CRISIS IS AYEHTED. Fekin Will Not Be Evacuatad at Present. LI Ifiing ( liuns'n Power* Tliontjlit to bi'SnlHrlonl to Protect Vmcrlfau liitere»t»—No ><•«* Uevelop ■iiriitK In Hie ( hlnew Ml nution are Kiipei H'd lor a Few Ita)«. Washington, Sept. 11.- The Chinese minister lins received an imperial edict conferring on la 111» upr Clittnjaf extraordinary power for the coiiiplete settlement of tli<' Chinese trouble, it fjives him authority to make any terms according to his owi discre tion without referring them to the emperor. This is unusual authority anil it is claimed nt the Chinese lega tion, gives I i Huns'- Chang credentials adequate to meet all the objections heretofore raised as to his power to negotiate for peace. The edict is dated two weeks ago, but is just for tvarded from Li Iltinjr Chang. Tien Tsin, Sept. 0. via Nagasaki, Sept. 12.- —The Americans and British are considering the feasibility of transferrins' their winter supply base from Tong-Ku to a point near Shan- Hai-Kwan, on the Gulf of Lino-Tung, which is free of ice and is also a rail way terminus. The chief difficulty in the way of the project is the lack of troops to guard the railway. The I'ritish marines and two naval puns have been withdrawn on shipboard. Thirty-five in the vicinity of Tien Tsin lia\e petitioned the pro visional government for protection. I'oxers are reported massing along the grand canal. Washington, Sept. 14.—The crisis that was near at hand yesterday o\ei\tlie evacuation proposal oft ho Russian government has been avert ed for a time at least, and the diplo matic side of the matter has become again the object of attention. I'he order of (.en. t heller to icave at once, which was expected in some quarters, did .lot issue yesterday, In stead, earnest efforts are making to arrange the preliminaries for the negotiations which arc expe<;te t 'l tin allv to sc.'!e ;he Chine-;; trouble*. Li Hung Chang's message yesterday that his powers are sufficient to pro tect the ii\i's and interests of Amer icans in China removed perhaps the last obstacle to tlie speedy beginning of these negotiations; and the only doubt that now exists is as to his ability in redeem his pledge to pro tect American interests and stop the outrages upon the missionaries and native converts. If he can do this and thus manifest ihe existence of a de facto government, there is no reason 1o doubt that negotiations will be im mediately in order. The notice that Russian troops will not evacuate l'ekin until some ar rangements have been made for the installation of a government to take charge of affairs is directly in line with the aim the.state department had been pursuing in the exchanges with Li Hung Chang, and if this Rus sian decision is adhered to, it cer tainly will facilitate the ultimate Withdrawal of all of the foreign forces, in the opinion of the officials here. An inference from ihe Russian statement is that Li's coming to l'e kin will be forwarded by Russia in the hope of making the desired ar rangement for the establishment of a Chinese government there. As Li cannot reach the capital from Shanghai, starling inside of a week, it may be that, there will be no de velopments in the international situ ation within that period of time. Our government has not been ad vised even vet that all of the answers to the Russian note have been return ed. It is said that all of the powers have been heard from on the. subject, but the disposition is to regard Ihcir communications not as answers but rather as argumentative statements which leave the main issue slill open for discussion. This point, however, becomes of diminished importance in view of the announced purpose of the, Russian government to modify the terms of its original proposition in the manner indicated. London, Sept. 14.—N0 further light is thrown this morning upon Li Hung Chang's intended movements. Th-a Times has an interesting dispatch from l'ekin, dated September 4, which says in part: "Russia has de cided to withdraw her legation from l'ekin, leaving a purely military com mand. An official announcement, of this is expected to-day. The other powers will also presumably with draw their legations, leaving l'ekin tinder the military control of the al lies during the winter at least. "At a meeting of the generals the Kussian commander announced that Russia would maintain 1.>,000 troops during the winter. The C.erman com mander said that Germany would Veep the same number and the Jap anese commander announced that Japan would have 22.000. The I'ritish general was not in a position to make a statement." Von Kettelcr'w .\*t,a**in Co lifeline*. l'ekin. Sept. JO. via Taku, Sept. 14. Huron Vc.n Ketll ler's assassin, whose capture was noted several days ago, has confessed, throwing the blame for the (terman minister's murder upon the shoulders of the im perial governmeiH. upon whose or ders he acted, he says. The assassin was identified by a watch which was taken from the minister's body. Speech Wire lean Telegraphy. liradford. Eng., Sept. 10. At Satur day's session of the Physical Science section of the Hritish Vssociu! ion lor the Advancement of Science, now in annual session here. Sir William Henry I "recce, consulting engineer to the Hritish post office, made the in teresting announcement that as a, Tesult of his experiments with wire less telegraphs he had found it t|iiite possible to convey audible speech siv to eight miles across the sea without wires, lie added that the system might be used as a means of com munication by ships when at sea. DEDICATED. .Monument to General Li>Wl#n tn» veiled at Ft. Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. I- 8 . Iha people of this city yesterday dedica ted to the memory of Gen. Henry W. Lawton a monument crowned by a cannon captured by him and chris tened to the principal city park in honor of the deceased. The cere mony was under the auspices of the I'nion Veteran Legion, and Col. Wil liam .1. Hrvan was the principal ora tor of the occasion. His address was non-part isan. After the parade of the veterans had taken place the ceremonies at the park were begun. The meeting was presided over by Hon. H. I'. llnn na. republican candidate for congress from this district. After prayt l" had been offered by Rev. J. A. R. McGrmv addresses were made by Maj. \\. W. Harnett, who participated in the Spanish war; by Mr. Henry R. Scher er, mayor of the city, and by (iov. Mount. Maj. Harnett told how (len. Lawton had captured from the Filipinos the little brass cannon which crowned the stone monument in front of the stand and had decided that it be pre sented to his home city. Maj. Har nett eulogized lien. Lawton in strong terms, saying that he was recognized as the highest type of American citi zenship. t io\. Mount's address was also largely biographical and eulogis tic. IN CHICAGO. Hrran .tlakm Two Spee<-lie» In Ihe Windy City. Chicago, Sept. 11. —William Jen nings Bryan told two Chicago audi ences yesterday why he thought, If should be elected president of the. I'nited Stales. The first speech was made at a reception arranged at the Sherman house by the Nebraska Hrv an Club of Chicago The second was at the University of Chicago, where, in Kent theater, he addressed an au dience consisting of more than 1,000 persons, mostly women. Kent theater was crowded long be fore Col. Bryan arrived at " o'clock. The speaker was presented bv Mr. McCaskill. One man. when the speak er. talking of the disposition of the Philippines, inveighed against a sys tem which would permit one class from ruling another, asked: "How about the situation in North Caro lina?" Instantly the speaker replied: "Let. the race ijuestion which has brought us sr much trouble be a warning to you not to bring another race ques tion into this country; and we do not have togo to North Carolina either, for we have had it right here in Illinois and in Ohio." IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. A lli-crease 111 Itolli liming tlmitli ol A ii:rii»t. Washington. Sept. 14.- I'he August statement of the imports and exports of the I nited States, issued by the bu reau of statistics, shows that during the month the total imports of mer chandise "w:is -$'»1,020,005, a decrease as compared with August, IS'H), of about $5,000,000. Of the imports of merchandise $22,568,806 was free, of duty. The exports of domestic merchan dise during the month amounted to *101,:::55.!i64, a of *1,500,000. The gold imports for the month amounted to $3,0!)!),857, a decrease of f2.292.000. The exports of gold ag gregated $18,066,372, as against $2,- 099,062 for August, Is!)!). The silver impi.rts amounted to $4,214,573, an in crease of over $1,100,000 and the ex ports to $6,486,899, an increase of s:.',- 500,000. AgaiiiMt Standing Armlew. I'tica, N. V.. Sept. 14. — At the ses sion of the State Federation of W'oru ingmeti yesterday among Ihe resolu tions adopted was one which pro tests against "large standing armies as being a menace to the liberties of organized wage-earners and a heavy burden upon them." The resolution declares it to be ihe firm belief of the federation that ,v no contingency could possibly arise that would war rant a larger army if the safe, wise and humane course heretofore fol lowed by our government v\cre con i tilled." IClerted Ollleer*. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 14.—Tin national encampment of the Cnion Veteran Legion yesterday elected the following officers: National com mander, Gen. I!. Wooters, Philadel phia; junior vice commander, N. M. Avis, Camden, N. .1.: chaplain. 11. W. Couden, Washington, 1). surgeon general, Henry Kleinme, M. I).. St. Louis; quartermaster general, Thom as .1. Hubbard, Philadelphia. Gettys burg, Pa., was chosen as the next meeting place. Consider the War Over. London, Sept. 13.- —The flight of President Kruger from what is now designated as the Vaal outer e ilony. and his arrival last night, at Lorenzo Marqucz, as cabled to the Associated Press Wednesday morning, is regard ed here as indicative of an early end «if the hostilities in South Africa. Another message from Lorenzo Mar qucz says the Transvaal state officials accompanied President Kruger into Portuguese territory. Joekey Killed. New York, Sept. 14. -.101111 Slovak formerly well-known as a jockey, wis killed at the Oravesend race track Thursday while exercising a horse, which fell ai d rol'ed o\cr him. Will Inspect the Worlt Hone. Washington, Sept. !■'.— \ circula' - of the Chiekamauga and Chattanooga park commission announces that ar rangements have been completed for the Inspection by the veterans of all the armies engaged about Chatta nooga of the lii: torieal tablets, mon umental inscriptions and location of lines of battle upon the seven battle fields embraced in the park, the ob ject being to secure veriftcution or correction by participants in the bat tics of the historical work thus far completed. The inspection will take place on October 9, 10 and 11, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900. A VAGRANT FROM BOSTON. He Astonish iml n HfiillfT by Ills lllfirh -I'lonn Langunite In Court. Bailiff Kendig is recognized as something of a wit. The first prisoner to be subjected to the laeonie thrusts of the bailiff in the police court the other day was V\ idiam Koss, says the Washington Tunes. The charge against him was vagrancy, and as | he was arraigned Kendig said, sotto voce: | "A rolling stone gathers 110 moss." He then added, "that is a true saying." Much to the surprise and chagrin of Kendig, Koss replied without the faintest semblance of a smile: "Why do you not quote that aphorism cor rectly '! As we say it in Boston it i»: 'Any petrified formation endowed with a rotary ' motion shows no affinity for the collection of liehenous particles.' " _ _ I "That wilt do from you," said Kendig, "you are charged as a vag. Are you guilty or not guilty?" , j Koss answered not. guilty, but the evi dence was against him. Policeman (jordon declared that he found Ross begging at the Baltimore & Ohio railroad station. Koss claimed that the only begging he did was to beg the policeman to release him. Judge Mills sent Eos.-? to thi workhouse for 60 days in default of bonds in me sum of S2O. The Full of Ilabyloii. "Now, children," said the Sunday school teacher, "which of you can tell me why- Babylon fell?" There was a long silence. The little ones bent over and' looked at one another and drew long breaths, but none of them said anything. Come, come!" the teacher exclaimed at length. "I'm surprised! Isn't there anv little boy or girl in this class who can tell why Babylon fell? Isn't there any one of you who can think of any reason why Baby lon should have fallen?" Then a boy with large brown freckles on the bridge of his nose and a thumb with a slackened nail put up his hand. "Ah," the sweet-faced teacher said, "I thought some of you must know, if you only stopped to think." What was it, Percy?" ( "Mebby he stepped on a banana peel," Percy suggested.—Chicago Times-Herald. Pessimist and Kntnllst. The indignant looking passenger was about to speak, but the conductor headed him of! by exclaiming in a loud tone of irritation: "This is the slowest train 1 was ever on. What's the use of having a schedule if we don't pay any attention to it? The drinking water tastes as if it hadn't been off the kitchen range ten minutes. The car doesn't look as if it had been swept for a month, and it is full of idiots who insist on opening the windows when we go through tunnels, so that the cinders can blow in." The passenger caught his breath and then reclaimed: "I was just about to say that this whole affair isan outrage." "I know it. But you're lucky. You can travel a few mi!es and then get off and be happy. But I've got to stay on this train "orhours every day of my life."- Washington Star. That Fnnny Feeling;. "Da ain't no feelin'," remarked/ Uncle Ebcn, "dat can hold er candle to de per- i euliar sensation dat melts in er man's soul, ' meanders down his spine an' trickles out at his heels when he done lays down er five-dollar bill in payin' fo' er ham an' de grocer ban's him back jes' $8.37 in change." —Chicago Evening News. At the Suiiiiti«*r Hotel. Miss Gabby (speaking of the mountain)— It was terribly high, and papa like to never got over it. Papa (who thinks she is speaking of some thing else) —Yes. and I told the landlord he had better iust get a sandbag and work like any other footpad if he expected to make charges like that. —Baltimore American. it Cnme Natural. Mrs. Johnsing M.ih lands! Dat chile can't be mo' den fo' mont's ole an' walkiri' eroun' likeerfull-grown man! How'd yo' larn him? Mrs. Jackson- Why, Mose begin whistlin' a cake-walk de odder day, an' dat's de re mit.—Puck. "I wonder why Swcllboigh alwnvi. c&V/ifi his kodak with him to the office?" "S-h! Don't give him away. That's his lunch, and lie's ashamed of it." Denver Times. "My parents may come between us," she faltered. "If they do," he exclaimed, hot ly, "they iini-t be pretty small." And he pressed her -till closer to his manly breast. —Philadelphia Keeord. "Even the general that never wins a bat tle ean beat sometimes," remarked Beech wood. "What are you driving at?" asked llomewood. "lie can beat a retreat."- t Pittsburgh ( hroniele-Telegraph. A I.ife Lesson. James—"My rejection taught me one thing." llarr\ "What was that?" .James—"That a fellow never should make his maiden proposal to a wid ow."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Banks "Hello! You haven't been on your vacation yet, have you?" Watterson - "Not vt; but how did you know it?" Bank- "Why, I never saw you looking so well as at present."—Cleveland Leader. "I suppose," said Miss Snapp's fiance, "you'll lie sorry when I many your sister and take her awaj to live with me." "No," replied her little brother. "1 never did like you much anyhow."—Philadelphia Press. Their Standing Assured.—She—"Yes, I'm going to cail on the new neighbors." lie - "Have you heard that they are good peo ple? She—"l haven't heard anything about them, but three delivery wagons from the dry. goods stores slop in front of their house for every one that comes here." —Chicago Tinits-Herald. History's Notorious I'"au!t.—"l must in fist." declared Diana, who was theacknowl edged leader of the Olympian woman's suf frage party, "that the purity of the ballot would be conserved l.\ allowing us to vote." "Nonsense," protested Mercury, leader of the opposition, "you wouldn't be able to control the Muse of History; she's a riat ural-born repeater."—Philadelphia Press. GHICAGQ t °OMAHA /^sCDouble Dai,y Service \ / Waterloo, Fort Dodge and Coun \L'lßQ>/ ell lSlutts. Buffet library-smoking- cars, sleeping cars, free reclining chair cars, diningears. Send to tho undersigned for a free copy of Pictures and Notes En-Route Illustrat ing tilts new line as seen from the car window. Tickets ot agents of I, C. R. 11. and connecting linos. A. H. HANSON. U. I*. A.. Chicago. DUriIMAmM malic Compound is ftw pfl &■ 9 II tin-only positive euro. J'astcx iQ a ■ I periuuee spnaks for itself. 111 IhU a. UUUoruMk Ave., Cfclc&ffo. I A QIFC 112 When Doctors and others fall to relievo J" i yj'U.try N. 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Price, 3 for 5 cents. 7 gjg IKCHESEEKERS' aBH EXCURSIONS 881 SEP. 4 \ "hese are the days on which you can I ,-ril buy very cheap excursion tickets to 1 SEP. iO I NEBRASKA and other points in the _ _ " 40/ Springs, Pueblo, Leadville and Glen- I OCT. wood Springs, Colo., Deadwood and g NOV. 6 \ Hot Springs, So. Dak. Ask your nearest ■ ivi/-\w" on I ticket agent about them or send to me S •MOV. ddO J for folder of particulars. P. S. EUSTIS, General Passenger Agent C. B. & Q. R. R., CHICAGO, ILL. | I Co and look for a New Home in Nebraska, 1 a prosperous country, where a farm can be | bought for one year's rent of an eastern farm. I 7
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