The Omaha Daily Bee. f j:stahllsjied ;iuI3 iu, ihti. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNIXG, DJSCEMBKIt JJO, J !) 0 1 T E 2s J. A G .ES. ST K OLE COPY VIXE ClSKTfc. SETTLE WITH BRITAIN Uiitad StitM Ht Old CentroTeriu.''',,, , infr Adjuitmt "' EFFORTS AT TREATY SOON TO BE MADE CanatMu Bordir flrinrg Us Maaj PripUx iig MatUn. WARSHIPS ON GREAT LAKES AMONG THEM Atlantic rithoriei aid Aliskai Baundarj Inolmded. HAY AND PAUNCEFOTE TO GET TOGETHER Now Hint tin- ('limit (locution In (Hit nf tin- Way ii Mine Will II.- Miulc for it YiiiiWcc'-Cmiiiillnn Cnm- llllnftltlll. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.--It In expected that efforts will lio renewed before long for thu settlement of the numerous controvcr Bleu, which havo long existed between thn United Slates and Oront Hrltnln, grow, ing out of relations along tho Cnnadlnn border, tho Atlnntle fisheries, war ships on the Orc.it Lake, tho Alaskan boundary end other questions. Ilcrntoforo, the ne gotiations designed to sccuro a settlement of the matters recited have not proved ef fective, largely because of the cumbersome machinery of negotiations, and thin ban led to n belief that much morn could be ac complished by direct negotiation between Secretary Hay and Lord Paunrefoto on tho main points, and tho subsequent iisscmbllng of u commission representing tho United States, Great llrltaln and Canada, to glvo form to tho basin of the agreement ron dried. Tho Ilrlllnli authorities have expected for rome tlmo that when tho Uthmlan' canal treaty was once disposed of, there would tie a renown! of efforts to adjust tho Alaskan boundary and other pending ques tions, the canal treaty being regarded as one of many ponding Unties. Now, that the, Hrltlsh government has yielded the Cluyton-Hulwor treaty and other points In the Isthmian negotiation, It desires to take lip sime of tho other questions. In which Important Interests ore Involved. I,ord Panucefoto dosiris to clear up all pending differences and have "a clean slate" be fore his present term as ambassador comes to a closo. I'nur Great Innnrn. When he came to Washington thcro were" four great Issues between the two govern ments. The first of these was tho Ilerlng ea controversy, which bad reached an acute, stage. Plplomacy disposed of this Issue. The second Issuo was over Venezuela, which, like the sent question, at one tlmo threatened war. Hut tho efforts of dip lomacy were ngaln successful In nvertlng trouhlo and bringing nbout a settlement. Tho third Important Issue was on tho Isth mian rnnht, whtt;'i hu.obeen satisfactorily disposed of by the recent Hay-Paunccfote treaty. This leaves only one Issuo remain ing In order to bring about the "clenn lato," namely, the border controversy, both ns to Canada and Alaska. ' Tl.e Iliitloh olllclHls usually link these various boundary controversies together, ns thoy arc more or less connected. At pres ent, a modus Vivendi exists ns ttf tho Alas kan boundary, chiefly for the purpose of avoiding a clafh along tho border and hold ing eneh side In check until a final boun-t dary Is determined upon. It seems to be conceded on both sides that the modus can not bo carried on Indefinitely nnd that rooner or Inter the main question of es tablishing a permanent boundnry must be settled. Lord Lnnsdowno-s desire to take up the question was expressed clearly In his note to Seeiotary liny last spring, when the H"itlf.h government declined to accept the senate amendment to the first Ilny-Pnunco-foto trenty. i.miiviIim' nr itMiti i;noit. Recently, Lord Landowno again Ins ex pressed In speeches the need of taking up the Alaskan boundnry question. Those dec larations by the bend of the Hrltlsh foreign service, together with the well known wish of Lord I'auucefole to clear away all pend ing difference between the two govern ments, doubtlcin will lead In the formal exchanges neccsfcary to an adjustment. Just what steps will be adopted are not disclosed, but It seems likely that direct negotiations nnd tho subsequent assembling of a com m'.islon will commend Itself to tho partleo concerned as tho most feasible procedure. Tho border Ikbuos. outside) of that relat ing to Alaska, nro those which long have existed and have created moco or less friction, The Joint high commission, which assembled some two year, practically dis posed of these lesser Issues, but tho dead lock on Alaska prevented a treaty covering thrso nnd other points of agreement. With the disposal of tho Alaskan boun dary, therefore. It Is felt that the way would be clear to dlaposo of tho other controversies. The reciprocity question, which Is among those formerly considered, Is not likely to be tnken up In this connection, as Canada desires to mnko It tho subject of separate negotiation. Tho Atlantic fisheries also may be tho subject of separate negotiations. EXPECTS PEACEFUL SOLUTION riilleiin Clinrm In WnslilnKoii I.ooUn for .o War ulth Arfteiitlne Over Prcucnt DlHpiile, WASIUNOTON, Dec. 2!I.-Advlces ro eclved by Scnor Infante, the Chilean charge, today confirmed tho news nlroady published that the Argentine minister nt Santlngo had Informed tho Chilean minis ter of foreign affairs that Argontlne could not .accept nil tho terms of tho protocol heretofore signed for tho settlement of tho dispute, and that Bmo changes would bo necessary In tho Instrument. Senor In fante's Information from his government Is that thero Is no truth whatever In the statement that a change was made In tho protocol by the Chilean minister of for eign affairs, but on tho contrary that It ft'tts published as agreed upon by tho rep resentatives of the two governments. The belief here Is that no understanding has been made on tho Chilean government for a change In tho terras of tho protocol, but the only action has been one of a con ciliatory talk at Santiago. Mr. Infante continues to express his firm conviction that thcro will bo no war be causo of tho present misunderstanding. The government of Chile, he says, has been conducting the negotiations In nn amicable manmtr, and ho confidently looks for a peaceful solution of tho difficulty, TO MEET THE CHINESE COURT Part) of Mnnehii Prlhfcn .Set forth to Welcome Itonl Itctiim to Pel. In. f, IN. Dec 29. A parly of Mnnchu Including Prince Su, collector of tn oods entering Pekln, started S.'itll. -;t tho Chlneso court. Prince Su Into, .rove his claim to be sent ns an env. .o Oreat llrltaln -on tho oc casion of the' coronation of King Edward. Tho downger empress has been making vigorous efforts to assert herself before tho Chlneso populace with a view of retrieving the prestige lost by her during the last few years. The pr?gram for tho court's return to Pekln provides that tho emperor shall pre rede the downger empress to this city, .In order that he may be enabled to meet tho dowager empress with great honors nt tho station when sbo arrives. PEKIN. Dec. 20. Tho ministers of tho foreign powers at Peklu have agreed that when the Chinese court returns here, If they are merely Invited to dine with the Tsung LI 'Yaincn as heretofore. Instead of with the Chinese emperor In the palace, as was recently stated, they will all refuse the Invitation. Two thousand additional Chinese troops entered Pekln Friday. The Austrlans have mounted two large guns upon the fortifications surrounding their legation. Thn other foreign legations keop their guns concealed. Although tho Hrltlsh ore well supplied with artillery nnd the Germans can occasionally he seen drill ing on their glacis with field and rapid fire guns, the Americans, who hold tho crucial position nt the Cham-Men gnte, aro not supplied with artillery. With the approval of American Minister Conger. Major Robertson of the Ninth In fantry, commanding the legation guard, ap plied to the War department for two guns. This application was refused, becauso when tho department consulted with Mr. Itock bl II. special commissioner of tho United States hero, on the matter, the latter re plied that artillery was not needed nnd that Its ptesenro would bo harmful. At New Chwang thn Ittisslnns havo se cured control of tho telegraphs nnd cables. This action on the part of Russia Is cnus Ing disputes between that country and the foreign consuls nt New Chwang. LOOKS INTO COAL RESOURCES Ito j nl Cnnimlnnlmi A iijioliiteil (o In quire Into Male of Kxlianntlon of II r 1 1 ii ii I I'leltl. LONDON, Dec. 20. A royal commission linn been appointed to inquire Into tho coal resources of Oreat llrltaln. The questions to be covered by tho commission's Inquiries will Include tho rntc of possible exhaustion of Hrltlsh ronl fields, tho effect of tho ex port of coal on' the homo supply, the pos sibility of a reduction in its cost by cheaper trnuspertntlon and whether the coal min ing Industry of Oreat Britain under tho ex isting conditions Is maintaining Its com petitive power with foreign coal fields, etc. Tho commission Is composed of seventeen members and Includes the chairmen of railroad companies, the heads of big col liery companies nnd prominent engineers and geologists, nod William Lnwles Jackson M. P., chairman of thd" Orea't" N'SfThWn Hallway company Is president of tho com mission. A similar commission was appointed In ISKi, and In 1871 delivered nn opinion to tho effect that the supply of coal to the depth ! of 1.000 feet was 90,20!,000.O00 tons. It Is estimated (hat during the thirty years from 180 io 1000 Incluslvo the Hrltlsh output of coal vab 5,025.000,000 tons, a roto of ex haustion far In excess of that asrumed by the royal commission and duo to the enor mous Increase of exports. If this rate -of I ,1mll,lln tfin mitt, tit I tt tttltt. I'flflM Vl n tttdltt. tt.,,J(,,l(, III! IJII.II. ,.. ,... I.J JV.I..J ,,.- talned the end of the present century will sec the exhaustion of Oreat Britain's coal ilelds. CONGER INTRODUCES WOMEN Minister from Iiiimi Ili-i'itU ltnin All Soelal llnrrlirt 1IM. America nail China. P12KIN, Dec. 2i. A considerable sensa tion has been caused lu Chlneso olllclal cir cles by ii dinner given at his residence by United States Minister Conger, and which was attended by the lending olllcials of the Chlneso foreign office. Among the officials present wero Ma Ting, a former Hoxer lender, nnd Wang Wen Sunn, one of tho Chinese plenipotentiaries, Tho dinner was attended by several American women. I'ormerly It was the custom for prominent Chinese officials never to enter a foreign legation, excejit upon tho most formal oc casions, while the meeting of foreign women socially would havo been considered de grading, as would the nssoelatlon with Chinese women upon tho samo footing. This event is significant of the progressive ten dency of today, which has receutly been manifested In many ways. COLOMBIAN "GUNBOAT ACTIVE Cnrrlro 'I'i'iiiiiih to lli'lnfori'i- (ieaernl C'anlro In (lie la leiliir. COLON. Colombia. Dee. 2fl (Via Onlves ton) The Colomblnn gunboat Hoyaca left Panama early this morning, carrying troops to reinforce Oencrnl Castro In tho Interior. The Colombian gunboat Oenoral Plnzon Is expected here soon with GOO men from Har ran'qtillln. It will return Immediately to bring more men from that port. General Carlos Alban Is confident the Colombian government Is able to defeat tho revolu tionists, notwithstanding the help he al leges they havo received from Salvador. TWENTY MISSED AFTER STORM .Not a Ventlge of limine Is Left nnd All Iln Oi't'iipimtK III, nppriir, VANCOUVER. II. C, Dec. 23. Tvvonty Japanese nre missing from Steveston and aro supposed to have been killed or drowned In the destruction of a Japanese house between Steveston and Point Roberts, Thursday morning. Tho house stood out on polos nnd not n vestige of tho structure rcmalus, The place was two miles from Steveston, and It wns Impossible to reach It during the storm. PRISONERS ARE LIBERATED llrltlnh Soldier Cnpturril liy Hurra nt .erfonlelii llrliirn to Met lilrhr in. LONDON, Dec. 20. The War office has received n dispatch from Lord Kttchoner, dated Johannesburg, saying that tho Hrlt iBh prlsonsrs captured when tho noora suc cessfully rushed Colonel Firman's camp at Zeefouteln, December 21, have been lib erated and returned to Uethlohcm. PRESIDENT'S NOTE TO SHAW Ragardi ai Fiaal 0Tirnor'i Acciptaio t Allison. INVITES HIM TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON 'iitiire Srerclnry of Trrnnnry Will .MuUc it Tcn-Ilii) s' Trip Ilrforn 1'renriilliiK llleniital to I.eKlxlatiire. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE8 MOINKS. Dec. 2!". (Special Tele gram.) Oovernor Shaw this evening re ceived the expected letter from President Roosevelt. Tho letter Is not exactly n for mal tender of the position of secretary of the lrMsury to the governor, but rather assume that the tender was formally made on behalf of tho president by Senator Alli son. This hail not been tho understand ing of tho governor, but Is satisfactory, ai It Is clear to Governor Shaw thot tho presi dent intended the offer by Allison to bo nnal If accepted, and It was accepted by tho governor at the time. President Roosevelt expressed to tho governor his regard for him In pleasant lan guage, makes tho wish that their ofllclal re lations may be cordlnl. ami Invites him to Wnshlngton for n conference nt tho con venience of the governor, lio will there fore go to Washington, starting New Year's day, to bo gone probably ten days, lie can do this and be back In time to pre sent his biennial messnge to tho legislature. Ho will completo the message In tho next few days anil bo ready to take up bis now duties nR soon as he can get settled In Washington. Tliomn AIM!"'"' AppnliiltiiPiit. STORM LAKE, Ia Dec. 20. (Special.) Congressmnn Thomns, nsked what ho thought of tho appointment of Oovernor Shaw to the treasury fortfollo, said: "I am highly pleased with the appointment. Oovernor Shaw Is n strong man, safe and conscrvtitlve. Knowing no wo do his pro nounced views on tho money question, wo cannot bo mistaken ns to what his policy will be." Judgo Thomas haa not settled the Sioux City postofflce matter, and has not Inti mated whom ho will recommend for tho position, DENMARK SLOW TO CLOSE DEAL Oovoriinionl Slum ImilillKy Ili-lK'll I)rtiriiilnnloii for Sale of 'Wont Inillo. WASIUNOTON, Dec. 2A. There have been no recent developments of Importance In the matter nt tho proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to this government, ne gotiations for which at various times hnvo been carried on between the United States and Denmark. The United States has de fined Its position very clearly us to tho terms under which it will purchaso tho Islands, but apparently through the Inability of tho Danish government to reach a de termination to closo tho deal, tho negotia tions so fnr hnvo failed of conclusion. If any request looking to an arrangement for a" plebiscite is in contemplation by tho Co penhagen government Its wishes In this respect havo not yet been communicated to the State department. WHEN ALFONSO COMES OF AGE lion, .1 I,. M. Curry Wilt Onielnlly llcp-n-Hi'iit I'liltril Ml ll ten lit KcMlv itl.-K. WASIUNOTON. c. 20. Hon. J. L. M. Curry of this city has boon selected by tho president to represent tho United States nt Madrid on the occasion of the coming of nge of tho young king. Alfonso XIII, May 17. Dr. Curry was United States mlnlstor to Spain ISS5 to 1880, tho first administra tion of P-esIdent Cleveland. He was pres ent In his olllclal capacity at the palace when the king made his advent Into tho world. Mrs. Curry will accompnny him. CONDITION MORE CRITICAL (it'licrnl St-niiiniiH I'iiIIh Io Itenponil lo Mi'illelai- Administered to lllin. WASIUNOTON, Dec. 20. Tho condition of Adjutant Ocneral Scamann of California, who haa been 111 boro for over two weeks, Is very critical tonight. He falls to ro spoud to the medicines given to him. BAPTISTS EXPEL MINISTER Church Council SiimiciicIk Heath for tllciwill.v rciirlllT Divorce from Ills Wife KANSAS CITY, Dec. 20 Rev. Jnmcs A. Hentb. who Islleged to hnve Illegally se cured a divorce from his wife In New York In order to matry a Kansas City woman, was deposed from the ministry and oxpolled from thn Calvnry Baptist church at a meet ing of the congregation today. The coun cil of eight Baptist proaehcrs lo whom tho matter wns referred December 17 made Its report, finding Heath guilty on threo chnrgrs, and tho report was unanimously ndopled by tho congregation. Tho action of the church not only excludes him from the pulpit, but withdraws thn hand of fel lowship from him as a member. Heath was formerly pastor of tho Haptlst rhurch at Castile, N. Y.. where his wife und children now reside. Rov. Charles A. Merrill, the present pastor of tho church at Castile, camo hore and assisted, In collecting evi dence against his predecessor. COMPANION T0 LAFAYETTE ('antliiK of limine In HcKiin on the Stiitur of A tl in I rill no. clin nilicau, PARIS, Dec. 20. M. Hanard, sculptor, has Just completed tho model of tho statuo of tho French marshal, Rochnmbeau, to bo presented to Wnshlngton, D, C. ns a com panion to tho statue of Lafnyetto. Tho work of casting tho bjnnzo will bo com menced this week. It Is hoped tho finished statue will bo reody to send to the United States next April. MARCONI ENROUTE TO OTTAWA Goen to Tlinnk Ciiiuiillnn Government (iniclnln fnr the AUtnitcr Offered to lllm. MONTREAL, Dec. 29. Slgnor Marconi arrived bora today. He Is enrouto to Ot tawa, whither he Is going to consult the Canadian government and to thank tho offi cials for tho assistance offered to him. Movement,, of Ocean Vi-hscl lire, -I), At New York-Arrived: St. Paul, from Houthamutou. PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY RAIN Itnilronil Trnckn, IlrlilKC niiil .Many . neltliiK An tin- ilnnar red. LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 20. A henvy rain fall has pen continuous In this section slnco last evening. All the streams In tho county aro swollen greatly beyond their volume and the CnneHtnitn nrnrtt linn nvnrftnwril lt banks to nn extent unknown In recent ! yenrs. The brldgo crossing this stream nt Knglcsldo Is threatened with destruction nnd traffic on tho Lancaster-Strnsburg rail way, of which tho bridge Is n link, hns been suspended. Tho bridge has begun to movo and It la expected will wash away. It was erected seventy-fivo years ngo. High water at tho plant of the Lancaster nicctrle Light company nt Rockblll, on tho Concstnga, affected the system and tho streets nre In darkness tonight. The Sus quehanna river is rising rapidly. At Safe Harbor, vvhero the Concstnga empties, tho rise Is at tho rate of six Inches nn hour. Tho tracks of the Port Deposit & Columbia railroad nt this point nre submerged and much npprchnnslon U felt for property on low lying ground. At Hald Friar, farther down the river, n Inndslldc hns occurred, covering tho trncks at Columbia and Marietta. WATERS REACHFL00D STAGE Hcivy Union at I'ltlnhnri,' ami Vicinity Can Ac Itlvcr lo II Inc. PITTSHURO. Dec. 20. Heavy rains for thirty-six hours hero and at all headwater points on both rivers has produced a condi tion which will result In what may be called a flood stngo In the Ohio river by tomorrow when a rlso of at least twenty feet Is predicted. Timely warning by the weather bureau will lis tho means of sav ing much property, and only temporary In convenience Is expected by Interests along tho river fronts. At midnight tho mark at Davis Island dam showed fourteen foet and rising nt tho rate of four-tenths of a foot an hour. Hoth tho Allegheny and Mo nougaheln nro still rising. DISCOVERS MUCH WRECKAGE l.nrnc Amount of Hunt DrlirU I'outiil on Itcacli South of Capo Flndcry, PORT TOWNSKND. Wash., Dec. 20. Ad vices from Neah Hay say that a largo nmount of wreckage Is being found on tho beach south of Cape Flattery, among which Is a broken rovvboat, several oars nnd life preservers, broken doors and a quantity of boards, probably belonging to the deck1 house of somo vessel. Somo bedding was nlsj found on various parts of tho beach. From Information at hand no clew Is fur nished by theso findings, though It Is thought the wreckage was part of tho collier Mattnwnn. Southern It a 1 1 way AlinmlniiN Tralnn. NASHVILLK. Tenn.. Dec, 39. Incessant rains for tho last forty-eight hours through out eastern Tennessee threaten to do more damngo to property than the iHsastrouq flood of last May, when ftV llve 'wiVo lost nnd fully $2,000,000 damage dono to railroad and farming property. Tho South ern railway has annulled nil trains between this city and Ashovllio, N. C, owing to water-covered nnd perhaps badly washed tracks between Newport und Rankin. All through t rattle and mall will bo handled over tho Norfolk & Western. It will bo Impossible for tho Southern to handle trains enst via Ashovllio until late tomor row at least, and possibly longer, for rain Is Htlll falling. The Tennessee river Is Hearing thn thirty foot mark at this point, with Indications that It will reach forty, feet and do heavy damage. I'looil AVnrnliiKN In Tcnncnncc. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Dec. 20. Heavy rains over tho entire upper basin of the Tennessee river will producq a flood. The weather bureau predicts that tho river wilt pass tho danger lino here by noon tomor row. Flood warnings wero sent from here this morning to Knoxvllle nnd Kingston and over tho lower river ns far as Pndticali, Ky. FUNERAL OF NELL CR0PSEY Wilcox Ahnolntfly llefunpn to Sny Anytliliiir Kckiii'iIIiik; III" Knnvr IciIkc of llrr Itcntli. KLIZAHKTH CITY, N. C. Doc. 20. Fu neral services over tho body of Miss Nelllo Cropsey, whose remains were discovered In tho Pasquotank river after a search lasting several weeks, wero held In tho Methodist church hero today. At tho conclusion of tho EorvlccB tho body was placed In tho Sunday school room and later will bo taken by Andrew O. C.op. soy, uncle of tho girl, to Hrooklyn for burial. Tho citizen's committee Investigat ing tho nffnlr, acted as pall bearers today, Thn Inl! In M'Mnl, Vrtnnc W'llnw ixlin a arrested for alleged participation In tll0 1 Bins uentn, hps only n stone's throw from the church. The guards wero with drawn from tho Jail today nnd permitted to go home. Public Hcntlmnnt Is strong ngalnst Wilcox, but thero Is less talk of lynching and somo of the ministers today took oc casion In their sermons to advise against mob violence. Wilcox absolutely refuses under ndvlco of his attorney to say anything regarding his case. Ho asserts that the first ntatement made by him covers all (ho knows of tho mntter. His offenso Is not bailable In this state. It Is belloved ho will vvalvn nn ex amination nnd permit his case to go dlroct to tho grand Jury' next March. H. V. Tur ner, n member of the citizen's commltteo nssorted today, that they havo sufficient evidence to counuct Wilcox with tho crime. NORTHWEST RAILROAD PLANS (iovernorn Hnve i .Set Program Govern Their Conference In llele-nn. lo HELENA. Mont.. Dec. 29. There Is no set program to govern tho conference of tho northwestern- governors hero tomorrow on tho merging of tho Northern Paclflo, Great Northern and Ilurllngton. No chief executives of other states aro expected un til tomorrow morning. The only arrange ments that have been mnde aro In a social way. Tho vUltors will bo given n state dinner either Monday or Tuesday evening. APPOINTS THE INSPECTORS Cannilu ainen Veterinary Uiamluern fnr Shipping I'olutn of I'nllcil SllltCH. OTTAWA, Dec. 29. The Dominion gov ernment has appointed veterinary Inspect ors for shipping points between tho United Statcn and Canada after a recont agreement between tbo two countries. FILM SPREADS OYER OHIO rrakir-Haaia Cantut Iayadei Factional Giiclti i ll Ortr ItaU. PRINCIPALS KEPT BUSY TELEPHONING '"""" ."tnleni.-nl Henoniu- Inn an I'aNcyltic Humor Hint lie Said 'I'll I nun to I'rrntdcnt l'rejiullcal to llaunn. CINCINNATI, Dec. 20. The contest nt Columbus this week between the followers of Senator I'ornker nnd Senator Hnuna over tho organization of tho legislature has ex tended to factional circles elsewhere In tho state. While the members of the legisla ture and candidates aro fighting at Colum bus, tho principals nre kept busy at long lUtancu telephones, notably Senator Kora kor and Oeorgo II. Cox In Cincinnati, Sena tor Hantin In Washington, Congressman Dick, cnuirman of the stnto exceutlvo com mittee, nnd other republican leaders. Senator Foraker Is being visited hero by many leaders nnd members of tho legis lature. Today ho mado tho folloivlug state ment: The story published from New York that I spoke to the president In n derogatory manner of Senator Hnnuii and that tho pieHUIuut communicated the same to Sena tor Ilnnnn und told him to be on his guard lest ho have iroublo to maintain Ills lender ship In Ohio politics, Is an unqualified false hood from beginning to end. I never bad uny such tulk with the president nnd It Is not credltnble to blm to suppose that be would have retold It to Senator Hauim If 1 bad. This story Is but a sample of many others uppe.irlng In newspapers und being peddled nbout from mouth to mouth for mischievous purposes. Most of tho republican members this yenr arc serving their first terms and according to precedent they nre expected to bo mem bers of tho next legislature, which electa Senator Hanna's successor two years hence. OrKnalct! AualiiNt llaiiiiii, While there Is no opposition to the re election of Sonator Foraker two weeks from now It Is claimed there Is an organ ized tt.ovement io defeat Senntor Hanna two years later. As tho presiding officers In the appointments of committees and other functions have great Influence, tho friends of both senators aro necking to control thoso positions as well as all other offices, Including the clerkships, Bergeant-nt-arms, etc. The Hanna men admit thoy nro working for tCHtilts two years hence and charge that thero is "a conspiracy to retire Hanna." In former years there wero contestn be tween the Shermen and the Foraker fac tions and later between tho McKlnley nnd the Foraker factions, but nono of thn for mer factional tights approached the present contest In general Interest. Thero ure sep arate Foraker nnd Hannn tickets subject to tho senato nnd house caucuses next Satur day. Charles Kerks, formerly secretary to Foraker as governor, and Inter chairman of tho stnto committee, leada tho antl-Hannn forces, and John P. Maloy, tho present sec retary of tho stato committee and attito oil Inspector under Governor Nnsh, leads thn Hanua forces. Hoth sides, claim "n suro thing," and Hioks A!nlmfr andniunlivlciljim, are expected to continue during tho week. Tho democratic mluorlty presents n sceno of harmony. Colonel James KUbourne, re cently the democratic candidate for gov ernor, yesterday notified tho members from his county not to present his rtntno to tho democratic Joint caucus for their nomina tion fnr United Stntes senator. This leaves Hon. Chnrles W. Hakcr of Cincinnati with out opposition tor tho democratic senatorial nomination. POLICE FIND IMPORTANT CLUE Ulncoirr lleviilver .Siipponcil to llnvc Hern I'ncil In Mnrilcr of .In me II. liny. SALT LAKR. Dec. 20. With tho finding of tho 38-callbor rcvolvor not far from tho scene of tho crime, tho polico of this city havo In their possession what Is be lieved to bo tho last element necessary to clear up thn mystery of Jnmcs R. Hny's murder on the night of December IS. Tho weapon was found burled In tho mud near tho corner near Thirteenth South nnd Stnto street, and has been traced by the polico to tho second-hand store, where It was bought a short tlmo hefore the murder, ac cording to tho police, by n man nnswerlng thu description of Peter Mortensen, who Is being held on tho charge of hnvlng com mitted tho crime. Mortensen continued to nfllrm his Inno cenco and positively denies nil knowledge of tho affair. Hay hail been missing for two days before his body was found burled In a trench, nnd It was reported that ho ! had absconded with $.1,500 In gold, which was alleged to havo been paid blm as sec retary of tho Pacific Labor company by Peter Mortensen, a contractor. Telograms wero sent to the pollro of various cities' asking thorn to watch for Hay. The find- Ing of the body wdth a bullet In the brain (vp.inrml ii ennnntlnn In thin rltw Unv h nt created u sensation In this city, Hay being it promlnant and well known young man. Tho whole affair was surrounded with mys tory, but suspicion finally centered about Mortensen. tho body being found not far from his residence, and ho wns placed un der nrrest. Nothing has been found of tho missing $3,500. TAKES D0SIE OF ARSENIC YoillllC .Man I'oinonn lllmnelf lle catiNc Woman Spurn 1 1 1 n Null. ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 29. Robert McElfrosh, recontly of Chicago, a clerk employed by Swift nnd Company, died In a cell nt the city Jail today. Death was duo to arsenic poisoning. The poison was taken during tho morning. McElfrcfdi wns taken to Jail In tho afternoon on tho charge of carrying concealed weapons. Ho was 111 n't tho time, but It was not thought that ho was In n serious condition. He complained of be(ng very sick and Jailer Thomas sent for phy sicians. Heforo they arrived McElfrrah was dead. He was deeply In love with a young woman ho mot two weeks ago and It, Is be lieved that ho took poison beeauso she spurned his suit. STATE SUES COMbTnATIONS .South Carolina ClmrKcn Chemical Coiapiiny with II el nit Trunt anil Monopoly. COLUMBIA, S. C, Dec. 23. Tho stato of South Carolina, through lt attorney gen eral, Duncan Helllnger, has begun suit against tho Vlrglula-Carollna Chemical company, charging It with being a trust and monopoly. Undor tho samo act thot thU suit Is brought, six of tho largo South Car olina phosphate companies that havo been purchased by tho Virginia-Carolina Chem ical company, urv sued In tho tamo action. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Monday Tuesday; West Winds. unci IV m pern (lire ill llt'K. ill Mil in nit m mi n () m a hit Yrnlrrilnyi Hour. 1cr. Hour .-. ii, It n. 7 ii. S it, I) ii. IO II. tl it. !-' in. 1 P. in - P. H P m I P. m r. p.' i l P. m 7 P. n S P. n I P. i itrv tr :i i tin :ti :tu MAY BE ABSCONDING CASHIER Mini I'oiinil iv ltd Throat Cut In Pull man I.ooUn I, Ike Mlnnltm Hanker from California. CHICAGO. Dec. 20. Attempts to estnb 11 all the Identity of a man who was found In Pullman with his throat cut last Mon day morning hnvo led tho police to bellevo that tho sulcldo may be Henry J. l'lelsh lunn, nbscondlng cashier of tho Farmers' and Merchants' bank of Los Angeles, Cnl., who disappeared December 7 with 100,000 of the bank's money. The description of tho dead man tallies with that of Flolxhmnti lu every respect except one, that of ago. Persons who have viewed tho remains be llovo It to bo that of n mnn between 25 nnd 30 yenrs. A man who claimed to know Flelshmnn tailed at the morgue, and expressed tho opinion that tho body was not that of tho banker. Ho ngreed that tho resemblanco was very strong, but snld ho thought tho suicide a younger man than Fleishman. The body waB found early Monday morning In the street nt One Hundred nnd Fifteenth street ntid Watt avenuo by two teamsters. Tho throat was cut nnd a razor lay nearby. HEADS 0FFPRIS0N PLOT Wnrilcn of Lcn v en vv orlli I'rnltcntliiry lllncovcrn Plan to Murder anil ICncnpe, LKAVKNWORTH, Kan.. Dec. 20. Warden McClaughey of the United Slates peniten tiary headed off a plot yesterday, planned by five of tho convict mutineers of Novem ber 7, which embraced tho pocslblo death of Deputy Warden Frank Lemon nnd n guard. It. G. Drown, the capture of thu guard's nrmory nnd another delivery of prisoners. Tho ringleader In the plot Is Gilbert Mul Hns. who held up nnd disarmed Sheriff Cook r.nd piirt of the Topckn police force. Frank Thompson, tho big negro, Frederick Robin son, Hob Clark and Turner Hamcu wero tho other four. The plot wns exposed by n fellow convict, who overheard tho mu tineers! talking. Mulllns had obtained a file and another convict a case knife. It was planned to filo off tho shackles and on Saturday, when four convict barbers camo to shavo the prltoners In tho stonebrcaklng shed, tho razors wero to bo seized nnd tho guards rushed. WHOLE TOWN QUARANTINED .Smallpox Itrxolln In Imitation of MqilWmi, 111., on (ho I'urt of (Muer'fHlcn. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20. Hecauso of tho nl legcd prevalence of smallpox In Madison, 111., tho city council of Ornnlte City, nt a special mooting, has declared a quaran tine against the neighboring town and au thorized tho employment of gunrd to en force It. Tho council has oppealc 'o the state authorities, and expects the : Ma to bo called on lo mako tho qiiarautluo se cure. Tho Terminal railroad has abandoned the servlco between Madison and Granite City, the Trl-Clty street cars run only to the outskirts of the latter town, nnd all pas sengers who get off tho cars must prove to' tho satisfaction of the Granite City guards that they did not como from Madison. As a result of the quarantine thero Is much excitement In Madison, which Is a town of about 7.000 population. APARTMENT BUILDING BURNS I'Mri- Spri'iuln Itaplilly nntl Twenty Flimillf n llnrely Icilte with Their I. Ives. CHICAGO. Dec. 29. A Christmas tree j loaded with Inflammable ornaments nnd I candles caused a fire tonight that deKtroycd . tho Alexander apartment building, n slx ' story structure, comer of Howen avenuo I ami Cottage Orovo avenuo. Tho loss will exceed $100,000. Twenty families lived In thn building nnd the tinmen spread so rapidly tb'ut a score of persona bnrely escaped with their lives. Thero was only ono stairway In the building anil escape by that avenue wus cut off by tho flames and smoke. When thn firemen reached tho scene, thn frightened occupants were hanging to window ledges nnd tho liro csrnpei. ladders worn raised im fast as possible, but Hoveral of the j tenants wero painfully burned before they 1 wero rescued. GRIEVANCE COMMITTEES MEET ItcprcHcntiitlYcn of Triilnmrii nntl Conilnclorn of Ihr llnrlliiKlon ,1111111 Healed Sennlnii, ST. JOSEPH, Doc 29. Tho grievance committees of tho Hrotherhod of Railway Trainmen and tho Order of Railway Con ductors of tho entire Jlurllngton system nro In session here. Tho Trainmen elected these oillcers: J. P. Strlcklcr. Oalesburg, 111., chairman: T. Y. Thlehoff, Hannibal, Mo., vice chairman! E. J. Hcnjumln, McCook, Neb., secretary. Now oillcers of tho con ductors nro: O. N. Marshall, Oalesburg, chairman; W. F. Thlehoff, Cameron, Mo., vlco chnlrman; J. I). Pennington, Wymoro, Nob., tecrotary. Tbo committees aro hold ing long and animated sessions. Tho prin cipal tioublo is alleged to havo como from tho brnkeinen, who are dissatisfied with tho present schedule. WOMAN BRUTALLY MURDERED I, can Viniiiir Demi of .ShnekliiK Wound anil (ictirKC (irlltlile Held for Crime. STOCKTON. Gal.. Doc. 29. A woman known an Lena Young, was murdered today In her apartments at a lodging hotmo In this city, and Oeorgo Grlbhlo is In Jail, charged with tho crime. Sho claimed to bo Orlbblo's wife, Grlbblo wos found In tho hallway of tho house vvhero they both lived, with face and hands covered with blood. He declared that the woman had como homo badly beaten nnd that ho put her to bed. Sho arose, after which he again placed her In tho bed, and sho died thore In a few mo ments. Tho woman was frightfully beaten, thero being evidence of her huviug been jumped on. FOUR DEAD IS WRECK GnrfRndU aid Wifa f Omaha Ki lad n Ntrthwtit.ri, B. 0. NICHOLS OF COUNCIL BLUFFS DIES Othar TiotiMi Are ua Nebtaika, I.wa aid Eliiirh.r. OMAHA PASIENGER TRAIN IN COLLISION Oruhti Iito rnlcht at Main, III,, Early Snada Motulaj. PEOPLE ARE R9ASTED AND SCALDED lllame In Hani to Locate, lint I'rrluht i:v litcntly Projected from Mil. In- Over to tin- .Main ' Track. MALTA, III.. Dec. 20. (Special Tele gram.) A terrible wreck on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad early this morning reunited In tho death of four persons nnd the Injury of n score or morn of others. Tho first section of n through passenger train from Omaha, while running elxty miles an" hour, dashed Into n freight train, demolishing two engines, five Pullman sleepers and eight freight ears. An Instnnt nflir the crash tho nlr wos filled with the trie of the Injured. Fire soon added horror to tho scene. In n short tlmo all tho cars wero consumed nnd noth ing remained to tell tho story but the charred embers nnd tho steel frames of tho vestibules, tho wheels und tho battered e mains of tho engines. I len tl. GEORGE KUDU). 1.17 Ninth Thirty- econd nvenue, Omaha; died at hotel from In juries. MRS. GEOROE RUDIO. Omaha; terribly scalded and dies lu bospltnl. H. O. NICHOLS, Council Illuffs; dies of burns and other Injuries. ELLIS DUNCAN. Chicago, Pullman porter: killed Instantly. Duncan, tho nleepln? car porter, was tho only person killed outright. Mrs. Rudlo and H, O. Nichols of Council Illuffs MKcumboo to their Injuries nt St. Luke's hospital. Miss Grace Stewart nf Council niufts, whom Nichols was to marry, stnrtcd for Dekalb, but reached thero after (no rener train had passed through. She did not see .Mr. Nichols nllvo. Injured. Mnmlo Elllngwood. Omaha; bruised. J. W. Schocu'tgcn, Council Illuffs; head cut: aide hurt, J. M. Wilson, Hnnne, In.; hands cut, William Swcenoy, Lnrchvvood, In.; head nnd hnnds cut. L. H. Jameson, North Platte, Neb.; fnco cut. Mrs, L. II. Jameson, North riatto, Neb.; back, hurt. .Marlon Wilkes, Fremont, Neb. Veronica R. Morse, Millard, Neb. Edward Hinckley. Surprise, Neb. P. O'Neill, Chicago, speclnl ngent, Chl cago & Northwestern; feet badly burned. Frank Lnrabce, Chicago, engineer of pas sengor train; leg broken nnd badly burned. Harry Cuwan, Chicago, fireman passenger train: leg broken nnd badly burned. II. P Grny, EvntiBton; Hcnlded. William Peckman, Chicago, Pullman por ter; scalded. J. L. Kiel, 1023 Walnut street, Chicago; bruised and shaken up. W. L. Dawes, Evanston, sleeping car con ductor; fnro and hands burned. Morion Wllkle. Chicago; hoad scalded and bruised. Fred Duncan, Chicago; burned. H. L. Miller. Ch rago. brakeman; nnklo sprnlned. C. E. Flfcr. Itaclue, Wis.; facn cut. Lincoln Taft. Ohlrngo, head cut. W. O. Fox. nouldcr. Colo., shoulder bruised and Fcaldetl. A. E. Jewell, Huffalo, N. Y.; hoth hnnds cut. Hurt Carr. Wlllett. N. v., badly cut nnd bruised. .Mrs. J. L. Knll. Chicago. Clarence Lnuzcrus. Chicago. Mrs. Eva Hall, Chicago. F. P. Corrnn, fireman. C, Aiken, ynrdmaslcr. John W. Wilson, civil engineer North western railroad, H. L. Miller, brakeman; nnklo fractured and body brulnod. J. W. Woodruff, Chicago; Internal In juries, Dr. J. W. Anderson, Crlpplo Creek, Colo,; burned. W. F. Rlscley, Chicago. Ileniionnllilltty llartl to Locate, JuHt who Is respnnslblo for tho frightful nffalr cannot nt this tlmo bo determined, but the opinion prevails that tho switch was left open by tho head brakeman of tho freight. In a short tlmo tbo people of tho little village worn aroused, and they, tngother with tho locnl surgeons, gave such assist nnco ns was In their power. Tho homes In tho Immediate vicinity wero soon turnod into tcmpornry hospitals, Illood was ovory whore nbout the wreck hnd tho scene pre sented wos sickening. The company Burgeons, Carlolon of Ro ehelle, Ishcrwnod of Wet Chlcngo, Vnndcr hoof of Wheaton and Scott of Geneva, be sides a score of other surgeons from other towns, wero summoned and brought to the sceno nf tho wreck on special trains, and In an hour and a half tho woundcu wero given every enro In the power of the com pany. Those who rculd bo moved wore taken to Chicago on tbo second section of No. (i, while tbo othcrH wero cared for whoro first taken. Ittiillii' I'rlKhtfnl Death, Tho -second death caused by tho wreck was that of Oeorgo Rudlo of Omaha, trav eling representative of J. S. Kirk, manu facturer nf soaps of Chicago, who died In great agony at tho village hotel. II. O. Nichols of Council Illuffs was ter ribly burned from his hips down, a well as on his hands and face, and his recovery nan doubtful from tho first. It Is thought the head brakeman of the freight train und ono Pullman porter are still In tho wreck, as neither can bo found, Engineer Frank Larnbee and FIroman Harry Coivon of the passenger train stayed on tho englno and wero afturwurd pulled from bo ncnth the wrecked englno with broken legs nnd covered with cuts and bruises. Tho bones of tho log of Engineer Iarubee pro truded from tho flesh. Train Too I.iini; for Slillnu Tint freight train hnd taken a sldlnv at Malta, but tho train wns longer than tho siding anil tho freight locomotive protruded upon tho main track beyond tho sidetrack. i