The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED ,TUXE 11), 1871.
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COME TO SUDDEN STOF
Meeting of Foreign EnToy Develops Se&us
Foint of JJitierence.
WILL ASK VIEWS OF HOME GOVERNMENTS
Adjournment Taken Without Dato for
Keassembling Being Uxed.
PROLONGED DELAY REGARDED PROBABLE
Li Hung Ohang Raid to Haio Eequested
Lighter
or Punishment for Offioials.
BANISHMENT IN PLACE OF DEATH SOUGHT
lwera Approached Ilccclve I'rnpoal
tlon from Chtnrac Diplomat vrlth
feign of Dlafnvor, Whlcli Ang
ara III fur Illiu.
TEKIN, Nov. 19. (Via Shanghai) Tho
meeting of tho foreign envoys has unex
pectedly developed a point of difference
which has brought tho negotiations to a
temporary standstill. Tho matter will bo
referred to tho homo governments. Tlio
confcrcnco adjourned without fixing a dato
for re-nBaombllnc.
It In Bald that tho dltTercnco Is such as
will possibly causa considerable delay. LI
Hum; Chang is known to have approached
unofficially certain ministers with a lew
of ascertaining tho likelihood of the powers
reducing tho punishment of Chinese offi
cials to degradation by banishment, but It
li understood that ho received no encour
agement. Hcports from Chinese sources say that
a German and Italian column Is burning
villages to tho northward.
ALARM CHINESE SERVANTS
Humor .Spread lit
Iloiera Are
Upon (III!
Tien Tain
Mnrchlnjg
City.
the
TIEN TSIN, Nov. 20. (Via Shanghai,
Nov. 21.) There has been consldcrablo fir
ing recently In the neighborhood of Tien
Tsln, und, owing to a report that the Ger
man quarters of tho city would bo attacked
last night, tho Ocrmnn sentries were
doubled, a regiment patrolled tho opposite
bank of tho river, and the remainder of tho
German troops wero ordered to hold them
selves In readiness for action at an Instant's
notice.
Nothing happened, however, to show causo
for the alarm, although today all tho Chlncso
servantH of the licngal Lancors, ofllccrs and
men, left, saying they had been Informed
that tho Boxen, wero marching In a largo
body on Tien Tsln and Pekln.
Neither General Lome Campbell of the
Hrltlsh troops nor Colonel Moade of tho
Americans believes there Is any truth In
tho rumor, but tho natives evidently be
lieve It and many of them are leaving the
service of the foreigners.
MANCHURIA IN GREAT UNREST
llrperta from Ilnaalnn Sourer I nil I
cntc tluit I. mill 1h llaraaard by
Iteiculara mill ltoxera.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21. Dispatches
received at tho headquarters of tho Rus
sian genoral staff descrlbo wide spaces In
Manchuria as In u disturbed condition.
Soveral small armies of Chinese regulars
have been encountered by tho Russian
troops during tho lust three weeks and
elsowhcro bauds aro raiding and plunder
ing tho country, lighting Russian foragers.
General Longlnoff with a mixed force on
October 31 engaged tho Chlnoso about sev
enty vorsts north of Kwang Tscheng Tso,
capturing 300.
A company of guards with two guns
whllo on tho way to Tlo Lien to reinforce
the Russian garrison thero camo Into col
lision with a body of Chlncso cavalry. Muk
den Is tranquil.
'( I BLOW FALLS ON PRINCE TU AN
MlKlitimt Satrap In All China I'eela
the WriBlit of Iloyal Dla
pleuaure. BERLIN. Nov. 21. A special dispatch
from Pckln says that Prince Tuan has been
arrested and stripped of power by order of
tho emperor and empress dowagor, but that
fears aro felt of acneral Tung Full Slang,
who, with 16,000 regulars, Is In Hit Jang Pu.
A epeclal dispatch from Pekln, dated No
vember 19, says tho Kalgau expedition
found Admiral (not General) Ho occupying
n strong position at Hsucng-Hwa and tho
commanders of tho allied forces decided
they wero not strong enough to attack him
und sent to Pekln for reinforcements.
WAR AGAINST ALLIED ARMIES
Mi mi a lint View of Kdlct with Whuac
laaue the Kmprraa Dowager la
Credited.
LONDON, Nov. 22. Tho Shanghai corre
spondent of tho Morning Post, referring
to tho rumored decree of tho empress
dowagor warning governors and viceroys
to proparo for war against tho allies, Bays
ho believes It refers to tho provinces of
Shan SI nnd Ho Nan alone, as tho Chl
ncso believe that tho allies Intend to In
vade them.
NICHOLAS ON HIS DIGNITY
Itefleotliina on Honor of Troopa
l'ekln Suld to Ho HcNpuiiNlulo
for Their Withdrawal.
at
LONDON, Nov. 21. "Tho Russian prlnco
Uchtomsky, who has arrived here, declares,"
says tho Pekln correspondent of tho Dally
News, "that the czar withdrew the Rus
sian troopa from Pokln becauso tho for
eign press accused thorn of plunder ami
outrage."
SHUT GATES ON GERMANS
Chlnrae llecome Alurined by Appear
ance of Armed Hotly .Near 'lieu
Tain Araeunl.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 21. Tno action of the
Germans yesterday In marching a largo
body of troops outsldo Tien Tsln limits
clcso to the arsenal alarmed tho Chinese.
Tho gatei were barricaded. Tho tnotal met
the otllrers, who were allowed to enter,
tho troops remaining outsldo.
That .Itiiita at Hong Kong.
LONDON. Nov. 21. United States Am
bassador Choato has made representations
to tho British forolgu otllco on tho subject
of the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong. The
fcrelgn office Is Investigating the matter
and will reply as soon as the reports of
the authorities at Honu Kong are received.
HELD UP IN ARKANSAS
Kolilicr Dynamite fnfe of Kxprc
Cur mi tin- Iron Mountain, but
I'nll t C'rncU It.
LOUIS, Nov. 21. News was re
tonight of tho holding up of Hho
ntaln caunonball passenger train,,
at Gilford, Ark., n few miles
s pBD!)) vr rn junction. ine noiuup
occurr' "l pj? vjock nnu was partici
pated In by ..rtvTozen men.
Tho bandits" iia(f built a hugh bonflro on
tho track, undoubtedly figuring that It
weuld cause the engineer to brjng the train
to a standstill, lie, however, scontlng an
attempted robbery, opened tho throttle
and sought to push through tho fiery ob
struction. Several ties, of which tho fire
was made, caught in tho pilot and soon
brought the train to a stop. Instantly
three masked men ordered tho engineer
and flroman to leave tho englno at onco.
Another robber went on tho sldo of tho
car, led tho conductor and ordered him
to remain Inside. Each wasobcyed.
Whllo tho four robbers wero standing
guard and occasionally firing a shot to
frighten tho passengers, their two accom
plices entered tho express car and ordered
Messenger Samuel H. Avery to "step aside
or get to tho other corner."
Tho largo safe was charged flvo times
with dynamite, each explosion making a
terrific noiso and tearing off portions of
tlfo ear. A largo hole was bored Into tho
door of the safe, but an entrance could not
bo affected.
The robbers finally announced that they
had no more dynamlto nnd then gavo up
tho taBk of forcing open tho door.
Then, picking up the local express box
and several packages, they ran to their
horses, which had been hitched near by, and
rodo rapidly awny. No attempt was inado
to disturb or molest tho passengers, except
for an occasional shot at an Inquisitive
passenger who peered out of a car window.
Messenger Avery was badly hurt about
tho head and faco by (lying splinters hurled
about by the dynamite explosion. One sldo
of his face was terribly lacerated and scv
eral teeth were knocked out. Ho was sent
to his homo at St. Louis on tho samo
train.
Tho top and ono sldo of tho express car
wero shattered to splinters,
Tho sheriff of Hot Springs county or
ganlzcd a posso and started at onco In pur
suit of tho robbers. Tho train crew say tho
bandits are amateurs, ns they wont at the
work In a bungling fashion. All woro heavy
masks.
Tho trainmen say the small box car
rlod off by tho robbers contained about
$500. It Is positively known that tho rob
bora secured several sacks of silver con
taining $190.
DEVERY ASKED TO RESIGN
I'rcaldcnt of Xcw York Police Hoard
liiprrwiM Dlaantlafactlon vrlth.
the Chief.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Tho Herald will
say tomorrow:
"You should properly perform your duties
or resign your position as chief of police."
This rcbuko was administered to Chief
Dovcry by Bernard J. York, president of the
pollcu board, at tho conclusion of a dls
cushion today as to tho police system of
protecting crime In this city. Chief Devery
was In Presldcut York's office, Commission
ers Sexton and Abel being present, but
taking no part In the conversation. They
havo slnco Indicated that they do not agrco
with Mr. York that the chief should leavo
tho force.
Construing the remark mado to him In
a literal sense, Chief Devery nsserts that
ho has not been requested to resign. He
further announces that ho has no Intention
of qultt'ng his position tor tho present.
Ily "tho present" tho chief moans until
Richard Crokor reaches England and has
hail tlmo to cablo his Instructions concern
lug the pollco muddle. Tho police board
will hold a meeting next Monday afternoon,
when Mr. Croker's decision will bo made
known.
Chief Devery will then accept Mr. York's
advlco or tho latter will acknowledge him
self beaten. In tho latter event Mayor
Van Wyck may have an opportunity to ac
cept tho resignation of tho head of the
pollco board.
ROYALIST WINS IN HAWAII
AVIIeox Klcctcd to Cnnwrrm, Inde
pendents Alan Cout rolllnK
I.CKlnlntilre,
HONOLULU, Nov. H. (Via San Francisco,
Nov. 21.) Practically complete election re
turns from nil tho Islands show that Robert
Wilcox Is olectcd delegato to congress by
a majority of 310 for tho term of tho Plfty
seventh eongreBa and 277 for tho Fifty-sixth
congress, unexpired term. The returns also
Bhow the Independent native party In full
control of tho legislature, having a ma
jority In each house and a majority over
both democrats and republicans on Joint
ballot.
MEN TO PUSH CULLOM BILL
Commercial Ilodlea Xante Committee
to Have ChurKe of Lejcla- ,
latlve Work.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 21. Tho executive com
mltteo appointed at tho meeting of tho
Leaguo of National Atsoclattons of In
dustrial and Commercial Organizations
yesterday, for tho purpose of securing tho
poEsngo of tho Cullom bill amending the
Interstate commerce law, has organized by
electing E. P. Bacon of Mllwnukeo as chair
man. C. H. Sebyt of St. Louis was made
chalrmau R. S. Lyon of Chicago, treasurer,
and Frank Harry of Milwaukee, secretary
and manager of tho work at Washington.
The committee decided to raise a fund of
$6,000 to meet tho expenses of the conveu
tlon hero and the lobbying committee at
Washington.
Movement of Ocean Veaaela, Nov, ill,
At Now York Arrived Oceanic, from
Liverpool; Allrr, from Naples; Kensington,
irom Antwerp; Amsteruam, irom Hotter
ilnn, n.iil lli.il lnirim . lfifnttott. frnm I irt.
don, Sailed New York, for Bouthamuton:
Westernhmd, for Antwerp; Majestic, for
Liverpool.
At Bouthamuton Arrived St. Louis, from
New York; Frlesland, from New York, for
Antwerp,
At Klnsnleno Passed. Nov, 22. 12:30 a. m
Gennunlc, from New York, for Queens
town nnd Liverpool,
At Qucenstown Arrived Commonwealth,
from Boston, for Liverpool, and proceeded;
iinyncinnu, irom I'liiiuueipniu; ucrmanie,
from New York, for Liverpool, und pro
ceeded. Sailed Sa.xonlu, from Liverpool,
for Uoston.
At Tory Island Passed Siberian, from
Philadelphia, via St. Johns, N. K., for ains
gow. At llrowhead Passed Turcoman, from
Iloston, for Liverpool.
At Oonoa Arrived, Nov, 19 Columbia,
from New York, via Naples.
At QlasBow Arrived Ethiopia, from New
York,
At Antwerp Arrlvcd-Swltzerland, from
Philadelphia.
At HuiiB Kong Sailed Kmpress of India,
for Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama.
At Liverpool Arrived Ems, from New
York; Sachem, from Boston; Tunisian, from
Montreal.
At Movllle Arrived Ethiopia, from New
York. At London Arrived Manltou, from New
York.
n 1 .
REBELS WILL HAVE TO HUSTLE
General MacArthur Plans Active Campaign
Against Pilipinos,
BEST SEASON FOR FIGHTING AT HAND
Addition! from China. Hotter Honda,
Improved Tranaportatloii and
Knd of I.oiik Hnlna All Con
duce to Activity,
MANILA, Nov. 21. General MacArthur
was nsked today whether the result of tho
presidential election In the United States
was in uuy way responsible for tho orders
to push operations ngalnst tho Filipinos.
Ho replied that tho result of tho election
wob merely coincident with other features
of tho situation. Ho added that the re
turn of tho soldiers nnd marines from
China, with the recrultB who had arrived
recently, would lncrtr.no tho number of
troops to 70,000 men. The enlargement of
the forces, tin; ending of the rainy season,
hotter roads, Improved transportation and
tho dcslro to mako tho most efficient uso
of tho volunteers before their term of
service expired In June, aro all contribu
tory to the most active campaign.
Concerning tho replacing of 35,000 vol
unteers, General MacArthur Bald he fa
vored tho establishment of a standing
army of 73,000 men and authorizing tho
president to lncrcasa It to 100,000. Tho
general said ho was enlarging the forco
In General Young's district to nearly 7.000
men; that heavy reinforcements are being
sent to General Hughes In tho Island of
Pnnay; that more troops had been ordered
to southern Luzon and that various col
umn movements had been planned.
The stranding of tho coasting transport
Indiana Is canning a long delay In reaching
a number of tho remote coast stations la
southern Luzon, which have subsistence to
November 1 only and will havo to depond
largely on foraging until tho Indiana Is
floated or another steamer Is secured.
Tho cubtoms warehouses aro congested,
a fact, which Is delaying tho commerce of
Manila. Gcneral'Smlth, tho collector of tho
port, at u meeting today of many Import
ers urged the necessity for the removal of
the goods. Tho merchants talk of organiz
ing n company for tho erection of bonded
warehouses.
The soldiers and marines who have re
turned from China aro selling quantities of
curios looted from the residences of tha
nobility or wealthy persons at Pckln nnd
Tien Tsln. Many of them are valuable and
ridiculously cheap and a number of such
presents have been sent to tho United
States for Christmas presents.
YAYA RULES WILL GOVERN
Cuban Conatlttitlonnl Convention Still
UeliatliiK Matter of I'nhllo anil
Private Seaalona.
HAVANA, Nov. 21. Tho Cuban constltu
tlonal convention at Its session today In the
Marti theater, discussed the rules of the
Ynya Cuban assembly and adopted sixty
five out of 131 as the xulos to govern the
session of the present organization, tho
most Important being a rulo that delegates
during tho exorcise of thttr duty shall
not accept positions under tho government
This rulo, however, does not apply to dole'
gates already holding positions. Another
rule forbids dolcgatcs to bo absent longer
than eight days, and a third directs that
tho convention shall bo governed by a
president, two vice presidents and two
secretaries.
A long discussion followed on the ques
tlon of tho public sessions. Tho Yaya rules
specified that tho sessions should bo pub
Ho except when the decorum of members
was under discussion or when five dele
gates requested a prlvato session, giving
reasons for their request.
General Del Gado, negro, Bpoko In favor
of prlvato sessions, pointing out that most
of tho delegates wero not used to speak
lug in public. Ho urged that a record
should bo kept and that all resolutions
proposed should bo published, with tho
names of thoso who proposed them.
Senor Sayns urged public sessions, Insist
Ing that all matters of Importance would
be discussed In committee and then dolo
gates could ndvanco their opinions in the
presence of a public that was awaiting with
Interest and anxiety the result of tho con
ventlon. In his opinion tho convention
needed the assistance of tho public to guide
its deliberations. The convention then ad
Journcd until tomorrow without voting on
the question.
CANNOT WAIT FOR FRANCHISE
Sir William Van Home and Aaaoclntea
Hare Thouaanda Working on
New Itallroud In Cnba.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 21. Secretary
Root and General Wood, with tho other
members of their party, loft this mom
Ing for Guantanaroo, from which point they
will proceed to north coast ports, where
General Wood expects to moot his family.
Boforo returning to Washington Secre
tary Root will meet Sir William Van
Home at Porto Principe. Local business
Interests aro Intensely anxious with refer
ence to tho Cuba company, of which Sir
William Van Horno is president. Tho com
pany Is now employing 2,000 men In tho
construction of a railroad, but It without
a franchise. Everyone In this part of Cub
wants the lino built, but tho provisions of
tho Foraker resolution forbids tho grant
ing of railroad concessions.
General Wood, referring to tho matter,
today said:
"Tho Cuba company Is doing nn excellent
but an unauthorized work In building tho
road. It has no franchise. I assume, how
over, that the Cuban republic of tho future
will legitimize the company's action and
grant it tho privilege of doing business."
WILL BRING THEM ALL HOME
Adjutant General Annotincea thnt All
Volunteer Who So Dealrc Will
lie IlroiiBht llack,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln authorizes the statement that
It Is tho Intontlon of tho War department
to bring home from tho Philippines to tho
United States every ono of the volunteers
who cares to como nnd discbarge them
hero on or beforo tho 1st of July next,
when, under the law, tho volunteers must
be mustered out. It Is the expectation and
tho hope of the War department that tho
coming congress will at an early period In
Its session enact legislation which w)ll ena
ble tho department to replace the present
volunteer forco by a permanent forco of
soldiers. In that case, such of the men In
the ranks as care to contlnuo In the service
will bo re-enlisted as regulars and any
vacancies that may exist through tho mus-ter-out
of tho volunteers will be supplied
by original enlistments In tho United
States. It Is belloved that these enlist
ments can bo made In tlmo to replace all
tho retired Philippine volunteers before tho
first of the next fiscal year without causing
any blatu.
NOT EASY TO GE TOGETHER
Russia nnd United State Have Dlftt
eulty In FIiiiHiik lliisl for
Treaty of Reciprocity,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Negotiations
are In progress botween tho State depart
ment and the Russian government, as rep
resented respectively by Special Pleni
potentiary Kasson nnd Ambassador Cns
dlnl, looking to tho making of a reciprocity
treaty under tho terms of tho Dlnglcy tarllf
act. As both countries are largo producers
of raw material and us Russia Is making
onormous strides in the development of
manufactures of metals and textiles, It
Is with great difficulty that tho plenipo
tentiaries can find articles to form tho
basis of tariff reductions for such a treaty.
A vexatious commodity, for Instance, Is
tugar, which Russia la producing In rapidly
Increasing quantities nnd 1b now market
ing In tho United States. At one phase In
Its production and exportation this sugar
receives substantial aid from cither tho lo
cal or general Russian government. Under
a strict construction of tho countervailing
duty section of tho Dlngtoy act such boun
ty-aided sugar Is llablo to n discriminatory
duty. Hut tho United States government,
Upon the urgent representations of tho
Russian government, has Indefinitely sus
pended tho action of such duties. For Its
part, the Russian government has refrained
from Imposing maximum (and In many
cases prohibitory) dutle upon United
States exports to Russia. ,Nov It Is In
timated that tho sltuntlonls rather pre
carious, that thero Is danger at any mo
ment ct a Judicial decision or somo ox-
ccutlvo action ou ono sldo of the other that
may destroy the amicable understanding.
This appears from the nows recolvcd on
tho Pacific const that Russia Is contem
plating an SO per cent lncrcaso of tho
duties on American flour, whllo tho sugar
arrangement is by no means permanent.
NO ACTION AGAINST SPIES
Government Ilaa Done Nothing; to
I'orci' Dlaeloaure of Identity of
Foreign Secret Audit.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. A published
statement to the effect that the State de
partment has at tho lnstanco of tho War
and Navy departments, addressed domands
to tho embassies and legations horo for
Information that will lead to tho disclosure
of tho Identity of secret agents of foreign
governments, mot with a prompt and
swooping dental by tho officials of each ono
of the departments mentioned. '
Tho same publication threatened tho dis
missal of n number of worthy forclgn-born
government employes ns a result of this
movement. It Is denied that such a thing
Is In contemplation.
It may bo stated officially that all that
the United States government has dono
In tho matter of communicating with for
eign governments respecting wnr material
has been to secure reciprocal advantages
for our attaches abroad, and It has not Is
sued any Irregular note that might bo
regarded as discourteous to a friendly lega
tion. SEEK PARDONS OF PRESIDENT
More Thnn SRO Appllcatloua' Wore
1'aaaed Upon by Mr. Molfinlcy
I.nat A far. ,t,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Tho pardon
clerk of the Department of Justice has mado
his annual rport to tho nttoraey general.
It shows for tho yenr ending Juno 30, 19J0,
tho department had before It 720 cases. Of
these 551 were acted upon by tho president
who denied tho applications In tho 351
coeos and extended clemency In 220 coses.
Of tho latter, ho pardoned eighty-one. Sev
enty-three sentences wero cemmuted. Only
two convicted national bank officers wero
pardoned, ono on account of 111 health and
the other because the Innocence of tho
prisoner was proven.
TREATY GIVES MORE TIME
Secretary Hay and Mexico' Ambnaaa
dor i:tciul Time Allowance for
Water lloiiiidary Survey,
WASHINGTON. Nov: 21. Secretary Hay,
for the Unltfcd States, and Ambassador
Asptroz, for tho government of Mexico, to
day signed a treaty further extending the
time allowance for tho survey and definition
of tho wntcr boundary between Mexico and
tho United States. Thero already havo
been several extensions, In each case for a
year, but tho present arrangement will con
tinue until tho work Is concluded.
DETERMINE THE REDUCTION
Wnja and Menna Committee Membcra
Follow titiRe'a SiiKueatlou ua to
Revenue Deurenae,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Tho republican
members of the ways and means committee
today decided to mako a reduction of $30,
000,000 In tho rcvenuos, the amount sug
gested by Secretary Gage. Tho day waa
spent almost entirely In going over the war
rovenuo bill. Tho schedules on which tho
reduction shall bo mado havo not been do
cldcd upon.
Indian Audita Mny ChniiRe.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (Special Tele
gram.) Advices havo been received here
which lndlcato that thero will bo several
changes In South Dakota Indian agencies
during the coming winter. There will prob
ably bo new agents appointed at Crow Creek
and Lower Brulo, nnd If plans now In con
templation mature thero will be a successor
named to Agent Johnson at Slsseton. Former
Sherllf Chamberlain of Fnulkton, S. D., Is
after tho placo of Agent Stephens nt Crow
Creek, Agent Bon AbIio of Lower Urulo Is
also understood to be slated for removal, as
ho Is a democrat and his torm of service will
soon expire. Tho name of Ben Perley Hoover
of Gettysburg, S. D., Is montloned In connec
tion with tho Lowor Brulo agency,
Iowa postmasters: J. N. Mann, at Bax
ter, Jasper county; M. E. Ciossett, at Oreeu
Center, Iowa county, nnd R. S. Ueauchamp
at Waneta, Davis county.
I'realdenl Going; on Short Trip.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. President nnd
Mr3. McKlnley will go to Baltimore on
Saturday to witness tho marriage of Miss
Lillian Gnry, daughter of ox-Postmnster
General nnd Mrs. Gary, and Robert C.
Taylor. They will bo accompunled by
nearly all the cabinet olllcers and their
wives. The men of tho party will romaln
for breakfast, but early In tho nftcmoon
will leave for Philadelphia, whero the pres
ident and members of his cabinet will at
tend the annual banquet of tho Union
League club.
New York htate'a Population,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The population
of the state of New York, as officially an
nounced today, Is 7,268,012, as against 5,097,
853 In 1S90. This Is an lncrcaso of 1,270,159,
or 21.1 per cent.
Sitapeuda Heiiindlni;.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Tho eecrctary
of the treasury has Issued a circular under
today's dato suspending tho refunding op-
j rations to take effect December 31, 1900.
END OF AN OFFICIAL SNAP
Supreme Court's Decision Winds Up Soft
Berth for Politicians.
STATE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION DIES
I.nw Under Which llta Secretnrlca
Drew Salarlea Declared I'lieon
atltiitlonul Owing to Defect
In Ita l'naaiiKC,
LINCOLN, Nov. 21. (Special Telegram.)
Because of errors In Its passage tho legis
lative act of 1887 creating tho Stato Board
of Transportation was this afternoon de
clared uueons.itutlonal by tho supremo
court. Tho court hold In tho opinion ren
dered that the lav: wns void for tho reason
that tho act as enrolled was not passed by
tho legislature In tho modo prescribed by
tho constitution, which provides thnt all
bills, with their titles, Bhall bo read nt
largo on three different dnys In both
houses of tho legislature.
Tho act of 1SS7 Bought to repeal an act
passed by tho legislature of 1S85, which
created a board of transportation, consist
ing of tho attorney general, secretary of
stato nnd auditor. Thero Is still boiiio
doubt ns to whether tho first net remains
In force, since tho net which sought to
repeal It hat been declared void.
It was tho net of 1887, however, which
provides for tho appointment of thrco sec
retaries at a salary of $2,000 per year. Tflo
decision of tho court will havo the effect
of discontinuing theso offices. Tho pres
ent secretaries, James C. Dahlman, Joseph
Edgcrton nnd Gilbert M. Laws, will prob
ably ask for a rehearing of tho case for
by doing so they will bo enabled to draw
full sa'ary until tho expiration of their
terms.
StnrtlitK Point of Suit.
Tho opinion given by tho court wns In
tho case of the Stato of Nebraska against
tho B. & M. Railroad company, which uroao
primarily from a complaint Hied beforo
tho Board of Transportation In 1S97 by T.
II. Tibbies, a fusloulst, whoso object was
to make political capital out of the case
for tho benefit of the fusion administration.
A hearing resulted In tho Board of Trans
portation entering nn order ugalnBt the
railroads requiring them to rcstoro the
carload rates for tho transporting of live
stock. It was for tho violation of this
order that tho nttorncy general began pro
ceedings against tho railroads In tho name
of the state.
In tho argument tho constitutionality of
tho act creating tho board was discussed.
Tho opinion In tho case was written by
Chief Justice Norval.
Following Is tho syllabus of tho opinion:
Tho provisions of section 2, nrtlclo III, of
the Constitution relative to the modo cf
enactliu; luws are mandatory.
Tho tltlo to n legislative net Is a. part
thereof nnd must clearly express the sub
ject of legislation.
An enrolled bill In the oftico of tho Rccro
tnry of statu Is only prima faclo ovldei.'co
of Its passage.
Whoro the legislative Journals unequiv
ocally contradict tlio evidence furnlslfji
bv tho enrolled bill the former will control.
Webster ugalnst City of Hastings, St N. W
610.
A Btntuto Is Invalid which the legislative
journals show was never passed In tho
mode presi-rlbcd by the roustlttttl it.
A Btatute It Invalid which Is not read In
each house of the legislature on threo dif
ferent dnys.
Chapter lx, 1&S7, Is void, ns the net as
enrolled was not passed by tho legislature
In the mode prescribed by section 2, urtlele
HI, of the constitution.
Judgo Holcomb concurred In tho opinion
and ndded tho following:
Although not entirely nurreinpr with the
course of reasoning imniucd by tho chief
Jtihtlco in tho foregoing opinion, I concur
In all tho propositions statrd In the sylli
bus nnd regard ns Irreslstiblo the con
clusion that the net under cnnsldenitl jii
failed to pass both branches of thJ lesHIn
ture In compliance with tho commands of
tho constitution.
FINE HORSES ON PARADE
Crowd Equal to That of Openlup: Day
AUenUa New YorU'a 111k Society
llvcnt.
NEW Y'ORK, Nov. 21. Tho weather to
day was even less favorablo for a good
horse bhow attendance, but the crowds In
the garden wero almost as largo as on the
opening day. Tho early show attendance
was mado up mostly of women nnd children,
but by tho tlmo the afternoon was well
under way tho crowds wero made up, ns
usual, of women nnd men of fashionable
attire. In tho morning ponlea and hack
neys nnd a preliminary trial over tho
Jumps of n batch of fencers monopolized
tho program,' Tho afternoon was taken up
In tho Judging of horses and runabouts,
roadsters, ponies In harness, horses suitable
to become hunters, four-ln-hands, thor
oughbred qualified hunters, horses to la
dles' victorias and high school horsc3. Tho
first death among tho horses occurred dur
ing tho afternoon. Ho wa3 tho aged chest
nut hackney ptnlllon, Lord Roaebory, ex
hibited by tho Chestnut Hill stock farm
of Phl'adclphla. Pneumonia waa tho causo
of death. Ho wns to havo gouo before tho
Judges tomorrow morning.
For tonlght'o session society began ar
riving early and nearly every aren.x box
wns tilled when tho first class of tho even
ing, a bunch of ten little Shetland utal-
lions, was led boforo tho Judges. Dcfore
tho night was well on thero was tho largost
crowd of tho week in tho amphitheater.
Tho ring commlttco for this morning was
John G. Heckschor and Georgo P. Wotmoro,
for tho evening, Cornelius Followes and F.
K. StuiEiss.
OVERDUE LINERS REACH PORT
Oceanic, Ainaterdam and Other Get
to Spiv York After Stormy
1'aaaiiKe.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21. The steamer
Ocoanlc, which arrived this afternoon
from Liverpool and Queenstown, was some
what delayed by advorso wind nnd rough
seas. Nearly all tho passage northwest
gales, rough and squally weather, with very
high confused seas wero encountered. Noth
ing was toon of tho delayed steamer Kalsor
Wllhelm Grosse, nor of any of tho othor
liners which nre overdue This morning
about C o'clock an unknown eastbound
steamer passed uncomfortably closo to tho
Oceanic, barely avoiding a collision. Tho
steamer was supposed to bo a North Gcr
man Lloyd vessel, protably tho Travc, which
left here yesterday. The steamer Amster
dam, from Rotterdura and Boulogne which
was due to arrlvo In this port la3t Sunday,
was sighted off tho Sandy Hook lightship
at 6:50 o'clock this evening.
CAPTAIN MYERS IS HOME
Ollicer In ChnrKfi of Amrricau Lega
tion Guard DurliiK SI cite of
I'cUlu Heuchea I''rlacu,
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. Captain J
T. Myers, who was In chargo of tho Pckln
legation guard during tho siege, arrived to
day on tho steamer Doric, enrouto to Wash
ington.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Ncbrnska
Unsettled; Warmer; Varlnblo Winds.
Temperature at Omaha jealerduyi
Hour. Dcu, Hour. Den.
R n. in...... 1,'t 1 p. in,,,,,,
II n. in IU U p. in -l
7 a. m I'-' :t p. in 1!M
Ha. m M 4 p. in VS
t n. m Ill n p. in
10 a. in IS (I p. in -7
11 a. m 7 p. in -7
VI m Hi H p. in U.1
I) p. in XI
R0EDERS FINANCIAL WOES
Snyn He Waa Wealthy Once, lint that
the Sherman Act Itiilncd Ilia
lliialueaa.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Adolph L. Rocdor,
formerly well known ns n wealthy man,
Interested In mining ventures, was ex
amined In supplementary proceedings to
day by Julius Lchmnnn, nttorney for u
market company of Denver, Colo. Judg
ment against Rocdor for $300 for meats
delivered to htm while ho was living In
Denver hnd been obtained In tho city court
and tho order far examination was granted
by Judgo Fltzslmmons of tho city court.
Mr. Rocder Bald ho had no business now,
having lost nil his money. Ho had been
discharged In bankruptcy with liabilities
of HSO.O0O and no assets. He .had, ha said,
been connected with tho Etnplro Ventilator
company and many mining ventures. Bo
tween 18S9 nnd 1S9G ho wns In tho Bcts.
Robot Mining company and lost $10,000.
Ho was Interested In tho Rice-Aspen Min
ing company of Colorado, making from
S1C0.000 to $250,000. Ho lost all his money,
ho said, owing to tho paseagu of tho Sher
man act, which ruined his business.
"The largest amount I made In any year,"
said Roeder, "wob $250,000 In 1890. My
brother, A. B. Roeder, la mnrrled to a
daughter of John E, Scailes, of tho Ameri
can Sugar Reflning company."
Mr. Rocder will bo examined again.
DION GERALDINE A BANKRUPT
I'Mlea a Petition In the l'eileriil Court
at Chlcnuo ANkhiu Relief from
Ills llehta.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21. (Special Telegram.)
Dion Gcraldlne, a civil engineer who
gained prominence through his work dur
ing tho Chicago World's fair, nnd who was
subsequently connected with tho Omaha
exposition, has confessed Insolvency In tho
United States district court by filing a pe
tition In bankruptcy. His liabilities aro
placed ut $56,000 and ha has no assets.
During tho Chicago fair Mr. Gcraldlne
was general superintendent of engineers
for construction of tho grounds. In 1891
ho had n contract to dig a section of the
drainage canal.
Oeraldlno wns first brought to Omaha In
1S9C to superintend tho building of tho
Transmlsslsslppl nnd International exposi
tion, but was removed after charges of
Incompetency had been Investigated. He
was Interested In several concessions dur
ing tho summer of 1898.
DES MOINES CAPTURES BOTH
Grain Denlera Give lovrn'a Capital the
J'rey U.;iit'r Office and ext
Ycur'a Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21. Tho Grnln
Dcnlcrs' National association held Its sec
ond session today.
H. S. Grimes of Portsmouth, O., cpoke
on tho subject, "Rellablo Government Crop
RcportB." Ho said thnt tho present system
of government reports Is Inadcquato and
unsatisfactory and outlined a plan of
collecting statistics. The question of
government reports was referred to
tho commlttco on resolutions for ac
tion, which is to bo communicated
to tho bureau of statistics at Washing
ton. Ofllcors wero elected no follows: B.
A. Lockwood, l)es Moines, president; T. B.
Baxter, Taylorsvlllc, 111., vice president;
Charles S. Clark, Chicago, secretary and
treasurer. Directors wero nlso chosen.
Tho convention next year will bo held In
Des Moines.
NEW YORK'S STATE POLICE
Senntnr I'latt ThlnUa Xcw Syatem to
lie Innt Killed liy Itcptibllcnua
Will He Popular.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Senator Thomas
C. Piatt met his assistants on tho finance
commltteco of tho United States senate,
Senators Nelson W. Aldrlch and Orvlllo H
liatt, today and had a long conforenco with
thorn. Senator Piatt refused to say what
matters wero considered. On subjects of
state Interest tho senator talked freoly
When nsked about tho new pollco lcglsla
tlon, ho said:
"Tho hill will not bo known ns a stato
constabulary IjJll, but will creato a stato
pouco ucparuncm, leaving tno titles or
ofllccrs ne they aro now. Tho measure Is
being prepared by cx-Justlco Cohen. Tho
bill will differ from tho old stato con
stabulary measure In mnny particulars and
I nm qulto certain when tho peoplo know
Its provisions they will commend tho new
legislation."
CUT OFF BY COURT'S DECISION
Ohio .Indue llolda That .Soiih-Iii-I,iht
Vauderlillt nnd Gill Cannot In
herit I'm tlier-ln-l.aiv'a .Honey.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21. A decision was
rendered today by Judgo Jolko which dis
inherited Cornelius Vandorbllt and F. Fear
Ing Gill undor tho will of Abram Owynno,
tho father of Mrs. Vanderbllt and Mrs.
Gill. Tho will provided that tho property
left to his daughters should not bo given
to their husbands unless their mother gavp
her consent In writing. Mrs. Owynno died
without having given her consent In writ
ing and after a long litigation tho will was
today construed by tho court to cut off
both Gill and Vanderbllt from their wives
estate, dorlvod from their fathnr.
DUKE WANTS TO JOIN CLUB
Manchealer SpriK of Gentility
plrea to Aaaoelate with Cin
cinnati llualiiraa Men,
Aa
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21. Application for
membership In the Business Men's club or
this city has been made by the duke of Man
Chester through two members of tho club
Eugeno Zimmerman, his father-in-law, has
also applied for membership. It Is Bald the
duke will shortly bo here and his fathnr-ln
law promises to place him In buslnesi.
Wllaou I'leada Guilty.
NP2W Y'ORK. Nov, 21. Frank Wilson
who was arrested with a lawyer named
V.f. mcr nnd otnern, in connection w tit tho
"dlvorco mill" conspiracy, recently, pleaded
uulltv today beforo Recorder Goff to four
Indictments of perjury found against him In
connection with tnee cases.
Wilson admitted that hn had served four
terms of two years each In prison for
rounterreltlnir. Mr, Pentecost, who rei
resented Wilson, said that he would aid
the state In tho prosocutlon of tho other
cases.
Recorder Oofr remanded Wilson for a
week for scntenca.
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE
Ravages of Southern Storm Grow Greater as
tho Houn 'Go By.
KNOWN DEAD SO FAR NUMBER SIXTY-FOUR
Central and West Tennecsee in the Center of
Ojolone'a Deadliest Work.
AT COLUMBIA FORTY PERSONS ARE KILLED
fatalities of From Ono to Five Eeported
From at Least a Dorcn Towns,
LIST OF INJURED REACHES LARGE TOTAL
TeleRrnph nnd Telephone Wlrea Are
Uuwu and Only the Menptereat 11c
(alla Have llccn Received from
Many Stricken Towna.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21. Dispatcher
Up to 9 o'clock Indicate that lost night's
storm, which swept over northern Missis
sippi and central and western Tennessee,
was ono of great severity. Advices to tho
Associated l'rcss and from special corres
pondents Bhow tbut tha loss of Ufo In tho
territory visited by the tornado already
umountH to Blxty-four uud tho number In
jured to over fifty. Telegraphic communi
cation to tho regions visited by tho cycltmo
Is suspended mid It Is feared that when full
details aro known tho list of the dead will
bo lengthened. Tho following tablo chows
tho Ioes of life, together with Injured,
compiled from dispatches forced through by
courier and telephone from tho devastated
localities:
Killed. Injured.
Columbia. Tonn 40
l.a orange, xenn 3
1 .avers nu 2
Thompson 1
Nolansvllto 2
l.ovu Station 2
Tunica. .Miss n
Lulu, Miss 4
Heruundo, Miss 2
KatesvUle, -Miss o
ltoxley's Storo 3
ruuKiin, Tcnu u
Totals 61
Worat IJver Knoivn In Teuueaaee.
So far us Tennessee Is concerned It was
tha most destructive storm over known In
thu stnte. Nearly fitly persons wero killed
nil 100 moro Injured, whllo the damage to
houses, timber and other property will
reach large figures.
The storm entered tho stnte from north
ern Mississippi and swept across In u
northeasterly direction. Great damage is
ropcrted from tho counties bordering on
Mississippi and further ou Columbia, In
Mnury county, is tho heaviest sufferer.
LaVcrgne, NolatiBVlllo and Gallatin also
felt tho wind's fury, the storm finally los
ing Its forco against tho Cumberland moun
tains, Columbia's casualties number twenty-four
dead and somo fifty Injured, tho
list, so far as known, being na follows;
Tho doad;
MISSES FLORENCE
AND EVELYN
F. AYDELOTT.
FARRELL.
CAPTAIN AND MRS. i
GUY AYDELOTT.
PAUL AYDELOTT.
JAMES CHERRY.
MISS LIZZIE FORSYTHE.
MRS. TOM CARROLL.
MISS M. J. VILES. all white.
WINFIELD, WIFE AND CHILD.
TOM HACKNEY.
JOHN SCOTT.
OLASS BROWN AND WIFE.
PETER ADAMS.
FRIERSON, cook nt tho Carroll's.
FIVE UNKNOWN NEGROES IN TUB
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
Tho Injured:
Clayton Taylor, badly bruised and In a
dangerous condition.
Joslo Reed, fatally hurt.
Bello Cooper.
Mrs. Jones.
Magglo Reed.
Minnie Jones.
Lulu Ilostwlck.
Mrs. Sarah Ruasell.
Suslet Lovcll.
All aro white and aro bruised and have
scalp wounds.
Will Hickman, negro, broken thigh.
Bob Sowcll, negro, seriously hurt In back.
Jim Johnson, Dan Sowcll, Will Blown,
John Frier, Lucy Walk, Phllllpson, Hill
Hlckmnn, negroes, Injured badly, bruised
ami scalp wounds.
Leo Farrcll was blown out of tho window
and whllo badly hurt will not die.
Tho path of tho storm was nbout 3S0
yards wldo and wns through tho northwost-
ern suburbs of tho town. In Its pnth every
thing was completely wrecked. Not oven
tho iron nnd stone fence of tho nrsonal
grouuds uro standing. The houso of Cap
tain Aydolott, tho Farrell's and other largo ,
losldcnccH wero demolished.
With tho exception of theso four houses
tho storm's path was through a section of
tho town populated chiefly by negroes nnd
tho poorer classes and tho houses wero
mero novels, it is estimated that iro of
them worn totally destroyed and a larger
number damaged. Tho Buffering of thoso
pooplo, rendered homeless nnd bereft ot
all their goods, Is pitiable.
Situation nt Nolniiavllle.
Tho number of houses destroyed In tho
Nolansvlllo neighborhood Is sixteen. Thcrji
wero two fatalities, ns follows:
MISS NANNIE HAMPTON, aged 25.
MRS. NANCY BRAMLETT, aged 65.
Thodo Injured arc:
J. B. Hampton, ngcl 70.
Mlbs I.uil la Hampton, agod 23.
Mrs. Mallnda Jcnnctt, aged 70.
Aubrey Hampton, Internally hurt.
Thomas Hampton, badly cut and bruised.
Emma Hampton, arm broken.
Mrs. P. C. Vernon, collarbone nnd rib
broken
Ernest Stopbens, Internal Injuries.
Leslie Stephens, Blight bruises on head.
Allen Fly, Internal Injuries,
Mrs. J. W. Fly, internal Injuries.
Miss Fly, badly bruised.
AH ot tho sixteen houses were totally de
stroyed. Mr. Hampton had S400 In money and this
was blown away and only a part ot It has
been recovered.
The baby of Jim Chrlsman, negro, re
ported lost, was found 300 yards from tho
house nt 10 o'clock, lying near a branch,
uninjured. Ono of thu family dogs was
lying by Its sldo.
Two Killed at I.nVersrue,
At LaVcrgne, sixteen miles south of hero
on tho Nashvllllo, Chattanooga & St. Louts
railroad, tho velocity of tho wind was
mnrvolous and from best reports lasted
only nbout twenty Keconds, In this short
tlmo nbout thirty-five dwellings wero turned
Into kindling wood. Tho loss of Ufo Is
Bmall compared with tho miraculous es
capes mado. Tho wind made a swath about
200 yardB wldo through tho middle of tho
town. Tho LaVnrgne High school and tho
dopot, tho two largest buildings, were laid
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