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( USTR [ COUNTY RfPUBLlCAR
By D. M. AMSBERRY.
DROKEN DOW , - - NEUnASI\A
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Bdefl
I News in
Snow slldcs nrl' 1'C'IIClrlcd from Itl
most O\'C'I'Y llOhlt. In the Intet'lor 01
British Coillmhln ,
, The chlel SOllrce of wenllh of Jnllllt
If ! her coal , of which ! IOOOOOO tonl
' ' mined In HHlt.
\ \ < \1'0 \
' 1'ho BroClld'n Yacht cillb has ne
( "t'lltCll a CIIl fl'om Sir ' 1'hO\lIlHi \ Lipton
for IL rnce of amnII racerli.
J\nother foroln ! wrcstlor hns nrrlvcd
111 America really for hUlilness , 110 Ie
a SllI1l1ll1rll , 111111 h ImowII us Nalloleon
Pnscnl.
Colonel 'fhomnsInrflhall ; Green , ono
of the most wldoly ImowlI hlatol'lIl11a
In the sOllth , has jllst dlod nt his home
In Dnllvllle , Ky ,
Senutor J. W. nnlloy of 'I''xas hnn
reslglled ns dh'cctol' of the KOlltuclty
' 1'rotllng HOI'so BI'eeders' nssoclnlloll ,
Ho gave 110 ronson for his action.
HndjlIohammell ; Bill AIHlllllnh , the
: Mad : \llIlInh \ , ngn.lnst whom the Ul'lllah
have heen cO\1l1l1cllng \ a campaign In
Somnlllnnd , hna escnlled Into Hnl/an /
territory ,
A grentgreat grnudson of Thomns
Jeffcrson Is It cllllllldnte for mn'or ot
Hlchmond , Va , Ho Is < " : olollel George
" 'lIyno Andersen , a member of the
state senate.
Hnrry y , Hili , a vetornll theatrical
manager , Is dend at his homo 111 Sam :
toga , N. y" ns a 1'oslllt of It strolo or
ll11rn.lysls. Ho'ns G& years old and
It nall ve of ' 1'roy.
Henry Marl' of Colllmhlls , Ind" n
farmer , 1Ives In a house exactly In
the middle of this great cOllntr ) ' , A
stone In his harn ] ot marlts the spot
by censlis ol1clllls ! ,
ReSamuc ] A , Taggart , for many
) 'cars state secretary of 'tho Young
Men's Chrl tlun assoclntlons of Penn ,
sYJvanla , and wdely ] Imown through-
oQt the countr ) ' , Is dead ,
Chnres ] A. Robinson , who In ll11rt- ,
nerahlp with 1\11' , Pcyton of California -
nia , made a natlonnl rClmtation as nn
owner of coursing grcyhounds , Is dead
at his home In Sl. LOllis. 1\10.
There are moro than 11 dozen business -
ness women in Chicago enjoying Incomes -
comes of from $3,000 to $10,000 a ) 'enr
resutlng ] from their own enterprise ,
prOmlled and managed hy themselves ,
It Is belloved that the Rothschild
family , as 11. whole , Is worth about
$1,500,000,000 , the French aectlon being -
ing representell by about $ :160,000,000 :
and the English hrnnch by considerably -
bly more ,
Charged wllh msnlpr.Jprlllting [
$200,000 of the funds of the sllspendl
r"cderal IH\Uk at N w > 'ork City , David
Rothschild , former preflldent of the
IntIllltlon ! ? , y sterday was held In $2 , -
000 ball for examnntlon [ April 20 ,
T IO Sl. Petershllrg correspondent
of UQ , Paris JQllrnal S11)'S that pranll
Du , o Cyril was , on the brldgo .of the
PQt1'llpn.vlovsk when the explosion oc-
cllrred , and 'was thrown Into the sea ,
w lch le l to , the saving of. his 1I o ,
In II. volllmo just pllhllahed In Germany -
many by l'roC. Vlerecl. , he credits
Benjamn [ Smith Barton , of Phlladel-
lhla , with llOlng the first American
student to visit II. German. unlverslt ) ' ,
Barton studied nt Gottlngen In 178J ! ,
There was II. general susllehnon [ of
II11Blness In Danbury , Conn" during
the hour or the funernl sorvlco over
the hOdof 1 lontenaJ\t Bmest A.
'YeichQrt , who was ono of the victims
of' the expl0310n on the Imtlloshlp
1\IIS801Il'I.1 ,
In the bOllO that ono of the elghteon
G 'orgo llIlers named In the Chicago
city dll'octory 11I11) ' tUI'l1 out to ho thu
missing pen of the late Charen ] 1\111101
of Ul'ooltlyn , who left an es nto 01
$ lqOOOO Ohlef O'NolII of the Chlcag :
p\1l1co detallod men to Invcstlgate ,
Former Chief , Tall GilaI'd W. F , Hnff
man Is charged In an Indictment re
tllrned by the CI' nd jury nt St. Loul !
with consplt'acy , ] t Is nlleedtlm ;
Hoffman was Implicated In the effor
to get saws Into the clt ) ' jnll to 1111
Geo\'go \ Collins , who was oxeclltel
1\1l1reh 2Gdor the tnmder of Dctectlv. .
Schumacher , to oscallo ,
Near ] ) ' ever ) ' day fot' the pnst tWI
'ears the secretary of Will' hns 1'0
colved a lettet' fl'om a mnn Inlnssa ;
cllllsetts who slmlll ) ' gves [ his adll1'os :
and sa's nothing else , The leUet' !
are supposed to be remlndct's thllt tlH
wrltel' Is awnltlng a repl ) ' to S01111
communlcntlon to the Ilopurtment 01
a matter or Interest to him.
I'osttnastet' General IInnls , chler 0
the nuval IJ\\rcall \ ot sltlllllles and IIC
counts , nl\'eadr \ hos'cceved \ [ aboll
$2,500 In subscrilltions to the rllnll fo
the benefit of the dependent relative :
of the men who lost their lives 011 till
battleship Mlssou\'l. \ 'I'hls does ilO
Inclllde the 11r.c , qdR 11'0111 the entm
talnment gven [ , Monda ) ' ut the I.ufu
oUo theater , which Is estlmatell to h
about $ lGOO.
There Is a move111ent on foot tl
apply the cmfow IlIw to tlw nntlol1u
Calltal. About ' 1,000 cilles r.nll tQlm
111 the United Stutes , mostly In lh
west , now huvo CII\'tow \ Inws to 1\00
children who are ullaUendel1 off th
. streets aftcr II. stated hOl1111 \ the ove1
lug.
lug..Tho
.Tho loss of IICo from accidents nn ,
dlsastors In the Unlled States ] 11
year W\1S \ : Fh'es , 1,7112 : drownln
2.j 71 : oxposlons ] , 730 : fulling blllll
Ings , etc. , 474 : steam rallwa 's , , tOJO !
. . oectrle ] rnllwa's , 73 : cectrlclt ] ) ' , l G
mines , 788 : CYCOI1CS ] . . and storms , 487
lightning , 139 ,
AS TO GHINAME
HITT MEASURE CnlTICISED IN
THE SENA'rE ,
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IT rnA Y E TOO. SWEEPING
r-dnr that It Might Exclude Mongollan3
from Worl < lng on the P"namn Ca",1 ,
-The Section that 10 Found Objectionable -
tionable ,
' ' ' ' 11efi-
WASIJING'I'ON-'l'lto genoml -
dOllcy apIII'ollrlnlloll hill , liS reported
to the sennto , cOlltlllna as an II 111 C1HI-
111ellt the Hilt Chltwlo : exclllsion 1111 ; ,
which was IIccellted 11) ' the hOllso 110'
fOl'o the hili wus passed , 'fho II III
hill wns Int\'odlwell \ In the ( wnate hy
Mr. J'ellrme IIncI lUfel'I''d to the com.
mitt co 011 fo\'elgn \ rellll ml , In this
cOlllmUeo ! the dI8co\\y \ han hOOI1
JIlnde , It II ! sulll , that the hill will 11.1'-
fe:11 the Intl'odllctlon of the Chlneso
coolies Into the J'anulIln 1'11IInl 1.0110 ,
lind , to a cO\wlllo\'nhlo \ \ extent , the In-
trollncllon Into this con ltl'Y of Chlneso
und Koroano IInd t.he deportallon from
Hawnll , the Phllllll/ines / 111111 "any
( 'ountry subjcl't to the jlll'lslllctlon of
tlte Unlto1 ! Stlltos" of any pOl'son helel
to como within the lIleaulng of "Chi ,
neso IHl1'SOn , " alld ohj'ctlon IU1S llOell
lIIudo to the fllr-rencllug ] mcanlul ; o (
the hilI. 'I'ho Hcetlolls to which OfllO ) ,
Dillon are made nl'e liB follows :
"That the aalcl laws ! ! O I'oollueted ,
extended anll ( 'ontlnuoll shull ho so
( 'IJnstruod all to Iler\11lt \ the ontrullco
Into or l'e1lticllco within the Unltod
States 111111 any terl'ltOJ'y suhject to Its
jurisdiction of these Iler ons of Chinese -
neso desoont who uro ellIzens of the
Unted [ Slates hy I'onson of bll'th clld
th030 who 1.1.1'0 Rflecifielllly grunted hy
law IIlIch Ilrlvllege , 111\11 no otherR.
' ' 'fhat the words 'Chlnese Ilersons'
GTATEHOOD DILL.
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After long Dllicusslon 10 P 1csed by
the HOLe ! ,
W SIll nTON-Afler n dohato cx-
tonl1lllg throu1t ; till ! entll'o session the
ltoUHO Oil 'I'uettday 111l8ROl1 the hili 11\0'
vfllhlK fOl' joint Htntehood of Oltlnholllu
and Inlllnn Tcnitury ulldor the lIalllO
of OItiahollllL 11I\11 of Al'lzonl1 unll Now
; \lexlco IIIHIr the nllllle of I'lzona ,
In d1Rcu118111 till ! 1'1110 \ \ hlch had
hoell reporled hy the cot1\mlttco \ 011
rules II1'ovldlllg for IlIIll1elllutu consld ,
OI'alloll of the bill. Mr , Will hlt1\ \ ! : I , the
minority ] l.Ildm' , declarell that 110 I'e'
puhllcull hllli nuy Iclea that the hili
wou11 ] becolllo It ] aw ilL tltls session.
Doleguto WIImn : of AI'lwlI1I ollllOsed
the hili , It W/ln / fnvOl'od hy Delegates
Hod < , y of Now : \lexlco \ / 11111lcOllll'o : : of
Oltlllltoma.
'fho hili was ImsRcII 147 to 10.1 , a
strict IlIll'ty vote ,
' 1'ho quostloll of 1111111l1011111 accolII-
modatloll In tlto WilY of office and committee -
mittee rooms , occlIllell the attention
ot' ' the senate tlto I.reatel' lJart of
'rllo/HlIlY. The 11ue5tlon 111'090 In connection -
nection wHh tlw IJI'oviRlon9 111 the civil
allll1'Oll1'latloll hili , ono fel' all oxten-
Hloll of the east front of the C/lilitol /
hlllllllng , 111 accOanco \ with alwtches
] oft hy AI'chltoct Waltel'o , ulld the
othOl' for 1111 all olltAIlo 8enllto office
allll commltteo bulllllhl ; , 1\1uch va-
riot ) ' of ollll1lon WIIS oXllI'ossod alld the
fUCStioll was ! : IlIll lindoI' discussion
when the Renato IIdjou1'1led ,
OJ' 'Ilersoll of Chlnesu descellt , ' liS used
In salel laws , shall he construcc } to
mean any'Hrson ] desce\1tlell \ from an
IIn'estor of the l\Iong01lan race , which
ancestor Is now or was Ilt any tlmo
snhRequont to the 'ear ] 800 a subject
of the emlll'l'or of China ; and In uny
IlI'oceelllng or oxamlnatlon In rolatlo'l
to the exclullon : of n 1101's'ln : alleged to
ho such It Ilerson conducted h ) ' the
government tlto statement under oath
of 11 duly.aJlllOlnted Immlgrntlon or In-
,
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o\r.rel \
, LlOO"C
. : . . . . -l , . . . . . " . _ _ . . . . < < T = ' 7fJlow' _ O #
I .Qultc a Shower , lan't It ? " Can You Find the Speaker ? I
31lecllon ofi\ccr \ that IJ ( ! helleves such
Ilerson to ho a Chinese Ilorson 0" a
persoll of Chlncso descent chnll C li tI ,
ute 'sulJlclont'IlI'oof thel' of , IInloss
' ; Iuch Ilerson nl1l111 ostahllsh hy affirmative -
tive ovhlenco , to the satlsfacllon pf
: he officer or trlltunnl charged with the
' ot rmlnatlon of the qU stlon , thnt :
.uch Is not tlto fact. " '
Wlte1 ! the sonnto commlttoo on fer-
! Itn ; , relations hogan conshloratlon of
ho Chlneso bill , It'IIS bellevell It
\\'oull1 ho rOlorted ) an eXledltiously ] os
't IHlfiSOll tho. hO\lse , and If llassed no
) bjectlon would 110 IQad ( ! tQ It ns , ! )
unmidlllollt to the Hmwrnl deficlenc ) '
I )111. By the wO\'lln 'In the first quoted
I PGlIon. "I1HlU \ ) ' tnrrltm'y sl\l\ject to
Its jlll'lsllIctlon" llho Unltod Stt tes ) .
It wns suggested thnt the bill might
ho o ! wltlel' OCOIIO than was rt first
thollght , 'I'hen t1o : ether section dc-
nlllg the wOI'I1s "Chlneso 110rson" were
. c lIel1 tu uttentlon , mill It WIIS sug-
acstel1 ; thnt these might ho held to
relate to man ; , ' 1"lIlllnos ) , l oreanR in1l1
Jthers not Intendell to bo Inclull tl ,
11\l1 that the llI1ssnge of the bill might
lIe In con/llct / with the ( 'xI3t1n ! ; treaties ,
To Govern Canal Zone :
W ASIIINGTON-'fho house ' 1'h11l's-
Il\l \ ' gllvo o\'lIleneo of nlllll'ol1chlnl \ -
joul'nmont by I1n8slng 11. IUl'go number
of bills , umOIl ( ; them being onlJ to 111'0-
villo a t UIII 1101'1I1' ) ' government for the
Pnnnmn canal , A 1'1110
zone waR adOIt-
etl , after the tlemoerats had forcell a
I 1'011 call for the conslde1'l\tlon lit uny
time of the bill , cl'cat1l1g a commission
to Investigate the m rchllnt marine of
the United States , and the bill was .
then' laltl aslllo ,
ClaIm Japs Lost a Cruiser ,
ST , PETImSnUHG-A dispatch
from Port Arthur says scvCl'al 0)0
wItnesses assol't that a , Iapaneso crnls ,
" er was lost olltsltlo POI'l Arthllr Allrll
12 b ) ' stl'lItlnl ; ono ot' ' Its own Jloatlng
mines ,
Taft Favors Camp Sites.
WASIIING'I'ON8'001'0tlll' ) ' Taft
has luldresRorl u letter to SenatOJ'
Pt"Octor of the seuato milltan' committee -
mittee , strongl ' urglnt ; the purchase
of the four great cnlllp sites , lit a COt !
of several million dollars , which al'c
to ho11011 for joint manouvel's 1It\ll
drills b ) ' the regular lIt'm ) ' and the
mlllll\l \ , The Reerotury eXlllalns In
his ] etter th\lt \ ho wltlll11'aws his Ills ,
approml I 'of the original project ,
\\'heroln the altes were nl1med In the
Interest of the flpeed ) ' acquisition of
the lands ,
Several mll101' hills were passed durIng -
'
Ing the dny ,
1\11' , Teller opposed the east front
] Irovlslon , hilt advocated tlic now
building , saying that as the country
grows , dcmands. on the capitol wl11
grow , lIe expressed the oIllnlon that
the tlmo wo ld come whell 'It would I .
'bo to fOl' '
necessary llrovlllo senatOl's
t'rom ' Alas'm ' an(1 Porto Hlco , apd gnve
' "oco [ to the hOle ) that It might bo
necos ; al'y to malw room for senators
f\'Om what Is now the Dominion of
Canada ,
'rho senate 'In exocutlvo session cpn- I
IIl'med the followlwng nomlnutloni : ! :
, Jnmes It. Parsons , jl' . , Now Yorl. , con-
Bul genol'al at Iexlco : Alberl D ,
Chamberlin , I'oghiter of land ofl1ce at
Douglas , W'O , ; Wllllnm H , Complon ,
mal'shul fOl' . the wootern district of
New 1'01'1 , ; William II , lIunt , district
jUllgo fl ) ) , the 11Istl'Icl oflontana : : ; A ,
N , KOlollml ) , jUdge pf tho'clrcllit COl1\'t \
of the Second dlstl'1ct or the territor ) '
of IInwall ; Noah B , K , Pettingill ,
POl'tu Hlco , attorney fUl' the district of
1'000to Hlco ,
Postmasters : lowaI'an n , Dow-
c ] , ] ndlannola : S1. \ . UI'Jnton , BI'lgh-
ton ,
ENID BANK CLOSES ITS DOO-tS : ,
Was One of the Largest In the Okla ,
homa Town ,
ENID , 0 , 1'-Tho Cltlzons' banI. , ono
of the lal'gesl here , closell Its doors
' 1'h\l1'slla ) ' and Pnul p , Coolcr ) of Guthrie -
rio , the t01'\'ltorlnl \ bank commissioner ,
wl11 talw charge , WIlIlnm I\ennedy : ,
the II1'cslllent , who returned fl'om Kansas -
sas tlty : nfter r.n nttomlt to sU'I1\'O \
funds , salll that h bolloved that 0\-
ory cent of lIa1JllIt would bo paid In
full.
full.Tho
The failure was C'asod by slow col ,
lecllons1I(1 \ ( Inability to I'IIlsc 1'C\ly (
money , No statement was Issued ,
'I'ho IlI\nl , was cstahllshell In IS ! ! : ! ,
For Settlement of Strike.
DENnm , Colo.-Prooldcnt , Tohn
Mltcholl oC the 0nltod Mlno Worltcrs
of Amorlca who Is attclHllng the ( ] Imr _
tery ] meeting of the oxecutlvo council -
cil of the Amercan [ I"ederntlon of
1.l\bor , Ilenled on 'fuesdllY the I'elort )
that nn ) ' negoliatlon 111'0 In progress
In reference to settlement 0 , ( the
SOli thorn Colorado coal mlnel's' strl1\O ,
'rho stl'lI\Ors have hoon at nil times
willing to center with the ollorolol's ,
hut the coal cOIllHmles ] t.IIIS' fill' atll ]
refuse to meet an ) ' l'ellresentntlvos of
the unlous ,
THREE EXECUTED
THREE CAR BARN BANDITS ON
THE SCAFFOLD.
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NIEDERMEYER THE FIRST TO GO
Mnrx and Van Dine Quickly Follow-
All Three of the Murderers Keep
Their Nerve and Show No Signs of
Weakening.
CIIICAGO , III.-ComIwlloll to le
carried to the scnffohl , Peter : -ICllcr : ,
m'yer , loader of the car h/l1'l1 / han-
( ! Its , waa hnngcll here Frlduy at 10Jii : :
o'cllicl" Wealc and pille but with It
slhht slIggcstion of n smile , the b:1n.
lilt failed to carr ' Ollt his oCt-relleatell
honst that ho would die hoCore rcach-
Ing the gallows.
Hnnslng of hln IlGosrlates , Qustax
; \lal'x nnd 1I1ll'vey , "un Dine , ( Iulcl { ) '
'
followed :
Althollgh It was expectell nt first
thnt Nledel'moer ; wOl1ld he nhle to
walk to the rrallows wltll hut 1Itt10 01'
no asslstancl' , It wns founll at the last
moment that he was too weal , .
Straps were placed ovel' his anklcs ,
un(1 ( jnst ahovo his. Imees. lIe WIIS
then placed on n truck and wheeled
to one of the floors of the jail , after
\"lIlch he was carrlcd to the scaffolll ,
and placed In n chair on the trap.
lie was not nslwd th2 Cl1stomar ' question -
tion If he hlld anything to say , and the
rope was fulcldy plnced ahout his
nerl. . lIe settled his necl. Into the
1100se amI the tl'ap was sprung ,
The hod ) ' shot through the trap ,
and for twenty minutes lifter It
moved convulsively , the physclans [ ut
IIl"st helng of the opinion that he was
ntrang1lng to death , that the rope had
been placell too low. After examlna.
tlon , however , the physicians an.
nounced that his necI. had heen brok-
en.
Niedermeyer appeared on the scnf ,
fold wearing II. red rose , hut without
n coat , Previous to the execution and
during the reading of the lIeath warrant -
rant , Neldermeyer snatched the paper
from the chief deputy's hands and
placel1 It In a pocltct anll made re ,
marks In anger at this time and once
or twice when he was helng taken to
the scattold.
hortly ater 11 o'clock 1\larx was
] ed to the scaffold , Neatly dre3sed
unll with a white rose as a hutton-
lel"e , which hall been given him b ' his
little sister the night hefore. He wus
lillIe , ! Jut his courage never left him
while he stood on the scaffold , I-Ie
made no ctatement. Two priests of
the Roman Catholic chllrch , of which
Marx had become u member , accompanied -
panied him to the gallows. He repeated -
peated a litany with them , Itlssell a
crucifix , after which the jailer sprang
the trnp at 11 : 17 , He was pronounced
dead at 11:14 : : , h.ls nec ! . having been
brolen ,
Harvey Vun Dine was hanged a
'
short' Interval after his companion
1\larx , a few days heore u bitter enemy -
my of Van Dine , hut now the best of
friends In their last hours of life ,
Incidents In Van Dine's execution
were slmilur to those that character.
Ized the execution ofIarx : : , Lilw
Marx , Van Dine was composel ) lre-
ceding his execution.
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION.
The Measure Carrying $137,000,000
Passed by the Senate ,
W ASHINGTON-The , ] Ienslon apro- ]
prlatlon bill , , carrying an apllroprla-
tlon of over $137,000,000 , and tlte
emergency river and hnrhor appropl'l-
utlon hili , which carries $3,000,000
were I111ssol1 Tlmrsda ) ' by the senate ,
] eavlng only the geneml deficiency and
the mllltar ) ' academy mills of the en-
tlro list of supply measures stl11 to be
considered b ) ' the sennte ,
' 1'he house bl11 Increasing the size o !
h mestead entries \Vcstern Nebms-
] m to 1 40 acres also rccelnid favornble
connlderntlon. Whllo the rlvor and
harbor measure was \11l1ler consltlera-
tlon 1\11' . Gormnn sharply cl'ltlclscd th ! !
falluro to hrng [ In a genel"al river and
harbor hili ,
Speeches were made on the pensioll
hili hylessr5. : : . McCumher nJH Scott ,
the Intter declaring that ho favored
n servlco pension of $25 pel' month ,
GPIEG ARE ON EVERY HAND.
Operatl-s of Russians In Manchuria
Arc Hampered ,
: \IUKDEN-1'he \ operations of tilt
Russlnns In 1\1l1n'hurla are greatl
hampered by the Immense number 01
I1I1es [ , Major Genernlol1lll'lltsvltsch
commanding the Ninth East SiberiaI'
Rlno brIgade , says the Jallaneso hav (
tuken advantage of the convenient ] 0 ,
cation of New Chang , which Is Cull 0 :
Rllics.
"In the guise of beggars , ragplclerf
and lackeys , " sa 's the gcneral , "thesl
spies snllT everywhere , They havl
gl'own Illgtalls , showing that the )
have been ] Ireparlng for their worl
fOl' a long time and that they are un
willing to trust ontlrely the InCorma
tlon lIullplled by the Chinese , The
arc hnrd to gC't rid of. Thcso Insects
as soon ns they outultl InformntIolI
CI"OSs the riveI' Into Chlneso territor ) '
whpl'e they use the telogmllh , .
Russian Attack on Songjln.
SEOU-A ] slleca ! ] messngo fl'on
GC' : snn brings adlllllonlll details of thl
recent Husslan attnclt on SongJln. II
nOl'thol1st < 'I'n I\oroa. : The Ulessonle
rOl1Ort5 thnt the Russians hurned till
Jallll'neso consulate anti the Korel\1
customs warehouse , rilled the tole
grallh omco nnd finall ) ' , It Is SUIIIIOEOc1
retlr11 to the nOl'thwal'd , The Ilrm
once of II. JnlJanoso sfundl'on nlonl
the < , nstorn coust of 100'e1will , It I
tluHlrht , olYectually stoll all futurl
Husslan maralullng oXlledtlons [ In tllIl
vlclnlt ) ' , - , - ' - _ . .
RUSSIA IN NEED Or MONEY.
I : : : Said to De Prepnrln1 { to Rnlse
$200,000,000 ,
I.O DO--HelrlR : nro II I\III In rlr ,
clllation 11l're of HURsla'H 1I'pII to l'uhl' !
moner."Then Ih ( ' WIll' hrolto out tilt'
golll helll ahl'oall hy the Bl\nl , of ll1l ! ! '
Sill IIUlollntel1 to $8iriOOOOIl , Of this
amollllt $ iiOOOOOOO has h'en cXllonll11
anll thoo'o \ \ , accol"dlng to these re :
ports , It will soon Ill' IIl'0essI\1'y to have
recourse to the golll held In the treas'
ury ,
According to a tl'legrum fl"om Brlls'
sols , lIrlntoll this morning , the olltcomo
of the wa's lIulI means confe\'enco \ at
St. P'tel"shlll'g will ho the Issue of
$200,000,000 In fi pel' cent treaslIIT
honds In . Paris , Brussels ' anll Amster ,
dnm.
VI co Admiral Togo's r < 'IIO't Is IIC-
cellted hero as fully e : < lllanlng [ the
m'ster ) ' of the dcstrllcllQit of the battleship -
tleship Potrollltvlovsl" nnd the news
pnllers Im - warm trlhutes to the darIn -
In : . ; and sl\lll IlIspln'l.'d br the , J II lIa-
nese , contrastln ! , ; Iheso with the apparent -
ent lack of foroslght utHl vigilance on
the lIart of the Hllsslans ,
War cOl'l'es)1on ) ents arriving at Ping
Yang r < 'llOrt that the roadn al'o In tor-
rlblo condtlon [ , hut that the , Jnllaneu :
troops In marching dlspln ) ' slllon.ld
endurance ,
SOON TO BE OURS.
France , Nearly Re dy to Turn Over
Panama Canal ,
P AnrS-AII the IlPOl's ( necessa : ' '
for the transfer of the Panama canal
to the United State3 are now coin-
pleted , ' 1'he ) ' Incll1l10 lontll ; ) ' Invon.
torles :11111 schedules of the Ilrollert ) '
belongl:1g to the compnn ' , both in
Panama , hero IInd elsewhere , These
11II\'e Ileen caretulI ) ' gone over ana
cl1ecl\O(1 up 11) ' W , A , Day I\1H1
Charles ' \T. Russell ( the assistant
attorne ' generals wl10 came 1rom
Washington to assist In the transfer -
fer of the property ) , and the officcrs
of the compllny , 'fho most Important -
tant paper Is the contract tor tile
snle , TillS sets tortn all me prelim-
Inar ' negotiations hetweon the Unl ,
tell States and the company , ] ea lng
lip to the tranRfer and the final ratification -
fication of the transfer by the stocl-
holders of the company , The can-
Rhleratlon Is stat 011 to he $40,000,000.
The signing of the contract wl11 oc'
cur ImmedIately after the moeetlng
of th9 stoclhol ers next Saturdar.
However , . as the meeting prohably
will last until late , the slgtllng may
go over until londay , Presldont 130
wl11 sign for the company.
ROSEBUD BILL IS PASSED ,
Some Modifications Made In Senate
to Meet the Views of President , :
WASHINGTON - After several
months of hal'll work anll presover-
Ing energy the South Dalwta delegation -
tion had the satisfaction on londay
of wltnosslng the IH1Ssare In the senate -
ate of the Burl\O bill , which llron08es
to open to settomont ] 41GOOO acres
of Indian lands In Gregory cOllnt ' ,
South Dalwta , Ylollin ! to a suggestion -
tion understooll to have como froni
the , White House , the South Dakota
senators Incorporated an Important
amendment In the blIl. It Is to the
effect that for the first three months
of the opening $1 an. acre Rhall be
charged for the lands. After the
land has heen on the marlot three
months , It Is to be sold for $3 an
acre , nnd thereafter at the rate or
$2 , o an acre ,
The Rosebud bl11 lIassed the house .
'soveral months ago , As soon as the
hili Is alprovell hy the president ,
nepresentatlve nUl'I\O 'will tnl\O UII
with the secretary of the Inte\'IOI' \ the
fuestlon of regu ] ions ! governing tlio
sale of the Rosebud lanlls.
WILL BE NO TICKET SELLERS.
.
Half a Dollar In the Slot Will Open
World's Fall' Turnstiles ,
ST , LOUIS-It hns been det'ltlod l ) '
, the World's fall' to Install electrical
devices Instead' having tlcwt ] sellers
and ordlnnr ) ' turnstiles during the ox-
I position lIerlod ,
'fhe Lindell entrance will be the
main gate to the exposItIon , ' 1'Ilero
thirtytwoturnstiles are hClII Install-
-d. nnll through this entrance aone ] r
it Is esllmated that at least flOU pel'r
sons can pass every slxt ' sec01l1ls ,
'ro gain admission to the grouulls
a IlOrson must allllroach the t I11'nstlle
, and III ace a hilII' dollnr tn 11. slot , TIllS
mono ) ' , as 1t lIescOlHls , IS Stili1811110
and releases a lever which unlocls
. the turnstile , 'fhe person can then
l1ass through the gate anll the mlnute-
thnt ho Is Ineldo the tnrnstllo Is locl-
ell ,
Inlllvidual gateR are being Inslalled
for children , At these tU1'11stllcs a
3 quarter wl11 olerato ) the mechanism ,
Makaroff's Body Recovered ,
PAnIS-Acconllng to n St. Peters ,
burg corresllOnllent of the Petit Par-
_ Islen , a dispatch from Porl Arthllr
_ says that many mutilated COl'IS0S
have heen cast ashore anll It Is Rad [
, thllt frugmonts of uniform enahled
the authorIties to hlentlfy one of the
bellies as that or Vice Allml1'll1 1\10.1-
arorf.
Children of the Revolution ,
W ASIIING1'ON-\It's : : , Dl1nlol Loth-
1'01 , the founder of the organization , on
Thursllny callell to orller the Nntlonnl
Soclot ) ' of the Children of the Amel'l-
can Hevolutlon In the ahsenco of Irs ,
Julius C , Burrows , the Ilresident , who
Is out of the C'lty. Thel'o WIIS 1al'l ] o
attendance of delegates. 'rhe rellO\'ts \
of the various omcors rOl' the ) 'ear
just (111110d showed the sOclcty to bo
In oxcellelt shajlO , ' 1'hol'o has heon a
largo Increase In the memJel'shlp ) ,
the total rot this time helng mOl'o than
GOO ,
,
THE KINKAID BilL
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IIEASURE REPORTED TO THE SENATE -
ATE AND IS PASSED ,
DlETRIGH MAKES A STATEMENT
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,
Thereupon the Bill Goes Throuoh at
Express Speed-The Rosebud ellL
Fcaches : White House-May Be Slon-
ed Very Soon ,
\
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W ASIII--GTON-Congrossmlln : : Kln- , l
1m hi's hili r\'llIg ! Intondlnhomestead / - .
l'\J ! the right to enter UllOn G.to acres
of Innll In certain counties In 11m
Fifth Dnd Sixth conCl'esslonDI districts.
of Nehl'IIf'lm was I'ollortod to the Ren-
ate ' 1'hursda ' h ) ' Sonntol' DI'trlch with
sOllle slight modifications IInd ] mnsed _ ,
it Is doubted If nny hl11 hns had any
such a I'lplcl C'onrllo through congress.
as the slO'l1l1cd Klnltnlcl hili , i
Senatol' DI'trkh , 111 calling lip t1i
bl11 , made n. hl'lef statement showing
th:1I : some noooOOO acres of land in lIlO'
tonltory olll1lnod In the hill' was slL-
j ( ' t. to the IlrO\'lsonl [ ! of the mensuro ;
that 11\1I1e'r \ existing ] aw It was wholly
hlllll'acticable 10 entel' this land 11I1dOl"
the lrCscnt ) homestead laws fOl' the
reason that 1 GOlCI'OS were InadeflIato-
to SUllllort It famll ' , IlIIt that. . If 640
ucros were 1IlI'IIIltted to be entered It
mIght he possible to SUIllol"t a famlh-
on this number of aCl'm ! through cattle -
tle I'lIlslng and darylng [ ,
Senator Dietrich eXllnlnel1 ) the hill
was only alllllleahe ] to Nebraslm aml
applied to the great semi-arid reglolt
ot' ' his state , 'rho sonator's explnna- I
tlon of the bill was clear , short anll
l1rectlr [ to the Ilolnt , Ho was asl-ecl
whether It changed existing homestead -
stead laws and stated that It dlel not ,
exeept In ono secllon oul1lnetl In the-
bill ,
JUdge Klnlmld , when seen later , stated - . \
ed the amendments mal10 In the senate -
ate were entlrey ] satisfactory to him ,
and that ho would move to concur In
thom when the bill cam ! ! to the house. I
Senator Dietrich , In view ot' ' the action -
tion W dnesday by the Imhllc lands
committee , hegan a systematic can-
\'nss ot' ' tlie committee , and when tho-
senate convened he was re:1Ilr : to report -
port the bill with the mino\ ' amendments -
ments suggcsted , His handling of the'
hili was exceedingly dllllomatlc amI
Its llIlssage Is due to his efforts In
moetlng the objections anl1 at the same.
tlmo rl.'falnlng the vital features of
the Klnl\llid bill , which It is thought
will largcl ) ' Incrl > 'lso the IIOIH1latlon of'
the Sixth district and at the same-
limo be of Incaculaho ] ] benefit tl ) tho'
business Interests of Omaha and Lin'
coIn.
coIn.Tho
The Rosebud bill , which reached'
the White BOllse Thul'sdar , has been
sent to the Interior delll1rtment for 1'0'
Ilort. While It Is Imown that Com' , I
ml3sloner Jones Is oPllosel1 to tho'
measure , with Ilroha1)ly some others.
there Is no reason to doubt that PresIdent -
Ident Hoosevolt will sign the measure-
after he receives the rellort from Sec.
rotary Hltchcocl , . While the report
ma ' bo In process of Incubatlou fOl" '
(
several days , the South Dalwta dele- ! If.
'
gatlon helleves the executlvo signature'
will be attached to the measure , amI
this ma ) ' come Friday ,
,
HIS SECRET DIED WITH HIM.
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Former Subject of England Passe : > ,
AW 1Y at st , loui .
ST , LOUIS-Wlthout Ilth or 1.ln
at his bedside , Thornton Fleetwood ,
aged i2 , claiming to have formerly
been a Ilroessor at Eton , England ,
llled TUl'sday In t ho charlt ' ward or
the city hospital , 1"1'0111 " the brief hls-
tor ) ' he was able to gve [ the authorities -
ties before his death , It Is helleved
that Fleetwood was utterl ) ' nlono In
the world , having no rolatlves In AmerIca -
Ica or In England , from wlwnce ho
came to this cOllntr ' three 'ears ago.
His apparent el1ucatlon an.l . refinement -
ment attracted the attention of tho-
attondnntR and ho was III'e\'allcd upon
to tell somctung ! ot' ' himself , hut ho'
refusell to say much concerning his ,
IIfo. Ho contractell a sevcre cold ,
WlhCh resulted In death. Unless the.
1I0d ' Is claimed , It Is stated that Interment -
terment will bo mallo In the potters"
\
field ,
,
HAVE FAITH IN KUROPATKIN ,
. ,
Russians Believe Japs Will Be Driven <
Out ,
PARIS-A dlRllatl'h to the Malin
from Its St , Potershurg corrosllondent
says :
"Tho Russillns have the fullest confidence -
dence that General Kuropa < ln will :
soon drive the , Japanese put ot' ' I\orea ,
"Whllo a strong army bloclml1os.
Ping Yang anolhel' army COllIS wlt
IIdvanco ot Seoul. these helng the only
\
lJOlnts w to'eln : sel'lous reslstanco is :
eXllectel1 ,
"The empress wes sO shocl\el1 by
the disaster to the Petrollavovsk ] that
she has llcon ohllgell to keep to her
bed. She got up a few ! tours Satur.
duy ,
"Tho emperor Is worlln ; ; hnrll anl1.
Is not rec.clvlng anyone , nut ovcn th
high COl1\'t oll1c1als , "
)
Kouropatkln Wnts : : : Men ,
P.\ItIS-1'ho [ to Petersll\l1'g corre-
SIO\lllent ) \ of the ,10111'11111 sars n frlond , ' j
f I
I
of Genel'al KOIII'OIIlllln : has recoh'ella.
lo ter from him In which the general :
sa ) ' ! ! ho Intl1Ils to await the arrival
of anothQ.I' 100OOU lIlon heoro ( rlsldng
u. hattlo with the Japanese. 'fho cor-
resllOlHlent of the g'ho do Paris sl1Ys
that In the ( 'O\ll'SU \ of an nlllllence bo.
tween the 1'11)110\01' \ nnd "Ice Admiral '
SI.r'llIoIT his majestr ( 'onforrel1 1111011
the (1IIm\'I11 ( [ \ 1'1111 IIOWOl' to aot at PorL I
Arthllr In n'orllan'o with the necessl.
- tics of the moment. .