THE .NORTHWESTERN.
IIKN8C1IOTKR A CIBIOX, Kitoand PlM.
LOUP CITY, - - NEB.
NEBRASKA.
Crawford has now a creamery Id
operation.
There is active demand for real es
tate in Beatrice.
Seward dealers are shipping hol ies
to the New York market.
A Castle of Lady Highlanders ha*
been organized In Kearney.
The Platte river immediately south
of Grand Island is to be bridged.
lloldrege expect* to have telephone
connection with the outside world at
•n early date.
A Michigan firm has purchased <11
tbe Thurston county property advertis
ed for sale for taxes.
There are a number of cases of scar
let fever In Syracuse, some of whica
• re of a malignant form.
Tbe postmaster of Lyons was given
*, reception and banquet by the cltlzi us
on the occasion of his marriage.
The Odd Fellows of Wymore arc
•oon to have a new home, which will
be one of the finest lodge rooms in the
•late.
The sehool In the Finch district,
south of North i<oup, has been dis
missed on account of diphtheria in
some of the families.
The Burlington shops in Wym r e
are undergoing some extensive im
provements. which is an indication
that the shops are to remain In that
place,
A Holbrook blacksmith was baliv
burned by pounding hot babbit metal
Into a frozen boxing. The hot me-al
caused an explosion and flew In ills
face.
The people of Hendley have beqan
to build a Methodist church to c ist
about $1,200. and the people of Wll
sonvtlle have subscribed $1,400 to butld
a Methodist ehurch.
The county commissioners have ap
pointed Prof. George Ewing, principal
of the Lawrence public schools, to If
clerk of the district, court, vice P. Fla
herty of Nuckolls county, wbo recently
died.
A shortage of stock cattle is pred'et
ed for 1899 and that at least a milllr.i
lees fat cattle will come to market
next year. Western fenders. It Is said,
are agitated as to where their supply
to to come from.
John I^emmer of Franklin county. 1G
years of age. while husking corn, went
to take his gun out of the wagon, dis
charging the load In his left shoulder.
Had it been two Inches lower be
would now be a dead l>oy.
_\ Stromsburg barber found a skunk
In the chair waiting for a shave when
he opened ud one morning recently.
The barber drew the line on skunks
and prudently retired until the visitor
became tired of waiting for “next.”
The police of Hastings found Franch
Harding, a well known negro character
of the town, dead in his room nve
Eck’s bicycle shop, lie had been sick
several days and suffered some . rn*
from attacks of delirium tremen*.
A fine horse and phaeton were stol
en from Dr. P. L. Moore of Grand Is
land at about 10:30 while the animal
was hitched on the street. The sheriff
of the county offers a reward of *50
for the arrest of the thief and Dr.
Moore ofTers *25 for the return of ih
property.
Private Roy Cobb of company O,
First Regibent Nebraska volunteers,
arrived In Geneva on sick furlough.
Cobb was the recruiting officer at ;ho'
station for oompany G. and had not
got farther than Honolulu, where he
was taken sick and from which pi res
he was sent home.
The Table Hock Woman's Suffrage
association, which claims to bp the old
est and largest in the state, gave s
banquet last week. Plates were laid
for the sixty members and fifty invited
guest*. Among the guests were sev
eral from Omaha. Lincoln and other
points in the state.
The Standard Cattle company of
Dodge county sustained a heavy loss
l»y fire. Its barn on the old Dolge
farm Just west of Ames, with twenty
six head of horses, thirteen sets of har
ness, a cow and a lot of feed were a
total loss. The barn was insured for
nearly its full value, but ihe stock was
not.
The barn or John Dodds, who lives
three miles northeast of Stoekhum.
was burned, together with four horses,
one ealf. twenty tonH of hay, TOO bus i
els of oats, fl lot of farm Inplements
and two set* of harness, Ians* Is about
$1,000. No Insurance. Cause of the
fire Is unknown, as Mr. Dodds hud uo
known enemies
Last week Monday three prairie flt*i
were started by the engines on the H.
& M. track north of Central City. Tin
one between Archer and I’almer prov
ed Id be Quite serloua and over I'K)
men were lighting die as for their
lives. Some haystacks were burned
and the building* on a couple of faims
came very near bring swept away 'y
the (Ire, but It was turned just lu time
John A. Duller, a well known ran-h
er living near Chadron. lost all hi*
winter feed by a Are whh It originated
In his haystacks, destroying scerd
hundred dollars' worth. Various * lr
cutnstance* caused Mr. Duller to oe
llev* that the lire was the work of ait
Inc endiary and he began to Investign.e
which resulted In his swearing nut »
complaint for the arrest of a netgv
her Jasper Knui hi As a result of h's
trie’ Mr Knocks Is now confined in i<#
countv Jail swatting his trial before
the district court, to which tribunal
Its was bound over
Nick WeturUh, an employe si th*
sugar factory In tirand l*!un>l Had
three Angers uf bis left hand taught >n
the engine on the cevtrlfugal machine
end amputation was wtc-.ary, as the*
were badly crushed
Msveral hundred people I AM w >.*g
vletted the girenboueca at ibr Sab .*
ks boepltal for the IttaaNf |t» see the
splendid display of rhryaaai .mm amt
There were at one time about Inr
varieties la bl«***»w of the choicest
hinds, sad the gardener Henry »lr*>w
er end hie aaelefeate, who are nil ra>
Heat* of the institution took ptlde s
pointing out the earsltemlea O# the|r
pets.
OPPOSES ' SESSION.
Representative Cannon of Illinois
Sees No Occasion for One.
SAYS THE COLONIES CAN WAIT.
I!iII«vm m Year'* Delay llefore Attempt
IiiK I’erntanent Ugl.latlon Nwe«iary
to liln Time for the Study of loinll
tlom Surroundlns Our New r.isteeelou*.
Washington, Nov. 'JH.— Represents
live Cannon of Illinois, chairman of
the appropriation committee of the
House, ha* arrived and the subcom
mittee on deficiencies will begin the
consideration of the estimates for thu
extraordinary espouses of the army
and navy growing out of the war and
the preparation of a bill covering
these deficiencies for the period from
January 1 to July 1.
With the enactment of the regular
money bills necessary to carry on the
governmental machinery at this ses
sion of Congress, Mr. C>moil secs no
occasion for an extru session as far as
legislation for onr new possesaious is
concerned. He believes unripe or
hasty legislation for the government
of the is.and* would l>e
infinitely worse than military
rule. “Under military governor
ship there is perfect elasticity,"
he said. “Changes can be made to tit
new conditions as fa.t as they arise.
A year's delay before attempting per
manent legislation will give ample
time for the study of all the conditions
surrounding the government of the
islands both by the military authori
ties and by commissions which may lie
provided by Congress. Congress can
then deal intelligent!v with t he sub
ject.”
The grand total of the appropria
tions for the fiscal year ending July I.
including all the extraordinary war
expenses to January I. but not ineitid
ing the deficiencies for extraordinary
expenses from January 1 to July 1, is
$093,‘Ml.ft 15. There are no figures yet
upon which the appropriations for the
coining session of Congress can be
based, but Mr. Canuon believes they
will be considerably below the figure*
for the last Congress.
DREYFUS’ LETTER TO HIS WIFE
Kllrttl) Held to H»n linen Head to Her
by m French Official.
I'AKiff, Nov. :.'H.- Madame Dreyfus,
wife of ttie unhappy prisoner on Dev
il's island, is in bad and lias been ex
tremely ill since the receipt of the
recent letter from her husband. She
has been so prostrated, in fact, that
access to her is denied anil the text of
the cable message, which she is said
to have sent to Captain Iheyfus, is not
obtainable.
Following is the translation of the
letter from Captain Dreyfus, read to
his wife by the chief cleric of the min
ister of the colonies, the French gov
ernment having withheld from her the
possession of the original letter:
‘•Despair is beginning to seize me.
Have all my friends forg >!leu me1.’ No
one seems to be Occupying themselves
with me. I recall to you that
months and months ago I wrote
to the president of the repub
lic and to General Ito's ledve, legging
them to introduce s revision of my
case. I am without news; nothing,
nothing comes to m« I leave as :i be
quest to the president and General
HoisdefTre the task of avenging my
memory, of clearing iny honor, my
name and that of my dear children,
whom 1 shall see no more. I shall no
longer communicate with my family,
as I have said all there is to be said,
and I have nothing more to say.”
This letter has been hinted at, per
haps. but this is the authentic copy.
< uptain Dreyfus' affection for his
family is well known and the pathetic
nuture of this letter is all the more ap
parent.
TO RAISE CATTLE IN CUBA.
A Tessa Man Found Conditions Favorable
lor the Industry.
I'obt Wohtii, Tex.. Nor. ?s. - David
Pryor has just returned from a trip to
Havana and other places in
<ub». Mr. Pryor went to that
island in August in charge of a
shipment of cattle to Havana via Gal
veston. He visited the provinces of
Havana. Matanzas and Santa Clara and
investigated the conditions there in
relation te the cattle Industry, which
he contemplate* engaging lu. He found
that there are great possibilities there
It in not a feeding country, being
tropical, and suitable tattle feed is
not raised there but it is a splendid
grazing country an I cattle fatten and
dotirish well on the native grasses
Mr Pryor is thitrUiug seriously of re
I turning lo t iiCa idler and eugug.ttg in
tiie catt'e busiliis* there, so well
pleased was he with his prospecting
| tF'P
tks Halter el III* tss'ssi'i Fad
Pol span. No* * i heempvior and
empiess of Germany arrive*! livie ai
1 it o dwelt this morning on lhe>c return
Irowt the Holy l.aud *lhev will re
twain here unlit after t hnslwias
Mrs Msrleev So tear* Iks s.«*.
New tons Nor '• Mrs Oweri
Marlowe, the actress w h.rse daughter
hthei Marlow,, iliol in the wing* of
the Knieherbo, her theater SilttlNIII r
It, during a per fur wane,* of I he
t hrtsttau, is it and w<ti probably
withdraw |uchus< Stiy front tire •lag**
Mrs. Marlowe has been on tit *1* *c
fto forty )• are. an,I lots lrr«rt tdcr.li.
tied with alt tiie beat coutp*«o*« It ,
husband. Hum Mdiswr, was a mem
bet *tf latter Malta* a a enwpawy and
died ib ltin They cwtw« f. .<u* > id lh<
•tr. a faw« lilfly
LITTLE TO CHANGE IN HAWAII.
The President Will Suggest n Modlflrs
IIon of the Island tioreruuient.
Wasiijxutov, Nov. — Senator Cul
loin is preparing the report of the Ha
waiian commission ami wiil submit it
to the President for transmission to
Congress so that it will bj ready at
the opening of the session. The sena
tor declines to give details ns to the
character of the report, but from other
sources it was learned that the re
port, as finally drafted, will provide
for a partial continuance of the pres
ent government in the islands under
direct federal supervision. There
will be a senate of fifteen member*
and a house of double that number,
which is an increase upon the present
house membership of Hawaii. There
will be a graded qualification
upon the suffrage Members of
the house may be elected by voters
who pass an educational test alone,
while members of the senate will be
chosen by voters possessing both edu
cational and property qualifications.
There is now a property qualification
for voting in Hawaii, but the proposed
form of government will modify this
so as to furnish an inducement for
small holdings. There will be educa
tional and property restrictions in re
gard to holding office, the qualittcn- I
tions for which will be closely defined, j
There will be uo “open door"’ in Ha
waii. Tha tariff laws of the United
States will be extended to the islands
without alteration, because Hawaii
was formally annexed to the I'nited
States by a statute law and any other
course would undoubtedly be opposed
by tbe supreme court. The present
supreme court of the islands, whose
member* hold their places for life, is
to be continued and to be given juris
diction of local laws, whose force will
also be continued as far as possible,
as they have been taken by law from
tbe statute IxxiUs of different states in
the union aud are, as a whole, quite
acceptable.
The immigration, la bur and general
election laws of th« United States will
be specifically extended to the islands.
These will keep out further inroad* of
coolies. The islands will bo give a
delegate in the House of Keprcsentu
live*, who will have no vote, but will
have the same privilege* a* the repre
sentatives of Arizona. New Mexico
and Oklahoma. The governor aud
Home of the higher territorial officers
will be appointel by the President.
The legislature will have control over
local taxation and expenditures. 'Hie
restriction of the suffrage on educa
tional aud property lines will reduce
the numbers of voter* far below the
present organized territories.
MISSOURI’S OFFICIAL VOTE.
Secretary of *i*t« Open* th« lUtnrnt of
I he !,»(• Kleetlon.
.1KKPKKMON < u v. Mo.. No?. 38. —Sec
retary of Stale Lcsueur opened the
official returns of the election held on
November 8 yesterday, lie announces
the following vote, as shown by the
totals of the county clerks:
For judge of the supreme court, long
term—Marshall. 585.770; Fiukelnbtirg,
335,428: Voris. 9,037; liobiusou, 2.933;
Sanderson, 1.645; Custenberder. 1,050;
scattering, -4; Marshall's plurality,
30.372.
For judge of the supreme court,
short term Valliant. 288,130; liighee,
253,178; S. Livingston, 9,752; Orr, 2,871;
lloehen, 1.631; ( unninghain, 1.034;
scattering, u5; Vulliant's plurality,
3 4,968.
For superintendent of public schools
< arrington, 287,213; Kirk. 254,203;
Brown. 9,631; Bond, 2,812; Kendall,
1,046; Kauchcr, 1,021; t arrington s
plurality, 32,950.
For railroad and warehouse com
missioner—McCully, 287,002: liatiia
way. 254,495; Hill is, 9.6*5; Williams.
2,823, Mora, 1,040; Andrews. 1,059;
scattering, 53; Met ully s plurality,
32,507.
INVITED THEM TO A MASSACRE
Murder of ChrUtlan* We* trgml by tlie
lurkmh tom mender.
• a NFS, Crete. Nor. t's. -During the
tr al of tl»»* murderer of the T/.angknki
family to-day the deposition of a
Mussulman ivat read. It was said that
at the time of the massacre* Kdheui
I'ash a the Turkish eommandar, as
sembled the inllueuiiai Mussulman*
and invited them to massacre all the
• hr.stians found in ' amlia twenty
font’ hours after the meeting. The
I pasha's remarks were uttered in the
I presence of Major I'hurehiU. who pro
' tested strong y and was ordered by
I. I hem I'asha to leave the room.
NO BULL FIGHT FOR DENVER.
I l»* Mae*. M.u !<• Its Mp.rs4 si. t..1.11.1- !
■ I«h »f Spain . N.ll.u.1 Sp.n i
fl*s\ *H. • tfln , No* The emu
imttcp in tliarg* of an angeiiwnt* fur
the >. nning convent mu of tH. National
1 l.ltra spM’l, mtuii at ton has rejected
the proposition t« make hull fighting
i a feature of the outdoor s|a.rts on that
• s'easM.n llrouchu riding, lasooiug
ami all the wiling operations usually
associated With mu lev life will he u|i
the program
N.*« Im 11.4 le M.4
ti.u la * tn\. Mu. Nov :• \
1 Irani, sgiv.ng w.ddng tu which lh«
coin tuned ..gcs of Mu Mi,,I* .ltd groom
r.|ua> cd l.d years, was a Missouri
j novelty Ihi* year I he ion It a. Hug
imrl.es wr <t tic* hi, .w I I'aibe, 1
aged *. of ISrakvsvItie tin mil Mrs
Mar. t II ng. • aged '* of thta cili
Neither party had srsn Ihr olhei las
hoe tin * im at I ok.i i hurt lay j
I he . oti'isb.p Ha i haan vamad on h>
usaii. fa« dita'-ed no doubt, by lit* Im;
that the g’>- <n oss |<v..a. a. to. al
I’saks**. .*
LAUNCH OF IWISMIN.
The Pacific Coast Gives the Second
Battle Ship to the Navy.
GREAT CROWDS PRESENT.
Slln Htaphanaon t tiriitcnail til* Veaaal —
It Will N..t lie Tinlahml for l.l(htaeo
Mouth* I II.) 1.4*1 of the Three Ureal
Slater flattie Ship*.
San l'UANcim o, Nov. US.—The first
class sea-going buttle ship Wisconsin
tvas launched at hulf past Si o'clock
this morning, from the yards of the
l uioti Iron works, the builders of the
Oregon, (Ireat crowds of people were
present.
For an hour before the plunge a
large force of workmen tore away
chock after chock which supported the
vessel, and they finished almost to the
minute of the time set for the launch
ing, leaving only one chock in place.
At a signal little &liss Fuciile (.age,
daughter of the governor-elect of the
state, pressed the electric button, and
the crash of breakiug timbers an
nounced to the thousands of spectators
that the vessel was about to leave the
ways. As she plunged into the water
Miss Kll/.abcth Stephenson of Wiscon- ,
sin broke a bottle of wine across her
bow and said, “1 christeu thee Wis
consin. "
Ik-fore the launch.ng a flag ‘.’7 feet
long and H feet wide was presented in
honor of the Wisconsin. The ting was
given by the children of the Irving M.
Scott public school Following the
presentation of the (lag a poem “To
the Wisconsin." was read bv Miss Clara
I/.a Price, its author.
i he » isconsin is a sister ship or me
Alabama and Illinois, which wore
launched from the yards of Crumps
and of the Newport News company,
last summer. She is an improved ship
of the type of the Iowa, of 11,5*5 tons
displacement, feel long, and sev
enty-two feet wide. She can carry Im.*
tween 1.400 and l,5o<) tons of coal.
Her probable speed will be lt>-* knots.
She will probably not be completed
until the spring of 11*00.
The main battery will consist of
four 15-inch breech loading rifles in
llichboru balance! turrets, oval in
ahape, placed in he center line of the
vessel, and fourteeu 0-inch rapid lire
guns. The secondary battery will
consist of sixteen 0-pounder rapid fire
guns, four 1-pounder rapid tire guns,
two Colt guns and two field guns. She
will carry four torpedo tubes. The
small guns will be mounted in fight
ing tops fifty-nine to seventy-nine feet
above sea level.
The armor belt, which extends from j
the stem to abaft the after turret, is j
to lie sixteen and one-haif inches thick '
at the top, und nine and one-half j
inches thick at the bottom, except at |
the forward end where it will 1m*
tapered to four inches at the stem.
This belt armor will extend from four
feet below the normal load line to
three and one-half feet above it. l)iag- !
onal armor twelve inches thick, con
necting this belt armor and barbettes, J
and attending from the slopes of the
protective deck to the top of the side j
belt, on each side, will give protection
from raking fire. The steel deck >
ranges from two and three-quarters
inches 1o four inches in thickness.
The turret armor is from fifteen to
seventeen inches thick
The Wisconsin is protected against
the entrance of water through a hole I
in the side by a packing of corn pith
cclluiofe that will swell and close any
wound made by a shell. The hold is
divided into between ‘.’00 and .'00 water
tight eompartmeuts.
More than eighty auxiliary engines
will do most of the work thut was
formerly done by hand on old naval
vessels. Electricity will be used
largely as a motive power.
Mii.wai kkk, Wis., Nov. ■>.— Speak
ing of the acceptance of a lioltle of
iui|K>rted French wine instead of Cali
fornia wine for the christening of the
Wisconsin, Merman itleyer, whose
brother chose the wine, said: "The
offer of the gold-wired Untie and cum
came unsolicited and was accepted i it
the spirit in which it was tendered, i
Mad the I alifornians hccu wide-awake
uud presented their claim in season. 1
have no doubt that it would hare been
considered favorably."
FOR SUFFERING SPANIARDS.
th# lafsiila Kiihllt to U|i«u a liar tar
In I .mmIum
laiMHiN, Nov. '.'a, The t'ounteaa
« ami Valencia, wife of the former Spaa* j
tali amt.assa.iai of thul name, lots
written to the new *|ia|M*r». ajijo -sung
for fntnla to la* ilrtoleil to the relief of
the ntniinle.l Spams'i sol Iters amt
aittuna of the slain Ascot tritiiilioua
alreaiiv rwrltel will not suffice to
meet the luieerjf among the suffeinig
Hpaii.arUa. a three (lay»' lutraa will
tat opeuetl at thin iishlre hotter. lues ;
»tajr, by the Infanta t.nalhs I lie pro*
■■veils will be iletote<l to toe *fi*ei»h
fumt for the relief ot the woiuuteil amt
the w blows.
IswM Meeaase Me Hilltil a Nmiai
nr Joaat'M. Mis, Nov s Uvuryt
\ an lloaer. a ronslab e was ailmtlteil
to the losaut oy mui here yeaUr4ay
lie heeoate iiimh* from l.».««l ug met
the hilling of a hwtg.at t»« the iviihI)
h*e year* ago
ikt Mas liMinl* tikoi'o • Mather.
Has Ikttiia.i Nov ‘a Mr» tier
I. n.te Itsahtik t to horn the wsothar
of Mrs tivrtiuile Albvitua. the author,
is tleasi Mrs I hi two u hike been aa
iota 4 tu< ten ycars Mrs tlkriluti
lots ten Itv.ug th tsmiiow.
CATTLE KING GOES UNDER.
Oraut (illleft Falla for About 81,000,000
— lento Many Cradllora.
Kansas ClTT, Mo,, Nov. VS.—Owing
from 9400,003 to $1,033.0 M Grant G.
Giiiett, the greatest feeder of cattle in
Kansas, and for that matter in the
world, has failed.
This debt, in the form commonly
known as “cattle paper," is In large
part held by twenty-five or more com
mission firms at the Kansas City stock
yards. Tlio Kansas t'ity creditors,
without exception, contend that the
cuttle which secures their paper will
eusily meet all obligations. The brunt
of the blow will fail On Kansas City
commission men.
At Abilene, Kan., yesterday ,t. H.
Ilolliugcr, president of the Gillespie
Commission company of Kansas City,
tiled an attachment against Giiiett for
a debt of 840,000, which, it is alleged,
was secured witli an intent to defraud.
The attachment is general, und is in
tended to cover every tiling that can be
found.
News of the attachment spread rap
idly, and all day luwyer* here hove
been busy investigating the case in be
half of Kansas City, St. Joseph and
I3enver lirins that did business with
Giiiett. Tlie register of deeds of Dick
inson county has been compiling a list
of chattel mortgages given by Giiiett
and tinds that those still in force will
come close to 81,000,000, on most of
which Giiiett was the only signer.
The commission tirms claim that
many cattle have been mortgaged more
than once. About 3,000 head are at
his ranch. Giiiett lias recently taken
8V37,000 life and 8VOO.000 accident in
surance, has traveled in special trains
an«l had a cowboy band, lie is 30
years oid and has startled the old
cattlemen by tils l>oId methods.
About twenty-live commission com
pany representatives arrived in Wood
bine yesterday. They investigated ail
day, and found that the mortgaged
cattle are supposed to be scattered all
over Centra! and Western Kansas, Ok
lahoma and Texas. Searches made so
far have been fruitless, and the pros
pects are that further efforts in that
direction will bring uo result.
Giiiett lias been the “Coal Oil John
nie" of the live stock business, an Alad
din of farmers, a Napoleon of cattle
paper finance. Ilia 7.000 aers stock
farm near Abilene, Kun., is a town
witli a name audit postcfflco of its
own, Woodbine.
SANTIAGO’S MAYOR A CUBAN.
Ueuerul Wood Appoint* Honor Ha,anil to
Tbut Position.
Santiago i>k Cuba. Nov. 2H.--Some
time ago Major Me Leary, whom tiea
eral Leonard Wood had appointed
mayor of Santiago, requested to be re
lieved of his mayoralty duties and to
return to his military poet. This re
quest was granted yesterday.
In the opinion of Ueuerul Wood it is
preferable to appoint to tlie mayoralty
a civilian acceptable to the Cubans,
and he lias appointed as Mujor Alc
fycary‘s successor Sc nor Bacardi, an
old resident. Hu is anxious to give
the mayor as much aut hority as is com
patible with military jurisdiction. The
new mayor will conform to (Scnaral
Wood's ideus, which ure to give the
< uhans every opportunity to show
themselves capable of self-government.
The first official act of Mayor Bacar
di was to discharge the entire clerical
force in the mayor's office and to em
ploy Cubans who had served in the
war. He will shortly issue a manifes
to to tile effect that he intends to en
courage thu city's development and
give employment as far as conditions
will permit to worthy po.v-.ons. (ieu
crat Wood has high hopes of this first
attempt at civil government under Cu
ban control.
A NIGHT CABINET SESSION. I
President >l< Kluley Summon* III* Advis
er* In Pn*t Hurt*.
Washington, Nov. JK. -A special
meeting of t lie cabinet whs held itt 10
o'clock Inst night. \ll the members
were witlt tin* President except Secre
tary l*ong. who whs out of the city.
The meeting was called by the Presi
dent in order that his advlacrs might
consider with him advices received
from the American peace commission
er* at Paris. It i» understood that tlie
advices related to ismntcr proposals
informally made to the American com
missioners by tlie representatives on
the commission of i tie Madrid govern
ment.
It is understood that one point, new
in tlie negotiations thus far mu
raised in tlie dispat dies received by
tlie President. it related to a modi*
lication of t lie terms of the pro|M>si
tiou submitted to tlie .Spanish com
missioners a few days ago by the
American commissioner*, hut in just
what (Htriicuiar tlie proponed modifica
tion was to he made could not tie ascer
tained That tlie proposition \i as not
accepted was made clear by the Presi
dent in .aiding to Ilia Aliter-can com
missioner* a reiteration of hia former
instructions.
I *e*. H***f fa* t MIL
\ tirsaxiso thill, Nov ',’4 In tha
• haiutsrr of deputies the minister of
Anauco declared m Uie uanta of Hie
president that liter* would not be an |
other dollar of paper mouey >>oi*4
rn.iiwi n*ua*» laaivra-t
Vliduuill M>. No* s I he Nod
away ohisij giaad jury adjourned
after a two week s wmius, .taring
which sis» i four l idn Intents were re*
mined. The nature of alt of them
has not teoHsc public but «iiw sen
sat ions are promised A targe number
of election twttors, among them so>ne
prominent men. were caught, it la said ,
It la wnderstsaal alau that a large num
bef of Nodaway county druggists who
bate has a violating thu iUfUwr lawa,
will ss*o« ba la the uteakea of tka taw
iiis iwii am.
Captain of the Charleston Places ?
Guard Ashore at Tien-Tsin.
THE SITUATION VERY GRAVE. y,
H.I Necessary In Order to Protect
American Interests Owln| to Political
Disturbances—landed lOO Miles Prou.
Peking, the Chinese Capital.
Wasiiwhton, Nov. ‘.H The navy de
partment received a dispatch to-day
that the cruiser Charleston has landed
a marine guard at Tien Tsin. In the
roadways of the gulf of Pe-ebi-li, 100
miles by water from Pekin, the Chi
nese capital.* The dispatch was con
sidered of grave Importance, and was
taken to President McKinley at the
White house at once.
The disturbances In Pekin following
the dethronement of the Chinese em
peror suggested to Washington the ne
cessity of sending a naval vessel to
Chinese waters to protect American in
terests. Admiral Dewey wat ordered
to dispatch the Baltimore and Petrel
to the Gulf of Po-ctii-li. Tlie Balti
more. on account of a slight accident,
was unable to sail. The Boston and
the Petrel sailed from the Philippine
islands October 6. It was regretted at
that time that the Helena was not on
the Asiatic station The Helena had
been built with a light draught, pur
|>osely for ascending Chinese rivers.
At the early part of the war she was
recalled to America. The Boston's
draught would uot permit her to
ascend the river above the Tuku forts,
near the river's month. The Petrel,
however, took a position near Tien
Tsin. Tlie Charleston arrived later,
relieving the Boston. Ou account of
the fall floods the Charleston was able
to join tlie Petrel at Tien-Tsin. Pekin
is about 2,000 miles from Manila.
The American vessels at Tien-Tsin
could not be joined by another cruiser
from Admiral Dewey's fleet, on ac
count of the shallow water.
secretary Hay, when called into con
sultation over the dispatch, said that
the marines were lauded, not because
of any •information of rioting or at
tacks on American missionaries, but
solely to act us a guard for the
United States legation at Pekin.
United States Minister Conger had
represented that nearly all of the lega
tions of the Kurup.-un powers were
provided with marine guards, and he
did not cure to bo exception iL in this
case. After lying at Tangu for a
while the Jtostou worked her way np
the river to 'J'ien Tsiu. about Un
bend of navigation for vessels of her
class, it is believed at the Navy de
partment that tlie marines will lie
sent forward from that point in
launches or small river bouts. Prob
ably not more than twenty-five ma
rines were landed.
London. Nov. - According to a
dispatch from Shanghai to a news
agency published here this afternoon,
the liritisli admiral lias hoisted the
union jack over I ing liai, capita) of
the little is.an I of Chusan, and over
several other islands in the i uban {
archipelago.
MURDERER GETS HIS SHARE.
A r«-r»on Kluj A<‘C|Ulr« l*rr>[»«rty am the
Direct libfiult of IIU C'rliue.
St'ist'X, < ai., Nov. 'Jti. — Superior
Judge ifncUles of Solano county lias
just decided that a person can acquire
property as the direct result of his
ow n crime.
Louis, Frank, Arthur. Thomas and
Susie Be lew were brothers aud sisters.
Louis and Susie were unmarried and
each possessed estates in their own
right. The father and mother were
both dead. Frank was without means
and possessed a family with whom at
the time lie was not living, tie mur
dered Louis and Susie with no appar
ent motive except to succeed to a por
tion of their respective estates. He
pleaded guilty au<l was hanged.
The |ietitioii for the distribution of
lie estate of Susie aui Liwis Itslew
asked that the estate lie divided in
equal shares to tin- surviving brothers
and to the estate of Frank Buiew.
One of tile brothers Hied objection to
any distribution being made to the es
tate of Frank Bel.-w, on the ground
tliul lie. having murdered his brother
and sister, could not succeed to any of
tlie estate left by them. To this ob
jection a general demurrer was inter
IMtscd and hus l«een sustained. Judge
Buckles declaring that uuless the
court can change the code of civil pro
cedure t lie estates of la-wis and Susie
lieiew must Is* distributed in equal
l>arts to the estate of the murderer.
Flank Be ew, and the two surviving
brothers.
PRINCE GEORGE IS NOTIFIED.
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