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The Omaha Daily Bee.
KhTAllMSHKl) .ItJXK 1J, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMHEK 1, 1902.
SINHLH COPY THItEU CENTS.
TRUSTS IN CONGRESS
Chief Bnsinen of 8es ioi Will Be Anti
Crabire Legislation.
MEMBERS HAVE PLETHORA OF BILLS
Today Will 81 Many Preiented Dealing
with BnhjocU
LEADERS ARE STILL UNDECIDED
Many favor Amendment to Bherman Law
by Means of Appropriation.
STRIKE COMMISSION WILL BE PAID
Jadse Gray Aaks Vote of Flflr Thou,
and Dollar to Cover Expenses of
Arbitrating Anthracite
Coat Dlapate.
WASHINGTON. Nor. 30. When the houae
convene tomorrow a perfect deluge of bills
dealing with the truat question In all ita
phases will be thrown Into the legislative
hopper. It Is admitted on all hands that
this will be the most Important topic of
discussion ; Indeed, the leaders Incline to
the belief that beyond appropriation bills
and routine legislation. It Is the only mat
ter on which there la a chance of action.
Aa yet the leaders have formulated no
measure and there exists a pretty wide di
vergence of opinion aa to what can or
should be done, consequently the president's
recommendation are awaited with more
than usual Intereat.
Leader Are Canny.
The. most conservative opinion among the
republican leaders seems to favor an ap
propriation for the reformation of the Sher
man anti-trust act. Such an amendment, it
1 thought, could be placed in one of the
regular appropriation bill and put through
both house without difficulty, whereas any
amendment to the law itself, no matter how
conservative, would meet opposition. Mr.
Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the interstate
and foreign commerce committee, is one of
those who believe that the 8herman law. If
enforced, I sufficient to meet the situation,
and tomorrow he will introduce a bill ap
propriating $500,000 to be used by the De
partment of Justice In the prosecutions un
der the present law.
It ia not Improbable when the leader
ascertain exactly what can be done that a
caucus of republicans will be called to
agree on a measure. Meantime the trust
bill Introduced will probably be referred to
the judiciary cftmmlttee.
There 1 om queatlon of jurisdiction. If
' a bill Invoke th Interstate commerce
clause of the constitution It should prop
erly go to the commerce committee, and If
the taxing power of the government, to the
way and means committee; but to secure
uniformity all bills dealing with the subject
have gone heretofore to the judiciary com
mittee and this practice will be followed
unless a fight fee, jurisdiction la made.
The leaders hare already reasolved to
expedite the appropriation bill a much a
possible in order to allow the largest mar
fin of time for other matter. Mr. Cannon,
chairman of the appropriation committee,
Indeed believe the legislative, executive
and judicial, and the pension bill can be
disposed of before the holiday. HI com
mittee will go to work at once and prepare
the supply bills aa rapidly a possible. The
legislative and penaton bills will probably
be read before the end of the week.
Find Money (or Arbitrators.
One of the first thing the committee will
do is to prepare a bill to provide for the
coal strike commission. ' Judge Gray has
written asking for an appropriation of $50,
000 to defray the expenses of the commis
sion, to pay it clerical force and to furn
ish such compensation for It members aa
the president may fix. The appropriations
committee will meet tomorrow to prepare a
bill, which it 1 believed will be presented
and passed this week, a no opposition Is
anticipated.
The session of the house tomorrow will
be brief. The roll will be called and an
nouncement made of the death that have
occurred during the recess. The house will
then adjourn unttl Tuesday, when the pres
idents message will be read. There 1 no
program for the remainder of the week be
yond th bill to defray the expenses of the
coal strike commission. If the regular or
der Is demanded the London dock charge
bill 1 th unfinished business.
SENATE TO TALK NEW STATES
Trasta, Tariff and Reciprocity Will
Alao Be Taken Up Darin
Session.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 Th admission
of the territories of Oklahoma, New Mex
ico and Arizona as state of the union will
probably be the aubject of most Importance
to receive attention by th senate at th
coming session.
After U omnibus territorial bill passed
th bouse last season It friend In th
aenate were so Insistent on action and so
strong In point of numbers that la the
Interest of other pending legislation
unanimous agreement waa reached that the
committee on terrltoriea should report next
Wednesday, December 3, and a week later
the bill will become th unfinished busi
ness of tho senate. This meats that un
less the measure 1 displaced by vote or
by unanlmou consent it will occupy the
first place on the senate calendar until
disposed of.
It Is the current expectation that this
program will be carried out, whether tho
committee' report 1 favorable or unfa
vorable, a the agreement contemplated
consideration, regardless of the character
of the report.
There I no definite Information a la
what the committee's decision will be but
at the last session all the republican mem
ber of the committee except Senator Quay
voted to defer consideration, while Sena
" tor Quay and all the democratic member
voted for immediate action, the result be
ing a majority of one for postponement. It
Is knoan that some of the republican mem
ber favor an amendment of the bill so a
to provide tor the admlaaion of Oklahoma
only, and it ta the prevailing opinion that
the committee will divide on thi propo
sition, all republican members except Sen
ator Quay being considered favorable to It.
However, the transposition of one repub
lican vot would Insure the report of a
bill to admit all three territories.
A protracted debate is probable. The
friends of the house measure claim to have
the support of all democratic senators and
of frcni fifteen to eighteen republicans.
There is, however, determined opposition
on the part of some of th republican lead-
(Continued on Third Ptzi.)
HARRIMAN GIVES PENSIONS
Southern larlfle Employes Will Hare
Provision Made for Old
A se.
HOUSTON-. Tex., Nov. 30. E. H. Harrl-
man ha decided on a plan for -onslonlng
aged employes of the Soutner. . and
has directed Mr. Markham to V'',-.,-
e..eci on me soutnern aeinc .n .e;,y.,
The plan It practically the tame aa v K'
now In nnerntlnn nn the Pennsylvania. thr
Illinois Central and the Chicago A North'
western railways. Employe who have at
tained the age of 70 years or more are to
be retired and will receive pensions on
the basis of 1 per cent per annum of the
average salary for ten year prior to re
tirement. An employe whose pay averages
$1,000 per annum for ten years prior to
retirement and who had been in the service
of the company thirty years would receive
a pension equal to 30 per cent of $1,000, or
$3iK) per annum.
The order will Include employee of the
Galveston, Harrlsburg & San Antonio, the
Texas & New Orleans, the Galveston
Northern, the New York, Texas ft Mexican
Oulf. the West Texas ft Pacific, the Hous
ton ft Texaa Central,' the Houston, East ft
Weat Texaa and the Houston ft Shreveport
roads.
PUTS NO CASH IN ORIENT
Gould Feeds Kew Road and In Return
Gets Ontlct to Pacific
Ocean.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 30. A. E. Stlllwell
of the Kansas City, Mexico ft Orient rail
way said today that the election of George
J. Gould to the directorate of the read did
not mean that Gould would Invest monoy
In the road, which la already financed.
"It means that the entire Gould system
of railroads will be a feeder for the Orient,
and In return the Oould lines will have
an outlet to the Pacific ocean," said he.
Mr. Stlllwell added that the Orient road
would be completed from Sweetwater, Tex.,
to Kaneaa City in eighteen months.
ANGRY BOY SHOOTS EMPLOYER
Quarrels Over Reflected Meat
and
Does Mnrder on Illinois
Gtreef. '
GREENVILLE, 111., Nov. SO. At Poca
hontas tbday Albert Ethrldge, aged 18,
shot and instantly killed his employer,
John Kesner, proprietor of the Western
hotel. The shooting was the result of a
disagreement over some meat which Kes
ner had ordered the boy to get for dinner
and which be neglected.
Smarting under the sting of rebuke,
Ethrldge borrowed a gun from a neighbor,
and on the pretext of going hunting lay in
wait tor Kesner at the drug atore of C. B.
Springer.
Keener, in company with three friend,
soon came that way. When within a few
feet Ethrldge deliberately raised his gun
and fired, the discbarge taking effect In
Kesncr'a head and breast. A poss of citi
zen finally captured and disarmed him and
he was taken in charge by Sheriff Wright
and brought to Greenville tonight.
He is sullen, and say that when he saw
K.ener coming across the street be made
up his mind to kill him.
The coroner' Jury held Ethrldge to the
grand jury on the charge of murder.
SAY LOW WATER WAS CAUSE
Experts Who Examine Chlcaaro Ex
plosion Pot Blame on Dead
Man.
CHICAGO,' Nov. 30. An Investigation
Into the explosion of Swift and Company's
boiler plant yesterday was begun today by
mechanical experts, representing the city
and private Interests. Although those con
ducting the investigation were reticent, it
la said that Owens was responsible for the
catastrophe.
The great force of the explosion led to
the conclusion that the water had been
allowed to get low in the boilers and that
when an effort waa made to supply the de
ficiency the explosion followed.
Acting on Che policy that he did not care
to commit . himself until sure of his
ground, the city boiler Inspector refused ! civilized English nation, but yet It hap
to Vive a specific cause for the explosion. ; pened."
After certain test a to strength of the His last word is a plea to his fellow
metal of the wrecked plant are completed
Mr. Blaney say he will make hi official
report.
The coroner ha also begun an investiga
tion, although the Inquest proper will not
be heard until December lO.
TELLS WHY PEACE CAME
Transvaal Secretary Says Boers
Feared Extermination of
Their Race.
NEW YORK. Nov. 80. F. W. Helta,
former Transvaal secretary of state, wa
on of the speaker at a meeting tonight
held under the auspices of the Clan Na
Gael, In commemoration of the Manchester
martyrs.
His remarks were confined principally to
the late war In South Africa, which he
characterized as brutal and Inhuman. He
declared the Boers, like the Irish, had been
martyred. The only reason peace' had been
signed, waa the fear that the race would be
exterminated through the death of the
women and children In the concentration
camps, where 25,000 had perished.
TWO DEATHS ISTRACT YOUTH
Sister and Brother Die and He Dla
appears from Ills Chlcaaro
Home.
CHICAGO. Nov. 30. John Earley, 17 year
old, employed to th offices of the Grand
Trunk railroad, has disappeared under mys
terious circumstances.
Six weeks ago his only sister died, and
laat Friday his elder brother, James, died
suddenly. John wss not told of his broth
er's death until he returned from his work.
He seemed almoat overcome with grief.
Calling to hi side hi little brother he bade
the boy good bye and walked out of the
house. Sine that time he ha not been seen
or heard of by hi family. He Is of slight
build, has light hair and la flv feet (even
inches In height.
SHOOTS MAN FOR QUARTER
Georgia Coaple Quarrel Over Twenty.
Five Ceats and Mnrder Is
Done.
MOULTRIE. Ga.. Nov. 30. In aa alter
cation over 25 cents. Thomas Johnson shot
and killed Charle Moor at Carbottl Mill
near her today.
DEWET WRITES OF WAR
Says Boen Lost Because of Traitors Within
Their Lines.
PANIC AND DESERTION FREQUENT EVENTS
Prulaea Bailer, Knox and Prlrate Sol.
.,,., bnt ThlBk. ,,,, of EIth
' .
nerts or Kitchener and De-
ra Blockhease System.
LONDON, Nov. 80. "Had not ao many of
our burghers proved false to their own
colors, England, as the great Bismarck
foretold, wo..ld have found her grave In
South Africa." That Is the keynote of
General Dewet'a book entitled "Three
Years' War," published today and dedi
cated "To my fellow subjects of the British
empire."
It Is perhaps the most remarkable book
by the moat remarkable leader that any
recent war haa produced. The conclee,
Imply told tale of the extraordinary cam
paign Is marked throughout with the stamp
of truth. The baldness of . the narrative
only serves to bring into strong relief the
fiery passsges in which a strong man liter
ally blurts out his soul In pathetic regret
or bitter denunciation.
In thus taking the public Into his con
fidence Dewet losee nothing of the glamor
with which his exploit In the field sur
round him. In criticizing he spares no one,
Boer and Briton come equally under the
lash.
Pralaes Genernl nailer.
Dewet declares that whatever the Eng
lish people may have to say In discredit
of General Duller, he had to operate
against stronger positions than any other
British general. Throughout the work be
has but alight pralee for Lord Roberts, and
little more for Lord Kitchener General
Knox Is almost the only British general
who seems to have struck Dewet as a com
mander with real military genius.
Of "Tommy Atkins" he has many kindly
words to say and declares "the British
were far from being bad shots."
Tho comparative Immunity of the Boer
from harm, Dewet constantly and moet
fervently attributes to the interposition cf
God.
"If any reader," he aays, "Is eager to
know how It was I kept out of the enemy'
hands I can only answer, although I may
not be understood, that I ascribed it to
nothing else than this, it was not God's
will that I should fall Into their hands.
Let those who rejoice at my miraculous
escapes give all the praise to Ood."
Nevertheless, the book teems with ac
counts of military and other strategies by
which Dewet outwitted his pursuers.
Frequently he recounts case of desertion
and panic among hi own men when hi
entreaties and "sjamboking" were all of no
avail. He pays a tribute to General Cronje
for his bravery, and declare he lost at
Paardeburg only on account of his fatal ob
stinacy In refusing to leave the laager, ac
he was advised to do by General Botha and
by the writer himself.
Hard to Fight Traitors.
Regarding hi own. forces Dewet write-.,
"It was far eaaler to fight against the great
English army than against treachery among
my own people, and an Iron will was re
quired to fight against both. Once, If only
our order had been carried out a little
more trlctly and If only the most element
ary rule of strategy had been observed In
our efforts to break the British lines of
communication, Lord Robert and hi
thousand of troop would have found
themselves shut up in Pretoria, where tbey
would have perished of hunger. It was not
the skill of their commander-in-chief that
saved them."
Of the blockhouses Dewet 1 frankly con
temptuous. "The blockhouse policy, he
ays, "might equally well have been called
the policy of the blockhead."
He emphatically defends the right to blow
up railroad lines and train a a usage of
war, and declares he never missed an op
portunity to do so.
The so-called war against women and the
misuse of the white flag by the British Is
denounced by the Boer general, who lays:
"That uch direct and indirect murder
should have been committed against de
fenseless women and children 1 a thing I
would have staked my head would have
! never happened in a war conducted by a
countrymen to be loyal to the new nation.
"Loyalty," he says, "pay best In the long
run, and loyalty Is most worthy of the na
tion 'which ha abed It blood for free
dom." The book contain a magnificent portrait
of the author by the American painter,
John 8. Sargent.
TIES UP FOOD AND MAILS
Marseilles Strike Delays North Afri
can Letter and Headers Corsica
Short of Provisions."
MARSEILLES. Nov. 80. The atrlke at
this port, which wa started last week by
the striker to obtain an Increase ot wages,
Is now practically complete aa regards the
steamer here. A ships arrive the hand
desert and the harbor is so crowded by
empty vessel that it la dlffcult to find
room for new coiner.
There ha been no disorder as yet, but the
government la sending troops to tieet any
emergency, two regiments of cavalry ar
riving today.
The strike has practically paralyzed com
merce along the coat as it is spreading
to other parts. Six hundred passengers are
now waiting at Marseilles for transporta
tion to Algiers. The mails for Corsica,
Algeria and Tunis are also delayed from
twenty-four to forty-eight hours, but the 1
authorities succeeded in forwarding a quan
Ity of sacks on Saturday and It was an
nounced today that the government had ar
ranged to assure the mall service by means
of naval vessels. The government will alao
furnish th regular liner with seamen from
the navy.
A Corsica I largely dependent on serv
ice from Marseille for provision the scarc
ity of flour and other necessities is already
being felt in the islands.
The striker committee tonight tele
graphed to the minister of marine that if
the strike was not settled in five days an
appeal would be issued for a general strike
to all ports of France.
Krapp's Calamlaator Arrested.
HAMBURG, Nov. 80. The German
painter. Christian Alter, a resident of
Capri Island, who, it is alleged, was re
sponslble for the charges brought against
the late Herr Krupp, has been arrested
on the Swiss frontier.
Air line to Bncnos Ayres Proposed.
ROME. Nov. 30. The minister of tele
graphs ha decided to establish wireless
telegraphy between Genoa and Bueooa
Ayr.
WARREN OPPOSES REVISION
Docs not Think Anything Will Be
Done with the Tariff This
Session. '
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. (Special Tele
gram.) Senator Warren of Wyoming ar
rived tonight and Is at the New Wlllard.
The senator believes that congress should
not attempt a revision of the tariff at this
time. "I am not in favor at this time of
any attempt to revise the existing tariff
schedule and do not believe that any legis
lation along that line can be successful
at this tesslon. I believe, however, we
should pass some legislation during the
coming session to put a curb on trusts. In
the matter of dealing with trusts congress
will be largely guided by uch recommenda
tion as President Roosevelt may make in
his message."
Senator Warren disclaimed having any
knowledge of any Illegal fencing of the
public lands In Wyoming by cattlemen.
"Of course there are vast cattle ranges In
my state, but that the cattlemen are ille
gally occupying public domain has not been
called to my attention, and as to alleged
fraudulent entries by widow or other I
know nothing of It."
M. P. Kecfe of Cheyeine arrived in
Washington today. Mr. Korfe is mayor of
Cheyenne and comes to Washington to
confer with Secretary Root regarding his
contract fbr the erection f barracks at
Fort D. A. Russell. It appears that the
.War department and city of Cheyenne are
In a controversy aa to the water supply for
the proposed new quarter. Mr. Kecfe will
call upon Secretsry Root aad General Lud
lngton tomorrow and the various points In
controversy will be discussed. The War
department desires to erect two additional
barracks at Fort Russell, contingent upon
certain concessions of the ely of Chey
enne as'to the water supply.
Congressman Lot Thomas of Iowa, ac
companied by his wife and daughter, I at
the Riggs house, having arrived late Sat
urday night. The Storm Lake congressman
aays that while there Is some agitation In
Iowa over the question of tariff revision,
he doea not believe the people will seri
ously object If the tariff Is allowed to
stand as at present. A majority of the
people of Iowa, he believe, are In favor of
a modification of the steel and Iron sched
ules and also are in favor of free lumber,
but beyond this he doubt whether the citi
zens of the Hawkeye commonwealth would
be In favor of tinkering with the tariff
under present prosperous conditions.
Major John F. Larry of Oskaloosa, with
Mrs. Lacey, arrived in Washington today
for the congressional session.
BOARD EXPECTED TO SPEAK
Strike Commissioners Will Probably
Make Statement on Abortive
Negotiation,'
SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 3d A conference
of the mine strike commissioners ' will be
held here on Tuesday night prior to the re
sumption of the inquiry on Wednesday.
At this conference it is expected the com
mission will prepare a statement setting
forth -the purposes and -rtriMs, tr rather-,
lack' of results, of the ten-day recess,' and
defining specifically the-positlon of the com
mission regarding the recess.
The negotiations tor an amicable adjust
ment of the dispute delayed the prepara
tion of statistics for five days. A a con
sequence the commission will have to busy
Itself for a week or so with some other fea
ture of the case while awaiting a report
from the accountants.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov. 30. Tho 2,500
employes ot the Kingston Coal company
have agreed to submit their grievances to
(ha Dploi-Dnfa Kn.fil nf tha I'nltn.l Ulna
Worker.. The enmnnnv I. onnnR-cl In the
check weighmen employed by the miners
and last payday refused to deduct from
employes' wages the amount necessary to
pay the wages of the weighmen. This !
brought about crisis and at a meeting of j
the employes held today It was decided to
lay the matter before the executive board
of the miners', union.
MUCH SNOW FALLS IN EAST
Pennsylvania and Maryland
Both Covered with Wintry
Mantle.
Are
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 30. The first
now of the season fell today In central
Pennsylvania. It was wet and melted al
most aa anon aa it fell.
CUMBERLAND. Md., Nov. 30. More than
an inch of snow covers this section to-
night and almoat midwinter conditions pre
vail. All Incoming trains are covered, in
dicating that the storm is more than local.
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 30. Snow fell
steadily here for several hours today, cov
ering the surrounding hills. Reports from
New Mexico and Old Mexico Indicate that
the storm covered a wide stretoh of the
country.
North ot here in the White mountain ot
New Mexico enow Is four feet deep and
wolve. and other wild animala have been K0 bra worth 650,000. which It la sup
driven to the valley, ot the White' Oak , P0,e1 10 nave been bought to thl couutry
country In search of food. The beast have , r om Boutl1 A,r,ca- wlthln ,h Past frt;
. . .k. ,vn . i,n,
MINE W0RKERST0 CONVENE
Will Hold Annual Meeting and Hear
Officers Account of Bis
Strike.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 80. The secretary
1 preparing the call for the annual con
vention of the United Mine Worker ot
America, which will assemble In this city
on January 19 next.
The call will be printed at once In the
Mine Workers' Journal and the Individual
notlcea to each local will be sent out in
a few days. The basis of representation
Is the same aa haa been followed in the
past, which mean that there will be in :
Ikai nAl.hlinrhnA Af BAA tn 1 AAA AIA. I
with a voting strength of about 1,700.
The officer will make full report as to
the Inside workings ot the great strike.
THINK SUICIDE WAS KILLED
Police Arrest Huaband When Wife is
Found Dead by Note Deserlb.
Ioa; Knd.
ELWOOD. Ind., Nov. 30. Mr. Charle
Dubois, a bride of but a fetr months, was
found dead in ber room late yesterday aft
ernoon with a bottle of carbolic acid at
ber side and a note, in which she staled her
Intention of taking her life. An autopsy
was held last night aud no poison was
found in her stomach.
The side ot ber head was crushej, ap
parently by the blow of a blunt instrument.
The coroner's Jury held an Inquest this
morning, which led to th arrest of Charles
Dubois, the husband of the dead woman,
who ia charged with her murder.
AmiQ m mm m
United State Called Upon to Disallow
Orinoco Blockade.
HAS SO FAR KEPT CLEAR OF MATTER
All Other Powers Deny Veneanelai
Claim and Jon HI Ship Wants
Convoy Ip River from
This Country,
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov. 30. The
United States la confronted with the ques
tion of declaring Its attitude regarding th?
blockade of the Orinoco by the Venezuelan
government.
Some days ago the. British authorities
promised to convoy the United Stslcs mer
chant ship Manzanares up the river, but
withdrew the effor on the arrival of the
t'nlted States gunboat Nashville on tho
ground that the Vnlted States now having
a warship in port should convoy Ita own
merchantmen.
Nashville Is suited to the purpose
of convoying the Manzsnares, but no ac
tion Is possible until instructions have been
rerelved from Washington.
The Vnlted States Is the only nation
which has not taken a decisive stand with
regard to tho blockade, and It Is aald this
situation is embarrassing American ves
sels, especially the Mauzanarcs, which has
been here since June, Its cargo spoiling and
the delay involving a great loss to the com
pany. Since the proclamation of the blockade
1.373 ships of all nations except the United
Stntes have entered and left the Orinoco
and It Is insisted that this fact constitutes
the best evidence possible that the blockadn
Is ineffectve.
The Venezuelan gunboats have left the
Orinoco unguarded for periods of two weeks
at a time and the guns of the fort Los Cas
tlllos, which were the only means of main
taining the blockade of Ciudad Bolivar,
have been removed.
Dislike German Move.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30. The
Venezuelan general, Antonio Velutlnl, haa
been appointed minister plenipotentiary to
France. He will renew the diplomatic re
lations between the two countries which
have been ruptured since 1894. The pre
cipitate nomination of General Velutlnl la
due also to the fears entertained by the
Venezuelan government of complications
with Germany. Tho newly appointed minis
ter is of French descent.
The news that Germany will send three
warships to reinforce the German squadron
In Venezuelan waters, which already num
bers three vessels, has produced a feeling
of apprehension In this city and especially
In official clrclea.
CATTLE ' GO TO HALIFAX
Kova Scotia Port Will Get Boston
Business While Embarxo
Lasts.
HALIFAX. W-,8., Nov. 30. Owlpg to the
cattla embargo on. New. Entlandppns .the
agenta of the Leyland line are making ar
rangementa for the housing and shipment
of cattle and sheep from here
There Is accommodation for 3,000 cattle
and 500 sheep.
BOSTON, Nov. 30. With the departure
of Salina today tho Boston export market
of cattle on the hoot is fairly closed for
an Indefinite period
PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 30. Representa
tives of the Grand Trunk railway and of
the several British steamship lines using
this port were in conference today to con-
elder the cattle disease situation. Cables
were sent 10 tne Oiuctais oi me several in-
terests at LKnaon empnasizing me mui
that Maine free 'rom the di8ease a"4
that there no chanee of ""IroaU brought
h"e for exportation becoming contaml-
ted and advising tnat tnese tact snoum
be brought to the notice of the Department
of Agriculture.
Two of the steamship that sailed today
carried cattle for Liverpool.
OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 30. In addition to
prohibiting cattle from entering Canada
from New England the Canadian govern
ment will prohibit the loading of cattle
at St. Johns or Halifax in ships clearing
from Portland or Boston. The. shipment of
cattle from Canada west In bond through
the state ot Maine will be stopped.
These two orders will be revoked, how
ever, If the imperial government consents.
i The minister of agriculture Is now In com
j municatlon with Lord Stratbcona regarding
, the matter.
KRUGER AND LEYDS GET GOLD
Britain Wants It and Genernl Botha
Will Probably Sue
for It.
BERLIN, Nov. 30. The British govern
ment Is telegraphing to all the German
ports making Inquiries concerning Boer
e i k III. J 113 oars are ucbuuvu &ur i nui
ivruger, inu ur. irus, auu 1 1 id anm u,
been concealed In the Northern Transvaal.
Great Britain will endeavor to legally
attach the gold If It can be located on the
ground that it is entitled to all the assets
of the Transvaal because It has assumed
responsibility for the debts of that country,
including the bonds ispucd prior to the
war.
General Botha's reply to. Mr. Chamber
lain that the Boer government had uo as
sets wss strictly true aa far a he kn -w,
but since receiving Mr. Chaniher'ain'a let
ter General Botha learn d, scccrding to
seemingly trustworthy information here,
that Mr. Krugcr and Dr. Loyds have in
their possession $2,500,000. .
General Botha requested them to turn
over this gold for the benefit of the Boer
people, but Dr. Leyds refused, averring that
the money was to be used in upholding
the Boer nationality la th? future.
General Botha has notified Dr. Leyds
that unlea the gold is given up leal
proceedings will be brought against him.
ISLAND FARMS ARE USELESS
Philippine Aarrlcaltare at Standstill
rending- Importation of Field
Animals. '
MANILA, Nov. 80. The effort to restore
agriculture ia the Philippine Islands have
been blocked by a dearth of field animala.
! Ninety per cent of the carabos died in the
original epidemic ot rinderpest and many
other have since succumbed.
The government had planned an extensive
Importation of these animals to meet the
crying need and arranged to have them im
munized. It as forced to abandon this
plan on account ot lack of money to meet
the purchases. Geaeral cultivation of the
plantation 1 Impossible without them.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nchrika- Fair In West. Ttnin
in has i'ortlon Monday. Tuesday, rmr.
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IOWA MEN IN TRAIN WRECK
ChlcaKo and Baltimore Kx press Collide-
with Freight nt Carbon,
Pennsylvania.
TOUNGSTOWN, O.. Nov. 30 The Chi
cago and Baltimore express No. 6, on the
Baltimore & Ohio railway, eastbound, ran
into an open switch at Carbon, Pa., sev
eral miles east of here, early this morning
and collided headon with a freight train.
One man was killed and three others in
jured, one seriously.
Tho dead:
HOWARD BRADLEY, engineer of the
passenger train.
Tho lujured:
Walter Miller, express messenger.
H. E. Townsend, brakeman of the pas
senger train.
Frank Miller, fireman of the freight train.
Both locomotives were completely wrecked
and the exprces car telescoped. The pas
srnRers were considerably shaken up, but
none were Injured. The collision. It is al
leged, was due to the failure of the freight
brakeman to throw the switch on the main
track after taking the sldtng.
Among the passengers were Congressman
W. I. Smith Council Bluffs; Senator Dol
llver of Iowa, Congressman A. J. Hopkins
of Illinois, J. Ross Micky of Macomb, 111.,
Congressman Chester I. Long of Medicine J
Lodge, Kan., Congressman John H. Steph
ens of Vernon, Tex., Congressman John
Snook and wife of Ohio and Howell Jones
of Topeka, Kan. All were badly shaken up
but none seriously hurt.
LORENZ' WORK CONTINUES
Chicago Will Have Permanent Hos
pital for Treatment of Consen.
Ital Hip Dislocation.
CHICAGO, Nov. 80. Chicago Is to have
a hospital wherein congenital hip disloca
tions and other deformities will be treated
according to Prof. Lorenz' methods. Dr.
Frederick Mueller made the announcement
today.
The hospital Is the direct result of Dr.
Lorenz' visit to Chlcapo to treat the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armour, who are
interested in the project, and will give th
institution financial support.
Dr. Mueller will return to Chicago
within a year or eighteen months to take
charge of the new institution.
RICH MEN BUYMINERAL LAND
Syndicate Acquires, Five Hundred
Thoasnnd uteres, lu Kastern
Kentucky,
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 30. A dispatch
to the Journal and Tribune from Big Stone
Gap, Va., says: A syndicate composed of
Chicago, Duluth and eastern capitalists
has closed a deal for 100,000 acres of min
eral and timber lands in the border coun
ties of eastern Kentucky and has options
on 400,000 acres more.
It is said that Included in the scheme
j for development Is the extension of three
; large railroad systems Into the Big Sandy
iuvB ro me iiicinnau.
Ohio and the Seaboard Air line.
ROBBERS WAR WITH OFFICERS
Shoot Sheriff and Deputy, Mount
Horses and Flee, but Cowboys
Are in Pursuit.
LAMAR, Colo.', Nov. 30. While pursuing
three men suspected ot having held up and
robbed the postofllce at Carlton, Sheriff
Frank M. Tate and Deputy J. H. Friable
came suddenly upon the men this morning.
Tbey opened fire on the officers, wounding
Tate in the arm. Friable' horse was shot
from under him and the three men escaped.
As soon as the affair became known a
large band of cowboys, heavily armed, took
the trail.
DECK HAND DIES WRESTLING
Scuffles with Fellows on Board Vessel
and Falls to Deck
Uclow.
ESCANABA, Mich., Nov. 30. Pat Dow
ney, a deck hand on the steamer Maryland,
met instant death as the result of a scuffle
with two other deck hands on the boat.
The three men were wrestling, when they
all fell to the deck below. Downey' neck
wa broken. George Belroi's collar bone
wa broken and Joe Malarkey suffered a
scalp wound.
DOUBLE TRACK TO ST. JOE
nurllnaxton Railroad Start Today
Laying- Extra Ralls from
Omaha.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Nov. 30. The Burling
ton railway will double-track much of its
line between this city and Omaha. Work
on the first thirty-five mllea begins tomor
row and will cost $200,000. It will be com
pleted during the winter.
The double-track system will be in opera
tion to the Junction at Amazonia in sixty
ciys.
BANDITS WARWITH CITIZENS
Shoot Bank Watchmnn, Fight Battle
and Escape Without
Ilooty.
WESTVILLE. Ind., Nov. 30. Wesley Rey
nolds, watchmnn of the Weslville State
bank, was shot and killed last night by
Durgiars, who, without securing any money
escaped after a fierce battle with aeveral
citizens.
Movements of Ocean Yeaaele Kor. 80,
At jsew xora-Arrlved-St. Louis, from
DuuuiaiiiiuM uiki v nerouurg; i ampama
from Liverpool and Qucensiown; Canadian'
from Liverpool.
i.Ai ,,h,e, '-'i",r,' Paved Pennlsnd, from
riiia.fitiiriiH. mr intwi-rp; Minneapolis
from Ntw Vora, tor London; Vadtrla id,
from New York, for Antwerp.
At ixaiiirs Arrived 'anibroman, from
Boston, via Azorea, for Genua.
At Quernstuwn Arrived I vernla. from
Ronton, for Liverpool, and proceeded
Sailed Umbrla, from Liverpool, for New
1 Ul .
At Moville Hailed Ethiopia, from Glas
guw, for ,Vew lurk.
MOSBY IS IN EARNEST
Taking Down of Tences by Cattlemen Hot
a Falsing Tancr.
GETS AFTER LARGE OFFENDERS FIRST
Letter to District Attorney Indicate! How
He Teels on Question.
WIDOW TELLS HOW SCHEME WAS WORKED
Becomes Supioions that She Wu Hot
Oettmg a Square Deal
WRITES A LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT
Indications that Someone Was Making
a Good Thins In Flsln the Filings
t p to Snlt the Cattle
Baron.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. (Special.)
When Colonel John S. Mosby left here for
Omaha to assist District Attorney W. S.
Summers In getting the facta In the land
Jobbing cases before the federal grand Jury
he took with him some very Interesting
documents as well aa very explicit instruc
tions as to the scope of the inquiry. How
earnest Colonel Mosby is in the matter will
appear from this letter he wrote to Mr.
Summers early In the month:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Mr. W. S.
Summers, United Stales District Attorney,
Omaha Sir; I have Just been Informed nt
the Interior department that the secretary
has requested the attorney general to In-
mriiei you to prosecute vigorously the sol-
uut widows aim cuncr
rjl.pl nt lunjl
frauds which I have in. ,, I in X'.hrn.u.,
or course you must summon n lot of these
so-called widows hs witnesses who can give
you the names of the parties who were In
this conspiracy to defraud the government.
While the widows are technically guiitv,
the real criminals to be punished are the
men who hired them to commit perjury and
fraud. I have before nie a letter from on
of these widows, which I shall bring with
me to Omaha nnd show you, In which she
states that Fred Hoyt, the commissioner
at Gordon, refused to let the widows read
the paiers they signed and swore to. This
was the homestead attldavlt (form 4-OC3 in
which the party swears that the entry is
made "in suod fallh to otituln n home for
myself. That 1 am not In collusion with
any person, corporation or syndicate l:i
maklnK such entry," and "that I have not
directly or indirectly made, and will not
make, any Agreement or contract In any
wny er manner with any person, or persons,
corporation or syndicate whatsoever by
which the title which I mlRht acquire from
the government of the United Slates should
inure In whole or In part to the benellt of
any person except myself."
et the Guilty Ones.
This widow says that they were all re
quired to sIkii, at the time when they tiled
thilr iippllcHtlor.H, leasts or contracts to
11 their lauds to somebody. She does not
give the name of the person who hired
them. As Hartlett Hichard's fence Is lo
cated on their clalmx no doubt he expected
to be the chief benetlclary In the transac
tion, and Is liable to a criminal prosecution
under section 5140 K. 8. I gave Richards
notice to pull down his fence. He should
I be summoned before the grand Jury to tell
wnai ue snows auoui uii nusiness. ir n
is innocent he can toll a great deal; if he
Is a-ullty- he can plenl Us constitutional
privilege not to-be compelled to give evi
dence HKalimt himself. Those who hired
these widows to swear to applications for
homesteads were also guilty of subornation
of perjury (section 6c3, H. 8 ) An example
should be made of ihem, no matter how
many cattle they grate.
Charles Tlerman, who will be a witness
In the Miller & I.elth cases, told me that
Mitchell, a son-in-law of Mr. Akers, the
receiver at Alliance, was present and saw
Miller, or Ilih, pay J5 to each negro nt
the door- of the Alliance land ofllce. Be
sure und have Mitchell us a witness before
the grand Jury. 1 wish you also to summon
as witnesses Halph H. Whltlaw of Cyrus,
Neb., and James GalliiKhcr of Lakeside,
N b.
You are probably aware that Mr. Lesser
Is nn lonser an oltlcer of Hie land office,
io I shall b present to assist you In
prosecutlnK these canes before the grand
Jury. I hear that one of the reasons for
Mr. Lesser a suspension Is that while his
weekly reports represent him as belnu most
of the time at North I'latte, Neb., Ills offi
cial headquarters, he Hptnt most of his time
at his home, Tuma. Ia., drawing his salary
and per diem. This is at least the testi
mony of persons who live ut Tama and
North Platte. 1 saw the attorney genernl
yesterday. He will semi you instructions
about these cases. I'lease Inform me on
what day I will be needed before the grand
Jury at Omaha. Itespecl lullv,
JOHN 8. MOSBY,
Special Agent Government Land Office.
Story Told by a Widow.
How the "widows" were worked for their
filings and relinquishments ia well told In-
the following letter which was addressed
to Hon. Binger Hermann, commissioner of
the general land office:
CLARINDA. Ia.. Oct. M Hon. Tiln.i
Hermann, General Land Office: Dear 8lr-
lu reply to your reouest for a rteserini inn
of land In question In your letter of October
1: I have delayed answer to this time be.
cause I had nothing official to show. That
is wnat l was trying to llnd out, whethei
or not I had a right to some legal docu
ment to show that I had tiled nn lhA r.
of land. The party In charge at Gordon.
Neb., refused to give us a scrap of paper
to show fees paid or record of filing, etc.
Fifty soldiers' widows went In a body, at
the solicitation of a lady who represented
to us that we could homestead said land
and leaso same to the cattlemen in lieu of
occupying it ourselves, and tiled on land lu
ooeriunn county, ixeorasKa. cattlemen to
pay all expenses, car fa.e, board and lodg
ing,, tiling fees and all. The first deal the
soliciting lady made was to Induce u to
curry our lunch on the train, whereas ar
rangements were made for sunner at Nor.
folk. A roan came through car to find how
many he would have to drive: found liftv
women and fifty lunch baskets. That looked
queer, and four of us said, "We will ,et off
una ikkc jiupper ana let our colli lunch
rest under the seat." The lady had the
money In hand to pay for our suppers, but
if we were willing to feed ourselves there
would he fifty times 50 cents saved toward
some one's pocket.
At Gordon Land Office.
At Gordon ten at a time were taken to
land ottice. Heveral hud alre-tdy signed
leases and filings when it came time for
Mrs. Hrenberger of Hlalr, Neb. She stopped
to read the papers nnd was Informed "there
was no time to wait tn read, but sign and
vacate place for other ladle." She refused
and so did I till we knew the con enta of
papers Then it was pandemonium let
loose amonii the widows and agents. For
fully one hour of their precious tlmo words
ran riot, till the whole document was read
(three papers in number pinned together),
in the blank space of leane was written
"for ten years." where It should have read
five years. '1 hird paper wa a bargain to
sell same, for consideration, . left
blank when we proved up on the land. I
told Mr. Land Ottice Man I would aell to
whom I pleased and when 1 pleased and
keep It as long as 1 pleased; to tear that
off and write live years In lease or I would
never sign. We were at leaet two hours
contending before we got the thing
straightened .ut Some of those "war
widows" could neither read nor write and
had already signed, but we staid with them
till they took their names from ten-year
lease.
liy this time we were decidedly sus
picious and wanted a description if land or
receipt of some kind. We could not get it.
Mra. Krenberger of Klalr and others wrote
for their receipts. Fred Hoyt of Gordon
wrote her he held the receipts and Intended
to keep tlum, loo; fnt Inform the other
ladles. She pur. his letter in a Hlalr paper,
uh she did not feel called on to hunt up
titty ladles and Inform them that Fred
Hoyt was their self-constituted guardian,
DcbatluK the It r lie Off.
Whll at Gordon It was a current toplo
that some alio was to have f 10) per head for
every woman who could be induced to elgi
the ten-year lease. Ten times fifty Is tKi.
Good llttlu wad for some one, and If the
report was nut gossip, why the effort to
ir.io us into signing without reading?
Ihcu I wrote tu Alliance, stating Jut
