mm STEPS BACK
Chinese Empress Appoints a Commission
to Breast the Public for Her
SHE IS NOT SO ARBITRARY NOW
Noir Plan Scorns to Indicate Iicss Inclina
tion to Kan Things Herself The News
ae Received In Washington Regarded
as Most Important
WASHINGTON April 27 The fol
lowing cablegramhas been received at
the State department from Mr Squi
ffers the United States charge at Pe
lcin 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 relin
quishment by the empress dowager
of the arbitrary powers she heretofore
has 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 tab 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
200000000 and the impression is con
veyed that this wiil 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
3 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 this proposition is fair
it is not practicable and there is lit
tle idea that it will be favorably en
tertained
Other dispatches which bave 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
0RASPS BEAUMONT HELD
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 90000 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
Sanieford supplies for the expedition
Privy Councillor Neumayr is aiding 1
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 FRISCO
Minister Wife Daughter and 311 as 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 Maru
Asked in regard to his future plans
Mb 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 6 oclock in the evening
Mr Congers 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
Six Million Dollar Company Buys Large
Tract of Colorado Land
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
capital stock of 6000000 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 arid the
Richards of the Mercantile Trust com
pany are interested The new concern
has purchased the holdings of the
Great Plains Water company which
comprises about 125000 acres along
the Arkansas river in southeastern
Colorado Colonization of the land
with farmers will be undertaken by
the company Over 2000000 will be
expended this year on improvements
Senat6rs 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 Mil
lard will leave tomorrow night for
New York with Miss Millard en route
west
On the Hunt 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 Kins 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 600000
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 man He has been confin
ed to his house for several days and
only the most intimate friends have
been allowed to see him
Want a Foreclosure Sale
ST LOUIS April 26 Judge Thay
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
CDDABY TELLS STORY
Pather of Kidnaped Boy Gives Testimony
in Criminal Court
REITERATES f ORMER STATEMENTS
The Trial of the Alleged Kidnaper Draws
a Great Throng The Youthful Victim
Takes 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 25000
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 oclock and when
court adjourned at 530 oclock 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
latters office after which he declared
that Callahans voice and peculiarities
of speech were the same as those of
his former guard It is therefore pre
dicted that the prosecution vwill today
ask young Cudahy to identify Calla
han by his voice and articulation
So far as given the boys testi
mony describes his captor and guard
as a dark man with a stubby blacky
moustache and black hair This de
scription may be fitted to Callahan al
though it is extremely meager and
Callahans 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 25000 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 100000 were removed to the newly
erected marble sarcophagus in the
crypt of the monument
Mosquito Fleet at Cavlte
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 May 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 Isnt 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
NG CATARRH MAKES
PEOPLE WEAK AND NERVOUS
I MISS ANNA BRYAN OF WASHINGTON D C S
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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