Chinese Empress Appoints a Commission
to Breast the Public for Her ,
SHE IS NOT SO ARBITRARY NOW.
Now Flan Seems to Indicate toss Inclina
tion to Run Things Herself The News
as ICocelvod In Washington Regarded
as Most Important.
WASHINGTON , April 27. The fol
lowing cablegram has been received at
the State department from Mr. Squi
ffers , the United States charge at Pe-
kin , dated today :
"The empress dowager has appoint
ed a board of national administration
to relieve her of her public functions.
They embrace three members of the
cabinet now with the empress at Sian
Fu and Prince Ching , Viceroy Li and
Prince Kung , who are now in Pekin. "
This news is regarded as of impor
tance , indicating as it does the relinquishment -
quishment by the empress dowager
of the arbitrary powers she heretofore
lias exercised. It also is apparent that
she has placed herself in a position
to avoid direct responsibility to the
foreigners for whatever may happen
in the future and the board will have
to bear the brunt of any complaint.
It is felt that the appointment of this
board will make it much easier for the
foreign ministers to transact business
with the Chinese government. The
three members of the Chinese cabinet
now at Sian Fu include the notorious
Jung Lu , who was one of the most
active in the outbreak against the
foreigners last summer. One of the
other members of this council is 70
years old and is said to be greatly
debilitated. The third member has
been at least lukewarm toward foreign
interests. The choice of these three
is looked upon as likely to complicate
the good which Li Hung Chang and
the others may accomplish.
The foreign establishments here are
receiving a number of important dis
patches relative to the question of in
demnity and how it shall be guaran
teed , by a Chinese loan or to each of
the powers individually.
One of the dispatches coming
through an European foreign office
says that Sir Robert Hart has con
cluded that China can pay a total of
$200,000,000 , and the impression is con
veyed that this will be the amount
agreed upon , the various claims be
ing scaled down to this limit. An
other dispatch comes from one of the
most prominent Chinese officials and
from a plenipotentiary in the peace
negotiations. He makes a suggestion
that when the amount of indemnity
ir agreed upon it will be greatly to
the interests of China as well as to
the powers if the amount payable to
each power can be made by install
ments and not by a gross payment
outright. In that case China would
not be compelled to negotiate a large
loan. The view prevails among offi
cials that while th\s proposition is fair
it is not practicable and there is lit
tle idea that it will be favorably en
tertained.
Other dispatches which have pass
ed within the last few days revive
the idea of having The Hague tri
bunal administer the indemnities af
ter the total is once agreed upon.
GRASPS BEAUMONT FIELD.
Standard Oil Company Has New Texas
Fields Nailed In
BEAUMONT , Tex. , April 27. The
Beaumont Oil exchange today posted
the statement that the Standard Oil
company had purchased the railroad
terminals , wharves and shipping fa
cilities at Port Arthur and 90,000 acres
of land surrounding the port. The
price was not given.
Port Arthur is the nearest deep
water port to the Beaumont oil field ,
and by controlling this outlet the
Standard Oil company can control ev
ery barrel of oil taken from the Beau
mont field. The railroads cannot
compete in freight rates with pipe line
and ship via Port Arthur to New Or
leans and Galveston. Thus owning
Port Arthur , the Standard Oil com
pany will control even the domestic
trade in crude oil.
Cannot Attend the Funeral.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 26
News of the death of Mrs. Saxton
was received at the White House this
afternoon. Mrs. McKinley was much
attached to her aunt , but will be un
able to attend the funeral , which oc
curs Saturday , owing to the depart
ure of the presidential party for the
western trip on Monday.
Prepare for North Pole.
HAMBURG , April 27. Evelyn B.
Boldwin , who is to lead the Ameri
can ( Zeigler ) Arctice expedition , and
who arrived here yesterday , spent the
morning in shipping to Tromsoe and
Sanjeford supplies for the expedition.
P.rivy Councillor Neumayr is aiding
Mr. Baldwin in every possible way.
He has presented him with the latest
polar maps , drawn by Dr. Nansen.
Later he compared notes with the
members of the German expedition.
CONGER REACHES TRiSCO.
Minister , Wife , Daughter and Miss Pierce
Are Safely Over.
SAN FRANCISCO , April 26. Edwin
H. Conger , United States minister to
China , accompanied by his wife ,
daughter 'and Miss Pierce , arrived
from China this afternoon on the
steamer Nippon Mam.
Asked in regard to his future plans
Mr. Conger said he would remain in
this city until Saturday morning ,
when he would leave for his home in
Des Moines , la. At the expiration of
his sixty days' leave of absence he
intended to return to China. He
would go back sooner if anything im
portant should come up.
When told that it was planned by
the citizens of Des Moines to give him
a public reception he said that al
though he did not care for public
demonstrations he would accept a re
ception at Des Moines. cH belonged
to the people of Des Moines. In fact ,
the entire people of Iowa had always
been kind to him , giving him every
thing that he asked for , refusing him
nothing. In return he had been com
pelled often to refuse the people of
Iowa favors.
Owing to quarantine regulations and
the necessity for giving personal su
pervision to the landing of his bag
gage , Mr. Conger did not reach his
hotel until G o'clock in the evening.
Mr. Conger's arrival was awaited with
considerable interest , not only on ac
count of his connection with events
in China , but from a political stand
point There was a great desire to
know what position Mr. Conger would
assume with regard to the coming
gubernatorial nomination in Iowa.
WILL CULTIVATE SUGAR BEET.
Sis. Bllllion Dollar Company Buys Largo
Tract of Colorado Lund.
CHICAGO , April 26. The Tribune
tomorrow will say
Negotiations have been completed in
Chicago for the formation of the larg
est beet sugar concern in the : world.
A company has been organized with
r. capital stock of $6,000,000 , to be
known as the Arkansas Valley. Beet
and Irrigation Land company. The
plant of the new company is to be
located in Prowers county , Colorado ,
in the famous Rocky Ford fruit dis
trict.
A number of New York capitalists ,
including the Oxnards , the Cuttings ,
the Hamiltons , the Lawsons and the
Richards of the Mercantile Trust com
pany are interested. The new concern
has purchased the holdings of the
Great Plains Water companyj which
comprises about 125,000 acres along
the Arkansas river in southeastern
Colorado. Colonization of the land
with farmers will be undertaken by
the company. Over 52,000,000 will be
expended this year on improvements.
Senators Dine "With the President.
WASHINGTON , April 26. Tonight
Senators Millard and Dietrich had
their first taste of official life , hav
ing been guests of the president at a
dinner given by the chief executive
to the Cuban commission. Senator
Dietrich had determined to go home
this afternoon , but in view of the in
vitation from the president , he de
cided to avail himself of the oppor
tunity and delayed his return to Ne
braska until tomorrow. Senator Millard -
lard will leave tomorrow night for
New York with Miss Millard en route
west
On the Bunt for Bad Butter.
DES MOINES , la. , April 27. Dep
uty Dairy Commissioner Wright re
turned from Afton Junction , where
he went the first of the week in search
of oleomargarine. It had been report
ed that a substitute for butter was
being used in the railroad camps along
the line of the "Q , " where 500 men
are employed in straightening track.
Mr. Wright had a search warrant for
one of the camps and examined sev
eral others , but could find no oleomar
garine , although the butter used was
of the poorest order.
Shingle King Buys a Mine.
PRESCOTT , A. T. , April 25. E. W.
Wells and W. C. Parsons of Prescott
and Hugh McCrum of San Francisco
have sold the McCable mine to a syn
dicate of Chicago capitalists , headed
by Frank Jager , the shingle king of
that city. The price is said to be
about $600,000.
On Verge of a Collapse.
CHICAGO , April 26. A special to
the Record-Herald from Honolulu ,
April 19 , says Governor Dole is a
very sick mad ! He has been confin
ed to his house for several days and
only the most intimate friends have
been allowed to see him.
\Vant a Foreclosure Sale.
ST. LOUIS , April 26. Judge Thayer -
er of the United States circuit court
heard arguments today in the case of
the Guaranty Trust company of New
York , Julius S. Walsh , trustee , and
others , against the Omaha & St. Louis
Railroad company. The plaintiffs
represent the bondholds and are seek
ing to have the property of the de
fendant sold under foreclosure pro
ceedings. After hearing arguments
Judge Thayer will decide the case.
Father of Kidnaped Boy Gives Testimony
in Criminal Court.
REITERATES FORMER STATEMENTS
Tbo Trial of the Alleged Kidnaper Draws
a Great Throng The Youthful Victim
Taken the Stand and Relates His ex
perience.
OMAHA , Neb. , April 25. Edward A.
Cudahy , sr. , and Edward A. Cudahy ,
jr. , father and son , testified at the
trial of James Callahan yesterday.
The story of the kidnaping and the
subsequent payment of the ? 25,000
ransom , as related by Mr. Cudahy , sr. ,
was a repetition of the reports of the
affair as published at the time in the
news columns of the Bee. The tes
timony of the boy , giving the details
of his. abduction and imprisonment ,
also tallied with the reports hereto
fore published in this newspaper. In
no detail did the evidence given by
Mr. Cudahy and his son differ with
the authentic and exclusive stories of
the crime printed.
Yesterday forenoon was taken up
with the opening statements of coun
sel and a visit by the jury to the
scene of the crime , and in the after
noon the taking of testimony began.
Young Cudahy was placed on the
witness stand at 4 o'clock and when
court adjourned at 5:30 o'clock his
evidence had not reached that point
where he is expected to positively
identify Callahan as one of the kid
napers. It is apparent that the pros
ecution is leading up to an identifica
tion , for the boy was made to relate
in detail the numerous conversations
he had with his guard during the
twenty-eight hours he was confined in
the Melrose Hill house. It is the in
tention , evidently , to show that young
Cudahy had become sufficiently famil
iar with the voice and the peculiari
ties in speech of his captor and guard
to recognize the same when heard by
him at some future time. As previ
ously published , after Callahan was
arrested the Cudahy boy was given an
opportunity to hear a conversation be
tween him and Chief Donahue in the
latter's office , after which he declared
that Callahan's voice and peculiarities
of speech were the same as those of
his former guard. It is therefore pre
dicted that the prosecution will today
ask young Cudahy to identify Calla
han by his voice and articulation.
So far as given the boy's testi
mony describes his captor and guard
as a dark man with a stubby black
moustache and black hair. This de
scription may be fitted to Callahan , al
though it is extremely meager and
Callahan's moustache at this time is
long enough to support a small curl
at each end.
When the trial was resumed in the
morning the court room was crowded
with spectators , public interest "having
been revived by the announcement
that the jury had been completed and
and the relation of the story of the
kidnaping would begin. Edward A.
Cudahy and the son 'or whose release
he paid the $25,000 ransom were in
court , occupying seats directly behind
those of County Attorney Shields and
General Cowin. Callahan appeared as
bright and cheerful as he was the day
before and displayed keen interest in
all the proceedings.
PLACED IN MARBLE CRYPT.
Remains of Lincoln and Other Members
of His Family Moved.
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , April 25 Un
ostentatiously and without any cere
mony , the remains of Abraham Lin
coln and the other members of his
family , which , since March 10 , 1900 ,
when the work of rebuilding the Lin
coln monument commenced. have been
reposing in a temporary stone crypt
in the monument which has been re
built by the state of Illinois at a cost
of $100,000 , were removed to the newly
erected marble sarcophagus in the
crypt of the monument.
Mosquito Fleet at Cavito.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 25.
A cablegram received at the navy de
partment today announced the arrival
of the Mosquito fleet at Cavite , Phil
ippine islands. The four vessels of
this little fleet will be utilized in pa
trolling the coasts of Luzon and the
lower islands of the Philippine group.
Women Mny Vote.
ALBANY , N. Y. , April 25. Gover
nor Odell today signed the bill au
thorizing women taxpayers in villages
and towns to vote on propositions
to expend money for public purposes.
Conger Isn't Through Yet.
VANCOUVER , April 25. The
Shanghai Mercury publishes a state
ment , ostensibly from a confidential
friend of Minister Conger , explaining
that his application for leave was due
to the fact that , having spent the last
three years in Pekin , he desired a fur
lough at this time. It is added that
Mr. Conger would feel obliged to de
cline the nomination for governor of
Iowa because he had no desire to re
tire permanently from the work.
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PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS
MISS ANNA BRYAN OF WASHINGTON , D. C.
Miss Anna Bryan , a favorite cousin of William Jennings Bryan , is well
known socially in Washington , D. C. , where she has a host of friends. Miss
Bryan recently studied music at Fairmount Seminary , of Washington , D. C.
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