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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 10, 1871. OMAHA, Fill DAY MOKNI5JG, DECEMBER 19, 190'J-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COLT TJIKKE CENTS. FUEL REMAINS SI10RT Operators Sold Oat Ho Hope for Belief This Winter. SURPLUS STOCKS EXHAUSTED BY STRIKE Ufuallj Bliortage at Mines ia ade by Stored OoiL NEVER ABLE TO MEET SEASON'S DEMANDS Consumption Always Exteeds Btpply Daring Gold Months of Tear. PRICES WILL STAY HIGH INDEFINITELY laereaa Declared la October Will Utt lata January May Rale Darlngr All Cnnloi Twelve Moalhi. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Dee. IS. Official of the Raiding Railway company hold out no hop (or relief In the anthra cite coal stringency thli winter despite the effort! of the company to mine and ahlp to Ita full erpaclty. "Voder normal conditions," eald one of the officials, "the anthracite production le nerer equal to the demand during the win ter months and the Reading and all the other anthracite companies hare been obliged to draw upon the stock at yarlous storage points to help out the demands of the trade. "This year there la not a pound of coal at any of these storage points and con sumers are dependent entirely upon the dally output of the minee. The Mr dealers In New England, who usually have In stork at this season of the year from 60,000 to 100,000 tons, are dependent entirely upon what Is being shipped to them by the yarl ous companies. "Practically all the Reading company's collieries are In operation. Tbe company shipped from tbe mines during the last two days nearly 1,900 cars of coal. This means a dally production of nearly 80,000 tons." It Is stated that the Pennsylvania rail road has t,000 of the Reading company's coal cars on Its tracks In the western part of tbe state, as well aa 2,000 belonging to the Central Railway of New Jersey, and these are urgently needed In the anthracite trade. Their non-delivery. It Is claimed, is j csuslng much delay in the shipment of anthracite to points west of Harrlsburg. - Reading company officials decline to dis cuss the question as to whether the ad vance of 50 cents a ton made In October would hold good during 1903, but they admit that it will certainly rule beyond Jan uary 1, 1903, tbe date died by Mr. Baer for a reduction to the old rate. An operator, who attended ths meeting of the operator In New York stated that the advance would be retained during all next year. DUepa Spread la Wuklirt. WASHINGTON. Dee. 18. A material In crease Tn'th number of rase of pneumonia and aevere colds among the people of this . rtty Is attributed by physicians to the coal famine. They aay that In most of tbe homes they visit only a few of the rooms are heated, and even many well-to-do residents have abandoned their furnace. The price of hard coal fromfthe Inde pendent operators today waa $12 ton. Soft ooal at retail brought 18 a ton and many of the dealers are unable to furnish even small tot to regular customers. Stop Sale from Car. BRIDGEPORT. Conn., Dec. 18. At a secret meeting here today of the Retail Coal Dealers' association of New England plans for protecting the members were discussed. The secretary, O. W. Sears of Arlington, Mass., said: "W are discussing plans to protect the legitimate dealera against the encroach ment of companies and men who propose to sell coal direct from the railroad cars. We, with expensive plants, cannot compete with them. Our association s'arts from Chicago and takea In tbe entire east. We propoee to notify members of the associa tion of sales to companies doing business from cars direct and they will be gu'd-d accordingly. It Is a move for protection pur and simple." FIX ALL FUNERAL DETAILS Mr. Grant' Body Will Be Interred with Military Honor at Nw York. WASHINGTON. Deo. 18. Arrangements war completed her tod-iy tor the funeral of the late Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. There will be funeral services at the Metropolitan Methodlat church in this city at 9:30 on Saturday morning, the Kev. Frank M. Bris tol officiating. Immediately after the funeral the cortege will proceed to the Pennsylvania railroad station and take the train for New York city The Grant monument association's representative will meet the coffin at Jersey City and take It to the Grant tomb in Riverside drive, wher Orant post, Q. A. R., will serve as a guard of honor. The committal service will be held at the tomb on Sunday morning. Special military honors will be paid and all the army and naval officer In New York city and vicin ity will attend in full dress uniform. The honorary pallbearers In this city wltl be Speaker Henderson, Secretaries Root and Wilson, Major Grenvllle Dodge, Sen ator Cullora, Fairbanks, Allison. Foraker and Piatt of New York. John R. McLean of Ohio and Hon. J. 1. Bancroft Davis of Washington. It I not expected that they will accom pany th remain to New York, though Sec retary Root and some of the other may do so. There will b no funeral service at the house. Through the Japanese minister the sym pathy of the empress of Japan for the Grant family In lis affliction was expressed today In the following cablegram: Her , ma'eety, the empres. heard with much orrow of the death of Mr. Orant. Pls convey to her family her majesty Inoere oondo'enre. Minister of th Imperial Household. TWICE ARRESTED, F0r"WrDER Mlehlaa Bay I Again la Custody a Chare af Slaying. . rather. IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich.. Dee. 18. Nels Erlrkaon wa agaia arrested today, charged with th murder of his father. John Erlck son, who disappeared last May. A shotgun found near th body, supposed at th time to belong to the dead man's son, has been fully Idem! fled and led to the arrest today. f ERUPTION GREAT CALAMITY Been ot It National Character Guatemala Newspaper Ie Sot Refer to Louse. GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Dee. (Correspondence of the Associated P t. ' It Is probably due to some governs Instructions that the papers here have nt. said anything with reference to the erup tion of the Santa Maria volcano, which cannot be considered because of Its mag nitude as a national calamity. The losses suffered by Oerman capital alone are not less than $4,250,000, consist ing of houses and machinery destroyed, and destrutlon of the present coffee crop. If the total destruction of many otter prop erties belonging to other foreigners as wejl as to the natives Is added to this amount the actual losses ascend to a fan tastic sum. The volcano Is still in activity and a new eruption Is feared at any time. The suffering Is Indescribable for, besides the loss of coffee, which Is estimated at about 300,000 quintals, the corn and wheat fields are ruined. Owing to the unusually high rate of ex change buslnes Is entirely paralyzed, for all Imported articles have reached such prices that very few persons can afford to buy them and most, of the merchants sell Just enough to cover their expense. The worst part of the present bad con dition Is that no one knows how or when It wilt change and It is almost unendurable Just now. Articles of first necessity have reached Inaccessible prices and the poor class of people Is suffering therefrom. LONDON WELCOMES B0WEN Paper Think Xo Hesitation Nerd Be Shown la Accepting- III Arbltratloa. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Dec- 18. -(New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Comment ing on tbe announcement from Caracas that Mr. Bowen has been commissioned by Pres ident Castro to make terms for Venezuela, the Standard this morning says: The most Mr. Bowen could do would be to Interpose his good offices between the belligerent. If they were accepted the re moter claims of the allies presumably would be referred to the mixed commission suggested In Lord Lansdowne's dispatch of December 2 The measures already adopted have thus far worked so smoothly that there Is sub stantial reason for hoping that the latter stages of the controversy will be equally satisfactory. The Chronicle also refers to the message, and says It will prove a pleasant relief to the people of this country If the Impression which Is prevalent In Alnerica, that the critical phase ha passed, proves correct. If the assertion that Mr. Bowen is to bo arbitrator proves correct a satisfactory ar rangement ought not to be remote. We cannot suppose that either the British or German government would hesitate to ac cept the service of Mr. Howen. It. of couree. Is quite possible that President Castro 1 merely playing for time, and that his sudden desire for arbitration Is not sincere. His last attitude, like his previous attitudes, may be but a move in a game. On the whole, however, we are disposed to hope that a pacific solution of thlfl theory problem may be not far away. ' ECCENTRIC JIAN...I&, WEALTHY Denlr Himself All the Comfort of Life and Die la a Gen eral Hospital. TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 18. ElyHyman. a Jew who begged for admission to the gen eral hospital here on Saturday, Is dead. An examination of his clothing resulted In finding scrip worth $31,000. Other paper showed him to be worth probably $100,000. For twenty years be has slept in sheds and stables. He sold papers and begged. His hdrs are his wife and daughter, living. It Is thought, In San Francisco. KING'S COUSIN IS ARRESTED I Arraigned on Cliararo of Reins; In Gambling; Hono aad Thea Released. . MADRID. Dec. 18. General Borbouny de Castellvl, a cousin of King Alfonso, was arrested yesterday afternoon in a gambling house. , He was arraigned before tbe captain gen eral and subsequently released. The gen eral has been challenged for the energetic attempt made to supprees elub gambling. MANY KILLED BY EARTHQUAKE la Addltloa to Fatalities, Nine Thon sand Honar Destroyed la Russian Towa. TASHKEND, Asiatic Russia. Deo. 18. Three officials, two soldiers and ISO na tives, mostly children, wer killed by the earthquake which destroyed the town of Andljan. Russian central 1 Asia, Tuesday. In addition 3,00 native and seventeen soldier were Injured and 9,000 houses of natives and 130 Russian residence were destroyed. SUES FOR SIXTH INTEREST Paper Filed at Colorado Spring la Whloh Many Million Aro Involved. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Dec. 18 J. B. O'Hare, one of the original locaters of 1 the Portland mine at vripple Creek, today 1 filed a suit In the district court against James F. Burnes and the Portland Gold Gold Mining company, asking for a one sixth Interest In the mine and one-sixth Interest in the ore which has been shipped j since date of discovery. ' The mine haa produced approximately i $12,000,000, and at the ruilng market price of the stock is selling at $8,000,000, so that the clalma amount to $3,000,000 against the Portland estate. The suit is brought upon practically the same grounds a those upon which Jamea Doyle obtained a Judgment of $500,000 In ths district court at Council Bluffs, Is,, several month ago. This Is th largest suit ever brought In Cripple Creek, j BOERS DUE IN COLORADO Ma Thousand Irreconcilable Will Leave Soath Africa for Aater. lean Weat. DENVER. Dee. 18 Nearly t.OOO Boers are preparing to "trek'' to Colorado, New Mexico and Ttxaa. The representative of this movement la Genera! Pearson, let quartermaster general of th South African republic, whose headquarters are in New York. , Colorado friends of the Boers have been In communication with the general with regard to new land tor the settlers aad General M. DeVilllers, who Is now looking ever these lands, has expressed himself as favorably Impressed with thia stale. JSE IS AFTER THE FACTS Memben Want to 8ee Correspondence in Venezuelan Negotiations. TO REDUCE THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF y-hilcan Favor Twenty-Five Per -f the Dlngley Rate and ' rata Want to Kstnb- " Free Trad. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. The house to day passed the bill to reduce the duties on Imports from the Philippines from 75 per cent of the Dlngley rates to 25 per cent. The discussion was accompanied by con siderable maneuvorltig by the democrats to secure test votes on amendments to lower the tariff still further. Finally a record vote was forced on a motion to recommit with Instructions to report a bill for ab solute free trade with the Island. The division on the proposition was on party lines, with the exception of Mr. Mc Call, republican (Mass.), who voted with the democrats. The discussion of the pure food bill, which has been made a continuing order until disposed of, was begun. Mr. Tomp kins (O.) and Mr. Adamson (Ga.) opened the debate respectively for and against the bill. Mr. Gardner opposed tbe bill. The McCall resolution calling on the State department for the correspondence In the Venezuelan embrogllo was adopted at the beginning of the session. In the absence of the speaker, who at tended the wedding of Representative Blackburn (N. C), Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) today (resided over the deliberations of the house. Call for Letters. Immediately after the reading of the Journal Mr. Hltt (111 ), from the commit tee on foreign affairs, reported back the De Armond and McCall resolutions calling upon the secretary of state for the facts with relation to the clalma of Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela and gen erally for a statement of tbe diplomatic situation, with reference to the Monroe doctrine. The report recommended that the De Armond resolution llu upon the table and that the McCall resolution, which called for all the correspondence In the case, be adopted. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) asked why Italy and other European countries, which were figuring In the controversy, were not named In the resolution. Mr. Hltt replied that he was advised that the correspondence was similar la each case. The recommendation of the com mittee were agreed to and the McCall reso lution was adopted. The house then went Into committee of the whole and took up tbe consideration of the bill reported by the ways and means committee yesterday to reduce tbe duties on articles, the growth and product of the Philippine archipelago from 75 per eent of the Dlngley rates to 25 per cent. Mr. Payne (N. Y.) explained tbe bill. The Philippine government, he said, needed rev enue and for that reason it was Impracti cable to totally abolish the duties. v Mr. Richardson (Tenn) said he, believed any duty was unjust, unconstitutional and unamerlcan, but he believed In a reduc tion. He gave notice that he would vote to recommit the bill with Instruction to report it back amended so ss to provide for free trade with the Islands. Mr. McClellan (N. Y.) recalled the fact fthat General Wright, vice governor of the Philippines, In a hearing before the ways and means committee, expressed the opinion that the free Importation of Phil ippine product would best subserve the interests of the Islands. Mr. Richardson's motion was defeated on a roll call by 91 to 122. The bill was then passed without division. Pore Food Dlarnssed. Tbe house next took up the bill to pre vent the "adulteration, misbranding and imitation of foods, beverages, candles, drugs and condiments in the District of Columbia and the territories," known a the pure-food bill. It was arranged thst Mr. Hepburn should control the time for debate in favor of the measure and Mr. Adamson (Ga.) that against It. Mr. Tompkins (O.). who reported the bill, said It was the embodiment of the views not only of the majority of the members of the committee, but of a vsst majority of all persons and associations who had sought to prevent fraud and injury in the sale of food producta and drugs that came within the scope of Interstate commerce. The bill did not prohibit the manufacture or sale rf any food product not deleterious, however adulterated, or prohibit the sale of adulterated druga, but It provided that all adulterated foods and drugs should be placed on the market under their true names and In such manner as to advise the purchaser what he was getting. He referred to the revelations before the cemmittee, where It was shown that fraud and deception was practiced in foods not suspected of being other than genuine by tbe general public. Mr. Adamson (Ga.) opposed the bill, tak ing the ground that the state could deal adequately with the situation. He believed In protecting the public sgatnst fraud, but did not believe In imposing the task on the federal government. No one could contend that a state could not punish common cheats and swindlers If tbey sold one thing and delivered another. Mr. Gardner (Mas.) opposed. He de clared the bill would interfere with, many legitimate industries. Boraclc acid waa used in the preservation of codfish, and under the terms of tbe bill would be regarded as deleterious to health by the government chemists. He said he would offer an amend ment to meet- this objection. In conclusion, he said there was a good deal of humbug in the outcry against adul terated goods. If men ate adulterated food they did not want to know It, any more than they wanted to know the unhcalthful conditions with which they were sometimes surrounded. The antl-spltting and so-called health regulations and ordinances were overdone. Without action on the bill the bouse .ad journed. Currency- for Philippine. WASHINGTON.'lVe. 18 The aenate com mittee on the Philippine today agreed upon a bill for the establishment of a currency for the Philippines, which is tbe Joint pro duction of Senators Lodge and Allison. The bill makes the gold peso of 13 9-10 grain the unit of value In the Islands and makes the gold coins of tbe United States legal tender for all debts. Paine la Takea HI. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. While on his way to the White hous today shortly after noon to see th president Mr. Payne, post master general, suffered an attack of acuta congestion. He waa driven to hi hotel aad two physicians summoned. This after noon he wa much better and will bo at hla office tomorrow. SAY WOMAN WAS HIS WIFE Many Wttaeaee Support Claim of Laura Bla-aar on Trial for Conplraf y. FREEHOLD. N. J., De 18 Mrs. Mary Roche was the first wltnVss today In the trial of Laura Blggar, DrJ Charles C. Hen dricks and Samuel Stantoa for alleged con spiracy to get the estate of Henry M. Ben nett. Mr Roche formerly kept house for Mr. Bennett In New York and she said that In 1900 he told her he would occupy one of the flats In his apartment house In Seventy-second street with his wife. The witness said that later In the same year Miss Blggar showed a certificate of marriage with Mr. Bennett. An uosuecess I ful effort was merle to shake Dr. J. O. Con- ley's testimony that he was present when a male child was born to Miss Blggar at Dr. Hendricks' sanitarium. Joseph Rlckert testified that Bennett and ! Miss Blggar stopped In his hotel In Mount Pleasant, Mich., December 15, 1900, and that Mr. Bennett had registered as "Henry M. Bennett and wife." The register wss pro duced and the state acknowledged the sig nature. C. E. Keter of New York eald Mr. Bennett at hla farm In Farmlngdale, N. J., June 17, 1901, Introduced Miss Blggar to him as Mrs. Bennett. Samuel Stanton, former Justice of the peace and one of the defendants, testified that he married Mr. Bennett and Miss Blg gar at his home In Hohoken, January 2, 1898, and that he gave Miss Blirgar a mar riage certificate, which later she said' she lost. The witness said she asked him for another and then he gavej hi story of the effort to record the certificates. William B. Layton, an jemploye at Mr. Bennett's stock farm, saf1 he had heard Mr. Bennett call Miss Blggar his wife, but became confused when cross-examined. Ho was shown an affidavit and asked If he had sworn to It. The affidavit wa made In September and In It Layton had stated, it was alleged, that he had never heard anyone address Miss Blggar as Mrs. Ben nett. The occasion far the affidavit was not made public in court. TRAVELS ALL UNCONSCIOUSLY Salelde In Mlanourl Surprised to Find Himself Ont of Illinois. MARCELINE, Mo.. Dec. 18. C. P. Bow dish of Elburn, 111., shot and killed himself in a hotel here tonlbtit. He arrived on the Santa Fe this morning snd sfter registering at an hotel visited a physician and complained of being lck. The doctor -suspected that he was drinking and ndvleed him to refrain. - Bowdlsh promised to do so, and returning to his hotel stopped In the telegraph office and asked the operator what town he was In. Being Informed that It was Marcellne, Mo., he expressed surprise that he was out of Illinois, and then sent a meseage to his wife at Elburn, 111., to come and get him. This afternoon Bowdlsh ' bought an ex pensive pistol and Just before supper time went up to his room. A few minutes later the report of a pistol was heard and he was found lying on th bed, a bullet hole In his right temple and his leffer badly disfig ured where the bullenbarf come out.'"' A bottle of carbollo acid was found under the pillow. On the table was a letter, In which he bade goodby to his father, P. S. Bowdlsh of Elburn and hi aunt, Mrs. Nellie Blttens, 616 Sunnyside avenue, Chicago, and asked that his property go to his wife. The note said: You will find money enough on my per son to pay expenses anil get me home. I have one reason for doing this, my money is nearly gone and I am not strong enough to work. DAUGHTER NOT TO BE RICH Child of Andrevr Carnegie Not to Re Hardened with Wealth of k Father. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Tho Evening Post today prints the following: In our real es tate columns yesterday, in our reference to the sale by Mr. Carnegie to Mr. Burden of certain lots In the "Highlands" of Fifth avenue, we spoke of Mr. Carnegie's own house, which Is to be a Christmas gift to his little daughter. This Item had been printed before and we took It for an un disputed fact. We now learn that It has no foundation whatever and that nothing could be less in harmony with the Ideas of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie than that their daughter should now or ever be burdened with great wealth. Least of all Is she to be taught while in youth that she haa "great expectations" or any expectations at all beyond a moderate competence. Neither of her parents deems great wealth a desirable possession for the morning of life, or for a'ny part of life, except as it may be employed for the advancement of the human race. ASPHALT RECEIVER SUED Asked to Devote Cash aad Securities to the Payment of Certain Creditor. TRENTON, N. J., Dee. 18. The Land Title and Trust company of Philadelphia, as trustees for holder of gold certificates of the Asphalt Company of America, today instituted suit In tbe United States circuit court against Henry Latham and John M. Mack, receivers for tho Asphalt Company of America and the National Asphalt com pany. The object of the suit is to have the holders of the gold certificates given pref erence over holders of common and pre ferred stock and alao to foreclose a mort gage held by the Land Title company. The petitioner ask that securities mounting to nearly $1,000,000 and $1,080; 540 cash and demand notea of the sub sidiary companies be devoted to the pay ing off of the holder of tbe gold certi ficates of tbe Asphalt Company of America. DEAD BODY IS DISCOVERED Fonad la Idaho and Supposed to Re that of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Man. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 18 Th body of a man believed to be either Earl Bittle or Andrew Bittle ot Cedar Rapids, la., was round near Mountain Home, Idaho. The man Is supposed to have been dead several months. In his pocket was a railway ticket from Cedar Rapids to Portland, Ore., and a purse containing $190. The purse bears the name ot Andrew Bittle. CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia., Dec. 18. Edward Bittle, mho dead body waa found near Mountain Home, Idaho, left her May 27 to buy land. He wa known to have left th train at Granger, Wyo., which waa th last heard of him. He wa a wealthy young farmer, living at Lisbon, eighteen miles east of Cedar Rapid. CATTLEMEN ARE HOPEFUL I Bartlett Richards Corfident a Leasing Bill Will Fast This Session. HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT Small Public Building- Rill to Be In troduced, but Nebraska I Likely to Seenre I.lttle Oat of It. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (Special Tele gram.) Bartlett Richards, representative of the Cattle Growers' association of Ne braska, who haa been In Washington for the past ten days looking after the. inter est of the cattlemen, so far as national legislation la concerned, left for Coronado, Cal this afternoon. Before leaving for the west Mr. Richards said: "I am greatly encouraged In believing we will secure some sort of legislation per mitting the leasing of public lands during the present session of congress. I have outlined a bill, which 'was submitted to the Nebraska delegation last night, and to a representative of the government, and I have reason to believe that the president and secretary of the Interior will give the measure their support. I anticipate that there will be a united delegation from Ne braska In tta favor, .and I am confident that Chairman Lacey of the public land committee of the house will aleo lend his assistance. The states contiguous to Ne braska are Interested In tbe scheme of making the bill apply only to Nebraska, and they watch, with much Interest the manner of Its working out. Of course, I do not pretend to say that the scheme as proposed is the best that can be devised. I do say, however. It Is the fairest measure yet presented and safeguards the Interests of tbe government and the cattlemen. The bill In all probability will not be introduced until after the holiday recess, but after that time you can look for some tall hustl ing on the part of the cattle growers of Nebraska to bring about Its passage." Protest oa Moaby. Senators Dietrich and Millard presented the delegation of cattle growers, headed by Bartlett Richards, to the president today. They went over the bill which will probably be known as the "community of Interest" bill, with the chief executive and It is inferred that Mr. Richards' expres sion In regard to having the support of the administration grew out of the talk had with Mr. Roosevelt. Later the delega tion ca"lled at the Interior department, but failed to see Secretary Hitchcock. They left a copy of the bill agreed upon at last night's conference and stated they would return to the city early In January to press action on the bill. It was stated today about the Interior department that the vigorous kicks made against Colonel Mosby were bearing fruit and that In all probability he would be re lieved of duty In Nebraska and sent to Wyoming. The president has let It be known that he will permit no Improper or Illegal encroach ment upon government lands and tbe In terior department - aatlaa-ala thai Una, W. G. Comstock of Alnsworth, Neb., and Daniel Hill of Gordon, who came with Mr. Richards to Washington in the Interests of the leasing proposition, left this afternoon for New York atate to visit relatives. A. S. Reed of Alliance, another cattleman, left for Nebraska today. Small Public Building; Budget. It was generally understood today that there would be a small omnibus public building bill reported Immediately after the holiday recess. When the member learned of this there was scurrlrg to and fro to make combinations for mutual bene fit. Congressman Smith of Council Bluffs Is anxious to hsve an additional appropri ation for the Council Bluffs public building. Congressman Conner ot Iowa, and member of the public buildings and ground com mitter. Is exceedingly anxious to get a pub lic building at Webster City in his district. In order to placate the warring republican factions growing out of the removal of the postmaster at that place. Representative Haugen of Iowa wants two public buildings, one at Mason City and the other at De corah, but he is not st all hopeful of secur ing these at thia session. In view ot the limit that will be placed In the bill. ' There will be little or nothing fo- Ne braska, except In all probability a change in the Lincoln public building act permit ting the sale of the present postofflce build ing there to the city of Lincoln and pro viding for the erection of an entire new building, which Is now pending before the public buildings and grounds committee In the form of a separate bill Introduced by Mr. Burkett. Place for Lincoln His, J. D. Harris of Lincoln, formerly clerk of the district court of Lancaster county, but recently In Cuba In the employ of the War department, has been given a position In the Insular division of the War depart ment In this city, at the request of Mr. Burkett. Senntor Gamble and Representative Mar tin left for the west today, Mr. Martin, however, having planned to stop off at St. 1 Louis for a day or two before going on to 1 South Dakota. Congressman Burkett leaves for home to- i morrow, as do Representatives Smith and Hedge of Iowa. Postmasters appointed: Iowa John Var enkamp, Sully, Jasper county. Wyoming Frederick C Ruggy, Glen Rock, Converse county. ' The comptroller of the currency has au thorized the National Bank of Pawnee City, Neb., to begin business, with a capital of $r,o 000. Representative Mondell today lntro'dttced a bill to pension Mary Dewlre. widow of John Dewlre, late Company I, Second Ne braska volunteers, at $16 per month. DEWEY CABLES FLEET ORDERS Advise the Wavy Department Where Ship Will Go For Christmas. WASHINGTON, Dee. 18 The Navy de partment has received a cablegram from i Admiral Dewey announcing tbe pro posed Itinerary of the vessels of his fleet J during the Christmas holidays. I Admiral Dewey's cablegram, dated San Juan, December 14, Is to this effect: Proposed Itlrerary of vessels for Christ- ' mas holidays: Kearsarge, Alabama, Massa chusetts. Iowa, fcorpion, Trlnlilad, Illinois, Indiana, to St. Tlwiman; Texas, to Polnt-a- Petrle; Chicago. New York, Kagle, to Cura- j era; Ban Francisco, Albany, Watp, to May-, agues; Cincinnati, Atlanta, prairie, tugs ' snd torpedo boats, to San Juan; t.'ulgoa. to Mayagues ami Pun Juan; Olympla, Nash ville and Machlaa. to St. Kltts; Detroit, to , hiikuh; aiayuuwer ann lsen lo i'orto P.ican waters and vicinity, and Dolphin, to Antigua ard vicinity. In reply Secretary Moody bent tbe follow ing: tarry out proposed Itinera, y. Merry ChrUuna. condition of the weather; Forecast for Nebraska Fa lr In North. ITobihly H-iow in South Portion Friday; Saturday Fair r i Hour. lies, Hour. l)rg. B a. m II 1 p. m it7 a. m u a p. m Its T a. in II ft p. at. 2K H a. m a 4 p. m . . . . . tu a. m 12 Bp. m l 10 a. m ia tl p. m 2.1 11 a. m is) T p. m as 11 n Jt4 a p. m Ktl O p. m JCJ FIGHT WITH FREEZING WATERS Crew of Disabled Vessel, Frost-Rlttea and Helpless, Take Day to Attract Aid. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18. Suffering severely from exposure and privation evon shipwrecked men and one woman arrived here today on the British steamer Mlra. The victims Included C. H. Clements, owner of the British schooner J. N. Wylde; Cap tain Dunphy, his wife, and five seamen. Off Newfoundland J. N. Wylde was overtaken by a blizzard, which continued more than a Week. Benumbed by the cold the captain and crew were unable to mannge the schooner, which was tossed helplessly about. Several vessel psssed, but the cap tain and crew were unable to answer their signals. Finally one of the sailors suc ceeded In fastening a signal to the mast, which, on December 14, brought Mlra to the rescue. After battling five hours with the heavy seas, Mlra's crew succeeded In transferring the sufferers to their vessel. All of the victims were badly frost-bitten and four of them are now in a hospital. NO FEAR OF M0NEY PANIC Sentiment on Wall Street Chan arc nnd Price for Stock I Improved. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The stock market opened very strong and active today, gains of 1 to 3 point being registered In the early trading. The Improved howlng was primarily due to a better feeling re garding conditions In Venezuela. Gains of over 1 per cent were made at the opening by Baltimore & Ohio, Louis ville, New York Central, Reading, St. Paul. Rock Island, Brooklyn Transit and several others. Some of these, notably St. Paul, more than held their early advances. The list, while showing some decrease In activity, held firm during the morning ses sion. Call money was offered at 4 per cent and the demand was moderate. There was a tendency to slighter ease In the rate for time money. AGED MAN IS KIDNAPED Family Want III Kstate and Spirit Him Away from Neighborhood of Coast. MARION, Ind., Dec. 18. John De Camps, 80 years old, who mysteriously disappeared from OeeenWUe, ' O., a yeatago,. ea. been located et Somerset, a village near here. De Camps and nn older brother owned an estate valued at $100,000. The older brother died suddenly and the next day a sister, Mrs. Harriet De Laplalne, filed a suit In partition. Another faction of the fam ily tried to get possession, and it Is said De Camps was kidnaped and brought to the home of one of his nieces at Somerset. The Greenville court has been notified and an effort will be made to take De Camps back home and restore his property to him. STEALS IN N0VEL MANNER Canton Man Charged with Confiscat ing; Cola on Ground of Counterfeiting;. CANTON. O.. Dec. 18. Edmund Haueer has been arrested by United States officials and will be given a hearing at Warren to morrow. He Is charged with representing himself aa employed by the government to examine and withdraw from circulation counterfeit coins. It Is alleged he visited a number of stores, showed a badge which seemed to prove hi statement, and was allowed to examine money In the cash drawers. In several Instances he Is Bald to have taken money and placed It In his pocket on the ground that It was counterfeit and would have to be confiscated. DITCH DRAINS MARSH LANDS Indiana Counties Spend Million on nig Reclamation Work. CROWN POINT. Ind., Dee. 18. Prelimi nary step are under way In the north western counties of Indiana to construct a large artificial waterway which will re claim hundreds of thousands of acres of Kankakee marsh land now regarded as worthless. A contract has been let for the first four teen miles In Laporte and Starke counties for $120,000. The ditch will be eighty feet wide snd sixteen fect deep. It Is the plan of other counties to continue the ditch to the Illinois line, a distance of sixty miles. The total cost will be about $1,000,000. LET DENVER PACIFIC WORK Two Million Doll it r to Re Spent oa Tblrty-gis Mile of Hoad. t DENVER. Dec. 18 Contract were let today for the grading of thirty-six miles of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific railroad In front of the mountains between Denver and the tunnel through the crest of the continental divide. The work on this section Is heavier and more expensive than on any other portion between Denver and Salt Lake City. The contracts let today call for pav. ments of $2,000,000. Work Is to be begun within ten days. Further contracts will be let soon. Movement ot Oeean Vessel Dee. 18. At New York-Sailed: I Touralne, for Havre. f Naples Sailed: Heaperla. for New York. At Glasgow Arrtvtd: Furneasta, from New York. Sailed: Carthinenlan, for Bt. Johns. N. F.. and Philadelphia. At Rrowhead Paed: Haverford, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. At Queenstown Arrived: Haverford. from Philadelphia, foi Liverpool, and proceeded. Palled: C' Itlc, fr.m Liverpool, for New York. At Cape Town Arrived: Inverlc from Tacntna via Montevideo. At Hamburg Arrived: Pennsylvania, from New York. At Havre Arrived: I-a limine,, from New York. At Genoa Arrived: Ijihn, from New York via Gibraltar and Kaplca. GIVES BOWES POWER Cutro Clothoa American tyinister with Complete Jurisdiction to Settle. WISHES PEACEFUL END TO DIFFICULTIES Suggests Diplomat Approach Allies with Ofer of Usliation. MISSION IS ACCEPTED SUBJECT TO HAY Attempt to Close Trouble Will Be Maile if State Department Allows. POWERS HOLD OFF FOR DEVELOPMENTS All Earopeaa Governments Interested Claim thnt War I Not Wanted aad Suspend Operation la Hope of Venezuela Yielding;. CARACAS, Dee. 18 Lopei Paralt. n . exuelan minister of foreign affairs, ha transmitted to the I'nlted State minister, Mr. Bowen, a document signed by Pres ident Castro, as constitutional president of the republic, and countersigned by himself as minister of foreign affairs. In which Mr. Bowen Is recognized aa the only repre sentative of Venezuela In the matter of ef fecting a aettlement of the present dif ficulty. According to the terms of this document., Mr. Bowen may act without restriction, and he la to use all means possible to protect the Interests of Venezuela, Events here are dependent upon the answers of Orcat Britain, Germany and Italy to the proposal of arbitration ad vanced by Veneiuela. These answers are expected tomorrow. Should they be fav orable the Venezuelan government strongly desires that a conference of the ambas sadors of Great Britain, Germany and Italy to the I'nlted States then be held In Wash ington, and that Mr. Bowen leave La Guayra on December 23 for the United States on board the steamer Caracas, which Is due to reach New York on December 29. Mr. Bowen would thon meet the ambas sadors In Washington. No meeting for terms of settlement Is to be held on Venezuelan toll. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. New of Presi dent Castro's offer to Mr. Bowen has created ome excitement here and It Is understood power will be given the min ister to act provided the allies agree. Whether tho consent of these govern ments can be obtained will, it Is believed here, depend entirely upon the sufficiency of any guaranty that can be given for the faithful discharge by Prealdent Castro of any obligations he may assume as tbe re sult of Mr. Bowen'a efforts. The allies claim that they must be as sured against the consequences of another revolution and the repudiation by any pres ident who may follow Castro. The effort to Induce the United State government to act a guarantor. It 1 safe V ay, wtll not succeed aid It 1 begin ning fo appear that thera s likely to be a mixed commission appointed to receive all Venezuelan customs and. setting apart a certain portion for the maintenance ot tho Venezuelan government, disburse the re mainder among the powers until their ob ligations shall be met. The government of France haa now en tered the field as an active party In the trouble. The French government has, through its ambassadors, charges and min isters, served notice upon the govern ments of Great Britain, Germany and Italy and by way of information has also told Secretary Hay that any provision made for the settlement of the claims against Venezuela must recognise the pre-eminence of the French claims. France Is reported to have received as surances from the other governments named that any arrangements made would provide for the security of the French In terests In the Venezuelan customs, but this Is not certain. Indeed, at a late hour this evening it Is stated that the allies desire to look more closely Into tbe proposition, which Is especially distasteful to Italy. Money Payment "ot Raouah. The State department confirms the report that a mere money payment will not meet German's desires. Count Quadt. the German charge, had a long Interview with Secretary Hay today touching Venezuela and the fact Is now apparent that while money will satisfy Great Britain and Italy, Germany muet have an apology. The difference between its case and that of the other powera Is that the German legation at Caracas was attacked. Its win dows broken, the minister's sick wife ter rorized and the German national honor otherwise touched In a manner that cannot be healed by money. Touching the question of a guarantee ot I any obligations assumed by Caetro and aa : a result of Mr. Bowen's good offices. It Is 1 suggested thst the United States, being I without power In the absence of th lega tion to assume directly any responsibility for the execution of Castro's pledges, It Is still possible for tbe Stat department to give assurances to any parties who might be Induced to produce the money to pay : the Judgment against Castro, that, when the time shall come for repayment, th United Statea would exercise Its good offices to see that the obligations were kept. It la distinctly stated, however, that no pledge will be made on the part of the UnlteC State to forcibly collect any. Indebtedness of this kind. Will Reeostals Blockade. Aa understood here the blockade to b declared by the allies against Venesuela on Saturday is to be a "war blockade," aa contrasted with the "peace blockade," which has been In operation since the trouble assumed an acute stsge. Ordi narily a legal blockade Is preceded by 4 declaration of war, but at times this for mality Is dispensed with. A formal declaration that a blockade haa been established will be sent to all power and It will be recognised by the United State government. The notice of the formal blockade I not understood here to mean that Mr. Bowen'a efforts to adjust tbe difficulties have failed. It I believed the naval commanders of the powers are acting under explicit Instruc tions which Included the establishment of a blockade, and It Is cot expected that these Instructions will be suspended until negotiations through diplomatic channels have assumed a phaso indicative of a final and satisfactory adjustment. As Mr. Bowen ha only today been appealed to to en deavor to effect such at adjustment It Is to bo expected tbe threatened blockade will be duly published next Saturday unless In the meantime Mr. Bowen Is able to offer sufficient assurancea that the Venezuelan government Is ready to meet tbe ultima tums. Representative Shafreth (Colo.) apprV
