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ESTABLISHED JUNE 30 , 1 71 , OMAHA , MONDAY MO UNI KG , XOVEM13EK 27 , 1SJ)0. ) SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
BEGINNING OF END
Reported Unconditional Surrender of En
Province of Ziraboanga
NUMEROUS CHIEFS DECLARE THEIR LOYALTY
Most Encouraging News Yet Received from
Philippine Insurrection.
CAPITULATION MADE TO COMMANDER VERY
Americans Are Aided Somewhat by Act ? of
Priendly Natives.
HARD BLOW TO INSURGENT CAUSE
Information In Contained In Dlnpnlch
from Admiral Will mm nnd fftiinvn
l.'iifcluncd Salltfncllon AniniiK
OIllvlalK at
WASHINGTON , Nov. 26. Secretary rf the
Nu\y Long today received a cablegram
fiom Admiral Watson Informing him that
the cntlro province of Zumboanga , Inland of
Mindanao , had surrendered uncondltlona ly
to Commander Very of the Castlnc. The
eurrt'ndiT WDB made on the 18th Inst. Ad
miral Watson's dispatch follows :
t'AVITK , Nov. as , lMfl.-Secrotnry ot the
Xuvy , Washington : November IS entire
nruvlnce Kiimboatwu surrendered to very
iiiH'omlltlomilly. Delivery all suns prom-
lcd. Numerous local chiefs cle'cliircd joy
, , Hy. \\A130n.
The information contained In Admiral Wai
st n's dispatch was received by the president
nn ! his advisers with unconcealed satisfac
tion. The surrender of the province of
K&mbonnga IB regarded as the beginning of i
the end of the revolution In the Island of
Mindanao nnd It , Is believed It will be a
hnrd blow to those who are still endeavor
ing to maintain the Insunoctlon In the Is
land of Luzon.
On the 21st Inst Admiral Walton cabled
thn Navy department that Commander Very
had captured the city of Zamboanga en the
ICth. Ilo was aided by the friendly natives
nnd Mores and was holding the town pend
ing the arrival of reinforcements from Jolo.
On the same day General Otis informed
the War department that he had ordered
two companies of Infantry to be sent to
Zamboanga from Jolo.
Zamboangn Is the principal province cf the
Island of Mindanao , which is the second
largest Island of the Philippine group. Ad
vices from Admiral Watson'Indicate that
the entire southern half of the Island , which
comprises the province of Zamboanga , has (
yielded to thn American forces and acceded
to the authority of the United States.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 20. The War de
partment has not been advised of the sur
render of the province , as reported In Ad
miral'Watson's dispatch , Secretary Hoot sayIng -
Ing tonight ho had no news today from Gen
eral Otis. Both Secretaries Hoot and Long j
are elated over the Information eent by the
( idjnlrAr anil'oxnrwwtlic'bellcf thnt the end ,
of the Insurrection In the Philippine Islands
i Is now near at band.
HOLD LAST COUNCIL OF WAR
TnUen I'lnee on Xoveinher IIn HOIIHC
.Voiv Oeenaled hy ( Jeiiernl
. Mill-Arthur.
MANILA , Nov. 26. Ii p. m. The last
Filipino" council of war was held by the
retreating- leaders nt Bayumbong on No
vember 13 In the house now occupied by
General MacArthur. It was attended by
Agulnaldo , Pie del Pllar. Garcia , Alejan-
drlno and some members of the so-called
'
cirfjlnct. Information has reached General
MacArthur from several sources to the ef
fect that the council recognized the futility
of attempting any further resistance to tha
Americans with united forces and agreed
that the Filipino tr'oops should scatter anil
should hereafter follow' guerrilla methods.
The disposition of the generals , with their
approximate forces. Is us follows : General
Conccplon , with 310 men , In New Eglja
province ; General Macabolos , with 325 men ,
nt the town of Blnaca , province ot Tarlae ;
General PIe del Pllar , with 800 men , north
east of Malolos ; General Aquino , with 500
men , nt Aruyat ; Central San Miguel , with
1BO men , In Zambnlos province ; General
Mascardo , with 1,100 , In the mountains west
of Angeles , nnd the largest , probably under
General Trias , In Cavlto province.
RuportB of ambuscades nnd skirmishes
come from every section of the country
along the railroads. These districts seem
to bo filled with small bands. Yesterday
four men of Company D , Ninth Infantry ,
were foraging beyond Bamban when twenty
Filipinos took them In ambush , killing one
nnd capturing the other three. The Ameri
cans resisted for half nn hour. The firing
being beard at Baraban , Lieutenant Fraznr ,
with a squad , followed the retreating Fill.
plnoH several miles. The Americans found
the body of the soldier boloed. They burned
the hamlet where the flght took place.
Three Filipino riflemen ambushed an Ameri
can surgeon near Capaa. Hu shot one and
the others fled.
Botwpiin Bamban and Angeles n mule
train was fired upon by the Insurgents and
a Spaniard , a former prisoner of the Kill-
plnoB , ' who was with the train , was shot.
At Mnlaslqul the ofllclals who welcomed
thu American.- ) were murdered. This was
thu only railroad town which the American ! )
did not garrison and on the night the troops
withdrew n band of Insurgcnto entered ,
dragged Antonio Mejla , president of the
town , Into the street und cut bis throat.
The murderers then assassinated the vice
president nnd flvo members of the town
council In thu twine manner and told the
frightened natives who witnessed the slaugh
ter to spread the news that a similar fate
awaited all friends of the Americans.
The mayor of San Carlos , who rode in the
carriage with General MacArthur and/
Colonel Boll when the Americans entered the
town amid the cheers of the people , was
murdered the next night.
Military activity continues In every sec
tion , Colonel Bell'ei regiment ban advanced
from Buynnibong.upon Mangatarem , where
It lo supposed there is a largo Insurgent
force. Two battalions of the newly ar
rived Twenty-eighth Infantry have been
sent by cascors to Bacoor to reinforce the
couth line.
Major Spence , with fifty men of the Thirty-
second regiment , surrounded a village near
BautUton during the night and attacked
thu pluco at daybreak , capturing a Filipino
captain and fifteen men with saven rifle * .
Tha latret news from General Young Is
that there are ten cavalrymen nnd 200 Mac-
fabcbrB with him , most of the horsemen
wh- > started having been compelled to drop
out bocausu their horses failed them.
The Filipino ? took the Amcrlran prison-
era from Victoria to San Carlos. On the
walls of the Victoria prison und of the San
Carlos convent are the following names :
Clvlllnnti Gcorga Langtord , Thomas
Hayes. Charles Bird , W. J. Shechy.'F. B.
Hubcr. Soldiers : Harry Wlnflcld , Phil Bel-
terton , J. I. Salisbury , A. N' . Gordon , E. N.
, Frank Stone. John Desmond , George
David Srdtt , Martin Brcnnnn , Tom
P. Currnn , John XCronlu ,
. L. Davis , l.clnml Smith.
Burke , battleship Oregon ;
C. II. PoweFS" , gunboqt Urdnncta ; John J.
Farley , B. J. Greene , Tlldcn Herbert.
SET A DRAGNET FOR MILLER
Neiv Yiirk Police Conlldent They Will
Catch ( lie MlnNlnu Head of the
Franklin Sntdlcntc.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. William F. Miller
and his secretary nnd chief boomer , Leslie ,
of the Franklin syndicate , have not yet
been arrested. The extensive operations of
the Franklin syndicate and the Inexhaustible
credulity of the people have been shown
by the number of drafts held by the city
hanks. These drafts were sent through the
mall by Miller to subscribers living at dh-
tant polntn and they deposited them In their
local banks for collection. The local hanks
In turn sent them to the New York lunks
which act ns their agents here. Theto
drafts arrived on Saturday. Many more nro
expected this week. As the syndicate has
assigned the drafts will be returned to their
dupes. The National City bank alone has
nbuttt 200 of the drafts sent here by h'nks
In Allegheny , Pa. , Portland , Me. , Grand
Lodge , Mich. , Fltchburg. Mass. , Wheeling ,
W. Vn. . Urbana , 0. , Elizabeth. N. Y. . and
two score of other towns. The Nassau Na
tional bank and the Mechanics' National
bank also have Miller drafts sent them from
out of town.
The police have spread a dragnet for
Miller , tvhlch , they say , will bring the miss
ing head of the Franklin syndlsato to prhnn
before1 long. Although at police headquarters
It Is believed he is In hiding In or close to
the- city , precautions have been taken to
place him In custody no mattes1 where hn
{ urns up. The chiefs of police of every city
In this country and Canada have been asked
to look out for him and detailed dcsrlp'.lona
have been telegraphed to them.
It was estimated today that fully 5COO
policemen nnd detectives In all sections of
the country know that Miller Is missing j
nnd that ho Is wanted In this cl y. j
The chiefs of police at all ports in Great
Britain and en the continent visited by
steamers sailing from New York have also
been cabled to arrest Miller should hs
bob up on the other side. It Is not be
lieved Miller got away with any of the
steamers sailing from here Saturday , ns |
each was carefully watched by central office
men. Detectives have also boon posted at all
of the principal railroad stations , but It
is acknowledged that it Is comparatively
eaey for a shrewd man to get out of the city
on n train , even when the police are lookIng -
Ing for him.
The Brooklyn detectives still kept up their
search for Miller today and his many dupes
nil over the eastern district walked the
streets or collected on the corners nnd talked
nnd waited and hoped.
Nowhere was there any denunciation of
the vanished Miller. His victims were one
nnd all looking forward to the day whn
they expect him to reappear and pay their
claims. Captain Lees and a squad went
through the Franklin Syndicate building
from cellar to garret a.nd took away all the
check booke , ledgers , typewriters , papers
and memoranda of every nature. No more
cash was found.
SPANISH PAPERS PROTESTING
Ciihan VeteraiiN Alxo ' Stroncly Oi-
ItoNcd to n Civil ( JovernorNhlii
la Any Form.
HAVANA , Nov. 26. Some 5.000 people attended -
tended the meeting of the delegates of thn
Cuban league and national party today. It.
was expected the questions of the civil gov
ernorship and the appointment of the new
bishop of Havana would be discussed. As It
turned out these matters were only lightly
touched upon.
From every part ot the Islands communi
cations are received by the local papers pro
testing against a civil governor general. Al
most without exception every paper pub- j I
I lishcd In Spanish has objected. The ma
jority condemn the project utterly. The
! minority think that any change to bo made
j should bo by way of reducing the number of
American troops in the Island. In any event
In the management of the minority subgov-
ernors should bo Cubans nnd not subject to
any local military commanders.
The veterans who constitute the body from
which trouble would bo most likely to arise
are very pronounced against a civil governor
ship in any form. The various centers are
making their objections and passing resolu
tions which call upon the United States con-
grcus to grant absolute independence to
Cuba. La Lucha says that the veterans do
not represent Cuba. To this charge they
reply , although not representing financial
Interests , they certainly do represent the
clement upon whoso stability the future
form of government will largely depend for
Its success ,
Senor Capote , secretary of the government ,
has Issued an order to the civil governors
directing thorn to enforce the acceptance ot
Spanish silver coin during the rolgn of
Queen Isabella II.
Lieutenant Colonel ganger , director ot
census , will soon start on a tour around the
Island on the Ingalls , General Brooke's dis
patch boat , In connection with the taking of
the census.
Senor Desvernine , secretary of finance , has
requested nil administrators of finance to
furnish him with Information regarding the
number of sugar mills In operation prior to
the war , the amount of their product aud the
UUIUH paid In taxes.
BUYING UP SHEEP AND LAND
Ilc | > rcNcntatlven , , f AiucrlrMii-KiiKllHlt
Syndicate SccnrcN OntloiiN on
\early MmMM ( ) Head.
BILLINGS. Mont. , Nov. 26. Representa
tives ot the American-English syndicate
have been in this state all summer and fall !
traveling all over the largo ulieep-ralulni ; I
sections , securing options on the best sheep j
ranehea and best watered lands for the purpose - i
pose of consolidating them into tno large {
company. |
Already options on nearly 600,000 head of' '
sheep and 500,000 acres if the finest and most
fertllu BhcerraUlng land In the state have
been obtained. The representatives of the
syndlcatu in Montana are Colonel E. C.
Waters and Edward J. Morrison of Bllllnga ,
both old , experienced and 8ucce > ful Montana
sheepmen. Bert HcUs of New York Is coun
sel and organizer of the company , which
will bo known as the Consolidated Montana
Sheep and Lamb company with a capital of {
110,000,000.
l < 'Uher HrenkM Illtiyele llveord ,
KANSAS CITY , Nov. 26. John T. Flshor
of ChloiiKo , at Convention ( mil tonight. '
broke tha Indoor record for ono mlle
paced , making the distance In 1:522-5. : The i
former record. 1:562-5 : , was mudc by Harry' '
Elkca 111 MadlKon Square Garden. Fisher
was paced by a motor cycle , rlddt-n by I
Waller , ono of the participants In the forty- I
eight-hour chumplonHhlp rare now Kolng !
on hero , and Stafford. Waller und Stafford
won Inn two-mile motor tandem nice for
JIM from Fl hcr and Julius In 3 ; . The
first mile was made in M5.
"OPEN DOOR" NEGOTIATIONS
Great Interest Manifested in Diplomatic
Circles Over Eepoit from London ,
DIFFICULT TO FRAME SUCH A TREATV
Action or United Slntrn In Opening
n Conference ltli I2nrtiiean |
Pou-era In Connldereil an
n "Feeler.1'
WASHINGTON , NOV. 20. in omciai and
diplomatic quarters much Interest was mani
fested today In the plan put forward In Lot- '
don cables of a treaty among the great
powers defining spheres of Influence In China.
That anything In the shape of a formal treaty
Is to be made between the powers Interested
In the future of China , ns the outcome of the
negotiations now In progress , Is not believed
here , though nn understanding of n less
formal nature Is possible. These negotia
tions by the frank request of Secretary Hay
on some of the governments which had al
ready given him verbal and Informal assur
ance of the continuation ot all our treaty
lights In Chinese territory to have the
agreements reduced to form. It wns not re
garded as necessary to go beyond that point ,
nnd although it frequently happens as the
result of Inauguration of negotiation that the
scope of them Is broadened far beyond any
thing originally in contemplation , It is be
lieved that such will not bo the case now ,
nnd that there will bo no necessity for a
general and formal treaty.
It would be extremely difficult to frame
any such convention so ns to secure the ap
proval of the United States senate , without
a protracted struggle , that might display
weakness In tho'government's policies , nnd
besides the effort would be euro to arouse
opposition from the conservative element In
the United States , which Is unalterably op
posed to any sort of foreign entanglements.
Of course , this statement applies only to the
United States nnd there could be no objec
tion on our part to the other powers JoinIng -
Ing In a treaty covering foreign rights In
China , provided there was nothing In the
agreement obnoxious to our Just and proper
claims. On the whole , having in view the
highly satisfactory utterances In the French
Chambers yesterday of M. Decasse , the
French minister of foreign affairs , respectIng -
Ing the maintenance of the "open door" In
China , there Is lelt In official quarters to
be reason for expecting n successful out
come of the negotiations on this subject
opened by the United States.
CoiiNldcr It n "Feeler. "
At some of the , foreign establishments the
proposition wasconsldored a "feeler , " re
sulting from the recent Inquiries made by
thu American government as to the atti
tude of the great powers. Other Inlluentlal
members of the diplomatic corps pointed out
that the plan was the logical consummation
of the scheme initiated between llutsla and
Great Britain , in which the spheres of in
fluence would be defined. The Chinese lega
tion views the proposition ns purely con
jectural , and the Chinese minister , Mr. Wu
Ting-Fang , when his attention was directed
to the matter , regarded it as preposterous.
"This in about the moat refreshing sug
gestion wo have had of. late , " remarked
Mr. Wu What. "Can it be possible that a
document shall bo formally drawn up con
cerning Interests In China and China sha'l
not bo a party to It. It cannot hive c -
caped attention by a sovereign nation and
when It ccaies to writing treaties concern
ing her Interests this sovereign nation Is
liable to have considerable to say on the
subject. I hardly think any self-respjctlng
powers would glvo countenance to a plan
such as Is outlined. It IP as though a party
of your neighbors met and agreed how they
would occupy your house. Ono would take
the front door , another would select the
sldo door , others would appropriate certain .
rooms. And all this without consulting i
you , the owner of the house. Such a course |
by Individuals would seem strange , indc3d ; I
It would amount to the same thing among I
nation. ' . Of course all things are possible j
and It Is difficult to say how far a plan , onca j
entered upon , may proceed. While the in
dividual may bo quite secure in his rail- J
dcnco It Is of course , always within tha
bounds of possibility thnt n band of robbers
may arrange to enter the house and carry
away the belongings. For that reason it la
the part ot wisdom f = r the Individual to been
on the outlook against such moves. But it j
Is not to bo supposed that n nation stands '
In any such danger , as the great nations
would not countenance such a course. So
that the suggestions of a treaty of this
character appear to mo to bo entliely vis
ionary. "
Oiilnloii of an 1'iiilMiN.i.v.
At one of the embassies it wan pointed
'
out that the United States was hardly likely
to bccc'mo a party to a treaty defining the ;
spheres of Influence of other powers , while i
at the same tlmo no sphere of American
influence was defined , nnd up to the present
tlmu It has becyi definitely understood tliaf
the United Slates did not seek any sphere
of influence , but merely untrammelcd en
trance to all Chlncfo ports. As to the other
powers the view prevailed that they would
bo qulto likely to favor such a compre
hensive treaty as the one outlined In former
advices , as it carried forward the arrange
ment between Great Britain , by which the
former secured a sphere of Influence In the
Yang-tsc-Klang valley and Russia directed
her activities to northwest China.
Since returning from abroad the German
ambassador , Dr. von Holleben , has BlateJ
that the German policy In Klao Chou was
distinctly thnt of "tho open door , " and
Count Cnslnl , the Russian ambassador , ka3
stated the same policy as to the Hu slan
port of Tallcn Wan. Thn British position
favorable to open ports Is well known and
slnco Lord Pauncefote'n return occasion
has been taken to reiterate It. Beyond this ,
however , there has been nothing from the
foreign representatives concerning the fu-
turu ot China , and without exception the
repiescntatlves of powers having Interests
In China stain positively that no Instruc
tions have been received as to treating
with reference to China. This applied also
to thu Japanese minister nnd the Fren.h
charge d'affaires , v\-ho , while they have ,
mndo Inquiries of the State department ante
to thu basis for current reports , have no
Instructions to act respecting China.
HKI'dllT OK IIO.UU ) OF .UM'UAISKHS.
.S < re M l.nlil oniiniher of I > rotvlN
1'iidur Act of JillSI. .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 20. The Board of
United States General Appraisers has sub
mitted to the secretory of the treasury IU
report for thu year ended September 30 ,
1S03. Particular attention Is called to the
fact that during the last year the board has
received 21,870 protesta arising under the
provisions of the tariff act of July 21 , 1897 ,
and that the number of protests suspended
to await thu decision of the courts on
unala oua Issues IB11,1H , of which nearly
half arise under the tariff act of 1S97. In
20,000 of these buspcnded protests It Is said
only about a dozen issues are Involved and
probably not 100 Usuea are involved In the
whole number.
Disclaiming any purpose to reflect upon the
delay of the courts In dojpdlng customs cases
after they have pawscd fS ni Ihc Jurisdiction
of the board , It Is suggested thnt It would he
almost the most clcslrnljlo consummation it
rt more speedy dlspcstflon of these caeca
could bo made In theffilrcult courts and
especially in thnt for the southern district
of Now York. Five-sixth ? ot all of the np-
praln taken In customs cttffo go to this court ,
where leffs than two months and more fre
quently not any more than six weeks In n
year nro devoted to consideration of them.
In view of this situation tho-board suggests
that the secretary of the treasury recommend
to congress the enactment of h law authoriz
ing the appointment of a upcclhl circuit Judge
whoso special duty shall bo to hear nnd
decide customs cases. In addition to these
appeals there are nearly 3,000 nppeals , known
ns "Jury cases , " arising under the tariff net
of 1SS3 and prior acts , not ? pending nnd un
decided , In the circuit cour.l for the Southern
district of New York alone. In 1883 theeo
cases numbered about -I.Ofli ) , having been re
duced to 3,000 In the Intcnenlng ten years.
The number of protects lUcd by Importers
for the year ending October 1 , 1880 , under
the act of March 2. 1SU7 , regulating the Im
portation of teas , was 27 for cent less than
during the preceding year.i These cases were
nil promptly decided , the { board , under the
provisions of the law , availing Itself of the
expert services of Individual members of the
tea trade In comparing tbo ten importation
with the government standards.
KAISER SPENDS QUIET SUNDAY
Party of niMlnrxalNlied 1'crnonn Meet
the Kmiieror and 'lie HUH Soelal
Vlwlt wUli Prliicu of WnluN.
LONDON , Nov. 2G.-7-The Sandrlngham
house party to meet Umpcror William and
the empress Includes th duke nnd duchess
of York , Prince and Prlngcss Charles of Den
mark , the duke of Cnnil 'ldge , Prince Al
bert of SchleswIg-HolstSn , Lord Wolseley ,
Dr. Ma ml ell Crelghton. tlhe lord bishop ot
London , Lord Acton , Sir Frank Lascellcs ,
British ambassador to Germany , and other
distinguished persons.
Their majesties occupy the rooms known as
the queen's suite. Thls"i > rcnoon the kaiser
walked upon the lawn oifa later the entire
party went to Sandrlngmtm church , where
Dr. Creighton nrcnchcdJKThe ladles drove
home , but the emperor ? Snd the gentlemen
with him walked through'the park , his maj-
erty being respectfully greeted by crowds
of people who had arrived from the neighborIng -
Ing villages and towns by motor cars , car
riages nnd bicycles.
During the afternoon the kaiser and the
prince of Wales Inspected the prince's
stables , kennels , and stud farm. A shooting
party has been arranged for tomorrow. Their
majesties nro thoroughly enjoying their quiet
visit.
Elaborate police precautions have been
"
taken In the neighborhood. All strangers
are closely watched. It Is arranged that the
imperial yacht Hohenzollcrn is to remain at
Shccrness , with the Imperial family on
hoard , until Wednesday morning.
, Vienna. Huhher Factory.
( Copyright , U99 , by Press Publishing Co. )
VIENNA , Nov. 20. ( New York World Ca-
blcgram Special Telegram. ) A terrible fire
'
broku out this morning In the Austro- |
American India rubber factory. The property - |
e-rty belongs to a stock company and is
located in Breltensceb , .i remote suburb ot
Vienna. This Is the bfggtflt India rubber
factory In Europe , the chief product of
which Is pneumatic bicycle tires for conti
nental trade. A shaft for waste fats , ben
zine and oil was being cleaned by a man.
On entering he lighted a candle nnd a ter-
rlblo explosion followed. An uncontrollable
volume of flames filled the central buildIng - |
Ing , which was totally destroyed. Fire en- |
glues only succeeded in saving outlying
buildings.
SiiaiilNh KliiniieeN.
MADRID , Nov. 26. The Bank of Spain
report for the week ending yesterday shows
the following : Gold in hand , no change ;
silver In hand , Increase , 3,844,000 pesetas ; i
notes in circulation , decrease , 5,133,000
pesetas.
CZAR BUYS AMERICAN HORSES
IlcureNcntatlvc of HiiNNlnii noverii-
nicut I'nrcliiiNCH a ThniiNiind In
Kentucky nnd Virginia. <
CHICAGO , Nov. 26. Baron Paul Vletlng-
hoff , n representative of the Russian gov
ernment , is In Chicago buying homes for
thu czar's army.
Baron Victlnghoff says that already 1,000
American horses , purchased principally In
Kentucky and Virginia , have been shipped
to the czar's dominions nnd 1,000 moro are
to follow them as soon as the baron makes
thn selections ,
"Not only am I buying horses for the
army , " he said , "hut for breeding purposes
as well. The animals shipped for military
use go merely as an experiment. They will '
he divided Into lots of four and six In differ
ent garrisons and given a trial. "
OPERATORS AGREE TO STOP
hi nn nn Au'reeinent In Southern II-
lliiolM IllHtrlct Not to .Shly
foul to ( ionic ! Linen.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 26. President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of
America returned today from St. Louis , Ho
huH not received any word from Pennsyl
vania as yet , but expresses the hope- that
there will bo no trouble , nil the operators
In the southern Illinois district having signed
the agreement to cease at once shipping coal
: to the Gould lines , under penalty of closing
their mines with the exception of one com
pany , which will bo allowed to finish Its
contract wl'.h the Missouri Pacific.
"Tho situation is thoroughly oatlsfoctory
to the Mine Workers' organization , " eald
Mr. Mitchell.
ABOUT MINORITY LEADERSHIP
Ttro IIUely , \NII-IIIIN | | ( , Iliiiikheail of
Alnhania and l.anliuiii of
TCMIN DlNtrlel ,
AUSTIN , Tex , Nov. 2G. Tliero Is nothing
uncertain In th- course Hon. J. W. Balloy
will pursue regarding the minority leadership -
ship of the cutting congress , Ho will sup
port Barkhead of Alabama as long as that
gentleman remains in the race. Ho Is In
clined to thi < belief that there may bo a
deadlock between the candidates remaining
after Bankhcad withdrawn , In which event
ho will propose IIou , S. W. T. Lanhani , who
Is his second choice , believing that the
gentleman from the Eighth Texas district
will prove acceptable to the different fac
tions. Mr. Lanham and Mr. Bailey are very
close together in their political vlewt * .
Action AKaliiNt f'atlleiniMi.
SOUTH M'ALESTER. I. T , Nov CC.-
ProstHHitlns Attorney Sopor IKIH received
peremptory Instructions from Washington
to begin at the earliest possible date uctlon
urn I nut cattlemen lor lirlnKlnGTMierdH into
the Creak country. Those canes have bcui
luiliRlng tire for some tlmu and the depart
ment has at la t given orders for Imme
diate action. Thtro Is every reuHon to be-
llevt * that the null * , will be handled < -x-
pedltlously and not allowed to be pigeonhole -
hole < l , ns has been the case heretofore The
legal roniPKt will bo ono of the moKt luttr-
cotlng In the annals of the Indian Territory
NO SETTLEMENT EFFECTED
Troubles of Job PrinMnp Trades Promise
Omaha Strike Today ,
FOUR UNIONS WILL WALK OUT TOGETHER
lrun Prniionltlon of Printer * In Met
Three Hundred Men Will Leave
Hvcry Important Joli Of-
flue Vncniil.
Although the Sabbath day was devoted to
negotiations ( or peoco nnd hnrmony between
employing printers nnd their cmplojcs tin
prediction that n walkctil of the latter is
Inevitable today seems destined to b. ? veri
fied. All ncgotlntloco have proven Ineffective
to prevent the threatened Btrlkc and It Is
nlmoa' c certainty that fomo tlmo today
every union Job printer , pressman , press-
feeder nnd bookbinder In the city wl'.l knock
off work by order of his local union an !
that , too , before the end of the working
day.
day.Tho
The respective unions of the four branchci
of the allied crafts met yesterday and ap
pointed conference committees to meet the
employing printers , who were as-iocnnlcd atone
ono of the hotels. In the performance of
Its commission each committee submitted
to the employers the scale originally de
manded.
In the case of the printers this meant the
same pay for nine hours' work that the em
ployers have been paying during the last
year for nlno and a half. In the case ? of
the pressmen , prcssfccders and baokb'ndcis
It meant a slight advance In pay In the fico
of n decrease In the number of working
hours. All the propositions were rojectsd
by the employers. During the day the prop
ositions were modified slightly and again
submitted to the employers.
The new proposition of the pressmen was
accepted by the employers. It provides a
6 scale for the nine-hour day , an advance
o ! SO cents a week over the pay for nlno
and n half hours.
The bookbinders' proposition was a ! <
practically accepted , although hold open un
til today. It practically effects n cut In the
pay of the men to correspond with the de
crease In the hours of labor , although ex
ception Is made In favor of some of ) ho
best men.
The printers , however , held to their od !
proposition , which contemplated the payment
of the same wages per week under the
nine-hour system as was paid for nine aud I
a half. They refused to accept the offer j
to pro rate the pay to correspond with the j
working hours. The proposition of the j
pressfeeders was also rejected.
I'rlntcrH Stand 1'at.
The decision of the printers to stand by
their original offer was reached late Sunday
night after the employing printers had dl - j
pcrsed to their homes. It means that un- j
less the employers meet their demands this '
morning every printer will be called cut
some time during working hours today. |
There will be another conference this mornIng - !
Ing , but llttlo Is hoped from It. There are ,
about 123 Job printers whoso wages and ,
services aro.Involved. , but If there is a striks I
It will mean that about 300 men" will quit1
work , for they all stand together. If the !
demands of all the other printing trades
are conceded by the employers and those i
of the printers rejected the members of the
pressmen's , pressfeeders' and bookbinders' ,
unions will quit when the printers quit , for i
each of the other unions has' cndarseJ th3 i
action of the printers' union after It had
taken Us final action.
This will be , If It transpires , the- first gen
eral strike < among the printers of Omaha
slnco 1891 , when a strike was had lasting
two months. At that time an aKsessmcnt of
20 per cent was levied upon the wiiges of the
men' who were not Involved in the strike
to provide funds for partial maintenance of
the strikers. The Fame will be done In this
case , and as the strike does not extend to
men employed in newspaper work , It will
constitute a considerable fund. . Further
than this , the action of the. printers has
been endorsed by the International Typo
graphical union , which means that funds i
will be forthcoming when necessary
to enable the men to carry on their strug
gle. The International union recently sent
$10,000 to Kansas City to aid the strikers in
that city , who nro contending for the recog
nition of the union.
There are less than half a dozen offices
In the city that will not bo deprived of labor
by this strike If It occurs , and they are of
slight consequence , being all small. No one !
knows Juet how fruitful the advertisements
of the employers for non-union men have
been , but three or four of the responses have
drifted Into Labor Temple , union headquar
ters , because the advertisements were not
mifflclcntly explicit ns to directions and the :
'
mall men did not know where else to take
them. Some of them were on postal cards
nnd did not escape notice. One was from a
man now working In the city who has been
claiming to bo n union man.
CROWDS VISIT THE CEMETERY
Special Ilelnll of I'd I lee NcccNNnry
Around IlccclvliiK Vault Contain-
In llolinrt'n Ileiunlnii ,
NEW YORK , Nov. 26. There was n big
crowd of visitors to I'atcrson , N , J. , today.
The street in front of Carroll Hull , the
Hobart home , was crowded all day. The
greatest crowd , however , gathered at Cedar
Lawn cemetery. There ft special detail of
police had to ho maintained to keep the people
ple from trampling about the graves nnd
the receiving vault. It Is not
likely Vice President Hobart's body will bo
placed In the ground. It Is the Intention of
the family to erect a tomb upon the plot of
land where Mias Fannie Hobart lies and bo-
eldo whose body , It Is generally supposed ,
the body of Mr. Hobart would bo placed.
The work will probably be commenced bo-
faro long , so It Is doubtful If the body of the
vice president will bo removed frcm lt pres
ent resting place until the tomb of the
family Is erected ,
TO BURY SERGEANT"ANTHONY
I'lilladeliililii Paper DcclnrcM UN In
tention of Iliirvlno- ( lie Lnie
IlultleNlilp .Maine Hero ,
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20. The Philadel
phia Times will tomorrow publish the fol
lowing statement relative to He declared
Intention to bury "mil * Anthony of the bat
tleship Maine , who died In New York last
week :
"The Philadelphia Times will bury Ser
geant' William Anthony of the Maine nnd
has not withdrawn Jta offer or cancelled
the contract with the Merrltt Burial com
pany , despite urgent solicitation of Mr.
Croker. JULIUS CHAMBERS ,
"Editor The Tlmei. "
ticoritlaiiN f'niiNldcrlnu ; I'rolillilllon.
ATLANTA. ( Ja. . Nov. 2C.-Tho committee
on temperance of the state mime in ex
pected to meet tomorrow to consider the
Wllllnshnm late prohibition bill Tim best
Information l that It will report It favor'
ably , but It la not thought probable thu
measure will pass the senate.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Fair ; Variable Winds
Temperature nt Uniiilin ycotcrdnyi
Hour. Dcir. Hour. Deis.
* i n. in 'Ill I ji , in. lit
It n. in SW U | i. in ir
7 II. Ill Si ? ! l II. Ill 17
S n. in | | . ( p. in 17
i * ii. in U7 r ii. 111 111
10 ii. 111 ill II ] l. Ill II
it ii. 111 : ir 7 p. in 1:1 :
1- in US H tt. ii II !
it p. Ill. I . . . . II
LITTLE CHANGE IN HAYWARD
I'nlleiit PiiMNen a IteMleiN Muhl and
Condition IniiiroveN Mllplitly
During the Da- .
NKBUASKA CITY , Neb. , Nov. 20. ( Spe
cial Telegram. ) Senator Hayward had an
other bad night nnd when morning dawned
his condition was not so gcod as on the
previous evening. This has been the course
thnt hlo case has taken during the last few
days nnd Is regarded as anything but n
favorable symptom. In fact , Ur. Whlttcn
was considerably dlscotiraned at the con
dition of his patient thin morning. The
senator Is gradually growing weaker , his
pulse is accelerating and It Is thought by
thes'e best acquainted with the case that
ho cannot survive a greit while longer.
While Mr. Haywnrd's condition Is wotse In
the morning , yet during the day the symp
toms show a somewhat better condition , but
this cannot bo regarded an anything per
manent. At n o'clock this morning Dr. Whit-
ten Issued thn following bulletin :
"Senator Hnyward passed a restlcEn night.
At this hour his temperature Is O'.iB-S ;
pulse , 90 ; respiration , 20. and Intermittent.
HU mental condition remains the same.
Paralysis unchanged. Acceleration of pulse
nnd temperature considered unfavorable. "
At 7 p. m. the following bulletin was le-
sued by Dr. Whiten :
"Senator Hayward passed a-compnratvoly !
comfortable day. Ho tcok some food and
rested and slept some. Temperature nt 7
p. m. , 99.5 ; pulse , SO ; respiration , 23.
Paralysis and mental condition remain the
same. "
SILVERITES MEET IN CHICAGO
Hcnioeratle Aid Society , Headed liy
Senator l'ettlurre > v ( to Hold an
lixeeallve Conference.
CHICAGO , Nov. 26. Senator n. 7" . Petti-
grew of South Dakota and ex-Congressman
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota , members
of the national executive committee of the
sliver republican party , are In Chicago. A
conference of the executive committee of the
party will ube held here Tuesday , at which
the arrangements for the coming presiden
tial campaign will bo discussed.
Alliance with the democratic party In the
coming campaign will be the uppermost topic
of discussion. '
Mr. Towne , In discussing the political
situation , said :
"If congress this winter , in response to
the demand of the president , destroys the
bond-paying value of sllvnr , calls In silver
certificates nnd reissues gold-paying certifi
cates , the silver question will be n leading
Issue in the next'prosif'.entla'l campaign. "
The members of the executive committee
are : C. A. Towne , Minnesota ; United States
Senator Fred Dubols , Idaho ; former Con
gressman Charles S , Hartman , Montana ; C.
J. Voorhls , Indiana ; Ben S. Dean , New York ;
A. M. Stephenson , Colorado , and Nathan
Cole , jr. , of Connecticut.
Among the other leaders who took part
In the discussion arc Senators Teller of Colorado
rado , Pettlgrew of South Dakota , former
Senator Cannon of Utah nnd Congressman
Shafroth of CoUrado.
BOY PREVENTS A WRECK
CouriiKe and Pre enee of 3lltid < if
Poiirtcii-Vear-Old Frank Wlllliiinii
Sure Vandalla Trnln.
BRAZIL , Ind. , Nov. 26. The courage nnd
presence of mind of 14-year-old Frank Wil
liams prevented n disastrous wreck on the
Vandalla railroad today.
Williams wns coming from Knlghtsvllle
to this city when he noticed a broken rail ,
which had been prcrsed out of position by a
freight train some hours before. The Ind
heard the westbound passenger and mall
train whistle for the * Knlghtsvllle station.
Knowing that the train did not stop there ,
the boy ran up the track and when he sighted
the train stood between the rails and waved
his hat.
The engineer , seeing the boy would not
leave the track , reversed the lover and ap
plied the airbrake , stopping the train within
n few feet of the broken rail. Thc engineer
stated that he was running fifty miles an
hour when he saw the boy and had hlw en
gine struck the broken rail with such great
speed a fearful wreck would hnvo resulted.
SECRET MISSION FOR RANGER
fnlted StatcN Ship Ilclnglulctly
Fitted Out at Marc Inland .for
Some IOIIK Voyage.
CHICAGO , Nov. 26. A special to the Rec
ord from San Francisco says : The United
States ship Rnngor , now lying nt Mare
Island , has been qulotly fitted out for some
long voyage , nnd rumors ore current that It
I Is bent on some secret mission. The olll-
i cers of the war ship refuse to discuss the
I nature of tbo voyage. Several six-inch guns
j nro being placed In position on the vessel.
; The only thing the officers will admit in thnt
, the Ranger has been ordered to Panama and
will oall early In December. .
Sealed Instructions have been received
from Washington , to bo opened on arrival
at Panama. It Is believed by naval men here
that thu Ranger's ultimate destination Is
Manila and that It will bo anchored for
shore duty nt some of the new ports recently
taken from the rebels.
INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED
Allcucd IrrctftilarltlcN In I.ruin In five
.MaHci-N of Iniihain County ,
lo lie Looked Into ,
DETROIT , Nov. 26. Prosecuting Attorney
Tuttle of Ingham county i Lansing ) s ent
Sunday In this city Investigating rumoro of
various alleged Irregularities In connection
with legislative matters. Any actual evi
dence which ho may secure will ho laid before -
fore the grand Jury at Lansing , which has
thus far returned four Indictments.
Governor Plngree and others connected
with the state administration were among
Mr. Tuttlo's visitors. Nothing is given
out as to the result of those. Inqulrlra , but
It Is stated from Lansing that one of the
matters to be looked Into by the grand Jury
will be the methods by which the McLeorl
bill , authorizing purchase of Detroit titroot
railways by n municipal commission , was en.
acted.
Father Mctiljnn ScrlonMy III ,
NEW YORK , Nov 20.-Rev. Dr. MrOIynn
IH erlounly 111 at bin horrn * In Newburff ,
N Y ulT > rlMtf from coiiKC'Hltoii of the
, complicated with heart trouble ,
DUTCH WITH BOERS
Situation in Oape Colony Said to Bo Critical
in the Extreme ,
INHABITANTS FAVOR TRANSVAAL CAUSE
Racial Peeling Running High and is In *
tensified by Boer Victories.
GENERAL BULLER AT PIETERMARITZBURG
Yonng General Joubart Leading the Forca
that is Advancing on the Town.
BOERS VACATE THE HIGHLAND RANGE
Mnol Hirer In flooded , AVhlcli
Account ( or C'liniiHC or I'lniiH on
the Part of Trannvaal
Force * .
( Copyright , 1S93 , by Press Publishing Co. )
LONDON , Nov. 2t ! . ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) Cape mall
brings ifticcnsorcd letters from Churchill
from Capetown November 1 , In which he
says :
"The situation In Cape Colony has become
much graver. It. is powlblo that had the
war broken out three months ago the loy
alty of the Dutch would have boon demon
strated for all time. War after three
months' hesitation proved too severe a teat
nnd It Is no exaggeration to say that a con
siderable portion of Capo Colony trembles
on the verge of rebellion. Dutch farmers
talk loudly and confidently of our victories ,
meaning thoeo ot Boers , and racial feeling
runs high. "
Knight , World correspondent , writing from
DeAar Junction , November 0 , complains bit
terly of censorship and declares that the
British had 10,000 horses , miles of transport
wagons , with $3,000,000 worth of stores , at
DeAnr Junction and left them there without
any military protection , says :
"It is wonderful , Indeed , " he goes on ,
"that the Ilocrs did not attempt to selzo
these valuable prizes a week ago when the
camp was practically undefended. Our po
sition is far from secure oven now , "
Hullcr ItcachuM Pliiteriiinrltr.linru : .
LONDON , Nov. 27. Special dispatches
from Plctcrmnrltzburg announce the arrival _
of General Duller there. Ho met with n'
splendid reception. Hallway communication
between Estcourt nnd Mool river has been
restored by Lord Oundonnld'e forces nnd the
Mool river column entered Estcourt ycstf/-
day ( Sunday ) , the Estcourt column Imme
diately starting the advance toward Co-
Itnto. v
WAR OFFICE POSTS DISPATCH
t'Niial Hrltlnh Victory Recorded ,
Tlionirh It IK , Admit toil tlic. NtriiK-
clc Wan Dcniierate. ' '
LONDON , Nov 2 . This afternoon the
war ofllco poited the following dispatch ,
dated Capetown , 12:20 : p. m. today , -from
General ForestlQr-Walker :
"Lord Mcthuen reports tha , ! : no moved yes
terday ( Saturday ) nt 3:30 : a. m. , with the
Ninth brigade , the mounted corps , the naval
brigade and two batteries , the guards follow
ing with the baggage. Near Gras Pan ( about
ten miles north of Dclmont. on the railway
line to Klmbcriey ) 2,500 Boers with sljc guns
nnd two machine gunc opiTSsed him. The
action began at 6 a. m. Our batteries flrcd
shrapnel very accurately till the heights
seemed clear. Then the naval brigade and
infantry advanced to the assault. The fight
ing was desperate until 10 n. m. , whcn.tlio
heights were carried. The Boers retreated
on the line , where the Ninth Lancers were
placed to Intercept them. The result was
not known at the time of telegraphing. The
artillery tcok Immediate advantage of the
enemy's retirement.
"Early In the action 500 Bocrn attacked
our renr guard. Tbo brigade met this and
also protected the Hanks. The naval brigade
acted with the greatest gallantry and suf
fered heavily , but no particulars are yet
known.
"Thc enemy showed the greatest stubborn
ness nnd must have suffered greatly. Twenty
wnro hurled. It Is known that thirty-one were
killed nnd forty-eight wounded. More than
fifty horees were found dead In one place.
Ono battery flre-d 500 rounds ,
"Our foreo must halt one day at Gras Pan
to rest and replenish ammunition. The force
worked splendidly and Is prepared to over
come many difficultly. The naval brigade ,
the royal marines , the light infantry and
the First battalion of the North Lancashire
regiment especially distinguished them
selves.
"Regarding Thursday's fight : Klghty-ono
Boers killed nro accounted for. Sixty-four
wagons were burned. A largo quantity of
powder , 50,000 rounds of ammunition nnd
750 shells were blown up. Commandant Al-
brccht , chief of the Orange Free State ar
tillery , commanded the Boer artillery. Gen
eral Rolowy was In chief command. "
\ < i Further \IMVK of I.onncn.
LONDON , Nov. 27. 5 n. m. No further
news respecting Lord Mcthucn'fl ' advance
has been received and the absence of official
details regarding his losses creates thu
greatest suspense nnd especially elnco the
publication of the heavy sacrifices endured
by thu naval brigade. No alarm Is felt ,
however , as to his position , despite the evi
dence that the Boers have decided to contest
every foot of the way. It wax thought thnt
In thu nbccnco of sufficient cavalry he would
bo compelled to advance slowly and he has
a preference 'or night or early dawn at
tacks , which events seem to have Justified ,
the Boers being decidedly adverse to dark
ness for their operations. The fact that In
the Gras Pan action one British battery
flrcd COO rounds proven the desperate na
ture of thn fight nnd there Is little doubt
thnt the casualties were heavy. It Is now
known tlivt no guns were captured In the
llelmont engagement. Meanwhile the news
from Natal l distinctly more hopeful from
the British point of view. The details ate
rather vague , hut It seiros certain that the
Boers are retiring , that railway commuul-
i cation Is being reopened nnd that the Brlt-
| lull relief forces are Joining hands ,
This , token with General Buflcr'a arrival
at Pletcrmnrltzburg. is expected to maku
matters move briskly very soon. General
Milliard's reconnaissance is praised as a
work of very great difficulty , admirably ex
ecuted. '
Advancing on I'leteriaarltchiirir.
( Copyright , lfe 0. by Proas Publishing Co. )
LONDON. Nov. 2C. ( New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram Message held
back one day by Brltleh censor and evi
dently "edited. " )
MOOI RIVBU. Natal , Nov. 26. The Boers
have vacated the position they occupied yea-
tcrday along the highland range. Many ot
them have been seen passing eastward with
trungporlB. A native who WOH urn-alert re-
porti that young General Joubert'i com-