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THE MORNINO OHEOOXIAX. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1901. IS CLOSE TO DEATH Li Hung Chang's Life Hangs by a Thread. HIS PHYSICIANS SO REPORT Rumor of Court's Unvrllllnffnesii to Return to Pekln Are Spread to Influence Deliberation of Powers. PEKIN, -MarchflO. IA Hung Chang is again seriously 111, and his physician says his life hangs by a thread. Prince Chlng and Earl L.1 eeem to think that by spreading rumors of the court's unwillingness to return to Pekln, unless this or that thing is done, they can in fluence the deliberations of the Ministers jof the powers. As a matter of fact, ac cording to reliable reports from Slnan Fu, the imperial personages are extremely uncomfortable at Sinan Fu, where they live In the house of the Governor, which Is only a small structure. French mis sionaries who have just returned from Slnan Fu believe that the Empress Dow ager would bring the court back to Pekin on the first offer of the allies, having as a basis the removal of the troops, except the legation guards. The foreign envoys will not hold a gen eral meeting until Tuesday, owing to the absence of the Frencn Minister, M. Pichon, at Pao Ting Fu. The United States Signal Corps will be ready to leave in a week, according to In structions. No transport has. been an nounced, however. PROHIBITED BY CHAFFEE. Decapitation of a Number of Chiefs Condemned "by Chinese. LONDON, March 11. "It Is not likely that the powers will oppose the schemes of Russia," says the Pekin correspond ent 6f the Morning Post, wiring Satur day. "The situation is regarded as very gloomy. Even the Chinese plenlpotentlaj ries decjare openly that Intervention by the powers Is not desirable unless they are prepared to back up their protests. "There are reports from the Province of Shan SI that the Chinese are con structing extensive fortifications and mo bilizing large bodies of troops to re sist an advance of the allies. "General Chaffee refuses to allow the decapitation of several notorious Boxer chiefs, guilty of murder, whom a Chi nese Judge has condemned. The Ameri cans are the only foreigners who have carried out no execution In Pekln." British Influence Waning In Yanprtse LONDON, March 1L The Shanghai cor respondent of the Tlmes who sends a long account of the waning of British In fluence In the Yangtse "Valley, says: "Five years ago British Interests and influence were predominant and unchal lenged, but today not only is the Yangtse not a British sphere in the sense In which Manchuria Is Russian and Shan Tung German, but it is steadily growing less English and more international. The whole country Is overrun with German, French, Belgian and Swiss engineers and traders, who are exploring Its mineral wealth and commercial resources, while two German lines are briskly competing with their shipping on the river, formerly a British monoply. One advantage the British still possess in the valley Is the confidence and good will of the better classes of the people, and officials of Central China." Chinese Prepared to Resist Arrest. SHANGHAI. March 10. Dispatches from Lan Chou assert that General Tung Fu Hslang. with 20,000 men. and Prince Tuan, with 10,000 men, are at Ning Hsu, prepared to resist arrest The China Gazette announces that Chang, the Taotal, has memorallzed the throne in favor of the abolition of the Hkln duties and that all the Viceroys and Governors support him. Germans Stormed Gntc of Great "Wall BERLIN, March 10. The "War Office has received the following dispatch from Count von Waldersee: "Pekln. March 10. Colonel Ledebur's column stormed a gate of the great wall 0 miles west of Pao Ting Fu, Friday, March 8, and captured three guns." MESSAGE FROM KAISER. Felicitates Prince Lultpold on His Eightieth Birthday. BERLIN, March 10. To Prince Lultpold, Regent of Bavaria, who will complete his SOth year March 12, Emperor "William has sent the following dispatch: "It is with the most painful regret that I am compelled to be absent from you upon the day when you complete your $0th year; but I shall feel near you in spirit, with feelings of deepest gratitude. My eldest son must represent me. I beg him tell you with what heartfelt pleas ure I picture to myself this day your mighty figure, and how, with the loyal Bavarians, and, indeed, with all Ger many, I salute the princely hero In whom the goodness of God preserved to us a distinguished comrade in arms of "Will iam the Great, and of whom we hope he will long preserve to us In his present wonderful vigor." Prince Lultpold in his reply returned "deep thanks, with deep regrets for ter rible occurrence that causes Your Maj esty's absence." Progress of Bubonic Plague. CAPE TQWN, March 10. The official reports regarding - the progress of the bubonic plague In Cape Town since the outbreak show a total of 22 deaths and 102 cases. The Malays gathered today to oppose the removal of a Malay who had been attacked "by the disease, and several persons who had come in contact with the victim. The police were overpowered and the persons who had come into con tact with the Malay made their escape. In the event of a repetition of this ex perience it will be necessary to employ an armed force, so that trouble Is an ticipated. Jamaica Protests to Ecuador. KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 10. The Government of Jamaica, acting on behalf of the British Government, has sent a strong protest to the President of Ecuador against the employment of soldiers to compel thousands of laborers from Ja maica to work under the McDonald syndi cate in the construction of the railroad from Guayaquil to Quito. The protest is almost an ultimatum, as it calls for an immediate discontinuance of the coercive measures. Russia Seeking: Support of Povrers. LONDON, March 11. It Is reported that Russia Is seeking the support of the pow ers In a scheme to prevent a sudden out break In the Balkans, says the Vienna correspondent of the Morning Post. "She proposes that Servla, Bulgaria and Greece should greatly reduce their armies, on condition that the powers give a pledge to protect their Independence. It is as serted that the assent of Great Britain and Austria has already been obtained." f Blood Rain in Sicily. PALERMO, Sicily, March 10. Ever since last night a heavy red cloud has hung over this city, the sky being a deep red. The rain now falling resem bles drops of "blood. This phenomenon, called "blood rain," is attributed to dust from the African deserts, transported by the heavy south wind now blowing. ROME, March JO. The phenomenon now to be seen in Sicily extends over Southern Italy. At Rome the sky is yel low, and at Naples a rain of sand has fallen, the heavens being darkened. The Buffet-De Roulcdc Duel. PARIS, March 10. The Buffet-De Rou lede duel will probably be fought with pistols. M. Buffet Is suffering from an Injury to one of his feet, the result of an accident. It is announced that the four seconds of the principals will leave for Italy today. The Brussels correspondent of Le Matin asserts that it Is quite correct that the Duke of Orleans has forbidden M. Buffet to fight with M. de Roulede, but that M. Buffet has decided with much regret to disobey... The quarrel, however, Is now no longer political. Police Attacked Students. LISBON, March 10. Upon a demonstra tion against the Jesuits by students of the Polytechnlque School, the police en tered the institution and struck many with swords. Among the wounded are some Infantry and cavalry cadets. The students have addressed resolutions to the Chamber of Deputies and House of Peers, denouncing the police. Preparing for French Duel. BRUSSELS, March 10. M. Paul de Cas sagnac, French Conservative Deputy, and editor of L'Autorlte, of Paris, arrived here today, with M. Paul Buffet, brother of M. Andre Buffet, and M. Ferdinand de Ramel, of the French Chamber, who will act as the seconds for M. Andre Buffet In the projected duel with M. Paul de Roulede. Left Letter Confessing: Murder. BERLIN, March 10. A noncommissioned officer named Oliver, who recently com mitted suicide at Gumblnen, left a letter stating that he was the murderer of Cap tain von Kronslgk, who was killed at Gumblnen last January by a shot through a window, while he waa drilling his men in a riding school. Roberts Returned Kaiser's Insifrnta. BERLIN, March 10. It Is reported In court circles that Earl Roberts "thank fully returned" to the Emperor the Insig nia of the Order of the Black Eagle, con ferred at the time of the Kaiser's visit to England, after noticing the unfavorable comment in the German papers upon the bestowal of the honor. Mob Stoned Tax Collectors. MADRID, March 10. During a riot against the Octroi tax last night the mob stoned the municipal employes engaged in collecting the tax, and set fire to 10 sentry boxes. Four persons were In jured, cne of them seriously. Order was finally restored. May Be Favored by Emperor. BERLIN, March 10. As a further illus tration of the milder attitude recently as sumed by the imperial government toward Alsace-Lorraine, the Berliner Tageblatt mentions a report that Emperor William Is planning to give Alsace-Lorraine a rep resentative in the Bundesrath. Countess Von Schlleber Acquitted. BERLIN, March 10. The trial of Countess von Schlleber, accused of hav ing set flre to her own villa In order to obtain the Insurance money, which began Friday, ended at 2:30. this morning. In a verdict of acquittal. The Countess was Immediately liberated. To Fix Date for Election In Spnin. MADRID. 'March 10. At the next coun cil of the Ministry, the dates of the dis solution of Parliament, and the general election, will be fixed. In official circles it Is denied that two bands of Carllsts have made their appearance In Catalonia. Report of Grief's Death False. LONDON, March 10. There Is no fur ther foundation for the rumor of the death of M. Eduard Greig, the Norwegian composer. The reports regarding the con dition of his health, however, -are con flicting. Dock: Strikers Voted to Give Up. MARSEILLES. March 11. A number of dock strikers have voted for a cessation of the strike In consequence of the dam age to the interests of the port. Anti-Jesuit Demonstrations. MADRID, March 10. El Heraldo says there have been further anti-Jesuit dem onstrations in Lisbon, and the municipal guard is now patrolling the city. Strict censorship Is enforced. Prince Committed Suicide. BERLIN, March 10. Prince Albert Zolme-Braunfels has committed cuicide at "Waosben, having learned that the dis ease from which he was suffering was in curable. Kaiser's Condition Satisfactory. BERLIN, March 10. Emperor William's wound Is healing, the swelling of the eye lids Is subsiding, and His Majesty's gen eral condition Is satisfactory. Moroccan Tribes in Revolt. TLEMCEN. Algeria. March 10. The Mo roccan tribes In proximity to French ter ritory are in full revolt, and reinforce ments have been sent forward. De Roulede at Genoa. GENOA, March 10. M. Paul de Roulede arrived here this morning from Barcelona, accompanied by his sister and M. Marcel- Habert, Railroads "Will Not Consolidate. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 10. T. S. Winchess, president; A. S. Dodge, general traffic manager, and R. R. Hammond, general superintendent of the Memphis Railroad system, arrived here from Mem phis, after a trip over the system. Pres ident Wlnchell, In speaking of the uni fication of the Memphis and 'Frisco rail roads, said: "There .Is now a great deal of Interest between the two roads, but no consolida tion. There are some people who own stock in both roads, and naturally want both to succeed. Each will feed the oth er, but there will be no merging. Both will be operated separately. "The people will soon see It demon strated that the roads have no Interest In tearing down any city on their lines. The roads can't prosper unless the coun try they are dependent on does. No city has anything to fear, and If President Yoakum, of the 'Frisco, were here, he would join me In this statement. The roads will not try to divert business from its natural course." Six-Day Walking Match. PHILADELPHIA, March 10. A six-day go-as-you-please walking match was be gun just after midnight at Industrial Hall, under the auspices of ihe Penn ArtClub. Twenty-four pedestrians started, and will attempt to equal the world's record of 623 miles, In 142 hours. The management has offered 50 per cent of the gate receipts to be divided among the first eight men, providing they make .i.oie than 475 miles In the six days. Among the old-timers who toed the scratch -t.ie George Nore mac, Oscar Bergman. Frank Hart, Gus Guerrero rnd Pi Goldeu. The friction of steel on ice is exactly half that of Ice on ice, and one-tenth that of steel on steel. DEWET ESCAPES NORTH OBJECTIVE BE POINT BELIEVED KROOXSTADT. TO He Has 400 Men, and In His Own Country It "Will Be Impossible to Operate Apalnst Him. LONDON, March 11. The Times pub lishes the following dispatch from Aasvo gelkop, March 9: "General Dewet has escaped northward by a fcrced march with 400 men. His objective is believed to be the vicinity of KroonEtadt. "Four other Boer leaders are still in the southwestern part of Orange River Colony. "Now that General Dewet Is back In his own country, it will be almost Impossible to operate against him. Just as soon as he Is pressed, his commando dissolves to meet a few days later. Only a few bands of Boers are now left In Cape Colony." TiO NEWS FROM KITCHENER. Concerning: His Peace. Negotiations "With Hotha. LONDON, March 10. No further news has been received concerning the nego tiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha. The Daily Express says It hearts that Lord Kitchener declared the surrender must be unconditional, while the question of the future treatment of the Boers was referred to London. It is asserted that Mr. Kruger, through Dr. Leyds. has sent a long telegram to Mr. Schalkburger, acting President of the South African Republic, asking for de tails regarding the negotiations. American-Boer Soldier Deported. LONDON, March 10. A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Lourenco Marques says that a Mr. Martlniven, who resigned a post In the United States Army to Join the Boer forces, was shipped for Lisbon Saturday on the Portuguese transport Slare,. which carried 103 Boer families, after he had made an Ineffectual attempt to obtain consular protection. HELD FOR LYNCHING. Three Prominent Men Arrested in North Carolina. CHICAGO, March 10. A dispatch to the Record from Carthage, "N. C, says: L. J. Jones, Dr. M. E. Street, David Andrews and "William Harding, among the most prominent citizens of Eastern North Carolina, were arrested last night and lodged In jail, charged with being responsible for the horrible death of Silas Martlndale. The Jail of Moore County, at Carthage, was broken Into yesterday by a mob of 50 men, who secured Martin dale, confined on a charge of assault, and hanged him to a tree. The Jailer was forced to give up the keys to the cell. Martlndale was hanged just outside the corporate limits. He was choked to death and from Indications about the scene It Is supposed the lynchers raised and low ered him many times In order to ex tort a confession. Martlndale was said to have attacked Miss Brewer, a school teacher living near Carrhage. Mrs. Brew.er informed her husband of the attack, and he soon gath ered a mob. This Is the first time in ft) years that a white man has met death at the hands of a mob In North Caro lina. VICTI3IS OF CONFIDENCE MAX. College Presidents Appear in Court as Prosecutors. NEW YORK, March 10. President Seth Low, of Columbia University: General T. L. James, president of the Lincoln Na tional Bank; President Daniel G. GUman, of Johns Hopkins University, of Balti more, and Secretary "William Beebe, of Columbia University, were In the Police Court this morning before Magistrate Pool to prosecute Ross Raymond for swindling. Presidents Low and James and Secretary Beebe told how Raymond, under the name of Professor Sandys, piayed a confidence game on them by which he obtained $200 from the bank. President Gllman testified that the letter which Professor Raymond presented to President Low was a forgery. The technical charges on which Profes sor Raymond was held are the forging of a check and the Gllman letter. He was held In $3000 bonds on each one of these charges. Raymond was arrested in New Haven last week for trying to swindle President Hadley, of Yale University. FAMILY FEUD ENDS IN MURDER. One Man Shot and Another Probably Fatally Injured. HALIFAX, N. S March 10. A family feud at Shubenacadle. 40 miles from here, culminated today In a bloody shoot ing affray. The participants were David, Emach and Melrose Ettlnger on one side and three Lantz brothers on the other. The trouble started some time ago over a disputed piece of land. The Lantz brothers attended service this morning, and as they left the church the Ettingers, who had been in waiting, opened fire with revolvers. One of the Lantz brothers fell at the first volley. His brothers returned the flre and two of the assailants were shot, and Emach probably fatally. The wounds of the others are serious but not dangerous. Other relatives have taken up the dispute, and the local Constables re fuse to Interfere. Further bloodshed Is expected. DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED. Foiiffht a Pitched Battle "With Two Highwaymen. MILTON, Cal.. March 10. News has just been received here that Deputy Sher iff Holman, of Calaveras County, was shot and killed tonight at Wallace, a small town near hero. In a pitched battle with two highwaymen. One of the latter Is reported seriously wounded. Early this morning two prominent resi dents of Wallace were held up and robbed by the bandits. The men who were robbed Immediately reported the affair to the .county officials, and Deputy Sheriff Hol man, with a small posse, went to Wallace to arrest the robbers. The latter resisted, and a pistol fight ensued. Many shots were exchanged with the result above noted. BurKlnrs Took: $00OO From Dank. ARGONIA,Kan., March 10. The private bank of J. H. Springer waa robbed last night by three men, and $2600 In cash and $4000 in registered Government 3 per cent bonds secured. About 5140 In gold and $8000 In bonds was left untouched. The robbers secured their tools from the San ta Fe section-house, near by. The vault was entered through the brick wall, and the safe blown open with nitroglycerin. The robbery, was not known till this morning. DETROIT, Mich.. March 10. A special to the Tribune from Nlles, says: "Just before the First National Bank closed on Friday, 5100,000 arrived by ex press from Chicago. Express Agent Chambers was in the bank, having Just delivered the money, when the doors were ordered closed. Cashier Arrested for Embezzlement. NASHVILLE, 111., March 10. Walter Offill. cashier of Edmund Palmer's defunct Ashley bank, against whom two warrants were issued last week, charging him with being an accessory to Palmer In the em bezzlement of the bank's funds, has been arrested. He waived examination and I was placed under a $20,000 bond to appear before the April term of the Washington County Circuit Court. Other warrants issued against Palmer have caused the State's Attorney to require the banker to file a bond of $100,000 by "Wednesday, or go to jalL Palmer Is now out on a $15,000 bond. Mail for Alleged Forger. OGDEN, Utah, March 10. A registered package has been received at the Post office here for Harry "Westwood Cooper, the alleged California forger, who was ar rested In this city last week. The Post office authorities decline to state from whence It came, but they Inquired of the police as to Cooper's address, and will forward the package to him. Jealous Man Fatally Shot "Wife. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.; March 10. Charles Rogers, In a jealous quarrel, shot and fatally injured his wife and step-father-In-law, "William E. Bates, tonight. He later gave himself up, and was taken to Indianapolis to escape mob violence. COMMERCE FOR 111 YEARS. American Exports and Imports Front 17S0 to lOOO. WASHINGTON, March 10. A picture of the commerce of the country from Washington to McKinley Is presented In some figures just prepared by the Treas ury Bureau of Statistics which show the imports and exports in each inaugural year from 17S9 to 1901. While it is not assumed that the Inauguration of a Pres ident bears any relation to the com merce of the year in which it occurs, the quadrennial events furnish convenient mlleposts by which to measure the de velopment of our commerce since the completion of "a' more perfect union." Prior to the complete union of the states under the Constitution the records of Imparts and exports were Imperfectly kept, and In certain years Inaccessible, so that the first accurate reports of the Imports and exports of the United States as a Nation are for the year Immedi ately following Washington's lnaugara tion, the fiscal year 1790. In the subse quent years the figures are given for the fiscal 5'ear In the midst of which the President was Inaugurated, while the Im practicability of predicting with any con siderable accuracy the Imports and ex ports of the present fiscal year renders it necessary to adopt for the closing date of the table the figures for the calendar year 1900. In addition to the statement of im ports and exports, a column Is presented showing the excess of imports or exports In each of the years named, and a study of this column proves especially Interest ing as a measure of the development of our commerce and Industries. Prior to 1S77 all of the years named, with four exceptions, show an excess of Imports over exports, while, since that time all of the years except two show an excess of exports over imports. In general terms It may be said that prior to 1876 Imports almost constantly exceeded ex ports, and since 1S7C exports have almost constantly exceeded Imports, while dur ing the past few years the excess of exports over Imports has been phenom enally large, being in the calendar year 1SO0 the largest In our history and reach ing the enormous total of $645,930,329. A still further evidence of the gain which our exports have made over Im ports In the past few years Is found In the fact that in the 107 years from the organization of the Government to the inauguration of President McKinley, ex ports had only exceeded imports by the sum of $3S3,02S,497, while In the four years since his inauguration exports have ex ceeded Imports by $2,150,000,000. This re markable contrast in the figures of the four years under President McKinley as compared with the period of 107 years immediately preceding Is accounted for by the fact that In the first three-quarters of that period the imports were much greater than the exports, while the excess, of exports came only during the final quarter of that term, thus mak ing the net excess of the entire period less than the average annual excess dur ing the past four years. The following table shows the Imports and exports, and excess of Imports or ex ports of the United States in each In augural year from Washington's first to McKinley's second inauguration. The fig ures for the first date named are neces sarily those for the year immediately subsequent, and those of the last named date are those of the calendar year im mediately preceding; while In all other cases they are for the fiscal year In which the Inauguration occujred. 17S9 (Washlngton)A 1793 (Washington) 1797 (Adams) 1801 (Jefferson) lf03 (Jefferson) 1S09 (Madison) 1S13 (Madison) 1817 (Monroe) 1821 (Monroe)B 1S25 (J. Q. Adams) 1S29 (Jackson) 1833 (Jackson) 1857 (Van Buren) 1S41 (Harrison) 1S45 (Polk) 1849 (Taylor) 1853 (Pierce) 1857 (Buchanan) 1S51 (Lincoln) 1865 (Lincoln) 1869 (Grant) . 1873 (Grant) 1S77 (Hayes) 1SS1 (Garfield) 1SS5 (Cleveland) 1SS9 (B. Harrison) 1S93 (Cleveland) 1897 (McKinley) 1900 (McKlnley)C A. Figures of 1790. tember 30 to June 30. B. Fractional year C. Calendar year. A FIFTEEN-HOUR FEAST. Beginning "With Grape Fruit in the Morning and Ending at Midnight. New York Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Meyer are giving their annual breakfast today at their homo In West Ninety-seventh street. It Is an entertainment that Is almost formidable In Its long-drawn-out Joyousness. It be gins at 11 o'clock this morning and lasts until between 3 and 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. It will be a continuous per formance of good cheer. This form of entertainment is unique. and Mr. Meyer Is Its Inventor. This will be the fourth of the series of annual breakfasts which he hope's to keep ton giving his friends for many years. At 11 o'clock this morning these guests will assemble: Colonel Asa Bird Gardiner, John F. Mclntyre, Daniel O'Reilly, Dr. R. Safford Newton, Alfred Lauterbach. Hen ry L. Scheuerman. George C. Anddreae, John T. Little, Maurice Blumsnthal, Chrls tofer Meyer and John Schwarzkopf. After the grape fruit and sherry and cafe au lalt have been disposed of the breakfast will lose Its early morning character and merge into a dejeuner a la fourchette In heavy marching order. Af ter an hour or so of this (with Chablls or Pommard) the breakfast will take on the characteristics of a luncheon, chiefly game and champagne and that sort of thing. Then will follow a few hours of coffee, liquors and speechmaklng. At 4 o'clock the wives of the breakfast guests will arrive, and Mrs. Meyer will give them a culp of tea. The men will take tea, too. About 9 o'clock they win all join In a dinner, whose last course will not be served until after midnight. Car riages will be ready for the ladles then, but the men will remain until 3 or 4 o'clock discussing affairs of state, coffee and similar important matters. President Diaz Steadily Gaining;. MEXICO CITY, March 10. The official gazette published by the government an nounces that President Diaz will return here within a fortnight to preside over the Cabinet session which opens next month. The President Is steadily gain ing In health. THE SMASHER'S MAIL MRS. CARRIE NATION'S PAPER MAKES ITS APPEARANCE. Nick Chllds, the Nepro Gambler, "Who "Went Her Ball in To- . jeks, Is Publisher. TOPEKA, Kan., March 10. The Initial number of Mrs. Carrie Nation's paper. The Smasher's Mall, Is Interesting. It Is a four-column, 15-page paper of neat appearance. It contains several half-tone illustrations of various scenes during the late "Joint" crusade. Mrs. Nation says in her salutatory: "I have no apologies to make for hav ing Nick Chllds for the publisher of The Smasher's Mall. Our Saviour ate with publicans and sinners to do them good. The servant Is not above his lord. This paper shall be as Its name. The Smasher's Mall. I shall put Into the columns the letters I get from all parts, even those from across the water. Those wishing to say anything through the columns of The Smasher's Mall must put it In tne form of a letter and use brevity, the soul of wit, for I reserve the exclusive right as editor. On Ihe 14th page Is found a picture of the negro, Nick Chllds. the publisher. Underneath are these lines: "Business manager of The Smasher's Mall, and the plain dealer who went to the relief of Mrs. Nation when deSerted by the law and order people." The first page contains an excellent half-tone of Mrs. Nation. The depart ments under which the letters are pub lished In The Smasher's Mall are: "Let ters From Hell," "Letters From Honest People," "Appeals for Help." "Some Po etry," "Notes and Comments," ''Indorse ments and Invitations," "Snap Shots," and "Answers to Correspondents." Some of the paragraphs are: "We solicit advertisements of all that is useful and beautiful, and that Its use will be to the glory of God." "Why didn't the Legislature pass a law prohibiting prisoners the use of tobacco, whisky or to play cards In Jail? Why build again the things which they de stroy?" "I was glad to note that anarchy was indorsed by McFarlan and Sheldon." "You want to be in the band wagon with the preachers and the good women. Verily, I say unto you, Mr. Lindsay, you must be born again. "In justice to Mr. Cook and family I will say my confinement was almost pleasant, if It had not been for the cigar ette smoke. I had three meals a day, and a good bed. It is a first-class hotel be side the Wichita jallhouse with Its ma niacs, cigarettes and green persimmons. The turnkey, Mr. Dodd, was kind to me." To Rid Kansas City of "Joints." KANSAS CITY, Kan., March 10. The Law Enforcement League of this city held a meeting tonight, and listened to the re port of a committee which has been ap pointed to visit the city and county offi cials to learn what assistance could be received from the officials In closing the "joints" here. The report stated that little encouragement was received from the city officers, but the County Attorney promised to take action according to law whenever proper evidence should be pre sented to him. The league decided to take necessary steps to procure the evidence. There are many "Joints" here, and they have not yet been affected by the temper ance crusade that has been sweeping over Kansas. Sirs. Nation Probably Convicted. WICHITA, Kan.. March 10. A sealed verdict was returned this afternoon in the case of the State vs. Mrs. Carrie Nation, Lucy Wllhllte, Julia Evans and Lydla Muntfc, charged with wrecking a saloon here January 21. The verdict will be read In the District Court In the morn ing. It is thought that the verdict finds tho women guilty as charged, as 11 of the Jurymen are said to have favored conviction at midnight last night. The jury had deliberated 24 hours. Vanderbilts May Get Clover Leaf. TOLEDO, O., March 10. A rumor reached this city today to the effect that the Clover Leaf would soon pass into the control of the Vanderbilts, and It Is 1 given considerable credence here on ac- Excess of Imports Imports. Exports. or Exports ? 23.000,000 $ 20.203.156 $ 2,794,844 31.100,000 26.109,572 M., 75,379.405 61.294.710 24.0S4,(S6 111.363.511 93.020.513 1S.342.993 120,600.000 95,566.021 25.033.979 59.400.000 52.203.233 7,196.767 22.005.000 27.S56.017 3.S51.0I7 99,250.000 87.6n.569 11.578.431 54,620.834 64,596,323 75.4S9 90.189.310 90,738.333 549,023 67.0SS.91o 67.434,651 345.736 101,047.943 87.520.732 13,519.211 130.472.803 111.433.127 19.029.676 122.957.544 111.817,471 ll.lW.OTS 113.184.322 106.040.111 7.144.211 141.206.199 , 140.351.172 S55.027 263.777,265 203.4S9.2S2 60.2S7,9S3 34S.428.342 293.823.7CO 54.604.5S2 2S9.310.542 219.553.S33 69.756,709 23S.745.5S0 166,029.303 72,716,277 417.506.379 286.117.697 131.3SS.6S2 642,136,210 622.479,922 119,656.285 451.323,126 602.475.220 151.152.094 642,664.623 902,377,346 259.712,718 577,527,329 742.1S9.755 164.662.428 745.131.652 742.401,375 .IHO.ZTi 866.400.922 847.665,194 18.735.723 764.730.412 1.050.993.556 286.263.144 829.019.337 1.477,949.666 648.930.329 due to change of fiscal year from Sep- count of tho recent traffic arrangements which were made between the Clover Leaf and the Michigan Central, a Vander bllt road. The plan Is saldto be to make tho Clover Leaf a part of the Michigan Central system, thus giving the Vander bilts a line from St. Louis to Lake Erie, Buffalo, Boston and New York. The Clover Leafs eastern terfnlnal Is here, and the Detroit division of the Michigan Central has its terminal here also. President Norton left this afternoon for New York, having been called to that city on important business, which Is said to be in connection with the proposed sale. Human Suffering:. Contemporary Review. From the days of Herodotus we find phrases employed by the Greeks which exhibit a satiric Ill-humor about suffering. The gods are" pictured as envying human happiness, and therefore giving men little of it; it was even said that human hap piness provoked the anger of the gods. In their tragedy, which was a state edu qatlon, nature Is shown as cruel to the good and mysterious In malignity. Pro metheus Is the legendary hero, whom Aeschylus makes the subject of one of his tragedies. He Is pictured as chained to a rock by the gods, and a vulture pecks his liver because his inventive benevolence has taught men the use of fire and arts which softened their hard condition of life. Heis suffering from the mallco of the powers that rule us, for his disinter ested service. The Greeks were a sunny, buoyant race; they saw the beautiful and the Ideal around them, and delighted In life. But they had to fight and to be wounded, to be sick and to weep; and tragedy on the stage gave speech to a dis cord which lay in corners of being not often frequented. The literature of trag edy offered a working theory that suf fering was the effect of evil done, and when this would not work, left It In a ma2e without a clue. It was true to facts, and it exhibited the kind of suffer ing which could not be related to evil doing. Sophocles has a series of tragedies about the legendary fate of Oedlpu3, who kills his father In a battle, not knowing that he Is his father, and then marries his , mother, not knowing that she Is his moth- er. When he comes to the knowledge of these horrors he tears his eyes out. He discovers no evil in his life to account for these disasters, and is only able to think that some unknown evil, unex hausted in his ancestors, has brought this doom on blmt that he Is a vicarious suf ferer: For thus it pleased th jods, incensed per haps Against my father's house, for guilt of old. For as regards my life thou couldst not find One spot of guilt. In recompense for which I sinned these sins against myself and mine. FORGOT TO TELL WHERE. Cabby "Was Wise, However, and Kept Driving:, "While BiU Grew. Kansas City Journal. The absent-minded man is a funny creature. He does some strange things. Here Is a story that has Just leaked out on a man who was late at a lecture here not long ago. It wouldn't be fair to tell his name, but some will recognize tne facts, because they waited more than half an hour for the gentleman In ques tion to appear, and he was much upset when he did come, though he never ex plained his lateness. The man came from, another town, and his train arrived half an hour before he was to speak. He is dreadfully absent minded, but before he started from home, his wife Impressed the necessity of haste when he arrived here, and he had that fact in mind most strongly. So he im mediately rushed through the station and clambered Into a hack, and shouted to the Jehu: "Here, fellow; here's $5. Now drive as fast as you can. I haven't any time to spare." And with that he slammed the door and settled back in the cushions with a sigh of relief. Then he promptly forgot all about the matter he was here on, and was lost in study. Away went the carriage, at a good pace. The cabby neither knew nor cared who his fare was; he supposed the man wanted to go, and for once he sent his steeds at a furious rate. Up and down -hill they went, and In and out, till they were white with foam. The street lights seemed like , torch-light -procession, and corners were cut on two wheels. For an hour, the pace was maddening. Then cabby began to wonder If he hadn't gone- far enough. He "was away out De yond Pewter road, and well south at that. He stopped. The cessation of the wheels awoke the professor Inside to his duty. He looked out. There was merely a waste of snow. He opened the door and asked: "Are we there, my man?" . "There?" came the reply. "Where?" "At my destination?" "I don't know nothin' about your des tination; you never told me any; you said drive like h 1. and I did." "Bless my soul," excitedly shouted the professor, "I forgot to tell you where I wanted to be taken!" And it cost him another $5 to go there, too. But the cabby couldn't keep the story, it was too good. AMERICA WOULD SUFFER. Russian Occupation of Manchuria Means Extinction of Trade. NEW YORK, March 11. The American Asiatic Association, of this city, has re ceived the following cablegram from the American Association of China. The lat ter body Is composed of the leading Ameri can merchants in the City of Shanghai: "Russian control of Manchuria Insures extinction of American trade. Vigorously protestagainst Russo-Chlnese agreement." BrnniTTick Mortgaged for 50,750,000. BRUNSWICK. Ga.,March 10. The Bruns wick & Birmingham Railroad has filed a mortgage In favor of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, to secure an issue of J6.75d.000 50-year 5 per cent gold bonds. These bonds will be suffi cient to build and equip the road to Birm ingham. Work Is being vigorously pushed at this end. A report from Birmingham todav states that the recent combination of the St. Louis & San Francisco line and. the Memphis & Birmingham, which join with the Brunswick & Birmingham Com pany, is to afford the shortest route from Kansas City to the Atlantic seaboard, with Brunswick for the terminus. Report of Seaboard Sale Denied. RICHMOND, Va., March 10. President John S. Williams, when asked today re garding the report published In a New York newspaper that the Seaboard Line system had been purchased by August Belmont and the Rothschilds, said: "The report that a controlling Interest In the Seaboard Air Line system had been pur chased by parties allied to the Louisville & Nashville or any other system, Is without foundation." Mystery Cleared Up. NILES. Mich., March 10. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Cashier Charles A. Johnson, of the First National Bank, has been cleared up. Mrs. Johnson tonight returned from Chicago, where she says her husband Is 111 at the home of his brother-in-law. The officers of tho bank are satisfied that her story is true. They say that a search of the bank's books shows that not a dollar Is missing. AkIcm for ?30,000 Damage. SPRINGFIELD, III., March 10. Attor ney Willis Fairman, of Alton, who. In comoanv with John L. Beals, was ar rested recently and taken to Edwardc vllle. charged with being an accomplice in the "invincible thief" case, bas In stituted suit for $50,000 damages against Madison County, alleging false Impris onment and that he was assaulted by officers on their midnight drive with him from Alton to Edwardsvllle. Xcbraiikn. Deadlock Alone Discussed. LINCOLN, Neb., March 10. R. B. Schneider, National committeeman from Nebraska, today denied that the confer ence of Senator Hanna, Henry C. Paine and himself In New York on Thursday in any way related to the Interests of any Senatorial candidate. "We simply consid ered methods to end the deadlock in Ne braska," he said. Carpenters Demand Eltebt-Honr Day. TOLEDO, O., March 10. The carpen ters' union, of this city, with a member ship of 1000, has made a demand for SO cents an hour, and an eight-hour day. They announce that the new schedule must go into effect May 1. or they will strike. ' 31. A. Howard a Bankrupt. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 10. M. A. Howard, who while a member of Congress from this state, wrote a book entitled. "If Chrlfit Came to Congress." has filed a petition In bankruptcy. Liabilities, $10,827; assets, $795. Why Indians Paint Their Faces. Pearson's Magazine. The fact of the matter Is that every paint mark on an Indian's face 13 a sign Tvith a definite meaning, which other In dians may read. When an Indian puts on his full war paint he decks himself not only with his own Individual honors and distinctions won by his own bravery, but also with the special honors of his family or tribe. 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Very peculiar are some of the honorable symbols painted on the Indians' faces. There are fish, flesh and flowl of all klnd3 dog salmon, devil fish, and starfish, woodpeckers, eagles, ravens, wolves, bears, seallons and sea monsters, mosqul- toes, frogs, mountain goats and all man ner of. foot, claw or beak marKs eacn wiin, a special meaning of its own. Soldleri Start for-Philippines. WASHINGTON, March 10. The squad ron of the Fifth Cavalry stationed at Fort Myer, Va.. left for San Francisco, en. route to the Philippines, today. They Will sail on the transport Meade about March IS. The squadron is made up of Troops I, K, L and M, and Is In com mand of Colonel William A. Rafferty. 82.10.000 Fire In Collepte. IOWA CITY, la., March 10. Fire this morning destroyed the College of Medi cine and Literary buildings at the Univer sity of Iowa. The Toss Is not less than $250,000. Teas Coffees Spices Extracts oda akiiig Powder f Great Eastern Tea Co. IS'O Vnh. St.. bet. 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