In European dress and
cutting off their queues.
Great Amount of Stores "Lost.”
St. Petersburg, Nov. 30.—An an
nouncement was made today that the
zone In which the Jews can buy real
estate will be extended.
Eighty political exiles at Archangel
have already been brought back by In
terior Minister Sviatopolk-Mirsky.
About 580 still remain there.
Moscow, Nov. 2S.—People arriving
from the far east tell a remarkable
story of the mysterious disappearance
from the trunk line of 350 carloads of
stores and warm clothing belonging
to private consignees and officers.
Russians Try to Buy Ships.
London, Nov. 28.—According to a tel
egram from Liverpool, a Russian agent
recently visited several ports in ef
forts to purchase warships. All fell
through oil the questions of price and
delivery.
WILL WAIT A YEAR.
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Macedonian’s Next Revolutionary Ef
fort Will Not Be Made Till the
Spring of 1906.
London, Nov. 30.—A letter from Boris
Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader, to a
j friend in London, says it is the inten
j ,tion of the revolutionary committee to
i defer the next general rising until the
j spring of 1900, after the expiration of
I the two-year term of the Austro-Rus
! sian reforms. Sarafoff adds that the
reforms are an utter failure and that
the condition of the peasants is worse
than before the late revolution. Their
j homes have not been rebuilt and the
people are on the verge of starvation,
some of them freezing to death. The
Insurgents under Damien Grueff are
maintaining the revolutionary organi
zation, with seventy bands of ten to
fifty men each, and are collecting funds
In Macedonia for the next rising. Saraf
oil is in Bulgaria for the same purpose.
OHIO BANK FAILS.
Oberlin National Bank Loans a Wom
an $190,800 and Goes to the Wall
as a Result.
| Oberlin, O., Nov. 30.—The Oberlin
I National bank closed today. The ac
tion was taken as a result of a meet
ing of the directors yesterday.
The financial statement issued by the
bank in September showed a capital
| of $60,000, surplus $20,000, deposits
j $475,000, loans and discounts $317,000,
! oonds and real estate $135,000, due from.
I banks $126,000, cash on hand $21,000.
C. G. Beckwith is president of the in
stitution. It is generally understood
| the bank carried notes of Mrs. Cassie
| Chadwick of Cleveland to a large
! amount.
Causes Sensation in New York.
New York, Nov. 30.—A sensation has
been caused here by the bringing of a
suit by Herbert D. Newton of Brook-,
line, Mass., against Mrs. Cassie Chad
wick of Cleveland, O., for $190,S00 for
money loaned. Mrs. Chadwick is the
wife of a Cleveland physician. In ad
dition to the suit, several banks have
taken legal action to recover various
amounts which bring the total sum to
$267,800. The magnitude of the suits
and the sensational stories growing out
of the case attract much attention here.
Wants to Know the Truth.
Boston, Mas8., Nov. 30.—Houser D.
Newton, who has sued Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick of Cleveland, O., for $190,800,
Is a well-to-do business man. con-,
cerning the action against Mrs. Chad
wick he says: “I am not alone con
cerned in this matter, but I must de
cline to tell who are the other parties.
I made loans on the strength of a
statement of Mrs. Chadwick that she
was a woman of wealth and owned
securities sufficient to warrant the
loans. The promised payments were
not forthcoming and we propose to find
out whether her assertions were true.
HIT WALL STREET HARD
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: Lawson Cleaned Up a Nice Bunch Just
to Show Them He Know the
Game.
New York. Nov. 30.—Thunuis \V.
..awson has played a good joke on Wall
street. Brokers admit that they were
caught by the Boston speculator to the
tune of several hundred thousand dol
lars. Lawson sent out a circular
Wednesday entitled: "A Thanksgiving
Prayer to Wall Street.” It said in part:
'It having come to my attention dur
ing the past few days that I am load
ed to the gunwales with Amalgamated,
Sugar and Pacific Mail, to-wit: 300,
000. 80,000 and 40,000 shares respective
ly, and as the market is declining, and
I am on the point of being compelled
to ‘let go,’ in which event there will be
music to a slow and a low tune, I ear
nestly ask your assistance.
‘‘I will, in deference to the prayers of
my friends and well-wishers of 'the
street,’ dump over this line at 11 o'clock
Friday next. The favor I ask is that
‘the street’ stand by and see that I get
good prices, thereby perhaps prevent
ing the ruin of one who has been
caught tremendously short of discre
tion and mightily long of enthusiasm.”
Wall street took Mr. Lawson serious- N
ly, and believed that he Intended to
unload. The result was, when the /
market opened, everybody but Lawson
rushed to sell Copper, Sugar and Pa
cific Mail. Fully 20,000 shares of
Amalgamated were thrown on the mar
ket. which broke the stock from 78%
to 76%. Pacific Mail dropped from
45% to 42. while Sugar dropped from
149"to 147%. At once supporting or
ders were put in and within an hour all
of the stocks had recovered.
When the market closed Mr. Law
son sent a telegram to several stock
exchange houses, in which he said:
‘‘After going over my accounts I find
that the published statements that I
was loaded to the gunwales with Amal
gamated, Sugar and Pacific Mail, and
would be obliged to throw them over
hoard or he ruined, were erroneous. I
therefore hasten to withdraw my re*
-uest for assistance.”
JURY IS DISCHARGED.
Owing to Illness of Juror Dressier ire
Patterson Case Trial Is Cut
Short. .
New' York, Nov. 30.—Owing to the
serious illness of Juror Dressier, the
jury in the Nan Patterson case was
! discharged today. District Attorney
Jerome served notice on Nan Patter
son's counsel for summoning a sec
ond jury to try the case at the open
ing of the next term of court next
| Monday. The notice was accepted.
FAMOUS CASE ENDED
Colleges Will Finally Get the Millions
Left Them by Fayerweather of
New York.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The case
known as the Fayerweather wil case
was decided by the supreme court of
the United States today in favor of the
colleges. The case involves bequests of
about $2,500,000, made to twenty colleges
by the late Daniel G. Fayerweather, a
leather merchant of New York, who
died in 1890. The will was attacked by
Fayerweather's widow and two nieces,
fraud being charged. The case has
been pending many years.
TROUBLES AT ZEIGLEB
Water Pumping Station Two Miles
From the Town Is the Center of
the Late Attacks.
Carbonvllle, 111., Nov. 30.—A pumping
station nearly two miles from the
Ziegler shaft, from which water for the
town is secured was fired upon from
j ambush Saturday and Sunday nights
j and several shots exchanged. A strong
i guard has been detailed there. No
further troops have been sent to Zieg
i ler during the forenoon, but Company
1 C of this city has been ordered to lie in
I teadiness to proceed to the scene.
Springfield, HI.. Nov. 36.—Adjutant
! General Scolt this afternoon tele
j graphed Captain Galbraith, command
ing Company C, Fourth infantry, at
Carbondale, to proceed on the first
■ train to Benton for duty, thus retn
! forcing Company F, which was sent
to Benton Saturday. This action is
the result of the following dispatch /
from Sheriff Stein: >j
! “More shooting at Ziegler last night. I
i I cannot protect life and property un
less more troops are sent."
HELPING THE JEWS.
Danes Organizing to Get Them Out of
Russia and to America for a
Start.
Copenhagen. Nov. 30.—Prominent
Jews have formed an organization to
assist the Russian Jews in emigrating
to America, through the Danish ports.
Funds are being collected to facilitate
their passage and give the emigrants a
start in life cn their arrival at their
destination. It is estimated 10.000 of
these Jews have left Denmark during
the present year.