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> " 1 * FHE OMAHA DAILY H ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOUSING , 122 , 1 SOD TWELVE PAGES , SINGLE COPY PIVE .CENTS. V f GNASH THEIR TEETH Bce'i ' Expose of Cornell's Methods Excites Auditor and His Friends. THEY FIRE A SCREED AT Accuse Members of Betraying the Reposed in Thorn CORNELL GETS GAY WITH COMMITTEE Declines to Give Up His Account Book with the Verdon Bank. SENATOR PROUT READS THE RIOT ACT Auditor Then Clltnlm Down from III * HlKh Ilorno mid SiilunltH IIU ' I'oclfct Iilhrnry to Com mittee for Inspection. LINCOLN , March 21. ( Special. ) Tbl inornlng when the leglslallvo InvcBtlgntlng Committee mot II was plain lo bo seen lhatj the attorneys for the defense were excited about BomeUiIng , nnd the cause of It wns flhown when near the close of the morning's eesftlon Attorney Cornell picked up a paper .end handing It to Attorney Bryonl asked him lo "proceed in Ihls matter" Bryant was not anxious to proceed nnd told Cor nell to go nhend , whereupon the following was read : Wo tlcslro lo call attention of the com mittee lo Iho publlcallon in The Omaha Dally Dee ot March 21 , 1899 , in which Iho following language Is used : "Auditor Cornell relumed his bank books to the committed showing the money ho had on deposit during the years 1897 and 1898. ThcFo books show that on the 5lh day ot Juno , 18ii7 , tha tltno Cornell had In his pos- ucsslon $3,020 of the fees of his olllco , he had on deposit as follows : Vcrdou State bank , $2r.70.81 ; Merchants' bank , Lincoln , $4107 ; itlchardson County bank , $3,808.50 ; total , ? G,420.3S. " It was through courtesy to this commit- to * that these private bank , books wore turned over to this committee with the as- miranco ot the committee that they would I handle them , as private property and use > them simply for their own personal conve- Monco and information and would not pub- 'Icly ' expose the auditor's private bank ac count , Inasmuch as it was not a matter ot inturost to the public. First , because every dollar over received by him as state auditor has been turned Into the state treasury ; second end , because there Is no evidence that ho kept all the state funds at nny time In any bank , but on the contrary he kept a great deal of It In cash and turned It over In cash to the Htato treasurer , as Is shown by the receipts ot the state treasurer. On Juno 4 , 1S97 , he turned over to the state treasurer ! Jl.OOO In cash and on June 29 , 1897 , he turned I ! over $6,100 , ot which $601 wan In cash , hcnco the Inference ) that thlb Infamous Bee re porter undertakes to draw Is absolutely false. It 00 Reporter Vllllflcil. Nor , If this villainous reporter of The Ormhn Bee , who has been lurking about the auJitur'a ; y3s. uim/vJ thl iswatlgaUsn and falsely reporting the proceedings of the com- mlttco , v < aa allowed to obtain possession of thesa private bank bookn entrusted to this committee and obtain the contents thereof , It Is something wo cannot understand and would like to have this committee explain. This falsifier would have the public be- | llovo that the auditor ban used part ot the 31 i Btato funds at some time during his term of ollloo , when In truth and In fact thcro is no > BUch evidence before this committee and it Is admitted and proven without contradic tion that every dollar ho ever received as Etnle auditor has been turned over to the | state treasurer and that he never used a j dollar of the funds of the state. | If this Investigation Is for the purpose of falsely besmirching the character of the auditor , and for political buncombe , wo would like to know it right now , nnd as far ns vto lire concerned , If this Is the purpose , v > e will withdraw from this investigation. lloth the attorneys , sometimes talking at once , then explained to the committee that they wore pained to find that the items in ! the auditor's bank book bad found their j way Into The Boo , and they believed that the books had been furnished to the reporter ' 'J In an unauthorized manner. They had turned the books over ns n matter of court- OBJ' , and felt that their confidence had been botra > e < l in some way. He - Reporter Explain * . The members ot the committee were not BO sure that the books were to be regarded ! as private property to 'be kept in secresy , ) \ and Mie reporter of The Bee was called to ; tell how ho gut possession of the piece ofj HOWS that had proven so disagreeable to the auditor nnd his attorneys. The explana tion was that the figures from the auditor's.I bank books had been furnished thn reporter ! by a member of the committee while thei eocslon was In progress last night , that the ! matter had been attended to openly , and ; that there was no Intention of doing any thing underhandedly. The explanation did not seem to satisfy < hn attorneys for the defense and they ex pressed n desire to further look Into the matter. In the meantime the members of the committee readily saw that there was un looked-for Importance In the figures con tained in the auditor's bane books and ex- precsed an Intention to go to the bottom of the matter at the evening session. WUy They Weep. | The Item In The Bee that caused BO much I consternation among the friends of the | | nudltnr was printed In IhU morning's edi tion as follows ; Tbo committee returned Its work tonight nuil Hecured at the outset evidence to show whore Cornell kept the state funds received by him during 1897 nnd 1SDS Auditor Cor nell returned his bank books to the commit tee , showing thn money he had on deposit during the years 1897 and 1S9S. The money was shown by the books to have boon de posited as Cornell's personal funds. Ttieto books showed that on the Gth of Juno , 1897 , the time Cornell had in his pos session 18,030 of the fees of hla ofllce , he had on deposit as follows Yerdon State bank. J2.570.8t : Merchants' bank , Lincoln , $11.07 ; Richardson County bank , f3SOS.50 ; total , $0.420.38. The Information as to the amount ot state tnonoy the auditor had on hand at that tlmu was taken from the records in his ofllce and the data showing the hanks wherein 4ho money woa placed were taken from the auditor's bank books last night and handed to The Vet reporter by a mem ber of the committee. The items were correct and showed that the auditor had ' $1,615.62 less money on deposit than he had of stale funds In his possession , and that itd the deposit was In his own name Instead of In the name of the state. It further showed ( hat the Tnilk ot the money wns In two banks located at a distance of nearly u hundred miles from the capital , while the smaller part was In a Lincoln bank I that jUBt about that time collapsed , Cornell'M llufukiil. For a year nnd a halt The Bee had been tr > Ing-to get Auditor Cornell to show where ho had the elate money deposited during the summer of 1897 when he was holding ( Continued on Fourth Page. ) FILIPINO JUNTAJN A DILEMMA AKentH In Knrope Cnii Hot > o Word from Tliolr Lender * lit .M.iullli. LONDON , March 21. Agonclllo , the agent of Agulnaldo. and the members of the former staff of the Filipinos at Washington ha\c gone to Paris In order to confer with the Filipino junta there. Neither body has re ceived news from the Philippine Islands dur- _ the last eight das. They say they fear rlcana have discovered and stopped " " of sending news from Manila. TON , March 21. The War dc- received the following : March 21. Adjutant General , Washington Transports Ohio nnd Senator left March 20. Grant delayed for nocegfiftry icpalra , starts March 25 , carries all sick and Mounded necessary to ship. Sherman ex- pcctcil tonight. Cannot commence shipment of volunteers at present. Hope to do BO soon. Send additional battalion California troops to Negros this afternoon. OTIS. TWENTY-SECOND PAYS PRICE Gnllnnt Work of I.nut Ketv Un > At tended liy 1'rnportlotiittclv Jlcnvy 1,1x1 of Cnminttlen , WASHINGTON , March 21. General Otis' ' list of casualties up to day before yesterday Is as follows : [ MANILA , March 21. Adjutant General , | Washington : Casualties March 17 , near , blockhouse 4 : Tenth I'cnnnj Miinln. Wounded' Sooond Lieutenant John G. Thompson , j Company E , thigh , moderate. Private John A. McVoy , Company E , shoulder , moderate. Sergeant ' 'e.xandor ' McCaitch , Company C , forpnrm , u V rfttc- 'I'm iilj-nrronil Ii fniitrr > Killed March IS , near T.igulg : PRIVATE JOHN SCHMIDT. Company E. PUlVATn OHAULKS W. FUKDEtUCKS , Company E. PHIVATE HENRY W. JOHNSTON , Com- pank 1C. Wounded : Captain Frank B. Jones , Company E , thigh , moderate. Pilvate Hobort Rice , Company B , abdo men , severe. Private Charles E. Pormrr , Company E , i j i back , severe. Private Halelgh T. White , Company D , I ' . hip , severe. I Private William Ellis. Company E , thigh , I severe. Private Leandcr Mlnglo. Company E , thumb , tijverc. Private Carl Crumpholz , Company E , foren arm , slight. Private Merrill Porler , Company E , lee , sev ere. Private Nelson Arvldon , Company D , Ihlgh , I severe , Prlvale Prank Yount , Company D , chest , moderate. Private Berry II. Young , Company D , leg , severe. Private Frank Raefer , Company G , chin , slight. Private Earl Edwards , Company K , foot , severe. Corporal S. James Cumlnford , Company M , thigh , moderate. Private Edward V. Wilson , Company M , finger , severe. Private George Schneider , Company E , clubbed by enemy , severe. Private August Schmidt , Company K , arm , slight. Second Oregon. Killed near Paslg : > PRIVATES iTAMES PAGE , Company ! > WoundefT : > Corporal Fred D. Bowne , Company ' thigh , slight. Flrnt Wnnlilngton. Wounded near Tagulg : Corporal Robert E. Bucklln , Company K , thigh , severe. Corporal Hugh E. Waters , Company D , lung ' , severe. Private Henry O. Ness , Company D , arm and side , severe. Private Edward R. Bartlett , Company D , lung ' , severe. JEALOUS I OF HIS EX-WIFE Ilnrry II. Ilniiinioiiil AtiuclcN John T. the Wenllhy Tnllor , Hh n Ili-\olvor. 1 CHICAGO , March 21. John T. Shayne , n wealthy furrier and a prominent democratic . politician , was shot and probably fatally ! i wounded this afternoon by Harry H. Ham- mend , n tailor. The shooting occurred in i the cafe of the Auditorium annex , where ' Efaayno was sitting at lunch \\lth Mrs. Hammond mend , the divorced wife of Hammond , nnd two other ladles. The party hod been seated for some time when Hammond walked Into the cafe , stood for a few minutes and went out. In about | ten minutes he returned and , standing In- sldo the door , deliberately pulled of his ! fgloves I and then walking quickly up to ' Shayne ' , who was sitting with his back to-IJ | ward him , drew a revolver , Shayno attempted - tempted to rise , but stumbled over the legs ot his chair and fell to the Moor. As he was t trying I to rise Hammond fired a bullet into his ' back. Sbayno fell under the table and l Hammond , pulling up the tablecloth , de- llborately 1 fired two more bullets into the helpless 1 man. Ho then walked out into the ofllco of the hotel , where ho stood walling the arrival of an officer. He was quickly placed under arrest and taken to Harrison i street station , where ho declined to make any statement. Shayne , who la n widower , ' 1 had been In company with Mrs , Hammond ; t a great de-al since her divorce from Hammond - j mend nnd thcro was talk of an approaching I marriage between them. Tonight , when It j was thought that Shayno'e death was a cer tainty , it was proposed that he should be , married to Mrs. Hammond before hla death. Later , however , the physicians declared that Shayne had a faint chance for his life and the proposed wedding was postponed. Mrs. Hammond secured a divorce from . Hammond nearly a year ago an the ground of habitual drunkenness. No cause for the shooting Is known unless It can be attributed to Hammond's Jealousy of his divorced wife. WRITER MUST SIGN ARTICLES Governor CitiKr cif California 1111 ! JlnkliiK It Compulsory to SlK" Certnlu Mutlcr In Newopnper. SACRAMENTO , Cal. . March 21. Governor Gtig has attached ibis signature to the Morchouso bill , requiring nil articles pub- llshed In the newspapers and periodicals of California , referring to Individuals , to have the true name of the writer affixed , Tele graphic dispatches are , by special provision , exempt from this law. It Is not known what action newspaper proprietors will take in the matter. DEPENDS ON UNION PACIFIC \Ve terii I'nmritKfr AuMOolndon Will Very 1'roliuhly ti > Out of ' CHICAGO , March 31. Unless the co operation of the Union Pacific can bo sesurod the Western Passenger association will go out of existence. < A meeting of all the Hues was hold today. It bad been understood thai all roads between Chicago and Colorado points were willing to Join , "but when the lines west of the iMIreourl were called on a dispatch was read from General Passenger Agent Loruax of the Union Pacific stating that bis company did not conilder the time opportune to Join the association. JOHN SHERMAN STILL LIVES Steamer Paris Arrives at Santiago and Koporta Statesman is Improted , IT IS NOW EXPECTED HE WILL RECOVER Flrnt Iteporl ninnitnlra from rnlmnit- ern , Culm , to n Netv York I'nprr nnil In Fully Credited In AVnnhliiKton. SANTIAGO DE CUBA , March 21. 7 p. m. There In no truth In the statements pub lished In the United States and cabled back here representing thai John Sherman Is dead. H IE incomprehensible how three re- i re port e originated. The American line steamer Paris , Cnp- ' taln Frederick Watklns , arrived hero this , evening ' before dark , and it iraa Immediately 0'Tt reported that Mr. Sherman woe not only Ttal alive , but better , resting easily and expected alPI pected to recover. He will be transferred , If all goes favor ably , to the United States cruiser Chicago on Thursday. The cruiser Is now coaling ; at Kingston , Jamaica. WASHINGTON , "March " 21. Seldom has ofllclal Washington been more completely fctlrrcd by conflicting emotions than It was today by the announcement , first of the death ot Hon. John Shermnn and then by the contradiction ot the report , which came a few hours later , the one giving a relief ! i which was as marked as was the sorrow j j produced by the other. Cabinet ministers , senators and members of the house expressed deep sorrow , 8j > eakw Ing not only In terms ot admiration and respect for the ox-senator's public career , 1 > uL dwelling with loving kindness upon hU personal character. The contradiction of the first report came In the shnpe of a positive stalemenl from Sanllago , made In the full knowledge that ttio report of the senator's death had boon In circulation. This dispatch was given as ivlde circulation In the city as : It was possible for it to receive at that hour. Secretary Hay was placed In possess slon _ ) . of a copy of the dispatch , as were also Mr. Sherman's family. 'A most marvelous condition ot affairs , " remarked < the secretary. Ho then proceeded to express his great relief Uiat the Drst news was not confirmed. There were heartfelt rejoicings and 'thanksgivings ' on the part of tho30 who had , assembled at the house when they realised , It was true the invalid was belter and might be restored to them. Mrs. Sherman la tie one person of the sewitor'e household who suffered neither from the first announcement nor rejoiced over tile second. She was not Informed of either. Mrs. Sherman has been quite 111 from a paralytic attnck for several months and had never been Informed oven of the senator's Illness for fear of Its effect upon her. It was felt when the news of his death came i today that H would have to be broken to her , but all heslteted to make the announcement. , It was ultimately decided to postpone the . Bad duty uutirtomorrow. . She wns thus baved ' .do shock. Fearing the harm which might result from n suden chfliiRO from the , cllma'o of tbo We'st Indies to a"no'rthern ratlttiae'the fam ily is considering t > ho advisability of having Mr. Sherman taken to Tampa , Fla. , for a time. After remaining there until ho is well on the road to recovery ho will bo brought to Washington , stopping possibly for homo days at Fortress Monroe , so as to become gradually accustomed to the change in temperature. The report of Jcftm Sherman's death ema nated from Calmanora , Cuba , in o special dispatch to a New York evening paper. The signal ofllce at Santiago confirmed the report late In the afternoon. At Washington the news was given entire credence and Secretary of State Hay im mediately cabled the news , together with an order to place the lings at half mast , to all the foreign consular ofllceB. Many for- elgn government representatives , knowing Mr. Sherman personally , cabled the same news to their homo omccx. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'AMERICAN MINERS WILL FIGHT ! ( inventor Ilrnily SIIJH ( lull I'ltlonn tlic CannilliiiiN Withdraw from I'orcu- li I lie Tli ere Will He Trouble. i SEATTLE , Wash. , March 21 Governor John D. Brady of Alaska arrived here today I ' ' January looking after Alaskan legislation. Concerning the Alaskan boundary Governor Brady said : i "T&0 Canadians will surely have a fight on their hands If they try to move the boundaries t on the Porcupine as Ihey have on the ' Stlckeen and Lynn canal passes. Do you think ' that 2,000 Americans , every one of them t well armed , who have gone Into fJ fI country and taken up claims on what has always been considered American territory , will let a handful of Canadian policemen move the iboundary line at will ? This boundary ! question Is a serious one and no one can loll how II Is going to come out. Every ' member of the commission should ' come west and make a trip to Alaska. They cilioulcl at least come west of the Rockies , for I understand that there are members of th commission who ( have not been that far west. " FIRED A KEG OF POWDER Grrnt Diunnne IN Done mid T\\o Clill- ilrrn Art * In I ) > | IIHT Condition IIM Ill-Nlllt Of n\llONlOII | , DE WITT. Ark. . March 21. A terrible ex plosion of powder occurred here this after noon , as a result of which two children are In n dying condition , several other persons are badly hurt and property to the value of several thousands Is destroyed , Tbo explosion occurred ID the store of S. L , Leslie , one of the largest establish ments In town. About 3 o'clock the'report was heard In the store and the explosion which followed wrecked the building , de stroying It entirely. The large stock of goods wns badly damaged. There were oboul a dozen people in the building when the explosion occurred , In cluding Mr. Jx\vls' ! family and some cus tomers. THO of Leslie's children were fatally burned , The others in the store were more or less Injured , several very badly , but 11 not fatally. I It Is supposed the explosion was caused by the children playing in the store. It Is thought , accidentally setting fire to a keg ot powder. NEARING THE DARK VALLEY Kx'Sniintur Tlptoii of AebriiiUa. Con- not M TliruuKli the I'r - - fiit WASHINGTON , March 21. ( Special Tele gram. ) Ex-Senator Thomas W. Tipton of I Nebraska is not expected to live through the week , his Illness bring largely assignable to old age , h being 82 , SLOAN DROPS HISi 'FIRST ' RACE Conic * In Second lty > Hnnt Work on n llnr e Owned ! | jjjlor l Wll- llnin IlcreHlrd. ( Copyright , ISM. by ! > & TunNshtnK Co. ) LONDON , .March . 21. ( KevfYork World Cablegram Special TolORam. ) "Of course [ 1 nm disappointed , " said Lord William llertsford to your representative'In1 ; paddock al Lincoln race track Immediately after his horse. Knight ot Thistle ; ' with Stonn up I had run second In the Lincoln handicap , the | first classic flat race of lluj season. * "But Sloan made a heater try than any I olher Jockey could. The track was llko flint and Sloan ( handled Knight of Thistle with pcrfecl Judgment I shouhj have'liked In scej him w In as he deserved , iuLlt wquhl have put him In great heart for th $ season" ? , , but Sloati Is all right. No one conld , "havo done pol' well. One can't expect eWu Sloan lo win all the time. " V &f Sloan was not in the sweetest temper when approached. < Jd- * ' * "Havo 1 anything tcVK ny , ? Dl'd you see' the rnco ? Then you cunjjiidgo a | well ns 1 oan. I did my best. Y 8 It IsgUrd that I should have run secotfd'"on < io jO aln In a classic race. But you lll twfi'lu first be-j fore long. The track J\d \ * Jiard as Iron.j , Only for that Knight ot Thfatlo = Rould liavo i won. These are the chahccs ot the game I was stiff , perhaps , not'havingraced ' slnco i November. " ? A Sloan really did 1better uhder thp clrcumIc slnnctt ! than ihe riporltog * tfntcrnlty oxIn pectcd. Even his staunf. fetffi backers were i' discouraged when they TCinv UieVground ser hard nnd Knight of TblWe w nl back In i the betting , alartlng at 9 'tovI ? There was i a delay ot forty mlnulejrjaC the post in the I biting nor'eaat wind , , o\VJi > R to the bolting i of one horse. This toldJhfjRlnst Bloaii. vtho i was actively maueuvcrJilR atanB for a good start. Once away he trftd wtUung tactics i with such apparent BW3 cS.ae was believed 1 | to have the race In Jiamt wbcn' ' tfn outsider , General Pence , heavily .liafcked at 100 to 7 , came forward , winning easily by four. j . . ' . I * I lengths. - ? ' t , It Is said In the rtng/JLUat ? Beresford " dropped $ TEOO on Knlfilit. "Slq'an hail his first mount of the scasoli D'Slij WoJdle Grif fiths' Swirl , whlctf In consequence was made , a hot favorite at 32 to 1 , In the Stidebroo-k ' soiling plate , but ran foutlli. Madden , who j rode General Peace , wns , at i8\e' \ top of fhe winning averages" last aeaoon and Is consid I ered Slotui'o most dangnous rival for first j place this season. /48S ' ? 5t- ' - . AGREE ON NILEj TERRITORY ' Convention Jlctireon arcat llrMnlii and Frnnoe D lljjlripr Their I LONDON , March 21.-pTho convention be tween Great Britain anO Franco , delimi tating their respective , frontiers In the Valley ot the Nile , was signed , tonfght by the marquis ot Salisbury a'nd . .the French am bassador , M. Paul Ca'mbon , respectively. Broadly stated the terms iof the conven tion are aa follows : The exact frontier from Iho northern line qf the Belgian Congo to latitude 15 Is to be determhcd't ( > y a mixed commission , ltT > eIng agreed that Great Brit ain shall retain Bahr-el GKazel , ivlth Dar- fur | , France keeping Wa'dat ( or Waday ) , west of Darfur ; Baglrml , sojt' ( otjiLake | | Chad ; Kanera , north of I > ak > ( V1 andfifeene " speaking , thii lorrif.j j | f v iiflfa f } Lake Chad , lylhg ncr.tu'J ut-n.ho''uneeuth parallel. The French sphere will oxteud soutb of | the tropic of Cancer to the western limit I of the Libyan -desert. The signatories agree to equality ot commercial treatment from the Kile to Lake Chad and between the fifteenth and nineteenth parallels of latih | tude. tude.Tho The latter clause permits Franco to es tablish commercial houses on the Nile and its affluents. affluents.'a ' IIV THH FUnCUAMSTS. Government Trooim Cniuiot Hold Ont Longer In Ilollvln. LTMA , Peru ( via Galveston ) , March 21. Dr. Zoilo Florcs , who has Just arrived hero from Bolivia , said In the course of an In- tervlew loday lhat Senor Cevcre Alonzo , president of Bolivia , who , with the govern ment troops , Is now within the walls ot Oruro , besieged by the federalists or Insur- ; gento , cannot much longer maintain the , position. Dvprlved of supplies he must citihor fight or withdraw from Oruro ; if. In deed , he will not too compelled to disperse his Iroops. ' The Insurgent army , In the opinion of Dr. Kloreg , is in every way superior , nnd exist ing , conditions cannot be prolonged beyond ' the ' first fortnight In April. Dr. Florea be ! lieves implicitly In the triumph ot the revolutionary movement. MOHI : I'ownint i\iMobio\H AIIHOAD Coieminent AinninnUloii Illonn Up in French Wiir l > iiarlnieiil. | PAUIS , March 21. The series of explo sions In government ammunition depots , which commenced with the terrible disaster , at La Goubrnn , follow ed Saturday with ex plosions at Bourses nnd Marseilles , was con tinued this afternoon , when an alarming explosion occurred In a laboratory of ex plosives attached to the War department , where experiments were being made with a non kind of gunpowder. Chief Engineer Veil , Assistant Engineer D'Ouvlllo and a third ofllclal were Injured. All the windows In the neighborhood were smabhcd nnd considerable o'hor ' damage was done. Although it Is not believed that the explosion was the result of foul play , great excitement followed. 'riuiornii KAVT AFHIUA. Germany Still l'nrIe > Nnidi IfeKiirdliiur the 1'rojeet. BERLIN , March 21. In the Reichstag to day Heir Ulchter , the German ra.llcnl leader , asked the government for Information on the bubject of the negotiations progressing with Cecil Rhodes. The minister of foreign affairs , 'Baron von Buelow , said the nego tiations for a railroad through German East Africa wore still In progress , but an agree ment had been reached regarding the laying of a telegraph line through the East African protectorate. In which the rights and su premacy of German Interests were fully safe guarded. The Hue , ho continued , will be continued , will bo constructed at the' tele graph company's expense and will be com pleted within five joars. llelKliini'H Clilnene _ _ BRUSSELS , March 21. In the Chamber of Deputies today the mlnUter of foreign affairs , M. P. Do Kavrcau , conflrming the reports that Ilelglum had asked for a concession at Hankow , China , said lhat no International complications were expected In connection with the request , pointing out that ihe Helgo-Chlna treaty of 18C5 aulborifed Bel gians lo construct buildings In China and empowered China to name the most con venient locality for a Belgian settlement. Antor Will Vlult .America. ( Copyright , U93 , by Prebs Publishing Co. ) LONDON , March 21. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Tclrgratn. ) W , W. Aster tails for New York tomorrow by the Majestic His present Intention Is to stay only n fortnight or three v-eeka , tic object of his trip beingto visit his wife'a grove ' a aud attend to certain bualuees matlera. j ANOTHER INDIAN CONGRESS Convention of Red Men to Bo Feature of Greater America Exposition , MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THAT OF LAST YEAR Connnlmloner of the Iiullnii Ullluc Given PlfdKCN to AftNlnt the O in nil n. Hliutv Hti onii rnu mi e lit III Oilier UnnrtcrN. WASHINGTON March 21. ( Special Telo- grnm. ) Owing to the accident which befell | P. E. Her In New York on Monday , resulting In ' n broken arm , the delegation of the Groattr America Exposition , Dr. Miller and i Mr. Rosowntcr , resumed their quest of gov- i eminent aid for the expedition without his I ' presence. ' Their first call this morning wns upon ActIng - Ing Commissioner Tanner of the Indian office' nnd their visit was productive of much good The commissioner stated that the BUOOCSS ol' the Indian congress at the Trnnsmlsslsslppli'1' I Exposition had penetrated to the further- most Indian reservation and where but , , dozen < red men could be hcsured for Omaha ' In 1S9S , hundreds were more than anxlovis ito BO In 1899. He said the department would , ' lend all possible assistance to advnnro the | ' Interests of the Greater AtncrUn shoion the understanding that the association would I bear the expense of transportation of the' Indians to nnd from their reservations " " ! , subsist them while on the grounds. Mr n stated that It was the design ot Iho exposition people to bring to Omahn'nl many tribes of Indians not represented nt , the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition , especially Iho Mojaves , Nnvajoes , Moqul and n larger.ni delegation < ot Pueblos. This , Commissionercl Tanner said , could bo done and after Prof . Jomcs Mooney of the Department of Ethnology has been Interviewed the Indian ( ofllco < will lend Its assistance In making Ihe Indian congress nl Omaha In 1S99 even more \ of n success than ll was In 189S. Brigadier General Grceley , chief ot the j' signal corps , said to the delegation that he'1 would Instruct his corps in the field In J ! , Cuba , Porto Rico and the Philippines to f ° r- ward all photographs of localities In which' operations are going on nt once to him for1' I J transportation to Omabn. He also said Uiat If time permitted his department might Iit | , up a model telegraph line which would beef of great Interest In view of the military , telegraph t lines in operation in all our1 colonies. Philippine I'nntofllee. Acllng Postmaster General Heath gave Iho delegation much encouragement , not only In aitl the way of suggestions for exhibits In out now possessions , but In pledging the help I of his department to make the exposition success so far as it could go within the law Mr. Heath suggested that It would bo a com paratively easy matter to transport one ol1 the Philippine postofflces , ns they are built' ' of bamboo and thatch and he would at once' instruct the chief of the Postofflce depart ment In charge of the Philippine onVo to secure the oldest office possible , with a view of transportation to the United States. Commissioner ot Patents Deucl also pledged Oils assistance , but admitted that the failure to pass special legislation in behatt , jjt tfto J&T'IJEU'41P ' P"'J ' It especially , .J > urrii i BO far uSrTiia'tU'paitnunt Isj.corcerppd , ' j The delegation also called upon Secretary" ! of State liny , who was Impressed with the Importance of making a colonial and trnpld cal ; exhibition and who teak under ndvlie- ment the loan of the pictures -which wuro an Interesting feature ot the government ex- j I hlblt at the last exposition. I Tomorrow tiho delegation will call upon Assistant Secretary of War Melklejohn , who returned from New York this evening , and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen with , 'a view of ascertaining Just what those two ! departments j will do toward filling up the government building , Agent Matbewson of the Omaha and Win-1 nebngo reservation In In the city with a j ! view of receiving instructions upon the ques-1 tlon ' of allotments. There Is a delegation of , Winnebagoes also in the city urging allots ] i meuts on the part of the government. I Major Brad D. Slaughter of the poymasv ter's ' department Is In the city to receive his assignment to duty. Supervising Architect Taylor today sent out advertisements calling for offers of sites for ' tbo erection of public buildings at Blair , Hastings and Norfolk , In Nebraska , und at Aberdeen , S. D. Proposals will bo opened [ 1 April 15. WILL NEXT MEET AT COLUMBUS Woodmen' * Convention TiiKen I'n the of ulnrleN of Sover- elcn Ollluorx. MEMPHIS , Tenn , March 21. The dele-0 ! gates to the convention cf the Woodmen of . the Wi rid today selected unanimously CoI \ I i luml > us , O. , as tiho place for their next bleu- i nlal meeting. The northern city was chosen ' ' in preference to New Orleans owing to the ; ! , fact that the highest convention of the order j ' had been given to the south three times In I succession. ' Two Bcj-filons Vicro held today and while | I quite a number of Interesting question ? per- talnlng to the laws came up for dlscu'slon ' no final action -was taken. One question of vital Importance | g yet to be settled toy the ( i and that Is the salaries of the camp , saver- j I elgn officers. This was brought before the assembly yesterday nnd referred to u comg ' mltteo. There Is no contention over salaries ! and II Is prohahlo that of the soverlgn commander - , mander and sovereign clerk will bo In- ' creased. RUNAWAY AT A FUNERAL Ten m Atlnelieil lo llnek HeeoineN FrlKliteneil unit Demorallie I'ro- eenxloii Five 1'erMoiiN Hurt , EVANSVILLE , Ind. , March 21. Five persons - sons were injured , two probably fatally , In a runaway during a funeral here toJuy. The Injured are : Mrs. Caroline Freyser , aged CO , right shoulder dislocated and Internally injured. Mrs. Sucan Smock , Internally Injured. Three others , unknown , badly Injured. The flvo persons wore In a hack and the team became frightened nt a fctrect car. The hack was completely demolished and the funeral procession was etopped for an I hour. \tttv .Iniinncxe ( 'miner hiilln Home , SAN FKANCISCO , March 21. The Japa nese cruiser Chltoso , the handiwork of the Union Iron works nnd the first war vessel built In this port for a foreign power , sailed fur the Orient today. AH tbo big vessel pat > { -d down the bay toward the ocean the vessels In the harbor saluted It. The bat- tlfcbhlp Iowa eatutcd with Its colors and hundreds of people along the water front bade adieu to tbo battleahlp. General Mllrx In Ilonlon , BOSTON , March 21 Major General Nol- eon A. Miles visited the Ivulslaturo this aft ernoon. He first was received by the sen ate , wbrre he made a brltf address. Ho then vvent to the house , wbera u slmllai program was carried out. Each branch took recess after General Mllc-o bad uddreeicd 'them , during which the mciubira wore pre- sented to tbo visitor CONDITION OF THE WEATHER 1 Forccnsl for Nebraska Brisk Northerly Wlnila ; Probably Snow or Italn | Ti'iiipernture nt Oninhit jewterduj'l Hour. Ueix , Hour. lieu. ft n. in li. in , < l n. in. , li , m. 7 n. m , i Ull It p. in .tti S n , m. i I l > , in < ill 1) ) n. m. . n i > . m no 1(1 n , in. . . A. ( I 11. ni. . . . . . M It n , in , . . lit ) 7 1 > . in H lit in ill ) S p. in. . . II p , m..c BEEF COURT IS IN CHICAGO , Dr. Meholai Semi Tenllllcx Hint dinned lleer InNot 1'roperlj1're - pnred nnd In nil Unlit Itutloii. CHICAGO. March 21. The government cotjrt of Inquiry tonight examined two wit- noiics w Ith reference to the 'boef ' question . I- . Nicholas Senn and Lleutcimnt Colonel ' A. W. Corliss. Dr. Scnn entirely dlsap- i proved ' cf canned roast foeef na nn army j' I ' ration for nny length ot time nnd Colonel .CorllfH told of the soldiers' dislike of It. , The court will hold nu nil-day session to morrow , cxpecllng lo leave for New York tomorrow evening or Thursday morning. The remaining wltncsae * will bo those SUR- gejted by Major Leo lit 'behalf of Major Gen eral Miles. Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chlcigo , nho served In j Cuba and Porto Klco , testified thai Ihe i troops In Cuba lived largely on canned roast href ' and bacon. He had every reason to be- ; , llc\c that the canned beef wns not roaaleil , but 'liolleil. U was tasteless and certainly i appeared to lack nutritious qualities , ns was apparent | from the condition of the men who returned from Cuba to Montauk men who { . had never "been " 111 , .but were greatly emaciated. Ho bellovcd that the meat was [ ] I overdone that there was some fault In the process ' ' of preparation that the process has , not been perfected. The ibacou was ot good quality. j ? He could tay ncthlng about ro- frlgerntor . beef because he did not see any ot It . In Ouba or Porto Klco. He made no formal I Investigation of the canned roast beef , but i had ! oaten some of It and his statements wore based on his own experience. The meat was ' evidently good meat was of good quality , ' but , ns stated before , was not properly jire- pa red was overcooked to boiling. He thought that one of the meat supplies for ' Ihe fulurc for the army should be dried beef. Men could be fed once or Iwlce a week on canned roast .beet . without ill effect on their health , but ns a dally ration for any length ct tlmo he would not consider It a safe or advisable ration. When the packers learned bow to make real roast beef ho thought It would bo an excellent thing , but not as an exclusive diet. The canned roast beef was used very extensively In Cuba , but the ration In Porto Ulco was very much bet ter seemed to be .better prepared. In reply to General Davis ihe wllnoss slated lhal the meat as prepared by the packers ] , according to the testimony given , would not lose much cf Its nutrition on ac count of being boiled In the cans. He saw- no evidence ct the use of chemicals In the canned roast Jjeef. He had heard of cases of ptomalno poisoning , but did nol see nny. Ptomaines would not develop if Iho meat were thoroughly sterilized and properly sealed. When opened the meat should keep 1 twenty-four hours. It would ngt be safe to eat it after lhat time. . , - 1 ' 'General 'A''W : Oollfr ; whov"wns"ntM hed | to Iho SevcliUi infantry InCuto , lootlflod : ] j "Wo tried to eat the canned ronst beef and i did eat It. 6ut In order to do so wo haj to | mix It up with hardtack and fry It. Wo tried to cot It plnln , 'but ' could not ; it made us sick gave us bowel trouble. " i Major Leo did not cross-examine the wlt- ness , and the court had no question * lo aak. The court adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow morning. KIDNAPERS | ARE ARRESTED 1'fire.iitN Are Mnde the Hecovorj of Tliret Veur-Olil Hey Moleii Ia t Mu . ( PAINESVILLE , O. , March 21. A startling sequel to the abduction of Gerald Laplner , 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs S. Laplnor , I which occurred In Chicago May 30 , 1898 , | developed , ] here today In the recovery and restoration of the child to his mother , and the arrest of Mrs. Ann Ingersol nnd John Collins , who live about a mile west of PalncEvIlle , at whose place the child was found , and where he ilmd been kept since last \ , Juno. On the 30th of last May Gerald Laplner was abducted by n mysterious woman from J front of his parents' homo on Prairie ! avenue , Chicago. The woman nnd child ' were traced for a short time , then all trace of them was lost. A largo reward was j offered for the recovery of the child , nnd j although tbo Chicago police made every j effort to bring the kidnapers 4o Justice ' nothing further could be learned. 1 About two months ago a newspaper nc- j count of the abduction and the reward i came under the notice of Mr. W. C. Perrls , J and his sister , neighbors of the Ingersols. Mr. J and Miss Ferris suspected that the llt- tlo boy , who had been nt the residence I of .Mrs. Ingersol slnie last June , might bo the missing child nnd they entered Into correspondence with the Chicago police. After about two months' investigation and correspondence it was determined lhat the child won tbo in Using Gerald Laplnor. Mrs. I/tplner was notified and she arrived ! hero this morning to Identify the little ono. 6ho was met at the station by Deputy Sheriff A. T. Ma ) and was driven In a closed carriage to the Ingursol place , while Sheriff St. Jchn went on ahead to pre vent tbo escape of the abductors. Both Mrs. Ingersol nnd Collins were place 1 under arrest and were held for trial later In the day , Mrs. Ingersol denies the charge of abduction und could bo Induced to w\y \ nothing about the case. The hearing of the prisoners , which was net for this'evening , was postopned until Thursday. Sheriff St. John this evening re ceived a dispatch from Chicago , saying thai I on olllcer was on his way lo take charge of the prisoners , who will probably bo re moved to that city as soon ns requisition papers can lie secured. FORTY-SIX 'STILL MISSING Another DIIJ'H Development * In Wlnd- mir Hotel ! ' ! re InvextlKiit Ion Prod nee Sninll IteniillH , . . . ' NDW YORK. March 21.-Three bodies vvcie recovered from the ruins of the Windsor ser hotel today. They were badly charred , and great dllliculty U being experienced in the Identification The first body recovered today was that ot a female of small atat- uro. The arms and legs were mlsslnj ? . It was first thought to be Miss Dora Hoffman of Baltimore , who is among the Tonight , however , tno of the hotel v. . . , . , , , claimed to identify the remains as thozo of Mrs. Margaret Auze ot Now York. There arc now five bodies at 'ho morgue , each tagged with a number , wMoh. with the known dead , brings the list to 'Iftc-fn. The list of missing reaches forty-eU. The Injured at hospitals are alt recovering , I'fimiev e flic , BERLIN , March 21 The Hefclutng today passed the budget and adjourned until April 11. LEAP DOWiN'TO ' DEATH Wonian Ornz d with fright Jump from a Burning Building. TWO ALREADY DEAD AND MORE MAY DIE Twenty-One Persons Rccelvo Injuries Moro or Less Savers , i ' WILD RUSH FOR SAFETY RESULTS FATALLY Victims Horribly Earned and Embed in Thsir Mad Flight. APPALLING CALAMITY OCCURS IN OMAHA I.nillen of the Mnecnl > ecn HolilliiK n Jleetlimr In Pntternnit Illoolt Are Interrupted In Their Worls ! ) ) the I'lrc Klciul. Killed. MRS. THOMAS TAYLOR , IfilG Cumlng slreet. MRS. ANNA SOHAMEL , 360B Pl ro street. Injured , Mrs. C. F. Itroslus , 1S20 Norlh Boven- lecnlh street , face and hands burned. Mrs. A. King , 2049 North Eighteenth street , face badly burned ; left wrist cut slightly. Mrs. A. L. SamuclRon , 2610 North Til- leunth Direct' face ami hands severely burned ; both wrists broken. May Samuelson , 6 years old , left hand burned and wrist cut ; forehead burned slightly. Mrs. G. D. Wilson. C31 South Twenllolh slreet , face and shoulders burned ; bands se verely burned. Mrs. J. C. Holt , 2122 North Fifteenth street , face and hands slightly burned. Marguerite Holt , T years old , one hand , burned j slightly and face badly ; may bo Injured , jured inteinally. Mrs. Harry Hopkins , C24 William otreet , face and head badly burned. Mrs. Jerry Sullivan , CIS Popplclon avenue , wrlgt and bands severely burned ; fac slightly burned. Mrs. W. A. Rex , 1310 South Sixth strest , bands and face severely burned. Mrs. Ed Shrlner , 1416 South Fifth street , face , body and hands burned ; bad cut in bead ; will probably die. Mrs. French , South Omaha , face and hands slightly burned. Mrs. A. A. Smith , 1005 North Eighteenth street , hands and face severely burned ; hair burned off ; Injuries probably fatal. Mrs. C. E. . .Ml'pq , J040 , > Charlcsatrept , ttuf\ \ and hands burniil ; hands cut by breaking glass. Mrs. Thomas P. Thornton , 4730 North For tieth streel , face and hands burned severely. . Walter W. Scotl , 1415 Soulh Sixth street. , hands and face burned severely. Unknown man , supposed to bo a Hebrew , face severely burned ; cars and hands burned to a crisp ; vvrlsts severely burned. Steve Williams , GIG North Soventoentfl street , D years old , face and tiauds slightly burned. Jessie Williams , 616 North Seventeenth fltreet , S years of age , hands and face burned slightly. Fireman William Gulder , Company No. 5 , suffocated and fell from ladder ; injuries may prove fatal. Lieutenant Jame.i Adams , Engine Com pany No. 3 , Injured above hips falling on ia landing. Comparatively Insignificant in material de- slrucllon , but appalling In Its harvest of death nnd suffering wns a fire thai par tially destrojed the Patterson block at Seventeenth and Douglas streets yesterday afternoon. Two of Itu victims have already passed away , one more Is not expected to live and about twenty others are suffering from broken limbs and burned and lacerated flesh. A group of happy women , busy with the affairs of the secret orders with which they wcio affiliated , wcro In a moment brought face to face with death , Sixty seconds later seven ot them lay burned and bleeding od the pavements , to which they had dropped , thirty feet below , and the others were res cued after they had been more or less se verely Injured In their desperate dash down the single pair of stairs that led to safety. How the Flrr Started. The blaze started just after 3 o'clock from n gasoline etovo explosion In a rear room of tbo third floor of the building and next to the elevator shaft. It was not dis covered until It had spread to the adjoining apartments and the entire floor was filled with smoke nnd flame. About twenty members of the women'B lodge of Maccabees wera attending a com- inltteo meeting In the waiting room In the front of the middle of the building on the same floor. They were unconscious of danger until a janitor threw open the door and told them to get out before the flamca cut them off. The warning came too late. The fir a swept through the door and down tc tha t single stairway. Those nearest the. door tI fled through the blinding einoke and reached I the street with hands and facra burned and blistered. The rest faced a solid wall of flame , There was a fire escape at the south front of the building , but not one of them seems to have tboughl of It. They rushed panic stricken to the windows dews , through which thu smoke was al ready pouring In suffocating puffs , The flro was scarcely a foot behind them. It caught their clothing and ccorchcd their faces with Increasing Intensity. In another Instant thi spectators , attracted by the clouds of smoke , were horrified to see one after another spring from the open windows and fall heavily ti the pavement. Not one arose. They lay In an Inert and apparently llfelrsa heap until carried Into the olllce of Or. Orossmanu , across the street. Mott of thorn were b'leedlog from severe cute mid bruUet and all were burmsd until