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VOLUME XXV LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1908 NUMBER r>2
SUMMARY OF NEWS
CONDENSATION OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.
BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD
General, Political, Religious. Sporting,
Foreign and Other Events Re
corded Here and There.
Political.
Judge Taft and W. J. Bryan both
spoke iu Syracuse, X. Y._ the same
night.
The republican congressional com
mittee estimates that the next house
will contain 224 republicans and lt!4
democrats.
Mr. Bryan wound up the campaign
with a speech at Lincoln, his home
town.
W. J. Bryan made a speech at Al
bany, X. Y. He was introduced by
former Governor David B. Hill.
United States Senator Cabot W.
^ Lodge said at national republican
headquarters that he estimated the
plurality which Taft and Sherman will
receive in Massachusetts at 90,000.
The following statement signed by
Wham Hayward, secretary, and F.
YV. Upham, assistant treasurer of the
republican national committee, was
given out at republican headquarters:
“We are informed that a person of the
name of J. M. Bennington of the state
of Washington is representing him
self as an agent of the republican na
tional committee for the purpose of
soliciting funds and has written let
ters soliciting contributions. The re
publican national committee has no
connection with Mr. Bennington; he
is not a member of our committee and
ne'v^r has been and has no authority
to solicit funds for this committee.
General.
Governor Patterson of Tennessee
has | nouneed that he has sufficient
evid. convict all members of
the ga„v “ ^night riders that hung
Captain
Speal®>''-'a> 1 in answer to Meth
dist bi^v f' lli‘\ being responsible
for the; Af' i'ros. is «t.tlefield bill.
BelS&l&S111''a c's • sovereignty
over <#- "* }s.a new reae- been an
ne*4r' Xhls 'veek ih of No
vfjAfiV\ t- ic for butte*
E' ( Uased 75.000
* 'll V or s'iivery at New
$ <Al ¥w J'iices for delivery
at iAn-'' "at 50.264 cents per fine
ounce.
Mrs. William Astor. who for thirty
years has been regarded as the so
cial leader of New York, died on the
31st of heart disease at her home on
Fifth avenue. For nearly four weeks
Mrs. Astor, who was eighty-two years
old. has been in a critical condition.
The next national convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
will be held in Omaha.
Modern Woodmen decided to make
no effort to establish a preferred claim
for their funds in the First National
bank of Charlton, la.
Many girls were injured as a re
sult of a fire in a ten-story building in
the Cincinnati retail district.
Both Ervan and Taft received the
election news in their home towns.
Nicholas Tsehaikovsky, the noted
Russian revolutionist, is released on
bail.
The cabinet of Bulgaria has accept
ed in principle the demand of Turkey
for compensation.
A substantial majority for Premier
I.aurier has been returned by the elec
tions in Canada.
President Diaz of Mexico, rumors to
the contrary, says he is not ready to
retire .
A dispatch from Rome to a London
news agency says the pope has decid
ed that a special consistory shall be
held for the nomination of new Amer
ican cardinals after the reorganization
of the American diocese.
A damage suit has been started at
Louisville growing out of Kentucky
night rider outrages.
. Miss Mary E. Cheek of Toboso, ni
ls the only regularly appointed woman
rural mail carrier in the state.
Mr. William Farren, the veteran
actor, who has just died at the ad
vanced age of 83, was the third in the
direct line to bear what is probably
the oldest name continuously connect
ed with the English stage.
The government offers settlers a
chance to secure irrigated lands on the
Shoshoni ditch.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Egg O-See firm which recently
went into bankruptcy.
Chairman Mack in a review- of the
political outlook says Brvan will have
301 electoral votes.
C. A, S. Blake, who bribed the juror
in the Ruef case, at San Francisco,
made a sensational confession after
he had been found guilty.
Methodist missionaries were in ses
sion at Cincinnati to consider means
of advancing the cause in the foreign
field.
Records were broken In the naval
target practice at Manila.
The examiner of the Providence
Savings Life Insurance company says
the management was extravagant.
Seven*een suffragettes have gone to
an English jail rather than give the
promise to behave themselves.
The Omaha corn show management
has made arrangements for the pres
dent’s commission on bettering the
conditions of farmers to attend the Na
tional eposition and confer w-ith busi
ness men.
President Roosevelt celebrated his
fiftieth birthday by working hard.
Prince Henry of Prussia, spent sev
eral hours in the air as the guest of
Count Zeppelin, who made an ascen
sion in his remodeled airship.
Vice President Fairbanks made the
address on the occasion of the unveil
ing of the statue of ex-President Har
rison at Indianapolis.
Servian reserves have been called
out and King Peter has ordered 3"0
Maxim guns and 400 military auto
mobiles.
Miners of Charleston. W. Va.. barely
escaped with their lives as the result
of forest fires.
A semi official statement issued in
Berlin says Germany will not agree
to discussion of any subject in pro
posed international conference that is
objected to by Austria.
The Milwaukee road announces a
fare of cne and one-third regular rate
to the National Corn exposition, and
this is taken to mean the Western
Passenger association has taken ac
tion. and all roads are included.
The emperor of Japan replied tc the
message of President Roosevelt.
Chairman Hitchcock, in an inter
view before leaving New York for
Chicago, expressed himself as well
pleased with the progress of the cam
paign.
The Canadian elections resulted in
return of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to power
for another live years with a slightly
decreased plurality.
Washington.
“I suppose Heaven helped us to
join hands firmly,” said Japanese Am
bassador Takahira with emotion, as
he discussed the visit of the American
fleet to Japan. Ambassador Takahira
had a short time before returned from
the white house, where he was the
guest of President Roosevelt at
luncheon, and to whom he delivered a
message of thanks from the Japanese
emperor for that which the president
sent as the fleet departed.
The supreme court of the United
States fixed January 4 as the date for
hearing the argument in the commodi
ties clause cases, and gave directions
for the consolidation into one of all
the twelve cases for the purpose of ar
gument. The cases involve the consti
tutionality of the clause of the Hep
burn rate law prohibiting railroad com
panies from carrying commodities of
their own production.
The president will get busy on .his
message as soon as the election is
over.
President Roosevelt has appointed
Colonel Fred A. Smith of the Eighth
infantry, a brigadier general, to fill
the vacancy caused by the retirement
of Brigadier General Philip Reade.
Colonel Smith was born in New York
and appointed to the military acad
emy from that state.
Treasury balances Oct. 23d were as
follows: Available cash balances $168.
084.147; gold coin and bullion. $41,294.
531; gold certificates, $37,956,700.
Business conditions throughout the
country are quiet and not much
change is expected until after the
election is over.
Foreign.
In order that the prominent Ameri
cans who have taken passage on the
steamer Mongolia may learn the re
sult of the election in the United
States, the departure of the vessel
was held one day at Tokio.
The Chinese officials paid their
welcome to the American fleet.
Henri Farman’s aeroplane made
a twenty mile trip from Mourmelon
to Rheims in twenty minutes.
The latest sensation reported con
cerning the Duke of the Abruzzi and
Micss Katherine Elkins is that the
couple will marry privately and un
known to the public in order to es
cape the curiosity of the crowd.
The second squadron of American
battleship fleet reached Amoy, China,
on Thursday.
All the suffragettes with the excep
tion of two, who were arrested during
the disorders in and around the House
of Commons, were araigned in court
and fined $25 each. They refused to
pay and were consequently sentenced
each to one month's imprisonment.
The petition of Count Boni de Cas
tellano for a modification of the de
cree of divorce obtained by his wife,
who was Miss Anna Gould of New
York, on account of her subsequent,
marriage to Prince Helie de Sagen,
came up in the tribunal of the Seine
at Paris, but at the request of the
defense hearing was adjourned until
November 4.
The British Aero club has awarded
its gold medal to the Wright brothers
of Dayton, O., for their remarkable
achievements.
Personal.
Henry Bennett, a Kentuckian, who
was badly beaten by night riders, has
filed suit against a number of pro
minent citizens asking $100,000 dam
ages.
General Garlington finds Colonel
Goethals free of the charge of favorit
ism in awarding the Panama contract.
“Ted" Burton, member of the band
that hanged Captain Rankin at Reel
foot Lake, Tenn.. made a confession
in which he implicated forty men, over
half of whom are already under ar
rest.
Mrs. Stevens was re-elected presi
dent of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union.
Hundreds of federal employes are
leaving Washington for their homes
to vote. -'
A monument to former President
Harrison was unveiled in Indianap
olis, Tuesday.
Thomas F. Ryan gave *20,000 to the
Bryan campaign fund.
The secretary of state of Colorado
has been sent to jail for disobeying an
order of the district court in Denver
regarding the makeup oi the ballots
fox election.
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF WEEPING
WATER INSTANTLY KILLED.
POSSE PURSUE MURDERERS
Heroic Measures Likely to Be Taken
on the Malefactor if Over
handed by Hounds.
Weeping Water—Suspecting that
Night watchman C. A. Ralston was
going to arrest them one of the two
men thought to he the robbers of the
Manley bank, five miles from here,
shot and instantly killed the officer
about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Immediately the community was
aroused and every man who could se
cure a weapon and a horse started in
pursuit of the murderers; the sheriff
made a fast drive from Plattsmouth in
an automobile, bringing, bloodhounds
with him; officers in Lincoln-were no
tified to bring hounds and come here
as well as go to stations northwest
of here in which direction the mur
derers went after shooting Ralston.
The Platte river bridges are also being
guarded and the man hunt has been
taken up with such vigor and deter
mination that it seems almost impos
sible that the murderers can escape.
Cass county is a network of tele
phones. The lines have all been busy
and the towns of Wabash. Elmwood,
Eagle, Murdock, Alvo, South Bend
Ashland, Louisville and others have
been notified.
Feeling is so intense that only the
cool heads of the prominent business
men in the searching party will pre
vent a lynching should the men be ap
prehended.
The murdered nightwatchman is a
member of prominent families and has
lived in Weeping Water almost since
boyhood. He was a terror to evil
doers and a very brave man. The men
who committed the deed stopped all
Eight at the Riverside hotel. They
registered as Charles Selders and Ar
thur Munster and took breakfast
there, eating dinner just before the
murder. They came here looking like
bums, but left wearing good clothes of
a dark color and soft black hats.
They are about five feet ten or eleven
inches in height and one was slightly
stooped, one weighing about 160
pounds, while the other was thinner
and weighed about 140 pounds.
From the hotel they went up the
track to the coal chutes and behind
the cars Ralston met them and they
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fired one shot, killing him instantly.
He fell on his face in the cinders.
The section foreman heard the shots
and saw the men running away. He
went to investigate and found the
night watchman dying. Previous to
going up the tracks Ralston was talk
| ing with a detective ae:;t here to look
np the Manley bank robbery and the
detective told him to keep an eye on
these men. In less than fifteen min
utes Ralston was killed. Blood
hounds are also on the road here from
Lincoln.
Charley Ralston is one of the best
known men in central Cass county
and connected with prominent fam
ilies of Weeping Water. He had been
night watchman at two different
times, covering a period altogether of
about ten years. He is a brother of
Alfred Ralston, former butcher and
cattle buyer.
Contracts for Army Supplies.
Washington — Recents contracts
awarded by .the quartermaster gen
eral’s office include 0.000 tons of oats
to be furnished . by Seattle and St.
Paul firms.- Bids received this week
for 10,000 tons of hay for the Philip
pines have been rejected because of
high prices and irregularity.
Catholic Census.
New Orleans—According to the cen
sus of New Orleans, which Archbish
op Glennon of St. Louis has been
compiling for several months, and
which was made public here. New Or
leans has 181.549 Catholic communi
cants out of a total population of
about 350.000.
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES.
Many Candidates for Congress Pledge
Support for the Movement.
Chicago—Pledges of active support
of the consevation of natural re
sources movement have been receiv
ed by the officers of the Conservation
League of America from more than
one-third of the republican and dem
ocratic candidates for congress and
President Walter F. Fisher declares
that the league has every reason to
be gratified with the results of its
first national campaign. In addition
to the signed declaration of support,
which number 257. the league has re
ceived letters and telegrams from a
considerable number of congression
al candidates expressing approval of
its policies and assurances of sup
port.
Horsethief Shot by Sheriff.
Rapid City, S. D.—Two horse
thieves, named Harvey and Johnson,
escaped from the jail at Oacoma in
Lyman county Wednesday night and
later while being re-arrested by the
sheriff one of the malefactors was shot
dead. It _ seems that Harvey and
Johnson had stolen a team of horses,
wagon and harnees at Dallas and were
overtaken by the officers and placed in
the jail at Oacoma. With the aid of a
stove lifter and some lumps of coal
they pried and pounded a hole in the
roof of the jail and escaped.
r A NIGHTMARE.
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77V _ P.h-Q
TO BETTER FARMERS' LIFE
“UPLIFT” COMMISSION GIVES OUT
ITS ITINERARY.
One-Day Hearings Will Be Held First
in South, Then Through Entire
West
Ithaca, N. Y. — The itinerary
of the first trip of President Roose
velt’s farmers’ uplift commission was
announced Wednesday by Chairman
Liberty Hyde Bailey, who has been
planning for the investigation of farm
2rs' life in this country.
The commission will hold its first
hearing at the agricultural college of
Maryland on November 6. The party
will then go south and the next ten
days will be spent on hearings in the
states south of Washington and east
of the Mississippi river. During this
period the commission will separate
in order to cover the territory more
fully. Dean Bailey will come and go
between the two divisions. On the
night of November 7, the day after
the Maryland meeting, Dean Bailey
will journey to Philadelphia and there
address the American Academy of Po
litical Science on the work of the
country life commission.
The commission will be in Washing
ton on November 16 and 17. There
the commissioners will meet the mas
ters of the state granges and the farm
ers' institute workers of the United
States on November 16. The next day
they will meet with the delegates of
the Association of Colleges and Ex
periment Stations. On the night of
November 17 the party will leave for
the southwest, going through Tennes
see and Texas, swinging up through
Arizona and into California. The
northern and southern states of the
Rocky mountain group will be cov
ered. The trip back across the coun
try will embrace hearings in all the
states of the middle west. The party
will return for a final hearing in Wash
ington on December 18. The hearing
in Ithaca will occur about the middle
of December.
Messrs. BoardmaD and McAlphine of
the international Y. M. C. A. will be
with the party on part of the trip, and
ministers and various professional
men will be picked up on the journey.
The hearings will be of one-day's dura
tion each.
JAMES KERR PASSES AWAY.
Democratic National Committeeman
Dies at New Rochelle, N. Y.
New York. — James Kerr, Dem
ocratic national committeeman
from Pennsylvania, died Saturday
morning at his summer home in New
Rochelle, following an operation for
an intestinal disorder which had
made him practically an invalid for a
year. His wife and sons were with
him at the end.
William J. Bryan visited Mr. Kerr
last Monday, and the latter was much
elated over the visit of the Democratic
candidate, but almost Immediately
afterward suffered a nervous collapse
which greatly aggravated his already
weakened condition. There have been
several consultations of physicians
within the last few days, and it was
determined Friday that the only
chance of saving Mr. Kerr's life lay
in performing an operation.
Confesses Big Theft; Jailed.
Sac City, la.—Will H. Pettis, former
county treasurer, Tuesday pleaded
guilty in the district court to embez
zling *27,000 of the funds of the coun
ty and was sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiary.
At a previous term of court he had
maintained his innocence and his
change of plea came as a great sur
prise. He was at once taken to prison.
Storm Kills Boy in the East.
New York.—Many accidents, one of
which resulted in the death of a 12
year-old schoolboy in the Bronx, were
; reported throughout the city Friday,
; as a result of the 40-mile on hour
, northwest gale that had New York In
, its grip.
Two Killed by Train.
Bloomington, 111.—William Doyle and
William Finney of Mason City were
1 struck by a Chicago, Peoria & St.
I Louis switch engine at Petersburg
| Friday and killed.
ROOSEVELT AIDS HEALTH MOVE.!
Promises to Make Recommendation in
Next Message.
New York. — That President Roose
velt has agreed to recommend to
congress in his next message the
passage of a law to conserve the pub
lic health, similar to the one proposed
by the American Helical association,
was the statement made in an address
before the New York Academy of
Medicine by Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of
i Cincinnati, chairman of the associa
tion's committee on national medical
legislation. In speaking on the cam
j | uign for national health laws, Dr.
«*eed said:
“On the heels of the various steps
forward I am gratified to be able to
assure you that the president has au
thorized the statement that he will
formulate definite proposals and trans
mit them with his indorsement to the
next congress. It now devolves upon
the 13.000 doctors in the United States
not only to back the president in his
work, but to anticipate those actions
by a persistent campaign in behalf of
this fundamental feature of the public
welfare.”
NEW FARMERS’ ORGANIZATION.
Society of Equity Is Formed at Indi
anapolis Convention.
Indianapolis, Ind.—The Farmers'
Society of Equity was organized here
Thursday afternoon at a convention of
representatives from a number of
states. The constitution of the so
ciety embodies practically all of the
basic principles of the American So
ciety of Equity, the principal change
being that all delegates to the con
ventions of the society must be pro
ducing farmers.
The following officers were elected:
J. A. Everitt of Indianapolis, presi
dent; W. E. Creflick of Travis City.
Mich., vice-president; J. C. Rous of
Indianapolis, treasurer. The directors
are: N. N. Ashby of Sebree. Ky.; J.
A. Myers of Ramsey, N. J.; R. Sherad
of Keosauqua, la.: W. H. Mitchell of
Hutchinson, Kan.; L. H. Johnson of At
tica, Ind.; and F. W. Morris of Roches
ter, Minn.
AUTO ACCOMPANIES A BALLOON.
I
Thus Aeronauts May Return to Start
ing Point Easily.
Indianapolis. Ind.—Something new
in aeronautics was attempted here
Friday afternoon when a monster bal
loon with a capacity of 110,000 cubic
feet of gas shot up into the air with
an automobile in the place where a
basket is usually suspended. The as
cension was made in the north part
of the city, the balloon carrying two
occupants—Carl G. Fisher of India
apolis and G. L. Baumbaugh of Spring
field, 111. The idea of the aeronauts in
using an automobile instead of the
usual basket is to be able to immedi
ately roll up the balloon, load it in the
automobile and return to the place of
starting or other destination.
Two Men Burned to Death.
New York. Oct. 30.—Hemmed in by
flames and unable to escape from the
basement of a business house in
Duane street, Henry Jones and David
Mahoney were burned to death
Thursday night and William Settgast
was so seriously burned about the
face and hands that he will probably
die. The men were employed by the
firm of Stilman & Engel, manufactur
ers of celluloid novelties and they were
at work when a barrel of celluloid
caught fire.
Belgium to Rule Congo.
Washington.—Belgium is to assume
sovereignty over the Congo, which has
been annexed by treaty on the fif
teenth of November, says a dispatch
to the state department.
Orville Wright Goes Home.
Washington.—Delighted with the
prospect of returning to his home at
Dayton, O., Orville Wright, the aero
I pianist whose llights at Fort Myer dur
ing September held the attention of
the world, Saturday left the hospital.
Abruzzi to Wed in Secret,
Naples.—Thei latest sensation to be
reported concerning the duke of the
Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins is
that the couple will marry privately
and unknown to the public in order to
escape the curiosity of «mwd.
MRS. ASTORJS DEAD
AMERICAN SOCIETY LEADER j
PASSES AWAY.
LONG A SOCIAL LIGHT
_ I
New York Woman Who Was Known
as First Among Country’s Aris
tocrats Taken by Death—
Heart Trouble Cause.
New York.—Mrs. William Astor,
who for 30 years had been regarded
as the social leader of New York, died
Friday night of heart disease at her
home on Fifth avenue.
For nearly four weeks Mrs. Astor,
who was 82 years old. had been in
a critical condition owing to the return
of a heart affection that had given her
trouble for years.
There is not a name in the social
register that is so well known from j
one end of the land to the other as
that of Mrs. Astor. Despite her ad
vancing years, Mrs. Astor continued
to hold her social domination up to a
year ago. when failing health com
pelled her to retire into comparative
seclusion.
In III Health a Year.
It was in the summer of 1907 that
Mrs. Aster’s friends learned of her ill
health. While she was abroad last
year, her son. Col. John Jacob Astor. j
made the announcement that Beech- j
wood, the summer home of Mrs. Astor '
at Newport, would not be opened and
this led to the discovery that Mrs. j
Astor was in poor health. Word came ]
later from Mrs. Astor. while she was j
in Paris, saying that she would open
her Newport villa and that she would
make the season there one of the gay
est in years.
This promise was not fulfilled, how
ever, for when Mrs. Astor returned
from abroad she broke down in Boston
and had to return to New York. She
had remained at her home ever since.
Society Functions in History.
The society functions given and pre
sided over by Mrs. Astor have gone
down into history as the most brilliant
on record. It is said that the ballroom
in the mansion on Fifth avenue w-ould
accommodate 1,000 people. It was
Mrs. Astor who established the famous
’’400,” her visiting list being confined
to that number of names. In 1905,
however, Mrs. Astor was said to have
"let down the bars." when she invited
1,200 persons to one of the most mem
orable social events ever given in New
York. Mrs. Astor received her guests
at these gatherings seated in a high
backed chair beneath a portrait of
herself, painted by Carolus Duran.
Spouse Not Tall Socially.
The Astor jewels were worn by Mrs.
Astor on these occasions. It is said
the Astor emeralds are the finest in
the world.
William Astor, who died in Paris in
1892, took little part in the social ac
tivities his wife enjoyed. Mrs. Astor,
before marriage, was Miss Caroline
Schermerhorn, a daughter of Abraham
Schermerhorn, a well-to-do merchant.
She was married to William Astor on
September 23, 1S53. John Jacob Astor
was their only son. There were four
daughters, two of them. Mrs. Ogilvie
Haig and Mrs. Orme Wilson, are now
living. The eldest daughter, Miss
Emily Astor, who married J. J. Van
Alen died some vears aao
BATTLESHIPS REACH AMOY.
Second Squadron of Eight Vessels at
Chinese Port.
Amoy.—Eight battleships compris
ing the second squadron of the Ameri
can Atlantic fleet, under command of
Rear Admiral William H. Emory, ar
rived here Friday morning after an un
eventful voyage from Yokohama. To
the Chinese the visit of the Americans
is of far-reaching importance and
every preparation has been made not i
only to extend to the representatives
of the United States a flattering wel
come, but to impress upon them
China's desire for even more cordial
relations with the republic than have j
prevailed hitherto.
Montgomery Again Convicted.
Pittsburg, Pa. — William Mont
gomery. cashier of the Allegheny
National bank until the discovery of
a shortage in its funds of over $1,250,
000 early last summer necessitated
closing the institution, was for the
second time this week found guilty
Wednesday of embezzlement and ab
straction of funds, his peculations in
the two cases amounting to $613,000.
This case involved the abstraction of
$144,000 worth of the bank bonds, and
as in the first case, Montgomery of
fered no testimony in defense.
Victim of Crime Is Found.
Detroit. Mich.—The almost nude
body of an unknown man, 35 to 40
years old, was found Thursday In a
sack bound with ropes and a driving
rein in Lapham's Lane, Springwells
township. The man's throat was cut
from ear to ear, there was a bullet
hole in one temple and the back of his
head was crushed in. Apparently he
had been dead three weeks.
Schooner Wrecked; Two Drowned.
Baltimore, Md. — The schooner
Charles S. HIrsch, lumber laden, from
Brunswick for Baltimore, was wrecked i
near Paul Gamiels life-saving station,
N. C. Capt. Frank Hunter and five
sailors were rescued in the breeches
buoy by the life-savers, but the cook
and one sailor were drowned.
Rear Admiral Cowden Retired.
Washington.—Rear Admiral Alfred !
Reynolds Cowden was placed on the j
retired list of the navy Friday, his !
Aixty-second birthday'. 1
SQUADRON TOUCHES ISLES
FIRST SECTION OF ATLANTIC
FLEET AT OLONGAPO.
Second Division at Amoy, China. Tells
Indifference of the Natives—
Few "Passes" Cause.
Olongapo, P. I.—The first squadron
of the Atlantic battleship fleet arrived
here Saturday.
The weather was fine throughout
the entire trip from Japan and the
ships have been occupied with squad
ron evolutions and careful prepara
tions for target practice. Otherwise
the journey has been uneventful.
Wireless communication will be main
tained with Manila while the fleet is
at Olongapo.
Amoy. — Chinese people were in
different regarding the arrival here
Friday of the second squadron of the
United States Atlantic fleet. Only a
few natives turned out to see the bat
tleships composing the strongest naval
force that ever entered this port.
Not more than 100 Chinese guests
were admitted to the grounds on
which the celebration planned for the
reception of the American officers and
sailors was held, and resentment at
the severe measures to exclude the
natives was the cause of the apathy.
The British consul issued a circular
stating that the local officials have de
clined to issue more than 60 passes
to the inclosure to British subjects
and that in consequence he refused to
accept one.
The fleet appeared off Tal-Tan is
land at 6:30 a. m. Friday, having
been met ten miles out at sea by the
torpedo gunboat Fei-Ying, which es
corted the visitors to their anchor
age. The ships entered the harbor in
single file, the Louisiana, flagship of
Rear Admiral William H. Emory, lead
ing, and after forming a double line
they dropped their anchors at 9:30
o clock while the forts on shore and
the flagship of the Chinese squadron,
the Hai-Chi, fired the usual salutes, to
which the Americans responded.
CHAIN THEMSELVES TO GRILLE.
Suffragettes Create Remarkable Scene
in House of Commons.
London.—Suffragette disturbances
have driven the government to the un
usual course of temporarily closing
the strangers' and ladies' galleries in
the bouse of commons. Wednesday
svening a sensation was caused by the
display of a placard and sudden shrill
cries from the ladies’ gallery, demand
ing votes for women, while simultane
ously a bundle of handbills fluttered
down from the strangers’ gallery at
the opposite end of the chamber, and a
man shouted protests against "injus
tice to women."
Attendants hurried to the galleries
and the male offender was uncere
moniously ejected, but from the ladles’
gallery sounds were heard of a des
perate struggle. Two suffragettes had
firmly chained themselves to the grille
and resisted for a time ali efforts at.
removal, crying continuously in shrill
tones their demands for votes.
The scene was w'atched with amaze
ment from the floor of the house, but
finally the suffragettes were dragged
from their posts and removed, but
only after portions of the grille were
removed with them.
PEACE STEPS BY BULGARIA.
Agrees to Compensate Turkey and
Discharges the Reservists.
Sofia.—The Bulgarian government
Tuesday informed the representatives
of the foreign powers here of its ac
ceptance of the principle of paying
compensation to Turkey, which has
been the burden of persistent diplo
matic representations during the past
fortnight on the part of all the great
powers. This decision was arrived at
by the cabinet Tuesday morning after
a long debate, in which Emperor Fer
dinand used all his influence in favor
of peace with compensation.
As a further step in the direction of
peace, 60,000 reservists will be dis
charged at once, leaving the army at
its normal strength of 60,000.
Memorial Service for Sternburg.
Washington.—President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, the diplomatic corps, the
secretary of state, and other high
executive offlciaJs, members of the su
preme court and representatives of
the army and navy, attended the me
morial services for the late German
ambassador, Baron Speck Von Stern
burg. which were held in the German
Lutheran Concordia church here
Thursday. Baroness Sternburg was
accompanied by her mother. Revs.
Paul A. Menzel of the Lutheran
church and Roland Cotton Smith of SL
John's church led the service.
Morse Spars on Stand.
New York.—For more than six hours
Friday Charles W. Morse, who a year
ago was one of the dominant figures
in Wall street, sat in the witness chair
in the criminal branch of the United
States circuit court endeavoring to de
fend his financial operations.
Wilson Offered College Job.
Des Moines, la.—Secretary James
Wiison of the department of agricul
ture and a member of the president s
cabinet, has been offered the place o?
president of the State Agricultural
college of Colorado.
No Yaquis Slain.
Nogales, Ariz.—After a thorough in
vestigation of the reported ktiling of
40 Yaquis, including Chief Buie in ail
encounter at Hermosilio, it may be
said authoritatively that no four.;!. toa
for the reports exist.