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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL . . . . MOHFOLK. NKMUASKA. 1'MUDAY. ' SKI'TKMHKK If ) 11)05 ) A THRESHING MACHINE IS DE STROYED , MAN BURNED. NEAR ATKINSON YESTERDAY Another Blaze Did Damage Near Mead ow Grove Lightning In the Air Was Promiscuous and Struck Several Places , Starting Blazes. f Atkinson , Neb. , Sopt. 14. Special to The News : The steam threshing niti- chine belonging to T. M. Elilor and the Fullerton Bros. , was destroyed by flro while nt work twenty miles from town. It was In the midst of a. num ber of stacks of grain. The fire start ed In two stacks at almost the same moment and It was Impossible to save anything at nil. The machine chain broke when trying to move the same , the separator being a total loss. The engine was saved. About 1,000 bush els of grain wont up In the lire. The flro occurred nt the home of Mr. Hunt. James Fullerton , In trying to save the machine , got his hand badly burned , and also b's ' neck. No other hurt or injury has , e - reported. The loss will b1 ty$1,000 and $2,000. Mr. Elder , > . ° y nagor for the boys , hnd qulto Sf ° ty n the recent tornado passed v "S ' 7' section , his wind-mill being eiu ' % , destroyed , also taking most of tiu barn and other buildings. There was no Insurance on the loss by fire yesterday. TWO BOLTS AT MEADOW GROVE Two Cows Killed and Grain Stacks Ig nited by Lightning. Meadow Grove , Neb. , Sept 14. Spe cial to The News : A severe rain and electrical storm passed over here yes terday , doing damage. Lightning struck nnd killed two cows for Gus Luten , a half mile southwest - west of town. Mr. Luten Is a hard working man and feels the loss keen ly. There was no Insurance. A half mile south of Mr. Luten's fire , lightning struck a grain stack for Har vey Cook. Mr. Cook was absent but neighbors turned out and saved the other five stacks after three hours of heroic work. The stacks were bunched and some of them had to be torn down while water was applied to the burning stacks by buckets as fast as possible. It was hot work and fast. The loss Is covered by Insur ance. BARN NEAR CREIGHTON. New Building on Farm of William Grunke Is Burned. Creighton , Neb. , Sept. 14. Special to The News : Lightning struck the new barn of William Grunko , six miles east of here , last night and the build ing , with all contents , was totally de stroyed. The loss Is about $1,000. There were no horses In the barn at the time. All harness In the barn was burned. The building was erected this summer. GASOLINE STOVE STARTS ONE. Wlsner Fire Boys Were Called Out to Make a Run. Wisner , Neb. , Sept. 14. The fire boys were called out to make a run to Ludvo Knoll's residence. Fire was caused by an explosion of a gasoline stove that had Just been filled. It is supposed that either the tank leaked or the stove was filled too full. Loss ol $500 was covered by Insurance. WISNER'S FINE STOCK SHOW. Opened Yesterday and Will Close To day Best In Nebraska. Wlsner , Neb. , Sept. 14. Special to The News : The third annual stock show at Wlsner opened yesterday and will last until tonight. The COO feet of shedding for the cattle Is all filled. Thirty hog pens are all taken and 100 feet for horses. Wlsner claims to have the best lot of Shorthorns , Jerseys and Herefords In the state , some having refused $2- (000 ( for an individual Shorthorn heifer. It would pay Norfolk and other ! stockmen to come down and look at these animals. BIG CROWD AT CREIGHTON. flaln Kept'Farmers Out of Thslr Fields for Circus Day. Crolghton , Neb. , Sept. 14. Special to The News : This Is circus day In Creighton and , because of the rain which fell last night to keep farmers out of their fields , there Is an Immense crowd In town. Gollmar Bros , are here. Hosiery Combine Formed. Chicago , Sept. 14. Representatives of twenty-two hosiery manufactories In the status of Ohio , Michigan , Min nesota , Illinois and Wisconsin met hero and formed an organization. Perry Starkweather of Minneapolis was elected president and W. L. Hlxon of Mankato , secretary and treasurer. The avowed purpose of the association Is to regulate freight rates and dis counts. The present discount of fi per cent on bills will bo done away with and goods will also be hold free on board at the factory. . It Is denied that any advance In price Is contem plated. HERZIG'S ' BODY IS FOUND Man Who Confessed to Murder of r Ohio Girl Hangs Himself. MlnoL N. D. , Sopt. 14. The dead body of Charles IlurztR , who left i written confession of the crimes of as sault nnd murder committed neat Youngstown , O. , over thirty years ago has been found by a posse of search ers hanging to a tree In a soeludo.il ra vine Just over the line In the unor ganir.ed county of Wallace. Pinned tc his breast was n piece of wrapping paper , on which was written thu fol lowing : My mumIH Chiirtr * ItcrxlK , Over thlrlj jrnr.M nK I iniirili'rtcl a .ruling ijli'l nature I.lxxli' 12. Oroinbiirhor , nrnr YniniRHtown 0. I'harto * Strrllni ; , an Iniinviint iniiii wan tried , convicted anil liiinRcil fur thi munlnr of tfilx j-li | . If IM.T imiljr In CM-I foiliul , notify HIT mother , Cutlii'rlnc Her zlff , nt tJIrurd , O. If Hcrzlg had not left a written con fosnlon nnd threat of sucldo at tha Byer ranch his body might not have been found for years , as It was hang Ing In a spot seldom visited. Missouri Day at Portland. Portland , Ore. , bopt. 14. Governor Folk of Missouri , accompanied by his staff' and a distinguished party , ure guests of President Geode of the Lewis and Clark fair. Today is Mis souri day at the fair. THEN TRIED TO MURDER HIS FIVE CHILDREN. INJURED HIS HELPLESS BABE Harm Huls , a Drink-Crazed Farmer Living Near Beatrice , Started In Yesterday Afternoon to Clean Out the Whole Family Now In Jail. Heatrlco , Neb. , Sopt. 14. Harm Huls , a drink-crazed farmer living two miles north of bore , knocked bis wife down with a club yesterday and dragged her about the yard by the hair. hair.Then Then ho attempted to kill his five children. The older children escaped , but the drunken father struck his baby over the head , Injuring the little help less child seriously. Neighbors prevented further attack. Huls Is now in jail. Reception to Mrs. A. A. Adams. Superior , Neb. , Sept. 14. A publla reception was tendered to Mrs. Abblo A. Adams , the newly elected national president of the Woman's Relief Corps , In this , her home town. Th meeting was held In the Grand Army of the Republic hall and was presided - sided over by a past commander , but the attendance was general and largo. Expressions of congratulation and con- fldenco were numerous , hearty and well spoken. The national headquar ters of the order are established In Superior for this administration. The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been designated as the hymn of the order. Mrs. Mary R. Morgan of Alma , Neb. , has been appointed and Installed national secretary. Plan Reception to President. Washington , Sopt. 14. A movement Is on foot to give President Roosevelt a c-ordial popular reception on his re turn to Washington , Sept. 30 , from bis summer home at Oyster Bay. It is Intended that the demonstration shall bo entirely of an Informal character , without parade or speech-making , only an assembling of the citizens of Wash ington on Pennsylvania avenue to greet the piesldent. It was originally proposed that the reception should bo more formal and in recognition of the president's services In bringing the Portsmouth ponce conference to a suc cessful termination , but the simple ! plan Is believed to be more nearly In accord with the wishes of the presi dent ' ' Child and Animal Protection. Denver , Sept. 14. A committee from the Colorado state board of child and animal protection has left Denver to present to President Roosevelt the memorial adopted by the Colorado legislature la st spring urging upon'the president nnd congress the creation of a government board of child and an imal protection. In Colorado alone the protection of children nnd dumb animals Is made a regular part of the state government and with remarkable results. In all other parts of the coun try It Is left to efforts of voluntary societies , few In number , whoso ef forts are necessarily limited. Colorado Murderer Hanged. Canon City , Colo. , Sept. 14. Joseph Johnson was hanged In the peniten tiary hero for the murder nt Trinidad lost April of John F. Fox , former treasurer of Las Anlmas county. John son was angry with Fox because the latter objected to him being deputized to bring back from California a pris- oner. Veterans of Foreign Service Meet. Altoona. Pa. , Sept. 14. The fifth annmil.conventlon of Veterans of For eign Service , composed of men who participated in the war in Cuba. Porto Rico , China and In the Philippines , opened here. Delegates from both the eastern nnd western branches were present. It was decided to amalga mate. THE VOLCANO CONTINUES IN ITS ERUPTION. THE PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED German Ships In Port at Madrid are Isolated Because of the Fear of Cholera Spreading Into the Southern Country. Naples , Sept. 11. The eruption of Mr. Vesuvius continues and the turmoil - moil has begun to cause grave alarm among the people of thltt country. HUNGARIAN MINISTER QUITS. Resignation of the Cabinet Minister Is Accepted. Budapest , Sept. U. Tbo resigna tion of the cabinet minister has been accepted. ISOLATE GERMAN SHIPS. Spain Fears Cholera and Isolates Ger man Boats at Madrid. Madrid , Sept. 14. The German ships at this port are all Isolated for fear of the spreading of cholera. ST , LOUlS PRINTERS STRIKE Nine Hundred Men Employed In Job Offices Quit Work. St. Louis , Sept. 14. After a session astlng several hours , the St. Louis Typothetae unatilmousl > 1 against he eight-hour day pie , . Jon , thus bringing to u crisis the controversy : > ctween thu employers and the local ob prlntor.1. Following thin action he executive committee of Typo graphical union No. 8 beuan calling out Its members. The total number of printers Involved is 900. Chicago , Sept. 14. A general strike of printers In Chicago , which will bo liart of a similar movement through out the country , will be Called today against all book and Job printing firms hat refuse to sign the union agree ment providing for an eight-hour day. Three hundred Chicago concerns , em ploying 2,000 printers , will be asked : o grant the union demand. A strike s on at present against nineteen of .bo thirty-seven firms belonging to the Chicago Typothotac and It Involves 450 members of the union. All the re maining firms have agreed to either In stall the eight-hour day Jan. 1 next or have promised to hold aloof from the fight being waged between the union and the Typothetae. Washington Woman Suicides. New York , Sept. 14. Miss A. A. Wlldey of Washington was found dead In her room at the Manhattan hotel here , shot through the right temple , with a cup nearby containing the dregs of a poison. A revolver , with one empty chamber , which lay beside the lady , caused the coroner to begin his Investigation on the theory that the young woman had taken her own life. A note was found In the room signed "Miss A. W. Wildey , " and con taining only the statement that her body would be called for. FIXES ZONE OF DEMARCATION IN FRONT OF ARMIES. Pf.pTEST FROM UNDERWRITERS Maritime Captures Not Suspended. I.II Reinforcements Now En Route Shall . Not Go North of Mukden or South of Harbin , London , Sept. 14. The Japanese le gation gave out the text of the Russo- iJ Japanese armistice protocol , as fol lows * : 1. A certain distance as a zone of demarcation shall bo fixed between the fronts of the armies of the two powers In Manchuria , as well aa In the region of the Tume river , Korea. 2. Th nnvaf force of on of the bel ligerents ahall not bgnib rd territory belonging to or occ'upled by the 6'the ? . 3. Maritime captures will not be suspended by the armistice. 4. During the term of the armistice new reinforcements shall not be dis patched to the theater of war. Those which are already on tbolr way there . fchall not be dispatched north of Muk den on UIQ part of the Japanese or eolith of Hafbfn on the the part of the Russians. * ' _ . . , . " u. Th"e commanders of the arnllcn and the fleets of the two powers shall determine In common accord the con ditions of the armistice In conformity v/ith the provisions above enumerated. 0. The two governments shall order their commanders Immediately after the signature of the treaty of peace to put the protocol Into execution. The protocol was signed by M. WIUo , Raron Rosen , Ilaron Komura and Mr. Tnkahlra. The announcement that maritime captures will not bo suspended cre ated consternation at Lloyd's , IB to the fact that some Insurances id recently been effected at "peace" rates. It has been sucBosted that thn underwriters hold a meeting nnd send a protest to the Japanese government. NEBRASKA JEPUBLICANS Six Candidates Will Contest for First Placa on Tlckat. Lincoln , Sopt. 14. Hlx candidates will contoHt for first place on the tlckot , associate JtiRtlco of the supreme premo court , at the Republican Btato convention to bo hold bore today. The candidate * an- John II. Amen of Lin coln , Kdwiird U. Duffln of Omaha , O. A. Abbott of Grand Island , Samuel P. Davidson of Toeumiioli , John I , . Me- Pheoly of Mlndon nnd Charli-i H. Let- ton of Ftilrbury. Their strength , nnenj. Ingly , Is tinl fnr different. Two candi dates fop regents of the university of Nebraska will complete the ticket. The strife for places on the ticket has not boon bitter at any time , the. quon. tlon of main Interest being a resolu tion which will bo Introduced committing - ting the party to opposition to railroad - road passes. Minister Powell to Resign. Cnmilen , N. .1. , Sept. 14. William F. Powell , United States minister to llaytl , who Is on leave of absence ut his homo here , announced MX Inten tion of tendering his resignation to President Roosevelt at once , lie gives as his reason for resigning tlio prev alence of revolutions , riots and fever In llaytl. Death Warrants for Iowa Murderers Do Molnns , Sopt. 14. For tin first tlmo In Iowa In many years death warrants were Issued from the gov ornor's ofllce for the execution of ( we murderers , one , Joseph Smith , Friday April 13 , 1'JOli , the other , IxMils Husso April 20 , 1900. noth men have mail * a hard light for executive clemency but the governor declared that there has been no Irregularity anywhere In the proceedings to Justify Interference on his part. Husse murdered hit wife. Smith Is n negro who killed n woman with whom he was boarding The executions will take place In the state prison , where the men are con fined , unless tlio legislature Inter venos. New Witness In Williamson Case. Portland , Ore. , Sept. 14. Joel B Calvin ( , a school teacher of Prlnovllle Ore. , Is the lirst now witness whlcli the government has presented In the third trial of Congressman John N Williamson , D. V. Gossner and Marlon R. Hlggs , on the charge of having con spired' to defraud the government of n part of Its public domain. Calvin testified that It was understood between twoon him and Gessner that Cnlvlr should locate and prove up rt i ' nnd then convey It to Williamson anil Gessner. The trial Is proceeding slow ly , the evidence being merely a repc tltlon of that which was heard in tin preceding trials. Sixty Passengers Injured. Plttsburg , Sopt. 14. Sixty possen gcrs were Injured , nine seriously , bj the overturning of a trailer attachei to a traction car on the Homestead dl 1 vision of the Pennsylvania Rnllwaj company near the Olenwood bridge The most seriously hurt were taken to the Homeopathic hospital , where they will bo compelled to remain fo some time. The others were able tc proceed to their homes after havlnf. their Injuries dressed. The aoeldon was caused by the failure of tin brakes to work properly. Woman Perishes In Fire. Memphis , Tenn. , Sept. 11. A worn an , who registered as Mrs. Drown a the Miller house , a small hotel 01. South Main street , was burned t death In a lire which destroyed thn building. Strenuous efforts WOP made to rescue the woman , but sb was apparently crazed by fright am successfully resisted all attempts t take her from her room. Three Civil Engineers Killed Cortland. N. Y. , Sept. 14. Thre young civil engineers in the emplo of the Delaware , Lackawanna an Western railroad were killed by worlc train while returning to Cortlan on a handcar. They wpre J. M. Row H. O. niesccker and J. B. Funk o ninghamton. Alleged Embezzler Arrested. Duluth , Minn. , Sept. 14. Charles Winter has been arrested here for C3m bezzllng from a Portland , Ore. , brew > Ing company , by which he was W'm ployed. On his person was found a bolt In which was sewed $1,780 In * old.'r ; - ttfr--- Nash' * Successor Chosen. New York , Sept. 14. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of hem American Smelting and Refining com pany In Jersey City the retiring board of directors was re-elected , with hoof exception that W. S. McCornlck of Salt Lake was elected In the place of Edmund W. Nash , deceased. Death of Bdltor Napele. Seattle , Wash. , Sopt. 14. Ijimbert : Nngelo , for twelve years editor of tin Montana Stnttts 7.otung | , founder of the Minneapolis Frleio Presse , veteran of the civil war and survivor of tha Now Ulm ( MInn.J Bloux Indian massacre sacro , Is dead here/ aged seventy- three years. Union Veteran Legion Encampment. Wilmington , Del. , Sept. U. The Union Veteran Legion of the United States began Its twentieth annual en campment In this city. The feature of the day was a parade of the Vet erans , headed by Gene'ral William ofK. . Manning , commander-ln-cblef , FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF LATE PRESIDENT. BEINQ OBSERVED IN CANTON Flags of the City are nt Half Mnst. Beautiful Floral Contributions From All Sections of the Country Mrs. McKlnley Visited Grave Early. Canton. O. , Sept. M. Today IH The fourth mmivormiry of the death of the Into 1'ro.sldenl McKluloy mid all the llugH In tbo city nro at biilf-innnt. Houutlfiil Mower pIccoH were Kent from all pnrlH of the country and worn deposited - posited on the McKluley vault. Mm. MoKlnley visited the cemetery early tills morning and deposited Mowers on the resting place of her deeeiiHed bus- baud. Many clll/eim of Canton nnd Homo visitors from oulHldo paid their rospoolH to the former preiildenl and decoraeil ! his grave. Among tbo flow er glftH were Homo by President UOOHO- veil , Secretary Wilson and other mom- berH of tbo cabinet and Hovoral high oIllclalH. judges of the mipronio court and others. Thin afternoon the cornerstone of tie national monument to the memory if MoKlnloy will bo laid on Monument III by Justice William R. Day , prosl- out of I bo McKlnley Memorial asso- Intlon and nu Intimate friend and iclghhor of President McKlnley. TAGGARTCASE BROUGHT TO CLOSE Judo * Announce * He Will Render D * clslon In Tan Days. Woostor , O. , flopt. 14. Tha trial ol thn dlvorcn suit brought by Captain Klmoro F Taggiirt against his wife Grace Cul.er Taggiirt , whlih has been on here tmico Aug. 2 , was brought tc a close , the final summing up of tin attornryR having been heard. The trial bus been one of the most sensa tlonal over beard In Ohio courts , nnd has aroused widespread intoiosL A number of well known imny olllcen have been cull1 I as wlliic cs during the 11 till. The i eiii-B of the alleged misconduct on i.io part of both Cap tain Taggart and his wlfo hnvo cov ered a wide area , Captain and Mrs Taggart having lived at different times at Fort Lcnvenworth , Kan. ; Columbus , O. ; Havana , Cuba , and In tl * Philippine , where the busbiuu1 was In the service of his country. Tin principal Interest Is centered In tin awarding of the care of the two children dron , both boys , of Captain and Mrs Taggart. Judge ICason announced that IK would render his decision In ten days Home for Superannuated Preachero. Osceoln , la. , Hopt. 11. Daniel Fran- els , a retired capitalist of DCS Molnes , has mu'ln a gilt of $30.000 to I lie DOR Molnos conference of the Methodist Episcopal churches for the founding of a home for superannuated proachois , If the conference will raise a like sum within live years. The conference beard the annoiim einent of the gift and arranged to ralso Its $3(00. ( ) The home will tie located In Des Molncs. WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES ACT IN ALBERS CASE. ARK HELD IN JAIL IN NICARAGUA Minister to Costa Rica Will Be Ac companied There by Gunboat Prince ton Two Americans Imprisoned for Insulting President. Washington , SepL 14. After consultation - sultation between the state and navy departments It has been decided that warship shall bo sent to one of the Costa Rlcan ports to convey American Minister Merryz at last accounts in San Jose , northward to the nearest point on the coast of Nicaragua to the place where William R. Albers , an American citizen , and his brother are confined , pending a trial on the charge of resisting l ° Bal process and of In sulting the president of Nicaragua i , The officials of the state and navy de partments decline to mnko any state ment whatever on this subject Just now , but It Is known that It has JC- ceived serious attention and that here lack of information aa to the nature of the offense charged against Albers and the possibility of his not receiv ing a ( air trial , have caused an effort > to bo made to get In closer touch with the prisoner. The gunboat Princeton , BOW at Panama , Is the nearest warship to Ocotal , where Albcrs Is Imprisoned. The Port Union company , whoso agbnt Albers was , has sent a lawyer named Ilrubakor from Philadelphia to Ocotal to assist In his defemo. Mitchell for Elght-Hour Day. Maltsnoy City. Pa. , Sept. 11. Five thousand mine workers paraded herein reU. in honor < rt Pi-osldent John Mitchell , who was gf\i'ii A rousing reception. in.as Every colliery in the valley was closed , the 10,00ft employes making a holiday of It. President Mitchell. Inter hla speech , cnmo out squarely for recognition of the union and aa eight- hour work day. THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * . Forecast for Nebraska. Condition of the weather as record ed for the 24 hours ending tit 8 a. m. today : Maximum 75 Minimum G3 ' Average flu Rainfall . | a Tola ! rulnfiill for month 81 llarometer 2.72 ! ) Chicago , Sept. 11. The bulletin IH- HIIOI ! by the Chicago station of the HIU United Stuton weather bureau thin morning , given the forecant for No- Iwrnlin ' IIH follown : ( lunnnilly fair tonight and Friday. Cooler tonight and east portion Fri day. Sweden Only Desires Peace. Stockholm , Sweden , Sept. 14. Po litical officials disavow nuy desire on the part of Sweden to oppose the ar bitration Uealy demanded by Norway , but thoj point out that only the pre liminary ncRntlittlonn In roeard to the form and contents uf such a treaty can be dlHcusncd at preaout , M thn conclusion of u treaty In Impoinlblo until , Norway has accepted Sweden's conditions | and th latter tins rccog nlzcd Norway as an Independent sov ereign rtato. The Swedish Inlontlono , it IH declared , uro wholly unclllo. TREATURER FRED CROMWELL DE FENDS SYNDICATES. OFFICER'S PERSONAL PROFIT8 Buys He Mndo Qu.irter of a Million Dollars In Five Years From These Transactions Must Go to Syndi cates to Mnke Investments. New York , Kept. II. A vigorous do- of syndicates and their opoia- tloiiH In coiiiiecilon with thu Insutanco busliK ss anil n frank statement of personal pinllln gained Ihiongh their operalloiiH , innde by Fn'derl < h Crom well , IreiiHiirer of Hie Mutual Life In- suianco company , uns the fealitie of the session of the spei lal l ( > glslatlvo committee appointed to probe meth ods of life Insurance < oinpunl jH In this stale. The ileleiiHe of the syndicate rtuh tiin.r' by Air. Cinmwell H.JOU after he was culled In the morning. Doforo he was n.-lfod a question , he. begged leave to say a few words , and on beIng - Ing directed to proceed said : "The law of combination , which af fects finance as everything else , has mrule syndicates necessary. When I became treasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance company the total assets of our company were $100,000,000. The transactions In my department are now over $100,000,000 per annum. When our receipts were less , twenty years ago , It was quite possible for us to buy from bond dealers find pay th successive profits , now It Is Impossi ble to buy advantageously largo blocks of securities , except as they are floated by these combinations of cap ital , popularly called syndicates. " The HcKiiowledgemont of personal profits was made In a tabulated state ment. It showed that Mr. Cromwell had made a personal profit of $230,201 from syndicates during the last flvo years in which he Individually and the Mutual Life Insurance company par ticipated. Seventeen hundred agents of tha Equitable Life Afisuianeo society , with 400 friends , attended a dinner in tha Oriental hotel , Manhattan beach. The dinner marked the close of the con * vcntlon of the agents. Gage K. Tar- bell , Rprond vice president presided. Paul Morton , president of the Equita ble , spoke briefly. Mr. Morton said : "Some of our neighbors have lately been on the gridiron. Wo _ are oil sor- T for them , but It la not ? or ua to r - trouble. Some uTcshave recently been made by tha legislative investigating commission 80 different .from the vljtu s attribut ed to the Iniufanco compahfel That they are hard to believe. William M. Day said that when ho took the office oP comptroller of the Equitable he was to bo trustee of a fund of $195.- 000.000 In the Equitable vault. He said he was almost overwhelmed by the amount , but ne was staggered when on Investigation he found not $1 5,000,000. but $720.000,000. " _ . Lodge Advocates Ship Oudildlee. PtMbody , Mass. , Sept. 14. A upeerli by Benittor Henry Cabot ldge strong ly advocating mbsldlcs as the best method of reviving the New Kngland shipping and opening new markets ol trade \\n- . the feature of a dinner held by the Kshex club at the town hall. Situation Is Improving. Ix > ndon , Sopt. 14. A telegram r v reived at the Illblebat company's I/IP- don office contained much more favor able news from Baku and Its neighbor hood. On the Dlblebat oil field everything - thing Is quiet nnd the re-erection of derricks has commenced. Threaten to Assassinate Komura. Victoria. H. C. , Sopt. 14. Advices from Tokio state that incendiary post cards are being received at tbo Toklo foreign office threatening that Huron Komura will be assassinated on hla return from America.