THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
ESTABLISHED J9 , 187J. . OMAIIA , TJIUKSDAY MOBNIXGYEBKUARY 2 , 1899 TWELVE PAGES. SINOLE COPY JFIV.B CENTS.
PILLAGE AND FIGHT
Affairs in the Bamoan Islands Are in a
. Turbu'ent ' State.
PARTISANS OF RIVAL CHIEFTAINS CLASH
Party of Mataafa's ' Husky Followers Routed
by Malietoans.
HOME OF NOVELIST STEVENSON IS LOOTED
German President of Apia Council and Chief
Justice Chambers at Loggerheads.
GERMAN CONSUL INDIGNANTLY PROTESTS
Mnlletnnn Chiefs I.nn < l nt I'nno PIIKO ,
tin'I'liltiilllniiH Attempt to Seise
Matanfa'N Son , nnd Tliej lln\c
to I'nt to Una. Anal" .
AUCKLAND. N. Z. , Feb. 1. The following
advices have Just been received here from
Apia , Hamoan Islands , under date of January
24 , from a correspondent of the Associated
I'rcsa :
There has been no further general fighting
between the partisans of the rival chieftains
Blnco the last advices vvcro forwarded ex
cept that a party of Mataaln'a followers was
routed by Malietoans. It Is expected that
the fighting will bo resumed , as Mataafa IR
rearrestlng persons who have already been
fined.
Ihc work of pillage continues , among the
housci looted being Valllma , the home of
the Into Robert Louts Stevenson , the
novi'llit
The Mallctoan chiefs were landed at
Page Pngo on the Island of Tultuilln , the
schooner on which they soiled being unable
* o proceed to the Island of Manila owing to
i adverse winds. The Tultulllans gave them
A hearty welcome and made an attempt to
eolzo Mataafa's son.yho was on board the
BChooner , but the captain put to sea.
CIiixli of Authority.
Them has been a collision of authority
between Chief Justice William L Chambers
of the supreme court and Dr. Joannes Raffcl ,
the German president of the municipal
council of Apia. Ilerr Orosmubl , a German
resident of Apia , who was arrested for
smashing the windows of the supreme court
chamber , was sentenced by the chief justice
to Imprisonment and to pay a fine. Dr.
It n ft el Instructed the police authorities to
release Herr Qrosmuhl. whoso fine was sub
sequently fixed at $1.000.
The Gorman consul , Hcrr Rose , thereupon
wrote to tbo American consul , Lloyd W.
Osborn. nnd the British consul , E. D. S.
Miixe , protesting that the action of the chief
justice in fining Hcrr Grosmuhl was an In
fringement of German consular rights.
Messrs. Osborn and Maxe jointly replied
in their official capacity that the proper
tribunal having dealt with the matter the
consuls could not Interfere. Moro than this
jt : > y declined to have further Intercourse
with th German consul or the German
municipal president except In writing , or to
attend meetings except to consider the acts
of the municipal council of Apia unless an
apology with full retraction were offered
for the behavior toward Chief Justice Cham
bers. At the same time the supreme court
ummoned Dr. Raffel for contempt of court
in releasing Hcrr Qrosmubl.
GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE
to Ileinove OfflelnlH lu
Samoa If They Arc I "on nil to
lie In th < i WroitK.
NEW YORK. Fob. 1. A special from
Washington says : In reply to the repre
sentations of Ambassador White , Germ ly
lias assured the United States that It will
Investigate the conduct of its agents in
Samoa , and should it be shown that they
Jiavo acted in violation of the treaty of
JJerlln It will recall them.
Secretary Hay Is quite willing to glvo
Germany all the necessary time to Investi
gate , and It la expected that by this time
it has taken action. That there may lie
no doubt of the facts and to protect the
l\merlcan representative1) Rear Admiral
Kntitr , who loft San Diego , Cal. , on board
the Philadelphia , will make a thorough In
vestigation und report the facts without
delay. The State department has received
from Apia by mall copies of proclamations
issued by tbo American and British consuls
ior the protection ot Chief Justice Cham
bers and tils family , A proclamation by
( he German consul Is conspicuously ab
sent , and the reason It waa not Issued Is
explained by dispatches sent by Mr. Cham
bers. The German consul , It Is reported ,
promised to hoist his flag over his residence
and Issue simultaneously with the American
nnd British representatives a proclamation
declaring that an attack on the chief justice
or hU residence would be considered an
attack on tbo German flag , but $ ant to the
chief justice a tattered emblem which he
requested him to hoist. He failed to Issue
the proclamation and did not come to the
chief justice's residence for the purpose ot
rwltneitUng the hoisting of the flag. In
View of these facts the flag was returned to
flui.
flui.The
The reports of the chief justice also con
tain a statement ot the trial of the case of
Dlataafa against Malletoa , the former being
represented by a German naval officer named
Von Bulow , who Is said to bo In Samoa on
leavo. Unfortunately the steamer which
*
carried the mall to Australia left before
December 31 , and consequently the depart
ment has not received the chief justice's
decision , which , by cable , has been an
nounced In favor of Malletoa Tanus ,
THINK THE SUM EXORBITANT
Military Administration lu Culm
Deulnreit that the Cutmii Demand *
Should lie Checked.
HAVANA , Feb. 1. Members of the mili
tary administration declare that the Cuban
demands should be checked and that the
Cuban armv should not be paid the vast
Bums demanded.
It Is considered by them that from $3.-
000,000 to $6,000.000 Is the most the United
fltatea should allow. Since January 1 the
Cubans have bad practically everything they
ivantcd. The United States government has
been fooling all the hungry. Tvso million
rations have been distributed and another
one million has been ordered. The Cubans
have been given all the civil position * and
thousands of laborers have been employed ,
CUIIVNS AUK .MIT CONTIJVITJD.
Kumeron * ' Complaint * and
llon * Are Sent to > VuhliiKtou.
HAVANA , Feb. 1. A movement lias been
started by Dr. Castillo , Senor Jose Antonio
tionznlcs Lancuza , brad of the Department
of Justicu and Public Instruction in the
Cuban cabinet of advisors , and Senor Jose
Hljucl Gomez of the Cuban commission and
others toliuve all the 131 municipal districts
of Cuba petition the authorities at Washing
ton to pay the Cuban army out ot the cus
toms rectlpts , adding 10 per cent If neces
sary to the duties in order to do so.
The Cubans are taking n general attitude
of criticism and complaint against the
Americans. They say all the Spanish office
holders ought to bo discharged and that the
ircthods of administration should bo
changed. The telegraph wires to Rcmedlos
nro working badly , BO there is no news from
President McKlnlcy's special commissioner ,
Robert P. Porter , who has gona on a mis
sion to General Maximo Gomez. '
BARON AND BARONESS HELD
Titled Sn duller * of ClilciiKO Cannot
I2cnpc McnlifM of the l.uiv
In riorldn.
JACKSONVILLE , Fla , Feb. 1. Baron and
Baroness Dchara , who were arrested on Jan
uary 3 at St. Augustine , charged with using
the United States malls through the Chicago
postofllco to promote n scheme to defraud
and who were held under bonds of $7,500 to
appear at thu March term of the United
States court at Chicago for trial , have been
surrendered by their bondsmen and have
been held In custody of the marshal In this
city.
city.The
The motion of District Attorney Stripling
for the removal of the prisoners to Chicago
was granted here today by Judge Lock In
the United States court. Six days were
asked and granted their attorney In which
to prepare new bonds and the execution of
the removal warrant will bo suspended dur
ing that time. In the meantime the priso
ners are kept under special guard at the
Windsor hotel here. The expectation Is
quite general that they will not be able to
give bonds us they left St. Aucustlno ten
days ago , going to Pensacola , followed by
Plnkorton detectives , who assert a strong
belief that they Intended going to Mexico ,
from where they could not be returned to
this country on the charge pending against
thorn.
TREATY WITH CREEK NATION
Proilden for Cniiltallrntloii of Afmetn
of Tribe nnd mi KIIUB ! imixlon
In I-iinil * nnd Money.
.
ST. LOUIS , Feb. 1. A special to the Re
public from Muscogco , I. T. . says : Th9
treaty between the United States and the
Creek nation was completed and signed hero
tonight. It provides for the capitalization
of all the assets of the Creek tribe of Indians
and an equal division of the same in lands
and money among Its members.
The Creek Freedmen are to receive only
ICO acres of land , without reg-ard to the lo
cation or value of the same. The tribal
government of the Creek nation la to be
continued until the lands ore allotted , but
may not try persons charged with homicide ,
embezzlement or bribery.
The Incorporated towns In the nation are
authorized to Issue bonds for the erection
of water works and sewerage systems und
for lighting the tonns. The sale of intox
icating liquors in the Creek nation Is to be
prohibited by the United States nnd the na
tion Is not to be made a part of any state
without its consent , unless such state cm-
braces only the five clvlllred tribes. Before
the treaty becomes effective It Is to bo rat
ified by congress and by a majority of the
vo ers of the Ureek nation.
DIES OF ARARE DISEASE
_
ChlooKo'n "Iloule Man" In Dead from
of III * Hone * and Ilody
In Cremated.
CHICAGO , Feb 1. George Rogers , who
was known In the vicinity in which ho
lived as the "Bogle Man , " died today In
the county hospital ot a rare disease , which
the physicians have called acromegaly ,
swelling of the bones. Ills hands and feet
wore greatly swollen and hU Jaw was over
four times the normal. The distance from
the frontal bone to the chin In the ordi
nary man is eight to ten Inches and In Rog
ers this had grown to twenty Inches.
Although a refined and educated man ,
he was so sensitive over his appearance
that he withdrew from his friends and
family and lived In a barn In an obscure
part ot the city. He was taken from thu
barn to the hospital In a starving condi
tion , and after his death his brother-in-
law , nt Rogers' request , caused his body
to bo cremated In order that the doctors
might not hold a post-mortem examina
tion.
BIDS TO TRANSPORT SPANISH
Ilordt'iuix Stenmnhln Comimitr Will
Cnrry Soldier * Home from Philip
pine * at fTrt Per Capita.
NEW YORK. Fob. 1. Bids for the trans
portation to Spain of 16,000 Spanish soldiers
now In the Philippines were opened at the
office of the depot quartermaster. Colonel
Klmball hero today. Simultaneously the
proceeding took place In the depot quarter
master's olllce at San Francisco. Only three
bids had bean received here. They were from
the Bordeaux Steamship company , whoso
bid was the lowest , being $75 per capita for
both officers and men. The Hamburg-Union
line bid $85 for each enlisted man and 1155
for officers , the number at tfaoso figures be
ing limited to 800 persons ; and the Com-
panla Transatlantic bid J-'lti for the trans
port of officers and $73.75 for the enlisted
men. The bids win be forwarded to Wash
ington for consideration and comparison
with the bids opened In San Francisco.
AT MANUFACTURERS' BANQUET
Co > eriior I , . Shaw Delivers a I.eniithx
Adclrem Upon "The devolution
of Finance. "
NEW YORK , Fcb. 1. The Manufacturers'
association ot Xeur York held Its annual
dinner tonight. Governor L. Shaw of Iowa
was the first speaker and he made a lengthy
address on "The Evolution ot Finance. "
Hls address was a plea for the better securing -
curing ot the gold standard. He said that
It It Is the purpose of tbo government to
maintain the gold standard and the parity
of all forms of money there Is nothing that
would relieve anxiety so much as a de-Quito
statute to that effect.
Congressman Loud ot California spoke on
"Our Postal Service , " Congressman Taylor
of Ohio on "A Picture end Parallel" and
Rev. Joshua Strong on "Conditions Con
fronting the New Century. "
LEPROSY IN UNITED STATES
India Ml * lonnr > ( Who I * Considered
nil Authority , State * There Are
Ten Sueh Cnei In ChloatfO.
DETROIT , Mich. Feb. 1. A Free Press
special from Battle Creek says that Dr.
Hyatt , from India , visiting here , stated
there were at present thirty-two coses of
leprosy In the United States , ( en of which
are In Chicago.
The doctor has made a life study of lep
rosy and recommends that our quarantine
laws be more rigidly enforced , and be
lleves In the establishment ot a general
asylum In this country for leper * .
Strikers at Oolon May Tet Resort to
Incendiarism.
MERCHANTS DEMAND BETTER PROTECTION
Defiant Attitude of the- Striker * Ter
rified the Popntnee , Hut the Au-
thorltle * Think The ) Arc
to Any
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COLON , Colombia , Feb. 1. ( New York
Woild Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Ter
rified by threats ot strikers to fire the town ,
( he merchants have asked for a stronger
military protection. The railway officials nro
confident they could extinguish a fire If set
and the authorities have prepared to prop
erly respond to an alarm.
The crews of several steamships watting
on both eldcs ot the Isthmus to unload have
struck. The press hints that serious Inter
national tiouble is likely to arise because
the overzealous pollco have beaten some
peaceable foreigners , mistaking them for
strikers. Several complaints of such abuse
arc said to have been lodged at the British
consulate.
Thousands of head ol cattle are being
shipped from Cartagena to Cuba. The
freight Is $10 a head.
DREYFUS TO HAVE FAIR PLAY
No Iminer Any Donht but tlmt .Tnntlco
Will DC Done the Unfortu
nate PrlHoiier.
PARIS , Feb. 1. The most ardent sup
porters of the theory that Dreyfus was un
justly condemned now admit that there Is
no longer the least doubt that justice will
be done. A prominent member of the Unl-
vorelty of Paris who , from the first has been
a militant champion of n revision of the
trial , says : "For nlnety-nlno ou't of a hun
dred Frenchmen the guilt or Innocence of
Dreyfus Is a matter of sentiment. All the
reasoning In the world would not Induce
them to change their attitude. There are
million * of Frenchmen who will Insist upon
Dreyfus' guilt In spite of any proof to the
contrary.
"A feature of the situation U that the at
titude of this majority Is dictated by mo
tives which they bellbvo to bo deserving of
the highest respect. I admit that some of
the Dreyfusards arc much to blame for this.
The best cause may be ruined by disreputa
ble adherents , and there are men on the
Dreyfus side of whom every patriotic
Frenchman Is the natural enemy. While the
majority of us have been merely demanding
that justice should be done , a pestilent mi
nority has made this demand an excuse for
virulent onslaughts on Institutions we hold
In great esteem. "
In conclusion the member of the university
predicted that the result of the agitation will
be "an onslaught of unparalleled violence on
the Jews , as the masses are convinced that
they are at the bottom of the whole trouble. "
It U persUtintly reiterated in the lobbies
of the Palal * Bourbon that the committee of
the Chamber of Deputtre now considering the
governmeni's revision bill fats already de
cided tlhat the aUagutlona made by Qussnay
de Bpauropalro agolnet M. Loew and oth r
members of the criminal branch of the court
of cassation are without foundation.
According to another rumor the commit
tee's examination of the dossier submitted
by M. Muzeau. first president of the court of
cassation , on the subject of M. de Be-aure-
patre's charges shows it to contain loiters
eulogizing the criminal section written by
M. Mnzeau'a own colleagues. The Mazeau
dossier is also said to contain a letter from
M. Lcow declaring that the members of the
criminal section had received letters almoit
without number , containing Insults and
threats of death.
M. Leow'a letter Is also said to explain
that ho appointed M. Bard , who Is an un
married man , to make tbo Original report on
the Dreyfus cane. In order that If these
threats of violence were carried out a whole
family should not be plunged into mourning.
Count rordlnana Walsen Esterhazy
was formally Informed yesterday that
his testimony before the court of cassa
tion In the Dreyfus Inquiry being concluded ,
proceedings against him on criminal charges
would bo resumed In twenty-four hours. He
left at once for an unknown destination by
the Northsrn railway.
Comte Esterhazy's flight to evade arrest
on the charges brought against him by his
cousin. Christian Esterhazy , of obtaining
money under fraudulent pretenses , has been
the sensation of the day. On reading the
warning letter , which wns brought to htm
tiv a detective , Esterhazy swore and called
the letter a "canalllerle. " a "trick worth
all of the boats I have had to deal with. "
It it understood that tbe hasty withdrawal
of the safe conduct granted him wan the
outcome cf the treatment of M. Bertulus ,
the magistrate , and of his refusal to give
further testimony.
Thu latest victim of the anti-Dreyfus
party Is the erand rabbi. Zadok Khan , who
is being denounced as "the ringleader of the
Infamous Jewish conspiracy against France , '
on the strength of a story just published
to the effect that after Dreyfus woa sen
tenced , the rabbi , at the reauest of Mat-
tnleu Dreyfus , tried to get throueh a friendly
Jewish officer In Esterhazy's regiment some
particulars as to the count's movements.
Le Solr demands the resignation of the
rnbbl. and as the latter U virtually a state
official , it Is not unlikely that the * agitation
will become a serious matter for him.
Curiously enough , the editor of Lo Bolr ,
which Is one of tbe most violent of the anti-
Drey fusard orcans. Is hlrnaeK a Jew. named
Gaston Hollonals
According to a dispatch to La Presse from
Catcnnr , capital of Grcnch Guiana. Dreyfus
was ao angry on learning that Captain
Lrtbrun-ilenault had asserted that ho con
fessed at the time of his trial and degrada
tion , that be declined to answer any more of
tno Questions put to him by the court of
cassation unless taken back to France.
TO DECIDE DELAGOA I1AY DISPUTE.
America nnd Great Ilrltalu to Join in
Certain Hrprenentatloua.
LONDON. Feb , 1. The Borne correspond
ent of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs that
tbo decision of the arbitrators In the Dcla-
goa buy dispute m&y be expected no later
than June. It Is added that tbo United
States threatens to make grave representa
tions to the federal council which appointed
the arbitrators , and that Great Britain will
join in these representations.
The Interest of thu United States in tt
Delagoa bay railroad arbitration is du *
to the fact that tbo Interests of the late
Colonel McMurdo are Involved In it. In th
course of the negotiations between Great
Britain and Portugal as to tbe action of the
latter power in east Africa the claims of tbe
Delagoa railway company for compensation
for the seizure of the line by Portugal on
June'i , 18SU. were brought forward.
Eventually it was decided that tbe Swish
federal council should appoint arbitrators in
the matter and the case has been before
them ever since. The delay is greatly due
I
to the fact thnt the government of Portugal
presented n counter claim , to which the com
pany sent A reply and Portugal then made
a rejoinder. The McMurdo claim. It has
been asserted , would bo settled with an
award of a sum under $10,000,001) ) .
FAMOUS KNIF SLAST STROKE
_
Illntorlenl Cnlllotlne. Behead * It *
final Victim Coittleted of 11
lnulil Mnrdrr.
PARIS , Feb. 1. Albert Pcugncz , a youth
who murdered a woman and boy , w.is gull-
ollncd hero today. The fact is notable as
: > elng the last execution which Is to take
iliice on the Place do La Roquctte , the
famous execution place of Paris. An Im
mense crowd of people witnessed the behcad-
ng of the murderer nnd there was much
ribald rowdyism during the night. As
Pcugnez's head was being adjusted to the
guillotine ho shouted : "I will never con-
less ! I will never con " Hero the knlfo
loll nnd the sentence was never completed.
OUTS lllfi CONCESSIONS IX COHI2A.
American S > nillcate anil AVIIllnm I' .
Ali > run n Slum Long- Contract ) ! .
PKKIN , Fob. 1. The final contract of the
raining concession of William Prltchar4
Morgan , M. P. , for the Merthyr-Tydvl di
vision of Wales In the province of Szecliuan ,
has been signed. It ds underetood that thn
contract secures for Mr. Morgan , In partner
ship with an American syndicate and the
Chinese authorities , control of all the
mines and oil fclds In the province. Th
Americana provide 25 per cent of the capital ,
the Chinese ofllclals provide 30 per cent and
. Morgan dt , to provide the balanco. Mr.
Morgan Intends to start with a capital of
1,000,000 , nnd proposes to administrate
Sieohuan on the t-aim > lines as followed by
Cecil Rhodes In South Africa.
It was reported from Hong Kong some
'Umo ' ago that Mr. Morgan , In addition to
obtaining most valuable concessions In
Szechuan , bad obtained other very valuable
concessions fioin the Corcan government in
an area of about 60 square miles , where ba
anil his associates wcro to work nil the
minerals for caventy-fivo years , , their build
ings and works to be exempt from taxation
and all mater'ilo and machinery necessary
for working the ralnea to be Introduced Into
Corea free of duty. The Corean govern
ment , it was added , wan to receive a royalty
of 23 per cent of the net profits.
INCITIMJ UBDELI.ION IN LinURI\ .
Won Id Welcome American
Protectorate , Saj * u Mlloiiary.
LONDON , Feb. 1. An American mlsfclon-
ary , the Rev. William Deck , has arrived
hero on Ma way to the United States after
spending two years lu Liberia. He says
there is consld rablo unrsst nnd dissatis
faction with President Colemon , and that
the neighboring tribes are encroaching and
inciting to rebellion Mr. Deck added , It Is
reported the French have encroached over
the frontier from the hinterland end that
th * Germans are continually lending money
to the Llbcrian government In return for
concessions , thus increasing their Increased
hold on the country , ( bough the Llbtrtana
would prefer an American or British pro
tectorate.
INCOMING STIIPMKKT OF QOI.D.
N vr York nnnkeri-tVlthilriiVrart of
American. Uit-MvM I 1 Me . , ,
LONDON , Fob. 1. Th sum of 1,000,000
in gold Is being shipped to New York. This
is a portion of the African parcel whloh was
disposed of some days ago. It U not a fresh
purchase. The question of the likelihood of
further withdrawals of gold is mucfa dis
cussed , but the prevailing opinion U that
there will be no withdrawals , as the New
York bankers do not desire to upiat the
monetary situation here.
OpentnK of Provincial
TORONTO , Out. . Fcb 1. Sir Oliver
Mowatt. the lieutenant governor , In his
address opening tUo provincial legislature ,
referred to the new regulations requiring
logs cut on crown limits to bo sawed ID
the province and to the fact ttiat 4t will
apply to this winter's cut. The speech did
not say so , but there is good ground for
believing that if the United States grants
free admission to Canadian lumber a bill
will be Introduced In the Ontario legislature
for the removal of the embargo against the
exportation of log *
Mexico Will TaUr Part.
CITY OF MEXICO , Feb 1. Mexico has
accepted the Invitation to participate la the
military congress at Tampa , Fla , February
S , and the republic's two delegates have
left for the north. The Mexican representa
tives are Brigadier General Jose Maria de
Lavoga , chief of the marine bureau and
president of the committee on military
regulations , and Colonel Follx B. Estrada ,
professor In the Cbapultepec Military
academy.
Simiilnli Troonn ItrleaHed.
MADRID. Feb. 1. A dispatch received
from General Rlos. the Spanish officer In
command of the troops of Spain In the
Philippine Islands , says that troops Im
prisoned on the Island of Ncgroe have been ,
released by the Insurgents and have arrived
at Samboonga. the town on the southwest
extremity of the Island of Mindanao , of the
Philippine group.
AnarolilntHrtlt r.
LONDON. Feb. 2. According to the Rene *
correspondent of the Dally Chronicle many
arrests of anarchists have been made at Leg
horn , capital of the province of that name ,
fifty mllca southwest of Florence , where a
plot has been discovered for the wholesale
murder of policemen.
Transport Grant nt Glliritltrr.
GIBRALTAR , Feb 1. The United States
transport Grant , which left New York on
January 19 , having on board Major General
Law ton , the Fourth Infantry and a bat
talion of the Seventeenth Infantry bound for
Manila , arrived hero today.
Itevolt In
MONTEVIDEO , Feb 1. A revolt of the
Colorados acainst benor Custas , provisional
president of Uruguay , lias broken out. Two
hundred men liare landed near Carraelo and
captured the town.
Ireland I'rt'NPiitril to the Pope.
ROME , Feb. 1. The pope received Arch
bishop Ireland at noon today. At the end
of the audience the archbishop presented to
the pontiff two ecclesiastics of his dloceso.
( lOternor of South Atmtrnlla.
LONDON , Feb. 1. Lord Hallam Ten
nyson , son of the late Lord Alfred Ten
nyson , has been appointed governor of South
Australia.
HELD ON FIVE THOUSAND BAIL
Wildent Iliiiikliiir Promoter * Imlindeii
and llaneneU Seenre I'oNtpone-
nii-nt of Trial.
KANSAS CITY. Feb 1. Leonard B. Im-
boden and S. F , Hancock , arrested last week
on a charge of "wildcat" banking when
their concern , tbe Planters' bank , was closed
by the state , requested that their preliminary
hearing , set for today , be postponed till
Monday and the request was granted. Both
men , who came here from Fort Worth ,
Tex. , some time ago. were held In 15.000
ball each.
COLD tYEATHER CONTINUES
Grip of Old Boreas Causes Shivers All Over
the West ,
TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW IN'WYOMING
Icm Temppratnre nliil SIIOTV ntnekndr
111 the < "ol irnilu Mountain * Moil-
Innn IteportN Temperature of
r rt-ritc Melon /.cro.
CHGYENNE , Wyo , Fob. 1. ( Special Tel
CKram. ) A blizzard has prevailed In oil per
tlons of Wyoming excepting along the west
ern line durlnc the last twenty-four hours.
The thermometer has ranged from 12 to 20
degrees below zero and from four to eight
Inches of snow have fallen. This , following
Monday's storm , makes an average of twenty
inches of snow , covering all the ranges.
Stockmen are getting cattle nnd b'ucoa
sheltered where possible and arc preparing
to feed hay. Where feed and shelter are not
available severe losses are Inevitable
Adv'ces ' from northern Wyoming tonight
are tnat the weather Is clearing , but that
the mercury Is 20 degrees below zero , in
other parts of the state snow Is falling , but
reports from weather stations Indicate ttio
storm will break tonight. To tun present
time railway travel has not be ° n Interrupted.
Colorado' * Snow JlloeUnile.
DENVER , Feb. 1. The mercury fell 19
degrees between 6 o'clock last nignt and B
o'clock tonight. At the latter hour It stood
at 4 degrees below zero and was still fnlllne.
It was predicted by officials of the weatbnr
bureau that 20 and possibly 25 degrees be
low zero would be reached before morning.
Telegraphic advices announce extreme cold
throughout the northwest. At Buffalo , Wyo
nnd at points in Montana 20 degreed below
zero was reported at 6 o'clock. The snow-
blockade In the mountains continues. Mo
trains have been run yet over the Leadvlllo
end of the South Park line and some other
roads are tied up.
A special to the News from Como. Cole .
says : The rotary made an attempt to reach
Breckenrldge this morning , but broke aowii
about two miles this side of Boreas pas *
summit and was compelled to return
Como for repairs. Another attemnt will ba
nmdo at 3 a. m. tomorrow. Considerable )
trouble la expected , as the snow sheds are
half full of snow. No trains arrived trom
Alma , Gunnlson or the "High line" toaay.
The road Is open to Denver. A special from
Breckenrldge says supplies are getting verr
low , especially feed for stock. The coal sup
ply is short in many of the small town * .
Burled by an Avalanche.
ASPEN , Colo. , Feb. 1. Tie excitement
caused by a report today that a number of
men and fcorses had been burled and per
haps killed in snowallde near Independ
ence proves to nave been premature. A
string of hones was started through the
now to this place from Independence In
charge of iwo men. An avalanche over-toon
them , burying the toorses , but the men es
caped. A crew ot telephone linemen sent
tie rewa to Aspen , saying both men and
-boraw naa oeen burled , and It was assumed
here that the crew end their outflt were
referred to. This proved to be . mistake.
Tbe n w ! y ry deep in tnJs locality , in
some places completely covering upright
telepnoriH poles. Slides are frequent , but
no fatalities hare been reported ,
PORTLAND , Ore. , Fcb. 1. The weatner
tonight in this city and vicinity to the cold
est of the winter , the thermometer having
reached 10 degrees below zero. Several
inches of snow have fallen west of the Cas
cade mountains. * In eastern Washington
and Oregon very cold weather Is prevailing.
Fort-Five Brlovr Zero.
ST. PAUL. Feb. 1. The cold stilt
holds on , 4 degrees below In St. Paul and
22 below at Winnipeg , Indicating the run of
the mercury. All northwestern weather sta
tions report below zero weather. It has
been suowlng tour days In Montana and al
most every range 1 covered with from ono
to two and one-half feet of snow. Although
It has turned colder being 20 decrees below
at Helena cattlemen do not anticipate any
specially heavy load nn account ot the storm.
Range cattle are in good condition through
out tbe state and will be able to withstand
a short season of severe weather. All sheen
growers and many cattlemen In Mo nun *
are better supplied with feed this winter
( ban usual. Throughout Montana trains are
from five to twelve hours late on account at
the great amount'of snow. Reports from all
over the state show unprecedented cold
weather , some places the thermomciur reg
istering as ) low aa 45 degrees bolow.
Serere Cold nt Pltthnrir.
PITTSBURQ , Fcb 1. This was the cold
est day of the winter , the mercury dropping
to zero In the city , while In the surrounding
towns It registered from B to 13 below. At
Vandergrlft , James Frye was found frozen
to death. He had fallen and broken hl leg
and died be/ore he could reach home. The
Monongahela river Is frozen over from Pitta-
burg to the head waters and the Allegheny
Is closed above Sbarpsburg , Pa.
CHICAGO , Feb. 1. The cold wave has
moderated somewhat in the central states ,
but another cold wave has appeared In the
northwest , where it has caused .an addi
tional fall In temperature. Wllllston , N. D ,
reports 30 degrees below zero. Exception
ally cold weather prevails in nearly all sec
tions of the country.
FLOODED WITH RUSH OF TRADE
Colorado Apr I HUB Mining ;
Clone * Teiiiiiornrll ) Ilroliern Can
not Clear Their Stock * .
COLORADO SPRINGS. Cole , Feb. 1.
The mining stock exchange was closed here
today. The tremendous rush of business
this and last week has made it simply im
possible for the brokers to clear their stocks
and some rcit from tbe mere physical strain
became absolutely necessary Tuesday Isa
bella wound up at $1.29. after a bear raid ,
but tonight Jl.CO and J1.C5 Is again being
freely offered for It on the curb. Curb re
ports on other stocks are all bullish and an
other wild day on 'Change la looked for to
morrow.
DEATH IN HORRIBLE FORM
I'rlxoner In Snn KrnnclNco .Inll Pour *
Conl OH on III * Clothe * nnd
Hum * Up Alive.
SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 1. A liorrlbln
BUlclda occurred todiv In the San Fran
cisco jail and two prisoners narrow I v es
caped death , Anthony Burgle , who , on July
14 , 1897 , shot SIgraund Bravcrman , a jeweler ,
received a seven years' sentence for his
crime , committed suicide by burning him
self to death in his cell. He secured some
coal oil from the stove which was used to
heat the cell and poured It over bin clothes
while the other prlboncra were asleep. He
then Ignited the oil and In a few seconds bis
body was enveloped in flames. The cell
caught flro and tbe sleeping cellmates were
badly burned before the guards could sub
due the flames. Burgle was frightfully
burned aid lived but a short time.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Fair ; Continued Cold ; Westerly \Vlnds.
Temperature nt Omaha > exlerilayt
Hour. Dm. Hour. ! > < ! ; <
R n. in R t p. m 1-1
( I n. m I S p. in 1-1
7 a. in 1 ! 1 p. m in
S n. in 4 4 n. m Id
! a. m. . . i. . R R p. in. . . . . . it :
1(1 a. in ( I n p. m ll >
11 n. m H 7 p. m 7
11 ! m li ! S p. m :
l > H. m U
COSTLY BLAZE IN COLUMBUS
Half n Illook of riue llullilliiHii lit
Heart of flt > Willed Out anil
Several People Hurl.
COLUM11US , 0 , Feb. 1. The most ser'oin '
conflagration nhlch hat , vUlted Columbus
since the million-dollar Chlttcnilcn hotel flro
of 1813 broke out tonight.
Unit a block of fine building * lu the heart
of the business portion of the town has
been destrojed and the department has not
yrt gotten the flame * under control. The
fire Is thought to liavp started In the base
ment of the Dunlap building , occupied by
the Chicago Ilankrupt Clothing company. It
swept up the elevator shaft and loon the
whole building was ablaze. Several alarms
were sent In and the whole department , al-
oiifd doing Ita best work , seemed to Imve
llttlo effect In Rtnylng the progrew of the
names. The audience In the High Street
theater , which Is across an alley from the
burning block , was dismissed In a hurry.
The fire soon communicated to the Jones
block on the left , and Soulder & Orient
building on the right , and these , with the
wholesale millinery store of Soulder &
Bright , and the store of D. S. Ambuch ,
clothing , vcre as complete wrecks as ( he
Dunlap building. A flro wall four feet thick
sepuiated the flno block of Green , Joyce &
Co , wholesale dry goods and notions , from
the others , but this was no barrier , anil .it
108 o'clock Thursday moinlng the lire had
e.itcn Its wa > through and was burning
fiercely In the upper torlcs. At 11 50 , with
scarcely any warning , the front and rear
walla of the Dtinlap building , as though
lent asunder by an explosion , fell , one on
High street and the other completely filling
the alley in the rear with bricks and debris.
Fortunately the police had kept the street
fairly clear or the loss of life would have
been enormous.
A number of llremen were caught whllo
flying from the crumbling walls.
Whitney Davis Is mlaslng nnd the pollco
are making every effort to discover his
remains. They h ve not yet been found.
Captain Jock Woleh Is badly bruised about
the legs and body aJid seriously Injured.
Otis V. Kllbourne , bruised about head
and body and may die.
John Donahue , hurt Internally and bad
flcalp wounds.
Charles Conners is badly Injured. Bob
Kerrlns Is badly bruised.
Al Reeve , Pat Sullivan and William Swift
are also more or less Injured.
Mleo Carrie Joknsou , a young lady , was
knocked dawn and run over by * hose reel.
Her right leg was broken , the bone being
crushed out of all shape. She has numerous
other Injuries and IB in a precarious condi
tion.
Scores of other people weru sllghli ' - lu- .
jured when tbo walls gave Mayday the * flvt
ing debris. The loss is estimated , at $750-
000.
SHOOTING IN TWENTY-SECOND
SerlouM Affray flctvreeu Corporal
Paine nnil Private George
nurton.
SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 1. Just before the
departure of the transport steamer Senator
for the Philippines with the Twenty-second
Infantry on board today , a mysterious shoot
ing , which may result In the death of Cor
poral Paine of Company B , took place.
The facts In the case were kept exceed
ingly quiet by those In command , but from
other sources It was Imrncd that the ohoot-
ing was done by a private , supposed to be
George Burton , Company B , who had been
ordered to do certain work distasteful to
him. Burton pulled his pistol and sent throe
bullets Into Paine with such serious effect
that Paliio had to be removed to the Pre
sidio hospital for treatment. Burton waa
knocked senseless by the butt end of a gun
in the hands of one of the guards. He was
seized and hustled to the guard house.
He protests bis innocence of any inten
tion to kill , and says the ebootln.K was the
if suit of an accident. Burton will be tried
at sea or after the ateamer arrives at
Manila.
RAID KAW UITYPOOL ROOMS
_
Another Attempt In Made to enforce
Ordinance Auatimt Gnutblluir
lu that City.
KANSAS CITY , Feb. 1. The three turf
pool rooms that have been operating In
Kansab City were raided simultaneously
by the- police this evening , just as the
results of tbo last races were called in.
Several hundred men and boy * were cap
tured , including many well known busliess
men , but out of these the polloo aesorted
tbo proprietors , the employes , the touts
and the regular frequenters , eighty-live of
whom were carried to the city prison. The
pool room proprietors furnished ball far
them all. The arrests were made under
a city ordinance agjlnst gambling. Under
this amo ordinance an Ineffectual attempt
was made last week to close the bucket
shops. The ordinance was declared to be
void , as applied to the bucket shops.
WORKMEN FALL FROM BRIDGE
One U Inxtiuitl ) Killed and Two
Other * Are Family
Injured.
DUBOIS. Pa. , Feb. 1. One man was In
stantly killed and two others fatally In
jured by falling a distance of fifty feet to
day while working on a bridge on the ex
tension of the Buffalo , Rochester & . Pitts-
burg railroad near I'unxautawncy , Pa.
Killed.
CHARLES MOTHAMER of Hamburg. Pa.
Fatally Injured :
James Tcgler.
Charles Seller , both of Sellus ( Jrove , Pa.
\onnur Woman Kerim the I'll Mil.
ST. LOUIS. IVb 1. Mrs. fl C. Smith and
Mis * Emma P. Smith , wife and daughter of
Colonel Smith , U S. A , purchasing quar-
tcrmactcr at St. luls , have left hero for
San FrancUto , < > n route 10 Manila , where
the young woman will bo married ti Llou-
tenant Pegrnrn Whltworth , II , S. A , , who
Is on the staff of General McArthur. The
prospective grojm. who belongs to an old
and wealthy family of Shreveport , I a. , was
unable to como to America to wed Miss
Smith at the tlmo appointed , and she now
goes to him ,
Third Ueclinent on the Wn > .
SYRACUSE , N. V. . Feb. 1. The Thlro
United , States Infantry from Fort Fntlllng
Minn , , parsed through Syracuse today on
tbo way from Port Sn lllng to New York ,
where tbe transport Sheridan will he taken
for Manila. Thf regiment li traveling on
four tralnn ovw the New York Central rail
road.
THOMPSON GAINS ONE
Lancaster County Candidate Secures Just ft
Single Stray Vote.
FISHER LEAVES VALENTINE FOR HIM
His the Only Change that Occurs on the
Thirteenth Ballot.
THOMPSON MAY CALL IN MORE RESERVES
Object is to Show Strong Front When the
Adjournment Comes Saturday.
GOOD OUTLOOK FOR CONTINUED DEADLOCK
I'lold Men Clreitlnte n Petition In tin
Attempt to ( , 'aiine Defection from
TuoinpNiitt In I.nncnntcr
Count } .
LINCOLN , Feb. 1. ( Special Telegram. )
There was only ono change In the sena
torial ballot today. Fisher , who baa beoit
voting for Valentine , cast his ballot for
Thompson , raiding his vote to H , which
IB the first variation from the seven
Lancaster county votes which have been
steadily cast for Mm from the first.
Whether the change of Fisher to Thomp
son Is Indicative ot the Intention of the
nunagcra of his campaign to gradually
from now on gather in the votes which have
been conceded to him or whether ho will
still play a waiting game the future bal <
lots alone can disclose.
The Increase of one In Hayward's vote Is
duo to the return of Nesblt , who was ab
sent yesterday , and the decrease In Field's
total was caused by the absence ol V > nzl.
The only other feature was the voting ot
Israel for Foss , this being the first time he
has east his , ballot for the same man on
two consecutive days.
Howard , Rouse and Wcnzl wore the ab-
ecmtrcs.
, In.llVJdnal Voto. .
The record of individual vote la as fol v ,
lows ;
For William V. Allen Senators Canaday ,
Dunn , Farrell , Hale , Knepper , Miller , Mor
gan , O'Nelli , Schaal , Smith , Spobn 11.
House Anderson of Flllmorc , Haulier ,
Bower , Carton , Cawthra , Cosgrove , Crockett ,
Cunningham. Dobry , Eoetcrllng , Eastman , ,
Elwood , Endlcott , Flynn , Frctz , Fuller ,
Qrandstaff. droll , Grosvenor , Hardy ,
Johnson , Klester , Loomls , Lcmar , Mc-
Cracken , McQInley , Memmtnger , Morau ,
Morrison , Murray , Peek , Blecko , Shore ,
Smith of Butler , Sturgess , Swan , Tanner ,
Taylor of Fill more , Taylor ot Custer , Thomp
son of Clay , Vandcgrltt , Watson , Weaver ,
Wheeler. Woodard , Wright , Wyraan 47 ;
grand total , 58.
For M. L. Hayward Senators Allen ,
Arends , Alexander , Currle , Fowler , Qlffert ,
Halderman , Hannibal , Holbrook , Newell ,
Owens , Reynolds , Stcele 13. House Arm
strong , Bcrlet , Blcsner , Blake , Uroderlck ,
Dltmar , Evans , Hall , Harris , Hastings ,
Hathorn , Hicks , Nesblt , Pollard , Prince ,
Sandall , Smith of Richardson , Tucker , WallIng -
Ing , Wllcox , Young , Zellers 22 ; grand total ,
35.
For John L. Webster Senators Crow ,
Noyes , Van Dusen 3. House Uoverly , Bur-
man , Cox , Detweller , Houck , Myers , Ol ta
sted 7 ; grand total , 10.
For D. B. Thompson Senators Rock ? , Talbot -
bet 2. House Anderson of Lancaster ,
Burns , Clark , Fisher , Harkson , Lane G ;
grand total , 8.
For J. B , Weston Senator Prout and Rep
resentatives Chlttenden , Jones , Hlbbort 4.
For H. B , Reese Representatives Haller
McCarthy and Thompaon of Morrlck 3.
For F. I. Foss Reptesentatlves Israel ,
Mann and Oration 3.
Tor Field Senator Barton and Represent
atives Chambers , Scott , Schalble 4.
Fu. E. H. Hlnshaw Representative
Smlthbercer 1. '
For Q. M. Lambertson Representative
Jansen 1.
For C. E. Adams Representative Mil-
bourn 1.
For A. J. Cornish Senator McCargar 1.
For J. H. Van Dusen Representative
Smith of Saline 1.
Continued Deadlock Prosmble.
Tbe slight Increase In the Hayward vote
and the open accession of Fisher to th
Thompson forces gave some Impetus to the
senatorial struggle today , but the only indi
cation tonight Is tlmt of a continued dead
lock. The Increase In the vote for Thomp
son has little significance , as It has been
Known for a week that FlHhcr would go to
the Lincoln candidate. It li figured now
that tlio Thompson people Intend to call In
one or two more of their reserve men to
morrow so as to show a gradual Increasu
and present a fairly Htioug' front when tlio
Saturday adjournment is takon.
The rumor Is continued this evening thnt
two of the men now voting for Hayward
will change to smother man on the next
vote , ono being from the north and the
other from the southern part of the state * .
The Hayward men do not admit that any
sucfa desertion will take place.
In dlscusalng the effect the senatorial fight
was having on the business of the session ,
an old member said tonight :
"I do not think It Is delaying buslneas It
anything , It It * helping to push things along
tauter. The members are all here every day
except those kept away by sickness ami they
are on band to attend committee1 meetings
and r present when theli bills ooroo up
for discussion. I do * not see that the sena
torial matter Is being discussed nt the stats
house , In fact , the member * spend very
llttlo time over tbe question at any time ,
whllo If the light were not on many of the
members would be absent at homo or oti
Junket trips and business would bo delayed.
A continuation of the snnaloilal content wilt
not t > erlouily Interfere with our business "
Representative Palmer Blake made the
usual dally explanation of hla vote , inci
dentally asking the numerous factions of the
assembly whether th y expected to rapture
tbe iice with a s ven or even a Uu-wpoL
Till * reference to the iMcaater eVoa wt