The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, 2UOK.DAV ISLOKNISG, DECEMBER 2, 1U01-TEN J'AG ES.
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WAITING ON STUEFER
ptt Vj Walt latUtud with lit Explana
Wtm flood Diali.
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roITIN OF BEE GENERALLY APfROVED
3J Bmoa Whj School Find Should lit
Und for Friratt Gain.
OUTSPOKEN VIEWS OF THE STATE PRESS
V'hnt People Arc Sitylnic About the
aitnily Trimsnctlons liy Which
rntrlmnny nf the School
Has Ileen Milked.
Tht the explanations of the shady school
fund bond deals offered by and for Trtms
Urer 8tuefcr arn not regarded a satisfac
tory by tho people and mors especially by
republicans la plain from the general tenor
of tho republican press of the state. Tho
papers that wero at first reluctant to ox
jjrers opinions, In tho expectation that all
Imputations of mismanagement would bo
repelled by an explicit statement by tho
treasurer, show stuns of Impatience with
tho effort to cover up tho school fund
manipulations by Ignoring tho wholo mat
ter. A few of tho comments passed by tho
republican newspapors of Nebraska during
tho Inst week aro hero given:
F.xptniuttloii twiilfnetnry.
Grand island Independent (rep.). Stoto
(Treasurer Stuefcr would, It was promised,
xploln tho Ctlmltig county deal, In which
Tho l-e staled Htucfer's business associate
had bought $50,000 worth of refunding bonds
chiefly with '.ho old bonds, which woro tho
uronertV of the stalo school fund and wuicn
his associate, Mr. Ncllgh, had no right to
liavt in his possession. Ah charged by Tho
Bee. Nellch cleared n bit over $2,000 on
the deal. State Treasurer Stucfer has not
explained this and If bin explanation Is
mado. and It Is no better than tlio cxpiann
tton of the nurt county nffalr, It wilt leave
better tnsto In the mouth If ho does not
even attempt an "explanation."
Governor Savugo, too, In apparently not
taking tho peoplo Into his roufldeuce. Por
Jiaps ho does lint know that any charges
tiavo been mado against Stucfer? It ho
has. Is he doing anything to find out If they
ro true? And If ho finds thoy aro true
Is he content, os tho executive of tho state,
to let matters run on regardless nf tho de
mand that at least the charges bo ofllctally
Investigated?
However, with charges of such gross
manipulation as havo boon mado by The
Bee, answered by nn "explanation" that
will bo unsatisfactory to evcryono who
roads rarefully the disclosures made, Is the
republlcf tr"statb'"ilinlnlHtratlon contont to
let matterB drift on, and not oven set afoot
n thorough Inquiry Into tho matter? And
aro the taxpayers ot the stoto who hav'o
been fleeced to n nicety by Hartley and who
bare suffered from manipulations by Me
aerve, going to refrain from i vigorous
protest, unless prompt action Is taken to
ferret tho mattor to tho bottom and If tho
charges aro true against Stuefcr, ho la com
pelled to resign, or Is Impeached?
We don't believe thoy will. Tho rank and
file of the republican purty, even though
eome of Its leading politicians seem to havo
n cowardly fear to atlr up the mess down
there, and find out whotbor It Is really as
putrid as surfRCo conditions Indlrate, want
a stato treasurer who will bo straight with
thn people. If Stuefor Is n lamentablo fall
lire of their Ideal thoy want him out. And
the sooner the better.
r.ilaln or HcnIbu.
Central City Nonpareil (rep.): To put
it charitably, there Is nomething that looks
yery shady about Stato Treasurer Stuefer's
methods ot converting tho stato chool
funds Into bond Investments. Tho recent
exposures hove placed Mr. Stucfor's name
under a cloud. His explanations have been
Tory unsatisfactory and havo fallod to
clear tho recent Hurt and Cuming county
bond deals of the nppearanco of Jobbery
which they bear upon their face. The re
publicans of Nobraskn havo reposed a
solemn trust In Mr. Stuefcr. When Joo
Hartley botrayed his trust the republican
party suffered for It, and not unjustly, for
ft party must itnnd sponsur, for tho mon
It elevates to high places. A public offi
cial Is not alone the custodian of the pub
lic welfare and his own conscience, but
ot his party's honor as well. Tho man
who betrays them nil for a few paltry
thousands ot dollars Is worso than the thief
who breaks In nt night and robs at the
expense only ot his own conscience and
his victim's purse, and deserves punish
inrnt more severe. William Stuofer owes
It to his state, to his party and to his own
good name to explain away theso charges
that have been made against him. It he
csn't do this ho owes It to common de
cency to resign nn ofllco ho has disgraced.
Ttohc Arc ,ot Clean,
O'Neill Frontier (rep.): Treasurer Stuo
fer's explanation docs not exactly wash
his robes of suspicion In connection with
those bond deals. Ho should cither un
questionably clear himself or mako room
(or nnother treasurer.
Pitifully Wfiik Hxctttr.
St. Paul Itepubllcan: Corruption In high
places deserves tho prompt condemnation
of ovory republican newspaper, no matter
by whom committed nor by whom exposed.
There Is too much of an Inclination shown
to defend Stuefcr becauso ho Is accused
by Kosowator. The republican newspapers
of this state, which lmo bven tried by fire
In tho past, ought to' bo ton big for such
potty policy. Tho evidence which The
Omaha Ueo has Introduced against Mr.
Stuefer Is unimpeachable. It Is to tha
effect that tho stato treasurer permitted
several Issues ot county bonds to pass un
necessarily through th hands of stock
Jobbers, who clipped Interest coupons ag
gregating thousands of dollars before de
positing them In the state treasury as an
Investment for the permanent school fund.
Mr. Stuefer's published explanation is so
pitifully weak as to amount to a practical
confession of collusion at tho very ap
parent fraud. Ho says the reason bo failed
to make a d'rect offer for thn various Is-
nues of bonds was because ho Is prevented
by the constitution from offering a pro
nilum, yet In the next breath he admits
paying a premium on stato warrants. Ho
makes n bad mailer worso by comparing
Ms record to those of his predecessors,
onn of whum Is In the penitentiary and the
other In a bank which he was enabled to
start tlh funds accumulated during his
(Continued on Third l'ajfo.J
WILHELMINA STAYS MARRIED
(Jllll'liil Assiirmicr Hint She lln No
Intention nf licit Ihk it Divorce
from Her t"iiiiitilnr Consort.
(Copyright. irjl, by Prcs I'ubllslilng Co.)
TUB HAGl'H, Dec, 1. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) -Your cor
respondent Is specially requested by tT
very highest authority to contradict tho
rumor tint (Jucen Wllhelmlnn contemplates
getting a divorce and to tell the people
tbnt tho story Is without foundation, ns are
also alt statements that thdrc has been
n rupture of relations between the hus
band and wife, nil tales of family sconea
with the queon's mother over tho prince's
debts and all tho kindred gossip floating
about. The story that a duel, resulting
from the alleged differences between tho
queen and her consort, has bcon fought
nnd that the queen's alde-de-tamp, Major
Van Tct, was wounded, Is denied by Major
Von Tot's brother, who says tho aide-decamp
Is suffering from peritonitis. There
certainly have been llttlo differences about
tho prince's debts, but they ore said to be
now In a fair way to settlement. Tho
wholo secret of these reports, It Is al
leged, lies In Prince Henry's extreme un
popularity among the lower classes.
At the theater tho blograph pictures of
tho queen arn tumultuously cheered nightly,
while thoao nf Prlnco Henry aro loudly
hissed. In tho ten months ot his married
life the prince has only Increased the un
favorable Impression of him which was
formed when he first arrived In this coun
try to stay. The queen's Illness was duo
to premature maternity. That fact natur
ally git abroad, ns It was understood at
ono time that hor condition wns critical.
Tho court circular gave out that tho
queen was suffering from a slight cold,
but. tho real trouble being known, the
lower clashes began scnndalous whispers
that tho prlnco was tho cause of his wife's
Illness. Talcs then passed from mouth to
mouth about his debts and his mean way
of treating tho queen's horses for his own
pleasure and his love of shooting.
Unfortunately, the court chnmborlaln's Ill
ness prevented official contradictions nnd
the reports continued to grow. Another
reason for tho prince's unpopularity Is
his small Interest In Holland. Ho never
goes to see the museum's treasures, re
ligiously hoarded nt great trouble and ox
ponse. Ho even went bunting In I tin be
ginning of the queen's Illness, although
ho knew Court Physician Pott hud sent
n telegram to Dr. Albcrsdorn, n great
specialist In woman's diseases, nnd also had
wired to Amsterdam for a nurso. Miss
Cntborlnn Tnsschcnhrook. Another hos
pital nurso was also called to tho palnco
and the queen's mother was telegraphed
to go to her daughter's sldo Monday morn
ing, November 11. Yet that vory morning
tho prlnco left to shoot on Dnrou Van
Tuyllo's estate ucnr Haarlem. Ho wns tele
graphed for that same afternoon nnd ar
rived at Apeldoorn a few moments boforo
Queen Emma did. Tho queon Is conva
lescont now, but the Incident loft a deep
Impression upon tho Dutch people, who
worship their young sovereign. Tho false
rumors are partly duo to tho Dutch pross,
which takes no trouble to contradict 'them.
SEEK TO REFORM DRESS
NclciitlntN nf I'nrln KnlUt the Aid of
Society Lender In Wnr
fnre Airnlnat Stnya,
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS. Deo. L-(New York World Ca-
nicgrnm-Hpcciai Telegram.) War upon
tno corset is being waged with moro
earnestness than evor. As tho society
leaders aro fnst Joining In tho campaign,
it Is nnld something really Is going to bo
ncnmpllshcd. Dr. I'hllllppe Mureclial,
scientist ot distinction, revived tho nnti
corsot feeling In u series of lectures, which
drew packed audiences of tho smart sot
By menus of stcreoptlcon views ho showed
how corset pressure distresses iind pcrma
nenlly Injures the body.
"Tho modern woman hns degenerated
appallingly. Dr. Marcchal snld. "Stays
render her an easy proy to diseases of tho
lungs, heart, liver nnd spine. Heavy
skirts have gradually shortened hor legs
nnd given her tho duck walk peculiar to
society women nnd general among them
A woman In., tights walking gracefully Is
never wen. Heavy lieudgear has so re
duced th brain capacfty of the modern
civilized woman from tho type of thrcu
centuries ago that today only tho Poly
ncslnn rnco show a smaller cranium."
Such assertions, backed with sclentlllc
claims, mado a profound Impression. Al
though thcro Is no likelihood of Its over
pusslng, several deputies Intend to support
a drastic bill proposed by Dr. Marcchal
calculating that tho debate will havo nn
excellent effect on the population. Tho
bill forbids women under 10 years to wear
corsets or similar appliances under a pen
ult' of three months In prison,
STUDIES PARIS FROM ABOVE
Ilrnslllnii Stntt'aiiinn Float
Over
City In the Airship of n
rrlncps.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
PAItIS, Dec. l.-(New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Princess I.e
tltla, an aunt of the king of Italy and
mother of tho duke of Abruzzl, loaned hor
balloon yesterday to Senor Sevcro, a I3ra
zlllan statesman, who cume hern with nn
airship, will) which ho Intends to outshlnn
his compatriot, Santos Dumont. Tho
princess managed today's ascension her
self, Senor Sevcro deslrod to study the
tapogrnphy of Paris from nbovo before
cruising with his motor airship.
. In the balloon, besides Princess Ixtltla
and Senor Sevcro, wero, M. l.nchambro,
the noted balloon manufacturer, and wife,
Mme. I.achnmbre, herself a great arco
nnut, will sail tills week to establish
brunch manufactories In the Unltei
States.
Santos Dumont has returned from 1-on
don. He expresses the keenest upprocla
tlon of the cordiality shown to him. Th
English military ballooning school, ho
thinks, is fully equal to tho French schoo
In methods nnd knowledge, but I life riot
in abundance, of equipment.
DEPRIVE SOLDIERS OF VOTE
Proposition to Deny Amerli'nn Troop
ers Itliibt of Franchise
nt Manila.
si a. mi. a, doc. i. The commission on
municipal laws nnd regulations Is about to
change the terms of office for municipal
counsellors. It has decided thut members
of tho United States army and navy can
not vote.
In the approaching elections at Hollo
Panay Uland, there urn four candidates for
the mayornnty nun nrty-seveii candidates
to fill six vacancies among the city conn
oilmen, in incso elections me American
candidates probably will bo elected by tho
J, solid Amor lean vote,
FIRST D1I WILL BE BRIEF
Ebottlj Aftir Csimniig linata Will LisUrt
tt MoKlnley Mtmeiial,
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FOLLOWS TUESDAY
.Senator I'liriiUrr or Milium Will lu-
Uotlncc Itesoltitlou In Honor u(
Lntc Chief .Mnnltrntc In
L'nuur House,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Ono of the first
mciaure3 of national Interest which will
be Introduced In tho senate at tho ses
sion which begins tomorrow will bo a rcso-
utlou looking to public action concerning
tho death of President McKlnley. This will
bn presented on Tuesday cither by Senator
oraker or by Senator llnniia, probably
tho former, nnd after Its Introduction the
sennjlo will adjourn as n mark of respect
to tho memory of tho dead president.
Tho annual message of President Roose
velt will not bo received until Tuesday and
on this account tho session on Monday will
bo exceedingly brief. It Is not now ex
pected that anything will bo dono on that
day beyond tho announcement of the death
of Senator Kyle, following which tho senate.
In accordanco with custom, will adjourn
for tho day. On Tuesd.iy tho president's
messago will be read nnd, after its rcud
lng, tho nnnotiuccuient of I ho death of
President McKlnley will follow at once,
whorcuron under the precedent established
when Presidents Lincoln und Oarllrld died.
resolutions providing for tho nppolntmcnt
of n commltteu to net with a similar com
mltteo of tho house of rcpresenlatlvco to
tako appropriate action relative to tho
matter nnd then calling for Immediate ad
journment for the day will be adopted.
Heretofore committees have been appointed
to arrange tho details of public exerclsos
and It is understood that plan will be pur
sued In this Instance and that later In thn
session soma public man of distinction will
bo Invited to deliver n eulogy In tho capltol.
First lllll" on tWiliu-mln j .
Wednesday nnd Thursday will bo dovntcd
to the Introduction of new bills ami, ns
usual, thcro will be a flood of them. Among
tho llrst bills of Importance to bo presented
will bo tho ship subsidy bill, which will
bo Introduced by Sonntor ,Fryo. and tho
Nlcaraguao canal bill, which Senator Mor
gnn win present. Senntor Kryo has not
entirely completed his bill, but ho B.ild to
day that It would bo different In many do-
tails from the old bill ot last session. That
measure waa framed by former Senator Kd-
munds. Senator Kryo himself Is the author
of tho now bill. Senator Morgan's canal
bill will be a duplicate of Representative
Hepburn s bill on tho canul question.
Other early bills of Importance will be
one looking to the construction ot n sub
marlno cable from tho westorn coast to
Hawaii nnd another providing for tho cs
tabllshment of a now executive department
to be known as the Deportment of Com
raerce. On Thursday tho senate will ad
Jouru until the following Monday. The gen
eral opinion among senators Is that very
llttlo real work will bo done before tho
Christmas holidays.
Consider Reciprocity Flrat.
Tho first subject domandlng attention Is
reciprocity. Various treaties aro now pond
Ing in tho senate looking to commercial
agreements between tho United States and
other countries. Senator Aldrlch will re
new his efforts to havo theso treaties, which
havo already been reported from tho com
mittee on foreign affairs, committed to
tho committco on finance, on the ground
that thoy deal with tariff questions.
Tho menus or t tie treaties will oppose
this demand and tho preliminary skirmish
expected to ensuo probably will sorvo to
develop some Interesting fenturc. Tho
early days of the session will bn marked
by thn reorganization of tho senate com
mlttees, so far us may be necessary, and
a caucus of tho republican members will
bo held tomorrow for the purpose of con
sldcrlng the questlou of appointing a com
mtttco to suggest names for tho vacancies.
The most Important place to bo filled Is
that of chairman of the committee on for
eign relations. It Is generally conceded
that Senator Cullom, who Is tho senior
republican member of that committee, will
succeed to tho chairmanship.
l'roRrnin In the Home.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. The program for
tho opening dny In tho house tomorrow, al
though It will follow rigidly route procc
dents, will bo Interesting and to a certain
oxttint ploturcsque. Admission to the gal
lories will bo by card, of which two huvo
been Issued to each member, nnd they will
bo crowded to tholr full capacity. The
desks of the popular members will be laden
with flowers. Thn clerk of tho houso will
call the members to order at noon and aftor
prayer by tho chaplain tho roll will bo
called by states. Thu speaker will be
formally elected and escorted to the chair
by a committee.
General Henderson, wlio?o re-election as
speaker Is assured, Will then address the
house, after which Mr. Bingham of Penn
sylvaula, "Tho Father of tho House," i
titular honor bestowed upon tho oldo.it
member In point of continuous service, will
administer tho oath to him. Tho speaker
In turn will administer tho oath to tho
mombors-oloct. Tho old officers of tho
hoiiBo who wero rechoscn by tho ropub
llcan caucus then will be ro-clcctcd und
sworn In. Following this resolutions will
bo adopted to appoint committees to In
form tho president nnd tho scnato that the
house has olected General Henderson
speaker and Mr, McDowoll clork.
Ily resolution Speaker Henderson then
will appoint a committee of threo to Join
a similar committee from the senate to In
form tho president that a quorum of the
two houses has assembled and that con
gross Is ready to receive any communlca
tlon he may have to make. Resolutions to
adopt temporarily tho rules ot tho las
houso and to tlx the dully hour ot meeting
also will procede the event of the opening
day, the annual seat-drawing.
Mciip Wlthhelil Till Ttienlny
The president's message will he with
held until Tuesday. General Orosvenor of
Ohio probably will make the sad announce
ment to the houso of the death of the lato
President MiKlnley and offer tho resolu
Hons upon which the bouse will act. On
Tuesday that portion of tho president'
message referring to the death of Mr. Mc
Klnley probnbly will bo referred to n aelec
committco to arrange a program of eulogies,
It is rather a remarkable coincidence tha
Mr. McKlnloy was chairman of tho com
mltteo that unanged the program when
President Garfield died, Dlalne pronouncud
tho eulogy on that occasion. Mr. Wash
burn was chairman when Lincoln died
After Tuesday tho house probably will ad
Journ three days at a time until cnngiess
recess for tho ChrlstmuH holidays. Speake
Henderson will occupy this time preparing
his committee lists, which will bn an
nounceu nn soon as tho house convenes
after the holidays. Practlrally no butlncss
will bo transacted befort tha uolld&rs.
HOME AGAIN FROM MANILA
Transport Hnforil l,nnils nl .rvr York
with Mni1 llnnilrril
Soldier.
NKW YORK, Doc. 1. The fulled States
ttonsport Duford arrived today from Manila
with eight companies of the Twenty-third
United States Infantry, companlee A to II,
001 enlisted men, noncommissioned staff
nd band nnd thirty-seven officers, under
command ot Colonel J, Milton Thompson.
Thoro wero also llii discharged soldiers
nd government employes on board. The
men are a fine, robust lot. In good spirits
nd glad to get homo.
Among those who arc on board are:
Colonel J, Milton Thompson, Majors James
and Hodges, Captains W. A. Nlcholls. Wil
liam It. Sngo, It. R. Stevens II. G. Cre-ton,
Samuel Seny, Jr., J. L. Hints nnd H. L.
'iuhach, Lieutenant G. S. Goodalc, A. T.
Ovcnshlne, H. K. Donnecastle, h, A. Saxton,
W. T. .Merry, William A. Kent, W. W. Mc-
Canimon, Jr., Arthur P. Watts, W, K. Arm-
trong, Johu W. Norwood, Ueorgo A. Her
bert and J, A, Moore and Chaplain J. H.
Sutherland, all of the Twenty-third United
Statca Infantry; Surgeon Major' H. S. T.
Harris; Captain K. M. Pemple, Fourteenth
United States cavalry; Captain S. T. Strlti-
ngor, Twenty-feventh United State Infsn-
ry; Captain O. H. Graham, pay department;
Lieutenant, H. M. Ferguson, engineer corps;
F. Hottoms, artillery corps; L. S. 1).
Ruckrr, Jr.. Sixteenth Infantry; Harrison
Hull, artillery corim; Fltzhttgh Lee,
r Twelfth cavalry; Grayson V. Heidi,
Third cavalry; A. S. Cowan, Fourteenth
nfantry, and n number ot civilians, wives
and families of various officers.
Tomorrow tho Twenty-third regiment will
bo sent by special train to Plattshurg, N,
Y., Its headquarters. Tho men say that
as tholr services consisted nlmply of po
licing the Hulu archipelago they had an
easy time of It, tho nntlvns being peace
ably Inclined. Colonel Thompson sold the
sultan of Sulu Is a Jolly man and thoy got
along well together. Still, while tho na
tives arn quiet, tho chiefs, ho says, pos
sess autocratic power and their rule Is
rigid In the extreme.
WRONG DAY IS SELECTED
MnnnKi-'ineiit of West Indian Ki posi
tion Oiulln to nte the
(.'n I r n it nr. .
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CHARLKSTON. S. C. Dec. 1. Imprrs-
bIvo religious excrclsco Intended ns n pre
lude to tomorrow's opening of tho South
Carolina Interstate and West Jndlnn expo
vltton wero held at the exposition grounds
this afternoon. Tho naming of- December 1
as tho opening day of tho exposition was
without consulting tho calendar nnd tho
fact that December 1 was Sunday waB dls
covered only a nhort tlmn ago.ilt was then
decided that a proper way to fulfill tho
promise mode in the resolution ns to tho
opening was to hold exercises) appropriate
to the day.
Ellison Capers, Episcopal bishop ot South
Carolina, mado the Invocation?' A dcdlcn
tlon odo by George Herbert Saw if Charles
ton nnd set to music by Thcodyrr. Saul won
suug uy a targe cnorus, .accompanied uy
iiiu v ir.ii. .-riiupry Danu.
Addresses were mado by 4.?maI minis
tors rind the benediction wjnvpronouncod
by Mgr. Qulgley. The cxpoultlou will bo
formally opened tomorrow afternoon. Tho
ceremonies at tho the Ivory City will he
preceded by a parade composed of marines
navnl reserves, cadets, state volunteers nnd
various civic societies, under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Morris, U. S.
A. The city Is handsomely decorated nnd
there were many arrivals at tho hotels
during tho day.
Hon. Chauncey M. Depcw, United States
senator from New York, who Is to deliver
tho dedication speech, arrived in Charles
ton this morning and is being entortolncd
at Summervlllo by F, W. Wagner, president
of the exposition company.
Governor McSwocney and staff arrived to-
night to partlripatn In tomorrow's exercises.
RAISE FUND J-0R INDENMITY
Prince Chin Propose Method of Meel-
liiK OhllKnlinn of Cor
el mi I'onrri.
PORT TOWNSF.ND, Wash.. Dec. 1. Ac
cording to mall advices from the Orient,
Chinese officials aro resorting to all kinds
of means to raise money to assist In paying
the Indomntty agreed on by thn powers. Re
sides a gigantic schemo In which moro
than $100,000,000 are Involved, half of which
will go Into tho Indemnity fund and half
bo given awny In prizes, which schomo has
received tho 'sanction of tho court. It is
now proposed by Prince Chlng to Impose
a head tax on all Chinese, whother residing
within the limits of the empire or in for
eign countries,
Prlnco Chilly's plan, as submitted to tho
court, Is to send commissioners to nil for
eign countries to collect the tax from Chi
nese residents, claiming that as thoy do
not become citizens of other countries they
should assist In paying the Indemnity.
Prince Chlng's plan has created considerable
dissatisfaction in tho southorn provinces nf
the Chinese empire and is llablo to result
In serious dlcturbanocs. It Is claimed that
residents of the northern provinces were
alone responsible for tho noxer movement
nnd that they should be called upon to bear
any expense caused by their action. Chi
neso of tho southern provinces wero friends
of the foreigners and as most of tho mer
chants in foreign countries are from tho
southern provinces the movement on foot to
resist tho taxation for Indemnity Is rap
Idly gaining ground and it is said Chinese
abroad will refuse to pay the proposed tux.
WILSON OPPOSES BUREAU
Secretary of Agriculture (Ihleeln .'ow
to Cnhlnel Agent for
Stockmen.
CHICAGO, Dec. l.-Llve stock men need
expect iu uHslstanco from Secretary oi
Agriculture Wilson In their plan to have
congress create it federal live stock com
mlsnloncr to, runic as second assistant sec
retary of agriculture, Mr. Wilson, who
was said by Komo of the delegates to the
convention of thn National I.lvo Stock as
Koeliitlou to bn in favor of tho proposi
tion, arrived hero today nnd announced bis
opposition to the plun.
"Wo have a. bureau nf animal industry
now," Fnld the secretary, "nnd It Is en-
tlroly competent to look after the live
stock Interests of tho country. There arc
1,000 men under the direction of the bureau,
which Is headed by Dr. Salmon, who Ih
thoroughly versed In nil matters pertain
ing to the cattle-raising Industry. I my
self am a live stock man nnd In sympathy
with alms and objects of tho live stock ns-
soclatlon.
"I run see no reason for the creation of
any new olllro In tho department nnd if
anyone, hns said olhcrwisu it mistake Iuih
been niiidn. I do not sen that the llvo
stock Interests aati complain of thn man
ner In which they huvo been treated bv
i
tho federal Government."
TO BUILD NEW TRUNK LINE
ImtUr Olaik aid Tkomai F. Walih O.n-
nictid with Important Dl.
PLAN FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Report Jn) Hook lsliinil Is Inter
ested nml Will Get .-v Route
to Cnllfornlii If Scheme
(Iocs TliroUHli.
DKNVKR, Dec. 1. The Post soys: Sena
tor William A. Clark of Montana and
Thomas F. Wnlsh of Colorado havo, It Is
rumored, Joined Issues In railroad construc
tion nnd will build practically n new trans
continental railroad. Tho Chicago, Rock
Island h I'uclllc Is said to bo In with Sena
tor Clark and Mr. Walsh.
Tho new transcontinental lino would give
Senator Clark nn outlet for his Los Angeles
& Salt Lnko City road, which has been left
without one through tho absorption of tho
two Colorado mountalu lines by Ocorgo
Gould. Tho Rock Island would get n now
.and short route to California.
Mr. Walsh some time ago Incorporated &
railroad to bo built from Ourny via Gun
nison to Pueblo. If his alliance with Sena
tor Clark Is perfected he would build on
probably to liberal, Knn., whrro he would
connect his road with tho Rock Island.
It Is said that Senator Clark and Mr. Walsh
will meet this week In Washington nnd
thcro complete thn denl whereby they will
become partners In railroad constructing.
WILL FIGHTJWHISKY TRUST
Unit i'il Mules Spirit Assoelntloii
I'lniiuliiK Action In AiiiuihI
Coin cntloli.
CINCINNATI. Dec. l.-Grrat Interest la
taken In thn meeting here this woek ot tho
United States Spirits association. It Is ex
pected that war against tho trust will bo
made. The United States Spirits associa
tion Is thn distributing agent ot spirits aud
alcohol, and Is under contract with (ho
Standnrd Distilling company, ono of thn
concerns composing the distilling companies
of America, "Tho Whisky Trust," to tuko
Its cntlro output. Tho Spirits association
Is nn .Independent organization, but mutual
interests tnaku It deslrnblo that they worl
In unison. They have been doing so for
sovornl years. Tho SpirltH association
moets annually with representatives of thu
Standard Distilling company to agree upo.i
a prlco and contract for the output of tho
latter company.
Tho first troublo with tho United States
Spirits association rumo seven months ago
when tho trust advanced spirits and alcohol
In price 1 cent a gallon to $1.31. Tho
second ruffle cama several days ago when
tho trust added another cent, making tho
prlco $1.31'. It gave ns Its reason tho nd
vancc In tho prlco of corn.
Tho latest Increase, tho Spirits associa
tion says, was unwarranted and many mom
hers say that they cannot stand by tho prlcn
nnd will seek tho articles outsldo of the
trust markets. The output of tho Standard
Distilling company amounts to about 40.
000,000 gallons a year.. The tecent advance
represents $800,000. The distributors claim
that tho rise In corn was not sufficient to
Justify tho advance.
TWENTY YEARSF0R MURDER
Wllllnni Welih FcrRiinon (iefn Prison
Sentence for Kilting of
Dr. tinmen.
JACKSONVILLE, III., Dec. 1. The Jury
In tho cusn of William Webb Ferguson
charged with tho murder of Dr. J. L
Unrncs of Montlcello by polsonlnv In tho
Central Hospital for the ItiHnno nt Jack
sonville last May, ut the alleged Instlgri
tlon of Mrs. Mamie Dames of Qulncy.
the doctor's wife, and Mrs. McWIIIIamH,
mother or .Mrs. Homes, returned a ver
dict early today, after being out seven
hours, finding- Ferguson guilty of murder
and fixing tho term of punishment at
twenty yens in the penUontlury.
SHOE FACTORY IS BURNED
In Costly Fire niiKlnc mini U Over
come liy Smoke anil
Seriously Injoreil.
ST. LOUIS, Deo. 1. Fire today In tho
building occupied by the Muelcr-llayloss
Shoo and Glova company, 907-009 South
Twonty-sovonth street, caused u damage of
$10,000 to the stock and $10,000 to tho ma
chluery and building.
The loss Is covered by insurance. Frank
O'Donnell, foreman of an engine company,
was overcome by smoke while fighting tho
blaze from n ladder and fell to tho ground
a distance of thirty-five feet, receiving serl
ous Injuries.
NEVADA JUDGE SCORES JURY
'-Twelve Hooil SI en mill True"
reclly Violnle Ills Honor's
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MODENA, Utah, Dec. 1. Yesterday tho
Jury nt Ploche, Nov., returned a verdict
of assault nnd battery against coven of
tho persons accused of participating in
the recent banging of tho negro Bills at
Fay, Nov. Judgo 'Talbot, In Ills charge to
the Jury, Instructed It to either return a
verdict of guilty af assault with Intent
to kill or ono of acquittal. Whon tho ver
dict was read In court tho Judgo scorod
the Jury for returning such a verdict. Tho
men will bo sentenced Mondny.
STABS WIFE AND HIMSELF
I'm t her Commits Murder ami Suicide
In Prenenee of Mtllc
liny.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l.-Whll In a drunkrn
frnnzy tonight Joseph Flory, a clerk in
the employ of the Grnubner Ice company.
stabbed his wlfn, Lena, three times In th
breast with a huge hunting knlfn und then
cut his own throat, both dying Instantly.
Flory and his wife had a quarrel earlier
In the day nbout money matters and this
led to the tragedy. Willie, r 10-year-old
son of the couple, wns a horrlned witness
of the affair.
DISASTROUS JFIRE IN MINE
Sevenly-Klve Tliniisnnil Dollnrn
Worth of Property n Tolnl
Destruction.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1. All the top works of
mine No, 2 of tho Madison Coal company
at Glen Carbon, south nf Kdwnrdsvlllo,
III., wero destroyed by tire, inUHlng n loss
of $7fi,J4. A statement regarding tho In
surance cnqld not lie obtained, Tho initio
had a capacity of l,C0O tonu daily and em
ployed IJO men. .
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
nrccist for Nebraska Fair Mondny, nnd
Probably Tuesday: Variable Winds.
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lonn Mnn Wounded, hut Police Sny
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ORKAT FALUS. Mont., Dec. 1. (SpecUl
Telegram.) Fred Dntklns. aged 24. son of
wealthy parents nt Mapleton, Ia who has
been working near Cascade, this county,
says ho was shot this morning by Pat
Crowe. Dalklns hHd been seeking the nl-
leged assailant's arrest several days and
Saturday night engnged thn man In conver
sation nnd bought him whisky, whllo Dal
klns drank cold ten ho had previously sup
plied to the bartender. About midnight the
men separated. '
At 5 n. m. today Dalklns aroused u doc
tor and showed n wicked wound Just bo
low his heart. Dalklns said Crowe had
shot him. A posse was organized and cap
tured the supposed Crowe sleeping In a
barn with n companion. Roth surrendered
without parley nnd both professed Ignor
ance of tho shooting, claiming to havo bnon
sleeping several hours. Tho wounded man
and both captured men were brought hero
this afternoon, tho first named to go to
tho hocpltal, whero his condition Is consid
ered serious.
Tho supposed frown Is recognised as
Horry Mcllrlde. released n week ago from
tho county Jul! after serving sentence for
larceny by convertlon. Whllo drunk ha
blow In his partner's mnney. Tho officers
believe he is Innocent of the shooting,
though Dalklns Ideutlflos him ns tho as
sailant. Mcllrlde Is being hold ponding
further Investigation, Officers claim ho has
no resomblniiro to the real Pot Crowe.
MUELLER IS UNDER BOND
Mini Who Salil ftnnserelt Should
Slmre ileKlnley's Fate
Refuse lo Talk.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1. A. II. Muel-
ler, tho man arrested nt Urond and Chest
nut strcotH Saturday for declaring that
President Roosevelt should bo served tho
samo ns President McKlnley, wns held
for district court In $S0O ball. Tho pris
oner had nothing to say, declurlng that
ho was not responsible on Saturday for
using tho words Imputed to hlin.
He Btnted that he had been a machinist
In Wilmington. Del. Mueller wns tirrestnd
on complulnt of F. T. Tobtn, who claimed
to have heard him uho the threatening
language. Tobln mild today that thn ro
mark was mado in tho Hotel I.afayotto at
the time tho president wan looking nt tho
foot ball Rtimo In 'vt Philadelphia. At
Mueller's boarding place It was Htated b
hud always conducted himself In a quiet
and orderly mannT. tlo Is said .to hjiy.o
beep out of employment for iotn tlmo.
PROVES NO GENUINE COMET
Director Cn tiiplii-ll of l.lck Olim-rvii-
lury Kxplnlun Phenomenon
Viewed from CIiIchko.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. Director
Camphell of the Lick observatory has made
r thorough search of tho heavens for tho
phenomenon witnessed nt Chicago a fow
nights since. Prof. Campbell failed to find
tho slightest trnco of a comet. Ho ex
plains tho phenomenon witnessed In Chi
cago In two ways, saying:
"What tho pooplo saw may have been tho
bright trail left by a meteor. I myself
havo watched such trail for ns much as
twenty minutes before they wholly disap
peared. It Is more probable, though, that
what they saw was the cnnHtellntlon known
as tho Pleiades. It so happens that tho
Pleiades arc now In exactly tho location In
the heavens described In tho dlspntchcs, and
when obscured by a thin mist the eon
stellntlon looks so much like a comet that
It has been mistaken for it before."
CHINAMEN READY TO FIGHT
CelcNtlnla Will Use Money to Prevent
Piiikiikc of Kxcliislou
Act.
PtTTSnURG, Dec. 1. Chinamen of Pitts
burg ond surrounding towns will mako every
elfort to prevent the re-enactment at tho
next session of congress of the Chinese ex
clusion net. Quo Wo (juong of San Fran
cisco, n representative of the Six Compan
ies, who hns been In tho city sovornl dayfi,
presided at a meeting today which wns at
tended by over 400 Chinamen.
After thu meeting a leading Chinaman said
his rountrymon in this district would con
tribute $20,000 to tho cause. In about ton
days meetings will bo hold all over tho ills
trlct by Six Companies' representative with
tho object of having every Chinaman con
tribute $50 to tho fund,
BEHALF OF JWRS. MAYBRICK
Ciuiiiillnii lleslilenln Snltl In lie Pre
piirlnir Appeal to King,
lldttu I'll,
CLKVF.LAND, 0 Dec. 1. Former Cana
dian resldonts in American cities uro ngaln
active In their efforts to havo Mrs. Florence
Maybrlck released from her Kngllsh prison.
A petition is being drawn up by a Clovo
land lawyer and copies of it will be sent
along tho cities bordering on tho Great
Lakes: copies will also bo sent to tho
mayors of Montreal nnd Toronto,
Tho pntttlon will finally go to tho king
of Knglund and the Kngllsh premier. Tho
present is considered opportune for nn ap
peal to his majesty for clemency by the
Canadians because of the gallant work ot
Canadian soldlern during the Hoer war.
BOY SHOOTS AGED FATHER
Youth Claim HU Parent I'nine Home
Drunk, mill A linked
1 1 1 to.
OREKNFIKLD, Ind., Dec. 1. Tlobert
Glasscock, aged TO years, a prominent
farmer living near Greenfield, was shnt
and probably fatally wounded by his 17-
year-old boy.
Tho boy was arrested. He claims his
father nimH homo Intoxicated and began
ubuslng him and other members of tho
family nnd aftor tho father had struck
him with a hrnnmstlck ho tired at him, In
tending to frighten him otf, iih ho had dono
on other occasions when the father bud
assaulted bin
HOT FIRE SOON OUT
Ctnfiud to Crtaawj FscVap Masafacint-
lif Companj'i Building.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT NEARLY $100,000
Dtpartmiat Puts an Eid to Ipiotactlai
Blait TJidir OltUcnltlti.
THREE MEN HURT WHILE DOING BATTLE
Ont af Thi, Giot Trilr, it Hiroiiallj
BiBiuid from Dtatk.
FALLING WALL PINS THE H0SEMAN FAIT
Comrade Knntch Hint from Tlcnth,
Trap nt Itlsk of Their Otvn l,hr
Lieutenant Co IT 11ns
Hours llrokrn.
The four-story brick building at t007 1
11 Jones street, occupied by thn Creamery
Packsgo Manufacturing company and th
Lewis Supply company, was destroyed Ut
Qro between 0 and 10 o'clock last night,
entailing a loss estlmntrd at nearly $100,
000. Threo firemen, whllo righting the lis men,
were Injured:
Lieutenant M. J. Cuff of engine No. 1,
two ribs broken and shoulder dislocated.
Frank Oreenman, truck No. 1, face and
hands burned.
Oeorgo Trexler, hoseman of englno No. 3,
painfully bruised under falling wall.
All wero sent to tho pol'ce stntton. wher
the pollen surgeon and lils assistant dressed
their Injuries, after which they were taken
to Ihelr homes. It Is believed none of tho
thrnn Is seriously hurt.
Thn flro was extromely difficult to com
bat, being hemmed In on tho east by the
Tenth street, viaduct and on tha west by
the KIcventh street viaduct. Uoth north
nnd south was a Fortes of sidetracks, on
several of which stood lines of hot and
flat cars. Firemen first to nrrlvo said the
blaio seemed to hnvo been burnlug fully
twenty minutes. It had gained fearful
headway.
1, 1st nf the Losses,
The loss Is apportioned approximately at
follows:
Stock of tho Crcamory Package Manufac
turing company, between $50,000 and $60,000;
stock of tho Lewis Supply company, $0,000;
tho building, nbout $30,000. Tho crenmery
company's Insurance Is about $r,0,000 nnd
the loss to tho building and to tho Lewis
Supply company Is virtually covered by In
surance. Tho building, which was quite old,
was tho property of Count John A. Crelgh
tou. Tho first alarm given tho fire department
wsb telephoned by Charley lxing nt the.
Htorago houte of W. M. Rushman, 101S-15
Leavenworth street.
Tho alarm was turned In a few minutes
heforo 0 o'clock and this was followed al
most immediately by. o general alarm. It
was said that tho' flauirj wore first .oppar
cut on the first floor, in tho northeast cor
ner of tho Btruoture. No one aerms to
know tho cause. When tho first equipment
arrived tho entire Interior ot tho building
was aglow and tho firemen experienced
great difficulty In gottlng water upon It, ns
all tho windows and doors were protocted
by shectlron casing.
Full of Hoof llelensCM Finnic.
At 9:10 a portion of tho rooffelI nwny,
which gavo the (lames air, and" they shot
through tho aperture to a spectacular
height, lighting up tho district for blocko
around. For the next thirty minutes It
looked as though several buildings In tho
immediate vicinity wero doomed. Tho Una
now brick building of the Northwall Im
plement company, which abuts it on tho
cast, was In special danger, hut '.hanks to
n firewall which separated tho two aud tc
tho excellent generalship of tho fire de
partment neither this structure nor Its con
tents was In any way Injured.
My 0:1" crowds began to arrlvn from every
direction and iu twenty minutes both thn
Eleventh street and tho Tenth street vli
ductB wero black with humanity. A better
amphitheater from which to vlow tho spec
taclo could not hovo been desired, but hun
dreds, not content with keeping this safe
distance, swarmed among the sidetracks
below and crowded the flro lines, whero u
cordon of policemen kept them from rush
ing too close to the tottorlng walls. For
tunately the wind was In tho north, so that
most ot tho sparks and cinders blow Into
tho railroad yards to the south, doing no
damage.
lluruliiK 11 run it Sculler Crottil.
The walls of thn I'axton &. Gallagher
building nnd of the Deere Plow company
building, across tho viaduct to the cost,
became very hot, but at no time wern
theso in tbcrlous danger. Several times
brands of burning wood fell upon tho llonr
of tho Tenth street viaduct, causing thn
planks to burst Into flames and cxcltln?
In a number ot Instances small panics
nmoug the throngs of spectators, but theso
Incipient fires wern promptly extinguished
Among the first of tho fire equipment to
arrive wns engine No. 1, which took Its
position In tho great volume of smoke
and sparks tinder the south wall. Lieuten
ant M. J, Cuff built a platform of hidden
to enable him to thrust the nozzlo ot his
hoso through a window. Mounting this, he
called for water. A fow hocoiuIh elapsed,
and then, when tho huso stlltontd and
straightened out under the pressure from
the engine, ho wns bowled otf his, pre
carious perch and fell to the ground, a
dlstanco of nearly twolvo feet. He bus
tnlned.two broken ribs and a dislocated
idiouldrr.
"I wouldn't have minded getting hurt
so much," ho said a fow minutes later.
"If It had only happened after the flic wan
under control, but 1 haled to gnt knocked
out fit that Mage of the proceeding,"
ThrlllliiK ncKcue of Trexler,
Tho most thrilling Incident of the (ire
was the heroic rescue of IIoHoman George
Trexler of englno No. 3, lie, with several
other firemen, wns In the thickest of the
fray, playing the note upon a mats of
seething buttor tubs on tho first floor. Thev
had entered whut appeared to be a death
trap, and which, as events proved, lacked
llttlo of being such. Suddenly one of tho
Interior walls foil, pinning Trexler under
It. A great maBS of debrlR lay upon his
legs and chost, only his head and arm",
being free.
Tho Interior of the building had been
so thoroughly lighted by tho flro that I ho
thousands of spectators who crowded upon
thn pollco cordon clearly caw nil that look
place. Groans nnd exclamations of hnrni'1
went up from thn crowd Then they caw
the four men who were with him tearliis'
madly at tho heap of riihhlhli, and a fnv
half-liejrted choors wero hcaid down the
line. They wero for an effort which eemed
hopeless. Meanwhile (ho brayo flrcnicu
