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' J .iur.oin. AU-c Scldcjel suite fapiuT News Hei Ei ALB PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. DECEMBER 11, 1900. THE NEWS. Establsbed Not. 5. 1891. 'consolidated J.n. 1.1SH5, TUK UfcKALD. Established April 10. 1864 f WEE - VOL. X, NO. JO. NEELY'S CASE HOW UP Supreme Court Faces One of the Problems Raised by the War With Spain. CASE AGAINST UNCLE SAM STATED Senate Puts in Some More Time on the Ilay-I'auncefote Treaty Washington Miscellany. Washington. Dec. 11. The Neely extradition case was argued jeste:dny in the supreme court. All tin judges were present. The argument will de velop interesting and !miottant ques tions of law with reference to the right of the United States to extn.die a fugitive criminal in the absence of an extradition treaty, and eqHcIaIly with reference to the right of the pres ident (since the ratiticat o'i of th ir a:y of I'siris to maintain a military fo:in of government in the island of Cul a. The latrer featuie will bring up for linal decision by the supreme court the constitutional relations between this country and the territorial acquisitions which it Ikis gained as a result of the Spanish-American war. Tin- Ne; ly case refers exclusively to the charac ter of these relations so far as the Island of Cuba is concerned. Argument Presented tor Neely. John I. Lindsay, of the Ni w York bar. oeiied tire airguinent for Needy. He claimed that there existed in Culn prioi to our intervention a Cuban re public. This republic, he argued, the I 'nlted Stats recognized on April Jit r. 1?, when it passed a jo'm resolution signed by the president, which declared that the teople of the isand of Cuba are. and of right ought to be, free and in-dependent. He claimed that the United Stutes did not make war against the Cuban republic thus r cog nized, but was its ally, and that there fore the success of the American army did not mean that Cuba was con quered, but that the Spanish troops were driven out of the territory of a friendly ally. He contended, there fore, that when the treaty of Paris was ratified tle war ceased, and as no war had lcen declared against the Cuban republic, all further justifica tion under the war-making power to o-cupy Cuba ceased, ami the pn sident should, immediately upon the ratifica tion of five treaty, or within a reason able time thereafter, have withdrawn, the army. Oar Presence In.Cuba FnlawTnl. lie claimed, therefore, that the In stitution and maintenance by the presi dent of a military government in Cuba was and Is without authority under in ternational law. and in flagrant con travention of the constitution of the United States. He further urged that such military government was uncon stitutional, as it was essentially a prosecution of war against the Cuban republic, and as congress alone had the authority to declare war against the Cuban republic the control of Cuba ty the president as commander-in-chief was a virtual prosecution of war without the authority of congress. He denied that such government could be Justified under the war power, as the war power has no existence except in time of war, when the war is author ize! by congress, and that the presi dent could not use the national forces for the purpose of governing Cuba. Trial Without a Jury. He relied especially upon the case of ex parte Milligan. ne argued final ly that in any event, as the trial In the Cuban courts is without a grand Jury or a petit Jury, Neely could not be tried before them without violation of the sixth, seventh and eighth amend ments to the constitution. OAV-PAl'SCEFOTE IN THE SENATE Teller Won I1 Ignore Kntlrely the Clayton Itulwer ConTention. Washington, Dec. 11. The senate epeut almost five hours yesterday in executive session considering the Hay Paunoefote treaty. There were five or six speeches made. Morgan returned to his former speech, elaborating some what his position as to the effect of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. He took Issue with Teller as to the purport of the first clause of that treaty. Teller replied at some length, and elaborated his views upon the general subject, de claring that the United States should construct the canal, if at all, regard less of the English position and with out going through the formality of ratifying the ieudiiig treaty. Stewart announced that he was for the treaty wiihout amendment, and .Money that he was against the treaty In any form. He wanted the canal built as much as any senator could, he said, but he considered the pending treaty little less than an insult to the intelligence of the American people. He had no doubt that if proper dip lomatieefforts should be made it would te possible to secure the complete abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and tliat was what he wanted. There also should be new conventions between the United States and both Nicaragua and Costa Rica, giving abso lute control of the waterway to this country. He wanted no partnerships with any country in ownership or management of the canal when built. The possibility of Secretary Hay resigning in case the foreign relations committee amendment to the treaty should prevail having been alluded to, Frye said lie was in position to make official denial of that report. The sec retary had no such Intention. Frye announced that deny the effect of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as much as we may it still is on the international rec ords of this country and is given more or less recognition by every adminis tration that has to deal with the ques tion of the construction of an isthmian canal. Chandler asked Frye to make Sec retary Hay's position with reference to resigning public, but the Maine sen ator ileolineil sarins' that he w nnl authoried to make the statement to the senate. Chandler retorted that to do that was equivalent to giving it to the public, and the senate then lapsed into & discussion of the ways in which their executive secrets get into the newspapers. Senate and House in BrleC Washington, Dec. 11. Towne, the recently appointed successor to the late Senator Davis, of Minnesota, at tended yesterday's session of the sen ate and took the oath of office. No business of Importance was transacted In open session, the senate going Into secret session on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as soon as routine business had been concluded. ine nrsx or tne gnat supply hirs. the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation, was passed by the house yesterday in record time. The bill carries JS24.490.30S and has 131 pages, but there was less,than ten minutes debate ' upon it. No other business was tran acted. ." " Minority Wants $70,000,000 Deducted Washington. Dec. 11. The view of the minority inemlters of the-wnys and means committee of the biir reducing war revenue taxes about $40,000,000, were completed and made public yes terday signed by the entire Demo cratic membership of the committee. The report says that the minority , is of the opinion that the proposed reduc tion of revenues Is too e-mail and that the reduction should le Jf70,Ooo,OCO. Illinois Naval Militia All Right. Washington, Dec. 11. Commander Southerland, in charge of the naval militia affairs of the navy department, has returned from Chicago, where he made the annual inspection of the Illi nois naval militia, battalion at the re quest of fhe covernor of that state. There were about 3.10 men readv for 1 insjecrion, and Southerland will re port that the organiaztion was foumf to be in admirable condition In almost every resect. Will Stand by the Bill. Washington, Dec. 11. The Repub lican house caucus on the war revenue reduction lrill decided las might by a large majority to stand by the bill as now drawn and reported by the Trays and means committee. There were alout 100 members present and the vote to support the bill as now framed stood GS ayes to 20 nays. NEARLY READY TO LEAVE. Prisoners Removed to a New Jail in the Nick of Time. Oshkosh Wis., Dec. 11. Traces of an attempt of prisoners to escape was found when a party of men were look ing over the old Jail jesterday morn ing. The prisoners were removed to the new jail last week and it would appear that had they been given but a few hours' more time in the old one there would have been no. tenants to remove to the new structure. A flagstone had leen removed and the men had dug a tunnel twelve feet long to the outer foundation wall. It is estimated that two hours uninter rupted work would have enabled the prisoners to escape. There are several desperate charactrs in the jail, among them two charged with highway rob bery and two with burglary. Situation on the Santa Fe. Chicago. Dec. 11. The Santa Fe railway is still on the strike list with trains running with more or less punct uality on all its lines. The railway offi cials continue to declare the strike on Its last legs, and the strike leaders re ply that there can be but one result victory for the men. Reports from different points show a different state of affairs some being to the effect that few trains are running and those behind time: others that all trains are running and all on time. Pre shvterian Revision Committee. Washington, Dec. 11. The Fresby- j terian revision committee unanimous- ly agreed 'to recommend to the gen- : eral assembly that some revision or j change be made in our confessional statements. Substantial, but not final. agreement was reached as to the metl- j od of prepaiing changes embodying both revision and surplemental state- j ments, but the determining of the whole matter was deferred to a sub sequent meeting." FEDERATION OF LABOR Will Co-Operate with the W. C. T. 17. on Co-Operatlve Terms. Louisville, Dec. 10. The greater por tion of the afternoon session Saturday was taken up by the formal presenta tion of Fratenal Delegates John Wier. general secreatry of the Fifeshire Min ers' association, of Scotland Pete Cur? ran, chairman of the General Federa tion of Trade unions, of Great Britain, and David A. Carey, of fhe Canadian Trades' Union Council, and a short re sponse by President Oompers. A resolution was adopted in response to the greteing of the W. C. T. U. at Washington, that the federation accept the good will of that body and "ex tend hearty co-operation in the good work in which they are engaged," and asking that the W. C. T. U. In turn manifest sympathy with organized la bor by giving patronage to union labels in every trade. . General Harrison Gray Otis was "bit terly scored, because, as alleged, he was desirous of being appointed sec retary of war. and in that office -would try to erect forts near all large cities to be used against laboring men. A lively fight will be precipitated in the convention between the ma chinists and printers. 'Some time since the International Machinists union asked the machinists who work at the Linotype machines to resign from the International Typographical Union and join the machinists. The Typrographic al Union had in the meantime passed a law compelling the machinists as well as the oierarors to join their un ion. They resisted the request of the machinists. The latter have now in troduced a resolution demanding that the machinists affiliate with the regu lar machinists union. DOES TWO YEARS IN PRISON. Because a Scoundrel Who Stole a Horse' Had a Grim Humor. Alto Tass. Ills., 'Dec. 10. reter Trexler, aged 23, a native cf this place, has just returned home after a two years' sojourn In a Missouri state's' prison. He was sent there on a charge of horse stealing. He says he was in nocent. His story Js, that while walk ing from a poir.t where he had teen working to Cape Girardean, on nis way home, he was overtaken! by a stranger riding one horse and loading another. Trexler gladly accepted an invita tion to ride, and at the ct: anger's sug gestion rode ahead, expecting to 1 soon overtaken by his new companion, who alleged he had some business to transact. Trexler says that he saw no more of the "good Samaritan." but was overtaken by officers- looking for a horse and a horse thief, and that they Identified the horse on which he was riding as the stolen animal, and as he was a stranger he could not prove his innocence. , Illinois Pionee"r" bu. Winchester, Ills., Dec. 6. Hon. E. G. Miner died Tuesday night at the age of 92. Miner M as born in Brat ford, Vt.. came to Illinois In 1S32 and settled In Scott county, where he had resided ever since. He had held many offices of trust. GENERAL AND COUNT German Comment on the- Un pleasantness Between Chaf fee and Von Waldersee. SOMETHING GEEMANY IS LEARNING That Your Uncle Samnel Is a Diplo mat With a Diploma Chamber lain Defends Himself. . Berlin, Dec. 11. It is now dawning upon the German press and public that Hay, the American secretary of state, has secured an out-and-out diplomatic victory-in obliging" the powers, Ger many Included, to yield to his argu ments in favor of more moderate terms In the preliminary Joint note to the Chinese peace plenipotentiaries. This clearly denned defeat is especially bit ter here, because Emperor William (had set his heart on imposing the most humiliating conditions upon the Chi nese and thus emphasizing Germany's power in their eyes. Chaffee and Von Waldersee. The German government has not taken official notice of General Chaf fee's letter to Count von Waldersee complaining of the removal of the astronomical instruments from the wall of Peking and the return of the letter to the American commander "on account of its tone." Only a few of the papers print the Incident In their news columns. The Yossisehe Zeit ung remarks: "Whatever the cause General Chaffee had in no case a right to use such rough language in a let ter to the commander-in-chief." The Berliner Tageblatt observes: "We must, of course, reserve a definite Judg ment until reliable German . reports have been received. Whoever knows, however, of the generally acknowl edged diplomatic tact of Count von Waldersee will not doubt that he would not have employed such a brusque procedure without the strongest kind of provocation." Connt Would Establish Harmony. London, Iec. 11. "Count von Waldersee is forming an international commission under a German presi dent." says the Peking correspondent of The Morning Post, "to establish harmonious civil administration, and for the collection of taxes and cus toms, witli other duties. The Chinese representative is Cthing Ilin, governor of Peking. This action is intended to prevent friction and to prepare the way for th transfer of the adminis tration of the city on the return of the Chinese court." Ah Sin Had Gone Slad. A Chinese blue book has leen is sued devoted eiclusively to the dis patches of Sir Claude MacDonald, for mer British minister at I'ekiug, from May 2S to Sept. 20 and consisting largely of the history of the siege of the legations. "The Chinese govern ment became so influenced by the pre tentions of the boxers to suiei natural powers," says Sir Claude, "as actually to believe that It could safety dofy the rest of the world. Iii fact the gov ernment became mad." Among the curious incidents mentioned is ore of a ' Swedish missionary who escaped to the Chinese and gave them a deal of valuable information. CHAMBERLAIN IN FRONT AGAIN. Replies Vigorously to Those Who Attack 11 is Personal Honor. i London, Dec. 11. During the de .bate in the commons yesterday D. Lloyd-George, Radical, brought to gether a series of accusations against Chamberlain that had been figuring in the newspapers, and moved that no member of the government ought to have adirect or indirect interest in concerns competing for government contracts. After various speeches for and against the resolution. Chamber lain replied: "It is my personal honor that is involved In this question, and I think it hard, after twenty-five years of life in the full light of parlia ment, to have to stand up and explain that I am not a scandalous thief. These attacks are monstrous and absurd. I took no notice of the charges during the election, although there had been a conspiracy of -insinuation. "I had been charged -with fattening on the profits of a war I had provoked. Of all the companies mentioned I hold shares in two. My relations intend to take legal proceedings, and the pub lic will see how these abominable charges will be dealt with by the courts. My relations are all business men and have had to make their own fortunes. I come of a family which boasts nothing of distinguished birth or in herlted wealth, but has an un broken record for nearly two centuries of unstained commercial integrity. Never during the whole course of my political career have I been asked to use my Influence to secure pecuniary gain for myself or my relations." Chamberlain exclaimed, amid minis terial cheers: "Is it not hard to have to deal with such rubbish as this? When all Is reckoned up perhaps my Indirect interest in government con tracts is a few pounds or even shil lings. And yet the house of commons is called upon to pass a solemn reso lution which will not strike me but will be a self-denying ordinance for many members who do not anticipate that result.! ' " In an eloquent peroration the colon ial secretary declared tliat the attacks had not Injured him, but had given pain to a numler of private Individ uals. Those -who bad made them, he asserted, bad introduced into public life unworthy methods and had made it morg- difficult for honorable and sensitive men toj serve the country, ne wn loudly cheered as he resumed bis seat, and Lloyd-George's motion was rejected by a vote of 209 to 127. Balfour, the government leader, then moved the closure.' which was carried hv 2Ti3 vote nsr.licst IS and the nrl- tress le rhe wirone was adopted by 2C" votes against 23. There'll Be Knn in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Dee. 11. The servant girls of Minneapolis, are being organ ized into a nnlon by the Trades and Labor Conuc'l. Already a large num ber of the women have agreed to be come members, and It Is believed that nearly .all will join. Six Month In Jail for Bigamy. Lafayette. Ind., Dee. 0. William Cottrell, on trial here on a charge of bigamy, has been found guilty by a Jury, which awarded him six months In the county jalL HE HAD TO BE THERE. How Be mil Made the Trip from Boston to the Empire City: New Haven, Conn., Dec. 11. A. M. Bemis, said to be a Boston broker connected with the Standard Oil com pany, traveled from Boston to New York Saturday morning in the fastest time on record. Bemis received a telegram late Friday night which made his presence In New York at noon Sat urday worth many thousands of dol lars to him. It was too late to get to the metropolis by any of the regular trains, so Bemis hired a special train, consisting of arf engine and two cars, from the New York,-New Haven and Hartford railroad. He left Boston at G o'clock a. m. on Saturday. His special was whirled over the New England tracks to Wil limantie and then over the Air Line to New nave. At 10:23 o'clock a. m. Bemls reached New York, having made the run In four hours and twenty-five minutes and having broken the record between New York and Boston by thirty-five minutes. The best previ ous record was held by the Bay State limited, which is one of the record breaking trains of the country. Bemis paid the New Haven road $.100 for his tlsket. He distributed $73 ntore amons the train crew to show that he appreciated their efforts In his behalf. He remarked as he left the train that the trip would have been cheap to him at ten times that price. WIL.l"M0VE TO CHICAGO. Because It Costs Too Much to Pay Michl ' gan Taxes, They Say. Manistee. STTch., Dec. 11. Robert R. Blacker and Charles J. Canfield, may or of this city, announce that they will J remove to Chicago immediately, hav j ing purchased residences In that city. I They are wealthy lumbermen and I Chief heirs to the estate of the late John Canfield. They claim that taxes are too high here and that they will save $35,000 a year by getting out of Michigan. John Canfield left an es tate valued at several millions of dol- i lars, hut the two lumbermen are wealthy in their own right. The newly created state tax com- i mission raised Manistee's assessed valuation by $.100,000, the most of which fell on the Canfield estate. Among other assets the estate owned $250,000 In gilt-edged municipal bonds netting from 3 to 4 per cent. These were assessed at full valuation and the tax amounts to one-half of the net Income. Other Michigan people who are wealthy, it is said, will shortly re move from the state because of , al leged high taxation. Several have al ready gone to WUndsor, Can., Just across from Detroit, to escape taxes. Captured the Town Watchman. Kalkaska, Mich.. Dec. 11. Night Watchman narry Sherwood, while making his rounds, was held up by two men with revolvers and his hands placed In his own bracelets. The men then took him In custody and along with them. They then entered C. Kryger's dry goods store, drilled Into the safe and got ready to blow ft open, but for some rer.xn gave up the Job. . After looting the money drawer of some small change they took their prisoner to Price's hardware store, where they secured several revolvers, then locked Sherwood. still handcuffed, In a shed In the rearand decamped. BETROTHED TO A PRISONER. News of His Arrest Makes His Sweetheart Hysterical. Racine, Wis., Dec. 8. Joseph Alles (alias Fisher), who was taken to Pon tlac. Ills., by the sheriff from that place, to stand trial for the alleged murder of Earl Hanna, was to have married Miss Tena Render, a waitress itt the Merchants' hotel in this city. Miss Render was not informed of Al les' arrest until after the prisoner had been taken "om the city, Alles hav ing requesteu the sheriff not to have word sent to the young lady, also ask ing that he be taken out of town as soon as possible. When Miss Remler did learn of her lover's plight she became hysterical and her condition is quite serious. There are circumstances connected vith the case which make her story a pitiful one. Her parents live in the northern part of the state. Modt'l Farm Near Beioit. Beloit. Wis., Dec. 8. Work Is progressing rapidly at the model Mor gan farm near this city. The cement house has been enclosed and the re mainder of the work can be finished during the winter. The steam boil ers are in place and the heat and hot water service is ready for use. The engine room will be equipped with ma chinery, so that repairs of all kinds can be readily made. Another Operation for Reed. ' New York, Dec. 8. Roland Reed, the actor, is again ill in St. Luke's hospital. He will again undergo an op eration for the stomach trouble "borught on by an acute attack of ap pendicitis a year or more ago. This will be the third operation. Reed is very 111. and the family, according to the statement made at the hospital, despair of his recovery. New Public School Study. Minneapolis. Dec. 8. The study of agriculture Is to be introduced into the Minneapolis schools, if the plans of several members of the oard of edu cation prevail. The work Is to be con ducted under special supervision of teachers skilled in educating children in the art of tilling the soil. NEWS FACTS IN UT LINE. Miners at Trimble, O., thawed out some dynamite, and now two of them are Mind. It Is reported that "Young Jim" Blaine, whose first matrimonial exper ience wasi a failure, is to marry Rear Admiral Hichborn's daughter Mar garet. All the railway brotherhoods deny that they are going to help the teleg raphers in their strike on the Santa Ye, other than by symapthy. Vernon county. Wis., has offered a bounty of SO cents for each rattlesnake killed in that county. ' Roland Reed, the actor, is Improving and may recover from his third dan gerous operation in one year. The czars condition is reported to he normal. The Jury has taken in hand the case of Jessie Morrison, charged with the murder of Mrs. Castle at Eldorado, Kas. The official vote in Montana shows: Bryan, 37,140; McKinley, 25,373; Debs, 708. EIGHT MEN CO DOWN With the Barge Charles Foster, When She Goes to the Bot tom in Lake Erie. NO CHANGE TO SAVE THEMSELVES Vessel Just Dives Into a Sea and Is Gone in an Instant Other Fatal Mishaps. Cleveland. Dec. 10. A special to riaindealer from Erie. Pa., says: In the" midst of one of the most bitter gales that ever swept Lake Erie the Iron ore barge Charles Foster, in tow of the Iron Duke, went to the bottom at 4 a. m. yesterday ten miles off Erie, and eight persons were drowned as follows: Captain John Bridge, of Cleveland; first mate and second mate, names unknown; teamen Robert Wood and William Kelly, of Port Austin, Mich.; cook, Mrs. May, of Detroit; two unknown deckhands. The Charles Foster was one of the fleet of James Corrigan, of Cleveland, and for two months had been running from Duluth to Erie with iron ore. Her cargo consisted of 1,500 tons of ore. Went Down Head Firt. Captain Ashley, of the Iron Duke, made Erie in safety. In an interview he said: "The Foster was in tow about GOO feet astern. I was up all night and there were three men on watch with me. The seas were rolling tre mendously from the northwest, and the gale carried with it a blinding snow storm. We made the 'harbor light all right. When we turned for the har bor a sea much heavier than any other experienced struck us. I ran to the stern. Just as I got there the Foster plunged in an awful sea and dove down nose first. There was not a cry from a soul of the crew of eiglit she carried. Just as she pitched dorwn I saw a man on her forecastle with a lantern. The tow line parted -when she went down. The storm was so heavy that I could not put about to hunt for any one." Could Not Explain the Disaster. When asked for an opinion as to the cause of the sinking of the Foster Captain Ashley said that he could not tell. "Apparently everything was all right aboard her until she took that fatal dip. There had not lxen a single signal of distress from her up to that time." There are eighty to 100 feet of water where the wreck occurred, and there Is little hope of every being able to locate the place. The Foster was valued at SlO.ooO. but there was no insurance as it lapsed Dec. 1. The cargo was not Insured. The life-saving crew took a trip out yesterday, but could find no traces of wreckages tUCOMOTlVK HITS A STREET CAR. One Man Killed and a Woman aud Baby Seriously Hurt. Pittsburg, Dee. 10. The Cumber land accommodation for Pittsburg on the Baltimore and Ohio road Saturday night crashed into a United Traction car tilled with people at Rankin. One man was killed outright, his wife so badly hurt that she can hardly recov er, his baby was seriously injured and a score of other passengers were badly hurt. The dead man is Daniel Toomey, a chain-maker, of Rankin. The child was found clasped in the father's arms with the 'mother's body across them. The injured are: Antonio Colletta, of Rankin, serious; Antonio Long, of Rankin, head and body mangled; Pat rick Gavigan, conductor of the trac tion car, arm and leg broken: Mrs. W. I. Marshall and two small children woman seriously, children slightly, in jured; Harry McGimm, seriously; Mrs. King and baby, James Ridge. Ten or twelve other passengers were taken into houses near by and cared for. Their injuries are, not known. Mrs. Toomey was restored to con sciousness yesterday, but her recovery Is hardly possible. The other injured persons are impi'oving except Mrs. W. T. Marshall, of Allegheny, who is still In a critical condition. The cause of the accident was novel. The conductor had gone ahead to see that the crossing was safe and found a drunken man asleep right on the crossing of the railway and street car tracks. When awakened the drunken man took offense and refused to move or be disturbed and had to be dragged off the track: when the conductor sig naled for the street car to come on, forgetting, in the excitement caused by the struggle with the drunken man, to look for coining locomotives. r Philadelphia, Dec. 10. Twenty per sons were injured Saturday in an ac cident on the Pennsylvania railroad at Grays Ferry station, in West, Phila delphia. An empty moxcar Jumped the track and damaged several of the passenger coaches on the express train which leaves Washington at 11 p. m. for New York. Miss Emma Dough erty of Chester had both legs broken and is in a critical condition, and Miss Ella Little, also of Chester, was dan gerously Injured. BICYCLIST VIES VERT TRAGICALLY Attempting a Diving- Ftat He Lights on His Head on the Tank's Edge, New York, Dec. 10.. Joseph D. Stark, 23 years old, met a tragic, death Saturday afternoon in the Twenty-second Regiment armory. Stark, With a number of others, was participating In an amateur circus being conducted for the benefit of the regiment., .Stark's act was to ride a bicycle up an in cline 200 feet long and 35 feet high at its end. and then, dropping the tdcycle into a net, jump into a tank of water thirty-five away. The "water was three feet deep. There was a large crowd present. Stark mounted his blcve.le and ned alled it rapidly up the incline. Just before reaching the end of the incline he Jumped from the seat and then jumped towards the tank, the bicycle In the meantime falling into the net. Instead of falling directly Into the cen ter of the tank Stark struck the fur ther edge of it head-first, and then fell tnto the tank, apparently lifeless. Mem bers of the regiment Jumped in and quickly had Stark out of the water, but death had already taken place. ni3 head had been crushed In. Resulted in Three Deaths. Chattanooga, Dec. 10. A freight wreck Saturday night on the Southern railway, three miles south of Sanford, Tenn.. resulted in the death of Con- uucior juaviu ij. uiove ana two un known tramps. Thirty-two cars got loose on a grade and ran into an en gine that was aiding in pulling on the track two derailed cars. Hand Car Strikes a Rock. Phllippi, W. Va., Dec. 10. Eleven men on a hand car were entering a cut on the Berryburg railroad yester day when the car struck a rock and rolled over an embankment. The in jured are: John O'Hara, will die; O. J. Oliver, John Howard. John Mason and John Dougherty, seriously Injured. STRIKE ON THE SANTA FE. Most of the Telegraphers Quit Their Keys Both Sides Finn. Chicago, Dec. 10. Most of the tele graph operators on the lines of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail way system went on a strike late Sat urday in support of the strike inaugu rated on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe division last Thursday. I 'resident E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison road, when he learned of the strike of the main line operators, said: "These men having broken their contract and left our employ without cause and without notice, will not le re-employed. This action was taken not withstanding the fact that the com pany made a contract with the opera tors in service on the Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe proper July 1, and with those in service on the lines west of Albuquerque. Nov. 15 last, under the terms of which they lound them selves, through their organiaztion. to give th.ecompan ythirty days notice of any dissatisfaction." The notice was not given. "Rule 30 Is not violated by the men refusing to work." said a union officer. "This rule only applies when a revision of the schedule is desired, when the gen eral chairman gives thirty days no tice. It would le fallacy to presume that we would have to give the com pany thirty days' notice before we would stop working and not require thirty days' notice from them. We are not striking for a revision of our schedule." Both sides are firm, and both are claiming a victory. The company Is running its trains' by tele phone, letter and other devices and employing men wherever It can find them to take the strikers' places. The strikers say the company cannot get the men. Trains are late at all points heard from at this writing. UNION MEN INDIGNANT. Because the -snta Fe Is Trying to Fill the Places nf Strikers. " Indiana'tolis, Dee. 10. George D. Avery, of Chicago, and H. II. Sothern, of the Santa Fe railroad, are here to engage telegraphers to take the places of striking operators. When it was learned in loctil railway organizations that this was the purpose of the men. who advertised In all of the daily pa pers for telegraphers, there was much indignation, and a committee was ap pointed at once to visit the hotel and remain there to intercept applicants while the agents are in the city. The committee states that no In timidation will be employed, but that an explanation of the situation In the southwest, from the union standpoint, will be made Avery says that men who are employed understand the situation, and that no deception is being prac tical. Mistook Him for a Thug. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 10. Marion Stew art, a druggist who shot Dennis Sul livan, aged 73, mistaking the old man for a robber. Friday night, has not been arrested and will not even be prosecuted for carrying concealed weapons. -Sullivan will recover unless blood poison sets in. The old man ap proached Stewart in the dark an ac cident having put out the street lights in such a manner as to give Stewart reason to believe him to be a hold-up. College Scrap at Minneapolis. tr f! s. tU her child with her whe-nlil.il. inn.'iijr was denied as to her own child. GUILTY OF THREEMURDERS. One of the Accused Is to Hang Soon, the Other in Prison. Mattoon. Ills., Dec. 10. From pict ures and descriptions sent to Charles Cohenour, slate's attorney of Kossuth county, la., the authorities have identi fied John Owens (alias Radcllffe) and William Dailey as the parties wanted for the murder of August Carlson and James Gravison, two members of a grading gang who were shot and killed on a freight train near Algona. Ia., Sept. 4. 1900, their pockets rifled of valuables and their bodies thrown from the train. Owens pleaded guilty a few days ago to killing James Hogue on a Big Four freight between this city and Terre Haute, anjd was sentenced to 'foe hanged at Paris, Feb. 21, 1901. His accomplice, Dailey, has been sentenced to a term of forty years in the peni tentiary. An effort is being made to secure a confession of the former crime from Owens before his execution. Puts Tod in a Hole. San Francisco. Dec. 10. President Thomas II. Williams, of the California Jockey club, has sent a cablegram to England, regarding the status of the case of Jockey Tod Sloan. "If the re ports from London to the effect that Sloan will lie refused a license by the English Jockey club next year are true," Williams said. "I will not allow him to ride at the Oakland track." Manley Visits ihe President. Washington. Dec. 10. Hon. Joseph Manley. of Maine, who was offered the otHce of commissioner of internal rev enue, made vacant by the death of Gecrg W. Wilson, called on the presi dent Saturday. Manley has been elected speaker of the house in the I Maine legislature, and j,t is understood he feels It incumbent on him to serve j out the present term, which runs till next ApriL ALL AGREED BUT ONE Great Britain Is Tardy Coming into Line on That Joint Note to China. CHAFFEE'S LETTER C01IE3 BACK Von Waldersee Objected to Its "Tone? Dutch Government Gives Kru ger the Marble Heart. Peking, Dec. 10. All the foreign en voys except Sir Ernest Mason Satow, the British minister, have, received ln structious from their governments agreeing to the joint note proiosed at the last meeting. Another meeting Mill probably be called for tomorrow. Should the British minister have re ceived his instructions to sign the joint note by that time, communica tion will be Immediately oitened with Irince Cuing and LI "ilung Chang. v1k are in daily touc h with rhe court by the Chinese telegraph. Prinee Ching says Emperor Kwang Su is ready to return as soon as assured that negotiations will allow him to come U'ider conditions consonaut with his dignity and safety. The removal of General Tung Fu 1 1 slang from the command of the Chinese forces sur rounding the court is considered by the foeign envoys to le a very Impor taut step, as showing the real desire of the government to come to terms. His banishment Indicates that the court recognizes the exepdiency of obeying the demands of the jowers. ChafVee Offended Von Walderee. London. lHc. 10. "General Chaffee wrote a letter to Count von Walder see," says the Peking correspondent of The Morning Post, "complaining of the removal by French and German troops of the astronomical instruments from the wall of Peking, but the let ter was returned to him on account of its tone. He has notified the forelgu envoys that all irsons are prohibited passing the American guard on enter ing the south gate of the palace, owing to the frequent cases of looting. The ministers are offended at this Individ ual assumption of authority. Yeng Lu, who is now acting as the adviser of the Chinese court, enjoys the favor of the empress dowager, and Is form ing regiments which may le trusted to defend the court. I am Informed that the execution of Yu Hsien Is cer tain whenever the envoys demand it." Next Thing in the Proceedings. Washington. Dec. 10. The next Im portant step in the Chinese situation will 1h the formal presentation to the Chinese plenipotentiaries of the agree ment arrived at letw-en the reprsent atives of the powers at Peking for reparation for the Boxer outrages. The agreement Is simply a statement of the terms upon which the powers will ne gotiate with China for final settle ment arrived at between the represent oflieials as a matter of form. The negotiations for final settlement will come later after tl) Cliin-rse have been given a reasonable ojvportunity for the consideration of the conditions laid down by the powers. The complete agreement deciphered from the code Is now in the hands of the president, but will not be made public for awhile. DUTCH GOVERNMENT "IS CORRECT. Disavows Some Warm Words Written to Kruger Letter from the Cur. The Hague. Dec. 10. The govern ment of the Netherlands has instructed the Dutch minister in London. Baron Van Goltstein van Oldenaller, to dis avow in the name of the government all responsibility for the letter ad dressed to Kruger by the president of he first chamber of the states general, vr. A. Van Naamen van Fo nines', ap- oving nis -nonie purpose ' ana ex essing a hope that the independence the two Dutch republics would he cured. Saturday Queen Wilhelmina re ived the Boer leader, but without e ceremony usually paid to the chief a state. It Is explained that this as because he is traveling Incognito. n official of the court accompanied e Boer ex-president from the Hotel s Indes to the royal palace on the bordeine In a state carriage. The in- rview with the queen lasted fifteen inutes. London. Dec. 10. "Mr. Kruger re ived a message from the czar Fri- hy nlgit," says the correspondent of le Times at The Hague, "it was uched in verv friendly terms, but the let that Its existence has been kept 'close secret is sutficient to Indicate Its author's intention to abstain from any active steps friendlv to Interven t.on. The czar naturally pleads his illness as a sufficient excuse for not interfering. Mr. Kruger. when cheered by the crowd on his return from the carliedral yesterday. turned and Toundly rebuked those near him for such a desecration of the Sabbeth." The Ha cme. Dec. 10. Kruger at tended religious service yesterday morning at the cathedral, and the con gregation sang the Boer anthem as he withdrew. After the service he con ferred with Dr. Gleichman. president of the second chamber. Ctilago's Pet Stork show. Chicago. Dec. 1". Arrangement have been completed for the annual poultry, pigeon, cat and dog show, to be given under the joint auspices of the National Fancier's association, the Chi"a"o IVt Doe club and the Beres ford Cat cltiK -T;tn. 21 to 2 Inclusive. More than ?M.o0 in cash prizes, in addition to many valuable specials, will le given for the exhibit, which will be held in the Coliseum. Mrs. McLean Is Dead. Washington. Dec. 10. Mrs. Mary L. McLean, the mother of John R. Mc Lean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, died here at her residence at 1:30 a. m. yesetrday of acute heart affection. She had beeu ill since Friday last and from the first attack her life was de spaired of. Mrs. McLean was the wid ow of the late Washington McLean, proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and was in her 72d year. Can Work for the Glass Trnsc. rittslmrg. Dec. 10. Pittsburg as sembly No. 30O. K. of L., the new or ganization of the independent window glass workers, in session here, has or dered the withdrawal of the 10 per cent, assessment on the wages of the men, and also granted permission to idle cutters and flatteners to work in the plant of the American Window Glass company without being classed as non-union men