Holidays Spent in Brushing Up the Ap
propriation Bill ,
COMING DAYS f ILL OF BUSINESS
Alunfturo Miiy Iluve a Million Dollar
lar Kuitd liiKc-rtcd , for Irrigating Iu-
cllilii Luiictb Other Muttcru to Uo Con-
aldorod.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec.27. The
fcub-commlttec on appropriations hav
ing in charge tne jiiciiuralion. of the
leg'iBlatlvo , administrative and judi
cial bill , which has been sitting daily
eince the holiday rcces& of congress ,
lias practically completed its work
and probably will not meet again un
til alter the reconvening of the sen
ate. The bill will then be reported to
the full committee and. as soon as
possible , to the senate. It will not
carry a much greater total than the
bill carried as it passed the house.
There have been few increases of sal
ary made by the sub-committee.
Increases in the clerical forces In
certain branches of the war , interior
and postofflce departments have been
provided for. These increases have
been made in response to urgent rep
resentations by the heads of bureaus.
The Indian appropriation bill re
ceived today from the senate commit
tee on Indian affairs , the first atten
tion that has been given it by that
foody. A sub-committee consisting of
Senators Thurston , Platt of Connecti
cut , Stewart , Jones of Arkansas and
Pettigrew , took up the bill and after
examining many of the provisions ,
decided to consider the petition of the
Pima Indians of Arizona for improved
facilities for securing water fcr irri
gation. Hydrographer Newell of the
geological survey and others were
heard as to the utility of a proposed
< lam for a storage reservoir on San
Carlos river. It was stated that these
Indians had heen deprived of their
water supply by the construction of
an irrigation system by white men
and that where before they had been
self-supporting up to that time , they
were now on the verge of starvation.
It was estimated that the proposed
dam will cost about $1,000,000. The
committee is apparently disposed to
make some provision for the unfor
tunate Indians.
Conger Takes a Hopeful View.
LONDON , Dec. 27. "Mr. Conger
takes a hopeful view of the stiuation , "
cays the Pekin correspondent of the
Morning Post , wiring on Monday ,
"and thinks that a settlement will bo
effected , but ho declares , that not one
of the envoys will recognize the em
press dowager officially , although all
are aware that she has long exercised
the supreme power. He believes the
crisis will arise in the initiation of re
forms in China.
'Senor de Cologan , Spanish minis
ter to China , fears that the joint dis
cussion of the note will extend for a'
year or more.
"It is rumored that numerous villages - .
lages east o Pekin are combining to
exterminate native Christians , sev
eral of whom have been burned in a
local temple. !
"Li Hung Chang is a trifle better.-
Constitution for Cubit.
HAVANA , Dec. 27. The various
sections into which the Cuban consti
tutional convention was divided some
weeks ago for the purpose of prepar
ing and submitting draft constitu
tions for the consideration of the
body as a whole are gradually get
ting together on the basis of a uni
tary government , Avith restricted suf
frage. The convention leaders new
Iiope to have this work completed by
January 15 , so that the results may be
submitted to the United States con
gress February 1. The sectional dis- '
cusslons have been bitter and pro
longed and therefore there will "Be
less debate in the open sessions , the-
hard fights having been made In the
secret sub-sessions in order to save
public wrangling.
BiT Tay for 3Iilonsre
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Robert H.
Wilcox , delegate in the house 'of ' rep
resentatives from the Hawaiian is-
Jandtt , has just - beenpaid a claim of
$1,000 for mileage. It was the largest
claim of the kind ever made , but it
was paid -promptly by the sergeant-at-
orras of the house. Every congress
man is entitled to milage at the rate
of 20 cents per mile "by the most di
rect and practicable route from his
liomo to Washington and return. "
The distance between Honolulu and
"Washington is figured at 5.000 miles.
3VIr. Wilcox uill draw ? 1,000 more far
Ills return trip.
, Conscience Pricks at Lnst.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. The secre
tary of the treasury _ has received
from a town in the south a conscience
contribution of $200. In the course
of his letter Iho sender says he de
frauded the government out of revenue
taxes on tobacco to that amount in
1871 , 1872 and 1S73.
No Indians Found
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. Indian
Agent Myton of the Uintah and Ouray
agency reports to the Indian .bureau
here that the search of western Colorado
rado by the slate officials for Indians
liunting in the state has resulted in
a failure to find one Indian.
OiM-.s of His
NEW YORK Dec. 27 It became
kiwyn today through a report made
by the Baptist churches of Ne\v York
that , John D. Rockefeller , jr. , son o
the president of the Standard Oil com
pany , has subscribed. $250,000 for tno
founding of an institution of learning
for poor boys and girls. The school
Is now in course of erection in Tenth
avenue , boLwcen Forty-seventh and 11
Forty eighth streets , and will be com-
lefoft and r&ady for occupancy by
March. 1 next.
CROWf IS WEARING SKIRTS.
l&uqut-rutllnj ; In Chlc.ijo and Buying
IJoer Among Siilooim.
CHICAGO , Dec. 28. Disguised as a
woman , Pat Crowe , the kidnaper of
Eddie Cudahy at Omaha , has been seen
In Chicago within the last few days ,
and may still be In hiding here , ac-
eording to statements made this after
noon by Detective Sergeant James Stor-
en , who arrested Crowe a number of
times. With a view to discovering the
fugitive's hiding place , a search of sev
eral houses has been made by Storen ,
acting on a tip that Crowe had been
recognized. Christmas day the ser
geant stumbled upon evidence which
convinced him that Crowe has been in
Englewood recently , and that in the
guise of a woman and heavily veiled
he went abroad with impunity In
streets where he is well known. The
tip as to Crowe's whereabouts came
from a saloonkeeper at State and Sixty-
tttird streets. When a tall woman en
tered the saloon by the "ladies' en
trance Christmas eve and asked for
beer to be served in a private room ,
the muffled , but masculine voice
aroused the saloonkeeper's suspicion.
After the visitor departed a barkeeper
asserted that he had recognized the
supposed woman as Pat Crowe. The
following day , Christmas , the saloon
keeper told Storen.
In a room in Sixty-third street ,
claimed by the landlady to be occupied
by a "young widow , " Storen found a
pair of men's socks , whose presence
could not be explained. Other evi
dence that the occupant was Crowe
himself came -into Storen's possession
later and he is still hoping to secure
the $25,000 reward for the alleged Cud
ahy kidnapers' capture.
Two mysterious persons , one in
skirts , arranged at the Continental
National bank for the deposit of § 8,000
in gold.
NO JNViTATION TO BE SENT.
Report That President is to Invite the
Kaiser Denied.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. Nothing
is known at the White House con
cerning the story cabled from London
to the effect that the New York Yocht
club would invite Emperor William of
Germany and -the Prince of Wales to
witness the yacht races for the Amer
ica's cup next summer and that Pres
ident McKinley would write concur
rently to the kaiser and orince invit
ing them to Visit the United States.
At the White House it is stated that
nothing of the sort is in contempla
tion. The Prince of Wales was a
guest atthe executive mansion dur
ing President Buhcanan's administra
tion.
Lepro y in the Philippines.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 27. An ap
pended report to General MacArthur's
review of the civil affairs of the Phil
ippines for the past fiscal year , gives
some rather startling facts regarding
the introduction and prevalence of
leprosy in the islands.
According to the estimates of the
Franciscan fathers , says Major Guy
L. Edie , the writer of the report , there
are no less than 30,000 lepers in the
archipelago , the major portion of
these being in the Viscayas.
Our Colonial C binet.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Dec. 28. In
accordance with an order issued by
the War department today , the divi
sion of customs and insular affairs of
the office of secretary of war , created
in December , 1898 , will hereafter be
known as the "division of insular af
fairs , " and will have charge of mat
ters pertaining to the civil affairs con
nected with the government of Cuba
and the Philippine islands , as distin
guished from matters of a purely mil
itary character.
A Sensation Looked For.
ST. JOSEPH , Dec. 28. The prose
cuting attorney believes he will ba
able to develop all the important feat
ures of the sensational murder of the
millionaire merchant , Frank Richard
son of Savannah , at the inquest to be
resumed tomorrow. Mrs. Richardson
will take the stand and it is under
stood she will give testimony that
will clearly show the murderer to be
a very prominent resident of Savan
nah.
C. P. HuntiiiRton'a Will.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , Dec. 28.
The will cf Colis P. Huntington was
admitted to probate today. The only
property belonging to the estate of
the deceased in this city consisted era
a mortgage 'interest to real property
iu the value of $50,000. Aside from
this there was no personal property
of any description , the mansion on
California street standing in the name
c < ! the widow.
Germany is Silent.
BERLIN , Dec. 28. When the atten
tion of the German foreign office was
called today to a dispatch from Wash
ington , announcing that the United
States government would decline to
accept responsibility for the losses of
Germans in Cuba from the Spanish-
American war and the insurrection
which led to it. the officials refused
to offer any expression of opinion on
the subject.
Porto 1C leans Go to Ilaivaii.
SAN JUAN , Dec. 28. The New
York and Porto Rico Steamship com
pany's steamer Arkadia , sailed from
Pence yesterday for New Orleans ,
having on board 400 Porto Ricans , 65
per cent of whom were women and
children , destined for Hawaii.
Alleged Irregularities In Cuba.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 28. The sen
ate committee on relations with Cuba
probably will meet immediately after
the expiration cf the holidays for the
purpose of further considering the
question of irregularities under the
Cuban service , as directed by the resolution
elution of last session. The Lawshe
report made to the secretary of war
has not been received by tne commit-
1 tee. It is presumed that if Secretary
Root concludes to send this to congress -
gress at all he will send It direct to
the senate under the terms of the
Bacon resolution.
CRIMES FIRST TO ENKR.
Cent AH Others Into tlui Forbidden
of Ilia Chlnrat.
WASHINGTON" , Dec. 20. Same
controversy has arisen over the ques
tion who among the American forces
are entitled to the credit for first
entering the Forbidden City of Pelcln ,
China , when the allies moved from
Tien Tsin to relieve the legations
This honor seems to ati.ish to the
Marine corp.'i , according to the official
dispatches ci file in the Navy depart
ment , and the report of Captain Long
of the Marln corps , which follows ,
appears to hear out the claim that
the Marines were first in the Forbid
den City , as they were flrrt en Cuban
soil , when they landed at Guaiitanamo
in June , 18'JS.
The following is the official report
of Captain Long of the First regi
ment :
"I respectfully submit the following
report on the duties performed by
Company D , Untied States marines ,
at Pekin , China , on August 16 , 1900 :
TUip to that time the Forbidden
City had not been entered by any of
the allied forces. Three of the four
gates .between the Chien Men gate
and .the Forbidden City had been
forced the previous day by the Amer
icans , .but then they halted and fin
ally withdrew to 'the first gate , which
was held. Receiving an order from
the commanding officer of marines to
enter the Forbidden City and seize
such buildings and quarters as might
be most advantageous for us to hold
and occupy , I moved immediately with
my company , forced the fourth gate
and entered the city. The Japanese
sentries objected to our entering , but
I did not consider their calim to any
control at that -point On entering
there was ao opposition , the Chinese
having departed , leaving their tents
and banners standing. I put guards
on the best of the buildings and the
regimental colors were hoisted on one
of the administration ( buildings. To
the best of my belief this was the first
and only occupation of the Forbidden ,
City .by any one of the allied forces
land the only time that any force
hoisted its colors there. We remain
ed there from about 3:30 to 5:30 p.
m. , when I received an order to with
draw and to leave a guard at the
fourth gate. Captain Matthews and
Lieutenant Little , United States ma
rines , were the officers in Company
D with me. Very respectfully ,
"CHABLES G. LONG ,
"Captain United States Marine Corps. "
NOTE DELIVERED TO CHINA.
Ultimatum of Powers Leaves Hands of
Foreign Ministers at Pokin.
PARIS , Dec. 2G. A dispatch to the
Havas agency from Pekin says :
The ministers assembled at the res
idence of Senor B. J. de Cologan , the
Spanish minister and the doyen of
the diplomatic corps , and received
Prince Ching , to whom the Spanish
minister handed a joint note of the
powers. Li Hung Chang , Avho is still
ill , asked to be excused. Prince
Ching said :
"I have the honor to accept the
note concerning the re-establishment
of good relations and will transmit
it immediately to the emperor and
communicate to him his reply as soon
as received. "
Urynn to Answer Cleveland.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2G. The Chronicle
says : William Jennings Bryan will
answer ex-President Cleveland's criti
cism of the democratic party at the
annual banquet of the Yv . J. Bryan
league of Chicago on the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans , January
8. The affair will take place at the
Sherman house. It will be Bryan's
first public speech since his second
defeat for the presidency.
Announcement was made last even
ing at the meeting of the County De
mocracy by Albert E. Burke of the ac
ceptance by Mr. Bryan of an invita
tion > to speak on Jackson day. Mr.
Bryan's subject is "Democracy. " Be
sides Bryan .the other speakers who
have accepted are ex-Governor Wil
liam J. Stone of Missouri and Con
gressman Carniack of Tennessee , and
Mr. Burke says it is probable that
Governor Beckham of Kentucky will
be the fourth orator.
Still Discussing the Troaty.
ST. PETERSBURG , Dec. 26. The
Novoe Vremya discussing the English
newspaper indictment of the United
States senate for "its unparalleled at
tempt to overturn the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty , " says :
"The case is not unusual. Condi
tions have changed and the trealy
must change too. Russia afforded an
example in 1S70 , in declaring that she
was no longer bound by her promise
not to maintain war vessels in the
Black sea. "
German Duke Seriously III.
WEIMAR , Dec. 2C. Some anxiety is
felt regarding the health of the ag'I
grand duke of Saxe-Weimar. He is
suffering from influenza. A bulletin
issued by his physician says his con
dition is satisfactory , that he slept
well in spite of the repeated spasms
of coughing and that his temperature
is Oi',7. The grand duke was born
in ISIS.
IJoers Forced to Fall Hack.
LONDON , Dec. 26. Lor.l Xitcheaer ,
telegraphing to the War office under
date of Naauwpoort , December 24 , 9
a. m.t reports :
"Thorneycroft's mounted infantry
have occupied Britstown without op
position. The Boers returned to the
north in the direction of Prieska.
They will he followed up. "
Prominent Business 3 an Shot.
ST. JOSEPH , : .Io. , Dec. 26. Frank
Richardson , a wealthy business man
of this city and Savannah , Mo. , was
murdered at his home in Savannah
last night about 9 o'clock. Tonight
it was discovered that a stranger fol
lowed him from .town and shot him
in the back of the head. They had
quarreled and Mrs. Richardson heard
the stranger say : "Well , Las it come
to this ? " She heard a pistol shot
and her husband entered the house
and fell dead. Richardson was the
brother of Joha D. Richardson.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
JLatc t Quotations from South Oicahn
ami Ivan tax Cltr-
SOUTH .OMAHA.
Union Stoclc Yards Cattln Another day
of unusually light receipts marked the
trade in be-af cattle , only a tew bunches
of fed stock received and few of these of
decent Quality. The market showed llttlo
if tiny chance from that of yesterday ,
but for the week yrlces on beef stock
show a good advance over last week. To
day the market , while quiet , was practi
cally steady on beef steers. Practically
the same conuitlon prevailed on the mar
ket for cows and heifers and butchers'
Stock that was apparent In the fat steer
trade , prices showing no change trom
those prevailing on ecjual grades yester
day. There were only a few loads of
butchers' stock received , and while there
was no special activity to the markets ,
the modemte number here changed hands
in very good season. The fresh arrivals
of stock cattle were of a necessity small ,
but the number received fully met the
requirements of the market. Receipts
have been light the entire week , but busi
ness , as a rule , in the feeder division has
been dull nevertheless.
Hogs The quality was very fair , about
the sumo as the paht few days. Packers
were again very bearish this morning ,
and as all other markets were reported
considerably lower , sellers were not long
in making UD their minds to allow the
concession. The market opened slow , 5
. " ' /ic lower , at which bnsis the bulk sold.
The big bulk went at $1.7d < & 1.77& . against
I4.S2Vtho leading price yesterday. There
seemed to be but little choice In weights
or quality , all grades selling at practi
cally the same range in prices , and the
market closing weak all around.
Sheep Quotations : Choice fed -weth
ers , $3.P.4.23 ; fair to good wethers , ? 3.2o
fjl.OO ; choice yearling.- ? . $1.20 ( ? 1.45 ; fair to
good yearlings , ? 3.00g4.20 ( : choice ewes ,
J3.35 < & 3.75 ; fair to good ewes. $3.00 3.35 :
choice spring .ambs , ? 4.sr ! T < r . : :5 : : fair to
good .spring lambs , $4.50'J 1.10 ; feeders
ewes , ? 3.25'3.00 ; feeder wethers , IS.aO ®
3.75 ; feeder lambs ; § 4.COff4.-10.
KKANSAS CITY.
Cattle Receipts. 2,090 ; market steady :
native steers , $3.50 5.40 : Texas steers , $3.25
C4.75 ; Texas cows , $2..5T(3.3"i ; native cows
and heifers , 31.75ft 1.50 : stockers and feed
ers , $2.40fi4.GO ; bulls. ? 2 50ft4.00 ; calves , re
ceipts , 200 ; market steady ; $4.25 ! 5.5. : ;
Hogs Receipts. 1,000 ; market weak to
5c lower ; bulk of sales. 54.SOTtl.82M : : heavy
and packers , $4.80@4.S7 : mixed and light.
? i75'g4.65 ; Yorkers , ? l.iOft4.S5 ; pigs , $4.20 ft
i.TO.
Sheep Receipts , 11,000 : market steady ;
lambs , I1.00&5.55 ; muttons. $2.70@4.15.
GERMAN VBEYV OF TREATY.
Government Calls Senate Amendment a
"SIiip for Kiifflnnd. "
BERLIN , Dec. 29. The Kreuz Zei-
tung , conservative , the chief mouth
piece of the government , whose edi
torials are often prepared by govern
ment officials , devotes two long arti
cles today to the Nicaragua canal con
troversy , pronouncing the Davis
amendment of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty a "slap for England. " It con
tinues :
"Treaties could not be more reck
lessly brushed aside than they have
been in this case < by the United States
senate. This disregard of the law of
nations , which had already been man
ifested during the peace negotiations
with Spain , is in the highest degree
regrettable. It is the counterpart f
England's treatment of the Boer re
public.
"President McKinley's administra
tion has been placed in a highly dis
agreeable position , inasmuch as the ac
tion of the senate is a grave provoca
tion to England , and it is impossible
to face the anti-English feeling in the
country.fihe administration could
not thus wound Yankee pride.
"If the president adopts the senate's
position England will have a. moral
right to prepare a Fashoda for the
United States , but judging from previ
ous experiences she will not do so.
The present tone of the British press
toward the United States is in strik
ing contrast with its ferocious tone
toward France in 189S.
"England is not likely to play her
strongest trumps against the United
States , but if she v/ere to do so she and
not the United States would be the
sufferer. Fortune is fickle. "
Germans Deny IJumor.
BERLIN , Dec. 30. The Frankfinter
Zeitung prints a letter from Copen
hagen , iu which the writer says Ger
many intends buying the island of SL
John for a coaling station if Denmark's
negotiations with the United States
should miscarry. The letter refers to
the organization of a German syndicate
for the purpose of acquiring land on
the island cf St. John , the syndicate
including Herr Ballin , a director of
the Hamburg-American Steamship Co. ,
and further says the syndicate sounded
Iho Danish government some time ago
regarding the acquisition of the island
by Germany , und that Denmark ans
wered that it was unable to discuss
the qustion cwing to the pending ne-
sotaticns with the United States. Now
however , according to the letter , the
plan for German acquisition of the
island Is aproaching realization.
Fear L.OSS of Live Stock.
WALSEXBURG , Colo. , Dec. 30. A
L-Mzzard has been lading in this part
ot the fctate during the rlist twenty-six
hours. Cattle men expect to lose much
stock on the range. Reports received
fiom the vicinity cf Mont Blanco tell
cf an. unprecedented fall of snow.
Heads are impassible and the gulches
are filled with snow. Some serious
nv.sgivings sre expressed for the safety
ot the miners who are working in the
Colorado and other mines en Mount
Blanco.
Peculiar Variety of Joke.
DE3 1IOINES. la. . Dec. 30. A tele
phone message from What Cheer de
clares 'there is not a word of truth
to the story cf forty-nine drowning
there while skating. A conversation
with , woman in charge of the exchange
at that point stated that the story
v.-as a joke of some trainmen and that
they first tcld the accident had occurr
ed at PelUy : , a little town near What
Cheer.
Fortieth Doins Good Work.
MANILA , Dec. 30. A pushing cam-
I-aigu has been carried on by the
Fortieth infantry during Decemberr in
northern Mindanao. The town cf Je-
ncnz : was captured , as was also the
insurgent stronghold in the mountains
further inland. The coast town of
Langarin was captured by a detach
ment of 100 troops , who scattered the
enemy in that vicinity , killing and
capturing seveial. A portion of the
tioops thus engaged have returned to
Cagayn and joined in the campaign
which Brigadier General Kobbe is pro
secuting.
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