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The Omaha Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 1J, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINU, MAHCII 10, 1903. MINULE COPY TIlllEE C.'KKTS. WRIGHT IS ARRESTED Haw York Detectfvet Capture. AbKooding Loidoi Corn-iny Pt.moter. PRISONER SAYS HE FEARS KING EDWARD Miket No Beritanc, Going Quietly to Court and Ludlow Jail CALLS OFFENCES CHARGED MERE BUSINESS Surprised th-t Parl.ament Had Not Settled Eh Affair YOUTHFUL NIECE ACCOMPANIES SUSPECT Kftpn Closely Cabla on Vre from Havre, Sarins s"he Intends Visiting- Friends la the Vnltesl states. NEW YORK, March 16.J. P. Whlttaker Wright, the London company promoter, a ho la accused of colossal frauds In con nectlon with the organization of vartoua financial corpora) Ions, wtt arrested today on the arrival of the French line steamer La Lorralre from Havre. The arreat was made by two central office detectives at the request of the London police. Wright waa taken to pollen headquarters and latif to the Tombs police court, where he waa arraigned before a magistrate and turned over to the United Stale authori ties. . HO was then taken to the Ludlow Street Jail. Traveling with Wright was a tall, good looking young woman who said ahe waa his niece. Her name appeared on the pas tenger list as Miss F. Browne. Fears Kin at Edward. When told he was under arrest, Wright showed no excitement, but said he waa a friend of King Edward. I1U principal con cern was to avoid publicity and he asked that hla arrest be kept from the newspa per. Wright and hla companion were 'entered on the original passenger list as M. An dreon) and Mile. Audreonl, but aoon after leaving Havre ho told the purser that a mistake had been made in making the tlck eta out In the name of Andreoni. His name, accordingly, waa changed and appeared on the additional list as Mr. J. W. Wright, and that of the woman as Mlsa F. Browne. Wright la thus described In the cable message from the London police: Absconder charged on warrant with fraud to a large amount, Whlttsker Wrigh'., manager of London Globe Finance corpora tion of this city. Age, 60; height, S feet 10 3r 11 Inches; completion. flnrlJ; hair and mustache, dark; large head, small eyes, receding forehead, smnll chin, with fleshy roll beneath; stdut . build and weighing about 2bi pounds; wears gold-rlmmej .glasses, With gold chain attached; speaks with a alight Amprlcan accent. Please ar rest If possible and wire commissioner of police, London. This description did not fit the man as to details. It waa a good general descrip tion, however. ' Mere Matter of Baatsfesa. Wright' and--th -young woman occupied Ions of the finest deck suites on the ahlp. Wright was sitting at a desk In hla cabin when found by the detectives. When ad dressed by name he at once admitted hla Identity and on being told that he waa under arrest at the request of the London police, said: That waa a business transaction. I un derstood that the matter was all settled In i'srl'.ament. This m a surprise to me. I am willing to to with you. All I want la to get away from here with aa little noise ai poMKibie. uon t let tne newspapers Know anything about this. They then went on deck and the woman. Mlas Browne, waa told quietly by Wright ot hla arreat. With an officer on each side of him he was escorted down the gang way and taken to. court, where detectives explained the arrest In a few words. Two United 8tates marshals appeared with a warrant tor Wright's arrest charging him with being a fugitive from Justice. Wright waa not called upon to say anything, and In a few minutes he waa formally turned over to the custody of the marshals, who took him to the Ludlow street jail. Miss Browne, who waa left on the pier, remained to look after the baggage. She la a rather tall, slender' person, dressed in dark blue and waa wearing a rather broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat, draped with a flimsy light blue veil. She de cllned to make any statement beyond that ahe bad come over to visit friends. Aft-r her ' baggage had been examined she left In a cab, Instructing the driver to go to an uptown hotel. . Nothing was known on La Lorraine as to the identity of the pair. They made no friends, and Wright appeared In public hut little. La Lorraine left Havre about 5 p. m. on March 7. Wright and bis companion came town to Havre on the train tLat after noon. They wont at once to their cabins. During the trip across Mlsa Browne did not appear on deck until the vessel was one day from port. Wright spent most of hie time In his suite. WrttfBtt Threatens His Persecutors, Mr.Wrlght in the course ot a long con versation with a reporter aald tonight: 1 canViot oxpresa to you my amazement at my arrtst. It Is an outrage ami those hi are responsible fur It will t made to suffe.' to the lull extent of the u.m. The ent'.re charge nt ii Is loihnl.ul and In this country b one would ever think of making It. If I hid believed It possible that such a. charge t.iuld be maue 1 wou.it nut. Oi cure, tilve left home, but atter having devoted lit last (wo ye:irj In uBl.tlug thj official l.iVitlun of the tilole company, and the iyo offiivra hav.ng made th. statement ki Parliament wiai It was not poHtdnle to res any charge against me, t tell tree tdtake a two inunitu tr.p to British CuliAiUla tj Inspect certain minini Iiroptnies tllre; to visit Cu. Morula, wncrj have some itrreta, and to return home by way of Aiiiaila, wh.re 1 have Inter ests of vaiiou klmU. It la now m-e than two yturs since th Globe comimnAfalied. 1 hi r waa a public Inquiry more ikin a year ago, afier wh.cli It was declaredthai my hands were c.etu of sny crime o Intent to do wrong, and that nolh ng buWrrors or Judgment couid be advance! agAnnt either myself or th-j other directors ulihe company. The men aoelWrd with me were above suspicion. Amongirie director, bevlde my self, were the lawi,urd DuiTerln, forme.-! governor general f Canada: Lord iAich. former high comma-Winer In South Africa; Lord Kuward l'Oimm-Olint on. Gere al Bomervet t'alihorp Vd Kobert E. Leman They would naturaly have nothing to do with a company thetKaa not aa free troin taint of suapli lon as fceir own names, an.l there never was an reason lor any of them to be ahmni.,f their connection with me. They lust a Veat deal of money, as we all did, but thai. the risk one has to take In such bnslnt-A affairs. They as well as myself, are J Ik, Kent of fraud ai the otlicHl iirowecutors o the crown. In making the trip 1 nV, toon my health Into consideration, thiols, g journey of several months would ryore me to th vigor of a L'.mi-le ot y li ago. I have naturally been worrying ;Wreat deal over my affairs and have dnnei gieit oral of bard work lu my efforts t.k,.ut In clear. Ing up th tangled ct.nd!tli f ,h. oib, and other iomiat(lea. I amy,r fro.n rein j uioaeii-down, but 1 regret tut it will no ICoaUnusd on Beconls.Se.) IRISH NOT TOO SANGUINE Ile'lete ;-rrnnient Men ' Offer t'onrlllntln bat Are',. 4 for Freeh Dlsappolutnik. ''A LONDON, March 15. Several Irish m bers of Parliament addressed demonstra tions at Liverpool. Manchester, Birming ham and Dundee tonight on the better pros pects of an Irish land settlement. John Redmond, speaking at Liverpool, said the government's Irish land purchase bill ottered a great hope of a settlement. The policy of coercion had changed to a policy of conciliation, but in view of past disappolntrntnta the Irish party was not too sanguine. If It waa worth while to spend millions of pounds on the acquisi tion of two Dutch republics, It was much more Important to spend a few hundred thousands In conciliating Ireland. William Redmond, at Manchester, de clared that the landlords had surrendered to the nationalist party. PROVE FRENCH DUELS SAFE Klgnt Parisians Flht with Swords While Famous Clubmen Cheer . Them On. PARIS, March 15. A novel encounter was fought this afternoon In a private enclosure between eight men armed with duelling swords without buttons. The conditions were the same aa prevail in actual duels and four of the combatants were wounded. Nearly 15 persons, among tbera being Santos-Dumont, Maxlme Dreyfus, Robert Charvey and other well known Parisian club men, witnessed the fight. The police attempted to interfere, but the commissary of police waa induced to believe that the affair waa an ordinary fencing match with buttoned foils and withdrew. The organ izers of the encounter declare that the obect was to demonstrate the harmlessness of duels aa they are generally fought. CASTRO RE-TAKES REBEL TOWN Venezuelan Cash Awaits Arrival ot Uermam Minister In Cnraeas. CARACAS, March 15. A body of govern ment troops was Bent from Margarita Island on March 13 to attack the revolu tionists at Carupano, which, during the blockade, waa taken by them. After three hours' fighting the government forces re occupied the town, recapturing the guna and Mausers and took sixty-thren prison ers, thirty-nine of whom were wounded. Cash for the first payment due to Ger many, under the Washington agreement, waa deposited In a safe at the treasury to day and will be paid on the order of the German minister. Herr von pelldramm, who Is expected here on Tuesday. STALLED TRAINS MAY MOVE Great Efforts Ordered to 1,1ft Month Loos Blockade In Jifw foandland. BT. JOHNS. N. F., March 15. A working train with a crew of sixty men waa dis patched tonight to. attempt to clear 'the railway line across the country, cut out the train which baa been snowbound for thirty days. ' The work train previously operattnr In the interior waa derailed some time ago and has aince been helpless in the midst of the anewdrifts. Protects Berlin Mortals. BERLIN, March 15. The theatrical cen sor recently refused to permit Paul Heyse'a play, "Mary ot Magdala," to bo produced in Berlin, whereupon the Ooethe Bund, with Sudermann. Ludwlg Fulda and Prof. Mommaen as leaders, decided to pro duce It In private before an invited audi ence. Sudermann. ' however, haa juat pub lished a letter from the police president forbidding the private production of tho play. Italy Will Kxhlhlt at Fair. ROME. March 15. The minister of for eign affairs has finally notified Ambassador Meyer that Italy haa decided to officially participate in the St. Louis expcsltion, ap propriating $100,000 to that purpose. A bill providing tor this appropriation will be presented to Parliament about Easter. A warship will be used to transport part of the Italian exhibits. - Klngr Receives Chamberlain. LONDON, March 15. King Edward this afternoon received Mr. Chamberlain at Buckingham palace, and talked with him on hla (our in South Africa. SPINNERS DECIDE TO STRIKE Demand Ten' Per Cent Increase for 91a Thousand Rhode Island Una da. PAWTUCKET. R. I.. March 15. The Rhole Island Spinners' association at Its branch at Woonsocket this afternoon de cided by a unanlmoua vote to call a strike tomorrow In the four mills of the Man vllle company, three of which are In Woon socket and one In Manvllle, R. I. The spinners ask for an Increase of 10 per cent, but the general secretary, James Cllffe of the Rhode Island Mule Spinners' association, atatea that there are other grievances which extend back for aome time. The Manvllle company la capitalized at J6,0ti0.000 and employs (.000 hands. SOUTHERN TRAIN DERAILED Traiup Dies In Wreck and Three of the Passeunere Are Injured. CHARLESTON. 8. C, March 15. The Southern train No. 4. due at Camden at 11 SO a. m.. waa wrecked eight miles from that point today. The front trucks under the baggage car Jumped the main track and threw the train onto a sidetrack, all the cara being de railed except the Pullman, which had one set of wheela off. An unidentified tramp waa instantly killed and Jamea Reed, a colored paaaenger, had a leg broken. Lewis Cleyburn and Mrs. M. E. Taylor escaped with slight injuries. ' INSANE LOVERSLAYS GIRL Fires Fear Effective Shots at Disdain, fal Sweetheart on Her Way to Chnrrh. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. March 15. Miss Julia Tooinbee, aged J3. waa ahot by Wil liam Stevens Morae today, a rejected lover, who durlDg the paat three months haa been twice la an inaane asylum. Morse fired four rliots at her while ahe waa on ber way U cuurth and every shot took effect. READY FOR A WAR IN CHINA Bea-on for the Present Concentration of Troops in Philippine. "rAK IS 'CONSIDERED INEVITABLE V ) Detei ..nation of F.uropean Powers to Partition the Celestial Empire Believed to Be at Bottom of Present Aarltatlon. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 15 (Special.) There Is a quiet but steady concentration of troops In the Philippine Islands which the general public knows nothing of. This concentration of troops Is one of the settled policies o this government that the United States must not be caught asleep when what Is now regarded as in evitable, a terrible war In China, la In augurated for the partition of the flowery kingdom. So quietly is the War depart ment moving In the matter that the people of San Francisco and Seattle have come to look upon the returning and the departing soldiers as a matter of change of base. While '10,000 troops are on their home ward way, having served the appointed per iod In the tropics, there are going out to take their places 14,000 men, and It is in this proportion that the government of the Vnited States la strengthening Its po sition In the Pacific seas. Among thoso who have watched the trend of affairs in the last few months, and who have been stu dents of the Chinese situation, there is but one opinion, that revolt is in the air In China and that those who are abetting the movement against the 'present Chinese dy nasty are actuated largely not for pur posea of personal aggrandizement but to carry out pledges made to European pow ers. . Imperative orders have been Issued by the Navy department to puh the build ing of the battleships now on the slocks at navy yards throughout the country. The marines are strengthening 'their arm of the service, while the United States reg ulars who have not seen foreign service are on the qui vlve to embark for tho orient because they realize that something will be doing ahortly In the country of the dragon. There Is repressed activity everywhere and the government of the United States Is determined to see to It that American Interests are protectod when the clash of arma comes. Canal Treaty Proanecta. As It looks now. the Panama canal treaty will be ratified next Tuesday, an agree ment having been reached to vote on amendments on Monday and take a direct vote on the ratification of the treaty on Tuesday. From those in a position to know It Is learned that very few amend ments will be attached to the treaty, and should any of the amendmenta" be adopted they will be adopted for the purpose of strengthening the treaty and making It much moro effective than it ia in its pres ent form. Senator Morgan, who haa per sistently fought its ratification, has been placated by permission being given him to print his remarks in the .Record.. He baa all along said that hl continued, opposi tion to . 'he treaty was. not In the nature of a filibuster against Ihp measure, but he desires that the country should, know the reasons why he la opposed to the Panama route. Just aa soon aa the .senate ratifies he treaty It will be sent to the countries interested for their approval, the exchange of treaties probably extending into tho late summer. After the treaties have been offi cially exchanged the Treasury department will make the preliminary cash payment of $50,000,000, J40.000.000 of which 111 go to the French Panama Canal company, with headquarters In Paris, ant J10.000.000 to the government of Colombia. There has been somr talk among financiers that the wlthdrav.al of this enormous sum of money from the treasury might cause a financial panic, but at the Treasury department the reverse of a panic, it ia said, will be the result, for It will put in circulation through the purchase of exchangi on Europe nearly this enormous sum. Before the time comes for making tbe paymeut the secretary of the treasury will have Informed the Amer ican banks, through which the transaction la to be made, sufficiently in advance for them to purchase the valuable exchange on Europe. . When thia has been accom plished Secretary Shaw will pay tbe banks with gold now In the treasury and thus throw $50,000,000 into circulation In this country. Payment la France. The purchasers of American grain In Eu rope will pay the French Canal company; the books will be balanced and the trans action closed. Even if no exchange can bo purchased bo far as Colombia la con cerned, it Is clear that the loss jgt $10,000, 000 to this country will . be .overbalanced by the additional circulation gained In the payment In this manner to the rench company. Predictions have been made In connection with the Panama project that there will not be enough gold In the treas ury to make the payment and renin the uaual working balance of JGO.000,000, but this prediction la aald by the treasury peo ple not to be well founded. In the first place, the government now haa to Its credit $311,161,634. Of this $150,277,778 la on de posit in national banka, while the re mainder la held In various funds In the treasury. There la no law requiring the $50,000,000 working balance and no reason why It ahould be maintained when the gold assets of the government re si large. When the cuatom of maintaining :hii work ing balance was established It waa done on the theory that the government should always have at least $60,000,000 with which to do the business of the country. When It has over $300,000,000 officials feel that there Is no' need of apprehension about de pleting the Item known aa the "available caah balance" below the $50,000,000 mark. Ths balance at the present time is about $75,000,000 and by the time the canal pay ment Is due It li confidently expected It will be much larger and that the payment of $50,000,000 will hardly be felt by the treasury in view of the stupendous possi bilities which present themselves to the American people. Break Ip Indian Reserves. Senator Stewart ot Nevada, who la chair men of the committee on Indian affairs, ia an avowed aivocate of the policy of break ing up every Indian reservation In the country. Among the first movements slong this line to be inaugurated by the senator In the policy which he haa laid out for hla committee Is one which proposes the aboil tlon ot tbe Indian reservations in New York state and tbe distribution of tbe lands held by the Indiana there In sev eralty. With this end in view the senator will take several members of the committee on Indian affairs to the New York reserva tions some time this summer, so that each of them may have a personal knowledge of conditions which exist. "Right In the heart ot the civilised portion of thia continent," aald Senator Stewart, "there exiat several (Continued on Fifth Pago.) PAY TO CONFER BENEFITS Doctors, Patients ond Business Men Are Dured by atransre Med ical Alliance, INDIANAPOLIS. March 15. J. C. Wilson and H. O. Bamws,. who csroe here last summer, claiming to bo agents of the "Med ical Alliance of America,'' have not been seen for six weeks. ant aome seventy-fire phyaiclana and 100 others believe they have been duped. . 1 f Wilson Incorporated the concern, and then explained the schotne to many physi cian. The doctora were to pay an Initia tion fee of $10 and $1 a year dues and fur nish a Hat of their patrons to the "alli ance." The agents then went among th patrons, and Induced many of them to he come "members" of the alliance by paying an Initiation fee of $1 and weekly pay ments of 15 cents In return the patrons were to receive free medical attention. The merchants were next visited and In duced to become members on the payment of $2, upon their agreement to allow the patrons of the alliance a discount of 6 per cent on articles furnished. The medical alliance also Issued policies for the pay ment of death benefits. About $6,000 was secured here by the two men. The home office of the "Medical Alli ance of America" In Montreal haa prom ised to make an Investigation. SEWARD WLBB ILL AT 'FRISCO Strives to Keep Presence Secret and Orders Private Doctor Not to Talk, SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. Dr. Sew ard Webb of Now York, who, with a party of friends, reached southern Califor nia from the east several doys ago, haa arrived unexpectedly In San Francisco, and is now in seclusion in his apartments at the Palace hotel. Dr. Webb is ill, a fact which his phy sicians have tried to conceal. Just as they tried to conceal the fact of his presence In San Francisco. Accompanying tbe doctor was Dr.'Brlg ham, hla own physician. Dr. Webb was removed from his private car to a cah In an Invalid's , chair, but when he reached the Palace hotel he waa able to get out of the- conveyance with the assistance of his physicians and an attend ant. As ho made his way to his rorm ho limped noticeably and had to bo supported. Later it waa ascertained that He was suf fering from a -nasty attark of gout. That Dr. Webb waa anxloua to conceal the fact of hla presence from former ac quaintance here was evidenced immedi ately after bla arrival, when Dr. Brigham sent word to tbe hotel office that no notice of his presence should be given out for at least a week. COUNCIL BLUFFS WOMEN HURT Omaha Express Derailed from 8t. I.oule -Elm la r Point. ST. CHARLES. Mo" March 16. The Omaha through exyeas e 4hs Wabash waa wrecked, at Elm Point, roll's west of here, today, and nine, people were Injured. All will recover. The lnjdred: Mrs. J. E. F. McGee, Council Bluffs, Ia. Mrs. Ella Cox, Council Bluffs, Ia. Mrs. J. F. Bennett, Memphis, Tenn.- Mra. W. H. Smith. Klrkvllle, Mo. D. Truehoft. Dee Molnel, Ia. W. M. Prlckett, Mercer, Mo. James Canantsy, St. Louis. . J. L. Holbrook, St. Louli. - W. C. Seeger, St. Louis. The train was behind time and running fifty-five miles an hour when the entire train excepting the engine and express car left the "track. The five ditched coachea were badly wrecked. The injured were taken to St. Louis. BRONZE LION DECAPITATED Princeton Students Mutilate I nlTer .alty Treasures Guarding; Nassau Hall. PRINCETON, N. J., March 15. One of the big bronze lions which guard tbe en trance of the historic Nassau ball waa so j badly fllsf gured last night by a crowd of young alumni and upper classmen that it cannot be satisfactorily repaired. The contingent of students and gradu ates gathered together on the stepa at a late hour to sing their class songs and engage In a little celebration. During tho jollification one of tbe big Hons waa be headed and otherwise mutilated, the frag ments being gathered up by the university proctor this morning. The lions were presented to the univer sity by the class of 1879, ot which Presi dent WIIbou Is a member. Another act ot vandalism was committed on the new gymnasium last night, the damage being estimated at $200. CUTS THROAT IN BATHROOM Veteran Michigan Central Bsggsgc master Kills Self at Detroit Home. DETROIT. March ir. Frederick Walling ton. for thirty-five ?ea'a chief baggage master of the Michigan Central In -.his city, cut his throat In the bathroom ot his residence on Abbott street today and died several hours later at Harper hospital. He had been ill for several months and was partially demented. Mr. Wellington has been In the employ of the Michigan Central for fifty years. Before becoming baggage master here ho ! was a brakeman and then a conductor. SECOND TRIAL FREES BOY Montana Youngster Escapes Gallows tor Killing; Ranching; Father'a Enemy. GLASGOW. Mont., March 15. John Hay field, 16 yeara old, was acquitted today on his second trial of killing William Palmer. The jury disagreed at the former trial. There had been a difference between Hayfleld's father and Palmer, who were neighboring ranchmen. During an alterca tion between the two young Hayfleld, Who waa hunting, was said to have taken a hot at Palmer, killing him Instantly. DOCTORS TOO EXPENSIVE Mall Carrier Shoots Himself Warn III Health Overtakes II I m. JOLIET. 111.. Marrh 15 Henry Sehlimm. a rural mail carrier, shot himself today on account of poor health. , He said hi wages mere too small to support him and pay doctor bills. CODY ASKS FOR PROTECTION Appeals to President to Keep Sheep from Mountain Water 8hed. PRINTS TRACTS IN SCORES OF TONGUES American Society Reporta on Work of t arry In Gospel to People, I sins; Hundred and Fifty-Five Lanataasee. WASHINGTON, March 1.. The president has Just received the following letter from Colonel W. F. Cody: LONDON. March 8 The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington : Fur the benefit of future generations the timber, and espe cially ;he unnerurusn, must be protected how belore it Is too late Irom thj she.p devastating the mountain watersheds, as they have already done the valleys and table land. It cheep are allowed to orows on the unilerhruch of our mountains In less than rive years Hum now the homese.'ker. the man behind the plow, the actual tax payer, will have to leave the Ulg ll.irn Dasln foi- want of water to irrigate his land. No one knows this better than your se.t, for you ate familiar with all the west. W. F. CODY. Printed Books Preach Gospel. The annual meeting of the American Tract society was held this evening In the Metropolitan Presbyterian church, Mr. Jus tice Brewer of the United Statea supremo court presiding. The Rev. Judson Swift, field secretary, gave a brief report, and General' O. O. Howard delivered an earn est and eloquent address. The report said tbe society waa organ ized seventy-eight years ago "to diffuse a knowledge of Christ as the Redeemer of sinners" by means of the printed page. During tho year publlcallona have ben Issued in English. German. Italian, Bohe mian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish, Renga leae, Bulu, Fang and Marshall Island and the number of distinct publ. cations reach nearly 9.000, of which over 2,000 are vol umes. The whole number of tracts and periodicals reaches nearly 800,000,000, which dcea not include tho millions of tracts and volumea it-sued at missionary stations in foreign lands. The number of periodicals printed and distributed in the past twelve months aggregatea 1,760,000, and the num ber of languages or dialects used Is 155. Seven hundred and thirty-nine thousand immigrants arrived in the United States during 1902. and the tract society is fur nishing colporteure to labor among them In their homes and places of employment, distributing Christian literature In the lan guage or dialect which they speak. The evangelizing of these people, the report saya, is a work of national importance. The total distribution of Christian lit erature In the Spanish language for tho year aggregates 2,000,000 pages, the greater part of which ha been sent to the uilsslon stations in the iolands. Thia includes the publication ot a Sunday school paper In Spaniah, the first of Its kind ever Issued. Good work also haa been done In the 'army and navy. By meana of colporteur wagons Chris tian literature la placed, in the Mormon home for the expreea purpose of reach ing the children and youth. In the for eign field grants of cash have been made through Uveal tract os- publishing societies, to aid in providing a native Christian lit erature at the mission stations In Europe, Africa, Aala and the Islands of the sea. The demand for Christian literature In tho mission stations throughout the world la greater than It has been for three quar ters of a century. The call for the so ciety's publications and for additional col porteurs Is ever Increasing and pressing, and an earnest appeal Ic made for funds. Kew Industry for Islands. The bureau of Insular t flairs of !he War department haa re-eived from the Philip pine bureau of agriculture a bulletin on Cacao culture in iho. Philippine Islands. The bulletin says: The cacao grown in -.he Philippines Is of such excellent iiuallty .hat '.here la keen rivalry among buyers to procure It at an advance of quite 6u per cent over the com mon grades of the Java bean, no. with standing the failure on the part of the local grower to "process" or cure the product In anv way. In parts of Mindanao and Negros, dcspltj ill-treatment and no treatment, the plant cxhlblta a luxuriance of growth and wealth of productiveness that demonstrates its entire fitness to be considered a valuable crop in thoae regions.' Recent statistics place the world s de mand for cacao at 2no,0uo.ono pounds, valued at more than $30,uMUWO gold. 1 neremre mt-i-ir in i,,v,c """rl. u, " production ard consequent low prices for many years to come. So far as known th areas which cacao prospers In in the great equatorial zone ar small. Cucao Is culti vated nearly everywhere In the archipelago, ll Is grown In several provinces In Luzon, in Mindanao, Jolo, Basllan, Panay, Ne gros, L'ebu, Bihol and Masbate and I s presence can be reasonably predlcteJ upon all the larger islands anywhere under an elevation of 1,0(10 or possibly ,2u0 metres. AMES STARTS HOME AGAIN Fugitive Mayor Leaves to Face Trial on Minneapolis Bribery Charges. BOSTON. March 15. Accompanied by his wife and Sheriffs Dreger of Minneapolis and Doane ot Manchester, N. H., former Mayor Ames or Minneapolis left here today for the west to face tbe Indictments for bribery. A little crowd ot friends gathered at the South terminal to see him off and to them his last words were: "Don't worry about me. I shall prove that I am not so black aa they have painted me, and better atlll, I shall then get well." BRITISH INDIANS WOULD TREK Desire to Leave Canada and Kettle on 'Land Bought la lolled States. . GUTHRIE. Okl., March 15 Silas Smith and Henry Captain, chief of the Seneca Indiana, have spent the last week at Paw hu3ka, Okl., the capital ot tbe Osage In dian nation, discussing with Governor Big. heart of tbe Osagea plaus for the purchase of Osage lands by a tribe of Seneca In dians, 1,500 in number, now residing on a reservation In Canada. The Indiana on the Canadian reservation desire, It is stated, to come to the south west and be near their brothers In this country. The Senecas here number only $50 aa far aa known. WISH ANTHONY FOR MAYOR Leavenworth Republicans Nominate Mephew ef Women's SuflTra. gist Champion. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., March 15. D. R. Anthony, Jr., business manager of the Leavenworth Times sod a nephew of Miss Susan B: Anthony, has beon nominated for mayor by acclamation by the republican city conventlop. CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Monday and Tuesday. Temperature at Omaha. Yesterday! Hour. Dec. Honr. Ilea. S a. m Ha 1 p. m HT Ha. m , . , . . .'l.t U p. in , , , , A T a. m ...... H.I S p. ni H a. m ...... aa 4 p. m ...... 4 O n. ni ...... 914 5 p. m 4!i 1 a. in 8ft U p. m 4'J II a. ni atl 7 p. m 4.1 III m Stl H v. m ...... 42 O p. ni 41 ARMY OFFICERS GUESSING Order to Detchemendy to Reappear Before Kxamlnlna Roaril May - Mean a Mild Sensation. Captain Detchemendy, late of the Twenty-second infantry, who upon his own ap plication was retired shortly after the regi ment returned, for physical disability ac quired In the service In the Philippines, has been ordered before Major General, Young, president' of the retiring board, for examination as to his physical condition. Behind this order, which was published last week, there may be something sen sational, in the opinion of army officers. Nothing Is known by those who will talk of tho matter aa to the circumstrnces sur rounding the retirement which would lend the government to believe that the condi tion of the officer waa not aa represented by Mm at tbe time his resignation for the stated reason waa accepted, but the fact that he haa been ordered for further examination causes his acquaintances to wonder what the next step will be in his case. The procedure Is said to be very unusual, as, once on the retired list, offi cers are very seldom required to show that they have a right to be there. It Is reported In army circles that Colonel Forrest H. Hathaway, another officer well known In Omaha, It to go on the vet 1 red list as brigadier general, with the appoint ment of Colonel Humphreys as brigadier general and quartermaster general of tho army. Colonel Hathaway was chief quar termaster of the Department of the Mis souri during two years aftr the close ot the Spanish war. When ordered from Omaha to the Philippines be was in auch poor physical condition that a board was appointed to determine his fitness for ser vice in a tropical country. Tbe board sat at San Francisco and the departure of (he colonel waa delayed two weeks while they passed upon his ease. It was-decided that he would be able to serve, but he had been on the Islands but a short time when ho was sent to the general hospital, which he quit only to return to the Inited Statea. He then went on leave, which he spent In Omaha and at the conclusion of auch period he went to tbo Department of Co lumbia as chief quartermaster. He served In the civil war and his health has been seriously affected by his service in Cuba and the Philippines. Colonel E. J. McClernand, a member of the general committee of tho Society ot the Army of Santiagq de Cuba, ia making preparations for the celebration ot the fifth anniversary of tho surrender of the ctty of Santiago, which will be observed July 10. Captain C. B, Humphrey, who waa ap pointed as captain from first lieutenant ot the- BirveBtaaaths iafaatry, has been assigned to Jhe Twenty-second Infantry and will command Company H, stationed at fort Crook. ' Captain Burkley Enochs, formerly sta tioned at Fort Niobrara as first lieuten ant of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, baa been assigned to the Nlnteenth infantry and will join that regiment upon tbe expiration of hla present leave. TAX ON INSURANCE BUSINESS C'ompanlea Will Froteet Against Hill to Tax Their Gross Receipts. Agents if Nebraska Insurance companies are preparing a statement to the legislature as to the effect of the proposed t.'x upon the gross earnings of the companies. It will be claimed that the tax will have the effect of increasing tbe cost of Insurance, as the agents claim that the companies will be required to pay a tax upon money which they io not' possess, aa much of It will be paid out In commissions, and In many casea the losses will more than equal the premium! received. It Is aald by some, of the agents that certain companies are taking stepa to ad vance the rates In Nebraska anyway, and that thia bill will have a tendency to bring the Western Insurance union rates up to a higher point. They claim that some of the largest houses In Omaha and South Omaha, including packing bouses and de partment stores, will Join the Insurance companies In asking the legislature to let the revenue law upon insurance- companies remain aa It is. It is estimated that un der the proposed law the increase in the tax upon Insurance companies In Omaha alone would be about 11,000, while It would be proportionately less in the stste. SOLDIERS MENACE NEGRO Threaten to Lynch Colored Man Who Staba Trooper la Texas. BRACKETTSVILLE, Tex., March 15. Private William Bayne of Troop H, Twelfth cavalry, was dangerously stabbed by a negro boy last night. Paul Doe was ar rested and 160 soldiers gathered about the Jail with picks and crowbars to take blm out and lynch him. Major Kendall of Fort Clark, learning of the trouble, went with a strong guard and dispersed the soldiers. Military guards are kept about the Jail and are patrolling the streets to prevent trouble. PREPARE F0R ROOSEVELT ew Mexico Towns Propose to Give President Rosilsg Reception In May. SANTA FE. N. M., March 15. Word was received today by Major W. H. H. Llewel lyn, and. It la understood, also by dov- V. CJ.lan U .. 1 . ,1. crnor wicru turn i u i itunnr i l will v.- . .,. B on .he mnrnln. f ' . .. . ... ... ' ane, in 'H ..uu. nis way i Extensive preparation are being made I to make the president's reception a not able one. Movements of Ocean Vessels Marrh 15. At New Tork Arrived Calabria, from Marseilka, leghorn and Naples, m r ralne, from Havre; I'atrla, frmn Mantel:) - and Naples: l hoenieta, from Oenua. a lermo and Navies: Bt. Paul, from' South ampton and Cherbourg. At Naples Arrived -New England. lr'n Boston, la Azure, Gibraltar and Genoa, for Alexandria At Liverpool Arrived Campania, from fiew York, via Queenaiown. At yueenstown Balled Eirurla, from Liverpool, for New York. PLAYS FOR VANTAGE Friends of fievenue Re.orra Watching tc Tack on Loom is Amendment OPPONENTS ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT Tight Vfeani Full Attendance in the House at Present MUCH WORK AND LITTLE TIME REMAINS Pure Food Bill and Appropriation Fellow the Revenue Bill. LAWYERS 0ISCUSS BARTLEY PARDON I ti vcat last In loiumltteCs Hate n 4 hance to Get Dons to Wurl. Durlna; the Present Week. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 15. (Special. )-Full at tendance may be looked for in the house throughout this week. The fight on the section of the revenue bill dealing with rrilroad taxation, which resulted in a ten tative victory for the corporations Friday, when tho Thompson amendment was adopted, is not settled uud promisea to be revived. Friends of revenue revision who advocated the Caldwell amendment, which vns defeated, will be on thqlr guard and move for the substitution of ths Loomis amendment Identical In tffect with tbo Caldwell timendineut for the Thompaon, and bring the matter to a vote tbe first time they think enough of the Thompson side ia absent to make possible the pas sage of the Loomis amendment. Being cognizant of this plan Ihe Thompson peoplo doubtless will be punctual and regular In their attendance. The fight In the houso last week over sections S" and 39 of the revenue Mil, dealing with the manner of assessing and taxing railroad properly, presented some grons incongruities. For .nstance, Mors man, a Douglas county member, who had been elected, above all else, to secure leg islation that would compel railroads to pay their Just share of taxes, became one ot the most uncompromising advocates ot the revenue bill nnd tho Thompson amendment, both of which have been generally recog nized as railroad measures. It ia true that. In a perfunctory manner, Morsman sup ported H. R. 344, providing for municipal taxation of railroad terminals, that Is, hj voted for It, this constituting his sole support. Rut even thia Impassive ad vocacy of H. R, Hi makes his course all the more Inconsistent. This may bo made more apparent by drawing a parallel between tho purpose ot H. R. 344 and section 03 of the revenue bill, which provides that tbe State Board of Equaliza tion shall value and assess all railroad property and that Its returns shall be taken by local assessors as the basia of tax ation. H. R. 344, aa la generally known, was based on the principle that u unlet pal tax commissioners should fix ' tboir valuations, -and, .aaampnAs,t iftilroad . terminals to th txcluslon ot those fixed by the state' board. Thus-It Will be seen bow this member straddled the proposition. ays Poor Men Ara the Shirkers. Mr. Morsman's advocacy of the revenue bill and the Thompson amendment was so radical that he was led to remark, during bis speech Friday that "I know, to my personal aatlsfactlou that for mora than ten yeara the railroads ot this state have been paying, not only their Just proportion ot taxes, but have been paying more than ; this and I also know that the small tax ! payers and not tho railroads are the ones I wno have been shirking their taxes." This from a man elected on a platform ot tax reform. As haa neen asked: "Is It any wonder H. R. 171 and It. 1. 844 were consigned to untimely graves? It should be restated that with Mois man. Shelly and Koelter of Douglas also voted against the Caldwell amendment. Another man who voted for H. R. 344 and the Thompson amendment was Sweeiy of Afiams. Sweezy even went further than Morsman and talked loudly and strongly tor H. R. 344 and then aa vigorously, in turn, supported and opposed the Caldwell amend ment. . After It disposes of the revenue bill, tbe house will take up Ihe pure food appro priation measures and bills proposing con stitutional amendments, of which there are halt a dozen. Tbe idea of grouping these latter measures Into one may prevail, aa It seems to be very popular. Everything must be done to expedite matters, for tbi time Is astonishingly short aa compared with the work to be done. The committee on Investigation of the Bartley cigar box may have a good op portunity of prosecuting Its work this week. It will not be interrupted as much as It has been with tbe revenue bill debates. The committee has a number of Important witnesses to examine, chief of whom prob ably is United Slates District Attorney W. S. Summers. Legality of Bartley Pardon. The committee appointed to Inquire Into tbe legality ot the Bartley pardon has not done anything yet, but may have tho chance thia week. Some excellent ma'erlal is at hand on which to begin operations. Prominent lawyers of the house contend aince The Beo disclosed the fact that ths bond did not tontain tbe official seal of the state and wua procured without tbo knowledge or consent of the secretary of state, that the pardon ia vitiated, not only by this irregularity, but by others which have become apparent. It Is pointed out that the requirement of the law' that be fore a pardon can be granted, uotlce of the Intention or application must appear for two wetks prior to tbo time, of pardon In a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the criminal was convicted, was not compiled with. This is said to con stitute a barrier to the legality ot the pardon. With auch facta as these available It Is evident this committee nas no need for delaying its work to look tor a basis on which to .begin. There is still another committee ot In- ' . . . ,.. ... i . . I 1""- 0rk U P"llng. This Is the I committee to investigate the official meth otlH 0, .B,.te Treaaurer Btuefer. It Is i,h, . ,.hlrman Nelson nf IVniila. Warner of Lancaster and Douglas of Rock having refuted to nerve. Evidently there Is a strong disposition to suppress this In- vestlgation. Platte Brliiues UaaiaKea. GIBBON. Neb.. March 15. (8peclal.) The Platte bridge across the south channel near I.owell is partly out and the bridge across tbe n.aln channel south of Shelton la Im passable. All bridges on tbe Olbbon line are be'.ng crossed except the Lowell chan nel, x Wood river baa subsided and fanners are coming in from the north aa w-4.
