ODELL HAD A CLUB'
MADE TIJK IN8UKANCE MAGNATES
UANOK TO 1113 MU8JU
Governor Got Money Back
ItAILKOAD MAN LONO
ON XUE
WITNESS
4?
7
With Hyde nud Positively
Contradicts Htatemonts
Of Young- Mau
HEW YORK. Both James Ilnzen
l1 1 m -w
uyuo ana n. uarrlman gave
Interesting and ab times sensational
( testimony in the insurance Investi
gation.
James Hazon Hydo was tbo Jlrsb
witness before tbo Armstrong com
mltto on lnsuranco investigation.
Ho asked to correct bis testimony of
tbs day beforo relative. to offers lor
bis stock. Ho said be did receive
four offers besldo that of Mr. Ryan.
Two of theso came from Mr. Har
rjman and Mr. Erlck. Ho was
offered five million dollars or his en
tire holdings and two and one-half
million for half of tbom. George
Gould also made such an offer, but
these wore all declined because wit
nesses did nob think one man should
control the society. Gage E. Tarbeli
made an offer to buy tbo stock.
Uoorgo VV. Young also offered to nuy
Mr. Hyde's stock, Tbeso wero all
Verbal offers.
The largest price was seven million
dollars by Georgo W. Yonng, former
presidonb of tbo Dcited States
Mortgage and Trust company. Mr.
Gould's offer was made first,
i "That was in tbe beginning of the
row," said Hyde; "it must have
been in the beginning of tbe row,"
said Hyde; "It must have been in
Che beginning of February. Tbe
second offer was made by Mr. Friok a
few moments before the first board
meeting In February, of live million
dollars for the entire holdings, or
bwo and one-balf million dollars for
onc-balf of the buildincs. I'dccllned
both of these offers, as 1 did not
ithink ib was for the best interest of
jtb sooloty tbat I should tben part
Kith my stock, ox if I did part with
fV;I didn't think lb for tbe best
Interest, of the sooiety tbat one. in
dividual should control it.
j I bad no idea of parting with my
Bbook at bbat time. I offered to
btusbee it to tbe society fur five
years. Tbat was at the beginning
of this trouble. I first offered to
trustee lb for five years and then
afterwards offered lb to the society,
bo buy and then'' I afterwards dls
covered the socieby didn't have the
right to buy it. "
"What was bho third offer?"
1 "The third offer was an offer of
one million dollars from Mr. Tarbeli.
He Informed wo tbat he had
syndicate of gentlemen ready to
purchase ib. This was some tlmo in
February."
"What was tbo next offer?"
"Then I also received an offer
from George W. Young of seven
million dollars. I should say that
was at the end of February or tbe
beginning of March, I am not sure
of tbe exact date."
. Mr. Hyde testified that tbo only
offor for bis stook made after tbe
Friok report was Mr. Ryan's.
Readinz from the acts of 1808, 1800
and 1870 lncorporablng tbe Fireproof
Warehousing company and amending
the act to chance thn name to the
Mercantile Loan and Warohouse
ccrnpany, and subsequently in 1875
changing tbo name to tbe Mercantile
Trust company, Mr. Hughes
broughb out tho source of tbe Mer
cantile Trust company's charter.
He then read a bill introduced by
Senator A .o bier in the senato In
March, 1001, to repeal all theso acts
and amendments. Tbo effect of
this bill, If passed, would have been
to leave the Mercantile Trust com
pany without i charter.
Mr. Hyde here made a statement
denying that either he or the Enuit-
able Life Assurance soclebv had unv.
biltUH mj VT4U4J) w uujr IliUOiCai 1U
the United States Shipbuilding com
pany or Its securities.
On March 10, 1001, jthe Equitable
Life Assuranco society bought 2,000
shares of tho Lawyers' Title In
surance company at $174 per share,
and two days later sold 1,100 shares
at the simo price to Georgo II.
Squire. Mr. nyde said ha did not
know of this deal, though he was a
member of tho executive committee.
till n it t.r Hn ivif.h or nntt t t t 4- X
bod cause for strife
NEBRA5KA NOTES
itlslo Whitney of Wymore has been
taken tbo Sbato Industrial School
for Girls ab Goneva by Sheriff Trudo.
Auourn Ib bo have another band
composed wholly of young men resld
ing in tho third ward. H. R. Grant
will bo leader.
J. W. Kuhn purchased tho grocory
sboro of T. R. Spenocr In West
Beatrlco and will conduct tho busl
uess ib tho future.
u. M. bmltb 8a Son, of Lincoln
purcuaBed tbe hardware store of P.
nurouu, wuo recently went to
ueatrico from Plattsmoutb.
v, jvi. Taylor of Arlington has
purchased tho sbock of merchandise
at Arizona of Potor Kohler. Mr.
layior will bako possession soon.
.rat wolch had about twenty-five
men laying new heavy steel rails on
the Burlington track at Platts
mouth, but they becamo dissatisfied
and lolb him.
xno proposition to change tho
location of the county Jail at Seward
wnon tho now structure is built was
voted on at tbo recent election and
tho proposition to change the alto
carried by C10 votes.
Tho attending physician in bho
M V 1
uuhu ot urea uiaser, tno young man
who fell from tho second story of
tho new Congregational church at
amnion, say tnat tho boy cannot
live.
A. M. Engles of tbo Nemaha County
nank, won quite a sum of money on
election bets, 850 from James Mondv
and another sum from Jaroos Arm
strong ana win use the money thus
won In giving a barbequo at tho ball.
a caoie messago has been received
irum Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunker
and Joseph Hunker, resident of
West Point, saying they bad sailed
irom uermany on bbeir way to tho
united Stat03, after a protracted
tour of Europe, Egypt and tho Holy
ijanas.
o oo itay is ab his home in Hum
bolb suffering from a number of bad
knife cuts in bis shoulder, inflicted
by John Cassldy. Tho men engaged
in an argument over a bill, having
naa a numbor of drinks together.
uuu uuu uruuoiunD cerimnar.nn in i
n r 3 t I n u - . 1 a.
fight. Ray declares thab ho was onlv
joKing and tbat Cassidy book tho
matter to heart.
yuuuR men rrom ujair on
LI t .
tneir way nomo from Deoatur drove.
into Tekamah. When they reached
uuu joiiao nuuuuai Dans corner one
-V l?t.4 XT n L I . t I
oi tne norses being completely
exuausted, fell. He was hauled to
bbe livery barn and everything dono
do savo mm, nub to no avail, as ho
died In a few hours. The owner nf
tno norso a livery man from Blair
was notified.
John M. Cochra, one of tbo con
nraciors on the Fellers & Wilson
bulldlog ab. Table Rook has
severely burb wbilo he was assisting
duo worKmen in getting tne large
I beam In position. His right hand
wua uaugnu m sucn a manner as to
badly crush the two small fingers,
one or wnicn was broken. Tne
puysican cuioks no can save two
lingers.
ueorge barker and Joseph Lynch,
tne saio oiowers with many aliases,
wuo were arrested ab Waketleld
after blowing a safe at thab nlaoe.
waived preliminary hearing and were
bound over until tbo December terra
oi court. Judge Fales fixed their
oonas at 82,000 which they have not
offered. A Sioux City police officer
has been at Ponca Interviewing the
men. They seem to r.o wanted In
many places.
&ome cniidren playing on their
way to school, near tbo Sluka farm,
close to Mllllgan, noticed something
hanging from a treo in a draw
nearby. On investigation they dls
covered it to be tho body of Frank
H. Sluka. He was dead when they
found blm. Coroner Kltzsimmon
was summoned and pronounced 1c a
clear case of suicide. Sluka, was
about 30 years old and had been
married only three or four months.
An ordo- has been Issued by Majoi
L. A. Williams, of Blalr.aod served on
all saloon keepers of that city to re
move all screens and .partition!
whloh obstruct a full view of theii
bar rooms. For several yeais screen!
two been kept In soma, of tbe
suloous obstuctlng tho view of bh
bar. It was rumored tbat tho ordei
would bo strongly contested by one
or two saloonkeepers. . Mayor Wil
liams has also under consideration
the closing of tbo saloons at ar
earljer hour than 11:30. the present
closing time.
AN
Jew nt 8t. J'oterttmrir mill in
Seml-Pnnio Through Venr ot
Blunter nml I'lUngo Wltto
Has Knormons Tusk
ST. PETERSDURG. Tho league
)f leacmoB has adopted a resolution
iondemning tho proclamation of
nartial law in Poland us an illegal
measure directed against tbo Polish
mancipation movement.
Tbo Kuskoyo Slovo prints a dis
patch from Warsaw describing a con
versation Which Governor Gcnoral
Scalon had ,wlth a deputation of
prominont Poles, durltig which tho
jovcrnor gcnoral distinctly an
nounced tbat ho would not allow tbo
)rganlzatlon of a municipal militia.
Moreover, ho added, ho would
aeltbor reraovo the troops from the
:ity nor from the stroets, and ho
warned tbo deputation tbat ho was
prepared to deal with the situation
mould :tho agitation be comraunl
:ated to tho masses. In addition bi
Increasing tho pay of tho rank and
So of tbo army, tho war department
las decided to reduco tho borm of
icrvico by ono year. Tno presenb
pay of bbe infantry is 11 cents per
nonth tho cavalry 14 cents per
month.
Tho fears of the wholesalo pillage
ind murder of bho Jews and intolli
zencla by tbo "black hundred" have
not entirely disappeared, although
tho strictest precautions navo bcon
takon against probable outbreaks,
r.vo students were beaten to death,
three houso porters were murdered
it their doorB and many doi:estlo
icrvants loft their work, announcing
to their mistresses that labor was no
onger necessary, as now ovorybody
was on an eaualltv. havlnc hnonmn
itlzens and would recolvo from the
50vernmont ponsJons
An emlnenb diplomat speaking of
the situation said.
"The difficulties which confront
Oounb Witte on everv sldo ara
norraous, and would ovoraw ao man
if less dominant will and capacity,
nis task is almost superhuman, but
do not recard lb as ImnnsBlhlo."
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Disquieting reports of tbo progress
3f the agrarian disorders were re
ceived. Tho military authorities
ire rushing troops and machine guns
Into tho affected areas. Inhabitants
at Karsk and Tugansk aro organizing
for tbo protection of their respective
towns. Tbo village of Ballanda, in
the government of Saratoff, has been
tired by peasants.
Count John Tolstoi, who resigned
tho position of head of tho acadomy
or flno arts, owing to General Tro
Pol's represslvo policy, was ap
p inted minister of education,
Tho formal proclamation of martial
law throughoub Russian Poland and
tbo promulgation of bho govern-
monb's intention to suonress tbo
Polish government to secuto auton
omy almost created a pinio on the
bourse. Imperial fours atraln fell to
lf. Industrials seem to have no
bottom
The olty Is full of rumors to tho
affect bbat the imperial ukaRe was
Issued over Count Wltte's head, at
the instigation of tbe reactionaries
which is equivalent bo tbo count's
retirement, bub lb can be stated with
posmveness tnat tne action was
taken upon tbo premier's advice.
Counb Wltte favored and Impressed,
on his majesty the adivsabiliby of
restorinK Finland's ponsbltution and
reversing bbe policy of the Russlflca
tion of tbe grand duchy, but to
surrender autonomy bo Poland after
all tho old grievances of the Poles
had bocu redressed and tbev tut n
been placed upon an equality with
Russians the count considered would
only be; prelude to an attempt to set
up tho ancient kingdom as a separato
entity and would Involve ultimately
either tho dismemberment of the
emplro or tho necessity for bloody
suppression such as marked tho ro-
vuiuuiubh oi J8.u ana ieii3. it was
regarded as wise, therefore, bo take
tho bull by tho horns and let Mip
P0I03 undersbmd thab tbe ssparate
movement would not be tolerated
and tbat until they came to their
sense rurthor efforts to place in
operation tho raform manifesto
would be suspended, Ib Is generally
bellowed here that both Germany
aod.Auslria have given Russia assur
ances of support, but of what dature
cannot bo learned. Whether or not
mis is true both Germany and
Austria naturally are interested,
each of them havlni? a Polish nrnh.
Itm on their hands.
MARTIAL I, AW IN IU1,ANI
UNfOl'OXAU OTIDICU
visits military school
PHINCK
LOUIS
WKSr
KNJOYS
POINT
WAV AT
H OrW, Kxrouled to Perfection, Wltnetsftil
with Clone Attention runt
Heartily l'mUed Seoa
Football Uaiuo
NEW YORK. Piloco Louis oi
Uatbcnburg, accompanied by many
Jlllcors of his squadron and of Roar
Admiral Evans' licet, visited bho
military academy at West Point
roiug up tbo Hudson In tho steamer
Charlo3 W. Morse. As tho boat camo
ilongsido fly I n u the penanb of tho
British admiral, a hearty wolcomo
iwaltod bbo p luce. A landing was
Immediately effected and a friendly
occupation of tho Amorlcan army
followed. Britishers saw tho acad
amy at it9 best. Tho beautiful spot
was nover mora beautiful, tho cadet
:orps novor drilled hotter and tho
p.'iuco was especially interested in
l bo hotly contested football game
oetwoen the cadets and tbo Carllslo
Indians.
Tho distinoulshed visitor and his
officers returned to Now York in th
eveninc dellizhtcd with all bhoy ha
3
teen.
Tbo prlnco was tho porsonal guest
of Colonol Robort M" Thompson,
prosidenb of tho naval academy
alumni association, "who Was In
shargo of tho urrangemonts for tbo
trip to West Point. Tbe prlnco paid
his host the compliment of abtondlng
tho dlnnor In civlllun dreBS, tho
Qr'?t function ab which ho has nob
appeared in uniform.
Wlbh lines of flags sbrotohlng from'
stem to stern, tho pennant ot Rear
Admiral Prlnco Louis flyln? at tho
foro, tho steamer, C. W. Morso,
wlbh her decks crowded with British
and Amorlcan naval officer and
b eir friends, soiled at 10 o'clock in
tho morulwr. Passing along bho
column of American warships,
Prlnco Louis recolyod a saluto from
oa:U ship.
as hh steamer paswd tno Maine,
Admiral Evans' flagship, tho craw,
wero called to quarters and stood ab
attention, bbo band playing "God
Si o the King." Whon bho armored
o ulser Pennsylvania was reached
tne marine guard projonted arms
and bho bad played tbo British
anthem. For mcro than an hour tho
prlnco remained on deck. Later in
tho mornlnc tho princo received tho
m mborB of bbo entiro
mn.tno niloon. shuklnc
party in tho
hands with
ea-h otier and Ircquently cxpro3lnR
hlo mlnvmnnt uf tho blip. ThO
B - ---, -'j
presentations were mado by Com
mander Cameron McR. Wlnslow,
dobillcd as naval aide bo tho prince.
Luncheon was sorved on bbo boat
and by tho tlmo tbo guests wero
again on deck, tho boats wero off tbo
West Point landing.
Asspmhicd hero to welcome bho
nrinm wnm Brluadlr General M 1119
sunerlntondenb of bbo military acad
omv and the officers of bis staff
Drawn uphlong tbo roadside was
debachment of cavalry. Entering
the oarriago of tho superintendent
Princo Louis and General Mills
drovo to the academy. As tbo prince
entered tho grounds rear admiral's
galuto was fired and tho cadet corps
was naraded ulooc the band hullini
him with "God Savo the King."
Following tbo prlnco in carriages
camo the flig and commanding
officers of bbe bwo Miuadrons. The
prlnco and General Mills and bbcli
staff laspeobed tbo corps, tbo prlnco
corps bben pas oa by tho prlnco lu
chimes ot four at quick and bbon at
double time.
"Solenoid, maKniflcent." Those
wero two of the expressions of tbe
distinguished guest, and he was cs
pecialy impressod with bbo excellence
of tho HncH.
"v03b Polnb and Annapolis brain
log is superb, Isn't HV" ho remarked
to ono of his own officers standing
near him.
He asked many questions of Gen
eral Mills about the system, and he
left West Polnb wlbh a good Idea oi
how the United States makes army
officers.
Tho review over, Prlnco Louis waa
escorted to tbe grand stand, where
he witnessed tne game between tlV
army and tbo Carllslo Indians. Thi
guest waa much imprcsssed with the
planting of the army flag in the
center of the corp3 just before bbt
game began. Another Incident
which followed, bhe enbrunce on
the field or bhe Indians, each wrap
ped in a red blanket, greatly lntof
ested bho prince, who asked General
Mills bo bs'l him all .about bhe Car
jislo beam. 1-
NOT TIED TO TRACK
cor.Mkiu riiKiioENT disvutks
COitUNKH'S STATKHKNT
Light On Pierson Tragedy
U1CAJ
OP KENTON OIVKH
VKIWION OK" AFFAIIl
NEW
So
Attempt Mntle. to Kiplnln Death
or Hoy on Ilnllroiui llrldgo,
Hut Certain Ho Wm
Mot Fnttoned
COLUMBUS, O. -President Wll.
liam E. Plorco Of Kenvnn nnllixrn.'
.vas In Columbus oonferrinc wlbh
Attorney T. P. Linn and tho Rov.
John Ilonibb. both trustees of r.hn
Instlbublon, concerning tbo tragic'
AoaUi of Stuart Pierson and hccubr.
tlOIIS Which havo hrntl llhPr,linnHu
rnudc.
In a signed statomonb issued hv
Prosidenb Pierco ho oruDhatloullv
denies whab bo borms "porvorslon
of tbe truth which havo gob abroad"'
and "absolves tho students from
any charge of misdoing."
Ur. Plorco in his statomonb says:
Bolleving tho coroner's tlndlngs
n bho caso of Stuart Pierson to bo
Botircly mistaken, I aBk Icavo in tho
ntercsts of Justice to urcsonb tho
following: fncts, whlob, In tho ores
of tho authorities of Kcnyon college,
absolvo tho Btudonta from any ohamo
of any misdoing:
"On tho night of tho 28th of
Octobor ab 0 o'oloclc bbo candidates
for Initiation into bho 1. K. E.
fratornlty, among whom was Stuaib
Plorsou, loft tho college dormitory,,
each one carrying a baBkob with
fantastic contonts to tho solitary
rendezvous appointed for him.
"Pierson, saying nood tyo to his
abhor, who, as an alumnus of tho
chapter, was presenb for bho initia
tion, sot out In pursuunco to direc-
Ions, for tho oud of tho railway
orldgc, to await tbcro tho arrival of
committee from bho fraternity.
Stuarb Pierson wonb thoro ulono, and
hero is no ovldonco thab ho saw or
mob any ono afbsr leaving his fabhor
t 0 o'clock. His wabch, whloh was
broken in the accident, stonnod nt
- t m m
'AX.
"Almosb iinmcdlabely pjpon tho
departure of bho freshmen, tho
acblvo members of tho fraternity
wlbh bbeir alumna, including Pier-
lion's father, went in a body bo bbo
frutornltv lodce. which is about a
mllo In an opposite direction from
tho railroad, stopping a fow minutes
)n their way ut, a bakery. Corn
ailttees were appelated to go to
moot tho soveral candidates for
Initiation, Mr. Pierson docllnlng bho
invlbab:on thab was given him bo go
Lr hlB own son. Tho commlbtRCS
eparated not earlier than 0:40 ab
the lodge, a mile away from bho
railroad bridge.
"Tho commllbae appolnbod bo meet
roung Pierson consisted of F. R,
Tsoban, tho college organist, who
was graduated wlbb honor from
Kcnyon college last Juno and is now
i student in bhe theological semln
iry; A. E. York '07, a mabure fellow
5f twenty-bhrce or twenty-four,
whom Mr. Pierson had selected as a
sultablo room mate for his young
son, and Herbert Browne, a former
member of tho chapter, a married
man with a family whD Is in tusi
ocs) in Zmesvllle.
"At 10:15 York reached my bpuso
and then gasped out bbo story ident
ical wlbh that told by ovory member
3f tbo committed and tho chapter
ever since. Ab the end of tbo brldgo
b bwcea tbo rail, bbo commitbeo
found bhe basket with Its contents
undisturbed, but tho boy, was not
there and made no reply to their
whistles and calls. In tbo thouuht
that ho might have crossod tho
bridge tbey started across themselves
only to stumble upon his body, per
haps slxby feet from tbe entraucc.
Hearing tho wbistlo of an approacb-
ng train they hastily oarried tho
boy off the bridge with considerable
danger to themselves. At this point
tby heard tbo collojo clock sbrlko
10. ...
"My first act was to summon D.
Irvln Workman of Gambler and ask
lira to go to tno brHuo. Upon his
arrival ho fouud Tscham and, Browne
standing by tho bidy In tbo dark
ness, no sent ono of them to ,th'e
collego pumping station nearby to
procure a lmbern and with, tlje
assistance of Edwin Gorauch,. the
oncineer in charco of tbo station.
prypared tho mangled body ifor-removal.
There wero no ttaoes of"
bandages or ropes on tli-ldgo oi
on tho body. "
'If-" ' t , ,