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Bee. ESTABLISHED JUKE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 0, 1902-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPr FIVE CENTS. The Omaha Daily BILL TO ANNEX CUBA Vmivi frsridM Usioa Tint ft Tarritsrj, Thn as cttata. INTRODUCED BY NEWLANDS OF NEVADA Attaw sf Bo!ttis Undf ITaion Hawaii Wu Anotxad, ADVOCATES ABSOLUTE. POLI 'REEtOM i Ultimata Plan ii to -top Itit, Oaa Itst. 6iu rAVortt reduction of sugar tar.. )lee.niiends Twenty-Flee Per Ceet DcrH la Consideration ' ef , Preferential Bates te lotted Statea. WABHINGTOtf. Fb. 8. Reprentttv Nwlnd of Nevada, of th waye and meanit aomnilttee, who vu the author of the reso lution annexing Hawaii, today Introduced a Joint resolution, Inviting the republic ot Cuba to become a part of the United 8tatea, first aa a territory and then aa a itate of the cnlon, to be called the state of Cuba, also authorising a 55 per cent reduction of duty on the present crop of Cuban sugar. In consideration of Cuba'a granting preferen tial rates to the United etatea. The reso lutions confine the IS per cent reduction of duties to the period prior to January 1. 1901. The provisions aa to annexation are as follows: In the meantime the republlo of Cuba I; Invited to bcoin a part of the United States of America, and her people to be come citizens of the United State, with th aiiranr that Cuba will be entitled at first to a territorial form of government under the constitution and laws of the Vnited States, with a delegate In congress to represent her people, and that ultimate Statehood will be granted, when. In the Judgment of congress, it la advisable to Ami fitfett Inr.fiii1tnr -tich nthar West I Indies belonging to the United States as may be deemed advisable, as a single elate in the union, to be called the state of Cuba. Cabaaa Apparently Willing. Mr. Newlands, in explanation of bis res gdutlon, said: All those who have appeared to voire . Cuba'a newts and requirements have Indl- cated that an Invitation to Cuba of annex ation would be accepted. Annexation by force would not be Justi fied. It must be accomplished, if at all, by the free act of the 'Juban people. At present there is no machinery In Cuba by which the popular will ran be teated, but the Cuban constitution haa been adopted. ' The Cuban congress will meet In Feb ruary, a Cuban government will be or- Iranlsed and the United States will then eave the government and control of the inland to Its people. Cuba then will be In a position to express her will, and It is only necessary to tide over the present emergency by a temporary measure, such as I have Introduced, reducing the duty on Cuban sugar one-fourth for one year and Inviting Cuba to become a part . ot the United Slates under a territorial form of government, under the constitution, her people to be cltlsens, not subjects, with the ultimate result of statehood. Will Get Political freedom. In coming into our political union Cuba of freedom and with It a large market for Varied products. Thoee products will not threaten our sugar Industry so seriously as they would under reciprocal trade rela tions, fo:- the re anon that the restricted labor laws of this country. will apply and will raise the cost of production to auch an extent as to prevent overstimulation of her Industries, while her supplies will he bought In the high protected markets of this coun try. Instead of the cheap markets ot the world. I much prefer political union, for that Involves the beet kind of commercial union that can be eatabllnhed between the two countries. Such annexation Is entirely In line with the traditional policy of the country. When the time for statehood comes Cuba, Porto Rico and other West Inc.lan Islands in our posseoslon can be Incorporated Into the union as one state, thus doing away with the danger of over-representation In the senate. . NOT REVIVAL OF FORCE BILL Congressman Crsmsseker Esplaias the Messing ef His Reso latlaa. y WASHINGTON, Feb. . Repreaentatlva fcrumpacker of Indiana, author of the reso lution presented to tha republican caucua Monday night and to be further considered at a cauoua next Monday night, authorises the following statement as to the general purposes of tha movement to correct any Impression that it ta la tha nature of a force bill;" "Tha resolution submitted to tha caucus was designed to secure a full and thorough Investigation of tha suffrage queatlon. not only in the south, but In all the statea that have imposed material restrictions upon manhood suffrage. There Is a general be lief that a number of atatea have dis franchised a large portion of their cttlseiis; - that the colored population, by tha opera tion of state laws, la entirely eliminated as a political quantity, and yet It counta tn apportioning representation among tha atstes. It la the general belief that tha southern states have at leaa thirty-live representetlvea in the house and tha alec toral college resting upon a fictitious basis. If thla be found to be true In fact, and representation be reduced accordingly aa the constitution Imperatively requires. It would go a long way toward settling tha race question. Such a method would have none of the characteristics ot a tores bill. It would require no force for Its execution, Disfranchisement would suffer a reduction t political power, which they could regain by educating their cltliena and admitting thsm to tha privilege of the ballot. Tha Whole queatlon would rest with those statea. "But the caucus is asked simply to au thorlie a thorough Investigation of the whole question through a congressional committee specially appointed and equipped tor that purpose, and when tha facta aa they really exlat are laid before congress and tha country auch action may then be taken as the situation requires." CLEQ IS ON THE INCREASE Show Enormea Galas la Pla.ts and Capital la Last De cade. WASHINGTON, Feb. I. Th census bu reaii baa Issued aa advance bulletin on the Saaaufetur of oleomargarine la the United States. It shows that the number of etab Ilstmeuts Increased from twelve to twenty (our between 1810 and 1900, with a total capital Investsd ot t3.0S3.e48, aa lncressi o IT per cent. Other items given axe: Wage earners. 1.085 ; Increase, 311 per cent. Total wages. 34.lt: lacrosse. 348 per cent. Miscellaneous expenses. 83.48$. 1(4; Increase, 846 par cent. CojI of aa terlals used, 8T,83,601; Increase. 3-1 er cent. Value ot the pioducts. 111. OSS.. 25 increase, 318 per cent. Olsomsrgirlne man vfactured as a by-product by slaughtering and aasat pecking establishments is not lV tiuOsd, la Ubst aiatUUoa, RHEA LOSES SEAT IN HOUSE Denneerat from Kentucky Is to De Sareceded by Republican Contestant. WASHINGTON, Feb. S. House election committee No. 1 today decided the con tested election case of McKenile Moss against Representative Rbea (dem.) ot Ken tucky for the seat ot the Third Kentucky district In favor ot the contestant, recom mending the unseating ot Mr. Rhea. The vote was on party lines, the democrats voting against unseating their colleague. The contest Is one involving alleged elec tion Irregularities. The petition of members of the house ot representatives addrossed to the ways and means committee asking that no legislation on Cuba be framed which shall Injuriously Xffect American industries has now reached ventjr-flve signatures, mainly of repub- members. The members of the Mich- delegation whose constituencies em t -arge business Industries first circu lar v. the petition and within the laat few days Representative W. A. Smith of Mich igan has had the matter In hand, with the result of bringing the aignaturea up to the total stated. ' Representative McCall and other mem bers of tha waya and means committee have received letters from General Wood, mili tary governor of Cuba, similar Is general character to those seat senators and point ing out the dealrabllty cf granting conces sions to Cuba. The letters to ways and means committee members art typewritten duplicates and set forth in substanc the views General Wood has expressed la in terviews. Tie ways and means ccmmlttee gave a hearing today to ex-Secretary John O. Car lisle In support of tha measure to re fund the duties and accumulated interest paid on Porto Rico imports and exports during the transition stage preceding the Foraker act. The -ilalms aggregate about ,400.000. The legislative, Judicial and executive appropriation bill, carrying the appropria tions for numerous branches of the gov ernment service, was completed today by the house committee on appropriations. It carries $25,198,'jS9. or about $500,000 below the estimates. In the Item increas ing specific salaries, "S6 such increases are on account of rural free delivery. It is proposed In the bill to continue for an other year the temporary force of employes now In the Tressury. War and Postottlce departments whose services are necessary because of increased work inctdent to the war with Spain. The Oklahoma appropriations have a Urn Itatlon against the removal of the capital or contracting for a capltol building. The anti-anarchist bill, which will be reported to the house in a day or two, con tains one feature not heretofore alluded to. This is a provision giving to foreign ambassadors and ministers accredited to Washlngt6n protection against assaulta and punishing, with death, any such assault which results in the death of a foreign ambassador or minister. ' DANIELS CASE IN BALANCE He Mast gatlsfy President that His "' Record Is Clear of Int- ' , ' wrlaonateat. WASHINGTON, Feb. &. Ia the executive aeaslon of tha aerate today the decision ot the nomination of Ben Daniels to be mar she.! of tho territory ot Arizona was con tinued. Senator Hoar, as chairman of the committee on Judiciary, which reported favorably on the nomination, explained that Daniels' commission had already been issued, rendering it Impracticable to con aider Senator Teller'a proposition to re consider the rote. Further report was made to the ef feet that the president had begun an ex aminatlon of the cass on bla own respond blllty, by wiring to Cheyenne for partlcu lars concerning the man who was imprts oned there and who Is suppoaed to have been Daniels and by telegraphing to Dan tela himself, instructing him not to enter on the discharge of his dutiea until the charges made could be Investigated. was stated that there waa some doubt as to the Identity ot Daniels with tha Wy omlng convict. With these explanations the matter waa dropped for the time. Senators generally express the opinion that It the chargea prove to bo true Daniels will be discharged from office. . , Wyoming- Thlaks It Another Daalels, CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 5. (Special Telegram.) No such person as Benjamin F. Daniels ever served in the Wyoming pent tentlsry, , but a man named Benjaml Danlols, with no middle initial, spent three and a half years there. Benjamin Daniels waa convicted of steal tng goreroment property at Fort Rusiel In 1871 and was sentenced to two years at bard labor. He appealed his cass to th territorial supreme court and was grsnted a new trial. He had been Indicted on two counta and the second trial resulted tn con vlctlon. He wss sentenced to three and half years by Judge J. 8. Seaner. Judge Melville C. Brown, now Judge ot the district ot Alaska, waa United States attorney here at that time. Danlela entered the penitentiary on June It. 1(80, and was released ia August, 1883. He left the state and went to Nsw Mexico. Nothing haa been heard of him since that time. It la tha opinion here that the Ben Jamla Danlela appointed marshal ot Arl- tona Is not the Benjamin Daniels that aerved time In the Wyoming penitentiary. ' CARRIES OUT SHAW'S THEORY Bill latrodaeed la Hans ReapectlnaT Depoalt of Sarpla Govern ment rnnda. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Repreaentatlva Pugsley of Nsw Yora. a member of the house banking and currency committee, to day introduced a till on the general lines of Secretary Shr.w's letters respecting the deposit ot surplus government funds under certain conditions with national banks. The bill taveeta the secretary with wide discretion in the deposit or recall of the treasury funds, but authorizes him to maks deposits with national banks' having not loss than 1100,000 capital and surplus ot 1100,000-of suh portion of the surplus treas ury funds above 350,000.000 as may aeeni proper to prevent abarrpllon ot money la the federal treasury. No oie beak ia to receive deposits of more thsa 60 per cent ot its combined cap ital and Its surplus. Unless United States bonds are deposited as securities the banks shall pay Interest oa government deposits of sot less than 3 per cent per annum. These deposits ar made a first Ilea on bank assets. The bill specially vovldss tlist it shall mot affect exUting depositories. The author ot the bill estimates that under it the gov ernment surplus would bs deposited with 80S bank, instead ef th comparatively snail number aow entitled to told govern- LEASE OF GRAZING LANDS Bouts DaktU Iaditnt Sk ta Bealrain Actiai sf OorarsmaiU i OMAHA MAN MADE A MESSENGER I Ernest DJareea Appointed oa ear's Committee Congressman Fowler Starts for Lincoln. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. (Special Tele gram.) Papera were aerved today on Sec retary Hitchcock and Indian Commissioner Jones by tha supreme court of the District of Columbia asking them to show causa why they should not be restrained from approving certain leases for Indian grat ing lands in South Dakota. Hearing In the case will be held February 13. The offi cials express the belief that no injunction will be Issued by the court. They assert that they have acted in accordance with the law and that the objection ot the pres ent plan of leasing lands at Standing Rock cornea only from a amall minority of tha band. It la stated that the Indians at this agency, in council assembled, approved the leasing proposition, and that the objectora were heard from only after bids were called by advertisement In tha newspapers Indian Commissioner Jonea bad another bearing before the senate committee last night. The South Dakota delegation Is not united in opposition to the leasing of Indian grazing lands in that state. Sen ator Klttredge aald today that he advo cated the leasing ot lands, but that some changes might well be made in tha dls trtcts as marked out by the officials. Rep reaentatlve Burka is opposed to the prin ciple. He says it will delay the opening of Indian lands in the state and thus re tard its full and complete development. Omaha Men Made Messenger. Through the influence of Senator Mil lard. Ernest Djureen of Omaha wan today appointed messenger to Senator Quay' committee on organization, conduct and expenditures ot the executive departmenta. Mr. jureen lor tne past two years been employed in the folding room of the nouse ot representative. Representative Fowler of New Jersey, chairman of the committee on DanKing ana currency of the house, and Congressman Burkett win leave Monday tor uncoin, wnere congressman rowier wu aenver an address at the annual dinner of the Young Men'a Republican club the evening ot Lin- com a birthday. Congreesman Bhallenberger bin for tne relief of George R. Chlery, and Repre- I sehtatlve Stark' bill for the relief ot John Fisher were reported favorably today. , There is hardly a national bank in N- braaka or Iowa but haa written letter to l congressmen .from the several districts I urging that the tax be taken off the capital stock ot .banks, and these requests and petitions are becoming ao numerous that the congressmen find it almost impossible to answer all questions regarding thla mat ter. . .'. The decision ot the way and mesne com mlUee. t reduce ta wacrvouw-laeiwo 4 the reduction ot the tax on the capital atock ot bank roid.lt ia: believed this measure will have a large majority when It cornea before the house for final action. . I ..... . HOI.C .1 .-rn.. Concressmaa 8tark today filed a brief setting forth the advantages that would accrue if a public building should be erected at York, NeD. Mr. stark nas introduced a hill rarrvlnv an annrnnrlatlon of 175.000 tor a building at that plac and Is receiv ing substantial backing from Postmaster T. E. Sedgwick and other business men. Senator Millard today recommended the appointment of Henry M. Walker to be postmaster at St. Michael, Buffalo county. L. D. Richards, accompanied by Senator Millard, called on the supervising archl- tect of the Treasury department In relation to a lock which he desire the department to accept. The expert of the department. It la understood, thinks favorably of tha lock, and ha asked for another conference with Mr. Richards tomorrow. "Incidentally, tho Fremont postmsster ship was discussed," ssld Senator Millard, but so far as I have any knowledge, thlnga are In about the same condition they were week ago, and w ara no nearer a aolutlon of the difficulty." John Steen. formerly of Wahoo, who Is now Interested tn a land syndicate ia Texaa, has written friends ot bis In Washington asking for their help to secure him tb poatmastersblp at Geraldlne, a new office which it is desired to establish. Hearing; ea Bowersock Bill. Th house committee on publlo lands. ot which Major Lacey of Iowa la chair man, gave a hearing tsday to F. C. Lusk, chairman of the cattlemen's association, sod John P. Irish, who appeared before the commltUv. in advocacy of tho Bowersock bill to authorize the leaelcg of Indian lands. While they were accorded close at tention, it is pretty generally known that the committee doea not favor the meas ure. Its chances lor favorable action are extremely small, and th same fate Is ex pected tor Senator Millard's bill, which he introduced by request at the Instance of th big cattle syndicates of tha west. A delegation of six Rosebud Indiana la her to appear before th secretary ot tha interior on matters pertaining to that de- partment. , Personals and Departmeat Note, A rural free delivery route will be es tablished March 1 at Grime, Polk county, Ia., with Stella Butler aa carrier. The area covered 1 thirty aquar mile and th population la 650. Th postoffic at Rldgedale will be discontinued and mall ssnt to Grime. Postmaster appointed Iowa Winnie De'Haan, Chlaholm, Mon roe county; L. W. Nelson, Glendon, Guth rl county. South Dakota E. P. Zunke), Wltteoburg, Hutchinson county, Adam Breeds of Hastings, editor of the Hastings Trlbuns, Is in Washington. Mrs. T. B. McArtlon ot Sioux Falls is in Washington. Congressman Thomas of tba Bloux City district today aald he expected to decide th Sioux City postmastershlp within a few daya. There are three candidates for the place. the present postmaster. Mr. Helzer. lormeriy or tae bioux my journal, neing one of them. W. H. Green was confirmed today a re ceiver of ths land olllc at Lincoln. Aa aoon aa hi bond ha been approved hi commie- ion will be forwarded. Keen Children la Paelerlee. COLUMBIA, 8. C. Feb. 8. The house of reprmentauvea or mis state tndav killed the Mil to lirohtbit little rhlMre'n from working In the cotton factories of this state. Tn vote was M to bz. Had all the memtwrs ben present and voted It Is ,ln, tha rhliuaa alona maa nnt tn h clalmod that it would have pa-erd by one I cnines alone waa not to tba vvte, Th ae&ato p-saed It but. y-, publta latrU dutch puzzle Salisbury Netherlands' Rat Is aa Enigma ta tha Venerable British Premier. LONDON, Feb. 5". Lord (Salisbury, tha Pr'mler unveiled a iire-sizea statue oi id late queen at th Constitutional club to night. Bpeaklng at a dinner after tha unveiling the premier referred to tha recent Dutch note In a tone, for him, of unusual flippancy. Ha said that doubtless some of hi audi tors thought It but a trick to catch a cabinet Minister and extract from him soma In formation concerning that abortive crisis which had lately filled columns In the news papers. He doubted, however. If they would extract much. For 'himself, he waa un able to Imagine the object ot the Dutch, for whose friendly feelings he had the greatest admiration, but he could not see the pre cise object they hoped to gain by thla curi ous step. There is no longer any question of sen tlment," continued Ixird Salisbury. "We have entered upon a matter ot business which we must push through. Whst ws are now seeking Is security. Any peace which recognizes fully tha rights of the sovereign and given us. security for the em pire we should accept, not only -with will ingness, but with delight. It I useless to tell us to behhve o as to leave a pleasant recollection in the minds ot those with whom we are fighting. ' The only result that can compensate for the sacrifice of blood and treasure is that for the future there ahall be security In that part' fff the empire on which the ambition ot Mr. Kruger has poured ths abundance ot sorrow and deso lation." v IMPERIAL YACHT ON THE WAY Hohensollera Lands at St. Thomas aad Will goo a Head for New . York. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Feb. 8. The Oer man imperial yacht Hohensollera, which left Kiel January 18 and touched at Gibral tar Januarv SI. arrived hers this mornlnc, Aamlral Count von Baudlssln. commander, .... hmtd thft .eh, ,tld thttt Hohenzollern bad had an uausut lly fine -oyago through the North sea over ibe bay 0f Blscar and tha Atlantic, and that no In- cident of importance occurreJ. Uohenzol- ier .111 teiiv. aoon for Bermuda. At Ber mua- .v. vht wir. coM and remain one daT n)1 a hif.- it will then leave tor New York and hopc,:to mRe the run from Ber- muda to tnat port , fort ho1T; - it may awaIt flBe wealBr at Bermuda. Admirsl Von Riudlssln exoressed -lees ur, at nlg approaching visit to the United Statea. Hohenzollern la a ,Jcagntficnt boat. It rooms are flniihed In bird's -eye maple and r0gewood and are beautifully papered and decorated wi;.n quantities of picture, pho- tograph and sketches collected during the tours made by Fmperor Wlliiath. ' i : : CAPTURE ' DEWET'S LAST GUN Paanoas Boer- Commander la Now En tirely Wltbont Artillery . of Ay Kind. .'':.' 'v XONDON, Feb. B. Thji rlttsh iwmtit of aeaarewet haa been Vueestt. 1 he i extent mat ni tasi gun nas oen captured, I and Commandant wesseis, one ot his prln clpal lieutenant. -nes Deen routed- .Lord Kitchener sent the news la a dispatch from I Pretoria, dated Thursday, February 4, aa follow: ' Bvlnar's column, while proceeding toward I Uebenburgvlei, after a night s march,- at- 5 enemy 'ider Commandant Wesseis. i We captured a nrteen-pounder and a pom- pom, taken from lrman s column, and also a Boer pompom was the last gun Dewet had, and three wagons of ammuni tion. 150 hnraes snJ 100 mules. The Boer casualties were five men killed, alx wounded and twenty-seven captured. Among tne Kiuen was a neia cornet. Wesseis. .Among the prisoners Is Captain Muller or the Btaata srtiliery. The enemy was ocattered. Our casualties were slight. The natlonaJ scouts, near Mlddleburg (Cape Colony), captured thirteen prisoners. riumrr, nrar AiiiriBiwn ii munvaai captured seven prisoners and 600 head of cattle. General Gilbert Hamilton captured tmrty two prisoners. CONGER GIVES A BANQUET Minister ta China Tender Luncheon to Hnjor Robertson Prior to HI Deparlare. PEKIN. Feb. 5. Major E. B. Robertaon 1 0f th Seventh infantry started today for I Manila, and Captain Andrew Bromster ot the same regiment assumed command ot the United Statea legation guard. Many foreign military men. Including Japanese and British officers, bade the major fare well. An American guard of honor waa mounted at the railroad station. The United States minister, Mr. Conger, previous to Major Robertson' departure gave a luncheon In hi honor. It waa at tended by all the American offlrlala and their families. fcYBIL SANDERSON IN COURT Say She Intended ta Walt Tan Years Before Paying for Silk. I PARIS, Feb. 6. Th civil court todsy heard tha caae of a Parisian lace manufac turer .calnst Mlas Sybil Sanderson for 18. I m franca tor lace purchased In 1899 The I defense ot Miss Sanderson was that shs had been promised' all the time she wanted to pay this amount, and as her income was only 60,000 franca she wsnted ten years. The defendsnt declared the prlcea on th lace to be exorbitant. The court will ren der Judgment next week. LIBERTADOR APPEARS AGAIN Revelattoalals' Steamer fteported Sank la Claimed ta Still Be la Active Servleo. WILLEM8TAD. Island of Curacoa, Feb. t -According to trustworthy Information re celved - here today the Venezuelan revolu tionist steamer Llbertador waa at Sabaollla January 31 and was to have left there Feb ruary 1, la order to renew It operations u&lnat th force of th Venezuelan aov urnment. Thl seems to contradict tha r- port received at Colon that Llbertador waa at Porto Colombia recently, while nn- aergolng repairs, by a Venezuelan gun- l boat, Preacher Opnoaea Chinese Act. WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. Rev. 8. L. Bald win of New York, secretary of the Mission ary society of ths Methodist Episcopal church, was heard by the house committee on foreign affslrs today In opposition to ths Mltcbell-Kahn bill for Chines axcluslon. He took th position that general restric tions oa Immigrants kl'ould govern all na tionalities dike and that discrimination basmobbKrs kill sheriff Sheet OuW W Boldly AtUmpta U Iittf pt Their Flight. ESCAPE WITH TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS Governor at Arkansas Offers five Taenaaad Dollar Reward aad Bankers' Aeeoelatloa Adda ta the Amoaat. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Feb. E. The town of Clarksvllle, Johnson county, is greatly excited over a bold and successful bank robbery which occurred about 8 o'clock this morning. Sheriff John H. Power waa shot and killed by tha robbers. The exact amount secured by the thieves is not known, but tt Is supposed to be between 11.000 and $2,000. Sheriff Powers, who roomed in a building adjoining that of the Bank of Clarksvllle, was awakened shortly before 3 o'clock by a terrific explosion In the bank. Seizing a pistol In each hand he rushed to the bank. The robbers, who numbered Bra or six, were evidently prepsred for him, aa they opened fire the moment ha appeared. The officer was wounded at the first volley, but he stood his ground and returned the fire, sending 1 lf a dozen bullet at the robbers. The wor Z sheriff managed to get back to bis root where he died within twenty min utes, .hen hastily aroused citizens began arriving at the scene Sheriff Powers was desd and tba robber had vanished. The Interior of the bank presented a wrecked appearance, the men having used dynamite to break open the vault dior. Thny had aeveral men stsndlng guard outside -the bank. They were armed with Winchester and had apparently anticipated Interfer ence from tb sheriff, as they must, have known of his presence nearby. A trail of blood leading from tha bank Indicates that Powera injured one or mors of the robbers. He was shot three times himself and any one ot the wounds would have proved fatal. Governor Davis tonight offered a reward of 85,000 for the arrest and conviction ot the bank robbers and the Arkansas Bankers' association offered a reward of 8500. A vigorous search is being made for the tugl Uvea. Sheriff Powers was one of the best known officers in Arkansas. He had been sheriff of Johnson county for twelve years. He had the reputation of being brave and fearless and had run down many criminals. Clarksvllle is fifty miles east of Fort Smith, on the Little Rock as Fort Smith railway. It ia thought the robbers escaped into the mountain fastneates of Newton county, where there ara neither railroad nor telegraph facilities. ROB BANK AND HOLD UP PAYCAR i ' an nl Ontlaws Tell Raathaus ( Their Deed aad Leave for Ben desvoaa. - V emmmmp DENVER, Feb. 5. A special to th News from Capten, N. M.. aayg that armed men red to th Block ranch, ftfleen mtlea north of that nlae. last evening and after forcibly mounts, rod rapidly toward lb Mexican line. The, leader of tba gang Informed the ranchmen that they had robbed a bank at Santa Rosa. N. M.. and held up th paycar of Goods st Co., railroad contractors, near that place a few day ago. Tha authorities were notified of the matter and a) large posse started on the trail of the outlaw. URGES NEW FOREST RESERVE Report of Senate Committee Recom mend the Establishment ef Appalachian Park. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. Senator Prlt chard, from the committee on forest reser vatlons, today presented a written report on the bill, appropriating $5,000,000 for a forest reserve in the south Appalachian re glon, as authorized by the committee sev eral day ago. The report urgea the estab llshment of the reserve for the protection of the timber and tba conservation of the waters ot th land embraced within it pro posed area, placing th damage done by flood arising in that area in th year 1901 at 315,000,000. It is claimed that the land needed can be purchased tor from $2 to $3 per acre. The following resolution and Dins were Introduced In the senate today: By Senator McMillan, directing the at toiney general to bring suit to determine the constitutionality of th retrocession of that portion ot the original District ot Co lumbia which waa ceded to the United States by the state ot Virginia. By Senator Hoar, bill Increasing th salaries of senators and members of the house to $7,500 and the salaries of th speaker of the house and the president pro tern of the senate to $15,000 each. By Seaator Foraker, bill to amend la law requiring railroad trains to be equipped with automatic couplers, so aa to provide, explicitly, that it shall apply to all vehicle engaged in interstate commerce or those engaged in business in the territories. By Senator Mason, a bill providing for the transmission In the malla ot auma of money of $1 or leas by postage stamp cer tificates, to be used In lieu of postage stamps; also a bill authorizing th construction- of a gunboat of th Helena type of about ' 1,500 ton displacement, to cost not mora than $500,000, to be used when not otherwise needed as a training ahlp for ths naval militia of the several statea border ing on th Mississippi river. ANGUS BULL BREAKS RECORD Prlae Ito Sell for Nine Thousand Dollars, Hlshrst Prise ef ' Class. CHICAOO, Feb. 8. Th Aberdeen-Angus bull. Prince Ito, sold at auction at the Union Stock yards, Chicago, today, brought the record price of 38,100. The highest price for an Angus bull ever realized ia ths ring brfore was $3,050. Tb Hereford mad th previous highest record in twenty yesrs with th bull Per fectlon, which brought 89.000. M. A. Judy ot Williamsport, Ind., waa the owner ot Prince Ito, which was sold to B. P. Pierce Bon ot Creston, I1L ESCAPE FROM THE STOCKADE Tea Military Prisoner Break Jail nnd Leave lie Trace Be hind These. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. t. Ten of th military pratoncr confined in th stockade In on of tb camp at tb Presidio escaped laat night and have not been traced. Their tit from the enclosurs in which they war connaed was mad by a tunnel through th ground which they had evidently been se cretly constructing for vera Bigbta, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Snow and Colder Thursday; Frl.lay fair In North, Snow in Bouueast I'ortlon; Mortnwesteriy vwu. Teanneratare at Omaha Yesterdayi Boar. De. . . Hoar. Dear. It a. m...... a 1 p. m...... I 41 n. m a p. m tft T a. m 4 8 p. m IA Ha. m ..... . It dp. m. IT 9 a, (..... U . B p. m Id 10 a. m T p. m...... JS 11 a. H s T p. tn 13 38 m 10 a p. an .13 p. ra...... '18 DEATH OF MR. L. A. GARNER Assistant General gnperlatendent of j American Express Company - . amba to HI lnjnrles. Mr. L. A. Garner, aralstant general su perintendent of th merlcan Express com pany, died about midnight at his home, 3539 California street. .Death waa the re sult of Injury to hl plne and paralysis caused by a tall on the Icy sidewalk la front ot his home two weeks ago. Ha had received the best 'of medical attend ance unceasingly sine hi accident, and every mean known to science waa applied in the effort to save his life, but without avail. Mr. Garner had tor thirty year been with the American Express company, most of the time making hi headquarters In Omaha. He had general charge ot the com pany's agencies In the west from Chlcsgo to Wyoming. He leavea six children. Ill age was 62 yesrs. WOODFORD SAYS IT IS TRUE Admits Chandler's Chars that II Never Demanded Independ ence for Cabs. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Ex-Senator Wil liam E. Chandler today Issued an open let ter reviewing the diplomatic Incidents which preceded the Spanish-American war, I and Intimating tnat Spain would hava yielded independence to uuoa in oraer to i avoid the war. The article involve th attitude of Stewart L. Woodford, ex-mlnl ter to Spain, and a copy waa shown to him. After reading it he said I have no Idea, that the public will be Interested In this matter. If so, the answer is: it la true, l never demanded inde pendence. It waa absolutely Impossible to do so. It would have resulted In my being ordered away within twenty-four hours and nave ureclnltated tne war sooner man it came. I never nad any instructions to demand independence. The only thing look ing to It was a suggestion or tne premoem for my own guidance. I answered that the I Independence or t.UDa was unaer tne epau- I tsh constitution. Impossible without prior sanction ot the Lories, wnicn wss not men in session and would not meet tor a montn All mv Instructions looked to an armistice. as to independence, ine inins was never suggested to me by the administration. On my own nooK i sounaea one or two per. sons at Madrid and found It lmpractlcabli and I never suggested It to tha Spanlnh f overnment. Meantime, I did suggest, hav ng clearly In my mind the question of In dependence, or cession by sale, an armistice during tne rainy season, Deneving mat ii I could Induce 8paln to take that step then Inrluencee at wora-ounng tne follow tng six monthe would make the following 1 step necessary, to-wlt, either Independence 1 or cession to tne united Btates oy sale. It Is much easier three year afterward and coolly looking w tne reconia In ft femfnrt.)i'(i siii'iy, to y, what miht have done.t la mighty easy to forget the strain under which the minister of the United Statea was devoting nimsnir. Heart and mil. to what wan. as everybody knows. the very first wlah of the president, and that was tne avoidance ot war ana ine preservation ot peace. BURY BIDDLES IN ONE GRAVE Only a Few Present at the Cemetery, Though Large Crowd Was Expected. PITTSBURG. Feb. 6.-Th remains of Edward and John Blddle were quietly In- terred In a single grave at Calvary ceme- tery at 9:45 o'clock thla morning. There were not more than twenty-five persons, including the brother, Harry Blddle, that accompanied the bodies to the grave. At the cemetery Rev. Father Sweeney read tha burial ervice of the Roman Cath- olio chnrch. It was expected that the cemetery would be crowded by curious person and a large force of police waa on hand to preserve order, but their service wer not needed. A dispatch from Butler, Pa., says Mr. Soffel apent a bad night and she I quite feverish. She took no nourishment today, but. while her condition 1 not so favor- able, her recovery 1 hopefully looked for by her physician. . It will be several days before he can b removed to Pittsburg. Womia In Gnnrdlng Against trader Lock Hoase and Burns. In. CHICAOO, Feb. 6. Fear of burglars was th Indirect cau of tba burning to death of Mrs. Amelia Erlcaon here today. She locked and bolted all window to her house. The house caught fire from a gaaollne sx- nloalon. Nelshbor heard Mrs. Erlcson crying for help, but were so much delayed by the lattsr's precaution against Intruders that entrance was gained too late. BILL TO GIVE SCHLEY CREDIT ' Keataekr Hens Passe Measure De. flelag School Histories t Be i..- - ..... usee ia state. FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 8. The house today advanced tha bill which prohibit the I lapsed and the occupants, with ona eicep uae of any kind of book tn Kentucky schools I tlon, were carried with it to tha basement. that doe not give full credit to Schley for th Santiago victory. Th committee on education reported It adversely, but tha house, by a vote ot 88 to 32, advanced the bill, tb report of the committee notalth - standing. ADJOURN PATRICK CASE AGAIN Coatlnnaace ef Trial Posteeaed ea Aeeeeat ef !erera Illness. nn-a---nn NEW YORK. Feb. 6. Tb trial of Albert T. Patrick for the nfurder of William Marab Rice, waa adjourned again today on account of tba continued illnea ot Juror John D. Campbell. Movement of Ocena Vessels', Feb. S. At New York Arrived: Tauiice. from IJveroool: Blcl'.la. from Oenoa itnd NaDlea. galled: St. IxjuU, for Southampton; Ocaautc, lor Liverpool. At London Arrived: Alberta, from San Francisco via St. Vincent. At Liverpool Arrived: Ultonla. from Boston. Sailed: Noordland, for Philadel phia. At Hamburg Sailed: Septra, for San Franclaco. At Southampton Balled: Kaiser Wllhe'rn der Groaao, from Bremen, for. New York via Cherbourg. At Rutterdam Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York. At Hong Kong Arrived: Haremar, from Tauonut and Victor!. B. C. via Yokohama, Kobe and Shanghai: Toaa Maru, from Seat tle and Victoria, B, Vl Yokohama, Kube aad B-auaJ, KILLS WHOLE FAMILY Gas Explotit. Caisas Bear Lou of Lifs si a ?rri7 in (h 'ap. THIRTEEN fERSINS KNOWN TO 6E DEAD Aooidnt Orij-isaUi is Batamnt tad 1114- ifs Ar fhatUrtd.- FIRE FOLLOWS AND INCREASES THE HAVOC Ipreaia t Aajoiiisf Itnotirta, ThrsgUi- iof Entir Bleak. CAUSE OF EXPL0SIIN IS UNKNOWN Dlaaster Come Wltheat Time for Warning: and People Are Caught With Km Chaaee ef ' Kacap. CHICAGO, Feb. (.Thirteen Uvea wer lost, many people slightly Injured, two buildings at 873 and 374 Twenty-second street were wrecked and $50,000 damage was don by an explosion of gas tonight at the Intersection of Twenty-stqond strt a nc, Archer avenue last night. Dead. OTTO TROSTEL, 35 yea re old. butcher. MRS. OTTO TROBTEL, 85 years old. OTTO TR08TEL. JR., 3 yeara old. LENA TROSTEL, 7 yeara old. ANNIE TR08TEL. yeara old. MAMIE TROSTEL, 11 yeara old. FRED TROSTEL, butcher, nephow of Otto Troetcl, 23 year old. - SOPHIE KNEIPPE, domestlo in Trostel family. MARY ROSENTHAL, $3 yeara old. 1111 Purple street. MRS. M. KAUFERT, 373 Twenty-second . street. EDWARD KAUFERT. 11 . M ' MAMIE KAUFERT. 1 vesrs old. ANDREW KOLB, roomer with Mr. Kaut- ert. I Iajared. Lucy Merranoekl, cut on head and face by glass. Andrew Flnstalkl, cut and internal In juries. August Rosier, cut about face. Sing Wah, Twenty-third atreet and Archer avenue, blown through window; cut and bruised. Nellie Merchand, cut by glass. Kate Sever, cut on face and head. Emma Foil, cut by glass. J. W. McLeod, cut by glass. Mrs. J. W. McLeod, cut and badly bruised. Timothy Moynthan, fireman: hands bsdlv burned. ' P. E. Donohue, fireman; left arm tut Willi .''.' Peter Danusand, cut by glass. J. P. Collins, street ear conductor; blown np "Ju ' , , 1 . . through car, cut and alight Internal In juries. , . . ; -A. Barnes atraat- Mi.,nii'i.' . fA 7, V 5? i , 5 b,9WB JKn cat Into Streets badly, bruised. , Ten Bodies llerotered, At 2 o'clock thla morning ten bodies had been. ' recovered from th ruin r of tha Trostel house. : They had been IdenttSed S: Otto Trostel, Mr. Augusta Trostel. Annte Tro"teI- 11 of - ntsi. yeara or age; Sophie Knelppe. domestic In I Trostel family; Otto Trostel, Jr., Mr Mamie Rosenthal, Fred Trostel, unidentified man I na unl1ent!Ded woman. I ..j-. ., - ...rarer. 11,1 of injured might be increased to I twenty-live or more, a ther wer many j people in the neighborhood who sustained alight injuries from flying glass or slight ., bruises caused by falls, tut whose name have not been reported. Only ona of th none or tne dead that of little Lena Trostel haa been recovered. AU that 1 known of the fate of th other dead I that they are thought to have been in the da- mollshed houses, and sine th accident no trace of them haa been found. Tb cause of tba explosion ia unknown and it ha not yet been determined whether it waa aewer gaa or lllumlnatlna aaa. Main filled with th latter wer Instantly ablaz after the explosion and a auccesslon o explosion rouowed, th name shooting "P through the manholes in th street. It would be difficult to ascertain whsthsr th I Illuminating gaa exploded or whether the main, wer broken by th .xploslon of sewer gsa. Many people living in tha vl- clnlty believe that tba first explosion waa In a main at Twenty-second street and Archer avesue. Manholes Threwa la the Air. Tha manhole half a block south on Archer avenue waa thrown Into ths air by a loud ex- Pllon. Flamee leaped high from tha bole, The flr pred below th street and other manholes were blown Into tha air. Tha namee rrom tn nrst gas mala abot high ,nto tba a,r " "ached, with tha aid of th" ''"d' tne Trostio butcher shop. The Duuamg was a mres-siory Trams atruetur ano it naq neon weakened and nearly w.retked b'th " .t j i-w uwiuy-ui- m iuv vuuuiug wer Knocked I unconscious or were too panlc-atrtcks to ru,n from tn P'"- T- tn weather-worn tlmbera. Tha dry and rotten wood waa food for th flr and ia an instant the flame had enveloped the structure. With a roar th building col- I The adjoining building, a twe-story atrue- I ture. flared, up, the next building waa I wrapped In flamee and then another true- I ture caught fire. It aeemed that tha whole 1 block would be wiped out befor tb nre- men could bring tb bias under control. Fire Wall Step Spread. . A flr wall of a brink building at Archer avenue and Twenty-second strset hsld the Are In that -direction. On tba west f tb burning buildings wer two small ons-story cottage. They wer a fw feet from the burning building and that gave' lb flr. men n opportunity ot beading oft th flr, Window glass throughout th neighbor hood wss broken and bottle and glasswar In the dwellings and store wer throws to th floor and broken. Many persona In buildicgs near the explosions wer knocked down. Scores of msn and women, many of them ' carrying children, rushed to the streets. Tbsy wsr greeted by th glare of the flr from tb manholes. Fsarlng fur ther explosion th peopl rushed down tb street, many women screaming with tesr. On several street cars near ths place tha window wer amabd and tha passengsra severely shaken up. When people In the car saw th llamas flash from the ground all rushed for the doors. A number f per son wer bruised and knocked dowa in tb excited x!L On car, filled! with pat. scoters, waa thrown from th track. Aaoof U deal ar supposes ta be three
