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ROT. i I LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOIj. Iilll. NO. 88. HOCK. ISLAND, ILX,., MONDAY, FJSlJRU-aJtY 1, is 04. PK1CI5 TWO CENTS. ROOK UNABLE TO PREVENT IT Colombia is Declared Powerless to Avert Var. WILL INVADE PANAMA Ten Thousand Men Move on Isthmus in a Month. to New York, Feb. 1. This cable dis patch has been received lure from an official source in P.ogota, according to The Sun: "(Joverntiient is helpless in effort to prevent war. In less than a month from now HMm-ii men will be ou the isthmus." This information, confirming minors cabled from Pana ma that Colombia intends organizing and sending an expedition against Panama eoines as a surprise in view of the changed attitude of the Colom bians, who had apparently accepted the inevitable and depended on !cncr ul Laphael Ueyes. their special envoy to Washington, to save what he could Ironi the wreck, says The Sun. Pecuniary ISalm for Columbia. t'eiioral Ueyes was to have ailed Saturday for P.aiT.mquilla. but for the second time he deferred his departure. Jeneral ivdro Nellsphina and I e Lu cas Caballeo. eol'oa gues of Oeneral Ueyes on the Columbian commission, sailed Saturday. The story is told on soouiingly good authority, it is stated, that. Oem-ial Ueyes remains here be cause his negotiations wilh th ; slate department at ' Washington have not been completely broken off. and that he has a tentative promise from this government that Colombia will be taken care of with n pecuniary balci for her injured feelings. No comments could be elicited from ("enernl Ueyes. Colombia Hum Iir--nal Troubles. Cru;i, Feb. 1.- Tiie steamer Vcr tailh's, which has arrived at Colon, brings the following authentic news of serious internal political troubles in the state of P.olivar: Francisco In signnres, governor of Polivar. and Pit go Castro, comma nder-in-chicf of the army of that department. n the receipt of information about .Ian. IS that the government of P.ogofa was sending down the Ma gdaj iia river a large force for the purposV of lnakimr possible the candidature of Joaquin YcW. for thepresldeiicy of then-public, which it is known is unpopuh-r in oer lain sections of the d--p.it t men! of " c-1 1 -var. started a coup to resist. May Kx plain Why ICyr I.inger. They prep.i rt tl an etodition which was sent nj the Magdab-na on .Ian. !'J ii four rtcr heats, to once niiate Irm i at Calamar in otdt r to stop the troopii coming niriui. I i iim-I-slue :l it) the interest Of the i-nudi-liature of ; i:ern I Ueyes. . horn Poli x::r and M.ii'dalena ahmo ale support ing. n ti." arrival of the p.og.,t troops mutual explanation were ex changed by telegraph In-fore the troop met. by t h" opposing commanders. As a result the P.olivar tio..s with in duct tl to return to Parr-i'-quilla arn! ncci pt the disposition of the 1'ojo.a government. P.arrai.quill.i and ':ir-ta-emi are uixv under the full au thority of the government. Voter the l"rol:t'ile I"i-eile?it. The result of the president :al elec tion is expected to be klio II .iboiit 1'cli. P. It is believed that S;-no: Yclex. will be elected, with Senor Y.-s quoz Colo as vice president. I he t f- I fc. t of the election cf this ticket on j the situation in the republic of Pan- J a ma is ditlh r.it to foresee. Senor lc: : is strongly ant i foreign. We find we can satisfy a friend we i Lave not seen before in twenty years j j a lace to Postmaster (buera! Sir Will by telling him he doesn't look a day jjia Mulock. of Canada. Social co:.r-clJi-r. but if It is forty years we h.avej tesies have been have been laished oil to make it an hour. Atchison C.lobe. ij... Caiuu'.iau statcsmt u. Intricate Tangle Found in an London. Feb. singular cases I. One of that a jury the l.i- most ( i;,. eer lot" been called up n to determine came ; i at the Old r..ii a Kedhe.id !c when Florence j i iea and his wife married .Mm I'.ar was indicted for ire:? at Sedge Fen. in Suffolk. Soon lb fe ' i her hiisbanl being then a!ie, Th i:ir found her guilty am! she was sen tenced to tie days" imprisonment. l date from the opening of the se-si.ir. which meant her immediate release. Mrs. Kedhead in 1""'.' married Wil liam Kedhead at a Stepney reg.-try ce. aim r.yia e ami eight M-ars later she .,., f.r dixorci-. tht coresjioad-nt lx-ir g f Jlenrv Foster. xxhc later bet-aine the prosccuti r. A decrt e nisi xx as grant - j proctor interx en- cd. but. the pieen s proi ing. the decree xxas p:ushed. Mrs FIFTY TRUE BILLS BY MILWAUKEE JURY Majority for City and County Otticeis Accused of Graft lag. Milwaukee, Feb. 1. The grand jury which lias been in session for two months completed its term with the retnrnof elevc-n additional indietmets. Capiases were Issued for arrest of the persons indicted, but their names will not be known until taken into custody by the sheriff. It was authoritatively announced that with this list a total Jtjfyx 'SSfiSSTZSLTJ. di'.-ted include aldermen, ex-aldermen, s upervisors. ex-supervisors, ti state senator, and some private citizens. The chars" in the indictments con fist iminly of petty "grafting." Today the men will be arraigned before Judge I'rancee to plead guilty or not guilty to the charges which have been pre ferred against them by the grand jury. It is reported that it h;is praetically I ecu agreed upon Ix-tween some of the men indicted to plead guilty to the charges against thorn when they are arraigned. DECISION IN MINE CASE IS REVERSED Montana Supreme Court Fails Agree With Finding of Judge Clancy. to Ilutte. Mont.. Feb. 1. The .Montana supreme court today reversed the de cision of Judge Clancy in the injunc tion suit of John McCinnis against the I'.ixton V .Montana Mining company. This is the suit I : i -li caused the shut down of all amalgamated properties in Montana last summer. INSISTS ON A DIVORCE: HUSBAND TRIES TO DIE Paris. 1 eb. 1. A lo-.-.tmit :e nlempt a suicide w;is made by an artist named I mbo. in tin cm-mb- v of M. IMtte. president of the tribunal of the Seine. Mrs. pe.be. ho i also an artist, recently began an action for di vorce agai:it her hn-I.and. M. Ditto called the estranged couple before him in an endeavor to effect a reoeneiiia li' ii. Mrs. I Mi' e. to the evident joy of Ic-r im-si-and. consented to renounce her cl"f.ri t obtain separation, but subse quently declared her intention to con tinue th" action. I Mi be. on hearing thi. burst into tears, and begged her to reconsider, but she was inexorable. P.efore ho could be stopped I Mlheilrnnk two vials of aconite. The immediate services of a physician saved IMtbe's life. TWO SMALL CHILDRIN ARE BURNED TO DEATH Thoinpsoiiville. Mich.. Feb. 1. Mar ion and Chark'-. aged 1 and "J years respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heardoff. were burned to death In a fire which destroyed the combined Ftore and dwelling of Iear- I doff A: Sons, at P.rotherton. a iMtnkard settlement near this lae. A third son, aged -I. was rescued from the b!.i;;ing building. Property loss. SI. son. KANSAS FARMER IS OUT 810,000 PAID FOR GOLD BRICK Wichita. Kan.. Feb. 1. Jacob Allen, a wealthy farmer of Wellington. Kan., was swindled in this city by gold I rick men. wlTo sold him a worthhss com bination of tin and copper for Slo. (hh. It had been recommended by a supposed government assayer. COLORED WOMAN DIES AT CENTURY AND A QUARTER Wa r;race. ' Tenn.. Feb. I. I.u iinla Hoosir. colored, ilied near here, jigw-d 1U." years. Kmmett Thompson, ou w hose plac e she died, possesses rec ords to shew authenticity cf the fig ures given. a:t.ii;oi Sltf-iitui II :imr-.l. City of Mexico. Feb. 1. President l:ax. gave a ('.inner at the national of Relationship English Family ihea I and l"i ster were not aware the proctors inter cn t ion and were nai : c I. l'o-ier went to S-nith A f- been l eporii-u an-! tie j iU-.o; ralli -1 ll n r lion w. the ter. l 1 r.c'i ;-:it .i' ! . it was :a1ed trial the accused's mot tier, hewcxing- her son-in-iaxv xxa.s deaii. mariieti his father. I he censeo i:e;:ee xxas that x hen IJe I- ;e:i igain a pp--a re d a t scene 1: m " that ills a: her was his father : his mot her-in-kv -xas his stoi- in - law mot he r: hi ;,nd t xx o o- s vxife xva Lis step-sister. ther men had nn-.rrivd Ids w lie. NOT YET RELEASED Mrs. Maybrick's Whereabouts a Mystery Officers Do Not Clear. SUPPOSED STILL UNDER GUARD Probably Taken to Some Institution to Recover From Effects of Imprisonment. London. Feb. 1. Mrs. Florence May brick, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of her In; si and, has not lp;n re!caid. but was removed from Aylesbury prison on Jan. 25, pre sumably to a private institution for the purpo.-e cf l :-i !u ralioii. She is still undergoing sentence un der guard, and though apparently not . 4 -oK .i ff SUM. FLOKEXCE MATliKICK. an inmate of any piisoii lie still re mains as much a prisoiitr in the eye of the law uH when she was at Ayles bury. On the authority of the Fuitcd States embiiisy here the Associated Press is authorized to definitely deny that Mrs. MayhricU h.is been pardoned. Her M liorcaboiit a JIyslr.v. Where Mrs. Maybrick lias been taken remains a myst ry. but reports from Aylesbury are to the effect that she has been removed lo soon" institution in Cornwall. The home oflice and the governor of Aylesbury prison refuse to make any kind of a stau-mcnt on the subject. If the ordinary course had been foiiowed Mrs. Maybrick would have been taken to llolloway if her immediate rcleasi av re con templated, but she is not there, and has probably been rcmowd to some other prison of less rigorous discipline where she can recuperate prior to her release. ( lr. possibly she has been con veyed to one of the government bonus of detention, or to an asylum. Must Lapse Into (Hwiirily. The liaily Mail this morning says that Mrs. Maybrick i now in Liver pool, ami that Cue following conditions attach to her release from prison: That she will not appear on the public stage or write a book of her e.er;o!:ces. and shall in no way endeavor to at tract public nllentioii to herself. Mal nep.arliiM'iit's I.Mtost 'c-w. Washington. Feb. 1. The last in formation the department of state 1ms regarding the Ma brick cae. and this i-; now some mouths old. is that Mrs. Maybrick probably will be released late in the coining summer. Urief rnuit if Hie Csr. Florence C. Maybrick. the daughter of the late W. C. ('handler, a banker of Mobile. Ala., was convicted at Liv erpool in ls'. of having poisoned her husband. .l.mtos Maybrick. a cotton broker, who lived pirt of the time :n Norfolk and part in Liverpool, and sentenced to d--ath. This sentence, however, was l iter commuted to life imprisonment. Many efforts have been made during Mrs. Maybrick's impris onment to l ave In r pardoned, and it was annoum-cd on M;:r-i -''. I'.hi:;. on antiquity cf the lou.e oitice, that she would ho released I'.niI. COLUUBUS HAVING AN EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID t'ol, nibus:. o.. l'i :. 1. Vince .Tun. 1 TJ:; vs. s of typhoid fever have been ! j or-i,i in Columbus, and there have hi-en w '-nty-three cleaiiis. Kighty-otie new cases were reported Srturday. the higi-.est daily record for ihe month. Tiie health authorities are making strenuous efforts to stay the epidemic. MANY FIBEMEN 0VE2C0HE AT A BLAZE AT NEW YORK .scy Trk. i"e". 1.' t ti'.en an was kill d and twenty-iive f renan wet e c. rcfm-.e l.y -::-oU(. ii a tire ":i a sior" house of t'.s- Aii:ii:':i ?.;..r.i facturmg ci:i pany in P.rxioIT.yn. Nine of th.o men wh' were o-erconie were so seriously affected tiu-t they were taken to hospitals. One of them i ex pected to die. nmmmmm LLISION TATIOfJ Incoming and Outgoing Trains Crash at Chicago. A DEATH IS RESULT Cloud of Steam Ob scured View of En gineers. Ciik lisi;u ago. Feb. 1. In a head-on eol- tcday la the tram shed of the union passenger station here between an incoming Alton passenger train and an outooimd P.iir'ingtoii passen ger, caused by a cloiui of steam ob scuring the iew of the engineers, F. O. Well-, a switchman, was killed. At torney P. C. Haley, of Jolief. probably fatally hurt.. Miss Margaret llalley, organii-er of Hie Chicago Teachers' federation. Elizabeth lf.yan and John W. A'adeihi ffer. bruised. Colorado Flyer Derailed. Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 1. The Colorado liver on the Missouri Pacific was derailed near Miller. Kan., while running at the rate of forty miles an hour. One person was killed and thir teen injured, one seriously. The dead, man is W. L. Brown, of Des ?doines. Ia. The most severely in jured were: Mis. F. J. Shouse, of Shields. Kan., leg broken, internal in juries, serious; Thomas A. Fulton. Kansas City, back sprained; W. S. San ford. Kansas City, mail clerk, jaw broken; 11. J. Shouse, Shields, Kan., badly bruised and cut: Frank Pat lie Sm Topeka, Kan., inhaled tleaui. NEW GRAIN 'CHANGE OPENED At OMAHA Hundred llrokers on Hand and litis loess it Very Lively. Omaha. ; o !a v i he Feb. I.--Promptly at '.:.',.n new Omaha grain exchange began bdsines: were present. Hundreds of brokers President Wattles sold ..(i;ii bushels of May corn at 40. at the same moment declaring the exchange open ra pid. of 1'.. Fi r bnsincss The coi l! during- t he lia rly t radi ng x ;;s learket had a range tirst half hour. COL. BUTLER'S TRIAL FOR BRIBERY BEGUN Wealthy Politician Accused of Ruy ing lf Members of House of Delegates. Fulton. Me.. Feb. 1. -'ihe trial of Col. Kdxtard Cutler, the millionaire p litieian of St. Louis, on the charge of hating- bribed I'J memix'rs of the house of deh'gat-s in connection xxith the city lighting measure. Iiegan t o dax. INVITED TO WAUKE3AN Prenitlrnt ami Iteirrriilatixo Koka M Gilo ts nf Honor at u Kimirr In Hon or of T x bit. Washington. Feb. 1. President Iioosovoit smiiI Ilepri sei,t;.:ive Foss. cf Illinois, have J.cen invited to attend a dinner of the Wauk.gan illl.i Bachel ors" club in honor of the awarding of a g( Id medal to the ti; st one cf its members to be the father of twins. The club w.-'s o:gani;-.id with twenty five members some y ars ago. with a constitutional provision hat one mem ber should marry each year, the selec tion to be m.-.do by lot. The first presi dent of the club xx as the oresent mayor of Wav.kegin. and it was l;e who de signed and oir.red t!:- gold medal for the twir.s. Tiie mayor was tln first man to draxv the marrying card, and also tho tirst to proI;;eo twins . lie could not very well award the mdal to himself. aid allowed !t I be competed for. It !i. F.Ji-t. casb'cr of new- g.-cs to T h bank of thnt city. . i:t j.resonn-ti ve Fcss, who also is the father of twins, and represents tiie Wiukegan district, is :nv:t-d because of these facts. FUNERAL OF MISS BRYAN: BROUGHT EAST FOR BURIAL Line i-e.. f. bl. Neb.. Feb. F-inera! serv- f. r Miss Nai.!.;. m -ruing- at the r a a were 1 e!". e-e .f her this ter. Later W. .1. L.-xsm and other menilii rs .f the famj'x left for Sal-:n. III., with the boiiy. xxl.ere burial xxill take place. IS IS WELL PLEASED Prospects Look Bright for Trade with Abyssinia, Says Envoy Robert P. Skinner. HE IS BACK AT MARSEILLES Enthusiastic Over the Ileeeption His Party Was Given by the King. Marseilles. Feb. 1. The following details of the government mission to King Menelik. of Abyssinia, which was led by United States Consul iJobert P. Skinner, have loon obtained. Skin ner's party has arrived here on board the steamer Victoria. The United States marines and blue jackets who accompanied tin expedition were left at Aden, and went on to join the United States gunboat Machias. Con sul Skinner and the other members of Ihe party are in good health, and they speak enthusiastically of the reception accorded them bv King Menelik. On the way to the coast the party saw one elephant ami heard a number of lions, but experienced no exciting ad ventures. New Market Tor Our Goods. In the course of an interview. Skin ner said: "President Uoosevelt se lected a most opportune time for es tablishing relations with Ethiopia, as Americans heretofore have been too in different to ihe remarkable develop ment which is now going on in Abys sinia. Our cotton good.; pass through many hands before being sold at high prices in Abyssinia, but now Ameri cans have an opportunity to conduct their own trade. King Menelik will send some of the products of his coun try to the St. Louis exposition, as well as a commission composed of able nun to show the Americans commercial op portunities in Abyssinia. The king is a broad-minded statesman who will welcome Americans." Vent to Visit Camp Koosexeli. During th visit of the Skinner party at the capital King Menelik received them surrounded by an imposing as semblage of !!. u h functionaries. The escort of United States marims estab lished a camp called "Camp Uoosevelt." which attracted a great deal of inter est. The king made a personal in spection of the camp, which lasted for three hours, ami after having wit nessed the nianoouvors of ihe marines he asked one of the men for his gun and loaded ami tired it. This act on the pari of the- king pleased the visit ors gieatly. J.-tp:iue.'.e of (lie Hark Continent. The Americans were impressed wilh the assimilative ability of the Abyssinians. Consul Skinner saying that the country is leing rapidly mod ernized, si ud thai new roads, bridges, water supplies, telephones and tele graph lines are being constructed, lie considers 1he Abyssinians to be the "Japanese of Africa. He points out, liiMtou-r, that ihe postal and banking systems are defective and unsatisfac tory. '!"! money is on a sil : basis, ("omul Skinner believes that Ameri cans will liuii a large Hold for activity in the gold. coal, petroleum and asphalt possibilities of Abyssinia. I rein I merest in Danger. i!g. the confident ia! adviser of King Menelik. returned to Abyssinia today. In an interview- he said Abyssinia would continue to do her utmost to favor French interests, but that she was having a serious struggle against foreign influence.. He said lso that King Menelik inteu h'd to prove his good feeling for France by visiting that country during the present year. UNITED STATES WILL GET A "PREFERENTIAL" TARIFF Wellington. Feb. 1. Without the pa cr; lice of a single duty on products entering the Fnited Steles, and in fact without- any consideration at all. Min ister Tliomrr-on has secured preferen tial rnt"s on several lines of staple Fnited States product imported Into ISruzi!. the articles including tlour in barrels and sacks, manufacture, of rubber, still wines, paints, varnishes, condensed milk, clocks and watches. NO GOLD COIN IN TREASURY: HAVE BEEN COINING SILVER Washington, l-'eii. l. For tiie tirst time in many yc;:"s the treasury finds it-olf without any gold coin in its vauits. This condition is the result of an unprecedented demand f"r gold cer-tilici-tes during the lime when mints have been fully empdyod in c !iing other metals. BLEEDING AT NOSE FATAL TO A WISCONSIN MAS I'l'cine. Wis.. Feb. L .billies Smith. Hged 'd. a civil war veteran, member of the Masonic lodge and a Mod"rn Wo dnnin of the World, is dead at his heme at Fnion drove, after bleed ing at Tiie nose for ten consecutive days. He h.d lived in southern Wis consin for over fifty years. Lrv lli Wife to Struggle. Quiucy. III.. Feb. 1. Charles V.nn Ftpenbtig. aged 4 years, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. He leaves a widow and revert? I chidlren. He was out of work and d.-s-pondent. .... CLAIM PART OF THE LATE POPE'S ESTATE Nephews of Leo XIII Determined to Carry Matter Into the Courts. Rome. Feb. 1. The nephews of the Lite Pope Leo XIII seem detei ui'iicd to appeal to the law courts for their inheritance in the estate of their uncie. the ! ite aCrdinal ("iusoppe lVvci. Pope Pius has consulted Vatican lawyers on the best means to avoid what he considers a scandal. When Cardinal txluseppe Pccci. brother of the late Pope Leo. died Leo had all the cardinal's heirs renounce their claims to the Inheritance, assur ing them that they would le adequate ly compensated. Sept. 11. ISni.'l. it is said, the cardinal's nephews, not hav ing received anything, presented a re quest to the executors of the will of Pope Leo that they be allowed to enter into the possession of the cardinal's estate and receive compensation. MANY DEATH IN POWDER EXPLOSION Forty Fatalities ltesult of Igniting cf lO Tons of the Substance. Lahore. P.ritish India. Feb. 1. For ty pers us were killed today by an explosion of in tons of giinpoxxder at Fort l'.liat iuda. in Punjab. MANY LAWSUITS FILED IN CRUSADE ON VICE :recni":le. LI.. Feb. 1. Thirteen lav:-u:ts. including one si gainst the mayor, and ranging from a civi! suit for .s:',.(.i () daiv.agts to a criminal ac tio!! ;u a justice conl. have grown out of (lie crusade begun several months ago by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union against tiie local sa loonkeepers and gambling limisi s at Keyesport. .bum Wannainauglur. one of the saloonkeepers, is defendant in s. cf the suits and Mrs. Mary Mc- A lister, wife of the fornnr sheriff of Pond county, is the chief prosecuting witness. The tirst of these suits will bo tried in the county court this week. The town of Keyesport is evenly divided ou the question of saloon licenses. L. C. Appel, the mayor, is one of the de fondants in an action brought by the women. W. S. VANDERBILT SETS A NEW AUTOMOBILE RECORD Ormoiil. Fla., Fob. l.-Fiftv miles with four turns in ! minutes and V.) A-'t seconds xxas Ihe record made by w . K. an.:erb!It . .lr. I lie event wax for the American A u I omobi le associa tion championship at that distance, and xxas open to all. The pace fig ures out 7 mile-, an hour, the best record oxer iiias.c in America, ami al most as good a any st raight-axx ay record for thai distance in Ihe xvorld. STEEL CORPORATION TO LOSE J. D. ROCKEFELLER Noxx York. Feb. 1. .lohn I) Uock- efeller has as ii-cci or corpora ; ion 1cm. red In- resignation :.f the Coiled Stales Steel .lap Order WHrnhlpn. don. Feb. I. -Vickers. Maxim A- I. Armstrcng have received formal or ders to expedite to construction of txxo Iiexv la ttleships for.hlpan. These ves m Is iire to be not only the most pow erful afloat but are ordered ready on Ihe sliortt.-t time on record for ships of such dimensions. Faeh xvill be of H'.Pio tons displacement, V. knots speed, and will be able to discharge eleven tons of projectiles per min ute from iheir 'main artillcrv. Corbett Slill After r'iHminfn. New Orleans. Feb. b f.lanics .1. Cor bett. who is tilling a theatrical engage ment here, says that provided a sulli cicnt purse is offered he will camel his present contract and agree to mtit 1'ilzsimi.eons again. Capital I ii i oh -! lo $10,000,000. I'etroit. Feb. 1. The Michigan Tel ephone company has tiled amended ar ticles of association which inciense tho capital stock to ."51ii.imki.ik K, divided in to IUO.Imki share of the par valu of ?10O each. Plan for American Negroes to Develop Rich Soudan Country Tac: ma. Wash., Feb II. int. partner of 1 i.e Kon in dexeloping the Korean L Leigh hi emperor .'old mines, river. Af- xxritcs from the I'iue Nib rica. lo director Ib-berts. of at Washington, an outline the Hunt f Hunt's project fur colonizing Ameiican ne-groe- in the Soudan along Ihe pdnc Nile. He denies the report that Hook er T. Washing!' n and President Iloosexelt are concerned in t lie moxe niont. He declares the agricultural resources of the Soudan, possessing JO.'ioo miles of river reaohe. will be almost unlimited when Lord Cromer TAFT AMD WRIGHT IN Ceremonies Take' Place on Opposite Sides of Earth. . SIMPLE AT CAPITAL An Elaborate Military Pageant Held at Manila. Washington. Feb. 1. At I he war de partment at noon today William 11. Taft. of Ohio, took the oath of oflice as secretary of xxar in Ihe presence of several members of the cabinet, the general staff and a number of per sonal friends. CereuionlttN at Manila. Manila. Feb. l.-tbix. Luke K. Wright and Vice ie.x ernor Henry C. Ide were inaugurated today. There was an im posing demons t rat ion. including a bril liant military pageant, about :.t)iii t roops being in line. LEAVE THE TURK BUT NOT FOR LONG Naval Squadron Goes to Maneuvers, hat Will Come Rack Keinforred. Washington. Feb. 1. The Ihiropeaii squadron, composed of the I'.rooklyn. San Francisco. Machias. and collier Alexander, now in Turkish ports, has been ordered to sail for t'ulebra to join in the combined naxal maneiixers about to ensue. It is stated the xx it hdrawa I of the fleet from Turkish xxaters -, a tem porary and at the conclusion of tho maneuvers it 'xxill return rin-ngly re inforced and prepared in make a more vigorous demonst'r:" i i. TILBURY ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL Chicago. Feb. I. .lames Tilbury, coachman of Mrs. Mollis l. Thur.-toii, x ho lis on trial sexeral days u t he charge of attempting to blackmail his employer, xxas Saturday night ac quitted by Oie jury. Mr. Thiir-loit charged I hat Tilbury had threatened her xxith a rool.er. ami declared that if she did not gi-.c him .-f I '.'..MHl lie xxouhi kill her. He si i o t Ii iea I elicd. she Declared, to pubP-h a large num ber of letters xi:ieh he said lie had reeeixed from her. During ihe hear ing of ihe case it xxas I.e.. light out Ihat Mi's. Thur'-ti.n had gom- on e-'en-ixe a ut i mobile lours .xiih I'ilbnrv a- chatfeiir. and the exideuce indicated that tl-cx had been registered as "Mr. i ii i Mr-, liordoii" at a hotel in Di.voii, III. KOREA RECALLS MINISTER TO THE CHINESE CAPITAL IVkin. Kcli. I. Mi Korean minister I ore lias bceji recal i I'cd a ii I xx ill lea x e IV k ill ill a f exx i la X s. The Korean legation continue- to rcceixc disquieting nexxs rega riling t he condition in Korea. COMMITTEE TO WHITEWASH DIETRICH IS SANCTIONED Washington. Feb. I. The senate, to la.x una iiimoii -!y pa- cd a resolution dt'-rcd by Dietrich providing Unit a eo in in : 1 1 1 .-In, ul . 1).- niiiiiijiiinl to in- cs tig-ate charges made again-t the senatoi ia Nebra-ka. EX-SECRETARY WHITNEY IN SERIOUS CONDITION New York. Feb. I. -William C Whit ney, former .-co rotary of the limy, xx ho xxas operated ou for appen iicitis, passed a xery poor night, ami today the surgeon said be xv a - by no meaus out of danger. completes th railroad he is building for :;oi) mile.-, from the I'pper Nile cataract to ihe l.'cil sea. The proline;- x'.i'l be x.heat. corn, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, millet, coffee a ml f ruit s. Hunt is enriea x oring to ooiixince Lord Cromer and liini-ninr Ceneral Wing-ate that negroes from America can play an important part in dexel oping the S-iailaii for l'iili-h elements. He xxants the moxement begun on ;t small scale. Director Jiobert-: Jus permitted the publication in thi city of the .'!.u-ao-xx ord letter covering Hunt's plan. ' ' X ... . J i