The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JL'NE 10, 1871 OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXG, JANUARY 25, lOOlTEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. HERALDED AS KING Pnblio Proclamation of Edward's Aiceneion Made with Stately Bhow In London CEREMONIES RECALL MEDIEVAL TIMES Thousands of Eolditrt, Life Guards and Hone Gnardi Add to Spectacle. MOURNING TOKENS GIVEN SOMBER TONE Hew Monarch AbienU Himielf from tht Pageantry Cone in Hit Honor. PEOPLE RAISE GREAT SHOUT OF LOYALTY Brllllnnt Assemblage In the Court mill nn tlm llnlcnn leu (if Mnrl tinrniiKli House DnrlnK llir Performance. LONDON, Jan. 21. London today was liven a glimpse of mediaeval times. The quaint ceremonies with which King Edward VII was proclaimed at various points of tho metropolis exactly followed nnclcnt prece dents.' Tho officials purposely arranged the function an hour ahead of the published announcement, nnd the Inhabitants, when they awoke, wcro surprised to llnd tho en tlro way between St. James palace and tbo tlty lined with troops. About 10,000 sol diers, Life guards, Ilorso guards, Foot guards and cavalry nnd Infantry regiments, had been brought from Aldershot and Lon don barracks nfter midnight. All the Min cers had crepe on their nrms nnd tho drums snd brnjs Instruments were shrouded with crepe. The troops themselves mado an Im posing spectacle, but they wcro entirely eclipsed by tho strango spectnele presented by the officials of tbo College of Arms. T.t of Proclamation. The ceremony began at St. James palace, phere. at 9 o'clock, Kdward VII wbb pro Zlalmod kins of tho United Kingdom of Croat Rrltaln and Ireland nnd emperor of Indln, Tho proclmuntlon, which whs read by William Henry Wrldon, klng-at-arms since H94. and formerly Windsor herald, was as follows: Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God to rail to his mercy our luto sovereign, Queen Victoria, of blessed nml glorluuit memory, by wIiofo decenso tho Imperial crown of tho I'nlted Kingdom of Orent llrltnln nnd Irelimd Is solely nnd rightfully iiim.i to tho high nnd mighty l'rlnco Albert l.dwnril, we. therefore, tho lords, spiritual nnd temporal, of this rciilin, bdiig hero us idsted with those of lior Into majesty's privy council, with numbers of other prin cipal gentlemen of quality, thu lord mayor, ntdermrn nnd citizens of London, do now hereby, with ino voire, consent of tongue nnd henrt to publish nml proclaim that tho high and mighty Prlnco Albert Kdward l now, tiy tint (loath of our lns sovereign of nappy memory, becotm our only lawful nnd rightful lelge lord. IMwnrd VII. by the grnro nf tlo-l. klntt of thu tnlted Kingdom of Great Hrltnlu nnd Ireland, defender of tbo fnltli. emperor of India, to whom wo acknowledge all fnlth nnd constant obedi ence with till hearty and humble, urfcctlon, liescerliltu God, by whom ull IcIngH nnd SlV.t&rvilwiliiW reign over us. KliiK Not Present. Tho king was not present. There waH a largo ntscmblago of otllJlals and heralds. Atnonp those In nt tendanro wire General ilobcrts nnd members of Us hcadauarters' staff nnd formerly Windsor hralil. There was n great concourse of people from tho commence ment to tho close. Tho proclamation was greeted by a fanfa.ro of trumpets. At the conclusion of the ceremonies tho band be longing to tho Foot Uunrds In tho friary court played "Ood Save the King." Tbo members of tho klng household witnessed tho ceremony from Marlborough house. On tho balcony overlooking tho friary court, whence tho proclamation was read, wcro tho duke of Norfolk nnd other omccrs of state. Tim balcony was draped In crlm non cloth. Hcsldo the officials, In resplcn dont uniforms, wcro stationed tho state trumpoters. Hero wero seen many prominent persons, among them Sir Henry Arthur White, privnto solicitor to tho queen, tho prince of Wales and other mem bers of tho royal family. Soldiers tiieor tlie Klnc In tho yard of Marlborough houso nnd friary court were stationed n large body of police, soldiers and foot guards. Tho Foot Guards acted as n guard of honor nnd they wcro posted Immediately beneath the bal cony. A largo crowd witnessed tho cere mony. Thu spectators began to assemble tt nn early hour. Tho troops nrrlved at S o'clock, and shortly before 9 o'clock "In the morning a brilliant cavalcade passed down thn Mall nnd entered Friary court. It consisted of thn hoadquarters staff, headed by General Iloberts In full uniform snd carrying a marshal's baton. Sir Kvelyn Wood and nine court dignitaries. headed by the duke of Norfolk, appeared on tho balcony. Then the hwralds blew fanfare and Klng-at-Arms Woldon, In tho midst of a dead silence. lead tho proclnma tlon. All heads were bared, nnd as tho rending was concluded tho klng-nt-arms raining his three-cornered hat, cried loudly, "Ood savo tho king." Crnvtil .To I ox (lie Cry. The crowd took up tho cry, while the cheers, tho fanfares of trumpets and tho band playing tho national anthem mado a curious medley. Klng-at-Arms Woldon read the proclamation In clear tones which were distinctly heard nt n great distance. Tho great crowds still thronged, the streets through which his majesty passed nnd th great cheering was tu strong contrast with tho sllcnco which greeted his majesty's or rival In London. Orders have been Issued to tho channel squadron and n,l other available ships to assemble nt Splthead February 1. tho date of tho removal of Queen Victoria's body from Osborno It Is understood that the war ships will form a double line, through which tho rojal yacht, bearing tho body, will pass, , IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH Prhnte l'nneriil Siti lorn Are Likely to Ilo llelit ut Onlmrnr Toilny. COWES, lslo of Wight, Jan. 25.-1:30 a. m. So hampered havo been tho arrange ments at Osborno that thu body of Queen Victoria still lies In tho bedroom where she died. Tho elabornto decorations neces sary In turning tho dining room In Osborno house Into n chnppello ardento occupied so much tlmo that, although tbo royal house hold waited hour after hour for the first private service, It was found Itnposslblo to hold this yesterday. All being well, however, tho solemn tunc tlon will be performed this (Friday) morn ing by the bishop of Winchester In tho presence of King Kdward, Emperor Wil liam and almost every other member of the royal family. Tho coffin was brought to Osborne last (Continued on Second Page.) KING'S DEBTS MUST BE PAID People Mny lie skeil In "boulder the lliirdon of Tu i ii I i ii for In crease In lti) nl l'n. (Copvrlght, LONDON. Press Publishing fo.) New York World Ca blegram Sp lm ) There Is n certain soreness general public at the way tho peo out of tho picturesque spectntfT king's proclamation In London hour stated In nil tho papers wn ro- ceedlngs began at 9 o'clock at Sf mes' palnco and were rushed through nt dlf- rerent prescribed Places Charlne Cross, Temple Unr. Cheanslde nnd the lloval ex change with such celerity that tho crowd was of comparatively diminutive propor tions. This was tho object of tho lourt officials, ns they feared If tho ceremonial was performed at the stated hour the throng would bo so dense that there would bo great difficulty In getting the heralds In their gorgeous gilt tabards nnd the trumpeters through th? streets. No punc tilious regard for precedent Is being shown In tho funeral arrangements, either, which are a complete departure from thoso of tho queen's rredocessors. The lying In stntc at Windsor castle has been Abandoned, also becauso tho crowd might become tinman ogenble, tho clrcumstnncts being so very different from thoso when William IV died, ns then there was no railway to Windsor. Tho giving of n military character to the funeral h of course In view of tho war nnd recruiting exigencies. KIlIK Wuiits lllulicr Wnucs, Thn announcement that tho king pro poses to nsk Parliament that the income of JC.1S3.o00 per annum allowed the queen bo Increased to half a million sterling Is con sidered most inopportune, In view of the heavy. taxation nnd the financial burdens of unknown magnlttnlo facing England In South Afrlcn. but the king's debts, which arc put at JJ2.000.000, must be paid. OS n mnjorlty of them woie Incurred on the un dertaking that they must certainly be ills charged on his ascending tho throne. Any Increase of the king's civil list will cer tnlnly bo met wIMi strong opposition In the House of Cr Minions In the present condition of nntlonnl finances. Tho city fathers nro excessively Indig nant at the slight put upon the lord mayor nt the proclamation meeting of tho privy council Wednesday. When the proclama tion has been signed the procedure Is for nil those not privy councillors to leave the room before tho king's entry to hear the proclamation read to him. His presence constitutes the body of tho king's privy council. The lord mayor was llngorlng on when the other non-privy councillors re tired nnd had to be bidden almost per emptorily to leave by tho duko of Devon shire before he reluctantly retired. A curi ous fact Is Hint precisely the same Incident happened nt Queen Victoria's proclamation. Tho council nnd lord mnyor there, too, re mained In tho noin and had to be ordered out by Charles Orevllle. tho diarist, who was clerk to tho council. The city corpora tion contends It has been shorn of one of Its privileges, hut tho law officers declare thoy never hnd the privilege. Tho wife of a workman on tho Osborne estate, whe was admitted to tho death chamber, gives a touchlngly sincere plcturo of the scene. "What I had expected to see," she says. "was a great glided chamber, and I thought the bed would bo moro like a throne man a bed, with a lot of candles lit nil around and bishops praying, which waB nn im pression I got from n plcturo in an Illus trated paper when a foreign king once died. I was thero only n few minutes, and all tho tlmo was looking nt the form lying on tho bed. I saw ono picture, though tbero may have been more. I should not llko to say. This was a picture of Christ nnd was hanging on the hall by tho bed; that Is, Just over the head. I crept up to tho bed nnd looked nt the face. My thought was. 'How calm nnd happy she Is looking, like n person In beautiful sleep.' The faco had n soft, thin material over It that you could look through, but you could see the face plainly, and what I read In ho papers I should think wns quite right. 1 mean that she passed away peacefully without any pain. At the bottom of tho bed thero were flowers nml somo wrenths and some loose ones. Her dear hand were folded across one another and higher up thero wns n cross. 1 suppose It was of gold. I remember tho rings had not been tnken off tho fingers. After the first mlnuto my tears got In tho way of my seeing any thing properly. nother eyowltness said: "It was llko tho figure of a child, not n woman, so small and faded was It. I fro quently saw tho queen lice, year after year, and this season sho seemed to shrink nway, but I was not prepared for tho trans formation of tho last few days' severe Ill ness nud death. Tho chango had mado the fact almost emaciated, and It hnd tho pallor ono expects to llnd, but tho whole form teemed tiny. No ono was allowed to stop except to kneel, but tho Impression left was ono of sublime peace and beauty, and of tho vanity of human greatness. A veiled figure was kneeling by the bed on tho op posite side from whore wo passed. It was Princess Deatrlco, who cannot be torn away from tho room." DATE FIXEDF0R FUNERAL Felirunry - lierliled On To lie Mltl tnrj , In Aocorilniit'e 1 1 It Iliiren'M WIkIi, COWES. lslo of Wight. Jan. 21.-12 30 p. m. It has been decided that tho funeral of tho queen will tnko place at Windsor castle, February 2. Tho body of thn late queen will bo removed from Osborne houso February 1. It w-as the expressed desire of tho queen that tho funeral should be mili tary In character. Several utllclals arrived from Windsor this morning, bringing the state regalia. It was carried In a bnlzo bag. Tho coffin of Queen Victoria will be ot Encllsh oak. lined with satin. It was or dered hero this afternoon nnd Is to be de livered nt Osborno tonight. The outer casket will bo a reproduction of tho ono used at tho funeral of tho duchess of Kent. tho queen's mother. magnificent satin pall, with the royal arms In each corner. Is being made. Wherever It traverses roads tho body will be borne on a gun carriage. Emperor William decided this evening not to lenvo Osborno till after the funeral LONDON. Jan. 25. 4 30 a. in.- It Is under stood that tho progress of tho body of Queen Victoria through London will bo an Imposing military pageant and that mem bors ot tho House ot Lords nnd Commons will bo Invited to follow tho body. At tho snrao time thero seems to bo some appro henslon lest n rhnnge ot decision should omit tho London portion ot tho program. Tho Dally Telegraph editorially claims fnr T.nnilnn thn rluht to chare In tho ohse qules, and declares 'that nothing but tho dead one's wishes should prevent this. Tho announcement of the fureral has been de layed to enable all foreign representatives to arrive at Windsor on time. It Is an nounced that tho Grand Duko 8erglus and tho grand duchess will romo from Russia p i in JV3 :a i oa tHo TROOPS KILL THEIR COLONEL Eody of Venezuelan Soldiers Mutiny and Beraral Hundrtd Are Arretted, BRITISH SLOOP IS SUNK BY GUNBOAT Lost Vessel Wan Londed with n I'nrgn of Arm nml Military Supplies Intended for thr ltrvolu tliinnrr 1'nrt), FOP.T DE FRANCE, Island of Martinique, Jan. 24. On the 17th of this month the Venezuelan troops In the Hoyo barracks at Caracas mutinied and killed their colo nel, lieutenant colonel and seven men and then fled In various directions. Two hun dred and ten of the men were captured again. There was no fighting In the town and tho exact causo of the mutiny Is not Known. No nccurato details nre obtainable re garding tho sinking of the Ilrltlsh sloop Maria Teresa by the Venezuelan gunbont Miranda. It is supposed the Maria Teresa was on her wny from thu Ilrltlsh Island of Trinidad with a cargo of nrms, Intended for the Venezuolnn revolutionists, nml that sho was met by the Miranda, which, wishing to take possession of her, flred on her and In so doing set her on fire, after which she snnk, according to one report In the east tho Insurrection nppears to bo localized between Cumann nnd the extreme northtast of Venezuela. Tho insurgonU have tnken possession of Cerupano and during the evening of January 21 there wns a tentative uprising In tho neighbor hood of Ilarcelona. Calm prevails In the west, but a number of arrests nre being made and tho revolu tionists appear to be concentrating at Curncoa. ARTIST ENDS LIFE'S MISERY Yoiinc Amerlenii Polluter, Tlimmlit to He from Knisnw t'lty, llrmvns III the Seine, PARIS. Jan. 24. The remains of a young man of refined features, which have been In tho morgue slnco January 12, when they were found floating In the Seine, hnvo been Identified as thoso of Langrcl Harys, an nrllet well known In the American colony. Tho I'nlted States consulate officials are attempting to locate his relatives. His father is supposed to bo Henry Hnrys of 3225 Lydln avenue. Kansas City. Ho lived hero nt the Hotel de France, nnd nt Cholscul. Ho was only nblo to make a precarious living by tho brush and debts began to annoy him. He owed n bill of 1.200 fraucs at the hotel, which was pressed for payment. It Is believed financial dis tress led to his suicide. He was last seen alive at midnight January It, Well Kihmtii In Km non City. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jnn. 24. Thomas L. Harris wns tho son of Harry Harris, man ager of the Lanlng-IIarrls Coal nud Grain company of this city. Mr. Hnrrls received a letter from his son from Paris n month ago nnd nt that time the boy was well. Thomas Harris wns 24 years old and had been in Paris for a year nnd a half. His "Unf ncnocs'-not mror'.tc wrai"cnuui; inu' last time tho son wrote he directed that nn answer bo sent In care of n bank In Paris. The young mans full nnme was Thomas I.angrei Harris, lie was eccentric ami u Is believed ho changed the spelling of his nnme. Harris created rather a sensation among Americans In London by his bold bids for fame nnd fortune and his extra ordinary ability to meet noted persons In tho literary and artistic world. Harris taught art hero for some tlmo and did a little newspaper work occasionally. Ho left Kansas City about 189S and went first to Canada. In Canada he taught portrait painting. Next ho wns heard of In London as n painter of miniature portraits for persons of fashion. DESOLATION IN MONTRFAI ITIUn I nCHL I'lre I.enven Center Portion of City ltiiiiicil. Thirty Wnrehnunr llelnir Dent rnyed. MONTREAL, Jnn. 24. Ruslncss Is prac tlcally stagnated In Montreal as a conse quence of the disastrous fire last night in the center portion of tho city, which Is n sccno of desolation. The Doard of Trado walls are still standing, but tho building Is otherwise completely destroyed, though It was supposed to bo fireproof. The other buildings nre masses of Ico and charred ruin. Tho total loss will be $2,500,000. Altogether about thirty buildings, chiefly wholesale warehouses, wero destroyed, to gother with their valuable stocks. A man named Rosen, a tailor, and n other named Wilson are missing and It Is feared thoy perished. TIEN TSIN AS MILITARY BASE Work Vow (SoIiik On Indlenteii Tlint .Mint or tin- Troop nt Pckln Will lie I'.nibnrkril. TIF.N TSIN. Jan. preparations are being mado In Tien Tsln to make It a mili tary base for the coming spring and sum mer, when It Is believed a majority of tho troops In Pekln will encamp In this neigh borhood, preparatory to gradual embarka tion, dioat quantles of Icq are being stored -.ml nnllnns are helne obtained nnon n tna Jorlty of tbo largo buildings In tho foreign oncesnons. WEST IND A MEAT MARKET 1IUJI miin UIL.ni innnrtUI (rriiiuit S;ndloile with Octopus I)r- kIbiih lluy tircnt Trnct nf I.nnil nml Countless Cattle. CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 24. (Via Hay. tlon Cable.) A Hamburg syndicate has purchased the estate of the late President Crespo In tho Orinoco district. It has an nrea of 10,000.000 acres and upon It there nro 80.000 head of cattle. The syndicate Intends to control the meat markot of tho West Indies nnd nlso the packing Industry. , Why He Would Nell Tlieiu. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 24. During the de bate on tho budget In tho Folkethlng (lower houso of Parliament) today thy chairman of tho finance cominttteo announced that a majority of the commttteo were disposed to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States It satisfactory conditions were ob tainable. Ho added that from a purely economic standpoint It was advisable to sell the Islands, ns they cost the treasury moro than they wcro worth. Itimalnu Court In Moiiriiluir. ST. PETEUSnURO, Jan. 21. Tho czar left Llvadla yesterday on the royal yacht, tak ing a train for Sobastopol, leaving In tho evening for St. Petersburg, where the court goes In mourning, Operation on Kroner's ICyrs, UTRECHT, Jan. 24. An operation was performed on Mr. Kruger's eyes by Profs. Nelen and Dbreymans, Tho operation was perfectly successful. INDIANS ARE RECRUITING Appeal to Dissatisfied I'lrment tulle Attain! the Soldiers. to SOUTH M'ALISTKR, 1. T.. Jan. 24. -Yesterday's reports of a Choctaw uprising nre fully confirmed Scouts sent out from this city Inst night report that the dissatisfied Choctaw s have a number of the Creek Snakes among them and they have been quietly organizing and arming for some time. They call themselves tb Choctaw Snakes. They comprise all thoso Indians who are opposed to allotment and tho con flict Is between them and tho treaty In dlnns. While iton-cltlzens are not In danger, It Is stated that the Snaltos have planned to destroy all the railroads In their nation by burning bridges and section bouses on a preconcerted night. They havo deposed Governor Duko and Ismcd an order to nil citizens to oe.iso leasing or renting to whites. The first offenso they will punish with fifty lashes, they sayt ears v til be cut off for the second offenso and death for the third. They have organized nnd have leaders In every Choctnw rounty nnd claim trt havo a membership of ;.i5M). I'nlted States Marshal Orady has sent the lenders word that arrests will follow tho first violation of tho taw, no matter what tuny bo the result. He hat wired the de partment for permission to swear In spe cial deputies and If this is granted he says ho will be able to hnndlo thero and will not nsk for troops. Thero Is to bo a meeting of tho full bloods on Saturday and tho marshal says he will nttend It If he can ami give the Indian u talk. The Indians arc riding over tho couutry In bands of five or six, serving their notices. Ocnoral Superintend ent Harris of the Choctaw railway, who was hero last night from Little Hook, ban en Joined especial wntchfutness upon all em ployes of tho lino In the Indian Territory. Duke Itrt limlnK to MuskoHeo. FORT SMITH Ark.. Jan. 24.-Clioctnw Governor O. W. Dukes, who has been In tho city all week as an attorney In the Towno murder case, left tonight for Muskogee to Investigate tho reported Snake Indian up rising among the Choctaws. Ho said Just before his departure: "I am going to Muskogee to persomllj view the situation, I do not believe the con dition In the Indian country Is as bad ns stated, even nmong the .Creeks, nnd as for my people, while there may be a few fool ish enough to Join the uprising, as a whole they nre too law-abiding to do so. So far as we aro concerned thero will be no need to cnll for government troops. Thero can be no doubt, howevor, that thniSnnkes are rising, as troublo has been brewing among them for several months." Governor Dukes was uhown the dispatch from South McAlester stating Uiot he had been deposed by tho fullbloods. die seemed nettled and said: ' "That Is tho first I havjt beard of It. Rut I am governor and I will ' remain no. How ever, I will InvestlgatiXMtbls when I get to Muskogee. As to thfmessapo sent me telling of my removal, lj,1s n canard, pure nnd simple. The statji,qt that I came here to telegraph for srAlal Indian pollco Is too foolish to bo hcltjfrcd," Iteourst for Rlllltlfi. CHANDLER. O. T'tn. 24Wllllaro Tllghaman. sheriff or VoJb' county, has protect citizens living fW?,,0 "i" oui Oklahoma, VrlL Jntl " CHEAP T CKETS TO BUFFALO Trnnk Line nnd Centrnl I'nunrnKcr Ansocliitloii link I iib t p Pan Anierlonii Sclioiliilr. NEW YORK. Jan. 24. Another meeting was held today by the committees of tho Trunk Line nnd Central Passenger associa tions nt the Trunk Line offices here, to discuss tho special rates to be fixed by the railroads reacntng Ruffalo, or with con nections to that point during tho period of the Pan-American exposition this year. The Joint subcommittee agreed to make tho followlnK recommendations concerning passenger rates to Ruffalo during the Pan- American exposition: For tickets from Chicago to UufTnlo and return, good during tbo season, standard. J21.C0; differential. $1!.20. For tickets from Chicago to Ruffalo and return, good for fifteen days only, standard, $18; differential, J16. For tickets from Chicago to Ruffalo and return, good for five days only, standard, $14: differential, $1S. The committee also recommended the es tablishment of a three-day excursion rate from territory hereaftor to be determined, to Ruffalo, of about 1 cent n mile. DEATH FOR THE KIDNAPERS Mliitourl'ft Nrv tiovernor Ail vncntt-n Kxlrrme Piuitslinienl, C'IIIiik Oninlin I'sne Proof of reU, JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 24. Gov- crnor Dockery sent i message to tho legis lature today advoctthg the passage of a law Inflicting the drlth penalty In cases of kidnaping for ransni. Ho referred to the Omaha case and sal It showed the necessity for tbo passage ot urn a law. Governor Dockers communication reads as follows: i To the senate aid house of representa tives: I rsspectfulll urge the speedy enact ment of n law wllth will .permit the In fliction of the de.tli penalty In cases df kidnaping for ransni The recent atrocious crime in our suer sinie ot .Nebraska lfc" T sure t will" bo Xrdiall np" proved by every f.tlier nnd mother in this state. Under our tatutes train robberv Is Properly punlshabl( by death or imprlson- Lnl In tli tnl, Hon tent nrv It on,.mu that thn crime of iliid ronnerv for tbo nur. pose of ransom slndd bo prohibited under pcnniwes us bcvcw as ine crime or trnin rouuery. - a. .m. uuuiveu GOOD THIN SHRINKS UP (ienrrnl OrKiml Ar O'llrn of the llrlck- Inyers' l'n IleplleH to III T iluoom. MILWAUKEE, in. 24. At today's ses- slon ot the Uric dyers' nnd Masons' In tcrnatlonal union deral Organizer Thomas O'Dea replied to e charges made that ho had derived bent Is to the extent of $10,000 during his eight ontbs' Incumbency. Mr. thy talk nnd stated that O'Dea made a li his revenues nnv ted to less thau $1,200. At tho aftern' tax ot tho Chh weeks prior to ordered to bo p union for tho o ot tho tax amou A resolution w unions be tirgi session the per capita union for twenty-two strlko or lockout was cd to tho credit of that ng year. Tho aggregate to about $2,500. adopted that subordinate to establish mortuary funds. The matter ot ganlzlng a union In Porto Rico w-as unde; discission, hut nothing final wai dccldejipon. Want thrjVnter Tliemsel ven. WICHITA, l-h,. Jan. 24.-Several dele gates from Aijnsna river towns nrn In Wichita, today hvlstng means to prevent Colorndo Irrlgipn companies from using river water foirrlKntion and thus ilenrii-. I Ing tho Arkansl valley of aublrrlgatlon. WOULD CUT OUT GOD'S NAME Delegate! Object to Inrccation to Deitj in Gub&'i New Constitution, ATHEISTS MAKE PLEA TO NO PURPOSE Hvery ItrTort Ilrlnnr Mnde to llnrry the C'onalderntlnn of the Document 'Mint It .Mny He Forwnrdoil to Congress nt 'WonlilnKton, HAVANA. Jan. 24. The Cuban constitu tional convention began tho draft ot the constitution recently submitted by the cen tral committee. It wns decided to accept the draft ns n whole and then to discuss It nrtlrlo by article. Scnor Clsneros moved to strike out n clause In tho preamble Invoking tho favor of Ood. He snld he had not religion him self and took no exception to the religious beliefs of others, but that the constitution recognized no religion nnd that In his opin ion there was no reason tor Invoking the deity. Senor Mania supported Pcnor Clsneros. General Snngully said: "If no do not In voke God. whom ran wo Invoke? An In vocation of somo kind Is customary." Senor Llorento strenuously opposed tho motion of Senor Clsneros, declaring that nil constitutions contained such a clause. The convention rejected tho proposal of Senor Clsneros. The first two articles, constituting thn republic nnd describing the territory of Cuba, were adopted without discussion. Senor de Castro moved to amend the ar tlrlo calling for tho division of Cuban ter ritory Into provinces In such n way that there would bo seven provinces Instead of six, his suggestion being that Santiago should bo divided In two. Tho motion to amend was defeated and then tho entire article was rejected, but the adherents of tho provincial form of government claimed that the latter vote was based upon a mis understanding of tho question before tho houso nnd a motion to reconsider was pnssed lust beforo adjournment. A largo majority of the delegates favors tho provincial form and this will undoubt edly be npproved tomorrow. Interest Is keen In pushing the consti tution to a completion before tho adjourn ment of tho I'nlted States congress nnd It Is probable that night sessions wil' be held next week. CUBANS HAVE THEIR REVENGE (rent Cnnc I'lrtiU of Spnnlsh Sym pathizer Illnekrnrd liy In. eemllnry I'lre. SANTIAGO DE CURA. Jnn. 24.-Flftecn hundred acres of sugarcane burned yester day as the result of political friction, on Joseph Rlgncy's plantation, Colbahuecn, near Manznnlllo, the richest plnntntlon In this province. During the war at the Cuban Insurgents ngalnst Spain Mr. Rlgney refused to pay triDUto to tno Cubans. For two years he supported n Spanish garrison, but ultimately the Cubans destroyed the property with tbo Hxosptlon of the mill, vs tiled, at, $1,000. This year tho plantation wns equDcpd " W'tyilZ,.- ",Kf-er,srfufu0r cane from the fields Is still valuable and can bo used unless rain falls In a few days. Mr. Rlgney's daughter, Lillian, was recently married to Lieutenant Whltslde, son of Oenernl Whltslde. Two plantations nt Guantanamo have lost heavily during the week from similar fires. Rurnlng cane Is a popular method of getting revenge nmong the Cubans. FILIPINOS ASK FOR A DELAY Inland llenl ltnte ntruers Wish 4a lie I'nrtlnlty Kxempt from Tnin tlon Tno Yenrs. MANILA, Jan. 2I.--The hearing on the municipal government bill today developed an attempt on tho part of prominent Fili pinos to secure a delay of two years before taxing land where the owners arc unablo to cultivate on account of tho dangerous situation In tbo fighting territory. Tho bill originally deferred taxation for a year. Tbo commissioners adopted an amend ment providing that land owners who are not Implicated In tho Insurrection after March nnd prove that tho unsettled con ditions prevented working land be ex empted for the second year. Lieutenant Steele, with ten men of tho Forty-third regiment and seven native soldiers, fought a fierce halt hour's en gagement with a largo forco of Filipinos at Tenaguna. Island of Leyte, January 0, which rcbulted In the killing of over 100 Insurgents. Private Edward McGugle of Compnny M was killed. The situation in the Island of Samar since tho Increase ot troops has been quiet. Lukban's forces nro biding. Captures, arrests and seizures of arms continue In the unpadded districts of the itlnnd ot Luzon. GEORGIA BOY MISSING Parent of I.ltlle Alonzn l'n t tersim, Mlssln;; Slnee Tuemlay, Ilelleve He Huh Ileen Kliliiupi-il, ATLANTA, Gn.. Jan. 24. T. T. Patterson has asked tho pollen to find his 13-ycar-old son, Alonzo Patterson, who disappeared from his home in this city Inst Tuesday. Mr. Patterson believes his boy has been kidnaped. The family of Rass Frazer, who is be lieved to have been kidnaped two weeks ago from tho Georgia School of Technology, have given up hopo of over seeing him again. Frazer's brother, who left for his homo In Alnbama today, hns no Idea that tho $500 In gold which be paid n negro, who promised to restore tho student to hln farrlly, will ever be recovered. The police nre at work on both cases. SQUATTING ON SALINE LANDS Pronprrtn ot Hitter If .it llloody 1'lKlit for I'osKostloii of Salt. IleurliiK Desert. LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jan 21 It Is said that, pending tho signing by the president of tho bill extending the mineral laws over saline lands, George Durbrow of tho Stnadard Salt company, with a force of men, has squatted on government lando near Salton. In the Mojavo desert, from which the Liverpool Salt company Is said to derive. Its supplies. Trouble is expected. Henry Wilson .May lleeover, GOSHEN. Ind.. Jnn. 2l.-(Speclnl Tele gram.) Henry Wilson, the Omaha man who tried to commit suicide yesterday, wan today removed to tho county farm, where ho will remain under gunnl until his oondl Hon, still critical. Improves, nfter which tin will bo obliged to servo tho 100 days' Jull sentence. Attorneys nnd others connected with thn prosecution havo donated n sum siirtlelent to send "Wilson home at the ex piration ot the sentence, . CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska-Fair nnd Warmer Today; Southerly Winds. Saturday Fair Temperature ut Oninlin Yrstrrdn) I Hour. Heir. Hour. Den, r, a, in 1 p. m ..... . -tl I n. in IS V p. m 'JT 7 a. ti 17 it p. in ltd s a. in in , .i p, ni :it 1 a. m 17 r p. in ill) Id n. in 1H (I p. in Ut) It n. in Ut 7 p. ii US 1U in . . . Ull S p. m Ull t p. Ill Ul HEIRESS IS IN NEBRASKA Sirs. .Scliluitlcr-Mi-brrt I.envos litis tinnil In (liuiitin nml (iocs to ItuslM Hie. NEW YORK. Jan. 21 (Special Telegram.) Relatives of Mrs. Schlndler-Slebert look to Nebraska to clear up the mstery of her disappearance. She was one of tho prettiest girls In Hoboken society and n favorite daughter of tho wealthy Dr. Sch'tuller. Sev eral weeks ngo she suddenly disappeared. Polled aid wns Invoked without success Her father was much troubled over the matter and died last week. In his will h left her $I0.00o. John Schlodler, her brother, has Just suc ceeded tu tracing her. Ho found she had gone with William Slebert. son of ex-Police Captuln Slebort of New York, who also has money. The two wero married nnd went to Omaha. There they quarreled nnd sep arated. The groom wont to Mussels Hill. Mont . and the brldo to Rushvlllo. Nob., whore she Is now. Mr. Schlndler todny re ceived a letter from Slebert detailing some of the facts. Schlndler says: "We are all wondering why my sister does not communicate with us. She surely must know by this time that father Is dead and that she Is his heiress. My brother-in-law wants sono of tho monoy nnd refuses to Interfero with hie wife's ac tions." POPULISTS PROD P0CKETB00K Wn nnd Menus Coiiimlltee Tries to licure tint llotv It Can grille Its Inilelileiliiess, LINCOLN, Jan. 24. (Special Tclegrnm.l The ways nnd means committee appointed by the populist state centrnl committee last week to check up the accounts of Chairman J. H. Edmlstcn and dcvlsp ways and means for paying tho committee's In debtedness, finished the first part of Its la bors tonight nfter a two deys' session. The members of this special committee, one from eacn congressional district, nre C. Q. DcFrance. W. D. Sell an 1. John O. Sprechcr, James Calkins, N. M. Graham nnd W. J. Taylor. A summary of Its findings shows thnt Chairman Edmlsten received from nil sources $1,021.17, which Includes $1.08C.2u paid him by Treasurer Mann In reimburse ment for money temporarily ndvanced tho committee by the chairman. His disburse ments wero f3,6T.i.ill, leaving n balance of $.148.53 on hand, nut to Chairman Edmls tcn u balance was due on his salary claim of $362.50 for tho campaign of 1M!, amount ing to $321.18, nnd n bill of $25 tor street our fnro paid out In l!0O, which left him owing the committee Just about $2.35. nnd this lKpald by check to Chairman Pcbnol CMKVi VanwnJ-anasfliimUltc -rtrtictcd to rail upon W. F. Porter for n dctnlled statement, ns required by law, of certain moneys rollectcd and disbursed by blm which sho.ild have passed through the hands of the treasurer. At Its next session the ways nnd rcenns committee will formulate a plan In liquidate thq party Indebtedness. Ono of the big claims Is In favor of Mrs. Helen M. Oougar and sho has placed It for collection In the hands of a local attorney. It Is for a largo number of Gougarlan pamphlet which tho committee supposed were a donation to tho committee. BELIEVES HE STOLE THE RIG Sheriff Mm UK Arresls n Yoimic .Mini on Coinpliilut of n Virginia l.lv ery innti. TECUMSEH. Neb., Jan. 24. (Special Telegram.) A man nbout 21 years old has been arrested by Sheriff C. R. Strong on a charge of theft. It seems thnt lie hired n team and buggy from thn llvoryman at Virginia, Gago county, yesterdny nnd drovo immediately to this city. Last night ho stabled his outfit In a livery barn hero nnd this morning, It Is charged, he got url nnd attempted to sell the rig. Not being ablo to dispose ot the whole outfit he sold ono of the horses to A. R. Cooper, who In turn sold It to n foreign horso buyer who was In tho city. About that time word came from tho liveryman at Virginia, asking that his horses and tho man bo held. Tho nllegcd thief had hired another rig nnd started on "cast on tho Hrownvlllo road nnd tbo olllcers arrested him near Graf. Ho wns brought bnck and landed In tho county Jail. He gave his name as Ell McRrlde. Tonight he wos taken back to Virginia to answer to tho chargo of horsestealing. Illll for Fraternal Orders, LINCOLN. Ian. 24. (Special Telegram.) Tho Insurance committees of the senato and house met tonight with representatives of fraternal orders to consider houso roll 90, by Lane. Thn bill was recommended for patsogo by the Nebraska fraternal con gress and, with tho exception of ono pro vision, has met with general npprovnl. The particular section discussed tonight pro vides that whonever any association In corporated under tho laws of Nebraska shall bo refused tho right to transact busi ness In any other stato the auditor shall exclude all similar organizations from that stato from doing business In Nebraska. Several Nobrnska companies have been de nied the right to enter the Illinois field and It Is claimed that the hill Is really an attempt to exclude societies nnd orders Incorporated In that stato from continuing their business In Nebraska. Tho Illinois societies havo a total membership of about 55. COO In Nebraska and the passago of tho act would practically prevent nil of them from accepting any now applications. Movements of (li-eiiu Vessels .Ian. Ul. At New York Arrived Latin, from Uro men nml Southampton; lloheiizollern. from (lotion, etc. Sailed L'Aqultalne, for Ilnvre; L'nrlsriiho, for Dromon. At Antwerp Arrived Nederland. from Philadelphia. Ai i.onuon ,rriveu .-iienominee. irom Now York. Sailed Minneapolis, for New York. At Havre Sailed, Jan. 19 La Gnscognc. for New York. At Southnmpton Sailed. Jnn. 23 Western land, from Antwerp, for New York. At Liverpool Sailed Nomudlc, for New York. At iJremen Arrived Trave, from New York. At Queonstpwn Arrived Wneslnnd. from Phlladelpbl i; Germanic, from Now York. Sailed Teutonic, for New York: Relgen land, for Philadelphia, both from Liverpool. At Naples Arrived Fuersl Dtsmurck, from Alexnndrlii. for Now York. At tho I.Izard Passed La liiainp.imie, from New York, for Havre. At Oenoa Arrived Knlserln Mnrln Theresa, from New York, via Nntiles. At Hamburg Arrived Cap 1-rlo, from New York. At Rotterdam Hallerl Staadendam, for Now York, via Iloulogne. BIG JIEIKLEJ01IN DAY Fullerton Man Rallies Uii Reienti for tha Supreme Effort. RUNS HIS TOTAL VOTE TO THIRTY-ONE Onlj Four Votes Behind Tbompion in Hii Grand Total. PECULIAR METHODS OF HIS CAMPAIGN All Borta of Promises Held Out to WtTerinj Followers. "DOUBLE CROSS" COMING TO SOMEBODY Utlilen.-o Thnt "Gentleman rieornr" Plii.i Inif llntli Units to the .Mid. ill I .timerou on the Mirfneo. -llnllots- nil ..17 Itll ritli tltli 7th Mth llri Herm Ilrouily Crouuse . , I urrle Ilnluer Iturlnit Iln s, J, . , . HnrrliiKton . Hllt'liriM-k .... Illntintv .... r.:i -it r.i .it nr. :t :t . . n u n i 1 N S 7 tl lit It Ul Ull III it II tl .-. I a u i i i . . . i i . . i i .1 vi in .. u i in ir. ii in ir, i t i u u us u:i uu ut :u i i i i i u :t :t 7 7 in i.t jn in in i i l i i :iu uu m nn . . . . mi no n i ti ii . 10 . .uu . . II . . I . . I , ,7 , . 17 , . I , .Ul , . I ICI ii I. ii i ... , . .Melklejohn .. Mnrliiu ...... Martin Murphy It li-hurilx llnsoMiitcr ... Niitlierliiml .. Thiiinpsnn, I). Thompson, Vnn IliiKen .. , :i . . ir. . . t n..:iu ii. .. . . i LINCOLN. Jnn. 21. (Special Telegram.) -Tho feature of today's senatorial ballot was the gain shown by Melklejohn, which sent his column up to 31, only four be hind thnt of Thompson, which rested nt 35. .Melklejohn made this showing only by exerting his utmost pressuro to bring In thoso on his reservn list and In his score nro to bo counted most of thoso known ns the bandwagon men, who want to be In w ith tho leaders at every stage of thn gnme. The gain of Melklejohn came from .Mc Carthy of Dlxon. who had been previously voting for John It. Hays, from Snndall ot York, who had voted for him nt tho start, and froi, hnson of Phelps, who has been voting for Psiovntcr. Except for tho trans fer of Jhnson, tho Rosewnter strength otood unchanged. Tho continued absence of Ilaldrlge leaves Mr. Rosownter i.hort ono voto thnt belongs to blm, whllo today's nb qco of Andrews nnd Marshall kept ono vote away from Thompson, Crounse, Hlu shaw nnd Currle. Tho attempt to hold a caucus tonight tinder the G7-4S single nomination call was a complete failure, tho attendance being so tight. that, tho jnielngWAS declari-d off,Jy. under the conditions named fn the call will have to bo abandoned. Another Courtia (.'nil. Another caucus cnll was put In circula tion tonight calling for nn attendance "of sixty-seven members with n voto of fifty to rule. The men behind tho movement aro opposed to tho slurjlo nominating sys tem of balloting nnd It Is expressly stipu lated In the call that nominations nro to bo rnado by viva voce voto, no nomination to bo effective uutll two persons shall havo received tho required number of votes. "Our call has already received several signatures," said a member tonight, "ljultn n number of tho men who havo Insisted on tho single ballot plan of voting havo ex pressed therasnlvcs ns favoring It as a last resort and wn hopo to obtain a suffi cient number of signers. It Is provided In tho cnll that only persons of unquestionable republicanism shall bo voted for In th caucus." Tho campaign being wnged by Melkle john and his managers is attracting at tention because of the resourceful combi nation of Influences on which they nro drawing. Melklejohn has n campaign fund of promises that seems to bo Incxhnustlblo ami ovoryono enlisted In his retlnun of camp followers Is confident ho Is going to shlno In tho government service, cither with military epaulets. diplomatic honors or civil appointments attached to fat fed eral salaries. Ono ot his doorkeepers, who served In n lato volunteer regiment ns n enptnin, has not finally decided whether to tnko command of tho forces In tho Philip pines or of the Investing army In Cuba. Melklejohn Is unquestionably enjoying tho active support of almost tho vyholo federal brigade of postmasters, land office officials, Indian reservation agents and so forth nn tho nssurnnco that they aro to bo protected and rctnlned In thtlr plnces. Nearly every republican paper In northwestern Nebraska, for oxamplo, that profits by land olllco ad vertising patroaagn has been lined up to pump out Inudatory effulgences tor Melklo John In every weekly Issue. Profuse I'se of Promises, At the same time, tho very positions now occupied by this federal brigade are being parcelled out by Melklejohn with equally lavish promises to men on tho outside, without refcrenco to tho results. Senator Vanllosklrk Is voting for Mr. Molklojohn with tho Idea that by so doing he will suc ceed In getting rid of F. M. Dorrlngton from tho laud olllco In his district, whllo at tho very moment Dorrlngton hltmclf Is bending cvory effort In Melklejohn's be hnlf with tho distinct promise that he will stay. A similar case Is found In Nemaha rounty. whoso two members, Senator Rerlet and Representative Armstrong, arc recording their ballots each day for Melklejohn. Roth of thoso men wero elected over tho III dlegulsed opposition ot Tom Majors and tholr principal object Is to prevent Majors from having any voice whatever In tho dis tribution of federal patronago in that sec tion. Rut Majors Is also hero on tbo ground doing all ho ran for Mclkltjohn and telling his Grand Army associates that If they will only mnko Melklejohn, Majors and his friends at homo nre suro to bo taken caro of. SiiIIIiik I'ndi-r False Colors, Another favorlto ruse of Molklcjohn's workers Is to Inform the members confi dentially that ho Is tho preferred cholcn ot President McK)nley. In splto ot re peated statements by tho president nnd Senator Hanna that they are not taking part In tho Nebraska contest Mr. Melkle john has steadily posed as the administra tion candidate and had his pictures Inserted In thn newspapers so labeled. Ills literary bureau, which Is conducted systematically on a large scale, constantly frames Its eulo gies for Insortlon in country papers with a vlow to reinforcing this Impression and (Coutlnucd on Third Pagn.) tu be present at tbo ceremony. 1