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- 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able time thereafter, have withdrawn,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.
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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
