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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-10-30
GARFIELD.

A committee Of tive were appointed
Sunday at Pearl Sunday school to de-
eide on Christmas programs. They
met Tuesday evening.
Miss Clara Woolverton visited Mrs.
Hosie Monday evening.
Miss Jane Huitt is visiting her
parents at Talmage.
Mrs. Z. Sexton and children and
Miss Nora Sexton spent Sunday and
Monday at Buckeye.
The recital given by Miss Frances
Woolverton and pupils at Pearl was
well attended.
Robert Stone is threshing his wheat.
Miss Lula Sexton spent Wednesday
at P. ROss's near Abilene.
Mr.. A. Boyer will have a sale Nov.
ember 3, at his farm.
J. L. Engle spent Sunday at Belle
Springs.
Miss Jessie Rees Of Abilene visited
friends here last week.
Mr.. J. G. Engle is hauling coal for
the Acme Creamery company.
John Boyer Of Oklahoma is here
visiting relatives and friends.
The LADIES' Missionary society Of
Mt. Pleasant will meet with Mrs.
John Koenig Thursday afternoon,
Oct. 30.
Born, Oct. %, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Wilson, a daughter.
There was no church at Mount
Pleasant Sunday morning or evening
on account Of the church being re.
paired.
Miss Olive Weddle and brother
Clyde Of Solomon spent Sunday al
VIM. Birchell's.
Born, Dot. 23, to Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Exline Of Kipp, a daughter.
John Spence is having his new
house plastered.
Charley Dumcum is shocking corn
for John Ross.
Mrs. VIM. Birchell and daughter
Mabel spent Monday and Tuesday in
Abilene.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Latin visited
ct Henry Emig's Sunday.
Ralph Cooley drove his cattle home
Monday from bis brother Lees where
they have been in pasture.
Jacob Msnnon is reported very Ill.
A large crowd attended the Literary
At Sunny Side Friday evening.
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COUNTY REFLECTIONS
81 SPECIAL RErIrcroR CORRESPONDENCE


Mrs Grant has moved to Kansas
City, Mo.
Henry, the son Of Stephen Baldwin
Of this city, died at Ada on Thursday
Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sias have returned
from their summer trip to Minnesota.
Andrew Percy Of Smith Falls, Can
ada, is here visiting his parents.
Miss Edith Havener who has been
seriously i'll with typhoid fever is now
able to be out again. Her sister
Miss Leila is no better than she has
been the past two weeks and 1t Is
feared that she will have . very hard
time Of it.
Mrs. E. E. Hopkins Of Kansas City
has been visiting Mr.. ". A. Hopkins
and family.
Thomas Collins who has lived
north Of town for several years has
bought the place formerly occupied
by Mi. J. D. Ward and will live there
this winter.
Hume Percy Of Ellis is in town wis.,
iting friends and his parents. He has
bis "run" on the U. P. from Ellis to
junction City.
Rev. Wingert WAS In town ysster.
day renewing bis acquaintance with
Solomon people. He ~ now the U.
B. evangelist for this conference.
Miss Pearl Sanford who Is attend.
ing collegs At Emporia Is expected
homo next Sunday.
The W. C.. T. U. Of Solomon now
has thirty members with others on
the list. This organization grows in
spite Of the fact THAT the p~rohibitory
law 10 repealed as far as Solomon is
concerned"
Mr.. Carl Rankin, who is in the
school Of law at Lawrence, Kas., will
be home from Friday until Wednes-
day.
The Solomon high school foot ball
team will play the Abilene high
school team on the gridiron in Hills
pa .ure next Saturday, November /.
No eoi the Solomon team have ever
pla I'd football before and many
9th, 8 here have never seen q game
Of foot ball so that there Is quite an
interest taken in the game just now.
Last Thursday afternoon at 1888
the fire bell rang. The occasion was
that Of Skagg's lard rendering plant
becoming too heated and consequent
display Of valor on the part Of the
citizens OF Solomon in order to pro-
tect some OF its fine buildings. Some
damage was done to the building that
faced on Main street hut the stream
from the hand engine was sufficient
to extinguish the flames.
Rev. Emerson, the Prohibition IAN
didate for governor will speak in Sol.
ONION on Main street tomorrow after
noon.
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No Republican has
yet been born who is
good enough for me
to vote for.-[W. T.
Harris, Fusion candi-
date for representa-
tive.
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For bargains attend the public sale
OF G. W. BormaH 3 miles southeast OF
Navarro, Nov. 7th. Free lunch at
noon.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-10-30

No Republican has yet been born
who 10 good enough for me to vote
for.-[W. T. Harris.
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woopBINE.

Mrs. Frank Smith and baby, who
have been visiting Mrs. J. W. Gillett,
returned to her home in Junction
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Welhy visited In
Hope Monday.
Literary will be reoreanized Thurs
day evening at the school house.
Miss Maud Hopkins Of Abilene Wis
tied friends last week.
The c. E. society will give party
at George Middlston's Wednesday
evening for Miss Lille Garrettz who
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Apples For Sale.

Choice picked apples for sale at my
farm 81 miles east Of Enterprise.
| MRS. ALICE PACKARD.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-10-30

Hugh McVicker Of Talmage has
had his pension increased to &l2 per
month.
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and Pills

Radically and permanently cure IT,
strengthen and tone the stomach and
other digestive organs for the naturdl
performance Of their functions.
Accept no substitute for Hoods.
VI had dyspepsia twenty-five ysars and
took different medicines but Ct 70 help
until ! bseaa taking Hoods, sassapsrila.
Hsvs tafea our bottles Of thls medicine
md can NOW eat almost anytAiag, sassp
wsll have no cramps in my stomach, no
burning and no Distress" NM. wrxxAx
9. BAlszzs. II Olney st., Providspoe, r. !.
hoed's eaFsaparilla prernlses .
cure and keeps the promise,
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WILL DISCUSS MISSIONS.
Miss Fannie Hoffman to Address
Union Meeting of Societies.

~o Va SSSASSASs
There will be a union meeting OF
all the missionary societies Of the city
in the Lutheran church Friday after.
noon at half past two.
The women OF the churches are
urged to be present at this meeting,
The following program will be given
Organ Voluntary ..... Mrs, II. L. Humphrey
Devotional Service. ........ Mrs. +. X. Brown
Hymn.
Reports from Secretaries
Paper, "Gleanings from Mission Fields"
...............,.......M Mrs. II, h. Ackers
Solo,. ....,,.............,M Mrs. j.. II. Nicsley
Paper, "Our New Possessions" "a. ........
."...""..........".M Mrs, II. G. Puliver
Hymn.
Paper, "How Much Owest Thou Thy
LordY,. ,.,. 49,, Mrs, II. l., Humphrey
SOLO ,......,""..".o""..",, MISS Amy hump
Address ..... Miss Fannie Hoffman, returned
missionary from India,
Closing Exercises.
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for general homework. Apply to
Mrs. G. N. Hargsr. COZ West Third
street, Abilene. 1T
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-10-30
= Distress
litter Eating

Nausea between meals, belching, vom.
iting, 1atulence, fits Of nervous bead
ache, pain in the stomach, are al
symptoms Of dyspepsia, and the longer
It 10 neglected the harder it ia to cure it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-10-30

Rev. Emerson, the Prohibition can
didate for governor will speak in Sol.
ONION on Main street tomorrow after
noon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-31

Gle second, clause fifth, of the constitution,
where there is no person entitled to dis
charge the duties of the office of the presi-
dent, the same shall devolve upon the vice
president. The congress may by law pro-
vide for the case where there is no person
entitled to hold the office of president or
vice president, declaring what officer shall
then act as president, and such officer shall
act accordingly until the disability shall
be removed or president shall be elected"
Why California Voted for Mckinley.
Washington, Jan. 27.-When the for
eign affairs committee of the house
Saturday resumed it's hearings on the
subject of the reenactment of law pro-
hibiting the coming into this country
of Chinese, it was informed that if it
had not been understood fully by the
people of the Pacific coast in the last
national campaign that the Chinese
would be excluded by republican ad-
ministration and by republican con-
gress, CALIFORNIA; electoral vote
would have been cast for Mr.. Bryan.
This statement was made by E. J. Liv-
ernash, assistant manager of the San
Francisco (Cal.) Examiner. He APP
peared before the committee in sup
port of the Kahn bill for the exclusion
of the Chinese, which, it appeared in
the course of his statement, he had
part in preparing.
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NEGRO CONFESSES.
Bath-HOuse Attendant at st. Louis
Admits That He Killed Mil
IiOnaire Cooper.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-William Strother,
the negro attendant at the Vista Turk
ish bath house at Grand and Franklin
avenues, confessed Saturday to the
murder of Alexander Dean Cooper, the
millionaire.
The confession was made Saturday
before Chiefs Kiely and Desmond and a
police stenographer, who took the MUIR
derer's words verba tim. Strother
signed the confession when tran
scribed.
Strother, who had been constantly
''sweated" by Chief Desmond, finally
broke down Saturday morning just
prior to the hour for the coroner's in
quest to begin, and confessed all. He
said that he took the hammer in one
hand, lifted it high in the air, and
brought it down on the head of Mr..
Cooper, who was asleep on the cot
81 don't know why did it," said
Strother. 81 guess 1 must have been
drunk and mad"
Strother was taken before the cor
oner's jury, and there he .retold the
story of the crime.
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hatwaving. and noisy, bearing flags,
resolutions and addresses of welcome
AS the hero's carriage moved along
Jackson boulevard and Michigan av-
enue to the Auditorium Annex he
found thousands more of them exhibit
ing similar disposition to make him
feel at home. 1t was multitude ofad-
miring enthusiasts and it gave the ad
miral the right sort of welcome in
the right sort of way.
The Hamilton clubs distinguished
guest was kept very busy with the
somewhat elaborate programme of en-
tertainment arranged for him. Recep-
tions, breakfasts, luncheons and din
ners were reeled off in rapid fashion,
and he was being toasted and compli-
mented every minute of the time he
spent with his hosts. But no amount of
oratory and adulation of that kind can
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-31
TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD.
Result of the Explosion in the
Mine at Lost Creek,
Iowa.
TEN OTHERS ARE SEVERELY HURT.
The Coroner Investigating the A.
fair in an Effort to Fix the Blame
Shot Was Too Heavily Charged
and Ignited the Dust When 1t Was
Set OF.

Lost Creek, Ia, Jan. 27.-Twenty-
one dead bodies were Saturday morn
ing taken from the improvised morgue
in shaft No. 2 of the Lost Creek Coal
Mining company, of this place, as the
result of the worst mine disaster ex
perienced in the history of Iowa.
When brought to the surface they pre-
scented horrible sight. Some of the
bodies were terribly mangled and be-
yond recognition and could only be
identified by some trinket Or some
thing found in their pockets. The II
injured are improving, and no addi-
tional deaths are anticipated, since the
death Saturday morning of Oliver Ma
bic, making the list of dead %. He had
his arm broken and was terribly
burned about the face and head.
The list of the dead is as follows:
THE DEAD-Mike Fox. ST.. aged 4S;
Mike Fox, Jr., aged 21; John Elder, aged
%; C. B. Crews, aged 81; Russell Fish, aged
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south and one mile east of Oskaloosa,
and three miles northeast of Eddyville.
1t is owned by the Lost Creek Coal and
Mining company, of which C. E. Laugh
lin, I'll. L. Spencer, jeff Timbrell, F. E.
Green and O. S. Ellis are the chief
stockholders. The property has been
successfully operated a number of
years. The shaft where the accident
occurred is No. 2 and has been oper-
ated about 10 months. 1t has been
thought perfectly safe. The ventila-
ton is perfect, the only possible fault
ever found being that it was little
dusty at times.
Miners in West Section Escape.
The explosion occurred east and
north of the shaft, in the east entries,
and almost all in that part of the mine
were killed or hurt. All the miners on
the west side escaped injury and got
out of the mine; in fact some did not
know of the accident till called on for
help
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Retired.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Rear Admiral
William X. Van Reypen, chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery, Satur-
day closed an active career in the navy
extended over period of 40 years and
including service in the war of the re-
bellion and the Spanish war. He goes
on the retired list at his own request,
with the rank and pay of a senior rear
admiral, corresponding to that of ma
jor general in the army. He will be
succeeded as chief of the bureau by
Medical inspector p. M.,Rixey, now in
charge of the naval dispensary in this
CITY.
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Selected for St. Petersburg.

Washington, Jan. 27.-Edwin V. Nor
gan, second secretary of legation at
st. Petersburg, has been selected to
fill the vacancy in the state depart
ment caused by the death of Thomas
Keller. Mr.. Morgan is native of New
York and has had considerable diplo-
matte experience. The place he as
sumes is that of confidential clerk and
ecretary to Third Assistant Secretary
Pierce. A successor has been selected
to Mr.. Morgan as second secretary
at ST. Petersburg but the announce
ment is withheld for the present.
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Mr.. Carnegie has just erected with
in the Skibo castle grounds in Scot
land a magnificent salmon and trout
hatchery, in which 100000 eggs are
incubating in we1-appointed boxes.
In connection also with his Skibo and
other estates in Sutherlandshire he is
the proprietor of extensive salmon
fishings in Dornoch Firth and along
the Kyle of Sutherland, and there are
several lakes, both natural and arti-
fetal, throughout his domains that
are well stocked with trout.
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Accident on Spanish Boat.

} Vigo, Spain, Jan. 27.-The obsolete
Spanish gunboat Condor has been
towed into this port in damaged con-
dition, due to the explosion of her
boiler, which killed two men and in
jured nine Others, including the COM
mander of the vessel.
Vigo, Spain, Jan. 27.-Later in the
day it was announced that two more Of
the Condor's crew had died from their
injuries. Others of the injured men
are in dangerous condition. Most of
the crew sustained contusions or
burns. The gunboat is practically a
wreck
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VIII Await Action of Senate.

Washington, Jan. 27-The Danish
government will not take the plebiscite
of the Danish West Indian islands to
determine whether they shall be ceded
to the United States until the United
States senate has ratified the treaty
of cession signed Friday. This circum-
spection is supposed to be the outcome
of the senate's action in rejecting for
mer treaty of cession after Denmark
had accustomed the islanders to the
idea of transfer.
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
President Mitchell Names Members
Who Shall Serve United Mine
Workers of America

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 27.-At the
opening of Saturdays session of the
United Mine Workers convention
President Mitchell announced the fol-
lowing committees: On Chinese eX-
clusion, w. B. Wilson, district, No. 2;
w. D. Ryan, district No. ~; t. L. Lewis,
district No. 6; Edward Mckay, district
No. 5; George Richards, district No. 25;
P. F. Mccormack district No. 1, and E.
S. Mccullough, district No. "a.
On reorganization and care of
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miners in districts Nos. 2, S, 10,
20 and %, Joseph Vesey, district
No. 10; Edward Flyn, district No. 20;
Patrick Gilday, district No. 2; James
D. Wood, district No. %; William Lit
tie, district No. 5; Joseph Pendleton,
district No. 81, and A. j. Springer, dis
trict No. II.
The committee on officers reports
which was called Friday afternoon,
then continued it's report.
Among the points of the report was
a recommendation of Secretary Wilson
that local unions be required to take
notices to local unions be printed in
the Journal. 1t was adopted.
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An artesian well in Grenelle,
France, took ten years of continuous
work before water was struck at a
depth of 1,780 feet. At 1883 feet over
200 feet of the boring rod broke and
fell into the we'll and it was fifteen
months before it was recovered. A
flow of 100000 gallons per day is OBJ
tanned from it, the bore being eight
inches. At Passy, France, there is an
other artesian well 1913 feet in depth
and 271b inches in diameter, which
discharges an uninterrupted supply
of $500 900 gallons per day. The cost
was 100000.
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q: Joe Berto, aged go; S. G. Creighton,
aged 2S (colored); James Stoyall, aged 30
(colored); Andrew Pash, aged SO; Sam
Humphrey, aged 81; James Humphrey,
aged "a; j. J. Humphrey aged 80; Daniel
Fish, aged "a; Dave Waitress, aged Is;
Frank Gasperi, aged So; Alexander Gray,
aged "a; Jack Mannealy, aged 20; John
Martin, aged 20; George Benochak, aged
20; Joe Gasperi, aged "a; John Kaval, aged
80: Oliver Mabie.
Those most severely injured are:
Ed Swanson, Jonas Mabie, leg broken
and head hurt; John Jerkin, of Eddyville,
spinal injuries, may die; Frank Secrees,
of Eddyville, arm broken, burned; Charles
Leaman, of Lost Creek, leg broken,
burned; Ed Swanson, of Eddyville, bruised
and burned; Jonas Mabie, Jr., of Lost
Creek, bad burns; William Harvey (col-
ored), badly burned, will recover; George
Gogo, spinal injuries, will recover; Harry
Derrock.
To FIX the Blame.
Coroner Foehlinger, of Oskaloosa, is
holding an inquest to determine who
is to blame for the disaster. The
trouble was caused by an explosion of
dust ignited by a shot too heavily
charged. 1t proved to be what miners
call a "screamer." To be more clear,
the shot, when exploded, instead of
knocking down the coal, fires straight
out into the room. This kind of shot
causes much dust and the flames COM
ing into contact with the dust usually
furnish an explosion.
Force of Explosion Terrific.
In the accident of Friday the effectwas
simply terrific. The tracks were torn
up and the guides for the cages were
blown away. On this account they
could not be operated for three hours.
The fans were also damaged and could
not be used to ventilate the mine i'm
mediately. All the entry doors were
blown completely out and no system
of ventilation could be arranged until
the doors were replaced by volunteers,
and it was almost certain death to go
into the mine.
Brave Volunteers.
AS soon as the cages could be op-
Grated, volunteers speedily stepped
forward. The first man to enter the
mine was Jap Timbrell, general super
intendent of the mine. He was eagerly
followed by many others, who took
their turns in going to the relief of the.
victims.
Coroner on Hand.
AS soon as the mine was fully ex-
plored 20 dead bodies were found. Cor
oner Foehlinger, of Oskaloosa, was on
the ground and took charge of the
dead bodies, removing them Saturday.
He caused them to be taken to the
company's store, about mile distant.
Here an improvised morgue was estab-
lished and the bodies were wrapped in;
blankets. The coroner did not deem
it advisable to expose them to the view
of the crowd.
The Lost Creek Mine.
The Lost Creek mine, where the ac-
cident occurred, was about ten miles
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A quantity of jewels and trinkets
which had played important parts in
murders and other crimes were sold
at auction by the police authorities
of Paris the other day. Most of the
articles brought prices far above their
intrinsic value, their worth being en-
HANGED in the eyes of the morbid be-
cause of the grewsome associations
connected with them. Those which
were blood-stained were in great de-
mand
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have felt at the maSnqncent SreeunS
given him by the people along the
streets. 1t is unequaled in the history
of the city.
Greeted at South Chicago.
The official welcome began in the
morning away down in South Chicago
At that point a committee from the
Hamilton club intercepted the admir-
ais train and boarding it came to Chi
cago with him in his private car.
Chairman George w. Miller, President
Munger, Frank I. Moulton, Judge H'ol-
dom, Robert McCurdy, G. w. Kimball
and B. N. Austin, of the Baltimore and
Ohio road were in the welcoming party,
and they all had good word to say to
their guest as he stood on the platform
and shook hands with them.
Mrs Schley, too, ventured out of tn
car and listened to Mr.. Munger's littI
speech telling her how glad the women
of Chicago were to have her as their
guest.
All the way from South Chicago there
were evidences of the admiral's popu-
larity. Every crossing had its delega-
ton and every factory, locomotive and
steamboat turned on it's whistle as the
train passed. At one station there was
a group of small girls with flags, lift
ing their little voices in shrill cheer.
Touches the Hero's Heart.
"That touches me, boys" said the adj
miral. "When they do that it goes to
49,, -
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children.

Prof. Wilbur G. knight, of the state
University of Wyoming, is engaged in
putting together pieces of sea. SER
pent which he discovered in 1895.
The animal was sixty feet long and is
one of the most valuable specimens
ever captured
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An arrangement has just been made
whereby the Berlin gas lamps in tina
streets will be lighted automatically
and simultaneously by means of all
electric attachment. The current will
be switched on from the central station
and a spark will ignite the gas, which
will be turned on by special appa.
ratuS
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Rev. DR.. j. H. Hertz, formerly of
Syracuse, N. Y, is the only American
preacher in the Transvaal and Orange
river colony. He delivered the ad-
dress at the Mckinley memorial serv-
ices held in Masonic hall, at Johannes
burg, October last.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-31

The Palestine exploration fund has
been for the last two years carrying on
excavations in Western .Judea. Re-
mains extending in time over fifteen
centuries have been unearthed, COW
ering two well-defined pre-Israelite
periods, and, also, the Jewish Seleu-
cidan and Roman periods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-31

Of eight new cases of smallpox re-
ported to the health authorities in Bos-
ton, five were children who had never
been vaccinated at all, and three were
men from 35 to IS years of age who
had not been vaccinated since child
hnOd
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In Spain man who works on farm
receives about 25 cents a day. In the
vineyards wages range from Ia cents
a day for women and boys to 81 cents
for unskilled men and to AZ or Sc cents
for those upon whose skill the whole
responsibility of the raisin crop rests.
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The Mancburian Treaty.

Peking, Jan. FIT is expected that
the Manchurian treaty will be signed
within week. Diplomats here do not
manifest much interest in it, as they
do not believe any written treaties will
in the slightest degree affect the pol
icy of Russia in Manchuria. A separate
contract with the RussoAChinese bank
secures to the bank complete control
of the railroads and mines.