Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha - Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE JO, 137.1.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY 3lOIiNING, NOVEMBER 2 J, 1900-TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
CZAR SOT SO WELL
Bulletins Apparently Unfavorable Isstv
from Emperor's Sick Chamber.
INCREASED PULSE AND HIGH FEVER NOTED
Lets Alarm Seems to Be Felt in RnsiiaThan
Abroad.
DEATH AT THIS TIME PECULIARLY BITTER
Stricken Enler Looking Eagerlj Forward to
Birth of Possible Successor.
RIGHTS OF POSTHUMOUS SON NOT SETTLED
No I.nvr Applicable Jo Situation Which
May Arise, Althouuli There Is u
Precedent Which Would Sus
tain l,ooUrtl.l'or Son.
I ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20. Tbo bulletin
sued by tho czar's phyHlclaiiB at Llvadla
Tjday lu apparently loss favorable. It
ays:
.pl. nmnnrnr nnnunfl tl KII t Inf actor V liny
yestorduy. At 0 o'clock In the evening tbo
fj
latlcnts temperature u -II-
nalralx nluiit Irnnnll ill v until 3 In tno
tnornliiK. Subsequently his rest was broken
and. perspiration appeared, llil" morning
Ids condition was fairly satisfactory, pulso
70.
Notwithstanding tho foregoing bulletin
a medical practitioner of high Btandtng In
this city, who Is not connected with tho
tnto service, after analyzing this and other
bulletins from I.lvadla, told tho corre
spondent of tho Associated Tress that tho
Illness of tho czar bad taken an unusuully
favorablo course.
"Apparently," ho said, "thero Is moro
anxiety abroad than thero Is In Russia.
This may bo duo largely to the statistics
of typhoid mortality In this country. Hut
theso aro misleading Tbo mortality with
us Is duo to defective care. Uussla has
only ono physician to every 30,000 Inhab
itants. Furnish her with ono to every 500,
as in tho United States, and the results
with tho same care would bo as favorablo
as anywhero else."
Tho St. Fetcrburg bourse, which Is chron
ically weale, was slightly affected when tho
news of tbo czar's lllncs was first made
known, but a prominent banker -asserted
today that It had already entirely recov
ered. Death at this tlmo would bo peculiarly
bitter to Kmperor Nicholas, becauso ho Is
again hoping for tho birth of a son within
a few months. It Is an open secret that tho
czarevitch, Orand Duko Michael, now about
12 years of age, Is not a favorlto with tho
omporor, whoso supremo desire Is to leave
a son as heir to the throne.
Point Outside of l.mrr.
A St. Petersburg Jurist who was aikcd
today whether a posthumous son would ln
horlt tho throno, consulted tho works of
tho best authorities, among them Prof.
Korkonouff of tho University of St. Peters
burg and Piofs. (Iradovaskl and Alexleff,
ot the UnUeralty of Moscow, and gave tho
reply:
"Existing laws do not answer the ques
tion. The manifest of August 22, 1828, af
fords a precedent in an afTirmatlvo sense, but
does not lay down a general rule, confin
ing Itself to regulating tho concrete case
then existing. Nicholas I, In the mnnlfost.
doclared that if ho should die, whllo tho
.czarina was enclonto, tho heir apparent then
living must wait until tho birth beforo as
suming tho powcra and dignities of czar
and that It tho child woro a son, tho luttor
should inherit. Tho present czar Is equally
competent to regulato tho case If necessary.
"Tho present law of succession, decreeing
primogeniture, with preference to malo lines
and to males of fomalo lines' before any
woman could succeed, was introduced by
Faul I, whoso mother, Catherine II, who
reigned from 1702 to 17DG, did not respect
his rights and prepared a will, by which
lio would have been disinherited had It not
boon destroyed Immediately upon her death.
"Paul I attempted to glvo this law a par
ticularly holy character, decreeing that all
his successors at their coronation should
jtwear to keep It Invlolalo. Nevertheless his
successors enjoy tho samo Inherited powers
as himself and several minor changes havo
been Introduced.
"If Emperor Nicholas should decrco tho
succession of a daughter his will would bo
tbo law of tho land, although It Is not lie
lie veil bo would undortnko this. Tho solo
features of tho law ot succession, which aro
ronsldorcd absolutely binding antedate
Paul I. They aro tho requirements that tho
czar shall bo of the orthodox religion and
that ho shall not occupy 'any foreign
throne."
FRENCH TROOPS TO REMAIN
Milliliter Dcleussc Declares With
drawn! of Force Nimv from China
Cannot lie Thouizht Of.
PAItlS, Nov. 20. Tho debato on tho
budget for tho ministry of foreign affairs
was continued in tho Chamber of Deputies
today. M. Denys Cochin, conservative, rep
resenting ono of tho districts of tho Selno,
during tho course of a speech pronounced
himself in favor of upholding the honor ot
Franco and ot tho French troops lu China.
M. Luclcn Mlllovoye, nationalist repub
lican, representing a Seine district, said ho
considered It necessary to malntalu a large
expeditionary forco In China.
Tho minister of foreign afTalrs, M. Del
casso, explained at length tho origin of the
forco necessary to relievo the foreign lega
tions at Teklu. In so doing he referred to
tho heroism displayed lu tho defense of the
legations and declared tho accusations of
cruelty against the French and Interna
tional troops wcro unfounded. He added:
"Tho eight powers havo met In an at
tempt to reconcile their interests and
claims, all ot them wishing tn respect the
Integrity and oven tho independence of
China. Special claims must bo shunned.
It Is necessary to Inspire Ideas tor the gen
eral benefit."
Continuing, M. Dclcasse traced the sub
mission ot tho French note as tho basis of
tho negotiations and said It was necessary
to obtain a Kuarantv for tho future strains!
similar deeds or attompts. Tho foreign
minister then said: "Everyone desires to
end tbo situation. No one will think of
diminishing tho strength of our forces In
China until tho conclusion of the conflict.
Tho chamber may rest assured that tho
government will neglect nothing to con-
nuno u quickly. Hut, it needs tho conn
denco of tho chamber."
Armenian IIHenseil from Prison.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Vnv "nTt,. ,
poated representations of the United States
location hero havo rcsultrxi in n.-
from prison of tho Armenlau, Arzyounn,
wuo Yvun urresicu mia traveling on an
American pastport. Arzyouan ytaa ordered
v icaru iuu tuuuirj.
DUKE AND DUCHESS TOGETHER
Manchester find III" llrldc Arc Kujiiy
Imk Their Hour) niooii In Ire-
n ml J ii it .oiv,
IfmO. by Press Publishing Co.)
ft 20. (New York World Ca-
M'cRrani.) Tho duko and
duchess oWJ',' -f jfc., plans havo been
nltercd. I recciT V jJhP10 following tils
patch from the duke?
"TANDRAGEE. 6 41 tTW. Her graco Is
In Ireland with mo and we remain togcthor
and sail for America together,
"MANCHESTER."
The first part of this dispatch Is In reply
to tho Inquiry as to the accuracy of Mr.
Cavan Lambert's statement to your cor
respondent on yesterday that tho duchess
went to Paris on tho afternoon of tho wed
ding and thnt they had arranged to remain
apart uutll after tho public ceremony In
America. Nearly every London paper of
Monday published different versions of the
movements of tho ducal couplo since tho
wedding, Tbo truth appears to be that they
went to, York on tbo afternoon ot tho cere
mony, and thence to Tandrageo.
Consuclo, duchess ot Manchester, tho
duke's mother, was not In the secret, al
though tho duke gave her houiio In Portman
squaro as his London domicile.
EXPLAINS THE BOLD SEIZURE
Ilurnn Vrnturn Troubles Snld to Ac
count for Colombia's I'll U I UK
British Strainer TubuKU.
PANAMA. Colombia. Nov. 20. Tho
sclzuro of tho British steamer Taboga
by tho Colombian government was duo to
the fact that the agent of tho Pacific Steam
Navigation company, to which sbo belonged,
refused to sell or charter tho vessel for
tho purpose of convoying government troops
to ilucnn Ventura, which wns besieged by
tho liberals. Therefore, tho government
decreed tho seizure of tho steamer and pro
ceeded to -the relief of Ilucna Ventura, with
troops, ammunition and provisions. Tho
British consul here, C. Mallet, entered a
stroog protest ugnlnst tho sclzuro of tho
steamer, but it was ot uo avail. He then
communicated with his government on tbo
subject. No reply has yet been received
from London. Tho Taboga, with the govern
ment troops, etc., on board, arrived at
Iluena Ventura yesterday, whereupon tho
liberals retired.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. rassengers on
board tho Btenmer Advance, which arrived
hero today, from Colon, confirm the reports
of tho selzuro of tho llrltlsh steamor Taboga
at Colo'i Tho rebels threatened to block
ade tho port of Iluena Ventura, and tho
government vessel had broken down. Thoy
seized tho Taboga to transfer troops to
Ilucnn Ventura. An offer of $1,000 was mado
for tho vessel prior to seizure.
Tho government Is qulto willing to pay an
Indemnity, but was unwilling to risk await
ing other means of transport.
KINQSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 20. It has
been ascertained thnt a fortnight ago tho
Colomblnn government wau negotiating
with tho Pacific Navigation company for
tho purchaso ot ono of Its coast steamers
for wnr purposes. In consequence of tho
rebel activity and the advance ot tho rebol
forces on Panama that city was placed
under martial law November 10. The
steamor Taboga la believed to have been
sent November 13 to bring In reinforce
ments from tho coast. Hut it Is not. known
poBltlely hero whether tho Taboga was
seized by the Colombian government.
Letters from Colon say many persons,
Including foreigners, havo been lodged in
tho prison nt Panama ou suspicion of
helping tho rebels.
PRESENT FIELD BIG ENOUGH
Famous London Publisher linn
I ill-iv of Stiirtlnir Newspaper
lu New York.
No
LONDON, Nov. 20 In splto or tho con
tradiction contained In the Associated Press
ot November 17, of tho report that Alfred
Harmsworth. proprietor of tho London Dally
Mall and other papers, waB nbout to visit the
United States with tho lntontlon ot estab
lishing a Dally Mall In Now York, Mr.
Harmsworth has been bombarded with cable
dispatches from Now York asking for par
ticulars of his Intended venture. To a
representative of the Associated Press to
day, Mr. Harmsworth said:
"Tho object of my present visit to tho
United States nnd Canuda, llko my previous
one, Is holiday-making puro and simple
After visiting the Dominion I am going to
southern California nnd thenca to Florida
for tarpon fishing. I shall bo accompanied
by Mrs. Harmsworth, my secretary and an
automobile,. I dn not wish to hoar tho word
nonspapor mentioned from tho tlmo I land
from tho Teutonic in New York, December
2G, to tho tlmo of my departure from thoro
on tho Oceanic in March, my only desire
bolng to get a vacation, which I have not
had for several years."
CECIL RHODES GOES ANGLING
South African ttxplnlter Reported to
lie In HI, Petersburg on
Fluuiiclul Business,
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20. It has boon
persistently rumored hero for Bomo tlmo
past that Cecil Rhodes has been In St.
Petersburg In strict Incognito recently, en
gaged In somo financial busluoss, Tbo
rumor cannot bo confirmed.
HEAR DISQUIETING RUMOR
EliKllsh Clubs Catch Vntfuc Deports
that Another llorr Ilnttle
Is On.
LONDON, Nov. 20. Thero Is a vaguo
rumor In tho servlco clubs this ovcnlng that
a battle Is In progress between tho Boer
forces under General DoWet and tho llrltlsh
troops In South Africa,
Another Success for Premier Ilond.
ST. JOHNS, N. F Nov. 20. Only ono
legislative district has not yet declared the
result of Its poll during tho recent co
lonial election. Today aftlclal returns wcro
received from tho Burgoo district, show
ing another success for Mr. Ilond, the pro
mlcr. Tho delay In declaring the result
was duo to tho continued stormy weather,
which has prevented tho collection of tho
ballot boxes.
Mr. Emerson, liberal, has carried the
llurgeo district with a majority of 105 over
IiIh tory opponent, Mr. Moulton. At the
previous election the district returned tho
tory candidate with a majority of 155.
With ono district to bo heard from. Mr.
Pond's supporters lu tho new houso of as
sembly will number thirty-one nnd Mr.
Morlne's forty-two.
Perhcnii Cold Fields Attraet Capital.
ST. PETEKSllUHO. Nov. 10. An English
syndicate, with a capital of 1,000,000, has
Just fecurod a concession to exploit the
Pcrhena gold fields, which are 370,000 acres
In extent, In tho Amur region. The syndi
cate will also bo allowed to dredge and ex
cavate the stream. Tho marquis of Queens
bury nnd Prof. Holloway are the beads of
tho syndicate
UNCLE SAM WILL STAY IN IT
Proposes to Eotain a Leading Place in the
Concert Indefinitely.
OTHER POWERS ARE ACTING STRANGELY
IMtlier Their Enrly Promises AVerc
Not Sincere or Some of Their Min
ister llnve Kxperlcnced Ite
mnrkuble Altcrntlon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tho Chinese
situation was tho main topic under con
sideration nt today's cabinet meeting. Tho
administration Is not disposed to Join with
tho other governments lu making demands
upon the Chlncso luiporial authorities which
tho Chinese government cannot comply
with. So far as our government Is advised
tho foreign ministers at Pekln havo not
yet agreed upon all points under discussion.
Mr. Conger has reported from tlmo to tlmo
tho various propositions under considera
tion, but ho has not yet Indicated that tho
end Is nt band or that anything In tho na
turo of an agreement has been reached upon
which tho various powers might act nnd
which is to sorvo as a basis ot ncgot.atlon
with tho Chlncso authorities. Mr. Conger
has not, however, bceu beard from for n
week, and this fact has caused somo dis
couragement to tho officials who expected
that this phaso ot tho dlfllcult question
would soon bo closed.
Having passed over the stage of proscrip
tion of tho Chlncso leaders who(wero re
sponsible for tho Boxer outrages, tho for
olgn ministers ure bcllved now to bo en
gaged with dllllcult subjects ot indemnities
and guaranties. Tho last United Statos
proposition was In lino with tho Ilusslan
project to allow Tho Hague commissioners
to adjust tho Indemnities. It is believed
that tho proposition has never commended
Itself to tho llrltlsh or German governments
and falling such a reference to tho question
of indemnity It Is believed that it will bo
a most dllllcult task for tho ministers at
Pekln to reuch an agreement on this sub
ject, particularly In vlow ot tho exlstenco of
n very strong suspicion of tho motives of
somo of theso ministers. This apparent
dlffcronco lit original purposo between tho
United Stntes government and somo of tho
other powers have operated to prevent a
settlement ot the Chlncso question upon
tho broad lines laid down In tho Stato de
partment's proposition. It Is truo that all
of tho powerB subscribed a moro or less re
luctant assent to such proposals aa look
to tho prevention of tho partition of China
and the guntanty of an "open door" to
all comers, yot it begins to appoar from
tho courso of tho negotiations that cither
theso promises wero not sincere lu all
cases, or that somo of tho makers honestly
have changed their minds aa to what shall
bo done for tho present in China. It may
bo Btated, howovcr, regardless of the em
barrassments nnd delays that follow from
tho exlstenco of this state of affairs, that
tho United States government does not
proposo to bo driven out of tho concert
relatlvo to China at this Juncture In tho
negotiations; for, notwithstanding tho wish
cherished by the administration to free
the rovernment from theso cntnnglcnionts
nt tho earliest possible moment, and to
wttnuraw entirely our military forces from
China, It has definitely boen determined
that this shall not be dono until all proper
Interests of tho United States In China
havo been conserved.
TEXT OF IMPERIAL EDICT
Copy of Order CummniidliiK Panlsli
tucut of 'I'll nil and Others Ilc
celved In WnshlnRtun.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Tho Japanese
legation has received from tho Foreign ofllco
at Toklo tho text of 'tho Chlne3o Imperial
edict, dated tho 13th lnstnnt, on tho pun-
isnraent of tbo anti-foreign officials. It Is
to tho following effect:
Orders havo been already Issued for tho
punishment of tho olllclnls responsible for
opening hostilities upon friendly powers and
bringing tho country Into tho present criti
cal condition by neglecting to suppress and
even by encouraging tho Hoxcrs. Ilut as
Pekln nnd Ita neighborhood havo not yet
been entirely cleared of tho Uoxora tho
Innocent people nre still suffering terribly
through tho devastation ot their fields and
tho destruction of their houses, a state nf
affairs which cannot fall to till ono with
tho bitterest feelings against theso olllclnls.
And If they nre not severely punished how
can tbo danger of tho people bo appeased
and the Indlgnutlon of tho foreign powers
allayed?
Accordingly Prince Tunn Is hereby de
prived of his tltlo and rank und shall, to
gether with Prince Chwang, who has nl
ready been deprived of his title, bo deliv
ered tn tho clan court to bo kept In prison
until tho restoration of peace, when they
shall bo banished to Rhcngkliig to bo Im
prisoned for life. Princes Yl nnd Tsal
Yung, who havo both been already deprived
of their titles, aro also to bo delivered to
the clan court for imprisonment, whllo
Prince Tsal ft.len, also already deprived of
tltlo nnd rank. Is .to bo kept conllned In bis
house. Duko Tsal An shull forfeit bis ducal
salary, but may bo transferred witli tho
degradation of one rank. Chief Yeng Nlen
slia'l be degraded two ranks and trans
ferred. Ah to Kang Yl, minister of tho
Hoard of Civil Appointment, upon bis re
turn from tho commission on which ho had
been sent for tho purpose of making In
quiries Into the Hoxer affair, ho memorial
ized tbo throne tn an nudleuco strongly In
their favor, he should havo been severely
punished but for his death from Illness anil
all penalties nro accordingly remitted. Chao
Shay-Hao, minister of the Hoard of Punish
ment, who hnd been sent on a mission slm
llnr to that of Kang Yl, returned almost
Immediately. Though such conduct was a
tlngrnnt neglect of bis duties, still ho did
not mako a distorted report to tho throno
and thereforo ho shall bo deprived of his
rank but nllowed to retain his present
olllce, Finally, Yu Hslen, ex-govcrnor of
Bbnnsi, allowed, whllo In olllce, tho Boxers
freely to massacre the Christian missionar
ies and converts. For thin he deserves the
severest punishment nnd thereforo he la to
bo banished to tho furthermost border of
the country and there to bo.kopt at hard
labor for life.
Wo havo a full knowledge of tho present
trouble from tho beginning and therefore,
though no impeaehmont has been brought
by Chlnesn olllclnls at homo or abroad
against Princes Yl, Tsal Lien and Tsal
Yung, we, order them to bo punished In tho
same manner as those who havo beei Im
peached, All who seo tblu edict will thus
perceive our Justice and Impartiality In in
Dieting penalties upon these olllclals.
DRAWS PURSE STRINGS CLOSE
ItuiNln ItPduclns lCxpcndlturen in
Uvrry Wny 1'oxnlhle tn Meet Ilx
peiiKr of China Ciiuipaluii,
ST. PETEUSnUIlO, Nov. 20. Ilussia Is
tetrenchlng on account of the Chinese
troubles, tho ofllclnl Journal nf Commerco
announces. Tho proposed Increase of 3,600,-
uuu roubles in tho appropriations for popu
lar schools In 11)01 will not be mado.
Interuatlonnl (Juiiie ot Tit for Tilt.
LONDON, Nov. 20. In return for the
support given by Ciermany to Bolglum In
obtaining for tbo latter a settlement at
Tien Tsln, consisting ot a Btrtp of land
on the left bank of tho Pel Ho, King
Leopold, as sovereign of tho Congo Free
State, a representative of tho Associate.!
Press Is Informed by an official of the for
eign embassy here, lias agreed to tho rati
fication of tho frontier, near Lake Klvu,
between German East Africa and the
Congo Free State, in favor of Oerraany.
4 thus terminates a boundary dispute.
CRITICISE THEIR EMPEROR
Ocrinnn Stntrstneii Think Wllllnnt
linn llppputly Made Snmp 4 nntlr
llluuders In Ills Speeches.
BERLIN, Nov. 20. Tho debato on the
government's policy In China was con
tinued in tho Hclchstag today, Herr Das
sermanu, national liberal, endorsing tho
government's policy and expressed tho
gratification of his party at the Anglo-German
acreoment.
Herr ltlchter declared tho radicals were
ot the opinion after the assassination ot
Baron von Kcttclcr that a military demon
stration In China wns absolutely necessary,
but that tho dispatch ot an Ironclad divis
ion was superfluous. Ho alluded, during
tho couiho of his remarks, to the public
declarations of Emperor William, saylns
they were obviously Intended to tnfluenco
public opinion, Herr Illchtor added that
ho thought tho emperor should first havo
reached an understanding with tho com
petent ministers regarding1 the tenor nnd
wording of theso declarations, asserting
that ml-ch that was objectionable and dis
pleasing would thus have boen obviated.
Politics and religion, he continued, ought
not to have been mixed up as they had been
In tho emperor's speeches, becauso tho ef
fect was to spoil both.
"Tho greatest mistake; of our Chinese
policy," concluded Herr ltlchter, "was
after the Chlno-Japanece wnr, when wc
Joined with Hussln nnd Franco in opposing
Japan."
Horr Itlchtcr's ndvlco to tho emperor to
consult IiIb ministers elicited opprovnl.
Count von Uuelow, Imperial chancellor,
replying to Herr ltlchter, snld;
"Prlnco von Hohenlcho 'was much Im
pressed by tho artlclo In tho Frclsslnlgo
Zeltung which contenlcd that It was in
advlsablo to asscmblo tho llelchstng. I
am betraying no secret when I imy that I
am ono of those who saw very serious and
Important reasons for summoning it."
Referring to Herr Itlchtcr's criticism of
Emperor William's speeches, Count von
Buelow remarked:
"I accept tho full responsibility for them.
Tho speech at Ilromorhaven was extempo
raneous, delivered at a tlmo when It was
assumed that all tho Europeans In Pekln
had been murdered. It wns natural) under
such circumstances, that the kaiser should
havo spoken as a soldier and not as a
diplomat."
OHIO BANK ROBBERS FOILED
Dozen Men Attempt to Do Ilnslnesn
nt Ashley Are Discovered nnd
Flee Without Loot.
DELAWARE, O., Nov. 20.- A dozen bank
robbers made n dczperato attempt to secure
tbo contents ot tho money vault of Spcrry
& Wnrnsta(f'8 deposit bank, at Ashley,
ten miles north of here, today before day
light. While nlno stood on guard, holding
the citizens nt bay with their rubs, threo
operated tho dynamite under thj deposit
vault of tho brick building. The bank's
property Is worth,' JCC.OOO and thero was
J15.P00 In cash deposit. Four attempts
woro mado to get at tho cash, but tho sldo
door held to Its combination, whllo tho
guards outside wero shooting at tho citizens
who pressed closely in upon them. Dr.
Buckloy and Guy Shoemaker, who wero
first upon tho sceno, wero mot by the rob
bers at tho polpt of gun, nnd baio jo, to
move. Tito robbers Btolo a horso and svrtig
wagon from Alvln Storrlll and a team mid
a now surrey from Edward Osbomo, far
mers nearby. Tho rigs lay In wait In
front of tho bank for flight. StorrlU's
horso ran away demolishing tho vehicle,
when tbo men took across the country on
foot. Buggy robes from Osborne's car
riage wero found near Norton.
Tho damago to tho bank building, vault
and other property Is about half Its value.
Tho gang Jumped from a Big Four freight
at Merongo at 1 o'clock, stole tho horses
and rigs nnd reached Ashley shortly aftor
2 o'clock. They pried open tho bnnk doors
without being discovered, but tho first ex
plosion of dynamlto aroused tho town. Tho
gnng llred ns they fled, but no one was hurt.
Tho men wcro masked. Officers In every
direction wcro notified to bo on tho look
out for tho robbers.
OBJECT TO DOCUMENTARY TAX
(irnln Dealers nf the United Stntes
Sir Thnt Their Ilrimch of Trade
Is Too Grently llurilened.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 20. At tho opening
session of tho Grain Dealers' National as
sociation this morning 125 delegates woro
present, representing all of tho states and
territories of tho United States. Secretary
Treasurer Charlos S. Clark strongly advo
cated tho removal of tho documentary tax
Insofar as It affects tho farmer and grain
dealer.
Legislation on tho removal of tho docu
mentary tax, tho car shortage problem and
tho reorganization of tho association aro
tho principal subjects to bo Handled at this
meeting. Upon tho first point a committee,
consisting of Captain M, T. Russell of Dcs
Moines, la.j II. S. Orlmes of Portsmouth,
0., and F. F. Collins of Cinclnnntl, was
nppolnted to draft a jet of resolutions to be
transmitted to tho ways and means com
mittee of tho next congress with a view
of having tho documentary tax removed
from all papers concerned In grain trans
actions. Tho resolutions presented sot out In the
preamblo that tho farmers and grain deal
ers havo not shared equally with the mer
chants nnd manufacturers In tho genoral
prosperity of tbo times, and that grain In
procoss of being markctod pays an ac
cumulated tax quite unreasonable and In
consistent with tho Intended oporatlou of
the law.
In nn address delivered by Captain M. T.
Russell of Dcs Molncs, the speaker pro
posed a plan of reorganization.
JOE MANLEY DECIDES TO QUIT
Maine Mnn Ilcslffn" from Stnte Com
mitten nn Which He Un
Served Two Decades,
AUGUSVA, Me., Nov. 20. Joseph Manley,
for slxteon yeurs chairman of the executive
committee of tho Malno republican state
tommltteo, today sent his resignation as
a member of tho state committee to Hon.
Bryan F. Boyd, tho secretary, to take ef
fect in tho now year when tho Incoming
commlttco la organized. Mr. Manley tins
served continuously for twenty years on
tho committee and for nineteen years as a
member of the executtvo committee,
OFFICIAL VOTE OF KANSAS
.nyhitvrkers Hull Up a Plurality nf
Almnut I'U.onn for MnlCluley
Klrctnrn.
TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 10. The official ro
turns from Kansas counties Just complied,
i-how that tho total vote of tho state was
349,017. For president. McKlnley received
187,881; Bryan, 162,077. For governor. Stan
ley (rep.), 109,917; Breldenthal (fus.), H8,
830. The republicans will havo a majority
ot 71 on Joint ballot la the next leelslature.
READY TO PURSUE AGCINALDO
Former Filipino Chief and His Followers
Anxious to Sorvo Under MaoArthur.
OFFERS NOT YET ACCEPTED OFFICIALLY
AKllpny, n Iteneicndp Priest, Writes to
Friends In Manila for l.ntest Nevrs
Concerning Klectlnn lu the
United States.
MANILA, Nov. 20. Goncrnl Macobos, tho
former Filipino chief, Is prepared to start
In pursuit ot Agulualdo with 100 picked
natives, supported by American troops.
Other cx-rcbela will be used In campaign
ing in tho country. Their offers havo not
been formally made yet, but they aro ready
If tho authorities will ncccpt their serv
ices. Agutnaldo it Is supposed Is in northern
Luzon, according to statements made by
ex rebel leaders now in Manila, confirmed
from other sources.
Agllpay, a renegado nattvo priest, long
nn Insurgent leader In northern Luzon, has
written to friends In Manila 'asking for
election news and requesting to bo In
formed whether a decision hns been
reached concerning tho relations between
church and stato nnd tho disposition ot
church properties. Tho replies sent him
contain tho Information that church and
stnto will bo scparato and that entlro ro
llglous freedom will be allowed.
P0YNTER WILL BE THERE
Corrrnor nf NehrnsUn to Attend An
nual Meeting of Nntlonal Irri
gation emigres.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Arrivals hero today
of delegates to tho ninth annual session of
tho National Irrigation congress Indicate,
according to tho promotors of tho gather
ing, that whon the session Is called to order
tomorrow, thero will bo a representation
of nearly 1,000.
Among thoso who havo expressed their
Intention to attend nro Governors Poynter
of Nebraska, Stanley of Kansas, Thomas of
Colorado and Smith ot Montana. Whllo the
executives of all tho western states nnd
territories havo nppolnted delegates, some
of them, notnbly Governor Murphy of Now
Mexico, will not bo present, as they favor
ceding arid lands to the states and ter
ritories for reclamation by them and oppose
tho Idea of federal reclamation, which Is
championed by tho National Irrigation con
gress. Tho congress will open Its deliberation
by listening to au address of welcomo by
Mayor Harrison, which will be responded
to by Elwood Mead, president of tho organi
zation and expert in charge of tho Irriga
tion Investigations of tho United States De
partment of Agriculture, nnd Gcorgo II
Maxwell, chairman ot tho executive com
mittee. A direct result of tho convontlon will bo
n menu rial to congress asking for a $250,
000 appropriation for surveys of arid lands
and praying that the work be taken up
Immediately by congress along lines sug
gested by reports of government engineers
now In tbo Held.
MONEY FOR MANY MISSIONS
General Missionary Committee of
SlethodUt Chnrch Sets Aside
Largr Sums.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Tho general mis
sionary committee ot the Methodist Episco
pal church met again today In St. Paul's
church. BtBbop Cranston ot Portland, Ora.,
presided. Tho order of tho day called for
a discussion nnd adoption ot rules on
China, but tho commlttco took up the
question of appropriation of money for
tho several missions. Somo appropriations
aro as follows: Porto Rico, $10,000; Span
ish missions in New York nnd southern
California, $12,000, and $1,950 for the Span
ish schools In thoso places; Japanese mis
sions on tho Pacific coast nnd Sandwich
Islands, $S,S20; Italian missions In Loui
siana, $1,200; samo In New England, $1,642;
sumo In Now York City, $1,000; samo In
Philadelphia, $2,068; samo In Chicago,
$1,000; Portuguese missions In Boston,
$291; same In New Bedford, Mass., $784;
missions among the foreign population In
tho Pennsylvania coal mines, $490; mis
sions to tho Finns ot northern Minnesota,
$490.
CASE C7 ALLEGED SHORTAGE
Vermont Cashier Kept In Ills Position
While Apparent Discrepancy of
.20,l00 Is Probed.
SPRINGFIELD, Vt Nov. 20. Tho. Na
tional Bank ot Springfield was doing busi
ness as usual today, apparently having suf
fered In no way from tho $20,000 shortago
lu Its funds alleged to have been suffered
through a transaction of Its cashier, G, L,
Closson, Tho caBhlcr was at tho bank as
usual and It Is understood that on nccount
of his long period ot servlco, as well as by
request of his bondsmen, who havo mado
good tho loss, ho will be retained pending
nn Investigation.
So far as developments up to noon today
Indicated, thero was llttlo disposition to
attribute criminal Intent to tho aged
cashier. Tho lonn given by Mr, Closson to
his son, of tho Insolvent brokerage firm of
Knott & Closson, wns secured by a deod
ot real estate considered good by 'tho bank
examiner, who know of tho transaction.
HARD BLOW TO PACIFIC COAST
Ilusslan Government 1'nts Heavy Im
port Duty on All Flour Con
signed to Nlherlii,
TACOMA, Wash., Nov 20. Tho Russian
government will, on January 1, put a duty
of 80 cents a barrel on flour for Siberia.
Tho object Is to monopolize tho rapidly
growing trade for the Black Sea millers.
It will bo a hard blow to the Pacific coast
millers, who havo been building up n big
trade through Vladlvostock with Siberia.
The completion of tho trans-Siberian lino
will, It Is feared, cut oft most ot tho trans
pacific trado with Russian ports.
FIRST BLIZZARD. OF SEASON
fienerul Snow Sturm Throughout
North Dakota Makes Itonds
Impassible.
GRAND FORKS, N. D Nov. 20. Tho
first blizzard of tho season occurred last
night. The storm was general throughout
tho stato and roads nro badly drifted.
Seven Inches of unow has fallen and tho
storm la still racing.
Convicted Murderer tJets Nptt Trial.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Nov. 20.-The court of
appeals touny handed down a decision
granting u now trial to Dr. Samuel F. Ken
nedy, tbo Now York dentist, convicted of
tho murder of Rmellno t Reynolds, better
Known as "uoiiy- Kuynuios. .miss jiey
nolds was found with her Hkull crushed in
n room at the Grand hotel In Now York
City on the morning of August 15, 1899. Dr.
Kennedy was sentenced to be electrocuted
tho week beginning on May 22.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska
Generally Fair; Slightly Warmer,
Tempernture at Oiiiului Yestprduyt
llinir, Deir
Hour. llrK,
." ii. in U7
l a. m 27
7 a. in
8 a. in H
II u. in U7
10 n. in 27
11 n. m 2.1
1 p. m v:t
2 p. m 211
it p, in 21
I p. in 21
r. p. in 2U
II p. m 21
7 p. Ill 211
M p. lit 1M
I) p. Ill IS
12 ii 22
SUDDENLY BLOWN TO DEATH
Three Pcnotii) Killed by Cyclone
Which Strikes I.nBrrnnnc, Tenn,,
nt Mlddny.
LAORANGE, Tenn., Nov. 20. A tornndo
struck this town today, causing much dam
ago and killing three persons outright. Tho
dead:
W. C. MOODY.
TWO NEORO WOMEN.
Injured:
Edward Smith, Southern railway agont.
seriously.
Tho storm made Its nppearanco shortly
after midday and swept everything in its
path.
Eight residences and threo churches were
destroyed. The damage to cotton in tho
boll will bo great.
MEMPHIS, Tenn,, Nov. 21. Monger re
ports from towns along the line ot tho Il
linois Central railroad lu north Mississippi
stnto that tho tornado wrought much havoc.
Thirteen persons nro reported killed bo
twecu Lovo station and Coldwnlor. The
tornado mado Its nppearanco nt about 3:30
o'clock this afternoon nnd Bwept every
thing In Its path. Trees were uprooted and
fences and outhouses wcro leveled to tho
ground. Telegraph and telephone wires nro
down and details aro lacking. At Coldwator
several houses wero destroyed and tho
daughter of John Guy und John Daney
wcro seriously Injured. A negro child was
killed threo miles north of tho town. The
cyclono passed from southwest to northeast
and struck Batesvlllo nbout -I o'clock. Sev
eral houses wcro demolished and seven
persons wcro moro or less Injured Tho
Methodist church was unroofed.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 21. A tela
phono mresngo from Columbia, Tenn., at
1:30 this morning, says a number of pooplo
woro killed and great property damage done.
TOO LIGHT FOR THE BUSINESS
International Pncklnp: Company Un
able tu Stum! tho Pace Set
by Its Competitor..
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. (Special Telegram.)
As a result of its year's operations tho
Intcnatlonal Packing company lost $343,604.
At tho annual mcotlug held today Attor
ney Jacob Newman characterized tho ovent
ns tho funeral of tho company. It Is bo
lloved tho concern will go Into liquidation,
as tho Chicago Packing nnd Provision com
pany did. A resolution provVlng for a
committee to Investigate tho company's
affairs and report as to tho best courso
to bo followed was uuanlmously ndor cd
and W. II. Helklo of tho Illinois Trust
and Savings bank, E." A. Potter of tho
Amorlcnn Trust nnd Savings bank, E. A.
Shcdd and It. G. Tennant wero appointed
for that service;, . Tbo president reported
that keen competition continued. It ap
pears thb company Is not cut out for tho
provision trado, as It is being carried on
theso days. Tho capital of tho company
Is now Impaired to tho amount of $359,837.
At present tho Chicago expenses aro $2,500
a month, with tho plants idle.
SAYS INCIDENT IS CLOSED
lllshnp Putter Itefusen to Dcul tvlth
Police Depiirtmciit Concerning
Insult tu Hector I'nddock.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Bishop Potter will
not deal with tho pollco department in
tho matter of vicious conditions In tho pro
cathedral district or in relation to Insults
offered last Soptetnber to tho Hoc. Oeorgo
L. Paddock of tho pro-cathedral. Ho will
deal solely with tho mayor of Now York
Tho bishop replied to Prosldent York to
night aa follows:
Sir: I beg to acknowledge your com
munication of tho 19th Inst. It Is evidently
written under a misapprehension. In ac
cordance with tho Instructions of my dio
cesan convontlon I havo lntuly addressed
to tho mayor of New York a protest con
cerning n condition of things In the Poltso
department of this city which Is .1 matter
of public notoriety and concerning which
you yourself aro commonly reported to
havo made the most unreserved admissions.
Having compiled with the duty laid upon
mo by my convention, this 'particular Incl
dent, so far ns I am concerned, Is closed.
If the maj'or of New York desires to tea
tlin nllldavlts of tho two gcntlemon re
ferred to in my lettor they will bo for
warded to htm nt his request.
TIED, GAGGED AND LEFT TO DIE
Ilobbers Make Murderous Assnult an
Jeweler In Heart of Hai
ti mo re.
BALTIMORE, Md Nov. 20, Threo men
entered tho Jewelry store of John J. Hub
bard, 13 North street, this city, this foro
110011, assaulted the proprietor, loft him for
dead nnd looted tho place of Its contents,
Tho assault occurred within a block ot
police headquarters and within a stono's
throw of tho city hall, shortly after 10
o'clock. Mr. Hubbard saya the men camo In
and asked to bo Bhown somo diamonds. As
he turned to get them ho received a blow
on tho head and fell senseless. An hour
later ho was discovered bound and gagged,
lying in a grain bin at tbo rear of the little
shop. A further examination showed that
every artlclo of value had been removed
from tho shelves nnd showcases. It Is
thought Mr. Hubbard will die. No cstl
mato ot tbo loss can bo made on account of
his condition, but his stock was not a very
extensive one.
ONE TRUST COMES TO GRIEF
Ohio Concern Held to Have Violated
Provision of the Sher
man Law,
CINCINNATI, Nov. 20. United States
District Attorney Bundy and Attorney J.
W, Warrington filed before United States
Judgo Thompson today a final entry In tho
suit of tho government against tho Chesa
peake and Ohio Fuel company and others,
Indicted under tho Sherman anti-trust law.
The entry doclorcB tho trust contract to
bo Illegal and It Is ordored that the com
bination bo at oiico dissolved nnd each
company permanently enjonod from fur
ther operations under tho contract or from
entering Into any Ilka combination.
GENERAL LEE IN NEW YORK
New Comiuundnnt nf the Department
of the Missouri Soon to Come
to Omaha.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, General Fltzhugh
Lee, who arrived today from Cuba, will stay
In this city threo or four days. After re
porting at Washington he will go to Omaha
and tako command of tho Department ot the
Missouri, to which he has been assigned.
KRUGER IS DUE TODAY
President of tho Transvaal Eipected to
Beach Marseilles.
HIS COMING MAY AWAKEN THE OLD MAN
TJnpknfant Surprise AwalU the Boer Leader
Among His Friends.
HE HAS BEEN DECEIVED BY DR. LEYDS
Attitude of Europe Persistently Misrepre
sented During Man; Months.
BOER COUNCIL LIKELY TO BE STORMY
Fischer Wrsscls and I.eyds Sny the
Power ot Krimer Is Not Sufficient
to Knnblci III 111 to Con
clude Pence.
(Copyright, lfO), by Press Publishing Co.)
MARSEILLES, Nov. 20. (Now York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) To
day your correspondent visited, by appoint
ment, every personage of any Importance
now hero In connection with South African
affairs, Theso Included Grobcl, tho Trans
vaal nccrotary for foreign affairs and
Kruger'a most trusted adviser; Fischer, th
Orange Freo Stnto representative; Wessols,
president of tbo Volksraad; Lcyds and
Eloff. Iho lnttcr traveled on tho Goldcr-
land to Port Snld, whtneo ho wan dispatched
aliead on tho French-China liner, Laos. Ho
brings good news of his grandfather's
health.
The result of theso Interviews In meager,
Tho Si.uth African representatives wero
willing enough to tnlk and dcscrlbo graphic
Incidents of tho wnr, with Interesting retro
spective dotnlls about tho genesis of tho
friction between burghers and ultlanders,
but when It comes to anything nbout tho
vital business now ou hnud, they know
absolutely nothing. s
Tho plain truth is they nro awaiting
Krugcr's arrival with the samo anxious
curiosity as everybody else. Ono thlnj;,
however, deserves mention. It 1b tho om
phntlo statement unanimously mado by tho
Transvaal and Orange representatives that
Krugcr Is not tho benrcr of plenipotentiary
powers enabling him to sign a penco treaty.
He Is only entitled to act ns a negotiator,
whoso recommer.datlon will bo subjoct to
tho approval of tho Trauavaal legislative
bodies. This gains further Importance
from tho fact that It Is admitted that bo
voro dllllcultlca havo lately existed be
tween Kruger and other very influential
leaders, somo of whom nro here, and soma
are now doing battle. Wessels today told
me: "Our mission Is to appeal to tho
civilized world's 1 10 of fair play. We
cannot possibly accept Roberts merciless
ultimatum of unconditional surrender. Wo
know that means solium of property und
deportation. Rather than submit to that
wo will light till the laBt ono nf us Is shot.
But we are compelled to recognize that wo
nro defeated, and rauet end tfci slaughter
by accepting any terms which do nut imply
tho direct or indirect extermination of our
raco."
May Snrprlse the Old Man.
Another high official, unwilling to bo
named, expressed tho startling conviction
that Krugcr, when bo realizes how abso
lutely platonlc Is foreign sympathy, will ex
perience disappointment keen enough to eo-
vcrciy affect his health, becauso Lcyds has
alwaj-B led him to bcltevo Europo is on tho
verge of a tremendous popular upheaval In
defense of tho Boer cause. Tho samo high
omciai states that when Krugcr sees tho
truo conditions ho will undoubtedly deal di
rect with England instead of losing further
efforts In tho hopeless task of securing diplo
matic intervention.
Tho great fever of tho manifestation which
was observablo a fow days ago seems dwind
ling as tho tlmo draws near for Krugor's ar
rival. Mayor Flalsslero'a action In deciding
that tho Marseilles municipality would not
officially partlclpato In tho grand parade
greatly dampened tho ardor of tins crowd.
and tho petty rivalries among tbo Innum
erable lenders of committees and delegations
havo dono the rest. Fower Hugs nro now
displayed than four or flvo days ago. At
tho Jollctto basin, where tho Golderlnnd
will moor, tho landing Is rather Bhabblly
decorated. Tho floral decoration at tho hotel
la moro adequate.
Mr. and Mrs. Eloff's conduct Is severely
criticized. Mrs. Eloff, tho pretty young wlfo
of Krugor's gruudson, has' beon hore about
two weeks with several friends, all bavins
a rousing good tlmo at the hotel und driving
about tbo city In a spanking open carriage,
wearing flashy dresscB and carrying expen
sive Bheafs of flowers, posing for pictures
and attending thenters. Today Eloff himself
arrived nnd vented his loud goodhumor about
tho lobby. Ho gavo an elaborate dinner to
night to a largo party In tho public dinning
room of tbo Hotel Noatllcs in an ostenta
tious way, and carriages wero afterwards
ordored to tako tho wholo ot that gay crowd
to a notorious music hall.
MARSEILLES PEOPLE WAITING
Populace Prepared to Welcomo the
Famous Old South African
Leader,
MARSEILLES, Nov. 20. Former Presi
dent Kruger probably will land here on
Thursday, Instead of tomorrow. Bad
weather Is reported In the Mediterranean
and tho Dutch cruiser Gelderland, on which
Jiu Is a passenger, will hug tho coast ot
tho gulf ot Genoa in preference to hoad
ing direct for Marseilles, so as to avoid
tbo cross seas. Sho will reach this port
tomorrow evening instead of tonight.
Every preparation, howovcr, has been
made for Mr. Krugor's posslblo landing
tomorow morning. Tho pollco and military
nro held in readiness and tho Boer recep
tion commlttco has not mado nny change t
In tho arrangement for tho reception at
tlio dock. Workmen havo boen busy erect
ing flagstaffs along tho wntcrsldo at La
Jollctto and nt tho outer dock whero tho
steam launch with Mr, Kruger on bourd
will land.
It is certain that Mr, Krugcr's arrival
horo will be tho occasion for a groat pop
ular demonstration along tho routo ftom
tho dock to tho hotel, which la situated on ,
tho point boulevard, known as tho Can
noblcra. It Is equally certain that tho
formal proceedings, such as rccoptlons, will
not bo Invested with tho Importance which
tho occasion warrants, owing to the ab
stention from them ot the prefect, mayor
and other functionaries in their official
capacity,
Klofl Surprises Them,
A surprise camo today In tho shapo of
tho arrival hero ot Herr Eloff, Mr. Kruger'a
prlvato secretary, who left tho Gelderland
at Port Said and camo ahead on a
special steamer. , Eloff left Mr. Kruger In
perfect he a (th and spirits. Tho president 1
occupies three bright cabins situated la
1