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03IAHA, SATXJHDAT MOIINIXG, JAIN U ATI Y 18, 1902 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY EIVE CENTS.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
Eartsquaks in fouthini JJtxioa Proust
Hart Imi Dbiitrois.
CITY OF CHILrANCINGO IS, DESOLATE
f Tnliahitaafl. '' I.
PARISH CHURCH CRUSHES WORSHIPERS
Gmttit IlKagbttr Occirs
Edifici.
in tltirid
PROPERTY LIS MEANS RUIN TO MANY
Htn ".200,000 Sugar .Mill, .flint Fitted
it Ith American Machinery, l)e
ntroyeil Troop Culled Out to
Succor the Populace
MEXICO CITV, Jan. 17; Ono of tho most
terrlbln disasters In tho hlitory of tho
lata of Ouerrcro Is reported to bavo oc
curred lato yestorday afternoon. An ex
tremely violent cartluiuako shock 'was felt
at Chllpanclngo, causing a great loss of
Ufa and Injuring many persons. Details
from the) stricken district are very meager,
but scattering reports received hero Indl
cato that probably 300 persons wcro killed
and ns many moro Injured. It Is known
that tho state capital, tho t'arlsh church
and many business houses and residences
cro In ruins and that there Is much
Buffering as a result of tho awful seismic
disturbance Ono of tho edifices that
suffered most was the federal telegraph
office, which cxplulns tho scarcity of news
thus far.
Meager details finally began to arrlvo
bcrc. Tho telegraph linos and apparatus
at Chllpanclngo wero badly damaged, but
tho employes, all of whom wero uninjured,
quickly proceeded to oreot an Improvised
telegraph office on tho outskirts of tho
city. Tho number of doaths was greater
In the parish church than any other single
place, as a crowd of worshipers was gath
ered thcro for tho afternoon service Tho
olid masonry walls and tho roof came
toppling down on tho worshipers and many
of those within woro killed.
Troop Work for Flencue.
The War department has ordered troops
In the neighborhood to co-oporate In the
work of rescue. Until this work Is com
pleted 'It will be lmposslblo to accurntoly
learn the number of victims. It Is bolloved,
however, that this Is ono of tho most de
structive earthquakes that ever occurred
in Mexico. The greater part of tho popu
latlon of the city aro now camping out
under tents around tho town, which Is
flvn days' journey from tho national capital.
Earthquake shocks wore felt In many
other cities and towns. In Mexico City tho
earthquake occurred at C:07 p. m. yester
day and was of such vlolonce as to shako
the most substantial buildings. The Pan
American congress was. In., session at tho
time and many of tlio delegates wero I
greatly alarmed. Tho first movement here
was one of trepidation and was very sharp.
It was followed by an easy oscillatory
movement northeast to south-southwest.
The duration was flfty-flvo seconds. Tho
damago In this city was slight.
Short Shock the Worst.
Tho -state of Ouerrcro has always been
tho focus of solsmlo disturbances. Hoports
recolved hero stato tho shock was very
severe at Chllapa. No casualties aro so
far reported irom there. Tho duration of
tho Chllpanclngo shock was Icbh than that
in Mexico City, having, lasted fifty seconds,
against fltty-flv seconds at the capital.
Up to 11 o'clock tonight no further news
had come from tho strloken city. Tho
earthquake was also intenso at Igulla, In
the stato of Guerrero, destroying the parish
ohureh and many buildings. Among the
latter was tho sugar mill of Ooneral Fria
ble. The milt had Just been complotod
nnd fitted up with American machinery at
a cost of $200,000. Tho property loss Is
Immense throughout the state of Guerrero
The Associated Press corrcapqndent has
lust aeon a private telegram from Chllpan
clngo saying: "I and family are safe; many
bouses destroyed."
DENIES CHARGES OF CRUELTY
British Government Issues lllus
Book an Concentration
Camps. '
LONDON, Jan. 17. A bluo book Issued
today on tbo subject ot tho concentration
camps in South Africa contains further do
tailed explanations from Lord Mllner, tho
British high commissioner, and Lord Hitch
enrr, as to the causes of the cxccbhIvo
death rato In the camps, and refutations ot
tho chargea ot cruelty.
Lord Kltchenor emphatically denies Conv
xnandant Scbalkburger's allegations ot for
clble removal and exposure ot sick womon
and of rough and cruel treatniont ot womeu
and children, and says:
"I oftored Botha to leave the families and
rslatlvea ot fighting burghers In undis
turbed possession of their farms It Botha
would agreo to sparo tho farms of the fami
lies ot surrendered burghors. Botha em
phatically refused, saying: 'I am entitled
to forco every man to Join, nnd It they do
not Join to confltcato their property and
leave their families on tho veldt.' "
The bluo book gives statistics for the
month of Docembor last, when thero wcro
117,017 Inmates of the camps and 3,380
deaths, ot which number 1,767 wero chil
dren, i
MOVING PAST THE CRISIS
Germany Is Ms Id to lie llecoverlnw
from .ttlverne Keoiiumlo
Conditions.
BERLIN, Jan. 17. Replying to an Inter
pellation In the Reichstag today, Count von
Foesadowskl-Wehner, secretary ot stato for
the Interior, ssid that tbo beat statistics
available showed that there were not more
than 7,600 unemployed in Berlin, their num
ber having been kept down by tbo efforts
of the various federal departments to pro
vide tnem witn work wuerever tnis was
possible.
The secretary of stato assured the Reichs
tag that tho government hoped that
healthier agricultural conditions would be
created so that the country laborers might
again prosper on tho land.
This statement from Count von Possa
dowskl-Wehner was tnken as a direct bid
for support from the government tn con
nection with the tariff on grain.
The cpeaker furthor warned the country
against the danger of overproduction and
said that Germany would soon bo past the
uauatrlal crisis
OR. KRAUSE PLACED ON trial
Farmer Oovrrnnr of .lohiitincnhurir
Knees Clin rue of limllKnUiiK
n Murder.
LONDON. Jan. 17. The trial of Dr.
Krnusc, tho former governor of Johannes
burg, on tho charge of Inciting Comollus
Ilroccksman, tho public prosecutor of Jo
hannesburg, to murder John Douglas Fos
ter, an English lawyer who wan on tho staff
of Lord Roberts, opened at Old Daltey to
day. If tho prisoner and his friends had
: en suspected of a design to oxplodo dynn
In tho court tho precautions against
'nifslon of unauthorized persons
c. . . . yth been more stringent. Kvery
ono ' "Voscly scrutinized and compelled
to produ J n card of admission
Tho prisoner Headed not guilty and tho
solicitor Koncral. Sir Edward Henry Carson.
proceeded to detail tho facts a ready tcstl-
fled to In tho police court.
Ilroecksman. whom Dr. Krauso Is alleged
to have Incited to tho murder of Foster,
was executed by tho Hrltlsh In South Africa.
In tho cotirse of examination of the
press censor of Johannesburg It transpired
that tho postofilco officials, thcro wero In
tho habit of sending to tho censor nil let-
ters addressed to the United States consul,
Mr. Gordon, Tho lord chief Justlco asked
If such lotters wero subject to censorship,
On being Informed that ho was not bound
to reply, tho censor declined to nnswer the
question. The ovldcnco In tho caso was
wholly a repetition of tho facts already
cabled. Thn defense submitted that no
statutory offense had been committed, as
thero was no evidence that Brocksman bad
ever received tho letters alleged to have Kennedy made application for an Inspcc
been written by Dr. Krnuso. tor, but at that tlmo It was not deemed
Tho lord chief Justice, Ilaron Alverstone,
Intimated that he would deliver Judgment
tomorrow.
NO DEFENSE OF CHAMBERLAIN
Modlflrntlou or i:plnnnlloii of 111
Speech Ileemcil t'niiecpsnnr- h
Com moiiern.
LONDON, Jan. 17. A. J. Ilalfour, tho
government leader, replied In the House
ot Commons today to a scries of quostlons
In regard to the rcfcrcnco In tho recent
speech of tho German Imperial chancellor,
Count von Iluelow, to assurances received
by Germany on tho subject of tho utter
ances at Edinburgh ot Mr. Chomberlaln,
tho colonial secretary. Mr, Dalfour de
clared that no assurances had been asked
by Germany, but In unofficial conversation
Lord Lansdowno, thn foreign secretary, had
pointed out to tho German ambassador that
Mr. Chamberlain had roado no charges ot
barbarity against tho German or any other
army. In tho opinion of tho government
nothlng was required to bo said cither In
tho direction of qualifying or withdrawing
tho remarks of Mr. Chamberlain.
Replying to another aucstlon. Mr. Dal-
four said Colonel Arthur Lynch, (ho re-
cently elected member for Galway, who Ib
said to navo fought on the sldo of tho
Doers In South Africa, would bo arrested
Immediately after landing on Urltlsh soil.
GERMANS SECURE CONCESSION
Anntolln llnllronil Hecelvcn Permis
sion to Ilullil Line, to the.
Fernlnn Gulf.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 17. An lrad
has been promulgated approving of tho
flnal convention for tho construction of
il .1 1 .. .1 II ... I 1. . . . v. . I
tnlln railroad. A cuarantea of 17.000
francs per kilometer Is promised. Tho lino
will bo carried to tho Persian gulf, but the
proposal to fix tho terminus at Kowelt Is
abandoned, owlusr to Dolltlcal consldora-
tlona,
The concession for n lino of railroad con-
noctlng tho Bosphorus with tho Persian gulf
Is regarded as oxtromely important.
politically and commercially. When com
pleted It will bring India within approxi
mately eight days of London and It will
open a now' International granary and bring
a considerable part of Asia Minor under
German influence. Tho German conces
sion conflicts rttiously with tho Russian
plans for the oxtcnslon ot tho Siberian
railroad toward India.
NO EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
Finns for TrnilliiK Captive
Arc
.ot Curried Out
Tolinun.
at
J
COLON, Colombia, Jan. 17. (Via Galves
ton.) No exchange ot prisoners took place
at Tobaga yesterday In spite ot tho an
nouncement that an exchange was to bo
effected then. The government coramls-
sloners and Captain Meado of the cruiser
Philadelphia waited Ave hours fruitlessly
for tbo appearance ot liberals having the
government prisoners In charge,
It Is reported at Panama that General
Castro recently engaged a detachment of
tho rovolutionnry forces nnd defeated them,
though most of tho liberals escaped to their
essel. Another report says liberal ships
havo beon chasing the government gunboat
Boyaca In tho direction ot Cblrlqul. Both
reports nro unconfirmed.
Tho government fleet will probably bo
ready to sail this evening.
FOREIGN TRADE OF GERMANY
Kxports for the Last Year Increaa
anil Import Full
Off.
BERLIN, Jan. 17. The official provisional
estlmatos of tho foreign trado of Germany
for 1S01 glvo tho Imports at B,B67,B00,000
marks, a decroaso of 76.000,000 marks from
the Imports of 1900. Tho somo authority
gives tho exports for 1901 at 4,7S9,000,000
marks, which ts an increase of 7.000.000
marks over the exports for tho preceding
year.
The actual values of theso Imports and
oxporta nro much smaller than the figures
hero given, Insomuch ns the foregoing
amounts are based on tho price of goods
prevailing In 1900.
OSCAR WANTS NEW INCOME TAX
Klnir of Sweden Advocates Prnitre-
slve Laws In Opeulns- Fsr
llnment. STOCKHOLM. Jan. 17.-Klng Oscar
opened tho Swedish Parliament In person
today. In tho speech from tho throne his
innjttiiy expressed mo earnest nopo tnal
the house would grant the credits neces
sary to render efficient nil branches of the
army and announced the Introduction of
bills extending the franchise for tho eloc
tlon of members of tho second chamber,
providing for a progressive Income tax and
cbtabllshlng an Imperial Insurance office,
The king concluded with tho expression
of hopo for n continuance of tho good rela-
Hons between Sweden and Norway and the
other foreign powers,
CHANGE AT THE OMAHA POST
Captain William 11 mt t Iniit Di
pirtmit f Misiatri.
ANOTHER INSPECTOR AT SOUTH OMAHA
Hutch Kennedy' Petition for Govern
ment Ofllclnt In Granted Cruiru
Stnrt for .Nfiv Otitic In
I'orto Itlco,
(From ti Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Captain William It. Orovo Is re
Heved from duty ns assistant to the pur
cnasing commissary at Chicago ana win
proceed to Omaha for duty as assistant to
-Major Albert Nlskcrn, chief commissary,
Department of the Missouri. Major Albert
Mskern will then proceed to Chicago for
"y as cnier commissary ot me ucpan
ment of tho Lakes
Congressman Koblnson recently called
"pon tho chief of tho bureau of onlmal
Industry for tho purposo of having tho
government nppolnt an Inspector to Inspect
meat at tho abattoir of Hugh Kennedy, who
Is engaged In the packing business at South
Omaha. D. E. Salmon, bead of tho bureau,
today sent word to tho congressman that
his request would be granted nnd that an
Inspector would at onco bo assigned to
Kennedy's abattoir ns soon as tbo now
appropriation Is nvallablo. Two years ago
ndvlrable by tho department to grant tho
request. This Is nn Important matter to
Kennedy, ns tlu ordinances of Omaha nro
hlblt the salo of meats which bavo not
been Inspected by tho government. Tho
former nppllcatlou was refused by tho de
partment for tho rcasou that Mr. Kennedy
was not at that tlmo doing un lntcrstato
trade, but his business has grown to such
nn extent that tho government now feels
warranted In assigning an Inspector to his
place.
Ex-Senator and Mrs. Thurston enter
tallied at a largo reception tonight at their
new home on Wyoming avenue. Tho nrray,
navy and legislative circles were largely
icpreseuted.
Crurpn Off for Xrw Font.
A. It. Cruzcn, wife nnd son loft for New-
York to day nnd will sail tomorrow for
I'orto Illco, Mr. Cruzen's new post. Tho
temporary embarrassment resulting from
tho refusal ot tho solicitor general of tho
treasury to approvo tbo bond of Mr. Cruzen
because It was Issued by a company not
having nn agent In the Island, was ob-
vlated yesterday by tho American Security
company's serving notlco on the secretary
ot treasury that It would put an agent In
tho island at once. Mr. Cruzen's bond
thereupon was npproved
"Tho whole question In reference to the
Cheyenne and Standing nock leases," said
Senator Gamblo today, "Is whether tho In
dlau ofllco has been too hasty in making
them. I bellevo thnt It Is tho best thing for
th0 u that tho grazing lands should
DO leased, dui i aiso ueuevu mm mo unu-
era ot small bunches of cattle, a tew hun
dred each, should bavo been given a chanco
to combine their Interests. This' they could
nut do under tbo plan adopted, and I think
a better arrangement might have been made
which would have given our own people a
chance to lease lands at perhaps hotter flg-
urea for the Indians."
Cardinal Martlnolll, papal delegato to the
untied amies, nos receiveu no auvicre irom
"on'" concerning tho roported illness of tho
!'P- Nevertheless tho cardinal Is ready
to start for Home at a moment's notice to
tako part In tho conclavo which would meet
n (Jays nftcr tho dcatn ot tho PP to cloct
a nevf Vnun. "A caruinai is never nouiteu
of any Illness ot the pope," said an attache
at tb. Catholic legation today, "unless the
physicians announce that there la imminent
danger of denth. When this announcement
Is mado the cnidlnal secretary ot state ca
blca the head ot every nuncio and apostolic
delegation throughout tho world. The first
official news hero will come to Cardinal
Martlnolll. It will be his duty to notify
the church In whoso Jurisdiction his home
Is situated. Tho bolls of that church will
be tolled constantly and In this way tho
peoplo will be told that the head of the
Catholic church la dying. Every cardinal
and apostolic delegate will do likewise, and
Catholics all over tho world will congre
gate In their various parishes and pray for
the departing successor of St. Peter."
Captain II. E. Palmer, chairman of .tho
national committee on tho sanitarium for
old soldlors at Hot Springs, S. D., Is hero
to help push Senator Gamble's bill, which
has been favorably reported by the senate
eomnillteo
Department ,oten.
Jrsslo Jacob has been appointed postmas
ter at New Helena, Custer county, Nob.
vice B. Smith, resigned.
Miss Emma E. Groff of Missouri Valley,
la., l:ns been appointed clerk In the Des
Motnt-s pension agency.
The condition ot Iowa banks December
10, oxcluslvo of Des Moines, shows: Loans
and discounts, J60,t71,127; gold coin, $1,806,
690; lawful money reserve, $4,&42617; In
dividual deposits, $59,598,052; average re
serve hold, 26.61 per cent.
Postofllces established:
Nebraska North Star, Nance county,
Harrison I. Patten postmaster.
Wyoming Story, Sheridan county, Nnthan
II. Gallant postmaster.
Nick D. Glndback of Sioux Falls, S. D.
has been appointed fireman In the Postofilco
department.
Theso rural frco delivery routes bavo
boen ordered established March 1:
Iown Comanche, Clinton county; area
twenty-eight squnro miles; population, BiO
Herbert Wllkles carrier; Dixon, Scott
county; nrea, thirty-three square miles
population, 610; Horace G. King carrier.
South Dakota Hartford, Mlnnehah
county; area, thirty-four squaro miles; pop
uiation, ⅈ itenry u. uorcnerciing carrier,
MUlbank, Custer county; area, seventy-two
square miles; population, 1,140; E. J. Hln
man and C. Porter carriers. Sherman, Mln
nehaha county; area, seventy-one square
miles; population, 1,152; L. B. Locke und
G. H. Swenson carriers,
The postofllces at Allen Grove, Scott
county, and St. Joseph, Grant county, S
D., will be discontinued.
ajn HP TUP MICCHUft CUID
"- uuir
nrltUh sioop-of-War Condor Hn Not
Yet Arrived at Itn Destina
tion In llavrall. ,
HONOLULU, Jar. 10. The British sloop-of-war
Condor, long overdue from Victoria.
has not yet arrived nt this port,
Active work has begun on tho Kona Kau
railroad, which Is to start from about
Kallua, on tbo Kona coast of Hawaii, and
1 run across the western and southern coast
I ot that island.
NEELEY CONTRADICTS REEVES
Dciilcn Glvlnir Over the Four Thou
nnntt Uollnrs tn MitUe
iiookn Tally.
HAVANA, Jan. 17. The crcss-cxamlna-
, T- 1 n Tint liKinn ....llhutn. 1 1
ports of Cuba, at today's stsaton ot tho
court which Is trying the charges growing
out of tho Cuban postofll'co frauds, brought
out no new facts.
Counsel for W. H. Ileeves, cx-deputy
auditor for Cuba, who Is also on trial, en
deavored to put tho responslbllty on Rath
bono for the neglect on the part ot Cuban
post, as falling to render monthly stato-
rrcnis. uamuono insu ,nai u n
... .7 . J ..... iT. " "lie
mis Kina. vj. . w. .cciey was cuucu nun
I J l... ... - n-l ..1.1 I
Auiuuieu uy 1110 iinvai. iiuviny nam uiuk i
no rcceivca . appmi.wnc.ii rom
.uKiui. u mui mu "u ..
u. u. ..i.ano u...u ui u.c V....UU..
posiouico .icpartment. nucr mo orgainza-
tlon of tho Cuban postofilco system. He
sam mat wnen mo stamps were uurncn
certain amouni was rrscru .or coiiccwrs. mIUco of tho Loulsana rurchaso Kxposl
btit he did not know how ' many, and when t(on companv th,8 nf,ornoon, to sot ut rest
tho sales to collectors fell off he gave tho ..,.,.,. rnmin frm u'nnhlneinn tn thn
surcharged stamps to Senor Moya, a Cuban
stamp clerk In tbo Havana ofllcc, Instruct
ing Moya to sell them.
Ho asserted that he took tho tnony re
citing from these sales and put It In tho
ault. Nccloy made no record of those
stamps, nor did Moya make out a rcqulsl-
tlon for them. In answer to the flscal's
question ns to why he bad made no ueh
recoru, iec.ey expm.ncu mni in.o.ur as
ue new Issue of stamps was concerned
records wero kept In his office of tho do-
nominations sold, in order that ho m ght
bo In a position to know what denomlna-
una lo ut .n u.,mBlUn, 8
tho matter of balancing tho account, tho
stamps ho turned over to Moya had no
bearing thereon.
Neeley said he was charged with tho
whole amount of tho vnluo of the stamps
delivered and that theso ho must account
for cither In stamps or money when called
upon to do so. For this reason, he said. It
made no difference whether these Moya
ales wero recorded. Instead of tho stamps,
he said, he had put the money In tho vault,
Neeley denied having any Interest In tho
Cawnn Printing company of Munclc, Ind.,
nnd said he had not received $3,000 ns com-
mlslon from tho Ixck Box company that put
in tho lock boxes In tho Havana postofllce
He explained that this company was tho
lowest bidder for that work.
Neeley was confronted by Reeves, who
reiterated his statement that Neeley gave
him $4,600 before leaving to mnko the books
tnlly. Neeley answered that this was not
so and that bo was with an employe of tho
postolllco nt tho hour named by Reeves,
At tho request ot Neeley's counsel, this
employe will be summoned to testify,
Neeley said ho drew his salary for tho
coming month before ho left Havana for
the United States. Tho defense will con
tend that this action showed that Ncelev
needed money and undcr the circumstances
would not glvo Reeves any,
OUTLAWS ESCAPE AT NIGHT
Mrs Who Killed Two loftlccrM After
lie I UK Hurrnunited by Foe Dis
appear Darlnsr lnrkaeii,
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl., Jan. 17. The
outlaws who killed tho sheriff of Caddo
county and his deputy, who were' believed
last night to be surrounded by n posse
twenty miles soutn ot Anaaarso, nro
thought to have made their escape undor
cover of darkness. No trace of them could
bo found nt daylight. Tho outlaws, It Is
now believed, belong to tho old Miller gang,
whose haunts are tn tho breaks ot Little
river.
A telephone message from Anadarko lato
today pays the outlaws bavo again been
surrounded, this tlmo In tho Keecbt hills,
tnirty nines soutueasi ot Anaaarxo, in a
rough country, from which It is almost Im
possible to-drive them. The officers arc
guarding ovory nvcnuo of escapo and will
try to starvo tho gang out.
GUTHRIE, Okl., Jan. 17. A company of
soldiers left Fort Sill to aid tho posses In
tho pursuit of tho highwaymen who mur
dered Shorlffs Smith and Beck Wednesday
morning. It Is announced that tho men aro
surrounded In tho brush at the headwaters
of Denver creek near Rush springs. Tho
bloodhounds tracked tho robbors to that
point from Apache and wcro then called off,
not being allowed to enter tho brush. The
posse thon surrounded tho brush and began
a slego whllo awaiting reinforcements. It
was for this place that tho troops started.
FARMER FIGHTS WITH WOLVES
Defend Ills Life Aunlnnt Puck of
Vlclou Animal with Seri
ous Ilenult.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 17. A special to
tho Pioneer-Press from La Crosse, Wis.,
says:
After n desperate strugglo with a pack
of wolves, Clay Halesrud, a well-known
farmer, residing about ten miles north ot
hero, lies In a critical condition. His
pbyslclnns say ho cannot llvo.
Last night Halesrud was awakened by a
disturbance among tho animals In his barn-
yard. Going out, he was surrounded by
a pack of wolves. He attempted to regain
his house before escapo was entirely cut
otf, but before he had gone twonty tcet
tho wolves wero snapping and snarling at
his heols.
The farmer attempted to defend himself
with n club, which ho had snatched up,
but several times ho was forced to tho
ground with the wolves upon him. Each
time, however, he managed to light them
off until ho regained his feet, Fighting his
way men hy inch, ho finally succeeded In
reacning tno door or his dwelling, and,
half fainting, he staggered In and drew
tho bolt. Wolves havo been so numerous
ana their work so destructive In this vl-
clnlty of late tbat nn organized offort is
being made to hunt tbora down.
SCHLEY'S FIRST
ADDRESS'
Admiral I Expected to Say Some
thlnir of National Interent
at Chleado.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Rear Admiral Wln-
flold Scott Schley has reserved his first
public utteranco slnco tho recent famous
Sampson-Schley controversy and court of
Inquiry for a Chicago audience Whon tho
hero of Santiago stands before tho ban
quet board as tho guest of honor of the
uiiiniiion ciuo at mo Auquorium a week
from tomorrow night it Is expected ho will
say-something of national interest.
Official announcement was mado to this
effect today. Just what tho tonor of tho
admiral's remarks will bo Is not definitely
Known, out it is saia ror some tlmo tho nd. tho Ohio penitentiary after serving u nluo
mlral has wished to bo placed In a position vear scntonca and wns broueht hero. Ho
whero he could raako a public stateraont
even oner in cnaracier, out unaor clrcura-
stances removing nira from chanco ot ot-
uuai or omcr censor.
WILL HOLD FAIR
It Loiii Dan Nst Iitud ts Delay Wtrla'i
Ezpsiititn,
CONTRARY REPORTS OFFICIALLY DENIED
Ilxecutlvc Committee Innurn Hprclllu
nnd Complete ItepmllntloH ot
Humor of FontponliiK tho
Grcnt Uvcnt.
ST L0U,S( Jnn 17...Wherca, the iub
press has agitated tho question of post
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Buinn
''Hcsolved. That under tho act ot congress
ana undcr every plan of tho board of dl-
rcctort( rtmi cxccutivo commlttco the expo
ulon w, Rna c,ua(J n th(J MM..
Tucso rcsoIutlona wcro unanimously
.ilopted at o meeting of tho executive com
effect that tho world's fair might bavo to
bo postponed from 1903 to 1901.
Tbo dispatches from Washington quoting
President D. R. Francis and Director Busch
of the wor,d. ffllr com,,anv ntf intimating
Umt ,ho Lougnnn VurciM0 exposition
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consistently adhered to tho statement that
,ho W0rlj.8 fnlr wolllJ and ro80 ,
yJf)2
w',am . Thomp8on, treasurer of tho
LollIl),nna i.urcnttW) Kxposltlon company,
whl.n ghown ,he ABaoclatoJ ,,r8g (8Palch
from Washington expressed his surprise,
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commlttco woo speedily issued. In tho
ntlKPnrn nf Iriall1iint t.Vnnnla l 11
Thompeon, vice chairman of the commit:
tee, presided. Thoso members present
wcro: Charles Knapp, Howard Elliott.
Murray Carleton, L. 1). Dozlor, James
Campbell, A. L. Shaplelgh and Brcckln-
rldgo Jones.
Tho matter for which tho meeting was
called was discussed at considerable length,
nil present being of tho opinion, it was
stated, that tho original Intention of tho
holding of tho world's fair In 1903 should
bo adhered to.
It Is well and generally understood that
President Francis, tho board of directors
nnd thu executive commlttco nro working
harmoniously for tho opening of tho fair
in 1903.
Tho following dlspatcth was sent today:
'To tho Secretary of State, Department
of State, Washington: In behalf ot tbo
city ot St. Louis nnd ot tho directors of
tho Louisiana Purcbaso Exposition com
pany, we deslro, most earnestly, to solicit
your assistance to tho end that St. Louis
muy bo Included In tho Itinerary of Prlnre
Henry. A formal Invitation will be for
warded by mall.
"HOLLA WELLS, Mayor.
"DAVID It. FRANCIS, President."
Among the rondB whoso managers nro
said to bo figuring on connections tbat will
cnablo them to operato passenger trains
between tho two points aro tho Santa Fe,
Burlington and Northwestern. It Is not
believed that any ot these companies will
seek to effect permanent through lines bo
tween Chicago and St. I-ouIb, but rather
will attempt to leaso or securo a ono or two
years' leaso and n contract with somo of
tho many existing short lines thnt cover
tho stato which could be utilized as through
routes If neressary,
Many of tho small
roads, It Is said, would bo very willing to
leaso trnckogo rights for train provided
tholr local business was not Interfered
with
FrnnclH Firmly Denlen Fontponemeiit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Ex-Governor
Francis tonight in respouso to n request
from tho Associated Press mado tho to!
lowing statement regarding reports Unit
tho Louisiana Purchase exposition would
bo postponed:
"I was much surprised to lenrn that a
statement had been printed to the effect
that had virtually admitted that the fair
would bo postponed. I have never ndvo
cated nor contemplated such action. On
behalf ot tbo local company I desire to uay
that It can bo ready for tho exposition In
1903 and will be ready
'When somo newspaper men nsked me
today It tho fair would bo postponed und
I made a ncgatlvo reply I was asked If wo
could not prepare a better fair In 1904 than
In 1903. I ropllod, 'Yes,' and so can we
proparo a totter fair for 2001 than for 1901
I cannot say why this statement should
bo construed ns an admission that tho
Louisiana exposition would be postponed
from tho dato fixed by congress and an
nouncr-d by the president In his proclama
tion Inviting foreign countries to par t let
pate.
"Some of tho European governments have
sent replies declining, nnd one object ot my
visit hero Is to ask tho department and tho
administration to bring additional pressure
on such governments to reconsider their
conclusion. If, however, they refuso to do
so it would not mean that St. Louis would
not havo exhibits from thoso countries, nn
our commissioners would mnko appeals to
manufacturers nnd others exhibitors
therein. Ono or moro of tho foreign coun
tries havo given as reasons for their decll
I nation that thoy bavo not tlmo In which to
orcnaro. Whether tho governments so de-
cllnlng would participate in the event of a
nostnonement has not been ascertained
I "i nm still In conference with tho State
department and trust that within tho next
few days some plan will bo evolved whoroby
foreign governments that havo declined can
bo Induced to reconsider.
"If." continued Governor Francis, "tho
Stnto department or the administration or
congress should deslro this fair postponed
In order to give foreign governments
longer tlmo In which to prepare I havo no
doubt tho local corporation would readily
accede to such wishes."
"Do you expect thnt such a contingency
wni nriseT" the governor was asked.
"No, I do not expect It, but firmly be
llcvo that everything will be in readlnoss
and the fair will open on time.
SECURES ANOTHER SENTENCE
Frencher neleaaed from Ohio Peni
tentiary Goe. to Michigan
Prlatin for Fraud.
DETROIT, Mich,, Jan. 17, Judge Swan of
the United States district court today sen
tenced Rev, O. F, I). Howard, who had
previously plended guilty to using tho malls
to obtain monov undor fa bo nretenses nt
Horton, Mich., to two and a bait years In
tho Detroit house of correction. Howard.
who Is well known throuEhout tho country.
was arrested bv a Unltod States marshal In
Columbus several monthH ago nH he left
made nn eloquent nnd pathetlo plea for
morcy. but Judgo Swan, although ho was
much effected by it, said that flontenco
i mUsi he imposed.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Generally Fair Sat
urday, Except Snow in liasl rortiou;
Colder Sunday; Northwesterly Winds.
Temperature at Omnhn Yenteriln i
Hour. lli'K, Hour. Dew
ft n. in ...... 1 p, tn . . . '1.1
ii a. m at 'j p. iii.
7 n. m :t'j :t p. m ni
M n. m .a I I p. m ft'-'
ii a. in :tn r p. m ft'
1(1 a. m !I7 . p. m ft
II a. iii Ill i 7 P. m 10
iu in tn s p. m :t"
It p. m
I1,:;
TWO MEN ARE ASPHYXIATED
Die lit Oil Tn nk Vhlle Ncrapln
the Nuhntniice front
vHlilen.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 17. Harry Hagcmeyer
nd Charles Dergcr, laborers nt the Proctor
& Gamble soap works, were asphyxiated In
n remarkable manner In an oil tnnk today.
Both men wero nt work pumping a tank
ot cottonseed oil from n tank car on the
trnek Into another tank. The oil Ib what
Is known as tho second produst of cotton-
cod oil. It Is ns thick as molasses nnd
considerable of tho product remains on tho
Ides nnd bottom ot the tank after tho pump
has exhnusted Its efforts. Workmen then
enter through n cupola on top, scrape tho
oil remaining nn the sides nnd bottom to
gether and scoop It up. Bergor went into
the car tank to do this part of the work.
Much longer time than was necessary for
htm to clean out the enr had elapsed before
ho was missed and n search was made,
iingcmeyor nnci nnoiner employe iookoi
hrougli tho cupola and saw Bergor lying
fnco downward nt tho bottom. Hngemeyer I
Immediately descended Into tbo tank. Ho
stooped over and rnlsed Berger's nrm. but
iroppeu it almost instantly, nnd. crying
out, "Oh, let me out!" foil dead.
NDIANS"
GET THEIR MONEY
Iteilnhlnn llecome Feneeahle on lle-
ccIvIiik I'n j Mien t for l.nttil
I'lttr.
DOWAGIAC, Mich., Jan. i7. Today every
man, woman and child In tho l'ottawnttamlo
trlbo of Indians received from Attorney
Robert Balnes of Chicago n check for $100.
Yesterday the probato Judgo of tho county
Interfered nnd directed that the money
should not be paid to the Indians, but to
their guardians.
Today tho matter was argued before tho
Judge and It wns shown that the Indians
wero badly in need of money ami thu court
withdrew his objections, allowing tho pay-
iiiciu.iu in- in.iui;. luuiKiii mo minium uro
in n very friendly mood, and somo of tho
younger ones ure ccieurnting, out moro is
no uisoi dor,
For tho money thus paid tho Indians
surrender their equity In very valuable
mi. us menu uio iiiko ironi in uincago. ino
purcnascrs, u is saiu, win enuenvor to os-
tauiisn tno triuai rignts to tne property
In question, their purpose being to wrest
tho land from the present holders.
r-nma uinrnifr n -ennui
inrlUWN rnUM WntUrxtU ItlHin
Five Pit mhcii seer Hurled from Track,
hut Only Three Serious!)-
Injured.
LAFAYETTE. La.. Jan. 17. Tho fast
Southern Pacific passenger train, which left
New Orleans today, was wrecked this after
noon at Codo station, twolvo miles cast of
this city. Flvo passenger cars woro thrown
from tho track, but only throo persons wcro
seriously hurt. The Injured:
Dr. SmyHon, Solemn, Ala., Internal In'
Juries. ,
Dr. Docker, Detroit, leg hurt.
Mrs. C II. Lnmbert, Buffalo, N. Y In
jured Internally.
Tho Injured wero brought hero nnd sent
to n hotel nnd are reported as doing well.
0RMANWILL ISSUE THE CALL
liovernor of ('olornilo Will Convene
IieKlslntiire In a Special
Selott.
DENVER, Jan. 17. Governor Orman to
day announced that he will lesuo a. call to
morrow or on Sunday for n Bpeclal session
of the leglslaturo to consider tbo following
subjects:
The revenue bill which was attacked bv
tho trusts ond pronounced unconstitutional
In part by tho courts; the control of the
eornorntlons. esncclallv railroad, hv n rum.
mission or other, an employers' liability
bill nnd a measure for financing tho Qunnl-
son tunnel and canal for Irrigating
pur-
poses.
PREACHER KILLS STEPSON
IlnriiKcil .Man l'limue Fatal Knife
mill In Futility Wouuileil
lllniKCir.
ALTON, III., Jan. 17. Tho Rot. Mr. Old
ding tonight stabbed to death his stepson,
Harry Hlgbfleld, and was himself perhaps
fatally Injured, sustaining two fractured
ribs, besides Internal lnlurlcs. Tho affair
took ularo three miles oast of Shlnman. III.
Tho trngody was tho culmination of a
feud of lone standlnc between tho father
and son, dating from tho marrlago of the
boy's mothot flvo years ago.
Hlghflctd bad Just returned from threo
years' service In the Philippines.
SAYS COULD NOT LIVE ALONE
Yniutur Wo in nn Kill llerelf
Man Accuaeil nf Wife
.11 order.
for n
MUNCIE. Ind.. Jan. 17. Miss Edna Cook
committed sulcldo lato tonight nt tho Cora-
raerclal hotel, whero she rented a room for
tho purpose She loft a noto saying that
sho could not live without Charley Plttser.
tho dlschnrged soldier Who shot his young
brldo to death on Tuesday. Plttser. It Is
said, tried to shoot this girl at a Yorktown
danco a month ngo, but was prevented by
Marshall Leonard. Miss Cook went to see
Plttser in Jail last night.
Movement or ocean vcnneln Jan. 1J7.
At New York-Arrived: CntliCKlan. from
Glasgow; lji,Savole, from Huvro; Colum-
'Tt oVir rffi
nool and Quecnstown.
At Antwerp Arriveu: ivies, jrnm n.in
KTtClXioMrTvc V;,kn. from
Seattle, etc.. for Liverpool.
At Houiogne miiiea: r Ainsteronm, irom
nW'tylSdllAlW',.,
New York.
M lluvro Arrived! L'Aqultalno, from
NilW JOrK ........
At Hoiitiiumpton Arriveu: xraianu, rrom
now vors, lor rtinwurp.
At Queeiiatowti Arrived!
New York, for Liverpool.
Cmyrlo, from
At Llvernool Balled! Parisian, for Hali
fax nnd St. Johns, N, H. Arrlvcdi Numt-
dlnn, from Ht, Johns, s, it., and Ilnlltux.
At Havana. Arrived! Dattleshln Illinois.
At Iirowheud-I'assudt Taurjc, from Now
DEMAND . EQUAL TAX
Eal Eitat Kan Uakt Ctmplalat Acai.it
Corporation ItmtBiits.
IT ON TAXING FRANCHISE VALUES
0fi.r V.laat!. riri.rn land i Cap-
iulisitiai tf Oampailet
FRANCHISE OWNERS MAKE AN ARGUMENT
Lawyers Vttj Baari's Right ts Maks
Chang j Ihowinf-
WATER COMPANY ASKS FOR REDUCTION
Pension nf Htiiinllsntlott llonril ISn-
llveneil hy War of Word HrtVTccn
lluncall, Fopptetoii anil Hull
o Action Yet.
An nrruy of blacksmiths could not havo
kept order at tho Board of Equalization
mectlug yesterday afternoon. President
Karr broko savers! gavels Into splinters
and shouted himself hoarse In his attempt
to reconcllo members ot tho Real Estate
exchange and friends of tho five franchlsed
corporations whose assessments the Real
Estate exchango Is scoklUK to havo raised
J3.000.000.
For three hours and a half tho war kent
up, to tho great amusement of several
hundred rcprcsentntlvo men, who gathered
In tho council chamber to hear tho cor
poration assessments discussed. V. S.
Poppleton, interlocutor for tho Real Es
tate exchange, nnd R. S. Hall, nttornoy for
tho Omaha Water company, wero tho most
bellicose ot tho orators, nnd camo daugor-
ously near to blows several times during
tho afternoon.
Tho meeting was like an old-fashioned
country debating society. Tho opposing
factions lined up on different sides of tho
hall. It was announced thnt tho nttornoon
would bo divided Into porlods nnd that
speakers for tho exchango nnd for tho cor
porations would alternate. Tho plnns mis
carried. From three to thirty men spoko
much ot tho tlmo.
iliiNcull Froil Foppletoil.
It was a pollto meeting until W. S. Pop-
pieton took his turn nt tho corporations.
uororo Mr. roppicton reached his seat
Councilman Hasenll explained with enro
that tho corporations had somo lntcrest-
MnK thine to snv of Mr. Ponnlntnn nnd
ha(i nii a comnlalnt stnllne thai bn hn
J20.000 worth of personal property undcr
covor. Mr. Poppleton resented tbo stato-
ment nn.i declared thnt It una a fnUn.
hood nnd had been nreimrert hi- nmn m,r.
on who was Intorested In hnvln rnnr..
ton assessments cut down. An ho wnokn
hn trwibfwl ni 11 G tloll .! .1...
.-".-uiku mu
affront and exclaimed:
I warn, you to understand, Mr. Popple-
ton, that I had nothing to do with filing
a charge against you nnd dok not caro to
have you staro at' "mo 'when ' you tnAlte
such statements."
'Oh, I thought It was you. You are nl-
ways adopting such methods," Mr. Popple
ton retorted.
Tho rcpartco that followed was a llttlo
too strong to go on record. Mr. Popple
ton demanded thnt It be Bhown what prop,
erty ho has In hiding. Councilman Has
call suggested that $400 worth of property
is said to ho silver plato. Mr. Poppleton
denied that ho had any such amount of
sllvor nnd denounced tho man who had
circulated a report to the effect that hu
has not mado honest returns to tho tax
commissioner.
War of Woriln Continue.
Tho war Inspired by Councilman Hascall's
rcmnrk contlnuod throughout tho after
noon. Friends of Mr. Poppleton attempted
to prevont Councilman Huscall from gain
ing tho floor to make Interpolations In tho
speeches at their champions, but tho coun
cilman was not awed by tholr hissing nnd
jeering.
F. D. Wend wns tho first speaker of thn
afternoon. Ho made a detnllod statement
ot tho property of tho flvo corporations
undor dtscussslon and urgod that a total
lncreaso of $3,000,000 In tholr assessments
wou,d brlt)B them un t0 practically tho
samo basis Upon Which realty Is assessed.
u- "arrtson tonoweti witn a pica ror
100 "crcaso or mo corporation assessments
and showed tho disparity between thont
and tho assessments upon Thn Dee build
ing, tho New York Life building and other
well known structures.
Tho first speaker for tho corporations
was W. W. Morsman. Ho spoko In tho In
terest of tho Nebraska Tolophono com
pany. Ho expressed surprlso that tho
Real Estate exchango had not asked his
company ror information concerning its
property nnd contended that tho real es
tate men have no data upon which to baso
their claim that tho company Is not as
sessed high enough. Mr. Morsman stated
that tho personal property of tho cora-
pany can be replaced for $400,000 with new
materials and arguod that tho assessment
of $109,000 Is groat enough when tho tfo
preclatlon of tho property Is taken into
consideration.
School Uoard Frotct.
M. F. Funkhouser presented tho resolu
tion of the Board of Education asking that
tho assessments of tho corporations bo In
creased nnd empowering tho nttornoy for
tho Board of Education to mandamus tho
council In caso It refused to lucreaso tho
assessments. Tho communication was read
to the board nnd was grooted with loud
applause from tho renl cstato men.
E. M. Falrllold prescntod n protest irom
tho water worka company anu asKea mat
tho assessment of tno company s personal
proporty be reduced irom ?&70,wv to
000. Ho nnmed eight morranino companies
In tho city which nro paying taxes on from
8 per cent to 19 per cent of tho valuation
of their stocks, judging from mo amount
of insurance cornea oy mem. no auo
named many prominent cltlzcnB of Omaha
and gave me amounts oi porsonai property
Up0n which they pay taxes, as follows;
Horman Kountze, $1,075; A. L. need, J.'iooj
Alvln Saunders' estate, $B2B; Frank Mur-
$1,300; Guy C. Burton. $4,300; W. S.
Poppletou, $0b0; H. W. Yates, $1,150; K,
A, cudahy. $2,000. uranting mat tno sums
"P which these men pay taxes represent
40 per cent of their personal property, the
entlro umount of their combined personal
property would bo $36,275. Mr. Fnlrfleld
raid It wua absurd to maintain tbut theso
cstatcB have only this small nmoiiut of
n.Mnnnl virnnnflv unit lir-eftd lllftl nn tn.
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crease bo mudo In their assessments.
31 liny Intercut Hcprriiliiil.
"The Commercial club, tho Renl Kstato
exchange, tho press nnd tho citizens ot
Omaha are 9. unit in demanding an Increase
la thu asacssnicuU f U10 fruncbUea out-