FILL! YIELDS
Czar of All the Russias Is
Forced to Grant People
a Constitution.
NO MORE ABSOLUTISM
He Has Made Count Witte First Prem
ier in His Manifesto—Is the Re
sult of Clamoring and
Discontent.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 1.—"l am sure
the American people, who understand
what freedom is, and the American
press, which voices the wishes of the
people, will rejoice with the friendly
Russian nation at this moment when
the Russian people have received from
his imperial majesty the promises and
the guarantees of freedom, and will
join hi the hope that the Russian peo
ple will wisely aid in the realization of
those liberties by co-operating with the
government lor their peaceful introduc
tion. Only thus will it be possible to
secure the full benefits of the freedom
conferred upon the people.”
Count Witte, Russia’s first premier,
last night sent the foregoing message
to the American people through the As
sociated Press.
He had just arrived at his residence
on Kammenenrovrov prospect from
I
CZAR' __
MlCHO^Ht/ it
Peterhof. where, in the Alexander pal
ace, Hie emperor two hours before ha 1
givt-n his final approval to u manifesto :
and to a program which will forever 1
end the rule of absolutism exercised by
him and bis Romanoff ancestc rs for "00
yea rs.
Complete Abdication.
A simple perusal of the manifesto |
shows how complete is the emperor’s i
abdiction of his autocratic power. The
very style of the document is clear and
direct and devoid of the verbose, vague
and bombastic phraseology which here
tofore has characterized his majesty’s
manifestoes. It not only betrays real ,
authorship, but shows that the emperor
at last has irrevocably bowed to the
inevitable. He does not even conceal
the fact that the discontent and agita- ;
tion of his subjects has driven him to
take the step, and practically yields
everything - civil liberty, the inviolabil- ■
ity of the person and the liberty of
conscience, speech and assembly. He j
not only converts the farcial imperial
douma, with only consultative power,;
into an absolute executive assembly, I
without the assent of which no meas
ure shall become a law, and before
which all governmental authorities
must answer, but promises eventually
universal suffrage.
Autocrat No More.
The title, ’’autocrat of all the Rus
sians, ’ with which the manifesto be
gins, now takes its place with the
title ot the "king of Jerusalem," borne
by the king- of Spain and the emperor j
of Austria, and with other obsolete :
titles of European sovereigns.
J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr., and Geo. \Y.
Perkins were with Finance Minister
Ivokovsoff when the latter received the
news. It was a dramatic moment. The
minister was called to the telephone,
and when he returned he was greatly
agitated and said;
"Ge ntlemen, the old order of things |
has changed. Russia has a constitu
tion."
The news spread like wildfire
throughout the city. The revolution- |
Ists and active agitators generally de
clared loudly that the government’s
promises would no longer suffice, and
h
that tho strike must lie continued. In
fact an hour after the news became
known the revolutionists took occasion
to throw the first bomb In St. Peters
burg used since the strike began. The
incident occurred near the Polytechnic
School, hut there was no fatality.
Practically all classes except the so
cialists and the extreme radicals, how
ever, had read the document with de
light and amazement, declaring that It
THE IMPERIAL MANIFESTO.
We, Nicholas the Second, by the
grace of God. emperor and autocrat
of all the Russias, grand duke of
Finland, etc., declare to all our
faithful subjects that the trouble
and agitation In our capitals and in
numerous places tills our heart
with excessive pain and sorrow.
The happiness of the Russian
sovereign is indissolubly bound up
with the happiness of our people,
and the sorrow of our people is the
sorrow of the sovereign.
From the present disorders may
arise grea't national disruption.
They menace the integrity and
unity of our empire.
The supreme duty Imposed upon
us by our sovereign office requires
us to efface ourselves and to raise
all the force and reason at our
command to hasten in securing the
unity and co-ordination of the
power of the central government
and to assui'e the success of meas
ures for pacification of all circles
of public life which are essential
to the well being of our people.
We, therefore, direct every gov
ernor to carry out our inflexible
will in the following manner:
1. To extend to the population
immutable foundations of civic lib
erty, based on the real inviolability
of person, freedom of conscience,
speech, union and association.
2. Without suspending the already
ordered elections to the state
douma, to invite the participation in
the douma, so far as the limited
time before the convocation of the
douma will permit, those classes of
the population now completely de
prived of electoral rights, leaving
the ultimate development of the
principle of the electoral right in
general to the newly established
legislative order of things.
3. To establish as an unchange
able rule that no law shall be en
forceable without the aproval of the
state douma, and that it shall be
possible for the elected of the peo
ple to exercise real participation ir,
the supervision of the legality ol
the acts of the authorities accepted
by us.
We appeal to all faithful sons of
Russia to remember their duty
towards the fatherland, to aid ir
terminating these unprecedented
troubles and to apply their forces
in co-operation with us to the res
toration of calm and peace upon
our nata! soil.
Given at Peterhof on October 30,
in the eleventh year of our reign.
Nicholas.
could not fail to rally the moderates to
the support of Count Witte.
Irony of Fate.
By the irony of fate, while the strik
ers are clamoring for a constitution,
it has been impossible to persuade the
striking printers to resume work, and,
therefore, not a single newspaper ex
cept the Official Messenger will print
the momentous document for distribu
tion today.
Arrangements, however, have been
made to placard the manifesto on
ever ydead wall in the city and the
text will be telegraphed today to ev
erv city, town and hamlet with which
there is telegraphic communication. It
also has been ordered read in all ehurc
ss of the empire.
The foreign embassies were noti
fied and lights were burning late last
night in te cancellories, where to news
was being put into cipher. Official no
tifications will also be sent to the Rus
sian embassies abroad. .The effect
throughout Russia is expected to be
instantaneous!
While the extremists threaten an at
tempt to keep up the present struggle,
the best opinion is that the backbone
of the strike is broken, but in the final
analysis the effect will depend on how
far Count Witte will be able to execute
the heavy task which he has assumed.
Sonic persons in tne government be
lieve it will be necessary to use ball
partridges to suppress the present
movement, but Count Witte appears
confident. He has become tile bridge
whereby the people are to cross to con
stitutionalism.
Count Witte's Cabinet.
The count already has tentatively se
lected the members of his caNcet. He
will himself hold no portfolio. All the
present ministers, except those of war,
navy and foreign affairs, will be re
tired. Prince Alexis Obelfsky, one of
the count’s former assistants in the
ministry of finance, will become min
ister of the interior; M. Romanoff, an
other former assistant to the minister,
will take the finance portfolio; M. Koni,
at present a senator, and Russia's
ablest jurist, will he minister of jus
tice; M Krosovsky, president of the St.
Petersburg municipal council, will take
the ministry of education, and M. Seig
ler von Schaffhausen. chief of the rail
road department of the ministry of
finance, will become minister of ways
and communications.
Late last night, after the news got
abroad, crowds began marching up and
down tlie Nevsky prospect singing the
national hymn and hurrahing for lib
erty. It is significant that the great
searchlight which has been lighting up
the Nevsky prospect from the admir
alty tower for three nights was turned
off last night.
A ludicrous incident occurred at mid
night near the university when news
hoys with an extra edition of the Of
ficial Messenger hurried into a crowd
of strikers. The instant tne news be
came known the strikers raised an un
roarlous cheer nd the Cossacks, who
were patrolling the street, misunder
standing the import of the demonstra
tion an dthinklng the cries were se
ditous, charged and dispersed the wrok
men with their whips.
At all the fashionable restaurants
wines were drunk in toasts to "Liberty
and Constitution.”
PURPOSE WAS ROBBERY
Man Who Kiled Mayor anrd Stockman
at Chenoa, III., Was Not Actuated
by Malice.
Blooiningtofi, 111., Nov. 1.—Ii was
learned today that William Bcdue, who
killed Mayor Nickel and Stockman
Jones at Chenoa Saturday, planned a
raid on the bank with the hope of es
cape. He visited his mother's home j
Saturday and bade her farewell, saying '
he intended to leave the country. The
marvelously quick gathering of people
on the streets prevented his plans. He
was forced to retreat to the vault. He
burned $1,500 in paper money in the
vault before captured.
DEATH TRAP^ATCHES FIVE
Minor Officials Enter Death Trap in a
Pennsylvania Mine.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 31.—Five minor offi
cials of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland
Coal company gave up their lives at 12:30
o’clock yesterday morning when they en
tered the Hazel Kirk mine No. 1 of the
company, at Hazel Kirk, Pa., eighteen
miles east of this city, to ascertain if a
portion of the mine was still burning as
the result of an explosion two weeks ago.
The dead are.
JOHN HORNICAL, superintendent.
JOHN UREEN, foreman.
JOSEPH HUNTER, fire boss.
JOHN LAVEY. fire boss
HENRY CLABOURNE, fire boss.
All are married, with large families, and
were men of considerable means.
AN AWFUL WRECK
ON THE SANTE FE
Latest Estimates Place the
Death List at I 3 and the Num
ber of injured at 25
RELIEF SLOW TO COME
Victims of Wreck of California Limited
Have to Suffer for Hours in an
Obscure Spot Near Kansas
City.
Kansas City. Nov. 1.—A Santa Fo
tvestbound passenger was wrecked four
nlfes east of Kansas City this morn
ing. Thirteen persons were killed and
twenty-five injured.
The wreck occurred at Rock creek,
near Sheffield, where the Santa Fe
tracks cross tlie tracks of tlie Missouri
Pacific on a trestle. It is stated the
train was derailed by striking a broken
rail. The entire train went down the
embankment.
The train was the California Limited,
one of the heaviest and fastest in the
service. It left Chicago at 10 o'clock
last nigtit and was duo here at 10:30 this
morning. It was composed of the reg
ular coaches, chair cars, tourist sleep
ers and Pullman sleepers.
Relief trains were sent from Kansas
City to the scene and preparations
made to bring the deatpand injured to
Kansas City.
The scene of the wreck was in an
out of the way place and delay in get
ting relief to the scene was experi
enced. Up to 12:15 the relief train had
not reached Sheffield. The dead and
injured were still at the wreck. At
that hour the number of dead was
placed at eight. Rain added to the
difficulties experienced by the rescuers.
The wreck was caused by spreading
rails. The speed of the train was so
great it caused the cars to pile on top
of each other. Under the wreckage
were buried scores of passengers and
the train crew. The dead:
RUDOLPH RICHARDSON, a negro
waiter.
JOHN M’GREGOR, Fort Madison,
la.
JOHN T. CAPS, Chicago, express
msesenger.
JOSEPH SEYMOUR, Richmond, Mo.
WILLIAM HARRISON, colored por
ter.
Seriously injured: George Douglass,
Chicago; George Johnson, Chicago;
Ralph Skinner, LaHarpe, Kan.; J. M.
Killian, Gas City, Kan.; T. D. Whit
more, Carrollton, Mo.; J. Brown, Chi
cago; H. H. Legardine, Chicago; Artie
Carter, Richmond, Mo.; Joseph Rem
bart, Buffalo, N. Y.; Benjamin L. Celly,
Chicago; George Klaes, Buffalo, N. Y.;
Z. A. Zandine, Swedish immigrant
agent: Thomas Garvin and E. R. Nel
son, Chicago; Edward Moye, Atchison,
Kan.; P. F. Bouehler, Chicago.
Most of the injured were in the
smoker. The passenger list was com
posed largely of colonization tourists.
Most of the sleeping cars remained on
the track. The forward cars bore the
brunt of the shock. None of the pas
sengers in sleepers was hurt.
A great natural wall of rough stone
Into which the cars were thrown tore
the sides off the day coaches and pas
sengers were ground against the wall
and either killed or badly injured.
ADMIRAL IS ASSAULTED
Marines Who Went to His Rescue Are
Obliged to Fire Twice on
Chinese Horde.
London, Nov. 1.—A dispatch from
Shanghai says Rear Admiral Train,
commander-in-chief of the American
Asiatic squadron, and hts son, Lieuten
ant Train, have been victims of a sav
age attack by Chinese outside Nan
King.
The officers were pheasant shooting
when the admiral accidentally shot a
Chinese woman, slightly injuring her.
Hundreds of villagers thereupon sur
rounded the officers and took away
their guns, knocked the admiral down
In the mud and held Lieutenant Train
as a hostage.
Forty American marines, who landed
as a rescue party, were attacked by the
mob of Chinamen, who tried to pitch
fork the officers. The marines were |
obliged to lire twice.
Chinese officials refused to restore the
officers’ guns and supported the vil
lagers.
VICTIM OF COLLEGE PRANK
tenyon College Freshman Killed While
Awaiting Initiation.
Gambier, Cl., Nov. 1. -Stewart L.
Pierson, a freshman at Kenyon college,
was killed by a Cleveland, Akron and
Columbus train Saturday night while
awaiting initiation into the Delta Kap
pa Epsilon fraternity. There was no
eye witness as to the accident, so far as
known.
According to the statement of mem
bers of the fraternity Pierson had been
told to station himself at the foot of
an abutment of the railroad bridge and
await the coming of a committee to
take him to the fraternity house to
initiate him. When they event to the
spot an hour later Pierson was not
there. A hurried investigation resulted
in the finding of the student’s body on
Ihe railroad track on the bridge. How
he came to be on the bridge the stu
dents are at a loss to understand. Ru
mors were afloat today that Pierson
had been tied to the railroad track by
the Initiators, but the fraternity men
emphatically deny that such a thing
was done or even contemplated.
BIG FUSS OVER A BERTH
Courtmartial Finds Officer Guilty of
a Military Offense.
Chicago. Nov. 1.—First Lieutenant
Benj. T. Pope, of the Eighth United i
States infantry, has been found guilty 1
of conduct to the prejudice of good or
der and military discipline by a court
martial held tit Fort Sheridan, the
findings of which were given out today
by Colonel Dugan, commander of the
Department of the Lakes.
Lieutenant Pope is to be punished by
the forfeiture of $30 of ills pay and to
be confined to the limits of the army
post, where his company may be serv
ing for a period of one month.
Lieutenant Pope was recently detailed
to conduct a party of recruits from Co
lumbus barracks, Ohio, to Fort Mc
Pherson, Ga., and it was charged that
he left his detachment in tourist sleep
ing cars near Cincinnati while he oc
cupied a berth in one of the Pullman
sleepers in another purt of the train.
WRECK ON THE LAKES.
Southampton. Out., Oct. 30.—Wreck
age of a steamer lost in last night's
gale has been found here. At Kencar
dlne the body of a sailor, supposed to
be one of the crew, was washed ashore.
JUST PLAIN THIEVES.
Editor of McClure’s Magazine Says If
Grafting Was Called Stealing
Much Good Would Result.
Kansas City, Nov. 1.—“If boodlers
were called simply 'thieves’ and graft
ing was called 'stealing,’ much good
would result,” said 8. S. McClure of
McClure’s magazine. Mr. McClure was
In Kansas City to join A. E. Stillwell’s
party to Mexico.
"Through the ages th? meaning of the
words ‘thief and ‘steal* have never
been tarnished,” Mr. McClure contin
ued. "The popular meaning of many
words change, but a thief has always
been a man who stole. And the bood
lers and grafters are simply thieves and
they merely steal. The machine in.
Philadelphia which combined with the
gas company and set out to steal a
hundred million dollars from that city
were simply thieves and what they did*
was plain stealing. If the words boodle
and graft were put out of business and
the words thief and stealing brought
back it would be a great gain.
What a Briber la.
"Some years ago a Missouri Judge
said that bribery was a conventional
crime, and I think that people do not
realize the terrible nature of bribery
eve;i yet. The briber is a man who de
grades another man’s soul, who de-i
stroys another man’s conscience for thej
sake of robbing a third party. That is,I
for the sake of making some money,
out of town a man will bribe an ofll-’
cial. He destroys this man’s moral*
nature; he degrades the man so that;
he may rob from the third party, which!
is the town. Jesus said once that it
were better for a man to have a mill-j
stone hanged to his neck and be cast
into the sea than to offend one of His
little ones. Every briber does the
thing which Jesus said were better for |
him to have a millstone hanged to his
neck and he be cast into the sea than to
do. He causes some human being to!
sin merely for the sake of making some
money.
Two Terrible Methods.
"There are two methods of making mon.
ey that are equally horrible. One Is by that
which results In the degradation of the
souls of both men and women, and the
other is by bribery. A burglar who breaks
into a bank and robs the bank commits a
lesser crime than a man who enters into a
conspiracy with officials and robs, because
in such a conspiracy he degrades the souls
of the officials. There are two fields in
which bribery is employed where the re
sults are the most serious. One is when
public officials or city or state officials,
enter into conspiracy for the purpose of
robbing the city or state, and the reason]
why bribery is so terrible here Is that not]
only does the briber destroy these men’s!
conscience, but destroys consciences of]
men whose duty it is to make laws, thereJ
by corrupting the very fountains of jus
tice.
"It can easily be seen that the crimes of
such men produce more terrible results]
than men who bribe the officials of a bank]
to rob the bank.
The Bribery of Rebates.
"Again, the other most terrible method U
where men bribe or by other means com
pel the officials of railroads to grant
special privileges to them and because!
these special privileges result in enabling1]
a very few' people to monopolize w’holo in-;
dustrles. Any man with special privileges
with the railroads can get the property of
all his competitors who have not these]
privileges. Nearly thirty years ago there]
w'ere twenty-six oil renneries In Cleveland,,
O. One man got special privileges and
within six weeks they nearly all wrent out’
of existence. The other either became',
bankrupt or sold out at a very small price:
or became partners in thievery in other
parts of the United Stutes.
"Yet we are told that this was merely
business. Some go so far as to say it was
grafting. But supo.se that everyone spoke
of it as plain stealing and of the men
who did it as plain thieves! Don’t you
think that would have a deterrent effect?"
OUR TRADE IS ENORMOUS
Marvelous Growth of Foreign Com
merce of the United States.
Washington, Nov. 1.—A bulletin is
sued by the bureau of statistics for the
department of commerce and labor es
timates that the foreign commerce
transacted by and for the manufactur
ers in the United States for the calen
dar year will amount to more than
$1,000,000,000. For the nine months
ended in September the imports of ma
terials for use in manufacturing!
amounted to $422,000,000, and the ex
ports of manufactures to $424,000,000.
Manufacturers’ materials now form
48.4 per cent, of the total imports of the.
United States, and manufactured arti
cles 39.6 per cent, of the total domestic!
exports. The bulletin says that manu
facturers' materials imported in tlie
nine months ended with September,.
1905, were practically twice as great
in volume as in the corresponding
months of 1890, while manufacturers'
exports in the nine months ended with
September were practically four times
as great as in the corresponding period
of 1890. '
Of the tropical and subtropical prod
ucts alone the quantity brought into
the United States from abroad, includ
ing that supplied by its noncontiguous
territory, amounted in the fiscal year
1905 to over $500,000,000, against less
than $300,000,000 in 1890 and $140,000,000
in 1870.
During September, 1905, the imports
of crude materials aggregated $32,273,
369; imports of materials wholly or
partly manufactured, $15,358,314, and
exports of manufactured articles, $48,
465,538.
In the nine months ending Septem
ber, 1905, imports of crude materials
reached $305,472,614; imports of ma
terial wholly or partially manufactured,
$116,462,911, and exports of manufac
tured articles, $424,658,624.
NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.
Bloomfield, Ind.—The candidates of both
parties for city offices have signed an
agreement to spend no money and give no
liquor to influence voters.
Elkhart, Ind.—While singing at a street
corner with the Salvation army, Fred
Hone sank to the sidewalk and died in a
few' minutes. Heart failure was the cause.
Denver, CoIq.—President- D. J. Meyer
peter of the Western Coal, Coke and Fuel
company leaped from a street car and
thrashed one of his drivers, G. A. Bran
don, who was abusing one of Meyerpeter’s
teams. The president of the coal com
pany then examined the driver’s sli-j.
learning the destination of the load, and.
climbing on the driver’s seat, delivered and
unloaded the coal.
New' York.—Passengers on La Lorraine
are telling of a successful bluff made by
George A. Kessler on board the ship when
he held only a pair of fours. His win
nings were a $U..'AK) jackpot. The pot was
opened for $10 and the player to the left
of the opener, having three aces, stayed.
The next dropped out and when it came to
Mr. Kessler's turn he drew two cards,
which lof: him no better off than at first,
when he had a pair of fours. Finally all
dropped out but Kessler and the three-aco
man. Every time the latter lifted1 the bet
Mr. Kessler raised him. Finally the for
mer dropped his hand. Air. Kessler’s hand
consisted of a pair of fours, a queen, a
jack and a .'ix spot.
CLEVELAND TALKS AT
MORTON’S OLD HOME
_
Only Ex-President S-peaks at
Unveiling of Statue at
Nebraska City.
GREED IS SPOILING US
Jesire fir Gold Is Leading American:
Into Wrong Channels and He
Says They Should Emulate
J. Sterling Morton.
Nebraska City, Neb., Oet. 31.—Grover
Cleveland, the only living, ex-president,
delivered the principal address at the
■unveiling of the monument of the late
J. Sterling Morton, former secretary of
agriculture, here last Saturday. A
large throng was present.
Cleveland said the tendency of the
present American Is to •worship the gol
den calf and that they would better
learn a lesson from the great and good
life of Morton and emulate his example.
Grover Cleveland's Speech.
Mr. Cleveland said:
I have not oomo to the surviving family
of J. Sterling Morton, and to those who
were his Intimate friends and neighbors,
for the purpose of bringing from afar
superfluous recital of Ills virtues and men
tal endowments.
But I am not here without a mission. I
would fain Interpret this monuments' mes
sage to me, as It recalls my close compan
ionship and co-operation, In the discharge
ot the highest public duty, with the man
wo honor. 1 am here to give evidence con
cerning the things he revealed to mo In
the light of that companionship and co-op
eration. This is but to testify to his lofty
civic righteousness, his simple and sure
standards of public morality, Ills stern
Insistence on official honesty, his sturdy
adherence to opinions deliberately and
conscientiously adopted, his generous con
cession to others of every result of their
efforts, and his passionate desire to servo
th.o best interests In his fellow country
men.
Stood for Economy at Washington.
lie believed that waste In public expendi
ture was sin. These beliefs were not In
his mind mere comfortable sentiments,
mildly stimulating to self-righteousness,
but were active Incentives to battle. The
noxious atmosphere of governmental ex
travagance could not blind his eyes; nor
could the ridicule of those who had learned
to scoff at- official economy, or the threats
of those who perfidiously contrived to ap
propriate public funds to private gain,
drive him to compromise with wrong.
Our friend loved nature with constancy
and delight; and through nature he was
led to a reverent love of the Maker of the
universe. He served the purposes of God
on earth and taught his fellow countrymen
to realize their relationship to nature and
the Father of all created things, when he
established the planting of trees as a cus
tom of general observance among our peo
ple. This work was done without trumpet
ing the pralfce of the man who founded
Arbor day, and without perverting its
benefleient design to the exploitation of
his fame. It was done modestly and quiet
ly—in keeping with the disposition of Its
promoter and his estimate of reasonable
service.
The Lesson of His Life.
And yet none of us should go from this
place untouched by the lesson which this
statue teaches. Here we should learn that
character, uncorrupted by the contagion
of Ignoble things and unweakened by the
corrosion of sordidness and money-mad
ness, Is the cornerstone of every truly use
ful life, and of every genuinely noble
achievement.
We shall do violence to the moral sense
which God has vouchsafed to humanity If
amid the surroundings we close our minds
to the truth, that character represents the.
real value of a man according to the un-‘
alterable standard of fine gold; and that
it differs immeasurably from reputation
which measures a man’s worth by the
shifting and untrue standards of mean
ambition or successful cupidity.
We Worship th© Golden Calf.
We have fallen upon days when our peo
ple are more than ever turning away from
their old faith in the saving grace of char
acter, and flocking to the worship of
money-making Idols. Dally and hourly In
the light of investigation and exposure,
characterless lives are seen In appalling
numbers, without chart or compass crowd
ed upon the rocks and shoals of faithless
ness and breach of trust. How 111 have
these wrecked lives exchanged the safe
course and the harbor of honor and use
fulness which character and rectitude
point out, for a wild and headlong rush
over unknown seas in a consuming search
for pelf.
Our Hop© Is in Such Men.
If our people ever return again to their
trust In character as a steadying force in
our restless enterprise and Immense mate
rial growth, it will be when they take to
heart the full significance of such a com
memoration as this. Wo memorialize a
man who not only earned the lasting hon
or of his countrymen, but whose life, in
all things worthy of high endeavor, was
abundantly successful.
Description of Monument.
J ne fund with which the Morton
monument was erected was raised by
the Arbor Day Memorial association,
which was organized shortly after the
death of Secretary Morton early in
1902. This association had as its pres
ident ex-Governor Robert W. Furness;
H. D. Wilson of Nebraska City was
made treasurer, and John Nordhouse
was elected secretary. Twenty-five
vice presidents were named, all of
whom were prominent Nebraska citi
zens.
The central figure in the monument
is, of course, the statue of Mr. Morton
himself, which stands upon a massive,
yet graceful pedestal, in an attitude:
characteristic of his strong life. His!
right arm hangs easily at his side, and:
in his left hand he holds lightly a pa
per, as though of recent reference; a
branch of a tree rests easily at his
feet, while a plowshare slightly- in the
rear suggests the rugged pioneer days
of his life. At the foot of the pedestal
stands a graceful wood sprite, her left
hand tenderly protecting a young,
growing tree, thus symbolizing the
spirit of the wise, public spirited ideal
expressed by Mr. Morton’s simple 1
formula, “Plant trees.” A seml-circular
stone bench stands at some distance
back of the pedestal, and forming a
frieze around it are the words, “Pioneer j
Statesman, Scholar, Tree Planter."
The back of the bench is further or
namented with two large medallions :
in bronze, plainly visible to the right '
and left of the statue as one stands
before it. These illustrate the one and
important epoch In Mr. Morton's ca- I
reer, and the other his heart’s desire,
namely, the treaty with the Pawnee
Indians, in which he prominently par
ticipated. and a group of school chil
dren planting trees. The lower part
of the bench bears the inscription:
“Erected by the Arbor Day Memorial
association, in memory of J. Sterling
Morton, 1903.”
Upon the pedestal itself is Inscribed:
“J. Sterling Morton, father of Arbor
day; plant trees.”
The reverse of the pedestral bears a
concise sketch of Mr. Morton’s life and
public services. The spaciousness and
solidity of the base and foundation of
the monument are intended to har
monize with the vastness and substan
tiality of the western country.
The platform around the monument
Is about 75 by 60 feet, and excepting
for the brick, which is used in the
platform, the entire monument is of
granite and bronze. It is located in
Morton park.
MAY CLEAR UP MYCTERY
Boston Police Arrest an Actor for tho
Suit Case Murder—Was Girl’s
Sweetheart.
Pittsburg, Nov. 3.—It is the firm cons
vlction of everyone in touch with the case
that while a charge of murder has been
lodged against Morris Nathan, secretary
to the manager of the "Shepherd King”
company, in connection with the WInthrop
suit caso mystery, he is not the principal
In the affair, and Is held because It Is be
lieved he ran throw more light on the;
crime than anyone else. That the policej
have a complete story from Nathan, tell-,
ing all he knows and suspects, is not de-j
tiled. It Is known that Nathan admitted!
to Superintendent of Detectives Thomas!
A. McQuaide and Superintendent of Police
Alexander Wallace that he was intimate
with Miss Geary, and in his statement he
Implicated a woman, whom, he says, con-,
ducted a maternity home in Tremont
street, Boston.
The Boston police were immediately no
tified, and they started out in search of
the worqan. When they have arrested'
the w oman w'ho conducted the place where*
Miss Geary went for treatment tho police!
believe tho mystery will be cleared up and!
the people to blame for the murder
brought to trial.
Nathan explained to the police that he\
was not aware of tho girl’s condition. Hej
declares they were to be married. He says;
he overheard a conversation between Miss]
Geary and two girls who were appearing!
at the parks In Hartford, In which one of;
the girls advised Miss Geary to go to the;
Tremont street house for treatment. Na
than said he was not responsible for Mlsaj
Geary’s going to a hospital.
That the crime was done by a woman is
the belief of the police officials. No hard
ened criminal, they say, would have dis
posed of tho body by cutting It up and.
packing It In a suit case and then allow
.the ease to float.
The manner of cutting the body Inter
parts indicates the work of an inexper
ienced person, insofar as hiding the crime *
is concerned.
Furthermore, the leaving of the rings on
*he fingers is an indication that the crime.
;,wns committed by a person unaccustomed!
[to crime. The rings were the telltalej
jmarks, and if they had been removed and.
[the body allowed to float It Is probable that
Jhe mystery would have remained un
solved. The authorities appear to believe
that Nathan was unaware of the murder;
of the girl, and that ho had no part in that
•crime', but they seem to think he is respon
sible for her receiving treatment,
j Nathan Is in a very bad condition physi
cally. For weeks ho has been suffering
mental anguish, disguising it as best he
could from the others of the company. He
is on the verge of collapse.
Nathan’s story of having last seen the
murdered girl at the subway station at
Boyleston and Tremont streets, Boston, on
the night of September 9, is borne out by,
several members of the company.
The members of the company still believe
Nathan innocent, and will aid him in every
way possible.
Pittsburg, Oct. 31.—After a long and
searching examination at police head
quarters, lasting until after 1 o'clock in
the morning, Morris Nathan, secretary to
the manager of the ''Shepherd King” com
pany, was held on a charge of murdering
his sweetheart, Miss Susan Geory, the vic
tim of the Wlnthrop suit cast mystery
which has been puzzling the Boston au
thorities for more than a month.
Nathan was unable to stand after ar
rest. He had been crying for the past
week, and was so unnerved that they had]
to almost carry him to police headquar-,
ters.
The members of the company sympa
thize deeply with Nathan, and believe him
Innocent, but heartbroken over the gill's,
death.
Nathan la Weakening.
Morris Nathan spent a restless night
in Ills cell at Central police station. He
was closely questioned by police offl-,
clals this morning, after which Di
rector Moore of the public safety de
partment said the arrest was a very
important one, and that Nathan knows]
something about the crime and Is weak
ening.
The prisoner will be held until the ar
rival of Boston officers tonight. It Is:
said Nathan will return to Massachu
setts without requisition papers.
Steps have been taken that will lead
to the location and arrest of the phy
sicians supposed to be Implicated ini
the case.
Operation by a Woman.
As a. result of admissions by Nathan,]
the police are almost positive the death
of Susan Geary resulted from a crimi
nal operation performed by a woman
In Boston and that the body of the girl
was afterwards mutilated to hide thet
fact. 1
As a result of information sent to •
Boston by Pittsburg police It is ex
pected the woman will be arrested to
day If she has not left that city.
Story of the Mystery. ■
Boston, Mass., Oct. 31.—That the dls-\
memberod body found in a suit case at
Wlnthrop on September 21 is that of Su
san Geary, of Cambridge, is the belief of
the girl’s family and friends and of the
Boston police department.
Miss Geary, who was the daughter of)
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Geary, was a chorus j
girl of the “Shepherd King’’ company, and,
was known on the stage as Ethel Durrell.;
She was 21 years of age. Mrs. Geary lden-J
tided three rings taken from the right;
hand, found In the second suit case picked!
up near the New Charleston bridge on!
Friday last, as those worn by her daugh-|
ter when she absented herself from the'
theatrical company on September 11.
Her Lover Reported Disappearance.
Confirmation of Miss Geary's disappear
ance from the company came from Morris
Nathan, secretary to the manager of the,
company, and to whom Miss Geary was|
engaged.
Mr. Nathan Is now’ In Pittsburg, Pa.
According to Nathan, Miss Geary parted
from him on the best terms the day after
the company closed its last engagement
in tills city, and he had supposed, he said,
that lie would see her at the next.perform
ance in Lowell on the following day. In
stead, however, a message was received
by the company’s manager from “P. A.
Smith, M. D., Boston,” which stated that
“Miss Durrell” was suffering from stom
ach trouble and would be unable to report
for several days.
Girl Dropped Out of Sight.
Miss Geary dropped out of sight after
that, and so far as the police are con
cerned they have been unable to find any
one who either saw or communicated with
the girl. Ten days later a dress suit case,
in which was the torso of a young woman,
was found floating in the harbor near the
Wlnthrop Yacht club, about three miles
below the city, and on Friday last another
suit case containing the arms and legs of
the victim was taken from the water off
the city' docks, near the new' Charlestown
bridge over the Charles river. On the fin
gers of the right hand were three rings,
which gave the police the first tangible
clew in the case.
The Mother’s Theory.
Mrs. Geary declared yesterday that when
she last saw her daughter the latter com
plained of pains In the side, and Mrs.
Geary suggested today that she might
have been operated upon for appendicitis,
and that the doctor, being unsuccessful la.
the operation, cut her up.