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EST AH LI SI I ED JUNE JJ ) , OMAHA , JFJUDAY MOKX1NG , DECEM UEJI 'J'J , 1S 0 TWELVE PAGES , SINGLE COPY 1'iYE CENTS.
WOOD TAKES CHARGE
Now Governor Generff Humes the
Duties of
HIS QUIET DEMEANOR PLEASES
Members of Brooke's Advisory Cabinet
Hand in Resignations ,
THIS APPEARS TO SATISFY THE PUBLIC
Criticisms Are Passed on the Proclamation
Issued by Brooke
NO GOVERNOR FOR SANTIAGO IS LIKELY
l nn Hxiii'rlmciit In CUII ( ii\-
rum rut on Much llrouiler .M-uIu
'I'll an llrrelnfnre Will
. He Trloil Tliurc.
HAVANA , Dec. 21. Major General Leon
ard Wood formally took charge of the go\-
crnor general's ofllce at 9 o'clock this mornIng -
Ing Ills first act was to accept the resigna
tion of the members of the advisory cabinet
of General Ilrooke. These odlcers , after conj
BlderliiK the question over night , had de-
elded to hiBlRt on retiring. Almost without
exception they had rendered themselves par
ticularly obnoxious to n majority of th Cu
bans Ono prominent Cuban general said
today
The only chance General Brooke's secre-
tnrlcH have. If they wish to rehabilitate
themselves In the eyes of their countrymen ,
is to resign , nnd thus for a time to bring for-
fictfulncss. "
Iho same general , discussing General
Ilrooko'H farewell proclamation , said :
The ptoclamatlon was ill-advised Cuba
Is bound , In the course of time , with food
nnd without war , to arrive at a state of com
parative eomfort No man hne a right to re
gard hlmselt as the solo cause of such Im-
provemcnlB As a matter of fact , under Gen
eral Ilrooko'H ndmlulstiatloii the military au
thorities overrode the civil aud there Is less
civil government now than bcfoic As to the
courts , they arc the'snmo corrupt organisa
tions and are virtually unchangiil In any Im
portant particular. All this , In my opin
ion , most Ctlban attribute to the bad ad-
ilco given General Hrooke by his secre
taries. "
The Lucha , contrasting General Ilrooke
with General Woods' advent , sajs
"General Drooko'n proclamation was un
fortunate as it contained errors. General
Wood , although promising nothing , speaks
% olmncH by his quiet , domestic manner of
taking charge of affairs "
It is belle\od heic > that thn pent of chief
of staff will ho abolished and that General
Chaffeo will succeed General Wilson as gov
ernor of the department of Mntanzn-s-Santa
Cliira , or will remain In the department of
Jlnvntia-PInnr Del Rio , General Ludlow suc
ceeding General Wilsoii
H Is believed no governor will be ap
pointed for the Santiago department , but
that an experiment lu civil government or. a
much broader scale than ever before will bo
initiated there , Governor General Wood hav
ing Bupervlslon of the experiment from Ha-
vnti.i
General Wood this afternoon xlsltcd the
prison and penitentiary and seemed much
pleased , although he declined to comment en
the experience. Ho wan accompanied by
Generals Ludlow and Chnffee
Thorn have been no frcph developments in
the aircst of the ten custom house appraisers
jcsterday The whole matter Is being thor
oughly Investigated
BROOKE WILL TAKE HIS TIME
I'o lliiKo short StopN 12nroiiti * to
IVn Nil I ii do 11 \ei-UNtoni lllniNL-lf
In \ \ Inter rilmatr.
WASHINGTON , Doc 21. When Major
General llrooko was iclleved from duty In j I
command of the division of Cuba ho was In- j ! i
ntnuted to pr-cecd to Washington and re-1 I
port to the adjutant general for further orders - ,
ders of the societaiy of wnr. As a result of i
the correspondence between General Hrcoko I
and Sotreta.y Hoot , the former has been .
authorized to suit his own convenience In the
exei utlnti of hlH ordcrx. the idea being to al
low him to make the trip from Havana ta
Washington by easy stagiH.
General llrooko has been In a tioplcal cli
mate for nearly two years and as ho l nearly
(14 ( years old It linn been deemeil best for the
protection of his health to permit him to ac
custom himself gradually to the winter cli
mate of this country by short stops before
coming to Washington It Is ibeioforo likely
that ho will not reach this city much bsforo
February 1.
It Is nalil nt thu War department that Ma
future assignment to duty will depend
mainly upon his own wishes Ho can have
) il old command , the department of the
Jakcn , nt Chicago. If ho wishes It That
command will become vacant next month by
the retirement of General Andrisnn , the
present Incumbent.
HAVANA RAILWAY COMBINE
'AM the Slri'rl ltnll n > IntrteilN In
the fitre foiiNiiIlililteil tinier
Dili * MiiiiiiKenienl.
Ni\V : YORK , Dec 21AP the street lall-
\\ay IntercHts In the city of Havana were
consolidated today at a meeting of the ofll-
rcis nt the ollleo of the treasurer of the Hn-
vaim iicctrlc : Railway company , thus ending
n contest begun more than n yetii- ago In
December , 1S % . a group of capitalists com-
| > rlflnB the Intrriintlouil Bank of Paris , Han-
t < ou IIrue. of Montreal and G. B M. Hoivey
nnd F S Pearson of this city , known as the
lliriov syndicate , acquired all tbo existing
railway properties.
There was In existence ut the tlmo ono
ether concession known as the Terre Pla
( omobslon , covering about twelve miles of
Htrcctc. the title to which was claimed by
the American Indira compiuy , comprising
Thomas ! ' Ryan , P A B Widcner. U A. C
Enjllh. Sir William Vnn Home. William Me-
Ken/.lo and others
The Hoivoy syndicate nlbo claimed to own
the true title to this concession Litigation
\\ns begun by the two parties and ill's been
continued thiough the year without promise
of adjournment for some tlmo jo come. In
view of this state of affair * , Mr llervey , en
behalf of hU company began negotiations to
Iirlng about a settlement , which WHH finally
obtained by complete- consolidation tpjuy.
Work was begun by thn electric company
povcrnl months ago , ami It U now expoctcj
( hat H complete system of electric traction
will bo In operation by June 1.
The capitalization of the company remains
tinchaiiKed , namely , J5.000.000 of preferred
clock , K > 000,000 of common stock and a tlrsl
mortgage repmeutlnB J5.0PO.OOO of 6 per coin
Jlfty year bondu
t nltiolln I'rrliitVN Iti-iieli > n" . ) u a n ,
SAN JUAN Portr. Hl-o , PC 21Uch -
Wshop Barnado of Bantlago and Very Rev
tJomi-a H. muck , formerly of Now Orleaus , _
roruitly appointed bishop nf Porto Hlco , ar
rived here today on the steamer Maria Her-
rota Thev wore received by thn acting
bishop of the Porto Hlcaii diocese. The
streotH were crowded with people , who ac
corded the prelates an cnthutlastlo rcoep-
tlon.
Snrntiiun Auriiiinil at
SANTIAGO Di : Ct'OA. Dor. 21Tho Ward
fi\f \ .stc-amer Saratoga , owltig to the Incompo-
nonry of the pilot , went aground this after
noon near the wreck of the United Slates
collier Morrlmar , which was sunk by Lieu
tenant Hobson Juwt above Estrella point. It
Ins suffered hut little damage All thti har
bor tugs nre employed nnd It In believed that
the liner will be hauled off tomorrow.
WAR SHIP EXCITES HAYTIENS
\rrl\nl of ( irriiiiin Vn el nt Tort an
1'rlnee CitiiNi'i ( oniniotlon
\iiionu fluMIU < " < .
( Onrrexpniidence of the Aisophtod Press )
I'OUT All PUINCB. llaytl. Dec 8. The
German war whip Nlxo entered this port
yesterday , comlni ; from Puerto Plata , lu
the neighboring tepuhllc of Santo Domingo.
The Nlxu , which has n crew of 350 sailors
and marines , mounts seventeen guns and
Is commanded by Captain > ou Hasoc , sa
luted the Haytlen flag. The salute vva re-
tmned by the forts.
The arrival of the Nlso caused commotion
among the natives , as It occurred the day
before the anniversary of the threatened
bombardment of Port nu Prince by the
GcrmatiM two years ago , nt the time of the
| j Luilcrs affair , nnd the people feared that
i the Nlxo had been flout nere to enforce
the settlement of another dispute , In which
a German resident of this city , named Tip-
pcnhaiicr , is nt present Interested.
It Is ( | Ulto possible that the unexpected
arrival of the foreign war ship had no rela
tion to the question , which is purely a civil
Inrtsult between Tlppenhnucr and a man
named Uclmans. Hut , according to the sup
positions freely exprewed by Haytlen pa-
tilots since the anchoring of the Mite , U
may eventuate Into an Important Interna
tional question.
Jnintileii I'l-oteKln Do Not Count ,
( Col H > siondeiiec | Associated I'resM )
KINGSTON , Jamaica , Dec. 11 The anx-
Iftlos and distractions of the Avar lu South
Africa have not Interfered with the prcso-
cutlon of Chamberlain's purpose to deprive
j i Jamaica of the experimental modicum of
autonomous government It has enjoyed for
the last fourteen years nnd to subcrown an-
tocracy. The report and recommendatl ns'
of Sir David Harbour on the political comll-
tlons and the future of the colonies , despite
nil protests , are to be carried out In their
entirety.
Pred llvans. the colonial secretary , has
been retired und the position conferred on
Sydney Olivier , who acted as secretary to
the West Indian Sugar commission In 1S97.
FIVE MILLION LIKELY TO GO
IlnnUern 1'rnllet .Nimu-rou * ( Jolcl 13u-
KiilCi'iiK-ntN for iitiirilii > Mnriilu
of I'rollt oil Kx'iorlN IN Small.
NHW YOUK , Dec. 21. Sterling hankers
predicted today numerous gold engagements
for Saturday , but all said It was Impossible
In estimate with accuracy how much the
shipments would amount to. One Him ad
mitted that it might ship from $500,000 to
$1,000.000 , ns tomorrow's requirements eug-
gcstcd. H was believed that at least $5,000-
000 would s out
At the present rate the margin of profit
on gold exports would bo small , It was said ,
but the demand for the metal abroad was
Biifilcient to make "special transactions"
piofitablc nt this time.
It was said today that Ileldelbergor ,
Ichlielmor & Co and Mueller , Scahall & Co. ,
might each ship $500,000.
A well-Known marine undcrwliter said that
insurance would be obtained tomorrow for
as much gold a.s local bankers cared to send
by the itrmla. Although $ .1,000.000 might
be a. large turn to risk on any one steamer ,
twlie tlmt liability would piobably bo as
sumed by Insurance companies , if banking
interests demanded It.
LONDON. Dee. 22 The Dallv Chronicle's
financial expert says ho understands that
the Hank of England has made advances
against 2,000,000 gold to arrive from New
. including Saturday's shipment.
.DEMANDS MADE BY MINERS
Joint Conference to lie Held at t'nni-
licrliinil , Mel. \HV ! ! or an In-
.rt-iiN4 * of 'I'm CentN a 'run.
INDIANAPOLIS , Dei21 John Mltchel ,
president of the lulled Mine Workers , 10-
turanl from the Federation of Labor meet
ing at Detroit this afternoon A Joint con
ference ef the ( icuigns Cieek and Mycsrsdnlc ,
Md , minors has been called for December
2b The conference will bo held at Cumber
land. Several demands will be made of the
coal oporatois of those two largo dlstilctj.
'Iho demands will Include an Increase of 10
cittts , i ton and the following
Klrst An advance pilco of mining nnd
other labor
Second An equal distribution of tonnage
mined.
Third Enforcement of the laws granting
the mlncrb thn privilege of check welghmen
nnd the placing of theno welghmen on every
The eight-hour day Is also demanded. The
two districts i ef erred to are the largest In
Maryland nnd the nctlon taken December 28
will bo Indicative of what thcfc mines will
demand at Iho national gathering In this city
lu January
ONE LAWYER KILLS ANOTHER
COIIIINO ! on ( IHKI | | . siili-N of n t'nNo
In TVxtiN In ii Tata )
Dnt-l.
ST. LOUIS. Dec 21. A special to the Post-
Dlspatc-h from Dallas , Te\ . , says : F. M
ntherldge , one of the most prominent law-
yerb in the city , today fhot Attorney IMwIn
O. Harrell , who Is equally well known , four
tlmiiin a crowded elevator In the North
Texas building. Uarrt'll died later at his
home.
Harrell had a pistol half cocked in Ills
hand .is he full In the lobby In front of the
elevator shaft itherldgo : U In custody.
The men were employed as counsel on op-
pct'lto bides In litigation Involving cotton
mill property and quarreled concerning pro
fessional affairs
OSTEOPATH BILL IS VETOED
( iiMt-rnnr Chiiiiilli-r Iti-fitm-N to \\t- \
lirovc \i-llon of Gcoruln ICUNII- ; | [
lure I'l-rniltllnu II" I'raullcr.
ATLANTA. Ga . Doc. 21 Oovernor Cand-
ler , after a conference- with many physicians ,
today vi-totM n bill passed recently by both
houses of the general assembly permitting
ami icgulatlng Iho practice In this btnte of
otti'opulh )
former Si-unlor llriiUhnr ; III.
Al'tJt STA , Me. , Hoc -Former Unlteil
Stut3 .Senator Jamen W Bradbury Is dun
Krrously III lie l * 111 hi * 9ith year and is
net caiK-c.oii to recover.
WILL NOT USE BLACK TROOPS
No Soldiers to Bs Taken from India for
South African Campaign.
DANGEROUS TO TAKE MEN FROM THE EAST
Uncllili 'li-uniiM In Africa Snlil to lie
llnill > Incril oC TraiiNi rta-
tlnnlllltenll ) tn Svnil
iMippllfN til the front.
( Copyright , W ) , by Pro- " * Publishing fo )
LONDON , Dec. 21. ( New York World Ca
blegram Special TolcKraw. ) There la no
olllclal confirmation that IlobcrU asks for
n. force of Indian cavalry for South Alrlet
and ( no rumor Is entirely discredited. In
the first plncc It Is considered extremely
dangerous to withdraw more troops , either
native or nngllsh , from India , secondly ,
Arthur Halfoiir gave an Implicit pledge In
i the House of Commons during the recent
!
' war session that eolored troops would not he
employed In South Africa. There Is B'lid-
mcnt here ngalnBt using colored troops
against the white race , also thu belief that
their appearance on the scene would Inovlt-
I ably draw South African natives Into the
j I conflict.
The Post's expert says :
"If It bo true , as well-informed persons
nfbcrt , that the troops In South Africa are
without transportation , divisional or reg
imental , except such o\-trausport8 as the
Krnoraln ha\o been able to get together ,
many things which .it first sight appeared i
absolutely Inexplicable bcccino Intelligible.
IJven a dispersion of the force becomes , If
not a justification , at least an explanation
that n general can < Io nothing with tr-ops
ho cannot feed. The situation resulting
from these conditions Is not pleasant to con
template. It led to attacks on prepared po
sitions -which e\ery general would have pre
ferred to Hank or turn The neglect In this
case has been that of the political class
leaders of both parties. They have not
for many years taken seriously the possi
bility of war , as a conflict In , which the
nation's existence or that of Iho empire
might he staked. The movements so far do
not bear out the Idea that the military de-
pa tment of the War ofllce is out of older ,
I j but there- are many things which the mll-
] ] itary department cannot do of Us own In-
j I ltlatl\e , one being the spending of large
,
| ' sums of money not set down In the annual
estimates. Economy of money duo to a
| ] false estimate of the political situation ' i
j translates Itself In n few months with heavy
loss of life. "
Iliillrr'n I.UNNON.
LONDON" , Dec. 22 , 4 45 n. m There Is
still no definite news regarding the mili
tary operations In South Africa. Probably
this is on account of the fuel that the only
cable working Is choked by official telegrams.
General Duller's olllclal list shows that 14C
were killed and 750 wounded Two hundred
and twenty-seven are missing , nnd of these
forty aio known to be prisoners In the hands
of the Boers. This makes the total larger
than Goner.il Uullcr's original estimate.
Royal letters , signed by the queen , are be
ing circulated by the archbishop to the blsh-
ops of the various districts authorizing a
collection in the churches throughout Ung-
land for the fund for soldiers and their fam- j I
Hies. The various city guilds ha\e given
12,000 for the expenses of the Imperial vol
unteers , besides gifts of horses , ambulances
and other paraphernalia.
The latest notable \oluntcers Include two
nephews of Lord Roberts , , .Major Charles
Shcrston and Major Maxwell Sherston , Their
brother wao killed at Glencoe
The admiralty have decided to dispatch i
.mother naval brlgado of 700 men to South ,
Africa. It Is believed that In mobilizing the i
Eighth division the War ofllce will have recourse - | '
course to some extent to the militia. It be
ing deemed Inadvisable to denude the home | |
garrisons overmuch of regulars. j
The chancellor of the exchequer. Sir
Michael Hicks Beach , nab Issued a formal
-ilenl.il that any differences exist in the cabInet - !
Inet icgardlng war expenditures j j
According to a dispatch from Capetown , i
there is a good deal of dlstrebo In the Orange
Free Stair owing to a scarcity of grain
CANADIANS NOT UNANIMOUS
niliiitlij for HOITM In l.cnill
l'riiicliiiiinilliiiiM ( ( niiNtcrna-
tloii Ainoiiir t. onNort atVI-N. !
NiW YOUK , Dec 21 A special to the
World from Ottawa says- The outspoken
sympathy among Trench Canadians for the
Dutch pcoplo of South Aft lea In their pros-
cnt struggle for liberty Is not confined to the
leading men In the liberal party of Quebec.
Of tlm prominent KrencJi conservatives
known to bo Doer sympilhUers the moat re
cent to publicly decline himself Is the famous
orator nnd politician , Charles Thobault of
Waterloo , Quebec. Speaking last night at a
J Int political mooting in Shcrbrooks counlv , j
ho snld. 1
"The- war agninbt the Hoers Is a criminal
war , , ind I warn Canadians against giving
any support to Britain. I blame Laurlor
strongly for supporting Knglaud In this un
just war against .1 email but brave people
like tbo Bot'is , who are fighting with mag
nificent courage nnd patriotism for their
country nnd in defense of their hearthstones.
I accuse , him of making himself the Instiu-
ment of Joe Chamberlain and Cecil Hbodos.
This war ngalnst the Transvaal Is an act of
brigandage. It Is a war disloyal and
shameful for England and ( .hnnieful for hu
manity , which suffer. * it without interven
ing "
Thobault Is called Sir Charles Tupper'a
political lieutenant In Quebec pnnlnc an < 1
bin speech has created consternation among
the conservative * , -who claim to bo the loy
alists , In Canada.
The Trench journal La Patrle of Montreal ,
the personal organ of tbo mlnUler of public
works. Tarte , nnd owned by his sons. In its
le&uo of yesterday thus holds Britain up to
ridicule-
"Tho Imperial government has expressed
to the governor general of Canada Us wish
to obtain a now contingent to be addel to
the voluntecii , of this country already on
the batllcftrld In Africa. How many men
and how much , tlmo will Hngland need to
settle with the two email republics with
which bhe IH nt war ?
"Wo do not ignore that many well-think
ing people think It IB the duty of the col
onies to aid Knnland under the circum
stances and discuss later the new situation
created for us. However this may be , It is
a unique Kptctacle In history to see a email
people , such as the Boer nation , check even
for n few days the empire on 'which the sun
never bets. ' "
While Vhle to llolil Out.
LONDON. Doc. 22. The Dally Mall says-
We understand that news has arrived from
General Whltn to the effect that Lady-smith
! a well supplied with food aud ammunition
and can hold nut much longer than has been
estimated. The troops are described aa In
good spirits and anxious to fight
( hurlt-r n ( iiiinrilrr.
LIViiiroOL , Dec 21The Cunard line
steamer I mhrla which arrived here De-eii
bcr IV , from New York , ha been chartered
hy the British government for use as a
troop ship.
The Allan line steamers l tlrentlan , Par
isian and Pomeranian hive been chartered
by the government , for the purpose of con
veying Canadian troops to Sonth Afilca.
*
BOERS ARE WARNED BY SPIES
\ < t lloiitil Tlie * HiM'i-Hcil AViirnliiK of
( ieiieral Mpllitiin's Adt aner t'oin-
lilnlii of l > rltlNh TniMlcN.
( Cnpv right. iw , by l're s Publishing Po )
MODDKR UIVKH. De < 10 MO p m.
( New York World Cablegram Special Tele
gram ) The Boer ambulances , which came
for the wounded , Just passeU out to the
Boer camp nt Hubert.
The Boor general complains that the llrll-
Ish biought up guns and ammunition lu
ambulances. The Boers thoroughly believe
the story , to which color Is given by the
firing of the naval gun by the British dur
ing Tuesday's armistice
No doubt the Boers were warned of Mon
day morning's attack by spies , one of whom
Is being tried today.
TO RESORT TO CONSCRIPTION
Knulanil I'ro'ioNi-n to Viicinent WON !
Iiiillnii Mllltnrt I'lin-CM to
I'nllent SrrliKtli.
KINGSTON. Jamaica , Dec. 21. Owing lethe
the growing seriousness of the fonth
African wnr prospects , and particularly the
probable withdrawal of tli Imperial gar
risons from the colonies , coincident with the
unprecedented drafting of Tiench troops to
the West Indies , n propcsal la afloat to
augment the British West Indian milltli
forces to the fullest possble strength , If
necessary , under special conscription. It Is
proposed to Increase Jamaica's force fiom
ono regiment of SOO men to possibly twenty-
four legimeiits , as In lS3i > , the exigences of
the prefcent situation being regarded as of
an exceptionally grave and menacing char
acter.
MARLBOROUGH A VOLUNTEER
Ooci to Smith Africa UN n Iiiciitriuint
of the Yroninu Itrcl-
in lit.
LONDON , Dec. 21 The duke of Marlborough -
ough , who Is a lieutenant In the
Oxfordshire yeomanry and who has volun
teered for service In South Africa , will take
with him li > 0 men and horses of his
troop. Ho will personally furnish the equip
ment for these men. The earl of Warwick ,
the carl of Dudley , the carl of Lousdale aiid
Viscount Gnlway are among the other mem
bers of the aristocracy who have volun
teered for service in the campaign against
the Boers.
iiKnitns WITH HOLIDAY MAII , .
ilriMinl of SteaincrN to Transport
llrltlNli Snlillcrx to Africa.
ND.W YORK , Dec. 21. The withdrawal of
the three White Star lluoin Majestic , Cymric
and Britannic and the Cunard liner Umbrin ,
all royal mall steamships , from such service
for the purpose of helng turned Into British
army transports , has upset the plans of the
i postal authorities for the prompt delivery of
, Christmas letters from Kur pcan countries.
j I The -withdrawal of these four steamships
i necessitates the use of * hliwer traveling
stcamshlpa running to Boston , nnd moat
likely Philadelphia. This change will cause
considerable delay In the handling of thou
sands of mall bags.
OollIK tO .lolll tllO ItlKTH.
NKW YOUK , Dec. 21 In the steerage of
the French liner L'Aquitalne , which sailed
for Havre today , there were twenty-flvo
fetalwart mien , who , It Is supposed , are goIng -
Ing to enlist In the Boer army. The men
came to the pier In a body under the evident
Icaderfchlp of ono man and all were non
committal as to their plans. Most of the
men appeared to bo Holland Dutch.
jiocrM All at the Troiit.
TULI , Monday , Dec. 11 ( Via Lourcnzo
Marn.uez , Saturday , Dec. 16. ) Colonel
Plumer , with a strong reconnoltcrlng party
of horsemen , has returned hero after a
week's expedition Into Transvaal territory.
He reached a point fifty miles from I'letcrs-
burg , in the South African republic , but
found no Boers , the country being seemingly
empty of men.
Tor a DlNilMlt-r to TraiiNiiort ,
CAPETOWN , Dec. 21 As a result of the
Inquiry into the disaster to the British
transport Ismore , which vvbnt ashote on the
rocks in SU. Helena bay December 3 , the
captain has had bin certificate suspended for
six months.
Kitchener Vrrlii'N nt Alexandria.
ALEXANDRIA. Dec. 21 Lord Kitchener
arrived this , evening from Cairo and went on
board the Isis , which sailed immediately for
Malta
SWIFT BEEF CLAIM ALLOWED
Mnt Dainnueil on a TraiiNiiorl tn He
I'tiiit I'ml l > > the tJiM-
erninrnt.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 21 Mr. Tracowcll ,
comptroller of the treasury , ban passed upon
the claim of Swift and Company of Chicago
for the price of 300,000 pounds of fresh beef
which , according to contract , was shipped
from Newport News , Va , on August r. , 1S9S ,
for use of the anny In Porlo Ulco. The rcc-
old ehow.s that the Manitoba , the tranhport
on which the beef was shipped , nrrifed off
Pence on AuguM. 10 , where It ran on a reef
and remained until the llth The captain
of the transport made nn effort to have the
beef issued dliect from the vessel to the
troops on shore , but the oinceis In charge
rcfu.sed to receive It. August 25 the trans
port was ordered to MnynKuez , where It re
mained until August 31. While them n small
amount of the beef was issued to the troopa
direct , as there was no refrigerating plant
on shore. On the same day the transport
returned to Ponec , where It remained until
September 7 und was then oidort-d to Mon-
tank Point , N. Y. , when the beef was found
to bo unfit for Issue and wan thrown over
board. The hoard of survey found that the
loss by spoiling of the beer was not duo to
any negligence or fault on the pait of con
tractors. The comptroller finds that at the
time of Its condemnation the beef was tbo
property of the United States and directs
that the claim bo settled ncc , < jrdlngl } .
Kllil \iiiitherlte\oliitlon ,
WASHINGTON. Dec 21 The attempt at
revolution in Guatemala has come to nu
end , according to advices tu the State- de
partment from United States Minister Hun
ter. Ho cables that December H the rebels
t-cUed the town of Tncoma , near the .Mexi
can boundary The government troops teen
surrounded the place and captured nearly all
of the insurgentfs , bringing the revolution tea
a sudden termination
Call for > atlonal t'omentlon ,
WASHINGTON. Dei21 The American
Political league has Issued a call for a na
tional convention for the nomination of
candidates for president and vice president
of the 1'nltcd Statrb to bo held in Boston
July 1900 The councils of ea > h Him aru
directed to appoint two delfgatea-ai-largo
CARNEGIE OPENS HIS PURSE
Offers to Make the City of Lincoln Present
of a Library Building.
MUNIFICENT GIFT TO A MUNICIPALITY
.Tv < MI | j-fli < Tliotiftiinil niilliim to lie
the Cost of the Mrtictnre Offer
Will , In All PrnhnhllH } ,
lie Accepted.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 21. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Chairman Mercer of the
public buildings nnd grounds rotn-
mltteo today received a letter from
Andrew Carnegie announcing that ho
would give $75,000 to the city of Lincoln fern
n public library building , the Lincoln library
having burnt down in the dlf.istroiia fire of
several months ago
The conditions surrounding this tlft , Mr.
Mercer believes , will be the same ns those
exacted from other cities , Washington. Pair-
Held , la , Savannah and 1'lttsburg , that the
city must donate a site and guarantee n cer
tain yearly sum for ltn maintenance , which
will probably amount to $5,000.
This Is the most munificent Christmas gift
the stale of Nebraska has ever received and
will he , undoubtedly , accepted by the mu
nicipality of Lincoln Cnniegle has given In
this way upwards of $2,000,000 for llbrarlie
throughout the United States.
LINCOLN , Dec. 21. ( Special Telegram )
Members of the Lincoln 1'nblle llbriry
board have been lorrespomllng with An
drew Carnegie for several weeks with n
view to securing a donation for the con
struction of a library building , nnd although
ho spoke encouragingly of the plan from the
Mart , It was not Known till tonight that
their efforts had met with success. It la
suppofccd that the gift Is made conditional
nn the city of Lincoln , making nn annual
appropriation of a specified sum for main
taining the library nnd purchasing new-
books nnd periodicals , aud that It ihall fur
nish a biiltnblo site for the building , nil
of which will undoubtedly be compiled with
by the city council
The Lincoln Public library wan destroyed
by lire with the Masonic Temple building
three monthh ago Since then about 3,000
volumes have been collected for a new-
library and the available funds remaining In
the treasury1 amount to about $6,000. The
annual levy matlo bv the rltv council for
the library is 1 mill , which brings in .1
revenue of only $5,000 a year. Unless the
conditions are such that they cannot bo
compiled with by the council , the donation
will , of course , bo accepted.
SENATOR JONES FULL OF HOPE
MaKr * the | ! iiiiinlllleil | Announcement
tlmt Democratic * I'mNiirctN Aic.
llrlKhtcr Tliini In 1.S-M ! .
CHICAGO , Dec. 21. Senator James K
Jones , chairman of the democratic national
committee , looked Into parly affairs at headquarters -
'
, quarters in the Unity building today. He
, assured everybody that the prospects for
i democratic success next year are brighter
( than they were In 1SBG. He said only W. J.
I Drynn would bo mentioned as candidate for
president In the convention. The senator
would not say where or when he thought
the convention should be held. He denied
a story sent from Washington that he had
icpudlatcd the system of collecting money
for a campaign fund nnd had discharged
Illchard S. Taylor , one of the collectors.
"Tho system of collecting money , " he
continued , "was Inaugurated by me. It has
been a success and Is worthy the support
of all democrats. Thereaie no differences
between former Governor Stone and myaolf
nnd never have been. 1 approve all he did
vhlle I was In Uurope. "
The senator also said that the selection of
Sam D Cook for manager of the ways , nnd
means bureau was made .it his request. He
approved Judge Johnson's work as chair
man of the executive committee. With ref
erence to next year's contest , the .senator
said"No
"No doubt the convention will realbim the
Chicago platform. It will declare against
Imperialism and In favor of regulating
trusts. I think , too , that It will condemn
the efforts which have become too common
to control elections by the use of money.
In my opinion the passage of the bill es
tablishing the gold standard will aid us
grealy. ( "
The senator said ho never saw- such a
diversity of opinion as to where the nominee
for vice president should come from.
Regarding the currency bill , Senator Jones
said
" 1 think the adoption of a gold standard
bill by the present congress would have
nn cnoimouo effect In shaping the money-
Issue. It Is a declaration on the part "f
the republican party for which It will have
to answer A gold hill , If adopted by the
senate and there Is nn doubt In my mind
that the piesent bill , substantially , will he
accepted by the senate will force the ropub-
llcaiiB to explain what l.s on Its face n stroke
of treason ngalnut the pronouncement of the
St. Louis platform " *
The senator figures that the currency hill
would command fifty nnd possibly fifty-two
votes In the senate.
DEMOCRATS ISSUE AN ADDRESS
KnilnrNO the finelii'l rontoHt anil OnVr
IteiiNoiiN for It Sliciicil li >
runner Socri'lnr } IllncUliiirn ,
KKANKKOHT , Ky , Dec. 21. An address
to the democracy of the state , endorsing
the contest , Instituted by Goebel and other
candidates of the defeated democratic ticket ,
and giving the reabous therefor , was Issued
( r.nlght It was hlgned by Tonuer Senator
Blackburn , chairman of tbo stati. campaign
committee , Chairman Young of the Hlnto
central and executive committees and all
of the members of those committees. It
bays In part : '
"Tho democratic party of Kentucky ,
through Its several hlato committees , has
unanimously declared that Iho best inter-
etts of thn party , IIB well ns Justice , de
mands that contests shall bo made by all
candidates on the democratic ticket for thu
respective olllces for which they were nom
inated.
"Tim State Hoard of Election Commission
ers , at its recent hesHion , Issued certificates
o * election to all of the republican candi
dates for the ttato otlcoi ) > , hut thu board
expreshly declared In the opinion H ren
dered that It acted simply ns n canvai-
| n board without power or authority. KS U
cuistrued the law , to Inquire. Into the legalIty -
Ity or validity of any contested voles. The
board cxprcbtcd the opinion that If cl&ihcd
with the authority to go behind the returns
and determine the mntterb In contention , thu
certificate * of election would not have been
lowed U > the parties who received thorn.
Wo feel that the democratic parly cannot
do le-ss than to carry lib contention to Iho
! tribunals created by law for Its detcrmlna-
i t'on '
The grounds upon which tills iunie i I-
ba-ad consist of the protest agams' ' the
u-e of tlbfcuo Lulloia In manof ; the usei-
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Toroinst for Nol > i.t Ka-
Cionei.ilh 1'alr. South toost Wlnili
'I < Miiiratiirc | nt lliiiului
whelmlngly republican counties of the Hlatc.
"Another ground of contest la because of
the plain violation nnd dctliuiee of law b >
the late republican governor of the state ,
who whilst actively engaged In the maUim
i of stump spicchcs nnd the prosecution of a
p.iriU.in political cnnvaH otdered out the
military and In violation of both la.v and
1 precedent assumed personal conumnd of
1 troops In the metropolis of the state , pnrad-
| Ing the streets of 1/oulsvlllo on the day of
I the election with his soldiers and Gatlhu
guns. Invading the voting bootlm and forcing
Into them ngalnst the protest of the law
fully appointed election olllclals , pretemUd
liiBpectoih nnd challengers who. the highest
court of the stale luia decided , had no law
ful light to bo present
"The Issuance of the certificates of elcc-
I
to tbo icpubllcali cnndldatci Is con-
i tested nn the further ground that a federal
and also a state judge , without warrant of
I lawnnd lu defiance of every prcmptlng of
fair dealing nnd decency , inteifercd with
the holding of the state election , Iho ono
by menacing charges to a grand jury .mil by
the employment of deputy United States
marshals , and the other by Issuing every
mandamus nnd Injunction naked for by
the republican party , which latter judl-hl
nits have been declared by the supreme
Judicial tiihunal of the state to Inve been
unlawful. "
SUICIDE OF WAGNER OFFICIAL
.Innir * Tn'lnr , .snn-ln-liMV of the
Ioiimlir of the I'nlai * ( nr t'oiu-
linnj , IvIIlN Himself.
\V\S11INOTON , Dec. 21 James Dunne
Tnjlor. one > of the Important ofllcrrs In New
York City of the Wngner Palaic Car com
pany and a hon-in-law of the founder of
the company , committed suicide today
i shortly after noon at the Grafton hotel In
I this city by cutting his throat with a rnor.
I Mr. Tavlor was suffering from tome ncr-
us . .affection caused by Illness ami the
act was committed apparently on the Im
pulse of the moment. Death was Instan
taneous. Deceased w.is C3 years of age
Accompanied by his hi other and son ,
James D , and Jay Taylor nnd Ir Leo ho
tame to Ibis city December 16 and reglstertd
at the Graftou. Ho had been suffcilng : from
bomo nervous affection for Homo time and
was brought here under chaige of a physi
cian to see If a change of scene would not
prove beneficial to him.
| The coioner lowed the body this afternoon
and g.i\e a verdict of death by suicide. It
was snld at the hotel tonight that the body
I had been taken away , but the employes pio-
fcssod not to know 'wheic.
i The body was dlspatchej for the late home
I of the deceased , being accompanied by the
brether"and and of the
son physician ile-
t cased. The New York directory for 1809
given Mr Tailor's residence as S52 Madison
. avenue , , ind his business ns treasurer of the
I Wngner Palace Car couipanv. In which ca-
j pacity , nnd that of so-rotary , he had been
for over thlity years with the company.
MAKE SAILORS Oh FARMERS
iilM.T Dixie , Mlth Three llimdri'il
, n n < l-4iti * ii , AVIII Clrfiiiniiii" , turn 11 *
tin * tilolie Nn nl l'\iiei Imi'iit.
Ni\V ; YORK. Dee 21. The converted
cruiser Dixie arrived fiom Philadelphia to
day , having on boaid 300 landsmen from the
i Mississippi rher nlley , who arc to be converted -
] verted into sailors
The ship , with the leciults nbo.ud , will
clicmnnavlgato the globe , showing them the
sights while teaching them how to follow
| the fce.i to manage Uncle Sam's , navy Sliuo
| the restoration of pence it has been dltncult
to get bailers to enlist It Is thought the
present plan will provide -ill ( lie sailors re
quired nnd a chance will be given the crew
1 for places on the new battleships.
| The Dixie will remain In dry dock until
after Christmas , when it will go to Norfolk ,
thcnco to the West Indies nnd later to Eu
rope , probably to Ti.mco first. As no ether
i government bas ever tried to make bailers
'
out of farmers , the oxpeilirent will be
watched with Intelest by other natlous.
BOUTELLE IS SERIOUSLY ILL
I t oniri i'NMiiiin from IInine Strli-kcn
While In ! > iiNlnnNil I lire of
' Tronlili- Not dltrii lint.
i
BOSTON , Dec 21 Congiefhinan C , A.
I Houtelle of Maine , who Is at Young's hotel ,
has been taken scrloitbly ill. The nature of
his trouble is not given out.
IJvciy endeavor was made to keep news of
the congressman's IllnusB quiet.
A bulletin given out this ( Krldny ) morn
ing stated that the congressman w.is suf
fering from congestion of the binlii. Induced
by a severe attack of indigestion. It was
| tbo opinion of the physicians that the mal
ady la only temporary.
KILLS DAUGHTER S BETRAYER
t lloli'l I'mprlf-lor nt Prr > , KIIII , , Sin
{ rrniliTH lllniNelf After < nni-
inltllnc the Deed ,
OSKALOOSA. Kan , Dee 21T. . C
Klrhy , proprietor of a hotel at Perry , this
county , today shot and killed G. A. Toley ,
and , riding to Oskaloosn , siiiicndeicd to
the hherltf. Koloy was a boarder at tlio
hotel. Klrhy asserts that Foley had ruined
his dnughtci
SiianlNh War Wli-rnn Shot.
NATICK , .Mass. Dei 21-Uwls I' < rry ,
agd .M , , i Hp.iiiti'li u.uotcran , vv.ix shot
and Kllii-d toddy hy .Mlhw Lizzie .Morse at
In i homo In Wctxt Nutlek. Font shots
wore fired , tvvn of them taklim offei t , urn In
tin. hc-nr > Mixs .Morse , who \\.IH placed
iindi-r urreHt , says that the < In iinuMaiires
Juntllled her shouilng Peru Th < - Mnn < e
family is ono of the weiiltlilcst nml best
know n lu town
Conllnir llnttli-NhliiN at hen ,
NKW yOHK , Dec 21 After H tiiiitliiuouH
tilul toil.iy of four hours of the Miller con-
\iyor fin cuiil'm ; hjltlc'bhlii" at KIM the
lut'lcrfhlp ' MaHt-tUhUBClU anil the collier
MnnrlluH nm bored ( "Might in Sandy I tool ,
bay ' 1 he trial was ury xut-i ohffiil 100
bagH , about duhty tons of coal , beliig trnm > -
fened In four hours without any iKcldi-nt
to the apparatus.
MiMi'iiu-nlN of Oerilll VCKNI-IH , Di-r , ill.
A" tjup < rwlown Sallwl fjermanlc , for
New York
At New York-Sailed L'Aquitalne , for
Havre , Btulo of Nebr.itika , for CIUMKOW
At fleno.i Arrived AuKUato Victoria.
fr un New York , via Natilt H
At ItoMcui- Arrived I ti.nl.i from Llvi-r-
jol
> t IyUui > eel ArrivedOio.ink , frotn New
\.ik '
At Hr. mm Arrived Truve , from Nw
I York v d h juthampton
ENVIOUS OF OMAHA
Kansas Oity and St. Louis Arc Up to Their
Old Tricks Again.
BOTH AFTER THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS
Location of Office * at tbo Gala Oity Doei
Not Please Them ,
TRYING TO HAVE DEPARTMENT DIVIDED
Would See Omaha Reduced to Second or
Third Glass Position.
MEIKLEJOIIN IS OPPOSED TO A CHANGE
I'rcM-nt l.ofiitlon > f llriiitiiiiiirtom
VITJ < 'oii full-lit lit filmof I nil I u n
I prlnliiK : i\IMlnu : ArriniKi"
mctitn ( lultf Mitlifnrtots.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 21. ( Special Tele-
gtam. ) There U n preconcerted effort on the
part of Kansnn City and St Louis to bring
about n change In the location of tup bcnd-
quni ton. of the Department of the Mlssoml.
Missouri congressmen have been quietly
probing ofllclalh of the War department for
the IIKellhooJ of bringing about the changes
desired , but they have been signally un
successful and tliov have now about decided
to press for a iiMrtangcment of the de
partments with nlpv of i educing Omahi
to n second or third-class position as a pun
ishment for succeeding to the hoadquartus
of the Department of the Missouri.
Assistant Secretary Melklejohn of the
War depaitmenl. when asked whether the
action of Missouri congressmen would most
with success , smiled bl.imlly and said that
so far as ho was loncorued the present locu
tion of the Department o ( the Missouri
would be continued.
"Military won , " he s.ild. . "appreciate the
Importance of being near probable centers
of uprisings , nnd Omaha Is peculiarly sit
uated In this regard. Ill the present nr-
i.ingement of the departments geographlcil
lines were thoroughb considered , ami Tor
ono I cannot conceive of any better arrange
ment than at present exists , "
Senator Pettlgrew of South Dakota left
today for his home In Sioux Tails.
Senator nnd Mrs. Thurston will leave next
Wednesday for Omaha to remain until after
Now Year's.
i : O. Urandt of Omnba Is In the city , en
route to Indianapolis.
U. H. Schneider of Fremont loft this even
ing for New York on business connected with
hla grain trade.
Colonel W. r Cody was In the city this
evening en ronto to Now York.
The comptroller of the currency to-lay
made public a report of the condition of the
national hanks of De Moines , In . at the
close of business December 2. The banks
hn\o Increased their Individual dcpjs'ts '
from $2,291,441 in Septombei , when the last
report was filed , to $2,687,712. Loan ? r.n'1
discounts have declined from $4,543,733 I'l '
September to $4,4K > ,032. The average reserve -
servo held Is 22.73 per cent , DR cbmpired
with 27.89 per cent In September. Prcssnt
gold holdings nggregato $154,0.12 , a decline
of about ? C,000 since September.
Joseph Ileckenbnm was today appolntnl
postmaster at New Castle , Dlxon county , No-
hmtika , vice A. L. Ilrndcn , resigned ; also
1C. J. Olsen at Superior , Dickinson counts' ,
Iowa
Senators Clark of Wyoming , Shoup of
Idaho , CartT of Montana and Hlngor Iltr-
mann , commissioner of the general land
ofllce , left tonight on a totir of Arizona and
New Mexico with a view of examining the
conditions of the two torrlloile-s , both eif
which are seeking to be admitted Into tbo
union.
DAWES APPOINTS A RECEIVER
Kxinnl HIMAVIncc to Take
e of tin * filolie > ntlonal
Hank at ItONton ,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 Comptroller
Dawes this evening appointed Special Ex
aminer Daniel G Wing temporary receiver
of the Globe National bank of Boston , Mass
In connection with his action the comptroller
nald :
"Some tlmo ago Mr Wing , who Is ono of
the In the - of
expcrts/cmploycd Hy-Htem spe
cial bank examinations recently Inaugurated ,
discovered a .seilous condition of affairs In
the Globe National ba k , which he Imme
diately brought to the attention of the comp
troller and under his direction to the dl-
rcciois of the bank It was very laudably
agreed and undertook to make good the
doubtful nml bad ahsctfl found , nnd havx
gicatty impioved the condition of the bink
since that time They also delivered to
the comptroller a written guaranty that
they would remove the doubtful assets. He-
cent failures In Doston have lessened the
value of thn unperformed portion of the
guaranty nnd Involved Iho solvency of the
hank.
"In view of the fact that to allow thu
hank to remain open longer will result In
Injustice to unsociirod crodltoro , now thnt
the condition of Insolvency Is found to exist.
It becomes my duly under the law to ap
point a receiver. A considerable cash divi
dend can bo paid to creditors at once.
"Tho condition of tbo bank was discovered
hy Special Examiner Wing In tlmo to secure
cure such action on the part of the direc
tors an will probably prevent the failure
from Inflicting heavy lomes upon the de
positors , hut the dlre-ctors nnd stockholders
will lose heavily "
1h Innk , H IH understood , was Involved
In the Squire folium and In mining Blocks
The following is a condensed statement of
the. condition of the bank , UK teportcd to
the comptroller December 2 , 180ft :
LUbllltlcu-Cnpltnl stork , $1,000,000 ; sur
plus , $120,000 , undivided profits , $ H4.7M ;
circulation , $ & 'J,100 | , deposit * , $8,099,095 ; bills
payable , $27.1.000 , total , J10.529.9S3.
Itcsourcos I/ians and discount ! ) , $5,57.- !
101 , United States bonds to secure circula
tion , $1.000,000 , United Htalcs bonds to HC > -
curn United Statin doposlla. $190,000 , pre
miums nn bonds , $1311,350 , Blocks and se
curities , $1,092,202 , cash on hand , and dua
from banks , $2 r,3r,2i7 ! , total , $10,529,953.
HOSTON , Dec 21 The news that a re
ceiver had bce-n appointed for the Globe Na
tional hank has taken thin city hy urprUo
While the bank was known to have liren In
distress eight days agn , presumably over the
decline In copper tpe < laities , chiefly Unite I
StnUH Mining ( ompuny , It was thought the
crisis was over Thin was homo out ex
tcrnully by the reaHuurlng tone of dealings
the Uit few days The Boston ( ilcarlnB
House naKoi.hUlon tiimo to the usHlatancc of
the bank , ttlthough when the Broadway Na
ticnul lunk wai > In trouble later tbu clear
ing houte refuBP'l ' assistanceIt wan i-tatid
that the ilfarlng house committee had or
UH ( < tc8 xlKnrd ready to relieve any i < ank
meeting uilh trouble ,
