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TWO PARTS VOL. XXIV.-NO. 55. EXTRASESDSION OF SENATE McKinley's Long Expected Procla mation Summoning That Body to Meet March 4 Is Made Public DAY'S WORK DONE IN TWO HOUSES Senate Managed to Pass One Appro priation Bill and Start on Another -House Devoted Itself to Talk. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The presi dent tcday issued a proclamation, calling a special .session of the stnate for exec utive purposes immediately upon tbe dis solution of the present congress, March 4. Tne text ol the proclamation is aa follows: By tin president of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. "Whereas, Public interests require that the senate of the United States be con vened at 12 o'clo.k on the fourth day of March next, to receive such communica tions as may be- ms.de by the executive, Now, therefore I. William McKinley, president of the United States of Amer ica, do hereby proclaim and declare, that an extraordinary occasion requires tha Bcnate of the United States to convene at the capltol in the city of Washington, on' the fourth day of March, next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons ■who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body, are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand, and the seal of the United Suites, at Washington, the 23d day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the independence of tha United States the one hundred and twenty-fifth. — Wm. McKinlty. By the president. John Hay, Secretary of State. EXPO BILL PASSED. The senate toJay passed the bill which releases the appropriation of $5,000,000 for the Louisiana purchase exposition at fit. Louis in 1903. It was amended by providing sn appropriation of $250,000 for a government exhibit at the Charleston exposition to be held next December. Before the bill passed, amendments were adopted closing both expositions on Sun day. By a skillful parliamentary move Sen ator Morgan forced the Nicaragua canal bill to the consideration of the senate after that measure had been sleeping for iriMiiy weeks. By a close reading oi! the proceedings yesterday Mr. Morgan dis covered that the oleomargarine bill had lost its position as the unfinished busi ness of the senate, and with the calendar thus cleared, the Nicaragua canal bill regained the status it held over two months ago as the unfinished business of the senate. Mr. Morgan's discovery cre ated something of a sensation, and this was heightened when the presiding offi cer sustained his position and laid the canal bill before the senate. Mr.. Mor gan's success was short-lived, however, as the fortification bill was -taken up, thus displacing the canal bill, which, ■with the oleomargarine bill and the ship ping bill, takes its place on the calendar. The day was given to the fortification and the army appropriation bills, the for mer being passed. Considerable person ality was indulged in during the debates. Mr. Butler (N. C), attacking the pro posed purchase of Cushing's Island, Port land, Me., harbor, as a "job," and Mr. Pettigrew (N. D.) criticising the appoint ment of sons and nephews of senators and representatives as officers, in the army. The day closed with eulogies of the late Representatives Hoffecker, of Delaware; Wise, of Virginia, and Daly, of New Jersey. PETTIGREW JOCOSE. Mr. Pettigrew created a laugh during the presentation of morning business by proposing an amendment to the army appropriation bill reading: '•And that the title of the president shall hereafter be the president of the so-called republics of the United States and the emperor of the islands of the sea." Mr. Butler jocularly asked if the com ing inauguration ceremonies were taking into account this imperial regime. "Yes, everything will be conducted with due pomp," replied Mr. Pettigrew. The senator from South Dakota (Petti grew) and the senator from North Calo lina (Butler) and myself should not feel concerned about such matters," inter jected Mr. Chandler, "for none of us will ho here." Mr. Chandler's reference to the speely retirement of himself and Messrs. Petti grew and Butler raised another laugh. IN THE HOUSE. The house today adopted a resolution to investigate the pay of it 3 employes fts a result of the condition o&affairsrtin cf.rthed last Thursday during the debate or: the deficiency bill, and the speaker appointed a committee consisting of Mr. Moody, of Massachusetts; Mr. Over etieet, of Indiana; Mr. Long, of Ken tucky; Mr. Bailey, of Texas, and Mr. Newlands, of Nevada, to make the In vestigation. The bill to Increase the efficiency of the revenue cutter service was debated" for two hours, but no action was taken. The agricultural appropriation bill with eenate -amendments was presented to the house. The amendments except that ap propriating $100,000 additional for seeds and those applying to the reorganization CATHOLICS PROTEST. FORM OF BRITISH ROYAL ACCES- SIO\ OATH IS DISTASTEFUL. LONDON, Feb. 26.—Cardinal Vaughan has ISsued a declaration against the anti- Catholic oath taken by King Edward on the occasion of his accession to the throne, and "with the hope of repairing and canceling the injuries thus com mitted against the Divine Majesty," he directs that a general communion of rep aration shall be celebrated in every Cath olic church within his jurisdiction the second Sunday of Lent, and that in future lhe words, '"In reparation" shall be pre fixed and read before the divine praises recited after benediction. The cardinal's declaration says the British parliament, alone of all the par liaments of the world, declares two sac red Catholic doctrines are "superstitious and idolatrous." They are held sacred by 12,000,000 of the king's subjects, and besides the Roman church, the Greek and Eastern communities. The candinal says he brought the mater to the attention of a cabinet minister three years ago, THE ST. PAUL GLOBE of the bureaus of the agricultural de partment were agreed to. The bill was sent back to conference. The house further insisted upon its disagreement to the senate amendments to the military academy bill and sent the bill back to conference. Similar action was taken upon the army appropriation bill. The senate amendments to the diplo matic and consular bill were disagreed to and the house ordered a conference thereon. Messrs. Hitt, Adams and Dinsmore were appointed conferees. The senate amendments to the postof fice appropriation bill were also dis agreed to and the bill went to confer ence. Messrs. Loud (Cal.), Smith (111.), and Swanson (Va.) were appointed managers on the part of the house. The conference reports upon the bills to ratify the treaties with the Creek and Cherokee Indians were reported. At 4 o'clock public business was sus pended to permit the house to pay trib ute to the memories of the late represen tatives, Clark, of New Hampshire, and Shaw, of New York. CHANGE AT WEST POINT. The secretary of war today detailed Capt. Charles G. Treat, artillery corps, to be commandant of cadets and instructor of tactics at the military academy, with the rank and pay of lieutenant colonel, to succeed Lieut. Col. Otto L. Hem (cap tain First cavalry), whose four years' de tail in that office will expire in June n3xt. Capt. Treat is senior Instructor of artil lery tactics at the academy, and has held that office since Aug. 31, 1900. DA WES COMMISSION TREATT. The secretary of the Interior today transmitted to the senate an amendment treaty between the Dawes Indian com mision and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The amendment provides that no child born to any citizen or freedman of either of these nations after Sept. 1, 1901, nor any white person who inter marries with a Choctaw or Chickasaw woman after that date, shall be entitled to enrollment, and that no person whose name appears upon the rolls as a citizen or freedman of any other tribe shall be enrolled as either a Choctaw or Chicka saw citizen or freedman. The treaty also gives authority to either the Choctaws or Chickasaws to institute legal action to annul the proceedings of the United States courts in admitting persons to citi zenship of either of those tribes under the law of 18S6, without due notice. Jurisdic tion is given to the United States court for the Southern district of Indian territory to hear such cases, and appeal is allowed to the supreme court of the United States. The rolls of the members of the tribes as made by the Dawes commission are to constitute their final rolls, when ap proved by the secretary of the interior, and upon them the allotments of lands and the distribution of tribal property is to be made. Mississippi Choctaws set tUng In the Choctaw-Chickasaw country before Sept, 1 next are to be enrolled. The controversy over the rights of Chickasaw freedmen is referred to the court of claims. The agreement ratifies the town site law of Aug. 13, 1900. WASHINGTON NOTES. The conferees on the naval appropri ation bill reached a disagreement on the main item before them—appropriation for battleships, for additional submarine boats, and for appropriations Involving the removal of the naval station from Port Royal to Charleston, S. C. These disagreements will be reported to the respective houses. Brig. Gen. Theodore Scliwan has been placed on the retired list on his own ap plication, under the forty years' service clause. The house committee on public land* at its meeting ordered a favorable re port upon the irrigation bill, which the sub-committee of live appointed at the last meeting had prepared. The Mil follows substantially the lines of the Newlands bill in the house, and th<3 Hamsbrough bill in the senate, with a modification, leaving the disposition of the water to the cortrol of the states. Senator Stewart, from the committee on mines and mining, reported a sub stitute for the minging bill heretofore introduced by himself. The substitute prohibits any person from locating a mining claim, lode or placer for any other person, corporation or association. The substitute also authorizes purchases from the government of land believed to be oil land at the price of $2.50 per acre. Secretary Long said that the battla fhlp Kearsarge would not come north tor the repair of her thirteen-inch gun until aftf-r the cruise of the North AtL<T/Uc squadron is over. The injury could be repaired, he said, by placing a hew lining The work of repairing the gun proper will probably be done at tbe Y.'ashlnston yard. who told him the government would not take up the subject. After the queen s death he wrote a letter to the king, "couched in terms of fidelity and dictate 1 alike of conscience and loyalty." The cardinal does not say whether he received a reply. The cardinal commends the Catholic peers' protest and hopes "this remnant of hateful fanaticism will soon be removed." TURBULENT REICHSRATB CHARACTERISTIC SESSION OF THE AUSTRIAN POPULAR HOUSE. VIENNA, Feb. 25.—The withdrawal in the raichrath today of some of the inter pellations of Catholicism led to noisy demonstrations on the part of the Pan- Germans, and counter demonstrations from the Centrists. Herr Wolff led the manifestants , chanting the refrain, ."Away "With Rome." The uproar con tinued for some time. The house event ually went into secret session. The secret session, it is reported, was of the stormiest character. The Poles and Clericals finally left the building. j SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1901.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. YOUNG GIRL TRIES TO KILL HERSELF ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE FOLLOWS A SENSATIONAL'TRIAL IN DU- LITH COURT. DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 23.—(Special.)— Eunice Waldriff, a sixteen-year-old girl, attempted suicide today by taking bichlor ide of mercury. She took an overdose and will recover. The attempt is but an Incident in a sensational series of events beginning September last, when Miss Waldriff was assaulted with a rock by her lover, Edward Wright. At his trial it developed that Miss Waldriff and her chum, Violet Calendar, had had com promising relations with two well known men in this city, B. F. Hough and Claude Harrison. The latter was sent to the state, reformatory for two years for the crime, and Hough was acquitted. Before the trial Miss Calendar made two at tempts to kill herself. The Waldriff's girl's act was inspired by fear, as she is to be sent to the state training school, as the warrant Is already out. THREE WERE KILLED. MERRY SLEIGHING PARTY STRUCK ■ ■ BY A PASSENGER TRAIN. * GOSHEN, Ind., Feb. 23.—Three persons were instantly killed here this* evening and several injured" by the Wabash west bound passenger train running into a sleig-h filled with people. The dead are: CHRISTIAN WAGNER, CHRISTIAN DEERING, -LOUIS WAGNER. The injured are: Edgar Wagner, aged 21, leg broken, in ternal injuries; will probably die. Edward Wagner, aged eighteen, not se riously hurt. There were others in the sled, but they were either only slightly hurt or escaped all injury. Christian Wagner leaves a widow and six children. The team o." horses escaped, but the sled was demol ished. TRIED TO ASSAULT TWO WEiST SUPERIOR NEGRO I'XDER ARREST ON SERXOITS CHARGE. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 23.— (Special.)—A colored waiter at the West Superior hotel, Harry W. McAllister, was arrested this afternoon and an attempt at rape will be the charge against him. McAllister is charged with assaulting two women within a few minutes of each other. One is said to have got away by sending a dog after the man, and the other went after the man with a poker. McAllister admits having the trouble with Mrs. J. Montgomery. He was arrested after holding a crowd of men at bay with a long knife. Officer Parsons took him at the point of a re volver. EDWARD OFF FOR GERMANY. His Majesty, to Visit the Dowager ;* . Empress. ; . LONDON, Feb. King Edward boarded a train at Charing Cross station at 10 o'clock tonight.- for Port Vic toria, where he will embark on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, for Flushing, en—route for Cronburg, whither he goes to pay a visit to the dowager Empress Frederick. His majesty '. wore the ; service DOWAGER EMPRESS OF GERMANY. . ;*-' \ Victoria Adelaide, Eldest Child of the Late Queen Victoria, and Widow of Frederick William, Now Lies Mortally 111 at Cronburg. uniform of an admiral of the fleet. He was accompanied only by Sir Francis Laklng, Capt. Ponsonby and Capt. Wach, formerly commander of the royal yacht. Through the drive from Marlborough house to the ftatlon was made without an escort, the route was lined with peo ple who cheered vociferously. For the first time since his accession his majesty seemed himself, bowing and smiling on either side. Many of the spectators ex claimed, "The same old prince,"' as his majesty's appearance once more appea?-ed to the crowd as the jovial prince •>£ former years. The royal yacht is uudcr orders to sail at t> o'clock tomorrow morning. She will be escorted by the cruisers Australia and Severn. No guard of honor will be mounted, nor will any salutes be fired upon her departure from Port Victoria. ."The seat of war! We've held It long enoug^!" V : ; Said one of the Powers with a gesture-grimy - " :^^^^^S "What will we do?" the other*queried then. '. ;./ ■'.'■:'.■■..■>.'"' ' '- ' "Well, just for a change suppose we jump ea him?" • 3 • . ill IE 1123 FULL TALE OF THE WRECK OF THE ILL-FATE© RIO DE ; JANEIR*O> PURSER'S PAPERS ARE FOUND BELIEVED THE LIST OP LOST AND .■.SAVED, IS NOW AC CURATE ■ BEACH IS BEING PATBOLLED Looting; of Mall Sacks Stopped— '■* eminent" Investigation Into the Cause Leading: to - the " Disaster. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.* 23.—50 far as can be ascertained from reliable data one hundred and twenty-eight- lives were lost in the wreck of the Pacific Mail steamer, City of Rio de.- Janeiro. Some fishermen, early this morning, found a packet con taining the papers of Purser Rooney. Among them was the passenger list and a bunch of canceled passenger tickets, and, as there were names on the list whose canceled passenger tickets did not appear among tjiose recovered, it is as sumed that they laid over either at Yokohama, Kobe or Honolulu. That they were .not on the vessel at the time she went down is certain. The list of passengers as given out by the steamship company, and compiled from the papers of the parser found today, is: PASSENGER LIST. From Hongkong (cabin). WILLIAM CASTLE and wife, laid »ver somewhere en route. W. KLOSE, laid over somewhere en route. CONSUL GENERAL R. WILDMAN, wife, boy and inlant. MRS. KATIE NICHOLS (maid of Mrs. Wildman) and native servant. J. K. CARPEieTER, saved. J. K. SEYMOUR. : Mrs. C. K. M'iNTOSH, laid over en route. MRS. J. K. ; WEST, - saved. . European Steerage*—sr' C. E. HO WELL,. | P. B. LEE. ■■< From Shanghai (cabii^— . . CHARLES DOWDHLL. MISS G. L. HERNE, saved A. HART and wife. EDWARD SEORETIN. CAPT. HECHT, ■ saved. From Nagasaki (Cabin)— RUSSELL HARPER, saved. From Kobe (Steerage)— • • : MR. T. STUMURA. From Yokohama (Cabin)— MR. H. CRIPPS MATTHE6ON. -='-- MR. H. S. OLCOTT, laid over en route. Steerage— F. SITO. MR. X. SAWIJI. ' MR. Z. AMADIA. saved. , MR. T. KAWAHARA. MRS. DIKA HAMASAKO. MISS HIKI AZKI. MISS HARSA HAMASAKO. / ■ From Honolulu (Cabin)— te MRS- S. W. WAKEFIELD and daugh 1^ a W hAenlh^^ ORTH and wife- MISS L. R. JESSU, ' " .. : Ml ?£o^HM ife and servant:'- MR. A. GUSSONI.. DR. A.- W. DODD. Steerage— V ,-:•;.<- \. r-i --• MR.,R.A.; LONG, saved. ' : MR. HARRY GUaYAN. \ ► MRS. FRANCBS^HfPLET' saved. ■ MR. SAKURAI. MR. ODA. ; .-i . ■-•'"■"•■ ■" Mk. WILLIAM CASPAR ' : >, MR. CHARLES .K. JACOX. . MR. PHILIP NUZZENBLATT, saved' Passengers From Unknown Destinations" Over UChecks- r°m 'H °nOlUlU °« Layl MR. KHOTZ, saved. ■ MR. "W. BRANDER, saved. '-■ MR. NUZENBAUM, saved. Thus- far only eleven "bodies have been on^TSne^ WhlteS' four Chinese anS . The whites are: ■■, :. ■ •.: -- ■ - ■; JULIA DODD, aged fifty-five years EDWARD BARWICK, aged thirty-five years, ship's • butcher of the 'R o ■ * t MRS... ALFRED HART,; former! v : of Los Angeles, but recratlv from Manila MRS. SARAH W. \UKEFIBLD aßod fifty, late resident of Oakland' a^ hlti^ n n Sn^ her daushfer Naoml CHARLES DOWDELL,, attorney and capitalist. ■ .. : . . / OCEAN PATROL. Surveyor of the-Port Spear has estab lished a patrol along tbe ocean near Bak er's beach and along the bay shore Jn side Fort Point. Thiis far his men have Picked up four mail bags, one of these cashing in near Bakfcr's, and others near the Fort Point life-saving station. The surveyor has given orders that all fish ing boats must report at the customs of fice. All bodies brought in by them and all wreckage and flotsam picked up oy fishermen must be accounted for to the officials at the barge office. In this way it is thought that looting of mail bags and trunks may be stopped. Among other effects picked up by fishermen was the box containing Capt. Ward's papers. The police have established a patrol Continued ,01 ,' Sixth Page. BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY Weather Forecast for St. Fault Fair; Westerly Winds. : - - I—Extra Session of CongreM, ." Conger Coming Home. * Details of Shipwreck. 2-Lawton Keeps His Word. B—Vaccination Case In Court, Programme of Elks' Benefit. 4—Editorial Page, ■• ' 6—Old-Time Printer*. News of Railroads. ■ . State Board of Control. 6—Swedish Conference. . For Lore of a Woman. News of North-west. 7—Relations With Cuba. Tariff War With Russia* Field of Human Labor. — .Sporting: News. Lou Houseman's Gossip. Jockey Club History. ; John I/, and King; Edward. ft— Sportinjj News. Baaeball Meeetlng Postponed. Commercial Club's Home, 10—Oil !cago Grain Markets. Church Announcements., 11—Popular Wants. Real Eistate. 12Modern Woodmen Convention. 13—Prof. Smith's Chicago Letter. 1-1— Was bin on at Cambridge. Medical Notes. ' Old Etagland Stirred Up. 15—"Ladies of the Senate." Eiiprla.nd's New Queen. Pride of Washington. 16—St. Paul Society News. 17—Paris Fashion Letter. Our Social Neighbors. Hunting Man-Eating Tiger. Mr. Vanderbflt's Start. —At Rock of Gibraltar. Famous Kidnaping Case. ~. '-' Texan Who Had Money. . Around Historic Niagara. Sl—The Family Forum. Family. Forum Continued. 23—The Golden Idol. His Prize (competitive story). : 24—Dramatic News. - ''. >, ;;:•:..;. : -.'.;. " In the Domain of Music. WEATHER FOR TODAY. Minnesota—Fair Sunday; Monday fair, except snow flurries in northeast portion; fresh westerly winds, becoming variable. Wisconsin—Fair Sunday and Monday; fresh northwesterly winds. lowa—Fair Sunday and probably Mon day; fresh northwesterly winds. North Dakota—Snow,» with rising tern-' perature Sunday; Monday fair; south-' easterly winds. South Dakota—Partly cloudy, with ris ing .temperature Sunday; Monday fair, except snow flurries In western portion, southeasterly winds, becoming northwest erly. Montana—Partly cloudy, with snow and rising temperature Sunday; Monday fair, with colder in western portion; vari able winds. St. Paul — Yesterday's observations, taken by the United States weather bu reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock last night.—Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation: Highest temper ature, 21; lowest temperature, 7; average temperature, 14; daily range, 14; barome ter, 30.03; humidity, 82; precipitation, .01; 7 p. m., temperature. 18; 7 p. m., weather, partly cloudy; wind, northwest. *BpmHigh, *BpmHigh, Bismarck ....12 18 Nashville ....24 28 Buffalo 10 14, New York ..24 24 Cheyenne ....26 82 Philadelphia .22 26 Chicago .10 14!Pittsburg 16 20 Cincinnati 18 221 "Frisco 56 60 Cleveland ....16, 16 St. Louis 22 24 Duluth 18 24 Salt Lake ....48 48 Jacksonville ..33 48 Ste. Marie ...12 20 Montreal 10 18 Winnipeg 8 12 Marquette ....18 18! ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). OCEAN LINERS. New York—Arrived: New York, South ampton and Cherbourg. Etruria, Liver pool. Sailed: Servia, Liverpool; Pretoria, Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cher bourg; Maasdam, Rotterdam; Furnessia, Glasgow. Alexandria—Arrived: Aller, New York, via Naples, etc. Hongkong—Arrived: Hongkong Maru, San Francisco, via Honolulu and Yoko hama. Southampton — Arrived: Kensington New York. Havre —Arrived: La Champagne, New York. Sailed: La Bretagne, New York. Liverpool—Arrived: Cymric, New York. Sailed: Lucania, New York. Moville—Arrived: Astoria, Glasgow. Antwerp—Arrived: Switzerland, Phil adelphia. Queenstown—Arrived: Umbria, for Liv erpool. Sailed: Rhynland, Liverpool, for Philadelphia. Naples—Sailed: Hohenzollern, New York. _ .**.-; t. fj AROUND THE HOTELS At the Merchants'—Charles-Slade, T. G. Conley, M. Lebaire, John Meyer, Adrian; R. J. Hiawley, Pine City; PI. W. Donald son, Kennedy; F. J. Bell, Winona; A. B. Johnson, New Richland; A. Sternberg, Valley City, N. D.; J. H. Johnson, Can by; W. D. Stambaugh, Fargo; IV. L. North, Hudson, Wis.; F. M. De Wolf, Minneapolis; H. P. Davis, Sioux Falls; C. H. Powers, Minneapolis; L. Johnson, Herman; A. L. Le Claire, Hudson; J. M. Barwise, Anoka; A. C. Skinner, Cedar Rapids, Io.; J. O. Sargent, Duluth. At the Ryan—James F. Niekman, Du iulh; J. L. Polk, George B. Heppa, Dcs Moines, Io.; _H. T, Swart, Duluth; Mau rice Fued, Milwaukee; John Wilson, Owatonna; A. T. Rock, West Superior; F. M. Sullivan, Marshall. At the Clarendon—William Henry, Du luth; E. J. Henry, Owatonna; Dean Ha mar, Clarkfleld; J. McFadden. W. P. Cos grove, Dubuque, Io.; Mrs. W. R. Smith, La Crosse, Wis.; F. J. Ronan, Kensing ton.' At the Windsor—D. W. Meeker, Moor head; W. G. Lang, Yale, N. D.; H. Q. Smith, Winona; G. M. Johnson, E. 1». Cardie, Rush City; Greff Johnson, Dcs Moines, 10. DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT PROMINENT DI'LITH YOUNG MAN'S MYSTERIOUS IMS APPEARANCE. DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 23.-(Special.)- The disappearance of Robert Perleberg, the agent of the Metropolitan Life In surance company, aged twenty-two, is causing uneasiness among his relatives. The young man left home on a bicycle two weeks ago to go down town and has not been since. CONGER IS COMING HOME United States Minister to Pekin Will Entrust Interests of United States to Commissioner Rockhill ? ■ CHINESE EDICT HAS BEEN RECEIVED Question of Punishments Settled, the Next Sticking Point Will Be the Mattel of Indemnities. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Ministers I Conger will leave Pekin immediately for this country on sixty days' leave of ab sence. Commissioner Rockhill will have full power to conduct the negotiations now in progress. Mr. Conger returns of his own initi ative. For seme time past he has been anxious to get back to lowa, but tne opportunity has not presented itself until this moment. Now that the foreign min isters have satisfactorily settled the question of punishments of the offending Chinese officials and a new subject Is to be taken up, it will be* easy to pass the negotiations into Mr. RockhiH'3 hands Without sacrificing any points. It was Mr. Conner's own suggestion that Mr. Rockhill be placed in charge. IN ACCORD WITH UNCLE SAM. Our government has now received as surances from nearly all the powers rep resented ky military forces at Pekin of their entire agreement with the United States government as to the inexpediency of resuming offensive military operations In China, while the peace negotiations are In progress. Much apprehension is felt here as to the outcome of the nego tiations on the next point, the amount and manner of payment of Indemnities. IMPERIAL EDICT RECEIVED. LONDON, Feb. 24.-A dispatch rrom Pekin, dated Feb. 23, says: The court's edict was received and read today and communicated to the ministers. It lully complies with the punishments originally demanded, except in the cases of Chao Chi Kiao and Ying Nien, who are com muted to suicide. The executions' are ordered for Feb. 24. The foreign office though satisfied with what it is pleased to consider the imme diate result of Count yon AValdersee's action, regards the Chinese backdown with suspicion. The officials here believe It would be far better for yon Waldersee not to withdraw his orders for the expe dition and to hold it over the heads or the Chinese until their submission ma terializes. Nothing except the vaguest tentative suggestion has bf-en received by the British government in regard to what is generally termed here as "Americas new note." A representative of the Associ* att-d Presp has been officially Informed that Great Britain has not agreed to any new arrangement regarding concessions in China, nor is the foreign office yet In possession of the details of such sug gestion. A reiteration of the open door policy would meet with Lord Salisbury s approval, but any suggestion going be yond that would meet with a doubtful GOT/. VAI4 SALT'S I^IECE pOESl>f*T FBAifc! pUI^GLA^S OMAHA, Xeb., Feb. 23.-(Special.)—Miss Elizabeth Van Sant, the plucky niece of Gov. Van Sant, of Minnesota, routed a burglar last night. She heard him strike a match and rose in her bed. In a moment a crouching figure entered the open door of her bedroom. By the dim light of the match she could dis tinguish the face of a young man about thirty years of age. He wore no hat, shoes nor coat and no mask concealed, his smooth-shaven face. For several CARRIE WANTS DAMAfiES SAYS HER DETECTION IN TOPEKA I . JAIL IS ILLEGAL^ TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. Mrs. Carrie Nation threatens to sue Shawnee county for damages for keeping her in jail in Topeka. Mrs.- Nation said today: .-.-'■. : "If • I am not ; released Immediately I will sue. The public knows, ' the officers of the law know, ;I= am confined illegally. i ! Personally, I prefer to stay ;in * jail. ■' I need rest. I desire auiet for .a little while. It is pleasant "where I am, but Il' will not permit that the county shall confine me in a jail on a charge of violat ing the law. 'I shall' sue the county for heavy damages. On Feb. 26 I am billed for a" lecture,' arid about the same time I. am to edit a paper in Peoria, 111. For the money that has , been promised me for these services I shall sue the county." Several persons, among them her broth er, have offered to provide bail, but this Mrs. Nation refuses. LIQDOR ACT IS VOID. DECISION BY COURT OP KING'S BENCH AT WINNIPEG. WINNIPEG. Man., Feb. 23.—The dis cussion by the judges of the court of king's bench as to the powera of the Manitoba legislature to pass the "liquor act," was given by the full court today. Judgments were given by Chief Justice Killam, Mr. Justice Bain and Mr. Justice Richards and are unanimous. The court holds that this legislation deals with a subject specially assigned by the Britten Noith America act to the Dominion and is not a matter within the jurisdiction of the provincial legislature. MR. CONGER DENIES IT NOT A CANDIDATE FOR HAWKBYE GUBERNATORIAL. NOMINATION. DBS MOINHS, 10., Feb. 23.—1n reply to a cablegram asking if he would be a can didate for the Republican nomination for governor, A. B. Cummins today received the following from Minister Conger: "Pekin—Am not a candidate. —"E. H. Conger." Mr. Conger's name ha 3 been considered in connection with the nomination be- PART ONE Pages i to 12 PRICE FIVE CENTS. reception unless he had previously sd* cured Germany's assent. HART HAS A KICK. PEKIN, Feb. 23. — Sir Robert Hart (chief of the Chinese Imperial customs), has sent the ministers of the powers a strongly worded letter of protest against the seizure of his property to increase the size of the legations' area, which has been taken by Austria, France, Germany and Italy. The latter power has taken the ground on which Sir Roberts' houso was situated. He says it can only be Chinese government property in an in definite sense, in that during the past twenty years part of .his salary as a Pe kin official has been given to him In houses, Instead of the government pay ing cash. Sir Robert also put money into the purchase of land, in building houses and in keeping them in repair. He con sidered that having lived there for twen ty years he owned the property abso lutely. It is generally understood in the service that whoever has lived that long In a house owned it, having purchased It on rent allowance. He says Italy espe cially had suitable ground* and that she had no reason to share in the general gratis distribution of lands for the vari ous legations. Sir Robert also points to his many years in the service of the for eign powers and to his having made the customs pay the principal and interest of loans a thoroughly international serv ice, and that he has even paid the inter est on the loans since the trouble began, and he thinks he ought to have received more consideration. Gen. Yamagutchi, the Japanese com mander, and Gen. Chaffee have issued orders permitting visitors, properly ao credited, to visit the forbidden cities on certain days, during certain hours, and that foreign generals and their personal friends can visit the city at any time. Tho foreign ministers consider themselves slighted. The principal topic was dflcusserl at yesterday's meeting of the ministers, and today's meeting was short, owing to the ministers awaiting the full text of the Chinese court's last edicts, whioh. though unofficially reported as absolutely satisfactory, require official confirma tion. GERMANS IN A FIGHT. TIEN. TSIN, Feb. 23.-Several hundred imperial Chinese troopa attacked fifty Germans west of Pao Ting Fu, Feb. 21. The Germans were hard pressed, fought a rear guard action and eventually drove the Chinese back. T'.ie Germans had one man killed and seven wounded. It is estimated that the Chinese lost 200 in killed and wounded. moments they glared at each other. Misa Van Sant did not scream, but ordered him out. The burglar backed out of the room, but stopped in the sitting room. "You have no right in here, and I want you to go out the way you came," was the order that sent the man through the sittingroom window, by which he had en tered. "From the window in my room I saw the man lower himself to the ground," said Miss Van Sant. "He de liberately put the window down and slunk away." cause of a cablegram sent by him to Congressman Hull three weeks ago in which he said he would accept the nom ination if it came to him without a contest. The cablegram which elicited the foregoing reply explained that four candidates are in the field. Mr. Oura mins is himself a candidate. THE ELUSIVE DEWET. NO CONFIRMATION OF RIM OR OP HIS CAPTURE. LONDON, Feb. 23.—The rumor that Gen. Dewet had been captured wag put in circulation again on the stock ex change, but no confirmation of the report could be obtained. LONDON, Feb. 24.—The Weekly Dis patch says it learns on good authority that a special cabinet meeting was sum moned Saturday to consider a telegram from Lord Kitchener to the effect that Gen. Botha had sent an emissary admit ting that he was outmaneuvered ana asking for a meeting with a view ol ar ranging a general surrender. FOOTPAD SDICIDES. WAS AWAITING TRIAL AT BLR- MNGTON, 10., FOR MURDER. BURLINGTON, 10., Feb. 23,-George Anderson, the footpad who, on Thanks giving night last, shot and killed W. H. i Linter, of Cedar Rapids, and seriously wounded Mrs. Linter, committed suicide , in his cell this afternoon, cutting his throat with a razor. Aiiderson was about to be taken into the court room to hear the verdict of the jury before whom h« had been on trial for attempting to take the life of Mrs. Linter. The Jury had pronounced him guilty. The bailiff who went to «tt the prisoner found him dead. • The authorities here have been unable to learn anything of the antecedents at the dead man. Anderson had not yet been tried for the killing of Mr. Linter. "Stockholm" Olson Weds. Alfred Olson, better known as "Stock holm" Olson, was married last evening to Miss Amanda Larson at the residence of John Runquist, Grasston. Minn., an old friend of the contracting parties. They will be at home at 101 Washington avenue south, Minneapolis, after March 1,