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THE OMAHA < DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNK 10 , a 87 ] OMAHA , SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4. 180S-TWELVE ) PAUKS. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS , MILES MUST ANSWER Charges , Countercharges and Interviews on Army Beef to Bo Investigated. REFLECTIONS ON ARMY SUPPLIES AND MEN If Allegations Are Unsupported General Maj Be Oourt-Maitialed. ANOTHER BOARD OF INQUIRY IS ORDERED Action is Decided Upon After Conference in Cabinet Meeting. BELIEF IS THAT MILES TALKS TOO MUCH UriinrJinciit Olllclnln C mr Con- cliiMlun dint Cmiiiiiiniilliiic CJpit- critl'n Ciiiirincl mill UtfcrnttucN Minulil .Not 1'nnn WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Tbo purpose of the president to terminate ; the unsatisfac tory gtite : of affairs thnt lias existed tor eainu time as tbe results of the numerous charges and countercharges and Inturvlcws respecting th character of the army beet by Instituting a formal Inquiry Into tlicso matters and endeavoring to place Ihe re sponsibility where It belongs nas made known today. This Inquiry will not bo" undertaken before - fore the commission to Investigate the con duct of the war has made Its report. The scope of this now Inquiry has not been defined , but It certainly will embrace Uie allegations made by General Miles as to the character of the nrmy supplies and will In volve that olHcer to the extent that ho must make these charges good. To a certain de gree he will be on trial himself. Should the charges be found well estab lished a heavy responsibility would bo placeJ upon t'ho packers and persons con cerned In the meat Inspection and perhaps others ; should they fall unsupported , Gen eral Miles may be obliged to answer to a court-martial for reflecting on the character of other officers. DIxctinniMl In Cnliliiot. 1 he matter was discussed at some length nt today's cabinet meeting and although no definite decision was reached , the concen sus of opinion was that such a proceeding Ehould be had. It wns argued that If the packers who had furnished the beet to tbe army had fraudulently supplied an article of the character charged by General Miles , the country had a right to know It , and If the charges were without foundation the people hs l an equal right to know that fact. Juitlco to all concerned , demanded that the whole truth ho brought to light. It wns also agreed that General Miles Ehould not bo suspended from bis office as commander ol the army pending such In. realisation , as It woe not Intended that oven by Inference should bo bo prejudiced of any wrong-doing In this connection. Function of the Court. i In Iho-tecpccUltM Unit > tho-War Investi gating commission will submit Its report 'to the president next Monday. No one outside the committee la supposed to know what the nature of the report will be. The method which Is to bo adopted , namely , a court of Inquiry to pass upon General Miles' conduct , is taken to indicate a knowledge on the part of the administration of what the report will Jiavo to say as bearing upon the charges. The common Impression Is that a court of inquiry can bo ordered only upon the de mand of the officer whose conduct is to bo made the subject of Investigation. "While that Is usually the case , there Is , however , a reserve power In the president to order such a court regardless of the wishes ot the officer concerned. The authority Is contained in article 115 of tbo Articles of War , which linvo the force of statutes. It reads as fol lows : A court of Inquiry to examine Into the nature of any transaction of , or accusation or Imputation against any officer or soldier > n.ay bo made by the president or any com manding lOfllcor , but as courts of Inquiry may bo perverted to dishonorable purposes , nnd may bo employed In the hands of weak T nnd envious commandants as engines for the destruction of military merit , .they shall never bo ordered by any commanding officer , except upon a demand by the ofHccr _ or sol- . dlcr whoso conduct Is to be Inquired Into. It Is asserted In some quarters that Ihe obove quoted regulation does not permit the president himself to order a court ot Inquiry in the absence of a demand by tbo olllcer Interested , and General Miles' friends Bay that ho lias not yet made any demand. Hut legal authorities arc against this con tention , and It U said that tbo regulation makes n very plain distinction for the pur pose expressly defined , between the powers Df the president and of commanding olllcrrs. I'rcHlilciit Union nn IJvlili-iiCf. Tbo purpose ol tbo court ot Inquiry Is to Investigate tbo conduct of an officer. It Is expressly prohibited by the regulations from venturing any opinion on the merits of the c.tso unless directed to do so by the appoint ing authority. Upon the presentment of the faclH made by the court of Inquiry the president must determine whether or not a court-martial ehall follow. Them are two methods by which such an Investigation may bo conducted according to established military usage. The first is py the appointment ot a court ot Inquiry and tbo second by the appointment of what Is Itiiown na an officers' , or Inspection board. In tbo former rasu it would bo necessary to naino tome officer who Is to bo the subject ot the Investigation. In tlio latter tbo board Is charged simply to Inquire into a stale of facts and to place itho responsibility , If possible , for anything of which complaint Is mado. Their findings inny serve us the basis for a court-martial qulto n effectually as the findings of a court of Inquiry and has some -advantages In that it dors not begin with the presumption of n court of Inquiry. Where n court of In quiry U ordered thpro Is convoyed a dis tinct reflection upon the officer named. HCMII | Of OIIU'LTM1 llllr < lH , Officers' boards nro frequently ordered to flx responsibility for tbo joss or damage ot stores nnd eovcral of them have been ap pointed during the war to look Into the loss ot meats , notably In the cusn of that shipped to I'orto Itlco and returned to Montauk Point. Uko a court of Inquiry , these txxirda re turn statements of facts developed by them upon which the superior authorities can act. It l not possible at present to learn In vhlch direction the president leans , but he lias been In conference on the subject with the sowlnry of war and the attorney gen eral and the mutter has been dlscuneed In the cabinet , Up to tbo close of the day General Miles positively declined to dlscuis In any manner the eu'itts of the day BO far as ( bey relate to himself or to discuss liny statements con t tained In any of the Interviews attributed la Mm. It may bo ald of these ii-ittrvlewu that vlillo It Is conceivable they might fig ure , they would not do ED ot necessity , ( ort the matters to be Ural looked Into arc those connected with the character ot the nrmy beef. General Miles wan questioned tonight re garding the reported statements that he had denied the accuracy ot the Interview concerning beet furnished to th * > army , which wag published while on his recent visit to New York. He courteously declined to be drawn Into any discussion of that or any other newspaper statements appertaining to him. General Miles Insisted thnt tht question at l suc. after all , wns not ot this or that Intcrvlow. but whether bad food was furnished the nrmr. EXIT TREASURY DEPARTMENT ( Ilil r l lllor to Hi- I'ormnlljHitr - rcmlcrril tti loinrtinciit ) | of Mli- miurl I'Vlirtiurj . WASHINGTON , Kcb. 3. ( Spoclal Tele gram. ) The secretary of the treasury todnj ; eent an ofllclal communication to the War department stating that the old public buildIng - Ing at Omaha would bo turned over to the War department February 20 by reason ot the Inw which makes It mandatory that as soon as tbe new public building Is ready for occupancy the Treasury department must turn over tbo old structure to the chief quartermaster of the Department ot the Missouri. Accompanying the papers ot the Treasury deportment was a recommendation ot the chief quartermaster , Department ot Missouri , that $40,000 be appropriated for necessary changes In the building In making It habitable for the Department of the Mis souri , as contemplated In the net appropri ating necessary money for the erection of a now public building nt Omaha. Quarter master General Ludlngton approved this recommendation. Coupled with the request for nn appropria tion of $40.000 wns nn Intimation that $15,000 could bo used Immediately to Inaugurate changes In the building. In reference to this last recommendation Assistant Secre tary ot War Melklejohn said that It would be useless to allot $15,000 from tbe funds of the War department during the present fiscal year , as It was clearly contemplated by the act that until the building wns In perfect condition It could not be utilized by the Department of the Missouri as a head quarters building. To expend $20,000 upon any public building without special legisla tion. Is prohibited by general statute , eo that It would seem but proper to await action ot congre&s , when the whole amount can be appropriated. "To make the necessary changes In the building to conform to tbe requirements of tho'Department of the Missouri , " he said , "is no small matter when ono considers the antiquity of the old public building at Omaha and to hastily occupy the structure on the abandonment of same by the Treas ury department Is hardly compatible with the public service , nor in consonance with the ideas of the department. I have no doubt Itwill take all of $40,000 to put the building in anything Uko habitable condition and I think congress should be called upon for money , Instead of asking the War depart ment tn set aside any amount to start a work which must eventually have the ap proval of congress. " This utterance of As sistant Secretary Molklcjohn would seem to Indicate that so far ns the War department Is concerned. It can find use to put its an nual appropriation to without starting on the work ot rehabilitating Omaha's old pub lic building and In nil probability the whole siily wtllj'iaro tostf over until the uext congress. In view of the shortness of the present session. Senator Allen returned from Nebraska to day. day.Captain Captain Mercer has notified Indian Com missioner Jones that ho will leave tbe Omnnn and Wlnnebago ngcncy in a few days for Leech Lake , Minn. , his new appoint ment. On endorsement of Representatives-elect Gamble and Hurke , General George A. Sllsby of Mitchell , S. D. , was today appointed na tional bank examiner of South Dakota. Sllsby succeeds C. F. Zimmerman , gold dem ocrat , who has held over for ten years. The South Dakotans have been assured by members ot the senate finance committee that nn appropriation will bo made for river and harbor Improvements In the Mis souri In South Dakota. The engineers rec ommend $250,000 , which amount will prob ably be allowed. The representatives filed a recommenda tion for fourth-class postofliccs as follows : B. H. Brady at Castalln. Charles Mix county ; G. W. Prince. Grashull. Mcado county ; G. N. D. Sclarall. Marlow , Marshall county ; R. J. Stalco. Nombo , Campbell county. Major Clapp of Pine Ridge ngency Is ex pected hern soon. The question ot the agent's retirement will probably bo settled after a conference w Ith Commissioner Jones. Joseph V. Homer was today appointed postmaster at Crowell , Dodge county. Nob. , vlco J. E. Mllburn , resigned ; also Mary Ken nedy at Kennedy , Charles Mix county , S. D. AMK.Y ACT KljnrS OUT AMKUICANS. Governor Ilrntly of AlnnUu Aiuiciim nt Joint Illuli ContnilnNlnu. WASHINGTON , Feb. 3. Governor Brady ot Alaska and George Brackett of Min neapolis , the latter largely Interested In a railroad enterprise In Alaska , were today Interviewing members ot the joint high com mission. A report has been In circulation relating to the Alaukan boundary that the British members of the commission had insisted thnt the Linn canal should be considered within tbe Canadian lines , and that there should bo nn all Canadian port , presumably Skagway , conceded by tho-United States. Both Governor Brady and Mr. Brackott pro. tested against this position , and while they do not know what tbe commission will do , they think the contention of the British commissioners will not bo agreed to. Mr. Brackett sayn the recent action of tbe Cana dian government against alien miners will prevent about 7,000 Americans going to the Klondike next year. MITIGATION' 01" Ij.VKAVM Snvr Xnl I'rolmltlr Unit He AVIII He l ln- mlNHfil from ( lie Aral3- . WASHINGTON , Feb. 3. There Is almost a positive belief among army officials that there will bo a mitigation of the sentence Imposed by tbo court-ninrtlal which tried Commissary General Kagan. Whllo the final sentence will be severe It Is not prob able that there will be a dismissal from the army. To Curry Home HIUIIHI | Holillcm. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3 , While no official award has been made of tbo bid for the re patriation of tbo Spanish prisoners In tbe Philippines , Ithas been practically decided to give the contract to the Companle Trans- atlantlque , otherwise known as tbe Spanish Transportation company. Mnu SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 3 The collier Justin , which accompanied tbe battleship loxva , arrived hure from Magdalcna bay to day. Tbo battleship will not be fur behind. The Justin put Into Magdalena with the Iowa and Celtic. The Juatln supplied tbo Iowa with coal at Magdaleiu and at-arted for San Francloco. bll T Sliliiiucnt A l > r mid. NEW YORK. Feb. 3. Steamers sailing for Europe tomorrow will take out 600,000 ounccu of silver , WORST IN FOURTEEN YEARS Slides and Snow Blockade Passes and Onnyons of Colorado. ALL RAILROADS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES llllrcnril I'rfinllx nl J.cnilvlllo mill City In TlircrelPiteil tiHli Cent J' tii the DENVER , Feb. 3. While no snow ( ell in Denver today , snowstorms anil colil M-aves nro reportcd by the ( \veatber \ bureau to be bearing down upon this city from every direction. A bllzmd prevailed nt Leadvlllc. nhcro enow lias ( alien for ten days In succession. Lcadvllle la the vcstcra ( . nnlnU3 at present of both the Denver &TRlo Grande and the Colorado Midland railroads , though neither la sparing expense In Its efforts to clear the tracks v.cst ot that city. Trains over the lllo Grande began run ning today on regular s&aedule between Denver and Lcadvlllo and from Denver to Duiangoovcr the narrow gauge. The trains arc also running east from Grand Junction to Qunnlson and Ouray ov r toe narrow gauge. Tbo Midland terminal Is blockaded , but the line to Cripple Creek la sttlll main tained over the Florence & Cripple Creek line. The ftret train from Como over the South Park road since the beginning of tbe big atorra three weeks ago arrlrcd In Den ver tonight. A rotary , followed by a trainload - load of provisions. Is cutting Its way to Kokomo and the interior. Intending If the train Is not burled by snowalldes to ntcr Lcailvlllc tomorrow. Wo rut Since 188.1. A dispatch from Sllvcrton says Edward Rogers , a miner , was killed by a snowsllde near lo n today. The officials of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway company Bay that the system hni not had sucn an experience since the winter of 1SS5. At Glenwood Springs are three Rio Grande and two Midland trains , snowbound , Each road has n train at Leadvlllo and the Rio Grande two at Grand Junction and one at JItnturn. No road except the Union Pa cific Is accepting through \\cstbound passen gers. Snow is reported on the Rio Grande lines all the > way from three feet on the level at Glenwood Springs to six feet at Crested Butte. Al 6 o'clock this evening the mer cury stood at 25 below at Marshall pass. A train started from Mlnturn with a sans of ehovelcrs to open the line through the canon of the Grand river. At 6 o'clock this evening the train had not even reached the canon. The Denver & Rio Grande company expects to have Its main line open by next Sunday. The West minstrels , the Gay Coney Island company and Shaft No. 10 company arc .ail blockaded at different points In tha moun tains. Army of Snow Sliovclvra. It has been many years since the Colorado railways have had to contend with such conditions as those now- prevailing In the mountain regions. The loss to the railways In this state , taking Into conslrterat'.qn Jhe business-wtich-is moV' Ing and the outlay of cash to pay the armies of snow shovelers , Is estimated at $25,000 a day. Not less than 1,000 men have been shoveling snow for several days. 0\er 500 miles ot road In the. mountains have been at times shut off from communication with tbe main lines. Stormbound passengers are fed and cared for by the railway companies. The Denver & Rio Grande railway has a largo force of men at work today clearing the tracks near Shosbonc in the canon of the Grand river , where a snonsllde occurred yesterday , killing three men and Injuring six others of a wrecking crew. The main line between the east and the west will be reopened today If no further snowslldes oc cur. cur.On. On. the mountains thousands of cattle are freezing and starving to death and nothing can be done to save them. In eastern Colorado rado hay Is being hauled long distances over the prairies to feed cattle , and It Is hoped to avoid heavy losses of live stock If the storm and cold abate within a day or two. How ever , there will bo some losses of stock that Is not closely herded. The weather bureau predicts continued cold weather and another snowfall tonight. The minimum tempera ture at Denver during the last twenty-four iioiif ? T.as 12 degrees below zero. LEADVILLB. Colo. , Feb. 3. The citizens of the camps arc experiencing no hardships so far. with the exception of the miners In the gold belt , who have been laid off owing to the blockade and are losing In the aggregate - gate (2,500 In wages per day. Doth of the Leadvllle smelters are cut ting down their work and are carrying on operations In their yards with tbe utmost difficulty and At 1ho loss of a large sum of money each day. The coal situation la still critical for the reason that there Is so much coal consumed dally , the smelters alone using 230 tons per day. Twelve cars of coal which came In on the Midland and twenty cars on the Rte Grande- were consumed In an hour and coal dealers arc far behind In their orden. UALT LAKE , Utah , Feb. 3. The snowfall In this valley during yesterday and today was the heaviest known for many years. Railroad traffic has not been Berioirsly In terrupted and all local trains arrived on ' time today. FIGHT ON SALOOS GETS WARM Aiitl-Siilooti IiiMiiciiu AKTCOH to In demnify < irnK Shop IClT | ITH If Tlircat to Clout * In C'urrlt'd Out. COLUMBUS , 0. , Fob. 3. The effort of the Akron saloon keepers to close all tbo sa loons of that city bas railed forth a chal lenge from the Ohio Anti-Saloon league , which bas this to any ; "Wo iccognlze thU as an old bluff of the liquor dealers , often threatened but never carried out , believing If Akron were really to "havo tViO years of no saloons It uould never permit their return , " The league agrees If the saloon men make good their threat to raise one-half the money to Indemnify Idle saloon keepers and to gl > e the very best security from among the business men of Akron , TOBACCO WORKERS 10 STRIKE nail ItiMliirtloiiK of tlic ( iri-nt ily nt .St. I.onln llrril Trouble irllh OrKinixril I.ulior. ST. LOUIS , Feb , 2. As a result of the purchase of several big tobacco manufac turing plants In UiU city by the American Tobacco company and the merging of others into the same corporation and the subse quent organization of the Continental To bacco company , numerous changes will bo made In the manner of orjoratlu ; ; tbe St , Lwulti factories. Tlio chargca may precipi tate a strike among tobacco employes. About ten days 050 the American To bacco company bought the Wright Bros. ' plant at St. Chariot , Mo. An immense cav ing may bo figured on piper In case the proposed changes are to bo carried out , but 1 another footer that will lia ji to reckoned with by the two great .tr stg ts organized Iftbor. The itobawo company , "worker * nrp amonR the stronge-sl labor unions In the city and If the trusts undertake Indis criminately throsr out of t tiloyinent the largo number ol incn who n.rt > likely to suf fer booause of Ihe proposed reduction a strike Is not far distant , . Nearly -Ho tni- pJoyes were thrown out by ttio closing of Wright Drothwn' factory tvt , Su Chflrlw. nnd complaint is rmulo that 4bo tobacco Is being stemmed in Louisville , wlicro the schedule ol wages Is lower , and freipht ion stems Is CONTEST AT SACRAMENTO \o < ; iu > lo l Vet for l'iillil Sintcn Hcu- lUor In tlic Ciillfnrnla SACRAMENTO , Feb. 3. The situation In the election ot a United Slntsa senator re mains unchanged. But one ballot was neces sary to demonstrate that tha senatorial deadlock has not been broken. The vote was as follous : Dnrucs , 10 ; Kstco. 1 ; Dulln , 12 ; Burns 24 : Felton. 1 ; Grant , 26 ; Scott , 2 : Hard , 2 ; Devrlea. dcmncr.it , 1 ; Roscnfeldt. democrat , 2 ; White , democrat , 27. Milton J. Orccn. manager for U. S. Grant , was to have appeared btfore the bar of the assembly today to nnswcr to a charge of contempt for not nnsworlnn questions put to him by the Investigating committee. A certificate was read , however. , stutlng thnt Green Is too III to leave his room. The , mattcr went over until Mnoday. SALT LAKE. Feb. 3. Three ballots wore taken for senator today , the last being as follows : King , democrat , 12 ; McCuuc , democrat , 25 : Powers , democrat , 2 ; Cannon , 7 ; Sutherland , republican , 14 ; absent , 3. HARRISBURG , Pa. . Feb. 3. Fifteenth senatorial ballot : Quay , 69 ; Jenks. C3 : Dalzell. 12 ; Stone , 5 ; Huff , 7 ; Irvln , 3 : WIdener , 2 ; Rice. 1 ; Rltter , 2 ; Grow , 2 ; Tubbs , 2 ; Stewart , 7 ; necessary to choice , 83 ; paired , St ; absent without pairs , 3. DOVER. Bel. , Feb. 3. Thirty-third bal lot : George Gray , 16 ; Addlcks , 14 ; Du- pont , 6 ; Willis. 4 ; John G. Gray. 4 ; Chand ler , 3 ; Hlgglns , 1 ; absent , i. TRAIN STRIKES HEAVY WAGON Four reHon * Oocnitylitpr Lonil of I'-iirnlturp Arc Killed mul TITO Arc Kntallr Hurt. PITTSBURG , Feb. 3. A two-horse wagon , loaded with furniture and on which six per sons , five men and a young woman , were Tiding , was struck today by ufast Baltimore & Ohio freight train at the crossing at Rlverton station , Just above McKeesport. Four of the men were killed and the other man and the young woman were so badly Jnjurcd that they will probably die. The names of the dead are believed to bo : HUDSON ELDER. VEST WILSON. GEORGE DAWSON. AN UNKNOWN MAN. Mrs. Richard Shaughnessy is supposed to be the name of the injured woman. She died at noon < The ' sixth * victim U a. one-legged man "whose name is unknown. Both the injured persons were taken to the McKeesport hospital lnan , un conscious state. All effortsti.rejjvef hcm. ( have been unavailing and thotbTn"s deflnlte c n be curred. MASTER PLUMBERS IN SESSION iipt LCIIKUC Iloldlnu Coiiivution nt KniiHiiM City Uiiiuliit'n Ilcpri'neiitiitloit , KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Feb. 3. The conven tion of tbe Transmisslsslppl League of Mas ter Plumbers opened Us session hero today. In th > league ore the states ot Missouri , Colorado , Kansas , Nebraska , New Mexico and Wyoming. The object ot the conven tion Is to adopt Euch measures as will be beneficial not only to the master plumbers of each Indhidual state , but to all in the territory embraced in the six states. The delegates to the convention are : J , G. Crean and J. G. Smith of Denver , William Bel lamy and G. 1C. Black of Omaha , E , D. Horn- brook , Henry Goss and Gcorgo P. Klrtley ot Kansas City , and M. J. Ward and Jeremiah She-ehan of St. Louis. CLOAKMAKERS QUr WORK Unit * * Employe IlcconMlder Pny Sclicilale IMvc Tliounaiiil Oner- nior * Will Join Strike. NEW YORK , Feb. 3. The strike season among the east fildo garment makers began today , when 1,500 cloakmalcers quit work In the face of four contracts. If the plans formulated tonight by the executive com mittee of tbe United Brotherhood of Cloak- makers do not miscarry It is probable that fully 5,009 operators will join tbo strikers by Sunday In protest against long " "hours and a reduction ot 30 per cent in the regu lar weekly wage scale. New price sched ules were prepared at meetings of the strikers held tonight , which will be sub mitted to the employers for consideration. WAR MADE ON IMMORAL PLAYS Hill in tY Torlc I.ORlHlntiirr to Cr < * nti * tlio OflliMof Connor of Dramatic I'roiluotloiin. Ni\V YORK , Fob. 3. The fact that public opinion does not prevent tlio production of Improper plays in New York has Impelled Senator Grady to prepare for presentation to the legislature a bill creating tbe ofllce of censor of public amusements , Tbla official , It 'la ' intended , shall examine every play to bo produced , every eong to bo sung , and every dance to be danced , eight days before the same to done In public. If the perform ance does not attend public i isncy the censor must within three days after tbe ap plication is flleil ISBUO a permit for the production. If the act Is not good the per mit 1s refused , if the theatrical manager thinks that the censor does not know bla business be may appeal from his decision to tbe art commission. Any manager who produces a play , an act , u tons , or a dance of which , the censor bas not approved will bo liable to punishment for a misdemeanor. That means -tliat he may be required to live on Blacks ell's bland for a year and pay a flno of f500. AVoiaaii SliootH Her I'lirxupr. SISTERSVILLE. W , Va. , Feb. 3. At 3 o'clock this morning Harry Detfctibaugh , aged 2Sas shot and instantly killed on one ot the most prominent Btreeta by Miss Ella Rowcn , aged 20. Miss Bowcn is In jail and claims 4liat Deffenbiugb pursued her , tearing her clothing and threatening her If she left him. AuHtrlnn Hlilp on u llcrf , KEY WEST , Fla. , Feb. 3. The vessel re ported ashore yesterday by ibo steamer City of Key West is the Austrian eblp Huron , from New Orleans tn a port In Hufaela , with a cargo of cotton and plglron. It le anhoro near Sombrero light lioue. The vessel Is being lightened end will bo hauled off the reef. 1'rlt'e of SuK'ir Ail uiiceK , NEW YORK , Feb. 3. The. American Sugar company and tbo National and Mollenbeur wiliierlet ) advanced 'the price of Nos , 0 and 10 refined sugars 1-6 tint a pound. Commissioner Porter Gives His Opinion of Conditions in Cuba , OFFICIALS OCCUPIED WITH MINOR DETAILS llclnjU DntiRrrnim , n Summer Will Sunn ( Hrrtnlcc 1'iittcil ' Slnten Ton .MullTrooiin 'J'liurr , HAVANA. Feb. 3. Uobert P. Porter , ht- fore sailing for .Miami , made the following statement to correspondent of .tbo Asso ciated Press : "While the situation hero has been Im proved by the declaration of General Gomez that be will take part In the pacification ot the Island , the adtantagu thus gained should be followed up by the American authorities. The entire policing of the Island should b done by the Cubans themselves. The- real police work U , In fact , lit the hands of Cuban soldiers and law and order are well main tained. There should not be a moment's delay In the organlratlon and cqulpmuut ot these civil guards' . "The bulk of the American soldiers must be taken out of Cuba by April. Theic la no necessity for more than two regiments In each province to serve an a background of support of the Cuban police. In giving the best of these people employment nil the more will be left ot the relief fund for these nho must be helped back to the land. The feeling of distrust between the Cubans and the Americana has been temporarily checked by the message of General Gomez to Presi dent McKlnlcy and the president's reply through Secretary Hay. Delay IN 1'atnl. "It the joung military elements ot both armies wilt now get together and complete the several schemes , for policing the province which are at this moment awaiting crystallization , the question will be solved. Delay In this work will be fatal. It such men as Gomez , General Maya I Hodrlguez ot the province of Pinnr del UIo , Gcner.il Pedro Betancourt of Matanzas province and others , men I know personally , will assure Presi dent McKlnley and Go\arnor General Brooke that law and order will be maintained their pledge will be carried out at any cost. "There Is too much disposition to discuss minor details. There la too much hesitancy Sn bringing matters to a head. In the province of Santa Clara Mantagueo's admir able policing plan has been put Into opera tion and it isjine , as General Wood told mo yesterday , alo'ng the right lines. "Why not take up at once and dispose of these matters ? Things must bo pushed along in Cuba , for summer will overtake us with too many troops here. The soldier * frankly say that their chief occupation Is to guard each other whllo their chiefs In Washington , Havana and Remedies are ex changing confidences. The younger officers on both sides should come together , per fecting plans and getting them Into working order -without delay. Once this Is well done- matters will take care of themselves in Cuba. At least that Is my oplulon. " In False. ( Copyright. 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. ) HAVANA. Feb. 3. ( New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram. ) The statement appearing in a New York newspaper that John McCullagh , former chief ot police of New York City , but now at the head of tbe reorganization of the Havana police , was about to return to New York at the request of Governor Roosevelt and would bo suc ceeded In Havana by ex-Inspector Williams , was shown to Mr. McCullagh. He said : "The statement surprises me. I ba\o had no communication Governor Roosevelt or others regarding the matter of police re organization in New York , and certainly have not been asked to return to New York to resume the duties of chief of police. Ex- Inspector Williams Is down hero merely on a private visit , which has no connectloa with tbe present or future work here. " 1 can only say I would not accept the New York post under any conditions , unless vtho law nero changed and the responsibility fixed on tbo individual. I can add nothing to my statement made a week ago. I do not see how I could be offered tbe post nt pres ent. The report Is without foundation. " CUFIAN I.KAnnilS AUK UNCERTAIN . Ilciiltntc "Wlit'tlier tn Ulainc or Com- inciiil ( ioiu-ral < Juine/ . HAVANA , Feb. 3. The news of General Gomez's acceptance of the proposals of President McKlnley , through Robert P. Porter ter , has been thoroughly weighed in this city. The Cuban leaders seem uncertain for tbo moment whether to support Gen eral Gomez or criticise him. Public opin ion 'li.i.s been wrought up to demand and expect a larger payment. Some of the Cuban major generals who have not been consulted may strongly disapprove of an agreement which gives them a minute portion tion ot the $20,000 each ot the. money ex pected. C'OIVCniATtll.ATIO.NH 1VOII POUTEU. IN Well 1'leanril ivllli Sur- OfHM Of HIM .MlXxillll , HAVANA , Feb. 3. The following message from President McKlnley was received by Robert P , Porter this morning and was transmitted to General Gomez : Hon , Robert P. Porter , Havana : The president nendn his hearty congratulations and thanks for your dispatch. Contcy his cordial greetings to General Gomez nnd his grateful appreciation of the general's frank and friendly message. The co-operation of General Gomez In the pacification ot Cuba will bo of the greatest value for both poo- pies. JOHN HAY , Secretary of State. RAILWAY CONTROL IN CUBA rnl CoriiiirnlloiiHou iln ( < - for Omiurnhlp n ( Valuable Train- NEW YORK. Fob , 3. A special from Havana says ; Tbo control of the existing railway system of Cuba has been seemed to the Now York syndicate , which Includes Canadian capitalists. Following the pur chase of Sagua railroad , the line from Caibarlen , In Santa Clara province , has been bought. Its capital stock Is 32.300- 000 and there Is no bonded Indebtedness. The meeting of stockholders will bo called for February 8when the formal transfer to the new owners will bo made. The uamo uyndlcate has absorbed the Matanzas & Sabanllla railway , which runs through tbe sugar producing districts of M.-itatuaa province. Tbe capital utock la $5,000.000 , A meeting of stockholders will he held March 6. The Clenfuegas & Villa Clara line U also In process of absorption , Its capital stock is $3,000,000. The English capitalists- , who control what is known as the United Ilallwjya of Havana , were after the same lines nnd a syndicate with 10.000.000 was organized for the pur- poje of buying them. It was represented by J , 1 , Henry Bcbroedor and Jauie Un- jderdown of London. Tbo United Railways CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for rC Fftlr ; Continued Cold : Northwest AVInds. Triiiirrii4tiru n < Omiilin > vxcnlnrl ( If mi r. Men. Itmir , I > cf. n n. in I t | t , tit. . . i ( ft n. tn. . . . . . ( I - | i. n > . . . . . . It 7 11. in. I : t p. in II S II. n I ) ! | i. In. . . 4 . . II ! > ii. in. . 4. . . i ) n p. 111. . . . i. n 1 < II. III. . . i. . I ) U | l. IH. . . . . . -I 1 I II. Hi. , t i . . 1 7 | l. ill. . . . . . - IS III U N p. ill. . . . . . II II | f. Ill 1 Uelow zero. capitalists fought a conference , with n vlmv to uniting In this , but A conference w U refused. The snmc syndicate has purchased for $1.50(1,000 ( the Ilcrrcrra line of coasting ve - i > olslilch had tt monopoly of the north cotst trade. Some ot the cnpltalUU who bought the Havana street railway system are In the syndicate which has secured. th * railroads and coasting line. Others are now parties. W. C Whitney , P. A U. Wldener and Mr. Elldns of 1'hlladclphU are heavily Interested. FEELING OF CUBAN SPANIARDS In HiiMitiii A | il 'iilH tn llM dunlin ! riots lit Minltirxc An litMI I Ion. NEW YORK , Feb. * ! . A special from Ha vana Rays A comnilur-e of Spaniards In Havana has Issued a strong appeal to their compatriots throughout the Island to mil to for the purpose of bringing about the annex ation of Cuba to the United States. The up. pcul repudiate Indignantly any desire on the part of the Spaniards In the Island lo Join the proposed new Independent party , now In process ot organlatlon by Joaquln Castillo. It states that 400.000 Spaniards are ready to vote for annexation and that this number would be largely augmented by Cubans of we-alth , position and influence , who do not wish to see the revolutionary party Itt the ascendancy. Steps will bo taken by the Spaniards to put their views before the Americana and they believe If an independent government is contemplated In the near future the trade of the Island will be brought to a standstill. { it-it. Henry Call * for u HvNlKiititlttii. SAN JUAN , P. U. , Feb. 3. Owl-ng to the general dissatisfaction over the conduct of the Department of the Interior by Dr. Carbonell , the secretary ot the department , Major General Henry has called for his rcsIgnaElon , which has been tendered and accepted. The affairs of the department have been temporarily entrusted to other officials , military offcers and tbe colonial cabinet. BLOWS FREIGHT CARS A MILE H'ltllitoriu Starts n C > vlouc In Ala- haiiiit nail Miu-li DuHtructlon JH AVrouiiM. BIRMINGHAM , Ala. , Feb. 3. A heavy hailstorm raged at Morris In the upper part ot this county late this afternoon. This seemed to start a cyclone -and a. snath 300 yards wldp waa mowed for .S gl il miles. Trees , . tefcgraph poles. " housed" railroad cars and fences ore- blown down. Several At Dale , a stonequarry camp , twelve houses and a big commissary v < ere leveled. Several people were badly Injured. Rail road cars were blown off the track and some of them found a mile away. One mile above Village Spring the cyclone "blew down Llge Bowdcn's house , seriously injuring him and slightly Injuring his .family. The storm seemed to break against the mountain at this point and was dissipated. ACTS IN STOTZENBER6 CASE Hurry Wires Aluer tliat 1'oyuter iH ( lie Colonel Transferred to HIM Otru LINCOLN. Feb. 3. ( Special Telegracm ) Adjutant General Barry this evening took a decided move in the Stotzenberg affair by addre&biug the following telegram to tbe secretary of war "Sir : I am directed by his excellency , Governor William A. Poynter , to Inform you that he Is In receipt of a petition signed by 147 enlisted men ot the First Nebraska volunteers ( out ot a total of 190) ) , discharged at Manila December 12 , 38P8 , who requested that Colonel John M. Stotzenberg bo ordered to Join his command , the Sixth United States cavalry. "The governor , after fully investigating tbo reasons for thle request and after con ferring with the discharged men of this command , deems It for the best Interests of tbo volunteer soldiers ot this state at Manila that Colonel Stotzenberg should be ordered to Join bis command , and I would therefore request that the honorable sec retary at war Issue Instructions to comply with Ibis request. Very respectfully , "P. H. BARRY. Adjutant General. " ARRESTS INmGH PLACES _ AiilhorltlcM ManSet oral Writ < < rouiul < - < I .SiiMpU'loiiM In tlic Altaian 1'olnonliiK Cane. NEW YORK , Fob. 3. Tbe Herald says : Persona of social prominence , many ot them as yet not mentioned In connection with the case , will he compelled to testify at the inquest next Thursday Into tbo cause of tbo death of Mrs. Kate J , Adams last Decem ber , Colonel Gardner says. Ho adds thnt two , three , or perhaps more arrests will Immediately follow the holding of the In quest , even if they do not take place ear lier , No arrest will be made , however , until there Is sufficient evidence with which to satisfy the authorities that the persons arrested can bo held under the law , Hdward Darnel , a brother of Ida late Heniy C , Darnel , said today that ho believed nothing can ho proved by exhuming his brother's body. "Dr. Douglass gave my brother mercury , " said Mr , Barnct. "Tho doctor told me that n form of mercury wae used In the medicine ho gave my brother for diphtheria. Consequently , If mercury Is found In his stomach. It will prove nothing so far as tlio poisoning case Is concerned , " Coroner Hart Bald that Assistant Dis trict Attorney Mclntyre will be called as n witness in the Inquest , The coroner also suld that ho will call every person who was In Mrs. Adams' house after her death und before the coroner made his first visit there. bliootliiur of u Han KmnulHro IlntiUcr , SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. 3. W. S. Pardee , usBl&tttnt &ee-rotury of tbu Pacific States Mutual Savings batik , nan ehut and probabl ) fa rally wounded today by Christian Rets. Jr. Tbe hhootlriK occurred In Pardeo's olllce Rels und 1'ardoo quarreled eoveral da > u ugo. Reltt * father Is a prominent merchant and was city treasurer at one Urn ? , \Vlilnlcv Blnj' Iwrenno tMri 1'i-r llurrcl. LUXINOTON. Feb. 3 OUtlller * through out itlie Blue UruEo belt received telcgrame today for lirgo orders of whisky. The price la Btcudlly going up and It lu anticipated that It will Increase J10 or UK per barrel ou account of the recu-ut Ktiitucky combine. TEN FOR HIOBPSOX Oiio More Added to the Snpportora of the Lancaster County Man. MANN OF SALINE LEAVES FOSS FOR HIM Sclidblo Deports Judge Field and Joins tbe Hajwnrd Following. OTOE COUNTY MAN RECEIVES 3f VOTES Tbreo Absent lusionists Reduce Allen's Strength by thnt Number. CANDIDATES HOLD A FRUITLESS CAUCUS Confer for n Wtitlo llclilnil Doom , lint Tlu-lr Tnllc tn Ilnrrcit of ItcMtiHn ltpnnltloit | to Tli n in 11 nit it Dcv uloun , Todil . , iai 1JUJ mo iil : ) 1JIO 32(1 ( lUG To fleet. . Oil (17 01 1)0 ) 00 411 01 LINCOLN , Fob. 3 , ( Special Telegram , ) Thompson pursued his tactics of adding ono vuto dally to bis total , taking Mann away from Foss , which mnkea his total 10. Schniblc. left Field nnd voted for Hay ward and Blake , who was absent yesterday , also voted for .him . , increasing the Hoywaul vote to 37. Wenxl , who was nhs-cnt yealcrday , returned and voted for Field , which leaves his lotal unchanged. Tbo decrease iti Allen's vote was duo to the absence of Dower , Smith of Butler and Flynn. In addi tion to Howard , who was not present Thurs day nnd Loomls. who was absent yesterday , returned and voted for him. The repub lican absentees were Allen nnd Rouse , uho have been voting for Hayward , and Jones , who has been voting for Weston. Individual Vole. The record of Individual vote Is as foU lows : For William V. Allen Senators Canaday. Dunn , Farrell , Hale. Kneppcr. Miller. Mor gan. O'Neli : , Schaal , Smith , Spohn 11. House Anderson of Fillmore , Boullcr Carton. Ctwthra , Coscrovo , . - - - - , Entftcott , Freti.PuJer | , GrandsUff , Oroll , Grosvcnor , Hardy , Johnaon , Klcster , Leraar. Loomls. McCracken. SIc- Ginley. Memminger , Mornn. Morrison , Mur ray. Peck , Slcckc , . Shore , Sturgess. Swan , Tanner , Taylor of Flllmore , Tay lor of Ouster , Thompson of Clay , Vando- grift , Watson , AVeaver , "Wheeler. Woodard. Wright , Wyman 44 ; grand total , 55. For M , L. Hayward Senators Arends. Alexander , Currle , Fowler , Giffcrt , Haider- man , Hannibal , Holbrook. Newell , Owens , Reynolds , Steele 12 House Armstrong. Uerl let , niesncr , Ulake , nroderlck.Dltmar , Evans , Hall , Harris , Hastings , Hathorn , Hicks , McCarthy , Nesblt , Pollard , Prince , Sandall , Schalble , Smith of Richardson , Thompson of Mcrrick , Tucker. Walling , Wllcox , Young , Zelleru 23 ; grand total , 37. For John L. Webster Senators Crow , Noycs , Van Dusen 3. House Beverly , Bur- man , Cox. Detweller , Houck , Myers , Olm- sted 7 ; grand total , 10. For D. B. Thompson Senators Rocke , Talbot - bet 2. House Anderson of Lancaster , Burns , Clark , Fisher , Harkson , Israel , Lane , Mann 8 ; grand total , 10. For J. B. W ston Senator Prout and Rep resentatives Chlttenden , Hlbbert 3. For M. B. Reese Representative Haller 1. 1.For For F. I. Foss Representative Grafton 1. For Field Senator Barlon and Represent atives Chambers , Scott , Wcnzl 4. Uor E. II. Hlnsbaw Rcpresentatlva S'ulthberger 1. For O. M. Lambertson ReprcsonUitlvo Janscn 1. For C. B. Adams Representative Mil- bourn 1. For A. J. Cornish Senator McCargar 1. For J. II. Van Dusen Representative Smith of Saline 1. t'niiilUIiitrn Confer. The failure of the members of the legis lature to agree on holding a caucus re sulted In two meetings bet-vcen the sena torial candidates themselves , one tblu fora- noon , and ono after dinner. These present were : Hayward , Webster , Thompson , Field , Hlnshaw , Halner , Majors , Adams , Reese nnd P. O. Hedlund , representing G. M , Lambort- son. Several hours' time was consumed In talk that resulted In nothing. The senatorial situation presented llttlo change today , the votes of Mann for Thomp son and Schalble for Hayward having been expected for some time. Mr. Mann was ona of 'tho original Thompson men , and , while up to this time his vote has been cast for F. I , Foss , ho has been one of the principal workers for tbo Lincoln candidate. Scbalble first voted for Field , but later supported Hayward , until a fuw days ago , when a slump was threatened , he went back to Field. There is llttlo prowpcct of any changes for tomorrow , except there will bo ome ab sentees that will affect the total figures. Pollard , one of the Hayward men , was called homo tonight by the sickness of his father and will not be back to vote. There will be other absentees , Including a number of Allen's suppoitera. There Is Indication tonight of a hnstlo among the Thompson forces for one addi tional vote for tomorrow , but outsiders do not agrse on who the additional man will b . It Ii eald that none of tbo Gage county men are ready to take Hie step , and u prom inent man from Saline rounty was here yes terday and secured a promise from Smith , McCargar and Orafton tb-it they would not vote for the Lincoln man , njipoHltlnu to Tlioniimon , The opposition to Thompson Is uiiaumlnn more definite form. Janien of Jfffe'rtou and Blake of Johnson declared openly tonight that they would never support the Lincoln moo , even though he bo lelwted as tbe cau cus nominee , and they say there are tea or fifteen other member * wlio bavo taken tbe same stand. This eort of eentlmt-nt , coming as it does from the supporters ot tome of the Hayward men , cioe not brlgbteu tbo prospect for a caucus. 3om little bitterness has crept into tbe