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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUXE 19, 3 871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, AIMUL 11), 1900 TWJ3LV33 PAGES. SLNGIE OOPY FIVE GENTS. HAVEN FOR THE BOER Bwaslland Mrj Afford a Rillying Place Afttr Defeat at Pretoria. SPIONKOP BLUNDERS TO BE PAID FOR Generals Bailer and Warren to Be Recilled from Battlefield, CQLONEL CROFTON HAS BEEN RELIEVED Report of the OommandeHnOhief Has Stirred Up a Hornet's Nest. DALGETY'S FORCE STILL HELD AT BAY Ilnmnr Hint (Irncrnl Wnrrcn linn Hern .Ordered Home, lint llu Wnr Olllce JtefiiKOH to Hither (,'onflrin or Ili'ii)' the lli'lHirt. (Copyright. 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) UL015MFONTI5IN, April 17. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Ob servation might profitably bo kept on tlio i Intentions nr tlio IloerH respecting Swazi land. Their alternative plan of oporntlonH, following on defeat at Pretoria, Includes tbo employment of Swaziland for the retire ment of half tbo lloor forces, while the other half falls back to Zoutpansbcrg. Hoer emissaries are already In the coun try endeavoring to purchase secret Informa tion concerning the caverns In tho Orey- etono country, which Is known only to tho , natives, with tbo object to nccumulato pro visions nnd ammunition. Illoemfontcln has been drenched with .U JhpIhm It.n l.iut Itmnrt ilnVB Thnrn tl' rl U a violent Tht.ndJrHtorm last night. Men of"" Washington cannot be foretold at this tho Thirteenth brigade being still without , moment. In Is so far absolutely uncn tenia wero practically unprotected and spent 1 tangled In the negotiat ors of these Amcrl- tho night, drenched to the skin, walking about in lakes of water In a vain effort to keep themselves warm. It was a blttor night for them. DATTEltSHY. UAIX HTII.I, lit) MIS UOIIUHTN. Operation Hampered by the Wenthcr Which I'revnllM nt Present. LONDON, .April 19. C a. in. Heavy rains Impede, the movements of tho British col umns. Tho blockndo of Weponcr continues, although relief Is near, targe quantities of Htorcs aro being moved southward from iniocmfonteln, which is n reversal of the courso of frolght for tho last six weeks. Theso shipments aro mado necessary by tho oporatlous In the southeast of tho Free State. There aro 2,000 sick In tho field hospital", most of tho cases being of dys entery nnd enteric fever. With the excep tion of theso facts the embargo upon war Intelligence) Is almost complete. The spe cial correspondents send trivialities or ob scure statements rather than explain tho ttltuatlon In their efforts to prepare matter that will pasa tho censor. Here and there n pbraso Indicates an expectancy that largo things nro about to happen. What Is to bo dono with Sir nedvors Duller und)Slr.v.aiarlosAAVar,ren occupies everybody's nttcntlo'u. The" papers contlnuo to comment on Lord Ttoborts' 'censure ot these commanders. They ask U moro er rors nro not likely to occur, togothcr with ti frultlesj .wasto of life. In tho event that anen who hnvo been declared Inc-ipotcut by their superior continue, to command 40,000 troops. It is now generally accepted that tbo government had a purpooe. In the pub lication of Ixrd Hoberts' dispatch and that tho recall of General Iluller and Oenernl Warren bns been decided upon. Kurnpcnu Mincer to Lend Ilorr. According to Iloer roports thero Is a steady flow of foreign volunteers Into tho Trans vaal. Hlthorto theso adventurers havo been uttnched to tho varlogB commanded Now I It Is said they nro to bo formed Into n spe cial loglon with continental officers, and Tumora nre that tho command will bo given to a distinguished French soldier lately re tired, who Is In tho Trnnsvaal, or Is ncar lng tho end of tho Journey thither. Pre sumably the ofllcer referred to in this report Js General Do Negrlor, a former member of tho Fronch supremo council of wnr. who was i removed from tho active list In July by tho Mnrquls Do Oalllfut as a disciplinary ma.w nro during tho excitement arising from the Dreyfus court-martial. According to a dispatch to tho Dally Mall from Lourenzo Mnrquoz nearly half tho members of tho Chicago ambulance corps when ortered Mnusors on their arrival at Pretoria torn olf their lied Crors badgts. Adelbcrt S. Hay, United 8tntes consul, no tified the Trnnsvnal government that he must report tbo clrcumstanco to Washing ton. Tho Lourenzo Marqucz correspondent of tho Dally Mall telegraphing Wednesday says: "Two hundred und fifty Boors started today from Wntorval Onder, marching through tho Zoutpansberg district to Inter cept General Carrlngton's forco." Colonel Crofton the I'lrnt Victim. Colonol Crofton, who was In command at Splankop from tho tlmo General Thorny croft wns appointed to tbo position and whoso hellgrnph mofsago to General Warren caused GeneVal Buller to nppolnt Thorny croft to tha command, was placed on halt pay today. Prlvato Information received from Shrews bury today Is to tha effect that General Gat ncre la leaving South Africa this weak to rcAumo command of a local district. Lord Hoberts' criticisms of General Buller, General Warren nnd Colonel Thornycroft contlnuo topics of acuto Interest. Afternoon papers comment nt length on tbo strictures of tho British commander-in-chief In South Africa, taking tho same lines ns tho worn lng papers, praising Lord Hoberts for his frankness and speculating upon what tbo publication of tho dispatches nt tho present moment portends. Somo ot them maintain thero Is nothing left for General Buller but to resign Tbo St. James Gazette is particularly ncathtng. Heferrlng to General Buller's re port, It says 9 "Never In tho history of armies did It happen that generals scribbled rtielr confessions of failure or defeat, of useless deaths of men nnd ot discredit to tho Hag In a manner which suggests a care ful selection from tho forced Jocularity of tho funny man, tho slangy chatter of the horsey woman and the gabble of tho smoking rosm lato In tho ovonlug." Tho Globo declared that "u more pitiable record of ludeclslon In plan und contusion In execution wo have seldom rend," nnd adds' that v. hat llttlo reputation General Duller had left has been scattered to the winds. A dispatch from Warrenton, dated Tuos flay. April 17, says: "Finding tho Boers busy making new trenches, wo ox plodcd lyddlto shells, following up tbeso wltbtho Maxima. Tho enomy's nmbulanco was afterward observed on the spot," Warren t'omliiK Home, It is persistently etated In military circles that IJeiltenant General Sir Charles War- (Continued, on Third Page.) NEXT MOVE IN TURKEY AFFAIR fcfeHril .Nlntcn Mtmt A old Action Af jPCt.iiiilinlrr of Kiirnpcuu WAfnllfctaJl 18. The news of tho firm aUtreHjHfeby the State de partment toward uSHBRih government In tho prosocutlon of ltscWm for damages to American missionary property caused some thing of a sensation In diplomatic circles today. Thrco successive American ministers have prosecuted these claims; each has rocelvod a promise of prompt settlement, nnd yet nit a dollar hna boon paid. With European dip lomats that Is an old experience and they have consequently been somewhat surprised at tho announcement that tho United States government Is actually going to Insist upon performance Instead of promlse Minister Angoll, after trying his hand at collecting for two years, recommended that a United States war ship be sent to selzo Smyrna and collect rcvonurn at the custom houso thcro eufllclent to meet our clalmn. This suggestion was not seriously enter tained, nor Is It now. In the first place, according to tho State department ofllc'nli, most of tho Important business Interests In Smyrna aro In tho hands ot foreigners, not Turks, nnd a bombardment by a Unlt.d States fleet might result In a pretty bill for damages against us. Then, as there Is still u remnant of a, Turkish navy, tho United States would havo to tend n squadron instead ot a slnglo wnr p Such a movement would, without doubt, bo resented by tho remainder of Europe, whlrh could not contemplate, with equanimity an action by tho United States that would pcrhapa deutroy the fruits of many yreirs' work of the greute.it European statesmen by precipitating a final crisis In Turkey. Therefore the next step to be taken by njir government will not bo warlike, but will still suggest In n, most dignified manner tho Indignation felt by the United States at the botrayal of Turkish promlsos. How this at titude will bear upon tho Turkish minister . " '""k'"- uui. him from being mado tho Immediate victim of his country's laches. Tho minister, how over, Is very popular In Washington. Multiin Should Ilcnicinhcr Spain. LONDON, April 19. Tho Vienna corre spondent of tho Times says: "ny further resistance to the claims ot thci United States the sultan will expose himself to grave cou sequonccr. which probably ho had not fore seen. Tho United States government Is not accustomed to Indulge In ompty threats. "If tho sultan supposed for a moment that ho would find protection from any European power let him remwnbor Spain." DEWEY DAY AT ST. LOUIS ArrntiKemciit Submitted by the Com mitter Sleet with the Approval ot the Admiral Mix Letter. ST. LOUIS, April IS. Tho following letter was received today by James Cox, secrotary ot the committee having In charge tho ar rangements for the entertainment of Admiral Dewey during bis forthcoming visit to St. Louis: "WASHINGTON, April 16. Dear Sir: I have tba pleasure to acknowledge tbo re ceipt ot your letter of tho 13th Inst, outlin ing the plans for tho entertainment In your city on May 3, 4 and G next, and have no change whatover to suggest In your pro gram. "My party will consist ot Mrs. Dewey and myself, my aid.i and secretary, Llouton ants II. II. Caldwell and J. W. Crawford, ro spuctlvoly; J. II. Maddy ot tho Baltimore & Ohio Kallroad company, who will bo In chnrgo of tho train; Mrs. Dewey's maid and my valet. Wo shall reach St. Louis by spe- . el. train, arriving there probably about 7 , oc.ock on me oenmg oi .May anu snau appreciate your kindness in arranging no I functions for that evening, as wo shall no , doubt bit tired from travel. "With thanks for your courteny In con sulting mi, I nra very truly yours, "GBOHGI5 DEWEY." JAMES S. COX. Esq., Secretary. CLEVELAND. O., April 18. The commit tee of citizens nppolntcd at tho suggestion Dowey to visit Cleveland held a meeting to- It s decided to again request io admiral to bo in Cleveland on Decoration day u possible, onu u not to como on Sep- tember 10, tho anniversary of Commodoro Perry's victory on tho Erie. BOUND TO RAISE THE DUTIES Porte Docs IVot field to the I le mon (In .Made liy the 1'owera. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 18. Tho ports today replied to the third of the collectlvo notes of tho powers on tho subject of an In- crease of 3 per cent In duty. The noto an- uouncc3 tho Intention of tho government in nrO.nfA fx thn t.lnn nf Inomn.lnn .tin duties on account of tho bad condition of , n in ."J? I 1 . i.8UBa. , .for Angdla Ilotella, who is looked upon as of tbo Builders' Exchnngo to Invito Admiral Ior t).ii nt in I Turkish flunnces. t0 tho ,mm from tho docks on tbo Hudson. knowing wero prcsoni. Tho ambassadors have decided to address I Tno trninS woro escorted by infantry guards . Govornor Wells of Utah, Gbvwnor nich nnother noto to tho porto. again stating the j nn(1 tno r0adcart by cavalry escorts. It was ords of Wyoming, Governor Smith ot Mon- objoctlons to such nn Increase without a previous understanding with tho powers. The tenacity of tho porto threatens to have serious results. CmmtliiK Steamer Wrecked. VICTORIA. B. C. April IS. Telegraphic advices from Alborta report the coasting 1 steamer Clnyoquot being picked up by tho . .,w.. u. uf wiu a broken shnft and leaking ... of ...i,r Wlllapa with and about three r ..:: l,u "u,t: Sho h V T . wlnBr, J" bay, whllo returning from C nyoquot, -i,n ha,i i,n .....t Wreck .... .... 1 t i- -. ... . ... wnero mie ami uuen lllnpaicnetl Wltn can- ., ii0 .rh "V 2 ",. th Rhnri with thn .hin-. w. ' ....... ultimately taken 'back to Clayoquot towu with Indian sloops. Itiimiluii Olllccra In Trouhle, VIENNA. April IS. Two Russian nd mlrala and forty-two othor Russian naval olllclals ot high rank aro reported to havo been arrested at SobaBtopol, owing to Irreg ularities In the construction department nnd to tho embezzlement of millions. Alt the ships In Black sea harbors are being ordered to Sebnstopol for Inspection. This movement is attributable to tho recont rumor of Russian naval mobilization In tho Black sea. Uiiy with Queen Victoria. DUBLIN, April 18, Tho queen enjoyed a comparatively quiet day today, tho only pub lic function In which she took part being the reception of a number of addrcises at tho vlco regal lodgo from the sheriffs and mayors of Dublin and Cork nnd various Irish counties. Later hor majesty took a two hours' drive. llcportx of the I'liiKiie, CAIRO, April 18. Tho bubonic plnguo Is reported to havo mado Its appearance at several ports on tho Red sea. SIMLA, April 18. Tho deaths from plague throughout India during the past week sllehtlv decreased In numher. hut tho mri?. gate Is still upwards Of 4,000. BOTH SIDES STAND FIRM Attempt to Induce Italian Strikers to E turn to Work Fatile. CONTRACTORS REFUSE TO GRANT DEMAND Governor Itonncvclt Will Visit Scene of Trouhle nt Cornell Dnni WorLc on Dam ItcNUincd Mlth Smnll Force. CIIOTON LANDING, N. Y., April 18. This was a day of bustle In tbo now camp In tho Croton vnlloy. The military forco was augmented by six companies of tho Seventh regiment and now tho number of soldiers under canvas la about 1,330. This force Is deemed suniclent to protect any number of workmen that tho contractors may decldu to put to work on tho now Cornell dam. The old Croton dam, four miles to tho north of the new one, Is guarded by two companies of tho Seventh regiment and tho remaining two companies nro encamped at the quarries near Peeksklll, from which tho stono for constructing Is taken and hauled by train down to tho scene of trouble. At 7 o'clock this morning all tho non strikers who were thrown out of work when tho striking laborers went out reported to the several timekeepers, In response to the request of tho contractors. Their Idleness was enforced by reason of the lack of labor ers to do tho rough work. Among them )vere engineers, firemen, stono masons, dril lers, quarrymen nnd wagoumcn. AVnrk Opened with Sinnll Force. Tho contrnctoM, Coleman & Dronchard, decided to test the strength of tbo strikers by opening the cntlro works this morning with tho assistance of about forty new laborers. They claimed that a dozen or moro of tho striking laborers had returned to work, but this was Btrenuously denied by tho Italians who hung about the Bowery and "Little Italy." When tho whistle blew the engineers ot tbo locomotives which haul tbo granite trains Jumped Into their engine cabs, the stationary engineers got up steam und In less than fifteen minutes tho cntlro works extending along tho valley took up their old-tlmo busy appearance. It was only an appearance, however, as the lack of tho laboring men was very apparent, tho few at work being entirely inadequate to keep one-tenth of tho men busy. A conferenco was held between tho con tractors and Itev. Fathor Shapiro of Yon kcrs. Tho latter asked tho employers to conccdo to tho demands ot tho men, but tho contractors wero stubborn In their refusal. Father Shapiro urged that the rate ot wages bo mado $l.f0 per day, tho men to work ten hours. Mr. Coleman would not consent to this and said It had been the Intention of tho firm to Increase the laborers' wages from $1.25 to $1.50 per day, beginning May 1, but they had abandoned this Idea since tho men had gono out on tho strlko and he further stated that under no conditions would tho contractors mako any concessions. Another Catholic clergyman, Rov. Father Gnrfolo of Brooklyn visited the Dowcry and Llttlo Italy today In company with Mrs. John Hanny, the wlfo of the chief engineer of tho works. They visited the homes ot tho strikers, and after counseling them to avoid violence. Fathor Garfolo bogged them to go to work, but Invariably ho was In formed that tho men would not go bk nntll tho wages wero .Increased. That the contracting firm will havo a good deal ot trouble In securing a sufficient number ot laborers goes without saying, and It Is u question whether they will bo ablo to con ttnuo tha work, notwithstanding tho pres onco of tho militia. Ceiicral Jloe Visit Striker. General Hoo and hla staff and a deputy sheriff vlalted tho Italian quarters this after- a it. . 1 1 1 I - ,t noon. Tlio commanuor in wiu unuua u.v ... 1 M..n tn rrr, htot tn thnir olll DOal- - " uid be ,uIly '0"'1 Mt any ot tnoao who might otherwise injure them. On w "B8a"'r.. ,,,. ,hM ihnt n new I , warilc, and ho . 1 muuit'in nwu " " Impressed his hearers wltn tne tact inai ported Hruce S1.400. I'crrecuon, a lu-momn-tho mllltla wero there for Business and not 0i,j caif, brought $1,300. Seven cows sold for pleasure. Tho Italians listened to tho for $14,300, among them being Ilusset and general's remarks, which wero translated, Theresa nt $3,000 each. Imported Lady but showed no signs of weakening. ' Help at $2,600 and Dolly Fifth at $2,100. In I- nftnrnnnn Contractor Coloman sent ( nn twenty bulls brought $19,035, an average Jn" offlco where ho denied that ho was , " - . , lu A ,t thnt warrants aro In tho ", "u-a ,rMntntivM for hands of tho sheriff's representatives for some of tbo most prominent among tho Tho last prov cms recoru .. o. pure uru strTklng Italians, and ono of the Italians said cattle was the dlspcrson of the Wallace Es ! i ,n inr amnrt for tho tl herd of Abordecn-Angus cattlo. also In tonight that Ilotella was too smart forjho amphitheater. March 22 and 23 employers, whom ho said hud tried to make SOventy-two head brought him acknowledge his leadership In order 509 an avcrago of JG7!) each, to placo him under arrest on such a confes- j '"'MJ- an avcrago or slon. Rotolla Is a Bbrowd fellow, and when . , POUPRMflPQ naked later about his Interview with Colo- , CONGRESS Ur UUVtKNUKO man refused to talk ot It and Insisted that all ha know was that tno naiians woum . . . . . ... nover go back to worK on tno ora ui, unless they got $1.60 for ten hours a day. Thrco tralnloads ot granlto blocks which havo been lying out at tho quarry for over . v. ...la wnrrt linlllfWl IQ lOO WOTKS lO- day and several loads of cement were carlo 1 recorted today that Governor uoosever.i win, ". . uuhuihu, h.j.iioU.iiiiiK wlu Kuv vlslt tho camp on Saturday next Tho camp ( "nor of Washington; F. U Oawald, J. E. has been rechrlstoncd Camp Roosevelt. IIAIIUISON TAKHS A 11AM). Chlcntcn Mayor Will Kndenvor to l'atcli Up I.nhor Trouble. r-inriAnn. Anrll 18. Mayor Harrison - . . ,rm,i,i .nrtnv hv took a hand In tho labor troublo today j y oiiin number of manufacturers and deal- ' mi mntrlal toother to discuss """""";? h Viimcultv The plan Is , a way to BCttlo the dimcuity. lnBl""" '" ihn mnterlol men to arrange a Joint . .un Mi.... .1 in on in nrrmiKG I ior liiu uw . .... 1 ...h,, nt nrhitratlon committees from tho i...n.iim, contractors and tbo Building Trades councils wltn a commmeo ui iuou u." referee. The conference was attended by ten ma terial dealers representing 00 por cent ot the building trade. Tho mayor explained his objects and they ndjourncd until tomorrow. - Important developments nro looked for. it was stated that tho building contractors and building trades councils would be urged to voluntarily dissolve In the event of a failure to open negotiations between tho con tractors and the unions. s tho contractors council hns declared repeatedly thnt It will not treat with any labor organization nmll ated with tho Building Trades council the belief Is prevalent that tho only solution of the problem Is for both organizations to qU"i' hope to see tho Btrlko settled," Bald tho mayor later, "and called In tho material men becauso they are actually the sufforers In tho lockout. I have asked the contractors and laborers to meet with me with a view of Bottling their difficulties by arbitration, but they have refused, and now wo will take another tack." Miichliilt Strike Ilciichea Orlnln. nt t.vra.ND. Anrll IS. All Indications inl toward a change In tho situation of Jhe machinists' strlko In this city within . . (Continued on Third I'age.) WERE SLAIN IN A DUEL Trlnl of Colonel Co In on for Killing Tno In Kentucky Opens nt Frankfort. FltANKFOHT, Ky April 18. Tho taking of testimony In the trial ot Colonel Colson, charged with killing Lieutenant Scott and L. W. De'.nnree, commenced this morning In tbo circuit court. Tho first witness In troduced by tho commonwealth was Captain B. U. Golden, who was badly shot during tbo duel nnd who Is supposed to hnvo en tered tho hotel office with Ethclbcrt Scott. Golden testified at length as to his where abouts after arriving In this city up to tho tlmo of tho shooting. Golden said ho left Scott at tho clear stand nnd started across to the main en trance. Witness did not know whether Scott was following him or not. When near tho door ho saw Colson arise from his chair, nnd heard some one moving rapidly behind him. "Colfon took steady nlm and fired tbo first shot," said tho witness, "but I do not know who fired the Bccond. I wbs shot In tho back whllo trying to get out of the room. James ,X. Kehoc, a prominent lawyer of Mnysvllle, who was In tho hotel oftlco at tho time of tho shooting, was tho next witness. Ho thought Scott and Colson fired about tbo samo time. Ho gavo a vivid description of the tragedy, dir. Kehoo was tho last witness for tho morning session. In tho cross-examination nothlns new wns brought out and after two hours on the stand Captain Golden was excused. Tho first witness this afternoon was Llnd sey South, but tho defense asked that Cap tain Golden bo rccnlled. The questions to Golden related to the Ill-feeling ho bore Colson nnd statements bo mado about Colson whllo tho Fourth regiment of Kentucky vol unteers, In which Colson, Scott nnd Golden wero officers, was at Annlston, Ala., and when bo (Golden) said ho was for Scott right or wrong, nnd when ho got out of tho nrroy ho wanted to get oven with Colson. Objections woro sustained. Llndscy South testified that tho first two shots wero from n largo pistol. Did not know who fired them. South saw Scott lying In the basement, but ho was not tho man who first fired. T. T. Hedger testified that thero wero moro than two men firing. John C. Mayo of Palntsvlllc. tcslflcd that ho was talking to Colonel Colson when he (Colson) saw Scott nnd aroso vory excitedly. Doth faced each other with drawn pistols. "They fired," said tho witness, "about the samo time, though I bollevo. the first re port was not n loud as the second. They woro standing almost together. After Do mareo fell Scott ran toward the steps lead ing down to tho bar and disappeared. Col son followed nnd also disappeared. Thero may havo been ono or two shots after both men wero out of sight." Drs. Williams and Tobln described tho wounds. Colonel Milton Heger of Salyersvlllo was tho last witness. He was lntho hotel office when tho shooting commenced nnd ran down tho steps. Ho started back to tho offlco and met Lieutenant Scott coming down the ctcps and saw Colonel Colaon nt tho top. Heger ran -Into tho bar and heard several moro shots. Ho did not know who fired tho first shot. FANCY PRICES FOR CATTLE Sale of Hereford nt lhi;tslo' Itecord Urentter nfetr-!lv-,V)fuinl Sold for ftiMlt!. ' CHICAGO, April 18. Tho greatest auc tion sale of Hereford cattle over held In America closed today at Dexter park amphitheater. Tho sale was a dispersion of the champion herd of Hereford cattle, owned by F. A. Nave of Attica, Ind., 'and In this sale, occupying two dayB, ninety-six nnl mnls sold for JG4.415, an average of $671 each. Tho purchasers aro from thirteen states nnd Canada. Among tho bulls sold was tho fnmoua ..Dale chnmplon over all breeds In "'" !., ,,'. 7 rn'n nu imnr. i,n. " , "Z . Z M 00 and 1 m. . ,owuu..w r. ' ' of $951 each, and seventy-six cows $45,330, nn nf snnn. maklnc a crand total ot ninety-six animals, for $04,415, a general ' avcrago of $071 per head for tne cntlro herd, all ages, old cows and young calvca included. ...... Stilt ISsccntlvra Meet nt Salt Luke City to niHRtiNM Arid I.nnd I'rolilciiix. SALT LAKE. Utah, April 18. At tho meeting of tho governors called to meet horo , today to discuss tho arid land problem tho Clinton, Jr., and J. D. Wood, representing thu govornor ot Idaho. Governor Leo of South Dakota and Gov erndr Poynter of Nebraska aro expected here tomorrow. J. C. Mackay, president of the Unltah ao" awoeiwaier uouniy 1 Wyoming) , Proto.tive association and rncn s 1 rotative association, and and Swoetwater County (Wyoming) Sheop- JflSEO smltn, proildcnt of the Ulan Wool G rowern asftocla Ion. addressed the governors ..,.,.., nf ,mnlnB BTarn un subject of Ironing grazing lands d on the and tho .... . ceding of nrld lands to tho states. Tho dls- , cutslon wns Informal. An adjournment waa taken until 11 o'clock tomorrow. MOVES OF G. A. R. VETERANS I, adieu of f'hlciiKo ArranuiiiK to K11 tertnln Them During the Grand ICiieampiiieiit In AiiKiist. CHICAGO, April 18. Tho Ladles of the Grand Array of tho Republic hold n meet ing at tho Sherman house today to arrango for tho entertainment of tho wives of tho veterans who will attend tho national Grand Army of tho Republic encampment to bo held In this city In August. Tho plan adopted Is to house tho visiting ladles In the homes of vetorans throughout tho city, but until It can hn estimated tho number ot women who will attend it cannot bo determined whether sufficient iiccommodatlons of this kind enn bo secured. Soma of tbo largo down town halls will bo secured to furnlah lunch to tho voterans on Memorial day, and a commlttco on headquarters appointed which will secure headquarters whero vet erans and their wives will be entertained. Dentil HenilH (Iff Divorce Court. LANCASTER. O.. April 18,-Tho divorce case of Moses Swift against Martha Swift was to be heard here today nnd tlm .in. fendant arrived I'om Chicago yestcrdny to light tho ense. This morning Hie plulntlfr died with tho defendant nn her knoes at his ueosiae praying tor nis restoration. DEAVER FEELS CONFIDENT Ohalrman of the Anti-Fuilon Popnliita Qreatlj Encouraged by His Trip. MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD STRENGTH GROWS Sentiment In the Knl nnd South In AKilnM I'nuloii anil In I'uvor of Independence In l'olltlca. WASHINGTON, April 18. (Special Tele gram.) D. Clem Deaver of Omaha, chair man of the national committee ot tbo peo ple's party, or, as It Is familiarly known, tho "tnlddlo-of-the-road" party, was in Washington today. Mr. Deaver has been on a pilgrimage through the eastern nnd mlddlo states, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania nnd New Jersey In tho Interest of tho na tional convention of tho people's party which Is to bo held In Clcclnnati May 1), Mr. Deaver says that wherever ho went he found enthusiasm intenso over tho coming convention of bin- party and thinks this shows conclusively that tha peoplo of tho cast, who havo heretofore allied themselveH with tho people's party of tho United States havo reached tho conclusion tbnt tho mlddlo-of-tho-ioad party represents them moro fully than tho party which Is to meet In Sioux Falls. Delegations will bo sent from all tho slates ho has visited, ho says. Tho rank nnd tlio of tho party Is In splendid con dition and ready to take up the battle for tho country Independent of tbo old parties. "All tho New Kngland states, with tho slnglo exception of Massachusetts, will bo represented at Cincinnati, and tho promise Is that tbo convention will he ns large. If not larger, than tho one which tbo Allen Butler crowd will hold nt Sioux Falls. I bollevo that 1,000 delegates will be In at tendance nt'the Cincinnati convention, be cause wherever I havo gone 1 havo met but ono sentiment, n disposition to do awny with fusion. I believe that tho time has como when tho middle-of-the-road, or, as It truly Is, tho people's party, will ceaso to be tho catspaw ot cither ot tho democratic or republican party, and will comb out Into tho open as tho party of progress and tho only party with which tho thousands of honest Americans, who havo grown sick of the old party organizations, can consistently ally thomsclves'. .South In Open ltevolt. "My Information, which comes from first hand, Is that the south, with tho ono slnglo exception ot North Carolina, which Is Sena tor Butler's state, will send delegations to Cincinnati and not to Sioux Falls. The southern peoplo bavo always fought fusion and they reallzo that tbo time bns como to put a straight ticket In tho field, that will stand for tho best principles of tho party, The democ m pty cannot "get" the ESt I tho populists In tho coming campaign. The ! convention at Cincinnati ot May 9 will demonstrate this fact beyond nil question. The populists in tho south nevor wero In favor of fusion and throughout tho west they havo plainly seen tho errors ot the past and thero Is not now n state In tho west in which tho democratic party can secure the sup port of tho populists of their presidential candidate. Without such support they can not reasonably .hope to carry a single west ern state except perhaps Colorado, which j might bo carried on tno sliver issue. .'Evcry Industrial reform movement whlh ban been, started since the Clyll wor lias been wrecked through tho agency of' fusion with tho democratic party. The politicians who run tho democratic party for tho sako of spoils nnd plundor aro willing to pro- tond to bellovo In anything that promises hono of securing tho offices. There has never been In tho history of this country a political pnrty so utterly dead to tho sense of .fairness nnd common decency as tbo democratic party has been. Whenever and wherever in power tho disfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of American cltl zons has been brought about by tho party thnt Is preaching equal rights and laying great stress upon the phrase, 'Governments dorlvo tliolr Just powor from tho consent of tho governed," Those are of tho snmo or der ns tho 'stop thief cry, nnd so far as I know fools but few. Whnt the PopulUtu Want. "Both old parties look nllko to us popu lists nnd wo seo no moro reason for fusing with ono than with tho other. Populists bollevo that all the talk about regulutlng trusts, railroads, etc., Is nil buncombe. Wo bcllevo thnt the regulation of anybody's business or trust becomes In Its operation of such magnitude and nature that its opera tion affects tho public that tho peoplo should own nnd operate It for tho benefit of tho peoplo themselves. Thero is no business In this country controlled by trusts but that could bo operated by tho public ns easily as Is tho Postotilco department. Common senso has demonstrated that regulation of corporations of nny kind Is n total failure. Tho prlnclplo was wrong In tho beginning nnd could not help but fall. Government ownership Is tho only national solution of tho trust question, tho only common-senso plan yet suggested." .Mr. Deaver loft tonight for Cincinnati to mako arrangements for quartering tho dele gation from Nebraska nnd soveral of tho esastern states who havo commissioned him to look nfter their Interests. OleoiuiirKnrliic Hill llenrlim. Tho South Omaha delegation, Messrs. Hoke, Check and Pnrkhurst, representing tho Llvo Stock oxchango, had a hearing to day beforo the houso committed on agricul ture In opposition to Congressman Grout's bill to regulnto tho production of oleomar garine. They stutcd tho objections to tho mensuro which, If enacted Into law, will de stroy thu manufacture of oleomargarine and o tho confiscation ot property. The n filed a brief in addition to their . . nmount t delegation oral statements, containing n largo number of Iqttera from leading live stock inon pro- testing against tlio bill and arguing that the producers Ehould bo taken Into consid eration. Congressman Novlllo of Nebraska gave notlco to tho committee that ho would at tho next meeting of tho commlttco offor u motion to fix n dato when hearings beforo tho subcommittee on the Orout bill fhould tcrmlnnto nnd a vote bo taken upon tho question whether tho bill should bo reported to the house, Hn snld that ho believed the oleomargarine makers nro attempting to de lay tbo bill by nsklug for a rehearing, nnd he, for ono, wanted to protest. Messrs. Cheek and Parkhurst left this afternoon for New York. (liimlile'n free Home lllll, Thursday, May .3, has been set by tbo houso for tho consideration of tho frco home stead bill. Tho motion to ret a tlmo to tnko up the bill was mado by Congressman Eddy of Minnesota,, after a conference between Minnesota members und Congressman Gam ble and Speaker Henderson. Friends of frco homos havo been quietly at work since the beginning ot tho session working up senti ment for the measure and most of the houso leaders havo buecn drawn to Its support. Congressmen Gamblo and Burke of South Dakota havo been particularly actlvo in this cmncctlon and much of tho credit for tho chnngo ot sentiment in the houso toward fieo homes la duo to tho South Dakotuns. It 1. the opinion of those urging tho measure CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fnlr; Westerly Winds. Temperature nt Omaha jentcrita) I Hour. lletr. Hour. lli'K. n. in I. I p. in .17 41 n. in. ..... -I I U p. in IO 7 a. in Ill a p. in S n. in lit I p. n II l n. in II ." p. in til HI it. ii IS tl p, in IIO II n. in II) 7 p. in (Id 1- in fill M p. in no ti p. in no thnt It will pun tho houso without dif ficulty. Tho bill has parsed tho senate throo times and no troublo Is anticipated In the upper body. Tbo sennto, upon motion of Senntor Clark of Wyoming, passed Representative Mon dell's bill allowing tho state of Wyoming to return to tho government 6,000 nrrcs of land In 1'lntu-h county nnd tnko an equal nrea In other parts ot the state. Georgo W. Nation has been appointed prstmnster at Wllley, Box Butto county, Neb., vlco G. 15. Wllley, resigned. Mrs. Anna Koskela has been appointed postmistress nt Snomn, Butto county, S. D. DR. ANDREWS HAS RESIGNED l'limoim Kiliicntnr Will Annumc Duties of Chancellor of I nlvernlly of ArliriiNlia on Jul)' I. CHICAGO, April 18. Dr. 15. Benjamin Andrews, superintendent of tbo Chicago public schools, who was lately offered tho . position of rhnncellor of tho University of Nebraska, has decided to accept the place. Ho tonight presented his resignation of! superintendent of schools, to tuko effect May 1. After that date ho will tako two months' vacation, and will go to tho uni versity nt Lincoln July 1. ARID LAND BILL FEATURES .Member of alloiiiil Live Stock A noclntlon Selected to l'ornmlati; Thcni-Wlll Meet ill Suit l.ukc. D13NVICH, Colo.. April 18. Complying with tho provisions of a resolution ndoptcd at a meeting of tho nrld land committee of tho National Llvo Stock association, which met In this city on tho 10th instnnt, to tbo effect that tpeclal subcommittees be nppolntcd to draft various features of the arid land bill, President John W. Springer today appointed the following; Proposition No. 1 On driveways between winter nnd summer ranges: 15. S. Gosuoy, Flagstaff, Ariz., chnlrmnn; Jesso M. Smith, Iiyton, Utah; Solomon Luna, I.os Lunas, N. M. Proposition No. 2 On accommodating leabtihold boundaries to tho common uso of available! water on tho public domain: C. O. f" M'b: .nsr. J; 2'ubb"' "eno C Wood"' Rapid City, S. D, Proposition No. 3 On reserving nnd pro tecting tho rights of agricultural settlers, of homesteaders, mineral prospectors nnd till actual owncit) of stock now using tha ranges: 15. P. Snow, Cheyenne, Wyo., chairman; F. D. McCully, Joseph, Ore.; Paul iMcCormlck, Billings, Mont. Proposition No. 4 On a proposition in tho bill that shall mako It lnoporntlvo except whero Its provisions nre nccopted by the farmers nnd stockmen in nny county In the urea covered by tho law, and defining the method by which they shall ask for exten sion to suibfcMintyot-tho prov'slons of tho law: R, M. Lymnn, San Frnnclsco, Gal., chairman; Sidney Clark, Oklahoma City, Okln; A. N. Jeffries, Dickinson, N. I). This committee will bo nsslsted by John P. Irish of Snn Francisco, Cnl. Theso committees aro to meet In Salt Lake City on a day to bo fixed lotor. JOHN TRIMBLE A FRATRICIDE Veteran of the First Nelirankii Kllla 111m Brother DurliiK a lllHiiute. PHILLIPSBUIia, Knn., April 18. (Spe cial Telegram.) John Trlmblo, n young man about 20 years of agot shot and killed his lirotner, jamcn, n mnrncu man nuoui - years of age, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Tho shooting took placo about ton miles south ot this city on n pleeo of land tho right to tho uso of which was In dispute This dtsputo ; was tbo causo of tho tragedy. John Trimble, who did tho shooting, wns a member of tbo First Nebraska regiment and served with that gullaiit body nil through tho Phlllpplno campaign. Ho re turned with his regiment Inst August and has mado his homo with his parents here since. Thoro has not been a good feeling between tho brothors for tho Inst four years. John came to town after tho shooting nnd surrendered to tho sheriff und askod to bo plnced In Jail, District court Is in sosslon hero this week and the young man may havo hin trial this term. SAYS IT IS SPITEW0RK Prominent Nciv York IJuxIncaa Men lluve Trouble Over 11 Check for 11 Small Amount. NEW YORK, April 18. Judge Henry W. Scott has boen arrested and placed under $1,000 ball, charges of nppropriatlng $208 having been preferred against him by Ed ward Corning, a former business partner. Tho troublo grows out of a misunderstand ing over tha proceeds of a check. It Is claimed that tho money belonged to a rub ber company, of which Scott was tho or ganizer and In which Corning wnu a stock holder. Mr. Scott declared In court that tbo arreBt was tho work of spite. Judgo I 86011 ' ,bc?1 nown 08 """"l WW 1 of a U,?lted SUlM C0Urt W,,H 0VW' 8at " a I bench. 1 bench, During President Cleveland's second term ho was nppolntcd Justlco of tho Oklahoma supreme court, but resigned noon nfterwnrds because ho was not in accord with tho president's flnanclnl policy. IN OMAHA NEXT MONDAY Interxtate C' luiiicree roiunilHNlon, After llenrliiir Cnae lit Denver, Will Vlnlt Thla City. DENVER, Colo., April 18. J. W. Flfer nnd J. C. Clcmonts, members of tho Inter state Commerce commission, arrived here this evening on their wny homo from tho Paclllo coast. They will remain here two or three days and give n lohcarlng to tho Klcdel freight rato case. The first meeting will bo opened nt 10 o'clock tomorrow. Tho Klndel caso was henrd and decided In favor of tho railroads In Washington somo months ngo, Mr. Klndel now claims to havo secured additional evidence against the roads. Twenty-eight lines doing transcon tinental business ure tho defendants, Tha commissioners aro scheduled to bo In Omaha next Monday. Death I'mler 11 Train. MANSFIELD, O., April 18.-Jndgo Isaac Johnson of Wooster, O,, was killed by nn lCrlo freight train nt tho Union depot hero this nftornoon. Ho was standing on tho lr.irk (mil (ltd not. Met. the ei.ru n..i.tv.n.h i 1,0 wttH '?i,Xe!KH "eo "ncl MuR rebUcan ptTr WU" 'WL'" knW" CLASH IN THE HOUSE Partisan Rancor Marks Debate on Naral Bill and Feeling Runs II gb. GR0SVEN0R AND WILLIAMS LOCK HORNS Ohioan Charges the Southerner vrilh Unfair neit in His Aotiom. EMERGENCY ITEM CAUSED TROUBLE McKinley ii Accnutd bj tha DtmooraU of HaTiDg (kinged His Mind. ALASKAN CODE BILL IN THE SENATE Western Mciuhcrn Wax Wnrm In 1)e hnte liver Mcnsurn nn llCKttrds IliKhtK of Allctin llnnnhrouith. Amendment Dcnonneed. WASHINGTON, April 18. Tho debnto on tho naval bill under tho llvo-mlnuto rulo today drifted Into polities' and for u good portion of tho nfternoon moinbrm fought hammer nnd tongs across tho political nlsle. Thu partisan rancor nlmcst culmi nated In a sensational scene between Gros venor of Ohio, tho chnmnlon of tho admin istration, nnd Williams of Mlsslmlppl. Some of the democrats began worrying llawley ot Texas by pointedly asking It tbo president had not chnnged his mind on thn Porto Hlcnn tariff question and Grosvrnor finally threw blmwlf into tho breach. Wllllums nudo an Interruption that drew a sharp rejoinder from tho Ohioan about the "unfair" advnntngo token by tho Mississippi. This nroused the wrHth of tho Intter nnd after Grosvrnor had con cluded ho mado a stinging response, In which ho said parliamentary languego would cot permit him propertly to characterize Grcsvenor'o offense. loiter Grosvcnor dis claimed intcntlonnl affront and thero tho matter ended. Somo progress was made with tho bill, but most of tho controverted points went over. Ivttchlu Ntnrtx the Hull. Kltchln of North Carolina, a member of tho navnl committee, mndo a point of order agalns the provision In tho bill appropriat ing $00,000 to bo expended under tho direc tion of tho president to meet unforeseen contingencies. Foss argued thnt tho ap propriation wns In order under tho general provision for tho maintenance of tho navy. Pnyno of Now York, who wna In the chair, overrulod tho point ot order and Kltchln took an appeal from tho decision. Tho chair was sustained 91 to 70. Kltchln then moved to ntrlko tho appro priation from the bill. Wheeler of Kentucky supported tho mo tion. Ho wns unwilling, he snld, to placo $500,000 in tho hands of tho president to uso. at bis discretion without nn accounting Ho said this without desiring to bo offen sive Foes read from tho 'hearing given by tbo commltteo to gecrctarj; Jxwk. detailing tho uocetHlty for this emergency appropriation. As a general prlnclplo, Fotss said, he would not ndvocnto so largo a contingency appro prlalton, but be thought preseut clrcuin stniiiica 'warranted' It. ' ,.., Kltchln said thnj it William J. Bryan wero in tho executive mansion today not a mombor on the other side would bo willing to plnco $t00,000 nt bis disposal for use In bis discretion. It wns bad policy und bad precedent During somo romnrkB hy Hnwley of Toxas In oulogy of tho president's courso Kltchln naked him if tlio president hnd not denied thnt tho constitution, tbo greatest of bloss ings. followed tho ling. "That Is a technical question," replied Hnwley. "In ordor not to embarrass tho gcntlomnn I withdraw the question," observed Kltchln, amid laughter. llawloy challenged Whcoler (Ky.) to glvo tbo namo of tbo officer of the United States whom ho yesterday expressed tho opinion was responsible) for tho urmor pluto trust. heeler replied that hn had expretsed that opinion, but ho did not give tho namo of tho officer be hnd In mind, (iriiHveiiiir anil WIIIIiiiiin Lock Horn. Later on Grosvcnor of Ohio and Williams of Mississippi becamo Involved In n shnrp controversy. Williams quoted nn nllege.l In terview with n president of n western unl voislty in which, speaking of tho president's position on tho Porto Hlcnn bill ho had said that whllo It might bo proper to rpeak ot Peel and Gladstone having changed their minds on public questions, It would be moro precise to Bay that Presldont. McKinley had permitted hla mind to bo changed for him. Laughter nnd applause on tho democratic fIiIci. "Does not tbo gcntlomnn know thnt tho purported lutcrvlew was utterly repudiated by Its ullcged author?" asked Grosvcnor.' "Tho gentleman dniti not know It, but It Is. Just ns trim on my own responsibility," replied Williams, who proceeded to aslc If It wero not truo that tho preddent had changed his mind on the Porto Hlcan bill. Thcro was considerable fencing, Whooler of Now York taking u hand In trying to forco tbo Ohioan. At last Grosvcnor mado an allusion to Williams' tncthud of Interrupting him, which tha latter .iscnted with an emphasis that portondi'd 1 personnl quarrel on tho floor, but Vllllams finally allowed Oros venor to proceed, reserving his roply unlit tho Ohioan had finished. "Doca tho gentleman deny thnt the. presi dent has chnnged his mind?" asked Kltchln, democrnt of North Carolina, addroeslnc Groavonor. "As roon as It became manifest to the president that money hnd to be raised In come way und that tbo ways and moms committed of this house had brought In a tariff bill providing for 15 per cent or 2F per cent," replied Oroavennr, "tho president recognized tho right and nnd power of th3 houso to orlglnnte that tariff bill. Up to tho very lost moment of tho passage of tho Porto Hlcan bill gontlcmon on the other side InslBted that tho president wna otill In favor of fre) trodo In Porto Rico, nnd nowspupers from ono end of this continent to tho other clnlmcd that wo on this sldn of thn houso wero In a contest with tho president: that tho president never hnd changed his mind; that ho wan still in favor of froo trodo. But I call tho gentleman's attention to tho fact that In the message of the president ho gavo no sign or Indica tion of when ho desired that that frco trade measure should go Into effect. Wo by our vote put It so that within tho next sixty days, ninety days, four months, any tlmn aftor tho organization of the civil govern ment, tho peoplo of Porto Rlc6 can havo freo trade.. Tlio president has signed It nnd thoroby glvon his approval to It." ' Wheeler Interject. "Tbo gentleman sa) thu president bows to tbo will of congress," Ititerpcaed Wheeler. "In tho dobato on tho Porto Hlcan question, when thn gentloman appealed io ils col-