III IN BBS
Is Given an All Day Reception
by Citizens
BACK HOME FROM PEKING
Sci Molnoi Sends HI ft Delegation to Join
In Greeting to Roturulufr Minister to
Clilua Hut Itesorrcs Its Ovatlou Till
Major Hcaohes Capital City
Omaha May 1 Major E II Con
ger United States minister to China
and his party including his wife
daughter and niece arrived In Omaliu
over the Union Pacific railroad
this morning The car was taken to
the Iowa side of the river Immediate
ly after hreakfast
On the arrival in Council Bluffs car
riages were In waiting and Minister
Conger and the members of his party
were taken into them and driven to
the Grand Hotel escorted by the old
soldiers the Dodge Light guard the
High School cadets and other organ
izations that turned out to take
part In the demonstration The party
was then taken in carriages for a drive
to Falrmount park and about the city
Following this drive came the pub
lic reception beginning about 11
oclock when Major Conger met and
Bhook hands with the people In the
corridor of the Grand hotel This re
ception continued for an hour and a
half
One oclock was the hour set for the
banquet which was given in the main
dining room of the hotel During the
time the banquet was in progress Mrs
Conger and n smnll party of women
-were entertained at a luncheon given
under the direction of Mrs John N
Baldwin in the reception room at the
entrance to the dining room
The program of toasts was
Toastmaster Governor Shaw
Address of Welcome Mayor Victor
Jennings
Toast Our Guest Hon Edwin II
Conger minister of the United States
to China
Toast Hon Edwin n Conger
John N Baldwin
Toast The Open Door the Enlight
ened Policy of Civilization In the Ori
ent C G Saunders
i Toast Westward the Star of Em
pire Takes Its Way A B Cummins
Dos Moines
Toast Iowa In the Councils and
Service of the Nation United States
Senator J P Dolllver Fort Dodge
Toast Our American Women
Ever Brave Loyal Tender and True
O J Harl
Des Moines sent n big delegation
who entered heartily Into the cele
bration at Council Bluffs and win take
Minister Conger and his party aboard
their special train and leave for the
capital city at 5 oclock this afternoon
In connection with the speculation
ns to the governorship and Mr Con
ger considerable signiflcanco Is at
tached to the complexion of the delega
tion that went to Ogden to meet the
returning minister The Republicans
of the party were to a man nntl
Cummins workers and were in a posi
tion to give Mr Conger n good Idea
of the situation
The following Is quoted from a
private letter from non W E Bain
bridge second secretary of the lega
tion nt Peking to Captain L B
Cousins of Council Bluffs lown has
reason to be proud of Edwin n Con
ger ne Is the kind of stuff that
men are made of and his courage dur
ing the last year under the strain of
his tremendous responsibility has been
most remarkable No man here dur
ing tlo siege seemed to command the
confidence and regard of everyone as
lie did It was due to his fixed deter
mination that our marines held the
nection of the city wall which was
the key to our whole defensive posi
tion He Is In fact a great man a
statesman In the broadest sense a
skillful diplomat and a safe coun
selor
i Twin Itnrned to Death
I Slonx City May 1 Jay and Joy the
8-year-old twin children of Mrs Lay
ton Hubbard were burned to death
In a stable nt nawarden la yester
day The children were playing In
the barn and set fire to some papers
The charred remains were found after
the burn had been destroyed
ADMIT DONEGANS MURDER
Dr Gnrtell unit Son Coulesti to Having
Caused thi Dentil or Miner
Kansns City May 1 Dr J L Gar
tell 70 years old yesterday confessed
to Chief of Police llnys that he killed
1 B Diinegan a Colorado miner
whose body was found in Mulberry
creek between Ainoret and Nlhiirt
Mo Monday The confession was
hi writing W P Gnrtell the doc
tors son confessed to ids knowledge
of the crime and of having helped
to dispose of the body The men were
arrested here Monday night after Dr
Gartcll had demanded the proceeds
from a sale of Donegaus team and
wagon which lind been sold by a
local dealer
When arrested both men stonily
denied complicity in the murder Fi
nally the younger Gnrtell gave way
under a severe sweating and confessed
tlint his father Iiri killed Douegaii
nt their camp March 20 Then he
said he had helped the old man place
the body Into Donegaus wagon and
nfter going n distance of 20 miles
dump It Into the creek Later he
said they negotiated the sale of the
dead mnns outfit to a Kansas Oily
horse dealer nnd cnino here to get the
money Dr Cartel was shown Ills
sons confession nnd soon broke down
nnd confessed Ho admitted having
murdered Donegnn saying he slipped
up behind the Colorado man and
brained him with nn ax
HERRON IS SUSPENDED
Charge Against Illm Flloil at
tlonal Meeting at
la Adopted Unanimously
Des Moines May 1 The Grlnnell
association of the Congregational
church at a meeting held at Baxter
In yesterday suspended Dr George
D Herron from membership and rec
ommended that the Grlnnell Congre
gational church institute nn Inquiry
into his fitness for ministerial duties
The resolutions adopted make no
mention of Dr Ilerrons nlleged here
sies referring simply to personal
charges made against him in a court
of record nnd which the court deemed
sufficiently grave to warrant granting
Mrs Herron a divorce
The resolution preferring charges
ngainst Dr Herron wns ndopted unan
imously no one spenklng in his be
half
Dig Nihilist Tint Discovered
Berlin May 1 The Local Anzelger
prints a dispatch from Breslau which
says An extensive nihilist plot has
been discovered in Russian Poland
Six hundred arrests were made yes
terday of which number 200 were
transported by special train to the
Warsaw citadel The towns of Sos
novice Slelce and Dombrowa have
been occupied by two companies of
Cossacks Secret correspondence was
discovered at Slelce by which tha plot
was revealed -
German forces Fall Hack
Berlin May 1 It Is stated by offi
cials here that the main German ex
peditionary force in China is now with
drawing to Its former position leav
ing a garrison at the pnss at the great
wall The nonparticlpatlon of the
French In the battle wns not due to
orders received from Paris but to
their failure to nrrlvo In time
Dock Fire at San Juau
San Juan P R May 1 The new
150000 pier here caught fire yesterday
and was destroyed In half an hour A
large stock of sugar and rum was lost
In the fire The fire continues to rage
and threatens to spread to the stores
of the custom house Lives may have
been lost but this Is not yet ascer
tained
Womens Whist Congrrs Deglui
New York May 1 The fourth an
nual congress of the womens National
Whist Leaguo commenced yesterday
in this city More than 800 women
have already registered to play for
trophies Crack whist clubs from all
parts of the country are liberally repre
sented In this tournament
Oil Gusher In Louisiana
Beaumont Tex May 1 An oil
gusher was struck yesterday at Sul
phur La 45 miles east of Beau
mont The oil Is heavy aud black in
appearance and when It broke loose
it went to the top of the derrick CO
fet high
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THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MAY 1001
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MINISTER CONGER AND FAMILY WHO ARE BACK FROM CHINA
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President Passes Through the
Heart of Dixie
BRIEF REST AT MEMPHIS
Confederate Act as Unarit of HonorSpe
cial Train Then Itesnnies lis Journey
Tor New Cabinet Mooting
on Wheels I Held
Memphis Tenn May 1 The presi
dential parly passed through the heart
of Dixie yesterday and at -130 p in
reached Memphis on the banks of the
Mississippi This was the first rest
ing place of the tour After descend
ing the mountains the train skimmed
along through northern Alabama and
the valley of the Tennessee river and
touched at Corinth Miss where Gen
eral Grant worsted Forrest In his cam
paign to cut the Confederacy In two
The fresh green southland with Its
fruit in full blossom and Its Infinite
variety of flowers in the fields and for
est was a great change from the back
ward spring which the party had left
behind at Washington The heat was
rather oppressive but the weather wns
not so warm as the presidents wel
come The hearty greetings extended
to him along the route testified how
completely he had captured the hearts
of the people of Dixie Confederate
veternns at all the stopping places
were among the presidents most
enthusiastic auditors nnd he was Im
pressed with the marks of love nnd
esteem ne made brief speeches nt
nuntsvllle Decatur Tuscumbia and
Corinth
During the morning hour for the
cabinet to assemble the president
summoned his advisers info the ob
servation car nnd there behind closed
doors the first cabinet meeting on
wheels was hold No importnnt ad
vices had been received from Washing
ton which required action but the
foreign dispatches In the papers were
talked over nnd some of the details
ns yet undetermined were discussed
At Memphis the party received a
wonderfully impreslsve welcome A
committee headed by Senator Car
mack mot the train nt Corinth nnd
escorted the party to this city A na
tional salute of 21 guns fired from the
river bluffs signalled the city At
the station Governor McMIIiln nnd
others reinforced the greetings to the
party A military parade with a com-
nnnv of gri7zled fonfodernre veterans
In their old uniforms acting ns the
gunrrt of honor escorted the party In
carriages through the principal streets
At 130 this morning the presidential
train resumed Its journey for New Or
leans which will be reached at 430
this afternoon
Knowles Crew In Iort
New York May 1 The steamer City
of Washington which arrived here
from Colon had on board the crew
of eight men of the schooner Emma
C Knowles which was discovered off
Barnegat one day last week on its
beam ends nnd abandoned The crew
wns picked up by the steamer Alllanca
of the same line bound from Now
York for Colon on April 23 nfter the
steamer hnd been In colllslou with
the schooner
Aminos About Towuloy
Washington May 1 The nnvy de
partment has decided to take steps
Immediately to ascertain the facts as
to the connection of Lieutenant Town
ley with the army scandals in Manila
as developed by his testimony In the
court martial Admiral Remey being
absent from the station an order will
go forward to Admiral Kempff de
manding nn Inquiry
Orniin Vetoes Insurance Tax Hill
Denver May 1 This was the last
day for the consideration by Gov
ernor Orman of bills passed by the
recent legislature Ho vetoed the bill
Increasing the tax on insurance com
panies from 2 to 3 per cent of their
gross receipts but permitted the hill
restoring capital punishment to become
a law without his signature
DtatU of William Ieck lrrUh
New York May 1 William Peck
Parrlsh a member of the New York
Stock exchange died of heart disease
Tuesday ou a railway train near
Treutou N J
REJECT ROADS OFFER
Illinois Central lll lals and Machinists
Fall lo Itearh Agreement
Chicago May 1 Olllelnls of the Illi
nois Central railway and the Interna
tlonal association of Machinists fulled
to reach an agreement uh to wnget
and hours nt a Joint conference lust
nlht The company offered n fi per
cent Increase to all machinists nnd n
general raise of 2fj per cent to black
tilths hollorinnkors painters nnd
others employed In the shops The
company also announced that It would
allow time and a half for nil over
time but Insisted on the retention of
the 10 hour n day rule The offer of
the compny Is equivalent to a mini
mum sonic of 20 cents The men In
their proposition to the railway olll
clnls nskod for 30 contti nn hour nine
hours to constitute a day
At n meeting of the machinist It
wns decided to reject the proposition
made by the road and to hold out for
the demands presented by the organi
zation Telegrams were sent to nil
the shop nlnng the line of the Illi
nois Central Informing the men of the
result of the conference and telllnc
them to be In readiness for the final
action which would be taken inside of
M hours
CUBANS ARE WON OVER
resident Keassmes Tlieui Hegardlng
Sending Tioops to ubaDlslrust of
Intentions Itemoved
New York May 1 The Cuban dele
gates visited General Brooke at Gov
ernors island and were much pleased
with the entertainment
T Fstrnda Patina called on the dele
gates at the hotel and was In con
ference with them for over two hours
There Is reason to believe that the sub
ject of a suitable candidate for the
presidency was brought up mid that
the possibility of General Pnhnns
holcctluu was discussed When asked
for a statement General Portuondo
said A stumbling block has been
removed that Is all I care to say
What stumbling block do you refer
to Honor was asked
Section 3 of the Piatt resolution
The Cubans have been afraid of the
armies They fear what some call
Imperialism Now in section 3
In the Piatt amendment It Is provided
that ho United States may solid troops
Into Cuba whenever In the opinion of
Washington such action Is necessary
This provision nwnkened widespread
suspense Many thought It only u
pretext for the United States to con
llnuo a standing army In Cuba for all
time Others said thnt although the
United Stales might withdraw her
forces now she could send them
back again This then was n stum
bling block It was perhaps magni
fied In the eyes of the common people
nnd they demnnded that If these sus
picions wore well founded such n meas
ure should not receive our snnction
But President McKlnley soon assured
us that these suspicions wore ground
less Ho said Gentlemen you
need have no fear Troops will not
be sent Into Cuba unless conditions
are little less than anarchy
Are you sure then that the United
States will grant Cuba Its desired
Independence
Yes I am sure And I believe
that Washington will soon announce
to the world flint Tuba Is a sovereign
power and that Cuba will Indeed be
n nation by Feb 24 1002
MGOVERN WHIPS GARDNER
Ilrooklyn Terror Knocks Out Omaha Kid
In 1ourth Hound
San Francisco May 1 Terry Me
Govern knocked out Oscar Gardner
in the fourth round last night at Me
chanics pavilion From tho first min
ute until the end came there was never
a doubt In the minds of the spectators
as to the outcome McGovern forced
the pace all through and had no trou
ble In landing when and where he
liked Gardners swings were very
wild and Ineffective aud only on two
or three occasions did he put a clean
blow upon tho champion Gardner
took a terrific pummellng aud went
down repeatedly from tho fierce as
saults of the Brooklyn terror
Colorado Mine Strike Kuded
Louisville Colo Mny 1 The miners
of the Northern Colorado Coal nnd
Fuel company at a mass meotlmr vor
ca to return to work nt the terms
offered by the northern coal company
which has agreed to nn increase In
wages of 10 per cent and reduce the
price of powder This ends the strike
or lock out which begnn on Jan 1
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Darrells Island In tho Bermudas
was leased by the British for a Boer
prison
Boers blew up railway track ahead
of a train beating Cecil Rhodes and
nearly captured him
Theodoslus Secor one of tho earliest
American builders of marine engines
is dead at his home In Brooklyu aged
03
A 00000 firo occurred nt Florence
Tex Tuesday In which a number of
business houses were burned Insur
ance 25000
At a conference of the coal miners
of the Fifth Ohio district held Tues
day the strike was settled each side
making concessions
The Hnrvard university corporation
has expressed Itself unanimously In
favor of granting the degree of doctor
of Inws to President McIClnley
Judge Swofford In tho criminal
court at Kansas City Tuesday called
a special grand Jury to Investigate
charges of attempted Jury bribing
Tho trustees of Montana Wesleyan
university have elected Hev J W
Morris of Kallspoll president of the
university to succeed the lute Dr
Thomas Vanscoy
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Vamlcrbllt Wins In the Fight
for Mastery
WALL STREET CREDITS IT
New Interests Said to Hare Secured
KiioiikIi or the Shales to Ilaco Them In
Voutiol of the Overland Itotito Otlier
ltlcl lers for the Ilopeity
New York May 1 The ICvonlng
Post discussing Union Pacific affairs
siiys
It Is believed In Willi street today
that the contest for control of the
Union Pacific property which has
been for some time in progress with
a resultant advance of 27 points In the
last two weeks has been virtually
ended by the success of one of the com
pel lug bidders It was generally ac
cepted that the VauderhllL Interest
was the successful purchaser
Control or the Union Pacific railway
tins undoubtedly passed In the recent
extraordinary active market for the
shares Kvcii Union Pacific Interests
admitted that the buying could be ex
plained on no other theory than that
an effort had been made to got control
of the properly It wns declared that
control had not yet actually passed
hut It was admitted that In the next
few days It might bo developed thnt
new Interests hnd secured enough of
the Hhiircs lo place them In control of
the property
Other Interests besides Mr Vnndor
bllt are believed to hnve boon endeav
oring to seek control of the Union Pa
cific and It Is believed thnt the con
flict of these Interests tn the market
accounts for some of the extraordinary
movements In the dealings In Union
Pacific shares It was snld that Inter
ests In lie St Paul had been buyers
nnd that also Chicago Interests like
Marshall Field and N B Itenm had
also come Into the market as heavy
buyers hoping to get n voice In the
management If not control of the
Union Pacific
Wall street hold very generally to
the theory that the Union Pacific bus
been acquired by W IC Vnnderbllt
Mr Vanderblll In IS took the nn
usual course of making n public denial
through the press of the reports then
current that he proposed to combine
the Union Pacific with fhe Chicago
and Northwestern He Is now nlirnnd
but It Is believed that with the con
clusion of the Burlington deal he has
felt the necessity f protecting the
Northwestern In connection with the
Pacific coast Tor all time by uniting
the two properties In the present
development of rnllrond policy this
union hns more advantages and loss ob
jections than two or throe years ngo
Sale of Leyland llne
London May 1 The Leyland line
deal provokes unusual discussion In the
English pnpors which roveals tlio ex
istence of not a little apprehension as
to the possibility of the United States
dominating the Atlantic carrying trade
Tho general Impression however Is
that the transfer Is connected with the
probable passage by the United States
senate of a subsidy bill It Is consid
ered that the terms of the transfer nre
o profitable to the Leyland people that
there could be no question of their
acceptance and that other shipping
companies would gladly soil on the
same terms
Ilaus for a Stove Trust
Detroit May I Tho Tribune snys
Recent reports that a consolidation of
all of the principal stove companies
of this country was about to fake place
were confirmed yesterday when
Chniies B Warren n well known De
troit attorney acknowledged thnt
plans for the consolidation are under
way These plans contemplate said
Mr Warren the amalgamation of all
tho principal stove manufacturing
plants of tho country upon linos some
whnt similar to the United States Steel
corporation
Five Firemen Injured
Chicago May 1 Five firemen were
Injured one fatally In a fire last night
In the eight story building at 141
South Clinton street Fred Stnhl and
Hans Mellenburg plpeinen while try
ing to get a lead of hose to the top
floor fell from tho top story to the
ground Stnhl had both legs broken
and back Injured Mellenburg had
one of his logs broken nnd wns badly
bruised The other three were cut by
falling glass The loss on stock of
tho Paragon Novelty company amount
ed to 25000
fiiilclde of City Treasurer
Arkansas City Kan May 1 R A
Maxey for six yeni treasurer of Ar
kansas City committed suicide at his
home here yostordny by shooting In
a letter addressed to tho bank In
which the city funds wore hold Mr
Maxey snld ho was short 3110 Ho
wns to have turned his office over to
his successor yesterdny Maxey was
loeal manager for tho Pond Lumber
company
Fonnd Guilty of Isrjury
Muscatine la May 1 Zeuas Jones
a veteran of the civil war was found
guilty yesterday of perjury committed
during his recent trial for murder
which resulted In his acquittal At
the time of his acquittal the populace
of West Liberty held an Indignation
meeting and drove him from home
Sentence has not been pronounced
Jump From a Tralu
Middletown N Y May 1 Thomas
G Hsterbrook formerly of the New
York baseball team Jumped from
the window of a train near Tuxedo
last evei fug while being conveyed to
tho Ml Jletown hospital for the In
sane He was brought to the hospital
here v here he died later
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STRIKES OIL IN A TUNNEL
DUroirijr Is Near the One Made While
Sinking a Well lor the Itnllroad
KviiiinIoii Wyo May I A gusher
of oil was struck In the Aspen t linnet
of the Union Pacific and grent ex
citement prevails The strike Is In
tho vicinity of the well In which tho
Union Pacific struck a How of oil
while boring for wafer six weeks ago
There Is groat activity In the recently
discovered oil fields at Pioneer Hol
low Aspen and Piedmont
Pennsylvania California Chicago
and Oinnha capitalists have secured
largo tracts of land ami will born
for oil Local parlies hnve nlso or
dered machinery and will sink oil
wells
Ogden Utah May 1 M D Lot
Rpnger who has Just returned from
the oil region extending from Pied
mont on the Union Pacific to north of
Fossil on the Oregon Short Line n dis
tance of 31 miles reports groat excite
ment over the oil discovery iniiilo near
Piedmont and the surface nil wells or
springs found around Fossil Califor
nia and Pennsylvania oil experts aro
on the ground anil a gront rush In be
ing made to slake claims The pe
troleum brought to the surface In
boring for water east of Chaspon tun
nel has been aunlveil and found to
eiunl as nn llliimlunut I he best prod
uct of the Pennsylvania wells nnd In
snld to be worth 1 a barrel In i
crude stale Claims aggregating 5000
acres hnve boon recorded In the
ton land olllce In the Inst week
MORE GENERALS GIVE UP
Itolatlvesof Agiilualdo Iny llotru Arm
Itoport That Alejitiidrluo Surren
ders Is Continued
Manila May I The report thnt Gen
eral Alojaudrlno has Kurreudereil lit
confirmed He was looked upon an
Agulnnlilos successor Padre Gllpny
tho ex communicated Filipino priest
who preached the doctrine of a holy
war against the United Slates hair
also surrendered
General Tlnlo with his entire com
lunuil surrendered A pill 20 to Captain
Frederick V Krug at Slnalt province
of South Uncos
Fifteen Filipino officers have sur
rendered to Colonel Baldwin of tho
Fourth Infantry at Cavlte Vlejo
Italilomcro Aguliialdo and Pedro
Agulnnldo relative- of General Fmillo
Aguluahlo and five other Insurgent
lenders have surrendered
lteil Hat Tor Martinet
Washington May 1 Cardinal Mar
tlnclll last night received from thn
hands of a member of tho pnpal guard
of Pope Loo Count Stanislaus Collide
fill who has Just arrived from Rome
the conslstorlal letter formally advis
ing him of his elevation to tho car
dtnnlatc aud the rod lint cmblemntlo
of thai high olllce The ceremony
which wns brief nnd simple occurred
nt the papal legation nt 0 oclock In thn
evening In the presence of a number of
church dignitaries
Jlaseltall Scores Yesterday
National League Brooklyn 2 Bow
ton 1 Philadelphia 2 New York 3
Chicago Cincinnati 7 Pittsburg
2 St Louis I American League
Washington 12 Baltimore 0 Cleve
land 0 Milwaukee S Chicago
Detroit 2 Philadelphia J Boston 8
HE ROUSED JEFFERSON
Why the Hotel Porter Waked Jeffer
on From Ilia Sleep
Leslies Weekly tells tills story about
Joseph Jefferson A number of year
ngo lie played a one ulglit engagement
In a small Indiana town appearing U
his favorite part of Rip Van Winkle
In the hotel at which ho stopped was
an Irishman recently landed who
acted as porter and general assistant
Judged by tho deep and serious Inter
est which he took In the house ho
might have been clerk lessee and pro
prietor rolled Into one
At about 0 oclock In tho morning
Mr Jefferson was startled by a violent
thumping on his door When he strug
gled Into consciousness and Tcallzed
that he had left no call order at tho
otlice ho was naturally Indignant But
his sleep wns spoiled for that morning
so lie nrose and soon after appeared
before the clerk See here ho de
manded of that Individual why wa3 I
called at this unearthly hour
I dont know sir answered th
clerk Ill ask Mike
The Irishman was summoned Said
the clerk Mike there was no call for
Mr Jefferson Why did you disturb
him 7
Taking the clerk by tho Inpol of tho
coat the Hlberiau led him to one side
and said in a mysterious whisper IIo
were shuorlng lolke a horse sor aud
Old heerd the bys say as how he were
ouct afther shlaplng fur twlnty years
so OI sez to mosllf sez 01 Molke Ita
a coomlng onto him aglu aud Its yer
Juty to git the crayther out o yerw
house lustautlyl
The niunlnna Dnne
When the police In Denmark find a
man helplessly drunk In the streets
they drive tho patient lu a cab to tho
station whore he sobers off Then
they take him home The cabman
makes ids charge tho pollco doctor
makes his the agents make their claim
for special duty nnd this bill Is pre
sented to the landlord of tho estab
lishment where the drunkard took tho
last glass that did the business No
wonder that certain landlords protest
saying that proofs are insufficient and
that some alleged victims sham Intoxi
cation to get into trouble landlords
against whom they have a splto
Sailors trousers or trombone pants
as they havo sometimes been called
expand lu bell shape at tho bottom so
as to be the more easily kicked off io
case of the wearers falling into tht
water
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