The Omaha Sunday Bee.
PART I. g
PAGES 1 TO 12. jj
ESTABLISHED JVXE J!), 1871.
OiMAIIA, SUNDAY
D KVMl HE 11 22, 10 l-TVE2fTY410 U R L' A K
SI(JLI3 COPY FIVE CENTS.
UPROAR IS POLAND
Irtuiiaa iiVjioti BiTtH Agaiut th Op
priuUn f Mtttiri.
THEIR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IS AT STAKE
ChildiCR Beat. a for Refniinr; to Aiipt
Qsrmiii' Oreid.
PARENTS WHO INTERFERE ARE JAILED
On tt Thara O.U Tt Yuri aid a
Half in Prison.
SIENKiEWlCZ STARTS FUND FOR DEFENSE
Appeal t( Grriuniiy, Aimtrlii anil
Jtumnlu Kiilln on Drat Hurt
Atiicrlcmi .Mother .Mil)' lie
Aroused to Act.
(Copyright, 1M1, by Press Publishing Co.)
CHACOW, AuHtrln, Doc. 21. (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The
mothers of America may lio appealed to (or
sympathy and aid by tho oppressed mothers
of Prussian-Poland. Twenty-three Prussian
Poles, night of them women, huvo bocu sent
to prison for terms varying from ono month
to two yearn and a half for mining an up
roar at tho Homnn Catholic school In
Wreachcn becnuso their children wcro
roundly thrashed for refusing to submit
to religious teaching In (lerman, accord
ing to tho Prussian government's order.
Tho children had been catechized In Gor
man and refused to answer. Tho tcachor
locked them up for an hour after school
time, but still they woro mum. Then the
tencher reported to tho school director,
who ordered tho children taken In groups
to the empty school rooms, whero they
wcro flogged.
Tho wlfo of n mason named Plascscka.
who went to tako her llttlo ilnughtor homo
from school, heard of tho whipping. She
naked If tho emperor had decreed tho Gor
man religion. Ilofng told that ho had, hIio
iiald: "Tho German religion Is not tho
true religion and If It ho too much trouble
to tench tho children Polish religion thoy
had better learn nono at all." Sho told
her neighbors about the punishment and
tin angary croud gathered at tho school.
Chitrnei. tins Indictment.
Tho Indictment states that tho defendants
"tried to prevent tho district BChool di
rector und the tcachors from exercising
their public ntllco (thrashing tho chil
dren); they entered public ofllces (the
school rooms whero tho children woro
bolng thrashed), climbed over hedges,
screamed, used Insulting languago und
j mul o noises by which tho public penco
Was disturbed."
Tho Indictment nays tho Insulting
languago was: "Thrash him; thrash him."
"Vou want to rob our children of their
religion" "Scratch rticlr eycH out." "Hur
rah for Poland." "German dogs, down
with you; hnng thorn on a tree." "Knock
them down." "They waut to steal our
children's faith."
Not oven tho Indictment speaks of n
rlnglo net of violence by which nnyouo was
hurt. Fran Plascscka was sentenced to
prison for two years and a half. Her an
nwcrs to tho Judges showed that sho ilrruly
bollnvcd that Christ and his disciples spoko
Polish. Tho others bellaved so, too.
Hobel Over n .Soiik.
Tho trial brought out that tho children
worn asked to sing tho song, "I Am a Prus
sian; do you know my colors?" That thoy
cried and refused, suylng thoy wcro Poles,
not Prussians. Frnu Plascscka was about
to glvo birth to her eighth child when ar
rested. In prison u hcraorrhago come on
and sho had to bo taken to the prison tios
pltal, whnfn tho doctors said her llfo wns
ia great peril.
A Polish uuthor, Colonel MllkowskI of
Zurich, tins written to a Cracow papor ad
vising all Polish mothers to address tho
mothers of America, Franco, England, Hol
land, Scandinavia and Spain, telling them
how little Polish children nnd their moth
ers hnvo boon trentod by tho Prussian au
thorities. Hut ho suggests that they first
lay tho caso before tho German empress,
the queens tho grand duchess ami tho duch
esses and ask them If they know how their
fathers, brothers and sons behavo toward
Polish children.
Henry aienklowlcz, whose "Quo Vndls"
nnd other works havo given him Interna
tional fame, sends to tho Cracow news
paper Czns. $4(10 toward n fund to provide
for tho children whoso parents havo been
eent to prison. Ho writes:
.Nn Ilecord of Violence.
"An unheard-of verdict has been pro
pounced. No ono lifted a hand agalcnt any
ono of the school hangmen, there was no
sudden attack,' no account of violence, und
yot theso parents of poor little children
cruelly (rented In Prussian schools have
teen sentenced to long terms of imprison
ment. They nro punished because, under
tho Influence of despair and pity, they
pave vent too loudly to their Indignation
against such a school and bucIi masters.
"In all countries where degenerate cul
turo Iiqb not changed men to savages, oven
nniong tho Germans, who surely would
prefer not to piny the part of Prussian
spies lu history, tho verdict must havo been
hoard with loathing and contempt. And
many hearts must have been tilled with
Wonder and fear for tho future.
"Ever since the times of Frederick II, and
boforo his time, Prussian policy has been
an uninterrupted chain of chains, violence,
running and deceit toward tho stroig'.
tyranny toward tho weak, of lies, broken
treaties, brcken words aud hypocriny.
"There Is but one comfort lu all this.
History shows that edifices built up by
tyranny, wickedness and Ignornncu do not
last long. The futuro will bring some tro
mendous revolution aud expiation.
.Hunt I III dine mul Wnlt,
"And what are we to do In the mean
time, we who suiTor from the Immedlato
effects of crlmo aud savagery? In general
wo must endure and wait, and In particular
wo must help those to endure and watt for
Iho buffering victims of Injuries and bru
tality Jj
"After tho children were CT f, ill-used
thalr parents, who should piovldo them
with bread, wero sentenced to terms of
Imprisonment, tho mother of seven little
children to two years and a hnlf. Did tho
ludge, In pronouncing this sentence, hope"
lo starve tho baby heroes to death?
"May theso facts move the hearts of all
our mothers; let us glvi bread to those, our
children, and to tho unhappy parents tho
anu consolation that their children will not
bave to beg for tholr bread.
"Dlvlno law and Christian Jaw both com
(Continued on Second Page.)
KEEP CONTROL OF CHURCH
!!' Snlildy, Declare Premier, the
'Itk- I Iti-'trnliird from
llev nliitluu.
(Copyright. 1!)1, by Press Publishing Co.)
PAHIS, Dec. 21. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Premier Wnl-deck-Uousscau
has successfully oppused the
budget committee's recommendation to
Btrikn out nil appropriations for public
worship and the Vatican embassy. His ar
gument was that It would be better to have
tho church under control. This Is costing
sixty millions yearly, but when tho clergy
should no longer food upon tho public
treasury tholr reactionary efforts against a
republican form of government would not
bo hampered by any fear that It would be
dangerous.
Tho worklngmen nro uncompromisingly
opposed to tho proposed strlko bill, which
provides that when laborers Intend to
stop work they must glvo six days' notice,
after which nil persons employed In the
factory shall vote on tho question by secret
ballot, if a majority deolde to strike, Imme
dlato government arbitration Is compulsory.
Tho objections of tho working class nro
that sympathy strikes aro rendered Im
possible nnd that nftcr six days passed
In considering grievances the workers would
grow cool In fear of tho misery Incidental
to cessation of work and would vote against
a strike.
Urbaln Oohler explains this feeling In nn
nrtlelo In which he says the right to strlko
Is tho only weapon left to laborers with
which to counterbalance capital's awful
Iiower; that It Is this fear of a spontaneous,
Instnnt rebellion, possible every minute,
which keeps tho employers within bounds.
A great sonsstlon wns caused by tho trial
nnd dismissal by tho superior council of
publlo cducntlon of Prof. Herve of tho uni
versity, who was found guilty of writing
violent nntl-mltltnry articles for news
papers, prulslng the Chinese for resisting
tho "Impudent Invasion of the foreign mis
sionaries nnd soldiers." Tho government
has been questioned In tho congress upon
tho Injustice of denying to university pro
fessors tho right of expressing prlvato opin
ions. Slncn his dismissal Prof. Horvo has boon
transformed Into n hero. Ho has been
banqueted nnd resolutions denouncing tho
penalty Inflicted on him havo been adopted
everywhere Tho government Is firm, how
over, nnd yestordny suspended tho Illus
trious Prof. Laplquc, who stalled n fund' for
tho defenso of teachers of civil rights,
Tho caso recalls K. Uenjamln Andrews'
compulsory resignation from tho presi
dency of Drown university for giving his
prlvato Indorsement to freo sliver.
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
One for Kuril Country NVntilil lie n
Vimt HleliiK, lleclnrr
l'iitcur Savant.
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
PAHIS, Dec. 21. (Now York World Cable
gram Special Telegram.) M. Du Claux,
heud of tho Pastour institute, Issued today
n book called "Questions of Public Hy
giene." In it ho shows thnt tho best or
dered communities aro still woefully un
healthy. Ho advocates tho formation in
every country ot lainlslries of publlo
health, which, ho declares, nro moro Im
portant than ministries of war or tho navy,
and would bo much more cffcctlvo than tho
municipal boards of health, which "prove
thomselves everywhere unable to copo with
tho problem, since they aro only empowered
to net within narrow limits, easily Invaded
by outside contamination."
M. Du Claux believes that ministries of
public hygleno could everywhere reduce the
mortality 30 or -10 per cent within three
yenrd. Ho also advocates tho Interna
tional collaboration of theso ministries In
fighting epidemics, tuberculosis nnd diph
theria. Another savant. Dr. Suchet, publisher, as
the result of llfteen years' study In hospi
tals and prisons, his conclusion that 2.1
per cent of the hospital patients inherited
vitiated constitutions from alcoholic par
ents, and that G." per cent of the criminals
received the germ of their criminal In
stinct boforo birth.
Dr. Suchet goes further, saying that no
habitual drunkard can havo sound chlldron,
nnd that out ot several thousand drunk
ards' children exnmlned not one exception
wns found.
One of tho chief objects of admiration
at the Uarnum-Dallny circus, which has
amazed Parisians by Its magnitude, multi
plicity and magnificent organization, Is
Mile. d'Hale. After she won tho $2,000
prlzo for beauty b!h was engaged for the
circus and put In tho splendid opening
parade to represent tho. quoen ot Shebn.
PANAMA COMPANY WILL SELL
Stockholder Aliuoxt I lilllllliiinll
Aiiri'i1 t Accept l'riiiollliiii
or ( nltcil Mute.
PAIUS. Dec 21. At n meeting of tho
board of directors of tho Panama Cannl
company, Thursdny, President Hutln, who
recently returned hero from tho United
States, nnd M. Cboron, tho director of
works, resigned their ofllces. The report
presented at tho general mooting of tho
shareholder. of tho Panama Cannl com
pany hero this nftcrnoon reviews tho ne
gotiations for tho salo of tho canal prop
erty to tho United States and says:
"The decision of tho Isthmian company
wns evidently due to n misunderstanding,
which must bo dissipated. Wo shall nsk
you to give us full powers to negotlato
with tho government of tho United Stntei.
under the reserve of submitting for your
approval tho flguro upon which tho rep
resentutlves of tho American government
agreed nnd tho mandatory to whom we
shall entrust the contlnunnco of the nego
tiations. Our negator will be Instructed
to notify tho American government thnt
wo aro prepared to nut aside tho valuations
which havo been considered as tho price
asked, and which havo been Judged un
acceptable, and vvo affel to tako ns a basis
aud point of departure of tho dlscusslou
wo solicit, aud which wo believe will not
be refused, tho figures and declarations
contained In the connections of tho Isth
mian commission's report. Wo shall, moro
over, glvo our maudatory power lo close
Iho discission by proposing a tlxed price.
We hope this simple, categorical offer will
exercise u favorable Influence upon thy
future negotiations."
M. P. Forol, tho former comptroller
general of the army, and M. Dourgcola,
the formur receiver of finances, will replace
M. lfutlu and Choron.
After nn uproarious session the share
holders almost unanimously voted to adopt
tho proposition set forth In tho report
empowering tho board to concludo the salo
and cession to tho United States of nil the
Pannma Canal company's proportion, sub
ject to tho limitation specified above. "Get
tho United Stntes to buy the canal at auy
prlco In order to save somo of our money,"
seemed to be tho prevalent foeling und gist
of tho speeches of the shareholders. About
200 shareholders wcro present.
BRITONS HOPE ' W
LueUn Stti Brlghtir 0
Africa. Affalri:
ii luth
SILVER LINING HAS A DARKER SIDE
Araa f Cap Oalanj Rabilllon Sttadilj
Oram Largar.
CABINET HAS A PLAN TO END WAR
Wuld Iaditci Eoin to Withdraw to
Nona luminal.
LEAVE SOLD AND PRETORIA TO ENGLAND
Klnu IMnnril Second.. the Pnpc
AualnM III orcc Coroiui t loll Con
tinue to lie llccontriielclI .No
Oil nn I lie (luecii'n I'n cc.
(Copyright, 1901, by l'res Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Dec. 21. (New York World Ca
blegram Hpeclnl Telegram.) A widespread
nnd growing impression exists hero that the
South African outlook has greatly Improved
nnd thnt the war lit near Its end. "Hope
springs eternal" oti every Drltlsh buccobs,
nnd General Ilruco Hamilton's achieve
ments, coupled with tho succeeding lull In
tho war news, accounts for tho current
optimism. Tho next Door success will be
followed, us imual, by a relapso Into wait
ing pessimism aud futllo demands for more
vigorous measures.
Meanwhile, despite the capture of Krult
zlnger, tho Importance of wljlch naturally
has been mngnllled, tho area of tho rebel
lion In Capo Colony Is Increasing Instead
of diminishing.
The World correspondent can stnte on
poaltlvo authorltv that tho Capo ministers
nro o desperately alarmed at tho sltua
tlou that thoy havo advised tho imperial
cabinet thnt the unconditional surrender
policy Is ruining all prospect of tho con
tlnunnco of Drltlsh dominion In South
Africa. Furthermore, tho cabinet hero Is
agreed that It, through Informal overtures
by the Capo Dutch leaders, tho Doers could
bo luduced to withdraw to tho northern
section of the Transvaal, leaving to Great
Drltain tho gold area nnd Pretoria, terms
not dlstlngulshnblo from Indcpcndeuco
might bo arranged with them. x
l'nicc on C IiiiiikciI Term.
Apparently It was to consider thin
scheme of ecttlemont that President Steyn
of tho Orange Freo State, Commandant
General Dotha, General Dewet and General
Delarey gathered December 10. It Is pos
sible therefore, that' pence may bo com
ing, but If It Id concluded It will bo under
terms different from unconditional sur
render or humiliation for tho Doors, for
which tho Jlugoes havo been shrieking.
King Edward, tt Is credibly asserted, has
expressed warm approval, of Pope Leo's
allocution against divorce. Tho king Is
wholly opposed to n retort to tho courts us
a solvent for matrimonial troubles. Do Is
convinced that It is far better for public
morality and society that ouch scnnduls
should be carefully smothered and says
that If married couples cannot ngrco thoy
should privately agree to disagree, making
ullowanco for each other's shortcomings. Ho
never loses an opportunity of putting this
rule In practice
Thcro aro today In London's "smartest"
fcocloty many who owe to bis counsel, In
somo cases to his command, tho fact that
In tho first flush of tholr disagreement thoy
did not rush to tho divorce court. Only labt
Sunday ut tho church parade lu Ilydo park
tho fashionable sot was necomlngly.cdlflcd,
tf surprised, to see a certain cavalry colonel,
who had turned homo from South Africa to
mako a young duko n co-respondent, walking
ou terms of apparently unaltered affection
with tho wife, to discard whom ho had set
all tho engines of tho law In motion. This
salutary turning of tho other cheek to the
smltcr wns duo to tho king's direct personal
Intervention.
KIiik'x VIim mul the I'opii'w.
Sir Samuel Scott's decision to refrain from
taking ndvautago of a recent decision ot
tho divorce court making his wlfo a co
respondent In tho Durnaby case Is also an
example of the king's handiwork. Perhaps
King Edward's morul viewpoint differs from
tho pope's, bul thoy nro allied In looking
upon dlvorco as an unmitigated social evil.
Tho peeresses' piteous petition to the
queen to reconstruct tho proposed corona
tion costume has been successful. Tho earl
marshal, the duko of Norfolk, has now as
sociated with htm In an advisory capacity
threo leading dressmakers In tho task of
modifying tho unbecoming features of tho
costume, designed on strictly traditional
lines by tho college of heralds.
Tho queen horself absolutely declined to
wear tho purple velvet dress and robe nr-
I rnuged for her. Tho king pleaded with her
i In vain. Her majesty contended that proce
, dent should bo followed only whoro tho re
sult Is attractive and sho would not don an
unbecoming color for fifty colleges of
heralds. Sho Intends to subatltuto a shada
ot dark blue.
Tho queen also definitely Informed tho
earl marbhal that the custom of anointing
the sovereign's facu with oil must be dis
pensed with In her caso. Sho will not havo
her face touched, much less oiled, by tho
j arohblshop of Canterbury or anybody elso.
. Tho queen Is determined on theso points,
She treats tho ndvlcn of evon tho highest
I officials, whoso duty It Is to discuss them
with her, with tho scantiest ceremouy,
WILL UNDERGO OPERATION
GciitTiil AIkit' I'll) nIcIiiiih Spcul; In
Hopeful i'ornm of Their
I'atlriit.
DETROIT, Dec. 21. Late tonight Dr. C.
O. Jennings, one of General It. A. Alger's
attending pbyalclanE, announced that Gen
eral Alger had had a restful day and that
an operation to relievo him ot bis trouble
would bo performed at 9 o'clock tomorrow.
Tho doctors cay there Is no cause for alarm
on tho pnrt of General Alger's friends, as
tho operation It not a serious one.
SENATOR SEWELL RESTS WELL
No Serious dinner nleil In t'unilt
tliui Nor ("nunc for
Aliirm.
CAMDEN. N. J Dec. 21. At 11:30 to
night Senator Sewoll was resting easily.
Thorn ban betn np perceptible chango :n
bin condition tluco early In tho day. His
physicians aay there Is no cause for alarm
unless tho senntor should bo attacked by
another slnklug spell.
CHAUNCEY DEPEW'S WEDDING
Nil ArriiiiKfiiient Uipectril Till the
Arrltnl of the (irooni
lllninclf. '
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NICE, France, Dec. 21. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) No ar
rangement is to be made for Senntor
Chnuncey Depew's wedding until ho arrl' ts
in Paris. It Is probable tho wedding party
will bo entertnlncd nt Nice, by Countess do
Scors (neo Nlven of Rochester), nnother
relntlve of tho senntor.
The Ithcrlu season gets later every year.
So far this winter there aro'moro Americans
hero than English, more" Russians than
either.
United States Consul Van Huron gavo his
first reception a few dayj ngo. It was
numclously attended, especially by officials
In the United States squadron at Vlllc
tranche. Flvo moro ships aro expected to Join
Chicago, Albany nnd Nashilllu somo time
lu Janunry. Nashville was useful In getting
off JnuicL Gordon Dennett's yacht Lyslstrata
when It went nshore last week.
Rear Admiral Cromwell IS expected back
nt Vlllcfrancho after his daughter's wed
ding. 7
At present there aro onlylhreo Amorlcan
yachts In port Eugent Hfgglns' Varuna,
Mr. Hinckley's Calantho and Mr. Emerson's
Margaret. The owner of tho last named
gavo n ponsnut matinee yesterday for the
officers of tho United States squadron. Tho
yacht was crowded all tho afternoon.
Mrs. W. S. Adnrason hnd .n largo crowd
at her first reception nt tho rrctory Monday.
Mrs. Ogden Goclct Is expected at Villa
St. Priest, Cannes, New Year's day. She
will Install herself later In (ho magnificent
Villa do Lunes. It was occupied last year
by Archduko Frederick of Austria.
WILLING TO HeIp", MARCONI
I'liiiiiilliui io eminent Slum I'rlcnill)
Spirit Tmvnril It'nllnn
Inventor.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Dec. 21.Flnnnco Mln
lfcter Fielding ot tho Dominion government
telegraphed to Marconi from' Ottawa today
offering him, In behalf of tho Canadian
cabinet, overy facility for eroding wireless
telegraphy stations on tho Nova Scotlan sea
board, making him moat encouraging propo
sitions, assuring him that thero is no ob
stacle In tho way of his carrying out his
experiments In Canadian territory nnd In
viting him to Ottawa to dlsctlss tho matter.
In consequenco of this proposal Mnrconl
will leuvo St. Johns for Ottawa tomorrow
night. Ho will meet at Montreal tho cap
italists who, through Governor iloylo, havo
offered him financial support lu his ventures.
LONDON, Dec. 21. Tho fall in tho sccurl
ties ot cublo companies,, which commenced
with tho announcement ot tho success ot
Marconi's experiments In having signals
transmitted across tho ocean by his wire
less system of telegraphy, has been contin
uous throughout tho week. Slnco December
14 Anglo-American preferred has dropped
Eevcu points and ordlnnry shares havo
dropped four points, while Eastern Tele
graph was a clojo second with n fall ot five
and one-half poluts.
Quite apart from tho Hpeculatlve'he.if
movement thero has been n real selling of
btock. Tho opposition of the Anglo-American
company to Marconi's experiments np
peara to havo increased tho apprehension
of tho shareholders of cable companies as
to tho probability ot serious competition in
the near future.
SITUATION BECOMES ACUTE
llrlfef Hint Chill mul Aruciitliic .tiny
Encounter Open IIon
tllltlri. IIUENOS AYRKS, Dec. 21. (Via Galvc
ton.) It appeared this evening that tho
Clhloan Incident, as the trouble between
Argentina and Chill Is referred to here, hai
unexpectedly assumed a moro serious as
pect. Tho feeling hero Is no longer optimistic.
It Is aeserted that If Chill does not change
Its exacting attltudo today a rupture bo
tweon tho two countries will occur.
Tho Nnclon, in on editorial artlclo today,
Inslats that tho present situation cannot
bo further prolonged nnd that any solution
Is preferable to tho existing uncertainty.'
It Is said that Senor Concha Subcrcas
eaux, tho Chilian minister here, has placed
beforo President Roca a project for a new
protocol, which Includes withdrawing tho
Argentine nnd Chilian otllclals from tho ter
ritory. According to tho local news agency, the
adoption of tho following plan, &ald to bt.
of Chilian origin, as a solution ot tho Ar-gontlno-Chlllan
problem Is being much dls
cussed First Tho acceptance of the clause In the
note concerning tho roads In the disputed
territory.
Second To submit to arbitration tho doc
ument relating to tho Ultima Esperanza
claims.
Third To submit to arbitration any di
vergence of opinion which may arlso In tho
future.
Fourth An agreement to limit tho ann
aments of tho two countries.
DEMAND UNDERGROUND WIRES
llrltUli Public DcHlrex' to Ilnvc All
TelKrnili mill Telephone Miii-k
Out of Itencli of Storm,
LONDON, Doc. 21. Tho breakdown of
England') telegraphic system, which Is still
in a stnto of soml-chaos as a result of the
recent storms, has produced a widespread
demand for underground wires. This sys
'cnt Is already In use between London and
Birmingham nnd is being extended north
ward. Tho postofllco authorities point to
the tremendous expense which will bo in
volved In changing from overhead to under
ground wires throughout tho United Klnc
dom, but those who are agitating for tho
chango maintain that tho losn caused by tho
recent storms would have gone far toward
defraying the outlay which tho postofllco
dreads. It Is estimated that Londou alono
lost 200,000 by tho broakdown of tho
telegraph wires, while the railroads calcu
late their loss from the same cause at
about 40.000. Another objection put for
ward by tho government Is thnt under
ground wires ure olower and harder to
work than overhead wires.
Though tho damage was Inflicted over a
week ngo the telegraphic and tolophonlc
communication between London and the
provinces U still incomplete, aud, In somo
Instances, U not yet restored.
Su)n li-Nli Should stny nt Home,
LONDON, Dec. 21. Patrick A. McHugh,
M. P.. speaking at n public meeting nt
Sllgo, drclnred that tho leston he hnd
learned from hl recent tour cf the United
States was simply thnt the Irish should
stay at home. "TIiIb," ho added. "Is ho
advice of one who has seen the dark as well
us tho bright tide of life In tho great
American cities,"
CENTERS ON IRELAND
folitlcal AtUatten f firaat Britain Tumi
Toward Dublin.
WYNDHAM WOULD COERCE UNITED LEAGUE
Pepilar Spirit ttirrid at in Falmiiit
Daji of Paraall.
P8VERTY-STRICKEN CONNAUGHT EXPOSED
lamira Rosiiig Bpetch to Ulittr
UaWaist Faram.
SAYS CRISIS WILL SHAKE ALL ERIN
Picture WeM uf Ireliinil un Niir-ilnit
(iron tut fur lt. ill ii 1 1 tin mul De
clare C'ntiiNtroplic liu.
IiciiiIh In Hint ItcKton.
(Copyright, 1001, by Press Publishing Co.)
DUUL1N. Dec. 21. (New York World Ca
blcgrum -Special Telegram.) Political at
tention Is unco more being centered In
Ireland, where Chief Secretary Wyndhnm Is
bringing nil the engines of coercion to
bear ngslnst the United Irish league.
Tho result of prosecuting Connor
O'Kclly, M. P., nnd other memberH has
been to give tho aglintlon a tremendous
Impetus, nnd tho return of Redmond. Mc
Hugh and O'Donnell from the United
StntcH, with glowing accounts of their
reception, has raised u popular spirit un
equaled slnco P.irnell'H palmiest day.
Redmond was escorted by a procession ot
30,000 nationalists from tho railway sta
tion to tho Dublin Mansion bouse, whero he
delivered a speech from tho steps, wel
coming tho resumption of coercion.
A scnthing exposuro of tho stuto affairs In
poverty-stricken Connaught, which tho llr.t
Ish government Is now Imprisoning Irish
members to maintain, hna been delivered bv
T. W. RiimoII, unionist member of Parlia
ment for South Tyrone, nnd secretnry of the
local government board In Lord Salisbury's
Inst administration. He refused ofllro In
tho present government because Salis
bury declined to pledge himself to reform
tho Irish land laws. In nddresslng n meet
ing of Ulster unionist farmers nt
Fermanagh, Wednesday, Mr. Russell said:
Approach of u OKI..
"No one familiar with Irish llfo could
fall to see that we aro once again approach
ing one of those crises which ever and anon
shako things to their very foundations in
Ireland. Tho west of Irclnnd Is n
frightful nursing ground for revolution nnd
today n catastropho Is Impending In that
region. Tho peoplo nro herded nnd hud
dled together like swtno upon small
patches ot land totally Incapable of main
taining life and out of which an economic
rent Is Impossible. Tho lives of theso
poplo nro hopolccs, long-drawn-out
records of misery. They are living In
houses llttlo better thnn Knfllr's kraals,
eating food in comparison with which tho
workhoilHo ration Is nftlucnco nnd luxury,
clothed as no peasantry In Kuropo Is
clothed. This Is not a fancy sketch.
"Thero Is another sldo of this shield.
Alongside this poverty-stricken area nro
great patches of the flnest grazing land In
tho country, onco tenanted, but now occu
pied by cattle and sheep. Theo lands havo
ail been cleared of human beings.
"These nre correct pictures of n great
part of tho west of Ireland nt the begin
ning of tho twentieth century, 100 yenrs
after Knglnnd assumed government of tho
country. It 1h a scandal and a sbamo to
think that this misery Is curable, that tho
poverty is remediable, that ono solution
of tho problem Is at our hands tho national
life of Ireland."
DECLARES TRUST DEAD ISSUE
(iillrle SI, SrliMiili JtuyN It H'iik Ih-
perl it I'ouuilcd on 311k.
conception.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. In a speech tonight
beforo tho Bankers' club Churles M.
Schwub, president of the United States
Steel corporation, declared that "tho trust
Is a dead business proposition, built on n
trinity that would wreck anything tho re
striction of trade, tho Incrcaso of prices
aud the throttling of competition."
In distinction from tho trust ho declared
that consolidation had for Ub guiding prin
ciples tho roverso of this trinity, that In
stead of restricting It expanded trade by
creating new avenues nnd reducing the
prices of commodities pioduccd. For par
ticulars no discussed tho United States
Steel corporation, pleading that It wns with
this consolidation that ho was most fa
miliar. "No ono," ho said, "has a clearer appre
ciation thnn myself of tho evil that lurked
In tho trust schomo. I say lurked ad
visedly, becauso tho trust Is a dead Issue
with which wo never will again bo troubled.
It wns an experiment and to that extent
served Its purpose, nut It was founded on
misconception and promoted along lines of
solf-destructlon."
Mr. Schwab gavo an account of the form
ation and workings of tho United States
Steol corporation, which, ho said, pays to
labor approximately $150,000,000 a year.
This Is equivalent to a mortgago debt of
3,00O,000,0OO upon tho property, which must
ho paid In advance of tho first mortgago
bonds.
Ho ndded' "I tim heartily In sympathy
with President Roosevelt when ho says that
all tho great combinations should bo given
publicity."
SHARP CRITICISM OF D0WIE
Attorney IteevcK ITiiiIn Olijcctlon In
I'll I III llcnlcr'n llimliipN
MrtliuilN,
CHICAGO, Dec. 1. "Dr." John Alexander
Dowio's business methods wero soverely
erlttclsed by Attorney Roeves In Judge
Tuloy's court today when tho closing ar
gument In tho suit for receivership of tho
Zlon Inco factory wns begun,
Attorney Reeves entered n plea for all
tho small Investors In tho 'Aon lacu Indus
trie!, and said that tho court should not
recognize that tho interests of Samuel Ste
venson, Dowio's brothor-ln-luw nnd legal
advorsary, and of "Dr." Dowio wcro tho
only equities at stake, hut should consider
all the numorous small shareholders In tho
concern, many of whom had Invested their
all In tho Institution.
Attorney Packard, for "Dr." Dowio, an
nounced to tho court that Stnvcnson prob
ably could FCt $50,000 of tho amount ho
clnlmed from Dowie if ho would make a
demand for a return of cash for tho sharei
Mrs. Stevenson held In tho Institution at
the time of hor death.
THE BEEBULLETIN.
Forrenst for Nebraska Partly Cloudy Sun
day and Mmday. Probably Colder In
Western Portion Sunda , Westerly
Winds.
Page.
I llppreolon n( loth cm III I'ulniiil.
IIiiuIiiiiiI'm African Hope-. ttele.
Irelanil stirred by Another Crlnl.
Hill CvpliiliiK Hiilltwiv Alerucr.
- WurUliiuiiicn ror McKlnley I'iiiiiI.
fl final lluniiri tu .to due Unborn.
U nialnu'., Hlcli I'lalluuiu Strike.
-I ('uhiin Iti'tUMil ut Hoot' Order.
Thirty Year I'uultltc fur .Murder.
Woiiiiiii'n ( lull mul harlt) Work,
ft Sllllllllm Out tin' Schley t)lpute.
ltoocelt Huh Miles Ccinnrcil.
II l,ut Week In Oiuuliu Society
chrankii State liar Voclattoa,
7 South Oiuuliit mill It Affnlr,
Dietrich un Voting Men' Chalice.
S t)ole Get Verdict of Hnlf Million
WcNtern lliic Hull mill It lilt ill.
I.lttle Girl' Aallaiit Sentenced.
I) (iirlNtuiiin Flat Noe I'rciloialnate.
Aiitlieiii lu (In 4 1 mil It it ( hurchc
Holiday Trade Ureal. Alt ItecoriU.
Santa ( Inn llurdeii l'otinaler.
to lie .Mul tie nun !miu Topic.
Omaha Win Lite lllril Shoot.
II IIiino Hull Ha liiulnuN nt Court.
Curler 1'read the lee Aunlu.
II Wnninni Her Wnj anil Whim.
I." .tniif incut mill .Mulcnl ,ote.
til ".Nn Other Wny," by Walter lteiint.
17 feature of Oiuuliu Public Library,
is Cilllorlul und t'oiiiiiieut.
III MeanliiK uf the ChrlMiiin Greeim.
i:. Itonowttcr un "The .Machine."
-ft ( 'ii ml 1 1 1 ii it of lliinliienN III Oiuuliu.
t'liuiiiierelnl mill I liuiuclal .Mutter.
T"iiiperiltllro ut Oiuuliu eterdayl
Hour. IIi'k, Hour. Den.
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CLERK ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
Located lu St. I'uiil by Letter Ail-
lrccil tu Mother-lii-Liitr
In Oiuuliu.
ST. PAUL, Mtnn.. Doc. 21. Frank II.
Goodson, who has been a clerk lu u St. Pnul
grocery store slnco last August, was ar
rested yesterday by Deputy .Marshal D.iuily
on n charge of embezzlement. Gondson wait
formerly postmaster at South I'nrk, a sub
urb of Seattle. His accounts woro checked
up last July and, it Is alleged, ho was found
to bo Hhort.
Goodbon Immediately left that part of the
country, but wab recently located through
letters he wrote to his mother-in-law at
Omaha. Goodson wiib arraigned beforo
United States Commissioner Spencer, who
Hxed ball at K, 000, In default ot which
Goodson wns committed to Jnll.
An order will bo obtained from Judge
Lochren to have Goodson sent to Seattle.
BANKER MUST STAND TRIAL
.1. 1. Stewart CtiurKi'il lth Mall Lnvr
Yloliilton In I'nof -ltuclni;'
Snbeim-.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 21. J. P. Stewart,
cashier of the Kxchnngc bank In Webb
City, Mo., who was Indicted with Bovernl
other persons for fraudulent ubo of tho
mails lu connection with a foot-racing
scheme, will havo to stand trial by a Jury
In tho federal court. His application for a
writ of habeas corpus, on tho ground thnt
the Indictment did not sufficiently stnto
nn offense against tho government, was do
nltd by Judge Phillips today. Slow-art
also denied thnt ho had nnythlng to do with
tho scheme, but It was hold that a question
of that character wns for a Jury to do
tormlno. FRED W. PETTIGREW SUCCUMBS
llrother uf I'ormei' Senator uf South
Dnhntn .cvcr Itnlllc tu (ilvo
. iliac of III Aallaut.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Dec. 21. Fred W.
Pcttlgrow, brother of Senator Pettlgrow,
died tonight of Injuries sustained two weeks
ngo tonight, when he Is supposed to have
been ruu oier by a team driven by nn In
toxicated driver.
For two weeks ho hovered between llfo
nnd death, never recovering consciousness
to tell of the caii8o of his mishap. Former
Senator Pcttlgrow left Salt Lako City this
morning enrouto to IiIh dying brother's
bedside.
DEATH AT CHRISTMAS TREE
Chilli It II led by Tire and Audlcncc
Slaiapeile to' f,.
en pe.
ATCHISON. Dec. 21. During the Christ
mas exercises at tho Lincoln school, col
orrd, hiU evening llttlo Prlscllla Klrford's
clothing caught flro from tho cnndlos on a
Christmas tree and tho child was burned to
death. Tho audience stampoded In panic
nnd no effort was mndo to help tho child.
SENTENCED 'TO BE HANGED
Dr. Giirtrcll, former .MIIourl I.ck
lNlntnr, 1 Denied Second
Trial.
I1UTLKR, Mo., Dec. 21. Dr. J. L. Gar
trell, former stato legislator and sheriff
nnd 'ho wns convicted of murder In tho
first degree lor killing n Colorado miner
named Donognn, wbb refused n new trial
today and sentenced by Judgo Graves to
bo hansed Fobruary 13, 1902.
ARGENTINE RECALLS AGENT
LciiicN A (fair m Sautlaxo lu ChurKo
uf I. cunt Ion Secre.
tnry.
VALPARAISO, Dec. 21. Tho Argentine
govornmcnt has recalled Its representation
at Santlngo do Chill, leaving tho legation
In rhnrgo of tho secretary. Diplomatic
relations botwecn tho two countries huvo
not yot been broken off.
.Mu emeiit lit Ocean Veel, Dee. -I.
At Now York Arrived: Philadelphia,
from .Southampton; Phoenicia, from Ham
burg. Sutltd: McHiiba, fur I-onilon; Am
sterdam, for Rotterdam: I-:t rutin, for Liver
pool; Miirqiiotte, for Ixindon; Pretoria, for
Hamburg, via Plymouth, und Cherbourg.
At Ilullfax Arrived: Parisian, from
Liverpool.
At Hamburg Arrived: 1'alall.i, from
New York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Lucnnln, from
New York. .Sailed: Tuurlcn nnd I'mbrla,
for New York.
At Genoa Arrived: Aler, from Now
York.
At Naples Arrived: Yung Tse, from
Scuttle, vl.i lliogete, for London nnd Ant
werp At Hong Kong Arrived: Victoria, from
Taccma li Yokohama
At tiii-rbourg HaliMl, St. Paul, for
South, r-'iton nnd New York
At H.ii rc-Sullvdi Lu. C'ampagno, tor
New York.
TELLS OF MERGER
Pr!dat J. J. Hill .f Gnat Nortkira
Liiciiiti Hailreni Dial.
HIS VERSION OF SECURITIES COMPANY
Qui IiU Dttaili f Qrsat BattU Afaiut
Uniti Faeiiii
NEW PLAN CONSERVES OLD STOCK
PriTiati Iitirtita fraru Bsing ScatUndin
Aij Way.
SAYS INTENT IS TO REDUCE BATES
.( t'liiiMilliliitluii uf .Northern I'aclllo
nuil Grunt .Northern Intended
ProniLc 1'iihllu Will lie
the Gnliicr,
ST. PAUL, Dec. 21. President J. J. Hill
of the Great Northern railway and ot tho
ricently orguulzed Northern Securities
cumruuy this uflernoon gavo tho following
Btntemeut to tho Associated Press:
"I hnvo been absent from Minnesota moro
than two month and during that time
there has arisen a wldo discussion through
out tho statu of what bus been generally
called consolidation or a merger of tho
Northern Paiille and Great Northern rull
ways und lu this discussion statements havo
been mndo which uio so widely different
from tho factH that 1 feel called upon to
make a conservative statement of Just what
1ms been done lu tho past and what will ho
dune lu tho futuro.
"When tho Northern Pnellle failed and
the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co.
reorganized it mself and friends word
holders of u largo amount of thnt company's
securities. After tho reorganization was
completed we bought about 2(j,t)UO,000 of
Northern PocMc Block, both common and
preferred. Somo of this stock was after
ward sold, hut a largo nmount has been
hold from that tlmo to tho present.
I ii Ion 1'iiclllc llii) Intercut.
"About a year ngo tho Union Paclllc com
pany bought tho Huntington nnd other In
terests in tho Northern Pacific nnd at tho
samu tlmo mndo nn effort to get control ol
tho Chicago, Ilurllngtun & Qulucy.
"With these linen lu tho hands of tho
Union Pacific tut crest h both tho Northern
Pacltio and the Great Northern would bu
largely shut out ot tho slates of Nebraska,
KaiiBus, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, Illi
nois and Wisconsin, except by using other
lines of inllwny, somo of which wero lu tho
market for Balo ami might at any tlmo pns.t
under tho control of or bo combined with
tho Union Paclllc tuterosts. Wo thou, with
tho Northern Paclllc, mado proposal to
tho directors of tho Uurllnston to buy their
entlro rroporly.
"When thin transaction vvau about holnf
closed tho peoplo who represented tho
Union Pacific company nnd who had pro
viously tried to buy tho Ilurllnglon nsl-.cd
to bo allowed to sham with us lu tho pur
chase of that company. This proposal wo
refused for tho reason that It would defeat
our object lu buying the Ilurllngton and
further It was against tho law of several of
tho states In wnlch tho longest mlleugo of
tho Ilurllngton was located.
F.ndfiivor to Shut Out .Northern Line,
"At that time, ngalnst tho opposition of
tho most southern lines, both tho Great
Northern nnd Northern Pnclllc had put into
effect a low colonization rnto and wcro car
rying dally thousands of peoplo Into tho
northwest, mauy of whom wero coming from
Kansas and Nebraska along tho Ilnca of
tho Unlou Paclllc. This movement wna at
ItH height in tho mouth of April nnd after
wo had closed tho deal for tho Ilurllngton
the Union Pnclflo undertook tho boldest ef
fort that ever wan mado In this country and
bought over CO.000,000 of the Block of the
Northern Paclllc In tho markets of Duropu
and tho United Slates.
"I was in New York nt tho tlmo and
after Messrs. Morgan & Co. were nwnro of
tho action of tho Unlou Pacific peoplo It
was found that together wo held about 2C,
600.000 of Northern Pacific common
stock nnd inasmuch as tho common stock,
by right of n contract mado with tho pre
ferred BtockholderH when tho company waa
reorganized and tho stock Issued, had tho
prlvilego ot phylng off tho preferred stock
nt par on January 1 of any year until
PJl", Messrs. Morgan A; Co. then bought In
London and New York nbout 16.O0O.O0U
of tho common stock of tho Northern
Pacific, ut tho same tlmo tho Union Pacific
Interests, having already bo largo an In
vestment, bid the Block up until there wits
the largoHt slock corner over known. The
common Htock In threo or four days went
up to $1,000 per tdinrc.
Olicm Seven iillle till! Cnt of Share
"I explained to my friends how that, with
control of tho Northern Pacific, the Union
Pacific would control tho entlro northwest
nnd of tho i'03t from Mexico to tho Cana
dian line, oxeept for tho Groat Northern.
So great was tho effort to get this control
that ono of my friends In London, who
owned 2,000,000 shares of Northern Pacific
common, wab offered nnd refused JH, 000,000
for his Btock. Tho result was that Messrs
Morgan & Co. nnd ourselves owned 12,000,
000 out of 80.000,000 of tho Northern Ph
elllc common, with tho privilege of paying
off thu $75,000,000 of Northern Pacific pru
ferred, "Tim t'nlon Pnclllc people owned 37,
000,000 of tho common nnd nbout 42,000,-
000 of tho preferred, which was a clear ma
jority of all tho Htock of thu Northern Pa
cific, and claimed tho exclusive control of
tho Northern Pacific railway und through
that ownership a control of one-half of the
Durllngion.
"When It was known that theso preferred
sharcH could und would bo paid off and be
foro tho annual election mutual negotiations
resulted in Mr. Morgan giving them a rep
resentative In tho Northern Pacific hoard.
At tho same time I was elected a member
of the Northern Pnclllc board. When I was
ndvtred of my elcctlou 1 notified them that
1 could not legally uct ns a director of the
Northern PnclflV and Great Northern at
tho tamo tlmo Vind I resigned nftor thu
first meeting of tfo hoard.
('oinlilne to rn'.tecl Their IntcrcM.
"Several of tho gVntlemen who havo lotu;
boon Interested In too Great Northern rail
way and Its prodecesVor, tho St. Paul, Min
neapolis & Manitoba, Vuil always hovo hern
among tho largest shnMimldcr. but not tho
holders of a majority of lis stock, wlum
ages nro from 70 to ScXyeniM. havo deHlred
to combine their Individual holdings in
corporate form and in thKt wuy bi-ouio per
maucnt protection for tliflr Interest!! nnd
a continuation of tho policy und munngo
ment which has done mi much for tho de
velopment ot thu northwest and t& on-
