Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOBNIXG, 3 0, 1901-TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY IT IV 13 CENTS.
NO -OXE DARES TELL
r Commandtri Threaten Auj Who DU
close Thtir Whereabouts.
WILL PUNISH B'
MARCH
t
lift Dolln to Bt tho Amouit,
Moitkith. Tim.
COLONY FORCES SWELLED BY RECRUITS
Armad Boers Aheadj Tbero Number About
2,100.
PEACE CONSULTATION AGAIN THE TALK
London Hun (inlmn Information of
Olirn It II pt II r- lletneen Hot lift mill
K rimer mill Fnrmer'n
I I n n to Surrender.
MOLTENO, Capo Colony, June 18.
Krltzlngcr oml Knueho, tho Hocr com
manders, arc busy placarding Cape Colony
with a proclamation that, In accordanco
with the, action of tho powers assumed
when tho northern part of Capo Colony wan
unncxed to tho Orange Free State, twenty
mouths ago, uny persons reporting tho
whereabouts of any llocr command will ho
fined $30, or In default will bo compelled
to accompany the command on fool for
thrco months.
According to tho beat Information there
aro about 2,100 armed Ilooro In Cape Colony
and they continue to receive a few recruit.
LONDON', Juno 18. The Sun, which has
not heretofore been over-reliable on this
nubjort, hears that .Mr. Krugcr ban actu
ally cabled to General Hotha, declining to
concerto anything, and that In consequence
of this decision General Botha and the
commandants agreeing with his peace
views havo decided to repudiate Mr.
Kruger'a authority and a further confuta
tion with Botha's representative and Lord
Kitchener will be arranged for next week.
PATH'S CASTLE AT AUCTION
Prlee Offered .Vit High i:iioiikIi nml
Country Sen I In .Vol 1)Ik.
lionod Of,
LONDON, Juno 18. Cralg-y-Nos castle,
the residence In Wales of Adollna 1'atlt
(Raroncss Holf Cedorstrom), was put ui
auction this afternoon at the mart In this
city. Mine. Pattl's reasons for disposing
of one of tho most beautiful country scats
In the United Kingdom arc said by her
agents to be twofold. In the tlrst pluce
she desires to spend a good part of each
year In Swoden with her husband's rela
ttves, and In tho eocoml placo she flndu
that tho Welsh climate does not thoroughly
agree with her. Her life in the future will
be spent la the country of her husband's
birth.
Crnlg-y-Noa was bought In for .Cjr.,000.
after a drnmatlc pcenc caused by n false
hid of JJGu.uOO, which was ttio resorve price.
The auction room was packed with Influ
ential people and agents. Among those
prcjent was llaron Cedcrstrom. The bid
ding opened with an offer of 50,000, made
by n prominent London auctioneer. No
other offor was heard and Auctioneer Lum
ley declared Mme. Pattl'B castle sold at
that flguro. Simultaneously the bidder
rushed up and told Mr. Lumlcy he had not
meant his offer to be taken surlotusly. Lone
conferences followed. Mr. Lumlcy went
out and consulted Sir George Lewis, a well
known lawyer. Excitement reigned
throughout tho auction room. Tho blddei,
who was vtry pale, remained In his scat
perspiring, with the eyes of all present
upon him.
Thoy said that no proceedings would be
taken and Mr. Lumlcy opened tho Balo at
20,000. Tho bidding quickly advanced, At
45,000 a deadlock was reached and Mr.
Lumlcy announced that ho must buy In the
property for Mmo. Pattl, the reserve prlco
being 80,000.
L00MIS IS WELL PLEASED
Former Mlnlntei In Cnrm-nn Glntl He
In Trnnnferred lo Huro
liemi Point.
TAiUS, Juno 18. Francis B. Loomls, un
til recently United States minister to
Venezuela, In an Interview, with the cor
respondent hero of the Associated Press,
said he was very much pleased at his ap
pointment to tho post of minister at Lis
bon. His health had suffered by his stay
In Venezuela and ho considered his transfer
to a European legation being not merely
an agreeable change, but a promotion. Mr.
Loomls did not foresee ground fc any
renowcal of tho Venezuelan trouble. On
tho contrary, he looked forward to an era
of tho most friendly relations between tho
two countries under Hcrbort W. Howon,
his successor.
Mr. Loomls will take a trip to Switzer
land, and Ihence ho probably will return
to America before taking up his post,
ANOTHER DAUGHTER FiR CZAR
dinner for Plenty of Mnun-lii-I.ii w,
but .o lllreet Heir In III
Throne.
ST. PBTERSHUHO, Juno 18,-Tho czarina
today gavo birth to n daughter.
The child will be" named Anastnsla. The
other children of the czar and czarina are:
The Grand Duchess Olga, born November
15, 1805, (new style), tho Grand Duchess
Tatlana, born Juno 10, sr7. The Grand
Duchess Mario was born Juno 26, 1S09.
THROW EGGS AT WORSHIPERS
Three .Men noil n Hoy Are TriUTil liy
lllfiiiillioiniiln nml route,,.
Their (iullf.
STANTON, Neb., June 18. (Special Tele
gr.un.) Sunday night, while a Christian
Endeavor meeting was being held In ills
trtct school number 55. Union Creek pre.
clnct, this county, known as tho Duffy
pchonlhonee, four persons rods up on
horseback and egged tho gathering, then
roilo away.
Monday morning tho penitentiary blood,
hounds were sent for and arrived last
night in charge of nob Emmons, Early
this morning they were given the scout
at the srhnolhause and went Immediately
to tho homo of Will Besk, Ralph Marshall,
Omer Stewart and Thomas Long, Jr., who
wero arrested and taken before County
Judge Vlnlng,
They pleaded girtlty to tho chareo of dis
turbing a religious mcHtlng and wore fined
$20 apiece and costs, except young Long,
who, being only 1C years old, was fined J15
and costs. Tho dogs were put on tho
track after a heavy rain and their feat Is
rotisldJred conclusive evidence by the peo
ple here that they are a valuable aid in
running dovvu criminals.
EPISCOPAL MARRIAGE CANON
Coiiimltlei- on Kim Initio linn lletlncd
Form to .submit lo I In; Gen
ornl Com cutlou,
NEW YORK. Juno IS.-Tuc Joint com
mittee on the revision of tho canons of the
rrotcstaiit Episcopal church, which was
continued by the resolution of the house of
deputies from the convention of ISS8, and
Ipnciirred In by the houcc of bishops, hna
S"Wil made public Its report, which will be
rtbmltled for approval to the next general
convention In San Francisco next October.
Attached to the report, but not Incor
porated in Kb text, is tho "proposed canon
on prohibited degrees," which tcvlvcs the
old discussion of the prohibition against
marrying a dead wife's sister. This ques
tion has long vexed the lawmakers In Eng
land. Elopements of young persons are
frowned upon In tho fallowing words!
"No minister shall solemnize the marriage
of any person who Is a minor under law
of tho placo of marriage, unless the parent
or guardian of such minor Is present and
consenting or shall havo given wrltteu con
Hcnt to the marriage or Is permanently
resident In a foreign country."
Another precaution against 111-advlscd
marriages Is taken, as follows: "No mln'
Ister shall solemnize a marriage except lit
tho presence of at least two witnesses, the
minister or the witnesses being personally
acquainted with the parties."
Remarriage by divorced persons Is caro
fully considered. "No minister shall sol
emnize a marriage between persons unless
by Inquiry ho shall havo satisfied himself
that neither person has been or Is tho hus
band or wlfo of nny other person then liv
ing, unless the former marriage was an
nulled by a decree of somo civil court of
competent Jurisdiction for cause existing
before such former marriage."
Discipline, for divorced persons Is laid
down thus: "No person divorced for causo
arising after marriage and marrying again
during the lifetime of the other party to
tho divorce shall bo admitted to baptism
or confirmation or admitted lo tho holy
communion, except when penitent and
separated from the other party to the sub
sequent marriage or when penitent and In
Immediate danger of death, but this canon
shall not apply to the Innocent party to a
dlvorco for I ho causo of adultery."
If tho revisions submitted arc adopted by
tho convention the canon law of the Episco
pal church will appear in a much simpler
form than Is tho caso now, for tho canons
as rovlsed number from one to fifty-six
and are. not arranged In such complex shape
us they appear at present.
REVISION COMMITTEE BUSY
Iieen to IMK In n Week WorkliiK
on Prenhyterlnii Doctrinal
Statement.
PlTTsnURO, June 18. Tho creed revision
committee, appointed by the last general
assembly of the Prcsbytorlan church at
Philadelphia met hero today behind closed
doors, with a full attendance of members.
It It expected that tho committee will bo
In session all week.
Tho meeting was opened with prayer, after
which tho action of tho last assembly, con
stituting tho committee, was read by Rev.
Dr. William Henry Roberts,., Philadelphia,
secretary. oftho comraUter.,-.AU'ar.llon"wbf
tho assembly as to revision was read ai.d
discussed, with difference of opinion is to
Us meaning.
Tho commlttco decided to get down to
business at onco anil make ovcry effort to
do something at tho first mooting. Three
or four other meetings will be. held during
the year, probably nt Now York, Chicago
and Washington.
After a longthy discussion of tho plan
to bo followed, tho commission decided to
put the work Into tho hunds of three sub
committees, to report at a meeting to bo
he'd early In tho fall.
Rev. Henry William Roberts was made
chairman of the committee to proparo In
brief form tho doctrines of tho reformed
fcith. Rev. Hcrrlck Johnson was given tho
duty of biiggcstlng the necessary changes
In the chapter which refers to foreordi
natlon and Dr. Henry Mintoq was made
chairman of the committee to proparo the
new chapter on tho love of God and the
holy spirit.
The committee remained In session until
6 p. m., after which Ilov. W. H. Roberts
made the following statcnunt:
"The committee discussed the actions of
tho general assembly, divided Itself Into
threo sections, assigning to each a por
tion of tho work and resolved to meet In
Saratoga Springs, N. Y August 25."
None of tho committee would discuss tho
day's work.
AS TO CARNEGIE COMPANY
Connollilntlon of the ,iitlonnl mid
CnrueKle Steel Klrmn In to Ho
."n Known.
YOUNOSTOWN. ().. Juno 18. Information
reached here tonight from a reliable sourco
that nt a meeting of tho stockholders of
tho National Steel company, to be held at
Bast Orange, N. J., on Juno 27, a pre
arranged plan to consolidate tho National
and tho Carneglo Steel companies will bo
effected, After this meeting the offices of
tho National Steel company, which will
then bo known as tho Carneglo company,
will bo removed to Pittsburg and Joined
with those of tho Carneglo company, all
being under ono management.
It Is evidently the policy of tho United
States Steel company to nbollHh all high
salaried officers and have aflalrs directed
from tho Carneglo offices In Pittsburg. The
manner In which matters aro shaping them
selves goss still further In establishing the
fact that Mr. Carneglo Is still In control
nnd Is ptrbonally represented by Mr.
Schwab.
CLEVELAND. Juno IS. In addition to
tho consolidation of the National Steel
company with tho Carneglo Steel company
It Is also understood that the Identity
of tho Steel Hoop company Is to be lost
In that of the Carneglo Steel company nftcr
tho first of July. All contracts that shall
havo been made by the two companies by
that tlmo will bo fulfilled by the Carneglo
Steel compnuy.
Within tho last ten days the sales agent
nftlce In Cleveland of tho Carnegie Steel
company and tho Illinois Steel company
with other offices of the kind havo been
consolidated, with one agont In charge.
The Indications point strongly to the domi
nation of tho United States Steel corpora
tion by tho Carnegie Influences.
AT PHILADELPHIA NEXT
t.encrnl nnil of Reformed Prenhy
terlnn ( linrcli Decide on I'Iiiim!
of tlin'J Contention,
CINCINNATI, June IS, Tho general
synod of the Reformed Pretbytcrlan church
has decldrd to meet on the third Wednes
day of niu May In tho First Reformed
Presbyterian church of Philadelphia. The
different boards and committees have all
been named. Prof. M. Daly of Philadelphia
presented the report of tho foreign mu
st n hoard, showing that the collections for
thla year amounted to $3,700.
BATES RETURNS TO OMAHA
Vateran of Two Wan Gets Command of
Department of Mitsiurl
SAYS HE'S HEARTILY GLAD OF THE ORDER
Sccinn to Him I.Ike Gnlnir Home
Auditor of Trennnry Quote I-'Ik-tlrcn
AntntiiiilliiK to the
World 1'owcrn.
(From h Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Juno 18. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho assignment of Brigadier Gen
eral John C. llatcs of tho permanent cstab
llshment to tho command of tho Department
of the Missouri, vlcu Ocncral Fltzhugh
Lee, retired, was officially promulgated by
tho War department today. General Hates,
It was confidently expected, would be as
signed to this Important department, In
view of his knowledge of tho west and his
splendid career In both tho east and west.
It Is expected that General Rates will re
port for duty about September 15. General
Bates served with the Second Infantry
when it was stationed at Fort Omaha years
ago, and It will bo like going homo to
this splendid soldier, whose distinguished
service In Cuba and the Philippines, to say
nothing of his honorable service In the
civil war, haB made him one of the leading
military men of our country.
Tho order assigning General Rates to tho
command of the Department of the Mis
souri, officially promulgated today, is highly
pleasing to him, If ono cbuld gather an In
stillation of his pleasure as seemingly
twinkling beneath tho grizzled eyebrows as
he greeted a representative of The Rce.
tilnil to Iteturn o Omnlin.
"Yes, 1 am pleased," said General Bates.
"You may say I am glad to go back to
tho Missouri. I am assigned to command
tho Department of tho Missouri and It's
like going home. But I will not assumo
command of tho Department of the Mis
souri till my leave expires about the middle
of September. I expect to see many changes
In Omabn since, my last visit there, but I
guess I shall be able to find my way to
headquarters."
"How do you Intend putting In your time,
general, during the present and tho day
you assumo command 7" was asked.
"Well, 1 really don't exactly know, but
I'll rest If my friends will permit. Having
been a bachelor officer for somo forty years,
I havo no real abiding place. I shall visit
a few points cast and Intend before assum
ing my now command to visit my old home
in St. Louis. No, I have not yet selected
my aides. That, you know, Is a matter
which one cannot determine In advance of
the date of assumption to a command."
Captain II. M. Reeves, who came from
Manila with General Bates, whero he
served as his aldo, has been assigned to
West Point, but General Bates tonight ex
pressed the hope that Captain Reeves' as
signment might be changed so as to enable
him to become ono of his staff aides at
Omaha. Aside from this expression of his
deslro for this assignment to his prospective
staff as commander of tho Department of
tho,, Missouri, General Batesdecllued- to
predict tho names of officers whom he would
deslro to compose the remainder of his
staff.
Uncle Snm'n Huge rnrne.
W. E. Andrews, auditor for tho
Treasury department, Is as rapidly as pos
sible, consistent with public service clos
ing up his annual accounts for the present
fiscal year, so that Secretary Gage may
have the benefit of tho work of his office
by July 10. Last year the offlco over which
.Mr. Andrews presides and which Is ono of
the most Important within tho government
audited 36,108 nccounts, aggregating $6,128,
000,000. This year thero will be somewhat
of a falling off In the total amount, but
the number of accounts audited will be
considerably over last year's figures. Up
to May 31 Auditor Andrews' office passed
upon 35,835 accounts, aggregating $4,735,
150,930. "At this ratio," said Mr. Andrews today,
"our offlco will probably pass upon finally
between 38,000 and 35,000 accounts, al
though the aggregate will bo considerably
lower than last year. There was one more
general account last year with the Treas
ury department which involved collections
and disbursements covering $700,000,000
which will not appear In our totals for
tho present fiscal year. Tho Increase In
this year's business as represented by
flgure.i in this office 3 directly traceable to
tho funding of the public debt under the
now currency act of March 14, 1900, Tho
volume of business passing through tho
publle, debt division of tho auditor's office
preceding tho fiscal year of 1900 averaged
$400,000,000. For the fiscal year of 19Q0 the
accounts relating lo tho funding of the
public debt with which this office must
deal amounted to $280,000,000, and for tho
first eleven months of tho present fiscal
year, which terminates June -10, wo have
audited $200,000,000. This shows the enor
mous growth of our country, and there Is
nothing In the countries of the world to
compare with the gigantic Btrldes wo havo
made in tho past ten years, ft Is mar
velous to thoso who deal with figures. It
Is stupendous to the world powers which
watch our growth."
Department nten.
The Iowa National bank of Des Moines
Is approved as a reserve agent for the
First National bank of Esthervllle. Ia.
Ralph E. Walker and Hugh C. McKeren
are appointed stampers In tho postofflce at
Waterloo, la.
Tho postofilco at Havelock, Neb., has
been moved to a building owned by Grace
D. Copcland,
Captain Reuben B. Turner of the Quar
termaster's department has been ordered
to Des Mplnes to assume charge of the
construction of the publle buildings for the
military post to bo established In that
city.
AFTER DESPERATE IURGLAR
Pome, of Kxcltcd I'nrmrrn Surrnundn
Mnit Who Committed Whnlr
nnlr lloliherlen,
CHILLICOTHE, 0 June IS. A posse of
farmers has surrounded a strip of wood
land near hero and tho sheriff has sent
for men to assist In the capturo of a
desperado burglar who operated here last
night on a wholesale scale. Beginning
with a holdup on the street the desperadp
entered three residences, tho last being
James Carroll's, whero he attempted to as
sault one of Mr. Carroll's daughters.
From there tho burglar went to Kllkl
nick, six miles north, where be entered the
house of John Moss and attempted to as
sault Mrs. Moss, who was alone. She
fought him off and aroused the neighbors.
The robber fled and the pursuit was taken
up by a posse, which tracked the fellow to
a piece of woods, where It now has htm
surrounded. Tho farmers' aro armed with
guns of all descriptions and aro waiting
for Sheriff Devlno to arrive from this city.
Thern Is great excitement and It Is prob
able lynching will follow It be Is captured.
TAX SHIRKERS IN 0HII, TOO
Former Attorney General Snjn Stand
ard Oil Cnmnnny In Among
Worst.
WASHINGTON, June IS. The Industrial
commission has received and will print
as a part of Its permanent report a num
ber of affidavits making reply to the testi
mony given before tho commission In 1S99
by D. Archlbold of the Standard Oil com
pany. These affidavits are by Hon, 8. F.
Monnctt, formerly attorney general of
Ohio; James W. Lee, of the Turc Oil com
pany; M. L. Lockwood nnd Charles B.
Matthews of Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr. Matthews' testimony relates to the
operations of the Vacuum Oil company,
which ho seeks to demonstrato Is u branch
of the Standard Oil company. Mr, Leo says
that It Is not true that he over admitted
that the Puro Oil company Is Itself a trust
or that he attempted to sell any of his
Independent Oil company Interests to tho
Standard Oil company. Mr. Lockwood sub
mits affidavits to substantiate his state
ment beforo tho commission to tho effect
that the Standard company was tit au! time
putting oil In tanks to be shipped to
Germany for 2 cents a gallon, -while peoplo
In Texas and Arkansas, where there Is no
competition, were paying 25 cents a gallon,
Mr. Archlbold said thoro was not a word of
truth In this statement.
Mr. Monnett's statement Is n general
reply to Mr. Archlbold's testimony, so far
as It applies to the operations of the
Standard company in Ohio. He says that
not only the Standard company, but other
oil companies llko the Buckeye Pipe Line
company, the Ohio Oil company and the
Solar Rcllnlug company connected with It,
"each nnd every ono havo openly and
notoriously violated their charter and have
violated tho statutes of the state, crim
inally and civilly, and aro now so violat
ing them, and did not dare to como Into
court and answer tho chargen of such vio
lation." Ho says that the charge was openly mado
and not contradicted that the Influences of
theso companies defeated Joseph P. Brad
bury for tho supremo court of tho state,
because be was suspected to be antago
nistic to them. He also charges that "they
havo openly and notoriously evaded the
taxes duo tho Btato by making roturns
upon their property. In many Instances,
estimated at lets than 10 per cent of Its
real value, considering the earning ca
pacity of tho property."
Ho asserts that the compay has evaded
Instead of courting Investigation of his
bribery charges, and ho adds:
"Campaigns como and go; commissions
Investigate and legislatures meet and ad
journ; magazine articles aro written and
read, and yet, through their monopolistic
and criminal exactions tho Standard Oil
combinations of transportation and dis
tribution thereof levy tribute upon the
owner of the oil rock and exact from the
consumer of tho refined oil and Its by
products this unnatural profit. The public
are Its victims; the llttlo band of law vio
lators owning the controlling shares are
the beneficiaries of tha plunder. Tho pub
lic for a short time stand aghast at their
very boldness and defiances. The govern
ment alono can check their abuses."
IN DEFENSE. OF Alt TRUSTS'
Standard Oil Attorney Kline I'lcndn
for Tlirm In n Brief In
Suit Co m.
CLEVELAND, O., Juno IS. "The right to
combine is to bo classed among the most
Important and least questioned liberties
of citizens," said Virgil P. Kline, attorney
of the Standard Oil company, in defense of
trusts, in a brief that ho filed In tho com
mon pleas court today upon tho demurrer
In the bult brought by the National Salt
company of New York, better known as
the Salt trust, against Its Cleveland
branch, the United Salt company.
Tho National Salt company entered Into
a deal with stockholders of the Cleveland
concern to purchase their stock so as to
acquire control of tho plant, but a few
weeks ago brought BUlt to havo tho con
tract set aside, going Into court to re
pudiate Its consolidation agreement. The
trust claimed that tho consolidation was
In violation of the Valentine anti-trust
law. As a result of tho litigation the
plant of the Union Salt company was
placed In the hands of receivers.
Mr. Kline, on behalf of tho latter, filed
a long brief and cited a large number of
court decisions upholding tho legality of
comblnea. "To take away a man's right to
sell or dispose of his proporty," continued
Attorney Kline, "is to tako his property
from him, for by restraining its alienation
you destroy Its chief valuo as property.
The right to sell one's property or business
carries with It the right to soli to him
who will give the best price and tho most
natural purchaser, the ono who will neces
sarily give tho best price, Is the competitor,
Tako away the right to sell to u compotltor
and you tako from a man the most valuable
and usually tho solo market for his prop
erty. Competition, It Is said. Is tho life
of trade, but certainly thero can be no
law to compel to compete with each othor
If they see fit to give up the struggle."
DOCTOR MAY KEEP ON CUTTING
Illlnoln .IndRP Stintnlnn lllm In Per
forming Onrrntlonn Not Sanctioned
liy the Subject.
CHICAGO, June 18. A physician may
perform an additional operation If during
tho first ho discovers a condition of tho
Internal organs which renders the second
ono necessary to preserve the life of the
patient, even though ho has not tho con
sent of the patient, according to a ruling
by Judge Kavauagh today.
Tho decision was rendered In tho case of
Mrs. Agnes Muehern against tho Post
Graduate Medical school and hospital. Mrs.
Muehern was operated on by ono of the
professors of tho college and while she was
under tho Influence of nn anaesthetic a con
dition as Indicated was discovered and a
second operation was performed. When tho
woman regained her health she brought
suit against the college.
WHILE GREENVILLE BURNS
Lootern, lllnek nnd White, Get llnny
anil Home (iiinrdn llnvt to
He Cnllrd Out.
GREENVILLE, S. C, June 18. Fire
which broko out In a bakory early this
morning destroyed an entlro block In tho
business portion of this city. Tho loss will
reach $75,000, In order to save tho stocks
In other buildings that wero threatened
the goods wero carried to tho streets.
Whllo the peoplo were fighting the flames
negroes Bnd whlto thieves were discov
ered looting tho piles of goods and" the
Greenville light Infantry was called out to
aid In preserving order. Tho Western
Union Telegraph offlco was destroyed and
communication with the outside world was
Interrupted until this afternoon, Four
firms sustained fosses ranging from $100,
ooo to $250,000 and several others suffered
smaller losses,
DEATH OF IIAZEN S, P1NGREE
Former GoTtrnor f Michigan Panel Awaj
ia London,
ONLY HIS SON PRESENT AT THE END
Clone of the HcinnrUnhlp Career of n
llcnrrncntatlvi' Ainrrlonn Ills
Achievement nn mi Oltlclnl
Who Four lit for the People,
LONDON, June IS. EvGovernor Plngrce
of Michigan died hero tonight nt 11:35.
Ills sou was tho only one present at tho
lime. The attending doctor left Mr. Pin
grco's bedside about U;15, promising to
return soon. H. S. Plngree, Jr., who had
been watching at his father's side four
days and who has not icmoved his clothes
during that time, noticed a sudden change
In his father's condition. Ho had hardly
reached tho patient's bedside when his
father died peacefully, without warning
and without speaking one word. Young
Plngree has wired his mother and undo In
tho United States not to come to Loudon.
Tho body of Mr. Plngreo will bo em
balmed and taken to his home.
LONDON, Juno 18. Tho diagnosis made
by London specialists of tho cancerous af
fection of tho Intestines with which Mr.
Plngreo suffered practically left no hope
for the patient's recovery. Toward the end
of his Illness Mr. Plngree suffered great
pain and weakened rapidly. Ho was unablo
to retain nourishment. His mind, however,
remained fairly clear. During tho whole
of Tuesday, he was practically kept allvo
by Injections of strychnine nnd drugs ad
ministered to lessen his pain.
VA IiIimv Itetnrnn to Detroit.
NEW YORK, June 18. Mrs. Hazen S.
Plngree, widow of ex-Governor Plngree,
whose death In London was announced to
night by cable, arrived In this city from
Detroit this morning with her daughter,
Hazfl H. Plugree, and her husbands
brother, F. C. Plngrce. They had started
from Detroit as soon as they learned of
thn seriousness of the Illness of ex-Governor
Plngree In London, but received a
cablegram early today that thero was no
use of continuing their Journey, as tho
governor's condition was so bad they would
arrive In London too late. Tonight they
received n table telling of his death. Mrs.
Plngreo and her daughter will go back to
Detroit tomorrow, Instead of taking the
steamer St. Paul, as Intended.
Common Council Aetn.
DETROIT, June 18. Immediately after
the assembling of the common council to
night the death of ex-Governor Plngrce was
formally announced. A committee on reso
lutions was appointed and tho body ad
journed until tomorrow, when formal action
will bo taken respecting tho death of the
ex-governor.
Career of a .Notable Ofllolal.
Hazen S. Plngree, who Is known in the
popular mind as "Potato" Plngree, Is the
roan who invented the "Plngroo potato
j)atch" idea for giving poor people a chanca
to ralsu vegetable for, themrelves on vn
cant lots In ' and around own. But this'
Is only ono of his popular projects. Ho
accomplished a 3-cent street car fare for
the peoplo of Detroit, reduced the cost of
gas to consumers, and In other lines suc
cessfully fought monopolies and corpora
tions. Mr. Plngree was born In Denmark, Me.,
August 30, 1840. Until the ago of 14 years
ho lived on his father's farm, then worked
In a cotton factory at Saco, Me., and after
ward In a shoe factory at Hopklnton, Mass.,
where ho learned the trado of a shoo
cutter. He was u private In tho union
army, First Massachusetts heavy artillery,
August 1, 1S62, to August, 1865, and In five
months of 1SC4 was a prisoner of war.
After the war ho went to Detroit and
worked In a shoo factory till 1866 when, with
C. H. Smith, he established a small shoo
factory, which they developed Into ono of
the largest shoe manufacturing businesses
of tho west. Ho was four times elected
mayor of Detroit, serving from 1889 to 1896.
He attalucd national prominence by his
successful project of securing vacant lots
for tho cultivation of potato patches by the
poor, also by his fights against gas, street
railway and other combinations. These
fights he carried into tbo legislature and
supreme courts and his aggressiveness and
triumphs in the cause of the common people
won him Increased majorities at every elec
tion. Ho was chosen governor of Michigan
in 1896 nud ro-clcctcd In 1898.
Snlnry No Ohjret.
As mayor of Detroit. In which office ho
won his first public triumphs, he put In
ten hours' work a day on city business
for a salary of $1,000 a yoar. Among other
services, ho demonstrated that a 3-cent faro
lr. all that a street railroad needs to charge
to mako fair profits. After a hard fight ho
made the gas companies come down from
$1.60 per thousand feet to $1 per thousand.
While looking Into tbo gas companies,
Mayor Plngreo got after tho electric light
companies and concluded that the city
would do better by setting up a plant of
Its own. An electric light outfit was pur
chased and, thankr, to the mayor's scheme,
tho city soon found Itself saving about $33
a year on every light, Theso aro some of
the specific things tho mayor did for his
city. Mr. Plngrce roso from a cobbler to
the head of a largo shoe factory. He was
a rich man, had never had any strikes In
hlo factory and arranged disputes by ar
bitration. He was a business man to the
backbone and ho ran his office as mayor
Just as ho does his factory, on strictly
business principles, Ho carried the same
Ideas and principles Into tho governor's
chair.
Knenilrn of the People,
In a recent discussion of his policy Mr.
Plngreo said: "In all of tho fights con
ducted in Detroit tho disclosed enemies
of the people were the corporatlonlsts. All
of the futuro serious troubles for Detroit
and for the state of Michigan and nearly nil
of the states of tho union aro secreted in the
breasts of conspiring corporators. Much
has been said under the breath by men,
much has been written by tho essayists,
editorials havo been written by the cord
and hero and there the pulpit has even
mentioned a protest. Much has been said
and little has been done.
"Civic federations are well meaning and
havo done good work, but they do not
strike or havo not tho power to strike ef
fcctlvoly at the head and front of thr, of
fending. It is too big a Job for one man.
It Is too big a Job for any special combina
tion of men. It Is tho people's work under
God and It Is tho work of years, Tho
enemy Is well entrenched and Is well pro
vlded with the sinews of war.
"Tho future scenes of the strugglo are
tho primaries and the courts, The greater
part of the battlo Is plainly In tho party
primaries. Without the primaries the bat
tie Is lost. Without the primaries the
courts are but a crutch. Nothing short of
tho flooding of the primaries by the whole
peoplo can wash away tho foul accumula-
(Continued on Second fage.)
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MRS. M'KINLEY OUT OF DANGER
Unetorn Make the Annoiineemeut
After Cotmtiltfitlnii nt the
While limine.
WASHINGTON, June IS. Drs. Johnston
and Rlxey hold a consultation at tho Whlto
House this forenoon, at the conclusion of
which Dr. Johnston pronounced Mrs. Mc
Klnley out of danger and convalescing. Ho
said there may, of course, be n recurrence
of her trouble, but for tHo present the dan
ger Is past. It Is expected that President
and Mrs, MeKlnley will bo able lo leavo
for Canton by July 1.
Dr. Rlxey, on leaving tho Whlto House at
10:30 tonight, said-
"Mre. MeKlnley Is getting along nicely.
Sho Is sitting up dally. She sat up today
about two hours. She saw several friends
toJoy."
READY TO ABOLISH DUTIES
Prenldent Will Inniie Proi'liimntlon
When Porlo llleo In Miomi to
He Self-Siihliilnlim.
WASHINGTON, Juno IS. Tho cabinet
meeting today was without Important fea
ture. There was a desultory discussion of
tho Chlueso settlement, tho situation In tho
Phitlpplues, Cuba nnd Porto Rico, but
nothing of moment developed and no action
was decided upon.
Tho president Is prepared to Issue, his
proclamation declaring tho abolition of
duties between tho United Stntcs nnd Porto
Rtro It the Insular legislature at tho ex
traordinary session called for July 4 pre
sents tncts to him to sustain tho claim that
tho i e venue under the Hollander tax law
make tho Island self-sustaining,
The cabinet believes that tho Chinese set
tlement Is close at hand. In talking of this
settlement, Secretary Hay suggested that
tho amounts voluntarily paid tho American
missionaries by Chinese provinces should be
deducted from our nggrcgato claim of
$25,000,000. Tho general sentiment of tho
cabinet seemed to favor this course, but no
action was taken.
Secretary Hitchcock reported that a deci
sion of tho courts In tho suit to enjoin him
rrom proceeding with tho opening of tho
Kiowa, Comancho nnd Apacho reservations
In Oklahoma probably will bo rendered In
a few days. Until tho court acts nothing
further will be done.
EIGHT MAYORS CANNOT SERVE
Fraud Dlnoovered In Culmn To trim In
rime lo Prevent Wrong; .Men
Getting; In,
HAVANA. Juno 18. Thn
rejected tho bid of approximately $14,000,000
raaae Dy uany, ondcrdonk and McClollan
for the ccwerlne nml navinc nr iinn-,
and will rcadvertiso tho contract for three
montn8.
The question of Issulncr new eltv Vinnla
Still romalns Unsettled. Thn nnmmli,!..
appointed to investigate tho claims of
Scnor D'Armas tn the rlt-ht nn,lr tv.
Spanish municipality, to float bonds has
oenor u Armas $187,000. This
award Is given with the understanding that
Scnor D'Armas will withdraw. General
wooa nan not yet approved the decision of
the commission.
Many frauds In tho mtinlelnnt t
havA been hrnucht in liVht no n r-c.it r
rt - O tO U I L IJ i
a military Investigation made at tho re
quest of citizens In tho districts whoro
iuo elections nave ocen contested. Tho
reports submitted show that tho election
of at Jcsst eight mayors will ho reversed.
The work of Investigation Is not yet fin
ished. MISS ESTABR00K OF OMAHA
Former Gate City Girl Chrlnteim Her
Muclc'n I.nniieh nt Lake
Geneva, Win,
LAKE GENEVA, Wis,. June 18. Chicago
society was well represented hero this
ovening at nn event highly Interesting In
yachting clralcs of Lako Geneva. H was
tho successful launching; of Colonel R. C.
dowry's now steam yacht, which promises
to be tho fastest pleasure craft on the
lake. The honors were gracefully borne
by Colonel dowry's niece. Miss Estabrook,
daughter of Henry D. Estabrook, formerly
of Omaha, wh6, breaking u bottle of chom
pagne on tho prow of tho vessol, christ
ened It tho Blanche An elaborate pro
gram was observed during the afternoon
and ovonlng, participated in hy a largo
party of Invited guests.
Tho Blanche Is soventy-fivo feet long,
will carry fifty persons, and has comfort
able cabin nnd stateroom accommodations
for a largo party.
A. 0. U. W. ELECTS 6FFICERS
Supreme I.oilur nt lliiffnln Mnlirn the
Sclrrtlonn nnd Given Orrgun
.ext Mi-etliiK.
BUFF ALO, June 18. -The supremo lodge
of tho Ancient Order of United Workmen
this afternoon elected tho following of
ficers: Supremo master workman, A. C.
Harwlck, nuffalo; supremo foreman, Webb
McNall, Kansas; Buprcmo ovcrscor, II. R.
Matson, Chicago; supremo guide, Louis C.
Merrill, Massachusetts; supremo watch
man, Mr. Ritchie, Manitoba; supremo re
corder, M. W. Sackett, Meadvllle, Pn., re
elected for tho twenty-second tlmo; su
preme recolver, J. N. Aker. New York (re
elected); supremo trustees, Thomas Legatt,
Montreal; Edwin Danforth, Sun Francisco;
S, I. Johnson, OkoboJI, I. T.
Portland, Ore., was decided on as tho
next meeting placo.
MANIAC HAS TO BE KILLED
A. G. Pelernon lleeomen Too llnuuer
nun for ItoeUfoid Pol li-eimi n
to Take Mini .lle.
ROCKFORD, III.. June 18, A maniac took
possession of tho Illinois Central depot
here tonight and opened fire with a re
volver upon everybody In sight. Several
persons bad narrow csiares. Policeman
Frank Sully attempted to arrest tho man
nn.l was twice shot at. IJe returned tho
(lro and killed the madruun, sending a bul
let eloeo to his heart. From papers found
on the dead man his name appears to be
A, G. Peterson and his residence Is Chi
cago. What seems to be a will wbb also
found. It Is written In Swedish and reads;
"I give to my daughter, Edith Bollorson,
all that I have. My secret 1 carry to the
crave."
FOSTER A SEW PARTY
AducaUi of Pnblio Ownerihip Taka 8Up
Toward Organlzatioa,
CLAIM TO HAVE BRYAN'S SYMPATHY
Ha Oitei tie Movement nt Liast an Ea
couraging Smila.
PERHAPS HE WILL BE ITS CANDIDATE
Chairman Cook Thiiki It May Btoomi His
Only AHtrnatiTc.
MISS0URIANS TO BE FIRST APPEALED TO
After the Prenent Secret Conference
In K mi mk City Are (Iter tho Cou
cliiNlonn Will lie .Made
Public There.
KANSAS CITY. June. IS. The firm Hen.
nlte step toward thn organization of a now
third party, which Is proposed to embrace
.Missouri ami to rorru tnc nucleus ror a
national growth, was taken today In Kansas
City at n conference of members of tho
Donilllnl fttuln rnnimltten nnil u fw ft-n
silver republicans. Tho movement Is said
to have tho expressed sympathy, If not tho
avowed support, of William J. Bryan, who.
It Is further hinted, Is to bo tho now party's
candidate for president in 1901.
Leo Meriwether of St. Louis and twenty
two Other tendlTH ttl thi. nlthlln nvvnrrclilr,
party of St. Louis arrived In Knnnn nllv
this morning, after having spent tho wholo
of yesterday In consultation with Mr. nryau
at Lincoln. Mr. Meriwether nud 'his fol
lowers went to Lincoln from St. Louis
Sunday. Their purpose was to confer with
Mr. Ilryau and to lourn his views In regard
to the third party movement. Mr. Meri
wether Is guarded In his statements con
cerning Mr. Ilrynn, but says that If Mr.
llryan docs not support tho present move
ment nn is at uny rate In sympathy with
Its purpose, for It Is to .idvncnln thn aaiun
principles which Mr. Dryan has espoused.
j. it. look, cnairman or tho state central
committee of tho fusion wine nf th n nrtnu
Hat party, said Mint If tho democratic party
is captured by tho gold standard olomont
Mr. Ilrynn will be forced liv thn inuin nf
events Into the leadership of tho new party.
i he conference was secret. It will bo
continued tomorrow and will end with a
public meeting, when tho result nf thn
gathering will be ombodled In an address
to tho peoplo of Missouri.
Tho mectlnc was first 8lll?fejttril Viv Mt
Cook In a circular lettor asking a confer
ence with tho frco silver republicans and
tho public ownership party leaders. In
response to this Leo Meriwether Issued u
call for tho meeting today to tho men of
his party and J. W. Foster of St. Jpsoph
Issued a similar call to tho free silver
republicans. The conference was to Includo
middle-of-the-road populists, and all demo
crats anu ropubiicans who might sym
pathize with tho reform movement.
HOMEOPATHS QUOTE DIETRICH
Propone to Have All Mnten Knuilnto
.NehriiNkn'n Kxamnlc In Divid
ing Control,
RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y June 18.
The formal oponlng of tho American In
stitute of Homeopathy was attonded hero
today by about 500 mcmbors. More than
100 new members wero received, Tho re
port of tho Interstate committee stated
that Senator Dlotrlch, while govornor of
Nebraska, put three Institutions of that
state under homeopathic control, and urged
concerted action toward securing equal
recognition of tho schools of homeopathy
with tbo old regular Bchool of medicine In
all states.
Thero Is a good deal of feeling over tho
failure of tho United States army to mako
provision in tho army for homeopaths. Tho
physicians In attendanco declare that a cer
tain percentage of enlisted men are, homeo
pathlsts nnd nro entitled to bo treated by
the government accordingly, though this
would necessitate two army surgeons at n
post. Surgeon General Sternhcrg, U, S, A.,
Is ald to be In sympathy with such a
movement. Dr. Nicholas Bonn ,of Chicago,
who was in tho volunteer Bervlco, Is de
clared to bo In favor of fair treatment for
homeopathlsts In tho army.
Dr. William n. Crano of Richfield de
livered tho address of welcomo tonight
Dr. A. N. Norton of Now York, prcHldent of
tho Institute, responded. Dr. Norton In
his address, said that homeopathy should
be admitted on equal terms with allopathy
In tho sorvlco of tho army and navy.
"The Rrounds upon which tho claims Bhall
bo based," he said, "are that tho army and
navy aro supported by public taxation ami
that patrons nf homeopathy pay a largo
proportion of this tax."
The doctor contended that equal repre
sentation upon all boards of medical ex
aminers and a proportlonato representation
n all state hospitals, asylums, etc.. should
be demanded and legislatures should ba
mado to understand that no medical legls
latlon can bo enacted without tho Indorse
ment of tho homeopathic school.
CLERGYMAN DROPS LIFELESS
Itcv. AiiuiiM KIiik of limine Kiill Dead.
While (luroliiK- for a Trnln
nt Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Neb., Juno 18. (Special Tel
egram.) Rev. August Klug, pastor of thi
Lutheran church at H.idar, Nob,, fell dead
hero this morning whllo going from tho
Fremont, Elkhnrn and Missouri Vnlloy rail
way station to that of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha line. He
was on his way to Winona, Mlun., to at
tend tho Lutheran synod and visit relatives,
having como down nn tho Fremont, Elk
horn train. He was hurrying to make tho
transfer when he fell. Mr. Klug was 73
years old and leaves two sons nnd four
daughters.
CONSUMPTION IN C0LIRAD0
htnle .Medle.ul Society llenrn Dr.
SnvviilP.n Knllmiile of Cnnen,
Old nud Voir,
DENVER, Juno 18, Thn discussion of
consumption was the feature of tho open
ing session of tho Colorado State Medical
society convention today.
Dr. Henry Hewall reported for a commit
teo on tho subject, "Tuberculosis In Colo
rado," Hp. laid that In sixteen months to
May 1, 1901, 1.671 doathB from tubercu
losis worn reported. In !70 cases tho dis
ease originated nutsldn of Colorado, !a
4S0 cases the origin was not given, In 224
cases, or 13.32 per cent, tho dlseaao orig
inated in Colorado,