A EFOCAII SAND STORM BLOWS OVER
A VILE ATTEMPT TO BESMIRCH EX-QOVERNOR SILAS A. HOL
COMB'S SPLENDID RECORD.
That Chronic LmoHm who Have Been Pried Loom From tha Adminis
tration Crib Adopted Daaparata Tactics to Dlvsrt Public Attantlon
Prom tho Raal Issuas Involvad In tha Campaign.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept It. In this cam.
paign the "special pleaders" are up to
their old tricks. Fearing Holcomb's
candidacy, the republican state central
committee thought to sidetrack him
before the conventions were held; and
they attempted to breathe life in a ten-
ate Investigating committee, which had
been a lawful body with full powers
to act so lona; as the senate was in
Session, but which ceased to have such
powers ob the 31st day of March. 1SJD,
the day the legislature adjourned.
BOGUS INVESTIGATION COMMIT
TER
It needs no constitutional lawyer to
Understand that while In session, a
legislative committee of any kind needs
no written law to authorise its actions
each body Is popularly said to be a
law unto Itself, restricted only In its
actions by the state constitution and
our national laws and constitution; s
legislative committee represents the
body creating it, its members are
part of the body creating it, and it must
report its actions, if any, to the cre
ating body before that body ceases to
exist. There are state senators now
bat there is no state senate It ceased
to exist on the 31st of March; and no
body but Governor Poynter can call
' It back to life between now and the
Ant Tuesday of January, 1901.
There was no bill or Joint resolution
or both bouses duly passed by the leg
islature, and signed by the governor (or
Passed over his veto), which authorises
Messrs. Prout, Rocke and Van Dusen
to investigate certain state offices
nothing but a senate resolution, which
regardless of what might be said there
in, had the force of law only while the
senate was in session. Certain formal
Itles are necessary in enactment of laws
and these were not complied with in the
case of the Prout-Rocke-Van Dusen
resolution. Governor Poynter knew the
committee had ceased to exist as a le
gal body when he vetoed the 15,000 ap
propriation to pay Its expenses. The
honorable senators composing the
quondam investigating committee also
knew they had no power to compel the
attendance of witnesses, and the pro
Auction of books and papers and rec
ords; knew they were not a senate com
mlttee when they demanded (with a big
"D") of Secretary Porter a room at the
Capitol; and Porter knew this, too.
HANNA TACTICS ADOPTED.
- But Chairman Schneider thought he
Knew a good thing when he saw it.
Mark Hanna had been fairly generous.
and, if the state, thanks to Governor
Poynter, couldn't be held up for the
expense, why shouldn't the state cen
tral committee assist the defunct sen
ate committee? The bold senator from
Beatrice, with the B'Kam Browne
voice, believed it would work like a
charm. If the state central committee
would stand the expense; Father Rocke
was dubious, but. then, he wouldn't
stand in the way if any good to the
republican party might come of It; and
Van Dusen had lived long enough in
Omaha to do any partisan thing.
And so the committee, long dead, was
resuscitated by a liberal draught from
the barrel de Hanna, with, perhaps,
occasional sips of spirits frumenti.
HARD UP FOR SOMETHING TO DO.
1 But there was nothing to Investigate.
It wouldn't do to pry around the state
treasurer's office Meserve bad his of
fice ready for an investigation any busi
ness hour of any business day; and,
besides, the bond company expert was
even then checking up the treasurer's
books, later finding them correct to a
cent. It wouldn't do to Investigate the
supreme court any more that con
founded Omaha printer, Sturgess, had
wormed a most damning confession out
f Judge Norval during the house in
vestigation. Cornell had passed unhurt
through a very searching Investigation.
Uncle Jake had been too industrious in
leasing and looking after the state
school lands. It wouldn't do to inves
tigate them. The secretary's office was
never in better shape an investigation
of Porter wouldn't make very valuable
republican campaign thunder.
MUD BATTERIES AGAINST HOL-
COMB.
part of It when Thayer was not draw,
ing both it and the gubernatorial sal
ary. He knew that Governor Crounse,
evidently unrepublican In bis strict con
struction ideas, had vetoed a house
rent appropriation on constitutions!
grounds. And he knew that Governor
Holcomb had approved and used part
of two appropriations for house rent
being the only governor to consider the
appropriation to mean strictly what it
purported to be: an appropriation to
provide a residence for the governor
and his family during his term of of
fice, and not as an increase of salary.
Ah! Here was the place to pierce the
Holcomb armor! The "smelling" com
mittee's association with Simon In their
rehash of the recount matter was a
disgrace even to the members of that
committee and it's pretty hard to con
taminate prehistoric hen fruit. Yes,
that bouse rent is a good point," he
told the committee; "it will look like
petty larceny, the way we'll tell it, and
you know the world despises a pettj
thief."
DOCTORING UP POLITICAL. BUN
COMBE.
So witnesses were called and the
bald-headed gentleman with the B'Kam
voice would allow nothing told except
what he wanted told. It wasn't a mat
ter of telling the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth the "smell
ing' committee didn't want the whole
truth: they feared it. And a plain
statement that Holcomb had made re
pairs on the rented property to cover
the difference between the 130, 340 and
345 a month he paid the landlord and
the 350 a month he drew for several
months at first, was garbled into the
statement that he drew 350, paid out
330 and pocketed the balance each
month. Of course. Governor Holcomb
statement to the press sets all doubts
at rest and his landlord concurs in the
statement: every cent drawn from the
house rent appropriation was paid out
in procuring a residence during hi
term of office. Governor Thayer did not
pay out a cent for house rent of the
first appropriation of 32,000 did he slm
ply steal that amount?
THE HOUSE RENT BUSINESS EX
POSED.
Look at the amounts drawn from
the house rent appropriations by the
different governors:
The 1888 appropriation of 32,000 was
drawn April 16, 1889, in one warrant by
governor Thayer.
The 1891 appropriation of 32,000 was
drawn as follows:
John M. Thayer f 500.00
James E. Boyd 1,250.00
Lapsed zso.oo
SHE IS A GOOD PARMER.
Total $2,000.00
The 3250 which lapsed was that por
tlon of the appropriation which was un
used in January, 1893, at the expiration
of Governor Boyd's term. Governor
Crounse believed a house rent appropri
ation to be unconstuutional,and, hence,
would not use it.
The 1S95 appropriation of $1,500 was
used as follows:
Anna B. Crandall I 30.00
Silas A. Holcomb 900.00
Lapsed 190.00
Total $1,500.00
The amount drawn by Mrs. Crsndall
was for rental of the house Governor
Holcomb first lived In, but, after mov
ing to another residence, the warrants
were drawn in his own name.
The 1887 appropriation was drawn as
follows: a
81las A. Holcomb $ 993.30
8. A. Wilson 192.40
Lapsed 314.30
Total
....$1,600.00
Tha amount paid to Wilson were for
house rent for Governor poynter.
HOLCOMB HANDLBD THE APPFO-
PRIATION HONESTLY.
"No," they said, "it's Holcomb' s hide
We want hung on our back fence; we
must get him skinned before conven
tion time. He must not be nominated.
He's like the First Nebraska, when he
tarts, all hell can't stop him. Maybe
we can throw enough mud on htm that
Use fool pops will be afraid to nomi
nate him."
But there wasn't an act of Holcomb's,
public or private, that an investigation
would throw any new light upon. The
people everywhere, regardless of poli
tics, knew his official acts were pure.
His friends knew him to be strictly
honest and uptight in all things. Every
man who ever looked in that big, open,
manly, frank countenance knew Hol
eomb to be an honest man. His ad
ministration as governor had been like
Caesar's wife, absolutely above suspi
cion. The people know what his public
acta bad been and they approved them.
A few democrats and populists over the
state were bitter against him because
the pie counter was not long enough
to admit them but even they. In their
bitterest moments, would always freely
admit that "Holcomb's honest." What
could the "smelling" committee do?
THE) WORK OF AN ARTISTIC LIAR.
Nothing without assistance. Every
OB of the committee are rather matter-of-fact;
and it required a high or
der In Imagination to create what the
committee needed. In the campaign of
MPT, when Hayward and the state cen
tral committee met and in bitter an
guish exclaimed, "What shall we do to
be saved V they found. In the person of
the Omaha Bee's Lincoln correspond
ent, a man who, to parody the words of
Will Carleton, "Knew how much to
kaw, and knew bow to not know too
sauch." The wonderful array of half
truths, pure and unadulterated lies,
parMed figures, and figures that never
stated, which this correspondent sr-
and wnicn Judge Haywaro
In his speeches opening the 1897
were Indeed unique. Of
they fell flat on the ears of well
fcafcumsd men and women, but there Is
p MK taat many repuDiicans, wno
sV-t bare voted for Poynter if the
Sjo-ia bad been told, believed them.
laf was another opportunity to use
f"Ua maa with an abnormal bump of
M"toaUoa. He mast outline the plan
ft 4 isgisis Hot comb. He could do It,
1 ttwga would hurt. He had
' " aa tafovli the records often and
$Jrl fevwaor Thayer bad ap--J
L4 tolt appropriation ever
i (' sW'W rent, and then Inside
4 -b 4 aw tha satire approprta
ifl r-au II part pay meat of
W wxwm tar m auni, ire
X 4
I l
The amounts used by the different
governors may be summarised as fol
lows:
Av. per Mo.
Gov. Thayer. U months $83.33
Acting Gov. Thayer, months.... 83.23
Gov. Boyd, 15 months 83.33
Gov. Holcomb, 45 months 51.18
Gov. Poynter, 1 months (4.12
Do you wonder that republicans howl
about Holcomb's house rent? The sim
ple fact that all the money drawn by
Holcomb for house rent ($2,303.30) dur
ing a four-year term Is but little larger
than that drawn by Governor Thayer,
all In a lump In advance, too, during a
two-year term, ought to convince any
thinking man that all this republican
howl is simply "special pleading."
TRTING TO HIDE THE REAL IS
SUES.
They want to divert attention from
the main Issues. It Is the fluttering
of a wild bird to save Its nest. They
don't want public attention directed
toward the supreme court. They would
rather not hear about their record as
executive state officers. They wsnt
the Philippine wsr unnoticed from the
standpoint of humsnlty; if you can't
wrap the flag around you and talk of
'benevolent assimilation." for uoai
sake keep still. They don't want much
said about that Sulu treaty and Mc-
Kinley's official recognition of slavery
and polygamy. They like to cry "pros
perity," pointing to overflowing banks
(the overflow is mostly winaj, out
would rather not talk about the sale of
the Burr Block at Lincoln.
Hence, they resort to "special plead
ing" to obscure the real Issues. There
Is nothing In their "smelling" commit
tee's report that can hurt a hair of
Holcomb's hesd and they know It. But
like the devil fish they delight In squirt
ing a lot of blsckened water all around
them In order the better to escape In
the blackness.
CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE.
"Though not so numerous as former
ly, 'round-the-world' letters continue to
crop up at Intervals," says the Septem
ber Ladles' Home Journal. "They also
have a request to return to the writer
after they have made the tour of the
world, a list of the principal cities
through which they are desired to past
being also given, coupled with a mod
est request to each postmaster to
tamp carefully the data of arlrval at
bis office. Many yean ago letters of
this sort dM occasionally make ths clr
cwK, and curious looking specimens
they were. Indeed, but postmasters In
the United States are aow grehlMtes
Milwaukee. W la The new women of
Wisconsin lift their bonents to Mrs
Adda jr. Howie. As the mlstra
Sunny Peak farm, near Elf Grove, she
has made a remarkable record of suc
cess In breeding blooded stock. Far
and wide to the professors of agri
culture in the state university, to the
farmers who attend the farmers' tnsti
tutes! Indeed, to all Interested in the
development of fine cattle Mrs. Howie
Is known for her work.
Farming, undertaken as a diversion.
'nas become a source of enthusiasm.
Mrs. Howie Inherited the farm 25 years
ago. me land waa good, but Mrs
Howie's last thought was that of liv
ing on the place. For years she rented
it and lived in fine style In Milwaukee.
She wrote a clever book and charming
verse; she lived in the atmosphere of
clever people and enjoyed it thoroughly
until her son had finished his course at
the University of Wisconsin.
Then came a chance. The young man
had studied agriculture in the univer
sity and returned absorbed with the
fad of scientific farming. TO gratify the
Dors whim Mrs. Howie moved to the
old farm, residing in the winter in her
beautiful town house in Milwaukee.
The boy had grown tired of the life of
a gentleman farmer when his mother's
enthusiasm was fairly aglow. Within
five years she has done wonders. She
has raised prixe-winnlng cattle, calves
that have sold for $300 each; she has
won many premiums with her butter at
county and state fairs and has aroused
the envy of half the housewives In the
state.
The buildings on Sunny Peak Farm
are marvels of cleanliness and com
plete in every detail of modern Im
provement. The big red barn built by
Mrs. Howie's grandfather years ago
nas oeen turned into a stock barn and
christened the "Jewel Casket" Within
It Is whitewashed walls, stalls and
roof. The stalls extend from a broad
aisle, each with the name of its occu
pant and registered number painted
overhead. There is a sink with roller
towel and cakes of soap and bottles
of ammonia for the use of farm hands,
who are compelled to scrub before
milking.
After the herds are turned out in the
morning the barn Is carefully swept,
and twice a week it is scrubbed. The
cows are brushed and curried like thor
oughbred race horses.
The pigpen, where the Imported Tarn-
worths and Yorkshire are found. Is
quite as Interesting aa the barn. Over
the door Is the name, "McFadden's
Row," and over the hen house, "Old
Ladles Home.
"It certainly Is hard work." Mrs
Howie said. "No woman who cannot set
down on her knees and scrub the floor
when necessity demands has any right
to expect success stock-raising. And
you have got to love It or you will not
make it a success. I'm a farmer. Tou
could not say anything that would
please me more than that. I don't mind
being called even a country Jay."
Mrs. Howie finds time to lecture at
farmers' institutes and to contribute to
stock journals. She Is a familiar at
tendant at the fairs, and her opinions
upon stock raising are eagerly sought
and carefully followed by many leading
stockmen of the state.
Mrs. Howie's personality Is most at
tractive. She Is In all respects an In
teresting woman.
FATE LIKE POMPEII'S.
if
Santa Fe, N. M. New Mexico has Its
Pompeii and Its Herculaneum; it has
its extinct Vesuvius and Its extinct
Etna; it has ruins as interesting aa
wose or central Asia ana ox agypi. ,
Not far from Santa Fe, In Santa
Clara con yon. there are buried the ra
ins of a city of cliff dwellers, older per
haps than Rome. Rev. G. 8. Madden
and a party of scientists have attempt
ed systematic excavation, and during
the last week they have dug out two
rooms of a communal building 300 by
400 feet, three stories high, containing
at least z,ow rooms.
The rooms that were excavated show
ed that the cliff dwellers deserted the
house in great haste. They left many
articles of interest behind which they
would assuredly have taken along
their leave-taking had been less pre
ci pilous.
The abundance of turkey and dog
bones showed that those animals were
kept In the house. Attached to each
living room in the communal building
are small turkey corrals 4x4 feet and
connected with the living rooms by
low archways Just high enough for a
turkey to sup through. In the burial
places the remains of the ancient race
are Invariably found covered with tur
key and dog bones. The bodies are
buried in a stooping position, with the
neaa Between the knees and tht feet of
all bodies pointing to a common center.
The most important And made by
Rev. Mr. Madden was that of nine
skeletons, whose formation indicates
that the ancient cliff dwellers were not
Indians, but were allied to the Cauca
sian race. The forehead of the skulls is
well formed, while the posterior part
of the head is almost flat In the
course of evolution the incisors of the
cliff dwellers were transformed into
grinders, for the cliff dwellers were
evidently vegetarians. In their houses
are found corn, and they evidently
grew and smoked tobacco. Some skulls
that were found In the cliff dwellings
on ine una naa long red hair.
The reason lor the sudden evacuation
of the Santa Clara cliff dwellings Is
found In the Immense stream of lava
which poured forth from a crater only
few miles from Santa Fe. and cov
ered many square miles with lava and
ashes. It must have been a volcanic
eruption, similar to that which destroy
ed Pompeii and Herculaneum, which
caused tha cliff dwellers to flee from
their homes.
According to Rev. Mr. Madden the
dwellings were deserted at least 2,000
years ago. The cliff dwellers were gi
ants In their day, for one of the femurs
that be picked up measured twenty
Inches and must have belonged to a
man between seven and eight feet high.
PLAN TO ORGANIZE YOUNG
MEN'S AMERICAN CLUBS
The following plan for the organisa
tion of fusion campaign clubs for the
state was adopted by the state conven
tions at Omaha.
The members of the committee ap
pointed to draft the plan were V. O.
Johnson and J. A. Maguire of Lancas
ter county, N. H. Rhodes of Thayer,
and W. Rose of Nance county. The
plan:
CONSTITUTION.
Name This organization sboll be
known as the Toung Men's American
club and shsll consist of precinct
clubs, county leagues, and a state
league.
Style The name of the precinct or-
ganibatlon shall be the Toung Men's
American club of precinct (or
township), county, Nebraska,
Object Its object Is to concentrate
the courage. Intelligence and patriotism
of the young men of the reform ele
ments of Nebraska Into a force making
for a Just and honorable solution of lo
cal, state and national problems, and
an honest administration of public af
fairs.
Its further object Is to educate Ne
braska citlsenship in the science of
government by means of literature on
pending questions and by lectures and
public discussions under the auspices
of the club.
Principles We lay down the follow.
ng cardinal principles of good citlsen
ship:
The Declaration of Independence
and the constitution of the United
States first, last and forever."
Every cltlsen, irrespective of race.
nationality, religion, wealth or occu
pation Is entitled to the equal benefits
and the equal protection of the laws of
his country and should bear his pro
portionate share of the burdens of
government.
The welfare of the country Is a su
perior consideration to the interests of
any political party or any private cltlsen.
The ballot Is mightier than the pen
or sword." The cltlsen who neglects to
vote Is not a patriotic American.
A political organization should re-
ulre of Its representatives In office the
same high standard of official honesty
that It requires of its opponents.
Platform We are In favor of an
American financial system and declare
our unswerving allegiance to the cause
of bimetallism.
day. All moneys obtained by sub
scription, dues or otherwise shall be
placed In the hands of the treasurer
of the club, who shall pay out the same
only on orders of the executive com
mlttee, signed by the president and
secretary.
Rules Roberts' Rules of Order shall
govern In parliamentary matters.
Amendments This constitution msy
be amended by a majority of all votes
cast at any meeting of the state league.
County League of Toung Men's
American Clubs Organization Ths
County League of Toung Men's Amer
ican Clubs shall consist of the various
precinct clubs. At Its meetings the sev
eral clubs shall have a representation
from the active membership propor
tioned to the number of Its active mem
bers. No proxies shall be allowed but
the delegates may cast the full vote of
their respective clubs.
The county leagues shall hold annual
meetings at the time determined on by
Its executive committee, at which meet
ings an executive committee shall be
elected whose qualifications, powers and
duties shall correspond to those of the
officers and executive committee of the
precinct cluba
The Nebraska League of Toung Men's
American Clubs The state league shall
be organised and conducted In a man
ner similar to the county leaguea
Emergency The officers and execu
tive committee of the state and county
leagues for the years 1899-1900 shall be.
selected by the chairmen of the state
and county central committees respec
tively of the reform parties.
UNDER BRITISH FUG
OUR HEROES PACKED IN
LIKE CATTLE.
SHIP
TWENTY PLANKS OF BRYAN.
1 Most of our trouble comes from
forgetting that every public officer Is
hired man.
2 The man who puts his party above
principle does not deserve to be called
wise.
3 Tour cause Is not tied to a man.
We have lifted principle above men.
4 1 say, first, let the government
Issue all money, drive the banks out
of the Issuing business. Then we can
settle whether it shall be redeemable
in coin or not.
5 I Intend to advocate the Income tax
until the constitution is amended to au
thorize ltso that no judges, no nine
nor no one, can build a bulwark around
the rich and throw the burdens of the
We are opposed to an un-American; government on the struggling- poor.
We never loved a tree or flower but
that the rolling stone gathered no moss.
Our Jokes fall flat, stale and unprofit
able, while our serious and sober
efforts evoke the moat enthusiastic out
bursts of merriment When we expect
split a side we break a heart, and
when we would call up the tender tears
from the heart of pathos wild and
woolly outbursts of laughter smite up
on our delicate and sensitive ear.
When we try to preach a serman we
are mistaken for a jester, and when
we seek to rival Josh Billings, Talmage
grows jealous. Dyersburg, Tenn., Herald,
I am In receipt of letters constantly
from ministers seeking charges, and
tha suffering and anxiety they disclose
In appalling. It la a necessity born of
elementary human sympathy that
something must be dona Only the most
callous could refuse, and I am con
vlaosd that the ministry will act when
tbey ass that It la la their power te
right the wrong. a caarracauoaai
ka uw Hartxotu couraat.
policy of Imperialism. We decry the! When you call up the question of
sacrifice of American blood to subju-1 government ownership of railroads, I
gate and control without Its consent an i wl11 te" you. 8et ownership of you can,
alien and distant people. I out if you cannot, get government con-
We denounce the policy of giving dl- j lro1-
rect and substantial support It has giv- i "I want this district to declare that
en to the formation and development I the principles for which Bland fought
are as popular as ever.
8 The republicans have put the dol
lar above the man,
9 No tomb, be It ever so strong, can
Imprison a righteous cause.
10 AH trusts are corporations and
creations of law. What law creates, it
can regulate or crush.
11 God made man. We looked upon
God's work and made a fictitious per
son called a corporation, 10,000 times
great monopolies while pretending
benefit the laboring classes, by trust-
breeding tariff legislation.
Obligations We, the members of
this club, active and honorary, do sev
erally and Individually pledge our pa
triotism that on every election day w
will devote our time, or as much there-
as Is under our control, to the wel
fare of our country by casting our bal
lots Of voters) In behalf of the above
principles and by a united and system-j greater than the Individual. Man-made
atlc effort to bring out a full vote In
their support.
We further pledge our attendance
upon and participation In the primaries
of some political party.
Membership Any man between the
ages of 18 and 40 Inclusive may become
an active member of this club on the
recommendation of three active mem
bers, by paying the prescribed dues
and subscribing to this constitution.
No person, once an active member,
shall cease to be such by reason of
passing the sge limit for admission.
Any person eighteen yesrs of age or
man shall have no lights more sacred
than God-made man.
12 The money trust Is the biggest.
Why let It alone and go out to fight
the toothpick trust?
13 Monarchy Is force, a republic Is
consent. Do you believe In force or
consent?
14 Back of the Imperialistic policy Is
the desire to make money. Instead of
"duty," or "destiny," the word should
be dollars and cents.
16 Tou cannot Insure Christianity by
hypodermic Injections of cold lead
1 If we shoot the gospel In the Phil.
Ovar Pour Hundred Appaal to Brit
ish Authorities Por Rallof-U. 8.
Troops Undar Foreign Flag.
Washington, D. C. (Special.) The
irmy transport Tartar, which la re
ported detained at Hong Kong by the
British authorities, was chartered by
the United States and Is owned by the
Canadian Pacific Steamship company.
She sails under the British flag. It Is
said that under these conditions she Is
subject to the British navigation laws.
aa being chartered by the United States
does not entitle her to American reg
istry. The British consul can deter
mine whether she complies with the
British navigation laws, and If she does
not, she has authority to unload.
Kansas City, Mo. The following ca
blegram has been received by the Star
from Its special correspondent on board
the Tartar, at Hong Kong, dated today;
"Tartar, having on board the Twen
tieth Kansas regiment, has been re
fused clearance. Four hundred regulars
on board the Tartar have made com
plaint of overcrowding. No serious
sickness."
Washington, D. C A private cable
message from Hong Kong says that
complaint was made by the 400 dis
charged regulars on board the Tartar
of overcrowding, whereupon clearance
waa refused.
The Twentieth Kansas volunteer In
fantry, with General Funston, Is aboard
the Tartar, but It Is understood that
the volunteers make no complaint and
are anxious to have clearance granted
the ship In order that they may pro
ceed homeward.
It Is stated at the war department
that the Tartar matter had been refer
red to Ambassador Choste.whlch makes
an International question of it Tha
contention of the war department la
that, notwithstanding the Tartar files
the British flag.tbe assumption of Brit
ish authority over her is unauthorized,
ts she Is chartered by the L'nlted States
government ,
The Tartar flew the British flag while
he was being loaded with American
soldiers and munitions of war at the
government wharf In San Francisco,
preparatory to her trip to Manila,
When she stesmed out of the bay
American soldiers gathered along the
rails to bid a last farewell to home
shores from under the Hon and bars
of England, while the course of the
vessel was directed by officers who owe
their allegiance to the British empire.
A member of the World-Herald staff
in San Francisco at the time heard
many comments upon the peculiar cir
cumstances of the vessel's departure.
Although the nationality of the ship
was generally known, no one seemed to
be able to furnish a satisfactory ex
planation of why she had not raised
the United States flag after being char
tered by this government
Even at that time wise heads pre
dicted a number of complications that
might arise, some of them Involving
nice little points of International law.
A.rnong these It was said that If Ger
many were aching for a pretext to take
1 hand in the Philippine situation this
Incident might furnish her with an ex
cuse to charge Kngland with a viola
tion of neutral rights. Interference on
the part of English authorities in for
eign parts, however, did not seem at
ill to be apprehended by those versed
In the laws of the sea.
The Tartar Is a ship of shout the
lame tonnage as the Hancock, which
was ordered by Colonel Pope, chief
quartermaster at Manila, to be loaded
with not more then 1,000 men on her
return trip to the United Slates.
VANDERBILT'S WILL.
older, not ellgiblte to active member-1 Ipplses It won't be long till we will be
ship, may become an honorary member, shooting our own particular brand of
payln gthe prescribed dues and sub-: Christianity Into every one differing
scribing to this constitution. ' from us.
Honorary members may have the 17 Philanthropy chloroforms the con
privilege of the floor, but shall not science, while the 6 per cent picks the
vote. I pockets of the conquered.
Officers The officers of this club shall I IS We have tried to buy the Fill-
be a president, a vice president, a sec- j plnos at $2 a head,
retary and a treasurer. They shall be ( 19 Who will pay for this? The Fill
elected from the active membership at plnos? Then we will have to tax them
an annual meeting called at the dlrec-1 more than Spain ever did In the height
tlon of the president of the state league; of her tyranny. ,
prior to the primaries of the political 1 20 There are now In all countries
parties represented In the club. that have been subjected more tax col-
Bxeeutlve Committee There shall be : lectors than colonists.
an executive committee consisting of . t
the president, secretary, treasurer and
Ave others, not more than three of
Saws
An Ancient Saw.
whom may be elected from the honor- E(ryDtUni. 0ne that was discovered
ary memebrship of the club. ..vera I nther rrn.nter.
Dutles-The duties and powers of the . a pr)vate lomb at Thebe. now '
officers and executive committee shall I mm, , ,h. itw.i.k , -.w.
be such as usually devolve upon those . bJa(, wcn ftDDear. t0 be of
positions. The secretary of the club, ,en an(1 a half ,ncheg ,0)B an,
wnen reques, y ,ne secretary oi me j ,nch and a quarter broa(, at ,he wMe,t
county league, shall certify to him on J part The lfeth are lrrefu, an(1
blanks provided for that purpose thei., l, . ,, . . . ,
membership of the club.
Quorum One-fifth of the sctlve mem.
bershlp shall constitute a quorum.
Meetings The club shall hold at
least two meetings during the two
months prior to each general election.
The president shall call such other
meetings as the esecutlve committee
a blunt edged Instrument against the
edge of the plate, the bur, a rough
shoulder thus produced, not being re
moved. A painting, copied In Roselllnl's work
on Egyptian antiquities, represents a
man using a similar saw, the piece of
wood he Is cutting being held between
determine for the purpose of carrying! two upright posts. In other represen-
out the objects of the club.
Dues The annual dues shall be 50
cents and the dues for the current
year shsll be paid by esch member on
admission to the club. From the an
nual dues of each member the sum of
19 cents shall be forwarded to the
treasurer of the state league, and the
rum of 10 cents shall be forwarded to
tb treasurer of the county league,
aad of the remainder, a sum not less
ta cants shall be set aside for
brtaglag' out a fall vote on election
tstlons the timber Is bound with ropes
to a single post, and In one, copied by
Roselllnl, the workmen Is engaged In
tightening the rope, having left tbs
saw sticking In the cut.
In an engraving given In the third
volume of Wilkinson's "Manners and
Customs of the Ancient Egyptians,"
a saw Is represented of much larger
dimensions, Its length being, by com
parison with the man, not leas thaa
three or four feet It does not appear
that the Egyptians used saws worked
by two men.
Estate Not Less Than Ona Hundred
Million No Discrimination.
New Tor. (Special.) Cornelius Van-
lerbllt died suddenly Tuesday morning.
He had been under the shadow of
leath for several years and was one of
;he most methodical of men. He left
4 carefully drawn will, but Its terms
ire not known. His friends think It
s-lll make provisions for the charity In
which he was Interested. No estimate
)t the estate's value is less than 1100,
XA.OOO. If this fabulous wealth was re
luced to corn at 20 cents a bushel there
would not be enough railroad cars la
existence to haul It to market In a
month's time.
There had been a reconciliation be
tween Cornelius Vanderbiit Jr., and hla
parents, who opposed bis marriage with
Miss Grace Wilson, and It Is doubtful
if discrimination will be made against
nlm. On the death of Cornelius Van
lerbllt his brother, William K., become
head of the family and will make ar
rangements for the funeral and will
ee to the probating of the will.
Mr. Vanderbllt's death will force the
retirement of the large Vanderbiit fam
ily connections from any Daniel ualion
In the social doings of the fashionable
world for some time to come and will
also close to the members of the gay
world several of the largest mansions
in New York.
The funeral of Cornelius Vanderbiit
Is to be held at 10 o'clock Friday morn-
ng in hi. Bartholomew s church, la
which Mr. Vanderbiit was a pew hold
er, -ine service will be conducted by
Kev. Dr. David H. Greer, the rector.
Ulshop Potter will be present. The
:lergy of the church will assist the
rector. Dr. Green will be at the Van
lerbllt residence at 9:30 o'clock to con
luct a short service of prayer before
the church service. The main body of
the central aisle is to be reserved for
the members of the family and the as-
loclates of Mr. Vanderbiit In various
business snd charitable Institutions In
which he was Interested. The pews
opening on the two side aisles will be
jpea to the general public. There will
be no tickets of admission.
As the body is carried Into the
rhurch the organ will play Chopin's
funeral march. The following named
honorary pall bearers will walk behind
the coffin: John Hone, George it. Fear
ing, Chauncey M. Depew, J. IMerpont
Morgan, H. B. Idyard, Frederic Bron
n, Samuel F, llarger, W. Bayard
letting, George A. Crocker and George
MacC'ulloch Miller.
The music at the church will be fur.
nlshed by slxly voices. Immediately
sfterward the body will be taken to tha
foot of Forty-second street, where a
boat Is to be In waiting to taks the
tK'dy to Staten Island for burial at
Newdorp,
There hss been no word from Alfred
-,, Vsnderblft. who was cabled at To-
iliamt, Japan,
' Mr. Vanderbllt's death will have no
effect on tha Vanderbiit properties."
iiuld Mr. Depew. "William K. Vander
biit, with his brother's consent, took
his pisre at the bead of the properties
two years ago.
The friends of tba family art yet la
Ignorance of the provlsioaa of tha will"