Number 2531
CAETER HARRISON ELECTED
Chosen as Mayor of Chicago for a
Third Time
IliilKC Hnilccy Lowered the Pri i III
Mnjorltlrn II - Vole
Wlla Ilnluire Pnlnler l
He mi Alderman A Quid liny
CHICAGO April 2 Carter Harrison
was elected mayor for the third time
today in a most decisive manner Judge
Hanecy the Republican candidate
made p hard fight and has apparently
undermined the old Harrison majority
On account of the inclemency of the
weather a rather light vote was polled
this favoring the Democrats
At midnight It was claimed by the
Democrats that Harrisons majority
will reach 30000
The make up of the next council will
be thirty one Democrats and forty one
Republicans
The first returns favored Hanccy be
cause of the cut In majorities but later
It resolved itself merely Into a mat
ter of lowered majorities for Harrison
ST LOUIS GOES DEMOCRATIC
AVella Elected llnjor li n Majority
of Alton 10001
ST LOUIS April -Probably the most
exciting municipal campaign ever held
in this city came to an end at 7 p m
when the polls were closed
At a late hour the indications were that
Rolla Wells Cleveland Democrat has
been elected by a majority of not less
than 10W and this figure may be swell
ed to 20000 The Republican vote In many
wards was cut In two compared with
that cast at the Presidential election
The Republicans made wholesale
charges of fraud under the Nesbit law
There was much disorder during the day
United States District Attorney E A
Rozier was shot shortly before noon in
the polling place In the Fourth precinct
of the Twenty tinn ward while attempt
ing to prevent a gang of repeaters from
casting their votes He drew Ills revolver
and demanded thit the repeating be stop-
Ieu
Then Rozier placed himself In front of
the door and defied the repeaters to con
tinue their work Some one In the crowd
lired a shot This started a general
fusillade during which about fifty shots
were fired Rozier was struck twice In
the left arm and left hand A policeman
arrested a negro who was supposed to
have shot Rozier and started to the patrol
box with his prisoner He was sur
lounded by the blacks his arms pinion
ed to his sides and the captive rescued
William Dwyer a Democratic police
man was shot by Frederick Priesmeyer
in the Third ward polling place at 1508
North Eleventh Street A gang of re
peaters had aEsauued PrlCEmejer when
be drew his revolver and fired Dwyer
being wounded
FriendB of George AV Parker Repub
lican candidate for mayor and of Lee
Meriwether candidate of the Municipal
OA ncrshlp League announced tonight
that the election of Rolla Wells would
turely be contested
At midnight H precincts of the 333 In
the city pave the following vote for the
three leading candidates for mayor
Wills Democrat 22070 Parker Repub
lican 11837 Meriwether Municipal Own
ership 3371
EOOSEVELTS TOWN SWEPT
A DeiJiorrnllc Vlelnry fur lie rirat
Time In Illator
OYSTER BAY I I April 2 This was
a field day for Democrats In this the
home town of Vice President Roosevelt
Not a Republican on the local ticket
weathered the storm and for the first
time In its history Vice President Roose
velts own district went Democratic The
majority was 113
FRAUD CHARGED IN DENVER
- m
I lie llenult There Likely to End In
n ronteat
DEXVER Col April 2 Wlth the re
sult of the city election still In doubt it
Is probable that if the Democrats win the
result will be contested In the courts
Hundreds of repeaters it Is said have
oted In twenty-live- or thirty precincts
Major Henry V Johnson elected js a
Democrat and an Independent candidate
now for re election Issued at noon a proc
lamation calling upon every able bodied
tide citizen of the city of Denver who be
lieves in maintaining the purity of the
ballot fcqx to report at once to me at the
city ban for duly and to aid me In pre
serving the peace of the city of Denver
A number of Philippine veterans re
tponded and were placed under command
f Gen Irtlng Hole Xo serious clashes
occurred The Republicans claim Wrights
lection by 5000
Norfolk A AasuillKIn Mcambont Co
Delisbtlul trip dill at CS0 p m from loot
rib
10 i oni cxmilort JVewiiort xn
Norfolk and the fcouth Ior Kbedule tee pizc 7
liny Iurulier iiptotvn People Lniii
ard ouuteuUnl corner at Uh jn1 X Y a c
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DRY TICKETS WIN IN KANSAS
The ftnlilcil Rule rrcfrrml -
Colden S nl He Siijh
TOLEDO Ohio April 2 Mayor Jones
Nobody knows the majority at this i ds ssueu statement of which the
irtr 11 n cprlpc nf rnlellt ltinns mid Iaii
ruesses except for the fact that Harri
son Is elected The Republican com
mittee concedes 18000 to Harrison
while the Democrats claim 30000
It has been one of the quietest may-
Tcnipcrniie e People Victorious All
liter Ihc Hiltr
TOmifA Knn April 2 A great tem
perance wave Is sweeping over Ivam as
Jn the municipal elections throughout the
State today the opponents of saloons won
a decided victor The smashing of a
Wichita saloon by Mrs Xatlon and the
crusade which followed aroused the tem
perance sentiment which today swept n
score of men into the mayoralty in as
many towns pledged to drive out the
liquor tralllc
More than Topcka women braved
a snowstorm today and helped voters to
the polls Col J W F Hushes the Re
publican candidate for mayor stood for
tne antl salonn element He promised
Mrs Xatlon and her Home Defenders to
enforce the law if elected Wives of
prominent citizens and capitalists hauled
working girls and wives of laboring men
to inc irumng places all day
Committees of women remained at all
polling places to instruct their sisters in
voting A no smoking sign was dls
plajed in many polling places
MAYOR JONES STATEMENT
The election Is a complete triumph of
principle over party Prom beginning to
end the non partisan campaign was a
campaign of faith in the highest and
noblest sense of the word The peopje
have had opportunity to choose between
oralty elections in the history of the le -olden Rule and the golden sword
city One shooting affray took place In amJ Ulc Golden Rule is triumphant
the Third ward and there were ssveral
battles with fists but little trouble was
ixpericnccd in polling the vote in the
majority of precincts
The following Is the city ticket elect
ed Mayor Carter H Harrison Treas
urer Charles F Gunther City Attor
ney Andrew J Ryan City Clerk Will
iam Loeflcr
Mayor Harrison was seen late tonight
and made the following statement
Two influences have worked to bring
about the result of todays election
the franchise question and the jealous
solicitude of the citizens of this city for
the good name of Chicago In all my
experience I do not recall another elec
tion in which such intemperate ibuse
such wanton misrepresentation such
ilanderous distorting of the truth were
resorted to
It is not necessary to go into details
at the present time and point out the
wily methods and the barefaced false
hoods resorted to by the opposition to
deceive the people I heartily appreci
ate the support given me and my ad
ministration by the people of Chicago
and shall endeavor to continue In their
esteem -
Among the aldermen elected is Hon
or Palmer son of Potter Palmer the
multi millionaire who carried the
Twenty first ward by a good majority
defeating his Republican candidate in a
most decisive manner
l believe that the ilrst step toward
t putting an end to war is to put an end
to those fighting machines known as poli
tical party organizations the only pur
pose of whose existence Is to keep the
ires of hatred burning in mens bosoms
THE VOTE IN MONTANA
Nearly- Ilierr City Cnrrieil by the
lteiiulilleun Pnrty
HELENA Mont April 2 Complete
returns from yesterdays elections in
Montana show that with the exception
of ltutte and Billings the result was a
landslide for the Republicans Eien In
these two cities the Republicans could
ha e fared far worse as they elected the
city treasurer and four of the eight alder
men in Hutte
The Republicans carried Helena Ana
conda Great Falls Missoula and Deer
Lodge by greatly Increased majorities
while the result In Bozeman Is about
equally divided between Republicans and
Democrats
THE RESULT IN COLUMBUS
The Xew Ailiiiliilxlriilion to Be on n
Reform Iliiata
COLUMBUS Ohio April 2 As a result
of yesterdays election ex Attorney Gen
eral Monnett will probably be the- new Di
rector of Laws
The new administration will be con
ducted on a reform basis A Democratic
justice of the peace was elected and half
the members of the school board are Dem
ocrats
TO RETIRE FROM POLITICS
Scnntor Sullltiin o Demote lllinaclf
to IniliiHtrinl Life
XEW ORLEANS April 2 The Infor
mation comes from Mississippi that
United States Senator Sulll an has de
cided to retire altogether from politics
and devote himself entirely to industrial
life
Senator Sullivan has been selected as
the representative of a syndicate of
Eastern capitalists who propose to estab
lish a model town In Harrison County
south Mississippi not far from the Gulf
Coast modeled on the town of Puliman
A large section of land has been pur
chased on which the town will be built
Lumber and woodworking and cotton
mills will be the industries
It Is understood that J2on000 has been
Invested in the enterprise and that the
Louisville and Xashvllle road will build
a branch line to the new- town
Tin
AFTER JOSIAH FLYNT
eir Vorlc Pollee AiiKered liy n
MiiKiizine Art iele
XEW YORK April 2 The police are
hot after Joslah Flynt who in an
article entitled York a Dishonest City
In McClures Magazine for April rather
hints that the police department Is cor
rupt especially In the front office and
that a well known ex crook is a detective
representing the present police regime
Commissioner Murphy Issued a subpoena
for Joslah Flynt today and two of
Captain Titus detectives chased around
after him all day trying to find him The
subpoena Is returnable tomorrow after
noon and Colonel Murphy announced to
day that he expected to see Mr Flynt
at 2 or 3 oclock
Captain Titus Is not so sanguine and
Deputy Commissioner Devery made thli
declaration Xo we hae not found
Flynt and I dont think we will find
him
If Mr Flynt does appear he will be
questioned as to his authority for the al
legations he makes Captain Titus called
at the office of the magazine and was
told that they could not tell him where
Flynt was for a w eek yet
We trace d him up to four days ago
said Captain Titus but that is as far
as we got We dont intend to allow him
to put a stigma of that kind on a whole
office of men 1 understand that he has
written the same sort of stuff about
other cities and got away with It but
this time he has hit off a lump that he
cant chew I will change his favorite
expression of powers that prey to
powers that pray so that it will fit
him
NOT TO BE TRIED AGAIN
The linker tnw Inl m it
lie LoiiIIiik ii lloekel
CHARLESTON S C April In
dictments against eleven white citizens of
Lake City who were herd charged with
themurder of Postmaster Eraser II Baker
and his child and with the burning of
the Lake City irostolllce were transferred
to the contingent docket In the Federal
Court today This means that the case
will not be called for the second trial
Two years ago the Jury failed to reach
a verdict
The action of Lillian Clayton Jewetl
of Boston In parading the crippled Bakers
through Xew EngJindprcJudlced the case
to such an extent lierif that the Govern
ment says that a verdict would be Im
pofslble The citizens indicted were al
leged to have been In the mob which set
fire to Bakers home and shot the family
as they led for safety
Oeeim Mennmlilp 3lfTCmeulx
NEW YORK April 2 Arrlvcd South
ward Antwerp Slcllla Genoa Chariots
Amsterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam Ar
rived out Potsdam from New York at
Boulogne
teniy lnue Mllln or I nil kinda
Some doori 1 lii P LILtty S Co
lluy Lumber near h 41th nml X
Tf comtnitut tornir Irices lowett too
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A STORY OF MURDER TOLD
Jones Ketolos How He Killed Kice
the Aged Millionaire
ririitra Clv ii In llic 111 Jinn Xnl
Speedy EiioiikIi Chloroform Varrf
by In- Vulfi iih lie letlm Mi-
A Ciilil llloiidcil Mot Scl lorlli
XEW YORK April 2 Charles F
Jones the valet who confessed origi
nally that Albert T Patrick chloro
formed tho old millionaire William
Marsh Rice and confessed secondly
that Patrick killed Rice by administer
ing mercury testified today that he
himself poisoned Rico with mercury
and oxalic acid and killed him with
chloroform all at Patricks suggestion
because Patricks plot to get tho old
mans money had reached a point when
Rice must die to make things safe
Jones story which was told In ilm
preliminary e minatlon of Patrick be
fore Justice Jcrriiie is remarkable both
for the manner of its presentment and
the conspiracy which it purported to da
ta II
Jones swore that in all the months
In which Patrick says ho served Rico
as an attorney the old millionaire never
saw Patrick but once and then not to
know who he was that all the letters
and papers Patrick had had In his pos
session and had boasted had come from
the millionaire now dead were con
cocted by Patrick himself and written
hy Jones for the inrpose of finally
forcing the probate of tho will which
they forged that finally when the old
man would not die despite all the drugs
they prevailed on him to take Jones
at the Instigation of Patrick murdered
him by putting n chloroform soaked
sponge over his face as he lay asleep
In his bed
Joneu was as cool as possible when
testifying Here is the murder chapter
of the story dating from the day when
Jones said Patrick first suggested mur
der
On a Saturday afternoon last Au
gust when I was at Patricks office
Patrick asked me if I did not think Rice
was holding on too long for our inter
ests I said I thought ho was He
asked me if there was not some way in
which wo could get rid of him and I
very foolishly thinking that ho was
only joking said Not unless you get a
galling gun
Then he showed me that he was In
earnest and I said of course there was
no way to get rid of him Later he
said to me that If I would let him know
when the old man was sleeping ho
would put him out of the way I told
him that It would be hard to do It be
cause Rice was a very light sleeper Ho
told me of a drug store In Coney Isl
and where I could get laudanum but
1 did not so there
I got some laudanum and chloro
form two ounces of each from my
brother In Texas and gave them to
Patrick but I did not tell him where I
had got them This was about three
weeks before Rices death I had pre
viously sent to my brother for chloro
form because In July Patrlcjt had said
to me that he wanted chloroform for
a rheumatism medicine There was then
no talk of killing Rice
Soon after I had sent for the chloro
form Patrick asked me if I had done
anything about getting drugs I said
no He asked me what medicine I was
taking and I said I had some mer
curial pills from Dr Curry He then
told me to give Rice some of these pills
to weaken him and bring about his
death I took some of these pills and
left them In a box on Rices bureau
having first swallowed one or two my
self
Mr Rice took several but improved
instead of breaking down
When I told Patrick this he told me
that he had some yellowish while mer
curial tablets which he would give me
to give to Rice He gave me six or
eight telling me to take one In Rices
presence I did so and Rice took two
They made him sick Then he used a
calomel prescription of Dr Currys
I told Patrick of this and he said
that would help weaken him too Rice
kept on taking my pills Patricks pills
and the calomel He would take any
thing I took lie took them up to a
week before his death when he stop
ped
About a week before his death he
ate five baked bananas They made him
sick and he took some more pills On
the Thursday before his death he said
that he wished he was dead I told Pat
rick and he said It would be a good
idea If the impression could be gotten
out that he had committed suicide At
1230 Saturday I telephoned to Patrick
that Rice was weak and nervous Sun
day morning I went to Patricks house
Patrick sent me to Curry with in
structions for me to let him know what
Currys report was ns to Rices condi
tion If Rice was better Patrick said
he would go to his offlcc and get somo
oxalic acid which I was to dilute In
twenty parts of water and give to Rice
for his nerves I went home and Curry
said at 1020 oclock that Rice was im
proving I went back to Patricks houso
and gave him Currys report
When I returned to the house Rice
was still In bed Then I went back to
Patricks He gave me a bottle with u
printed label on which wuh the word
untjscptlc
Patrick said St was a vegetable
poison which would net on the heart
and paralyze It and that cremation
would hide all traces I took It home
and diluted it I persuaded Rfce to take
two mouthfuls At 4 oclock I persuaded
him to go to bed
I then telephoned Patrick to meet
me We met at 030 and walked to
Fifth Avenue On the way over he
showed me a bottle of chloroform Then
he said he was a man of family with
two children to take care of Rice he
said had poisoned his own wife and
the best thing to do with him Rice
was to put him out of the way He
must not be alive by Monday Patrick
said because there were some drafts
to be met
Patrick wanted me to chloroform
him I did not want to do It for I was
afraid Patrick said the suspicion would
Aamw
v ac
fall on him bccifJse he was golns to
get the money He told me to take a
towel roll It up cone shnpc put a
sponge In It saturate the sponge with
chloroform and when Rice was sleep
ing to put It over hl5rac I took Ihc
chloroform and went to the house I
got a towel rolled It up cone shape
got a sponge saturated t with chloro
form and tried it over my own face
Then I put It over Ricos face as ho
lay sleeping on his bed and I ran out
I walked up and down up and down
the hall Some ono rang the bell sev
eral times violently I looked out and
thought I could see tAvo lades but I
did not answer After thirty minutes
I walked back and raised the window
took the spongo and the towel and
threw them into the range where they
burned as though they wero oil
I then threw out the remaining
oxalic solution and asked the hall boy
to send for Dr Curry After telephon
ing Patrick that Rice was very ill 1
returned to the house- Curry and Pat
trick came In together
Patrick asked me how Rice was I
said He Is dead
Oh my God said Patrick That
is the worst thing that could have hap
pened He was coming to my office
Monday to settle an Important matter
What shall I do now
And we all went to Rices room
while Curry examined the body Patrick
asked me If this did not leave me Jn a
bad fix This was all arranged between
us I said It did He asked me If I
had any money and I said no He asked
Curry If Curry could give mc a recom
mendation and Curry said he would
Patrick said I might live in tho house
until the first of the month but after
that my services would be no longer rc
tiuired
Then Patrick asked Curry what was
to be done and Curry told us to get on
undertaker
All during Jones testimony Patrick
sat facing him and tookmst volumin
ous notes He did a grdaydeal of fid
geting about but despite the over
whelming case which Jdna seemed to
make against him he didnot loose his
nerve
Before telling of tho niurder Jones
went into details of tho plot to get tho
estate Jones testified to all -the details
regarding the forgery of the Rice will
and tho letters It was a most com
plicated network of crime but Patrick
seemed to have provided for everything
A remarkable feature of the evidence
was that during all this time Rice
never saw Patrick but once -and never
knew him
As Jones became very tired1 Assistant
District Attorney Osborne asked that
the court be adjourned until tomorrow
when Jones will again go upon the
stand c
BOER REPUBLICS SUE
1rocceilliiKs Ill k i n to MoiSllie Ship
ments of Mnles
XEW ORLEANS April 2 tThe threat
ened suit of thp South African Republics
to prevent the shipment of horses mules
iind supplies and munitions- of war to the
British army operating against the Boers
In Africj was filed In the United States
District Court here
The suit was brought by Gen Sam
Pearson who served in the Boer army
and who was cent to this country for tho
special purpose of trying to stop the ship
ment of mules and horses from New Or
leans to which shipments the Boers at
tribute the Improved mobility of tho
British forces and their recent success
The court is asked to enjoin the steam
er Anglo Australian now lying at this
port from carrying horses or mules or
any munitions of war to the British army
In South Africa The Anglo Australian
it is declared In the petition Is an armed
transport of the English Government
employed against the friendly Republics
of the Transvaal and Orange Free State
with which the Pnlted States Is at peace
and on the friendliest terms
Xew Orleans it Is claimed is being used
by the British as the base of military op
erations against the Boers and but for
this assistance received by the British
the war in South Africa would long since
have ended By aiding the British In their
military movements against the people of
these friendly States the United States
has enabled them to destroi1 much prop
erly General Pearson for himself de
clares that he has lost JSOOOJn property
destroyed by the British troops In conse
quence of the United States permitting
England to buy her munitions of war In
this country
Judge Parlange fixed April C as the day
on which argument will be heard as to
the granting of the Injunction asked for
SURRENDERED TO TLUMER
The Brother of n lloer ftcnernl mid
Odiern Cniillulllle
LONDON April 3 A despatch to the
Dally Mall from Irctorla says that
Colonel Plunders operations nt Warm
Baths en route to Nylstroom resulted
In the surrender of George Croblar a
brother of General Groblar and Nicholas
Iotgleter with more than a hundred fol
lowers
A telegram from Bloemfontcjn reports
the capture of a Boer hinder at Boch
4crg Sixty prisoners were taken
A Boer patrol is within four miles of
Richmond Cape Colony
CANNOT CONCEDE MORE
EiiKlniiilH AVnr Seerelnrr Siijh
A IlritUli Co lu inn Kuund Hie
It
Woiilil He lllilleuloiin
LONDON April 2 ln the course of a
desultory debate in the House of Com
mons this evening on the conduct of the
South African war William St John
Urodrlck Secretary of State for War
said that further concessions by Great
Britain would only make England ridicu
lous In the ees of the civilized world
The Government he snldi had Im
plicit conflde tice in Gov Sir Alfred
Milner against whom some of tho Boers
had made protests
Mr Brodrick added tint while making
this clear to tho Boers the Government
was willing to make peace and would use
e ery means in Its power to end the war
MET MANY B01THS
era Ver Aniiiermii
CAPE TOWN April 2 The column
which left Klmberh y last week to swee p
the country as far ns BoIinf has re
turned after accomplishing much work
Several Boers were killed and a number
of prisoners taken
The British casualties were one kllUd
and three wounded
Small parties of Boors harassed the
British flanks and sniping was almost
continuous
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orae floeilnic J122 Vr - I ttW Co
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business SliuriTaud Tnritint a car
Wlfftlg
WASiinrGTOiS wedxesdat april 1001
CHINA EXPECTED TO YIELD
Earl Li Convinced Tlmf the Treaty
Will Uc Accepted
IlnsHln Deelnreil the Only Iovrcr lie
Nlltlon linn t Ienr Tin- Reply to
Jnpnn IleKiinlln Mmicliurln
More Leniency for Xntlve Ollleinls
LONDON April 3 Tho Tokyo corre
spondent of the Times says that the
Russian answer to Japan regarding
Manchuria Is approximately as follows
First Russia is unwilling to discuss
with a third Power the terms of tho
agreement pending tho negotiations but
the agreement will be published when
It is concluded
Second The agreement Is temporary
and is destined to facilitate the with
drawal of the Russian forces from
Manchuria It is not intended to Im
pair Chinas sovereignty or to Injure
or impair the rights and interests of
other States
Third Russia is confident that the
agreement when It is published wjll
command general approval but If any
thing is found unsatisfactory from the
Japanese standpoint amicable repre
sentations will bo possible
Despatches from two or three sources
state that notwithstanding the con
vention is ns yet unsigned the Chi
nese expect that it will be signed in
the course of a few days
This view Is confirmed by LI Hung
Chang In an Interview with the
Times correspondent at Pekin Earl
Li admitted that his policy was based
on the conviction that Russia Is the
only Power China need fear China had
not sought the agreement Russia of
fered and China could not refuse to
accept It because her officials had
placed her In the wrong by attacking
the Russian forces
As the negotiations proceeded Rus
sias tone became more Imperious and
she peremptorily negatives a suggestion
that the matter be treated by the Con
cert of the Powers Li Hung Chang
added that he was convinced that al
though the agreement had not been
signed China must and ultimately
would sign It
Russia now formally threatens to an
nex Manchuria and when reminded of
the pledges given to the Powers that
she would not seek territorial advan
tages she avows that she Is determined
to cancel the pledges which were only
glven conditionally
Japan England and the United
States are the only Powers who have
rvcr rceed -interest in tho Manchu-
rian question but it la not known t
what extent their interest would go 1
they would give China a vjtten st
surance that they would
restoration of Manchuria
given term of years then Chtriaywoul
not sign the agreement Othcrwis
what good would It do for China to Irr
tate Russia and lose Manchuria altc
gether on the very doubtful chance i
support from other iiuarters
The correspondent asked what sccu
ity there was that the convention wou I
permanently satisfy Russias appetite
Li Hung Chang admitted that China
could have no security but said she
could probably reckon on a ten or twen
ty years respite while Russia was busy
Russifying Manchuria
Meanwhile China could strengthen
herself for the future Moreover China
was bound to consult the Interests of
the Manchurian people and the resump
tion of the civil administration under
the convention would to some extent
reduce the hardships they now endured
under Russian military rule
When the correspondent remarked
eiemarhLU
withlinN
seek only punishment In the cases of
the really guilty officials In proportion
to the degree of their guilt
Tho Ministers have also decided to
omit the names of certain Pekin offi
cials because the Pekin list has
rcady been presented and the Minis
ters were at that time ignorant regard
ing the action of certain officials who
it has since been charged aided the
Boxers to massacre Christians and Chi
nese who were regarded as friends of
the foreigners
The escape of these officials is due to
the fact that the Ministers failed to
secure information ngalnst them at the
proper time though such Information
was in possession of ho foreign civil
ians
Notwithstanding- the fact that a large
portion of the protocol has not yet bejn
settled the Ministers are already plan
ning to withdraw to places In the west
ern kills where they will spend their
summer vacations The French Min
ister will not leave Pekin until May
when his successor will arrive here
Tho Chinese plenipotentiaries will
take no vacation but will re
main at their post of duty Thus far
the Ministers appear more dilatory
than the Chinese
Japan Is still closely watching Rus
sias movements while the other Pow
ers merely regard Russias action as
one of Impropriety and as unnecessary
as without a convention she still domi
nates Manchuria Mongolia and Tur
kestan Her attempts to secure the
signing of the convention will merely
arouse suspicion and criticism and re
sistance
Information is being sought as to
whether the Imperial edicts issued In
accordance with Artcle I of the proto
ctl have been published In the prov
inces The missionaries are really the
only ones who are able to ascertain the
facts outside the treaty ports In fact
the places where foreigners fear to
visit require ihe publication of the
edicts more especially
The Belgian Minister reports that the
reconstruction of the Pekln Hankow
Railway has been completed and that
the extension of the lino has com
menced
The former foreign employes have
mostly returned and full arrangements
are being made for their protection by
the military either by French troops
or In case of evacuation by Chlncsa
soldiers under foreign officers Work
Is busily proceeding at both the south
ern and northern terminals
TIENTSIN April 2 It is stated here
that Li Hung Chang who Is still indis
posed is about to return to Shanghai
He is expected here Thursday
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VICTORIA B C April 2 News was
brought by the Empress of Japan which
arrived tonight that another of those
strange dramas for which the Korean
capital is notorious is going on now at
Seoul Kim Yang Chun Minister of
Finance was charged with having plotted
to do away with the Emperors favorite
wife the Lady Om wno according to
Eastern papers has a romantic history
that the convention appeared to have J having been rescued from slavery and
excited much opposition in other parts
of China Li Hung Chang replied
enigmatically that some people were of
cry sanguine disposition but the Gov
ernment of China was despotic and
what it decided to do was done
It was useless to disguise the fact
that Russias Interests were altogether
diffsient from those of the other Pow
ers She had no commerce and no mis
sionaries but she desired territorial ag
grandizement and military expansion
and she had the advantage ot position
and force to impose her wishes
The correspondent adds Even
more than his actual language LI Hung
Changs whole manner his ejaculations
impatient shrugging of his shoulders
and the way he shook his head satis
fied mc that tho question has become a
personal one with him
He is now so fully committed to the
policy ot buying off Russia at any price
that he is almos inclined to resent the
possibility of the Intervention of the
e ther Powers or anything calculated to
weaken his belief In Russias omnipo
tence
PEKIN April 1 A majority of the
Ministers have mutually agreed to yield
on the question ot the punishment of
provincial officials who were Implicated
In the Boxer troubles This decision
was reached before tho Chinese pleni
potentiaries requested the Ministers to
lessen their demands
The list prepared by the Ministers
contained the names ot 140 officials
whoso punishment was demanded This
has been reduced unl now it contains
less than a hundred while the demand
for the death of eleven officials has
been reduced until now the beheading
of only four Is asked for one of them
being an official at Kueihuacheng who
was responsible for the murder of Cap
tain Tatts Jones and a Catholic ab
bot
This official has however already es
caped This leniency Is partly due to
an explicit order from the American
Government which failed In this mat
ter to support tha wishes of the Biitlsh
and French Governments These three
countries are especially concerned in se
curing redress ns tho largest number
of thoe massacred were Americans
British and French
Many of the Chinese wish to have the
list Increased rather than diminished
because they are anxious for the re
moval of the reactionary party the
members ot which were directly Impli
cated in the massacres The Ministers
however make no distinction as to the
party nlllllations of tho accused but
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placed In authority In the palace She Is
now practically the dietator of the Korean
policy
Kim was seized and tortured In a
shocking manner Kwon Chai MIong
Minister of War enraged at the fate of
his friend resigned and a political crisis
has been thus occasioned The Japan
Daily Mail says that rumor assigns the
plot to Russia
The correspondent of the Shanghai
Mercury at Seoul wires on March IS that
Kim Vei Jun another Korean officer ar
rested In connection with the plot- when
tortured confesseil that there was a
scheme to Issue circulars and fire on the
Russian Legation to murder the Empress
the Lady Om and create the Princess
Taspeklu Empress He has been sen
fenced to be decapitated
IN FAVOR OF THE SALE
Klnj Clinnsen Ills Attl
tnile on the AVe t Inillea
LONDON April 3 A despatch to the
Daily News from Copenhagen says that
the Klnn and the Crown Prince have been
frnm the bpglnnlng opposed to parting
with the Danish West Indies their atti
tude greatly contributing to the prolon
gation of the negotiations with the Unit
ed States
Now the King has suddenly changed his
mind He declared at the last state
council that he would no longer oppose
the sale of the islands to the United
States as he now understood that the
sale would be an Important step in their
future development
The matter will now probably be set
tled promptly
MINISTER YANG ROBBED
The Diplomat Iihm III- Entire for
tune in n iilneHe Hunk
BERLIN April 2 It Is stated that the
attack of vertigo which recently pros
trated Yang Yu the Chinese Minister at
St Petersburg followed the receipt of
news by him that the Chinese bank In
whleh he had deposited his entire fortune
had been plundered
Crent Iniiirnnee Siniinc
NEW YORK April 2 The Boston
Standards compilation of figures for
1500 of the forty leading level premium
life Insurance companies of the United
States i hows that every company has
been so well managed that It Is able to
return to policy holders more than the
entire umount of premiums received since
organization This excess ranges from
1202 to more than eighty seven millions
S7C0S543 the latter being the sum
credited to the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York It Is nearly six
times ns great as that of either the
Equitable or the New York Life There
could be no stronger evidence of the
business skill and perfect mutuality with
which the affairs of the Mutual Life are
conducted
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ITALYS DIPLOMATIC HALT
Delay in Renewing the Triple Al
liance Merely for Effect
Beder Term In Commercial
Trenilc tue Object In View A
IrIenUshlti Willi Friince MnaC lie
Mnlntnlneil nt the Same Time
PARIS April 2 A ccrr ispoiident had
an interview with a diplomat today In
regard to the alleged break up of the
Triple Alliance and his words may be
taken as representing the views of the
French Foreign Office He said
The Triple Alliance is just as cer
tain to be renewed as it Is certain that
the sun will rise tomorrow When the
Triple Alliance was made Italy right
ly or wrongly was Induced to suppose
that Trance was about to Invade her
territory while Russia attacked Aus
tria
Italy therefore flung herself prac
tically unconditionally into the arms of
Germany who reaped the benefits whllo
Italy paid the costs Today Italy is
assured of the pacific Intentions of
France and Is in consequence free to
consider interests other than her actuat
safety
Meantime Austria has announced
her Intention of omitting the clause In
her tariff laws giving preferential duties
to Italian wines This is of course one
of Italys most Important Industries
and she desires to protect it The dec
laration of Premier Zanardelll there
fore in regard to Italys position Is re
garded as a fine specimen ot diplomatic
bluff and 23 showing Italys determi
nation to re enter the Triple Alliance
on fair terms
Italy foresees the danger if her com
merce Is excluded from the Balkan
Peninsula by the southern extension of
the influence of Austria and Germany
This can be counteracted by joining-
hands with Russia and hence King
Victor Emanuel has invested largely In
the Antlvarla Sophia and Varna Rail
way
France looks on the renewal of the
Triple Alliance with the utmost indif
ference believing that the compact does
not contain a compact signed by Italy
which is antagonistic to France The
report that Italy Is to enter an al
liance with France and Russia is puro
moonshine and only tends to embarrass
France who feels satisfied that she is
secured by the agreement with Rus
sia
Summing up the whole situation this
diplomat said
Italy is w ide awake tojthe factthat
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Slnor Zanardelll the Italian Prime Min
ister who had arrived shortly before en
route to spend Easter with his family
The two statesmen had a brief Inter
view In Slgnor Zanardellls salon car
rfage Their leave taking was cordial
Slgnor Zanardvlii proceeded to Maderno
and Count von Buelow returned to Ven
ice
ROME April 2 It Is generally assumed
that the brief meeting of Prime Minister
Zanardelll and Chancellor Count von
Buelow at Verona was connected with
politics but what could be achieved in a
tlfteen mlnute chat It is difficult to -imagine
Th meeting however furnishes
an opportunity for the writers of political
screeds and the pending Italo German
commercial treaty and the renewal of the
Triple Alliance afford matter for endless
speculation
The forthcoming visit of an Italian
squadron to Toulon Is Interwoven into the
stories and is treated by those who de
sire a Franco Italian alliance as an event
of the utmost international Importance
The Duke of Genoa who will command
the squadron went to Spezzla today to
Inspect the ships The squadron will sail
Sunday Meanwhile there is nothing at
present to indicate that the meeting Tit
Verona wis anything further than a
courtesy
BERLIN April 2 The semi official pa
pers seek an antidote for the political
gossip arising from Chancellor von Bue
lows visit to Venice by declaring that he
Is merely taking an Easter holiday and
that he will return In a week
SI LOUBETS EASTER TRIP
hlie clnl Honor lo He Inlil to lie Itnl
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PARIS April 2 President Loubet will
be accompanied on his Southern tour
during the Easter holidays by- five mem
bers of his Cabinet
The presence of so many Ministers Is
ascribed to a desire to honor the Italian
squadron at Toulon
It is remarked that not even the Czar
when he landed at Cherbourg was re
ceived by such a number of
ve Frenchmen
WATCHING COUNT TOLSTOY
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Police Reported lo He GunrdliiK
III- Home
LONDON April 3 A despatch to tho
Standard from Berlin says that private
letters received there state that Count
Tolstoys residence near Moscow is
watched by the police with the levr to
preventing him leaving
THE DEATH OF II SAISY
A DItliiBiilieiI Trench Political
Writer Siie ciinib to Pnemnonin
PARIS April 2 M Salsy founder of
the died tonight from In
fluenza and pneumonia He was one ot
the most distinguished French political
writers and a great authority on foreign
affairs He was a constant Republican
and a friend of Gambetta and Jules Ferry
M Salsy was formerly professor of
French literature nt Budapest where he
made a profound study of the politics of
eastern Europe The knowledge he thui
gained was employed aided by a grace
ful pen In articles which appeared In th
Echo de Paris Journal and other
leading papers
Ten Xe Plncue Cn ea
CAFE TOWN April 2 Ten new cases
of plague were reported today
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