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l5?i?5Sf W R GodkiB B. --. W-r & "NT T j i &- . . . Qfc ' .- -4 .i ''4 'A "? i VOLUME XXXJ.--NUMBER 22. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 1,582. ., . f i--.-'. " W 3 . ' p . r- . h kV K ... ik K- . . 1 ;'.3 r -J r SIN Buaia Seeds a Circular Hote to the Pow ers Regarding Matters. ETENTrON Of U "INEXPUCAILE. Cnlted Statrs Indorecs Ylenrs as l'rcsented In Ccars AddrcRS WaliiiiKlon Author ities Only Await Assurance that It Demands Will He Met. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The course of the United States in the pending Chinese negotiations was made more clear today by an import ant note embodying a communication from Russia and advising the powers of the action taken by this govern ment. The Russian note declared the interdiction of Li Hung Chang's com munication with the Chinese govern ment was "inexplicable" and asked that the powers direct their com manders to vacate thee order. The United States concurs with the position cf Russia and informs the powers that instructions have been sent to our representatives in China in the spirit cf the Russian note. The state department has dispatched its instructions to the United States diplomatic representatives abroad in conformity with the decision reached yesterday by the cabinet on the Rus sian proposal to withdraw the troops in Pekin in order to allow the cm press dowager and Emperor Kwank Su to return to the capital to institute negotiations for a settlement with the powers. All cf these steps are matter cf common agreement, so it was not possible for two of the nations con cerned. Russia and the United States, to make agreements between them selves at this stage, at least, as it is necessary to advise each of the gov ernments represented in China cf the vaiious propositions as they are feroached. The instructions sent to our repre sentatives recalls to their minds the ronditiens which the United States government already has laid down as ihe proper basis for the institution of negotiations for an amicable settle ment. Some cf thsse conditions have lfcen met, the international column is in Pekin and the foreigners in the cap ital are safe for the time being. The remainder of the conditions namely, those looking to the future protection of American interests are yet to be complied with. If airangements can be made for their acceptance under proper guarantee our government will withdraw its troops from Pekin in or der to facilitate the negotiations for ucace. and this assurance has been given to the Russian government along with the others. The Chinese government must guarantee its abil ity to prevent the spread of disorder to the other provinces and a recur rence of such disorders as have oc curred. It is not quite clear how the Russian government can guarantee these con ditions, but it is possible that it has some private means of knowing that the empress dowager stanus ready to return to Pekin upon the withdrawal cf the foreign troops from that capi tal. If so tho Russian government must be able to extort from the em pross dowager, or whatever remains of thf Chinese government, some sort of undertaking which can i.e accepted bv the United States as sufficient to show that the Chinese government will enur upon negotiations upon the described basis as soon as it returns to Pekin. By the dispatch ot today's note our government has for the time 'being placed the responsibility .for the "next step upon the Russian govern ment. The state department yesterday sent specific instructions to Consul Wilcox to return to Hankow to resume his duties there, and to Consul Martin to return to Chin Kow. These officers were allowed to leave their posts dur ing the first flurry of excitement, but it is now believed that they may re sume their duties without personal danger. BUBONIC PLAGUE IN LONDON. Several Case Under Care and Tea Fam ilies rot in Quarantine. NEW YORK. Aug. 30. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: While India is suffering from one of the worst outbreaks of cholera ever recorded, so taat people are dying at the rate of 7,000 a week. Great Britain is alarmed by the prospect of an epi demic of bubonic plague within her own boundaries. The medical authorities have sev eral cases, under their observation. On Monday a child sickened and died within" forty-eight hoars from an ill ness which was at first thought to be pneumonia, but after a minute examin--t!nn iiv thn hosnital authorities it was pronounced plague. Another death has occurred and ten families were re moved to a reception house for pa tients suffering from this disease, which the municipality has hastily es tablished. Saints Acainftt PolrifaiiiT. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31. In an ad dress today to members of the or ganized church of Jesus Christ cf Lat ter Day Saints. Joseph Smith, presi dent cf the church and son cf Joseph Smith, its founder, defined the church's attitude toward polygamy. The occasion was the annual meeting cf the Saints at their annual reunion at Washington park. Joseph Smith today stated in the most emphatic words that the Latter Day Saints did not believe in polyg amy; that they never had been believ ers; that their founder, Joseph Smith, had so stated again and again in un- raistakable words. Governor Wife Tat in JalL. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 31. Word has been received from Ensena'.a that Mrs. Ryerson, wife of the late George Ryerson of Lower California, had been found guilty of manslaughter and is now serving her sentence In the Ensenada jail. About a year ago a Mexican toy, who hai been in the employ, of Mrs. Ryerson was found dead, hanging to a tree near her residence. Mrs. Ry erson was arrested, charged with the murder of the hoy. The evidence against her at the examination was circumstantial and the Ensenada judge found her guilty of manslaugh ter. The case was appealed to the higher court in the city of Mexico, but the judgment of the lower court was confirmedT The term of sentence a Bot kBown. ODI mm UNA 10CATE STOLEN HARNESS. nasties OMcers Arrest a Passenger ob a Train. HASTINGS, Neb., Sept. 2. Ed. Ban ton, passenger on Burlington east bound train No. 12, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Andy Mace, on author ity of the officers at Norman, Ne braska. Banton was wanted there on the charge ot stealing a $40 set of har ness from a farmer near that place. Deputy Mace was notified that the harness could be found in his trunk. The trunk was searched but no trace of the harness found. Banton, how ever, sympathizing with the officers for the trouble they had been to, in formed them that the harness was in a cracker box on the train which had gone on east. The box was secured was taken back to Minden. Aisanlt Former Official. BROWNVILLE, Neb., Sept. 2. Charles Wright, former city marshal of Brownville, was assaulted he,re by Claude Clary and Ed Mason. He. was stabbed several times with a knife and is in a very precarious condition. One wound on his back, just below the right shoulder, is ten inches long. Wright was in a saloon and was called out by his two assailants, who attacked and nearly killed him before outsiders hd time to interfere. Wright is about 50 years of age, while Mason and Clary arc not more than 21. When Wright was city marshal he arrested the two men and they have been threatening to get even with him since. A Minister l'romotetl. KEARNEY, Neb., Sept 2 Rev. W. S. S. Atmore. rector of St. Luke's church here, has been appointed as archdeacon of the jurisdiction of Lar amie by Rev. A. R. Graves, bishop of Laiamie. The work Rev. Atmore hab accomplished for the church durinj his two years' residence in Kearney has more than justified the honor of this promotion. Two years ago, when Rev. Atmore took charge of St. Luke's church, the congregation was very small, but through his efforts the con giegation has increased until at the present time it is one of the largest in Kearney. County Seat Content. NIOBRARA, Neb., SepL 2. The of ficial canvass cf the election held here for relocation of county seat vth western townships estimated gives: Center of county, 1,257; Blooratield, 91G; Niobrara, 407; Verdigiee, 205; Wausa, 22. This is the first election and the coum commissioners will undoubtedly call another election im mediately when the first three named places will only be in the race. Kicliards Mast Ho Jl-tc. LINCOLN. Neb., Sept. 2. Governor Poynter granted the application for a requisition from Minnesota for the return of J. B. Richards, an itinerant showman, under arrest at Fremont. Richards is wanted for inciting a riot and resisting arrest. The requisition was bitterly contested on his part, and the matter was argued at length before the governor. Mttd'eou Officials Want Light. MADISON, Neb., Sept. 2. At a spe cial meeting of the council petitions from freeholders of the First and Second wards were presented, asking that a proposition be submitted to the electors for the establishment of an electric light system for street light ing purposes. The city attorney was ordered to prepare a notice and pub lish as required. At present Madison is without lights of any kind. Lightning: Causes Fire. KEARNEY, Neb.. Sent. 2. Three buildings at Miller were struck by lightning and were burned to the ground. One building was occupied by a barber shop, one by Mrs. J. W. Day with milinery, and the other was aa empty sore owned by Frank Besack. The loss was covered party by insur ance. Had it not been for -the havy lain storm the fire would have been more serious. Damage by Lightning. MILFORD, Neb., Sept 2. A series of three electric storms, accompanied by about one and three-quarter inches cf rain visited Milford, when the barn of P. Dorjreloh, about two miles north of the village, was struck and burned. The stock, which was in the barn, was saved. H. C. Atwood's home in the village was struck and slightlj damaged. Farmer Die Suddenly. FALLS CITY, Neb., Sept 2. Henry Stover, a prominent farmer living near Barada, in this county, came to this city with a load of wood and while unloading it at a woodyard on South Chase street was stricken with heart failure and died instantly. Ine body was removed to an undertaking estab lishment and the coroner notified. Victim of Ilarnlng Dies. EDGAR, Neb., Sept. 2. Mrs. J. C. Gardner, who was reported as being so badly burned by gasoline last YTed nesday, is dead. All was done for her that could be done, physicians were in almost constant attendance, but she continued to sink until death end ed her sufferings. All the iron ore handlers employed on the ETic railway docks at Cleve land, O., about 600. went on a strike, the result of the refusal of the owners cf the steamer Simcn J. Murphy to allow a claim for extra compensation for unloading a wet cargo of ore. Soak Rite May Be Fatal. LYONS, Neb., Sept 2. Donald, the 7-year-old boy of William Southwell, is lying dangerously ill at home in this city from the effects of haing been bitten by a poisonous snake. Donald and his brother, a little older than he, were walking up across the pasture to the Logan creek to go fishing and stepped uopn the snake, which struck him on his bare foot on the instep. Before the little fel low decided what was best to do and before they could get hack home the limb was badly swollen. Declares Shooting Justified. MADISON, Neb., Sept 2. Cornelius Schmidt, who shot and killed Julius Bolofski, his father-in-law, is a free man. At the preliminary hearing in county court his deed was decided to be justifiable. A lot of witnesses were ; examined, the testimony showing the disposition oi ine aeaa man. Held for Cattle Stealing. I MINDEN, Neb., Sept 2. Larry Wolfe was tried in the county court on the charge of stealing cattle and was held to the district court in i the sum of $5v0. U APPEALS M AID Ea cg3 the Empress to Appoint Him Fcnr Assistant Meditators. rniNCETUAN AGAIN REPORTED DEAD Said to Have Kern Killed Darlnc a Flgiit with .Japanese Boxers Ave Now Un popular Feasantry Around FeKla CUes Against Them. LONDON, Aug. 30. Sir Chi Chen IiOfengluh, the Chinese minister m London, asserts he is in constant com munication with Li Hung Chang, who is still in Shangnai. Dispatches received this morning bring no later news from Pemn. A Shanghai telegram says Li Hung Chang has sent a memorial begging the empress dowager to appoint-Prince Ching, General Yung Lu ana the Yang Tse viceroys as joint peacemakers with himself. It is rumored at Shanghai that the Japanese gained a victory over the Boxers and Chinese troops from Pei Tsang and Ho-Si Wu last Thursday at Teh Choua. The story says 1,500 Chi nese were killed, including Prince uan and that all the Chinese were driven The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail, wiring yesterday, says he understands that General Gaselee, the British commander with the allies, has countermanded his order summon ing mere troops to the north and that possibly the British troops will go to Anioy. The reform party under Kang Yu Wei is said to be actively preparing for rebellion. General Creigh, in the presence of Vice Admiral Seymour, received 3,000 troops of all nationalities at Shanghai Wednesday. It is reported that twenty-five re formers have been executed at Han kow, their heads being exposed. The Taku correspondent cf the Daily Telegraph, wiring August 26, says the country around Taku and Pe kiu is devastated, with the result that the Boxers are most unpopular and are being attacked by the peasantry. The Boxers, who were moving north from Shang Tung, are now returning has tily to their homes. Belated dispatches and the stories cf refugees arriving at Che Foo continue to describe the terrible conditions in Pekin. One of the worst incidents is the shocking desecration or the foreign cemetery outside the west wall. The details are tco revolting to be de scrived. Hundreds of bodies of Chi nese are found in the streets of Pekin, supposed to be those of traitors to the cause of the Boxers. The Shanghai correspondent cf the Times says a native onieial telegram from Pao Ting-Fu announces the ar rival of the court last Sunday at Tai Yuen Fu. Communication between Pe kin ana Tien Tsm is interrupted, pos sibly because the bands of Boxers hake the road unsafe for couriers, he county north of Yang run is said to be flooded. A German firm is negotiating wita Chang Chi Tung, the Wu Chang vice rciy, to lend him 1,000,000 taels on the security of sertaiu viceregal industrial undertakings. A correspondent at New Chwang rays the Russians at Hai Cheng are awaiting reinforcements, whose ad vance is delayed by the impassable condition of the roads to Leao Yang and Mudken. Meanwhile the native population cf the district is being treated with the utmost severity. Eye witnesses report an indiscriminate slaughter of noncombatants and the reduction of the country in the vicin ity of Port Arthur to a state of utter desolation. CHINA IS WITHOUT A HEAD. Emperor is a Fugitive and Powerless f Make Terms of Peace. WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. The lat est phase of the diplomatic tangle with the powers interested in China is the abandonment of objection to the form of Li Hung Chang's credentials. At le?st it may be said that thess ob jections have been suspended for the time being. The point of attack on the part of the powers which are op posing the recognition of Li Hung Chang as a plenipotentiary is now the authority of the titular Chinese gov ernment to issue any credential wor thy of recognition. In other words, admitting that Li's credentials were properly issued by Emperor Kwang Su, the contention is that that mon arch, being a fugitive and powerless cannot by himself or through his agent, Li Hung Chang, enter fnto any engagement or give any guaran tee which the Chinese people as a whole will accept as binding. This subject is now receiving the careful attention of the Department of State. Meanwhile, the department and president are la ignorance as to the whereabouts of Li Hung Chang and from the fact that nothing has been heard from him far four days at least, it Is conjectured that he may have left Shanghai by sea and that he will next appear in the north of China, probably at Taku, and demand access to Pekin. Cr.ar Says He Iltrs War. LONDON. Aug. 30. "Dr. Leyds' In terview with Emperor Nicholas," says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from St Petersburg, "lasted barely five min utes. The czar said he was sorry he could do nothing for the Transvaal except to urge it to make peace, as he hated war." Plot to Burn Shanghai. BERLIN. Aug. 30. The Frankfort Zeitung has received a dispatch from Shanghai saying a plot nas been dis covered there to burn the whole city. It is added that the Europeans con Eider the streets unsafe after night fall and the general situation is de scribed as critical. AnarebUts After the Xetr King. PARIS, Aug. 29. A dispatch to the Petit Bleu from Rome says an anar chist has been arrested at Carrara on suspicion of having conspired to as? eassinate King Victor Emanuel III. I I i s Dewey's Successor Near Hosae. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 30. Afl TBiral Watson, aboard the Baltimore, left Greenock, Scotland, this morning bound for home. The admiral had been proceeding leisurely homeward since he was detached from the com mand of the Asiatic station and the Baltimore is scheduled to arrive ic Ktw York September 9. Dlrert Cavalry to Manilla. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The Firat United States cavalry, which arrived at Kobe,' Japan, today, en route to China, baa bees diverted to Manila. i& BANDITS TACKLE OVERLAND. Flra Masked Men Hold Up Ifuloa Pacife Fljtr lu Wyoming. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 3L The Union Pacific overland flyer was held up, dynamited and robbed near Table Rock, 200 miles west of Cheyenne, be tween 8 and 9 o'clock last night by five masked bandits. The express car was blown to pieces, as was the treas urer's safe of the Pacific Express com pany, and a large sum of money, the exact amount of which is unknown, carried away by the robbers, who made their escape on horses toward the no torious Brown's park country in noith ern Colorado. The holdup was well executed and within twenty minutes after the train was stopped the bandits were riding away to the south. No .one was in jured, but the damage done to prop erty is very heavyt as the express ear was totally "wrecked and its contenta ruined. One end of a mail car was blown in and some mail matter sllgnt ly damaged. Just after the train left Tipton, a few miles east of Tabic Rock, a masked man climbed over tha tender and covered the engineer with a gun. Keeping him covered until a small bonfire alongside the track was ap proached the bandit ordered the train stopped. Here the robber was joined by four others.- The express, baggage and mail cars were run off and the engineer ordered to run ahead. After running about two miles the train was stopped, the express messenger was ordered out of the car and sticks of dynamite were placed under the doors. The messenger barely had time to es cape when the car was wrecked. The safe was then blown open and its con tents hurriedly thrown into gunny sacks. The robbers lost no time and hur riedly mounted their horses, which were tied to telegraph poles. The wrecked cars were hauled to Green River and the robbery reported. A posse was at once organized at Raw lins by United States Marshal Hadsell and left for the scene on a special train, arriving there about four hours after the departure of the bandits. Another posse was started out from Rock Springs in charge of Sheriff Swanscn. The Union Pacific has offered a re ward of $1,000 each for the robbers, dead or alive, and a number of de tectives of the express and railroad companies are being hurried to the. scene. Officials here will say very little about the robbery or the amount of money stolen. It is believed, how ever, that the robbers secured a big haul, as almcst every train carries large sums of money to the Pacific coast points and enroute to Manila. The holdup was undoubtedly commit ted by Butch Cassiday's gang. THE CORBETr-MXOY SET-TO. The Lutter Laid Loir by Bis Jim in the F.fth Bound. . NEW YORK, Aug. 31. The long promised and long looked for meet ing between James J, Corbett and Charles (Kid) McCoy under the aus pices of the Twentieth Century club, at Madison Square Garden, s over, and In Je33 than five rounds Corbett proved himself to be the better man. That Corbett and McCoy are the clev erest exponents of the art of self defense among the present geneiation of the heavy weights goes without saying, and keen judges of the game who saw tonight's fight declare that it was the cleverest exhibition ever witnessed in the ring. Up to the moment that the men stepped into the squared circle opin ions as to their respective ability were widely divergent. Many claim ed, and rightly too, that Corbett would prove to be the stronger as well as the cleverer, and it was through his superb feinting .nd heavy slugging that he put McCoy down and out. GRAND ARMY'S NEW LEADER. Major Bassienr Succeed Shaw as Commander-in-Chief. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. The natlonil encampment, G. A. R., chose the fol lowing officers for the ensuing year: Commander-in-Chief, Leo Rassieur, St Louis; senior vice commander, C. E. Milltken, Portland, Me.; junior vice commander, Frank Seamon, Knox ville, Tenn.; surgeon general, John A. Wilkins, Delta, 0-: enaplain-Jn-chief, Rev. A. DrabmM, San Quentln, Cal. Storm Victims at Nome. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 31 The steamship Senator arrived In port from Nome today, bringing advices up to August 21. It made the trip direct to this city. There were 250 returning passengers. The Senator brought about ?320,000 In treasure, $300,000 of it consigned to various companies and banks In this city. The recent storms at Nome caused large loss of life. A Winter Ctmpalgn Expected. LONDON, Aug. 30. The afternoon papers doubt that the rumors of peace negotiations arc well founded and ap plaud General Chaffee's prudence In preparing for a winter campaign. They regard the activity cf the allies at Pekin and the difficulty of discovering a responsible Chinaman with whom to treat, unless Li Hung Chang is ahle to place himself in coinmuneation with the fugitive court and secure credentials. Cars Are Piled Up. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 31. There was a wreck on Sherman hill Tues day night. A long train started to back down the western slope of the hill for w:ter when the brakes failed to work and the train ran away. Colorado Woman Wias Oat. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. The following officers were elected uy the Woman's Relief corps for the ensuing year; National President Mrs. Mary J Carr, Lcngmont, Colo, National oenlor Vice President Mri. Belle M. Satterjee. St, Louis, Mo. National Juniqr Vlee President Mrs. Abbie R. Flagg, Battle Creek. Mich. National Treasurer Mrs. Sarah EL Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y. Getting Beady for Wiater TIEN TSIN. Aug. 29. (Via Tain. Aug. 28.) Officers who have arrived here from Pekin report that General Chaffee, commanding the American forces in China, is making all the nec essary preparations to maintain 15.000 men through the winter. Fifteen of the Americans wgunded. including the marines woun led during the siege of the legations, arrive! here by boat from Pekin. ALL POWERS MOST ACT The United S;ctes Plainly Suites Its Fc sitioa a3 to China, AMES MIST MAKE THE NEXT MOVE Administration Willing to Accept Karl U as Accrrdited Delegate No Cre dence Given at Washiazton to the Kt ported, Declaration of War. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. After the cabinet meeting today it was an nounced that the government was in a waiting attitude regarding the Chi nese situation. The lack of late ad vices from Pekin and the failure cf the powers to show their hands as to fu ture policy, makes It necessary for this country to await developments. The administration considers it cf the greatest impoitance that in the nego tiations for a settlement of the Cni nese difficulty all the powers should act in unison and harmony and its efforts are being directed to that end. The powers, however, seem s:ow to declare themselves. Several replies have been received to the instructions sent to our ambassadors and ministers asking them to sound the governments to which they arc accredited, on two propositions first, willingness " o! these governments to accept the suffi ciency of Li Hung Chang's credentials to treat with the powers for a settle ment and, second, to ascertain, if pos sible, what the future policy of each power is to be. Regarding tho latter inquiry the replies thus far have de veloped nothing. The powers appear to be watching each other without def inite or fixed purpose as yet cf thei: own. With regard to the first inquiry. Great Britain and Russia are said to be agreed that Earl lA'x credentials are sufficient. Germany, however, takes a firm stand against the suffi ciency of his credentials and is the only power as yet which has returned a flat-footed dissension, The attitude of the United States is that his cre dentials appear authentic, they were promugatcd by what appeared to be a genuine imperial edict, duly transmit ted through the accredited Chinese minister, Mr. Wu, and tne United States is willing to acept them at their value at least for the present. More interest attached to a series cf diplomatic calls upon Acting Secre tary Adee this afternoon than any re port cf purely military operations in L'hiaa. First came the Japanese min iser, Mr. Takahira, next the Russian charge, Mr. Wollant, and finally Mr. Thicbanut, the French charge. These trained diplomats naturally are averse to letting the public know the devel opments of incomplete negotiations. Nevertheless it was gathered that one of the principal topics of discussion was the propriety of accepting Li Hung Chang as a proper person with whom th"e powers might negotiate for a settlement in China. It is quite evi dent from the conference held this "af ternoon that the statement niadq eary in the day to the effect thai this mat ter is still a.n open issue was, correct. Otherwise i would not have been necessary for the officials to enter into a laborious comparison of the text cf the credentials supplied by Li Hung Chang, to the various powcra cf Eu rope, as well as. Japan and the United States. The past exncrien.ee with aomo of the Chinese decrees has shown very radical differences in the translations, and as so much turns on the form of Earl Li'3 credentials, it is regarded as highly important that these shall be shown to agree in each case. The statement is made that the Kuasian government, for one, i? willing to deal with LI. of ccurso unon properly framed conditions, and this appears to be borne out by the earnestness with which Mr. Wollant. the Russian charge, is seekine to impress upon the state department the entire agreement between Russia and mo United States as to China, At least he insists that Russia wishes to prevent the dismem berment of China, and also that her animating purpose now is tne restora tion of order and the safeguarding of the future. Under these limitations, it is urged hero, that Russia's objects can be achieved, as well as those of the United States ,by dealing wiu Li the United States, ly dealing with 1.1 tagcous position of being the only Chinese official so far Accredited as plenipotentiary. Far of Trouble at Anioy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. A cable, gram was received at the State de partment from United States Consul Johnson at Amoy, China, relative to the tlotlng in progress in that c'.ty. He reports that many of the richer Chinamen and Europeans are leaviug the place. A cablegram received at the Navy department announce that the Castinc sailed today from Shang hai for Amoy, In accordance with the department's orders. It should arrive there Thursday cf this week. Mead Deports at Nag ska, WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The War department has received the following: NAGASAKI, Aug. 23. Adjutant General, Washington: Transport Meade arrived at this port on the 23th. Battalion cf Fifteenth infantry, squadron of Third cavalry. Company E, battalion of engineers. U. S. A. No casualties. " WILLIAMS, Commanding. Orders have already been issued tending the Meade with the troops it carries to Manila. ISal'.nj; of Bankrupt Law. WINONA, Minn., Aug. 29. An Im portant bankruptcy decision was fi?cd here this morning by Judge Loch r en in the case of W. 3. Towbridge, In solvent. The decision, in effect, is that under the bankruptcy act no cred itor can have bis claim allowed until he surrenders to the trustees ny money or property he may have receiv ed from the bankrupt within four months prior to the bankruptcy with out regard to the creditor's knowledge or ignorance of the fact that his debtor 3 in danger of bankruptcy. Chaffee Gets No Dispatches, WASHINGTON, Aug- 29 Adjutant General Corbin has received a dis patch from General Chaffee saying that he (Chaffee) has received no dis patches from General Corbin since Au gust 14. This was the date on which the allied army attacked and enUrftd Pekin. Many dispatches have been sent by General Corbin since that date and the delay in their delivery Is as tonishing, even with the strange con ditions which have existed in China. Lke the Conger dispatch, the one from General ChaS la uadtted. SIAKIAK Oil CQMrANV 1)1. Attoraer-Qsaeral Baayth Parsaes Octt ps to Its Metropolitan Lair. NEW YORK, Sept 1. Attorney General C. J. Smyth of Nebraska, who Is in the east for the purpose of taking testimony regarding the operations of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, opened the hearing in New York. Mr. Smyth was appointed by the supreme court of Nebraska as one of the two referees to find out all he could con cerning the operations of the Standard Oil company, the information to be used in an inquiry as to whether the company, which does a large business in Nebraska, Is or is not a trust, the state having a stringent law against trusts. Mr. Smyth was anxious to examine John D. Rockefeller. H. M. Flagler and W. H. Tilford, all connected with the Standard Oil company, but was in formed that the gentlemen were not in the city. Meanwhile Mr. Smyth be gan proceedings by calling as a wit ness George RIce,""who"at6hT"tIme was in -the oil business at Marietta. O.. and has been fighting the Standard Oil company for a number of years, claiming they forced him out of bus iness. Mr. Rice, in his testimony, gave figures purporting to be the cost of piping and refining the crude oil and the cost of carrying it to Nebraska and claimed that it could be sold at a profit for 4 cents a gallon in Ne braska by the carload. He said the present price of oil was 5 cents for export and 8 cents for wholesale dealers in the United States. E. J. Eddy of Chicago, who was present at the bearing for the Stand ard Oil company, asked Mr. Rice if it was not true that the Standard Oil trust had been dissolved in 1892. Mr. Rice's reply was that the dissolution was a farce. Senator John M. Thurston of Ne braska was also present as a repre sentative of the Standard OU company. fins Faith in Dawson. KEARNEY. Neb., Sent 1. Dr. E. E. Beckett, of Dawson City, is visiting his mother and sister in this city. He left for the Klondike three years ago and has been placer mining in the gold fields. He will st,iy in Kearney several weeks. When he first went to Alaska it took him several months to make the trip by way of White Pass and Skaguay. When he returned a railroad put him through the same territory in threo days. He says Dawson is all right and there is plenty of work with good pay and still better prices for subsistence. When talking of Cape Nome he said there would be famine and death there this winter and advised people to steer clear of that city. riirlitlr Yields to Slabs. LINCOLN, Sept. 1. Christie, by ..;; attorneys has dismissed, without prej udice, his case in the sunreme court against George W. Stubb's. The case was brought by Christie to contest the election of Mr, Stubbs as judge of the Seventh judicial dis trict of Nebraska laat fall. Christie trough suit, alleging a mistake In the counting of the ballots. He was granted a recount in the counties wherein he alleged the irregularity existed, and Judge Samue.1 Tuttle of Lincoln was appointed referee. The completion cf the recount in the coun ties in question falls to establish Chris tie's elalm to the office, wherefore the dismissal of the case. Jnrr Fixes the Wane. SCHUYLER. Neb.. Sept. l.-A cor oner's jury has returned a verdict holding the Union Pacific Railroad company responsible for the death of Augusta Hauska, who was run down and killed by Union Pacific train No. 102. The train was in charge of Conduc tor Ira Mallory and Engineer Josenh Sorenson. The verdict says: "Said train was running through the corpor ate limits of Schuyler at a rate of speed prohibited by city ordinance, therefore we find that said railroad company is responsible for the death of Augusta Hauska. owing to its neg ligence as above indicated." "raneer Declared Insan COLUMBUS. Jieb.. Sept 1. A stranger first giving his name as John Dwyer and later as Andrew Mahoney was adjudged insane. He appeared at St Mary's hospital and after receiving a meal and a bath and being given clean clothes went to kicking the plas tering off the walls and was taken into custody by Sheriff Byrnes. Dr. Baker found a dozen scars on his head and thinks his Insanity may be duo to injury. r "3 Pnl-C"r tractor Leave Suddenly. LONG PINE, Neb., Sept 1. Andrew Anderson, a sub-contractor for a star mail route south of here, has left the country without settling with hts creditors, or his bondsmen. His de parture, which took place Sunday was not known until yesterday when he failed to call at the postolfice for the mail sacks. He is said to have writ ten to bis landlord to send his effects to Omaha. Charch Dedicated. STOCKHAM. Neb., Aug. 29. The new Presbyterian church here was dedicated Sunday, the services being conducted by Rev. R. M. Long, D. D., of Lincoln, assisted by Rev. H. M. Glltner and Rev. W. K. Williams of r-o Methodist Episcopal church. The church is a neat structure. 34x48 feet, costing, exclusive cf the material' of the old church, about $1,700, and seats 300. The church is ail paid for. r.caad Gallty at Sato Crackla;. BROKEN LOW, Neb., Sept 1. When district court convened, Haley and Redding, the men who broke open Mrs. J. B. Tierney's safe at Ans Iey on the 25th of July, were put on trial. After the jury was out three hours It brought In a verdict of guilty. Of the two hundred and seventy-five-dollars stolen most of it was recov ered. Hoagland and Wickham will be tried next on a charge of cattle steal ing. Ck-inred With Wlfa BsaUag. TECUMSEH, Neb.. Sept 1. Georc Maulden Is in trouble again and fa jail. Maulden paid a flat la police court for drunkenness, but that did not seem to satisfy aim. He went home at supper time and It is alleged pro ceeded to terrorize the neighborhood, Mrs. Maulden, who says she baa suf fered many brutal attacks at his hands, ran to a aifhbor's, and later appeared U police court and had her spouse placed in the arms of the law on the charge ot disorderly conduct. SHORTEN THE LINE Of MARC Tataraa of the . A. K. Toe Old Tramp Lon; Distance. CHICAGO. Aug. 29. A long streets filled with a cheering multitude, past towering buildings, gay with the glow of the Stars end Stripes, through arches of honor, beneath suspended banners and swinging portraits of il lustrious leaders, now part of the mus ter beyond that dark river whose brink their feet had so often pressed on fields of death, 3?,G0O cf the life guard of the natici: the Grand Army of the Republic marched yesterday. It was their greatest parade since that day. 1S65, when with ranks fresh from the triumphs of war they marched down Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington, with their faces turned toward home, and thei rhearts filled with too promise of the victories of peace. It was probably the last ot the great parades in which the members of the Grand Army will march oa rtte The-avcragc- age of the veter ans is now close upon the average span of human life, its ranks are thin ning fast and its membershp has com menced to fall away. The muster roll must hereafter, according to the offi cials of tho organization, decrease more rapidly than at any other period from tire end of the war to now. The last year of the century across the years of which they have emblaz oned so glorious a record was a most fitting time for what so many of them have declared will be their last re view, and still more appropriate was it that sun and wind combined to produce a day eminently suitable for the occasion. A light breeze came. o? Lake Michigan, strong enough to lift the banners out to the full length of their folds and at times with force sufficient to make it necessary for more than one old soldier to grasp the staff to keep the flag on high. It mat tered not, however, how many hands Trerc necessary on the staff, hey were ready always. The veterans car--ied the flag today as they had car ried It forty years ago, and, save in salute, net a banner was lowered, net a fold touched the ground. Not in many years has Chicago ex tended so affectionate a welcome to the stranger within its gates as it gave today to the heroes of the Grand Army. As it people watched the march of tbts old soldiers there flashed across them the thought that filled the minl of the Hebrew historian when, centuries ago, he wrote of tho heroes of King David, "These be the mighty man." As Chi cago estimated them, so it greeted them. Notwithstanding the age of the members cf tha Grand Army of the Republic, more members of the organ ization nad announced their intention of joining in the line than was ex pected by tho most sanguine of the veterans. Old soldiers from every state in tho unton were In tl3 march, with the-ir comrades of former years, and throughout the length of the 'pa rade 7.0CO posts of the Grand Army had representation. Tho parade, which started at the intersection of Randolph street and Michigan avenue, was about five hours In passing a given point. The line of march was short and from the start to the south end of the Court of Honor, where It disbanded, after passing in review before Commander-in-Chief Shaw, it comprised twenty-seven of the city squares. Even though the ma jority of the marchers were men of advanced 3'ears, the parade moved swiftly and without breaks or dis order. The columns came on twelve abreast, well closed, solid and com nact. The formations were almost in variably well kept, for the men who had gone through years of desperate war without being guilty of straggling were too old to be laggards now. CH0ITRA KiLLS 3,000 WEEKLY. Ravaees cf Disease In India Dae to Po lutlcMi of Water. LONDON, Aug. 28. "The present epidemic of cholera," says the Simla correspondent of the Daily Mail, is one of the worst outbreaks on record. The bubonic plague is child's play compared with it. The natives are dying like flies at the rate of 2,000 a week. The epidemic is undoubtedly due to the pollution of the scanty water supply during the famine." No More Troops for China. WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 Action was taken by the War department carrying out the recently announced policy of thb government to send no more troops to China at present. Aa order was sent to the department's igents at Kobe. Japan, to divert the First cavalry and its animals from that port to Manila, instead of allow in git to proceed to Taku, according to original orders. The department was informed that the Garonne, with eight companies of the First cavalry abcard, and the Packling, with the animals cf the organization, had ar rived at Kcbe. 140.000 .Men Slay Go Out. HAZELTCN. Pa., Ausf. 29. If the anthracite coal operators refusi to grant the demand-; of the Uniteu Mine Workers, as embodied in the reports of the scale and resolutions commit tee as presenred and adopted at to day's convention, within ten days of the dare or by September S, a strike involving 140.900 miners, of which 40, 000 are members of the Mine Workers' organization, will be declared. The committee applied to the national hoard, with headquarters at Indianap olis, to order a strik" if no amicable agreement was rw?hed on the rwder and other questions. tnnn IljnrM of Sn I'mnrUco. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Tho cen sus of San Francisco, as jnst an nounced in a bulletin of the census bureau, is 342.782. against 298.997 in 1890. This is an increase of 43,785 or 14.64 per cent. ntrrat of Chinese Balers. LONDON. Aug. 20. A snaclal dis patch from Shanghai says the CIi5nA.se officials there have informed the for eign consuls there lhat the emperor, dowager empress, and Prince Tuan have arrived in the neighborhood, of Tai Yuan Pu. Repeal o( ftoebel Lair. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Aug: 29. The Kentucky legislature convened In ex tra session yestortfay. There were seven members of the house absent and two absent senators. Both houses adjourned after hearing read Governor Beckham's message, which stated that the only 'purpose for which thi3 ses sion Was railed vca tn tmonil k I state election" law. The messaga stated that the law was a geed one, but that it was thought best to make changes before another election was held. THIOLDREUABLC. 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