Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 29, 1900, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. STABLISHED JUN e ——————————— DRAWIN THEIRCLAWS Powera Evince a Dizposition to Bo Mercifal Toward tha Chinese, UNITED STATES LEADS IN MOVENE‘TGT: — | Wisdom of Delivering an Ultimatum to | Envoys at Pekin Under Debate. EXTREME MEASURE OF MINISTERS REJECTED | France, Ruseia and Jepon feid to Have Followsd American Lead. i POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN IN DOUBT | of Secretary to Refrain Stand Allles w ¥ Statesmaniike May Inducen from Exacti Next to Lmpossible, ulrements WASHINGTON, Nov. 1t developed to- | day that the chief point In the concerning China, which have been going during the last few duys among the pow relates to the wisdom of delivering “ultimatum’ to China, using the e word “ultimatum’’ in the text of the to be handed to th Chinese envoys, volving the possibility of a resulting claration of war agalust China fn case the demands of the ultimatum be not complied | with. It appears that some of the powers | desired the cxpress use of the word “ulti- | matum” in the demand relative to the de- eapitation or other extreme punishment of eleven of the princes and other high offi- | efals responsible for the outrages, and| this view of using the most expressive term of diplomacy seems to have found tavor with the ministers at Pekin. When it became known at the several tapitals considerable dissent became mani- est. About a week ago Japan took the fnitiative in n appeal for moderation and this reccived the favorable consideration of the United States, France, Russia and probably Great Britain, although a posi- tive statement as to Great Britain cannot be made. About the same time Secretary Huy took steps to express the views of thic government that it was Inadvisable to proceed to.the extent of an ultimatum against China, but that the demands should not be beyond what China reason- ably might have the power to comply with. The magnanimity of sentiment among the powers gives grounds for the bellef that the demands of the ministers will be modi- fied by the omission of an ultimatum, a though it 1s not yet clear what the final attitude of the remaining powers—Ger- many, Austria and Italy—will be. The negotiations in this particular were car- rled on in London through Ambassador Choate and it Is regarded significant that one of the parties to the Anglo-Ger- man alllance should give its adherence to the moderate position advanced by the United Sta PARIS, Nov. 28.—Tt is sald on high ay- thority that Germany has assented, without modification, to the jolut note prepared by the ministers of the powers at Pekin and that France has also concurred. The officials of the Forelgn office deny the statement from Pekin that France has selzed territory at Tlen Tsin for the purpose #t tripling the size of her concessions. COURT APT TO MEET POWERS eatened Stoppage of Supplies on Ynng Tae Klaug is Having Its Bect. LONDON, Nov. 28.—The representations st Prince Ching, LI Hung Chang and others lo the Chinese court that the powers are flseatisfied and are threatening action on the Yang Tse Klang to stop supplies,” says the Pekin correspondent of the Morning Post, wiring Tuesday, “are reported to be baving an effect and it Is said that the court is likely to take measures to meet the powers. “An American correspondent reports from Pao Ting Fu that 3,000 Germans un- der Goneral Kettler and 2,000 French trcops under General Bailloud concentrated there recently for the winter with the intention of making frequent expeditions to the north and to punish Boxer villages. “Prince Ukhtomski is in daily conference with LI Hung Chang and occasionally meets Prince Ching. He regards the out- Yook as dark, even if the powers agree, for, he says, China may reject the terms and then will come war, rebellion and famine. Prince Ukhtomski favors allowing China to govern herself, the powers holdiug the ports until she does reform herself and does undertake to protect foreign “Russia, he asserts, has no intention of anpexing Manchuria, although she will have to have more Cossacks there in order to maintain & dominating Influence. He Is convinced that, even If others make war on China, Russia will not." SHANGHAI, Nov. 28.—Advices from Sian Fu assert that tho empress dowager has | oconsented to the return of Emperor Kwang 8u to Pekin, although she will remain at Sian Fu. It {s reported from the same sources that the announcement of the sulcide of Yu Hslen, former governor of the prov- fuce of Shan Si, was correct Lieu Sha Tang, governor of the province | of Che Kiang, has been dismissed on ac- count of the Chu Chau Fu massacres, The provincial treasurer of Che Kiang, Yun| Tsuy, succeeds him. The latier is a liberal- | minded reformer. GERMANS AFTER TREASURE| Board a Chinese Vesael, but Valuables Gone—Confin the Ship, NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—It is reported here from Pekin that the Germans have boarded & Chineso vessel and demanded treasure consigned to an English company at Tien Taln. As the boxes of treasure had been landed, the Germans could not get them. They then hoisted the German flag on the vessel and conflscated Its curgo. Ministers Claim Authority, PARIS, Nov. 25,—A dispatch from Pekin to tho Havas agency says the ministers of the followiug powers declare they are au- thorized to sign the joint agreement to be presented to China: Germany, the United States, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Belglum and Italy, Su LONDON, Nov. 2§ Martin, the organist of St Bas in his pessession the of & “Thanksgiving composed by the late Sir Arthur an at the request of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's, suit- able for the termination of the South Afri- eorge Clement Paul's cathedral, plete score | in China in- |, | 1t. can war and dedicated to “Quecn, Church and Country." E 19, 1871. ) KAISER READY 70 GIVE IN Tmper? at Nerlin In- bie Acceptance of nnds, W s somi-official Ber- n evidently in- suggestion: e guilly 1 States lner Post, in the e epired article, replyime of more lenient punish offictals in China made by tHG n expressed here Is advisable to ngleaders of the an irrevocable ited out that such doubts cannot be t to considerations of humanity, as if tome power regarded uch a punishment as (00 severe. 18, rather, that ail ers are con- vinced that the r deserve death, but th stlon has been raised on vari- ous sides us to whether such a measur sbould bo fusisted ot political exped y “So far as Germany s con never fnsisted upon the execution of ape cific persons, but repeatedly declared that she lald chief emphasis upon the har- monlous action cf all the powers in punish- the guilty. This attitude correspond: the gulding principle of Germany which seeks above all else to pro- servo the harmony of the powers.” The Irelssignige Zeltung doscribes the Post's declaration as “Germany’s retreat f the demand for the death penalty. Militair-Wochenblatt, discuss wes of cruelty on the part of sAYS s ot civilized warfare are not ble with the halt civilized. A nder must deviate from the laws of ms where observance of it is rendered impossible through the behavior of the en- emy or bis own situation. In a critical sit- uation, whe wre for prisoners would en- a self-preservation, prisoners must elther not be taken or must be gotten rid of.! “The German army,’ the paper adds, “should not bo accused of cruelty without considering the facts in the light of the con- ditions.” The papers this evening resume their criticlsm of the course of the United States government, based on the latest news from Washingion. The Berliner Neueste Nach- richten says: “The United States, China's chief defender.” The Lokal Anzelger sees “renewed avi- dence of the separate policy of the United States. The Frelssignige Zeltung infers from Am- bassador White's visit to the Forelgn office and Dr. von Holleben's call upon President McKinley and Secretary Hay, that serlous differences of opinion exist between the United States and Germany. Ambassador White reasserted today that in his recent interview with the secretary of foreign affairs, Baron von Richthefen, he did not present the new American note, but only made Informal suggestions which did not require an answer. He doubts that Germany will glve an answer to those sug- gestions. His Instructions from Washing- ton directing him to seck the interview with the forelgn secretary were not, he says, a repetition of the Conger instructions. The central bureau for the preparation of commercial treaties points out today that the leather and #ilk trades have been weri- ously hurt by the recent trouble in China. LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Berlin:corre- spondent of the Standard says he hears that Germany has notified the United States of her willingness to waive the demand for the execution of the Chinese officials. The Times, dealing editorially with the Chincse problem this morning, says: “It seems entirely superfluous for the United States government to flout its own nlenipotentinry where there was not the least probability of his having an oppor- tunity to sign an agreement. The actlon of the Washington administratfon is chiefly interesting because it was expected that after the presidential election a more definite and stronger 1ine would be adopted. It may, however, be urged that the United States only publishes and does not create the differences which undoubtedly exists among the European powers.” JAPANESE ARE NOT SATISFIED anti-foreign doc moveme , it should ¥ rned, she has wit polie; The ch “The ue with Russla, 1s Delay and Discord of Powers China the Cause of Bm- YOKOHAMA, Nov. 10.—(Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.)—A speech made by Mr. Kato, the newly appointed minister of forelgn affairs, indicates that Japan finds itself involved In the same difficulty in the diplomatic maneuvers now progressing in China that it underwent in its military operations. Just as the supposed necessity for concerted action caused the disastrous delay then, £o this country finds itself ham- pered because of haviug to wait upon the action of the allled powers with all the impossibility of thelr coming to an agree- ment. The enormous commercial trade which it has at stake in north Chiua, as well as the patriotic sentiment which will be aroused upon the least encroachment upon its rights in Corea. will make It incumbent upon the western powers to be very cautlous about slighting the counctls of the nation holding the balance of power in the Orient. Comment {8 rife and much sympathy ex- pressed concerning the almost impossible task imposed upon Count von Waldersee in China, while ho is practically left without command or sufiicient authority to enforce Russia, France, Japan and America practically iguored his credentfals and numerous rumors are rife that he has asked for his recall Rockefeller and Rhodes Credited with elng Interested Glgantie Corner. LONDON, Nov. 20 —The Daily Express this morning publishes a rumor that a gi- gantle gold mine trust has been formed, including Messrs. John D, Cecil Rbhodes, Alfred Belit and Joseph Ben- jamin Robiuson. Takes nn American Rride. LONDON, Nov. Baron Speck von Sternberg, the former first secretary of the German embassy at Washington, recently promoted to consul for Germany at Cal- cutta, has written to the United States am- bassador here, Joseph M. Choate, asking him to procure a special license for his marriage to Miss Lilllan May Langham, a wleco of Arthur Langham of Louisville, Ky., to whom he will be married as soon as he arrives in this city, American Rallway ¢ hes Abroad. LONDON, Nov. 2. —The government of Now Zealand, according to a dispatch to the Times from Wellington, s importing sixty modern rallway carriages from the United States Ran Put on Bohewion and Po BERLIN, Nov. of the German e ! ~The Thuringian states ipire have forbldden the holding of religlous services in the Polish | and Bohemian lasguages, The fact | \ from ‘the standpoiat | Rockefeller, | OMAIIA, THURSDAY M [YOSEMITE LOST IN TYPHOON American Craiter Goes Down in Storm OF Islend of Guam, | FIVE LIVES KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN LOST I,\nwy Register Shows the Carrled a Complement of Ne | Three Hundred Men and Omeers, rly | MANILA, Nov. 20.—The United auxiitary cruiser Yose oft harbor of San Lu; Guam, drifted fifty mil was wrecked, Five of the crew we ler rescued the remainder, WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The Y. | was fiest commissioned Aprit 15, 1898 | had been station ship at the islund of | since the days of the Spanish war. (o sixteen-knot converted crulser of tons displacement and 18 provided with a | maln battery of ten i-inch rapld-tire guns id a secondary battery of six six-pounder and two Colt rifles, She u complement of elghteen officers and 267 men Her measurements are 391 feet in length by forty-eight feet extreme breadth. She has a mean draft of twenty feet ono inch Just before the outbreak of the Spanish- American war the vessel was bought by the | Navy department, fitted as an suxiliary | cruiser and rendered effective sery one of the patrol fleet, being manned partly | by the Michigan naval militia. It is said { that her anchorage at Guam was off the ha of San Luls d'Apra, and that owing to her draft she was obliged to lic | six miles offshore. The harbor is a par- ticularly dangerous one, owing to the ex- | stence of a rocky shoal in the middle and a particularly crooked chanuel. According to the navy reglster the Yesemite was manned by elghteen officers and 207 men, but in her capacity of station ship not all of these were required, and undoubtedly a part of them were ashore engaged In dutles at the naval station. This probably would be true of her com- mander, Seaton Schroeder, who also s governor of Guam, and who probably left the active command of the ship to the ranking lieutenant, Augustus N. Mayer The other officers accredited to the ship by the register are: Lieutenants W. E. Safford, Albert Moritz, B. B. Blerer; En- signs A. W. Pressey, H. L. Collins, A. N Mitchell and F. T. Evans; Assistant Sur- geon F. M. Furlong, Assistant Paymaster P. W. Delano, Chaplain L. F. Rennolls and elght warrant officers. Nelther the naval or war officlais had recelved anything up to a late hour to- night regarding the loss of the crulser Yosemite. The presumption here is that the news of the disaster was brought to Manila by the War department transport Sherman, which is due at that place about this time. According to an arrangement with the naval officers a War department transport calls monthly at Guam to de- Iltver mall matter intended for the people there and as the Sherman left San Fran- clsco about November 1 with the expect: tlon of stopping at Guam she probably learned of the wreck on her way over and reported it on her arrival at Manila. Crulser's Bows Are Crushed Im. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Advices have beea recelved here from Mantla that the Island of Gusm was visited by a terrific typhoon on Novercter 13, which wrecked thousands of houses, among ttem being the head- quarters of Governor Schroeder. The towns of Indrajan and Terraforo were swept away and It {s estimated that hundreds of the native population in various parts of the island met their deaths. The cocoanut crops were rendered absolutely worthless and the vegetation of the island killed by salt water. The storm came up in ths forenoon and swept across the lsland with amazing rapidity. The United States aux- illary cruiser Yosemite, which was an- chored adjacent to the collier Justiz, dragged its anchor and was driven aground 150 yards from & reef, her bows being crushed in. A launch with a crew of five men had previously left the ship to en- deavor to find a sate anchorage for the ves- sel, the indications telng that the anchors would not hold where it was. The men were not seen after they left the ship ani it 18 practically certain that the heavy sea which the storm Kicked swamped the launch. The bodies of Coxswain F. Swan- son and Seaman George Anhel were recoy- ered after the typhoon subsided. The storm veered around after the Yo- semite grounded, and it was driven oft and carried onto the Somaye cliffs, whero her rudder and propeller were broken. Beat- swaln Sweeny and twelve of the crew vol- unteered to take A life line ashore. A boat was lowered for this purpose, but it was immedlately swamped by & big sea that swapt over it. All its occupants were car- rled away from the boat, but they miracu- lously succeeded in reaching the land atter an hour's struggle with the waves. Dritts Helplessly Before the Gale. Meanwhile the atmosphere had become of inky blackness and the Yosemite, which had again been blown off the land, was arifting helplessly before the gale, whick was blowing at the rate of 100 miles &n hour. All hope of saving the crulser was aban- doned and the officers and crew prepared for the death they thought was surely staring them in the face. A majority of the boats had been either smashed or car- ried out of the davits and those that wers, loft could not accommodate half the crew, even it it had been possible for them to live in the enormous seas that were by this time running. A sea anchor had been put out and this held the Yosemite up into the teeth of the storm and prevented it from falling off into {the trough of the sea. The vessel rode to this anchor and drifted rapidly until 6 o'clock in the evening, when the weather cleared. The crulser was then sixty miles north and forty miles west of Guam. It had labored so heavily that it had sprung 4 leak and all hands, including its com- mander, Licutenant Brief, and the chief engineor, worked hard in trying to clear the vessel of the water that was pouring {nto and rapidly flling the forward com- partments, | | Crafser s Scuttled, | Atter the violence of the storm had sub- sided efforts were made to start the en- gines. They were finally got to werk and the Yosemite, with its damaged propeller, | struggled landward at the rate of two knots an hour. The water kept gaining in the hold and the ship was gradually sinking. At 1:50 p. m.,, November 15, the Jusiin, which had started In search of the | Yosemite, picked it up and attempted to {tow 1t back to Guam. Two hawsers were | broken and it was then decided that was impossible to take it Into port. The crulser was then scuttled, after which it was abandoned, all hands going aboard the Justin The Yosemite sank, how first, at 3 o'clock and the Justin stood away for Guam. Pay- master Ballard naved 365,000 Mexican States parted her cable d'Apra, Island ot . struck a reet and e o drowned. A col- Vessel | | pects of the situation are clearly recognized it | ORNID |JEALOUS OF UNITED STATES REAL CROWTH OF NEBRASKA Inerensed eriean ¥ood tmporintion of A roducts Creates Alurm Germany. WASHINGTON, N eral M at annual report of State 28.~Consul Gen- Berlin has submitted his for 1000 to the Department He says that & notable tncrease In the import American corn and oats has inspired great uneasiness and certain | German economists of agrarian tendencies, who hold that in respect to food products | tore and certain other mater G 1s becoming altogether too depen dent upon the United States. He points out that in the reciprocal trade between th United tes end Germany for the last decade a balance of over $200,000,000 rest with the republic ngalnst the empire. “Ger- many,” he sa is still poor in accumu- lated Ith in comparisen with France and and. Writers in other countries have painted the situation in Gerimany in somber colors and have predicted a stormy ahead for certain German industries in | the shape of the increased fost of fuel and the overshadowing competition of the United States. While these general as- son of there 18 no outward symptom 1 or panic and business men s face the future with appareut in Germany of trepidati of all ¢ confidenc The condition of German agriculture is sald to be etill unsatlstactory. The most important agricultural product, in a com- merclal sense, beet sugar, has suficred on the whole, aithough its exportation to the United States has increased of late. Con- sul General Mason says: “Tho time 13 | ripe for a calm, deliberate and sclentific rovision of the present obsolete and {m- serfect treatles between the United States and Germany." FATE IN HANDS OF FARMERS After Nearly Four Hundred Men Have Been lejected Jury is Found to Try Miss Morrison. ELDORADO, Kan., Nov. 28—Twelve tarmers will decide the fate of Jesslo Mor- rison, charged with mureer in the first degree for having killed Mrs. G. Olin Castle. The last man to moke up the jury was secured this afternoon. All the jurors are married men over 30 years of age and all live outside of Eldorado, where the crime was committed. One of them is & close personal friend of Judge Morrison, father of the woman on trlal, and has known the Morrison famlly for fifteen years. Ho was objected to by the state’s attorney, but the challenge was overruled by Judge Shinn. The taking of testimony will be- gin on Friday morning, to which time the court adjourned. The efforts to secure a Jury to try the case has extended over a period of seven da; durlgg which time over 400 veniremen have been examined. Jessio Morrison's comfogt and support during tho trial is her old father, former Probate Judge Morrison. He has been by her side in the court room comstantly and until today has invariably accompanied her to and from the jail. This morning when the jailer cpened the door of her cell and told her to come, she pleaded: “Wait a minute; father will be he P “No," sald the jailer, “Ju1 must come and she followed tha'dly after hes- moment. Soon after she had been seated in the court rocm Judge Morrison entered and took his accustomed place at the prisoncr’s side. Olin Castle, widower of the murdered woman, has arranged a hunting party for Thanksgiving day and {nvited several news- raper men attending the trial tp accompany him. “I wish this trial would end,” he suld today to a reporter. “I'm getting awfully tired of it.” M'GLORY’'S HALL OF FAME Plain Clothes Men Who Try to Get & Case on Wily Willlam Are Discomttted, NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Billy McGlory's saloon on West Fifteenth street was to have been opened tonight by a big ball. The police were notified and at the last moment the ball was called off. This even- ing six plaln clothes men took thelr places in front of the hall, but they found noth- Ing to do. A dim light burned In the bar- room, but there was no sign of life within. Michael Davls, proprieter of the “Black Rabbit,” the most notorfous den in this city, was permitted to plead guilty today before Recorder Goff, In general sessions, to keeping a disorderly house. He was sentenced to eilght months' imprisonment in the penitenlary. Two other indictments against the prisoner, each charging a| felony, the maximum penalty of which would have been twenty years at hard labor In stato prison, were practically quashed by the district atiorney's recommendation that the prisoner be discharged on his own recognizance. Paullne Shelben, who was present during the orgies when the Black Rabbit" was raided, also escaped with eight months' sentence. In contrast with these sentences Julius Dumont, employed as a floor manager by Davis in the “Black Rab- bit,"” tried and convicted before Judge Cow- {ng last week, was seutenced to fourteen years' in state prison. Edyth Myrtle Lynch, | A performer at the “Black Rahbit," tried and convicted before Judge McMahon, got seven years in state prison YERKES' NEW LONDON ROAD Calling for Expenditure of 200,000 on Underground Sy, tem Signed in New York, Contract 820 NEW YORK, No “Contracts were slgned yesterday (Wednesday) in London and ratified in Wall otrect for the equipment of the Char- | ing Cro luston & Hampstead Under ground rallway with electricity at a cost of about $20,000,000. Americans will fug- nish all the capital for the enterprise “The contracting partles were: Charles T. Yerkes, H Davis, A. U. Houseman and others of New York, J. J. Mitchell of Chicago and the firm of Price & Reeves of Westminster, England, electrical and | general contractors. “The contract provides for the excavation | as well as the electrical equipment of tho | road and its various offshoots from Charing Cross to Hampstead, a distance of about seven miles, Including the contributory lines. “This Is an advance for rapid transit in London, though there are two underground tems already in operation. he new road will probably be in op- eration before New York's underground road is completed.” ndicted for Doctoring Barley CHICAGO, Nov. 2% D, enport, who was Indi 1 a charge of doetor . came to Chicago today appear: for triaf go 1s ridieulous business “The World says mriey process of purifying » grain [ experimented with it thoroughly | found that it would weoter in the malt and re in 1t not money from the sinklog ship, strengthen all its other qualities, NG, NOVEMBER 2 | figures which are g | Nance | Brow! | Haves ... G | Hiteheack 5 Al | Perking | Johnson ... | Sarpy 9, 1900 Actual Gain in Fopulation Shown by the | Census Figures, LOSS CONFINED TO PADDED DISTRICTS Agricultaral Sec xe in N the Returns Made Ten Years Ago. tons Careful examination of the cens blished In The Bee will reassure of Nebraska who may be appr o from the showing made that state has oot mude the pro haturally expect from the gr reglon embraced within fts bordes a matter of fact, Nebrasku has m prokress. In order to comprehend ven In conpection with | this article, 1t must be understood that in | some sections of Nebraska the census re- turns for 1. were enormously padded. This was os lly true of the larger citics—Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Hastings, Nebraska City, Kearney, Grand Island and others. Just how much of the increase #hown for 1580 was fictitious will never be known. Another contributory feature to be recalled is the drouth years of 1560 and 1894, which drove so many settlers out of the “sand hill* countles und the counties in the southwestern purt of tho statc Many of these have returned. When th things are understood, the public will ap- preciate tho fact that a great growth has been mado in Nebraska and that in having to face the puny nine-tenths of 1 per cent Increase credited to the state by the census bureau, the people of Nebraska are but pay- ing the inevitable penalty for the extrava- gant {nflation of urban population returns for 1890. Where Growth Is Shown. In 1890 the following fifty-five countles (6111 per cent of the Nebraska total) re- turned a population of 487,722, or 46 per cent of the total population of the state. In 1900 these same counties show a popu- lation of 575,650, or 53.88 per cent of the state’'s total. In the ten years these es- sentially agricultural counties have made a gain In population of 87,928, or an In- crease of 18.03 per cent over the figures of 1590. Here are the fifty-five countles of Nebraska which show this most satisfac- tory increase: Ca Ant Boone i s figures ¥ he Iriends hens ress one would | d fertile | 5. As| much t 1900, Inc. ] o, 1800 34 10, Burt Colfax . cuming ... Dakota .. Dawson Dixon Dodge . Frankiin Frontier Furnas Garfleld Gosper Hooker Howard Jefterson Lincoln McPherson Mudison . Meorrick Nomaha' . Nuckolls Pawnee Phelps . Plerce . Platte '/ Red Willow Richardson Sarpy .. Saunders Bcotts Bluft . Sherman Valley 5 Washington York . Totals . Where t Thirty-five other countles, in some of which are contained the large citiés of the state, and some of which are in the area which has been all but abandoned for agri- cultural pursuits during the decade, re- turned in 1880 a population of 571,188, or b4 per cent of the total for the state. In 1900 theso counties returned but 492,859 | population, or 4612 per cent of the state's total. 1t will thus be noted that the re- lation to the state's total of the counties showing gain or loss in population have just been reversed during the decade. Here are the thirty-five counties that show a loss of population of 78,209 from the figures of 1890, or 13.7 per cent of the total they returned for that year: “ountl 900, AGAmS. - 18,840 anner 1 ‘{‘1‘: Flaine 2470 al 21,330 8 | 1,003 | 270 | 28 | 875 | 119 | 3.5 Huffalo Cass . Chase Chey clay Custer awes Daw 4 Douglas | Dundy Fillmore . i | Gage «... Hamilfon . 8 Holt Kefth . Wove Paha Kimball Lancaster Logan Toup Gtoe 0 150 18| 5 Polk .. . 4 | Rock sallne feward Sheridan i il | Sioux A dl Wheeler Totals . Congressional Districts. Another thing which s apparent from these figures 1s the necessity of & rearrange- ment of the congreselonal districts, even if the new apportionment does not cut down (he representation of Nebraska in the house. As at present arranged the Second district contains several thousand less than or sixth the population of the state, while the Third district has several thousand to sparo. Following is the population of the six istricts as at present constituted: FIRST DISTRICT, onnes chardson Lancaster Nemah Otoe - Total , 550 ) DIBTRICT 140,09 Washington 9,080 > PR 16 THIRD T RICT 544 Madison i Morriek Douglas . e 13,086 AT Cedar Colfa ' Cuming . (Contlnued on Second Page.) WELVE PAGES. the | 7| Parts, where he goes as naval attache to | on the forehead, tracturing the little one's | NGLE €O st for Nebra "'l'vm..nmnn [ “ | 4 ~ 0 ahn Yenterdny: Dew. 1" 12 an | 45 | 12 oo e HANNA IS NOT AMBITIOUS Senator Declares It Cannot Be (he Crowning Glory of I Lite to Sit in Presidentinl Chair, m o M CLEY Nov. 28 A. Hanna which LAND, nting the of this city A committ Republican recently passed resolutions endorsing Hon. M. A. Haunu as a candidste for the presidency in 1004 . up the senator today at his office o the same. President Gallagher of the club acted as spokesman. In an appro priate and strong presentation speech he told why the club members believed the sen ator has well earned the exalted honor of being chief executive of the United States. The epeaker referred to Mr. Hanna as the Hercules of the republican party. “If Mr MeKin had been defeated,” ho eald, Senator Hanna would have been held r sponsibin, The victol a remarkable | one, though not une ed, and the credit | lay with the man whe is entitled to his re- | ward."” Tho reception accorded the committee by | Benator Hanna was most cordial. In repl 1ng o his visitors he lald stress upon hi apprecintion of the honor conferred upon him and sald: ! “I belleve in my heart that T have only | done my duty to the country—to my people 1 seek 1o public office and I seek no reward. | Although 1 deeply appreciate the feeling expressed by my neighbors and friends, it cannot be the crowning act of my Ilife to sit In the presidential chair. 1 am growing old and expect to retire after my sena- torial terms expires. Your kindness and consideration in what you deem to be the proper course deeply touches me, but my candidacy for the presidency is absolutely out of the question and is not even to be | thought of.” ALL SETTLE AT FIFTY CENTS Short b e present wa o Have to Square with Phillip; the Corn Cornerer, at the Even Half, CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Finding themselves unable to produce enough contract corn to fill sales made to George H. Phillips for November delivery, the shorts, including several leading elevator firms, it was an- nounced today on the Board of Trade, had agreed to settle their shortage at 60c. The announcement came as a great surprise to those traders who had “tailed” the Phil- lips operation. At the moment November corn was selling around 50 cents, one cent from the highest price on the deal. A rush to sell followed and the market made no halt until just before the closing bell when it rested at 41 cents. It is under- stood that those stauding short to Phillips since he began gathering up offerings of November corn, about a month ago, ex- hausted every effort to secure enough No. 2 corn to fill their sales. The local stocks amounted to a trifle over 1,000,000 bushels and the new crop of corn was too soft for delivery. Plans were even considered to bring back a lot of corn from the east, but these were abandoned; and, as Phillips was upheld by the Board of Trade committee of appeals in his protest against a lot of Kkiln-dried corn, the shorts finally, late yesterday, agreed to give over the fight and settle with Phillips at the even half- dollar, where it was apparent the manipu- lator would have no trouble in holding the market. Various estimates were hazarded as to the profits of the ‘“squeeze.” As Phillips is sald to have accumulated a line of more than 2,000,000 bushels around 35 cents, it was admitted that his profits must have reached into the hundreds of thousands. On this point, Phillips was, however, en- tirely non-committal LOOKING AT OUR WAR SHIPS Japanese Oficials May Have More Constructed im America. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.—A party of distingulshed Japanese officials arrived in this city on the steamer Nippon Maru. Captain T. Matsue and Commander K. | Yamada will inspect some of our modern war vessels and, provided satisfactory terms can be made, to negotiato for the construc- tion of one or two gunboats or crulsers. They will then go east and to England to inspect the torpedo boat destroyers now belng bullt there for Japan. H. Kelzumi. superintendent of the Yoko- hama warehouse department and chief ac- countant In the Japanese custom house, is on his way to France to investigate custom house taxation. Torajiro Watasa, a member of the higher tmperial Industrial counctl, 15 to make a tour of the eastern cities, paying speclal at- tention to agricultural development. Captaln Takenouche is on his way to the Japanese legation ther: DRINK MAKES HIM A FIEND | Utah Man Start nate His ¥ In to Bxterml- ‘amily—Kills Baby. SCOFIELD, Utah, Nov. 28.—Richard Smith, & coal miner, beat his wite almost insensible and struck his 3-months-old child | skull so that it died later. A palr of twins, somewhat older, had been sleeping in the bed. Smith wrapped | the bed clothes so tightly about the chil- | dren that they were helpless. Then he saturated the clothes with kerosene and set fire to them. The mother hal recovered sufclently by this time to scream for help and nelghbors arrived just In time to overpower Smith and save the children's lives Whilo this was going on Jacob Kangas, a nelghbor, was prevented by timely inter ference from killing his wife and three children. The two men had been drinking together. Amerfeans Wear Britiah ( PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 ans who were with the FEngllsh wmy in South Africa arcived here tod ) the steamship Belgian from Liverpo hey for their homes in Chl St. Loals and New Orleans. Thelr Age 1o this country was paid by the inglish government, The men left” New Orleans last summer o uleteer; South Africa they enlisted with the Eng lish forces as conduct rmored trainy 1" 3 Pitty-elght New TOPE soclation undertaken to will deify not ot later than to be paid he wheat, ntember § P 11l be the actual cost of t | prison Y FIVE CENTS. 'TURKS TALK OF WAR Presence of American Fattleship at Smyma Raises Great Excitement, COUNCIL OF MINISTERS HASTILY CALLED Severance of Diplomatioc Relations with United Btates Buggested. WITHDRAWAL OF THE KENTUCKY ASKED Sultan Relies on Enrope to Stay Any Hostile Act by This Country, ENVOY OF PORTE AT STATE DEPARTMENT Assurance S to llave Been Glven That the Visit of the Warship Conveyed No Meunnce of Any Kind, N ble advices say the Vienna Tageblatt publishes a dispatch from Constantiuople to the effect that the Turkish council of minlsters has held a ference to determine whether or not (he sending of the United States battleship Kentucky to Smyrna should be regarded as en act of hostility. According to the Tage blatt's dispatch the home minister urged the severance of diplomatic relations with the United States, and even went so far 4s 10 threaten war unless the Kentucky should be withdrawn from Turkish waters. The ministers express the belief that the Kuropean powers would not permit the United States to attack Turkey, and that country, therefore, would be safe In taking a deflant attitude, WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-All Ferrouh the Turkish minister here, called on Secretary Hay today relative to the visit of the big battleship Kentucky to Turkish The Kentucky sailed from Naples last Saturday and arrived at the important Turkish port of Smyrna this morning, only @ few hours before the minister's visit. After his talk with Secretary Hay the minister declared that the Kentucky's visit conveyed no menace and that it had no bearing upon the diplomatic relations be- tween the Turkish government and the United States. He asserted with great positiveness that the sultan cherished tho kindliest feelings toward President McKin- ley and that the relations were most amica- ble. Inquiries at the State and Navy depart- ments today as to the Kentucky's mission elicited the simple statement that the visit of the battleship to Smyrna bhad no hostile significance. Meanwhile, it 1s understood that the ne- gotlations between Mr. Griscom, our charge at Constantinople, and the porte, for the settlement of the missionary claims and the question as to Dr. Norton's exequatur as consul at Harpoot are progressing, with Indications that a compromise will be ar- ranged LONDON, Nov. 20.-~"An imperial frade orders the immedinte signature of a contract for the censtruction of a fast cruiser with the Cramps of Philadelphia,” says the Constantinople correspondent of the Dally Chronicle. “The price agreed upon will give a sufficlent surplus to pay the American indemnities. Thus tho United States gain an important commer- clal and diplomatic success.” WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The battleship Kentucky arrived at Smyrna this morning. The Navy department has glven no further orders to the Kentucky beyond those di- recting her to proceed to Smyrna, for a five days' stay. The department has re- celved a letter from Captain Chester of the Kentucky, mailed from Gibraltar, tell- ing of a storm which the ship passed through on the Atlantic, and the opportumity it afforded of testing the seagoing qualities of the big battleship. The storm arose on the %0th ult,, and raged that day and the next. The waves tore away the starboard life boat and beat it to pleces. This was the only mishap. Captain Chester says that throughout the storm the battleship behaved beautifully and showed excellent seaworthy qualities. VIENNA, Nov. 25.—The Vienna morning papers publish nothing in corroboration of the report that a council of the Ottoman ministers has been held in Constantinople for the purpose of considering a declaration of war agalnst the United States in view of the presence of the United States battle- ship Kentucky at Smyrns. On the contrary the report receives no credence whatever. QUIT THE TOBACCO TRUST Three Prominent OMclials Renign and May Go Into Husiness Independently, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov, 28.—Changes in Loutsville of great interest in connection with the American and Continental To- becco companies will go into effect Decem- ber 1. John Doerhoefer, one of the most widely koown tobacco men in the country, and one of the moving spirits in the so-called Tcbacco trust, has resigned as a member of the board of directors of the American company and also as general manager of the company's Louisville establishment. Pasil Doerhoefer has resigned as director of the Continental company and as general manager of the rehandling plant in this city. Marcus Doerhoefer, brother of John and Basil Doerhoefer, has tendered his resignation as general manuger of the plug factory here. It is sald in Louisville that the three resignations mean that the Doer- Lcefer brothers, who have been such a power In the affairs of the trust since its organization, have severed their connection with the combine for good and hereafter may be allied against it in the Independent fleld. John Doerhoefer refuses to say whether he and his brothers have sold their to- bacco stock or whether they will engage in business independently of the blg com- panies The resignations of the Doerhoeters will come before the regular weekly meeting of the boards of the two tobacco companies in New York this w Is Cook Con CHICAGO, i ye W ) Nov s Youngest Murderer, 2. Rye 1. Novak, nied found ullty of murder Judg: Tuley's court to- tabbed and kllled his ¢ ,‘gen. P JUArr undeterm!n until he 14 to the stats age Novak Iy satd murderer ever con- tha net, where reléased on when he to the ypungest victed In Cook count apected Nov. ul in Saturday sh the (1nl have t T ary under the will be confine harole or ser [ he f broeding ¢ will ha comy toek for export tested nited 8t vetorinary oin ormerly the test were made by Canadian veterluaries, ‘