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OVER I FEW MONTHS
American Oonsnl Btoire Declares that Boars
Hare No Chanco to Win.
SPEEDY BRITISH VICTORY IS ASSURED
Lord Kitchener Will Follow General Plana
of Lord Boberti.
GREAT PART OF BURGHERS CRY FOR PEACE
Btoriei Charging British with Ruthless
Burning of Farms is Discredited.
TALK OF SEDITION IN CAPE COLONY FALSE
United State Likely in Get n III
Part of nn Immrntc Trade from
South Africa So Soon a War
I at an Mud.
LONDON Deo. 4. James O. Stowe. tho
United States consul gcnernl at Capetown,
landed at Southampton today.
Mr. Stowo, who la taking a long dolnyod
loavo of absence and who will sail for tho
United States on December 1G In tho St.
Louis, said today:
"I glvo tho war in South Africa four
months to come to nn end. in my opinion
It Is bound to bo snuffed during that period.
I do not bcllovo Lord Kitchener will do
much moro then any other general. Tho
general plan of tho Drltlsh campaign U
bound to bring about tho result. More
over, Ihero aro 16,000 Door prisoners In
Coylon, St. Helena nnd Capetown, all of
whom aro anxious to havo an end of hos
tilities. "Shortly boforo I loft Christian Uotha, a
cousin of Louts Botha, got up a petition
among lila follow prisoners at Capetown,
urging tho commandant general to make
pcaco. A majority signed the petition,
which undoubtedly represented tho aggro
gato opinion of the Door prisoners.
Iloer Varum Not Hunted,
"All this talk about burning farms 1b bun
combe. Tho only farms which aro de
stroyed are farms from which shots aro
fired at tho Drltlsh, or thoso which aro
obviously used to shelter tho Doers."
Mr. Stowo went on to relato several In
ntanccs whore tho Drltlsh had good excuso
for burning farms, but refrained. He said
ho did not bollovo tho rumors of sedition
in Capo Colony would result In much.
"Splendid commercial opportunities arc
bolng openod up In South Africa," said
Mr. Stowo, "of which tho United States ore
only bogtnnlng to tuko advantage. As soon
as tho fighting Is over South Africa will
bo ono of tho best markets In the world, a
market where tho Drltlsh thcmsolves ndmlt
that wo aro already outstripping them,"
Referring to tho service of Adelbcrt S.
Hay, United States consul at Pretoria, who
is expected to return to tho United States
In tho course of a few weeks, Mr. Stowo
said:'
"Mr. Hay has won golden opinions on
both sloes, although for a time 'somo un
pleasantness oxtstcd In his relations with
the Doers, owing to tho assertion that
bo wan a Drltlsh spy."
I'oaltlnn of Vebter Davl.
Ho rxprcsscd hlmsolt as unablo to un
derstand the attltudo of Webster Davis,
former assistant secretary of Interior of the
United States, "considering tho fact that
Mr. Davis mnde pro-Drltlsh speeches while
bolng entertained in Capo Colony."
In Mr. Stowo's opinion Sir Alfred Mtlner
will ovontually become governor general of
a groat South African federation Includ
ing tho Door Tepubllcs and Rhodesia.
"MUnor," he said. "Is tho man of tho hour,
a man who In power and resourcefulness
might bo compared to Qrnnt."
KRUGER CROWDS IN COLOGNE
Boer Sympathizer Gather In Front
4 of Ilrltlali Conaulnte, hut Are
' Illaperaed by 1'ollce.
COLOGNE, Dec. 4. An anglophobo dem
onstratlon took place today In front of tho
British consulate hero. Mounted police dls
pcrsed tho rioters and arrested tho lead
era. Serenades and ovations of Mr. Kru
ger, planned by various societies, havo
been forbidden In tho interests ot publl
afoty.
Knoi-Drirrt Force Fought All JJay,
LONDON, Dec. 4. General Kitchener re
ports from South Africa that tho mounted
troops ot General 'Knox wero engaged all
day long Sunday with part ot Qcnoral Do
wet's forces north ot Bcthullo. Tho Doors
ho added, wero headed oft and retired In a
northeasterly direction.
Transport Kllputrlck nt Port Said,
TORT SAID, Dec. 4. The United States
transport Kllpatrlck, which sailed from
New York, Novorabor 13, for Manila, In
command of Captain D, M. Arnold, carry
Inqj 900 enlisted men for the regiments In
tho Philippines, tins arrived hore.
SAID TO BE FROM OMAHA
Man Calling: llliiiMflf firnrur Mnlthy
Shoot Himself In New York
Hotel.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. A man who reg
istered na Onorgo Maltby, Omaha, Neb
shot himself behind tho right car In
roc m In the Grand Union hotel, Forty-
second street, early this (Wednesday)
morning. Ho was taken to Ilcllevuo hos
pital and will dlo.
Tho police found SO ccnts( n pint ot
whUky and thrca unsigned letters In his
pockots. At tho hotel It was said tho man
had registered thcro ou Monday, Tho lot
tors wero addressed to his wlfo and other
relatives nnd plainly Indicated that tho
man committed suicide. The letter to his
wlfo was addrcsccd to Mrs. Qoorge Maltby
17 Mortou street, Now York City. The
night clerk at the hotel said that tho man
crnm hero on Monduy night and engagod a
room. Two months ago ho was at tho ho
tol with his wife, who was protty nnd
stylishly dressed. Maltby thon had plenty
of money nnd spent It lavishly. Tho clork
said that Maltby Is well connected, but ro
fused to glvo furthor Information. Ho does
not believe that Maltby comes from Omaha
but thinks ho Is a Now Yorker.
Zella Slay Keep William' Watch.
LIMA. O., Dec. 4. William Ulgolow, who
hart his sweetheart, Kcllu Manuhan, nr-
rcsieu on wiu ciiurgo ui alleged pocxet
ricking, because ot her refusal to surrendur
his wutch, which Bho hud won on nil elec
tion wager, toduy wlthdrow the chargo and
mo case was tiismiasuu. iiigeiow nun ro
reived letters irom au parts or tho coun
try criticising mm tor ins action.
Kllllna In Kentnoky Mountain.
MIDDLESHOHO. Ky.. Dee, 4,-At Ar
?thur, Tenn., lodny, Jumes Johnson, nged
w ', nuui v-urry miiiiuiu, UKLti ll years,
" Johnson claimed that It was uccldcntnl,
He, later acknowledged 1:1s guilt. Ilntlleld
was shut near tho heart with a small bore
riu. ,
.-C ajflDET
.11 III II II II
Foreign Itepreacntntlvc
kin
Aaaemlilc, lint Are I'll nil.
Ilo Any Ilualneaa.
PEK1.V, Dec. A. As was expected tho
meeting of tho foreign envoys today did
not result In any definite conclusion owing
to tho fact that not all of tho governments
havo notified their representatives as to
tho form of tho preliminary noto to tho
Chlneso plenipotentiaries.
Mr. Congor, tho United States minister,
said after tho meeting: "Apparently It Is
tho deslro of all to arrtvo at a satisfactory
conclusion. I bcllovo tho next meeting will
bo tho final one, but wilt not bo called until
overy minister has recolvcd Instructions
covorlng tho matters. Personally I nm
atlsflcd with tho results of tho proceed
ings today."
LONDON, Dee. D. Tho Shanghai corres
pondent of tho Morning Post, who bcllovcs
that tho powers will withdraw tholr forces
from Pckln In order to onablo tho court
to return says:
"Tho policy of scuttlo once begun every
power would endeavor to be the first to
conclllato tho Chlneso. Europe has already
ost her face so utterly that no further
yielding could make her degradation
worse."
"Natlvo papers report," says tho Shang
hai correspondent of tho Tlrae3, "that the
court has decided to Issuo nn edict order
ing the decapitation of Prlnco Tuan and
Qcncrnl Tung Fu Hslnng."
Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times on
Monday from Pckln, says: "Evldenco has
been produced proving that Captain Wattr.
Jones wan murdered after four days' In
human torture, eight marches beyond Kal-
gan.
"Tho statement thnt tho customs rovonuo
Is being remitted to Stan Fu Is erroneous.
Tho only money remitted to tho court has
been tho provincial silver contributions to
tho central government."
CHINESE AVOIDING A FIGHT
Knlvnii Kxpoilltlon Largely n rnlliirr
on Till Account Dlnturli
unce In Interior.
LONDON, Dec. 4. A special dispatch
from Hankow Pass, dated Novombcr 30,
says tho Knlgan expedition was Ineffective,
tho Chlneso ovadlng nil attempts to cngago
them. Tho towns enrouto wero occupied
unopposed and somo tolls of skins and
liver wero levied. Tho cavalry captured
tho baggago of tho retreating Chlneso forco
at Swen Hwa Fu, killed thirty ot Its guards
and secured 30,000 tucls.
Three mandarins, who wero Instigators
of tho massacre of converts at Swon Hwa
Ku, and twenty-threo Iloxers wero killed,
but tho Hermans generally Ignored evi
dences of untl-foreign activity.
Thcro lira continuous disturbances In tho
Interior, whero, tho dispatch adds, a bad
Impression has been made by tho execsstvo
withdrawal ot forotgn troops and the com
placonco of tho allies. Tho missionaries
antlclpato a recurrenco of tho outrages.
The Westminster Gazctto says It hopes
Great Drltaln will not drift apart from tho
United States' Bunslblo China policy, owing
to tho supposed neccrslty tor supporting
Germany's forward policy.
WILL PROTECT BISHOP ANZER
Military Qovcrnor of Shan Tans;
l'romlae a Safe Journey on War
to Conference.
DERLIN. Dec. 4. During the debate In
tho Reichstag today on tho supplementary
credit ot China, Daron von Rlchthofcn, sec
retary of foreign affalrB, Informed Horr
Debet, the socialist leader, that tho China
expedition was not regarded exactly as an
act of war, but as armed Intervention
against an anarchistic condition of af
fairs not permitting continuance of a cer
tain amount of Intercourse between Ger
many and the lawful government ot China
Tho mlnlstor of war, General von Gossler,
declared that whllo epldomlcs were rlfo
among tho troops In China, tho deaths
wero only one-third of 1 per cent of tho
cntlro expeditionary corps
Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstoln, the Ger
man minister to China, cables that he has
received a conciliatory dispatch from
Yuan Shi Knl (tho military governor ot
tho province of Shan Tung) assuming full
responsibility for tho safety of Bishop
Anzer, who Is nbout to proceed to Tsl
Nan Gu to confer with Yuan Sbl Kal.
VICEROYS SATISFY SEYMOUR
Muater of Sltuutlnn In China and
Make Guurantlc for
the Future.
SHANGHAI, Doc. 4. The Yangtso tIco
roys, who are masters ot tho situation, gavo
Vlco Admiral Seymour satisfactory assur
ances ot their future policy on tho occasion
of his recent visit to theso officials.
iicrmun Killed by Iloxer.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 4. It Is reported In
Tien Tsln that tho Ocrmnna lost twenty
killed nnd many wounded west of Too Ting
Fu, whero they wero attacked by 2,500
Doxcrs.
A quantity of loose powder exploded In
tho last arsenal occupied by thn Russians
It Is supposed the explosion was caused by
two Chlneso smoking. Doth Chinamen
wero killed. Tho shock was folt at Tien
Tsln, four miles away.
Are fiotntr Amilnt Ileuulnra.
DERLIN, Den 4. A dispatch from Field
Marshal Count von Waldorseo, dated Pckln
Monday, Dccembor 3, says: A considerable
forco of Chlneso regulars has taken up a
position nt Dang Cbou, nlnoty-tlvo kilo
meters southward nt Tien Tsln, and
two detachments of troops from Tien Tsln
commanded by Colonel Lohrscheldt and
Major Falkcnbayn, are proceeding against
theso Chinese.
About to l,oe III Hend.
TIEN T8IN, Monday, Deo. 3. Tang Weng
Huan, tho author ot tho outrages upon tho
Pao Ting Fu missionaries, arrived today
and was paraded through tho Victoria road
In a cart under n strong Gorman guard
previous to being handed over to the pro
visional government for decapitation.
MANCHESTER OUT OF OFFICE
Action of Ilankrupt Court Prevent
lllm NltlliiK In the Houae
of I.oril.
LONDON. Dec. 4. Tho Houso of Com
mons, after a visit to tho Houso of Lords
today, whero royal approval of tho ro-olec
lion, of the speaker, Mr. William Court
uuuy, was signmeu, procoeueu to swear in
tho meuibors ot the House ot Commons.
Tho only Interesting feature In tho House
of Lords was tho lord chancellor's an
nouncemcnt ot the receipt of cortlficatos
showing tho duko ot Manchester and liar on
Sudelsy had been adjudicated bankrupts,
precluding tneir sitting.
Lower llnte for Seaboard Iron.
NEW YORK. Pec. 4.-A reduction
about 40 cents will be made, on Jnnnnrv
111 freight rates on pig Iron and billets from
Pittsburg to .ho seaboard. It Is likely that
concessions will also be mudo in otlur
manufacturing centers.
ENVOYS MEET
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL TAKEN UI1
Senator Frje Yields Gatel and Takes Floor
foi His Favorite Projeot.
ARGUMENTS FOR MEASURE ARE PILED UP
Stntlatlca Offered SlioirlnfC Thnt It
Coat Store to Operate Vecl
Under the American Flag
Thau Under Other.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The program of
tho scnato leaders for a business session
was taken up in earnest today and ma
terial progress was made. What Is pop
ularly known as tho ship subsidy bill was
made tho unfinished business ot tho scnato
Instead of tho Spooner Philippine measuro.
,'ho discussion was opened by Mr. Fryo ot
Maine, chairman of the commltteo on com
merce, from which tho subsidy measure
was reported. He addressed the senato for
moro than an hour and a half. Rccog-
Izcd by his colleagues as nn authority
pon tho subject, ho was accorded close at
tention. Ho had not concluded when tho
senate adjourned.
The great crowds of yesterday wero nb-
sent and business on tho lloor proceeded
during tho day prcclsoly as It would In
mldscsslon.
As soon as tho session opened tho cre
dentials ot Senator-elect Dolllver o f Iowa
was presented and ho was sworn In. Mr.
Dillingham, the now member from Ver
mont, was assigned membership on tho fol
lowing committee: Civil servlco, en
grossed bills, territories, transportation
routes to tho seaboard, additional accom
modations tor tho library ot congress and
Indian depredations, and Mr. Dolllver to
Paclfla railroads, agriculture, education
and labor, Interstate commerce, postof-
flces nnd postroads and improvements ot
tho Mississippi river.
Calendar Hill Ined.
Dills on tho calendar wero passed ns
follows: To authorlzo tho depositions be
fore naval courts In certain cases with an
amendment restricting Its operation to dep
ositions taken at tho lnstanco ot tho ac
cused; to authorlzo Captain N. M. Brooks,
superintendent of foreign malls, to accept
tho docoratlon of the Red Eaglo of tho
third class from the emperor of Germany;
to authorize Hon. Georgo D. Melklejohn to
accept a decoration of chevalier of tho
first class from tho government of Sweden
and Norway; to encourago tho holding of
an Interstate and West Indian exposition
in Charleston, S. C, In 1901. The measuro
appropriates I2G0.000 nnd admits exhibits
froe of duty.
Tho resolution offered by Mr. Chandler
on May 2G last to refer tho credentials ot
William A. Clark and Martin Maglnnts,
appointed sonatorH from Montana, to tho
ccmmlttco on privileges and elections was
called up by Mr. Carter ot Montana, but
wont ovor until tomorrow.
Ship Snhaldy Menaure.
When tho unfinished business, known aa
tho Spooner Philippines bill, was laid be
fore tho senate nt 2 o'clock, Mr. Fryc, hav
lng previously yielded the gavel to Senator
Galllnger, moved that the senate proceed
to tho consideration of the bill "to pro
mole tho commerce and Increase tho tot
elgn trade of tho United States and to
provide auxiliary cruisers, transports and
seamen for government uso when noccs
sory," or, as better known, the ship sub
cidy bill. The effect of tho motion waB to
raako the ship subsidy bill tho Unfinished
business.
Mr. Jones (Ark.) demanded the yeas and
nas. Tho motion prevailed, thirty-eight
to twenty, as follows:
Yeas
Aldrlch,
Allison,
Galllnger, Penrose,
Hale, Perkins,
Hanna, Piatt (Conn.),
Hansbrough, Plntt (N. Y.),
Hawley, Quarles,
Hoar, Hcott.
Kenn, Snwell,
I.odgo, Shnup,
McComas, Stewart,
McCumbcr, Thurston,
McMillan, Wotmore,
Mason, Wolcott 38.
Nelson,
nuKer,
uaru.
nevcrldge.
Carter,
Clark,
uuiiom,
Dolllver,
Klklns,
r-oruKer,
Foster.
Fryo,
Nays
Bacon,
Derry.
Hutler.
Heltflold, Sullivan.
Jones (Ark.), Taliaferro,
Kenney, Toller,
Lindsay, Tillman,
Morcnn. Vest.
Cluy,
CocKrcll,
Culbcrtson,
Harris,
Pettlgrew, Wellington 20,
I'cttus,
the sponsor for the bill, ad
Mr. Fryo,
dressed tho senato In explanation of It
HIb statement was elaborato and at times
eloquent. This great maritime nation, ho
said, was placed In a position humiliating
beyond expression by the present condition
of our merchant marine. With a boundless
seacoast, unparalleled and unapproachable
national resources, shipbuilders the equal
of any in tho world, the groatost exports
In tho world and every other argument in
our favor, the United States had permitted
Its commercial rivals to seize tho pathways
of commerce nnd to hold thorn practically
to tho exclusion of this country.
Heuntor Frye Vurnlaliea Stutlatlra
Last year, ot all tho enormous exports
nnd Imports of tho Uutted States, only 3
per cent was carried In United States bot
toms and tho United States paid to for
eign nations $500,000 a day for doing car
rylng trade work for this country. He
pointed out that during tho war with Spain
the United States was forced to search the
sens ovor for auxiliary cruisers and trans
ports becauso we had sacrificed our carry
ing ships.
"The world," sold Mr. Fryo, "has entered
upon a fierce commercial war and It Is to
bo a long and strenuous conmct. Kaeli
nation Is seeking tho advantage of Its
rivals In this conflict and Is pressing for
ward to gain that advantage. Most ot tho
foreign nations nro looking for commercial
ndvantngo In tho oast. Russia, for Instance
Great Rrltnln, Italy and Germany nro pay
ing an aggregate of 15,000,000 a year In sub
sidies for tho carrying ships ot tho eastern
trade."
He pointed out that under present con
dltlons It cost tho United States from 10
to 80 per cent more, principally In wages
and food, to operate Its ships that It costs
Great Drltaln and about 80 per cent moro
than It costs Norway and yet tho Unltcr
States Is forced to coinpeto undor such n
handicap with tho encouraged and protected
ships of foreign countries.
Mr. Frye discussed at some length tho
question of export bounties and dlscrlmlnat
lng duties, maintaining that export boun
ties wero Impractablo and that In tho matter
of discriminating duties tho United Statoa
would encountor no loss than thirty-one
different treaties, Thoso would have to
bo abrogated It discriminating duties are
enforced. Tho abrogation' of theso treaties
would bo an offense to every nation In
volved.
"Our relations with European countries
today," said he "aro most amicable. Do
you think It wise to disturb theso relations
nt this time."
Coat to Operate American Crnft
Mr. Fryo said ho could seo no reason why
any man ehould favor free ships as
remedy In this connection tie referred to
the shipyards of the United States and
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
SCHEMES OF GOVERNMENT
Delegate to Culm it Convention Kn-
gaired In FormulnglnK Pinna
for the Fnture.
HAVANA, Dec. 4. Tho Cuban constitu
tional convention resumed Its sittings today
with an air of business. The first thing
done was to defeat overwhelmingly the
motion ot Senor Gunlherto Gomez to dis
cuss General Wood's nddrcss nt tho open
ing ot tho convention. This action probably
will closo tho Incident.
Three complete constitutions wero sub
mitted by General Rlvora, Sonor Qucsada
and tho negro General, Mora, respectively.
These will bo printed and distributed among
the dclcgntes, who will discuss them later.
Gcncrul Rivera's proposed constitution
provides for n president, a senate, a house
of representatives, a governor for each of
tho six provinces, n legislative body for
each province nnd for ono member of the
houso of representatives for every 30,000
Inhabitants, with election by popular vote.
His schemo calls also for the election ot
thrco electors In each municipal district,
whoso duty It shall bo to elect a loglsla
tlvo body of cloven for tho province In
which they reside. This legislative body
shall elect tho governor and four members
of tho scnato. Finally tho six legislatures
nhnll meet nnd chooso tho president, who
must bo n natlvo Cuban. Candidates for
senatorial honors must have incomes ot at
least $1,600 a year.
General Rlvern's Idea is to havo tho
Dower Invested in tho central government
and tho convention virtually pledged Itself
to ouo stnto government? at yesterday's
secret session.
Sonor do Quesada's proposal will centra
lize tho government In a president, senato
nnd houso of representatives elected by tho
people, suffrage being restricted to edu
cational qualifications.
General Mora offered for approval the
constitution of tho United States, with tho
exception thnt nnyono who fought In tho
war might bo chosen president. His pro
posal leaves tho question ot an army and
navy to bo decided by congress.
Senor Zayns offered a clause providing
thnt a Judicial body higher than tho su
preme court should bo elected by popular
voto und providing thnt nny official re
moved from olllco should bitvo tho right of
appeal to this body.
Senor Fcrrnrn, submitted a general cdu
catlonal scheme.
AFFAIRS IN PORTO RICO
Governor Allen, In III MeaanKe to
llouac of IlelcKUtea, Com in cut a
Upon Marked I'roureaa.
SAN JUAN, P. R Dec. 4. Tho Porto
Htcan houso ot delegates, which was har
moniously organized yesterday, Senor Man
uel F. Ilossy being elected speaker, met
today In Joint session with tho oxocutlvo
council, tho two bodlos adopting a resolu
tion to cable grecllngn to President Mc-
Kinley. Governor Allen's meBsago was well
received. It points out that the finances of
tho Island are in a satisfactory condition,
showing a balance of $1,5S3,496. Tho re
ceipts from May to October, lncluslvo, were
11,041,690. Tho sum of 1209,668, tho bal-
nnco duo from the customs, will bo usod
to refund the chief revenue customs which
cease in 1002.
Tho governor rccommcuJs anfequltable
system of tjxntlon, InoludhvJrfjJsc, . in
heritance fax and a direct' j,T'upon real
efitnte, together with a genL.il valuation
of all property and the abolition ot mu
nicipal taxes. Ho announces that there aro
now 800 schools In tho Island, an Increase
of 184 during the last year.
Tho reorganization of tho judiciary sys
tern is recommended and nn argument la
mndo In favor of simpler forms of munlcl
pal government.
Tho houso of delegates submitted to tho
governor n petition for the pardon of all
persons Imprisoned on political charges
slnco tho beginning of tho American occu
pation. Tho exccutlvo council hos decided
not to grant n subsidy to the French rail
way company, but It has granted n fran
chlso for tho construction of a pier at
Ponco to J. D. Luce.
BREAKS OUT OF BEDLAM
John Arraatronif Chnnler, Former
Ilnalinnd of the Strenuon Amelle
Hive, ISludca III Keeper.
NEW YORK. Dec. 4. John Armstrong
Chanter, former husband of Amelia Rives,
and who has been confined In DIoomlngdalo
asylum at Whlto Plains, has escaped and
Is supposed to bo wandering about the coun
try In Westchester county.
Mr. Cbanler has boen confined In DIoom
lngdalo aiylum slnco February, 1897. He
had tho frco run of tho grounds and could
como and go at will, as ho was looked upon
as a harmless patient. Dr. Lyon, tho su
perintendent ot tho Institution, said today
that n careful search was being made for
tho missing man and that ho hi.d no doubt
but that ho would bo found within twenty
four hours. He was last seen walking
toward Hamroneck.
Chanter was woll known In this country
nnd Europe ns tho tlrst husband of tho
Princess Troubetzkol, formerly Miss Amelia
Rives, the authoress, Overcome by anxiety,
harassed by business annoyance, to which
he was unaccustomed, and disappointed be
causo ot bis wlto's second marriage, his
mind broko down. It became so enfoeblcd
that his friends decided to place him In tho
asylum, whero ho could havo absolute
quiet. For more than n year previous to
tho tlmo ho entered tho asylum Mr. Chanter
had boen eccentric. His chief delusion
seemed to bo that ho was a sort ot Dr.
Jekyll nnd Mr. Hyde.
Couatulile'n Friend Are Furlnu.
FORT WORTH. Tox , Dec, 4,-F.ugeno
Falkticr nnd James W. Chapman, accuseil of
murdering Constable Peter Hlnln In Dallns
by saturating his clothes with turpentine
and then llrlng It, wero brought hern toduy
by a strong sheriff's guard uml lodged in
Jail, Thoy narrowly escaped being lynched.
The olllcert) hero nro npprelienslvo that nn
effort may bo made to take tho men from
Jail. The excitement Is Intense nnd threats
are mndo thnt the men will bo burned nt
tho Htuko If they full Into the hnnds of tho
fi lends of tho dead constable. Tho prison
ers refuso to make any statement.
Kx-Goreruiir Ilruilley'n l'lun.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 4.-From mo
tions nnd ntlldavlts tiled in tho court of ap
peals today It 1h evident that ex-Governor
llradlcy and other nttornoys will try to
bring tho former Judgment of tho courts In
the contest cases over minor state otlices
up for review by the court of appeals nftor
Its reorganization In Jnnunry, when Judge
O'Rear (republican) goes on tho bench, giv
ing tho republicans n majority In tho court,
IlnomliiK St. l.oul' 1)Ik Fair.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 4. A lnrgoly attended
meeting of the various committees of tho
Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition
wiib held nt the Mercantile club tonight,
in nddltton to locul speakers Governor
Dames of Oklahoma npoko on tho im
portance of tho fulr to help exploit the re
sources of his territory. Now HUbscrlntlnns
of 1201,000 were announced and a further
meeting. cnneu tor uccemoor iv.
Movement of Ocean Veel, Ilcc. ft
At New York Arrived FtirneHsla, from
Glasgow. Sailed Cymric, for Liverpool.
At Qucenstown Arrived Oceanic, from
New 'i.ork, for Liverpool; Ultonla, from
Doston, for Liverpool.
At aibrnltnr-Snlled KnlBer Wilhelni II,
At tho Lizard Passed, Dec. 6. 2:10 a. m.
tlpAlnvlii V -. , 1 . , r .. I . . .
a iiuiii i.uw unit, iui iiumuurK,
At Liverpool Arrived Llvoulan, from
jiiumrtrtu.
MRS, CASTLE'S DYING OATH
Solemn Final Assertion of tho Dead Woman
Produced in Court.
WORDS WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON TABLET
Melodramatic. Scene In Conrt When
AVItnea llrnmlinck Tell nt
Scene Attendlnic Deathbed
Statement.
ELDORADO, Kan., Dec. 4. Today In the
Jessie Morrison murder trial tho tlmo was
cpont In nn effort on tho part of tho pros
ecution to prove tho nuthontlclty of a
deathbed statement of Mrs. Castlo, which
It desired to Introduce ns evidence. Two
physicians, Mrs. CoBtlc's pastor, Rev. Mr.
Wharton, his wlfo's daugntor, ana Austin
lirumbaek. brother ot tho prosecuting at
torney In the r.aBt, depicted the scono at
the bcdsldo of tho dying woman. They
told how bIio, unablo to speak becauso ot
tho wounds In her throat, nodded nsscnt
as questions pertaining to tho affair with
Miss Morrison wero put to her and how,
finally, she signed her name to tho state
ment nnd wrote tho words: "Dy my Ood,
It Is true."
The statement declared that Jessie Morri
son had provoked tho qunrrel with tho
dead woman nnd then slashed her with a
razor.
A thrilling sccno occurred during the
cross-examination ot Urumback. Ho bad
been requested totetl whnt quostlons ho
had asked and what answers ho had re
ceived whllo he was taking Mrs. Castle's
statement. To nnswer tho question Drum
back related tho statements mndo by tho
wounded woman; described tho approach
of Jessie Morrison to Mrs. Castle's homo
and told of tho preliminary conversation
between tho two women.
AVI t no Ueeomen Slelndrnmatle.
As Drumback proceeded his volco grew
loud nnd his speech cnphatlc. His right
arm went out In doclslve gestures until
he reached tho point whero he snld that
Jcsslo Morrison handed Mrs. Cnstlo a let
ter to bo read nnd that while the latter
perused tho prisoner "took out her razor
and cut her throat." As ho said this Drum
bask sprang to his feet nnd drnmatlcally
passed his hand through tho air as If he
clutched a razor.
Mrs. Wiley, mother of tho murdered wo
man, put her handkerchief over her face,
as If to hldo tho picture, and Olln Castle's
mother covered hor eyes with her hnndker
chief. Every head In tho court room was
Immovable with nil oyca straining for
ward. Jcsslo Morrison never flinched. She
looked straight In front of hor and, aside
from tho fact that her cheeks grew a lit
tle whiter and she closed her eyes for a
minute ns Drumback concluded, her ex
pression did not chance. Olln Castlo was
not In tho court room.
Tho Jury was excused and Dr. O. F. Am
brose was called to tho stand. lie de
scribed tho manner In which tho state
ment was made. Grouped around Mrs.
Castlo's bed wore witness. Austin Drum
back, Dr. Nooglor and Mrs. Wharton, wlfo
of tho dying woman's pastor. Mr. Drum-
back .'told- Mrs. Castlo to tuako a state
mem, and then' as'he 'asked questions bhe
wroto down the answers on a tablet ot
paper hold by Mrs. Wharton. As sho wroto
the answers, Dr. Ambrose rcaiT them aloud,
und ns each answer was read Mrs. Castle,
unable to utter n word, would nod hr head
In assent. This performance tasted many
minutes and during that time It was fre
quently necessary to wipo tho blood from
tho patient's throat to prevent strangula
tlon.
ClinllriiKe the Statement.
Dr. Ambroso two days Inter hnd again
showed Mrs. Castlo tho statement. Sho
nodded thnt sho recognized tho pnpor,
signed It and wroto: "Deforo my God, It is
truo."
Tho defonso objocted to tho admission
of this last sentence, snylng that tho prose
cutlon when ordered by tho judge somo
time Blnco to turn over all Mrs. Castlo's
writings to tho defense, had not surron
dcrcd tho slip of paper containing these
words. Tho objection was sustained.
Tho cross-exnmlnatlon ot Dr. Ambroso
was directed against seven lines ot the
dying statement that had been written by
Dr. Ambroso himself, and added to tho
other statements mado by Clara Castle and
copied by Drumback. Tho lines in ques
tion wero theso:
"I had Just finished sweeping when
first saw Jcsslo at tho gate. Defore swocp
lng, I took tho rdgs to tho board walk,
whoro I cleaned and left them. I do not
know who fastened tho screen, but I pro
sume I did, as I usually kept It closed,
mako this ns my dying statement."
Mrs. Castlo had not said theso words to
him, witness admitted, but Bhe hnd given
tho information to others, nnd sho assonted
to it before sho etgnod tho statement.
At tho afternoon session Austin Drum
back, Mies Edna Wharton and Rev. Mr.
Wharton testified, corroborating Ambroso'a
testimony that Mrs. Castlo bad not ex
pectod to get well and that she believed
she was making hor djlng statement.
WILL WIND UP ITS AFFAIRS
International Pncklnir Company at
Meetlnir of Stockholder Decide
on Liquidation.
CHICAGO, Doc. 4. Liquidation of tho
International Packing company was or
dered toduy at a meeting of tho stock'
holders and tomorrow Chairman John C
llatcly will announco a commltteo of thrco
to represent tho sharos In this process
Tho bopdholdcrs will name a similar com
mlttco of throo to look after their In
terests and a plan will bo arranged If pob
slblo to discharge tho first mortgngo Hen
and leavo something for tho prcfarenco
shares. Whether tho common stock will
get anything Is doubtful and tho assets
must bo handled with grent skill to sat'
Isfy prior Hens. Tho downfall of tho com
pany Is Bald to havo been caused by too
closo competition, In which the packing
companies known ns tho Dig Thrco wore nr
rayed against tho International.
Tho International Packing company was
organized In 189C to acqutro tho old In
tcrnatlonal Packing company, T. E. Wolls
company, Allorton rucking jompany, J
C. Hatoly, Hately Dros. and Jones & Stiles
I succeeded the Drltlsh corporation known
as tho International Packing and Provision
company. Tho other preferred and common
stocks and the first mortgago bonds wero
exchnnged for now stocks of new classes
and debenture bonds.
31 r. Stnddurd Hue for Divorce.
nOSTON. Deo. 4. Mrs. Mnrv J. Stoddard
has filed a petition nt the Middlesex county
couri ror a aivorco irom nor nusuami, jonn
I.. Stoddard, tho woll known lenturr. Mrs
Stoddard chnrges desertion. Sho asks for
tne custouy or tneir son, xneoiioro Htou
aara, it year, om. nnu just alimony.
Quarrel Knil In SunutliiK.
RXCELSIOR SPRINGS. Mo.. Dec. 4
Tiiomas .Mo.Miincn snoi una ruiuuy woumioi
his stepdaughter's husband, A. F. Cham
bers, on tho street here. The shooting1 wns
tho culmination of a family quarrel and
was witnessed uy nan a ilozen people,
uowi men aro prominent in nusincss.
0NDITI0N OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Fair Wednesday
nnd Thursday; North to East Winds.
Temperature at Umulin jcatcrdnyl
Hour. Hen. Hour. l)rn.
n n. in ill 1 p. m. 12
u n. m :tt a p. in iti
7 n. m ZU2 :i p. m tit
N n. m 4 p. m ntt
It n. m :tU O p. m Ill
U a. in III! II p. m 17
11 n. m 7 p. m I."
1U m :iU 8 p. in lit
n p. m. :tn
ARD0NED OUT BY PINGREE
Men Convicted of Groa I-'rnud Upon
the State Iteeelve Hxeeutlve
Clemency.
DETROIT. Mich., Dec. 4. Governor Pln-
grce, nt 10 o'clock tonight, announced that
ho had pardoned both W. L. White, ex
quartermaster general, and A. F. Marsh, ex-
Inspector general ot tho Michigan National
Guard, who were convicted of complicity In
tho stato military clothing frauds, upon the
payment of a $3,000 fine by each. Ono
thousnnd dollars of tho fino Is to be paid
on January 1, 1901, and a llko sum on tho
1st of Jnnuary, 1002, 1903, 1904 nnd 1905.
Whlto was committed to Jackson prison
today to begin tho ten-year sentence Im
posed on him yesterday by Judge Wlest,
nnd Marsh Is under bonds pending tho ro
sutt of an appeal of Ills case to tho supremo
court.
Governor Plngrco's announcement ot tho
pardon says:
Theso men entered Into a cntiBiilrucy with
tho Henderson-Ames company, n corpora
tion commised of tiromltieiit nnd lnlltientlal
citizens of Kalamazoo, to defraud the Htatn
or n largo amount or money in coniicciion
with tho enlo and repurchase of military
elothliik'. One PvoketntnlT. who win tho
ngent for tho llendcrson-AincB company,
was. ncronllng to inn testimony, uctivo in
engineering tho fraud. The circuit Judge
nnd the orosecutlnir attorney of Ingham
county, who hud control of tho proceedings
before thu grand Jury, mnde no effort to have
tne grand jury tiring nil the guilty parties
to Justice, but permitted the Heven member-
of tho Henderson-Ames company nnd their
agent, Hyokcrstnff, to go free.
'hub inerrectuni nnu ouc-shicu ximi or jus
tice Is not consistent with mv Ideas of right
nnd wrong, and has hud great weight In
determining my notion In these cases.
itestitution nan Been miiuo to me stnto ny
the Henderson-Amos comnaiiv and Marsh
and White nnd tho nmount which thu statu
lost by the original transaction hits been
returned with Interest. Restitution having
been mado my Impulse 1h to plnco nil tho
guilty ones on the same footing, and I
thcroforo grant William L. White and
Arthur F. Mnrsh n pardon upon their pay
ing Into tho treasury of Ingham county
15,000 each.
C0MET0GETHER IN DENSEF0G
Collision of "Work nnd Frellit Train
In California lleaulta In
Ulft-ht Death.
SACRAMENTO, Cal Dec. 4. Shortly
after 8 o'clock this morning a work train,
carrying its crew ot botwocn fifteen and
thirty track repairers, backed Into frotght
train No. 201, a few miles east of Sulsun,
and In tho wreck which followed eight men
wero killed and Bome- twenty moro Injured,
many of them seriously. From tho meager
reports received It appears that tho freight
train had tho right of way and was run
ning at full speed in order to meet and
pass another freight nt Sulsun. Tho work.
train should havo been "on fl Hiding nnd
was making' for It ut a good rate ot speed
when it collided with tho freight. At the
tlmo there was a heavy tog prevailing and
it was posslblo to discern objects tor only
a short distance, so tho shock ot tho col
liding trains was torrlflc. AU tho casualties
aro reported to bo amongst tho mon ot
the worktraln, as (tho engineers and fire
men Jumped and saved themselves.
Over 200 feot of track was torn up nnd
tho cars were smashed and pllod up on each
other In every conceivable shape. A wreck
ing train Is on the scene ot the dlsastor,
WILL NOT APPOINT DEMOCRAT
Governor Mnil Still I'eralata the Sue.
ceaaor of the Late Senator Davl
rtc a Republican.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dee. 4. Governor Llnd
Is still finding difficulty to find a republican
who will accept the appointment to tho
United States scnato. He was called on
today by many members of his own party
who aro Inclined to protest at his decision
not to appoint a democrat, claiming that
somo leader ot tho party should bo given
tho honor, even though tho term would ex
pire within six weoka or two months, when
tho legislature acts. L. L. Drown ot
Winona, recently democrat candldato for
congress to the First district, Is being urged
nnd former Congressman C. A. Towne, ts
not altogether out of the case. Such ro
ports as have seemed most rollablo today
have been to tho effect that tho governor
was anxious to appoint somo good repub
llcan, whoso appolntmont would moot with
tho endorsement ot tho republicans In tho
legislature. Thoso latter, however, aro In
town In force, and tho opinion Is generally
expressed nmong them that any republican
who accepts an appointment from a demo
cratic governor need ask no favors ot thorn.
MANY CATTLEMEN ARE THERE
Internntlonnl Live Stock Kspoaltlon
and It Conjunctive Sale Draw
Crowd from Kverywhore.
CHICAGO, Doc. 4. Immcnso crowds wero
present today when tho Judging of tho vari
ous classes ot blooded animals on exhibition
at tho International Llvo Stock exposition
at Doxter Park pavilion was continued. Tho
exhibitions ct the agricultural colleges of
Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and Iown
aro regarded as ono ot tho most Important
features ot tho exposition and tho anlmuls
bred and raised by tho students ot thoso
Institutions, nbout 100 In number, were ex
amlned with great Interest by stock raisers,
In a number ot classes so far Judged thoy
havo received first, second and third prizes
something never nttalnod by agricultural
colleges before. Exhibits of cattlo aro mado
by Michigan nnd Wisconsin and numorous
breeds of sheep and swlno aro shown by all
four colleges.
Tho salo of stock ot tho Hereford Dreed
era' association started today and hundreds
of prominent stockmen from all over tho
country were present to bid for tho various
grades ot blooded cattle.
FORTY CASES OF SMALLPOX
Health Ofllclal of .New York 1)1-
cournKed at Failure to Con line
Dlaenan to (Ine Illock,
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Forty eases In tho
pesthouso on North Drothers' Island, ono
new caso In tho lnfectod district on tho
west stdo and two deaths to duto, was tho
condition of tho smallpox outbreak today
as reported by tho Hoard of Health. Nono
of Hie officials took any comfort from the-
fact that but one now case devolopcd to
day, as against eight on Monday, for tho
smallpox has overleaped tho bounds to
which they had tried to confine It In th
neighborhood of "All Nations' Dlock" in
West Sixty-ninth stroot, whero it started
They aro now satisfied that they will havo
many moro cases to deal with.
PANTS FOR RED GORE
Ganoral Moroier Talks inFr cnohSenata of
Descent Upon England.
NVASI0N DECLARED TO BE FAIRLY EASY
Bchcmo Much Moro Practicable Than It Was
in the Days of Napoleon.
NAVY-PREPARED TO ACT AT ANY MOMENT
Demand is Made for Provisions for Speedy
Mobilization of Army.
GREAT BRITAIN'S STRENGTH NOT SO GREAT
Government Itefnse to Conalder
lleaolntlou LlmhraeliiR; Speaker'
Idea and Motion 1 Declared
Out ot Order.
PARIS, Dec. 4. General Merclcr caused
deep sensation in tho Bennte today dur
ing tho debate on tho naval bill by point
ing out tho ease by which England could
bo Invaded. He demanded that tho gov
ernment introduce into tho pwns for tho
mobllzatlon of tho nrmy, tho navy methods
for tho rapid embarkation nnd debarka
tion of nn expeditionary corps.
Tho president, M. Fnllcrles, interfered.
declaring that such proposals wero out ot
order.
In the courso of an extraordinary speech
General Merclcr said:
"In view of tho possibility of war with
Great Drltaln the uso of tho army is not
sufficiently taken into account. Tho times
aro not the sumo ns they wero 100 years
ago. Steam, tho navy, the telegraph and
railroad have rendered tho problem of tho
lnvnslon ot England much easier ot solu
tion. Moreover, England herself Is no
longer tho samo. Tho Transvaal war has
shown that the Drltlsh army, although
brave, Is not equal to tho task which Eng
land expected It to porform. Tho Drltlsh
navy Is powerful, but It has many coasts
to defend.
"Franco, therefore, Is numerically Eng
land's equal at certain points and Is even
her superior In the Instruments of de
struction. History furnishes many In
stances of mutiny In tho English navy at
tho moment of battlo. A landing In Eng
land Is, thorcforo, not beyond realization.
"This Is not only my opinion, but nlso
that of high naval officials. Tho Drltlsh
premier recently expressed significant fears
and if tho princlplo of landing Is admitted
the practical means of execution mny bo
discussed.
"I venture to think that tho work I pre
pared whllo commanding nn array corpB
could servo as a basis tor ouch a project,
which would not bo expensive."
At this point protests were raised and
M. Falleries asked General Merclcr not to
enter Into tho details ot the scheme. Gen
eral Morcler replied that the schemo could
bo "hold over tho head of England llko tho
sword of Damocles" nnd hp reported a res
olution thnt tho government w'ouid bo In
vited to complete' Immediate preparations
for tho mobilization of tho army and-navy
by preparing everything necessary to em
bark and disembark ns rapidly as possible
an expeditionary corps.
Protests wero raised from various
bencher and M. Do Lenessan, minister of
marine, followed tho president's ruling
that tho motion waR out of order in tho
present debate, declaring, amid cheers, that
tho government could not possibly accept It.
Idea 'Worthy of the Man,
LONDON. Dec. f. Tho Morning Post
seizes tho occasion ot General Merclcr's
speech In tho French scnato yesterday to
crltlclso tho weakness ot Drltlsh defenses,
which, It nays, must bo attrbutcd to red
tape, but tho papers generally treat Mer
clcr's outburst In u spirit of banter.
'It Is an idoa worthy of tho courageous
soldier who porjured Dreyfus into a living
gravo and who, as minister ot war, sat
shivering with terror during a whole night
nt tho Elysco lest Gormany should declare
war ngalust Franco," says tho Dally Chron
icle, and most of the morning papers com
ment In a similar strain.
Tho Dally Graphic sayB: "We trust that
Genernl Mcrcler's harangue will awaken
sober public opinion In France to tho dan
gers tho public Is courting by allowing na
tionalist firebrands so much llconse."
Tho Standard says: "Tho Incident In
rathor encouraging to Englishmen who es
teem and respect France because it proves
that responsible Frenchmen aro not dis
posed to deal equlvocnlly with proposals
having a tendency to disturb the good ro
tations between tho powers."
GLOBE IS ON THE WARPATH
Jlniro Oraan Voice the Sentiment of
the Kxtreme Section In
Knit land.
LONDON, Dec. 4. "Morclfulty," says tho
Pall Mall Gazetto, "not even tho con
scientious Router has cabled the full flftoen
columns of President McKlnley'a message.
This was wise, slnco no English paper
could possibly havo printed It, to tho neces
sary exclusion from its pages of Doer and
other things that really do stir tho great
heart of tho people. Tho most interesting
section, however, China, is given fully, but
It cannot bo said that Its length Is equiva
lent to Its strength."
Tho Globo airs tho ultrn-jlngolstlo
opinions, o( which It has almost a monopoly.
Taking for its text tho rofcronco to tho
Isthmian canal It declares that Washington
is "not entitled to overrldo our treaty
secured rights In any part of Ccntrat
Amorlca, except with tho consent of our
government. Tho Hay-Paunccfote compro
mise goes farthost In cxtrcrao conciliation
and represents this country's very last
word, and tho United States must either
accept tho proposal as It stands or abide
by tho tilling of tho Clnyton-Dulwer treaty,
how'over embarrassing Its provisions may
bo to American imperialism."
Liner Knocked Over by Hammer Ulow
PARIS, Doc. 4. Owing to a misdirected
hammer blow by ono of a numbor of mon
working near tho keel of L'Aqultalno at
Havre yesterday tho liner sprung a leak
and tho water entered her machlno rooms,
causing hor to hoel ovor. Her moorings
broko and tho Htngo connecting tho quay
with tho vessel fell, precipitating threo
mon into tho water. Tho mon woro quickly
rescued nnd measures wero Immediately
tnkon to pump out tho leakage.
Czar Able In Sit Up.
LIVADIA, European Russia, Dec. 4. Tho
physicians of tho czar Issued tho following
bulletin today:
Tho cznr passed the last twonty-four
hours very Hatlsfnctorlly. Yesterday even
ing his temperature was 100.0 and hla pulse
RO. ThlH morning his temperature was
pulse, M. His general condition f
very good. His majesty Is now ublo to sit
In nn Invalid chulr ut Intervals during tho
day.