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MOD FIGHTS SOLDIERS WITH STOrv
Crowd of Two Thoui&nd People Pelta the
Mounted Gutrdi.
GOVERNMENT IS MUCH EMBARRASSED
Etch of the Contending Factions Demands
the Adminiitration'a Support.
PORT IN DANGER OF BEING RUINED
Public. HenlUcN That limaciiHC Dam
iiue 'in Already Dune mill .More
bvrlnti 'I'll 1 ii km Arc
Threatened.
MAH8EILLKS, France, March 20. The
situation hero U very disquieting owing to
tho trier caBluf;ly nggrcuslvo nttttuilc of the
strikers. Durlug thu disasters today thu
panic 8rcuil to tho townspeople nnd stores,
catCB and restaurants were quickly closed.
Thu Run do la Cannlcbra nnd other largo
thoroughfares of the city were deHortcd.
It wuh feared that tho mob, which was
charged hy mounted gendarmes aud bus
fcurs, would attempt tn pillage.
A crowd numbering 3,000 burst through
a cordon of Infantry along tho dock aide.
The cavalry charged uud drove tho strikers
hack. A volley of atones wan then thrown
In all directions and u brigadier, two gen
darniCH, a hussar and Hevcral Infantrymen
wore Injured. One gendarme was Htuucd,
thrown from his horse and trampled upon
by tho cavalry. He was removed to a
hospital, whoro he lies In n critical condi
tion. Soldier Are I rule.
Tho soldiers were greatly exasperated,
hut their olllcera succeeded In controlling
them. The strikers oro Irritated nt tho re
fusal of tho premier. M. Wnldock-Rous-scau,
to receive tho socialist mayor of Mar
Fellies, M. Flnssleren, who fought to ob
tain government pressure tu force tho mas
ters to negotiate, tho masterB having de
clined to do so on tho ground that tho
fttrlko was "ujustlflnblo nnd a breach of a
previous agreement.
M. Flnsslorea threatens that tho social
ists will make reprisals for this Insult
from tho government nnd ho points out
that ho stood aloof from the pro-Krugcr
demonstration at a moment when, as h
puts It, b) entering Mr. Kruger's carriage
ho might have won a popular triumph.
Niirnliiu .Mother III the Crowd.
Two hundred women, scvoral with habcu
In arms, took pnrt In todny's demonstra
tion, In uplto tit tho rain. With the ex
ception of tho socialist organs, the press
nboivs little sympathy with tho strikers.
Tho public generally recognizes that thu
strike bus already done an Immense amount
of Injury-. nnd may completely ruin the
lort.
Tho government is in nn extremely em
barrassing position, especially M. Mll
lerand, the minister nt. commerce, as tho
socialists demand that tho government
should Intervene In favor of tho strikers nnd
nre disgruntled al the employment of troops
On tho other hand, tho government Is
urged to tnko vigorous measures to securo
tho freedom of labor, especially In view
of tho fact that tho foreign clement, chlctly
Itallan, wlt'eh preponderates among tho
striking dock laborers, Is utterly Indiffer
ent to the fnto of Marseilles.
Tho strike committee has Informed tho
prefect that tho strikers will resume work
If tho cooperative system, without con
tractors, Is adopted. As tho shipping coin
panics aro bouud by existing contracts,
there Is little chance of this proposal being
accepted. Mayor Plusslercs exhorts tho
population to ho calm.
DIAZ IS AT HOME AND WELL
l'renldent or Mcleo Upturn Invlit
oriitril ami In Warmly Welcomed
liy II Im People,
CITY OF MKXICO, March 20. Ptcsldent
Diaz arrived In this city this ovcnlug at
6:45, afttr nn absence- of nearly threo
months at Cucrnnvncn. An Immense crowd
of pcoplo uwaltcd him on tho platform
of tho railroad station. When the presi
dential train pulled up the president ap
peared on thu rear platform and was
greeted with great cheering. Tho president
oiignteu ami was driveu to bis home. Tho
cnlrlago was escorted by tho mounted
presidential guards. The streets woro lined
with people, who cheered and waved hand
kerchiefs as tho president passed. Tho
houso fronts wcro gay with bunting and
toulght tho Illuminations give tho main
thoroughfares a holiday appearance. The
( president appears In excellent health,
SHOOTS AT FIELD MARSHAL
Former flciidnrme Captain of lluilii
PeMh Tries to Kill
the Chief.
nUDA-PKSTH. March 20. Field .Marshal
Jablanczy do Ccntzyorgl, chief of tho
gendarme department of tho ministry of
national defonse, wus shot at In tho street
this afternoon by a man who offered him
a letter, which tho Held marshal declined
to accept. Two passersby seized tho
would-bo assassin, who gavo tho name of
Johna (lul, a former cnptaln of tho
gendarme department. The prlsonor said
ho had been dismissed for no reason and
wished to kill tho Hold marshal out of
revenge.
WILL HAVE NO SIGNS THERE
1'riiNxliiii Diet WiiiiIm Government to
Slnrt the .Movement to I'rn
teel lllilne'n llriuity.
11HRL1N, March 20. The I'russlan Diet
today adopted a resolution calling upon tho
government to prepare a bill directed
against disfiguring signboards along the
Rhine and nt all other picturesque points
In Prussia.
Tho grip Is Increasing in this city, Herr
Klrschner, chief mayor of Ilorlln, befog the
latest prominent victim,
OBJECT TO TURKISH .SPIES
AiiilMndnr of Potters lit CoiintunlU
nople Protest to the Gov
ernment. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 20. Much an
noyance Is felt In diplomatic circles here at
Iho presenco of Turkish spies In tho vicin
ity of each embassy during the lost fow
days. The foreign ambassadors arc making
representations to tho Turkish authorities
iu tho matter,
SHARP DEBATE IN REICHSTAG
Socliill! mill Ciiimervntlve Speaker
Cluuli nnd Are Culled
to Order.
IJERLIN, March 20.-Durlng tho debate
today In the Hclchstag over the home office
tirantcs there arose a heated passage at
between Herr Rebel, the socialist
if -nn oincr social democrats on one
r. Stoccker, conservative, and
otlr.v, other side. The speakers
wcro i ' called to order. Herr
Rebel's attb yas occasioned by criticism
yesterday on tilo part of Dr. Stovcker. Tho
discussion continued for soveral hours and
wns very heated and uproarious. Dr.
Stoccker, in referring to Herr Iiebel's at
tacks, said tho moment when his profes
sional honor had been Impugned ho had
given up his post as court chaplain,
whereas Herr Singer had continued his bus
iness In splto of the dlshonorablo conduct
of his associate, Herr Rosenthal, and had
oven become president of his party. Tho
social democratic party, therefore, could
not longer call Itself strulghtforwanl.
These remarks, which wcro cheered by the
rightists, evoked violent protests from tho
social democrats. Dr. Stoccker was also
called to order,
Altogether the .sitting was tho liveliest of
tho wholo session, members being called to
order hy tho score. This was not only tho
rasu during tho long tusslo between Dr.
Stoccker and the socialists, but also whou
tho question of armor plato was again dis
cussed. , Count von Kardorff asserted that
tho Stumm works had never furnished
American armor plate. Ilcrr Krupp, ho ad
mitted, did sell cheaper to tho United
Stntes thnn to (lermany, hut only becauso
the United States ordered 7,600 tons, ns
against 2,700 ordered by Germany. More
over, It waa posslblo that tho plates wero
Inferior.
Herr Singer ehniged Count von Kardorff
with being a Krupp agent and went so far
as to suggest thnt tho count might bo
netting 1 per cent.
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF CZAR
.Story Come from llerlln of Two Plot
to 'In Uo l.lfe of Itus
nliui Itnlcr.
HURLIN, March 20. Tho St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Tagcblatt says ho bus
learned jf two separate, conspiracies to
nscussluato tho czar. Tho first attempt
was planned to be made on the occasion of
tho Jubilee bait of tho naval cadet corps,
which the czar had promised to attend.
His majesty was ready to start and was
awaiting his carriage when Governor Gen
eral Klelgels arrived at the palace und In
formed htm that he must not go, several
suspicious persons belonging to tho revolu
tionary party having been arrested at the
N'Icolal bridge with arms and forged pass
ports. Ho Informed his majestv that the
prlsoncts probably wero emissaries of thb
central nihilist committee of Zurich. The
visit was accordingly abandoned.
Tho second affair occurred in tho mid
dle of January, when tho czar, accompanied
by his mother, visited tho ceramic ex
hibition. When sntcrtng one of the rooms
tho members' of tho commlttco which wns
escorting tho Imperial party suddenly no
ticed nn unknown man hurriedly npproabh
Ing tbo czar. As the public had been ex
cluded and those authorized to 'attend had'
been carefully solccted, tho presenco of tho
stranger oxclled suspicion.
Several of tho czar's party hastened to
meet him, to lead him away. Thereupon
the man suspiciously thrust his hand In n
pocket. Ho wns Instantly seized. When ho
wns searched a bomb was found in his
pocket.
DUKE OF CORNWALL IS SAFE
Steamer on NVhleli the Heir to IIiik
1 ti nd' Throne Snlln Weather
the Storm.
(HIIRALTAR, March 20. Tho steamship
Ophlr, on which the duko and duchess of
Cornwall and York sailed from Portsmouth,
March 15, on a tour of tho world, was
sighted nt 7 o'clock this morning.
All tho ships In port had previously been
dressed and tho royal yarht approached
through tho tleet, fully manned and with
guards of honor and bands paraded nmidst
salvos of guns, tho firing of a royal salute
nnd tho strains of tho national anthem,
Tho Ophlr entered Insldo tho mole nnd tho
royal party landed nt tho dockyard nt noon.
They were received by Gcnornl Sir jQeorge
White, the governor. Tbo duk'o nnd
duchesH then drovo to tho Chamber of
Commerce, where they were presented with
on address of welcome. Tho duke replied
that ho was deeply grateful for tho kindly
welcome extended by the ancient nnd royal
city, at which ho had first landed twenty
two years ago.
"Wo regard," said tho duke, "this hearty
greeting nt our first place of landing ns a
happy augury for that great mission with
which wo have been entrusted by my fathor
tho king In fulfillment of tho wishes
of our late beloved sovereign, whoso loss
tho wholo world mourns,"
GET HIGH-HANDED IN C0REA
HiiNsln'H I'rocc edliiKn There Reported
to lluve lleeonie Openly
AKltrenxlve,
LONDON, March 21. "General Wogack
has refused to accept Count von Waldcr
seo's arbitration at Tien Tsln," says the.
Pekln correspondent of tho Dally Mall,
wiring yesterday, "nnd demands that the
Urltlsh not only withdraw, but apologize
for removing tho Russian ting. General
Harrow refuses to do either nnd In so
refusing has tho support of tho Urltlsh
government. Urltlsh reluforcementa aro
being sent."
"Hustla's proceedings in Korea," says
tho Kobe correspondent of Iho Dally Mall,
"aro now openly aggrctslvo and It Is bo
lleved that sho Is about to mnko further
demands In connection with Mnsanpho."
NO INTOXICANTS TO A CHILD
HiiuIInIi limine of Common l'nasc
Hill Prohibition Sale or Gift
of Liquor.
LONDON, March 20. Tho House of Com
mons today passed, nn second reading, tho
blip prohibiting tbo sate or delivery of
Intoxicants to persors under 16 years' of
age. The vote stood i72 to Ct,
Andriiile I'Iiiiih Devolution,
WI LLKMSTA I)T, Island of Curncoa,
March 20, (Via Haytlen Cablo.) General
Andrnde, tho former president of Venezuela,
has arrived hero from San Juan do Porto
Rico. It Is generally understood that his
presence here Indicates preparation for a
serious revolutionary movement In Vene
zuela In connection with tho Peraza, Rlera,
Rolando, Ptetrlo nnd Crcspo partisans.
To Proclaim llrntliei- Iti-Kfiif,
LONDON, March 21. Tho Shanghai cor
respondent of tho Standard mentions a re
port that tho nlllcs, In the event of the
failure of Umperor Hwang Hsu to return to
Pekln, Intend to proclaim his brother,
Prlucc Chun, as regent.
TO DISFRANCHISE VOTERS
Bill Pawed bj Maryland Legislature Outi
Out Illiterate Citizens.
EFFECT OF MEASURE CONJECTURAL
Democrat lisped It to lleiicftt Them
by HllniliiittliiK Forty Tlimiminil
IleiMilillean Voter, IneliiillliK
Until White and ."Sen rocs.
ANNAPOLIS, March 20. Tho election bill
having for Its object prnctlcal dlsenfran
chlsemcnt of most of tho 00,000 Illiterate
voters of Maryland passed tho senate
shortly after midday. It wob Immediately
sent to the house, whero alt tho amend
mentn mado by tho senate wcro concurred
It, and the hill passed. It Is now ready
for tho governor's signnture.
Tho most Important clmngn In existing
methods accomplished by tho enactment of
tho new law lies In depriving Illiterate
voters of tho assistance of ballot clerks In
preparing their ballots. Under the previous
practice these clerks accompanied such
voters Into tho booths nnd marked tholr
ballots or showed them how to do It. Thu
democrats claim that this practice utterly
destroyed tho secrecy of tho ballot and mndo
It possible for corruptlonlsts to learn
whether bargains mado with corrupt voters
had been carried out.
The effect of the law Is, of course, largely
a matter of conjecture, nnd ono upon which
tho party leaders widely differ. Tho demo
crats expeot that it will disfranchise about
32,000 negroes nnd perhaps 1(5,000 whlto
voters. Of these It Is claimed nil thu
negroes and about 50 per rent of tho whlto
voto tho republican ticket. With theso
out of tho wuy It Is held the stnto would
bo enfely democratic for many years to
come and tho Immediate result would bu
the election of n democratic- legislature
next fall und of n democrat to succeed
United Stntes Senator Wellington In 1002.
SUES MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
KiiKllnh Firm Object to Helii Cntled
(iaiiKr of Thieve and
Hy ludlerN.
LONDON, March 20. U. A. Hawkeslcy,
In behalf of Wcrnhor, licit & Co., hnn
brought suit for slnnder ugainst Arthur 11.
Markham, M. P., who, In the Houso of
Commons during tho discussion of tho
composition of tho Trnnsvnnl concessions'
commission yesterday, asserted that the
commission was mado up of persons af
filiated with several of the great South
African companies and characterized Mr.
Holt's firm ns "nothing. more or less than a
gang of common thieves and swindlers,"
expressly announcing that ho was willing
to forego tho immunities nfforded by a
speech In Parliament. With the view of
mnklng Mr. Markham live up to his promise
tho present suit Is brought.
GLOOMY VIEW OF SITUATION
London Paper Fenrn .Situation lu
Clilnn May Force llaoU
ilirnn In Afrlen.
LONDON. .March 20. The Westminster
Gazette this afternoon makes pessimistic
comment ou General llothn's rafusal to ac
cept tho peace terms offered by Lord
Kitchener, and connects thin refusal with
tho situation In China. Tho Gazctto says
the powers aro nt sixes and sevens In tho
far east, and that any day may seo tho
commencement of a strugglo from which
tho Hocra may recover their own.
Tho failure of theso peace- negotiations
means thnt tho military position in South
Africa Is not yet decisive.
FLOOD HOLDS COLUMN BACK
Camphell'n Detachment Neat to HrliiK
IVi'iienateil Vrcde Garrison
Unable to Return.
DURUAN, March 21,-Owlng to tho Klip
river being flooded, General Campbell's
column hus been unablo to return to
Standerton, from which point It went to
bring away tho garrison at Vredo, which
tho Urltlsh evacuated.
Tho column had heavy fighting going to
nnd coming from Vredo and General Camp
bell now has ubout 200 sick nnd wounded.
Thcro aro muny bands of roving Uocrs
In tho neighborhood of Standerton.
IS NOT FOR LORD KITCHENER
Kliur Kdvtiird Approve Appointment
of rainier to Commander'
1'onI In India.
LONDON, March 21,-Klng Edward has
approved tho appointment of General Sir
Arthur Power Palmer us commandcr-ln-chlcf
of tho forces lu indlu. General Palmer
has been provisional commander-in-chief
for a yenr. This disposed of tho rumors
pointing to Lord Kitchener or tho duko
of Connaught for tho post.
JOHANNESBURG BUSY AGAIN
One MIiiIiik Company Crushing ore
and Four Other I'renarliiK
to IleKln.
JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal Colony,
March 20. Ono mining company has started
crushing oro nnd four aro preparing to bo
gln. Sir Alfred Mllner, governor of the
Transvaal nnd Ornnge River colonies, ex
pects to stny hero three months,
i:eente liner PrUoiie ra.
CAPr.TOWN, March 20, J, P. Mlnnber, S.
MInabcr and J. A. Neuwoudt wero shot nt
Do Aar last evenlug for treason and murder
In pursuunco of tho sentenco of n court
martial, Tho death sentence was passed a
week ago, In connection with tho wrecking
of a trnin near Taasbosch, by which five
men wero killed. Gonernl KItchoner con
firmed tho verdict. Tho garrison was
paraded and tho prisoners were led out at
sunset. Death waa Instantaneous. A Dutch
mlnlstor nnd relntlves remained with the
prisoners till tho end. Two others con
cerned In the train-wrecking wcro sentenced
to Ilvo years at penal servitude.
lltial I.aiiKiiiiKe In Colonic.
LONDON, March 21. Tho Capetown cor
respondent of tho Dally Mull says he learns
on good authority that tho Urltlsh gov
ernment will almost certainly adopt tho
dual languago systom In tho now colonies,
n decision which, ho adds, will cause dis
appointment in Cnpctown.
Ill-null tvllli the liner.
CAPETOWN, March 20. A dispatch from
Cradock, Cape Colony, Bays Colonel Gor
rlngo's forco engaged Krltzlnger's force of
llocrs March 16. Tho latter lostinlnetcon
killed and hnd seven men wounded. The
Urltlsh loss was ono man killed and ten
wounded.
Date of DanUli r.lcctlon.
COPENHAGEN, March 20, The elections
to the Folkethlng have been fixed for
April 3.
RED ROCK WOULD HANG HIM
Oklahoma Tottn Is t iiliealthy Place
for Man Whom Sheriff Han
Captured.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 20. A spe
cial to tho Times from Perry, Okl., Bays:
Sheriff Foster nnd deputies returned today
from eighteen mltos east of Perry, having
In their custody a wounded man giving his
name nB Charles Johnson, and three horses.
From nil Indications tin man was Uen
Crntena' companion In the Red Rock mur
der and robbery ltst Monday night, In
which Alvln Untenian, tho bookkeeper of
Swartz & Co., was killed.
Johnson has a bullet halo In his wrist,
tho ball lodging lu the upper nrm under
tho shoulder, nnd another wound tn tho
head. Ho says ho was held up Monday
night In tho Otoe reservation nnd wns shot
with a load of buckshot by two men who
robbed him, taking his cout nnd horse. It
Is tho general opinion here thnt Johnson
Is tho robber that wns dressed In woman's
attlro nt tho killing nt Red Rock nnd re
ceived tha wounds from Alvln nateman,
the bookkeeper who wits killed In the raid.
Tho Perry militia has been called out to
guard the Jail as It Is feared that an at
tempt will bo mado to lynch the prisoner
hy enraged citizens of Red Rock who may
como hero upon learning of tho capture.
After tho Red Rock murdrr, Sheriff Foster
trnccd tho bandits to tho homo of a man
nntned Cunningham, near Pawnee, and tho
houso wns surrounded. A demund wns
made for tho surrender of tho mon and
In reply n volley of bullets was flted into
tho posse. Deputy Sheriff Johnson wu.
mortally wounded, nnd In tho meleo tho
bandits again escaped In tho timber aud
mado for tho reservation.
TO GIVE FIVE MILLIONS MORE
Reported Thnt Cnrneixle Will Make
Another Gift, 'I III Time to
Philadelphia.
NEW YORK, March 20. Tho World will
ray tomorrow: Another magnificent gift
frcm Andrew Cntneglo will bo announced
within a few days. It heenmo known yes
terday thnt Mr. Carneglo hnd offered 15,000,
000 to another American city for tho pur
poso of building libraries.
Philadelphia, it Is understood, will bo
tho next recipient of tho Ironmaster's
bounty. It Is believed that Mr. Carneglo
has offered to build llbrajies aggregating
$5,000,000 In value on conditions similar to
those which accompany his offer to Now
York. It Is nlso understood that tho offi
cial announcement of tho proposition will
bo made within n fow weeks.
The World yesterday Interviewed several
of Mr. Cameglo's closest friends In thl3
country and they all agreed In saying that
tho $5,000,000 donntlon Is soon to to made
public.
"I nm not positive that Philadelphia Is
to bo tho beneficiary," said ono of tho
gentlemen, "but from tho trend of Mr.
Carnegie's remarks during tho Inst few
months I know that ho Is contemplating
doing something handsomo fbr thnt city.
You aro safe In saying that very boou a
gift of $5,000,000 from Mr. Carneglo to
some American city will I announced:
that tho money Is to bo use- for- building
libraries and that the cltyStll probably
be Philadelphia. ,
"Mr. Carntglo has had "trn-at deal of
business with Philadelphia and ho enter
tains tho kindliest of feelings for tho peo
ple of that city."
SEVERAL CLARKS ARE IN IT
Ineoi-iiorntlmi Paper riled In Utnh
for the I.om AiiucIcn A; .Salt
Lake Ilalluny.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 20. In
corporation pnpers of tho Snu Pedro, lxis
Angeles & Salt Lake City railway wero filed
with, tho secretary of state today. (Tho cap
ital stock of tho company is placed at $25,
000,000. Tho olllccrs of tho company aro:
President, Scuntor William A. Clark; first
vlco president, R. C. Kerens, St. Louis; sec
ond vice president, J. Ross Clnrk, Uutte;
third vlco president, T. E. Gibbon, Los An
geles; secretnry, T. F. Miller. Los Angeles;
trensurer, F. K. Rule. Is Angeles.
In addition to tho above ofllcers, with the
oxceptlon of treasurer, the following nro
directors: G. II. Lelghton, St. Louis; Perry
S. Heath, Washington; Senntor Thomas
Kearns, W. S. McCornlck, Reed Smoot and
E. C. Clark, all of Salt Lako City, and
Charles W. Clark, Uutte.
Of tho capital stock of tho company $2,
501,000 has been paid up. The first meet
ing of the directors will bo held tomorrow
to adopt bylaws nnd appoint a general
manager and chief engineer. Construction
will bo started at onco from tho Los
Angeles end, nnd surveyors will bo scut at
once from Salt Lako City to locate this cud
of the line.
SMASHES GAMBLING JOINTS
ChleiiKO Woman rue llalehet AunliiNt
1'olley .Shop and (.'rap
fiame.
CHICAGO, Mnrch 20. Adopting tho
smashing methods of Carrlo Nation, Mrs.
Lottie Jones, colored, went forth on tho
south side to wield an ax In n crusade
against crap games and policy shops. Sho
began her work by wrecking n eon! office
nt 2551 Dearborn street, whero sho fotmd
her spouse engaged In a game of crops,
When she had smashed the wlndowo and re
duced tho furniture In the coal oftlce to
kindling wood Mrs. Jones shouldered her
weapon of destruction nnd stnrted In search
of a policy shop where hor husband hud
been losing money. When sho reached the
policy shop, however, sho found It closed.
Disappointed, Bho went homo. Mrs. Jones
says sho will go out again tomorrow and
smash every placo whro her husband Is
wont to gamble
DENVER ASKS THE PRESIDENT
Chamber of Commerce Tclcu;rnphN an
Invitation to the .MelClnley
Party to .Stop There,
DENVER, Colo., March 20. President
Charles F. Wilson, on behalf of the Cham
ber of Commerce, today sont a dispatch to
Prcsldont MeKlnley formally inviting him
and his party to stop In thla city nnd
becomo tho guests of tho chamber on their
western trip. Governor Orman ntso Bent
a dispatch urging tho president's accept
unco of the luvltatlon.
.Movement of Oeenn Vi-Htcl .March -II.
At New York-Sulled-MnJestlc, for Liver
pool: Kensington, for Antwerp, Arrived
l.uhn, from Hremen; Noordlund, from Ant
werp: Oceanic, from Liverpool,
At Naples (Mnrch 16)-Arrlved-Steamer
Hyson, from Tacoma,
At Llverpool-Arrlved-I.usltnnln, from St.
John. N. II.. nnd Halifax.
At Uoulogno (March l'J)-Salled-llulgnrla.
from Hamburg, for Now York,
At Southampton Sailed Kulser Wilhohn
der Grosso, from Hremen, for New York.
Arrlved-St. Louis, from New York.
At. Portland. Me. fialled-Hteumers Nor
wegian, for Olasjow; Ottoman, for Liver
pool. At Glasgow Arrived Assyrian, from
Portland.
At Ilrow head-Passed Steamer Germanic
from New York, for Quecnstown nnd Liver
pool; Commonwealth, from Dos ton. for
Qucctutown uud Liverpool.
FOUR AGAINST AMENDMENT
Scontarj of Onban Oorumlttee Eaji Flatt
Plan Will I3t Rejected.
COURT OF CLAIMS IS CONSIDERED
Governor Gcncrnl Wood Propone to
Provide for Mettllnu I)lpuu-n
Arlftlnir from Spiinlnh
Contracts,
HAVANA, March 20. The commltteo on
foreign relations today decided to hold a
meeting tomorrow, when tho report on
tho Piatt amendment will be finally dis
cussed. Senor Juan Alberto Gomez, who drew up
tho report, asserts that four of tho five
members of tho commlttco will rccom
inend tho constitutional convention not to
nccept tho amendment, but to leavo tho
wholo question to tho futuro republic. Ho
sn)s ho Is conlldcnt that tho convention,
which will meet Friday, will adopt tho re
port. Governor General Wood nnd tho cabinet
secretaries today discussed the advisability
of establishing a court of claims, to which
could bo referred claims against munici
palities nrlslng out of old Spanish con
tracts. A number of Hicbo nro pending
throughout tho Island and It Is expected
that Indemnity on tho city loan contract
will bo tho first before tho court.
Senor Carlos Roloff, tho newly ap
pointed treasurer of Cuba, whoso term be
gins April 1, will qualify with a bond of
.$200,000.
MILWAUKEE IS TAKING WATER
Wisconsin lleetopolln Drenched with
n Mould that Didn't Make It
I'limoiiN.
MILWAUKEE, Mnrch 20. Territory
m oro than a mile squnro in tho Menominee
alley in this city Is under llvo to' six feet
of water today, us u result of tho storm of
tho last thlrty-slx hours. Tho shops of
tho Milwaukee road at Wect Mtlwaukco
aud tho shops of the Falk Manufacturing
company wero flooded and nil work sus
pended. A portion of tho grndo of tho Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road, built
across tho valley, was washed out. Tho
water Is receding' this afternoon,
OSHKOSH. Wis., March 20. Tho sleet
storm of lust night and tho snow storm of
today havo practically Isolated Oshkosh
from the rest of tho world, as far as wire
communication Is concerned. Street car
traffic was suspended for soveral hours, A
driving blizzard now prevails and bids fair
to last nil night.
OMAHA TRAIN LONG DELAYED
Stuck In the Hnow .Venr Cumberland,
WIncoiinIii, Mnr Hour Storm
"Worst In Year.
CUMUERLAND, Wis., March 20. The se
vens blizzard which has prevailed through
Wisconsin for tho Inst thlrty-slx hours Is
tho worst seen for years. An Omaha train
wan stuck In tho snow two miles south of
hero 'for ulno hours today, and another
was snowbound south of Turtle lako for
a similar period. All freights have been
abandoned nnd passcuger trains aro run
ning with doublehenders. Country roads
nro lmpassablo nnd lumbering operations
nt a standstill. Tho stave nnd heading
mills nro shut down on account of the
storm, which Is still raging.
COVERS WHOLE NORTHWEST
St. Paul Report That Ilnlii and Sleet
Storm In Well niNtrlhiilcd
There.
ST. PAUL, March 20. Tho flerco storm of
rain, sleet and wind which has raged In
this city for two days was one of tho
worst in years, soverely hampering
Btreet enr nnd rallwny service. Tho outlook
for fair weather tomorrow Is favorable.
Tho storm covered tho wholo of tho north
west, nnd most of tho trains coming Into
St. Paul havo been dclnycd.
ONE 0FTH0SEFUNNEL CLOUDS
Thnt'fl Whnt They Had at Hock l'nll.
Illlnoln, and It Swept
Th I n km.
ROCK FALLS, III., March 20. A large,
black funnel-shaped cloud passed rapidly
over this city last night, coming from the
bouthwest. It destroyed tho Afrlcnn Meth
odist Episcopal church, tho Woodmen hall
nnd many barns south of town.
Kxteimlve Tle-Cp of Train.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., March 20. All
trains on Iho Grand Rapids & Indiana,
Pero Marquctto arid Michigan Central rail
roads north of Cudlllac to tho Straits of
Mr.ckinnc aro again at a complete stand
still becnuso of the sleet storm nnd heavy
wind which prevailed In that torrltor" yes
terday and last night. Tho wires aro all
dewn nnd tho genernl offices hero havo no
knowledge of any of their trains, though
thoy nro many hours past duo. Tho officials
say the tie-up Is tho worst of tho winter.
Train Service Crippled,
SIOUX CITY,- In., March 20. Train acrvlco
on all railways hotweeu horo and Chicago
was badly crippled today as tho result of n
blizzard south and enst of Sioux City. Tho
wind attained a velocity of fifty miles an
hour. There was practically no snow here.
Tbo snow was drifted in all cuts between
here nnd Omaha, and Manilla, la.
Heavy Storm at lliirlliiKton.
HURLINGTON, la., March 20. What
promises to ho tho heaviest snow storm of
tho season Is prevailing bore, Thcro Is
but little wind nnd railway traffic hns not
been much delayed,
NOT AS IN LINCOLN'S TIME
Wlilmv of the Great President' Pri
vate Secretary .Vow an Appli
cant for Charity.
WAIIASH, Ind Mnrch 20. Tho widow
of Abraham Lincoln's prlvnto socrotary
wns nn applicant for charity In this city
today, when sho applied to Trustee Gib
ney for transpottntion to Logansport,
The woman Is Mrs, J. O. Jenkins, 64
years old, and sho Is a natlvo of Illinois,
Hor husband ond tho martyred president
wero young men together and In the early
'COs Jenkins served ns Lincoln's secre
tory. Mrs. Jenkins has resided In Wash
ington sinco tho war and, being in desti
tute circumstances, Is trying to reach
frlonds ut Springfield, III, Sho tells Inter
esting anecdotes of her Washington life
.'luring Lincoln's term. Later her hus
band wns n clerk lu tho Treasury depart
ment, dying In Washington.
.IoIiiihoii Taken tn Nile.
COLUMUl'S, O., March 20.-r)eputy
United States Mnrshal Hawley of Clncln
clnnatt left for Mies. Mich,, this after
noon with Charles Johnson, nrrested hero
on tho chnrge of wrecking tho NUca Na
tional bank.
I
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska-Fair ttml Wnrmer
Thursday; Southerly Winds; Friday Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. lieu. Hour. Den.
r a. m. .... . t ii, in -J I
I a. in 1-J a p. m U(l
7 n. in to :l p. in UH
N n. m to . p. in Uo
0 a. in m n p. in :to
10 a. iii I I 0 p. iii utl
1 1 a. n IS 7 p. ill -II
1- m Ill H p. m U7
II p. m U7
FIRE AS NEGROES' REVENGE
County Seat AlmiiHt Destroyed nnd
Friend of .Huh Victim Arc
Illumed.
UNION CITY, Tenn., Mnrch 20. Tlpton
vlllc, thu county sent of Lake county, was
neurly destroyed by flro last night, only
four tuislneas houses escaplug.
Tho Lako County bank, Harry Smith's
dry goods store, Peacock's furniture store,
n butcher shop, two or three restaurants,
J. P. George's dry goods and clothing store,
Cnmpbell's dry goods and clothing store,
lemon's grocery, Harris' grocery and Camp
bell'H hotel wero destroyed. Soveral other
business houses uud residences wcro
burned. Tho loss is estimated at $75,000,
partly covered by Insurance.
NEW MADRID, Mo Mnrch 20. Tho flro
nt Tlptonvlllc, Tenn., Is Mild to hnvo been
incendiary and Is supposed to havo been
started by negroes out of rovengo for the
lynching of Ike Fitzgerald, colored, on
Saturday. At his trial tho Jury stood eleven
for hanging nnd ono for life Imprisonment.
That evening ns tho sheriff was taking
Fitzgerald to tho Jail n mob of 200 men
look tho prisoner from tho sheriff and
hanged him to a tree.
Hoforo ho was hanged tho negro wns tor
tured In a horrible manner. Tho negroes of
Tlptonvllln nnd vicinity wore greatly
wrought up over tho mutilation und lyuch
ing. ADVOCATE'S EDITOR AT REST
Hcv. Arthur F.dwiird lllrn nt III
llomi! lu Chlenuo of Heart
Trou tile.
CHICAGO, March 20. Rev. Arthur Ed
wards, D. D., editor of tho Northwestern
Christian Advocate nnd widely known In
Methodist Eplscopnl church circle's, died
tonight at his resldcnco lu this city, nged
C6 yeurs.
Dr. Edwards was born In Norwnlk, O.,
nnd wus graduated from tho Wesloynn uni
versity of that stuto soon nfter entering
tho Detroit confereuco of the Methodist
Episcopal church. At the outbreak of tho
civil war ho went to tho front as n chap
lain, but resigned after tho battle of Gettys
burg to becomo colonel of n cavalry regi
ment. In 1861 he left tho army nnd be
como assistant editor of tho Northwestern
Christian Advocate, In which position he
continued until 1872, when ho beenme ed-Itor-ln-chlef.
Dr. Edwards wns a dele
gate to tho ecumenical confcrcnco In Lon
don in 1881.
The causo of Dr. Edwnrds' doath was
heart trouble, from which ho had been 111
for several drtys.
GO HOME TO TELL THE FOLKS
.TiipnnrNc ltullrond .lien Itelurn After
liiRpeettiiK American Syitteiii
to Apply Their lip.
CHICAGO, March 20. After devoting
several months to personal observation and
study of American railroads, nnd tho
methods by which they aro operated E.
Sonoklchl nnd Y. Ynmuto, respectively traf
fic, manager and mechanical superintendent
of Japan's longest and most Important rail
road, extending from Toklo to the northern
extremity of the main Uland, hnvo started
back to the eastern empire.
Tho American locomotives found tho
warmest spots In tho hearts of tho Oriental
officials. Mr, Sonoklchl said that tho Amer
ican cnglncp, which cost fully one-third
less than thoso bought In England, did bet
ter work with the ttso of less coal.
ARE OFFICERS OR KIDNAPERS
Two .lien Arrenled In Texan 'While
Carrylmc Away .Man Hound
with Hope.
FORT WORTH. Tex., March 20. J, L.
Peterson and J. M. Cooper, claiming to bo
officers from North Carolina, uro under
urrest here, charged with kidnaping, Thoy
took charge, without a warrant, of a man
named Warrick, who they nlleged to havo
killed ti relative of tho North Carolina
men and for whom n rownrd Is offered.
They had Warrick hound with ropes when
Texas officers arrested them. Warrick Is
held to await advices from tho governor
of North Caiollna.
W0LC0TT TO BE IN CABINET
Report In Colorado In That Kx-Hcu-ator
In Slated for Secretary
of the Interior.
PUEIiLO, Colo., "March 20. Tho Dally
Chieftain will say tomorrow: It Is defi
nitely known hero that ox-Senator Edward
O. Wolcott of Colorado will In n fow days
be appointed by the president to bo sec
retary of tbo Interior to succeed Mr. Hitch
cock. Tho nows has boon received by n
friend of Mr. Wolcott In this city, tho
statement being made unequivocally and In
dicated that tho announcement will bo
mndo In WnshlnBtou tomorrow,
FRYE WON'T SPEAK OF CUBA
Only PnrtliiK Ilemnrk In That lie
Xceil He! and Will
Get It,
NEW YORK, March 20. Senator William
P. Fryo of Maine Balled today on tho Chop
okec for San Domingo. Senator Fryo said
that ho would not discuss tho Cuban situa
tion at thin tlmo and, In fact, would say
nothing except that ho was much In need of
rest and wns going on n five wcoks' vaca
tion. WHAT SPANIARDS COULDN'TDO
Government Decide to Scrape nnd
Make Alteration In Dewey'
I'liiUNhlp.
DOSTON, March 2-. Tbo Olympla, Ad
miral Dewoy's llagshlp, was placed In tho
dry dock today to bo Bcruped anil painted
below tho watorllno. Tho government Is
spending nbout $500,000 on It for altera
tions. ASKS BIDS ON LETTER BOXES
roNtolllce Department Want to Know
Charlie for Them on I'oor-Vi-flm'
Contract,
WASHINGTON. March 20. Tho Postofllco
department has Issued a rail for bids for
furnishing street letter boxes to tho gov
ernment for tho noxt four yeurs, for ttso
in cities throughout tho country. The pro
posals will bo received until uooa April 19.
VOTE ON CAUCUS LINE
Joint Ballot for Senator Beiulta at Sid
Totali for Nomination,
ANTI-THOMPSON MEN FORM NEW FRONT
Concentrate on Ilininair asd Martin and
Crouiie and Meiklejohn.
CAUCUS RESUMES ITS WEARY BALLOTING
Fiftj-FourHepublicani Participate ii Effort
to Choose & Candidate.
LITTLE CHANGE FROM FIRST STANDING
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water Lead with a Gain ot
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LINCOLN, Mnrch 20.-(Speclal Telegram.)
Uuustml Intorest attached to the Jolut ses
sion of tho legislature today nnd tho In
creased crowd In uttondnm-o expecting u
material change lu thu ballot for United
States senutor was not dlsappoltitcd, al
though no election was tlfoctcd. D. K.
Thompson had been accorded tho tcutullvo
nomination for tho short term lu tho
"Miort" caucus Inst night nnd tho roll cult
fouud tho Thompson column lengthened to
fifty-six, but still needing bovcu to muke a
majority ot tho 124 otes recorded.
It Is an open tiocrct that tho nomina
tion ot Mr. Thompson was brought ubout
by tho union of tho Thompson nnd Rose
water utrcugth and that reciprocity would
follow. As n result, Mr. Rosewatcr secured
twenty-nlno votes In Joint session through
it eompleto realignment of tho expressed
choice for tho long-term sinntor. Tho bo
called "antla." Including tho original nine
secedors from tho first caucus, woro sup
plemented by Crounse, Cain, Haihorn and
Rohwer. The antls withdrew whatever sup
port they had been giving .Mr. RoHownter,
going to Crounso and Meiklejohn for North
Platte nnd Murtln and Hlnshaw for South
Platte, Senator Martin himself, although
recorded present lu the Donate, was absent
from the Joint session, whllo Marshall Is
still confined to tho sanitarium with his
illness. Thus, ns ngalnst Thompson, Hln
shaw hold out four voteu uud Martin nine,
whllo for thu long term Meiklejohn kopt
t,wenty, Crounso. (en uud Currlo nine. ,r
The mifwatlau fit a sccuttd ballot wns uo
reculvcd with sutllclent favor nnd tho Joint
session adjourned to meet tomorrow ut
noon. A second ballot would hardly havo
shown any variation, tho republicans nit
waiting ou tho further outcomo ot tho
pending caucus, which Is expected to givo
them caucus nominees. Somo ot tho nntla
havo been Indulging eonsldornbly In cx
trcmo talk, npitrrcd on by tho mon behind
them who havo been trying to rovlvo tho
fortunes of tho Meiklejohn boom. Lntcst
additions from Omaha to tho staff of federal
officials Include Paymaster Dratl Slaughter
out of tho army headquarters nnd United
Slotes District Attorney Summers, ns rep
reHcntutlvo of tho federal building, with a
goodly representation m uddltlon from
other sections of tho state.
I'll x In ll I t I'liitf ii lleul.
Tho fusion forces, with nil except two or
threo membcrn present, held n caucus to
night, where for nearly threo hours tho
senatorial question, from tho standpoint of
incir ciinuco or tying up with somo 10
publlcan and securing ono of tho senator,),
was discussed. Many different plans were
considered, but nono of them mot with the
unanimous approval of tho caucus. Thu
fusloulsts realize that If they nro to oc-
compllhh anything of this kind that they
must act hoon and tho matter was most
earnestly dlscusi-cd tonight. Tho (suggestion
that a number of tho members pair for
Monday and then nil return to the city
and cast their votes for somo fusion cau
dldato received considerable consideration,
but nothing was decided upon, tho caucur,
taking an adjournment unttt tomorrow
night.
Republican Cancan Deadlocked.
Tho net result of tho republican caucus
tonight wns tho Increase tu Mr. Rose
water's voto up to 32, Tho caucus con
vened In tho Llndelt hotel Hhortly nfter H
o'clock, with only fifty present at tho
start, but this number wns Increased by
the nrrlval of four more, making tho num
ber nt tho closo fifty-four. As Arends, who
was presont tonight, had not participated
last night, thnt meant that thcro woro two
absentees not represented hy proxy. Tho
members wero nil tired nnd sleepy from tho
nll-nlght slego ot tho day beforo and for
thnt reason n recess was taken early at
10:30 until 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Tho
variations In tho voto can bo seen from
tho table, only three candidates entering
Into tho contest, namely, Rosewater,
Meiklejohn nnd Currlo, Crounso, Rohwer,
Martin, Cain, Hathorn and Ilrown still
declined to participate In tho caucus. Tho
voto was as follows, nineteen ballots belli;;
taken altogether:
n 11 15 10 17 IS 19
Rosewater iii 31 27 111 31 32 ,2
Melklojohn II ir, Hi 15 15 11 It
Currlo 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Tho antls got together for a consultation
during tho evening, but no action waa taken
boyonil endorsing their own course. It
had been currently rumored that some of
them would present themselves for admis
sion to tho caucus, but nothing of tho kind
occurred.
REFLECTION OF THE CAUCUS
Joint llnllot for Hulled Htnte Hen
ntorn Shown Sleiullne of
ColumiiH,
LINCOLN, March 20, (Special Telegram.)
Tho reflection of last night's cuueus wtti
plainly vlslhlo In tho ballot for United
States senator In Joint session today, when
D. Ii, Thompson recolved flfty-slx votes,
being all the republicans but fifteen. Ot
the fifteen who refused to accept the cau
cus action thcro wero In addition to tho
nlno well-known fecedors Crounso, Martin,
Cuin, Hathorn, Rohwer and Marshall, tha
last nyntloiiod being nn thu sick list.
Arends nnd Owens voted for Thompson,
although they had not participated In the
nomination, whllo under the call tho ac
tion of the caucus Is not strictly binding
until two nominations nro mndo. The mem
bers voted practically na they did in caucus.