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The: Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED (XMA1IA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBItUAItY 12, 1001 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. A A 1 WILL FIGHT IT OUT British Oorerament Hu No Intention of Changing Iti Warfare Polioy. IMS GERMAN FAT They CLAMOROUS liilt nnUTctnlllntorr Attain! the I n lint Mate. Til r Iff CHAMBERLAIN MAKES THE DECLARATION Ineorporatii It in a Letter to Sir Alfred Milnir, at Capetown. APPROVES THE REPLY TO AFRIKANDERS Informi Sir Alfred that He Enid the Right Thing in Right Place. CLAIMS THE EMPIRE'S FULL SUPPORT Declare Hint the Plan of llc.triictlnii JSnir In Operation linn ni-cii Over whelmingly Approved lr the Khiltdom nl I.nritr. CAPETOWN, Feb. 11. Joseph Chamber lain, secretary of stato (or tin colonies, ban addressed a communication to Sir Al fred Mllncr approving ttio remarks wade by Sir Alfred In his reply to tho Afrikander deputation sent to him by tho Afrikander congress at Worcester with a resolution addressed to Queen Victoria. "Tho governor hns no Intention," says the, colonial secretary, "of changing tho policy which It has repeatedly declared and which has been approved overwhelmingly by the empire." Tho military authorities hero have been authorized by Mr. Chamberlain to destroy great quantities of hay lying near the. docks, which hns become Infested with rats. Tho mayor of tho peninsula, at a meet ing called to devise Joint prevention schemes, adopted a resolution calling mi the government to provide camps for tho KAfllrs, so as to prevent overcrowding In the towns and tho consequent danger, (liven Wnrnlnir of the I'liiKiie. Tho government has decided to give no- tire to foreign nations of tho fact that Capetown Is Infected with tho Bubonic plague. There Is no longer any doubt as to tho naturo of tbo disease, Another na tive has died of the disorder, threo ad ditional cases aro announced and fifty per- tons who havo been In contnet with plngno victims have bcou Isolated. A temporary military hospital Is bulng erected. NEEDS THE REINFORCEMENTS Development Show that Kitchener Will llnvr .None Too Mnny .Men. NEW YOUK, Feb. 11. A dispatch to tho Trlbunti from London says: Tho dispatch which was Issued yesterday by the War office goes a long way to prove that the big reinforcement of 30,000 mounted men now under orders for tho Cape In really essential to. the fulfillment of Kitchener's task. An (Bgagrment jn which the attacking force. numbers 2,000 Doers and which results In a( least twenty-four men being killed cannot be considered a mere guerrilla action. No body nowaday affects to believe that the South African war Is virtually over, and It Is quite evident a general surrender of tho Hoer forces Is not likely to lake place for Homo time to come. Wbllo Louis llotlia failed In his attack on Smlth-Dorrlcn's camp, ho appears to hnvc Inflicted sufficient loss on the Drltlsh forces to prevent tho repulse being turned Into n serious defeat. The Iloers everywhere seem to bo display ing Increased audacity and peaco proposals aro not likely to meet with a cordial recep tion as long as the present bitter feeling between the Iloers and Ilrltons In South Africa lasts. In view of this unsatisfactory state, of affairs the pronouncement on the subject by tho king's speech to Parliament Is awaited by the country with the greatest Interest. Meantime nothing would delight English men so much as to hear thnt Dewet's per sistent attempts to gain n footing In Cape Colony bad resulted In his capture. Already Irresponsible people are beginning to advise tbe military authorities what they should do with htm, and ono Influential newspaper suggests, in tho event of his being caught alive, that ho should be tried for murder. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) II r; It UN, Feb. 11. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The farmers convention here today adopted a resolu tion declaring thnt the government grant such protection to agriculture as will en nblo It to fix prices Independent of tho Ilourse, plnctng the duties high enough to mnkc It possible for tillers of the soil to reap ns large profits for their products ns they did from 18T0 to 1800. "Above all," says the resolution, "Oer many must not grant tho same tariffs to countries which discriminate In their tar iffs an do tho United States," Twenty-six socialist Indignation meetings will bo held next Wednesday In Berlin and Its vicinity, together with scores In other parts of (lermany, to denounce any In crease In agricultural protective duties. Tho farmers convention Is attended by K.OOO delegates, who represent a member ship of 232,000, on increase of 20,000 over last year. Of the. members 202.000 aro small farmers, MRS. MAYBRICK'S VAIN HOPE Home dri'rplsrj' Sn There Truth In lleport of I'nrilon. In ." (Copyright. 1P01, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Feb. ll.-(Ncw York World Cu blegram Special Telegram.) "There Is no foundation whatever for the report of a pardon of Mr. Mnybrlck." That was tho emphatic stntcmcnl of Homo Secretary Kllchle today to tho World correspondent who asked him regarding a story printed lit New York that King Edward's first act of clemency had been, or soon woufd be, to sot Mrn. Mnybrlck free In order to please tho American. Pardons for prisoners nru Issued by or through the Home department. FORMER KING PASSES AWAY llcportn Heeelvnl from Vlcntin of tin Decenie of Milan of Servlu, VIENNA, Feb. 11. Former King Milan of Servla Is dead. Tho Illness begun with lulluenza, Milan left his bed too quickly and tho result was pneumonia. The doctors also found fatty degeneration of the heart, which was tho actual cause of denth, ns tho danger arls ing from the lung trouble had been over come. Fearing n fatal Issue, tho doctors caused messages to bo sent to King Alex ander and Former Queen Natalie, but, nl though Milan desired to sec them, and him tclf sent messages requesting their presence neither camo. Natalie's reply, which wns to the effect that she would comfr If her prcs ehce wiib really desired, reached him Just before death. Emperor Francis Joseph sont and aldu-do-ramp to tho death bed, pro posed a military funeral, ns Milan wns formerly the rolonel of on Austrian regl mcnt. It wns Milan's written wish that ho should bo hurled at Syrma. He said ho had boen greatly disappointed at tho abaonce of his son, whoso Ingratitude has provoked much comment In Vienna. According to the .euo Frelo Press, ho said, to his phy- Iclnn: I feel that I must 'die, hut It Is very sad to be compelled to dlo nt 47." The remains will bo Interred at Kronchol, sacred monastic shrine In Simla, Slavonic, with tho honor duo a member of tho reign Ing dynnsty. KRUGER IS STILL HOPEFUL Ksrnirr South ilfrlciiu Secretary Nny resilient lln .ot tSlveu I'p, NEW YOUK, Feb. 11. J. J. Vandenburg, secretary of the post department of tho South African tcpubllc, arrived here today Two months ago ho succeeded In eluding tho Kngllsh and reaching Holland. "I havo lost everything," ho said, "and have como to this freo country to start llfn anew, but tho war In the Transvaal Is not yet over, nor will It bo for a long time to como." Mr. Vandcnburg says that two members of the executive government are still with llewet' in tho field, acting for President Krugor and that tho government of tho South African republic stll exists as fact. "I saw President Kruger before I left Holland and ha Is still hopeful." FAMINE EXISTS IN RUSSIA MARTIAL LAW AT VALENCIA Munition rtpiiulnli Authorities I rnr Trniihlou Thorn Are Ahenil. MADItlD, Feb. 11. Martial law has been eclared In Valencia. Count Cascrta, fnthcr of Prince Charles of Ilourbon, spent tho afternoon yesterday In the grounds of the palace. The couutcss lso did not leave the palace precincts. In an Interview today Senor Sagasta, tho liberal lender, said he disapproved of the noisy demonstrations, but recognized that they wero the outcome of tho existing con dition, which was aggravated by the Ubao nftalr. He thought tho presence of Count .'nsertan in Madrid was unnecessary and that ho ought not to have como to tho mar riage, as ho might havo foreseen his pres ence would create trouble Senor Sagasta severely condemned the brutality of tho police, declaring that no law authorized tho government to order tbe police to club tho crowds, even though they raise subverslvo cries. The offenders ought to bo arrested, ho said. "Tho government," added Senor Sagasta, "hopes the agitation will eeaso on the day of the wedding, but "I doubt It. carnival Is often tho occasion for dis orders. I nm astonished that many peoplo do not attach Importance to these events. It Is Impossible to forcseo what thu future has In store. Wo know how events begin, but wo nover know how they will end." Tbe Imparclal says that a lieutenant and two senators were among the persons ar rested yesterday. The lieutenant was Im mediately relcnsed, nmld cheers for the army. Xlnlster of Interior AppenU to vnte Charity for Alii of Government, Frl- BT. PETERSBURG, Feb. 11. The minis try of tho Interior at last officially admits that widespread distress exists In large sections of tho country owing to the failure of the, crops. The government already hns sent 1,500,000 roubles for the relief of the sufferers and considers that H, 500, 000 will be necessary to moet tho requirements, of which about 5,000,000 will be contributed by the government, Tho minister of the In terlnr appeals to private charity In aid o the government. FOR AN AMERICAN ALLIANCE Itnlnu Pre Advoenten .Mine to Scenre Fcuec In the Orient. ST. PETKIlSnUIlO, Feb. 11. Tho Houri Gazette, In advocating an alliance between France, Russia, America and Japan, to off let the Anglo-German alliance, which a pop tlon of the press persists In bollavlng real ays tho othor three powers should adopt United State leadership and secure peace without delay, regardless of tho Anglo (iermans, HulKiirlHii Klcctluu 0.ulet. SOFIA, Bulgaria. Feb. 11. Tbe elections to the Sobranje (national assembly) hav passed off quietly, except In Phlllpopolls where thero was sotuo rioting In which tw persons were killed and several others were Injured. RESULTS IN MUCH BLOODSHED Outcome of Bt, Louie Political Etrife it a Cattle in the Streeti. THREE MEN SUFFER SEVERE WOUNDS Are due Hundred nnd Fifty Shot I'lred nud Diirlnn the Incite ment it Ilnllot llox Is Moleu. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11. More than 150 shots were fired, a sergeant or police anu two negroes were wounded nnd a ballot box wns stolen in the course of a riot nbout tho Second district polling place of the Fourth ward, at Twelfth nnd I.lnden streets, early this evening. It wns only after a riot cnll had brought Captain Klcly with forty pollro nnd riot guns to the ceno thnt n semblance of order wns restored. Even then tho streets wero filled with negroes and-soma whlto mon, all of whom wero armed, many of them In toxicated Hnd looking for trouble. Not a ballot was cast thero during tho day. The wounded were: Sergeant (Julnllvan of tho Fourth dis trict, shot In tho right leg. George Monroe, shot In tho right arm. Fred Jones, shot In tho Irft leg. Tho trouble had been brewing nil tho afternoon. When It camo tlrao to open up tho polls tho Tinker Judges hnd not yet ar rived. Later tho Tinker men disagreed with tho Wells mm as to the advisability of opening tho back door of tho polling plnce. Ono claimed thnt the other had a host of heelers In waiting and If tho back door wore open theso men would prest In to causo confusion nnd prevent their opponents from voting. Tho Noonnn crowd claimed that both tho other factions wero Jockeying to prevont any voting whatever, because, they said, tho ward wns overwhelmingly for Noonan. The Judges being unablo to agree, no voting was done. That was tho sltuutlon up to the tlmo of tho riot- l'lrnt Mint I'lreil. The first shot wns fired on Twelfth street, Just south of Linden. Humor has It that the first man to draw n revolver was a negro, named Arthur Gardiner. As soon ns tho shot rang out tho street about the polling plnco becamo tho scene of n fusllndc. Every man drew ono or two revolvers. Judgo John J. Kynn ran out from his desk to the street and shot squarely nt n negro ndvanclng upon tho booth, gun in hnnd. Thero was no tlmo to make, arrests, but tho police, under Sergeant Qulnllvnn, rushed upon the bolder rlntnrn. Attpnmtlnf? to fllHnrm them. It wbb while ho was arresting Oeorgo Monroe who had resisted tho attempt to disarm htm, that Qulnllvnn wns shot. Dctectlvo McOrath ran to his nsslstnucc, disarmed tho negro and In tho midst of a scattering flro wrapped n handkerchief about tho ser geant's wounded leg to stop tho flow of blood from n severed artery. Ten policemen wero on tho spot within a few moments and succeeded In quelling tho riot and dispersing tho 200 negroes who had llgurcd most prominently in tho uffrny. After order hnd been restored It was found that tho ballot box had b;cc stolca. Every Judge niid clerk hnd been at tho win dows or front door, holding tho fort. Somo ono had slipped In the back way nnd taken tho box from behind thorn. Tho upshot wns that no votos wero polled today In the Second dlstrlrt of tho Fourth wnrd. REPEATERS FOR PRIMARIES St. Loul Police Arrest Twenty-Five Suspected Men from , CIiIciiko. ENVOYS WILL CONFER ALONE delude Chinese Plcuipotctitlarlc from Tiicdnj' Conference nnd .NcMTtitliite 1 Letter. BERLIN, Feb. 11. "Tomorrow will be held another meeting of the foreign en voys, snys a special uispoicn irom roKin, '"but without tho Chinese plenipotentiaries, who constantly Interrupt and reader any action almost Impossible, Hereafter tho foreign envoys Intend to communicate only In writing nnd deslguato their decisions as irrevocable. M, Plckon, French minister with Gen ernl Mlron. went to Pao Ting Fu for a short stay TALKS MILES WITHOUT WIRES Sinn on Shore IHcliiuiKd Mcnue ultlt Ship Twelve Miles Out lit Sen. LONDON, Feb. 11 Lloyd's agent nt Ilrowhend exchanged wireless messages Saturday with tho White Star freighter Georgia, Cnptntu Thompson, which left Liverpool for New York tho previous day, when sho wns twelve miles out nt sen. Calls from tho shoro to tho ship nnd from the ship to tho shore wero niado ns quickly and as easily as by telephone. Other experiments aro being conducted over longer distances. Ilnil Wen th or on Atlantic. QUEF.NSTOWN. Feb. 11. incoming stenmers report having enrountered ter rltlo weather on the Atlantic nnd adverse gales. Tbe Wilson line steamer Toronto which left New York January 26 for Hull has put In here, short of coal, water nnd food. The Red Star line steamer Rhyn land, from Philadelphia, January 2tl, for Liverpool, han not yet been signaled and Its delay Is attributed to the boliterous weather prevailing. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 11. The Post-Dispatch todny says: Twenty-five men who say they nro from Chicago wero arrested to day nnd lodged In tho holdover. The police e'Jtect they wer." 1 might t St. Louis to bo used ns repeaters In the democratic pri mary election. Information reached tho police Sunday night through David Perry, a Chicago saloon keepor, thnt a large party of men had loft that city for St. Louis, with tho expressed Intention of taking part In the primaries here. According to the terms of their agree mcnt, so the poltco were Informed, the men wero paid $100 each before the train loft Chicago, and were to rocolvo $200 moro nt tho conclusion of their day's "work." Upon tho opening of tho primaries, It Is said, they wero to bo supplied with guns nnd ammunition. Their Instructions, tho pollen declare, wero to vote at the prl mnrlcs ns often ns told to do so, nnd to use force with anybody who Interfered with them whethor police, election ofllcials or party workers. Tho plan, so the police were Informed, wns to uso them In tho Twenty-slxtn, Twenty-first, Twentieth and other west end wards during the afternoon, nnd In tho down town wnrds In tho evening. Cnndldntcn are 5iiHpecteil Turtle. The police nay tho arrangements for bringing tho mm to St. Iouls wero mado by two candldatos for nomination to tho houso of delegates. Acting upon the advice from Chicago, the entire detectlvo forco of tho police depart ment was sent out to locato tho men Mon day morning, resulting In the arrest of twenty-flvo of tho supposed gang. Detectives nrrcstcd men giving their names ns Jim Mooro and James Kelley, al leged members of the Chicago party on Hrcadway, Kelley bolng recognized by ono of tho officers as a formor St. LouIb chnr-acter. A number of others wero arrested up to noon today nt various saloons and hotels. Among tho number, who aro being held In tho holdover without nny technical chargn placed against them, nro the following: E. Long. T. Kelly, M. Calllhnn, O. Heeser, M. Fitzgerald, A. McGregor, A. Gibbon, J. Dryden, Harry C. Ford, Dan Sullivan, John 1). Hums, John F, Qunde, Frank Whoelon, Oeorgo Stlellmnn, George Itlley, Howard Ci'rtls, Charles D. Crowley, William Swenny. Louis Cannon, Frank Storm, John Williams. Harry "Ford's" real nanin Is sold to be Uurns. John 1). Hums nnd Williams wero thu only members of tho party who wero armed. Tho photogrnphs of some of tho men are said to adorn the collection at tho National Identification bureau. CONSIDER VOLUNTEERS FIRST nrtlccrn Who .Served In flpnnlsh War Come ,ext, Then the Country nt Lnrnc. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (Special Tele gram.) -President McKlnlcy, In conversa tion with Senitor Kylo regarding tho army appointments nnd tho course tho admin istration would pursue relative to tho same, said tho volunteers now In servlco would first bb considered, then the officers who had served In tho Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war. Should thero bo places left after exhausting these two classes the country at largo will be called upon to complcto tho reorganiza tion of the army under tho new bill. The president also Intimated to Senator Kylo that places under tho bill would not be divided up pro rata among the Btates, as hnd previously been tho policy of the govern ment, but tho states would get whatevor they wero entitled to becauso of tho fit ness of tho men for the places nominated. Tho unseemly scramblo for soft snaps, which characterized the formation of tho Spanish-American nrmy. Is to bo rigidly prevented and scandnls growing out of tho war with Spnln to be wholly avoided If such a thing bn possible. I'mlmiKitcr nt Sloti I'nlln. Congressmen Gamblo nnd Ibirkn of South Dakota also saw President McKlnley today and arrangod to call again tomorrow, when they will submit recommendations ror nrmy appointments. iney win irko up severnl other matters with the chief ex ecutive. Including tho appointment of a postmnster nt Sioux Falls, Senator Pcttt- grew's homo town. Clnlmn for t.'hhiene Indeuinltr. Congressman Stark filed a memorial nnd declaration with tho secretary of state, making claims to tho amount of $100,000 for tho murder of Charlos Wesley Price, bin wife nnd daughter, In tho recent Hoxcr uprising In Shansl province North China. Mr. Price was n missionary of the Con gregational church nnd was appointed by tho Amcrlran Hoard of Missionaries In 1RR0. According to tho memorial ho had placed himself, with his family, under tho raro and protection of the acting governor In Fcncho Fu and while under tho caro of this viceroy they wero murdered. Tho claimants In n largo measure, are residents of 1'hllllps, Hamilton county. Nob., Alonzo W. Prlco of Phillips belDg affiant In tho caso filed today. In addition to A. W. Prlco ho represents Francis M. Price of Guam, U. S. A., John T. Price and Sarah J. Prlco of Phillips. Neb., nnd Mrs. EllznboMt Wheeler of Brazil, Ind. Tho affiant states that ho Is n brother of tho deceased and that ho had n valuable Interest In the life of C. W. Prlco and also In the lives of his wife and daughter, and that tho other claimants above mentioned bear tho rota tion of brother or sister to tho deccasod minister. This 1b tho beginning of claims for Indemnity Browing out of the Chlncso war, which Is expected to reach Into mil lions. Chief or Police if Hollo. Captain Paul I). McClelland, lato of f.ho First South Dakota regiment, Is nn nppll ennt for tho place of chief of police of Hollo. Representative Gumble was at the Wnr department today nnd recommended tho nppolntmout of Captain McClelland. Mr. Gamblo also recommended that Lieu tenant Russoll C. Hftnr b4 transferred from tho Infantry to tho cavalry arm of tho service. Lieutenant Russell Is from Purker, 3. I). Ho Is In the Tenth regular Infantry. Tho transfer will probably bo made. Xevlllc .Mch Improved. Congressman Neville Is considerably Im proved anil Is now contemplating a trip south, either to ThomaAvllle or Tlfton, fla,, his lungs being In such a condition that tho balmlness of tho southern cllmato Is essential. W. H, Millard of Omaha, who has been In Washington for a day or two, left for the west today. Mrs. Thurston announces tnnt she will recelvo for the first time this season on Thursday from 3 until fi and will bo as sisted by her sister. Miss Fay Pnrman. Mr. Baxter of tho Kllpatrlck Dry Goods company, Omaha, and wlfo, aro In the city, enrouto to New York. J. W. Hoggs, formorly of Illalr, Neb., now of Oklahoma, Is in the city on matters con nected with tho department of Justice, Stntloncd nt Kurt Crook. The second battalion of tho Tenth In fantry, now In Cuba, has been designated under genornl orders from tho War depart ment ns depot battalion, with- stations ns follows: Colonel's staff, band nnd com pany E nt Fort Crook; II at Fort Niobrara: F at Fort Robinson, and G at Fort Macken zie. Tho companies at thes posts of tho third battalion are ordered to San Fran cisco, preparatory to Phlllppluo servlco. Attorney General Griggs transmitted to congress tho report of the commissioners of tho court of claims for services rendered by theso letter carriers In oxcess of eight hours' pay under tho net of May 21, 18SS, and who nro barred by tho statuto of llm Itatlons: Burlington, fourteen carriers, total, $1,- 458.64; Clinton, -threo carriers, $284.41; Council niuffs, Thlllp Botz. $420.88; F. M. Mlthln, $234.29; Dubuque, four carriers, $310.55; Muscatine, ono carrier, $170.34; Omaha. William T, Frau, $193.44; Sioux Falls, S. I)., four carriers, $928.13. I'liKtiiinstern Appointed, Theso Nebraska postmasters have been nppolnted: W. A. Ilradon, Ahdal, NuckollH county vlco B. H. Klzar, resigned; W. M Smith, Cliff, Custer county, vice A. Thos tenson, resigned; B. T. Placek. Dwlght, nut ler county, vlco N. Howe, resigned; J. E Hummond. Eddy. Huyes county, vlco E. Loomls, resigned; Jacob H. Lnhm, Guem sey, Dawson county, vice B. F. lickerlll, resigned; J. A. Klein, Spur, Butlor county, vlco J. O. Green, resigned. South Dakota postmasters: J. V. Drlpps Gann Vnlloy, Buffalo county; C. B. Par sons, Kylo. Shannon county; I. C. Trnsts, Lakcton. Brookings county; Crlsten Rns- muBsen, Spink, Union county. Congressmen Gamble and Burke MAY TACKLE EUROPE NEXT Un. Nation Announce! Her Orniade to International. NOW HAS THE LORD FOR HER MANAGER I'ormer Financial A (rent Jievem llml nenK Connection nt MiiKcntlne nud Iteturn tn Knnnna vtltli Knur nt Her Coiupniiloim, MUSCATINE, In., Feb. ll.-Mrs. Nation arrived hero nt noon today nnd wns met ut tho train by 4,000 people. A sqund of police were on hand, us she had requested, to escort her to the hotel. Tho crowd, how ever, wns peaceablo and quiet and evidently turned out thro I git curiosity, for less than f) people nttended her meeting nt tho Ornnd opera houso tonight. After the meet ing closed nnd the receipts of the evening wero counted the financial manager of Mrs. Nntlon dissolved partnership with her. and he with four of tho six women who accom pany her returned tonight to Kansas. IIo said: "My management of Mrs. Nntlon ends here. I return to Topi'Wa tonight, and four of tho six women go with me. The women will return to their homo and Mrs, Nn tlon, I understand, will proceed to Chi cago." Mrs. Nation soys: "I am In the bauds of the Lord nnd will lenvo for Chicago tomorrow. I wf!l not smnsh nny snlootis hero tomorrow, al though 1 will call on four or more iiIu.com In tho morning. I will do tio nmnalilng In Iowa or nny otner state until all the hell holes In my own stnte nro wiped out of ex istence. Then I will organize, a band of women who will smnsh ull of tho onlnous lti tho world, America first, Europo noxt." TWO MORE RAIDS IN H0LT0N CltUeiiM Make One nnd SherlfpM the Other Ilnr Fixture Ilurned. I'osse HOLTON, Kan., Feb. 11. Tho crusado against tho Jolntlsts which wns commenced hero Saturday wob vigorously continued today. At a mass meeting hold In the Methodist church a committee was np polnted to Investigate the report that the place owned by Mrs. Hicks, which was raided Saturday, was open again. Tho commtttco discovered that tho report was truo and ns a result the temperance, work era again raided the place nnd compelled Mrs. Hicks and her Bon to sign a contract drawn in legal form to the effect thnt they would never again sell liquor during their natural lives and that tho Bon agrees to cave Holton and remain away for a period of ten years. Later In tho day another mass meeting was held to consldor n proposition to do stroy all of tho liquor thnt had been seized y tho sheriff and stored In tho court house A motion that this be dono was defeated, but aftor tho meeting most of those in at tendance went to the court houso nnd de minded the liquor. The deputy In chargo mado a lame effort, to protect, the property. but without avail. Tho reformers emptied tho liquor Into the gutter nnd taking tho bar fixtures outside, burned thorn in the street, making the work of destruction complcto. Tonignt tne snerirr, accompanied by 'n posse, raided a Joint owned by Mrs. Halst, taking possession of all liquors found thero and closing tho plnco up, NEW MOVE IN CANAL MATTER Amendment to Appropriation Providing: for I'urc'liiise of I, ii ml. Illll WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. Senntor Morgan today gave notice of nn amendment to thu sundry civil, or tho river and harbor bill, authorizing tho acquirement of sufficient territory from Costa Rica and Nicaragua for the construction of the Nicaragua canal. Dentil for Kidnaper. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 11. -The. senate passed a bill today fixing tho pun ishment of tbosn found guilty of kidnaping fur ransom at death or not less than tvn yturs In tho penitentiary. havo recommended tho establishment of rural free delivery at Flandreau, Parker, Yank ton nnd Hudson, S. D. Albert O. Greenlee! of Lincoln, Neb,, Ed win C. Wobor and Joseph J. Watson of Fort Madison, la., wero admitted to practice be fcro tho Interior department. ew Hunk lleserve Aleuts. Reserve ngonts approved: First National of Chicago for First National of Beatrice, Neb.; Des MolncB National of Des Moines for First Natlonol of Coon Rapids, la Western National of Now York and Com mercial National of Chicago for First Isa tlonal of Creston, la,; and Merchants Na tlonal of Chicago for First Natlonol of Dike. Ia. The gross receipts of the Omaha post office for Janunry wero $30,212, compared with $31,314 for tho samo period last year, an Increase of $1,89S Tho amount of the Des Moines receipts wero $31,823 and $26,692 respectively, an Increaso of $5,133. Thomas P. Stelalr of Sprlngvlew, Neb, wns appointed blacksmith at the La Potato Indian school, Wis. Frank F. Bailey of Pierre, H. D., wns ap pointed fireman In the Treasury depart ment, HER NOSE HOLDS CARRIE BACK "Mother" ntlon Wniits to Tnlk to the lloj-n, hut Air In Ninokhift Cnr la Too Arnmntlc. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska! Fair; Warmer. Temperature In O ran tin yesterdnyi Hour. r. n. l n. H n. II n. til n. I n. 2 m, , . . i . m . . m, . . . . . m m in ..... m m. . . . . . "en. IN 111 Hour. lit 1 1 10 II) 1 1 m m ..... . ni ..... . ni nt tn . in . . in . IJc. IT. Ill 1N 110 ttl Ull 17 III It A. J. VAN KURAN SUSPENDED Former Clerk of t'nlon Pnclflo nt O m n tin. 1'iulerKora In vent Inn tlon In Snlt l.nke City. SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. ll.-(8pcclnl Tel- egram.i-Arthur J. Van Kurnn, formerly local treasurer of tho Oregon Short Line, Iiiih been suspended pending a thorough Investigation Into his accounts, Auditor 11111 nnd Traveling Auditor Crnlg say that tho books during the Inst six months show a. discrepancy of nbout 9,int. Van Kuran conies from n family of well known rnllrond men holding positions In tho T'nlon Pnclllo nnd other roads. He was formerly chief clerk In tho olllce of the local troasurer' of Iho I'tilnti Pnclflo nt Onmha. When tho Oregon Short Line wns divorced from tho t'nlon Pacific In 1W he was appointed to his present posltloon In preferenco to a number of strong men who were endorsed for the position. Short Linn officials lire Inclined to be reticent nbout tho total amount of tho alleged defalcation. Friday tho first discrepancy wns found by Traveling Auditor Crnlg lu tho course of his tegular examination. When ho was asked by the ofllclnls of the rond to throw somo light upon the matter Vnn Kurnn snld that there was nothing to explain, and If there were any discrepancies they wojld bo found to be jlmply unimportant errors. Van Kuran wns susncuded and placed under Htirvfllaiico nnd the Investigation wns con tlnued. IIo mnde the following statemen). tonight: "It Is true that I have been suspended up nt tho Short Lino for the time being, but tlmo will only show that I will bo vln dlcntcd. Thero Is absolutely no truth In the statement that 1 am short In my accounts, anil I can only say that this story must have been circulated by my enemies." Auditor 11111s said: "We have nlrendy gone carefully over Mr. Van Kurnn's book', ns far back ns tho past six months, nnd there certainly Is u discrepancy In every mouth. The National Surety company Is on Van Kurau's lond for $50,000. No nr rangemont has been mado ponding tho nr rival tomorrow of the company's ugent. GRINNELL. In., Fob. 11. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs. Carrie Nntlon stopped off hero for a few minutes on her way east. Tho crowd which greeted her wan enthusiastic. There wero a few students on the platform and these "Mother" Nation greeted warmly. Ono student wns grasped by tho hand. "I'm Cnrrlo Nation, God bless you, I lovo all students," wns tho greeting of the re former. Provlous to tho train's pulling Into tho station, Mrs. Nation approached tho door of thu smoking car. After peering In through tho smoky air, sho shouted; "Boys, I'd como In and give you a talk, but I can't stand tho mnell." MOB DOES ITS WORK QUIETLY Pin n MtiKRcNtlvc Wnrnlinr on the Body of It Victim nud IHnperoes. PARIS. Ky Feb. 11. George Carter, negro, who was in Jail here charged with having assaulted Mrs. W. E. Board about three weeks ago, was lynched by a mob early today. Shortly after 2 o'clock about thirty determined men appeared at tho Jail door nnd demanded admittance of Jailer Kiner. He refused and tho door was burst open. Tho Jailer wns overpowered In an Instant, the keys secured nnd In less than flvo minutes Carter was In tho hands of tho mob. Ho refused to make any statement. It was only tho work of a mlnuto to placo a ropo around his neck nnd ho was then dragged to the entrance of tho court house The ropo was then thrown over tho Iron arch leading to tbo entrance and while several pulled on the ropo others lifted his body. IIo died by strangulation. Tho mob then quietly dispersed. During the wholo affair thero was not loud word spoken. Scarcely nny ono In tho town, outside of tho participants, knew thnt tho lynching was to occur. The elec tric lights had previously been extinguished nnd tho town was in total darkness. Be fore tho men dispersed thoy pinned a card on tho body of the negro, bearing this In scription; "This will be tbo fate of nil negroes who nssnult whlto women." Women Wreck Iimvu Snlauim, ESTHERVILLE, la.. Feb. 11. Twcnty- flvo women entered tho saloons horo Sat urday ovcnlng and demolished casks, do cautors, Jara nnd bottles. Tho contentn mado the gutters swim and tho Interiors of tho wrecked places presented n sccno of desolation. TO FIX THE MANILA HARBOR Government Will Ank lllda on Dreilir- Inir nnd Intension of the Ilreakn'nter. MANILA, Feb. 11. Bids will bo advertised for In a fow days for hnrbor Improvements at Manila, for which $1,000,000 of Insular funds havo been appropriated. Tho im provements will consist chiefly In an ex tension of tho breakwater, which the Span- lards had nearly completed, and dredging. Inside, to n depth of thirty feet. Major Cralghlll Is In charge of the work planned. Ultlmatoly the government wharves will ellmlnato the use of cascoes between the shore nnd tho distant anrhornges of ships. The American forces hnvc captured since September eighteen cannon, 1,800 rifles, thousands of bolos and 00,000 cartridges. Besides this, 700 rifles have been surrendered. Tho orders of Insurgent officers will no longer bo considered to mitigate crime. HE ROBS MOB OF ITS VICTIM Colorado Prisoner Ilnuu" Himself In Jnll tn i;cnpe Violence of Crowd Outalde, CRESTED BUTTE, Colo., Feb. 11. While a mob was besieging the Jail hero today anil threatening to lynch George Brule, ho committed sulcldo by hanging himself to n window bar In his coll with nn electric light wiro Burlc was arrested on a charge of having criminally nssaulted Kate Mufich, 12 yoars of ago. Ho declared that ho was Innocent. SMELTING COMPANY QUARREL Three lllrectora and the Counsel Mt ItralKii llecanae of n DU- pute. CALL FOR A CAUCUS Bixtj-Seren Bepnblicani Agree to Uiet in Senatorial Conference, AGREEMENT REACHED DURING AFTERNOON More tban Enengh Name Signed to the Call for the Senion. SIMULTANEOUS NOMINATION THE PLAN Viya Vtce Vote and Fifty to Beleot Both Men on One Ballot. SIGNATURES COME ALL IN A BUNCH Friend nf All Candidate Come Around to the OrlRlnal Donarla Comity Proposition vtlth a Iluh When They .Htart, IH. n 17. nt 7 lllen llerare Croiinac Coffee ,. Cummin '"rrle 1B miner jj iinrlnn i HnrrhiKlnii Iltchcnck ...... in lllnhnvr r uiikalil r. .Ilelklejuhn .... 2(1 .Morlnii Martin orrcna Ballot lei. lit. 4 1 iiN III I UD I II t r. i i:t t n ii n . i it; it t 2ti 20. 21. 40 10 a I no 12 a 27 II o lloaennter Kiithcrlmiit Thnniimun, II. K. Thnmpon, W. II, nn Ilimn Ifl 17 .'I I n 1 nt 20 I III I .'II 1 1 111 1 :i4 2S 1 14 1 :n :i l t ii i 4 IS r. i i tn in a 2.f 1 It 1 ir. i a i 2ft i Telegram.) .senator In no develop- NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The Evening Post says It was credibly reported today that Henry u. Rogers has prepared his resigna tion as a director of tho American Smelt Ing and Refining company. Mr. Rogers could not bo seen nor could tho report bo corflrmcd nt the company's office. It was olso said on good authority that two other directors and John Simpson, tho company's counsel, wore about to resign, Tho causo of tho rupturo In the smelting company's directorate Is said to bo a dls puto ub to tho selling agency of the products of M. Glggenholm's Sons, now to bo taken over by tho American Smelting aud Re fining company. Tho Union Metal Selling company Is ngent for all tho American company's products. The company, It la Bald, desires to handle In futuro tho prod ucts of Guggenheim's Sons as well. That firm, since tho sale of Its plant, desires to continue as a selling agency for tho prod ucts of that plant. SOLDIERS' ILLS PROVE FATAL Mncrthitr lleport Itecrut Death In Cninp of Philippine Cnm-pnlKiier. FOR AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE Owner of Chlcnico Office HnlldlnK to lnatnll Transportation Line iiirouBhout City, CHICAGO, Feb. 11, Incorporation papers for the Chicago Atltomobtln Transportation company with a projected capital of $ir, 000,000, to Install transportation lines throughout the city, employing 318 electric busses and 180 electric cabs, nro In course of preparation. The capital has bon largely subscribed by owners of Chicago ofllco buildings and dcpaitmeut stores. WASHINGTON. Feb. Il.-Gcnernl Mac Arthur notified the War dupnrttnent todny that the following deaths havo occurred In thn Philippines since tho Inst report: Dysentery Jnnuary 27. Ned Vandewarlt; Company M. Thirty-eighth Infantry, Peter G. Oarrett; January 31, Company F, Thirty fifth Infantry, Hubert Jackson, band; Eighth Infnntry, Plo G. Onrmln. Typhoid Fever Junuary 25. Oomnanv H, Thirty-eighth Infantry Charles FJeeman; December 13, Company G, Eighteenth In fnntry, Ernest C. Grout. Malarial Fever December IS, Company F, Second Infnntry, John Plerco; Janunry 23, I'ompany D, Slxtcunth Infantry. James A. McCarthy. Variola Jnnu.it v no, Company M, Thirty third Infantry. Fred Fisher. Pneumonia Jnnuary 6, Company F, Sec ond Infantry, Harry A. Orlinstead, Alcoholism January 17, Company C, Sixth Infantry, John O'Lenry. Tuberculohls-Jimuary 31, Samuel White- sldo, Drowned December SI. Company F, Sec ond Infnntry. Charles D. Weldnerre, Insolation Doccrnbnr 21, Company I), Twenty-eighth Infantry, Edwnrd E. Mountz. Doctor .Meet hi Omiihit, ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Feb, ll.-(8peclal.1- Th seml-nnnuul meotlng nf the Medical society of thu Missouri valley will bo in Omnhii Thursday. March 21, NotlceH have been HPiit out by Dr, Charles W. Fnnsott of tn s city, sccriiiary, rne mnmixtrmun com prises iho regular physicians In Missouri, Knnsu. Nebraska. Iowa and the Dakolim Th" organization wns formed thirteen yrarH ago In Council HIuITh and moots twlco each emit yenr for the discussion of topics of interest to tno irnienmy. An effort win be in.tde to liavo tho next meotlng In Bt Joseph. Th officers are; Dr. V. L. Tray- niir, Council Hturfs, president: nr. T. II, lotrey Council Bluffs, treasurer! Dr, (.tun Ics W. i'ttiaott. Si, Joseph, sccrotwy. 1-I.UUI,N, Feb. 11. fSnerlr.1 iioii ran on United Mint. joini session today produced ments. The usual nnml,r f Mn... . - - niiiun; fill" sentees and pairs wero recorded, leaving (ha . .,, OI aM , ,,,-mclpaI candidate short. In fact tho dally roll call In Joint session has come to be a port of routlna formality except for occasional diversions, m-iausv crry one Knows thnt nothing ef fective can bo accomnllshed in nn.n Hlon before u caucus Is held and fnr tw reason thoso who might bo disposed to transfer their allegiance prefer not in dn so until tho caucus agreement makes tho proposea enanges more sure of tho mnrk. Cnll for a Cnnuu. A ropubllcan renotorlal caucus will lm held tomorrow night. This has been deter mined by tho signatures of more than slx- ty-scven repumicun members In tho follow ing caucus call: We, thn undersigned members of the Ne braska atato legislature, hereby obligate ourselves to enter and abldo by a repub lican senatorial caucus to be held on the call of tho speaker of tb house on reason able notice and as ;iocti as way be after this agroemnnt is maa effective. Thts agree ment Is based on tho following terras and conditions, towlt: "One This ngreement shall bo effective on Its receiving the signatures of sixty- seven repuDiican members of tho legisla ture. "Two Fifty votes shall be required to nomlnoto any candidate for United States sonntc or to adopt any additional rules for tbo caucus. "Three All nominations Hhnll bo mado by viva voco vote on roll call. "Four Nn nomination for United States senator shall bo effective until two candi dates shall have been duly nominated on tho same roll call, "Five Only republicans of unquestioned loyalty shall he eligible to nomination for United States senator nt said caucus." Senrn Make the Announcement. Speaker Bears tuado the announcement nbout 7 o'clock this evening in tho lobby of tho hotel that tho requlslto number had Blgned tho call nnd that tho caucus would be held pursuant to It. This announce ment wns received with applauso that re echoed through tho hotel. The acceptance of this call by tho adherents of all of tho various candidates was dccldod only todny, although It wub foreshadowed In Tho Bee's dispatches of yeBterday. Tho caucus cnll Is what is known a tho Whltmoro call, formulated nearly two weeks ago by Senator Olson nud Repre sentative Whltinorc. It embodies the sig nificant feature requiring a simultaneous nomination, on which Mr. npsowater han insisted from tho first. The accoptanco of this plan for Hlmultancous nominations concedes tho chief point for wbleh ihn Douglas delegation has been holding out. On the other hnnd, tho call requires fifty to nominate, which Is higher than was sat isfactory to tho majority of tho candldatcn when tho session flrst opened. The chief objection to It from the standpoint of Mr. Thompson's followers la thn last clauie. re lating to republicans of unquestioned loy nlty, which they say Is Intended to servo as a mental reservation for tho radical antl-Thompsonltes, SlKimture Came ()nlnUly. Tho call was finally signed up In remark- ably short time. It had securod twenty signatures when first formulated, but had not since been circulated, resting in tho custody of Hepresoutativo Mead. About noon notice was given that Mr. Thompson's friends wuro considering tho ndvlsnblllty of signing tho Whltmoro call, At 4 o'clock tho paper with the twenty signatures w placed In Speaker Sears' hands and carried by him to a conference of the members, who had signed tho other calls. A decision wus quickly reached to sign up this cnll and by 7 o'clock sixty-eight slgunturns had been attached. This was raUed to seventy shortly aftcrwaids and Speaker Hears ex- presBeii confidence that It would bo signed by evpry republican member by morning. The announcement thnt tho cnll hnd been signed naturally precipitated ronslderahlo oxcltemont nround tha hotel lobbies, every ono evincing satisfaction that a caucus was tn sight, and expressing tho hopo that it would soon looso the deadlock, Represent ntlvo McCarthy, who speaks for what aro termed tho radicals, said thnt ho was sat isfied to havo tho other members como to his terms and that he would enter tho caucus as he ngreed. When asked who was to detormluo the application of tha last clause, he replied: "Everyone for himself, I do not see how any one can pa 13 on that question for us." Senator Steele, who la another of th radicals, expressed similar sentlmonta and It Is possible that somo contention may rlsa over It, though not llkoly sufficient to pro duco dlsagreeablo friction. Holdup Work U Checked. Activity In tho Introduction of bills open to suspicion as hold-up measures bai en countered quite a damper since the ex posure of certain lobbyists and tbelr meth ods last week. Thn bill files are full of documents tbat might coma under this