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VOLUME XXXIL XU3IBER 4o.-
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1902.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.655.
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CESSIONJREATY
COMPACT OF TRANSFER OF WEST
INDIES TO UNITED STATES.
AWAITS THE ACTUM OF STATES
Denmark Will Consult the .People of
the tfiiti Before Finally Aaaent
ing ta tne Transaction Begun by
State Officials.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 The trea
ty of cession of the Danish "West la
dies islands from Denmark to the Unl-
ted States was signed at the State de t ing of live stock only; and.
partasent by Secretary Hay and Con ; "Whereas. Such lands have hereto
stantine Bran, the Danish minister fore yielded neither revenue to the
The treaty will be submitted to the general government nor taxes to the
senate for ratification immediately.
- Following the invariable rule in j
such cases tne State department om
cials decline to- make public any of
the details cf the treaty so that it is
net possible to state positively the
price to b paid though this is be
lieved ro be in the neighborhood of J
15.000.000 !
It is learned also that Denmark has I
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abandoned the position is was inclin
ed to occupy toward the conservation
ot the poliaral rights of the inhabi
tants of the island and gives the Uni
ted Stares a free hand to deal with
them without pledge of American cit
izenship or of free trade privileges.
It is assumed that the status of
the Danish. West Indian islands, politi
cally and commercially should the
treaty be ratified, will be similar to
that of Porto Rio Having zained
these points m the negcaaaons the
State department officials believe that
the treaty is certain to receive the
approval of the United States senate
The new treaty is peculiar in that
it will require action not only by the
senate and Danish Rigsdag. but by the
United States' house of representatives
a? wail, sure it will be necessary for
tl-e house to supply the needed appro
priation to defray the expense of pur
chase. .
It is retarded a? a strong point by
the framers of tha treaty that the peo
ple of the Danish "We?t Indian islands
-ara to have 'a voice in the question of
cassioc The trean- :s!f does not
contain any reference to a plebiscite. ;
but tha Danish government has given i
notice ;at before it ratines rhe treaty i
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Will SUbmit the Question Of CeSSIOn j
tf the peopI of the island?
,ul a uujv.zuu u, -. aw- ;
um ui y, c uu u j
-tram-G that they arr not called on ,
to surrenaer aieir uanisn allegiance.
and they may remain Danes in fact
acd-name while enjoyms whatever ad
vanuizs in a commercial way may
result from aie u-ansfer of the islands
to the United Suites.
; The plebiscite will not be in any
ay cona-oIId by rh United Statue.
It is stated disanctly mat the Danish
government itself wil". take- st?ps to
ascertain the incimauons of the peo
ple of Th isiands bfT the final
steps in th transfer arp taken. '
St. Thomas, the larzsr of iha is
lands, is formed by a chain of hish
hills running east and west It is thir
teen mils lone and masnrp. thre
miles at its greatest width and con
tains an acreage of sv-enten square
miles. Th sa surrounding this is
land is fill-d with small isJts. called
keys, which belong to it.
MAGNATES H-E TO TESTI-Y.
Warriman and Hill to Accear Ssfsre
Interstate Comtr::s3!cn.
CHICAGO. Jan. 23 What is expec
ted to be one of th most interesting
session the interstate -ommerre "om
mission vr held began her toda
The promised presence of J J. Hil
azid E. H. Hamman. who ar- -apposed
to know all about th commu
nity of interests plan of uie railroads
and who were expected to enlignten
th commission on various poinu? con
cerning, the plan, brought a crowd of
curious people, chiefly anction men. i
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into court.
Word was received that Mr. Ham
man and Mr. Hill were speeding to
ward Chicago and would go on the
stand during the artemoon.
"; It is the expressed purpose of the
commission to discover if possible,
what changes, if any. have been cre
ated between the general public and
the railroads by reason of the "asso
ciate awiayement of the latter. The
commissioners desire to find out if the
carrying out ot the community of in
terests idea has affected the rate sit
uation in a way conaury to law. or. as
claimed, if it is likely to effect to sta
bility and non-discriminatioc of. .and
in. raise for which the commission has
iona; battled.
Investigates Cccper Murder.
ST LOUIS. Jan. 25. Chief of Detec
J
aves iesmonc startea out tocay o
personally investigate the mysterious
murder of Alexander Dean Cooper, the
wealthy business man who was killed j
at the "V isa Turkish bath nouse night
before last. After "sweating Stroth-
er. the negro anendant at the bnth
house, without result. Chief Desmond
decided to rake nim to the scene ot
the crime and have him re-enact his
movements there on the fatal nizha
St. Louis Shaken Us-
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 25: Tto distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt in Sr
Xouis and in many of the towns in the
immediate vicinity a few minutes be-
tore 5 o'clock yesterdar Tnnrng The
fcK shock was Hait. The second was ' Carsil- - took his departure sud
man severe. It awakened persons' cenly. The farmer would nor care
wao had siest taremgh the first shock
aad act theaa eat of bed. The shocks
accompamec by a rambling,
Tjey
felt through t
tite dry am! csnurus.
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FAVOR LAND LEASING BILL.
Improved Live Stock
era Indorse the Measure.
LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 25. In the
closing session of the annual meeting
of the Nebraska, Improved Live Stock
Breeders association a spirited debate
took place over a resolution introduc
ed by H. F. Mcintosh of Omaha. Ike
measure indorsed the proposition now
before congress looking to the leasing;
of the government land. Mr. Mcin
tosh's resolution follows -
"Whereas, There is now before the
national congress a bill for leasing
such public lands as are suitable,
neither for agriculture, forestry nor
mining, and therefore adapted to graf
states in which they are located; and.
"WhreaR. The proposed law con-
templates a system under which ac
tual users of such public lands shall
be made secure in their use for a brief
period of years in consideration of an
anneal rental equivalent to what is
now about the taxable value of sim
ilar lands of private ownership in Ne
braska, and. '
"Whereas. Such system will yield a J
vast amount of revenue to the nation- :
al government, which would lighten i als commemorating the battle of San
the burden of general taxation, as well j and di3triDIlte & san.e to The
as relieve agriculture in a measure
from untaxed competition m produc
ing live stock: therefore be it
"Resolved. That the Nebraska Im
proved Live Stock Growers" associa
tion favors the passage of a lease law
and that wa hereby request the Ne
braska senators and representatives
in congress to support such a meas
ure." STATE FAIR DATE FIXED.
Open August 25 and Continue ts Sep
tember 5.
LINCOLN. Neb- Jan. 25. The state
board of agriculture hi decided that
this year the fair will open August 23.
and continue to September 5. inclu
sive. This rime was fixed in accord
ance with the recommendaaon of the
national board of fair managers at
Chicago.
How to zat a large attendance at
the fair was a quesaon which brought
out a good deal of i-omment. One
' gentleman thought nothing would be
quite so efficacious as fine live stock.
and that cremium.s on that class of
-Vnir shr.rrM ho m. sr Ma rnr
the finest animals will b ata.cted.
Re pointed out rfa Minnesota state
t-ai. fo. lastaace. telling hom- iz wa3
that on Qn1 daJ atteadaac, of s-.
00" was recorded. This, he said, was J British South African authorities, was
on account of the excellent exhibit of J nostponed indefinitely, as Scheepers
liv stock. ' already has oen executed. 3Ir. Tell-
The board reconsidered the resolu- j er made a brief but caustic speech on
aon authorizing members to draw j the actions of Great Britain in the
upon the general fund for their hotel Boer war. and declared that if the
bills for two days, and when they met ! facts of this case were as he under
at the Lindell hotel each member was stood them. "Great Britain, in putang
given $4 for his expenses, excepting , Scheeoers to death. s guilty of a vile
the committeemen, who had been in
tov n over two days. These came in
each for an exa"a $1 a day.
Packing House Strike.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. Jan. 25.
The saikers who went out at tfae Mor
ton Gregson Packing company two
weeks ago are still out. The union
held an open meeting and a number
of business men were present to dis
cuss the saike and see if some com
promise could not be reached so that
the men could go back to work and
the plant once more sairted The un
ion decided" by an almost unanimous
vote to still hold out. The company
have about fifty men at work at their
plant and ar guarding the same with
deputy sheriffs day and night.
Sassett Man a Sincide.
BASSETT Neb.. Jan. 25. Wrthout
apparent cause Ed Waters, a single
man. thirty-four years of age com
mrrted suicide at the residence of his
b-nthers. J W "Waters, five miles
so':-h of Bassett, by cutting his throat
with a razor and later shooting him-
sei
n the forehead with a 3S-caliber
revotver. Waters left nothing which
woula ndicate th moave for his act.
Lses Nine Heac of Horses.
CALLAWAY. Neb.. Jan. 25. With
in the past three days Chariesy John
ston, a pr"sprous farmer residing a
few miles south cf this place, has
lost nine head of two and three-year-old
colts ou of his bunch of twenty
head. . Th horses had been run
ning in the stalk field.
Arm Taks-s Off at Elbow.
OSCEOLA. Ne Jan. 25. The first
accident that ha.- occurred m the
county from a ""-n shredder was the
one that happenec to John D. Harsh
near Sanmsburg. The left arm had
to be ampuuued.
Sruner's Expedition.
LINCOLN Neb.. Jan. 25. Srof.
Lawrence Bruner head of the denart-
ment of ornithology and entomology.
will leave for Cosai Rica February 15
1
There h? intends to spend two montn
I in collecang specimens o; birds and
insects lor me satte univ srty muse
um. He has been granted a leave a' '
t
absence, and wQi spend his time in
The norrinr: of .Central A-ns-ra he- I
i
rween the two proposed routes of the
ist:
i:an canal.
j Workman and Money Missing.
; HUMBOLDT. Neb J.in. 25. A
farm hand who has been going by
the name of George Andrews, and who
has "been in the employ of Charies
about it were it not for the fact thr
about the same time a trrny belong-
fny to a son. of the family fe been
broken, open '' S40 in ar - a
HO revolver ahwtrazed.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
THE THANKS OF CONGRESS TEN
DERED TO HIM.
KE WILL ALSO GET A SWOBD
Testimonial to Services of Hero of
Santiago Sought by Mason in the'
Senate Treated in Like Manner
with Admiral Dewey.'
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 24. In
the senate Mr. Mason (111.) offered
the following joint resolution:
"That the thanks of congress be
hereby tendered to Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley for his brave and able
conduct while in command t th
American fleet at the victorious battle I
of Santiago.
'That a sword be presented to him
by the secretary of the navy of the
United States; and the sum of $10,000.
or so much thereof as may be deemed
necessary, is hereby appropriated for
the purpose of this resolution out of
any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
"That the secretary of the navy
shall cause to be struck bronze med-
officers and men under command of
Schley during said battle of Santi
ago." Mr. Mason said the resolution was
practically identical with that adopt
ed in the case of Admiral Dewey.
"I think we would better let this
resolution go over." suggested Mr.
Hale, chairman of the committee on
naval affairs. "The matter involved
is in controversy in a committee."
"1 do not see that it is necessary
said 3Ir. Mason, "that the resoluaon
should go to a committee. It is a
statement of a historical fact which
has been passed upon by the Amer
ican people. Under the rules it can
be read a second time and passed.
The chair explained that the resolu
aon could not be read a second nme
in the face of opposition which had
been made.
Mr. Hale said he had no objection
to the second reading of the resolu
aon. and it was read again.
On moaon of Mr. Hale the resolu
tion was referred to the committee on
i r.aval affairs.
I T ,.IrT ,-TrnA,a.1 rrr
' bv Mr. Teller nrovidine for int-veti-
aon on the part of this government in
, baK of the Boer commandant.
5cilpers. sentenced to death by the
assassination."
The department of commerce bill
was under consideration the greater
part of the session, but no definite
progress was made. The pending
amendment, that offered by Mr. Pet
als iAla.t. providing that the depart
ment of labor be not transferred to
the proposed new deparanena Mr.
Pertus made a brief argument in sup
port cf his amendment.
Mr. Hale offered an amendment
ansfemng to th-e new denaranent
the intersaite commerce commission.
Pending action "upon this and other
amendments which had been offered.
Mr Elkins. Mr. Cockrell. Mr Money.
Mr Martin. Mr. Spooner Mr. Hale.
Mr Hoar. Mr. McCumber and Mr.
Clay discussed various suggested
amendment? and the measure gener
ally. The senate, at 4:3" p. m.. went
into executive session, and at 4:53
p. m. adjourned Until Monday-
CATTLEMEN CAUSE TROUBLE.
Rangers Kill Herd of Sneea and Peo
ole Are Incensed.
MOSCO. Colo.. Jan. 24. Tne people
of Costilla county are much aroused
over the killing of 100 sheep and the
wounding and driving away of 200
more, belonging to Teofilo Trujillo.
ten miles from Mosco. by fifteen cat
tlemen cf that neighborhood The
sheepmen were first warned to vacate
the public domain. The cattlemen, it
is said, also fired into the cabin of the
owner about 10 o'clock on the night
of January IS and very narrowly
missed the occupants.
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of the cattlemen said to have
been connected with the outrage. ,
Trujillo is said to be an inoffensive
old man. who has lived in this vicn
ity for the past forty years.
Champ Clark's Pro-Beer Bill.
WASHINGTON Jan. 24. Repre
sentative Cark of Missouri introduced
a joint
esolution expressing sym- ,
pathy for the two South African re- I
publics and regret over the suffering '
caused by the xvar. The resolnljn "
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expresses the hope that this dsclara-
non bv congress will infiuence Grea
Brian to consider lavoraniv a set
t
tlement of the troubles. Provision is
made for forwarding the resolution
to the British government.
Corn Blockades the Yards.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 24. A corn
blockade, with the grain command
ing high prices and the great south
western country buying from the
north and east, instead of having corn
for sale, is the anomalous condition
that exists in Kansas City. Grain
men say there are LG00 cars of com
on track here and the railroad yards
sc roll that it takes many days to get
com started ant of the city after it
has been, ordered shipped.
AS TO FRONTIER POSTS.
Citizens of Northern Nea
Arc
Much Interested.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The citi
zens s of northern Nebraska, are rery
anxious to learn the probable actios
of the military commission which is
considering the question of auiate
nance or discontinuance of frostier
posts. They heard a rumor last week
to the effect that Irons Meade, S.
D- Niobrara and Robinson. Neb- had
been singled out for abolition, bat
careful inquiry faHedto disclose any
basis for the report. The commission
will meet in Washington again- Jan
uary 25. Its findings cannot, of
course, be forecasted positively, but in
timations were thrown out by high
orficials that there is no immediate
cause of alarm. It is known that
Senator Millard has been workiaff
upon this matrer since last summer,
and has had t opatgil :aUu Igwa-wtta
the generals of the army in which ne
presented some potent arguments fa
vorable to these posts, and why they
hould be imoroved. The imnression
urevails in the war office here that
heavy detachments of cavalry will be
stationed at the
durinz the year.
three forts named
A GUN FOR ROOSEVELT
Prince Henry Selects His
Presents
for Americans.
BERLIN. Jan. 24. Admiral Prince
I neurv ul rrussia seiecieu. at iae
court jeweler's, about fifty presents
for Americans with whom he will
come especially in contact during his
visit to the United States. The pres-
ents include several gold and silver ! side to cheer the respective champions
boxes set with diamonds; they have I and there 3eemed to be a solid Iine
the emperor's monogram, encircled I up on each side of the political affair.
with diamonds, enameled on the lids;
beautiful silver cups with "Hohenzel
Iem" enameled on them: gold and sil
ver cigarette cases, on which his ma
jesty "s autograph is U"aced in small
diamonds, and small compasses, en
cased in gold and silver boxes, with
"Hohenzollem" enameled on them.
Official secrecy is maintained as to I
what the emperor and Prince Henry
will present to the president. Rear Ad
miral Robley D Evans and Miss Al
ice Roosevelt, though it is well known
that his majesty will send Miss Rocae
ve!t a jewelled bracelet and Prince
Henry will probably offer the presi -
dent a fine hunang gun. with inter-
changeable shot and nfle barrels, and
its accompanying equipment.
OPPOSED TO FREE SUGAR.
Argument Against that Feature
of
Cuban Reciprocity.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. At the
session, of the Cuban reciprocity hear
ing Nathan L Stewart presented the
case of the Michigan beet sugar in-dusa-y-
He said that S7.700.00O was
new invested and this indusny bad
! grown up within three years. He ar
j gued that congress had induced the
, invesanent and should not destroy it
by granting concessions to Cuba.
j C. D. Smith of the Michigan Farm
ers" insaaite appeared at the request
of the governor of Michigan to present
the view of the farming interesu en
gaged in raising beets. He spoke in
opposition to Cuban concession, as did
F. P. Hathaway of Michigan and Her
bert Myrick of Massachusetts.
While the hearing was going on a
petition was circulated on the floor of
the house requesting the ways and
means committee to make no change
in the tariff laws likely injuriously to
affect the beet sugar industry-
Iowa's St. Louis Exhibit.
DES MOINES. Ia.. Jan. 24. If the
plans of the committee are carried
out. Iowa's buildings and other show
ings at the St. Louis exposition will
be among the best. The total of
525S.OOO is suggested. Of that amount
$ inn.oon is for the main building. W0.-
000 for manufacture exhibits. 20jD00 ,
for the adminisaation buildings and
accessories and S40.000 for music and
art. A bill will be drafted by Sena-
tor Berrv of Indianola for presenta- . ,. -- ru i-
.... 'Fair commission. Mrs. jfcry Phelps
aon to the legislature as soon as Gov- ... - , .fc 7 -..
- . , anpointed a memcer of the lacy
emor Cummins report on the expo-1 . . . .. . . ,
. lapoomted a member cf tne ooard of
siaon matter is submitted. ., : , ,r
lady managers. Mrs. Montgomery is
Offers Bill for Higher Pay.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan.
'i
Representative McLeary tooay intro- ,. . . ..
, " ,.,, . , ,'l!sti. She received the appomanent
duced a bill to increase the pay of i - , . , ., .
. ,. .-,,'o"i maaau of Commissioner McBnda.
riiral free delivery carriers from S.i"0
to ("" for the first yar.
the second year and S770 for
year.
S (50 for
the third
Dick Introduces Militia Bill. j
WASHINGTON. D. C Jan. 24. '
.... I
Representauvp Dick of Ocio today in-
oduCo4 rhe bill agreed unon bv the
maa omcers ot rn several states ;
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to increase the efficiency of the- mil-
iaa.
Gunboat Ordered to Colon.
i WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. As a re-
suit of renewed activity of the liberal
iQTXXS ot Colombia on the isthmus of
Panama. Secretary Long has ordered"
lll goiiuuaj. jianetia. u pruceeu to
Colon on the gulf side, in order to
j co-operate with the cruiser Philadel
phia at Panama on the Pacific side, m
keeping close waam on any develop-
' ments which may threaten United
States interests or treaty rights and
in stopping them in that event.
Cam Sugar Has Hearing.
WASHINGTON Jan. 24. The Cu
ban reciprocity hearings before the
ways and means committee were de
voted chiefly to case sugar interests
of Louisiana, who are opposing; the
proposed concessions to Cabs, os ths
ground that it will cripple the sugar
production of that state. A Targe
number of the planters " aancfac
trers of the 3tate were present and
ths allied interests o beet
I tabasco were luuieaenred.
A MILITARY POST
TMC HOUSE PASSES THE APPRO-
y PMATIQN FOR THE PURPOSE.
IT mi JE MNLT AT MANILA
" the OM Partisan Fire Inject
1 lata the Praceaainga Partisan
Cemes from Both Sides of
ASHINGTOX. D. C, Jan. 23.
Saaae of tke old partisan fire was in
jected into the proceedings of the
kWKe today when the irem in the ur
gent delciency bill appropriating
SaOC'.fWO for a military post at Manila.
waJck tfce- democrats have been using
as a, text for speeches in apposition
.fatftwejrffagxas. t" jcv ofoaadmia
istratian far the last three days was
read.
Mr. Cannon, in charge of the bill.
' "Messed that the appropriation was
! abject to a point of order and it
Weac oat- Ie Iieu thereof he offered
' aa amendment to appropriate the
same sum for "shelter and protecaon
' of the officers and the enlisted men
; of the army on duty in the Philip
i pines. This the chair held to be in
order and it at once became the sub-
Jct ol a
" k. . .. . l i.4 ..! ...
? which Mr.
Richardson, the minority
leader Mr Williams of Mississippi
and Mr. DeArmond of 3Iissouri were
pitted against the chairman of the
appropriations committee.
Partisan applause came from each
But when the vote came. Mr. Cum-
mings. a New York democrat. vot"d
with the republicans, aiming angrily
on his political brethren as he did so
and with clenched fist in their faces,
crying out that he hoped he might
be paralyzed when he refused to
vote to protect an American soldier.
The vote on the adoption of the
amendment stood: Yeas. 127; nays.
100. Before the general debate closed
Mr. Watson paid a beautiful tribute
to the late President McKinley.
MUCH FOR THE CANAL.
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Success of Liberals Means Gccd
Treatment cf the Enterprise.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2C. General Mo
desto Carces. second in command of
the Colombian insurgent forces, said
today with reference to the artiaide
f his party on the canal question
"The liberal parry in Colombia is
anxious that the United States shall
Wn. BMKHl
aacL.coauDl the. Panama
canal, and if in power will enact a
new consaaitiou granting the United
Sates land requisite for the canal in
perpecity. It shall concede better
terms than exist as to annual pay-
menu? due the Colombian government
on account of its previous conauct
with the French canal company. If
successful in esaiblishing a govem
; ment the liberal party will be in po
: siaon to a-eat officially with the Uni
ted States regarding all canal mat
ters, i "The situation in Colombia. he
continued." is this: The liberal armies
located at different points throughout
the interior of Colombia number
( more than 20.000 men under efficient
j generals. All are volunteers, serv
' ing without pay. and have met with
most encouraging success in capairing
strategic pouits. When these armies
are increased in sa-engrh by the re
ceipt of arms and ammunition al
, ready shipped to them we believe the
Colombian government will be forced
, so capitulate or amend its constiai
I taan ta conform with the clear-cut
: motSaci ideas which the liberal party
; is fighting for. and particularly relat-
i me to tne ranama canai.
New Member Appointed.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Jan. 23. At
a J
rriAcr'Ti nf rno ferterarec worms
if
a daughter of John S. n. Phelps, -xio
was member of congress from Mis-
roH and zr.rornnr nf Hvs rire rjhonr
Mabel Scofiefd a Suicide.
DES MOINES. Jam 23. At th- ex
clusion of the taking of testimony for
the saits in the trial of Charies
Thomas, accused of the murder of
Jiiui iTtnuueiu iuit; uia.ii lj "jars
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Iff-.!...-' C?.'.-a.U -I .
P"' "" . 1JU . .
; rjm rs-n rhs 7-r.nirt rrnr rr n-irt nnr
the ground that it had
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bsen shown that there was any mur-
der committed. The court held that
I"
was a case cf suicide.
Schwab Meets Emperor.
v it..A. jan. .i. ine mayor ot j
Vienna presented Charies M. Schwab,
president of the United Sates Steel
corporation, to Emperor Francis Jo
seph at the citizens' ball tonight. The:
emperor and Mr. Schwab conversed
at some length on commercial mat
ters. The emperor expressed his re
gret at the early departure of Mr.
Schwab from Vienna, as it would pre
vent his majesty from receiving him
again.
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Must Trust tn Brigands.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 23. it is
tmderstcod tr the American nego
tiators for the release of Miss EHen
3L. Stone and her companion. 2me
Tsilka. ro whem the money subscrib
ed for the captive missionari was .
sent, may have to entrust the fends
to the brigands for same days J-?are
th latter release the captives, in ac-
cerdaace with the precedent adapted j
hi ths case of fonasr brieanda:
Taaxd'tr iaaist ci -this point.
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Attorney General Knox advises tne
committee on pub lie lands that con
gress has absolute power to conrrol
game preserves within the limits of a
state.
It is rumored that King Edward has
decided to establish a permanent
bodyguard of a squadron of Indian
cavalry, which will be quartered in
London.
Captain A. K. Rice, one of the best
known attorneys in Indiana, died at
Lafayette of neuralgia of the heart.
He served with distinction in the civ
il war.
Representative Stephens of Texas
introduced a bill for the union of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as a
state, to be known as the state of
Gklaaema.-
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Three hundred men were thrown i
out of emplovment and a loss of S200.-
n.vk ,j u.- ,- . - .i.
GOO caused by tne burning of the
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Michigan Buggy company's plant at
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Five hundred custom clothing work-
ers have been locked out at Chicago
in rhe attempt of the manufacturers
to stamp out unionism among the
tradesmen.
Samuel W. Heagan of die Heasan
Manufacturing company, manufacair -
ers of mantels, dropped dead from
apoplexy in Louisville. Ky. He was
5S years old.
It was ananunced from the federal
office at Guthrie that in order to pre
vent contest all homesteaders should
be on their claims in the new country
by February n.
President Day of the McKinley Na-
aonal Memorial associaaon nas re-
1 ceived from Joseph Jeff-rson. the ac-
i tor a check for 5100. to be added to
- the memorial fund.
Mrs. Frederick Leure. who. as Ca-
milla Urso. was famous for fifty years
in Europe and America as a violinisr.
died in New York. She was born in
Nantes. France. June 1C. 1S42.
The battleship Wisconsin has arriv
ed at Valparaiso. Chile. The Iowa.
' "a uwu m Ui-' uoclt Ai iAlca-
nuano. and the Wisconsin will pro-
ceed north in about ten days.
General Wood has appropriated
S3 17.00 for rhe consuTiction of a pier
and freight house at Matanzas. Bids
- ... , .
iui Liis uiiv ui utf uueaeu jiarcn
i. A bond of S25.00u will be required.
Represenaiave Wiley of Alabama
ina-oduced a bill designed to prevent
the holding up of trains for the pur
pose of robbery. It provides a pen
alty of death or life imprisonment for
the guilty parries.
The house committee on rules de-
cided on a .change, of .the rules so as
to exclude the general public from
the floor when the house is not in
session, except on card of admission
from a member of congress.
The masters and piloa? in session
j at Washington were occupied mainly
I in the consideration of the by-laws.
It was decided to admit to member
ship pilots with state licenses, in
cluding the pilot commissioners and
the local inspectors of the inland
lakes.
The Sofia correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says that the Amer
ican delegates to effect the release of
Miss Stone, the captive missionary,
have arrived at Djumama on the Bul
garian frontier where it has been as
certained that Miss Stone and Mme.
Tsilka are hidden.
The federal telegraph admimsrra
aon of Mexico is making successful
experiments in wireless telegraphy.
Cecil Rhodes has secured the con
tract for furnishing beef to the Brit
ish army in South Africa. The meat
will be aansported from the colonies.
Aubrey Thomas De Vere. the Irish
poet, is dead. He was born in 1?14.
President Quin of the American as
sociaaon base ball ciub announced
the signing of Catcher Shaw of the De
troit team and Pitcher Altrock of the
eastern league to play with the IiI
waukee team.
At a meeting of the members of
the Chicago Athletic association reso
lutions were adopted pledging the co
operation of the association in pro
mcang the interest of the Olympic
games to be held in Chicago in 13M.
William J Anderson, formerly a
banker of Kansas City died in New
York of consumpaon.
American capiailisa; have made
large purchases cf land in the saite
of Vera Cruz. 3Iex.. where they will
raise tobacco on a large scale.
The anu-oleomargarine hearings
were continued before the house com
mirx3e on agriculture. Grand Master
Jones of the National Grange and ex
kepresenaiave Grout presenting res
olutions for resaicting oleomargarine
and like produca?.
The navy department has aiken
over the torpedo boat Goldsborough.
building at Portland. Ore., by Wolff
dt Zwicker. and will complete the boat
at the Puget Sound naval station, de
ducang the allowance from the con
tract price for that purpose.
The National 3uflding Trades coun
cil closed its fifth annual convention
at Worcester. Mass. Resolutions were
adopted condemning the action of the
central aades and labor unions of
Sa Louis in issuing a boycott against
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The federal telegraph admnusaa.-1
aon of Mexico is making successful j
experiments in wireless telegraphy.
The sre-story Adams building at , -
Chattanooga was destroyed by fire.
The loss on the building is $40,000.
insured for $15,000.
Services in commemoration of the
birthday of General Robert E. Lee
were held throughout the south!
Elaborate preparations are being
made at Cincinnati for the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the or-
der of Scottish Hits Ttfasaas.
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EXFERT AS CAsvWETJWAKEK.
Minneapolis has a successful cabinet
maker is. the person of Miss Hela
Heisser. whose work is equal in point
of excelleace to that of any of her
masculine competitors. She has set
up her bench in her own apartments i
fashioning snma n-riaTii niaci of work
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out ot tne rougn ooarus wmen sne pro
cures from a neighboring lumber yard-
Miss Heisser is her own designer and
her work not only shows excellent
workmanship., but originality along
lines that are soundly artistic Her
work has ranged from an ordinary
kitchen saelf to the finest kind of del-
iuaici wruugni. ii.ue manugrinj uuio i
and chests of drawers. The young
cabinet-maker has had no assistance.
and the ara n "formation from rough
boards to the. polished and carved
work is accomplish! wholly by hand,
1 iwb-Woo
are bought in
rough ,
boards ud Heisser even does her
I ot veneering. The finest piece of
. r M . .
work aimed out last fall is a any ma- .
hojnajr qJ, ,QUr -ach I
t in. height and five and a half inches I
ia ,dtIl Tais min?a:ure piece of fur- I
j aini.re is for a man's writing aible and I
intended for small articles of dress
pins, saids. cuff links and collar but-1
. tons. Quite in contrast to this is a
I heavy, solid dark walnut reading table
1 ith a sloping top on which to rest
heavy books. A substantial bench be
longs with this table A large and
1 handsome piece of work is a screen
' six feet in height in three panels. This
was carved and stained green. Some
of the finest carving has been done on
boxes and jewel cases, but book racks
also affard an opportunity for carving
and work in color. Until this fall she
, has been occupied chiefiy m teaching.
, She took the manual training course
at the central hish school and followed '
this by a course in kindergartenmg. '
, While in school she executed several
( SQd pieces of construcaon work anil
' "ood-carving. following designs made j
' by her sister. Miss Margareaie E. aeis
' ser. art teacher at the Moorfaead nor- j
mal school and formerly a leader of .
the Minneapolis art colony. For near- i.
ly two years Miss Helen Heisser taught
' manual training at the school for the
- feeble-minded at Faribault, giving up
g WQrk: l:ist 3ammer.Chicago
; Chronicle.
AN INCOMPARABLE SYSTEM.
t I That of Transportation in tne lnit!
State.
One of the important factors in the
strength of ourindustriaI posiaon is
the unquesaaned superiority of our
transportation system, says Frank A.
Vanderlip in Scribner's Magazine. If
( one has fresh in mind the picmre of j
our luxurious a-ains. mammoth en
gines, and. mare important still, our
standard fifty-ton freight cars, it
"makes the Europeans seem- like -ama-4
teurs In the science of transportation
when we s1 their toy cars, small la- ;
camotives. and generally slow-going
administration. If one looked into the
matter with tne eye of an expert.
studying the unit of cost, the freight
charges per ton per mile, or the mil
eage rate for passenger service, and '
made comparative statistics of the ton- '
nage of freight trains and the cost of i
moving them, he would discover a i
startling lack of efficiency, both in
Great 3ritain and an the continent.
Perhaps it is not quite fair to make
comparisons of the average cost of
freight traffic per ton per mile in
America and in Europe, because the
average haul is much shorter there, and
terminal expenses of a haul are prac- ,
tically the same whatever its length. .
The average charge per ton per mile
on all American railroads for all class
es of freight is now less man i of a
cent. If wp take th suuistics of the
eastern trunk lines alone, that figure .
would be cut to about "- em per ton
per mile. It compares with 2.4 in
Grea: 3ritain. 2-2 in France. 1.5 in
Germany, and 2.4 in Russia. One of
the most remarkable iliustraaons of '
the failure of European managers of
industries to keep pac with th times
i found in a comparison of the ef
ficiency of their railroads with ours.
English railroads charge three un
as much to move a ton of fre:zhr as
it can be moved for in America. Eng
lish railroad managers have failed ro
grasp the economies that ar made
possible by heavy tramc by the use cf
engines of enormous capacity and
freight cars that will carry fifty tons.
But if the English railroads have
failed to keep pace with ours, what
can be said of the continental roads?
Short trains, with pigmy freight :ars.
each car holding only about eight tons,
mak? clear to any layman the handi
cap which high transporaition charges
have laid on indusay all over Europe.
Tha English of Aanrrsila-
One of the gold field papers in west- '
em Australia has been bewailing the
unculazred "accent" adopted by edi
cated" ehiidren in the "Wesauiian ,
state schools. In proof of this such ;
example.- are given as ""ee-yuh" for '
here." "patickler" for "paracuiar."
bin." for "been."' and "seen" for
' "saw." It is pointed oat. however, i
' that in other pare of the Australian '
continent a more objectionable form
of language, the us of slang, predomi- i
nates. A head is a "top-piece" or a
"napper." eves -lamps' or "ogles." an
i ear is a "lug", or a "paddlebox, a
mouth is a "kisser" or mush." a face
is a "dial or a "phix. and legs are
"dutches." an abbreviation of "Dutch
' pegs." London Daily Chronicle.
Fraac Depopulation.
1 The official report of the French
' minister of commerce on the census
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of ii-u is accompanies oy taoulated
statistics of a detailed character The
population ut r ranee is iijalitia.
There were 255.084 marriages in 1500.
J.a divorces. s2i5 oirths. and S33.-
2S5 deaths. This gives a diminution o
23.S8S on-the population. Striking an I
average for births and deaths for the
ten years. 1SS0-35. it appears .tere
was an annual increase of 22,715. From
comparisons made of cninquenn
riods during the last fifty yea:
has been established that during the
last twenty years the excess of births
over deaths ?- been much less" than
dnrisg-tie prrriana rerieds.
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