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Loup City Northwestern * VOLUME XXX._LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY , DECEMBER 28, 191L NUMBER 7. _ I CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LEASER IMPORTANCE. ! BOILING GOWN OF EVENTS -st'ecai. Pclitical. Personal and Other Manor* •« Brief Form for All Claases of Readers. Washington. The • '"isafe by a unanimous vote forma-.> ranOod Preciirst Taft'o noti £ ; >n tw kuw a of the termination at the treaty of ICf. •f-ttU’' “it pre sited a bill to j upfe !«r a »i* day w#ek and eight t v. da) and ettra pay lor orertime l-ft til .-#rr-r in e:|jr delivery ser * - and cl*- a* in ftrsl and ceiond riaaa poeSadhoo*. fWu .op tier the location of the t • ; it;» .me* .a the public lands in | t -rutr.-• man Kittkaid s Nebraska dis trict • -4 that air tut *.-t to introduce a t.. t *tf house to appropriate fltt. j tee* a rewurvejr n^nnch lands. . ery b) the congressional ;: i • •niitttir.ee on printing that “as «.-rated" [taper bad been used for j j ir. m the . -j.. matent printing of i * e led to the nun luncetnect of a era; .... • new set if goierntuec; palter Mandards T*- < IIBXIH WU to gne right ol j V * :r .... t «- de lee m the Aiueri rm» T- *.»ii «•» ci snpeay reorganisation 1 •> supreme «»ur. «d the Unit- j -i - ».* sal dtsri »aed in the senate ui. on me judiciary and re U -r-f to a > rmmtr.ee. ' - * • :tr court of the United 1 PiU* adj turn-'4 »* Fndaj until! >J l*y January - Much of the time , 4 ::.e its i • during the rece * will i t»r <##*"* ged to preparing opinions In rs**#.. Sctia^. '-**»? to a call at the White t V C Fri-tident Sh »rm»n wide ci-.;**■# was jjirea to a report ■ o .a . • *i •' tli >ir to le the r« a candidate for governor I . . >- !t - urtLer ss* r.-ported ap. .,¥ on the bH.it< st authority j |- it i • - bis party .Wind him to ' tuv 1--. is for :l*e v ii c pr» tdebey. be : ««iM Mir# tram politic;* March 4. ; general. j c. Mabruy 1 Id tbe story of bis | ttt- at Cons..it Hiatts The Lips) 4«-Ik-ienry appropriation ' ti>" t . m 4 by tbe senate. a a* held c; Ik the house. Tfce senate fey a unanimous vole j derided tor tbe abrogation of the treaty • ;<l Russia Veterans at t uba fee! themselves the d. late io tbe president, and •ersi;i(l) bate succeeded Tea -ere killed and nearly a score j injured in a outlie** on tbe M.lwau feee r jtd is Minnesota Trade reiaUaas between the I'nited i •s ate, ad Hiosi are not affected by tbe abrogation of tbe treaty. Tire- « 'e killed asd c .gat injured Ir a trolley ooUisK* on tbe Kansas C ’7 l- at*a»orJi Bw’.r.i Sine. T»«-i»ty three stic ks of dynamite • ere liMUtd tB the home oi a depart r.eet store o*aer at Los Angeles The tamgx relations committee re ;.jt -4 a resolution abrogating the t us tr.aiy of IK! on January 1. IMS. . K llBckctt. the actor, and %1-m. Ihwtrtm Mary llec kjey of law e- a. England, »n* married in Ml!- ! Wanker - » d-nt Taft has accepted an in sitae us to opes the twelfth interna i t si V»»> a!K>c of Navigation con-j gr- -s at Philadelphia. May 22. A Johannesburg dispatch to the Lamina Eat-rws* reports a diamond ru*B at tUormhuf. a ! arming district aa the barks at the Vaal river. iPale department adi Ires yontinuf to isdws'.e Wittig of unrest in Cuba aa a resui' at tbe retention in office at affieiai1» who signally opposed Caban independence. « strai of tbe Elgin Hoard of Tradt fu- d into the hands of Chicago and k - nun creamery men. elected on a . •Su'-rrs' ticket Charles Pottet *1* cted pr«rJ4e*t H Franklin formerly as in , rest- enter cm pie? *d by tbe d<>tuc is Ube M- V iitr: dynamite cases, was \ l r«. rw bdeev cown for preliminary h*-a— s.s on tie seruad bribery charge ; uu<t tin. Tir senate made record lime in ad «r :a* a boose rudWltl. Tbe 1 «a» .iSsm* prottded fur tie payment o! tie *alan<» of tie amtiicrt of lie , *« at <*« nsScad of Jannary 1 j T ' •* proceeding catt rtd tixty as -«mdn. s rartmdt cr 2~,'«*»$ gallons of a tomato paste used in tbe manufacture of >at*.p seised in Chicago by oci*— <_< trailed States district Alter s James H. Wllkeratm on s charge j * obetanee contained de< .red ] K. aSie Miter and was “filthy.” (Mb ai* ef 'be Turku* was office are fir -Mia; compiatnt that tie Itaiian u>e*p# in Tripoli are using Cp' iwr Marian E Huy of Wash tone has duciiaed u> call a special *•*, c. ef tie legislature for the en orrmuot of a presidential preference primary btl! By tie berms of four documents Sled for r- m in the county coon C Santa Ana. Cal. Mat C. Goodwin <he actor ins settled ail claims held SAa.stS him by iu former wife. Edna CMdr-ci. tor the sum of 9CU.4*0. to be paid ia three installments Twelve persons, nearly all of them revolutionists, escaped from jails at Mexicali. A Christmas present of $50,000 was voted to the employes of the Central Trust company by directors of the concern. Both bouses of congress have ad journed for the holidays. The house concurred in the action of th** senate abrogating the treaty with Russia. A re-survey of public lands in the Sixth Nebraska district is urged by Congressman Kinkaid. Col. \V. K Couy (Buffalo Bill) is going to put in another season at the show busires*. The urgent deficiency bill, carrying appropriation of $2,210,000. was pass ed in the House. The government, alleging an illegal combine, has brought suit against tin- Keystone Watch Case company. H-v Charles V. T. Rieheson. ac cused of murder, injured himself badly l:i h>s cell of a Boston prison. In a nte.-sage to congress the presi dent said wool duties were too high, ad revision should begin imme-diatw iy C. o. ! 3 of Ne | rax.; will tile as a candidate for | j.inatsou .is congressman from; the Secand Nebraska district. Twenty live damage suits, aggrecxt-1 :::e t82.ioo. v.i re ftk-d against the Maylt - Pulp and Paper company ot : \ustin, Px. a:vl against President George C. Bayless. From an nutboritative source it was !. a rued that the likelihood of aay further advance In prices by the l rited States steel corporation is rather remote. Suits in bankruptcy of the Western Stet ! corporation, showing liabilities of $l.l!‘3.1o.> and assets of $7,339,965, ••ere filed in the I'nitcd States diss trict court at Seattle. .-•.mendinents to :e articles of in corporation of the Minneapolis «v F*. Louis Railroad company have been ali-d. increasing the capital stock j rem $2d.f ' O.iN 0 to ?3<l.ObO.OOO. • i. I ■ •jer Chi< cr w ho died < a Novem i.ill.iwing his release j :r . the lar.t ■ uworth penitentiary, ; was admitted to probate. The J ish Chronicle says that the at i: ins'tuitions in London I ■at - d . idi d to urge the abrogation oi C.I \!.e l: • vat#.^v hich fill ferentiato c'dv.-ird H. Shuster, cousin oil Morgan Ster. Treasurer general ol t'crs’.i. is in New York, en rente tc j T !.< t.te Lorn the Panama canal zone : lie i- going to help the treasurer gen j era! in his trouble with Russia. Twenty-tnr-c sticks of high-pov.et i dju.ati.ite were lound by a gardener buried in shrubbery at the residence •f Arthur I-1 t~. owner of twq of the' largest d p.rtment store3 ia Los Angeles. On or before July 1. 1912 is the ;:me fixed for the payment to China of the 3.Kk>." poses, as indemnity Or subjects of that country massacred :n Torreon by Mexicans during the recent revolution. Rose Eytingc, at one time one oi i he most popular leading women on the American stage*, died on the 21st at Amityville. L. 1„ from a paralytic stroke. The body will be taken to Washington for interment. Captain Samuel H. Harper, 68 years ; •id. mayor of Ottumwa, former state ! commander of the Grand Army of the 1 Reputdic. and twice state senator, ' died of heart trouble. He was cap tain of the Forty-sixth regiment Unit d States colored infantry during the Civil war Twenty-live damage suits, aggregat ng $82,400, were filed against the Mayless Pulp and Paper company of \ustin. Pa_. and against President George C. Bayless, indivldusQly, to re cover for losses caused by the going out of the mill company's dam at Austin on September 30 last. At New Rochelle. N. Y., character ■eng the age as one of the greatest unrest and discontent which the country ever knew. Jacob Gould Seburman, president of Cornell uni versity. discussed conditions and pro poeed remedies in an address before the People's Forum. At Portland. Ore., “Mysterious Bil ly" (Amos i Smith, at one time a well known welterweight prize fight j <r. was shot and probably fatally , wounded hv A. B. Loomis, captain of > a river steamer. The shooting was -aid to be the outcome of a series or (jnarreis in which the two men had engaged — Personal. President Taft is given"credit at St Petersburg for tactfulness. President Delano hopes to put the Wabash road on its feet scon. Postofflce employes over the coun try had to work Sunday on account ol j the holiday rush. Chinese rebels are in high feathers ; over the virtual recognition of their cause by the powers. Secau - Norris lirown of Nebraska addret-sed tke senate in support oi ; the Sherwocd pension bill, which re really passed the house. Attorneys fbr Chicago packers tried i to have their cases dismissed, i Senator Horan discussed "big busi i ness " in an address at New York. Set retary Knox says the . United I States is in a position to meet di3 | crimination of other countries. Secretary Wilson believes desert basins ran be utilized for the fertiliz er industry. President Taft says he has reached the conclusion that ,people of the pres ent age are living too fast. Secretary MacVeagh said there should be no further delay in cup rency reform. ^ 11 CHERRY COUNTY CITIZENS SEND PETITION TO GOV. ALDRICH. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE What is Going on Here and Thera That is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. Lincoln—Three hundred citizens of Cherry county have forwarded a peti tion to Governor Aldrich asking him to call a grand jury to Investigate the hanging of Perry Sellers, near Cody, last June. Alma and George Weed. Harry Heath and Kenneth Murphy are now serving life sentences for the crime, but EuniOe Murphy, the girl who is alleged to have incited the deed, is said to have left the state. Lived Two Years With Broken Spine. Lincoln—John R. Shoaf, who has lived for two and a half years with a broken spine, died Sunday evening at his home here. Mr. Shoaf was former ly a conductor in the employ of the . Burlington, and received his injuries April 27, 1909, by anchor poles of a stretched cable breaking and knock ing him against a dump car. — Showed Good Horse Sense. Paxton.—A horse and colt belong ins to G. P. Boardman fell into his cistc-rn. TJhe water was deep and the horse saved himself by hanging his head over one of the pipes and stand ing on his hind lct's. The colt stood on his hind feet, with his front ones on the horse's back. — Micting cf State Grange. Broken Bow—The first annual ses sion of the Nebraska state grange was held in the assembly rooms of the city hall under the personal super vision of National Organizer Charles B. Hoyt and was largely attended thirteen out of twenty-one state i granges being represented. Delivery Auto Explodes. Beatrice.—A delivery automobile be longing to the .If W. Hill dray line exploded in front of a grocery and was completely destroyed by fire, to- _ gether with a load of groceries. The driver, who was underneath the car making some repairs, had a narrow escape. Crushed by Automobile. Lincoln.—Struck by an automobile which was proceeding at less than eight miles an hour. Mrs. L. M. Ed miston. was instantly killed just as she was attempting to board an East O street car here Wednesday noon. Fire at State Normal School. Peru.—The pumping plant of the state normal school was totally de stroyed by fire Wednesday morning with a loss of about $3,000. Origin unknown. NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE. Senator Norris Brown has written from Washington to Secretary of State Wait for blanks to be used by him in filing as a candidate for United States senator. Figures for the 1911 state tax levy, compiled by counties, show an in crease in the returns over those of last year. Governor Aldrich has issued par dons to Martin Hicks of Richardson county and Fred Bishop of Kimball county, in accordance with 'recom mendations of the advisory board of pardons. The state board of pardons has re fused to recommend a pardon for Jay O'Hearn, the Omaha young man who with others shot and killed a saloon keeper, Nels Lausten of Omaha. The object of the robbery was to obtain money to continue a protracted spree. O’Hearn was first sentenced to death, but the supreme court reduced the sentence to life imprisonment. Secretary of State Wait is of the opinion that in the matter of presi dential and vice presidential races in next spring's primary petitions asking the names of various men go on the ballot for the preferential ex pression must have 3.000 signers, the same as is required for those who de sire election as delegates-at-large to either of the big national conventions. Floyd Seybolt, formerly of Lincoln but now a legal resident of Geneva, has filed nomination papers as a can didate for state treasurer on the demo cratic ticket. He has filed a request with the secretary of state to have his name placed on the primary ballot. About $79,000 has been received by the state treasurer’s office for the gen eral fund since December 1, and the accumulated cash in excess or current obligations is being used to redeem warrants registered during October and November. Banner county failed to abolish the office of county assessor at the recent general .election and County Assessor O. W. Langmaid will continue to hold his position. The total vote cast in the county at the general election was 283. A majority of all votes cast at the election is required to carry the proposition to abolish the office of county assessor. Ninety-one votes were cast in favor of abolishment and 69 votes against the proposition. As less than a majority of all votes cast were in favor of abolishment, the proposition failed to carry. Nemaha county also failed to abolish the office. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Deemer has installed an up-to-date electric light plant. A movement is on foot to organize a Y. M. C. A. at Kearney. The West Point farmers institute will be held January 21 and Febru ary 1. Mrs. Robert Blodgett of DeWitt died suddenly in Missouri while visiting with relatives. The Oakland commercial club has inaugurated a series of monthly smok ers and luncheons. Saturday was “Red Cross Seal day” in Fairbnry and about 100 young ladies from the high school sold seals on the streets. The new high school building was dedicated at Nebraska City Friday. Chancellor Avery of the state univer sity made the principal address. The humanitarian slogan. "Do your shopping early.” has not aroused the people of the city to unusual activity in Christmas buying, according to Lin coln merchants. Fremont school authorities are de termined to see that the* law pro hibiting the sale of tobacco to min ors. is enforced, and a number of ar rests have been made. Hog cholera which has been play ing havoc with many splendid herds in Jefierson county is dying out. The epidemic, while it prevailed, was un usually fatal this year. 1 no circuit court at Bloomington, lias denied a writ of mandamus asked by the city of Franklin to compel the county board to call a special election for a county seat location. Christmas decorations in the show window of the Xumeyer Store at De witt caught on fire anti considerable damage was done to the stock and building before it could he put out. A mysterious epidemic has broken out in Lincoln which the doctors are as yet undecided whether to catalogue as la grippe, ptomaine poisoning, or the result of the use oUpolluted water. Four tramps were overcame by gasoline fumes in a Burlington pump house at Benkleman. Xeb. Two are dead and the others are dangerously ill. An automobile stolen four months ago at Kansas City has .iust been lo cated at Stella where it had been placed in storage by two men who were to call for it later, but failed to do so. The Ashland bridge across the Platte river -connoting Saunders and Sarpy counties, was opened to traffic Saturday. The structure is 9G0 feet long and one of the best bridges in the state. University Place claims that nc other town of 4.000 population can boast of having only one store where cigars are sold and having no bil Hard halls or bowling alleys or pic ture shows. Mrs. Dorothy M. Frazier'of Lincolr will receive $11,000 from the Burling ton railroad for the death of her hus band. Ernest M. grazier, an express man. who was killed in the Indianola wreck. May 29 last. The proposed school of forestry to be located at Nebraska City, which met with some public discussion some time ago, may be revived and an at tempt made to get an appropriation for it. At the seventh annual convention of the Nebraska State Association o: County Commissioners. Supervisors and Clerks, just closed at Grand Island. Lincoln was chosen as the next meeting place. Foreman Ericson of Valparaiso was fatally injured near there when he jumped from a car of flaming gasoline which was being propelled at the rate of thirty-five or forty miles an hour in front of a hand car. Peter M. Plamondon. driver and owner of the automobile which Wed nesday noon struck and killed Mrs Eliza J. Edmiston at Lincoln, has been exonerated from all blame in connection with the accident by the coroner’s jury. The Boys, Agricultural club and the Girls' Domestic Science club of Gage county, will hold their fifth annual contest at the court house December 27. There will be exhibits in sewing, baking, manual training, corn, po tatoes and regular school work. The body of John D. Troyer was found in the Blue river above the power company's dam at Miiford. He .had but a short time before rowed across the river with a companion, and whether his death was due to accident or suicide does not seem certain. Six-year-old Helen Davey. at Tacum seh. was badly injured when she stepped in the way of an axe in the hands of a boy cutting kindling, re ceiving the force of the blow in the face. The jaw bone was broken and several teeth knocked out. Fears entertained by the Fremont friends of Miss Ruth Mulliken for her safety at Canton. China, were relieved bv the receipt of a letter from her by her brother. Warren Mulliken. Miss Mulliken writes that there have been no serious outbreaks at Canton. Ed Cameron, a trapper, was found dead in a claim shack on the Dismal river, near Thedford. James Hall, employed at a Lincoln cleaning and dye works, was pain fully burned on the hands and face when a white woolen skirt he was dipping in gasoline caught fire. “The biggest fruit show that ever came down the pike,” is what Secre tary C. G. Marshall of the state board of horticulture predicts in connection with the forty-second annual meeting of the State Horticultural society, which will be held at the university farm, at Lincoln, January 1$ to IS. ACCEPTS THE TERMS PERSIA YIELDS TO THE DEMANDS OF RUSSIA. SHUSTER WILL BE DISMISSED — Hi» Administration of Persian Fi nances Had Been Displeasing to Russian People. London.—Persia has yielded to the demand cf the Russian ultimatum that W. Morgan Shuster, an American who holds the post of treasurer-gen eral in the Persian government, be dismissed from the service. , The Russian ultimatum also calls for the payment of an indemnity, which is to reimburse Russia for money expended in sending an armed expedition into Persia to enforce her demand. Mr. Shuster’s administration of Per sian finances has been displeasing to Russia from the start, and when he , caused the seizure cf property belong- ! ing to the brother of the former shah, over the protest of the Russian vice consul. Russia at first demanded an apology, and when this was forthcom ing called for the dismissal of Mr. Shuster. This has finally been ac ceded to. The Persian charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg called at the Russian for eign office to announce officially his government's decision to abide by the terms of the ultimatum. Up to a late hour tonight, however, no public an nouncement had been made at Tehe ran of the recession of Persia from the stand she originally took against the demands of the czar’s ministers, even in the face of threatened aggres sion. The delay in making public the fact that she had yielded to the Rus sian demands was probably through fears of the results of the public an- i nouncemenL Mr. Shuster is still without formal notice of his dismissal. He is resolute j in declaring that he would have noth- j ing to do with the negotiations and | would only recognize tbeir right of the national council to dispense with his services. The exact form of Persia's reply is not yet known, but from the latest news received from Teheran it would seem that the cabinet has overridden the wishes of the commiss!3n which the national council appointed to deal with the matter. It is not probable that there will be a withdrawal of the Russian troops in Persia while disorders such as those at Tabriz are occurring. ___ Penrcse on Taft. Philadrlplra.—Senator Penrcse, In an interview here, predicted that President Taft would be renominated without srrious opposition. He said that so far a3 he has teen able to as certain, “there is r.o great amount or sentiment in this state for the nom ination of Senator La Follette or any other republican of the “progressive school." Rev. Sheldon Resigns. Topeka. Kan.—The Rev. Charles C. Sheldon, author of “In His Steps." and many other books, resigned the pas torate of the Central Congregational church of Topeka, w hich he has held for twenty-three years. He will devote himself to a tour of the world, visit ing missions and Young Men's Chris tian associations. x -- Mother Asks for Her Salary. Chicago, ill.*—Mrs. Mary K. Patter son, mother of Charles A. (Chick) Patterson, for whose murder his wife, Gertrude Gibson Patterson, was ac quited in Denver, has asked the school board for her salary during the time she at tended the trial of the wife In the western city. President Railway Surgeons Dead. Mobile. A! a. — Dr. Riiett Goode, presdent of the American Railway Suregons’ association. 55 years oM, died here of Bright's disease. He was dean of the medical department of the University of Alabama. Virginia Vote Sellers. Knoxville. Tenn.—Judge Skeen of Lee county. Virginia, on Thursday is sued a proclamation in which he in vited all who sold their votes in the recent election in that county to .ap pear before the court, confess and ac cept the minimum fine. Missouri Convicts Paroled. Jefferson City. Mo.—Governor Had ley gave Christmas paroles to four men serving sentences for murder. Prosecute the Coffee Trus\ Washington.—It is intimated that the department of justice will begin prosecution in Philadelphia next week of American members of the giant [ Brazilian coffee valorization combine. Rates Temporarily Suspended. Washington.—Advances in rates on grain and grain products, proposed 'oy j the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad and its connections west of the Mississippi rjver, to become ef fective December 20, were suspended by the interstate Commerce. Lawyer Found Guilty. I.os Angeles.—Fred H. Thompson, a criminal lawyer, prominent in south ern California, was found guilty of haring accepted $15,000 from Orlando Altorre, a clerk to the postoffice. ’POISED OVER A PRECIPICE Strange Pillar Formation Which Stands Among the Precipitous Rocks of the Grand Canyon. Flagstaff, Ariz.—The strange pillar formation called “Thor’s Hammer,” is found in that region of natural won ders. the Grand Canyon of Arizona It is perched on the side of the preci pice and to the eyes of the tourist it always seems about to slip into the abyss, but like the leaning tower of Pisa the center of gravity falls with in the base of the strange formation. Standing in the presence of the precipitous rocks of the Grand Can Thor’s Hammer. yon, which tewer to heights of 5,000 feet, piercing the clouds above, the abyss yawning at his feet, the spec tator is overpowered at their im mensity. He stands transfixed! There is probably no spot on earth where man is more impressed with his own insignificance or more over whelmed with the majesty of nature. It is the grandest of gOKges. It in spires one with its 'sublimity; it ap palls him with its heights, its depths, its awful solitude. The hand of the infinite has chiseled these rocks into most fantastic forms, their towering turrets and imposing minarets standing out boldly in bas relief against the deep blue of a southern sky. And over all is the il lusion of distance. One cannot con ceive the vastness of it all, and is met by a series of surprises, as it is borne in upon him that yonder gorge, or rock, or peak, or crag lies perhaps miles away. At the bottom of the gorge the river, turbulent and pictur esque, madly rushes on amid its rocky environment, lashing itself into foam. About the mighty peaks the eagle soars and struggling vegetation contends against fate for a roothold among the rocks. WOMAN RAILROAD PRESIDENT Through Her Wise Management Mrs. Kidder of California Has Accum ulated a Fortune. Sacramento, Cal.—As president of a railroad in California, Mrs. John F. Kidder, who recently disposed of her controlling interest in the road, has been no mere figure-head. When her husband died and she found among her other possessions a narrow gauge railroad running through the Sacra mento valley she confessed to her friends that she was “stumped.” “Dis pose of it,* they suggested. No, she couldn’t do that. The road had been her husband's pride and she felt that she must retain it for a time at least. So, being a true example of western womanhood, she started right in to learn the duties and responsibilities of railroad management—and she succeeded. To know how well, one t 1 " —■ ii— » -,-‘-‘-u-* Mrs. John F. Kidder. has only to mention her name in the far west. The little westerner quietly direct ed the operation of the road—every employe swears allegiance to her— increased its value and is now said to be worth more than $1,000,000. Re cently she accepted the offer to sell her interest in the road to the Cali fornia Midland, and by so doing ends her career as railroad president— probably the only one of her sex in the United States. Hawk Killed by Locomotive. Gary, Ind.—While at the throttle of his passenger locomotive W. P. Mor gan, a Baltimore & Ohio railroad en gineer, saw the engine strike a hawk In flight. The bird dropped to the pilot of the engine and in its claws was found a rabbit Both Factions Offer Leadership to Yuan Shi Kai. Crafty Oriental Turned Tide in Boxer Revolt by Shooting Man Pro tected by "Bullet Proof Oath” —Friend of the People. Shanghai.—Yuan Shi Kai, called “the strong man of China,” towards whom the eyes of all the world today are turned, has been offered the premiership by the throne and the presidency by the Republicans. It is pointed out that at the time of the Boxer war, Yuan was the one man in China who could command the respect of foreigners and at the same time unite the warring Chinese. Yuan accepted the premiership, con sidering it the best opportunity to bring about peace. A few days after he had assumed these duties he told his friends that he had thought the situation over carefully and con cluded that there is no hope of sav ing th>» Manchu dynasty and that a change of government is inevitable. Yuan is said to be of lowly birth, meager education and superficial knowledge. He has never traveled be yond the borders of his own country and he speaks no language but his own. His countrymen say that the strength of his appeal to them lies in the fact that he is quite generally and firmly believed, throughout the empire, to be patriotic. His deposition from power for three years, 1908 to 1911, was due to his having repeatedly compelled the Manchu princes to relinquish certain revenues which they were using for private purposes, that he might have money to build up the army and to institute reforms in the schools. Yuan always seemed to have in mind some ultimate benefit to the people at large, regardless of the personal wish es of the ruling dynasty. The incident that brought Yuan to the notice of the crafty old empress dowager and the admiration of the foreign diplomats occurred while he Yuan Shi Kal. was mayor of a small town in the Province of Shantung. The Boxer movement was strong and many of the most reputable Chinese were on the verge of joining it, when Yuan de cided that he must take an impressive stand against the fanatical ascendency of this secret order. One of the tenets of the Boxer faith was that participation in the rites of the order rendered a person immune to the effects of bullets. They be lieved the “foreign devils’’ could not hurt them with their guns. When Yuan was invited to join the Bc.xers he did not dare refuse, and be did not wish to accept, because he saw defeat ahead for them. “I will join with you,” he said, “upon one condition—that you prove i to me you cannot be harmed by for eign bullets.” The Boxer committee agreed to the test, and one enthusiastic Boxer stood I against the wall of the mayor's gar ■ den to be shot at by Yuan himself with a new model Martini-Henry rifle. Yuan smiling explained that this test would settle for all time in the minds of the citizens how unimportant was this boasted power of the foreigD devils. The Boxer leader was reverentiall> entombed at Yuan's expense and prayers were said over his grave for 100 days. This is the man of nerve, cunning and diplomacy who is being called upon In China today. Wolf Kills Eleven Cats. San Antonio, Tex.—An animal, be lieved to be a lobo wolf, passed along the fourth block of San Pedro avenue one night, and at daylight eleven dead cats were found in yards and under houses. In practically every instance the cat came to its death from a single •tab of tusk wound in the breast.