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WORK OF COMMITTEES
Holidays Spent in Brushing Up the Ap
propriation Bill
COMING DAYS FILL Of BUSINESS
ladfein Measure May Have a Million Dol
lar Fund Inserted for Irrigating In
dian Lauds Other Matters to lie Cou
aldercd
WASHINGTON D C Dec27 The
Bub oommittee on appropriations hav
ing in charge tne preparation of the
legislative administrative and judi
cial bill which has been sitting daily
since the holiday recess of congress
lias practically completed its work
aiind probably will not meet again un
til after the reconvening of the sen
ate The bill will then be reported to
the full committee and as soon as
possible to the senate It will not
carry a much greater total than the
bill carried as it passed the house
There have beenjfew increases of sal
ary made by the sub committee
Increases in the clerical forces in
certain branches of the war interior
and postoffice departments have been
provided for These increases have
been made in response to urgent rep
resentations by the heads of bureaus
The Indian appropriation bill re
ceived today from the senate commit
tee on Indian affairs the first atten
tion that has been giyen it by that
body A sub committee consisting of
Senators Thurston Piatt of Connecti
cut Stewart Jones of Arkansas and
Pettigrew took up the bill and after
examining many of the provisions
decided to consider the petition of the
Pima Indians of Arizona for improved
facilities for securing water for irri
gation Hydrographer Newell of the
geological survey and others were
heard as to the utility of a proposed
dam for storage reservoir on San
Carlos river It was stated that these
Indians had been deprived of their
water supply by the construction of
an irrigation system by white men
and that where before they had been
self supporting up to that time they
were now on the verge of starvation
It was estimated that the proposed
dam will cost about 1000000- The
committee is apparently disposed to
make some provision for the unfor
tunate Indians
Conger Takes a Hopeful View
LONDON Dec 27 Mr Conger
takes a hopeful view of the stiuation
says the Pekin correspondent of the
Morning Post wiring on Monday
and thinks that a settlement will be
effected but he declares that not one
of the envoys will recognize the em
press dowager officially although all
are aware that she has long exercised
the supreme power He believes the
crisis will arise in the initiation of re
forms in China
Senor de Cologan Spanish minis
ter to China fears that the joint dis
cission of -the note will extend for a
year or more
It is rumored that numerous
Iages east of Pekin are combining to
exterminate native Christians sev
eral of whom have been burned in a
local temple J
Li Hung Chang is a trifle better
Constitution for Cuba
HAVANA Dec 27 The various
sections into which the Cuban consti
tutional convention was divided some
weeks ago for the purpose of prepar
ing and submitting draft constitu
tions for the consideration of the
body as a whole are gradually get
ting -together on the basis of a uni
tary government with restricted suf
frage The convention leaders now
hope to have this work completed by
January 15 so that the results may be-
submitted to the United States con
gress February L The sectional dis
cussions have been bitter and pro
longed and therefore there will Be
less -debate in the open sessions the
hard fights having been made in the
secret sub sessions in order to save
public wrangling
Big Pay for Mileage
WASHINGTON Dec 27 Robert H
Wilcox -delegate in the house of rep
Tesentatlves from the Hawaiian is
lands las just -been -paid a claim of
1000 for mileage It was the largest
claim of the kind ever made but it
was paid promptly by the
of the house Every congress
man is entitled to milage at the rate
of 20 cents per mile by the most di
rect and practicable route from his
home to Washington and return
The distance between Honolulu and
Washington is figured at 5000 miles
Mr Wilcox will draw 1000 more for
his l eturn trip
Conscience Pricks at Last
WASHINGTON Dec 27 The secre
tary of the treasury has received
troma town in the south a conscience
contribution of 200 In the course
of liis letter the sender says he de
frauded the government out of revenue
taxes on tobacco to that amount in
1871 1872 and 1873
No Indians Fonnd Hunting
WASHINGTON Dec 27 Indian
Agent Myton of the Uintah and Ouray
agency reports to the Indian bureau
here that the search of western Colo
rado by the state officials for Indians
hunting in the state has resulted in
a failure to find one Indian
Gives or His Millions
NEW YORK Dec 27 It became
known today through a report made
bjfTtfie Baptist churches of New York
tSat John D Rockefeller jr son of
tho president of the Standard OiL com
pany has subscribed 250000 for the
founding of an institution of learning
for poor boys and girls The school
is now in course of erection in Tenth
avenue between Forty seventh and
Forty eighth streets and will be com
pleted and ready for occupancy by
MsLtck 1 next
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CROWE IS WEARING SKIRTS
Masquerading in Chicago and Baying
Beer Among Saloons
CHICAGO Dec 28 Disguised as a
woman Pat Crowe the kidnaper of
Eddie Cudaby at Omaha has been seen
In Chicago within the last few days
and may still be in hiding here ac
cording to statements made this after
noon by Detective Sergeant James Stor
en who arrested Crowe a number of
times With a view to discovering the
fugitives hiding place a search of sev
eral houses has been made by Storen
acting on a tip that Crowe had been
recognized Christmas day the ser
geant stumbled upon evidence whicn
convinced him that Crowe has been in
Englewood recently and that in the
guise of a woman and heavily veiled
he went abroad with impunity in
streets where he is well known The
tip as to Crowes whereabouts came
from a saloonkeeper at State and Sixty
tliird streets When a tall woman en
tered the saloon by the ladies en
trance Christmas eve and asked for
beer to be served in a private room
the muffled but masculine voice
aroused the saloonkeepers suspicion
After the visitor departed a barkeeper
asserted that he had recognized the
supposed woman as Pat Crowe The
following day Christmas the saloon
keeper told Storen
In a room in Sixty third street
claimed by the landlady to be occupied
by a young widow Storen found a
pair of mens socks whose presence
could not be explained Other-evidence
that the occupant was Crowe
himself came into Storens possession
later and he is still hoping to secure
the 25000 reward for the alleged Cud
ahy kidnapers capture
Two mysterious persons one in
skirts arranged at the Continental
National bank for the deposit of 8000
in gold
m INVITATION TO BE SENT
Report That President is to Invito the
Kaiser Denied
WASHINGTON Dec 28 Nothing
is known at the White House con
cerning the story cabled from London
to the effect that the New York Yocht
club would invite Emperor William of
Germany and the Prince of Wales to
witness the yacht races for the Amer
icas cup next summer and that Pres
ident McKinley would write concur
rently to the kaiser and prince invit
ing them to Visit the United States
At the White House it is stated that
nothing of the sort is in contempla
tion The Prince of Wales was a
guest at the executive mansion dur
ing President Buhcanans administra
tion
Iiepro y in the Philippines
WASHINGTON Dec 27 An ap
pended report to General MacArthurs
review of the civil affairs of the Phil
ippines for the past fiscal year gives
some rather startling facts regarding
the introduction and prevalence of
leprosy in the islands
According to the estimates of the
Franciscan fathers Eays Major Guy
L Edie the writer of the report there
are no less than 3Q000 lepers in the
archipelago the major portion of
thesebeing in the Viscayas
Oar Colonial Cabinet
WASHINGTON D C Dec 28 In
accordance with an order issued by
the War department today the divi
sion of customs and insular affairs of
the office of secretary of war created
in December 1898 will hereafter be
known as the division of insular af
fairs and will have charge of mat
ters pertaining to the civil affairs con
nected with the government of Cuba
and the Philippine islands as distin
guished from matters of a purely mil
itary character
A Sensation Looked For
ST JOSEPH Dec 2S The prose
cuting attorney believes he will lis
able to develop all the Important feat
ures of the sensational murder of the
millionaire merchant Frank Richard
son of Savannah at the inquest to be
resumed tomorrow Mrs Richardson
will take the stand and it is under
stood she will give testimony that
will clearly show the murderer to be
a very prominent resident of Savan
nah
C P Hnntinjjtons Will
SAN FRANCISCO Cal Dec 28
The will of Colis P Huntington was
admitted to probate today The only
property belonging to the estate o
the deceased in this city consisted oi
a mortgage interest to real property
in the value of 50000 Aside from
this there was no personal property
of any description the mansion on
California street standing in the name
of the widow
Germany is Silent
BERLIN Dec 28 When the atten
tion of the German foreign office was
called today to a dispatch from Wash
ington announcing that the United
States government would decline to
accept responsibility for the losses of
Germans in Cuba from the Spanish
American war and the insurrection
which led to it the officials refused
to offer any expression of opinion on
the subject
Porto Bicans Go to Havrail
SAN JUAN Dec 28 The New
York and Porto Rico Steamship com
panys steamer Arkadia sailed from
Ponce yesterday for New Orleans
having on board 400 Porto Ricans 65
per cent of whom were women and
children destined for Hawaii
Alleged Irregularities in Cuba
WASHINGTON Dec 28 The sen
ate committee on relatione with Cuba
probably will meet immediately after
the expiration of the holidays for the
purpose of further considering the
question of irregularities under the
Cuban service as directed by the res
olution of last session The Lawshe
report made to the secretary of war
has not been received by the commit
tee It is presumed that if Secretary
Root concludes to send this to con
gress at all he will send it direct to
the senate under the terms of the
Bacon resolution
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MARINES FIRST TO ENTER
Beat All Others Into tho Forbidden City
of the Chinrae
WASHINGTON Dec 26 Some
controversy has arisen over the ques
tion who among the American forces
are entitled to the credit for first
entering the Forbidden City of Pekin
China when the allies moved from
Tien Tsin to relieve the legations
This honor seems to attach to the
Marine corpi according to the official
dispatches en file in the Navy depart
ment and the report of Captain Long
of the Marin corps which follows
appears to bear out the claim that
the Marines were first in the Forbid
den City as they were firrt on Cuban
soil when they landed at Guantanamo
in June 1898
The following is the official report
of Captain Long of the First regi
ment
I respectfully submit the following
report on the duties performed by
Company D Untied States marines
at Pekin China on August 16 1900
Up to that time the Forbidden
City had not been entered by any of
the allied forces Three of the four
gates -between the Chien Men gate
and the Forbidden City had been
forced the previous day by the Amer
icans but then they halted and fin
ally withdrew to the first gate which
was held Receiving an order from
the commanding officer of marines to
enter the Forbidden City and seize
such buildings and quarters as might
be most advantageous for us to hold
and occupy I moved immediately with
my company forced the fourth gate
and entered the city The Japanese
sentries objected to our entering but
I did not consider their calim to any
control at that point On entering
there was ao opposition the Chinese
having departed leaving their tents
and banners standing I put guards
on the best of the buildings and the
regimental colors were hoisted on one
of the administration ibuildings To
the best of my belief this was the first
and only occupation of the Forbidden
City -by any one of the allied forces
iand the only time that any force
hoisted its colors there We remain
ed there from about 330 to 530 p
m when I received an order to with
draw and to leave a guard at the
fourth gate Captain Matthews and
Lieutenant Little United States ma
rines were the officers in Company
D with me Very respectfully
CHARLES G LONG
Captain United States Marine Corps
NOTE DELIVERED TO CHINA
Ultimatum of Powers Leaves Hands of
Foreign Ministers at Pekin
PARIS Dec 26 A dispatch to the
Havas agency from Pekin says
The ministers assembled at the res
idence of Senor B J de Cologan the
Spanish minister and the doyen of
the diplomatic corps and received
Prince Ching to whom the Spanish
minister handed a joint note of the
powers Li Hung Chang who is still
ill asked to be excused Prince
Ching said
I have the honor to accept the
note concerning the re establishment
of good relations and will transmit
it immediately to the emperor and
communicate to him his reply as scon
as received
Bryan to Answer Cleveland
CHICAGO Dec 26 The Chronicle
says William Jennings Bryan will
answer ex President Clevelands criti
cism of the democratic party -at the
annual banquet of the W J Bryan
league of Chicago on the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans January
8 The affair will take place at the
Sherman house It will be Bryans
first public speech since his second
defeat for the presidency
Announcement was made last even
ing at the meeting of the County De
mocracy by Albert E Burke of the ac
ceptance by Mr Bryan of an
tioir to speak on Jackson day Mr
Bryans subject is Democracy re
sides Bryan the other speakers who
have accepted are ex Governor Wil
liam J Stone of Missouri and Con
gressman Carmack of Tennessee and
Mr Burke says it is probable that
Governor Beckham of Kentucky will
be the fourth orator
Still Discussing the Treaty
ST PETERSBURG Dec 26 The
Novoe Vremya discussing the English
newspaper indictment of the United
States senate for its unparalleled at
tempt to overturn the Clayton Bulwer
treaty says
The case is not unusual Condi
tions have changed and the treaty
must change too Russia afforded an
example in 1870 in declaring that she
was no longer bound by her promise
not to maintain war vessels in the
Black sea
German Dnke Seriously 111
WEIMAR Dec 26 Some anxiety is
felt regarding the health of the agd
grand duke of Saxe Weimar He is
suffering from influenza A bulletin
issued by his physician says his con
dition is satisfactory that he slept
well in spite of the repeated spasms
of coughing and that his temperature
is 997 The grand duke was born
in 1818
Boers Forced to Fall Back
LONDON Dec 26 Lord Jlitchener
telegraphing to the War office under
date of Naauwpoort December 24 9
a m reports
Thorneycrofts mounted infantry
have occupied Britstown without op
position The Boers returned to the
north in the direction of Prieska
They will be followed up
Prominent Business Man Shot
ST JOSEPH Mo Dec 26 Frank
Richardson a wealthy business man
of this city and Savannah Mo was
murdered at his home in Savannah
last night about 9 oclock Tonight
it was discovered that a stranger fol
lowed him from town and shot him
in the back of the head They had
quarreled and Mrs Richardson heard
the stranger say Well tas it come
to this She heard a pistol shot
and her husband entered the house
and fell dead Richardson was the
brother of John D
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THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from Sooth Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Union Stock Yards Cattle Another day
of unusually light receipts marked the
trade In beef cattle only a few bunches
of fed stock received and few of these of
decent Quality The market showed little
if any change from that of yesterday
but for the week prices on beef stock
show a good advance over last week To
day the- market while -quiet was practi
cally steady on beef steers Practically
the same conuition prevailed on the mar
ket for -cows and heifers and butchers
tock that ws apparent in the fat steer
rade prices showing no change from
those prevailing on eaual grades yester
day There were only a few loads of
butchers stock received and while there
was no special activity to the markets
the moderate number here changed hand3
in very good season The fresh arrivals
of stock cattle were of a necessity small
but the number received fully met the
requirements of the market Receipts
have been light the entire week but busi
ness as a rule In the feeder division has
been dull nevertheless
Hogs The quality was very fair about
the same as the past few days Packers
were again very bearish this morning
and as all other markets were reported
considerably lower sellers were not long
in making up their minds to allow the
concession The market opened slow 5
5c lower at which basis the bulk sold
The big bulk went at 475477 against
482 the leading price yesterday There
seemed to be but little choice In weights
or quality all grades selling at practi
cally the same range in prices and the
market closing weak all around
Sheep Quotations Choice fed weth
ers 395425 fair to good wethers 325
400 choice yearlings 420445 fair to
good yearlings 390420 choice ewes
335g37a fair to erood ewes 300335
choice spring ambs 4S5535 fair to
good spring lambs 4p0410 feeders
ewes 325400 feeder wethers 350
375 feeder lambs 400440
KKANSAS CITY
Cattle Receipts 2000 market steady
native steers 350540 Texas steers 325
475 Texas cows 25335 native cows
and heifers 175450 stockers and feed
ers 240M60 bulls 250400 calves re
ceipts 200 market steady 425535
Hogs Receipts 1000 market weak to
5c lower bulk of sales 480482 heavy
and packers 4804S7 mixed and light
4754i5 Yorkers 4S0485 pigs 430
470
Sheep Receipts 11000 market steady
lambs 400555 muttons 270415
GERMAN VIEW Of TREATY
Government Calls Senate Amendment a
Slap for England
BERLIN Dec 29 The Kreuz Z6i
tung conservative the chief mouth
piece of the government whose edi
torials are often prepared by govern
ment officials devotes two long arti
cles today to the Nicaragua canal con
troversy pronouncing the Davis
amendment of the Hay Pauncefote
treaty a slap for England It con
tinues
Treaties could not be more reck
lessly brushed aside than they have
been in this case -by the United States
senate This disregard of the law of
nations which had already been man
ifested during the peace negotiations
with Spain is in the highest degree
regrettable It is the counterpart of
Englands treatment of the Boer re
public
President McKinleys administra
tion has been placed in a highly dis
agreeable position inasmuch as the ac
tion of the senate is a grave provoca
tion to England and it is impossible
to face the anti English feeling in the
country The administration could
not thus wound Yankee pride
If the president adopts the senates
position England will have a moral
right to prepare a Fashoda for the
United States but judging from previ
ous experiences she will not do so
The present tone of the British press
toward the United States is in strik
ing contrast with its ferocious tone
toward France in 1898
England is not likely to play her
strongest trumps against the United
States but if she were to do so she and
not the United States would be the
sufferer Fortune is fickle
Germans Deny Rumor
BERLIN Dec 30 The Frankfurter
Zeitung prints a letter from Copen
hagen in which the writer says Ger
many intends buying the island of St
John for a coaling station if Denmarks
negotiations with the United States
should miscarry The letter refers to
the organization of a German syndicate
for the purpose of acquiring land on
the island of St John the syndicate
including Herr Ballin a director of
the Hamburg American Steamship Co
and further says the syndicate sounded
the Danish government some time ago
regarding the acquisition of the island
by Germany ixnd that Denmark ans
wered that it was unable to discuss
the qustion owing to the pending ne
gotations with the United States Now
however according to the letter the
plan for German acquisition of the
island is aproaching realization
Fear Xioss of Live Stock
WALSENBURG Colo Dec 30 A
blizzard has been raging in this part
ol the state during the plast twenty six
hours Cattle men expect to lose much
stock on the range Reports received
from the vicinity cf Mont Blanco tell
of an unprecedented fall of snow
Reads arc impassible and the gulches
are filled with snow Some serious
misgivings are expressed for the safety
oC the miners who are working in the
Colorado and other mines on Mount
Blanco
FecaUar Variety of Joke
DES MOINES la Dec 30 A tele
phone message from What Cheer de
clares ithere is not a word of truth
to the story of forty nine drowning
there while skating A conversation
with woman in charge of the exchange
at that point stated that the story
was a joke of some trainmen and that
they first told the accident had occurr
ed at Pelijiy a little town near What
Cheer
Fortieth Doing Good Work
MANILA Dec 30 A pushing cam
paign has been carried on by the
Fortieth infantry during Decemberr in
northern Mindanao The town of Je
nieniz was captured as was also the
insurgent stronghold in the mountains
further inland The coast town of
I angarin was captured by a detach
ment of 100 troops who scattered the
enemy in that vicinity killing and
capturing seveaal A portion of the
troops thus engaged have returned to
Cagayn and joined in the campaign
which Brigadier General Kobbes pro
secuting
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