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The Omaha . Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1904 TEN PAGES.
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VIUUK VtUJ UQLIUUI 1PIUIUI
in tha Cue of tha Pramatef.
CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM DRUG TA.
Bay Thara it No Doubt Hii Daath Wu Dm
to DaliWata Flu.
ALSO HAD A REVOLVER IN HIS POCKET
Wright Diiplayi tha TJtmott Karya in
klamanta FAotdiig Daath,
TALKS CALMLY WITH HIS SOLICITORS
Wm Calmly Lighting' a Clear TVfaea
the Deadly F.ffeets of tha Dm
Appeared aad Ha Pell
' Oref Lifeless.
LONDON. Jan. 28 "Suicide" was the
verdict passed by the coroner's Jury today
In the closing chapter of the tragedy of
Whltaker Wright. His death was caused
by suffocation In consequence of poisoning
by cynalde of potassium. The Jury found
that Wright was perfectly sons and that
there was not the slightest doubt that his
death was due to most deliberate suicide.
From the evidence st the Inquest It was
shown that Wright had determined to take
his own life In the event of an adverse
verdict, and that he went to court with
a cynalde tabloid In his possession, while
In his hip pocket was a new revolver, fully
loaded and even cocked. After the sen
tence Wright went to the lavatory, while
the tipstaff In attendance on him remained
outside. There he swallowed the tabloid,
returned to the consulting room, washed
down the poison with whisky and water
and died. On of the last things Wright
said was: "This Is British justice."
The small coroner's court at Westminster
was so crowded that Whltaker Wright, Jr.,
son of the dead man, bad to stand up
through the proceedings. He and other
witnesses In the main bore out the facts
already cabled. Neither the son nor the
deceased's closest friends, so they testified
today, ever heard Wright even Intimate
that he contemplated suicide.
ITla solicitor, rteors-e Ttwla. lr.. said the
deceased all along Implicitly believed that
he would be acquitted, or that, at me
worst, he only contemplated a disagreement
of tho Jury. After the sentence Wright
showed ntily Indignation.
In talking with Mr. Lewis, Mr. Eyre,
one of his sureties, and Mr. Waters, the
accountant of the London A Globe cor
poration, Wright said:
"I really think 1 am the most composed
of you all.
As regards an arpeal, Wright said he
would do exactly ss he was advised.
Wright Displayed Nerve.
Asked If someone had not better tele-
phone the verdict to Mrs. Wright, Wright
said: "No, there Is plenty of time for
that."
Taking rmt his watch and chain Wright
banded them to Mr. . Eyre, saying: "I
shall not have any use for this In that
place," meaning the prison. "I give it to
you, 'Eyre. Kerp It for me."
'This was all that occurred.
After Wright had taken the poison, hold
Ing a glass In his hand, and still sipping
its contents, he said: "Waters, give me
another cigar."
Waters took up Wright's cigar case,
which was lying on a table, and Wright
deliberately cut the end off a cigar and
struck a match. . Just as he was going to
light the cigar Wright flung the match
from him. sank back unconscious, and died
without uttering another word.
The doctor who was caled In to attend
Wright said he had not detected any smell
or sign Indicating poison, but the official
nalyslst. Dr. Freyburgh. who conducted
the post-mortem examination, testified that
from every organ of the body exuded the
peculiarly penetrating smell of prusslo
acid, and that there was not the slightest
doubt that Wright's death was due to that
poison. In Its cyanide of potass: um form.
The deceased had not suffered from any
other disease, there were no lesions of the
brain and the heart was healthy, though
twice the normal si me.
lt transpired at the Inquest that Wright
us only sesrenea aner nis aeam. ai
tabloid found in his pocket did not appear
IO uv pmmmuuB. 4 110 cvuiwi " t uw
covered by the police after the law court
officials had previously searched Wright.
Tha coroner commented on this and Indi
cated that action would probably be taken
by ths higher authorities.
The funeral of Whltaker Wright has been
arranged tor Saturday at the church at
Witley, Surrey, his former country home.
WILL SUPPRESS
AGENCIES
French Senate Removes Causa of
Rioting and Court of Cassation
Prepares for Dreyfus Case.
PARIS, Jan. 88. The senate has passed a
bill authorising tha communles to suppress
employment agencies, the operations of
which have led to rlotina on the oart of
the laboring classes, but with certain modi-
ficatlona which render doubtful tha rati-
floatlus of the bill by the Chamber.
The president of the court of cassation
has appointed oounseuor Buyer to report
on the demand of Dreyfus for a revision of
his trial. Neither M. Boyer nor Attorney
General Baudoln took part In the first re
vision of the trial.
ENTIRE SQUARE IN ASHES
Fire at Yucatan's Chief Port Canaes
Two Million Dollar Less la
Heart of City.
Ml!X ICO CITY. Jan. 8.-Flre at Pro- I
sTrTedanenUr1 ' Y,TT' "k"
stroyed an entire square of business houses
and public buildings, including the market.
The loss Is $2,0O0,0U). The railway ofltces
wer4 also consumed. The public buildings
wers, not insured and the loss on them Is
$3uu.AuO. Fifteen thousand bales of hene-
quln were burned.
, Overdue Vessel Arrives.
VAMWVfcn, m. ,-.. Jan. 28 -Anxiety
over the safely of ths steamer Bee, I Jon.
twelve days overdue from Wyndham bay
to Juneau, has been relieved by the ar
rival 01 tne veesei at juneau. The cause
of the delay was the rough weather en
countered. The Bea Lion also broke Its
propeller blade.
Fatal Eleetlea Fight.
CIEXFUEQOS, Jan. SSTho disturbances
er the election contest culminated last
ulsht In a fight between the adherents of
the rival presidential leaders and ended In
a riot In which una was killed and several
una war wounds
RIOTERS DESECRATE GRAVES
Rabbi la Morocco Trkrt Horrid
Method ( Showing Disapproval
f Government.
TANGIER, Morocco. Jan. 28. Morocco
y has been the scene of serious disturb-
2 i In consequence of the government s
f. t to force the circulation of new and
r copper coins, on which It placed
.Clal value and which tt refused to
n e In payment of taxes. Business was
paralyied, provisions became acarce and
starvation waa threatened. A mob there
fore arose and first attacked the Christian
cemetery, lately given by the sultan to
the foreign missions, burned down the
gates, desecrated graves, exhumed the
bodies, cut off their heads and paraded
the town with the heads stuck to poles.
The rioters proceeded to the Jewish quar
ter with the object of destroying It, but
they found the gatea closed and strongly
guarded. The ' Jews were ' panic-stricken
until they found that the protection of the
authorities was effective. The rabble sub
sequently looted the Jewelers' shops, rob
bing and wounding many Jews. The gov
ernor attempted to quell the disturbance.
but he was stoned, pursued and obliged to
seek refuge In the palace. The authorities
finally Induced the rioters to withdraw on
the promise of temporary withdrawal of the
obnoxious coinage.
NEW BRITISH MAIL SERVICE
e w Turbine steamers to Be Pressed
Into Service Between Canada
and Great Britain.
LONDON, Jan. 28. It Is announced here
that the Canadian government has made a
contract with the Allen line of steamers
for an Improved mall service between
Canada and Great Britain, to commence
next August with the new turbine steamer
Vlctortan, and to be supplemented later I
with Its sister ship, the Virginian.
The British terminus of the service will I
be Movllle, Ireland, the year 'round, while
the Canadian terminus will be Quebec In I
summer and Bt. John, N. B., In winter. I
The steamers Tunisian and Bavarian are to
alternate with the turbine steamers. The I
schedule time Is to be six and one-half
days in summer and seven and one-half
Mays In winter. The subsidy Is $10,000 a
round trip for the turbine vessels, and
$5,000 for he slower vessels.
CAPTAIN WANTS AMMUNITION
Dominleun .Gunboat Reaches Port
Short of Material for Often
sire Operations.
CAPE IIATTIEN, Jan. 28. The Domini
can gunboat Prcsldente arrived last Tues
day and the captain asked the Ilaytlen
government for munitions of wax. Presi
dent Nord made no response. After the
Installation of the new Dominican consul
here the Presidents left for Monte Crlstl
to attempt to prevent the German steamer
Schaumburg from entering Monte Crlstl,
" saia.
vvoro. na neon received rrotn General
Dea Champs partisan of Jlmines, who
was uaen to uuamanamo, cnba, by tha
United BUtes cruiser Hartford, of the ship
ping of munitions of war and that i.e and
numerous followers of Jlmines will soon
return to San Domingo..
Espllatte, former minister of war, has
arrived at Monte Crlstl to .help Jlmines.
NOT SO BAD IN SOUTH AFRICA
German Foreign Office Hears Early
Reports from London Are
. Exaggerated.
BERLIN, Jan. SS.-When the sensational
reports of London newspapers regarding
the situation In German Southwest Africa
reached here the Foreign efflce cabled the
German consul general at Capetown for I
confirmation. His answer, received todav.
says nothing Is known about the attempted
atrocities on the bushmen with the rebels
and that tha atorv la discredited Th ,.,-
stU adds that news has reached Capetown
that the armistice arranged by -Captain
tuiijr. in i-uuimiuia 01 ma uerman lorces I
operating against the Bondelswarts with
tha rebels, continues and that peace nego-
"- out to begin. The German
. . r.
are superior 10 inose oi me uonaels-
warts.
RUSSIAN WHEAT IS DIRTY
Callfornlaas Object to Condition
la
Which Grain Reaches Paelflo
Forts. .
BT. PETERSBURG. Jan. 27.-The com-
I pllUnt of thF Kuhsian consul general at Ban
rauvisuv in regara 10 ine louiness 01
Russian grain sent to California Is at
tracting the attention both of the press and
of the exporters here, and a better Inspec
tion by the local Corn exchange and a re
vision of Its methods are demanded.
The Novoe Vremya warns the exporters
that they will ruin their business with the
United States, as did Odessa, unless they
alter their present ways. The exporters
blame the foul holds and vermin of the
"-hips.
EXPERIMENTS WITH RADIUM
Austria Vmrm Metal to Obviate Need
of Artluclal Nourishment im
Caneeroas Contraction.
VIENNA, Jan. 28. Prof. Gussenbauer,
one of the leading surgeons of Austria, has
conducted successful experiments with ra
dium for enlargement of the gullet in cases
of cancerous contraction of the esophagus.
thereby obvlatl tg the necessity of recourse
to artificial nourishment.
EIGHT MILUON FOR THE BANK
,
1
rename Constitutional Convention
Decides on I'se to Be Made of
I'sUted States Be ana,
PANAMA. Jan. a. The constitutional
convention today approved a measure pro
viding that of the $10,000,000 to be paid to
the Republle of Panama by the United
I States for the right to use the canal sons
$8,000,000 1 to remain untouched for the
I future benefit of the new republic-
John Dillon Hunts Health.
DUBLIN, Jan. S. John Dillon has gone
to tha south of Italy under his doctor's
orders and will not return ' to Ireland or
England for four months, in a farewell
I letter to John Redmond. Mr. Dillon wrote
that it was consoling to know that the)
Irish party would not allow the question I One engine and three ooaehea were do
of Irish freedom to be dislodged from mollslied. Both trains claimed the right-
the front place by any other political quae.
tion- I
THREAT FOR YOUNCHUSBAND
Coalman 3ar of British Expedition Reoaitai
Warnirj to Eatnra.
REINFORCEMENTS REACH LIBERIAN CAMP
Expected that an Attack Will Be Hade
a the British Force at Tana,
When Ubetana Are Stronsj
Enough.
CHUMBI, British India, Jan. 28-CoIonel
Tounghusband, commanding the British ex
pedition to Thibet, has received a personal
visit from the Depon-Lama, one of the five
great lamas of Thibet, who delivered an
ultimatum warning him to return to Gna
tong and promising that there would be
serious trouble If he did not do so.
Large reinforcements of Infantry and
cavalry have already reached the Thibetan
camp and more are coming from Laasa
and Bhlgatso, the western capital. It Is
expected that an attack will be made on
the British camp at Tuna when the Thibet
ans are sufficiently reinforced.
In the meantime the British are pushing
the work of road making through a gorge
north of Llngmathang. which Is said to be
more difficult to traverse and higher than
the Kyber pass. Tha military telegraph is
keeping pace with the roadmakers. All this
work is being done in the face of Arctic-
weather.
FREIGHT TO GO UNDERGROUND
Chicago Wilt Make lie of Its Tunnels
and Do Away with Surface
Teaming.
CHICAGO. Jan. 28. -Elimination of freight
teaming In the business quarter Is eontem-
plated within a short time by the use to be
made of the large tunnels under Chicago's
down town streets. There axe now twenty
miles of tunnel at a depth of forty feet
below the surface.
This system has been built at a cost of
$8,000,000 by the Illinois Telegraph and Tele-
phone company, which has transferred its
Interests to the Illinois Tunnel company,
with a capital of $30,000,000. It Is Intended
to extend the system nearly 100 miles. Al
ready most of the main business streets in
the quarter are honeycombed.
The railroads will deliver freight at depot
tunnels and trains will carry It to business
bouses. Many of the lower floors of the
business blocks recently erected In Chicago
are on a leva with the tunnels and cars
will be run Into the buildings. In other
cases the required excavations under build
ings will be made so aa to facilitate freight
delivery. Electricity Is to be the motive
power. In addition the tunnels will accom
modate wires, pipes and other ducts.
SUPREME COURT WILL NOT ACT
Refuses to Interfere with Order
of
Court In Dutte Municipal
Fight,
8T. pAUL. Minn.. Jan. IB.-A special to
the Dispatch from Helena, Mont., .says
that the supreme court has refused to- la
sue an order directing Judge Harney of the
district court to show cause why the pro
hibitive writ issued against the board of
aldermen of Butte, to prevent them taking
action against Mayor Mulllns for malfeas
ance In offloe, should not be annulled.
The grounds for the refusal are that the
supreme court cannot antagonise the
action of the district court, whether It
would be dilatory and adverse as charged.
The matter was brought Into court by
Bernard Noon, who is the choice of the
Butte council for the office of city at
torney, but whose election has never been
confirmed by the mayor. The members of
the council have charged Mayor Mulllns
wnn maireasance. alleging mat ne ac
cepted money illegally from gamblers. At
torney Noon claims that Judge Harney
Interfered with such action by Issuing a
prohibitive writ and that now the hearing
being delayed in me district court.
KANSAS CUT lit IS REDUCTION
Great western tiives inat ria.ee name
Rate to Minneapolis as
from Omaha.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28. (Special Tele
gramsThe Chicago Great Western made
drastic cut In the wheat freight rate
from Kansas City to Minneapolis. The
present discriminating rate of 14 cents will
be reduced to 9 cents, effective January SO.
The 9-cent rate from Omaha against the
Kansas City rate almost completely shuts
the Kansas City market out of the Ne
braska wheat business. The Chicago Great
Western will also cut $ cents from the rate
from Kansas City to Chicago and to the
Mississippi river. It Is likely that there
will be a big cut In the rates to gulf ports.
LONG FIGHT IN KENTUCKY ENDS
Legislature Passes Bill Appropriating
One Million Dollars for New
' Capitol at Frankfort.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 28. The passage
through the senate today of the house bill
appropriating $1,000,000 for a new capltol
at Frankfort marked the end of a fight
which has been waged for the removal of
the seat of government since the days when
Henry Clay came to the legislature as a
representative from Lexington and started
a fight, which has been the cherUhed am.
bltlon of that city since, until ths present
session, when Lexington, Louisville and
other towns joined In and aided Frankfort
for the present bill.
RECOVER ENGINEER'S BODY
Body of John Nan, Killed In Burling.
ton Wret-k, round In a Creek
Encased la Ice.
8T. LOUIS. Jan. 28. The body of John
Nun, engineer on the Burlington accommo
datton train which was wrecked In the col
lision at Dardene tank Monday night, has
been recovered and taken to Hannibal. The
body was found by men working on the
wreck. It had fallen Into the creek and
thick Ice had formed over It.
COLLISION IN KENTUCKY
Three Men Fatally Hart aad
One
Engine and Throe Coaches
Demolished.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Jan. 28,-Ia a head
I end collision between a Southern rail war
ana a Louisville Nashville train here to-
night three trainmen were fatally Injured.'
I of-wsy from Cumberland Gap to. Middlea-
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PASSENGER AGENTS AT WORK
Rates of Fare 4 Louis Daring
Kxposltloh Now Being
Considered.
HT. LOUIS. Jan. 28. The American As
sociation of General Passenger Agents got
down to business early today, with Pres
ident K. I. Whitney, general passenger
agent of the Great Northern. In the chair.
A commission of representatives of St.
Louis lines submitted in concise form
recommendations at to rates to prevail
during the World's fair. These recom
mendations were agreed on at a meeting
held early In the week.
In the rate question. General Passenger
Agent C. B. Cranol of the Wabash pre
sented the views o the St. Louis lines.
General Passenger Agent Wakeley of the
Burlington submitted the recommendations
aa to form of ticket 'and ticket regulations.
On legislation and protective measures.
Assistant General Passenger Agent D.
Bowes of the Chiengo A. Alton spoke for
the Bt. Louis lines, showing what had
been accomplished Itj that respect.
The St. Louis lines' favor a scale of rates
that will attract vkiltors throughout the
World's fair season. Any rates adopted
will go into effect from the opening of the
season. ,
It was decided this afternoon to recom
mend to the respective traffic organizations
reduced rates to the World's fair from all
parts of the UniteA States. Specifically
they agreed to ask fir:
First A season
kcurslon rate to St.
Louis beginning April
'Ja and continuing until
November 31, selllnd
tickets during that
f double the one-way
Feriod at 80 per cent
are.
Second Excursion
limit of sjxty days a
ate, with final return
rate of one and one-
inirn ihtp.
Third Excursion tickets of ten days limit
In territory 200 miles distant from St. Louis
at rate of one fare plus 12.
Fourth That coach excursions be run not
oftener than one day each week by each
line at rates and with limits and other
conditions as may be agreed upon by In
terested lines. ,
These propositions wilt be formally con
sidered at the meeting of the representa
tives of the trunk lines, New England
Passenger association and Central Pas-.
senger association, which will convene In
New York February 8. The Western Pas
senger association and the Transcontinental
association will take up the recommenda
tions of the Association of General Pas
senger and Ticket Agents at a meeting to
be held not later than March 1. It Is the
belief of the passenger agents that no dif
ficulty will be encountered In securing
these rates.
After a final adjournment of the conven
tion of the American Association of Pas
senger Agents the representatives of the
eastern lines got together to consider time
and place for holding meetings for agree
ment upon western rates. It was decided
that the central passenger lines shall hold
a meeting In New York on February 8, the
trunk lines In New York on February
and the New England lines in Boston on
February 9. All three will then meet to
gether In New York on February 10 and
promulgate their action.
The final meeting of the Transcontinental
Passenger association was held tonight and
the following rates from the Pacific coast
were formulated:
From Pacific coast 'points to St. Louis
and return, $07.60; from Panlflo coast points
to Chicago and return $0.50: from' Paelflo
coast points to Chicago and return by way
of Bt Louis, the rate from Chicago to Bt.
Louis not being Included, $70. Tickets at
the above rates shall be sold three days In
each month, with a ten-day limit going and
ninety-day limit returning, with stop-over
privileges at points In transit. .
. The association will convene at Chicago
at a special meeting, the date of which
has not been set, to ratify these rates and
take final action regarding ticket regula
tions and protective measures.
STOCKS DROPPED FROM LIST
New York Exchange Gives Reason, for
Action Regarding American
Steel Foundry,
NEW YORK, Jan. S8. The Stock ex
change authorities today made the follow
ing statement regarding the action of the
governors In striking off the list the se
curities of the American Bteel Foundry
company:
Whereas, It kppesrs from the report of
the committee on stock list that mlarep-
esentu : lrn nf mn Imnnrtanf rhu rofl.p r
I lating to the financial condition of the
American Bteel f oundries at the time of
application for listing of Its common and
preferred stocks on the exchange In No
vember, 19(12, were made to the committee
on stock list in support or said application,
therefore be It
Resolved. That In etcordsnce with article
xxxlll. section 4. of the constitution, ths
common and preferred stocks of the Amer-
Bteel f oundries be ana bereby are removed
irom ids list.
Under the section named ths governing
committee is empowered to suspend deal.
Ings In the securities of any corporation
previously admitted to quotation or It may
summarily remove any securities from tha
list
Lewis Nixon, who was named as a direc
tor of the American Steel Foundries com
pany, said today that he had resigned that
position months ago.
I entered the board at the request of
Mr. Schwab," said he, "some time after
the organisation of the company. I have
no Interest In It financially now, and never
did have beyond the qualifying share of
stock I held as director. With the begin.
nlng of shipbuilding troubles I resigned as
director of that and a number of other
companies."
Neither at the office of the company nor
at the office of Max Pam was any state
ment for the company's side given out to
day.
CONFER OVER MINERS' WAGES
Operators and Employes of Ohio,
Indiana aad Illinois Get
Together.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 28.-The bitumi
nous coal operators of Indiana, Ohio, west
ern Pennsylvania and Illinois, the central
competitive district In which 117,000 miners
are employed, met today to take up the
consideration of the wages and working
conditions for the year beginning April 1,
Ths first session was largely given to
organisation and preliminary speeches. F.
L, Robblns of Indianapolis will be the floor
leader of the operators. W. S. Bogle will
be his first lieutenant. John Mitchell will
be ths floor leader of the miners, with
John B. Leeds 'as his first lieutenant.
At the opening of ths first joint con
ferenoe, the miners as usual took ons side
of the Auditorium, and the operators the
other. It was agreed that custom would
be followed, the operators taking one office
and the miners the other In ths organisa
tion of ths conference.
John D. Reese, commissioner 'of the Iowa
coal operators. Is attending the Joint con.
ferenee. He has Instructions from the 2S
operators in that state to seek the sdmls
slon of Iowa to the central competitive dis
trict The miners favor ths admission of
lows.
THOMPSON SHY ON POLITICS
Linooln Man Wait to Get 'Hli fit arini
Eofore Mating Any Declarations.
TALKS OF TRADE CONDITIONS IN BRAZIL
Interior Department Reopens for
Entry Wyoming Land Withdrawn
as Being Mineral Borne
Time Ago.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WABHINOTON, Jan. 28. (Special Tele
gram.) "My return to the states has noth
ing to do with politics." said D. E. Thomp
son, as he signed his name on the Wlllard
register today. The minister to Brarll,
after twenty days on the water from' Rio
to New York was looking "as fit as a fid
dle," as they say In sporting parlance.
Mr. Thompson said that he had come home
for business reasons, that companies in
which he was Interested had postponed
their annual meetings until his return. He
also had a mine In Mexico "which needed
looking after and he hod arranged all
these matters In advance, so that he might
cover them within the sixty days allowed
him by the State department Disclaim
ing any knowledge of political conditions In
Nebraska, although Mr. Thompson was
surrounded by members of congress from
Nebraska and representatives from other
states, .he pushed aside every effort to fix
his position as to the senatorshlp. In the
vernacular he was as "dumb as an oyster'
when It came to his position regarding the
successor to Senator Dietrich. Mr. Thomp
son said he was going home and touch
elbows with his own people, from whom
ho had been separated for nearly a year
and a half, and his one desire was to learn
the conditions at first hands before he
would uay anything regarding the political
situation in the Antelope state.
' Trade Slipping Away.
Mr. Thompson comes back greatly Im
proved; Impressed with the Idea that Amer
lea Is losing trade In the south. During
his sojourn In Brazil he Is Impressed with
the fact that the United States needs dlf
ferent methods than representatives there
are now pursuing. He said that no effort
was made by the great commercial interests
of this country to get business and that
the trade of the South American repub
lics, so far as he could see In his official
capacity, was slipping away, and that Oer
many, France and Great Britain were tak
ing trade which of right belonged to us.
"Germany," he said, "was commanding
the business of the country for the reason
that the cost of transportation was In favor
of Germany and against the United States,
The manufacturers of Germany were ready
to adopt any suggestion as to the product
to be manufactured. This was not so with
our people, and he cited cases where a lot
of rifles were ordered for use in the in
terior by a planter. The planter desired
shorter rifles than the custom made ar
ticle. He asked for a modification of stock
or barrel and was told by the American
manufacturer that If he did not like the
make of his rifle he could go elsewhere.
and, said Mr. Thompson, tho planter went
to Germany.
"The unwillingness of Americans to do
bimlness for the same pr!U or commission
ss their German and English competitors
works very -much against American made
goods," waa one of Mr. Thompson's forcible
expressions. Then, again, he cited the re
luctance of American manufacturers to
furnish a cheaper grade of goods which
alone can compete with the Germans, and
gave as an example the failure of our
manufacturers to compete with our Teu
tonic friends In the manufacture of electrlo
burners and globes.
Problem of Freights.
Many more things Mr. Thompson cited In
which the United States failed to take the
position In the South American republics
so far as manufactures went, and coming
to the question of freight rates he stated
that the rates were cheaper to Hamburg
and then to Rio than direct from New
York to Rio.
These are but few of the many conditions
which Mr. Thompson found at Rio when he
went there upward of a year ago. Inter
ested, of course. In the upbuilding of his
country's commerce he comes back to the
United States with some very definite im
pressions as to the conditions which will
rehabilitate the standing of the United
States commercially in the Republio of
Braxll and incidentally In nearly all of the
South American republics. The Germans,
he said, are willing to do business on a
small profit We are not. The Germans
and other nations are willing to give a long
measure of credit to these Latin-American
countries, and- we are not And we are
losing trade, said Mr. Thompson. "Amer
ica," He said, "la being crowded out of
business in Brazil. A few years ago our
trade with that republio amounted to $15,-
000.000 a year, and last year It amounted to
$10,000,000. This reduction waa due to the
cost of transportation and lack of repre
sentation on the part of the United States."
Mr. Thompson, who arrived In New York
on the Ktn Inst., coming from Rio de
Janeiro to New York by direct steamer,
said that he had enjoyed a most delightful
passage and that he would leave for the
west tomorrow night.
Elmer V. Stephenson, United States rev
enue collector for Nebraska, met Mr.
Thompson on his arrival, and will go west
with him.
Dietrich la Washington.
Senator Dietrich arrived this morning
from Nebraska and at once went to his
new apartments In Btoneleigh Court. Later
he saw D. E. Thompson and Mr. Stephen-
son at the New Wlllard hotel. Tonight
Senator Dietrich had a conference with
Senator Burrows, chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, and
presented Senator Burrows with papers
bearing on his recent Indictment. Just
what action Senator Dietrich will take is
not given out, but he comes to Washing
ton with one purpose In view, and that la
to set himself right with the constituency
which he represents.
Changes In Indian Bnreaa.
There were a number of Important
changes In the Indian service today. Sam
uel M. Trevellck. day school Instructor at
Standing Rock, N. D., has been transferred
to be superintendent of the Indian board
ing school st the Sao and Fox agency, with
headquarters at Toledo, la.
Malcolm W. Odell, at present at ths Bac
and Fox school. Is transferred to be super
Intendent of the boarding school on the
Pine Ridge reservation, sucoeediug George
W. Nellls. who goes to Pawnee, Okl., to
succeed George I. Harvey, recently 1
signed.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa Thorpe,
Delaware county, Adalbert Clark, vice Mrs,
S. P. Gurney, resigned; West Mitchell,
Mitchell county, David Horner, vice Lyda
Ttsch, resigned. South Dakota Dexter,
LContlnued, 00. Second Pag a)
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and
Warmer Friday I Saturday
Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
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DETECTIVE FAILS TO DETECT
Sleuth Sent to py on Cut Price Drug
gist Lands In Jail for
Forgery,
The latest developments in the fight
which Is being waged ngalnst the Schaefer
Cut Price drug stores of 0maha, South
Omaha and Counuil Bluffs by the Douglas
County Retail Druggists' Association and
the National Association of Retail Drug
gists Is the employment of Plnkerton de
tectives, who through their Kansas City
representative, Mr. Tllottson, sent a sleuth
named Anderson (under the name of Hen
derson) to Omaha to ascertain the source
of supply of goods being shipped to Omnhn
for Schafer's stores. Anderson came to
Omaha last Monday and has been watch
ing the Schaefer drug store at Sixteenth
and Chicago streets ever since, endeavor
ing to learn where the goods were coming
from. Thursday afternoon Anderson be
came dlsguRted nt his failure In this and
sought a new method. He called at the
Schaefer Drug Store and asked for a let
ter head, which was given him: on the
letter head he forged the following order:
Chief Clerk. Chicago ft Northwestern
Fr.'lght House, Fourteenth and Webster
Deir Sir; Please let the bearer, M. Hen
derson, look throueh the records for De.
cemtM-r, for freight consigned euner to
Schnefer's Cute Rate drug store or E. T,
Yates, and greatly oblige.
K. r. xarr.ss.
iToprletor Schaefer's Stores.
When the above order was presented to
Mr. Miles, the Chicago & Northwestern
chief clerk, that jrentleman Immediately
became suspicious, but made an appoint
ment with the Plnkerton detective for
8 o'clock In the evening and lnthe mean
time he 'phoned Mr. Yates about the
order. Mr. Yates replied that he knew of
no such order and asked tho privilege of
seeing the same, which was granted. The
order was found to be a forgery and Mr.
Yates Immediately notified the police de
partment, which detailed Detectives Dona
hue and Heltfeld on the case. Anderson
kept the appointment and was handed the
records, and while In the act of making
the examination was apprehended by Dona
hue and Heltfeld. He waa taken to a
nearby store, where Mr. Yates was In
waiting and thence to the police station
sweatbox, where under the quia of Ser
geant Dunn he admitted having forged
the order, also by whom he was employed,
and other details of his operations.
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN REVOLT
Drnnrrsry of that Brand Deserts
Bryan ass Endorses the
Hearst Boons,
Ths Douglas County Democracy came out
Into the open at Its meeting last night and
cast the harpoon deep Into the "peerless
leader" by unequivocally lining up with
Happy Hooligan, Foxy Grandpa and the
rest of the push in support of the Katsen
jommer candidate, Willie Randolph. Hearst,
who admits that he wants to be president
because it will help his circulation. After
deciding that the Kansas City candidate Is
as obsolete as the Kansas City platform
the Douglas County Insurgents made their
feelings In the present crisis plain by the
unanimous adoption of the following reso
lution: Resolved. That the Douglas County De
mocracy appreciates the great work which
Congressman Hearst hae done for the
democratic party, his sterling patriotism
snd the heroic fight which he has waged
for the great common people of this nation.
We, therefore, give the unanimous and
u.-iqnsllfled Indorsement of the Douglas
County Democracy to the candidacy of Mr.
Hearst, and pledge this organization to at
tend the national democratic convention In
a body and use all honorable means to se
cure as our standardbearer In the oomlng
national campaign the strong, courageous
and Incorruptible WllllanV Randolph
Hearst.
Prior to taking this Insurrectionary step
the Douglas County clan elected Its officers
for the ensuing year, the following being
put to the front:
President, George Holmes; first vice
president, R. J. Morris; second vice presi
dent, W. P. McDevItt! third vice president.
William Olmstead; secretary, J. P.
Morlarty; financial secretary. Dr. Scott;
corresponding secretary, R. V. Mulcahey;
treasurer, J. J. Mahoney; sergeant-at-arms.
Harold Overbeck; marshal, Thomas Har
rington.
HELD ON FOUR INDICTMENTS
t. Louis Men Charged with Receiving
Money la the Mutter of Postofflee
Locations Give Bonds.
BT. LOUIS, Jan. 28. Charles L. Blanton,
a clerk in the architectural division of the
United States Treasury department at
Washington, and Dr. James B. Vernon of
Bt. Louis, formerly of Fayette, Mo., ap
peared before Judge Adams In the United
States district court today and gave bonds
In the sum of $3,000 each to answer May
23 to Indictments charging them with re
ceiving money for the location of postofflee
sites throughout the state. There are four
Indictments against each of them.
LAWYER QUITS THE CASE
Says
vita Charged with Blackmail
Mislead Him as to the
Farts.i
CHICAGO, Jan. 28 The trial of James
Gordon Tilbury, former coachman for Mrs.
Hollls M. Thurston, a prominent society
woman, was today Interrupted by ths with
drawal from the case of Tilbury's attorney
M. Emmett Clare. Attorney Clare stated
in court that he hud been misled to the
belief that Tilbury had received letters
from Mrs. Thurston of an Incriminating
character. Owing to Tilbury's Inability to
producs these letters he had decided to
withdraw from the case.
SMALL BOY BECOMES A TORCH
Clothing Igaltes While Starting Fire
at School and Teacher Hernea
Extinguishing Flames.
BELLEVILLE, III., Jan. 21. While start
ing a fire today In a stovs at tha Turkey
Hill school, five miles from here, the cloth
Ing of Don Miller, a pupil aged 1$ years,
was Ignited and he was so badly burned
that he cannot live. Miss Anna Helber, the
teacher, thrust the boy Into a snowbank
and endeavored to extinguish the flames
and ass herself severely burned. The body
was conveyed home In an unconscious con
dition snd there Is no hops of his recovery
RUSSIA STANDS PAT
Lob don Partr Has it that fleply to Jipifl
' is Kefoial on tha Main Points,
NO GUARANTEE OF INU6RITY OF CHINA
IfTkii 11 Trna D.plomati Ctntider thnt
War ii tha Oolj Alternative.
OTHER DISPATCHES NOT SO WARLIKE
Ooa Thiir; ii OerUn, and that ii Ttrma of
Ksrlj Ara Daoided Upon. -;
TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN IN A FEW DAYS
Paris Diplomats Inclined to Take as
Gloomy View of the Situation,
Which Is Looked Inon as
Significant.
LONDON, Jan, -The Dally Graphic
claims to be able to affirm that Russia s
draft of Its reply has not yet been offi
cially presented lo Japan, but it has been
communicated to M. Kurino, tho Japanese
minister at St. Petersburg, who has trans
mitted the contents to Toklo, whence It
will be conveyed to the friendly powers.
The reply of Russia Is firm, tha Daily
Graphic any, but It refuses to permit the
reinsertion of the draft of the treaty of the
two words guaranteeing the Integrity and
Independence of China, which Japan In
sisted on In Its last note. The clause pro
posed by Japan waa that Russia and Japan
should mutually agree to respect the "In
tegrity and Independence of China and
Corea." Russia has now htrlcken out twice
the words "China and Corea," and It Is
understood that this alll close the nego
tiations. It Is probable, the Dally Graphic goes on
to say, that when this note la received
Japan will notify Baron De Rosen that It
has no alternative but to take up arms In
defense of Its Interests, and that M. Kurino
will be Instructed to demand his passports.
In the meanwhile Instructions have been
sent to the two Japenese cruisers at Co
lombo to proceed to Singapore, where. In
the event of war being declared, their
crews will be paid off and tha vessels laid
up.
In a dispatch from Toklo a correspondent
of the Times gives the financial program
of the government as follows:
First, a domestic loan of TOO.nno.flno ven
(SrrO.OW.nno); second, tho government to draft
Into the treasury the local land taxes,
amounting to 25.O00.OOO yen: third, an In
creaae of other taxes to. yield 16.0i0,flnn yen:
fifth, suspension of public eorks and ad
mlnlHtratlvo retrenchments, amounting to
to.ono.ono yen. The total of 80.OuO.000 yen a
year i.btnlned by these last three measures
will be devoted to the securing of war
loans.
Russians Are Refused.
Tha Peking correspondent of the Times
cabins that Tsiag Tschl, the tsotl general
of Mukden, has notified the government at
Peking that the Russians have demanded
260 carts for Immediate use. The board re
plied that owing to China's decision of
neutra'lty Tslag Tschl wist decline to sup
ply the carts In question.
There Is nothing In the dispatches pub.
llshed this morning to show that the .
statement of the Dally Grsphlo Is anything ;
more than "Intelligent anticipation." The
dispatch to the Associated Trees from St,
Petersburg from the meeting of the coun
cil of state Is the latest Bt. Fetersburg
news to reach London. The DaMy Mall
and the Dally Telegraph both mport In
their St. Petersburg rilsp'tches the possi
bility of further negotiations, the Tele
graph saying that the culmination of the
criHls la not expee;d btfore the beginning
of March, and reri--ting a rudden rise on
the St. Peterrburg bourse.
A dispatch to the Standard from Toklo
says thnt according to Information from
a sure source large bodies pf Russian troops
are being mined to the Corean frontier
from Feng Huang Cheng, and other points
In the Interior of Manchuria,
A dispatch to the Dnlly Mall from Seoul
reports the arrival of 1.000 Russian troops
at Antung yesterday. A dispatch from
Nagasaki to the Dally Telegraph affirms
that the Corean ro' eminent has bluntly
refused the renewed demands of Italy for
the gold mining concession In Corea.
Russia Asked to Hasten.
A dispatch to Reuters' Telegram company .
from Toklo says the Elder statesmen were
received In audience by the emperor today
and that It Is generally believed in Toklo
that Japan has requested Russia to hastsn
her reply. Russian military activity on
the Corean frontier Is exciting Increasing
uneasiness.
Japan Mobilising Army.
PORT ARTHUR, Jan. 28. A telegram re
ported to have been sent by ths Russian
military attachee at Toklo was received
yesterday. It gavs Information of ths
mobilization of the Japanese army and had
the effect of renewing efforts for the dis
patch of troops already ordered to ths
north, but who had been detained on ac
count of the peaceful aspect of affairs. The
authorities have Invited the Russian women
of Port Arthur to Join the Red Cross.
The organization of Port Arthur's re
sources continues as though war wsrs cer
tain. The authorities are receiving many
startling reports from Corea and China,
Armored Cruisers Sail.
COLOMBO, Ceylon, Jan. ' 28. The Jap
anese armored crulaers Nlassln and Kasaga
which arrived hers January 27 have sailed.
Russia's Reply la Ready,
BT. PETERSBURG. Jan. 28. Russia's
reply to the last Japanese note probably
will be dispatched on Saturday, January
30. It Is Intimated aeml-offlclally that tha
reply will be couched In paelflo terms.
A special meeting of the council of stats
under the presidency of Grand Duke Alexia
considered the subject for an hour and a
half today and reached conclusions which
wt'.l be drafted for submission to the ezar
for final approval.
Among those present were Foreign Mln- '
lster Lamsdorff, War Minister Karopatkln,
Vice Admiral Avellane, head of j ths Ad
miralty department; Admiral A baza, ex
ecutive chief of the committee of the far
east; General Bakharoff, chief of the army .
staff and. M. Hartwlg. chief of the Asiatic
division. Grand vDuke Alexia will draft tha
report, which. It Is believed, will receive
the signatures of the members of tha coun
cil and be presented tt ths czar tomorrow.
It Is hardly probable that tha reply will be
transmitted to Japan before January 80.
. The nature of the conclusions reached by
the council Is carefully guarded, but semi
official assurances were given that ths sub
ject was considered in a paelflo spirit and
with a determination to do all posslbla to
preserve peace and to stay and terminate
the negotiations.
It la significant that Count Lamsdorf has
arranged to receive the Japanese minister,
M. Kurino, at 10 o'clock tonight.
Eagerly Awaited In Japan. . ,
TOKIO. Japan, Jan. 28. It Is anticipated