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J The Omaha Bee. ''-'VT-'P-'y-T-Ti'p-iaV'Tl PAHT I. UNDAY 9 PAGES 1 TO 12. jTAiiLisiu:i) .tune is, isti. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECKMISER 21, 1902 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. LATEST FAD IN CLUBS Ons Being Organized in London for Amer icans with Fat Purges, ONLY A FEW ENGLISH TO BE ADMITTED Scheme Does Not Appear to Meet with Payor from Aay Quarter. KEN ASKED TO JOIN ARE SUSPICIOUS Women, Hot U Be Outdone, Hate One to Air Their Pet Pads. ADMIT CATS AND DOGS, BUT NOT MEN 11 Sorts of Sports Are tnder the Patronage of Thla Vnlqne Or. gunlsatlon. Which la Ei pected to Be "Cheery." Copyright, 192. by Press Puhllehlng Co.) LONDON, Dec. 20. (Now York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Co lumbia club for American millionaires In London, which was planned early this year with a great flourish of trumpets, but which mysteriously collapsed, la being re Tired, apparently, under the title of the Calumet club. Precisely the same scheme s of the dead Columbia project Is out lined and the misleading statement Is made that the only reason the former venture Has not carried through was because It voi Impossible to And suitable premises In Piccadilly. The syndicate which has the scheme In hand will allow "a few English members Of high social position to be admitted to the roll, but otherwise the now club will be Vail street In London." Furthermore, the syndicate claims to have secured a house on the corner of Clarges street, facing the Turin club, which has Just been vacated by the imperial Service club. There w: be an American bar and It is asserted that It will be a reproduction In fac-slmlle of the cafe In the New York Yacht club and will have an American steward-ln-chlef and cocktail ,mlxer. It remains to be seen whether the rot particularly credulous American mil lionaires will be drawn into this under taking until tney snow somemiog more about It and Its originators than la ob tainable at the present moment. One for the Women. The growth of women's clubs la becoming n Important social question In London, for club women notoriously are careless In the management of their own homes. The latest feminine eccentricity In the elub line Is "the Ladles' Sports club," an Institution where facilities will be given for woman to cultivate all manner of sports and pastimes. Men will be admitted oc casionally aa onlookers at the displays. The committee Includes women represent ing different pastimes Lady Helen Vin cent, skating; Lady Bathurst, driving; Lady Bcott Montague, motoring; Lady Edith Vllllera. dogs; Miss Lottie Dodd, tennis, and Lady Deolea, cats. All members can bring their canine, feline or other, except masculine, pets, which privilege la expected to make the club "very cheery," aa the current Jargon has it. PRINCESS IN PITIABLE PLIGHT Daughter of King of Belglnm In Com mon Madhouse and Given Soaat Attention. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) BRUSSELI.8, Dec. 10. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Countess Donneremark, who accompanied the count ess of Beufort on the latter'a visit to the Llndenshof asylum to inform the unhappy Princess Louise of Coburg of the death of her mother, the queen of the Belgians, aya: "I can remember the princess as a very attractive girl, not beautiful, but very comely, with plump, rosy cheeks, a good figure and a wealth of golden hair. Now I aaw her old. faded and heart-broken, her hair grown gray and thin, her face haggard and her eyes hollow with a frightened ex pression, her figure bent. She evidently la In a atate of great physical exhaustion and takes no care of her personal appear ance. When we saw her she waa wearing a dirty, ragged, old, pink, dressing gown, and her hair looked as it It had not been dressed for days." It is considered disgraceful that King Leopold should allow his daughter to be de tained In an ordinary asylum and neglected In thla fashion, but he is Implacable In his hatred of her and of his second daughter, Countess Lonyay. BIG FUSS OVER SMALL MATTER Hons of Lords and Office of Works at Oats Over a llonao Maid. (Copyright, IX. by Prese Publishing Co.) LONDON, Deo. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Bridget Delaney, the principal housemaid of the House of Lords, has been the cause of bad blood between two government de partments. The office of worka resolved. In order to minimize the danger of fire, te limit the number of officials residing In the houses of Parliament, and last January, without consulting the House of Lords or the lord great chamberlain, removed the principal housemaid' furniture from her rooms. The lords were offended and Im mediately opened a long correspondence, which cultlmated In an ultimatum to the chief commissioner of works, that If the furniture was not returned within a month the lords would take measure to have the rooms suitably furnished. Aa the officials of work remained obdurate the furniture has been bought at a coat of 426. The wages of the principal housemaid are It a week. EMPEROR IS IN POOR HEALTH Francis Joseph Compelled to Forego HI" tsual Christmas Varatloa. (Copyright, 10O2, by Tress Publishing Co.) VIENNA, Dec. 20 (New York World Ca blegram Special Trlegrani.) Emperor Francis Joseph's health la not restored and lha severe nest her niskes it imperative that he be exceedingly careful of himself. For I the first time since his younger daughter, r Archduchess Marie Valerie, married twelve Nlrs ago, he will deny himself iha pleasure of spending Christmas with hla grandchil dren. The emperor will have aa absolutely solitary Chrlsu&aa In tbe snowed-up castle w aoa. CROKER WILLING TO SELL OUT Herkshlrr Property Ni Innirr Pleases the Ks-Polllenl Doll of fw York. (Copyright. 1!2. by Press Publishing Co.) WANTAGE. England, Dec. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) A report comes from a well authenticated source that Richard Croker would willingly sell all his Reikshlre estates If he could find a suitable purchaser. There is great dissatisfaction sniong his workmen, ss he has reduced their wages, although once he was a most liberal employer. It would not be easy to find a buver for so much land ! In such a place, a great part of It being hill land, for which Mr. Croker paid con siderably more thsn It Is generally thought to be worth. He Is much pleased with his new estate In Ireland. It Is pretty certain that he never would have bought all this land around Wantage If he could have had this Irish property at the time he first wanted it. He probably will find his cream ery there much more satisfactory, as no one who has had charge of the one in Wantage knows anything about managing such concerns. He has spent moBt of his time lately In Letcombe, keeping very quiet and rarely being seen In the village. He has had several visitors at Moat house. People ere no longer allowed to explore i his grounds. A signboard Is up which warns them sgalnst trespassing, Mr. Croker having been much annoyed by curi ous crowds. TACTICAL VICTORY FOR IRISH Rare Clause In F.duratloa 11111, Which le Important to Their Con stituency. (Copyright 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 20. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) Parliament has been prorogued until February 1. The most striking incident of the session in the House of Commons was the dramatic, tacti cal victory achieved Tuesday by the Irish party, under John Redmond, on the educa tion bill. Chairman Redmond summoned the party by wire to support an amendment made to the education bill In the House of Lords by which the cost of Internal re pairs to voluntary schools should be at the public charge Instead of being provided by the funds at the disposal of the school managers. Prime Minister Balfour favored this amendment, but owing to the large seces sion of his regular supporters he was afraid to risk government defeat by making it a question of confidence In the ministry. So ho left. It an open question for the house to decide and it was carried by only S3 votes. As nearly sixty Irish members voted for it this concession, vastly Impor tant to poor Catholic schools, was secured for them by the Irish party. It was the only time in the six-months' discussion of thla bill that the Irish members were in a position to determiue the result and their unity, discipline and organization enabled them to utilize It to the full. RECORD OF WOMEN'S CONGRESS Marie Pegard Compiles tt In Four Volumes Containing 170 Separate Reports. (Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dee. 20. (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Mra. Marie Pegard, a chevalier of the Legion of Honor and one of the most remarkable women In France, has Just finished a monumental record of tbe work done at the Historic Women's congress, held In Paris during the last exposition. Four bulky volumes con tain 275 reports sent from all points of the world, the whole forming a unique testi monial to the thoroughness with which the woman question was discussed by the dele gates to the congress (of whom five were appointed by the United States government to represent America). Mrs. Pegard Is not an advocate of ex treme measures. "Slowly but surely" Is her motto. When the World correspondent asked her which camp (there are two feminist camps In France) she belongs to, she replied: "The reasonable one. We have already made it Impossible for a man to take his wlfe'a money anl spend it with another woman, and gradually, I am confi dent, women will obtain all their rights. But they must not try to take the place of men. for, after nil, woman'a place ia In the home and family." SCANDAL ENDS USEFULNESS High Officer of the Russian Govern ment la Dismissed by the Csar. (Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 20 (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) M. Kovalevsky, Finance Minister DeWltte'a rlgbthand man, has been obliged to resign his position In the Russian ministry of finance owing to a scandal. Elsie von Schabelsky, an actress of great beauty and talent, is the theatrical sensa tion of the sesson here. A short time ago she circulated notes signed by Kovalevsky to the value of $100,000. Kovalevsky re fused to meet them, saying that his sig nature was forged by Miss von Schabelskv The story got to the rzar'a ears and Privy j Councillor Kovalevsky was told that he had better quit the public service. Miss von Schabelsky, who has been the pet of fashionable society here, is the di vorced wife of a colonel of cavalry. After the divorce shs went on the stage, and with the support of friends, of whom Kovalevsky was the most conspicuous, she opened a small theater here. The under taking did not succeed. She got into debt and has now disappeared, leaving Kovalev sky to meet the storm. ADVANCE AGENT OF KING DIES Waa Hired to Work l'p Sentiment In Balgarla Favorable to Prince Ferdinand. (Copyright. 11. by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA. Dec. 20 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) Philip Walda pfel. who acted as Prince Ferdlnsnd's ad vance agent when the prince was Intriguing for the Rulgailan throne, hss Just died In Buda-resth. Waldspfel brought suit against rrlnce Ferdinand In 1887 for $2,000, claimed to be a balance due for trouble and ex pense, "in procuring him. the throne of Bul garia." Tha Hungarian agent was able to show lettera from Count Eugene Zlcby and 'Count Councilor Flrshmann Instructing him to go to Sofia and Tienova and do all in hla power to increase Ferdinand's popu larity. Hi afterward tried to play a politi cal part In Bulgaria, but tt was discovered that he had been bribed simultaneously by the Bulgarian and the Russian governments and be found it safer to return to Buds- I Penh, where be bought the fine house lu jwblco aa Has Just aiea. PRINCE GOES ON TOUR Future King of Bavaria to Make a Trip Around the World. UNITED STATES ON HIS ITINERARY Is to Come Incognito and Official Excep tion is Precluded. WIFE TO ACCOMPANY HIM ON THE TRIP Has Been a Decidedly Gay Young Man in Hit Day. BETTER HALF WORKS A REFORM, HOWEVER Latter Is Known aa One of the Moat Beaatlfal and Most Charitable Woman In Bavarian Kingdom, (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) MUNICH, Dec. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Prince Rupert, destined to sit on the throne of Bavaria and declared by the Jacobins to be the rightful (Stuart) heir to the English t ,.nr will I -1 V T'nlta Ct.ta. In 1004 The one time most gay of young royal pruuigais, uuw a seuaiu umrrieq mau, win be accompanied by bis wife, the beautiful Princess Marie Gabrlelle, grand daughter of i the king of Portugal. Thir infant son. bor;i in September last, will probably be left i v ri T. 4 1. I ! I to assume duty as the head of his people upon the death of his cousin. King Otto, who Is a hopeless Imbecile and has long been confined In an asylum. When King Otto dies, which must be very soon, Prince Ludwtg, the father of Prince Rupert, who Is heir presumptive to the throne, will ab dicate in favor of his son. The country is now ruled by Frtnce Leopold, grandfather of Prince Rupert and uncle of King Otto, as regent. It Is the Intention of Prince Rupert to make a tour of the world, going first to India, China and Japan, thence to San Fran cisco and through the United States. His object Is to acquire at first hand a knowl edge of the various countries, their people and their industrial and administrative systems, with a view to his own future rule of Bavaria. Wild Oats All Sown. The prince Is 33 years old, a stout, demo cratic young man, who has had his fill In the gayest capitals of Europe, despite royal commands, threats and restrictions. His mother waa the Archduchess Marie Ther esa of Austrla-Eate, of the branch of Mo dena. Hta father. Prince Ludwlg, Is the actual legitlmatlst heir presumptive to the throne of Great Britain. The prince ia an officer In the Bavarian army, and it was while he waa a lieutenant that he aowed his wild oata. It waa hta custom to disap pear from Munich or some army post every bow and then, proceed to Parts, or aoma other equally gay city, and have a royster tng time with other young bloods, the con cert hall favorltea of tha time. One the oc casion of the maneuvers of the German army at Mets In 1893, the prince left Munich to Join his regiment at the rendesvous, there to meet the German emperor. He did not arrive at Metx, and a search disclosed him In tha company of a young woman at Wurtemburg. For thla he was sent to a lonely army post and ordered to be good. Prince Carl, Prince Rupert'a younger brother, was as wild aa his brother, and was one time set upon marrying a ballet girl, morganltlcally, thereby following the example of a rich kinsman, Duke Ludwlg, who at 60 and a widower, married Antolne Barth, a ballet girl, daughter of a Munich mechanic, with whom he ia very happy. Prince Leopold thwarted the plan, but did not prevent the two from eloping; They were caught in a aecluded retreat In the Alps and were returned to this city. Wife Reforms Him. Prince Rupert married the Duchess Marie Gabrlelle, daughter of Duke Charlea Theo dore of Bavaria, head of one branch of tha Bavarian family. In July, 1900, the affair be ing a notable state celebration at Munich. The princess, who Is the daughter of the duchess of Braganza, daughter of the king . unT(.rBtes and a large proportion of them of Portugal, Is known as ono of the most ! n,ve been teachers or governesses. Dr. beautiful women In the realm. She Is La,,, emphatically asserts that the also very good and charitable and has sue- ; forced trB,nlnK t0 wn,ch thl8 cla of ceeded In reforming her husband. It is women ,ubmt themselves Is most hurtful, understood that the prince and princess will j It , mongtrougi- ne ,8ygi .-to subject travel through the United States Incognito. , women to thlg competition and if the com whlch will, of course, preclude any official j petltlon do.g not cease the effects upon recognition of the visit on tho part of the i f,Itur(, generations will be disastrous." United States government. I Mr Laudberg states that Swedish women I nho have been educated at academies have OCCUPIES UNIQUE POSITION remarkably small families when they have I any and that In too many cases their Lieutenant Colonel Carter of tho Ufa j family relations are unhappy, owing to Guards Rises f Raaks. runs tha (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Carter of the First Llfa Guards, the "swellest" regiment In the British army, has risen from the ranks to the position of second In command of the corps. He hss thus attained a position no guardsman who Joined as a troepnr ever held before. Guards troopers often get commissions, but never heretofore In their own corps. Colonel Carter Is the seta of a farmer. He served in tha ranks several years. In 1880 he received a commission as riding master; waa made a lieutenant In 1881; from that time until 1894 he served as adjutant, being made a captain In 1887. He was appointed major in 189S and got a brevet rank as lieutenant colonel In 100. In tbe Boer war be aerved with a com posite battalion of the Household cavalry with no little distinction. He was often mentioned In the dlspatchea and haa alx claspa to his medal. BLENHEIM PALACE IS CLOSED Tennata of the Mnrlborougha Disap pointed Over Their Christmas. (Copyright. 19f, by Press Publishing Co ) WOODSTOCK. England. Dec. 20 (New ork Word Cablegram-Special Telegram.) The duke and duchesa of Marlborough being on the wsy to the Delhi durbar, Blenheim palace is closed for Christmas for the first time since they were married. This has csused unfeigned regret among all classes In its neighborhood, for the Blen- hlem Cbrlttmss ball has been en Important soclsl event of lale years. Tha loss to the tradesmen, both here aud In Oxford, would have been serious bad not the duke and the duchess ordered, before tbey left, all tbe usual Christmas supplies. Thle week tbelr steward haa been around giving the duch ess' usual weleoms and useful prese a ta o the tenants and tbe laborers. MOTORS TO ENTER A NEW FIELD French Inventor Has a Scheme for Displacing Railway Pas senger Trains. (Copyright. OT, by Tress Puhllehlng Co.) PARIS, Dec. 20. (New York World Ca blegram Pperlal Telegram.) Serpollet, the automobile Inventor, tells the World cor respondent that he Is building the first motor car of a series Intended to revolu tionize railway traveling In France. The idea originated with Frank Gardner, who first suggested replacing railway locomo tives by powerful automobiles. Serpollet believes that ft will be possible to sub stitute for the present sleeping car trains three or four spacious motor cars, each ac commodating forty passengers, and reduc ing the time taken for the Journey, say from Paris to Monte Carlo, by one-half. Such automobile trains would save the cost of locomotives, do away with smoke, steam, cinders, noise, vibration and the necessity for stopping to take up water and would economize In service, requiring only a driver.' Each car, complete In Itself, would run attached to others or separately. The Paris-Lyons and Parls-Marselllea railway officials are skeptical about a revo lution being near, but the confidence of Gardner and Serpollet In V plan Is shown by their going to great'' to prove Its feasibility. Serpolle 4?,he new cars will be ready In June.' 7 The Belgian goverr ' aa approached Gardner and Berpoll' , a view to sub- tl,tutln8 fr tbe stem of railway & " Antwerp motor " ry thirty to forty tbe trip In twenty Instead of fifty min- of the Invention la an be utilized for the Brusselr wagons which wr passengers and, j to twenty-five ' . . Ji utes. one a-i " new carrlagesv.jeres8 electrlo traction means a complete transformation of a rail way plant and consequently enormoue ex pense. TRIAL DOES NOT WORRY ARABS Some Sleep Peacefully While Caae Which May Mean Death im Them Is Being Tried. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 20. (New York World Ca blegram Special Telegram.) One of the strangest and most picturesque cases ever before a French court Is sow being heard at Montpelller, where 107 Arabs are being tried for revolting at Marqueritta, Algeria, in April of last year. Fear of the weight which local Influences and prejudices might have upon a Jury led the government to order the trial before Herault assizes away from Algeria. The charges against the prisoners Include murder, pillage, rebellion, assault and battery. But none of the ac cused seems to care much what befalls him. A large force of military keepa the Araba under observation. The proceedings are conducted In French and Arabic. Fifty lawyera are engaged in defending the pris oners. So oppressive la the odor In the court that the building ia purified with car bolic acid every time the hearing la sus pended. The names of the accused being unpronouncable, they are designated by numbers. Some are magnificent specimens of the "child of the desert," bU as theyjarf better off In prison than at 'home, they Tire In no hurry for the trial to end. Many can not tell where or when they were born. Their examination is conducted through in terpreters.' While the indlctmetwere be ing read most of the Arabs (eoi e(Jf whom probably will be condemned .nrl death) alept peacefully. 00 INSANITY ON THE INCREASE Noted Swedish Specialist Gives Over Education aa One of the Reasona. (CopVripht. 19f2, by Press Publishing Co.) STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Dec. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Hermann Laudberg of the great Swedish lunatic asylum at Upsala says that lunacy Is increasing among Swedish women, and more especially among the educated classes. In the lower classes insanity Is brought on chiefly by the cares of life or Intemper ance, but in the educated women the main cause, he contends,, is their education. Most of the women patients at Upsala havo , -a,.,,....! )n the niBh .chools or the their inability to discharge household duties. AMERICAN SINGER MAKES HIT Miss Parkinson Recelrea Knthnslastlo - Reception at Paris Opera Comlquo. (Copyright, 1902. by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS. Dec. 20. New York World Cabllegram Special Telegram.) Elizabeth Parkinson's debut at the Opera Comlque this week In "Lakine" was a great succesa. The American colony turned out in force and gave tbe young singer an enthusiastic reception. Miss Parkinson Is engaged for three years at the Comlque. She has a most melodious voice, alngs faultlessly and acts intelli gently. Not one rehearsal with tbe or chestra did the management give her, so Monday evening was the first time in her life she had sung with an orchestra. This showa how little interest is felt here In the debuts of foreign artists. Nothing more unjust can be imagined than to make a young girl go on the atsge and sing before a critical audience without having allowed her one single orchestra rehearsal. Miss i.-j .v -.. r .... each act. Tllre rlklini rno A linnrt IHfVLO UHllnUH run M IIIUUL.L. Chamberlain Woald Pat South Afrl... ibo same uovera saeatal Baala. (Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON. Dec. 20 (New York World Ca blegramSpecial Telegram.) The World correspondent hears on the highest author ity that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain s scheme for settling tbe South African prob lem Is to grant a system of federal auton omy based strictly on the Canadian model. Every book ot Importance treating of the Canadlaa system, of government was ob tained for Mr. Chamberlain before he atarted and be haa been diligently studying thsm sine. CATTLE DANGER OYER Secretary of Agrioultire Beliees Ravages of Disease Are Stayed. ALL FEAR OF EPIDEMIC SPREADING PASSED Connecticut, Although Quarantined, Has No Single 8ick Aiimal. CONTINUE DESTROYING INFECTED HERDS Government Officiali 8'aughter Beasts to Stamp Out Trouble. CHICAGO STOCKMEN EXPRESS PLEASURE Delegation Calls at Department nnd After Hearing Measures Taken Say Everything Practicable Is Al ready Being Done. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. -Secretary Wil son believes that all danger of the foot and mouth disease spreading from New England to other states has now passed, as careful Investigation by government experts failed to reveal a single esse in Connecticut, though that state was iucluded In the gen eral quarantine order. Dr. Raymond, chief of the bureau of ani mal Industry, who is In New England, per sonally directing the fight against the epi demic, will return here In a few days to confer with Secretary Wilson and It will then be determined when to remove the quarantine against Connecticut. A committee from Chicago, headed by the president of the stock yards company, has been In conference with Secretary Wilson regarding the extent of the Infection and measures taken to combat It. Secretary Wilson told them what had been done and they expressed confidence that every prac ticable step had been taken In safeguarding the stock of the country. "In a few weeks," said Secretary Wilson today, "we will have destroyed every ani mal Infected with or exposed to tbe foot and mouth disease." NEBRASKA MEN ARE NAMED President Nominates Osceola and West Point Postmasters in Senate Communication. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The president today sent the following nomination to the senate: Livingston Bayard, Pennsylvania, to be a chaplain. Postmaaters appointed: Nebraska Henry H. Campbell, Osceola; James 8. Elliott, West Point. Iowa William Orchard, Gllddon; J. W. Foster, Humboldt; William R. Boyd, Cedar Rapids; Alfred C. Harris, Eldorado; Henry D. Overholt, Iowa City; 'William H. Need ham, Slgourney. Illinois James P. Jack, Newton. Missouri James Taylor, Fayette. ' SoulaJDakota Jsmes A.-Stewart,-Edge-mont; John A. Bushfield, Miller. The senate today confirmed the following nominations: Ryrus Beebe, Iowa, to be an Indian In spector; A. M. Tinker, Massachusetts, In dian inspector; Brigadier General Charles Heywood, marine corps, to be major gen eral, Postmaaters: Nebraska D. M. McCleod, Schuyler. Illinois James P. Jack, Newton; T. N. Croseman, Edwardsvllle; H. M. Martin, Shelbyvllle. Oklahoma C. F. Neerman, Stillwater; W. H. Campbell, Anadarko; William En glish, Hobart; J. T. White. Lawton; M. A. Younkman, McLoud; W. C. Johnson, Gran ite. Montana S. Working, East Helena; W. E. Baggs, Stevensvllle. Colorado D. A. 8tone, Trinidad. South Dakota W. H. Bonham, Deadwood. California O. W. Lovls. Redwood City; J. W. Short, Fresno; H. C. Thompson, Stanford university. Also several promotions in the navy and revenue cutter service. BLACKS LEAD LADRONES Negroes Discharged from Army Drill and Organise Philippine Bandits. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Advices from Manila say the Ladrones which are har raBsing the rural population are in many Instances led by negroes who have been discharged from the army and are employ ing their military knowledge In drilling and organizing the bandits. In the province of Bulacan It la under stood that a band of BOO Ladrones led by an American negro are scheming to wipe out the constabulary and that four miles out from the town of Caloocan four Amer ican blacks are engaged in drilling a large number of highwaymen In military tactics and training them In the use of firearms. Because of the Increasing activity of the Ladrones the continued withdrawal and concentration of troops In the Islands Is causing apprehension among the inhabi tants of many provinces who have de pended wholly upon the military for pro tection. The Ladrones are said to be no toriously bold and numerous in Rlzal and the president of that province recently railed on Adjutant General Helstand for relief. TRIES TO JiRIBE CLERK Ptttsbarg Man Held for Trial for Seek ing Hidden Informa tion. . i WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 James Kifer of ' Pittsburg. Pa., has been Indicted by the federal grand Jury tor attempting to bribe an employe of the office of the comptroller -...- H. ! .it.i i. . ik. - : : . " . , tried to secure a copy of eerta'n records relating to the Pittsburg National bank '. t,. ti.A h.n rftiM1 th. inform. tin T ' . ,. cy me comptroller. I A & nwmnamm r rBVRie, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Application has Deen maae io ine municipal ooara or Ma- ... . .v- i.. .-V.I1.V - . ... una iur iu. ris.il iv r.vu..Du a ireigni ana passenger line mio ine cuy. it is proposed that the freight wagons shall crr' 1 ' UR,r coaches as many as thirty-five passengers. The line will penetrate every section of the city with a liberal system of transfers. To Spend Sunday in Virginia. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Prejldent Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and four of their children left today for Rapldaa, Va., . to aia' Bj.ndav with friend. THE BEE BULLETIN Forcnt fnr Vehr.i.-kn -Fnlr In Wct. Clearing- nml Col.W In Kast Portion Sun day; Momlay Fair. Page. 1 Newest Fa da of Knallsh Women. Rnvnrlnn Vrlnre Touring World. Unairr of t'nftle Dlarnse Passed. Roosevelt Is Axkrd to Arbitrate. B Sccrrtnrv ha Talks on Money. Moriran t re Monrnsrtia Canal. Snow Plows I nnniit Hear Tracks. Trainmen Ask for n It nine. 3 rwa from Nrlirnska Towna. I nil Inn Kill tnolficr In Fight. 4 Santa Tlnna Krrpa People Rosy. Affairs nt Sonth Omahn. B Must Make War to Keep Trade. Greatest of Swindlers Arrested. O Pnat Week In the Socio I World. To Reach for Settlers. T Funeral of Mra. Cirant. Trolley Car in t rash. Council Rlnffs News. 10 5fw from Over town. Violence Parlour strike Is Shown. 11 The Proving of llainp Paddleford. 14 Aiiinsementn nnd Mnalc. Itt F.dltorlal. IT My Journey to Bethlehem. Packing of Christmas Boxes. IS) Hard Knocks at the Start of 1.1 fc. 10 Weekly Sporting Review. SO Mra. Grant a Model Mother. For a Wet Holiday. Zt Railroads Watch Ticket Scalpers. Christmas Mnlrn1 Programs. F.ngllh Selects Hla Deputies. 23 In the Domain of Women. SW Story, "Seven Secrets." 26 Rnchclor Girl In New York. Little Known Men of Cienlua. Iore of Rare Coins. 27 Markets and Financial. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Hear. Ilnnr. Deg. B a. ni as 1 p. m T 6 a. m :iH ii p. m. . . . . 7 7 a. m RS a p. m...... .IT a. in att 4 p. m an a. m as 9 p. in at 10 a. ra .'17 t p. m a I 11 a. m a7 7 p. m 8:1 12 m 37 TRAIN SMASH KILLS FIFTEEN California Flyers Collide, Injuring Many and Slaying Some. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. A telephone message from Byron Hot Springs ssys a rear-end collision occurred there tonight In which twenty-seven people were killed and Injured. About fifteen were killed. The Stockton Flyer ran Into the "Owl" train Which left this city at 4:30 this after noon for Los Angeles. Most of the in jured were passengers on the "Owl." Twenty-seven injured were taken to Byron 8prlrgs. A report at midnight states that ten per sons were killed. Of these one has been Identified as Clar ence Oluff of Fr.enno. The unidentified in clude three women, one man, one Japanese boy, one Japanese man, two Chinese and one laborer. The Owl train was stopped about a mile weat ofi Byron on account -of the engine breaking down. The brakeman was acnt half a mile down the track to flag tbe Stockton local, which was following and which left Oakland Mole half an hour after the disabled train. The engineer of the following train an swered the signals, but for some -reason not yet known he rushed his train along utterly disregarding the danger signals and crashed into the rear car of the dis abled train. STARTS PENSION SYSTEM Oregon Railroad Provides for Em ployes Serving for Twenty Years nnd Over. PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 20. Veterans in I the service of the Oregon Railroad & Nav i lgation company will receive tho compll- ments of the Christmas season from the j company In the shape of a circular notice i Inaugurating the new pension system on ) January 1. The circular Is Issued today and la dated December 25. It saya: On January 1, ISnS, the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company will establish a pension system and provide the necessary funds for the same, the benefits of which will accrje to those employes who hare been twenty years continuously In the com pany's service and who have reached an one necessitating retirement therefrom. The amount of pension to be paid any employe will depend on the length of his continuous service with the company and his average monthly salary during the last ten years thereof. WILL HONOR FOUNDERS' DAY Northwestern I'nlverslty Decide to Dedicate New nnlldlngs on Anniversary, CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Northwestern uni versity Is making great preparations to celebrate the next anniversary of founders' day on January 28. Tbe occasion will be made memorable by tbe formal dedication of the niw professional school building which haa Just been completed at a cost of over $900,000. The president of Yale will deliver the dedicatory address. BRYAN IS ON BUSINESS . Says He Haa No Conference with Mch icna President In Sight. OKLAHOMA, Dee. 20. William J. Bryan was here tonight, on bis way to Mexico. He atated in answer to an Inquiry that a conference with President Dial being the object of his mission was first brought to his knowlfdge by newspnpers. and that he la going on private business. Movements of Ocean Vessels, Dee. 2tO. : At New York Arrived: Cvmric. from I.I -lvernool : Mongolian. from Glasaow: Kaiser W'llhelm der (Srosse, from Bremen. bouinMmptnn ami i iiernourg; ia Havole, from Havre. Baled: Minnetonka. for Lon- don; l.ucunia. for Liverpool; Patricia, for Hamburg via Plymouth and Cherbourg;! I an-nana, for Antwerp; oorctnm, for i i"ui"kiic tufuriuuui, ciiiiuia, lur ! oiuKifiiw and IJvernool. At Yokohama-Arrived: Hong Kong ' -" ' nan v uunuimu, I for Hung Kong. At Hong Kong-Arrived: Victoria, from Tacoms via Yokohama. I At Uueenstown Arrived: I'mbrla, from I Merlon, from Hiintnn for Uverpool, and uroceeded. At Hremen Hailed York. Neckar. for New At Ijveroool Sailed : Saxonla. for New York via Mmillr. Sal'eU: Bavarian, for Halifax and St. John. At Southampton Silled: Philadelphia, for New York via Cherbourg, and passed Hurst Castle. At Pl mouth Arrived: Kron Prlna Wll helm, from New York. At Crook Haven Passed: Umbrls, from .'sw York, for Liverpool.. ROOSEVELT IS ASKED Allies Request President to Arbitrate Dif ficulties with Veneiuela. AMERICAN EXECUTIVE LOATH TO ACCEPT reels That He Would Thus Become Judge, Counsel and Constable. UNITED STATES ALSO HAS CLAIMS Mediator Might Thus Have to Adjudicate on Own Country's Case. BLOCKADE IS DEFINITELY ANNOUNCED London and Berlin Both Issaa Proc lamations Declaring Ports Closed to Navigation Pending Settle ment of Present Troubles. WASHINGTON. Dee. 20. President Roosevelt has proposed to the allied powers that the Venezuelan dispute be submitted to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal, and they have replied with a counter pro posal that President Roosevelt, himself, arbitrate the Issue. President Roosevelt does not wish to ac cept the offer, however, feeling that he would thus become at once Judge, Jury and constable and would be under the moral obligation to execute his own Judgment; and still, rather than see the dispute pro ceed to extremes, it is probable he will reluctantly consent. It Is believed that any derision he might render would be sure to bring upon him the enmity of one or other of the parties to the controversy, but to prevent blood-, shed, destruction of property snd Interfer ence with great commercial Interests, it la believed he will rest this providing his suggestion anent The Hague court Is re fused. Howes Will Sign Protocol. If an agreement Is reached Mr. Bowen, representing Venezuela as a plenipoten tiary, would sign, with the representatives of the allies, a protocol rtatlng that the case Is to be submitted to arbitration; that Venezuela admits the right of diplomatic Intervention on behalf of . a claimant, a principal tt has always resisted, and that the details of the arbitration shall be ar ranged In a formal treaty which It pledges Itself to sign. This treaty will provide In the greatest details for tho security of for eign interests against vexatious snd ex tortionate Interference on the part of the Venezuelan government hereafter and will Insure the administration of exact Justice in the settlement of claims and specifically relieve foreign residents of Venezuela from forced loans and persecution during revo lutions. It Is believed to be a safe prediction that Mr. Roosevelt will renew his sugges tion that the case be submit tel to The Haguo tribunal, adding to the arguments he has already adduced that tbe United Statea, having claims of Ita own to the r amount ef about $100,000 la a party In Inter est, and It would be unfair to put Mm tn the position of arbitrating his own claim. The powers, on tho other Land, claim that President Castro would feel lightly bound by any decision rendered from The Hague, but would be certain to heed a Judgment delivered by President Roose velt. It Is said at the State department that no matter how these two proposi tions are disposed of there will be no backward step, and that an agreement of some kind which will bring about a peace able settlement of the Venezuelan trouble will result from the present negotiations. Of course it President Roosevelt should accept the charge it Is understood that the actual burden of arbitrating the claims would not be undertaken by him personally, but probably would, aa la cus tomary, in such esses, confided to one of the trained secretaries of the department. Rlnekaile Is Proclaimed. LONDON, Dec. ?0.--The official proclama tion of the blockade of Venezuela ports was gazetted this morning and becomes effective today. The text of the proclamation Is aa follows: FOREIGN OFFICE. Dec. 20-It is hereby notified that as the Unlte1 States of Ven ezuela have failed to comply with the de mands of his malesty's government, a blockade by his malesty's naval forces of the ports of La Oimyra, Carenero. Quanta, Cumana and Carjpann and the mouths of the Orinoco is declared, and such blockade will be effectively maintained from and after the 3'th of Decemher. subject to the allowance of following days of grace: For vessels salllre' before the date of this notification from West Indian ports and ports or- the east coasrt of the continent of America, ten days for steamers and twenty davs for snlllng vessels. From all other ports, twenty days for steamers and forty doys for sailing vesaele. For vessels lying In the ports now de clared to he i-locWaded. fifteen days. Vessels which attempt to run the block ade will render themselvea liable to all measures authorised by the law of nstlons and by the respective treaties between his maiesty and the different neutral powers. The Foreign office says tbe blockade ef the Venezuelan coast will not be relaxed until the powera enforcing their clalma agree on a method for the arbitration of their respective cases and Veqezuela ahows a disposition to act sincerely. Stress la laid on the difficulty In view of the diversity of the claims In deciding en a method of presentation and on the nego tiations which will be Involved before a settlement la In sight. It Is not definitely decided whether sep arate rases can be embodied in one docu ment, should tbe projected arbitration take definite ahape. It aeema that the proposal to aubmlt to President Roosevelt's arbitration ema nated from the Oerman government. The Pnrlirn nfflre here iivi It has fhe itrAnt. ! est reasons for believing that be will de- cljne to act aa arbitrator. Allies Control Orinoco. (Copyright, 1902. by Press Puhllehlng Co.) CARACAS. Dec. 20. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The Ori noco river continues in the possession of the combined European fleets. Two French gunboats reached La Guayra today, but one of these, Tronde. left later fur Wlllem atad, Curacao. A notification that the blockade of Ve nezuelan porta by the allied powera would he made effective todar was transmitted to i the Venezuelan government this morning by the British consul at La Guayra, and the rate of exchange Immediately Jumped five points.' Tbe people here are ettll Ignorant of tho answer to tbe offer of arbitration, and the government, which is in possession of the reply, is puzzled by the wording, and, more over, cannot understand why. If Germany and Great Britain have accepted, thj blockade should be made effective the aauo day that their acceptance Is announced. Madame von I'ilgrtm-Ualtazzl left for I A Guayra today to rejoin her buaband. She Continued on Second Page.) t