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The Omaha Daily. Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHNINO, Al'llIL 30, 1902-TEX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. a fi 't t TARES ALL TUEBLAME t Ceneral MacArthur Admits Kesponiibility for Method of Aguin&ldo's Capture. PROTECTS FUNSTON AGAINST CENSURE J3yi Scheme of Torging Letters ia Decep tion Common in War. PATTERSON BUSY ASKING QUESTIONS Jnqoiry from Colorado 8enator Elicit the Declaration by MaoArthnr. ARAID TO GRANT INDEPENDENCE NOW Ipeneral Aaaerts that Absolute thane , "Wo a Id Eiiif If Federal Troop. honld F.vacaate and Give llatltrs ( ompltlt lirtr. "WASHINGTON. April 29. The aenate C-ommlttee on the Philippines today re- umed the examination of witnesses In con nection with the Investigation of affairs In the Philippine Inlands. General MacArthur continued hie exam ination. He explained the statement In his annual report of June 30, 1900, that "the United States had acquired sovereignty by treaty and In a way owned the Philippine Islands, but did not own the Philippine peo ple," by saying that these conclusions were reached after conversation with an Infinite number of people and observation and that they represented the bulk of the views of he nationalist party. He then. In response to questions by Sen ator Patterson, described the different towns embraced within the American lines en the night of February 6, 1890, when the Outbreak occurred, and Identified what pur ported to be a copy of the order of Oeneral Luna for the massacre of the foreign resi dents of Manila. Senator Patterson sought to show that It was not difficult to deceive Aguinaldo by forgery ana reforred to bis capture by Oen eral Funston, through a forged letter pigned "Lacuna." General MacArthur with considerable emphasis declared that Gen eral Funaton waa not responsible In any vay for any methods which obtained In the rapture of Agulnaldo. Aeeamea All Responsibility. "I am responsible In that matter In every way," aald General MacArthur. "It la one of the deceptions frequently practiced tn war and whatever deception attaches thereto I take." With regard to the order for the Manila massacre, General MacArthur. answering further questions by Senator ' Patterson, aid the order ha aaw waa signed by JSandlco and not by Luna. General Mac Arthur detailed the efforts made by blm to ferret out Luna's connection with it. flThe witness could not recall a letter of jGeaeral Reeves, who waa the chief of po lio lo 'Manila, In which he stated be did pot belleva a massacre waa Intended, be cause it was entirely contrary to the man ner In which the Filipinos have waged war In the past; ..'.: -;rs. Reverting to the Sandlco order. Senator Tatterson quoted from a report of Dr. F. C. Itouras, a surgeon in the United States 'army, aa to bow he came in possession of jit through a Filipino, who made a copy of the original. Tha aenator referred to a War statement by Dr. Bourns to tha effect 'that tha Filipino might have "stretched things a little. " Oeneral MacArthur aald jlhere might have been two orders. Depends on Kind ot Dos;. "Would you hang a yellow dog on the testimony that is paraded her as to the .genuineness of those orders?" aaked Sena .tor Patterson. The witness said it depended on what tilnd of a yellow dog it waa. Oeneral Mac ''Arthur disclaimed any responsibility for .the orders of General Jacob H. Smith to tasks Samar a howling wilderness. Replying to a question by Senator Bever Idge, General MacArthur said that absolute chaos would result should the Filipinos be given complete independence and the United States entirely withdraw from the Islands, but he said ha would like to ex plain thla statement at another session ot the committee. Ha waa thereupon excused until tomor row, the committee going into executive sjesslon to further consider the advisability ot summoning witnesses asked for by tha minority. After some discussion It was de cided to postpone tha taking of a vote on the proposition until tomorrow morning, at which time tha committee will also pass on the question of the advisability of send tng a subcommittee to tha Philippines to continue the investigation. MASCOT SAW MAN WOUNDED ywy Testltea la General Smith's TrleJ to Atrocities by Natives. ; MANILA. April 29. When the trial by .court-martial of Oeneral Jacob H. Smith waa resumed today Pedro Bella, a boy 'mascot" of Company E of the Ninth in. fantry, commanded by Captain Thomas W, Connell, who was maasacred by tha Samar T.atlves at Balanglga. testified that he saw Captain Connell'a death wound given by a boy of IK. The witness saw several ether boys of the same age among tha natives who took part In the massacre and thought tta could himself use a bolo against a sol- filer. Captain Waldo 8. Ayer, General Smith's adjutant general, aald he had been cloaely In touch with all tha movements, knew Oeneral Smith's plans, purposes and feel ings at OTery phase. Ha added that on tha general's arrival tha coast waa de Darted and he saw the same towns filled with people when he left. But so far aa the people ot Samar were concerned, he tnet only one man worthy of reapect, who was sincere, patriotic and honorable. He mutt admit, however, that tha man with thla qualification waa born at Marinduque of Tagalog anceatry. First LUutenant von Detnan of the Twenty-Bret Infantry, who bad charge of ine military Information bureau, described ..from the records the treachery of the aa Uvea of Samar. Illinois ta nl for K a rope. NEW YORK. April fS.-Raar Admiral A rent ncnuyier Crownlnshleld. the new commander-in-chief of the European squad ron, will hoist hla flag today on the battle. snip iinnois at tne navy yard. The Illlnon will sail for Europe tomorrow. The lilt jiols has been nited up with palatial quar ters for the officers mhn m-UI remesant the Vnlted States at the coronation ceremonlee 'f King Kdward. bear Dies on raftold. PHILADELPHIA, April St. Albert Smith, a nearo. was hanurd today In the counti prison for the murder of his wife. The crime was commit tad o Smith a home at ; Oormantown, a suburb, Brpterabar Z, UuL ' a4 was romied, by Jealousy, STUDENTS ARE IN PRISON Polish f mpathtsrra F.spelled from Berlin Inlverslty Are Ar rested In Hamila. BT. PETERSBURG. April 15. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) Many of the Rueslan-Pollsh students who were expelled recently from the University of Berlin for polltlral activity Id the Inter ests of Polish nationality were arrested aa eoon aa they crossed the Russian frontier and are now held In prison at Warsaw. The number la siren by some authorities aa aet -eral hundred. At Wltepak, capital of tba government of the same name, twenty-nine Jewa have beet sentenced to two or t' ;e months' Im prisoament for attend In '''.-bidden meet- I ng and the owner of A. In which the gathering was held wa. orison 'Lj'sn for three months. Participate, meetings, elsewhere, have been r. 'I.. t i punished. The meetings were held nterrst of Zionism. Some time ago a provincial paper ap peared almost entirely blank, to Illustrate, by a drastic example, the difficulties which censorship placea on the preaa In Russia. ome times the censor omitted from the blue pencil the title or the signature of an rticle and the editor printed everything that was left. The minister of the Interior did not take the matter aa a Joke and he forbid the publication of the paper In ques tion for eight months. Many of the German colonists whose an cestors were settled in Russia by Catherine the Great have caught the emigration fever and they are reported to be leaving the dis tricts of more or lees chronic famine In roups of 150 or 200, the greater part being bound for the United States. The minister of the Interior referred to In the above correspondence was M. Sulpta- ulne, who was assassinated April 15, the day this correspondence was dualled. CAPTAIN ALBERS FALLS DEAD Caanmander of Deatachlnnrf, Who Took Prince Henry Home, Victim ot Heart Disease. E5P.LIN, April 29. Captain A. Albcrs cf the Hamburg-American steamer Deutscb- land fell dead of heart failure In the chart- bouse of his vessel. The vessel was ap proaching the port of Cuxhaven. He ex pired in the arms of his first officer, who caught him aa he fell. The long hours spent by Captain Albers on the bridge of the vessel after the Ions of Us rudder at aea, which occurred before Deutachland reached Plymouth and during the passage of the North sea, probably hastened the captain's collapse. As the senior captain of the Hamburg- American Steam Packet company. Captain Albers expected to retire after a few more trips. Emperor William ha sent a tele gram to the Hamburg-American company, in which he expresses his sorrow at the loss of so excellent and capable an officer, who "brought my brother from the United States. The steering of the rudderless Deutachland with Its crew on Its last homeward trip was a master stroke of seamanship. Honor to hla memory." HAMBURG, April 29. The Hamburg- American Una steamer Deutachland, dis abled at aea by the loss of its rudder, while on a voyage from New York, baa been ex amined and the officials ot the company ad mit that the repairs will necessitate laying up the vessel for some time. RELATIONS TO BE RESUMED Aastrla-Hansrary and Mexico Take Steps to Adjast an Old Qaarrel. BUDA PEST, April 29. The lower house of the Hungarian Diet today ratified the Austria-Hungarian commercial and consular treaty with Mexico, which lapsed In 1867 and bad not since been renewed. The official Fremdenblatt of Vienna, an nounced April 20, 1901, that the friendly reapproachment between Austria-Hungary and Mexico in consequence ot tha erection of an expiatory chapel at Queretaro, where Emperor Maxlmllan was executed In 1867. would result In an early resumption of diplomatic relations between the dual monarchy and the Mexican re public, interrupted since the emperor wss shot. The same day a bill was Introduced In the congress ot Mexico, providing for a renewal of diplomatic relations with Austria-Hun gary and an appropriation of 116,000 waa made for the salary ot a Mexican minister to Austria-Hungary. June 1. 1901, Count Gilbert Hohenwart was appointed Austria- Hungarian minister. A bill arranging for commercial and con sular relations between Austria-Hungary and Mexico was adopted without debate by the lower house of the Austrian Relchsrath March 18 last. TREATY NOT YET RATIFIED ala of Danish West Indies May Be Left to the In. habitants. COPENHAGEN, April 29. The bill pro viding for the aala ot the Danish West In dia Islsnds to the United States, aa amended by tha Landathlng, came up for dlatusston In the Folkethlng today, with the result that the party In the majority sub mined a proposal as follows: The Rla-sdaa: (Diet, com Dosed of bo-.h houae approvee the cession, on condition that the inhabitants of the Ulanda declare In favor thereof bv a plebiscite, similar to the one taken in JaoJ. The Folkethlng, by a vote ot 98 to T adopted the majority proposal submitted today. The Landsthlng la expected to agree to the Folkethlnaa' decision with some minor modifications regarding the plebiscite. The anti-sale element is now devoting Its attention to Influencing the voting of the Islanders themselves. It Is known that ons influential person has already mailed thou sands of anti-sale circulars to the Island of BL Thomas. Liberals Levy War Taa. PANAMA. Colombia. April 29. The lib erals (revolutionists) have Imposed a war tax ot $300,000 on the . conservatives of Chlrlqul, Department ot Panama, aurpaan. Ing the tax Imposed by tha goverament on the liberals here. Most ot the conserva tives are absent from Chlrlqul, but their cattle will be confiscated, to pay tor their share of the tax. Domingo Obaldla la highest on the list, with 165.000 to psy. Wllbelmtaa Passes talet lat. THE HAGUE, April 29. A bulletin re ferrtng to Queen Wllhelmlna's condition posted this morning at Castle Loo, saya her majesty passed a quiet alght and that all her symptoms Indicate Improvement. Schooners Foonder In a Gale. DUNKIRK. France. April 29. Advices re ceived here aay that the French Ashing fleet was recently eaught In a gala In tha North aea, the three schooners foundered and thai Bvaay iirwa vera lost. CATTLEMEN SEE ROOSEVELT Get No Encouragement that Fence Removal Order Will Be Resoinded. PRESIDENT FAVORS SMALL SETTLERS Storkralsera Insist Failure to Pass I.easlaa Rill and Removal of Feneea Will Drive Many Out of Rnalneaa. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 29. (Special Tele arum.) Senators Dietrich and Millard pre sented to the president today the repre sentatives of the Stock Raisers' associa tion who have been In the city lor the i - ...... ...... . ' - iwi.- u v ,:'''on tnat wl" Ven tne Public domain to . '' ,f "attlemen under the leasehold proposl- t wnicn ie uumeinpiaieu in piiib now . idlng before congress. President Roosevelt expressed himself aa desirous of seeing the range problems of the west adjusted so the lands may be se cured for email settlers with the least de gree of hardship upon those now using them for graslng purposes. In the matter ot removal of fences, which waa taken up by the delegation, no assurance could be given of relief from the orders which have been Issued by the Interior department providing for taking down the fences around government land. The visiting cat tlemen have little hope of securing any modification of the fence removal orders. They assert tbst the removal of the fences without the passage of the grazing land leasing law will cause the withdrawal of much capital from the rattle business and will force many Investors and owners of herds to remove their property to Canada, where the government Is very liberal In lta treatment of stock owners. Before leaving the capital the cattlemen 111 endeavor to formulate a bill providing a leasing regulation applicable to the state of Nebraska, leaving other states to de pend upon their own exertions to secure leasing legislation euttable to their needs. The delegation of cattlemen will leave for the west tomorrow. .Finn Hatchery for Sarpy. The bill Introduced by Mr. Mercer for a fish hatchery in Sarpy county was favorably reported today from the committee on mer chant marine and fisheries. Commissioner Bowers of the Fish commission Is ex ceedingly anxious that this measure should be passed, and he appeared before the committee In behalf of the bill. It la understood that the hatchery will be lo cated opposite the state hatchery. In order that the two hatcheries may be operated together. E. H. Hunter of Des Molnea and J. W. Blythe, attorney for the Burlington rail road, have been In the city for the last few days, presumably looking after the Interest of the Burlington railroad In con nection with the merger, which baa been set down for hearing by the supreme court. Postal Change. WASHINGTON, April 29. (Special Tele gram.) Nebraska postmasters were ap pointed as follows: Noble Sanford, Ax tell, Kearney county, vice M. M. Shoff, removed: E. C. Taylor, Boons, Boone county, vice F. W. Taylor, dead. The postofllce at Larland, Audubon county. Ia.. will be discontinues alter May 15. These Nebrsska rural free delivery routes have been ordered established July 1: At Bladen. Webster county, one route, with George L. Solomon, csrrter; area covered thirty-five square miles; population served. 430. At Florence, Douglas county, one ad dltlonal route, with one carrier (not named); area covered, twenty-four square miles; population served, 440. The order discontinuing the poetofflce at Panther, Dallas county, Ia., waa today re scinded, i HAVEMEYER TO BE CALLED President and Other Officials of American Swear Company to Tea- tlfy Before Committee. WASHINGTON. April 29. President Havemeyer and other officials of the Amer Iran 8ugar company will be asked to ap pear and give testimony before the sub committee of the senate committee on re lations with Cuba appointed ta Inquire Into the question of Cuban sugar holdings, and they will be the first witnesses called. The subcommittee held Its first meeting today, with all the members of tbe com mlttee Senators Piatt of Connecticut, Burnham and Teller preaeat. The discussion was a very general one, but no definite result beyond that of de ciding to call the trust officials was reached. Tbe auggestlon that they ahould be summoned was made by Senator Piatt, who said that for obvious reasons the In qulry should begin with them. Senator Teller replied that the proposition met his entire approval. No time waa fixed for the next meeting, but it wss agreed that it ahould take place as soon aa the' witnesses could be secured. No names of other witnesses were men tloned, but Senator Teller aald he would from time to time make suggestions In that respect. He had no vary extended list and tbe- opinion waa generally expressed that the Investigation would not be long drawn out unless men would be summoned from Cuba, when some time would be required to secure the persoaa wanted. The com mlttee reached no conclualon aa to whether any Cubans ahould be aaked to attend, but Mr. Teller Indicated his purpose to press for their appearance. After the adjournment of the conference Senator Piatt expressed the opinion tbst the consideration of the reciprocity bill ould not be delayed on account of tha proposed Inquiry, but that the committee would probably proceed with lta work on the bill Independently of the investigation. MOODY'S NAME IN SENATE Hew Secretary of tha Havy la Form. ally Nominated by tb President. WASHINGTON. April 29. Nominations by the president: William H. Moody. Maasachusetts, to be secretary ot the navy. James K. Barnes. United States attorney, westsrn district ot Arkansas. Marshals Asbury S Fowler, eastern dla trlct of Arkansas; J. F. Emmitt, district of Nevada. Receivers of Public Moneya James F. Thompson, at Eureka, Cel.; Oeorge A Rabethan, Black Foot. Idaho; Lyman B. Andrews, Seattle, Wash.; Miles Cannon North Yakima, Wash.; Alexander Cook Vancouver. Wash. Registers of Lend Offices Loreaso R. Taomea. Black Foot, Idaho; Fred W. Stock Ing. Olympla. Wash.; Mathew B. Malloy Watervtlta. Wash.; K. 11. Smith. Seattle, Waah-i WUUaa E. CbaoUa, CbaenaaaVya, ON FULTON Accident Injnrra Half Dosen Mem bers of the Kahmarlne Boat's t'reve. i r LEWES. Del., April 2.-An explosion which Injured half s dozen persons oc curred on the submarine boat Fulton today as It was running Into the harbor of the Delaware breakwater. The boat was bound from Brooklyn to Norfolk and was partly ubmerged when the accident occurred. Tbe most seriously Injured are: Lieutenant Oscar Cohen of the Austrian navy, severely bruised. Lieutenant Arthur MacArthur, U. 6. N., cut about the head. Harry Moore, assistant engineer. Injured about the head. C. B. Miner, assistant engineer, nose split. Chsrles Bechtol, gunner, severely hurt on heed and body. The explosion wss caused by an accumu lation of gas, which had been generated by the storage battery. Although the explo sion was a violent one, the vessel was but slightly Injured. On account of the rough weather at aea It was decided by the commander of Ful ton to put into the Delaware breakwater and it waa while tbe boat, partly under water, waa rounding the great stone break water that the explosion " occurred. Nine men were In the hold and three men on deck at the time. Assistant Engineer Miner, who was lying beside toe boiler asleep, was thrown severs! feet away. Lieu tenant MacArthur, who la a son of Major Oeneral MacArthur, and Gunner Berhtol were at breakfast. Bechtol was struck by heavy debris and was so badly hurt that he was ucable to care for himself and others helped him to the deck, making their es cape, aa the hold waa rapidly filling with gasoline fumes. ' , Captain Frank Cable, Lieutenant H. H. Merrell and Boatswain Charles Berg were on deck when the explosion occurred and signalled the tug Storm King and yacht Mlndora, which convoyed Fulton here for assistance. The steam launch Palaca. be ing near, also went alongside and took the Injured men ashore to the marine hospital. Considerable bravery was shown by En gineer Saunders. After the explosion tbe eugines continued to work. Baunders wrapped his head tn a wet towel and went below and atopped them. After the explosion Fulton wss towed to the government pier nesr the hospital. Fulton left Sandy Hook at 8:30 Monday morning. Bhertly afterward it submerged and made fifteen miles under water, going at the rate of five miles an hour off Long Branch. It came to the surface and made six miles an hour during tbe trip until the accident occurred. It proved to be a good aea boat and did not once require the as sistance of its convoy. The engines ran continuously for twenty hours. Those on board were highly pleased with' its per formance. CONSUL DE JLEON RETURNS aya He Haa Not Been Recalled from Ecnador to Answer Charges. NEW YORK. April 29. Perry M. De Leon, former United States consul general at Guayaquil, Ecuador, fn a passenger on the steamer Orlxaba, which arrived last night from Colon. Mr. De Leon denied the report published la Ecuador that he had been recalled to answer charges regarding his official 1 acts. 'There is not a word of truth In it," he said. "I am not aware that any charges have been made and I think I have per formed my duty to tbe satisfaction of my government." United States Consul Dickey, who waa also a passenger an the Orizaba, is away from hla post In Peru oa a leave of ab aence. Mr. De Leon brought a number of anl mals, birds and curios to present to the Smithsonisn Institution and other public institutions at Washington. PLACE FOR EVANS IN LONDON Conanl Generalship, Vacated by Death, la Informally Offered Him by President. WASHINGTON, April. 29. Commlasloner of Pensions Evans was a caller at the White House today, and while there the president informed him of the death of William McKlnley Osborne, consul general to London, and in an Informal manner ot tered him the vacant position. No formal tender of the place was made, and none will be, aa the president wanta to pay the proper respects to the memory of the dead consul. Mr. Evans said that he would take the offer under advisement, but no doubt he will accept it when It Is made In a formal manner. The State department today received the following cablegram from Vice and Deputy Consul General Weatacott, dated London, today: Deeply resrret to report death thla morn ing of General William McKlnley Osborne. The deceased consul general was a cousin to the late President McKlnley, hla mother being a sister to President McKtnley'a father. He waa a resident of Roxbery, Mass., and was appointed to London five years ago. The post la considered the plum of tbe United States foreign service. Mr. Osborne waa aecretary of the repub lican national committee during McKtnley'a first campaign for the presidency. He had been ailing for several yeara from Bright'a disease. It Is believed, and waa In ill health when last hs vlatted the United States about two years ago- Hla family, a wife and sev eral children, were with him In Europe, the eldest boy at an English college, and hla younger daughters at school la Paria. FORESTERS ARE IN SESSION Ransrrrs In Sapreme Coort Listen to Recommendations tor Reform. LOS ANGELES. April 29 The opening session of the triennial meeting of the su preme court of the Independent Order of Foreatera waa held here today. The tri ennial report of Dr. Oronhyetkaha, supreme chief ranger, advocated tha correction ot minor abuses and ths institution of certain reforms in administration. It bsa been reported that the supreme court contemplates a reratlng of tha old members at the present session, but ths officials deny the statement. In his report Dr. Oronhyetkaha called at. teuton to tbe fact (hat up to January 1, 1902, the supreme court haa distributed In benefits to Its members and their benefi ciaries more than I11.2&0.0O0. On January 1. 1902. the order bad 191,677 members, a gain over all losses of 66.992 members dur ing the four years ending December 81. 1901. Accumulated funds had Increased December 21, 1901. to 85.142.066 29. Since the last session of ths supreme court, De cember II. 1901, there have boon Instituted U1 subordinate) and companion courts. EXPLOSION MORTON'S LAST HOME COMING runeral Train to Keach Nebraska City This Morning. MANY TO PAY LAST TRIBUTE TODAY State Officers Adopt Resolution and Flag Will Float at Half Mast First Services Held at Lake Forest. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 29. (Spe cial Telegram. ) The preparations for the funeral of the late J. Sterling Morton are complete and the city stands waiting for him on his last home-coming. The special tra'n bearing the body of Mr. Morton and the funeral party from Chicago la sched uled to arrive here at about 8:30 In tbe morning, following the regular train from the east. Ths train will be met by an escort of citizens and a detachment from Company C, who will act as a guard of honor during ths time the body is lying In state. The remains will be taken to the public library building, where they will He In state until 11:80 o'clock to afford hla friends the op portunity of looking for the, last time upon Morton's face. The pupils of the public school will be taken to the library to say farewell to their old friend. Each grade will be mar shaled by the teacher In charge tn avoid any delay or confusion. The board of Education, the city council and other or ganized bodies have arranged to pay tribute to the dead In a similar way. Service at Arbor Lodge, At 11:30 the escorting party will again take up the body and bear It to the house at Arbor Lodge, where the funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock. The ceremony will be that of the Church of England and ' will be conduoted by Rev. Knicker bocker ot thla city and Rev. Eason of Lincoln. From Arbor Lodge the procession will move direct to Wyuke cemetery, where the Illustrious Ncbraakan will be burled beside his wife and son, Carl. The honorary pallbearers are: N. S. Harding, Colonel W. L. Wilson, D. P. Rolfe, J. J. Hochstetler, Robert Payne, Dr. George L. Miller, ex-Governor R. W. Fur nas and Judge A. J. Sawyer. Tbe active pallbearers will be A. P. Stafford, F. L. Burdlck, John Nordhouse, A. T. Richard son, D. A. Maccuatg. Fred Helller. R. O. Marnell and J. W. Stetnhart. A apeclal train from Lincoln will bring the governor and his staff and a number of Mr. Morton's friends. A number ot his friends, including the Burlington officials, will come down from Omaha at noon. Messages of condolence continue to stream In from prominent men and women all over the land. Among those received were those of ex-President Grover Cleve land and Hon. Dnnlel S. Lamont, who at present ars at Stuart, Fla. In tonlght'a Tribune It Is announced that the Conservative, the weekly review started by Mr. Morton upon his return from Wash ington and which he baa always spoken of aa hla last work, will be discontinued with this week's Issue. Resolutions Adopted ot I.lnooln. LINCOLN, Neb.. April 29. (Special Tele- gram.) The following reaolutlona were adopted by the state officers this morning: Whereas, The best efforts of his life were moned from among us our cieariy oeiovea fellow ritisen. J. Sterling Morton, and Whereas. The bast efforts of his life were dedicated to the noble purpose or conserv ing and promoting tne moral and physical welfare of the people of Nebraska, and Whereas, In public and private life he exerted a wholesome and purifying Influ ence on society and labored with Christian fortitude and unceasing diligence In the upbuilding of the moral, educational ana lnliM(rlal institutions or mis state, ana Whereas. Bv hie lovaltv. nalntlsm rugged honesty and statesmanship he brought moral prestige to the state and sned luster on Its cltlzensnip, ana Whereae. His life la a beautiful and im creextve examule. whose emulation Is well calculated to stimulate the nobler at tributes of human character, and Whereas, By his death the state loses one of Its best and most Illustrious citizens, one who In his life stood guard over Its destiny and vm ever watchful at.d con siderate of its general welfare; therefore te it Resolved, By the officers of the execu. tlve department of the state of Nebraska that, aa a testimonial of respect, the trans action of public business at the state house be suspended at noon or Wednesday, Anrtl 30. for the remainder of that day, said day being the time set for the obsequies: that the flag be hung at half mast O'i the capital and that the executive nfHrerr. nf thfe tate nartlrinAte In the ner- formancfl Vf the final rites, and be It furiner Resolved, That, as evidence of our esteem. Borrow and bereavement, thess resolutions L filed with tbe Department of State and become part of the public records of the commonwealth and that a copy be furnished to members of the fam ily of tne deceases. Hold Services In Lake Forest. CHICAGO, April 29. Funeral aervlces over the late J. Sterling Morton, former secretary of agriculture, were held at the First Presbyterian church at Lake Forest today, Rev. Dr. J. K. McClure, pastor of tbe church, officiating. . Relatlvea and frlenda from Chicago were taken to Lake Forest on a special train to attend tbe services. After the services in Lake Forest the body waa brought to Chicago In Paul Mor ton'a private car and tonight at 6 o'clock waa taken to Nebraska City on a special train over the Chicago, Burlington at Qulncy road. Mr. Morton'a three sons, together with a large number of relatives and friends, ac companled the body to the dead states man's old home. Nebraska City will be reached tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock and the body will lie In state at Arbor Lodge until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. when the funeral services will be held. Message from Roosevelt, Among the expressions of sympathy re celved at the Morton home at Lake Foreat were the following: ITesldent Roofcevelt I am greatly shocked and grieved at the death of your father. I respected and admired your father as a mil. lie man and I loved him aa a friend. I svmnathlae deeDly with you and fenl that the country has sustained a real and great loss. Former President Cleveland Is on a hunt tog expedition In Florida and a message announcing the death of hla former cabinet member bad not reached blm. It la thought lata laat night. The following meaaaga from Mrs. Cleveland waa received by Mark Morton yesterday morning I have forwarded your sad news to my husband In Florida. Pray accept my warmest aympatny. Other telegrams were; vnrmer Attorney Oeneral Harmon of Cin cinnatiSympathy and condolence to all of you from all of ua. Governor Davlo. B. Francis of Missouri tinut and shocked. 1 heard of the death of your distinguished father, whom I was ru to claim aa a friend and who ihlv esteemed by all who knew him. well as bv all who comprehended the true quality of American citizenship. I shall er.deevor to attend the funeral at Nebraska fit V htnatoi Elklns of West Virginia We are shocked to near or ine aeam i your ois tlnauished father. Be assured that you (Continued oa Second Page.) CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Warmer. Temneratnre at Omaha Yesterdayi Hoar. Desr. Hoar. Des. R a. m no 1 p. m ...... Ml a. m 4H a p. m W T a. nt 4t ! p. m n.1 ft a. m 4l p. m O n. m 4a n p. m wtl Iti a. m 4ft p. m II i. n r'2 T p. nt "A VJ m AH M p. m ft p. m Bit DENIES THERE IS BEEF TRUST harles W. Armonr Explains Price of Beef la Doe to aaral ( noses. High KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 29 (Special Telegram.) Charles W. Armour, head of the Armour Interests In Kansas City, said today that It there la a tmat among the packers he knows nothing of It. He said be would cheerfully obey the summons of the attorney general to appear at Jefferson City on May 6 and tell what he knows about the rhatge that a combine exists among the packers. Mr. Armour explains high prices of meat on the ground of the dry weather laat summer In Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas, Nebraska and parta of Mis souri, which had the effect of cutting down the receipts of live stock In the five mar kets of the world In an unusual degree. Another reason, Mr. Armour says, for the advance In the price of meats. Is the In creased cost of commodities used In pack ing plants. "Coal during the last year has advanced 25 to 30 per cent In price. Pig tin, which a few yeara ago cost us 114 cents a pound, now cost us 28 cents, taking yesterday's closing market for It. The timber out of which we are to make our boxes has advanced on an average of $7 per thousand feet. Everything else has advanced more or less, while the price of labor Is either about tbe same or a -little higher." Even in the event that a packing trust should be formed Mr. Armour contended that the students of the law of supply and demand would figure It out that the prices were extortionate and the result would be, he said, competing companies tn the pack- lug business whose managers would be satisfied with a reasonable per cent on their investment. FORMER OMAHA MAN MISSING G. Clark Goes to Denver to Start Store and Hla Wife Can not Find Him. PENVER, April 29. (Special Telegram.) Heartbroken at her inability to locate her missing husband. Mrs. ?. G. Clark left this afternoon for Omaha fu.!v convinced that the former has met with foul play In Den ver. Mrs. Clark came here from Omaha a week ago In company with her husband. They Intended to embark in tbe atatlonery business In this rlty and Clark had In bis possession something like $600 at the time of hla disappearance. The last bis wife saw of blm waa when he went to the depot to have their trunka sent to the cause In which they rented rooms. The trunks came, hut Clark did not. Mrs. Clark visited police headquarters and waa Informed tbat her husband had been aa intnate ef tne city tall with a charge of "drunk" against him but had paid hla fine and was released When arrested be had $400. 'I went home," said Mrs. Clark, "but my husband did not come. I returned to the police station, but the police told me they thought he bad left town. I telegraphed to Texaa, our former home, but he bad not been there. Mr. Clark baa alwaya been a good husband Just the beat In the world He drank a little sometimes, but never to excess. I am sure he baa been murdered for his money." NEBRASKA WOMEN ARRIVE Delegates to Genernl Federation Rearb Tbelr Destination Ready for Baalneaa. LOS ANGELES, April 29. A large num ber of delegate) to the biennial convention of the Federation of Woman's Clubs ar rived in Los Angeles today and by tomor row afternoon practically all will have been escorted to their headquarters li readiness for the opening cession. Dele gate from Georgia, Including National President Mrs. Rebecca Douglas Lowe; Texaa, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, tbe Jud- son and tbe Raymond-Whitcomb parties came In during tbe day. GRAND CANYON, Ariz., April 29. Three Santa Fe trains enroute to Los Angeles, numbering S00 clubwomen, spent the day sightseeing at the Grand canyon. Mrs. N. P. Caldweel of Providence, R. I., and Mrs A. B. Chamberlain of Grand Rapids, Mich., were temporarily overcome. The parties Including the Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and Mis souri specials, lsft tonight four hours be hind schedule time. STRANDED ONJLLIS ISLAND Pathetic Btory of YoansT Woman Who Crosses Oceasi to Meet Husband. NEW YORK, April 29. Stranded on Ellla Island, with a 3-weeks-old baby In. her arms, ia a young woman, who, but for the accident which happened to the steamship Neckar In February laat, causing It to be towed Into Halifax, would now be living with her husband In Salem, O. In October last Ferdlnaad Bruckner left Hermstadt, Lieberbergea, to seek a home In thla country. In January hs sent for his wife, promising to meet her here on her arrival. Mrs. Bruckner embarked on tbe Neckar. When tbat vessel finally resched Halifax the authorities sent Mrs, Bruckner to a hospital. Bruckner came here to meet his wife, but, after a long watt, la thought to have returned to Salem. When the young woman was discharged from tbe hospital shs was turned over to United Statea Commissioner Thomas, who ordered ber sent here for de portation, her ticket and letters having been lost In ber illness. Efforts are being made to locate Bruckner. FIVE HUNDRED LOSE PLACES t hit-ago Parking; Honaes Discharge Kmployea on Account of the Dnll Season. CHICAGO, April 29. Flva hundred em ployes of .oe packing firm of Llbby, Mc Neil A Llbby have been released owing to "dull times." They were glvsn their dis charges Saturday night, but the fact did not become generally known till today. Superintendent Morrow of Llbby, McNeil AS Llbby aald tbat tha proposed governmsn investigation of tbe packing business had nothing to do with ths letting out of em ployes and the plant would by no means be closed. It Is not unusual for tha meat bus I ness to row comparatively dull at this season. TOWN SWEPT AWAY Oleorose, Texas, Almost Completely Wrecked by Tornado. EIGHT PERSONS KNOWN TO BE KILLED List of the Injured is Placed at from Torty to Fifty. ROPERTY LOSS QUARTER OF MILLION Wind Strikes Business Center, Destroying One-Third of 8 tort i. DWELLING HOUSES TORN TO SPLINTERS Fatal Storm gweepa Down a Valley to town, Leaving; Complete Rain and Dlanater In Its Wake. DALLAS. Tex., April 29. A dipatch from Granbury. Tex., confirms the report of damage done at Glenrose by a tornado yesterday. One additional death making a total ot eight is reported and three ot the Injured probably will die. Tha re vised list of dead follows: MRS CARL MILAN. TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF J. R. MILAN. REV. MR. FORI), pastor of the Methodist church. MISS MAE CONNELL. MUDGROVE, a boy. MRS. GAGE. MRS. FAGQ. UNIDENTIFIED MAN. Fatally Injured. Mr. and Mrs. Lee. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trice. There were fifty-seven persona injured. but with the exception of those mentioned as fatally hurt, It Is thought all will re cover. In Glenrose thirty-three buildings were destroyed. More then 1,000 persons are homeless and destitute. Relief parties have started from Gran bury with medicines anil other supplies and accompanied by several physicians. The tornado literally devastated farm prop erly and cropa for a distance of five miles north of Glenrose and seven miles south, but no fatalities or serious Injuries are re ported outside of tbe town of Olenroae. 8even of the dead were buried at Glen rose today and the body of Mrs. Milan waa sent to Weatherford for Interment. Tornndo Sweeps Down Valley. Glenrose la located on tbe Paluxy river, Is a valley. The tornado came down tha val ley, sweeping everything before It. It struck the town in the business district and about one-third of the atores war wrecked. A hard rain succeeded tbe storm and stocks were ruined, damaging what bad not been destroyed by tbe wind. Tha western portion of the residence aectton of the town was struck. Here were located most ot the fine residences. Tha town being a email one, but a noted health re sort, some ot tbe houses were commodious and well furnished. The frame houses were simply torn ' asunder and scattered. Their Inmates had no warning of the Impending calamity and It was here tbat all the fatalities occurred. There were many miraculous escapee and many failed to escape. How many, cannot be told until communication ha been re opened. The residence of Mrs. Connell, one 4 those wrecked, caught fire and, with two others, waa burned. Heavy Property Loss. The property loss Is roughly estimated at $250,000. It may prove to be much greater when all the facts are known, for there are undoubtedly other sections which have been devastated up and down tha river. It may be several days before tbe entire story of the disaster la known. The town Is cut off from wire communi cation and all tbe facts have come from neighboring towns wbtch bsve been reached by refugees, who cannot tell all tbe facts. aa they are In quest of aaslatanca for their stricken people. Glenrose Is the county seat of Somervell county and haa a population of about 800 people. It is a noted health resort, there being many springs and wells with medici nal qualities. It la this which haa eauaed a number of fine residences to be built by people of means, who have taken up their abode there, and tbta fact adda to tha property loss very materially. Tbe Fort Worth A Rio Grande will rub a special train to the atrlcken town this morning. Aboard will be supplies for tha sufferers. This train will also pick up other supplies and relief parties at placea along tbe line. Those whose homes have been spared are doing all In their power for the homeless, but, according to reporta here, there are many of the latter. Destructive Winds In Kansas, PLEAS ANTON, Kan.. April 29. A tor nado passed through this county laat night and demolished many houses and barna. The house of William Fouls, a farmer, waa destroyed and Foutx waa fatally Injured. Three others In the Fouts family war badly hurt. Much loss among livestock re sulted from tbe storm. WICHITA. Kan., April 29. A heavy alee trie storm Is coming from the south to- night and the sky Is black with rain clouds. It Is probable that the wheat belt will be soaked before morning. Fearful lightning ia now visible from tbis city. CORRIGAN IS STILL WEAK Condition of Archbishop Nst olte So Satisfactory aa It Should Be. NEW YORK. April 29. Tha following bulletin waa Issued at 9:30 a. m. today by Archbishop Coirlgan'g physicians: The archbishop s condition continues sat isfactory In all reepecta except weakness, which persists. He haa not yet fully ral lied. E L. KKYKH. M D. FRANCIS DELAF1ELD. M. D. Dr. Keyea aald after tbe bulletin had been Uaued: There Is no relapse, but the archbishop la not rallying as well ss we should like to Bne a convalescent rally. Thla Is no doubt due to sge and weakness. Nevertheless, he Is doing very well and holding bis own. In reply o questions Dr. Keyea said the archbishop's temperature waa slightly be low 99 and his puis at 94. Rev. Father Curley said tbe archbishop paased a fairly comfortable night and. al though ha waa rsstleas, ha had managed to get some sleep. i'rofrasor la the North wasters). CM H 'AGO, April 2S Levi H. Fuller, a prteKS(ir In the Chicago law school, has berii uppolrited professor ot the practice n.urt in the Northwestern university law school. Prof. Fuller is a son of Assistant 1' rilled Status Attorney Oeneral Fuller of Iowa, now In charge of the government rases before the ctpaniah claim commla-aloa.
