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CONCORD AT LAST
Fowiti Coma to Satisfactory Decision on
Joint China Note.
VON BUELOWS CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTED
Claiaoterizaticn of Dtmand'i as Irrevocable
the Only Elimination. .
DEATH OF PRINCE TUAN INSISTED UPON
Ohinete GoTerntnent Required to Pay Heavy
Indemnity.
TAKU FORTS MUST BE RAZED TO GROUND
Term Inserted with it View lo Pre
venting the lleuurrenee if Aull
Korelitn Uprising" at Any
Future Time.
LONDON', Dec. 12.-Tho negotiations of
(bo powers In regard to the joint China
nolo wero concltiJeil satisfactorily yester
day, all agreeing to tho condition!) Iden
tically as outlined ly Count von Buelow,
tlio Imperial cbanccllor of Germany, No
vember 19, with tlto exception of tho Intro
ductory clausn saying the demands are Ir
revocable, which Is 'eliminated.
Count von Iiuolow, on tho occasion of
his first appearance In tho Ilclchntag as
Imperial chancellor, on November 19, after
making a statement defining Germany's pol
icy towards China and outlining thn Anglo
German agreement, proceeded to rIvo tho
complete text of tho demands which tho
representatives of tho powers In I'eltln bad
at that tlmo agreed to recommend to their
representatives to embody In a collective
noto for premutation to China, as follows:
Artlclo I An extraordinary mission,
lieuded hy n Imperial prince, shall be sent
to Berlin In order to express the regret of
tho emperor of China und of tlio Chinese
I;uvcniiiint for tho murder of Horon von
Cetteler. On the scero of tho murder a
monument worthy of the nrsa-sslnnted
minister shall bo erected, with an Inscrip
tion In I-'itln, German nnd Chinese ex
pressing tlio regret of the emperor of China.
Artlclo II (a) The death penalty Is to ho
Inflicted upon Princes Tuan and riumn?,
upon Duke Lnr. und, further, upon Ylwr
Nlen, Knng Yl, Chao Shu rhino, Tung Full
Blang, Yu llslen nnd other ringleaders
whose names will be given by the represen
tatives of tho powers, (b) In n'.l places
where foreigners havu been killed or mal
treated ottlclal examinations shall be hus
k titled for tlvo years.
Artlclo III Tho Chinese government shall
erect a monument 111 every foreign or Inter
national cemetery which has been dese
crateil or where the graves have liecn de
stroyed. Artlclo IV Tho prohibition of tho impirt
of arms Into China shall bo maintained un
til further notice.
Artlclo V China has to pay a Just in
demnity to governments, corporations and
Individuals, ns well as to thouu Chinese whi
suffered during the recent uvents in person
or in property owing to having been in tho
rvlco of .foreigner!.
Stutter of Indemnity.
Count von Buelow hero Interpellated the
remark that It was Intended to effect a
further understanding with tho powers on
tho principles on which claims should bo
presented. TIiIb particularly applied to tho
caso of missionaries,
Artlclo VI Every single foreign power Is
granted tho right of maintaining a perma
nent legation guard and of placing tho
quarter of I'eklu whero tho legations nro
situated in a state of defence, Chinese i.ro
not to be nllowed to llvo In that quarter of
Pekln.
Artlclo VII Tho Tnku forts nnd those
forts which might prevent free communica
tion but ween Tekln und tho ecu, shall lo
razed.
Artlclo VIII The powers acquire the right
of occupying certain ports upon which they
ogren nmong themselves for tho object of
lnnlntalnlnK freo communication from tho
capital ami the sea.
Artlclo IX Tho Chtneso government Is
bound to p'.Mt Imperial decrees for two
ears nt all sub-prefectures, In those de
crees (a) to belong to any iiiitl-forcign sect
Is forever forbidden under penalty of death,
(b) Tho punishments Inflicted upon tun
guilty aro recorded; (o) to prevent fresh
disturbances. It is declared that the vlco
roys, as well as the provincial and local
authorltlon, aro niado responsible for tho
ninlntenaneo of order In their districts, In
tho ev. it of fresh anti-foreign disturbance!
or other infringements of tho trentles which
are not at oneo stopped anil avenged by
punishment of the guilty, thoso ofIlcl,ls
shall bo promptly deposed nnd never again
entrusted with official functions or Invested
with fresh dignities.
Artlclo X Tho Chlnosn government under
takes tu enter upon negotiations with re
tard to such alterations In tho existing
commercial and navigation treaties as tho
foreign governments consider to lie desira
ble, as well as retarding other muttons
which aro concerned with facilitating com
mercial relations.
Artlclo XI Tho Chineso government shall
be bound to reform tho Chineso Foreign
oltlco and tho court ceremonial for tho ro
ceptlun of tlio foreign representatives, and
to do so In thn senso which shall bo duilucd
by tho foreign powers.
FEW DIVORCES IN CANADA
In Last Thirty-Two Ycura lint S7:i
Legal Mrpnratloiia Have llcru
(runted,
OTTAWA, Ont.. Doc. 12. During tho lost
7ear bills of dlvorco wero granted In Can
ada as follows; Ontario, three; Quebec,
ono; Northwest territory, ono; Nova Scotia,
five; New llrunswlck, C; Ilrltlsh Columbia,
two. In tho thirty-two years alnco confed
eration thcro havo been granted by Parlia
ment and tho courts 271 divorces In tho
whole Dominion of Canada. In Ontario, with
a population of 2,114,321, thero havo been
granted torty-flvo divorces; In Quebec, pop
ulation 4,448,415, sixteen divorces; In Man
itoba, population 152,600, ono divorce; in
Nova Scotia, population 450,000, nlnety-ono
dlyorces; In New llrunswlck, population
821,300, seventy-threo divorces; In Ilrltlsh
Columbia, population S0.200, forty-threo dl
vorces. Thero has not been n divorce In Prince
Edward Island, with a population of 100,000,
In thirty years.
Germany AVnnts tlun of New Pattern.
BERLIN, Deo. 12, In the Hclchstag today,
referring to tho reports that n division of
tho Herman army had been recently armed
with a new rifle, tho minister of war, Gen
eral von Gossler, admitted that! In order to
keep abreast with modern requirements,
the War ofTlce was negotiating with a Scan
dinavian Inventor for the pattern of an au
tomatic brcochloader. The pattern, how
ever, had not yet been supplied.
Csur Ilnllet Int to IHxcoiitlnue.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 12. Tho czar's
physicians announce that his majesty's
malady has run Its course nnd that his
recovery Is proceeding In ijulto a regular
manner. Honce, with his majesty's ap
proval, tho bulletin will now cease.
tiernmuy Acta for the XrOirrlanda.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 12. At the rcquojt of
the Netherlands government flermany has
telegraphed to tho German consul nt Lou
renio Marquez to tnko caro of tho Nether
lands Interests during tho absence of a
Patch consul from that port.
OPPOSE LANDLORDISM
Irish
ulu
ran OTirien'M Hca-
1'otnl Abolish-
System.
DUBLIN, Dec. -"Wi Hi i llil con
vention resumed Its suwion today, John
Redmond presiding. After resolutions had
been adopted amending tho constitution of
tho United Irish lcaguu nnd making the Na
tionalist convention an annual fixture, Wil
liam O'Brien moved a strongly worded reso
lution In favor of tho abolition of landloid
lrm In Ireland and the transfer of tho soil
to tho occupying proprietary. Ireland's
struggle, ho declared, should continue with
out ceasing until the landlords wero forced
to abandon their present Intolerable system
of dual control.
Ono branch of tho Irish league, continued
Mr. O'Brien, will devote Its tlmo to bring
ing to the doors of landlords, land grabbers
and their castlo allies tho Inconvenience of
landlordism. Tho resolution was adopted
amid tho utmost enthusiasm.
Tho convention adopted resolutions favor
ing the abolition of landlordism nnd Invit
ing Messrs, Thomas Sexton and Michael
Davltt to return to I'nrllament. Tho sub
scriptions announced to tho Parliamentary
fund Included iMOO each from tho Hon.
Edward Blako nnd tho Freeman's Journal.
Resolutions appealing for funds from
America and elsewhere, to bo used against
Jury packing nnd for tho propagation of tho
Irish language, wero adopted,
Timothy Ilcaly Is not a whit disturbed
hy his exclusion from the Irish pnrty. Ho
has neither tho Intention of resigning nor
nt forming an opposition section. Ho Is
avowedly hostile to Mr. Dillon nnd still
moro so toward T. P. O'Connor, who, Mr.
Hiuly alleges, Is behind tho whole move
ment, and ho Is utterly hopeless of tho
ratiso of Ireland. In tho courso of n lengthy
Interview Mr. Hcnly said to a represcuta
tlvo of tho Associated Press:
"I caro nothing for tho nctton. Inns
much ns such action and such scenes hurt
our cause, I shall take no notlco of tho
resolution, nor, It I can help It, will nay
of my parliamentary supporters. My con
stituents passed a voto of confidence In
mo lust Friday, I shall acknowlcdgo It
and continue the best I can to help
Ireland on tho lines I havo pursued for tho
last twenty yenr3. I shall look upon Mr.
Redmond ns my leader and follow hla
wishes. But thu O'Brien crowd Is not likely
to let Mr. Redmond continue long In the
lcndershlp."
Loudon Comments mi Convention.
LONDON, Doe. 12. The newspapers re
gard today's nationalist convention nt Dub
lin ns n remarkable victory for William
O'Brien, but comment at length on the
turbulent scenes. The Times thinks Mr.
Redmond must regret tho candor of his
opening speech, whero ho warned the audt
onco that If tho proceedings ended In a
spectacle of rancor nnd disorder the evil
effects would continue for n lifetime.
Tho Dally Chronlclo, always sympathetic
with Ireland nnd homo rulo, says:
How long will tho tongues of their own
delegates bo tho greatest stumbling block
tho Irish havo to overcome in their strugulo
for homo rule? How long will nationally
meetings contlnuo to furnish the detractors
of Ireland with weighty arguments for frus
trating reasonable hopee?
Tho Dally Nows says:
Mr. O'Brien must henceforth bo tho real
Under of Irish nationalism, nrd his formal
adept Inn cannot be long delayed If Mr.
Redmond is ro-olect?d parliamentary chair
man next session it will simply be ns an
Instrument andt puppet of Mr. O'Brien. Of
his obvious fervent patriotism, in the Irl'h
cense. tlnrn can bo no doubt. He is a sen-
crous, single-minded enthusiast. His sa
gacity Is less obvious.
SULTAN IS VERY CORDIAL
Amcrlcnna nt Dinner nt Ylldlc Palace
Are Trentrd Trttli Marked
Courtesy und Friendliness.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday, Dec. 11.
Tho Americans wore the only foreigners at
tho dlnnor given nt the Ylldlz palaco Mon
day. Tho sultan snt between the grand
vizier nnd tho United States charge d'
affaires, Mr. Orlscora, nnd showed unusual
cordiality. His majesty'n display ot exces
sive friendliness for Captain Colby M. Ches
ter of tho battleship Kentucky Is
attributed to his desire to demonstrate that
tho visit of the Kentucky to Smyrna has
produced no Irritation.
Somo question has arisen In regard to an
nlteiatlon ot tho clause In the contract for
building a cruiser for Turkey in tho United
States concerning the supply ot ammuni
tion, but no Importance Is attached to It.
Captain Chester sailed for Smyrna today
In order to rejoin thn Kentucky. Prior to
his depnrturo ho thanked tho authorities for
his ngrecablo visit, of which, he added, ho
will retain tho most plcasnnt memories.
PANAMA REBELS DEFEATED
Coventor Alliuu .Scores Victory for
Gov eminent After Three Huya of
FlKhtlnu; nt Tuiuncon,
COLON, Colombia, Dec. 12. Ofllclal dls
patches havo been received from Governor
Alban of tho stato of Panama announcing
that after a threo days' engagement Tu
macoa, tho former stronghold of tho Insur
gent movement, was reorcupled by tha gov
ernment troops on December 4 and that
Galtnn has been destroyed.
Governor Alban, who lotumed to tho city
of Pansmtt today, will hand back uninjured
to Its owners tho British steamer Tuboga,
which was seized UBt month by tho Colom
bian government to transport an armed ex
pedition from Panama to thu port of Buena
Ventura, and wnn there used In the bom
bardment of tho robel position on Points
llpznn and Sollado.
I.oiiir Term for Leap .Mnjrate,
BELGRADE, Doc. 12. M. aenchlts, for
mer minister of tho Interior, has been sen
tenced to seven years' Imprisonment for
leso majeste and publicly Insulting tho gov
ernment. Mary lleiill)- Means It.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 12. Mary Straurh,
who left her homo and mother in Tacoma,
Wash., to Join the Church of tho Living
Ood colony In Maine, has signed an agree
ment whereby nil but $.W of her 43,000
eMuto will never reach tlio church, She
had originally declared her Intention to turn
over tho entlro s.im to thu church ami Tin
elder came hero with her to get the money.
Miss Strauch left for Malno this afternoon.
Movement of (leenit Vesela Hep. 12,
At Now York -Arrived Bouthwnrk. from
Antwerp. Sailed Cevlc, for Liverpool; Now
York, for Southampton; Duutschland, for
Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cherbourg;
Germanic, for Liverpool.
At Movtlle Arrived Astoria, from New
York, for Glasgow.
At Southampton Arrived, Dec. 1,1 St.
Louis, from 'Now York, Sal'ed Kaiser
Wllhelm der Grosse. from Bremen, for
Cherbourg and New York.
At Yokohama-Arrived. Dec. 9 Victoria,
from Tacoma, for Hong Kong,
At Antwerp-Arrived, Dec. u Kensington,
from New York, via Southampton.
At Liverpool Arrlvtd-Hylvanla, from
Boston.
At Portland, Mo. Arrived Cambroman,
from Liverpool,
At Klnsalo Passed Corinthian, from
Portland. Me., nnd Halifax, N. 8., for
Liverpool,
At Hong Kong Arrlved-Carllslo City,
from Tacoma. for Mablla; Hong Kong
Mnru. from San Francisco, via Ilonoljlu
mul Yokohama.
At queonstown Arrived New England,
from Boston for Liverpool, and proceeded;
Teutonic, from New York, for Liverpool.
tM am ll W ZHmjHHfe.
RROCER IN TOO MUCH HASTE
Von Buelow Advance New Ecaon for Non
Eeception of Boer Leader.
WISHES OF ENGLISH COURT NOT CONSULTED
Emperor In Ills Action Wna Moved
Entirely Ieslre to Ho Tlmt
Which Would Heat Comport
with German Interest.
BERLIN, Dec. 12. In tho Reichstag to
day tho Imperial chancellor, Count von
Buelow, referring to the complaints which
havo arisen on account of Emperor Wil
liam's failure to recelvo Mr. Kruger, went
lengthily again Into tho reasons for the
non-reception of Mr. Kruger, covering new
ground In a stntemcnt which he made. He
said the announcement that Mr. Kruger
was coming was mado twenty-four, or, at
tho most, forty-eight hours beforo his
leaving for Berlin. Up to that hour 11
had been assumed that Mr. Kruger would
go from Paris to Holland. Tho chancellor
added: "We apprised him courteously nnd
considerately, through the Paris embassy
nnd Dr. Lcyds, that the emperor regretted
ho was not In a position to recelvo htm.
Notwithstanding this Mr. Kruger started,
lie was told again at Cologne in tho most
consldcrnto terms that the emperor wan
unablo to see him."
Tho chancellor repudiated the statement
that tho government's notion was duo to
any wish or proposal from tho English
court. For tho emperor only German na
tional considerations wero authoritative. It
family relnttons or dynnstlc considerations
tullucnced tho foreign policy ho would not
remain minister nnothor day.
No 1'rovlslnn for floer War.
Continuing tho chancellor said tho Anglo
German agreement of 1&9S did not contain
a provision relating to tho war botween
Great Britain nnd tho Bouth African re
publics. The Ynuge Tbo and Sarooan agree
ments had no secret clauses. When tho
emperor, In 1896, sent the telegram to Mr.
Krugor thcro was no question of war be
tween tho Btates. It was a matter of a
filibustering expedition. Tho chancellor
did not rcpudlato the telegram wheroby tho
emperor gavo a correct expression ot his
righteous feeling regarding international
law. Tho omperor did not Intend to de
termine German policy forever by that tel
egram. The chancellor added:
"I commit no diplomatic Indiscretion In
snylng that tho reception ot that tele,
gram outside of Germany left no doubt
that In tho event of a conflict with England
In Africa Germany would havo to rely solely
on Its own strength."
Baron von Rlchthoffen, secretary of stats
for foreign affairs, referring to tho ex
pulsion of Germans from tho Transvaal and
the Orango Freo Stato territories, said:
It has appeared to mo that theso expul
sions In many ensen have been unjustifiable
and contrary to the principles of Interna
tional law, nnd an expression of this vlow
has been made In Ijndon.
On tho other hand the Germans who havo
been lighting side by sldo with the Boers
havo not met with a happy lot. They havo
been dismissed without pay and told, "Wo
did not Invito you."
l'lirtlullty for r.oglaml rhnrn-cd.
Prior to Count von Duelow'e Boecch, Dr.
Hasse, the Pan-German loader, sharply
criticised the failure of tho government to
rccolvo Mr. Krugor. While admitting that
Germany could not adopt any othor po
sition than that of tho strictest neutrality
ho thought tho government should avoid
the appearance of breaking neutrality In
fnvor of England. He roferrod to services
donu England by a German ship in South
African waters and complained further that
tho manner ot tho refusal to see Mr. Kru
gor had wounded Gorman sentiment. He
added that the English thought they could
give Germany a treatmont different to tha
extended to other nations, claiming that
English officers had treated Gormans
scandalously In South Africa, saying ot
them, "thoy nro only Germans, whoreas
thoy treated Frenchmen and oven Greeks
well.
Alluding then to Emperor William's re
cent speech he asked: "How docs this agree
with tho proud expression "Clvta Romanus
sum" ("I am a Roman Citizen")? and hs
sarcastically contrasted the non-reception
of Mr. Kruger with tho reception extended
to Ccclt Rhodes In Berlin.
After tho imperial chancellor had spoken
Herr Rebel asked him whether Emperor
William's message that he could not recelvo
now meant an nbcoluto refusal or that he
would receive Mr. Kruger later.
Count von Buelow did not reply.
HOUNDED TO DEATH BY WOMAN
Tiovr York Importer Commits Suicide
aa Only Avenue of Kacnpe front
.Voted Literary Person.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Word was received
In this city today of the sulcldo, In Port
land, Mo., of Sydney Samuel of thlo city.
Mr. Samuel, who was 39 years old, wbb au
Englishman of wealth and was formerly in
the Importing business hero with hU broth
ers under tho firm name of Samuel Her
manns. Ono of his brothers, Montaguo Samuel,
said today that Sydney had been hounded
to his death by a woman whom ho described
as an author, who Is celebrated In thti
country and Europo. "For threo years,"
said the brother, "she has persecuted blm.
In every way ho has sought to evado her,
but she has pursued him relentlessly. If
there nro any posslblo grounds upon which
I may bring action against this woman I
will certainly do so. I will not at present
disclose lie namo of the woman."
Tho World tomorrow will say: "The
reason Sidney Samuel, n wealthy exporter
of this city, killed himself In a hotel In
Portland, Me., on Monday night, was ro
vealed yesterday. Ho shot himself because
ho could not marry tho woman ho loved
Mrs. Anita Vlvantl Chartres, a beautiful and
talented author and playrlght.
Mr. Samuel's father, tho Rabbi Israel,
Vihn Is looked on as tho head nt tho Jewish
church In Great Britain, bitterly opposed
the marriage of his son to Mrs. Chartres on
tho ground of difference In tholr religion.
Mrs. Chartres Is n Catholic.
"Yielding to tho plea of his father Mr.
Samuel broke off his engagement to .Mrs.
Chartres almost on tho evo of tho day set
for tho wedding, From that day ho wns a
changed man. Ho lost all Interest In lite
and becamo so melancholy that his brothers
omployed n man to watch blm lest ho com
mit suicide."
Ilrynn Grta Four Coiinilea.
NEW YORK, Dee. 12. Tho Stato Board of
Canvassers met today and canvassed tho
stato vote.
(July four of tho sixty-one counties cajt a
majority of votes for Bryan, They wero
New York, Queens. Richmond njid Sr-'ho-hnrlo.
The prohibition, social labor nnd
soclnl democratic parties have sunlclent
votes to go on tho next election ticket with
out a petition,
Following are the totnN for president:
McKlnley, republican. 821,992: Bryan, demo
crat. C78,:S6; Mnllnnoy, social labor, U'.O'.-.':
Woolley, prohibition. 22.013; Debs, soclnl
democrat, 12.SC3. McKInley's plurnllty, 143.
KW Tho plurality of Odell, republican, for
governor was 111,128.
HARD FOR JURORS TO AGREE
.lien Who Control .tcasle Morrlsou'a
Fnte Arc M't All of
One Mlitd.
ELDORADO, Kan., Dec. 12. At 10 o'ctock
tonight Judgo Shlnn nguln sent tho Mor
rison Jurors to bed, directing them to re
sume deliberations on the caso nt S:30
o'clock in the morning.
When Judge Shlnn sent the twelve mon
to their hotel last night ho Instructed them
to rcsuuio their deliberations nt 8:30 this
morning. This morning after tho Jury had
been sent to their room it was apparent
that no general argument over n verdict
was being mado by them. Through the
windows soveral of tho Jurymen could bo
rceu walking listlessly about tho room, pay
ing no heed to tho others, who Mill argued
tho caso.
Or. tho way to their room this morning
two or threo of tho Jurymen complained ot
feeling 111. All twelve) aro farmers used to
the open air, and tbolr confinement In tho
crowded court room nnd the strain ot the
three weeks of tho trial hns had Its effect
upon their physical condition.
Miss Morrison spent tho time In her
cell anxiously awaiting n verdict. "I am
still hopeful," slio said, "but I wish they
would hurry up." She reeulvrd a scoro of
letters of sympathy In ber nioruiug mall.
At noon Judgo Shlnn called tho Jury Into
tho court room and askcr Foreman Howctt
If a verdict had been reached. Ilewett re
plied In tho negative. Judgo Shlnn then
snld that ho understood from tho bailiff In
charge of them that Jurors had somo com
munication they desired to make. "Put this
In writing," he said, "and present It to mo
after dinner."
When tho Jurv In tho Jessie Morrison
case was called Into court this afternoon
for tho sccoud tlmo tho foreman again ro
ported no verdict, but presented a com
munication to Judge Shlun that led to a
whispered consultation between the court
and tho attorneys on both sld. Neither
tho court nor tho attorneys would tnako
tho contents of tho communication public.
After tho Jury left tho room tho attorneys
for the stato Immediately began n concilia
tion behind closed doors.
MAYORS MEET AT CHARLESTON
Large At tenilimee Clinriictrrlzrs An
nual Convention Lciikuc ot
Amerlenn .lliinlelpiillllea.
CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec 12. The fourth
nnnunl lonvontion of tho League of Ameri
can Munclpalltles met hero today In tho
auditorium. Tho mayors wero welcomed
In addresses by Governor M. B. McSweeney
of this state and Mayor Sinytho ot Charles
ton, and the response was mado by tho
president ot the league, Mayor Henry V.
Johnson ot Denver. Tho morning session
was opened by tho annual address of Presi
dent Johnson. Tlio first topic for discussion
wns "What Policy Is Best to Uso In En
forcing tho Law Pertaining to Saloons," on
which subject Mayor Chappoll of Columbus,
Oa., read an Interesting paper, M. N.
Banker, editor of tho New York Engineer
ing Nows, read n paper on "Sowago Dis
posal Problems," nnd Consulting Engineer
Perkins of Hartford, Conn., mado an ad
dross on "A Practical Illustration ot Muni
cipal Ownership In a Nw England Com
munity of 10,000 Inhabltaiui'
This evening tho mayors and civic offi
cials nnd engineers attended a reception
at the city hall given by the governor of
tho stato and the mayor of this city.
Large numbcra of municipal magnates havo
arrived horo on every trr.ln since last night.
Among them aro the mayors of Columbus,
O., Peoria III., Mayor Jones of Toledo, ().,
with a party of eighteen; Major Woodward
ot Atlanta, with a party of six; Mayor
Stephens of East St. Louis, with twenty
two visitors, nnd George Mnltby of James
town, N. Y., with a delegation of five citi
zens, who will Invito tho leaguo to raeot
next year In their city, nnd Aldorman
Berry of Dotrolt. with six city oillclals, who
will work hard to elect Mayor Maybury of
that city president of tho league.
RUN ON HARLEM SAVINGS SANK
nepnaltora of New Yorlt Instlintlon,
Pronounced to He Nound, IVItli
driMvlnwr The I r Hcnoalta.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Tho run on tho
Harlem Savings bank, Ono Hundred nnd
Twenty fourth street nnd Third avenue, was
continued today. When tho bank opened
tl cro wero 250 men and women In line
waiting an opportunity to get Into tho bank.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon tho bank was
crowded with depositors waiting to got
their money. It was evident thnt thore
vitro ns many persons In tho building ns
could bo paid off up to closing lime, so tho
doors wero closed. All who wero In tho
building were paid off. Stato Superintend
ent of Banks Frank D. Kllbourn arrlvd at
tho bank In the afternoon and made an ex
amination ot tho bank's affairs. Shortly
afterward he said:
"Tho Harlem Savings bank In as sound as
any bank In tho state. ItB securities are
of tho very best."
Superintendent Kllbourn stated that tho
bank paid out about $25,000 yesterday. Ho
was not certain wbnt amount bad beon
paid out today, but estimated It at about
1100,000.
WAR ON T0PEKA SALOONS
Federation nnlaea Lnrite Sum to En
force Prohibitory Lnw In Cap
itol City of ICnnana,
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 12. Topekn has
begun a cnisado against vlco by subscribing
$25,000 ns a fund for tho prosecution of sa
lconkecpcrs, Tho officers of tho Good Cit
izenship Federation say that will mako tha
subscription $100,000 beforo they are through
with It.
A special commltteo for tho enforcement
of tho prohibitory law In tho city has been
formed nnd Is composed of tho following
men: Edward Wilder, treasurer of tho
Santa Fe; Q. J. Devlin. J. W. Gleed, W. W.
Mills and P. I. Bonobrake.
LONELY LIFE'S SAD ENDING
Hody of Confederate Oflleer Who
Und I.oiikt Lived n Hermit
Found lu Swamp,
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Tho body of Con
federate Brigadier General Herman Bins
has been found In Black swamp, four miles
from Norrlstown, N. J. Ho was known as
the hermit of Wnnong mountain, For thirty
five years Bins bad lived a solitary life on
the sldo of Succaseunna mountain. Ho had
little to do with nny ono mid his retreat
was far removed from tho nearest houso.
His cabin was found In ashes by thoso who
went to It after the body had been Identified.
No ono knows how tho old man came to his
death.
IVrnlrru PiiIoii'm 11 lie Knrulnma.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12,-Tho Western
Union Telegraph company reports that for
the quarter ending December 31, partially
estimated, the not earnings will be about
$l,"uo,w). The dividend of 1U per cent which
was declared toduy calls fur tho payinunt
ot $l,217,0u0.
GRAND OPERA HITS A FROST
Lincoln People Deoline to Produce the High
Prices Demanded,
IMPRESARIO GRAU POCKETS THE LOSS
Gets Jint llnlf the Guaranty and
MnUca a Scene In Hla Meetlua;
with the Loca.1 Mnuniirra
ot the lliiKaajement.
LINCOLN, Dec. 12. (Special Telcgrnm.)
For nearly two hours tho Impatient nu
dlence fretted and wondered and Maurice
(Irau, tho king Impresario of the Metro
politan Opera company, facing a loss of
$5,000 lu the Lincoln engagement, stormed
und threatened nnd thundered. Slgnor
Mnclnelli, the conductor ot the cosmopoli
tan aggregation of artists nnd "also songs,"
refused to allow the opera to begin until
ho had been given the word by Orau, and
Grau refused to give the word until nttcr he
saw that threats and demands were of uo
avail.
Grand opera In Lincoln is a losing ven
ture, both for Grau and for S. Krouberg ot
Denver, and Wlllard Kimball ot this city,
who together mado tho contract for tho
Lincoln engagement. Kimball and Kron
berg gavo n guaranty of $10,000, but tho
metropolitan manager wus compelled to ac
cept n trine ovor $5,000, because that was
all that was realized from the salo of
seats, Tho three men mot In the parlors
ot the First National bnuk at 1:30 und
thero Grau was told ot tho fact that the
salo of seats had netted only $1,100, and
that at tho outstdo tho sale to lato arrivals
would not bring tho total up to moro than
$."),000, Ho wns mnd beyond description.
He threatened to take his company away
If tho guuranty wns not Immediately made
good. Kronbnrg offered to pay his half
of tho shortage, but Grau was finally In
duced to tako what cash thero was on con
dition that tho balance bo mado good at
somo future time. A messenger wns then
hastily sent to the Italian couductor nnd
tho opera began.
Poor attendance was responsible for the
failure. Mr. Kimball had excellent suc
cess with the Paderewskl cngngemeut sev
eral months ago nnd ho believed the peoplo
would stand for grand opera nt prices rang
ing from $2 to $4 por seat. Lincoln people
guvo poor support nnd the patronage from
out of town wns not up to expectations.
"Fnost" was given thlfl afternoon nnd
"Lucia dl Lammcrmoor" tonight. Over 300
peoplo nttended from Omaha.
MUST BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT
It In Unreasonable, Sara Juatlce An
drews, for Women to Tin Out
After 11! O'clock.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Justice Andrews
In tho supremo court handed down n de
cision today In which ho holds that a
woman should bo homo by midnight. Tho
question aroso on an application by Flor
ence Abell, a dressmaker, to enjoin Jacob
A. Otndrak, her landlord, from closing the
front door of the houso and not Imme
diately admitting Iicr when oUo rans the
bell. Miss Abell says she leased two
rooms from tho defendant tor dressmaking
und sleeping purposes at $55 a month. Bho
was to bo nllowed to havo her shop open
from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m., but wns to bo ad
mitted aftcrwnrd at any reasonable time.
She complained thnt on November 10 and
13 she was locked out and on tho second
occnslon could not obtain admlttanco and
had to tako a room at a hotel. She said
that sho was kept In all day at her busi
ness and she did not think It unreasonable
that she should go afterward to a theater
or olscwhero with friends. She nsked that
tho owner bo compelled either to give her
n key or to see that sho wns admitted
whenever sho rang tho bell. Omdrak said
It was necessary to keop tho house locked
at night, aB tho tenants had a groat amount
of vuluables there. Tho first night, ho
said, thcro was soma delay In admitting
tho plaintiff nnd tho second night ho nnd
his family had gono to bed and did not
hear her.
Justice Andrews paid ho could not com
pol tho defendant to glv tho plaintiff a
key to tho outer door, ns by the terras of
her lease she was only entitled to access
nt reasonable houro. Ho granted her a
preliminary Injunction requiring tho de
fendant to permit her to enter her prem
ises at all reasonable hours and promptly
open tho door for her up to 12 o'clock at
night.
STREET RAILWAY REFORM
Speelnl Commission lu CIiIciiko Ilns
AKreed Upon Scheme for -Municipal
Action.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. After moro than a
year's Investigation tho Chicago Stret
Hallway commission has agreed upon n plan
for municipal action In regard to street
railways. Theso will bo Incorporated In a
bill which will bo presented to tho city
council with tbo recommendation that the
council recommend Its passago by tho state
legislature. The plan Includes provls'on3
for municipal ownership, this to bo decided
by a popular voto ot tho municipality, also
provides that In cases of now street rail
way companies tho franchise question must
bo submitted to n popular vote; unification
ot all street railway systems in Chicago,
thus allowing a transfer system which
would Include tho wholo city; arbitration
of all lnbor difficulties and publication by
tho railways of detailed annual reports.
MILLION TONS OF RAILS
Itiillrouda of United Stntea Ilnve
Placed More Order Thnn nt Tlila
Time One Year Alto.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 12. Tho Commercial
Gazette tomorrow will sny:
Hall producers havo taken on contrncts
for delivery next year amounting lu round
numbers to 1,000,009 tons. It Is n heavier
award of new business than tho rnllmakem
had secured ut the opening of tho year 1900,
A few days ago the New York Central &
Hudson River Railroad company apper
tained Its rail order, covering practically
the quota this Interest will require during
tlio next calendar year.
Tho order is for 80,010 tons nt the pool
price. Four bis steel companies each get
20.OJO tons.
Participating are tho Carneglo Steel com
pany, tho T-ncknwnnnii Iron and Steel rom
puny, tho Natlonnl Steel company ntid tho
Federal Steel company.
In all lines tho development of the Iron
nnd steel markets the last week, with a
single exception, roveals nothing but u
promising future Tho plate producers,
who have come to terms on prices by Join
ing In an Ironclad agreement, have their
mills engaged for months ahead. On tin
Plato for deliveries through tho tlrst quar
ter of next yenr tho price hns been ad
vanced 12 a ton, This makes tho base price
$4,10 per 100-pound box. with the Jl price ob
taining for the rest of this month.
SmallpoK HiiKca at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 12. There are more
than forty cases of smnllpox in St, George's
hospital. On'.y one death from the disease
has occurred.
(inielnl Vote of Weat Vlriclnln.
CHARLESTON. W, Vn Dee. 12. -The of
tlrlal election returns for West Virginia:
McKlnley, 119.141; Bryan, 98,807,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast For Nebrnskiv-Falr; Vnrlablo
Winds,
Tcnipernture nt Omaha, yesterdayl
Hour, Den. Hour. Hck.
R n. m -Ml t p. m tU
l n. tn iS7 i! p. m Id
7 u. in UH It p. m -IN
H ii. in lilt -I p. m. , 17
I n. in :ui r. p. in 411
10 n. m .'IB II ,p m 411
11 n. in :1H 7 p. in to
1- m 41 N p, ra its
0 p. m ;tu
ANARCHISTS SHOUT THREATS
Indnnird Crowd lu n Xrrr York llnll
IndulKc In Turbulent Talk
of Asinaalnntlon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. The Herald says:
Five hundred anarchists vociferously ap
plauded last night nt n meetlngon behalf
of tho fnmlly of Brescl, tho assassin, when
ono of their fpenkers threatened tho life ot
President McKlnley "should ho nttempt to
Interfero with freo epecch." Tho speaker
w-as Alexander Ilorr, who announced blu
approval of assassination,
Tho anarchists met In Everett hall, East
Fourth street. They hod obtained the hall
by a ruse, which Harry Blmbcrg, the
proprietor, rcientcd last night. Emma
Goldman went to Blmberg nnd offered to
hlro tho hall, alleging that It was wnnted
for n meeting of thn "Social Science club."
Blmbcrg did not recognize her and consented
to accommodate tho club.
John H. Cook hnd vigorously denounced
tho govornment when Blmberg asked to
speak. Ho declared tho hall had been
obtained under falso pretenses. "If I hear
uny Incendiary speeches I shall have to
havo tho lights turned out," he added.
"Sit down! Sit down! Capitalist!" yelled
the audience. "Do you wnnt to Interrupt
freo speech?"
Blmberg sat down, and Alexander Horr
aroso and went on to say that society be
lieved In government by the bayonet, and
that Jefferson wns an nnnrchlst. "If I
wero In Russia today," snld ho, "I should
bo an assassin. If nny ono lu control of
government hero persists In prohibiting tho
right of freo speech, If tho mayor of tho
city docs It, or the governor of the state, or
tho president of tho United States, ho does
It ot his peril."
ACCUSED OF STEALING GAS
CltUena of IndlniiupnlU Are Accuacd
of Boring: Meier nnd Itobblna;
(lie Company.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. By order of tho
board of directors, Frank S. Hastings,
president of tho Indianapolis Gas company
tn this city, made formal announcement
today that tho directors had deferred
action on tho dividends for an Indefinite
period, owing to what tho directors char
acterized as "tho most extraordinary so
da' conditions which prevail nt present
In tho city of Indianapolis," The gas com
pany accuses tho citizens of Indianapolis
of stealing gns.
Tho Evening Post prints the following
statement of tho directors of tbo compauy
to tho stockholders:
In spite of existing prohibitory ftntuten a
lnrgc percentaga of our customers havo un
Inwfu ly Increased their mipply by tho
practice known as "boring out'" tholr mix
ers. Every effort has boon made by our
manngers to stop thlB unlawful wastage,
but although the best legal talent has been
employed, supported by indisputable proofB,
It has been found utterly Impossible to se
cure a conviction, beenui-o of the fact that
this Illegal practice ha been so generally
Indulged in. These violations of the lnw aro
not confined to tho poor or vicious, but In
clude city mid county buildings, city
physicians, architects una somo of the most
prominent residents nnd business houses
in the city of Indianapolis,
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 12. Concerning tbo
cbnrgo mado by Prcsldont Benedict of tho
Indianapolis Oas company at New York
patrons of tho company declare that thoy
havo not Btolon natural gas. Thero has
been no gas to steal. They say the only
reason for Bonedlct's chnrgo Is the fact
that mcterB hnvo been bored, but oven
this did not Increase the supply. Gas Is
not sold by meter measurement In this
city.
TROOPS CALLED OUT IN UTAH
Onthrenk of Menales nt Seliool at
Uintah A ne ne y Mnkc Indian
AKfiit Heapernle.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., Doc. 12. A spe
cial to the Tribune from White Rock, Utah,
says that at tho request of Agent Myton
Troop K, from Fort Duchesne, was ordered
out this evening to prevent trouble ut tho
Uintah agency. Over thirty children In thn
school are down with meaBlcs and other
diseases nnd their pnrents have been much
dissatisfied becauso the children wero not
nllowed to go homo. Ono girl died Inst
night. Black Hawk went to tho school this
morning and demanded tho release of his
children. O'Ccnnor, a teacher, made somo
show of resistance and was thrown down
ttalrs and tho children taken away by
force. Several other chlldron wero tnken
away by other Indians.
Three attempts were mnde to burn the
school buildings nnd tho agent called upon
Major Hughes for help.
ALGER IS BURGLAR'S VICTIM
Honaebrenker Trlpa the General In
thn Dnrl. nnd Hurccrda In
KacupliiK with Ilia Loot.
DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 12. General Rus
sol A. Algor, ex-Bccrotary of war, was qulto
badly shaken up early today by a burglar
lu his homo on West Fort street. Tho gen
eral was awakened by some ono prowling
about In his residence and stnrtcd to Inves
tigate. The burglar tripped him up and
escaped. Tho general fell heavily, but sus
tained no Injury. An Investigation showed
$300 worth of sllverwnro had been taken,
MURDERER MAKING A RECORD
Marvin KiiIiiin, Escaped Con vlct, Kills
Two Slore Olllcera Who Try
to Arrcat lllm,
LOOANSPORT, ind Dn. 12. Marvin
Kubnn, tho murderer who esraped from thq
Ohio penltontlary nnd shot Pollcoman Dean
here on Monday, shot and killed two officers
who wero trying to arrest him at Avllla to
day. Tholr names havo not beon ascer
tained, Avllla Is near Kuhn's home, In No
ble county. A posse Is In pursuit. Pollco
mau Dean Is In a critical condition.
I'wtnle of Lute Senator Duvln,
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 12. Tho will of
the lato Senator Cushman K. Davis, who
died on November 27, was filed for probata
today by Mrs. Anna M. Davis, tho widow
The will, which Is very concise und waH
made during the senator's Inst Illness,
leaves all Ills estate to Mrs, Davis und
names the St. Paul Trust company an
executor. Tho estute Is valued nt 125,000 In
personal nnd $40,000 in real property.
Ship Turna I'p Safely,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. The Ger
man ship Gertrude, whlcn.put to sen last
week from Astoria on Its way to tho Unite 1
Kingdom, and later vns reported aa
foundered oft tho Washington coast with
nil bauds on board lost, has been sighted
oft this part.
ANY OLD NAME WENT
Sonth Omaha Election Judge Were Easily
fktlified with Fatrcmymi.
EBBERT W. STEELE'S BRIEF EXPERIENCE
Some Good Fnsioniit Bent Him to It,
Utirig His Registration.
SAMPLE VOTERS' BOOTH IS SHOWN
Looks Like a Peed Box, bnt Ballots from it
Bhow Olerklj SkilL
TALE OF A ROTTEN ELECTION UNFOLDING
Fnslnn Candidate for the Lriclalatnro
Was Allowed to Count llaltota
In n Precinct for Two
llonra.
The republican contestants for legislative
seats to which fuslunlsts hold certificates
ot election, added materially to the show
ing of fusion fraud In South Omaha at
yesterday's session of the preliminary In
quiry, Just ns thoy nro doing every day.
Several district branches of election
corruption have been shown since tho In
vestigation was Instituted a few days ago,
ntid each day adds something now to tho
list.
A currory review of tho results of tho
Inquiry thus for lIiowb that there was fako
registration dead men und straw men be
ing listed on the bookn with startling fre
quency fako voting, repeating, Juggling In
the final count, nnd as It to give a fitting
climax to It nil, thcro came evidence yes
terday to tho effect that ono cltlzon ot
South Omaha Ebbort W, Stoolo canio
very nearly losing his ballot becauso somo
Impostor had borrowed his namo and beat
him to tho polls.
Several Interesting features entered Into
yesterday's ucsslon. It was clearly
provon by two witnesses that Hugh Mc
intosh, fusion candidate for the legislature,
was permitted to assist lu keeping tho ofll
clal tally In the Fourth ward, despite tho
fact that ho was a candldato and not ono
of tho election officers.
Vteruo Havens, a bright young man of
South Omaha, who served a newspaper nil
carrier of election returns, told tho story
of how Candidate Mcintosh took chargo ot
election affairs. "I first saw Mr. Mcintosh
In tho South Omaha ofllce ot tho World
Herald prior to tho election and thero
learned his Identity, bo thnt I recognized
him nt onco when I saw him at tho polls
In tho Fourth wnrd on election day. Ho
seemed to make himself very much nt
homo, nnd when one of tho clerks wanted
to get out a llttlo while Mr. Mcintosh took
his plnco and helped keep tho official tally.
I cstlinato that ho served In that capacity
at least two hours during my observation,
and 1 don't know how much longer at other
times during tho day."
Corroborate llarena' Testimony.
August Miller, one ot the most widely
known citizens ot South Omaha and a mem
ber of tho city council, corroborated tho
evidenco of young Havens as to tho part
Candidate Mcintosh took In keeping tlio
official tally, und then Mr. Miller went
furthor and told of seeing manipulation of
ballots which indicated to him that the end
less chain system was being Industriously
worked,
"I observed a striking similarity In tho
marks on tho ballots," said Mr. Miller,
"and It looked to mo Just as though ono
man on tho outsldo must bo doing all tho
mnrklng."
Then Mr. Miller described tho poor ac
commodations which wore offered voters nt
the polling places nud a samplo booth was
offered In evidence. It Is a box about the
size of n cracker box nnd Is made of rough
pine boards, nail scarred, splintered and
dirty. Tho bonrds which compose the sides
ot the booth are of Irregular length and tho
best description that ran bo given of It off
hand Is to compare It to tho feod boxes
used by shlftleHB farmers In Arkansas ns
a receptacle In which to place nubbins of
yellow corn for razorback hogs. The box
was marked "exhibit 19" and will he taken
to tho legislature nlong with otlicr ex
hibits. Khbert W. Steele's Experience.
Charles L. Allstadt, proprietor of a
rooming house In South Omaha, told ot the
experience of Ebbort W. Steele, a Bouth
Omaha voter: "I saw Steele enter tho voting
placo In tho first precinct of the First
ward," said Mr. Allstadt, "and when ho
went to cast his ballot one of the Judger In
formed him that ho had nlrcady voted.
Steelo said ho had not voted. Thcro was
somo argument about It and thn books were
consulted. Sum enough, the namo of
Steelo was checked off as having been used
on a ballot and there was only ono Ebbort
W. Steele on tho books. Steele declared that
somo Impostor had borrowed his namo for
voting purposes and tho Judges allowed him
to vote. I know Steele personally nnd I
had not seel him around tho polls before,
although I had been there all day. I am
satisfied that ho told tho truth when he Bald
ho had not voted beforo. Somebody must
havo Impersonated htm."
J. E. Gllck gavo brief testimony In Iden
tification of tho voting booth which had
been Introduced as an exhibit. Tho surface
ot it Is no rough as to render It almost Im
possible for a votor to mark a ballot upon
It, yet the men who aro suspected of hav
lug participated In tho endless chain system
seemed to be remarkably rapid In complet
ing their ballots, dcBplto tho primitive
equlpmont,
Kleele Tells Ilia Story.
The only witness examined at the
afternoon session was Ebbert W. Steelo,
the voter who had difficulty In casting his
ballot becauso somo ono had nlrcady voted
his name, or, at least, becauso ho was
checked off the book as having voted.
Steele told tho snmo story which had earlier
in tho day been relnted by Mr. Allstadt.
"I wont to the polls In tho First precinct,
First ward, South Omaha," said Steele,
"and came very nearly losing my vote, ba
causu tho Judges Insisted that I had already
voted.
"I dont know what causod thnm tn think
that way, unless It was that In checking the
names off of tho hook thoy got my name
mixed with thut of Steele DeCoursey, an
other voter In tho snme precinct. It Is
possible that a mlstako occurred In this
way."
Tho hearing adjourned at tho conclusion
of Steele's testimony until 10 o'clock Friday
morning.
While the testimony In (he morning was
strongly against tho tuslonlsts, revelations
of still greater Importance camo late Tues
day afternoon. William Miller, a reputa
ble young man, tcstlfkd that he saw u mau
by tho name ot John Baunlg cut two bal
lots In Bouth Omaha.
