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MONDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 26, 1900.
MONDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
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NOW ITUUST GO.
Governor Will Take Another
i"Sby" at the Klondike.
To Suggest a Law That Will Do
the Work.
KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
Not Be Satisfied Until Dens Are
Eradicated.
Law Will Forbid Sale of Liquor
Near Soldiers' Home.
Governor Stanley has two years and
two months to serve the people of Kan
Baa as the chief executive. In this per
iod, and he hopes long before the ex
piration of it, he intends to suppress the
notorious Klondike at Leavenworth, if
the machinery of the stat is powerful
enough to do it.
The governor has made an effort to
drive the inhabitants of the Klondike
and the Pike out of the business of
preying upon the old soldier inmates
of the national home at Leavenworth,
but the processes of the present law are
Blow and apparently ineffectual.
This conclusion has caused the gov
ernor to make an investigation which he
believes will result in the enactment ol
a law making it a misdemeanor for
any person to have in his or her posses
sion within a prescribed distance of the
soldiers' home, liquor, beer or wine of
any kind.
"The only question in my mind now,"
said the governor to a State Journal re
porter, "is the constitutionality of such
a. law. I do not want to suggest such
a law and then discover that its provis
ion would not conform to the constitu
tion. However, I will at once investi
gate the subject to ascertain if there is
any provision of the constitution which
such a law would run counter to.
'ily plan to make it a misdemeanor
for any person to have within his or her
possession, liquor, beer or wine of any
kind, within a prescribed distance of the
home, will, pending the investigation
which I will make, be formulated and
made ready for recommendation W the
legislature.
"This Klondike is the worst evil we
have in Kansas. It must and will be
suppressed. I want the law so framed
that its provisions will extend to the
owners or lessees of the buildings in
that district. These buildings are there
for no other purpose than that for which
they are now used and I want the law
to provide punishments for the owners
and lessees aa well as the real offenders
by sales.
"A drastic law that will meet these
requirements will, in my opinion, prove
the most effectual method of driving
this nuisance out of existence.
"I will ask the assistance of the leg
islature and I believe the bodies, both
houses, will aid me to suppress this no
torious place. It is a disgrace to the
state; a disgrace to the county and a
curse to the inmates of the soldiers'
home."
The governor has been, on one or two
occasions, deceived as to the conditions
existing at the Klondike. Men whom he
trusted to report upon the progress of
affairs over there, notified the governor
that the law was being enforced and
that the violators had gone out of busi
ness. These reports were received
through various channels, but unpreju
diced investigations made by other per
sons resulted in the discovery that the
Klondike is always running in full
blast, especially is this true on pension
payment days.
The conditions there have become so
alarming and threatening that Gover
nor Rowland of the home has posted a
bulletin ordering the old soldiers to ke
out of the Klondike under penalty of ex
pulsion from the home.
This plan will no doubt w-ork effect
ually for the present, but there is a
question about the authority of the gov
ernor of the home to expel men from
ratronizing an evil which the state and
federal authorities do not cause to be
removed and suppressed.
Evidence has been freely offered offi
cials whose business it is to prosecute
these offenders by inmates of the home
and the officers of the home, each and
every one, could furnish convincing tes
timony concerning the Klondike. But
these men have never been summoned
as witnesses. The prosecutions which
have been made were entirely perfunctory.
The effort to drive the Klondikers out
of business was an ignominious failure
so far as the district is concerned, but
some individual dispensers of booze may
have been driven out.
The Klondike between the home and
Leavenworth and the Pike district be
tween the state prison and the soldiers'
home are still doing business. apparently
not noticing the interruptions which
took place by the prosecution of a num
ber of the most prosperous and defiant
of the saloonkeepers, but Governor
Stanley promises at near the close of his
first two years as governor of the state,
to suppress the notorious district, if the
machinery of the state of which the Re
publicans are in full control, can be
managed for the government of such
places as the Klondike and the Pike.
BRYAN ON THE FUTURE
Late Presidential Candidate Will
Speak on Jackson Day.
Chicago. Nov. 26. Before William J.
Bryan left for his home in Lincoln, Neb.,
It is said he gave assurances that he
would be present at tlie Jackson day
lianquet to be held in this city on Janu
ary 8.
Other speakers have not been selected,
but it is believed that one of them will
be Cato Sells of Iowa. Mr. Sells was
to have spoken at the last banquet, held
in the Tremont house, but as he was
alighting from the carriage that brought
him from the Sherman house, he slipped
end fell, so severely spraining his side
that he was confined to his bed in the
Tremont house during the remainder of
the evening and for several days fol
lowing. It is thought that at the coming ban
quet Mr. Bryan will declare himself on
the future of the party.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Nov. 26. Forecast for Kan
pas: Pair tonight and Tuesday; south
to west winds.
MLUIIXG THE ESD.
Testimony .For the Plaintiff in Bell
" ,,Xivorce Case.
The case of the plaintiff ' In' the Sells
divorce suit is nearhur ' .i end. A
glimpse at the small beginning from
which an immense business was DUilded
was afforded by two of the witnesses in
the Sells divorce case, who told what
they knew of the early history, both
personal and in a business way.of Peter
Sells, the millionaire showman.
James Anderson, who is now the su
perintendent of the. Columbus Transfer
company's business, was superintendent
of one of the small independent lines of
street railroad in Cleveland in 1860. The
road depended upon the ordinary shave
tail mule for motor energy, and did not
do a very large or very profitable busi
ness. One of the men whom Anderson hired'
to work on this line as conductor was
Peter Sells.the plaintiff in the now fam
ous divorce case. Sells attracted An
derson's attention by fidelity to duty
and energy while employed in this hum
ble position, and when Sells went to Co
lumbus Anderson kept track of him, and
later on followed him. The friendly
relations with which the two men be
gan their business life 40 years ago
have been maintained until the present.
John Joyce, the head of an enormous
wholesale dry goods business in Colum
bus, met Sells shortly after his removal
from Cleveland to Columbus. Peter and
his two brothers had but small capital,
and they proposed to turti it over as
rapidly as possible. They opened a dry
goods auction house, buying most of
their goods of the firm of Green, Joyce
& Co. The wholesalers soon learned that
the word of Peter Sells was good, and
trusted him implicitly in business mat
ters. While the relations between the
dry goods man and the circus magnate
are not as close as they once were, they
ere still characterized by the same cor
diality which marked them of old.
Even the dry goods auction house was
prefaced by a humbler beginning. When
the Sells brothers first began business on
their own hook they could spare none of
their money for rent. So they secured a
big wagon, and loading it with all man
ner of goods, from tin jewelry to cloth
ing, they backed it to the corner of
Fourth and Town streets in this city
every market morning. This wagon laid
the foundation of their fortunes.
First they sought permanent quarters,
and then having accumulated a little
capital went on the road with a wagon
show. It was a poor affair, that first
"bewildering aggregation." It just beat
the constable to. the end of the season.
But the boys had learned the game, and
have prospered mightily ever since.
With the adjournment of court the
second week of the trial ended. The
story of the past was repeated. The
plaintiff took every trick and added to
the weight of evidence piled up againsL
Mrs. Sells. The witnesses called by the
plaintiff did not materially add to the
strength of the case against the defend
ant, except that they chinked up every
loophole through which a shrewd lawyer
might find an avenue of escape. The
testimony merely strengthened that
which had gone before.
From a tactical standpoint Mrs. Sells
lost a big trick. So far as may be judg
ed from the tactics pursued by her law
yers, the defense has depended rather on
blackening Peter Sells' reputation than
upon proving the innocence of their cli
ent, in order to prevent the plaintiff se
curing a divorce.
To this end numerous charges against
Mr. Sells have been made in the plead
ings, one of which was that he took
Kliza Donahue, the housemaid at the
Sells place, to Chicago with him on a
trip, she assuming the name and posi
tion of Mrs. Sells.
The charge was knocked galleywest
and crooked. Miss Donahue's testimony
alone jarred the theory severely, and
she was also able to support it with
letters written by Mrs. Sells to her while
on the trip, showing that Mrs. Sells
knew all about the trip, and had no
thought that there was anything wrong.
Those who heard Miss Donahue's ex
planation and defense believe that what
ever of sympathy Mrs. Sells gained
through her abandonment by Harry
Lyons was lost today by the attack on
a helpless girl.
SIMPSON TO MOVE-
Ex-Populist Congressman Gets
More Land in Haskell.
Jerry Simpson has sold, so he says, his
Barber county ranch and invested in a
larger area of land in Haskell county.
"I am going to move my family and
cattle out there,"he said to a State Jour
nal reporter, "and grow up with the
country.
"I have no intention," continued Simp
son, "of moving out of western Kansas.
I am interested in a commission com
pany at Kansas City and hope to be
present when the profits, if there are
any. are divided, but I am not going to
go into Kansas City as a steady thing.
I prefer the prairies to the hills."
SUSPICIOUS OF US.
Governments Refuse to Grant
Coaling Stations to U. S.
New York, Nov. 26. Four govern
ments, says the Washington correspond
ent to the Herald, have been requested
to authorize the United States to estab
lish coaling stations on their territory,
and a fifth is to be approached.
Because of the importance of domi
nating the termini of the projected Nica
ragua canal, the authorities are anxious
that the navy shall have convenient
bases from which to operate for the de
fense of the waterway. It has there
fore been trying to acquire the Danish
West Indies and sites on the isthmus at
Chiriqui Lagoon and the Gulf of Dolce,
and one of the islands of the Galapa
gos group. Up to this time its efforts
have not met with success, but during
the next few weeks it is proposed to
renew the attempts.
In the case of the Galapagos islands,
Kcuador was seemingly suspicious of the
purpose of the United States, and flatly
refused. In naval circles there is ap
parently no anxiety with respect to these
islands, the principal object of the sub
mission of the proposition, to display an
interest in the gioup and prevent Ger
many or Great Britain from acquiring it,
having been attained.
American interests in China will re
quire, in the opinion of naval officials,
the maintenance of a strong fleet in Chi
nese waters, and Rear Admiral Brad
for is anxious to locate a coal pile at
Che Foa Such station would be with
in the circle of American influence, con
sidering Manila as the center.
INHARMONIOUS.
Minister Conger's Relations
With the Administration
Hare Become Strained, In the
Chinese Matter.
HE WILL COME HOME
His Tiews on the Situation Are
Too Radical
And Their Lake of Endorsement
Displeases Him.
New York, Nov. 26. A Washington
dispatch to the World says:
Minister Conger will probably return
to the United States. His relations with
the administration have not been har
monious since the relief of Pekin. Mr.
Conger advocates measures which the
president regards as too radical, and has
not taken kindly to the fact that his
views have not been indorsed at Wash
ington. JAPAN HOLDS THE KEY.
New York, Nov. 26. Recent develop
ments in the Chinese situation, says a
Washington special to the Herald, show
that Japan's decision will determine
whether the vengeance policy of Ger
many shall be adopted or rejected.
Her vote in favor of a policy of mod
eration will, in the opinion of officials,
go far toward solving the present prob
lem. Great Britain, Germany, Austria,
and Italy favor presenting to the Chi
nese peace commissioners a demand for
the imposition, of severe penalties upon
the authors of the boxer outrages. The
United States, Russia and France are
opposed to asking more than the Chi
nese government can reasonably grant.
Japan's course in China convinces offi
cials at Washington that she under
stands the folly of asking the imperial
government to make concessions which
would at once show its weakness and,
renew the conflict. Therefore it is be
lieved that the Tokio government will
support a policy of moderation.
A diplomat of high standing In the
corps of European representatives said
lately that Secretary Hay's note had
once more shown Europe that the Unit
ed States purposes to obtain renewed
assurances in line with those already
given or segregate the power or powers
which have allowed ambition to smother
their unselfish purpose.
GERMAN FLAG ON THE WALL.
Berlin, Nov. 26. A dispatch received
here from Field Marshal Count voa
Waldersee, dated November 24, says Col.
Mneclenfel's expedition has hoisted the
German flag over the great wall, which
was reached November 22, by way tn
Hay-Ling-Cheng, after a difficult moun
tain march.
The disDatch adds that the Frencn
have had a severe fight with boxers, 30
kilometers south of Pao Ting Fu.
AGREEMENT REACHED AT PEKIN.
Washington, Nov. 26. The state de
partment has been informed of the
agreement or understanding for making
a preliminary treaty (it is not possible to
learn in just what form the matter
stands) reached by the foreign ministers
at Pekin, but it is not regarded as ex
pedient to give out for publication at
this time any detailed information re
garding it. It may be stated, however,
that the arrangement stands a very poor
chance of receiving the sanction of all
the powers represented in the Pekin con
ference unless some material amend
ments are permitted.
Just what the objectionable features
are can only be surmised in view of the
adverse decision of the authorities re
specting publication. But, accepting as
accurate the statement from Pekin that
the basis of the agreement is to be
found in the French note, it is easy to
perceive that there are no less thau two
points, which if included in their origi
nal shape, would not meet with the un
qualified approval of this government.
For instance, the president expressly re
served his opinion as to the proposition
that the Taku forts be dismantled. He
also withheld his approval of the French
proposition that there be a permanent
military occupation at two or three
points on the road between Tien Tsin
and Pekin.
There were several points to which the
assent of the United States .was given,
namely providing for the punishment of
the guilty Chinese who may be designa
ted by the representatives of the powers
at Pekin; for the collection of equitable
mdemnities (and in this connection our
government suggested a reference of the
subject to The Hague tribunal) and fin
ally for the maintenance of a legation
guard at Pekin.
The latter, however, was to be tempor
ary until congress acted on the mat
ter. Unless the ministers at Pekin have
made a very substantial change in the
requirements of the French note, there
fore, it may be predicted that our gov
ernment will feel obliged to seek to
make some alterations in the arrange
ment before it gives its adherence.
There is some reason to believe that
the indemnity proposition has taken
such an excessive form as to make it
impossible for the Chinese government
to meet the demand and this fact, taken
in connection with the unreasonable de
mands of some of the powers respecting
punishments,may oblige our government
to endeavor to have the demands moder
ated. There are indications, too, that
in these efforts our government is to re
ceive the support of one of the most
powerful of the governments represented
at the Pekin conference and one which
has generally been supposed of late to
have favored ah extreme position. Dr.
von Hollenben, the German ambassador,
who recently returned to Washingin,
after an absence, since last spring, call
ed at the state department today and
had a long interview with Secretary
Hay, supposedly with reference to Chi
nese matters, among other things.
ALBAUGH WILL TAKE IT.
Decides to Accept Position of State
Bank Commissioner.
A dispatch from Kingman states that
Morton Albaugh has decided to accept
the office of state bank commissioner.
The news coming from Albaugh's
home town and with it the announce
ment that the place had been tendered
by the governor. Indicates that Mr. Al
baugh is authority for the statement
of what the governor has done and of
what Albaugh expects to do.
With the official character of this
Kingman announcement in mind other
candidates will, at once, realize that
there is no chance for them to land this
place.
A TW0-ST0RY STREET.
Novel Scheme of Galleries and Bridges
Originated by Chjarles Sickens.
London, Nov.26. The proposal to have
the new great thoroughfare from Hol
born to the Strand constructed with two
rows of stores, one abpve the other, with
a raised iron work footway, half cover
ed, in addition to themrdinary road lev
el sidewalk, is attracting widespread
public support. There would be light
iron bridges thrown across at the inter
secting streets on the upper level, as
well as over the majn thoroughfare at
convenient distance Sir Frederick
Bramwell secured credit for this scheme,
but it is now shown that Charles Dick
ens suggested precisely a similar one ia
1S64.
50'GENTCORN.
Speculator Phillips Has Market
Under His Thumb.
Chicago, Nov. 26.-f-During the fore
noon today November corn, the visible
supply of which has been cornered by
George H. Phillips, sold twice at 50
cents. Mr. Phillips having been sus
tained by the board committee in re
jecting for contract : corn, new corn
which had gone through a drying pro
cess, and encouraged by the small re
ceips of corn of a grade which may
be delivered on contracts, was quoted
today as asserting his entire confidence
that he controls the; market.
The market opened one cent higher
than the close Saturday, the first bid
being 46 cents per buehel. .This was bid
by Mr. Phillips and within an hour and
a half the price went to 50 cents. At
this figure the young speculator made
two sales aggregating 100,000 bushels.
The price bid following the first sale at
50 cents was 49c, but as no corn was
forthcoming the next bid was at the
top figure. A little plater Mr. Phillip3
let out a small line a 48 cents.
There are but four! days more before
the expiration of the! time limit for the
delivery of corn on November contracts
and shorts by their Inervousness today
showed their appreciation of the fact.
It is stated that tha man in whose
power they are, however, has no desire
to "squeeze" them with any severity.
That he could do so, sending the price
soaring, is generally believed.
POLICE HAVE HIM.
Man Charged With Four Years
of Systematic Swindling.
New York, Nov. 26. Henry Seelig, al
leged to be a swindler and a fugitive
from justice for four years, has been ar
rested here and held at police headquar
ters. He will be arraigned in the court
of general sessions today to answer com
plaints -from persons scattered all over
the country.
Four years ago, it is charged as "B.
Blank" he did business in this city, ob
taining goods worth more than half a
million dollars, which he disposed of for
what he could get, making no returns
therefor. He is believed to have made a
clear profit that year of J500.000. The
first day after the police took charge of
his office that year letters came from 772
business firms, calling for settlement of
overdue claims.
Later Seelig was in Brooklyn and still
later in several of the large cities in the
west. Capt. McCluskey suspects that he
or his associates are even now running a
swindle with headquarters in Chicago.
He said that his arrest was an out
rage and that he was the victim of
mistaken identity. When taken to police
headquarters he said that his name was
Heinrich Seeley. He gave his age as 46
years and refused to say where he lived.
He was locked up without any informa
tion having been obtained from him. The
police are now attempting to trace his
brother and a man named Matzner.
KITCHENER'S PROMOTION.
Zs Made Commander-in-Chief of Brit
ish Forces in Africa.
New York, Nov. 26. According to the
London correspondent of the Tribune, a
proclamation has already been printed
appointing Lord Kitchener to the csm-mandership-in-chief
of the British forces
in South, Africa in succession to Lord
Roberts, but, owing to the postpone
ment of the departure of the field mar
shal for home, it has not yet been made
public. The proclamation will be is
sued immediately after Lord Roberts
can fix a definite date for his return.
It is expected that he will relinquish
the command about December 20, and
in the event of Lord Methuen not com
ing back until the operations are fin
ished it is said that Lord Kitchener will
receive the temporary rank of general
in addition to the substantiative one of
lieutenant general.
If a statement that the treasury ob
jects to a request by Lord Roberts for
20,000 more troops on. the ground of ex
pense should be verified, there will be a
howl of indignation from all parts of
the country. The average Englishman
has the utmost faith in Lord Roberts,
and would prefer to have his wishes
carried out, no matter what the cost
might be.
British veterans in comfortable cor
ners of military clubs in London consider
that the war has been over for some
time, but that truth has not been rec
ognized by Lord Roberts, who continues
to issue long bulletins day after day,
which are posted in the war office and
transferred to the newspapers. Some of
the most astute officers in London state
that his policy will be abandoned as soon
as General Kitchener succeeds to the
command. - There will be a proclamation
affirming that the Dutch territories are
completely occupied and at peace, and
there will be a suspension of the daily
bulletins from headquarters recording
petty skirmishes and insignificant acts
of brigandage, which can not be classed
as incidents of real warfare. Such po
lice work as remains will pass without
observation, and the Boers themselves
will be convinced that the war is at an
end when they perceive that there is no
longer any notice taken of what goes on
there.
Mountain Climber Goes West.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 26. Edward
Whymper, the famous mountain clim
ber of the Royal Geographical society
of London, has arrived here. He pro
poses to ascend all the notable moun
tain peaks on the Pacific coast not al
ready climbed, among them Mount
Baker and the Lions of Vancouver.
SPECIFICCIIARGES
To Be Formulated Against Eng
land by Oom Paul
For Violation of the Code of Civ
ilized Warfare.
POLICY OF ROBERTS
Inaugurating
Reconcentrado
Methods is the Basis.
The President Spends Sunday
In His Hotel.
New York, Nov. 26. According to a
dispatch from Paris to the Journal and
Advertiser from Michael Davitt, Presi
dent Kruger, the British press learns,
is likely to follow up the line taken in
his pronouncement at Marseilles, by
formulating specific charges of the
breach of the code of civilized
warfare on the part of Lord
Roberts in instructing his - officers
to resort to reconcentrado methods in
the effort to entirely crush Boer resist
ance. KRUGER SFES THE SIGHTS.
Paris, Nov. 26. Dr. Leyds, the diplo
matic agent of the Transvaal, visited
the French minister of foreign affairs,
M. Delcasse, today.
Mr. Kruger took a long drive during
the afternoon in a landau. He was ac
companied by his grandson and escort
ed by police officials and mounted
guards. He traversed the boulevard Des
Capucines and the Champs Elysees and
entered the exposition grounds. There
he ascended the Eiffel tower to the sec
ond story, where M. Picard, the director
general, showed Mr. Kruger the prin
cipal buildings of the exposition and the
monuments of Paris.
Mr. Kruger stopped and gazed at his
own bust, which was profusely dec
orated with flowers and other tributes
of admiration. Behind the bust was a
Bible, lying open, and Mr. Kruger read
a verse from it. He afterward examined
the Boer farm and stopped for a few
moments before a portrait of Colonel
Deville Bois-Marieul, the French officer
who was killed in South Africa, while
lighting with the Boers. Thence he con
tinued his drive to Bois de Boulogne and
back to his hotel. He . was warmly
greeted along the route. Later Mr.
Kruger received various delegations at
his hotel.
KHUGEB, STAYED AT HOME.
Boer President Spent Sunday Quietly
in His Hotel in Paris.
Paris, Nov. 26. Air. Kurger passed
Sunday with his family at the Hotel
Scribe, observing the Sabbath in ac
cordance with the customs of his father
land. His apartments were closed 1o
visitors and he remained with them, in
dulging himself in perfect rest.
Although the boulevards were alive to
a late hour Saturday night with merry
makers and singing songs the Hotel
Scribe was cordoned, and the revellers
did not disturb his rest.
Sunday morning found him quite re
covered from the fatigue. After an
early breakfast he conferred with Dr
Leyds. There being no church of his
own denomination in Paris, he held a
private service in his apartments, sur
rounded by his entourage. Mr. Kruger
read a portion of scripture, and a mem
ber of his suite read a sermon prepared
in advance. The oBer statesman ex
pressed a desire to have an organ to
assist the singing but this could not be
obtained.
At an early hour free circulation was
resumed in the streets about the hotel,
whose only guardians, two policemen,
stood on either side of the principal en
trance. The number of passers-by was
not greater than the ordinary Sunday
crowd. Toward 3 p. m., however, pedes
trians increased, and along the boule
vard came 10(5 shouting and singing
boys. Their advent increased the enthus
iasm, which was rapidly worked up, and
the streets began to fill. Cheers for Mr.
Kruger began, and the police immediate
ly established a cordon about the hotel.
Several companies of Republican guards
quickly arrived.
In half an hour the scene resembled
the of Saturday. Responding to cries
and plaudits Mr. Kruger came for a mo
ment upon the balcony, accompanied by
his granddaughters. Again at 5 o'clock
the tumult was such that he reappeared,
but only for a moment.
During the afternoon and early even
ing, there was no falling off in the num
ber of spectators. It was 10 o'clock be
fore the people had sufficiently disap
peared to permit the circulation of car
riages. Some manifestations of an unimport
ant character occurred during the af
ternoon in front of the offices of the
Libre Parole and the Intransigeant, but
the police quickly dispersed the demon
strators, arresting some who had utter
ed anti-British cries.
Many cards were left at the Hotel
Scribe during the- day, among them
those of M. Delcasse, minister of foreign
affairs, and other high officials of the
foreign office.
No decision it is understood has been
reached as to when Mr. Kruger will
leave Paris. According to the best in
formation obtainable this eyening he
will remain here until Wednesday even
ing or Thursday morning. It is said
that he will go directly to Holland, not
stopping in Belgium, where he may go
later on.
GOVERNOR'S AUTOGRAPH.
His Letter of Congratulation to Gen
O. O. Howard.
Governor Stanley today wrote the fol
lowing upon a sheet which Is to be a part
of an autograph letter book to be pre
sented to Gen. O. O. Howard by his
friends:
"Now that the contest Is over and
Kansas is back to her first love, I de
sire to extend to you my thanks for
your services, which contributed so
largely to the result."
This book will contain all kind? of
letters and communications, tending
towards a glorification of General How
ard's career.
Discovered Gold in California.
Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 26. Henry W.
Bigler, who made the first record of the
great California gold discovery in 1848
is dead at St. George, Utah. He was
about 75 years old. Bigler was a mem
ber of the Mormons, working at Sutter's
Mill Race when the discovery wasmade.
He made the following entry in his
diary January 24, 1848: "This day some
kind of metal was found in the mill race
that looks like gold." Six days later he
wrote in his diary that the metal when
tested proved to be gold.
A FOOTBALL TAX LEVY.
City of Lebanon, I1L, Demands Fee
From McKendree College.
Lebanon, 111., Nov. 26. Perhaps the
first attempt on record to levy a tax up
on football is to be made by the city of
Lebanon. The municipal authorities
have decided that under the city's ordi
nances the game is taxable and are
making arrangements to collect the tax.
Acting under instructions from Mayor
Horner, City Marshal Eliot has officially
notified Manager Zerweck of the Mc
Kendree college eleven that before he
can play his game here Saturday he
must pay into the city treasury a fee or
tax of $3. The ordinance under which
the city seeks to recover the tax Is the
one usual in cities and towns, providing
that public entertainments for gain
shall be taxed certain license fees.
The football men claim their gate
charges are solely for the payment of
expenses and that their public games
are not for gain. They therefore deny
that the ordinance applies to football
games and absolutely refuse to pay the
demanded fees. Unless the city recedes
from its position there will be a lively
contest, as the college football men' de
clare they will fight the ordinance In
every court in the state.
A SOMAUlSlflG.
4,000 Native Africans Go On
the War Path.
Zanzibar, Nov. 26. The Somalia have
risen in Jubaland, a province of British
East Africa. About 4,000 well armed
men are on the war path. Sub-Commissioner
Jenner, who has been on a tour
inland with a small force is said to
have been attacked. His position la
grave.
It is doubtful whether he will be able
to return safely to the seaport.Kismayn.
Reinforcements from Mombasa have
been sent to Klsmayn.
TALE OF A TRUST.
Banana Growers Revolt at Unjust
Treatment Received
New York, Nov. 25. The Journal of
Commerce says:
A conference has been held between
the committee representing Independent
banana growers of Nicaragua and J.La
Motte Morgan and others, to discuss
plans for relief from alleged unjust
treatment by the United Fruit company.
The committee consists of S. W. Setton
and Frank Turner, of Rama, Blueflelds
river, Nicaragua. Mr. Morgan, formerly
of Birmingham, Ala., but now of this
city, was identified with the sale to the
company of Nicaraguan interests at the
time it was formed. He is at present
interested in a movement, which may
result in the establishment of a direct
steamship line from Nicaragua inde
pendent of the company. The attendance
at the meeting was small, and western
Jobbers who were expected were not
present. No definite and final action was
taken at the meeting.
. The complaints made against the Uni
ted Fruit company, or its distributor.the
Fruit Despatch company, are, among
others:
That the company has gradually in
creased prices until they are from 50 to
75 per cent higher than when the com
pany secured practical control of the
trade; that prices are so high that Job
bers cannot handle the fruit without
loss; that dealers are obliged to sign
contracts which, while binding on them
are not binding on the company; that
jobbers seldom know the price of the
fruit until they get the bills; that the
company has reduced importations un
til the supply is not sufficient to meet
the demand.
One of those present at the meeting
said that the committee had been ap
proached by New York representatives
of financial interests in London to es
tablish a direct steamship service, inde
pendent of the United Fruit company,
from Nicaragua to this or other Ameri
can ports. No definite decision has been
arrived at, however, it is said, since the
capitalists referred to wish first to con
sult their London nouse.
A rather interesting feature in con
nection with the. conference is that al
though the Nicaraguan committee came
ostensibly to consult with the Western
Banana Jobbers association, no mem
bers of that association were present,
and this part of the committee's pro
gramme seems to have been dropped. Tha
New York jobbers are not organized as
are the western Jobbers, and seemingly
are not in very great sympathy with
this movement against the company.
The western Jobbers are among the chief
complainants against the United Fruit
company, and its adjunct, the Fruit
Despatch company.and have already ta
ken steps to establish a steamship ser
vice whereby they can Import their own
fruit independently. Western Jobbers
are, perhaps, more dependent upon the
company and its distributors than are
the local Jobbers, which may account
for the comparative indifference of the
latter in this movement. There Is some
competition in the banana import trade
here.
It is rumored that the Arbuckles have
established some sort of a connection
with the United Fruit company at New
Orleans affecting their sugar interests,
and that the American Jiugar Refining
company may become interested In the
new independent steamship enterprise,
with the object of competing with the
Arbuckles and thus becoming a formi
dable rival to the United Fruit com
pany. FAST MAIL RECORD.
Union Pacific Train Travels 154 Miles
in 150 Minutes.
Omaha, Nov. 26. The Union Pacific
fast mail made a record of more than
a mile a minute for 150 miles from
Grand Island to Omaha today.
The train was two hours late at Grand
Island and Engineer Johnson announced
that he would bring the train to Omaha
only a half hour late. The first stop was
at Columbus, and the 62 miles interven
ing were covered in exactly one hour, or
more than a mile a minute. The run to
Fremont, 44 miles, consumed 46 minutes.
Johnson had held in reserve the best
speed of his engine for the home stretch.
Through the open country the train at
tained a speed that made a mile a min
ute look like a freight train schedule.
The customary stop was made at South
Omaha, and slackened speed was neces
sary from South Omaha into Omaha,
but even at that the distance of 46 miles
between Fremont and Omaha was made
in 46 minutes.
The fast mail was delivered at the
Council Bluffs transfer Just 27 minutes
late. One hour and 40 minutes bad been
made up from Grand Island into Omaha,
and the entire distance of 154 miles was
made in 150 minutes.
Sugar Goes Up Again.
New York, Nov. 26. The National
Sugar Refining company has advanced
, their list for refined sugars five points.
UNITED STATES
IVILUHSIST.
American Charge d'Affaircs at
Constantinople
Will Again Urge' Granting of an
Exequatur
TO CONSUL AT 1IARF00T
Refusal Based on Charge That
He Bore False Witness.
Battleship Kentucky Will Add
Her Persuasive Towers.
New York, Nov. 26. The Constant!
iople correspondent of the Iterliner
Tageblatt, says a Herald, dispatch from.
Berlin, states that the reason why the
Porte refused an exequatur to the newly
appointed United States consul at Har
poot la because when, a missionary he
showed himself unfriendly to the Turks
and Bpread untrue stories about rms
sacres. The connul v. ill, however, Jn,
spite of the decision of the Port.e, leave
for Harpoot to take up his new dutl-t.
As the Ames-lean battleship Kentucky
is on her way to Smyrna, It Is extremely
probable than the Porte will give way.
A Washington dispatch to the Herald
says:
Mr. Griscom, the charge d'affaires In
Constantinople, will urne the subllmrt
porte to issue an exequatur la order
that Dr. Thomas H. Norton may enter
upon his duties as consul at Harpoot aa
promptly as possible.
HONEY TO FIGHT JOINTS
Peoplo of Rice County Are Rais
ing 50,000.
The people of Rico county are raising
150.000 with which to make a fight on
violators of the prohibitory law. Thin
money is secured by individual dedges.
$35,000 having already been subMCrthed.
A mass meeting Is to be held at Sterling
tonight to raise the balance.
The pledges are held subject to as
sessment. The executive committee of
five business men has charge of the busi
ness, and when a conviction is sevun-1
the attorneys will be mid one-half their
fee; the balance to bo. paid hm tin
convicted person completes the jail
sentence.
One per cent. Is the rate of the nuw
ment which the KubwiiU-rs are t pay,
and JuOO is now available for pi'twwu
tions. This is the second Kanwm county to
plan thif proceeding- to drive the jolnt
ists out of business. Marlon county wmi
the first to adopt It, having two yinri
ago raised H6.0O0 in pledges, aculiwt
which there has been levied one a.-e-ment.
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MANSFIELD'S KISS.
Offends Actress Katharine Grey aud
Makes Her Sic-.
New York, Nov. 26. Professional re
lations between Miss Katharine Grey and
Richard Mansfield are said to have ter
minated by a kiss, the exact nature f
which lias not yet been disclosed, it
will, however, undoubtedly be revealed
to the public so soon as the putt brought
by Miss Grey to recover $3,500 damage
from Mr. Mansfield's company for al
leged breach, of contract Is brought to
trial.
Miss Grey made a contract to perform
in Mr. Mansfield's company on tM-ptem-ber
29, 18MS. for a season of thirty wwks,
for which she was to receive $l'i weekly.
On account of the; treatment whs re
ceived at his hands she says that she
was prevented from fulfilling the con
tract. After her suit was brought by A. 11.
Hummel, her counsel, Mr. Mansfield
thought her complaint was very metigt-r.
in that It did not Secll'y the acts and
conduct on his part w hich prevented, her
from performing. An amended com
plaint, more specific in its detail, pre
pared by Mr. Hummel, bus just been
served on the actor, containing di-rliun-tions
concerning himself, to which lie H
likely to give some consideration. It
contains one paragrtiph nbout Inn objec
tionable style of kissing on the nl;ige. to
which Mis Grey took exception, Bim
appeared in one of tho l-aoing roles ln
the "First Violin." in which Mr. Muns
field was the star. The I'haractcr she pr
formed required her to permit him to
kisa her.
She complains that n the evening of
December 26 last, the day before she ter
minated her contract with him. in the
scene in which he kissed her, "ln tho
said act of kissing the fmid lik-hurl
Mansfield performed the wme in a rml.
indecent and insulting a maimer that
this plaintiff became humlllnt-d and be
came seriously ill and shocked, m that
she required medical aid and attend
ance.'' Just what this kls was the actre
does not explain; neither does pho way
whether she has a preference for any
particular style of kin. Hut when th
ca-x come to trial she will lMail it all
to the jury. She alw complains that t'r
some time before she wa compiled to
leave the company she refuwd to accent
undue attention from him or to allow
him familiarities with hej-. and sh- im
subjected to abuse, and often, while shi
was before the audience on the stas",
he, with an actre-; memivT of the ctnn
pany, used to it in the wing nd dis
turb her by mocking and miml knug her.
so that she became, nervous and was
unable to take her part.
At one period of the con t met. Mlt
Grey states, Mr. Mansfield refuse-1 to
appear on the stage with her. and shu
was told the contract was terminate.!,
but she refused to accept the dir-mtsKaJ.
STRUCK OX T11K CURB.
Miss Lydia Wineert the Victim of a
Painful Accident.
Miss Lydia Wlne-crt waf phlnfully In
jured Sunday morning by falling from a
buegy.
Miss Wingeit drove to the Catholic
church to attend service. Fhe attempt
ed to alifiht from the carriage In front
of the church. Her feet cauttlt as ah".
attempted to jump to the ground and
she fell, striking her head on the curb
stone. A deep gash was cut In her fore
head. The wound is painful but Is not
i thought to be dunt-roua.