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iXaXn!ii9aaMh PAGES I TO 10. PART I." i:stai;lisiied juni: 10, i87i. OMAHA, 8UNXVY MORNING, FEttTtUAliY 9, 1902-TWENTY PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. he Omaha Sunday Bee. 4 WEAR ENGLAND OUT TmiTttl But lrttarj'i Frsiictist ii for Tsn Tm' War. COMES WITH OMINOUS SIGNIFICANCE ftiKxrartfiig DiipttckM Bsfltot Dk Vitwi of JTitostner. , BLICKHOUSE SYSTEM PROVES FUTILE OtlT Tactic Ntedsd iraiiit lioa a jYtblla Euro.. SCANDALOUS WASTE OF THE ARMY FUNDS Cattle Captared from Boers Sold Three or F.ir Time Over to the Got ernmrnt, at Increase of Price Each Time. 'Copyright, 1102. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 8. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) A copy of a. tetter was recently discovered In Pre toria, addressed by Transvaal State Secre tory Relti, at President Kruger's request, when Tar became Inevitable, to certain members of the Volksraad (congress), whose determination was doubted. This letter advised them that if they entered into the war at all It should be with a Btmit resolution to see it through, aa It would last ten years. The letter stated that the officials of the republics did not bope to defeat England In the field, but their clans and resources would enable them to wear England out in that decade. One prediction has particularly ominous significance just now. in view of the dls oouraglng dispatches this week from the Pretoria correspondent of the Times, who reflects Kitchener's views. These die patches warn the government that the war cLnnot be ended by the blockhouse system In the face of an enemy so mobile as the Boers are. Provisioning and gar rlsonlng the blockhouses is straining the British transport and relief resources to the breaking point, although it Is admitted that Hottentots are being largely employed in connection with the blockhouse system The waste of the army from disease In January, the worst month for enteric fever, Included ten officers and 526 men dead, while eleven officers and 144 men were killed id action, the total casualties being eighty-seven officers and 2,663 men. Incompetence aad Corruption. The war department remnant acandal. the treasury having been swindled out of many millions of dollars, betrays only ons of the many directions in which Incom petent and corruption have conspired to bleed the British taxpayer In connection with this awful war. From South Africa comes the positive statement that the bulk of the vast herds mt cattle captured from the Boers waa sold by the military authorities to the South African Cold Storage company at from 4 to cents a pound, the company selling the eattle l ack again to the military, after a few weeks at from 14 to 18 cents a pound". In some districts In Cape Colony, it Is alleged, loyal colonial farmers, acting In collusion with certain military officials, con trived to sell horaes snd cattle to the British military authorities three or four times over. These scandals were discovered months ago, ' but the war department quietly cashiered the officers Implicated, Instead of Imprloonlng them, hoping by that means to escape exposure. The government's present policy is to postpone all inquiry till the war ends, trust ing that it may find aome further pretext to evade it altogether, or, at the worst, by means of one huge chaotle investigation, to confuse the Issues and dissipate the re sponslbllity. These moves are recognised and feared by the governments ewn aup porters, but their hands are tied by dread of encouraging the Boers if the govern ment la embarrassed. NOBILITY'S SPRIGS OBSTRUCT Their Coadaet Aaalnat Leajlalatloa Is Tolerated Becaaae They Are Relatives of Prlsae Mlalatcr. Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 8. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Parliament was exceptionally lively thla week, - Lord Hugh Cecil, favorite son of the marquis Of Salisbury, with a few other sprigs of nobility associated with the high chnrch party, obatructed the passage of the bill to legalize marriage with a deceased wife's alster by loitering In the division lobby of the House of Commons and' defying the requests of the tellers appointed by vthe speaker to register their votes. At the . last session, when certain Irish members refused to enter ths division lobby after challenging a division, the epeaker promptly ordered in the police to drag them from their seats. This week when the prime minister's son, nephew and their cousin. Earl Percy, refused to leave the lobby, they remained not only un punished, but unrebuked. They were al lowed, in fact, in defiance of the order and will of the vast majority of the bouse, to carry out their object of preventing tha bill from being committed. Then on Thursday night Colonial Secre tary Chamberlain raised a brief but bit ter storm by attributing the opposition of the Irish members to suspending sitting acder the new rules during the dinner hour to the poverty that made "cheap dinners" a consideration to them. Thla contemptible taunt, coming from a minister, too, sent a shudder through the assembly, and when Mr. Dillon hotly characterised It as "dirty and Insolent" the speaker did not demand . from him the withdrawal that such language under couditlona of ordinary provocation would have Incurred. TO BREAK THE PlT MONOPOLY Ras.laa Uavcraaaeat Plane ta Iavada taadard'a Field for Hew Markets. (Copyright. 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) ST. PKTERSBCRO, Feb. (.(New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Rusln oil trade is becoming more aud more depressed Small owners are bom barding the government with petitions for easier terms, as tbey caunot make, both ends meet. Many of them applied for help In cath, offering te mortgage their wells as security. The government has a plan to reduce freights on oil to the frontier of the Rusblun empire in order to open pew markets where the Standard Oil com pany baa a monopoly. The government is la correarondeuce a 1th the ministers of trade tn Austria, Cermaay aad Turkey on Uo aulject. PELTS EGGSAJ A DEPUTY Comely Woman Enlivens aa Other wise Iall Irnalon af the Preach Chamber. (Copyright, 19n2 by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. Feb. 8. New York World Ca blegram-Special Telegram.)-A comely matron with a grievance, greatly enlivened an otherwise dull session of the Chamber of Deputies this week by pelting at Deputy Paulmir with overripe eggs. Admiral meuner was in tne miasi oi a ieiucu discourse on the budget when the woman. standing In a public gallery, began ' to hurl the eggs, at the same time uttering shrill enltheta. Intn the aoml-clrrla of deputies below her. . She aimed at M. Paulmir. but while he successfully dodged, several oth- era were sadly bspattered. A stampede of deputies appeared imminent, but a panic was averted by the woman's prompt arrest. Another humorous scene occurred during the debate on a bill to regulate the hours of coal miners. The first section of the bill, adopted by a large majority, pro vides that six months after it passes day's work shall be limited to nine hours, two years later to eight and a half hours and two years after that to eight hours. All the element opposed to the repub lican party combined to defeat this vital paragraph, but were unsuccessful. In the discussion Deputy Aynard pro- duced tables showing that the death rate In the last ten years Is only 2 per cent among the shareholders in the coal mines. An American burglar named Vincent I Bownes, who was caught robbing the Amerl- can section of the exposition and sent to prison, was pardoned a week ago, after having served eighteen months of his three-year sentence. The same day he aem a mreatemng letter to ronco mm- mlBHloner Lents, who had him arrested. Last night he broke Into M. Lenti's apart- menis ana nuea a bag with jewelry, money ana ever vaiuaoie article easily carriea th( po,e ,n four d4y)lt breathing oxygen re away. Including a fancy revolver which lay newed chemlca,iy. icaaea on me taoie. men ne cut wun sois- sora every article of clothing of M. and Mme. Lenta and finally woke them both. Just for the pleasure of Insulting and Jib-1 Ing them, covering his victims all the time w'lu lu" revolver. After the burglar left the bedroom. Lenti uraiu umu nugriiiJB in ids uiuiuh ruoin i " . BYlaenl,y lalt,nK "reweu ann. ine ponce commissioner nastenea v urr .. ue.t De couia jn nis muinaiea tlme ,u par w moBar ,pet in ascer garments and gave chase. A few blocks wh. .--,-. ha could make away the pursued burglar came up with . crowd of bibulous night owls, halted. .... . .. " ea Dim. snneaea tieip: ana accusea tne ponce eommis- """" u""u lr,ea lo roD n,m- An eager crowd of volunteers hustled the commissioner to the nearest police sta tlon, while the accuser slipped away. Llane De Pougy announces that she In' tends to retire from the stage to devote her self to literature. , , I EVICTIONS FOR CORONATION I Owaers of Hevnsea Along the Mae of March Barajala with Wonld Be Spectators. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 8. (New York World Ca- blegram-Speclal Telegrnm.J-Now that tha oorooatlo" route, has. been settled. ne vwn- era of houses which will afford a view Of iuo iroveaaion, are evicting ineir tenants l wnerevor possioie, as was none at tne lime . Muoun victorias juonee. ine greatest aufferera are the poor people occupying rooms overlooking the route on the squalid streets on the south side of the Thames. Extensive plana have been prepared for erecting stanas aiong me route, ana naicu- loila stories ara TuihllahAil nf rnlnattal nrloA. I alUged to have been refused by house- noi Jers at ravorable points. The king. It is declared, baa expreased severe disapproval of the efforts of arlstocratio householders to utilise tne coronation to make money oy letting tneir nousea to Americans, and I. . hA .. '1 . 1 I J . . . . "" vauiua meir uuiy aa proviaers oi entertainments. The duke of Devonshire goes to the res- cue. aa usual, promising to give a fancy dress ball more gorgeous than that during iu. juonee. ioras saiiBDury, noseDery ana Lansdowne also have algnlfled their Inten- tlon of giving grand entertalnmenta. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain la plan- nlng a great reception for colonial visitors, to be attended by the king. Hla similar enori at nospitauty at the jubilee proved a tremendous fiasco. Owing to Inefficient ponce arrangements the streets got sol... nrestdent that nark bench waa hi blocked with cartrages that the then prince of Wales and half of Mr. Chamberlain's u.uuen guests never succeeaea in getting near the house be had hired for the occa- Slon . . SCHWABS LtAVb FOR HOME Steel Maanate Declares He Soaght aad Fonnd Heat la Chaaaa of Occupation. '' (uipyrigni. iu., oy rreae i-uDiiBning i;o. imhuun, reD. a. (New York World Ca- Diegram epeciai Telegram.) Charles M. Schwab, witn Mrs. Schwab, left London this ZTZTrS Lrr .a.d cohD?.r;,ng his reception by King Edward "I waa honored bv belna- received h Vln. Edward. Beyond that I cannot say any - H . j - - - -' a i thing on the subject, nor have I aald a word more to anybody.1 "Have you enjoyed your trip to Europe. Mr. Schwab?" the correspondent Inquired. "Never In all the years I have been com ing have I enjoyed It more." "Va. ' An tiAt A nn.ir tn K -v ttmjt . .. .. W of a rest." it waa suggested. "You have .. . .. M "Oh, I could not sit still and do nothing," Mr. Schwab replied. "That would not be rest to me. I find rest In change of scene and occupation. I have found It and never felt better." Mr. Schwab certainly looked well and waa In high spirits. MILLION SUBJECTS IN PRISON Csa aaaadera Thirty-Five Dollars m Year la Baylna; Then Books aad Papers. (Copyright, lsua. oy press Publishing Co.) ST. FETEKSBVjRU. Feb. 8. (New York World Cablegram 8peclal Telegram.) Russian prison statistics lately published reveal aome atartnng facts, four years ago the number of prisoners la Russia was 7tti,3(3. now u du rutg to iilus. ir tne Inmates oi the military prisons, the peas- anta in houses of correction and the prls- oners la trancasplan Jails were counted. It would be touna tnai i.oov.vog of the sub- Jects of the czar . are incarcerated, not In - cludlLg the Siberian extlea, who number 77.10. nor the I.S28 convicts In the Eagha- lin prison. The budget appropriates about M per prUoner a year, the expenditure ag- gregatlng 7,5CO.OOO. of wbjlch amount I3S.:5 is squandered on books and papers tor million prisoners. NORTH POtUNGER 7, Dr. TJasoautf- fsrfau Flai far 6- jJl Discover. AMERICA HAf BUILD STP.AN8E VESSEL laitet - Dumsit Still TigUM M night jw Tj,;,,,. ParaBM, NAVAL EXPERTS ENDORSE THE NEW FUEL Jjnqaanaa of Coal JJlit ale Islraltim . Kanaa Enthusiasm. SHOES TO MAKE WATER-WALKING EASY President Loahet Has aa Aetoulehlnnr Baeoaater with tha Falthful tii of Discipline la tha French Army. (Copyright, IKE, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Feb. . (New York World Ca- hlavram ansclal Tlram.) Dr. Unschutl- K..mtl. Mt of tha much-discussed iUbmr!ne Poi8r expedition, has arrived frnm Vi.nn tn roofer with some vrmr - h scientists, who will accomDany the nrt vr Dr. Unschuti-Kaempfe says be elaborated tn, pUn ,t Munich ft year g0 and has now perfecte(1 ,nd teated the model of a power- fll, ,llhm.rin. hn.t canahl of raoid oro- reg, at . depth of nlnety feet whlchf n ., te .ufBM-ni to clear tha ice in the cojdelrt regions. Ho will go aa far north as po8slbia ,n Bn ordinary Arctic vessel, then. wlth nl3 BUDn,arljI. boat, he hopee to reach Tn. doptop eonB(,.nt be -m be able . to thm -urf.cll ofte ODnlngs being .,,,. , di- Polar arlentlatji ,v. ,h -t,. thm water at tha proper not froien, Tne .ubmarlne rMel wm but , Franc, or in Amer- icm ,ccord,ns wh,ch country makes the jjj bjd fof Santoa-Dumont arrived here from Monte Car,0 on Mondar returned today. Hie for goln(r lo America with proflt to himself and ,nipecUne ths work on b D.w nlnety- horM power navgable balloon. French BaTy experU. after exhaustive triala, enthusiastically endorse the new fuel dl8C0Tered by a French engineer recently. called petroleum briquettes. By a secret process petroleum is made semi-solid, then mixed with coal duat and the mixture Is pressed into hard brlcka. It constitutes the best navy fuel, makes neither duat nor nouea, la easily aiurcu au'j uauuicu u au equal volume represents four times the .-1 1 II . A . V.aJIaJ mmtjt beating power of anthracite coal. The management of the Parla Alpine club has Just received from Vienna several of the Captain Grossman water shoea. Ex periments made on the Seine at Bologna, thmiarh nn aulta' successful owlne to the ,nck of pracUcei demonstrated that the Antrl.n Invention la reall , nrarticahle. Jarossman's - water shoes, which, aorae,ht 1 ,.mhifc - Indian anowahoes. enable . the Liperlenced waiker t0 gude rapidly on the water. ,Q yterday's trials the men seemed like ikater, on the lce . foP the first time, ..ihk.i, in. im..i.. but after a few duckings each mau was I. v.. . ,,..i iwi,..s. .nm- A,.,.n Th. ,.,. -uima h. Mn W.,.I tnree tlme, fa8t a on ,and Per.t-te.ea of Military Orders. President Loubet, while walking alone yesterday In the grounds In the nresi dentlal palace, reached a secluded bench tnd started to sit down to contemplate for a moment the wintry landacape. ... ... a sentinel near by, seeing the- move' mcot. n resented arms, because he knew ih president, but said: "Don't sit here. It la lKint orders." The president remarked -what foolish potion has got into your head, young trooper?" and again began to alt down. The soldier, a hard-headed peasant, sternly lowered hla bavonat. shouting aa he did ao the warnino- of French eentlnels. The president thought be had a lunatic to deal with and went away without further InaUtence and an Immediate in vestlgatlon showed that while M. Faure favorite resting place and that mora than three years ago the bench was repainted an(i a sentinel waa placed there In order, I to quote an entry In the guardhouse books I "tn nr. von 1 tha nraaiilan aiMlnv lh. t anil arnulrtne freah nalnt. rt.nit s Faure's death and fifty changes made In the presidential guards since then, the sent! I nels ahva beei continued day and night, winter and aummer, with atereotyped or ders to "prevent the president siting there.1 Among the soldiers a legend flnallv ar.w up that the bench waa over a subterranean magaslne of ammuniUoa intended for h. defense of the palace in case of riot. OBJECTS TO BEING CAGED I Parlalaa Haeoaaa seeks to Be Rid 1 of a Wife Whose Jealaasr' Growa I'aeadarable. (Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Co. PARIS. Feb. 8. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Pretty Mme, Ravelote'a love for her husband Is so In I . " v. v..'.t.-j ... - - 7 i longer, au no umm mkuu vuun to grant him a divorce. Among other thlnga which M. Ravelote alleges to substantiate his com plaint that his wife's affection and Jealous temperament are Intolerable, la that three montha ago be casually mentioned at the table that a certain womaa he was as quainted with before he married would com. to town wltbia a few daya, whereupon the young wife flew la a towering rage and threw the crockery about, doing great dam age and endangering bis life. Peace was made after several hours of stormy argu ment, and be promised not to see the woman in queatlon during her stay in Parte, Nevertheleas, his wife remained auspl clous, and he testified that, aha caused to be constructed, unknown to him and II a dis tant room of thetr bouae, a cage like those I used in menageries, into which, wit the I help of a powerful servant maid aad t man aha thrust bun. intending to keep h. J thus imprisoned until the woman vho h.. I excited her Jealousy leit fans. Ravelote alleges that he would not -hsve been released until then bad not hla brother I happened to call and discover the situation: I The captivity lasted, the petitioner aaerts. I three daya and three nights, during which I time the wife passed food through the bars I and left her husband to aleep on the cage Boor rather than risk letting him out. The wife was not represented la court, and the Judge issued' an order for her ap a I penrance a fortnight btnee lo "corroborate for deny the petitioner' incredible charges. " OVELIEST WOMAN OF THE DAY Dlaeaaatoa Aianaa: l.oadoa People Bet tlea the Mantle t'poa Caaa- teas of Warwick, (Copyright, 1902, by Tress Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 8. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) "Who among society women will go down to future gener ations ss having been the loveliest and most interesting female of her dayT" waa discussed recently In a company of wall known people. It was finally agreed by all that the countess of Warwick undoubtedly la, as one expressed It, "the only great woman who may be aald to strike both the popular imagination and that of smaller and mors select circles of diary and letter writers, who make history in these mat ters." One of the company, afterward recalling the discussion, summed it up thus: "Of course the secret of the countess' personal popularity Is not far to aeek. The fairies bo prealded over 'Daisy' Mayoard's christening endowed her with extraordinary charm of manner, kindness of heart and the quick wit so often denied to ths other wise fortunate possessor of exceptional loveliness. In these daya people forget quickly, but fancy many can remember Lady Warwick's wonderful girlish beauty In the days when aha waa atlll a debutante and at 4 time when it was more than whispered that she was on the eve of becoming the bride of our most studious and serious-minded royal prince. The fact that this same gentle and kindly royal personage lived to act as best man at the wedding of Miss May nard and the then Lord Brooke, showed that even In these days tha most charming women of our time know bow to succeed In oiog what ao many women fall to do, turning a lover Into a friend." Chief among the rivals of the countess of Warwick for the distinction of being the reigning beauty of her time were the merchtonesa of Londonderry, Princesa Henry of Pleas, Mrs. George Keppel, Miss Muriel Wilson and Lily Langtry. The engagement of the earl of Lytton to Miss Pamela Plowden, who last year was reported engaged to the millionaire Lord Howard De Walden, has excited great in terest. Lord Lytton is four years younger than his fiance, who is 29. He is compara tively poor, but intanda to devote "himself to politics, being an excellent speaker. clever and energetic The marriage la not one the dowager conntesa of Lytton would have planned, but her ton baa pleased htm self. CONTEMPT FOR THE NOBILITY Carloaa Motive of Marqnia Who Seeks to Sell Hla Title to . Wealthy Wife. (Copyright, 190J, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 8. (New York World Ca- blegram Special Telegram.) Mystery still enshrouds the identity of the marquis who offers to marry "a wealthy lady, age and looks Immaterial," on payment of $75,000 to the future husband. But the identity has been narrowed down by curious persons employing the process of exhaustion to two holders of that title, tie marquis SUgo, a bachelor in his eeventy-f Ifhth year, with nothing !but heavily eactuMd IMh-e4 tates, and the marquis of Clanrlcarde, a gay bachelor of 70, and reputed to be the worst landlord in Ireland. . Clanrlcarde Ienda money under the name of Sanguineltl. la a noted art connlsseur, is eccentric In dress and habits, is an inveterate cynic and la said to be a miser. General gossip Is that he makea his own clothes, and thetr extraordinary cut would bear out such a supposition. Those who know him declare that he is capable of this marriage freak, not so much for the money, though that would be a consideration, as from sardonic delight in bringing contempt on his own order of nobility, by which he Is boycotted. No one Imagines, If he la the seeker sfter mar riage In the way outlined, that he would live with the marchioness ao obtained, but it is the presumption that he would thus simply sell her the right to bear the title. The lawyers acting for the myaterlous mar quis have had no bona fide offer. ' The earl of Crewe, who married Lord Rosebery's youngest daughter, has pur chased Wharncllffe bouse, Curson street. Mayfalr, for 145.000. It directly faces the site of the duchess of Msrlborough's slowly rising town manalon, but haa much more extensive area. Lord Crewe Intends to start a political aalon to aid Lord Rosebery In regaining the liberal leadershlo. Social Influence counta enormously in English politics, and, aa Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's party haa little, Rosebery's capture of the leadership is certain If he can bo brought to exert himself. ARCHDUCHESS IN A BALLOON Next Time Ho Coes t'p the Archdako Will Take Hla Little Danghter to Bear Hlas Coanpaay. (Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Co) VIENNA. Feb. 8. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Archduke Le opold has given your correspondent the fob lowing personal statement of bia experience In hla balloon ascent: "I am very proud of the results of this balloon voyage, aa it was the first, and haa been undertaken independently, and I am glad to give an account to your paper. 1 would not have Induced the archduchess to accompany ma 'bad I not been confident of safety. The only fear was that aha would Buffer from cold, but the archducheas, who waa covered with a fur rug, bore the voyage admirably. She waa intensely In terested all the time. The weather wm clear, although there were featherly, float ing clouds above the balloon. "We passed Bruea at a moderate height. the house resembling brick toys. Ths finest view waa obtained over the snow-cev ered mountains. The Gists woods were Im mersed in the deepest snow. Hers the temperature was I degrees below sero (Fahrenheit). The balloon waa perfectly motionless in ths still sir, while under' neath a terrible storm was raging, break Ing the branches of ths snow-clad trees. The noise caused by thla storm on the mountains was exactly like that of a rag' ing aea. "We followed every kilometer of the bal loon's voyage, by the aid of Instruments, on maps fastened to a table. The frontier be tween Austria and Prussia was passed at Patrhkau. After passing Mueneterberg the balloon began to sink over a wide field near Btetnktrcber. The landing waa compare lively easy and successfully accomplished. "Our cclenttfic Instruments worked well the whole time and aome Interesting re. suits were obtained. The average apeed during the four and a quarter hours which the voyage occupied waa eeventeen kilo meters i-er hour. "This was my twentieth and the arch duchess' fifth balloon ascent. I will take Dy little daughter eext time." BIG CUT IN TARIFF SsTsntv-riva. far 0e Eaductits. Urged fat Fuilippii Exports. FAVIRCD BY GOVERNORS TAFT AND WRIGHT Lew Prisai aid Dull Market laid U Inquire Frattctien. , LOWER INTEREST RATES ALSt ASKED FOR Tift Says Geld Dollar Chomli Es Basil of Coiiara. REC0MMENIS RETENTItN OF NATIVE COIN Believes Adoption ef TJalted States Money woald Dlstarb Baalaeas Conditions by Raisins Prlea of Waifi. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Continuing bis narrative before the senate committee on the Philippines, Governor Tatt today re verted to hla testimony of yesterday for the purpose of introducing a cablegram he had received from Acting Governor Wright urging a reduction in the tariff on Philip pine articles imported Into the United States from the Philippines. He said this cablegram was in response to an Inquiry from himself aa to the effect of a reduc tion of 60 per cent. The reply of acting Governor Wright is as follows: MANILA, Feb. 4. The public session of sugar ard tobacco Interests favor a reduc tlno of VS per cent at least. A reduction of 60 per cent leaves the tariff almost pro hibitive. The sugar price Is now very How. The European market Is very dull on ac count of overproduction and low price. The beet sugar planters here have lost heavily by caraboa, machinery and other wise. Sugar cultivation Is tn a bad condi tion. Memorials received from the Sugar Growers' asrociatlons of Negroa and Panay ask for free trade for this reason. 1 think a reduction of 76 per cent on sugar and tobacco would be a measure of relief and have excellent political effect. Reajardlast Wealth of Friars. Senator Rawlins questioned Governor Taft concerning the holdings of the friara. The governor aald he thought the general opinion as to the wealth and holdings of the friara had been greatly exaggerated. He did not believe, for instance, that they bad three-fourths of the property owned In the city. That, however, the religious orders have 'eadr cash, waa true, as was evidenced by the fact that they make loana. He mentioned a case in which the friars had advanced money to promote a corner in hemp, which had afterward failed be cause of Irregularities on the part of the manager. , Governor Taft said that the Philippine government Is desirous of purchasing the Manila property beld by the friars and that it also would be desirable to secure their holdings of agricultural lands. In connection with the loaning of money by the friars. Senator Lodge asked about the necessity for a banking law, and the witness replied that -such. a law Is badly needed.: ; There are now, ' e aald. two KnUo-bak!Ja-ad4ltloivAo lfcaE Jwaiah FUllplno bank, the latter belag controlled largely by the church and being the only bank of issue. . . Most Land Secared by Pnrrhaae He said there bad been some grants of land to the church orders, but that aa a rule they had acquired their holdings by purchase. "The charge has been made," he aald, "that much of their land has come to them by death-bed conveyancea, but this chargo is not borne out by tracing of the title. The truth la that the friara have the best titles In the Island and even where there have been irregular! ties the statute of limitation would pro tect the title." He said that according to the charges one method of extending the holdings of the orders bad been by extending their lrrlga tlon systems over .adjoining landa. "Something after our own method of watering stock," said Senator Proctor, re ferring to irrigation encroachments. Sen ator Proctor also asked where the friars had aecured money With which to purchase their lands, and this inquiry led Governor Taft to say that the fees for the marriages. funerals, christenings, etc., had . been ao high aa to be complained of. These charges for marriages, had, be said, led many couplea to live together illicitly, but that in moat cases the obligations thus taken were observed. Advocates Lower Interest. Again referring to the financial Inter- eats of the Philippine archipelago, Gov ernor Tatt said tnat interest rates are as high aa from 10 to 25 per cent and that It Is very necessary that there should be authority for granting franchises to finan cial concerns which would reduce tha in terest charges. As to the coinage. Governor Taft said that it Is desirable that the gold dollar should be established aa a basis. He also advocated a token coin which should bs exchangeable for gold and the parity as sured by the United States. This, he said la the plan of the commission, and he be lieved it wise. This plan embraced the coinage of a Philippine peso and the circu latlon of tnla coin, be thought, should be confined to the Islands. He thought that unless the commission waa authorlxed to make good the token money there would be trouble, aa It must be borne In mlad that the Philippines administration is aot as strong as that of aa established na tlon. Danger la Aduptlaar Hew Money. Referring to the suggestion that United States money should be adopted, Governor Taft aald that if this were done it would have the effect of increasing the value of the peso to the extent of 60 per cent an thla would . unsettle transactions. Thla plan also would have the effect of raislug the price of wages and disturbing business relations. Taking up another point of admlnlatra tlon, Governor Taft advocated the right to appeal in certain cases to the supreme court of the United States, especially auc cases aa would involve the relationship of church lands to the government. This he thought necessary because of the proba blltty of prejudice on the part of the local courts. He urged the granting of power to the commission to give franchlaea for steam and electric railways and lighting plants and also mads an argument for authority to create a bonded debt of 14,000,000 for local improvementa In Manila. It is. he aald, especially desirable that thero should be electric lines In that coun try because of the difficulty of getting about In a tropical climate. He thought no franchise should be perpetual. He also would have a wider margin given ia the matter of cutting timber There ia magnificent timber through the (Continued an Second Page.) THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nbraska Fair In Fast. Snow In West Portion, Sunday anl Probably Monday; Northerly Winds. 1 Boers 1'lnn to Weary Fnaland. Rabmarlne Vnyaae to fcorth Pole. niar Cat In Philippine Tariff. To Keep Bark Corporation Books. Cold Wave Maintain lt tirlp. Waate of Missionary Work. 8 Kebraaka Aaalnat Mlaaonrl Pacldo. Booth Dakota School of Mines. 4 Conanle nr eotrnl nt Pnnama, Growth of American "mail Towns. B Has So Fear of notlo Crusade. Month Omaha anil It Affnira, 6 l.aat Week In Omaha Society. Woman'a Clnb and Charity Work. T Omaha (inna Defeat Kansas City. Farmer Horn a Throws the Tirlu 8 Coaacll Blnffa and J rent Western. Iowa Monamenta to War Heroes. 9 Sporting; Goaalp of the Week. 11 Yenr's Record nt Stork Ynrda. Marks that Cancel Cltlaenahlp. DouRlas Connty Payroll Incrrnacd. Workmen Swarm to New Shopa. Municipal Tax Hates Compared. IS Woman Her Waya and Whims. 13 Asuasenients and Mnalcnl Sotes. 14 Editorial aad Comment. IB Voices Betray False Wltneaaea. Teeth of Yankees Snrpaaa World. IT Kchoca of Omaha Anterooms. 18 Condition of Roalnea In Omaha. Commercial and Financial Reports 1 "No Other Way," by Walter lleaant. SO Revenue from Delinquent Tuxra. Temperature at Omaha Yraterdayi Hour. Dear. Hour. Dear, ft a. m ..... . a 1 p. m . . . . . . H i a. nt X ii p. m lO T a. m O a p. m 11 8 a. an St 4 p. an IK O a, aa o Bp. m 11 10 . m 1 p. m lO 11 a. m a T p. an 8 IS m B Indlcntea Below Zero. PRESIDENT GOES. TO GR0T0N Will Join Mrs. Roosevelt at Bedside of Their Son Patient Rests Well. "GROTON, Mass.," Feb. 8. From tha mesger information obtained from the physicians in attendance it la learned that the condition of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is as comfortable as could be expected tonight nd that no decided change In his symptoms as occurred during the day. The physl- iana look far no material Improvement for at least a day or two and will be satisfied If he ahows no change for the worse during that period. Mrs. Roosevelt, who arrived at the school this forenoon, has been In constant attend ance upon ber aon, and her presence baa cheered tho lad wonderfully. President Roosevelt is - in direct communication by wire with the sick chamber and Is kept In formed of everything that transpires there. Mrs. Roosevelt will accept the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gardner while here. Mr. Gardner is a patron of the Groton school, as well as being an instructor. He is wealthy and has a fine estate near the institution. Most of Mrs. Roosevelt's time will be spent with the sick boy, 'so that the courtesy of the Gardner family will be available only for periods of rest. 'Af-wtratrflrtr-wa stated-trr the orwdn school that there was absolutely no cause for alarming reports as to the condition of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. The boy was, if anything, slightly Improved, and there waa no change for the worse that would call for the president's presence. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. President Roose velt and Secretary Cortelyou left for Gro ton, Mass., at 13:40 on a special car at tached to the regular night train over the Pennsylvania road. Just before leaving the president received a telegram saying his son Theodore had slept all the evening and that his condition appeared quite favor able. Disappointment at Charleston. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Feb. 8. The great- eat disappointment is felt in all clrclea here at the abandonment of the prealdcnt'a trip tc Charleston. - Arrangementa looking to the occasion as the great day of the ex position. Everything will have to be called off, aa the president waa the central figure of the program and the only feature prac tically for the occasion, the celebration of Lincoln day was Incidental to the presenca of President Roosevelt. ' The exposition directors will meet to night to consider the situation. EIGHTEEN . HORSES BURNED Animals Perish la Flames Which Do. atroy Large Vehicle Plaat. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The Shadbolt Manu facturlng company'a manufactory In Brook' lyn la in ruins this morning. Ths concern manufactured carrlagea and automobile trucks. The fire waa discovered soon after midnight and within half an hour the walls fell In. In the stables were eighteen horses and all these were burned. The loss to the Shadbolt company ia estimated at $200,000, Ono floor ot the building was ' leaaed to J. K. Parker Co., manufacturers of waists. The loss to this firm is placed at 115,000. Half a dozen firemen were hurt; three may die. FIREMEN LOSE ALL CONTROL Pnblio Buildings aad Business Houses Are Ahlaae In Palersoa, New J e racy. NEW YORK, Feb. broke out shortly after midnight In the carsheds at Paterson, N. J., and the flames, driven by a brisk wind, spread to surrounding build Ing. The First Baptist church has been completly gutted The office of the Pat arson Guardian ia burning and that of the Call Is threatened. Ths electric lighting system is disabled and the town Is In darkness. Assistance has been called from nearby towns. . The damage will amount to hundreds ot thousands of dollars. The firemen have no control of the fire. DOCTOR DYING OF SMALLPOX "y Espoaes Himself aad t'oa tracts Violent Caae. BOSTON, Feb. 8. A sensation was caused tonight by the announcement of the Board ot Health that Dr. Immanuel Pfeiffer, who voluntarily expoaed himself to smallpox at the hospital of Galloupes Island about two weeks ago, la 111 with the dlseass In its worst form and cannot live. Dr. rfelffer is one of the strongest opponents of vac cination In the atate, and recently appeared before the legislative committee to urge the repeal of the compulsory vaccination law. Having the courage of hla convictions, he went to Galloupea Island and completely expoaed himself to smallpox. TO KEEP BACK BOOKS FraachlssJ Corparatiant IfakaFirat Aratnit Piitriot Oonrt'i Order. aBBBwaans-san NOT ANXIOUS TO TRODUCE THEIR RECORDS Attarnajs Pratsai MstisaW Qauh tha libpeeaai Itittd. CONTEND COUNCIL IS WITHOUT POWER Beardf BstIsw's Aetioa f iaal Aooordiag to Arfimtats FrsMattd. ASSESSMENT CASE GOES OVER AGAIN Real Batata Exchange's Side of Ar gument WIII Bo Prcacnted Monday Morulas;, Whra Court May An nounce Decision. The bearing before Judge Dicklneon on the motion of City Attorney W. J. Connell to dissolve the restraining order preventing the city council from levying the 1902 tax on the present assessment grew to un expected proportions Saturday and the court was compelled to order a continuance until 9:30 Monday morning. Attorneys for the five franchlsed corporations ot the city now seek to quash the subpoenas that re quired not only the presence ia court of the officers of those corporations, but also that they bring with them the records, books and 1901 financial statement ot each of the companies. . . " Councllmen Testify First. Owing to the memorial meeting of the Omaha bar in courtroom No. 1, which the attorneya wished to attend, and the heartnga on the Redell case and the subway Injunc tion before Judge Keysor, which demanded the attendance of the city attorney, the proceedings before Judge Dickinson were delayed until 11:40. Councilman C. O. Lo- beck was then put on the stand, and told ot being Ignored by the majority members when be tried to block the council's action summarily disposing of the applications for hearing on protests of the real estate men against the assessments approved ' by the Board of Equalization for the corporatlona. Lobeck was on the stand until noon, when a recess was taken until 1:30. Councilman H. B. Zlmman waa then called and testified that tho majority members of the board had denied blm any light on the subject In the meeting of Monday morning, Jan uary 20, and that Chairman Karr, sub servient to Councilman Haacall. had denied Lobeck the privilege ot explaining hla vote. Call for Secretary Goodrich. Attorney J. H. Mcintosh, representing the real estate interests, wished D. H. Good rich, secretary ot the Omaha Street Railway-company, called as the next witness,, but the latter was not In court and the attorney demanded a bench warrant for. hla arrest on a charge of contempt or court., The attorney for tha corporatjpn at one Interposed a motion to" quash 'fne-r'ub-poena that had been aerved on Goodrich, and"t"waa this-motion that? carrie the hearing into the camp of the corporations and started arguments that will end only after Mcintosh shall have opportury Mon day to reply. The attorney for the street railway com pany aald that Secretary Goodrich .was quite willing to appear, but contended that the demand for the books and records was, purposeless and unreasonable. George E. Prttchett. attorney for the gas company, contended that any officer of that company might be a custodian of the rec ords of that company, but had . not tho right to expose them and make public the company's business without the company's consent. W. D. Mcllugh spoke briefly for the water company. Contention of the Corporation.1 The principal argument, and the one that created most comment at the time and afterward,' waa that advanced by E. M. Moraman, secretary ot and attorney tor the telephone company. He said: The law has created a tax commissioner nd ricDutlea a the primary tribunal for ascertaining the value of property for pur poaea of taxation and has provided a board of review to review the Judgment or ascer tainment ot value Dy tne tax commissioner and hut deputies, and when the tax com nilsaloner and hla deputies and the board of review have each acted and fixed tho valuta no matfr wnat tne property may be. that is the final and conclusive -determination of the value for purpose of taxa tion, because the law haa created no other tribunal with power to determine the ques tion. , . The board of review, under the law. may aiihudtuta lta own ludament ot value for the Judgment of the tax commissioner and MS deputies, oecaune ine taw crraiou inn board for that purpose and Invested It with that power. Council Without Power. The city council, sitting as a board of equalisation, has no power to assess prop erty or lo review lh assessments made by tne Doara oi review, a ma iiuwer waa taken awav from the city council by the new charter and given to the board of re view, whlco waa irtaua ny ine new cnur ter. I'nder the old charter, the city, coun cil, while sitting aa a board of equaliza tion, possessed the aame power aa the board of review now poaneaaes. That ia, it could substitute Its own Judgment of valUM of property for taxation for tha.t of the asavMlng officers, and had Jurisdiction to entertain the complaint of any Individ ual that tht property of another was as sesard too low and to hear evidence as to Its value and increase the aaaeasment it the evidence warranted It. But under the new charter the city council., while sit ting aa a board of equalisation, baa power merely to eqiutlixe all awieaamenta and to correct errors in the Hating or valuation of property foi tiuiation. The power to equalise or correct errors ia not equiva lent to a power to ruuwi or to substitute the opinion of the council as to the value of property for that of the officers lu whom the law haa reposed that pw-r. A mere difference of opinion aa to the value of property between the city council ami the board nf rev lew la not an error such as Is cuntempiateU by the statute. Board ( Review Final. The law having given the tax rotnmkt alonur aud his deuullns In the flrnl In stance, and th bunrd of review ultimately, power to determine the value of property for the purpose of taxation, thulr action la final ivd conclusive and there can t no other evidence of tha value ot such property for such purpoacs. it la the right of every property owner In the same tax Ins dlatrlct to have the value of his prop erty ascertained by the same methods and by the same officers in order to secure uni formity of Judgment as to value. Coupcllmaa Lobeck waa called to the stand at 11:40 and asked by Attorney J. 11. Mcintosh If tbs council as a board of equal ization ever considered the matter ot the aaaessmeni of the public service corpora tions sfter the meeting of Friday, January IT. He answered In the negative. l.aheck Gives Tcatlmony, Responding to other queries, part of them by Attorney Mcintosh lor tbs real estate Interests, and part ot them by City At. torney Connell, be said that , It was true that after the adjournment of the meeting ot January 17 "no attention waa paid by the council to what had occurred at that me-t-Ing;" that the eighty-eight protests In on resolution and thirty-one In another "were overruled arbitrarily and without glv
