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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAIIA , TUESDAY MOHNTNG , JlTJsE 110 , 1800-TEK PAGES. XGLE COW JBTVE CEMTS.
MEEKNESS IS A MASK
Apparently Friendlyifck g itrike Scouting
Party ]
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FIVE OF AMERICAN FORCE ARt
Treachery Finds Speedy Penalty , However , "
Hebel Loss Being Heavy.
V/HEATON / CARRIES AID TO TROOPS
General is Fired Upon on the Way and Haa
a Narrow Escape.
FIGHTING IS CONTINUED DURING THE DAY
Enemy In I.orntcil In Wood * T-nentj-
from Manila mill IN 1'rcnHcil
llnuk VlK'iroiiMly ,
Store of Arnm.
-MANILA , June 19. 8 20 p. m A battalion
of the Tourth Infantry which left Iraus. i
where General \Vhcaton Is In commuml , this I
morning to iccounolter towaru'ei I'ercs das
Marinas , where It was believed that most of |
the rebels who escaped from I'aranaquc and |
Uacoor had fled , was attacked In the rear i
by appirently frlt-ndly natives. This brought I
on a sharp engagement , lasting several I
honiH , resulting In five Americans being
killed nnd about twenty-live being wounded.
The lofs of the rebels was veiy heavy.
The battalion soon exhausted its ammu
nition nnd at 2 30 this afternoon General
"Wheaton and hu staff , with the Second bat
talion , two mountain guns and ono field
piece , went to relnAirce the troops attacked.
Gcneiol Wheaton was fired on In a road and
had n narrow escape
Later the Third battalion was ordered to 1
the front and formed ou the Lns Minns i
road. Heavy firing on both sides followed ,
the artillery being freely used The enemy
was located In the woods at 4 o'clock , KnowIng -
Ing signs of retiring , as the rebels weio be
ing pressed very hard. Ono gun of the Sixth
artillery In an advantageous position did
great execution.
The fighting was still In progress at 5
o'clock , nt which time the Americans had
secured a quantity of Filipino arms which
had been abandoned In the woods.
The scene of the fight Is over twenty
nillc from Manila.
LOOKING AFHEFMTRAVEL PAY
Voliiiiteern In I'lilllpplneN All Ueiilre
to He MllNteriMl Oitt lit hail
I'ranclMco.
WASHINGTON * Juno 19. The following j
cablegram , n ' on received from General |
Oils : I
MANILA , Juno IS , Adjutant General ,
Washington : All volunteer orginlzatlons
hero desire muster-out at San Francisco.
ie catle" message of General Otis fcSafd-
iug thu wishes of the volunteers was In re
gard to a specific Inquiry bj the War de
partment based on Its declared policy of .
having each volunteer organization elect I
whether It should bo mustered out at San
Francisco or at Its homo station.
It appears from General Otis' statements I I
"i that the volunteers desire to disband at San
Francisco In accordance with the original nr-
langements of the government. A model1
camp has been established nt San Francisco
provided with every facility for the comfort
and convenience of the returning soldiers.
It has been deemed advisable from a sanitary
tandpoint to keep each organisation at the
amp two or three weeks before permitting
the men to go to their homes and scatter
through the country.
REGIMENT READY TO EMBARK
California Seiiatorx Tender President
Me n for .Ser\ lee In thu
1'lilllppliien.
WASHINGTON , Juno 10. The following
telegram wns received at th-s War depart
ment todcy from two California eenators :
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 17. Hon H C.
Corbln , Adjujiint General , Washington
Southern California mii.ports administration
In UB eflorts to suppress the Philippine in
surrection and tonJers the president for Im
mediate dorvlco well organized and thor-
oURhly disciplined regiment of Imnntry.
Oificflrs nnd men ready to embark ns soon
na iiLcossary. riold equipment can be fur
nished. GEORGE C. PERKINS ,
United Swtra Senator.
STEPHEN M WHITE.
WASHINGTON , Juno 19 It is stated at
the War department thnt no action can betaken
taken In the mutter of the California regi
ment offered by Senators Perklra and White
The question of calling for volunteers has
not been determined , besides , It Is not In
tended to orgnnl/e state troops It volunteers
nro culled for.
RICH MAN ALLOTS HIS GOODS
Will of Holier ! C. HIllliiKH nutrlbiiten
IIU l > tate Amniiif Many Iii-
tltiitlniix mill CIiurltlcH ,
DOSTON , June 19. .The . will of the late
Robert C. Dllllnes gives about 5700,000 in
public bequests , Including $100,000 each to
Harvard college , the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology ( with $50,000 additional to
found the Dllllnes student fund nnd the
Museum of Flno Arts ) , $50,000 each tu the
Mnbsachusotts General hospital , Now En
gland Hosplui for Women and Children ,
Children's hospital , Massachusetts Ee nnd
Ear Infirmary. $25,000 to Perkins Institute
for the Blind , the American Unitarian as
sociation , the Denton Young Men's Christian
union , Homo for Aged Men , Common In
stitute , Hampton , Va. , $10,000 to the Tus-
kegeo ( Ala , ) Normal school , $5,000 to At
lanta university , $10,000 each to sixteen
public and charitable institutions In and
around Doston and numerous other sums of
$2,500 or over to various bodlts.
FUNERAL OF AUGUSTIN DALY
St. I'ntrlok'H Catlirdrnl t'rowilril with
Friend * of the Droeuncil
MiinilKer ,
NBW YORK , June 19. The funeral of Au-
gustln Daly was held from St. Patrick's ca
thedral today. The cathedral was crowded
and even the tlsles were filled. The pallbearers -
bearers brought the cofiln to the head cf the
aisle , where it was put In place and covered
with lilies. The pall-bearera were Joseph
Jefferson , Theodore Moss , Richard Dorney ,
George Clark , ex-Jufctlce Roger A. 1'rjor ,
Richard M. Henry , Wllllam'WIuter , St. Clnlr
McKclivay , Joseph Howard , jr. , James Sul
livan , George A. Robinson , John D. Crluv
mlns , Nelson Goodwin Green , Dr Oliver L
Jones and John D. Sclioeffel ,
Deblnd the pall-bearers sat a delegation
from the Ac torn1 Fund , Intlrnato friends , ,
members of Daly companies and representa
tives of many clubs nnd orginl/atlons to
which ho belonged.
Mass wns celebrated nnd the abfiolullrn
was pronounced by Archbl'hop Corrlgnn.
The funeral sermon wns delivered by r.rher
Livelle , rector of the cathedral , who took
for his text"Let us praise men of renown "
i There were many beautiful floral offerings ,
'among the largest being the o from Mr.
Daly's company In this city , and the Leices
ter Square theater In London.
The Interment wno In Calvary cemetery.
ELKS ARE TAKING ST , LOUIS
People Prepare to Olic l'o * e Mon
of the Clt Over to Them
Coming h ) Tliitiinniiiln.
ST. LOUIS , Juno 19. This city Is taking
on a purple aspect In honor of the thirty-
first annual convention nnd reunion of the
Denevolcnt nnd Protective Order of Elks ,
which began its session today. That color ,
with the rod , white and blue of the national
( lag , Is to bo seen everywhere In the dec
orations on business buildings and resi
dences.
lAll the grand lodge officers have arrived
and nro making the Southnrn hotel their
headquarters. Every train that comes Into
the city brings Its quota of visiting Elks
and ut noon It was estimated that fully 2,000
had already arrived. After leaving the union
station the visitors nro shown to the Lin-
dell hotel , the headquarters of the local re
ception and registration committees , where
they register , From there they nro Bhovvn
to their respective hotels. It Is expected
that at least 6,000 Elks will bo hero tomor-
row.
The sessions of the grand lodge , -which
will bo held In the Olympic theater , will
bo secret. Several matters will come up
for action , the meat Important being the
constitution that was favorably acted on at
the last annual meeting In New Orleans , but
rejected by the subordinate lodges. It will
bo presented again to the grand lodge and ,
If favorably acted on , will bo resubraltted I
to the subordinate lodges. j I
Grand Exalted Ruler John Galvln of Cin
cinnati will not stand for re-election. There
are two active candidates for his position , I
j
Judge D. M. Allen of Birmingham , Ala. , '
and George B. Peare of Cumberland , Md. |
For the position of grand secretary the con
test will bo between George A. Reynolds of
Saglnaw , Mich. , the present Incumbent , nnd
Dert Lyon of St. Louis.
TRADE TREATY FOR FRANCE
I > ir DIIJM Will Determine Whether
the Two CoiiutrlvN Cnii Come
to Agreement.
WASHINGTON , June 19. Negotiations on
the Franco-American reciprocity treaty were
continued at the State department today
and It Is understood that the next few dajs
will determine whether it Is possible for
the two countries to come together on a j
trade treaty. The concessions to be granted
to the United States are already settled , so j I I
that It remains only to determine what are
not nnd what are to be covered in the con
cessions to Frnnce. Instead of picking out
certain articles on which to grant conces j
sions to this country , the French proposl- ; ,
tlon Is to grant the entire list of articles In
the minimum schedule. In return for this ,
Commissioner Kasson has suggested a cer-
, taln , nun\it > er of articles onwhich reduction
oT diftywlll bo 'allowed to Franco.Tho
Paris authorities hardly think this goes far
enough and Is short of a full equivalent
.for granting the whole minimum schedule
to the United States.
The parties to the negotiations are qulto
hopeful of securing definite results within
the next few days It was feared for a
time that the unsettled conditions of the
French cabinet might retard an understand
ing , but matters are proceeding without ref
erence to the political uncertainties In Paris
Important propositions in fact , have passed
between Paris and Washington since the |
cabinet crisis has existed. j
COLLEGIANS HONOR WIKOFF
CInfiH of ' ! ) UiiiellK Titlilct In Honor
of Former Commandant nt
.NeliraNku Tout.
BASTOX , Pa. , Juno 19 After the class
day extrclses at LaPayptte college today a
memorial tablet to General Charles A.
Wlkoff , class of ' 55 , who was killed before
Santiago , wan * nvcllcd with appropriate ex
ercises The memorial Is In the main hall
of Pardei ! hall and was erected by the clas-j
of ' 99. The address was delivered by General -
oral Dreckcnrldgo , "who was a classmate of
General Wlkoff.
GUARDS GO WITH THE MINERS
. \eKroi-n Sent to 'I'nkn the I'lnep of
htrlUliix White Coul
Dinner * .
TORT SCOTT , Kan , June IP. Under the
direction of Colonel J H Richards , attorney
for the Missouri Coal and Mining company ,
a carload of Fort Scott negroes left hero to
day for the Yale nnd Fleming mines , In
chirgo of mine foremen The train was
followed Immediately by n special train benr-
Ing deputy United Statoj marshals , who go
to nrreat any of the strikers who might In
terfere with the landing of the now men.
11-e arrests will bo made under federal court
Injunction .
"We will operate our mines , " said Colonel
Richards , "nt whatever cost ,
"Wo will have a lot of other southern I
minors hero soon and will put them to work '
and protect thorn. If the mnn we sent down
today are not molreted we shall consider the
backbone of our strike broken. If they are , I
the Interfering strikers will bo tnught n
lerson In federal court. "
Three hundred West Virginia negro miners
arrived hero today and were taken south
over the Missouri , Kansas & Texas. They
are probably bound for the Indian Territory
mines , but did not know vvheio they were
i
going or what they were to do.
THINKS BRYAN HAS A CINCH
n. Freil WlllliiniM Cortnlii the IVe-
1. rax KM .Mnn Will A Kit 111 He
\omliillteil.
CHICAGO , Juno 19. A special to the
Tribune from Dath , Me. , sajs : George Fred
Williams of Massachusetts and State C m-
mltteo Chairman William S. MoNary have
been In conference hero with Arthur Sewnll ,
who ran with William J , Dryan on the prra-
Identlal ticket of the silver wing of the
democracy , They declined to be Interviewej
regarding their deliberations , hut Mr. Wil
liams when asked concerning Senator Gor
man's prospects for the presidential nom
ination said : "Mr. Gorman cannot havu the
Massachusetts delegation , He can't have
a single man of It , and he stands not a
ghret of a show of getting the democratic
nomination , "
"Do jou feel confident that Mr. Dryan
will get the nomination at the convention ? "
was asked ,
"I think McKlnley will be renomlnated ,
and I feel more euro that Mr , Dryan will be ,
for , as I have said before , if ho and the
Chicago platform should be thrown over ,
which is not in the leait likely , ho would
(
{ bo nominated upon another ticket. "
MONEY FOR MANY CUBANS
Nearly Thwa Thousand Islanders Are Paid
Daring Randall's ' Tour ,
REMAINDER OF LISTS WILL BE RUSHED
Soldier * Arc AtrnltliiK I'nytnent Mile *
from Home , Prnctlcnlly Mobilized ,
So thnt Mnny llnriliilillin
Arc Kmlnrpil.
HAVANA , Juno 19. Ocncral George M.
nnndall has returned from paying the Cuban
soldiers. Ho says he paid almost 2.SOO men.
The majority delivered up their arms , which
were turned over to the civil authorities.
A few men 'were ' arrested for Issuing bogus
certificates of discharge and turned over to
the alcaldes. The general expects to begin
paying In Havana tomorrow. The additional
payrolls will probably not be ready for six
woeks.
The Cuban soldiers at Kcmedlos nro be
coming anxious to receive their money , as
the proprietors of the hotels nnd restaurants
are unwilling to allow them more credit.
lowing to the uncertainty of the men's In
clusion In the levlsed lists. General Gomez
realises the necessity for haste and Is urg
ing the officers to hurry the necessary data
to him.
All the Spanish merchants approve of the
plans for the new docks and have petitioned
Major Dllss , the collector of customs hero ,
to Include piers.
Lieutenant Colonel Reber of General Wil
son's staff has arrived at Sanctl Splrltus.
He finds the wires are being moro respected
since the arrest nnd punishment of the last
offenders.
General Drooko's headquarters Is al
ready on the move from El Vedado to the
palace formerly occupied by Marshal Dlanco
In Havana province. The removal will bo
completed , It Is expected , before the close of
the first week In July. It means a loss to
El Vedado of many who now reside there , as
they 'will move also , so ns to be nenr hcad-
quarters. City residents are gratified because -
cause of the Inconvenient train service bo-
twoan Havana and El Vedado and also be
cause at this season the traveler Is apt to
bo caught by the heaj rains.
I'm ciuciit UmliTtfocM Tent.
The various asphalt paving companies are
watching with Interest to s.ee the result of
tests being made on two or three blocks ,
where three different kinds , block , rock and
sheet , have been laid Each composition has
Its admirers , but before the contracts are
issued the government will carefully Inves
tigate the merits of all. The companies , It
Is needless to say , are- doing their best
work.
Frederick W. Krause , who Is In custody
on suspicion of having been Implicated In
the murder of Minnie Ross last Saturday
night , will probably bo released tomorrow , I
as the police Investigation virtually clears 1
him and nil other Americans Involved as
witnesses.
A Spanish porter , whom many believe to
be the murderer , has told several contra-
dlctory stories , attempting In each to throw
suspicion upon a different person.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the tempera
ture in Havana was 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
General iMajcimo Gomez has . Instructed
Genural Kaficl Rodnleueir 'hlsrchlBfv'of'
staff , to onen an office at Plnta do la
Mollnas. and begin the preparation of the
new lists. The work was bcKUu today.
General Rodriguez mailed personal notices
and published in all the newspapers of the
Island Instructions to division commanders ,
brigade , and company commanders to come
In .is soon ns possible with complete data
the names of all their commands , with the
dates of their enlistment and the periods
of service , 'iho preparation of the list
will be : > ushed forward with all speed , be
cause of the .Tillable condition of the sol-
dleiy , virtual ! : ' mobilized miles from home
at the jiay sftlon.
Cnrrnit'N Course lit Oiitivuril.
Some Interesting discoveries have resulted
from the observations made by the officers
charged with studying the tidal currents In
Havana harbor. All the observations show j i
,
a constant outward flow , with only a. sub- ! '
current of In-running fresh water. On '
account of shoals at the extreme west end
,
of the harbor largo deposits of mud and | I
othci filth have been made there , but It Is
believed that with proper dredging and ! I
I
an ordinary amount of attention the barber - i
I
bor can be made cleir , thus dolnc away I
with the possibility of Infection. j
The proposal to construct electric car j I
lines Is meeting with considerable opposl- '
'
tlon , especially In certain districts where
the streets alreadj Burvocd for the line ,
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are only twenty feet wide and nro danger
ous even for cabs , collisions being frequent. I 1
The opponents of the movrment contend
also tliit the buildings along many of these
thoroughfares are high and crowded nnd
probably would become untenable by night ,
on account of the constant clanging of bells.
The companies deairo to build n single
overhead wire with the bonded rail system ,
but this IH disapproved on all sides Ef
forts will bo made to compel the use of
the double overhead wire or the under
ground conduit.
RECOGNIZE RIGHTS OF ALL
Statement of Reriiinn "Mliilnler on
the Situation lit Samonii
IxlamlH.
DBRLIN , Juno 19. In the Reichstag today
the Anglo-German treaty was referred to a
committee of twenty-one members.
During the course of the debate Herr
Lleberman von Sonnenberg attacked Great
Drltaln's proceedings In Samoa. The minis
ter of foreign affairs , Daron > on Duelow ,
replied , eaylng ; "I have no objection to
again defining our attitude on the Snmoan
question. Wo shall not depart from the
stipulations of the Samoa treaty , nor allo > v
others to turn us from our course Wo
recognize the rights of others while main
taining our own. " The foreign minister
nUo said' "We shall provide for full In
demnification of the Germans whose prop
erty was dpstrojed by Illegal Drltlsh or
American action "
After alluding to the powers of the high
commission , German's insistence on the
principle of unanimity In its decisions and
the provisional assumption of the govern
ment of Samoa by the commission , "under
whoso direction the maritime and consular
representatives were Instructed to place
themselves , " the minister read dispatches
outlining the situation as already fully
known , the only new points being the
German commissioners' statement that the
commission received both Malletoa Tanus
and Matnafa as having equal rights as
party leaders , nnd the announcement that
the possibility that strife may be ended by
the abolition of the kingship
Kleetlon to COIIIIIIOIIN In
BDINDURG , June 19. In the parlia
mentary bye election today In the Southern
dlvislcn of Edlnburg , to fill the vacancy
caused by the death on June 2 of Robert
Co'i , who had represented the constitu
ency In the liberal unionist Interest since
lS9j , the radical candidate , Arthur Dewar ,
defsnted the liberal unionist candidate ,
Major General Andrew 0. Wauchope , carry-
Ing the division by a majority of 831 votes
This Is a llbcril nnd radical gain In pirty
representation In the House of Commons.
ENGLISH PLAN OBJECTIONABLE
Olllclnt iif ( Jcrmnit I'orrlun Olllee
Make * Plnfu the 1'onltlnn
of tJermnny.
BERLIN , Juno 19. An official of the Ocr-
man foreign office , who was Interviewed to
day by the correspondent hero of the Asso
ciated Press rolatlvo to the visit of Dr.
Zorn. one of the Ojirmnn dolezatos to the
peace conference. tb Derlln. emahaalred the
Impossibility of Germany accepting Sir
Julian Pauneefotc'lf arbitration tribunal
proposals.
The Dcrllner Tngecblatt * ays It under
stands that Mr Bora's Instructions Involve
n concession regarding the arbitration ques
tion , duo to the gjfgtt enrnestneas with
which the Drltlih , "American and Russian
delegates nro pushing , the nppllcntlon of the
principle. * J *
Government clrcloa from political motives
desire some poisltlvo1Tc3uK ( , If there can bean
an absolute guaranty " "that " the scheme will
not harm German Interests.
ST1M , IIOI'U KOll AUUITHATIOX I'l.AX
Dr. 7oni' Mlxxlon ( o llerllti Hroinilit
Xo lllxeotiriiKfMnent in 1'rojrot.
THC HAGUE , Juno 19. Dr. Zorn , the
member of the German delegation to the j
International peace conference who was ills- I
patched TFrlday by Count von Munstcr , the
chief Gorman delegate , after a conference ; i
with his colleagues , to Inform Emperor Wil |
liam personally of the condition of affairs
In regard to the arbitration question , re
turned to Schevenlnsch today from Dcrlln.
It Is mid , however , that owing to the ab
sence of the emperor Dr. Zorn was only
able to consult with Jhe officials of the
Gorman foreign offlce ? {
Dr. Zorn Is dlscreelly reticent regarding
his mission , but It itMindrratood ho ob
tained the Impression nt Derlln that all
hope need not bo abandoned of effecting an
understanding rcgardlrig the organization of
an arbitration Iraard by amalgamating the
various schemes.
It Is expected that Emperor William will j
i
reach decision this week. '
a Matters therefore - 1
fore remain unchanged and the drafting
committee will not meet until the kaiser's
decision Is known. * ,
The general desire ofthe ; conference favors i
an established arbitration , tribunal , recourse
to which shall be optional.
It Is believed that If Germany declines to
participate the atherjfowera will still
nchlo\o some suchir sult "before separating.
They may decide Upon a draft scheme ,
pending Germany's decision.
ROUSSEAU GIVES UP THE TASK
„ \ .
Ilcfnniil of Krnutz to Aecept Portfolio
of I'nlillc W irln > Ottered Him
1'rncturfcN.ifhe Sliite.
4 f
PARIS , June 19-It Vns announced this
evening that Senator Waldeck-Rousscau
had declined the tnk of forming a new cabi
net.Tho >
The failure ofI. . Wnldeck-Rousseau is
due. It is said , to the refusal of Cnmlllo
Krantz to accept J the portfolio of public
works , which he .considers Inferior to the
portfolio of war. , &Id by him In the retir
ing cabinet. Diitt fir tfals , the 'Wa.ldeck-
HOUSBCCU Blato vviiji aSmnletpt a
.A\Ifi Pqlncnr s , ' $ Sida # adev ulr. ) ;
acceptance of oflice dependent upon the in
clusion of M. Krantz. The latter besides re
fusing the portfolio of public works ex
pressed his disapproval of certain measures
which M. Wnldeck-Rousseau proposed to
take against the generals and colonels who
recently Inspired a newspaper propaganda
In favor of the army.
At the final consultations tomorrow It Is
expected Uint M. Loubot will again sum
mon lil. Polncare.
CREATES ELEVEN CARDINALS
IVumlior of TIlNlioim Named mill Ser-
ernl Are MnrUeil for
Hpeolal Puvor.
ROME , June 19. The pope , at the con-
slstory held this morning , created eleven
cardinals and a number of bishops The
bishops preconizod Included Mgr. Rlenk of
Porto Rico and Mgr. Darnaba Agullar of
Santiago do Cuba.
The pope , who was in good health , deliv-
cred an address dealing with the union of
churches.
The cardinals creited are : Mgr. Joseph
rranclsca-Nava dl Dontlfo , papal nuncio at
Madrid : the archbishop of Gociltz , Austrla-
Hungary ; the archbishop of Toulouse ,
Franco ; the Latin partrlarch of Constanti
nople ; the Latin patriarch of Antloch ; the
archbishop of Turin , the archbishop of Ter-
rar ; the archbishop of Rcgglo , Mgr. Clasca ,
( .ccrotary of the propaganda ; .Mgr Trom-
baggata , secretary of the congregation
( bishops and friars ) ; Mgr Llcnaveias.
MINERS BRING HUME PLUNDER
Hteiimer Dlrlno Iteaeliex Vaiieon\er
Hearing Fruit of heaMia'N Work
In the Klondike.
VANCOUVER , D. C. , Juno 19. The
steamer Dirlgo arrived today from Skagwnj ,
Alnskn , with fifty Klondlkers. Many of
them claimed there was $500,000 worth of
gold dust aboard , but the purser puts tile
amount at $150,000 ,
Ono of the passengers named Frlesenger
confirms previous stories of loss of life on
the Edmonton trail , Two New Yorkers ,
whoso names ho could not recall and who
were thought to have perished , have been
In n bad condition. Mason of Philadelphia ,
whoso nnmo has been Included In the list of
missing , hna nlso been found , but he was In
a dying condition.
GALE DRIVESPARIS ASHORE
_
Liner Kneoiintern iioiitlieiiNt AVI ml and
May He Ilrol.en Up tni the
Hoelt ) Coax I.
PALMOUTH , Eng. , Juno 19. The Ameri
can liner ParlJ , on the rocks near the
Manacles , experienced the first southwest
gale today Blnco It was wrecked. This com-
period the salvagers to desert the wreck. The
divers had succeeded In blasting away the
rocks and had cleared the steamer of water
above Its false bottom when the storm came I
up and drove them off. It Is now feared that >
the liner will bo forced further ashore and' '
bo broken In two. I
1'rlnee lloliU riniil Ie\ee.
LONDON , June 19. The srlnco of Wales
held the final levee of the season today.
The duke of Connaucht , the marquis of
Salisbury , the duke of Marlborough , the
cabinet ministers and diplomatic corps were
among those present
i heeurlllen Decline ,
LONDON , June 19. On the Stock exchange
today Spanish were 1 % off and generally
weak owing to the Spanish budget situation ,
the ministerial dlillcultlcs In Paris and the
Increase In the German bank rate.
MlehueU' Wife Seenrex n Tlloree. .
LONDON' . Juno 19 , The wife of James
Mlchaele , the blc > cle rider , secured a dlvorro
from him today , ou the grounds of desertion
and adultery.
i
VERY CLEVER CATTLE BUYER
James D. Bales Outs a Very Wide Swath 5u
South Onuha.
FINDS CREDIT WHEREVER HE WANTS IT
( let * n Itood Account n < Tun llnnUn
Mini Drawn Menu- } for I'liteiiNCH
rotclien l'l ' > l.ntor lle-
hliul the Iliirx.
James D. Dates Is nn enigma. IIU meth
ods are conundrums that the shrewdest de
tectives of the police force are trying to
solve. If their efforts meet with success ,
and by the light of Investigation Mr. Dates
1 shown to be all that ho asserts of him
self , financially and socially , sensational
libel suits against several prominent bankers
end business men will doubtless follow.
On the other hand , It may appear thnt
James D. Dates Is the cleverest and boldest
sharper who has yet tried to operate In the
w cst. .
The facts of the case are these : Mr.
Bates Is a man of small stature , well j
dressed , affable In manner nnd with nn nc-
(
cent noticeably English. Thurnday morning
ho appeared at the Stock Yards exchange , ]
South Omaha , nnd made himself known to
several of the largest firms trading there ,
Mr. Bates , by way of Introduction , pie-
Eonted a card bearing the Inscription :
"Wilson , Sons & Co. , dealers In live stock
for export trade only , main ofilce , Liverpool -
pool , England ; branch , Baltimore. "
On the ufipdr margin of the card were
the names of the flrm , Joseph , Charles and
William Wilson and Jnmcs D. Dates. In
the lower left-hand corner wns the nnme
of the presenter.
Received with Open Armx.
'Mr. ' Dates was received with alacrity by
the South Omaha brokers and he passed the
day with them looking over the yards and
grounds. Friday , Introduced by a well-
known commission firm , the newcomer pro-
sontcd n letter of credit at the Union Stock i 1
Yards bank. It was signed by the flrm , i
Wilson , Sons & Comnanys and in amount | |
was unlimited. It stated thnt Mr. Dates | I
was a member of the flrm and that his
drafts of exchange In payment for cattle
would be promptly honored.
At this bank Mr. Dates drew upon the
Baltimore nnency for $11,000. The ntuount
wns placed to his credit. Since that trans
action $ riOO has been drawn for personal
expenses nnd about $8,000 to purchase cattle.
At the South Omaha National bank a
$10,000 credit Is said to have been made on
Mr. Dates' account upon his drawing a draft
for the amount against the branch house
In Daltlmorc.
Saturday morning circumstances occurred
that Dseared suspicious to the bankers. A
representative of the Eagle Loan company ,
Douglas and Twelfth streets , visited the
bank with a check for $150which Dates
had given him for a diamond ring. This
check was presented to Cashier McPherson
nnd wns cashed. The ring was then turned
over to Dates by the pawnbroker. Shortly
after this transaction Mr. McPherson hap
pened to be looking out of the windows of
the bank , when he saw Dates legging It up
the- tracks toward Omaha as fast as he
_ could. _ . _ _ .
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unvemtlKitfioi * HcRlm ! . " - '
After a consultation by bank officials tele
grams of Inquiry were sent to Wilson , Sons
& Co. at Biltlmore. Word was returned by
the telegraph company that such a flrm
could not be found and that the dispatches
were undelivered.
TJio resources of Bradstreets' were
called Into requisition and Investigation de
veloped that the mercantile agency could not
find Wilson , Sons & Co. In Baltimore nor at
Liverpool cither.
The Chicago headquarters of the Hammond
Packing company , whoso managers have a
thoiough acquaintance with nfl export buy-
ois , were then queried as to the standing of
the Liverpool flrm nnd the answer cnme
back that no company of such name -was
known
At the first suspicion the police had been
consulted nnd speclnl detectives were do-
tnlled by Captain Donahue to shadow Mr
Bates and keep the fitatlon advised as to his
movements. When every effort to find the
company Mr Dates represcntn resulted In
failure Cashier Mcrdcrson found through
Information from Captain Donahua where
the Englishman was and had a talk with
him. The vain hunt for his financial backers
was described and Mr. Dates was asked to
explain.
Nothing was simpler. Mr. Dates said
there was no such firm In DaltlmoTC , but
thnt there was a financial representative ,
Jilm Oilman by name , whoso address wns
15 Chnrlea sticet. The explanation was
satisfactory nnd Mr. McPherson wired to
John Cllmnn and hnd the telegrams there
addressed to the flrm delivered to him.
There was no reply.
Saturdaj nfternorn the Union Stocks Yards
bank wlicd John Oilman , asking him to tell
what he could about Wilson , Sons & . Co. nnd
Jnmos D Dates. The reply was : " 1 trans-
net business for the flrm , but I am not their
financial agent and I do not know J. D ,
Dates. "
llnteH In Arrented.
Then the arrest was decided upon and Mr
Dates was taken Into custody Sunday evening '
at Minnie Fnlr"hlld's house , 120 South Ninth
street. Ho wns Intoxicated , At n confer
ence with Captain Donahue ho denied em
phatically that ho Is a swindler.
"Walt nnd see" wns all ho could bo In
duced to to say. ' 'I am the person I claim
to be and I'll bring llbo ? suits against all
these men who have caused my arrest. "
The charge against him was obtaining
money under false pretenses , , | i
Of the $500 advanced by the Union Stock
Yards bank for personal expenses there has
been recovered $360 , found In his pockets
when starched at the jail , and the diamond
ring purchased from the pawnbroker.
The money at the Jail has been at
tached.
Saturday Dates bought five loads of ex
port cattle , which ho paid for with a check ,
und McPherson now has the cattle , having
served notice on the stock yards company
to hold the same subject to his order.
Dates stntted out by hiring a. stenographer ,
n bookkeeper , two yard men and one cattle
bujcr. All these people are now out of
positions or else trying to get back to the
jobs they threw up to go to work for the
newcomer.
The escapade of Bates was the talk of the
jnrds yesterday and the majority of the
commission men went around with a broad
grin on their faces and joshed one another
about taking up with a stranger so quickly
A sensational story was trld by oneof
the South Omaha bankers regarding the
Englishman. It was said that he came to
the city penniless lost Thursday and bor
rowed $16 from a girl who lives with Min
nie Falrchlld's to make his start. Since
that tlmo It Is certain that Mr Dates spent
most of his time In eucb a girl's company.
Denied liy thu AVomaii ,
Bertha Moore is the young woman with
whom ho 1s said to have been Infatuated.
Miss Moore denies tlmt she gave Batea $15 ,
but admits that he has spent considerable
money at the houee. She says he carne
from Kansas City last Thursday ana Dates
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
rorccnst for Ncbraikn
Fnlr niul Cooler. Westerly Winds
Teniiierntnre nt Omalia > eMerdn > l
Hour. IUK Iliiitr. Hew.
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tolil the police that ho came from thnt city
hero.
Sntunlny nftcrnoon , with 1400 cash In his
pockets , tlio Englishman bought n suit nt
Drowning , King & Go's , pa ) Ing for It with
a check on the South lnmh.i bank. When
the check was refused n representative of
the firm \lsltcd the station and took back
the clothes , BO that Dates U now wearing
a pair o' overalls.
CliilniM lie IH n Slmriier.
Captain Donahue says there \ ) llttlo doubt
that Dates Is a. sharper. Ooncluslvo ovl-
dcnco will bu obtained when the Ualtlmoro
drafts nro repudiated or paid. The captain
sajs ; that Bates probably planned to leave
toun i Saturday , but became too Intoxicated.
This ' Is borne out by Miss .Moore , who states
that Dates declared his Intention of leaving
town nt once.
There are many cirlnada of cattle now at
South Omaha , ordered by Dates , waiting
for his acceptance nnd payment.
The furniture for Dates' olllco at South
Onnha was purchased from Dewey & Stone
and i as payment on the check was refused
the ' furniture -was replevlned.
CROSS PURPOSES AT BUFFALO
Committee Appointed to Confer Tilth
12nililocn l"nllN to Mil Ice nil
Appearance.
DUFPALO , N. Y. . June 19. It was the In
tention of the committee appointed by the
conference of freight handlers , gialn shov-
elcrs , etc. , on Saturday night to confer with
the Lake line managers today. Up to 2-30 p
m. , however , they had not appeared at the
olllco of the Krle and Superintendent Drunu
had not been Invited to n joint conference.
Mr. Drunn reiterated his statcmc t that
the Erie was flrml } resolved not to accede to
the demand of the men for an increase of
wages. The Erie had , he said twenty-eight
men at work in the Laku freight house and
was trjlng tt > get as many more ns possible.
Contractor Conncrs said the strike was not
worrjlng htm. Ho had , he said , ISO men a :
work unloading five steamers and two canal
boats and when they were unloaded there
would not be much moro work hero , ns the
policy of the railroads controlling the lake
lines was to tto up their vessels nnd dis
charge the dock workers and abandon the
lake business so far as Duffalo was con-
cernpd.
The Lackawanna coal shovelers returned
to work today. Alt of the coal and ore shov
elers are now at work.
The demand for an Increase of wages Is
not confined to the Erie freight handlers ,
but Includes all other freight houses. The
Erlo has been paying 14 cents per hour reg
ular and 21 cents for overtime. The other
companies 1C cents per hour with no la-
icrease for overtime.
The Erie's men originally demanded 13
cents 'per hour with 21 cents tor overtime ,
but later said they would bo satisfied with
20 cents per hour for overtime , provided they
received the extra cent for regular work ,
The Erie made It 15 cents straight , the same
as the other freight houses. This the men
refused and they have since made a general
demand for 15 cents an hour regular and 20
cents for overtime.
TRAIN RUBBERS CAPTURED
Three Men Supposed to Haie Ileeii
Concerned In Union 1'iiolllc llou-
liery Are Ciithcreil In.
CHEYENXE , Wjo. , Juno 19. ( Special
Telegram. ) Governor Richards was advised - j i
vised by the War department tonight that j
the troops at Fort Washakle , In the Shoshone - i
shone icservntlon nnd In the Yellowstone j I
National park , have been placed at the dlsI I
position of the civil authorities to aid In
pursuing the Union Pnclllo train robbers. | 1 ,
Unltt't States Deputy Maishal Morrison ,
with four YellowHtono pirk scouts , cap
tured three men at Riverside ntation , near
the west line of the park , this morning
who answer the description of Curry and j ' '
the Roberts brothers Morrison will reach
Mammoth Hot Springs with his prisonern
tomorrow and they will bo cxamlnod be
fore Commissioner Meldium. Should these
i
men not piovo to bo the holdups the chase
will be kept up with vigor until the robbers
are run down and captured. i
REPORTONFATHEK OF WATERS
.
MlHHiNMlppI Itlver CommlNNliiii HoldN
u Preliminary Meeting lo Lay
Out Now Work.
NEW YORK , Juno 19 The flrU of sev
eral meetings of the Mississippi RIvtr com-
inkPlon was held In the Army building to
day. Colonel G. L. Glllesplo presided nnd
the others present were Major D , M ,
Harrow , New Orleans ; Robert S Taylor ,
Port Wayne , Ind. : Lieutenant Colonel Ames
Stlckney , corps of englntew , SI. Louis , Ma
jor Thomas H , Handbury , Detroit ; J. A.
Eckerson , St. Louis , and Captain Marlon
Patrick , St. Louis , secretary of the hoard.
The meeting today was a preliminary one
Reports were received from the nrH'slant '
engineers In charge of the woi k at varli us
points. The work of { he commission will
Include mapping out work foi the cnmlng
> ear and the preparation of the commis
sion's annual report to bo Hubmlttcd to
congress.
KIND WORDS FOR COMMISSION
Three Million Chrlxllan Kndeat orei
Comment ! KlforlN of the 1'enue
Dele atex.
DOSTON , Juno 19 The following cable
grams have been exchanged between Rev
F. E Clarke , president of the United Society
of Christian Endeavor , nnd th& American
peace commissioners at The Hngue
To Amerlcnn Peace Commission , The
Hague. Three millions of Christian Kn-
deavorers In all lands rejoice in your ef
forts nnd Invoke dlvlno blessing upon
them. FRANCIS E CLARKE
To Rev. F. E Clarke , Doston American
commission sends you and your great or
ganization cordial thanks for your kind
message of sympathy and encouragement
WHITK , President ,
HOLLS , Secretary.
Itepiililleiinx Auree on Currency ,
WASHINGTON , June 19 Information
has reached the Treasury department from
the senrte committee which la now consid
ering the subject of currency legislation
Thu republicans of the senate committee ,
according to this Information , take about
the same- view as the republicans of the
house committee , which met nt Atlantic
City in April , and there will be llttlo dim-
cully. It In eald , in getting together upon
a program for currency lezlslatlon.
MERCENARY MURDER
Wealthy Farmer of Julian , Neniaha Oonnty ,
Found Dead in His Uouso ,
UNDOUBTEDLY KILLED FOR HIS MONEY
Body in n Partially Decomposed nnd
Mutilated Condition.
VICTIM TORTURED BY HIS MURDERERS
Hands and Feet Burned to Make Him Reveal
Secret of Wealth.
MONEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN HIDDEN
1'lnrc ThoroiiKlity ItiiimnoUpil , itlth
AVimt Ilrnult IN .Not Know II
llcntrlcc lUooillioiiiiiln Arc
1'ut ou the Trnll.
AUDURN. Nob. , Juno 19. ( Special Tele
gram.Tho ) partially decomposed body of
St. John Dahaud , n wealthy farmer who
lived alone near Julian , was found In his
house last evening. Dahaud wns last seen
nllvo on Thursday nnd n seatch revealed the
corpse.
After the work of nn autopsy had boon
completed the coroner's Jury found thnt both
frontal nnd parietal bones had been crushed
by some blunt Instrument , but there was
nothing to indicate that a ball had passed
through the brain.
To all appearances both hands nnd ono foot
hnd been burned , probably to force the vic
tim to tell where his money was hidden.
The house had been ransacked , but no ono
can have any Idea ns to thanmount of
money , If nny , secured. It wns generally
believed thnt the old man had largd sums of
money hidden about the place , though the
atorynaa discredited by those who know
him best. Ho was the owner of almost GOO
acres of land from which ho received good
rent besides n number of good buildings In
Julian.
In opening n tin box In which -wore kept
deeds and valuable papers the robber evi
dently cut his hand so that It 'bled ' profusely ,
as there was blood on the papers and nil
about the room. Tills led to the hope that
a scent might be secured by bloodhounds
and the Beatrice hounds were sent for and
arrived at about 4:30 : this afternoon and at
present writing there IB nothing to Indicate
that the trail will bo taken up. The re
mains were Juried this afternoon and the
Jury Is still ntwork. .
There Is great excitement In the vicinity
of Julian over the murder and Bhould the
guilty parties bo apprehended there would
bo ono case of lynching In Nomaha county.
-CLAUK'S VIO'lUMS IVILb UECOVKIl.
Wife In Sureto Got AVdl anil
UuiiKlitcr IN Likely To ,
ARMOUR , S. D. , Juno 19. ( Special. )
The wife and daughter of S. Clark , who
were shot by him a few days ago , are still
allvo and may recover. It Is expected that
the mother will live and the daughter has
regained partial consciousness and some
hape Is entertained In her coso If BIO !
llvca she will bo disfigured for life , ono aim
being fully four Inches shorter thin the
other nnd one eje being entirely gone Thosa
best acquainted with Clark do not expect
him to bo taken alive. Ho Is well knonn
ns n desperate'character and ono having
a very unenviable rcputntlon. Ho is also
recognized as a crack shot.
Sheriff Harrington. ho has been In pur-
HUlt of Clark , hiSd Wrned to Armour and
reports that Cl.irk wns seen nt White Swan
on the Yankton reservation last Monday ,
and has been neon at several places on the
reservation since. On Monday at nhout 11
o'clock Claik appeared at the top of the
hill nbovo the Whlto Swan ferry nnd
shouted to the fcrrjman to find out when ho
could cross the Missouri river. The ferry-
mnn replied , ' 'In ' about nn hour , " up-'n
'which Clark turned his horse about and
rode away. Ho 'was ' next scon on Thursday ,
when ho appeared about five miles below
the ngcncy und tried to employ an Indian
to toke him across the river. The Indian ,
suspecting his man , refused nnd reported
the Incident at the ngcncy. Clark Htnyed
In the thicket at the mouth of Chotcau
cieok that night and was driven out on
Tilday by the hherlff and a party of In-
dlans Delng closely pressed ho abandoned
his gun and saddle and escaped across the
pi.iirlu toward the cast.
w. s. COM : is i > iAii3n o.v TIUAI *
ICrlfflilmiiin Tinnier CIIMO COIIICN tJf
AKiilu lit lllooiiiliiuliin.
DLOOMINGTON , Neb , Juno 19 ( Special
Telegram. ) District court opened this morn
ing , Judge V D Deal presiding. The cuso
ofV. . S. Cole , charged with murdering J. 1' .
Krlcchbaum last December , wna called Cole
was brought Into court nnd pleaded not
guilty. A special venire wns lnsued for
sixty for the Jury. The sheriff fltnrted Im
mediately , but owing to the fact that they
were all In the north pirt of the county ,
the judge adjourned court until next
Wednesday. Cole , with tlui exception ol
being a llttlo pale shows but llttlo slgnt
f Imprisonment und upon entering court
shook hands with his atlornojs , A F Moore
of McCook and A. H. Jlyrum of Dloomlng-
ton , nnd seemed to hnvo little fear of the
outcome The state's attorneys re County
Attorney W. II Miller , J. I' A. Dlack ol
Dloomlngtun nnd George Adams of Lin
coln ,
OMAHA MAN IS IN TROUBLE
Aecnxeil of 1'axxliiK Clieclix Whluli
III ! HlIN \ < l Plllldx | l (
Heileem.
WALSENIIURO. Colo. , Juno 19 ( Special
Telegiam ) Uavla S. Carniway , a young KB-
Bayer und chcinUt from Omaha , was arrested
here Saturday afternoon for drawing chetltj
on thu WaUen bank In the payment of debts ,
when he had no funds in the bank to meet
the chucks. Six separate orders have beeen
turned into the district attorney's otllce so
far , aggrcgattag $08 Mr Carrawny hat
spent some tlmo In the Sierra Dlancu district
and also at the tin mini's In thb Oreunhoin ,
Thu hearing Is net In the justice court for
Monday , Juno 2C In default of $500 ball ,
Carraway Is In jail
Verdict . \Knlnxl Toil anil Iiellner ,
NEW YORK June 19 The supreme court
In the suit brought by thu Industrial anil
General Trust , limited , on English corjiora-
tlnn , against J Kennedy Ted and Jumes H.
Loltntr as the reorganisation committee ut
the Dlrmlngliam , Slielllcld & Tennc 9ro
River Railroad company , today handed in n
vordlct for $350,000 In favor of thu EnglUb
corporalou ,