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ESTABLISHED JUNE 15) ) , OMAHA , WEDNESDAY MOBNING- , DECEMBER G , 181)9 ) TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. MIINLETS MESSAGE Treats Exhaustively of the Many Topics En gaging Attention of Country. PLEDGE REGARDING CUBA MUST BE KEPT Island Making Good Progress Toward Re generation nnd Prosperity. J fi IMPOSSIBLE TO QUIT THE PHILIPPINES For OongretB to Say What the Fntnro Gov ernment of Islands Shall Bo. RECOMMENDS FINANCIAL LEGISLATION Stability cif Cold Sfnailiiril mill I'nrlty of All Currency Mimt lie Mnlu- ialneil I'rnlMc for Vol- iinteer Solillrrn. Meat nf tlic PHILIPPINES Every effort made to pro- crvu peace 'n ' the Islands. Absolute denial that natives were pronilRfd InJc- pendonco. Rebellion must bo put down nnd good progress being made. Reconstructing civil government. Outlines that In Negros. Agreement with sultan of Sulu M-l out. Future of Islands rests with congrcifi , which Is urged to net promptly. Holds It Impossible to renounce dominion over them. CUBA Pledge of Independence one to bo sacredly kept by the United States. Sub stantial progress toward * tranquillity has been made. PORTO HICO Holds It to be Important that civil rule should speedily supplant mili tary. Outlines a form of government. HAWAII Congress urged speedily to pro vide for Its organization under American laws. SAMOA Difficulties of tripartite rule set tled by dividing the Islands. Treaty of partition will be submitted to senate. TREASURY Surplus ot $40,000,000 for the coming year. Excellent showing of exports past year. CURRENCY Increased business demands moro money. Insists on maintenance of existing parity of metals and the gold standard. TRUSTS Combinations -which amount to monopoly or raise prices pernicious. Congress must provide remedy for the evil. BOER WAR Strict ' neutrality being ob served. Would have extended good oiuces had circumstances warranted. FOREIGN RELATIONS Reject Indemnity claim of Austria. Peace and good will toward all foreign powers. ENGLISH RELATIONS Questions at Issue vvltb Canada only differences. Temporary arrangement on Alaska boundary has been negotiated. GERMAN RELATIONS On most friendly basts. Hopes for better results lu securing admisnlon of-meats. LYNCHING OF ITALIANS Conditions de mand federal courts bo given Jurisdiction. SPAIN Renewal of friendly -olntlons. Is negotiating new commercial treaty. TURKEY Difficulty experienced colletlng sums duo to Americans. Turkey will not recognize American naturalization papers. JAP .N Takes its place as full-fledged power. Substantial favors have been granted United States. CHINESE AFFAIRS Increased oppor tunities for trado. Recommends commis sion to study trade wantu of the empire. MEXICO New extradition treaty negotiated nnd Is working well. NICARAGUA CANAL Recites work of com mission. Urges action on congrefs. RECIPROCITY TREATIES Several ne 1 gotiated under provisions of tariff bill and others pending. BUREAU AMERICAN REPUBLICS All on this continent nro now members. Life of organization is extended ten years PEACE CONFERENCE Result largely realizes the hopes of United States for pre venting wars without creating entangling alliances. PARIS EXPOSITION Arrangements made for comprehensive exhibit detailed. MERCHANT MARINE Points out necessity / of Increase In Interest of commerce. VOLUNTEERS Recommends medals for those serving In the Philippines. REGULAR ARMY Commendable work done In enlisting men and transporting them to distant shores. PENSIONS Recommends fixing definite sum of $250 per year as limitation of In come which bars widows' pensions. POSTAL SERVICE System entirely re organized In West Indies and Philippines. Recommends changes In postal laws to make service self-sustaining. NAVY Proves equal to every emergency. Recommends legislation which will enable purchase of armor plate. PACIFIC RAILROADS All but J6.000.000 of debt duo government paid. AGRICULTURE Now grains nnd plants of value being Imported. Efforts made to re claim arid lands nnd Introduce new In dustries , New markets opened up , ALASKA Now conditions nnd Influx ot people demand broader legislation for their regulation. CIVIL SERVICE President aaj-s results have justified bis order of last May , FULL TEXT OF THE MESSAGE I , out ? Uneiimcnt AVbleb Donln Uvely iv 1th tbe Altai ot tlinatlon. . To the Senate nnd House of Representa tives : At the threshold of your deliberations you arc called to mourn with your country men the death of Vice President Hobnrt , \\lio passed from this lllo on the morning ot November 21. last. His great soul now rreta In eternal peace. Ilia private life was pure nnd elevated , while hl public career was over distinguished by large capacity , stain- left ) Integrity and exalted motives. He line been removed from the nigh office which he honored and dignified , but his lofty char acter , his devotion to duty , his honesty of purpose nnd noble virtues remain with us as a priceless legacy nnd example. The Fifty-sixth congresa convenes In Ua first regular sewilon with the country In a condition of unusual prosperity , of universal good will among the people ut home and In relations of peace and friendship with every Government of the world , Our foreluu com merce IIDB shown great increase in vol'imo ' and value. The combined Imports and ex ports for the year are the'largest ever shtn\n by a ulnglc year In all our history. Our ex ports for IS'JU alone exceeded bv more than ( Continued on Seventh Page ) MORE TROUBLE IS IN SIGHT Dcimtlilli Anns mill Ammunition ( ! o to Dlfimoiiilvlllc nuil Strik er * AVnnt lo CHEYENNE , Dec. G. ( Special Telegram. ) The citizens ot Ulamondvllle fear that .1 crisis Is approaching and many of them nro leaving the coal camp. Sixty deputies arrived nt Ulamondvllle today from Evanston - ton , fort Ilrldgcr , Cokevllle , Kemmcrer anJ Big Plney , together with eovcrnt cases eland and ammunition from Evanston. ThU jjl John Ward a force of about 100 experienced men. The nro getting every thing rcadT pThc company Is determined to npenH Hs mines and the strikers arc equally determined that It shall not. It Is believed that nn attempt will bo made on Thursday morning to resume. MINING COMPANY IN TROUBLE Ofllorrn of nil Aliened TITO Mlllloti- Dollnr Corporation ArrcMril lit Nt. I.oiiln. ST. LOUIS , Dec. 5. The Post-Dispatch this afternoon says : Rev. W. C. Henderson nnd William Edmonds , two executive ofll- ccrs of the Wyoming Smelting , Refining , Mining and Investment company , which cor poration Is capitalized nt $2,000,000 , were arrostud at their place of business , 101014 Market1 street , by government officers this afternoon on a warrant charging them with using the malls for fraudulent purposes. Deputy United Slates marshals are now Fearchlng for Jcshua C. Watson , who Is president of the company. Their operations nro said to have been extensive. The prisoners admit having rcp- rcscntatlvcB In nearly every etato through out the west , while they declare they have gold , sliver and lead mlnea In Kansas and Wyoming. The arrest was made at the Instance of the postofnce Inspectors' department. Kor several weeks Chief Postofflce Inspector Dice has received hundreds of Inquiries con cerning the mining corporation from col ored persons. CHEYENNB. Dec. E. ( Special Telegram. ) Joshua C. Watson a ' William Edmonds , the latter colored , cume hero In 18 % and incorporated the Wyoming Smelting , Re fining , Milling nnd Mining company. Shortly after , the secretary of state began to receive letters from colored people in the south ask ing about the financial affaire ; of the com pany. An Imestlgatlon was made which re sulted In the discovery that the company did not own a mine In the state nor any property whatever. Neither Wateon nor Edmonds mends has been seen hero since the filing ot the Incorporation articles. TO ADVANCE FREIGHT RATES 'Went ' em CliiNMllleitlloii Committee , Jlei > rc entliiir Kluhty ItuuilN , in Sennloii 'nt Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE , WIs. , Dec. D. The wcst- ejn classification committee , representing the freight departments of eighty west ern roads , met In Milwaukee today , the object being , It Is said , to advance the classification of a number of commodities , principal of which are groceries and hard ware. Representative business men "from many cities of the west were present and argued against advances in less than carload rates. F. W. Meadows , secretary of the western classification committee , Is presiding over the meeting lu place of J. T. Rlpley , the chairman , who was unable to be present. NEW YORK , Dec. C. The freight agents ot the roads in the middle states met today for the purpose , it was rumored , of or dering an advance of rates. Later these agents confeired with the representatives of the trunk lines and while no official an nouncement was made it Is understood that a tentative agreement was made affecting commodity rates. According to report , the prescent schedule will be retired nnd another will be brought into effect at the beginning of the year. COURT OUSTS CLERK TOWNS Mlnxiiurl Corrupt I'raetleen Act In Uji- lielil liy SiiDriMiie Court UN to Drilling Votcrx. JEFFEKSON CITY , Mo. , Dec. 5. The supreme premo court , en bnnc , In nn opinion by Jus tice Marshal } In the case of the State against William Towns , clerk of Harrison county , upheld the validity of the corrupt ' ' practices act , In part , nnd declared It void In part. Towns was accused of bribing , voters to secure his election by offers of appointment to deputyshlps. The supreme court sustained the charges and declared the office vacant. It decided that It Is within the power of the governor to fill the vacancy by appointment , thus nul lifying that part of the corrupt practices act which provides that In case of ouster from office the man receiving the next highest number of votes shall receive the office. EVANGELIST MOODY IS WEAK llln Kmnlly IMiyHlelnn Exnectn Him o Itcuovur Kventimlly from Attuiik nf Heart Failure. EAST NORTHFIELD , iMnsa. , Dec , B. The family physician of D. L. Moody , after a consultation , has Issued a bulletin to the effect that Mr. Moody Is suffering from a weakened heart and that the condition Is iluo to overwork. His ailment has caused his physical depression , but the patient Is able to bo dresecd nnd to walk from his bed to iv chair. He suffers at times from difficult breathing. Mr. Moody will eventually recover. Ho sees no one except the family. Ho receives yery many letters of sympathy from friends In nil parts of the country nnd often ex presses gratitude for the thoughtful re membrances which they Indicate. TWO ILLINOIS BANKS LOOTED Safe * of Tuo liiMtltnllonn Illoivn Open at Mubt mill .Mnuli Dimly Seuurecl , PONTIAC , III. . Dec. 5. The bank at Cor nell , III. , eight mllee from here , was robbed nf $8,000 In currency last night. Tbo rob bers secured entrance through the front door of the building nnd blew the largo afo apen with dynamite. Two men suspected of the crime have been arrested. The sheriff believes that they bad one or more con federates. POPLAR GROVE , 111. , Dec. 5. The pri vate bauk here was entered by burglara last night and the eafo blown open. The robbers secured $3,000 and made their escape. 'or Klre Million Dollnrx , CHICAOO , Dec. B. The record of a first T-ortBUKe , Involving t5.000,000 and covering > ropcrty In several status , wns filed hern ; odoy. The mortangu was slven by the American Malting company of Now Jersey o Walter G. Oaknutn nnd George H. frumbull of New York City us trustee. The property coven-d by It lies in New York , t'etinsylvanln. Ohio , Michigan , Illinois , Mln- icHotu and Wlscon-ln , Thu Inatrument re- lulrcd t-&W In revenue stamps. ROBERTS IS DENIED A SEAT House Adopts the Taylcr Resolution by an Overwhelming Majority. CASE GOLS TO A SPECIAL COMMITTEE Substitute IlcNolnlloii OfTcrcil by lllelinriliinii ) .Minority Leader , Ito- cvlvrn Only Flftj-Sevoii Voten , llepnblleaiiH. WASHINGTON , Doc. 5. After an InterestIng - Ing debate of three hours the house today by a vote of 302 yeas to 30 nays adopted the resolution offered by Tnyler of Ohio for the appointment ot a special committee to Investigate the charges against Brlgham H. Uoberts , the Mormon representative- elect from Utah. Previously the house had rejected n substitute resolution offered by Richardson , the leader ot the minority , to allow Roberts to be sworn In nnd to send the whole case to the Judiciary committee. This substitute resolution , however , by no means commanded the full democratic strength. Only fifty-seven members voto'l for It. Of the thirty who voted against the Tayler resolution all were democrats except two , Loud , a California republican , and NewlanOs , a stlvcrltc from Nevada. By the terms ot the resolution Hoberts li not only excluded from nil participation In the proceedings of the house until the committee reports nnd passes on his case , but Is denied a seat In the hall. Whether this will bo Interpreted to deny him admis sion within the chamber pending the disposi tion ot his caseIs yet lo be decided. The reading of the president's message was completely overshadowed by the. dra matic proceedings which resulted In the action of the house. The galleries wert ) thronged with spectators , mostly womcii , who sat patiently through the three weary hours that preceded the debate and then waited three hours more until It was con cluded. The most remarkable feature of the debate was the fact that Hoberts' presentation ot his sldo of the case , which lasted almost an hour , became so absorbing that ho won the sympathy of many of those In the gal leries and was several times showered with applause. It was evident that ho realized that the house was overwhelmingly against him and at times ho spoke fiercely and do- flantly. Tayler conducted the case on his side , Richardson championed his resolution. Dur ing the debateGrosvenor rose to Indignantly repel an Insinuation of Roberts that the president had knowingly appointed men guilty of polygamy to federal offices in Utah. Mr. Roberts himself entered the hall about 11:30 : and Immediately became the cynosure of all eyes. Just before the house convened ho took the scat he selected yesterday on the extreme right of the democratic side. At 12 o'clock Speaker Henderson called the members to order. All arose in their places , Mr. Roberts Included , and stood with bowed heads while the chaplain delivered his Invocation. The reading of the message consumed two and one-half bourn and at the conclusion the republicans gava it a hearty round of applause. . , " Mr. Payne , republican of Now York , the floor leader of the majority. Immediately moved that the message bo referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union and ordered printed. Mr. Grow , republican of Pennsylvania , expressed a desire to debate the message , but this was declared nut of order. The speaker then laid before the house Tayler's resolution to refer the Roberta case , In accordance with the agree ment yesterday. Richardson Introduced a substitute to refer the case to the Judiciary committee and that Roberts bo sworn in as a member pending the Investigation. Tayler addressed the house In support of his resolution as follows : I am not unmindful of the Importance of the question the house is about to decide. H Is unusual but not unprecedented. Wo do not undertake to determine the right of the claimant to a Feat but only whether ho Hlnill "be " halted nt the bar of the house nnd await the administration nC the oath until the house can determine the case. Coitvli'tcil of I'olywmny. Mr. Speaker , Utah was admitted into the union on the fourth day of January. 1MJU. Thesu are the alleged facts against the claimant : First , that ho was Indicted In February , 1SS7 , for unlawful cohabitation under the Edmunds net and pleaded gu'.lty April 29 , 1889 , nnd was Incarcerated on thui account In the penitentiary for four months : second , that ho bus persistently from that time forward down to a recent date been guilty of the offenses of unlaw ful cohabitation nnd also that he has con tinued from the date of his conviction and Is now a polygnmist. By the alleged facts these questions are raised : First After ho wn convicted in lfS9 did he not then become nnd over afterward re main by reason of section 8 ineligible to bo n member of congress unless ho was par doned. If he was guilty ot polygamous co habitation between November 1 , 1&0. and the. date of the Harrison proclamation ho was not pardoned by that proclamation. This situation , assuming the facts to bo as alleged , ratios several questions. First If Hoberts "was convicted as stated Is the burden on him to alternatively bring himself within the embrace of the amnesty proclamation ? Second If tlio was guilty of polygamous cohabitation after November 1 , IS'JO , Is he not without the benefit of the proclamation ? Third If ho continued to bo the head of more than one family under his original polygamous marriage contract after No vember 1 , 1SSO , and without polygamous cohabitation then Is be not n polygumlst under the definition of the supreme court in the case of Murphy ngnlnst Kanutay ? Fourth-May not the facts , If established and Independent of any law creating inellpl- blllty. Justify the house in refusing admls- Dion to Hoberts ? Fifth Docs not the compact created be tween the United Stntot nnd the state of Utah by the proclamation enabling act and constitution Justify the house In refusing to admit a representative from that Bt.itn wno Is today under the dellnttlon of the supreme premo court n polygamlst ? Sixth 3Iny it not bo that upon a careful oxnmlnatlon of the law It will no found that the claimant Is not a citizen of the United States and , If not , of course Ineligible. Seventh Is it wise , if the facts be as al leged , unless wo nro absolutely without power to keep Hoberts out , to subject his on so to the doubtful process of expulsion ? Doubtful for two reasons : First , because It requires the concurrence of two-thirds to expel him ; second , because very eminent lawyers from the beginning of the govern ment down to the present time have taken the position that the hou.-o ban no right to expel except for misconduct while a mem ber and relating to his oillco as n member. In the Forty-fifth congress , in thn Mattl- son case , u committee In all but a unani mous voice reported that the house had no power , mean , low and vllo as the character of that man was , us exhibited by his con duct before that time , to expel him because It had no rK'ht to expel a man for that which had occurred prior to ills election to congress. Mr. Tayler then went Into a legal argu- rrcnt In support of the proposition that congress had the right to hold Roberts In eligible to Bit as a member of congress. He contended that the language of the con stitution , with respect to qualifications of members of the house , was negative In its character and that with congress was left the right add to those qualifications. He then cited as precedents for the present course the cases of Proctor Knott , Boyd Winchester and John M. Rice of Kentucky , ( Continued on Third Pago. ) BOERS SHELL LADYSMITH Helnypil nttil Onuoroil DlNtmlrtirN Tell or Act * in < lic TrniiN- van ! Vk'nr. ( Copyright , 1S09 , by Press Publishing Co. ) LADYSM1TH. Nov. 2S. ( Via Estcourt , Dec. 1. ) ( Now York World Cablegram Special Volccrnm. ) ( SuSI by irinncr through I ho 13oer lines to Estcourt nnd forwarded by cable. Dispatch delayed in transmission nnd censored. ) The Boer u'rtlllcry ehellcd the toun and camp today with nicst praise worthy Industry. 1'ractlonlly no damage wa * dona thus far. A six-inch fiun just posted on Middle hill , 2,000 yards south of the camp , has boon particularly aiitlvo but Ineffective. The British guns rarely condescended to reply , but when they did they made capital i pincttce. The Hoers' chief flro IB directed against the. camp of the rtllc brigade and the Manchester battalion. They have also been throwing shells Into the town. Coolies arc kept busy digging trenches. News has been received here of a British victory at Mool river ! nlao of reported suc cesses In the Orange Fiee State. Command ant General Joubort'a force Is tnld to be retiring from the Tugela river on to Lady- smith. Many Doer commandos are In thla neighborhood. It Is possible that the Doer forces may gtvo batllo again to the south. Wo saw this morning throe convoys of wagons moving In the direction of Van Ren- ncn's Pans , the gate of the Orange. Prco State. The Hocr commissariat Is deplorably deficient and dysentery Is rife among them. The British troops keep well and In excel lent bplrits. Their only anxiety Is to get at the Boers. JOHN STUAHT. llrldKp'n AVrrrk. ( Copyright. 1S09. by Press Publishing Co. ) ESTCOUIIT , Nov. 30 , 10SO : a. m. ( Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) ( Delayed In Transmission and Censored. ) The Colenso railway bridge , which was de stroyed by the Boers , Is a hopeless wreck. The engineers have decided not to repair the Frccre bridge , but to male ; a deviation In the railway line. Heavy artillery llrlng has been heard from Ladysmlth. Ocncrnl Joubert Is reported to bo seriously 111 with dysentery , but I am unable to guarantee the truth of the icport. ROBERT STUAHT. Homes' STOHY ov rnonnuu uivnn. Say They Prevented llrltluli from Ail- vuiifliiK lit ICImlterley'ii Keller. LONDON , Dec. 5. The following Is a Boer version of the battle of Modder river : "PllETOniA , Wednesday Nov. 24. Del- arey's official report states that n large force of British yesterday morning attacked his command at Modder river. Heavy fighting lasted for hours. Cronje nnd Delarey took up strong positions , the Free Staters being reinforced. Delaroy lost seventeen killed and wounded , Including his eldest son. The Free Staters' losses arc unknown. At dark the Doers retired slowly to their positions , having prevented the British from forcing their way to Klmberley. " SURPRISE IN MOLINEUX TRIAL I'rnxceutlmi I'rocliioen Stroiiir Testi mony to { thanIIHter ICllinlty Harbored liy the Iefrnilnnt. NEW YORK , 'Dec. 5. The purprlso of the day In the trial of Rola.rvd -Mollneux for the murder Of Katharine Adams wns the sufrjpn production by 'tljj ProsecutloH. < it i testimony than iMollneux JJ r5ored bitter en mity toward 'Harry ' Cornish and A. A. Harpster , a former employe of the Knicker becker A'thletlc ' club and a friend of Cor nish ; further , it hat iMollneux fought In a roundabout way , by having am agent write to iHarpster's former employer , over a , false signature , to obtain Information reflecting on iHarpster's character that ho might use the information to Harpster's Injury. This now testimony which was extracted from an unwilling friend of Molineux is important , not only in showing a motive for Molineux in sseeklng the death of Cornish , but as con firming the theory of the prosecution that CMolineux wrote , or caused to bo written , several letters , falsely signed , asking for drugs and medicines. The witness who testified concerning the ledter writing methods of Molineux was Ru dolph Holies of Newark , N. J" . , former cash ier of the Knickbocker Athletic club. Heilcs worked beside Harpster , who was a clerk at the club. ASK ALLEN'S APPOINTMENT I'oinillNlM mid Democrat * la tlic Sen ate Semi n Toleprriini < o ( ! ov- crnor I'oynter. WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. ( Special Tele gram. ) Even though It may bo regarded as indelicate , In view of the death of Senator Hayward , populists and democrats In the senate are already looking to his successor and a telegram was sent to Governor Poyn- ] tor today asking that ox-Senator Allen be appointed ad interim. This telegram was couched la the most laudatory terms of Sen ator Allen. It spoke of him as a statesman who had brought the party which ho rep resented Into pronounced prominence ; that be stood for the best in American life nnd that ho "was the logical candidate who would have to bear the brunt of next year's campaign. This telegram , which was prepared by Sen ator Turner of Washington , was signed also by Senators Harris of Kansas , Helt- I feld of Idaho , Butler of North Carolina , Teller of Colorado , Stewart of Nevada and Pottlgrcw of South Dakota. STRIKE PRACTICALLY ENDED Union J'aelflo llollermaker * Will , U U Uellcvecl , llelurn to Worlc on Monday. CHEYENNE. Wyo. , Dec. 5. ( Special Tele- ' gram. ) The striking Union Pacific boilermakers - makers are jubilant tonight nnd cay that the ' strike which has been In force for just one ' month Is probably settled. The local union received a telegram tonight from Grand President John McNelll of the Amalgamated Federation of Boilermakers , -who has been in > Omaha since last Saturday , which stated that | bo had been requested to remain there an other day for a further conference with Pres ident Burt ; also that he had been given as surances that the company would adjust tbo wages of tbo Cheyenne men In a manner sat isfactory to them. All that now remains , said McNeil ) , Is to arrange the schedule and the bollermakers would probably bo back at their benches on Monday. SUICIDE IN NIAGARA RAPIDS Trouble llolU'Vfil lo Ilnve Cniiweil AulrvxN .Vellle McIlenry'H lltiNuunil lo Take IIU lAtu. BUFFALO. N. Y. . Dec. 5. An afternoon paper eays : Evidence accumulates to sup port the theory that John Webster , hus band of Nelllu McIIenry , the actress , ended his life In the rapids just above the cataract at Niagara Falls. There la presumptive evidence that be had business troubles. He was seen at the falls on the afternoon ot Monday , November 20. Friends of the man are convinced ho 18 dead. NEBRASKA'S DEAD SENATOR. THE LATE MONROE LELAND HAYWARD. BEET SUGAR GROWERS MEET Eeprosentatiycs from a Dczon States Attend the Gathering. CHOOSE OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR Ailont HoNoIiitioiiN Aciilnxt Kreo Trade , Claiming that It Will In jure SiiKiir InilUKtry lu Thl.1 Country. The annual meeting ot the American Beet 3ugar association occurred yesterday nt the Millard hotel. Representntlvea were present as follows : T. R. Cutler , Lehl factory , Utah ; Dnvld Ecclcs , Ogden factory , Utah ; Thomas D. Deo. LaGrando factory , Oregon ; Heyward G. Leavltt and R. M. Allen , Ames factory , Nebraska ; J. G. Hamilton , Noifolk | nnd Grand Island factories , Nebraska ; Theo Haapkc , Pekln factory , Illinois ; Gll- bert W. Lee , Detroit factory , Michigan ; Julius Stroh , Rochester factory , Michigan ; N. H. Stewart , Knlamazoo factory , Michi gan ; W. L. Churchill , Bay City factory , Michigan ; Henry T. Oxnard , Oxnard and Chlno factories , California. Meeting with the association were n num ber of representatives of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Growers' association , the Rico Growers' association of Louisiana and the National Truck Farmers' association. These representatives had been attracted to Omaha by an understanding that concerted Eteps will be taken by a coalition ot American growers of sugar beets , cigar leaf tobacco , rice , fruits , ' early garden truck and other semi-tropic produce , to protest against the admission into this country duty free of the products of Cuba , Porto Rico and the Phil ippines , and to oppose any reductions of the revenues upon such products from Uiose in sular dependencies. Ex-Senator Manderson addressed the meetIng - Ing by invitation. He went over the history ot the beet sugar Industry In this country and the steps that had been taken for Its en couragement , and pointed out the disas trous effects that would follow any material reduction of the revenues that have been exacted upon the importation of sugar from the new dependencies. He advised that the sugar growers of this country send an agent to Washington to lay before the members of congress the results that must follow freer admission than has hitherto been ac corded of sugar made by coollo labor in the dependencies. Henry T. Oxnard , who pre sided , paid Senator Manderson a high com pliment nnd declared that It was that gen tleman who had been mainly instrumental In ( securing for the beet sugar Industry such encouragement ns it had received. MyrlcU'n Aililroin , The meeting was also addressed by Her bert Myrick , editor of the Orange Judd agri cultural publications , -who declared that do raeetlc agriculture Is now face to face with a fight for the life of its most profitable specialties , and that the vast domestic interests Involved in the cultu.ro of sugar crops , cigar leaf tobacco , semi-tropic fruits , early vegetables , rice , etc. , are threatened with extinction. The beet sugar industry , Just now entering upon a lusty young manhood , is threatened with annihilation. Domestic capital nnd labor engaged In the manufacture of cigars face a revolution. The worst fears will be realized , Mr. My- rick asserted , If tropical produce Is admitted Into'tho United States frco of duty from Cuba , Porto Rico and the Philippines. Hopes have been expressed that nothing of the kind was contemplated , but the secre tary of war has come out with an earnest recommendation for free trade with Porto Rico. Ho attempts to show also that the cano sugar Industry In Cuba cannot stand up against the competition that will thus bo developed by Porto HI can sugar In our domestic markets. Ho therefore recom mends admitting Cuban sugar at a reduction of 12'/4 per cent from the present tariff the rate that is contemplated by the pending treaty of reciprocity with Jamaica. Of cour&e this Is only the entering wedge to ab solutely frco trade with Cuba , The economic problem Involved In our relations with the Philippines also grows In complexity from day to day , with many influences nt work to admit Philippine produce frco of duty. Ho said that an example la afforded In the over-capitalized truwte of Hawaii , where ag- rlculturo has developed with unprecedented speed since the annexation of the Sandwich Islands. The remission of duties on trop ical produce Is simply a bounty paid to trop. leal trusts and robs the federal treasury of millions of revenue. Besides waging a war on behalf ot the tropics , which will cost $1,000,000,000 , Vie are asked to remit taxes on tropical produce In the best market In the world. The- parties which will bo bone- filed by this will bo mainly the tropical syndicates and the sugar refiners' truM. Only thin week it was announced that the American Sugar Refining company has ob tained options on all the Independent refiner- Ira and glucose works , which are uniting In a trust with $200,000.000 capital. The members of the trust own few factories lu this country , but have made enormous pur chases of sugar plantations in Cuba and Porto Rico nnd are ready to operate on a still larger scale In the Philippines the mo ment they can acquire title there. Then they will cut the price of sugar for a tlmo and drive out the American cane and beet sugar factories , utter which they will aliovo up the price again. American labor cannot compete with coollo labor. If the matter CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and W.mncr ; Southerly WIndo. TiMiiiicrntnrc n ( Oinnlin yentcrnilyt Hour. Ie r. Hour. bo fairly and honestly presented to the American people not 1 per cent of them will favor the policy proposed , by which American agriculture nnd manufacture are to be prostituted for the benefit ot colonial syndicates. They will favor a continuance ot the policy that has built up a home mar ket for American produce. The colonial syndicates nro now playing for the biggest stake over played for In the world of econora- Icu and commerce. The speaker counseled the formation ot n effective league of all agricultural asso ciations , such as the grange. Patrons of Husbandry , Farmers' alliance. Patrons ot Industry , farmers' clubs , agricultural so cieties , along with national and state or ganizations of tobacco growers , cigar manu facturers' associations , cigarmakers' unions , rlco growers , fruit growers and truck fanners. W. S. Parkerson , representing the cano sugar growers of Louisiana , nlso spoke briefly on the necessity of protection and J. H. Schwenger of Chicago , a publisher , said lmhoiiglil tb ( ) nug- ! growers should act Independently of other American farmers , so that action could bo taken before the damage Is done. OlIleerN anil HcnolutloiiN. During the afternoon session the asso ciation elected officers for the year , as fol lows : Henry T. Oxnard of Now York , presi dent ; Julius Stroh of Detroit , treasurer ; R. M. Allen of Ames , Neb. , secretary. A vice president will be chosen from each point at which n factory Is In operation. , The next meeting was fixed to occur at Detroit on the first Monday In December , 1900. 1900.Tho The following resolutions were adopted and the secretary , president and treasurer wore made a committee to make them effective , sending a copy to each member of the house and senate : Whereas , The consumption of sugar In the XTnlted StHtes now approximates D.000,000,000 pounclH , being larger In bulk and per capita than any other nation , of which enormous consumption less than 000,000,000 pound * , or about 10 per cent , nro produced from sugar cane and beets within the borders of the United States ; and Whereas. The experiments of the govern ment , made under the direction of the De partment of Agriculture and the actual pro duction of sugar from beets at the factories located In twelve states here represented. clearly evidence that this country If capable of producing , under fair safeguards of tha Industry , all the sugar consumed by its people. ; and Whereas , Such production affords a di versified industry of the greatest Import ance and is a special boon of value to the farmers of this country ; and Whcrea.- , The importation of rane sugar from tropical Islands , under principles of reciprocity or with free or greatly reduced duties awarded because they are insular i depenfles of the United Slates , would bring , Into competition .1 product raised by coollo and deba-sed labor thnt would be ruinous to the American farmer and lo the produc- I lion of sugar In the United States ; therefore - I fore bo It Resolved , That the picxent tariff duties nro essential , not only lo the Increase of this valuable Industry , but to its very ex istence , and It modified In any particular there should be no action , either by change of law or from reciprocity , that shall Increase - i c-rease the Importation of crude fugnr , which alfords no profit or Income to the farmer , but Is hlniply material to bo relined - lined and marketed. Resolved further. That , as agriculture and labor have borne the brunt of protec tion for many years , It is only fair and Just that now thf.t the chance has been held forth for development in the line of sugar production and vast funds invested In twelve states of the union the Industry thus fostered and the capital thus Invested Hhould not bo Injured , either by reciprocity treaties or granting the importation of Buunr nd other products which compete with the output of the American farmer , at reduced ratew or frc of duty from Porto Rico , Cuba or the Philippines. AVII1 Join I'rodneerN * I The association also voted to Join the league of domestic producers of beet and cano sugar , fiults , vegetables , nut * , il.-c , tobacco and cigars , which will comprise all of the organizations related to their produc tion. The preliminary organization of th s league is In charge of a committee , of which Mr. Myrick IE chairman , and the o.her members nro Henry T. Oxnard , president of the American Beet Sugar Manufacturing association ; James P. Cooke and Henry MeI I Call of the Cane Growers' association ; F. | IJ. Moodle , president of the National C'gar j Leaf Tobacco association ; 0. W. Perklna , ! president of the American Clgarmakars' I union ; H. S. Frye. president of the New England Tobacco Growing association , and Samuel Gompcrs , president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor. Permanent or ganization will be effected at a meeting In Washington this month. Silver HeiiiilillcaiiM Vriinu nil . \Kenl. MINNEAPOLIS , Dee. 5.-E. 8. Corser of Minneapolis , Minn. , member of thn national silver republican committee , has been named by that body for the tank of pro. > ervlng nmlcoblo relations between his iarty and tht demociatH and nopullsts. He ivlll act as the agent of thu ullvor republic- ins In all negotiations with the other pur- .le and will have authority to speak for Us colleague * in urrunglng an alliance. .St. I'nnl Tali en Out Silver. NEW YORK. Dec 6-The ateumer fit. I'aul , sallinK for Kuropo tomorrow , will uku out 123,000 ounces of silver. 1IAYWARD IS NO MORE Lon ? Struggle for Lifo Oomcs to an End Early Tuecday Morning. SENATOR'S ' LAST HOURS ARE PAINLESS Patsea Away ns Peacefully as Though Ha Had Fallen Asleep. SURROUNDED BY MEMBERS OF FAMILY Circle Broken Only by One Son , Who is Absent in the Philippines. PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR POYNTER Kxrrnllvc Directs Unit on thr Dnr of ( lip I.ulc Senator' * 1'iinernl l.'lauM Mlmll I'ly nl llulf MnM. i NEBRASKA CITY , Neb , , Dec. 5. ( Special Telegram. ) Senator M. L. Hayward died at G:20 : this morning. Ho did not rally from the conmtcno condition Into which ho sank yesterday , but passed away as silently and peacefully OH if ho had fallen Into n natural slumber. Ills ia.it bourn nero painless. Ills breathing gradually grow shorter nnd his heart weaker until the moment of final dis solution. HIB last sign of consciousness was at 5 p. m. Sunday when ho Indicated by a slight nod of the head that he desired a drink of water. The scene nt the bedside of the dying senator during his last hours \\an affecting In the extreme. When he began to sink BU rapidly yesterday morning it was seen that death was near at hand and the members ot his family prepared themselves for the worst. All through the long , lonely hours of the night the faithful wife who lus watched constantly during his twenty-Ova days' Illness , hoping for n favorable turn of the disease , kept her vigil , refusing even for a moment to leave the bedside. His daughter. Miss Mattlo and son Wil liam P. . with his brother Major E. B. Hayward - ward of Davenport , watched throughout the night and were present nt ( ho closing scoue , also Dr. Whltten , Judge Paul Jcssen and John W. Dlxon. The only absent member ot the family la the cldcut son , Dr. Edwin P. Hnyword , who Is n surgeon In the army nnd stationed In the Philippines. The members of the family are prostra\o with grief. As yet no arrangements have been mndu for the funeral. No attempt ivlli bo made to arrange for the funeral until word Is received from the Bergeant-at-nrms of the senate. Ho won apprised of Senator Hayward's death by wlro early this morning , but up to 8 p. in. no re ply had been received. These having the matter in charge here will refrain from tak ing any action until they have heard from the senate committee. LINCOLN HEARS THE NEWS Governor 1'oynicr Wire * Condolence lo Mr . Ilnyu-nril VliiKM I'luci'il til Unit Mii t. LINCOLN , Dec. 5. ( Special. ) The nowa of Senator Hnyward's death wns received In this city with the deepest regret. Since the first hours ot his illness the bulletins from Nebraska City have been eagerly watched nnd his friends hero were hopeful almost un til the last that his health would be ro- slored and that ho would bo able to take his seat in congress. But during the lust few days the reports were of such an alarming nature that when death was finally an nounced today very little surprise was ex pressed. The news was received nt the state house shortly after 9 o'clock and Governor Poyntcr Immediately ordered the legislative Hags rim up at half-mast. The news spread rapidly and In a few minutes flags on nil other pub lic buildings were suspended nt hulf-mnst. On account of the Indefinite information from Nebraska City no arrangements have yet been made by the state officials for at tending the funeral. Governor Poyntor an nounced this morning that he would attend the funeral services and that ho expected the other state officials to do likewise. Ho will order all state offices closed on that day and it is possible that similar action will ba taken by the city and county officials. Acting upon the direction of Governor Poyntor an order wns leaned by Adjutant General Barry this morning for Company C of the Second regiment , the Nebraska City company , to not us military escort at the funeral. H is quito probable thnt a special train will bo run from Lincoln to Nebraska City on the day of the funeral to accommodate thu many people who wish to attend the ser vices. Most of the state officials have signi fied their Intention of accompanying the governor , nnd Adjutant General Darry will go ns thn military representative. Company C of Nebraska City is made up largely of tha men who , under command of Captain Wil liam Hayward , son of the late senator , served during ; the Spanish war. When the Second regiment was reorganized Will Hayward - ward was elected major and Lieutenant Wi ley succeeded In command. Governor Poyntcr today sent the following message of condolence to Mre. Hayward : "Accept my sincere sympathy in this sad hour of your bereavement. The people of our state mourn with you for the loss of your distinguished husband and one of our foremost citizens , Freely command mo for any service I may bo able to lender you at thlo tlmo. " rroelnmiiHon by I'oynter. At noon Governor Poyntcr Issued this proclamation : "To thu People of the State of Nebraska : Monroe L. Hnyward , senator of the United States , died at h ! home in Nebraska City , Neb. , nt C:20 : o'clock this morning. In him the state has lost one of Its most illustrious citizens and faithful HorvuntH. Ills partici pation In the early organization of our statn government wns marked by an unswerving fidelity of n very high order , nnd the care manifested by him In all matters of public- Imporlance showed the zeal with which ho guarded the Interests of his adopted stato. The close of his too brief career as a nen- dtor of the United States is regretted by all. Ilia private life wns gentle and noble and his firmness of disposition won the respect at all. In sorrowing testimony of the Ions which has fallen upon our state I direct that DII the day of the funeral all flags upon the mnorlcfl and public buildings of the state , ; ountlca , school districts and municipalities will bo displayed at half Htnff until the day following the funeral. In testimony whereof [ have hereunto tot my band and caused to 30 afilxixl the great seal of Nebraska. Done it Lincoln this Cth day of December , A. D. 1899. WILLIAM A. POYNTER , "Governor. " Governor I'oynter declined to apeak of ; he political effect of Senator Huyward's leatli. "I uliall refuse to talk about the up- ointment of a euccc or until after the 'ununil , and shall certainly not appoint inyone until ( hat time " There La u little quiet talk ot en effort