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THE MINNEAPOLIS -^tQTIRNAIi
PRICE TWO CENTS.
HAY WARNS
THE CHINESE
His Note on the Manchuria
Agreement.
NO SECRJET TREATIES
£ xtreme Danger to China in the
Proposed Convention.
AGREEMENT IS NOT YET SIGNED
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sited States Insists on the ''Open
' ~r Door" Whatever the Out
come May Be.
■Washington. March 23.—The crisis in the
ffclnese question, brought about through
the expiration of the period allowed for
the signature by China of the Manchurian
agreement, mas the principal topic before
the cabinet to-day. The conviction ob
tained that the United States had dono
all that it could properly do to prevent
this arrangement, and to make clear the
complete ilisapproval for thi9 sort of secret
treaty-making it was decided to give out
the following instructions sent to the rep
resentatives of the United States in Ber
lin, Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, Tokio
«nd St. Petersburg:
Department of State, Washington, March 1,
3901.—The following memorandum, which
was handed to the Chinese minister on Feb.
18, Is transmitted to you for your information
aud communication to the government to
which you are accredited:
"Th* preservation of the territorial integ
rity of China having been recognized by all
the powers now engaged in joint negotiation
concerning the injuries recently inflicted t-.pon
Their ministers and nationals by certain offi
cials and subjects of the Chinese empire, it
is evidently advantageous to China to con
tinue the present international understanding
upon this subject.
"It would be, therefore, unwise and dan
gerous in the extreme for China to make any
arrangement or to consider any proposition
of a private nature involving the surrender
of territory or financial obligations by con
vention with any particular power, and the
government of the United States, aiming
solely at the preservation of China from the
danger indicated, end the conservation of the
largest and most beneficial relations between
the empire and other countries in accord
ance with the principles set forth in Its
< ircular note of July 3, 1900, and in a purely
friendly spirit toward the Chinese empire
and- all the powers now inter°sted in the
negotiations, desires to express its sense of
ihc- impropriety, inexpediency, and cv v ex
treme danger to the interests of China of
considering any piivate territorial or financial
•arrangements at least without the full knowl
edge and approval of all the powers now en
gaged in negotiation. —Hay."
Pledged to "Open Door."
Russia stands pledged to acord to rhe
United States the "'open door" if she takes
control of Manchuria.
The administration believes that the se
cret agreement between Russia and China
is in violation of the sDlrlt if not the let
ter of the general understanding to which
all the powers subscribed last summer,
and the United States government is pre
pared to use all moral suasion and in
fluence to prevent its consummation. Fur
ther than that, however, this government
is not prepared to go.
NOT SIGNED YET
The Britltih Foreign Office Does Xot
Know What Will Be Done.
London, March 26.—The foreign office
and the Chinese ministry informed the
Associated Press at 6:15 p, m. that the
Manchurian treaty had not been signed,
according to their latest advices to-day.
Whether it would be signed or not they
■were unable to say.
OPEX DOOR STANDS
United State* Will Xot Recognize
Manchuria Treaty.
New York, March 28.—According to a
Washington special to the Tribune, the
United States has just declined to enter a
protest agiinst the seizure of Manchuria
by Russia, although approached by other
powers and warned by them that the con
summation of the negotiations to-day in
St. Petersburg would insure the dismem
berment of the Chinese empire and prob
ably lead to war in the Orient.
The United States government rests its
commercial rights on its emphatic declara
tions in Secretary Hay's first note regard
ing the "open door" in China.
No longer ago than Feb. 15 Secretary
Hay warned China that it would be unwise
and dangerous to have separate or secret
negotiations with any single power, such
as the Manchurian agreement, and gave
notice that the United States would not
recognize the validity of such treaties. On
March 1 a circular quoting this warning
was sent to all interested powers.
WON'T BACK CHIXA
Powers Are Xot Prepared for
Trouble With Russia.
Washington, March 26. — The Chinese
minister, Wu, has received no word from
Peking as to the action on the Manchurian
agreement, although this is the day China
must sigu or reject it. The signing is
likely to take place at St. Petersburg in
stead of Peking.
The Chinese representations to the vari
ous powers have not been so much by way
of protest as of inquiry whether the great
powera would support China if she refused
io sign the agreement with Russia. These
inquiries show that while the cowers do
not approve the agreement they are not
ready to commit themselves to backing up
'"hina in the consequent breach between
Russia and China.
Pay in Twenty 1 ears.
Peking, March 20.—The annual revenue of
China aggregates about $65,000,000 gold. The
total increase could be made to amount to
i 150,000,000. If the imperial expenses could
be reduced to $45,000,000 there would be left
available for the liquidation of the Interest
<vi loans and the Indemnity fund $105,000,000..
It would be possible to pay the indemnity
"within twenty years.
Appeal to Great Britain.
London. March 2S.—The Chinese minister,
Sir Chin Chen Lo Fetig Luh, has urged the
British government to bring pressure to bear
to prevent Rvssia from securing the signature
of the Manchurian agreement.
The Chinese appeals for support have failed
to produce any direct remonstrances from
Great Britain or apparently any other power
to Sr. Petersburg.
"War Now or Later.
London, March 26.—Mr. Mateui, first secre
tary of the Japanese legation, says:
"With Japan it Is a question now whether
we are to fight Russia now or later. Japan
has no reason to be afraid as to the result.
.Many reasons ocour to the average Japanese
mind in favor of forcing at the present mo
ment a struggle which must come even
tually."
Regiment Goes to Japan.
Peking. March 26.—A Japanese re*i«ient is
starting to-day for Japan.
INDEPENDENCE
WITH LIMITS
Congressman Stevens' Views
on Cuba.
RETURNS FROM HAVANA
Absolute Independence Would End
in Revolution.
HE IS OPPOSED TO RECIPROCITY
Plait Amendment Will Be Accepted
„„ by the Convention, lie
Tfrlnka.
Front The Journal Bureau. Room 4S, Pott
Building, Washington.
Washington, March 26. —Representative
Stevens i eturned to Washington to-day
from Cuba, where he went with Mrs.
Stevens soon after the inauguration. He
attended sessions of constitutional con
vention, heard General Miles' address to
that body and had talks with citizens of
high and low degree. He says:
From my brief observation I think the
Platt resolution wi!! be accepted by the con
vention, with some suggested modification?,
and a demand will be made for reciprocity
with the United States, i am uot in favor
of reciprocity, but I believe the United States
should live up to the Tefler resolution, guar
anteeing the Island independence, as modi
fled by the Platt amendment to the army bill.
In our tariff relations we should uot discrim
inate in favor of Cuba Just because we hap
pen to have freed her from bondage. We
should put her on an equal footing with
Germany or any ether European country.
The. Cubans should not have absolute inde
pendence. The Platt amendment Is as far
as the" United States should go at present
In granting absolute freedom of government.
That may be modified as conditions warrant.
If absolute independence were given the
people now, the United States troops with
drawn, and some oue of their number placed
at the head of such a government as wss
established, there would be a revolution in
six months. Now there is no talk of revolu
tion, because every one on the island Is busy,
lr. six months trade would fall flat in the
absence of reciprocity with us, discontent
would grow rampant and the government
would be overthrown.
The islanders who are really oppoped to the
Platt amendment are business men and plant
ers. To the Americans they say they are 'n
favor of it. To the Cubans they say the op
posite and urge its rejection. There is no
doubting the hostility to the Americans, and
the acceptance of the amendment is look?.l
upon as a means of gradually getting rid of
our rule.
Mr. Stevens will remain in Washington
until Saturday. While here he will look
up some things in the department which
were asked for by his constituents in his
absence. He will be in St. Paul early next
week.
WaNhhiKton Small Talk.
O. S. Aspevig was to-day appointed post
master at Voss, Becker county, Minu.
Representative Fletcher will leave for home
to-morrow, arriving there Friday.
Representative McCleary has recommended
the establishment of a rural free delivery
route at Granada,. Martin county.
If substantial encouragement can be ob
tained from congress it is the intention of
the Indian officials to enlarge the Indian
school at Pipestone, Minn., and ultimately
convert it into a large industrial school in
connection with the course of studies now
provided at that institution.
Representative Stevens to-day expressed
surprise that State Senator Hiler Horton had
not been appointed a member of the Spanish
claims commission. When he left Washing
ton two weeks ago he thought it settled that
Horton was to have the place. He says no
suggestion has been made of another place
for the St. Paul seuator.
COUNCILS OF MINNESOTA
ROYAL ARCAMM AT MAXKATO
Increase of Nearly One Thousand in
.Membership in a Year and
a Quarter.
Special to The Journal.
Mankato, Minn., March 26.— Th£ grand
council of th*- Royal Arcanum, jurisdic
tion of Minnesota, is meeting in Mankato.
and about 125 delegates grand officers and
viators are in attendance. A special train
ever the Great Western, arriving at 11
a. m., brought the twin city c ontingent
which was met at the station by the Man
kato council and escorted to the hall.
. The meeting is preciued over by Grand
Regent Robert M. McKenny of Minneapolis,
who said the past year was one to feel
proud of, as there had been a general in
crease in the membership. Minnehaha and
Cataract councils of Minneapolis and the
eDs Moines valley council of Windom had
made a splendid growth and were particu
larly complimented. Since Jan. 1 the
Windoin council alone and unaided had
ma-le a gain of over 147 per cent in its
neiiibership. Councils had been organized
during <he year at Albert Lea with a
chaiier mebcrship c! thirty-eight and at
Winoa with thirty-five. One was to be or
ganized in a fow days at Staples. Two—
Melrose anc Interurbi.n councils of St.
Paul—surrendered their charters during
the year, but not a single member was lost
to the order in the process.
George T. Hughes of Duluth, the grand
secretary, reported the number of deaths
in the Jurisdiction as twenty-four. All
claims had been promptly paid and the
death rate in the jurisdiction was below
six to the thousand. The receipts from
all sources during 1900 were $3,98012.
The expenditures Were $3,487.70, leaving
a balance of $492.42. The membership
Dec. 31, 1899, wa3 3,897; initiated in 1900,
27; added by card, 76; reinstated, 1C;
total. 4.616. The total membership Dec'
31, 1900, was 4,328 after deducting for
suspensions, deaths, etc., and the total
membership to-day is 4,780.
The meeting will close late this after
noon after election of officers. At 6:30
to-night the Mankato council will give a
supper for the visitors. Covers will be
laid for 200. The special train to the
twin cities will return during the night.
When Mankato council secured the
meeting of the grand council it promised
to add fifty to its membership before this
date, and last night it received a class
of twenty-eight, making a total of fifty
two during the year. It has twelve ap
plications pending.
Frank R. McDonald of Minneapolis,
deputy grand regent, assisted Mankato
council in this work and was presented
with a handsome watch fob and a gold
Arcaneum charm by the members of the
order.
SENDS FOR KNOX
President Will Offer Him the At-
loinej Generalship.
Washington, March 26.—The president
has sent for B. C. Knox. the Pittsburg
attorney. He Is exnected here Thursday,
when the attorney-ge»«r*lshiD will be of
fered him.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1901.
•*'—:— *■' i -' ' ' - : • , '. ' .' iii inn mijiji
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED—ILLUSTRATED.
Does Mr. Gorman Expect to Ride Into Office in This Fashion?
WORST SINGE 1890
Colorado Blizzard Kills Cattle and
Blocks Trains.
MICHIGAN VISITED BY A TORNADO
Waterspont at Adanuvllle-Lo«« of
Life in the Alabama
Tornado.
Juiesburg, Col., March 26.—The blizaard
at Juiesburg and vicinity is the worst
storm known here since IS9O. Many cattle
have perished. Drifts eight to ten fee«t
high block all roads. Eight or ten pas
senger trains are blockaded here. Some
residences are completely surrounded by
banks of snow.
MICHIGAN TORNADO
Waterspout Sacks All the Water Out
of a Creek.
Adamsville, Mich., March 26.—A tornado
and waterspout late yesterday caused
considerable property damage and serious
ly injured one woman. Mrs. Frank Kerr
was alone in a farmhouse near Eagle
Lake. The house was destroyed and Mrs.
Kerr received serious injuries.
A waterspout was formed by the wind,
which sucked all the water out of Chris
tian creek. Manling Brothers' store
was demolished.
Near Edwardsburg fifteen acres of tim
ber, was uprooted.
Kalamazoo. Mich., March 26.—The tor
nado which swept acrosa the southeast
corner of Kalamazoo county yesterday
cut off communication with the outside
world and resulted in exaggerated reports
of the loss of life .and property. But two
persons are known to have been seriously
hurt, Mrs. N. Tripp and Miss Snyder, both
at Pavilion, where the storm was the moat
severe. Mrs. Tripp may die. Trees, tele
phone poles, windmills, etc., suffered, but
the property damage is not large.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS
Birmingham Is Looking After the
Tornado Victims.
Birmingham, Ala., March 26.—Detailed
reports show that yesterday's tornado
visited practically every hamlet in Jeffer
son county, after passing through this
city. Eighteen persons are known to have
been killed and between thirty and forty
badly injured. Following were the points
visited by the storm: Birmingham, Pratt
City. Bessemer, Irondale, Brighton, North
Birmingham, Trussville, Weems, Wood
lawn and Avondale.
At Irondale twenty houses were de
etroyed. At Brighton the schoolhouse was
demolished and the daughters oft* Mrs.
Studder and Mrs. Walker were severely
injured.
At Pratt City the Methodist church, the
high school building, the commissariat of
the Tennessee company, and thirty negro
shacks were demolished. The villages of
Trussville and Weems are reported de
stroyed. In North Birmingham, Wood
lawn and Avondale scores of houses were
damaged, but no loss of life is reported
there.
Mayor Drennen estimates that $10,000
will relieve the immediate wants of the
sufferers. The larger part of this has
already been raised. In this city the loss
is estimated at $200,000 to $300,000.
Tornado in Ohio.
Sandusky, Ohio, March 26.—A tornado
struck Mustcash, six miles south of San
dusky, yesterday afternoon. It razed every
thing in its path, which was about twenty
five rods wide. Buildings were blown down
and trees were uprooted. The home of J.
Mitchell was torn from Its foundation. Mitch
ell and his family were not hurt. The funnel
shaped cloud passed outside Sandsky and
swept across the bay.
Wind in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., March 26.—A terrific wind and
rain storm passed over this city early to-day
A thousand telephones were temporarily put
out of service. Otherwise the damage was
nominal.
SOLDIERS NOT SUFFERING
General Greeley Denies the Stories
From Alaska.
Washington, March 26.—1n connection with
the statements lately published of great suf
fering in the construction of military tele
graph lines in Alaska, General Greeley says
that official advices show them to be un
founded.
Major Frank Greene, about the middle of
December, telegraphed via Fort Egbert from
Unalatklik, where telegraph work was prog
ressing, that statements of this character had
been sent out of the territory by mail, but
that they were unfounded. There had been
no suffering beyond that entailed by ordinary
winter travel In tht valley of the Yukon,
along the regularly traveled mail routes.
DOWN A BANK
Several Passengers Hurt in
a Railroad Wreck in
Montana.
Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont., March 28.—The south
bound passenger train on the Great Falls
&. Canada road, narow guage, connecting
Lethbrldge, N. W. T., and Great Falls,
was wrecked near SteeJ. s^enty-five miles
north of Great^alls, oy rftt uucks of the
baggage car leaving the rails. The sleep
ing car, containing eight passengers, and
1 the day coach, containing twelve, were i
turned entirely over and rolled down the
embankment.
• The passengers injured are: Mrs. Phil
McGovim, San Francisco, cut on head;
John Conroy, soldier returning from the
Philippines, hands and wrists broken;
Mrs. A. Devine, Pondera, cut on head; her
two children were injured. Mrs. Devine
was accompanying the body of her hus
band to Great Falls for burial; Mrs. Fow
ler, Steel, jaw broken and hurt internally;
Gamble, traveling man from San Fran
cisco, hurt about back and hips.
The injured were taken to Great Falls.
SAD BLOW TO THE BOERS
GENERAL DELAREV IS ROUTED
The British View Is That General
Botha I« Puzzled What to
Do Next.
Umw York Sun Special Service
London, March 26. —The Boers are pos
sibly sorry that they declined to accept
the terms offered by Lord Kichener. Gen
eral Delarey has been so badly beaten
that it is doubtful if he will be able to
recover from the blow.
Ventersdorp, near which town he was
routed, lies west of the Johannesburg-
Klerksdorp railway and about midway be
tween Krugersdorp and Lichtenburg. Vaals
Bank, where his convoy was captured, is
twenty miles west of Ventersdorp. De
larey has been operating in this district
for some time, his object being to harass
convoys.
Hitherto he has been fairly successful,
but he has now met with a crushing blow,
and as De Wet is lying low after his dis
astrous invasion of Cape Colony, and Lucas
Meyer is still apparently being driven be
fore French in the eastern Transvaal,
Botha will be sorely puzzled to know what
to do next.
ADVISES PEACE TERMS
Report That KruKrr Han Sent XotiCe
to Schalkburner.
London. March 26.—The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Daily Express says
he understands that Mr. Kruger has ad
vised Acting President Schalkburger to
formulate peace terms.
CUBANS WANT A TRIAL
AXXEXATIOX MAY COME L.ATER
Reprenentative Cooper Say* They
Want to slum the World That
They Are Civilized.
Washington, March 26.—Representative
Henry A. Cooler of Wisconsin, the chair
man of the insular affairs committee of the
house of representatives, who has just re
turned from Cuba, says in an interview:
I found that the Spaniards are annexation
ists. The Cubans are almost unanimously in
favor of Independence, even those that be
lieve that annexation is inevitable in the long
run. They want to try it for a while any
way, because, as they said to me, 'We want
to show the world that we are not thieves,
bandits and cut-throats."
The opposition to it was as much to the
way it was presented to them as to what was
in it. Its Cuban opponents thought !t was
presented somewhat as an ultimatum, and
that it could better have been arranged
by a joint committee of Cubans and Ameri
cans, meeting in Washington. But I think
it will be accepted, and I also think that
annexation .will be the final outcome.
Many things have retarded it. The first
on the liet I would place the wholesale, in
discriminate denunciation of the Cubans,
which has been bo common in the United
States.
I went about all parts of Havana at all
hours of the day and night, and f never
saw such an orderly, peaceable city. I: is one
of the cleanest cities in the world. ~
MUCH BOODLE TALK
Many Rumors Are Stirring Things
Up at the Capitol.
THE COMMITTEE HASN'T MET YET
Chairman Mai lory Says He Will Call
-; > ..-.: -a Meeting: in the Near
■ •"-' ■ Fntare. :• .'\*\:~-
To whitewash or not to' whitewash, Is
the issue that now divides members of the
house. Many of the republican members,
including some who support the gross
earnings bill, are anxious to hush U£> the
scandal in the interests of the republican
party. They realize that the invesigation
committee must investigate, but they want
it to find a way by' which the charges may
be dismissed unless there is clear evi
dence to convict some individual. They
argue thai merely to say that bribery ex
ists will do no good, and will do the party
harm. Tho general desire, however, is to
see the matter thoroughly ventilated and
not only the conclusions of the commit
tee but the evidence made jmblic. This
is required by the resolution passed yes
terday, and there seems to be no way by
which the ccmmlltee can avoid a full ex
position of the evident?.
"fn the Near Future."
Chairman Mallory, who is the rather
silent mouthpiece of the committee, has
not yet called a meeting. He said this
morning, however, that he would call a
meeting in the near future. Mr. Mallory
asked Mr. Jacobson whether he would
require a summons to bring him before
the committee. Mr. Jacobson replied that
he was ready to appear and produce his
testimony whenever the committee should
get together.
The members of the committee have
held several informal conferences and
have decided that the sessions shall be
executive. No information will be given
out until the work is finished and a final
report is transmitted to the house.
Members of the committee have agreed
to let Chairman Mallory do all the talk
ing, which is a guarantee that very little
talking will be done.
Silent as to Policy.
The committee Dreserves a strict si
lence regarding its policy. The members
consider themselves in the same position
as a grand jury. It is Intimated that the
attorneys for the witnesses even will not
be cermitted to attend the committee's
sessions and that the examination will be
conducted only by members of the commit
tee. This decision is likely to lead to
friction, as those pushing the investiga
tion want James A. Peterson to appear in
his cajmcitv as attorney for W. D. Wash
burn, Jr., and to conduct the examination
of witnesses. Both sides are looking up
authorities and precedents.
'•Grease fop the Wheel*.*' %
The morning paper story announcing
that a fund of $40,000 had been raised by
county officials does not surprise many
legislators. It is no secret that a fund
has been raised, though the amount re
ported is thought to be excessive. A num
ber of bills affecting the interests of coun
ty officers have been before the legislature,
and many county officers have made no
secret of the fact that they were paying
assessments into a fund to secure favor
able legislation. A prominent senator was
informed of this by one of the officers of
his home county the other day who said:
•'We understand that to get bills through
the legislature a little grease is required
for rhe wheels."
There is no bill now introduced extend
ing the terms of the present incumbent,
and It 'is understood that the movement
was either toward an amendment to the
Sweet bill or for* a new bill. The ex
posure of the scheme effectually killed
any such legislation.
i'itfnrette Influence, Too.
The defeat of the anticigarette bill in
ihe senate this morning is regarded as a
peculiar proceeding, and in this connec
tion it was rumored to-day that cigarette
manufacturers had sent a fund of $10,000
to defeat the measure. In fact, boodle
stories are flying around so fast that
members are becoming angry, and are de
termined that something definite shall be
accomplished.
\O SICH HIM, EXISTS
Sweet* Bill Doe* Not Apply to Terms
of Present County Officer*. ■- ■] ''■
. The sensational story published this
morning, relating to Va fund of $40,000
raifeed by county officers to aid the passage
of . a bill •; lengthening their terms ;of serv
ice, • was written without reference to the
factHhatt the only bill of such character
now before * the/legislature does not affect
12 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK.
NE UNDER THE
CZAR'S PALACE
Notables Are Said to Be Involved in the Con
spiracy to Blow Up the Emperor
of Russia.
Authorities Are Ordered to Use Severe Meas
ures to Crush the Uprising—Only
a Beginning.
London, March 26.—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from Paris
states on the highest authority that a
mine has been discovered beneath the pal
ate of Emperor Nicholas at Tsarskoe-
Selo, seventeeen miles south of St. Peters
burg.
Several notables, the dispatch says, are
implicated in the plot.
The Russian press was not permitted to
mention the affair.
CRUSH THE REVOLT
Circular Says the Authorities Must
Lse Extreme Measures.
St. Petersburg, March 26.—A circular is
sued by the minister of the interior blames
the police for not crushing the demon
strations at the outset by dispersing gath
ering crowds. It is said the police must
learn where and when demonstrations are
planned and mass their forces there. Order
must be restored at any cost, and the au
thorities must not fear to use the neces
sary force and severity. The military can
be called upon when firing is necessary,
and the cavalry may be summoned upon
any occasion to clear the streets.
The Russian Authors' Mutual Aid as
sociation, founded by the Russian literary
society, has been ordered to close its prem
ises.
A student at the St. Petersburg univer
sity named Praskuriakoff who had been
sentenced to two years military service
and drafted into a regiment soon to leave
for Tumesran, a woman student named
Smirnova, and Lieutenant Kutness of a
sapper battalion were found dead near
Yamaburg in the St. Petersburg province.
The student held a revolver and it was
evident that the three had committed sui
cide.
London, March 26. —A dispatch from St.
Petersburg to Reuters Telegram company
says that, in consonance with what is be
lieved to be the czar's expressed wish, the
ttie terms of the preseut incumbents of
county offices.
The bill was introduced early in the ses
sion by Rearesentative John C. Sweet of
Minneapolis. Its provisions follow:
The term of every county auditor, county
treasure, sheriff register of deeds, el^rk of the
district court, county attorney, county sur
veyor, county superintendent of schools and
court commissioners elected in this state,
shall be for four yeirs, or until their respec
tive successors are elected and qualified;
provided, that nothing herein contained 9h^.H
construe to extend or lengthen the terms of
any such officers who have already been
elected.
This bill was not introduced at the re
quest of county officers. The following ex
tract from The Journalof Jan. 18 ex
plains the situation:
Since introducing the bill for an increase
in the terms of county officers to four years,
Mr. Sweet has learned that the County Offi
cers' association, has iv pickle a similar
measure. The officers propose, however, to
give the entedded tenure at once; they would
have it apply to the public servants already
installed. Mr. Sweet was asked to withdraw
his bill in favor of :he jlraft of the associa
tion, but declined because that feature
rendering the law immediately applicable, was
repugnant. His own bill was based on the
theory that having been elected for two years,
present county officers were not justified in
an effort to obtain two additional years.
Mr, Sweet has refused all along to ac
cept the proposed amendment to his bill.
The bill itself is practically dead, and has
been for some weeks. The constitution
fixes the term of judges of probate at two
years, and another bill for an amendment,
permitting the legislature to fix the term
of office, was defeated in the house. This
discussion raised the issue squarely, and
Mr. Sweet has not tried to get his bill
out of the committee. He has been the
victim of considerable "joshing" to-day,
but for answer shows the ioshers a copy
ol his bill.
GOOD ROADS CAUSE LOST
WIS. SENATE KILLS RESOLUTION
'Twni for a Constitutional Amend
ment and Once Passed— Pri
: mary mil Referred. , . ,
Special to The Journal.
Madison, Wis., March 26.—The good
roads resolution, providing for a consti
tutional amendment authorizing state aid
in highway Improvements, was killed by
the senate this morning by a vote of 18
to 12. The amendment passed the legis
lature two years ago, but its second pas
sage was necessary before being sub
mitted to a vote of the people.
The primary election bill was received
by the senate from the assembly and was
sent to the committee on privileges and
elections without discussion. No report
is expected from the committee before the
latter part of next week, as the legisla
ture will adjourn from Friday until
Wednesday night or Thursday on account
of the spring elections.
The assembly ordered to third reading
the bill which gives the Milwaukee or
phan asylum the $240,000 appropriated to
it by Samuel Howard for which the heirs
are making a fight.
KING GIVESJ THOUSAND
Contrllintlonn Received for the Vic
toria Memorial.
London, March 26.—A public meeting
was held at the Mansion House to-day to
consider a national memorial for Queen
Victoria. A communication was read from
King Edward contributing £1,000 to the
fund. Other donations announced in
cluded /that of the corporation of Lon
don, £5,250, and from various sources
£5,00 C.
ELLIOTT REAPPOfNTED
He "Will Continue an Attorney for
South Dakota.
Washington, March 26.—The president
to-day reappointed James D. Elliott of
Tyndall attorney for the United States
for the district of South Dakota.
minister of the interior has published in
structions for the authorities of the towns
and provinces recommending preventive
measures against disturbances, aa being
more effective than severe repression aftea
disturbances have broken out-
CZAR IS ALARMED
Agitations Thought to Be the Be-* i
Sinning of Serious Troubles.
London, March 26.—The Birmingham,
Post, which is closely in touch with Joseph i;
Chamberlain, says news received in high L
quarters in London indicates that the czar; •
is in a very nervous state. He fears th»
result of the policy of his ministers ia the
far east, while the student troubles and
threats against his life, of which thera- '
are more than have been published, haver
completely unnerved his majesty.
His medical advisers have strongly coun
selled a yachting cruise, but the czar haa
refused to follow their advice.
Those behind the scenes in Russia take
a very grave view of the present -agitation,
and think it is the beginning of more ser
ious troubles.
■ DUE TO RUSSIA'S EXEMIES
Russian Representatives Say tbs
Trouble Is Not Serious.
New York, March 26.—Vladimir Tejdcrw, :
the Russian consul general in this city,
says:
"I am convinced that all these report*
are greatly exaggerated. There is no deny-
I ing that there is some rioting, but it Is
! not at all serious. I believe the reports^
eminate from some of the European coun
tries which are not on the friendliest
terms ■with Russia."
Inventions, Says Casalni.
Washington, March 26.—Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador, is indignant at the pub
lication of reportß regarding the alleged tur
bulent conditions in Russi"
the life o£ the czar.
BRIDGE Wi
An Ice Gorge at Milwaukee
Causes a Loss of
$10,000.
Milwaukee, March 26.—A small ice
gorge in the Milwaukee river north of
North avenue broke loose about noon and
carried away the footbridge over the dam
south of Xofth avenue. The bridge was
converted into a tangled mass of iron
and boards at the foot of the dam. The
loss will be about $10,000.
The danger from water in the Menom
inee river valley is believed to be past,
unless large quantities of ice is brought
down by the flood from above. The river
at West Atilwaukee had reached four
inches at noon.
Sheboygan, Wis., March 26.—Reports
from the Pigeon river in this county tell
of Arndt's immense dam being washed
out, doing large damage. The Bliss
bridge on the Lake Shore road was car
ried away and another bridge between
there and Plymouth is gone.
NETHAWAY IS OUT FOR IT
HEAD OF THE ORDER OF ELKS
Stlllwater Judge Decide* to Be a
Candidate—Chicago and Bal
timore Pledged.
Special to The Journal.
Stlllwater, Minn.. March 26.—Judge J.
C. Nethaway, who has long been urged to
become a candidate for grand exalted
ruler of the Order of Klka. has concluded
to enter the field and his name will no
doubt be presented at the Milwaukee
meeting. A special meeting of the local
lodge will be held to-night end his can
didacy will be formally launched. Every
lodge in the state is expected to stand
solidly behind him. He 1b strong in the
west and among the big lodges of the
country. Chicago and Baltimore have al
ready Instructed for him. He was the
first exalted ruler of the Stillwater lodge
and was chairman of the grand lodge
committee on grievances for some time.
He has a wide acquaintance and will,make;
a formidable candidate.
SMASHED THE MACHINE
Young: Appleton, Win., Man Does m
Carrie Nation Turn.
Special to The Journal.
Appleton, Wls., March 26.—Two young men,
under the influence of liquor, went into a
saloon on West Collegt avenue yesterday,
when only a boy was in the place. After
putting a few nickels in the slot machine
they became enraged at not winning, and
one of them got a mallet and completely
demolished the macine. He then took the
contents, amounting to about $17, and left
the place.
The republican convention nominated the
following: Mayor, Dr. Robert Leith; treas
urer, A. H. Krugmier; city attorney, Theo
dore F. Stark. The democratic convention
renominated all the present city officers, as
follows: Mayor, David Hammel; treasurer,
Jolen Goodland. Jr.; attorney, T. H. Ryan.
LEANDER WILSON KILLED
Prominent Blue Earth Count Citi
zen CrnMhed by His W«eon. ,
Special to The Journal. ■■'.
- Mankato, Minn.. March 26—Leander Wil
son, brother of County Atorney S. B. ,Wil
son, was* killed last night near his home
at Rai idan, this county." : He fell in front
of his wagon and ' the forward wheels
passed ever his > body. :He died in ; a r few ;
hours.' He left & wife and ■ one daughter,
Grac«- Wilson, who graduated - from * the
Mankato normal and is a teacher in tb®
1 public schools here." " . . „