The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTAJJLISItED JUNE
1871.
OMAHA, FHIDAY MOBBING-, DECJEMBEll M, 15)00-TWELYE PAGES.
SINGLE COLT FIVE CENTS.
CRIME IS RAMPANT
Abnormal Criminal Conditions Create Alarm
FiTen in Park
THIEVES ORGANIZED INTO BOLD BANDS
Van Stabbed and Ont by Eeardlesi Youths
Out of Mere Wantonness.
SERVICE ON SUBURBAN LINES TAKEN OFF
Prefect of Police Details Two Policemen to
Accompany Each Oar.
HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS MADE IN RAID
Fallen Account for the Condition by
the Hepresalon Following the
Kspoalllon, Over 200,000 Men
llelnir Out of Employment.
PARIS, Dec. 13. Tho closo of tho expo
sition, throwing thousands out of employ
ment, haB created abnormal criminal con
lltlons In Paris. Tho sensation caused by
tho murder of tho man whoso body was
fouud In two parcels In tho strcots nero
on December 4, and which Is still wrapped
in mystery, nan uirccteo. auenuon iu iuu
fact that tho outlying quarters of Paris aro
infested by nanus or looiuaus aim nouuiuiua,
who terrorize tnu residents, ino pupera
uro filled with accountB of their nightly
exploits. Two respectable workmen wero
nttackod a few nights ago by four prowlers,
who after picking a quarrel almost do-
capitated one of tho workmen and stabbed I
tho other In tho abdomen. Nono of tho mur
dercra havo yet been traced
A fcaturo of these nocturnal attacks la
that thoy aro very often not accompanied
by robbery, but aro perpetrated, apparently,
by bloodthirsty criminals, frequently boys
In tholr tuens. Four boys, tho cldost of
whom U 17 yoars old, gagged and outraged
a young girl at La. Vllletto recently and
at. .1.- I A ,. .nnnlnlflA lit I ( ll rl A I
vlow of drowning nor, whon passersby
rescued tho girl
Thu bands froquentlng Ilollovtllo and
Monllmcntant stylo themselves "Apaches."
They havo committed n number of ntroclous
and cowardly nets. Anathor and similar
band Is called thu "Amandlcrs."
Tho police up to tho present time neom
powerless to copo with tho situation. A
gang of thloves recently hold up a stroet
car In n populous southern district and
robbed the passengers, whllo an Important
electric car line serving tho suburbs of St
Donls and St. Ouen has refusod to run Its
cars later than 8:30 In the evening on ac
count of tho danger.
It was announced today that tho prefect
f pollco had decided to place, a couple, of po-
llcomon on each street car running Into the
5 - - -
picked men to bo stationed in tho dangerous
wards, such as; th5 ward.wboro thu ucvorod
bedy was dlscoverod. Moreover, in order to
securo murder clues, tho pollco for several
nights havo raided tbo disorderly districts
and havo mado largo hauls of criminals
wanted on other charges. A raid yesterday
evening led to no fewer than 317 arrests.
In falrnois It must bu said that the pros-
ent condition of crlmo Is largely duo to tho I
number of workmen, street hawkers and
others who came to Paris attracted by tho
exposition and who aro now walking tho
streets out of work. It Is estimated by tho
statistician of tho Central Inbor bureau that
In twenty-fivo trades 212,000 out of C10.000
are out of work.
Tho officials of tho prefecturo of pollco cal-
CUlate that 2,000 SUnororS from tno CIOBO Ot I
the exnosltlon havo Joined tho criminal
nrmv
CONVERT TO
CHRISTIANITY
K wan ir Hu. Rnincror of China, Re
ported to He nn Apoatnte to tho
Fni Ih of Ilia Fnthera.
BERLIN, Dec. 13. During today's session
ot tho Reichstag, tho last before tho Christ
mas holidays, Dr. Stoecker, former court
chaplain, remarked with refcrenco to the
iltuatlon In China, that ho had received
prlvato letters asserting that tho reason tho
empress dowager bates Emperor Kwang Su
la that tho latter has actually liocomo a
Christian, having been converted by British
and American missionary books that came
under his eye.
At tho closo of the session Dr. Stoecker
was lntervlow by a representative of tho
Associated Press, to whom ho gavo a num-
bor of corroboratlvo details. His Informant Exchange Telegraphic company from Gins
la supposed to havo been Count von Waldcr- gow says tho Consolidated Petroleum corn-
see, with whom Dr. Stoecker Is on forms of
intimate friendship,
INCITE CHINESE
TO REBEL
Placard Punted In lloujt Koii" Urge
Native to llrlve Out
Forulifiirra.
HONG KONG, Doc. 13. The city was pla
carded today with statements Inciting tho
people and tho members of the secret
societies to unite and rlso during tho month
ot January and drlvo out all the foreigners.
Crowds gathered around tho placards, but
no actual outbreak Is reported.
Reports havo boen rocelvod from Can
ton to tho effect that Young Sung Po, tho
reformer, has boon horribly tortured.
Though bo was strung up by the thumbs
and tho toos, ho would coufess nothing.
Prince Tuun Snld to Have Kacnped
VANCOUVER, B, C. Dec. 13. According
lo tho North China Dally News, Prince Tuan
escaped from Tung Kuan under tho dU
guise of a Uuddlst bonze with shaven head,
bound for wepturu Mongolia to Join tho ns
nlstant delat lama nt Kokoner. Ho was
traced to Lauchou, capital of Kansu, through
which city he passed In the garb of tho
nuddhlat pilgrim bonzo. Ho was last heard
from at Ting Ilsla, the nntlvo city of Gon-
ral Tung Fun Slang, under whoso protco-
tlou be Is alleged to havo traveled.
lie Rellr lleturua to The llaacue.
LISBON, Dec. 13. Count De Sellr, Portu-
gueso minister to The Netherlands, has ro-
turned to Tho Hague, which ho left tern-
porartly owing to tho difficulties which
aroso In connection with tho withdrawal of
the otequatour ot the Dutch consul at Lor
enzo Marques, and has been received by tho
president of the council and the minister of
foreign affairs.
I.lmerlck Heady to llecelve Krusrr,
LIMERICK, Dec. 13. The corporation to-
dy conferred tho freedom of the city upon
Mr. Kniger. Tho two members who op
posed the proposal wero howled down.
NarireKlnti Conaulnr Trenanry Fcea.
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 13. The Norwegian
consular treasury fees for tho year 1S99-
1S0O amounted to 266,3.12 kroner, ot which
Ner York furnished 33,186 kroner.
artite pact
linn AiinnntiPt-
hcrence
to
Principle of
n
LONDON', Dec. 13. The correspondence
relating to tho Anglo-Gorman ngrccment
had been laid before Parliament. This
shows the fact that the agreement Is now
tripartite. Japan, nmong the powers In
vited, alone mndo special Inquiries of Ger
many and Great Ilrltatn concerning tho
agreement.
Japan then replied that "tho Imperial
government having received assurances
from tho contracting parties to the cltcct
that In ndherlng to tho agreement In ques
tion they will bo placed In relation to such
agreement In tho name position they would
have occupied If they had been a signatory
Instead of an adhering state, does not hcfll-
tato to formally declare she will ndhcro
to such agreement and will accept the prlu
clples embodied therein,"
Tho assurances of Germany and Great
tlrltaln alluded to are now given. Tho ro
piles of tho otlicr powers clo not uincr irom
mo previous announ omenta,
IS
ZJOM(lBKaiBto.
nnnTr-n-rmit wnn nirrui'rrc! Clayton-Bulwcr treaty to bo thus tmpcrl
rROTfcCTlON FOR PATtN I CCD ously sot aside and tho good relations bo-
International Cnnlrrciice Adopta Ilea-
olutlona Hcuiilntliia; Foreign
Infringement of Itlubta.
BRUSSELS. Dec. 13. Tho International
conferenco for tho protection of Industrial
property, at which United States Assistant
Patent Commissioner Chamberlain and
Minister Townaend worn tho American
representatives, has adopted tho following
resolutions:
"First, tho period of exclusive rights,
previously fixed nt six months for pntcnts
una throo months for Industrial dcslgnB,
models and trado marks, Is extended to a
year for tho first named and four months
for tho socond named
"Second, countries signing the convention
onjoy roclprocally tho .protection accorded
by each country to Its own citizens against
unfair competition.
"Third, patents cannot lapso bocauso they
aro not put In circulation, except after a
minimum delay of three years, dating from
the first application In countries whero the
patent is allowed, and In cases in which
tho owners of the patent do not Justify
causes of inaction.
I
fllSASTFR TO RRITISH ARM3
London I'nprr I'ubllahea Unconfirmed
Story of fllirnnl Iloer Victory In
Ilnrbcrtou Dlatrlct.
LONDON, Doc. 14. The Dally Express
publlshos n rumor of a serious disaster to
tho Iirltlsh arms. According to this ro
port tho Boers attacked tho camp of Gen
eral Clements In the Barborton district,
capturing tho camp, killing a number of
British officers and taking prisoners all tho
British troops, Including four companies
of tho Northumberland Fusiliers. The
story Is not confirmed In any quartar and
Is not generally believed.
""RE AUTHORITY FOR MILNER
llaa lieen uaaettea at AOmlnlatrator
at .the-Ornnne lllvr -
Colony.
CAPETOWN, J)oo. 13. Sir Alfred Mllner
has been gazottcd administrator of the
Orange River colony and tho Transvaal.
General Kitchener has cabled to the
authorities of South Australia, asking that
tho wounded Imperial bushmcn who are now
convalescent ho returned to South Africa,
Anothor contingent of Canadian troops
started on Its way homo today on board tho
Boslyn Castlo. They received an en-
thustastlc sepd-off.
Only Two Shlpa Icebound.
BERLIN, Dec 13, An official of the Navy
urpunimiiii. uh iuiuiuicu mo rciHi-asuiuuvu
of tho Associated Press that tho Gorman
second-class cruisers Hereth, Hansa and
ireno nave escapen Deing irozen in at ine
Tnku roatl and that all tbo other German
mil Tco.cia hi u iu v. vj . i uhiuuir nuu
waters.
Tho official added that only the hospital
ship Savoya and the transport Palatla wero
ice-bound at Taku.
John Iledmond Tte-ISlectcd.
DUBLIN. Dec. 13. Tho members of the
Irish parliamentary party today unani
mously re-elected John Redmond chairman
for tho present and coming session. The
motion was made by Patrick McDermott
and seconded by William O'Brien. On
taking tbo chair, Mr. Redmond was warmly
applauded. Messrs. Esmonde, Donelan,
Patrick O'Brien and Burks wero appointed
whips.
To Fix Price of Oils.
LONDON, Dec. 13. A dispatch to tho
p&ny ot Russia has Invited the Scotch oil
companies to co-opcrato In fixing and con
trolling tho selling prices of paraffin and
Hussion petroloum. Tho Russian company,
I it is auueu. is already in narmony witn
tho Anglo-American company.
Hruent Meeta the Cabinet.
CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 13. Crown Prince
Gustav, who has been acting as regent dur
lng tho illness ot his father, King Oscar,
has arrived hero. A meeting of tho cabl
not will bo held today, and Premier Steen
will give a banquet tonight.
The Antarctic expedition, hcadod by Dr.
Otto Nordcnskjold, will lcavo In August.
Still Hopca for Andre.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 13. Tho brother of
Prof. Andre, tho missing Arctic ex-
plorer, who attempted to reach tho north
polo In n balloon, resides at Gothenberg,
from which placo It Is announced that, hop
ing for Andre's roturn from tho polar
regions, hu has deferred opening tho lat-
tcr's testament for twelve months.
tienernl Urlbe ICacapea,
COLON, Colombia, Dec. 13. (Via Gal.
veston.) Cenoral Urlbe, after having been
defeated nt Corozol, cscapod his pursuers.
llulf n million dollars has Juit boen
shipped to Europe nnd Now York from the
province of Antloqula, whero quiet Is re-
stored. Everything points to an early
termination of tho rebellion.
Tun Hundred Are Drovrnrd,
CANTON, Dec. 13. Tho falling ovorbonrd
of n mnn from a passenger boat on tho
West river, near Ho Kau, led to a rush of
somo 400 passengers to tho sldo ot tho
voisel, which caused her to sink, over 200
persons being drowned
Oppoae Policy of Government,
BERLIN, Djc. 13 As the result of a mass
meeting nt Hamburg, tho friends of the
Boers at that place have sent tho Imperial
chancellor, Count von Buclow, a strongly
worded disavowal of tbo German govern-
ment s Transvaal policy.
Hn-laa Prealdcntlal F.lectlnn,
BERNE, Dec. 13. Tho vice president of
the Federal Council, Ernest Brenner of
Bale, has been elected president of Swltz.
erland for 1901, In succession to Walter
Hawser ot Lucerna,
roar COMES FROM THE LION
Bcnato's Action on the Canal Touchei the
British Sore Spot.
LONDON PRESS TAKES GLOOMY VIEW
One. Piper I.ooka on the Iteaolutlon aa
nn Unfriendly Act and Another
Thlnka a Second Cannl la
ii Xcccaalty.
(Copyright, 1000, by Press Publishing Co
LONDON, Doc. 14. (New York World.
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Referring
to the somites decision concerning the
Isthmian canal, the Chronicle says: "The
news Is very serious indeed. What it
means Is that tho Jingoes find nntl-Engllsh
members of tho sennto have, triumphed.
Wo aro bock again to tho day whero we
wero at the tlmo of tho Venezuela quarrel
nm, Ctevelamrg n80lcnt provocatlvo speech
u - o cannot nosslblv stand bv and allow tho
twotn tho two countries must of necessity
bo gravely menaced."
Tho Standard says: "That the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty should be nccpted by us
as now amended Is out of tho question
Wo had gono n long way In the direction
0 concession when wo abrogated our Joint
claim to construction and maintenance of
tho canal In favor of tho United States. If
th f. Aninrlr.nu arn uritlaflmt rltti thin wn
can only Bay with courtesy that we are
sorry wo havo been unable to moet
their wishes and must fall back upon the
rights which belong to us undor interna
tlonat law
Tho Morning Post says: "If tho Unltod
States should determine to seek military
control of the canal, and if Nicaragua
shculd consent to It then It will bo open
to Great Britain alono or In conjunction
with other maritlmo states to consider
whether another canal, not undor the con
trol of tho United Stntes, may not bo
worth making. In this matter tho Inter
ests of Great Britain are Identical with
those of all other maritlmo powers except
tho United States
SOUNDS nillTE LIKE A JOKE
TlitwiHiT 1 1 r n I v Kntvrlv Innnlrea In
Parliament How Mnny Ilonkeya
Were Sent to Africa.
LONDON, Dec. 13. A wide field was cov
ered In the House of Commons today during
question time, but tho matters touched
upon wore largely uninteresting. Mr.
Chamberlain said Great Britain proposed to
establish cheaper postage with the United
States, but Washington was not prepared
to entortaln tho matter.
Lord Cranborne, under secretary tor tho
Foreign otneo, said ho regretted that Can
ada was excluded from tho most favored
nation treatment by Germany, but ex
plained that In tho absence of a commercial
treaty botween Great Britain and Germany
'iES
financial sec
retary of the War office, answering a ques
tion, said 182,400 horp.29 and mules had been
lnnded In South Africa during the war.
Timothy M. Healy's Interpellation as to
tho number of asses sent to South Africa
was not answered.
Mr. Hcaly asked how much of the now
loan was to be floated In Wall stroet. He
added:
I strongly objoct to the association
of Wall street In British national Intererts
Wten wo have the unscrupuloslty of Wall
Htrot on top of us we shall pay dearly for
tho small sum Baved tho country In dis
count. The whole cost of the war Bhould
bo placed on tho Transvaal."
WILL ASK FOR REGFIVFR
Auditor of State Hart Declarea Order
of Chosen Frlenda to lie
Inaolvent.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec, 14. The Sen
tlnel this morning says: Attorney General
Tuylor, on behalf of tho state of Indiana
will file suit In the superior courts ot
Marion county, this (Friday; morning, ask
ing tho appointment of a receiver for the
Order ot Chosen Friends, one of the largest
fraternal associations In tho United States
Tho filing of tho suit will affect thirty
elates of the union, as the association has
been authorized to do business In that num
bor.
Iu the application for a receivership.
which Is a voluminous document, the fact
Is set out that the association Is Insolvent
and unable to meet the death claims now
outstanding.
These claims aggregate about 1300,000
and camo to light through an examination
made by George U. Bingham, oxpert.of tho
Indiana Insurance department, last
Wednesday. Immediately upon bolng ad
vised of tho condition of tho association,
Auditor of State Hart notified T. B. Linn,
supremo recorder ot tho Chosen Friends,
that tho order was Insolvent and that ho
would at onco mako application tor a re
ceiver. Tho utmost socrecy has been obscrvod In
tho preparation of tho papor to be filed
In tho superior court, becauso the audi
tor desired that Indiana bo the first stato
to appoint a receiver, ns under tho law the
first appointed takes priority over any that
may be appointed In other states.
According to the statement of the stato
Insurance department last night an ex-
lamination of the condition ot the nssocl-
atlon was mndo at the beginning of tho
present year and at that tlmo It was
found In as good shapo as the ordinary run
of fraternal organizations.
The Order of Chosen Friends was founded
In May, 1379, In Indianapolis, and after a
short struggle for cxlstanco spread rapidly
Into neighboring states nnd then to nearly
every stato in the country, until at present
It has n total membership of 22,140 In
thlrty-ono states. Thero are 651 local
councils. Among the states that have
councils California has 116, Nevada. 4:
Arizona, 1; Colorado, 2: Illinois, 23: In
diana, 29; Kansas, 3; Missouri, 47; Mon
tana, 2; Nebraska, 2; New York, 75; On
tario, 3; Oreglon, 1; TexnB, 33, nnd Wash
ington, 1. Tho membership by statos in
cludes among the largest: California.
5,131; Illinois, 802; Missouri, 1,002; Indiana,
1,358; Toxa. 1,503.
iho order was one of the first In tho
country to make women eligible to full
membership and entitle them to assurance
and official position In the councils. This
is one ot the features, It Is announced, that
has been largely tho cause ot Its rapid
growtn.
Ilullnir tin Prepayment Mrtnra.
INIHANAPOLIB. Dec. 13. The nnnnPntx
. uui b luuuj ,ii n i-iutu ui'prnieu rrom
libation decided that rt natural gas com
puny when receiving pay In advance from
a customer must furnish gas. The idea
that the comnany nan no caa la tint mini.
dent cauno to combat a damage suit, such
tui hub wan.
Smallpox Inereaara In NeT York,
NEW YOIIIC. riM. IS Thn Tlnar.1 nf
ueaiin (liywerou seven new cases or small
pox toaa)?.
ROBBERS HOLD UP MAIL CLERK
Ilea-lstercd Pouch Broken Open nud
-
.Mnny Pni'ltnirra of Orrnt
Vnlne Taken.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Texarkana, Ark., says:
A bold robbery on the Cotton Belt rail
way occurred today nt Basset, Tex., thirty
miles south ot Texarkana, on tho train
coming north, In which Postal Clerk John
N. Denulo was nlmost killed and the mall
pouches of his enr rifled of their contents.
The amount stolen Is not known.
As tho trnln left the Bassctt water tank
at 6 n. m. tho express and mall cars were
separated from tho train, but tho train
crow had them coupled up again. In tho
run from thero to Texarkana tho coaches
wero uncoupled twlco In a very mysterious
manner.
Upon tho arrival of tho train hero the
United States transfer clerk went to tho
door of tho mall car and knocked for the
postal clerk to open it.
No response was given from tho inside.
Officials then forced an entrance to tho
car and wero nstonlshed to find the clerk,
John N. Dennis, stretched upon tho floor,
apparently dead. A hurried examination
showed that tho registered pouches had
been ripped open nnd robbed of their con
tents, tho most vulunblo of which was the
Wnco-Mcmphls through pouch, containing
a largo number of valuable packages.
A physician was sent Xor and It was
found that Dennis was nllvc, but uncon
scious. An ugly wound lrf tho top of his
head told the story. Two' hours nftor he
was taken to tho hospital ho revived enough
to glvo tho details of tho robbery.
Just as tho trnln parted at B.isssett's
tank Dennis went Into tho vestibule of thn
mall car to stir up tho flro. When ho
opened tho vestibule door hu saw two tncu
standing by tho stovo, one of whom dealt
him a torrtblo blow over tho head with a
heavy flro shovel. Tho first blow felled
him and ho was then quickly beaten Into
a senseless condition. Ho know nothing
moro until ho wbh removed to tho Texar
kana hospital. Ho Is In a critical con
dition.
Examination of tho car showed that the
robbers gained ontrnnco by crawling
through a small trapdoor through tho Hoof
of tho vestibule, In tho vestibule Is n
crank with which n person can uncouplu
tho car from another, and It was tho in
tention of tho robbers to disconnect mid
get control of both cars. It Is belloved.
It Is lmposslblo to tell wliut tho robbers
secured, but they mndo a good haul. Of
ficers aro on tho case, but thero la ltttlo
to work on, ns tho men could havo left tho
car nt throo different places bctoro the
train arrived here.
Word roached here at noon that two
suspects havo been nrrestcd at Naples,
near the sceno of tho robbery, but nono
of tho stolon packages wero found.
Donnls Is an old and trusted clerk.
FACE TO FACE WITH DEFEAT
Indlcatlona Point to Itejectlon of
Plnsrcc'a Taxation -Mcnsnrca
by liCKlalatorc.
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LANSING. Mich., Deo. -13. The rccop-
tion that tho taxation hills which Governor
Plngreo railed tbo'npectal tuslon to con
sider, will receive In tho upper house, was
evinced this evening when tho sennto
adopted a concurrent. resolution to adjourn
tomorrow nnd Ieavo( consideration of all
taxation measures to, tho Incoming legisla
ture. Whllo the house refused to concur
in the resolution and tublcd It, It is con
sldcrcd by rnnny that tho senate's action
presages suro defeat for tho measures
when thoy come up In that body. Governor
Picgrce, however, has not given up hope
ol tho bill's passage In the senate.
Tho resolution of tho commttteo to which
tho taxation hills wero referred by tho
houso after their Introduction at tho first
session today, thnt consideration of them
bo postponed until Monday night was con
curred In by tho houso this afternoon and
tho bills were ordered out tomorrow morn
ing. The houso Joint committee decided
tonight to report the bills out tomorrow
without recommendation as to their pas
sago, but with tho recommendation that
they bo considered at once in commlttco ot
tho whole.
Tho Oran bill, which provides for the
taxing ot railroads on an ad valorem basis
Instead of upon earnings, as at present,
was introduced in the houso today, as wa3
a similar bill covering railroad, telephone,
telegraph and express companies.
MAYOR JONES OF FARGO TALKS
North Dakotnn Dlscouraea on Street
Improvement at Convention
of Mayora.
CHARLESTON, S. C. Deo. IS. At tho
opening session of tho Lcaguo of American
Municipalities Mayor J. A. Jones of Fargo
N. D., rcod a paper on "Street Improve
monts" und Mayor John B. Weakloy of
Florence, Ala., addressed tho lcaguo on
Tho Best Methods for tho Assessment
and Collection of Taxes and tho Limita
tion on the Taxing and Debt-Creating
Powers of Municipalities."
Health OBlcur William F. Brunnr of
Savannah read a paper on "The Prevention
of tho Introduction of Epidemic Diseases
Into tho United States." The pnpor treated
ot Asiatic cholera, typhus fever, yellow
favor and bubonlo plague.
In tho afternoon tho mombors of tho
convention, their families nnd friends went
on an excursion around tho harbor.
At tho session this evening a paper was
read by Superintendent Frank C. Mason o
tho Brooklyn Telegraph on "Tho Flro Do
partmonts of Our Cities Their Progress
and Tholr Needs."
Thn placo for holding the noxt convention
will bo chosen on Saturday.
BRYAN AND THOMPSON DENY IT
Knch Speclllcnlly Dcclurca There
So Truth In thu Itcportrd Sen
utorlnl Tleup,
la
LINCOLN, Dec. 13. Doth W. J. Bryan
and D. E. Thompson irake unqualified
denials of tho truth of a story printed i
New York wherein they aro alleged to hav
arranged n republican fusion deal whereby
they could bo elected to the United States
senato from Nebraska. Mr. Bryan said:
"Thero Is not a word of truth lu It.
havo other plans."
Mr. Thompson, who Is a republican and
candidate for tho senate said: "The story
Is not true. I nm making combination
with no ono, certainly not with a demo
crat. you cannot mauo my denial too
strong."
Short n arc ltuua Into Ilia- I'luurea.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 13.-Tho shortnirn n
Oeorgo It. Griffiths, deceased, clerk of the
Hoard of Education for thirteen years, Is
generally uiiiiiiiirii in uu i.jj.uuu, DIs
cropancie-j neiwren mo nnnual reports
miiiio in iuu Bium nciiuui uumniissionor iy
iuu uuiiiiiy uuuiiui uuu mo ri-iiuriH ni re.
celpts by Griffiths to the Board of Educa.
tlnn show an additional shortage of W15.827
Whether all of this latter dlscrenannv r...
resents a downright stealing or whether
intrn mm nviu kiubb i-ureiusNnrsa in hook
keeping Is ft matter which is now engaging
the earnest attention of expert ucrnimimn.
who are at work on thi formidable wruy
TRY TO ROB A BOX OFFICE
Masked Hon Make Desperate Attempt on
Sioux Oity Theater Treasury.
INCIDENT STAMPEDES THE SPECTATORS
Pistol Shota Frlithten Audience nnd
General Panic la .Narrowly Averted
Treasurer llounda Injured,
but .N'ot Seriously.
SIOUX CITY, In., Dec. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Two bold robbers entered tho box
offico of tho Grand opera houso at 9:25
o'clock tonight and made a desperate at
tempt to hold up Harley Rounds, treasurer
of the theater.
Mr. Rounds and Wilson S. Ross, mnnager
of tho "Shore Acres" company, wero count
ing tho tickets nnd the cash, which had
been taken In during the evening, whon
tho robbers appeared through a side door
from tho street. They wero masked, nnd
said nothing. Rounds grappled with one
them nnd tho fellow cracked him on
tho head with tho butt of his gun. Then
o shot at him and tho bulict passed through
Rounds' coatslcovo. Tho "Shore Acres
man throw a small tablo nt ono of ths
robbers and tho robber Ilrcd his gun, but
ho bulict did no damage. Tbo strangers
then dashed out tho Bamc door through
hlch they hid entered and Into the dark
ness. They aid not get n cent, uounus
lost n great deal of blood and It wiu feared
o was seriously hurt. Later ho rallied and
Is not In danger. The excitement which
followed this tragedy In tho box ofU5o nearly
caused o. stampedo In tho opera house, Tho
udtenco became possessed of tho Idea that
tho houso was on flro. Thero wore screams
and cries nud a rush mado for tho doors.
Tho members of the company nnd tho
coolor ones In tho audience finally suc
ceeded In securing quiet and with tho ns-
tstanco of Uio orchestra, which struck up
lively nir, tho play proceeded. Every
pollco officer on tho forco Ib working on
tho caso.
HELD UP BY TRAIN ROBBER
Southern Itohhcr Fotlowa the Sleth-
oda of the Council ItlufTa Artlata
In UaltiK Hynumlte.
NEW ORLEANS, Doc. 13. Tho south
bound Illinois Central fast mall, duo hero
t 7:15 p. in., wns held up and robbed by
lono tralnrobber about ono nillo nbove
tho upper limits of the city tonight. Though
somo of tho train crew say they saw four
or five men concenled In tho bUBhcs, only
ono man figured In tho action, and his
booty consists of only ono registered mall
pouch from Durant. Miss., and six other
registered lotters from points between Cairo
and New Orleans. Conductor Klnnabrow
was shot In tho groin nnd J. C. Parker,
railway mall clerk, had his left cyo powder
burned by a shot directed at his head. Tho
robber got on the train, It Is supposed, nt
some point abovo tho city, and after pass
ing Kcnner, the last stop before the train
arrives In Now Orleans, ho climbed over
to tho engine. anTf covered', the t nglncer
and fireman and brought' tbo train to n
standstill. Whon the conductor camo for
ward to soo what tho troublo was, he was
shot by tho robber. R. K. Goldsby, ono of
the railway mall clerks, stuck his head out
of tho door nnd was ordered to Jump down,
which ho did. Then tho robber led tho
engineer, fireman nnd Goldsby toward the
express car and mado ono of them blow
tho Bide out with a stick of dynamite which
ho supplied. This trnln carries no money
nnd has no aafo. Tho robber then mado
for the mall car and thero discovered
Pnrkor, who had hidden tho registered
pouches. He shot nt him and then one of
tho pouches was produced and he mado off
with It. Ho uncoupled tho englno from
the train and ran It to a point near Car
rollton nvenuo, whero ho abandoned It
Tho route of tho englno was marked by
mall pouches nnd letters which tho robber
throw or dropped out ns ho escaped. Tho
robbor was evidently well acquainted with
railroading. Ills face was blackened and
ho was a man ltttlo loss than six feet tall,
weighing about 150 pounds. Ho took Con
ductor Klnnobrew's watch after ho shot
him.
Two suspects wero arrested tonight, but
tho mall clerks did not Identify thorn.
One ot them, a tall man, when ho turned
his back, struck Goldsby as being ot the
robber's build. Hn wus captured on the
outskirts ot the city and had a revolver
and seemed to be acting suspiciously.
HOLD WHOLE TOWN AT BAY
Four Masked Itobbera Make. Shancs-
vllle Populnco Stnnd
Hack.
CANAL DOVER, O., Dec. 13. Four
mnskod men held tho town of Shancsvlllo,
four miles west ot here, at bay before dawn
today while they blew tho safe In the prl
vate bank of John Doerschuck. The ex
plosion aroused tho cltlzons, who armed
themselves and turned out, but were hold
off by thu dotermlnod burglars until tho
wrecked safo had been looted. Then, nmld
a fusillade of bullots the four escaped on n
Wheeling & Lako Erlo handcar, carrying
with thorn botween $3,000 nnd $4,000. That
somo ot tho bullots took effect Is evident
by a trail ot blood.
Tho conditions surrounding tho robbery
aro tho same an those nt Seville, n tow days
ago, and tho bollof is gonoral that the snmo
men did tho work. The robbers abandoned
tho car before reaching Baltic, flvo miles
distant, and a posse is now in pursuit with
bloodhounds,
A man giving his namo as J. B. Crosblo
was arrested hero nt noon, suspected of
bolng Implicated In tho Shancsvlllo bank
robbery. Ho had a largo nmount of monoy
ou his person and tho pollco claim they
havo ovldenco that before his arrest ho
managed to conceal a largo roll ot bank
notes.
It Is also known that tho man disposed
of n rovolvor.
.WHEAT GROWING TOO RANK
Farmer nf Arknnana Valley Ailver
lliu to Take Stock Free lu Order
to Keep (rain Katen Dimvii.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 13, Wheat Is grow
lng so rank In tho Arkansas Valley wheat
belt, ombrnclng torrltory that produced over
40,000,000 bushels last yoar, that tho fanners
aro advertising to tako stock free for tho
purposo of eating it down. The Indication
at this tlmo for tho crops aro 25 per ccn
moro favorable than thoy wore at tho samo
tlmo last year. It Is now estimated that
Sedgwick, Sumner and Barton countlos
Kansas, In connection with Kny county
Oklahoma, will produco 20,000,000 bushels o
wheat noxt year,
lluniiiina .Spoil by Cnrlouda.
iiiiuauu, i'pc mineiy ennnnun o
hiinanoH belonging to what Is nailed thi
trust nro Hpol'.lnir In tho Illinois Central
yards because of th fight between tho
trust nnd tho commission merchant'! of
ciiicugo. The lot is saia to lie worth (15,
vw. t
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Friday: Colder
In Western Portion; Saturday Fair; Vari
able Winds.
Temperature nt Omiitin jeaterdnyi
Hour. Dew. Hour. lice.
R n. tu 21 1 p. m Ill
n. in IT. '1 p. in.. 14
7 a. I'll !l p. in 1.1
S n. m ill I 4 p. in HI
0 n. iu t!S rl p. ni in
10 n. ill Ill O p. ill...... 411
11 a. in...... !I7 7 p. in...... !I7
Vi. in ....... , 4'2 S p. ill ..... . :.v
o p, m :m
FROM GRAND ISLAND, MAYBE
Ilody Found .Vcnr Itochexter ThoiiKlit
to He Thnt of a MclirusUa
Fruit Drulrr.
ROCHESTER, N. Y Dec. 13. (Special
Telcgrnni.) nils morning, whllo on his
way to tho upper cannl lock, Boatman B.
55. Doty discovered n c6rpso floating lu tho
water. Tho body whs taken to tho morguo
where, upon uearchlng tho clothing, tho
following articles wero found. Small pcarl
handtcd knife, linen handkerchief, laundry
mark 4-8; gold necktie pin, letter addressed
to tho Dolnu Fruit company, Grand Island,
Neb., nnd n letter addressed to Lewis
Schcmcrhcrn, Monroo street, Toledo, O. A
bill for npples, mndo out to tho Dolan
Fruit company by a Watertown firm, seems
to Indlcnto that tho man wns a member
of that Arm. The Initials nro M. L. D.
A broken wntchchaln and tho absence of
money lead tho pollco to think that thero
wns foul play.
Tho body Is that of a man apparently
3.1 to 40 years ot ago, weighing about 140
pounds. Tho clothes nro dnrk, patent
leather shoes, woolen stockings, red un
dcrdrawers, black uegllgeo shirt, over which
was worn a whlto bosom shirt with starched
collar and four-in-hand tie. A slight rnn
tUBlon on tho nbdomcn Is tho only mark
of violonco visible.
POLICE FOR FILIPINO TOWNS
(ienernl MnnArthur Aiilhorlxcil to Or
nrnnlic Force UeuilJiiKlliiK Civil
OIHcltil inlurlcN.
MANILA, Dec. 13. The Taft commission
has passed nn net authorizing General Mac
Arthur to establish police In the cities nnd
towns and appropriating $150,000 for their
maintenance.
Commissioner Wright, who Is assigned to
supcrvlso tho establishment of n con-
tabulary, nmong other dulcs, said the
establishment of u local police force was a
necessary fenturo of civil government and
wns approved by tbo military government
An act wns also passed providing for tho
retention lu offico of tho municipal council
ors elected under order ot tho military gov
ernor until n general municipal law was
passed. The terms of somo of tho council
lora cxplro In January. Tho elections for
councillors aro suspended.
Finally, n bill was passed directing tho
civil servlco hoard to exnmlno nnd report
on tho readjustment ot the salaries of civil
mploycs.
General Kobbc, with the Twonty-olghth
Volunteer regiment. Colonel Blrkhslmcr
commanding, landed nt Kagayan on tho
northern coast of Mlndanoa on Monday
und reinforced tho six companies of tho
ortleth Volunteer regiment stationed In
tbo town. An aggrosslvo movement had
been planned.
From Hollo It Is unofficially reported thnt
tho insurgents In that portion of tho Island
ot Pnnny nro swearing nlleglanco nt tho
rnto of 1,000 a day. Tho arrcstB of many
iromlncnt Insurgents started tho move
ment, which seems to bo becoming univer
sal at Jaro, Molo, Arovelo and lllolo. Con-
sldornblo sums of monoy nnd quantities of
supplies havo been captured by tho Amcr
leans.
MANILA, Dec. 13. Tho United States
cablcshlp Burnsldo will next week proceed
to Damugueto, Island of Negros, to begin
tho laying of 000 miles of government cablo
to connect Negros, Mlndanoa nnd Jolo
Negros nnd Cebu already havo cablo con
nection with Hollo nnd Manila. The now
lino will extend from Damugueto to Orom.t-
uuta, Mlsamls, Hlgnta and Tagoloan, nil
on tho north coast of Mlndnnou. A land
lino will connect Mlsamls and Tlgum and
tho main.
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS
Juror a In Morrison Cuun Tell tho
Court They Are Hupeleaaly Apart,
but Aro Not Ilscuacil.
ELDORADO, Knn Dec. 13. Judge Shlnn
sunt tho Morrison Jurors to tholr hotels at
9:30 tonight nnd instructed them to re
sumo their deliberations nt 8:30 tomorrow
The twelve men looked tired nnd faded as
they camo out of tho court room. Thoy
havo Informed tho court that they nro
hopelessly of different minds as regards
Miss Morrison's guilt nnd that they havo
stopped balloting In tho Jury room. Judgo
Shlnn will give out no Intimation na to
tho length of tlmo ho will permit tho Jury
to deliberate, It Is considered likely that
ho will lot them stay out tho remainder
of tho week.
Miss Morrison's day was without lncl
dont. Her family, as usual, was with her
and a few other friends called. Sho
given special privileges which tho other
prisoners In the Jail do not enjoy. She
looked nnd apparently folt as woll today
as over. Sho Is bearing up remarkably
well.
THREE K'LLED IN A WRECK
Woman Thrown TJiroimli Car "Win
dow nud Her Throat Cut
by (Hiiaa.
HELENA, Mont, Doc. 13, Coast train No.
3, westbound, on tho Great Northern, was
wrocktd at Brocktrn,235 miles east ot Havre,
early today. Throo persons were killed and
sovornl slightly injured.
Tho dead
MRS. WATSON of Indianapolis.
MRS. D. C. CAMERON of Indianapolis.
UNKNOWN RUSSIAN CHILD.
Mrs. Watson was thrown through a win
dow, tho glass soverlng hor Jugular vein,
nnd she bled to death. Her mother and
tho child woro crushed to death. Tho ac
cident wns caused by tho breaking of a
truck as tho train passed over a switch.
The engine and thrco cars passed over tho
switch In safety and tho four cars which
followed wont down an embankment. Tho
sleepers remalnod on tho track, All tho
Injured will recover.
Civil Service Reformer Gather.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.-Tho twentieth un
nuul meeting of tho National Civil Service
Reform leairuo began today In this eltv.
There was a Joint meeting of the general
nnd executive committees and u publlu
meeting this afternoon,
At tho afternoon session tho nnmtuntlnnH
for ofllco wero made. Tho election will
tultM phiccj tomorrow, Tho report of thn
legislative commltteo won nlso deferred tin
tomorrow. rtinrleM J. Honnporto rend tho
rejiort of tho special commttteo on tho civil
servico in uepcnuenciiiH.
Allowed lllotera Indicted.
MANHFIELD, O.. Doc. 13 Allen Androwii
and Elmer Hart worn Indicted todav liv tho
grand Jury for participating In tho recent
mou troubles auinut uowieitvs.
BUILDING OF CANAL
Senate Adopts Darii' Amendment to Hay.
Fauncefote Treaty.
MATTER DEBATED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
Eight of United States to Use Force for
Order and Defense Asserted.
RESOLUTION CARRIES BV GREAT MAJORITY
Sererfll Senators Want to Go Still Farther
in Deolaring American Independence.
LKINS AGAINST FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
Senator from Weat Vlrululn Artrua
that Prccedenta In KiikIInIi nud
Other lllatory Wnrrnnt Re
pudiation of Compncta.
WASHINGTON, Dec 13. -In accordnnen
with previous agreement tho senuto lu ex
ecutive scpslon took n voto at 3 o'clock to
day on tho amendment to tho Hay-Paunce-
loto treaty, authorising tho Uulted States
to defend Its Interests In tho cannl. Tho
Bcnuto did not closo Its doors until 2 o'clock,
nnd incro wns left only one hour'H tlmo for
discussion of piovlslnns of tho nniendnipnt.
Tho voto wus taken by yeas and nays, sixty-
live votes being cast In favor of tho amend
ment and seventeen ngnlnst it. Tho nega
tlvo votes were ns follows:
llalrd, Iloverldgp, Fryc, Foster. Hans-
brough, Llndsoy, Mason, McCumber, Mc-
Knery, Mcllrldc, Morgan, Money. Stewart.
Tillman, Wellington. Wolcott nnd Gnlllngor.
After tho amendment offered by tho com
mittee wus passed upon various other
amendments received the nttcutlon of tho
sennto for n brief time, but nono of them
was acted upou.
Tho committee nmrndment, which was
adopted ns n provision to bn Inserted nftel
section 5 of nrtlclo II of tho treaty Is al
follows:
It Ih nirreed. however. Hint linnn nf llm
Immediately foregoing coiulltlons rind stlp
illations In .ueotlonn numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 unit
5 of this nrtlele nlmll apply to mtiuMire.i
which tho I 'nlted StiiteH may llnd It n-ce-snry
to tiiko for Heeurlng by Its own forces
uio neicnco or mo I'liiteu males anil tno
maintenance of publlu order.
Klklua Orlera Amendment.
The amendment which probably attracted
most attention was offered by Senator Ki
lt Ins and Is as follows:
Nothing In HiIh treats- shall bn construe, 1
to prevent tho United Htutes from acquir
ing sufficient security nnd sovereignty, or
to prevent u irom nuiiaiug, operutlug,
maintaining, cotitrollni: mid ilnfciullni; dm
said canal (referring to tho proposed
Nicaragua, canal), or for nny other pur
pose tnai tnu I'tuieu amtea may deem for
Is best Interests.
Otlicr (intendments wero suggested by
Senntors Tlllmun, Allen, Monoy nnd Thurs
ton. Senator Thurston's suggestion pro
vides thnt tho Uulted Htaleo may defend
the cuunl und Senator Tillman's makes tho
commlttco amendment adopted by today's
vote apply to nil provisions of article II.
This would havo tho effect, it is bollcvod
of nullifying tho provision of section 7
of thn nrtlele providing ngulnst tho forll
flcatlon of tho canal. Other amendment!)
wero offered striking out sections 3 nnd
7 ot nrtlclo 11. Senator Tillman said
thnt If Senator Elklns' amendment should
be adopted ho would not press Ills amend
ment for tho modification of section 7 so
as to omit provision ugalast tho formica
tion of tho canal.
Senator Lodge, In chnrgo of tho bill, was
not slow to rocognlzo tho futility of try
ing to securo further consideration of tho
treaty, bh amended, during todny's session,
nud ns soon as thu amendments wero all
submitted ho moved nn adjournment until
tomorrow, which motion prevnllcd.
United Ntntea Muat Control.
Previous to taking tho voto on tho com
mlttco amendments Senator Elklns occu
pied tho greater portion of tho senate's
tlmo with a speech advocating radical alter
ation of tho treaty. Ho announced himself
ns favorablo to tho committee amendmont,
but snld thnt to his mind that amendment
did not go far enough to meet tho wIshoB of
tho American people. Ho believed, he said,
that if tho cunnl was to bo constructed by
tho government of tho Uulted Stntes tho
peoplo would demand complcto and nbsolutu
control over tho canal Itself, and nlso tho
right to excrclso their own Judgment ns a
nation, not only In acquiring property In
connection with tho cauul, but, If noed bo,
In securing sovereignty over It. Ho con
tended that to pursuo this course Involved
no violation ot international rights, and In
defenso of this position said tho United
States had mado an offensive nnd defensive
treaty with France In 17D3 and soon after
ward had repudiated that obligation. II
nlso cited other precedents and authorities,
somo of them being from Engllsti sources,
In support ot this position, Ho argued, In
short, that changed conditions warrant a
chango In conduct and In position. The
speech wns listened to with much tnterost,
and at Its conclusion a motion was mndo
to havo It made public. Objoctlon, however,
was raised and tho order was not mado.
Aftor tho senate ndjournod for tho day
tho republican committee on order of busi
ness held a session to decldo upon tho fu
ture lino of action with rofcrenco to tho
treaty as amended. After this committee
had coucludod its conforenco Sonator Lodge,
who wuo with tho commlttco, stated that
tho senato would proceed with tho treaty
nnd that ha would contlnuo his efforts to
havo It ratified.
DE ARM0ND WANTS DETAILS
Hecrctnry of Wur Aalced to Fiirnlah
Full Information aa to ('hiiffce
Von Wulderaee Incident.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Representative
DcArmond of Missouri today Introduced a
resolution requesting tbo secretary ot war
for information as "to what, if any, pro
test, objection, criticism or suggestion Gen
eral Chaffco or any other American officer
In China mado or offered concerning looting
or other action of conduct doomed Inhuman,
dishonest, dlsplcablo or Improper; to whom
dlrocted or addressed, and on account ot
what fncts or information, nnd how rocclved
or replied to, and with what result; nnd
what, If nny, thing tho War department did
or suggested to General Chaffco or other
officers, or directed to bo said or done In
reference thereto."
Tho resolution refers to tho roporlcd In
cident between General Chaffco and Count
von Wnldersco.
PnpulMr InlercHt lu Forealry.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Tho Amcrlcnn
Forestry association today oponcd Its con
vention hero. Tho board of directors sub
mitted Its report, which was accepted by
tho association. Tho report says that dur
ing tho last yonr popular Interest in
forestry hns grown remarkably. Tho con
dition of tho country's forests Is In gonoral
markedly Improved, j