Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED .TUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY 3IOUNINO, NOVEMBER 17, 1902.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
LEHIGH MINERS' LIFE
Company Drawi Roseate Piotan of the
Ezistenoe of Iu Employes.
YELL PAID AND WELL CARCD FOR ALWAYS
Coma Hare Pianos aid Others Organi in
Tbeir Happy Homes.
CONDITIONS COMPARE WELL WITH ANY
Ifm and Boys Hsts Every Opportinity
That Might Be Expected. .
COMPANY PAYS BUT SMALL DIVIDENDS
fronts Held Down to Eleven Cents
Ton After hara-lnar Off Taxes
ad Depreciation In
. Value.
PHILADELPHIA, Not. 16 Tbe state
xnant of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
company, aubmitted to the anthracite
strike comlaelon, now In session at Scran
toa. Pa.. In aniwer to the demands of the
Znlnera u made public here today. Tbe
newer recite the developmfnt of the
company from the date of He charter in
1822, refers to the expense of operation
nd to the comparatively small profit
nd declares the demand of the employes
for an Increase of 20 per cent Is unjusti
fiable, the reasons given In support of the
demand not being founded on fact. Aeconi-
'panylng tbe statement are two exhibits.
One shows the earnings of the employes
of the company for one year, based on the
time worked during 1901, the number of the
several classes of workmen and the rates
paid according to the pay roll for tbe first
'half of May for 1902. The other Is a cata
logue of overt acts charged to the strik
ing employes of the company during the
recent contest, . the riots, assaults and
disturbances of various kinds being num
bered at upwards of sixty. The answer
tatee:
, The Lehlah Coal end Navigation company i
I Is tne oldest corporation engaged in tne
mining of coal In the ttnthraclte region. It
was chartered In 122 and was the successor
iof the IPhlnh Coal Mine company, which
mas organised In 1793. It si ho acquired cer
tain rights on the Lehigh river which were
granted in 1M8.
' Its Holdings and Claims.
! It owns and controls about 14,000 acres of
coal lands In Carbon and Schuylkill coun
ties, which are estimated to contain over
600,000,000 tons of available unmlned coal.
Its employes number about 6.000 and its
capacity of production Is over 2tO.0"K tons a
month. Its capital stock and funded debt
amount to upward of $32,000,000. All of Its
capital stock utid bonds were Issued for
full value, but although its more important
coat lands were purrimsed l a time when
the country was a wilderness, and all Its
lands have been acquired at moderate
prices, the dividends upon Its capital stock
to date only average 4.03 per cent.
The profit on coat mined by the company
during the' ten years ending December 21,
1901, haa averaged 11.0 cents per ton after
charging off taxes on coal lands and de-
? reflation, but not Including any charge
or royalty, which represents the value of
the coal In the ground. Nor were the rates
cf freight-on the railroads exorbitant, as
hewn tiy thi' 'tu.ct that the cumrmny con
structed its own canal and found It ad-
Ents scons to send the coal to market over
e railroad here rather than by the canal.
' About Miners' Pay. . ,
Referring to the claim by the miners that
better wagea are paid In the bituminous
Selda.for substantially similar work, the
sins war states:
This company does not know what rate
of wages Is paid In the bituminous coxl
fields throughout the country, but there Is
nowhere In any fields substantially similar
work to that which in done under contract
In the mines of this company. It Is a fact,
however, that miners of ordinary skill and
experience have always been able to go
from the mines of thla company to any
other mining region throughout the country
i end obtain employment. In 1901, for, a
day of ten hours, contrsct miners earned
n average of 13.14 per day, skilled laborers
2.11, unnkllled laborers fl.83, boys $1 for
iwork under ground. The rates for outside
'labor average as follows: Skilled labor
liJ.M, unskilled labor II. 2 and boys 77 cents.
(The average annual earnings of adults wss
475..
How the Miners Live,
1 Penlal la made of tbe claim of tbe miners
that their earnings are Insufficient to main
tain the American standard of living, and
concerning the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
company theee figures are given:
1 Out of 3,063 families ?70 own their own
'houses. Pianos will be found in 146 and
'house organs in 3,(7. The company owns
and rents to Its employee 71 housea at an
average rental of 14.75 a month. The char
. (acter of these housea Is fully up to the
leverage In any part of the country occu
.pled by any other cla-w of workmen. It
jhas been the practice of the company to
ell surface rights to those of Its employes
'Who desired to put up their own houses
.arid for many years there has been a de
mand on this account. The town of Sum
mit HIM has a population of about '
end almost the whole of the surface, with
it he dwellings, Is owned and occupied by
jt he dwellings of the employes of I lie cuiii
I'sny. I The families of the miners have ample
Wchool accommodation and over t.OOO chll
jdren are In attendance, while-over 78 per
f ent of the whole fund spent In the region
s derived from tsxes paid by thla com
gany on Its coal estate.
rendition of the Boys.
Regarding the employment of boys the
rtateraent says:
Slate picking ia a very easy occupation
(Compared to the work done by the boy
aipon a farm and many of them are needed
to take care of the mine mules and other
light work, and In thla way tue wagea of
She household are largely and legitimately
fnctvaaed. Since 1hm7 more than 2S0 young
men have gone from I .an ford and other
villages In the neighborhood to normal
schools and college and become mining
engineers, attorneys. hemlxta. dentists,
architects, ministers and professors.
Foreigners lie! Wealthy.
Some of the foreigners prefer to live In
very niggardly and squalid manner, an
that they may accumulate the utrger part
of their earnings and return to Kurope to
live in Idleness; but those who hsve their
rermanent home In th region have at least
l.uoo.im) deposited In the banka and savings
fund In the vicinity, saved from the wages
rsrned In the employment of thla companv.
The annual remittances to their families
ml friends abro.id. throiia-h agencies In
, She region snd vtclnlty amounted to 1159.000
or more. In 14 the company established
beneficial fund, to which It haa con
tributed the sura of tlMUbS and the em
ployes tlM.7&
Tba employes uf the company declined to
participate in the strike of 1900 and the
company, la acknowledgement of their
loyalty, contributed $23,000 to the beneficial
fund. The, statement continues:
Since then most of them have joined the
Union and felt bound to loin in the strike
when ordered last May. No complaint wss
addressed to this company; no grievance
alleged and no request for higher wages
made; but, without notice, the men left the
work In a body, against their own will and
udgment, because required to do so by
he vote of the miner a employed In other
goal fields.
Hears of l.aber.
The claim for a reduction of 20 per rent
In the hours of labor, without any reduc
tion In earnings, for all employes paid by
the hour, day or week, would be necuiiarly
gbeurU If enforced as agal'.iat this com',
eany. In point of fact the breakers of the
Company are able to run only nine hours
a day and not ten. The miners only work
(Continued on Third Page.)
BAD NAME EVEN FOR ANARCHIST
Rnblna. Who Fired shots at Leopold,
Has I asavery Record In Italy
ad England.
ROME, Nov. 16. The ministry of the In
terior has established the Ide-'ty of the
assailant of King Leopold. ra la
Oennero Rublno, and he le v.. V, "lo
their records as sn advanced sod.
waa condemned to a long term of Imp.. ''
merit for stealing at Milan In 1893, but
effected his escape to England, where he
Is supposed to have Imbibed his anarchist
principles.
His father was a patriotic commute!
councillor, but Rublno, while still serving
in the army, was condemned to five years
detention for writing a suborslve news
paper article. These are the only criminal
records that have been found against him.
Since leaving Italy ha has resided con
tinuously in Scotland and England, first in
Glasgow and afterward In London. Some
years ago he was accused of treachery by
his anarchist friends and expelled from
their ranks.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 16. According to some
reports. Rublno in the course of his ex
amination before the magistrate declared
that I e selected King Leopold for his at
tack on account of his majesty's inhuman
conduct toward hla daughter, Princess
Stephanie,' at the time of her mother's
death, and he also wished to show to the
anarchists In London who doubted hla loy
alty that while they only talked, he acted.
He would have killed King Edward, he
added, but for the atrong feeling of the
English people in favor of the monarch.
FIVE DAYS .0N FRAIL RAFT
Trying; Experience of Survivors of
Vessel Wrecked Recently In
Snath Paclfle.
LONDON. Nov. 17. The Dally Mall's cor
respondent at Wellington. N. Z., telegraphs
that the eight survivors from the wreck
of the British steamer Elingamitc, who
were rescued from a raft by the British
survey steamer Penguin, went through a
dreadful experience. Tbe raft from which
tbey was taken measured only twelve feet
long by seven feet wide and bad sixteen
persona on It when it left the wreck. The
only food on board was two applea. The
first apple was consumed on Tuesday and
the second on Wednesday, each being di
vided Into sixteen portions.
From Sunday, the day they wrecked,
until Thursday, when they were rescued
the survivors drifted sixty miles on the
half-submerged raft. Several attempts were
made to land on the Three Kings Islands,
but without success. Three men died on
Monday night from drinking salt water.
All of the survivors suffered the tortures
of thirst snd four other men and the
stewardess died of exhaustion beforeVfiey
were picked up. They bad a cruel dis
appointment on Tuesday night. A steamer
was sighted In , the distance and frantic
shouts were raised' by those on the raft.
The ateamer lowered a boat which passed
within fifty yarda of them, but the boat'a
crew apparently did not see the rsft and
returned to their vessel.
SULTAN GOES AFTER REBELS
Monarch ( Morocco Basy ganpresalna
. . . Insureetlon Among; Hla
Subjects. "
TANGIERS. Morocco, Nov. 16. Accord
ing to a report which haa reached here
from Fes the Imperial troops have suc
ceeded in capturing the pretender to the
throne. It la stated that the aultan, at
the head of an. army of 25,000 men; will
direct in person the operations to put down
the uprising of the Kabyle tribesmen, at
Zemour.
Previous dispatchea announced that the
sultan, with the entire Moorish army, waa
to leave Fe November 10 to suppress the
rebellion started by the pretender. The
latter began his mission among the most
Ignorant and superstitious of tbe Berber
'rlbes. He st first confined himself to a
few conjuring tricka. but his success en
couraged . him to attempt bigger things.
The pretender Is nicknamed "Bu-Hamarp,"
hieaolug "Father of a she ass," because he
never rode on anything but a smsll donkey.
HIGH HONOR TO DEAD PRINCE
I.ln Knn II, I.ate Viceroy of iakln,
Burled from Shanghai with
I'nnsual Pomp.
SHANGHAI. Nov. 16. The funeral of Liu
Kun II., the famous viceroy of Nankin,
which took place today at Nankin, waa tho
occasion for unprecedented demonstrations
of respect on the part of the foreign rep
resentatives In the city. The funeral cor
tege waa of great length and the obsequies,
by command of the dowager' empress, were
carried out with Imperial pomp. Nearly
250,000 people lined the route to the jetty
where tbe remalna were embarked by a
Chinese cruiser, which will bear them
to Huan, the native province of the de
ceased statesmsn. The foreign men-of-war
lying off the city fired minute guns
during the progress of the funeral proces
sion. DANISH AMBASSADOR STARTS
Leaves rooeahaarea with Hla Wile to
Visit Paris Before Proceeding
to Washington.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 16. Ambassador
Jusserand and his wife, who is an Amer
ican, left today for Paris, where tbey In
tend to spend the new year. . They will
proceed thence to Washington. 'where they
expect to arrive In January. A great trib
ute was paid to them on their departure,
Foreign .Minister Leuntxer, United States
Ambassador Swenson and Mrs. Bwenson,
the other members of the diplomatic corps,
the court dignitaries and a crowd of per
sonal friends being present at the station.
A number of floral gifts were offered to
Mme. Jusserand.
LAKE SHORE ADVANCES PAY
Switchmen Tome Ftfrst with Ten Per
t ent Increase, and Others
Will Follow.
CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 16. The Lake
8hore road will post notlcea tomorrow
announcing an average Increase of 10 per
cent in the wages of the switchmen la
tbe entire system. The wagea of the
switchmen In tbe Chicago yards were
raised recently snd the notice tomorrow
will apply to all other switchmen. It will
effect about 1.000 men. It la learned that
the same company now haa under advise
ment a more general Increaae In wages,
affecting a great many employes. It la also
stated that tho Nickel Plato will follow
a 1th a general Increase.
MANY CHANGES IN CONGRESS
Some Oonipicuoui Figures Disappear from
Both Branohss.
VEST TAKES FINAL LEAVE OF THE SENATE
Speaker Henderson and Several Oth.
era Scarcely Less Conspicuous Will
Be Missed from Lower
'- . House.
(From a Buff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. (Special. )
With tho Incoming of ?sch new congress
there are always many changes in the
personnel of the house and it frequently
happens that many well known members
of tho satiate retire and roaho placei for
ambitious gentlemen who have succeeded
in winning tho seats. In the Fifty-eighth
congress Ave democrats will succeed aa
many republicans and others of the minor
ity party will give place to men of oppo
site political faith. William J. Stone of
Missouri, will probably take the seat of
that sturdy old democrat. George Veat,
whose retirement Is a matter of regret
not only to his political associates, but to
his political opponents as well. Vest re
tires voluntarily. He leaves the senate
because he realizes that sge is creeping
upon him and that his physical strength
Is unequal to the task of six years more
of devotion to public Interests, such as he
has rendered In the paat.
Six years ago Kentucky startled the
country by sending a republican to the sen
ate. On the fourth of March next that re
publican will retire to give place to James
B. McCreary, who served for many years
In the house o! representatives, but who
retired some years ago, only to ccme back
now aa a representative of the Blue Grass
state In the upper house of congress.
The contest between Tillman and Mc
Laurln of South Carolina, Is of such rn
rent date that everyone who knows any
thing of the political hiJtory of the United
States recalls the sensational episode
which occurred last winter and the some
what startling attempt at the resignation
of their two seat which preceded It. Me
Laurin retires and In tils place comes A.
C. Latimer, who Is not to be regarded as
a Tlllmanlte by any means, for he Is looked
upon as the connecting link between the
old days of, southern chivalry and ths
dawning of a new political day. For many
yeara subsequent to tbe war South Caro
lina was represented In the senate by
Messrs. Butler and Hampton, two gentle
men of the old school who were as dif
ferent In every respect from the Tillman
school of politicians as It Is possible to
imagine. McLaurln's successor baa made a
reputation for himself in the house of
representatives and those who know him
assert that his success in contesting for
the higher honor means the return of
South Carolina to Ita old-time place among
the best represented states of tbe south.
Xewlunds Displaces Jones.
Last winter Senator Jones of Nevada,
that rotund and rugged Englishman who
haa bo long represented the stste In the
senate, announced that be. would not be a
candidate for re-election. Originally elected
as a republican; Mr. Jones left: his "party
during tbe silver excitement and for the
last few yeara has been classed as a silver
He. Jones, however, acted with tbe repub
licans iu all matters outside of finance,
and hla retirement to give place to an
avowed democrat means the loss of one
seat to the majority. Francis G. New
lands, who will occupy that aeat, la a
gentleman with a wide knowledge of public
affairs and be is besides a man of high
standing financially, socially and In every
other way. He Is a democrat and has
served on the ways and means committee
with great credit. He is ' believer In
expansion, too. and Is one of those who
have the courage to advocate tbe incor
poration of the republic of Cuba Into tbe
American union. For some years past
Senator Jones has taken little interest in
tbe work of the senate. Mr. Newlands
Is certain to make his state once more
well known because of the part that he
Is bound to take In every Important sub
ject that comes up.
One more republican who will be suc
ceeded by a democrat Is Hon. J. C. Prltch
ard of North Carolina. Mr. Prltchard en
tered the senate as the result of the up
heaval wbich occurred in the old Tar Heel
state six yeara ago. There was a suspi
cion for a while that the republicans might
succeed in again capturing tbe legislature,
but the democrats have It by a handsome
majority and they will aend Locke Craig,
a comparatively young man, little known In
the politics of the country, but with a
reputation as an orator which promises
to attract a great deal of attention to him.
He ia of one of the old families of North
Carolina, and. like bis tolleague from South
Carolina, Latimer, hla entry In the aenate
marks a step toward tbe return of the old
time southern- gentry to the place which
It once occupied In the national balls of
legislation.
Donht Aboat Colorado.
At thla writing there la a question as
to the exact result In Colorado. Should
the republlcana succeed in controlling the
legislature, as now seems possible, "Ed"
Wolcott will sgaln come back. Wolcott la
a brilliant man, who waa a power In the
aenate during his last term, but who at
the same time absolutely lacks the ability
to make and retain friends. He Is, on the
contrary, a sort of "bull in a china shop."
but In spite of hla habits In thla respect
he is the strongest republican In Colorado
today and there la no other man who can
secure tbe necessary votes in tbe legisla
ture. Should, however, the democrata aucceed
In retaining control of the legislature,
Henry M. Teller, whose term expires on
March 4 next, will be certain to return.
Teller, who la a New Yorker by birth, was
one of the first two senators elected from
Colorado when the state waa admitted In
1876. Except for a brief period, during
which he acted as secretary of the interior
under President Arthur, Senator Teller has
continued as one of the repreaentatlvea
of Colorado In the upper house. Hla re
tirement now will be regretted very deeply
even by those who opposed him po
litically. His ability is of the highest
order and his service to the state has
meant to him great financial sacrifice.' In
speaking to the writer once last winter
Senator Teller said that upon hla entry
to the senate he gave up a law practice
worth 75.000 a year and that ia all the
yeara of hla public career he has accepted
but one retainer.
Idaho, whose senator, Fred Dubois, was
one of the aensatlonal leaders of the xlt
of the silver delegates from the St. Louis
convention In 1896, haa again returned to
the republican columu and this return
means the retirement from ths senate of
Het. y Heltfeld, who was elected as a
populist to succeed Dubois, who. In turn,
succeeded two years ago George L. Shoup,
tbe man who held up the banner of Idaho
(Continued on Second Page.)
SHORT ON KNIVES AND FORKS
Some Members of President's Hunting
Party Forced to Eat with
Their Fingers.
SMEDES, Mlis., Nov. 16. Sunday was a
quiet day at the president's camp on the
Little Sunflower. There waa no hunt, but
tbe president and several members of the
party spent a couple of hours In the morn
ing rambling over the forest trails on
their horses. Dinner was tne chief event
of tbe day. The menu Included roast bear
paws and 'possum and sweet potatoes.
Dinner was served in camp style on h
rough pine board table set up In the open
nlr. Tin plates and tin rups were used.
There were not enough knives and forks
to go round, snd the,, colored rook an
nounced to the amusement of everybody
as tbe party sat down, '(hat on account of
the scarcity ol the aftlcles he had dis
tributed them only to "The Colonel" us
the president Is called-in camp, and tbe
"foreign glntleman." The president is en
joying his outing very much. Tho presi
dent has not had three days of such com
plete freedom and rest since he entered
the White House.
The Insurgent newspaper men returned
to the assault today. Having been re
pulsed on the land side by Mr. Mangum'a
pickets, they resolved today to try to
efffct an entry to the camp by the water
route. A boat was chartered at Vicksburg,
according to tbe story in circulation here,
and it was reported to have left that
place at 3 o'clock this morning. The route
of the expedition Is to be up tbe Missis
sippi river to the mouth of tbe Yazoo,
thence up the latter river to the Big Sun
flower. The distance, owing to the trails
and bends In the river. Is over forty ml lee,
but if the party started it did not reach
its destination. Tbe rlvermen say there
is now a sandbar . at the mouth of tbe
Yazoo, which would stop any craft drawing
over twelve Inches.
The Chicago party which is hunting with
Bob Bono's pack of hounds seventy miles
north of here is reported to have had
better luck than the president's party, ac
cording to a message received here today.
The party during the lat week bagged
eleven deer and four bears. Holt Col
lier's dander Is up and he vows that "tbe
colonel" will not go home empty-handed.
His dogs have had a good' rest today and
will be In fine condition to resume the
chase tomorrow. The weather tonight,
however, is not favorable. It has turned
colder and rain Is falling.
A report Is circulated among the col
ored people that the president waa coming
to Smedee today and attracted about 1,000
colored people to the station. Tbey waited
until dark before being convinced that
the report was incorrect.
VICKSBURG. Miss., Nov. 16. Tb,e small
party who chartered a little boat to make
a trip up the Sunflower river, returned this
evening, but whether they managed to get
within range of the bear hunt camp could
not be ascertained. .
NO REST'F0RTHE BOODLERS
Circuit Attorney Folic Will Push Caae-s
Against Men Indicted, hat
Not Tried.'
. 8T. .; IXOTIS. .Nor.,- lsVrJy.eeuit. Attorney.
Folk, who has returned from Columbia,
Mo., where he prosecuted the case against
Colonel Ed Butler, who waa convicted of
attempted bribery. Is preparing for the
trial of other alleged boodlers next week.
The cases- against Charlie S. A. Outke.
T. Ed Albright, Adolph Maderla, Charlea
J. Denny, Emll Hartmann, John A. Sheri
dan and Julius Lchmann, former delegates,
on the charge of bribery in connection
with the Suburban Street Railway fran
chise deal, are docketed for trial tomor
row. It is Mr. Folks' Intension to make
an effort to try Gutke. It Is believed that
the counsel for the defendants will try
to get mere time, but Mr. Folk is anx
ious to proceed with the trial of one of
tbe defendants.
Whether Butler will be tried at Fulton
on the charge of bribery In the lighting
deal before the higher courts have passed
upon tbe case tried at Columbia last week
rests with Judge Hockaday. To Mr. Folk
Judge Hockaday atated that he had tried
defendants an two charges before the first
was finally settled, and he may decide that
Butler can be tried legally at Fulton be
fore the Columbia case Is finally aettled.
RABBI FRANKLIN'S NEW MOVE
Gets Jewish and Gentile Congrega
tions Into I'nlon Thanksgiving
Services,
DETROIT, Nov. 16 (Special.) Rabbi
Leo M. Franklin of Temple Bethel, and
formerly of Omaha, has started a move
ment which promises to mark the largest
step forward that has ever been taken
in the religious history of Detroit. He
has srranged and with every prospect of
success, a Citizens' Thanksgiving service at
the Detroit opera house, which shall be
lnterdenominstional snd nonsectarlan In
character. Already ministers and laymen
of the Presbyterian. Congregational. Meth
odist, Baptist, Universallst and Unitarian
congregations have entered Into the plan
and will participate In the aervice. The
executive committee Is now awaiting an
answer from the Catholic Bishop, whose
co-operation la also expected.
The possibility of arranging such a serv
ice was first scouted by many, as Detroit
churchmen are notoriously conservative,
but the Idea has taken a wonderful hold
on the people. Dr. Lee 8. McCoIlester of
the Universallst church Is associated with
Dr. Franklin In the promotion of the aerv
ice which. If successful, will be made a
permanent institution. The Orpheus club,
male chorua of fifty voices, will furnish
the music for the occasion.
CLEVELAND SAL00NS CLOSED
Spasm of Police Reform Turns Forest
City Into Airtight
Village.
CLEVELAND, O.. Nov. 16. The five po
lice captains who are to be retired on
January 1 by the order of Director Dunn
were shown how to close the saloons in
this city today. Thirty arrests were made
up to midnight, an unusually large num
ber. A policeman was stationed at the en
trance to every prominent downtown sa
loon and no one waa admitted.
YOUNG BOY MURDERS A BABY
Shocking Result of a aarrel Between
Children In a I.Htle Wlsron.
sin Town.
BALDWIN, Wis.. Nov. 1.-Jer.s Nelson,
the 14-year-old aon of Mra. Klale Nelson,
a widow, shot and Instantly killed the
7-year-old aon of Albert Kcken today. Tbe
shooting Is said to have been the result
of a quarrel.
SETS FORTH NEEDS OF ARMY
Inspector General Breckenridgo Makes His
Xeport to lost.
MORE OFFICERS THE FIRST REQUIREMENT
Sot Enough to Equip Companies and
Look After Detnehed Service
Conditions In the Philip
pine Islands.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The annual re
port of General J. C. Breckenrldge, in
spector general of the army, is a volumi
nous document and covers every phase of
the military establishment and each de
partment bureau and command in tbe army.
More than fifty recommendations and sug
gestions are made relating to Improvements
In tbe army, most of which pertain to
technical matters and minor conditions.
Much of the report necessarily has been
covered In the reports of bureau chiefs and
commanding officers. General Breckenrldge
finds much to commend In all branches of
the service and reports progress and Im
provements everywhere.
The most serious criticism is In regard
to absenteel&m, where officers are on de
tached duty, leaving tho regiments short
of officers. Thus, In the Philippines espe
cially, It is found that many companies
are without captains and the companies
In command of new and untried officers.
He attributes this to lack of officers In the
army to fill the details and detached as
signments. General Breckenrldge shows that Instruc
tion in the army is progressing satisfac
torily. He recommends the fortification
of Pearl Harbor In the Hawaiian Islands
ss a strategic point. He says water trans
portation in the army is rapidly assuming
stable and economical methods.
Progress In the Philippines.
He has tbe following to say regarding
his inspection in the Philippines:
During my tour in the Philippines it was
evident on all sides that the army, aa a
whole, was laboring patiently and faith
fully to solve the many vexing problems
continually presented to It. Tho difficulties
encountered and the hardships endured
never can be fully apreciated by any one
who hue not been on tho ground and ob
served the. dally life of ofticers and men,
miles away from home influences and as
sociations, living in communities either
openly or secretly hostile, depending al
most entirely for their subsistence upon
the commissary where one Is always
afraid to take even an ordinary drink of
water without ascertaining first whether
It has been cooked.
Critics at home may search for epithets
to apply to our general ofticers, but these
officers are not less kindhearted than their
critics, and more anxiously mindful of the
etrTferlngs which necessarily fall upon the
Innocent In warfare as well as the guilty
and are devising means by which the poor
might be cared for and fed. There Is
reason for gratification that our fellow
countrymen have confidence in their army
and many know what war is, and the
reaction has not been sluggish.
That the army performed its duties well
and bore Ita hardships uncomplainingly la
well known to all who have kept In touch
with it since the opening of the Philippine
Insurrection. In fact. It has done only those
things which we expect of it and which
we will continue to expect of American
soldiers.
Soldiers Need quarters.
The crying need of the soldiers now In
the Phtlapptnes- r- qdarters, and -nothing
will add more to the discipline and ef
ficiency of ofticers and men serving In that
division than the construction as rapidly
as possible of commodious quarters and
barracks for our troops on sites which will
afford ample room for proper Instruction
of large bodies of men In drill and target
practice.
Discussing the American troops and the
Filipinos, General Breckinridge says:
There has been a good deal of discussion
In the public press and elsewhere concern
ing the treatment of the native Filipinos
by the American troops, and some rather
serious charges have been brought against
the army, which charges have not been
substantiated. The conditions of war in
the Philippine islands have been perhaps
unusual, and from reasons arising from the
conduct of the Filipinos themselves, who,
as the authorities Hgree, are sometimes ex
tremely cruel and treacherous. In the
conduct of tho American army toward them
the exercise of unexampled patience is
claimed, and the humanity of the troops
engaged has no parallel in ths history of
dealing with Asiatics.
- Some Official Bouquets.
WMth what novel duties In both civil and
military administration and In the charac
ter and environment of the war on the
opposite side of the globe, have our soldiers
been brought In contact? The world haa
felt the current of those distant affairs
and our nation may not be fully conscious
of the awakening. Who among us on the
day of the battle of Manila bay were fa
miliar with the names of men who had
faithfully devoted long Uvea to our service,
not without some dangers by land and sea
and now how the character of the nation
has been weighed in the balance according
lo their wordB and deeds. M-rrltt, with
youthful fame In the Shenandoah valley
and on the great plains appears In hla
maturity on this last scene. Otis, of honest
Judgment, fa. reaching Insight, and a
cormorant for work, bearing his honorable
wounds with all modesty; Bates, the gentle
man and soldier, the right hand of his
chief In diplomacy or emergency; Wheaton,
the thunderbolt and embodiment of mili
tary ardor; MacArthur, judicious, courage
out, masterful and broad-minded; Hughes,
acute and rexolute amidst an attempted
Moscow and in the rugged places of Samar
and the middle Inlands; Funston, who won
hla fame amidst the hardships of the
farthest front: Young, forever in the lead
and seeking the vitals of the enemy; Smith,
tireless and HKgrelve; Bell, courteous and
recklessly audacious, the prince of the ad
vance guard: Lawton, droit et loyale, who
baptised that land with his blood and
wrought famoUHly and kindly on both
hemispheres, doing easily and without un
due sacrifice whatever was most needed or
most difficult; Chaffee, whose sterling
worth had been displayed in the old and
new worlds wherever American arma have
brought her principles, and won success
either In the whirl of repelling deadly
tyranny from the Antilles or In bringing
safety to the beleagured regions from the
bloody Manchur of the Forbidden City;
Davis, whose omnivorous Industry and
knowledge have wrought memorable monu
ments In the form of city government and
great memorial structure as well aa in his
profession: Qrant, who carried from Porto
Hlco to the far east a name Americans
regard as the epitome of unpretentious and
admirable aervice, and who haa shown
unwearied work and fairness in every
scene; and Baldwin, the last to win a star
for worsting the enemy In fierce fight, in
a career filled with such bearing as brought
two medals of honor for soldierly courage
to him, alone.
Rewards Well Won.
When the rewards of service go to men
like these the heart of our army is elate.
Thexe are not half the names, nor are all
of them aa well known to their fallow
countrymen aa they deserve. Hut theno
are among those whom 1 met or the results
of whose work I wilncHed during the last
year. Famous regiments which fought or
endured amidst those acenea will herlx'i
the occasion in their regimental traditions.
And young men who hen-after lake the
oath to serve their country will recall how
faithfully and well bhe was wont to be
served when the old regiment first went
down to the sea In great ships. The army
of the past has again proved the mettle of
which It is made, and the naval and civil
ofticers have writ of their numes In bold
characters among the Immortals, and the
army of the future Is taking step and the
spirit will go marching on still, as always,
loyal and true and steadfast to the end.
There seems to be something pathetic as
well as niajextlc in tbe attitude of the
army where It has done and deserved ho
well. I'nknown It entered upon Ita duly
there, and but half known it returns. Its
merits sterling us f yore.
The nriVers ol the Inspection corps In
the Philippines substantially agree that
extreme and frequent cruelty has riot
iMt-n habitually prucii.-vd. and that all w II
founded t'omplalnl of excesses have led to
Ulai aud funisbiuasut of tbs uflsnaera,
CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
Forecast .for Nebraska Fair Mondav and
Tuesday; Colder In West Portion Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Peg. Moor. Dear.
S a. m :tj i p. vn :ti
a. ni ;it It p. m .1:1
T a. ni :t's a p. m ,1t
n. m .11 4 p. ni HT
A a. m ill ft p. m :i:i
to n. m at it p. m :t:l
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lis ni fUi M p. tn tt
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SOCIALISTS IN FEDERATION
Demand Another Ilepresent at Ive on
(he Executive Heard It Increase
Is Made.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16. There is a
strong probability that the executive coun
cil of the American Federation of Labor
will be enlarged from nine to eleven mem
bers at the present convention and that one
of the additional members will be a repre
sentative of the socialist wing of the labor
unions. The socialists assert that they
eontrol nearly one-third of the votes cast
In the convention and feel fairly confident
of getting one man on the board. There Is
a strong clement opposed to the Increase
In number, but the socialists say they do
expect to have won that much when the
fight lj ovrr. But two cities have so far
been mentioned as the place for the next
convention, Buffalo and Milwaukee. The
latter place clnlms the better right as It
has been a candidate three times and on
each occasion has withdrawn in favor of
the place In which the convention was
held. No energetic work has been done
by the advocates of either city.
W. E. Kennedy, general organizer of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, has prepared a resolution, which
he expects will raise something of a breeze
upon the floor of the convention. It Is to
the effect that the present local government
of the District of Columbia Is antique and
obsolete and that residents of the District
should be allowed to vote. The resolution
Is certain of opposition, as It is the avowed
policy of the federation to refrain from
political matters.
The visiting delegates were handsomely
entertained today by tho local laboring
men, who arranged several social affairs
for them during the afternoon and secured
one of the theaters for them tonight.
COLLIDE ON MOUNTAIN ROAD
Midland and Rio Grande Trains Meet
with Disaster on Joint
Truck.
RIFLE, Colo.. Nov. 16. A collision be
tween an extra stock train of the Colorado
Midland road and a freight train on the
Rio Grande road half a mile west of here,
caused the death of E. R. Thorp, fireman of
one of the Midland engines. The accident
occurred on the Joint track o.f the two
roads. The injured:
Fred Slider, Midland engineer, left arm
and right hand broken.
W. B. Crawford, Rio Grande brakrman,
back injured.
August Gavin, live stock agent for tho
Midland, all ribs on left, side broken, in
ternal injuries. . v
The damage to stock and equipment
amounts to about 100,000.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 16. The
southbound passenger train on the Louis
ville division of the Pennsylvania road,
which left the station here at 6:15 this
evening, struck a freight engine on a siding
at Raymond street, and both englnea were
thrown down a thirty-foot embankment.
Engineer John Ritchie was picked up un
conscious and Is cut about the bead and leg
by barbed wire fencing, against which ho
was thrown. Fireman Homer Hall of the
freight train was badly bruised by being
thrown againBt a post at the foot of tbe
embankment. The engines were badly
smashed. None of the passengers was
injured.
GRANGERS H0LDA MEMORIAL
Impressive Ceremonies for Distin
guished Dead of Order Held on
Snndny.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 16 Impressive
exercises were held by tbe National Grange
In Representative hnll today in memory
of the members of that body who have
died in the last year. Eulogies were pro
nounced for the following who were either
masters of state granges or the wlvea of
masters: J. C. Tilllnghast, Rhode Island;
H. E. Huxley, Wisconsin; Mrs. D. H.
Thing, Maine; Alpha Mesaer, Vermont;
Mrs. S. E. Bowen, Connecticut; H. O. De
Vriea and Mrs. C. S. Wesson.
Aaron Jones, master of the grange, at
today's session severely scored what he
termed the moBt gigantic of all monopolies,
the proposed bankers' trust. He sees In
tbe program advocated at New Orleans last
week by some members of the Bankers' as.
aoclatlon for the creation of a system of
branch banking an encroachment upqn the
functions of rural communltlea of vast and
serious Import. He advocated the estab
lishing of rural loan and trust companies,
the growth of which In Indiana, he aays,
has been phenomenal In the last two years.
ONE-THIRD FOR SHAREHOLDERS
Wreck of Chicago's Horseless Cab
Company Showa Little Salv
age for Owners.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. It is announced that
tbe liquidation committee authorized to
wind up the affairs of the Illinois Electric
Vehicle Transportation company, which
failed after an unsuccessful attempt to
operate electric cabs and carriages In Chi
cago, will soon turn over to tbe sharehold
ers a payment of $1.50 on each share of
stock. Altogether, the aum to be returned
to the Investors will amount to $260,000.
As the shares are of r, par value the liqui
dation will present a loas on each of 63.60.
GOVERNOR YATES IS BETTER
Turn In His Case Such as to Satisfy
Physicians with Ills Con
dition. SPRINGFIELD. III., Nov. 16. Physicians
attending Governor Vates stats tonight
that they believe a turn for the better has
developed. For five houra this morning his
temperature remained stationary at 99 3-6
degrees, only one above normal. This Is
tbe lowest mark since the beginning of
the governor's Illness, twenty-three days
ago.
Motesurnts ol Ocean eaaels, ov. 1H.
At Hamburg Arrived! Ahydoe, from Ta
coma anil Han KrMm Iwco via Valparaiso,
MoiiluvUI.-o, i tc, and lmdon.
At yueeiistnwri Hailed: Ktrurla, from
LlvcriiMol for New Vork.
At New Vork-Arrived : I .a Touraine.
from lias re, Cajubria, Ueno, Leghorn and
Kaiiloa,
ARMOUR PLANTBURNS
Big Establishment tt Sionx Oity is Entirely
Ooniumed by Tiro.
LOSS OVER EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
fireman Absolutely Impotsnt U Stop
Spread of tha Flamos.
HANDICAPPED BY POOR WATER PRESSURE
Exploding Ammonia Drams Make Wark of
f Departmsnt Dangersns.
LARGE STOCK OF DRESSED MEAT LOST
of Mr Hobs and Cannes
Great Commo
tion. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Nov. 16-(Speclal Tel
egram.) Tbe big packing plant of Armour
Co. In this city was completely de
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
loss Is $870,000. about SO per cent of which
Is covered by Insurance. Six hundred r.ieit
will be thrown out of employment.
The fire started in the fertilizing room of
the plant. Its origin is assigned either ta
an imperfect dryer or to spontaneoua com
bustion. The alarm was quickly given, but
the flames swept through tbe building with
the force of a tornado. The entire Sioux
City fire department responded, but when
the first stream of water was turned on the
building it was a mass of flamea. The
big ammonia vats exploded one after an
other and the firemen were compelled to
fleo for their lives to escape suffocation.
Five hundred carcasses of dressed beef,
3,500 dressed hogs and 2.HO0.000 pounds of
pork product were destroyed. The- Insur
ance amounts to $721,f;00 and ia distributed
among tho principal rompanlea tn America.
The Armour plant has always been con
sidered a good risk.
Armour & Co. announce thoy will re
build at once on a more extensive scale.
Insurance on Plnat.
The Insurance was distributed aa follows:
Royal of Kngland t 100"C
Palatine 5 .ijimi
Hartford 5 ooij
Norwich I'nlon 6 00i
Commercial Knlon b'.wki
Traderx of Chicago 6,U
Royal Exchange 5'mio
Phoenix of Brooklyn ' 'ii
North iirltlsh and Mercantile slorni
Himovcr 2,r
Ijondon and Lancashire l.dm
Buffalo German ; Riy
Pelican 2.5H0
National I'nlon V.yw)
German American 2..vi
Hamburg Bremen 2,fi4M
Manchester '',u't
German Alliance.... 2 Vo
Milwaukee Mechanics J..Vki
Connecticut
Niagara K'.frVt
Aachen and Munich 2.Fii-i
Queen , ..; 2..V
Rochester German
Mercantile f ire and Marine...
Uvea.
Detroit Firo and Marine.
G r eii wich
Cltisens of Missouri
Fin-men's of Baltimore
Buffalo Commercial
Imhuque Fire and Marine
Hawkeye
Michigan Fire and Marine....
I K & O. of New York
Spring Garden
Milwaukee Fire
Phoenix of Knaiand
2.f.ivi
J. KM
3.01 y.
2.011c
1.60C
1..W
l.co
l,0i
i.oort
8.000
l.WW
2,f)
Newark 1,600
Farmers of tork I.R11O
Aetna 25.000
Springfield 25.000
Soottifh l and N 10,000
Krltlsh American 15,oo)
Phoenix of Hartford 15.000
National 25.nnn
Pri.r.KlHn National 10.000
American of New Jeraey 10,000
American of Philadelphia 10,000
American Central 10,000
Fireman's Fund 10,000
Provident of Washington 7,500
Imperial m.non
Pennsylvania 7.50
I'nlon of Pennsylvania 2.500
Liverpool, Ixnidon and Globe 17.500
Home of New York 15.000
Vnion of Knaland 12,000
Traders of Chicago 10.000
Atlas of Kngland 10,000
German American 7 ,501)
Phoenix of Kngland 7.500
Manchester 6,000
Germaniii 6.000
Kqultablo 5,001)
Orient 5.01K1
Fire Association 6.0110
IOndon and Iwtncashlre 6.000
Security of Connecticut 6.0"0
St. Paul Fire and Murine 6,000
German of Freeport 6.000
Philadelphia Underwriters 6.000
Insurance Company of No. America B.O01)
Norwich Union 6,000
Ijiw I'nlon and Crown 6,000
Thuiingla 6,000
New Hampshire 6,0nO
Hartford , 10,000
Hanovt-r 5.0nO
Westchester 6.0k)
Reading 2.500
Cltlxena' of Missouri 2.5ti
Firemen's of Baltimore 250 1
Western Assurance j 500
Ietrolt Fire and Marine 2500
CJueen 5!mxi -
Farmers' of York J.50t)
Anchor 2.500
Sun of Kngland 7on
Aachen and Munich iiSOO
Hamburg Bremen 2.W1
Phoenix Of Hrooklyn 2.510
Milwaukee Mechanics 2.500
Merchants Fire and Marino Z,6N)
Pes Moines 2,500
Connecticut 2.600
National lTnlon , 4.K0O
National Standard rM t.Oof)
American of Boston 2.rn
Royal 7 600
Agricultural 7,500
Northern of Kngland 10.000
London Lloyd's..- 150,000
Water Prrsaaro Inadequate.
Within a short time after tha fire was
discovered by a watchman six streams of
water were being thrown upon the fire,
which waa then In the fertilizer building,
which ww 120x60 feet and four atorles
high, but the pressure waa Inadequate. The
floors and contents of tha building burned -like
chaff. The roof soon foil and the fire
burst through Into the beet killing bouss.
At the same time the cattle chute Ignited
and In five minutes fell with a crash.
Ones In the beef killing bouae the flamea
had full sway. From thia house to ths
oleo building waa only a step, and when
ths oils stared to burn tha firs presented
a most spectacular appearance.
Tha big beef house, containing BOO car
casses, next caught fir and tha whole
plant, except ths hog house, waa tn flamea. '
Tha country for miles around waa lighted
up. Suddenly there was a tenifio detona
tion, followed quickly by another, and then
another. Twenty-four drums of 100 pounds
of ammonia each exploded before tha re
serve supply In tha ammonia cistern waa
reached. That explosion almost rased tha
entire plant.
Tha flamea wars blown through, tbe Bra
wall which separated tha hog house from
the other buildings. Tba hog house con
tained J.&00 dressed bogs and S, 500.000
pounds of pork products. Steadily ths flis
crept against the wind and through tha
offloa building. Not a scrap of paper waa
aaved.
When tha laat of tha ammonia drums was
going off a burning chute fell upon a buprfc
ol lira bogs an J thsir squuals were) add4 j