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WANTS A BIG LOAN AGUIrMLDO BLANCHES OUT AS A FINAN CIER. ISLANDS IN NEED OF HELP TREASURY DEPLETED AND CURRENCY TROUBLESOME. PETITION OF AGUINALDO Comes Forth From Heilrem 1 1 Tor the Sak of His Country- Proposes Creation of Philippine Kank. Washington, Jan , 21. Secretary Root today transmitter to the smite and house copies of a petition received by him, through Governor Taft, fr m Aguinaldo, the late Insurgent lcadrr In the Philippines. The petition t Agulna'nu sa fn part: "Profoundly impressed by the sor rows and calamities which afflict my people, and beating in mind the frond Intentions which have lnspiied the acts of the civil commission. I have taken heart to present a project of a purely ecooomic character, which in my opinion, would reu edy, If not completely, at least in great part, the precarious situation Id which we all Und ourselves. "I propose to the honorable civil commission to obtain from congress United States treasury loan of twenty million dollars, gold, In cash, and tso a credit of eighty million d 'liars, gold, which will guarantee the issue of paper to serve as money In the Islands. This sum shall he used for the development and im piemeent oof Philippine agriculture nd shall be paid within twenty aears, the payments being made in three Installments at the end of ten, fif een and twenty years respectively, and at the rate of twenty-five million at the end of the lirst period, which wouUt cancel so much of the credit, and twenty-live million at the end of the two remaining periods. Tho amount of credit would not be taken ut of the United Slates treasury like the loan, and both would be with out interest, and could never be transferred to any other foreign na tion. "When the loan and credit was ap proved and the above mentioned sum lie re in the Philippines, a bank would be opened which could be LQIltu i.jiai.i.a t'l juiii.1 lid rlcultural Philippine Bank. and which fchould be under tire inspection and supervision of the Insular govern- ue merit. "After tho civil commission had dictated the proper regulations and established all the necissary safe-! guards for the security and stability; of the bank, the bank w uld begin; to operate, making available for the1 agi iculturists such soms as they1 should usk fur, in compliance with the necessary formalities, at an an nual maximum'of 4 per cent, payable semi-annually. "From the $100,000,000 capital will be subtracted 2.uoo.ot0 for the con struction of buildings for branch banks th roughout the art hlpelagoand for other necessary preliminary ex penses. "Subtracting from the annual In come of 13 b20,000the annual expense for salaries and other necessary ex panse; of the bank, which may ie reckoned at about seven hundred thousand dollars, there would remain a net annual income of $3,220,000 which, added to the capital at com pound interest, under the same con ditions during tbe following years, at the end of sixteen years would free otb tbe actual capital and the sup plementary credit; that is the bank would have liquidated Its debt to the United States treasury, ai.d thee would remain a balance of at least forty million dollar -or the continu ance of Its work. Allowing four years more for ample time makes the twenty years mentioned. "Hy the time that the United States treasury has been repild at the end of the stated period of twento yeais. the Philippine treasury would have at least fifty million dollars which would serve to giwanteethe issue of paper money to that amount. "In case Filipinos should wish to acquire the bank by making of it a Joint stock company without other wise altering Its organisation and methods, the government would con cede to them the title, without prejudice to Its tights to require re payment of the amounts incurred by the foundatlor; of said bank or other necessary expense. Respectfully, F.mllio Agulnaldo Famy. People Dying Like Sheep. Dibee, Ariz., Jao. 21. The dread ed bubonic plague has made Its ap-, pears nee at Toporlco, Mexico, xslty flve miles from Mloss Prelta, state ot ooora. It le also reported tbst tbe plagae baa been dla overed In several, Interior towns lo Sonors. Further, report received bere are to 'be effect tbst tbere It oc(plague at Humosilln, op Guaymae. Tbe Guayuas quar antine against ships from Topoiubm-. do, Mastlao aod eveo Sao Francisco UMK alotaloea'. BLACK DIAMONDS NEAR HOME. Three-Foot Veil of Aathraclte Fouid Neai Lousvilie Causes Seisatloi, Louisville, Neb., Jan. 20. The rinding of a three foot vein of an thracite 170 feet under the rock that underlies this section has ctused the biggest sensaLlon here In the history of the town. The coal was found on tbe farm of J. K. Lee, one corner of which is on the Inside of the village, sev. ral weeks ago. It was discovered while H. E. Pankonln was boring a well on the Leo farm. The matter was kept quiet at the time, and famples were sent to Prof. 11.11. Nicholson, chemist at the state university at Lincoln. He has re turned his analysis, saying that the samples sent hirn were a very fine quality of anthracite, 87.3 per 'cent carbon, carrying but 2.49 per cent of moisture. The coal Is "very bright and shiny and Prof. Nicholson ex pressed the belief that a valuable find has been made If the samples sent him were taken from the earth at this pce. The coal lies 170 feet below the surface of the ground, and Is found by drilling through 100 feet of solid rock. It was re:icbed with a rock a rill, aud pieces as large as an egg were taken out. The 'vein is three feet in depth. Several parties are Interesting themselvps In the find, and coal ex perts will be here In a few days to in vestigate the matter. The finding of this high grade of fuel under rocks of this section has caused much ex citement. Mr. Lee will appear be fore members of the legislature this week, lay before them the proofs cf what he has discovered, acd ask that the state spend a sum of money sufll clent to establish the exteut of the vein. Wreck on the Burlington. Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 20. Ont mau killed, an engine, caboose and one car wrecked, is tbe res'. It of a r:ar-end rollision which occurred on the Burlington a few miles north ol this city at 9 o'clock this morning. L. I. Fuller, the victim of tte wreck was a resident of tins city, and was reclining on a bench in the caboose of freight train 29, when the "Q's" fast freight. No. 71, crashed through it. Mr. Fuller was terribly bruised and scaided and died almost instant ly. The scene of the wreck is at a point known as Swallow Hill, where tba track to the west Is practically con cealed from approaching trains from the south, Both trains were late, but were supposed to bo running on schedule time, and not under special orders. The m-.n In charge of the approaching train saw (he train ahead too late to stop, and hud barely time to Jump for their lives when the crash came. Tratlic over the main line has been blocked all day. The train which was run Into left Plattsmouth thirty minutes ahead of the other, but was heavily loaded and it wa3 Impossible to make the usual time. The "iy train was run ning about thirty miles an hour when the accident occurred. Chris Noe lltike, another passenger on the train, as well as the conductor aud tear brake man. bad miraculous escapes from death. Sew up the Oaping Wound. St. Louis, Jao. 20. A remarkable surgical operation was performed In the city hospital last night to save tbe life of Edward Spikier, aged nine teen years, who had attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself In tbe left breast. An aperture was made at tbe wound and between pul sations tbe wound lo the heart was closed with thiee stitches. Tbe bul let bad also perforated tbe left lung. A portion, an Inch and a half square was cut away, a heavy silk ligature 'tied about the long draining tubes being establshed and the chest cavi ties closed. The patient speedily ral lied and It Is believed ho will recov er. Accused of Killing Child. Pittsburg, Jan 20. Mrs. Letitlt. Eagle, wife of S. S. Eagle, superin tendent of the Pressed Steel Car com pany, and prominent In social circles at Avaton, a suburb of this city, was arraigned In criminal court today, Charged with the murder of her thirteen-year-old girl, Edna Varner, on May last. When the girl's deatn was reported to tbe coroner It was announced that she had commuted suicide, but on account of her youth an Investiga tion was started by the district at torney. Mrs. Eagle swore that she was innocent of tbe cilme. Dead on Railroad Tracks. llarrlsonvllle, Mo., Jao. 20. Judgt B. T. Lane was found dead near the railroad tracks here ; today. Tbe eauaa of death Is not known. Judge Laoe waa foreman of tbe grand Jury now silting bete. He served two terms aa county Judge and was elect ed to tbe legislature while lo Jail at Kansas Oi ty, where be was sent frt rerujlng to make a levy to pay fur certain railroad bond, THE LEGISLATURE Committees Aptoliled la Both Braaches. Em ployes Chosen and the Regular Work of Session Under Way. FOWLER NORMAL SCHOOL BILLS No Attempt to Remove the Peru School But Provides For as Additional One The senate and house of represen tatives have completed the list of employes, and the standing commit tees have all been announced. There was quite a scramble for positions on the favorite committees, among which is that on Public Lands and liuildings. Those who landed are well pleased but of course tbwie are a good many disappointed ones. Still the number of committees is so lare that tbere Is plenty of oppor tunity to mitigate the wrath of t) disappointed ones, If not to entirely palliate it. House Roll No. 1, Is a bill prepared by State Superintendent Fowler, for trie erection ol a normal school west of the sixth principal meridian. It dries not locate the school but leaves that to a committee composed of lhr.ee senators and six members of the bouse. It was introduced by Warner, of Lancaster. The import ant sections of the bill are as follows: Section 1. That one additional state normal school be and the same Is hereby established in the state of Nebraska. Section 2. That the location of said school shall be at any point west of the sixth principal meridian, to be determined and designated by a committee of nine, six of whom, one from each congressional district, shall bo appointed by the speaker from the members of the present house of representatives, and three i f whom, one from each of the fourth, fifth and sixth congressional dis tricts, shall be appointed by the lieu tenant governor from the members of the present senate; provided, that said school shall not be located In any case at any point unless there shall be donated to the state for tbe perpetual use of said school a suitable tract of land not less than twenty (20) acres in extent, said and to be worth at least seventy live dollars (7.r) per acre. Section 4. That the said school herein before provided for shall be in all respects under the direction and control of the board of education of tbe present stare normal school, as provided dv section one, subdi vision thirteen, chapter seventy-nine of the compiled statutes of Nebraska for l!!ul, and that said school shall be for the same purpose and governed in all respects by the provisions ol the statutes nnw In force regulating aud governing the present state nor mal school at Peru, Nemaha county, Nebraska. Section 5. That there be and there hereby is appropriated out ol any moneys In the state treasury and not otherwise appropriated, the 'um of $100,000 for the purpose of erecting said normal school building or buildings for the school herein pro vided for. Sectlr n 6. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall take ellect and be,lu full force from and after tin date of.lts passage. Other Important bills have teen In troduced In the house as follows: Nelson of Pierce offered a bill to appropriate $1.00,0(10 for the repair and rebuilding of tho asylum at Nor folk. Sears presented one to prolong the term of the supreme court com mission two years, (he judges to re duce the number to six if deemed ad visable. Nelson of Douglas proposes to create a radical cuange in the negotiable In strument law. Sadler wants a new building at the Hastings asylum and asks the state to purchase 320 acres of land for that institution. Good of Peru wants $75,500 for new buildings at the Peru normal school. In the senate O'Neill of Lancaster Introduced senate tile No. 20, an act to authorize the formation of mutual life Insurance companies on the level premium, legal reserve plan. Nine persons may organize a company with 250 insurance policies to start with, aggregating $500,000 of insurance. Securities amounting to $25,000 must be held by the company at the start. At present there is no law governing legal reserve plan companies. Senator O'Neill also presented a bill which deals solely with fraternal Insurance companies. It embodies many changes asked for by the Ne braska fraternal congress at its re cent meeting In Lincoln. One sec tion provides that the emergency or reserve fund shall be used only for the payment of claims after the death of the Insured for the purchase of such real estate as shall be neces sary or the erection of needed build ings. Saunders of Douglas introduced a bill to postpone the Omaha city elec tion until the first Tuesday in May, 11)03. At present the election Is he'd In March and the campaign must be commenced In February, the middle of winter, a most unfavorable time. Senator Saunders says there is no "polities' In his measure. Hastings or Duller inttcduced a bill to provide for the selection of a commission to draft revenue laws aud to report to the governor by Novem ber 1, 1903, the report to be made public. The commission Is to com prise live persons three of theiu law yers and not more than three of the same political faith. The object of the bills to be drafted Is to tax corpo rations and persons at a fair cash A Montreal firm, shipped last year to England 12,000 head of cattle, wltb a loss nf leas than one to the thou aod. Tbe blue foxes of the Prlbylofl Islands are opposed to promlscous mating, aod each clings to one fe m'He partner. An attempt has been made to teacb I hem polygamy, by killing only Un males and sparing tbe fe-"as. but It ba fx I led. KKAYER IN A JURY ROOM. Dae Member Asks for Supreme Guldaice While All Devereotly KneeLo Chicago, Jan. 23. A "session of .irayer" preceded the deliberations f a Jury In Judge Chetlaln's court, vhlch resulted In the acquittal of Patrick Deenan, charged with the uurder of John Linden. When the twelve took their places round the table, William II. Delta niil: ''Gentlemen, this is a most erlous duty. A human life hangs in :he balance, awaiting but a word from us to be made free or to be eud d. This is such a s ilemn duty that I almost fear to approach it, and I Miink that we ought to ask for cour . ge and for light. Won't you gentle men join mc in prayer? Let us kneel here -in the jury chambers and ask divine guidance In the duty we are undertaking." The twelve men in the jury cham oer rlropped to their knees and bowed iheir heads as the one juror oll'-red a prayer, in whieli he petitioned for supreme guidance. Clever Swindling Scheme. New York, Jan. 2:i, I!y the arrest if a man whom the police say is William G. Furlong, an alleged scheme to fleece the public was brought to !lglit;today. The police say that Fur ling has been advertising In New York and Philadelphia papers for "a gentleman who (.would t.3 willing to marry a lady he has never met and from whom he would be expected to secure a divorce as soon as possible 'if ter the marrhge."' The advertisement said it was nec sssary, In order to settle an estate, for the lady to marry, and the ac cepted would receive $2,000. As soon as an answer was received a chcular would be sent in which the applicant was asked to send $1 fur a picture of the lady. The police say Hve thousand an swers were received, and that Fur long also secured money by adver tising for applicants for a position. Furlong had handsomely furnished olllces on Wall street. When arraigned the prisoner gave his name as J. V. S. Scudder. He w;is remanded for forty-eight hours lis a suspicious character. Invite President to Hunt. Washington, Jan. 2.'!. Representa tive Mondell today presented to ti e president Mayor George T. Peck of Cody, Wyo., universally known throughout the state as Governor Heck and J. n. Peake, of the Cody Enterprise. Mr. Peake, on behalf of the citizens of Cody extended an in vitation to Mr. Roosevelt to go to Wyoming during the coming sum mer fcr a big hunt. The president stated in reply that it would he one of the great pleasures of his life to have a hunt In Wyoming, but that if he did go and accep": the invitation so courteously extended he wanted to go as a private citizen and not as the chief executive Laughingly he said to Mr. Peake. who was former ly a well known newspaper man of Vas"-ntgon, that he wanted all re porters rounded up just before he reached the Pig Horn Hasin, and that if Mr. Peake could assure, the president of a quiet time without the presence of newspaper men he might seriously cnnslder the question of his going to Wyoming during the summer. Lee Will Probe the Earth. ' Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 23. It is said that J. K. Lee, the Louisville man on whose farm It is reported a three foot vein of anthracite has been found, will organize a stock cnmpiu to bore fur coal If tbe legislature will not make an appropriation to Inves tigate. He is firm in the belief that the entire country there Is underlaid with a field of anthracite, and be wants to investigate. A prominent Lincoln geologist says there Is no anthracite underlying the country around Louisville. The for matlon of the earth does not InJicate such a mineral, aud he is very cer tain that the Louisville find wll soon be forgotten He expresses doubt that such a mineral can U found in Nebraska. Cannot Enter the Port, Guayaquil, Jan. 23 It has beer, decided to close all the poits of thu republic to steamers from San Fran Cisco, owing to the Importation oi bubonic plaguo. Vessels which lel San Franc'scn January 20, or afte; that date, will not be admitted, 'lb board of health of Guayaquil, Januan 18, Issued an order to close tbe pon steamers from Panama or Mexlcur ports, but the order was reconsider, i the following day und It wis decider to close the port only to Hteamnii from the plaguo lufected Mcxicui ports. Wreath On Victoria Tomb. Loudon, Jan. 23. The second an nlversary of the death nf Queen Vic tor I a was today observed at Windsor Loodoo and elsewhere br the depos Itlog of wreaths on statues erectci to her memory, and by tbe mya tu mlly. King Edward, Q-ieeo Alexandra tbe Prince and Pi Incest of WhI s hih other members of the royal fatull. were present at a service held li togmore mausoleum. A DEATH SENTENEE EXTHEMB PENALTY THE FATE OF COL. ARYHUR LYNCH. HE IS GUILTY OF TREASON FORFEITS HIS LIFE BY FIGHTING WITH BOERS. THE CRIME HAFPILY RARE Well Known as Irish Leader In the House of Commons Communicaiion of the Sen tence Predicted. London, Jan. 24. Col. Arthui Lynch, member of parliament fur Galway, has been found guilty on the charge of hlgo treasuu and sentenced to death. When the trial was resumed today counsel lor the defense began sum ming up. There was not any at tempt to deny that Colonel Lynch supported the Boers but counsel con tended that his naturalization was In no way prompted by treasonable in tent and was solely for the advantage he would thus secure for Journalistic purposes. Subsequently the defendant active ly supported the Boer cause in the belief that he was a legally natural ized burgher. Replying for the prosecution the solicitor general. Sir Edward Carson maintained that Colonel Lynch joined the Boer army as a discontented Irishman, "thereby comouitling a tuoit cowardly and most serious act of treason." His naturalization, con tinued the solicitor general, was oniy a flimsy pretext. Counsel then proceeded to detail the prisoner's aileged acts of adher ence to his country's enemies. The lord chief justice summed up very briefly. He said that if in time of war a British subject joined the enemy's numbers, for whatever pur pose, he was guilty of an unlawful act. Naturalization during wartime afforded no excuse whatever for sub sequent acts. There was abundant evidence, he said, of over tact in aid ing the king's enemy. In delivering sentence Justice Wills said the crime of bign treason of which tbe prisoner had been found guilty was happily so Tare that it seemed to be almost an aocbronism. No civilized community had yet failed to punish severely defection from loyalty whether in the way of open wai fare or secret intrigue In the darkest hours of his country's fortune when engaged in a deadly struggle Lynch joined t lie ranks of its foes and shed the blood of his fellow subjects, fiubling for their country, and sought to dethrone Jreat Btitain from her place among the nations. The only palliation which could be oJered was that it had been the fashion for some years to treat lightly matters of this kind and men had been encouraged to play with sedition and toy with treason. The nation had treated with con temptous Indifference speeches aud acts of sedition, but it was one thing to talk sedition aud quite a different thing lo bear arms in the ranks ol the country's foes. The Jury after having been out half an hour, returned a .verdict of guilty When asked if he had anything to say why he should not be sentenced to death, Colonel Lynch replied: "Thank you, I will say notbing." The sentence of death was passed on each of the four counts in the In dictment. The prisoner then bowed to the court and was removed in custody. Lynch throughgout bore himself with unfaltering composure. He walked out steadily between the jail ors and p i t the bench where his wife and other relatives were seated. Mrs. Lvnch has been given permission tc see her husband. Although formally sentenced to b6 hanged, Lynch's sentence will no doubt be commuted. Girl Fearfully Burned. West Point, Neb., Jan. 24. Mlei Mary Llerruan was fearfully burned here last evening through attempt ing to light a tire wit h gasoline. She boarded with the family of Harry Howarlh on the second floor of the; building occupied by the Cumming County Democrat. When she us?o tho gasoline a fearful explosion oc curred, i It. G. Longer and Herman Rubin rushed to tie rescue to find the room ablaze and the girl in flames, tightly holding Mrs. Ilowarth, who had at tempted to smother the lire. Willi the combined efforts of the two men, the women were separated and the flames were extinguished, but no( until Miss Llerman has been fright fully and perhaps fatally turned. Missouri Pacific Train Wrecked. Wichita, Kas., Jan. 21. -The Mis sour I Pacific passenger train lctvlnrj Wichita at 9:60 last nlglA, for Kansai City was wrecked at 2 o'clock tbh morning while entering tbe yards al Tales Center. A coal ttam wblcb bad taken th aiding was too long and one car had been left on the main track. Thi engineer and fireman are dead and at dawn were still lying under thai engine. Nebraska Notes Tbe State Voluntary Firemat' coven Hon was held at Crete. A. J. Hale, formerly mayor of Be atrice, is dead at Dubuque. Mrs. Etta Douglas was found dead in bed at Superior. It is reported that a United State army recruiting station is soon to be established at Heatrice and that it may become a premanent thing, A meeting wH be held at Ellis, January 27, to consider a proposition for tbe erection of a 10,0000 busnel public grain elevator. The Avoca company with a capita! of $50 was incorporated this week bj Asaph J. Wneeler and F. J. Brown. The company will manufacture a remedy to cure cancer. Joseph Keller, who was tried in district court at Nelson charged at procurer to arson through Joseph Robinson, was acquitted ol the erims by the Jury. Rev. A. W. Henry, of Lincoln, the evangelist, -is conducting revival meetings in Wymore at the Cbiistt lan church. They will continue for an indefinite period. The general store of Langdon & Drake a Odell burned. The building and store are a total loss. They were valued at $10,000. Tte fire originat ed from a falling lamp. While feeding a corn thresher at II urn bolt .the machine threw out a cob hitting Henry Lutz in the eye, knocking him from the feeding board aud nearly blinding him., Congressman Burkelt has nomlnat-. ed Mrs. A. D. Beemer as postmis tress of Lancaster, which is the pen itentiary. Mrs. Davis, the wife of the former warden, has resigned. The bill Introduced by Howell of Douglas, providing that the city of Omaha be enabled to acquire and operate the waterworks plant, waa passed by the senate. The measure received thiity-three votes. The Argo starch factory resumed1, operations at Nebraska City and will continue grinding corn at the rate of 20,000 bushels per day. Positive as surance is givea that tbe plant is to run continuously and the capacity in creased In a short time. ' Ex-State Senator L. H. Woods' fine residence on his farm.adioinioa Vio let, was completely destroyed by flrei entailing a loss of $11,000, wbicb was partly insured. This was one of the eldest and most beautiful places in the county. Suit for damages was brought in1' the Heatrice district court in tbe sum of $10,000 for breach of promise- by Miss Carrie M. Rasmussen of Lan caster county against H. C. Mont- ?omerir. Roth parties are well known in Beatrice, A. M. Walker, a rural mail carrier.- who delivers on a loute in the vicin ity of Cedar Bluffs, has bought an, automobile, which he will use in his work. He calculates that he catf make a trip in three hours with only; the expense of one gallon of gasoline. Now he drives a team of horses and It takes nearly an entire day to go) over the route. The show of the State Poultry as sociation at Lincoln, is pronounced the best of its kind ever given In Nebraska. Exhibits were displayed1 from live states. Tbe egg and dressed poultry department is a r ew feature and is a success. Tbe display of in cubators and brooders was extensive! and the pet stock exhibit, wltb ita pigeons, rabbits, Belgian bares and guinea pigs was a great attraction. A odrew Carnegie bas offered $10,0X10 for a city library at Kearney, If the! council, by a resolution of tbe people will put up not less than tl.O'JO a year; for tbe library's suppcrt and furnish a site. Tbe offer has been accepted. by the c luncil, which has agreed to the conditions and returned tbaoka for the gift. A committee Is now ae3 lecting the site. ; At a sppclal election held at North) Bend, a proposition to establish and maintain a municipal lighting plank was carried by an overwhelming ma-, jority, there being only twenty-onei votes against it out of a total of 180. The kind of light to be used baa not been decided on, but tbe cold gaa system seems to be somewhat fa vored. Burglars gained an entrance to th st ire of Marcus Fcrankel at Alliance and started to rob the store. They got in over the transom of the front door. A clerk who was sleeping la the rear was awakened and began shooting. The robbers were fright ened away. One of them Jumped through a plate glass window In hit haste to escape. II. R. Parks, a member of tbe whole-) sale firm of Hlrsch.WlckwIre A Parka, of Fremont, baa Dot been seen since December 30, aod bis friends fear that be baa met wltb foul.play. II went to Lincoln, where be reglaterei at ibe Llocolo and tent bla baggage and samples to tbe hotel. Re luta oot been seen alooa, although the haogage Is still tbere At tba tlm of bis dlsappearaooa be bad a iarg turn of money on bla person. Be baa a family lo Oblca-a