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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JTJiNE 10, 1S71.
OMAHA, MONDAY APKILi 29, 1001.
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Tnentj-First Infanti. 'v nrprii On
Mors Insurgent Qiw fa ."'mud,
v
CAILLES HIMSELF CONTRIVE! .
Vtni8hti While Surrounding Force i Fiht
ing Threugb Hit Quaidi.
AMERICANS ARE HOT ON HIS TRAIL
Appalling; Record for Cruelty Ifakei His
Oaptnrt Muoh Dnired.
EVERYTHING ELSE IN CAMP SECURED
InrliiilltiK III Adjutnnt ficnrrnl, Five
Olhrr Mntt Oltlcrrs, l'rl nti-a,
Itlflm, Ammunition And Vnl
onltlc Corrmnnuilence.
MANILA. April 28. Captain Wilson Chase,
with n dotnehmcut of the Twenty-first in
fantry, on April 26, surprised the camp of
tho Insurgent general, Calllcs, nl Dugot
Dugot, situated nlno miles northeast ot
Civlntl, in tho province of Lnguana. Callles
wan nt his camp at tho time of the Aracrt
tan attack, but managed to escape. Cap
tain CIidho'h force captured his adjutant
general, flvo othera of his staff oinccrK,
fourteen mon, twenty rifles, a largo amount
of ammunition and stores mid all the
papers and personal effects of the Filipino
general. Tho Insurgent major, Veto, was
killed during tho engagement, as were
Corporal McGllI and Private Tlpps, both
belonging to Company A of tho Twenty
first. Several columus of the American
troops contlnuo vigorously to pursuo Gen
eral CalllteH.
General Cullies recently offered a reward
of 110,000 for tho head of Captain Kdwant
N, Jones, Jr., of tho Klgbt Infantry. For
morn than a year past Calllcs has com
manded the Insurgent forces operating to
the cast of Day Lake, not far from Manllr.
lie Is said to be a French half caste. Ho
has a reputation for vlndlctlvcnss ami
cruelty and Is one of the two or throo
Filipino leaders still In the field who havo
clearly Ignored tho observances nt honor
able warfare. The society of Mania
Ducats, whose practice It was to assassin
ate and bury alive those of their country
men who accepted American sovereignly
whenever the latter fell Into their hands,
operated with tho cognizance, If not the
uipport of Oencral Callles. 'If Calllcs were
captured It Is doubtful If he could claim im
munity for past actions under the terms
of thii amnesty. In January of this year
Callles offered a reward of $10 a piece for
the heads ot all Americans brought to him.
OUT WITH FRIAftS A MOTTO
Kntlvcs of Month Cuinnrlnra Province
Greet Philippine CiimniUaloii
tjyff)t, JSmplmtin llnunrr.
e t y.
NEUVA CACEItBS, Province of Southern
Camarlncs. Luzon, April 28. This turbulent
region Is now nearly pacified. ThoST'hillp
plne commission has traveled twenty miles
by river to this point, having established
provincial government for North Camarlm's
and South Camarlucs. The commissioners
have, heeen greected with baners Inscribed
with "Long Live the Commission" and "Out
with the Friars."
The question as to whether a native or
an American shall bo governor has been
lettlcd by tbo appointment, until such time
as an election may bo held, of Lieutenant
Ocorgo Curry of tho Eleventh volunteer cav
alry, who was formerly of Itoosevelt's
Rough Itldcrs. Major Henry n, McCoy nf
the Foutry-fourth volunteer Infantry was
appointed treasurer and Lieutenant Klmcr
O. Worrlck ot the Forty-fifth volunteer In
fantry supervisor.
The population Is estimated at 150,000.
The people aro peaceable, but the morals
of tho masses are lax.
CLARK FORCES ARE DEFIANT
Declare Only a I'nllril Stnlr Mnmhal
. t'mi lletlre Tlicm from
I'rment Ntnnd.
SALT LAKE CITY. April 28. According
to a Herald special from Uvada, Utah, Col
onel Maxson, who Is In chargo of the Clark
forces at tho disputed right of way near
Uvada, was today served with nottco by tho
representatives of the Oregon Short Line
that an Injunction had been Issued by thp
United States court at Carson City prohibit
ing the San Pedro company from Interfer
ing with the Short Line In Its construction
of a railroad between Uvada, Clover Vail ly
Junction and Plquehe. Colonel Maxson re
fused to accept service on tho ground that
tho order lacked official Identity and at
once dispatched word to his men at the
front to Ignore the order.
Tho Clark forces declare that until the
United States marshal servos official notice
they declare they wll hold every Inch of
ground they now possess, even at tho risk
of a fight. In this decision they ore upheld
by the officers of the Clark Interests In
Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, who have
telegraphed thcra to make no further con
cessions. RESCUERS WORST INJURED
Hiiprrlntenilent ltnilucrn nnil Wllllmn
lllll .Murlociile hi MiivIiik Victim
(if l.ntrobe Mlnp Fire,
LATIlHOnE, Pa., April 28. The cntlro
engine house and boiler house of the Dor
othy coal nnd coke plant of the Steel and
Wlro company Is a smouldering mass of
ruins and It is reported that cither four or
six miners lost their lives. The loss Is es
timated at SICO.000; fully Insured. Two per
sons are known to be Injured. They are:
Superintendent Rndgcrs, suffocated while
endeavoring to rescue the entombed miners.
William Dill, Hiiffoaated while assisting
Superintendent Hodgcrs In the work of res
cue, Five miners were known to have been In
tho mine who knew nothing of the fire un
til twelve men desceuded th sir shaft,
which is 2M feet deep, and told them ot
tho fact. Thoy wore rescued, but there are
rumors loulght that six raoro were In tha
mlno at tha time. The tiro will cause over
400 miners to bo out of work. It Is stated
that the burned building will be rebuilt at
once.
OLD TELEGRAPHER'S THIRTY
Jamn llnnirlaa Held, "Fntlier of the
TrlPsruiih," ietn II Ik l.nat
Hrlenno MeMBf,
NEW YORK, April 2S. James nougluss
Held, known to telegrapher tlnuughout
the country as "the father of the tele
graph," died this afternoon at his resldenco
In this city, lie bad been 111 for many
AMERICAN GIRL ACROBATS
Henntlfnl Twlim nf ttrtlneinriit My.
Ilfy Pnrlo t- Thrlr Adop
tion of CI roan Life.
(Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, April 2f. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Two beauti
ful American girls, twins, known as tho
Misses Cunnnlngham, strong and lithe,
mado their debut ns female acrobats In the
arena of the fashionable Nouvcau Clrcuc In
Paris two weeks ago. Tho rumor soon
spread In the American colony that there
was n mystery connected with these fair
compatriots. It became tho rage to see
tnoir periormaiico nnd to seek Introductions
for the Misses Cunningham wore not only
extraordinarily handsome, but also cnltuiul
and versed In all the little refinements of
society. Tho best women of the colony in
vited them to special teas nnd reception.;.
The girls seemed modestly pleased oy
these attentions, but with gentle craft and
firmness resisted all efforts to draw o:t
any Information, though they admit that
Cunningham Is r.nt their surname, nor
Gladys and Lcolne their Christian names.
One French paper snys they nro tho
daughters of Edward Padcn Deacon, who
killed his wife ten years ago at Nice, whero
he discovered her deceit. Hut this seems
a preposterous effort to connect the young
women with a not yet forgotten Franco-
American scandal. A writer for another
paper nllcges that an American dlplomit
who knew the girls In Washington ns chil
dren says they nro the natural dnughtcrs
of a onco eminent politician who was dis
graced In tho American capital by n sensa
tional trial. This also seems bosh. At
any rate, "All Paris" knows about tho two
"Mysterious American beauties," nnd Is
keenly anxious to learn their history.
The World correspondent called on th-;
Misses Cunningham at their pretty apart
ment on the Avenue Victor Hugo and ob
tained tho following Htntcmetit from one
of tho twins, Gladys or Lconle, ho can't tc.l
which:
"Nothing should concern the public about
us except our performance. We are Ameri
cans, it Is true, but for reasons of our own
we desire to keep our Identity to oursolves.
We do como from n very good nnd very
well known family and arc graduates ot
one of the principal girls' colleges, but the
rumor that wo were driven to adopt In
cognito by scandal Is gratuitous.
"Three years ago we suddenly found our
selves compelled to earn our own living.
W had some little means left but not
enough to provide the comfort vc were
accustomed to. Wo had to ohooso between
being saleswomen, typowrlters. trained
nurses or some such thing. Marriage was
and remains out of tho question for us.
"None of the usual occupations for
women nttracted us; they provided small
pay and monotonous expense. Therefore, as
wo had been athletes nnd acrobats from
youth, when we used to lock ourselves In
our room to perform acrobatic feats, wo
decided to turn what wo had learned In
fun to account We came to Europe three
years ago and went through n systematic
training under tho best circus performers.
irt HlKhrr Offer.
"This Is our second engagement. We ap
peared first In Lyons at ths Clrlque Rancy,
where head clown Alphnno, our most bo
loved master and a man of genius in his
line, designed the act Vr now perforin In
Paris, u clou nlc fantasy.
"Wc get. In American monoy, HO a night,
for both, and 30 for matinees, That's only
1 150 a week for each, provided we feel like
working at each performance, which wo
can't and don't. We havo offers of much
higher pay. For the same reasons which
prevent us from baying who wo were In
the United States, we shall never return
there, either to perform or to live.
"Wo enjoy circus life. It is a career as
good ns another, oh respectable as any If
you make it so, and certainly more Inde
pendent than most."
Tho twins enter the circus arena tumbling
and laughing llko robust sprites. One Is
clad In hlnck, tho other In scarlot satin
tights. Each has a funny but graceful
white wig, nnd their faces are powdered
white like Pierrots, with bounty spots of
black court plaster at the corners of tho
Hps. Throughout the act, a perfect whirl
wind of pretty and dnngcrous exorcises, no
wprd is spoken, but the girls laugh all
tho time as though having the greatest fun
In the world.
SEES BUT ONE FACE IN YEARS
Uttiimnn Uhrrnln Tell French I.pnftue
of Sorry I'llKht nf Imprisoned
Former Sulfuii.
PARIS. April 28. The French League of
tho Rights of Man has received a letter
from the Ottoman Liberal committee. In
Constantinople appealing to tho league to
take up the propaganda for the release of
former Sultan Mournd, who was deposed
August HI. 1876, on the ground ot 111 health
nnd mental Incapacity,
Tho communication proceeds In part as
follows: "The deposed sultan Is undergoing
a martyrdom In prison nt Tchlragan more
cruel than the sufferings of the victim ot
Devil's Island, Ho was Imprisoned on the
pretext of madness. Ha has not seen a
human face, except that of his Jailor, for
twenty-flvo years, nor n letter, a newspaper
or book. He Is not allowed to leave his
rooms and Is thus hurled In a living
grnvo." Tho committee urges that If ho Is
really deranged he should be treated scien
tifically. Senor Trlator, president of tho
league, who was very active In tho agita
tion that resulted In the release ot Dreyfus,
has replied assuring the Ottoman Liberal
committee of the sympathy of the league
and Issues an appeal to the Turkish govern
ment. BOERS STRIP PRINCE'S MEN
Tivc-nty-Klve nf WnlrV Milht Home
Believed nf .Mounts nnd Acrnulre
mcnt, Then Itrlenard.
LONDON. April 2S. Lord Kitchener con
tlnucs tho process of wearing down the
Roers who, however, nro very active In the
Kroonsted district, whero they recently de
railed two trains nnd nlso captured, after
n sevoro fight, twenty-flvo men of the
Prince of Wales light horse, whom tbey
stripped of their horses nnd accoutrements
and then liberated,
Colonel Plumer's force captured n small
laager of forty-eight men. Including the no
torious Transvaal state engineer, Munllck,
who planned the destruction of the Johan
nesburg mines In tho spring of last year,
and his father, who was formerly Undrost
at Uoksburg.
Mr. Cummlngs, who Is vltltlug Durban
on behalf of the Canadian government, Is
favorably Impressed with the trading possl
bllltits between Canada and Natal.
Movement of Oeenn Veanel April -H.
At tondnn Arrived Stenmer Manltou,
from New York.
At Liverpool Bulled Hteunitr Corenn,
from GliiHgow. for 8t, Johns. N. F Hali
fax, N. H., and Philadelphia. Arrived
Steamers Uovle. from New York: Georgian,
from New York: Hhynland, from Phila
delphia via Queensinwn,
At Gibraltar Arrived Steamer Trave,
from Genoa and Naples, for New York, nnd
proreeded.
At Queenslnwn-Ballcd Slenmer Etrurla,
from IJverpool, for New York,
At Southampton Sulled Steamer South
uark from Aulwcru. fur Jaw York.
WORSEFICHT THAN REPORTED
Ketteler Saje General Lni Had ta Be Well
Tbreehed Before Retiring.
NINE CHINESE ROBBED EXECUTED TODAY
First nf Criminals Whose Sentence
li' diluent Court la Kxreutcd
itIIIi Chnflec' Formal
Ap provnl.
PEKIN, April 28. The report of General
Ketteler, received hero from Kuo Lu, dlf-
'fers from the other reports concerning tho
German-French expedition previously re
ceived. O. neral Kottclcr's report shows that
the Chinese troops did not leave tho prov
ince till they were forced to do so. The
entire brigade commanded by General Ket
teler met tho enemy on April 23 and In
flicted Immcnso loss upon them. The report
does not give this loss. The Germans had
one officer and three soldiers killed and
twenty-eight soldiers wounded. Tho Chi
nese wore forced to leave the province and
were fully demoralized. Tho French au
thorities stated that tho Chinese had
crossed tho border of tho province on April
19, In which case they must have subse
quently returned.
LI Hung Chang rays It Is impossible to
bcllovo that General Lul Uwang Ting In
tentionally disobeyed his order und anx
iously awaits tho Chinese report of tho en
counter referred to by General Ketteler.
Li Hung Chang paid return calls to the
different legations yesterday and congrat
ulated Special Commissioner Rockhlll on
tho stain' token by tho Americans In the
matter of Indemnity. It Is not generally
thought among tho ministry of tho powers
that Mr. Rockhlll's effort In this direction
will provo successful, though most of them
ndmlt that they must bo guided In tho mat
ter by tho Instructions they receive from
their homo governments.
Nine Chlnnmon will bo executed tomorrow
In tho American district for highway rob
bery and violence. The men In question
were tried nnd sentenced according to Chi
nese law, hut they nrc tho first of such
sentences to bo approved by General
Chaffee.
General Gaselee. the British commander,
the oftlccrs of his staff and the entire
Ilrltlsh contingent gnve n farewell enter
tainment to the American ofllccrs last night.
All officers who were not actually on duty
were present and the utmost enthusiasm
prevailed. Speeches wero made by General
Onseleo nnd General Chaffee only.
It Is said at German headquarters that
the brigade of General Ketteler Is returning
to Pao Ting Fu.
DETAILS LIU'S PUNISHMENT
Wnlilemee MpihIn llrrlln Co in pre In-n-alf
ItciMirl if l.iiNt AVi-ek'H llnril
I'lKlitlnu with Cliliimr.
RERUN, April 28. Tho Germnn war
oftlco has received tho following advices
from Count von Waldcrsee:
"Pckln, April 27. Thrco engagements oc
curred April 23 and n fourth April 24, nt
the Great wall, between four columns under
General Ketteler and tho Chinese troops
under General Liu. Tho Culneso wero
everywhere defeated, and after a stubborn
resistance wero forced back over tho wall,
being pursued as far ns Ku Kuan. Our
casualties were four officers wounded and
three men killed and thirty-two wounded.
The French troops wero not engaged."
Subsequently the following additional dls
pntch regarding tho four engagements wero
received from Count on Wnldersco:
"Pckln, April 28. Tho following reports
only arrived last night, owing to tho diffi
culty of communication:
"General Ketteler's brigade, reinforced.
marched In four columns against tho Oroit
wall. Colonel Ledeburs being the right
wing, then those commanded by Coloni 1
Hoffmelster, Colonel Wnllmerlch nnd Major
Ileuhlenfels. Lcdebur reached tho wall
April 2), after n slight engagement near
Hnl Shan Kwan. Hoffmelster drovo back
the cnenmy April 23. On tho same day
HuehlenfclB encountered n strong party of.
the enemy occupying a bastion on tha
heights commanding the pass. Tho enemy
fought stubbornly, In a particularly stro.ig
postlon, which was only taken after eleven
hours' lighting. Huchlenfels and Lieutenant
Stutgart wero slightly wounded and Lieu
tenant Drewells was severely wounded.
Standard-bearer and another wero killed,
and six men severely and ten slightly
wounded. Wallmerlch attacked and dis
persed April 23, n far superior force uf
the enemy In a strong position east ot
tho breach of lino Ho and effected n Junc
tion on the battlefield with a battalion
under Major Muclmnn, from the Sing Chlug,
which taking up tho pursuit overtook the
enemy In n fresh position to the south. Tie
enemy were pursued as far as Ku Kuan.
Wallmerlch followed them there.
"The enemy suffered severely. Eleven
old and two new quick flrers wero ;ap-
tured. On our side ono man was klllul
and three wero severely wounded nnd nine
slightly. Lieutenant Deusterborg was shit
through tho right nrm.
"The enemy are everywhere In retreat.
General Von Lessol has arranged with
General llallloud that tho French trooos
shall occupy Ku Kuan for tho present and
secure his left flank.
"Ketteler's brlgado Is marching by short
stages to Pao Ting Fu, nnd Huohlenfeli'
column nlong tho mountains to Pekln."
PARKHURST ON HYPOCRITES
$ny nrtln-rnrr In Simply I, run
Krimk Tlinn Southerner In
DUIIUIiik the .Vi'Krn.
NEW YORK, April 28. Rev. Dr. Charles
II. Parkhurst preached today at tho Madi
son Square Presbyterian church on topics
connected with hla recent trip south, Re
ferring to tho estimation In which the
people of the south and those of tho north
bold tho negro, Dr. Parkhurst said:
"Tho southerner does not like the negro
any belter than the averngo northerner
docs, and tho two carry themselves toward
tho negro with JubI about tho same amount
of Christian consideration, only of tho
two, the southern white man has perhaps
this advantage, that ho does not make quite
so flamboyant a pretense of loving the negro
as his northern conferee does. The southern
white man dislikes tho negro, and owns up
to It. Tho white man In the north dislikes
the negro and 1 IcJ nbout It."
The preacher said further: "The undls
criminating act by which the negroes had
conferred upon them tho right to vote, was
ono of those blunders that It Is not easy
to escape from after It Is once committed,
but which It would seem we ought to have
had northern statesmanship sufficiently In
telligent to prevent.
"The counsel that both the northern and
tho southern friends of tho negro are now
giving him, Is to keep quiet upon tho whole
suffrage matter, to keep out of politics, not
to talk about the constitution, not to Insist
upon his rights, but to attend Industriously
to the work of getting himself well ready
which he Is not now for what God and the
country and the future may have in store
for him,"
BANKS AND P0ST0FFICES
WiialiliiKton Hlic otlcr nf Improve
ments In llie Serlee to (he
People nf the nrtlnt rut.
WASHINGTON, April 2S. (Special Teli
gram.) The Smith National bank ot t.
Edward, Neb., has been authorized to be
gin business with a capital of J2.1.000.
The following postmasters havo been ap
pointed: Nebraska Cumro, Custer county, N. V.
Remington, vlco F. A. Hetts, resigned:
Oldenbusch. Platte county, F. A. Hellbusch,
vlco Ellcrt Hellbusch, resigned; Hoy il,
Antelopo count, C. M. Johnson, vice V.
P. Clark, resigned; Westcrvllle, Custer
county, II. C. Rurg, vice A. II. Copsey, re
signed.
Iowa Cottonwood, Leo county, Llzlo
Frcctly; Oxford Mills, Jones county, II. W.
Carleton.
South Dakota Strouscton, Grant county,
vnllandlgham Sarff.
Charles E. Wlnegar of aalla, S. D., and
J. N. Goodwin of Crete Neb., were ap
pointed railway mnll clerks.
Miss Emma L. McCord of Cincinnati was
appointed klndcrgnrtncr nt 'Crow Creek In
dian school. i
A civil son Ice examination la to bo held
May 14 at Sioux City, Omaha nnd Hurling
ton, la., for tho position of copper plain
map engraver In tho geological survey.
Additional rural free dellverey is to bo
established June 1 at Decofab, Winneshiek
county, In. Tho route embpees an nrea .f
iniriy square miles, comnining a popula
tion of CSS. Richard F. Tyler was nppolntod
carrier. The pOHtortlcc nt Locust Is to jo
supplied by rural carrier.
Thcso rural frco delivery cnrrlcrs wore
appointed: Harry J. Foolc, at Gretna,
Neb.; Frank S. Avcrlil nndjj. 11. Peck, nt
Waterloo; Ren Avcnnll, at Storm Lake;
Herbert Becker nnd GoorgefWnrd, at Alma,
la. 1
The Western Nntlonnl bank of Now York
Is approved ns n rcscrvo agent for the
Iown Nntlonnl bank of Des Moines.
ENTOMBED MINERS REACHED
Tho iteveiird Alle nnd One Fiiiind
Jieiul After .Mn'njr? IIiijm,
nt Anriirtl?
ST. LOUIS. April 28. a special to tho
Republic from Auroro, Mo., says: Light
and air broke In on the Jflvo entombed
miner at 2 a. in. Two were rescued nllvo,
one was found dead and the other two nro
supposed to bo lifeless. Grant Shard was
mangled by falling rocks nnd earth and
undoubtedly died Instantly.
Fnlnt taps on the iron rails announced
that two others wero still alive. They aro
William Shane and George Feaster. A
Inrgo stone boulder had Fcastor pinioned
by the foot, In which position he had re
mained for n day. He was so firmly wedged
that It seemed ns If a supporting timber
would have to he removed to let him out.
This would havo precipitated tho roof on
all nnd could not be considered. Enough
of tho timber was chipped off. however, to
save him. Feaster was nearly famished
when reached by the workers, but was re
vived by whisky nnd milk; given to him
lu small quantities. Tholwork nf savlnc
him was tedious and rlskK as tho drift
wub jhbi inrgo cnougn ror ofto man to work
lu lying on his side and mjwlne the dirt
back to another and tk'en' another In h
chain until tho whole string had been
passed. When tnken out It was discovered
that ho hnd n crushed leg and foot, but
will probfiy recover.
At 10:30 p. m. tho rescuers were near
William Shane, who was pinioned by tho
foot, with n dead man underneath htm. Ho
was scarcely nble to talk. His arm Is
broken and It Is feared he may lose his
mind. Ho was removed nt 11 o'clock, after
an Imprisonment of sixty hours nnd fifty
minutes, ino other two are probably dead.
Five thousand porsons were nbout the shaft
all day and night.
FIVE LIVES FOR REVENGE
llmifttmi cKri t'linrtted with StnrtliiK
1 lie Hint llnrneil II In Kmplnjer
II lid Knmlly.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Anrll "S.In 11 flt-A Wll I Ml
destroyed a livery Btablo and three resi
dences this morning live persons wero
burned to death and several others wero In
jured. Tho dead aro Job Copping, a florist,
uih who ana inreo children.
A negro hns been nrrcHted on thi rh-iri-n
of having started the Are to get revenge on
nis employer for having discharged him.
In the ruins were found tho hndlns nt th
victims, nmong them being an Infnnt which
ami oeen oorn lo Mrs. Copping during the
progres of tho lire. The n Hinrt.i i
Hvcry stable, over which soveral families
liven, ine tmildlng. a frame shell, was n
mass of llames when the llremon arrived. A
crippled widow. M rs. Thnmnnnn. pspanuH
from the building nnd says she saw the
popping ramlly run back Into their room
from the hallway and that was the lnnt
of them alive. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hopper
were cut off from escape by the stairs and
Jumped. Mr. Hnnnnr'n lee linl
and Mrs. Hopper receiving Internal in
juries.
HORNED TEXANS COMING UP
Stockmen Anticipate Hrnvv Mnv.
mcnt nf Southern Cuttle lit North
ern tirazlnur Land,
DENVER. Anrll ?R Slneltmpn gm mi,
Interested In tho propabln heavy movement
of cnttle from tho south to the ranges of
tho northwest, which will commence within
a few days. During the past fow days n
number of big buyers have passed through
here, headed for Texas to buy cattle, and
ii is expected now that rains in the north
west havo assured nlnntv nf i.r. ihni
trndo though Into, will be heavy.
W. P. Anderson, a well-known llvo stock
statistician, passed through hero today
nftor a trip covering tho whole northwest.
Tho tardiness of transactions botwecn the
steer, pasture men of Texas and the
northern grazer, has been largely due to
the uncertalntleH surrounding tho prospects
of grassing facilities In tho northwest. As
io wmier losscy, Mr. Anderson says that
with the exception of some bad spring
storms nffectlng a nmall area, the range
losses havo been tho lightest known In
years.
CAN SIPHON CELLARS NOW
Cincinnati llenlilentx IItkIii Common
' Erfurt tn l)r I p Their
Whole i'lMVii,
CINCINNATI, April 28. The Ohio river
has continued falling here slowly since yes-
terdoy. The weather bureau declares It
will be below tho danger line of fifty feot
tomorrow. Siphon pumps were clearing the
cellars today whero wnter had receded.
Navigation, Including many sightseeing ex
cursions, was resumed today, and the rail
ways will all be using their regular depots
tomorrow, Farther down the river on both
the Kentucky and Indiana side, the condi
tions aro reported as very bad. Just above
Henderson, Ky., thero Is danger of the
channel being changed, owing to the water
taking another course In tho overflow.
READY FOR THE ALL-ABOARD
Priaic'ent'i Bnperb Special Train Awaits
the Starting; Hoar,
RIVALS BEST THAT EVER RAN THIS WAY
Southern Itnllmt)' Will i'ulie It n
Fur n .imt Orlenn Many
Cnllrrn nt White Uimino.
In Siiy tiood-h c.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The train
which will enrry the president and hli
party for tho next seven weeks on their
trip through tho United States reached hor
this morning. It Is one of tho finest trains
ever run over nny American railway ss
tem. Tbo start will be made nt 10:30 o'clock
tomorrow morning, with Frank Larmond
as engineer and W. W. Albright as con
ductor. Roth nro trustcil employes of the
Southern railway. Tho Southern Railway
company will have chnrge of the train from
Washington to New Orleans nnd nt this
point the party nnd train will come under
tho supervision of the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Tho train, which Is practically new. Is
mndo up of seven cars. The president's
own car, tho Olympln. Is lu the rear of
the train. Next to tho engine Is the com
blnntlon bagg'igo nnd smoking car, followed
by the new dining car, with n capacity for
forty persons. Tho next two nro compart
mcnt cars, with seven staterooms and two
drawlngrooms each. Tho fifth and sixth
cars nro hnndsome twelve-section drawing-
room cars. The president will retain the
Olympla ns far ns San Francisco, nnd' there
win he transferred to the Lucnnla. ono nf
tho finest prlvnto cars In existence. In which
ho will mnko the return trip to the east.
The Olympla is seventy feet long nnd has
flvo prlvnto rooms nnd one sofa section
nnd will accommodate nine persons. The
I'ucnnin nns nccnmmodntlons for thirteen
persons. Tho president nnd Mr. MeKlnlev
will hnvo their meals served In their own
cnr.
At tho Whlto House tonight It was an
nounced that nil was In readiness for tho
trip. There were a number of callers dur
ing the afternoon nnd evening to say good
byo to tho chief executive and his wlfo
beforo their departure.
NOT THE KIDNAPED WILLIE
DeteetlveM Kind Hoy In 4;inn- Cnmp
llenemhlliitr MeCormlek I.nd,
hut Without Mnrkn.
WASHINGTON. April 28. The detectives
.engaged In working on the Willie MeCor
mlek kidnaping case continued their Inves
tigation today. Several features havo de
veloped which are regarded as tmsslblv sic
nlflcant. In nddltlon to the slip of paper
Hearing the name of Gertrude, tho detec
tives believe they havo nnother nrtlrle
which emphasizes tho Importance of tho
original clew. A pen which was given to
rnoiograpner Komethy on Friday n week
ago by one of tho gypsy girls under arrest
at that time and which she says was
wrapped lu the ptpcr vhen elm fouad It in
the horse bazaar, was turned over to In
spector Bonrdmnn tonight and by him given
to Detective O'Conncll, who sent with the
slip of oapcr containing tho name to New
York.
For some reason Chief Titus telecranhed
an order to send the slip of paper back. It
is suggested that he must have done this
to let tho tencher who Instructed Gertrude
MeCormlek at nchooi havo a chanco to Iden
tify the writing which tho little clrl her
self already has Identified. A tracing wns
mado of the writing on the Blip of paper In
New York when it wnB sent thero by Pho-
logropncr Kemctliy, nnd It Is said Ger
trude's teacher almost positively Identified
tho figures on tho reverse side ns a portion
of an arithmetic example sho gave the child
to work.
It was reported tonight that another lc-
nlflcnnt Incident was to have been un
earthed by tbo detective which may havo
some relation to tho case. This was that
lato I-rldny night two gypsy girls wero nt
tho houro of detention nnd nn uncle of
theirs went to a telegraph office and sent
a long dispatch to some point In New
Jersey. Tho gypsy waited two boura for a
reply and a boy who saw the dispatch Is
said to havo told tho detectives that It
read: "Impossible. You must wait a while."
What question was asked In the dispatch is
now worrying the detectives.
The detectives continued Korvelllnnee of
the neighboring gypsy camps today and
rounn one noy whom they examined thor
oughly. Ho wan about tho ngo of the mUs-
Ing Willie MeCormlek, hut had none of tho
marks of Identification on his body.
ARREST AT THE WHITE HOUSE
llnrrj- Fliikclnlelii, Allnn Hurry Stone,
with Letter from Denver Sport
Iiimt Men, Aula Iiinniie.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Harry Flnkel-
steln, a well-drossed man, nbout 34 years
old, who says his home Is In Cleveland, 0
Is locked up at u police station hero on
suspicion of being Insane. Flnkelstelu
went to the vicinity of tho Whlto House
this morning and said ho wanted to see
tho president on urgent business of a prl
vnto nature. He becamo rather excited
when refused admission. Flnkelstein was
then arrested.
Ho has a number of letters of recommen
dation from well known sporting men In
San Francisco nnd Denver recommending
him under tho name of Hnrry Stone. This
name ho assumed, ho says, because, ot fam
ily troubles,
CANNIBALS EAT HIS BODY
.11 order tieriniin .Mlllliimilre nnd Give
Mceretury liven Worxe Fate
Kmpernr Will Avenue.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.. April 28. Herr
Morcke. a German millionaire who was
cruising In his yacht, and Hcrr' Caro, his
prlvato secretary, wero recently murdered
by natives of the Island of New Britain, off
the northeast coast of Papua, Hcrr Caro's
hody was eaten.
BERLIN, April 29. Emperor William has
ordered Captain Pasachew of the German
second-class cruiser llansa to command n
punltlvo expedition from China to avengo
the murder of Horr Mercke.
TWENTY AMERICANS INJURED
I'ehlii-iien Tsln Trnln Derailed, Cnn-
Iiik Ncrrnl !)rnth nnd
Serloim Hurt.
PEKIN. April 28. While tho first trnln
from Pekln to Tien Tsln was crossing the
bridge between I.o Fa and Yang Tsun this
morning It was derailed through the col
lapse of a culvert. Eleven Chinese were
killed nnd forty Chinese and twenty Amer
icans Injured. Ono of the Americans can
not recover.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska -Fair Monday:
Wanner In Western Portion; Tuesday
Fair; Southerly Winds,
Temperature nt Omnhii Ycnterdnyl
Hour. I)eu. Hour. Dcu.
n. m...,., II- I p. m, till
II n. m Ill '2 p. m
7 il. m ..... , III) :t p, m Til
N II, ill Ill -I p, in Ti
II it, m..,,.. till p. m 7,1
10 il, m 117 It p, in 711
11 11, m (17 7 p. III...... 77
1J III 117 M p. m 7."
V. m 7U
MRS. NATION 0UTF0R FUNERAL
Itelenneit from Wichita .lull nn Her
Ovtn Itcc omittance, tn Attend
Brother' Ihirhil.
KANSAS CITY. April 2S,-Mr. Carrie
Nation wns In this city nevernl hours to
night on her way to Loulsburg. Kan., to
attend the funeral of her brother, Charles
Moore. Sho was released from tho Wichita
Jail today on her own recognizance with the
understanding that she Is lo return to the
Jail ns soon as the funeral ceremony Is
over.
Her special mission hero tonight !s to eo
Dr. T. P. Haley of the Springfield Avenue
Christian church, that sho might thank him
for n recent sermon of his In which he vig
orously denounced the police officials tf
this city for their treatment of her. Al
though the police Judge told Mrs. Nation
when ho pronounced sentence upon her thnt
tho tine of :00 ngalnst her would bo en
forced on her return to this city, she
seemed to have no fenr of arrest tonight.
AS CHOCTAW TRAIN ROBBERS
Mnrnhnl (iilnn of (Jrcen vllle, Minn.,
IIoIiIn Tun SunieetN IteMelilii
Unit .Men llenctitieit.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 28 -Clty Marshal
Qulnn of Greenville, Miss.. Iuih under nr
rest at that place two men whom ho sus
pects of complicity In the holdup of tho
Choctaw train at Bridge Junction, nenr thin
city, last week.
Tho men give the names of Woods nud
Woodson. Woods claims his homo Is nt
Cincinnati. Woodson snys he Is from Ev
nnsvllle, ind. They landed nt Greenville
Saturdoy In a skiff and went up In the city
to buy Homo supplies. Marshnl Qulnn nr
rested them ns suspicious characters nnd
noted tho fnct that Woodson tallies exactly
with tho description given out by tho Wells
Fargo people of tho leader of the Choctaw
train robbery.
ONE OF THE GANG GIVES UP
Dellnnt lOiitiickiiuiN Wanted In tho
Hull Murder Cnoe Said iu
llnvc Surrendered.
MAYKING, Ky.. April 28. News Ins
reached here that Creed Potter, ono of tho
gang defying nrrebt at Boonesfork, has
surrendered nftcr sending Mary Johnson,
with whom ho had eloped, bnck to ncr
parents. Ho wunts to plead guilty to In
dictments In Plko county, whero ho expects
a short penitentiary sentence, but efforts
will bo made to bring him back to Lctchor
county, whero be is charged with com
plicity In tho murder of Mrs, Hall and her
son last November, as well uh In tho recent
troubles. Thero Is a reward for each ot
thoso engaged In the bloody contests In
Letcher county recently and tho others still
defy arrest.
HUSBAND FIRST, BARMAN NEXT
Wo mini Calcimine Ilrlnk-Tnhrr nnd
llrlnk-Mlver, Likewise
the Fltiirex.
CINCINNATI, 0 April 28.-Mrs. Richard
Gates, wlfo of a house painter, on being un
able to keep her husband from n saloon on
Ludlow avenue, went to tho plnco today
with ono of his calcimine buckets nnd n
whitewash brush nnd calclmlncd him from
head to foot In the saloon, flo returned to
tho daloon nfter be had nccnmpunlcd her
homo and chnnged clothing. Sho followed
him again and this time calclmlncd tho sa
loon keeper and his bar fixtures, and gavo
notice that she would repeat tho perform
ance to anyono selling liquor to her hus
band.
WILSON SURVIVES THE SHOCK
.Vehraiknii Bendy tn I.onk nt SnapccU
for I'lirpnNe of Iden
tification. HOT SPRINGS. Ark., April 28.-(Snecial
Telegram.) J T. Wilson of Blnlr and
Omaha, who was thrown under n train by
thieves Inst night, has recovered from the
shock of losing his leg, nnd tho men ar
rested will bo taken beforo him tomorrow
morning for identification. Wilson says ho
can positively Idontlfy one of tho men
who assaulted him, and his description (Its
a man under arrest. Thero Is great excite-
ment and Indignation nmong all classes ot
citizens here over tho dastardly doed.
WILL TAP THE TERRITORY
Xrniy OiKnnled t.'ompuny Think It
Can Find fill In the Choe
tmv .Vntlon,
SOUTH M'ALESTER, I. T., April 2S.
A charter has been Issued to the Indian
Torrltory Oil company with n capital stock
to i&oo.OOO, to devclopo lands In this vicin
ity that nro believed to bo rich In oil.
Strong Indications of oil havo been found
from time to tlmo and rocent Investigations
are said to havo lesulted In tho discovery
of tho product In such quantity as to wnr-
rant the erection of a permanent plant.
Texas nnd local capitalists aro Interested
lu tho company.
CHAIR CAR OVERTURNS
Three I'rmniin Injured In Wreck on
Omiilin, Kiiiimiin lily Jc
Kiiktrrn llnilrond.
PATTONSBURG, Mo., April 28. A
passenger train on tho Omaha, Kansas City
& Eastern road was wrecked near hore to
day. Injuring thrco passengers, Tbo In
jured: L. II. Turpln, Nevada, Mo,, rib broken and
badly bruised nbout tho body.
L. L. Orear and wife, badly bruised, and
Mr. Orear's face and heud cut.
Tho chair car was derailed and over
turned, but no ono wns seriously hurt.
DRIER THAN OMAHA'S SUNDAY
Northern Mlchlnnu A'thernt for Main,
with Forext Firm UnizInK nn
the. I'pnrr I'enlnmiln.
HOUGHTON, Mich., April 28. Forest
fires nre raging at a number of upper
peninsular points and unless there Is a
drenching rnln soon great damage will be
dona nnd many hamlets and villages en
clangored. The whole north country Is
very dry less than a quarter of an Inch of
lain having fallen during the month.
ACQUIT JIM CALLAHAN
Jurors io Kidnaping Caie 8pring Surprise
Party on tht Court.
ASTONISHING RESULT OF DELIBERATIONS
Night in Retirement Brings Abent
Remarkable Oenclaiion.
JUDGE BAKER REBUKES THE JURORS
Diimints Tbem with a Etera Reprimand
After Hearing Verdict.
CALLAHAN IS AGAIN UNDER ARREST
Two Additional l imine Auiilnut lllin
nil Which Ho Will Ho Heard
Before lie (inen I'.n
tlrelj Free.
James Callahan In not ctilllv nf enmnllr.
Ity in tho kldnnplng of Eawnrd Cudahy. Jr.
Such was tho verdict of tho Jury which,
for nearly a week lu Judge Baker's court,
hnd been henr'ng evidence in this nolul
ensc. The verdict was n mirnrlKo t n n ma
jority of thoso who hnve followed tho tes
timony rlosely, ns It was generally believed
that tho defendant would bo convicted.
Judge linker wns deeply Incensed. Ho
roundly censured tho lurv. savlnc h. rnubl
not conceho how twelve Intelligent men.
nftcr bearing the evidence, could reach such
ii conclusion.
Callahan was discharged ns tn tho rlinrcn
of robbery, but was Immediately rearrested
on two other counts those of grand Inrcuiy
:nid false Imprisonment. An attempt wilt
bo mndo to convict him on one or both ot
these charges with substantially the earno
evidence ns was adduced In the case Just
closed.
The Jury was discharged "without tho
compliments of tbo court."
Today Chief of Police Donahue will rec
ommend that tho reward of J5.000 for tbo
arrest of Pat Crowe bo withdrawn. In hU
opinion the fnct of n reward hanging over
tho head of Callahan wns largely responsi
ble for his acquittal, as It left room to doubt
tho sincerity of thoso who hnd been instru
mental In his capture.
Aniimiiu'liiK the Verdict.
At 0 o'clock Sunday morning tho Jury
notified tho bailiff In chargo that It had
reached n verdict. Tho Jurors wore then
tnkon to breakfast nnd n mesenger was sent
to Judgo Bnkir esklng him to come to tho
court, room and receive tho verdict.
About fifty persons, most of them police
men nnd doiec-.lves, wero assembled In th.
spectators' benches when the Jury returned
from brciikfast. Judge Baker wnB on tho
bench. Callahan. In custody of n deputy
sheriff, entered n moment Inter and took
his old seat at one of tho counsel tables.
His lawyers were not prcscut. The clerk
railed tho roll and aslc.d tho Jury If It had
reached it verdict, to which tho foreman re
plied thnt It bad. Tho document was passed
to tho clerk.
Burlng those proceedings there was no
evidence of nnxlety on tho part of tho de
fendant. His fnco was a blank. Ho sat
with his legs crossed, his elbows on tho
table and his chin In the palm of his hand,
the picture of indifference.
Then the clerk read tho words: "We, tho
Jury, find tho defendant not guilty."
A smile lit up tho face of the nccused
and ho turned :.alf-way round In his chair
ns If to receive tho congratulations of some
one, but eongrntulntluns we.ro not forth
coming. However, ho was not abashed. Tho
expression of his cadaverous countonanco
wns that of exultation rather than grati
tude. Interpreted Into words, It would havo
said: "I told you so." He turned slowly
back and began to train his smllo upon tho
Ju.y.
Court Score the Jury.
Tho rending of tho verdict, which wan
received In nbsoluto sllcnco, was followed
by a pause during which tho Judgo studied
the written words on tho sheet. Ho seomed
to havo doubled his ears and to need tho
concurrence of tho sense of sight beforo ho
could fully realize what had happened.
Then, facing tho twelve talesmen, ho said
sternly:
Gentlemen of tho Jury: This In crtnlnlv
n most rumurknblo verdict In the light of
ho evidence, that has been disclosed In
.V'1" t,nH(!- VJU 1'rQbnbl.v understand, but I
ennnot conceive of twolvn Intelligent men
1 f, !l,iS,i? ,Uih " '''n?'' I" this case wltl"
out a broken link, nnd return n verdict of
tills kind. Kuril verdlclK ns these nl ce. ii
prize, upon crimes nnd crlmlnulH, ltPn mkcj
he Ingenious nud notorlojn criminal ." hero
nstead of ii felon. JurlcH aro for til" ur
POko of protecting people und society; not
for tho purpoHo of malting heroeH of mr
who prey upon people and upon their prop"
erty. 1 cannot conceive how this man
could hnvo selected twolvo men that would
servo him better thnn till jury Un served
him. nor can I concelvo how u community
could selnct twelvo men that could I J, ro
them mora than the twelve have In this
i-T. P" '.'""''""l Is discharged. So far
2n.,le.CUH" L7'nernrrt. to go forth, 1 pro
? " commit moro crime; nnd tl u furV
'"'"c'l"!! front further serv ce nnd t
Ai'Wr wlu,o,,t
The majority of tho Jury snt through thl
castlgatlon with stoical Indifference. Ono
or two shifted uneasily In their tents and
looked shame-fared, but for tho most part
they seemed to Imperfectly iindorstimd tho
purport of the Judge's words.
After tho court had concluded Cnllahau
arose, approached tho bench nnd ni,i. mi
your honor pleafo, my lawyers nro not here,
uuu i wuum hub io nay a word on my
own account, and thnnk these Jurors,"
"Sit down, Mr. Cullnnnn," commands!
tho Judgo sternly. "Tho Jury docs not de
serve thanks."
This closed tho uccno In tho court room,
The Jury left tho box and sauntered out
Into the hall, followed by Callahan, whsra
ensued tho Incident of hand-shaking and
mumbled thanks, an awkward nnd rmlur
rasied rite, as it was observed under I hi
contemptuous eyes of the officers und other
late witnesses for tho Ntate.
MKlit In the Jury llmim,
Immediately after the Jury retired to Its
room at 8:25 Saturday evening a prelim
inary ballot wan taken, uhleh reenlleil In
a verdict of nlno for acquittal to three lor
conviction. This wns followed by an hour'H
dlscubslon of tho case, when another ballot
wns taken. Ten tn two was the way tho
vote stood thl time. Ono advocate of
conviction had been won ovnr by the logic
ot the proponents for acquittal, Discus
sions nnd ballots alternated thencoforth un
til well Into tho night. Many of tho Jurors
lay down upon the floor and went to slesp,
At 2 o'clock Sunday mottling tho sleepers
wero aroused and a ballot was tnken, which
resulted In a voto of 11 to 1, The begin
nlng of the end was In sight. The Jury
was drowsy the nrgutnents wero bcromln,
monotonous; the members hud long slnco
aired ull of their latent eloquence, and It
required Just twenty-two mlnutns to en
vinte that one man that nn Insistence upon