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MESSHGEJ SENATE,
President Transmits Report on
I Brownsville Affair
8ays Investigation Will Be Continued,
i Feraker Read Letters From Former
Soldier Telling of Alleged Attempts
I to Get Confession From Him.
Tho Brownsville affair consumed
nearly the entire session of the Bcnate
Monday. Senator Fornker obtained the
floor and read letters from a former
toldler of tho Twenty-fifth regiment,
jtelllng of tho proccduro of tho govern
ment In nttempts to get a confession
"from him, Mr. Fornker Introduced
an amendment to his original bill for
tho re-enlistment of these Boldlera pro
viding that a commission of three re
tired army officers be created to deter
mine whother the discharged soldiers
arc Innocent of complicity In tho
ehootlng up of DrowtiBVlllo as a pre
requisite for their re-enlistment, In
stead of leaving that duty with tho
president, as provided by tho Warner
(bill.
, Tho president's message, giving tho
results of tho war department's in
vestigation of tho Brownsville affair,
,wns read, as follows:
"I encloso herewith a letter from
tho secretary of war transmitting a re
port of the investigation made by Mr.
Herbert J. Browne, employed' by tho
department, in conjunction with Cap
tain W. O. Baldwin, to investigate an
far as possible what happened at
Brownsville on tho 13th and 14th of
'August, 190C. Tho report and docu
ments contain somo information of
Creat value and some statements that
are obviously worthless, but I submit
them in their entirety.
"This report enables us to flx with
tolerable doflnlteness at least somo of
tlio criminals who took the lead in the
imtrdorous shooting of private citizens
nt Brownsville. It nstabllshes clea'rly
the fact that the colored soldiers did"
tho shooting; but "upon this point fur
ther, record was unnecessary, as the
fact that the colored soldiers did the
shooting has already been established
beyond nil possibility of doubt, Tho
investigation has not been far enough
to enable us to dctermlno all tho factH,
and we will proceed with it; but it has
gono far enough to determine with
sufficient accuracy certain facts of
enough importance to make it advisa
ble) that I plnce the report before you.
Concealment a' Grave Offense.
"It appcarB that almost all the
members of company B must havo
been actively concerned la the shoot
ing, either to tho extent of being par
ticipants or to the extent of virtually
encouraging those who wer partici
pants. As to companies C and D,
there can be no question that practic
ally every man In them must have had
knowledge that tho shooting was dono
Joy some of tho soldiers of B troop,
and possibly by one or two others in
one of the other troops. The conceal
ment was itself a grave offense, which
was greatly aggravated by their testi
fying beforo the senate committeo
that they were ignorant of what they
must have known. Nevertheless, it Is
to bo said' In partial extenuation that
they were probably cowed by throats,
made by tho more desperate of tho
men who had actually been engaged
In the shooting, as to what would hap
pen to any man who failed to protect
tho wrongdoers. Moreover, there aro
circumstances tending to show that
these misguided men were encouraged'
by outsiders to persist In their course
of concealment and denial, t feel,
therefore, that the guilt of tho men
who, after the event, thus shielded the
prpetrnlors of the wrong by refusing
lo tell tho truth about them, though
serious, was In part due to the unwise
and improper attitude of others, and
that some measuro of allowanco
should be made for their misconduct.
In other wordu, I believe we can afford
to reinstate any of these men who
now truthfully tell what has happened,
give all the aid they can to fix the re
sponsibility upon those who are really
guilty and show that they themselves
had no guilty knowledge beforehand
and were in no way implicated In the
affair, save by having knowledge of it
afterward and falling and refusing to
divulge It.
Would Reinstate Some Soldiers.
"Under the circumstances, and In
' view of the length of time they havo
been out of tho service, and their loss
of the benefit that would have accrued
to them by continuous long service,
we can afford to treat the men who
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meet the requirements given above as ?uthr n,aha . 14.-Cattle Re
havlnir been sufficients nunlshori hv ce,Dt8' 580; slow to 10c lower; native
the consequences they brought upon
tncmselves when they rendered neces
sary the exercise of the disciplinary
power. I recommend that a law he
passed allowing the secretary of war,
within a fixed period of time, say a
year, to reinstate any of these sol
fliers whom he after rnrofnl mrnmlnn.
tlon, flndB to have been innocent and
whom he finds to have done all In his
power to heln bring to lustlce tho
guilty.
"Meanwhile, the Investigation will
bo continued. The results bare made
it obvious that only by carrying on
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tbero the slightest chance of bringing
the offenders to justice or of separat
ing not tho innocent, for there wen)
doubtless hardly any innocent, but tho
less guilty from those whose guilt was
heinous."
Ireland and Scannell In Rome.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul and
Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell of Omaha,
Keb. arrived from Rome, Both are In
gona neaitn.
PANAMA BLAST KILLS 14.
Fifty Others Are Injured In Exploslor
of Dynamlt.
Fourteen man are known to bo dead
threo of them Americans, and fifty in
jured as a result of the premature ex
plosion of twenty-one tons of dyna
mite at Bas Obispo, In the Panama
canal zone, according to an official
dispatch received in Washington from
Chief Engineer Oocthals. The mes
sngo follows:
"Tho preraaturo explosion of twen
ty-onc tons of dynamite at Bas Oblspc
resulted in tho death of fourteen men
and the Injury of fifty. Threo or fout
of tho Injured will probably dlo. The
following Americans were killed:
James U Hummer, cranemnn, steam
shovel, Dunnollen, N. J.; John J
Korp, steam shovel engineer, Phillips
burg, N. J.; John J. Roldy, powdor
man, Indianapolis, Ind. Seriously in
Jured: Benjamin II. Cole, foreman,
Rochester, N. Y."
CASTRO REACHES BERLIN.
Venezuelan President Pleased With
Reception In Germany. .
President Castro of Berlin arrlvea
in Berlin Mona'ny. Tho train was
awaited by a denso crowd of people
who had gathered out of curiosity. Nc
precautions had been taken to prevont
tho public from crowding tho plat
forms and' as the train steamed into
the depot the president was greeted
with shouts of "Long Live Castro."
Members of Castro's suite stated
that the president had sent a dispatch
to Emperor 'William from Herbsthall,
stating that he had come to Germany
for medical treatment and expressing
profound homage to his majesty.
According to tho same authority,
when ho learned thd news of the cap
ture of a Venezuelan vessel by the
Dutch crulsor Oolderland ho wns not
greatly affected, merely remarking
that thoro was no such vessoY In the
Venezuelan service
DUTCH CRUISER SEIZES SHIP.
Flag of Holland is Run Up to Mast
Head of Venezuelan Vessel.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderlnnd cap
tured the Venezuelan coast guardship
AHx outside Puerto Cabello. The
Dutch flag was hoisted over the AHx,
the crow of which was sent ashore.
The guardship was then manned by a
Dutch officer and marines and towea
to Willcmstad. Although the seizure
of tho Allx wns plainly discernible
from Puerto Cnbello, the forts there
did not flro on the Gelderland. There
is great enthusiasm over tho Incident
in Curacao.
Bomb Explosion In Chicago.
Two buildings were wrecked and
windows were shattered' for blocks
around by the terrific explosion of a
bomb in an alley in Wabash avenue,
near Sixteenth street, Chicago, Sun
day night. The wrecked buildings ad
join the Coliseum, where the First
Ward ball, the animal revel, against
the' holding of which there has been
much opposition, is scheduled to be
held.
Mother and Babe Perish In Fire.
In a flro which destroyed their home
at Bavaria, Kan., Mrs. Frank Hlmmel
wrlght, wife of a section foreman,
and her six-months-old child' wero
burned to death.
All Quiet In Haytl.
Haytl has quieted down. American
naval representation, with the excep
tion of one vessel, will be withdrawn
from the waters of that country.
Grand Sire of Odd Fellows Dead.
Judgo John 1m Nolon, grand sire of
tho independent order of Od'd Fellows
of the world, died at Neshvllle, Teun.,
Monday.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Features of the Day's Trading and
Closing Quotations.
Chicago, Dec. 14. Selling by local
holders caused weakness today In the
wheat market, prices at the close
showing net declines of "?ic to lc.
Corn, oats and provisions closed
steady. Closing prices:
Wheat Dec, $1.00; May, $1.04
1.05; July, 97,975;c.
Corn Dec, 57V,c; May, 61c.
Oats Dec. SOVic; May, 52c.
Pork May, $1G.07,(:.
Lard Jan., $9.15; May, $9.37ft.
Ribs Jnn., $8.17j. May, $8.47.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat. $1.01S1.04; No. 2 corn, 58c;
No. 2 oats, 60c.
South Omaha Live Stock.
steers, $4.007.25; cows and heifers,
$3.00g4.75; western steers, $3.50
C.Q0; Texas steers, $3.25 5.00; can
ners, $2 002.75; stockers and feed
ers, $3.0005.25; calves, $3.0006.00;
bulls, stags, etc., $2.254.25. Hogs
Receipts, 3,200; 5c higher; heavy.
$5.4005.60; mixed, $5.3505.40; light,
, 5.255.45; pigs, $3.5005.00; bulk of
Ea,es' '3-355 . Sheep Receipts.
. 1W ieaay; yearungs, a.uuuD.7(;
wethers, $4.2504.75; ewes, $3,500
4.35; lambs, $6.2507.25.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Dec. 14. Cattle Receipts,
' uw; c jwor: . u 607.8o;
cows, $3.0005 25; heifers, $2.5004.60;
bulls, $2.7504.50; calves, $2.5008.25;
stockers and feeders, $2.5004 85. Hogs
Receipts, 50,000; strong; choice
heavy shipping, $5.7005.80; butchers,
$5.6505.75; light mixed, $5.1005 30;
choice light. $5.3505.45; packing, $5.40
05.70; pigs, $4.0005.15; bulk of sales,
$5.4005.65. Sheep Receipts, 40.000;
10020c lower; sheep, $4.0005.00;
, lambs, $5.2507.75; yearlings, $4,250
G.50.
SECOND WEEK OF CORN SHOW.
Many New Features Added to Nation
at Exposition at Omaha.
Omaha, Dec. 14. Tho National Corn
exposition started on its second week
today, with enthusiasm increasing rap
idly. Many now features were added
to tho big show during the last four
days of last week, and it Is now com
plete. Tomorrow will bo a big day nt
the exposition. No less than .seven
cities will send big delegations ol
grain men, Including tho Chicago
Kansas City, St. Louis and Minneapo
lis boards of trade. Added to these
will ho 1,000 grain dealers from va
rious parts of surrounding states.
Senor Zofcrlno Domlnguez, the Mex
lean special agent, arrived In the city
He had tho misfortune to have his $1,
500 trophy held up by customs offl
ctals at El Paso, and was unaulo to
bring It with him. This trophy wae
offered to student Judges and the Iowa
tenhi captured it, mnklng two of the
best trophies which go to that state
The Mexican trophy is a silver bus!
of President Diaz, set in a base ol
onyx, and is a very handsome piece
of sculpture. The duty on tho buBl
was $500, and Senor Domlnguez has
arranged to have It sent to Omaha In
bond, where ho will pay the duty and
secure Its release. He had but twent
minutes to make his train at El Pasc
and was forced to have the trophy for
warded in bond.
College day proved a dlsMnct suc
cess. Every college of Importance In
Iowa and Nebraska had good reprc
sentation, Ames agricultural college
sending 100 of Its students. Nebraska
university and all the smaller colleges
of tho two states were well repre
sented. BOSTON WET OR DRY?
City Votes Today on Question ol
Abolishing Saloons.
Boston. Dec. 15. The principal
question In the municipal election,
which Is being held here today", is the
following: "Shnll licenses be granted
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors In
this city?" A few days ngp the prin
cipal cities of Massachusetts outside
of Boston voted on this question, the
results being about evenly divided, and
the entiro state and prohibitionists
throughout tho country are eagerlj
awaiting returns of today's election.
In addition to the Important license
question, Boston is also voting fai
members of the board of aldermen,
members of the common council,
members of the school committee and
a street commissioner.
Judge McPherson Scores Attorneys,
Kansas City, Dec. 15. Calling up
the Missouri passenger and freight
hearing after a four weeks' recess,
Judge Smith McPherson of Red' Oak,
la., severely scored the attorneys In
the case for their tardiness and de
clared that he would not tolerate any
further delay. The case has been on
the docket for three years,. Part c
the state's Issue Is to prove whether
or not the railways operating In Mis
sour! can afford to carry passengers
in Missouri for 2 cents a mile on trunk
lines.
Glazier Placed on Trial.
Lansing, Mich., Dec- 15. Frank
Glazier, who resigned as state treas
urer a year ago, soon after the failure
of the Chelsea Savings bank and the
Glazier Stovo company, was placed on
trial here, charged with appropriating
to his own use and the use of tho
Chelsea Savings bank, of which he
was president, money placed in his
keeping as state treasurer. Glazier Is
accused of using approximately $865,
000 of state funds in bis personal busi
ness. Marlon Butler Indicted for Libel.
Greensboro,' N. C, Dec. 15. The
grand Jury of Guilford superior court
returned four true bills against ex
United States Senator Marlon Butler
and his brother, Lester Butler, charg
ing criminal libel against ex-Judgo
Adams, chairman of the Republican
state committee. The charges aro
based upon articles published In a
Raleigh newspaper owned by the But
lers. Colorado Fraud Charges Valid.
Washington, Dec. 15. The supreme
court of the United States, In tho
main, reversed the verdict of the
United States district court for the
district of Colorado, discharging from
custody a number of persons who
were arrested on the charge of con
spiring to defraud the government by
entering timber and coal lands In Colo
rado contrary to law.
Chicago's First Ward Ball.
Chicago, Dec, 15. With an attack
on a newspaper photographer and tho
smashing of his camera as a prelude,
the First Ward ball, the annual uffair
presided over by Aldermen Coughlin
and Kenna, was held In the Coliseum
last night, all ot'orts of church people
and law and order organizations to
prevent it having proved unsuccessful.
Dying Millionaire Burns Fortune.
Moscow, Dec. 15. A dying million
aire, named Pcteroff, had his whole
fortune withdrawn from the banks
and the bank notes brought to the sick
room. They were then piled before
him and set on fire. Peteroff sum
moned his relatives and showed them
the ashes, congratulating them on
having escaped from the evil of wealth.
Reward of $18,000 for Train Robbers.
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 15 The total
reward offered by the Great Northern
railway officials and the government
for the arrest and conviction of the
train robbers who held up and robbed
train No. 4 near Hillyard, Wash., Wed-
nesday, has been raised to $18,000.
80Y KNIGHTOF DEATH;
Writer of Threatening Letters'
Arrested at Chicago.
Driver of Grocer's Wagon Is Arrested
and Admits Sending Gruesome Efc-j
hlblts Blames Conan Doyle's Stor-j
(es for His Exploit. .
The tnystery of tho "Knights of the j
White Death" letters, which wero re
cently 6ent to Various clergyman in
Chicago, with the threat that un
less they left large sums of money
nt designated spots they would be put
to death, was cleared up when Will
lam Pollard, twenty-two years old,
driver of a grocer's wagon, was ar
rested and confessed to having sent
the missives as a Joke. Pollard
blamed Conan Doyle's stories of crime
for his exploit. Fascinated by the nov
elist's lurid pictures, Pollard declared
he had determined to sec how they
would- work out In the hands of the
Chicago police. So he organized "The
Knights of the White Death," 'and
with a Sherlock Holmes' fancy wrote
out a bundle of letters, decorated with
skulls and crossbones. The demands
for monkey, he said, were simply added
to enliven the mystery, as he never
went to see whether the money was
loft or not.
A fow duys ago one of the letters
reached the Rev. W. O. Waters of
Grace Episcopal church. It was ac
companied by a small box, also sent
through the mail, containing bones
apparently human, and the rusty hati
dies of a coffin. Ten thousand dollars
were demanded' In this instance, the
money to be loft at night by the cler
gyman at a lonely spot. Detectives
wero posted at the place Indicated In
this letter and also at places indicated
in similar letters sent to Rev. R. F.
Roberta of Qulnn chapel and A C
Dixon of Moody institute.
"I "got tho bones and coffin handles
out of a graveyard," said Pollard, ac
cording to tho confession obtained
by tho postofflce authorities.
"I bad Intended to let the police
men keen on worrying until New
Year's day, when 1 was going to make
a confession."
"How did I get tho human bones
and the coffin trimmings? That was
easy. Whon they dig a new grave in
Calvary cemetery, the graves are eg
crowded together that the side of an
old grave often caves in and portions
of tho Interment fall into the-new ex
cavation, which Is then thrown out
with the new sand. At night I went
into the cemetery and gathered these
things."
BIG POULTRY SHOW OPENS.
Chicago Exhibition, With Thousands
of Specimens, Begins Today.
Chicago, Dec. 15. The Chicago poul
try show, ono of the three big events
of tho year for the fowl fancier,
opened here today with a splendid ex
hibition of chickens, pigeons, turkeys,
duck, geese and other feathered speci
mens. The two other big shows of the
year are those in New York and Bos
ton. This year the Chicago show is
the first of the three.
Tho poultry show has attracted to
the -city persons interested In poultry
from all parts of the country. More
than 1,000 chickens of all known
breeds are entered. Prizes amounting
to more than $10,000 are offered.
Many comparisons have been insti
tuted between the present show and
tho cattle exposition. While the total
alue of the exhibits in the poultry
show is far short of the live stock exhi
bition, there aro many individual birds
more costly than tho finest cnttle and
Looses. There Is one hen In the show
which Is valued at $10,000 and many
others ranging from $5,000 to $lb0.
POWERS CONFER ON NAVAL WAR.
International Delegates Hold Meeting
in London.
The conference of tho powers called
by Great Britain to frame a code of
laws for naval warfare and' for the
formation of an international prize
court held Its first business session
et the foreign office iu London Satur
day. The United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary,
Russia, Spain, Holland and Ja
pan are represented In the conference.
The Amerlcau delegates are Rear Ad
miral Charles 11. Stockton and Pro
fessor George Grafton Wilson of
Brown university. Commander John
II. Gibbons, naval attache at the Lon-
uun esuuuBsy, ul'ib un uiu. f
Questions of much Interest and mo
ment to the. maritime powers are on
the program of the conference Among
them are the decision of what constl.
tutes contraband of war, the right of
search, tho limitations of blockades,
etc.
Mrs. McKeen Files Divorce Suit.
Omaha, Dec. 12. W R. McKeen has
been made defendant In a divorce
Bult, his wife, Elizabeth New McKeen,
alleging extreme cruelty. The suit
was withdrawn as soon as filed and
the details could not be learned. It
bas caused a sensation in social cir
cles, however, where the McKeena
were leaders. Mrs. McKeen Is a
daughter of General John C New of
Indianapolis.
Decatur Ferryboat Sinks.
Tekamah, Neb., Dec. 11. The ferry,
boat at Decatur sank about 200 feet
from the landing on this side of the
rlvwr. There were nine teams on
boiird at the time, but all were saved
Captain Beck ami crew worked until
midnight swimming the horses across.
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