THE COURT
OF INQUIRY ,
NIVJ Department Assigns Admiral Sciiei ;
To Active Duty At Court of Inquiry ,
Counteracts the Effect of Being Plac
ed on the Retired List and
Gives Him Standing.
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) The
presentation of Admiral Schley's side
of the controversy was continued be
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fore the court of inquiry , eight wit
nesses being examined. Of these five
" were ensigns and the entire eight had
served on the Brooklyn with Admiral
( then Commodore ) Schley.
While Ensign Halligan was on the
stand Mr. Rayner sought to bring out
information as to the American ships
in sight at the beginning of the battle
of July 3 , but Judge Advocate Lemly
objected on the ground that the ques
tion was intended to show the absence
of the New York , and the inquiry was
withdrawn. '
Ensign Marble stated that he had
heard Captain SIgsbee tell Commodore
Schley on May 26 that the Spaniards
were not at Santiago.
There has been some inquiry as to
Admiral Schley's standing in the navy
since he was placed on the retired list
because 'of age , but it appears that all
questions on this point have been set
tled by the department having assign-
. ed the admiral to "active duty at the
court of inquiry" while It is in pro
gress. This action was taken to pre
vent any question as to the effect the
admiral's retirement would have on
the action of the court.
SCHLEY INSPIRES ENTHUSIASM.
Ensign John Halligan , jr. , who serv
ed on the Brooklyn during the war ,
was the first witness of the afternoon
session of the court. When the battle
of J.uly 3 occurred he was in the port
turret. The shortest range used by
him during that engagement was , he
jsaid , 1,200 yards. Asked as to Com-
'modore ' Schley's bearing in the battle ,
jthe witness said : "It was such as to
( inspire enthusiasm. "
I In reply to questions by the court
, Mr. Halligan said that when the Vis-
caya turned toward the Brooklyn , "the
Spanish ship bore on our starboard
beam , a little forward , and was headed
toward us , distant from 2,000 to 3,000
yards. " He also said that there " .vere
three or four guns heard at Cienfue-
gos and that these shots were regular.
TELLS OF SCHLEY'S PROMISE.
When Mr. Halligan retired he was
succeeded by Ensign U. S. Grey , who
was a naval cadet on the Brooklyn
during the Spanish war. He said he
had heard no guns at Cienfuegos , but
had seen the signal lights ashore.
Mr. Rayner asked the witness if he
had any conversation with Commodore
Schley during the night before the en
gagement of May 31. He replied that
he had a conversation.
'I was on the signal bridge of the
Brooklyn after dinner , " he said , "when
the commodore came upon the bridge ,
and during the course of the conversa
tion he stated to me : 'Tomorrow we
are going in with the ships not coal
ing to bombard at long range to devel
op the exact location of batteries and
to form an estimate oftheir strength. '
He said he was not going in for a reg
ular bombardment , as he had instruc
tions from the department not to haz
ard the ships against the batteries , and
that if he should disable one of his
ships during this bombardment his
force would then be rendered inferior
to the Spanish forces inside the har
bor ; that he was merely going in for
a. reconnaissance and not to destroy
the batteries or Colon. "
The witness aid he had been on the
gun deck during the battle of July 3.
Brooklyn pursued a sinuous coui'se , he
said , at the beginning of the engage
ment and then swung rapidly to star
board with port helm. His least range
was 1,200 yards and his greatest 2,500
yards. > > ,
THREE CHEERS FOR SCHLEY.
The next witness was James A. Hand
also an ensign , who had served on the
Brooklyn as a naval cadet. He testi
fied that on the day of the battle of
July 3 he was at the central station
and received from Commodore Schley
and Captain Cook encouraging mes
sages to the men and that one of these
from the commodore was received witl\
a "three cheers for the commodore. "
Ensign Ralph N. Marble , who was a
cadet on the Brooklyn during the war ,
said that on the day of the battle of
Santiago he had charge of some of the
after five-inch guns. His closest range
was 1,100 yards. The orderlies had
passed the range of 900 yards to him ,
but he had not used that range.
Dr. Paul Fitzsimmons , chief surgeon
of the flying squadron , was the last
witness of the day. He observed the
' battle of July 3 from the gundeck of
the Brooklyn and said that it seemed
to him at the time that Brooklyn was
fighting the battle entirely alone. He
thought the Brooklyn kept the Colon
from getting awayT He was excused
-and the court adjourned.
For an Auto Mail Service.
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) A con
tract for automobile mail service which
may result in the extension of such
service generally , was made by the
postofilce department today. It gives
the Republic Motor Vehicle company
$176,173 for carrying the mails between
the postoffice , postal station and sub
stations and for collections from some
of the letter boxes in the business sec
tion of the city from January 1 , 1902 ,
to June 30 , 1903. - . - -
SECRETARY WANTS A LARGER NAV
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Tt
estimates for the navy for the flaci
year ending June 30 , 1903 , were ma < !
public at the navy department toda ;
The total amount is $98,910,984 , ftffahi !
$77,934,535 appropriated for the cui
rent year. The chief increases ai
$2,500,000 for construction , $2,000,000 f <
armour and $129,355 In the appropr
atlon for yards and docks.
Secretary Long , in speaking of th
estimates , said that they were mad
with a due regard for the needs <
the navy and intimated that they ha
the approval of the administration's
spoke of the increased cost of the nav
and said that the building of a battle
ship costing $5,000,000 was not the en
of Its expense , as Its maintenance wa
very costly. It is more than likel
the secretary will recommend thre
new battleships and two new armore
cruisers and a number of small gun
boats.
Among the new items of importanc
In the estimates are the following
New battery for Newark , $175,000 ; nei
batteries for Albany and New Orleans
& 200.000 ; reserve guns for other ship
of the navy , $500,000 ; floating dry dock
at Portsmouth , N. H. , $500,000 ; tots
tor that yard , $1,600,455.
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FOR OTHER NEEDS.
Also a total of $1,271,700 for ne\
works at the Boston navy yard , v/hic
Includes a plant for housing and stor
ing torpedo vessels and new building
The estimates for new improvement
it the New York navy yard aggregat
3,110,000 , which includes $2,000,000 fo
the purchase of land and $200,000 fo
barracks for enlisted men. The esti
mated items for the Norfolk navy yari
aggregate ! $1,208,500 , which include
350,000 for the purchase of land. Th
jstimates for the naval station at Sa ;
Juan , Porto Rico , are $2,613,000 am
include $1,000,000 for a masonry dr ;
Jock , $500,000 for the purchase of land
5250,000 for dredging and $200,000 fo
: he extension of coaling facilities. Ai
jstimate of $650,000 is made for a plan
! or housing and storing torpedo ves
sels at Pensacola. An estimate o
5108,000 is made for the naval statioi
it Tutuila , Samoa. An estimate o
S381.000 is submitted for the Cavit
laval station , which includes $200,00
'or refrigerating plant. Estimates ari
nade for a complete naval station a
Mongapo , P. I. , amounting to $1,443 ,
KK ) . Other estimates are as follows
Saval magazines near Boston , $500,000
laval magazines near Portsmouth , N
3. , $400,000 ; naval magazine at Puge
sound , $100,000 ; defenses for insula :
mval stations and coal depots , $500,000
JVE STOCK EXCHANGE IS A MONOPOLY
Holton , Kan. ( Special. ) A decisioi
hat is of great importance to the com-
nission firms of Kansas City , Chicago
5t. Louis and Omaha live-stock ex
ihanges generally was rendered to
lay by Judge Gephart in the distric
: ourt. It was to the effect that th
charging of a commission prescribec
jy the Kansas City Live Stock ex
rhange for the purchase or sale of livi
stock by the members of the exchang <
s illegal and that the commission can
iot be collected by law. In othe
vords , according to Judge Gephart
: he exchange is a monopoly and it
ransactions are in violation of thi
statutes. All other western exchanges
s is said , operate under the same rules
The matter came up in the case o :
Andrew Young , who in 1898 purchased
hrough Elmore & Cooper , a commis
; ion firm at Kansas City stock yards
several hundred head of cattle an (
; ave the commission men his notes
; ecured by chattel mortgage on tin
itock. The notes included the com
nission charged by Elmore & Coopei
or purchasing the cattle. The notes
vere sold to the Interstate Nationa
3ank of Kansas City , which took
arge number of the cattle from Young
mder the mortgage. Young then suet
he bank , attacking the legality of th
: xchange methods.
LOSE ALL TRACE OF MISS , STONE ,
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Im-
> enetrable to Washington is the mys-
ery of the present condition am
vhereabouts of Miss Ellen M. Stone
lhe channel of communication whici
Jr. Eddy , the secretary of the Amer-
can legation in Constantinople , has
teen interrupted. He is not-informed
.s to the point to which they have re-
reated , nor is he advised as to theii
urther purposes.
To add to these distressing features
if the situation , the state department
las again become apprehensive that ,
lotwithstanding the assurances of the
Julgarian and Turkish governments ,
heir troops will attack the brigands
hould they locate them. Mr. Eddy and
, Ir. Dickinson , the latter at Sofia , wil ]
nake renewed representations to the
; overnments to which they are accred-
ted in the hope of obtaainlng explicit
nstructions which will prevent an at-
empt to arrest the brigands , ever
hould their whereabouts be learned
iy government forces.
Constantinople. ( Special. ) The Rus-
lan government has repeated its ex-
ression of a desire to assist the United
States government by all practical
neans in rescuing Miss Stone. The
ther powers are equally solicitous , but
lussia is the best able to bring the
lecessary pressure to bear.
Andrade Displays Activity
San Juan de Porto Rico. ( Special. )
'ersistent though unverified rumors
.re current that General Andrade , the
ormer president of Venezuela , who is
low here , will shortly head a force ol
nen from the islands of Curacoa and
'rinidad , which will invade Venezuela ,
? he agents of the steamer Philadelphia
re authority for the statement that
reneral Andrade intends to sail on Oc-
ober 25 by the steamer "Caracas. The
eneral Is living quietly in a suburb ot
Ian Juan , and is seldom seen.i
RAILROADS
CONSOLIDATE
BvriiftgtOA Trwfir Is ike First Step li tl
Smn Hmtfred Million Coibine ,
Three Great Western Railroad Sys
ems Are To Be Practicaly Un
der One Control
ChicagoIH. ( Special. ) An Iowa cor
poration , capitalized at * $100,000 an
organized for the purpose of control
ling railroad properties to be bonde
at between $700,000,000 and $750,000,00
such Is the plan in brief of the Mor
gan-Hill syndicate as disclosed by th
incorporation at Burlington , la. , of th
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy Rail
road company.
Details of the plan , which is by fa
the most stupendous ever conceived ii
the railroad world , were learned her
and they have set the railway an
financial worlds talking. None of th
officers of the Burlington would con
sent to give the slightest inforrhatioi
regarding "the organization of the nev
company , but despite this , facts cam
to light which made it certain that th
Iowa corporation is the proprietar :
company which is to take over all th <
securities of the Burlington , the North
era Pacific and the Great Northeri
railroads.
This being the case , the Morgan co
terie , when the plan is perfected , wil
be able , by the ownership of a bar *
majority of the $100,000,000 stock of th <
new company , to control absolutelj
three big railway systems , aggregating
over 18,000 miles , having a gross earn
ing capacity of over $100,000,000 yearlj
and a present capitalization of $465 , '
00,000. Furthermore , if it is seen fii
to do so , the control of these proper
ties can be obtained without the pay
ment of a single dollar of the capita
stock represented by the new company
In the opinion of financiers , the schem <
Is sufficiently bold to cause a Napoleor
In the game to pause before taking th <
plungeand the result will be watched
With the most intense interest.
BASIS OF EXCHANGE.
In general , the plan is for the ne\\
Or parent company to take the stoclf
of the three companies involved and
exchange it for collateral trust bonds
n a certain basis. From all the in
formation obtainable the basis of ex
change for the Northern Pacific pre
ferred is ten collateral trust bonds for
HOO each , bearing 3 % per cent interest ,
for every ten shares of stock , and in
iddltion twenty-five shares of the cap
ital stock of the new company. The
terms for the transfer of the Great
Northern stock are said to be almost
%
louble the amount offered for the
Northern Pacific. The. latter is paying
[ per cent , while the Great Northern ,
svhich is all preferred stock , pays 7
per cent.
It is said that the Morgan-Hill peo-
? le have determined to permit all the
stockholders , or rather to urge all , to
iccept the terms of the transfer.
iVhether or not this will be done makes
ittle difference , as the syndicate al-
eady controls a majority of the stock
> f all three companies. The transfer of
; he Burlingtton stock has for some
: ime been in progress , the terms being
; wo 4 per cent bonds for every share
> f stock. If the entire issue of stock
s thus transferred the bond issue for
his company will be $200,000,000.
BOERS ARE ARTFUL DODGERS ,
Capetown ( Special. ) In a brisk fight
it Twenty-four Streams , near Piquet-
mrg , yesterday Captain Belley and
our others were killed and several
vounded. The British having surpris--
; d several camps , the Boers are now in
he habit of shifting camp by night.
Lately the British columns , after long
light marches , hav arrived at their
ibjectives only to find the Boers gone.
British columns penetrating Orange
rliver colony miles from the railways
Lnd fields of maize , or freshly plowed
ands , the Boers making off. at their
ipproach and returning when the col-
imns pass on. The herds on the high
reldt still seem to be numerous. The
Joers are living on cattle and mealies
tored in out of the way places.
10 RANSOM FOB MISSIONARY STONE ,
Cologne. ( Special. ) The Cologne Ga-
ette has a dispatch from Sofia , Bul-
: aria , which says that United States
Jonsul Dickinson , at Constantinople ,
las discovered positive evidence that
rtiss Ellen M.Stone , the American mis-
ioriary abducted by brigandswas cap-
ured at the instigation of the Mace-
Ionian committee.
In consequence , Consul Dickinson has
ibsolutely refused to pay the ransom
aised in the United States and de
manded by the abductors , and has offi-
ially requested the Bulgarian govern-
nent to take immediate measures to
iring about the arrest of the chief in-
tigators of the outrage.
Several prominent members' of the
lacedonian committee have already
een arrested , it is said. '
Bjried Alive.
Beatrice , Neb. ( Specia. ) Frank Kol-
enbach , aged 29 years , who has been
tmployed by Mrs. Graff for the past
.welve years , was killed by'the caving
n of the roof to a cave on the latter's
arm , in which he was making repairs ,
t is supposed that he accidentally
knocked out one of the supports to the
oof and he. was buried beneath four
eet of earth. Koltenbach was tb have
leen married in a few days to daughr
er of his employer.
HILL AND MOR6AN GET THE BURLIN8TC
Burlington , la. ( Special. ) Article
of incorporation of the Chicago , Bui
lington & Quincy Railway compan
were filed In the county auditor's offlt
in this city this afternoon. The cai
ital stock of the new company is $100
000,000 , and its object , as set forth i
the articles of incorporation , is to at
quire the Burlington system and oth <
roads and to maintain a railroad in tli
states of Illinois , Iowa , Missouri.Kar
sas , Nebraska , Colorado , Wyomini
South Dakota , Montana , Wisconsii
and Minnesota.
The corporation began October li
1901 , and will continue for fifty year !
with the principal place of business i
Burlington , Iowa.
understanding is that the ne
corporation is merely the first .step t
put matters in shape for the transfe
of the property to the Morgan-Hill
Harrlman syndicate. According to th
rumors that are floating about hen
this corporation will take charge o
the Chicago , Burlington & Quinc ;
Railroad company and the many line
leased and controlled by the company
and then transfer them altogether t
* syndicate.
the Morgan-Hill-Harriman
The new corporation is legally en
tirely separated from the Chicago.Bur
lington & Quincy Railroad company
The old company is incorporated unde :
the laws of the state of Illinois , whil <
the new one is controlled by the laws
jf the state of Iowa. There Is but on <
2hange in the name of the company
The old is a railroad company , th <
lew a railway company.
The incorporators , J. C. Peasley , J
VI. Dering , J. D. Connell , W. W. Bald
win and E. M. Shelton , met in Chicagc
Tuesday and formed the articles o :
ncorporation , but nothing was giver
) ut about the matter until this after-
loon at 3 o'clock , when the papers
vere filed in the office of the secretarj
) f state in Des Moines.
The first meeting of the Incorpora-
ors of the Chicago , Burlington
Juincy Railway company will be belt
n Burlington. The new incorpora-
.ors will probably meet on Saturday
md elect officers , and steps contem-
) lated for-taking control of the Chica-
fOj Burlington & Quincy railroad bj
he new company 'may then be dis-
jlosed.
JUDGE CANTRIL'S LIFE THREATENED ,
Georgetown , Ky. ( Special. ) An open
hreat has been made against the life
> f Judge James E. Cantrill and he is
low being closely guarded by his
riends. Judge Cantrill is not in ro-
) ust health , and is frequently so weal
ind exhausted when court adjourns
hat he goes to his home with con-
Iderable difficulty. Mrs. Cantrill sent
i cot to the court house for the judge
o lie upon occasionally. When the
nan carrying the cot entered the court
touse he elbowed his way through a
rowd of mountaineers standing near
he door.
"What is that cot for ? " asked one of
he mountain men.
"For Judge Cantrill , " said the man ;
he is sick. "
"You had better take it ahead. He
rill need that cot before this trial is
ver. "
All the mountaineers are being kept
inder close watch by armed men who
ave formed themselves into a volun-
ary bodyguard. There is scarcely a
nail which does not bring to Judge
lantrill a threat of dire vengeance un-
ess Caleb Powers is acquitted.
OT HIS MONEY AND TURNED HIM LOOSE
Chicago. ( Special. ) Herman Lie-
ers , a farmer from Minden called on
he police and invoked their aid in
jcating Gertrude Haus , whom he
ame here to marry , and about $1,000
i presents , out of which the woman
im-flammed him.
Liebers stated he noticed an adver-
isement of a "young and beautiful
: oman" who sought a husband , about
month ago. Correspondence was
allowed by an engagement and Lle-
ers sent on a ring valued at $350.
He arrived to marry 'his inamorata
nd was met at the depot by her and
iken on a tour of the city , where he
urchased wedding presents of the
alue of $700. These the woman took.
She then conducted her victim to a
otel , where she told him to remain
ntil morning , when shewould re
am and they would be married. He
rew suspicious and called in the po-
ce.
ce.Liebers is a widower and quite
ealthy.
GIVE AID TO AN INJURED BOY ,
Creston , la. ( Special. ) The grand
) dge of Odd Fellows appropriated $10-
)0 ) to entertain the sovereign grand
) dge at Des Moines next year , in ad-
ition to the $1,500 appropriated by the
rand encampment. It authorized sub-
rdinate lodges to make appropriations
jr the same purpose. Clinton gets the
ext meeting of the grand lodge. It
ominated grand officers for election
y the subordinate lodges- June. It
ecided to build an orphan's home at
larshalltown at once. The lodge ap-
ropriated $6,000 for the grand secre-
iry'sexpenses. The Rebekahs elected
fficers for next year. Two hundred
ollars was contributed to aid a boy
urt here yesterday while feeding a
rinting press.
Why Trust Project Failed.
'London. ( Special. ) The St. Peters-
urg correspondent of the Daily aMil ,
i a dispatch recording the failure of
11 attempts to form iron and steel
indicates on the American plan , says :
"The different firms found it impos-
Ible to agree upon terms. More than
lis , the glass syndicate , one of the
Idest in Russia , has dissolved } and the
rice of glass has fallen 25 per cent , in
ansequence. The only trust now ex
iting is the-sugar syndicate , which ,
jntrols the Industry. -
TRIAL OP
CALEB POWER :
Wfcartn Golden Ataits His Part in t !
Goefeel Murder ,
Testifies That He Entered Into A
Agreement to Procure Mur-
der of Goebel.
Georgetown , Ky ( Special. ) In tli
Caleb Powers case today Mrs. Andei
son , teelgraph operator at Barboure
ville , Ky. , indentlfied several telegram
sent by Powers to men in that locality
Instructing them , how many men t
bring to Frankfort.
It is rumored that Henry E. Tout
sey will be put on the stand to tell a !
he knows about the affair as his onl
hope of escaping his life sentence. Ar
thur Goebel , however , says Youtse ;
will not be called by the common
wealth.
Miss Lucy Brock testified of Power
saying that Governor Taylor had glvei
him $1,000 with which to pay the ex
penses of the mountain men and tha
tie and Charles Finley were raising th
irmy.
Detective Jenkins of Lexington , Sher
iff Henry Bosworth andDeputy Franl
Rogers told of Powers' arrest the nigh
le fled from Frankfort disguised as :
soldier. Walter Bronston , county at
: orney for Faye te , said when he hear <
Powers 'had left Frankfort and wa :
Doming toward Lexfngton he got Thos
Cromwell , a newspaper reporter , t <
jwear out , a warrant for Powers an <
2aptajn John Davis , charging Goebel' !
nurder. The warrants were serve <
> n the arrival of their train.
Victor Anderson , steward of th <
second regiment , said he took a bundli
.0 Powers on the night of his escape
t was sent by Assistant Adjutant Dix-
> n and contained a military suit
iVhen court reconvened in the after
icon Commonwealth Atotrney Frank
in announced that the state woulc
: lose tomorrow.
Enoch Mays , a new witness frorr
inox county , testified that John L
Powers , brother of the defendant , tolc
lim that Goebel would be killed.
Adjutant General David Murray pro-
luced letters from Caleb and John L
Powers to Adjutant General Colliei
elling him to give orders to brinj
he militia to Frankfort.
F. Wharton Golden was then placee
in the stand and Colonel Campbel
: onducted his examination. He is con-
iidered the state's star witness. Mr
) wen then moved to exclude Colder
tecause he was under indictment as
iccessory to the murder. "No man , '
aid he , "with a halter around his necfc
hould be allowed to testify. " Judge
Cantrill overruled the motion. Colder
epeated his story given at the formei
rial.
Golden testified that it was general-
y understood among the mountair
nen that Goebel was to be killed. Ht
aid when .Powers was told of Goebel's
[ eath as he was returning to Frank-
ort from Louisville , he said : "It is a
hame and an outrage. "
At the night session Golden told ol
lis connection with Powers in assem-
iling the mountain men at Frankforl
.nd of a conversation he had with ;
Jovernor Taylor in which Taylor said
"It is an awful thing to think oJ
aking human life , but it looks like
Joebel must die or we will be robbed. "
The cross-examination was then
aken up. Golden was still on the
tand when court adjourned.
Golden admitted that he entered intc
n agreement to procure the murder
f Goebel ; that he had offered $50C
o any man who would kill him and
hat he was under indictment under
he charge of having entered in a con-
piracy to murder Goebel. He said he
card C. O. Reynolds at Frankfort
ay he was willing to put one black
ean in a full can of white ones and
jt all hands draw from the bottle , the
lan drawing the black bean to kill
'roebel.
It was announced tonight that Judge
lazelrigg , former chief justice of the
Zentucky court of appeals , will testify
s a state witness tomorrow. Judg ;
lazelrigg's testimony , it is said , will
end to break down Jim Howard's ai-
NAME CALKINS IN GOULDS PLACE ,
Lincoln , Nfeb. ( Special. ) The re-
ublican state central committee , ir
peciaL session tonight , nominated Ell-
ha C. Calkins of Kearney to succeed
I. L. Goold of Ogalalla as the part }
andidate for regent of the State uni-
ersity , Goold having withdrawn from
he ticket.
Twenty-five of the thirty-four com-
litteemen were present. The first bal-
at resulted in a' tie between R. S ,
Using of Ainsworth and Mr. Calkins
k'ith scattering votes for F. M. Currie
L. E. Cady , J. Warren Keifer , jr. , ol
Juckolls and several others. Mr. Cal-
uns subsequently gained"strength anc
lis nomination was made unanimous
? he nominee is an attorney and at the
ast republican convention "was men-
ioned as a candidate for the judgeship
To Severe.
Wymci-2 , Neb. ( Special. ) Roy Ea-
on , principal of the Wymore higl
cnool , has been arrested on complain
if Gus Marquart on a charge of cru-
lly whipping his son for a misdemean
ir during school hours. The boy hac
everal large welts' on his legs , anc
in examination by a physician showet
hat two blood vessels had been bro
: en. The case was tried in Justic <
Jerman's court and a continuance wa ;
akeT/xuntil November 9t . _ _ .
ROCKHILL HAS THE CHINESE PQRTKQE ,
Victoria , B. O < Soeclal. ) W. W ,
Rockhlll , the commissioner who reprfr
sented the United States In the con
ference between the allies and the
Chinese , arrived on the Empress ofl
Japan on his way to "Washington. Ho/ /
has with him a copy of the protocol }
between China and the powers , which !
'
was recently signed by the representa- *
tlves of the various nation ? Interestedj
He will proceed direct to Washington. ?
Affairs in China have assumed thelt :
normal state , the commissioner saldj
in answer to a question. He did not'
anticipate any further outbreak , but
there was no telling what would hap- * ,
pen In China. The so-called insurrec
tions In Kan Su and Manchuria , ho
said , were simply local uprlslngs.which
had been very much exaggerated.
Before Mr. Rockhlll left Pekin the
Chinese troops had commenced to po
lice the city. The people , he said , had :
been benefited by the occupation , they
having been given work rebuilding the
legations and on other works at wages'
which they had never dreamed of. On
the other hand many of those who
were well off before the occupatiort
had been rendered destitute as a re
sult of it. The legation concessions
had been greatly increased and th&
British legation is being built in the
form of a fort , with a meat , and guns
mounted.
Mr. Rockhlll said he expected to hear.
very shortly of the return of the court.
to Pekin. "
Mr. Rockhlll said that while LI
Hung Chang retains his mental vigor
he is breaking down physically. He
liad a splendid appetite , but suffers
nuch from indigestion and high fevers.
McKINLEY SURGEONS STILL IN DOUBT.
New York. ( Special. ) Surgeons who
ittended President McKInley after he-
fell a victim to an assassin's bullet
have been unable to assign the exact
ause of his death. Their official re
port has been completed , and portions
af it were read by Dr. Matthew D. ,
Mann at a meeting of the State Med-
cal Society in the Academy of Medl-
: Ine. It Is a document of 15,000 pages ,
ind will be submitted to the cabinet
ind to congress.
Although all the doctors testified at
the trial of Czolgosz that death was
caused by gangrene , the report , which
is a complete medical history of the
: ase from the moment of the shootlngc
until the completion of the autopsy ,
fails to assign any specific cause oC
leath. The report caused a sensation :
imong the medical men who heard it.
Dr. Mann was specially designated !
ay the * surgeons who attended Presl-
lent McKinley to present a synopsis of.
: heir report to the State Medical so- }
iiety. It will be recalled that he was
he first surgeon to reach the presi- ;
lent's side when he fell in the Temple
> f Music , and that he performed tha
> peration in the hospital In the Pan-
American grounds. Dr. Mann said :
"If you should ask me what caused )
; he president's death I could not tell
rou. I doubt if anyone could do so,3
ir that it will ever be determined ,
.mong the contributory causes were
president's age , his Aveak heart ,
vhich was indicated by his high pulse ,
md his lack of exercise. "
STIRS UP THE ANTI IMPERIALISTS.
<
Boston. ( Special. ) At a reception to
Sdwin Burritt Smith of Chicago , chair-
nan of the anti-imperialist league ,
EVinslow Warren , heretofore one of
; he chief anti-imperialists of the coun-
; ry , caused a profound sensation by
luggesting that the league "lie on its
> ars and wait , " and that the name
> f the organization be changed to one
hat would be free from party feeling. ;
"Our best policy , " he said , "is to1
vait events and not assume that the
lew administration will adopt a wrong
> olicy. Meanwhile we can hold to our
iwn views , not as a party , but as clti-
; ens. "
"The Filipinos are a subject race ,
md the power has been given by the.
supreme court to do exactly as we
> lease with them. The leaders are in
laptivity or banished or have given
.llegiance to the American flag. What
s to be done ? It is a difficult situation ,
would favor granting them independ-
ince if they want it , but if they don't
i-ant it , I would opose admitting them , .
o statehood and hold them as terri- '
; ories forever. "
VATER RIGHTS ON THE PLATTE RIVER ,
Lincoln , Neb. ( Special. ) The State
Board of Irirgation and Engineer Dob-
; on today listened to testimony and
irgument in the case of the Farmers *
md Merchants' Irrigation company ;
gainst the Gothenburg Power and Ir-
igation company. Tha Gothenburg
: ompany asserts that It has a prior
ight tc water in the Platte river and ;
vas sustained in this position a y ar.
igo by Engineer Wilson It owns and :
jperates one long canal , of which one-
lalf was constructed after the original
vater right was taken out. The water
ight granted by the board authorized :
he Gothenburg company to appropri-
ite 200 cubic feet of water per second ,
md it is now claimed , .that there is no
aw to prevent the company from
; urning the water so appropriated Into-
: he new section of the canal. The.
) oard took the case under advisement
ind will render a. decision within
lext few days.
Lost Child Suffers Keenly.
Ladysmith , Wis. ( Special. ) Frances
stovanek , a 6-year-old girl , who wan-
lered into the woods Saturdayvos
"ound almost unconscious from hunger
ind exposure. Searchers came upon
ler sitting in a pool of water in an
> ld logging road where it passes thro *
L marsh. She was holding a bunch of
noss to her mouth. Her shoeswere
jone , her clothing was wet and hec
lands and face were scratched by bri-
irs. She fought her rescuers at first ,
> ut soon was quited. She will recover ,