The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JUiNE 1 0,' 1871.
FIRES FIFTY SHOTS
isbut Qtnril PinEti Maku FitrM At
taok ei Fottt Btllot
LIBERALS USE EXPLOSIVE BULLETS
Aatrieta Who ii Gaptirad lUlatii Dataila
f Eajegimant.
REBELS TO EVACUATE THE TOWN . ''"',
0Trnnt Troapa Loit Biz Thauiand
Cartrldgii.
RETREAT TO TABERNILLA ON COLON SIDE
llmpltr Hie Hrvltnl iif ilini riinfllet
Cnpfiiln IVrrr nf limn Wire
Hint Trnln Nervier In Ln-iiiolcstrd.
COLON, Colombia, Nov. 27. -An Amcrlcnn
named Murphy relates thn following story
corroborating tho report that the Colom
Wan gunboat General Plnzon ilrcd on I'orto
Uello:
On .Monilay morning Murphy was In nti
opn hont bound for Playadonna on a mining
excursion. Resides himself there were thrte
Chlneso and a Colombian negro In tho boat,
which wns commanded by the. colored man.
.When they were pausing I'orto Hello a hont
containing soldiers from General Pinion,
then at anchor off I'orto Hello, captured
Murphy and his companions. After they
had been mucin prisoners nnd while on their
way to tho gunboat (lonural l'lnzon Ilrcd
many idiots at Porto Hello. On arriving on
board tho gunboat Murphy learned that no
less than fifty shots had been fired at I'orto
Hello. Ho alio says that from tho gunboat
one or two ot tho largest houses of tho
placo could bo plainly seen to have been
wrecked.
Monday, when General Plnzon wont
nRhom, he said tho town was evacuated
Not a slnglo liberal was to ho seen, all
having fled whon tho gunboat arrived. Mur
phy bald explosive bullots wero used by tho
liberals, as ona bullet brought on board
General l'lnzon was subsequently exploded
while Murphy was handing It over to tho
officers of tho gunboat Marietta when Gen
eral Plnzon returned to Colon. It was ru
snored this morning that tho government
troops had boen driven back over tho liar
bacoa bridge, but tho rumor turned out to
be Incorrect. The facts in tho caso nro as
follows:
CoiiHorTittlvr I.oae Ground.
In n skirmish Inst night at Buena Vista
tho government troops lost ground some
What and retreated to Tabornllla, losing
6,000 cartridges. Tho government forces
now occupy Tabernllla, which Is on the
Colon side ot Uarbncon.
General Solamayer, with 230 men, com
roanded the liberal forces at Harhacoa
bridge. Good authorities hold that twenty
men should have boen able to prevent the
government troops from crossing tho bridge.
fioUtmnycr'it-acUon. .l trveryyj;e.ra decried
Uo toeetrm to-hWe' sheltered himself and t(
'a-c supervised nothing personally -lieuco
tho Teckless wasto of ammunition which
caused the eventual retreat ot liberals, who
lost less than a dozen men yesterday. Gen
erals Domingo Diaz and Lugo have been
unahlo as yet to arrive here with their
troops.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Secretary Long
today received tho following cablegram
from Captain Perry ot Iowa:
PANAMA, Nov. 27.-Hecrotnry Navy,
Washington: Stubborn lighting between'
contending forces yesterday near Sun
Pablo. Delayed trains, requiring prudence
nud patience There probubly will be light
ing today near Oatun. I have, secured
insurances that tiring shall eensa wlillo
trains are passing. Forty wounded Colom
bians brought in on trains last night. All
cared for by Dr. Klndlobcrgcr.
JSIgned.) PKltnV.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. A cablegram
fecolved at tho State department today
Irom United States Consul General Gudgor
ot Panama says:
"Thero was a good deal of fighting yes
terday nlong tho lino, in which tho gov
ernment forces wero generally successful.
Trains delayed."
Train Service liiniolentrd.
Later In tho day tho Stato department re
telved another dispatch from Consul Gen
eral Gudger, showing that tho difficulties in
train servlco had boen overcome. Mr. Gud
ger said:
"Trnffo moving unmolested."
The Colombian minister to the United
States, Dr. Martinez Sllva, who went to
Mexico City to attond tho congress of
American republics, has decided to return
to Washington at once. A dispatch re
celved at. tho Colombian legation says ho
left Mexico City this morning. Some elg
nlflcance Is attached to his leaving thn con
grecs while It Is still In session and it Id
assumed that the rather critical condition
of affairs on tho Isthmus of Panama leads
the Colombian government to dcslro his
fervlces at Washington.
The Colomhlan charge d'affaires, Mr,
Herran, was In conferenco with the State
department officials today. Ho had a dis
patch from Geurral Alban, the government
commander on tho Isthmus, saying: "Tho
rebels, atter being defeated nt Empcradpr,
returned to Ssn Pablo and I am clcsely pur
suing thum:'
This agrees with Captain Perry's ad
vices to the Navy department this morn
leg, nlthough the latter Indicates that Gen
eral Alban has pitched foiwnrd to Gat.un
only a few miles distant from Colon. Tho
Colombian authorities liavo been anxious
to have Captain Terry's powers authorita
tively defined In order that such military
measures as he may adopt may not lend to
dlplomntlo complications. With this end
In view It la understood that Consul Gen
eral Gudger at Panama will be given con
siderable latitude In determining questions
which Involve both military and diplomatic
ppafns.
Tho return of Minister Sllva to Wash
ington may bring here General Reyes, who
has been utged to assume the presidency
of Colombia. General Royes Is a delegate
et Mexico City and a telegram has been
sent to htm nt tho Colombian legation here
urging him that In the event of his return
to Colombia to assume tho presidency Hint
lie come by way of Washington In order
to confer with the authorities, here on num
bers of Important mutters which tho United
States and Colombia are Interested In.
J llciirriil Jrffrlm Joins Alunii.
COLON, Colombia, Nov. 27. It was
learned on the highest authority this after
noon that General Jeffries Is with General
Alban and that 300 men from Panama nra
uoiv marching to Join them.
COLON, Colombia, Nov, 27.-2 p, m. Tho
following dleputch hus been received from
Panama: "The Colombian gunboat Uoyaca
INSIST ON ARBITRATION
Argentine Drlrgntr lu .Mesleo Dr
olnrc In Kit or nf Cnni
liuliory form.
MEXICO CITV, Nov. '27. At this morn
ing's session of the Pan-American congress
tho Argentine delegation presented a
lengthy report showing what the Argentine
Republic had done with a view to carrying
out tho recommendation of tho first con
ference hc'il In Washington eleven years
ago. The report Is a comprehensive review
of tho resources of Argentine, tho part
which attracted most attention being the
chapter dealing with arbitration. Tho Ar-.-
-ntlne delegates dcclaro themselves In
i "t comparative nnd compulsory arbt-
- all questions, pending nnd fu-I..'-'
vjo a veiled allusion to
South .t controversies when they
say:
"Thero are real difficulties in menacing
confllcte pending; questions, in n word,
which refuse to bo put out of sight and
those questions tho second Pan-American
conferenco must consider and solve In
ofty spirit of Justice under penalty of fati
ng absolutely In one of the fundamental
purposes of lt existence."
This declaration attracted marked atten
tion, Inasmuch ns Chile had stipulated as
a condition for participation In tho confer-
eiico that the consideration of arbitration
was to be confined to future questions only
and that her delegates would withdraw from
tho conference if any nttempt were made
to give a different turn to the discussion of
that subject.
Tho declaration nf tho Argentine dele
gates was the more pointed in thut they
nfllrmed that their country has no wrongs
to avenge. In fact Hint the sympathy of
tho Argentines for Peru, though not offen
sively shown, has been very apparent since
tho opening of tho congre3.
AFRAID TO FACE THE CHARGE artillery fm the forts
Gciirrnl .Allies iNMirn Order Protid-
Stnart R. Yoanf , Oitj Triuarir of Louti-
villi, Conmiti lilolds.
SHIFTS THE RESPONSIBILITY
(iivernnietit nt Snllit lleltrrntr llx
.Nlntenirnt tn ('iiiiniiI Dickinson
Itr-KiirilliiK 31 1 Stone.
SOKIA, Nov. 27. The government hns
forwarded to C. W. Dickinson, the? United
States diplomatic agent thero who recently
left this city for Constantinople, a reply to
his nolo of November 12 coucornlng Miss
Stone, tho American missionary. It t
merely n repetition of tho official v!6wn nt
ready cabled, repudiating the respouslbll
Ity of Hulgarla nnd nlleglng that the offt
clals had given every assistance possible In
tho matter.
KNOX CAPTURES MORE BOERS
Tlilrty-SI Prisoner Xeeiired, Inrliiil
tiiK Com in mi ilnn t .lonliprt anil
Ttyo Klelil Cornets.
LONDON. Nov. 27. Lord Kitchener, In
dispatch from Pretoria dnted today, reports
that General Knox has captured thirty-six
members of Hyer s command who escaped
after tho recent fight. Tho prisoners In
elude Commandant Joubcrt, who
wounded, nnd Klcld Cornets Wolmerans an
Dledcrlchs.
JiiK Distribution of llntterlrs,
Lent entvorlli GotOim Three,
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Lieutenant
General Miles has nrenared a general order
SHORTAGE ALLEGED IN HIS ACCIUNTS providing for the distribution of batteries
of light artillery ns follows
rlrtuln Pny There- Wm n Ocenslon
for Alnrin, nn Ample llrlii Would
Hnsc lleni Given Unit
Yoiiiir Desired.
LOUISVILLB, Ky Nov. 27. After being
offered by two newsboys copies of an even'
Kort Sheridan, two butteries: Tort Snell-
Ing, two; Vnticouver barracks, two; Pre
sidio of San Francisco, two; Kort Leaven-
wotth, three; Kort Hlley, three; Kort Sam
Houston, two; Kort Niagara, two; Kort
Douglas, two; Fort Ethan Allen, two; Kort
Hamilton, one; Kort Meyer nnd Philippine
Islands, three each.
Until permanent accommodations can bo
provided at tho stations named the follow-
ng paper which etntcd that his books were ng distribution of field batteries will pre
under examination by expert accountants, vnll:
Stuart It. Young, retiring city treasurer of Kort Sheridan, two; Vancouver barracks,
taulavllle, this evening went to tho rear of two; Presidio ot San Krnnelsco, four; Kort
a warehouse, at Sixth and Nelson streets Leavenworth, two; Kort Riley, three; Kort
and committed suicide by shooting him- Sam Houston, two; Kort Douglns, two; Kort
self behind the right ear with a pistol. Kthan Allen, two; Kort Hamilton, one;
The publication In nn evening paper of a Kort Meyer, one; Philippine Islands, three;
senat!onn! wtory saying In substanco that Havana, Culm, one: Kort S1IL one; Kort
accountants were nt work on the bonks of Walls Wnlln. one; Kort 1). A. Kusscll, one;
the retiring trensurer, and It wns reported Kort McPherson, one.
11.41 iH.Anini.tlna l.n.1 hnntl fnlltlrt 111 Mft I 11 1
...... ...n.. . ... .... Miifii nr-miiir- m nr
accounts, created a great stir throughout I IN I fit WVIL bCrfVIOC OLtt&O
tho city. Immediately the friends of Mr.
Young begnn to look for him. not believing President Mbii tinier to Classify
the renorts. They were surprised at not tlic- Itnrnl Kree l)e-
bclng able to find him. They hoped for tho
best, however, becnuso tho reports could
IIOI no Klliwillimiliru mm un- - U'AQIIIVnTflV v.... orTli nrnllnl
countants refused to make n statement. ,,, ,.,.,., , ' ,.ii ,., ,i
Shortly after 6 p. m, Mr Young was reer ' Jrco Oolivor y service Into the clarified civil
at tho ladles' entrance of the Loulsvlllo T. Wn, ,.,. i,.
special
servlco
ni rnlinnrnn.1 Vitit nnrttiLtnii ttimt (1rlt.
everybody In Louisville knew Stuart Jo ng alonf( are rormun',0l, for , nppolnlmPn
ran up anil saui; .nr. iuuiik, 'ium ."' , ..,i. i,n
lit ery.
t
hotel on Main street, between Mxth nrt mrdnlrl 8() far 9 , .,, 0,erks
Seventh, whero he llve.l with his bride of k Inspectors of that
few months, when n newsboy-for nearly rnnpornni, hll. nrnv,,iM ,ht .,.,1
bo treated as within the classified service,
Thcfre carriers number rt.000 and are stead
lly Increasing. Vacancies other than thoso
of carriers will bo filled by nppolntmenls
from eligible registers of the commission
Hurnl carriers will not have to undergo a
scholastic examination. Appointments of
them will be made from persona residents
of the neighborhood, wholly for fitness nnd
Irrespective of political or personal eonsld
eratlons. Transfers will not ho allowed
from the position of rural free delivery car
rier to any other position In the classified
service.
LEGISLATION FOR CARRIERS
Poitmtiter Gesirtl iBCiuragti lontit
Heiii of Mail Mic.
NEBRASKA SENATORS SEE PRESIDENT
Desire Ilnrly Artlon In Severn! Mnt-
ters ArTrrtliiR Stntc's Interests
Still Ambitions for Omnlia
Public lliilldliiK.
(Krom u Stuff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho executive committeemen of tho
National Association ot Letter Carriers,
represented by President Keller of Clove-
land, White of Hoston and Miller of South
Onwhn, were presented to Postmaster Gen
eral Smith today by Mr. K. Hosewatcr. Tho
reception wns exceedingly cordlol on tho 1
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Knlr Thursday and
Krldu) ; Vurliiblo Winds.
Temncrnture nt Oiunlin Velerlnyl
Hour. lieu. Hour. Deft.
.", n. in Hit 1 p. til l
it n. to :tr - p. in 11
7 11, in :t:t :i p. m...... in
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I J III to
GOVERNOR GEER OF OREGON
lie Wonlil Co-Opernle ttttli tJotrriuir
Vnn Snnt If Oeenslon
Drm 11 mini.
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 27. Governor Geerto
day replied to Governor Van Sunt of Min
nesota on tho Intter's request for views on
tho absorption of the Northern Pnoltlc nnd
Great Northern railways by the Northern
Securities company. Governor (leer said:
"Oregon has no laws regulating comblna-
part of the postmaster general. President ' Hons of capital nnd none regulating frolght
SEAMEN FAVOR GEARY ACT
.rnternntlniml Sallorn'lti'Vonl Tlirl'r
Opposition to I lie I.iniiortiiliim
of CklnMc,
HUFKALO, Nov. 27. At today's session of
the International Seamen's Union of Amer
ica resolutions were adopted urging tho re
enactment of tho Geary Chinese exclusion
net nnd calling upon the senato of tho
United States to amend the conventions en
tered Into between this country nnd foreign
nations whereby sailors may bo arrested for
simple violations of a civil contract tn labor
on bonrd ship. Such violations, it Is said.
nro dishonorable to seamen.
want a paper? Its got your picture In It."
Confronted liy llrmllliie.
One glanco nt tho double-column held-
lines told Mr. Young why tho paper hud
printed a double-column picture of him. In
stead of entering tho hotel he walked down
Sixth street toward the river, tho news-
boys following him on the other sldo ot the
street. Just nftor passing Nelson street
Mr. Young turned off .between some boxcars,
The boys feared to follow him any further
und. returning to the Louisville hotel, do-
fcrlbed Mr. Young's actions to Kid Johnson
a hackman whose carriage stands In front
of tho hotel.
Johnson was acquainted with Young nnd.
following the direction given by the news
boys, passed between tho boxcars und
brought up In clnder-covored driveway In
the rear of n warehouse of J. M. Moblnson,
Norton & Co., Just east of tho union depot
Hero ho saw Mr. Young lying face down- WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Members of a
ward In tho cinders, his right arm under section of tho committee of twenty np
him. Johnson shook tho form of tho man, pointed to consider a revision of the creed
not suspecting he hod killed himself. Sec- of the Presbyterian church assembled here
Ing a bullet hole behind Mr. Young s right today nnd probably will hold their first s.es
ear Johnson turned tho body over. Then j tdon tomorrow.
ho saw n pistol in Mr. Y'oung's right hand. nev. Dr. Derrick Johnson of tho McCor-
Llfo was extinct. ml'ck Theological seminary nt Chicago will
Johnson ran to n telephone and called prcnido ns chairman of the section. Others
up the residence of Young's father. Colonel who have arrived are Rov. Drs. Mlnton,
IJennctt H. Young. Mrs. Stuart R. oung mnderntor of tho Presbyterian assembly,
answored the telephone, but tho hackman and John Hewitt of Prluceton, N. J.
called for Colonel Young and told tho Justlco Harlan of tho United States su
news. Colonel Young Immediately went to promo court, who Is also a.unicmher, con
the scene of tho suicide with some ot his ferred with Dr. Johnson on lue ' work ot
son's friends, , tho committee today, 1y.-
MEETS TO REVISE CONFESSION
Committee Appointed liy l'rmliyterliiii
lienernl Assembly Con vencn
it WiinIiIiikIoii.
Friends Would llnve Saved.
Tho section will hold thr sessions dally
until next Wednosday, whji the full com
Ono ol Jhcse. who Is one of tho most mlttee will meet. Tho section now hero
.... 1 .
Ptomtnent business men In Louisville, walk- will prepare a new statement of faith
lng up nnd down tho cinder driveway, wit a which will be brief and simple, for popular
tears rolling down his cheeks, said: ,ise
tr bin friends could have found him to
day this would never have happened. " SIZER GETS THE P0ST0FFICE
money was needed we should navo supplied
It."
WEDDING PARTY DROWNS
'nrty People deported to llntc Cone
Dotvn tvltli n Melionncr
In I'lielllr.
Other friends of the dead man said they
had spoilt the nfternoon looking for him
Tho aged father of the dead man, n few
of his friends and some policemen lifted
tho body Into n coffin nnd It wns removed
n nn undertaking establishment under or
lers of tho coroner for an Inquest
Stunrt R. Young was 35 years old and
one of tho most prominent men In Louis
HONOLULU. Nov. 20. (Via Victoria, Nov.
27.) News romcs from Tonga that a
schooner carrying a wedding party of forty
people, men, wo mot! ana children, was
wrecked and nil were drowned. Tho
schooner had taken tho party to Nclafu and
had started back to Hanbal.
MEN WHO BLOW OUT THE GAS
Self-InHnted Mliimlierern Glvr
Poller? Nuritenn Mnclt
llother.
the
There have been two cases of blow-out
the-gas nt the Stntc hotel, 130S-10-12 Doug-
Ins street, within the last twenty-four
hours and both lacked but littlo of result
ing fatally. The first was Thomas Loftus,
a railroad laborer from Wyoming, and tho
second was William IJcom, who, as near as
can be made out, Is n traveling rlgar salos-
mnu.
Deem called nt the hotel about midnight
of Tuesday nnd after inquiring ns to the
rates, paid In advanco for a week's accom
modation nnd wan assigned to room No. 21
At S o'clock Wednesday morning tho cham
bermaid entered thn apartment, not know
ing It was occupied, and all wns well at
that time. There was no sign of gas escap
ing nnd Deem was sleeping naturally,
Shortly nftor 3 o'clock lu the afternoon an
employe detected tho odor ot gns hi tho
hall. The alarm was given nud soon after
ward Deem was found in his room uneou
uclous, tli 0 gas turned 011 tull force and alt
ventilation shut off.
Tho police Burgeon, who had Just sue
cceded In bringing Loftus' back from the
soinbor shore, wns then called in tho case
of Deem, upon whom he put. in tho rest o
tho nfternoon. At 10 o'clock last night ho
was pronounced out of danger.
Continued on Second Page.)
TRAINL0AD OF FOREIGN MAIL
Spectnl to Curry Anst rnllnii-l.ondon
Mntter by XV mr of
Oinnhn.
Four hundred and eighteen sacks of Aus
trallnn-London mail are being rushed
across tho continent to reach New York In
time for tho steamer leaving on Saturda
for Quecnstown. The mall left Sau Fran
cIsco on Monday and Is duo nt Council
Illufts at .1:45 p. m. tomorrow, and will bo
transferred to tho fast mall ot tho Chicago,
Burlington & Qulnry.
In case the mall Is late In reaching
Council Hluffs a special train will be In
readiness for n race across Iowa nnd 111!
nols to catch tho Lake Shore mail, which
leaves Chicago for New York at !( o'eloc
Friday morning. This is the second In
stallment of AuMallan mall diverted from
the Suez canal routo to tho transamerlcan
pathway-
Prnctlenlly Deelileil Hint He Will Sne
ered tlnmlitic II iin Post mnnter
nt Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. (Special.) Tho
contest for tho postmnstershlp at Lincoln
has been settled nnd unless something un
foreseen happens K. R. Slzer will be named
for that position. Congressman nurkett,
Ho wns a graduate of Princeton who hns been accorded the privilege of se
curing a nucrcssor 10 rosunnsier uusnneu.
has decided to name Slzer for the place atid
his name will be sent to the president In n
few days. Slzer Is .at present stato oil In
spector nnd Is reported to he a potent factor
In Hurkett's congressional district.
The only opposition to Slzer romes from
tho present Incumbent and from those who
opposed the election of D. K. Thompson to
tho senate. Slzer, on the other hand, Is en-
ellglblo for re-olectlon, his successor hav- dorsed by Thompson nnd by ninny of tho
lllc.
nivcrslty, a son ot Colonel Bennett H
oung. a prominent lawyer nnd ex-c.onfed
rate soldier of Louisville, and a brother
f Lawrence Young of Chicago, president
of the Washington Pnrk Jockey club. Hn
married last July Miss Rcssle Wcymnnd
one of the most beautiful women tn Ken
tucky and daughter of L. II. Weymond
Four years Hgo Mr. Young wns elected
city treasurer and under the law wns In
party workers nnd lie also enjoys tho sup
port of Senator Dietrich. It Is also reported
that Slzer has tho support of tho Burling
ton railroad.
lug been elected on November 3.
Ilrtn tlrnvllj on liner.
Nobody can make an authorltntlvo state
ment tonight al.out tho accounts of Mr.
Young as city treasurer. Under tho law a EARNEST APPEAL FOR MAS0S
uoaru composen 01 iwn expert accoumamn.
Aid of Ainerlt'iiiiH Invoked ly ,il
liercntu of CiiImiii Preolitrntliil
Cnn illilnteN,
appointed by the retiring mayor, has been
examining the books of all the city officials
irellmlnury to the offices being turned over
to tho officials wtio were elected on Novem
ber G nnd who took charge of their respec
tive offices on November 19.
Thero was some delay In Mr. Young turn
ing thn treasurer's offico over to tho newly-
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. The nppcal of
tho adherents of Mnso's candidacy for the
presidency of Cuba, referred to . In tho
elected treasurer. James B. Camp. Mr. Young morning dispntches from Havana, has
said he wanted time In which to verify his reached tho War deportment. Tho Benders
account nt tho bank. Mr.-Camp isald tonight nsked that Homo public announcement be
that Mr. Young had never turned over to mado hy tho united btaios government to
him tho bank nass book. tho effect that it is not Interested In the
Before a statement can bo mndt as to rival candidacy of Muso and Paimn to cor-
how accounts stand between Mr. Y'oung nnd red nn impression which Is said to havo
tho city the experts will havo to complete gained currency m cuua from tlio utter
their examination. It Is said that this work nces of tho American omciais mere
will take come time. In any ovent tho city Acting Secrotary Songer has docldcd to
of Loulsvlllo wll bo orotcrtcd bv an "open" refrain from action in tho matter, but will
bond which was furnished for Mr. Y'oung refer it to secretary ho.h upon nts return
by a Baltimore concern. to Washington.
Mr. Y'oung is said to have bet heavily on
tho rnrrs,
On the nuthorlty of an official of the city
government it wns stated lata tonight that
so far as It has progressed tbo examination
of Mr. Y'oung's books has shown a shortage
of $23,000.
SEEKING IMMENSE FORTUNE
Delennte AVIIeox Will Try In Obtain
Thirteen Million. Dollar
IiPKiiey,
HONOLULU, Nov. 20. (Via Victoria, II.
C, Nov, 27.) The Stor says: Delegato Wil
cox goes to Washington charged with a
big mission. It Is to get a $13,000,000 for
tune for Emll Ney, grandson of Marshal
Ney, the "First Soldier of France." Emll
Ney has been In Honolulu some years and
Is well known here. Ho is ono of tho
three children of a son of Marshal Ney.
His claims will be brought before tho
senate foreign relations committee by Dele-
gato Wilcox, It Is stated. The fortune
was taken by tho French government at
tho time tbo marshal was ordered exe
cutcd. It wns ordered restored during tho
'30s, however, and It enme Into the pos
session of Ney'a other son, known ns the
prince of Moscow, who died a bachelor In
Paris. Tho fortune was then held In trust
by Count Delavetery and Kmll began efforts
to recover It through Levi P. Morton, then
minister to France.
HIS ATTITUDE PLEASES THEM
'resident nnd Neoretnry of .Vntlonnl
li't-lKntloii AsNoi'lntlon Cull
nit House volt.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Thomas F,
Walsh, prenldont, and General K. W, Max
well, secretary, of the executive committee
ot the National Irrigation association, saw
tho presldeut today. They told him that
the expansion of International trade nnd
comraerco of tho United States by the crea
Hon of more homes In the west was the
object of their association and that thoy
fully indorsed tho report of Secretary Hitch
cock on the subject of irrigation.
After seeing tho president they said his
attitude, upon tho subject was perfectly
i-atlsfactory to them.
Koller said that It was not the Intention ot
tlio committee to harass congress for reme
dial legislation, that the old methods of
holding un legislators would bo wholly
Ignored, nnd that If they could not convince
congress they were entitled to recognition
they would abandon tho tight. Postninstcr
General Smith expressed himself unreserv
edly In the matter of legislation for the
cnrrlcts, but put his foot down squarely on
anything but legitimate methods being used
to aceoriptlnh tho purposes for which tho
committee hus guthercd lu Washington.
Seuutors Dietrich nnd Millard had a short
ronferenco with the president today on mat
ters atTcctlng Nebraska's interests. Pre
election promises have to bo mndo good
nnd tho senators arc anxious to get tlio
decks elenred for action.
Ilurki'tt'N Comniltlee Clmm-ex.
Congressman Ilurkctt, It Is believed, will
be well taken care of by Speaker Henderson,
at tho tomlug session of congress. Tho fact
Is that Uurkctt hus been an active forco
on the lloor and In commit tee, and Hender
son usually takes cure of his friends, It
is doubtful If Hurkett will get n committee,
although good work la being dono In his
bchnlf. but whether he will bo assigned' to
a chairmanship r,r not, his committed placiis
will be stronger than they wero In tho last
congress.
Tho representative from the Lincoln dis
trict today fccured 1,000 rock bass for dls
trtbi'tlon In tho public lnkcs of his state.
Thcso fish will bo sent to the state tlsh
commissioner to be distributed.
Senator Mlllurd today made the following
recommendations for postmasters: John
13. Schultz, Mnrtlnsburg, Dixon county;
Clarence R. Greeley, Cummlusvlllo, Greeley
county.
Scuntor Mlllurd had a preliminary talk
with Supervising Architect Tnylor todiy
over the Omaha public building and pre
sented a list of figures to Mr. Tnylor tend
ing to show that tho Treasury department
had money enough to build tho Seventeenth
street sldo to correspond with the Sixteenth
street elevation. Mr. Taylor took tho mat
tor under advisement. Senator Millard
showed tho supervising architect that It
has cost nearly 5100,000 tn draw plans and
(.peclficatloiiB for tho structure, nnd this Is
regarded us enormous
"What. will bo tho. cost of the plant-for the
new Chlcugo poatofllce, which Is to cost
five times as much as tho Omaha structure,
is a question that occurs to those Interested
In having tho Omaha structure built accord
lng to the wIhIics of the constituents.
Klttredtte to Mieeceil Himself.
"Senator Klttredge will succeed himself
and be elected by our next legislature," re
marked Representative Uurkctt ot South
Dakota, who has Just arrived In Washington
for the session. "Our stato Is surely In tho
republican column now nnd next your It Is
only a question of the size of the majority."
Mr. Hurkett Is the first of the South Dakota
contingent to arrlvo In Washington.
Senator Gumble will be hero in a few
days. Senator Klttredgo hna gone to New
Hampshire for Thanksgiving nnd Represent
ative Mnrtln. tho now member ot tho houie,
is detained by a law cuho.
"There never was such a wave of pros
perity as bus swept over our state In the
last .eighteen months," ndded the South
Dakota representative. "Great numbers nf
people from the adjoining states of Mlnne-
fota nnd Illinois have come to sottlo upon
our lands. In many localities the price of
land bus doubled nnd even trebled during
a 'year and a half.
Wo havo littlo or no Interest In the
revision of tbu tariff. Wo arc content tho
way things now aro. Wo havo practically
no arid lands in South Dakota, but I at
tended the conferenco In Cheyenne tho last
summer, and wo nhnll probably co-operate
with tho members from the western stato
who want legislation for Irrigation,"
Cnnferenee for IrrlKiitlon.
Congressman Hurkett said today that n
meeting of the western legislators to con
sider a bill for the reclamation of the arid
and seml-arld lands would bo held In Sena
tor Warren's commltten room next Monday
evening nt 8 o'clock. "My Information," ho J
said, "Is that a Inrgo majority of tho west
cm senators and members Interested In this
vital question will be present. I havo had
roplles from a largo number nf thoso ad
dressed nnd hopo wo will bo nble to unite
upon some comprehensive measure. I be
lieve wo enn agree upon a general plan of
procedure."
Dr. W. A. Burgen was today appointed
pension examining surgeon nt Choycnne,
Wyo.
K. J. Blrohnrd was appointed postmaster
nt Kellogg, Jasper county, Iown.
A postotfico wns ordered established at
Tlsch, Iaramlo county, Wyoming, with Al
fred U. Sheldon postmaster.
Olo Ilclgcson of Cavite, S, D., wns today
awarded n contract for carrying tho mall
from Cavlto to Presho, S. D.
Miss Gortrudo Dietrich, daughter of the
Nebraska senator, Joined her father today
at tho Cairo, to remain until after Thanks
giving.
rates. Passenger fares aro limited to 1
cents per mile, but two lines, the Northern
Pacific and Oregon Railroad und Navlgatlou
companies, have voluntarily reduced thu
rntcs to .1 cents. Tho Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company nnd Southern l'nclrtu
company nro making commendable efforts
towurd the development ot their respective
territories nud hnto become a great help to
the people."
Regarding consolidation. Governor Gccr
says:
"Unless consolidation of railway com
paulcs should bo followed by Increased
freight nnd passenger rates It would bo
difficult to see where objection to It would
lie. If this result should follow It Is n
mntter within tin- power of the stato legts
latures to control. It may prove an eajiler
matter to regulnto rates than to prevent
consolidation."
After commending Governor Vnn Sant s
efforts to enforce the laws of his state,
Governor Goer kuj-s:
No question In this country, either pres
out or future, is paramount to the ouo of
preset vlng unquestioned the best Interests
of thoso who nro known ns tho common
people. I would certainly favor holding
such a conferenco ns you suggest, but
could not nttond unless held on this coast
which would perhaps not be feasible."
DAVID NATION GETS DIVORCE
Wins 111" l'rnleited Stilt for fepnrn
lion from KniiHim
llntelieteer.
SLAIN IN TORMENT
iltt Than Ont Huidrid Ptrion Killtd ia
TTabaih Witck.
MAIMED BY CILLISI0N, PERISH IN FLAMES
Tw Tninloidi f Dnd and Djinr; ia
Blaziij Fjr.
ONLY ONE FACE IS LEFT RECOGNIZABLE
Frobablj 0a Hiadrtd and Fifty Art
. Amoag tht Loit.
DISOBEDIENT TRAIN CREW IS TO BLAME
IlitKthotinil Limited ln!l to Herd Or
der mill Trim It Wn- Into
Donlilr-llenilcd Trnln Jnnintril
with lluimtnlty.
ROBS THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY
Man Who rte.tis PiinketH nf Cnblnet
Orlleera Gels Three Venm
III Penitent Inr?'.
LOS ANOKLUS, Cal Nov. 27. John
Helnrteh, who pleaded guilty to tho charge
of picking the pockets of members of the
lato President McKlnley's party during
their visit to this city last May, was to-
day sentenced to servo three years In San
Quentin prison. .
KANSAS CITV. Nov. 27. A speciul to
tho Star from Medicine Lodge, Kan., says:
David Nation wns today grunted 11 dlvorco
from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, "tho
Joint smasher." The court exonerated
.Mrs. Nation from the charge of cruelty to
her husband and divided tho property. Tho
Medicine Lodge homo will go to Mr. Nn
Hon nnd outlying property to his wife.
In reply to questions of the court, Mrs.
Nation said that one reason Hbo fought the
proceedings wns that she wished to con
tlnuo tn share tho pension money drawn
by her husband. Mr. Nation, In support
of his petition for divorce, cited a letter
from his wife in which she denounced him
0 a "hellhound hypocrite.'",' He ehargod
that Mio did not attend tn lts wants.
Judge Glllett granted the dlvorco on ihe
ground of gross neglect nf duty. When
Mrs. Nation first starteij out on her career
of joint smashing a year ago Mr. "ffntlou
seemed to bo In nympathy with her raids,
but when she spent all of her time away
from homo crusading or serving sentences
In Jail for destroying property no went to
the homo of his daughter lu Indiana and
lived. He wns Mrs. Nation's second hus-
band nnd was nearly 70 years old. The
couple had lived together many years.
STORY b7 THEIR DEATHS
t'liennflrnieil Itoportu Snr Mine. TnllUa
nnd MInk Mtone Nn l.onuer
l.ltc.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Secretary Hay
received a disputch from Constantinople to
day repeating a rumor that has reached
there that Mlrs Stone nnd her companion
In captivity, Mme. Tsllkn, aro dead. The
report, however, lacks confirmation and is
not credited by either Spencer Bddy, tho
American In charge at Constantinople, or
by Mr. Dickinson.
Tho death of Mme. Tsllka was said to he
from childbirth and that, nf Mits Stonit of
grief. The story camo from Sulonlcn. Re
garding Mme. Tsllkn tho report Is re
garded here as probably a reiteration of a
story which hus been repeated horetoforo
several times. Tho latest accounts from
Miss Stono havo represented her to bo In
good health.
CHINA HONORS M'KINLEY
DETROIT. Nov. 27. From 100 to 150 per
sons wero killed tonight In the most dls.
nstrous" railroad wreck In tho history of
Michigan railroads. Two heavily loaded
passenger trains on the Wabash railroad
collided head-on ouo mile east of Scnccn,
tho second station west of Adrian. Tho
westbound train, composed ot two cars
loaded with Immigrants and five other
coaches, was smashed nud burned, with tho
result ot awful loss of tlfo and tearful In
juries to a majority of Its passengers. Thn
easthound train, tho Continental limited,
tuffercd In scarcely less degree.
Tho track In tho vicinity of tho wreck Is
strewn with dead nnd dying. Many physi
cians from Detroit havo gone to tho sceuc.
The Continental limited, tho castbouud
train, was driven by Knglneer Strang and
was In charge ot Conductor G, J. Martin.
The westbound Immigrant train was n double-header
and was driven by Engineer
Work nnd Knglneer Parks, the conductor
being Charles Troll.
t.'nnt hound Cretv Illxotirjn Orders,
The castbouud train, It Is believed, dis
obeyed orders In not watting nt Seneca for
thn westbound train, thereby causing tho
wreck. The track at tho point where tho
collision occurred Is straight and at first
tho officials could not understand how tho
wreck could have occurred. Tho wcbi-
bound train, due to leave Detroit, wns two
hours late, leaving at -I p. 111. Tho two trains
were scheduled to meet nt Moutpeller,
O., but had boon ordered to meet nt Seneca.
Tho blama Is therefore placed on the con
ductor or engineer ot the oastbouiul train,
as the wreck could not have occurred had
this trnln been held at Senoca. Appurcutly
orders to wait were disobeyed and tho prob
abilities aro that the 'true story will never
bo known, us tho trnln crow Iuib undoubt
edly met Instant death.
Advices from tho m-cne of tbo '.week shov
that tho country fur miles around Is lighted
up by the burning enrs and Hint tho llaiucs
could not be quenched because of lack of
propm' apparatus. Mungled. bodies tvero
picked. up nlone.the by tbo farmer
before the special truth s'eni trout Adrian
arrived on the Hccne. Ia some instances
the bodies wcrorotiuglcd lieyond all recog
nition. Tho bo(liufV"whtuh tho rescuers
managod tVi pull from tbo burning ruins nt
tho Immigrant earn wero so badly burned
that tlelr Identity will probably never bo
ascertained. The westbound train was n
regulnr train, composed ot seven coaches.
Reports differ ns to tho number of coaches
carrying Immigrants. Ouo says thero wero
but two and another siiys thero wero live
or hlx coaches carrying this class nf tourists.
The eastbound trulti was mndo up of nn
engine, baggngo car, combination coach and
(deeper.
t'riiuli I nder I'll 1 1 llend of fftrmii.
The ttalns came together 0110 tullo east of
Seneca under a full bead of steam. All hut
ho two rrnr roaches of tho westbound ttaln
ero demolished and tho coach on tho enst-
bouud trnln wils teliticoped. Klvo Of thu
cars of the Immigrant train caught tiro and
aro still burning.
Thn loss of llfo Is estimated nt 100 on
this train. The loss of llfo on tho oast-
hound train Is said to bo twenty-five. Ono
of tho englncu of the Immigrant train ex
ploded und tho eastbound cnglno turned
over Into a ditch. Two ttromon nud on
onglnccr ot tho westbouud train wero killed,
but tho ilromuu und engineer ot the other
rata jumped und eweaped;
As soon ns tho uowh nf tho disaster
reached Division Superintendent Burns t
Detroit special trains wero dispatched to
the scene of tho wreck from Adrluu, Detroit,
'eru and Montpellcr.
MAKE THE INDIAN A CITIZEN
Senator Clunrles Advocate Udm-ntliiK
Hed .Mnn ami DIssoIvIiik
Tribal HelntUun,
MerclinntM III Shnnu'inl Conlrllinte
l.llivrnll; tn the F 11 nil for it
ln it tune tit
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. Senator Quarlcs
of Wisconsin, who is chairman of tho com
mittee on Indian nftnlrs of tho senate and
who made a tour of the. Indian reservations
last summer with Indian Commissioner
Jones, today talked to tho president about
the Indian question generally.
He agrees with Commissioner Jones in
tho belief that to make the Indian self
supporting should bo tho aim of tho gov
ernment and that Its attainment would
solve the problem. Progress to Hint end,
ho says, must proceed slowly. In a gen
eral way ho thinks tho first steps must
be the breaking up of tribal relations, tho
allotment of the lands In severalty und the
admission of thn Indian youth to public
schools. Tho Indian eventually should bo
come a citizen.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The Stato dc
partment hus received s rsport ftom the
consul general nt Shanghai stating that thn
guilds of silk, tea and cotton pleco goods
dealors havo contributed of their own
initiative, to a fund to erect a monument
In Shanghai to tho late President McKlnloy
and announce that they wo doing this to
show their appreciation ot tho man nnd ot
his nttltudo toward China. It Is said that
nevor beforo has such action boon taken
by tho Chlneso peoplo on behalf of any but
Chinese persons.
WANTS HUSBAND VINDICATED
Wife or Goternnr ,lrnUln AsUs I'resl
dent Ilnnnetelt tn C.'nll for
Invefttluutlnn.
GUTHRIK, Okl.. Nov. 27. With the view
of having an Investigation made of tho
Insane asylum charges against Governor
Jenkins of Oklahoma his wlfo has tuken up
the matter with President Roosevelt. Mrs
Jenkins lost evening wired tbo president
as follows:
"No ono who really knows my husband
doubts his honesty or good Judgment. Ills
wife bclloves him tho victim of a cruel
conspiracy."
Movements of Deeiin Vessels Nov. 27,
At N'ew York Arrived Cevlc. from Liver.
pool; Menominee, from London. Sailed
Germanic, for Liverpool.
At Yokohama Arrived Moyune, from
Tocoma.
At Glasgow Arrived Ethiopia, from Now
Vnrlf.
At J.lvcrpool Arrived Ultonln. from Hos
ton: Vancouver, from Portland. Sailed
Hurdlllian, ror i-nuauripniu, via m. joihis,
V. I.'., and Halifax.
At Movlllo Arrived Corinthian, frotn
Vtnntrpiil. for I.lvernool.
At giieenstown Arrived Illiynland, from
Philadelphia, for Liverpool; Teutonic, from
New Yorle. tor Liverpool.
At Southampton Arrived St, Paul, from
K?a... Vl
At Hoston Salled-Cnmmonwcalth, Xor
uiurauur, Hopes unit ucnua,
M H n ' Dortiii-H Huston to Neene,
A special train from Detroit, carrying
thirty-two physicians nnd nurgcnns, started
for Seneca and was given tho right of way
When It reached tho scene of tbo wreck
tho work of succoring tho wounded was
well under way, tbo train having been
preceded by h special from Adrian bearing
nil tho surgeons In thn city, who had been
nt work for an hour when tbo Detroit con
tingent arrived. Tho flames, however, had
headed tho work of rescue. Tho doad wore
placed on stretchers sent from Adrian.
At 10MB tbo first train loaded with
wounded left for Adrian. Tho dead weri
le.ft behind to bo carried In on a later train.
Tho wrecking train ordered from Mont-
pellor, thirty miles away, arrived shortly
after 0 o'clock, but tho heavy vestlbulcd
cars of tho eastbound train lay between U
und tho burning Immigrant cars, so that
littlo aid could bo rendered to the rescuers.
Only One Demi Identllled.
When the special train bearing thn
wounded reached Adrian tho Injured wero
carried In ambulances, drnys and delivery
wagons to tbo hospitals, until tbey wero
filled, nud then private residences In tho
neighborhood wore placed In service,
Among tho grent list of dend only one name
is known here at present.
This Is Miss Dido Dentzed of Tupper-
vlllc, Ont. Sbo was allvo when rescuers
reached her and with her expiring broath
said: "Notify William Moore."
That was all.
A special to the Tribune from Adrla.t
gives tho following Detroit pcrions a
among the Injured:
George Hweenoy.
F. It. Richardson, exprass messcuger,
head cut and both legs mangled,
Mary Dolman; Injuries sliaht.
II. B. Whitney, an Ontario rallrond dis
patcher; seriously Injured.
At this hour, owing to Imperfect facilities
for getting news, It docs not seem likely
that dotalls of thn wreck will tin ot hand
boforo tomorrow morning. It is estimated
that upward of SCO persons wero on the
two trains.
Many of tho Immigrants on tho west-
(Contlnuod on Second rage.)
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