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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOllXING. DECEMHEIl 11, 1002 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPV T1IUEE CENTS. ENTERS TAX PROTEST FUEL FIGHT IS SETTLED Factions Agree and the Stockholders' Strlington Railroad Company 6ays Com missioner's Fignrei Are Too High. INSISTS ON STATE BOARD'S ASSESSMENT Contends that Oity Has Authority Ouly Outside f Ei?ht of Way. Realty exchange files a complaint It Asks for Raise of Burlington Assessment to $14,996,142. EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR DEPOT Board of Review Is Asked to Tat Pall Value of Tangible Proper! r and Franrhliri In Railroad Assessments. In contemplating the siihject of railroad taxation the Board of Review finds a now complication In a protest llled yeaterday by the Burlington company in which that corporation respectfully but firmly de nies the authority of the tax commissioner or the board Itself to make any adjust ment of the assessment on certain portions of Its property. This document Is signed by Ortcno, Brcckenridge A Klnsler, as at torneys, and was filed by them late yester day afternoon. Ii is addrfased to William Fleming, tiz commissioner of the city of Omaha; Victor Rnsewator and William J. Hunter, constituting the Board of Review In the matter of assessments of property within the metropolitan city of Omaha. In part tt reads as follows: Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that the properties returned for assessment and luxation within the state of Nebraska under the name of the Omaha & Southwest ern Railroad company and the Omaha A North I'latte Railroad company, and which are held under perpetual lenses and oper ated by the undersigned as a part of its railway system, consisting of railroad and telegraph lines, Including roadbed, right-of-way, main and sidetracks, and turn-outs, depot proline!" and buildings, section and tool houees, repair shops, warehouses, roll tag stock of all klniU and descriptions, tjlegraph lines, furniture and fixtures and other peraonnl property belonging to the undersigned necessary for the construction and repair of its lines of rotid, but not in cluding property of the following character within the county of louglas, vlx., machine nd repair shops, general olilce buildings, lorehouses and real and personal property tulslde of its rlght-of-wuy and depot Irounds. have been assessed for taxation within the- stale of Nebraska by the State Uoard of Equalisation in ttie manner pro Meeting; l.iati for Ji teea IWIaate. BRIBES TO BREAK STRIKE Witnesses Tell of Thousands Offared for Besalntion to iesume. DENVER, Dec. 10. In accordance the agreement reached late last night be, tween the proxy committees of the three factions who have been contending for the control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the following dlrectori were unanimously elected at the stockhold ers' meeting today: James H. Hyde, H. E. Huntington, E. H. Harriman, J. A. Kobler, J. M. Herbert, A. C. Cass. George J. Gould, J. I Jerome, Edwin Hawley, John H. Mc Clement, Frank Trumbull, Charles H. But ler and J. C. Osgood. Messrs. Gould, Herbert. McClement and Butler were named 'by the Gould committee; Messrs. Huntington. Hawley, Harriman and Trumbull by the Hawley-Harrlman com mittee, and Messrs, Kobler, Cass. Jerome and Osgood by the Osgood committee and James H. Hyde waa named aa the thirteenth member of the board by mutual agreement. A roll call developed the alrrngth of the aeevral factions. J. H McClement, repre senting Mr. Gould and frlecda. held proxies for 65,314 shares. Edwin Hawley, repre senting E. H. Harriman and others, held proxies for 64,403 shares and J. L. Jerome, representing Mr. Osgood and friends, held proxies for 90,257 sharea. A meeting of the new board was held this afternoon, at which officers and mem bers of the executive committee for the ensuing year were unanimously elected, as follows: Chairman, J. C. Osgood president, J. A. Kebler, first vice president. A. C. Cass; second vice president, J. H. McClement; third vice president, J. L. Jerome; secre tary. D. C. Beaman; treasurer, J. I Jerome; executive committee, George J Oould. J. H. McClement, J. C. Osgood, J A. Kebler. A. C. Cass. TRINIDAD, Colo.. Dec. 10. The news of the retention of the old management in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company waa re ceived here and In the surrounding camps with much joy and the air waa filled with loud reporta of dynamite from every dlrec tlon. Teh scene Is one of wild (hilarity and the mines have been closed Until the celebra tlon is over. ' Delaware A Madaoa Swear to Paying; Miners Over Six Hundred and La borers More Than Four Han. dred Dollars Yearly, SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 10. The most ln- erestlng. If not Important, evidence before he coal atrlke commission today waa to the effect that a former mine foreman at tempted to bribe two presidents of miners' local unlona to get ten men to paas a reso- utlon ordering the men back to work. Each president was to receive 12,500 and a LOUP CONTRACTJS AWARDED St. I.oula Terminal Association Electa Rook Island and Increase Capital. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10. At the stockholders' meeting of the Terminal Railroad assocla Wded by law, und a report has been made I tlon of St. Louis today It waa voted to ay the auditor of public accounts of Ne- j npprove a contract to conatruct the Levee araska to the . county clerk of Douglas i . , th ,, , ,, .w. jounty, Nebraska, of the amount of the " - .-..-w -" nlleage of uald propertlea taxable within i city and to Increase the capital atock from jougias county. Nebraska, and tne assess- t 2.000.000 to S50.000.000 and the bonded In nent thereof, as follows: The Oinuha & Southwestern Pailroad fompany. 4.M miles at $6,500 per mile, and he Omaha ft North I'latte Railroad cum ;any, 8.17 miles, at I5.0U0 per mile. State Hoard's Flarures. Th only lawful assessment which can be rtade on th propertlea in question for the uses of 1D4 by the commissioner of the )ty of Omaha I' $17,815 upon the property vsaessed in tne name of the Omaha & -.southwestern Railroad company, and $11,310 Ipon the property assessed in the name of he Omaha A North Platte Railroad com any. Nevertheless, the tax commissioner i.as arbitrarily and without any semblance mt authority pretended to make an ussess i ent upon said properties of a much larger um, to-wlt., ltiu times the amounts men lOnod; that Is to say, a gal net the property Tited tn the name of the Omaha A South western Railroad company, $1,761,600, and I train! the property listed In the name of I :a Omaha & North Platte Rullroad com lny $1.131,(xio, and this company Is ln lurmed that you, claiming to be authorized i the premises, threaten to act on aald un authorised and arbitrary assessment m nade by aald WHllam Fleming, pretending ii act as tax commissioner, and determine whether same in your Judgment is the -alue to be placed upon said properties for i'.ie purpose of taxation for the yev.r 1SW3 lthfn the metropolitan city of Omaha. This company denle your power and au thority In the premises. The usenment tiade by the State Hoard of Equalization ,ipon all the propertlea ot tne undersigned n either the name of the Onviha & Nortrl clatte Railroad company or the Omaha & :outhweetcrn Railroad company, except machine and repair shops, general ntllt-e tuiminga, storehouses and real and personal property outside of lis right-of-way and fepot grounds. Is the only assessment which the tax commissioner of the metroolltan 5lty of Omaha has any power or authority lo make, and there Is nothing with reaper t thereto which you, sitting as a board of re view, have any authority to review or act upon. , . Please take notice and be governed ac cordingly. Complaint Agraiast Borllnajton. A dooument also bearing upon the affairs of the Burlington road, but very different in Its tenor, waa died aoon after this pro test. That waa the complaint of the tax committee ot the Real Estate exchange, the purpose of which is to effect an increase of the railroad company's assesament even ! above the figurea named by the tax com- missloner. Tho aggregate amount at which this complaint appraises the Burlington propertlea In this city la $14,998,142.30. The complaint la similar In form to that fled on the previous evening In relation to the assessment .of the properties of the Vnlon Pacific road. It Is drawn by J. H. Mcintosh as attorney, la sworn to by George T. 'Morton as complainant and la dealgnated as relating to the Chicago, Bur lington A Qulncy Railway company, the Burlington A Missouri River Railroad com pany In Nebraska, the Omaha A Southwest ern Railroad company and the Omaha A North Platte Railroad company. Like the petition' In rtgard to the Union Pacific road. It la drawn tn aeparate sectlona, each section dealing with a different portion of the property and each in itself commuting complaint. The first complaint relatea to the passen ger station, which, tt Is set forth, cost 1600.000, and which, with the grounds. Is said to be worth $300,000, at which figure the board la asked to. assess it. The main double track Is the subject of the second complaint and thta portion ot the ccmpany'a holdings, embracing the right-of-way and other tangible appurte nances, la appraised at $2,111,000. To this la added $4,222,000 for the franchise and the board Is asked to assess the property at the aggregate amount of $8,333,000. Another complaint la devoted to the ter tnlnals of the Burlington road, which are considered aa to tbeir earning capacity and their- present and prospective value aa an Item of property, and upon which Is placed a valuation of $7, 883.14!. 30, which the board la urged to accept as Its basis of taxation. This petition concludes with the prayer that the board assess the different proper tlea enumerated In the aggregate sum of $14. m, 141. 30. MANY ARE FROZEN TO DEATH Extreme Told Weather, Together with Hard Times, Causes gof fering; In Germany. BERLIN. Pec. 10. The extremely cold weather prevailing In Germany. In con nection with the bard times, la causing touch Buffering. Many peraons bave been fro ten to deal la the western Industrial jrovtucee. .v debtedness by the same amount. The Rock Island waa formally voted member of the terminal association and each of the nine interests lo the terminal has a one-ninth interest In' the company, Preaent today were: . . Julius B. Walsh, president of the terml nal; W. 8. McC'hesney, Jr., iyle - president ana general manager;. ti. u. Warner, vlei president: Russet Harding, general man ager, and Alexander Cochran,, general so licitor ot tne Missouri faewe; h.. r . Os borne, secretary 141 Four: W. H. Greene, vice president and general manager of the Kaltimore & Ohio southern; Milton Smith, nresirlent Louisville A Nnshville: 9. ft Llggette, secretary Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg; H. I. Miller, general manager Vandalla. and It. L.. YVlnchell. vice presi dent and general manager of the 'Friaco. DAKOTA MEN GIVE UP FORTUNE Hand Bulky Roll to Man Who Offer AdTlce When They Drink Too Mnch. , FIGURES SHOW WAGES PAID NEED OF FUNDS IS URGENT Secretary Wilson Aaka Tno.mH) to Stamp Oat' Foot and Moatk Disease. WASHINGTON, Dee. 10 Secretary ot Agriculture Wilson appeared before the house committee on agriculture today to explain the urgent necessity for an emergeny approprflrTlon to enable his de partment to stamp out the foot and mouth disease now prevalent In some of the New England states. Mr. Wilson advised the committee of conditions In the quarantined districts and aald It had been 'found necessary to kill all Infected cattle and be had ordered their slaughter. He estimated that It would cost about $700,000 to stamp oat the disease. The committee also wag asked to secure leg islation which will give the secretary of agriculture autnority, after an Inspection SO CHANCES IN LAND LAWS Eonse Committee 8mothers Bill to Bepeal Several Provisions. LIKELY TO BROADEN IRRIGATION BILL Bartlett Richards Haa Interview with Secretary Hitchcock Lindsay ad Millard. Do Kot Meet. good position aa mine foreman and each of ! of live atock. to give a certificate to the the ten men from $100 to $200. The name ahlpper which will permit of the transpor of no company waa mentioned In connec tion with the scheme and none of the law yers cross-examined the witness. The large coal companies took notice of tatlon from one atate to another and through states without any further Inspec tion by state authorities. By .a recent decision of the aupreme the testimony presented against the Coxes i court cattle may be stopped at any atate and Markles, when David Wlllcox, first I line. It as explained, thus affording a vice president of the DeUware A Hudson, I aerlous Interference to Interstate commerce protested against the commission blaming j In cattle. his company for conditions that exist at A draft of a bill covering this proposed other mines. He was quickly stopped by j provision of law was taken under advlae the chairman, who aald the commission i ment by the committee. The committee did not Intend to hold any company reapon- will report to the house tomorrow a bill sible for whatever special conditions might carrying an emergency appropriation of exist In other parte of the coal fields. $1,000,000 to meet the requlrementa of the Two check watchmen produced figures j department to eradicate the disease tending to show that at two Delaware A Hudson collieries the miners produced 115. 839 tons of coal more than they were paid for. The miners had to bring up 3,136 pounds to make a ton of 2,240 pounds of pure coal, and the union claimed that the company got more than 2,240 pounda of coal out of each "mlnera" ton and produced offi cial figures to prove It. . The Delaware A Hudson presented its flgura today, thus being the first to offer certified statistics. They show the averago earnings of each miner In 1!01 to have been $622.68. and of his laborer $449.47. Offer Camulatlre Kvldenee. The mlnera announced that they were prepared to pile up cumulative evidence on their claim that membera of the union were being discriminated against by the com panies, but they did not wish to take up the time of the commission. Mr. nar row asked that tn case the companiea, when they present their aide of the controversy, piled up cumulative evidence on this point that the unfon might call more witnesses on the same line of evidence. Mr. Terry, for the Delaware A Hudson, aald that company had a large number of witnesses to testify to violence practiced by the union, a aubject which had direct bear ing on the recognition ot the union. The chairman, in reply, aald he hoped both atdea would So the beat they could not to produce too much cumulative evidence, and concluded by saying: "I think that matters growing out of the mere exhibition of feeling will not have much wetght with this commission." , O. W. Philips, city superintendent of tho public achoola of Scranton, waa then called. He teatified that children of the mine work era left achool earlier than children of par ents engaged In other occupations. John Archibald of Hazleton, who la ,65 yeara of age and who had worked In and about mines for fifty-five yeara, said soma of the miners employed in the Lehigh Valley mines received only $1 a day. After the superintendent of schools tn Lackawanna county, J. C. Taylor, and Superintendent of Schools M. W. Cum mlnga of the borough of Ollphant bad told the commission that 27V per cent of the children In the mining region were out of achool, a sensation was caused by the testimony of John Early, a check welgh- man, employed at the Gypsy Grove col liery of the Erie company, who waa presl- Early PUSH BIG B00MJN SCHOOLS Rockefeller and Others Tina Gigantic Scheme to Edncato Colored Tooth. WASHINGTON. Dee. 10. The bill for the incorporation of a general educational board which recently passed tho bouse of representatives is Intended to pave tho way for the establishment of an educa tional center of extensive proportions. The measure waa Introduced at the in stance of John D. Rockefeller and other persons of wealth, who, It now develops, Intend to create a fund to aid existing schools and colleges, without any restric tion aa to the age, sex or color of attend ants. The measure ia also without limitation aa to the section ot country In which the achoola shall be located, but It la known to be the especial desire of the promoters to provide facilltiea in the aouth. Including those for the Improvement of eolored youth. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (Special Tele gram.) The house committee on public lands today put a quietus on the bill In troduced by Powers of Maasachusctts pro posing the repeal of the desert land act. timber and atone act and commutation clauae of soldiers homestead act. The bill waa discussed 'nformally, but thoroughly and waa opposed by all membera from the arid and aemt-arld states. Messrs. Sbaf roth and Mondell contended that the repeal of the present land acta would greatly re tard development In Colorado and Wyom ing. It was admitted generally by all the membera of the committee that the preaent laws a:e adequate and if rigidly adminis tered by land office officiate frauds would be reduced to a minimum. If any change should be made It should be that timber lands west of the Rocky mountains uhould be Increased in price in proportion to their greater value over timber landa east of the range. Chairman Lacey, who had intro duced a bill to repeal the desert land act and commutation act ot the homestead law, said he had done eo under a misap prehension of facta and gave notice that he would not press it. While no formal vote was taken, the committee practically agreed that there would be no bill reported by it this session to disturb present laws, tiovernment to Pay the Rill. In dlscusBlon of the matter Chairman Lacey made a significant statement that at aome future time that clause of the Irri gation bill passed at the last session pro viding that Bettlers pay for water rights will be repealed and that the government will atand the entire expense of reclama tion projects without requiring settlers to pay any abare of the same. The committee authorized Mr. Mondoll to report favorably a bill passed by the senate, introduced last-session by Senator Warren, providing for the resurvey of alx-ty-four townships of land In Big Horn county, Wyoming, with an amendment adding sixteen additional townships. Chairman Lindsay of the republican committee waa unable to aee Senator Mil lard today in regard to bia candidacy for CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Snow Thursday; Friday Fair. Temperatare nt Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Dear. Hour. Dear. 5 a. tn :t. 1 t. m '2 II s. n HI It . nt 21 T a- nt 84 H p. ih Ut a. m .It 4 p. m KO 1 a. nt .11 n p. m It 10 a. tn at l p. m 1 11 a. m 23 T p. m IT 12 nt 23 sr." 1,1 n p. m in ORIENT NEARLY COMPLETE Pinna, Will Re Definitely Settled Within Thirty Days Kotv. KANSAS CITY. Dec. 10. It Is announced at the offlcca of the Kansas City, Mexico A Orient that the entire line from Kan sas City to Port Sllllwcll will bo definitely located within the next thirty days. Less than 600 miles remains to bo located, In cluding 1!2 between Kansas City and Wichita ,lu Kansas; 300 In southwest Texas and 100 In Mexico. Surveys have been made for these parts and It only remains to select the route and secure right of way. The Orient la planning to use sixteen mllce of Missouri Pacific track between Milton and Wichita, Kan. The remainder of the 1,500 miles will bo new track. Con struction between Kansas City and Wichita may be begun within a weather permlte. WAR HAS NOW BEGUN Britons and Germans Land Marines at La Quayra. CASTRO APPEALS FOR ARMED SUPPORT Tells Venezuelans to Take Up Arms Against European Powers. MINISTER BOWEN PROTESTS AT ARRESTS Compels Raleaio of More Promiaent Prison ers Captured in Capital CARACAS MOB STONES KAISER'S EMBASSY eri ti ii n V..MSI . ou.ming up united States district attorney, the Ben educational Inaltution at any one place. I tof ha othef mnttefa to ,ook after tnougn tne neaaquartere ana omcea w Whleh made It Impossible for him to hold corporation will be located In Washing- tne conference mnnounced yeaterday. Fen- ator MUiard waa in conference with uuy ton. The Incorporator named In the act are: Daniel C. Oilman. George Fester Pea body, Morris K. Jemup. Robert C. Ogden, William H. Baldwin, . Jr., Jahea L. Mc Curry, Frederick T. Gates, Walter H. Page and Albert Shaw. . The understanding her la 'that the In stitution will be put .Into To4r buaf ness soon after the bill receives the presi dents Bignature. by two Btockmcn, who said they were from South Dakota. The men had been drinking and because Kirkbrldge gave them aome wholesome ad vice In the hope that they would not fall Into evil hnnda and be robbed the strangers thrust Into hia handa tha roll of bills and insisted that he keep It. Today Kirkbrldge made Inquiries at the atockyarda tor the ownera of the money, but they could not be found. CONFER ON STREET RAILWAY Railroad Seeks to Prevent Swift and Armour CSettlas; 'St. Joseph Belt Lino. t ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dec. 10. The Burling ton railroad today inaugurated a bard fight againat Swift and Company and the Ar mours, who are at the bead of a company endeavoring to get a belt line railway operating over the tracka ot the projected ehort line between this point and Kanas City. The new railway wants a large part ot the Burlington right-of-way and roust bave It It preaent and important plana are to be carried out. The Burlington aaka tha fed eral court to protect its Interests. TELLS SWIFT TO CUT HOURS Jary Finds Recent Explosion Was Dno to Careless Opeslag of Valve. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. A coroner's Jury today decided that the boiler explosion at Swift and Company'a Ice plant waa caused by some employe opening the main valve of one of the boilers too suddenly. The Jury Included in the verdict a recom mendation thst engineers, firemen and water tenders employed by the company be given shorter hours. The testimony showed that they were compelled to work twelve houra a day. RAILROADS WITHDRAW ENGINES It. Loots Fair Company Refuses ritl- matam and Loses Railway Facilities. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 10. Jamea Kirk bridge, a resident ot South St. Joseph. Is the custodian of a roll of bllle amounting L,n, . ,h. nn.v n.nv. ..,-, to $6,000. which waa given him last night , ,d he wa, lntroduced t0 , formeP mine foreman named Michael Grimes, at the Lackawanna Valley hotel, Scranton. Early and a miner named O'Hara, who was also president of a local union, were each offered $2,500 to get ten men to pass a resolution ordering the men from the two locale they represented back to work. Story ot Attempted Bribery. lie met Grimes in a hotel through another peraon. In the course of conversation Grimca asked him how he atood In politics. Early replied that be had not made up hia mind, and Grlmea aald that being president of a local union be bad much influence among his friends in Dunmore and that If be worked for William Connell for congresa he would give hint $1,000. This was on September 23. After making this proposition. Grimes asked: "How about the atrlke? Don't you think the men are weakening?" To which Early replied that he did think they were waver ing Juat a little. Grimes then told him that be knew a break waa coming In the tanka of the men and that they would be defeated. Grlmea recognized that the men bad grievances and that they bad put up a good fight, and aa long aa they were going to be defeated by the operatora Early ought to get aomethlng out of it. Grlmea then made tbla proposition: "If Early .could get ten men to have a resolution passed by bis local Grlmea would give nine ot them $100 each, the tenth man $200 and Early $2,600 and all expenses necessary to carry out the acheme. He further added that Early need not apply for work for three months and that be would then be gven a foremanshlp. During the three months bis expenses were to be paid and there would be no trouble in getting a mine foreman'a cer tificate, aa the mines controlled the board that lsaued them. Later in the conversation Grimes amended bis proposition by offering to give two ot the ten men $200 each and at the aame time offered Early $100 for current expenses.. Early refused the money and told Grlmea he would aee him later. He reported the matter to District President Nicolls of the Miners' union and It waa decided to aee how far the bribery acheme would be carried. Proposition Is Repeated. Another meeting waa arranged and aa ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10. In accordance with their ultimatum, the Missouri Pacific, 'Frisco and Colorado roada today withdrew their englnea from the fair grounds. . The roada demanded that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company either organ lie a terminal system and supply englnea and crews of Its own to do switching on the world's fair site or pay the railroads for doing it. Saspected Robber Arrested. BLOOMINGTON. 111.. Dec. 10.-John Iyovrtt and Arthur Aldrlae of Onarga wcru arretted at Huckiey by t nlted elates mar shals. churned wilh robbing tha uuaturnce at Huckley on July 11 of f?u. Hall was Axed at S'i.ouo in each rasa. Tha sovern ment officials are looking up evidence agutiait certain t'hicajto crooks who ar uoctcd ot bouuj luivucaioo. SWANS0N FOR - POSTMASTER Named by the President to Handle tho Malls at Fremont, Nebraska. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The president today eent the following nominations to the senate: First Lieutenant John F. Wild, to be captain In revenue cutter service. Postmasters: Illinois John E. Thomas, Belleville; Benjamin McKeen, Colllnsvllle. Iowa Jamea E. Wheelock, Hartley; Ben J. H. Tamplln, Hull. Nebraska Daniel 8wanaon, Fremont. Kansas Jonah E. Nick oils, Atwood. Indian Inspectors: Jamea McLaughlin of North Dakota, Cyrus Beede of Iowa, re appointments. The senate confirmed the following ap pointments: Mason Mitchell, consul at Zanzibar. C F. Lloyd, marshal for district of Mon tana. Registers of Iand Offices Davis R. Crosby, at Montrose, Colo.; Peter Camp- rtll a AVmn f'nln - Tnhn IT irmstrntiff at Sacramento, Cal. ; St'lwyn Douglas, at Oklahoma City, Okl. Receivers of Public Moneys Richard Fysh, at Independence, Cal.; G. W. Warner, at Akron, oio. POSTMASTERS. Kansas J. B. Callen, Junction City; H. 8. Glvler, Kakeeney. Missouri J. W. Scott. Moberly: A. J. Slebert, St. Genevieve; N. B. Pette, War saw; J. u. Hone, Hprlngneld. Illinois R. C. Boehm. Whitehall: H. 8 Huntl, Houshne; J. C. Louden, Lebanon; J. A. leader, t artersvllle. Kansas E. Fostpr, Independence: D. E. Mcuieiiand, Uhanute; A. Clay Whitman, laC'rorse. Iowa C. A. Carmodv. Maoleton: A. J, Weeks, Correctlonvllle;. C. C. Pugh, Adel; U. A. Danforth. Hamburg. Leonard M. Thomas of Pennsylvania, to be second secretary of the embassy at Rome. Richard P. Clarkson, to be pension agent at Des Moines, la. George W. Kills of Kansas, to be secre tary oi legation at Monrovia, unerla. POSTAL CLERKS ARE DENIED Told Department Will Not Make Ree ommendationa to Congrress for Necessary Legislation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Frank T Rogera of Chicago and W. A. Hlckey of St Paul of the United Association of Post Office Clerks today dlacuesed with the first assistant postmaster general the policy of the department toward the reclassification of clerka. ' Mr. Wynne told them that the policy was not to auggest legislation to congresa, but almply report on the merits of the bills In troduced and referred to the department The delegation aaked leave for clerka to come to Washington and appear before the poatofflce committees of congress to advo I cats legislation, but Mr. Wynne told them such action could not be allowed under the prealdent'e recent order. Mr. Wynne today Issued the following I order to the rural free delivery service I The attention of rural free delivery letter ur lines naa spoxen ot naving approacned ' carriers is cauea o tne oruer or tne preHt O'Hara. the latter went alone. The asms ' ".'nl. Directing inai letters ana petition i snouia not re aaaressea oy mem to mem prupuBiuuu - uw iw - ni. i ne ; bers of congress or committees of conitres imi nlrht there k.i tn h a tnlnt : reauestlnK increase In tht-lr SRlarls nr rntn ,n. of ail the local. In the vicinity of Dun- ' ZZlVSJ! STl'S fl?.d pS.'mu".! mora auu unities warned urm to psss tne I ter Kenerah to be transmitted by h m to th proper committee of congress ir in his Judg ment such course should be taken. It Is ex Ducted that all rural free delivery letiei carriers will strictly comply with this order. resolution that night, but the two cresl dents could not see their way cleaV to do It. Grlmea then proposed that they alxe up the men In the meeting, get thirty of them Interested, and if the resolution wss passed the thirty would each receive $200. Early went on to aay that the minlaters of tbs vicinity were to be approached, but they were not to get aa much aa the miners for breaking the strike. President Nloolla, he said, then gave out a public statement Continued ca &eoo&4 Page.) Finds New Sort of Boc.as Bill. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The United States secret service today announced th discovery of a new counterfeit $20 gold cer It State, act ot July 13. 1862. check letter C Lyons, register; Roberts, treasurer, por trait ot Garfield. The note la a poor photo (ray hie reduction. Crowd Gathers and Parades Streets, Shootlna;, singing aad Waring Pi trloflc Banners, Afterwards Sllnglnai Rocks. LA GUAYRA. Dee. 10. The combine. Anglo-German fleet is entering this harbor and the first vessels are not 800 feet from the custom house. The landing ot marines has begun. FALLS CITY WOMAN RELEASED Nothlns; In the Letters Written by Her to Show that She Intended Fraud. WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec. 10. There, was a great imtrlotlc demonstration in month if the J Caracas last night when the newa arrived that the Hrittsh and German warahlpa had acized the Venezuelan vessels, A crowd quickly gathered In the etreets and squares, displaying bannera and sing ing patriotic songs. The populace marched to the palace and the president ad dressed it. Then the mob moved on the German legation, shouting "Death to the Germans." Tho windows were shattered with stones and attempta made to force the doors, but LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Dec. 10. (Spe- tln1 TalnnwnM t Tn el. fnss1 Mmit K I sS - a vrurp, i niu. 'i u luc irtirioi tuuii i morning the case of Mary Lindenberg of , the latter resisted, and Mme. von Pllgrlm Falls City, Neb., wss dismissed. She was i Raltazzi, wife of the German charge d'af- charged with fraudulent use of the malls, j fairs, who haa been 111 In bed for two Present In court were a number of let tera written by Mre. Lindenberg from Falls City. Thoy showed that ahe had answefed a marriage advertisement in an Omaha paper inserted by C. M. Conrad, but there was nothing In them to Indicate that she had ever promised to marry him. The money which she obtained from Con rad was given her. She has not yet secured a divorce from her husband. Conrad asked her to live with him until the divorce was secured and tho woman refused. The arrest followed. Barton and counsel for the street rail way company, John L. Webster, In rela tion to the reorganization of the Omaha street railway system, which baa been pur chased by an eastern syndicate. It la un derstood that: Frank Murphy will remain at' the head or the vt-orgntCTd '"fompUDy and that there will be little or no change In the management. Mr. Webster Bald to day that Just as Boon aa the organization waa perfected the new company would spend in the neighborhood ot $200,000 for ew equipment and betterments.' There still remains, however, a great deal of work to be done before the company la In a posl tlon to do business, the final arrangements having to be made in New York City, for which place Mr. Barton and Mr. Webster will tn all probability go tomorrow. Richards Ienles Complicity. Bartlett. Rlcharda of Nebraska, one of tho biggest live atock owners in the country, together with C. J. Greene,' attorney for the cattlemen, had quite an extended con ference today with Secretary Hitchcock In regard to certain homestead entries which have been attracting very great at tention by reason ot the public allegation cf fraud made against thers- The question of fences on the public domain waa also discussed and Mr. Greene Intimated to the secretary that be would submit a draft of a measure to him before leaving Wash ington which he believed wouhr be Just and equitable to both the cattlemen and the government. Mr. Richards told the secretary that he had no band whatever In Inducing the soldiers' wldowa to make fraudulent entries on public lands In Ne braska. Mr. Rlcharda left this afternoon for New York, but will return to Wash ington early next week. Beebo Gets Another Term. The president today nominated Cyrua Beebe of Dubuque, la., to be Indian In spector. This is In the nature of a re appointment, Mr. Beebe having served one full term as Indian Inspector, with head quarters In Indian Territory. He was originally recommended by Sen ator Allison. Howard H. Baldrige of Omaha waa ad mitted to practice before the supreme court today. Mr. Baldrige arrived from New York thla morning and left for Ne braska tonight. Congressman Burkett today recommended the appointment of A. A. Hyers to be post master at Havelock, vice G. S. Copeland, resigned. Mr. Copeland'a resignation will take effect February L Secretary Shaw to Giro Dinner. Secretary and Mrs. Shsw are In New York, making a number of purchases for their home on Mause avenue. The secre tary and Mra. Shaw will give their first cabinet dinner January 10. The secretary goea to Chicago on December 20. He ia to deliver an address before the Bankers' club at lta annual banquet on that even ing.. His aubject will be finance. In view ot the recommendations the secretary haa made in hia report, hia speech ia being looked forwsrd to with much Interest. The South Dakota delegation upon the recommendation of Representative Martin has agreed to the appointment of Willis H. Bonham, editor of the Dead wood Pio neer-Times, aa postmaster ot that city. Sale of Indian Lands. Bishop C. C. McCabe of Omaha and N J. O'Brien, formerly of Omaha, now a resi dent ot Cheyenne, are registered tonight at the Ebbltt. Representative-elect Hinshaw today called upon Commissioner Jones st the In dian bureau to -advocate the framing of a bill to provide for the sale of the aurplus land belonging to the Otoes and the dia tributton of the proceeda among the In dlana. Mr. Hinshaw waa Informed by Com missloner Jones that the department would recommend auch a measure and in fact a bill of this character bad been frequently recommended. York Wants Public Bolldlasr. FEUD ENDS IN A TRAGEDY Desperate Kncoonter Between Two Men at Roaendale, Mis souri. , MARYVtLLB, Mo., Dee, 10. (Special Tel egram.) After engaging in a desperate fight with hia father-in-law at Roaendale laat night R. H. BeaU.: one of. the moat prominent stockmen In this . section, wounded acd, bh'ed.trigV dragged himself to Is own -hornet -w.here ne ibok aconlte' aid died at midnight.' v : 'C' " '' Beall had not been Uvlug with hia wife for two yeara. Last eight he went to see ber. armed with a Winchester. Her father met him at the door and the trouble en sued. The father-in-law Is aald to have grabbed his shotgun and the load waa discharged in Beall'a leg. YOUTH SHOOTS BANK BANDIT Rescues Father from Pointed Pistol and Scares Marandera Off. DEKALB, Tex., Dec. 10. A daring and fatal attempt to rob the bank here was made by four men about 2 this morning. Over the bank ia the local telephone ex change, operated by W. L. Dodd and his son, Marvin, 20 yeara of age. One of the robbers knocked at the door and when Mar vin Dodd responded a pistol was pointed at his head. Young Dodd grappled with tho man, wrenched the weapon from him and with It shot the bandit, killing him. A months and therefore unable to 'cave Caracas with her husband, wae saved from violence. The crowd then marched to the German consulate and to the residence of Dr. Koeh ler, again atoning the windows and at tempting to force an entrance. The police made no effort to disperse the demon st rat or s. The excitement wae still intense when at 10 o'clock the government ordered the ar rest of all German and English residents. One hour later 205 persons prominent la social and commercial life were crowded together in the police station. All the British residents were arrested except Al bert Cherry ot tLe Venezuelan (British owned) Central railway and Mr. Wallace, . manager of the telephone company, who escaped. Foreigners Cast Into Jail. . Ninety-seven German residents were ar-, rested, among . them the .German, consul. Valentin. Blohm, and Herr Knott, manager of the German . Central ralway.' Herr . 8tamroe, chancellor, ot the .German lege- ! tlon. was met "by" th police near Bolivar X, i square and arrested. '-' v ' . : Amid criea of "Death to the Germans" and "Down with the the foreigners" the populace directed its way to the Oe.msn residence quarter and gathered outside the Hotel Kllndt and the German club, vocif erating end vttcrlog Insults. On learning of these incidents the United States minister and hts secretary, W. W. Russell, went at once to see President Castro and after a long conference suc ceeded in obtaining the release of Dr. Koehler, Mme. von Ptlgrim-Bnltaszla phy sician, and Herr Valentin Blohm. Mr. Bowen also obtained official reaction to represent British and Oerman lntereata during the trouble. The government haa placed an embargo on the British railroad to La Ouayra and on the German Central railroad to Caracas from Valencia. The populace ia still Intensely excited and the situation la regarded aa critical. The British and German flags bave been publicly burned. Venesuelan Ships Sunk. La Guayra, Venezuela, Dec. 10. Ten Ger man and four British cutters who captured fusillade followed and young Dodd was shot the Venezuelan fleet yesterday without a twice, but not aerlousiy wounded. Tho "hot being fired broke up two of the tee- three aurvlvlng band'tB escaped. ; 8cla, which were undergoing repalra, and took the othera outside the harbor. Thla morning General Crespo, TUtmo Snd Margarita were sunk, Ossun Was the only vessel spared. In view of the protest made by the French charge d'affaires, H. Qulev reux, who notified the commodore of the allied fleet that It was the property et a Frenchman. BLOOMINGTON, 111.. Dec. 10. In a heavy ' At iv o ciock last evening iso uertnan fog a passenger and freight train on vthe aallora were landed and proceeded to Car- Ilinoia Central met in, a bead-end collision donai, a suburb of' La uuayra. in which Is tonight near Blrkbeck. John Roberta, con- altuated the residence Of the general coun- ductor, and Thomaa Duke, baggageman of aul, who, with hia family, they eacorted the passenger, were painfully injured, back to La Guayra and placed On board a Harry Padden of Chicago, engineer of the warship. On their way the Germans met a freight, and Robert Oxley of Clinton, engi- party of Venezuelan aoldlers, but no colll- TRAINS CRASH IN DENSE FOG Four Illinois Central Men Are Injured and Two of Them May Die. Mr. Hinshaw la greatly Interested In se curlug an appropriation for a public build ing at York, rltizena of that city having sent him a petition for auch buildlog It ia possible Mr. Hinshsw will ask aoiue (Continued on Second Page.) slon took place. At 5 o'clock this morning a landing party of thirty British seamen went to the Brit ish consulate and conducted the British consul, R. Schunck, and family on board Retribution. The German and British residents at La Guayra bave been arrested, with the ex ception of Messrs. Fleldwlck, Prince and Le Page, the English directors ot the har bor projection, who barricaded their bouses. Later In the day they were res cued and taken on board Retribution. The Englishmen'a houses were sur rounded by Venezuelan policemen, but when a party of 320 aallore marched to their release no resistance was offered, al though the German and British warahlpa had cleared for action. The torpedo boat destroyer Quail ar rived here at 2 o'clock thla afternoon. The German cruiser Panther left this morning At New York Arrived : Oceanic, from In ih dlroptlnn nt Cimlinn ! tr.iko tn- IJverpool and -yueenatown; Manltou, from t) , . .. . ... , London. Sailed: Philadelphia, for kou.h- Puorto Cabt,I1 on aearch for the re mainder ot tne Venezuelan neet. neer of the passenger, were crushed under the wreckage and may die.- All of the forty passengers escaped aerlous Injury. CREW IS LASHED TO RIGGING Life Savers Attempt to Reach Wrecked Schooner Off Atlaatle City. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Dec. 10. The wreck of a schooner, with men lashed to the rigging, can be seen off thla city. The wrecked vessel Is thought to be the two-masted schooner Jamea W. Lee of Brldgcton, N. J. It carries a crew of six men. The life savers bave not yet reached it. Movements of Ocean Vessels Dec. 10. ampton; Teutonic, for Liverpool; Georglc, lor uverpooi. At Kinsale Passed: Georgian, from New' York, for IJverpool. At IJverpool Arrived: Havarlan, from St. Johns and Halifax; Sylvanla, from Boston. Sailed: Cymric, for New York; Westernland. for Philadelphia. At Antwerp Balled: Pennland, for Phila delphia. At yueenstown Arrived: Celtic, from New York, for IJverpool. and proceeded. Bulled: lvernla. from IJverpool, for Hoston. At Hook of Holland Arrived: Pottsdum, from New York, for Rotterdam. At Yokohama Salkd: Lyra, from Port Arthur, etc., for Tacotna. At Llzurd Passed: Bt. Louis, from New York, for Southampton; Memnon. from Montreal via Sydney, C. B., for Iv.ndon. At Browhead Passed: Celtic, from New York, for Liverpool. At Glasgow Arrived: Victoria, from New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Pretoria, from New York. At Inlstrahull Passed: Sardinian, from New York, for Glasgow. At Belfast Arrived: Ramorehead, from Montreal. t At Heachy Head Passed: Hafls, from San Francisco. At Bt. Vincent. C. V. Arrived: Klntuck. from Seattle, Tacoma, etc., via Coroncl, for Liverpool. It la believed Indefatlguable la on lta way to Cumana, the port ot Barcelona, where the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador is now lying. Troops are expected from Caracaa, aa the government la credited with the Intention ot repulsing any landing forces. All the stores and banks are cloaed. Great excitement prevails, as the popula tion fears the town may be shelled or other action taken tonight. PARIS, Dec. 10.-An official Venezuelan communication to He repreaentatlve here protests that Great Britain and Germany, acting in concert, bave committed an act of hostility in a manner aa arbitrary as it Is unprecedented by the seizure of Vene zuelan vessela lying at La Guayra. At the aame time Prealdent Castro has appealed to the Venezuelan people to take up arms. He baa decreed a general am nesty for all political offenses and has or dered the restitution of the confiscated property of Venezuelan ellizena. Knalaud Has No News. LONDON, Dec. iu. The admiralty haa