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MR , HILL IS
IN CONTROL
Western Man Wins Contest for Spemacy
In Western Traffic ,
Effort To Bottle Up the Burlington
Route From Seacoast Connec-
tio is Proves Unvailing.
Chicago , 111. , Nov. 19. It Is reported
on high authority that the battle for
supremacy between the two syndicates
organized for the control of the west
ern railway properties , and headed re
spectively by Hill and Harriman , has
been fought out and Hill is the victor.
The principal bone of contention was
the control of the Northern Pacific. The
Harriman syndicate owned a controll
ing interest in the preferred stock of
that company and not only did it in
sist on holding the stock , but In an
equal vote on the board of directors.
The Hill syndicate insisted on the re
tirement of the said stock and on a
majority of the directors. The latter
won on both propositions.
Another bone of contention was the
building of additional road by the Bur
lington. The Harriman syndicate en
deavored to make it part of the agree
ment that the Burlington should ex
tend its line no further westward , par
ticularly the line looking to Ogden and
Salt Lake. This proposition was hotly
contested and for a time promised to
disrupt the agreement , but the Boston
interests , marshaled * by ex-President
Perkins , stubbornly resisted the bot
tling up of the Burlington ni this way
and Harriman was again defeated.
Knowing ones say that Harriman
has been completely outgeneraled by
Hill and that the agreement as it now
stands puts the interests represented
by him in such jeopardy that open
disruption may come at any time. It
is said that the road being promoted
by Senator Clark from Salt Lake to
the Pacific coast is in fact a Burling
ton project and that this is the reason
why Harriman endeavored to head off
this competitor against the Union Pa-
fic by making it a part of the agree
ment that the Burlington should build
no more to the westward. When it
becomes an established fact that Sen
ator Clark's road is a Burlington en
terprise it will collapse , as assurance
of no interest in the Clark road on
the part of the Burlington is all that
kept the deal from falling through.
On equally good authority it is stat
ed that the signal triumph of Hill was
achieved through the assistance of ex-
President Perkins and his eastern
friends and that the support rendered
him was conditioned on a continuation
of the present executive officers of the
Burlington in office. The reported up
heavals in official circles will not oc
cur. There will be no material change
in the officers of the Burlington or
any of its adjuncts. Ex-President Per
kins will have an active voice in the
management and President Harris and
General Manager Holdrege will , it is
said , be retained in the respective po
sitions. The fact that ex-President
Perkins , President Harris and General
Manager Holdrege are soon to leave
on an extended tour of inspection of
the western lines would indicate that
no change is contemplated as regards
these officers. Besides , both Harris
and Holdrege are looked upon with
much favor by Hill. In fact , for sever
al years Hill has been endeavoring lo
induce Harris to leavy the Burlington
and take a position with the Great
Northern. It is not very long ago that
he tendered him a position , accompa
nied by a handsome increase in salary ,
but Harris declined.
THE PHILIPPINE SOIL MUST WORK ,
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. Consid
erable time at the cabinet meeting was
given to the consideration of the agri
cultural situation in the Philippines.
By reports received by the war . de
partment it is apparent that the veg
etables grown there are "running out"
and there is immediate necessity for a
distribution of new seed.Secretary
Root told the cabinet that not enough
rice , which is the great staple , was
grown in the islands to supply the de
mand for local consumption.
Secretary Wilson has decided to send
one of the department's experts with a
full corps of assistants to the islands
to investigate the situation. Upon as
certaining the needs in respect to seed
the department will ship to the islands
such seed as may be required. It is
expected that many things not hereto
fore grown in the Philippines can be
produced and special attention will be
given to the growing of new crops.
The seed will be distributed gratuit
ously , although men from the agricul
tural department will be commission-
-ed by the war department for this
purpose.
The president and cabinet also talked
over a number of appointments under
the various departments of the gov
ernment. Except where there is some
urgent reason for immediate action , no
.appointment is to be made until con-
.gress meets.
Mrs. Hazel Wants Damages-
, Lemars , la. , Nov. 20. Mrs. George
Hazel has served papers on Nicolas
; Schaul , claiming damages in the sum
-of $5,000 and commencing suit for as
sault and battery. Schaul keeps a ho
tel and Mrs. Hazel has a grocery store
adjoining. The two have been at log
gerheads for a long time.a dispute over
-a boundary line being the original
-cause of the trouble. Mrs. Hazel en
joined Schaul from conducting a bar
in his hotel recently and during an
altercation avers Schaul kicked her
STATE TREASURER ROASTED BY BEE ,
Omaha , Neb. , Nov. 20. Under the
heading , "Shady Bond Deal , " the Bee
( rep. ) printed a story of the invest
ment of $80,000 of the permanent school
fund of Nebraska In an $80,000 refund-
Ing bond issue "of Burt county.ln which
State Treasurer Stuefer was practical
ly charged with Illegal speculation in
state funds , and the unlawful payment
of $4,000 in interest coupons on said
bonds to the middlemen who negoti
ated the purchase of the bonds.
The charge Is that one W. T. S. Ne-
Ugh bid for the bond issue the face of
the bonds and $800 premium ; that the
bid was accepted by the authorities of
Burt county ; that the premiumwas
paid by a check on State Treasurer
Stuefer's bank at "West Point , as was
also a check for $1,000 that was put
up as a guarantee that the bidder
would comply with the terms of his
bid ; that the payment for the bonds'
was made by two checks for $10,000 and
$70,000 respectively , signed by State
Treasurer Stuefer , drawn on the First
National and the Merchants National
banks of Omaha.
The "shady' part of the transaction ,
as alleged in the printed story , lies
in the assertion that Stufer was ap
prised in advance of the issuance of
the bonds and promised to be an hand
to purchase them as an investment
for the school fund , but failed to put
in an appearance ; that he permitted
an outsider to buy the bonds , and then
bought the mfrom the purchaser , to
whom he furnished the money to make
the purchaseand ; finally that although
the bonds draw 3 3-4 per cent interest ,
Stuefer took them for 3 1-4 * per cent
interest , allowing the other % per cent
to the middleman , and detaching $4,000
on interest coupons and turning them
over to W. T. S. Neligh as the middle
man's share in the transaction.
The final charge is that the "rake-
off" of $3,200 was apparently gathered
in by a fellow townsman of the state
treasurer , who is also one of his close
business associates. The statement is
made that had the deal been negoti
ated direct by the state treasurer , in
stead of dealing through this middle
man , the $4,000 in interest would have
been saved to the state.
PRESIDENT IS A WESTERN MAN ,
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. Sena
tors Dubois and Heitfeld of Idaho were
among the president's callers. While
the senators called primarily to pay
their respects to the president , they
incidentally discussed with him legis
lation in which the west particularly
is interested. President Roosevelt re
called laughingly an incident of the
last inauguration , when he , as vice
president in the chair , and Senator
Heitfeld on the floor , were the only
persons in the senate chamber. They
concluded the business of the day and
on motion of the Idaho senator ad
journed.
The president also recalled the fact
that Senator Dubois is a graduate cf
Yale and expressed pleasure that so
many Yale men are in congress. Sen
ator Dubois replied that while he was
a Yale' man , he was a democrat , and
had ndt called to ask political favors
of the president. After the call both
senators expressed themselves as satis
fied with the president's views on leg
islation for the west.
"The president remarked , " said Sen
ator Dubois , "that he is a western man
himself. I guess that is right. "
FOR A NATIONAL BREWERY TRUST ,
Appleton , Wis. , Nov. 20. Local brew
ers admit that .overtures have been
received by letters written on station
ery of the Schlitz Brewing company
of Milwaukee , proposing the consolida
tion of the breweries of northeastern
Wisconsin in a trust , to include twelve
plants in Appleton , Oshkosh , Greeen
Bay , Menasha and Oconto. The plan
is alleged to be to operate only three
of the plants , one each at Oshkosh ,
Green Bay and Oconto , and use the
other nine as malt 'houses. The plan
is opposed by local brewers. It is
believed to have been originated by
Senator Henry Uagermeister of the
Hagermeister Brewing company of
Green Bay. Itis believed that the
move is part of a general plan to or
ganize the Wisconsin breweries by dis
tricts , then to organize the surviving
plants into a state trust , and merge
the state trust into a national trust ,
as breweries in Milwaukee , St. Louis
and Cincinnati are believed to be in
terested in the present preliminary
move.
MCKNIGHT GUILTY OF WIFE MURDER ,
Sioux City , la. , Nov. 20. Ben Mc-
Knight was found guilty of murder
in the second degree , after the jury had
been out but twenty minutes. The
trial had lasted a week.
McKnight was charged with coming
home drunk one afternoon and de
manding that his wife retire. Upon
her refusal , it was alleged , he seized
her in his arms , threw her against the
wall , jumped upon her with his feet
and kneees , tore her breasts half from
her body and kicked her until she was
bruised from head to foot
Mrs. McKnight was compelled , to go
to bed , but did not summon a physi
cian until the flesh literally dropped
from her , and death could not be
averted. Then the story of her hus
band's crime came out.
Hancock Is of the Shoal.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. The
quartermaster general of the army has
received the following :
Nagasaki , Nov. 16. Hancock ground
ed sandbar , entrance inland sea. Was
floated high tide today. Uninjured.
Will go to relief of warren at once.
BAXTER.
The last sentence means that the ,
Hancock will join the Warren at Kobe |
and take its passengers , including the |
congressional party , and bring them ,
to the United'States.
THEY
THE ROBBERS ,
Iowa Farmers Jail Serveral Bandits After
'A Hot Running Fight ,
Robbers Had Just Made A Haul On a
Bank at Greenville But Were
All Captured Eventually.
Storm Lake , la. , Nov. 19. The bank
of Greeneville , which was robbed Fri
day nights , lost $2OOO.The robbers were
making their way to Albert City , ex
pecting to catch the Milwaukee freight
going south. They were using a hand
car , but , being only three in number
were making rather slow progress and
were getting a little anxious as to the
probabilities of their missing the train ,
when a farmer came along , the road
going toward Albert City. The rail
road and wagon road being not far
apart there they ditched the handcar ,
cut acrosshe field to the farmer ,
took his team and wagon from him
and hurried on to Albert City.
By the time the robbers had reached
Albert City the farmer had succeeded
in arousing quite a force of farmers ,
who provided themselves with shot
guns or anything in the line of fire
arms they could get hold of and hur
ried after the fleeing robbers. They
were joined by. seyeral others , when
the'y reached the town and all pushed
on after the culprits , who had not stop
ped in Albert City , but had hurried on
about two miles south of town.
The farmers came across the rob
bers and a lively fight ensued. One of
the robbers was mortally wounded.
The marshal of Albert City and John
Sundblad , another of the pursuing
posse , were wounded , but not serious
ly , one being shot in the shoulder
and the other in the leg.
Two hours later the other two rob
bers were caught in a corn field near
where the fight occurred. Sheriff Par
ker of this place was sent for and
went to Albert City immediately to
take the prisoners in charge. They will
be brought to the county jail here and
sheriff Parker is expected back with
them hourly. It is thought this must
be part of the gang that has been
doing so much bank robbing in Iowa
the past few weeks.
Des Moines , la. , Nov. 19. The agent
of the Bankers' Casualty company here
has received work that three bank
robbers were caught near Albert City.
Clay county , and taken to Sioux Rap
ids for safe keeping , as it was feared
they would be lynched if taken to '
Albert City. They have been identi
fied as the persons who were seen near
Greenville.where the robbery was com
mitted. One robber shot is reported [
dead and it is said John Sundblad is
not expected to live. The casualty
.company has had armed detectives in
the pay of the state for a week watch
ing for the gang of robbers.
The report here is that the robbers
who blew open the banx safe at Green
ville , Clay county , and escaped on a
handcar were surrounded at Albert
City by a posse. A running fight was
began and John Sundblad , a flour and
feed merchant , was shot and badly
hurt , and the town marshal was
wounded. One robber was shot and
the other two compelled a farmer
named Charles Peterson to take them
in his wagon and drive out of town ,
going toward Marathon , Buena Vista
county. They were captured later.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR ARE ALARMED ,
Indianapolis , Nov. 20. At the general
assembly of the Knights of Labor the
report of the committee on legislation
was submitted. It says the evolution
now taking place in the industrial
field through the rapid concentration
of capital has filled the working class
with alarm for the future Avelfare of
thecountry and declares it is time to
call a half on municipal and state
and national legislation in granting of
further privileges which go to fatten
already large private fortunes.
Resolutions submitted with the re
port demand from congress such leg
islation as "will provide for the ut
most publicity of the affairs of all cor
porations conducting an interstate
business. "
Such laws are demanded as ' 'will
prevent the capitalization of any cor
porations above the amount of money
actually invested , whether said invest
ment be in cash or plant. "
The resolutions also declare that con
gress has no right to tax all the people
for the benefit of a few and that
"however government aid is extended
to private corporations it means rob
bery of the whole people. "
Earthquake.
'Buena Vista , Colo. , Nov. 20. A se
vere seismic disturbance was felt in
the surrounding county , lasting for
several seconds. Plate glass was bro-
k'en , and people rushed panic-stricken
into the streets in night attire , 'fearing
the destruction of their houses. Re
ports are to the effect that Cottonwood
lake rose consideraly , while huge boul
ders on Mount Princeton and Mount
Harvard were sent crashing down the
mountains.
To Destroy All Tinned Foods ,
Paris , Nov. 19. La Liberte asserts
that 2,000,000 francs worth of deterior
ated American tinned foods have been
discovered among the military stores
at Verdun. General Andre , the min
ister of war , has consequently ordered
all tinned food among the army stores ,
whether French or American , to be
sold , on the ground that it would be
better to have no stores at all than
to depend upon canned provisions
which .woi ld be found to "be bad at the. , .
outbreak of a war. . * ' .
IOWA NEWSBOY WINS HIS SUIT ,
Des Moines , la. , Nov. 20. In the dis
trict court "Moae" Jacobs , the fa
mous newsboy of Des Moines , won his
suit for an accounting of the estate
of his mother. . The court decided that
a receiver shall be appointed for the
estate for the senior Jacobs. It was
shown that during the twenty years
of the experience of "Mose" as a news
boy he had turned in his earnings to
his mother for investment and keeping
and that the property was due almost
entirely to the energy and frugality
of the boy. Some time ago "Mose"
was married to an Omaha girl and
he abandoned the street and opened
a handsome news stand on Fifth street.
About the same time the mother died
'
and "Mose" was appointed administra
tor. He showed that Mr. Jacobs , who
soon after married again , had about
$14,000 of property which was accumu
lated by "Mose" and the latter also
claims that there Is something like
$20,000 worth more that ought to be
' accounted for. By having a receiver
appointed for the senior Jacobs the
matter can be settled eultably and
, "Mose" will recover a proper share of
the small fortune which he made by
selling papers on the street for twenty
years.
A6ED PAIR REVIVE A ROMANCE ,
Chariton , la. , Nov. 20.An unusual and
romantic marriage was performed by
Rev. Mr. Johnson at Russell when
he united the lives of Mrs. Anna E.
Asby of that place and T. J. Ogle ,
a wealthy farmer of Montgomery coun
ty , Indiana.
, ; Each of the contracting parties is
72 years of age. They were raised
together in Indiana. She was his first
| sweetheart and he was her first , but
in an evil hour they quarreled. She
removed to Iowa , while he remained in
Indiana and became wealthy. They
were not reconciled , and both married.
Her husband and his wife both died ,
and she 'returned to her old home
after an absence of fifty years , and
%
again met her sweetheart of former
years.
When she returned to Iowa an agree
ment was entered into which resulted
'
in a renewal .of the pledge of child
hood days , and Mr. Ogle came here to
claim her as his bride. The couple
will return to the old home in Indiana.
UNCLE SAM AS A FORESFER ,
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. In , ap
pointing several forestry experts yes
terday Secretary Hitchcock completed
the reorganization of the forestry di
vision of his department , which will
Insure the conduct of the forestry af
fairs on strictly business principles ,
something in which the west is much
'
Interested. One feature of the new
plan , which is of special interest , is
the determination to sell the burned
timber at green timber prices after
January 1. This is designed to prevent
the burning of timber by persons who
Wish to secure it as "dead and down. "
The reorganization of the division is
expected to result in scientific work
for the reforestation and better care
of the reserves , which now include
LO.000,000 acres of land in the different
states. The entire problem of preserv
ing the forests of the country , guard
ing the sources of water supply and
intelligentlumbering , is involved , and
it has been studied , as a whole , for
more than a year past by the secre-
tarv. Changes were made possible by
legislation by the last congress , in
cluding an appropriation of $300,000.
St Louis Making Water Test.
Omaha , Neb. , Nov. 20. An expert
representing the St. Louis board of
health is in this city making tests of
the water in the Missouri river here
as , , compared with that in the Mis
sissippi at St. Louis. The sewage from
Sioux 9City is run into the river 125
miles north of here , and another ob
ject of the tests will be to show
whether or not the water here is taint
ed by it. Tests of the water after : t
leaves the settling basins will also be
made , and the expert's operations will
extend for some distance down the
river.
Isthmian Canal.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 20. Sena
tors and representatives arriving in
Washington are almost without excep
tion in favor of the passage of the
Nicaragua canal bill. Few of them
have any patience with the Panama
proposition. Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire , says he "does not think
the Panama canal is worth five cents. "
Representative Sherman of New York ,
cays the "United States would not take
the Panama scheme as a gift. "
The president will hereafter make
no appointments or promotions in the
army except on merit , and all efforts
on the part of politicians and friends
will be more likely to prejudice the
president against the candidate than to
secure his favor.
Separate schools for Indian children
lave become a political issue in Ok
lahoma. In some counties many of
the Indians attend the public schools
tvhich have been established for the
whites and the latter do not believe
in allowing the reds these privileges.
L'he Indians also refuse to attend the
'aegro schools.
The summer residence of Charles T.
Barney of New York , president of the
Knickerbocker Trust company , at
Southampton , L. I. , burned. Loss $250-
)00. )
Luke F. Wilson of Kansas City has
iold his 62,000-acre ranch near Wich-
ta , Kan. , to Indianapolis parties for
SOO.OOO.
Tyndall says 50,000 typhus germs will
hrjlve jn the small circumference of
s-pinhead or yisible globule.
IRISH BID
TO KRUGER.
Said to Hire Been Tendered A Safe Parli-
fflentary Seat.
Kitcheners Proclamation .Cited To
Settle The Question of His EL
Igibility To Serve.
London , Nov. 19. The Evening News
says the Irish nationalists have offered
Mr. Kruger a safe parliamentary seat
in Ireland. They hold that , in con
sequence of Lord Kitchener's procla
mation , Mr. Kruger Is de facto a Brit
ish subject.
The war office has issued a 400 page
blue book of the official reports from
medical and other officers on the con
ditions of the concentration camps In
South Africa. The general drift of the
report attributes the high mortality
in these camps to dirty habits of the
Boers , their ignorance and prejudices ,
their recourse to quackery and their
avoidance of British hospitals and doc
tors.
Dublin , Nov. 19. The parliamentary
contest in Galway is being marked by
a. succession of fights , and it takes the
constabulary of the neighborhood to
keep the contestants withon bounds.
Horace Plunkett , unionist , a former
member of parliament for the south
i Division of Dublin county , is opposing
Colonel Arthur Lynch , who served in
the Second Irish brigade on the Boer
side , operating in Natal under Gen-
, eral Botha and afterward in the Or
ange Free State.
Sticks , stones , bricks and bottles fig
ure in the daily encounters. The win
dows and doors of Mr. Plunkett's res
idence were smashed in during the
night. The police have been obliged
on several occasions to charge with
their batons and disperse the mobs.
There is a long list of injured persons.
Middleburg , Cape Colony , Nov. 20.
One hundred and eighty district
mounted troops , composed largely of
Dutchmen , with their arms and horses ,
surrendered to Smut's commando on
October 13. The district troops fired
most of their ammunition at long
range and then refused to fight fur
ther. Captain Thornton , their com
mander , believes their surrender to
)
have been prearranged.
IS NOT DOWNCAST IN DEFEAT ,
London.Nov. 19. Two of Lord Kitch
ener's monthly reviews , dated August
3 and September 3 were published in
the Gazette. They are chiefly summa-
[ I ries of wide-sweeping movements thro'
all the disputed territory , with casual-
j ' ties , prisoners captured , etc. , as previ-
j I ously reported. An astonishingly large
number of horses was captured. About
20 per cent of these were fit for re-
mounts and the others are brood mares
and foals.
Though admitting the disappointing
esults of some of the operations , Lord
Kitchener comments on them as fol
lows : "So long as this rate of pro
gress can be maintained , there can be
little doubt of its utimate effect-even
on an enemy to whom no other form
of agreement seems to appeal. "
The report further says that the sys
tem of chains of blockhouses at inter
vals of a mile and sometimes less along
the railroads was being extended. Be
sides extending tne lines these block
houses hamper communications be
tween different portions of the Boer
forces.
A dispatch from. Lord Kitchener says
that a strong patrol of yeomanrywhile
reconnoitering ( November 3 , at Brak-
spruit , in the Transvaal colony , about
140 miles west of Pretoria ) was sur
rounded by 300 Boers and lost six men
killed and sixteen wounded. Some of
the troopers were captured , but subse
quently released. The rear guard of
Colonel Byng's column was attacked
near Neilbron , Orange River colony , on
November 14 , by 400 Boers , said to be
under the command of General Dewet.
After two hours' fighting the Boers
retired , leaving eight dead on the field.
Of Colonel Byng's column Lieutenant
Hughes and one man were killed , and
three officers and nine men wounded.
ELOPES WITH HIS STEPMOTHER ,
Sioux City , la. , Nov. 20. Fred Sie
vert , a young farmer living near Plan-
kinton , S. D. . eloped with Mrs. Carl
Sievert. his stepmother , several days
ago and now the mismated runaway
pair are making their home near the
town of Washta , la.
The father , Carl Sievert , was in
Sioux City this morning en route to
Washta , where he says he will make
trouble for his son and his runaway
wife.
Fred Sievert is about 30 years old ,
while his stepmother is nearly 60. Re
cently the father deeded his South Da
kota farm to his son Louis , who. then
drove his parents away. They went to
live with Fred and there the intimacy
between the stepmother and Fred
sprang up. All are of rather a low or
der of intelligence.
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Chinese Must Back Up.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. In the
case of the eighty Chinese who recent
ly arrived at San Francisco en route
to Mexico , and who were refused per
mission to proceed by immigration au
thorities at San Francisco on the
ground that their ultimate purpose
was to cross the Mexican frontier into
the United States contrary to law , the
department will instruct the collector
that the solicitor of the treasury has
held that there is no appeal to the
department in such cases , ,
A TRICK OF THE INDIAN TRADERS.
"Washington , Nov. 20. The virtual
quarantining of the Indians on the
Omaha and Winnebago reservation to
prevent the spread of smallpox among
the white settlers of Dakota county
will in all probability be lifted at once.
It will be recalled that rumors were
prevalent in eastern Nebraska that
roving bands of Indians infected with ,
smallpox were passing through Da
kota county and that several whito
citizens of Homer had been taken
down with the disease. The senators
from Nebraska were urged to bring-
the question of quarantining the res
ervation before Commissioner Jones.
Telegrams were sent to the Indian of
fice and Senator Dietrich insisted upon
action being taken. Agent Matheson
received Imperative orders to prevent
the Indians from leaving the reserva
tion. He was ordered to isolate any
cases that he had and to institute a
rigid quarantine. Senator Millard plac
ed on file a number of remonstrances ,
signed by citizens of Dakota county ,
protesting against the continuance of
quarantine regulations and asking , that
Agent Matheson be instructed to let up
on his enforcement of his instructions.
A singular thing has happened In
connection with the smallpox . scare
around the Omaha and Winnebago
agency and Is made known through a
letter to Senator Millard. It Appears
that coincident with the orders to
Agent Matheson the distribution of
$15,000 to the "Winnebago Indians was
in progress and it is Intimated that
the smallpox scare was a ruse of the
traders on the agency to prevent the
Indians from going to Homer to trade >
SUFFERS FOR REVILING McKINLEY.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 19. For vil-
lifying the character of the late Pres
ident McKinley , William C. Buderus , a
well known attorney of Sturgis , S. D. ,
was this morning discharged from fur
ther practice beforethe interior de
partment by the direct order of Sec
retary Hitchcock , who has been in
vestigating the matter for several
weeks past. The first intimation the
secretary of the interior received of the-
lawyer's conduct was about two weeks
ago , when a letter arrived from Stur
gis , complaining of Buderus' actions.
The' citizens signing the communi
cation alleged that Buderus , upon re
ceiving the news of the shooting of the
president , said :
"I'm glad of it , I hope he will die.
as the world will Imve one more tyrant
less. "
Secretary Hitchcock lost no time in
informing the attorney of the charges
preferred against him , and demanded
an explanation. Buderus , however , re
fused to deny his alleged statements
and hurried a lengthy communication
to the interior department in which he
said that the remarks were due to-
thoughtlessness on his part.
Secretary Hitchcock , however , re
fused to regard this as mitigating his
offense and one of his first acts upon ,
reaching his office this morning , was
to sign the order of disbarment.
BULGARIAN BRIGANDS GUT THE PRICE.
Sofia , Bulgaria , Nov. 20. The brig
ands who kidnaped Miss Ellen M.
Stone and Madame Tsilka have re.-
duced the amount of ransom they de
mand to 20,000 pounds , Turkish. Co
incident with this information Is the
intelligence that the readers 'of the.
band , if convinced that this is more
than Mr. Dickinson will givewould ac-
cept * $75,000. Even this sum is greatly
beyond the cash at Mr. Dickinson's
disposal. Therefore , unless the cap
tors of the missionary further abate
their demands there is no hope of an.
immediate settlement.
An agent who is in touch with the
brigands reports that they recognize
they made a mistake in kidnaping-
Miss Stone. They would , however.con-
sider it worse than a blunder to release
her without an adequate ransom. .
There is no longer any fear re
garding the brigands' intentions to
ward the captives. They declare them
selves to be not robbers , but patriots ,
performing an obnoxious task in the
interests of a holy cause. The ma
jority of the kidnapers are peasants
and farmers , directed by a secret com-
miittee to execute its decisions.
NEW STEEL TRUST FORMS IN EEW YQF.K.
New York , Nov. 19. Capitalists of
this city , Pittsburg and Philadelphia
met at the Waldorf-Astoria to per
fect plans for a new steel combina
tion that will be incorporated with a
capital of $250,000,000.
Representatives of 23 American and
three English companies attended the
conference. The law firm of Blymier ,
Hobbs and Stover has charge of the
legal details of the new enterprise. A
member of the firs said :
'The new combination is not int2rded
as a rival to the United States Steel
corporation , but Is a unification of tha
largest independent plants. The com
bination produces lines that are not
specialized by the big trust. The prop
erties of the companies in process ot
unification are blast furnaces , steel
works , iron mines and coal and coke
fields. "
The companies foremost in the new
combination are the General Iron &
Steel company , the Luken Iron & Steel
company , and Worth Brothers.
Leaves Misery In Its Train.
Peking , Nov. 20. The Chinese court
has arrived at Kai-Fong-Fu , capital
of Ho-Nanhaving left the people along :
its route of march half ruined by the
contributions levied .for entertainment ,
repairing of roads and decorations.
" The ministers of the foreign powers
are considering a suggestion from the
Chinese officials to the effect that the
ministers meet and formally welcome
the emperor when he arrives at
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