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HAY PICKS THE WAY
Folicj of Admiaiitratiaa Frukly Oitlintd
by liorttarj f Stat.
H'KINLEY'S PLANS SHAPE ' 'f. FUTURE
Pipli
bmaoj Ekid Nat ta Partaka
aaa StraUgy.
CUMMINS EXPRESSES LOYALTY OF WEST
Deotriai Still Fnadamantal Rila of
Uaadaot.
CHOATE BRINGS GREETING OF BRITON
anniversary Dinner of Chamber of
Commerce l I'nrtnkrn Of iy Guests
Itiioivn. 'J'hronuhout the
Nut Ion,
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Tho 133d annual
banquet of tho Chamber of Commerce was
&el at Dolnionlco's this evening. Covers
tor 450 wcro laid la tho main banquet room,
which wan simply, though effectively, dec
orated, chiefly with American Hags. At
tho tablo of honor, presided over by Presi
dent MorrlH K. Jesiip, were: Ambassador
Joseph II. Choatc, John Hay, secretary of
late; Senator John L. McLaurln of South
Carolina, Whltelaw Held, Uuveruor-olect
Albert 1). Cummins of Iowa, Senator
Chauncoy M. Depew, Dr. Donald Hiiro
Wackay, Andrew Carnegie, Mayor-elect Scth
Low, Lieutenant Oouernl Miles, J, 1'. Mor
gan, Samuel D. Hancock, Major dcnernl John
ft. Brooke, Carl Schurz, Alexander K. Orr,
povernor Odell, Hear Admiral A. S. Barker
nd W. 11. Rtdgcly. Tho professional and
uslness circles of tho city were well rep
resented In tho list of the other guests.
Tho spcechmnklng was opened by Presi
dent Jesup In r very few words. Ho then
proposed a toast to tho memory of Wil
liam McKlnley. It was drunk .with nil
rtandlng and In silence. President Iloosc
vnlt's health was then toasted, while the
orchestra playrd and at tho next tonst,
that of King Edward of Euglnnd, tho Brit
ish national nnt hem was played.
In Introducing Secretary Hay President
Jnsup proposed a toast to "Our Diplo
macy." Tho secretary was warmly welcomed by
tho guests and his speech at various points
met with great enthusiasm, especially when
he mentioned tho name of President Mc
Klnley. Tho speech obtained rapt atten
tion nnd tho hpplauso was deafening when
in his peroration ho snld: "No wanton
ness of strength will ever Induco us to
ilrlvo a hard bargain with another nation
because It Is weak nor will any fear of
Ignohln criticism tempt us to Insult r,r
defy a great power because It Is strong,
or even because It is friendly." Secre
tary Hny said:
Tribute to McKlnley.
Mr.'Chnlrmnn nnd Gentlemen: I need not
dwell upon tho mournful and tragic; ovettt
by vlrtuo of which 1 am here. When the
president lay stricken In Buffalo, though
hope beat In our hearts that his llfo might
be spared fur futuru usefulness to his
country, It was still recognized aH Im
probable that hn would bo able to keep the
engagement hn had made to bo with yoti
tonight and you did mo tho honor to ask
inn to como In his place. This I htive some
times clone. In his lifetime, though ulways
with dlllldencn nnd dread, but hmv much
more am 1 daunted by tho duty of uppeur
Ing before yoj when that great man. loved
nnd revered while living, has put on tho
august halo of Immortality. Who could
worthily como Into your presence us tho
shadow of that Illustrious shade.
After au eloquent tribute to the memory
tf President McKlnley, Mr. Hay said:
I am asked to say something about our
diplomacy. You want from mo nothing
but tho truth and yet, If 1 cnulluo myself
to tho truth. I rannot help feeling that 1
rhall do my profession a wrong In tho
minds of theso who havo been In the habit
of considering diplomacy an occult science,
ns mysterious as nlchuiuy and tin dangerous
to tho morals as municipal politics. It
must bo admitted that this conception of
tho diplomatic, function Is not without cci'i
tain historical foundation. '
Dlplnmau- a Plain Trade.
There wns a tlmo when diplomacy was
science, of liitrtsuo and falsehood, of
traps and mines and countermines. In my
experience of diplomat lo life, which now
covers more yenrs thuu I like to look back
upon. Hiid In the for greater record of
Amerlcun diplomacy, which 1 havo read nnd
studied, I can say without hesitation that
we hnvo generally told squarely what wo
wanted nnd unnounced early In negotiations
whut wo were willing to give. During tho
tlmo which I havo been concerned In our
foreign rtlntlon 1 can sny that wo havo
been met by tho representatives of other
powers In the same spirit of frankness nnd
sincerity. As to tho measure of success
which our recent diplomacy has met with
It Is dltlleult If not impossible for mo to
peak. There nre two Important Jlncs of
human endeavor In which men aro for
bidden even to ultude to tholr success af
fairs of the heart and diplomatic affairs.
Hut If we aro not permitted to boast of
what wo havo done, wo can at least say
word about what wo havo tried to do
and tho principles which havo guided our
artlon. Tho briefest expression of our rule
of conduct Is. perhaps, the .Monroe doc
trine and the gnldcn rule. With this simple
chart wo can hardly go fur wrong.
Policy of the Kutnre.
As to what we havo tried to do what
we are still trying to do In tho general
lHd of diplomacy, there Is no reason for
doubt on one hnnd or reticence on tho
other. President McKlnley In his messages
during tho last four years hns mado the
smbjert perfectly clear. We have, striven
on tho lines laid down by Washington to
cultivate friendly relations with all powers,
but not to takn part In tho formation of
groups or combinations among them. A
rionltlon of complete Independence s not
ncompatlble with relations Involving not
friendship alone, out concurrent action as
well In Important emergencies. We have
kept always In view the fact thnt wo lire
pre-eminently a peace, loving people, that
our normal activities are in tho direction
of trade and commerce, that the vast
development of our Industries Imperatively
demands that we shall not onlv retain
and confirm our hold on our present mar
Itets. but seek constantly, by all honorable
means, to extend our commercial Interests
in cvrry pituiictiint iiircuiinn.
After ho concluded Secretary May was
pbllged several times to acknowledge the
Bpplauso accorded him by the diners.
Xpw York Men llckpond.
Governor Odell spoke to tho toast, "The
Plate of New York," und Mayor-elect ijnvr
replied to tho toast "Tho City of New
York."
Joseph H. Choatc, ambassador to tho
court of SI. James, was next Introduced.
After tho applause had subsided ho spoke
Mth his usual eloquence, dwelling mostly
on thn recent visit of the delegates of thu
Now York Chamber of Commerce to Lon
don. He enlnrged on tho sympathy that had
leen shown by thn British people nt the
time of the death of President McKlnley
nnd said that not only had the sympathy
been manifested almost every hour for
da) after tho event by rojalty, but that
other clams wcro quite as sorrowful.
In vlow uf thrte. facts Mr. Cho.ite thought
Ihl government Justified In thinking tb.it
Continued or Second Page,
GERMAN VETERANS ROUSED
Ant l-rhnmlirrlnlii Motcmcnt Spread
ing; nml Incident .May Mine Oltl
I'lnl ItrcoMnltlnn.
BERLIN, Nov. 1'.'. The antl-Chambcrlain
movement In Germany Is spreading. In
splto of the remonstrance Issued officially
by tho Dcutscher Krlcgcrbuud, thn So
ciety of Veterans of Berlin today held a
large and enthusiastic meeting, in which
utterances of Mr. Chamberlain nt Edln-
were heartily denounced. Other sol-
'-, -Mi-Chambcrlaln meetings arc to
b't, 'Jolognc, Brunswick, Bonn, Cello,
etc., i. , students' meeting of a like char
acter will bo held at Bonn, Wurzburg,
Lelpslc, Hallo nnd Munich, while popular
meetings aro announced In Bochum and
Brunswick nnd other places.
Heferrlng to these matters the Post,
speaking spml-offlclally, says tho govern
ment sees no reason to Identify Itself with
the vehement utterances at Irresponsible
meetings or to tako action against Mr.
Chamberlain's accusations concerning the
Ocrman soldiers, slnco thn hitter's words
nt Edinburgh were nothing more thun the
prlute uttemuccs of the British states
man. But ir tho matter Is broached In tho
llelchstag, tho Post continues, matters will
assume an entirely different course. In
this event the government would fluil occa
sion to express Itself bcfittluRly.
WINANS' S0NS0PP0SE CROWN
Appeal for Itcversiil of .1 ml kiii cut
Aunrillnu l.fKnry Tn to llrlt
ImIi (internment.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Arguments In the ap
peal of Walter and I,. W. Wlnnns against
thn judgment of Justices Kennedy and Phil
llmoro In November, 1000, In awarding tho
crown legacy a duty on the largo estate
left by their brother, W. L. Wlnnns, was
heard today, Tho solo question at Issue Is
whether tho deceased was domiciled In
England. Judgment will bo rendered to
morrow. In November hist the lord chief Justice's
court In London wns occupied In determin
ing whether tho Into William U Wlnnns,
formerly of Baltimore, Md., wnB n domiciled
resident of Great Britain wn he died In
1897. This question wns tested through n
legacy of 2,000 willed to Mr. Wlnnns' sister-in-law,
Ellen Delnrue, on which the
crown claimed legacy duty. The court gave
Judgment for the crown and the nttorncy
general remarked thnt the declsln of the
court would affect the whole of Mr. Wl
nnns' millions.
William Lewis Wlnans died In London on
Juno 5, 1S97, in his 73th year, jlo wbs born
in Baltimoro In 1S22 nnd when 20 years of
age was sent to Russia to nrrnngo the con
tracts for furnlshtug and equipping- tho
railroad between Moscow and St. Peters
burg. The road wns successfully com
pleted nnd a large fortune was secured to
the Winnns family.
PEACEFUL MEANS AT AN END
Dickinson In Nil I l lo lluvc Advised
Force In Sccnrlim- the Be
ltane of Miss Stone.
SOFIA, Nov. 19. It la reported, that Mr:
Dickinson, United States diplomatic agent
here, has Informed the government of Bul
garia thnt the adductors of Miss Stone, with
their captives, aro concealed In n defile of
tho Bellurltza mountains, near Smotch, dis
trict of Dubnlun, and has requested thnt
troops be sent to surround the place and
llbernte the captives,
Both Mr. Dickinson and the Bulgarian
Foreign office decline to confirm or deny
this report. Nevertheless it is believed
that Mr. Dickinson, persuaded of the Im
possibility of coming to terms with tho
brigands, nnd relying on Ills belief that
they will not harm their captives If troops
are employed agnlnst them, has, after con
sulting with Washington, decided upon this
move.
Only eight hnndlls now guard Mls Stone
nnd some of these arc known to sympathize)
with her,.
About a fortnight ago Mr. Dickinson ap
proached the Foreign office and proposed
this same plan, but lis carrying out was
abandoned because of tho uncertainty of
the location of tho bandits.
FOREARMED NOT FOREWARNED
Steamer Niild to He Kciilieil With
W'rnpons for liners Melted by
British Government.
LONDON, Nov. 19. Tho government has
caused tho detention of a British steamer,
fitted out ostensibly for a plcasuro trip, at
Victoria docks, on the ground that the ves
sel was laden with 'contraband of war for
tho Boers, A searchlight fixed to tho
steamer's mast brought It under suspicion
and It Is wild the subsequent search dis
closed four Odd guns, etc., and thst the
vessel was fitted up Insido to accommodate
from BOO to 600 men. Tho captain of the
steamer says his Instructions from his em
ployers directed htm to call nt Hamburg
after leaving the Thames.
VOICES JINGO SENTIMENT
London niohe, ns L'snnl, Miniucc
Strike n Ulacordntit .Vote
on Trent.
to
LONDON, Nov. 19. Tho Globe this after
noon dltcussea tho Hay-Paunccfoto treaty
In Its usual ultra-Jingo tone. It says:
"Unless l,ord Pnuncefote nnd Secretary Hay
havo strictly observed the principle of quid
pro quo the treaty Is far more likely to
Impair than to strengthen friendliness. If
British rights on tho Isthmus havo been
nbnndoned without a tangible equivalent
It will not bo long before Great Britain Is
Invited to surrender the West Indies, nnd
oven Canada, as peace offerings to American
Chnuvlnlstn."
PLAGUE PREVAILS AT CAPE
Uluht Hundred t'nsra Arc lleportrd hy
,wl- Arrived Ntcnmer, with Set
end llnndred Deaths.
NOKKOLK, Va Nov. 19. The British
steamer Monmouth, Captain Troop, which
arrived hero yesterday direct from Capo
town, South Afrlcn, reports the existence of
over 800 cuues of bubonic plague in the
vicinity of Capetown whon It left that port,
Up to the tlmo It sailed 380 deaths from
the plaguo had occurred.
BANDITS LOSE THEIR HEADS
Chinese Soldiers Capture Sixteen
Them nnd Bring Them
to Pekln.
of
PEK1N, Nov 19. Fifty Chinese soldiers
surprised 150 bandits close to Pekln last
night, killed twelvo of them and captured
sixteen. The captured have beca brought
ucrc tor accarnauon.
BANK RUINED BY ITS NAME
Similarity af Titlu Sum Diuitraui tin
at Taotmt.
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS WITHDRAWN
President Then Ask for Hecelvjr,
lint Hopes to ?liike i'lill 1'ny
inent liy Arrnimrnient with
A'eir York. Pnrtlrs,
TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 19. Tho Metro
polltnn bank, P. V. Caesar president, closed
its doors today lifter standing against n
run all day yesterday. Tho run began ns
the result of n misunderstanding, tho small
depositors believing that a suit filed Fri
day agalust the receiver of tho Metropolitan
Savings bank, which failed five days ago,
had something to do with the present Met
ropolitan bank. About $10,000 was with
drawn ami the bank applied for a receiver.
Dwlght L. Helps was nppolnted.
The fact that tho school children's saving
account, amounting to $12,000, was In tho
bank helped to spread the rumor started
by the suit. The Metropolitan's total de
posits aro about $500,000. The failure Is
duo entirely to tho misunderstanding.
President Caesar says ho Is negotiating
with Now York parties and believes he will
bo able to perfect arrangements to pay every
depositor In full. Tho school savings arc
secured by school warrants held In trust
by tbu school board.
MEADE IS ECCENTRIC HOST
Inspection oniccrs Arc Ncniitlitllr.ci1 ill
Violence of KxiircNslona t'seil
II llnrrnckn t'oiniiiniiilnnt.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Colonel llobcrt L.
Meade, tho commanding officer of tho ma
rine barracks nt tho Brooklyn nnval yard,
faced a court-martial today in the pay
master's building nt the yard on charges
preferred ngainst him by Major C. H.
Lauchhclmcr nnd Colonel L. F. Denney. Thn
officer Is accused of drunkenness while on
duty and scandalous conduct.
The members of tho court-martial are:
Hear Admiral George W. Sumner, Cap
tain George F. Wilde, Colonel Jnmes For
ney, Cnpialn F. A. Cook, Captain F. E.
Chadwlck, Captain B. P. Limberton, exp
lain H. E. Walker. Captain George W. Plg
innn and Captain C. M. Hester. The Judge
advocate Is Lieutenant A. P. Nlhlack, as
sisted by Caplnln B. II. Fuller. Colonel
Meade Is represented by Iirenzo D. Semple
nnd C. D. Semplo of tho law firm of Coudert
Bros.
Only two witnesses were examined today,
tho first being Colonel L. F. Denney, ono
of the two complainants, who made a di
rect charge of Intoxication mid' unbecoming
conduct ngainst Colonel Meade. In hlr.
testlmouy he said that on March IK, April
30 and July 13 of this year, while on a tour
of Inspection of the marine barracks, he,
In company with William A. Boring of Bor
ing fc Tllton, architects, had como In
contact with Colonel Meade, who, hn said,
,was drunk and was incapable. of pcrforralng
his duties as an officer.
Architect Boring, the othor witness, tes
tified that in company with Colonel Denney
ho visited the morino barracks on a tour of
Inspection, pending Improvements, on
March IS nnd April 30 of this year and on
both o, caslona he said that while talking
on business apncrtnlnlng to tho proposed
Improvements In tho building Colonel
Mendo had acted In a very strange wn.
which the witness described as being caused
by Intoxication. He said that Colonel
Meade was Incoherent at times and rondo
sweoplng statements ns to all contractors
(havlng business In tho navy yard, saying
they wcro thieves nnd robbers, with other
remarks more forcible than polite.
When the court adjourned at I o'clock
this nftcrnoon It wns decided to hold dally
sessions from 10 to 3 o'clork ecry day
this week nnd It Is expected that, from the
mnss of evidence which Is to be brought
before the court the sessions may possibly
last until the latter part of next week.
SANTIAGO IS0N THE MEND
Gcnenil Wood (ilvci Orders for llnrlior
IrcdKliiH: nnd ttther tin.
port ii nt IniiiriMriiirnti.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 19. Toduy
Governor General Wood and Mrs. Wood en
tertained Mayor Bacardi, Adjutant General
McGunlglo aud several prominent Cuban
officials at luncheon on the yacht Kanawha.
Major Barbour, chief of the sanitary de
partment, took General Bliss nnd others of
the party to El Cobra, whero they In
spected the mines and looked nt the famous
snrine.
General Wood durlni: tlm ,iv ill.
rcctions for the construction nf a ttPii trull
half a mile in length, which will cost $:.0.
nuo, nnd of a custom house building, Ho
also Issued Instructions for harbor dredg
ing, for the .completion of the sewer sys
tem nnd water works, for the rnnnlr nf
roads and for the transfer of prisoners
ironi mo nu to thn old Spanish barracks
In order to make n courthouse of the Jail,
which is one of the oldost and most fa
mous In tho West Indies. During tho nft
crnoon he inspected the trnnns nf ih
Eighth cavalry und tonight he gave a pub
lic reception at the palace.
WITH HAND 0N THROTTLE
KiiKlneer .Michael Spcntcr of l.nKo
Shore Dim ill llr 1 1 nil
Hoped,
CHICAGO, Nov. 19. Michael Sprnter. 23
years an engineer on tho Lake Shore road,
dropped dead in the cab of bis engine today.
It was tho death ho bad often told his
friends he hoped for, coming upon him
when his hand was still on the throttle.
Sprater's englno had barely escaped to n
siding when a fast passenger train whizzed
past cn the inuln track nnd It Is supposed
that the fright of his narrow escape acted
fatally upon his heart, which was weak.
Tho fireman, seeing tho engineer fall,
stopped the locomotive. . Sprnter wns 60
years old.
MEN AND CATTLE KILLED
I'rout lOitKlnr- Lent cm IIiiIId mihI t'ni's
Crowd I'orw-nrd Into llcnp,
SlnuuhterliiK' Stock,
LIBERAL, Kan Nov. 19, A double
header train of cattle was wrecked seven
miles eajit of hern nn thn HnrV Talan.i ati.
froad tonight, killing an unknown mnu aud
auoui .nu cHiiie. nnnie ot i no trainmen
were Injured, but nonn seriously. The
front englno wns derailed when going nt a
high rate of speed and tho ten cars wcro
shoved un In u nllo and itcniollahM.l VxlOmr
csKltte was bndly damaged.
SEEK TO BE POSTMASTERS
Mnnj- Applicant I'llr
with .Nctintnr
Their Pnpccs
Melrlcli
mill Mlllnl.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Changes In Nebraska postoftlccs
have not reached tho active stage, so far
as Senutors Dietrich and Millard nre con
cerned. Senator Dietrich brought with him
a largo bundle of recommendations, which
he purposes going through before he de
rides upon the fUncsrf of the candidates.
Senator Mlllnrd Is also Investigating the
claims of would-bo postmasters.
Senator Dietrich hns selected quarters In
the Cairo flats, whero ho has chosen the
former rooms of ex-Senator Thurston. The
senator had chosen rooms In n new apart
ment houso called tho Now Sherman, hut
ns they were not ready for occupancy when
ho desired them he flatly refused to occupy
them and chose tho Cairo as his abiding
place for tht winter.
Tho nnnunl teport of the commissioner of
Internal revenus shows that the collections
lu, Nebraska for the last dscal year
nmounted to $3,155,r02; In South Dakota,
$179,692; In Wyoming. $I3.H8.
Orders havo been Issued by the War de
partment directing tho two companlei of
the Twenty-third Infantry t Forts Logan
nnd riunsell, Department of Colorndo, to
tako station nt Fort MacPhersou, On. Tho
tlmo for making tho chanrfo of station has
not been designated and rill bo fixed by
the commander of the Department of Colo
rado. Acting Adjutant Gepcrnl Ward said
today that tho places vacated by tho de
parting companies of the Twenty-third will
bo tilled by the troops ctnilng from tho
Philippines. Forts Logan find Itusscll will
be kopt filled to their fullest capacity.
Tho Northwestern National bank of
Minneapolis was today designated as a re
serve ngent for the First National bank of
Brltt, In.: also tho Omaha National of
Omaha for tho First National of Mlnden,
Neb.
Miss Elizabeth Towor of Huron. S. D.,
was today eppoluted clerk In the Treasury
department.
John F. Flynn, carrier In the South
Omaha postofllce, wns today promoted from
$600 to $850.
J. F, House, superintendent of tho day
Echonl, Kosobud, S. D., Is lu Washington ou
business before tho Interior department.
TWO MONUMENTS AT ONE TIME
WllfthillKloii Asnocliitlon Is I iMvllllim
to Wnlt I mil Cnutnn Mcnio
rlnl Is fiiliMcrllicil l-'or.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The William
McKlnley National Memorial Arch nsr.o
clutlon received from tho association for
the erection of n McKlnley monument nt
Canton, O., n request that It suspend Its
appeal to the public for contributions until
the fund deemed necessary for the erection
of tho Canton monument has been received.
It has declared that It will bc Imprnctlc
nble to do so, becnusc tho long Indefinite
delay Involved would mean thn defeat of Its
purpose.
It Is stated, .however, that In its deslro
to work in harmony with tho association
for tho erection of the Canton monumeutv
believing that both racr'.o.'f .s .r.hould and
could be erected by popular subscription, It
hns through Its executive commltteo tele
graphed to President Day and Vice Presi
dent Hnnn.t tonight asking them to lay be
fore the executive committee of the Can
ton Monument association at Its session in
Clevolnnd on Thursday n proposition for
Joint action by tho two commissions und
their distribution on an agreed basis. Tho
details of the proposition have been mailed
In a letter written on behalf of tho ex
ecutlvo commltteo by Secretary Gage, treas
urer of the William McKlnley National
Memorial Arch nssoclatlon.
UNCLE SAM HAS COIN TO SPARE
Secretary f.'nuc Sees No nUniilctlnu
l'cntiircx tn l.nritc Uxpnrt of
Gold to Knrlr.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Treasury offi
cials feel no apprehension whatever on ne-
rount of tho cxportntions of gold. Sccro
tory Gage today said that ho would not
make at this time any btntemcnt In regard
to tho matter, but It Is known that ho re
gards tho shipments as a very naturnl
movement In vlow of the quite general dfi
mnnd for money In Europo und that he be
lieves there. Is nothing In the situation to
cause the least unenslness.
On tho contrary, treasury officials say that
tho business affair of Europo within tho
last few years have becoino so Intimately
connected with our own that n monetary
stringency or disturbance of any character
there should bo deplored nnd If possible)
relieved for the common good. At this
time there Is nn unusual demand for money
in several European tlnnncial centers and
i It vns to be expected. It is said, that United
Htmes investors woum irfse aiivamnge oi
the Interest rates and ship their funds to
the best market.
The officials do not believe, however, that
the shipments will assume very largo pro
portions, especially as any considerable
withdrawals would so increnso rates at
homo ns to mnko foreign shipments un
profltoblc, (GLESIAS STILL BEHIND BARS
Court Dcmniids llnll llond In Mousy
nnd Go in per llesltntes tn An
thorlxc Its Submission,
WASHINGTON. Nov 19. President Sam
uol Gompers of the American Fcdorutlon of
Labor received word from San Juan today
that in nrcordnnco with Mr. Gompors' re
quest n $500 bond for tho release of Santiago
lglcslas had been offered, but rejected, and
thnt tho court had ordered that deposit of
$500 in money bo made.
Mr. Gompers hesltntes In regard to tho
authorizing of this deposit, not from fenr,
ho states, of Mr. Igleslas' fnlluro to nppeur
nt tho trial, but because of tho refusal of
the court to accept good and sulllclent ball
nnd its insistence on a money deposit,
which he regards ns something unusual.
He will consult his rollengues of the execu
tlve council of tho Federation beforo taking
further action,
Mr. Gompers received a letter today from
Governor Hunt of Porto Rico, conveying the
assurance that every legal protection will
bo afforded Mr. lglcslas.
CABINET READS THE MESSAGE
1' I nils It I.oiik but the iunrntm Doc
ument lo He rixpeclcil from
t
ItllONCVClt,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The cablnot
meeting today lusted nbaut two and a half
hours. Tho whole time was spent In the
reading of tho president's message aud In
commenting upon Its various features, Tho
message Is Jong nud Is said to be vigorous
In tone, In that respect, at least, quite
characteristic of President Roosevelt. No
other busUK'ss was transacted.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Inrlington Bpriags a Surpriu oa Iti
Noithimtern RiTtl.
INJUNCTION AND COUNTER PROPOSITION
Prevent I'nssiiKe of the Oinnhn
llond' Ordinance nnd Makes I.I
rrnl Offer on Ilehnlf of the
HnrlliiKtou,
Py placing two moro stumbling blocks In
tho way of tho Chicago, SL Paul, Mlnneap
oils & Omaha road tho Burlington rnllwuy
last night effectually delayed for tho time
being the progress of Its rival toward se
curing the privilege of operating n track
nlong Eighth street between Farnam nnd
Howard streets.
Thu tlrst and chief of the new obstruc
tions came lu the form of .mother Injunc
tion, tho tenth that has transpired In this
ono tight so tnr. This particular one em
anates from the district court of Douglas
county and restrains nil tho councllmeu
from taking nny action on tho ordinance
giving tho Northwestern people tho de
sired privileges till the hearing of thu In
junction proceedings set for 10 o'clock next
Saturday morning beforo Judgo Fnwcett.
Tho second obstruction is two-fold. First
Is n communication to tho council from
Manager Holdrcgo of tho Burlington stot-
lng thnt ho needs all thu district lu dlsputo
for tho construction of additional railway
facilities which will greatly benefit Omaha.
Concurrent with this wns Introduced an
ordinance providing for the granting to
thu Burlington of exclusive privileges
there.
.Indue Slnbnimli MnUcs Order.
The consummation of tho Injunction was
exceedingly dramatic. It was not till G:00
last night that Judgo Slnbatlgh Issued the
Instrument. The Thomas Davis Rcnl Es-
Ui to company appeared as plaintiffs nud
the divers cuunclluicn, with tho city, were
mnde defendants. Neither thn Northwest
ern peoplo nor others Interested had ex
pected such action till nftcr tho ordinance
was passed, so tho council chamber was
well filled last night by a crowd anxious to
sec thn final vote on tho measure.
Somo of tho councllmeu, tpo, came early,
but Deputy Sheriff Flynn wns earlier. As
each aldcrn in turn attempted to enter
the council chamber he found his progress
barred hy tho deputy, who served on him
a copy of tho Injunction nnd then allowed
him to pass on.
Tho members Investigated tho documents
In tholr hnnds and expressed their senti
ments, somo by smiles, others by grunts
That wns nil thero was to It. Their hnnds
wero tied. Couuclltnnn Whltchorn, chair
man of tho committee on railways, telo
graphs and telephones, wns thero all ready
to submit his report recommending tho pas
sago of the ordlnnnce, as Instructed by tho
council In general commltteo Monday. But
after rending the Injunction not n word
concerning the matter escaped bis Up;.
This was what ho read:
Upon reudlng tho petition of plaintiff.
Thomus -Davis Kent lintuto eonipnnS.'-llled
herein, duly verltlcu. it is nereiiy nniereii
Hint tho defendants, Isaac S. Hnscnll, Fred
lloye, David T. Mount. Ilnrry 1'. Zlmman,
i-ranK it. HurKiey, nmriot) J. ioiecK,
Simon S. Trustier. William II. Whltchorn
and Myron D. Knrr, as constituting nnd
being the city council of the city of Um.-ilm.
and tho city of Omnhu, each und nil of
them, be, und each and nil nf them are
hereby restrained until tho further order
of this court from In nny manner us suld
city council und us members thereof, con
sidering, voting upon or passing un ordi
nance entitled, "An ordinance, granting per
mission und authority to the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Hallway com
pany to lay down, operate nud maintain u
single railroad track along the winterly
portion of Eighth street between Fnriiani
nnd Ilowurd streets in the city nf Oinalia,"
which ordinance, hns heretofore been In
troduced In suld city council.
And It Is further ordered thnt this matter
bo nnd tho snmu Is hereby set for hearing"
beforo tho honorable Jacob Fuwcett, us
ono of tho Judges of this court. In equity
court mom No. f. In the city of Omaha,
Douglas county, Nebraska, ut 10 o'clock
n, m. uf Saturday, November 23. I'lj thnt
each of tho defendants then show rnuse
why either this order should be revoked or
why each should not bo temporarily and
until the final hearing enjoined from doing
the things complained of in said petition,
nnd that a copy of this order bo forthwith
served upon each of the defendants,
Tills onler shall havo absolute effect and
control, upon tho lodging in tho clerk's nftlco
of this court, hy tho plaintiff, of n bond in
favor of the defendant nnd conditioned us
required by law In the sum of $rrf).
W. W. SLAHArail, Judge.
Ordlnnnce nnd Proposition.
The new ordinance In this connection
was introduced by Mr. Whltchorn. It is
entitled:
Au ordlnnnce granting permission nnd
authority to tho Omnhu & Southwestern
Hullroad company to occupy and uso ex
clusively Eighth street between the south
line or I'lirnum street nun tuu north nun
of Ilowurd street und also to occupy and
use exclusively those portions of tho al
leys lu blocks t! und II lying enst of Ihe
west line of lots 1 and S lu suld blocks for
railway truck, freight yuril und atutlon
purposes.
This was read for tho first and second
tlmo and referred to tho commltteo on rail
ways, telegraphs and telephones. Tho com
munication from Gcnerul Manager Hol
drcgo In this connection reads:
OMAHA. Nov. 19. To tho .Mayor and
City Council of Omaha; Gentlemen Tho
undersigned, general manager of tho Chl
cngu, Burlington & Qulncy Ilallrond com
pany, would respectfully show that tho
proscnt freight yards of that company nt
Omaha arc Inadequnto to its Interests nnd
that it him become necessary to cnlargo
them so us to properly handle its business
ut this point, Thnt plans have been mado
to cnlargo these ynrds nnd facilities and in
that behalf his company has nciiulred by
purchase lots 1 nud X, in blocks (, nud II.
thereby giving It tho entire ownership of
nil abutting lots on both sides of Eighth
street between Farnam nnd Hnwnrd streets.
Thnt theso lamls wero purchased ut hirsu
cost unit will shortly bo Improved und In
corporated with tbu other grounds of tho
company lu tiiat locality for tho purposes
stated.
Furthermore, his rompany has already
acquirer! from tho city thu right to occupy
nnd' uso tho last portion of Eighth street
and also tho alleys In block G und II afore
said, and certain portions of Eighth street
for thu uso of tho alley tracks. That it will
bo necessary In order to complete its plnns
nnd to cnlargo Its freight yards nnd facili
ties to have tlm exclusive uso of tho re
mainder of Eighth street between Furnam
and Howard streets, nnd also tho exclusive
uso of thoso portions of the alleys In blocks
G nnd II east of tlio west lino of lots 1 nnd
X. lu said blocks. That tho streets nnd
ulleys nforcsald nro not used by the gen
eral public nnd tho publlo can get llttlo use
of them In the future owing to tho rullwny
conditions In that locality.
Tho undersigned Is advised that nn ordi
nance Is now pending before tho city coun
cil granting to the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omnhu Hallway company per
mission nnd authority to lay down and
maintain n single track on Eighth street
between Farnum nnd Howard streets for
switching cars between midnight and 6
o'clock a. m. "for tho accommodation of
stores nnd wnrchouses now erected or that
may hereafter bo erected upon tho lots nd
jucont to said streets or located In that
vicinity. ,
Tho undersigned, howover, shows that If
such ordinance shall be passed It will pre
vent his company from carrying out Its
larger und more Important plans nnd en
terprise; that thero can posslhlj be no
parallel between tho public benefits nrUIng
troni the uso of tho streets In controversy
tiy the St, Paul company for n single track
to switch cars between 12 midnight nnd C
(CouUuued. oa Fifth Page,)
CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Wednesday
und Thursday; Vnrlnblo Winds.
Te in pc rnt lire hi Uientin Yetcrdayi
Hour. tlrg. limn. Den.
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II n. ni Ml 7 p. til I'
ll: in C' S p. in 10
11 p. nt Ill
SHIELD FROM EYE OF CURIOUS
llculnnlnH Is .Mnde I'pnn Twrnty-I'lvc
Thousniid I'eet nf 1'encc Aroiiml
Imposition Grounds,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19. Tho first con
tract to be let by the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition company for work that will
eventually involve the expenditure of a
hum approximating $20,000,000 was nwnrded
today to It. M. Goodrich of this city fur
the erection of IB.00O feet of board fencu
around portions of tho site. In all 25,000
feet of fencing will bo needed. Tho 10,000
feet remulntng will consist of open Iron
work fencing to he built along tho cast
sldo of the site In Forest park. Around
the front tho fenco will consist of ornate
plaster work. Work on tho wooden fence,
which Is to be eight feet high und topped
with bnrbed wire, will commence at once.
It must bo finished within tho next sixty
days.
Tho national commltteo held n session
this afternoon. Only thu preliminary work
beforo tho committee wns tnken up. The
larger part of tho time was dovoted to tho
subject of tho hoard of woman managers.
Mrs, M. H. DoYoung of San Francisco was
added to tho list. All tho linmcs which
havo been submitted by the commissioners
wero voted on today, tho appointments be
ing mado filial. Tho list, as It now stands,
consists of MIms Helen M. Gould, Now York;
Mrs. John A. McCnll, Now York; Mrs.
John M. Hollcomb of Hartford, Conn,; Miss
Anna L Dawes of Plttstleld, Mass.; Mrs.
Fanulo L. Porter of Atlanta, On.; Mrs.
Frederick Hanger of Llttlo Hock, Ark.i
Mrs. W. E, Andrews of Hastings, Neb.
TAMBLYN'S LOAD TOO HEAVY
Stock Driller Attempt to Handle Hone
Shipment of Cnttle and Arc
Involved In llnnkruptcy.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 19. Involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings were Instituted In
tho federal court late this afternoon against
Tamblyn A: Tamblyn, live stock merchants
trading nt the Kansas City Stock exchange.
Tho petition states that tho firm's liabili
ties aro $230,000. It Is filed by the Llnno
Llvo Stock compuny and the Texas Cnttlu
Raisers' association. No assets arc given.
Tho petition sets forth thnt Tamblyn &
Tamblyn arc Insolvent and sought to prefer
certain of their creditors by giving their
notcB nnd other securities for different
sums. Thcso wero placed In tho hnnds of
tho Interstate National bank at tho stuck
yards. Tho list of creditors Is large. Tho
nuni-tif 'S.XOOO Is. claimed Ly ono firm and
$10,000 by imothor.
Tho members of the firm against which
the proceedings were Instituted nre Gcorgo
S. Tamblyn and Robert L. Tau;btyn, both
of Kansas City. The Arm's troublo began
nbout a month ngo, whon n Inrgo loan wan
negotlnted on a big string of cnttle In Colo
rado. A Texas firm that sold the cattle
claimed them on the ground thnt they had
not been paid for. Thu banks supporting
the firm demonded greater security. Every
nvallablo pieces of security wns given the
hnnkn, which amounted to practically ,nn
assignment, nnd efforts wcro mado to carry
on the business without closing the doors.
An effort was mado lo stavo oft tho pro
ceedings in court In the hopo of realizing
enough from personal securities of tho
senior Tamblyn to pay his debts, realizing
thnt If thn cnttle wero forced nn the market
nt the present tlmo there might bo heavy
losses.
FAMILY IS FOUND MURDERED
Home Is Kntcrcd hy t'nknown IV r
NOiin and Inmates Arc l.cft Dead
nn the l'lnor.
LOS ANGELES, Oil., Nov. 19. The bodies
of A. P. Wilcox, wife nnd 2-ycar-old son
wero found In their homo nt Downey,
twelvo mllc3 from this city today. All tho
bodies wero horribly mutilated nnd tho
bloody condition of tho premises Indicated
that the murderer or murderers had mot
with a flerco resistance. Wilcox nnd his
family had been shot and then literally cut
to pieces with a knife.
The crlmo was discovered when a neigh
bor called nt. the house nnd found tho place
evidently abandoned. On forcing the door
ho found tho bodies stretched on tho floor.
The woman had been shot while carrying a
plato from the stovo to the table. The
baby lay In tho middle nf the room, while
tho body of the father wiib near the door. It
Is supposed that tho crlmo wus committed
two or three days ago. No cluo to tho
perpetrators has yet been found,
SKATERS DROWN IN AIRHOLE
Pleasure Party Sees It llnnger Tori
I.ii tn and Pcrlshc n icy
Water of nay.
DULUTH, Minn.. Nov. 19. Miss Belle
Woods, aged 25; Charles P. Valiancy, aged
26, nnd Stanley Mcl.eod, aged 24, skutcd Into
un airhole In St. Louis hay about 10 o'clock
tonight and wore drowned, Thn threo were
skating together and did not sen the holo
until too late. Efforts wero made to bbvo
them by tho tow persons In tho vicinity,
but tho Icy water cramped the unfortunates
nnd they sauk from sight within n few
moments.
HONORED LAWYER IN TROUBLE
Former Secrctnry Cass of Illinois liar
Association Indicted on Charge
of Hinlirzzlrnieut,
CHICAGO. Nov. 19. George W. Cas.i,
former secretary of tho Illinois Stalo Bar
association, was Indicted today by tho
grand Jury on tho charge of embezzling
$25,000, Tho property Involved, according
to thu testimony, belonged to friends and
relatives of Cass, HvlDg In and near
CoBDoctnii, O.
Movements of Ocean Vessels, ,ov. 111.
At Liverpool Arrived Tunisian. from
Montreul; Cutlc, from New York.
At New York Arrived Fuerst Blsmarek.
from Nuples. Sailed Kiilser Wllhelm der
Orosse. for Bremen, via Plymouth nnd
Cherbourg; Bovlc, for Liverpool.
At Sydney Arrived Sonoma, from Snn
Francisco, lu Honolulu, etc.
At Boulogne Stir Mer Arrived Rotter
dam, from New Yojk, for Itottcrdum, and
nrocceded.
At Queenstown Arrived Oceania, from
SCANT BOND RECORDS
Bcitol Puad Piali In lObscurid bj In
compUt Entries.
STATE TREASURER ACTS ALONE FOR BOARD
Ha la;i Hi Don Not Kttp Namei of tbi
Salliig Parties.
NO RECORD Ell HER OF DETACHED CtUPONS
QueitUn Which Fnad Fa;i Framiun Sim
plj 0 of lotkksepinj.
FULL LIST OF YEAR'S BOND PURCHASES
Stale Trcimiircc Stiiefcr Alto Puis in
u Dcnlnl of Pcrsounl Com
plicity In the Ciuulim
Coiinly Trniisuctloii.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nov. 19. (Spcclnl.l-The dis
closures of Tho Ben In the. Hurt and Cutulug
couuty bond deals havo served lo call at
tention to the defective records that uio
kept of tho various bond transactions for
the state school fund and the slipshod
methods of tho statu board charged with
their Investment. Tho whole management
of tho school fund seems to have been
handed over to tho stnto treasurer and all
tho Statu Board of Educational Lands and
Funds Is called on to do Is to ratify whnt
tho stato treasurer has nlrcudy agreed lo.
The purchase of tho Burt couuty bonds, for
example, effected July fi was nnt rntllied
by the board until September following.
Inquiry nt the statehouso for the facts
regarding hnnd purchases receives tho an
swer thnt tho records show nothing but tho
dates of tho transaction, tho amount and
terms of tho bonds ncqulred nnd tho In
terest basis upon which they wero pur
chased. Tho records do not show from
whom tho bonds havo been bought, nor lu
what manner nor from what bonds thu cou
pons have been detached to pay the pre
mium on the purchase. Thn question, when
put to Trensurer Stucfer us to whut parties
ho hos been dealing with, was answered:
"I do not remember from whom I obtained
the different bonds. Most of them cntnn
to mo through bankers. Tho Thnycr county
bonds, I believe, nro tho only ones that
have been purchased for the school fund
direct from the counties Issuing them.
Tho Hoard of Educational Lauds and Funds
docs not specify from whom the bonds are
to bo purchased. It simply nuthurlzes mo
lo buy certain securities at u specllled rnto
and that Is all Its records will show."
1,1st of Stiicfcr's lloud I'lirttlinses.
The list of bond purchases for thn stato
school fund made by Treasurer Stucfer
slnco his Incumbency uf tho office, January
1, 1901, Is as folloivs:
Cherry countv courthouse bonds. Slo.itX):
purchased February 13, 1901, ut I per cent
face rate; bonds dated January 1, 1901, und
optional urti.T len-yvnrs; - ' i .
Cuming county refunding bonds, $J5:tW;
exchanged tor 4!4 t cent old bonds; pur
chased Mny 15, on u basis of ,114 per cent:
dated April 1, 19U; $0,tj optional ench yenr
after April 1, 1902.
Thayer county courthouse bonds, $55,0011:
purchased February. 12. but beca uso of
legal defects wcro sent back nnd were nnt
delivered und accepted until June .1; bought
n. it.vv wi 0:3 M' c'ini nniKIS Hie for
ten, years, dated June I, lani, with ouo-ye.u-option.
Burt county refunding bonds, jso.ivio; pur
chased July 5. 1901, on basis of ni per cent
fnce rate, X per cent; bonds for twenty
years, tinted July 1, 1901; optional nftrr te'n
years.
Otoe county funding bonds, $H,(k); pur
chased September I, 1801, on per cent
basis: fnco rate. H ner cent: hnmix ,i,.i...i
May 1. 1901; f',m due May 1, 1907, and from
$2.00n to $I,kI dun inch year thereafter.
uougius county rerunning bonus, JSO.fjmi:
purchased October S, l!io, on ."Pi per rent
basis; facn rate, 5 per cent; boll
us tinted
j my 1, hiid jiuy 1,
.IIIIV I. C.lll.
Coif nx county refunding hnnds, $19,000:
purchased October 17, nn .Hi per rent basis;
raro rale, r. per cent; bonds tinted Juno 3).
iwi : t un June 20. mil.
Washington county refunding bonds, tio,.
TinO: purchased November 5, on per rent
iMi.-in. ,,,,,, mi,-, u ici 1:0111, n o ipr 1 1.
1R!); dim April 1. 1910. 1 r"
Dodgo county refunding bonds. $Ji5,0nO:
purchased November IS, Ijni, on basis of a
per cent; face rate. I per cent; dated Sep.
tembcr 1, 1S99; duo September 1, 1919.
atuefcr's w S.inlctii.
Tho method of buying these securities has
been changed slnco Mr. Stucfer rnmo Into
office and that explains Mr. Stuefor's con
tention that tho stnto paid only tho $S0,
000 for the Burt county bonds and thnt thn
rakeoft of the. middleman did
the permanent school fund. Everybody
Knows mat county bonds bearing In
terest of moro thnn 4 per cent will com
mand n premium nowadays, slnen tlm min
of Interest on loanable capital has been
reduced by tho 'redundancy of tho moncv
market. I'p to this yenr no bonds Issue!
by any Nebraska county burn less than t
per rent inteiest nnd when in the hands ol
privato Investors wero beyond tho reach
of tho school fund unless n nrcmlum rnuii!
be paid for them.
Tho prnctlco under Treasurer Mesnrvi
was for tho stalo to buy in theso bonds on
tho market Just tho samo as nny othet
purchaser, paying a premium In cash tc
mnko It an Investment bringing tho Interest
rnto agreed upon. When Stato Treasurer
Stucfer come Into offlco ho was ndvlsed that
tho system pursuod by Meacrvo was incor-
reet. Tho constitution of Nebraska nro.
vldes that tho stn'to school fund shall re
main forovor Invlolato and obligates the
state to make good nny losses or deficits by
nn appropriation out of Its regular funds.
As tbu Income from the permanent school
fund goes Into tho temporary echonl fund
nnd is periodically distributed to the vari
ous counties for tho benefit of tho nchonls,
bonds bought nt n premium whon redeemed
would loavo tho permanent school fund
short by tho amount of tho premium un
less thnt nmount should havo been covered
back gradually out of I ho Interest pay
ments. Trenburcr Stucfer therefore Inau
gurated the plan of paying u premium on his
bond purchases hy detaching interest cou
pons. Ho has thus paid tho principal out
of tho permanent school fund and the pre
mium out of tho temporary school fund,
becnuso the bonds In rpicstlnu with tho in
terest coupons detached constltuto n dead
Investment and cannot bring nny Income
Into tho temporary school fund for two or
three years or until tho tlmo bus expired
covered by the detached coupons.
Inconsistent in Pnllejr.
Mr. Sluofor has not been consistent In
bis policy, however, as in his purchases
of registered ttata warrants he has been
paying a cash proralum out of tho perma
nent school fund. Theso warrants boar 4
per cent Interest and he has been buying
them on n basis nt S'j per cent, assuming
thnt they havo ono year to run and giving
n premium of one-half uf 1 per cent. Tht 1
has been covered hack lu'o tho perma
nent school fund by deducting tho premium
when tho warrant han been redeemed from
tna accrued Interest and turning the re-