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AGUIMLDO IS TAKES
Cupturid LtMt Batnrdaj, Hi ii Now Uidii
Guard at Maiila.
GENERAL FUNSTON'S STRATEGY SUCCEEDS
Puing u a Priuaar the Kaniu PighUr
Bttohei Hit Han.
IS
JOYFUL
NEWS FOR WASHINGTON
Comet ai Lait OhapUr in Important Series
of Bucoenti.
DISPOSITION OF PRISONER A QUESTION
lift? Hn Trlcil nml lltreulril, Punished
with I, rim HrKrltf or Hrerlvc
Complete Aliment) Hrj nil
. Intr rvloM nl.
MANILA, March 28. 10.30 a. m. (Spe
cial,) General Kunston, with the nttnlnt
nncn of a tiumber of Maccabcbo kcouIp, has
captured Agulmildo In tint country near
Caslgurnn, somu miles from Hater, on the
norttuost coast of the Island of Luzon. Tho
rebel leader nnd liU entiro staff aro now In
Manila, General Kunston employed a clever
rusu to reach Agulnaldo. Ills plan worked
successfully, with the result that tho head
nnd front of the Insurrection Is now where
ho will do no moro harm to American In
terests. Some months ago letters were raptured
by American troopi showing beyond per
allvcuturo thut the rebel leader was hiding
In tho northwestern part of tho Island.
Ucncral Kunston Immediately conceived his
bold plan to capture him and this received
General MacArthur'n approval. Two weeks
ago ho started from Manila with Surgeon
Major Harris, Captain Newton of the
Thirty-fourth Infantry, Lieutenant Admire
oftho Twenty-second Infantry, Lieutenant
Mlchell of tho Fortieth Infantry, six vet
cran American soldiers and a number of
natlvo (.emits, all of whom were selected
lor their bravery nnd extensive knowledge
of tho country.
' General Kunston and his party landed as
near as possible to tho placo where Agul
mildo was In hiding, with native scouts,
nnd passed themselves off as Insurgents
who, having cuptured General Kunston nnd
other Americans, were conveying them to
Agulnaldo.
I)ImiIii Tlii'lr True Color.
Wheli the supposed prisoners were brought
by their alleged captors before Agulnaldo
thoy suddenly appeared In their trim char
acter, seized the Klllplnu and made theli
way back to the coast, where the gunboat
Vlcksburg, which had conveyed the purty,
awaited their return.
The adventure wait u desperate one, nn
treachery was always possible, and General
Kunston had mi absolute menus of know-
Ins how many men Agulnaldo had with
blin. It- wuB possible Hint hn would have
enour.li to over whelm the Americans and
tholr native allies, but' this did not deter
tho Americana. They necepted tho risk
with the result that Agulnaldo Is now safe
In (he hands of tho American military au
thorities. Ilnrlmr Project Successful.
MANILA, March 28, General Frederick
Kunston's daring project for tho capture of
Agulnaldo In his hiding placo In the prov
Into of Isabella, Island of Luzon, has
proved completely successful. Agulnaldo
was captured there on March 2D.
Tho I'nltcd States gunboat Vlcksburg
Commander K. II. Harry, with General Kun
ston and Agulnaldo aboard, arrived hero
this morning.
WASHINGTON, March 2T.-Omclal news
of tho capture of Agulnaldo had not reached
tho War department up to a late hour to
night. The president had retired before tho
Associated Press bulletin arrived and will
hear tho news for tho first tlmo In the
morning.
Tho enpturo of Agulnaldo will be a
sourco of great satisfaction to the presl
dent and his advisers. Coming so soon
after tho surrenders reported by General
MacArthur of prominent Klllplno otllcers
nnd thu successful establishment of civil
local government by the Taft couimls
(tlon, they feel that tho end of the rebel
lious warfaro In tho lslnnds Is near at hand.
With tho expected collapse of further oppo
sltlon, which It Is conlldently belluved will
follow, tho hope Is expressed that It will
not be necessary to maintain such a large
standing army In tho Islands as Is now
contemplated.
What'" to lie Hour mUIi lllm.
Tho disposition of Agulnaldo, now that he
had been captured, will bo an Interesting
event Tho possibility of his capture nt
any time bus been kept in view, and his
future has been a matter of formal discus
Mou here. It Is not believed, however, that
uny definite line of actlou was ever determ
lued on. Tho attitude of tho government
for a long tlmo past has been ono of com
paratlvo IndKfcrenco to Agulnnldn's cap
tun?, it having been dotcrmlned to crush
tho rebellion without regard to his whore
nbouU,
Ills recent activity In directing tho course
of operations against tho American forces
probably brought about tho recent change
In this attitude.
As tho leader of an Insurrection against
the Polled States government, Agulnaldo
may be tried and executed, a lesser pun
lshment meted to him by executive clem
ency or complete umncty extended. While
tho question of punishment rests with tho
military authorities It Is believed the pros
Ident will make the matter one for determ
(nation by the authorities here.
HOW THE TRICK WAS PLAYED
l'liiislnn's Chosen Party llnil a I.oiik
Trump nuil Tmik Great
lllxkK.
WASHINGTON, March 2S. The provlnc
of Isabella, where tho capture of Agulnaldo
Is reported to have been made, Is about 200
miles northeast of Maullu anil several
tulles northeast of Hnler, on tho eastern
coast, which placo wus made memorable by
the capture of Lieutenant Gllmoro and
party front tho Yorktown. Isabella prov
Inco is wild nnd mountainous, especially
iilung the coast where the high range
Known ns the Oram! Cordlltes Orlente, ox
tends for 100 miles or more from north to
south, Iho highest points of the rango being
but n few miles from the shore. Hugged
trails, In some places but u foot or two In
width, lead across tho mountains, frc
fluently crossed by rushing streams nnd
There these overflow their banks tho trails
nro waist-deep In mud. It was to this un
Inviting district that General Kunston nnd
his small band went a short time ago, It
as a part of the Island that had nover be
fore been visited by American troops,
General Kunston's plan, as outlined In
(Coutluucd on Scveuth Page.)
will cost lives to suppru
Incalculable SufTerliiK Ii Antlolinteu'
hy tin- Olllcliils llefore Husnln'ii
I'Klr LirlliiK is tui'llcil.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
ST. PETERSBURG, March 25 (via Berlin),
.March 27. (New York World Cablegram
Special Tclegrnm.) Tho distinguishing and
tho gravest feature of tho present disturb
auccg Is tho cvldenro of nn organized com
bination for tho first time between the
etudonts and the artisans. Tho obstinately
reactionary character of the mlmlnlstra
tlon lies driven the students Into the arms
of tho labor party, llogolepoff wan the
worst typo of the Husslan bureaucrat,
whoso administration consisted of a con
tlnued persecution of students, anil n pe
tition prepared by eminent professors and
certain senators, Invoking the personal In
tervention of the czar. Is another proof of
tho panic prevailing In olllrlal circles. Hut
the presentation of this petition was pre
vented by higher officials.
Another novel feature of this outbreak
Is that the dvornlks, or yardmen, who act
as species of police reserve, refined In
large numbers to nsslst the regular polleo
In repressing orders, thus manifesting sym
pathy with tho prople. No doubt Is cntcr
tnlncd thai the outbreak will lie quelled,
but at Incalculable cost of life nnd suffering.
DENMARK HAS A PROPOSITION
Will Sell I lilted Mute, thr Danish
Went Indies fur I'onr Million
Holla m,
LONDON, March 27. Tho Dally News
publishes tho following dispatch from Its
Copenhagen correspondent:
"I nm enabled to state on tho very best
authority that Drnmnrk has cabled to the
United States the following conditions for
the sale of tho Danish West Indies:
"Klrst Kour million dollars to bo paid
by tho t.'nlted States to Denmnrk.
Second Tho populatlou to tleoldo by
vote whether to remain Danish or bo trans
ferred to the Pnltcd States.
Third If tho vote Is favorable to tho
United States then the Inhabitants ore to
become not only American subjects, but
morieoti citizens.
"Fourth Products of the Islaud to be
admitted to the United States frco of
duty."
It Is said here that Washington will not
readily accept tho third and fourth con
ditions. SOCIALIST COMMONWEALTH
Kelr Hurdle's I topluo niiKuestlou to
llrml OIT Trusts In Grout
llrltiiln.
(Copyright, 1W1, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 27. (New York World
Cublegram Special Telegram.) Kelr Hur
dle will bring forwnrd a motion In tho
Hnuso of Commons April 23 declaring that
'tho poverty, destitution nnd general moral
nnd physical deterioration resulting from
Iho competitive system of wealth produc
tion, which alms primarily at profit-making
Is shown In the alarming growth of trusts
and syndicates, which nro able, by reason
uf their great wealth, to Influence gov
ernments ami plunge peaceful nations Into
war to sprvg their Interests.'"- .
Ho calls far tho Inauguration of a to-
clallst commonwealth. Utopian as II.tr
(IIo'b suggestion js, there Is expected to bo
nil Interesting debate on tho trust ques
tion, which Is exciting considerable nlarm
bere.
NO DANGER TO J. P. MORGAN
Scotland Yuril Su It Kimnn .tothlntr
of Any Letter Mnklnu '1'lircntn
AkiiIiinI lllm.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Murch 27.-(Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "We know-
nothing of any threatening letters ud
dressed to J. Plerpont Morgan," said n
high Scotland Yard otllclal today, "t w.ib
not nwiiro of his coming here until you
told me, but 1 think It very probable that
the story you show me In the Dally Ex
pros will bring threatening lottors upon
Mr. Morgan If it reaches tho knowledge of
men who Indulge In that sort of thing
Hut, even so, there Is no reason to upprc
bend any dnngcr for him over here,"
Inquiries nt the American embassy and
at tho London branch of J, S. Morgan &
Co. elicited the statement that they had
no reason to believe there was tho sllght'.ot
fcucdntlon for the Express story.
CZAR FAVORS CONCESSIONS
Ills .Ministers I'ear tin- H.TcrtN of Such
Policy In the I'nce uf the Sit
uation' (Irnvlty.
(Copyright, UiJl, by Press Publishing Co.)
VIENNA. Mnrch 27. (Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The St. Po-
temburg correspondent of tho Polltlschc
Correspondent, who occupies an offlclul po
sition In Russia, acknowledged today that
the agitation Is serious slid continually
spreading to fresh circles of society. Even
six months ngo disorders were not uncx-
lected by tho government. The police dis
covered a secret Society among the stu
dents, tho ramifications of which extended
to the whole of tho universities. Since
then things have been going from bad to
worse. The czar himself Is disposed to
make concessions to tho students, but the
ministers fear the effects of such a policy.
PARIS IS NOT SO WARM NOW
For thr I'lml Time This Wlnlrr Snoiv
In Thick All Our the
City.
PARIS, March 27. The wenther through
out Franco is suddenly again very cold.
Heavy snow storms are reported every
where. For the first tlmo this winter Paris
Is covered with a thick mantle of snow,
which bctfaii falling yesterday and still con
tinues Intermittently. A number of 'minor
accidents have already occurred. Similar
weather Is reported from Italy.
Set ere Wenther In Kurope,
LONDON. March 2T.--Tho weather In
Europe continues ns bitter ns ever. Thero
Is frost nnd snow everywhere. Seven to
ten degrees of frost wero registered In
the Londou suburbs early this morning,
There Is considerable thickness of Ice on
tho lakes, Heavy snow storms have swept
over northern France und thero are several
Inches of snow on tho streets of Paris.
I'rlltlil In lirrmiui), Too,
HERL1N. March 27. Another cold wnvo
Is sweeping over Germany, the thermom
eter ranging from eight to fifteen degrees
below freezing point.
EIGHT THOUSAND IN A WEEK
riHKtic t'liilniN Victim In Denunl So
Itnpldly Thnt People Are l)e
nrrtlnw Tomm.
LONDON, March 27. The Calcutta cone-
spendent of tho Dally Mall says Eight
thousand people died of tho plague lost
week lu Hengul alone, Including Calcutta.
Whole towns are being deserted. There
is, however, uo jviulc.
'Cfjs CZAR'S AGREEMENT
Obiniie . .ft Bendi This Intimation te Li
Hung Chang.
CONFLICT IMMINENT WITH THE FRENCH
Celcstlnl Gciicrnl Snyn Me Will Will..
ilrntv After Hp Hum Mct the
1'orelKiierx from the I'nii
luce of Chi 1,1,
(Copyright. 1M1. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. March 2. (New York Worl 1
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Tho Morn
ing Post's special correspondent at Pekln
says under date of March 26: "LI Hung
Chang Is reported to have received today a
definite Intimation from Slngau Fu of the
court's rejection of the proposed Russian
agreement. When questioned In legard to
this result Li said that China was help
less to prevent the agreement's taking
effect without thu support of the allies.
"It Is probable that a conlllit will take
place In the course of this week between
the French and Chinese Hoops at Hwal Lu.
LI Hung Chung has ordered tho Chinese
general to withdraw from Chi I.I and thu
general has replied that he will withdraw
after ho has swept the foreigners from
he rrovlnce. General Hallloud left Pekln
today with permission to fight if his force
is nttackul. Tills permission Is almost
rqulwilent to positive orders. The French
have now l.fiou men nt Hwal Lu, and tho
Chlncso are reported to havn 25,000."
A incrlciin io eminent I', cels.
Tho same correspondent, under date of
Murch 27, says: "Remarkable tcstlmoii)
was borne to tho excellence of American
municipal government In Pekln today when
many thousands of Chlncso assembled in
tho American quarter and presented n pe
tition begglug the Americans to stay In
Pekln, though transports have boon or
dered for April. It Is extremely unlikely
that tho Americans will withdraw under
present conditions. The United Slates lega
tion expresses confidence In Its ability to
hand over tho municipal government to tho
Chlnobo lu April. As the French and Ger
mans, howcNor, arc selecting summer can
tonments In tho hills near l'ao Ting Fu, this
confidence appears to be unwarranted."
The Standard correspondent nt Shanghai,
under dnto of March 22, reports that
"China Is raising f0,000 new troops and
preparing to defend the Yang Tso forts.
These measures are supposed to be duo
to tho apprehensions of Russian reprisals."
ENGLAND MAKES A PROTEST
, ,
llntcrs Formal OhJtM'tlun In China's
Mnklnir Territorial Amecnient
with Other I'OTvers.
WASHINGTON, March 27. Tho Hrltlsh
government has protested against China's
making u convention with any power
touching territorial or financial matters
until tho troubles In that country nro con
cluded. The fact of the Hrltlsh protest
was made, known hero for tho first tlmo
today by a dispatch froni ono of the foreign
ofllcors of Europe. It says that the protest
was made through Sir Earnest Satow, tho
Hrltlsh minister at Pekln. it does not state
when the representations wero 'made, but
from the fact tho dispatch was received
It is taken that the protest occurred wlthlu
tho last day or two.
Although the Russian agreement Is not
specified!)' referred to, It Is said to be
clear that the Hrltlsh nctlon Is directed
against tho Russian agreement. Tho lan
guage appears to be similar to that used by
Secretary Hay in tho American protest
The effect of tho Hrltlsh action is to place
the Pnltcd States, Japan and Great. Britain
In formal opposition to the signing of a
convention by China with any power, pend
ing tho settlement of the Chinese troubles.
Tho course of Great Britain Is the moro
significant from tho fact thut that govern
ment and Germany have a written alliance
relating to Chinese affairs.
Tho concurrenco of tho protests probably
explain:! why the Mauchurlan agreement
has not been signed. Thero was no definite
Information received here today at the
State department or nt any of tho foreign
embassies to to whether tho agreement had
been signed or rejected. There was some
thing of a stir In diplomatic quarters over
the report coming from official sources that
the United States was considering the ad
vlsabtllly of addressing Russia directly on
the subject. Horetoforo tho Araerlcun ob
jections to tho Mauchurlan agreement have
been addressed to China. Copies wero fur
nlbhod tho Russian authorities, though the
protest in form has beeu to Chlnn and
not to Russia. Several of tho foreign ro
ports advised their governments' thut this
btep was contemplated by tho United States,
but thero Is no official Information available
us to how far tho consideration of tho
movement hns proceeded.
JAPAN ALIVE TO SITUATION
I'eeln Alile to Protect Its liitereslN
mill Take .NeccuMiiry
Strpn.
YOKOHAMA, March 27. At n meeting of
his parliamentary adherents today tho pre
mier, tho Marquis Ho, referring to foreign
politics, said Japan had attained a position
enabling her to protect her legltlmato In
terests and to tnko whatever steps tho exi
gencies ol tho moment required. It wan Im
possible to deny that Japan feels tho influ
ence of tho complications connected with
her neighbor and sho does not Ignore tho
clouds on the horizon.
SCORCHERS FOR BODYGUARD
l'our of Them Art to Aeeomimny Um
lieror WIIIIiiiii'h ('iirrliiue In
Public Herenfler.
HKRLIN. March 27. Among the safe
guards to be utilized hereafter for tho
safety of Emperor William when he ap
pears In public will be four bodyguards on
bicycles, accompanying tho carriage. The
coachman and foolmnn will bo armed with
revolvers. Experiments with these arrange
mente nro now In progress under tho super
vision of aides-de-camp of tho emperor.
It Is. expected that his majesty will be
present tomorrow nt tho first presentation
of Salnt-Saens' "Sumson ct Delilah'' at the
Roynl opera.
GERMANY FEELS ITS EFFECT
KorelKii Ottlee fulls Attention to Unit
Result uf i'lireateneil
Itllise lu Duties,
B ICR LIN'. March 27. It Is asserted In re
llablo quarters that the German Foreign
office has pointed out to Count von Huelow.
tho Imperial chancellor, that the rumors of
nn Intended big raise In German agricultural
duties havo already unfavorably Influenced
Germany's foreign rotations.
Unroii von Rlchthofen bus presented to
tho foreign secretary a memorial setting
forth the situation in detail und urging that
such Increase, If made, be lower than tho.-,e
rumored, particularly If affecting the prod
ucts of Auatrla, Ituly Rud Russia.
ACTS ON DEBENTURE RULING
Ohio lnM-ctoi' of lliillillnu nml l.onti
AftNOf tiitloni llcicilii'i I.Icoiimci
of Tun t'omiiiliili'i,
COLUMHPS. O, March '27. The state In
spector of building nnd loan association.',
R. J. Mauck. revoked the llcene of the i
Germanla, National and united Mule;
Debenture companies of Cincinnati, and
the Ohio and Equitable Debenture company
of Columbus till morning, following the
decision of the supreme court as glen
Tuesday. This leaves only tho Dayton, the
Cleveland nnd the Toledo Debenture com-
panics alive und active In the state.
Of these the Dayton ami Clevolind com
panies have cut out the debenture feature
entirely and the Toledo Debenture com
pany hna adopted an Improved debenture
plan, the legality and practicability of
which are yet to be determined.
The supremo court added another clntisc
to Its decision of the case against tho In
terstate company lust night, which mukes
the stote treasurer not simply the cus
todian of the deposits nt the companies, but
the trustee. That means thnt he Is tn be
tho party to distribute tho funds to those
to whom it belongs.
SINCE THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
I.A plorcri llhiMiirr llujptliui HeeoriN,
liUM-rliilloiit nml Tooln llnllim
Hiiok to IMlO II. t
HOSTON. March '-7. -Rev. Dr. William C.
Wlnslow, vice president of tho Egypt ex
ploration fund, has Just received otllclal
word that Prof. 1'etrlc has unearthed at
Abydos the records of kings before Menu,
Iho founder of the first dynasty, nearly
1800 U. C.
"Wo have found." writes Prof. Petrle.
tho names of Narma Ka and a king
named by a fish sign, perhnps alxo of two
kings. Deb and Sam of Mcna. and those
of earlier Kings. Thero an' nbout thirty In
scriptions nnd a heavy strip of gold with
tho name of Aha (Menn). In tho tomb of
Khasckhouml were found Btone vases, each
with ii gold nip tied on with gold wire.
Also two broad bangles of' gold and a din
ner service of u dozen pans ami dishes,
with 1C0 models of tools In sheet copper.
Tho frequent use of Ivory then is evidenced
by the discovery of forty Inscribed Ivories
and stones and two lions cut lu Ivory."
NEW COUNCIL BLUFFS RECORD
tide 'riiroiiKh limn mill Illinois I'iiIn
I'll ii llluli MnrL for lliillmitils
to llenl.
CHICAGO, March 27. With a ride through
Iowa and Illinois that established a new
reconl for passenger trnvel from Council
Uluffs to Chicago the Chicago Commercinl
club tonight brought Its S.0Q0 miles pleasure
Journey through tho Pacific coast stutes to u
close.
Ten hours wus the time that was taken
In hauling the six heavy coaches tho leS
miles of tho trlii. U beat the record for the
eastboiind trip of n passenger train over the
line by a full hour and equalled the be.4t
that an engine with u light special of two
cars hail ever done.
Thero wero ten stops for .wnlcr and coal
and at terminals, and iirtlng tho stop
out tho running tlmo '''y ril'es
nn hour straight througn.
POLICEMEN TO BE DISPLACED
'I'm eiil ) -So veil t'lileiiKO lilenteiimitM
Are TiiriiM ii Out l t Ull !(--lee
Commission.
CHICAGO. March 27. As the result of a
decision made by Judge Waterman of the
circuit court today, twenty-seven lieuten
ants of tho Chicago police force1 will be
displayed and their places MUM from un
eligible list mudo up. following the second
examination for lieutenants, which wus held
In January. Tho decision sustained the
action of tho civil tiervlco commission In
canceling the examination hold last June
ns u result of charges of fraud. In which
a firm of loan urokcra were Implicated, nml
held that tho commission had full authority
to set usldo any examination when It was
shown tho test had not been conducted
fairly. Tho case has been bitterly fought.
PARDON
FOR M'KENZIE
No rill llllkolii OllleitilN i'eletcini,i
I ruent Petition lo Hie
Proxi.li-iil.
L1SHON, N. D., Mnrch 27. At the solici
tation of United States District Attorney
Rourko, a petition signed by county olllclala
and other prominent republicans huro for
tho pardon of Alexander McKcnzle was
wired to President MeKlnley today. It is
understood thut slmllnr applications from
other parts of tho stute will follow.
McKcnzle, who was a resident of tills
stute, was recently sentenced to Imprison
ment for contempt of tho federal ejurt,
this nctlon being tho outgrowth of litiga
tion over mining property lu Alaska, of
which he was appointed receiver.
BREAKS STEERAGE RECORD
orlli tieriiiiiii l.lojil Men in er HrliiKH
l)er llni e I'.uilm'iinls Tlinu
l'.ee Cuiiie llelore.
NEW YORK. March 27.--Tho North Ger
man Lloyd steamship. Grosser Korfurst,
which urrlved today from Bremen, brought
1.951 steerage passengers. Tho largest
number of steerage pas.ncngors previously
carried by one ship was 1.M4. brought on
tho steamship Harbarosu of the tamo lino
eleven days ago. Tluso .two great ship
loads of people show an unusually heavy
German Immigration for March.
FORBIDS THE PASSION PLAY
Archbishop of Mexico Slrnnuly Ills,
approves t iistoiiiui' i'eiiiure
of llolj Week.
MEXICO CITY, TliTrTh 27. -The urch
blshop of Mexico has ug.ihi issued Instruc
tions to tho clergy in tho archdiocese for
bidding, In thi' most sningmit terms, the
performance of the Passion pluy during
holy week, ns has been the custom for
years. Last year the archblshon tool; a
similar course, und in many places the
play was abandoned.
TO CONQUER THE MISSOURI
M. ,loseih t'oimrcNsiuiiu Culls Sieelul
.Mr el Inn lo Propose i:lcnsie
liuprin einenls.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March 27.-Cougress-rann
C. F. Cochran of this city has called a
meeting of tho men Interested In staying
the ravages of tho Missouri river nnd will
spring a scheme on the meeting Tor ox
tensive Improvements, with thy ultimate
object of securing a refunding of the money
expended, at the next tetsloa of congress.
I hill Orders steel Hulls,
PITTS!!!' RG Pa. March J7 -Thr rurtte.
gle company h.j reei ived an order Tom
tho Chilian guveri.ineu f"r 1.0) tons of
utundunl i-ieel rail for tin r ol oi ti- it
country Tb rmN art to be delivered
within two muutlii.
HILL COVETS BURLINGTON
Still Seeks Its Control for the Northern
Paoifio and Great Northern,
WILL MAKE THREE PROPOSITIONS
Preimreil to lllil IIIhIi Cnsh Price to
Leone nt Speellleil lleiilnl or
( fin one .Slock for cm
Itoniln.
NEW YORK. March 27. The Evening
Post says: Burlington nnd Northern Pa
cific shares were strong nnd nctlvn today
on tllu revival of reports thut there would
bo u lease of the Hurllngtoti by tho North
ern Pacific and Great' Northern railways.
No oltlclal confirmation of these reports
could be obtained today and Important
stockholding Interests in Burlington deny
having information that any offer hud been
mado for the Burlington. It was also said
that neither the Great Northern or North
ern Pacific directors hae considered such
a leaso or terms for taking over the Ilur
lliigtou. A strong effort Is under way. however, to
secure control of the Burlington nnd to
turn It oer to the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern. These proposals origi
nate with President J. J. Hill and tho ne
gotiations ure entirely In his hands.
Whether he will be successful In Inducing
the present management of the Hurllngtoti
to accept liU proposals remains to bo seen,
Ills Three Propositions.
It Is said that Mr. Hill is prepared to bid
a high cujI' price for Iho Burlington, to
lenso It nt u specified guaranteed rental, nr
to change tho stock for new bonds, us the
Lake Shore & Michigan Central was ac
quired by the New York Central. In such
negotiations (he Hill syndicate has the ad
vantage of owning heavy amounts of stock
of Burlington, bought at much lower prices,
both directly und through allied bunking
Inlet ests In New York, which would bo
noted In favor of any proposal looking
to securing the Burlington. At present It
irny be stuted the effort to secure control
of the Burlington Is evidently In the hands
of Mr. Hill.
Mr. J. P. .Mm gan has taken uo active pnrt
lu tho negotiations, us he did In those to
secure the St. Paul. If Mr. Hill succeeds
lu securing the Burlington and the option
Ib ottered to tho Northern Pacific to share
with the Great Northern any guaranty, or
to Join In the purchase, It will undoubtedly
be necepted. At the present time tho pro
posal remains In nn Indefinite shnpe, pend
lug tho outcome of Mr. Hill's efforts to
reach an agreement with tho Burlington
directors.
Melinite OITer Thin Work,
President Perkins Is understood to bo
on tho way east to Boston and It Is be
lloved u definite olfer will bo mado to the
Burlington board this week.
"If the directors refuse the offer (nnd
heretofore they have been opposed lo pass
lug control), the success of any effort to
lease the Burlington to any western road
will bo Jeopardized. Whllo New York
banking Interests havn become heavy hold'
crs of tho shares, the stock Is widely ill
trl butcd throughout Ncv Erulnnd and It
would tit difficult to Induce theso Investors
to pari with their holdings. The average
holdings of Burlington Is said to have been
ubout seventy shales, largely In New Eng
land. It may ho said that President Hill
has a strong following In New England and
It) In u better position than almost any
other Interest to secure control of tho Ilur
Huston." TO CONFER WITH HARRIMAN
President Hurl nml Other IIiiIImii)
llllleliils on Way to Neiv
York.
CHICAGO. March 27. President C. M,
Hays of the Southern Pacific railroad,
President Hurt of the Union Pacific, Vlco
President Bancroft of the Oregon Short Line
and Traffic Manager Campbell of the Oregon
Hallway and Navigation company passed
through Chicago today curouto for New
York. It wus expected that tho distill
gulshed party of railroad men would mako
u short stop in Chicago, but their speelul
enr on Its urrivul wus Immediately switched
to tho Luke Shore trucks nnd wus nttached
lo tho Lake Shore limited, leaving ut 1:30
a. m. A conference will bo held with E. H.
Harriman In Now York ami It is understood
that negotiations will bo made looking to
ward tho consolidation of the Union and
Central Pacific railway systems. .
ST. JOSEPH DEALERS SUFFER
Itiillroniln' Alliance Shipping Price on
tlrulii reminds Tmii t.'ents
Per Pound.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo March 27. A body
blow wus delivered to the St. Joseph deal
on und tho manufacturers of grain prod
nets today by Iho new rato put Into effect
by tho railroads, advancing the shipping
piic" 2 cents a pound. The Commercial
club at once look up the matter and an
appeal has been taken to tt" ralltvsy com
missioner for relief.
Deny Consolidation !Hory.
CHICAGO, March 27. In renin! to the
rumor that tho Chicago, Hock Istand &
Pacific railroad would absorb tho Mexican
Central, President W. G. Purely of tho Rook
Island raid:
"Thero Is no truth to the report that
the Rock Island Is contemplating any con
solidation with tho Mexican Central rail
road." Edward D. Kentia, first vice president of
I the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, said:
"Tho Santa Fe road has mado connection
with tho Mexican Central for n number of
ycara at El Paso, and has been sending
through sleepers Into Mexico. This nr
rnngemont will continue, though no con
solidation Is planned."
Control Not to He Chiiimeil.
NEW YORK, March 27. Tho Commercial
Advertiser snys: Olllcers of tho Chicago,
Burlington Ac Qulncy nnd of the Northern
Pnclflc Rallwuy companion say thero la no
foundation for tho btory that an offer has
beep mado on the part of tho Northern
Pacific for control of tho Burlington. Whllo
It Is conceded that Now York capitalists
havo lately acquired n largo Interest In
Hurllngtoti, representatives of tho present
management Insist thut the control will not
bo changed.
It ii rl I it u t nn Civil Ifuuliierr Itesluns,
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 27.-(Speclal
Telegram.) S. E. Coombs, u civil engineer
and for ten years assistant engineer of tho
Burlington railway lines In Missouri, re
signed today and left at once for Capo
Girardeau. Mo., tn accept tho position of
chfof engineer of tho Southern Missouri k
Arkansas railway.
Itouers Works Sold,
NEW YORK. Morch 27. It is annouueed
toulght that Hie Rogers locomotive works,
situated n' Paterson, N. J-, havo been sol 1
by the rcertvora to a New York syndicate
of IMplUliSU,
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Thursday;
Rising Temperature lu Western Portion,
Winds Becoming Southerly; Friday Hit In
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BAD WRECK AT LITTLE RAPIDS
I'reluht ami Passeimer on the .North
uestern Collide llesulllnu
In One llealli.
DEPERE, Wis.. Murch 27. A bad col
lision between a passenger train and a
freight train occuired on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad nt Little Rnplds,
five miles south of Depere, this afternoon,
resulting lu the killing of one man nnd the
Injuring of eight other persons.
The dead:
HARRY A. JONES. Green Hay, Wis., en
gineer of the passenger train.
Tho injured;
John Donnellan, fireman of freight; fcti-
nus.
M. L. Peterson, express nicfscngcr, Mil
waukee, serious.
Conductor Ralph Izand. left shoulder dis
located and head severely cut.
John Young, Milwaukee, fireman on pas
senger, head cut.
Albert Schoettle, brakeman on passenger
train, knee badly bruised.
Dan Gibson of Poud du Luc, head cut
und thumb smashed.
Daisy Rogers of Applctou, Injuries slight.
Mm. llaucli of Sheboygan, Injuries slight.
The wreck whs caused by an open switch.
The northbound passenger, due at 2.10,
crashed Into n heavy freight standing on a
sidetrack. The passenger train does not
stop at that station uml was going ut
nearly full speed when tho collision oc
curred. Roth engines were completely
wrecked. The passenger engine, falling on
its side, crushed oat tho life of Engineer
Jones. Fireman Donnellan of the freight
escaped death by Jumping. The baggnge
and smoking cars were thrown slilewuys
oft tho track, the front end of tho baggage
car being wrecked. Most of the Injured
wero taken to St. Vincent's hospital at
Green Hay.
WILL SMASH IN KENTUCKY
Mrs. Nation PromisoM I.cxIiikIou
.sal no u .Men to Come Hack Mlth
u Hatchet.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Murch 27. Mrs. Cnr
rle Nation opened her lecture tour hero
tonight, ! small audience being present In
tho opera house. Sho hud urrled from
Cincinnati nt uoon und nfter dinner In her
room ut tho Phoenix hotel and a brief audi
enco with reporters, she spent the after
noon sleeping.
Mrs. Nation's lecture on "The Homo De
fender" waB In tho main nu Impaaidonod vo-
vlow of her experiences lu Kansas. She
culled on Lexington 'women to follow her
example. n rlddlnc thp r.toto of snkions,
Sho started on a slumming tour nL 10
o'clock tonight. Several saloons wero
visited. A crowd of several hundred fol
lowed and tho four policemen had diffi
culty in keeping them clear of Mrs. Nation.
In one saloon sho was Jeered, but boldly
culled tho proprietors to tusk nnd told
them sho would come back and smash their
saloons when alio was done with Kansas,
In tho slums Mrs. Nation prayed with
the Inmates of resorts nnd kissed several
goodby. Sho ended the tour with a visit to
the police station, whero she pleaded with
prisoners to do better.
ARRESTED FOR EXPLOSION
.Minim l Doremiis llrlil for Griiiul
Jury on Iteeoinmeiiilalloii of
Coroner's Inquest.
CHICAGO, March 27. The coroner's Jury,
which has been investigating the boiler ex
plosion at the Dorrmus laundry, -lfiS West
Madison street, March 11. lu which eight
lives were lost, returned a verdict this
evening, holding Abraham F. Doremus to
await the action of tho grand Jury,
Mr. Doremus was arrested on u mittimus
und taken to the criminal court building
to give ball. The Jury also recommended
that tho grand Jury Investigate how It hn t-
pence! thut City Holler Inspector Schlacks
and his predecessor failed to have tho
boiler registered on their books so that
It would be regularly tested.
Another provision of the Jury's verdict
recommends that tho city council pass an
ordinance providing for the appointment
of n special commission to complete u
list of the boilers in utu In Chicago, so
thut they may bo systematically exam
Ined. Coroner Traeger announced that ho
would prepare un ordinance protecting en
glneers In tho discharge of their duties
and confining their labors strictly to the
euro of the engines and boilers under their
charge and submit It to tho city council
FIERCE MOB AT GALESBURG
Several Hundred Men nml I'ew Women
Try to Maiitt llnrllnuloii IOu
Kllieer's Assnliiwit.
GALESBURG, III.. March 27. Aa at
tempt wus made hero tonight to lynch Ed
Jackson, tho negro desperado who Is
charged with murdering Charles H. Rowo
a Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy engineer.
Sheriff Matthews und a forro of armed
men g larded tho Jail ngulnsi tho mob
which was composed of several hundred
men and a fow women. The prisoner wns
hurried out of Jail secretly and sent to
Monmouth for protection.
In order lo satisfy tho mob a committee
of tholr own choice searched the Jail and
could not find tho prisoner. When this
beenmo known tho mob hung around tho
Jull for some tlmo nnd then dispersed.
KNOX LIKELY TO ACCEPT
I'lttshurif l.iiM'yer Starts to WiinIiIiih
ton In Mood tu 'lake Proncrcil
Ciibliirt Position.
P1TTSIU HG. Pa., March 27.-P. C. Knox
loft the city at 10 o'clock for Washington
In answer to summons from President Me
Klnley. It lt understood Mr. Knox will
bo tendered tho position of attorney gen
eral by tho president and the belief Is gen
eral that If th'i portfolio Is offered ho will
seo his way to accept It.
THREE THOUSAND SETTLERS
Thry Pass ThroiiKh SI. Pnul Knroule
to .New Homes In tile
.Nort Iim est.
ST. PAPL, Minn., March 27. Over fl.OfiO
now settlers, 1,800 of whom wero Duukards,
passed through St, Paul today en loilto to
new homrs In the northwest. Tho present
movement of settlors Is said to exceed the
highest previous record,
TRY TWO NEW NAMES
Antii Isjtct Jtsitt and Bulling into Ballot
in J tint Stssion.
SOME INCIDENTAL SHIFTING OF THE LINES
Several Members Switch Their Votei, but
Result ii Unchang ed.
EFFORT TO TAKE SECOND BALLOT FAILS
Motion to Proceed Mceti Opposition from
Fusioniat Minority.
MOVE TO BREAK UP REGULAR CAUCUS
onferenee Called nt Mnlr House ut
Hour Set for Caucus .Meetltiu
Adopts n Resolution tu lo
ern Toilnj's HitllnttiiH,
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LINCOLN. March 27. (Special Tele
gram.) The last Joint session of tho legis
lature but ouo was held today, but ad
journed with the same monotonous procla
mation by Lieutenant Governor Savago:
"No otic having received n majority of
all tho votes cast for Culled States scn
utor, 1 therefore deeinro It no election."
Tho only Incident of the roll cnll out of
tho ordinary wan the written explanation
offered by Senator Arends, which as read
by tho secretary stated that lunsmuch ns
tho short term to bo filled wns that of tho
late M. L. I lay wind, ho thought It no moro
than right that tho unexpired term should
be nwarded to another Otoo county man
und henco enst his vote for Judge Paul
Jrssen Instead of for I) E. Thompson.
This wus tho first liistnnco of a departure
by nuyono who hnd purtlclpuled In tho
short caucus from the caucus qholce, but
no ono followed Areuds out of the Thomp
son ranks. Judge Jessen rocclwd llvo
votes altogether, iho other four, however,
being Evnus. Oleson, Steelo nnd Whltmore,
nil known us pronounced nulls, nml de
creasing by that number tho size of tho
Hlnshaw column. Tho absenco of Gal
lngly took another voto from Mr. Thomp
son, so thnt he stood at fifty-seven.
Tho HoBowatcr total remained unchanged.
although two transfers! took plnce, Oleson
and Spencer coming to him and .loluibon
and Stelnmeyer leaving. Ono went to
Melklejoliu nnd tho other to Huldrlge. who
also took VunHosklrk from Melklejchn.
Currle, foo, on tho Joint ballot lost Wenzl,
going to Crounse, mnklngCrounsc, Currlo
und Illuahnw seven each.
nnorl for second llnllnt I'nllii.
After tho ballot hud been announced an
Interesting spectacle was produced for tho
edification of tho members and spectators.
w no wero present In greater numbers than
nt uny time, not excepting tho first day of
Joint t'osslou. A motion to proceed to an
other ballot was interrupted by n motion
to adjourn, on which a roll call wns or
dered, pending which enmo a demand from
Iho fuslonlst.1 for a call of Ihc house.
Scarcely had tho hands been raised to sup
port wns (lemniiii man it wns moved to
raise the call und, on viva voco vote, thn
lieutenant governor declared the motion
carried and tho call ralsod. A dozen fu
slonlsts wero on their feet to protest nnd
to insist ou roll cnll.
Tho rules provide that sixty-seven
members alono can raise a call of this
Joint uiiscmbly," shouted Taylor. "How
does tho chair know without a roll rail
mat sixty-seven havo voted to r.ilso lin
eal!?"
The decision of the chair Is questioned."
dryly responded Lieutenant Governor Sav-
ngo. "Tho clerk will call the roll on tho
appeal from tho decision of tho chnlr.
Tho question Is, Shall tho chair bo sus
tained ?"
Thnt cut It oh short nnd tho roll call
proceeded. The so-cnlled antls who had
voted with the republicans against tho
motion to adjourn, divided on this question,
half of them voting with tho fuslonlsts.
Several fuslonlsts wero noticeable hy tholr
absence, but Ransom, Rlddell nnd Weber
went to sustain tho chair nnd his ruling
was uphold by u voto of M In CO. A rocord
having been made, tho motion to adjourn
was renewed and carried with scarcely a
dissent.
Position of the I'lislonlsls.
Hitherto all efforts to talio moro than one
ballot for United Stales senator tho same
day havo emanated from tho fuslou sldo
nnd always been promptly squelched. Tho
failure of thu effort today, evon though It
may havo been designed only to put thn
different elements on record, Indicates, If
It Indicates anything ut nil, thut It is not
safe to count on continued bullotlng In
Joint session because It can bo too readily
headed off. Tho fuslonlsts aro apparently
solid for closing tho contest without un
election and could hardly bo expected to eo
operato Hi uny phui for tho republicans to
thresh out their dlfferenccH lu any such
manner. Unless tho so-culled nntls ehungn
their minds, they would bo npt to voto for
Immedluto adjournment rather than lo risk
miscarrying their opposition cumpalgn.
lli'ltlteil ('aliens I'll ie r .
Another belated caucus agreement wus
put out this morning, being eirctiluted by
Representative Brown, who lias refused lo
enter tho existing abort caucus. It was
signed by several of the untls nnd a few
nioic, but wus not enthusiastically received
generally because of its peculiar condi
tions. It purports to cull a caucus requir
ing sixty-seven to sign und furty-tlvo to
nominate, but to cnnsldor thn choice of a
long-term candidate from the North Plnttn
und no other business. This would leave
tho hhort-tcrm mm hanging in tho air as
much as now. As tho lending caucus, hav
ing disposed of tho short-term candidacy, is
really considering only tho North Platte
mutter with forty-Ilvo to nominate, thnso
purttnlpatltig havo responded that tho best
way for tho outsiders to help out tho situa
tion would bo to accept lis terms by sign
ing tho agreement and coming In.
Politicians All On thr tiriimiil.
All tho notables In tho political arenn of
tho state uro on thu ground to seo tho
wlndup of tho senatorial deadlock. On
tho fusion sldo, there aro W. J. Bryan,
Senator Allen, W. II. Thompson, Demo
cratic Nullonul Cnminlttcomun Dahlman,
ex-Governor Poynter and u host of lesser
lights, On thn republican sldo, besides thn
candidates, who hiivo been horn constantly,
km iilmost nil tin, men wlto hnve fhfllred
1 promiticutly lu stale pulltus o( lute years
