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ffiiOIS BURvJED FIERCE VENGENCE VISITED tJP UM A HUMAN FIEND. A TERRIBLE PENALTY. Is Burned at the Stake Near Lake Station, Where Ha Murdered Little Louise Frost. IJmon, Colo., Nov. 19. Spec lai, -Chained to a railroad rail, set firmly ii I ln ground, on the exact spot ill fiendish crime was committed, IVeston l"orter, Jr., ir as he was f. uiliarly known, John I'orlw, paid a trrible penally for hi ded. It ua 'Z3 o'clock when the father of the nurdered girl touched the match to :ne fuel which had been idled around he negro and twenty minutes letter u -nnvuliive shudder tild that life was txtlnct. What agony the doomed boy mfTered while the flame shriveled up eh could only be guessed from the ; -rrlble contortions of his face ami the wles he gave from time to time. The executioners who numbered loout 3oO cltls- ns of Lincoln county 5 id not the least semblance of the .-dlnary mob. Their every act w;ge de liberate und during all the prepara t ons a well an throughout the suffer .ugs ottllie n- gro hardly an unnetcs ary word was spoken. Grimly they -tood In a circle about the fire until (he body was entirely consumed and then quickly they took their way baik to LJmon from whence they depart d for their homes shortly nfieiaiu. Kerosene oil was applied to the wood, and after a brief paus Richard W. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated body was found one week ago on that very spot, ppHed a match. For a moment but a little flickering- flame a roue. Then the. ill blawul up, sparks flew Into the air, and the wood began to crackle. Al most instantly the negro's trousers aught firs. Even though the flesh must have beeu scorched he did not utter a sound. The flanvs crept up ward on his clothing, the sparks Hew up In a cloud of pale smoke. Porter turne bis head and a frightful expr' s--.ion changed his face. With a sudd-n convulsive tugging he stretched his head as far from the rapidly Increasing flames as possible and uttered a cry f pain. "Oh, my Ood, lot me go tnei. I've got something more to tell you. Please let .me. go. Oh, my Ood, my kitL" In terrible screeches these words, the first he had uttered aloud, came from the negro. A terrible tugging at the chains, a succession of awful groans and screams, the negro's awful agony v as at last breaking down his suljen composure. Not an oath escaped him, but he begged and pleaded to be shot. Suddenly the rope holding his hands hurr d through. Then the arms, head ind shoulders slipped through thy . haina. For an instant the body stood erect, the arms were mined in suppli cation while burning pieces of clothing irofiped from them. The body then f-11 away from the tire, the head lower than the feet, still tautened to the rail. ThiB was not ex pected and for a few minutes those stolid men were disconeer'.T''. they feared that the only remaining chain would give way. If this had occurred the partly burrf d human being would have dashed among them in his blazing garments. And not many would have cared to capture him an gin. But the haln held fai-t. The body was thin in such a position that only the legs were In the Ore. The cries of the wretch were redoubled and he again begged to bo shot. Some wonted to throw him over into the lire, others tried to dash wll upon him. Boards w re carried and a lurge pile made over the prostrate body. They rendered, the victim un conscious, bringing death a few min utes later. This terrible ceremony, out 1 upon the rolling prairie, concluded tlx second tragedy upon that spot, the tot rlble avenging of the first. Through the entire affair but UU1 was said. As they hnd calmly prepared for the avenging, so the people of the eastern part of the slat's carried out their Plan coolly and deliberately. There was not a hitch In the entire proceeding. Not a weapon was drawn, there was no angry discussion. Aft'r the fire hnd burrKd low they told each other good night and they went home. They did nut tnI' to discuss the affair. The train bearing the negro in cus tody of Sheriff Freeman and his depu ties, arrive In Utnon at 3:45 p. m. The cars were crowded with newspaper re porters and people who were curious to see the negro executed. K. W. Frort, the murdered girl s father, was one of the passengers. When the train stopped sixteen men who had been selected by the vigilance committee entered the train and demanded the prisoner from the sheriff. Their every u t was marked by calmness and determination. Th officer protested In the name of the law and asked the men to allow him to lake his prisoner to the county Jnll at Hugo, but his protests were disre garded. One man carried a rope of which had been formed a hangman's noose. This was ulipped over the ne gro's neok. It was at first announced that the negro wss to bo executed by hanging. Many, Including the father f Um negro's victim, protested that awe death would b too easy and It worthy UfMd to ts the Method gf UM outrage laum. derided upon burning at tfts stake, The train was then allowed te proceed and at I-aki- Hta'lon, about litres miles ri"m Llmon and near the nurno of tht negro's crime, the party left the train ami begun preparations for the deed of veng anie. Suggestions of mutlm.- j lion before burning were made but Mr. Trust declared against it. Wugons were dispatched fur Wood and upon their return a score of meu assisted in preparing it for the tire. When at last preparations were com pleted a further delay was mads be tauH'; It was known many were enroute from Huso and other parts of the county to take part In the afTalr. It had been announced that t."0 o'clock should be the hour f fir starting the fire but It was nearly an huar later when the word was finally given. The negro had since' Ms confession b-ii devoting every moment of day light to the perusal of a bible given him by the Denver Jailer. Even while waiting for his execution he sat by a bonflie reading from the Gospel of St. Luke. Just b- fore he was tied to the stake', ui'!i a request for souvenirs, the boy tore the leaves from the bible and distributed them among his execu tioners. KRUGER HAS SOME REVELATIONS. .New York. Nov. 19 David Davitt, M. P., has cabled from Paris to the Journal and Advertiser in part as fol lows: "It is a unique testimony to the great Individuality of President Kruger that his voyage to Kurope is watched with more intense Interest by the conti nental press than Is the progress of the war in China. The daily calcula tions of the speed of the Gelderluod with Its illustrious passenger have twa main Inspirations, namely, curiosity t.s to what the Indomitable president may say for his people and against Kn land when he lands at Marseilles, and the probable elTect of this upon the at titude of the European powers, and the military policy of the British in the further prosecution of the war. "All speculation agicti upon ! points: There are to be great revela tions, In one well-informed quarter It is asserted Mr. Chamberlain will soon have an opportunity of reading private letters found In Johannesburg that will place the active complicity of the colo nial office In the Jameson raid beyor.J further dispute. Proof will alKo be ad duced that Kruger purchased the am munition for the Boer armies from Bir mingham firms in which the family arid friends of the colonial secretary have a large Interest." The Cclderland will stop at Port Said only to receive dispatches and will pro ceed In a few hours to arrive on the 19th. Kruger is not likely to publish any statement until counseling the members of the filter government al ready In Kurope, all of whom will meet him on landing. Mr. Kruger remains secluded In bis cabin. Ills health Is pood. A delegate of the Marvellleg reception committee boarded the GeliU-rland here, but the eventual destination of the warship will be unknown until she ar rives at Port Suld, where she will coal. Mr. Kruger reo-ived an ovation et the German port of Dar-Es-8alaam. CORN CROP NEAR THE AVERA6E. Washington, R. C, Nov. 19. -Tbe pre liminary estimate of the average ylelc per acre In com In 1900, as published in the forthcoming monthly report ol the statlsticau cf th? department of agriculture. Is 10.3 bushels, as compared with an average yield of 25.31 bushels In ISM. and a ten-year average of 24.1 bushels. The indicated yield per acre In Ohio is 37 bushels. In Indiana and jo. I" Illinois 37. In Missouri 28. In Kansas 19 and In Nebraska 26 busn els. The average as to quality is 85.f per cent, as compared with S7.2 per cent last year. It is estimated that 4 t per cent of the corn crop of 1S99 was still In the hands of fanners on No vember 1, 1900. as compared with 5.9 per cent of the crop of In farm ers' hands on November 1, 1MW. The preliminary estimate of the av. rage yield per acre of buckwheat Is 15 bushels, against an average yield of 16.6S bushels In lfftW and a ten-yeur average of 16.8 bushels. The average as to quality is M.2 per cent. The preliminary estimate of the ov- rage yield icr acre of potatoes is 8'i.S iiishels. against an average yield of iS.63 bushels In 1S0 and a ten-year it srage of 76.8 bush' Is. The average us to quality is 88.1 per cent, against 91.4 per cent In November last. The preliminary estimate of the av erage yield per acre of hay Is LIS tons, against on nvrage yield of 1.S5 tons In 1SH9 and a ten-year average of 1.23 tons. The average as to quality Is S3." per cent, against !3.8 per cent In No vember last. An estimate of the wheat crop will he Issued ns soon as the Individual farm returns are available. This will be no! later than December 10. PLAN BIO STEAMSHIP TRUST. Baltimore,' Md., Nov. 19. The Inter national Navigation company, which operates the American and Ked 8ldr lines, will be the buyer In the absorp tion and combination of ocean steam ship lines now being negotiated, Alex ander Urown of thu banking house of Drown A Sons, (innnclng the great deal, said: "It Is true that a deal Is pend ing, but I am not at liberty to give out any Information at the present time." , . It was learned that the Atlnntlc Transport company will be absorbed by the new concern. The price to he paid Atlantic Trunsport stockholders Is 1300 a share, payment to be made In new securities. The Pacific Mall Steamship company, which operate steamships between Kan Francisco and Japan and Ren Francisco anJJ South aa4 Central America, ts Included In tbtdeal PRICES 60 oon GRAIN PRICES WFAKEN BECAUSE OP OVER-PROUUCTION. (RUST GOODS GO UP. Like the Coons and Negro Trap, the Farmers Are Caught a Comin' and a Coin'. Chicago, 111.. Nov. 20. Jrain markets (lad a setback at the opening. Corn weakened under the crop estimate of 1,K)7,00,WO bushels and wheat reacted because of lower LI veroool cables an'J better Argentine crop news. From 724'72c at close Thursday December wheat opened at ' 72V4 &72T' and sold at 71 c. on early trades. December corn was around iiSc lust night fiid sold at 35ty2ittR the morning. Docem Vr oats held at 21Ti22c. January pork '.ost 12V4c, selling at $11.7itf'U..70. Larj nd ribs lost S cents same month. Corn traders expressed little surprise it the government estimate on total corn yield as based on average p r acre. Yield wus put at 25.3 bushels per f.cre, which Is over the average for ten tears. The total crop is figured at 2, 107,0(10,000 bushels, the largest since the record breaker of liS, when the yield reached about 2,3OO,tKO,0OO bushels. The higher average condition is due to bet ter condition than expected in the southern states. The six big surplus states show yield of 1,385,000,000 bush els, 30,000,000 over 1899 and 250,000,000 over 1S98. For the Immediate future the low reserves of old corn 4 4 p?r cn.t partly offsets the large estimate on the new crop. This with the poor grading and limited movement of corn to' mar ket considering the price no doubt caused Liverpool to be quoted higher. More definite report from Northwest mi Miller states positively that Dan vers, th Argentine correspondent, now claims that recent storms were local and that prospect of good wheat crop improve dally. Liverpool futures were ',f';d higher. Local grain receipts were 143 cars wheat, 327 corn, 95 oats. Hogs were called 25.000 and steady. Leading grain receipts gave but four cars contract wheat, four cars corn, eight oats. Weekly shipments from Argentine were but 204.0OV bushels wheat, compared with 840,000 last year. Corn shipments SM.uOO, last year 1,216,000. AN IMMENSE LUMBER TRUST. Baltimore, Nov. 19. A mammoth con solidation of lumber companies prob ably v. Ill be announced within a week or ten days. Fourteen companks ;it least are to be included In the consol idation, If the plans do not miscarry, and several others, making perhaps a total of twenty, are expected to he added. A list of the cororatlon8 now inter ested In the negotiations, and includ ing the largest of them. Is as follows: Atlantic Coast Lumber company of Georgetown, S. C.;. i lining Lumbu company of Kdenton, N. C; Camp Luiiiher company of Franklin, Vu ; Cape Fear Lumber company of Wil mington, N. C; Georgia Manufacturing company of Suffolk, Va.;. Greenlouf Johnson company of Norfolk, Va.; E. K. Jackson vu. of ffuwilsswa D. C: Kouuoke Hallrood and Lumber com pany of Norfolk, Va.; Kopcr Lumber company of Norfolk, Va.; Suffolk Saw mill company of Suffolk, Va.; Surrey Lumber company of ftultlmore; Tunis Lumb.r company of llaltlmore; W. W , Tunis lirothers Lumber company of Norfolk, Va.. and the Virginia Sawmill company of Norfolk, Va. It Is said the deal Is the result of a meeting held in this cliy prior to the election. Among those who participated in this conference wrc August l'.cl mont of the New York banking firm, Charles K. Flint, Dr. J. O. While and ioseph Aneibach of New York, and representatives of nearly all the com panies named above. After this confec :nce the pnijy proceeded to Norfolk Mid Inspected the plants of some of the umber companion. Conferences liue since beeu held in Mew York, und the negotiations have, it is suld, practically reached a suc cessful termination. It Is understood ihnt all the capital necessary to secure the consolidation will lr forthcoming, lind that the I'.elmontg will finance the Ileal, the total value of the various plants being about 25,000.000. Mr. Auerboch Is to uttend the legal side 'J the proposition. TRUSTS FLAY THEIR RIVALS. Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 19. It was earned the soil pipe trust Is endeavor ing to force the Chnttanooga Pipe und Foundry company out of business. The lalt r company the past year has erected a mammoth plant In this city, giving employment to about 100 men The company Is composed of Chatta nooga capitalists and their plant is the most complete of the kind in the Uni ted Suites. It Is bellcv d that IU company will eventually be forced to terms, as the .'rust Is selling soil pipe In this terrltci-y below what It cost the Chattanooga company to buy pig '.run. The wheelbarrow trust Is also trying to Intimidate the Chattanooga Wheel barrow factory by threatening to re duM ttV) price of wheelbarrows in this etrf Itory; u v"' : " ' ' " ' ' IOWA FAILS TO ELECT THIS YEAR, Ixs Moines, la., Nov. IB. AMorneyi l.itve dlscovtred a new and serious i suit of the defect In the eoiislltut)ouu amendment v. iilch Iowa peopl adopt, d lust week prosldlng for biennial elee. lions. Through the adoption of Hit amendment, which extend, d the tenui of officers whose terms would otherwise expire in January for an addition1 year, it Is now belli v-.d that the people failed of eluding any stale, enmity ol township tickets on November 6, ex cepting the electoral and judicial candi dates and those to till vacancl-s. Not only e-annot the officers who seem tc have been elected take their seats a year from January, as provided by th-. amendment, bin not at all, because tsc election Has invalidated, and the In cumbent ulllccrs will hold not only dur ing the additional year guaranteed by th-.- amendment, but during still an other, because the ticket just elected was illegally elected and the amend ment abolishes all elections until 1903. This situation is more alarming than any other complication which has arisen out of the amendment muddle. It Is argued by those supporting tlilj position that the amendment and the ticket vot d for were diametrically contradictory. The people could not vote for an affirmative and a negative of a proposition simultaneously, they say, and It Is an absurdity to say that they accomplished by their votes for of ficials what they specifically voted not to accomplish by adopting the amend ment. Attorneys say that, granting thai the people voted for the nominees first and elected them, by adopting the con stitutional amendment afterward th'y repealed their first action and to all intents and purposes abolished the offi cial tenure of the officials they had elected and legislated the successful candidates out of office before they had beeu seated. It follows, attorneys say, that the of ficials who appear to have been elected November 6 were, In fact, not elected at all. They had no legal existence. The nann ui. the ballot were placed thc-re through an error. The only l?gal thing to have done, plainly was to have submitted the constitutional amend ment alone with the candidates lor such offices as-txptre December 31 and for such offices as were newly created or in which there were vacancies, such as elector, etc. Then. If the pi-oplu adopted the amendment, they would have continued In office for another year specifically the present set of of ficials, and who, therefore, would havs served for two additional years be cause the amendment abolished the election of 1901. There are no newly elected state offi cers, county officers, township officers, etc., except the electors and Judges. The amendment has abolished the elec tion of 1901. Therefore It appears that the Incumbents in the office's for which candidates were on the ticket Novem ber 8 will serve for one additional yeaf because the amendment guarantee that, and for still an additional yeaf because there is no election In 1901 and their successors cannot be el.cted an qualified before January, 1903: ACCESS TO THE SEA VITAL. Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 19. In a lec turn before the University of Michigan Engineering soedtty Lyman E. Cooley the Chicago engineer, said: "Eventually the Interior cities of th country will be sappeel of their trad! unless the- sea can be brought to the! doors. Cheaper means of transporta tion and an independent sea footlnf must be given those cities. Chicago for example, will have to get upon ar !r.d pcndei.1 basis, entirely free frorr New York. The opening ef a throuRr deep sea way from the lakes to the ocean will accomplish this. Also e barge course from the Mississippi rivet will accomplish this. The veinlng ol livers throughout the country alsc offers equal facilities for other clUei in gaining a through waterwny to the sea. The cost of opening up the whole country In this way will t:- from II. 000,000,000 to Jl, 500.000,000, but th? re sults will be greater than from an equa; amount spent on railroads." WIN WEALTH ON HANNA'S TIP. WIN WKALTH ON HANNA'S TIP New York, Nov. 19. Kvery republi can leader of any prominence through out the e-ountry got th: tip about four weeks ago from Mark Hanna that Pacific Mall v.ns a "gooel thing" and that It should be bought for a rise of 20 points. When the tip was sent out Pacific Mall was selling at 3IVs. After election the stock was advanced to 57, and at that ptice tlv politicians began to realize. The insider divided sev eral millions among them, th'ir profit ranging from 100,OCO to 5O0,0W. The significance of this stock dcai Is ''contained In the fnct that f-nntor Hanna, spokesman of the administra tion, declared In emphatic terms In on Interview Juct after election that the most Important measure' which the re publican party would concern itself with In congress was the subsidy bill, which, Senator Hanna said, would he taken up Immediately and pushed through to nn early vote. I:IG PRICK FOK EXCHANGR SEAT New York, Nov. 19. A seat on the New York Stock exchange wss sold for 4fi,R00. which Is the record for a Stock Kxchangc membership. This price Is $1,500 In advance nf the ninourt realised on th' Inst sent sold. The $16, 500 mark show nn advance of about tl 1,500 over the omount paid for a rest some two months aw, which was r ported to have been disposed of for SS,Q004 .tyi-eral months ago a seat was sold for )41.G, BIG WAR FEARED CAIN A IS PREPARING FOR A RE NEWAL OF WAR. SITUATION DANGEROUS The Military Situation Is Becoming Dangerous While Allies Act Indecisively. St. Petersburg. Nov. 19. Despite the fact that the Russian minister to China Is co-operating in the peace negotia tions, the most Influential Journals ap parently regret that the United States governmc-nt has not withdrawn from the concert of the powers. The Novoe Vremya says it cannot believe that real progress has been made and it. declares that the propo sitions formulated are Indecisive and ure necessarily merely preliminary, be cause they contain demunds that China cannrft fulfill on account of her pov erty. Moreover, says the Novoe Vremya, the military situation is becoming more dangerous. The French will probably be compelled to return to Indo-Chlna, where revolutionary agents are active. All China Is waiting a word from the ;mperor to begin a desperate war. The director of the Oriental institute it Vladivostoe'k. pronounces the loss -if the Chinese libraries at Pekln and Tien Tsin by fire as irreparable, as they contained numerous precious manu scripts on the subject of Chinese dy nasties. Shanghai, Thursday, Oct. 11. From Pekln to Shanghai it is next to impos sible e. meet ar European or American who has resided any length of time in China but who believes that the real trouble has not really commenced. They bitterly reproach the powers for not being more severe in their measures, particularly for not absolutely destroy ing the Forbidden City, at Pekln. Old residents of Tien Tsin, Chee Foo and Shanghai say it was a grave blunder that will in the near future cause the loss of thousands of lives and the de struction of much property. It is a well authenticated fact thai bardly a Chinaman outside the prov ince of Chi Li believes the allies have had any success at alL Papers are sold in Shanghai, giving as graphic details ef the alleged capture of Ad miral Seymour, General Chaffee and others as any of the wonderful stories that emanated from the Shanghai liar a few months age, describing the butchery of the ministers and thelr famllles, which were so freely pub lished in all the European and Ameri can papers. Not only are the details given at full length, but pictures are also published, showing the admiral and several generals with carques around their necks, being tried before the native judges. Two Chinamen were beheaded re cently in Shanghai fe.r publishing "wil ful slenders and malicious falsehoods" In stating that Pekln had fallen into the hands of the allies and that the jmpress dowager and the empress had Hod. The most serious part of the whole tffair is considered to be the fact that ths Chinese judges themselves believed the men were really lying. The presence of firelgn troops in ShShal is not objected to, because It means that an immense amount of money is bring spent there and If any thing Is worrying the Chinese store keepers it is that some day soon th" "evar-vlctorlous army" of the "Son of Heaven" will come and drive the "for rign devils" out, a consummation that frcm one peiint of view, they devoutly hope for. but, from financial considera tions, they would rather have post poned for the present. It is an acknowledged fo.ct that the Chinese as a raoe are Indifferent to pain and practically careless with re gard to human life, either their own 5r that of others. It is also a fact that the same time a seeming contra diction, that heretofore the Chinese have, not shown themselves brave In battle, at least not when it begins to e,o against them, acting on the princi ple that "he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day." The white people In this part of China ?iy Chi LI is but a v.'ry small part ot the country; only one province of eighteen and but of medium size In population, and that If It took as many men as It did to subdue Chi LI, whut will It take when the wheile country rises as It Is ripe to do? . The removnl of the empress dow ager and the court recently from Shun PI to flhen PI Is looked uiion by foreign merchants, missionaries and even by most of the converts, as a danger and a m.mace. A merchant who ha heen thirty years In China told a correspond ent that It was a place almost Im possible for foreign troops to reach, If they so desired, anil the only feasible way was to go about 000 miles up tin fang Tse river and then JoO miles by land. If this were attempted, however, :hey would hDve to fight the grcnter snrt of the way. He believes that the empress dowager liss a hold oil the sltup.t'ou und Is only udeavorlng to make terms In tho inme of 'he emperrir, Just to gnln time ind trusts thnt In the meanwhile some A the powers may Ret to fightiru, imont themselves. Ihc Argentine Ilepublie exported only fcU.106 bales Ol wool last year, a; Igalnst J7.4S 1 ISn. south mn ka::et cra , i South Omaha, Nee., No. 17, I Live Slock rteport Kurnlshed by ths Fbuo Commission Co. nf South l iruaha. Neb. The past week has been one of dis appointment to dealers in the yards at well as those in tbe country, Keoetptt have shown a very heavy Incresa from last wit, the bulk ot It natl stuff and a great part of It the kin that dealers do not take kindly to. In the steer line there has not been a very marked fluctation, the choice cattle selling on the close of the wees at just about the same figure as tue have all the week. On the half faf and medium kinds there has been a slight decline but It would not amount to over 10 to 15 cejits. There are a great many cattle coming whU has had corn but not enough to make them at all good and buyers are not taking them except as a lost resort. The cow market was in good shsjx the early part of the week, but os Wednesday there was a break an prices have declined steadily since thai lime. Good cows and heifers have ol course suffered the least decline ane" are not over 10 to 15 cents lower. Th medium and common kinds are being quoted as fully 25 cents lower and soms of the very poor ernes are still lowei than that and can hardly be dispose of at all. There has not been much life to tu stocker and feeder trade and all gradci show a decline from the prices paid la week. Good heavy weight cattle ha declined 10 to 15 cents, while the lighi and meidium weight stuff is hard t dispose of at a 25 cents decline. Calvet have suffered more than any other Mn4 and show a decline of 50 cents front last week and 75 cents two weeks age There is not very much country de mand for any kind of cattle and thli has made yard traders corresponding! f backward about doing business. The hog market has shown reai activity this week advancing and do dining rapidly from day to day an finally closing at Just about tbe san prices as the opening of the week. Os Monday the market advanced 10 eenta but on Tuesday and Wednesday It de clined about 1 cents, then on Thurs, day It advanced fully 15 cent and es Biday 5 to 10 cents more was addetl but today buyers were able to tak off about 10 cents, which leaves tl market Just where It was on the clos Monday, but still about 10 cents hlffhsj than on the cloBe of a week ago. LOSES HIS COLLEGE CHAIR. San Francisco, Nov. IS. Er. E. A, Ross, head of the department of eco nomics at Stanford university and ens of the strongest men of the faculty, has resigned from the university. Dr. Koss issued a statement In which he chai-got that Mrs. Stanford forced him out be c;aus of his strong anti-Chinese views Prof. Ross delivered a lecture to working-men in this city In May last In which he pointed out the danger ot oriental Immigration, taking the ground is an economist that the Chinese, as they could "underlivtf the Caucasians, would debase labor. Mrs. Stanford Is a large employer of Chinese and tek exception to his statements. At an other time the professor spoke oa job lie utilities and predicted tmutlcfpeJ ownership of street railway, Hn. Stanford is heavily interested In street railways in this city. Dr. Ross came to Stanford university from Indiana State university. Ias summer he lectured at the Chfcaga university's summer school. WILL STAY WITH McKINLEV. wasningtoti, nuv. Prc"!'?nt Sf fs Kinley announced clearly and force fully to the members of his cabinet his desire that they should alt remain with him during the four years of his foming administration. His wtehes were made kne.-n in an extee.de nech at the cabinet meeting In the white house. Responses were made by ill of the members present, and while tin-re were no definite pledgee frwm iny of them that I hey would accept the portfolios thus tendered afresh, there was on the other hand no deflirita declination. The proceedings s-t forth the wishes of the president in the matter and re lieves the mem'odrs of the cabinet ef the customary obligation of tendering their . resignations at the end of the term, unless they have made an Irre vocable decision that It will be lmpos. slide for thelm to continue In olHoe. BRITISH COPY AFTER WEYLEI. Durban, Nov. ID. The Natal Mercury reports that among the measure te he idoptcd In order to pacify the Boere is the reconcentrado plan of Lord Itob- ?rts. Lord Kitchener boa dectdedj te take this step, owing to the dlfflenttis of dealing with the armed Boors while hampered by tho civilian population In the outlying districts. Pltmifonteln, Nov. 18. The Boers heavily attarked the railroad at BdJen burg, NovenilM'f 15. It Is reported that the Hocrs were completely cut up. One report has It that frvonty-flv of the ! arty were killed or wounded. TO LET OUT SALESMEN. Now Brunswick. N. J., Nov. It. Jan uary 1 this el'r will receive Its Bret Installment nf the prosperity" prem ised nfter th" election of McKlnlsy. After that date the Norfolk and Mtw Brunswick Hosiery company, ehsVh has a big plant here, will dispense with all Its traveling salesmen. The company has decided to aS Na ood through a whoksalt howM'l New York Instead c by
