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CROPS 18 NEBRASKA
wfUta lirtti CompiUi Tint Otmplttt It
r porta far tit Fist Yur.
ACRE AS E F CORN STEADILY DECREASING
Ettthi Ihawiag f that Tnul li Graatir
Thai Drttth P.
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ETTER PRICES MAKE UP SOME
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Wkwt lapidly Iprsadi Ow ItaU aiw
AHi ii Fripritr.
tORN CROPS COMPARED FOR F0U3 YEARS
vrannlna; thn Countlea In Five Dla
trlct'a Minvra DnnKlaa nnd III
Kelxhhora In Thick of the
Moat Productive licit.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jnn. 12. (8pcclat.) A report
fca been cotnpllod by the State Bureau of
Labor and Industrial Statistics, giving for
the first tlmo whut arc Bald to bo prac.
tlcally nccurate crop nUtlutlcs for tho
year 1901. It Is shown that 6,853,907 acres
were planted with corn, yielding 72,4 15,227
bushels, as against an acrcago of 6,291,050
nnd a ylold of 143,650,317 bushels tho year
previous. Tho wheat crop last year was
(0,227,484 bushels, as against 37,748,245
bushels In 1900, and tho Incrcaso In aero
Oge was about 30 per cent.
The figures presented by tho dopartmont
how that tho acrcago of corn has been
gradually decreasing sluco 1S99, while the
acreage of wheat has boon rapidly Increas
ing. With corn smallor acreage and smaller
ylold In 1901 made bettor prices for tho
farmers, bo that the total valuo or tno
crop does not fall many millions below
at ot 1900.
Taking 32 cents a bushel as tho average
prlcn for corn paid to farmers In 1900, It
a estimated that tho value of tho crop
tt that year was 845,963,101.44. Conceding
that tho average price for corn In 1901 was
only 45 cents a bushol tho valuo of last
year's crop may bo said to bo at least $32,
900,862. Of course, nil corn was not sold
(luring tho yoar In which It was raised, so
that tho figures Just given are merely esti
mates ot tho value ot tho crops.
Great Increase In Wheat Acrcnur.
Jt Is estimated that tho ncreago of winter
Whoat sown last fall oxeceds that ot the
f rovlous yoar by 37 por cent. Reports from
bo various sections of tho stato Indicate
that the condition of wheat Is about 2 por
pant? better than at tho corresponding tlmo
the year previous.
Tho figures presented by the department
ftro said to be un nearly accurate as can
mi obtnlned. Deputy Labor Commissioner
HVation and Chief Clerk Hodgo havo do-
Toiea consiaeraDio iimo to mo worn oi
gathering the statistics, apd for tho pur-
o, MounoK .uw raosi jbdio iniorma-
tlon possible navffcToTrrrprtTflwrtnRi..tu
dealern In all communities, taking the ns-
aessors' returns nnd other grain nnd crop
reports aa a casls upon wnicn 10 mane
their calculations. Tho federal report crca-
tted Nebraska with a corn crop of approxl-
xnateir iuo.ooo.ooo nusneis. me sinio au-
thorttloa have been unanio to veriry mis
MTtlmate.
The figures given by tho department are
not merely osumuieii, om nru iumii iuu.
octual reports or various auinonues. m
flentomber a statement was given to the
nubllo esttmntlng a yield of 65,000,000
buehels of corn. Tho figures therein con
tatned havo boon rovlsed nnd corrected
from tho original or supplementary ro-
porta.
Comparison of Corn Cropa
Following Is a comparison of the corn
Brope for the four years ending with 1901
Average
'i
Total
Yield. Hu.
. 72,445.227
Total No. Bu.
Acreaore. Per A.
1901
6.H3.967 17.0
1800
(899
1898
6.291.060 27.1
llD.OlO.UII
6.136,918 27.3
6.077.011 22,5
Yield of wheat and oats In tho years 1900
i....
tad 1901 was as follows:
Wheat, bu 27,&
For thi' puVpoVo'ortac'llltaUng tne work
f raimiiatlon tho doDartment has divided
.l. ..... i. av. l.trlpta. The flrat dls-
trlct comprlsos the counties ot Cass, Otoe;
Johnson, Nemaha, Richardson. Pawnee,
Case, Lancaster, saunaors, uuuor, tewaru,
Saline and Jefferson, and In it the condl-
t . nlaAn aaai IaIIaWH
nriain-iw -nwn ...
i 0R n. nhm.t 4 nr rnnt nf the
previous year's acreage. Of this there was
clalmod to be gathered 80 per cent, or
corn gathored on 1,189,733 acres, which
yielded twenty-two bushels per aero, or a
yield for the division of 26,293,099 busnois,
Wheat Tho fall acreage ot wheat, as
comparod with the previous year, Is 19
per cent greater. Reports from the va'
rlous counties Indicate that tho condition
ot the crop Is about tho same as at the
corresponding time tho previous year.
York nml Ita Neighbor.
In the second division are nlacod the
founttes of Polk, York, Fillmore, Thayer,
Hamilton, Clay, Nuckolls, Adams, Webster,
Kearney and Franklin, nnd the conditions
therein are summarized ns follows:
Corn Tho acreage ns originally sown
aa..A. AIJ AR1 n n r-tta imnn nnlw KA aw nan
cf which was corn gathored, or about 589,890
ncres. The average yiem per ncro was ten
buahols, or a yield for the division ot 5,016,-
C18 bushels.
Wheat Tho fall acrcago of wheat Is esti
mated at 19 per cent greater than the I
previous year, with the condition ot tho
crop nbout the same as at tno correspond
ing time the year before.
In the third division nre the counties, of
Thelps, Hnrlan, Gosper, Furnas, Frontier,
Red Willow, Hayes, Hitchcock, Perkins,
Chase and Dundy. The summary for the
section It:
Corn The acreago originally sown was
tl,142 acres. Of this only 42 per cent was
gathered, or 265,227 acres. Tho average
IM n.r arm una nhniit flva huahal. nr a
.... . .. . - ---. -
yield for tne aivinon oi l.azo.wuu ouinois.
Wheat The fall acreage of wheat as
compared with the previous year Is 212 per
cent, or almost two and one-half times as
greai as jn iwu. tno rooaiuon Kon"ruii
li aooui i- per ceiu oinr man ih mc
ains iimo vmi .4cviuuo.
Illehrat llarveat of the mute.
Th fourth division IncludcB the counties
of Barnv. Douglas. Washington. Burt.
Thurston, Dakota, Dixon, Wayne, Curalngs,
Dodgo. Colfax, Stanton, Cedar, Knox, Pierce,
Madison, Platte, Merrick, Nance, Boone
and Antelope, Calculations for the district
how tho following results;
Corn The ucreago originally sown was
Continued on Third Fag.)L
PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA
I'reililcnt, I'nlilnet Member mill
Other Ofllclnt .Journey for
Co lit pillion,
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Jan. 12. (Via
Oalveston.) President Zelaya, the minis
ters of his cabinet nnd several other Nlcar
aguan officials havo teft here for tho port
of Coronlnto, on the Pacific, where they
will meet and confer with tho presidents
of the other states of Central America
who will assemble thcro upon the Invita
tion ot President Zelaya.
General Tcrcncio Sierra, president of
Honduras, and General Tomas Regalado of
Salvador aro already on their way to Cor
onlnto. Tho presidents of tho other re-
' Mcs, or their representatives, are re-
T-Vas Intending to go to Coronlnto
If... Thn nhlnrt nf thulrt mpptlnfffl Is
,wf...,i n , ih nm.orvntfnn of neace.
The meetings will be January 15 nnd 17.
CCI7CQ TUP ypc?cpl cnR WAR
,
General Albnn Appropriate Stcnnicr
l.antnrn ami Mount dim
on It Decks.
COLON. Colombia. Jan. 12. (Via Galves
ton.) Tho South American Steamship com-
pnny, having refused to charter Its steamer
Lantaro to the Colombian government to
be used by the latter ns a gunboat, General
Alban, military commander of this district,
Issued a decree appropriating the vessel,
lib has taken possession ot It nnd has do-
posited a sum of money equal to Its value
with Scnor Errman of Havann.
Tho captain of the vessel will remain In
tho service of tho Colombian government,
Cannon nro being mounted on It nnd tho
vessel will probably snll tomorrow to at-
tack tho fleet of the Colombian liberals.
The United States cruiser Philadelphia,
which loft Panama January 9 for Las
Pnnas, has not returned.
:
IU NbtiLI I IA 1 1 W H bANUI lb
Drnn-nmmt nnd Trennrer of Mission
ary Society no to Meet Mlaa
Stone' Ciitora.
LONDON, Jan. 13. Tho Constantinople
correspondent of the Dally Mall, writing
Janunry 11, says that negotiations for tho
rclcnso of the American captive, Miss Stone,
nnd her companion, Mme. Tsllkn, have not
yet been opened by the brigands. M. Oar
Kulll, tho dragoman of tho American lega
tlon, and W. W. Pect, treasurer of tho Mis
nlonary society In Constantinople, who hnvo
loft Salonlca for the Interior to meet Miss
Slono's captors, hnvo been Instructed, ac
cording to tho correspondent, to negotiate
only with porsons bringing letters from
Miss Stone, without which It would bo 1m-
posslblo to bo certain that tho prisoners
were still alive.
CANADIAN MINISTER KILLED
Hon. nichnrd Itelil Uotirll Dlea
Injnrlea Inflicted by I'roctlona
Ilorae.
Folkestone .inn. 1? Hon. ninharn
Reld Dobcii( the Canadian minister without
A portfolio, was thrown Vtroro nl-hMM
nare Tcaterday-nmc iir-uoa'iri. ana mtsv
jjoboll arrived hero a week ngo, nnd' wore
joined by Major Hull, tholr son-in-law, and
nts famlly.
Mr. uobell nnu aiajor nun roao logcioer
nythe, Saturday, attended by a groom.
They wero roturn!ng In tho afternoon and
nad reached the foot of Shorncllffo ramji
when Mr. Dobell's horse was Startled by
mo.or cnr ana threw his rider, who foil
on ulg nendi Mr, DoDoii never regained
consc0meBS.
L0UBET TO VISIT THE CZAR
Dattlenhlp Mnaaenn Will Convey
I'realilent of I'ranO to St.
PcterabiirK
PARIS, Jan. 13.-Accordlng to La Presse
tho battleship Massona Is outfitting at
Breet to take President Loubct to St
rotornburg to return the visit of tho Rus
sian czar to France. La Presso says Mas
sona will Ball at the end of March or the
beginning of April, escorted by three cruls.
erB ann that It will remain at St. Peters.
burg three days, returning before the gen
,cco"-
CHILEANCONGRESS VOTES LOAN
South Amerlean Government Au-
thorite nalalna; Money, I'os-
albly for War.
oilnmniin T f rm. - stl. 1 1
.ftw-Ann ou, -... . '"""
Kress has authorized a loan of 2,500,000.
Ncwspnpcra hero, commenting on tho offl
clal reports of tho Pan-American congress
n s'ex co- Qno nt mi. B Uude o
tho United Stntes and Chile alone prevented
the congress from being h failure.
ICELAND MORE INDEPENDENT
Klnic Oacnr Pinna tn Olve the Coun
try nn Independent Itest
dent Ministry.
COPBNHAGEN, Jan. 12. King Oscar
and the government have decided to present
B bl11 to tno Parliament permitting Ice-
'am nave un innepennem mmisiry, wun
headquarters at Relkavlk, Its capital. Up
the present theIcclandlc minister has
I "Veu nere.
I " -
USURPS C0REAN TERRITORY
Kualn l'uahea Telearrnph Line Aero
To nuic n ltlver Without
I'crnilaaluii.
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 12. A report has been
received hero from Sequl to the effect that
Russia, without waiting for Corca's per
mission, bas pushed its telegraph line
across tho Toomen river Into Corean terrl
tory.
BRITISH CAPTURE
I AAfiPR
VurtymT ,,, Are TllkeI, ,.rlllon(r
.... . ,.. .
IneluUln Major ul-
i
mnmn.
planters of Louisiana, Insist that the ad
PRETORIA. Jan. 12. Tho nrltlnh fnrpua
nBVo surprised and captured a noer langor
twenty miles northwest of Ermclo. Forty-
tw0 Docrs y.cro taken. Including Major
wolmarans.
cents a pound. Havemeyer Is backed by
5LUUr Ur WftH lb UVkKUUk
tlnB wlth Gllba. and ho will have their
Condor, Hound for Honolulu, Una Not
lleen Spoken Since
December
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 12. The sloop of
war Condor Is reported late and there is
grave anxiety for Its safety, II left E-
aulmault December 2 tor-Honolulu,
OPPOSES BIMETT'S BILL
(Urk Objuti tt What Ha Oalli rmfaica
Aerofi Hibrukii
SAYS PLAN FAVORS LINCtLN LAWYERS
Propone nn Altna-ethcr Different Di
vision of State Into Two Judicial
Dlatrlct llect Sonar Men VIk
orou ARalnat Cnba.
(From a Stnff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (Bpcclal.) Con
gressman Stark ot the Fourth district Is
outspoken In opposition to Representative
"Ufkett'B bill creating two Judicial dls
'B 1 ,""' BaB u" 1
KVlb a Ulll, II )UHBCU, WUU1I1 UlilKC luo
southern dllstrict look llko a wormfeuco, as
It start along the Platto rlvor, then takes
a shoot up to Hall county, then down, ana
men up to tne cxtremo nortncriy tier oi
counties, finishing on the Wyoming line.
Ho charges that tho bill was drawn In be
half ot Lincoln lawyers and It passed
would legislate George Thummel out ot
office, as ho resides In Hall county, nnd In
Burkott's bill Hall county Is Included In
tho southern district
Stark has prepared somo Interesting
figures In relation to rturkett'a bill, which
makes the southern district Include tho
First, Fourth and Fifth congressional de
tricts. In Stark's bill, however, Hall
county Is put In tho northern district, upon
tho theory that It lies north of the Platte
rlvor, which Is taken ns tho real boundary
line In making the division.
Congressman Stark, In talking ot his bill,
said: "Tho census for 1900 shows the total
population of the stato of Nebraska to bo
1.068.539: tho population of tho First con-
gresslonnl district to bo 165,986; tho Fourth
nlnlrlct IRR.tfifi! tha Fifth district. 165.148: a
total ot 619.600
"Tho Second district, 162,766: tne Tnirn
district. 214.019: the Sixth district, 172,164:
n total of 548,939, or. nccordlng to tho ccn
bus returns, 29,339 moro pcoplo in the
northern district than In tho southern. It
Is a matter of common knowledge In the
bIaIa nf KAhrnnba th.it thn rnnRUR of the
ThIr(1 conKrcBslonal district was tho most
carefully and diligently taken.
C'enan Ilrrora In Konrlh.
'In tho Fourth congressional district, over
half of the counties of tho, district were
shown by tho last census to have docreased
n population, in tho last ten years, when
every observing person Knows inni. ino
contrary Is true,
"In tho Third congressional district, In
the year 1900, there were cast 45,408 votes,
or one for every 4.71 persons In that dls
trlrt, showing a population of 213,871,
"In tho Second district, same year, thcro
rn rant SI 4T.0 vntpn. dhowlne a nonula
tion ot 145.129.
"In the Sixth district, same year, there
were cast 35,888 votes, Bhowlng a popula
tlon of 169,032, making a total on thts basis
of 631,032,
"In tho First district, snmo yoar, there
were cast 36,646 votes, showing a popula
tlon of 172.602.
"In the Fourth district, same year, tho re
-otaa.''" 1 "' xi-.itn.
tlon of 198,60fi,
"In tho Fifth district, same year, there
wcro cast 35,842 votes, showing a popula
tlnn nf ICR. DIR. maklnir a total on this has In
of r.40,023.
Propoaea Kannllty of Popalntlon.
"According to this basis, there are 8,991
morn npnnln In thn Inst, thrnn nnmiwl inn.
eresslonnl dlRtrlcta than in thn flmt mm
nnd ns tho largor part of Hall county. In
eluding tho city of Grand Island. Is In tho
North Platte country, I have placed that
In the northern district, which makes about
an equal number ot people In tho two dis
tricts 08 proposed In my bill
"Hall county has, according to the cen
sus, 17,206, and, divided by 4.71, gives us
3,653 voters; taking that from the South
Platte district, lravna 111. Oft? vntarn nml
by tno ratlo g,ve8 Ug B2,8W popuIat,'on ,
tho South Platto district. Adding same to
the North Platte district, gives us 538,233
population In that district.
In tho election in Nebraska In 1901
there were 11,953 voters who did not vote
for supremo Judge.
The following number of votes were
cast, for supreme Judgo In the election of
1901 In tho state of Nebraska, by con
gresBlonal districts:
First, 27,520: Fourth, 36,942: Fifth, 29,
792; a total of 93,254.
"Second, 20,881: Third, 38,365; Sixth, 31,
319; a total ot 90,565.
Taken as a ratio, 4.71, this shows the
total population in tho First, Fourth and
Fifth itlntr Pin nf ilO 19R anil In h.
I . m ...v ubuuuu
Third and Sixth. 426,571. With the Hall
county vote ot 2,951 tnken out of the south
ern district nnd put Into tho northern dls-
lr,ct( howg tho tota, ,n U)e F,rst Fourth
Bnd Plfthi at thn rfttlo of wml(, bo
425,327, and In the Second, Third nnd Sixth
to bo 430,460, which, In my mind, would
make a much more equal division of the
state thnn In Mr, Burkctt's bill,"
Kebruakn McKlnley Contribution
At a moating ot the Nebraska association
Saturday 'evening a committee was ap
pointed consisting of ono employe froneach
of tho several departments of the govern-
ment to solicit funds for the McKlnley
Memorial association. After the Nebras-
leans In the capital who nro members of
the association have been canvassed, the
entire amount collected will be sent to the
Nebraska branch of the McKlnley Memorial
association as the association's offering
I ihf) dnmrt In hrt oont in n rt Nnt nnnl linn J
quarters of tho asoclatlon at Canton.
Both sides ot the controversy over tho
Cuban commercial relations with tho United
States havo started In the fight with a
grent deal of vigor. Mr. Havemeyer, presi
dent ot tho Sugar trust, ot the meeting
of that corporation on Wednesday last
said that the people of the United States
were paying 185,000,000 moro a year for
their sugar than there Is any necessity far,
Mr. Havemeyer In advocating the admission
of raw sugars free of duty Is not talking
for hia neaitn or rrora any philanthropic
'leB,re 10 benefit tho common people. Tho
raw sugar freo of duty and a good heavy
protection on the refined article.
,,p m ,,. .... . . ,
i "o-. ."v.., u iUO umcr nana
headed by Henry Oxnnrd and the suea
mission of raw sugar from Cuba without
a duty would bring nbout disaster to their
Interests, iiaveraoyer claims that with
freo raw sugar, tno costof the refined ar
ticie to ine consumer would be reduced
the advocates of closer commercial rein
Btrong support In his efforts to Becuro
raw sugar freo from all the Interests ask
Ing for an open door policy betwwen tho
new republic and this nation,
But on the other hand Nebraska, Mlchl
gan, New York, Utah and California are
. Continued oa Third Page.)
PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS FLEE
American Destroy Harriett nml
llamleta nml Tnke l.ttrice
Ainnnnt nf Itntlun.
MANILA, Jan. 12. The news recolvcd
from Uatangas province Is cheerful, The
expedition to Llboo In Hatangna has beeu
a complete success. Tho columni under
Colonels Wlnt and Wells havedestroyed a
number of barracks and hamlets,' and
nough rations to keep 20,000 Filipinos for
Ix months. There was not a single Ameri
can cnsuilty during tho entire expedition.
The enemy fled beforo tho Americans, many
f them wcro killed and aovjrfti surren
dered.
Mnlor Henrv Allen, formerly go-ornor of
tho Ulnnil nf Levte. and now chl- of tho
Insular constabularyi who has b-Wmnklng
tour of inspection through tut Islands
of Leyto and Mindanao, has rNMnca to
Mnnllti nml i-onnrtH that the lltiVO CUD
stanbulary Is fully nblo to contra? Wio situa
tion In tho province of Mlsami wnorincrn
Mindanao, whero ho thinks ilH situation
na been much exaggerated. Mlvlous ro
poriB cuiiucriJiug tins t'tw""1'1 T7
crals Davis and Wade td req that It bo
rotumcd from civil to military, control.
With tho exception of tho church tho entire
town of Qulnquc, In liuiucan jproviuco
Luzon, has burned to tho ground and thou-
nnriB nf Flllnlnos have ba'cnT .rendered
omeless. t " t
,f n
NEWS SERIVCE FOPHISLANDS
.Sultacrliitloii Tnken to fepnrj Amerl-
cun Infornintlon unifT
hy Cnhle. ,
MANILA. Jan. 12. Mcdlca1! authorities
asBert that a considerable portion of tho
breaking down among America resldontB
f tho Philippine islands is due. to norae
lckness. j
Tho newsoaners of Manila aro urging tho
United States Philippine commission to
make nn appropriation for a.'tlaily cabled
news scrvlco from the UnltodS8tntes, thus
bringing Americans here Into Closer touch
witn tneir nomo inc.
A majority of tho local papers, several
army officials, civil officers mid-others hnvo
promised subscriptions to help meet tho
cnblo tolls for n three Miutin news
servlco of 100 words a day. - An amount
sufficient to cover tho tolsf.or seventy
words a day has already beett"flubscrlbcd(
It U hoped that this news sorvlce can be
Inaugurated January 15, Hi-will bo do
voted to American news exclusively. Tho
government has offered to son'd nows bul
letins freo to all points on the military
wires.
URGES THE ENGLISH TONGUE
Coinmlaaloner 8nya Wealthr Flllplnoa
MnUe Mlatakc tn HendlnK Chil
dren in Npnnlah School.
MANILA, Jan. 12. Commissioner Bernard
Moses, head of the department of public
nstructlon for tho Islands.. has delivered
an address to the teachers ot Manila, tn
whtrh hn urires tho continued Instruction
of Filipino children In English. Ho said
tno members or tne woaitny, r iupmo ciaos
wnrn maklnr a crreat mta(ajrn4.ln' ,BendlaA'
their children to ;8pa.nlihviKl.aas: tfap1,
unnuuuui mKiLUMin nnti.aBMi.tniAUn
woum injuro tneir li4Hr tnauainn
.... ... . UM .
In the Islands, which itmld Incvltnbly nnd
lndlssolubly become a portion of tho Atncr
lean nation.
FIND REMEDY FOR HORSES
Injection nf Solution of Arsenic Into
Antiunla Afflicted with Snrrn
Proven Ileneflclal
MANILA, Jan. 12. Veterinarians bellovo
they bavo found a remedy for surra.
horso dlscaso which Is Increasing hero, and
from which many animals die. Tho Injec
tion of n solution of arsenic lato tho veins
of tho affected anlmala has proven bene
flclnl.
CONSIDER CHINESE EXCLUSION
Western Senatora nnd CnnKreaanien
Ilenr Views of I.nnnr Men
anil Cnllfornlana.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. A session to
day ot tho special committees ot western
senators and representatives In congress
engaged tu the consideration ot Chinese
legislation.
Mr. Newlands ot Nevada tided as chair
man. The meeting was hem for the pur
pose ot hearing arguments on the subject
from Messrs. Llvornash, Bale and Sufreth
representing the California commission
now hero, and Mr. Gustad nnd other repre
sentattves ot the American Federation of
Labor.
The members of ttiCHc tuo bodies had
prepared an exclusion bill which they bo
lleved would form tho lmslt of legislation
satisfactory to tbo Interests: they represent
and It formed the feature ot the discussion
by the congressmen and their visitors
This bill re-enacts various exclusion laws
now In force and adds cerfnln provisions
designed to prevent the mlgrntlon of tbo
Chinese between tho United States and Its
Insular possessions or vice versa. Its
provisions are described ns liberal la the
treatment of what Is known an the exemot
classes, Including merchants, students
travelers aud officials.
The purpose In view, the sneakers de
dared, was to prevent tho Industrial com
petition of the Chinese ns laborers. Their
wish was to promoto commercial relntlomt
with tho Chinese and not to harrass any
of those who had n right to bo here. Tho
measure also had other features designed
to Becuro tho proper and certain administra
tion of tho exclusion act nnd otberwiso
strengthen the hnnds nf the Treasury de
partment In tho enforcement of tho law.
Mr. Dunn, representing the Immigration
bureau of the Treasury department. In nn
swer to Inquiries, explained the attitude
of tho bureau, whose desire, be said, was to
perfect the administration of the law
leaving It to congress to shape such new
legislation as was necessary to meet condi
tions that had arisen.
The special commission will meet
Wednesday to consider further tho exclu
sion nets, in the meantime there will be
a confereuco of tho California commission
the labor Interests, the emigration off!
cials and tho ofllclals of the attornoy con
oral's office, at which an effort will bo rnado
iu navii luuiiuuu uuuertainaing for legis
laiion on me exclusion (ligation.
ETRURIA'S ST0RNY VOYAGE
Cunnrder Show SeaiL Where lui
inense Wnte Wriheheil Its
rrninrnnde frclt.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12
f-Tho stcamshtn
Etruria ot tho Cuitard Un
camo to its doclf
today, showing many slsnj of a rough voy
age. aiosi ot me iorw
rd
rail on the
promenade deck was g
toe,
having been
washed away by, an lmmfcje wava.
1UDDLE CLOSE IN DEATH
Mother, Fathtr aii Fia Chlldrin is Oit
Charrid leap.
EACH PARENT CLASPS A LITTLE ONE
Jntlre I-'nmlly I'erlahe In rinnte
Whoe f.'nue I Siinplclou Cnnnxli
to Warrant the Arrest of In
anrnuce Iteurflclnrlra,
BUFFALO, Jan. 12. Henry Pearlsteln, his
wife and flvo children, ranging In ngo from
1'4 to 22 years, wero burned to death early
today In a flro that destroyed a two-story
frame building.
Joseph Suiiowskl, who owned tho build
ing, nnd Karl Brackl, his brothcr-tn-lnw,
havo been arrested, pending an Investiga
tion. Supowskt carried an insurance of
$9,000 on tho building and Its contents
Tho Pcnrlstolns and another family lived
In tho rooms above a shoo store and wero
asleep when tho fire stnrted A few min
utes nftor tho flro begun there." was n loud
explosion that blew out the front of tho
Btorn and hurled nnnm nf thn rnntnnti
of tho Bhow windows to tho middle of the
street. Plntcglass windows on tho oppo
slto side of Broadway wero shattered nnd
the report of tho explosion was heard two
blocks away. Flames enveloped tho build
ing in a short time.
The family living In tho rear flat barely
escaped with tholr lives. Tho Pcarlstclns
wero awakened, but before they could roach
tho only stairway leading from tholr rooms
tho flro had undermined tho floor In tho
hallway nnd It collapsed and carried them
down Into a mass of flames. Tholr charred
bodies wero found at 8 o'clock, four hours
after tho firemen had extinguished tho
flames.
The bodies of tho' mother and baby wore
together, tho llttlo ono tightly clasped In
Its mother's arms. Pearlstcln's body was
close to that of his wife. Ho also held
one of the children In his arms. Tho
bodies of tho throe other children wcro
found huddled together, closo to tho father's
body.
UIiIciiko Mnltlnn; I'lnnt Ahlnce.
CHICAGO, Jan. 13. Flro which broke
out nbout 1:30 this morning In tho elevator
of tho American Mnltlng company's build
Ing near the Pan Handlo shops, threatens
the destruction of thu cutlro plant. Tho
elevator already has been destroyed, with
tho contents, 300,000 bushels of barley.
Tho loss, it Is said, will bo near $500,000.
Tho plant beforo Its absorption by tho
trust, wna controlled by J. F. Woll. Tho
olovator In which tho flro started was over
150 feet high nnd In their efforts to copo
with tho flames tho firemen worked to a
great disadvantage.
St. I.oula Ilulldlnita Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12. Fire of mysterious
origin today caused dnmago estimated at
1130.000 In the building at 511 and 613
North Main street, occupied by the E. F,
W. Meier China nnd Glassware company,
Tho building, a tour-story brick structure,
valued nt 130,000, was gutted, President
Meier said that 26,0OO tnsurnnco was car
ried qn the. .stock, which -waa. .vsJtied at
Vt4,au,'' rwi
i - Lii'S1" Cremated 1m Hotel.
BRINKLEY, ArkTVan. 12. FlrehaaTdeS
etroyed several buildings here, Including
tno Arlington bote), entailing a loss esti
mated at $50,000 to $76,000. Charles Star
key of Stuttgart, Ark., porlshed in tho
hotel.
DEATH LIST NOW SEVENTEEN
Tivo More Dead nnd Another DylnK
ns Iteault of Wreck In.
Sew York Tunnel.
NEW YORK, Jan.' 12. Tho death list
caused by tho Now York Central tunnel nc
cldent was today swelled to seventoon. Wlu-
field Slutze, who had submitted to the am
putatlon ot ono of bin legs, died today at
Flower hospital. Ho lived at New Rocbelle
Richard Mollneaux, another New Rochclle
man, who Is at tbo samo hospital, Is re
ported to be In a precarious condition
George T. Williams of New' Rocbelle, ono
of tho victims of tho accident, died last
night at Flower hospital.
Moro than 1,000 men and women as
sembled In mass meeting at Now Rocbelle
last evening to give expression of public
opinion as to tho tunnel disaster. Many
resolutions condemning tho railroad were
offered and then referred to a committee
for action. Another commlttco was ap
pointed to raise a fund to aid such ot the
sufferers as need assistance. District At
torney Jeromo of New York City sent a
telegram in which ho said: "I shall wel
come your co-operation In devising ways to
prevent similar accidents tn the future
aud In fixing the responsibility."
DEPEW ON THE TUNNEL WRECK
Stnya Awny from Wnalilimtnii to Con
fer with New York Cen
tral' Directors,
NEW YORK, Jnn. 12. Senntor Chnuncey
M. Dopow will not go to Washington to
morrow, aa planned, but, will stny over
until Tuesday, to have a conference with
President Nowman, William K. Vnnderbilt.
II. McK. Tworabloy and other managers and
directors of the Now York Central rail
road, regarding the accident In the tunnel
Inst week. It electricity Is to solve tho
underground problem, the senator seems
Inclined to pin his faith to a powerful
motor.
"Wo nil thought," said ho, "that with
tho use of electricity the chances of nccl
dentB would bo reduced to a minimum, but
we have read of tho recent accident In tho
Liverpool tunnel. Then there wns some
thing wrong with tho third rail. In an
Instant tho train was on flro and twenty
six people wero killed. That shows what
may happen with a third rail. I am going
to tho central office tomorrow, feeling that
could I boIvo this tunnel question In any
way, I wquld give up everything else, even
the United States senntc, and davoto myself
to It."
CORRECT THEB0UNDARY LINE
Pennsylvania nnd Mnrylnnd Rmplny
Hurvcyora to Hc-Kstuhllah
Mnsiin-Dlznn Line.
HANOVER, Ta., Jan. 12. The surveyors
employed Jointly by the states of Pennsyl
vanla nnd Marylaud to correct tho boundary
lino as first established by Mason and
Dixon have proceeded with their work as
far as Germany township, Adams county,
Pennsylvania. They report that many of
the stones nre displaced. The surveyors
found one usod ns n doorsllt In n dwelling,
another In a church foundation nnd others
at a dlstanco from their original locations.
These stones will be secured and placed la
their proper places.
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast tor Nebraska Fair Monday nnd
Tuesday; Kitsterly to Southerly Winds'.
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STATEMENT BY MRS. DENNIS
Ileclnrr She Wna Asleep When At
tack Wna Mmle nnd 1'iillce
Are More Myatlftcd.
i
WASHING TON-, Jan. 12. Mr. Ada Gil
bert Dennis, tho dressmaker who was mur
derously assaulted tho night of December
8, was able for the first tlmo today to make
a Btatcmont. The police had hoped wnat
she would say would throw light on tho
motive for the crlmo or lead to the dis
covery of the perpetrator, but Mrs. Dennis'
statement contains nothing that gives any
clew In either direction.
Sho says she remembers nothing Imme
diately preceding the nttnek upon her, but
that tho blow was struck whllo sho was
asleep. Nor had sho tho remotest Idea
who committed tho assault, nor tho motlvo
for It. Mrs. Dennis says sho had not been
out of tho house the night of tho nssnult,
nnd that beforo retiring sho had locked tho
front and bnck doors.
Ono feature of Mrs. Dennis' statement
that puzzles tho police Is that she said her
revolver and her money wero under her
pillow when she retired. When the crime
was discovered noxt morning the revolver
was In n drawer of n secretary nearby
nnd tho money wns In a pnekctbook In n
box on a table near the bed. Tho police
nro moro than evor mystified over tho
affair.
Mrs. Dennis' condition today was much
Improved nnd tho nttendlng physician bo
Ucvcs sho will recover.
MISS ALICE MORTON ENGAGED
Kx-tlovcrnnr Announce Her Ile-
throthal tn Wluthrop
Itntherfnrd.
NEW YORK, Jnn. 12. Ex-Governor nnd
Mrs. Levi P. Morton today announced tho
engagement of their fourth daughter, Miss
Allco Morton, to Wlnthrop Rutherford of
this city. Miss Alice Morton recently re
turned with the famlly from Europe, whero
thts autumn Miss Helen Morton married
tho Count Talleyrand Pcrlgord.
Wlnthrop Rutherford comes from tho old
Ruthorford family. Ho Is related to the
Stuyvcsants. who descended from Potor
Stuyvcsant, to the Bayards and to nearly
ell tho old Knickerbocker families In Now
York. Ho Is wealthy, aud with his brother,
Louis, recently deceased, owned tho famous
Rutherford kennols tn New Jcrsoy, He has
a country scat and farm In that state. His
sister married Henry White of tho Amer
lean embassy in London.
NEBRASKAN IS CONFIRMED
tlr tit- Wire p
' InaT-WkVef, utr:sf nt
Aarrlcnl-
turc at Ht. I.onla Fair.
ST. LOUIS; Jan. 12. Announcement was
mado today at world's fair headquarters
that Frederic WJaylor a appointment to
tbo positions ofchlcf of agrlculturo and
acting chief of horticulture ot tho Louisiana
Purchase exposition had beon confirmed by
tho executive committee. Mr. Taylor has
had chargo of the two departments slnoo
early In Novcrabor, which was as soon ns
ha could get away from Buffalo, whero ho
had served tho Pan-American exposition
as director of concessions and director
also of tho exhibits departments ot hor
tlculturo. forestry and foods and their ac
cessorles. Mr. Taylor was born at Weep.
Ing Water. Nob., In 1800.
CROWDS EAGER TO SEE SCHLEY
Snvannnh CltUena Thrnnir the
Churches Which the Admlrnl
Attenda.
SAVANNAH, Oa., Jnn. 12. Admiral
Schley passed a quiet day at tho home
of General W. W. Gordon, where ho Is
visiting. Ho Attended relig.lous services
this morning nt Christ church, Episcopal,
and this evening at the Independent Pres
byterian church. Each houso was crowded
with attendants upon the services. Tho
streets were lined with peoplo beforo and
after the services. Men raised their hata
to tho distinguished visitor and' women
bowed to him, but there was no cheering
nor hand-clapping. '
TELEPHONE GIANTS MERGED
MIcIiIkhu nnd Other Concern Con
trolled by the Erie Become
Pnrt of Hell System. '
DETROIT, Jnn. 12. Tbo Free Press to
morrow will say: Tho Michigan Telephone
company, with tbo other telephono con
cerns controlled by tho Erlo, haa formally
passed Into the control of the' big Bell
combination, known as tbo American Tele
graph nnd Telephone company. It is an
nounced that the schomo of reorganization
ot tbo Erie has been carried through by
means of which the $9,000,000 ot Indebted
ness which bas been carried nhmg tor a
year will bo wiped out.
FIGHTS PLATE GLASS TRUST
Great Western Company Incorporates
tn Knler thn Klrld Independ
ent nf the Cn-Operntlves.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. Tho Great Weatorn
Glass company, Incorporated at Springfield
on Saturday with an authorized capital of
$1,000,000, is said to bo backed by Chicago
ami western capitalists who will enter tho
plate and window glass trade Independent
nf tho so-called trust or tho co-operatlvcs.
Though tho names of tho capitalists aro
withheld, the statement Is mado that the
company will erect Its plants In Illinois
and that work will begin within four wooks,
.Movements of Occiiu Vesela .Inn. 2,
At Now York Arrived: Etruria. from
Liverpool nnd Queenstown; l-i (lascognc,
from Havrii: Palntla, from Hamburg and
Boulogne; Augusta Victoria, from Ham
burg. At Suez Arrived: Mnyune, from Seattle
and Tacoma via Yokohama, Manila, Co
lombo, etc.. for Kimlnnd.
At Queenstown Sailed: New England,
from Liverpool, for Boston: Ivernla, from
Liverpool, for Now York.
At Dover PnBsed: Darmstadt, from Now
York, for Bremen,
At Gibraltar Arrived: Fiierm UlHrmirck,
from New York, for Algiers, etc., nnd pro
cecdf-d.
At Inndou Arrived: Heroford, from New
York, for Antwerp.
At Liverpool Stulcds CnmuUan, Xar New
York.
SORDICA E WRECK
Ftaftit 8Iitr Itdlj Wrtnofcid iu Itita-
tn Railway CoUiiloi.
THROWN FROM BED IN PRIVATE .CAR
$tTira Strait oi Ihoildir and Niolt, but
Talc Not Afltctsd.
ACCOMPANIST SIMMONS ALSO IS HURT
Eifiitir at FaiH for tha Cmaih ii In-
Btantljr lillti,
PRESUMES ON EXTRA BEING REGULAR
l'"nlla to atop to Verify tlrdera nuil
Involve Special l.'nr llruniie
lllldc In Crnsh nt a
Curve,
ROME, Ga Jan. 12. As n result of a col
ltslon between a passenger train nnd a
freight on tho Southern railway at nn early
hour this morning noar Reoves Station,
twenty miles north of Rome, Mmo. Lil
lian Nordlca, the singer, wns Injured, her
accompanist, E. Romnlno Slmmous, sus
tained a bruised hand, nn cnglncor was
killed, and three other employes ot the
rond wero Injured.
Demi.
FRANK TRACEY, engineer, Atlnnta.
, Injured.
Mmo. Nordlca.
Guy Comlcy, engineer, freight.
Goorgo Florence, conductor.
Ed Loronue, (lrcmnu, colored.
Tho train, to which Mmo. Nordlca's pri
vate car, Brunno Hlldo, wnn uttacho'd, was
n mixed passenger and freight and loft
Atlanta nt 11:30 last night for Chnttauoogn.
It arrived nt 3:30 n. m. nt Reeves Station,
whero It had orders to moct freight No.
65. A freight train, which proved to bo
an extra, was on tho siding nt Reoves when
the passenger trnln nrrlved, and tho en
gineer ot the passenger, evidently nssum
Ing that It was No. 65, did not stop, but
continued his run toward Chattanooga,
Crushed Iletuccn Locomotive.
A mtlo north of ltcuvos, whllo going at
a rapid rate, tho passenger mot tho freight
on n sharp curve. Tho two engines crashed
Into each other. Englneor Tracey, In at
tempting to Jump, wan caught between the
two locomotives and crushed to death.
Mme. Nordlca's car was attached to tho
rear of tho passenger train. Sho sang tu
Atlnnta Saturday night nnd was on her
wny to Nashville, whero uho Is booked to
fill an engagement Monday night. When
the collision occurred Mme. Nordlca wun
asleep In the bod of tho prlvato stateroom
of tho car. Tho sudden Jar throw the singer'
from hor bed to tho floor. Sho unstained
bad bruises on the Bhoulder and tho
muscles of her neck aro said to havo beeu
Coinpnny'a I'hyslelnu Hopeful.
Dr. Garllngton, tho Southern railway sur
geon here, was immediately summoned and
attended tho singer. Dr. Garllngton Bnld
tonight that Mmo. Nordlca wbb not badly
hurt and that In his opinion she would bo
able to fill her engagement tomorrow night.
Mr. Simmons, her accompanist, sustained
Injuries to bis right hand, Tho exact con
dition of tho Injured member was not ns
ccrtnlncd hero, but It is cald by officials
of tho company that ho will bo nblo to play
tomorrow night.
Mmo. Nordlca's car was returned to Homo
and sent over tho Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis railway to NaBhvlllo, whoto
the slngor nnd her party nro expected to
arrive early Monday morning.
Both onglncs were badly wrecked and
twelve cars, it Is said, wore burned. The
engineer and fireman of tho freight escaped
by Jumping, but wero .both badly bruised.
Tho tracks wcro cleared by night nnd
traffic whs resumed.
PLOWS THROJJGH DINING CAR
Pennsylvania Express Crashes Into
Hear of Another at Crossing"
In ChlcnRn.
CHICAGO, Jan. 12. A fnHt Pennsylvania
passenger train from Now York crashed
,lnto tho rear of another express from Cin
cinnati on tha samo system tonight at the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad crossing near
Forty-eighth street and Wentworth nvo
nue. Two raon, both trnln attaches, woro
perhaps fatally Injured. Although tho pas
sengers nn both trains were severely shaken
up, no no-lous Injuries wcro suffered anions
them.
Possibly largo loss of life was prevented
by tho fact that at tha rear of tho forward
train was tha empty dining car Dulinonlco.
Tho locomotive of tho rear train plowed
Its way half way tho length of this car.
Tho cook, Albert Hatchen, wns caught In
tho wreck nnd waa terribly burned by the
fire, which caught from tho overturned
stovo In thn kitchen.
Tho other Injured man was John Tuberly,
who Jumped from tho rear engine. Ho
was badly cut aud received Intornal in
juries. William Wallace, cnglnoor, Jumped
and escaped with alight bruises.
No reason Is given for Wallace's failure
to stop his train In tlmo to avoid tho ac
cident. ACCOMMODATION IS WRECKED
One I'usseiiKei' nitil Two KiiKlnemrn
Ilndly Hurt by Colllxlon on
Peon) I vnnln.
VALPARAISO, Ind., Jan. 12. Tho ac
commodation trnln running between Won
nath and Chicago on the Pennsylvania rail
road ran Into a stalled freight trnln near
hero today. J. B. Kclty, a passenger from
Valparaiso, and Engineer Charles M. Cogan
nnd Flroman Oeorgo O. Wclger, both of
Valparaiso, woro acrlously Injured.
BRIDGE BREAKS WITH TRAIN
Collnpae of Suspension Structure Ite
ault In Death of Several
Workmen.
ROME, Jan. 12. Whllo a train carrying
workmen to repair a suspension bridge near
Brlndlsl was passing over It the bridge
collapsed and tho train was precipitated
Into the river. Several men wero killed
and many Injured,
Tuelvc HiirniMl in Dentil.
YOKOHAMA, Jan. 12. Flro In a wooden
house hero resulted In tho death of twelve
persons and tbo severe burning ot twont)
more.
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