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THE SUGAR CASE
EX SENATOR MANDERSON OF NE
BRASKA HEARD
WHAT HE TOLD THE COMMITTEE
The Trusts Scheme to Kill the Beet
Sugar Industry The Proposed Cu
ban Reduction Has Already Closed
Factories
WASHINGTON May 17 The sen
ate committee on relation with Cuba
beard John Oehler of New York City
who printed the publication Facts
About Sugar compiled by Oscar W
Donner and consisting of reprints
from newspaper articles
Mr Oehler said that in January last
he was employed by Mr Donner ad
vertising agent of the Sugar trust to
print this document for which he re
ceived 750 The edition numbered
250000 copies
Ex Senator Charles F Manderson
of Nebraska said he had acted as le
gal adviser of the general manager
of the American Beet Sugar company
E C Howe and the president of the
Standard Beet Sugar company Hey
wood G Leavitt He produced two
forms of contracts which these com
panies had entered into during the
summer of 1901 with the jobbers on
the Missouri river one of which con
tained a provision that shipments
would be billed at 10 cents per hun
dred pounds less than the American
r Sugar companys open price for stand
ard fine granulated that might be in
effect in Kansas City on date of ar
rival of their sugar but that at no
time would the price exceed 537 In
the other form the words bona fide
price were inserted
Mr Manderson said the American
Sugar Refining company notified the
jobbers having contracts with the beet
sugar companies at Missouri river
points that they would furnish them
Bugar at 350 per hundred and said
he was called on to decide what to do
under the contracts referred to He
had discovered that this sugar only
would be given in very small quanti
ties The American Beet Sugar com
pany he said sought to buy at 350
per hundred but was refused The
established market price he said con
tinued at 512 and the special
price was limited to a few people
which caused him to decide that it
was not an open price nor a bona
fide price as contemplated by the
beet sugar contracts and that the beet
sugar companies were not required to
sell at 340 Mr Manderson said the
American Sugar Refining companys
cut would have broken down the beet
sugar industry in the west if the beet
sugar people had been unable to com
mand the money to store their pro
duct
Mr Manderson contended that every
tariff bill and the government experi
ments have been invitations to em
bark in the beet sugar industry
To injure it said he by direct
or indirect methods is to my mind
as objectionable if not to say as crim
inal a blow as this country could re
ceive
The proposition for a 20 per cent re
duction he said -had caused many
prospective beet sugar factories on
arid land in the west to be abandoned
temporarily
Answering a question by Senator
Piatt Mr Manderson said that if we
Americanize Cuba either by annexa
tion or any other means there would
be a rise in the price of labor there
which would raise the cost of sugar
production
PEACE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
London Newspaper Says Attitude of
Boers Justifies Assertion
LONDON May 17 The Daily Mail
this morning says it understands that
sufficient indications of the attitude
of the Boer leaders at Veerening have
transpired to justify tne assertion that
peace in South Africa is absolutely as
sured
A powerful factor in attaining this
result the paper says has been the
British generosity in the matter of
farm rebuilding for which it believes
about 5000000 has been granted
Shenandoah Divine Goes Abroad
SHENANDOAH la May 17 Rev
G O Gustafson has started on an ex
tended trip through Europe His
church has granted him a vacation
and he will spend the greater part of
the summer visiting some of the
health resorts in Sweden
Murder of Iowa Girl
ST JOSEPH Mo May 17 The
body of Miss Emma Moore a beauti
ful young woman of Clarinda la was
found in a ravine near that place
with a pistol bullet in her brain Wil
liam Lucas a well known young man
of Clearmont la is under arrest
The couple were sweethearts and left
the home of Miss Moore Wednesday
evening for a drive The next seen
ofthe woman was when her body was
found
V
PYRES ARE FED WITH TAR
Bodies at St Pierre Burned in Great
i Fires Which Light Up Island
NEW YORK May 10 In the de
stroyed city of St Pierre the work
on the ruins is being continued in an
unsatisfactory- manner says a Fort de
France dispatch to the Herald
The dead are being burned the
pyres being red with petroleum and
tar Great fires are kept going which
at night light up the entire island
and which being seen at St Lucia
led to the belief that Fort de France
had burned
Although thousands have been burn
ed many still remain to be cremated
Searchers while walking through the
ashes often step upon what seems to
be a charred pillar of stone only to
learn as it yields gruesomely under
foot that it is the trunk of another
unfortunate
Some of the walls of the houses
that still stand crumble and fall at
touch Some idea of the terrible heat
that poured down from Mount Pelee
may be had when it is known that the
iron rollers of the Prinelle Sugar mills
were melted as though they had been
put through a furnace
The Danish war ship Valkyrien has
returned from Fort de France says
a St Thomas D W I dispatch to
the Tribune The officers confirm
previous reports of having steamed
through countless floating bodies on
the way to Fort de France
PARIS IS UNMOVED
Little Attention Paid to Disaster in
West Indies
PARIS May 1G The American vis
itors here cannot understand the
seeming indifference of the Parisians
in regard to the Martinique disaster
Beyond the half masted flags over the
government offices there are no signs
of public mourning The people flock
to their usual resorts attend the races
fill the theaters none of which have
been closed no extras are issued
and there is no demand for them
But the evening papers containing
bulletins of the automobile races are
eagerly purchased
The various funds being raised for
the relief of the Martinique sufferers
now only total 303000 francs includ
ing the large subscriptions of the
foreign potentates and the 20000
francs from the municipalities The
provinces seem more interested in
the disaster than the capital They
are actively organizing committees to
raise funds and there is much mourn
ing at the seaports whose ships were
destroyed
IOWA LIQUOR LAW INVALID
Supreme Court Holds Mulct Law to
Be Unconstitutional
DES MOINES la May 10 The
supreme court ruled today that the
sale of liquor to bootleggers and
other resident violators of the Iowa
law cannot be prohibited when the
sales are made by agents of non
resident dealers
The court holds that the section of
the Iowa liquor law known as the
mulct law prohibiting such sales
is in conflict with interstate com
merce laws and is therefore unconsti
tutional
The decision is rendered in the case
of the state against Pat Henappy of
Jefferson county and is reversed in
favor of the defendant who was agent
for an Illinois liquor house soliciting
orders at Fairfield which were filled
by shipment direct to the purchaser
Monument to Bland
LEBANON Mo May 16 The
splendid monument erected here to
the memory of the late Richard Park
Bland will be unveiled June 17 Hon
W J Bryan and ex Governor W J
Stone and others will be present to de
liver addresses
Burglars Rob Postoffice
DES MOINES la May 16 The
postoffice at Monroe thirty miles
south of this city was robbed by bur
glars The safe was blown open and
several hundred dollars worth of
stamps taken
Bryan is Well Received
HAVANA May 16 William Jen
nings Bryan who is now here is re
ceiving considerable attention He
has been invited to a number of din
ners and has many callers
Condition of the Treasury
WASHINGTON May 16 Todays
statement of the treasury balances in
the general fund exclusive of the
150000 gold reserve in the division
of redemption shows Available
cash balance 187102162 gold 97
443547
Fremont- Boy Sues the City
FREMONT Neb May 16 Suit
was filed by William Schmidt jr a
minor in district court against the
city of Fremont for 5000 He was
hurt by falling on a defective side
walk
Copeland Gets Ten Years
CHEYENNE Wyo May 16 Judge
D H Craig of the Third district sen
tenced Ned Hartley Copeland to ten
years at hard labor for Ue killing of
A C Rogers
THE LOSSJS BIG
IT IS GREATER THAN EARLY RE
PORTS INDICATED
SIXTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE DEAD
Large Area on East Coast is Com
pletely Desolated by Eruption De
tails of Calamity pefy Description
Reports that the Lava Still Flows
LONDON May 15 The governor of
the Windward islands Sir Robert
Llewellyn telegraphs to the colonial
office from the island of St Vincent
under date of Tuesday May 13 as
follows
I arrived here yesterday and found
the state of affairs worse than has
been stated The administrators re
port shows that the country on the
east coast between Robin Rock and
Georgetown was apparently struck
and devastated in a manner similar
to that which destroyed St Pierre
and I fear that practically all living
things in that radius were killed
Probably 1600 persons lost their lives
The exact number will never be
known Managers and owners of the
estates with their families have been
killed A thousand bodies have been
found and buried One hundred and
sixty persons are in the hospital at
Georgetown Probably only six of this
number will recover
The details of the disaster are too
harrowing for description
I got at St Lucia a coasting
steamer which is running up and
down the Leeward coast with water
and provisions Twenty two hundred
persons have received relief
I have asked for medical officers
from Trinidad and Grenada All the
neighboring British colonies are as
sisting generously Every effort is be
ing made to grapple with the awful
calamity
All the beat sugar estates in the
carribean country are devastated and
the cattle are dead
The eruption continues but is ap
parently moderating
Anxiety is still felt All the offi
cers nnd residents are co operating
with me The women are making
clothing
Sir Frederick M Hodgson the gov
ernor of Barbadoes forwarded to the
colonial office the report of the col
onial secretary who has just returned
from a visit to St Pierre Martiniuqe
It confirms the worst accounts of
the disaster The secretary compares
the ignited matter which destroyed
everything within an area of ten miles
long by six wide to burning wax He
adds significantly that the services of
doctors are not required as there are
no wounded persons
Governor Hodgson estimates that
2000000 tons of volcanic dust fell on
the island of Barbadoes
WASHINGTON May 15 The navy
department received a numfber of
messages bearing on the Martinique
disaster Lieutenant B B McCor
mick commanding Potomac sent the
following from Fort de France dated
Tuesday
Inhabitants of St Pierre and six
teen vessels totally destroyed Sur
rounding villages uninhabitable Isl
and covered with destruction Ashes
within five miles of Fort de France
Provisions needed for 50000 refugees
within ten days Donated extra stores
Inform commandant at San Juan
HAYTI IN A CHAOTIC STATE
Revolutionists Seize Customs Houses
and Are Collecting the Duties
PORT AU PRINCE Hayti May 15
Admiral Killick commander of the
Haytien fleet has started for Cape
Haytien with the Haytien war ships
Crete APierot and Toussaint Louver
ture having declared himself in favor
of General Firmin the former minister
of Hayti at Paris who is the head of
the revolutionary forces in the north
ern part of the island
The northern revolutionists have
seized the customs houses of Cape
Haytien port de Paix and Gonaives
and are collecting duties Protests
against this action on the part of Gen
eral Firmin have been entered by the
National bank and the diplomatic
corps
Rain Helps Irrigation
DENVER Colo May 15 Specials
Indicate that rains have been general
extending from the Wyoming line to
southern New Mexico The great
shortage of water for irrigation had
become a serious matter
Bishop OGorman at Vatican
ROME May 15 The pope received
In audience Bishop Thomas OGorman
of Sioux Falls S D a member of the
American commission appointed to
confer with the pope regarding church
questions in the Philippines The pon
tiff expressed pleasure at coming of
the mission and his admiration of
President Roosevelt especially of his
political good sense He felt that a
debt of errntitnrip was riim Arniicimti
1 Ireland
GRAPHIC STORY OF TRAGEDY
Surviving Officer of Roraima Talks of
St Pierre Disaster
NEW YORK May 14 James Tay
lor who was one of the officers of the
Roraima the Quebec line steamship
which was destroyed in the harbor of
St Pierre gives a graphic story of
the tragedy of last Thursday to the
Herald from St Kitts island of St
Christopher B W I
We experienced the greatest diffi
culty in getting into port said he
Appalling sounds were issuing from
the mountains behind the town which
was shrouded in darkness All the
passengers were up and some were
trying to obtain photographs
Suddenly I heard a tremendous ex
plosion Ashes began to fall thick
upon the deck and I could see a black
cloud sweeping down upon us I
dived below and dragging with me
Samuel Thomas a gangway man and
fellow countryman sprang into a room
shutting the door to keep out the heat
that was already unbearable
The ship rocked and I expected ev
ery moment that it would sink- Out
side I heard a voice pleading for the
door to be opened It was Scott the
first officer and I opened the door and
dragged him into the room
It soon became unbearably hot and
I went on deck All about were ly
ing the dead and the dying Little
children were moaning for water I
did what I could for them I obtained
water but when it was held to their
swollen lips they were unable to swal
low because of the ashes which clog
ged their throats One little chap
took water in this method and rinsed
out the ashes but even then could not
swallow so badly was his throat burn
ed He sank back unconscious and a
few minutes later was dead All aft
the ship was aflre and from the land
came drafts of terrible heat At last
when I could stand it no longer I
sprang overboard The water was al
most hot enough to parboil me but a
wave soon swept in from the ocean
bringing with it cool water
NEBRASKA CROP BULLETIN
Winter Wheat Conditions Improved
Greatly During Past Week
United States department of agricul
ture climate and crop bulletin of the
weather bureau Nebraska section for
the week ending May 14 says
The last week has been warm with
generous showers the first day of the
week The daily mean temperature
has averaged about 2 degrees above the
normal
The rainfall occurred on the first
days of the week and generally
amounted to between 075 of an inch
and a ninch
The past week has been a favor
able one for the growth of all vegeta
tion Winter wheat has improved
very much in condition In a few
southern counties the rain was too
late to benefit the parlier fields and
the crp now promises less than half
the average crop In a large part of
the winter wheat belt however the
prospect is that with favorable weather
from nearly three fourths to a fall
crop will be realized Grass in pas
tures and meadows has improved but
is still decidedly below the average
condition at this time of year Oats
have grown well during the week
The soil is in excellent condition and
corn planting has progressed rapidly
The early planted is coming up nicely
Fruit trees are blossoming very fully
in northern counties cherries are set
ting poorly in southern counties
Railroad Men Subpoenaed
CHICAGO May 14 Interstate Com
merce commissioners and others con
cerned in the inquiry into the alleged
unfair rates on live stock and packing
house products took steps today to
prevent the absence of witnesses by
serving subpoenas on numerous rail
road officials The meeting of the
committee to hear the complaint filed
on behalf of the Chicago Live Stock
exchange will be held in Chicago
Thursday The railroads complained
of are those running from Chicago to
Missouri river points Notice of the
proposed meeting of the commission
was served on the officials of these
roads some time ago Postponement
was asked but was denied
Iowa Postoffice Robbed
DES MOINES la May 14 The
postoffice of Monroe thirty miles south
of this city was robbed last night by
burglars The safe was blown open
by dynamite and several hundred dol
lars worth of stamps was taken The
explosion wrecked a portion of the
building
Wilhelmina Still Improving
THE HAGUE May 14 It is an
nounced from Castle Loo that the con
dition of Queen Wilhelmina continues
to improve The physicians of her
majesty are so highly satisfied with
her condition that Dr Roersingh
leaves the hospital tomorrow to re
sume his hospital services hero It is
understood that with the departure of
Dr Roersingh the bulletins will be
discontinued Messages of congratula
tion are coming in
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE There waa a very light run
of cattle but the supply for the four
lays of this week Is considerably In ex
cess of the same days of last week but
smaller than for the 8ame days of last
year Beef steers again made up the
bulk of tho offerings and there were a
number of bunches that were good
enough to bring right around 5700 Any
thing carrying weight and flesh was In
good demand at fully steady prices and
practically everything answering to that
description was out of rtrst hands In good
season The cow market was also In
good shape and anything desirable met
with ready sale at good llrm prices The
same as was the case with steers the
common kinds did not move quite as
freely but still they brought just about
the same prices they did yesterday and
everything was out of first hands In good
season Stockers and feeders were scare
today and the better grades wcro picked
up freely at good firm prices The com
mon cattle were neglected tne same as
they have been all along but there was
no particular change today In the prices
paid
HOGS There was the heaviest run of
hogs of the week but still the supply for
tho four days Is less than for the same
days of last week or of last year The
market at all other points was quoted
lower this morning and as a result prices
eased off a little here As a general thing
the good weight hogs sold right around a
nickel lower though the decline was
rather uneven The light hogs were
harder to dispose of than usual and until
the last end it was almost Impossible for
sellers to get even a bid on such kinds
The good weigh- hogs sold largely from
5710 to 725 and as high as 730 was
paid The medium weights went from
700 to 710 and the lighter loads sold
from 700 down
SHEEP There were only about three
cars so that a fair test of the market
was not made The quality of what few
were here was rather common Clipped
wethers sold at 550 and another bunch
brought 510 About all that can be said
of the market Is that it was about steady
Prices have fluctuated back and forth to
some extent so far this week but as
compared with the close of last week
there is not much of change Good stuff
has been very scarce and in fact there
has been practically nothing finished on
the market all this week
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Best steady to 10 15c higher
all other grades steady to ower Choice
export and dressed beef steers o73l730
fair to good 1755670 stockers and feed
ers 3105520 western fed steers 4505
590 Texas and Indian steers 4755600
Texas cows 3C05500 native cows 5200
C50 native heifers 35056S0 canners
1705275 bulls 3005523 calve3 3005
585
HOGS Market 2510 lower top 7405
bulk of sales 7005730 heavy 7255710
mixed packers 710ft73o light 6505
717 Yorkers 7055717 pigs 4505
C85
SHEEP AND LAMBS Strong and ac
tive native lambs 5405710 western
Iambs 3C55710 native wethers 530
C05 western wethers 3505603 fed ewes
4735560 Texas clipped yearlings 3505
590 Texas clipped sheep 1235535
stockers and feeders 2755 1 30
TELLS STORY OF RESCUE
Many Natives of Martinique Saved
by Danish Cruiser
ST THOMAS D V I May 17
The Danish cruiser Valkyrien has re
turned here from Martinique The
correspondent here of the Associated
Press has had an interview with one
of the Valkyriens officers who said
We left St Thomas the afternoon
of May 9 The next day when sev
enty miles from Martinique the fall
ing volcanic ashes became trouble
some We approached the island and
discovered St Pierre to be burning
We made signals to the shore but no
replies were received We then lay
off for the night and witnessed a re
markable spectacle of fire and light
ning Ashes fell and detonations were
heard
In the morning we saw the French
cruiser Suchet and went nearer the
shore The ashes became dense as
we approached and many dead bodies
were floating on the sea They were
burnt and swollen As we approach
ed St Pierre we saw the town was
covered with ashes We then joined
the cruiser Suchet and the cable re
pair ship Pouyer Quertier and togeth
er went toward Le Precheur The
rain of ashes was heavy and shrouded
the Suchet Soon the atmosphere
cleared up and we ran close to Le
Precheur and then to Hameau des
Sabines The boats from all three
ships were put overboard and the res
cue of people from the shore commenc
ed at 11 oclock in the morning We
were all covered with gray ashes our
eyes were weeping and the heat was
intolerable Several big pans on
board our ship were filled with cook
ed food and placed on deck they were
soon surrounded by a crowd of chat
tering natives
Crops Look Fine
OMAHA Neb May 17 The unani
mous verdict of the twenty five com
mission men who went by special
train to western Nebraska is that
crops look fine The small grain and
Santa Fe Buys Oil Lands
SAN FRANCISCO May 17 The
Santa Fe railroad through President
Ripley has completed the purchase
of a petroleum plant and oil lands in
the Kern river district The price
paid is about 1250000 By this deal
the railroad increases its supply of
fuel oil many thousands of barrels per
month The Santa Fe is using as
fuel for its locomotives 11S000 barrels
of oil a month The Southern Pacific
is using 50000 barrels
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Hobsons Black Eye
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hot
son U S N the unscathed hero ot
Santiago harbor gazed gloomily upon
the world the other day from an artis
tically tinted eye which he vainly
cought to hide behind a green patch io
commiserating inquirers the gallan
sea hero explained that it was a cork
that did the damage a coarse rude
popping cork that flew into his cyo
while he was dining at the Waldorf
Astoria With much detail Lieutenant
Hobson further explained that it was
In the neck of a ginger ale bottle that
the cork passed the previous period ot
its existence The cork by the way
was secured by one of the Daughters of
the War of 1812 as a souvenir
The Bankers Heard Jasper
While the American Bankers asso
ciation was in Richmond they had the
doubtful pleasure of listening while
Rev Mr John D Jasper delivered his
famous sermon on The Sun Do Move
The venerable colored preacher who
is now nearly 90 years of age consent
ed to deliver the sermon and was re
warded by having such a congrega
tion as he had never before seen con
sisting of the bankers with their fash
ionably dressed wives and daughters
He was listened to with close
tion though his hearers at times had
some difficulty in restraining a tenden
cy to smile at his quaint sayings
Held on to a Chair
Palmer Mo May 19th Mrs Lucy
Cbmpton has for the past eight or ten
years suffered a great deal of pain and
sickness She had Kidney Trouble
with an awful pain in her back which
was so bad at many times that she
could scarcely get about at all
I have been down with my back for
the past eight or ten years she says
and sometimes so bad that I could
not get around only by holding on to
a chair or some other object
Dodds Kidney Pills have given me
more relief than anything I have ever
used
After I had used the first box I was
almost entirely cured of this dreadful
trouble
I can truthfully recommend Dodds
Kidney Pills to any woman suffering
as I had suffered for so long
Mrs Comptons cure was certainly a
remarkable one
If a small boy is chasing a bumble
bee and you hear him yell it is a sign
that he has caught it
Omahas Best Hotel The Millard of
fers Board and Room as Low as 2
Per Day Better Rooms with Bath
Higher Price High Grade Service and
First Class Cuisine Same For All
Newly Furnished Throughout Most
Central Location European Plan 1
and up Per Day The Lincoln opp
Depots Lincoln 2 Per day
Paradoxical though it may seem it
is hard to touch a close man
AMi UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
Use Red Cross Ball Blue It makes clothes
clean and sweet as when new All grocers
Men who are continually blowing
about themselves spoil a lot of wind
Mrs Wlnslows Soothing Syrup
For children tcetulnjf boftens the sums reduces In
flammation allays pain cures wind colic 23c a bottle
A hundred years hence we shall all
be bald
Dont Bo Racked To Pieces
with rheumatism One bottle of MATT
J JOHNSONS C0SS will work wonder
The wrong doer is never without a
pretext
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starch not alone
because they get one third more for
the same money but also because of
superior quality
A wise man is his own best friend
a fool is his own worst enemy
S20 A WEEK AND EXPENSES
to men with ricr to introduce our Poultry goods
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A sealskin sack does not always
warm the heart
To Care a Cold in Ore day
rake Laxative Bromo Qninino Tablets All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c
Lip courtesy avails much and costs
little
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price 75c
Under a good cloak may be a bad
man
I do not believe Pisos Cure for Consumption
bas an equal for couchs and colda Jon P
BorER Trinity Springs Ind Feb 15 1800
Some men have no fixed price but
proceed to sell out to the highest bid
der
Storekeepers report that the
quantity together with the superim
quality of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
Steer clear of the man whom dogs
and children dislike
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