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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUSTS J 9, 1871.
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WASHINGTON", Juno 1. The plan
a modus vlvcmll on tho subject
the Chinese Indemnities l now
cclvlng the earnest attention of those
Interested In tho Chinese negotiations, tho
purpoao being to prevent tho lnde;nnlly
....nut In, frnm nrmiltiw tin Intnprnnllntl In
Pilitiduii Thtx Ar Ones Who Hold Out lno conccrt 0f the powers ond at tho same
time to remove the Indemnity issue Itself.
so that progress con bo matte on tho ro
mulnlng subjects of negotiation. Ince the
return of tho president and Secretary Hay
from the west tho Indemnity question has
been thoroughly gono over with tho foreign
representatives, chlelly concerned, Includ
ing tho British. Hussion nnd French am
bassadors and Japauesa minister. Severn!
of tho ambassadors who had Intended to
leave for Kuropo havo now deferred their
departure for a month.
As a result of the exchanges of the last
few days tho question has resolved Itself
to about' the fd'owlng basis:
Thero Is no further Issue as to the total
of Indemnity, that being agreed upon by
all the puwers at $337,000,000. Hut thcro
remains tho question of how this amount
shall bn paid. The Ilusslan suggestion,
which appears to havo tho approval of a
majority of the powers, Is that China Irsuo
bonds for thn full amount and that nil tho
powers then unito In giving a Joint en
dorsement, or gunranty, of th-. oavment of
them. Tho deslro has not been to secure
Dr. Eixey'i Lut Ruport of the Condition of
Mr. XcKinltjr.
OTHERS FAIL TO NOTE MUCH IMPROVEMENT
CUBANS CONTENT WITH PLATT WORDING
for the Oban ,
EXTRA SESSION FOUND UMNECESSAP'.'
Oabiitt Decides that Ccngnu Need Not
EtconTeno.
6P00NER CLAUSE COVERS THE CASE
rovldca the Prraldent with .ntJior
ity Sunicleiit to Govern 1'lilllp
plnea 'Without Speclnl
l.eitlaltitlnn.
Anions; the 'I.nst lsltora of
Mlit Is One Who Snya There
la II tit Very SI under
Hope.
the
WASHINGTON, Juno 4, Insldo Informa
tion concerning tho action of tho Cuban
convention on tho I'latt amendment haa
been received In Washington. It nppcars
that tho first draft of tho amendment as
Interpreted by the majority of tho commit- the assent of n majority of tho powers to
tco on relations with tho United States was
ubmltted to General Wood and by him sent
to Washington. This draft was approfcu
by Secretary lloot and his approval va
jnado knowu to tho Cuban convention.
When tho matter camo up for discussion,
however, It was found that thero were a
uumbor of delegates whose votes could only
bo obtained by the extended alterations,
amendments and Interpretations which
finally woro adopted by tho convention and
rejected by Sucretary Hoot.
It Is stated ofllclally that tho people of
Cuba bollevod at first that tho I'latt amend
ment had been adopted and that they wcru
latlsflcd. Such was tho belief of the people
of tho United States until tho draft of tho
adopted amendment was received here.
Tho belief Is expressed In official circles
hero that tho Cuban people as a whole aro
perfectly satisfied with tho I'latt amend
ment and that It will finally be adopted.
Xo Kxtrn Neaalon Ncccaanry.
Tho cabinet today unanimously decided
that oxlstlng conditions do not warrant
calling of an extra session of congress. See
rotary Hoot and Attorney General Knox
both rendered legal opinions to the effect
that tho authority to govern tho Philip
pines vested In the president by the
Gpooner amendment was ample. Tho re
ports wero concurred In by all tho mem
bers of tho cabinet. Tho decision of the
cabinet was announced after the meeting
In tho following statement, Issued by Secre
tnry Cortelyou:
"Tho president has determined that ex
isting conditions do not rcqulro or warrant
calling congress together during tho present
auminer or making any change In tho policy
hitherto pursued nnd nnnounccd lu regard
to tho Philippine Islands."
It can bo tfoMltlyjlKJMateil 'tlwt tho Ding
ley rates upon goods from tho Philippines
entering tho United Stoles will remain In
forco us heretofore. The president will put
Into effect such changes In the tariff duties
on g6ods going Into tho Philippines as tho
Taft commission may recommend. The es
tablishment of civil government In the
archipelago can proceed without interrup
tion as soon as the military authorities con
Bldor tho tlmo rlpo for its establishment.
Tho supremo court decision as viewed
by tho administration settles, first that tho
Foraker act Is constitutional, second that
tho collection of duties on Porto Hlco Im
ports betwocn tho tlmo of tho ccBslon of
the Island of Porto Hlco and' tho passage
of the Foraker act was Illegal and must
bo refunded.
Thcso aro held to bo tho main essential
points of tho decisions. Nothing In them
Is construed to apply to' the tariff situa
tion, ns botween tho United States nnd
tho Philippines. Tho conclusions of tho cabi
net nro not based on any knowledge as to
tho prospective Phlllpplno decision of the
supreme court, though It Is declared thcro
Is llttTo apprehension ns to the findings of
that decision. If tho present system Is
upset In that decision, which It not likely,
there is llttlo likelihood of difficulty In col
lecting the amounts in the meantime under
protest.
STRIKERS. MAY BE DOUBLED
Mueh Dlaaiitlafnetlon Shown Over
Com pro mine Kcnclicri hy Chicago
Mnchlnlata.
CHICAGO, Juno 4. At tho headquarters
of tho striking machinists hero today It
was said that dissatisfaction over compro
mises reached with a number of firms was
' likely to result In Increasing the number of
strikers from 1,800 to 3,003 or more. Mnuy
men who continued at work, after a slight
advance In wages had teen granted, aro now
demanding the full advance of 12H cents.
They claim that tho compromises with em
ployers aro hampering the settlement of
tho general situation. Employes aggregat
ing 100 men quit work at various shops In
Austin today, but In other portlons'of the
city an equal number returned to work,
after compromising the matter of wages,
this scheme, but tho unanimous approval
of nil of them. This, however, hns not
been accomplished up to the present tlmo
nnd It Is for tnls reason that tho modus
vlvendl Is now being considered ns n possl
ble means of bringing about united action
Tho Hrltlsh government Is not favor
able to tho Russian proposition and the
Hrltlsh view has taken form In a plan to
havo China Issuo Its own bonds to the
several governments, each government
therefore adopting Its own course ns to an
Individual guaranty.
Tho policy of tho United States concern
Ing the Russian proposition wns made
known in part during the pre3ldont'B west
crn trip, although the llnu. course of this
government Is stilt considered open and Is
tho catiso for tho extended conference be
tweon tho ambassadors and Secretary Hay
which have been in progress since Mr.
Hay's return. Tho chief dlfilcul y which tho
United States finds as to a Joint gunranty
Is that tho constitution does not authorlzo
tho executive to guarantee bonds In tho
absenco of the approval of congress. As to
tho attitude of congress, It has been stated
during the negotiations that It Is doubtful
whether the lcglslatlvo branch would ap-
provo n Joint guaranty of such a vast
total of bonds. Moreover, the American
view has boon that 4 per cent bonds, ns
contemplated by Russia, would not bo a
prudent Investment for tho United States,
slnco the United States readily sells bonds
at 24 per cent, whereas Russia 4 per cent
securities sell at OS cents on the dollar,
When this Indemnity issue is settled It
Is believed that fully 80 per cent of tho
Ghlncjo negotiations will bo disposed of
The next question will bo permanent trea
ties with China, and on this point It Is
expected thnt each of the powers will sug
gest certain bases of n treaty and that these
ultimately will tako form In a common form
of treaty action
WASHINGTON, Juno 4. Dr. Rlxey wns
ut the White House an hour and a half
this evening and on leaving, at 10:30, In
answer to Inquiries concerning Mrs. Mc
Klnley's condition, said: "Thcro has been
no Important chango In Mrs. McKlnlcy's
condition, since wo gave out our bulletin
this morning. Sho Is resting very com
fortably Of course, there aro lluctuatlons
In her condition; nt times she is better und
at times Is worse; but sho Is certainly not
losing nny ground. In fact, sho Is pos
slbly gnlnlng very slowly. Thero Is no
moro Immcdiato dnngcr now thun thcro has
been for sonic time.
Whllo Dr. Rlxey wan slightly moro hope
ful tonight, tho patient's condition cannot
bo said to show any material change. It
has bed. decided not to hold afternoon
consultations, unless it material change for
tho worso should occur, and tho only bul
letln to be Issued shall be cno following tho
usual forenoon cousultntlon.
Surgeon General Sternberg cnlled at the
White Houso during tho evening. Among
thoso who called to manifest their sym
pathy and moko personal Inquiries ns to
Mrs. McKlnloy's condition wero: Count
Casalnl, tho Russian ambassador, General
Miles, Miss Wilson, daughter of tho sec
rctnry of ngrlcu'ture, who spent some tlmo
with tho president, nnd Miss Barber. Post
master General Smith and Mrs. Smith, Pay
Director nnd Mrs. Haud of tho Navy, Miss
Hitchcock, daughter of tho secretary of
tho Interior, Mrs. A. W. Grcolcy, A. 11
Whlto of Kansas City, nnd Mrs. J. Stanley
Ilrown. No ono was admitted at tho Whlto
House after 0 o'clock, an hour earlier than
tho usual tlmo for closing tho doors to
personal friends.
Ono of the president s visitors tonight
said It wos conceded that Mrs. McKlnley
was In a grave condition. There was hope
of tho outcome, ho said, but It was a very
slender hope.
CREDITS SCHOOL SYSTEM
President of .iitlnniil Aaaoclntlon
Manufacturer Sn It Pro
duce Kiicrny.
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REPORT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Net Income nnd KxnendHurc of Hood
la Announced nt fthnrehold
era' McctliiK.
PITTSBURG, June 4. Tho annual meet
ing of stockholders of the Pennsylvania was
held In this city today. Tho annunl report
for the year ended Decembor 31, 1000, was
submitted, showing the following results
on all lines directly operated by tho Pe'nn
sylvnnln company: Gross earning"), $25,
407.DC2.28; expenses, $18,003,003; net earn
ings from operation, J7.401.098, to nhtch
add dividends and interest received from
Investment, $2,310,008, making gross Income
of J9.717.C00; deduct payments for Interest
on funded dobt, rental, car trust, etc.,
J7.C08.004, leaving not Income for the year
of 12,113,002 Krom this net incomo there
was transferred to extraordinary expendi
ture, $1,000,000, leaving surplus for the yoar,
Jl.119,002.
Tho following persons wero elected ns
directors: A. J. Cassatt of Philadelphia.
James McCrca, J T. Brooks, Joseph Wood
and James J. Turner of Pittsburg; John P.
Green, W. It. Barnes, N. P. Shotrldge, Sam
uel Hea, George Wood, C. Stuart Patterson
and Effingham B. Morris of Philadelphia.
A meeting of the board for tho election of
officers will bo hold at an early date.
DETROIT, Mich., Juno 4. Tho sixth nn
nual convention of the National Association
of Manufacturers of tho United States wa3
called to order hero today with an attend
anco of 230 business men, representing the
loading manufacturing Institution of tho
United States. Mayor William C. Mnybury
welcomed tho visitors to Detroit and
President Theodore C. Search responded to
tho mayor's welcome. During tho courso
of his remarks ho said thtit tho great
oncrgy manifested in tho United States
wbb duo to the puhlle school system, by
means of which the children In America
wero taught to think for themselves Indo
pendently.
Following tho president's address camo
tho appointment of committees nnd then
President Search read his annual report
Tho treasurer's report was read by Secro
tary Wilson, Treasurer Schclrcn not being
present.
Treasurer Scholren reported tho organl
zatlon to bo in excellent condition. Th
oxncndltures during tho past year wore
$S2,9S5. which wero covered by tho receipts,
Tho income from tho Shanghai warehouse
In China, which Is maintained by tho as
Hoclatlon for the purpose of exhibiting tho
products of the members, was $13,021 and
tho expenditures $8,400. Treasurer Schelrcn
reported that $3,300 had boon raised as
fund to teat tho validity of tho Russian
sugar tax. Imposed by Secretary Gage, or
which $200 has been expended. The total
membership Of tho association, as shown
by the receipts from membership fees, Is
$1,450, scattered among thirty-four states,
Pennsylvania leads the Btates in member
ship, with New York second ond Ohio third.
Reports of committees on patent legisla
tion nnd parcels posts closed the afternoon
session. '
MRS. KENNEDY IN GOOD HEART
Trlnl of Cnae Inspected to Commence
Thtiradny MnrnliiR Iloth
Sfldca Hendy.
OFFICES FOR THE DOCTORS
Different Associations of llie .11. D.'a
.Vw nt Ml. I'nul Choose
Kxccii lives.
ST. PAUL, June 4. Fifteen hundred doc
tors occupied scats In tho Metropolitan orcra
houso when the convention of tho AmcrKan
Medical association wan catted to order to
day and paid close attention to the pro
ceeding. Tho liveliest Interest ccntero.l In
tho discussion of tho report on reorgan
ization. Thcro wns a suspicion among the
Pennsylvania delegates that the New York
elcgatlon was trjlng to sidetrack and
thotoby detent the proposed new constitu
tion. However, nil seemed peaceable when
a sudden recess wos taken after tho matter
had been referred to a commtttcu which
will hear arguments.
Tho general meeting was railed to order
today by President Charles A. L. Heed
of Cincinnati. Bishop Whlppto of
tho Protestant Episcopal church deliv
ered tin. opening prayer. Mayor Robert A.
Smith expressed tho city s wclcomo to tho
convention, after preliminary reports of the
committee on nrrnngemcnts and of tho ex
cctitivo committee wero read. President
Reed read his annual report.
During tho morrtlng session Dr. J. R:
Pennington of Chicago presented to the as
sociation a picture of the father of the
association, Dr. N. S. Davis of Chicago, who
Is C5 years of ago and unnble to attend
this convention. The nlcturo will probably
bo held In tho custody of tho Chicago so
ciety.
After tho recess Dr. Simmons, secretary
of tho association, presented n report thow-
Inc that tho asioclatlon now had n member
ship of 100,000, an Increase of 1,500 In the
last year.
Dr. T. J. Happen of Tennessee gavo tho
report of .tho board of trustees, showing
thnt tho total receipts, Including the
amount taken In at tho Medical Journal
ntllcc. membership fees, cash on hand, etc.,
for tho year were $131,787.45. Tho total cx
pcndlturcs wero $110,733.
This afternoon thirteen sectional meet
Ings were held for tho better hearing and
discussion of technical papers on special
lines of practleo or research. This evening
was given up to social recreation and ro
ccptlons.
Tho division In tho ranks of the As
sociation of American Medical colleges has
been healed, after lasting for ten years.
Harmony was secured by the admission of
twelve southern medical college. Increasing
tho membership to seventy-seven co ltges.
Tho following officers wero elected
President, Victor C. Vaughn, University o
Michigan; first vlco president, William M
Rodman, Philadelphia; second vlco presi
dent, H. P. Ellis, Los Angeles; secretory
Bayard Holmes, Chicago; Judicial council
Thomas Hawkins, Denvor; E. C. Dudley
Chicago, nnd W. J Means, Columbus, O.
Tho Kansas College of Medicine nnd tho
University Medical college of Kansas City
woro reinstated, after having been bus
pended for infractions of the rules.
Tho now officers of tho American Academy
of Medicine aro: President, Dr. V. C.
Vnughan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; vice presidents,
J. I. Taylor, Wheolcrsburg, O.; W. A. N.
Harland. Philadelphia; H. tr. Ritchie, St.
Paul; M. Bert Ellis, Los Angeles; secre
tary, Charles Mclntyre, Ea'ston, Pn., re
elected, for tho twelfth terra;' assistant sec
retary, A. R. Grain, Columbia. To., ulso re
elected. '
Tho Stato Medical Examiners' associa
tion elected tho following officers: Presi
dent, N. R. Coleman, Columbus, O.; vice
presidents, Henry Beatcs, Philadelphia nnd
James A. Egan, Sprlngflold, 111.; secretary
treasurer, S. A. Suiter of Herkimer, N. Y.
'OR NEBRASKA'S WELFARE condition ofjhe weather JJQERS STRIKE AGAIN
Senator Diltrich Makes tha Bsuud of tb
Dtptrtmenti.
Forccnsl for Nebraska- Showers und Cooler
witn Probably Thunder Showers Wedties-
iny; Thursday Fair In Western, Showers
mm uooicr in uastern ronton; souuiuny
Winds, Shifting to Northwesterly.
NSPECT0I. FOR LINCOLN P05T0FFICE
Cuptntn Thomna A. Swohc to rtctlre
from tliiiirtctmnatcr'a Deportment
June itu Wj oiiiIiik Girl l'rc
pnrca Indian tt&hlhlt.
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Ltndtn Bc1tm Biporti of Tktir Vlgoroai
Bintwtl of Htttilltiii.
ENEMY TAKES JAMESTOWN, CAPE COLONY
Kritziiigtt'i Command Retired Iti lumi-
dir Sunday Morning.
Meetlnn In CIiIciiko to I'repnre for In
vndliiK Mouth Amerlen with
lleef C'Httle.
CHICAGO, Juno 4. A meeting of Interna-
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Juno 4. (Special Tcle-
cram.l Renator Dietrich made tho rouna
of tho departments today on matters con
nected with Nebraska. Ho had a conter
enee with Suncrvlslng Architect Taylor and
asked that an Inspector bo detailed to look tlonal Importauco took place tonight at tho
over tho Lincoln postofflce, believing that Transit house nt the Chicago Union stock
enti.idoi-ahlB work was ncccbsary to put the yards, whtu representatives of all tho u-
i.nii.iino. 1.. nrmt.mif rrfnnir. .Mr. Taylor tionni caiue-brccunig associations 01 tue
said that on Insprctor would bo scut on United States and Caunda gathered In con
.rmif nt tho ...mtnr. fcrcnco with tho officials of tho Interna
Captain Thomas A. Swobo will rctlro from exyosmn u umtunR mm
ihn n.mrtrrmnBtri-'s department of the army arrnngo pianB tor opening a regular traao
IMPORTANT TO CATTLEMEN FIERCEST ATTACK AT VLAKFONTEIN
Kitchimr Sendi Dlzon'i Account of to
Hard Fight
Juno 30, unless lntlucnco can convey htm
Into a permanent establishment. Although
tho reorganization of tho army bill did not
provide for physical examination In tho pay,
commissary or quartermasters depart
ments of tho army, Secretary Root ordered
that a physical examination should bo tnado
In order to weed out men not capable nf
taklnc detail service and this has been
dono. Captain Swobo, It Is understood, bos
not come up to tho requlrcmento nnd ho
will bo dropped Juno 30, unless tho sena
tors from Nobraskn can chaugo tho pro
gram. i:lilliit of Iitdlnu Work.
Miss Estella Reel of Wyoming, superin
tendent of the Indian schools, Is preparing
an exhibit Illustrative of the Industrial
skill nnd edtlcntlonnl progress of tho
with Mexico and South America, and es
pcclally Argentlnn, In puro bred cnttlo of
tho beef grades.
Englnnd'a recent embargo on South Amcr
lean cattlo has hud tho effect of stopping
tho purchaso of English puro bred cattlo
by tho South American breeders, and tho
breeders of tho United States nnd Canada
look upon tho present as a most favorable
opportunity to securo tho South American
mnrket for this class of stock,
Tho meeting tonight authorized Oencrnt
Mnnagcr W. E. Stanner of the International
Llvo Stock exposition and tho Joint ex
ecutive committee of tho National Breeding
Record Cattlo associations of tho United
States and Canada to select representatives
to go to South America nnd prcparo tho
way for shipments of pure bred cnttlo nnd
horses,
younger generation of North American In-
dlan. The exhibit Is composed of articles F0RSHAY HELD WITHOUT BAIL
B0WLBY GOES TO ECUADOR
Nehrnakn Cndet Ilopea Wcat I'olut
Tnhlea Mn- Nome liny Ho
Turned.
NEW YORK, June 4. (Spoctal Telegiam.)
II. L. Bowlby of Nebraska, who was re
cently excelled from West Point, sailed to
day on thn steamer City of Rome for
Ecuador. Threo of his companions, B. O.
Mahaffey, R. A. Linton and T. P. Keller,
accompanied him. They will Join an engi
neering corps of tho (luayoqull & Qulnto
railway, now under construction In tho
Andos mountains. Before sailing young
Bowlby said: "My dismissal was an In
justice, but good friends nro working In
my Interests and somo day the tables will
bo turned."
WILLARD GIVEN THE ERIE
.
Jin Aaalatnut to (he 1'renldent lie 'Will
llure Chiirnc of Its
A trill in.
NEW YORK. Juno I. Tho title of Daniel
Wlllard, lutu assistant general manager of
tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad, under Mr.
Underwood, will bo assistant to tho presi
dent on tho Erlo railway. His appointment
to this office was nnnouncod today. Mr.
Wlllard will bo practically In chargo of the
Erie's operations, undor Mr. Underwood,
with whom ho has long been associated, Just
sb ho was on tho Balttmoro & Ohio railway.
General Passenger Agent Duncan I. Rob
erts of tho Erie announced bis resignation
today. Dclos W. Cooke, assistant general
pnsengcr agent, has been decided upon as
his successor. Tho resignation probably
will take effect July 1 and F, W. Busklrk,
assistant general passenger ngont at Chi
cago, will probably bo brought cast to suc
ceed Mr. Cooko as assistant general pas
senger agent In this city. Thero is a report
thnt Mr. Roberts will accept a position
with another eastern road.
KANSAS CITY, June 4. Examination of
witnesses In the trial of Lulu Prince
Kennedy for the murder of her husband,
Philip II. Kennedy, contracting agent of tho
Merchants' Dispatch Transportation com
pany, will, It Is said, begin on Thursday
morning. Tho panel of forty-seven venire
men from which will bo selected tho Jury
of twelve hns been selected nnd tho caso
postponed until tomorrow. At that tlmo the
stato will strlko off fifteen names from tho
list of forty-seven and tho defenso twenty,
It Is bellovcd thnt twelve men will bo ac.
tepted promptly and that the opening state
ments will bo begun boforo court adjourns
Wednesday. Prosecutor Hadlcy says tho
state will finish Its caso by Friday noon and
tho counsel for defenso profosa to bellevo
that It will be given to tho jury no later
than Saturday night. Other court officials,
however, tnklng Into consideration the fact
that nearly 100 witnesses havo been sub
paenned and tho euro which each sldo has
exercised In preparing for tho case, eay tho
trial will last well into next week. Mrs
Kennedy nppcared light-hearted today and
expressed a deslro to seo tho trial finished
quickly.
ORIENT LINE IS LOOMING UP
Vice l'realdeut lleelurea Trnliia Will
lie OpernttiiK to Port Stlltrcll
Within Tmo Yenra,
HERDERS CANNOT PREVENT
Vlaltlnw Molt Mukca Them Priaonera
Before Sliiuulit erlnu Soerul TI1011-
annd of Their Mheep,
DENVER, Juno 4. A special to tho Re
publican from (lunnlBon, Colo,, says;
Hugh Colburn, a sheepherder, arrived In
town today and reported that twenty
muskctl men attacked the enmp where ho
was employed, six miles from Spencer,
Gunnison county, made prisoners of thu
herders and slaughtered 2,600 of the 5,000
sheep In the herd. Tho sheep wero re
cently driven over from Utah. The mob
Is supposed to havo beou composed of
caUlecicu of tuo vicinity.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Juno 4. H. H. Mel
vlllo of Boston, vice president of tho Great
Northern railroad, nnd holding a similar
position In tho projected Knnsas City, Mex
Ico & Orient railway, returned today from
Moxtco with a party of copltallsts, who have
traversed most of tho lino of the new road.
Ho said:
"Trains will ba running over the rails
of tho Kansas City, Mexico Si Orlont rail
wny between Kansas City and Port Stll
well on tho Pacific coast of Mexico within
two icnrs, Moro tbou 700 miles of the
road between Kansas City and Chihuahua
Mexico, will bo finished and In operation
within n year."
lioek InIiiiiiI t'lerk Trnuafera.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Juno 4. Josoph Myers
chief clerk In the office of General Freight
Agent Embry of tho Rock Island, has been
mndc gcnernl freight and passenger agent
of the Chicago, Hock lslaud it Mexican rail
road.
FEARS SIEGE WILL BE LONG
Internntlonul .MurliliilKlti' I'realdent
Dlaturheil !' the Actlona of the
12 in ployera.
TORONTO. Juno 4. President O'Connell
of tho International Machinists' associa
tion stated this evening thnt It looked
very much as If tho opposing forces In tho
machinists' strlko had settled down for a
long siege. Mr. Conncll sent out $25,000
this afternoon to localities whero tho men
havo been on protracted strike.
CHICAGO, Juio 4. Tho first tlmo In tho
history of Chicago unionists n labor body Is
bout to present tho unique demand that
Its employers' organization shall disband.
Tho International Association of Machinists,
through Its local officers, will Insist on
tho dissolution of tho Chicago Associa
tion of Machinery Manufacturers after
Thursday, unless tho members of that or
ganization show somo disposition to settle
with their striking machinists. Moro thnn
000 of tho latter now nro out and nro
upported by tho working union members,
ho nro determined to compel tho local cm
ployers to como to terms.
Five largo manufacturing concerns, em
ploying nearly J00 members of tho Ma
chlnlsts union, havo withdrawn from the
Chicago Machinery Manufacturers' nsso
latlon. K.our of tho firms Included havo
already signed agreements with tho officers
f tho union, dcsplto the resolutions passed
by tho association binding them to refrain
from arbitrating with their employes.
Ing Instruction nt the 300 Indian schools
maintained by tho general government. It
will bo shown at the convention of the Na
tional Educational Association In Detroit.
Mich., July 8 to 12. Ono of tho features of
tho exhibit Is n collection of essays written
by the young Indlnns on subjects rclatlvo
to agriculture, stock raising and house
keeping. Tho bulk of tho exhibit consists
of conventional Indian waros, Including
bcadwork, baskets nnd fancy articles
wrought of buckskin nnd birds' feathers.
Iown Kree Delivery.
Tho following rural free delivery routes
havo been ordered established In Iowa
July 1:
At Arlington, Fayetto County Route
embraces eighty-one square miles and con
tains n population of 2,233; John Gladwin,
sr.; R. N. Hlbbara ana s. m. weuman aro
appointed carriers; postofflce nt Scott to bo
supplied by rural carrier from Arlington.
At Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Addi
tional Service Area covered, thirty-one
squnro miles; population served, 675; Elver
Gaulcy Is appointed carrier.
At Falrfiold, Jefferson County Area cov
ered, sixty-five square miles; population
.served, 1,215; John Hammans and C. B.
McPeok are appointed carriers; posto.Tlce at
Baker and Olnsgow to be discontinued,
mall to Fairfield.
Hawardcn, Sioux County, Additional
Service Area covered, forty-threo squnro
mllcB; population, 600; J. W. Eastman Is
appointed carrier.
At Logan, Harrison Couuty Area cov
ered, thlrty-flvo square miles; population,
600; G. E. Mlntun Is appointed carrier;
postoffico at Magnolia to bo supplied by
rural carrier from Logan.
K nn an a City Aetor Who Killed Kdnn
Stokea Sluat Anaver Una
Ilclntlvea Inanue,
CHICAGO, Juno 4. Edward Forshay, tho
Kansas City actor who klled Edna Stokes
In the Vernon hotel last night, was hold
to tho grand Jury without ball by a cor
oner's Jury today. Korshay said It had
been his Intention to kill Vernon Jones,
proprietor of tho hotel.
KANSAS CITY, Juno 4. Mrs. W. H.
Ferguson of this city, sister of Edward
Forshay, who shot nnd killed Edna Stokes,
nn actress, in Chicago last night, said
today; "We have Insanity In our family
My grandmother was In tho Insane asylum
twonty-threo years In Fulton and In To
peka, and I had an nunt who wns insane."
Mrs. Ferguson bclloves that her brothor
was crazed by Jealousy. Forshay s raothor,
Mrs. J. W. Forshay, has lived In Kansas
City twenty years.
HAWARDEN HERD SELLS WELL
ludlnnoln ami Cherokee Stockmen
AmooK HlKh niddera on lows
Shorthorn.
CHICAGO, June 4. Exceptionally high
prices were realized at tho comblnitlon
salo of shorthorn cattlo which began nt
tho Union stock yards today, when tho con
slgnraent from the herd of George E. Ward
of Hawardcn, In., was disposed of. Forty
cows sold for tho sum of $3O,2G0. or an
average of $736.60 each, and four bulls for
$1,640, or $410 each, mnklng n total of forty
four animals for $31,U0O, a general nvoragn
of $723 per head, Tho highest priced cow-
was Duchess of Glostcr XXXIV, calved Jan
At Nashua, Chickasaw County Area cov- uary c iggg, which sold to Rnudolph Bros
& Brown of Indlanola, la., ror $z,&uu, ana
tho highest-priced bull wns a yearling,
Mary's Valentino, which sold for $725 to
Archie Cochran of Cherokee, la.
SHIP ENDS RECORD VOYAGE
Northman la I' I rut Htenmer
V from Chiciiuo to
Ilnmhui k.
to Sail
NEW YORK, Juno 4. Tho cable today
announced tho arrival of tho American
steamer Northman nt Hamburg today from
Chicago, after a passage of thirty-five days
of which nineteen days had boon occupied
In traversing tho great lakes nnd canals
boforo leaving Quebec for the oceun voy
age. Tho Northman Is tho first steamer In
tho now Chicago-Hamburg servlco to cross
tho ocean, and Its voyage has been watched
with Interest as a test of tho probable sue
cess of tho undertaking. It was preceded
by the Northwestern, a sister ship, but
that vessel was detained by n mishap and
lost tho honor of being the first ship t
make the voyage in tho new service. The
Northman, which is a steamer of 1,106 tons
net, called from Chicago April 20 In com
mand of Captnln Ross with n general cargo
It sailed from Montreal May 17 and Quebec
two days later. On May 22 It sailed from
Sydney after coaling. Tho scheme, of going
through tho canals was to give the vessel
the maximum cargo to Buffalo, thero par.
tlally unload and then nftor passing through
the canals reload at Montreal, Tho round
trip Is expected to tako sixty days.
NO ADVICE OF THE OUTBREAK
General Merrlnm nt Denver Una No
Xeiva of Itcported Indlnu
Tro nhlea.
DENVER, Colo,, Juno 4. General Mer
rlnm, commander of tho Department of tho
Colorado, today rccolved tho following tolo
gram from Lieutenant Colonel Leo, In com
mand at For: Washaklo, Wyo.:
FORT WASHAKIE. Wyo.. June 4,-It Is
reported todny that nn Arapnhoo sheop
ncnler was klll.'d last hriciav on tne rcner
vatlon thirty miles north of the ugency.
by a white sheep herder. This, if true, has
no connection, witn tno re norica aiaii rn
nnces, though It might Incensu Homo of
tho Arnpahocs. Agent of tho reservation
has heard nothing of tno matter and every
thing Is apparently quiet. J. M. LEE.
Lieutenant uoienei nix in inmmry.
This Is tho only advlco that has yot
reached General Morrlam regarding the
threatened outbreak of tho Arapahocs
against tho settlers In tho Lander valley
Trocp E, First cavalry, Is stationed at Fort
Washakie and General Mcrrlam believes
they will bo sulllclcnt to meot nny eraorg
oncy. No orders have been Issued to send
any other troops to tho sceno of tho ro
ported trouble. General Merrlam 3ald that
tho Ill-feeling among the Indians Is duo to
tho prcsenco of "Booners," who havo gono
Into that country In anticipation of the
opening of a portion of tho reservation to
settlers.
cred, twenty-nlno square miles; popula
tlon, 702; S. W. Putney Is appointed carrier.
w l'oatiiinatora.
Postmasters appointed:
Nebraska Hlldroth, Franklin county, O.
H. Sheldon; vlco A. J. Watson, resigned.
Iowa Foote, Iowa couDty, T. P. Shipley;
Frecport. Winneshiek county, C. B. Robinson.
Reserve agents approved: Citizens Nn-
tlonnl bank of Des Moines and Corn Ex
chango National bank of Chicago for
Farmers' National bank of Odcbolt, la.;
Northwestern National bank of Minneapolis
for First National bank of Dubuquo.
Salaries Hnlaed.
Theso changes ere made today In tho
salaries of Iowa postmasters: Shonandoah,
Increased $200; Des Moines, Sioux City,
Wapello and Washington, increased $100.
Mall contracts awarded today: Grceno
to Vllmon, la., to George W. McDonnell of
Greene; Merino to Sheldon, Wyo., to C.
R. Sheldon of Sheldon.
Tho application of C. E. Richards, Frank
Corey, Pat Daly, J. T. Chenoy and J. C.
Cheney to organize tho First National bank
of Lehigh, In., has boon approved by the
comptroller of tho currency.
Substation No. 2 will bo established July
1 nt East Sixteenth street and Grand ave
nue. Des Moines. In.
Appolntmenta hy the Prcalrteiit,
WASHINGTON, June 4. Tho president
today made tho following appointments:
Intorior Simon Mlchalet, agent Whit
Earth Indian agency, Minnesota; Francis
M. Elscy, Indian Territory, chairman of ref
erees to assess and appratso the damages
for rlght-of-wny of the Arkansas & Choctaw
railway through tho Choctaw nnd Chicka
saw nation In tho Indian Territory; Arthur
W, Heelcy, Kansas, townsito commissioner
and appraiser for the Chickasaw nation, In
dian Territory.
Tho offerings tomorrow will bo Canadian
shorthorns from several herds In Ontario
and Quebec.
SWIFTS' FORT WORTH PROJECT
It la to Hreet I'ncUlnn Hoiikq .'enr
the Tevna Town ut Coat
of ijiu.aon.ouo.
BRITISH AGAIN TAKEN BY SURPRISE
Their AiitnuonlNta Keep Under Cover
Until l'ntorithle .Moment, Then fire
and Mnke ( luirKc that Coata
lluudred Uici.
LONDON, Juno 4. Tho War office tonight
published the following from Lord Kitch
ener, dated Pretoria. Juno 4:
Jnmcstown (Capo Colony) surrendered
to Krltzlnger's command on tho morning
of Juno 2, nftor four hours' lighting. The
town guard mid local volunteers wr.ro over
powered before our pursulug columns could
como up. Our casualties wero threo killed
nnd two wounded, Tho Boer loui Is said to
havo bcru greater. Thn stores wero looted,
but the garrison was released. Havo
placed General French In chargo of tho
operations In Cnpo Colony."
Lord Kitchener's dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Juno 4, says:
"Dixon's report (of the fighting nt Vlak-
fouteln, forty miles from Johannesburg,
May 29) Just received. On our sldo 1,460
men with seven guns wero eugngod. The
forco was returning to camp nt Vlak
fonteln when tho enemy, under cover of n
veldt, fired, rushed the rear guard, con
sisting of two guns of the Twonty-clghtc
battery and 330 men of tho Derbyshire and
tho Yeomanry. Thoy temporarily captured
two guns. Vi'hen tho remainder of the
toreo camo Into action the Boors were
driven over and tho guns recaptured.
Our casualties were six ofllcers and fifty-
ono men killed, hIx officers nnd 115 met
wounded and one officer nnd seven met,
missing. Ono officer autl fo"r men have
slnco died of wounds. Forty-one Boers
woro killed on the ground. The further
Boer casualties aro not known. Reinforce
ments nro being sent."
Details recelvod rognrdlng tho fighting nt
Vlakfontoln show that It was ono of the
most desperato engugemcots of tho war.
Hon- It Occurred.
Goucral Dixon's column was traversing
tho district establishing posts,, when It was
attacked by 1,200 Boers, under Commander
Kemp. Tho Boers wero so closo that fifty
British fell nt tho llrst volley. The Yeo
manry held tho position, protecting thu
guns until they wero nearly decimated and
then, finding It Impossible to savn, tho guns.
tho artillerymen shot ths gun horses, to pre
vent tho Boers moving" th'o guns.
Tho column quickly recovered from tho
Shock of tho unexpected attack. Tho Derby-
shires charged with bayonets nnd after n
short, desperate tight drovo off tho Docm
and recovered tho guns. Tho Derbyshlres
and Yeomanry both lost heavily.
It Is asserted that whllo tho Boers held
temporary possession of tho guns, they shot
two artillerymen In cold blood for refus
ing to work thom against their own com
rades.
Tho appointment of General French, who
has been recruiting his health in Cape
town, to command tho operations In Cape
Colony, indicates that Lord Kitchener at
taches considerable Importance to tho In
vasion.
The recrudescence of such fighting brings
further demands tor tho sending out of
reinforcements. Tho surrender of James
town Is regarded as a dtsagrecablo Incident
because It has provided Commandant Krltz-
Ingcr with a fresh supply of the sinews of
war.
CHICAGO, June 4. Swift &. Co. are con
tcmplatlng tho erection of a big packing
house near Fort' Worth. Tex., that wilt
cost In the neighborhood of $3,300,000.
Edward P. Swift nnd E. It. Fay, a con.
fldcntlnl mnn of tho firm, aro now In Fort
Worth conferring with business men of tho
city regarding the venture
INDIAN POLICE KILL HERDER
Colonel I.ec Goea to Invcalltt'nte Dentil
of Man Who Killed Frank
A rm 11 Jo.
DENVER. Juno 4. A Hpcclal to tho Re
publican from Lander, Wyo., says: Word
was brought in tonight of tho killing of
the sheophorder who killed Frank Armajo.
tho Indian, on tho reservation Sunday, by
tho Indian police this morning, thirty
miles from tho Muddy. Colonel Loo has
gone to Investigate tho affair.
AGAINST DENVER STRIKERS
MRS. MAYBRICK YET IN PRISON
No Truth In ItiuuorN that KIiik Ed
ward IUin 1'nrdoncd the AN
leK"d l'olNonur.
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Juno 4. Now York World Ca
blegramSpecial Tolegram.) Miss May-
brick has not been released. Tho World
correspondent was Informed at tho Ameri
can embassy today that the report .cabled
to tho United States that King Edward
VII had pardoned the alleged poisoner is
entirely without foundation.
WALDERSEE TO INVESTIGATE
Dclaya Departure from Tien Tain
Bxniainu Into Affray
nt Tnku.
to
lliilldliiRr Trndea Council Telia
Ilodcnrrlcra Their Action la
Unfair.
the
R. F. LBPER'S TRIAL BEGINS
Churned with Conaplrney to Defraud
the I'eople'a Hank nt
l'hlliidelphln.
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 4. Tho trial of
Richard V. Lopor, formerly manager of tho
Guarantors' Finance company, for conspir
acy to defraud tho Pcoplo's bank, which
failed In 1898, began todny boforo Judgo
Mnrlln. Tho sulcldo of John P. Hopkins,
cashier of the bank, disclosed tho fact that
both Institutions woro Insolvent. Hopkins
left a letter accusing Loper of being tho
cause of hla ruin and charging him with
wrecking tho Guarantors' colnpnny and tho
People's bank. Loper was arrested and In
dicted. His trial was postponed six times.
DENVER, Colo,, Juno 4. The Building
Trades' council tonight declared tho hod-
carriers strlko Irregular and ordered ths
strikers back to work. Tho Hodcarrlors'
union will act upon tho matter. Tho strike
has stopped all building In the city.
LEAPS OFF BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Ilohert Illdivell Mukca Fntnl Jump
with American King In
Much Hand.
NEW YORK, Juno 4, Rohcrt G, Bldwoll,
a young man who roenntly camo to Now
York from Jacksonville, Pin., leaped to
death from tho Brooklyn brldgo this after
noon. Ho had an Ainorlcait flag In each
hand. Ills body was recovered.
BERLIN, Juno 4. Count von Walderseo
has postponed his departure from' Tlon
Teln pending nn Investigation of tho mili
tary nffray on tho Taku road.
Volt fluclow la Hopeful.
BERLIN, Juno 4. Count von Duelow
presided nt tho conferonco bctwoen tho
representatives of the imperial government
and tho federal states, culled to discuss tho
customs tariff. In a brief speech tho chan
cellor expressed tils conviction that a com
plete agreement will bo renched on tho
most Important points of tho new tariff
bill. Tho proceedings of the coufereaci
wero sccrot.
Itiiaf.nn t'naunltlea In China.
LONDON, Juno 4. Tho Exohnngo Tele
graph company has published a dispatch
from St. Petersburg saying tho Russian
casualty list In China, Including tho ctorm-
Ing of Pckln, shows thlrty-ono officers ond
882 men killed or died of wounds.
PEAVEY MANAGER SUSPENDED
ChlciiKO Hoard of Trade Directum
Iteprlmitud 1 1 1 111 for Action Dur.
Iiik Com Squeeze,
CHICAGO, Juno 4. James Petttt, general
mauagor of tho I'eavoy Elevator company,
was susponded today by the directors of
the Board of Trade. Tho Peavey company
was charged with unmerchantllke conduct
during tho corner In May com, cngl
neercd by Georgo II. Phillips. T. II.
Peavey, head of the company, and U. P.
Johnson, secretary, wero acquitted.
FIRE SWEEPS OVER MATT00N
Dcatroya Several l'oilltry ItrfrlBcrnl-
I MKT I'luiita und ThrcnteiiN Heal
deuce Portion or City.
MATTOON, til., j"uno4. Flro started to-
day In tho targe plant of tho Arthur Jordan
Poultry corapony and aftor destroying It
spread to tho Klngsolvcr and Duncan ware
houses and several dwellings, which were
also destroyed. Most of the aristocratic
residence portion of tho city Is In Jeopardy.
It Is feared tho Legget Poultry house and
tho Mattoon refrigerating plant will go, The
toss at noon amounted to about $0,000, with
tuo Cre still raging.
Moementa of Oceun Veaaela .tunc 4.
At Now York Arrlved-Steamer Fried
rich der Grnsse. from Bremen and South
ampton. Hnllnd-Cymrlc. for Liverpool.
At Klnsalc Passed Ultonlii, from Boston,
for Queenstown and Liverpool.
At MovlUe-Arrtved-Steanier Nuntldlun,
from Montreal and Quebec, for Liverpool,
and proceeded. ......
At Sydney. N. S. W.-Arrlved-Prevlously;
Stenmer Slorrn, from Sim Francisco, vin
llnnnllllll Anlll mill A licit I il 11(1 .
At Llverpool-Salled-Cuilc, for Now
At ' Havre Arrived Sotorls, from Ban
Frnnelsco, for Hamburg,
At Hamburg Arrived Northman, from
Chicago, via Montrenl nnd Sydney, C. IV,
August Korff. from Now ork.
At Antwerp Arrived I'ennlund, from
New York.
At Glasgow Arrived Astoria, from New
York: Kaninrltiin, from Montreal.
At Bremen- Arrived-Kiilser Wllhelm iter
Grouse, from New York, via Cherbourg and
Hmithumntoii.
At Mo villi; Arrived Astoria, from Now
xoru, mr uiussqw,
Doer l'rlKonera for llornindn,
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Juno 4. Tho gov
ernor has rocelved notification that tho
transport Armenian will arrive horo July
3 with 000 Boer prisoners and that two
companies of tho Royal Warwickshire regi
ment will net as their guards.
SUNDAY DROUGHTS RULED OUT
Knnaaa City 1'ollee Hoard I'craundrd
that Suloona May Keep
Open Unmolested.
r A VTO A CI ntTV Ifn Ton. i T7aMM-
rVA.flfkn V't 1, ,'IVf., l.l,U T. I'UIIHDI
Judge P. M. Block today handed down a
decision to the effect that tho police board
has no powor to rovoko Itconnrs of saloon
keepers who keep tholr places open on
Sunday, and holding that tho courts alono
can ilcul with the question.
Judge Black's opinion wns asked for thn
benefit of the pollen board, nnd Its mem
bers stated today that lialoona might open
Sunday hercuUcr.
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