The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUKE 10, 1871.
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Britith FUns Already Inid to Ferpatuate
Peace in South Africa
SOLDIERS 10 BE INDUCED TO SETTLE
Inducement to Colonials from Abroad, Vol
notiera and Timc-Explrcd Men.
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY ACRES EA
Landi Taken from Eoers Will Ee Parceled
Oat Amon Them.
DR, LEYDS IS NOW GOING TO PARIS
lie A V 1 1 1 Sro l)clcnc, Minister nf I
cIk Affair, In Vrixc Inlerven
tlun Xu .Venn of Miifc
UIiik'n Heller.
(Copyright. 19'0, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, March 19. (New Yirk World
Cablegram Special Telegram. Part of the
lilan for the pacification of South Africa Is
now apparent In tho announcement that all
Ilrltlsh authorities, there will make evory
effort to Induco reservists, tlmo-cxplrcd mon,
volunteers and colonials from abroad to not
tlo thero as soon as tho war Is over by giv
ing tbcm 210 acres of land each, providing
thoy occupy It for ten years.
Agents In all the colonics and authorities
In Rhodesia and tho Chartered company In
London are lending aid to the plan. Men
who do not wish to tako up land will be
inn do tempting offers to enlist In the
Chartered company's Held force under Car
rlngton. It Is declared otllclally that the War office
v. Ill not sanction or encourage transfers
from colonials, volunteers or yeomanry to
tho regular establishment of the Ilrltlsh
errny.
I.cyil In Go to I'nrU.
(Copyright, 100, by Press Publishing Co.)
BRUSSKLS, Mnrch 19. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Dr. Leyds
has returned from Holland. Ho had several
consultations with tho Netherlands minis
ters, probably about Intervention. Ho will
go to Paris at once to sec Dclcnsso upon the
tame topic.
LONDON, March 20. 4 n. in. Tho War of
flco has had no news up to this hour con
firming the report of tho relief of Mafeklng,
but George Wyndham, parliamentary under
nccrotary for war, replying to a private in
quiry In tho lobby of tho House of Commons
about midnight smilingly said: "I think It
nil right."
Free Slnlnrn Not Quite Callnnae.
Tho Frco Staters seemingly havo not quite
collapsed. They aro In considerable forco
around Smlthflcld, although much dispir
ited. A British spy from llouxvlllo reports
that Commandant Olivier and a commando
nro going to Kroonstadt. Tho ngonts he loft
behind nro using desperate means of rais
ing recruits, commandeering British Boers
under penalty of death. Kroonstadt, where
the Boers .nro concentrating, Is 137 miles
Irom Illoemfontelh. It Is surrounded by a
country or hills and Jungles.
General Gatncrn Is now resting at Sprlng
fontcln, preliminary to Joining Lord Rob
erts. General Bullcr's hill work before Lady
Btiilth has gWcn him an expcrlcnco which
Js nbout to bo used In forcing tho Blggars
lierg range. It Is believed that 25,000 of his
40,000 men aro about to engage Gcnornl
Botha's forco and tho next news of fight
ing will probably como from Natul.
Petition for Ilorr Independence.
Tho leader of tho Afrikander bund Is
circulating a petition In Capo Colony nsk
lng tho Imperial government not to take
riwny tho Independence of tho Boers.
Thirty-two thousand additional troops
for South Africa uro now at sea.
Tho Lourenzo Marque correspondent of
tho Times, telegraphing March 19. says:
Last night the Portuguese hurriedly dis
patched by special train a force of Infantry
to rcluforco the garrison on tho Transvaal
border.
PLAN TO MOVE ON PRETORIA
Indication Hint Advance Will Bp from
Two lllrrctlon dinner for
tit-th u c i).
LONDON, March 19. Neither the ad
vanco by wny ot Fourteen Streams nor
Colonel Plumcr's movement has yet ro
sultcd In bringing nows of Mafeklng's re
lief; from Bloemfonteln and Natal there aro
apparently no sorlous doveloprnentB and
public Interest remains centered in Colonel
Baden-Powell's force, undlstrnctcd by events
of greater military Importance. However,
II nnrtufico IIL-nli, I Ii n I thn nnnv(tl tl !? tt IllO
i..,.....iu Mi.foVii,w imitate n much
wore serious purpose than merely Its relief,
Judging from Lord Methuen's presence at
Warrentown and tho capturo of tho nearby
passago of tho Vual at Fourteen Streams,
keen observers bellovo Lord Roberts medi
tates un advance in force on Pretoria by
way o RiiHtenburg. This might start either
Irom Fourteen Streams or Klorksdorp, nnd
would probably coincide with an advanco via
Illoemfonteln nnd Natal.
Thus lAjrft Methuen may be given tho
chance to redeem his reputation, as has
tten done with Gonoral Gntacre.
Lack ot news from tho front may also bo
regarded ns significant.
Commandant Olivier has accomplished an
1
ether step In his retreat from northern Cape edlo Francalse nt tho Odeon.
Tolony, evacuating Rouxovlile und going to- 1 Tho flnanco bill was then voted In tts en
Wards Kronstndt, whare President Steyn Is, i tiroty after the rightists had declared they
Ceuernl While nl Ciuielou. j wruld not participate In the vote. The rlght
a .11....1M. f,nn, r-mntnwn rtntpd Siiiuhiv. 1 13'" defended their nttltudo on the ground, as
rays that General Sir Georgo Stewart White,
Ihe defender of Ladysmlth, has arrived there,
but Is too 111 to permit ot a public reception
being given In his honor.
From Carnarvon. Ca o Co lo n. It ta ro-
r-Med that he Canadian n o unted o,
under Colonel Herchlner. and the ; Canadian
Artillery, commanded by Colonel Urury, I
havo arrived thero with a contingent of
yeomanry. The presence of this force has
"lad an excellent effect in tho district.
It la reportrd that a large forco of Insur
gents Is In tho vicinity of Vnn Wyck's Viol.
COMMONS bYiwASHONA CLAIMS
Government lines ot Admit l.liihlllt)'
la It expect In 111 I in h of the
.Nature luillc utc il.
LONDON, March 19. In the House of
Commons today, In answer to a question re
garding tho subject of tho seizure of the
Ilrltlsh steamer MaBhona, laden with Amerl
tan Hour for tho Transvaal, by the British
gunboat Partridge, and whether tho gov
ernment, through the United Stntes am
bassador, Joseph II. Cboate,
had
undertakpn to meet any claims for loss or
damage sustained by American citizens In-
terested In tho cargo, In consequence ot the
ilay of the delivery of their goods and
vhcther the claims of British subjects would
bo treated on the same footing, Mr. Droder
k'k confirmed the announcement that the
prize court had released the Mashona, anil
ndded:
"Her majesty's government does not ad
mit liability In rcspoct to claims of tho tu
ttire Indicated. Claims with respect to thn
nondelivery of cargo nppejrs to bo a matter
for settlement between tho claimants and
the ship undertaking to dutlver tho goo.!.
Ilrltlsh subjects owning goods on a Ilrltlsh
ship have no right to trado with the enemy
and Ihcy nro not In the same position as for
eign owners."
O'CONNOR PRAISES THE QUEEN
l)NilnN Heller Stntesninttshlii
I'linii
Orejk .Members of the
Ministry.
NEW YORK, March 19. Mr. T. P. 0Con
nor, M. 1'.. In tho London Dally Mall writes:
"1 am asked to state my views with regard
tn thn momentous announcement na to tho
proposal by the queen of the wearing of tho i
shamrock by Irish soldiers and as to her
majesty's visit to Ireland. .
"As to the wearing of the shamrock, it Is
a tribute to Irish nationality which will be
greatly appreciated. Tho symbolical things
of life arc all apparently In themselves omall
things.
"The shamrock materially Is a small plant,
but tho wearing of It means to an Irishman
centuries of sacred memories and country's
wrongs resisted and hopes maintained. The
sanction of tho wearing of It by tho Irish
soldier, then, Is a concession I had almost
called It a tremendous concession to Irish
sentiment by the British throne, which must
; havo vast consequence.
"But, speaking assuredly In no snlrlt of
cnrplng objection, but as an illustration and
n lesson, Jiiny I point out that tho conduct of
Enttllsh ministers toward this small question
is a very rcmarkablo ami significant example
of tho slowness and dullness of wit, the
want of Imuglnntlon, insight and sympathy
which havo characterized all tho relations
between Unglaud and Ireland?
"Whllo tho Scotch soldier could wear the
tblstlo without Interference, while tho Welsh
soldier could wear tho leek, the Irish sol
dier, for year after year, was sent by somo
stupid olllcer to prison becauso ho wore the
emblem of his nationality. And when an
Irish member, session after session, called
attention to tho fact In tho House of Corn-
mono ho was howled at by many English
inemberB and he received cither nn abrupt or
a hostile answer from tho minister.
"And now, after nil tho bitterness of these
years, after tho Imprisonment and the snubs
and all tho rest, tho controversy Is ended
by tho order of tho highest and greatest
figure in tho realm. I will not say, as can
bo oild about so many other concessions to
Irish feeling, 'too late, too late,' but as
suredly the concession has not come too
soon.
"And now ns to the visit of tho queen to
Ireland. I find this act a touching, and, If I
may uso tho word, a statesmanlike and
eloquent proof, added to tho many others,
that tho present sovereign Is one of the
wisest that ever ruled those lands,"
BOERS NOT TO LAST A MONTH
lleport of One of Kruaer'n Speeelicii
thut U Sent Out from
Cnpetown.
(Copyright, 1000, by Tress Publishing C6.)
CAPETOWN, March 19. (Now York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) It Is said
that Kruger, In a speech at Bloemtonteln
before the British entry, declared his men
would bo unable to keep tho flold another
month.
THROWS SOP TO AGRARIANS
Promise of Increased Tint" on Wheat
for Iteliixliifr Opposition
to Meat.
BBRLIN, March 19. The Frankfurt Zel
tung says tho government has made the
oiler to tho agrarian party that If they will
abandon their opposition to tho Importation
oi picKieu meat tno duties on American
urn In will be raised after thn pynlr.itlnn
- ----- - - -
nf llin pnmmprpial trntv The jlnlv nn whn.il
will" bo increasod from 3 u " 50 to 0
marks per double centner.
un tno suoject or tne meat Inspection
bill tho soml-offlclal Hamburger Correspond -
cnt says: "It Is certain that America will
not quietly accept limitation, or to speak
correctly, nn absoluto prohibition of tho
Importation ot meat.
"We must reckon with counter measures
or. the part of the United States which will
do Immense damage to our commerce and
shipping, it is truo that for years past
American commercial legislation has boon
run on sucn lines ub io givu us niie reason
when drawing up customs regulations tor
Germany to pay any particular regard to
American trade.
"In fact. In certain quarters reprisals aro
oven called for against tho treatment of
Gorman Imports to America, but oven If such
, reprisals should havo any chanco of suc-
H.a, It wnillll tin n tlllaHLA in .
(n h i ihn fnrm nf .h u i u . . i
j or imported moat Instead ot extending them
In cennral enmmnrrlnl lnlalminn fn, h
ini.n,n,nin, onnini iniui.7 1,' 'u.
...,.u..uv...n .,-. unioiuiiuii ill nil i:uui'
actor wo give Americans not only tho pre
I toxt, but the right to tax German com
mcrce,"
JIOXUY FOIl Til KATII I" FIIA.NCAISIC.
French
Chniulirr Voles 2, 1110.000
I'm lies lo illehullil II.
PARIS, March 19. Tho Chnmber of Depu
ties today adopted a credit of 2,100.000 francs
for tho reconstruction of tho Theatre Frnn
calse, recently destroyed by fire, und for the
provision of a temporary home for the Com
thrlr principal spokesman put It. that ho
government s llnancla policy was ending
i rapidly to bankruptcy, that Its do-
dissension and so far ns its policy wan !
h ne "
' ,
K vernment's policy was having the result
cf placing French finances upon a better foot
lng.
Ilrltlsh Interests In ( lilnn,
LONDON. March 19. Being a3ked a ques
tlon In tho House ot Commons today regard
ing tho reports of trouble threatening io
occur In China the parliamentary secretary
of the foreign olnce. Mr. Broderick. said hr
majesty's government hud taken nnd con
tinued to take all necessary steps to proto't
British intfiests. In this connection ho de
nted tho story published In tho United States
that the American government was sending
war ships to China.
IIiiImiiiIc I'lnKue In Australia.
SYDNEY. N. S. W., March 19. Another
death from bubonic plnguo has occurred
I hero and two fresh cases nro otllclally re-
ported
ADELAIDE, Australia, March 19. Flvu
deaths havo recently occurred hero from
what is suspected to lo the bubonic plague.
ISLANDERS TO WAIT AWHILE
Relief for Porto Rico Postponed by Die
agreement in Ood grait,
HOUSE FAILS TO CONCUR WITH SENATE
Appropriation II 1 1 a Senl o Conference
Ilcprcscntntlt en Would Con tin in
to Turn lliMrnncx lltiek to
Island's Treasury.
WASHINGTON. March 19. The house to
day refused to concur In the senate amend
ments to tho Porto Hlco relief bill. Tho
democrats supported an amendment to con
cur on tho ground that it would avoid fur
ther delay In extending relief to the Inhab
itants of tho Island, but the republicans
stood firmly behind Chairman Cannon In his
demand that the house should Insist upon
Its original provision to appropriate not only
tho money collected on Porto Illcan goods
up to January 1, but all subequent nomey
collected or to bo collected. The remainder
of the day was devoted to District of Co
lumbia business.
Moody of Massachusetts supported Can
non's motion and said tho conflict of the two
houses had absolute! nothing to do with
the question of frco trado between the United
Stntes and Porto Illco.
"Will non-concurrence not delay tho re
lief?" inquired Ball of Texas.
"It may delay It an hour or a day," re
plied Moody, "but thero will bo no apprccla.
bio delay. Tho essential thing Is that wo on
this side believe that the United States
should not profit ono dollar from tho duties
collected on Porto Hican goods."
McCleary of Minnesota, In advocating Can
non's motion, declared that tho Porto Illcan
tariff bill proposed to treat the people of
tho Island better than tho people of any
territory of tho United States wherever sit
uated. Action the Mnterlnl TIiIiik.
Cannon said words were cheap. Ac
tion was tho material thing. Ills motion was
designed to turn over to tho Porto HIcans
every dollar heretofore and hereafter col
lected. A motion by McRao was designed to limit
tho appropriation to tho money collected
prior to January 1, 1900.
Cannon ridiculed tho democrats for their
harsh words concerning tho treatment ac
corded Porto Rico In contrast with the treat
ment accorded It by Spain. Thoy had, he
said, changed their tune In two short years.
Now to hear them ono would bcllovc Spain
tho kindliest government on earth.
"Gentlemen," he concluded, "talk Is cheapt
here Is action. Tho house bill was right.
Let us stick to it."
The motion to concur was lost, SC to 110,
n strict party vote except that Thayer, dem
ocrat of Massachusetts, voted with tho re
publicans. The motion to non-concur then
prevailed without division. The speaker ap
pointed Cannon, Moody and McRao conferees
on tho part of the house.
In tho senato today Bcverldge of Indi
ana offered tho following substitute for tho
tariff section of tho Porto Rico bill:
"All articles coming into tho United States
frcm Porto Rico or going Into Porto Rico
from tho United States shall bo admitted
frco of duty, but this net sha 1 not bo cqn-
strued ns extending tho co'nstltt lion df thi.
? ii i a, "teBtllm tn constltPtlon 0( the
United States or sny part thorcof over Porto
r,, ..I,... .. . ..
iiico. aim u is uereuy oociareo. mat tno
constitution ot the United States Is not ex
tended over Porto Rico."
CoiiKresn' Ilniul .Should He Free.
Speaking of the amendment, Senator Bev
orldge said: "Wo have followed tho
president's suggestion appropriating $2,
000,000 for tho Immediate relief of Porto
Rico, which Is moro than the house bill
would havo given tho Island in tho entire two
years of Its life. This removes the rcaso
which members had for voting for tho bill
and restores us to tho position first an
nounced by the president.
"On tho great principles Involved we aro
In entire harmony with the president. The
object of my amendment Is tho samo as that
I cnnn n..is . i,,.. ..,
vi uviiuiwi ivatw.n u muiiu 11, ci, , , uui 1UU lillir!
. n . i . .1 j
"w.n",fUta
Rico, and when any part of the constitution
! is extended It Is thero forever. It may be
l that experlenco will demonstrate that wo
shall want to change the laws of taxation I a(jKregnted nbout $"0 000 000. sieged with letters nnd telegrams calling up-
of Porto Rico, nnd If so, I fear thut the j 8t thp BllKBestlon 'of Coc'krell, the right : on it to support tho militia bill reported
extension of the taxing provisions of the I of' appcai afforded by the bill to both the . Inst week by the committee on militia of
constitution would prevent us. On all ques- ; Tjteil states nnd tho claimants to the su- tho house nnd which was modeled very
tlons of power congress should be left with premo cmlrt of the United Stntes was largely on Congressman Stark's bill appro
an absolutely freo and unshnckled hand." slrlckon out. Tho bill thus provides for prlatlng $2,000,000 for tho rehabilitation of
Tho sennto agrcud to tho request ot tho , h , anneal, namely: from tho findings tho militia nf tho several states.
houso for a conferenco on thu bill npproprl-
atlug $2,093,000 for the benefit of tho peoplo
' oi rora uicu, aim Aiueun, iiuio ami uock
rell were appointed as the senate conferees.
No Meetlnir of Cuiicuk Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 19. Owing to tho
nbsenco of Senator Spooner the Porto Rico
caucus committee has not yet held a formal
meeting nnd none will be held until his
return. Members of tho committee, hnw-
" vt, havo been mnklng a canvass of
tho
i B?nat t0 SC". " .T Ca," b,P """l? ,il b
' ul .v.-.i.n "...v.u Baucuuviuijr.
So far no great progress has been made.
Tho senators who announced themselves In
caucus as against tho tariff portions of tho
bill have shown no Inclination to yield.
Tho Introduction of a freo trndo amendment
by Senator Beverldgo would Indicate that
that senator Intends to voto for freo trado. ,
It Is understood tnat a number of other ro
,
ir
miKI ftnno ntn ilnlAnnlnnil nii n.
iiUl'lliin tw iuv.i nut iif vuiB JUl
VHt .! !r . J rnH' , ?!I!
u .
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PORTO RICANS FACE RUIN
liatherliiK' of Ten Thousand Formii
lutes a Petition to V nlted States
ThriuiKli Davis,
S
Ratl
Sn
SAN JUAN, P. R., Mnrch 19. A largo
thcrlng of 10,000 peoplei, headed by tho
Juan Chamber of Commerce, assembled
at the palace of the governor general today
to submit a petition with reference to tho
I needs of tho Island. Tho deputation se
i lected 'to present It was received In thu
, absence of General Davis, who was India-
I poBed, by Lieutenant Colonel Hall, ad-l
Jutant general. Colonel Hall
expressed
pleasure ut seeing so many peoplo who
wero Interested In a question of such Im
portance nnd assured tbcm that Porto Rico
would rocelve Justice. An account of to
day's proceeding will be transmitted to
Washington.
Tho crowd was orderly and dispersed
without confusion nmld "vivas" for the
United States and the governor general.
Herewith Is that part of the petition con
taining tho most salient points:
1. Tho consternation Into which the liusl.
ness community In general bus been thrown
on account of recent cabled news from the
United Stntes, setting forth tho negative nt
tltudo of tho senato ns regards tho tariff
question.
2 Tho utter Inability of the Island to hold
out much longer under existing conditions,
us tho sennto'H delay In coming to n de
cision on the tariff simply aggravates tho
almost absolute state of penury throughout
the Island
3, The urgent necessity of a final settle
ment of the question ait a means ot Having
ti their owners, mostly men of small means,
tho sugor nnd tobacco crops, which would
pass under the control of speculators If no
conclusion should be soon reached, this be
ing tho time for planting new crops, nnd a
failure, to net promptly having most preju
dicial effects. i -
4. Tho distress nnd nlarfrtjwhlch nro dally
becoming more hnrnsslltf In nil branches
of trade, owing tn thei virtual luck of n
Ilxcd and definite stnndnrfljor transactions
and the grave apprehensions ns to the fu
ture now ko generally eTitertalned by nil
merchants. A.
f. The nbsenco of buywp for products,
which, with tho lo?s of ihclr former mar
kets, ns u result of the now? tuglme, are now
nt a nrnctlcnl standstill. '
0. Tlio enormous depreciation of property,
moro especially on thn plantations, and tho
ruin staring a majority fr -planters In tho
face, us the result of Unnatural uneasi
ness which has made Itceft frit among capi
talists and loan Institutions,' leading them to
curtail or shut off entirely tho credit neces
sary In moving crops, k
7. The lack of power ns well as tho ab
sence of credit to contract n loan for most
of the present necessurlca nnd tho develop
ment of resources.
5. The need of undertakings of a public
nature Instead of relief supplies, which, al
though needed, tend to mufco paupers of the
working classes. f
These statements youn -petitioners re
spectfully request the gqVcrnor general to
bring to the Knowledge otht government
nt Wnshlngton, trusting, ithnt a favorable
solution may speedily be, found.
ANDHBS ("ROSAS,
'President of the Chamber of
Commcrcu.of Kan Juan.
Bl. inozctTM.
Mayor of tho City of San Juan,
BILL FOR SEACUAST DEFENSE
, t
Committee on Appropriations itrpnrls
on Sum for Carrying rornanl
Plans Ilemui in ISMS.
WASHINGTON, March 10. Tho fortifica
tions appropriation bill wns comnleted to
day by the houso committee on appropri
ations and reported to tho house by Chair
man Cannon. It appropriates $7.093.48S for
carrying forward tho plan of scacoast de
fenses begun In 1S8S.
The principal Items arc: Gun and mor
tar batteries, $2,000,000: pneumatic dyna
mlto batteries, $18,000; Installation of rango
and position finders, $150,000; sites for for
mications, $200,000; preservation and repair
of fortifications, $100,000; sea walls aud em
bankments, $200,000; torpedoes for harbor
defenses, $50,000; nrament for fortlllcatlons, ' county Judgo, whom tho latter nppolnted spe
$4,002,588. j clal commissioner of his court to proceed to
Tho report presented today says: "Tho ; Ireland to look up McClcllnn's heirs, had
scheme of seacoast fortifications contcm- been engaged as one of the attorneys of the
plated by tho Kndlcott board and which two Irish claimants whoso claims ho bus
has been followed by congress in the np- talned In his report filed in the county court
proprlatlons made slnco 1888, It Is now es- nftcr his return nnd In whoso favor County
tlmatcd, will cost In tho aggregate $112.- Judgo Wilkes on February 8 last decided the
197.207, of hlch sum thero has been nl- . contest for tho estate. Becauso of this al
ready provided $10,971,013. tho engineer dc- leced Interest It Is contended by tho nttor-
partment having received $20,154.0S1 and tho '
ordnanco department $23,810,302.'
COMMISSION TO II HA It WAIl CLAIMS.
.Hcnnt
hhikih u Hill foe Appointment
of Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, March 19. Two meas
ures of national Importance and others ot
slightly lesser Interest were paFsed by the
senato today. Tho legislative, executlvo and
Judicial appropriation bill, carrying moro
than $25,000,000, was passed without debate.
Tho measure providing for the appoint
ment of a commission to adjudicate and
settlo claims of tho peoplo of the United
States growing out of tho war with Spain
was also passed without opposition.
At 2 o'clock tho senate took up the bill.
It Ik Intended to carry Into effect the stlpu
Intlons of article
of tho treaty between ,
J" t, " " " " , , "
' '?r the 1PP,',tn,w'1 b president of
comm,M onera to recovo, ,Xamlno nnd
ji,hi n ,ii . i,i ,..
. adjlldlcato Oil Claims Of Citizens Of thO
TTni.pl, si.a nBant Hnnln whlnh Ihn
.. . c. T .
United States agreed to adjudicate and set-
tIov
mi, buui U1 ju.uvu umiuuiijr in VViu,n i-
atcd for tho expenses of the commission,
two years. Davis, in charge of tho meas-
ill u, vaiiuiuu luuk tuu viniiim nuuiu uu
, nm. ...u v.in . m ,nu.u
varied In character, but would relate to a
largo extent to the destruction of property
of American citizens In Cuba. Msny claims,
howover, would relate to personal wrongs
suffered by American citizens. Notable
among such wrongs were those suffered by
Mrs. Ruiz, whose husband a dentist of
Philadelphia was tortured and murdered
In Cuba. Tho bill had been carefully drawn.
. '
! Daws
said, hocnuso of the Indeterminate
nature of the claims nnd ho believed the
nf PrteCtei 'n,CrCfltS
j n,l Zl.rf tho belief that sub-
' tnn.Iav ,, of thp clalms had already been
' K , ?., ,1(nirtment nnd thev
. th OQmmlsslon to tho Unltod States
rnllrt nf nnnoals
As amended, tho
measure
without division.
Bills wero passed as follows:
For Wyoming Military Post.
To extend tho tlmo for tho completion of
the tncllno railway on West mountnln. Hot
Springs reservation; npproprlatlng $100,000
to coraplcto tho establishment and erection
i
of a military post near tho city of Sheri
dan, Wyo.; permitting citizens ot tho United
States, bona fide residents of California,
Wnshlngton nnd Oregon to fell nnd remove
for building, ngrlcultural and other do
mestic purposes timber growing or being
upon tho mineral lands of tho United Slates.
For a brief time tho Porto Rico govern
mental nnd tariff measure was under con-
i sldcratlon. Foraker, in charge of the bill,
I ni.i.MH t anmn nntti mlH tin amnnilmnnlu A
few of them were agreed to, but tho Im-
l .... ,iu n.,,jn.
, , ....
nnrtnilt ill PS firn Still tlfillninn.
I The flnnt nmendment suggesled by Foraker
! related to the citizenship of tho Inhabitants
, . ..,! ), 1,M ,n.
iji ruriu iviLii. .in , i.-L,, ...w, it,., ..id
vldes that the Inhabitants of Porto Hlco
shall ho "citizens ot the United States,"
that tho amendment offered by Foraker in
serted somo words nfter the term "citizens"
making tho paragraph read "shall
deemed and held to bo citizens of Porto
! Rico aud as such entitled to tho protection
i of tho United States." Tho nmendment wns
objected to by Bacon of Georgia and went
Ciilnmhlii Cut ll Shipped In Cnhn.
WASHINGTON, March 19. "Owners of
cattle in Colombia," says Consul Hannborg
atCaTtagena. in n report to tho Stato de
partment, "are making all posslblo efforts
t0 Bn,P tnelr nenls t0 Cuba nua 0,l,er coun"
tiles, preferring to pay the export t.ax of
$8.72 por head rather than tako tho chances
of having their stock pass into thc hands
of tho Government."
During January last 9,722 head of cattle
wero' shipped from Colombia to Cuba, nnd
tho consul savs that these shipments prob
ably will continue for somo time.
tieiierul Wheeler at Capitol.
WASHINGTON, March 19. General Joseph
Wheeler wbb nt tho cnpitol today nn.l wns
warmly greoted by many old friends
will mnko no effort to take his seat until
after Secretnry Root returns and his military
status Is determined.
Smallpox nt Washinixtun.
WASHINGTON, Ia March 19. (Special
Telegram,) A servant at Hotel Allen was
stricken Inst night with smallpox. This is
thn only case In the city and is well quarantined.
WOMAN EDITOR GOES TO JAIL
Pleads Guilty to Sending Objectionable
Literature Through the Mail.
PUBLISHES A SIOUX FALLS PAPZR
Litterateur Who I'll Km the Nautilus
Will 'I'nUe the Pour Debtor's Onth
After Thirly !u Within
Jill Walls.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Mnrch 19.
(Spcclal Telegram.) Mrs. Elizabeth Lots
Strublo of this city, who was nr
restod January 1 last by tho federal
authorities on the charge of sending ob
jectionable literature through tho malls and
Who was Indicted by tho United States ernnd
Jury in session nt Doadwood last month, nn-
rearol beforo Judge Carland this nftemoon senatorial commission which will Inquire In-
nnd pleaded guilty to tho charge contained tno needs of Cuba has caused but little
In tho Indictment. '! comment, the afternoon papers today
Sho was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 or hnrely alluding to Its presence. Senates
stand committed to tho custody of tho ''ntt, Aldrlch and Teller lnndcd this morn
United States marshal and Is now an occu- '"B tt(m thf United Stntes dispatch boat
pant of tho county Jail. At the expiration Holphln and had n long interview with Gov
of thirty days sho doubtless Intends to tako crnor General Wood. Subsequently they met
tho poor debtor's oath and thus projuro her members of the council. With General Wood
release. Sho Is tho editor and publisher of tll0' (lroVl 'Und tho city nnd then dined
a monthly publication named tho Nnutllus board tho Dolphin. Tomorrow they will
nnd hit nrrest wns based on an artlclo which vli,lt tl10 province of Plnnr del Rio to view
appeared In tho January number. tu" tobacco region.
Mrs. Strublo is prominently connected nt As yet they have formed no other definite
Portland, Ore., being a daughter of J. II. .
Jones, a pioneer lumberman of that city.
IllNpomil of MeClellunil Untitle.
A bearing ordered by tho state supreme
court In tho matter of alleged disqualifica
tion of County Judgo Wilkes In taking fur
ther olllclal action In the disposal of the
now famous McClellnn estate, commenced
today beforo Judgo Jones of tho state circuit
court.
Tho testimony offered In support of tho
allegations contained In tho atlldavlt upon
which tho hearing Is based Is Intended to
provo that Paul T. Wilkes, a son of the
neys for tho American, Canadian and other
defeated claimants that County Judgo Wilkes
Is disqualified from acting further in tho
caHO. tho object being to havo tho strug
gle for tho estate taken permanently to the
stnte circuit court.
RUNAWAY CARL PIRTLE FOUND
Tlilrleen-Yeiir-Olil Sun of NchrimUn
Mnn In tVfinliliiKtoii Turns Up
In I'lorldu.
WASHINGTON. March 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Carl Plrtlo, the 13-year-old son of
Charles II. Plrtle, formerly of Nebraska, late
superintendent of the senate folding room,
an appointee of Senator Allen, who has been
missing from his homn in this cltv for a
wceK an? roore' turoM ,m yBtcrday in
Jacksonville, va.
t Young Plrtlo left the natern.l mansion In
oiing i inio tort inc paiernu mansion in
enmnnnv with n 1rt.venr.nM rhnnln,nfo nm!
I. "
Bianco on a tramping expeamon souin. u
h!M, heen (eMci by chief of Police Sylvester
! to Issue circulars today with a description of
, th rlln!lwnv. til;. llirnnir nn In .Tnpkann
j vp Fla lhowevol.( maio thIs cour8a un.
j ,,. erpatlv overfoved ovcr thc
. information that reached him last nlcht that
' . ... . . . . - .
his boy had been located. Money wns at
onco telegraphed nnd It Is expected tho young
runaway will reach Washington tomorrow.
' Tho Treasury department today reported
that It would cost $80,000 to erect a govern
ment hulldlng nt Plattsmouth, in view ot the
riso in building materials. Congressman
Flurket has a bill pending for $75,000. The
department nlso reported that It would cost
, $113,000 to erect a llreproof structure nt Nor
folk, a slto having been purchased some time
ago. Congressman Robinson has a bill pend-
' lng for $75,000 for a postofllce building nt
Norfolk,
1 Tho Nebraska delegation Is being be-
Senator Allen's bill authorising Judges of
district courts of tho United Stutes to np
was passed , point stenographers nnd fix their duties and
compensation wns favorably reported.
Tho postoltlco nt Walthcr, Boyd county,
( Neb., which hereafter will bo known as
Tower, will bo presided over by Frank
Panders, whose nomination was sent to thn
Postoltlco department by Senator Thurston
todny. Bernard Mlnnlch will be renom
I Inated for postmaster nt Hooper, Dodge
1 county, now that that ofllre has passed Into
' tho presidential clnss. Lyman R. llrlggs
' has been selected as postmaster at Chase,
Chase county. Francis II. Palmer at Rmer
ick, Madison county.
Senator Thurston Introduced In the senate
i today a petition of tho vlllago bonrd ot
Niobrara. Nob., asking thnt measures be
taken to prevent tho Inroads of tho Mis
souri river on the Nebraska shoro In front
of nnd ndjncent to that town; also resolu-
tlons passed by tho recent pro-Boer meeting
holding In Omahn. Ho Introduced petitions
In opposition io tno passago oi me iann mu
from Nebraska, and n petition from Bloom-
Ington, Neb., in opposltlrn to tho Imposi-
tlon of tariff duties on trndo between Porto
Rleo and tho United States,
Comptroller Dawes has approved tho fol-
be lowing reserve agents: Iowa National Bank
of Commerce, St. Louis, for Mrst wntionai
bank, Albla. South Dakota National Bank
of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo., for First
, National bank, Rnpld City. Tho comptroller
has approved applications irom mo ioiiow
Ing Nebraska banks to bo converted Into
national bankB with $25,000 capital: Superior
Stato bank to Superior National; First Bank
of Iyoup City to Loup City National; Amer
ican bank of Sidney to First National of
Sidney.
The comptroller has nlso approved an ap
plication of John Forrest, John A. Wachter,
N. II. Nye, John King, James Mack and Vic
tor Johnson to organize tho Pender National
bank. Ponder, Nob., with a capital of $25,000.
Postofllccs established: Iowa Harkes,
Appanoose county, Richard W. Varley, post
master. Wyoming Shanton, Albany county,
Daniel Matheson, postmaster.
Senator Wnrren today secured the passago
tn tho senato nf his hill appropriating $ 100,
000 for completing a permanent military post
nt Sheridan, Wyo., known as Fort McKen
zlo. A Blmilar bill has been favorably re
ported In tho houso by tho committee on mil
itary affairs. Temporary barracks have al
roady boon erected at Fort McKonzIo and a
dotnehment of cavalry Is stationed there.
Tho War department Is strongly In favor of
ihn pRtnhlliihment nt this nolnt of a ner-
manent post on account of Its proximity to
the Crow Indian reservation, This Is the
Cm bill carrying an appropriation for mill-
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebrnskn-
Fnlr and Slightly Colder; Northwest Winds.
Temperiilure lit Oiimliii yesterdayl
Hour, lieu. Hour. lieu',
fi ii, in . . . , :i- I p. in ill
ti n. n :i:t a p. in :tr
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Ml n. in ill 11 p, in :u
II n. iii :t I 7 p. in iVi
iu in an s p. in :tti
II p. in tI7
tary Improvement In tho country to pass
either houses of congress nt this tension.
SENATORS ARRIVE AT HAVANA
('niillillnilou to 'X Inlt l'liitir
PriMlnee lo VIimv the
tiiieeo Itcitliin.
Del
To-
llln
HAVANA, March 19. Tho arrival of the
1'ians. They have declined numbers of Invl
IntloiiR of a social character on tho ground
that their Journey is not ono for pleasure.
General Wood has ordered tho ofllcer com
manding nt Puerto Principe to havo n full
Investigation made Into tho management of
La Gloria colony, regarding which for many
months complaints have been made. Kven
before General Brooke left Cuba criticism of
tho methods of the managers was rife nnd
he was on tho point of Instituting nn Inves
tigation. Tho matter, however, went over.
POSTPONE G0EBEL TRIAL
Cnse AkuIiisI Men Churned with Ilclnn
Accessories to the Murder
Continued.
FRANKFORT, Ky March 19. Caleb Pow
ers, John Davis and William II. Culton,
charged with being nccessorlcs to tho mur
der of William Gocbol, were arraigned to
day for trial before Judge Moore.
Tho commonwealth announced It was not
ready and by agreement the trials were set
for Friday, at which time County Attorney
Polsgrovo said he thought ho could get his
witnesses nnd not ask a further contlnu
nnce. Kx-Govomor John Y. Brown made a
demand for a list of witnesses for tho com
monwealth, but this was refused by tho at
torney for the prosecution on tho ground
that publicity might cause somo of them to
avoid being summoned.
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin and
County Attorney Polsgrovo refused to either
afllrm or deny tho story that Sergeant
Golden has made an alleged confession ot
knowledge concerning the Goebel assassina
tion. WRECK UF THE FAST MAIL
Trnln Roes Down nn RmbunUment
mill Two 1'ersouK Ar Fa
tally Injured.
SIONTOOMERY, Ala., Mnrch 19. The fast
mail on tho Plant system which left hero
last night was wrecked nbout a mile and a
half from Ozark, resulting in the Injury of a
number of passengers.
William Kcllar, a commercial traveler,
from Savannah, and Conductor Reed wero
injured fatally.
Others hurt are: R. L. Todd, division
passenger agent of tho Plant system, Mont
gomery; Jack Cornnlzer, southeastern pas
senger agent of the Mobile & Ohio, Mont
gomery; C. L. Mlzell, a merchant of Ozark.
Tho train was slowing up for a bridge
when tho rear trucks of the tender Jumped
tho track and the entlro train excepting the
last sleeper left the rails. Two passenger
coaches and two sleepers turned over and
rolled down an embankment.
ANTI-FOREIGN CROWD ON TOP
One Chinese Oillclnl Gclii Three-Ilyeii
I'cucock Feather for Hos
tility to Outsider.
PBKIN, March 19. Tho ascendancy of
the nntl-forelgn party Is becoming moro
pronounced daily. Tho dowager empress
appears unable to sufficiently rownrd the
officials who exhibited marked hostility
to everything foreign. Hen-Tung, probably
tho most bitter anti-foreign official of the
empire, has been decorated with the throo
eyed pcacocok feather, which had not beon
conferred for eighty years; tho notorious
Li Peng Hlng, who was dismissed from tho
governorship of Shan Tung on German do
mand, has been advanced to tho llrst rank
and the former governor, Vuh Sen of Shan
Tung, has been appointed governor of the
Shan SI district, a snub to tho powers In
terested and likely to prejudice British In
terests In tho province, as thn powers be
lieve his maladministration le tho cause of
thn present stato of affairs In China.
HERMAN E. TAUBENECK DIES
Former People's Party Chairman
I'HNNrH Awity Hi Ills llriither'H
Home in Seattle.
SKATTL1S, Wash., March 19. Herman B.
Tnuboneck, well known ns tho former chair
man of the uatlonnl committee of tho pen
ci0'S party, died in this city today. Hi
j cttine here from tho east nbout two months
ng() n t'cllcate health and has slnco been
I rusting quietly nt tho homo of bis brother
The body will bo shipped to his old home In
Illinois.
Plan for President's Future.
MlLLVILLi:, N. .1., Mnrch 19,-ltlshop
Hurst, In his sermon nt the opening of
todny s session of tno New Jersey Motho
list I'Jplscopnl conference, in speaking of
the American university nt Washington
suld that President McKInley would, at
tho conclusion of his servlcts as a public
olllcer, accept the position of professor of
international iinv nt tlio university.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Tuesday lo He Colder In I'liHtern Fur'
I lou nf Nelirnsliii ami South
ern IiMva.
WASHINGTON, March 19. Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nobrnslta Fair Tuesday; colder In
eastern portion; Wednesday fnlr; warmer;
north to eaBt winds.
For Iowa Fair Tuesday; colder In south
orn portion; Wednesday fair; northerly
winds.
Mor Missouri Fnlr; colder Tuesday;
Wednesday fair; northerly winds.
For South Dakota Fair; continued cold
Tuesday; Wednesday fair, wanner; north
, to east winds,
I For Kansas Fair Tuesday; colder In
(western nnd southern portion; Wednesday
fnlr; warmer In northern portions, north-
erly winds.
FUSION ON THE ROCKS
Mid-Road Populists Unable to Win Eccogni
tion at 8ute ConTsntion.
SEPARATE SET OF DELEGATES ARE NAMED
Anti-Faiion Element Holds Session Inde
pendent of All Others.
PRINCIPLES ARE PREFERRED TO PROFIT
Democrats' Platform Strikes the Keynote of
National Onmpiign.
PLANKS MADE UP OF TIME-WORN THEMES
Clilcnmi Platform llrnlllrmeil, Tree Mi
ter Is I'rnjrd Fur. Stiindlnw; Arm)
Condemned. ToMcthcr itllli
Trusts mill ilmpcrliiltsttt.
LINCOLN. Mnrch 19. (Special Telegram )
Tho democrats and populists of Nebraska
finally expressed their preference for dele
gates to the national convention tonight after
u succession of stormy scenes hnd been
enacted. A serious rupture In tho fusion
ranks, followed the refusal of the populist
convention to recognize tho mld-roadors
from Douglas county. The latter element
with Its sympathizers refused to accept tho
mandate cf the convention and urgnnlzcd a
convention of its own, at which u Nebraska
delegation wns named to ntlend the populist
convention at Cincinnati. Tho antl-fuslon
wing also doclded to hold a stnto convention
In Nebraska at some date aftor tho Kniuaa
City convontlrn. This menus that a separato
ticket may bo put In tho field.
Tho feature ot tho democratic convention
wns tho enunciation of prlnclplos penned
under tho direction of JIV. J. Brynn. It Is
tho first indication on tho democratic side of
tho policy to bo followed in 'tho national
campaign. Thero wns nothing In tho plat
form, howevor, which Is not. fnmlllnr reading
to those who havo perused tho speerhos of
tho fusion standard-bearer during tho' last
few years. Bryan received cordial treatment
and the delegations were Instructed to en-
dorso his candidacy for tho presidency.
SPLIT IN POPULIST RANKS
Populist Contention ItefuscH to
IteeoKUl'e the .Mld-ltoudr r anil
a Severnneo illesulls.
LINCOLN, March 19. (Special Telegram.)
Tho populist stnto convention was called
to order In tho auditorium at 7 o'clock, tho
dlvlno blessing being Invoked by Rev. It. A.
Hnwlcy of this city. .1. H. Bdmlstcn of the
stnto central committee presided until the
temporary chnlrman wns elected. Tho call
was read by R. W. Nelson, tho nocrotsry of
tho committee, who nlso nnnouueed tho voto
to which each county wnB entitled. Beforo
proceeding with tho regular order ot hnnl
ness, Mr. Udmlstcn mado a' tew remarks to
the convention.
"Tho pcoplo's party," ho said, "has grown
out of that condition which nndo Its organ
ization necessary."
Adjutant General P. H. Barry moved tho
nomination of Judge W. H. Westovor of the
Fifteenth Judlciul district for chairman of
thn convention. Tho nomination wns bop-
onded by Kovernl delegates, who made vig
orous speeches. John R. Thompson of Grand
Inland In n vehement speech nominated R
II. Rohrer ot Furnas county.
The roll call resulted In the election of
Judgo Westover, who received 000V4 votes ns
ugalnst 561 5-0 for Rohrer. Tho election of
WoBtovor wns afterwards nndo unanimous.
In response to a call for a speech Judgo
Westover said that ho osteomod It a great
honor to be selected to prcsldo ovcr a
Nebraska populist convention. He said the
populist party stood for every' principle of
the Declaration of Indepcndcnco and for ev
ery principlo of good government.
W. A. Bradbury of Frontier nnd Frank D.
Kagcr of Imcustor were electwl secretaries
by acclamation. A motion Introduced by J
M. Wbltaker of Richardson providing for
tho appointment by tho chairman of a cctn-
mltteo on credentials consisting of one dole-
gate from each congressional district wns
adopted. A delegate In the rear of the
houso thought that ns thero wero no con
tests tho commltteo could bo dispensed with,
but tho chairman nnnounced that he under
stood there wns n contesting delegation from
Douglas county Chairman Westover ap
pointed tho following committee on creden
tials: .1. M. Whltnker, RlchaidBon; Whlt
ford, Washington; R. A. Towney, Pierce,
Krlc Johnson. Saunders; C. F. Wheeler, Fur
nas; M. F. Harrington, Holt.
llcni'liiix fur All flu I lit ii ii I m.
Mr. Harrington announced that all dele
gates whoso seats were contested would bo
given a hearing beforo tho committee. Klmnr
Thomas of Omaha hnd been named on the
committee, hut his seat being contested.
Mr. Harrington usked that his name be
taken from tho list. Mr. Thomas consented
to this and Whltford was named In his
plncc. nerry of Iixlngton nsked for
an adjournment ot one hour to permit
each district to select Its district dele
gates. There wero loud protests to this
und a motion for nn adjournment of thirty
minutes wus then voted down. It was
agreed that nil districts not having selected
delegate ahould ho excused nnd that until
the credentials commltteo submitted Us re
port time be given lo Impromptu speeches.
George M. Ilcrge of Lincoln was the first
man called upon. He congratulated the
populists of Nebraska upon their splendid
convention nnd for tho Interest manifested
in tho meet lng. Secretary Porter was tho
next speaker. He gave n little early his
tory of tho people's party nnd Bald that thn
populists had mado n showing during thn
Inst fow years nf which they wight bo and
wero Justly proud. J. V. Wolfo waa next
introduced ns tho true representative of tho
Nebraska agriculturist. After congratulating
tho audience upon the Interest manifested in
tho convention, he gave wny to Rov. Mur
phy of Seward county, who said thnt thn
popullHts hnd a grave duty to perform and
n hard battle to fight. Ha thought the party
was equal to thn emergency.
Mlil-lloailerH Are Discredited,
Tho credentlnls committee relumed to tho
convention after being out only n fow min
utes and as anticipated recommnnded
ngalnst scntlng uny of tho mlddle-ot-tbe-rnadors
whoso seats wero contested. Tho
report:
"Tho committee on credentials met ut tho
parlors of llu Llndell hotul with J. Al.
Whltnker as chairman. Tho committee on
notification returned nnd reported that the
conteatnnts wero duly notified, but they
refused to nppenr boforo your commltteo
nnd submitted no evldenco In support of
their contests. Wo find that those' whrso
names appear on tho list nf credentials
herewith sulmlUed nro thn duly nnd law
J fully elected delegate to tho couvuntlon
I