MNT1 Nebraska Partners Show Less Oonfldenco ia the Spring Ocrcal , CHANGE IS ABOUT 600,000 ACRES i lo | > nrl until t of Acrlctiltiiro rurnliliM riKuroi on Corn , Onls , liny , rututo mill Oilier Crops for Hip bctuon Jimt IVit An Kncourrtglng HI.o Inc. , * ( * WASlUNGT6NDoc. 28. The stat istician of the Department" Agri culture oallmntos .the United States .wheat crop of 1000 at 522,229,505 bush- 'ehi , the area actually harvested being 42,495,385 ncros and the average an cro 'I2.H9 ' bushels. The production ot winter wheat Is estimated at 350,025- 409 bushels and that of spring wheat at 172.200.00G bushels , the area actu ally harvested being 20,235,897 acres nu Ihc fonnar care ami 10,259,188 acres In the latter case. The winter wheat acreage , totally ahandono.l In Ohio , Allchlgaii , Indiana nnd Illinois , Is Hn- tilly placed nt 3,522,787 acres , and the tip ! lug wheat lU'rcnge , totally aban doned In North Dakota and South Da- Btota , at J,7ii'lfi7 ! ; acres. The extraor dinary rapid into at which the winter iwhcat acreage of Nebraska Is gain ing upon the iipring wheat acreage of that slate has necessitated < a special Investigation of the relative extent to nvlilch llio two varieties were grown during the last year. The result of ( the investigation Is that while no change in called for In the total wheat figures of the state , 51)0,575 ) acr s have been added to the winter wheat col- niimi at the expense of the spring va- vloty. The newly-seeded area of winter iwhoat Is estimated at 30,232,504 acres. i\Vlillo this acreage Is slightly greater than that oown In the rail of 1800 , BIS estimated at the time , it Is 000,054 uvcrcs leas thnn the area that was nc- itually sown , the discrepancy being duo to tlio remarkably rapid development wt twlnter wheat growing in Nebraska , .with which , no stated , the department's reports had failed to keep 'pate. A comparison of the noWlyU&edcd ncro- < ago with mat of the .fall of , 189 ! ) shows that of the cloven states and terri tories that HO wed 1,000,000 acres or upward of winter wheat one year ago Pennsylvania , Missouri , Kansas , Cnn- ifornia and Oklahoma report an in crease amounting to 071,701 acres , and Ohio , Michigan , Indiana , Illinois , Tex as nnd Tennessee a dceroafco ot 1,780- 191 acrca. The average condition of ( the growing crop on December 1 was 97.1 < per cent of the normal. There are many complaints of the Hesslnn fly. The lowest condition -figures ro- liortocl arc fiom Olilo , Michigan , , Kon- tiicky and Tennessee 80 , 80 an < l 87 ( respectively. The condition In 'Kan- eas , Oklahoma and many other statco its above normul. The production of corn In 1900 Is estimated 2,105,102,510 bushels ; oats , i'09,125 8 ! ) bushels ; barley , 5S- 2JlJ.ia | bushels ; rye. 23,905,027 buah- clBj buckwheat , p,5iQCG ( ) bushels ; , un- Itatoes. 210/)2C,807 ) bushels , an < l hay , roilo00i' , ; | ( tonsi Tlio nrdK frtJtn which those KTOJJS 'wsro gathered'wns ng'fol- ' Qowfr In acres : Corn , 83 20,878 ; 'Oats , 27,304,70r.j birloy ( , 2,101,282 ; rye. 1- 101,320 ; buchwhoit , 037,930 ; potatoes , 2,011,054 , nni Hdy.'IlO.lS ' .SDO : ' ' ' TJio corn crop of 1900 was one'Of * ho four larjBMt.ovec.gjUUcrert. . while jtho oat crop has been exceeded only oiipe. Qn llo ) other liand , thcbiirlny arid ryfr'crulpu are tha smoJIeat , with one exception , In acres since 1887. The buckwheat crop IB the smallest Blnco 1883 .and the hny crop is the riitillu/ij ( / , with one exception rflp.ro 1668. WlClll'HA , Kas. . Doc. 28. Mis. Cur- rlo Nation , president of the Harbor county Wonian'H ChrlBtlnii Tcmpor- nnce union , entered the Carey hotel' ' Lnr room nnd with a stone smashed a $300 pilntlpg : < > t.CIeoputru , at her Imtlu and 11 mlri-pj ; valued at $100. Slip Is under arrest but no chargs jhajf-yfct .boea tOiiterod.o'Sho appealed1 * o ,0ovei'a'5i- Stanley , who is In the pity , and he refused to act in any way. She broke mirrors 'at Klown , Kas. , In two saloons pome months ago , She < loclarqs , there Is no law under , wh uh plw qjm bo prosecuted. and slic threatened to continue Hot1 vlolqW opposition to saloons. ' > I To Fight United WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. The vast UnfluMrlnl forces of Germany , arc or- Kanlzlng . for n tremendous 'ntrugglp vyitU agrarian and commercial Inter ests , according to n report to the state deniujtwpnt from Hutted Sla.tea Consul S % ya ; % nt MainHo saya that the 'inimtifncturliiK interests of , Germany mirolv will demand tlio passage ot a protc'clivo ' tariff during1 the pi-wiit cession of thP.roIchntugt.jnuc'e of the strongest Industrial boi-letlos of ( Jer- inany 'recently coin-Plied * to ( n&mlzo a ( National ludUKtrhil council. , i , i i KOVdlllll Illll ll | ) 80011. WASIIINCTON. 1) . C. , Dec. 28. Sen- , alor Allison , Who Is tlio second member - - ber on flu- finance comniltten In pohnt ofjieniorlty , suld today thatjthp house bill. aiiHimUng thu war rov.enue Jaw Jw inhqi ) up by that committee latcilyuftor .tho j'qconyenlng ot EH. Ho alno utatpd that no hearings - ings would bo granted by the commit- j l Too Ku y for Klilii | if r . PIBRU15 , fl. D. . Doc : JS"-An ! nglta- , tlon In fdVor of more elrlngent laws tor , kldnupiilng , IHUI already begun liereas n consequence of thq Cudahy affair at Omaha. Tho" legislature bids fair to bo overwhelmed bllla providing now and severe jmnlslimont for that jM > rt of crime. Under the statutes of the state , AH they stand , kidnapping i ia.punlshublo ) V'inprls- ( pnment in Uio ptjnltcntlaryv for tqn years , which wodld I'iciui 'a slxrycar term , Avlth the good Xliuballowani't * deducted. CROWE IS WEARING SKIRTS. Mnniiiijriiillii | In ClilciiRn ntul Haying llnrr Among Sitloun * . CHICAGO , Dee. 28. Disguised an a woman , I'at Crowu , the kfdntipor of Eddlo Cudahy nt Omaha , has been seen Iu Chicago within the last few dayn , nnd may ntlll b6 in hiding hero , ac cording to statements made this after , noon by DotcctlVo Sergeant James Star- on , who arrcBtod Crowe a number of times. With n view to discovering the fugltlvo'n biding place , n search of sev eral houses has been made by Storen , acting on a tli > that Crowo had been- recognized , -ChrlHtmim day the sor- Bcnnt nunihlcil ( tinon evldonco which convinced him that Crowo has been In Knglowood recently , and that In the gnlso of a woman and heavily veiled ho went abroad with Impunity In streets where ho Is well known. The tlj ) ns to Crowe's whereabouts came fumi a saloonkeeper nt State and Sixty- tulrd streets. When a tall woman en tered the saloon by the "ladles' en trance Christmas eve add asked for beer to bo served In a private room , the inulllcd , but masculine volco aroused the saloonkeeper's suspicion. After the visitor departed a barkeeper assorted that ho had recognized 'tho supposed woman as Pat Crowe. The following day , Christmas , the saloon keeper told Storen. In a room In Sixty-third street , claimed by the landlady to bo occupied by a "young widow , " Storen found a pair of men's socks , whoso presence could not bo explained. Other ovl- donco that the occupant was Crowo himself came Into Storen's possession later and ho IB still hoping to secure the $25,000 reward for the alleged Cud ahy kidnapers' capture. Two mysterious persons , one in skirts , arranged at the Continental National bank for the deposit of $8,000 In gold. NO INVITATION TO BE SENT. Itoport Tliul rrnnldont In to Invite tlio ICiilHor Denied. WASHINGTON" , Doc. 28. Nothing Is known at the White House con cerning the story cabled from London to the effect that the New York Yocht club would Invite Emperor William of Germany and , the Prince of Wales to wit.less the yacht races for the Amer ica's CUD next summer and thnt.Prcs- idont McKlnlcy would write eoncur- ipntly to the kaiser and prince invlt- ii.g them to visit the United States. At the White House It Is stated that nothing of thp sort Is in coiitenipia- tlon. The Prlnco of Wales was a guest at the executive mansion dur ing Picaldcnt Duheannn's administra tion. I.cprii y lii lliii I hlUii ] > lncs. WASHINGTON , Dec , 27. An ap pended report to General MacArthur's joviow of the civil affairs of the Phil ippines for the past fiscal yerfr , gives noino rather startling facts regarding thd Introduction nnd prevalence of leprosy In the Islands. According to the estimates of the Franciscan fathers , says Major Guy L. Edle , the writer of the report , therq are no less than . .0,000. lepers in the archipelago ; the major portion of these being In the VIscayns , Our Colonial Cnlilnot. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 28.In nccordahco wltlmw order Issued by the ' War(1pDU > vJin.eii4 > jt0tlay , the dlvi- 'ion of customs nnd Insular affairs of the < ) filco of Secretary Of warcreated , In December , 1898 , will herqa'ftpr bo ) uiown as the "dlvisloir orinaulnr af- falrtf'.filfmiV'Y/liniliVo.-oUlivgt' ' df . / Jmat- iura pertaining , toitlKf.cti/ili.'affnlra con nected with tiic govqrnmcnt of Cuba and the Philippine islands , a's dlatin- gulshed 'from mutters of a puVelyt mil itary character. - > , , u A.SiiHUtlon ( I.aokod , . ST. J08KPII.- Dec 28.- The 'prose- utlng attorney hcllovca ho will bo iblo/jo develop al\tha \ Important feat- it cs f t'ho se.iantlonal murder of tlie inillionalrti merchant , Rriink Richard- ton of Savannah , at thg. Inquest to be Kjuimcd tomorrow. Mrs. Richardson will tak the stand and It is under stood she will islv < ! testimony that \\\M \ dearly nhow the mufdororito o a very prominent resident of Savan- C. r. llnntlnu-V" " ' " Will , SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , Dec. ' 28. The will cf Colls" P. HUnthigton was admitted to probate today. The only pronprty bp\otyjiig \ | , tt the .estate of the ( ijcvpyoiLlli tli K ijlty consjFted ot a niorlKUKeIntqvejt to yci.property \ In the value of $ riO.OOo. Asldo from this there * was ui > i/ol'sonal property of any. description , , the munsluh on CallforMla Btrcpt btaudlni ; in the name o' ' the widow. ( Irriiuiny U Slli'nt. 'BEULtNrDe6.fJS.VWhcli ' ! the Htten- tlou of thp Gormani foreign oillce was called today to a dispatch frojn Wash ington , announcing that the United States government would decline to accept icspontdhlllty for the losses of Germans In Cuba from the Spanlsh- Amorkun. war andjLUeu .Insurrection 'which ' led to It , the officials refused to offer any expression of opinion on the subject. I'orto Itlatn * ( In In lluiinli. ' SAN JUAN , > Dec' . 28 > The ' Now York and Porto Rico Stt > amshln com pany's Hteomqr ArUndln , palled from Ponce yvutorduy for Now OrloauB , having on board -100 Porto Rlcans , Ou per cent of whom were women and children , destined for Hawaii. In I'ubu. WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. The KPII- nto commJUce oiv roluUona with Cuba probably will meet Immediately afcu' the expiration of the holidays for the purpose of further considering tlio ( liieptlon of Irregularities under the I'uhan service , nu directed by the ( resolution elution of. last Hrsaiczi. Tl\o \ Lawshe leport made to the. sourctary of .wni has not been received by tm > comiuit- too. It.is presumed that If Secretary Rodt concludes to. fiendi tblHt9 con-i KVqssj " .tj all jhoyjill B-ijd , 1t.dlrect to' ' the feiuUu under the terms of the Bacon resolution. Holidays Spent in Brushing Up the Ap propriation Bill , COMING DAYS FULL OF BUSINESS Jad/tin / Ii'iuuro .liny lluvo n Alllllon Iol > IMF I'tinil' InncMfd , for JrrlKiitlnc lu- Uluil l.HiiUi Utliur Muttur * to Uo Cuu- ultlvreU. WASHINQTON , D. C. . Dec.27. The Etib-eomnuuuo on appropriut.ons hav ing yi cnurgo tuo jdonurution of tno lotjvsiatlvo , udminlHCrittivo and juui- ciai bill , whlcli HUB been sitting mi.ly Blnce the honduy recess of coiigresa , has practlcahy completed its won ; and prbbably will not meet again un til niior tuu roi/oiivunlug ot the sen ate. The Dill will then he reported to the full Lomnnttco and as soon as possible , to the senate. It will not carry a much greater total than the bill carried as it paused the houuu. There lutvo been few increases of sal ary mude by tlio sub-committee. Incrcu.os in the clerical forces in certain blanches of the war , interior and postofllce departments have been provideu for. These increases have been made in response to urgent rep resentations by the heads of bureaus. The Indian appropriation bill re ceived today from the senate commit tee on Indian affairs , the first atten tion that has been given it by that body. A sub-committee consisting of Senators Thurston , Platt of Connecti cut , Stewart , Jones of Arkansas and Pettlgrew , took up the bill and after examining many of the provisions , decided to consider the petition of tha Plma Indians of Arizona for improved facilities for securing water for Irri gation. Hydrographcr Newell of t'.io geological survey and others wore heardi as to the utility of a proposed dam f6r a storage reservoir on San Carlos river. It was stated that thesp Indians had been deprived of their water supply by the construction of an Irrigation system by white men and that where before they had been self-supporting up to that time , they wore now on tlio verge of starvation. It was estimated that the proposed dam will cost about $1,000,000 , The , 9Qinmltteo is , apparently dlapcaed to make some provision for the unfor tunate Indians. TnUus it Hopeful Vlcvr. LONDON , Dcv. 27."Mr. . Conger takes a hopnful view of the Btluation , " Bays'the Pekin correspondent of the Morning Post , wiring on Monday , "and thinks that a settlement will be effected , , but he declares that not one of the envoys will rpcognlzo the em press dowager ofllcinlly , although all arc aware thfet she has long exercised the supreme power. Ho believes the crisis will arise In the initiation of re forms In China. 'Senor do Cologan , Spanish minis ter to China , fears that the joint dis cussion of the note will extend for u year or moroi "It is rumo'red that numerous vil lages east of Pekin are combining to exterminate native Christians , sev eral of whom have been burned in a local tempi * . , "LI Hung Chang is a trifle better. " Constitution for Cuba. HAVANA , Dec. 27. The various sections Into which thc'iCiibnil consti tutional convention was divided some weeks ago for the purpose of prepar ing and mlbmlttlng draft constitu tions for the consideration of the body as u whole 'arc gradually get- : Ing together on the b.ain ot n uni- : ary government , with restricted suf- 'ragc. The convention leaders now tiopo to 'have ' this work completed by January 15 , so that the results may bo submitted to the United States con gress February 1. The sectional dis cussions have been bitter nnd pro longed and therefore there will "be less debate in the open sesulcns , the hard fights having been made In the secret sub-sesblons in order to aa-c public wrangling. . WASHINGTON , Dec , 27. Robert H. Wllcox , delegate , in , the house of rep resentatives fiom the Hawaiian is lands , has just been paid a claim of $1,000 for mileage. It was the largest claim of the kind ever made , but it was paid promptly by the sergcant-at- nrms of the house. Every congress man is entitled to milage at the rate of 20 , ccilts for mile "by the most dl- rpct and pructinblp route from his homo to Washington and return. " The distance between Honolulu and Washington Is figured at R.OOO irillcK. Mr.Vllcoy will draw ? 1,000 more foi- hlr. return trip. ( 'oMM'li'tiro I'rlrk * lit I.n l. WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. The r * rp- tnry of the treasury has received from n town in the south a conscience contribution ot $200. In the course- of his letter thq cornier WB he de frauded the government out of ravcnuo taxes on tobacco to that amount in 1871 , 1872 itnd 1873. No Inilliino Found Huntlnc , WASHINGTON Dec. 27. Indian Agent Myton ofthe Ulntah and Ourp.y , agency reports to the Indian burea.i here that the search of western Colorado rado by the state ofllcials for Indians hunting In the state has resulted in a failure to find one Indian. Olvrn of UU Million. . NEW YOUK. Dec. 27.-It became known today throijgh n . "port made by tho.Baptist churches qf Now York that John D. Rockefeller , jr. , son 'of the president of the Standard Oil com pany , 1ms subscribed $250,000 for the founding of nn InsUtutlon of learning- for poor boys and gh'is. The school la now in course of erection iu Tenth avenue , between Forty-seventh and ttorty-elghtli streets , amMvlll bo conu pleted and ready for ocvupaucy by Slurch 1 next. WAR ON CHINA BEGINS. rir t Formnl Mutiny of the Dlplomntlo Itrpri'irntntlvr * . WASHINGTON , tioc. 27. A cable gram received at the State department from United States Minister Conger , dated at Pokln on the 24th Inst , states that the flr t formal meeting between the diplomatic representatives and Prince Citing took place on the 24th. filing prcaDntcd the credentials of himself and LI Hung Chang , who was unable to attend owing to Illness , to the diplomatic representatives , who handed to him the oflldal note. The officials of the State department are unwilling to venture a guess na to the length of time that will bo consumed by the Chinese government in consid eration of the note. The lust article notified the Chinese government that the , occupation of Chi Li nnd Pekin may continue until the Chinese gov- orhirtent haa complied with' the terms of the note. It may be ftated , how ever , that the United States is not hound or affected by thh condition. Our1 occupancy from a military point wf view haa terminated : .nd there Is no disposition to renew it. As for the otlior powers , It is ex pected that the main obstacle they will encounter in withdrawing under this condition will bo found In the dlfllculty of obtaining satisfactory guaranties upon the Chinese promlso to pay indemnities. PAT CROWE IN MANY PLAGES. T.ninteil In Ohio , Inillunit mill MliMiurl at tlin Hnm 1'liiir. FINDLAY , 0. , Dec. 27.-Pat Crowe , the man suspected of being one of the nbductoi's of young Edward Curt- nhy in Omaha , is believed to be in hiding in this town or vicinity. IIo has n number of relatives In this neighborhood , including a sister in ittcComb , ten miles northwest of this point. The Omaha chief of police has telegraphed hero to have the officers keep a watch for Crowe. MUNCII3 , Ind. , Dec . 27. The Mun- cl" pollco late tonight received telc- phcno calls over a farmers' privata line to come to a point near Shldelor , eight miles north of Muncic to ar rest a man who fills the newspaper description of Pat Crowe , so frequent ly mentioned In connection with the ( Jiulahy kidnaping. Detectives Ben- bow and Puckctt have started for the scene. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Dec. 27. Flvo morp PInkerton detectives arrived In the city tonight from Chicago to fer ret out the hiding place of Pat Crowe , tV Omaha kidnaper. Chief of Detec tives Shea is still of the opinion that Crowo Is harbored by friends in this city. Chief Shea and Policeman .Task Purcell , now of Denver , armed with Winchesters , expected to capture Crowe tonight , but the house they visited did not hold the desperado. Hanflnnmn KikN I ru fillty. CHAMBERLAIN , S. D .Dec. 27. Wows has reached the city from the Brulo Indtan agency that Handsome Elk , the most dangerous and 'mo-l : desperate redskin ot the northwest , heat his squaw In a brutal manner with a neckyok.0. It is thought the squaw will die. Elk then seized an other Indian woman. Hoar Bird's daughter , and scalped her. Then arm ing himself with his rlfo ! and other firearms , ho went into the hills a short distance and left word that friend cr foe must not aproach him. Minn Morrlnon tint on Hind. ELDORADO , Kan. , Dec. 20. Jessie Morrison was released this morning on $5,000 bonds. The woman's fath er accompanied the' horlff to the jail and Jcsslo was released from custody. The pa'rty then went quietly to the 'Morrison ' home. Miss Morrison has not yet made known her plans for the immediate future. It Is thought.'however , that she will spsnd some time visiting her old home in the oast. n nt til Alton. WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. J. F. Bar rett , general superintendent of the Southern railway , who tendered bis resignation several woekes ago , will , after January 1 , bo connected with the Chicago & Alton railroad. Mr. Barrett refuses to discuss his future ( course. Ho states that he will not servo the road as general superintend ent. I'-ii-in ' , . , AV ntcil for Hnllor * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. A plin of recruiting sailors for the United States navy fiom the farms and the country towns Is now under consider ation at the Navy dopurtment. The recruiting now Is carried on outside of the large oltlea , but It hr.s net reached the lntr.-cr | sections remote from largo centers. M'r'foril Ooi > f > Vmicruolu. "WASHINGTON , DQC. 27. The iiart- ford , which was ordered .to watch Aiveiln-.ii int ° reits In Venezuela and co-op iato with United Stntes Minister Loomis In their protection , has loft Cr.rncon for La Gnlra. The Navy de- > ' "t-'Mjut annoiui'-ea that it will visit Trinidad nnd BarbaJoes after leaving La Gulra. 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