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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19. 1871. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING , JANUARY 10 , lOOO-TWELVE PAGES. TGL.- . : COPY JTIVI3 CESTS. ]
LACK 01LWAR SEWS
Practically HoWffijtit/l /
Transpiring in
BRITISH PUBLIC IS VHY ANXIOUS
Oonduot of the War is Freely Criticised on
Every Hand ,
DEMANDS FOR AN INCREASE OF FORCES
Bumorathat Another General Will Boon Be
Bent to the Front.
BRITISH LOSSES NEAR EIGHT THOUSAND
Ilcniirt tlmt American J.lner Ml. Paul
linn llcL'ii Chartered UN u Trtiun-
liorl to Convey Troops to
w South ' .Yfrlen. _ u
LONDON , Jan. 10. I 30 a. ra. The War
pfllco bna not contributed the least par
ticular as to what la Inking place in Natal
Blnco Sumlaj. Neither has It allowed the
dispatcher of correspondents to bo given out.
Consequently , the facta of the situation nre
replaced by conjectures and the Impatience
of the public pours Itself Into a discussion
of the conduct of the war nnd of what
might have Icon done or what ought to
bo done.
The Morning Test demands that the forces
affected , afloat and In preparation , shall !
bo Increased by G5.000 men. To this end
It urges that all the trained men the country -
try possesses , mllltla and volunteers , shall
1)0 called out , asserting Incidentally that , al
though the attitude of other powers In
correct In the diplomatic sense of the word
an Invasion , If attempted , would bo sudden
nnd that now IH the tlmo to apprehend con-
tlngonclcs.
The Dally News , editorially , defines the
public opinion of the continent as "In n
Btntowhich should not bo Ignored. " It
calls for "greater vigilance than ever on tbo
part of thoHO responsible for the efficiency
ot the navy" and urges "cautious , clrcum-
ipect and businesslike diplomacy. "
The Dally Mall says It understands that
Iho supersession of another general com
manding In South Africa will shortly bo
announced. This may have relation to Oen-
cral Butler'fi hasty summons from Devon-
port. It Is reported that ho came by spe
cial train to London yesterday and held a
long consultation with the headquarters'
Etaff. This seems to Indicate that his
ndvlce , which only recently was in ex-
titmu disfavor , IB about to bo utilized.
Crltlcn Kind Fault.
The critics range up and down the entire
field of war transactions , rinding fault and
especially with the lack of transports for
the troops wh'ouro ready to depart , and with
the concealment of news , averring1 that
the censorship in South Africa embraces
the malls ; that the reports of correspondents
nro being mutilated and _ cntlre letters sup-
' *
Trip admiralty In seeking- for transports
la reported to huvo chartered the American
liner St. Paul , which was Inspected previ
ous to chartering , and three Liverpool
steamers.
Ti'o government's defense , as put forth by ,
I
Mr. Balfour at Manchester , has produced n j '
disagreeable Impression upon the country.
The Standard , Times and St. James Oazetto '
join in the almost unanimous metropolitan
nnd provincial disapproval of the govern
ment's explanations. The various segments
of the liberal party nro being drawn to- ,
pother for united opposition to Parliament
next month.
HrltlNll I.ONMI-N.
Great Drltaln'H losses since the war bo-
Kan nro fast approaching 8,000. A War olllco
compilation of casualties , Issued last evenIng -
Ing , shows a total of 7,213 1,027 killed ,
3,075 wounded nnd 2,611 missing. These do j
not Include 140 who have succumbed to dls- j
aso nor the > casualties at Ladysmith last I
Saturday. |
The Dally Mall sajs "With characteristic
bad manners the Transvaal authorities have
refused to allow Mr. Hollls , the Amerlein
representative at Pretoria , to care for Brit-
ioh Interests Tills Is an act without prece
dent In modem diplomatic history. "
Coillllllltee of IllentlKlltloil. .
( C'opyilKht , J8UO , lij Press Publishing Co )
LONDON , Jan .I ( .Vow York World Ca-
lilcgiam Special Telegram. ) The Leaders
military expert bays : "Still there Is no news
of any turning movement of Duller and no
jiows whether he Is well or In n poor state
of health. Looking at the telegrams sent
through wo should say thut they are sent
by the staff In his name. We cling to the
Idea that ho Is engaged In developing .1
movement In concert with White. "
The Leader announces that step's have
lioeii taken to form a committee of persons
Interested In the abortive proceedings of
the South African Investigating committee
lor the purpose of a further searching In
quiry as to alleged complicity of officers
of the government In the Jameson raid.
Cartw right Latham Is secretary of the ( move
ment nnd P. Stanhope , M. P. , Lloyd George ,
M P , and John Hums , M , P. , have hern
Invited to addiess a public meeting before
* Parliament sits
The Post military export Bays : "Tho
force In the Held Is evidently Insufficient , for
no progress Is made by either Duller. Me-
tlmen , Gatacro or Kiench. The cheapest
mcatmru now possible ls that ulileh will
most rapidly nnd most effective ! ) increase
the forces In the Held to u point nt which
HUccess will bo secured , The ptopor woy to
do this Is by calling to anna all trained men i
the country pofBCbscs , embodying nt once |
whatever'mllltla battalions have not > et : j
been called up , then calling out the volun i-
teers an whole. nnd then railing for trained
men who ha\o passed through either force
nnd for fresh recruits for both , The stop
page of Delagoa ba > ns n channel of sup
plies to the Transvaal has been urgcil as
the most effective method of stopping the
traffic. That Is what no suggested s > emu
tlmo ago , giving n liberal supply of < asli
and Inrgti discretion to the Drlllsh agent at
Lourenzo Mnrquez. A national determina
tion to win hat ) been expressed by all
classes. Now Is the time for action nnd yet
Iho measures taken still beat all the
marks of u more continuation of the or'g-
Itml plan cf gradual reinforcement. "
VnxliiiiN for NevvM from White.
LONDON , Jan. 9 further news of CSeu-
pnil White's victor ) Is anxiously awaited ,
ns it U generally utilized today that there
was little warrant for the exultation which
followed the announcement of his repulse
of the Hoera The remarkable revolution In
Doer tnctlen has been another
complete t > ur-
prlso to the Drltlsh , who had not reckoned
on the weakened garrison of Ludysmlth beIng -
Ing subjected to such u couragoouti assault ,
nnd It In realized that General Whites troops
cannot bo cxj ected to greatly prolong such
an arduous defense. In some quartern it la
coDbldered unaccouutable that General Duller
did not press his attempt to effect a passage
of the Tugcla river whllo the Boers were
engaged northward , nnd the comments on his
apparent suplnoncss are nowise compliment
ary
Trom the Boer headquarters It Is reported
hat General Duller Is constructing n sub-
'sldlary ' railroad from the main line to Co-
cneo westvvaidly In the direction of Pot-
Slctcr's drill.
Advices from tbo Moddcr river say the
Boers continue to extend their works , and
t IB estimated that 30,000 men are required
o defend them.
The prisoners captured by the Canadians
nnd Quecnslandcra at Sunnysldc are going
o Capetown for trial ns rebels. The Cana
dians expressed Intense Indignation on learn-
ng that the prisoners were British subjects.
The colonial troops continue to earn warm
pralso on nil aides , the latest example of
their effective work being recorded In the
ilItpatch to the London Times , dated Janu
ary 6 , from the Moddcr river , cabled to the
Associated Press last night , which snld that
thu news from Bclmont showed that the
Canadians and Queenslnndcrs bad been so
energetic In that vicinity that the Boors had |
been compelled to desert a large belt of the
Orange Tree State territory BCIOBS the bor
der.
.No riiainic nt C'olcitherK.
Little change Is apparent In the position
at Colesbcrg. General Trench reported to
the War office Sunday morning , January 7 , i
that ho had rcconnoltered with n squadron i
of the Household cavalry on the Doers' east' '
Hank , two miles from Achtcrlang nnd drew
a considerable force of the burghers , who ,
being anxious for their communications with
Norvalspont , withdrew.
The casualties of the Suffolks near Coles-
berg were.
Killed : Colonel Watson nnd Lieutenants
AVIIklns , Carey nnd Whlto nnd twenty-three
men.
men.Missing '
Missing Captains Brett' , Thomson nnd
Brown and Lieutenants Allen , Wood-Martin
nnd Ilntler and 107 men.
Wounded Twenty-ono men.
General French further reports that the
casualties of the other regiments to January
I wcro twelve men killed nnd forty-four
wounded.
The queen has telegraphed her congratu
lations and thanks to General Whlto nnd
his troops of Lidystnlth.
A dispatch from I'rero camp last Sunday
night said all was quiet there , thus ills-
puling the widespread hopes that General
Duller had followed up his demonstration
before Colenso with an effective move else-
where.
The London Times' correspondent nt
Lourenzo Marqucz cables that , although
thcro Is no guarantee that Transvaal gold
Is of standard value , the Portuguese gov
ernment compels the local banks to accept
It ns legal tender nt the same rate as Brit
ish sovereigns , "thus giving the republics
every facility for extensive transactions
here nnd remitting money to Europe"
Continuing , the correspondent says- "It
is a question whether the Portuguese order
Is not a breach of neutrality. "
The latest news from Bloemfonteln saya .
the officials thcro lecognlzc that the ) must
evacuate the town at an early date and are
securing houses at Pretoria. It Is also
announced that the hospitals at Bloemfon-
tcln nnd clsewhcrp are packed with
wounded men.
SEIZURE OF GERMAN VESSELS
s _ _ n
II n Dccmuit DiiHiit Inflict or } Of-
llulnl I.ettcrN Stoiincil.
BERLIN. Jan 9. The seizures l > f Ger
man vessels by British war ships are still
uppermost In the public opinion of Gcr-
many Emperor William confers dally ,
( Sometimes twice , with the foreign secre
tary. Count von Buelow , regarding the slt-
nation , which was described this nfterno n
by a well Informed olllelal as "most seri
ous. "
The first British olllelal reply to Ger
many's request for an explanation arrived
today from Lord Salisbury , but Is deemed
unsatisfactory , although the foreign otllco
admits that the tone of the British answer
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is conciliatory and that Its argument Is ,
plausible fiom the British point of view , j
The main difference between the British |
and German conceptions regarding the Jus-1 I
tillable-ness of the seizures Is In the Inter- I
prctatlon placed on contiaband and the i
right of search and It seeirs Impossible that !
an agreement will soon be reached between ]
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the two governments.
The German foreign office la Indignant I
that the Biltlsh authorities In Capetj\vn 1
stop even letters and other ofllclnl mall I i
matters .sent to German consuls In Pretoria j
and Johannesburg. i
LONDON. Jan. lO.- The Daily Graphic | \ '
makes the following statement regarding the
seizure of German vessels by British war | I
ships-
"Germany has addressed two notes to the
British foreign ofllcc , challenging Great '
Britain's right to detain any vessels that ,
travel between two neutral points. The
notes have been duly answered , i
"Tho queen's government finds Itself
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wholly unable to acquiesce In Geimany'H :
contention. Germany cited n case In support -
port of her contention , but an examination ,
of this so-called precedent proved to bn
quite inapplicable to the seizures under dis
cussion.
"Tho correspondence between the two
governments rests there , pending a de
cision by the prize court. "
HAY IS PERSONA NON GRATA
\Vlu-n HiItcnolifM Pretoria lit * Will
lit * liifornifil ! > > ICriiKcr lluMil } '
Itotiirn Ho in i' ,
CHICAGO , Jan. 9. A special to the
Curonlclo from Washington bays :
When young Adelbert Hay , son of the
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Httrctary of ttalf , reaches Pretoria to as-
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sumo charge of the United States consulate
at the capital of the South African 10- | I i
public , ho will bo Informed by President
Kruger that Lo Is persona non grata and that
ho Is at liberty to return to Washington ll' '
, own convenience.
NOT READY FOR MEDIATION J
Klnir Leopold OllVr Diplomatic 1
tifxtloii to < l HI-CM \ K < ; iirln IU -
LONDON , Jan. 10. Kin Ixopold , ac
cording to Iho Brussels coi respondent of '
the Dally Mall , recently Inquired of Queen |
Victoria whether an opportune moment for
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mediation had arrived , but lecclved a reply
In the negative I
Dorilri-elil llclil li > II.II-M. | |
LONDON , Jan 10. The Daily Mall has
the following dispatch , dated Sunday , Jan
uary 7 , from Capetown.
Dordrecht is now garrisoned by 1,000
rebels , thus releasing the Orange Free State
troops for service elsewhere ,
inrl ; of AMI Olnir ,
U'op > right. 1WO , by Press PiihlUhln ? Co )
LONDON , Jan 9 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram ) The earl of
Ava , eldest son and heir of the marquis of
Dufferln and Ava , Is reported dying In Lady-
smith of a wound In the thigh , received
( Continued on Second Pago. )
WOOD MEETS WITH CABINET
Secretaries to HUTS Full Power Over All
Officers in Their Districts.
PLANTERS RECEIVE NO ENCOURAGEMENT
Sehpinc to "ceure t\en nnditrlcnl -
turnl IiiiulcinctitN In "Vetoed h > -
( iovcrnor ( irm-ral Vvternnn
Ank I'll ! vernal SulTniKC
HAVANA , Jan. U General Wood held the
first executive meeting of the cabinet today
behind closed doors. After the session scv-
ii al of the flccrotnrlca declared that perfect
harmony existed between the cabinet nnd
governor general. The secretaries nre lo
linvo full power over nil officers In thrlr
respective' districts , subject only to con-
flrinntlon by General Wood , who told the
oablnot that ho had noticed Cubans * In pub-
lie office who seemed to think three hours
I '
vns n good day's work. Ho advised them
that officeholders' hours of work should be
from 0 to 11 n. m. nnd from 12 to 5 p. m. ,
allowing the hour from 11 to 12 for break
fast. The secretaries agreed to enforce this
rule , which will eventually be applied to
nil ] Insular officials.
General Wood also told the secretaries
that In giving them absolute power for ap
pointments and discharges of employes In
their respective departments ho designed
also to hold each ono personally accountable
to himself. i
"Thcro Is a great deal of work ahead , " ho I
remarked , "and It can only ho done by (
the heartiest co-operation and support. This j i
> ou have promised nnd this I feel sure you
will ungrudgingly accord. "
The Society of Planters Inquired of Gen
eral Wood whether anything was to be
gained ' by the society's advocacy of the
scheme ( according to which the government
was to bo urged to furnish the peasants
with oxen and agricultural Implements. Ho
replied that the society would do better to
turn Its attention to other matters , as It
was practically of no use to attempt to
got the scheme hrough.
The veterans of Snntn Clara have tele
graphed the veterans of Havana a strong
expression of their desire for universal
suffrage ns "being In accordance with the I
principles of the revolution "
SMOOTH SAIMMi FOR AVOOIJ ,
( ciientl .Mlrlo C'rltlelMen Ootcrnor
CJeiit-rul I'ralNCM Mc'ICInU'j
SANTIAGO , Cuba , Jan. 9. Generals
Itabl , Mlrlo , Larla and Castro wcro received
on their arrival yesterday from Havana
with great enthusiasm. More than 5,000 per
sons met them at the wharf. Today they
have attended receptions at the Cuban club
nnd this evening a largo crowd gathered In
the Plaza to hear speeches detailing the
result of the meeting with General Wood.
General Mlrlo criticised the governor
general , but said ho had faith In President
.McKlnley.
General Castro advised the people to pre
pare to resist , if necessary , a new and
stronger enemy.
All four of the returning- delegates on
being interviewed said that with the ap-
polntujent of General Wood there was fresh
for hoping that "the" independence
of Cuba would soon be attained.
The local press today , particularly the
Cubano Libre , is very violent , advocating
a "stiff policy. "
The Cubano Libre says :
"All Cubans are ready to shed the last
drop of blood to expel the Intruders. "
QUARREL ENDS IN TRAGEDY
Uellcf Story of niojieliicnt In Behind
the MjMtcry of Dead
Couple.
CHICAGO , Jan. 9. Developments in the
case of the man and woman who were found
dead in n room on Weal Madison street last
night point to an elopement , a quarrel , the i
murder ot the man by the woman whllo ho
was asleep and her suicide. From bottles ,
of mcdiclno found In the woman's trunk It
Is j believed she came from Toronto , Ont.
Ono ( package of white pellets wns marked
.
"Kor Mrs. Jackson , " the prescription Tielng
given by Dr Lehman of Toronto and put up
by ( U. Tuthlll , chemist , 359 Queen street or
,
330 Bathurst street , Toronto , October 23 ,
1899. j Other bottles of medicine wore found ,
purchased from Frank HIgclon , Marlon , Ind. ;
A. W. Leydy , Marlon , Ind. , and Swoveland , [
Ohio City , 0. The original theory of the i
police that the man , whose name la supposed : |
J to bo J. A. Futrell , did tbo shooting , was j
apparently disproved by the nature of his
;
wound and the position of his body when
found. J ' The man's face was toward the wall 1 |
as ' he lay In bed , whllo tbo bulletholo was j
In ' the back of his head. A revolver was '
found ' under the woman's loft arm. A but- !
lUliolo was in her left temple. Sunday !
night , It Is bald , the couple quarreled and ! I
the man left a few moments later with two I
gilps , but soon returned , apparently chang
ing his mind. U Is believed the quarrel was
then icnuwed nnd the tragedy followed.
On the inside of the dead woman's watch
was engraved 'Trom Jack to Marge. " Some
of her linen was marked "J. II. Ward. " 1
MAHION' , Ind , Jan. 9. The man and
woman found dead at Chicago lived in this
city. rutrell was a saloon keeper. The
woman Is Marguerite Ganlble and was sev
eral years ago married to a BlalrsvlllePa. ( . )
man. Futrell also had been married. His 1
parents are v calthy.
STOP WINDOW- GLASS FIGHT
Slaughter of I'rleeN U Oer Old Hales
to He Heittored I'orni Coin-
Mnntloii.
PITTSBUKO , Pa. . Jan. 1. Wlndo v glass ,
will soon be quoted again at its normal price.
It Is highly probable that when the restoro- '
fen has been accomplished
not another i
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advance will lollow. '
The cut of 33 1-3 per cent made by the i ! i
American Window Glass company , the comI ! I
hlnatlon , la to bo called off. The slaughter '
of prlcca may bo Bald to bo over and peico
will reign In tbo market This has been ,
accomplished by the formation of an or- !
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fonlzaton | of the Independent and cooperative i- |
tive manufacturers held at the Hotel Lin- i
coin today. There were about 740 out of a
possible 910 pots represented. It was do-i i
elded to form a selling agency to bo known
as the "Independent Window Glass Manufac- ; '
'
turcrs association "
EDUCATE CUBAN YOUNG MEN
( ic-m-rnl Wlici-lcr Illcctril PrcNlilcnt tit
AHHOCOII | | | Tno Ilunilreil In
American ScliooiN.
NEW YORK , Jan 9 The Cuban Educa
tional absoclatlon , which was formed bj
General Jcwcph Wheeler and Gilbert K
Hirroun about a jear ago , has elected the
following officers for the ensuing jeur :
President , General Joseph Wheeler , secre
tary and treasurer , Gilbert K Harroun.
The directors are General Wheeler , Gen
eral Leonard Wood , Theodore Hootovelt ,
Ferdinand W. Peck , Nicholas Murray But
Icat . Albert Shaw , William H , Baldwin , jr. ,
nnd GIlLert K. Harroun.
During the last > ear over 200 young men
from Cuba and Puerto It : co , between the
frat
ngm ot 14 and IS , hmc [ been allotted to
educational ! Institutions , [ rhc distribution
has : been In twenty-two tales , extending
from Now Hampshire to Louisiana , from
New York to Kansas.
[ General Wheeler has not jet dlspatchoj
any men from the Philippines , but he has n
nur-ibcr of them under examination with n
view to determining their worth. Should
they bo approved by him the association
will allot them to schools In the far western
states.
LYNCH TENNESSEE NEGROES
OIllOITN SllOt llrRIOFN lit lllt- |
! } , 'r < . | iiil'roilc | Are
Inn the
IlIPLEY , Tcnn. . Jan. 9. Marvin Durham
nnd W. D. Turner , ofllcera of this place ,
were . this morning shot to death while In
the ' discharge of their duty by two negroes ,
j A throng of 1,500 people are In pursuit of
I the murderers and a double lynching Is e\-
peeled to follow their capture , ns the
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I community ( Is horrified and exasperated by
] ' the unprovoked crime.
Turner nnd Durham had arrested n negro i
named Gingery nnd were taking him to the
Illpley Jail , when they wcro overtaken by
[
two negroes , brothers of the prisoner , who , '
without warning , fired from the rear , shootIng -
Ing both officers In the back of the head ,
Killing them Instantly.
When the news of the tragedy reached
hero It created great excitement nnd many
business people closed up their shops In j
order to Join In the chase for the mur-
dcrers. Hounds were brougnt forth nnd all |
the people who had left for the ecene1 of I
the killing carried nuns ami were evidently
bent on taking summary vengeance on the
slayers If they should bo caught.
MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , Jan. U. A epcclal to
the Commercial-Appeal from Riploy , re
ceived at midnight , snjs : The latest reports
from the largo poshd which went In pursuit
of the Gingery negroc are that two of the
mlecieanU , have been captured and lynched.
The two negroes were swung to trees on
the roadside nt 9-30 tonight. One of the dead
men Is the prisoner who was being escorted
to the Jail when the olllcors were shot by
his brothers. The searching parties nro still
out hunting for the other participants In
the crime H is reported that many negroca
In the neighborhood are arming themselves
nnd oxcltment runs high. Negroes nro being
run off the streets tonight nnd arc. warned
to remain quiet.
A negro was assaulted at 8 o'clock by a
white man nnd perhaps fnlally Injured.
Every incoming train has brought largo
numbers of men who have Joined In the
pursuit of the other negro.
BRAZILIANS OPEN A RAILWAY ,
iieutx Illn .Janeiro ivlth Itlo
C ran illdo Sul Talk of Tariff
Itvtnllntlon.
JUO DE JANEIRO , Dec. 20 , 1899. ( Cor- |
respondence of the Associated Press. ) The j
Sao Paulo & Illo Grande railroad , 220 kilo- I
motors of which were recently opened , will ! i 1
connect Rio do Janeiro vvith Rio Grande
I
do Sul. It will commence at Itavarcon I
the frontiers ot Parana and Sao Paulo ,
where the Sorocabo. railroad terminates , and ,
will end on the banks of t 5 Unjguiy rlvor j j
on the frontiers of Parana nnd Illo Grande }
do Sul , making a Junction there with the
Southwest Brazilian railroad. The line
when completed will have a total length J
of 900 kilometers.
It Is alho proposed to build a strategic line
connecting Parana with Matte Grosse , thus
furnishing the means of transportation by |
land from all points In the southern and i
central states to the extreme border states , '
now only reached by means of sea and river .
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by ' way of Monte/video / , Buenos Ares and the
Paraguay river. i
It Is announced that the Brazilian gov
ernment has resolved that in the event of
being unable to Induce certain European
nations to reduce their excessive' ' taxes on
Brazilian coffee , Brazil will use a dlscrlm- j
luatlng I tariff against the countries in qucs- '
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PISTOL DUEL IN COURT ROOM
Three Dnul mill Tuo Seriously
Wounili-il I , > | IIK on Floor When
' Smoke Cleared A\la > .
VICKSBURG. Miss. . Jan 9. Oak Rldgo ,
a Ilttlo hamlet eighteen miles northeast of
this I city , was the scene this morning of a
desperate < pistol duel , in which three or the
best-Known 1 residents of the county were
killed. 1
The dead arc : A. D. Roland , R. S.
Stephenson and Dr. Otho Austin.
Only meager details of the encounter are j ,
obtainable i , but It transpires that Dr. James I
Austin , his son , Otho Austin , and his son-
In-law : , R. S Stephenson , had been arrested
on ' nn affidavit sworn out b > Roland , chnrs-
ing them with whipping ono of Roland's
negro tenants.
The trial was set for this morning In
Justice Griffin's court at Oak Ridge. The
tilal had hardly opened when the shooting
began , but who fired the first shot Is not
known. When the smoke of battle had I I
cleared away Roland , Stephenson and Otho ]
Austin were stretched on the floor , dead , |
and Dr James Austin and n young son ot I
young Roland were seriously wounded. |
ARMOURS BUY A LIGHT PLANT
Illir I'nolicrM lii Control of KIIIIHIIH City
I'lKlltlUKT IlllNllll'HN Til I2\-
tt'iitl Srrt lei * .
KANSAS CITY , Jan. 9. At the annual
election of directors of the Edl&on Elec
tric Light and Power company nnd the
Kansas City Electric Light company the
electric lighting business of Kansas City
passed Into the control of the Armours of
Kansas City and Chicago , Robert Fleming
of London , C. F. nnd W. II. Holmes of the
Kentucky Metropolitan Street Railway com- ;
pony and other local business men. The
principal owners of the two companies was
the United Gas Investment association
This company has surrendered Its control
.mil the heaviest Individual stockholders ,
Wlnthrop Smith and W. N. Color , the Phil-
ailclphla nnd Nen York bankers , with-
idrew. .
"Tho Investment la now over Sl.000,000 , "
said It. C Krauthoff , counsel for P. D.
Armour , who is hero for the meeting. "Half
a million dollais moro will bo put Into improving -
proving and extending the service and
bringing It up to dnto. "
WRECK ON THE UNION PACIFIC
( ieneral .MniuiKi-r Dlel.liiHon'M Sprrlul
Cur IN Di'i-iillcil , hut .No
OIK * IH InJiiK'iI ,
MEAD. Neb . Jan 9 ( Special Telegram )
General Manager Dickinson's special , con
sisting of an euglno and Mr. Dickinson's
private car. was wrecked two miles west of
Yutan at 3 30 p. m today The car nnd the
cnglno tender left the track , the former
being badly demoralized The wreck was
caused by the rails spreading A wrecking
crew went out from hero and the track was
cleared in a few hours , No one was injured ,
MERCER IS NOT SURPRISED
Berlin's Rejection by the Santito Does Not
Shock the Congressman.
HAD NO AGREEMENT WITH THURSTON
llolilM thnt lie llml the'Vlinntiitc
to MnUe ( ho Aiiiioliitnu-iH lulo- !
n the I.ate AV. I , ,
( irecno Toilnr.
WASHINGTON , Jan. n. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Congressman Mercer , when seen
today , did not seem to bo greatly surprised
over the rejection of Richard S. Berlin to
bo supervisor ot census for the Second Ne
braska district. Ho said ho had not asked
n single senator to support Mr. Berlin and
that ho had understood that his nomination
was reportcj from the census committee
without recommendation. Mr. Mercer
stated ( that Senator Thurston nnd himself
,
had no agreement as to who should bo ap
pointed. Ho had written n letter to Mr.
Mcrrlam , , asking the director of the census
whether ho recognized the right of appoint
ment rested within himself ( Mercer ) , nnd
. .
that the director had Indicated that ho ex
pected him to make the appointment , which
was ' douo upon his return from Europe. He
further stated that ho had talks with Sen
ators Allison , Hanna nnd others , who em
phatically said that the right of appoint
ment ! rested with congressmen In the dis
tricts vvhcro senators resided. This was
sufficient for him nnd ho would stand tipon
the broad proposition that ho either had or
had not the right to make this appointment ,
Irrespective ] of any consultation with Sena
tor Thurston. N
Will Tlu-y Oet Tourether.
So far as Congressman Mercer Is con
cerned the matter rests hero nnd whether
Senator Thurston and Mr. Mercer can get
together upon a new appointee Is a matter
that only Iho future will develop. Mr. Mer
cer further said that ho had not demanded
any recognition from Senator Thurston
whatsoever In the appointments that ho had
mndo ; that he felt that the senator had the
right nnd therefore It would bo out of place
for him to Interfere , but he thought that the
appointment of supervisor of the census for
the Second Nebraska district rested solely
In himself and ho would make the appoint
ment along these lines or ho would allow
soffieono else to make It.
Senator Thurston , In opposing the con-
nrmatton of Mr. Berlin yesterday , in ex-
ecutlvo session , read the following letter'
which he had sent to Mr. Mercer on No
vember 16 , 1899 :
You will recall that before you left for
Europe 1 requested you to indicate your
choice for supervisor of census for the
Second congressional district ot Nebraska
and 1 hnil jour personal ns-iUiunco that
jou would meet mo and wo would talk
over the matter Jointly. Not seeing > ou
again before you loft for Europe , but act
ing on this understanding , I advised the
director oC the censu that we would
ngreo j upon a name. I recognize jour right [
to make a { .election All 1 a'-k Is that > ou
will cheese tome person whose uppolnt-
ment would not be objectionable to me ,
nnd If you will Indicate jour desire In the
matter I would be very glad to join you
In whomsoever jou may wish to have np-
polntcd on t' o understanding , of course.
that your selection would be Some person
who In on reasonably good personal and 1
political relation * \vltli us both. UurlnR your .
ubvenee Governor 'Merrlanr trpa.Mfdly id-\
llclted me to name a man , but ns 1 had J
this understanding1 wlh ! 3 > ou I did not tool I
justified In dolnir so , nnd waited for your
return In order that the matter might be
definitely settled.
I2filoilcN oil fireene.
Eulogies tomorrow in the house of repre-
sentatlves upon the death of the late Wlli
Ham L. Greene , from the Sixth Nebraska
district , will bo participated in by Repre
sentatives Mercer , Burkett , Sutherland ,
Neville and Robinson of the Nebraska dele
gation nnd Shattuc ot Ohio , with whom Mr.
Greene had quite a discussion during the
closing dnjs of the Fifty-fifth congress.
Mercer will have clnrge of the resolutions
nnd will bo the first speaker.
Senator Thurston today presented from
the Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breed-
crs' association a memorial against the
passage of a bill known as the Antl-Vlvl-
:
section bill. The reason for their opposition
is i , stated to bo that contagious diseases of
cattle and horses could not well be under
stood unless vivisection were used for the
BI
purpose of developing these diseases in
other animals. The facnntor also introduced
a bill for the relief ot Charles L. Wood of' '
North Plntte , former postmaster nt that
place , who lost a sum of money in changing'
the ofllco from the first to the presidential
class. Ho also Introduced a bill for the
relief of Michael Curtln ,
The number of visiting Ncbrnskans in
town at the present tlmo was especially
noted during the speech of Senator Bevcr-
Idgo of Indiana today In the senate. In the |
galleries wcro Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lambert- i
sen of Lincoln , Captain W. H. Hnyward I , I
son of the late M L Hay ward of Nebraska i
City ; Captain H. E. Palmer and Charles F.
Tuttle of Omaha
Congressman Mercer has received n letter
from the secretary ot the Interior Indicating
that the practice of permitting Indians to .
leave their reservations for show purposes
will hereafter bo prohibited and that no
permission will bo given to any ono to take
any Indians to Paris. Several persons In
Omaha had hoped to have a Midway Plals-
nnco show at Paris.
It was stated tonight that William F. Gur-
loy , uho Is at present In the city , but who
leaves tomorrow with Mrs. Gurley for Now
York on their way west , expects to bo a
candidate for district delegate to the na
tional republican convention.
Ilejiort on limn. lliiiiUx.
.
A report on the condition of the national '
banks of Iowa , exclusive of Des Molncs , nt
the close of business December 2 was today j
i i
madepublic. . Compared with the previous J ;
statement In September the banks have
made largo gains In Individual deposits
nnd loans and discounts , whllo n shrink
age is shown In the- average reserve. In '
dividual ( deposits have Increased from $30-
r,24nrii In September to $40,7i2,10G ! and loans
and discounts from $32,011.700 to $13.850,277.
The average reserve held Is 2103 per cent ,
against 31.84 per cent In September. Pres BJ
ent holdings of gold coin aggregate $1,001.-
927 , a slight decline slnco September.
Congressman Gamble IB preparing a bill
eo amending the law relating to the dispo
sition of timber on forest reserves as to
discontinue the delays caused In securing
permission to remove timber from the re
serves for building nnd fuel purposes. The
bill proposes to rcduco the tlmo of notlco
fiom sixty days to thirty days and gives
the land commissioner direction to permit
of the removal of small amounts of timber
for the purposes named without thirty da > s'
notice
Recommendation has been made by Con
gressman Gamble for the appointment s'n.
Dr. D. M. Clemmens as a member of the
Hoard of Examining Surgeons at Salem ,
S. D
An order was Issued establishing a post-
ofllco at Knlerlm , Calhoun county , la , with
David H. French postmaster. The poet-
ofllco ut Center , Duburjuc county , la , has
been ordered discontinued. Mall will bo
sent to Dubuque ,
Wyoming postmastcrg appointed J M.
Noble , at Cora , Fremont county , M. J. An-
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Fair nnd Colder , Yarlnulo Winds
Tcmit | > rnturi nt Oniiihn j cntrriln ; :
l r Iu. . lliiur. Di-ir ,
r. a. in Ill | | > m IU
< l n. in Ill Up in lit
n. in Id a p m It
* n. i id .1 in : m
u n. in i- n in : t ?
to n. in it ; it m : tt :
I II , III Ill 7 III US
-in it s m i-\
ti : in ut :
derson. at Jackson , Uhitn county ; H. L.
McMullen , at John. Albany county , nud F.
J. Banner , at Oncn , Albany county.
Iowa Charles Zabokcrtsk } , nt Wolford ,
Bcnton county.
South Dakota Orion Porter , nt Fairfax ,
Gregory count ) .
A. M Kidney was today apppolntcd post
master at Ives , Dundy count ) , Neb , vice 0.
II Ballaid , resigned.
STORY OF HORRIBLE MURDER
louu I'll ] Kit-Ian , While IIINIIIIC , Kill *
\oiinur Chilli In n Vrlurlil-
ful Manner.
HAMPTON. resigned.'i
pleby , for several years the leading physi
cian at Drlston , Butler county , last even
ing , In u fit of Insanity , killed n 10-months-
old child of Henrj Wenrly of this place ,
whllo making an examination of It In Dr.
Hobson' office In this city.
The parents had taken
the child to 'i '
Dr. Hobson'p office to bo treated for some
trllllni ; ailment and before ho h.nl time to
attend to it ho was called out. Dr. Appleby ,
who was visiting Dr. Hohson , was In the
olllco and the latter suggested that Dr. Ap
pleby ( should make the necessary examina
tion , which , as boon as Dr. Hobson left
the office , ho proceeded to do.
Ilo took the child In hU iirms and handled
It so roughly that the parents protested ,
but to no avail. Ilo suddenly put his
thumb.1 ; under Us chin nnd with his fingers
en top of Its head , crushed Its face In so
that the blood gushed out of Its no-'c ' and
mouth. Then he seized the child by one
foot and began swinging It around his head ,
resisting all efforts of the terrorstrlcken
parents to stop him , and It was not until
help wns gotten that the child was taken
from him. It wns oulto dead.
The Insnno commission wns Immediately
convened and nt midnight Dr. Appleby was
on his way to the hospital for the Insane
' i.t Inde : > endenco. Three or four bou s
. after the occurrence ho neemed compara
' tively rational nnd said ho know what he
was doing when ho killed the child , but
' could not help It. The cause of his Insan
ity Is supposed to bo religious excitement.
GUARD THE bTATt ARSENAL
ARSENALi
Kuriner nnternor llrailli-y Oeiilen lle-
liiiblletniM Arc IinimrtliiK : Men to
Intliiildnte
FRANKFORT , Ky. , Jan. 9. The scEsions
of both houses of the legislature were un
eventful today , no * > teps being taken which
had any boarlng on the state contests.
Former Governor Bradley , chief counsel
for Governor Taylor , when asked regarding
stories that troops had been brought hero
I in I citizens clothes , denied all knowledge ro-
j 6ardlm , stie ] matter , pnd rtcMjhf.'ctl 'Ao wnub-
\ " * * "
j Hcnn plaiiB did nor"lneludoprans to Import
, hero 1 Iiirgo bodies from over the state for
!
i the purpose of Intimidating the legislature.
Ho said :
"We will summon about 2,000 witnesses
| here , whose evidence Is to Ijc taken for use
before | the State Contcbt Board and many of
them i , I suppose , will come , but there will
bo ] no effort at Intimidation. I take no stock
In the talk about bloodshed. "
At the adjutant general'olllco It was
admitted that n guard Is In charge of the
state nisenal.
The house will bo the center of attraction
tomorrow. The principal light of the day
j will bo over the adoption of the Joint rules
I as adopted by the senate last Saturday which . .I
| I undertake , to set aside the lieutenant gov-
i ornor , and make the speaker of the hotiso
1 the , presiding officer In the joint assembly.
I Former Congressman AV. C P. BrccklnI
! ridge nnd other nntl-Goebel democrats who
had been summoned hero arrived last night
and today hold frequent conferences with
both the republicans and antl-Goebelltes In
| the leglhlnture. The antl-Goebel democratic
members were specially urged to act with
! ' the republicans in the fight In the house
i ugalnst the Joint assembly rules.
! ' ' There was renewed talk tonight that the
f republicans nre planning to get the gover-
i norshlp case Into the federal courts nnd It
stated that both Senators LIndscy nnl
Dcboe have favored this course.
They state that Governor Taylor nnd all
| of the present Incumbents of the state of-
flees will be sustained till the case Is finally
determined In federal tribunals. The np- .
pealed case Involving the questions whether )
Governor Taylrr's appointees nro Iho right- ,
fill Mate election commissioners will bo
| heard by Chief Justice Ha clrlgg tomor-
CARTER MAKING BITTER FIGHT
_
Former Captain IOM-M | to Ret .Sen
tence of Coiirt-Murtlal Annulled
CIINC In rt'iU-rnl Court.
NEW YORK , Jan. 9. Former Captain 0.
M. Carter , U. S. A. , through his lawyer ,
Abram J , Rose , Is making a bitter fight
In the federal courts In the liopo of getting
the sentence of the court-martial annulled.
Should Rose succeed In freeing Carter ho
would practically clear the Gaynnr brothels
nnd Benjamin D Greene , the contractors ,
nt present awaiting examination before
United States Commissioner Shields. In
the- event of Carter's lawjors being able to
keep the continctors In tblu city and Car-
ter'a case before the courts until the con
spiracy charge falls through because of the
statutory tlmo limit , which expires In July ,
ho will have won an important point against
the prosecution.
Carter's eounsel says , If necessary , he
will carry It to the United States supreme
court. The cnso came up today In the form
of a writ of error to an appeal from an
order of the court of appeals dismissing a [
writ of appeal.
Its title is O M Carter against Captain
Benjamin K. Roberts , defendant in error , j
The latter Is In charge of the military prison !
on Govoinor's island. Rose argued tho' ' '
ease at great length. Decision was re- I
served. I i i
I iilou I'arlllr nirfi'tiirn M < < .
N13W YORK , Jan 0 Routine s
was traiiHtii ted only at the Union Pncltlc
rallrond directors' meeting tod.ij Street
goHsIp had It that a dividend would bo de
clared on the lonunon stork tit this K ,
Lhtlmutus ranging from I'/l ' to 2 per cent
Tito Iliinuril fur Murilrr.
MONTHOSi : , I'a , Jim -Cornellim 8hew
and James Otgan. the murderers of Jacksun
Ptpptr , un aged nnd wealthy farmer of
Hush township , Susfjuchntimi county , were
lmtiKd hcie today
Mi > \ tiinentM of ( l < tfiii VeNHeln , Jim , ) ) ,
At Plymouth Ai rived Oruf Wulderseo ,
from Now York , for Hamburg , nnd pro- |
teeded Hnllcd-U'retorln. from Hamburg. |
for New York. '
At Antwerp Arrlvod ( January 7 > West-
urnland , from New York
At Now York tailed Columbia , for
Genoa , etc ,
TO HOLD PHILIPPINES
Keynote of Iho Speech in the Senate by
Borcridge of Indiana.
DELIVERS DEEPLY INTERESTING ORATION
Heploto with Striking Senloncas and Woll-
Arranged Information ,
APPLAUSE SWEEPS OVER THE GALLERIES
Every Senator in His Seat and Many Boprc *
Eontatives Are Present.
HOAR REPLIES FOR ANTI-EXPANSIONISTS
HlillciilcH the Mntvint'iit that Pill-
liliioii Are Not Caiialiltof Self-
( JiM eminent IlimtON lieM | > rlH
from IH'uey unit tltln.
WASHINGTON , Jan. I ) "That man little
Knows the common people of the republic ,
llttlo knows the Instincts ot our race , who
thinks we will not hold It ( the Philippine
archipelago ) fast nnd hold It forever , nil-
ministering : Just government by the simplest
This sentence was the Keynote of the
opcech delivered In the seimto today by
Beverldgc , the Junior Ronator fiom Indiana.
It "uab the maiden speech in the senate of
about the > out'ge ! > t member of the bodj.
The announcement that ho would deliver > ui
address embodying his observations In th >
Philippines attracted an unusual number of
auditors to th' * galleries.
On the floor of the senate cvoiy member
was In hl.s scat and scores ot representatives
cnmo over from the house. The occasion
was inspiring and Mr. Be vcrldgo rose to It
brilliantly.
His oration for properlv It wns nr- oration
tion was deoplj Interesting. It was u-
plcto j , with striking sentences and \\tll-
ariangcd Information , spoken with all the
earnestness , vigor nnd eloquence of u line
ointor , who rose at times to his subject with
the power of passionate dramatic utterance
The speech created n profound Impicaslon
upon all who heard It. Bcvcrldgo Is schol
arly and refined In
appearance , with a
striking face and figure. Throughout his
speech ho wns easy nnd natural and entirely
fico from mannerisms. Ho spoke rapidly
and with great earncstnc&s.
When ho declared with deep solemnity to
these "whose voices In America have
i cheered these misguided natives on to shoot
our boldlcrs down that the blood of these
dead and wounded boss of ours Is on their
hands and the flood of years can never wash
that stain away" there was a deep , al
though Buppicssed sensation , among his ,
auditors.
Bevcridge , In the course of his speech ,
touching on the various phases of the Phil
ippine question , said :
Mr. Pres'dent ' , the times call for candor ,
The Philippines" are outs forever , "terri
tory belcinijlntj to the United -StiitCM. ' a
\1i , coTWtUntort ! Jvllr tbeln/ And Jin.tj
yond tf.vj PhHlpftlno < nri ) China's lilt
nble mnrkcl.s wo will not letrea't ' from
cither.
Philippine * Command I'nellle.
This Island empire Is the lust land left
In all the oceans. If It should prove a mis
take to abandon it the blunder once made
would bc > ll retrievable If it ptoves a
mistake to hold It. the crroi can bo cor-
iceted when we will ; every other progres
sive nation Htnndx ready to relieve us
But to hold It will be no m'stnke. Our
largest tra lu henceforth must bo with
Asia The Pacific ocean Is our ocean The
Philippines give us a base nt thu clior of
all the east. The1 power that rules the Pa
cific , therefore. Is the povvei that rules
the world And , with the Philippines , that
i I power If and will forever bo the American
j i icpubllc.
I ( Jliina'a trade Is the mltfhllest commei-
1 clal fact In our futnie. Hot foielRii coin-
| mcrce was $2S'iTiSoo ; In 1S37 , nf which we ,
her neighbor , had UHS th in 13 pei cent ,
I of which only n little more than half was
I I mcrchandl'-ii sold to China by us Wo
ought to have 50 poi cent nnd wo will. And
Ohlnn'K foreign commeico Is only lifgln-
rlnK. Hei rt ouncs , her possibilities , her
wants all are undeveloped. Bn ! % has only
31(1 ( m'les ' of railway. 1 have seen trilns
loaded with natives and all the activities
of modern Hie nlriady appealing
the line. Hut she needs , and In llftv years „
will have , ifToU ) mile's of inllway Who can
estlmnto her conunerco then ? That states
man commits a crime ilKalnst American
t rail o against the American grower of
cotton and wheat and tobacco , the Ameri
can manufacturer of machinery and cloth
ing who fnllH to put Ameici ! where hho
may comr-mnd that trncle.
IteHOiirccH if the iKliindM.
But If they did not command China , lu
ll Vi , the 01 lent , the whole Pacific for pttr-
PCJS of oltc-nse. dcifense and trade , Iho
Philippines are so valuable In themselves
that v.o should hold tin m No land in
America surpasses in futt'llty the plains
nnd valleys of Luzon , like and coffee ,
sugar and cocoanuts hemp and tobacco nii'l '
many products of ihe- temperate ns well
as tropic zone , grow In various roctlcmn of
tlio archipelago 1 have seen hundreds of
bushels of Indian coin lying in a road
f ringed with banana trees This forustH of
Ncgros , Mindanao , Allmlorn. Paluan and
parts of Liunn aie nvulunhU ) and Intact
The wood of tbn Philippines can supply the
furniture of the world for a century to
como. I have a nugget of pure gold picked
up In Us present form on the bunks of
a Philippine ) creek 1 have iold dust
vvufhed out by crude processes of carolcsB
natives from the Manila of a Philippine
stivuin. Both Indleatu urcat deposits at
the source from which they como. In one
of the Inlands grent deposits of copper ex
ist untouched The mineral wealth of this
empire of the ocean will ono day mirprlso
theworld. .
.Manila , as a port of call and exchange ,
will , in the tlmo of men now living , far
surpass Liverpool. Nothing IH BO natural aa
trade with ono's neighbors , the Philip
pines make UH the nearest neighbors of nil
the cnbt
If we- arc willing to go to war rather
than let liiiKlund have a few foot of ft07011
Alaska , which affords no market and com
mands none , what MionM wo not do
rather than let England , Germany , Huc-
Hla. or Japan have all the Philippines ?
And no man on the npot can ( all to pee
that thl would ho their fate If wo 10-
tlrod.
Chrirncter of the. People.
It will be hard for Americans who have
not studied them to understand the people
They are n b.ulmrotiB race , modified by
three centuries of contact with a decadent
rare It littiurcly possible that 1 000 men In nil
the fin.hlpuluKo nro capablii of sclf-BOverii-
tnent.In . the Anijln-Saxon BCIIRO My own
belief IB tlmt then are not 100 men among
thrin who comirche-nd : what Anglo-Haxon
self-fc-ove-rnment even means , and thorn nro
over 0,000OK ) people to be governed I know
many elrver and highly educated mm
among them but iticru uio only thrio com
mamllnir Intellects and chaiurterB Arel
lane , MaJilnl and Agulnnldo Arellano , the
i hlef JiiKiIco of our '
Hupri'tne court IB a prc > -
found lawyer nnd a bravu and Incorruptible
man Jlablnl IH the highest typo of subtlety
and the most constructive mind that rnie
IniH yet produced AKulnaldo Is a clover
jjopular [ t-adcr. able , brave , resourceful ,
cunning arnblllcniH , uiiHcrupulnus and mau-
lerful Ho Is full of decision. Initiative nnd
authority and bad tbn conlldenco of the
masHes HH Is u natural dictator Hlu Ideaw
of government are abHolute orders , Imitllilt
obeilU'nco or Immediate death Ho unclci-
Btandu the charirteT of his countrymen Hi >
Is ii Malay Bylla , not a Filipino Washing
tan.
"llulil II Korever. " ,
Hrrn then BenatorH. Is thn situation Two
njeaiH ai o there waH no lund _ In all DM
world which wo could occupy for any pur
pone Our commerce was dully turning to
wurd thn Orient and geography and trade
development * made nocesiary our < emmer
tlul empire over the Pacific And In ( hat
we had no commciclul , nuval or mill'