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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1905)
- " - , . , . . < " ' ALLIANCE TERMS TEXT OF TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN. TO PRESERVE PEACE III FAR EAST New Trcaty Forms An Effectlvc Safe. guard Against Renewal of Disturbances - ances- That Was the Object In En. t rlng Into Alliance. J.ONDON-'ho ) I'xt of the now 1Ereoment h'two11 Gr'at Brltnlll allil Ja"an , whlc h was signed h ) ' Lonl LaIHHlowlIH. the Brll/sh / fOl'olgn Rocro. : ar3' , allli Baroll lIa3'IIHhl , the .TIIIHIIIOSO IlIlnlslol' 10 Gr'nt Britain , on AII lIst. 12 , waH Isslll'll h ) ' the Forolgn 01110 late 'flleslla3' o\'enlng , 'I'ho nlOn1l'nlolls doclIlI1ent Is a hrl'f one , ( , OIl1II1'slnJ ! ; less than 800 words , Inclllllln eight , \cllrl08 nnll a prl\lI1hle , Accol1lpan- Ing the ngl'ool1ll'nt 18 a loUer frol1l Llml J.anadowno to the Brll/sh / amhas- (1allors at St. l'l'll'shurg anll ParIs for t I'I\lIsll1lsalon 10 Iho HlIsslan and I"ronch ! { overlllncnts rospol'llvely , In which the forolgn socrolnry courteously - teously rovlows lho agreel1lent and ( arefuI1Y J ) ( > lnts out that the now do- fonslvo alIIanco Is lIot Intended as n menace , hut ralhor as n guaranto ) of nnd IlroSJlOrlty In Iho fal' east , In whIch ul1 conntrlos may IlI\rl/cllI1to. / ) I 'fho main fentures of the now ngroe- I mellt have nlrelfly heen forecnstod III I the Assoclnted Press 11IsJlatchos from 1ondon atlll PIII'IS. ' ) 'ho ) lllhy nrtlclos r the omclal text , however , hrln/ / ; out forcoful1y the tremcndous II1IJlol'tanco of hoth countries or this nlllnnco , which Tlractlcal1y mnl\Cs Great Britain .Ta)1I\n ) 11I\(1 \ ( JnJlan Oreat Britain for the pur- ) Ioses of defenses "In the regions of east Asia anll India. " ' ) 'hls Incluslvo i of IndIa spoclfically as a poInt at. . . which any aggrosslon hy u foreign. power will call for the assistance of i .Tamn ) finds milch favor with the press of Leaden , the morning 11I\lorS ) In long laIHlatory artlclos welcoming uio now uncI moro extenslvo al1lanco of the two Inslliar Idnldoms west and east as giving Immedlato rellof from the dan- gerolls thunder cloud which so many years has hung over the Indian tron- tier. Baron Hayashi , who was Intervlewod hy the Associated Press after the publication - lication of the agreement , said : ' } 'ho now treaty forms an offoctlvo safeguard ngalnst the renewal of dls- turhances In the far oust. That Is Its . ohject. Wo cannot say that n permanent - nent peace has heen socurod-that Is too milch to ho slIre of-hilt wo can uvor that tranquility has heon aRsltI'ed for a long time to come , ' ) 'hls applies llot only to Great BrItain and Jal1u ) , hilt also to all powers In that part of the world : In fnct , to all who have heen Interested In maintaining the / stalus quo. I A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Large Section ofButte , , Montana , Swept Away. I llUTE , iIONT-Flre , enllslng a loss estlmatell at ahout $1,000,000 , SlInday con811mmell the entire hllslness pOl'- tlon of Dlltto b'lng hetween the Scho- dalll hloclt and Honshaw alloy , on the sOllth sldo of WeRt Parlt street , and destroyed ono.half of ImhUallbrnry. PROBABLE MURDER CASE AT DES MOINES , IOWA 1ES ; 1\lOlNES , la-WIth his tomilio crushed In from n heav3' hlow from some blunt Instrllmont , the ho y of l"ranlt Callahan of Peosta , who has been missIng for some time , was found hI the Dos 1\Iolnes rlvor eight miles south of this cIty. The hody was l en- Ufiell hy Ilnperb fOllnd In the pocltcts , 'fho poclcots had heen cut open and his watch nnd money wtJro missIng. The discovery followln/ / ; closely upon the mystery attendIng the death of George R. Griswold , the InHlIranco , man whoso bo ' was tound In the rlvor re- conUy , has crented n sensation here , , . ORDERS AN INVESTIGATION. Methods of Western Life Company , to Be Looked Into. CIIICAGO , Ill. - Attorney Genernl William H. Stedman , wh repl'esents the Ileopio of IllInois , hall orderell an Invontlgatlon Into the nITnlrs of the 'Vestel'll Lifo In emnIty company , and lnlly Insist on quo warl'1nto proceed , 'Ings to detormlno whether the com , lJl\uy has heen pUl'sulng wrong busl , ness motho s. I i Awaits Consul's Report. CONSTANTINOPIE - Minister Loishmann Is awaiting the result 01 - Consul Gonerul Dlcldnson's Inquiry , Into the naturalization of Vartnnlan nnll Afllrlnn hoforo taldng turtho ! stQPs. In the course of his oxamlna. . Uon Yartanlan admitted to 1\11' . Dicit. Iuson that ho had been dlspatche uy the rovolutlonary ommlttoo te IUurdor Apllt Undjluu , a 111'Qmlnont AI' monlnn , who was shot and 1 < 111011 Au gll8t G In the Gnlata quartoI' of thlE elty , atHl added that Afarll1l1 was hiE uccompllcQ. Nebraska Man Holde the Place. INUlANAPOlIS-At , Frhln3' morn . h 's sessIon of the National Hura. . Letter Can'lers' assocll1t1on n m tlol to have President Cllnnlnlham of Neb ras\tn \ , retaIn his oUlco for ono 3'el11 longer WIlS carried b ) ' u largo majorIty As result It Is Ilosslbio that oholll ten states that are unfrlemUy to Ut ( project will out of th\ association am' ' start a rival organIzation. It Is relatel' ' . : tllllt a commltteo 0lread3' has been ap volnted by Cunningham's ollponent ! to draw UII n constitution tor the lIra OOQQII OOhOllv . - - RAILROADS ARE BUSY , Prepared for Rate Regulation In Can. Dress , WASIIINO'I'ON-Allhough Presl. ( Ienl Hoosovelt has decIded not to cl1ll IIn exlra sosslon of congremJ for the onarlmcnt of I'I1l1road rate legis. latlon , this Is hy no means an Indication - tion lhat ho has IIlInnllonell his Inton- tlon to enlloavor 10 SCCUI'O such loglsla- tlon. i QUllo to the cOlIll'llr ) ' , ho wlllllilhero to his delerlllination to hrlnallout / so III 0 Icglsll1t1on which will sll'cluthen lho lIOWl'rS of the Inlerntato commerce l'ommlsslon In the regulation of tIlles. WIlh lhlB unll In vlow ho has decided to devolo lho groaler Imrt of the next . lIIossngo to congrOf\S to this subject , IInll If action 11:1 : dl'lu3'ec1 ho will enll In n series of apoclal messages Ul'glng lhe ImpOl'lullr ( ' of IlohlsOlllothhl / / ; . ] \1' [ . Hoosovelt will I'elurn to Wash. Inglon SOJltell1her ao , 110 has Invltod a numhor of Renators and representa. I tIves to co III 0 hol'o I\I\I \ ( confer with him on thl" sUhject. HOIJ\'esOIltatlvo \ Townsend of l\lIchlgnn , ono oC the au. thors of the I sch.'fownsond 1'I\to regu. latlon ; hill , wIll 110 In WashIngton October 1 , hy InvIlat.ldn of the ) lresl. donl , for the )1111')1080 ) ) of Illscussin/ / ; the recommenllatlons Mr. Hoosevelt will maleo on this question. 'rho Ilresidont will follow his usual cURtom oC listening to the suggestions - tions of these ho wIll call here to talle over thlB Important qucstlon , alld after hu hus 1Illlllu 1111 hIs mind what ShOUld bo done , ho will emholy ( his recom- mondatlons In hIs message. , In doclarlng to refrain from calling an extra Resslon or congress for the I sleclfie ) Inll'lOSo ) of enactln/ / ; railroad I ! 'ILlo ICllslatlon , some of the loading politicians are convinced thnt the ) Iresldont has thrown uwny his trump cal'll. If an exlra sosslon had been called the eyes oC the countl.y woulel bQ focussed on' this question , und congress - gress would have llOen more lIItClY to do something than at a regular . ses , slon. By waiting for the regular session - sion , these memhors of the senalo who 1\1'0 friendly to the railroads will ho enabled to engage In "log roiling" and sIdetrack the railroad rate bill. Alroad ) ' thero' are IndIcations that the railroad companIes 11roposo to maim a strong fight against onlarglng the powers of the Interstate commerce commissIon. Since the ac1journment ot the last congress tho. railroads 1mvo malntalnell Itterar ) ' hureaus and through thel11 have currIed 011 a "cam- paign of olucatlon. ( " They have made consldel'l1blo ) II'OlreSS from their stand. ) Iolnt. IIow well they have succoo ed Is shown when It Is stated that the ) Iresldont himself Is now In douht as I to exactl ) ' what form the legislation I should tl1lm hy culling hIs llarty asso. clates Into confOl'ence. . . MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT SHOWERED WITH HONORS SEOUlr-Prlnco YI , the omperor's cousin , acte(1 as host at an open all' ' garden' ) lI\rty given at the old East p ) uco In honor of 1\IIss Allco Hoose- velt. All of the omclals of no to of Korea were present. The wooded paths l\Iul colored pwlllons : wore decorated - orated wIth Amorlcan and Korean lIa s. Prlnco YI toasted Presldont Roosevelt and 1\lInlster 1\lorgan toast- ell the emIOI'er of Korea. Later Miss Hoosovolt wo present Ilt n athorlng under the ausilicos of the Korean Chrlstlun Women's mIs- slotls and was gIven a Koreau Dlblo and Il1'ayor hoolc. From the ehallol the assemhlago Ilroceoded to n garden Imrty given In honor of Miss Roosevelt - volt and her party hy Amorlcan missionarIes - sionarIes In KOI'ean distrIcts. AU denominations - nominations WOl'O present , being In attomlanco at the nnnual conference at Seoul. AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE LIQUOR DEALERS TABLED PIlILADEIPHIA , Pa.-Tho sover- olgn grand lad go of 01111 Follows do- clded , uy a vote of 1-15 to 138 , to maleo no chatJlo In the funeral sorvlco , The prollosed amenlhnent to oxclllllo aU porsolls who are on gaged In the liquor uuslnoss wns tabled. The constitution was changed so that In case of deaUI of any omcor , the sovereIgn grnnd ledge shnll ha vo llowor to fill the n ancy for the rest of the term , It was also amemlod so that the gmnd Ifoverelgn , In hIs supervisIon - visIon 0 _ the ol'der , can decldo snch questions as muy ho Pllt uoforo hIm uy the grand lodgo. Paname Desires Immigrants. . PANAMA-It Is roportell that Presl. , llent An1l1110r and the canal commls. slon are emloavorlng to attract Span. I Ish hnmlgrnnts from the famlno strlclten 11lstrlcts of Gallca , Many are cons\clored \ to uo the best worlmen In 1'anama. Bryan Salls for the Orient. SAN I"HANCISCO , Cal.-Among the llUssengors on the IInor Manchurll1 , which sallod today for ChIna an 3amn ) , "Ia lIonolulll , were \V. J. Dr'au a&d falull ) ' . Will Not Build to Coast. MlIWAUImg , Wls-Hoswell MUl. er , chairman of the hoard of directors of the Chicago , 1\l\1wanl\Oo \ & St. Paul railroad , emlhatlcaIl3' ) Illmies thut the I . Illrectors will take action authorizing the oxtonslon of tholr lInes to the Pa. clllc , Coast. Odd Fellows Chose Toronto. PlIlJADI IPIIIA - The soverolgn ! grand ledge of Odd l"ollo vs aolectell Tpronto , Cnnada. as the next lllaco of , Uleotln WITTE WELCOMED OFFICIALS MEET THE HOME.COM. ING ENVOY. I I PRAISED FOR Hlg GOOD WOR ( { I In Retoponse to an Address the Envoy Says He Succeeded Decause of Amerlc 1n Sympathy and That He Was True to the Emperor. 1- , ST. PWl'lmSBUnO-l\1. Wltto aI'- rlvoll here 'l'hursrlay and was al'corded a very hellrty rocclltlon hy a largo crowd of oll1clals und other ! ! . In n brIef speech relllYJlg ! to a welcoming address 1\1. Wltto Rhowed clearly that ho was Ileopb' tOllched h ) ' the welcome with whit'h ho was rel'elvcl1. . When ho loft St , PelOl'shllr/ / .1111y a smull delegation of officials accom- panlod him to Iho rallrond station to hId him fnrowoll. There was no public - lic demonltrutlon whatever , Today there wpre Roven or eight tlmos as many omclals des ) > lto the "ery enrly hOllr of the traIn's arrival and an en- thllslastlc crowd of IiOO to GOO people wus present. Among the ofllclals ) Iresont were Baron Noldeenel'll / Rec- rotary of the congreRs of ministers : Oeneral Dnrnova , adjlltant to the mln- Istor of the anlerlor : 1\1. Wyshno- . gmdsl < ) ' , formerly finance minister and I now 11Ireclor of the Inlernatlonal Com- mercl111 IJIlnl < : 1\1. Kohelto , prlv3cOlin - cilloI' and chairman of the press reform - form commlRlon ! , allll many other prominent olllclnlR who hall heen 1\1. WItte's former colleaglles or subordl- nnles. ' ) 'he cl'Owd had collected near where 1\1 ( Wlllo wOllld descend from the traIn and when ho Ilppearell they brolco Ollt Into long and loud cleers , to which 1\1. Wltto _ hewed aclmow- lOdgement. 'fho Sllol < osmnn then advanced - vanced and read tIle alldross of welcome - i come , all the mean whllo standing i bareheaded. I ' 1'ho address rend : "You have accompllshod : rour difficult - cult task and the nation Is grateful to ) 'ou. YOII have gIven the credit for 3'our success to Emperor Nicholas , Presldont Roosevelt , Emperor William anll to the press. You have forgotten only yourself. 'Vo , however , fully ap- preclato your service to your country. The tree you planted at the Washington - ton homestead at Mount Vernon will servo as a tel < cn of the unIon hetwoen the two nations , You have done much. For ourselves and for these who arq absent wo wl1\ \ once moro shout a henrty hurrah. " When the cheer had IlIed away M. Wltto. who seemed deeply moved hy the sIncerity of the welcome ad\mced a few stells and delivered his reply. Ho said : "I was so IIttlo ) Irepared for this kind or roceltlon ) that I must aslt your pardon for my words , I have pOl'- formed my duty well , hecauso I have strictly ohoyed his majest3"s Instructions - tions , uecause elrcumstances favored me , uecauso 'the world Is weary of this hloody war , becallso all classes of Amerlcnn Roclety from President Hoosevelt down were In sympathy wIth mo and your CIlUSO , and uecallso I was trllo to my country and you and your Interests. " 'Lecturer at Harvard Dies. WEST OSSIPPE , N , H.-Dr. Ja . R , Chndwlck , or Doston , was found dead SIInda3' just olltslclo his summer resl. dence at Chocorua , N. II" several miles from here , hy ono of hIs 8er- "auts. It Is SUPllosed' that he fell from the Illazza roof of hIs cottage durIng the nIght. It Is thought that Dr. Chadwlct ) hecamo 111 anll lost his balance whllo malting his war across the roof to outaln all' , HOW UNCLE SAM WILL SAVE SOME MONEY WASlIlNGTON-The worlt of civil. Ian Ilh3'slclans In exam In/ / ; recruits of the al'lny has proved so unsatlsfaclory that tllch' services will ho entlrelr Ills. , Ilenscll wIth In that capaclt3' after Sep- temlter 30 nexl. 'fhls decision Is contained - tained In general ol'llel's Isslled at the war department todIl3' . The fees to civilian physicians for this worlt hns nveraled $ GOOOO annunll3' , Com- IIlalnts from urm3' olllecl's of the had phrsical conditIon of recruIts have been Increash111111 / the govcrnment hl1s heen Jlllt to great eXICnse in equipment and transllortntlon for men enterIng the 8ervlro who have to he condomnoll and 11ischarged hefore tllc3' llI1vo rendered nny servlco uecau\o \ of glaring IIh3'slcal defects. Englneertt Sail for Panama. NI W YORK-'fho honl'll of consultIng - Ing englnoers and several memhers of the Panama Canal commission sallell on ' 1'hurlldar for Colon on the steamship - ship lIavnna , Tholl' purIOSO ) IR to Inspect - spoct the work Iready done on the canal and also Its proposed route , In order to reJlort to the commIssion the llOst Itlnd of canal to build. In Iho Imrty were Theodore P. Shonts. halr- man of the 1'0mmlsRlon ; R < 'ur All- mlrnl 1\1. ' 1' , Endicott , Colonel I rnst nt1l1 D.1. . Harrodd , al1 of the canal commissIon. Car Line Hearing Is Set. WASlIlNGTON - Hearing In the llrlyato car IIno Inqulrr Instlluted hy the Interstate Commerce commissIon will hegln In this clt3' on October 1 S nUl1 llrohahly will continuo for 11101'0 tban 1\ \\001 , . The cases are Illrected among ethers , agaInst the St. Louis , Iron Mountain & Soutbern , Knnsas Cltr Southern , Atchison , Topelcn & Santn } "o , Southern Paclfie anll HI. . Louis & San Francisco raHwa's , tll Armour Car Llne8 , Amorlcan Hefrlg. Qrntnr J1IRUlltch , THE TROUBLE A1 CIEN lJEGOS , Cuban Minister Receives Some D taJl of the Affair. W ASIIINOTON-Senor Qnel'lnda , the , Cuban mInIster , recolvell the followlnl ; 11I8)1ta'h ) from Secrolary of Sll1to ' O'1'arrlll , gIving an omcllli vel'slon of 'I the trouhlo nt Clenfuegos , 'roday , wvlle the chlof of ) llIec was carryln/ / ; ont an order of the court to examlno the premises of lho Hotel 10. SUIRIl , at ClenfuegoR , where gnrlquo Vl11uellllas a nwmher of l'OngroRs , wns stopplnVllluendas / fil'ed on the rhlef of llOlIl'e , who dlell shorth' afterward - ward , Immediately In the same place the 1I01lco answered the aggression , I holng attacl\Cd at the same tlmo hy those who nccomlI\nlod ) VlllneHllalJ , i 'rho latter and another Il1IlIvlllual 11Ied anll two wounded pNsons were arret. ! ed. 'fhroe pollccmen were seriously woundel1. ' ) 'ho rural glllll'l ! proccedell to mal < o an examination' of the ) Irem. Ises and to help the police , ' finding ammunition nnll drnamlto homhs In the hotel where Vllluendas lives. ' ) 'ho rural guard Is doing servlco In the town anll order Is ful1y established , The government has mallo measures so that the elections' to ho held tomor. row will talto pace ) wllh strict logal- Ily throughout the republic. INVITED TO ATTEND NEW ( UND OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON-Tho department of stale ha's roceh'ed a note from the French charge d'affaires InvIting this government to a congress on oceano- rnllhy whIch ia to bo hold with the { 'olonlal eXllosltlon In that city In 190G. It Is the desIre of Charles Hose , the ( 'om missioner general of the exposition - tion , to secure for this con gross the 1'0-0)leration ) of those lleoplo In the UnIted States who have made specIal slud3' of the hranch of physIcal geog- ralhY ) which relates to the ocean and Its phenomena , and the department of state has ueen asl < ed to extend to such students an Invitation to contrlb- ute the results of theIr researches and to tale lJUrt In the congress , STOCK RATE IS TOO LOW. Such Is Claim by Iowa Central Railroad - road at Hearing. CHICAGO-Passenger servlco on the Town Central rallrond , as far as operatIng - ratIng expensts are concerned , costs the railroad cOl11panr loss than to handle cattle and other 11vo stock shipments - ments , accordIng to J. 1\1. Tlttomor , freight trr.mc mannger or the 1\lInne- allOlls & St. Paul and the Iowa Central - tral Hallway companies , 1\11' , Tlttemor gave the Information heforo Federal JUIl o S. II. Bethea , who Is hearing the ca ; cs of the Interstate commerce commIssIon p galnst elghteon railroad companies on questions of alleged dls. crImInation of frolght rates , "The rates on live stocl , from Mis. souI'I river ) lOlnts to ChIcago are more thnn just to the shipper and less than just to the carrier" declored the wIt- ncss. , " 1\Iost of this tralllc Is what wo call pIck-up and our coml1l\ny must provllio at vnrlous stations at a great expense for the reception of the cat- 110. It costs us maI'o to recelvo and care for the live stock than for the same SOl'-'O for ) mssengers , If ) 'Ou will , We provlclo scales and scale houses , wlnlml11s to PUI111 > water , pa-o the 3'ards with vitrified urick , and build hlllllllngs which withstand the cold and heat allw. ! " CUBAN LIBERALS THANKFUL. Express Gratitude for Protection . of the Police at Clenfuegos. W ASlIlNGTON-Tho Cubnn minister - ter recolved the ( ollowlng dIspatches from hIs government at lIavana : ' ) 'he memhers of the executlvo bonrll or the lIheralllartr at Clenfuogos have adlll'essed a communication to the ma3'or , who Is a moderate , asldng him to eXlreSS their gratitude to the mu- nlcl)1I\1 ) authorIties and cuslomhollso functlonnries for the war theIr lives were prolectOI ! durIng the occuren o l"rlday , whIch caused the deaUl of the hrnvo chIef of lJOllcevltlle doIng his duty 'fltero hns heon no 11Islurhancos sInce the locnl one at Clenfuegos , There Is ) Il'rfect order throu hout the relIIhllc ) r.nd the overnment hus amllo ) means to guard It. The elections for the hoards were held 3'esterday with strict legality and without a - - 11Isorllor , In almost all the honrdo the moderates won. Complaint of 011 Company. WASmGTON = : - ComJllalnt was filed with the Interstate commerce commission oflarshalltown : , Ia. . ) Irotestlnagnlnst / oxlstlng freight rates on ' 011 thlpped ; In less than car lots , Arranging Moroccan Agree"ent. ! PAnIS-\r. : Hovoll , r.CIJ1'osontln the I"rench govl'l'I1l11ent. and Dr , Hasen , thor r ) ) lresontatl\'e of Germanr , conferred at the foreIgn olnce , armngln/ / ; the final dotalls of the : \Ioroccan agreemln. FIJure ! up the Fire Loss. nUTTIIontA : careful estlmato of the loss of the recent Ifre ) lla'os It at $ GOOOOO , with Insurance of $500,000 , ; \ 'fhe S3'mons Dr3' Goolls cOlUllUnr Is the heavl'st loser , wIth a lOR ! ! of :1hout : $300,000 fully Insurell. Raises the Quarantine , i\IONTGO\mRY : , Ala-'ho ) state of Alahama rulsell the quarantlno eRtah- , lIshel1 a few dnrs ago agaInst Jacl.son , I Mlts. , at the tlmo when a suslllclouB ease of Illness was relOrted ) from . tI" " OESPERA TE 0 U El EXPRESS MESSENGER HAS A DLOODY ENCOUNTER. TilE MEN IN DEADL V GOHFLlCT F10ht Takes Place as Train Speeds Through Central IIl1nolo - Belief That Purpose of Strano ! ) M3n on the Car Was Robbery. DLOI1NOTON : , m.-Ono of the most deslOrato ) encounters that ever huppened on a Wnhaslt railroad traIn took place hetwoen John E. H'an , 3G O Slxt3'.fourlh place , ChIcago , n mossen- rer on tl'llin No , 13 , duo In Decatur at 3 : 13 III the 1I10rnlng , and Edward C. Gre'no , GI01 South State street , Chicago - cage , a fonner OXlross ) messenger and later emplo 'el1 wIth p , S , Dotz & Co" Hammond , hill. Both mon are SOl'- louHI3' injured and cannot JIve , each havIng received three hul10ts In the fight In the car whIch lasted for mllos. Greene sars that ho got on the express - press cllr n l"ortr-soventh street , Chi- rafo , IntendIng to go to his Itomo at Plttslleld , to visit relatives. Ho was an old frlond of Hyan and the latter ho claims , permlUed him to rIde. lIe claIms that ho asslstod Hyan on the trl ) > with the ex ) > ress matter and thaL the two began drlnltlng. Jolces led tea a quarrel and Greene sa's ; both drew guns at the same time. H3'an clahns that the shooting begnn west of Demont , whllo Greene avers that the firRt shot was fired before the traIn reached Cerra Oordo , Ryan c1ahus that ho dId notseo Greene in the car until the traIn reached Cerro Gordo and ho belloved thllt Greene jumped In fol' the IlIIrposo of rouhery. The mon clinched and hoth with revolvers - volvers 11rawn rol1ed about on the car fioor. The men then separated and each sought shelter In the car , while waiting for the other to appear In order to shoot. Just I\s the train was nearIng Decatur uolh men fired and both went down , but wore on their feet In n. short tlmo and the duel con- tinued. When the trnln neared Decatur - catur , Greene opened n door and jumped from the car. He was unable to run and was found an hour later by trle pollee. Ryan says that be he- Heved roubery was the motlvo when ho shot. Greene has an ugly buUet wound In the breast , another In the right lung , whllo a third 111111 lodged In the fleshy part of the abdomen. H3'an was ! lhot. In the left jaw , behInd - hInd the left ear and In the left shoulder - der , the wounds all having ueen Inflicted - flicted durIng the few moments that they stood up f'Om hehlnd theIr shelter - ter In the car ueforo reaching Deca- tur. Doth of the men 0.1'0 in different . hospitals. , The officials or none of the trainmen wore aware of the terrlblo fight that was beIng waged on the train until It reached Decatur , when the car door was seen open and the trnlnment found Ryan lu a pool of ulood on the floor. COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON MOROCCAN QUESTION PAHIS-Infol'l1l1\tlon obtalnod from a well Informed source Is to the effect that Dr , Hosen. the German minister to Morocco , and 1\1. Hevoll , representIng - Ing l"rnnco reached a complete agreement - ment on all the dIsputed points of the : \loroccan question In the course of theIr conferenro todar. Doth parties are entirely satisfied with the arrange- ment. ? remler Houvler and Prlnco von Hadolln , the German amuassndor to Franco , mot at the foreign office after the negotiators had reached an accord and conversed most cordlal1y. STEVENS MAKING PROGRESS. ; Activity of Engineer on Canal Work Visible. PANAMA-Tho work of John F. Stevens , the chlof englneor of the Panama - ama canal , anll general manager of the Panama rallroall Is hellnnlng to show favorahle results. The correspondent of the Asso'll1ted Press visited Lo Doca where lhe worl , has ueen pushed forward slnro the arrIval of Mr. Stovena and the InC-fcnsc of lho dockage - ago frwlllties. Mr. Slovens Informed the COrrQSIlOndent that the new 1,900 foot doclt at La Boca will bo finIshed Seillemher 30 , that the doclt at Cristo- hal will ho cOI11)lleled ) hy the mldlUo of Oetoher and that the worle on the railroad - road to ho connected with the canal zone Is advancIng satisfactorlIy. Witte Reaches Herlln. DERI.IN-1\1. \ Witte , accompanied by his daulhter , 1\Ime. l\IarrclI1tlno , wito of the secretar3- the RussIan lega- ton at Brussels arrlyed at the Pots. Ilam railroad station Sunday ovenlng anll was received uy the staff of the Husslan omuassy. lIe proceeded hn- melllately to the Hotel Drlstol , where ho will re ldo until Tuesda ) ' , when ho will go to HoUlnten , one of Emperor Wl11lam's hunting seats near the Rus- s\an \ frontier , where ho will have an audlenco with hIs majest3' . Assuml : ' a" Alarmist Tone. St. Petershurg-Tho Noyoo Vromra , commenting on the Anglo-Japnnese treatr , assumes an alarl11lst tone , expressing - pressing dlssntlsfactlon with the treatr. which , It Sl13'S , Is Ilolltical Interests - terests In AsIa , and especlaUy alalnst Hussln , which Itas most oxtenslvo In- terosls there , The terms of the treaty , are \'err hrond , and ma3' uo Interpreted h3'tho signatories as they desire , whllo the artlclo concernIng the Indian trOll- tier Is elastic enough to fit Great Drlt- Qln'jI ; lIullnn nolll'V " . " , , J " . . \ . . . . MESStGE LABORS. - - - President Putting In Time on the , . . , Document. " " I ' ' Hoosevolt OYS'1' It BAY-President will complolo Is summer sojourn at Sagamore Hili and return 10 Wushlng- . ton next Saturda3' . The Ilresldcnt and ! \Irs. Hoosevolt and their famlb' , Sec. retary and 1\Irs. Loeb 111111 memhors of the executlvo force will lewe : here Saturday - urday on a slOoIal ) Lon/ / ; Island mil. . lI'aln. They will go h ) ' heat from Long Islaml CIty to Jers03' and thnco I : hy the Penns'lvu1la railroad to Wash- i , Ington , roa'hln ! ! the capitol shortly ) nfter G o'cloclt. ' ) 1 ' 1'ho prosldent Is devoting consIder- \ . I able tlmo each da ) ' now to wOl'le on hIs annual message to congre : : : : . For some tlmo ho has been ass mhllng data for the message , but since the I adjournment of the peace conel'rnco I ho has been wrItIng the data Into defi- ' nlto form. 'rho message will not bo completed until some tlmo enrly In November , hecauso each member of the cabInet will have to supply ma- torlal for discussion with refercnco to his department. The Information will bo contnlnod In the annual 1'0- ports of the cabinet officials , which ha\'o not heon completed. I. . . . . Three tOlllcs , hlghlr Important at . . . . , thIs tlmo to the Amol'lrnn POOlllo , will bo discussed ur the pl'esltlont In his mossago. They are the federnl regulation - lation and supervIsion of life Insul't ance , the relntlons hotween this country - try and Venezuela and America's lu- terest In the fiscal onfralrs of the government - ernmont of San DomIngo. Other Important - portant subjects naturally wlli be considered - sidered , am'mg them the scandals dls- elosed In the Departments of Agrlcul- tUI'O nnd the Intcrlor : the work or the Dopartmeut of Justice In the beef cases : the regulation of .frolght rates : the progress made In the construction ot the Panama canal nnd the con { 'III- 310n of peace uotweon HUBsla and Japan. . . l\Iuch or the mattl'r for these dIscussions - sions President Hoosevelt now has In hrand , and the last da3's of his stay at Sagamoro Hll1 are bolng devoted to the preparation of that part of his message - sago which will deal with them. Few visItors have been receIved since the adjournment of the peace conference , the president desiring to be as tree as posslblo from Interruption while werk- Ing on his mcssage. U. S. ARMY SURGEON -f SUICIDES BY SHOOTING ATLANTA. . Ga-Capt. G , 1\1. F. God- frey , asslstaut surgeon In the United . . States army , stationed at Fort 1\1c- \ Pherson , committed suicide by shooting - ing himself through the hraln with an army revolver at his resIdence at the post. Captain Godfrey , WI\S n. son of Cot E. S. Godfrer , commander of the Ninth United States cavalr3' stationed at Fort Hiler , Kas. Captain Godfr y was 35 years of ag and a graduate of West PoInt. 'I'he cause of the deed Is not Imown , but Is attl'lbuted by hIs , . . . urother officers at the post to tempo- - - rar3- mental ahheratlon. WORK OF BOMB THROWER. PEKIN-At the Peltln railway station - tion Sunda3as a train carrying one of the four missions ordered ahroad to stud3' foreign politIcal methods was leaving , a bomb was exploded Insldo a private car , Idlllng four mInor officIals - cIals and wounding over twentr other " per ons. The wounded Included , . Prlnco Tsal , To'he , who heads the f most ImJlortant of the mlsslOns , and Wu Tlng Fang , former mInister to the United States , both of whom received' slight Injuries. The perpetrator of the outrage , who was In the car , was ulown to pIeces. . I The alTaiI' has created a profound sensation and causes apprehension regarding - garding the safety of memberg of the court and leadIng officials of the gov- ermont. The government olllcials and , rntlways are strongly guarded. ASStTS OF BANKER BIGELOW ARE BEING DISPOSED OF MIIW AUKI E-A largo portion of the remainIng as sots of the estate of . I"rnnk G , .i.lgelow , the defaudtlng bank pros\clont \ , were dIsposed of at } IlIIhllc auction to the 111ghest hldder , uy the 'VlscOlIRln TI'1It. ( , olllIIlIIlY , truR- l' ' teo. The assets , whIch consists of' , stoclts and bOl.lds In minIng and In- ( dustrlal companies , hrought approxImately - Imatoly ahout 30 IlCr cont. of their ap- 111'l\Ised value. With about threo- fourths of the list disposed of allprox- Imately $15GOOO was realized. Nine New Cases of Cholera. Derlln-Tho official uullotln IS'3ued today announced that nine fresh cnses \ . . of chol rn were reported between noon , . . . ' ) 'estordar and noon tad a ) ' , and that I two deaths occurred In the sarno pe- I I rlod , malting the totals 3G cases and eighty deaths. Cholera Cases at Lodz. LODZ-Threo now cases of cholera were 11lficovered hero todn3- . These hrlng the total number of cases already - ready reported U ) > to 13. Ono case was reported from Pahlnnlce , nenr ho're. - Kansas Wants . ' a Fair. IL' ' 'rOPEKA , Kas.-A World's fall' In ' . ! 111 ! ! In rel < , hl'lltlon of the admission of \ Kansas to the union was planned hero I hy the Commercial club of TOIlelm , as- ! slstell h ) ' several promInent men from dlff < 'rent pnrts of the state , It Is pro- ! ) losed to expend In the neighborhood I of $ , OOOOOO. I Former Governor Dead. Provlclonco , H , I.-Henr3' Howard , I. formerl ) ' governor of Rhode Islnnd and J a leading mauufncturer'r died at his homo In lInrrrl8. acpd 7R VPQrs. \ 'j 'ji. i. _ 1 -