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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUXE If), 3 871, OMAHA, FIJI DAY MOltXIaNG. MAY 18, IDOO-TWELYE PAGES. SLNGLH OOl?Y EI YE OEXTS. POWELL FIGHTS HARD Oloilng Daji ef tho Drama at Marking Ara More Blocdj. KRUGER'S GRANDSON AMONG PRISONERS Esport that Ninety Boers Were Oaptnrsd and Manj Were Killed. STRATEGY TURNS DEFEAT INTO VICTORY Half Famiihed Garrison 8urrounda Invading Foroea and Imprison! Tbcm. LONDON LIES AWAKE FOR NEWS OF REIT F All Iljea 'I'u r ii oil TiMvnril the llmulet of (lie IMnlna for TiilluKt of. Succor (lull Do .Not Co mo. LONDON", May t8. .1:30 a. m. England (till waits with Intense and almost breath less Interest for news of the relief of Mafeking. A crowd remarkable for tho number of men In evening drcs and In cluding many women wrro around tho War office, even after midnight, hoping for sonio announcement. Only reluctantly did the peo pin disperse when the lobbies of the War office were finally cleared with the word that nothing had been received. One thing seems cleiir. the town still holds out. Were It not ho the Iloer wires laid to the camps of the beleaguered garrison would liavo passed the news. Reports from Lourcnzo Marquez, based on reports that leaked out from the Pretoria iwar office, show that tho Moor stormcrs Sat urday fell Into a trap. Colonel lladen- I'owell permitted them to seize ono fort nnd lio then surrounded nnd overwhelmed them I ibeforo the largo force near at hand per- eelved the strntngom. H wns thus that Sard JilolT, President Krugcr's grandson, and part I of hln command wore taken and many killed. ' Tho Canadian force with the Rhodesia Jorco Is now reported to have reached Ilulu- wajrii, .nay i ne distance, irotn liuiuwnyo to Mafeking Ik tflO miles. As the railway Is I open mi mo way 10 i-usani, iwenty-eignv miles from Mafeking, the Canadians may yet i tako part In tho relief lAnnnniieeuient (lint AVn I'reniitttire. In tho committee room of the Houso of Commons this morning Sir James Kltson, member for Yorkshire, West Riding, Colno Voiicy division, announced that Mafeking bad been rcllovod. Tho War oftlco, however, Is unable to con Drm tho announcement. Replying to a question In the House of Commons, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, tho parliamentary secretary of the War ofllce, Mr. Wyndham, said ho regretted that ho was not able to give any Information In regard to Mafeking which would relieve tho anxiety of the nation about that be Icaciiorcjl. place. Miy'f'mliidid th house that even If thn orsiren reuei oi iniiiuKing uan uccurruu Intelligence of the event' could not arrlvo In England before, .two and possibly live days. Tho latter part of Mr. Wyndham's reply is generally accepted as an Intimation that tho government la expecting the relief of Colonel Uadcn-l'owell nnd his garrison would occur nt about the'prrr.ent time. Hunter TuUex tiirUtliiiilu. 3:33 p. m. The War office haB received the following dlsratch from Lord Roborts: "KROONSTAD, May 17. Hunter has oc cupied Christianlu without opposition, the cnoniy having retired to Klerksdorp, under the impression that the latter was threat ened by a portion of the force from Parys. "Rundle's force was closo to Clocolan yesterday evening. The country wns clear of Iho enemy. "Tho nsldent eommlsslsnner In Hnsuto land reports that n number of Iloors living In tho Klckshurg and Hethlehem districts have applied to him for advlco anil as to the rondltlnus Atf surrender. This Is very satisfactory." Tho War office has received the following dispatch from Oeneral Duller: "DANNHAUSER, May 17. The Second division has reached Dannhnuser and I bopo that my ndvanco patrols are at Newcastle. "The Fifth division Is echeloned from Klnndslnagte to Glencne, repairing the rall way. Tho Fourth division Is at Sunday's liver drift, on tho old Newcastlo road. "Sovcrnl Natal farmers are handing over their arms. "All reports agreo that about 7,000 of tho enemy paused north very hurriedly May 14 and May IB." Oonernl French, ncnutlng northward, found the Doers In strong force at Rhemster spruit, thirty mllrfl from Kroonstad. Oen erals llothn, Delarey and Olivier, with ar tillery, were holding the position. ItiiiiinrH of Mi') ii'n Movement. President Steyn, according to ono dis patch, has gouo to Pretoria. Another nays lio Is a fugitive nt Undley. Tho Free Slaters nre surrendering on all sides. A dispatch from Capetown says that proclamations are being printed there to bu published on tho queen'n birthday, May 24, annexing tho Free Stnte. Ono of President Stoyn's brothers, who Is a prisoner of (icneral Ilrabrant, nays that the Free Staters will accept annexation. Those who took up nrtnB tbo second tlmo, ho ex plains, had 'to do so under threats of Instant death If they refused. Five hundred rlflen have been surrendered nt Kroonstad in excess of the niimlwr of llocrs who havo taken tho oath of allegiance. Lord Roberts has directed the Dritlsh com manders to receive all comern in u gosd i-plrlt and to Ichuo to thorn passes to go to their farms. (icncrul Duller Is pressing Htrulght ahead without opposition. He has only lost five vounded during tho movement. Apparently lie In aiming at l-alng's nek, which Is thn direct road to tho Transvaal, although he may diverge to Hnthn's pass. Oeneral Hunter's movements In tbo West rrn Transvaal are rather puzzling. He has returned to Fourteen Streams with one brigade leaving another. Oenernl Dartnn's at Chrlatlanln. Iird Methuen Is eald to be advancing nlong the south bank of iho Vail Colonel Kckewich is with him. The bridge across the Vaal Is fast nearlng completion. Tho probability Is that Oeneral Hunter look back a brigade to Fourteen Streams owing to the scarcity of transport. Oeneral Rundlo has captured 10,000 bags of corn. He Is marching slowly through a district which Is described as "literally teeming with cattle, sheep and horses. Dnvltt tilvhiK Advlee. .Michael Pavltt, according to a dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez, Is said to have ad vised tho Doers, while he was In Pretoria, that If they could hold out until tbo presi dential election In the United States the might "feel pretty sure of Intervention." At Johannesburg the women nre forming UVntlnued on Fifth. Pags.) MERELY A POLITICAL MOVE Irlah (1111111011 of the I, it If Speeohca nf Sullaliur, llnlfuur anil liiumher liiln on Homo Utile. fcvrlght. )!, by Press Publishing Co i OfcttL M'1' 17. fNew York World TOfcjTJtecelat Telegram.) Irish par lnniF!fcd'f3JJjohn Hedmond, Dillon and otlioSkrrent anil-home rule Fpeechealky, nalfour ami Chamberlain as slmprjFelectlon move to weaken If possible the petition of the Irish party, which In tho next Parliament will eommand a solid phalanx of eighty to eighty-five votes. That party will be un committed to the liberals or torles.but In the natural courso of events lUt strength must mainly be thrown for the llbcralB and may bo a deoldlnc factor. There Is nlwavs a secret movement In Ireland, but It Is Tcr talnly not sufficiently potent or active at present to give tho least ground for alarm. Salisbury nnd his colleagues were Retting anxious about the possible electoral effect of Iho wave of pro-Irish sentiment caused by the gallantry of the Irish troops and the success of the qlieon'B visit, nnd wished to check the spread of tho Idea fostered by the Dally Mali and other unionist papers that the golden moment had como at which some large concession could safely be made In response to Irish national dcmanilH. These nntl-Irlsh utterances are regarded by Irish leaders as calculated to act as a healthy tonic lo Irish nationalists nnd pre vent them expecting nnythlng from tho nrltlsh Parliament except what can be extorted by tbo exigencies of English par-tics. RUSSIA CARRIES ITS POINT Secure the dueled Strip of I. mill HorilerlnK Mnwnntpo llnr lior. YOKOHAMA. May C (Via Victoria, II. 0., May 17.) Affairs In China are In a stnte of extraordinary quiescence, while forebod ings of a coming storm are In tho nlr. Russia, has cainod Its nolnts In Corel In the flhapo of a large tract of land bordering on the magnificent harbor of Mnsampo. Much chagrin Is felt by the Jnpnuese and ( It is everywhere surmised that tho day of reckoning cannot be long delnycd. Tho United States transport Thomas arrived unexpectedly from Manila on Sutur- j day lasU Returning olllcers and men of tho army disagree with tho optimistic views I or me l-niitppino situation inioiy nein oy tun 1 press and tho public. Everything seems 't j point to a long nni devastating guerrilla war fare, and altogether the outlook Is not re assuring. Much will depend upon the now commission, SURVEYING THE CANAL ROUTE AVork He I n K Done In n Movt Thorough nnd Syntemiitlo Milli ner. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 20. (Corre spondence of tho Associated Press.) The engineers of the Isthmian Canal commission In Nicaragua, who uro making a final sur vey of the proposed NIcaraguan canal route, have, with their assistants, formed Into vo parties of nbout forty men each, and . e taking soundings nt tho Pacific .terminal tw at nrlto nild ft FJoih. on the wvst Mt ' I The members of the hydrographlc party arc still noting tho flow of tho rivers, the rise and flow of tho rlvera and lakes, tho evaporation and the rainfall. The entire survey, which Is being conducted In a most I thorough manner, will soon be completed. 1 The minister of foreign relations has prcsentod to Mr. William L. Merry, tho United States minister to Nicaragua, a handsome walking stlrk, having n head and bands of NIcaraguan gold, vnlucd at $200. It Is understood that tho presenta- i tlon was of an olllclal character. OHM'JAXS UMTS OXI.Y TWO CI,lins, 1 I HefiiNes to HitiIkii from the llnehelnr J When iteiineMteil. . PARIS, May IS. The duke of Orleans. In ' consequence of the attitude of the committee of three London clulu toward him becnuso of his letter to M. Will Lctte, complimenting htm upon his Insulting caricatures of Queen Victoria, has resigned his membership in I AVnter llrnnnht front the m er Jordan the St. James anil tho Marlborough clubs. is I cil In London As to tho Ilachelors' club, which demanded , C'erenmny. Ills resignation, the duke writes to the pres- . Idem from Vonlce, under date of May in, re- ' LONDON, May 17. The pon of the duke fusing to comply with the demand nnd , and duchess of York was christened In characterizing the unmmons as "unbecom- the private chapel of Windsor castlo today Ing." After expressing his deep respect for In tho presenco of Queen Vbioria, the prince Queen Victoria nnd tho other members of and princess of Wales, the duke and duchess the Dritlsh roynl family tho duko says: of Connauht. the duko and duchess of "You havo forgotten that you addressed Fife, tho duko of Cambridge and other mem tho heir of tho king who made Franco, In , bers of the royal family. Prince Albert of demanding as tbo price of the hospitality of Prussia, regent of tho duchy of Drunswlck, Knglnnd, tho abdication of his French opln- represented Emperor William of Germany, Ions. My Intention was to resign. I deslro ' who was one of tho Infant's godfathers, you to deliberate on tho erasure of my name, i Wator brought from tho river Joidan nnd It Is Important to know if your hospitality contained In a gold font was used lu the signifies bondage nnd If you Intend to nban- ceremony. don tho ancient traditions of Individual lib- i Tho Infant was handed to the bishop cf erty which made the strength and grandeur ' Winchester by tho queen, who gave tho of your country. I nwnlt your decision whatever It may be. Mine Is taken." llelKluni nnd lieriiiiiny to Arhltrnle. RERUN, May 17. The Livkalanzolgcr says the question of tho disputed territory ln tho Lako Klbo district of tho Congo Free State, which Is said to have precipitated hostilities between tho Delgians and Ger mans there, will probably bo subuilttcd to arbitration. ENVOYS REPUDIATE STORY Never Mnde Itemnrkit V 1 1 r I hll led to Them nnd Deny the Senti ment. NEW YORK. May 17 Abraham Fischer, one of the lloer envoyn, was hhown today the published statement ln which tho envoys wero reportod a having inude Indiscreet ad missions on the steamship to an employe of a London newspaper. .Mr. FUchor said tho story was falso In every material particular. "I met an Irish-American on the steamer," said Mr. Fischer, "and his namo was O'Con nor. He Introduced himself to me and ex preyed great sympathy for our people. Whatever I said to him I havo no hesitation in repeating lo the American people. I do not think the fellow ever talked with Mr. Wessela or Mr. Wolmaran-i. As for him talking to us together, It Is utterly false. I never expnt-ned the sentiment attributed to me, nor did my colleagues, nor do wo hold them." Regarding the nppcal from the Americans In Capetown, asking the people hole to lg. noro tho envoys, Mr Fischer said: ''I have read their appeal and It Is obviously n flimsy one. Not a namo H given, not even the name of the chairman of their alleged mafs meeting. There are fow Americans In Cape town In the first place and they arc largely ii sympathy with us." Volunteer lireniiiii la Killed, NBAVnURGH, N. V., May 17. Flro todty destroyed the six-story building on Water itroet owned by Peck & Valfse. furniture dealers, and adjoining buildings. Willis Meglnn, a momber of the volunteer tire de partment, was killed by a. falling wall. Financial lost. (75,000. MANIAC KILLS SEVEN AT SEA Gorj Proceidinci on Board a Ship Plying Between Swedish Forts. CAPTAIN AND SIX OTHERS ARE VICTIMS One Killed llrenuae He Moved "When Told .Not to Stir AsNnaalii Ka ciijich In limit, but Is Ciiitured. COPENHAGEN, May 17. A telegram from Hoping. Sweden, reports that as tho stea'mer Koplng last night was passing tho Prlns Karl a man sprang upon the deck of the latter vessel and shouted: "If any ono comes near I will shoot." At the same moment a woman was seen hanging over tho ship's side, shrieking for help. The man ecuped In a boat. When tho Prlns Karl was boarded It was found that twelve men on board had been shot, seven of whom, Including tho captain, wcro dead. Tho rest were found Iccked In their quarters. Ono of tho wounded has slnco died. Details rcccivul hero today from Koplng, Sweden, of tho terrible tragedy on board tho steamer Prlns Karl, plying between Koplng nnd Stockholm, show that shortly after passing Qulcknund at midnight a man suddenly started shutting all the doors of tho cabins nnd saloons and then, with a ro volver In each hand and with a dagger and a knlfo In bis belt, he began firing at every ono be encountered. He stnbbed tho cap tain In tho back and a woman pasnongor In the breast with tho dagger nnd hacked n boy with tho knife. He also shot the mate through tho shoulder, nnd of four men who were playing cards In the smoking saloon, olio was shot In tho temple because ho moved when tho murdcTcr warned him not to stir. The Prlns Karl was stopped off Koplng and tho murderer seized the opportunity to Jump Into n lifeboat and row away as fast as possible. Search of tho steamer discovered 'Ii'ml nni1 "vo wounded. The Prlns n proceeded to niocKnoim. wncre me po Hco olllclals took charge of tho vletlmB. A tradesman of Arboga, Sweden, reports that a man giving tho name of Orcnklrsk of Stockholm came to him yesterday and secured two revolvers, which ho fired sov- oral times to test their quality. Aaanaalii Arreated. STOCKHOLM, May 17. Tho police have truckotl to Eskllstu'na. fifty-seven miles west of this city, and arrested thero tho supposed author of tho Prlns Karl tragedy. He tried to flro a revolver at tho officers. When arrested ho gave his nnmo as Phillip Nordlund. On being questioned about tho murdem, tho prisoner replied that It was a matter for tho police themselves to un ravel. On being further questioned, Nord lund confessed his crime and said he had stolen S00 kroner from the captain. Tho wounded say they wero playing cards In tho smoking room nbout half past 11 o'clock with other passengers when some body put his head In the room and exclaimed: "Look out. Thcro'g a maseacro on board." At tho same moment shots wore heard. All sprang to their feet In order to leave tno Wn ,hVj thov fmind the door fastened ?n h" outalde. W Me they were tryln to fJc" tho ,,nr jft Bhut waH ,,r'"1 through the window rfiul hit cma of tnttm. a man named n"on who fell to the floor. The other 1lhrw' Schneider. Kondltor and Undqulst. ,jr3t thp loor n aml I-nclqu1st. who was th fit to step through, received a bullet ln hla hc,ul- "Isregardlng tho wound he n after tho assassin to the steering room. Tho fugitive shouted down the speaking tube: "Full speed ahead." Tho engines wero already nt full speed, and tho engineer replied: "la thnt the captain?" receiving tbo nn- wcr, "Certainly, drive her to the devil." Tho engineers put tho engines nt full speed astern. Tho assassin then ran down to tho engine room nnd threatened to shoot the engineer If ho did not obey, Tho engineer barracaded himself In tho room. At that moment tho Koplng came along the murderer fled In a boat. CHRISTENING A ROYAL BABY I child's name a3 Henry William Frederick Albert. ANOTHER UPRISING IN CHINA Seventy-Three Xntlve rhrlatlnnn Are Killed. Some llelnK Tlnrned Alive Cnthollea I'eraeuiited, LONDON, May IS. Thn Pekln corre spondent of the Tlracis says: "The antl-forelgn movement headed by tho 'boxers' has attained alarming propor tions. There has been a serious nntl-Chr's- tlan outbreak near Pao-Tlng-Fu, province of Po-Chl-LI. Soventy-thrco native Chrlsthns were murdered. Including women and chil dren. Many wero burned to death. "Tho Catholic missionaries report that the persecution Is the most serious known for years. Tho danger la Increased by tha apathy or connlvanco of the government." COLOMBIA REBELS DEFEATED lu n llnttle l.nxtlni; Seventy llnnr Tun t.eiiernln Are Killed firent SlniiKliter. COLON, Colombia, May 17. (Via Calves ion.) News has been received here of a vic tory by the government troops over the In surgents In a battle In the Veins district, which began May 11 and lasted soventy hours. Generals Leal and Herrera wore among tho killed, who aro said to hnvo been very numerous, the slaughter being described as "horrible butchery." Twelve hundred In surgents wore tnken prisoners nnd the gov ernment troops captured a larg quantity of guns and rlllcs. Ilnrd to Trnnapnrt Ammunition. ACCRA, Gold Coast. May 17. Tho dim culty In forwarding ammunition adds to tho gravity of tho situation at Kumatsl. Native carriers refuso to go thoro at any price. Tolatnl Drnmii la llnrred, RERUN, May 17. Tolstoi's drama, "The Power of Darkness," has been forbidden per formance simultaneously by the tcubor lu Lclpfclc, Stuttgart and CarUrubo. CHARGE AGAINST THOMPSON Arreted for llnlerlnit Into t'ontlriify llh It It'll In AltemiilhiK lo Shield -eelj. HAVANA. May 17.-the principal charge agnlndt the Havana postmaster, n. p. Thompson, who, with W. H. Reeves, deputy auditor of the Island, and Edward Moya and Jorgo Masearo. Cuban clerks ln the stamp department, was arrtsted yrstorday, will bo that bo entered Into n conspiracy with Cory don Rich, tho clerk who has confessed to a knowledge of many of the transactions, and will give evidence for tho government to shield C. F. W. Necly. the urrested financial agent of posts Tho prosecution says Thomp son received vouchem anil ordered that the changes be made In tho books and accounts with the manifest Intention of shielding Necly. Moya and Masearo admit selling over $1,800 worth of an old Itsuo of stamp", through the windows, which wero not called for In the requisition. Thompson says that though hp ordered the alteration of certain flguns at tho request of Rich, still he did without knowing that thoy wore of a criminal nature. He thinks ho might have been treated with more con sideration, either dismissed or requested to resign. Thompson's ball was ultimately reduced from $10,000 to J1.00O, which wns depnslted lu cash by the Danish consul, Herr Culmct, a wealthy merchant. Tho ball of Mnyo and Masearo has been reduced to $1,500. which has not ct been furnished. Reeves will bo allowed lo remain ln his own homo In charge of special agents. Dur ing the Investigations now In progress ho will bo called upon dally to give evidence and It 1s also rfll that the ball required of him will necesxurlly be heavy and probably not be obtained. NKW YORK. May 17.-Tho examination of the charges ngalnst Chaiiet F, W. Necly, accused of embezzling 13fi.O00 of the Cuban postal funds, which was set down for to lay, has been postponed for ono week by United States Commissioner Shields. The post ponement was agreed upon by United Staloa District Attorney Durnett and Mr. Lindsay, counsel for Neely. MUNC1H, Ind., Mny 17. One of the gov ernment detectives who has been hore work ing the Muncle end of the. Cuban pnstoitlce case made tho statement that the real steal has been tho sale of counterfeit stamps, which It Is alleged havo been printed In tho ofllce of n printing company In this city. Thousands of dollars worth of bogus it tamps aro said to have been Issued and distributed to Cuban postmasters, a number of whom, It Is said, shared In the profits with tho chief culprits. Tho prlntlns office Is said to have been searched from garret to cellar for tho material used. Heretofore tho search ,was supposed to ho for n package of money: It is asserted that almost 12,000,000 worthfof bogus stamps havo been printed ln Muncle Wd'scut for distribu tion to Cuban postoffliuw. When Ross Cowan,j('prcBldcnt of tho Neely Printing company, wftitold the story this afternoon he did notlbeem especially con cernud. but said: "Youinay say that If thero is any story afloat thoJthe Neely Printing company over turned fut CubaD stamps, wither for the postal orTany. other service. It Is false. We have neither printed stamps losltlmately- ncTnnietlnktelyIrthti'gavcrn ment coirtrtsi;wer:,woitlj not denied.1 TlLtH'Atlayfnit frWf.ifrm ..I printed" blank's , ' $m7 -) ' .KKD A LAW TO PIT Til K CASK. CoimrcM to lie Anlcrd to Knnet n ew Statute. W'ASI 1 1 NQTON, May 17. The Post to morrow will say: Congress must come to tho aid of the administration in bringing C. F. W. Neely, the Cuban defaulter, to Justice. A now law must be enactid and enacted nt ouce, which will tighten1 tho government's hold upon him. Every lonpholo of escape must ho closed. Attorney Gcnerul Griggs has al ready mado his appeal to congress. Yes terday afternoon he forwarded to Senator Hoar, chairman of the senate committee on I tho Judiciary, and to Congressman Ray, chairman of the similar committee of tho house, a copy of a bill drawn especially to met it the present sltuatlom Ho accom panied tho bill with a strong letter, point ing out the necessity for Its prompt pas sago. Tho bill is In two sections. Tho first provides tliat the statutes of tho United Stnteti and countries with which tho United States has treaties of extradition shall ap ply to the extradition of fugitives from Justice from Cuba while the government of that 1 8 land Is exorcised under tho authority of the United States. This section Is dl lectcd to tho Neely case. Tho second sec tion Is to guard against future troubho In tho possessions over which tho United Stntes has unquestioned control. It pro vides that the domestic extradition now In force between the various states shall bo oxtended to the Philippines, Guam, Hawaii i and Porto Rico. Itennliitlon on N'eely ('line. WASHINGTON, May 17. Representatlvo Jones of Virginia today Introduced a reso lution directing the secretary of war to furnish Information In connection with tho Neely disclosures In Cuba. It follows tha Dacon resolution In the senato and adds the further Inquiries, viz.: "What amounts havo been paid In the way of allowances and salaries to the commanding general, the heads of the various departments of the United States military governor In Cuba, In cluding all persons employed as clerks and otherwiso under said government? "What amounts have bean paid In Cuba to officers of the late Cuban army and what amounts, If any. are being paid at the pres ent time to nald olllcers? "In each of tho expenditures concerning whltii Inquiry Is made, out of what fund was bald amount paid?" RUNS AWAY FROM ROBBERS lliiKlneer I'lil'a Throttle AVI lie Open mid l'.eiiieN fro in Ilelnn Held 1 p. ST. LOUIS. May IT. A special to the Pnst DUpatch from Longvlew, Tox., says: About midnight, while the through eaatbound pas senger on tho Texns & Pacific railway was taking wutor at Glndo cfeek, near here, an attempt was made to rob the train by two men. Fireman Dobbs was covered by a pis tol In the hands of a man who ordered him to get off tho engine Engineer Jaqulsh, taking In tho situation, opened wide the tbrottlo and dropped to the floor. Neither of the robbers wai able to catch up with the train, but the fireman caught the lust car and all reached hero safely. Mnvemeilta of fleenn Veaaela, Vlny 17. At New York-Snlled-I.;i 'Jascogne, for H.ivm. Columbia, for Hamburg, via Ply mouth and Cherbourg. At Cherbourg Arrived - Datnvla, from New York, for Hamburg; Kaiser Frledrlch, from New York, via Plymouth, for Ham burg. At Queenstowii Arrived Delgenlnnd, from Philadelphia for Liverpool. Sailed liermanlc, from l.lverivonl. for New York. At Hamburg-Sailed Delgravia, for New York. At N.iplos Arrived Aller. front New York, for Genoa. At Rottcrdtitn-.Hnllcd Potsdam, for New York. At Plymouth -Arrived- Kaiser Frlcdrlcli, from Naw York, for 11 am bur-. EDITOR OF THE BEE IS CITED Judges SullWan and Holcomb Aik that Ho Explain Iti Editorials. CHARGE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT BROUGHT .Mntler I'uhllnlird Dnrlim April nnd .Mil)' Millie the linftln of Aceilxiitlon AKiiinxt V.. ItoniMtnter nnd The lire I'oiniiniiy. LINCOLN. May 17. (Special.) Defore tho supremo court was adjourned cstoTday an order was Uwued citing E. Rosewnter, editor of The Deo and Tho Hco Publishing com pany for contempt. The Information was drawn up by Attorney General Smyth nt the Instance! of Judgei Holcomb nnd Sullivan, so he says, requiring the defendants to answer for publishing certain articles said to reflect upon tho two f union Judges In connection with tho Fire nnd Pollen Commission case. The order wns signed before adjournment by I Judgo Norval by courtesy for his associates. but was suppressed until today. The sum mons has been sent to the sheriff of Douglas .county for service. I The Information, which Is a lengthy docu ment covering fourteen pages of t)pewrllten i manuscript, sctn out at length the objec tionable articles together with extended In ferences said to bo conveyed by them, j Thn first article complained nf ws pub , llshed In The Deo on tho 10th of April last hinder the heading. "Worthy of Serious Con sideration" nnd netting forth the arguments j that had been urged in the brief of the city attorney why Judgo Holcomb should feel himself disqualified from sitting on tho Fire and Pollen Commission case. ! The serond count refers to an nrtlrle en I titled "The Ethics of Justice," printed in The Uco May S. '' Tho third count cites an editorial para giaph printed In Tho Dee April 28. j The fourth count reproduces an article reprinted from the Grand island Journal In The Dee of May 11. All of tlnso articles are alleged to have bivn published "willfully for thu purpose of attempting to obstruct the proceedings nnd hinder the due administration of Juntlce In tho pollco commission case nnd tending to Impugn tho honor, purity nnd Integrity of said court nnd especially of the said Silas A. Holcomb and John J. Sullivan, two of the Judges of said court." Tho citation requires tho defendants to appear before tho court at 9 o'clock, June 5, to show causo why they should not bo punished Xor contempt. IMPROVEMENTS FOR HAVANA Colonel lllnek, Chief of Snnltnry I)e Viirtnienl, Mnl.cn Seveml Vnlu nlile Solent Ioiin. HAVANA, May 17. Colonel Dlack, chief i in me sanunry department, recently calleq ' a meeting of representative men to consider tho advisability of altering tbo present boundary limit of tho city of Havana, within which wooden houses are not to bo built. The president of tho society of real estate owners, several councllmcn, Insurance com pany representatives, ind others equally concerned In the maWer, wero , present. Colonel Ulack pointed out that by altering' the present Ilinj or deranrkatlon much nvailablo land could be utilized for building cheap, serviceable workmen's houses with out In any way Jeopardizing tho rest of the city. Ho also recommended that the three military zones, extending for a radius of 400 meters around Forts Atares, Santa Clara and Principe, should be done away with According to the Island law only wooden structures aro nllowod to bo built within tho mentioned zones, on tho ground I that ln tlmo of war such buildings could bo easily destroyed, so as not to Interfere with tho line of fire. Theso forts aro now antiquated. It is said Incidentally that the meet ing had under consideration tho cleaning and dredging of tho harbor and the dredg ing of tho unhealthy, shallow bny In tho harbor, reclaiming it nlso and making n union station In Havana, whence trains will run to alt points where the railroads now run, and also that a plan has now been mado for the construction of a complete system of street cars to nil parts of tho city. Tho points brought out by Colonel Dlark will be thought over by the rouiuilnion and those Interested, when the matter will bo brought up In the municipality. KENTUCKY DELEGATES NAMED Itepnhllf nil ('onvenltim lnf rueta Del eKiitlnn '" MeKlnley nnd llrndle.v. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 17. The repub lican stato convention met here this nfterJ noon anil nfter a session of nine hours, with two hours Intermission, elected four dele gates to the national convention, four al ternates nnd two presidential electors; In dorsed the administration of President Me Klnley; condemned the state of affairs In Kentucky, alleged to bo chargeable to the dMnocratlo party, and instructed Its dele gates to vote for McKlnley for president nnd W. O. Dradlcy of Kentucky for vice pres ident. Tho convention elected Governor W. S. Taylor and former Governor W. C, Dradley delegates to tho Philadelphia convention by neclamatlon. Gcorgo Denny of Lexington and W. A. Gaines, colored, wero elected delegates on the second ballot. Ed Parker and Marma duko Dorden were elected presidential elec tors and after the convention named four alternates, It adjourned. While former Governor Dradley was speak ing, Governor Taylor sat behind him with h's little dnughter on his knee nnd as Dradley referred pathetically to tho criticisms nadc on Taylor, the latter burled his face In his hands nnd wept bitterly. Tho unusual spectaclo of democrats nd dresslng a republican convention then fol lowed, when Judgo W. M. Yost and Richard W. Knott, editor of the Evening Pest of Louisville, lifelong democrats and support ers of ex-Governor Drown, wero called for and spoke. DIES SUDDENLY IN CHURCH Deleunte In I'reahj terlnn Aaaenihly Siieeumha tu Wliick nf lleurt DlNeiiae. ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Rov. William A. Ech ols of Mlddlc3porl. O,, a commissioner to the Presbyterian general assembly, representing the Athens (O. i presbytery, dropped dead at 10:30 a. m. trday In the hall of tho Well ington and f'ompton Avenuo Presbyterian church. He ws seated In a pew at tho rear of tho church when attacked with heart disease. Three physicians, who wero sum moned, did everything possible for th stricken mlnlnter, but without avail. He died In ten minutes. The remains wore taken In charge by nn undertaker. The deceased had arrived from home this morning and was stopping at 'the Moier hotel. Roforo coming to tho church he complained of being 111 and consulted a physician, who prescribed for him. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Force. iat for Nebraska - Bhoweis; Cooler; Variable Winds. Teiniierntiire lit llninhn j cutcrilny I llnnr. Di'K. Hour. Di'K. n in ." I p. in n:i 1 n. in . I M p. in ll.t 7 n. in . , n i :i i. in...... i' s n. in r.r; t p. m,,.,.. n'j ii n. m r7 r p. in h n. in r.ii ti p. n nt II II. Ill ..... . till 7 i. in till i a n s i. m .ti II i. m r.n SYMPATHY STRIKE IS SOUGHT St. I.iiiiU Street t'nr Striker I nnhle In .Mnke Terms Auk tor (ien ernl Wiilkmit. ST. LOUIS. May 17. The culmination of the prolonged struggle between the St. 1Mlls Transit company and Its miniature army of employes is not yet In sight, not withstanding the conferences held during tho OllSt Week. Tnd.lV. tiki, lirereitlntr mint, v:ih devoted to conferences, but no solution telid 1 Ing to end tho tight has been arrived nt. I Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon tho union grievance committee nnd tho Transit company ollUinla again met ami continued in session two hours. The strikers' commit i tee submitted a counter proposition to the one handed them by the railroad otllclals last night and whioh was rejected by the j executive committee of the Railway Men's j union at an early hour this morning. Tho Transit officials nt this afternoon's conference. In turn, rejected the counter I proposition at its employes, the hitch rest ing outlrely on a clause which calls for tho eompleto reinstatement of nil the old men. Th( railway officials flatly stated that under no clrcuinstnnces would the men employed by thorn to .mpersede the strikers ln dis placed. After t4ic adjournment President Whltakor of the Transit company stated that his offer was final and that It lay altogether with the men whether tho htrlko wns to contlnuo or lo called off. Tho grievance committer at once left for the West End Coliseum, where the general commlttro of tho strlkors' union and praotl- I cally all tho employes were nssembleit ln mass meeting. Tho mass meeting at tho West End Coli seum wns attended by 3,000 of tho striking employes of the Transit system. After a vigorous discussion of tho railway com pany's proposition It was rejected by an overwhelming vote. Resolutions were then adopted stating In effect that the light now on between tho Transit company and Its em ployes Is ono for the existence of organized labor in St. IoiiIh and calling upon all trades unions nnd sympathizers with trades unionism to suspend labor after the coming Saturday. Arhlt rntora In n Ilendlnek. NEW YORK, May 17. It Is feared that the arbitration committees of tho National Metal Trades association and of tho Inter national Association of Machinists, who havo brcn ln session for nenrly a wcok, are hopelessly deadlocked. Much depends upon reaching an amicable adjustment, especially to manufacturers and machinists ln the west. Unless matters aro adjusted tho country will witness ono of the most serious disputes between capital and labor that has bben seen.ln years. Un J it n aetilen'i'nt la rea'-hed, not ou' will strikes which " were temporarily declaro'i ort pending arbitration bo renewed, but the trotiblo will spread. Kxtrn Police nt llnyliiii. DAYTON. O., May 17. Extra police are being added to tho force on account of tho strlko of tho PeopIo'B Street Rullway com pany's employes hero and two officers aro being put on each car. No cars are running on tho Wayne Avenue lino nnd thoso on tho White line are far apart. A waiting station In North Dayton was demolished last night. Soveral motormen have been assaulted. Men are being brought from Cincinnati by tho company. No Deelalon Yet Itenehed. NEW YORK. May 17. After the mooting today of tho arbitration committee of the National Trades association and the Inter national Association of Machinists It was said no decision had been reached on tho question of a general strlko throughout tho country. More l.ehleh Vnllc.v Striker. RUFFALO, N. Y., May 17. Tho only do volopment In tho strlko situation today w- s tho going out of about eighty yard laborers on the Lehigh Valley. DONNELLY HOLDS BACK COUNT t.lvea Out I'lmirt-N I'n vornlile 1o III flume nnd Suppreaaea Others lie Una lleeelved. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 17. Returns from the election for the offices of tho Inter national Typographical union nre coming In very slowly and ten locals havo sent ln the official count. Tho officlnl count will not bo mnde until Juno fl. although tho result of the race for president of the organization may bo known before that time. President Donnelly has received by wiro the voto In home of tbo larger cities, but will not give It out, and says the figures ho has received arc of no value In de termining tho final. Munelo gave Donnelly 33 and Lynch 6; Sioux City, Donnelly 17 and Lynch 12; Lincoln, Neb., Donnelly 30. Lynch 12. The New York returns had not come In, as tbo count thero was not com pleted until this afternoon. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 17. From returns received from numerous unions tho Lynch campaign committee in this city claims the election of James M. Lynch of Sracuso as president of the International Tjpographlcal union by a plurality of nbout 2.:iuu. FIRE LOSSES AT WEBSTER Total Illumine I'lneed ut 1'ifly Thou sand Dnllnra I'our tirnln llle vntorN lleit rnyed, WEDSTER. S. D.. May 17. The loss by tonight's flro Is placed nt $.10,000. The Standard Oil sheds, tho Farmers' & Mer chants', Dagley-Strong company's and Em pirn elevnturs wero totally destrojed. It is estimated that tho elevatois 'held in tho neighborhood of 50,000 bushels of wheat. Thn Milwaukee station caught fire twice, but each time It was put out before It gained any headway, ln ihelr eagerness to savo their property several persons were moro or lej-s injured. KIIIh lli-nther In I'IkIiI Oter I'nrila, SEATTLE, Wash May 17 - A speelal to the Times from Everett. Wash., say that E. (' Morrison shot nnd killed his brother, M. It. MorrUon nt their home, two miles east of Edmonds, on Wednesday, The trou ble grew out of a game of curds The men began a pistol duel at Ho feet. Eight shots were tired, only one of which took effuet. Tho murderer Is under arrest . Siimiiulliu Iteinii'led YVreoked. PHILADELPHIA. Mny 17.-A dispatch to thn Maritime Exchange In this It y states that tho Hrltlsh wtoimer finmunilia wan wrecked early today near Port HuHtInx, N. H.. but that Its crow was safely landed. Thn steamer was commanded hy Captain Simmons and was nf t.SII tnnx hiitden. It wa iiuund fiom this city for -Mlramlchl, N. IS, FINDS A FENIAN PLOT Oanadian Detectiva Traces Movement of Welland Omal Oenipiraton, PLOT WAS HATCHED IN NEW YORK CITY Web of Evidence is Wonnd About the Three PrisaDore. MEMBERS OF LODGE OF THE CLAN-NA-GAEL Money Fninlshtd the Conspirators for All Expensei of tbo Trip. OTHER OUTRAGES WERE TO HAVE FOLLOWED Art-rut of Nnlln, VnWti nnd llnllmnn Mpprd the l-'lrxl of n Serlea (if IJj llllllllf lltK Tint. RUFFALO, N. Y., May 17.-The Express tomorrow will say: John W. Murray, a Canadian detective, has run down the past of John Nolln and John Walsh, two of tho three alleged Thorold dynamiters, and Ims woven a web of evidence so that It seems to bind Karl Dallman, the third prisoner, tightly to the other two. According to Murray the blowing up of Lock 21 on the Welland canal was a Fenian plot, carried out through membeis of a lodgo of tho Clan-na-Gael. Dallman is regarded as the chief of tho three prisoners. The de tective declare he gave the dynamite, tho fuses nnd tho teliMcopcs to the other pris oners. Murray sas that nbout April 10 he re ceived a communication from an organiza tion known as the "Napper Tandy," a Clan-nn-Gnel club. The detective says It met at Tom Mnoro's hall, corner of Third nveiiiie nnd Sixteenth street. New- York. Walsh und Nolln, he says, both were tncmbeis of tbo Nuppor Tandy. Nolln's Instructions, Bent him In Richmond, wcro for him to go lo Washington, get John Walsh and go to Phil adelphia, where the two were to meet n third man who would give them further In structions as to what to do. Nolln and Walsh went to Philadelphia ns directed, whero they met n stranger who handed Nolln $100 und gave him two rail road tickets to Ruffalo. Tho stranger ar ranged with Nolln and Walsh thnt they should Icuve the samo night nnd on arrival ut Ruffalo go to tho Stafford House, where they wero to register as John Smith of Now York and Thomas Moore of Washington nnd be met by n man who would provo his Iden tity. Diillmiiu t.lvea Them l) iiHinlte. Tho men did as directed, reaching Ruffalo on Sunday, April 15, and shortly nfter reach ing their room were Joined by the third man who Introduced himself ns Dallman and nfterward registered at the namo hotel ns Dallman, . After brcakfiiH thai following mornlnf I iill,.,.in ? u N'ni jij-I Wnluli tvo ciiiuj vas vallsc-s. In each there was a.bout olghl IHiunds of dynamite, mixed to about the consistency of dough. The fuso wns not connected at tho time. Nolln, Dallman and Walsh left Ruffalo together, taking a trolley oar to Niagara Falls, ln thn afternoon thoy took a Grand Trunk train ncros Sus pension bridgn leaving It at Merrlton, go ing thence to Thorold. Inspector .Murray says Dallman showed Nolln and Walsh tho spot to placo tho dynamite. Walsh took the dynamlto Into Canada. At .1:15 on Friday afternoon, April 20, ho carried one of the bags over and at 10 o'clock Saturday he carried the other bag over. Saturday night nfter the explosion Nnlln anil Walsh wore to take the train for Duffn'o and were given the money hy Dallman. Asked where Dallman comes from Murray sold: "For the present we aro credibly In formed, but It Is not positive, that ho comes from Mnssachusctls." Tho first outrage was to have been fol lowed hy a suL-ceislon of dynamiting schemes. DISCUSS THE RACE PROBLEM Whlle nnd lllnek Kvprens lovtN ut Southern t.'nn v i-nl ton, liielr CHATTANOOGA, Tonn., May 17. Two of tho most Important questions or tho South ern Industrial convention wcro discussed today the race problem and tho question of compulsory arbitration. The free and open discussion of the raeo problem was lnauguratnd by this convention at Its first meeting In HiintsvHIe, Ala., six months ugo anil the Interest created was such hb to produce, wide comment and a geneial demand that the discussion along the same, line should be continued at future meetings of tho body. Speeches were made by loaders of tho colored rate. Prof. W. II, Councill, principal of tho Agricultural and Mechanical collegp at Normal. Ala., and II. T. Keallng, editor of tha Afro-Amorlcan Church Rcvlow of Philadelphia, Pa. On Iho part of tha whites tho Htiliject wan discussed by Dr. W. T. Colo of Waco, Tex. Tho siihjoct of compulsory arbitration was discussed. Able papers were read by Hon. John W. Faxon, assistant cashier of the First National bank of this city; General John T. Wilder, pen slon agent for tho Southern district, and N. F. Thompson, secretary of the Southern Industrial convention. General dlscu-nlon followed. Mrs. Duncan of Hie International boar I of tho .Young Women's Chrlstlnn association will address tho convention tonight on tbo future of tho Industrial work of thnt board ln connection with Its southern work. ICE TRUST BROUGHT IN COURT A r ii in en In llefure Attorney (Senernl lu lleatruln Amerleuu l iiinpiiiiy In Ni-m York. ALDAN Y. N. Y., May 17. Attorney Oen oral D.ivlcs today listened to arguments of counsel on the application of William R. Hearst of New York City lo restrain tho American Ice company from dolna; biulnos In this state. Tho proceedings nro taken under the, Ihwh of IR'.iO, which say that no clock corporation shall combine with nny other corporation or person for tho unlawful restraint of trado or for the creating of n monopoly. It is charged that tho Ameilean Ice company has combined with one Ice company after nn -other In New York city until thn trado Is iihsidutnly In lis hands and that It has thus lOHtralnnd trado bemuse Its extraordinary docking privileges provent nny othor cor poration or piirson from engaging In thrf liuslnnss nt n pri.tlt. No decision was reached. Further briefs and alllilavlki will be submitted during the week,