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Single Sheet TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 95. AMUSEMENTS f**K , fx Los Angeles' Society Vaudeville Theater. Commencing sV/onday, fan. 6 Sensation of Knrope. Ainorlcan debut of LAST WEEK OF SorvaiS jCoroy Vesuviano Quartette Magician. Illuslonltt. 97? orris' SPonios America's only con trs-tenor vocalist Six iPicehianis Sister* Ola Jfat/den c "'*« SaUando RICES NEVER CHANGING— -Evening reserved seats, 25 and 50 cents; gallery, 10 cents. egular matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Telephone Main 1447 gut-bank Theater JOHN c rWHBR su " ge ' WEEK BEGINNING TONIGHT, MONDAY, JAN. 8-Mttlnee Saturday. P» Supporting Uhe Popular QfigW CO. fyr. Sam V. Shaw from Sire to Son \ Siri rRICKB—IS, zy 35 and 80 cents. Order setts by Telephone Main 1270. Los Angeles Theater &c\lfflttSX%? m '- .TONIGHT—MONDAY—ONE NIGHT ONLY—TONIGHT A night oi fun and frolic, music and merriment, he Famous College Comedian, SI It. CHARLES I. dim.on, and . .ZtAe Stanford Sleo and 9^an do tin Clubs,. . And Mlt. FRANK BRANCH Kir.KV. Music and Character Impersonator, sats now i»u sale Prices 2.'ic fVlc. We, <1 00, fclgnhono Main 70. Limited v " Santa J* tfoute Tx: C_> /•/ 7T__/_ Je for flret-cltta travel only, but there is no extra charge this Oplandid Oram feeyend the regular noket lsr*, leaven Los A n jeles 5t.... t :00 a.m.. Tuesday! and Fridays i Letvet Pasadena nt. 8:25 a.m. .Tuesdays and Fridays Double Drawing Room l eaves Ran bernardloo at 0:1* a.m..Tuesdays and Frldayi Bleeping Cars, Dining Arrtvel Kansas City 5t.... 6:10 p.m.. Thursday* and Sundays C ars. Buffet Smoking Arrives It. Louie st 7:00 a..m..Frldajrl and Mondays C«r for Kansas City, Arrives Chionso at 9:«a.m..Fridays and Mondays Bt Louis. Chicago. Arrives Washington at 11:56 Saturdays and Tuesdays " Arrives New York 3:00 p.m. .Saturdays and Tuesdays I 1 heDlntng Cor- are managed by Harvey and serve breakfast after leaving Let Angeles. _XlUthX OiHCI. §00 JtelJflAjlUtsJL Farm .. South Pasadena .. 7fearly JOO Siyanilo iftirds of fill Styes PEN DAILY TO VISITORS-TIPS, PLUMBS, BOAB AND CAPES FOR SALE DIRECT FROM TBE PRODUCERS N. B— We have no agency In Los Angeles and have for sale the only gennlne California gathers on the Market—The moat appropriate present to send Bast. [{Ite Shaped Track tvety Vuesday . . aVone In O *Daj/ $# « § A SPECIAL EXPRESS, with observation car, will be run by the- faanta Ft around the Kite-Shaped Track, taking tn Redlands, Riverside end all the beauties 01 Santa Ana Canon. This special train In addition ts th* regular service. EISLA.BOCHT AJ. a oc- f Tflljf Q VjtjtMm ELAYA'S GOVERNMENT TST AS GOOD AB THE PEOPLE WILL PERMIT Inister Baker Gives the Results of His Long Observation of Affairs in Nicaragua NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Lewis Baker, Inister to Nicaragua, writing from the public In a personal capacity and in futatlon of certain allegations as ai ding the administration of President .laya, says: "I have known President ■laya for several years and have been nversant with his official acts, and 3m a disinterested point of observation ilnfluenced by partisan passion, which ins as high here as it did in the late ayoralty campaign In' New York, I ■er that Gen. Zelaya has given the peo e of Nicaragua as good a government i they will permit him. During his ur years incumbency as president his illtlcal opponents have twice atterapt -1 to elect a successor by resort to revo tion and both times they failed dlsas ously. "His efforts are for the preservation of c peace, the development of the rich sources of the country and the eleva m of his people. He Is endeavoring to lucate and elevate his people by mak g the public schools universal; he is ideavorlng to develop his country by i tiding railroads through It; he Is en favoring to make the people prosperous r encouraging them to be peaceable id Industrious. Foreigners who at nd to their own business, and do not eddle with the politics which do not >ncern them, are fully protected in per >n and property and are only noml- Uly taxed, if at all. Taxation on natives Is light, except where they join in polit ical conspiracies to overthrow the law ul authorities, and then they are taxed j pay the cost of their mutinies. "President Zelaya Is an educated man, i intelligent, broad-minded and liberal i his administration of public affairs, have many reasons to believe him an onest man and not one to believe him therwlse. I want to emphasize the tatement tha> he Is glad to see Indus - •lous and enterprising foreigners com lg to Nicaragua to live, that they are glitly taxed and fully protected. He i an enthusiastic admirer of the Ameri in people, of their progress, their en •gy and their government, and will wel ime with hospitality Americans who iay Join in the development of the in ustrles, the soil and the gold mines of icaragua." Columbian Railroads COLON, Colombia, via Galveston, Jan. -The local agent for the American con actors for building the Costa Rlcan Pa lo railway aftpr securing a large number laborers from the Isthmus has received bje instructions to detain the men at >rt Llmon, Costa Rica. Owing to serious ndslldes the San Jose railway Is not In eratlon. A strong wind Is blowing, and c American, French. Italian and Ger m steamers have put to sea Indians Suing for Peace JALCUTTA, Jan. 2.-It Is reported from iram that the Afrldls are aasembling in jncll with a view of concluding peao hile General Hammond was examining ) enemy's caves near Lundl Kotai after j recent fighting, shots mere fired at the >up of officers standing with him ■utensnt Hammond, hi* orderly officer' s severely wounded. , ORDERED TO THE NILE TO CHECK THE ADVANCES OF THE j FRENCH ) — Emperor Menellk Summons the Ab-, yssinlans to the Assistance of the French Forces in Egypt LONDON, Jan. 2.—A dispatch from Lata says a battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders has been ordered to Egypt. The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mail says: As part explanation of the British advance up the Nile It is said that French expeditions have arrived quite close to Khartoum. According to the same authority the British force will be commanded by Major General Sir Frances Grenfell. The Rome correspondent of the Dally Mail says: I learn from private sources that the Italian foreign office has re ceived information that Emperor Men elik has summoned the Abysslnians to arms in support of the French enter prises In Equatorial Afrloa, and espec ially the plans of the Russian Count Leonttlff, governor of the equatorial provinces of Abyssinia. Menellk himself is setting out at the head of an army, and it is believed the movement marks an expedition against the Anglophile Has Mangasciera, whose province. Tiger, the negus wishes to an nex. I also hear that Menellk, calculat ing upon the remissions of the Italian government, purposes an advance to ward the coast. The Dally Mall, commenting edi torially on the foregoing dispatch from Cairo suggests that the Marchan ex pedition has gone beyond Fashoda and reached Khartoum. "It Is impossible," says the Dally Mail, "for the expedition to have fought its way there and it can only have arrived In alliance with Khalina, thus creating a very serious situation." A dispatch from Cairo via Paris on Friday announced that a French expe dition had occupied Fashoda, on the Nile, about 400 miles south of Khartoum, and that it was reported among the na tives that the French were descending the river. MORE TROOPS COMING LONDON, Jan. 3.—ln response to the request of Sir Herbert Kitchner, it has been arranged to send four battalions to Cairo, to replace those destined to take part In the British advance toward Khar toum, one each from Malta and Gibral tar and two others to be stopped while en route for home from India. The morning papers editorially com ment upon the gravity of the situation that compels an advance before the rail way has been completed. The Times suggests that it would be safer to send a larger force. The Morn ing Post calls the force insufficient, and points to the "suspicious attitude of the Marchand expedition, which. It is re ported, has occupied Fashoda." It says: "If the expedition has ad vanced In defiance of the authority of the French government, its members are filibusters and must pay the penalty. If, however, they have any sort of sanction, It is time for Great Britain to make her views clearly understood." A dispatch from Cairo says: "While It is hoped the dervishes will make their projected attack, it is considered likely that, on learning our preparations to meet them, they will prefer to remain in therr stronghold at Metemmeh." THE HERALD A HORRIBLE CONDITION Shown by Consul Lee's Plea for the Cubans RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED INCLUDE ANYTHING WHICH WILL SUPPORT LIFE Blanco's Generals in the Field Are Thoroughly Disheartened by Strength of Insurgents Associated Press Specia) Wire WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The follow ing announcement regarding the work of Cuban relief Inaugurated by this gov ernment has been made from the state department: In view of the steps now being taken by the seoretary of state for the organ ization In New York of a central head quarters with the co-operation of the American Red Cross society for the re ception and forwarding of relief fur the suffering people of Cuba, and the prob ability that It will be In effective ope ration early in the present week, the seoretary of state has been directed that the benevolently disposed public of the United States be informed, through the medium of the press that the consul general of the United States at Havana mentions the following articles as ap propriate' to be contributed, all of them, as he reports, being greatly needed: Summer clothing for women and chil dren, medicines for fevers (principally quinine), hard bread, flour, corn meal, bacon, rice, lard, potatoes, beans, peas, salt fish, any canned goods (particu larly nourishing soup), meat extracts, blankets, aud especially large quantities of condensed milk, as many persons are at first too feeble for any other nourish ment. Contributions of money are also ur gently needed to enable the purchase of immediate supplies of medicines and ar ticles of prime necessity and to meet the expenses of local transportation In Cuba. The consul general, to whom ail sup plies and money will be sent, will at once organise arrangements for the receipt, storage and most effective distribution of whatever he may receive from the hu mane people of the United States. By direction of the secretary of state. (Signed.) ALVA A. ADEE, Second Assistant Secretary. IN THE FIELD The Insurgents Steadly Advancing Toward Havana HAVANA, Jan. 2—Via Key West— The Insurgent general Francisco Carillo, Wilis 10*0 men from Santa Clara prov ince, has entered Matanzas province, near Havana, and is supposed to be on the way to reunite with the concen trated Insurgent forces under Brigadier Generals Suarez and Cepero in Havana province. Before the disarming of the laborers on the tobacco plantation of Bock & Co. in Plnar del Rio, recently reported, fifty armed laborers are said to have joined the Insurgents at Ceiba del Aqua, Ha vana. Three thousand concentrados have been returned to their homes in Matan zas province, railroad transportation be ing provided by the government. The Diario de la Marina calls the at tention of the authorities to the pitiable condition of the people of the town of Alonzo Rogas, in Plnar del Rio province. During the first ten days of December 100 persons died. Whole families of Bto 10 persons have perished. Of 92 volun teers only 19 are fit for duty, the re mainder being sick with smallpox. At Santo Domingo, Santa Clara prov lace, the smallpox epidemic has In creased terribly, in spite of the splendid weather, but the fevers have slowly de creased. In the districts of Jlcotea, Menacas and the central plantation, Esperanza, smallpox is raging among the concentrados, many of whom have died. Many of the concentrados are without medicine, food and other neces saries of life. Families resident In the stricken dis tricts are unable to emigrate thence because they have no resources. The government has for a second time sent $10,000 for the relief of the concen trados in Matanzas province. It is reported from Santiago de Cuba that Gen. Pando is greatly disheartened on account of the obstacles which pre vented a successful campaign against the* insurgents In that province. He declares that he has no base of opera tions, the Insurgents' control being so complete that it Is impossible to convey supplies to Spanish columns .operating In the Interior of the province. Gen. Pando Is said to Ije convinced that the insurgents of Santiago de Cuba province will not accept autonomy. When he was In Spain he did not realize that the In surgents In the province' had such strength. It is said that Gen. Sagua, operating In Santiago de Cuba, has been unable to agree with his superior officers, and on the pretext that he was sick he has ar rived in Havana and will return to Spain by the first steamer. Ex-Mlnlster Canelejas, the medical editor who has been investigating the situation in Cuba, is said to be thorough ly discouraged with tho outlook. He will return to Spain shortly, the sudden death of his Bister beliiy given us the cause for hastening his departure. Senor Amblard, who hiis just returned from the United States, Is .said to take the same hopeless view of thf situation as Senor Canalejas, and it is stated that he wlli declne the proffered appointment of secretary of the Cuban autonomist cabinet. Senor Capule; govern or of Santiago de Cuba, has resigned,, unwilling to make appointments dlc LOS ANGELES, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, !8?8 tated to him by the government through Gen. Pando. Military Commander Oliver is acting In Capules' place. Four Insurgents belonging to the force of Gen. Miguel Gomez have surrendered, with a boat load of 22,000 cartridges, to the gunboat Contramestre, off Jucaro. Gen. Blanco today received J4,000,000 in silver, consigned from Spain for war purposes. Gen. Kmilio March has arrived from Spain. Rescued After All Hope Had Been Given Up CITY OP MEXICO, Jan. {.— Various reports have been In circulation regard ing the mine disaster at the mine of San Jose de Garcia at Guanajauato. At first it was reported that thirty-five miners had been drowned in the lower workings of the mine. Authentic, but brief, reports have Just been received, which show that the number as stated were at work in the lower levels when they noticed that the water was begin ning to come in slowly. It soon began riflhlng In in great volume, and the men made a rush for the ladders. They stayed within reaching distance of a higher level, but could get no higher. When the time came for the shift to go to the surface and they did not ap pear, the rumor spread that all the men had been drowned. A relief force vol unteered to go to the rescue, but it was deemed impossible to give aid, and noth ing was done more than to ascertain that there was undoubtedly a flood in the lower workings. Four days passed and naturally all hope was abandoned, and the families of the miners gave way In despair and the news was given out that all the men had perished in the mine. Finally a relief party still working, but without hope, reached the place where the miners had sought refuge and rescued them. The men were in a bad state of exhaustion from lack of food, but all were resuscitated. Tumultuous rejoicings among fellow miners and the families of the rescued men ensued. And the Indications Point to a Murder SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—John H. Dow was found dead in his shooting gal lery at 815 Kearney street this evening with three bullet holes in his head. He was lying on a cot, and at first It was believed that he had committed suicide. By his side lay a single-shot pistol, and an examination of the wounds by Cor oner Hawkins has convinced that official that it is a case of murder. There are no powder marks on the head, and the coroner declares that It would have been impossible for Dow to have inflicted either one of the wounds, and then re loaded the pistol and shot himself again. Dow was an inoffensive man, and had few, if any| enemies. A woman known as "Susie," who sometimes looked after the shooting gal lery, was heard to quarrel with Dow on Friday over a rifle he claimed to have been stolen while she was In charge of the place, but nothing was then thought of the matter. She is now missing, and the police are searching for her. The shooting is supposed to have occurred on New Year's eve, as the gallery has not been open for business since then. The House Was Packed and the Air Was Bad JANESVILLE, Wis., Jan. 3.—Frances E. Wlllard, president of the National W. C. T. U., fainted tonight at the close of her lecture on "A White Life for Two," which she delivered in the Congrega tional church. A physician was sum moned, but it was some time before she recovered sufficiently to be removed. The church was packed and hundreds were turned away. The church was ex ceedingly close and it was noticeable that Miss Wlllard was making a pain ful effort to speak. She suddenly brought her talk to an abrupt close and left tho platform, fainting as she reached the ante.-room. Her secretary, Miss Gordon, said that Miss Wlllard has been ill for several days, but had kept up for this talk to the people of Janesville, among whom her girlhood was spent. She is resting easily tonight. Steamer Oerona Lost Off the Halifax Coast HALIFAX, N. S,. Jan. 2.—The two boats containing Captain Baxter and thirty-six of the crew of the Thompson line steamer Gerona, which was lost off Seal island yesterday while on a voyage from Portland, Me., to London, reached the Island safely. One man named Carl, who was supposed to be in the boat In charge of Second Officer Alfred Watson, which landed at Wood's harbor, Is miss ing and is thought to have been drowned. Second Officer Watson and his com panions had a fearful experience, being afloat for nearly eight hours before they made the shore at Forbes' point. Reports from along the coast today indicate that the Gerona foundered not long after the crew took to the life boats. At Cape Sable a tyimber of cattle and badly shattered boat have been driven ashore. Bryan for Congress ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2.—A special to the Republic from Lincoln, Neb., says: Po litical friends of Mr. Bryan have ar ranged a little surprise for him on his return tomorrow In the shape of a .proffer of the fusion nomination for con gress from this, the First district. Some believe he will accept, others say that he still confidently expects to be the Democratic standard bearer In 1900. This district has been represented by a i Republican since Mr. Bryan retired. Catch 'em Quick SACRAMENTO, Jan. 2. —J. L. Orr and Thomas Babbit escaped from the county Jail today by the aid of a clothesline with which they scaled the wail. Orr was serving six months for smuggling opium to the state prison grounds and Babbit for previous Jail breaking. Both are' morphiirr ncr.ds. They ore yet at iai £«. ' BURIED MINERS "FOUND DEAD" MISS WILLARD ILL SAILORS SAVED NEW ENGLAND FARMS TO BE PROVIDED WITH NEW TENANTS A Philanthropic Scheme With a Sound Commercial Basis Backed by Plenty of Capitol NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—New England's abandoned farms are to be reclaimed, restocked and reopened on a plan that is primarily philanthropic and second arily commercial. A corporation has been formed, with the secretary of the New York stock exchange at its head, to purchase arable land and farm build ings in the states of Massachusetts, Con necticut, New Hampshire and Vermont and to resell them on such terms as to attract purchasers in large cities. The plan is indorsed by John Wana maker, Mrs. Ballington Booth, Nathan iel S. Roseman, manager of the Hebrew charity fund. Officers will be appointed here tomorrow. It is estimated that more than 1,200,000 acres of rich fallow land, under cultivation twenty years ago, lies Idle today in the New England states, and it is the intention of those who have associated themselves together for the purpose to secure by option and by out right purchase all or nearly all of this vast territory and to populate It with material drawn from the crowded cities. Missionary work will be begun in the large cities, principally New York and Brooklyn, with the assistance of all or ganizations interested in bettering the condition of society will be Involved. The president of the company Is A. Willis Lightbourne, secretary of the New York wool exchange, George M. Atkins Is treasurer and Chas. Roblee general manager. President Lightbourne said of the scheme: ■ "Our organization, while a business enterprise, Is founded on a basis of true public spirit and Its incorporation under the laws of the state of Maine is hailed with delight throughout New England, for our success means the putting of new life and new blood Into a territory whose frultfulness should produce millions of revenue." NEW YORK LEGISLATURE Cannot Be Conducted on Strict Party Lines ALBANY, N. V., Jan. 2.—The legisla ture of 1898 will meet at the capitol on Wednesday, January sth, at noon. The senate, by virtue of the new constitu tion, remains for a third year the same as the two previous sessions. In the assembly the Republicans, in contrast to the enormous majority of last year, have buti a bare working ma jority of four votes, including two Citi zen's Union members from New York city. This small majority means that no appropriation bills can be passed without the aid of the Democrats to make up the two-thirds and three-fifths votes demanded by the constitution upon all bills appropriating state money. The senate has a very large Republican majority, there being thlrty-slx Repub licans and only fourteen Democrats. James M. E. O'Grady of Rochester will be re-elected speaker of the assembly. Among the questions to come before the legislature will be modifications of the Raines liquor law, improvement of roads, amendment of the so-called anti trust law, and reduction of the price of gas in New York city. Vessels in Distress LONDON, Jan. 2.—The British steam er Khlo, from Cardiff for Galveston, has put into Lisbon with machinery dis placed. The Norwegian bark Undine, Captain Hansen, Tyne for Table Bay, was abandoned at sea. Part of the crew have arrived at Nazareth, Portugal. Eight were drowned. Sicilian Bread Riots ROME, Jan. 2.—The Trlbuna reports the bread riots have occurred In the province of Olrgentl, Sicily. The rioters have fired upon and looted the municipal buildings. The troops have been called out. THE FIRST ACT TO THE TELEGRAPH NEWS Of a Jersey city family of eight six died in the flames and another is fatally injured. A battalion of Seaforth High landers ordered to Egypt to check the advance of the French and their native allies. Mrs. Booth Wanamaker and other philanthropists and capitalists broach a project for the reclamation and cul tivation of abandoned farms In New England. Minister Baker gives the results of bis observations in Nicaragua, In sisting that Zelaya has given the country as good a government as the people -will permit. Congress reassembles on Wednes day; the senate will adjourn from day to day and the house will discuss cfvil service with no particular object in view; next week real work Is expected to begin. Secretary Gage rushes into print with a bold assertion that these are prosperous times and that nothing is needed to perfect millennial conditions but the formal adoption of the gold standard. Forty-five miners reach Seattle from Dawson via Skaguay, bringing gold estimated to be worth $100,000 to $500,000; famine 1b not much feared at Dawson; accomodations for new comers at Skaguay and Dyea taxed to the utmost. Hanna's forces in Ohio claim cer tainty of success when the legislature meets today; so does the opposition, but neither side has more than one vote to spare: feeling is intense and bitter, and trouble is feared and dis order considered certain. Pleas for Cuban relief Indicate a horrible condition of affairs, as the things asked for Include the barest necessaries of life, Including condensed milk for people too weak from hunger to assimilate other nourishment; Blanco's generals in the field are greatly disheartened by the strength of the insurgents. IRELAND'S TROUBLES Not So Much Political as Economic NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Rt. Hon. Horace Plunkett, M. P., chairman of the Irish Ag ricultural Organization society, who is now visiting the United States, has con tributed to the January number of the North American Review, which will be issued January Bth, an account of the efforts which have been made since the death of Mr. Farnell to further the cause of Ireland through the development of her commercial and Industrial resources. This new movement, Mr. Plunkett points out, depends for Its success upon the co-opera tion of Irishmen who are politically op posed to each other, and It has been the means of bringing together in a common endeavor prominent men of the most di verse political factions. Unionists and Na tionalists uniting. The conviction out of which the new movement arose was that the Irish diffi culty has long been rather economic than political, and this is so more than ever today. "Solve the economic problem," says Mr Plunkett, "and in the process the Irish people will be so elevated and strength ened that they will be able to solve the political problem fo? themselves. U ' Spinners Will Strike executive committee of the Spinners' union, will meet tomor -ow night to choose a meeting night of the, union when it will be decided whether or not to strike. When the news of the Fall River oper atives' vote not to/v~fike was received prominent spinne/esTjad this would make no dlfferen#Poi (New Bedford op eratives, who as they did when the natjflfe £ erl jreduct«on were posted—that / »trike anyway. | INDEX Eight Pages PRICE FIVE CENTS AN ANGLO AMERICAN ALLIANCE Would Just Suit the Needs of England COMPLICATIONS IN CHINA' MAY YET INVOLVE THE UNITBD STATES English Statesmen Believe That an Alliance With the United States Is Not Impossible Special to The Herald. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—A London spe cial says: England Is making a de termined effort through its representa tives at Washington to secure the prom ise of moral support, if not of active na val and financial assistance by the United States In the Chinese situation to offset the combination of Russia, Germany and France. Strange as it may seem to Americans, the belief Is seriously entertained here by nearly all the English statesmen that an alliance between England and the United States Is possible. The real reason for the present anx iety, however, Is the fear that the United States government favors Rus sia and might assist her. During the past month several influential Ameri cans well acquainted with public opin ion In the United States and her prob able foreign policy, have been ap proached here on behalf of the English statesmen to ascertain their opinion if. In any contingency, the United States would support Russia as against Eng land. The British embassy at Washington has been carefully feeling its way. Mo- Kinley and the cabinet were sounded during the past week. Englishi statesmanship is making ev ery effort at the present time, accord ing to one high In diplomatic life, to se cure—first, an actual alliance with the United States; second, a promise of moral support; failing in those, or either, guarantees of neutrality with a definite promise not to make a Russian combi nation. ONLY A RUMOR LONDON, Jan. 2.—(By AssocJatai Press.) A sensation has been caused ny a rumor from Plymouth that the En - lish admiral has fired on a Russian man of war in Chinese waters. Nothing in known as to the rumor at the foreign office or the admiralty. The morning papers publish also th-» statement that England Is pressing Chi na to declare Port Arthur a free port. It is supposed the presence of British warships there is intended to insure freedom of accqps for trading vessels. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says: "It is reported that China has given consent to Russian surveys for a rail way to Port Arthur as a branch of the Russian Trans-Manchuria railway and not a mere extension of the Chinese Tien Tsin railway. It is also stipulated that the route is to avoid Mukden, the capital city of the Tartar dynasty." Mukden is the capital of the province of Liao, Manchuria, and is 380 miles northeast of Pekln. It was the last resi dence of the Manchuria sovereigns be fore the conquest of China and is the place where the early emperors of the reigning dynasty are burled. The Dally Graphic claims to have au thority for the assertion that no agree ment exists between Russia and Ger many with regard to China; that Ger many occupied Kiao Chau without Rus sia's cognizance, and that the occupa tion annoyed the advisers of the czar. A dispatch to the Time 3 from Peking, dated Friday, says: "Thearrangements with Russia for the guarantee loan are actively proceeding, and when com pleted, the Russians, on the plea of su pervising the collection of land tax, will obtain the right to enter every yamen in the empire." DEMANDS ACCEDED TO BERLIN, Jan. 2.—lt is announced that China has yielded to the demands of Baron Heyking, German ambassador at Peking, for the dismissal of the com mandant of the Chinese garrison at Tsao Chau, province of Shan Tung, be cause of the use of abusive language to the German missionaries there. The Chinese government has telegraphed a dismissal of the commandant. According to a dispatch to the Asso ciated Press on Saturday, Baron Hey king, in making his demand for the dip missal of the commandant, insisted that a copy of the telegram of dismissal should be laid before him by 6 oclock next Tuesday evening. The Tsung Li Yamen requested .the ambassador to grant them until S oclock that evening (Saturday) before making a reply to th 3 demand, whereupon he threatened to leave Peking. RUSSIA IN KOREA ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2.—lt is an nounced that M. Kuril AlexiefX has been intrusted with full power to promote th* development of the commercial rela tions between Russia and Korea, in com petition with British and Japanese influ ences, and to aid in furthering the prompt construction of the projected or thodox church at Seoul. A RAILWAY DIRECTOR STEVEN'S POINT, Wta., Jan. I—Cap tain Rich, formerly chief engineer of the Wisconsin Central, and later connected in the same capacity with the *°* "