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SIXGLE COL'V 1MVE CENTS.
DOW ACER STEPS BACK
Obinsts Empreii Appoint! Commission to
Brcut tho Tnblic for Her.
IS PERHAPS NOT SO ARBITRARY NOW
Hew Flan Snmi to Indicate Lett Inclination
to Bun Things Herself.
MEN CHOSEN NOT THE MOST DESIRABLE
Teo Weak r Too Hoitilt to Aid Fereign
MoTemtnt Much.
WASHINGTON THINKS NEWS IMPORTANT
Ilelli-tr She .-eU Iii I'lm'r llrmrlf
In I'liKleloii I" Deny 1 1 Mi it n I -hlllty
Pir I'nliire Kvi-nt
In CIllllM.
WASHINGTON, April 26. Thn following
cablegram linn been received at the Stnto
dcpaitmcnt from Mr. Squlrrrs, tlio Unllsd
Btates t'luirito nt Pekln, (luted today;
The empress downgrr bus appointed a
liouril of tmtioiuil iiilinlnlstrntlou In rellcv.i
lirr of her public funrllniiM. They cm
lirni'u three members of the cabinet now
with (lu empress at Shin Kit and Prince
Citing, Viceroy Id and Prince Kung, who
lire now In l'eliln.
This news Is regnrdud au of importance.
Indicating ns It docs the relinquishment by
tho empress dowHKcr of Mic arbitrary pow
ers she heretofore has exercised. It also
Is apparent that she has placed herself In
a position to avoid direct responsibility t.)
tho foreigners for whatever may happen In
thn future and tho board will Imvo to betr
the brunt of any complaint. It Is felt that
the appointment of this board will make It
much easier for tho foreign ministers to
transact business with tho Chinese govern
tnent. The three members of tho Chinese
cabinet now nt Slan Fu include the notor
ious .hi us l,u, who was one of tlio most
nctlvo in tho outbreak against tho foreign
ers last summer. One of tho other mem
bers of this council is TO years old and la
mid to be greatly debilitated. Tho third
member has been at least lukewarm tow.ird
foreign Interests. The chotco of these
threo Is looked upon as likely to complicate
the good which Li Hung Chang and tho oth
ers may accomplish.
Tho foreign establishments hero arc re
recclvlng a number of important dispatches
relative to tho question of Indemnity and
how It shall be guaranteed, by a Chinese
loan or to each of tho powers Individually.
One of the dispatches coming through an
European foreign olllco says that Sir Rob
ert Hart has concluded that China can
pay n total of $200,000,000, and tho impres
rlon is conveyed that this will bo the
amount agreed upon, tho various claims
being scaled down to this limit. Another
dispatch comes from one of the. most promi
nent Chlncso nfllclals nud from a pleni
potentiary In tho peace negotiations. lie
makes a suggestion that when' ttic amount
of indemnity is agreed upon It will bo
Brcatly to tho Interests of China as well
as to tho powers If tho amount payable to
each power can be mado by installments
and not by a gross payment outright. In
that case China would not be compelled to
negotiate a largo loan. The view provails
among officials that while this proposition
is fair. It is not practical and there Is lit
tle Idea that It will be favorably enter
talned.
Other dispatches which have passed
within the last few days revive the idea
of having Tho Hague tribunal administer
the Indemnities after tbo total Is onco
agreed upon.
CHINESE TROOPS REAPPEAR
Mhmv I'll ill Another 1'iilnt In Inter
na Hon ill ren Itppri'arntii
tluiia lln lie li Chiuii.
l'KKIN, April 2ii. Tho Chinese regulars
who retired beyond tho great wall have ro
appeared at another point within the inter
national area. Strong representations havo
been made to tho Chinese plenipotentiaries
in regard to tho necessity for their Imme
diate retirement. Tho Kronen forco Is in
readiness to renew tho operations, hut lias
been ordered to await tho result of the lui
perinl edicts.
LI CALLS FOR FAMINE RELIEF
Siijn Klerrn .Million People In Mi mi SI
Province .eeil I'ooil HIkM
. ii y.
NKW YORK, April 26. Tho follov.ln
cablegram was received today:
"I'ekln, April 23. Very serious famine
spreads over tho whole province of Shan
SI. Over 11,000,000 population affected
Urgent relief necessary. Conditions war
runt immedlato appeal.
"LI H UNO CHANG."
PUTS STOP TO EMIGRATION
ComlltloiiH In Porto Kleii Intprot Iuk
Work Priivlilcil for n linrcc
Number.
SAN JUAN, P. U., April 26.-II Is not
likely that more emigration agents will
come, here. Those utieady hero had 2,000
natives recruited for llawull and expected
to ship 1,000 of them on the steamer Call
fomla Wednesday, but It sailed with only
DO emigrants. Tho agents announce that
this Is due to tho opposition of tb plant
ers, who wish to retain the lite, era avail
bio until harvesting begins and that
therefore, any further attempts on a largo
fccalo to promote emigration will be ute
l?is,
The emigration of Porto Hlcans to Kcun
dor bus been put to an end on account of
tho widespread publication here of nu oltl
olal report of the Jamaican nu.horltlcs re
garding tho lll-trentntunt of the Jamals-nt
In Kcusdor.
Secretary Hunt says tho alcaldes and
others In Mia Interior towm a U.iowlcdjc
that tho times are much better than a eur
ago and that the pestimlsts are gradually
changing their opinion. Tha recent appro
priation for roal work wilt provUo cm
ployment for hundreds of people and open
up a wonderfully rich coffee country whhh
t present It Is dlttkult to reach.
Mr. Hunt says there W no doubt that the
rntlro opposition to Govjrnor Allen pro
cceds from the disappointed party which
did not vote In tlio election In 1000, and
which is now bo antl-Amcrlcan that Its
chief prohibits his followers to accept gov
ernment appointment, Yet tho richest
planters and merchants in tho lilands are
enrolled In this party, Levcl-headid people
tee progress In the near future. Thu fed
eiuls here don't llko to see the school
houses springing up. They are rich nnd
don't worry about the education of their
own children, but It nnnoy them to seo
the poorer rlasses being educated to tbelr
Intellectual level.
TEACHES i . 'IND TO SEE
It n l'li li'imi I' f llriilim to
i)ltliiKiilli Wlii-i.'' j "u
llflpll'.
(Copyright, Kd. by Press Publish. Co.)
VIENNA. April 2ii. (New ork world
;.iblcgiain- -Special Telegram.) An epoch
making discovery in tho training of born
blind children to sro has been achieved b)
Director Keller of tho blind Institute. He
xhlhltnl today before the Physicians' so
lety. a 7-year-old boy, born blind, but with
perfectly organized eyes, brain-blind, as the
doctors call It. whom ho tnught to dis
cern colors nnd the form of objects and
rrud with tho eyes In fourteen months. Ho
was Induced to attempt tho method, be
cause he had taught seventy-two deaf and
lumb children with normal ears to hear an 1
speak by working on the brain. Tho method
onslsts In teaching tho child In a perfectly
dark room with one moveable; disc of light
to distinguish tho light from darkness he
being unable to see.
Perhaps this Is developing In tho slightest
legrce a faculty of which tho patient Is
not conscious. This takes months of pa
tient treatment. Then objects which the
blind knows by feeling are plsced against
the light disc. Tho blind child Is told
what they are called. Then colored glass
before a lamp tenches the child colors.
(Icomctrlcal figures on the disc are shown,
to pas slowly on to forming letters when
reading is taught. Then the disc Is re
moved nnd the objects arc shown In n dark
room with rays of light falling upon them.
From this tho sight Is gradually nccustomcd
to daylight. Keller has received con
gratulations from all university and medi
cal men who have heard of his method.
AMERICAN ACTRESS ACQUITTED
.S)lln Thorn' Compliilnt Aunlnst Mlfta
liinUrrl- In I, Minimi In
l)luil-l.
(Copyright, 1901. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, April 20. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Gertrude
Titus, slster-lu-law of Udnii May, and pro
fessionally known as Sylvia Thorn, accused
.Miss Donkcrsley, a fellow actress, at West
minster, police court today of stealing .CI
worth of her millinery nnd wearing ap
parel. Both women tiro engaged in "The
Hello of Bohemia" at tho Apullo thea'er
nnd lived together In a Hat at Westminster
until Tuesday, when Miss Donkcrsley left,
after which Miss Titus missed several
articles of clothing. The defendant's cas.t
showed that her husband and mother, who
arrived from New York last week, ob
jected to her staying at tho Hat and In re-
tnoving her belongings sho took some of
Miss Titus' belongings In mistake. Tho
magistrate accepted this view nnd, dis
missed tho case, saying there was "o
shadow of suspicion against Miss
Donkcrsley.
ENGLAND WORKING FOR FAVOR
Prefers C'oninief clnl Prlvlleiten
In
C'htnii 1n LnrKe .Money
Indemnity.
LONDON, April 20. A representative of
tho Associated Press learns that Great
Urltaln Is not relaxing Its efforts to Induce
the powers to decrease their pecuniary de
mands on China nnd substitute for a por
tion of their claims commercial agreements.
Tho latest advices from tho nrltlsh minis
ter nt Pckln do not Indicate any degree of
success so far, owing, it is said, to opposi
tion on tho part of Germany, which con
tinues to insist on tho payment in full of
tho largo Indemnity It claims. Mr. Rock-
hlll, tho American special commissioner at
Pckln, nnd Sir Krnest Satow, British minis
ter at Pckln, are said to bo working on
Identical lines.
AFFIRMS PROPOSED SEIZURE
Purl ,rv Ninicr tilvea Detiills
of
Iti-pnrli'il 11 M it In Capture
Cliliifxe i;mpr-MN,
PARIS, April 2i!. Tho Gauiois aHlrms
that General Hailloud and Colonel Mar
chand some time ago contemplated an at
tempt to seize the (.hlueso empress nnd
court. General Bailloud approached Colonel
Marchand and asked him if ho would uu
dertake a certain cnterprlto which would
ery probably hasten the end of hostilities.
Tho colonel replied that he was willing nnd
Generals Bailloud nnd Marchnnd drow up a
plan, tho execution of which was venture
some but feasible. Tho diplomats, however,
opposed tho scheme and it fell through.
FLOOD WATERS STILL RISING
Cincinnati Miint Wnlt .Vnotlirr liny fur
Heller Pniir People Suf
fer .Most.
CINCINNATI, April 2G. Tho top of :ho
tlood in tho Ohio at this place has not vot
been reached. Whllo thoro was a rise Jf
only two-tenths of a foot between 5 o'clock
yesterday evening nnd 2 a. m. today, tho
riso between 2 a. in. anil 9 a. in. today was
.3V&. Tho decline, whori it begins, will bo
slow, as Huntington, W. Va., this morning
reported n fall of only half an Inch In
twenty-four hours. All of the manufacturers
and merchants In the bottoms will bo In
their normal condition before Monday.
Many of tho residences In tbo flooded dls
trict, especially tenement houses along tho
river front, will not bo tit for habitation
for almost a week. In this respect New
port nnd Dayton, Ky and other towns
across tho river have also Buffered very
much. At Hlpley, Hlgglusport, Manchester
and other small points on this sldo of tho
river, tho condition after the flood Is very
serious, as they have been practically under
water for some days. Owing to tho short
duration of tbo Hood, ns well as tbo fact
that It Is below tho record of bcvcii other
Ohio river Hoods, tho dumago along the
valley is comparatively small, Tho great
est Batterers aro those who have been
thrown out of work or driven from their
homes. No lives havo been lost except by
accidents. There Is no Indication of a fur
ther rlso nnd less apprehension Is felt over
the results of the high water In tho lower
Ohio valley.
LUDLOW IS SERIOUSLY ILL
t.rnrrnl Will lleturii In the I nltnl
Stnte hy thr 1'lml
'I'm import.
MANILA, April 2(i.-0vlug to his Illness
the appointment of Itrlgadler General Wil
liam Ludlow to be military governor ot the
department of the Vlsaytis has been
revoked. A board of surgconj has made an
examination und reports that General Lud
low suffered from an nttnek of grip and
localized congestion, which has developed
Into a dangerous case of tuberculosis, (Itin
era I Ludlow l return to tho United
States by the flrnt transport,
Nun DuiuliiKu .MlnlMem llenliiu.
SAN DO.MlNdO, April 2S (via Ilavllen
cable) - The mlulMcr of tho Interior, Senor
liernnnoi .
Cuellu, und the milliliter of post. Hennr
Joub.'it, have resigned. The country Is
u,ulcL
GRASPS BEAUMONT FIELDS
Standard Oil Oompaiy Has New Teiai
Wells Nailed In.
BUYS ALL PORT ARTHUR TERMINALS
.Vino tlio Wlinrirn mill Therrliy ftnlnn
Control of the Outlet mill In
elilrntnlly the GimIktu
Thr-nmrU r.
BKAUMONT. Tex.. April 2.-The Beau
mont Oil exchange todny posted the statement
that the Standard Oil company had pur
chased the milt nnd terminals, wharves and
sniping facilities at Port Arthur and 00,
000 acres of land surrounding tho port.
Tho price wns not given.
Port Arthur Is tho nearest deep water
port to tho Beaumont oil Held, nnd by con
trolling this outlet, the Standard Oil com
pany can control every barrel of oil taken
from tho Beaumont Hold. Tho railroads
cannot compete In freight rates with pipe
lino and ship via Port Arthur to Mew Or
leans nnd Galveston. Thus owning Port
Arthur, the Stnndnrd Oil company will con
trol even tho domestic trndo In erudo oil.
No olio hero ever doubted that tbo Standard
Oil company would ultimately get control
of this oil Held, but no one appears to have
foreseen tho purchase of Port Arthur by tho
company.
NEIRASKANS START HOME
.Srnntor mill Oilier l.rnvr WnnlilUK-
liiKlon for Mnt'olii, Oinnliu
nnil I'.lniMvlicrr.
WASHINGTON. April 26. (Special Tele
gram. ) W. J. Grceno and It. W. llreckcti
ridge of Omaha and II. K. Rose of Lincoln,
who were In Washington this week looking
after their Interests In tho enso of the
Northern Assurunco compnny of London
against the Grandvlew Building association,
ponding beforu the United States supremo
court, left for their homes In Nebraska
tonight.
Both Nebraska senators left hero this
morning, Senator Dietrich going direct
homo from hero and Senator Millard, with
Miss Millard, going by way of New York.
Judge A. M. Post of Columbus, Neb., Is
In tho city. Hp leaves for homo tomorro.v.
Second Lieutenant Graham L. Johnson,
Klovcnth United States Infantry, hus betn
ordered to Omaha for recruiting duty under
Colonel William K. Spurgln, Fourth United
States infantry, nt Sixteenth nnd Dodxo
streets.
These reserve agents have been approved:
Continental National bank of Chicago for
First National of Essex, la.; Citizens' Na
tional bank of Des Moines for Pella Na
tional bank of Pel In, la.
Tho application to convert tho McCool:
County State bank of Salem, S. I)., Into thu
First National of Salem, with $25,000 capi
tal, has been approved.
Dr. A. A. Collcn was appointed pension
examining surgeon, nt Vermillion, S. D.
CABINET MEMBERS SANGUINE
llopufiil Unit rtrr Culuin C'omiuliiHloii
ltqturiiN I'lntt AiiuMiiliiHMi t
Will He Ae.'ipl. il.
WASHINGTON, April 2. The cabinet
meeting today, tbo last ono before the
president's departure for the coast, was oc
cupied almost exclusively with tho discus
slon of the visit of tho Cuban commission.
Secretary Boot, who has been conducting
the conferences with tho commission, sub
mit ed rather exhaustively an account of tho
Interviews lie had with them.
He told the president nnd tho cabinet of
tbo objections which tho commissioners
raised to the Piatt amendment nnd of somo
of tho misunderstandings regarding It.
Thcro was a general e.xchnngo of opinion
among tho members of the cabinet regard
ing tho situation nnd In light of the views
expressed. Secretary Hoot will hold another
conference with tho commissioners before
their departure. Tho president will not see-
them again, except to formally bid them
farewell. Whllo there are one or two points
upon which somo of tho members of tho
commission are Insistent the general feeling
of tho cabinet, ns reflected in their ex
chaugo of views today, was that the re
sult of tho commission's vUlt could not
but be beneficial In relieving erroneous Im
pressions which it is expected are enter
tained in tho constitutional convention re
garding tho purposes of tho United States.
Altogether it would not be tou much to
say that the cabinet generally Is hopeful
that the convention, after hearing tho re
port of tbo commission, will bo much more
disposed to accept our terms than It
has been heretofore,
ADELBERT HAY QUITS POST
Sim of (lie Secretory or Stale ItrnlKU
('oiiNiiUlilp nt Pretoria With
out SiiciTHHiir.
WASHINGTON. April 26. Adclbcrt Hay.
son of tho secretary of state, has resigned
his post ns United States consul general at
Pretoria. Tho resignation takes effect to
morrow. Ills successor has not been se
lected. In view of the great expenso of living
at Pretoria, It Is possible that the offices
will bo left vacant until congress can have
nn opportunity to act upon a recommenda
tion from tho executive looking to an In
crease In the salary of the olllco of consul
general at Pretoria.
CYCLONE JOSTLES SOLDIERS
l)intriiM Their llnrriiel.H anil l)c
inoriilUi'M Their llnopllnl ill Pol
loc, So KeinpIV IlepiirtN,
WASHINGTON. April 2ii. Admiral
Kempff at Cavlte cabled thu Navy depart
ment today as follows:
"Cyclone struck Polloc, 22d: bnrrncks de
stroyed; hospital until for use. No casual
ties. Government damage $2,000. Request
this amount be mndo available."
lo i-iiu-iit nf Dernii Hel. April 'M.
At New York Arrived: Steamers Lu
cnnla. from Liverpool nnd Queeiistown;
Iiurentlan, from Glasgow und Liverpool,
via J.ondonderry and Halifax; Knenlgln
Luisc, front Uremeu; t'oltiinbln, front Hani
burg; Gruf Wnldersee, front Hamburg.
Hailed: Steamers Nomadic, fur Liverpool;
Scotia, for iJpitoa.
At Hamburg-Arrived; . Dcutscbland,
front New York.
At Cherbourg-Hailed: Steamer FurKt
Hlfcinarek. from Hamburg nnd Southamp
ton, tor sow vorK.
At Qurenstown Arrived: SteamerH Cnm
panla, from New York, for Liverpool; Mid
night. Khyiilanil, for Ilclglum; Klnne. front
Philadelphia, for Liverpool, and both pro.
eeeilcd. Halted: Commonwealth, for Bos
ton. At Hostmi Arrived: Norwegian, front
Cibmgow; Sylvanln, from Liverpool,
At St. Johns. N. F -Arrived; Sardinian,
front GhtHgow nud Liverpool, for Phila
delphia. At Movllle Sailed; FurnoHtdu, front (lias,
gnw, fnr New Yoik, Corlnthlun, from Liv
erpool, for Montreal.
At Southampton Hailed . b'urst illnnvirck,
front Ilambuic for New York via Cherbourg.
FIRST CLASH 0N THE GRADE
ClitrUS Men M.ip Minrt l.lnc'x Tenini
unit AriulMllce Ii I'liiully
Pnlelieil t'l'.
SALT LAKI2 CITY, Utah, April 2S.--A
special to the Herald from Uvada, Utah,
says: The ntst clash between the Oregon
Short Line and Senator Clark's forces for
possession of the disputed Utah and Cali
fornia grndo occurred today, when twenty
two wagons loaded with ties were driven
up to the right-of-way by order of Superin
tendent Young. Tho first team wns
promptly stopped by tho Clnrk forces.
Sheriff Johnson then demanded thnt tha
teainH be allowed to pass over the public
roads, but the Clark forces again refused
to allow the teams to proceed. The team
sters then attempted to forcu their horses
through, but the Clnrk men, heavily rein
forced and nrmcd with shovels nnd pick
handles, rushed to tho horses' heads and
again stopped them.
For two hours the struggle was kept up,
several of tho teamsters in the ineintltiic.
succeeding In breaking lluough and getting
their wagons upon tho right-of-way.
Finally the Clark forces asked for nn
armistice, nnd tin ngrecr.icnt wns reached
whereby the wagons nre not to be tin
loaded nnd the Clark forces nre to retire
to their second lino of defcnie, nt the
barbed wire trocha, two miles down tho
grade, pending a determination In court of
tho respective rights of tho claimants. This
action. It Is believed, removes tho danger of
further clash between the rival forces.
RATES FOR THE ENDEAV0RERS
Western dunlin ArrnnRC n Cut for flic
Soeletj ' "omi'iillon In C'ln
clniiiill, ,1111;- 0-10.
CHICAGO, April 20. Western roads have
agreed on rates for the annual convention
of tho United Society of Christian Kndcnvor
to bo held at Cincinnati. July C to 10. The
rato In western territory will bo one fare
plus f2 for tho round trip, except from
points from which tho rate, to tbo eastern
gateway of the western road3 is $(! or less,
where It will be n fare and a third for tho
round trip, to be ndded to one for the round
trip from tho eastern gateways to Cincin
nati. At points from which the rate to
Chicago Is ii, or less, fill cents will bo added
to cover tho transfer on the return trip.
The tickets will be sold July 1, ,1 and 6, but
passengers must reach eastern gateways
not earlier than July fi, or later than July
7. Tho return trip may be begun not earlier
than July S, or later than July 14, except
that by depositing tickets with tho Joint
agent nt Cincinnati, on or before July U
and paying 50 cents, tho return limit may
bo extended to leave Cincinnati August 31.
FREIGHT AGENTS CHANGING
Ciiptnln Sciivril'o ItrnlKimtlon from
K ii ii nx vtty HiMitlierii'n Service
Cannon Gciiertil Minkcnp.
KANSAS CITY, April 2C Captain M. L.
Scovell, for tho last four years assistant
general freight agent of the Kansas City
Southern and its predecessor, tho Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf, ha .resigned, ef
fe.cllvo .May C. t
Charles K. Perkins, who h.ts been assis
tant general freight agent of the sumo lino
for the last two years, will succeed Captain
Scovell at Texarkana, with the title of gen
eral freight ngent of the Texarkana & Fort
Smith and assistant general freight agent of
the Kansas City Southern. William C. Den
nis, now nsslslant general freight ngnt of
the Plnnt t-ystem at Savannah, will succeed
Mr. Perkins ns asslHtnut general freight
agent of the Kansas City Southern, with
hcadituarlcrs here.
TO BUY MINNESOTA ROAD
O in nil ii llniiil Will .Mnkc Piirelmiie of
.Ml on i-io In nnil Wlsi'iiiislii
II ii 1 1 it y.
ST PAUL. Minn., April 20. Tho omelils
of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis ,i
Omaha railway, at a conference In this
city, have decided to buy tho Mlniienpoll.i
& Wisconsin railway, running north and
south through St. Croix nnd Pierce coun
ties, Wisconsin.
The road will probably cost the Omaha
road something llko $150,000, Including all
property now owned by tbiMlnnesotu ft
Wisconsin road. W. A. Scott was made
president of tho Minnesota & Wisconsin.
J. T. Clarke was made vice president uud
J, A. Hoblnson treasurer.
EARNINGS OF THE TOLEDO
It ill I run iI'n Stiiteiiieiit list Dilute Them,
tiro, nt .M'Jim.ooti In i:eeN uf
Orluln.il 1.70(I,0(I0.
NEW YORK. April SC-Ofllclals of the
Chicago, Toledo & Western railroad have
Issued u statement, estimating the gro.s
earnings for the flHcal yenr at $:700,000,
which Is $200,000 in excess ot tho original
estimate. With this latest report is a
statement showing that fixed charges on
the $9,000,000 prior lien 3,s per cent bon3s
will absorb $315,000 and on the 1 per ceut
$20.000, a total of $575,000, leaving a bal
ance, of $323,000 for tho preferred Bto.-k.
Tho company is reported to havo uncUr
consideration tcvcial Important trafllu con
tracts. ASKS CROSSING FRANCHISES
Kuimu ( It), I'urLillli' .V. SI. .liiNi-pn
i;it-clrle Cuinpiiuy l llenily
lo l'f Thi-ni.
KANSAS CITY. April 2ii.-The Kansas
City, Parkvllle & St. Joseph Ktectric Rail
way enntpnny, Incorporated to build a trol
ley roud between Kansas City und SI.
Joseph, has ohtnlned right-of-wny and has
applied for franchises to cross tho public
roads in the three counties Its route tra
verses. Kansas City will bo entered by a
bridge across tho Misbourl.
r,lcnlon uf Trlai'ii ."ateni.
ST. LOUIS, April 2fi.--Contracls will be
given out In a fow days by President and
General Manager Yoakum for tho extension
nf tho Texa'i lines of tho St. Louis & San
Francisco system. Tho gap between Sher
man nnd Fort Worth, establishing direct
connection with the recently acquired Fort
Worth & Rio Grande line, will receive first
attention. The short lino ronnoctlon be
tween the 'Frisco nml Iho Memphis lines
from Miami. I. T.. will likewise bo con
structed nt once. In Texas thu Intention
Is to extend tho 'Frisco system In an air
line from Ilrnwnwood to tho Rio Grande
border, looking to direct connections for
tho chief cities In the republic, ot Mexico,
I'.iililni'er .liiiiuli 'I'll rim I. p .lull,
SPRINGFIKLD, III., April 2U.F. C.
Jonah hnB resigned ns engineer nf mainte
nance of way of the eastern division of tho
Chicago a: Alton railroad, to take effect
May L He has secured a responsible posl
tlon with the Mndlson & Mt. Olive Coal
company nnd will remove Uls family to St
Louis,
JIM CALLAHAN'S DEFENSE
i
A motion lo Instruct n venllct
robbery ns elinrja-il In tlio complaint upon which ho la liolnp tiled hus j
been overruled by tho court, nml It will now bo necessary for Hie tie- j
fense to proceed with the Introduction oC whatever evidence It has nt
laud.
The motion to Instruct for acquittal was made on tho ground that 1 1
llin CiMu n1lixr.nl In thn i'imtilnlrit umiitlliilliii- tin. rlim uf ridllierv t
had not been sustained by the evidence adduced by the state. !
Callahan's counsel nrjjnod that Mr. Cudahy delivered tip the f'J.",000 i
willingly and without having force and violence exercised over Iilin. J
it was also argued that thu money was not taken from the person of J
Mr. Cudahy, but was given up by him voluntarily.
Itminftil I'liivln fm flu. tttiltit. firr11i1 llifil tint Itn-nnf nf flin l 1 ill ll- 4)
t tors to burn out the eyes of Mr. Oudahy's son put him in the fear that
forced hint to give up the money,
tho forco nnd violence necessary to
.ludge linker agreed with General
il to HiMiuri. i. lit; jiu.
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i I The defense will now undertake
GIGANTIC LABOR US10N
If Capital is to Hart Ita Truiti, So ii the
WoTkingnma.
ALL BRANCHES TO JOIN IN FEDERATION
All the I'liliiim nf the Country to t'nlte
In ii Central Council nf the l ulled
Mtntrn, far Co-Oprrn t Ion
Anionic All Clnsncs.
PITTSHL'ItG, April ;c. Tho Dispatch to
morrow will gay: At n meeting in this
rlty on May 5 a movement will bo stnrted
for the organisation of the Central f.tihor
Council of the United States, which In
(timed to he an nmalgntnatlon of all thu
labor unions of the country with central
headquarters, the object being to secure
co-operatlou among nil brnuches of later
and aimed to operate especially ngalnst
tho great trusts. Tho mutter l.a 1 Ita In
ception yesterday in n little r-um on
Smlthflcld street, tjio district henibiuarters
of the Knights of Labor. A half dozen
labor loaders, including several tutllon.il
officers, were In the party that Issued tho
call, and last night President T. J. Shaffer
of the Amalgamated Association nf Iron,
Steel und Tin V.'orkcrs, gavo the ideas his
nnnrovnl.
Amirac those, In attendance vrsterdav
were: President L. II. Thomas of' tho I'at-I s,ol'm nccompanlcd by wind nnd rain und
ternmaltcrs League of North America. ( hn" demoralized telcgrapllli: communica
PrcHldcnt John Kuntzcr of tho American . tlon' but no "thor serious damage is re-
Kllnt Glass Workers' union, William Hen
nett, secretary of tho Patternmakers; J.
W. Prylc, national secretary of Structural
Iron Workers; W. A. Shaw of tbo Inter
national Association of Machinists and John
1'. Krnau, district master workman of tho
Knights of Labor.
Tho plan was talked over In a general
way nnd at the meeting on May f an nnnual
convention will bo culled to which tbo
heads of all great organizations, Including
tho American Federation of Labor, vlll bo
Invited. Tho plan, as explained by Thomas
und Prylc, will assume nctual co-operation
between all branches of labor In any labor
dispute.
President Snuffer of tho Amalgamated as
sociation said last evening: "I believe in
tho principle. It Is tho nntural outcome of
tho big combinations of the present day.
I have advocated It for some timo and havo
already Incorporated tho Idea In my next
report to the association. It Is Inbor's
only recourse In tho light of the present
Industrial situation. The time will come
when the union Iron worker will refuse to
make Iron with non-union conl and when
the miner will refuse to dig coal for non
union mills."
WHEN ASIA WAS SUNK DEEP
I'ruf. Wriuht lilentlllca Marly tllntory
uf Unit Country with Amer
Icii' Cornier Ituy.
COLUMUUS, O.. April 26. Prof. G. Fred
erick Wright of Oberlln delivered uu
address hero tonight before the Ohio His
torical society, In which ho described tor
the first time, In public, his recent geolurj
ical explorutlons in Asia, Prof. Wright
travolcd through Japan, northeastern China,
Manchuria, central nnd southern Slhcrlu,
Turkestan nnd tho Caucasian, but found no
evidence ot glacial phenomena for which
he was searching. On the contrary, be
found that tho country on tho Mongolian
frontier in tho lutltutdo of New York City
and at an elevation of 5,000 feet above tho
sea was largely covered with the flno
loam called "loess," such ns Is found in
the Mls?ourl valley. It Is a question much
In dispute whether tills is a wind deposit or
a water deposit.
Prof. Wright professes to defer his opin
ion until he has had further time to work
over his notes nnd study his photogrnphs,
which are not yet all developed, Hut upon
the border of Mongolia numerous pre
historic mounds were observed outside of
the great Chinese, wall, thus BUggestllnt!,
with further observations of a similar sort
in Turkestan, a close connection between
tho early history of Asia and of America.
Along tho route from Zmlpalatlnsk to
Tashkend also prehistoric mounds, similar
to many In Ohio, wero encountered, and
there wero many other Indications of f.h..
occupation nf the country by a numerom
people, more civilized than the present oc
cupants, but less so titan tnoso ot tno
period of Tamerlane.
Prof. Wright thinks he has round in
dubitable evldenco that the central portion
of Asia has been depressed 2,000 or 3,000
feet below tho level of the ocean at a com
paratively recent time, Indeed, since man
enmo Into existence. Kvldenco of tho con
nection of man with this submergence Is
found In southern Russia, where palaeo
lithic implements, Mmilar to those found
In glacial deposits of America and Eurone,
hnvo been found at a great depth In the
undisturbed deposits of this period of sub
ntergenre. STRIKE AT THE SMELTER
('ill uf Tiieuly Per Cent In Wunr In
.Nut lleliaheil hy lllunt I'll r
tlllt'C .tie n,
ST. PAUL, April 20. A Helrna (Mont.)
special says that the men employed at the
blast furnace of the American Smelting nnd
Hctlning company at Kast Helena struck
today. The management announced a cut
nf 20 per cent In wages, In cotibcqticnco of
the eight-hour day being put Into effect,
and the men walked out. Six hundred men
nre employed nt the smelter, but only the
blast furna(e force went out, Tho men
formerly worked a twelve-hour shift.
or I
lliulltig .11 in ("illinium not guilty of t
it was this fear that constituted I
complete the crime of robbery.
Cowln and overruled the motion
to establish au alibi.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Korecnst for Nebrnsku Showeis nud colder
tfniurtlny; Hjuilny talr In western, ruin
nml colder in eastern portion, winds shin
ing to high northerly.
Trmpcrnt iir ; ill Oinnliu j mtcrduyi
Hour. lieu. Hour. Itru.
ii, m '.7 I p. in sr
ii it. in r.s v. iii hii
7 ii. ill .! it p. ii NS
S ii. iii It I p. ill S7
! n. III...... 07 . p. iii s.
10 n. in...... O p. ii Ml
11 n. in 77 7 p. in -
IU III SI S 77
I) p. Ill Tit
SOUTH DAKOTA WINDS' WORK
Injure Cropi, Li-ielx I'lirni HiiIIiIIiihn
unit 'I'll rim m t.'lniln nt the
lllr.il .Mini.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. April 'Jtf.-Speclals
from polntH In South Dakota report violent
dust Hiorms as bavin;; raged throughout
the day. At Aberdeen tho temperature wua 1
00 degnes nnd the high wind Maw tho
dust in blinding clouds. The storm 1-as '
raged two days In Uarnes county rnd
leveled many farm buildings. Serious In-
Jury Is reported in various sections to tho
crops, the seed grain being blown from the iJ!lry 10 ll"d .,hu ,o(l,adnt not guilty u
Broun,l ! tlio ground Unit tho facts alleged in thu
A special from Grand Forks, N. D tays I com,lal,lt h"J, ,,0,t bnt'n B1'Bn'e' ''
that dust storms of great violence pro- cftlny adduced. The lnwyeis for Cal
valled over tho Hed river vnlley yesterday In,'"n 1,1a(1 nwa';-,l t"l tK nf tbo trial
.... . . .... nllVfnllKlV. fnr llmv hnvn n H'nvu linon n,tn
nni' today. Thin afternoon nil
. i,.irir.,i
ported. A feature of tho storm was tho
dense darkness, which mndo It necessary
In all tho towns In the northern part of
tho state to turn on lights at 3 o'clock.
Tho ruin was heavy and will retard (feed
ing several days.
FIRE CHIEF SWENIE QUITS
.'Injur llnrrliiin AVuuliI Hellrve the
.llnrnhiil Willi Hun Nerwil Chl
oiiito I'lfly VriirH.
CHICAGO, April 2t5. Fire Marshal
Snenlo, one of the best known llremon In
tbo country, will bu retired anil another
man, presumably First Assistant Marshal
Mu alia in, named In his place next week.
Mnrshal Suenle, who has served Chicago
for more than fifty years, has prepared his
resignation, which lie will submit to tho
mayor at any time.
Mayor Harrison, while he has made no
formal statement, has allowed the impres
sion to go out that he has mado up his
mind to relievo tho veteran fireman. Tho
reason for the change rests solely In the
age nnd falling health of Mnrshal Swenle,
ns the men who have been most active In
advocating his retirement speak In tho
highest terms of him.
CONTESTS MAYOR'S ELECTION
St. I.uiiIm Miinlclpiil (M nrrslilp l'urt'n
Cnn ill date ClmriceN I'riuiil, Itv
pt'iitlim mill Conplrniv.
ST. LOUIS, April 26. Notice of contest
was served today on Mayor Hollo Wells by
Lee Meriwether, the municipal ownership
party's candidate for that office. In the
notlco of contest, Mr. Meriwether asserts
that he received n majority of the votes
cast for mayor ou April 2, and from 25 to
150 ballots cast for him In each precinct
were counted for Wells. Ho further
charges that thero was no legal election,
that 15,000 names wero fraudulently placed
upon tho registration books and voted by
tlio Judges and clerks and hired repeaters
and that ri conspiracy to steal the election
existed between tbo democratic munageis,
tho police and the Jefferson club.
ROBBERS TURN BOLD TRICK
Htrnl a Snfr Hint Curry It Awny, TnU
liiMT Ten Tlic.uHiiiul llullura from
It lit Their Iirlaiiri.
ANACONDA, Mont., April 26. A mojt
audacious robbery was committed here
early today hy two burglars, who secured
$10,000 In gold. Tho burglars entered .m
Alaska saloon by forcing the mala btreot
dour. Bodily picking up a 300-pound safe
they loaded it onto an express wagon.
Driving outsidu ttho city limits, they broke
tho snfo open nnd secured $10,000 In ""Id.
Putting the broken safo back Into tho
wagon, they started the horso toward '.ho
city nnd mado good their escape. Thcro Is
no clue.
WICHITA'S HEAVIEST RAIN
.Mure Thiin nu Ini'li und u llnlf in un
Hour I'lilnl lil K Ii t ii I n
Too.
WICHITA, Kan., April 26. The heaviest
rain on record fell hero this morning, tho
precipitation In ono hour being 1.C7 inches.
Lightning struck the German Hvangelical
church und killed John C. Cooper, a gard
ener. At Anthony, fifty mllns south, threo
Inches of rain fell within two hours and
congested all btrcams.
DECAPITATES BLACK JACK
lliinuiiiiiii' Hope Scwra Nolurlona
Oiltlnu' 1 1 mil f ru in Ilia lluily,
it Ml llluuily lleaull.
CLAYTON. N, M., April 2C Thomas i:
Ketchum, alias "Illack Jack," tho notorious
outlaw, who had terrorized tho people of
the southwest W the last fifteen years, was
hanged here this afternoon, for train rob
bery, and his head was severed from the
body by tbo rope, us if by a t'ulllotluc,
THWARTED
Judgt BakirOverrnlei Hit Votlon toDiimiif
Upon a Ttchiicalitj.
DEFENDANT'S LAWYERS ARGUE EARNESTLY
Fronontien Btgioi to Amntr When Ooart
Takei a Short 0nt.
DEFENSE MUST INTRODUCE TESTIMONY
Allepd Eidaaptr'i Struggle for Libartj
Grows IaUrtstiagi
STATE IS CONFIDENT OF CONVICTION
l-'nllnrr of Cnllnhnit'N Oiuitnel to Make
Uooit the Ti'fhiilrnl .Motion la the
I'cuture of mi Cvrntful
l)n'.
The ntnte rent Ita elite.
illinium'!. I.iit , i-r lllc n mot Ion t
iIUiiiIxh uu the urouiiil t tin t rulilirr)'
the cbiiruc Mpieltleil In the Inforuin
tlini Iiiik nut Iiei'ii prut en.
In due linker u venule the motion.
(iiIiiiIiiiii'm i'iiiiiihcI hi tint ninv mi li
mit e lileiii'e mill rely upon no nllhl.
The r.xiimliiitt 'on uf ivIliicxNi'M lor
the iletfiiHc ivlll hvuln thin miiruliiK.
The iileiitllleiilluu of l.'ftlluhiut N
atri'iiHllic neil.
I'rnnk Ituherry, one nt the ilrlee
tlwH Mho nrrrxleil Ciilluhnn, teiln of
hi neternl emit i-rnilt lour, ullh the B.I-U-Hi'ii
kliluuper.
Tho slato hus rested its caso agnlnit
Jntncs Callahan uud u motion by thu d.
fenae to instruct tlio Jury to Hud u ver
dict of not guilty has been overruled.
Therefore tho evidence Intended to eulub
Huh an alibi for Callahan will begin to go
In this morning, nml when It Is concluded
thu oratorical display by counsel will bu
made, and then tho Jury will do that which
' 1 K" 1,111 '"U'"""? tuaii nnyiuing
B,hl 1 tl"lo whether or not uipi
"f J 10 "h! uclora ot Lddlc CuJihy rca"y
,. 1 , , , , . ,
l w"8 i:u0 clut,k 'tcrday afternoon
v;hc" 1,10 c.m,'1,y """""y """ounced that
1 10 c",80 tho, st,Uu was 1,11 ,u' oxct'l'1
, , ",uu , ' J,"""-r' lur u'
defense, Hindu a motion to Instruct tno
anxiously, for tbey havo always been con-
mieiii inni n casu oi rouuery, witniti thu
eciiso of thu statutes, could uot bu made
out ugalust their client.
l.iiivjer Una a Cueaa Cn m I u u.
"Supposlug Cullahaii Is the man that cap
tured and held KdjUo Cudahy," Lawyor
Macfarlaiul had said, "how could hu be
held for robbery? They might make out
n enso ot false Imprisonment, but as to
robbery never."
So It wns with considerable confidence
thnt Mr. Mncfarland's. colleague undertook
to nrguo his motion of yesterday afternoon.
After tbo Jury had been tuken from tho
room Mr. Ilallcr said:
"May It please tho court. I contend that
tho evldenco adduced by the stale has not
proved tho charge of robbery set up lu thu
complaint, and I helluva thu jury ought
to bo Instructed to return n verdict of nit
guilty. Tho complaint charges that on tho
I'Jth of December, 1000, ono James Calla
han, then uud thero being, did unlawfully
nnd felonlouhly take from tho person of ouu
Kdward A. Cudahy, then and thero belns,
the sum of $25,000. Now, your honor, I will
call your attention to tho words, 'ftom tho
person of Edward A. Cudahy,' nnil I will
defy the stnto to point to un lotn of evl
denco to show that this defendant took
and carried away any property from tho
person of Kdward A. Cudahy, 1 know that
taking from tbo person has been held by
the courts to mean taking from tho personal
protection or the personal presence, but
even that construction of thu law docs uot
rover this case,
CiHinnel la Siinuiilue,
"It there was any evidence to show that
this money had been taken from tho per
sonal protection or presence of Mr. Cudahy
by force and by putting him In fear a
chargo of robbery might stand, but such Is
not tho fact as shown by tbo evidence. I
contend that no robbery was committed, for
tho reason that Mr. Cudahy deliberately
and Intentionally deposited this $25,000 by
a lonely roadside without having nny forco
or violence exercised over him. Tho mouey
wns delivered by hint voluntarily and will
ingly and It was not taken from his person
or from nls personal protection or presence
by force nnd violence, or by putting hint iu
fear, as is required by tho law to coustl
tuto tho erliiio of robbery."
liriii-rul CimvIii'n ArKiiiiirut.
General Cowln took up tho argument
against the motion in behalf ot tho prose
cution. Ho said:
Mr. Cudahy hail a right to believe, that
the men who wero cold-blooded enough to
carry away his only son and then write to
him that tboy would burn out tbo boy's
eyes unless ho delivered up to the m tho
sum of $25,000 would carry out their threat.
It was tho fear that hia boy would bu
blinded that prompted him to glvo up the
money to these men to carry it to the
pluco designated by them. It Is truo that
Mr, Cudahy was not put In fear for thn
safety of his own body at tho t lino ho gave
up tho money, but tho fear for tho safety
of his son wns lu his heart, und il was this
fear that constituted tho forco and violence
that were exercised over hi in, Thcro can
be no question that tho money was talteu
from him by forco and violence and It was
taken from his person when ho delivered
it at the spot designated by tho men whu
had exercised tho fear and forco nnd vio
lence" Court Tnkea Shui't Cut.
General Cowln wns about to read somo
authorities In support of his argument,
when Judge Duller told him It would bu un
necessary. "When tho docket for this term of court
was divided I knew this casn would come
on for trial beforo me," said tho Judge,
"and, as I try to do In all cases thnt come
beforo me, I looked up tbo law on points
that would bo likely to bo Involved In It.
I am satisfied that In law thn crime that
hus been committed hero Is robbery. Tak
ing property from tho personal protection
or personal presence Is thn samo au taking
It from tho body, nccordlng to tho law.
"It Is not neccesury In order lo completo
tho crime uf robbery, that the robber must
ho Jn tho Immediate presence of his victim.
If tbo robber exercises tho fear and force
necessary to muko his victim deliver up
from a distance, It Is Just thu sainn as If
ho met him on the highway ami took thn
money by force of superior strength, 1
believe that the evidence lu this case shows
(but ii robbery has becu committed, uud