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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, TMUItSDAY MOIIXIXU, SEPTEMBER 18, 11)02 TEN PAGES.
SIN (ILK COPY TIIUKK CENTS.
IIAY CHAMPIONS JEWS
Secretary Appeali to Nations ia Behalf of
Xtumnia'i Downtrodden.
CALLS ATTENTION TO TREATY OF BERLIN
Powers lUiponible Because Epemera fer
the Present Offender.
f AUPER IMMIGRATION SUGGESTS NATE
freiident Wished Eemethinfr Deie te Check
Influx of Poor.
HUMANITARIANS, ALSO, ARE INTERESTED
tTansuat Coim I Prompt by Both
Charitable Bnstaess Consid
erations Letter la to Be Dls
trlbated Abroad.
WASHINGTON, Sept 17. With the
double purpose of protecting the Jew of
the Balkan states and preventing the over
throw from the Balkan to the United States
of a horde of paupers, Secretary Hay haa
adopted the courae of appealing to the pow
ers of Europe to force one of their chil
dren to observe the obligations of humanity
In the case of the Jews.
The appeal takes the form of a paper,
remarkable In several reapecta, which baa
been dispatched in Identical form to every
embassador and minister of the United
States residing In one of the countries of
Europe which were partlea to the famous
treaty at Berlin of 1878. namely: Oreat
Britain, France. Germany, Russia, Italy,
Austria and Turkey, marking the termina
tion of the Turko-Rusela war and the cre
ation, by the direct act of the powers, of
the independent Balkan , etates. Because
the powers are thus responsible for the ex
istence of Roumanla, the culprit In this
case, the eecretary of state haa directed
the note to them In the hope that they
will bring thle government to a sense of
its duties to ameliorate the frightful con
dition of the Roumanlaa Jews.
In a measure this action by the Depart
ment of Btate may be traced to numerous
petitions from Jewish societies and hu
manitarians generally, as well as to the
warnings of publicists respecting the grow
ing danger of the immigration of degen
erates. What the President Wishes.
The text of the document Is as follows:
nwpA PTM15NT or PTATP!, warhino
TON, Bept. 11, 1902. Sir: In the course of
of an instruction recently sent to the min
ister accredited to the government of Rou
manla regarding the bases of negotiation be
gun with that government looking to a con
vention of naturalisation between the United
Btates and Roumanla, oertaln considerations
were set forth for the minister's guidance
concerning the character of the emigration
from that country, the causes which con
strain it and the consequences so far as they
adversely affect the United States.
"It haa aeemed to the .president appro-,
priate that these conslderationa, relating
aa they do to the obligations entered into by
the slgnatorlea of the treaty of Berlin of
July IS, 1878, should be brought to the at
tention of the governments concerned and
commended to their consideration. In the
hope that tf tbcy are so fortunate as to
meet the approval of the several powers
such measures as to them may seem wise
may be taken to persuade the government
of Roumanla to reconsider the consideration
of the grievances In question.
Arms Still Open for Blent Kind.
"The United States welcome now, as It has
welcomed from the foundation of its gov
ernment, the voluntary immigration of all
aliens coming hither under conditions Bi
ting them to become merged in the body pol
ltto of this land. Our laws provide the
means for them to become incorporated In
dlstlngulshably in the mass of citizens and
prescribes their absolute equality, wlth the
native-born, guaranteeing to them equal
civil rights at home and equal protection
abroad. The conditions are few, looking to
their coming aa free agents, so circum
stanced physically and morally aa to supply
ths healthful and intelligent material of
free cltliensblp. The pauper, the criminal,
the contagiously or Incurably diaeased are
excluded from the benefits of immigration
only whra they are likely to become a source
of danger or a burden upon the community.
The voluntary character of their coming is
essential, hence we abut out all Immigra
tion assisted or constrained by foreign
agencies. The purpose of our generous
treatment of the alien Immigrant is to ben
efit us and him alike cot to afford to an
other state a field upon which to caat Its
own oojeciionaDie elements, me alien com
log hither voluntarily and prepared to take
upon himself the preparatory and. in due
course, the definitive obligations of cltlsen-
shlp, retains thereafter in domestic and In
ternational relsilona the Initial character
of free agency, In the full enjoyment of
which It is Incumbent upon his adoptive
Btate to protect him.
Shoald Be Careful.
The foregoing considerations, whilst
pertinent to the examination of the pur
pose and acope of a naturalization treaty,
have a larger aim. It behooves the state
to scrutlnze moat zealously the character
of Immigration from a foreign land, and
If it be obnoxious to examine the causes
which render It so. Should those causes
originate in the act of another sovereign
state to the detriment of Ita neighbors It la
the prerogative of an Injured atate to point
out the evil and to make remonstrances
for, with nations aa with Individuals, ths
social law holde good that the right of
each is bounded by the right of the neigh
bor.
"The condition of a large class of the In
habitants of Roumanla has tor many years
been a source of grave concern to the
United States. I refer to the Roumanian
Jewa, numbering some 400.000 Long ago,
while the Danublan principalities lab red
under oppresslve'condltlons which only war
and a general action of the Europen pow
ers sufficed to end, the persecution of the
Indigenous Jews under Turkish rule called
forth, In ls7t, the strong remonstrance of
the United States. The tresty of Berlin
was hailed as a cure tor lha wrong. In view
of the express provisions of Its forty-fourth
article, prescribing that 'in Roumanla the
difference of religious creed and confes
sion' shall not be alleged against any per
son aa a ground for exclusion or Incapacity
on matters relating to the enjoyment of
civil and political rights, admission to pub
lic employments, functions and honors, or
the exercise of the various professlcna and
industries la sny locality whatsoever, and
stipulating freedom in the exercise of all
forme of worship to Roumanian dependents
and foreigners alike aa well as guarantee
ing that all. foreigners In Ruumanla ahall
(Continued on Fourth rage.)
SAND NOW FILLS THE CRATERS
Plre, However, Breaks tint at Various
Points of I.e Sonfrlere and
Katlves Tremble.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent. B. W. I.. Sept.
17. Both craters of La Soufrlere have been
active since September 11. The top of
the mountain Is usually covered with clouds
but being exceptionally clear of them this
morning two natives named Cummins and
Adams ventured to ascend the volcano and
reached the summit of Old Crater.
September S this crater contained water;
It Is now nearly filled with sand and has
a funnel-shaped cavity In the center. Cum
mlngs and Adams saw flames rising from
three distinct placee In the crater. They
experienced a narrow escape. The heat
on the mountain was Intolerable.
The predictions made by American Sci
entists with regard to later eruptlona of
La Soufrlere ere being signally fulfilled.
Much anxiety waa felt here today, as It
had been predicted that an eruption would
occur. Up to 6 o'clock this afternoon no
alarming Indication of an outbreak had
been reported.
VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 17. The steamer
Hlgo Maru, which was sent by the
Japanese government to the scene of
the recent eruption at Torlshama, has
returned' to Yokohama. According to news
brought by the steamer the landing was ef
fected with considerable difficulty. The
eruption had wrought a complete transfor
mation of the island and all the inhabitants
and animals had disappeared and no Indica
tion was left as to what had become ot
them.
The highest of three peaks on the island,
known aa Komochlyama, had been blotted
out of existence and a crater had been
formed partly in the place where the peaks
stood. The crater la still sending forth a
thick smoke of sulphur with awful subter
ranean rumblings. A considerable subsi
dence was noticeable at the spot where the
dwellings of the Inhabitants had stood prior
to the eruption.
All the lslsnd was strewn with ashes,
gravel and boulders, and only about a fourth
part of the normal island vegetstlon re
mained in existence.
GOLD SITUATION UNCHANGED
London Banker Dlseonnts Talk of the
Last Week and Expects No
Large Shipments.
LONDON, Sept, 17. "The gold situation
has not materially altered during the past
week," said a partner in one of the largest
banke today, apeaklng to a representative
of the Assoi ited Press.
"The prospect of gold shipment to New
York, at the present rate," he said, " first
permits of a profitless transaction. My
own Arm, and I think we are typical of
the genera) situation In London, is meet
ing all American obligations with October
coupons of American stock held here. No
very large amount of such securitlee are
at present pledged In London, and while
London will owe New York large sums for
actual shipments of merchandise and food
stuffs for months to come, I think the
larger part will easily be met without any
considerable shipment of metal. Under the
present ruling of the American treasury,
it la easier to takaUbe gold from Australia
than to buy the gold la London. This be
sides Increasing the American supply re
duces the stock In the open market in
London."
Messrs. Bellgman, who are accredited
with participating in the gold ehlpment de
clined to discuss the eituatlon, but other
houses confirmed the above quotation, and
agreed that the margin of profit la entirely
too amall to Induce anyone to ehlp gold un
less there is some special reaaon behind the
transaction.
RUSSIA TO FIREJJN POACHERS
Announces That It Proposes to Stop
the Illegal Practice If It Haa
to Sink Boats.
LONDON, Bept. 18. In a dispatch from
Odessa the correspondent of the Standard
says: The Russian minister of agriculture
and atate domains, M. Vermoloft. has an
nounced that he has taken measures for
the suppression of the systematic poaching
by Americans and Japanese among the seal
and other sea animals on the northeastern
coast of Siberia.
Although anxious to comply with the
reiterated requests of Russia, the Wash
ington and Toklo governments have failed
to put an end to this poaching in Russian
water.
"Mr. Vermoloff," conctudee the corre
spondent, "gives notice thst American and
Japanese poachers captured within the lim
its of Russia's maritime Jurisdiction on
the Siberian coast will be liable to three
months' Imprisonment and their ships and
cargoes confiscated. This order will be
enforced by three gunboate. No discrim
ination will be made; the commanders and
crews of poachers will be aubjected to the
same treatment. On refusal to surrender
or attempt to escape, the commanders of
ths Russian gunboats sre empowered to
fire on and elnk the sea pirates."
MORGAN ENGULFS STEAMSHIPS
Is Reported to Have Secured Control
ot Klne More and London
Is Worried.
LONDON. Sept. 17. A news agency says
that a Norfolk and North American Steam
ship Shipping company, owning nine large
steamers trading between England and the
United States In connection with the Le
high Valley and Reading railroads, haa
been taken over by the Morgan shipping
combine. The agency's announcement adds
thst this report has created a sensation in
local shipping circles.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17. The fleet of th"
Norfolk and North American Shipping com
pany, ot which Messrs. Simpson, Spend
Young are managing owners, piles be
tween Philadelphia and London and the
aervice la known aa the Philadelphia Trans
atlantic line.
BABY BETRAYED BY A PRK
Cnaloms Official Grow Suspicions and
Discovers That It's a Dog In
Dlagalsr.
t .
LONDON. Sept. 17. One of the most In
enlous methods on record to evade ths
I psyment of customs duty occurred todsy at
I Dover, when a smartly dressed young
i woman landed from the Oatend ateamer
carrying in ber arms what was ostensibly
a baby dreaed in long clothes. As the youug
womsn was pasting the customs ofhYtsls the
I "baby" barked and an investigation dis
closed thst the supposed infant mai in
reality a valuable dog which the woman
was endeavoring to smuggle in in rontrav
tlon ot the strict English customs regula
tions. The animal, which had been unsuc
cessfully drugged, vaa esnt back to Bel-glum.
REPUDIATION AT BOSTON
Democratic lute Convention ii Sold to
Kama Oitj Platform.
FINISH OF GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
'f. Huston's C rowd
Pnta Ere-
' liver Leader to Itonte
'Here Are Hisses
Groans.
BOSTON, Sept. 1. icrlmony was not
wanting for a time In the democratic state
convention in Tremont Temple today, but
in the end harmony was restored and the
state ticket was enthusiastically greeted.
The ticket follows:
For Governor William A. Gaston of
Boston.
For Lieutenant Governor John C. Crlsby
of Plttsfleld..
For Secretary of State Wlllmore B. Stone
of Springfield.
For Treasurer Thomas C. Thatcher of
Yarmouth.
For Auditor J. L. Challfoux of Lowell.
For Attorney General John J. Flaherty
of Gloucester.
It might be aald that In naming Colonel
Boston to the head of the ticket precedent
was shattered. Inasmuch as he was nomi
nated and given a platform of his own dic
tation. Not unlike the famous conventions
of 1836. and 1900, the fight was over the na
tional Issue on the platform. The test of
strength was between Colonel Gaston on
the one hand and George Fred Williams,
once the stalwart leader of the silver dem
ocrats, on the other. In this battle Mr.
Williams was utterly routed, with the pre
dicted result that be is shorn of all power
of leadership.
C'hllllnsr News for Bryan.
The platform adopted is a repudiation of
the Kansas City platform, for Mr. Gaston
refused to be the nominee if in any way
the declaration of principles could be con
strued to endorse those things most prom
inently endorsed by the party in the last
two campaigns.
Mr. Williams was chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions and at first proposed
the endorsement of the Kansae City plat
form. In deference to the protests of Jo
slah Qulncy, a member of the committee
speaking for Colonel Gaston, he consented
to waive the endorsement and proposed
planks In which the national question of
trusts, monopolies and corporations were
dealt with in atrong language.
Mr. Qulncy wrote a platform which was
acceptable to Mr. Gaston, whose conven
tion strength was estimated rightfully, as
it proved, at four to one over Charlee S.
Hamlin, the other candidate for the nomi
nation. In committee last night Mr. Qulncy's
draft was accepted by a majority vote of
14 to 7, which was repeated before the con
vention opened. Mr. Williams prepared a
minority report.
Hiss Williams.
The convention opened with trouble
brewing. It came soon after Mr. Gaston's
nomination, when the matter of platform
wae brought up. The battle from the floor
was one of bitter words, during which the
delegates, objelng to Mr.-WllliafW sar
castic referencee to certain planks tn the
platform, which he said were placed there
at Mr. Gaston's solicitation, hissed and
cried him down. Throughout the tumult
the speaker exultantly surveyed the throng,
end when order was restored concluded his
speech, to be hissed again when he sat
down.
The minority report was rejected and the
majority report, representing the platform
sent out in these dispatches last night, waa
adopted by an overwhelming vote. The
ticket as given above was then completed.
Immediately thereafter Mr. Hamlin, taking
the platform, asked that Mr. Gaston's nomi
nation be made unanimous, which waa done
amid cheers, and the convention adjourned.
Williams Keeps I'p Flarht.
Before the proceedlnga were opened Mr.
Williams made a atatement. In which he
said:
A man Is not beaten who has not been
in a fight? Well, 1 am only lust beginning
to tight. I have been lulled Into a false
security during the summer ami have been
led to believe that Colonel Gaston and
his supporters would not make any effort
to renounce the policy of the party as
laid down at the last national convention.
1 have had distinct assurances to that
effect from Mr. Qulncy and from many of
Colonel Qaston'a friends. Had It been
supposed two months ago that the party
would turn Its back on the policies Colonel
Gaston could not have got more than one
tenth of the dele-gates to the convention.
But I have never been beaten by the
Boston machine yet. Whenever I have
appealed to the people they have sustained
me and I believe they will again when
the issue la presented.
William 8, McNary, chairman of the
state committee, called the convention to
order. He was elected temporary chair
man. The committee on permanent organ
ization reported In favor of Congressman
Henry F. Naphen of South Boston for per
manent chairman. Congressman Naphen on
taking the chair said In part:
" Calls It Demoeratle Year.
This Is a democratic year. The splendid
enthueluam In our party and the dissatis
faction heard on every slie at the refusal
of the administration to grapple with the
grave questions of the hour foreshadow
victory throughout the land. The reaolu
ttona of western republican conventions
reveal the disaffection of the party rank
and tile. They presage republican party
ditsrrslona and a disruption tar more
violent than that which deposed the great
leaders of a decade ago and completely
aliel aled the more courageous spirits, like
ex-Gcernor Boutelle.
The recent visit of the president, to New
England was signalized by a declaration
of convictions mure welcome In some par
ticulars to our party than to his own. His
frank recognition ot the evils of monopoly
waa an avowal of democratic doctrine and
reflected the persuasion of a maturity ot
the people. Those who followed him as he
discussed the question with rliKafcliiK. if
limited, candor, belonged to no class or
party. By yielding to the pressure of public
opinion he broke with the forces which
control the great republican machine.
Talks of Imperial Monopolies.
Already we henr expressions of dissent
from Intluentlal iuarters In which the poli
cies of the republican party are sh-ipej
and fixed; the voices of the leaders are
heard as If mildly cautioning the Indiscreet
canuldate for renomlnatlon. Kehlnd these
men are the Imperial monopolies which
the president haa ventured to criticise.
Tills Is not the llrat tune that President
Roosevelt has broken with his party. No
president ever apptuled more earnestly to
congress than he did In his message on
reciprocity with Cuba. A minor Industry
hypnotized congress, blocked the will of
the executive, caused ua to break faith
with Cuba and Ignored the interests of
the people.
Gentlemen, if one trust of secondary
power so Impeded Justice In our relations
with Cuba ar.d defied the whole powrr of
the administration, what hope of relief
can you see In the Roosevelt method of
attack, alien it will be realstsd by the
united forces of these vast combinations
that do not concern themselves wilh na
tional honor, moial obligations or Justice.
May Disturb Prosperity.
Senator Lodae professes to fear that un
less we handle the trusts with gloves the
prosperity of the country may be disturbed.
1 nfortunately. however, prosperity la nut
as widespread ss lr. Ix.lxe and his re
publican colleagues would have us believe.
It Is rilttlcult to convince the average man
who finds that the price of living haa In-
(Continued on Second Page.)
GOMPERS STILL CONFIDENT
Says He Has o Innbt hnt That Strlk
era Will Win Arbitration Mill
Settle Tronblea.
WILKESBARRE. Ta.. Sept. 17. President
Gompers of the American Federation of
Labor in a statement Issued today takes a
hopeful view of the strike eituatlon. The
statement Is as follows:
At this lime It is Impossible to y ex
actly when the strike will terminate, but,
after careful Inquiry Into the eituatlon n.
the mines. I am convinced that the strug
gle will end by agreement. The wage earn
ers and the general public are generously
contributing to the aid of the miners. It
Is essentlul that this aid bo extended end
continued.
If the manhood of the miners Is to be
maintained they must at least have bread
for their wlvs and little ones, as well as
for themselves. The declared attitude of
the presidents of the anthracite railroads
has not apparently changed. l5esplte this
ftct, I am fully convinced that the strike
will end thro.igh agreement, -with Im
pioved conditions for the miners and the
union maintained.
8AMTTKL OOMPER8,
President the American Federation of La
bor. In activity at President Mitchell's head
quarters and apparent activity In coal op
erators' circles covers the sltustion In this
section of the strike region todsy. Presi
dent Mitchell still Insists that his fol
lowers' sre remaining firm and that there
will be no break in the ranks of the miners.
At the offices of the local coal companies,
on the other hand, It Is said that they are
adding to their working force every day.
The Exeter mine of the Lehigh Valley
Coal company was opened today. When in
full operation the mine employs 600 men.
POTTSVILLE. Ps., Sept. 17. The exodus
of miners continues from the Schuylkill
district, because the strikers have given
up hope of an early settlement. Today
forty certified miners left for Wise county,
Virginia, where they will be employed in
the soft coal mines. A similar number
left for the same point ten days ago and
in a few days a carload of driver boys will
go to Westmoreland county, this state.
They say they are promised good wsges.
It is estimated that 2,000 mine workers
have gone to the Irwin, Madison, Latrobe
and Greensburg bituminous coal fields and
upwards of 7,000 are said to have secured
employment In the Pittsburg district.
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Sept. 17. Gov
ernor White determined tonight to call in
the troops still on duty In the New river
coal field and they will leave for their
homes tomorrow. Everything was quiet to
day and many new men went Into the mines
to work.
WAITERS MUST NOT MOLEST
Spokane JsAge Sends Them from Jap
anese Bestanraat with Tem
porary Injunction.
SPOKANE. Wasli., 8ept. 17. In the United
States district court Judge C. H. Hanford
has issued a temporary injunction restrain
ing members ot the Cooks and Walters'
union from picketing or patrolling in front
of the restaurant kept by Takahashi, a
Japanese, or from interfering wtth him.
This is the case in which Judge Richardson
of the county court issued an injunction
declaring the boycott Illegal. Takahashi
declared yiat he had applied for member
ship In the union, but thaj he had been re
jected oecausv no m a i sparse. "yc
PACKERS GIVE A PROMISF.
Swiff V Company Pledare to Ion Men
That They Will Not Be Dis
criminated Against.
CHICAGO. Sept. 17. Union labor won
another victory in the parking house dis
trict today when Swift V Co. agreed not
to discriminate against members of the or
ganizations in the future In the employment
ot men. On the wage scale of the wood
workers, who went on strike yesterday, the
company asked for further time. A con
ference has been arranged for tomorrow be
tween a committee representing the men
and officers of the -company, when a new
acale of wages will be made.
RECEIVER GETS CYCLE WORKS
Amerless Company In Chicago Fol
lows the Way of the Larger
Corporation.
CHICAGO. Sept. 17.-The American Cycle
i company owner, of the largest bicycle fac-
tory in Chicago, was placed In the hands o I
!a receiver by order of Judge Jenkins of-!
; miiwaun.ee. i no peuuuu Claims toe coia-
, pany had lost credit through the appoint
ment of receivers for the American Bicy
cle company. The receivers appointed were:
R. L. Coleman, Colonel A. A. Pope and A.
F. Miller, who recently took charge of the '
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property of the American Bicycle company.
The complainants were the American
Wooden Rim company of Charleston. W.
Va., aad Charles J. Stlmson of New York.
The American Cycle company was organ
ized under the laws of New Jersey, De
cember 19, 1901. It had a paid up capital
of 19,000,000, which, except ten shares, is
held by Coleman, Pope and Miller.
HIS MOTHEfJ GETS MOST
Wife McGregor Married Jnat Before
Operation Inherits Only Dower
Right In Southern Holdings.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 The will of the
late Bradford D. McGregor of the Stand
ard Oil company, who died at Mamaroneck
September 7 after an operation, and who
married Miss Clara Schlemmer of New
York a few hours before he submitted to
the surgeon's knife, wss filed today. It
was reported at the time of his death that
he had left a large fortune In the Standard
Oil shares to hla wife, but she Is not men
tioned in the will. She will have a dower
right In all the real estate left by him,
which consists of large holdings In Florida,
Ohio and New York. Mrs. T. B. McGregor,
the teststor's mother. Is the heir to the
bulk of the property.
PAWNEE PIONEER MURDERED
Robber Colls Him to Store Door, Cuts
Ills Throat and Takes
Ills Pnrse,
FORT SCOTT. Kan., Sept. 17. At Paw.
nee, near here, R. J. Morrison, a pioneer,
as called to the door of hla store, where
he slept, slugged and his throat rut from
ear to ear by an unidentified assailant, who
escaped. Morrison's mallet, containing
1500, is missing.
C0MPTR0LLERJSSUES A CALL
National Banks Mast Make Report ef
Their Condition at Close f
Baslaesa September 15.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. The comp
troller of ths currency has Issued a call
for the condition of the national banke at
the close of bualases Monday, September
IS.
CAPTURE PIERCE MURDERER
Poise Compelled te Ihoot Niejenfind Before
He Would Give Up.
empties his revolver at pursuers
None of Shots Hit Members of Posse
NrlirnAnd Wonnded In Many
l'laces, hot Likely to
Becover.
WINSIDE. Neb.. Sept. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Gottlieb Niegenflnd, the Pierce
county murderer, in in the doctor's hands. He
was shot thts afternoon five miles south
vest of here. Thursdsy night of last week
he stayed with Henry Carstens, three mll ?s
from the scene of the crime, riding to
within two miles of here on Friday morn
ing with Carstens and then riding four
miles south with E. W. Cullen, county ;
commissioner. From that time trace of
him was lost.
This afternoon Liveryman Dave Leary
slsrted out to try and locate a suspect
that had been aeen In this neighborhood
along the road four miles southeast. Two
men came up with Gustave Rehmua. They
were driving some cattle. Leary thought
one ot these men waa Niegenflnd, and
knowing Cullen to be at the house of Amos
Lease, along the road they aere traveling,
he drove along with the rattle to that
place. Niegenflnd recognized Cullen and
spoke to him. Leaving Cullen and Frank
Lease to follow with the cattle, Leary
then' went to the house and procured a
shotgun and the assistance of Perry Borum,
who had a 22-callber single-shot rifle.
These two went across the field to In
tercept the herd on another road; they
had scarcely arrived when the men showed
up, advancing along the road. They called
upon Niegenflnd to throw up his bands.
His reply wss to draw a revolver and shoot
point blank at Leary, at the same timo
springing behind his companion and using
him for a shield. He fired his remaining
five loads as soon as his companion got
out of the way.
The three, Dave Leary, Perry Borum and
Frank Lease, poured into Nelgenfind a per
fect fusllade until he fell.
Seeing that he waa not dead, they pro
cured a spring wagon and brought him to
town, placing him under the care of the
doctor. He hae been recognized by several
who knew him when living near Hoskins.
He was unconscious when brought to town.
Nelgenfind came to the farm of Gustave
Rahmua last Friday and hired out as a farm
band and has been there since.
Loaded Down with Shot.
About 11 o'clock Niegenflnd recovered con
ecloucncss and the attending physicians say
there Is no danger of his dying from the
wounds, though be Is suffering great pain.
The character of his wounds show there
were numeroue shots fired. His left arm
is shattered at the elbow, the heavy mus
cles of his right, arm are badly lacerated by
shot, there Is a- 22-callber bullet wound
in his hip, another one In the fleshy part
of his right leg and one bullet plowed along
the scalp. In addition to these distinctly
marked woundg there are scattering shot
all over his . body from the blp up.
There were a large nnmbea- -of . people
from Pierce county in town this evening,
but most ot them have gone home. They
were quiet and there was no talk of lynch
ing. Among the Pierce visitors was the son
of Briar, the murdered man, and brother
of the murdered woman. He positively
Identifies the prisoner as Niegenflnd. He
says that neither himself nor the other sur
viving members ot the Briar family have
slept to amount to anything since the mur
der, as they were In constant fear that Nle
glnflnd would carry out his threat to re
turn and kill the rest of the family.
History of Crime.
Niegenflnd and his wife bad separated on
account of his cruel treatment and she had
secured a divorce from him. She resumed
the nsme of her former husband, Peters,
and went to live with her father, Albert
Briar. Nleglnflnd went to South Dakota,
where he remained for a time, returning
a few days before the tragedy.
Niegenflnd went to the Briar home near
Pierce, and demanded to see his child and
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his divorced wife. His wife's mother came
running toward the scene and she was shot
and seriously wounded. Niegenflnd's for
mer wife ran around the barn to escape
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oer.
In making his escape he met the younger
sister ot bis wife, Linda Briar, snd at
tempted to assault her, but she fought him
off and escaped.
The Pierce county sheriff was sent for,
but found no trace of the fugitive until a
couple of days ago. Niegenflnd slept the
night of the tragedy at a farm house near
the scene, but his host was Ignorant of
what had occurred.
The rewards for his capture aggregate
11,000.
Snapected Man Not Xlrsjenflnd.
PIERCE, Neb.. Sept. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) The man cautured by the sheriff of
Cuming county yesterday afternoon and
held at West Point is not Gottlieb Niegen
flnd, the murderer. Gotllcb Breyer, the
youngest son of Albert Breyer, (he mur
dered fsther, went to West Point this morn
log, but said that the man held by the
sheriff was not Niegenflnd. Thus far no
new trail of the murderer has been found.
F0URNIER MAKES CONFESSION
Tells Dawson Authorities of More
Marder Than They Had
Snapected.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 17. A specisl to
the Times from Dawson says: Peter Four
nitr haa made a full and detailed confes-
! slon of four murders. He admits that he
abetted Ed Labelle In killing Constantlne,
Beaudolne and Boulhlllette, but ssys Labelle
did sll the shooting. In July, about thirty
miles above Circle City they shot Gilbert
Duffer, fobbed him of $700, weighted his
body with stones and threw It In the river.
The last murder was never known or sus
pected until he coofebsed It yesterday.
JARS BOYS OF TWENTY-SECOND
Infantrymen of B and C Companies
Severely Shaken In Wreek
Near Little Roek.
LITTLB ROCK, Ark., Sept. 17. A spsclsl
train carrying Companies B and C. Twenty
second United States Infsntry. stationed
here, collided with tbe Hot Springs freight
train from this city today, two of the freight
crew being killed. Fireman Dowdy White
and a negro brakeman. Tbe ek.lete ere
severely shaken up.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair and Wnrmrr
Thursday. Friday Fair and Warmer In
West Portion.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. lira. Ilonr. lira,
B a. m nil 1 . m AH
U a. m I4 S p. m W
T a. m lt :t p. m tut
Ha. m fta 4 p. m
l a. m K2 A p. ni W
10 a. tn fit t p. ni Ah
11 i, m ftii 7 p. m HT
12 ni (17 p. m an
! p. m . (VU
BECAUSE ANARCHY IS HINTED
A. I'. Rosenthal Hrslcns from a Boose
velt Reception Committee la
Chicago Suddenly.
CHICAGO. Sept. 17. A. T. Rosenthal, sec
retary of the committee arranging for tha
reception and entertainment of President
Roosevelt during his visit to Chicago next
month, resigned his position suddenly today.
He took this step immediately on the publi
cation of a rumor that the Roosevelt com
mittee contained one, and possibly two,
members whose sympathies leaned toward
anarchy. Mr. Rosenthal's name was coupled
with the snnounrement tljat a city detective
was investigating the report In such a way
that be could not but understand that be
was the man concerned. He decided to step
aside, he announced later in the day, not
because he was concerned over the Insinu
ation very deeply on his own sccount, but
ra'r - t'-nt he desired the visit of the pres
ld t be clear from the shadow of any
sur; . 'i that any one whose name bad
ever been coupled with the subject of an
archy was to be sssoclated with those hav
ing him In their care while here.
Max Rablnoff, a member of one of the en
tertainment committees, also found himself
connected with the gossips going the round
terause of his friendship for Mr. Rosenthal,
but he vehemently denied having any Inter
est in anarchists or their beliefs. He did
not tender his resignation.
ATTACKS LEADER OF STRIKE
W. E. Price, One of the Cheyenne
Strikebreakers, Waylays and Se
verely Beats B. F. Perry.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Sept. 17. (Special
Telegram.) B. F. Perry, president of the
local Union Pacific machinists, was attacked
In South Cheyenne at 10 o'clock tonight by
W. E. Price, a strike breaker, and severely
besten up. "
Price waylaid Perry as the latter was go
ing home. He struck the strike leader two
blows with a club snd 'then pulled a gun.
Perry Is a powerful man and grappled with
bis assailant and for ten minutes the men
struggled, when Ferry's cries brougnt a
striker named Detulley to hla assistance.
Detulley secured the gun, when Price sud
denly pulled another pistol and took several
shots at the strikers, putting Detulley to
flight. Perry stumbled and fell and laid as
If dead. A crowd of strikers and sympa
thizers formed and had Price been cap
tured then he would have been lynched. He
made his escape, however, and has not yet
been captured. It Is alleged thst Perry
abused Price several weeks ago and the lat
ter swore to get even.
PACKERS' MERGER ALL FIXED
Milwaukee Hears That Sausage
Makers Get a Raise Ont
of It.
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 17. The Journal to
day says: Milwaukee packing bouse em
ployes are tn receipt of Information from
Chicago which seems to Indicate either
that the proposed new combination of
packing houses rumored for some time
past is formed, or that the combination
alleged during the recent federal investiga
tion has been a fart all along.
The Journal's Information Is to the effect
that In Chicago an agreement waa reached
a few days ago under which one branch
of the trade, said to be the sausage makers,
waa given an advance of 25 per cent In
wages throughout the country.
This agreement, no announcement of
which has yet been made public, was made
between committees representing the em
ployes and a superintendent of the Ar
mour Packing company. It applied not
only to the Armour plant, but to the other
packing plants In Chicago and the leading
firms throughout the country.
NOW IT IS A CANDY. TRUST
New Concern Is Organised In Kew
Jersey with a Capital of
Nine Millions.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 17. Frank P. Hayes,
bond officer of the Mississippi Valley Trust
company, which has the registering of its
stork, today announced the plan of organ
ization of the National Candy company, re
cently incorporated in New Jersey.
The National Candy company has a cap
ital stock ot t9,000,000. $1,000,000 of which
will be 7 per cent cumulative first preferred
stock, $2,000,000 7 per cent cumulative sec
ond preferred stock and $6,000,000 common
stock. The entire Issue of second preferred
stock and common stock Is to be taken by
the vendors, but approximately $800,000 of
the preferred stock and approximately
: $800,000 of the common stock will be held
! in trust for tbe company, to be used when
i sold for the purchase of additional plants
' or other corporate purposes.
I It is proposed that the board of directors
j Include a representative ot tbe Mississippi
; Valley Trust company.
SHE TAKES UP ENGINEERING
Elisabeth Cady Stanton's Granddaugh
ter Will Pioneer at Cornell
I'nlverslty.
ITHACA, N. Y., Sept 17. It wss an
nounced today at Cornell university tbst
next yesr, for tbe first time in the history
of tbe university, a woman student would
enter the engineering department. The
woman Is Miss Nora Stanton Blatch of Lon
don, England, about 20 years of age and a
granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Miss Blatch was last year entered aa a
freshmen in tbe art course of Cornell, but
derided to change her course snd wss suc
cessful in passing tbe engineering examina
tions. Mm ei
rnls of Ocean Vessels, Kent, 17.
At New York-Sailed Philadelphia, for
Southampton: Teutonic, for Liverpool; Sar
dinian, for llasgow.
At Liverpool- Arrived Westcrnland, from
Philadelphia.
At Antwerp Balled-Pennlan.l, for Phil
adelphla. At o.ieenstown Arrived Germanic, from
New York, for Liverpool, and proceeded.
Sailed Sakonla. f"r I-!, is ton.
At Koiteniain Arrived ri'alerulam, from
New Y"rK.
Al li.iinburg ArrH cd-Isls. from San
Fra ik'Im'o.
Al Hi ow H' a t - I'iiXHed Orrmanlc, from
New VnJt. f'ir uueetisiown, and I.lvr r:nmj.
At f" r liami tuit Arrived iL Louis, fruio
New lum.
HENDERSON IS FIRM
Refuel te Reconsider Hit Determination te
Lelire from Can pes.
MANY TELEGRAMS URGING HIM T0 DO SO
Among Others Who Ask Bim to leceniider
is Presideit Rooievelk
OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION
Congressional Oommittee to Iftet te Con
sider the Matter.
IN DOUBT ABOUT ANOTHER CONVENTION
Speaker Henderson Kxpresses Opinion
That nistrlrt Is Republican and
the .Nominee Will Be
Elected.
Dl'BVQVB, la.. Sept. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) The republican congressional com
mittee meeta at Dubuque tomorrow after
noon to determine whether Speaker Hen
derson's successor ss republican candidate
for congress in this district should bo
chosen by tbe committee, by the dele
gates to the convention of last May or by
delegates newly chosen.
The speaker waa flooded with tele
grams this morning. President Roose
velt snd Senator Allison sent lengthy
dispatches ' lroin Oyster Bay deploring
hla unexpected determination to withdraw
nod urging reconsideration on the ground
that persistence In his determination to
withdraw would damage the party through
out the country and precipitate upon the
nation a tariff ugttatlon menacing to party
successes and national prosperity.
Similar telegrams were received from the
republican congressional committee. Sen
ators Hanna. Lodge, Fairbanks snd Spooner
and many other public men of prominence.
The speaker has not yet answered bis cor
respondence. He has gone to lunch and
may indicate his reply at an appointed in
terview. Answering his correspondence. Speaker
Henderson said that be adhered to his do-,
termination to decline; that there wae no
danger of losing the district; that Gov
ernor Boise was a weak candidate; that
the nominee of the republicans would be
elected, and that he would contribute his
share to this end.
Other candidates for congress and for the
speakership had appeared, and reconsid
eration was out of the question. The only
telegram appro viug Cue speakul'a iSmloluU
to withdraw waa received from Mrs. Hen
derson. resident Roosevelt's Telegram.
The following is the telegram received
by Speaker Henderson from the president:
OYSTER BAY. Rent. 17. Most earnestly
ask that you reconsider your determination
not to run. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Congressmsn J. M. Babcock, chairman
Of the lepubllcan national congressional
committee, sent the following:
NBW YORK, Sept. 16. Am In receipt of
tekegTnm signed by you saying that you
have this day declined nomination for con
gress. We cannot believe the telegram is
genuine. Hepburn and Hull are here and
all enter our earnest protest against ac
tion of this kind by you. The republican
party that you have served so long and
faithfully cannot part with your services
now.
Replying to these telegrams the speaker
further explained bis action, adhering to
his position. He gave positive assurance
that there was no danger of the Third dis
trict, that Governor Boles Is a very weak
candidate, that the republican candidate
will be elected and that he will do what
he can to Insure his election. After these
assurances the speaker said he must de
cline to reconsider his withdrawal.
DES MOINES, Is.. Bept. 17. Speaker
Henderson hss refused to reconsider his
withdrawal from the congressional race
in the Third district.
This morning the following telegraphic
reply waa received In response to a re
quest to reconsider his sctlon.
DUBUQUE. Ia., Sept. 17. Messrs. Ife
Young and S. W. Knthbun, Des Moines,
la.: Your Joint telegram sincerely appre
ciated, but cannot reconsider, for after an
uge spent In fighting for my country, state
and district, I cannot acquiesce In adminis
tering free trade poison to cure the trust
evil, which I abhor.
D. B. HENDERSON.
SHAW SPEAKS GUARDEDLY
Says It Is Due General Henderson that
Hla Tariff Position Be Not
Misunderstood.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Secretary Shaw
said today, in commenting further upon
Speaker Henderson's declination of a re
nomination, that while he refrained either
from criticising or Justifying the speaker's
course, he considered it of very great Im
portance and due to General Henderson
that his position be not misunderstood.
Secretary Shaw said:
Either many newspapers misunderstand
General Henderson's position or I do. 1
rnderstand turn to ntand pat on the tariff
plank of the Iowa platform, which favors
such revisions as changed conditions make
advisable. In his sO'lress to the repub
lican voters of the Third district of Iowa
he says: "'While I have been sgalnst a
general revision I have never been op
pesed lo making needed changes and I am
not now."
Nor do I understand him to object to
the nntl-truat plank, whlrh la In a different
lection of the xtate platform, which only
declares against allowing- the tariff to In
come a shelter for trusts. It goes no fur
ther than Intimating that such a thing
may occur. It does not say such a thing
does exist. Commenting on this plank. In
his address the general says: "It Is a
bold declaration that If modifications of
the tariff are required lo prevent monopoly
from sheltering itself under the wings of
protection, then tariff shall be modified to
prevent that condition."
As I understand him, he finds himself
tit able to agree with the Interpretation
placed upon this plank by many of his
ccrrtltuenta and Arm party friends. To
rihat. If any, extent the republicans of
owa are advocating a removal of the
tariff on Irust-made or controlled gooda ss
a remedial measure, I am unable to speak.
I think (leneral Henderson's friends ought
to seo to It that his position be correctly
Interpreted to tho people and that he bo
not placed In the false light of having
declined to be a candidate for conKrese be
cause oppoPod, to use the language of the
Iowa, platform, "to su,h changes In the
tariff from time to time as Ix-coina advis
able through Ihe progress of our Industries
and their chanting relations to Ihe com
merce of the world."
TALK OF A NEW CANDIDATE
Ex-Speaker Funk of lows rails
Likely to Bo I'rered by the
People of Hardin.
IOWA FALL8. Ia.. Sept. 17. (Spsclsl
Telegram. 1 Ths declination of Colonel n.
B. Henderson to accept the Domination for
congress in this district caused little short
ot a setisatlou here this morning. Repub
licans naturally turn to thoughts of a can
didal and much speculation fs Indulged in
as to a aultsbl man to lead the party of
the district for reprtseoUtiv la congress.
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