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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, THURSDAY SLOUXIXU, OCT0J3EK IS, 1 !)()) TWtiLYE I'AGJSS.
sik;l.i; colv urn-; cents.
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Anthracite Operators Agree to Every De
mand of the Miners.
IT IS NOW UP TO THE MEN TO END STRIKE
Action of Philadelphia Conference Leaves No
Room for Further Parloy.
READING COMPANY POSTS ITS ACCEPTANCE
Lehigh Valley is Likely to at Once Follow
Example Set for It.
STRIKERS AT HAZLETON ARE FULL OF JOY
tarll..n Otrr Which There I Mill
Inlitrnllon Are In llr llrlrrrcil
lu n o in in 1 1 1
mi
' Arbitration,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17. The (treat
strike of the anthracite uilse workers, ot
Pennsylvania, whli'h began uu September
17, practically ended today when the
Philadelphia A. KcMllhg I riu mill Coal com
pany ami tho Lehigh Valley Coul company
agrocd to abolish (Ik; sliding scale In their
respective regions and to grant an advance
In wages of 10 per cent, net, Mm advance
to rrmuln in upnrutloii until April I. HWI.
or (hereafter. Tho decision was arrived
ut after r conference between representa
tives) of tho Indlvldunl coal operators and
the large coal-rarrylng rouds. The con
ference began yesterday. ToiIb;. 's action
whji the culmination of the rerent meeting
of tho Individual operators at St-ranton
following the mine workers' convention In
tho (iimn city. Nearly nil the collieries In
tho roul region had pre vlouiily ponted
notlccn granting nn udvnnco of 10 per cent.
The mine woi'k.rx. after considering thin,
dcmamlud the aliillng bciiIc In the Lehigh
ntid Schuylkill regions abolished, the In
crenso to bo guaranteed until April I nnd
other differenced Hiihmittcd to arbitration.
Tho Individual operators ngrnod tn every
thing. It Is conceded that tho result of
today's conference Ih a complete victory
for the men.
All l)rnimtd Ai'enlril To.
All the demand of tholr convention nre
nccoded to, and an one of tho Individual
operator puts It, the operators go a lltle
further In maintaining tho advance after
April 1. Thin Hume operntor bmIcI "It In
nil up to tho miners. Wo have agreed to
everything; nothing remains hut for them
to return to work as Hoon ox the notices
nro posted by thn malingers. These notices
will conform to tho Reading's notice. t
look for n resumption of operations by
Monday at the latent. The conference was
entirely harmonious and uvcry phase of the
strike situation was koiio over "
Just how soon tho ordor notifying the
men the Htrlkn Is over will bo postvd ran
only bo conjectured. It Is believed here
that no order to return will be Issued until
a notice slipllsr . to that of I'm Reading
nnd Lehigh companion is posted at all the
mines.
Tho Reading company' notice rends:
"This company hereby withdraws the
notice poHtcd October 3, 1900, and to
brine about practical uniformity In the
advance of wages lu tho several
coal regions gives notice that It
will suspend the operation of tho
eliding scale, will pay 10 per cent advance
on September wages until April, 1001, nnd
thereuftor until further notice anil will
tako up with Its mlno employe: any grlev
nnco which thoy may hnvo."
Olierntnm In Conference.
Tho conforenco between tho Individual
coul operators and thn representatives
of tho big t'oul-carrying companies
with a view to bringing about
tho termination of tho anthracite coal
btrlko was resumed this morning In the
private oflleo of President Hnrrls ot the
Heading Hallway company.
Tho first to arrive In tho conference room
were George K. Ilaer nnd John L. Welsh,
directors of the Heading rompuny and the
reputed representatives of tho Morgan In
terests In that company. President Harris
nnd Oeneral Manager Henderson of thn
Philadelphia & Heading Coal and Iron
compauy wcro tho next to arrlvo. In quirk
succestlou camo John 11. Garrett, vice presi
dent of tho Lehigh Vnlloy Hallroad com
pany; Congressmun William Connell ot
Scranton, nn Individual operator; Herbert
M. Howe, representing A. Purdco & Co., nnd
M. S. Klmmerer of Mnuch Chunk, rep
resenting Klmmerer & Whitney. The con
forenco began shortly after 9 o'clock and
was In session about fifteen minutes when
Mr. (larrett was called to the long-distance
telephono for n talk with tomii one In New
York. Ho returned Immediately to the eon
fereuco room.
rrcliilit llntm llir Trouble.
Tho oplnlo'i was expressed by persons lr
touch with the situation that the main bone
of contention between those participating In
the conference Is tho freight charges exacted
by tho coal-curryhiK companies. In con
sidering the resolution of tho mine workers'
convention. It Is said that an agreement on
tho part of tho coal-carrylug companion to
reduco tho freight charges will clear the
t.ay considerably for nn early settlement
of tho Btrlko. A dlbottsslon of this rather
than tho resolutions of the mlno vorkers
Is what Is principally occupylug the at
tention of the conferees.
Tho (luestlou of abolition of tdldlng scale,
which Is lu operation lu the Schuylkill and
Lehigh regions nuly, hoe Interests are
being cared for respectively by tho Heading
onietnls utul Mr Oarrett, Is also n subject
for discussion, it is being urged by the
Individual operators that the scale he
abolished, but such a move Is opposed by
tho two Interests Involved, their rep
resentntlvcs asserting that it Is the most
equitable system of wage payments that
can bo evolved,
Menu the Unit nf MrlUr.
Tho conference resulted In an ngreement
to accede to the demands made by the
Mlna Workers' convention as stated.
Arri'Mt Elevru Mrlker.
HA2LETON I'm.. Oct. 17.--Eleven Slav
onian, strikers who nre alleged to have
been tho leaders of u mob which started n
riot at Oneida last Wednesday, when one
private guard was killed aud several per
sons, dangerously Injured, were arrested to
Uy at that place mid taken to PottB
vlllo for a hearing. The ottlclals ot Coxe
Uros, Co., whoso initio was the object
of attack that dny, eutued tho arrest of
tho eleven men. but they refused to say on
what charges they wore tuken Into cus
tody. - Meet llorrll.li llralh. .
NIC'KKHSON. Minn., Oct. 17 - Uiundle
lloyt. ugul 15, was killed Jn u horrible man
ner nt ii sawmill hem today. He was nt
tending to ;i conveyor, which leads to the
Binn burner and In some manner became
f listened to the endless chain- Hoforo hf'p
rould reach him ho was conveyed to the
Xurnace and burned to death.
GET ALL THEY ASKjrrf,CIE
1'ri-KlilPiit of Mill? " -J'$ t' -jnv
RETICENT
"nlon Itr.
fraliin from Conn.. JU'R
llrstill u( Cotifcrrni.e,
HA.LETON. Oct. 17 Tho news' from
Philadelphia today, that the Philadelphia
nnd ((ending Coul and Iron compauy, after
n conference with ottlclals ot other mining
rompunle, had agreed tn the anthracite
miners' proposition btought forth ninny ex
pressions of surprise that It should come so
boon after th convention of Saturday last.
(resident Mitchell of tho United Mine
Workers, when Imfonned of tho Heading
company's action, declined to say whether
the union would let the men return to work
at those collieries where thn operators had
accepted the miners proposition before all
tho companies had fallen in line. It is
generally believed that the bis coal-carrying
railroads that mine coal will quickly
follow tho Heading company and grant nr
ceptanro of tho proposition uud that nil
other operatois will do the same.
The first company In the Hiuleton region
to take action similar to tlmt of the Rndlng
company, wn Calvin Pardee & Co., operat
ing the Lnttlmcr collieries nnd A. Pardee
A Co.. owners of the Cranberry mines, both
of them Indlvldunl concerns. Thcie com
panies will reduce the price of powder from
f2.7f. to tl.r.0. which reduction Is to be con
sidered In arriving at n net Increase In
wages.
Thr news from Philadelphia spread
through tho entiro region with, nlmoht
lightning rnpldlty. Everywhere satisfaction
wns expreed by tho striking milters nnd
others. It Is confidently beileved that tho
strike will be olilclnlly declared off thin
week nnd thut all the men will hnvo n
chance to return to work by Monday.
LEHIGH TO FOLLOW SUIT
l lor I'rrnlilrnt (inrrelt Sny III to Mi
ll Mil) Will TuLf Action Mm
llur to Itenil Iiiu'k.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 18. -No formal
announcement has been made by the Ln
lileh Valley Coal company, hut as tho
Hcndtng'B statement hns been mnde pub
lic Vice President Oarrett of the Lehigh
company said: "Concerning our opera
tions ln the Schuylkill country our ac
tion will be similar to that of the Head
ing. In other regions certain things mtikt
be treated separately and wo have not de
cided with regard to them. These matters
are In the hands of Superintendent LaV
throp."
Calvin. Pardee & Co., extensive Individ
ual operators In the Hnzloton district,
late, this afternoon announced that they
will tomorrow post notices similar to that
Issued by the Rending company. This In
dicates what the indlvldunl operators
will do.
(ireat .luy ut Mieunnilonli.
SHKNANDOAH, Pa Oct. 17. The oiM
topic of conversation hero Is tho result of
tile conference at Philadelphia and the great
victory of the miners. The advnnee of 10
per cent means nn Increased disbursement
of $20,000 monthly In Shenandoah.
Tonight about ISO breaker boys with miner
lamps nn their heads and carrying ban
ners bearing Inscriptions paraded the
streets, shouting and cheering for President
Mitchell.
JOHN SHERMAN IS SINKING
r iirriilil- Stiitmniiui Tiilirx Turn for
tin- Worse nt llitnir lu
Wnnh IllKlnil.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Former Cabinet
Officer and Senator John Sherman is dan
ouhly 111 at his resldoure on K street In
this city. The attack has taken tho form
of a general collapse, In part duo to tho
general debility Incident to old ago and to
the effect of tho serious Illness, which he
suffffered while on u trip to tho West Indies
two years ago. Ho never fully recovered
from that Illness. Mrs. Sherman's death
during tho summer nt the old homestead
at Mansfield O., where the family was stay
ing during the sum;ner, also had Its cffe:t
on tho vencrablo statesman, who deeply
mourned her loss,
Mr. Sherman returned to Washington
several weeks ago from Munllold and since
that time has been living In thn family
residence- here. He was then In feeble
health, hut was able to take dally drives
nbout the country. For tho past week,
however, he had been gradually growing
weaker nnd yesterday und today his con
dition grew worse and relatives In various
parts of the country were notified of the
chunge. Some of
come to the city.
them are expected
to
There Is said to he no Immediate danger
and It Ik possible ho may rally If no further
unfavorable symptoms occur. Tho ex
secretary is in his 78th year and has been
a hnrd worker nil his life.
CARTER PINES FOR LIBERTY
Ilrotlirr nf mulcted Army Ciiiliiln
AiIIim for II ii lieu h l.'ortn
ill l.i-nveiiTortli,
LEAVENWORTH. Kan-. Oct. 17. A
habeas corpus suit to release Oberlln M.
Carter, ex-captaln of engineers, from tho
federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth
was filed in the United Stntes circuit court
hero this afternoon. The suit was filed, with
Stnntou Carter, n brother of tho prisoner,
as the petitioner, and was made returnable
against Wnrdon McClaughrey ot the federal
penitentiary. Frank 1. Ulalr nf Chicago ap- I
penred as the attorney for Carter. Judge
Ilock set October It! us tho date for hearing i
on the application nnd nnnounred that Judge
Thawr of St. Louis would probably be here
to sit with him.
Captain Carter wns Inst winter convicted
of stealing Jl.000,000 while In charge of the
government's works In Snvunnah and wns
sentenced to live yearn nt hard labor Since
Mil i2'W .-AT
Ills Incarceration Carter's brother aud undo j p0!,ui of tm, 1o:r1 com,)nMy( formcd by native
have visited him on moro than otie occasion nJ f0rpgn capitalists, to rnrry to com
In behalf, it Ii said, of securing his release. pUIo , celebrated Ceno Pasco dralnuge
Carter recently mortgaged his New York tunnel.
property In order to raUe funds to tight the 1 , .
rime In the courts. ! Mm Mutter Much Wfnkrr,
, , LONDON, Oct. 17. It is announced that
wiii-ririlll i nrriiiKfn i oronii.
NI-:W VfilllC. net. 17 Tim twentv-t'Jchth
nnn nil eunvcntlon of Mie Carriage Hullderh'
National UBBoclutloii wns concluded today,
f. D. Firestone of Columbus, O., Hpoke on
his observations ut tho l'urln exposition,
saying there Ih iiii i capon why American
carriage mnnurnrtureiH should not necure a
large trade abroad. The advantage which
European mukcrn have In cheaper labor Is
offset b) tho machinery which American
makers use
The English makers, he mild, are rn
deavorlut; to make their vehicles Hshter,
but weie iMiiillrupptMl by tho fact that they
have to Import material.
Frederick I). Judklns of Murrtir.uc. .Mass.
was elected president of the association and
Henry ' McLear of Wilmington, Del., wuk
re-elerteil tieerctary and treasurer.
Tiilx Duulrllr l I, llir the Cut.
MANSFIELD. O.. Oct. 17 -Edwnrd Wil
liams of Hcnton Harbor. Mich., a Douielte
elder, who ha been sent awny from liero
several times, returned on a blryelf from
Crestline today and was Immedlutelv sent
nway again.
relihllii Ireland llonir,
NKW YORK, Oct 17 Archbishop Ireland
of St Paul arrived on the Majestic this
evening Irom a long trip abroad.
II011ENL0IIEIIAS HAD ENOUGH
Tired of the Personal Policy of Kaiser in
China, Imperial Chancellor Quits.
COUNT VON BUEL0W SUCCEEDS TO OFFICE
I'llnitn mill I'nilirror I'nrt on Prleuilly
TerniM. W 1 1 1 In in MhmtIiih HI" timid
IVrllim by KIpnIiik laitc
I'reniler'n L'lievK.
IlKHLIN, Oct. 17. The Kolnlsche r.eltung
states that Prlnco Hoheuloho haH ten
dered his resignation as Imperial chancel
lor and that It has been accepted.
According to the same authority Km
peror William has indicated hb successor
Count von lluelow.
Although rumors had beeen current for
several days that Prlnco Hohenlohe In
tended to retlro little credence was( given
to them, since such reports had been made
for several yenrs past.
Tho fact is that neither the Foreign
ofTlee or any other government department
In Iterlln knew until this evening of Prlnco
Hohenlohe's retirement. The reasons
which Induced tho prince to Insist on re
tiring were in tho main. Ills rapidly grow
ing Infirmities nnd his disapproval ot tho
emperor's personnl policy In China. To
Ills Intimates, l'rlnco Hoheuloho during tho
Inst three months has expressed strotiK
criticisms upon whnt he has called the
kaiser's "sentimental nnd Impulsive Inter
ference In China."
Since Chlneso matters nssumed a threat
ening aspect lu June Prince Hohcnlohe Iiuh
virtually abandoned tho duties with which
tho constitution elothes tho chancellor,
having vainly endeavored to Inculcate lc
passionate views regarding tho China out
rages. Nearly all summer Prince Hohenlohc was
nway on his, Merman, Russian nnd Austrian
estntes, leaving the emperor and Count
von Huelow to conduct the policy of tho
empire to stilt themselves. This figure
hcndlBm of course ho could not long en
dure. In addition to prolonged llts of som
nolence, the prince has recently dlsplnyed
exceeding physical weakness. Members of
his family have nil along been strongly
urging him to retire from otllelal life and
to pasH tho remainder of his days In
quietude. The final parting with the em
peror was cordial. At supper Inst evening
In Homburg, the emperor, after toasting
the prince, thanked him for the services
ho hnd rendered and kissed him on both
cheeks.
The Kolnlsche Zoltung nsserts that Count
von Huelow has been also appointed Prus
sian minister, president and foreign min
ister. RUSSIA AFTER NEW LOAN
KfTortn of Miiseovltr Covrriinient to
(Jet .Money In Xen ViirU Arc
I.IUrtj to lull.
NKW YORK, Oct. 17. Tho Kvenlng Post
today baysi Thn roported negotiations of
New York nnd Paris bankers with Hgentn
of tho Rueslun government, were denied
by persons tn position to know. While it
U ' i onsldered doubtful whether a par1' Ion
of tho loan could have been placed In Paris
under any circumstances this season, the
project is deemed Impossible now Mint tho
Hnnk of France has concluded to give up
some of Its gold to New York. A llnancler
Identified with previous movements of the
kind declared today It wns idle to talk of
another Russian loan so far as New York
Is concerned.
MAY GET WOLSELEY'S JOB
Humor Hint General Ilullrr linn lleen
OlIYrvil 1'onltlon beellneil liy
Lord ItourrlB.
LONDON, Oct. 17. Undor reserve tho
Dnlly Express publishes a report that
Cicnerul Sir Hedvers Huller has been sum
moned from South Africa to buccccd Lord
Wolsoley as commander-in-chief, Lord
Roberts declining to accept tho position
without a frco hand. 1
Crown I'rlner AVI It Hole.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 17. At today's ses
sion of the council of stnto It was decided
to entrust tho government of 'the country
to tho crown prince, (lustavus, during the
Illness of King Oscnr.
Tho crown prince nnd crown princess
I t''l their eldest son, GustnvuH, start Frl-
rtny ror cnrimtanin, wnore mo crown
plince will take the oath before tho hou.tr.
King Oscar passed a quiet night, but does
not gain strength.
Llnurm it Milliliter of Wur,
MADRID, Oct. 17. Oeneral Linares, who
hn 8 been offered the portfolio of war.
. htipuluteH as a condition that he shall
1'nve perfect freedom to introduce sweep-
J inc reforms and roorganlzo the whole
army lie Httpuiateii tiuit ins method rf
I reaching these results must rest solely
with himself. Senor Sllvela, It Is Hald,
hns accepted theso conditions nnd the
nomluutlnn of General Linares Is prno.
tlcally assured.
ConnrHtulHllon for thr rjnren.
TUB HAGUE, Oct. 17. The announce
ment of tho betrothal of Queen Wllhelmlna
to tho duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerln lu
the second chamber ot The Netherlands
Parliament today was greeted with cheers.
The hmiBO charged tho president to trans
mit to the queen Its congratulations nnd
thanks for communicating the glad event,
which wbb of the highest Importance to
the dyiutty nnd country.
UriilmiwP Tunnel for I'ern.
LIMA, Peru, (via Galveston) Oct. 17. The
Peruvian congress will be convoked In ex
traordinary session and will be Imformcd
that thn envernment lias accented the nrn.
,'rof. Max Mil er. cornim nrnfeRKnr nf
corpus
comparative philology at Oxford unlvcr
slty, who has been HI for a long time
nud recently suffered a relapie, Is much
weaker today.
In n l,rnl;- Condition,
RIO DE JANEIRO. Oct. 17 The Nor
wegian bark Alice, Captain Gram, which
sailed from Mobile on July ; for Port Natal,
has put ln her with sickness among her
crew, her hdll In a leaky condition and
cargo shifted
ItuxkUn .Mlulter Coiiilou Here,
PARIS, Oct. 17. Count Cnsslnl. Russian
minister at Washington, nnd his niece,
Mr. nnd Mrs, Potter Palmer nnd Mrs. Fan
chon Thompson, the opera slngor. sailed
for New York today from Chei baurg.
Kins nf Greece Vloll KionI(iiii.
PARIS, Oct 17. The king of Greece and
President Lnubet exchanged vlaltn today,
President Lnubet thanked King Georgo for
vlattitiK the exposition.
talks on money problems
I'renlilent nf tiuirlrril llnnU uf
I ml lit, u trnllu rinid dilint
miennm- Aft'nlr.
LONDON. Oe. 17. At (he meeting ot thr
Chartered Han!; of ludfp, Austialhi nnd
China today tho president referred to the
lintik's important Interests ln the Philip
pine Isluuds uud said ho,, viewed with
equanimity the transfer of Ihn Islands to'
tliu trntti.,1 Sltnttxu UK llA mi! IMnn lud I
"Anglo-Saxon vigor wonid ureatc a strong
government, crush tho. rebellion und fouler
commerco." h. -
Referring to tho Indian currency the
president Buld tho probTfm was still un
solved. He added tliu'C.'jalthouith the de
sired steadiness lu xclmngo was fairly
maintained, the supply, of rupees, lu the
absence of Internal doninnd for gold, proved
insufficient nnd tho unthorltles were com
pelled to purchase nearly four mill lout
sterling worth of bar silver during tho
current year, In ordor'to increase tho cir
culation. The profit onUi!s would yield
the government a surpltn'.pf n million Htid
u half. Hut whether such an addition to
the revenue w.is dciitrlihlo from nn
economic standpoint wns debatable.
"Financiers in London who hove watched
the gold movement In tjii United States
with keen Interest, no 4 unmixed with
anxiety," ho continued, "wcro convinced
that no more gold was llkelr to bo drawn
from Kngland. it was calculated horo that
seventeen nnd a half millions of dollars v
gold hnd gono or was goln to the United
States. Th.' Inst of tbln utiiount whh com
ing from Australia next. yweck. London
bnnkera, basing their theory on America's
legal reserve of "5 per ceot, say the gold
in or on its way to Amnjldi uhoi.ld enable
all the immediate retiulrehjonts to he met
and, should mote gold be nided, the Hank
of Franco Is ready to shljWto the United
Slntes. Hut It Is no? bellewd the Hnnk of
Franco will be asked ftr any largo
amounts. These calculation are nspon-
I'slblo for the drop In tho London discount
rate und tho talk of a decreased bank rate.
At tho same time the authorities seem to
believed that tho balance of trade will re
main in Amorlcn's favor, lull that it will
not ho drawn In gold sterling bills, perhnps
stocks, being taken Instead of the un
productive specie."
Tho president admitted that the profes
Hlonal element ln Europe has "so unloaded
Itself of American securities that it cannot
meet large obligations, as It used to, b)
the return of Amcrlcnn stocks."
"The gold now on Its way to New York
from South Africa," tho president further
remarked, "does not come trom any secret
hoard, but represents soUIIcih' savin go nnd
expenditures, for which,-. 5.000,000 gold
have been sent from' England nnd tho
major pnrt of which Is likely to seek cir
culation In other parts of the world."
Mory of Mnsmicre Denied.
PARIS, Oct. 17. The ofllcers of the
Uthlopisn rath oml, holders' of conces
sions from Emperor MeneiiK in tiio Laxo ;
Ahsal district, where, according to tho
Trlbunn of Rome, nn expedition of 100
Europeans which went to Lake Assal to
collect tho salt tax was vecently wiped
out by tho natives, denies tho accuracy
of tho Tribunn'a report. The company Is
In dnlly receipt of reports from Ras
Jlhotal nnd hns heard nothing to Indicate
thpt I hero has been trouble 'the Region
referred to. ' '
The only explanation Is that tho diffi
culty may havo arisen near another Assal,
near Massownh. in the colony of Erithou.
Air Ship In n Sucitkn.
FRIEDRICH3HAFEN. Oct. 17 Count
Zeppelin's airship nscended this after
noon, was steered against tho wind nnd
put successfully through various tacks
nnd maneuvers. It wns then sailed In tho
direction of Immenstndt. The king and
(jucen of Wurtomburg witnessed the trial.
Tho ulr ship, after a short (light toward
Immenstadt, remained poind In the nlr for
forty-flvo minutes at a height ot COO mctrca
and then safely descended to tho tako.
I'mlli'don nn to (iolil Count,
LONDON, Oct. 17. Henry Mitchell
iledgsun. governor and commander-in-chief
of the Gold Coast colony, at a ban
quet In his honor In London tills evening
said ho would venture to assert Mint tho
Gold Coast would ono day rise to its
uamo nnd bo ono of the lnrgest gold pro
ducing countries In tho world.
Strike nf London t.litlitcTiurn.
LONDON, Oct. 17. An ndditlonal 300
lightermen Joined the l.ROO now on strike
today. There does not seem to bo any pros
pect ot the trouble being arbitrated. Tho
congestion of boats Is now more serious.
Hundreds of barges of provlMons and mcr
chnudlso remain unloaded, blocking tra (11c
seriously.
II I Sinn re U'a I. list l'iH)i-r.
UERLIN. Oct. 17 Prof. Wilhelm One
ken of the University of Golson wns In-
i tlmntcly acquainted with the latn Prince
i Hlstnnrck und writes to n Dresden Journal
thai Hlsmarek's last player was: "Lord.
1 believe. Help thou mlno unbelief."
Will So ml Me sun ire lo ItrlchKlnp-,
HERLIN. Oct. 17. It Is reported thut
Emperor William will send a special mes
sage regarding tho Chinese situation to
tho Reichstag when that body convenes on
November 1.
KRUGER POSTPONES HIS TRIP
ShIIih for I'.urope October 1!0
Will I. mill on I-'reneh
.Soli.
mill
LOIRRNZO MARQUEZ. Oct. 17 Mr.
Kruger has postponed his departure for
Europe until October 20. Ho will land at
Mnrsellloi.
Ilnfore arriving at Marseilles Mm Dutch
cruiaer Geldeiiand, on which Mr. Kruger
Is to sail to Europe, will touch at Has
Jlbutll, on the gulf of Aden.
Ilrotlier tif lloltin Surrrririrn.
LONDON, Oct. 17. A dispatch received
hero today from Lord Roberts, under date
of Pretoria, Tuesday, October 16, reports
a number of nrfalrs, but says that tho only
Incident of Importance wns tho surrender
ing of Theunls Ilotha, a brother of Com
mandant General Botha, ut Volksrusl, Oc
tober 13.
HOWE DROPS OUT OF THE LIST
Imeiilof of SruiiiK Miiehlnr
-.in OMR ThiiHC I'llireil lu thr
Hull of Fume,
Vol
NEW YORK. Oct. 17 Chancellor Me
Craektu of the university requests that tho
following be publUhed:
Hy reason ot n clerical error (the mis
reading of u mIiiuIp tigurei in our eanvuMs
of the reports of the lOu electors of thn
Hall of Fume tlfty-threo vou-s were cred
ited to Ellas Howe Instead of fort -Heven.
Seventeen chief Justice were lecorded as
supporting him when the lumber was
fteven. Failing, tlmreiore, to rieelvo fifty
ono votes, his name Is not Included imiong
those to be Inscribed this present year.
This reduces the iol of names to twrn'y
nine nnd leaves twenty-one vacant panels
to be filled two years hence. In Wi, The
ofllclal count wi't be published In a fen
weeks In the book of the Hu'l of Fame.
In a few Irstunees the figures may vary
sllshtly from those published In tho puhllc
prints, but the roll of twenty-nine name
Ik now assured.
MAY DIE AT ANY MOMENT
Youtscy Takos n Sntldou Turn Worse After
Somewhat Better l)ny.
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE BROUGHT OUT
Wllne.ie for ttif I'roneeiiltnn I'lntly
('ontfiiilii'tril liy Other Who Ai
Iieiiieil for (hr llrfene ut
(.'roi'ui-ton ii Trial,
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Oct. 17. Tho de
fetiBe ln tho Youtsey trial closed Its casa
late this ufteruoou and tho couinton wealth
beran lis rebuttal testimony, which will
likely be concluded tomorrow ut noon.
Youtsey's condition was materially Im
proved today, though he still remained In
n Hlupor most of tho tltue. At a late
hour tonight hn took a turn for tho wurao
und may die at any moment.
Tho feature of the day wns the testi
mony of Colonel Nelson, one of Yuutsey's
attorneys, who denied that ho had told
Arthur Gnchel and Colonel Campbell that
"Youtscy knew enough to hang Governor
Taylor," but admitted that he did sny
his client (Youtsey) knew "something that
would be very benetlclnl to tho common
wealth In Ho prosecution of Taylor."
Tho prosecution argued from this that
if Youtsey thus admitted that he did
know something dnmaglng to Taylor he
must necessarily know other details of
the tragedy.
The defense got In some strong testi
mony today, squarely contradicting the
prosecution's witnesses.
Dr. J. A. Mahaffy,' rcptthliran legislator,
was Mie first witness today. Ho said Herry
Howard wns In tho house lobby when tho
Bhootlng occurred.
Wllllnro Lewis, a member of the legis
lature from Leslie county, confirmed Dr.
Muhuffy's testimony.
Attorney Thomas P. Curothers of New
port. Pails C, Drown of Newport and Rev.
M. n. Adams, pastor of the Baptist church
ut Frankfort, said Youtsey's reputation as
a moral, upright man wns excellent.
E. C. WollT, photographer, of Frankfort,
said ho took a photograph of the executive
building about forty minutes after the
shooting nnd windows ln Powers' oflleo
wero down.
Kind of llultrt I srd.
Robert Hazlock, a gunsmith, said tho bul
let found In the hackberry tree was known
as n metal Jacket bullet, with It ad inside
and a copper Jacket outside, and us tired
from a ride which, he thought. , bullet
did not fit oxaetly. On cross exi" ' intlon
he said the bullet was the same t .c 'y as
thoso exhibited by the prosecution a oelng
counterparts of thoso bought by outsey
In Cincinnati.
Colonel Crawford, the half-hrothor of
Youtsey, (old of a conterence he nnd Nel
son had with Colonel Campbell and Arthur
Goebol In Frunkfort, an follows;
"Colonel Campbell acted ns spokesman
nnd snld ho bcllovcd Youtsey know aome
thing about tho killing of Goebol. Camp
bell produced a puper which he said con
tained statementi! that Youtsey had made
tn him and that ho wanted Youtsey to sign
the papers. 1 told him I did not believe
Yoy's:' hnd madi -?ny sufch " Matoifionts
to him. Arthur Goebel then said: "We
bollevo Youtsey known who fired thn shot
nnd who was In that room.' "
Colonel Nolson was put on the stand ancj
corroborated Crawford as to what occurred
nt tho conforenco.
Colonel Campbell produced a copy of the
paper which was dlncussed at the llrst
conference, and nsked In detail of Colonel
Nelson If uitch nnd such subject was not
contained in tho papers submitted to him
nnd Crawford nt the conference nnd then
discussed. Nelson admlted that most of
the ltiattcrR were discussed. Nelson said
ho did tell Arthur Goebel and Campbell
In the Gibson house ln Cincinnati that
Youtsey could tell some things that would
be beneficial to tho comonwcalth In Ub
prosecution of Governor Taylor, but did
not say Youtsey knew enough to hung Tay
lor. Court ndjourned at noon till 1-30 p. m.
( until n't Hr llciiril.
Jame3 Kenney and Leo Jenkins of
: Georgetown testified that they had mado
tho test and found that, whllo running
, down tho step, Into the basement of the
executlvo building, a man's footfalls can
not bo heard In the barber shop with either
the door open or (.hut.
W. J. Davidson of Seattle and Mrs. C. E.
Nason of Chicago testified through alhda
vitn for the defense. Davidson suld tho
leaving of u gun by Youtsey in his ollke
on January 27 hnd no reference to any at
tempt to kill Sorator Goohel or any ono
else. Mrs. NaBon said she saw Youtsey
un tho east steps of the executive building
so soon ufter tho shooting that lie could
not have (pkn ran in it.
Stnte Scnetor Huff said he saw "Tallow
Dhk" Combs in tho nsslctant adjutant
general's olllce when the shot was fired,
also a few mluutLS before.
Prof, J. J, Rueker, u tencher and civil
englnocr of Georgetown, testified as to 1 Is
measurements from the window of Powers'
offlco to the hackberry tree and said If the
bullet fell I 13-18 Inches In pausing through
Goelr.i'1 body, and estimating thnt distance
at one foot, that the bullet must have
started from a point ntno teet above the
window sill lu Powers' office, but that If
the shot was fired from tho second-story
window the bullet would have passed many
feet over Oocbel's head, If It had fallen
1 13-10 of nn Inch to tho fcot.
Tho leglblatlvo act appropriating JIOO.'jOo
to apprehend Mio murdtrers of William
Goebel. it was agreed. mlRht be considered
as read to t lie Jury.
Iniilt Sot I'rrurrniiKt-tl,
r W Shtrt of Louisville tald he w.,s In
tho harbor 3hop under the executlvo build
ing whon Mm shots wore fired Hnd that
Immediately nfter tho nhc.ts snrau one
behind him nsked. "Did you hear that
shooting, whore was It?"
Ho turned to answer tho question and
found it wus Youtsey who had asked It. He
said he did not mco Youtsey enter tho room.
On irosh-oanilnatlon ,w said he lid tell
William Ayers, the Plneville attorney, that
the night nftcr tho killing tho little red
brlek building on tho mate house square
was full of armed men nnd that hy com.
mon consen: four mun were (old off (o each
window to do the shooting. H denied
telling Ayers that tho inkults to Kohn and
Phelpj by Lradle.y nnd Youtsey before the
conteht board wero prearranged, and doiin
to bring uu it riot, for which tho repub
licans were prepared.
James Howurd te3tlfljd Hit. he was the
same llownid who wus recently tried and
convicted for the mur-ljr of William Goe
bel; that ho never nav Youtiey In his llf
to kuow him; never had ?ny talk at an
tlmo'wlth Yrutscy, nor did he aciompanj
outsey tc any place or room anywhere at
uuy tiino; that he was not In Caleb Powers
ottlce on the morning of Jnntinry 30, or In
nny other room lu that building on that
ncrnlng. On cintB-examlnation he Bald ho
had hoon convicted of murdering Georgi
Haker In Cloy county, htd secured a new
trial and went to Frankfort on January f,o
(Continued on Second rage.)
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LONG CHAPTER OF MISHAPS
Torpedo Hunt CriiM'ii Mini tliihlureii
I'rnve TheiusH v (nu for
lilininlurN.
NEWPORT. It. I.. Oct. 17 The torpedo
boats Dnhlgreti and Craven were tn collision
ott Cnstle Hill Tuesday night, the Ciaveu
as a result, having been slightly damaged.
Tho two bouts left here Inst evening for the
1'orlsmmitlt, N. II., navy yard The Dahl
greli attempted to 'cross the bow of the
Craven near the bell buoy. The D.ihlgrcn
struck the Craven twenty-live feet nlmft
the stem, tho Impact bending the Dnhlgren's
bow until it pointed toward the stern. It
was making water rapidly, tho forward
compartment wns closed, aud the crew pre
pared to leave. In attempting to lower a
boat ono of the Craven's crew fell over
board. Ho was In the water nearly half an
hour nnd was nearly exhausted before being
picked up. With one engine going abend
nnd tho other reversed In order to overcome
Mm twist lu the bow, the Craven, succeeded
in reaching tho pier heie. The Dalilgren,
nuly slightly damaged, attempted to make
thn trip to assist the Craen A northerly
gille was blowing and the D.ihlgrcn plunged
Into the Craven's stern. The Dalilgren was
again blown out of line and again rammed
the Craven. The Dalilgren made no further
attempt to reach the ship, hut cast Its
anchor with four fatlioma of cable. The
hooks failed to hold nnd the lioat drifted
onto tho mud Hats, where It remained un
til today, when it was krdged off. A board
of Inquiry has been ordeied.
Lieutenant William G. Miller ass In
rhnrgn of thn Dalilgren nnd Lieutenant Ford
Drown of the Craven.
HOPE TO GET ROCKEFELLER
Trm Ortlrlal Intend lo VliiUr livery
KfTort lo llr I ok Mlninliiril nil
MfiKiuilr from New York,
WACO, Tex.. Oct"". The attention of
County Attorney Culler F. Thotnus was
called today on his return from St. Louis
to the newspnper reportH as to the Rocke
feller requisition. He said:
Tho statements have nil come from the
other side. The whole thing leaked out in
some mysterious way. Early In September
Assistant Sheriff John W. linker of Mc
Lennan county and myself went to New
York with a requisition from Governor
Buyers for the Standard Oil trUHteen. On
reaching Albany wo found Governor Roose
velt absent from thn stnte. We called on
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff und served
him with thn papers, lie requested until
the following day for Investigation. The
lieutenant governor then declined to honor
the requisition nn the ground that th dt
fi'iiduntH were not In the Htnto of Texan nt
the time of the romniltslou of (he alleged
offense, in reply I cited prominent de
cisions of the highest court In the stnte of
New York holding that a fugitive from
Ittstti'o meant m fugltlte from (ustiee of a
ni.ito rutlivi thu.t a fust t' o fruin Itu tei.i
lory. .
Learning that the time of his return to
New York wiih Indellnlto 1 went to SI. Louis
to lay the matter before Governor Roohi
velt, Governor Roosevelt pi omitted to take
action in Mie mutter later, but has not done
ho yet. It ls true that these ciihi'm have been
long ponding, hut the mitl-trust law of
Texas Iiuh been fur six years under assault
uh unconstitutional. The cases have been
onco to the highest stnte court and twice lo
the supreme court of the United States.
Tho law wan once held uuconiitltutionai hv
ti federnl Judge. It wa only within the lust
few months that n decision was had up
holding the lnw. We propose to spare no
efforts to bring these ilefeudantH to trial.
LIKE AMERICAN MACHINERY
Xnrlli nn Wrll n South frlcn l.ooU
with I'm or on Product of
American llriilnn,
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 Manufacturers'
agents in this city today were Interested
In n report circulated lure that Major
Glouard, director of railways under Loid
Roberts, Intends to give orders In America
for rolling stock, locomotives, bridges and
machinery to reconstruct tho railroads
and bridges dtstroyed by Mm Doors. The
umouni of money Involved Is sold to be 7,-
coo.ooo.
Mujor Giounrd is the man who gave
Americans the contract for tho Atbara
brldgu in the Soudan.
A representative of the Youngstown
Drldgo company today confirmed tho report
that largo ordet'H havo been placed In thla
country for railway and bridge materials.
JtiBt whnt amount wus luvolved this au.
thorlty did not know, nor waa he able to
btatn what companies had Hecure"d the con
tracts. American machinery of every sort,
he Bald, had an excellent chnnco in compe
tition with that of other countries, uh it
whs looked on with favor ln South Africa,
as woll as In northern Afrlcu, lu tho great
heat growing vallcya of Algiers.
HUSTLE BACK TO MANSFIELD
Dovtlrlte I'rrnelirr Itefimc to Hluy
l)r iinrtcil nnd Return to lone
of Their Tronulra,
MANSFIELD, 0OctT 17. The Dowleltes
arn determined to thwart tho efforts to
keep them out of this city and tho results
may bo serious. At least three havo been
deported every day since Sunday. Three
are known to bo hiding here now and have
been holding secret services. Elder Edward
Williams of Henton Harbor Mich., who wus
sent out of town Wednesduy. rodo In today
on a bicycle and gavo the police a lively
chase before they captured him. They sent
him away on n train, hut he said ho would
return every day as ho had been ordered
lo do so.
Deacon Homer Kossler ot Chicago, Dowie's
advertising manuger, came Into town today
nnd went Into tho court hnuso lo find his
lawyers, Tho police took him to the rull
ro.ul depot and thero he wan rencuad by
threo deputies.
Movement of Ocemi Vcwrl, llcl, 17,
At New York Arrived AUutla, from
Naples. Sailed-St. Paul, for Southampton;
Germanic, for Liverpool: Westernland, for
Antwerp, Michigan, for London.
At Llvarpool Arrived Citmbronlan, from
Montreal; Teutonic, from New York nnil
yneeiiHlown.
At QuecuHtow'ii-Arrlved Teutonic, from
New York, for Liverpool; Iltiviilund, from
Philadelphia, for Liverpool; New England,
from Hostoii, for Liverpool und proeiedeil.
HulledLuke. Superior, from Liverpool, for
Quebec und Montreal.
At Plymouth Arrivitl Penurylvanla,
from New York, for Cherbourg and Ham
burg. At Tory Island Passed Ethiopia, from
New Yntk, for Movllle and Glasgow.
At Hremen SiillcdWelmar, for Now
York-
At Rotterdam Arrived .Rotterdam, from
New York, via Boulogne,
At Sydney Arrived Warrlmoo, from
Vancouvor, via Honolulu and Brisbane.
At Cherbourg -- Arrived -- Pennsylvania,
from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham
burg. At Hamburg-Hailed KalMr Wilhelm dr
OroeHo, from nremen, lot New York.
At Genoa- Balled -Sesotrls, for Han Francisco,
SENT HOME TO LIVE
Hrutal Murderer of a Cass Conuty Turnier
Enjoys Lifo in Canada.
GIVEN A PARDON BY P0YNTER LAST YEAR
"Executive Olemeucy" Exercised in Behalf
of nn Alleged Dying Mm.
HIS FRIENDS THINK HIS RELEASE BOUGHT
Believe tlmt Money Wm TTccd to Grease
Hingos of Prison Dcort.
JOHN KERNS' OWN STORY OF HIS RELEASE
Wn llonrlr hilt lint Ins n f.ond
Time In thr llopltnl When
Word tn in r lo llltn thnt
llr Coiil. I Gel Out.
OTTAWA. Out.. Oct. l7.-(8ptclal Tele
gum. I- Without even a blush upon hi
cheek or tremor of his Up, John llenwell
KenriiN, murdeter of Matthew Akeson ot
Cui-s county. Nebinskn, today told the storv
of tlisl shocking tragedy nud the story con
cerning the inumicr in which he tvas ie
leased from tho penitentiary.
Kcurhs resides hero at tl Lyon street with
his parents, who keep a boarding houce. He
Is employed as a bookkeeper lu tho leather
nnd harness store rouductd by S. nud II
Uorbrldge, ,SS Hldcui. street. He hns been
employed there over five months, qualifying
himself for his elasx by taking live months'
schooling in n local commerciiil college tit -forehand.
Ho turn pardoned out ot the prnl
teutlury May :t. 1M'9, and "Bent homo to
die," hut of the sixteen mouths he ha been
freo he Iiiib devoted ten months to mental
ami physical labor nud today la ns healthy
uppceriug as any man in this city of 60,000
people, lull, erect aud In line physical pto
portion. Nothing Is known hero of his his
tory lu Nebruskri. The family guard tils
record with utmost euro.
When Kcarns' household was visited last
night persistent Inquiry fulled to elicit any
Information concerning the Identity of the
murderer. Kearns admitted that hu had
been nway to the stntes, but denied ever
having been In Nebraska. Despite tho den
ials the different members of the family ap
peared to bo nervous about something nnd
this wns what enkindled a very re'moto em
ber of hope in the matter ot solving thu
mHtery.
Invcllunlloo I'rmrM thr I'm'l.
Tho investigation wus renewed bright
nnd early this morning uud diligent efforts,
in which iiHslstance waa rendered by De
tective Foster and Chief Sherwood of Mij
Dominion police, resulted In ictch an array
of uvldenen that Mrs. Kenrtm, mother of
the murderer, finally acknowledged thut he
was the num.
"I have tried to keep (he whole thing n
secret Irot.i (.he public." nlie mi'd, "hut J
see you have the facts pretty well tn
hand. John Is working right along und
has a good Job."
"How did ho happen to get pardoned''"
was asked.
"I really don't know. I never asked for
it nnd I don't know who did. lie used 'O
work for a1 rich man named Ilrov.ii In Mun
tnna, but I do not know whether he helped
him ( ut or not. Yes, I heard that It wnt
roported back In tho Ktutcs that lie bought
j lilt pardon. I don't know anything about
it. The llrHt I knew he wuh lu prlHon ivun
j when 1 got a letter Mating he wns there
I and was sontencid for threo years. I wrote
to him nbout io years Inter and nskul
him If he wns hooii to he out and he then
wrote mc he w.ih sentenced for life. Ho
mlnrepreH tiled the facta to me In his first
letter."
"Do on menn to say that you alone of
the family know of his trouble?"
"No; his fnthi r knows nbout l( and he
put lu part of the money to pay his we
from there here. Nobody else here In fji
tawu knows about It and I hope nobody
else will."
Decline In l)icii (hr I'lirlloll.
When tiHked how she heard that tho re
port was in clieulHtlon that ho bough'
IiIh pardon she could not sny, though It
Is evident that hIio has been advised hv
Homebody nt Lincoln an to curtain condi
tions and further advised to reiraln from
talking on thla Ktibjeet.
She admitted reroivlng n letter from
Governor Poynter lat June asking her
to furnish a physlclan'H certificate as to
her bon'a health, but she failed to comply
with the request, ostensibly for fear the
Hicrot ould' get out, but In rtnllty be
cutiHo the "dying man'' wan In excellent
health and wnu at work.
John Kcarns, the son after learning
that further efforts to hide Ills Identity
wero useless, muUe n signed statement In
bubatanco us follows. "1 was pardoned
out of tho pei'ltenlinry Muy 1'3, 1S9!'. I
had been sick prior to that time, hut was
convalescing at the time I wnn pardoned,
1 wus kipt in the hnnpllal up to tho tlina
I wns released, but I was up und nrattnd
four weeks before. Of cottrso, as long
as they let mo Htny there I would have
been a fool to huve asked to go hack to
the cell."
"Who Interceded for yon or asked for
your, pardon?'
"I do not know. Hrown of .Montana wns
down to soe inn once, but I don't know
whether hu made any Bpeclul effort to get
mn out."
"is It not a fact that Brown's money In
Kplred your pardon?"
I.rlilluh MiiKKrstnl It In lllm,
"I could not nay. I know Mint there
was considerable talk, about prisoner., ge;
ting out through liffluence nnd the use
of money, but 1 can't nay In my case. War
den Loldlgh Is the llrst man thut ever
mentioned pardon to me. I hnd figured
thnt I was thero for ten years nt leant nnd
I never hoped or thought of getting out
Hoonoiv I never dreamed of pardon or
thought I would get ono until n tow weeks
before I got It. Leldlgh promised to got
me out, hut I doubted his ability to do It
I never talked with Governor Poynter
about It. Ho did not sen mo but once after
I was convicted nnd that was ono da"
when he wns there on n visit. He d,ld
not know of his own personal knowledge
what my condition waa at thn time t wus
pardoned.
"Leldlgh had a good pull wiih him and hi
helped me out, I wrote u letter thanking
them both on reaching here. I was released
latn in the afternoon and was taken (n (he
drpot In n carriage. They bought me a
ticket through to Ottawa and I lost no lime
in getting away, At Chicago I bought a suit
of clothes nnd sold my prison suit to a. cc-ond-hand
dealer.
"I bad a good appo'tlln the last foi r
months I wbb In the penitentiary honpltal
and was getting on my feet when I got ou'
My hemorrhages stopped long before I wa