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The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED J UN K 15), 1871.
OMAIIA, FRIDAY MOJINIG, NOVE3IBER 22, 1001 TEN PAGES.
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BYES MAY BE RULER
0lobia Dlgat Will Probably ltaW
Ptofftr f tha Prtiidntj.
MINISTERS VISIT MEXICO FOR CONFERENCE
Trtuilt Aorou tbt Iithts I ii N Way
IiUrfartd With.
KRE HOSTILITIES EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
JPaiimaaad Colon, in Handi f Opaaaantt,
Sxui Strife.
MACHIAS KEEPS AN EYE ON THE RAILROAD
J-'nltnl Slntes fill illume Takes Nit Part
In I'lulilliiK. Init pk In It that
Foreign Interests Come to
,n Harm,
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21. General Pedro
Dsplna and General Holguln, the former
minister of war of Colombia and tho latter
formerly finance minister, havo arrived
hero to confer with General Reyes, a mem
ber of tho Pnn-Aincrlcnti congress. It In
understood thuy will offer him tho presi
dency o( Colombia, assuring him thai bin
taking offlco wilt bring peace to his coun
try. OfllZIHA, Mox.. Nov. 21. General Itafael
Jlcycs of Colombia was on a train between
Ortln mid Orizlba with tho other .delegates
to tho rnn-Amerlcan congress today, when
hn was shown tho Associated Press dis
patch announcing the taking of Colombia
by tho Colombian liberals. General Reyes
aid he would not like to talk until he had
received official advices. Without attempt
ing to minimize the Importance of the news
be said tho latest turn might easily provo
to havn been a trap laid by General Alban
to catch tho Insurgents.'
lleyes' Plans Unsettled.
When asked whother het would ncccpt the
I presidency of Colombia and whether this
liberal success would causo any change In
Ibis planB, he said: "I prcfor not to say
whether I will accept tho, presidency until
I I have "conferred with General Osplna and
Oeorgo Holguln on my return to Mexico
i City tomorrow. So far I havo declined the
t offer. I cannot say Just' now whether or
not I may tako a different view of tho mat
ter after conferring with my rountrymen,
but this latest ovont will not In any caso
utfttct my decision."
WASHINGTON, Nov, 21. Tho secretary
uf tho navy has recelvod the following ca
, blegram from Captain Perry, commanding
the battleship Iowa, dated Panama, today:
Bvcrythlng quiet. No further Interfer
ence hIiico notltlcatlon. Transit nnd tela
graphic communication open. Colon In
jiOHntHHlon of llberuls and unlet.
Hcst on Their Arm.
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ViUNMtl, V.UIUIIIU1U, itUV. 1.-11111 UIIJ Ul
.Colon was porfsctly quiet all yesterday and
jliiK nlkiit.Tt' ' claimed In behalf of the
liberals that there has been no unseemly
liehavlor. Foreigners aro being respected
jnd protected und transit across tho Isth
mus a uninterrupted. s
The postolnco, prefecture, all the other
government otllcen, und nearly nil tho
commercial houses worn closed yesterday.
Colonel narrcra, commander of tho lib
eral forces, asserts that he has notified the
district representative of the Department
of tho Interior and other former officials
of th it government that ho has appointed n
commission to tnko over tholr offices, form
ally, today. Senor Esprlrlla, a prominent
lawyer nnd counsol for tho Panama rail
road, Is n mcuibor of the couimUulon.
tlrrnW 31 nut Come.
The feeling of tho community cannot bo
regarded as antagonistic to liberalism. Tho
existing conditions havn created no panic,
but It Is recognized thnt tho fact that tho
liberals hold Colon, while tho conservatives
ore in possession of Panama, creates a
ptatn of affairs which cannot possibly con
tinue. Colonel Rarrera admits that tho govern
ment troops horn numbered little less than
HQ men. It was reported at first that
twelve men had ttcon killed and about
thirty wounded, but tho bodies of more
deucl men have since been discovered.
Tho Inspector of customs escaped on an
eutiolng steamer. Sovernl prisoners who
tvere raptured by. tho liberals havo since
been released.
General Katdana commands 200 liberal
troops at Uatun railroad station, about six
miles from Colon. Tho liberals claim to be
in possession of all the railroad stations
between Colon nnd Cascades, which is
lieurur to Panama than to Colon.
noth sides used Remingtons nnd Mausers.
The, former causes the higher death rate.
'A liberal lieutenant, who was shot in the
neck with a Mauser bullot, Is reported to
be doing well.
Pannmn Safe for the Present.
No Immediate attack on Panama is con
templated. Colonel liarrera is awaiting
tho arrival at Colon of the liberal chief,
Domingo Diaz, who is expected in a day or
two. When Diaz reaches this city definite
plans will be formulated.
General I'atlno, the original commander
of the liberal force which captured Colon,
Is said to havo intended to capture the
Colombia gunboat, General Pinion, In per
son, and soma say that the general won
drowned In an effort to reach it In a boat
which capsized. Colonel Barrern, however,
denies this, hut thore Is no doubt that the
capturo of tho boat General Plnzon was
completed.
The United States gunboat Machlas, it is
understood, will not lnterfern with any cf
thn lighting, but will protect tho railroad
and foreign Interests. A fow armed liberal
troops left Colon by train this morning for
Gatun.
The following cablegram was received at
tho State department today from Consul
General Gudger, dated Panama, today:
Everything iulet. Communication ro
stored mid trains moving unmolested,
' HUM Krecttntr Defenses.
The government at Panama Is still busy
erecting breastworks In the vicinity of tho
railroad property, in the direction of which
tbe liberal attack Is expected.
The mayor of Panama started In n launch
belonging to tho canal company yesterday
morning to report the state of affairs to
General Alban. Since the mayor's return
to Panama it Iwb been rumored that h
found tho general nt Chorreru and that he
decided to tsko his forces back to Panama
by land and reinforce the garrlwm thore
Certain sources of Information have It that
the canal company's largest launch was
loaned to the government last Sunday to
convey General Alban nnd his troops to
ward Chorrera and "that It was slink on
TtiBRday near Taboga.
Tbe political prisoners at Panama have
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CHAMBERLAIN IN BAD REPUTE
Fresh Ofcnnc l Tiil.cn In Germany
Over Herein I. filer of Colo
nlnl Secretary.
BERLIN, Nov. 21 Krcih offense ngalnsl
Mr, Chamberlain, the Ilrltlsh colonial sec
retury, has been taken In Germany over
open letter, reproduced hero. In which
.i . ""hambcrlaln alludes to the "so-called
- . n M ........... .. ... 1 1 .. .tlnll
iff nli iiinu; , ou .j.i'iviillj uinnuid.
''' " based on misapprehension of
my . hr . utjd says that he does not
proposo 't t . it, but that "no sensible
German Co , 'fronted by my words
Justifying Ilr... in tho Transvaal,"
Tho North ( . Gazette, scml-nf-flclal,
hitherto sllei.'on tho subject, today,
denounces Mr. Chamberlain's original ut
terances at Edinburgh as inconsiderate and
offensive, but considers them to havo been
modified by tho lottor. Tho paper exhorts
tha army not to be affected or pursuaded
Into Joining In tho agitation and deprecate!!
official notice being taken of the unofficial
utterances of a foreign cabinet minister.
LONDON, Nov. 22. The fact that the
anil-Chamberlain ngltatlon In Germany has
r last extracted a icml-ofllclnl expres
sion of approval from tho North German
Gazette has had thn effect of convincing
tho Ilrltlsh press that the situation Is bo
coming serious. Now the papers are tak
ing the trouble to explain thnt -Mr. Cham
berlain's words were not Intended to In
sult or offend Germany.
OLD BIBLE IS GOOD ENOUGH
Seven IV run mm l,ur Tliclr Lives Over
Proposition to Translate Script
ures Into .Modern Greek.
ATHENS, Nov. 21. The ngltatlon against
tho proposal to trnnslate tho gospels Into
modern Greets was continued today.
Twenty thousand persons assembled around
the ruins In the tcmplo of Jupiter Olympus
and took part In a demonstration organ
ized by the students. A resolution was
passed calling on tho holy synod to ex
communicato any person who translated
tho gospels Into Greek as now spoken.
Eight hundred marines were landed nnd
co-operated with tho troops In pntrollng
the locality. Several collisions occurred
and occasional shots were tired. Tho stu
dents still hold tho university buildings.
During thn demonstrations following the
assemblage several shots were fired at M,
Theotokls, tho Greek premier, but without
effect. During tbo encounters botweon tho
military nnd the turbulent demonstrators
soven persons were kllld, thirty were
sovcrcly and many others were .slightly
woundod.
LYNCH DEFEATS PLUNKETT
ColuucI Who Foment la liner Army
Klcrtp.it to I'nrllnmenl Over
Hilton 1st Cantlldnte.
DUIII.IN, Nov. 21. The election todoy In
tho Parliamentary contest, Galwny district,
octwoen Arthur Lynch, who fought as n
colonel In tho Iloer army, and Horace
Plunkctt, unionist, resulted In a victory
for tho former by tho following figures
Lynch, 1.217; Plunkott. 473.
On the whole tho polling was conducted
with comparative orderliness. A large nd
dittonal forco of pollen prevented numer
ous street scrimmages, which were the out
como of drunkenness, from dcvoloplng seri
ously. A omen wero conspicuous In theso
affairs nnd many of thorn woro arrested.
In tho ovont of Colonel I.ynch'a election
being quashed on tho ground that ho Is a
traitor, Mr. Plunkctt says ho will decllno
to take) tha sent thus reverting to him, de
claring that ho will be returned straight
or not at all. Colonel Lynch's friends seem
aatbfled that ha will nttompt to take tho
seat.
REAL KING BEATS REAL QUEEN
Domestic; ' Kncoil liter Mny i:nlalii
HrHKH'a HtakiirNK from Almost
Fmtnl t'olsnnlnar.
LONDON, Nov. 21. A spcclnl dispatch
from Budapest today says a newspapor
there nsserts that Queen Drnga and King
Alexander of Servla, recently quarreled and
thn king slapped tho queen's face. The
latter thereupon drank poison, but her life
was saved by physicians.
MANY COOKS STIR THE BROTH
National Commission mill Kiiinsltliiii
Ottlrlul lllval to Raert
Authority.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. Sl.t-Anothcr day was
spent in fruitless conferences between tho
Expositions National commission nnd of
ficials of tho Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion company over disputed points in the
rules and regulations adopted by tho local
organization for tho government of foreign
exhibitors. Thoro Is a difference of opinion
ns to whether tho national commission or
tho locnl organization shall havo supremo
jurisdiction In this matter.
As tho rules wore adopted they guvs to
tho local company tho power to act as a
board of appeals or arbitration in any dif
ferences that might arlso between foreign
exhibitors and tho exposition. Tho na
tional commissioners hold thut under sec
tion i ot tho act of congress, creating that
body, It Is entitled to this prerogative.
Neither body seems willing to acccdo tho
point.
After tho commission adjourned last night
the legislative and organization commit
tees went over tho regulations carefully
and concluded they could not ngroo to the
amendments made by tho national commls
slou. When tho commission met today
iTosldent Francis nnd General Counsel
Blair asked them to modify the amend
ments r.nd mndo lengthy nrguments to that
end. This tho national commission de
clined to do, adjourning until tomorrow,
after taking nctlon on some appointments
and matters ot routine.
A lotter was received from Miss Helen
dould accepting tho nppolntment by the
commission as n member of tho Women's
Hoard of Managers of the Louisiana Pur
chnso exposition.
At a Joint meeting of tho executive and
organization commissions this afternoon
President Francis and Mr. Blair reported
upon their conference with the national
commission regarding the rules and regula
tions.
A communication was received from the
national commission Indicating that an
agreement bad bcon reached on nearly a.1
ot tho rules. Tho president and general
counsol wore directed to continue the negn
tlations with the national commission In
the hope of a satisfactory arrangement
which will permit tho early promulgation
of the rules.
llulTato neachea Snu .loan:
SAN JUAN, P. It., Nov. 21. Tho United
States training ship Buffalo arrived hero
today.
CASE AGAINST MRS, B08INE
With Jiry Inirtd, Odirt Hun Oiroim
itascai f Ajm' Kllllif
TAS6ART TELLS WHY IT WAS MURDER
AnnlKlnnt District Attorney, for the
liovcrnnipn t, fnj the Woman Shot
Malicious!)- After llrr Ad
.Yancea Were Itrjected.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The trial of
Mrs. Lola Ida Bonlnc on the churgo of kill
ing James Seymour Ayres, Jr., was fairly
launched today, Tho preliminary presenta
tion of the case was tnado by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Hugh T. Taggnrt nnd nfter
he had finished, a number of witnesses were
heard. Mr. Taggart's statement consumed
an hour and fifteen minutes nnd consisted
for tho most part of a review.
Mr. Taggart stated the theory of the
prosecution to bo that Ayres was murdered
by Mrs. Bonlno and that sho gained ad
mission to his room through tho window,
reaching that by means of the lire escape
Ho attempted to show that sho was piqued
by his non-attention to her.
Mrs. Bonlnc apparently was unmoved by
his representation. Onco or twlco during
tho address sho leaned over and spoko to
her attorneys. Tho witnesses of the day dirt
not throw any now light upon tho killing.
In his address Mr. Taggurt contended that
the killing of young Ayres had been feloni
ous slid malicious and thcrcforo was to be
characterized as murder, as cbnrged In the
Indictment. There was, ho said, a tie be
tween tho prisoner and tho dead man In tho
fact that Ayres was a student ot dentistry
nnd sho had studied medicine. As a conse
quence she became n frequent visitor at hli
room In the hotel whero they both lived,
not only in tho daytime, but nt night as
well, "and," he added, "the door was not
nlways open when sho was there." He told
ot thu quarrels between them, saying that
Ayres ceased to speak to her and thnt sho
complained of his Ingratitude. "Wo expect
to show," he said, "that whllo eho mado ad
vances to him, Ayres did not avail himself
of the opportunity thus offered beyond danc
ing with her again.',' He hail danced with
her on the night before the tragedy, but
had shown that he was averse to a renowal
ot tho former familiar Intercourse, As an
instance ot his attltudo toward Mrs. Bontne,
Mr, Taggart aald that Ayres had refused
to accept a carnation from her on tho Mon
day beforo tho killing. It was theretoro
evident, said the speaker, that while ho
was Indifferent, there was a disposition on
her part to mollify him.
"Wo will show," continued Mr. Taggart,
"that every act, step and proceeding on
tbe pait of tho prisoner wae tho act ot a
guilty person."
Dlscounta Her Confession.
Mr. Taggart referred to Mrs. Bonlno's
confession ns being principally intended to
exonerate herself. Ho thought the facts
Indicated that the shooting did not take
placo as Mrs. Bonlno had stated; that
Ayres had not gone to her room at all, as
she claimed. Outlining tbo governmnnt'a
poFitlon Mr. Tuggart anld it would be
contended that Ayres had rotlred when the
person who killed him entered tho room
and that she camn In through thn window;
that ho arose and started toward her; that
sho shot him, tho first wound being the
fatal one In tho breast. Naturally his
mouth had filled with blood aJid as niU
urally ho had put his hands to his mouth.
Then he had grasped tho pistol, thus ac
counting for tho blood upon It.
Mr. Taggart spoka for an hour nnd fifteen
minutes nnd when ho concluded Mr. Doug,
las announced that tho defenso would re
serve its presentation of tho case. Mrs.
Bonlno set quietly throughout tho address
and manifested no feeling. Several women
left the room while Mr. Taggart com
mented upon Mrs. Bonlno's visit to Ayres"
room, but their places were Immediately
taken by others.
First Witness Taltps Stand.
Thomas Francis, the first witness in the
case, was then called. He Is a draughts
man who had prepared a diagram of the
fourth floor of the Kcnmorc hotel, includ
Ing Ayres' room. Ho Identified tho draw
ing nnd gave details concerning tho loca
tlon and dimensions of the room. When
Mr. Francis concluded his statement the
court took a rccefs until 1:16 o'clock for
luncheon.
Thn first witness in tho afternoon session
was Harry A. Wlso, a photographer who
had mado photographs ot Ayres In tho room
tho day after tho tragedy occurred. Mr
Douglass objected t their Introduction as
evidence on tho ground that they did not
represent the exact condition of tho room
when Ayres' body was discovered. He
thought their presentation should bo delayed
until testimony should bo taken, showing
whether tho conditions were the samo whon
thn body was found nnd when the picture
was made. Tho photos wero nccepted by
the court for tho purpose only of showing
tho permanent physical condition of tho
room when tho photo was taken.
Julius Hack, another photographer who
had mado photographs of tho Kenmoro ho
tel and of Ayres' room, Identified the pic
tures made by them nnd they were admitted
In evidence.
I Tho first witness who testified about the
events directly connected with thn death
of Ayres was Daniel WoodhouBC, a colored
waiter In tho Kenmoro hotel, who discov
ered the body of the young man. He said
that at 8:30 on the morning of May 15 ho
was gsked by Miss Mlnas, who occupied a
room next to Ayres, to go to tho latter's
room, sho saying that on tho night beforo
sho had heard strange noises in tho room.
Ho first discovered the body by looking
through the keyhole and afterward saw It
through the transom. Ho also told of giv
ing the alarm and ot the subsequent Inves
tigation Into the tragedy. He said that
Ayres' body lay upon the floor and was
doubled up. Before Woodhousc had con
cluded tho court adjourned for the day.
CHILDREN STAB A PROFESSOR
Principal of Public Schools Itcitrl
maniU Pupil and Is .ovr Oyliiit
from I'nmilim Assault,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 21. Prof. Jotin
Montgomery, principal of the publlo schools
of Cawood, Mo., Is dying tonight from
pocketknlfo wounds received at the hands
of four pupils, all yet In their early teens.
The boys said to be guilty of tbe assault
are John Miller, Virgil Craig, Boy and
Joseph Bedford. Prof. Montgomery repri
manded ono ot the boys this afternoon and
was at once assaulted by the quartet.
.Miles of Nets Confiscated,
ST. JOSEPH. Mich,. Nov. 21.-Deputy
fUino Warden Brewster returned hero to
night, having made the blggcHt seizure of
nets and tlsh ever reported on tho great
lakes. Ho captured eighteen miles of new
trout nils belonging to A. Booth Si Co. ot
Chicago, valued at 10,m
BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA WAITS
Less Than tine Per Cent of the Work
of Construction In Ac
compllshrd.
(From ii Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. (Spcctal Tele
gram.) Chief Constructor Bowles ot the
Navy department. In his annual ronort to
Secretary Long, says of tho progress be
ing made on the battleship Nebraska, now
oeing mint at tho shipyards of Moran
Bros., Seattle: "Tho vessel Is less than
1 per cent completed. All Work so far has
been preliminary. Th0 ship has been laid
down on tho moldroom floor, but beyond
thnt nothing has been done. Two orders
havo been sent to tho mills for steel. Dur
ing the summer tho machinists employed
by tho contractors went on a strike, fol
lowed Inter by tho moulders. At present
work is suspended In tho mold loft on build
ing the ship nnd on the plant, but Is pro
ceeding in thn drafting room."
Senator Dietrich today culled on Super
vising Architect Taylor and requested that
nothing further bo douo on the addition
to tho Omaha public building until Sen
ator Millard arrived next j Monday, ns he
desires to bo heard on matters concern
ing It.
Hoiircsentatlve Stark of the Fourth Ne
braska district Jms arrived and has taken
tho samo quarters ho occupied last win
ter. Captain Swobe, In a letter to n friend.
says Crook Is still undergoing repairs, but
will bo given a short sea trial next Tues
day, preliminary to sailing for Manila De
cember G, via the Suez caual.
Postmasters appointed: f
Iowa James, Plymouth county, Rosa
Schlndler. tl f
Vyoralng Dletz, Sheridan "county, James
Donovan.
ARCHBISHOPS ARE IN SESSION
llrnedletlnn Is Called Donn t'pon
Laliorn of President Distribu
tion of Funds Considered.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.--Thc annual
meeting of the archbishops 6t tho Catholic
church In thn United Statosftbegnn at tho
Catholic' university today. Cardinal Gib
bons presided and tho attendance Included
Archbishops Williams of Boston, Corrigan
of New York, Elder of Cincinnati. Ryan ot
Philadelphia, Ireland of St. Paul. Kaln ot
St. Louis, Kecno of Dubuque nnd Christie
of Oregon. Tho meeting considered a num
ber of matters of Interest to tho welfaro
ot the Catholic church nnd reviewed gen
erally the affairs of the hierarchy. The only
feature of tho proceedings formally mode
public after tho day's work had been con
cluded was that tho meeting had adopted
resolutions of lament at theassnsslnatlon
ot President McKlnley nnd Jcontalnlug an
Invocation of the henedictloni-or heaven on
his successor's administration. Those reso
lutions were as follows:
Hcsolved, Thnt In the name of tho Cath
olics of the United States wo lament tho
hksmhk Imitlon of President ' McKlnley nnd
deploro tho fact that ,In ottr- land of en
lightenment and llhe.rty such a crlmo
should hiivu been possible.
Hcsolved, That wo Inwko ho lienodlc
tlous of heaven on tho udmliil.stmtlon of
his excellency, PresldPiit'.Jtoodcvelt.
The nrchhlsops will me$ij.'la tomorrow,
morning. After they Havo 'voiicludoii 'thero
will bo a session of tho committee on tho
distribution of funds for tho Indian and
negro missions. This conimlttco Is com
posed of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishops
Knln of St. Louis and llyan. Itcv. Dr. flyer,
(.resident ot 8t. Joseph's seminary, Now
York, tho treasurer of tho Bureau of Cath
olic Indian missions, also will bo present.
The cnmmlttoo will select a successor to
Dr. Stephens. Tho present expectation Is
that Father Kctcham, the assistant director
of tho bureau, will bo chosen.
ACTIVE CAREER COMES TO END
t.'ciirriil nnniiiRtoii, Who Una llrniiKlit
Ordnance to IIIkIi Slnte of
Kllleleney, Itetirei.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Ocncral Adel
bert It. Bufflngton, chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance, will rcllro tomorrow, having
reached tho ago limit. General BuHlingtou
becamo chief of tho bureau In 1S09 and dur
ing his Incumbency many Improvements
have been mndo In this branch. His most
Important work was the strengthening ot
our coast defense, which has reached a
high stuto of efficiency. Other Improve
ments mndo during his admlnlstratlou'wero
tho equipment of a largo volunteer forco
In tho Philippines with small arms; thn
equipment of tho nowly- organized forca
with small arms nnd field batteries; tho
Improvement of tho array rifle, which Is
now a simpler and stronger arm, with In
creased velocity and which can bo used
either ns a slnglo loader or magazine rifle;
the advancement and preparatory tests of
new- field guns; the discovery of tho "delay
nctlon detonating fuse," which it Is claimed,
with the secret explosive "D," will make
the United States lead tho world.
Tho officials of tho department gave Gen
oral Bufflngton a complimentary dinner last
night.
IOWA BOARD SEEKS ADVICE
Health Commissioners Are Given Per
mission to Knforce (lunrnntlne
AKiilnst Sue and Fox Tribe.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Governor Shaw
of Iowa today telegraphed to Socretary
Hitchcock asking for soma nctlon looking
to enforcing sorao smallpox 'regulation
against the Sac nnd Pox Indians.
The governor wired:
"Smallpox raging among the Bac nnd
Fox Indians on their respective reserva
tions In Tama county, Iowa: thlrty-flv
denths. Doubt exists us to tho authority
of the Statu Hoard uf Health to quaran
tine. Indians will neither consent to
quarantine among themselves nor stay on
reservation. I wiro for Instructions,
State Board of Health now In session.
Will yon wiro or direct board of health?
Secretary HltcTicnck rnplled:
Governor L. M. Show: Government will
be glad to co-opernto with tho state au
thorities In protecting the peqplo against
smallpox among the Indians mid will also
Instruct the Indian agency In chargo. Un
der thn exigency shown In your telegram
your Htnto Board of Health nnd govern
ment authorities may tako any necessary
nctlon,
TRY IT FIRST ON THE COLLIER
Tin-11 If All Goes Well .nvy tlfllelaU
Will Put nntlleslilp Illinois In
I Xevr Drydock.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The battleship
IJIInols left Newport No wis yesterday for
New Orleans, whero tbe Navy departmeat
has scut It to teti the largo floating
drydock at the Now OrUans naval 'station,
In tho Interests of safety Ihe collier
Sterling, which Is now loading at Um
berts' Point, will proceed to New Orleans
and take Its place In tbo dock and then If
nil goes well Illinois will put It to tbe
final teat.
MASS MEETING TALES TAX
Muitipal Htnitkitpiif OtU Stmt LiUlt
Qmt1 Geiiidtratioi.
NITABLE SPEAKERS HANDLE THE TOPIC
All Aicrcc that Collection and III
licndltnre of Public Income Should.
JBe Conducted with Care nnd
Economy.
Six hundred voters gathered In the coun
cil chamber ot thn city hall laat night to
hear tbo discussion ot plans for the re
duction ot taxation In Omaha nnd Douglas
county. Tho' meeting was called by tho
Real Estate exchange, which has been dis
cussing the proposed consolidation ot
county and city governments, but was In
no senso a consolidation meeting. Tho pur
pose of tho meeting was to dUcuss any
plan which promises to lower the rates of
taxation.
It was a representative crowd that tilled
thn council chamber. Bankers and laborers
sat sldo by side. South Omaha was woll
represented In tho meeting and voters from
every precinct In the county were present.
Tho Commercial club sent n large delega
tion, Various labor organizations wero
represented In the meeting. Business nnd
professional men Joined with laboring men
In the meeting, which discussed tho sub
ject In which all nro vitally interested
taxation, For two hours nnd a half methods of
economizing In public expenditures wero
under discussion. There wero no interrup
tions, with tho exception of occasional nut
bursts of applause. All tho speakers wero
given tho closest attention and thoro was
none of tho wrangling which frequently
characterizes mass muetlngs.
Who Did the Tiilklnic.
General Charles F. Mnndcrson was chair
man of the evening and tho three, principal
addresses wero mado by Senator Thomas
M. Patterson of Denver, John L. Webster
and John S. Knox ot Omaha. Senator Pat
terson's address was a brief outline of tho
reforms which have been brought about In
Denver and was an eloquent plea for
equality In the lovylng of taxes, as well
as economy In their expenditure. He urged
tho tnxntlon of tho franchises ot nil cor
porations and declared that cities should
awaken to tho necessity of charging corpo
rations for tho uso of their streets. Sen
ntor Patterson's speech was frequently In
terrupted by rounds of applause, his utter
ances concerning tho taxation of corpora
tions finding particular favor with tho
great audience.
W. II. Green, chairman of the Real Es
tate exchange, called tho meeting to order
nnd Introduced W. L. Solby, chairman ot
the exchange's committee on tnxntlon, wbo
spoko briefly of tho movement Inaugurated
by the exchange leading up to tho mass
meeting. Ho said that the committee,. after
Investigation, had arrived at tho unanimous
comiusloti that tho present condition ot
nffairs was not a fault ot the' publlo of
ficials of Omaha and South Omaha, but
rathor of tho multiplicity of laws nnd gov
ernment under which these oflfclals had to
work.
"Practically nlno-tcnths of tho taxes ot
Douglas county aro paid by Omaha and
South Omaha," said he. "This being the
case, wo aro maintaining a duplication of
goernmontal machinery in Omuhu, South
Omaha and Douglas county. If we can con
duct tho affairs of government for this ter
ritory with ono set of officers at greatly
reduced oxpenso It should bo done. Our
committee report was In favor of consoli
dation, though no specific recommenda
tion was made. Tho suggestion mot with
favor both In nnd out of thn exchange. What
1 want to emphnslzo Is tho fact that tho
Omaha Real Estnto oxchungo has no pet
plans to urge, but bollovcs somo plau ot
consolidation should bo adopted."
General Mnnderson's Address,
Mr. Urcene then Introduced General Man
dnrson, tho permanent chnlrman, who
spoko in part as follows:
Nothing conies no closo to a citizen ns
local government. Every taxpayer in
Omaha desires 11 clean, wholesome, eco
nomical municipal government. It must bo
admitted ttiat tho municipal governments
In tho United States nro fnr behind tho
statn nnd national governments. It Is
notorious thut tho lnrger tho city tho worso
Is tho municipal government. And tho gov
ernment of a city Is most galling to citi
zens, because It touches them so directly.
Recently Philadelphia nnd New York hnvo
shown how bad a city government can be
come. Ono has republican, nnd tho other
domocratlc city government. Corruption
m municipal affairs In not confined to nny
ono party. Wo nro here tonight as loyal
cltlzous, not ns politicians, to discuss tho,
best mnuiip of improving municipal nffairs.
Thoro will bo differences of opinion
among us. Some will favor tho extension
of tho suffrage and others will seek to
limit tho suffrage. But tho problems are.
how shall wo got out from under our loud
of taxes and how shall wn Improve our
local government. Thero will be tlmo later
for the discussion of 11 proper qualifica
tion for voters in municipal affairs and
similar questions.
It mny he that a consolidation of city nnd
county government would not bring about
the desired improvement in our lpcnl condi
tions. I'llliaaeipnia Bremen 10 niiino lis
condition worso by nn extension of Us gov
ernment. Such might ha tho result In
Omnhn. But tonight we nro liero to discuss
the wisdom or such n cnangp. wo nre nern
to listen to men who havo mado n careful
st.dv of tocnl conditions nnd nro prepared
to givo us mo resuiis 01 wieir investiga
tions.
Webster nnd Knox Report.
After tho election of W. G. Shrlver as
socretnry by unanimous vote, John L. Web
ster dellvorod an address upon tho samo
lines as the recent ono before tho Real
Estate exchango meeting. He dwelt upon
tho need for economy ot taxation and
pointed out that thero wero no legal ob
stacles In tbo way ot the consolidation of
Omaha, South Omaha, Dundee and Flor
ence it that wero found desirable. Ills
plan for a board of control vested In flvo
men, to have entire charge ot tho new mu
nicipality's affairs, was explained in detail.
John 8. Knox outlined tho reforms which
have been brought about In Memphis and
SU Louis, whero tho cities havo homo rule
and aro free from Interference at the
hands of tho legislatures. Letters were
read from residents of both of theso cities,
who expressed the opinion that tho change
In tho form of their, municipal governments
has been very beneficial.
Senator Patterson's Itrmnrka.
Senator Paflervou poke In part as fol
lows: s
Tho necessity for economy in municipal
taxation and of equality In taxation must
Impress overy man. Equality In tho levy of
tnaes ts as Imperative as economy In the
expenditure of taxes. Denver bus had dif
ficulty In taxing values which nro In
tangible, such us the franchises of great
corporations. In Denvor the water com
pany's bonds amount to ts.000,000, yet $3.00",
000 would replace tho plant anil it t least
jfi.ono.OOO worth of the bonds represent tho
value of thn franchises of th company.
Thfl same Is true of the street car com
pany and gas company. , ,
In Denver tho people concluded that It
was not right to give these valuable fran
chises to tho corporations. Such franchises
should be tha sourca of 11 city's income.
(Continued on 6coud Page.)
CONDITION 0FJHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Snow and Colder
I rlday: fold Wtivo at Night In Eastern
Portion; Saturday Fair; Northerly Winds,
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MANY MEN READY TO WORK
Itallrond Operators Say that All
Forces .ec cssary to Move Trains
Arc Xnrr on Hand.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. All was qulot at
the yards of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad nt Mott Hnvtn tonight.
No attempt was mado to do much work in
tho yatd, but tho Cannon Ball frolght-cx-press,
which was mado up during tho day,
left on schedule time.
"Wo nro doing business nit rlRht and will
receive no morn delegations tonight," said
Superintendent. Wardrop. "All tho mon I
want arc coming in fast; In fart I can get
moro men than I can take caro of To
morrow morulng every engine we havo will
he at work and we will clean up the yards
fast."
In addition to tho sixty-live men who ar
rived this afternoon to tnko the plnces ot
strikers. 100 moro arrived tonight. They
came from tho weet and landed, at tho Forty-second
strtol station, escorted by n
largo number of railroad detectives. They
wero taken to tho 133rd street station on
tho "L" road and from thore walked over
to tho yards.' Sovoral of tho pickets put
out by tho strikers attempted to talk to
tho men, lut wero prevented by tho po
lice. The rompnny expects another batch
of men fiom Boston early In tho morn
ing. Tonight was the first tlmo that tho strlk
era had tho streets in tho vicinity of tho
yards systematically picketed. Men wero
placed on every corner, but nono ot those
who took the places of the strikers ventured
out nn the streets.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 21. Ono hundred and
twenty-fivo switchmen and railroad brake
men held a meeting hore tonight to discuss
tho strike situation on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad. After tho meet
ing It was said under no circumstances
would the men go back to work until tho
railroad had acceded to tliclr demands.
Tho strikers woro met by Yardmaster
Canflold, representing tbo railroad company,
who urged tho men to return to work. Tho
men, however said thnt such a proposition
would not be considered until they had re
eelved their rights from tho company.
In the freight yards here thousands ot
cars are stalled waiting for switching
crows to move them.
MATHIS ASSISTS THE NEGRO
Aliened Murderer Admits thnt He
Holds l.niup and Pistol While
Lester Does the Shootlnar.
OXFORD. Miss.. Nov. 21. Will Mathls,
tho ullegcd murderer ot tho two Montgom
crys who gave himself up last night at
Dallas, wns brought hero today by a posso
of fifty armed nion. When first arrested, it
is paid, Mathls confessed to having shot
tho two Montgomerys and gave a detailed
account ot tbo deod, which tallied with
tho confession mudo by tho negro, Orlundo
Lester, Mathls' alleged partner In tho
crime.
Upon reaching Oxford Mathls voluntarily
mado a statement beforo tho coroner's Jury.
Ho said that ho held tho lamp and a pistol
whllo tho negro, Orlando Lester, did tho
shooting.
Mathls said he regretted having hurned
tho bodies, but also regretted that he had
not killed tho othor, persons who had at
tempted to arrest him. Throughout tho
examination Mathls maintained a look of
smiling unconcern and defiance. Ho an
swered every question nsked by Attor
neys Stone, Clvolcy, Roan nnd M. A.
Montgomery unhesitatingly nnd glibly.
At the conclusion ot the brief examina
tion District Attorney Roau read a tele
gram from Judge Lowrey of Batcsvillc,
which said ho wan willing to hold a special
term of court and give Mathls a trial nt
onco. The prisoner wan. .then hurried to
the Jail nnd locked up.
Tho Jury that sat on the case ot tho two
Montgomerys found that they came to their
deaths at the hands of Will Mathls, Or
lando Lester and Whit Owens and the three
men will be held In Jail without bonds.
Gcorgo Jackson Is also held without bond as
accessory to the crime. William Jnckson
and Mrs. Mathls will be hold as witnesses.
M'KINLEY AT BROTHER'S TOMB
Ilrotlier of Dend President, In Com
pany rrlth Widow, Visits Cem
etery at Canton,
CANTON, 0 Nov. 21. Abner McKln
ley, brother of tho late president, was here
today. During the day he accompanied
Mr3. McKlnley on a short drive, which In
cluded a visit to the cemetery. Acting on
thn advice of her physicians, Mrs. McKln
ley has ceased to enter the vault, but Mr.
McKlnley went Inbldo today. Tho casket
Is almost entirely concealed by flowers,
which are received from tlmo to tlmo. Mr.
McKlnley went to Cleveland this evening to
visit his sisters, Mrs. Duncan and Helen
McKlnley.
FREIGHT ENGINE TURNS OVER
Cotlonlirlt Truln I.envea Halls, Tlrlna;
Inir Dentil to Several Members
of the Crew.
PINE BLUFF, Ark., Nov. 21. Near Gold
man, about thirty-five miles north of here,
today t.ho engine of a Cottonbelt fast
freight Jumped the track and turned over.
Conductor Walter Noble of Jonesboro was
killed and a brakcman,a fireman nnd an
engineer were probably fatally Infured.
Six cars were demolished.
.Movements of Ocrnn Vessels .ov, SI,
At New York Sailed La Bretagne, for
Havre.
At Yokohama Arrived Empress of
Japan, from Vancouver, via Honolulu nnd
Ilnug Knng.
At Olasgow Arrived Kastalla, from
Boulogne.
At Hong Kong Sailed Empress of India,
for Vancouver, via Yokohama.
At tiierboura- Sailed Kron Prlnz wn.
holm, from Bremen and Southampton, for
Now vorK.
At Antwerp Sailed Switzerland, for Phil
adelphia. At Queenstown Sailed Majestic, from
Liverpool, for New York,
At l)iulon Sailed Minneapolis, for New
At Rotterdam-Sailed Potsdam, for New
Vnrk.
At Liverpool Hulled Now England, for
CJueeiistown and Boston.
At Itlo Janeiro Arrived Flintshire, from
San FrnncUco, via Connie!, etc., for Ant
werp
OTOE COUNTY BONDS
Q. frn Vibriik. Olty U Liiotli bj Wt
f Tl,t,
COUPONS CLIPPED OFF AS USUAL ENR0UTE
6ld by O.nitj at 4 1-2, flight bj
RtaU at 3 1-2.
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS NOT ENCOURAGED
Lih to KoimI fund f ApprtxiinaUlj Fin
Thonand Dollars.
ANOTHER SAMPLE OF STUEFER BIND DEAL
More Facts that Kxplaln Why thn
Permanent School Tund Produces
Smaller nnd Smnllcr
Revenue,
(Krom n SuilT Correspondent.)
NEBRASKA CITY, Nov. 21. (Special.) -Otoe
county Issued $50,000 of funding Judg
ment bonds on May 1 of this year. Theo
bonds, undor the const I tut Ion. are proper
securities for Investment for the state
school fund. They hore 4V4 per cent Inter
est nnd were payable nt different periods,
making nn average for the wholo series of
about twelve yours. Theso bonds wore sold
to an eastern bond broker June IS. IDOL
Forty-four thousand dollars of tho sainn
bonds was bought by State Treasurer
Stuefcr for tho school fund September 4,
lt01, or less than three months after their
salo by tho county. Beforo they wero
turned Into the school fund, however, In
terest coupons, measuring a dlfJeronco of I
per cent wero detached, to make tho pur
chase for tho state on tho basts of 34 per
cont lntorest. This 1 per cent deduction
while thn bonds worn In transit from Otoo
county to tho state treasury will compute
probably more than $3,000, nnd had Mr.
Stuefer mado arrangements with tho county
to tako theso bonds Instead of waiting to
buy them from Intermediary bond broken
that sum would havo been saved to tho
school fund or to tho county.
Tbe peoplo hern havo Just begun to rea
lize tho slgnlficanco ot the transaction since
tho facts In the Burt nud Cuming county
bond deals havn been brought to their no
tice. Tho middlemen In this caso aro not
known to ho associated with Tronsnrcr
Stuefcr In any direct way. but tho princi
ple ot the Investment ts thn same so far an
It means a direct loss to tho school fund
that was entirely uouoccssary. This Is es
pecially truo In view of tho fnct that the
Otoo county bonds sold nt par nnd that a
special effort wns mndo before they wero
negotiated to prevail upon tho stnto officials
to take them for tho school fund.
How the Deal Was Made.
The story of tho bond Issue Is briefly told.
Tho $50,000 of Otoe county bonds, now
tho property of the pqrmsuunt school-fund
of the state, wero Issued to pay a Judg
ment secured In tho federal court at Omaha
against Nebraska City precinct, Otoo county,
nnd In favor of John Martin Clapp, thn
lUncock Insurance company and tho llollls
ton bank. Tho Judgment and costR
amounted to $51,748.37. When It was ob
tained tho county board decided , that
rather than levy a Judgment tax for so
largo amount It would lssuo bonds to tho
amount of $50,000 and Immediately set abotit
finding a purchaser. County Clerk II. R.
Young and Members of the Board of Su
pervisors C. J. Mullis nnd Charles Dorman
wont to Lincoln to ascertain whether they
could dlsposo of them to tho state for tbe
permanent kchool fund holdings, Clerk
Young rays they received no encouragc
mont and that correspondence on tbo sub
ject was no moro satisfactory.
Having no assurance nr encouragement
thut the state would tnko them, correspond
ence was opened with firms dealing In
bonds and in this manner they received
a proposition from Spltzor fc Co. of Toledo,
O. This firm agreed to tnkft bonds bear
ing 4',i per ceut Intercut, payable semi-annually,
at par, the county to pay $G0 to
tho firm for furnishing tho blank bonds,
Theso bonds therefore brought Otoo county
$00 Ies3 than par. According to tha prop
osition mado by Spltzor ft Co., tha bonds
woro of a denomination of $1,000 each,
dated May 1, 1901, payable $1,000 on May 1,
1S03, and May 1. 1904; $2,000 on thn first
day of each April in the years 1905-8-7-S-9-10-11;
$3,000 on tho first day of ouch April
In the years 1012-13-11-15-16-17; $4,000 on
tho first day of each April In tho years
1918-19-20-21.
To Lincoln by Way of Toledo.
Tho proposition was submitted to the
board by tho agent of tho purchasers, Mr.
Barnett, on April 8, 1901, and tho lssuo of
tho bonds on tho terms dictated by ths
purchasers, Spltzer & Co., was authorized
April 30, 1901.
On Juno 18 of the same year tho bonds
were ordered delivered to Spltzer & Co.,
dellveryto bo made at ihe Omaha National
bank on satisfactory evidence being pro
duced that thp Judgments held by John
Martin Clapp, the Hancock Insuranco com
pany and tho Holllston bank had been sat
isfied and released and a certificate fur
nished to that effect. In nddltlbn to thn
bonds the county dellvorod to Spltzer & Co.
a warrant for $1,748.37 to pay tho balance
ot tho Judgment. Tho Judgment was satis
fied as agreed upon and tho bonds deliv
ered to Spltzer & Co. of Toledo, O.
The bond purchaso records printed In
Tho Beo, as copied from tho records ot thu
Stato Board ot Educational Lands and
Funds, show that $44,000 of the Otoo county
funding bonds wero purchased by tho stato
on September 4, 1901, on a Si per cont In
terest basis. Through whoso hands they
passed In tho Interval or from whom. Treas
urer Stuefor mado his purchaso It not
known here.
Promised Statement Still Due,
LINCOLN, Nov. 21'. (Special.) Nothing
additional wns given out by Treasurer
Stuefer today In explanation of tho Burt
and Cuming county bond deals.
ROOSEVELT THERE IN SPIRIT
President Sends llest Wishes to Team
uf Alma Mater, Urainar It to
Da Its Rest.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 21. President
Roosevelt, who two years ugo led thn
cheering for Harvard at tho game with
Yale, in reply to an Invitation from tho
Harvard management to attend Satur
day's game, tonight sent tho following tele
gram: "I regret moro than I can say that
It la utterly Impossible for nib to come.
Will you pleaso give my good wishes f.u
tho team and say that I am sure they can
win and that I count upon their playing
without a letup from the first to tho lasjt."
