The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JL'NE 10, 1871
OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXG, JANUARY 25, lOOlTEX PAGES.
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HERALDED AS KING
Pnblio Proclamation of Edward's Aiceneion
Made with Stately Bhow In London
CEREMONIES RECALL MEDIEVAL TIMES
Thousands of Eolditrt, Life Guards and
Hone Gnardi Add to Spectacle.
MOURNING TOKENS GIVEN SOMBER TONE
Hew Monarch AbienU Himielf from tht
Pageantry Cone in Hit Honor.
PEOPLE RAISE GREAT SHOUT OF LOYALTY
Brllllnnt Assemblage In the Court
mill nn tlm llnlcnn leu (if Mnrl
tinrniiKli House DnrlnK
llir Performance.
LONDON, Jan. 21. London today was
liven a glimpse of mediaeval times. The
quaint ceremonies with which King Edward
VII was proclaimed at various points of tho
metropolis exactly followed nnclcnt prece
dents.' Tho officials purposely arranged the
function an hour ahead of the published
announcement, nnd the Inhabitants, when
they awoke, wcro surprised to llnd tho en
tlro way between St. James palace and tbo
tlty lined with troops. About 10,000 sol
diers, Life guards, Ilorso guards, Foot
guards and cavalry nnd Infantry regiments,
had been brought from Aldershot and Lon
don barracks nfter midnight. All the Min
cers had crepe on their nrms nnd tho drums
snd brnjs Instruments were shrouded with
crepe. The troops themselves mado an Im
posing spectacle, but they wcro entirely
eclipsed by tho strango spectnele presented
by the officials of tbo College of Arms.
T.t of Proclamation.
The ceremony began at St. James palace,
phere. at 9 o'clock, Kdward VII wbb pro
Zlalmod kins of tho United Kingdom of
Croat Rrltaln and Ireland nnd emperor of
Indln, Tho proclmuntlon, which whs read
by William Henry Wrldon, klng-at-arms
since H94. and formerly Windsor herald,
was as follows:
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God
to rail to his mercy our luto sovereign,
Queen Victoria, of blessed nml glorluuit
memory, by wIiofo decenso tho Imperial
crown of tho I'nlted Kingdom of Orent
llrltnln nnd Irelimd Is solely nnd rightfully
iiim.i to tho high nnd mighty l'rlnco Albert
l.dwnril, we. therefore, tho lords, spiritual
nnd temporal, of this rciilin, bdiig hero us
idsted with those of lior Into majesty's
privy council, with numbers of other prin
cipal gentlemen of quality, thu lord mayor,
ntdermrn nnd citizens of London, do now
hereby, with ino voire, consent of tongue
nnd henrt to publish nml proclaim that tho
high and mighty Prlnco Albert Kdward l
now, tiy tint (loath of our lns sovereign of
nappy memory, becotm our only lawful
nnd rightful lelge lord. IMwnrd VII. by the
grnro nf tlo-l. klntt of thu tnlted Kingdom
of Great Hrltnlu nnd Ireland, defender of
tbo fnltli. emperor of India, to whom wo
acknowledge all fnlth nnd constant obedi
ence with till hearty and humble, urfcctlon,
liescerliltu God, by whom ull IcIngH nnd
SlV.t&rvilwiliiW
reign over us.
KliiK Not Present.
Tho king was not present. There
waH a largo ntscmblago of otllJlals
and heralds. Atnonp those In nt
tendanro wire General ilobcrts nnd
members of Us hcadauarters' staff nnd
formerly Windsor hralil. There was n great
concourse of people from tho commence
ment to tho close. Tho proclamation was
greeted by a fanfa.ro of trumpets. At the
conclusion of the ceremonies tho band be
longing to tho Foot Uunrds In tho friary
court played "Ood Save the King." Tbo
members of tho klng household witnessed
tho ceremony from Marlborough house. On
tho balcony overlooking tho friary court,
whence tho proclamation was read, wcro
tho duke of Norfolk nnd other omccrs of
state. Tim balcony was draped In crlm
non cloth. Hcsldo the officials, In resplcn
dont uniforms, wcro stationed tho state
trumpoters. Hero wero seen many
prominent persons, among them Sir Henry
Arthur White, privnto solicitor to tho
queen, tho prince of Wales and other mem
bers of tho royal family.
Soldiers tiieor tlie Klnc
In tho yard of Marlborough houso nnd
friary court were stationed n large body of
police, soldiers and foot guards. Tho Foot
Guards acted as n guard of honor nnd they
wcro posted Immediately beneath the bal
cony. A largo crowd witnessed tho cere
mony. Thu spectators began to assemble
tt nn early hour. Tho troops nrrlved at
S o'clock, and shortly before 9 o'clock "In
the morning a brilliant cavalcade passed
down thn Mall nnd entered Friary court.
It consisted of thn hoadquarters staff,
headed by General Iloberts In full uniform
snd carrying a marshal's baton. Sir
Kvelyn Wood and nine court dignitaries.
headed by the duke of Norfolk, appeared on
tho balcony. Then the hwralds blew
fanfare and Klng-at-Arms Woldon, In tho
midst of a dead silence. lead tho proclnma
tlon. All heads were bared, nnd as tho
rending was concluded tho klng-nt-arms
raining his three-cornered hat, cried
loudly, "Ood savo tho king."
Crnvtil .To I ox (lie Cry.
The crowd took up tho cry, while the
cheers, tho fanfares of trumpets and tho
band playing tho national anthem mado a
curious medley. Klng-at-Arms Woldon
read the proclamation In clear tones which
were distinctly heard nt n great distance.
Tho great crowds still thronged, the streets
through which his majesty passed nnd th
great cheering was tu strong contrast with
tho sllcnco which greeted his majesty's or
rival In London.
Orders have been Issued to tho channel
squadron and n,l other available ships to
assemble nt Splthead February 1. tho date
of tho removal of Queen Victoria's body
from Osborno It Is understood that the
war ships will form a double line, through
which tho rojal yacht, bearing tho body,
will pass, ,
IN THE CHAMBER OF DEATH
Prhnte l'nneriil Siti lorn Are Likely
to Ilo llelit ut Onlmrnr
Toilny.
COWES, lslo of Wight, Jan. 25.-1:30 a.
m. So hampered havo been tho arrange
ments at Osborno that thu body of Queen
Victoria still lies In tho bedroom where
she died. Tho elabornto decorations neces
sary In turning tho dining room In Osborno
house Into n chnppello ardento occupied so
much tlmo that, although tbo royal house
hold waited hour after hour for the first
private service, It was found Itnposslblo to
hold this yesterday.
All being well, however, tho solemn tunc
tlon will be performed this (Friday) morn
ing by the bishop of Winchester In tho
presence of King Kdward, Emperor Wil
liam and almost every other member of
the royal family.
Tho coffin was brought to Osborne last
(Continued on Second Page.)
KING'S DEBTS MUST BE PAID
People Mny lie skeil In "boulder the
lliirdon of Tu i ii I i ii for In
crease In lti) nl l'n.
(Copvrlght,
LONDON.
Press Publishing fo.)
New York World Ca
blegram Sp
lm ) There Is n
certain soreness
general public
at the way tho peo
out of
tho picturesque spectntfT
king's
proclamation In London
hour
stated In nil tho papers wn
ro-
ceedlngs began at 9 o'clock at Sf
mes'
palnco and were rushed through nt
dlf-
rerent prescribed Places Charlne
Cross,
Temple Unr. Cheanslde nnd the lloval ex
change with such celerity that tho crowd
was of comparatively diminutive propor
tions. This was tho object of tho lourt
officials, ns they feared If tho ceremonial
was performed at the stated hour the
throng would bo so dense that there would
bo great difficulty In getting the heralds
In their gorgeous gilt tabards nnd the
trumpeters through th? streets. No punc
tilious regard for precedent Is being shown
In tho funeral arrangements, either, which
are a complete departure from thoso of tho
queen's rredocessors. The lying In stntc
at Windsor castle has been Abandoned, also
becauso tho crowd might become tinman
ogenble, tho clrcumstnncts being so very
different from thoso when William IV died,
ns then there was no railway to Windsor.
Tho giving of n military character to the
funeral h of course In view of tho war nnd
recruiting exigencies.
KIlIK
Wuiits lllulicr Wnucs,
Thn
announcement that tho king pro
poses to nsk Parliament that the income of
JC.1S3.o00 per annum allowed the queen bo
Increased to half a million sterling Is con
sidered most inopportune, In view of the
heavy. taxation nnd the financial burdens of
unknown magnlttnlo facing England In
South Afrlcn. but the king's debts, which
arc put at JJ2.000.000, must be paid. OS n
mnjorlty of them woie Incurred on the un
dertaking that they must certainly be ills
charged on his ascending tho throne. Any
Increase of the king's civil list will cer
tnlnly bo met wIMi strong opposition In the
House of Cr Minions In the present condition
of nntlonnl finances.
Tho city fathers nro excessively Indig
nant at the slight put upon the lord mayor
nt the proclamation meeting of tho privy
council Wednesday. When the proclama
tion has been signed the procedure Is for
nil those not privy councillors to leave the
room before tho king's entry to hear the
proclamation read to him. His presence
constitutes the body of tho king's privy
council. The lord mayor was llngorlng on
when the other non-privy councillors re
tired nnd had to be bidden almost per
emptorily to leave by tho duko of Devon
shire before he reluctantly retired. A curi
ous fact Is Hint precisely the same Incident
happened nt Queen Victoria's proclamation.
Tho council nnd lord mnyor there, too, re
mained In tho noin and had to be ordered
out by Charles Orevllle. tho diarist, who
was clerk to tho council. The city corpora
tion contends It has been shorn of one of Its
privileges, hut tho law officers declare thoy
never hnd the privilege.
Tho wife of a workman on tho Osborne
estate, whe was admitted to tho death
chamber, gives a touchlngly sincere plcturo
of the scene.
"What I had expected to see," she says.
"was a great glided chamber, and I thought
the bed would bo moro like a throne man
a bed, with a lot of candles lit nil around
and bishops praying, which waB nn im
pression I got from n plcturo in an Illus
trated paper when a foreign king once
died. I was thero only n few minutes, and
all tho tlmo was looking nt the form lying
on tho bed. I saw ono picture, though
tbero may have been more. I should not
llko to say. This was a picture of Christ
nnd was hanging on the hall by tho bed;
that Is, Just over the head. I crept up
to tho bed nnd looked nt the face. My
thought was. 'How calm nnd happy she Is
looking, like n person In beautiful sleep.'
The faco had n soft, thin material over It
that you could look through, but you could
see the face plainly, and what I read In
ho papers I should think wns quite right.
1 mean that she passed away peacefully
without any pain. At the bottom of tho
bed thero were flowers nml somo wrenths
and some loose ones. Her dear hand were
folded across one another and higher up
thero wns n cross. 1 suppose It was of
gold. I remember tho rings had not been
tnken off tho fingers. After the first mlnuto
my tears got In tho way of my seeing any
thing properly.
nother eyowltness said:
"It was llko tho figure of a child, not n
woman, so small and faded was It. I fro
quently saw tho queen lice, year after
year, and this season sho seemed to shrink
nway, but I was not prepared for tho trans
formation of tho last few days' severe Ill
ness nud death. Tho chango had mado the
fact almost emaciated, and It hnd tho pallor
ono expects to llnd, but tho whole form
teemed tiny. No ono was allowed to stop
except to kneel, but tho Impression left was
ono of sublime peace and beauty, and of
tho vanity of human greatness. A veiled
figure was kneeling by the bed on tho op
posite side from whore wo passed. It was
Princess Deatrlco, who cannot be torn away
from tho room."
DATE FIXEDF0R FUNERAL
Felirunry - lierliled On To lie Mltl
tnrj , In Aocorilniit'e 1 1 It
Iliiren'M WIkIi,
COWES. lslo of Wight. Jan. 21.-12 30 p.
m. It has been decided that tho funeral of
tho queen will tnko place at Windsor
castle, February 2. Tho body of thn late
queen will bo removed from Osborne houso
February 1. It w-as the expressed desire of
tho queen that tho funeral should be mili
tary In character. Several utllclals arrived
from Windsor this morning, bringing the
state regalia. It was carried In a bnlzo bag.
Tho coffin of Queen Victoria will be ot
Encllsh oak. lined with satin. It was or
dered hero this afternoon nnd Is to be de
livered nt Osborno tonight. The outer
casket will bo a reproduction of tho ono
used at tho funeral of tho duchess of Kent.
tho queen's mother.
magnificent satin pall, with the royal
arms In each corner. Is being made.
Wherever It traverses roads tho body
will be borne on a gun carriage.
Emperor William decided this evening
not to lenvo Osborno till after the funeral
LONDON. Jan. 25. 4 30 a. in.- It Is under
stood that tho progress of tho body of
Queen Victoria through London will bo an
Imposing military pageant and that mem
bors ot tho House ot Lords nnd Commons
will bo Invited to follow tho body. At tho
snrao time thero seems to bo some appro
henslon lest n rhnnge ot decision should
omit tho London portion ot tho program.
Tho Dally Telegraph editorially claims
fnr T.nnilnn thn rluht to chare In tho ohse
qules, and declares 'that nothing but tho
dead one's wishes should prevent this. Tho
announcement of the fureral has been de
layed to enable all foreign representatives
to arrive at Windsor on time. It Is an
nounced that tho Grand Duko 8erglus and
tho grand duchess will romo from Russia
p i in JV3 :a i oa
tHo
TROOPS KILL THEIR COLONEL
Eody of Venezuelan Soldiers Mutiny and
Beraral Hundrtd Are Arretted,
BRITISH SLOOP IS SUNK BY GUNBOAT
Lost Vessel Wan Londed with n I'nrgn
of Arm nml Military Supplies
Intended for thr ltrvolu
tliinnrr 1'nrt),
FOP.T DE FRANCE, Island of Martinique,
Jan. 24. On the 17th of this month the
Venezuelan troops In the Hoyo barracks
at Caracas mutinied and killed their colo
nel, lieutenant colonel and seven men and
then fled In various directions. Two hun
dred and ten of the men were captured
again. There was no fighting In the town
and tho exact causo of the mutiny Is not
Known.
No nccurato details nre obtainable re
garding tho sinking of the Ilrltlsh sloop
Maria Teresa by the Venezuelan gunbont
Miranda. It is supposed the Maria Teresa
was on her wny from thu Ilrltlsh Island
of Trinidad with a cargo of nrms, Intended
for the Venezuolnn revolutionists, nml
that sho was met by the Miranda, which,
wishing to take possession of her, flred on
her and In so doing set her on fire, after
which she snnk, according to one report
In the east tho Insurrection nppears to bo
localized between Cumann nnd the extreme
northtast of Venezuela. Tho insurgonU
have tnken possession of Cerupano and
during the evening of January 21 there
wns a tentative uprising In tho neighbor
hood of Ilarcelona.
Calm prevails In the west, but a number
of arrests nre being made and tho revolu
tionists appear to be concentrating at
Curncoa.
ARTIST ENDS LIFE'S MISERY
Yoiinc Amerlenii Polluter, Tlimmlit to
He from Knisnw t'lty, llrmvns
III the Seine,
PARIS. Jan. 24. The remains of a young
man of refined features, which have been
In tho morgue slnco January 12, when they
were found floating In the Seine, hnvo been
Identified as thoso of Langrcl Harys, an
nrllet well known In the American colony.
Tho I'nlted States consulate officials are
attempting to locate his relatives. His
father is supposed to bo Henry Hnrys of
3225 Lydln avenue. Kansas City. Ho lived
hero nt the Hotel de France, nnd nt
Cholscul. Ho was only nblo to make a
precarious living by tho brush and debts
began to annoy him. He owed n bill of
1.200 fraucs at the hotel, which was pressed
for payment. It Is believed financial dis
tress led to his suicide. He was last seen
alive at midnight January It,
Well Kihmtii In Km non City.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jnn. 24. Thomas L.
Harris wns tho son of Harry Harris, man
ager of the Lanlng-IIarrls Coal nud Grain
company of this city. Mr. Hnrrls received
a letter from his son from Paris n month
ago nnd nt that time the boy was well.
Thomas Harris wns 24 years old and had
been in Paris for a year nnd a half. His
"Unf ncnocs'-not mror'.tc wrai"cnuui; inu'
last time tho son wrote he directed that
nn answer bo sent In care of n bank In
Paris.
The young mans full nnme was Thomas
I.angrei Harris, lie was eccentric ami u
Is believed ho changed the spelling of his
nnme. Harris created rather a sensation
among Americans In London by his bold
bids for fame nnd fortune and his extra
ordinary ability to meet noted persons In
tho literary and artistic world. Harris
taught art hero for some tlmo and did a
little newspaper work occasionally. Ho
left Kansas City about 189S and went first
to Canada. In Canada he taught portrait
painting. Next ho wns heard of In London
as n painter of miniature portraits for
persons of fashion.
DESOLATION IN
MONTRFAI
ITIUn I nCHL
I'lre I.enven Center Portion of City
ltiiiiicil. Thirty Wnrehnunr
llelnir Dent rnyed.
MONTREAL, Jnn. 24. Ruslncss Is prac
tlcally stagnated In Montreal as a conse
quence of the disastrous fire last night in
the center portion of tho city, which Is
n sccno of desolation. The Doard of Trado
walls are still standing, but tho building Is
otherwise completely destroyed, though It
was supposed to bo fireproof. The other
buildings nre masses of Ico and charred
ruin. Tho total loss will be $2,500,000.
Altogether about thirty buildings, chiefly
wholesale warehouses, wero destroyed, to
gother with their valuable stocks.
A man named Rosen, a tailor, and n
other named Wilson are missing and It Is
feared thoy perished.
TIEN TSIN AS MILITARY BASE
Work Vow (SoIiik On Indlenteii Tlint
.Mint or tin- Troop nt Pckln
Will lie I'.nibnrkril.
TIF.N TSIN. Jan. preparations are
being mado In Tien Tsln to make It a mili
tary base for the coming spring and sum
mer, when It Is believed a majority of tho
troops In Pekln will encamp In this neigh
borhood, preparatory to gradual embarka
tion, dioat quantles of Icq are being stored
-.ml nnllnns are helne obtained nnon n tna
Jorlty of tbo largo buildings In tho foreign
oncesnons.
WEST IND A MEAT MARKET
1IUJI miin UIL.ni innnrtUI
(rriiiuit S;ndloile with Octopus I)r-
kIbiih lluy tircnt Trnct nf I.nnil
nml Countless Cattle.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 24. (Via Hay.
tlon Cable.) A Hamburg syndicate has
purchased the estate of the late President
Crespo In tho Orinoco district. It has an
nrea of 10,000.000 acres and upon It there
nro 80.000 head of cattle. The syndicate
Intends to control the meat markot of tho
West Indies nnd nlso the packing Industry.
, Why He Would Nell Tlieiu.
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 24. During the de
bate on tho budget In tho Folkethlng (lower
houso of Parliament) today thy chairman
of tho finance cominttteo announced that a
majority of the commttteo were disposed
to sell the Danish West Indies to the United
States It satisfactory conditions were ob
tainable. Ho added that from a purely
economic standpoint It was advisable to
sell the Islands, ns they cost the treasury
moro than they wcro worth.
Itimalnu Court In Moiiriiluir.
ST. PETEUSnURO, Jan. 21. Tho czar left
Llvadla yesterday on the royal yacht, tak
ing a train for Sobastopol, leaving In tho
evening for St. Petersburg, where the court
goes In mourning,
Operation on Kroner's ICyrs,
UTRECHT, Jan. 24. An operation was
performed on Mr. Kruger's eyes by Profs.
Nelen and Dbreymans, Tho operation was
perfectly successful.
INDIANS ARE RECRUITING
Appeal to Dissatisfied I'lrment
tulle Attain! the
Soldiers.
to
SOUTH M'ALISTKR, 1. T.. Jan. 24. -Yesterday's
reports of a Choctaw uprising nre
fully confirmed Scouts sent out from this
city Inst night report that the dissatisfied
Choctaw s have a number of the Creek
Snakes among them and they have been
quietly organizing and arming for some
time. They call themselves tb Choctaw
Snakes. They comprise all thoso Indians
who are opposed to allotment and tho con
flict Is between them and tho treaty In
dlnns. While iton-cltlzens are not In danger,
It Is stated that the Snaltos have planned
to destroy all the railroads In their nation
by burning bridges and section bouses on
a preconcerted night. They havo deposed
Governor Duko and Ismcd an order to nil
citizens to oe.iso leasing or renting to
whites. The first offenso they will punish
with fifty lashes, they sayt ears v til be
cut off for the second offenso and death
for the third. They have organized nnd
have leaders In every Choctnw rounty nnd
claim trt havo a membership of ;.i5M).
I'nlted States Marshal Orady has sent
the lenders word that arrests will follow tho
first violation of tho taw, no matter what
tuny bo the result. He hat wired the de
partment for permission to swear In spe
cial deputies and If this is granted he says
ho will be able to hnndlo thero and will not
nsk for troops.
Thero Is to bo a meeting of tho full
bloods on Saturday and tho marshal says
he will nttend It If he can ami give the
Indian u talk. The Indians arc riding
over tho couutry In bands of five or six,
serving their notices. Ocnoral Superintend
ent Harris of the Choctaw railway, who was
hero last night from Little Hook, ban en
Joined especial wntchfutness upon all em
ployes of tho lino In the Indian Territory.
Duke Itrt limlnK to MuskoHeo.
FORT SMITH Ark.. Jan. 24.-Clioctnw
Governor O. W. Dukes, who has been In tho
city all week as an attorney In the Towno
murder case, left tonight for Muskogee to
Investigate tho reported Snake Indian up
rising among the Choctaws. Ho said Just
before his departure:
"I am going to Muskogee to persomllj
view the situation, I do not believe the con
dition In the Indian country Is as bad ns
stated, even nmong the .Creeks, nnd as for
my people, while there may be a few fool
ish enough to Join the uprising, as a whole
they nre too law-abiding to do so. So far
as we aro concerned thero will be no need
to cnll for government troops. Thero can
be no doubt, howevor, that thniSnnkes are
rising, as troublo has been brewing among
them for several months."
Governor Dukes was uhown the dispatch
from South McAlester stating Uiot he had
been deposed by tho fullbloods. die seemed
nettled and said: '
"That Is tho first I havjt beard of It. Rut
I am governor and I will ' remain no. How
ever, I will InvestlgatiXMtbls when I get
to Muskogee. As to thfmessapo sent me
telling of my removal, lj,1s n canard, pure
nnd simple. The statji,qt that I came
here to telegraph for srAlal Indian pollco
Is too foolish to bo hcltjfrcd,"
Iteourst for Rlllltlfi.
CHANDLER. O. T'tn. 24Wllllaro
Tllghaman. sheriff or VoJb' county, has
protect citizens living fW?,,0 "i" oui
Oklahoma, VrlL Jntl "
CHEAP T CKETS TO BUFFALO
Trnnk Line nnd Centrnl I'nunrnKcr
Ansocliitloii link I iib t p Pan
Anierlonii Sclioiliilr.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24. Another meeting
was held today by the committees of tho
Trunk Line nnd Central Passenger associa
tions nt the Trunk Line offices here, to
discuss tho special rates to be fixed by the
railroads reacntng Ruffalo, or with con
nections to that point during tho period of
the Pan-American exposition this year.
The Joint subcommittee agreed to make
tho followlnK recommendations concerning
passenger rates to Ruffalo during the Pan-
American exposition: For tickets from
Chicago to UufTnlo and return, good during
tbo season, standard. J21.C0; differential.
$1!.20.
For tickets from Chicago to Ruffalo and
return, good for fifteen days only, standard,
$18; differential, J16.
For tickets from Chicago to Ruffalo and
return, good for five days only, standard,
$14: differential, $1S.
The committee also recommended the es
tablishment of a three-day excursion rate
from territory hereaftor to be determined,
to Ruffalo, of about 1 cent n mile.
DEATH FOR THE KIDNAPERS
Mliitourl'ft Nrv tiovernor Ail vncntt-n
Kxlrrme Piuitslinienl, C'IIIiik
Oninlin I'sne Proof of reU,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 24. Gov-
crnor Dockery sent i message to tho legis
lature today advoctthg the passage of a
law Inflicting the drlth penalty In cases of
kidnaping for ransni. Ho referred to the
Omaha case and sal It showed the necessity
for tbo passage ot urn a law.
Governor Dockers communication reads
as follows: i
To the senate aid house of representa
tives: I rsspectfulll urge the speedy enact
ment of n law wllth will .permit the In
fliction of the de.tli penalty In cases df
kidnaping for ransni The recent atrocious
crime in our suer sinie ot .Nebraska
lfc" T sure t will" bo Xrdiall np"
proved by every f.tlier nnd mother in this
state. Under our tatutes train robberv Is
Properly punlshabl( by death or imprlson-
Lnl In tli tnl, Hon tent nrv It on,.mu
that thn crime of iliid ronnerv for tbo nur.
pose of ransom slndd bo prohibited under
pcnniwes us bcvcw as ine crime or trnin
rouuery. - a. .m. uuuiveu
GOOD THIN
SHRINKS UP
(ienrrnl OrKiml
Ar O'llrn of the llrlck-
Inyers' l'n
IleplleH to III
T
iluoom.
MILWAUKEE,
in. 24. At today's ses-
slon ot the Uric
dyers' nnd Masons' In
tcrnatlonal union
deral Organizer Thomas
O'Dea replied to
e charges made that ho
had derived bent
Is to the extent of $10,000
during his eight
ontbs' Incumbency. Mr.
thy talk nnd stated that
O'Dea made a li
his revenues nnv
ted to less thau $1,200.
At tho aftern'
tax ot tho Chh
weeks prior to
ordered to bo p
union for tho o
ot tho tax amou
A resolution w
unions be tirgi
session the per capita
union for twenty-two
strlko or lockout was
cd to tho credit of that
ng year. Tho aggregate
to about $2,500.
adopted that subordinate
to establish mortuary
funds.
The matter ot
ganlzlng a union In Porto
Rico w-as unde;
discission, hut nothing
final wai dccldejipon.
Want thrjVnter Tliemsel ven.
WICHITA, l-h,. Jan. 24.-Several dele
gates from Aijnsna river towns nrn In
Wichita, today hvlstng means to prevent
Colorndo Irrlgipn companies from using
river water foirrlKntion and thus ilenrii-.
I Ing tho Arkansl valley of aublrrlgatlon.
WOULD CUT OUT GOD'S NAME
Delegate! Object to Inrccation to Deitj in
Gub&'i New Constitution,
ATHEISTS MAKE PLEA TO NO PURPOSE
Hvery ItrTort Ilrlnnr Mnde to llnrry the
C'onalderntlnn of the Document
'Mint It .Mny He Forwnrdoil to
Congress nt 'WonlilnKton,
HAVANA. Jan. 24. The Cuban constitu
tional convention began tho draft ot the
constitution recently submitted by the cen
tral committee. It wns decided to accept
the draft ns n whole and then to discuss It
nrtlrlo by article.
Scnor Clsneros moved to strike out n
clause In tho preamble Invoking tho favor
of Ood. He snld he had not religion him
self and took no exception to the religious
beliefs of others, but that the constitution
recognized no religion nnd that In his opin
ion there was no reason tor Invoking the
deity.
Senor Mania supported Pcnor Clsneros.
General Snngully said: "If no do not In
voke God. whom ran wo Invoke? An In
vocation of somo kind Is customary."
Senor Llorento strenuously opposed tho
motion of Senor Clsneros, declaring that nil
constitutions contained such a clause.
The convention rejected tho proposal of
Senor Clsneros.
The first two articles, constituting thn
republic nnd describing the territory of
Cuba, were adopted without discussion.
Senor de Castro moved to amend the ar
tlrlo calling for tho division of Cuban ter
ritory Into provinces In such n way that
there would bo seven provinces Instead of
six, his suggestion being that Santiago
should bo divided In two. Tho motion to
amend was defeated and then tho entire
article was rejected, but the adherents of
tho provincial form of government claimed
that the latter vote was based upon a mis
understanding of tho question before tho
houso nnd a motion to reconsider was
pnssed lust beforo adjournment.
A largo majority of the delegates favors
tho provincial form and this will undoubt
edly be npproved tomorrow.
Interest Is keen In pushing the consti
tution to a completion before tho adjourn
ment of tho I'nlted States congress nnd
It Is probable that night sessions wil' be
held next week.
CUBANS HAVE THEIR REVENGE
(rent Cnnc I'lrtiU of Spnnlsh Sym
pathizer Illnekrnrd liy In.
eemllnry I'lre.
SANTIAGO DE CURA. Jnn. 24.-Flftecn
hundred acres of sugarcane burned yester
day as the result of political friction, on
Joseph Rlgncy's plantation, Colbahuecn,
near Manznnlllo, the richest plnntntlon In
this province.
During the war at the Cuban Insurgents
ngalnst Spain Mr. Rlgney refused to pay
triDUto to tno Cubans. For two years he
supported n Spanish garrison, but ultimately
the Cubans destroyed the property with tbo
Hxosptlon of the mill, vs tiled, at, $1,000.
This year tho plantation wns equDcpd "
W'tyilZ,.- ",Kf-er,srfufu0r
cane from the fields Is still valuable and can
bo used unless rain falls In a few days. Mr.
Rlgney's daughter, Lillian, was recently
married to Lieutenant Whltslde, son of
Oenernl Whltslde.
Two plantations nt Guantanamo have lost
heavily during the week from similar fires.
Rurnlng cane Is a popular method of getting
revenge nmong the Cubans.
FILIPINOS ASK FOR A DELAY
Inland llenl ltnte ntruers Wish 4a
lie I'nrtlnlty Kxempt from Tnin
tlon Tno Yenrs.
MANILA, Jan. 2I.--The hearing on the
municipal government bill today developed
an attempt on tho part of prominent Fili
pinos to secure a delay of two years before
taxing land where the owners arc unablo
to cultivate on account of tho dangerous
situation In tbo fighting territory. Tho bill
originally deferred taxation for a year.
Tbo commissioners adopted an amend
ment providing that land owners who are
not Implicated In tho Insurrection after
March nnd prove that tho unsettled con
ditions prevented working land be ex
empted for the second year.
Lieutenant Steele, with ten men of tho
Forty-third regiment and seven native
soldiers, fought a fierce halt hour's en
gagement with a largo forco of Filipinos
at Tenaguna. Island of Leyte, January 0,
which rcbulted In the killing of over 100
Insurgents. Private Edward McGugle of
Compnny M was killed.
The situation in the Island of Samar
since tho Increase ot troops has been quiet.
Lukban's forces nro biding.
Captures, arrests and seizures of arms
continue In the unpadded districts of the
itlnnd ot Luzon.
GEORGIA BOY MISSING
Parent of I.ltlle Alonzn l'n t tersim,
Mlssln;; Slnee Tuemlay, Ilelleve
He Huh Ileen Kliliiupi-il,
ATLANTA, Gn.. Jan. 24. T. T. Patterson
has asked tho pollen to find his 13-ycar-old
son, Alonzo Patterson, who disappeared
from his home in this city Inst Tuesday.
Mr. Patterson believes his boy has been
kidnaped.
The family of Rass Frazer, who is be
lieved to have been kidnaped two weeks
ago from tho Georgia School of Technology,
have given up hopo of over seeing him
again. Frazer's brother, who left for his
homo In Alnbama today, hns no Idea that
tho $500 In gold which be paid n negro, who
promised to restore tho student to hln
farrlly, will ever be recovered. The police
nre at work on both cases.
SQUATTING ON SALINE LANDS
Pronprrtn ot Hitter If .it llloody
1'lKlit for I'osKostloii of Salt.
IleurliiK Desert.
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jan 21 It Is said
that, pending tho signing by the president
of tho bill extending the mineral laws
over saline lands, George Durbrow of tho
Stnadard Salt company, with a force of
men, has squatted on government lando
near Salton. In the Mojavo desert, from
which the Liverpool Salt company Is said
to derive. Its supplies. Trouble is expected.
Henry Wilson .May lleeover,
GOSHEN. Ind.. Jnn. 2l.-(Speclnl Tele
gram.) Henry Wilson, the Omaha man
who tried to commit suicide yesterday, wan
today removed to tho county farm, where
ho will remain under gunnl until his oondl
Hon, still critical. Improves, nfter which tin
will bo obliged to servo tho 100 days' Jull
sentence. Attorneys nnd others connected
with thn prosecution havo donated n sum
siirtlelent to send "Wilson home at the ex
piration ot the sentence, .
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska-Fair nnd Warmer
Today; Southerly Winds. Saturday Fair
Temperature ut Oninlin Yrstrrdn) I
Hour. Heir. Hour. Den,
r, a, in 1 p. m ..... . -tl
I n. in IS V p. m 'JT
7 a. ti 17 it p. in ltd
s a. in in , .i p, ni :it
1 a. m 17 r p. in ill)
Id n. in 1H (I p. in Ut)
It n. in Ut 7 p. ii US
1U in . . . Ull S p. m Ull
t p. Ill Ul
HEIRESS IS IN NEBRASKA
Sirs. .Scliluitlcr-Mi-brrt I.envos litis
tinnil In (liuiitin nml (iocs to
ItuslM Hie.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21 (Special Telegram.)
Relatives of Mrs. Schlndler-Slebert look
to Nebraska to clear up the mstery of her
disappearance. She was one of tho prettiest
girls In Hoboken society and n favorite
daughter of tho wealthy Dr. Sch'tuller. Sev
eral weeks ngo she suddenly disappeared.
Polled aid wns Invoked without success
Her father was much troubled over the
matter and died last week. In his will h
left her $I0.00o.
John Schlodler, her brother, has Just suc
ceeded tu tracing her. Ho found she had
gone with William Slebert. son of ex-Police
Captuln Slebort of New York, who also has
money. The two wero married nnd went
to Omaha. There they quarreled nnd sep
arated. The groom wont to Mussels Hill.
Mont . and the brldo to Rushvlllo. Nob.,
whore she Is now. Mr. Schlndler todny re
ceived a letter from Slebert detailing some
of the facts.
Schlndler says: "We are all wondering
why my sister does not communicate with
us. She surely must know by this time that
father Is dead and that she Is his heiress.
My brother-in-law wants sono of tho monoy
nnd refuses to Interfero with hie wife's ac
tions." POPULISTS PROD P0CKETB00K
Wn nnd Menus Coiiimlltee Tries to
licure tint llotv It Can grille
Its Inilelileiliiess,
LINCOLN, Jan. 24. (Special Tclegrnm.l
The ways nnd means committee appointed
by the populist state centrnl committee
last week to check up the accounts of
Chairman J. H. Edmlstcn and dcvlsp ways
and means for paying tho committee's In
debtedness, finished the first part of Its la
bors tonight nfter a two deys' session. The
members of this special committee, one
from eacn congressional district, nre C. Q.
DcFrance. W. D. Sell an 1. John O. Sprechcr,
James Calkins, N. M. Graham nnd W. J.
Taylor.
A summary of Its findings shows thnt
Chairman Edmlsten received from nil
sources $1,021.17, which Includes $1.08C.2u
paid him by Treasurer Mann In reimburse
ment for money temporarily ndvanced tho
committee by the chairman. His disburse
ments wero f3,6T.i.ill, leaving n balance of
$.148.53 on hand, nut to Chairman Edmls
tcn u balance was due on his salary claim
of $362.50 for tho campaign of 1M!, amount
ing to $321.18, nnd n bill of $25 tor street
our fnro paid out In l!0O, which left him
owing the committee Just about $2.35. nnd
this lKpald by check to Chairman Pcbnol
CMKVi VanwnJ-anasfliimUltc -rtrtictcd
to rail upon W. F. Porter for n
dctnlled statement, ns required by law, of
certain moneys rollectcd and disbursed by
blm which sho.ild have passed through the
hands of the treasurer.
At Its next session the ways nnd rcenns
committee will formulate a plan In liquidate
thq party Indebtedness. Ono of the big
claims Is In favor of Mrs. Helen M. Oougar
and sho has placed It for collection In the
hands of a local attorney. It Is for a largo
number of Gougarlan pamphlet which tho
committee supposed were a donation to tho
committee.
BELIEVES HE STOLE THE RIG
Sheriff Mm UK Arresls n Yoimic .Mini on
Coinpliilut of n Virginia
l.lv ery innti.
TECUMSEH. Neb., Jan. 24. (Special
Telegram.) A man nbout 21 years old has
been arrested by Sheriff C. R. Strong on
a charge of theft. It seems thnt lie hired n
team and buggy from thn llvoryman at
Virginia, Gago county, yesterdny nnd drovo
immediately to this city. Last night ho
stabled his outfit In a livery barn hero nnd
this morning, It Is charged, he got url nnd
attempted to sell the rig. Not being ablo
to dispose ot the whole outfit he sold ono
of the horses to A. R. Cooper, who In turn
sold It to n foreign horso buyer who was
In tho city.
About that time word came from tho
liveryman at Virginia, asking that his
horses and tho man bo held. Tho nllegcd
thief had hired another rig nnd started
on "cast on tho Hrownvlllo road nnd tbo
olllcers arrested him near Graf. Ho wns
brought bnck and landed In tho county
Jail. He gave his name as Ell McRrlde.
Tonight he wos taken back to Virginia to
answer to tho chargo of horsestealing.
Illll for Fraternal Orders,
LINCOLN. Ian. 24. (Special Telegram.)
Tho Insurance committees of the senato
and house met tonight with representatives
of fraternal orders to consider houso roll
90, by Lane. Thn bill was recommended for
patsogo by the Nebraska fraternal con
gress and, with tho exception of ono pro
vision, has met with general npprovnl. The
particular section discussed tonight pro
vides that whonever any association In
corporated under tho laws of Nebraska
shall bo refused tho right to transact busi
ness In any other stato the auditor shall
exclude all similar organizations from that
stato from doing business In Nebraska.
Several Nobrnska companies have been de
nied the right to enter the Illinois field
and It Is claimed that the hill Is really an
attempt to exclude societies nnd orders
Incorporated In that stato from continuing
their business In Nebraska. Tho Illinois
societies havo a total membership of about
55. COO In Nebraska and the passago of tho
act would practically prevent nil of them
from accepting any now applications.
Movements of (li-eiiu Vessels .Ian. Ul.
At New York Arrived Latin, from Uro
men nml Southampton; lloheiizollern. from
(lotion, etc. Sailed L'Aqultalne, for Ilnvre;
L'nrlsriiho, for Dromon.
At Antwerp Arrived Nederland. from
Philadelphia.
Ai i.onuon ,rriveu .-iienominee. irom
Now York. Sailed Minneapolis, for New
York. At Havre Sailed, Jan. 19 La Gnscognc.
for New York.
At Southnmpton Sailed. Jnn. 23 Western
land, from Antwerp, for New York.
At Liverpool Sailed Nomudlc, for New
York.
At iJremen Arrived Trave, from New
York. At Queonstpwn Arrived Wneslnnd. from
Phlladelpbl i; Germanic, from Now York.
Sailed Teutonic, for New York: Relgen
land, for Philadelphia, both from Liverpool.
At Naples Arrived Fuersl Dtsmurck,
from Alexnndrlii. for Now York.
At tho I.Izard Passed La liiainp.imie,
from New York, for Havre.
At Oenoa Arrived Knlserln Mnrln
Theresa, from New York, via Nntiles.
At Hamburg Arrived Cap 1-rlo, from
New York.
At Rotterdam Hallerl Staadendam, for
Now York, via Iloulogne.
BIG JIEIKLEJ01IN DAY
Fullerton Man Rallies Uii Reienti for tha
Supreme Effort.
RUNS HIS TOTAL VOTE TO THIRTY-ONE
Onlj Four Votes Behind Tbompion in Hii
Grand Total.
PECULIAR METHODS OF HIS CAMPAIGN
All Borta of Promises Held Out to WtTerinj
Followers.
"DOUBLE CROSS" COMING TO SOMEBODY
Utlilen.-o Thnt "Gentleman rieornr"
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LINCOLN. Jnn. 21. (Special Telegram.) -Tho
feature of today's senatorial ballot
was the gain shown by Melklejohn, which
sent his column up to 31, only four be
hind thnt of Thompson, which rested nt
35. .Melklejohn made this showing only by
exerting his utmost pressuro to bring In
thoso on his reservn list and In his score
nro to bo counted most of thoso known ns
the bandwagon men, who want to be In
w ith tho leaders at every stage of thn gnme.
The gain of Melklejohn came from .Mc
Carthy of Dlxon. who had been previously
voting for John It. Hays, from Snndall ot
York, who had voted for him nt tho start,
and froi, hnson of Phelps, who has been
voting for Psiovntcr. Except for tho trans
fer of Jhnson, tho Rosewnter strength
otood unchanged. Tho continued absence of
Ilaldrlge leaves Mr. Rosownter i.hort ono
voto thnt belongs to blm, whllo today's nb
qco of Andrews nnd Marshall kept ono
vote away from Thompson, Crounse, Hlu
shaw nnd Currle.
Tho attempt to hold a caucus tonight
tinder the G7-4S single nomination call was
a complete failure, tho attendance being so
tight. that, tho jnielngWAS declari-d off,Jy.
under the conditions named fn the call will
have to bo abandoned.
Another Courtia (.'nil.
Another caucus cnll was put In circula
tion tonight calling for nn attendance "of
sixty-seven members with n voto of fifty
to rule. The men behind tho movement
aro opposed to tho slurjlo nominating sys
tem of balloting nnd It Is expressly stipu
lated In the call that nominations nro to
bo rnado by viva voce voto, no nomination
to bo effective uutll two persons shall havo
received tho required number of votes.
"Our call has already received several
signatures," said a member tonight, "ljultn
n number of tho men who havo Insisted on
tho single ballot plan of voting havo ex
pressed therasnlvcs ns favoring It as a
last resort and wn hopo to obtain a suffi
cient number of signers. It Is provided In
tho cnll that only persons of unquestionable
republicanism shall bo voted for In th
caucus."
Tho campaign being wnged by Melkle
john and his managers is attracting at
tention because of the resourceful combi
nation of Influences on which they nro
drawing. Melklejohn has n campaign fund
of promises that seems to bo Incxhnustlblo
ami ovoryono enlisted In his retlnun of
camp followers Is confident ho Is going to
shlno In tho government service, cither with
military epaulets. diplomatic honors
or civil appointments attached to fat fed
eral salaries. Ono ot his doorkeepers, who
served In n lato volunteer regiment ns n
enptnin, has not finally decided whether to
tnko command of tho forces In tho Philip
pines or of the Investing army In Cuba.
Melklejohn Is unquestionably enjoying tho
active support of almost tho vyholo federal
brigade of postmasters, land office officials,
Indian reservation agents and so forth nn
tho nssurnnco that they aro to bo protected
and rctnlned In thtlr plnces. Nearly every
republican paper In northwestern Nebraska,
for oxamplo, that profits by land olllco ad
vertising patroaagn has been lined up to
pump out Inudatory effulgences tor Melklo
John In every weekly Issue.
Profuse I'se of Promises,
At the same time, tho very positions now
occupied by this federal brigade are being
parcelled out by Melklejohn with equally
lavish promises to men on tho outside,
without refcrenco to tho results. Senator
Vanllosklrk Is voting for Mr. Molklojohn
with tho Idea that by so doing he will suc
ceed In getting rid of F. M. Dorrlngton
from tho laud olllco In his district, whllo
at tho very moment Dorrlngton hltmclf
Is bending cvory effort In Melklejohn's be
hnlf with tho distinct promise that he will
stay.
A similar case Is found In Nemaha rounty.
whoso two members, Senator Rerlet and
Representative Armstrong, arc recording
their ballots each day for Melklejohn. Roth
of thoso men wero elected over tho III
dlegulsed opposition ot Tom Majors and
tholr principal object Is to prevent Majors
from having any voice whatever In tho dis
tribution of federal patronago in that sec
tion. Rut Majors Is also hero on tbo
ground doing all ho ran for Mclkltjohn
and telling his Grand Army associates that
If they will only mnko Melklejohn, Majors
and his friends at homo nre suro to bo taken
caro of.
SiiIIIiik I'ndi-r False Colors,
Another favorlto ruse of Molklcjohn's
workers Is to Inform the members confi
dentially that ho Is tho preferred cholcn
ot President McK)nley. In splto ot re
peated statements by tho president nnd
Senator Hanna that they are not taking
part In tho Nebraska contest Mr. Melkle
john has steadily posed as the administra
tion candidate and had his pictures Inserted
In thn newspapers so labeled. Ills literary
bureau, which Is conducted systematically
on a large scale, constantly frames Its eulo
gies for Insortlon in country papers with
a vlow to reinforcing this Impression and
(Coutlnucd on Third Pagn.)
tu be present at tbo ceremony.
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