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' v ; Jf - 5 - :$" "? . a v AZi jai i ftV-t ' j k V .- V &'''' i J if . V.H5.V - .!. V J lV1i U nl4Xtf i., .?- ".-, ?- -rti" ? T . fl& . -J v . - -1 V partial '. I ? at V t?; . n-w j 1 COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5. lftfr WHOLE NUMBER 1,595. VOLUME XXXI.-NUMBER 35. i.- LV & v. ;. a- 1 S-.. IRK ON HIS DIGNITY for Belief That the Porte Ii Cssiormg All American Dispatokea. Hit WH f I0M OUR lATTLCSIir fere ins Bttaatlea at tae Pert el tama Caa Only Be Geesee At Ike Perte Stltl Kef uses to Issae Exeeaatar te Delegate ef United States. LONDON, Dec 1. Nothing in re Kard to the United States battleship Kentucky Is coming direct from Smyr na. The authorities there are evident ly censoring all dispatches. CONSTANTINOPLE, Thursday, Nov. 29. The opinion is expressed in diplo matic circles that the American claims arising from the Armenian massacres " -."may now be regarded as practically . ' settled, as an irade providing for the building of a cruiser in the United States is officially promulgated." The question of the consulate at Har- poot remains open, the porte persist . lng in its refusal to grant an exe quatur to Dr. Thomas H. Norton. The moral effect, uowever, created by the presence of the United States battle- .ship Kentucky at Smyrna in support of '. the representations of the American . : legation, taken in conjunction with the settlement of the other claims, leads the legation to nope for an early ar rangement of all outstanding differ- . ences. 'LONDON, Dec. 1. A Reuter dis ,. - patch from Constantinople says t is suggested that Russia is prompting the . ""porte to refuse to grant an exequatur " to Dr. Norton. The dispatch adds: "It is an open secret that they dislike the . .foreign consuls in Asia Minor, espe " cially the Americans, whom they sus pect of aiding the American mission work in Armenia." . WASHINGTON, Dec 1. No propo - .Sit ion haR come to the United States y government from Turkey looking to . the payment of the missionary claims .under the guise of an order for a war - -: ship to be built in the United States. . "-.While it is hardly expected that any . . 'formal proposition of this kind will be ' I "forthcoming, it is, of course, beyond the power of the state department to :. prevent or interfere with any arrange ment with American shipbuilders and . individual claimants. The point is, after all, to have the claims paid and ,. the state department officials are not . Vr particular as to the form in which the ' .payments are paid. Perhaps they are indifferent in this respect because of "Knowledge of the fact that the Turk- ish government might be terribly em barrassed by the pressure of Euro- .. pcan creditors were the United States government to instst upon certain forms of procedure in this case. There are no developments in the ne gotiations respecting the exequatur of Dr. Norton, who would be United 0 States consul at Harpoot. The matter is still one of correspondence and the authorities here are confident that the . Turkish government will, in the end, . yield on this point. BOLOMEN TO BE HANGED. General McArthur Confirms Seateaee Iased on Filipino.. MANILA. Dec 1. General MacAr '. thur has confirmed the sentence of hanging passed upon four natives re cently convicted of murder at Lingay ven. The condemned were members of "Guard ia de Honor," a band of as- sassins whose victims were kidnaped cud boloed. They will be hanged en December 21. The United States cruiser Newark, under order to proceed to Guam to investigate the circumstances of the disaster to the United States auxil iary cruiser Yosemite, has not yet sailed. Arthur Ferguson, secretary of the Philippine commission, has gone to Kong Kong for a short vacation to . recruit his health, which has recently fceen poor. The United States transport Indi--. ana, which, as announced November 17, went ashore on the east side of the Isla de Polillo, off the east coast of Luzon, was successfully floated and ar ' rived at Binangonan sound short of coal. It transferred to the United States transport Pennsylvania the con tingent of the Twenty-second infantry and the supplies destined for Baler and then proceeded to Neuva Caceras, . en the Blola river, province of South Camarines. Cody HoBtiar Party. EDGEMONT, S. D., Nov. 30. A large hunting party passed through this city enroute to the Big Horn moun tains. Among the party were: Colonel "VV. T. Cody and H. H. Hake of Omaha, M. R. Russell of Deadwood, J. H. O'Brian of Buffalo, N. Y., Si Compton of Sheridan, Wyo., John Martin of Cody. Wyo.. and F. N. Pearson and C. H. Morrrill of Lincoln, Neb. CaraeRie Contract Signed. WASHINGTON. Dec. L The con tract with the Carnegie company for furnishing a large quantity of armor plate, under the agreement recently announced, was concluded and signed today, and it is expected that the Beth lehem contract for armor will be sign ed tomorrow. Train Gom Iato the River. BEAVER. Pa.. Nov. 28. Late to night a Cleveland & Pittsburg flyer went into the Ohio river at this place. Three Cleveland men. Engineer Couch eour, Fireman Allen and Express Mes senger Casey, were killed. Nineteen others are reported dead and the en tire train is said to be in the river. Caba Company Organised. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Dec L Sir Wliliam Van Home, with his party, left Santiago this evening for Cien guegos, from which point he will go io Santa Clara and Havana. He ex pects to return here in February. The Cuba company is now fully organized and Sir William's son will remain In Santiago as assistant superintendent of 'construction. Sir William expressed himself as greatly pleased at the at- titude of business men here toward hi6e projects for the immediate con struction of the Central railroad. Two Honored Smallpox Ca e. ONAWA. Ia., Dec 1. The smallpox cases at Decatur, Neb., are still on the increase and there are now said to be nearly 200 cases. The disease is rapidly spreading among the Indians on the reservation and several fatali ties are reptrtcd. There is one well developed case on this aide of the river, in Lincoln township, which is J now nmaer quarantine, oaawa and Lincoln and Franklin townships are jisiitaining a "strict quarantine. All touiaeaa between here and Decatur bat tie rtreunowof neiiaska. Betaraa by Ceaatlea tilvea Oat ay the Ceaeas Kareaa. WASHINGTON, Dec. L The popu lation of Nebraska, as officially an nounced. Is 1,069,539, against 1,058,910 in 1890. This is an increase since 1890 of 9,629, or 9 per cent The pop ulation in 1889 was 452,402, showing an increase of 606,508. or 134.0 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. The popula tion by counties follows: 1900. 1890. 1SS0. Adams !S,S40 24,303 10,235 Antelope 11.3M 10.339 3,953 Banner 1,114 2,435 ASlaine .................. 603 1,146 ..... Boone 11.689 8.683 4,170 Box Butte S.573 5,494 Boyd 7.332 693 Brown 3,470 4,359 Buffalo 20,254 22,162 7,531 Burt 13,049 11.069 6,937 Butler 15,703 15,454 9.194 Cass 21,330 24.0M 16.6S3 Cedar 12,467 7.02S 2,699 Chase 2.559 4.S07 70 vnerry ..... 6,541 6,42$ ..... Cheyenne 5,570 5,693 1,558 Clay 15.735 16,310 11.294 Colfax 11,211 10,453 . 6.5SS Cuming 14,584 12,865 5.569 Custer 19,758 21,677 2211 Dakota...- 6,286 5,386 3,213 1amcS vZav 9iZZ Dawson .... 12,214 10,129 2,909 ACUCI 2aDm epOafw Dixon 10,535 8.084 4,177 Dodge 22,298 19.260 11.263 Douglas 140,590 158.008 37.645 Dundy 2.434 4,Jl2 37 Fillmore 15.087 16.022 10,204 Franklin 9,453 7.693 5,465 Frontier 8,781 8.497 934 Furnas 12.373 9,840 6.407 Gage 30.051 36.344 13,164 Garfield 2.127 1,659 Gosper 5,301 4,816 1,673 Grant 763 458 Greeley 5.691 4.869 1.461 Hall 17,206 16,513 8.572 Hamilton 13.330 14.096 8.267 Harlan 9,370 8,158 6,086 Hayes 2,708 3,953 119 Hitchcock 4.409 5,799 1,012 Holt 12,224 13,672 3,287 looK6r 432 426 Howard 10,343 9.430 4.391 Jefferson 15,196 14,852 8,096 Johnson 11.197 10,333 7.593 Kearney 9,866 9,061 4,072 Keith 1,951 2,556 194 Keya Paha 3,076 3.920 Kimball 758 959 Knox 14,343 8.5S2 3,666 Lancaster 64,833 76,395 2S.0S0 Lincoln 11.416 10,441 3.632 Logan 960 1,378 Loup 1,303 1.G62 McPherson 517 401 Madison 16.976 13,669 3.5S9 Merrick 9.235 8.758 5.341 Nance 8.222 5.773 1.212 Nemaha 14,952 12.920 10.451 Nuckolls 12.414 11,417 4.235 Otoe 22,288 23,403 13.727 Pawnee 11.770 10,310 6,1 0 Perkins 1,702 4.364 Phelps 10,772 9,869 2.417 Phelps 10.772 9.869 2,447 Platte 17,747 15,437 9.511 Polk 10,542 10.817 6.S16 Red Willow 9.604 8.837 3,044 Richardson 19,614 17,574 15.031 Rock 2.S09 3.083 Saline .. 18.252 20,097 14,491 Sarpy 9,080 6.S75 4.481 Saunders 22.085 21.577 15,810 Scotts Bluff 2,552 1.8S8 Seward 15.690 16.140 11,147 Sheridan 6.033 8.6S7 Sherman 6,550 6,399 2.0C1 Sioux 2.055 2,452 699 Stanton 6.939 4,619 1.813 Thayer 14.323 12,738 6,113 Thomas 628 517 Thurston 8.756 3.176 109 Valley 7,339 7.092 2.324 Washington 13.0S6 11.S69 8,631 Wayne 9,802 6.169 813 Webster 11.519 11.210 7.104 Wheeler 1.362 1.683 644 York 18,203 17.279 ll.litf Kebraaka'a Great Sarplaa. LINCOLN, Dec. 1. -Figures com--piled by the State' Bureau of Statistics show that the surplus products ex ported from Nebraska during the last calendar year amounted In value to $173,849,207. Following are the fig ures: Kind. Amount. Value. Horses and mules, hd 50,370 S 2.014,800 Cattle, head 698,181 32,814 307 Hogs, head 2.213.912 27.673.900 Sheep, head 737,337 2,580,750 Mixed stock, head 81,578 1.713.13S Packing house pro ducts, pounds 704.326.163 32.839,462 Wheat, bushels 21.S52.019 12.01S.650 Corn, bushels 77.774.683 13,070,103 Oats, bushels 17,590,315 2.S14.433 Barley, bushels 430.143 398.376 Rye. bushels 1,249.615 474.929 Hay. tons 92.903 603.882 Flax, bushels 9SO.074 973.173 Flour, pounds 86,862,73.: 1,737,235 Other mill products, pounds 71,299,000 534,742 Grain, not classified, bushels 3L77S 9,433 Live poultry, coops.... 211,015 l,S4fi,643 Dressed poultry, lbs... 1.59S.012 137,840 Egs. cases 467.803 1.403.409 Butter, pounds 20,495.478 3,695.1 S6 Cream, pounds 4.418.S30 353,508 Cheese, pounds 189.013 1S.901 Sugar beets, tons 32.309 133.436 Strawberries, cases .. 3,107 7.088 Grapes, baskets 9.S20 1.669 Apples, barrels 763 1.912 Peaches, cases 4S0 432 Black and red rasp berries, cases 1,041 1.561 Cherries, cases 4.476 7,833 Fruit, pounds 2,375,03. 53,438 Cooperage, pounds .... 1.756.SS0 33,137 Game, pounds 223.933 22.593 Fur. pounds 12.909 4.647 Potatoes, bushels 271.500 81,450 Honey, pounds 3.6S3 368 Fish, pounds 2.939 293 Wood, care 296 1S.140 Gold .2S6.S60 Ice. cars 641 32.050 Brick, thousands 28.537 214.177 Sand and gravel, cars 2.781 20,796 Hides, pounds 2S.370.833 2,571.374 Celery 907.183 36.2S7 Vegetables, pounds .. 148.793 1.487 Broom corn, tons .... 1.271 SS.970 Brooms, dozens 44.315 155.102 Stone, cars 6.303 116.612 Beer, kegs 27.543 55.086 Lime, cars 19 2.796 Straw, tons 7S0 3,020 Millet, tons 30 185 Hemp, pounds 206,883 Wool, pounds 110.083 14,861 Feathers, pounds 1.714 837 Bread, pounds 20.791 727 Vitriol, pounds 1,783.300 JS.211 Alcohol, pounds 72,800 1S.750 Syrup, pounds 159.300 2,800 Oil meal, pounds 190,000 5,4m Oil. pounds 54.000 2.100 Spirits .................. 12,500 Iron 11.200 Miscellaneous, lbs .... 85.417.4S6 1.222.330 Totals $173,849,207 Child Eats Strychnine. NORFOLK, Neb., Dec 1. A four-year-old daughter of Fred Lau, living west of town, in searching for some thing to eat got hold of and ate some strychnine which was kept to poison rats. Ranter Accidentally Shot. ALBION, Neb., Dec 1. Captain Fred J. Mack, Company M, Nebraska National Guards, was shot by a com rade while skirmishing for quail and rabbits. Part of the shot took effect in his nose, neck and hand. His inju ries are not serious, but it was a very narrow escape. Crashed by Wagon Wheel. RUSHVILLE, Neb., Dec. 1. A man named Jackson was killed on the road between this place and Pine Ridge. He was engaged in freighting coal to the agency and fell from his load, the wheels passing over his body, kill ing him Instantly. Dies at Age ef KtgbtyThree. FREMONT. Neb., Dec. 1. Mrs. Ma ria C. Blake, aged eighty-three years, died here from a complication of dis eases. For some time she had been suffering from asthma and bronchitis. One week ago she slipped on an icy sidewalk and fell heavily. Her hip was seriously iajnred and on account of bar cxtreia age ahe did not aqrvive the stock. Joan R. Blake, bmsband of the deceased, was a prominent per son om FiMsomt streets until bo died abovt t years ago. MANY DROP TO DEATH sTOKY-Five Fensu Crash ThrMgk tie loof of Glass Works. TEN Willi AN! FlfTY INJttfl e Victim Keaat ea Faraaees ia Sight ef Friends Beef Gives Way trader Frcesare It Wat Ket BalU te Wlthttaad. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30 By the collapse of the roof of the San Fran cisco and" Pacific glass works at Fif teenth and Bryant streets about sixty persons were more or less injured, some of them fatally. At 3:15 o'clock the number of dead was-reported as ten. The victims were watching the foot ball game between the Stanford and University of- California teams when the rooTbeneath' them gave way, pre cipitating them to the floor of the fac tory. Some of them fell upon the fur naces and one man of unknown iden tity was burned almost to a crisp. The crash of the falling roof was heard a great distance away and thousands of people hurried to the scene. Mes sages were sent to the city receiving hospital and the morgue and all the available ambulances were hurried to the spot. At the Central receiving hospital at 1 o'clock five of the Injured had been received. At the time of the accident there was but one doctor on duty at the hospital and he was totally unable to attend the cases at they came in. A summons was sent out immediately calling upon, doctors in the neighbor hood to come and render assistance. Owing to the confusion existing at that time the name of but one of the injured has been learned. That one was Al BBsmann, who was frightfully cut about the head and face. The crowd was gathered upon the roof of a building directly over the furnaces of the glass works. When the roof collapsed evry occupant wa precipitated upon the heated top ana rolled off. Fully forty were injured, nearly all of them seriously. Seven of the dead are boys ranging in age from ten to fifteen years. They were found lying in a row and most of them were badly mangled. There were at least 200 people on the roof when, it collapsed.and of these at least sixty went down. Those who were fortunate enough to be on a solid section of the building scurried down and helped remove the injured. The heat around the furnaces was so great, however, that to many no assistance could be rendered and they slowly roasted to death. Not 200 yards away were 20,000 people watching the foot ball game and when the news became known there was intense excitement among them. The ushers went through the crowd calling for doctors and many surgeons hurriedly left the game. The living victims from the disaster were taken to various hospi tals. The Southern Pacific hospital, within two blocks of the glass works, was soon overcrowded and many wounded had to be turned away. They were hurried to St. Luke's, the city receiving hospital and nearby drugstores. So scattered are they among the various institutions that it is impossible to tell exactly how many were hurt or how seriously they were injured. The coroner did not have enough wagons to remove the dead and they were taken away in express wagons. Many elegant private carriages were waiting outside the foot ball grounds and they were pressed into service to take away the wounded. A high fence surrounds the glass works grounds and thousands of people attempted to get inside. They were restrained with difficulty by a large force of police. tJulted States Farther Criticised. BERLIN, Nov. 30. The papers this evening resume their criticism of the course of the United States govern ment, based upon the latest news from Washington. The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten says: "The United States, with Russia, is China's chief defend er." The Freisinnige Zeitung infers from Ambassador White's visit ao the foreign office and Dr. Von Holleben's call upon President McKinley and Sec retary Hay that serious differences of opinion exist between the United States and Germany. Ambassador White re-asserted today that in hi3 recent interview with the secretary of foreign affairs, Baron Von Richhofen, he did not present the new American note, but only made informal sugges tions which did not require an answer. He doubts that Germany will give an answer to those suggestions. His in sructions from Washington, directing him to seek the inerview with the for eign secretary, were not, he says, a repetition of the Conger instructions. Utah Forest Lands Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Commis sioner Hermann of the general land of fice has ordered the withdrawal from public entry of 250,000 acres of va cant, unappropriated public domain in Utah, that constitutes the watershed, from which the domestic water supply of Salt Lake City is derived. The ac tion is taken with a view to reserving laid permanently for forestry pur poses. Gold Mine Trust Formed. LONDON, Nov. 30. The Daily Ex press this morning publishes a rumor that a gigantic gold mine trust has been formed, including Messrs. John D. Rockefeller, Cecil Rhodes. Alfred Beit and Joseph Benjamin Robinson. Faaeral of Senator Davis. ST. PAUL, Nov. 30. The stream of sympathetic messages and callers is uninterrupted today at the late home of Cushman K. Davis. All arrange ments have been completed for the fu neral, which will be a quiet one at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at the fam ily residence. James J. Hill. Judge Walter H. Sanborn, Judge Charles E. Flandrau, former Governor John S. Plllsbury, former Senator W. D. Wash burn, Hon. Samuel R. Thayer. Minne apolis, E. W. Peet and District At torney Robert G. Evans will act as pall bearers. Xarder at Charch Festive. '' WELLSTON, O., Nov. 30. Oscar Cassel shot and killed Robert Leach at a festival in the colored 'Method ist chnrch at Berlin Cross Roads last night. Cassel fell against a horn Rob ert Thompson was playing. The lat ter remonstrated and was attacked by Cassel. Leach tried to stop the' bellig erents, whom Cassel pulled a gun and fired, the first shot penetrating Leach's 1 heart. As Leach fell dead Cassel held the crowd at bay and made his' escape to the woods. The affair created in- ocita at. Kcuftfs rort is stmonsiv hj Ber. Father Laeembe Says Ie XIII sj Banldly Aepreochtac HW Bad. S BUFFALO, N. Y., Nor. 30. A ? clal from Montreal says: The Rev. Fathar Lacombe, who returned frost Rome a short time ago. is in the city, on his way to his mission field in the' Canadian northwest When told by a reporter that alarming news had been received from Rome regarding the pope's condition, feather Lacombe said: "Yes, the end is very near. The holy father's health was very poor when I saw him a few weeks ago. He received me as usual and questioned me concerning my mission, in which he seemed to take a great interest, but I could not help observing that a great change had taken place since last I saw him. "He appeared thin and emaciated and his voice had a hollow ring. He was very feeble, so feeble in fact that he could not move about without as sistance. The audience continued for upwards of a quarter of -an hoar and at its conclusion the holy father bless ed me and those whom I might bless on my return. As ne left the audience chamber I felt that I had seem the pope for the last time." TURKEY VVUUNGTO SETTLE. Imperial Irade Issued Ordering- a Craiaer la the Ualted States. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 30. The arrival of the United States battleship Kentucky at Smyrna has so shaken up the palace that indications are ac cumulating of a desire to hasten a settlement to the savsfactlon of the United States. An irade has been is sued calling for the purchase of a cruiser at Philadelphia, the price for which Is to include the $90,000 Arme nian indemnity. This is regarded as a subterfuge designed for local con sumption, in order to save the face of the Porte. Nevertheless it is now believed that Turkey will find the money and order a cruiser in the hope of propitiating the United States. De spite the dispute the relations between the Unitd Saes legation and the Porte continue cordial. Fatare Leeks Dark for Chlaa. LONDON, Nov. 30. "The represen tations of Prince Ching, Li Hung Chang and other to the Chinese court, that the powers are dissatisfied and are threatening action on the Yang-Tse-Kiang to stop supplies," says the Pekln correspondent of the Morning Post, wiring Tuesday, "are reported to be having an effect, and it is said that the court is likely to have measures to meet the powers. An American corre spondent reports from Pao-Ting-Fu that 3,000 Germans under General Ket tler and 2,000 French troops under General Bailloud concentrated there recently for the winter, with the inten of making frequent expeditions north to punish Boxer villages. Prince Uk tomski is in daily conference with Li Hung Chang, and occasionally meets Prince Ching. He regards the outlook as dark, even if the powers agree, for, says he, China may reject the terms, and then will come war, rebellion and famine. Three Crashed la a Bex Car. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 30. A dis astrous wreck occurred at Castle Rock, a few miles west of Evanston, on the Union Pacific yesterday. A car in a freight train loaded with steel rails jumped the track and ditched five other cars. An Ogden boy named Thomas F. Wheelwright and two un known tramps occupied the car that first jumped the track. They were sta tioned at either end and when the crash came they were pinned down by the ends of the rails and horribly in jured. Began Is Still Saspeaded. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Officials of the War department deny positively that Commissary General Eagan, now under suspension from the army, has been reinstated. . It is further said that General Eagan has filed no formal application to have his sentence set aside. It is understood that General Eagan might be reinstated at any time on condition that he would ac cept immediate retirement but he has shown no disposition to accede to such arrangement. Czar Is Gaining- Groand. LIVADIA, European Russia, Nov. 29. The following bulletin was is sued today by the czar's physicians: The emperor passed a good day yes terday. He slept an hour and a half. At 9 in the evening his temperature was 98.2; pulse, 68. He slept fairly well 'last night. This morning his majesty's condition and strength are satisfactory. His temperature this morning was 96.4; pulse, 68. Mrs. Iease Waats Divorce. WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 29. Mary Ellen Lease, the well known populist orator, who supported the republican ticket during the late campaign, will this week institute proceedings for di vorce from her husband, Charles E. Lease. She will charge incompatibility and failure to provide. The couple have not lived together for three years. Mrs. Lease Is now engaged in newsp per work in New York. Germans Transfer Treasare. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. It is reported here from Pekin that the Germans have boarded a Chinese vessel and de manded treasure consigned to an Eng lish company at Tien Tsin. As the boxes of treasure had been landed, the Germans could not get them. They then hoisted the German flag on the vesesl and confiscated its cargo. Expect Titrable nt Tampa. TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 30. A commu nication was handed the sheriff signed by the leading manufacturers of the city saying they had good cause to anticipate an attempt to interfere with their business. They said that the city was unable to afford them protection and demanded protection from the state authorities for their property and the right to continue their business without molestation. The state militia are now ready to move here on a moment's notice. Foerth-Class Postmasters Safe. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. While the postoffice department has not made an announcement of policy to govern changes of fourth-class postmaster during the next four years, it can be stated that the department prefers that there be no more changes than the interests of the service require, and that foaxth-claes postmasters will coatiBM to serve daring th:-next fonr years of the administration, rales there is some good cause for aaUnff a change. WIRE CONGER FOR TEXT Stats Department Wishes to Inow What ... Wat Agreed at Pekin. rOWEIS MAY MOMfY OR REJECT iwhlle, the American Ceasals Are CeUcctlar Damage for alisslen hy ! Diplomatic, hat hy Mere Direct Methods. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The state department cabled Minister Conger t forward the text of the agreement reached by the ioreign ministers at Pekln. Meanwhile he will withhold his signature until the president has had an opportunity to satisfy himself as to this important document and to make such changes as will bring it in laccord wlthjrar policy. It is safe to jircuici iuai uiis particular agreeiseui will not become effective in its pres ent shape. It appears that upon inquiry directed to the powers themselves their ministers at Pekin have not correctly reflected their present views as to the basis of the peace negotiations. This statement certainly is true as to a ma jority of the powers interested, and the fact is regarded as warranting the pre diction that the agreement must be modified or abandoned. It Is learned at the state depart ment that while these negotiations are dragging along at Pekin some of the American consuls in China are achiev ing gool results by individual efforts. They are interesting themselves in cases appealing directly to the viceroys of the great provinces, where American property and missionaries have suffer ed, to procure indemnity and repara tion, and in most cases they are suc ceeding very well. It is surmised from the latest Chinese advices that the English consuls are doing likewise, and are collecting many claims, and the moneys are being turned over to the mission Interests which suffered. If this movement continues it is entirely possible that neither the United States nor Great Britain will be obliged to concern themselves with the prosecu tion of individual claims for indemnity through the slow moving agencies at Pekln. TAKE ALL 0E RANK'S MONEY. Bobbers Bind Citizen and Allow Him te See the Job Done. EMDEN, 111., Nov. 29. Four masked men wrecked the Farmers' bank of Em den early today. It is stated that they secured all the funds of the bank, be tween $3,000 and $4,000. When the robbers discharged their first blasts of dynamite in an effort to open the vault the explosion aroused a citizen, John Alberts, four blocks away. Alberts hurried to the bank. One of the robbers was on guard in the street. He seized Alberts, who was bound hand and foot and dragged into the bank, where he witnessed the gang drilling into the vault door, making ready a second blast. When the fuse was lighted the robbers stepped outside and left Alberts lying in the corner when it went off. He was not seriously injured, however. The second blast un hinged the doors and the robbers made off with all the cash. Securing a hand car, they pulled in the direction of the Delavan. There they were met by Night Patrolman Sanford, who attempted to arrest them. One of the robbers fired and Sanford fell, mortally wounded through the body. Outside the town the men boarded a passenger train on the Chicago & Alton. AH traces of them were lost The engineer of the passen ger, train claims that he saw a man jump from the first car near Minier, while the train was moving at a high speed, but a search of the locality failed to show any traces of the man. The bank building was almost a complete wreck and the vault was en tirely ruined. NOLO SESSION ON SIGAR REEL Foreign Nations to Attempt Another Con ference at Brussels. PARIS, Nov. 29. The recent confer ence between the powers concerned as sure the reassembling of the sugar beet conference at Brussels. The last con ference came to naught on account of the stand taken by Russian and France. It is believed these difficul ties have been eliminated. The new conference, the object of which is he abolition of the sugar bounties, is likely to have definite results. Foar Boys Are Killed. WELLSBURG, W. Va., Nov. 29. Four boys were killed and fifteen or twenty injured by an explosion of ni-tro-glycerlne today. A party of boys, gathered to look at the high river, built a bonfire of driftwood on the river bank. One of them caught an unopened tin can floating on the water and threw it into the fire. It contained nitro-glycerine and its explosion killed Herman Findley, aged 14; Rolins Findley, 12, and William Shriver, aged 15, and another, name unknown. Bathbone Is Optimistic. HAVANA, Nov. 29. The impression prevails that ex-Director of Posts Rathbone will not fare badly in his coming trial, and he has recently ex pressed his belief that he will be fully exonerated. He has even intimated that in such an event he will expect reinstatement. The Spanish law, un der which the trial is to be conducted, commands the reinstatement of officials charged with crime against whom the state fails to make out a case or con viction. Beers Hot Tet Conqnered. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 29. A special to the Star from Lawrence, Kan., says: John Williams of Lawrence returned home after a year's service in the Boer army. Williams went from Lawrence with Ernest Criss, formerly a member of the Twentieth Kansas regiment They were together during that time and Williams says they en joyed the service, which was without restraint of military rule. He de clares the Boers have plenty of mon ey and provisions stored to last a long time and does not believe the war will end for at least a year. Egaa Waats a Pardee. NEW YORK, Nov. 29 A special dis patch from Washington to the Tribune says: Charles P. Eagan, commissary general of subsistence of the army, has come to Washington, it 1b understood, to appeal to the president for a pardon and for restoration to duty. He was suspended from his rank and office for a term of six years on February 7, 1899, for his language before the court of Inquiry on army beef.' He has called at the White House, but he has failed to see the president and thus far has mot arranged matters.' RbWer warns rnc story. Is Net I4ve, Bat Might Make Va a That. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Michael Da vitt cables from Pars to the Evenng Joun&I today that Mir. Krager, re plying to the question if he had any intention of making his future home In the United States, said: "I never contemplated going to America to live, although I have re ceived several pressing invitations to do so. "I am seriously considering, how ever, a short visit to the United States. "The severe hardships of winter travel would not deter me, qd as I am, if I were sure I could accomplish any good for my oppressed country." Mrr. Davitt adds that it is almost certain that Mr. Kruger will not visit America and that the entire cabinet of the South African republic opposes the Idea. Te Seek the North Pole. BUFFALO. N.Y.. Nov. 3. A fe cial to the News from Montreal says: Baptain Bernler of Quebec has gained the support of Sir Clements Mark ham, president of the Royal Geograph ical society, for his scheme to reach the north pole, and is now in the city making arrangements. Captain Ber nier's plans contemplate an expedition from Vancouver, with a wooden or steel ship and a crew of six sailors and five scientists. Entering the po lar basin in August a month earlier than Nansen did, the ship would begin to drift 300 miles further east than Nansen's vessel did. The expedition would winter in the ice. That Bcvcaae Bill. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 27. The sub-committee on ways and means continued its preparations of the war revenue reduction bill today. During a part of the committee's session For mer Speaker Reed was present as a visitor. The democratic members of the committee thus far have taken no action as to their program regarding the bill. If the republican members bring the bill Into the house with a rule preventing amendments it is probable that tne democrats will pre pare and offer a substitute; otherwise amendments will be offered in com mittee of the whole'. Vote ef Two States. MADISON, Wis., Nov. 30. The state board of canvassers completed the can vassing of the vote for president to day, the vote being as follows: Repub lican, 265,866; democratic, 159,285; prohibition. 10,124; social democratic, 7,905; social labor, 524. Republican plurality, 106,581. Republican loss from 1896, 2,269. Democratic less, 6, 238. Salt Lake, Utah The official canvass of the vote of Utah shows that 92,038 votes were cast for the national ticket, of which McKinley received 47,089 and Bryan 44,949. McKinley's majority, 2,140. Oae Feealiar Charge. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 30. D. H. Stuhr of Davenport who was indicted here yesterday on a charge of doctor ing barley with sulphur, came to Chi cago today and gave bail for his ap pearance for trial. He said: "The charge is ridiculous. I have been in the grain business for twenty seven years and have made a special ty of barley. Before I adopted this process of purifying the grain I ex perimented with it thoroughly and found that it would make it much sweeter in the malt and retain, if not strengthen, all its other qualities." Federation ef Ballway Bmeleyes. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30 Within the next ten days the employes of the Big Four Railroad company will have formed one of the strongest labor or ganizations ever known in the mid dle west. The Intention of the em ployes to organize a federation, mak ing the grievance of one department the grievance of all others. TVIthin a few days the brakemen will assem ble in the city and they will be fol lowed by the conductors, telegraphers and engineers. Like American Potatoes. CHICAGO, 111.. Nov. 30. A special to the Record from Tacoma, Wash., says: The first large shipment of po tatoes to go forward from this state to China will- be sent in a few days to North Yokohama and will consist of 500 tons, destined for Shanghai. In the past the greater amount of foodstuff that has been called for from that section has been flour, but now the Chinese have acquired a taste for potatoes. Beeks Betray Bis Gnllt. CINCINNATI, Nov. 30. The discov ery of a supposed error of $1,600 in the books of George Griffiths, deceased, late clerk of the Board of Education of Cincinnati, led to the examination of his books with the discovery, it is said, that Griffiths was an apparent de faulter to the amount of $100,000. Grif fiths had been clerk for thirteen years and had always had the entire confi dence of the whole community. His estate, it is said, will not meet more than one-fifth of the shortage. Iowa Mss Killed hy a Thar. BURLINGTON, la., Nov. 30. W. H. Linter of Cedar Rapids, la., accompa nied by his wife, while on his way to the depot tonight to leave for home after spending Thanksgiving with rel atives here, was held up by a footpad and on resisting, Mr. Linter was shot and killed. Mrs. Linter ran, but was shot in the back and is now dying. A man was captured at Patterson, six miles south of here, who gave his name as George Anderson. r Gaerlltes.' CODY, Wyo., Nov. 30. Captain Hen ry A. C. Darley, an officer in the Brit ish army, has-returned to his ranch on the Stinkingwater In this county. He is on a six months' furlough, at the expiration of which he will re turn to South Africa. While fighting the Boers Captain Darley was wounded in the body by one of Kruger's bullets. He is still suffering from the effects of the injury. He says the English will eventually clear the South African country of the small bodies of Boer guerrillas. Drlak Makes Blm a Plead. SCOFIELD, Utah, Nov. 29. Richard Smith, a coal miner, beat his wife al most insensible and struck her three-months-old child on the forehead, fracturing the little one's skull so that it died later. A pair of twins, some what older, had been sleeping in the bed. 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