The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 3D, 1871.
OMA1TA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1901 -TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
AFRIC'S SKY IS BLACK
British Authorities at Capetown Pri
for All Contingencies.
WAR PRISONERS REMOVED TO TRANSPORTS
E3iu Near Carnarvon Moving in Parallel
Columns with Flanking Horsemen.
EVERYTHING IN FOOD LINE GOBBLED UP
Iritzinger1! Commando Near Mlddleberg,
but Getting Few Recruits.
CAPETOWN CITIZENS ORGANIZE GUARD
Commercial Com pit n Irs Will Ask (inv
erninrnt to Supprr Dlnlnynl
.Ncwnpnprrn anil to Proclaim
Martini Law.
CAPETOWN, Jan. 3. Tho military nu
thorltics nro preparing for all contingencies.
It lias been decided to transfer the Doer
prisoners from camps to transports.
Farmers coming In from near Carvaron tie
crlbo tho Doers arc traveling In parallel
columns, with numerous Hanking columns
of horsemen, carrying off everything eat
able. It appears that they aro accompa
nied by strings of pack horses lightly
loaded.
Colesberg telegraphs that Krltzlngor's
commando Is crossing the Mlddleberg dls
trlct, but Is getting few, If any, recruits.
Hero In Capetown such business men as aro
unablo to leavo aro organizing a town guard
composed of leading citizens. Tho comrncr
clal companies havo asked tho mayor to
call a mass meeting to urgo tho govern
ment to suppress disloyal newspapers and
to nrocla'm martial law.
Sir Wilfrid Laurlcr. tho Canadian
premier, replying to Sir John (lordon
Bprlggs' thanks to tho Canadian contingent,
cableB tho Capo Colony premier as follows:
"Canada will bo repaid for tho llttlo sho
has dono if her example helps to bring
peace, harmony and confidence among all
her majesty's subjects In South Africa.
Tho llrltlsh battleship Monarch today
landed men nnd guns to rollevo tho troop.i
for sorvlco northward. It Is believed tho
guns will bo Bent up tho country.
Flvo hundred citizens were enrolled to
day. It Is believed tho first batch of
mounted men will leavo In threo days for
Worcester. They are to hold tho passes
of tho Hex river mountains and to protect
tho railway tunnel. Tho organization is
rough-and-ready nnd not troubled much
with drill or special uniform. Horses aro
scarce.
Six thousand flvo hundred South African
Irregulars havo been recruited during tho
last eight weeks.
Tho Doers In the Transvaal havo been
exceedingly octlvo In tho last week, dally
attacking trains, convoys nnd Isolated
nosts. In most, cases they have been re
pulsed and tho railways are now working
moro regularly.
A commando Is' supposed to bo In tho
mountains dividing Mlddleberg and Qraaf
Itetnot, but ratuiot bo exactly locatcdi Tho
Invaders In tho west, who aro expected at
Frnzcrburg today, havo altered their courso
and aro now moving In tho direction of
Wllllston to tho northwest. Tho Drltlsh
havo occupied Frazcrburg.
Tho Doers In Deehuanaland havo been
again Joined by tho Inhabitants, who once
brfoie rebelled.
Commandoes nro reported to be at Dill
fontoln. Doctsan and Daniels Klcul. Their
objeetlvo Is supposed to bo Grlquntown
ahlch Is occupied by tho Drltlsh.
LONDON, Jan. 3. There Is an uncon
Ilrmed report from Capetown current that
fighting bus occurred eighty miles,, north
of Matjcsfontcln.
KITCHENER RETURNS THANKS
Advise Cape- Colony to OrgnnUe
roe of .Mounted .Men to
Anoint lllni.
CAPETOWN, Jan. 3. General Kitchener
has sent a dispatch to General Forestlcr
Walker, In command of tho Drltlsh forces
at Capetown, saying:
t ;un irliul to bear of the ministers" nc
tlon. Give tliem nil tho assistance in your
power, fan trains to get these colonlsH
south of the enemy. Ask tho premier to
Inform mo ir I can noip in any way. in
form him that tho enemy uro few, but
vorv mobile. Well mounted men aro mos
required to surround them or drlvo them
north.
The action of tho ministers of Capo Colony
referred to by General Kitchener Is tho call
Ing on tho loyalists to assist tho military by
the formation of n paid defense force.
A station master of thu Frnzerburg road
has poized a number of cases marked "con
densed milk," addressed to Frazcrburg,
which contained 3,000 split bullets, COO
detonators and 150 pounds of dynamite.
BISHOP NINDE FOUND DEAD
l'rouilnpiit FlKiire In McthudUt
Church Dlt'N Dnrlutr MKht
of llrnrt Tronlilr,
DBTItOIT, Mich., Jan. 3. Bishop W. X
Nlnilo, aged 63 years, of tho Methodist
Kplscopal church, was found dead In his
bed at his home hero today, It Is thought
tho cause of death was heart trouble. II
attended a funeral yesterday and caught
cold. Tho deceased hud boon a blBhop o
tho Methodist Episcopal church since 1SS1
nnd wns known throughout tho Unit
States. Prior to his election as a bishop
ho was pastor of tho Central McthodU
Episcopal church here, and was at ono time
n missionary In India, He leaves a widow
tnrco sons ami ono uaugnier. una son
Edward, Is a Methcdist mlutstcr at Ann
Arbor. His daughter, Mary, waB formerly
n missionary worker In India. She Is no
In tho south with her brothor, Fred, who
111. Tho other sou, George, Is also 111 at
IiIb homo here. Yesterday tho presiding
ciders of Michigan held a conftrenco hero
and decided to sell the Episcopal residence
hore, now occupied by Dlshop Nlndo's fam
ily, because tho churches of Michigan out
Bldo of Dotrolt and other cities failed to
contribute sulllclcnt funds to maintain it.
AVENGES HIS SISTERS'S WRONG
Fnrmrr Harry, l.lvlnw Near .Milton,
North DnUiitii, Stuns III Hired
Man to Dentil,
MILTON, N. D., Jan. 3. William Barry,
ft mlddleaced nnd wealthy farmer living
near this place, came to town and sur
rendered himself to tbo authorities today
saying that ho had killed Andrew Mellon,
his hired man, fqr Intimacy between Mel
lon and his (Barry's) sister.
It ill c the DIhcouiiI llntc. '
LONDON, Jan. 3. The Bank of England's
rate of discount was raised from 4 to S
per cent today.
!fHbfctvrlcht.
REVITALIZES HUMAN body
Dr. Holiln Describe the Itcjuvennt
InK Influence of Hli
Discovery.
1001, by Press Piibllfchlng Co.)
an. 3. (Now York World Cn-
Telegram.) Dr. Albert
Hobln, "Hk? process (or revitaliz
ing ilcbllttalcuVHRRilty by a subcutaneous
injection of glycerophosphate of sodc,
such a3 rejuvenated Abram Hewitt, ex
plained to mo his discovery of tho nppllca-
lon and Its effects. Ho said: "In 1801
made exhaustive experiments with
rown-Sequard's longevity elixir, whoso
potency was Indisputable. I finally was
convinced that Its essential components
could bo prepared chemically, which led to
nMnnnv nt -i .,.,,,.,,,., f n,i. iinllko
Drown-Scquard, I discerned tho expediency
i,.i.. ..o..,n. in nvfniinnnl
cases by hypodermic Injections. A Jong
Bt.rWM nf rnrnf.il oipntino exnorlmonts
t,nu.,i .mirn. W....HB."
iini,i n'nf iim to hnv solved
tho secret of perpetual life, but simply says
ho has found n fortification for natural
forces. Many eminent patients of advanced
years havo responded rapidly under tho
,r.,,,im,.nt iirwitt whn ra lrcnted In
ikm. wna need 73. For twenty-five days
hn wna under Dobln's caro and was given
ono Injection dally In tho back and arms
and his runKfcd frame was unquestionably
benefited.
"Ho will llvo to bo 100." said Dr. Robin,
Ho has been made twenty-nvo years
younccr. When tno uencnis are cxnausieu
we need only to repeat tho treatment, wnn
almost caual advantage. Any druggist can
unnly tho requisites. Of nil races Amen-
cans mako tho best subjects for this treat-
mcnt."
SHE MAY HAVE HER HENRY BOY
Dntch Chnmhrr nt the lluKiir jv-
lirovi'M Huron Wllliclmlnu'n Pro
jected MarrtaKe.
THE HAGUE, Jon. 3. Tho second cham-
bcr today adopted without amendment
various articles approving tho queen's mat-
rlaco to Duko Henry of Mecklenburg
Schworln. by 79 to 10 votes. Tho socialists
objected to tho 16,000 grant to Duko
Henry. Others regretted that an annual
aliowanco was not made
LONDON. Jan. 3. A special dispatch
from Dorlln reports that Duko Henry of
Mccklcnburg-Schworln, whose marriage to
Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland has boen an
nounccd for February 7, has loft Tho
Hague. Indignant at tho tone of tho par
liamentary discussion on tho question of
his futuro position. Whether this Is truo
or not. thoro is no doubt that there has
been endless troublo connected with the
projected marriage. Qucon Wllhelmlna has
'.,t...i ,,n u m.mi, f tiRn nhnnt tho
stylo of precedence as that experienced In
England in 1810. when Queen victoria was
married to Prlnco Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
Queen Wllhelmlna wished Duko Henry to
bo created a prlnco consort and havo
precedence over her mother, but sho was
overruled on both points. On tho other
hand, her sollcltudo for her futuro hus
band's pecuniary comfort has by no means
boon .equal to her solicitudo for his dig
nity. Sbo-haa Rlvon up her original propo
sition to bcttlo a largo sum on him out
of her prlvato fortuno and now proposes
that Parliament sottlo 16,000 n year ou
him, payable If ho survives her.
wniio tno latter is alive-huko nenry win
get nothing according to this plan. Thero
Is a very strong feeling in Holland that
no advanco for tho duko should be asked
from tho country. Duko Henry's prlvato
fortuno Is Inadequate for his position ns
prlnco consort nnd ho will, practically, bo
dependent on his spouse.
LEHMAN IS THE NEW EDITOR
l-'fiiuoiiN Conch Will Try to Do n l-w
Swift StrokcN with 111"
l'en.
(Copyright, lftoi, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Jan. 3. (New York World Ca
blcgram Special Telegram.) Tho new cd'
Itor of tho Daily News Is Iludolph C.
Lehman, tho famous university rowing
coach, who went to America especially to
coach tho Harvard crew a few years ago.
Lehman, who married tho American daugh'
ter of tho lato Harrison Davis, is a strong
radical and clover writer. Ho has a largo
proprietary Interest In tho Dally News,
II. W. Masslnghnm, who resigned tho ed
itorship of tho Dally Chronicle rather than
sacrifice his anti-war convictions, will bo
tho chief political and parliamentary writer
under Lehman.
SALISBURY IS IN NO HURRY
Aniliiisanilnr t'hontc Itecelvca Ills In-
ntructloiiN on Mcnriimia
(lucntlnn.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Jan. 3. (Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Ambassador
Choato received his Instructions on tho
Nicaragua question by today's mall nud
will ask for u special Interview with Sails
bury to confer on tho subject In thu for
elgn office. Opinion Is expressed that
Salisbury will not bo in n hurry to como
to an issuo on tho matter unless tho Stato
department proves very urgent.
tQ TO TRANiMIt3nilRI RATFS
A3 IU IKANJmi35UUm ItAlta
Invent iKnllnn Mny 11c Mnilc n to
Whether There In li Conllnntlon
In lU-Ktriilut of Competition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Senator Harris
today Introduced a resolution In the senate
directing the Interstato Coinmerco com
mission to investigate whether there now
exists nny association or nssoclntlona of
railroads formed for' tho purpose of, re
straining competition In transportation
rates of traffic overvllnes from points bo-
tween tho Mississippi river nnd tho Itocky
mountains, which operate similarly to the
association known ns tho Transmlssouri
Hallway association, that was declared by
tho supremo court of tho United States to
ho an unlawful c mblnatlon and In violation
of tho untl-trust law. The commlttco Is
to report to tho senate.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Scuiitor IliiUNliroiiKli Would Creole
New Olllcc Whoc Until Should lie
II .Member of tho L'nhlnct.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3,-Senator Hans
brough today Introduced a bill creating a
department of education and giving tho
head of (ho department a placo in tho
president's cabinet, Speaking of the ob
ject of the hill Senator Hanubrough said
that tho educational interests of the coun
try aro constantly Increasing and that with
the addition of tho new territory com
prised In Hawaii, Porto Rico and tho Phil
ippines this Interest would grow rapidly
in scope and importance In the future. On
this account, ho said, ho thought tho head
of the prpposcd department should be a
member of tho president's ofilclul house-
hold. .
STRONG APPEAL FOR PEACE
Lord Kitchener Represents to tho Boen the
Folly of Further Fighting.
PROMISES KIND TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE
Coninuiniler of British Force in
South Africa Make I.ciiKthy State
ment Before Committee
of Unrulier.
LONDON', Jan. 4. Tho censorship has
Just permitted news of the following peace
About the middle of December a number
of prominent burghers who had submitted
and were Ivlng In tho Pretoria district
formal a peace committee, ir. n
burg, u former member of tho first Volks
raad of tno Transvaal, was eiectca prcsi-
dent of tho committee, which Included other
prominent former members of tho Volksraad.
Tho committee resolved to attempt nego-
tiatlon nnd In response to a suggestion
Lord Kitchener attended n meeting und ad-
dressed tue committee, no sum no was
glad to meet n commltleo uesirous of onng
Ing tho war to a speedy conclusion and ho
assured them that they could rely upon his
nssi&tanco in every way calculated to itir
thor that object. Ho proceeded to point out
tho folly of a continuance of guerrilla war
larc, sinco uio iirmsn government wouiu
never permit 1110 re-cHinuiiBiiiiiuni 01 mo
uoer government. air. unamucriain s sinic-
mcuta In Parliament, Lord Kitchener con
tended, clearly showed mat tnuro was no
wish to oppress tho burghers. On tho con
trary, tho Drltlsh proposals foreshadowed
nn enlightened government, in which tho
burghers would havo a prominent share,
insuring Iho rights of property and tho
ancient laws and customs of tho burghers,
t'sclrs to Continue War.
Lord Kitchener urged that It was useless
to continue tho present inhuman struggle.
pointing out that tho powers had refused
Mr. Kruger's pleadings for Intervention
Tho Boors, ho said, had fought n good fight,
but had been overpowered and there was no
dishonor In tho leaders recognizing that
fact. Ho reminded them that there woro
hosts of Boer prisoners waiting to bo re
stored to their families.
Deferring to his proclamation to the
country, Lord Kitchener said that unfor
tunatoly theso had not been allowed to
reach tha burghers and ho trusted thnt tho
committee would mako known tho facts to
tho Doers In the field as ho desired to glva
them every chanco to surrender and wished
to finish tho war by tho most humauo
means possible. He promised to give tho
commlttco notice if compelled to abandon
conciliatory for harsher measuics. Going
" to explain his recent proclamation con-
7". , , ,,k , i
broken oaths of neutrality would bo treated
In tho samo way as others, he told tho
committee that all would bo accommodated
with their families In protected laagers
along the lino of railways. Ho said It was
imperative to clear tho country of Inhabi
tants nnd of food, because as long as food
remained tho commandoes would bo nblo to
remain In tha field. Ho could not ho ro
sponslblii. for stock unless It wns brought
In, adding thnt nt the end of the war ho
hoped to divide tho remainder" with tho suf
ferers.
All AVouliI Iti-crlvc CunNltlcriitloii.
Ho hoped all who had fought fairly, in
cluding the leaders, would receive tho con
sideration duo their rank. Ho advised the
formation of local subcommittees tn send
out agents to tho Doer commandoes ex
plaining that they could communlcnto
through tho central committee nnd tho mil
itary governor, nnd could also como to see
him personally If necessary. Lord Kit
chener bado them toll their friends what
they had beard him say, and assured them
they could place absoluto reliance on him.
Tho commlttco, which included General
Cronjo'n brother, thanked Lord Kitchener
and promised to clrculnto tho speech in
Dutch everywhere.
Orders havo been Issued against burning
farmhouses unless It was proved that tho
actual Inhabitants had committed mis
deeds. Tho first districts cleared under
Lord Kitchener's plan were Jagcrsfontcin
and Fauresralth, whoso Inhabitants were
laagered at Faucrsmtth.
MRS. RICHARDSON'S EVIDENCE
Doc Not Know Who Killed Her llu-
liiiml, hut llecrlhe the Clr
cnniHtnnccH. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 3. Mrs. Frank P.
niehardson's statement of tho murder of
her husband at Savannah tho night beforo
Christmas has been made for publication
and sho says sho will toll tho samo story
on tho witness stand.
"I do not know who killed my husband,"
sho said. "I did not seo tho murderer, but
I heard footsteps In tho back part of the
house. I thought at tho time that tho foot
stops wore those of Desslo Phtllls, tho serv
ant girl, nnd called to her, but thoro was
no answer.
"When my husband was shot I was within
a few feet of him. I was sitting on tho
enil of tho lounge, Just Inside tho door, nnd
ho stood on tho threshold. Ho had Just
spoken tho words: 'Has It como to this?'
ila(j started to ask him what ho meant
when thoro wns a loud report and ho fell.
My first thought was that ho had Just pre
tended to commit suicide. I ran to him. He
lay very still and tho next thing I did was
to relight tho lamp on tho dresser. After
that had been dono I could not seo his face,
which was still in the hallway. I took
hold of his knees and dragged him partly
Into tho room. In trying to lift him up I
put my hands back of his head, and that
wns tho first I knew of tho presence of the
wound. I tried to bcq It, but could not.
"All this time I was In a frenzy of ex
citement. When I tried to relight tho lamp
on my dresser my hands wero shaking nnd
It was with dlllleulty that I touched tho
match to tho wick. As soon as I saw that
ho was really hurt I became more excited
and ran across tho street to Dr. Kerr s.
"After tho shot was fired I heard somo
ono walking In tho back part of tho house.
I thought It was Besslo Phlllls, and called
to her, but thoro was no answer. Tho per
son that killed Mr. Richardson went out of
tho houoo that way.
'There was no revolver in our houso and
wo havo not had ono slnco wo left tho ranch
In Texas. Mr. Richardson wantod to get
one a short (Imo ngo, but I objected. Ho
said his llfo had been threatened and re
marked at tho tlmo: 'That Whitehead girl
mlsht kill mo eomo of thesa times.'
"He did not buy the revolver, however,
and wo havo had none about tho house. Tha
doors wero not locked."
The prosecution In tho Richardson murder
myitory Just ns It considered convicting
evidence was centering around a prominent
business man of Savannah Is greatly dls
concerted tonight by tho turn of events. Tho
revolver which was supposod to havo been
used In tho crime was claimed by the owner,
I Ho is John Lemon, a young man
FAILURES AND LIABILITES
llrmlMrrct'N (liven Stntlstlcnl Sum-
iiinry of the Ycnr'it Il'cvcmnln mill
the Amount InvoUcil.
NEW YOItK, Jan. 3 Failures in 1000
wero slightly more numeroutt than In tlw
preceding year nnd tho liabilities also
allowed a slight Increase. This, however,
Bays, Dradstrect's, will hardily bo cited ns
an unfavorable Bymptom if It Is remembered
that tho expanding trade of that year nnd
of tho year beforo was Instrumental in In
ducing n largo number of now ventures In
business, and thcreforo to this extent ren
dering greater tho ever-present liability to
business embarrassment. The last year of
tho century, however, was notable for
showing tho smallest per cent of onsets to
liabilities In other words, salvage that
thoro Is a record of for fifteen years, but
on tho other hand It Is to bo noted that tho
percentage of those In business falling
owing the general business community wns
no larger than In 1899, and thoroforo was
equal to tho lowest percentage shown for
eighteen years past.
Thero woro P.U13 failures, with liabilities
of $127,871,703, and assets of $60,119,893, re
ported tn Dradstrect's In 1900, a gain of
2.0S per cent In point of number over 1S9D
und an Incrcaso of about 6 per cent, or
about twlco tho former perccntugo lr lln
bllltlcD, but tho assets only equalled those
of tho proceeding years. With tho excep
tion of 1899 tho failures wbro tho smallest
In number since 1887, being nearly 15 per
cent fewer than in 1S93, 24 per cent smalled
than In 1897, 31 per cent smaller than in
1896 nnd 36 per cent smaller than In tho
panic year, 1893,
This occurred, too, dcapllo tho fact that
thero was more business In 1900 than in
any preceding year, being in excess of the
gain in failures. As regards liabilities, It
will bo nctcd that whtlo slightly larger
than In 1899, they wero 9.9 por cent Binallor
than In 1S98, 18.6 per cent smaller than In
1897, II per cent smaller than In 1896 nnd
20 por cent smaller than In 1895. They
were, Iti fact, the smallest liabilities, with
ono exception, since 1892.
An Increased number of failures Is to be
noted In tho middle, western, northwestern
and southern states, while decrease in num
her from 1899 aro noted In tho Now Eng
land and in the Pacific states and terri
tories. Tho heaviest Incrcaso Is that noted
In tho middle states group, It per cent
And It might, bo observed that tho gain of
58 per cent in number and of 37 per cent
In liabilities shown in -Manhattan borough
of New York City fully accounts for tho ex
cess shewn In both failures and liabilities
over 1899. Another gnln In failures is that
noted In thh northwest, 13.5 per cent, while
tho gain in number nt tho south Is 8 per
cent and In the south is 3 per cent. Tho
decreases shown In Now England and
the Pacific states were In tho neighborhood
of 5 per cent, but tho falling off In tho
territories of 43 per cent Is a remarkable
one.
CALLS INDIAN BILL UP EARLY
John MiiNtmnn. South DhU'oIh Sioux,
Stlrn the llnncor nf Senator
I'ettlKrcw.
WASHINGTON, Jan
gram.) John Eastman
3. (Special Tele
full-blooded Sioux
Indian of South Dakota, 'lJn 'DMhvnion
fnr'the purposo'of securlnrf-lno piwwago of a
bill giving to tho Slseoton and Wahpcton In
dlnns of South Dakota and the Santeo Sioux
of Nebraska In tbo neighborhood of $2,000,-
000 as indemnity for louses theso tribes bus
tained during tho civil war.
This bill has been Introduced regularly
for the last ten years lit every new session
of congress, but goncmly lt was found on
tho calendar too far down to bo reached
heforo congress died. Eastman is deter
mined to get action at 'Ihls session, and ac
cording to Senator Pettlgrew he has a card
up his slccvo that may bo of considerable
ndvantngo to him.
Pcttlgrow, who has never got over tho
drubbing ho got at tho Inst election, Is es
peclally bitter against Senator Hanna,
whom ho holds responsible for his defeat,
and In nn Interview In a democratic paper
this morning Pettlgrew Kays his defeat was
brought about by Senator Hanna pledging
tho Sioux Indians that If they would vote
tho republican ticket ho would seo that tho
Slsscton and Wahpoton bill would pass
congress.
Pettlgrew nlho says that John Eastman
was tho man who engineered tho deal, and
that ho is in Washington to obtain the goods
from Senator Hanna as was promised when
tho Ohio statesman was In South Dakota.
No attention whatever Is given tho story,
although It Is sufficiently sensational to call
forth clarion blasts from democratic or
gans. Senator Hanna said bo know abso
lutely nothing about the matter when asked,
and so far as tho Indians voting tho repub
lican ticket was concerned thoy had shown
wisdom of n most uncommon order. An
effort was mado to get tho bill out of tho
Indian committee, but there is n mighty
slim chanco of ItB getting through.
Senator Wniron of Wyoming Introduced
nn amendment to the sundry civil hill to
day, appropriating $70,000 for Improvements
nt Fort D. A. RubscII, in his state, which
nro greatly needed. Ho also asked for nn
appropriation of $815 for Frank E. Coo of
Nebraska for wages, board nnd provisions
of employes engaged In subsiding forest
fires In tho eastern part of Wyoming, on
lands that aro still a part of tho public do
main, tho fire taking placo on August 30
of laBt year.
Congressman Mercer Is expected to re
turn to Washington next Monday from Ne
braska, htB presonco bolng needed on Dis
trict of Columbia and other bills. Mercer,
It is understood hero, Is disgusted with
affairs at Lincoln and wants to get out
from under.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina, who
will bo ono of the principal speakers at tho
banquet to bo given by tho Jacksonlan club
of Omaha in honor of its patron saint next
week, will leavo for Nebraska on Friday.
His speech, lt Is thought, will voice tho
sentiments of southern democrats regard
Ing tho futuro of tho party and tho policy
to be pursued to win In 1901
A postolllco has been established nt
Wyatt, Aurora county, S. D., with Lyman
E. Darkness ns postmaster,
Edward O. Vurnon has been appointed
rural freo delivery carrier nt Wyrooro and
August Shadier at Aurora, Neb,
John Molbet wob today appointed post
master at Luray, Marshall county, la.
BOILER THROWN MANY FEET
Unexpliilnrd Ktplonlon In Food Mill
nt WntHckii Iteaultn In Two
Dentil.
WATSEKA. Ill,, Jan. 3. Dlshop's mill,
controlled by the l'uro Food Milling com
pany, was wrecked by a boiler explosion
today, John Spohrlo, a member of tho
firm, and Lute Mallott, tho engineer, wero
Instantly killed, and Era Jones, miller,
slightly Injured. Tho holler was thrown 200
feet, domollshlng Card's hardware store
The cause of the explosion is not known.
Nn I ii nil (in Wreck Knnxn Home.
COFFE v VILLE. Kim.. Jar 3.-An rx
nloslnn of natural kih today thnt demnl
Ished the home of A. M. George, seriously
Injured Georgo nnd his wife uud fatally
nun uiiuni v,uuib, uii ciucriy mini.
CHINA MUST FIRST SIGN NOTE
Foreign Edtoji Name Preliminary Condition
to Meeting with Oommiuionars.
LI HUNG CHANG ANXIOUS TO MAKE PEACE
I'll to re nefonne of the I.PKntlnnn
nt
Cnpltnl In Arriuiucd for liy n
llonrtl of HiiKlnccr Itcprc-
entlnir 'the Allien.
PEKIN, Jan. 2. The foreign envoys, with
tho exception of tho Drltlsh minister, Sir
Ernest Sntow, mot today to consider tho
tlmo nnd placo for tho acceptance nnd sign
ing of tho collective note. It seems to be
tho opinion of somo envoys thnt the accept
ance of the terms of the noto by tho Chlneso
is not explicit enough. Tho Chlueo dcslro
for consultation regarding tho razing of
forts and tho legation guards Is open to mis
interpretation nnd liable to lead to long
nrguments, which might, in tho opinion of
somo mlnlstors, mean only tha spnrrlng for
time on tho part of tho Chinese.
Conasquently the Chlneto plenipotentiaries
will bo notified that they must sign tho
noto beforo tho meeting between them and
tho foreign envoys enn bo held.
Sir Ernest Satow, who has been suffering
from chills nnd fever, Is better.
Tho military engineers of tho allies havo
agreed upon a plan for tho futuro defenses
of tho legations.
It was nnnounced that Lt Hung Chang
and Prlnco Chlng wero prcpured to sign
an agreement as soon as it Is ready for
signature. LI Hung Chang desires to con
duct tho peaco negotiations to a conclusion
nnd tho physicians attending him think ho
might bo taken to tho Spanish legation,
whero tho conferences havo been held, if thoj
wentuer Is favorable.
Tho Germans aro reported to ho returning
to San Ho with n. number of prisoners.
AMERICANS ARE NOT LOOTERS
t.'enernl Chnffcc Kiplnln Olijrct of
Itccpiit Kxiipilltlnu Sent (lilt Un
der Colonel Wliit.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 3. General Chaffco
hns cleared himself of any suspicion of
participating in nny of tho looting expedi
tions which are said In somo quarters to'
bo going on In China under tho guise of
punltlvo expeditions. His report of tho con
ditions under which ho took tho laBt ex
cursion from Pokln has been received at
tho War department. Tho department offi
cials wero surprised when they saw from
tho dispatches from Pekln that tho soldiers
designated as legation guards, and as such
woro to havo no part In ordinary military
operations, had gone into tho country to
eo-oporato with a German expeditionary
force, From the nature of General Chaffee's
cablegram lt would appear that the officials
had communication with him on this sub
ject, nnd invited tho explanation afforded
In tho following cablegram:
PEKIN, Jan. 2. Adjutmit General, Wash
ington: Colonel Theodore J. Wlnt returned.
Movement simply to verify report Chris
tians hud been murdered anil secure arrest
of guilty parties" If ullegatlotr-foiiml true.
(J. rmin'.N fri.ni Tien Tsln had been
In country. Take no part In offensive opera
tions. Patrol country between Pekln,
HoHhl Wu and Chang Klnwmi occasionally
for the purpose of order. CHAFFEE.
LOOT IS THE SOLE OBJECT
Amerlcnn Cnmmniutrr llefunen to Co
Opcrntc with the
(crmniiN.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. A dispatch to tho
Herald from Pekln says: Tho punitive ex
peditions of tho powers provo to havo been
simply looting parties. Lieutenant Colonel
Wlnt of tho Sixth cavalry met tho Ger
mans nt Tang Him, whero tho latter had
taxed tho villagers 4,000 taels ($2,700), and
100 pony loads of furs as punishment for
tho alleged murder of Imaginary Christians.
Ho had express orders from Oenoral Chaf-
feo to co-operato with tho Germans, but
withdrew Tho ulterior motivo nnd object
of tho Germans In reducing tho province to
a desert and In destroying tho last vestiges
of Chlneso authority Is apparent, but why
the American forces should bo ordered to
assist In tho work Is not clear.
LOOT INSTEAD OF RELIGION
Kuroprnn nnd American Mlliiiinrlr
In (.'III n ii Cliurucil with Mnklim
Merceunry Appenln to Military.
LONDON, Jan. 1. Tho Dally Mall pub
llshes a sovero nrrlgnmcnt from Mr. WU
lard, a correspondent In Pekln, of tho Euro
pean nnd American missionaries In China.
Mr. Wlllard nccuses them of urging tho
military to send expeditions to different
portions of tho country ostensibly to pro
tect native converts, but really to give nn
onnortunlty for wholesale lootlnir. Ha du
clarcs that tho missionaries havo had their
sharo In loot and gives the testimony of nn
American officer, whoso namo ho with
holds, In support of his contention, tho
wholo showing that In many cases tho
Americans declined to sanction tho urglngs
of the missionaries.
VON WALDERSEE MAY BE DEAD
l'nrln l'niicr linn Report That Com
mniidcr of Allied Armlen In
China Wan Murdered.
PARIS, Jan. 4. La Journal reports tho
death of Count von Waldersco, the report
being that ho wns killed by an oiricor of
tho allied troops, tho circumstances not
being related.
It Is said tho rumor Is current In Berlin,
whero lt Is not confirmed.
OPERATORS HAVE NEW FIGHT
I-'ncllon or Hallway Tclrnrnplicr
Trylnir to Ount President Dolphin
for So li I li I'c I-'Iiinco.
CHICAGO, Jnn. 3. Tho Record tomorrow
will say: Troubles that threaten tho dls
solution of the Order of Hallway Tele
graphers havo arisen as nn aftermath to
the recent strlko on tho Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fo system.
Tho telegraph operators who nro still
"out" as a result of their obeying tho man
date Issued by M, M, Dolphin, president
of tho order, uro seeking olllclal scalps and
President Dolphin and the directors purpoHo
to punish those operators who refused t
leavo their keys by expulsion from tho
organization,
Olllcluls of tho Santa Fo system hav
omplmtlrnlly announced that they will not
trout with tho Order of Hallway Tele
graphers under tho iircsont admlnlstra
tlon. Tho operators aro on tho trull of
President Dolphin, nnd tho olllcers point
out this fact as a point in tneir favor,
President Dolphin, It lu usscrted, will uso
tho argument that If his mandate had boen
obeyed by all thu operators on tho system
tho railway would not havo been vlctorl
mm. H Is said that fully GOO operators on
tho Santa Fe refused to walkout.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair, Colder in
Northern mid Western Sections, with Cold
Wiivo In North Central Portion on Friday:
Winds Generally Northerly; Saturday Fair.
Tcmiieriiturc ut Umitlin Yrntcrdnyt
Hour. IIck. Hour. I)c.
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7 it. in Ill II i. in :
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MADE SUICIDE ALL TOO EASY
Ornnd Jury Indict Prominent ('II
Iceu for Aliened Attempt to De
fraud Inniirniicc ('ompntilrn.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. 3. Tho mund
Jury today returned n true bill against W.
W. Pnrrlsh, John II, DoWItt, W. D. Cox and
Sylvester Drcodon, charging them with con
spiring to defraud Insurance companies.
Tho ludictmont contains two sets ut
charges, lit ono tho four persons named
aro accused of conspiring to obtain Insur
ance for Brcedon by representing falsely
that Brc?don was in sound health.
In tho other lt Is alleged that after oh-'
tabling tho Insurance Cox, DoWItt nnd
Pnrrlsh conspired to causo tho death of
Brcedon and thus defraud tho Insurance
companies,
The latter section of tbo indictment says
In part:
And W. AV. Parish, John H. DeWllt nnd
W. 11. Cox fraudulently designing to de
fraud tho corporations aforesaid nnd to
procure for themselves tho salil sums of In
surance upon tho llfo of Urecdnti, did con
splro to bring about the death of Brcedon,
mid did In pursuance of said conspiracy
glvo nnd administer to the said Hrecdon
lnrge mid dangerous quantities of whisky,
alcoholic liquor and other harmful com
pounds nhit substances, with tho Intent to
break down his health and causo his death;
and did tempt mid seek to causo and pro
cure the said Dreedon to commit suicide by
causing him to bu mid remain In u drunken
condition nnd by placing before, near and
about him, while In such condition, plstob
nnd other weapons, with tho Intent to bring
about tho death of Brcedon und to procuic
the Hums aforenamed.
Tho companies Involved nro tho Union
Central Life lnsuranco company. Woodmen
f tho World and tho Equitable Llfo Assur-
anco society.
Dreedon was Insured for $5,000 In tho first
company, $3,000 In tho second nnd $5,000 In
tho third. Tho policy In tho Union Central
was Issued payablo to Brccdon's wife, Ma
tilda. This was later transferred to Par
rlsh. Tho policy In tho Woodmen of tho
World was nlso mado payablo to Parrlsh.
Tho third policy was nsslgned to John H.
DoWItt by Dreedon. W. W. Parrlsh Is pro
prlotor of tho Phoenix hotel. John 11. Do
Witt Is a weli known saloonkeeper. Cox Is
a bartender. Brcedon hnd no employment.
CHEYENNE SHORT OF COAL
31 1 nc Work I nn nt Kull Capacity, hut
Arc Uiiulilc to Supply the
Dcmniiit.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 3. If the present
cold weather continues for another week
Choycnno will hnvo to submit to tho in
conveniences nnd hardships of a coal
famine. Tho lack of coal Is duo to tho
Inability .ot the operators to fill orders.
notwithstanding the fact that they have
ncrcascd their forces, installed now ma
chinery, opened now mines, etc. Tho order
of tho government for over 100,000 carloads
of coal to bo delivered on tho Pacific coast,
which was placed with tho Rock Springs
mines last June, is now taxing tho facilities
of at least two mines at Rock Springs.
Increased orders from Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, Idaho and Utah and tho
local demand, which Is the heaviest ever
known, add to the difficulties encountered
by the coal companies. Experienced coal
miners uro also scarco and thero Is hardly
a mine In the stato that is working full
time. Tho highest wages over paid coal
miners In tho (vest nro offered.
THREATENS TO IMPORT MEN
Prcnlilcnt of Con I Company Itcfunen
ConccNNlonn to the Strlk
InK Miner.
DENVER. Jan. 3. Non-union men may
bo Imported to work In tho mines ot tho
Northern Corl company If tho strlko In
augurated by tho men Is not ended within
a few days. President .lames Cannon, Jr..
of tho company gavo an Intimation that
this step will bo token on his return to
Denver today from Lafayette, whero ho has
been In conference with tho strikers, but
had not succeeded In reaching nny ngreo
mcnt with them.
Mr. Cannon says a coal famlno In Denver
Is Imminent unless tho trouble Is speedily
adjusted, as tho company has absolutely
no coal reserve, and thero Is a consumption
In tho city of Denver alono during tho
presont month ot 3,000 to 3,000 tons per
day.
GOOD NEW YEAR FOR COLLEGES
Plilliiiitliroiil ManlfcMt n Dcnlrc
Aid Two Well Known Mln
Miiurl Institution.
LIBERTY, Mo., Jan. 3. A. D. Brown of
St. Louis has offered to glvo William
Jewell college, Baptist, $25,000 on condition
thnt $50,000 more bo raised by tho collego
during tho year, according to an announco
ment made today by Dr. J. P. Oreono, pres
Idcnt. A movement has been started to
Inerenso tho college's present endowment
of $220,000 to-$300,000,
SPRINGFIELD, Mo Jan, 3. It was an
nounced today by President Fuller of the
Drury college (Congregational) that thu
Institution hnd raised $2n,000 to meet tho
conditional gift $25,000 offered by Dr.
Pearson of Chicago.
IOWA DUCK REALLY GOLDEN
lllrd DUuovcred to Hnvo Whole
Crop Fnll of the Precious
Metal,
CHICAGO, Jan. 3. Shot gold amounting
In value to nearly $25 has bcon found In
tho crop of a tame duck which was offered
for solo on South Water street. Hurried
efforts to discover tho point from which
tho gold-bearing fowl was shipped to Chi
cago havo narrowed It down to either
Montlcello, la., or Lake Zurich, III,, and
farmers In tho vicinity of thoso places havo
been notified to examine the feeding grounds
of their fowls, Tho gold is of flno quality
and it Is bolleved that good placer de
posits will be found when tho duck has
beou traced to Its shipper.
CASHIER REMME ARRESTED
ChnrKi'd with Aldluir ICiulit-rzlcr
Ilrown lu Great Steal from
Newport Hank.
NEWPORT, Ky., Jan. 3. E. C. Rcmme,
lato cashier of tho German National bask,
was today arrested on an affidavit of Bank
Examiner Tucker, charging him with aid
ing Assistant Cashier Brown in the em
1, zz'ement of tho bank's funds. He was held
In $20,000 bond.
DIETRICH SWORN IN
Nebraska Again Oomes Under Control of
Republican Administration,
SIMPLE CEREMONY MARKS OCCASION
Intense Interest Shown by Fublio in tha
Exercises at Oapitol,
MESSAGES ARE LISTENED TO CLOSELY
Outgoing and Incoming GoTornora Address
tho Qaneral Assembly.
RANSOM TACTICS FOR CONTEST DELAY
Drnprriite I-'iikIoiiInIh Seek to Put OR
the Ilrnrlim of the South Oninlin
Story to the l.nnt Pos
sible Moment.
LINCOLN, Jan. 3. (Special.) Amid Im
posing ceremonies tho exercises woro per
formed today In Joint session ot tho lcgln
laturo by which tho reins of state govern
ment, for four years In tho hands of rep
resentatives ot tho fusion parties, wero
turned back to tho republicans through tho
governor nnd other officers chosen by tho
people nt the late election. Tho occasion
was from theso clrcumstnnces of moro than
usual significance. It marked tho return
In Nebraska to power and responsibility
ot the party that had carried It safely
from territorial Infancy to mature state
hood and had guided Its development
through the most critical periods ot Hit
history. It was tho culminating turning
point In tho long struggle to restore repub
lican supremacy, bringing Nebraska again
Into harmony with tho national administra
tion under President McKlnlcy. In a word,
the exit of tho fusion stato olllcers and tho
cntrnnco ot their republican successors wns
tho final signal that Nebraska has been
completely redeemed,
Pcrhapn tho participants in tho formal
exercises, ns well as tho general public
In nttendnnco ns spectators, but faintly re
alized tho full meaning of the uccno. Tho
most polite civility marked every movo
and tho prearranged program was carried
out with no moro than tho usual delays
attending extraordinary performances, for
which tho equipment of tho cnpltol is en
tirely Inadequate. Governor Poyntcr re
ceived n short but vigorous round of ap
plause 08 ho roso to deliver his message.
Ha stood at tho reading clcrk'B desk nnd
read In clear voice, with periodic emphasis
on points ho deemed particularly Impor
tant. Nearly an hour was consumed by
Governor Poyntcr nnd ho was generously
applauded on his close. When tho oath
was administered to tho now Btato officers
four governors of Nebraska wero In th
chamber, who had occupied tho oxocutlvo
offico In successive rotation Lorenzo
Crounse, now n member of tho senate:
Silas A. Ilolcomb, now associate Justice of
the Kuoromo nourt: William A. Poyutor.
rotlrlng, and Charles H. Dietrich, newly
Installed. Tho applause with which Governor Diet
rich was welcomed on his introduction wns
decidedly moro vigorous than that nc
corded his predecessor. His delivery of
his mcssago reflected tho forcible char
acter of tho man, tho sentences coming In
short, pointed shafts that hit squaro upon
tho mark. Tho suggestion of a stato mon
ument to its fallen soldiers elicited spe
cial approval.
llniiMouiltcn Arc DcMpcrntc. .
Senatorial politics wero argcly eclipsed
today by tho Inaugural coremonlos. Tho
chief diversion was found in tho despcrnto
efforts by Ransom and his crowd to savo
themselves In their scat contests by Inject
ing sldn issues Into their cases. Tho de
mand ot tho Omaha fusion organ for tho
retirement of Senator Olcson from tho sen
ate commlttco on elections was followed up
by a caucus of republican senators, called
ut tho Instance of Senator Qrounse, who Is
ono of tho proprietors of tho Bryanlto pn
per, at which, after considerable discussion.
It was voted tho sense of tho body that tho
cloud upon Olcson's title, nrlntng from the
protest against his eligibility, disqualified
him to servo on tho committee. Senator
Olcson nctcd on tho suggestion by tendering
his resignation in tho open session, tho
placo bolng Hied by Senator Martin, anil
making tho committee ns It now stands
consist of Senator Young, chulrman, and
Senators Harlan, Martin, Campbell nnd
Woostcnholm. It Is to bo noted that four
years ago, when the fustontsts had tho leg
islature in which Ransom earned his tltlo
of "Senator from Union Stock Yards" and
unseated Senator Evnns in tho face of a
unanimous committee roport declaring him
legally elected, tho fuslonlsts gavo tho re
publicans only ono place on tho elections
committee, whereas tho fusion minority has,
this tlmo been given two. out of tho flvd
members'. Tho obvlouB purpose of Hanson'
la to hold onto his scat as long as ponnl
bio by staving oft final notion In tho contest
cases, relying on tho ambitions of soveral
republican members of tho stato senate to
help him accomplish his purpose. Tho ar
rest, on trumped up charges, of Edward
Rosewater at Omaha by Ransom's South
Omaha associates Is takou as part and
parcel of his play. Tho news of the outrago
called forth decided expressions ot dis
gust mid contempt for such desptcablo
methods of political warfare
Governor Dietrich to6k possession ot tho
executive mansion today. Among tho
guests of tho governor and his daughtor
aro Dr. Hanchett nnd Mies Hanchctt of
Omaha.
STATE RECEPTION AND BALL
Governor' Inaiimiratloii In Followed
by a Double Social Uvcnt of
SurpunnliiK Brilliancy.
LINCOLN, Jan. 3. (Spoclal Telegram.)
The governor's recoptlon at tho stato
houso tonight and tho ball Immediately
following In tho Auditorium were the final
ovents of tho Inauguration of tho new ad
ministration. Both woro of surpassing
brlllluncy. The roceptlon continued from
9 to 10:30 o'clock, when tho governor's
party was, taken to tho Auditorium for tho
Inaugural ball, which was tendered by tho
Commercial club. Tho outgoing state olll
clals aided lu making tho events nonparti
san. Prior to tho roceptlon Governor Dietrich
nnd his party assembled In tho executive
department and formed In lino for the pro
cession to tho senate chambor. First In
order wr.ro Adjutant Gonornl Barry and
Governor Dietrich's military stnff, consist
ing of Inspector General G. J. Bills, Quir
termoster General Georgo E. Jenkins, Colo
nel J, Cumoron Andorson, Alde-do-Camp
Frank E. Moorcs nnd Colonels Miles,
Keofor, Custer and Huso, nil In full military
dress. Immediately following tho staff waa
a corps of olllcers from the volunteer regi
ments and tho National guard. After this
Imposing escort came Qovcrnor Dlctrlcn
