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0 m h h ii ii VI DENY THE STOR 4 PROMINENT MEN DENOUNCE THE BRIBERY CHARGES UNCLE SAM IGNORES THEM Decides Matter Unworthy of Seriou6 Attention and Takes No Steps Partner of Abner McKlnley Says Re ports Are Unqualifiedly False NEW YORK March 29 Carl of this city who was at torney for Walter Christmas the rep resentative of the Danish government in the overtures for the purchase of the Danish West Indise in 1900 was indignant at the conduct of his client shown in his secret report to the Dan ish ministry lately published Ordinary legal etiquitte said he would prevent my speaking But this report is so defamatory and outrageous that I feel justified in washing my hands of the whole affair Mr Flscher Hansen described the course of the Danish representative as it uppeared to him Christmas undertook according to Mr 1 ischer Hansen to start the sale of the islands for the Horring minis try As far back as I860 the sale had been almost consummated but at the last moment this government had drawn back Thus Denmark could not make overtures or do more than sug gest that overtures would be accept able This Christmas did He con ducted Secretary White of the Ameri can embassy from London to Copen hagen At that point said Mr Pisher Hansen his services ended The negotiations from there on were carried forward by the American minister at Washington The Horring ministry going out of existence in a few months was suc ceeded by the Sehested ministry to which Christmas made his secret re port setting forth the alleged obliga tions he was under to various Ameri cans This report was evidently made said the lawyer with the belief that it could never see the light But its publication has shown its absurdity I am quite sure Christmas never saw the men he mentions and I believe the report was made for the purpose of personal gain Wilbur C Brown partner of Abner McKinley whose name was mentioned in connection with the Christmas charges made public in congress has sent the following letter to Represent ative Dalzell chairman of the investi gating committee Dear Sir The papers this morn ing contain extracts read in congress yesterday from insidious charges al leged by one Walter Christmas in con nection with the purchase of the Dan ish West Indies So far as these charges relate to Abner McKinley and myself they are unqualifiedly maliciously false in ev ery particular I shall be glad to appear before your committee at any time you may desire Very respectfully W C BROWN WASHINGTON D C March 29 The state department will take no steps to bring to the attention of the Danish government the charges against the integrity of American statesmen preferred by Captain Christmas and brought to the attention of the house of representatives PENSION COMMISSIONER RESIGNS Not Effective Until Diplomatic Berth is Ready for Him WASHINGTON March 29 Conwiis eioner of Pensions Evans has placed his resignation in the hands of the president It will not take effect until some im portant position in the diplomatic service is found for him The pension committee appointed at the last annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to invest igate the affairs of the pension bureau has made its report to the president It has not yet decided as to when the report will be made public if at all It is stated that the policy of Com missioner Evans will be continued by his suceesscr To Mine Nebraska Coal WAHOO Neb March 29 A stock company is being organized in this city for the purpose of developing the coal mine at Swedeburg six miles south of here The company will have 1000000 capital stock and will begin in a few days to work the mine The promoters have leased 700 acres surrounding the land where the coal was discovered Turkey Massing Reserves CONSTANTINOPLE March 29 The Turkish government has decided to call to the colors 90000 irregular troops in batches of four battalions each batch aggregating about 20000 men Turks Attack Bulgarians SOFIA Bulgaria March 29 One hundred and fifty Turkish troops at tacked a Bulgarian post near Saratch One Bulgarian was killed and several wounded EXTENDS POSTAL SERVICE Ordero Can Now Be Sent to and from China and Greece WASHINGTON March 28 The postoffice department today reported the completion of important arrange ments for the extension of the inter national money order business of this government An agreement has been reached with the kingdom of Greece whereby money orders will be ex changed between the two countries In addition the postal agent of the Uni ted States at Shanghai China has been authorized to issue domestic money orders payable at any money order office in the United States Can ada Cuba and the Philippines and at any money order office in the United States money orders may be procured drawn on the postal agency at Shang hai China which thus is substantially made a money order office of the Uni ted States The postal agency at Shanghai has been conducted for many years but heretofore it has not been practicable to establish a money order service there SAYS EDWARD WILL END WAR Rosebery Thinks Chamberlain a Tool of Rhodes PARIS March 28 Lord Rosebery arrived in Paris this morning from London The Patrie says he made the following statement to a reporter Mr Chamberlain was only an in strument in the hands of Mr Rhodes Now that the latter has disappeared what will become of the member from Birmingham English opinion has had enough of a policy based solely on force which has only created for us enmities in Europe and cast us into a conflict in which thousands of our sons have perished A ministerial crisis in England would not be sur prising Possibly because of the cor onation King Edward will prevent this by ending the war and directing English policy into new channels more in conformity with justice and the rights of peoples Western Congress May Combine DENVER Colo March 28 Speaker B F Montgomery of the Colorado house of representatives left for Wash ington last night as a representative of the Trans Missssippi congress to confer with representatives of the na tional irrigaton congress and the In ternational Mining congress concern ing the proposed consolidation of the three bodies The other conferees will be ex-Governor L B Prince of New Mexico of the mining congress and J H Spring er of California of the irrigation con gress Payne Proposition Wins Out WASHINGTON D C March 23 Representative Babcock of the ways and means committee called at the while house yesterday in response to a request from the president It was discovered that the committee stands S to S as between the Payne and Taw ney Cuban reciprocity provisons and that Mr Babcock who has been ab sent on account of illness held the de ciding vote After the interview it was stated that Mr Babcock had been won over by the president and that he would vote for the Payne proposi tion Wood Starts Back to Cuba WASHINGTON March 28 General Leonard Wood left here tonight on his last visit to Havana in the ca pacity of military governor of the island of Cuba General Wood said he expected to depart by boat from the city of Havana1 at 12 oclock on May 20 after the new government had been installed and the Cuban flag sa luted At the same time 1200 Amer ican troops would vacate the island via Havana and 400 would go from Santiago Labor Break Over Carnegie RACINE Wis March 28 The re fusal of Racine laboring men to allow the acceptance by the city of a library offered by Andrew Carnegie will prob ably break up the Trades council which includes all the unions Mem bers of this council presented a pro test to the council against the library but withdrew it wthout consulting the Trades council For this they were expelled They were re elected to the central body Monument to McKinley ALBANY N Y March 28 The as sembly passed the bill appropriatng 100000 for the erection of a monu ment to President McKinley at Buf falo The bill passed the senate and now goes to the governor who will approve it as he sent a message to the legislature urging its passage Abandoned Mine Caves In WILKESBARRE Pa March 28 Sixteen dwellings were wrecked at Hamtowu a small mining tillage near here by a cavein at the aban doned No 8 collier of the Pennsyl vania Coal company The broken water main is flooding the mine and the cave is extending Huge fissures have appeared in the streets of the iown and many houses are in dan ger Residents near the mine are re moving to places of safety EATH OF RHODE SOUTH AFRICAN LEADER SUC CUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS CONSCIOUS UP TO THE LAST Sleeps for Several Hours Immediately Preceding the End Cause of Death Heart Failure Those Present When the End Came CAPETOWN March 27 Cecil Rhodes died peacefully at 557 p m He slept during the afternoon but his breathing became more difficult and his strength perceptibly diminished until he passed away Mr Rhodes was conscious until 5 p m when he muttered a few words and sank quickly The immediate cause of his death was two successive attacks of heart failure At his bedside were Dr Jameson Dr J W Smart the com missioner of public works Colonel Elmhurst Rhodes director of signalling in South Africa field force and Mr Walton member of the assembly of Port Elizabeth Mr Rhodes last words were the names of his brother and some of the others present which were meant to be good byes The only person who attended him during his illness and who was not present at his deathbed was Dr Stev enson all the others his boys and per sonal servants were admitted at the last The body will be taken to Grootes chuur the residence of the deceased near Capetown on a special train to morrow There it probably will lie m state for a day or two and public will be admitted to view the remains It has not been determined where he will be buried It was the wish of Mr Rhodes to be interred at Matoppo Hills Rhodesia Certain of his friends will proceed to Matoppo Hills to determine whether it is practicable to carry our this wish The features of the dean man are placid and a death mask of them will be taken The government has decided to giv3 Cecil Rhodes a public funeral Hio remains will be brought here from Gro tescuquer The body will after ser vices in the cathedral be taken bacK to his former homeland finally interred at Matoppo Hills Since Mr Rhodes took to his bed three weeks ago his friends had been most anxious that he should recover sufficiently to be taken to England The cottage where he died was a simple seaside cabin small and clos to the railroad It was ill fitted to be a sick chamber although the utmost was done to improve the ventilation and make it more comfortable Dr Stevenson slept by his patient every night that he might be in readiness to administer oxygen which practically kept Mr Rhodes alive Last Sunday he lost all interest in everything His rally from the crisis of Tuesday left but the faintest hones for his ulti mate recovery These were entirely abandoned with the renewed attack at noon today The news of his death spread through Capetown between 7 and 8 oclock and caused profound grief All places of amusement weie immediately colsed An open air con cert was immediately stopped and the audience uncovered while the band played the Dead March The people then silently dispersed Ill Health Drives to Suicide GR1NNELL la March 27 Be cause she was despondent over con tinued ill health Miss Kate Lawrence a popular Grinnell High school gradu ate and formerly a nurse in the Cook county hospital at Chicago is dying from a bullet wound inflicted by her own hands The girl secured a rifle that was in the house and taking it to her bed she placed the muzzle over her heart and probably by using her foot dis charged the weapon A great hole was torn in her body but the heart was missed She has lingered for several hours but the doc tors say she cannot live To Prevent Spread of Cholera WASHINGTON March 27 The navy department has given Rear Ad miral Frank Wildes the ranking ad miral in the Philippines authority to take such steps as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the cholera epidemic which prevails at Manila to the officers and men of the naval es tablishment at Cavite As far as can be learned here the epidemic is con fined to the natives and Chinese in Manila and does not prevail among the whites Promise Wholesalers Profit LONDON March 27 The local rep resentatives of the American Tobacco company took an important step to ward gaining the support of the whole sale dealers practically promising the latter 5 per cent profit on all deals with them The chairman of the Wholesale Tobacco Dealers associa tion says that unless the Imperial To bacco company meets them in a simi lar spirit there will be a bad Htlook for the British tobacco trust PROTEST ON BRIDGE BILL Sonator Millard and Congressman Mercer Present Matter WASHINGTON March 20 Senator Millard and Congressman Mercer ac companied by Vice President Cornish of tlie Union Pacific had a confer ence with the president in relation to the South Omaha bridge bill Sena tor Millard presented a petition sign ed by leading bankers of Omaha and South Omaha calling upon President Roosevelt to veto the bill which was railroaded through congress last week at lightning speed Senator Millard presented the views of the protestants against the measure in which Mr Cornish representing the Union Pa cific concurred Mercer presented the side of the company asking for the charter and incidentally mentioning the name of Charles S Gleed of Topeka as vice president of the corporation Interested in the bill The president remarked after he had heard tho arguments pro and con that as the bill came to him with the unanimous endorsement of congress he could not see his way clear to with holding his signature PRESIDENT CALLS MEETING Invites Conference on Reciprocity for Cuba WASHINGTON March 2G Anoth er conference was held at the White House tonight on the subject of Cu ban reciprocity and was participated in by the president and house lead ers inludlng Chairman Payne and Messrs Dalzell and Long of Kansas of the ways and means committee and Mr Cannon chairman of the re publican caucus The members came at the invitation of the president and remained with him for an hour The conference was in the main an ex change of views between the execu tive and the congressmen on the gen eral reciprocity position and the posi tive statement was made that there were no new developments in the sit uation and that the program adopt ed by the republican conference pro viding a 20 per cent reduction on Cu ban imports temporarily would be car ried out in the house MAKE CHANGE IN MAY United States Fixes Date of Transfer of Authority to Cubans WASHINGTON March 26 Secre tary Root this afternoon made public his order to General Wood directing him to turn over the control and gov ernment of Cuba to its people on May 20 next The order requires the Cu ban government to assume all treaty obligations and directs General Wood to continue a small artillery force to avoid leaving the island and city defenseless until the Cuban govern ment shall have opportunity to organ ize its own force General Wood also is directed to convene the Cuban congress before May 20 He also is directed to consult with President elect Palma and substitute such per sons as he shall desire for those now holding official positions in Cuba Pro Boer Resolutions WASHINGTON D C March 26 Representative Randall of Texas intro duced resolutions relative to the war in South Africa similar to those re cently adopted at a caucus of house democrats expressing sympathy with the two republics appealing to the British government to make peace and declaring that the United States should maintain an attitude of strict neu trality Mr Cochran of Missouri also intro duced resolutions requesting the secre tary of state to ascertain of the Brit ish government whether associations of charitable persons in the United States could secure facilities for aid ing the non combatants and whether safe conduct could be secured to con centration camps to anable physicians to administer to the sick etc Jockey Killed by a Horse DENVER Colo March 26 Zeno Edman a jockey 19 years of age was killed at Overland pary today being thrown by a horse which he was ex ercising and dragged more than half a mile Homeseekers in Montana KALISPELL Mont March 26 Five sections of a westbound passen ger train on the Great Northern rail road went through Kalispell with about 8000 people who are seeking homes in the west A purchase of 114 acres of land in South St Louis has been made by the Gould lines management for terminal lacilities Testimony in Sugar Cases SAN FRANCISCO March 26 A stipulation was filed in the United States circuit court in the suit of the Interstate Commerce commission against the Southern Pacific company in the sugar rate case by which the complainant is allowed ninety days in which to take testimony By stipula tion a similar order was made in the suit of the Interstate Commerce com mission against the Central Pacific Railway company THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City SOUTH OMAHA Cattle There was a pretty fair supply of cattle on sale for this time of tho week which makes the recfiipts for the week to date about the same us for the same days of last week and considerably In excess of the correapondlnfj days of lust year There were quite u few beef steers In the yards and the market could safely be quoted strong and active A good man itlos were undoubtedly made that were 5ft 10c higher thun the same kinds sold for yesterday and us com pared with the close of last week prices have Improved all the way from 10c to 25c The heavy rattle are ierhaps not more than HXluc higher but the handy weight cattle have improved lGlSe The cow market was in much the same shape that it has been for some little time past The demand Is active for tho better Krades with the tendency of prices up ward Bulls veal calves and stags all sold at fully steady prices where the quality was good The better grades of stock cattle were In good demand at strong prices but the common grades were neglected the snine as they have been for some time past Hogs There was a good average run of hogs which makes the supply for tho week considerably heavier than for the same days of last year The market however opened active and StllOc higher The better grades sold mostly a dime higher At the prices offered the hogs changed hands rapidly and it was not long before the bulk of the offerings was out of first handn The heavy hogs sold largely from Jt45 to JfiGO Medium weights went from J6t5 to J4r and the lighter weights sold from ti35 down Sheep There was a light supply of sheep and lambs and as the demand con tinued of liberal proportions the market was active and steady to strong Lambs in particular sold at good strong prices and as high as 66 was paid Most of the offerings consisted of wool sheep and Iambs but still a few bunches were clipped Everything at all desirable was sold In good season but it was notice able that the heavyweight sheep were not in as good request as the handywelghts KANSAS CITY Cattle Market strong to a shade high er choice export and dressed beef steers fair to good 500Jt640 stock ers and feeders 405rf50O western fed stetrs tVOOfftiOi Texas and Indian steers 475GW cows HOQfoOO native cows J3 Cl3n5 heifers 5fiC5 dinners S2S0 530 bulls S505S calves 100G00 Hogs Market 10c higher top JGTo bulk of sales GyG70 heavy J6WSG7r mixed packers SK40fIG70 light SGKKj C55 pigs 5r0iifi03 Sheep and Lambs Market steady na tive lamb G4MiC - western lambs 1110 Sfi75 native wethers 5tfji70 western wethers 3T105C5 yearlings 75fiG0O ewes IS0325 stockers and feeders ESTATE GOES TO EDUCATION Cecil Rhodes Millions Will Promote Scheme of Elevating British Race LONDON March 29 The Daily Mail says it is in a position to assert that the late Cecil Rhodes left the bulk of his fortune except some nersonal and family bequests to the promotion of his vast imperial plan of education This project embraces every land where the union jack flies Its pur pose is the intelectual betterment of the British race throughout the world and the fostering of the imperial sent iment The Daily Mail adds that this idei of better fitting younger Britain to cope successfully with rival national ities was long a dominant scheme witn Cecil Rhodes but even his closest friends little imagined the absorbing hold it obtained on him until this was disclosed by the terms of his will The details of this plan of education will be made public in a few days Cecil Rhodes left the Dahlman estate to his brother Colonel Francis W Rhodes The estate was purchased by Cecil Rhodes last December PLOT TO MURDER WALLER Plan Was to Kill Major and Lieuten ant Williams MANILA March 29 At the con tinuation today of the trial by court martial of Major Waller of the marine corps for the execution without trial of natives on Samar island a native scout by the name of Smoke was on the stand Smoke testified to the existence of a plot among the native leaders of the Waller expedition to murder Ma jor Waller and Lieutenant Williams He said that when the marines had rations they shared them with the natives The scout also said that he personally had suffered severely from hunger Cattle Suffer in Colorado DENVER March 29 Reports from Orchard Colo say that many cattle on the plains are in a pitiable condi tion for want of water Many of the water holes in Morgan county have been fenced in by owners of small herds and other cattlemen whose stock is shut off from water are threatening to take retaliatory meas ures Much ill feeling has been ex cited among owners of range cattle by impounding of animals that need water Notre Dame to Have a Branch SOUTH BEND Ind March 29 It is announced that Notre Dame will have a branch at Portland Ore a large college there now to be taken in charge by the society of the Holy Cross Mrs Deweys Health Improves MACON Ga March 29 A letter re ceived from Admiral Dewey at Palm Beach Fla says that Mrs Dewey is much better Now it is Charged to Thad Stevens Of Thaddeua Stevens tho old Re publican leader who Is buried on tho outskirts of Lancaster Pa in a com tery for colored people a Lancastrian told this story Mr StevenB waa pleading a case one day boforo a judge who disliked him There was in consequence veiled recrimination sequence a good deal of crimination This grew worse and worse until finally In a tremendous rage Stevens stopped short in tne mld dlo of a cross examination rammed his papers in his bag grabbed his hat and started clumping for he wa a little lame out of the room But the judge halted him Mr Stevens he said it seems to me you aro trying to show contempt for this court No your honor Im trying to conceal it Stevens answered Made of Meat Like Any Other Man Archibald Roosevelt discussed the prince with great vigor to Bome of his schoolmates the other day Why ho said he aint like any prince I ever heard of Ho didnt come up in a chariot drawn by white horses at all He rode in a carriage just llk ours I dont think hes much of a prince the small boy sniffed Ho looks just like any other man mado of meat you know Irlgliti Dlicmo Cured Sullivan III March 31et Mrs Kitty F Seaney was very 111 for months and notwithstanding the best possible med ical attendance she got no better Tho doctors said she had Brlghts Disease and gave her little or no hope of ever being well again She suffered great pain in her back which nothing seemed able to relieve till at last encouraged by the reputa tion Dodds Kidney Pills have attained in the community as a cure for Kidney Diseases sho began to uso them Tho result was a surprise both to Mrs Seaney and the physicians for soon after tho treatment was com menced her kidneys threw off large quantities of dark diseased matter and she Improved rapidly She used in all ten boxes and has completely recov ered good health without pain or symptoms of the Brlghts Disease A 100-Year-Old Lawsuit Tho oldest lawsuit in Virginia ac cording to the Richmond Times threatens seriously to be settled in a few days It originated as early as 1797 and is known in Virginia his tory as the case of the Dismal Swamp iand company against Andersons personal representatives and others The sum involved was about 60000 Adversity is the emery wheel of the soul When Wit Meets Wit John Kendrick Bangs is the proud possessor of three young sons the eld est of whom bids fair to rival his fa mous father in wit The other day Mr Bangs took the three boys out for a long tramp miscalculated the distance ind found he was tiring the youngsters nit though not one of them would confess it At this moment they came to a pretty difficult hill It occurred to Mr Bangs to lighten the boys labors by stirring their imaginations so he pretended the hill was San Juan and they were to charge up to the top All went well till the eldest boy stopped in the middle of the rush to blow his nose Whats this said Mr Bangs A oldier stopping during a charge to blow his nose Nice soldier youd make Why youd be disgraced for ever for a thing like that I should think replied the Imper turbable youngster that it would be easy enough to take your handkerchief and wipe out the disgrace Mr Bangs continued his part of the charge in a meek silence Faithful Service Rewarded The late Judge Smyth so much bet ter known as the Recorder used to have a reminiscence of another law yer who now enjoys much distinction at the bar and for a time rejoiced in judicial honors but who was at the time the managing clerk of a law of fice on the same corridor with that of the future recorder I met him in the hail one day said the old judge and he was evi dently very much agitated I inquired the nature of his trouble Almost weeping he answered I have been discharged discharged without a word of explanation after five years of faithful service It is very hard And then he quite gave way and added in tears And you know Mr Smyth you know what affidavits I have m ide for that man One on James T HM Speaking of James J Hill said t St Paul man the other evening I can tell you a story of him It was away back in the 80s when the late lamented Harry Ives was Mr Hills private secretary and Mr Hill was giving away pigs of purest breed to the farmers of the northwest in order to encourage stock raising along the line of the Great Northern road and thus build up its traffic The stato fair was in progress in St Paul when one September morning Ives opened Mr Hills mail and found a letter from a farmer which read as follows Mr J J Hill Dear Sir I went to St Paul and to the fair as you told me I looked for you at your office and also at the fair grounds I found plenty of hogs of your species but could not find you anywhere Treasure for Columbia Uslversltr Dr V G Simkovltch who has charge of the library treasures of Columbia university has purchased for the li brary during the past week an early Italian manuscript of great value con taining the epistles of St Jerome be lieved to have been made during the ninth century Love may not be blind at the stare but it is never able to see its finish ChriSK UVlDS -the cross A ft f N