Nebraska Newspapers

    PMAQDA
SPEND 4ft HOURS IN NEBRASKA
THROWING MUD AT BRYAN.
EXERCISES HIS BOSSISM
COwhldee Republicans Into Lin
For Tho RoNwtUr-Thwnpion
. Senatorial Com bin.
Omaha, Neb., Oct . Hanna, the
keeper of the Aeah pot pf a, syndicated
presidency, after having spent forty
eight hours In Nebraska, baa returned
to bla Chicago headquarters. He la not
a speaker; he la Ignorant of matters
which really entertain.' and enlighten
the public and In language' he Is as
blunt and aa course aa he looks. x
liaana la a "secret service" man In
the Held of politics, a stave driver In
party affairs, a horsetradeT In states
manship. That is Banna's attitude' before the
public, and ha cannot teg , himself ui
so as to disguise It. His appearance,
his gestures, his talk, all, everything,
makes the well known pictures of him
true to life. ; j. ...
During his "speechmaklng" he de
clared the paramount Issue waa to "let
well enough alone." He threw more
naaty mud at Bryan during the two
days he spent In Nebraska than alt the
balance of the republican "spell-binders"
combined.
In Omaha and South Omaha the peo
pie flocked to see Mr. Hanna. All they
wanted was to look at the much ad
vertised man. He was received by great
numbers but coldly and indifferent',
nobody seemed to want to warm up to
him. A look at a distance was all suffi
cient. Even the republican officehold
ers and those trying to catch on to an
office wore an "eitcuge me If you
please" look which they flocked around
the dollar marked Individual and per
formed a disagreeable officeholders"
duty.
Senator Frye of Maine and Congress
man Dolllver's brother of Iowa ad
dressed the crowd before the star at
traction arrived. The senator" was a
rantankerous tslker In favor of playing
the great game pn a huge scale. He
was In favor of gobbling up the people,
foreign lands and about everything
else In reach. He declared himself In
favor of taking everything In sight and
keplng everything we can get our
hands on. Ho declared that Bryan's
declaration that If he was elected pres
ident that he, Bryan, would Im
mediately convene congress In extraor
dinary session and recommend giving
the Filipinos their freedom, to help
them build up a republic, and would
then trust to our friendly relations with
those people for our trade among them.
The senator said that if such a state
ment had been written by a school
boy, that such a child would be unfit
to receive an education and should
be taken out of school and hired out
to a bootblack.
Mr, Dolliver spent nearly an hour In
dulging in cheap ridicule of Mr. Bryan.
He iff a cross between a stranded circus
"clown and some miici J!;5 -cl a iz'.'.o'a
whose business it Is to make a fool
of himself In order to amuse a crowd
between acts. It was generally re
marked that It was strange that such
poor makeshifts should have been
selected to accompany the Hanna
triumphal trip through the Dakotas
and Nebraska.
Mr, Hanna did not make a speech.
That's not his card. He simply showed
himself and at this he is an expert,
and while filling that part of the pro.
gram he took occasion to say that the
country was prosperous. Bryan was a
demagogue, his followers wanted to
tear everyhlng to pieces. McKlnley
was O. K. and that well enough should
' be left alone.
Mr. Hanna and party's special train
left for Chicago at midnight Saturday
night, and It is stated on good author
ity that Edward Rosewater of Omaha
and D. E. Thompson of Lincoln are now
Ilanna's solid men fur United Slates
senators.
THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
Chicago, Oct, Ti. 10 the Democratic
flubs: In the free exercise of the rlnht
of suffrage l(-s 'be safety of tho repub
lic. Every patriot, every honest man,
Is Interested. In preserving this right at
all hazards. Will you, therefore, every
man of yotl. please report promptly to
one of us, every Instance coming to
your knowledge, of any attempt to co
erce or intimidate any voter, by nny
employer, whether a single person, a
company, or corporation, and whether
attempted by direct threat, by the pre
tense of orders received, conditioned on
the election of McKlnley, or otherwise?
Every such offender deserves, like Cain,
to be a "fugitive and a vogabnnd" ( n
the face of the earth, and the public
ought to know who they are.
JAM Eft K. JONEH,
WM, II. HEARST.
IITUATION IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 22. The fusion
forces of Douglas county were never in
setter working order. Locally they
lave nominated strong men and the
ttate ticket Is receiving the solid and
united support from lop to bottom.
All the talk to the effect that Oov
rnor Poynter will ran behind his ticket
In this county It now without founds
ilon. Boat disaffection eilsted here a
raw months ago, but It ! now all to
us Mm street alans, "tossed u."
; tcrjT iuvEs.t::3aFU3.
Cincinnati, Oct, a.-fl"welve promt
nent democrat of this city who tn
enguged In "the exportation of glnaen
to China, sometime ago commissioned
their agent in Hong Kong to aend I
messenger to the sultan of Sulu to pur
chase ten slaves under the Americas
.flag. The slaves were bought In August
and are expected In Ohio In a fort
night. ' They are boys and girls wh
will be legally adopted and educated
by prominent democrat of Hamilton
county. It was found that the sultan
had several thousand slaves, and thai
for many years past he has been a
large shipper of his victims to the Eng
lish sugar plantations In Queensland
where the poor wretches die off Ilk
flies. The last Parliamentary Blu
Book given appalling statistics of ths
death rate of the victims of the sugar
makers' greed. Rajah Brooks, the Eng
lishman who handled the bulk of ths
captives of the sultan of Sulu. It ft
ill.OOA.MO when he died a short whlla
ago, all made from the slave trade.
Mr., Bryan's slnrerttr and deyotlan
to the people's cause la shown In ths
pledge that if elected he will rot ac
cept a second terra but will turn
against the trusts the whole power of
the president and hla appointee.
Tyrants of old used weapons of steel
with which to enforce their cruel de.
mands. The trust, tyrants of today use
methods crgeler still. They do not kill
the man v who dare disobey their dire
demands. They uee their power to
starve his wife and babe. More than
50,000 men have been laid off within
the last two weeks with the threats
that If Bryan Is elected they cannot
return to work. Can such things b
and the republic endure?
FUSIOX RECORD A 6000 ONE.
Lincoln. Neb. Special.) Except In
the state treaaurer's office probably no.
where has the benefit of fusion admin
istration to the people of Nebraska been
so strikingly exemplified as In the man
agement of the state Institutions.
Frank L. Mary, chief clerk In the
governor office, has compiled a state
ment from the official records, and
sworn to Its accuracy, that constitutes
an unanswerable argument why repub
licans should not again be placed In
charge of Nebraska's penal, charitable
and educational Institutions that ai
under the control of the governor and
the .board of rubltc lands and buildings.
Mr. Mary's statement shows that for
the same period of time the compara
tive coft of maintenance of the stata
institutions of Nebraska under repub
lican and fusion rule, as shown by tha
state record, Is as follows:
2,241 Inmates under republican
rule cost 1,209,188.51
2.551 Inmates under fusion
rule cost 1.115,949. 2
$ 93.239.22
This means that under fusion rule
for an equal length of time, 410 mora
Inmates were provided for and yet the
cost of maintenance shows a net sav
ing of $93,239.22 to the stale.
The per capita cost under repub
lican rule was $564.78
While under fusion rule It was
only 437.46
Or a per capita saving of $127.32
Had the state institutions been under
i C?T!,ro' during the latter
period covered by the table the com
parison would be as follows:
2,551 inmates at $564.78 per in
mate $1,440,753.78
It did cost under fusion
economy 1,115,949.2
Saving to the taxpayers of..$ 324.804.4
Had the state Institutions covered by
the first period of the table been under
fusion rule the comparison would be as
follows:
2,141 InmateB at $564.78 per in
mate did erst $1,209,188.51
2,141 Inmates at $4.37 per In
mate would have cost :S6.601.66
Republican extravagance ..$ 272,586.61
A complete statement of both peri
ods covered by the table would show
as follows:
Cost under republican rule
would have been $2,649.942.
Cost under fusion control
would have been 2.052,651.15
Difference In favor of fusion
control $ 697,391.14
BOILED DOWN.
Cleaning up pf Galveston, Tex., Is ex
pected to be finished Inside of a week.
At a meeting of the stewards if rn(.
Jockey club of New York the license of
Jockey Spencer was revoked.
The city of IVrlln will hold a special
exposition In 1901, of Its architectural
and subway exhibits.
Mtne. Hcmbrlck sails November 24
from Cherbourg on board the American
line steamer HI. Louis, for New York.
A. W. Lee of Chicago, a Dowle dea
con, went yesterday to Mansfield, O.,
from Crestline and was at once taken
In charge by the police. f
The king of Greece made an unan
nounced visit to the United States
pavilion at the Paris exposlton and
thoroughly examined the display.
Philip Lewis, a shoe clerk in Phil
adelphia, shot and killed Rose Aden
burg and then committed suicide by
putting a bullet through his brain. Un
requltted love.
Mm. Horbrlek, with her own picked
Italian company, Including Bond and
Arlmonde, began at the Iloyal opera,
Berlin, a ten night' season with "1
Purltanl."
, At Milwaukee, Wis., Judge Neelan
rendered hi decision In tha osteopathy
rase, finding Swan A. L. Thompson, an
oateopsthy, fulltf of unlawfully
un-'nc tha title at "dootor." '
IS GUILTY.
rOUTSEV ALSO CONVICTED FOR
MURDER OF OOEBEL"
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Hanry Youteey la Daclarad a Prin
cipal In tha Mnrderof Gov
arnorCoabal. Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 22. The Jury
ti the case of Henry Youtsey, on trial
n the charge of being a principal In
the Coebel assassination, returned a
rerdlct ot guilty, and fixed the penalty
it life Imprisonment.
The trial of Toutsey Is declared to
te-without precdent in this state. He
was stricken in court early in the week
ind has since lain in a seml-uncon-K'ious
condition. The trial was post
poned for several days In the expecta
tion that he would recover, but as he
Sid not how. improvement the trial
ludge declared that the trial must pro
ceed. When the Jury was called Judge
Dantrlll asked: "Gentlemen, have you
nade a verdict?"
The foreman, K. H. McCabe, nodded
'tis head.
""Pass up the papers to the cerk,"
laid the Judge.
The sheriff passed them up and the
:lerk read the following:'
"We, the Jury, find the defendant
uiity and fix hU punishment at con
Inement to the penitentiary for life."
"Gentlemen, I that your verdict?"
isked the Judge.
"It is," was the reply.
The Jury was then discharged and
the trial was at an end.
Attorneys for the defense are pre
paring a motion for an arrest of Judg
ment which, if sustained, will postpone
the sentence of Youtsey till the next
term of court in February. It Is likely
Jury be empaneled as soon as
practicable to Inquire into Youtsey's
ianity.
The defense filed their motion for an
arrest of Judgment and Judge Cantrill
jet the time for hearing on the second
Jay of the February term. Youtsey
was taken to Frankfort Jail for safe
teeplng.
State Senator and Governor-elect
William Goebel was shot and mor
ally wounded January 30, 1900, by
lome person then unknown, who fired
'rom a window In the state house.
Contest committee declared him the
legally elected governor of the state
lanuary 30. He was sworn In as such
January 31, on his deathbed.
Governor Goebel died at 6:45 o'clock
. m., February 3. 1900.
A special grand Jury convened at
Frankfort on April 18, Indicted the
following persons for the murder:
Henry Youtsey, James Howard, Perry
Howard, Harland Whlttaker and "Tal
low Dick" Combs (coored).
Those Indicted as accessories before
the fact were: Secretary of State Caleb
Powers, Captain Charles T, "powers,
former Secretary of State Charles Fin
ley, W. H. Culton and F. Wharton
Golden.
Later a simitar imiii-tttiei.l fstritj
igalnst William S. Taylor, Goebel's re
publican opponent for governor, who
illed that office for some time before
dispossessed. Taylor has never been
arretted. .
On August 19 Caeb Powers was found
iruilty and later sentenced to the pen
itentiary. On September 29 James Howard was
found guilty of firing the fatal shot
and his punishment fixed at death by
the Jury.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
Stupborn Boar Keep On Fighting
For Thler Liberty,
London, Oct. 22. The South African
war has again spread southward. The
heaviest fatalities of the week have
been In the Orange River Colony i.ear
thj loidei of Cape Colony. Tnt- (-it-look
Is dismal for an early resumption
f farming and mining. The desolation
ilready wrought will take years to te
Iress, yet the British generals are te
turnlng. Chermslde, Hutton and Wal
fell. besides Buller, ore all enroute to
England.
loimijmc ifiKi-.llla wnfare th'. ii.'iis
jcnous social sk.iicK At Oap''wn
nd Durban Transvaal refugees th-.re
re penniless and destitute and riots
are prnbuble If they are tiot allowed to
return In a few weeks. This is Impos-!
slble as the plight of the Transvaal
Is even worse.
The British military position has ma
terially been unchanged for a month.
They hold all the keys to the positions,
but are not active enough to prevent
the l'.oers from gathering and swooping
down upon wek garrisons as the Boers
re now acting on individual Initiative
without government or without orders
from a commandant gereral.
More Iloers are under arms than a
fortnight ago and military district com.
mlslsoners have failed to gain the alle
glance of burghers, owing to hidebound
Incapacity.
FIVE DAYS OF MASSACRE.
Paris, Oct. 22. A specla dispatch
from Constantinople to the Petit Bleu
says new and frightful massacres of
Armenian have Just occurred In the
district of Dlarbeklr.
The Musselmans, It Is asserted, pH
Irtjcd. C'jt-tped and killed during l.v
lay, without Intervention of Turkish
troop.
Bight vllUgta, It la added, wart en
tirely destroyed ana burned.
WJRPHY KILLED FROM AUSH. I
Bullat Fired By a Filipino Conoeal
d In a Hut. '
San Francisco, Cal.,. Oct. 22. Among
the Invalid soldiers who arrived on the
transport Sherman is First Lieutenant,
G. W. Lee, Thirty-ninth infantry, -on
of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee,
now at Havana. He is suffering from
disease contracted In the Jungles of
southern Luzon. '
Lieutenant Lee says the Filipinos
usually shoot from ambush, aiming at
the American officers. He saw Captain
W. L. . Murphy of his regiment shot
down by natives concealed In a hut.
Five men, each of whom lost a leg
In the orient, came home on the Sher
man. They are Arthur Koslerke, Sixth
infantry, wounded at Tien Tln; Oeorg
King, Fourteenth Infantry, wounded at
Pekln; Charles Johnson, Fourteenth in
fantry, crippled at Yung Tsun; Joseph
Weir, Thirty-eventh United States vol
unteers, wounded In the Philippines,
and James Aiken, Fourteentn infantry,
injured August on the march t
Pin. . .
One of the most grievously wounded
soldiers who ever entered the Presidio
general hospital Is Private R. W.
Adams of company A, Fourteenth in
fantry, who took part in the battle ol
Tien Tsln and was one 'of the relief
column that pushed on to beleaguered
Pekin. He was wounded at Yang Tsun
by one of the British shells dropped by
mistake within the American lines. The
whole of one side of his face, his nose
and one eye were literally torn off by
a fragment of the missile.
First Lieutenant Harry F. Rethers of
the now famous Ninth Infantry regi
ment Is another arrival from China.
Accompanying htm Is his wife, the
daughter of Major Lee. who succeeded
to the command of the Ninth at the
death of Colonel Llscum.
Lieutenant Rethers has been men
tioned for gallant conduct at Tien Tain
and Pekin, and has been recommended
for a brevet. His story of the march
to Pekin shows that the men suffered
terribly from the heat, the thermometei
standing as high as 130 In the shade.
NOTICES WILL NOT END STRIKE. .
Mitchell Says th.trlkis Yat Far
From Ended.
Hazleton, Pa.. Oct. 22. President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers,
practically admitted today that if every
operator in the region were to post
notices similar to those now being
tacked up by some of the mine owners
this action would in itself proably not
end the strike.
He was asked If all the companies
were to post such notices what his next
step would be. At first he hesitated,
and then replied: "Under the condi
tions laid down by the Scranton min
ers' convention there could be no par
tial resumption of work."
When it was suggested that his reply
did not answer the question, he said:
"Well, all I will say is that If all the
companies post, notices it would cleai
up matters conslderab'y. It would re
move some of the obstacles that now
present themselves."
This Is the first public statement that
Mr. Mitchell has made bearing on a
settlement of the contest since the
operators at Scranton took their de
cided stand that the reduction of pow
der must be considered in figuring out
the advance in wages.
BULLER-'S TALE OF KRUGER.
Says "Our Dog Is On Top" and Will
All Be Friends.
Durban, Natal, Oct. 22. General
liuller, speaking before an assemblage
of the admirers here today, said:
"In 1881 I met Mr. Kruger at O'Neill's
farm near New Castle. He said; 'Gen.
eral, we don't like this peace.'
"I replied: 'Neither do I, because we
have got nothing to stand up. You
think you have beaten us, but we know
we can beat you."
"Mr. Kruger rejoined: 'Well, general,
I have seen that when two dogs fight
and are separated they are never right
until they have fought It out.'
" 'We have fought it out and have
come out on top. We shall be good
friends, because the top dog neve
takes advantage of the position.' "
FRENCH WERE THERE FIRST.
Allies Arlve At Pao'l in Fu To Find
It Already Occupied.
Tien Tsln, Oct. 22. Advices received
here from Pao Ting Fu, say the allies
found the city had been occupied by
an Independent French column on the
15th. Tho French clulm their force was
really the advance guard of the allies.
Hut the Germans and British are much
chagrined at the premature climax of
the carefully planned expedition.
Chinese rumors assert that there has
Le.'ii mull vir.ton destruction of vil
lages on the way to Pao Fu by the
Gel mans and French,
It Is understoutl that a large German
garrison will be establshed at Pao TIiir
Ku, which will probably prevent the
proposed destruction of the city.
ACIK'KS iK'TCAN IN OI'EN BOAT.
I tinta C"tv... r:o., Oct. 22. Peter
Johnson and his 12-year-old son, Peter,
arrived from Glbraltur in an open I -out
twenty-nine feet long, beam seven feet,
six Inches. They left Gibraltar with W)
gallons of water and provisions for
sixty days, and made the trip in llfty
nlne days, enconterlng no storms. The
Peter came by the Canaries, norlh coast
of San Domingo, Porto ltlco and Cuba,
lumliiw first f.t Loi u Grande, the mouiij
of the harbor. Uoth mariners are ir
good health and spirit.
WEYLER HEARD FROM.
Madrid, Oct. 22. General Weyler, th
former captain general of Cuba, hai
been appointed captain general of Mad-
I rid.
AN ALLIANCE
ENGLAND AND GERMANY COME
TO AN ACREEMANT.
WILL PROTECT CHINA
Belief Expreeaed ThatUnlted States
Will Fall In Line and Aid
Thler Purpose.
London, Oct. 22. It Is announced
that the warship in reeerve at Port-
mouth have been provisioned so a to
be ready to sail at a moment's notice.
This la In execution of instructions
from the admiralty to all the warships
In Portsmouth harbor ordinarily held
In reserve ready to be mobilized In case
of hostilities. This is the first time that
provisions have ever in this way been
put aboard the ships waiting In re
serve. London, Oct. 22. Germany and Eng
land have formed an alliance to main
tain territorial Integrity of China and
to keep ports open.
The terms of this agreement, which
was arrived at October 16, between
Lord Salisbury and Count von Hatz
feldt, German ambassador to England,
are ofllcially given out as follows:
"The German government and her
British majesty's government being de
siroua to maintain their Interests In
China and their rights under existing
treaties, have agreed to observe the
following principles regarding a mutual
policy in China:
"Firstly It is a matter of joint per
manent International Interest that the
ports on the rivers and lltteral of China
should remain free and open to trade
and to every other legitimate form of
economic activity for the people of all
countries, without distinction; and the
two governments agree on their part
to uphold the same for all Chinese ter
ritory as far aa they can exercise in
fluence. "Secondly Both governments agree
that they will not on their part make
use of the present complication to ob
tain for themselves and territorial ad
vantage In Chinese dominion, and will
direct their policy toward maintaining
undiminished the territorial condition
af the Chinese empire.
"Thirdly In case of another power
making use of the complications In
China In order to obtain under any
form whatever such territorial advan
tages, the two contracting parties re
terve to themselves the right to come
to a preliminary understanding regard
;ng the evenutual step to be taken for
the protection of their own Interests
!n China.
"Fourthly The two governments vill
jommunicate this agreement to the
Hher powers Interested, especially
Austria, Hungary, France, Italy,
Japan, Russia and the United States,
snd invite them to accept the prim:l
pies recorded in it."
The agreement between Great Britain
nd Germany to maintain the territor
ial integrity of China, while it savors
pf independent action and would doubt,
jess be adhered to despite the protest
of any other power, Is not looked upon
here as forming an obstacle to the
presr??" of negotiations upon the basis
laid down In the last French note, or
Indeed on any propositions which will
Infringe on the principles ot the Anmlo.
German contract.
That the United States will follow
suit is taken here as a foregone con
clusion, while the British foreign office
expects Japan and hopes France will
do the same.
Russia, however, is a difficult factor
In the matter, but it is not believed
she will stand out against the world,
sspclally in the face of such a patent
agressive alliance as announced this
morning.
FIND A POT OF 60LD.
Treasure Burled By British Soldiers
Discovered.
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 22. A pot of
English gold, believed to have been
buried Just before the battle of King's
mountain by the British troops, has
been unearthed in York county. It was
burjed on the banks of King's creek,
and it was along that route' the British
marched. A negro tenant of R. L. Wal
lace, a large landowner In York county,
built a pig pen on the banks of this
stream and confined therein some long
nosed rooters, accustomed to dig for
their food.
On going to the pen to feed the pigs,
the man noticed the earth had been
upturned and the glint of metal at
tracted his eye, lie got Into the p.?n
and picked up a handful of o-gulnea
pieces. On digging down he found a
big Iron pot containing coin." All was
In gold of 1 to 5 guineas, and all the
pleceH bore dates prior to 177."). N. ( stt
mate of the value of the find can be
ascertained.
LAUREL IS SWEPT BY FIRE.
Laurel, Neb., Oct. 22. This town was
Visited by the largest conflagration
ever known In this vicinity, and as
the town Is without fire protection and
the flames still pouring from burning
buildings, the end cannot yet be told.
At present the buildings ocruphd by
Hansen's harness shop, the Park hot-il
and Mlttleslat's lumber yard, Everett
ft Walle's brick block and Foulln'n
drug store are heaps of smoldering,
ashes.
Hong Kong. Oct. 22. The Chinese
here say October 23 Is the day ap
pointed for the destruction of the mis
sions In Hwang Tung province.
MANY Ktt&USES OO.
Account of Maeeacree Which
. curred In Shan si.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 22. The tat
department ha received a
from the consul at Che Foo, under i
of September , transmitting aa ac
count, based on apparently trustworthy
Information from Chinese scoutrce, ef
the massacre of missionaries In
Si province.
According to the account, on Jul
some 300 Boxer Drone into ine
pound at Usiac Yi Uslen, where :
Whltechurch and Searell of the Chtoeee
inland mission were living alone, aatf
brutally murdered both women.
The next massacre occurred at the
fission station of Independent workers
at Sheo Yang, where there were at the
time Mr. and Mr. T. W P-ggott aw
son, Mr. Robinson. Miss Duvalt an
two daughter of Rev. E. R. Atwater
of Tenchow Fu. These person were
driven from their home Into the asoaw-
tains and later arrested and taken Into-
Talyuen apd presumably killed. Br
June 29 most of the foreign house- at
Tayuen had been burned and Mies Ceo-
mos killed. On July the following; psc
sons, with about forty native Chris
tians, were killed by the order ot the?
governor: . Mr- HtoKe ana wue, ear.
Bey nop and wife and three children:;
Mr. Farthing,. wife and three children;
Dr. Lovett, wife and one child; Mr.
Whltehouae and wife, Mr. Simpson and
wife. Dr. Miller Wilson and wile at
Ping Yang Fu.
The following day ten Roman Cath
olics (French) were killed: Mr. and
Mrs. Dixon, Mr. and Mr. McCurran,
and a single, man and woman (names
unknown), who were stationed at the
English Baptist mission at Hsln Chou
are said to have escaped on horseback
Into the mountains.
The mission of lue American board1 ,
at Tai Ku was attacked on July 31 and
Mr. F. W. Davis, Mr. O. D. William.
Mr. D. H. Clapp and wife and Misses
Rowena Bird end Susan Partridge wera
killed. One hundred native Christians
were killed at the same time.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Atwater and two
children, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Price an.dK
son of the American board mission, at
Fen Crow Fu, and Mr. and Mrs. Laa
gren, Miss Eldred of the Swedish ls
slon at Fen Chow Fu, were sent towardV
the coaat by the authorities on August
15. When a short distance from Fen
Chow Fu they were killed by soldier.
It Is also reported that three Swedish
missionaries at Yung Ning Chou were
sent away and have not been heardW
from since and that live women at
Chler Hsiu Ssien made an effort to es
cape. Miss French and Miss Palmer are re
ported to have fled to Hung Tune;
Hslen. On August 25 there were twenty
foreigners safe In Chong Tien, among;
whom were Mr. Griffith, wife and
child; Dr. Brown and wife, B. C
Bishop, three priests and five nan,
five railway men (one French, tare
Italians and one Belgian). .,
DIAMOND THIEF WITH A CROP.
Hindoo Thief ' Open Up a New
Field For Thief.
London, Oct. 22. A new and startling
resource for diamond thieves Is fur
nished by Surgeon General Biddte, who
reports the extraordinary case of a,
Hindoo who recently made away with
a diamond valued at $50,000 from Cal
cutta Jewelers. He was taken into
custody instantly and kept under ob
servation ror aays, out mere was no
trace of the diamond, which he waa
suspected of having swallowed. Roent
gen rays were applied and revealed a
foreign body in the throat, which could)
not be dislodged until the culprit as
sisted under threats of severe corporal
punishment. He then explained that
his throat has been especially pre
pared for diamond thievery. An arti
ficial dilation of the pharynx wa3 pro
duced by swallowing and bringing up
several times dally a large leaden bul
let until a pouch was made similar t
the crop of birds.
OVER A HUNDRED SUFFER.
Cold Hunters Forced To Subsist
On Roots and Berrlea.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 22. Mining Re
corder Burwash is down from the Clear
creek finds with E. B. Scroggle. Scrog
gie says that 100 stampeders from Daw
son lest their way In the hills while
crossing the bridge from Dominion
creek and great sufferings were expe
rienced by a number. Many were with
out food other than that picked up.
such aa terries and roots and what
they could shoot, for about two weeks.
Frank Slavln, the pugilist, was among
them. It Is not thought that they lost
their lives. Many, though, were in rags
and in an emaciated condition when
they reached their destination. Re.
ports of the finds are very favorable.
KENTUCKY RETURNS TO PORT.
JS'ew York, Oct. 22. The battleship
Kentucky, which sailed for China at
2 p. m., returned to the government
anchorage at 6 o'clock this evening.
owing to accident to her turret. Soon
after the Kentucky passed the light
ship 'the thirteen inch gun were
tested, The turrets stuck and could not
be turned back to tholr proper posi
tions. The ship T.-a? stopped, and after
some time had been spent in trying to
remedy the trouble, It was decided to
return to port and have the turrtU
overhauled.
REBELLION GAINS STRENGTH.
Canton, Oct. 22. The rebellion h
gathering strength along the East river
end the official here are prpartnT tt
defend the city.
The acting viceroy and other oOo
lala subscribed t evera hundred SoUara
for the relief of. the OhrtsUaa