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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',.
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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.