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ESTABLISHED JTJSTE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MORNETGr , FEBRUARY 15 , 1308 TWELVE PAGES. SING-LE COPY JF1TB CENTS.
SPAIB STAHDS PAT
Tons Eny They Have Done All that Decency
Requires.
CONSIDER DE LOME INCIDENT CLOSED
Acceptnnco of the Resignation is
Bnfikiont.
W.LL GRANT NO FURTHER CONCESSIONS
Trivato Letter No Ground for Serious
Differences.
CABINET NAMIS DE LOME'S ' SUCCESSOR
Scnor 7oiil I'olo llernnlic CliOHt-ii KH
MlnlMcr to U'liMliliiHTlon U'ood-
iord llnnilH hcnor Citilloit
AnotluT Aulc ,
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MADRID , Feb. 14. ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) Madrid papers
have been olllclally Instructed that tbo gov
ernment has not jet received nny olllclal
Intimation that the American government
contemplates demanding further eatlsfactlcii
concerning Do IKJUIO. Moreover , the Span
ish government profceaeo to consider It 1m-
ncsslblo that the American government
ehould Eclzc the pretext of the letter to elicit
rci opltilon on the prospect of honle rule
cud the pacification of Cuba , especially when
the Spanish note of February 2 clearly Ir-
11ninted that Spain could not IIx n date for
the completion of pacification. Madrid pa
pers foreshadow that the cabinet Is deter
mined to way that n private letter by the
Spanish minister cannot servo as a ground
for reclamation after Spain has done all It
ought by acccpt'ng the resignation of the
Bender. Indeed , In the present temper of
tlio people , the government could ciot risk
more concessions.
ARTHUR E HOUGHTON.
DE LOME'S SUCCESSOR.
MADRID , Feb. II. The cabinet met at
G o'clock this afternoon and discussed thn
present state of the war In Cuba and the
do JL.omo matter at great length. H was
decided to publish a dccreo accepting tbo
resignation of Senor Dupuy do Lome as
minister at Washington and appointing
Senor Louis Polo Ilernabo as his successor.
A decree will also be Issued convening
the chambers before the end of this month
so ns to pnablo the election of the new
cortes to occur Mrrch 20.
Senor Gullon , minister of foreign affairs ,
Informed the cabinet that United States
Minister AVoodford had lust handed him a
note refenlng to Senor Dupuy do Lome's
letter , nnd to the meaning of several para-
gmphs hi It.
Senor Louis Polo Bornabe , whoso appoint
ment as the ( successor of Senor Dupuy do
Lome was foreshadowed lost Friday , la a
ran of Vlco Admiral Polo , who formerly rep
resented Spain In this country. Senor Ber-
nebo Is now engaged in a special depart
ment of the foreign ministry at Madrid ,
dealing with commercial matters and con-
MI : n vs AOT nisifi. > nn.
Olllolill Ilcnlnl of Koiiort ljthe Stuff
Urpni'1 mi-lit.
WASHINGTON , Fob H Tbo State de
partment officially denied the reports alleg
ing tint General Tltzhugh Lee , consul gen
eral to Cuba , had tendered his resignation.
It can be stated also tint whllo the details
nro not obtainable , matters regarding the
do Lome Incident have assumed such a shape
that an early and entirely satisfactory -
Justmcnt of the affair between the United
States nnd Spiln Is confidently expected by
the State department.
The officials of the State department still
maintain their reticence an to the contents
of the cablegram from Minister Woodford
received late Saturday night. It may be
mid that all statements so far made as to
the nature of thla dispatch are speculative.
The message was not deciphered until well
along In the afternoon yesterday and then
It passed Into the hands of Assistant Secre
tary Day and tbo president In turn , who" bad
been the only pcrbons In Washington , to see
the dispatch. No answer has been made as
> et to Mr. Wooodford's message and It
Is by no means certain what means will bo
required.
Senor Dubolsc , tbo Spanish charge d'
affaires , was ono of tbo early callers at the
State department nml this led to conjecture
that his visit was In connection with the
Do Lome Incident. It Is stated positively
that the Incident was not referred to. Every
thing rolaatlng to the Do Lome mutter thus
far has taken place at Madrid through Min
ister Woodford.
In nemo well-Informed quarters It was
believed that any formal disavowal by
Spain would bo defcircd until a new minis
ter was commissioned , one of his first duties
being to make proper amends and reestablish
lish cordial relations on all pending qucs-
tlors. On Ing to the presence In Washington
of Duke do Arros , late Spanish minister to
Mexico , now on leave. It wns felt that ho
would bo named as nilnibtcr In order that a
speedy adjustment might bo effected. In
other olllrlal quarters the view was enter
tained ( hat Spain's disavowal would bo
prompt and would bo made In the form of
an official statement by the minister of for
eign affairs , Senor Gullon , expressing regret
nt the Incident. It Is understood that up to
the present time no olllclal Intimation of the
appointment of Duke do Areas has como to
"Washington. Ho has had largo experience
in Spain's diplomatic service.
Caldcran Carlisle , counselor for the Span
ish legation , was another caller at the State
department.
Senor do I < omo has about completed his
arrangements for leaving the United States.
He will leave Washington tomorrow night ,
catling from NewVprk Wednesday on the
English liner which gore to Liverpool , He
lias not been commanded to go to Madrid
and unless this comes , ho will proceed from
Liverpool 'to the continent for a quiet rest
and then go to his homo near Valencia ,
There was a rumor that Calderon Car-
llslo's call had relation to prosecutions for
theft of the Do Lome letter , but U was said
later by those fully conversant with the
facts that no move toward the proaecutlon
of those connected with the taking of the
Do Lorao letter bad been made , or was at
present In contemplation.
It U tald that If the lots had occurred
whllo the letter vvoe In tbo United Statci
jnalli , then tbo usual prosecution by the
I postal authorities might occur , but In tbe
I present case there Is no trace as to the
IP < point whore tbo letter vvaa abstracted , and
that the letter was taken after It left the
United States malls , and was In the hands
of the Spanish authorities.
G'v.vu.i.r.\s is TO GIT HIS i.irrrniu
Stnlr IJciinrliiictit Tnnm Ilir l > c l < iiinc
nplntlc < H T ( n ItM/Mriivr.
WASHINGTON , Feb. H. Urged by a. sense
of honor and strict Idea of Justice , the State
department has taken steps to plate In the
hands of Scnor Catulcjas , to whom the Jettc-r
was addressed , the ep'atlo ' written by Scnor
Dupuy de Lome and which 1ml to the resigna
tion of the minister. The action la explained
In the following brief statement given out
tonight by the State dcpjrtt.'int :
"Recognizing that the lcal ownership of
the Do Lomo letter la In Mr. Conalcjai. nnd
lite agent and attorney , Mr. Carlisle , having
presented proper authority tn rccolvo the
came , the letter was delivered to him today. ' *
As explained. In this * statement , Mr , Car
lisle was fully authorized to apply for and
receive the letter , having -the cabled
authorization from Senor Canalcjas. In
the view of the State department
the letter was n stolen document ,
nnd that , like any other piece of
property , It should , upon application , bo
delivered to Its rightful owner. There wan
no other course left open , for ns the United
States , as In nil other countries having a
code of laws , a letter become * the sole prop
erty of the person to iwhom It Is addressed
Immediately It starts on Its way from the
sender. Even the latter cannot obtain pos
session of It without iho permission of tbe
person owning It , the limits of his power beIng -
Ing to stop delivery of the paper. The letter
lias , besides , already completely served all
of the usea for which It might have been
applied by our government , nnd there arc
In cxl'tenco fac-slmlle copies of the paper
that are so surely authenticated as to leave
no legal doubt of their accuracy.
There now remains only the closing chap
ter , of the Incident to bo written , for the end
Is already In sight. Notwithstanding all that
has been said In the press about demands on
Spain for apologies or retractions of the
disagreeable tblnga said by Senor do Lome
In his letter , It can be positively stated Chat
at no tlmo since the publication of tbo letter -
tor has the State department taken nny such
course. Instead U has relied entirely on the
dense of propriety of the Spanish govern
ment to do all that was proper and' ' needful
to wlpo out the unplcasAtit Impression pro
duced by these statements , s d It can now
bo said that this course has been fully justi
fied a ul 'that ' tbe Spanish cabinet , now being
aw are of the full text of the letter , Is ex
pected within a day or two to make such
disclaimer of the letter as Is required by the
circumstances.
Tonight the State department received of
ficial notlco from Madrid of the selection of
Senor Polo Ccrnabo ns minister to succeed
Do Lome.
AJsK AN HxiMiAXATIO.V.
Dill Nut Aci' | > < ! > < I.oiue'K ItI
Uiilll It AViiH llccvUril.
LONDON , Feb. 14. According to the
Hccaldo of Madrid , dated February 10 , just
received hero by mall , tbo Spanish cabinet
council of that day ( Thursday ) was occupied
exclusively under the presidency of the queen
regent with discussing the affair of the
Dupuy de Lome letter. The sitting lasted
longer than usual. After leaving the queen
regent the ministers adjourned to.the office
of the secretary of state and there resumed
the discussion , at the conclusion or which
an official note was Issued at 2:30 : p. m.
According to this note , it was not until Spain
had asked Scnor do Lomo for an explana
tion that he resigned. The note says : "The
government having asked our minister at
Washington for explanations respecting tbo
letter attributed to him and written to Senor
Canalcjas , Scnor de Lome replied admitting
Its authenticity. "
Senor do Lome , U Is added , announced that
his position , In consequence of the publica
tion of tbo letter , had become untenable
and ho begged the government to accept his
resignation. The ministers thereupon do-
clded to accept his resignation , telegraphed
him to that effect and entrusted the first
secretary with the conduct of cuirout affairs
of t'u ' > legation ,
FIMIU'STKIIS I.U VVU TOIl CUI ! \ .
T o n\n 'iIItloi > Hro Hejiorlnl .Snft'ly
OIV I li < - rinrJiIll TiiiiHt.
JACKSONVILLE , Flo. . Feb. It. A spe
cial to the Times-Union and Citizen from
Fcrnandlna , Fla. , savs :
A tug , supposed to bo the Dauntless ,
slipped UD to the steamer wharf here ut
10-30 last night and proceeded at once to
take on boxes and supplies supposed to be
ammunition , About midnight scvc.ity
Cubans arrived by special train and Imme
diately went aboard. Colonel Hunez was
In charge. IV full supply of coal was also
taken aboard , and It went to sea at 2.30
a. m. Spanish Consul Carrlo sajs ho has
doubts as to whether the expedition left or
not. The deputy collectors' houses were both
cloooly watched to prevent Interference fiom
them.
A special to the same paper from Tampa ,
Fla. , says : Tbo Cuban expedition that left
hero yesterday Is now safely at sen and will
Join the expedition that left rernandlna on
the Dauntless. All the facts wore verified
and there Is no doubt as to the truth of the
story.
_
TOO -Mt'OII POIl M'.YMSII IMllDH.
'ri'HH TIiluUH < Sltiiiitlon
l.nokH lll < f 'War. '
LONDON. Feb. 14 The St. James Gazette
this afternoon , referring to the Do Lome In
cident , sajs : "It appears that President
MoKlnloy In really making a serious Incident
out of the affair. He Is not content with
the prompt resignation of Do Lome , A dis
avowal from Spain and an apology are now
demanded from Madrid , and this Is a little.
too much for Spanish pride. Is the Amer
ican government , which lus had for some
tlmo ample justification for Intervention In
Cuba If It had been able to make up Its
mind to Interfere , going to pick a quarrel
over this paltry business , These Interested
In historical parallels will recall that Na
poleon III In 1S70 , refused to bo satisfied
with King William's disavowal of bla kins
man's candidature for the Spanish throne
and demanded a declaration from tbo king
of Prussia that be would never permit such
a candldatuio to be revived. War followed
Immediately. "
IIUl'LV IS Xb'P 'SATISIMCTOIIV.
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uf biiiilii In IVuiiliMl.
NEW YORK , Fr-b , 14. A special to the
Herald from Washington sas : The de
Lomo Incident Is still unsettled. Tlio cipher
dispatch received from Minister Woodford
VVUB net entirely satisfactory. It was taken
to the president by Aeststunt Secretary
Day and after a short conference between
them Mr , Day sent another cablegram to
Minister Woodford. Officially nothing will
bo said about theao two communications
further than that the Incident la not en
tirely closed ,
It Is said that Minister Wood/ord's cable
< rpntlnnM nnv
FRANCE RESTS ON VOLCANO
Explosion Pranght with the Divert Results
Liable to Occur ,
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF DREYFUS AFFAIR
KcvrlnUniiN ot 7.oln Trlnl tlkoly to
CHUMP HM oliitlon , lo < l by tinOr -
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In Fcnrfiit ,
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LONDON , Feb. 14. ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) An eminent
English politician , whose name I am not at
liberty to make public , has received news
from Influential political friends In Paris ,
with whom ho has close relations , wtilch
shows that the Drejfus affair has reached
an acute and very serious crisis.
The revelations of the Zola trial arc caus
ing a steadily growing revolution of public
feeling , and the French ministry Is con
vinced a rehearing In Dreyfus' case IB be
coming Inevitable. It would bo granteJ
forthwith wcro the ministers not afraid of
offending the chief of ttio army.
Tim Increase of the Paris garrison today
was taken on the Initiative of the military
governor of Paris , which M. Mellno , the
premier , was afralJ to veto , though Us ob
ject was known to bo not so much a guaranty
of order as to strengthen the hands of
the mllltaiy party.
The militarists , according to well authen
ticated reports , nro suspected of being In
negothtlon. with the Orleanlsts and the fear
pains ground that rather than accept a re
vision of the Dreyfus court-martial some or
tbo military chiefs will join In a couii to
overthrow the republic.
France la practically under n military tcr-
jorlsrn , which makes pollution of the oprln ;
of justice the condition of Its continued
lojalty to tbo republic.
Prcaldwt Fauro Is putting on no service
to the rain biters In dealing with this critical
situation. Ho is declared to be distraught
between contemplation of the consequences
to himself of a poailblo swing around of pub
lic opinion In favor of Zola nnd the danger
of the state of nntagcnlzlng the military
bureaucrats. The general feeling Is that the
republic la now In a more perilous plight
than at any tlmo during the Uoulanglst
agitation.
PARIS , Feb. 14. The garrison of Paris
has been reinforced by troops from Ver
sailles.
.NOT OHTVI.VVIILE.
XIMV Turn In HIP Conduct o tile Trial
f 7olu.
PARIS , Feb. 11 When the trjal of MM.
Zoln. nnd Perrohix v\as rnsiimnd tnd.iv M.
Jaurcs , the socialist member of the Cham
ber of Deputies , was recalled. Ho reit
erated his belief In the culpability of Major
Esterhazy.
The examination of M. Ucrtlllon was then
resumed. He thought It Impossible to nsk
the minister for war for the Incriminating
documents sebcd at the revlJcnco of Drey
fus In 1894 , which , according to tbo testi
mony of the witness on Saturday last , would
enable him to prove that Drejfus wrote the
bordereau.
M. Laborle , counsel for M. Zola , there
upon protested and twlttel M. Dcrtlllon
with being unwilling to testify in court ,
while giving interviews to the newspapers.
M. Dcrtlllon said that the Interviews were
false. llelng pressed by M. L/aborie , how ,
unless he bad seen the secret documents , he
was able to prove at < : ourt-martlal that
Dreyfus wrote the bordereau , M. Bertlllon
answered that he could not explain without
dqcuments which were no longer In his
pcsscsslon This statement caused a sen
sation in court nnd M. Laborlo demanded
that tbo advocate general compel the wit
ness to reply. The aJvocato general made
no nnswer.
Finally M. Bertlllon , who persisted In not
answering questions , left the witness stand
and amidst considerable uproir M. Laborlo
remarked1 "And that Isthe man upon
whose , evidence Dreyfus wns convicted. "
Dupuy Hubbard deposed that his cousin ,
M. Bertlllon , had always afllrmcd to him that
Dreyfus vvaa the culprit , that ho had not
seen the handwriting of Comto Estcrhazy ,
who was a man of straw put forward by the
Jews , and that a revision of the Dreyfus
trial would lead to a social revolution.
M. Crcpleux Janln , tbo handwriting expert ,
has not jet testified.
M. Yvex Guyot , the former minister of
public works , testified tlat the Ebterhnzy
court-martial wns a "parody on Justice. "
( Excitement In court ) . The further state
ment of M. Gujot that the Inner circles of
foreign governments were fully cognizant of
all tbat occurred at the Esterhazy court-
martial cause.l a renewed i.ensation.
M. Guyot expressed the opinion that the
government commissioner who prosecuted
Major Esterhazy was far more like counsel
for defense tlan the prcHccutor.
"I am happy In the belief that all the
best sentiment In Franco supports M. Hola , "
said trio witness ,
M. Tojssonnleres , another handwriting ex
pert , testified to Identifying the handwriting
of the Bordereau as that of Dreyfus. Wo
added that the fae slmllo had been blurred
so as to make It rescmblo Estcrmuy's.
Later the witness created a sensation by tes
tifying that friends of Droyfus had ap-
proacboJ him and had hinted that It might
bo worth 100.000 to 200,000 francs If ho
moderated his views favorably to Dreyfus ,
Toysonnlero Introduced Creplcux Janln , tTie
handwriting expert , when ho Insinuated that
the friends of Dro > fus vvero ready to bribe
the experts but under severs cross-examina
tion bo admitted that the only foundation for
tl o Insinuation was bU personal Impression
anJ that no bribe had been actually offered
him.
'M. ' Trarleux , former minister of Justice ,
threw such suspicion on all the evident J
given by M. Toysonnlero that the latter left
the bar much discredited.
At the opening of tbo hearing today M ,
Laborlo made an Impassioned personal statement -
mont refuting the allegation of La Libra
Parole that ho was of German origin and his
wife a Jewess. M. Laborlo admitted that
bis wlfo was English , but denied that she
was a Jewess. As for himself , he said ho
was born at Rbclms , and that his father was
a Frenchman employed on the Eastern rail
way , who had been decorated with the Legion
of Honor and congratulated by General de
DoUedefevro for cervices rendered In 1S70.
M , Bertlllon gave his absurd evidence ,
wbllo displaying a fantastic diagram , amid
continuous shrieks of laughter. After frult-
leia efforts to obtain Intelligible testimony
from thla witness , M. Laborle turned to tbo
jury and said : "The wbolo case against
Dreyfus stands before you , They had him
and the Bordereau. "
Tbe remaining evidence was rather unin
teresting. The testimony of M. Trarleux
mnA th orn . < t mlnii lnn nf a
-
rllcHcd that the 1-Uter was dismissed from
the- office of expert to the war office because
ho was suspected ot enabling the Matin to
publish the Bordereau.
M. Te eornlcro went to the war office for
in explanation , but was threatened with ar-
rsst If ho came ngaltt. Moreover , he WMS
dlomtaced from the post of expert to a civil
tribunal for the offense of overcharging a.
client. \
Altogether the day was rather favorable
for M. Zola. It Is rumored that a report
from Judge Bcrtulus , who has -been Inquir
ing In recent developments In the Drcjfus
case , will 'bo ' produced id rtad In court to
morrow , dealing -with unpublished letters ot
Comto Esterhazy. It Is likely to cause a
sensation.
M. Pellcr , ono of thc'cxperts , rend a sum
mary of his report , which held that the
Bordereau might have been written by cither
Dreyfus or lEstcrlmzy.
The crowd outside the court was much
calmer today.
M. Paplllnud , editor ot La Llbro Parole ,
has challenged M , Jauroz , the socialist
leader , to a duel , owing to a quarrel that
has grown out ofthoZoli trial.
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Hutch Uhiltitnni IK Now SerUliiK <
\CKOtllltO It.
SHVNOIIAI , Feb. 14. H Is reported that
Dr. Knobel , the Dutch minister at Pekln ,
Is trvlng to arrange n G per cent loan ot
? 20,000,000 to be secured by a portion ot the
customs revenue.
Local mandarins araert that China has
offered , Instead of Tallon Wan , two free
ports in the province of IIu-Nan , one being
tbo capital. They also say agents will bo ap
pointed and empowered to ralso (50,000 ( men
with headquarters nt Ping Yang , province
of Shang SI , capable of co-operation with the
Pel ; In force. If the Imperial capital should be
threatened.
BERLIN , Feb. II. The North German
Gazette announces that the emperor of China
has Issued a special edict Instructing the
government of Ktang Su to accord Prince
Henry a worthy reception.
Telegrams from Klao Chau say that Ger
man and French missionaries celebrated
mass Sunday outsldo the Tslng Tal , In the
presence of the German forces and tbo
numerous Chinese.
SHAKCIIIAR FOIt V HOIIIinU'.S COI.I ) .
Hiilil-I'ii Mulct" ! it Dratlilicil
CuiTt-SKloH 111 iCniisiiH.
TOPEKA , Kan. , Feb. 14. The mysterious
Blue Cut train robbery In jlSSS near Kan
sas City and tCio attempted robbery of the
Bank of Klmdalo may both be solved by
the death ot Carter Roe , who died on Jan
uary 23 In Bedw ell's asylum , east of To-
peka.
Carter Roe vms a tough character. For
nearly three years he has been an Inmate
of Bcdwell's asjlum , suffering from whit
doctors call melancholia. , Early last fall
ho was taken 'with quick consumption and
grow rapidly worse until Jio died on Jan
uary 23. A week bcfofa Ills death he be
came apparently rational. ,
One day ho called Sir. Ujedwcll , the supsr ,
Intendent , to him and confessed < o hiving
participated In the ElnvJale , Kan. , bank
robbery April 29 , 1S90 > , and a little later In a
train robbery , which CN-Slierlff Wlllterson
'
believes was the Blue Cut rcibery near
Kansas City. He told Superintendent Bed-
wen where $1,300 , his share In the train
robbery , was burled In a box near Garfleld
park , North Topcka.
He also made a confidant of Ralph Etrlck ,
who attended him at the asvlum , anJ ex
pressed a wish that ho get the money for
kindness shown him.
Slnco then Mr. Bcdwell and others have
been quietly searching for tbe burleJ treas
ure.
ure.The
The story Ir-akcd out today and created
considerable excitement , In North Topcka.
Roe did not disclose the napes of nny of
the men who took part with him in the
'train robbery , but said there were six ! litho
the gang.
TIIHII : : viti : icii.i.r.n nv KLKVATOHS
Trio of Paial iMlNlniM ] In "Scvx York
Illirli HnllilliiKK.
NEW YORK , Feb. 14. Three men were in
stantly Killed and two seriously Injured , one
of them so serloiibly that ho will die , In this
city today by accldents-Jn elevators.
Those killed are :
JOHN DEGNAN , a laborer at the Hotel
Waldorf ,
OSCAR WESTBERG , aged 24 , assistant
Janitor of tuo Walton uunuing onmn ave
nue. '
WILLIAIM OCHS , aged 25 , a driver for an
express company.
James Foley nnd Thomas Looney are the
Injured , Folcy Is not likely to'recover.
The accident In which Degiian met his
death and Looney and Foley wcro Injured
occurred at the Waldorf hotel. ( The men
wcro taking ashes from the cellar on a
freight elevator , when two o f the four chains
on the elevator broke and the men wcro
thrown to the subcellar , three stories below.
Westberg met bis deathIn almost ex
actly the gome way that Mrs. Arthur C ,
Levy was killed at the Holland house yes
terday , Westberg was alctiu In the car In
the Walton building. Whllo making an as
cent his bead presumably came In contact
with the second floor. HO was thrown to
the bottom of the elevator , which ( , as It rose ,
crushed his head against the projecting floor.
Ochs was waiting for tlio1 elevator on the
eighth floor of the buildlns lit 5S8 Broadway.
The gate was open and Ochs was looking
down the shaft. The elevator descended
moro rapidly than ho expected , his head was
caught and ho was almost decapitated.
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l iTle I.lttli * Un
iiicnt from SU-JIH Alri-mlj Taken.
BOSTON , Feb. 14. From advices hero
today It seems to bo the general opinion In
mill circles that the recommendation
of the textile unions that a general strike
be undertaken by tbo opeiatlves in all Now
England cotton mills where a reduction of
wages has occurred will not bo accepted In
all places
It was Intended at first that the , energies
of all unions should 'bo ' directed to aiding
the 9.000 operatives of Now Bedford , and
that strikes In the other centers should bo
deferred until the Now Bedford trouble was
settled , but as tbo weeks have passed the
members of the unions In places vvhcro there
are no strikes allege to have found that the
rate of wages under the reduction Is so
email that the operatives' bavo all they could
do to make ends meet , and are not able to
help their Now Bedford brethren ,
These facts being borne out by reports that
the assistance received at New Bedford from
the cotton mill employes claw hero was dis
appointing , It Is believed , bad much < o do
with tbo recommendation that a general
strike be undertaken. The local unions will
take action on tbe matter during tbo next
week or two , and until a vote is taken It will
be Impossible to tell to what eittut tbe ac
tion of yesterday' * Boston meeting will bo
indorsed. '
ATTACK ON THE UNIVERSITY
Populists Again Throw Mud nt Nebraska's '
Educational Institution ,
CHARGE THAT DISCORD IS RAMPANT
Atx-unc < lic Chancellor of Dottier I'etlj-
I'ulloc DuJy nml ' .Worn ( lint Hie
School In Constantly
Feb. 14. ( Special. ) While- the
Stnto university Is preparing to celebrate
Charter day signs nro In the air of another
attack upon It by the populists. The attack
takes Its Inspiration , In all probability , from
a populist professor whose dismissal last
spring was the occasion for a. similar on
slaught. The advance signs of this attack
nro In bei found In the last Issue of the ofll-
clal nipun of the state house machine , which
has three leading editorials directed agrflnst
the present management of the unhcrslly.
As It Is well knonn that 'tho edltorlil col
umns of this pope:1 are usually filled with
contributions from state house officials and
employes , H Is evident that the plan has ofll-
c'al ' 1iackl"g.
The fight Is begun toy an article under the
heading "Let Us Have Peace , " which pro
ceeds to nssci t that the university Is torn
up with discord and that continual strife Is
Inevitable until reorganization la effected.
Charges o'e brought against the chancellor
on the grounds that he spends njost of his
tlmo on police duty Investigating petty nets
of the students , that ho has failed to en
courage the employment of women In the
faculty and that ho has countenanced dis
proportion In the salaries nnd the services
of the1 different professors.
ALLEGED RETROGRESSION.
In another article the populist organ tried
to make out that the university has fallen
from the fourth to the eighth place In the
list of state universities , to glvo the Impres-
° lon that It has gene backward since the
departure of ex-Chancellor CanfleUl. "It Is
not tnree years sinceCanfleld left us , " It
aajs , "and jet It seems our university has
fallen from the fourth to the seventh or
eighth place among state universities. "
In still a third article the same , organ at
tempts to take Issue with someof the state
ments recently circulated concerning the
condition of the university. It Insists that
Instead of 1,900 students there are in fact
only about 1,200 students In attendance and
less than two-thirds of these actually uni
versity students. It also denies that there
are more than a dozen high schools In Ne
braska which are graduating students Into
the freshman class of the university. While
absertlng that It loves the university as
much as anjboJy can love It , it promises to
uncover all the pimples and sores In Us
search "for uprightness , even at the risk of
failure to secure untappropriation. .
Although there are three memlKrs of the
'Board of Regents who were elected by the
fuslonlsts , the reason for this attack Is so
transparent It Is hardly expected to have
any effect upon the governing board. Ono
of these me-mbers was active with the others
in the dismissal of the professor whose
fi lends are atcmptlng to create trouble. The
other two fusloi regents came Into oillco
this year , but It Is hardly expected they will
lend themselves to any scheme coucocted to
gratify anj one's spite.
CHARTER DAY PROGRAM.
The program for the charter day exercises
at the State university will be as follows :
Morning : Phi Deta Kappi Initiation and
president's address , by Dean Sherman , at
the school of music at 9:30 : o'clock , for the
society and Invited guests.
Afternoon : All departments of the univer
sity open to the public from 2 to G o'clock.
Cars leave O and Twelfth streets for the
university farm and dairy school , Review of
cadet regiment. Irapectlon by the governor
ana nls stall ; presentation 01 raeuaie ; uni
versity campus , 2 o'clock. Mooting of tl.o
Amoilcan association for the advancement
of ph > slcal education , room lr Nebraska hall ,
2 o'clock. Exhibition In the gymnasium , 4
to C o'clock. ( Admission Ly ticket. )
Evening : Music ; prajer , song by Univer
sity Glee club ; charter day oration , by A. S.
Draper , LL. D. , president of the University
of Illinois ; music ; confcrrlnn ; of degrees ;
"America ; " Oliver theato- o'clock ; ad
mission by ticket , to be procured at the ex
ecutive office , at the university
RAILROADS OF NEBRASKA.
Printed copies of the report of the State
'Beard of Transportation for the year end
ing June 30 , 1897 , have just been Issued.
In Its opening statement the report shows
tliat the valuation ot tbo roads In the state ,
as equalized by the ctato board of assess
ments , was Increased $137,212 over the
figures of 1890. The report then goca on to
bay : "Had the valuation of the railroads
boon reduced In the same proportion as all
other property of the state was reduced for
1897 the railroads would have been assessed
at $25OG8SG5 , or $493,155 less than they were
assewsed for that year. "
This part of the report Is calculated to by
misleading. Tbo fact Is that the valuation
of the railroads of the state was not In
creased a single dollar. TCio dlfforcnco lu
the figures is caused by the fact that some
telegraph lines along the U. & M. and Mis
souri Pacific roads wcro not assessed In
IS9G , and are Included In the totals for 1S07 ,
tbo valuation of the toads remaining exactly
tbo same as the year before.
The total number ot employes of the roads
In 1S9C was 12,155 , and In 1S97 there wcio
12,437. The report says that "slnco Juno
30 , 1S97 , the number of employes has been
materially Increased no doubt , "
In regard to accidents during the year the
following Is given :
Table 9 shows u less number of persona
killed nnd injured by accidents on the roads
In 1S97 than 1KK3. In 1S93 twenty-seven em
ployes were killed and 173 Injured. In 1S97
twelve employes vvero killed und 143 In
jured.
Three passengers were killed nnd thirty-
two Injured out of a million and a qunitcr
carried In ISM and one killed and llfty In
jured In 1S97 out of 1,200,000 carried.
Of trespassers twenty-four wcro killed and
twenty-sir Injured In 1S3C and twenty-nine
killed and twenty-six Injured In 1S97. Of
others not trespassing seven vvero killed and
fourteen Injured In 1S96 and nix killed and
seventeen Injured In 1K > 7.
A total of sixty-one pontons were killed
nnd 215 Injured on all railroads In tljo etute
in 1KJG and forty-four killed and 230 Injured
In JOT. Of course , many of the Injuries
were very slight. "Coupling cars" seems to
have been a prolific source of "killed and
Injured" among employes.
SUPREME COURT BITTING.
Tbo supreme court elta tomorrow and tbo
general expectation is that decisions will be
handed down Wednesday In tbo Engeno
Moore case and both of the caiea affecting
the Homo for the Friendless , Nothing has
been given out to Indicate the nature of any
of these decisions , it U exposed that tbe
'mtcftiinumt Jn lha or > " TVMurtm
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Wecthtr forecast for N br t i
Cloudy ; Much Colder ; Northerly Winds.
Spain ( li'M on it High Horse.
Itrioliitlon I'oMtbln In I'm lire.
I'opullsln Attiirk Stnto Unit entity.
CniigrcMloiml VrnrccdlngA ,
llrpnrt of Ct > ll Service Commlmlon.
Xclinxkii Jfnvvs It rim ,
I.rnguu Ultl Help Chris Vnn Dcr A ho.
IMItorlnl unit Comment.
CnrrU-M Work on tlip lllult Trnet ,
5ulf Hond Lets Sioux City In.
Council niiiffs T.nrtt Mutter * .
lloiird of Control 1MU Outllr !
A Vo inn n NiilTr.iKUt * Are .1
( Jriicrnl Ximn f the Partly
KulH of Veteran * Mrct Toe
Chief of 1'oltro full * for
Pulillo Ounprnlilp of
] 'rogr , ' H of llurtlry llmv
riuliiK t'ninptlKii to
Tungli Negro Anmzoim
Commrreliil nnd
"Colonel Io HtrmiKo. >
Ilnnl Times Along thC
Temperature nt Oiiii
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county funding bonds will be > heird tomor
row or next day. It Is probable that I bo
motions for rehearlngs In the Hartley , Mills ,
ami other state cases will go over until the
next sitting of the court , In order that the
applications and reasons advanced for the
rehearlngs may bo six en careful consider
ation.
The Consolidated Stock company of
Omaha , organized for the purpose of dealing
In mining stocks and bonds , filed articles of
Incorporation today. The capital stock Is
$100,000 , and the organl/ers nro Benja-
mln lA , McLaln , D. C. Duck and Charles II.
Magoon. The "Open Hoard of Brokers , "
with a capital of $10,000 , also Incorporitcd.
The headquarters are at Omaha nnd the or
ganizers are Charles II. Magoon , D. C. Duck
and Hans J. Madscn.
LINCOLN LOCAL , MOTHS.
The Sunday night dances , which have been
running regularly In three halls of thla city ,
wcro stopped by the police last night.
The program oC the Woman's club meeting
this afternoon was In charge of the depart
ment of llteiature. Mrs. Qeorgo Elman read
a paper on the German novel and < Mra.
Watorhouso icvlevved "Quo Vadls. " There
was also a musical program.
Jay Tedewa , the joung man whoi Is under
bonds to the district court for being impli
cated lu a highway robbery committed about
a month ago , was today sent to jail on an
other charge , that of robbing a small boy
of 20 cents.
General L. W. Colby of Beatrice has noti
fied the Lincoln police to Keep a lookout for
his 16-year-old son , Clarence , who ran away
from home last Saturday.
The nen basket bdll teams among the glrla
of the University of Nebraska will play a
match game at the armory tomorrow morn
ing before women spectators. The members
of the teams are : Captain I'cntzer's team
Centers , Jennie 1'cntzer , Nettle Henry ;
guards , Mabel Dempster , Mlntilo Smith ; for
ward , Grace Wheeler , Winifred Hyde. Cap
tain Whiting's team Centers , Hosa Hess ,
Grace Uroady ; guards , ndlth Schwartz , Anna
JlleClcsky ; forward , Lucy Griffith , Adeloyd
Whiting , ,
Omaha people at the hotels : At the Lln-
dell L. II. Uostwlck , J. II. McCulloch , M.
L. Learned , n. C. Hojt , O. H. mills ,
John Nicholson , Charles W. Pear-
sail , M. P. King. At the Lincoln r. W.
BoJIo , J. P. Magee , George H. Davis , J. 11.
Campbell , P. J. Hoblnson , 13. Wakeley , A.
C. Wakeley , P. T. Edmonds , J. II. Getty.
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WvlooincN NclirnH.H | HnomcrM of the
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ST. LOUIS , Feb. 14. ( Special Telegram )
St. Louis today demonotratcd Its Interest In
the Transmlsslsslppl and International Ex
position and did BO In such a manner as to
inako Us endorsement of the affair abso
lutely beyond question. At the clcso of
trading hours on the Merchants' exchange ,
President Christ Sharp welcomed the visit
ing Nebraskana In a short but extremely
timely and appropriate address , in which bo
eloquently advocated active co-operation on
the part of the city and county In assuring
the success of the great mid-continent show.
In replying to President Sharp , Hcv. Duller
of Omaha made one of his characteristic
end eloquent speeches , presenting Omaha'o
claims. At 4 p. in , a reception was ten
dered the delegation by the Manufacturers'
association , when the rooms of the Century
club were crowded with St. Louis business
men , who again pledged their hearty and
united support to the exposition. lion , Clark
D. Samson , chairman of the Missouri State
commission , was especially happy In his
reference to the position which ho believed
his state ehoiild toke In giving hearty sup
port to the venture. Major Kelgcnhclm
cheerfully gave the keys of the city to the
visitors , while Attorney CornMi of
Omaha replied1 to the inauy pleasant
things said of the Gate City and Its coming
exposition. The local papers dcvoto a great
deal of space to the delegation and the ob
ject for which It was organized ,
cii.AMiiiiiii\ roi MI cum.TV.
Jury .SnjN lie lliirileriMl Herlierl II.
Kny of > elriiNKii ,
OOLOHADO HPUINas. Colo. , TVb. 11.
The Jury In the case of Shirley I ) , Chamber-
lln charged with the murder of Herbert II.
Kay of Wlsncr , Neb. , on 'Pike's ' Poik In
August last , tonight brought In a verdict of
murder In the first degree ,
The case IB the moat sensational ono In the
history of 'Bl Paso county and has attracted
widespread Interest , owing to the plaec
where , the deed was committed. Kay had
started to ascend the peak by night and his ,
dead body was found forced Into a small
culvert under the cog railroad , at a point
about 12,000 feet above sea level. The evidence -
denco against Cliambcrlln wis circumstan
tial , but conclusive , nud tbo Jury was out
only about an hour ,
SHOOTS HIS "WII'ISAMI IIMI.SKI-K.
Iltiulile 'I'rniscdy lit in Family nt St.
ST. JOSE3P3I , Mo. , Ptb. 14. ( Special Tele
gram. ) At noon today James W. Dennis
shot bin wife In the right temple , then shot
himself dead. Dennis moved to Oils city ono
month ago from Shcnandoab , la. , where he
had a farm and bad lived all his life. Ho
was 43 years old and hU wife 3C. He leaves
six children and two grandchildren. Ilia
father and brothers live In Shcnandoab , Ho
was a prominent Methodist. The causa was
the result of a quarrel , He wonted hla wife
to turn her property , 160 acrta of land iu
Vanvva twpp In him BtM.MbA
HOUSE IN A FLUTTER
Members Anticipate Some Sensational
Cuban Mcasnrji
REPUBLICANS ARE NOTIFIED TO ATTEND *
Several Connected with the Cuban Junta
Appear ill the Gallery ,
MANY OTHER SPECTATORS ARE ATTRACTED
Exciting Rumors Provo to Bo Eased on
Fnlso Alarms.
NOTHING OF UNUSUAL INTEREST OCCURS
Itcinliiftoti IH Intrixlucnl OnllliiK fog
Information llonrlnir I'limi ' the
1'rcNi-nt Condition uf ( lie
WASHINGTON , Feb. 14. There wns con
siderable excitement among the members o
the house before the assembling today , owing
to an Imperative summons bdit out lalo last
tilglit by ono of the subordinate officials of
the house to each republican member. Im
pressing the urgent necessity of his presence
at the session toilay. At llret no ono scorned
to know the purpose of this rail } Ing call , nml
all sorts of rumoisuio nlloat. All that was
ilcnnltely known at first was that something-
In regaul to Cuba was to bo brought up In the
house although umlur the rules this was
District of Columbia da ) . The galleries wcro
crowded. Among these lei the gallery vvero
Senor Quccada aaid sovciul other Cubans con
nected with the junta. It tinned out that
Chairman Hltt of the foreign a ITill fi coni-
mlttco was merely to call up some resolu
tions reported by his committee colling upon
tlio State department fee- general Information ,
ono of which related to Cuba , and the notlco
tiad been sent out as a precautionary meas
ure to prevent the possible amendment of
the resolution by the opposition , a proceed
ing which would be In order If the previous
qiicstlcn wcro voted down.
Immediately after the reading of the Jour
nal .Mr. Ho > co ( rep. , Ind. ) presented the
unanimous icport of the committee on elec
tions No , 2 , In the case of Vnnderbury
against Tongue from the Second Oregon dis
trict , In fa\or of the sitting member , and it
waa adopted without division or debate.
Mr. Qnlgg ( rep. , N. Y ) , n member of the
foreign affairs committee , was then recog
nized. He flrot called up a i evolution re
ported from the foreign affairs commltteo
calling upon the tecretary of state. If not
Incompatibly with ( bo public Interest , to
transmit to the house the correspondence
relating to the discrimination of the German
go\ernmont against tho. Importation of
American beef , fruit or horses. It woo
adopted without dhlslon.
CUBAN IU3SOLUTION FOLLOWS.
Mr. Qulgg followed this with the Cuban
resolution. It was the resolution offered by
Mr. Williams , slightly modified , as follows :
Resolved , Hy the houte of rcpro'ontntlvcs ,
that the secretary of htnte bo and hereby ia
directed , If In hH opinion not Incompntlblo
with the public Intercut , to Inform the IIOUPO
what Information , , If any , has been received
at the Department of State concerning the
present condition of the leconcentr.iloos In
Ciibi ; whether or not they have been per
mitted to return to tholr chtatc ; whether
or not they or nny considerable number of
them are now on their estati'H ; whether or
not any zones or eonsldcrable imrti of 7onea
are now being cultivated by them according1
to the reports rccehed at the Depaitmc-nt
of Strut from American conculs1 or consular
agents ; what steps , If nny , uro shown by
said consular reports to have- been taken ,
by the Spanish government for feeding said
rteonccntr.idocs or for otherwise preventing1
thorn from starving or fciiffurlng ; whether
or not the Spanish government 1ms given.
l'-o necessary military protection to en-
nblo the mills to grind care nnd what
progress IUIH been made In SpiIn'H effort to
Induce the Cubans to accept autonomy.
Section 2. That the Hecrctnry of stnto bo
directed , If In his opinion not Incompatlblo
with the public. Interest , to send to the
house coplcH of all such loports from con
suls , vice consuls nnd commercial agents ot
the United States In Culm ns may shcd light
upon the subject nbove rufeiied to , and MS
shall give Information to the house iiixl
country conctrnlng the condition of Cuba ,
since the advent of the regime under Gen
eral Blanco.
PURPOSE OF RESOLUTION ,
Mr. QuIgE mads a brief statement ,
that In December the president had noti
fied the house that the Indefensible policy
of concentration In Cuba had been aban
doned by Spain In deference to the repeated' '
requests of our government , ami that a moro
peaceful and humane policy had been
adopted. , The object of this resolution wan
simply to ascertain what had been done and
what dteps had been taken looking to the
acceptance of autonomy by the Cuban pee
ple. Three months , ho added , have
clapspj since autonomy lad bcsn promul
gated.
In order to retain control of the floor , Mr.
Qulgg asked for the previous question , but
yielded five minutes to Mr. Dlnsmoro ( ilein. ,
Ark. ) , the senior minority member of the
'orClgn affairs committee , who Bald the rcso-
utlon had been unanimously reported by the
committee. Its purpose wan to put the house-
and the country In possession of the real
facts concerning the condition of the people
of Cuba , both In military and p/lvato life.
The press was full of Htorlcn regarding the
deplorable condition of the toncentradocs and
.ho suffering that prevailed In Cuba and they
wcro entitled to the facts In order to deter
mine what responsibility was placed on us
to bring about the conclusion of the war and
thug end the existing distress.
Mr. Do Armond wanted to know why the
words "It any" after the vvorda "what prog-
rets , " at the end of the flr t wectlon of the
original resolution had been atrlckcn out.
Ho wanted to know why the committee con
ceded that any progress had bom tnado
toward the acceptance of autonomy by tbo
people of Cuba ,
DHAGS IN IH LOME INCIDENT.
Mr. Dlnsmoro replied that the word *
stricken out did not change the genie of the
rctolution , If no progress had been muJo
the State department will no report.
Mr. Terry ( dern. , Ark. ) asked Mr. Qulgg
If the committee on forclga affairs had con
sidered the Do Lome 'nrldcnt.
"That Is hardly a pertinent Inquiry , " re
plied Mr , QulBK , blandly.
"It Is a pertinent Inquiry In the minds of
the American people , " exclaimed Mr , Terry ,
"and don't you forget It. "
"It Is being considered by the proper au
thorities , " retorted Mr. Qulgg.
Mr , Cooper ( rep. , WIs. ) called attention to
the fact tliat early In ( ho session during
.Hi * rj > i ( lilor ( lpUof the dlolaipatljv aDprp *
IT jafZssKi * * . .