The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, November 28, 1900, Image 1
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HEWYORK’SCRUSADE
MEN BET TO Ain THE
l It.HT I T**T TIC*.
COMMITTEE WILL BE MAMED.
j x-UA'WMI HEWITT HAID HARSH
1 it | NWS OF TAMWATY.
l>rr of the Ta in many fonimMt.-r
I ntlllrd *" < ommla-rn tloil—lt
< rulit-r Had ll—u Slnrrrr. Ilrwltl
. (l .hr t nnimlltre Would Srrr
ii,-m Appointed—HUhop l*-
I, r H.-Ilrra I Tom I’r.tnl HnW of
tlo.rmml. mol - llruanaa.
j-, Nov. 25 A ifjlh-rln* of bna
( i| rd lr,mi the cm.l for a con
ihr Chamber of Commerce to
r. of the m—tln were the
, ■ tlremint of Hlehop Potter
in rank of the movement; an
thrun. 8. Hewitt, in which
ih. rerpom>lb.llty for the
inlon of tifYair. In N. w York
.ai ill- mayor nnrt the un.int
er n of the following rerolu
l -
T it a romfntttee of fifteen
j, for the ptirpon- of attempt
s io i -count Ihoke re-pom Ihle
n , .million of affairs."
ler. In a leller explaining hie
in the meeting, wrote a* fol
| .>
t. t It atile. owing to a tru
. tlnk. to attend the meeting of
• | nf Commerce to-day, nor.
. I i. ..g'.tt to add. ehould I do ao If
..in of su<*h a meeting should be.
• m. lis. lo unify the force* ,ui the dde
i .1 < up) .md tly protection of th*
v i, In this community Btst In, such
t •: on ecclesiastic I* not the brat
Ills particular affiliation*
i imi distinctly rot |e-sona grt'a
.. in I ministers land e-m'-tlm a
, ,/ i tmr communions, with whom
• . it t nooloKlcum is still n very ae
: m. hi The clergy may tltly ex
, l .photic office of rousl.tg.
, mealing, lust In social ati.l p>-
, ntfris thetr lest service will
rutikv. where. as in time- o'
t u.,1 siege they may patrol, mo tnt
t e. Op watch, but leave to others
tt. t**’< of generalship.
.. this, In the present emergency.
1 pine clear. New York wants a
B mimutee of tnree or five iruilel
~ co-ordlnato force*, aentlment.
I-- urd then, if we can maintain the
awakened sense of danger, the
i i.l almost accomplish Itself."
Sun .r: Smith presided over the
r "in.
Ilevv lit llonsts farotitnny.
is il- wilt, in the course of an
, mi >|hi l ily lull rrppted by ap
t said
■ Inn tt ... public abuse has Is en
I s,,ii , of the men or. the Tam
• .1 iri entitled to our sym
ii.oi ■ m our commiseration
tell duty thiy strike .< fatal
.ii imm in> . or. llf the do not. they
• mi..ling in the community.
~| 1.. . n any sincerity oil Mr
. ihe committee would never
app Inied.
lie Hi.ill,y f. r ine c.ndl'lvn.*
i % iciys primarily lo the |>
. t analysis, if things go
ic ri li.tisliil ity lew;* w.lh th**
' n;M t. ' i how he troited imntor
i h.. was Mayor.
t I r Ghb-t o! retire Murray." be
i 1 told hint Hint if be could not
til ns. iis to at least cover
fit "i>
tit the places must h" closed
! .'if Mm rav If be were a rich
t 1.. M.| he was worth and
i an., l u.-ii.e-s but that of po.l’o
r .I
■ .. 1 him where he got It. He said
Min.is In Wall street who gave
hr • opor' unities. a
Ml. I silent Of the police board
| t it.d asked him about the cor
t li. told me lo lei It alone—l
> . rlv stir up a hornet's nest an t
1 p.i.ln. ii future. He 10l l me the
i ilium that.
. tv.i- mayor for iwo years New
,i r. s|s. iub> cllv. ealernallv
: id no tower but the setitl
i is people behind me."
Akaii. ttrocted by Vice.
i“oldock. reptesriitlug Bishop
! j • mi id:
. i men ami women r.n th. Fast
\ gone lo the t*il!ce with
mi.!:,lilts only to he tod lo yet
t ■ ' toe district If they did not like
th re. 1 know of
a 1 women who have
-Itivelt from their b* me*
'.-e l.y those selfsame cnndl
-v lave le-en threaten'*! wild
I .ttort if they should dare to coma
p ■ atbedrt.l and submit their
i I . an pr.slttce one hundred or
..Hiil witnesses. If th. Ir mimes
fiom the pu.dic. unill It Is cer
■... Ia iloubt *h.tl the Tammany
be.n crushed, for they lc.tr
1 i tyrant.”
e .'tic tins a-lj.strncd to roas-em
all of the chairman. who *11!
• committee ol llficen .aid.
t \n.<iMo% Kii.i.r.i) koi ii.
* Thrfw 1 aii of Mtrn-Cil-rcrlnc
Inlo n Klrr.
' “lif. 'V V* . Nov. tf_At I.enrcr-
V.i . 3h miles Iron Wheeling
" titer. a crowd of twenty boy*
'■ a tire on thr river bank from
■i. <1 wire watching the rlninn
' f wood cm- of the lays threw
•o wan ;i con nartnilly d|led with
:! • Immediately lhcf> was a
•*0 PI >n 111 <1 t:irc hoy* tgrr.' kII
i ii.ipf-n wounded, of whom throe
' r< *nlt of the explosion an Infan'
I Mrs liurlg died a fow minute
,f ■ ' '.aid
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
'"nl old to Have hrftttrd
B " Irelesa Trlrtirwphy.
fi "'ten Nov. M _S;fror Marconi, ac
fl t to :h Dal y Express, haa pl\c-
B *°'vl the question of ocean traiy.
fl hr wireless telegraphy, and ar|l
B " ■'bla to use his avstem across thr
■ ot.tr, .
Jlateutnal) iHormmj ffotoi
PLOT AGAINST M' KINLEY.
Police of IInI*oI*• a Fnrninh "iorj ot
Aliened I n*|nrni*j to
nmr the President.
Now York. Nov. 77 —The police of Ho
boken, N. J , have received u letter el
I* King the existence of a plot to
bate President M< Kinle> The writer of
the letter give In hi* ioinnuine.itton the
nam* of the alleged chief conspirator,
w tw :i the police refuse to make public at
thSe lime.
The letter which la Illegibly signed. 1*
as follows
”8lr: Having almost thoroughly axsur
jed mvs#!f of an anar hint plot against
I His Excellency, McKinley. 1 tMHulder it
my duty to advise you of the n.ime of
ur.e Mho is more than suhpected of being
Ia 1* .id* r. whose name t* found in the en
dosed slip. He t# t fugitive from Jus
tice find a dangerous man. having been
convicted sev.-ta. time*. and on the ln>t
I** IMS.on iM iiig nu t. ,. dto five y r im
prle- nmcnt for an anarchist attempt.
"My statement ojs 11 be verirt* and on 7v
pealing to the pref- 't of jo iff at Pari .
Prance .111 the coil roe of the pint >e,r
h*- had concealed wWh him n man n imed
I'ranools. the author of an anar hl t at
tempt at Scranton. where he mo. tal y
wounded an ag.*n of the police.”
The writer ot this letter. the police say
has been located, and hla ft o will be
investigated.
ftfcrel Henrlce In Ignnronrr.
Washington, Nov 27 "hlef Wilkie of
the secret *• rvice division. uid that the
„• -iveMinn t bad no information whatever
on the subject.
ORANGE GROwIR’S SUICIDE.
, I*. T. IVpper. On** of Florida** Moat
Promlti'.-tit Orsugr Men #ht
Himself ThrotKti the Head.
Kin.. Nov. 27.—Edwin T Pep
per. one of the wealthiest orange growers
in this section of Florida committed #ui-
Ide at o’clock :hi* murnlr.g in bed at hi.-
suburban home. * Sunny.*Me," two miles
• asi of Leesburg.
He retired last night In usual good spir
it# after having made several orange
shipments during the day. At 3 o’clock
Mrs. Pepper, who slept in an adjoining
room, was aroused by the report o' a pis
tol. nnd rushing Into her husband's room
found him dying from a pistol wound In
the head. Ihe smoking pistol still grasped
in his hand. In another minute he was
dead. He left no statement, and no cause
Is assigned.
ll** came to Florida eighteen years ago
from \an Buren county, Michigan.
RCLATIOVt WITH Till: PORTE.
———
Acute Situation Over the Harpoot
toaaalats Matter. x
Oonwantlnople, Nov 27—The relatione
between the United States government
and the Porte are becoming acute. Mr
Griscotn. the Amerb'wn charge d’affaires,
went to the palace Sunday and had an
Interview with Tewflk Pasha, minister of
foreign affairs, and Tahsin Hey, first sec
retary at the |>aiacc The Interview, how- i
ever, was barren of results.
While the Porte outwardly persists In
the attitude It has resumed regarding the
question of granting nn exequatur to the
I'nlted Stnte* consul ol llarpoot. there
Is reason to believe that the dispatch of
the battleship Kentucky to Smyrna has
r 4de n tnarkid impression in official cir
cles.
11l V TIC IIS TH At.lt DEATH.
llody- Found In the Woods and flogs
Mniiilliiu C.iinrd.
Wilkesbarre Ta . Nov. 27. - Word w.ia
received hert to-night o; the tragic death
at Mi-bane, N. t'.. to-day of Georg. P.
S'eshlti son of Abram Nesbitt, prw-td-nt
of the Hi-cond National Hank of Will: *-
barn and probably the wealthiest min
In this vicinity. Mr. Nesbitt left here a
week ago on a hunting trip to No. 11l
Carolina.
Tim dispatch conveying the new* ol his
d-ath tnys In- had left a colored at'end
ant in a carriage In the woods an Is at
s.l off u Ith his two dogs Not to it n-
Ing a* expected the negro became ala. mod
and -lined to anarch fir him II- found
Mr. Nesbitt s body a short distance awiy.
Tin two dog-* were wtandlng over It The
supposition Is that be fell Hid hl cun
was discharged, the load of sbo' enteih g
his left side, causing Instant death, Young
Nisidtt graduated from Yale in ISS7.
Tlll.lt • . w AS 'll At t llt F. AT.
>o |.oss of l ife on t hesaprake and
Ohio Itnllroad.
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 27.—The Che-a
peake and Ohio aulltoritles furnish lo
j night this statement:
•'The rumor reported In the press of to
day that thete had teen an accident to
a pa Monger train on the f'hesapeake and
Ohio Hallway Is totally without founda
tion In fact. No accident or Injury who
ever has hapi-ened to any passenger or
*'iu ploy #. -
"Traffic ho* lieen Interrupted slice Sun
day night by it .son of heavy nUn-torm
causing land- lldes In the Allegheny
mountain*. where the work of .bn. de-
Iracking the tool Is being done Trsffl
was resumed at men to-.bi) and tiarni
re now running on schedule tlm uv r
the entire system "
i y. tit KKKI** mrHIIVIJIO.
Accor,lln. to the Ilollrlls • I- ‘
elilcrnhly llettcr.
LUvadla. European Russia, Nov. V — The
Improvement In the Pur', condition roo
tlmie?. judging from the following bulls
tin I*l*lll*4 to-day:
The Cxtr phased a con* l <*y yesterday.
At 9 oelo. k in the evening hi- tempera
tt re was P‘- • nur " ,,{ ,h “
His Majesty slept £< ThU "'“ nln *
the Emperor's condition and general
strength were perfectly satisfactory; em
perature Sti.lt; pul e '•"
COMMKI9IONKR WIMWI DBID.
„,.ri of internal Hcven.e ISep.rl
menl Mad Rr*tfs Rlaeasc.
Washington. Nov 17.-0.0 r,.
sen. comstliwcnrr of Internal revenue
died this afternoon in his apartments at
the Riggs House of Bright s disease con
p,jested writh asthma He had been dsn
aeroualy 111 for arveral daya paat- The
funeral arlil be at Hamltiou. 0.. on
. Jhanksglviug I>aj
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28. VMMX
SENATOR DAVIS DEAD
CillEtn OF FAMOI* MINNESOTA
ITATBOIH H K>DM).
HAS HAD DELIRIOUS SPELLS
BIT hi: wa* ration %i. .Ii sst hi:.
foiu: hhsui i rio>.
Ills Heath NVmm Hue to < onipllcalc|
Kidney i rouble*— Hr Was 4lt air
man of th> Foreign Relation*
t niuniittee of the Senate—% Mim
her of the Part* Prare ConmlMlnn.
He Tamed 111* Attention Fail* to
It e pul* I lea n Politic*.
£t. Paul, Minn., Nov 27.—United States
Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions of the Senate, died n hb horn* in
this .tty at 8 IX o'clock this evening after
an Line*-' of two month*
He had suffered greatiy during his si* k
ne-s and gradually sank away, being un
conscious for several hour# before death,
and. so far as known, sufferini; no pain.
Ye sterday, realising !;♦ approach of tin
end. Mrs. Havi# sent for the vote table T
H. M. Villiers Apple y. at 'bdeacon f tne
Protestant Kpiinopul diocese of Minne
sota. and Rev. Theodore Sdgwiek. rector
if the Church of St. John the Kvangeiiat
An attempt had be* t made to s* cur*- tin
aitendan e of Bishop Whipple. bn
that venera b.e prelate was In
Fiorhia. l*pi>n the arrival of Ami- m
Appleby and Mr Se iw k. Senator Ixi
via was for a time sufficiently rational to
express hi# grateful appre iatlon of their
ministrations.
Since Nov IS the Senator has t*e**n sub
jet t to delirious spells. In hi# delirium h.
j raved of his oongresaional wrk He
i would declare In vigorous phra-ea frag
ments of the nat on’s foreign policy\Th- re
was of count© no coheraneo—a sentence
I about the Philipp. nr* would b follow•**!
by a in mm* nt upon the Monro-* d*^ctrlne.
! <>T a sugfi. dl .n <*f n impemllng war wlt a
' Sf.iin. But always, in his di#*v*-d mnd.
| his patriotic :iwl official dutaa were with
him.
Kvery day there have been received
humlrNls of cable aod tel*graphic m s
*wges of inquiry and sympathy. T y
have com** from many distinguished m**n
i rai*ii of the diplomatb' corps and i.i-th
j government off! lals. a- well a 4 fr ni
] <h*ae in the humbler walka of life, and
ill have evidenced the widespread In r
| est in the welfare of Minnesota s dis
tinguished son.
llealnnliig of Ills Illness.
After hl return from the Maine cam
paign In September Senator Pavli- wa*
troubled by twinges Of pain In one of
hi* feet, to which he paid little attention,
thinking It whs due to some neuralgic
condition which would s*u piss.
He began an active campaign in he
stole, s|aklt!g In Ituluih Ser*. 21 and .it
Alexandria. Minn.. Sept 2i During 'ho
latter *i>-erh he sufferi and . g'latty Ihit
he roubl not wear hla shoe lie ro itrc-d
home at on. e and was nrt' p.l to bed by
hi* physician. It was at tits: bet , cl
the case w!* one of bl.o I poison! g,
caused by Infection through a slight ibt .
silk stocking and sutglcal oi- ra lon* dre v
off the a •cumu'.,l:ion of pu*. On Nov It
kidney trouble beeum, apparent. b tit
nephritis and diabetes c nudhatlng the
case and making lit* condition more criti
cal.
Throughout the past week of hli bi
nes* the senator suit* r- and little pain fro-n
his Injured fool, which was h<a Ing r.l e.v.
His strtnglh was kept up with stimulants
!. t ttv failure of his ki t Its tt tit
Ills system Impregnaed with poison which
In his enf-ebled condition he was unable
til withstand. His delirium lasted nearly
a week, and Ihl* morning h. sank Into
unconsciousness which lasted until death
broug.it him relief.
Cushman K. Puds w a* ham at Hender
son. New York, In IS.IV When a child be
went to Waukesha. \V! Holering the
l diversity of Ml h:gan, be w.is graduated
In IK7 lie then returned lo his hutne In
Waukesha, studied law. was admitted to
the bar and began the I radio# of tkla p o.
fesalon When the Civil War broke out be
enlisted, and *• rved In the t’nlon nrmv
from ltWl to IWI lie was at first a lieu
tenant. but ruse to the rank of .■ slstint
adjutant gene.al The war over he a abt
took up the practice of law. but this lima
In S'. Paul. TANARUS:, s nroied to be an tin
port ant Step In hi* career, a* he was des
tined to oerup) a prominent position In
the affairs of Minneaota lie > a Re
publlran. and early turn-1 hi- attention
to politics He war elected a ni. mhe- qf
iho Minnesota l.eglsbiiuro in I*7. I nll. and
States district attorney lor M nn*-so a In
lieis-73 and flovernor of the slate In I*.*
In Uh 7 be w.s eli-cted fnlb I S'ate- s rt
ator and was re-elacled InJAM and I*o
He wa- rlialt man o' the Foreign Ib ntion
-1 ConimFAee cf the Fift'-fl'th Congte-.-.PI
klw .i> s took a prominent pirt In I gisl,.
t,on. One of the most Imiortant positions
he In-Id throughout hi* long and husy tin
was th.it Of mentlK-r of the peace com
mission to Pa 'ls In Ha wrola Tha
Law of Shakesi>eori "
SHOCK TO 111 * C01.1.K ACiFF.a.
President Sent Mrs. Id* ■ Tele
gram f Condolence.
Washington. Nov. 27.-the death of Sen
ator Davis although expected. . ime it" a
shock to hla colleague* In Ihe Senate who
are gathering here preparatory to the
meeting of Congress. Many genuine ex
piration* of regret were heard when his
,tenth became known. President McK'n
;ev was Informed of the Senator s demise
and sent a telegram of i-ondolcn e to tne
widow.
Th* sergeant-at-arms of the Senate to
night after announcement of Senator Da
vis' death sent notllbsition* to the fo.low
Ing senator* requesting th- m to represent
Hie Senate at the fun* rat Nelson Pul
.m. C onker, Ic-lge, Woleoit. Morgan.
Daniel, Clark of Wyoming, and Pettigrew
SICf'ESAOIt Til U AVIS.
Some of the PosalbllMlea for Minne
sota Senntrerahip.
St. Paul. Minn., Nov. 27 Among those
who have been named as likely to suc
ceed Senator Davis sra Ex-Senator W
D Washburn. Thomas Lowry, th* street
railway magnate; F. H Psavy, the mill
ionaire grain elevator map. Congressman
Fletcher, all of Minneapolis; Dlreotor of
the Cenau* W. R. Jlerrlam and State Sen
ator H F. Steven* of Rt Paul.
Oov. Lind, who Is a Democrat, wbl have
ifee earning of tome on* to Oil Ah# va-
can > In the interval between now and
Ihe ele**ts It is understo*M
that the Gov erne r will not tiarm a sena
tor of hi# own political faith li ha* been
state l that he will mime <-x Senator \V
I Washburn to till flic vacancy.
The forthcoming will have
the choosing of two United Biatea aena
ora.
HEAVY LOSSeTfROM FLOODS
Oirrflow of IHxer* in l*enn*y 1% auln
t niisrtl lleatrorliHii of \ nat
taaiant of Property.
ritt.*burg, Nov 27 After thr*e days of
lnct rain, u unpre> edented for
this season of the year, ami quite unea
p* el lu it fury, sw.pt down ihe Mon
ongaheia and AMeghanx rivers last night.
In thi-ir mad rush the waters ruined
hundird# of thousand* of i liais wotth
and property, t tustug i:> 1*..-- of at least
thre * liv.- t>mp.i iriiv threw oul of en
-llo\n nt thousand# of workmen by the
fur*Ni M.qieuiion of the many Industrial
••>! tbllshment lining the tuinks of t*>th
#ir**ans and tetideiiNi h*indreds of fuint*
.les homwlff*
T:e Inwiai d# In PlFsburg Alleghany.
South Pitlcburg. Hiarp#tu:g and Mo-
Keesgiori ai> ihundated ami nearly every
plant from mg the tw rivets has W**n
lor*•*-*! to shut down. Hundreds of faml-
Ib # in the Sl*trlcts have either been
driven from their home# or are living In
the upper floor* si.d using skiffs Thera
were many nunow ape* fr*m drowning
•hiring the night, and h. vem! men are re
portel to t e poll.e a- nu*lng. besides
!h*i#e known to have t reo drosnel
The n*.t woe th* result of a urn ril
rubifal: averag.ng w*. inch* ' ovr the
w it*rahei rf ih* A.!♦•.* en> and Momm
gahela \adev This mm fol otr* an av
erage of three inches of pr •|* atoi
which fell N*-! we. k If t his ran i*l
fallen during the month* of Janutry,
Fsbruary or Man h. Pittsburg would h tv**
bean visited •> the ft <1 of Its hi -
t< r> h!il ti v tliset of would I a,\* IO
i<-t* been I*.*-.-* and by several feet
The entlr Ohio valley wid probably
now be fbsxb and. as the rejioris show that
the Ohio has risen rapidly at many ;>la
MF.t.llil A\ A* SHOT TO DEATH.
<
lismlilrr Hail Allot Two CHlsens nt
Lake < lt> , Fla.
City, Flu Nov. 27 Flty Mir hil
W. T Strange was shot and serlou ly
WDttnde.l to-day by a negro gam |er.
n.tin,si H|eisvi 111 Hums, whom he w.as
trying to ariosi. Just as soon s be
*h*k-the marshal the negro made a break
•town th** street, shooting at every nan
In sight, and woundevl two more, striking
one In the leg. an I graxtng Ihe forehead
uK the other.
Fully S'- tixens at once gsva chasa
an I hrmmesl him up in a sw amp aignit
three-quarter* of mile fropj town, and
succeeded tn him. though h"
was shot all co piaces. lie vp game
to the end. ari l fought like a dim >n.
Hl* battered remain* were brougut Into
Ihe heart of the , ity and placed In front
of the Court Hottee, where Circuit Cour'
was in session. In rupturing him fu.ly
ysi shot- were ftred into tils ooly.
Marshal Rtrunge has servesl two yeaia
a* matshal. and made the city one if
the la st officer* It h* ever had.
Williams, It I- ur dot stood, had a crimi
nal record behind him In Pensacola. The
Immediate charge against him. and for
which the at'eoipt was made to arn-st
him. was steeling a i-alr of otnt* The
coroner's inquest be* not yet been con *
cluib and
EMItl M'KRs WITH HOBHS,
Lord lloberf a Heports Aeveral. Dae
■if W bleh li as Aerliias.
London. Nov. 27 Ixirrt Roberts, cabling
from Johannesburg under date of Nov. 2*.
ro|>or!s a number of encounter* with the
p. ere at widely separated points. In whlcn
the British captured toms cattle and a
few pi Mssivi s wild siiffei iwl alight rasual
tlesi
The most serious affair was an engage
ment with the fonee of *en. Delarey.
numbering tout 1 otP men with three
gnoe, iv ho opposed Gen. Clement*’ march
toward* Hmtfonteln. The Boers, the d.*-
patoh aay*. wre comp.etely dispersed.
I*I.OT AGAIAAT RtIRERT).
Mine AAna Laid lint (he t'nnsplrsr)
Mas Frnatrated.
laird.m. Nov. 27 —According to a •pe
dal edition of the livening Standard to
day a plot to aasasslnate I>>rd Rolierts.
In which twenty foreigner* aia concerned,
has liven discovered. It appears the' th#
coo ridr.tl or a laid a mine which so itc
aunl io he blown up Sunday while Isord
lb berta w i In hureh at Johamiesburg
but the po'lce and Lori Itotairts' body-
Cl. ltd fri. trnt.d Hie eon sp racy Ten
•A ,
ItOHKIATA Tl ILIA OF THE PLOT.
Five Italian* and Hoe Frencbman
Are Aon I nder Arrest.
Iyinikui. Nov. 27,-The war office pub
lish!-* the following dispatch from Lord
Rolierts. datisl Joliannesburg. Nov. X;
"As report* of a plot against my life
will probably reach you. I think you
should know the fact* It la believed that
th*r tea plot in exiatence. and five Bai
un*. four Greeks and one Frenchman
were arrestrsl Nov 1 and are now await
ing trial. Thetr inirnnon* were to ex
plrsta a mine under St. Mary# Church
during the morning service held at li
o'clock on Nov. IS."
|Af CHE ARE IA FIVE RT ATE R
In Att in tier* Trias Alakea the neat
Rtioavlng of AII.
Washington Nov 27 The population of
Texas, as officially snnoun. el to-day. is
2,04X710, againtil MB.IR In !*. This ia
an Increase of KIS.IA7. or X.3 per cent
Nebraska 1.4M.1t} against 1.0M.A10 <n
IS2O, an increase of or p't c-nt
Oreg'.n. 413. TV lgalnot *1J.77 for IST•.
an increase of ,7i. or 21.7 l-er eeiil.
Montana. L.:.2 a.amst 112 168 In !A9O.
an Increase -f U1.17U. or M 1 per cent
T'tah. 2711.71" agalnet WM In li. an
In. retsee of s.M4, or 22 1 per cent, since
IS*).
ROHUtA ELEtTKH AERATOR.
Alabama statesman Heoelved Every
Ballot Cast.
Montgomery. Ala., So*. 27 Both
Houaea of th# Alabama Legislature to-day
voted for United mate* Rena tor John T.
Morgan received every ballot cast. The
result will he formsliy announced at Joint
scmMb to-morrow
OVATION FOR KRUGER
THR ItU %It T OF KAitl# I* XTH.F
nt: \ ri\<. roil him.
MADE SOME OFFICIAL VISITS.
IIAI) IMkRUI U UIIII PHFMIFtt
\\ tl,l)i;t K-ttcH S#v %l .
(•Iren a Great Iteerplion a the Ho
tel dr Y llle— Loudly ( hrrrrd l*y
Those In Ihe Habile i.ollerle*— Mr.
It rawer I %pre**ed lleep %Plreela
linn—bald He XX mild Never t eaae
lo Hemiimi A rhlirntloii—liner* Will
\*l War rentier
Pan*. Nov 27 \lr Kruger began a
may day thia tm>ndng *y making u
offk'tal • ill. Before ’• • w*ok h' dcp-trt-l
from the Hotel H<*rlht>. driving In a lan
dau *uri\>unl**l 1 \ lb pulul • Guards
nnd bicycle policemen visit the premier.
M Waide.*k-Rous-c..u. He wi- ti m
par.led bv Ir. I* \.ie Dr. Vanllemmel un*i
Delegate Fh*'.i
Tne (kirty w*.* met at tie entrance to
the |>temler # salon by M Ulrich, director
of the cabinet. who Intr.Hlut* ! th visi
tors to th.- prime miniNbu T n mtervi w
took pla- c in M \ValdN k-liouiCHcau's
private wtinly and laacd ten mu ut e A
9.1i o’clock the |*remn r, iccnmp-uh*Nl i>
Mr. Ulrich, returned th** I
The officer* of tin* municipal roun l| of
I*arl* and of the general council of th*
Sctne were r> eivcd at 10 a m by Mr
Kruger, in the lb.nl Bcrlhe Tue inter
i view private and *ru f liiinv!iat
’*> after the visitors laid dcptr.cj Mi
Kruger drove t. the Hotel d* VUb. lb*
received an ovation from a large crowd
| maseej |n the square in front of the edi
-1 rtcc.
Mr Knrgor wa conducted to the de
) t atlng hall, w .'.ctc he w given the arm
chair reserved lor repr- ■ ntatlvea of gov.
ernments The munlcit>al count'll lor# and
the people In the pxth.ic galleries loudly
| < nec-red th* andl■ tfrgulsh* l visitor. Vice
President Eecmßer and lv*red sn eloquent
address, saving Paris hud given Mr.
Kr*iger a welcome worthy of hi# noble
character amt the grandeur cf his cau.-e
i He also said
"You have hoard the heart of Paris
| beat. It !** the heart of I - 'ranee Let th
! peoples tpeak and i**ok loudly, an*l ar
hltration will Impose'itself, a** iTN*e#sarv
••aiisfactlon to Justice and civilisation”
The president of the general council
• spoke in # similar strain
III* Thnnk* t l“rn
Mr Kra**r :n nerstir tnn**i*.
lUmikto* th** rn for th#* n*'itum*ri
• fl** h* w jrrJii *
fill for th#* wH itwr rhlrh wr i-ontin
ii-ition of rul a crwttin* of t.i u Vuu. ■
ttsd fivf*n hhn Hlnc* h* I
ho fom#r Pt ‘•Ul**iit h* rui-l
ors n rlnliur %v\ of H# vs
thrnkfi#i fr w v iji ha*l l4*n* u*t for
whm th#y wi*h# l to J> for him nnl lt*
wr># Ptlll *tr’‘Kf:MnK nfil
fwh* not v*t * Thoir
tifU’** nin!li:iio< ian| will rtlil oontimit
T *•*>* will #-v*r ttriiXK’ • for |iwl**f>*iwUpn •*.
m<l Junlir# M
CotHinulnf, Mr, Kruger aiid:
“Ah. why t in ;h#*y not hir your #*-
r lJtmntlor.fi. It won’ I rolotiM* th#lr rour-
Mr Krug*r naif! h# ho;#1 thr*y won! I
know them. <*n day in ih** future, wli *n
they hu'l r- ovpiwl thr*lr |ion l‘'no*
ll# r#gr#tt* tl .irb^rration ha<l !.* •• mf i •!
aiwl ha would n#v#r c4-tm to •l* , marwl it.
Th# Ho#r ki l* r w th n s own
ihrouirh th# miperhly <!# • r.!#•! h ill of
tli Hotel ii# VIII#. On## ti*' up *• :ir#<| at
u wimiow Hiii wa,- #nfhu *i tUallv
#her#<l Aj* h# drnrv# bark ** h 5 ho ? #l
h# wa* aceortlel a warm gr#tin*: on h *
rojtil.
Th* proßiflßß? df ♦h# M rn! 0>;;n
--cll to*ir*rrow will |roiic)p# In th*‘ r 1 in- !
cl I vote in flo or of arbitrating Ih#
Tranevaal rl>*pit#j(.
Ilttriri Ho#h#fort. a#4'ofirptnl#l by <1 d#P- ;
utation. including Mibevoye an*l j
Paulin M#ry. B#t>at*>r l*i#vr d#
aifl Mm foppee and I*# M litre, tAj-.J iy
pr#a#ntrl Mr Knjg#r with a w.rd or
ho?or. ilt-Kln* l for Urn <*ron|e, now a
prt>*oti#r on tl# lUin<l of Ht. Il#b-na.
'I hia #v#rv*ng Mr Kmg#r ami l*r I# *1
drov# to th*- foreign wh* r** Huy
w#re rv t iv* l bv tHo mini- #r of for*ltn
affair?*. M. iM*!#at #. witn whom th#y li t I j
an l.iaUng lhr#-quart#r* of an
hour On their .bfartur# M lh-b a a# *m. j
ductel Mr. Krug#r from th# atalroa^-.
Dr itinnatration of
An lncld#ftt aiint.ar to th# one 'hat took
pirn # in M.tr.ilb - occurr* I on tb r
rival of a #iu-#ntiA pro.*, —i n t th# lb*- |
t#l An uppf-r wlm! w of th* Uran I
Hotel opf>oj*lt# wa# op* nel ami a li nulf il
of *o*p#r at.i
dowin T!# atudenu, ln#en# *1 at the n I
null, w to aIIHA k a rhhn*ln*r oftic#
will- h It* 00 tiw alreei level, but th# poll* e
interfend. 1
A i#! g.tlon of four *tud#n'* #ntare*l
th# hot*! -*tMl | r#e#r.t**l * bouquet to Mr
Krug#r. who a* comimtiietl b% them. •!-
pMirt'l on the talr**)ii>. arousing grri? vt\
ihuanom amoi g th# H’u*Kn*P who r.um
b*TJ 2.0® A #on.“l'i#ra! I i* dv f the
*tu*l#nta ftatlooo.l th#m##lve l>#l>w th.
'window from which th* n*n* bad be#ti
thrown, alnffio* •ftl-Krglli*h ongr an*l
iilioDtlMß “Down with th# KnglUh! .No
diaturbance, h#w#v#r ocrurrrd.
(11 %vri-iiniTi*i *t;ki-ixti.
It !■ tHoml Htt Dngfrtd lropor
lions In 4'ape • ninny.
I-ondon. Nov S -The Bslly Mall pub
| llshes this morning the fn,lowing a.armtsi
dispatch from Gap* Town:
••The nntl-Brltlsh fee ing In Cape Colony
' is (assuming dangerous proportions, ow
ing to false stortsa spread of British bar
barity in Orange River Colony and the
I Transvaal. I*)>all fc* r •*>•< 'he Dutch
Congress next week will be the signs: for
a rising and they demand that martial
law be proc.alimtl throughout the colony.
"The situation Is declared to be graver
j than at any previous time during the
! war.”
Referring editorially to It* Cape Town
advices, the Dally Mali adopts * most se
rlou* tone, asserting that the antl-Brltlwh
movement is accentuated by th# with
drawal ol troops from Cape Colony and
calling for vigorous action by the Brit
ish government.
The Pope la tlaffe Well.
Rome. Nov. 27,-The Pope, who I* quite
well, received a ti tmher of bishops to
day and preaided over a two bongs' meet
ing ol lb* cougreHailua ol ritta
EFFORT TO SWAMP PHILLIPS.
|!ul the Man With a I orwer In l orn
I* Holding on nnd %a*erla II
t nn iml He fXmr,
Chk ago Nov Uranlk * fforts are be
Ing made b> shorts caught In the I’hlHijw i
corn t*rner to swamp him with grain on i
l ie last day of tit* option. The wav they |
t;c*e to d**wii hint arl e# themselves out I
of a tight pia- I# bv relnspecilon of tin* ]
week’s r**< eipt whh h have been graded j
N* one grad* u*' <>w to pass on con- j
tract.
’There will be Mg deliveries Friday/*
said Charles Blade, manager for Counsel- I
n. in A. Cos. and ofs of corn which will
b* reinspe. khl will i**' No 2 At n time
like thl* when tt.-re u a corner on. the
tnspe* ar* ► ared, and to te on ti**
#af* side thev glade corn No. 3 when their !
!*• nt \ question about It *• all knowing
Unit if they are w r *g the supervising Iti
s|***'tors will go over it and give It the ,
right gra*le *•
The> won’t w< t t% at of it graded up.’
said Phillip* l when he was informed of the '
r.ew t tl -of tie shorts “When there
is t% corner on there Is always a Idg de- i
man i for t. Insp* *tl*n, but It never;
amounts i* anything
AiuUher s. hem** l**n eeolve-l
f r the |*uri*>sr *f sw .tin{ring Phillips Is j
t) •• lepurca.is*- and shipment t <*hioac
of corn which ws sod by the Patten* in |
Huffii.o and Montreal, when they Went out ;
*f th** deal In October
Ft ft' one t'ent- marked on the board tn
*Fa y w** a itvw high price in the N'.orem
>e rf**al Philllf#* came tnt* the pit early
anil lifted the prw* from 49 cents where it
jpened Huw* * n .V> and Gl cenis he un
2tx.(*i bu**hds. hi# total sales for
'he dav being .‘l .'*• As !e li
srihng c*>rn .*ouvht t 3k *ents. ha* da>’s
tr.ii! i ii'iiis net|e*| turn t Mt?r
than $. ••• other *lav* this week *••
sawl to have b**eii equally profitable to
him. Toalay’s close was So cants. Big
foreigners, who. |t is sahl, chiefly coti#*l
tute the short Interest, are *idl hangint
on stubbornly, ppw’e-tiotis are freely
made that the last day of the deal will
see November corn quoted at 75 cents
’ Thia d-al dlff *rs from other**.” rai l
Phillips fn-tay. "lit thiil 1 have tiruid and
It entirely myself All the buying and
• oiling b.*s twen done in the i|m*h pit. and
i I have hired no broke s to h *!w.nk I he
crow*l. I hove known all abaig low big
the short interest was. and who wri*
short. They have al-o known how much
* corn I had.*'
- -
SAYS LUKENBILL IS SHORT.
A lee President Rt. John Puts the
Amount nt RAO.imwx— He nnd Mil
Friends AA 111 Retllr.
Atlanta Nov 27 A special lo the Jour
nal from Portsmouth. A'u.. aay*:
"Vice President E. 81 John of the Res.
hoeril Air lane stated to-day that F.. It
Lokervhtil. former agent of Ihe Realavard
Air I-tne at Fernandlna, Ka . wa* short In
hi* accounts irouno "
The Jouranl this evening says:
"The news sent out over the Associated
Press wire from New York last right, to j
tbs effect that a rleik of th* H*!ionrd :
Air Idne had been arrested at Fernandlna. I
Fta . for the amhesxlrment of a large smn
nf mnnev w i tmtlrmel In Atlanta to-day
by an official of the toad.
"The officer stated ttiat the agent hail
been arreated at Fernandlna three week*
ago. but that the matter had been kept
a secret.
"Hr refu-ial lo give the name of the
agent, but stated that he had been In Jail
since hi* arrest.
"The official dt.l not slate what fbe
amount of the aum wa*. bit acknowl
edged that It was large."
A special from Fernandlna. Fls save:
•'E r> Lukrnblll. who resigned the po
sition of agent here of the Reabaard Air
Line some day* ago la believed by rad
road proplo to be short In Id* accounts
with the road. K.xpert* are checking over i
hi* hook-. Railroad officials ray th y
have not the least idea of the amount
short laikenblll and his friends -ay
that they will make a settlement wit I
the railroad when II I* ascertained what
amount is short."
Alllltl. BEN •< Ol T IA TAMPA.
Rome Inccndlwry Talk end Threats
Agnlnst the ftealslenela.
Tnmpa. Fla.. Nov. 27 —Several hundre.l
men w.-re ad-F and to the striking forve*
here to-duy. Thrwe came princl|aHy
from unorganised latior and huthllng* in
Ihe course of construction are more at o
standstill than on yesteplay.
Much incendiary talk is being indulged
In together with threat* that the Itrsla
tefe ia union 1* to be forced from the fac
tories If the general atrlk. does not have
th effect of bringing them out. The Fed
eral Trade* Ass* mbly hue mud# arrange
ment* for a para-h- to-morrow afte.moon.
but It 1* probabie that Hits will be prohib
ited.
In view of a repetition of Ih* recent la
iar riots here President F A Bell of the
Central Trades and 1 arbor Assembly, has
Issued a proclamation .'ailing on all mem
bers of the branches of this assembly o
refrain from Intemperate speech or ac
tions and to obey the law and see that
It I* enforced among fhe other strikers
lie urge* the power of |<eru#sk>n on the
member* of the organisation* and orgdn
ixed lalior to strengthen the strikers A
priviamatlon has also been Issued hy
Iteslstem la Union that Ihe mem bet • are
taking no part In the troubles, calling upon
the ally and Hate authorttle* to *ee that
they are protected from violence elec It
Is declared every man In the union will
leave the city In a body.
Gov. IterU ham Itetrirn*
Frankfort. Ky.. Nov. 27 —Gov Beckhsm
and bride returned here to-day from th Ir
wedding tour and ere now domiciled at
the aaecutlve mansion Then return was
unheralded.
Schooner and Crew Were Lnat.
Sandusky. 0.. Nov 27—A steamer Just
arrived her# bring* new* of the loss of
th# schooner Mauntce Valley with a crew
of seven near Point False, on Lake Erie.
DAIL Y P A Y FAlt.
• i’KN’TH A rn|Y
WEEKLY 2-TIMLb-A W LEIC.II A YEAR
CHINESE SITUATION
I MTF.It *TTI II \\ I: \OT IET
HI.UN I nVIIITTEO.
CONGER HAS FULL POWERS.
ME PKF.KKKRCn, lto\\rilf # TO
f Off 111 FT W %#llfft.TOff.
Minister Conger He* Not Mgtted la*r
I'rotoeol or Preliminary Treaty.
b*OMest lows of I mini #taea a#
I ’. inlmmllrd In ffote t * <aer Meet
With teneral Favor thread— i abl*
net lias Fatly Approved the I ourse
of Vrrrrinr) Hay,
\V,mhlii*l.4> N..v, 77 —Th- r,Mn-t
m<riln ti-.l.iv w., 0.in.1.,1 mainly with—
>ll*CU^Bloti of t 'tun-- *> Mfra.ra ,ti.| tit,
r-M.UiiK of (H.rtlona of ih- IV. ,
forth. omniß no-",,x' to t'ltn^viM.
I t. ■-u 11 f’t th.- .It ■u- - ton of th— It-l
|)ha>. of th- Chln.'i.- i r.. N m wn
ttiorouKh n.vroVHi at . v-r> point of ilia
poll' > of B'■ r. tary lla>. aml -.fhctiUy
of th, hut Irmiiu.tloim to Mr. 'on(tr.
wh *‘* >r- for*at |..| jmt a w—k .1,0.
" hll- Mr ('o<ttf-r ha, fu.l i--m,ot n
tlary |>>w<rr, it mi -on<-ou. nily by ina
M.tK at I‘-kill .an filially commit |h- got
-rntti-nt of th,' I tiK-.l Slat- to an a.,r. o*
II U im.irr-t.,,i hy th- offl-lal.
h-r- that no f ,r h- ha. nut -lkn.| any
l>rutu 01, or preliminary tr-aty, R., te
ii.irtlirna of Mr 1 onya .tl.iajaltl.a ’o
- ir.l th- aT—m-ot r-a,-hnl hy th- nitn
1. t-i il rouiull, th. itnrinni'tit of ti.a
I'nlted Ht.it-. ,t]|| ataii.ia unomimitt-tl,
alia, Ih-It for-. la In .1 ikmUiuh toctnleator
to hruik ai.Htt au. h chanc-a tit th- ar
-1 Mivgetiuuit as are decm*v| Indlipetliabls,
Mr V\ liitc, our un,ba>* .i kx at lieullu.
ha# not yet tvtrnniuiih aixi to th* Htot*
Depart nient the re* . ptlon acc<rded by the
German government to the or.py of cha
Instructions supplied by our state depart
ment to Minister <'anger It Is stated that
these 1 nat ructions, not ta-lng in the form
! r -f a dlrwt aiidieHS, wouUI not no* eaaarily
[ call fur u formal r*puni#.
Private advices received here Indicate
that the suggestlotui of this govermneni,
as embodied In the Inrtruction* Yifnl#.
ter Uong.r, nvi-t with general favor
aba'oad.
ROI .A 111 At# liTHI'IK PO AA hn R. ‘
Germany Weals to Know Where
They Are Going tn Riand.
Berlin. Nov 27.-Aiulrew D. White, th*
United Htates ambassador, to-day reiter
ated to Hie correspondent of the Associ
ated Press (hat hi* recent Interview with
Baton von Richthofen, the secretary of
foreign affairs, was a mere dlscusalon of
the I'hiriii-i question German) gave no
refusal, ami <lue* not know whether *h
will make any answer to the United
State.' suggest|,n.
The correspondent from various sources
gathers the following facts:
"Germany, before replying, to Hecretary
Hay'* note, wish** to aw nrtaltt from her
diplomatic ropres, niailvr* at ihe capitals
of the Powers how the other Power* have
received Ihe t'nttrd Htatee* *ugge*ttors.
Replies from the representative* are ex
pend within forty-light hour*. If Ger
many from the ntiiwer*. should fln.l Hist
that grave danger exist* of Ger
many's Isolation by not heading
the United ttiates' auggestlona and
Insisting on extreme punishments, then
Germany will answer the United .States
favorably. If, however, Germany ahouid
Oral enough of the powers, siding with her
then she will adhere to her original de
mand* .
1' laid Afarshal Fount von AA'elderaea re
pon„ th,i ,-, + Armstodi. with .Jvtaco
ment of Grrntao irorqis. ha* left Tien
7 sin on a punitive ex|,edltlnn to W'u Ring
lij*i*wi and Nan Tsai Tsun, northwest of
Ti n Tsln.
Got Yor k'* column left Ka gan for Pe
kin Nov. 12.
FOTTIIA RTF A HUH OA FIRR.
A easel From Aetv Orleans Was Aban
doned nt Rea.
Falmouth. Eng, Nov. 27,-The British
ship Lanarkshire, Gapt. Douglass, from
Iqtllque, Aug I*, for ill* channel, has ar
rived here having on board Gapt. 7,!n0
and thirty-eight of the crow of the Ital
ian steamer Assidulta, laden with cotton,
which left New Orleans. Oct. 29. via Nor
folk. Nov . for Genoa arwl Naples. The
A.'lduita was aban.loned on fire Na. IS.
11l latltudo 2S N. and longitude 39 IV. The
new of the Asaldulta were transferred
to the Isinatkshlre In a tmavy sea. dur
ing which two men were Injured AVhen
tn.. loin irk shire arrived hern her supplies
of water and food wi re exhausted.
t ora* of the Asaldulta.
N*w Orleans. Nov. 27.-The Italian
steamer Assklulta. Capt. Zltio. reported
by dispatches from Falmouth, England,
a* having been destroyed by fire at sea
on Nov 16. cleared from this port O'l
2* with 6 297 square bale* of coitnn. 1.000
round bale* of dttlori. 31.00 stave*, l.ftfl
ton* of pig Iron for Genoa and Nc.i.e*.
The value of cargo wo* HKMW
OA HI VI 111 R AAH II Aft BOItR.
('•mnlllrrarn t nmiiarlna Aotea n*
Tlielr Fomina AA rk.
Washington. Nov. 27-The House com
mittee on Rivers and Harbor* to*lay con
tlnul work upon Its bill, hut did noth
ing but rimturr note* on the work with
Ihe vlew Inter of formulating 4 bill
* hlch will I>e generally aatlefactory. The
printed estimates will be received to-raor
rnw. and the work of putting the om
mlltee’s corcluslotts on paper will bo be
gun then.
AKI IIFTAHA HOOT KKTI HAS.
Hl* Insesllgatlnns In Cuba Were
tfnlte Ratlsfaclory.
Washington. Nov. 17.—Secretary Root
returned from Cuba at 1:50 o'clock to
day. He had expected to reach Washing
ton In lime for the cabinet meeting, but 4
landel.de on the railway south of Wash
ington delayed the train flva hours.
Mr Root said bla trip to Cuba had
t een quite satisfactory. He had ecnflnel
his Inspection to the east end of the Bl
end. where he said affairs wer* In very
favorable shape. Hla annual report, Mr,
Rdot said, would be ready for the Presi
dent about the Urns Congrese met.