. fclure; cocncllmea. First ward. O. IL Cove
red; Second ward, J. J. Wilson; Third wart.
Joseph Molyneut.
CARROLL Th wot ticket won. tb uc
restful candidate! being J. Bailey, W. I.
T'otte- and A. P. Child.
CEDAR RAPIDB The tow a goes drr by a
fmall martin for the Drat tins In severs!
years.
. CENTRAL CITT The cltlawn elected a
A. Btsr, mar or; D. T. Clark, olerk; J.
M. Rot era, councilman In Second and Third
trtj, and O. T, Bishop member of school
Jxar4. The antl-saloon. men elected J. E.
tJeotoo, olerk; O. T. Smith, treasurer; A.
Fitch, councilman In Pint ward; Henry
Heaton, police Judge; J. C. Martin If elected
member of school board on both ticket.
The Initiative and referendum carried by
sixty-four majority.
' COLUMBUS Louie Held, democrat, met
nil eecond successive mayoralty Waterloo,
ft. 8. Dickenson defeated him by thirteen
otes, ten more majority than Henry Ra
gati got last rear. J. M. Curtis, repub
lican, was re-elected police judge by forty
votes over H. J. Hudson. Louis Phillips,
democrat, A. W. Clark. - populist, sod C.
I SUllman, democrat, were elected to the
council. On' clerk, treasurer and school
hoard members there was no content.
- CREIQHTON The municipal election to
day resulted In favor of the high licence
ticket by forty majority. William Anders
and W. H. Oreen were elected trustees.
ELM CREEK Elm Creek went wet by
the following vote: Lincoln Armstrong. 37;
H. Brooks. 17; L. O. McKentle, 19. The
dry candidates: Amos Brown, 42; M. H.
Smith. 41; C. A. Yoder, 42.'
CRETE J. Buck (dera.) was elected
mayor over E. D. Fay by sixty-seven ma
jority; city clerk, Frank Nedela, Jr., (rep.);
treasurer, J. O. Goodwin (rep.); council
man, First ward," Prof. J. S. Brown (rep.);
Second ward, B. F. Colllnsworth (dem.)i
Third ward. F. J. Rademacher (dem);
school board: Full term. D. B. Zook
(dem.) and S. L. Malnes (dem.); to nil
vacancy, Z. Waterman (rep.).
FREMONT Only treasurer, councilman
and school board were elected here today
Frank HoUenbeck, democrat, was elected
treasurer by 63 majority. The following
.councllmen were elected: First ward, J. C
Lee; Second ward, J. D. Shank; Third ward
Arthur Forma n; Fourth ward, R. M. Herre,
democrat; C. D. Marr, R. B. Schneider and
F. McOlveiin were elected to the school
board.
GOTHENBURG The llcenee ticket, con
sisting of A. O. Carlson, Frank Carlson and
H- Jansaen, was elected by majorities rang
ing rrom Ave to fourteen. The vote for
aaloon license was sight six against seven
ty-three.
HASTINGS The entire republican city
ticket was elected with majorities ringing
irom sz to zoo.
HOLDREOE Tho high- license people
elected tnelr ticket here today except treas
urer and members of the school board
The new officers are: I. L. Btrong, mayor;
W. H. Cowglll and A. Llndwall. council
men; Nele Nelson, clerk; E. R. Olson,
treasurer; Jsmes Cb!e. police Judge; L.
Brown, E. W. Roberts and B. F. Moore,
members of school board.
HUMBOLDT The question of license or
no license was the Issue. Following is the
ticket elected: Mayor, C. E. Nlms, tem
perance; councllmen, First ward, E. S.
Cope, temperance; Second ward, A. M.
Enoch, license; treasurer. L. -8. Hackett.
temperance; clerk, L. C. Edwards, license.
As the license people elected one council
man, they will, with the two holdover mem
bers they now have, continue In the ma
jority and the town will be wet.
INDIANOLA At the city election Frank
Moore waa elected mayor; W. II. Smith,
clerk; J. B. Hi Hers, treasurer; R. Rod Mc
Donald, police Judge; J. W. Wolborn and
8. R. Corbin, councllmen. The mayor-elect
la antl-llcense and the councllmen-elect
are for license.
LEXINGTON Two tickets, sntl-saloon
and citizens, were in the field. The elec
tion resulted as follows: Mayor, George
C. Gtllan. citizens; clerk, E. V. Filer, citi
zens; treasurer, W. J. McElhlney, sntl
saloon;. city engineer, H. O. Smith, no op
position. Councllmen, First ward. Lane
Rice; antl-saloon; Second ward, F. P. Doo
llttle, citizens. This, with the holdovers,
make the city council still antl-aaloon.
LYONS A wide-open town from Its In
fancy, but a temperance town at Its an
nual election Monday. . Lyons declared by
a large majority In favor of a .wide-open
town anew, electing Frank Lease, C. E.
McMolnes, J. O'Connor, B. W. Everett and
George Little" as town board.
MADISON The citizens' ticket was the
only one In the field.' T. F. Memmlnger was
re-elected mayor; C. O. Rynearson, clerk;
George E. Richardson, treasurer; i R. J.
Thatch, engineer; O. H. Gillespie, council
man. First ward; C As Smith, council
man. Second ' ward.
M'COOK The city election here showed
In a most surprising Instance the danger
of overooofidenae and failure to vote. F.
M. Washburn, . th republican nominee for
councilman In the First ward was defeated
by C..J. Ryan, .whose name the opposition
quietly wrote on th ballots. All the rest
at the republican tlcketwas elected without
opposition. - Waahbnrn's defeat has caused
lomethlnjr sjf a . ssnaatlon. It was so ab
solutely unlooked for. .
NBLBON- The antl-saloon ticket waa
elected, F. B. Bottenfleld and D. L. Davis
being chosen, aa against J. C. Smith and I.
Manion. The vote , was on hundred and
seven to ninety-seven. The three hold
over members are for license,
NORFOLK As a teault of the vote today
th democrats re-elect Mayor B. J. Koenlg
stela and Treasurer Carl Wilde. The re
publican re-elect Clerk S. R. McFarland.
Police Judge 8. W. Hayes and City En
gineer W. H. Lowe. The council will be:
First ward, -August Brunmond (dem); Sec
ond ward, Carl Zuelow (dem.); Third ward,
M. D. Tyler (rep.); Fourth ward, John
Spellman (rep.). For the achool board
Fred, Klrben. democrat, and D. H. Salter,
republican, war elected. Th council is
for license.
O'NEILL For th third successive term
Mayor Ed F. Gallagher, republican, has
been elected mayor of O'Neill, defeating
M. D. Long, democrat, by a majority of
eighty-six, ths largest ever given a can
didate for this office In O'Neill. J. F. Gal
lagher, republican, defeated F. M. Plxley,
democrat, for city clerk,' by about the same
majority. While th contest was not sup
posed to be along political lines, the con-H
teet for the only two office for which
there ware rival candidates was between
members of the republican and democratic
parties. Councilman war elected as fol
lows: O. O. Snyder. M. M. Sullrvan, First
ward; Nell Brennan. Second ward; A. B.
Newell Third ward.
OSCEOLA License carried here by fifty
avn. A. A. Kannow. C D. Btoner and C.
O. Oylllng, llceoae candidates, were elected
members of the council. The occupation
tax, submitted to the people, was knocked
out by sixty.
PAPILUON Henry Beerllne and Jacob
Leets, sr.. war elected village trustees.
Tbtr were no opposing candidates and ths
election waa along non-partisan Una. Th
total vote cast was 45.
PLATTSMOUTH A light vote was polled
at the city election. For mayor: Frank
J. Morgan, 164; Luts, 132; Chrlstsnsen. so-
If ior Dinner
To saa let digestion, relieve distress
after ealiug or drinking too heart!,
v to preveui oousttpaUuo, tak .
Uood'o PIIIo
0gt4 everywhere, X cents,
I
elsllst, 341. For city clerki 0. M. 8oen
Dlchsan, 432; W. K. Fox. 301. Dr. E. W,
Cook, treasurer. M. Archer, police Judge.
Cotinotlmen: First ward. T. M. Psttereon
Second ward, J. L. Root; Third ward. F. H
Btetmker; Fourth ward," Frank Neuman
socialist; Fifth ward, E. 8. Baker. Mem
bers Board of Education: Morgan and
Pearce.
SCHUYLER Officials elected: Msyor. M
M. Hurk, fusion lt, 75 majority; clerk. F
Svoboda, republican, S majority; treasurer
W. A. Ratbsuck, republican, lie majority;
engineer, E. E. Greenman. republican: no
lice Judge, V. W. Sutherland, republican;
councllmen. First ward. Otto Zeuelow, re
publican; Second ward, C. O. Bradford, re
publican; Third ward, M. Becker, fuslonlst
school board, full term, three years, F. J.
Everitt, republican; C. Schmidt, repub
lican., and J. A. Pierce, fuslonlst. tied for
second place; Prank E. Moorerepubllcan,
elected to fill two-year vacancy
BTROMSBURO The entire high license
ticket was elected with the eiceptlon of
one councilman and clerk. The following
were elected: . John Tongue, mayor; Emll
J. Anderson, clerk; Ira Banta. treasurer
Peter Llndberg and Olaf Anderson, coun
cllmen.
SUTTON The following city officers
were elected: Mayor, J. C. Merrill; clerk.
W. E. Thompson; treasurer. A. W. Clark;
councllmen: First ward,' Phillip Schwab i
Second ward, Nick Ochener. The main con
test was on members for the Board of Edu
cation. A large number of women voted.
The candidates were Bam Carney, Christ
Rath and J. B. Dinsmbre. The first two
were elected
8YRACU8E High license carried by an
average majority of twenty-five. The prop
oeltlon to purchase the gas plant waa
adopted by a majority of six votes.
TECUMSEH License was defeated here
by a majority of sixty-five and Hon. Wash
ington Robb wrs re-elected mayor.
TEKAMAH A full vote was polled
Msyor Jeep and the other city officers were
elected without opposition. The contest
wss over for and against license. For ll
cense carried by a majority of 6.
WAHOO Most of the republican ticket
was elected. The following were elected:
Msyor, F. M. Stratton; clerk, Arthur An
derson; treasurer, F. J. Klrcbman; police
judge. M. L. Ellsworth; city engineer, W
J. Carlisle. Councllmen, First ward, 'j. H
Crawford; Second ward, J. O'Donnell; Third
ward, J. C. Hamilton. Members of Board
of Education, Charles H. Slama and J. M
Oshlund.
SOUTH DAKOTA DECISIONS
Many Opinions Are Handed Down by
N Fnller.
PIERRE, p. D., April 1. (Special Tele
gram.) Opinions were handed down today
by the supreme court In the following
cases: '
By Haney Dowaglac Manufacturing com
pany, appellant, against William Hlggln
botham, Turner county, reverted; Bibb
Peterson, appellant, against Olga Peterson,
Minnehaha, reversed; George Frlederlch
against Abthon Fengen, appellant, Hutch
inson, affirmed; Chicago ft Northwestern
railway against County of Faulk, appel
lant, Faulk county, affirmed; Frank Dunn,
appellant, against National Bank of Can
ton, Lincoln county, affirmed..
By Corson Home Investment company
against George Clarkson and McCormlck
Harvesting Machine company, appellant,
8anborn county, affirmed; Thomas Dlstadt,
appellant, agatnet Harry A. Shanklln,
Brule county, affirmed; Thomas N. Gar
lereck. appellant, against Modern Woodmen
of America, Custer county, reversed; ll.
A. Park and F.' F. Grant, appellants,
against W. E. Robinson et al. Grant county,
affirmed; Bonbomme county against Frled
erlch Berndt,. appellant, Bonhomme county,
affirmed; Yankton Savings bank, appellant,
against O. Guttermann. administrator,
Yankton, affirmed; Marie Taylor, appellant,
against A. Vanderberg. et al. Beadle, re
versed; James F. ' Edmonds, 'appellant,
against Peter C. Riley, Lawrence county,
affirmed; 3. I. Case T. M, company against
J. R. Eichenger et aJs, appellants, Deuel
county, affirmed; Joseph M. Herman against
u. tsiiver. appellant, Lawrence, county, af
firmed. By Fuller John O. Knapp, appellant,
against W. B. Saunders, Grant county, af
firmed ; State of South Dakota, appellant,
against Emma Kennefer, Faulk county, af
firmed; Llszle Dennem and. Fred Dennem
against Mlchsel Relsdorfer et al, appel
lants, Hughes county, affirmed;. John F.
Hughes against W. F. Rudy, appellant,
Stanley bounty, affirmed.
Seven are taking the examination- today
for admission to the bar. Tbey are: Harry
P. Atwater, Sturgls; O. A. S. Arneson,
Castle wood; V. A. Hill, P. L Alexander,
Redfield; Charles Klahm, Armour; Howard
H. A. Antela, Fairfax, William H. Herbert,
Mitchell. -
Forcer William Gets Year.
HURON. 8. D.. April ls (Special.) At
the March term of circuit court a vast
amount Of business was disposed of by
Judge McCoy, some cases that have been
banging fire" for several terms were
heard. The only person sentenced to prism
waa John E. Williams, ssnt to ths peniten
tiary for one year for forgery. Decrees of
divorce were granted to D. D, Black from
bis wife, Mertle Black; to Rosetta Brack
vogel from Leo Brack vogel; to Christina
Bakter, from Matthew Bakter; to Edna
Mlllholland, from Benjamin , Milholland.
Luclnda Woodford was granted a divorce
from George Woodford.
Arraag for Roand-l'na.
PIERRE, S. D., April 1. (Special Tele
gram.) The Missouri River Stockmen's and
Horsemen's associations held their annual
meetings at Fort Pierre today with a large
attendance, and outlined the territory to
be covered by the different round-up out
fits. The date aet for beginning the work
la May 25.
ELATED OVERJAEXICAN LINE
Snellen Capitalist Eatb.aala.etle
Aboat A. E. ItllweH'i Orient
Scheme.
KANSAS CITY, April 1.4a; E. Stllwell
and hla English friends who are Interested
In the construction of the Kansas City,
Mexico A Orient railway. Lord Munson,
Walter Chlnnery, Harold Arbuthnot and A.
T. Boyd, returned today from a trip through
Mexico, where tbey went to make a per
sonal Investigation of matters pertaining
to Mr. SUlwell's project.
"The Orient railway will be built and all
the money needed t at band," said A. C.
Boyd, director of the mining department
of th road.. "All of us, were much pleased
with what we aaw in Mexico. The advent
agea of the road have been under-estimated.
Tb road should ' ha ve-. been built forty
year ago. W will return to England as
soon aa w can make the trip with comfort
and will Immediately begin the active work
of building- the road. We found that part
of Mexico that will be penetrated by our
line la fabulously wealthy.. There are mines
worth million of dollar In northsrn Mex
ico that hav been waiting for a railroad
for many years. One hundred and fifty
mllea of track ll tb state of Chihuahua Is
already In operation. It is now known as
ths Chihuahua ft Western railway, but w
have acquired It and It will be a part of our
main J ins."
Th party will start for th east to
morrow, sailing from New York for London
on April 10.
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE; WEDNESDAY, ArillT. 2, lllOa.
PLAN TO STOP ISLAND SALE
Exposition of Christmaa Report on West
Indian Cue Explained.
NEILS GRON TESTIFIES BEFORE COMMITTEE
Felly Denies Mak'nst Any Contract
with Christmas nnd Refutes
tory of Deal with Abner
MrKlnley.
WASHINGTON, April 1. The Investiga-
tlon of charges made In connection with the
Danish West Indies purchase was begun
today before the special committee ap
pointed by Speaker Henderson. Besides the
members of the committee there was pres
ent Niels Gron, who brought the charges
to the attention of Representative Richard
son, and quite a number of interested spec
tstors.
Mr. Gron was the first witness sworn by
Chairman Dalzell. Tbe witness spoke In
good English, with a slight Danish accent
He said that In February last parties In
Copenhagen who opposed the trsnsfer of the
Danish West Indies to the United 8tatee
conferred with him and brought to his st
tentlon the Christmas report.
Chairman Dalzell asked who these parties
were. The witness ssld they were members
of the Danish upper house, but be did not
think It proper to give their names. Mr.
Gron eald he was at present the repre
sents 1 1 ve in this country of these parties.
Mr. Gron gave way temporarily to Rep
reeentatlve Alexander of Buffalo, who de
sired to make a complete disclaimer of any
knowledge of Christmas or the Danish
transaction. Mr. Alexander said he had
never seen Christmas, bad never spoken to
anyone In or out of congress ss to the Dan
ish treaty and never heard It dlscur -d at
any time or place by anyone until al. r the
recent presentation of tbe matter to th
house.
Acted on Opposition's Orders.
Continuing hi statement Mr. Gron ex
plained how the Danish Dai-tlem nnnnnln, a
sale of the . Islands hsd persuaded him to
come to Washington and place the Christ
mas rerjort before cona-reaa and tha niihll
so that the fact would be known. He told
or navinc secured a note of Introduction to
General Grosvenor of Ohio, of arranging to
meet the latter In Washington, his purpose
being, he said, to carry out assurances
given at Copenhagen that he would place
the matter before Influential men anri thua
bring It to tbe attention of congress and
ine puDiic.
Gron told in great detail of brlneina- tha
papers before General Grosvenor, who at
nrsi seemed quite indignant. Mr. Gron
said, and spoke of laying tfce matter before
the proper parties in order that suitable
action might be taken. The witness ssld
that later General Grosvenor concluded that
It Would be orODer to lav tha matt tat hmtnrm
the secretary of atate. Thia was done and
W n . .
mr. uron saia ne learned that the State
department held that It could take no i.
tlon and that the authorities here had In no
way committed themselves to Christmas.
Offered It to Associated Press.
Gron ssld that after Grosvenor had ri.
elded not to proceed with the matter he
i uron i naa nrenared a atatemant far tn
Associated Press snd hsd asked Mr. Crane,
a newspaper man, to send someone from the
Associated Press to him for the statement
and also to General Grosvenor for assur
ances ss to Gron's standing. He learned
later through Mr. Crane that Geaeral Gros
venor said be knew nothlne- about it Ha
said he was informed the dsy after he sub-
muieo. me statement that tha Ani.ai
Press could not use It. Afterward, he said,
he submitted his statement to several
newspapers and more or lesa f It was
printed.
The witness then detailed hnw .. v. 4
placed the matter before Representatives
nirnarason and Underwood, who had anna
over tb papers.
"What waa your nnrnnaa in hrin4 it
before the members?" asked Mr. Dalzell.
10 get It Into the houaa and hrl. it
before the American people," answered the
witness.
In response to lnaulrles tb witnaaa
up various branches of the - vi. ..m
he represented those constituting the "no
aio pany in uentnarK.
Denies Jealousy with Christmas.
He referred to tbe renorta that ha m,A,t
had himself been trying to obtain a com
mission for the sale of the Islands and that
tne whole matter was a auarrel hm.n
Chrlstmss and himself over tbe commission.
ints Mr. Gron denied and in aunnnrt r.d
a letter stating that an old alliance between
certain Lianisn men and Americana, in the
au or is7, was declared off eighteen
months ago. He mentioned the names of
H. H. Rogers. Charles R. Flint and him,.i
as tbe Americans Interested at that time
in negotiating tbe sale of the islands.
Asked speclflcelly regarding a statement
In the Christmas report to the effect that
the Rogers had agreed to accnmniiah tha
sal of th islands for 10 per cent of the
purcnase money, Mr. Gron declared there
was no such agreement. He described how
the negotiations conducted by the commit
tees . in uenmsrk and In America had
progressed almost to a successful conclu
sion Just before the Smnlth war
they were declsrsd off In Denmark. '
Tried to Reopen Xeotlatloaa.
Mr. Gron said he undertook to
the nsgotiatlons sfter the war. The W)m
mlttees in Copenhagen .ind America had not
been dissolved. Chriatmaa rama ta tha
I'nlted States In December, 1899. Mr. Gron
was closely Questioned ss to whatha a
proposition was made for Chrls'maa and
Rogers and himself to divide the commis
sion. He replied that there were various
propositions.
Asked as to the threat attrthuiad tHii.
ers in ths Chrlstmss report (In which Rog
ers was made to ssy that he had twenty,
six votes In the senate and could defeat tb
negotiations) Mr. Gron said be never was
present at an Interview between Roger and
Chrlstmss. He nsver had beard Mr. Rogers
maks such a threat. He denied absolutely
tne statement that ne (Oron) had signed a
contract with Christmas by which hs
(Gron) and Rogers were to hav two-thirds
of the commission.
Hs never had made anv contract of an
character wtth Christmas, but th latter
bad made over a power of attorney to him
wnicn later be (Uron) repudiated. Mr.
Rogers ssw Chrlstmss. hs testified, but
once. After that Rovers rafnaad ta
Chrlstmss or answer his letters or tele
grams. As to the interview. In which rhrinmu
was made to say that hs hsd negotiations
with Abner MoKlnlev which Chri.ttn.a in
bis report declared had been lnatiaatad h
Oron, witness said that he had no connec
tion with them. Mr. Hltt d him
specifically It he knew what Draaa mwlt.
tlons were referred to In tbe Christmas re
ports. 'I do not know," replied Mr. Gron.
Mr. Gron related his connection with tha
Scandinavian department of the national
republican committee In ISM. tn hirh
place, he said, Senator Hsana had appointed
mm. Lr, oe aaia. Senator Hanna cava
him a letter of recommendation to tbe
two Massachusetts senators,. Messrs. Hosr
and Lodge, and tha latter In turn tninad in
a letter recommending Gron to tbe presi
dent for appointment as minister to Slsni.
nr. uron ssto be was a renuhltran- had
eaavaseed for that party in 1891 and 1IM
and la 1897 had been a candidate for th
Danish mission. H produced a Utter la
favor of his candidacy signed by fenator
Cullom of Illinois, snd Indorsed by th
1st Senator Davis of Minnesota.
la reply to specific questions he said he
knew of no senator or representative who
had been bribed or whom any oae had
attempted to bribe. At the State depart
ment he had only personslly seen Mr. Kas
son.
Mr. Gron was then excused. Chairman
Dalsell announced that he had summond
Abner McKlnley, Commissioner Brown and
Fischer Handsen and that they would ap
pear on Thursday.
BACON ASKS TO DELAY TREATY
Georgian Wants Senate to Defer
Hease Investigation.
WASHINGTON. April 1. In th excu
tlve session In the senate today Senator
Bacon or Georgia offered a resolution re
questing the president to defer ths Issuing
of his proclamation announcing th acqUlsl
tlon of the Danish West Indies under the
terms of the treaty recently negotiated
with Denmark until the pending Investiga
tlon of the charges of bribery mad In con
nectlon with tbe treaty should be concluded
by tbe house of representatives. The reso
lution provoked a smart debate, which was
participated In by Senators Bacon and
Money, both democratic members of ths
committee on foreign relations, on the one
side, and by Senators Cullom, Lodge,
Hanna, Allison, Nelson snd other repub
licans on ths other side.
In presenting th resolution Senator
Bacon said that he brought It to the atten
tion of the senate out of a sense of duty
and of high regard for the position of that
body before the country.
He outlined the charges made by Niels
Gron regarding the allegation of
bribery made by Christmas, another
subject of Denmark. Mr. Bacon said that
he did not for a minute accept this report
as true, but felt that Inasmuch as the
house had taken sufficient cognisance of it
to order an investigation tbe senate should
tske some step. In view of Its rscent action
In ratifying the treaty, looking to the sua
pension of final action by this country.
Mr. Bacon was Interrupted frequently by
republican senators, and when be took his
sest there were seversl of them on tb
floor ready to respond to his suggestion.
They agreed to a man that the senate was
not called on to take any action under the
circumstances, saying that tbe charge had
not been made public and were not known
when the treaty waa ratified, that the preal
dent could be depended upon to perform his
duties without' any hint from tbe senste
and that the house Investigation probably
very soon would develop that the charge
were based on nothing.
Senator Nelson spoke with more feeling
than most other senators, saying In his
opinion to take any such step as was con
templated by the resolution under the cir
cumstances would be an Insult to the gov
ernment of Denmark.
Senator Hanna denied all knowledge of
Mr. Christmas and hla mlselou, and ex
pressed the opinion that tb transaction.
so far as the United States government waa
concerned had been perfectly clean.
Senator Money spoke in tb same vein as
had Senator Bacon, saying that he saw no
objection to the passage of th resolution,
as they would only serv to delay th mat
ter for a brief time in case tb charge
should prove to ; be without foundation.
while If they were true much good could be
dona by the delay. Senator , Bacon olesed
the Incident by saying that he would not
press tbe resolution In view of ths exftres
sions of s6 msny senators, and tn eon
sequence of this annoubcement the achate
adjourned without taking action.'
TO ClHK OR,W TWO DATs)
Laxative Bromo-Qutnin remove ths
cause. E. W. Grove signature on every
dox. rric z& cents. .
ENTIRE TOWN IS WIPED OUT
Newport, Virginia, la Practically De
atroyed by nn Early Morn.
In rire.
ROANOKE. Va., April 1. At an early
hour this morning the town of Newport
In Giles county, wss practically destroyed
by fir. Every store In the place and .iw
hotels and the best residences In the'towB
were burned. The fire originated from an
unknown cause in a shed back of Dunkle
ft Martln'a big store. The loss Is estlmatsd
to be over $100,000, with very little Insur
ance. Some of the heaviest losers are: Mc
pherson's four-story' hardware establish
ment and $25,000 stock of dry good; Dun
kle ft Martin's store, with $20,000 stock of
general merchandise; Miller ft Son's store
and $15,000 stock in general merchandise i
Hunters hotel, Smith's hotel, and Mrs.
Martha Prince' handsome residence. Th
town Is five mile from a railroad had tbe
facilities for fighting fire are limited.
Large Bnlldlngt la Cfclene Barns.
CHICAGO. April 1. A four-story brick
building . at Austin avenue and Lincoln
street occupied by manufacturing oonceras
waa dsstroyed by fire early today. Frame
dwellings tn the vicinity were endangered,
as a high wind waa blowing, and the ecen-
panta fled to the street, many of them In
their night clothes. Tbe loss Is placed at
$160,000, partly Insured.
Paint and Vnrnlsb Honse.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April J. Fir this
afternoon destroyed the three large Ware
houses of ths Peaslee-Gaulbert Paint and
Varnish company at Fifteenth and Port
land avenue. Loss $200,000. During tb
course of the firs a number of small at
plosions occurred, but no one was Injured.
The loss Is partially covered by Insurance.
V
Sebnyler leebenae.
iCHUYLER. Neb.. April 1. (Special
Teh-gram.) The icehouse of F. C. Edger-
tontwas discovered in flames .this afternoon.
It is V bought
In a Vile of i
wbichywas di
that children playing with fir
excelsior ignited th building,
dsmsged only $150, covered by
Insurance
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Barwell Hlgb tehoel.
BURVELL. Neb., April 1. (Special.)
The HlgV achool building burned to the
ground v itb. all book and furniture at 4
o'clock yVsterday afternoon.- Th loss 1
$1,200. InAired (or $1,600. Th Methodist
Episcopal l.'hurch was dsmsged $200, fully
Insured.
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SERVANT KILLS 'MISTRESS
Harden Mother and Child and FaUllj
Injures Third Viotim,
Commits crime to compute thefts
Reg re Admits Is Deed, Professes
His Sorrow and gays Poverty
Promoted tb Dep
redation. PHILADELPHIA. April 1 Peering that
he would be arrested for theft, William H.
Lake, a colored butler, shot and killed
hla employer, Mrs. Ella J. Furbush. her
12-year-old daughter, Madeline, and prob
ably mortally wounded another daughter,
Elolse, 7 years of ags, at their home, No.
$63 North Fifteenth street, shortly before
noon today. Lane, who is 25 yesrs of sge,
escaped from the house and four hours
later was raptured by Philadelphia detec
tives while watting In Camden, N. J., to
board a train for Brldgeton. N. J. He
was Immediately brought to this city, was
identified by little Elolse and confessed his
crime.
The murder wss one of the most cold
blooded that has been committed In this
city for some time. Mrs. Furbush lived
with her two daughtera In a fine four
ttory house, which was furnished with all
the comforts that an ample purse could
provide. Lane had been her butler sines
Christmas and besides him she had an
other colored aervant, a woman named
Agnes.
Snaneet Secro of Tbeft.
Recently Mrs. Furbush had been missing
small amounts of money and finally she
Informed the police, who began an investi
gation, which was still In progress when
today's tragedy was enacted. Suspicion fell
on Lane bud a warrant was sworn out for
his arrest.
According to Lane's confession, he saw
Mrs. Furbush on Monday night counting a
large roll of bills. Knowing where she
kept the money, he bided his time and st
an opportune moment late In the evening,
he stole $70. This morning Mrs. Furbush
misled the money and questioned tbe col
ored man, but he dented all knowledge of
having seen It.
Expecting that the theft would be plsced
on him and that Mrs. Furbush would have
him arrested. Lane planned to murder the
mother and her children, rob the house
afid disappear. At 11 o'clock he went to
th third floor and found Mrs, Furbush In
one of the middle rooms. He Instantly shot
her twice, once in the breast and then
through the heart. She died Instantly
Elolse, who was In another room, hearing
tbe rlolse, ran in to see what was the mat
ter and Is she entered Lane shot her in
the abdomen. She fell and he thought he
bad killed her.
Without even attracting the. attention of
the other servant, who was Ironing In tbe
outkltchen, Lane went to tbe front door
and called tn Madeline, who was skating
en roller skates on the sidewalk. He told
her that her mother wanted her on the
third floor, and without the slightest sus
plcton of ths tragedy that was being en
acted and that ahe was going to her death
Madeline climbed the stairs without re
moving her skates. She went Into a room
Adjoining that In which her mother lay
dead. Lane followed her and as she cheerily
called her mother, the negro shot her
through the heart, killing her Instantly.
Lane In his confession says he then pro
ceeded to rob the house. He only found
$130, two watches and a pocketbook, and
while hs was searching for the jewelry he
was Interrupted by the arrival of two spe
clal policemen who had a warrant for his
arrest on the charge of larceny. They asked
to aee Mrs. Furbush and Lane showed them
te the reception room on tbe second floor
and aald he would call hla mistress.
Make His Eaeape.
Recognising one of the men as an officer
Lane hastily donned his overcoat and es
eaped by the rear, of tha house. All was
quiet tn the house and the policemen near
Ing a moan, started an Investigation and
on the third floor hallway found little
EJolsa. To the policemen she aald:
'William shot my mother and my sister
and tried to kill me."
She was immediately sent to a hospital
and ths police force notified. Lane was
traced to the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion at Camden, where he was recognized
by one of the policemen he had admitted
to the house. The officers hustled him on
a ferryboat and out of tbe Jurisdiction of
th state of New Jersey and took htm to
ths etty hall.
At th poltcs station Lane said he was
sorry for what he had done. H tras sur
prised to hear that Elolse was alive and
said he always liked her and he hated to
kill her, but "It was necessary to do so.
"Now that I have been caught," he added,
I hope that she will recover. I am also
sorry tor Mrs. Furbush and Madeline, but
poverty tempted tn to do It, snd I must
how suffer."
Later Lane was taken to tb hospital.
where Elolse Identified him, saying:
'He Is William Lane, the man who killed
my mother -and sister and tried to kill me
Tou know you did, William."
In hi presence her statement was taken,
and Lana put the seal of accuracy to It by
saying:
"Everything the child has said la true.'
Lane ls ths son of a preacher who lives
a Brldgeton, snd has ssrved a term In tbe
Mount Holly (N. J.) Jail for larceny and has
been oonflned in the Huntington (Pa.) re
formatory.
There seems to be a mystery regarding
the domestic life of Mrs. Furbush. In ths
Mlghborhood Where ah lived eh wss
Variously known as Mrs. Furbush and Mrs
Fisher. As a result of an Investigation
Coroner Dugaa la endeavoring to secure
the attendance at the Inquest of Charles A.
PufbUsh, a wsalthy manufacturer of mill
lng machinery of this city.
Mr. Furbush wss out of ths city todsy
oa business.
DEATH RECORD.
Bs-Prealdent Maanel las Clensenle.
PANAMA, Colombia, April 1. A private
message received here from Bogota, which
haa been officially confirmed, announces ths
death, March 1, at Btlleta, a fsw mils
from Bogota, of former President Manuel
San Clements.
PANAMA, Colombia, April 1. Tbe death
of San Clemente, who was about 90 years
old, legalises ths government of Vice Presi
dent Marroquin. th acting president, and
It ls believed will do much toward ending
th revolution.
Governor Salsar haa Issued a decree hon
oring the memory of the late president.
Dr. Manuel A. San Clemente was elected
president of Colombia In November, 188.,
and Dr. J. M. Marroquin was elected vice
president.
In August, 100, it was officially an
nounced from Bogota that Dr. 8s a Clement,
beiag physically and mentally unable to ex
ercise th duties of president and hi la
definite abeence from tb capital oa account
of hi poor health having prevented th reg
ular progress of aSairs, and encouraged and
prolonged tbe civil war, tb people of Bo
gota publicly demanded that Dr. Marro
quin, lb vice president, should assume the
reins ef government, which th latter even
tually did In tb same month.
From that Urn a various report la coo-
asetloa with ths prssldsnt and vies prssl-
dent of Colombia have been In circulation
the general bHIef bring that San Clemente
was practically a rrleoner at Vllleta.
lr. J. A. llaritlna.
DEADWOOD. S. D., April 1. (Special.)-
One of tho early pioneers of the Mack
Hills. Dr. J. A. Harding, died at his home
In Deadwood. Dr. Harding came to the
Black Hills, from Helena. Mont., in 187. anj
was one of the most prominent mining
men In this region for s great many years.
At one time he was superintendent of the
I nele Sam mine on Elk creek, now belng
Ing' to the Clover Leaf Mining company
He was a Mason and was at one time
master of the Dead wood lodge. He leaves
a wife and two daughters, one the wife
of J. R. Hlckok, a well known civil en
gineer, and the other. Miss Madge Har
ding, attending school in Chicago.
Dr. Thomas Dunn English.
NEWARK. N. J., April 1 Dr. Thomss
Dunn English died esrly today.
Dr. English, who was a writer of some
note, was widely known as the author of
Ben Bolt." He was born In Phllsdelphis In
ibis and was graduated from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania as a doctor of medl
cine in 1839. Later he studied law and
was sdmltted to the Philadelphia bar. He
was engaged in Journalism in New York
from 1844 to 185!, when he commenced tbe
practice of medicine. He was a member of
tbe New Jersey legislature In 186S-64. He
served two terms In congress from a New
Jersey district.
Ernest Rambeeh, rrnaalan Hero.
WICHITA, Kans.. April 1. Ernest Ram
bech, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war,
died here today of lung fever at the age
or 64 years.
He wss decorated twice by the king of
Sweden for having saved the king's horses
from the royal stables during a conflHgra
ration about twenty-one years ago. Ram
beeh was a typical Prussian, but being a
fine horseman, was given a position In the
royal etables at Stockholm after the
Franco-Prussian war. He came to Wichita
In 1884.
F. M. Dance.
MISSOURI VALLEY. Ia.. Anrlt 1 (Sna
clal.) F. M. Dance, for many years ono of
ine leading lawyers or western Iowa, died
st bis home In this city yesterday, sged 63
years. Mr. Dance hsd held many respon
sible offices In this city and Harrison
county, and was a hard worker in the re
publican nartv. The funeral was thla aft
ernoon under the auspices of the Masonic
order.
J. W. Stewart.
SCHUYLER, Neb., April 1. (Special
Telegram.) J. W. Stewart, many years
manager for the Chicago Lumber company,
later of the Stewart Grain company, finally
a farmer, died here this morning. A wife,
three sons and a daughter survive him.-
Meteor Sails for Southampton.
NEW YORK, April 1. The Gorman em
peror's American-built yacht Meteor III
sailed for Southampton tr.dav. It passed
quarantine at l:f2 p. m , outward bound.
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Not bow cheap, but how good la the
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BOYD 'S-Wooawu"LtTZr"-
TONIGHT THl'RSDAY MAT THE
Ml'SICAI COMEDY Bl t't'ES9,
THE EXPLORERS
THURSDAY NIGHT,
THE BURGOMASTER
Prices Mat., 2Sc to $1; night. 25c to $1.60.
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Friday Night snd Bat. Mat.-
NAT GOODWIN
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MAXINE ELLIOTT
In "WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE."
Bat. Mat., "AN AMERICAN CITIZEN."
Scata on aalo today. Positively free list
entirely suaemled. Prices Mat., Sfic to
$1 .60; night, 2&c- to $2.
Telephone 163L
Matinee Wednesday, Saturday, Bandar,
2:15; every night, :U.
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE
Three Blossoms, the Four Colinls, Jessie
Couthoui, the Five Nossea, Jack Norworth.
xul!-e 1 Tenner, Scoit and Wilson, and
the KlnoUrom.
Prices 10i'. Kk 50c.
Uiaco'sTrocadsrbl
TELEPHONE!
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MATI.NUK lnA too and 30o.
Entire Week. Including Saturday Evening
THE THOROUGHBRED BURLESQUERS
Nothing like It ever seen anywhere. Pretty
girls. Hrlght buriesquvs.
KKIDAY EVKNINO, April t Rosenthal's
AMATbL'R NIGHT. Seats on sale. Don't
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HOTELS'. '
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Newly furnished, greatly Improved, al
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DOlUARjs (and up) per day. European
Plan 41 (and up per day. J. fc. aiAH
KfeL 4 SON, proprietors.
C. H. Veeples. Msnsger.
A. U. bdvenpurt. Principal Clerk.
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