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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JVKK.IP, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1902-TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. GOOD FOR STRATEGY Pallia Islands Offer 8trtsrth to Miliary ens' Ctmmtro'al literati. HOLD KEY TO VALUABLE SITUATION trUnt m ConiMUBf ' Link U Iks ARtrieta Isthmus. NATURAL POINTS FOB EUr ?H 1 TRADE Cost of Islandi U Small in Oomair Former Cffni. s DENMARK f NCE ASKED FIFTEEN MILLIIK& 9t Cession t'nlfrd State Doe Nat AAiat Obllsjatlaa af tha ' Larger Cam. pnnlea. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The recent fa vorable report by the senate committee on foreign relatione of the treaty for the cei alon of the islands of tha Danish Weat Indies wai accompanied bjr a written state ment mad br tbe committee to the aenate. Thla report contalna a email diagram aborn ing tha location of the three Island and tha poaltlona relative to Porto Rico and give numerous tntereatlng facta relative to tha Island. . . It above that during the year 1900 the talanda exported to tbe United Statea ugar, molasses and distilled apirlta amounting to $58,854, and that during tbe aame period tha exportatlona from the United State amounted to $624,824. - The annexation . of the talanda waa sought br the United Statea yeara ago, but Denmark declined to aell tha talanda for $5,000,000, but naked $15,000,000. Secretary Seward offered $7, 600,000, which waa declined. He afterward agreed to pay that amount for the lalanda ef 8L Thomas and 81 John, but tha trade fell through becauae of oompllcatlona which aroae. At that time Denmark Insisted that tha coneent of tbe people in the ielanda ahould be formally given before the sal Should be conaummated and when the vote wag taken there wer only 21 out of a total of over 1,200 ballot against tha ceealon. .When tha treaty waa returned to the aeo ate of tbe United State It waa tied up ther for two yeara and ultimately failed of ratification. . , . . Valaabla Stratle Palate, Continuing the report ear: , Thee Inlands, together with Porto Rleo,' are of great Importance In a atrateglo way, whether the strategy be military or com mercial. St. Thomaa la the natural point of ran ior an curopean iraae oouna to the Went Indlea. Central America or northern South America. Thee Inland, together with Porto Rico, form tha northeastern corner of the Caribbean . aea and are of Xreat Importance In connection with tha merloan isthmus, wher a canal will be conatructed between the Atlantic and Pa elflc. They are of first Importance in con nection with our relutione with the region of the Atr.ainn and with iur control of tha Windward Pannage. . In vlw of the Utbroian oanal and Euro pean aettlmn In South AmerU-a every , additional acquisition by the United States la of value. Porto Rlc la dennely dodu- lated. It mad are poor. It haa a long v-uaai iiu, wunovi puna inr large vesaeia. It la conaeauently very difficult of defence. Ban Juan la the only harbor capable of fortification and thla la only suitable for . veaaeia oi ngm uraugnt. Feaaleaa ta Be Continued. Explaining the provision In the treaty tor continuing the pension to retired local functionaries, it la atated that the total amount required annually for this purpose would not exceed $25,000. . Explanation le also made of the pledge of thla govern Kent to protect the oonceeslona of the Danish government to the 8L Thomaa Floating Deck company, tha Weet Indian Panama Telegraph company and the EL .Croix Sugar company, mentioned in tha treaty a t'ne Fallecsukkerkoferler. With reference to the floating dock company It ta atated that tbe effect of the treaty pro visions to secure tbe company la the enjoy tng of Its franchise until IMS, and It ta further explained that the company la not subsidised by the Danish or the Insular treasury, but that service ar rendered br the company to tbe government and paid for according to tbe . approved schedule. Tha explanation ta added that the De partment of State la advtaed br tha Navy department that the floating dock Is equipped to perform all required aervlcea and that the use of its facilities will be of practicable use to tba navy. - 1 aa English Corporation. With reference to tbe telegraph com pany It I atated that tble le aa English corporation and that tbe obllgatloa to It la In the nature of a aubeldr of $7,000 per . year for tbe next five yeara. With the ex eeptlon of thla aubsldy. the altuatlou of the company In the Istanda is the same ee that of tba telegraph companies holding concession In Porto Rlc and Cuba during the life of the grant. Explanation ta made- of the relationship t Denmark to the sugar company to tbe effect that Denmark originally made loaa of 1,414,784 crowna at a atlpulated ta- ttreat to this company. The interest not having been paid after twenty years the Danish government took possession of tbe property and assumed all obligation grow ing out of thla relationship. The object of the closing provision of article I of the treaty ta to discharge the Ineular treasury aad the government of the United Statea from all liability by reason of the Boa payment of- the guaranteed Intereet. It la understood to be tbe purpose of the Danleb government to put iUelf In position to wind up the affaire of thla company aa aooa as poeslble. Aa explicit assurance la given that "no responsibility or obllgatloa of any kind reet on tbe government of the United States or the Insular treasury tn connec tion with tbe St. Croix Sugar company." DATES FOR BRIBERY TRIALS Criminal Cwart Dsekels tha St. aad Sabarbaa Railway Caea. Laale ST. LOUIS. Feb. 7. The case of flv of the men Incictad by tbe December grand Jury In connection with the Suburban brib ery case were docketed today for trial in tbe criminal court aa follows: Chart Krats, former councilman, rhaiged w4th bribery, February 17; tmtl Meyaonberg, former member of the houe of drU-imea, charged with bribery. March IS; Julius Lehmann, former member of the house of delegates, charged with per jury, March 17, Harry A. Fmkner. mem ber of the hoiaa of delegates, charged with perjury. March 4. and Henry Nkh olaua. the millionaire breww and director of tbe St. Louis A Suburban railway, charged with bribery, March 26. Tbe ess against Ellis Walaarlght. the etlier millionaire brewar, alao Indicted tor bribery, le not set for trial. Mr. Wala w right ta tn Egypt at present and the war rant cannot be served on hint until hla rs turn to the United. BUtaa.. VERBAL DUEL IN REICHSTAG Admiral Vaa Tlrplta anil llert Rebel lata Tilt Otrr r.avcl Estimate. BERLIN, Feb 7. The aecretary of the admiralty, Admiral von Tirplts, opened the derate In the Relchatag today on the naval estimates. He aald the government hoped It would not have to ask for further cred its to meet this year'a expenditure. Re ferring to the secret memorandum, pub lished by the Vorwaerti, January 29. to the effect that when the present ship building plan expiree In 1904, a new bill, containing tbe clauses of the bill of 1900, which wee rejected by the Reichstag, would be adopted, the aecretary Indignantly re- j pudlated tbe charge of deceiving the Reich stag. He explained that the financial feature ' Jhe memorandum, which merely re- the Idea of the admiralty, would, fK ase, have to be approved by the Refv - and would only involve aa ad ditions,! amount of 2,000,000 mark an nually toward the systematic construe, tloa of a fighting fleet. Herr Bebel. tbe socialist leader, who fol lowed Von Tlrpits, said It waa quite evi dent the secretary had not told the Reich stsg tbe whole truth. If he bad done ao, the naval bill would not have been voted. Herr Bebel asked If it was a fact that the government ntended to keep In commis sion on tbe east Asiatic station for eight yeara to come, four battleships and a cor responding number of cruisers and gun boats. Thla question brought the secretary to hia feet with the remark that Herr Bebel evidently knew the tenor of the portion Of the stolen memorandum which was not published by the Vorwaerts and he called upon htm to name the person who had atolen It. Herr Bebel declined to furnish the aecretary with any Information on the aubject. Subsequently the eecretary'a salary waa voted, the repreaentatlvea of the aoclal- democrats, radical people'a . and German people'o party voting In tbe minority. ' . Tbe clause In tbe German naval bill ol 1900, rejected by the Reichstag, provided for the conetructlon of a number of cruisers for foreign water, and a corresponding increase In the personnel. The aecretary of the admiralty, before the budget com mittee of the Relchatag January 29, ad mitted the authenticity of the memoran dum, which, he declared, had been atolen from tbe government archive. He asserted that considerable augmentation of the num ber of crulaer for aervlca abroad was nec essary. The Voerwarta, which 1 the organ of the German 'aoclallsts, succeeded aome years ago In obtaining possession, In some man ner never explained, of several sec re t cir cular Issued by the government, notably circular addressed by the secretary of tbe Interior regarding the strike bill. . Herr Rlchter, the radical leader In the Reichstag, analysing tbe most recent gov ernment report concerning the colonies, finds that, there are only 1.762 in all tbe colonies. Including officials, officers, mis sionaries, women and children. .He prevea from the budget of 190 that every German colonist cost the empire $.000 marks a year.- While tha total colonial trade, baa Increased 'daring th last five yearr from 11.000,000 mark to- zo.000.OSff marks, the colonial . appropriations, during tha same length' of time, have Increased from slightly more than , 7,000,000 .to 19,000,000 marks. The increase tn exporta to the colonies la chiefly due to government work, military aupplles, eto. The full returna from the cenaua of 1900 show that 17.848 cltlsens of the United States 'Were than residing In Germany, an Increase tn five year of 2,060. KING EDWARD GREETS SCHWAB Hla Majesty Accords a Two-Hoar Ia tervlew ta Asnarleaa Steel Magnate. LONDON. Feb. 7. Charles M. Schwab. president of the United 8tatea Steel cor poratton. and Mrs. Schwab were entertained at a private luncheon today at the Man sion house by the lord mayor. Sir Joseoh C. ' Dl mad ale. Tha party ' Included Sir Thomaa Upton. Archibald W. Maconochi, M. P., Sheriff Bell and Colonel Hunilcker chairman of the Nickel corporation. Mr. Schwab bad a two hours' audience with King Edward at Marlborough' bouse this afternoon. Mr. Sohwab waa accom paaled by Sir Thomaa Upton, who Intro duced him to hla majeaty. The king greeted hla American visitor In tha most cordial manner and chatted freely with blm, mainly on 1 the friendship between tba United Statea and England. His majesty espe cially referred to th close connection be tween the Industries of the two countries and the friendship existing between the workingmen on both sides of the Atlantic To a representative of the Associated Press Mr. Schwab said: "All I ran aay Is that I had a most en joyable interview aad came away with charming recollections of King Edward." - It waa learned by the Associated Preas correspondent that th king displayed keen Interest In and knowledge of the Indus trial conditions In tha Unltod Slate and evinced nothing but the moat kindly senti ment toward that progrea which Ameri can business la making In Great Britain. Tha conversation, which waa quite in formal, touched on a variety of topics, throughout which hla majesty's cordiality toward Americana and their Institutions waa strikingly apparent. Mr.' Schwab aald hie European trip had been purely for pleasure and aa auch had been eminently successful. During hi tour of Europe Mr. Schwab waa received In audience by three monarch and he everywhere noticed a palpable de aire to maintain and atrengthen the friendly relatione with America. GERMANY PLEADS INNOCENCE Saye It Kefaaad Madrld'a Resjaest t Taka laltlatlv la War Caatraverer. BERLIN, Feb. 7. The foreign office waa Informed today that the Associated Frees had issued for publication th text of the replies of all tha European courts, except that of Germany, to the request of Spain for concerted action by the powers aent out March 25. 189. from Madrid. The Asso ciated Prase correspondent here asked for the text of the German answer to this re quest. Tbe foreign office aatd that the anawer of tha German government was made orally by the German ambassador at Madrid. The answer waa that Germany would not take the Initiative and must await tle action of the other power. Sue sequent events made a further ansaer un necessary. The foreign office called attention to cablegrams from Washington, saying that tbe British embassy there admit making a second proposal, April 14. 1191, but with m evil Uteauona against tba V&1U4 Statea TWO MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES Ptriik in riamei TFkioh Destroy lack Island Car Werk. ONE DIES IN ATTEMPTING A RESCUE Plant la Baraed at Los af taarter ef Mlllloa Dollar Compear Will Reballd at Once. HORTON, Kan., Feb. 7. Fir In the big car work of the Rock Island railroad this afternoon caused the death of two persona and the destruction of $250,000 worth cf property. The dead: P. H. M'KEON. president of the Board of Education. W. H. DAVIS, the oldest employ of the car works. Tha Are broke out at 4 o'clock In the balr aortlng room of the cabinet depart ment and spread ao rapidly that the em ployee on the aecond floor and In Superin tendent 8tuder'a office barely escaped with their lives, many of the employe being slightly injured. The walla of the car shop fell twenty minute after the Are waa discovered. The loss on the building la $50,100; ma chinery, $100,000; material, $100,000. The engine house waa destroyed, but the new $75,000 boiler plant waa aaved. Fire la atill raging In the lumber yards, which contain 6,000,000 feet of lumber. The build ings, machinery and material that escaped are valued at $2,000,000. The company will rebuild the car ahopa at once. . McKeon lost his life trying to aave Davis. It was thought that all the $00 employee had got out of the burning building In safety, when tbe absence of Davla, a prom inent member of the working force, waa noticed. McKeon, a apectator, remembered In what part of the building he had last seen Davis, and against the advice of hla friends he made a futile effort to rescue the workman. McKeon ran Into the build ing through the amoke and flames,' but In a few minutes regained the open air without Davla. McKeon's berolo effort cost htm hi life, a he died from tbe effect of Inhaling amoke. Both Davla and McKeon were prominent In Horton. At a late hour tonight, after the fire waa under control, the early estimate of $260, 000 lose was confirmed. FOUR CHILDREN CREMATED Bars to Death Before Their Pa re at ar Others Caw Reaeh (. Them. CUMBERLAND. Md.. Feb. 7. At t o'clock this . morning the farmhouse of William P. Robertson, about twenty-nlna mllea eaet of here, on the Maryland aide of the Po tomac river, was destroyed by fire and four of the Robertson children,. Pearl, Owea, Effle and Joseph, the olden t g,ged iv ana me youngest years, wera era mated. ' '1, : .'.: .... , Th Ore, wblcn 1s thought tOtiave started from -sparks from an open hearth, apread ao rapidly that Mr. and Mrs. Robertson found all means of escape gone for the children, who were asleep In another room and were compelled to jump from a aeoond atory window, dreased only in their night clothe. In order to aave their own Uvea. Tbe parente made several futile attempta to reach the children, but were driven back by the flame, and after tha fire had aubslded somewhat they were almost frosen before aid came from neighbors. Mr. Robertson claims the hearth fire waa well covered and that the fire, which stsrted from the lower floor, must have been of Incendiary origin. The tragedy recalla tha murder of an old man earned Kessler and tha burning of hla house, also the burning of tbe house of aa old woman, In which ahe and her granchlld lost their Uvea, both of which occurred aeveral yeara ago In the vicinity of thla morning'a fire. KILLS WOMAN AND "HIMSELF Hostler Shoots Doasestle aad Seads Ballet Tbraanh Ills Owa , . Brala. GREAT FALLS. Mont,, Feb. T. Frank Fennell. a hostler in the employ of Dr. F. J. Adams, shot and instantly killed Annie Johnston, a domestic In the aame family, and then aent a bullet Into hie own brain, from the effect of which he died a short time afterward. Tbe tragedy took place on the back porch of Dr. Adams' residence. The murderer fired five shot Into hi victim's head at short range. No causa Is assigned for the desperate deed, except that Kennel! and he woman are said to have had a quarrel over aome trifling affair last night. MILWAUKEE FALLS SHORT Uaablo to Eater tala Charities Caa eatloa, Which Makes Chaaca af Date Necessary. COLUMBUS. O., Feb. 7. Secretary J. Byera today announced that the date P. of the national conference of charltiee and corrections, which was set for Milwaukee, ha been changed to Detroit. May 28 to Juno t, inclusive. It is said th change waa mad because of the inability of the Milwaukee people to make good ttcir prom ise to th conference at the Kansas City meeting last summer. The change waa ordered by tbe executive committee. TO MERGE SALT INTERESTS lateraatloaal C'osapaay laerperate ta Cosablae Several of the Leadlaa: Flrsaa. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Tbe International Salt eompany, with capital stock of $1,000,000, waa Incorporated at Springfield today. The new company will take tn the Na tional Salt company and the Refining Salt company of New York. Joy Morton dt Co. of Chicago and several other companies not yet named. Beside Mark Morton, Daniel Ollham and Daniel Perkln of Chicago are named aa In corporators. WICHITA MAN FOUND DEAD ladleatlaaa Palat ta Self-Deatrae. . tloa, hat Police Saspeet Marder. WICHITA. Kan.. Feo. 7. George Button, grocer and a bachelor it year old, wai found In hla brother' store this morning He had been shot sad a revolver lay at hi aid. All Indications point to suicide, al though no motive la known. He was to be married next Sunday and spent last even ing with hla fiance. Th police are not fully satisfied aa4 suspect murder. MRS. ROOSEVELT ALARMED rresldeat's Wife ta Bedside of Theodores Jr., Wbaaa Caa dltloa I rtwwa.', WASHINGTON, Feb. T. Mr. Roosevelt left Washington thla evening for Groton, Mass., where their eon. . Theodore, Jr., I lying seriously 111 of pneumonia. , She 1 traveling In a drawing room on the -regular train of the Pennsylvania road, which goes through to Boston wlthoat change, arriving the.-a tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock. From Boston tha first available train will reach Groton at 10:13 a. m. Mr. Roosevelt Is accompanied only by maid. The first Information to reach th presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt of the Illness of their son waa received at the White House by telegraph at 9:20 a. m. The message was signed by the president of too college where tbe young maa ta a pupil, and stated In effect that a alight tndlspoaltloa had developed into a sharp and acute attack of pneumonia and aa waa seriously 111. Another message received during the cabi net meeting stated that the young man's temperature waa 104. According to the earlier reports the aon'a condition had remained elmnet unchanged since morning. During th late afternoon. however, aeveral reaasurlng message were received from Groton, the tenor of which waa to the effect that the condition of the president' son at this time 1 satisfactory to the attending phyelclen. Ther I no attempt to minimise the danger of aa acute attack of pneumonia, atd tbe , president and Mrs. Roosevelt are well aware that the young man's condition la serious. Every thing poesibie 1 being don for htm, aad th beat physicians and nurses are ta con stant attendance. President -Roosevelt himself 1 very llkelj to go to Groton to morrow, and will do so, except ta the event of very - reassuring new being received during tonight. If he does go ha will re turn almost Immediately If hla aon'a con dition admit. .' It already haa been decided that Mrs. Roosevelt must remain by her aon'a bed side, but If hi condition I uoh aa to make It aafe for the president to go farther away from him be will keep hla engagement and go to Charleston. ' The latest Information .received at the White House from .the president's son. at Groton, Mas., was that his condition was a little more favorable. The president feel encouraged to hope that it may ooutlnue so and that the necessity for visit to Groton may be avoided. HARD TO FILL NAVAL ; RANKS D?fflcalt Problem Coafroata General - Board that Is Wreatllae; for - - Sekatloa. WASHINGTON, Feb. '7. Secretary Long ha disapproved a recommendation of the general board respecting the admission of naval constructor to, tha aervlca. .The board ha been giving great deal of at tentloutto the matter .Of Insufficient turn ber of" junior officer at present and the prospective Inadequacy of the naval acad emy to aupply the needs.- i , . ; Thus far the board brn unable to hit en any 'plan "Oiat wiikl 'flisr th altua tlon entirely la the fmmawiata'future.'but aa a measure of amelioration -it has recom mended that the practice be discontinued of transferring to '-tbe construction corps th three cadet who graduate at the bead of their clan at Annapolla. Inatead, they would give these cadet line place and ap point -naval constructors from civil, life. Secretary Long, however, ha disapproved this recommendation, though he has quaJU Bed the disapproval by an amendment of tbe preaent practice, so that the three highest graduate are not necessarily to go Into the construction corps, but that va cancies In that corps may be filled by the election of any one of the graduates. LIBERTADOR ' OFF CURAC0A Revralatloaary Steamer Renames Activity OS the Coast of , Veaesaela. WILLHELMSTAD. Island of Curacoa. Feb. 7. The . Venesuelan revolutionary steamer Llbertador (formerly tha - Ban Rlgh), erroneously reported to have been aunk by a Venesuelan gunboat at Porto Colombia, waa cruising off this Island last night and was off tbe coast of Curacoa at o'clock thla morning. It communicated with the shore by boat, and must have teamed away shortly after 4 a. m. It la believed that the French crulaer d'Estrees, which arrived here during the morning, disturbed tbe operations of Llbertador. It le aald that the landing of war muni tlon on th Venesuelan coast by Liberia dor now will be very actively pushed. SCHLEY GOES TO WASHINGTON Admiral Given a Farewell Ovatloa ea HI Departare from . Kaexvllle. KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Feb. 7. Admiral and Mrs. Schley left Knoxvillo today for Wash ington In the private car of w. H. peddle, superintendent of transportation . of tbe Southern railway, and tbe entire trip will be made over the Soutuern. The train la scheduled to stop at Morrtstown, Tenn.; Asheville, Hickory, Stateavllle, . Salisbury and Greenboro, N. C; Danville, Lynchburg and Charlottesville, Vs., arriving at Wash ingtoa at :12 tomorrow morning. Admiral and Mrs. Schley were accompanied to tbe depot by the local reception committee and a large throng of cltUeae. They were given a farewell ovation. TO OUTLAW FAITH HEALING Emperor William Take Step Asralast Praetle of t brlallaa Seleae la Germany. BERLIN, Feb. 7. Emperor William ha intervened to etem the apread of the faith healing cult in Germany. Hia majeaty haa had long conferences with the chief of police for the purpose of devising measures to counteract tbe campaign here of the Christian Scientists, who have follower in the higher circle of Berlin society. It I claimed that th practice of Chris tian Science therapeutics ahould be mad Illegal In Germany. WOULD NOT RENT T0"PREYFUS Bdmend Rothschild Refaaed Him Ad mlttanra ta Hooso a Teaant. PARI8. Feb. 1. The Matin aay that M. Dreyfu recently wanted to rent an apart ment In a house belonging to Edmond Rothschild. The agent of tha house cabled to M. Rothschild, who I tn Australia, on tbe matter. Th latter' reply to tbl message was: "I absolutely refuse to accept that teaant. Break off aegotiatioaa at any price." OMAHA KEEPS SUPFLY DEPOT frorision for Its MataUaait EatUred U Iiiia lprpriati Bill 4MISSIIN PROVES TO BE INADVERTENT L. D. Richard Retara to Fremont with roetefle.ee Ceateat t'naettled Omaha robllo Balldlac Again . Dlncasaed. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. (Special Tele gram.) Congressman Mercer has heard from Omaha In regard t the Omaha In dian - aupply depot ' and today announced that tbe Indian appropriation bill would contain provision for its continuation. Chairman Sherman ef th Indian committee of the houso, said: "The subcommittee tn charge of the bill Inadvertently overlooked tbe Item continuing the supply depot at Omaha. When my attention waa called to the matter I did what I could to have the Item taken care of, and tba bill, which In all probability will be reported tomorrow, contalna a provision continuing the depot until June 0, 1903. There waa no inten tion to leave- the depot unprovided tor. ll was unfortunately overlooked In making up the bill from tbe book of estimates." L. D. Rlrharde of Fremont baa gone home, and the poetofflce tangle In hla town remalna unravelled. The twr : factiona which are fighting for the supremacy are atill ae wide apart aa aver and It I an nounced that until they get together Ross Hammond will continue to hold the office. Mr. Richards, however, received the as surance of Senator Millard that be was not committed to tha policy of continuing Mr. Hammond In office, as charged by some of the newspaper in Nebraska, provided Schneider and Rlcharda could not coma to terms. On the contrary, he bad aald noth ing that would Indicate such a termination to so bitter a fight. May Ra for Coagrrese Instead. Mr. Richards, with faith In his post- office lock and with the aenator'a assur ance, haa gone home to think over tbe suggestion of running for congress In tba Third congressional district, and thereby, It elected, bring about a change . in me poetofflce situation . without any senatorial help. Renresentatlve Burkett today presentea ta President Roosevelt Case Moore and A. J. Wheeler of Salem, Richardson county. These citizens, who are prominent busineei men of their section, are tn Washington seeing the eights, stopping on their way west from New Tork. Senator Dietrich today recommended - B. W. Sbowalter for postmaster at Davenport, Thayer county, vice P. Wtlllame. nonsraasman Lacey of Jowa naa miro- dured a bill mnowerln-' the aecretary of agriculture to authorise the Importation of eggs of game birds for tba purpcae of propa gation. Congressman Mondell of Wyoming intro duced a bill today for a monument to mark tbe site of the Fort Phil Kearney massacre. Senator Millard and Representative Mer- r will all on the supervising arcblteot e?j th Treasury department wttn a view tn ascertaining It there ta not enough money In the Omaha public building fund to construct the Seventeenth street aide of the poetofflce building according to the plans prepared - by , the department ana corre annndine to the Blxteenth street side Both Senator Millard . and Repreaentatlve Mercer are averse to Introducing an amena- tnent to one of the appropriation cilia pro viding funds tor the structure If there is money enough available. Publle Bnlldlna; for Deadwood. A favorable report waa made today on Senator Gamble' bill providing for a pub He building at Deadwood, S. D., to coat $100,000. I received assurance today," aald Sen ator Gamble, ''that a special agent would also be sent Into South Dakota to pass upon the rural free delivery routes that our delegation haa recommended." The South Dakota delegation dealres to have the Indian schools at Rapid City and Chamberlain enlarged and improvements made in the way of additional bnlldlna The matter waa taken up with the Indian commissioner by Senator Klttredge and Representatives Martin and Burke. Com missioner Jones will probably recommend additional appropriations for the Chamber lain and Rapid City schools. Department Kates. These mall oontracta have been awarded: ' Nebraska Bertha to Keystone, 8. 8. Dun woody of Keystone. South Dakota Greenwood to Wagner, F, D. Tinker of Wagner. Reserve agenta approved:. First National bank of Lincoln and United Statea Na tional for First National of North Bend, Neb. ' Ernest Tlvendell was today designated aa a member of the civil service board for tbe engineers' service at Sioux City, la., and George R. Townaend for the postofflce at Newtdn, la. FLOODED BY MANITOBA WHEAT Northwest Millers Are Planning; Conrse to Avert Injnry ta Their Interests. . MINNEAPOLIS, : Feb. 7. The tmmen crop of wheat raised in Manitoba last year bae caueed a demoralisation In the market and had aevere effect on the milling in dustry of the northwest. Foreigner ar able to buy certain gradee of Manitoba wheat at t cents a bushel cheaper than American wheat, with the result" that It la being purchased, made Into flour In Europe and sold tn competition with American flour at prices that th Minneapolis miller can' not reach. A a way to put an end to this competi tion the Mlnneapolla mills have considered tbe possibility of bringing Manitoba wheat to Mlnneapolla in bond, grinding in local mill and reabipplng to Canada. Inquiries recently mad of the revenue departmtut develop the possibility of Importing by pay ing a duty of t cent a bushel, which will b refunded when the manufactured prod uct haa been returned to Canada. TO HONOR LINCOLN'S MEMORY Wish of Frlare Heavy I ta Plae a Wreath an tha Mean meat. CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Prtnc Henry of Prussia haa expressed a dealr to honor th memory of President Lincoln during hi stay In Chicago by formally placing a wreath on the monument of the martyred president ta . Lincoln park. An expree aion of thla wish waa conveyed today to Dr. A. II. Weaver, the Imperial German consul In tbi city, and was reported br him to tbe committee hsvlng In charge arrangement for th prince's reception Plans will b mad to bav th event take place amid Imposing ceremonies. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nehmnka Know Oaturdwy and Probably Sunday; Northeast Winds. Temperatare nt Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Dear. Hoar. Den. u m a 1 . m i:l a. an 1 Bp. m 11 T st. mt. X It p. m...... Ill Haum R 4 . m ..... 10) S a. sta...... It It n. tn...... U 10 a. ns.ii... I p. m...... 14 11 a. m . . . . . 11 T n. m 14 IS m... 13 H a. m. 14 O p. m. ..... IS WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS MEET Open National Convention, Which Will Be Addressed hp Sanaa R. Anthony. BALTIMORE, Feb. 7. A conference of th officers of the National' Woman's Suff rage association began today in the ball of the Toung Men's Christian association In this city. Msny prominent wemea from all parts of tbe country were present. Miss Susaa B. Anthony I expected to arrive to morrow. At the afternoon session ad dresses were delivered by Mr. Anna B. Shaw, vie president of tbe association; Dr. Cora 8mlth-Eaton, second auditor of the national association, and Dr. E. O. Janoy of Baltimore. At tbe evening session ad dresses were delivered by Rev. Olivia Brown, Clara B. Colby, editor of the Woman's Tribune, Washington, D. C, and Judge J. G. Flenner of Idaho. The confer ence will conclude tomorrow. CONVICTED OVER TELEPHONE Prisoner la Tried and Sentene Im posed by 1 ae of the Wire. MOUNT VERNON, Ky., Feb. 7. While Judge Durham, who la magistrate tn the Wlldie district, was in town on some busi ness ho wss called up over tbe tele phone by Constable Harry Jones, who said he had In charge Dan Dlckeraon, charged with breach of the peac. Dlckerson asked an Immediate trial and It waa agreed to conduct the trial by telephone. Half an bour's use of the wires by Judge Durham and County Attorney Berthurum at this end and the' constable and defend ant at the other, concluded the trial, the defendant'a One and coats amounting to $12, which was promptly paid. SAY ARSENIC WAS THE CAUSE Experts Attrlbnto Denth of John H. ' ' Black to Poison In Stomaeh. BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 7 A special to the Miner from Boseman, Mont., eaya: The trial of Mr. Lucy Black, charged with tbe murder of her husband, developed sensational phase today. Expert evi dence Indicates that John H. Black died of arsenlo poisoning, but the state haa not yet fixed 'be crime. The testimony of Dr. Trepbagen, -Chemist at tbe Agricultural col lege, waa the feature of today' session. Dr. Trephageo !! be analysed tha con tents' of th stomach, and found ; minute quantities of "morphine and" arsenic' lie also found that the liver had become af fected by the same poison. . . . . JURY, ACQUITS MRsTdENNIE Liberates Her on Grannd She Waa la- san When She Killed Her Husband. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Feb. 7. The jury In the case of Mrs. May Dennle, charged with the murder of' ber husband, Edgar H. Dennle, .whom she shot on June 14, 1901, at their home In Quincy, today returned verdict In the Adams county circuit court of not guilty, holding that Mrs. Dennle was Insane at th time of the murder and la now Insane. She will be sent to the Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville. Mrs. Dennle said she consulted a phy Ician regarding ber health and that ahe waa wild with tear I eat she should lose her bus band's love. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE Demolish Engines and Injnre Ea- giaeer, hat No One la Fatally Hart. KILE3. Mich., Feb. 7. At Granger, Ind., nine mile eaat of here, two westbound passenger tralna on tha Grand Trunk and tbe Big Four roada collided at tbe junction of the made about 1:30 thte afternoon. The Big Four engine etruck the sde of tbe Grand Trunk engine, hurling It over agalnat the station house, which waa demolished. Conductor Wells of Benton harbor, on the Big Four train, sustained aerlous Injury. Two hundred passengers were shaken up and both englnee were badly damaged Confusion of signals was tbe csuse of the- collision. WOMAN RECOVERS DAMAGES Gets Jndsjment of Twenty Thonaand Agalast Her Hosband'a Slayer and Former Partner. AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 7. Mrs. Llbble Barn- hill today recovered a Judgment tn the federal court agalnat L. T. Morgan of Fayette county for $20,000, equally divided between actual and exemplary damages. Halt the amount goes to Mr. Bsrnhtll and th other half to ber children. Mr. Barnhlll was a former business part ner of Morn and waa killed by the lat ter, It 1 claimed, as tbe result of a busi ness disagreement. HILL IS BACK IN PRISON Maa Pardeaed by President Sl Mentha la Sew York. Get NEW YORK. Feb. 7. O. Arthur Hill, th Washington clerk pardoned by Prealdent Roosevelt from a Washington prison on tbe plea that he was dying frm ennsumn. tlon, and afterward brought to tbl city charged with petty larceny, waa today sen tenced to six month In th penitentiary by Judge Foster, ta general sessions. Movement of Ocean Vessels Feb. T. At New York Arrived Fuerst Bismarck, from Alexandria and NapU-a; Patricia, from Hamburg. balled Kensington, fur Ant werp. At noeton Arrived Commonwealth, from Mediterranean porta. At (lenoa Arrived August Victoria. from New York, via Funchal, etc., for Con stantinople, etc. At Mojl Balled Copack. for Manila. At Liverpool eailtd Georgia, for New York. At Moville Sailed Pretoria, for Halifax. At Queenatown Arrived Ithynland, from PhlladtH't'la. Ir UvrriM.ol. At Hamburg Arrived Pennsylvania; from New York. At the IJaard Pasd VaderUnd, from New York, lur Antwerp, WAIT FOR TROOPS Colombia totals Will Opes lost iii ties as Arrival of Ealsforotmiilh PLAN TO COMPEL ATTACK BY GOVERNMENT Otsaral Earrtrs Saji Is Will Foroa Eitmy to Open Tirht. ATTACK ON PANAMA AND COLON IMMINENT , I A Ioiargtit Loader fayi Tlaif OapUr is Absolutely Xeatsury. BITTER CONTLICT IS LOOKED FOR SOON Report Came from Colea that Hera rem Haa Demanded tha Surren der of Castro and that Lat ter Firmly Refnses. PANAMA, Colombia, Feb. 7. Colonel Ju 11 en Del Castelllo, an envoy from General Herrera, the Insurgent commander, arrived here laat night, escorted by police, and left Panama at 10 o'clock. Governor Arjona received Important papxrs from Colonel Del Castelllo for himself and the foreign con suls. A conference of the consul la in progress. The note from General Herrera waa ad dressed to the French, German, British and American consuls here. In It General Her rera claimed among other things tbat the government of Senor Marrlquln, the presi dent of Colombia, waa not lawful, and therefore the rebels, although deploring the bloody results of the war, would light to the end for the ultimate success of the liberal principle. - General Herrera proposed that the con-, aula addressed ask their respective gov ernments to declare the line of tbe Panama-' Colon railroad to be neutral ground, within which the government thould sot build en trenchments or the liberals attack, and that i only a police force be left to guard th line. General Herrera . said he proposed. If possible, to compel the government to attack the liberal forces, and that the lib erals had a strong fleet and army, pro vided with cannon, etc. Mast Captnre Colon and Panama. General Herrera also declared in hi not that th liberal considered the capture of Panama and Colon to be absolutely neces sary tor the development of their military plan; ' tbat they would act to attain auch results, and that In due time they would notify consuls of such proposed action, al lowing twenty-four hour for foreigner to take refuge at a place of safety, to be ' agreed upon with the consuls, and that the point ao selected would not be fired upon. ' This la tha aame phraseology that General Porrea used when General Alban defended Panama In July of 1900. Oeneral Herrera ' aald that, should the' consuls so desire, be' would meet tbsm. . well aO a representative of the Colombian '' government, on board ttl United' Statea orulaer Philadelphia, -dt lhai Island ,of T boga, or Chame, the preaent headquarters of the revolutionary staff. . '. ' ' . Government Caanat Accept Terns'' In government circles here It la believed tbat General Herrera want to gain time. for the government cabnot accept th terms he offers. When the expected reinforce ment arrlv on th Isthmus from Puerto Colombia the government wilt begin an energetic and active campaign agalnat the liberals. Panama and Colon ara now gar risoned by 2,000 n?en. Governor General Castro has 1,600 veterans under hla com mand, giving a total of 8,500. Tbe most sanguine liberals do not claim tbat General Herrera baa over 1,600 men. Oovernor Argona aald at the conference of tbe con suls which he attended that he would not recognize even Indirectly the right of th rebels to make tbe propoaats they did, that the Consuls could not correspond with the liberal, that even If they were belligerents; the consuls would have to get tbe permis sion of th Colombian government to com municate with them. General Argona then demanded that th consuls send their answer to General Her rera to biro, promising to forward them by messenger. To this the coneuls agreed. Soldier's Wife Reveals Story. COLON. Colombia. Feb. 7. The wife of a government soldier who was mads a prisoner by tbe rebels Isst Monday and who nranaged to escape from General Herrera'a camp, arrived at Panama last night. She reports that the liberal forces to tbe num ber of 1,600 men are encamped from Panama to Cbame, about aeventy miles southwest of Panama, and that General Herrera ant hla staff are at Chame. According to tbla woman, General Herrera sent word to Gov ernor ' General Castro to surrender. Tbe latter, answered tbat be had been sent out to fight and was ready to do so. Th plan of the revolutionists Indies! tbeir Intention to attack Panama, but they are undoubtedly awaiting reinforcements. The only fighting eo far ha been between two exploring parties tn the vicinity of Tonoal, where the revolutionists landed. TO SPREAD INGERSOLL'S BOOKS Oa Thonaand Dollars Bequeathed for SpeclSed Purpose of "Civil, salnc" Christians. CHICAGO, Feb. 7. "To the Boston In vestment company of Boston, Mass., for tbe purpose of distributing Robert O. In gersoll'a lectures among Christians, la or der to clviliz them, I give and bequeath the sum of $1,000." The foregoing Is section 1$ of the will of Morris Relman, which waa filed In khe probate court here today. The will leavee to tbe Hebrew Benevolent association of New Orleana a cotton plantation of 1,760 acres In Yaxoo county. Miss., with the pro vision tbat tbe association bury the tes tator's body on tbe plartgtlon. Tbe remainder of th eatate, which was valued at $120,000, le left to mem ber a of the deceased'a family. RIVALS KILL EACH OTHER Two Kegroes Flirht Fatal Dael Over ACerllona of a Ctrl. i 8HREVEPORT, La., Feb. 7. Word comes from Bossier Parish that at a plantation eighteen miles below Shreveport two negroes, named Duke Boynton and Jim Patb, quarreled over the affectum of a negress. They agreed to fight It out, re tired to the district levee, eouated off tbe distance, drew their pistols aad had a duel, without seconds or surgeons. When the smoke cleared away both men were dead. The coroner'a jury held no Inquest, as there was no one Implicated la th affair out th principal.