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The Omaha ' Daily Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE in, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2fi, 1003 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. IRELAND FOR IRISH Wyndham Introduce Sweeping Land Par chase Bill in Home of Commons, FREE GRANT OF SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS Government Will Gi Buying Tenants Large Xeunr of Aid. GIGANTIC LOAN ALSO CONTEMPLATED Five Hundred Kill on Dollan to Be Bor rowed and Lent to Erin. NATIONALISTS SUSPEND JUDGMENT Bleeonnlse Fnlraea of Proposal Made, bat Wlik te Examine Details Before Tendering; Flaal Sappert ta Ministry. LONDON, March 26. The Irlib aecre tarjr. Mr. Wyndham. Introduced the gov ernment long-anticipated Irish land bill In the House of Commons today. It pro pose a free (rant of $90,000,000 (or the purpose of the bill. The keen Interest felt In this new legis lation, which. It Is hoped, will promote peace and contentment la Ireland, wae evidenced by the crowded house. Th peer'a gallery and distinguished stranger's gallery were filled, and ther baa not been such a gathering of members of parlia ment slnoa the opening of the session. Michael Davltt. the father of the land league, celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday- by re-entering the house for the first time stne he ceased to b a member. In order to hear the chief secretary for Ire land unfold his plana. Mr. Wyndbsm, who waa heartily cheered when he rose to speak, announced at the outset that the government thought cash aid waa necessary for the fulfillment of the proposed schema, but- St attached greater Importance to the credit opera tion than to the cash operation. He then unfolded the scheme which pro vides for advancea of money for the pur chase of lsnd by the tenants. The ad vance will be In the shape of caah and not of stock, but In order to enable the cash to be raised a new stock Is to be floated. Credit Mora Importaat Thaa Cask. It will be called "guaranteed z stock" and will be unredeemable for thirty years. and borrowing tenants will be charged Zhi per cent. Mr. Wyndhara doubted if $300,000,000 of the stock would be needed, though $750. 000,000 could be safely advanced on Uriah land. It will be Issued at the rate of $25,600,000 yearly for the first three yeara and afterward possibly In larger sums. In addition to this the government proposed a free grant of $60. 000,000 to be raised In addition to the stock, the Interest and sinking fund of which would be borne by the treasury, at a maxi mum annual charge which will not exceed fl.8i0.000. Against thla charge on the British treas .ory'lh Xriah. -governonent propose forth with to commence reductions la the eost of administration amounting to $1,250,000 per annum forever. ' ' Terns at Payment. Proceeding. Mr. Wyndham dealt with the points of the bill, which contains a be wildering mas of figure, showing bow ad rances would be made and the terms of re payment, but It seems In the main to be on the lines laid down by the land conference report and will be satisfactory to the land lord and tenants. In the course of his speech, which was punctuated with cheers, Mr. Wyndham said the landlords of Ireland were being ruined financially and that the tenants were being ruined morally and the taxpayers of Eng land war paying $700,000 per annum to the land commission and $7,000,000 to the I.ish police, which largely waa needed to deal with Illegalities arising from the Uni ques tion. "I It remarkable under those circum stances." asked the secretary, "if the land lords and tenanta come together?" Mr. Wyndham did not think any veiled reasons need be looked tor. Past experi ence showed the state Incurred no risk In giving such aid. From the taxpayers' view point It waa tatd that aid for the land purchase waa a safe commercial transac tion. By the aid of the state $.000 tenanta had already bought their holding and the tate had not lost a penny. Bepperted a Paolle Opinion. Public opinion supported repayment, and this waa high, moral security, beside which was the security of the land itaelf. Mr. Wyndham also said the number of anomalies which had to be dealt with ren dered the work moat embarrassing, compli cated and very difficult to present to the bouse in an Intelligible manner. The state of thing la some parte of Ireland waa such aa could scarcely be believed In England. Ha Instanced one village in which a land lord waa la the workhouse during the greater part of the year, while the tenant lived under condition worse than those of the Kaffirs of Africa. What the government proposes to do to remedy this state of af fair was. briefly, while withdrawing no ex isting righU, t contemplated that the pur chase of land In the future should proceed by the aal of estates, under three commis sioner. Michael Flnlcane, secretary to gov ernment of Bengal revenue, general and statistical department; Frederick 8. Wrench, now one of the Irish land commis sioners, and William F. Bailey, former assistant commissioner on the Irish land commission. Power at the Commissioners. The commissioners are empowered to decide what constitute an estate, which does not necesaartly mesa th entire prop erty owned by th vender, a a consid erable portion thereof may remain In his hands. The eommlaslonera may refuse to sanction the sale of poor holdings unless ther ar reasonable facilities for their enlargement, where necessary, and for adequate acceaa to turf as fueL Mr. Wyndham proceeded, aaytng that la view of th atrong recommendation of the recent land eoaferene th government bad provided that th landlords might mak their owa arrangements with the tenanta If they tallied with th policy of the present bill, which Instead of ex rat riattng the laad lords, aa atated la some quarter, would, hs hoped, enable them t remain la the country. Th government thought th period for repayment of all loans should be sixty eight and one-half yeara. These were strenuous provision against subdividing mortgagee on holdings. la conclusion. Mr. Wyndham said he waa sure th laadlorda and tenants would con tinue to act la the reasonable spirit which actuated th conference. There were tw alternatives before th country. They (CoaOaaed oa Third fgV CASTRO TAKES IT ALL BACK Deeldea t Wat Glv l p HI Job aa Fresldeat Jaat at Pre at. CARACAS, Tuesday, March 24. After reading hi special messs V congress to day General Castro wlC 'aw ' reelgn. tlon of the presidency oi President Castro's speel lal . , delivered to congress this aftert f says: N- "When I abdicated it waa with no smalt- minded calculation, (till less wss It the re sult of any sorry or ridiculous fare, which has no place In a heart warmed by the heat of great Ideal.' ' He then ay that he believed hi abdica tion waa a duty Imposed upon hira In th Interest of the peace of the republic "With my separation today." he eay, "nobody would loe and all would gain, since this would Imply that my effort and my sacrifices were always and under all circumstances at the service of th republic at It first call." After passing In review the other dlffl cuitlea In the way of the government, he ay he aaw bow hla Intention were mis represented and he was disheartened and at that moment resigned. "Notwithstanding those reasons which were weighty to my mind," he continues, "congress does not ac cept my resignation and Insists that I ahould continue, that I should not persist therein, but consider me still useful In the government. "I bow before Its desire and reaign my self to the new obligations imposed by the country, but only until the work of pacify ing the nation shall be complete and an other re-established In the public adminis tration. Remember It well, senator and deputlea, I believe my separation neces sary; you may think otherwise. I hope the future will prove you right. Accept an expression of my supreme thanks for the generous demonstration of which you have made me the object." When It was known he had not resigned a popular demonstration took place. NAVY FURNISHES A LESSON Preach Maria Minister Bay that Coaatry Shoald Follow Amer Icaa Example. PARIS. March 25. Marino Miniater Peiatln In the course of a speech In the senate today defending France' naval policy, said the United Statea furnished a lesson In naval construction which France could follow with gain. He referred to th American and Ger man navle aa being the two most pro gressive of the present time and asld their strength waa not through the maintenance of a large, unwieldy fore during times of peace, but waa due to a small force, ca pable of quick enlargement In time of war. This permitted the expenditure of large mount of money during period of peace on dock yards, coaling atatlona and new ships, instead of continuing expenditures on a costly force. The minister declared Franc should follow th same course, con centrating all her naval effort a on coa structloa. NEW ANTARCTIC RECORD MADE nwasnannwan , British Explorers Reach Polat Rearer the South Pole Thaa Aay Predecessor. , CHRIST CHURCH. N. Z., March 25. The steamer Morning, the Royal Geographical socletv'e relief ship for the Antarctic steamer Discovery, has arrived at Lyttle- ton, eight miles from here. It left Dis covery In Antarctic watera with all well on board. Discovery had been In winter quarter at Victoria Island since February, 1902. during which time records were obtained by sled Ing, and the record farthest south waa reached on sledge at latitude 80.17. This lourney waa made under trying conditions. The dogs all died and Lieutenant 8hackleton almost perished from exposure. Discovery waa fitted out under the ausplcea of the Royal Geographical society, the Royal society and the British govern ment, and left England In August, lsoi. MORE FIGHTING IN ISLAND Peace . is Rot Yet . Restored War Ship la Santo Dsmlags, SAN DOMINGO. Republic of Santo Do mingo, Tuesday, March 24. The Inhabitant of thla city were again thrown Into a itate of alarm this afternoon by the fact that further fighting I taking place at 8an Car los, near here. A commission has left San Domingo for Axua and Barahona oa the warship Inde pendence, In order to bring about surren der of those places. The warship Colon has left her for Saa Pedro de MacorU In order to compel that town to surrender. PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE Petltloa Is Forwarded Asking- for Re. aaoval of Governor of Islaad of Trlaldad. PORT OF SPAIN, Islsnd of Trinidad, March 25. The Chamber of Commerce haa adopted a resolution providing that a cab'e diapatcb be aent to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain urging the Immediate removal of the governor of thla island. Sir Cor nelius Moloney, and the principal officials. "In wh ,m the public haa entirely lost confi dence," and asking for the appointment of a royal commission of Inquiry. The populace Is quieter. The bodies of twelve of the men killed during the rioting were burled today. Government Bpllts for Socialists. COPENHAGEN. March 25. The elections to the Municipal Council of Copenhagen, held today, resulted In a defeat of the so cial tot party, which recently elected the mayor. Thla defeat la conaequeat on the defection of the government party and la likely to result In the socialists nominating aa Independent ticket at the electlona to the Folkethtng In June. Franc May Harness Falls. PARIS. March 25. Impelled by the suc cess of the Nlsgara Fall power canal, th minister of agriculture haa appointed a commission to study the various falls In the Alps and Pyrenees, with a view to utilising their power, particularly for elec trical traction on the government railroads Seek to Overthrow HI a sr. MADRID. March 23. A meeting of 5.000 republicans today elected l'rof. Salnirron lead -r if the republican larty. Scnor tialmeroa declared bla Intention to begin the work of establishing a republic In Spain Immediately. The secretary announced that 10,000 farm laborers had Joined the pan. DEATH SAVES MCDONALD Famou! British Gener 1 Beekt Grave u Refage from Dishonor. SHOOTS HIMSELF IN PARIS HOTEL Fear Impending Coart-MartlaJ railed te Investigate Alleged Grlevaaa Moral Lailtr Risen ?t Military Star. PARIS. March 25. Major General Sir Hector Macdonald committed suicide today at the Hotel Regina. He ahot himself in the right temple shortly after noon and expired a few minutes later. The general waa alone In hi email cham ber on th mexxanlne floor at the time. One of the female attendanta heard the pistol hot and, opening the door, aaw the gen eral'a figure stretched on the floor with the blood gushing from a bullet wound In the head. She ran screaming to the bal cony overlooking the lobby, where many guests. Including a number of women, were assembled. Doctor Arrive To Late. The proprietor was the Drat to reach th expiring man. Medical help waa summoned. but the doctor arrived too late. No money cr paper of any kind were found In hla baggage, but two notes, written In English, were lying on a table, and these were taken possession of by the authorttlea, though It Is understood their contents have no bearing on the aulcide. A number of photographs were also found In hla coat pocket. The British embassy and consulate were notified later and Consul General Ingll took charge of the body. The door waa then locked, the consul general taking the key. The French officials took possession of the revolver, which wss of nine millmeters cal ibre and apparently new. Sir Hector arrived in Parla last Friday from London on hi way back to Ceylon, where It wss understood that an immediate court-martial would be held to investigate chargea made against htm. On reaching the hotel at 11 at night, absolutely unac companied, he wa told that only a amall and Indifferent room wa available. He replied that that waa quite aufflclent, aa he only Intended to atay a day or two in Pari. Reads Paver a ad Shoots. Little waa seen of him since bla arrival. He waa, however. In the lobby this morn ing about noon and It 1 believed that a newspaper, printed in English, containing a resume of the grave charge gaint him and embellished with hi portrait in full uniform, came to his attention. He left the lobby, going to his room, and the pistol shot followed soon afterward. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral, which la subject to orders of the British authorttlea. Those about the hotel who bad conversed with Sir Hector recently say he abowed t.o eigne of excitement or mental worry reaiaat's Boa Rtaea High. LONDON, March 25. The tragic end of "Fighting Mac." who. the son of a High land cottar, rose from a draper' assist ant to be aa honored general In the British army, has caused great surprise and deep aorrow In London. The aature of the of fense with which ha n eharned had net become generally. kaown, but had been com mon gossip in military circles, and al though In the army and among hi High lander comradea especially' there is keen grief, their feeling 1 that It wa "better to die thu than face dishonor." Sir Hector Macdonald waa separated from hi wife many years ago because he got hi commis sion. He haa not lived wi h her since. He leave a son who 1 being educated in an English public school. Sir Hector MacDonald'a great chance came when, aa a sergeant during the Afghan campaign of 1879 and 18S0, with' a smalt force, he, by a furious bayonet charge, cleared out a body of Afghans who were lying in ambush tor Lord Robert. For thla feat Lord Roberta offered him the choice of the Victoria cross or a commis sion. He chose the latter. Hi greatest military achievement wa leading th black Soudanese brigade in the Omdurman cam paign against the Khalifa. The official announcement by the gov ernor of Ceylon In the legislature on Mon day that Major General MacDonald would be court-martialed and the publicity given to the affair were evidently the determining motives tor the suicide. His friend attribute hi rash act to his broken health and shattered nerves, the ootcome of two campaigns in the Soudan and South Africa. The newspapers her comment sympa thetically on the Inexpressibly pitiful cad of a brave man. and say hi countrymen will remember him beat aa the man of whom on hi return from Omdurman King Edward, then prince of Walea, a Id: "In 1875 you were doing sentry duty In India and now you ar a general in the British army. I am proud to have met you." MISSING HEIR FOUND MAD Indiana Teeth Is Discovered la Parla Asylens After Lena; Years. PARIS, March 25. United State Conaul General Gowdy today found Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette. Ind., In a private san itarium. Two French physicians, Drs. Antheaum and Fisher, examined the youth and pro nounced him incurably Insane, but Chase baa now been handed over to Mr. Goady'a care. Secretary Hay has cabled to the consul genera to act aa guardian. Moses Fowler Chase la the central figure of a celebrated case which has occupied the court of Indiana and Ohio. He la the grandson of Moses Fowler, a leading cap italist of Indiana, after whom the city of Fowler 1 named The grandson's share In the inheritsnce ha been the subject of controversy. Four yeara ago his father lost track of him aad last January asked Mr. Gowdy to take up the aearch. This ha been pros ecuted systematically and resulted In the discovery of Chase today. BONILLA CAPTURES HONDURAS Captures Government General aad Been res More Itroa PANAMA. March 25. Advices from Hon duras announce that after a victory ob tained by President-elect Bonllla over the retiring president. Sierra, the town of VUianueva, Petrello and Santa Crux and Lapimtesta pronounced In favor of Bonllla. General Nulla, support lug enor Sierra, haa surrendered. All ths Atlantic sea board Is now In Bonilla'a bands snd ons of his supporters. General Mondragoa. la marching on Tegucigalpa. Moody Reaches Jamaica. KINGSTON. Jamaica. March 25. Dol phin, with Secretary Moody and party oa board, baa arrived at Port Aateala. ROMANCE RUDELY SHATTERED llllaol Girl Travel Tea Thoasaad Mile Only t Los Lover After All. CARBONDALE. 111.. March 25. Mis Flo Cross, formerly a school teacher In south ern Illinois, traveled W.OOO milee to meet and wed Prof. John Barrow at Manila, but did not find her lover. A letter awaited her Instead saying It waa Impossible for them to marry. He gave no reasons for his de cision. Prof. Barrow and four other graduates of the Southern Illinois' Normal school at Carbondal were tent to the Philtpplues In 1901 as echool teacher. Miss Cross' sister. Daley, went out in August, 1902, and waa married te John Demmer upon her arrival at Manila. Mlsa Flo Cross later received transportation from Prof. Bar row and left on November 24 for Manila, where she arrived on December 28. She has not seen Barrow since her arrival. She la living with her etster, whose husband's school I 600 mile from the island of Ccbu. where Barrow la teaching. Thla I all Mlsa Cross' parents know of the love affair. Prof. Barrow recently wrote to bis father that be had not aeen Miss 'Cross and did not expect te marry her. Ml Cross expect to secure a position a teacher and remain In the Philippine. Four year ago Barrow taught the Shlloh High school and Flo Croas wa one of his pupils. Th courtship waa begun at that time. BOTTOMLESS ' BOG IN UTAH Esflaeers Drop Reeks aad Earth Iato 4 aa arm I re, hat Fall to Fill Hole. OODEN, Utah, March 25. The flrat fatal accident on the quagmire serosa the north ern arm of Great Salt Lake occurred last night, when a Southern Pacific engine ran onto the track across the sink. The track had sunk six Inches and the engine was overturned, Fireman Watson being killed and Engineer Jenkins slightly Injured. For several month a stretch of less than 800 feet of th fill and trestle work across the lake haa given th3 engineers trouble, and numerous accidents have occurred. Thousands of toot of rock and earth have been dumped into the aink. seemingly with out effect. Qnce It seemed to be filled and a track was built across the embank ment. Next morning ft had disappeared and hard work waa required to save the rails and tlea. Two and three forty-foot pilea, placed end to end, have found no bottom, and the theory haa been advanced that a subterranean outlet to Great Salt Lake haa been carrying away the material almost aa fast as It could be dumped in. At no other spot on the long fill across the lake haa any trouble been experienced and ths engineers believe that ultimately they will find bottom and succeed in fill ing the hole. FEENEY IN TROUBLE AGAIN -. teener Oat of JaJi xnan uc S tenia Some Vnlnnhle - -w--jeWy.- NEW ORLEANS. March 25.-(Speeial Tel egram.) The. local police are up against criminal prodigy W. H. Feeney. wno came here from Omaha and got Into a aea of trouble by taking lettera and check from a traveling, companion. - He wa barely out of court when he waa arrested In the St Charles hotel Turkleh bath thl morning on charges of grand larceny, for gery and receiving money by fait pre tenses. The stolen property waa touaa on him. Dorothy Denning, living at 813 North Basin street, complained to the police yes terday afternoon that a thief had entered the room of one of her boardera and stolen Jewelry valued at about $1,000. The Jewelry waa her property and see nac .oanea ii to of her boardera. Alice Knoll, in police were furnished with a description of the several piece a diamond aunburt. valued at 8560, a diamond ring, wortn and another diamond ring, worth 1175. Feenev ha at varioua tlmea been in Fordham college, Phillip' Exeter academy. Berkeley school and Harvard, and is a member of Psl Upsllon. He eaya drinking absinthe Is reaponslble for hla criminal career. WOULD STAY WHITE PLAGUE new York Medical oncer tiepons Coasamptloa as Greatest Aid to Death. NEW YORK. Msrch 25. Dr. Lederle of the ' Board of Health today reported to Mayor Low that "tuberculosis remains the greatest single cause of death In thla el'y and one which. In my opinion, demanda more attention from the municipal authori ties In the interest of public health. "The number of persons suffering from consumption is variously estimated at froia 80.000 to 40,000, and many of these are af fecting their assoclatea and thus adding to the extent of the disease. I believe that the time haa come when the city of Nov York ahould extend Its facilities for the treatment of tuberculosis." . He recommend the erection of a sanitar ium on the tent plan. The deatha from pulmonary tuberculosis In New York last yesr numbered 7,717. JEWS SEEK COLLEGE CASH Committee Is Appolated to Raise Faads for Isane Wis Memorial. NEW YORK. March 25. At a meeting of New York rabbis today a committee of five waa appointed to raise subscriptions In the state tor the Wise fund, which la being raised for the Hebrew Union college at Cincinnati. This fund la known aa the Isaac M. Wise memorial fund aad now amount to over $150,000. It 1 intended to raise $500,000 and to have tbl sum collected before next Sep tember, wheu Dr. Kohler, now rabbi of Temple Bethel of this city, will bi In stalled as president of the college. Committee similar to that named today re to be appointed In all atatea where there are Jews. CHILD LABOR IS CONDEMNED Pennsylvania Senatora Report Ralalaa- Aae Limit for Workers. BUI HARRISBURO. Ps.. March 25. The sen ate committee on mines and mining de cided tonight to favorably report the bill raising the minimum age at which chil dren caa be employed Inside the mine from 14 to II years and outslds ths mine from 12 to 14 year. PLAN TO DENUDE CABINET Myiteri ni Banditg Propose Capturing Shaw, loot and Knox. SEEK TO HOLD POLITICIANS UP TO RANSOM Aared Negro Discloses Plot, Iwtarlag Coop la Arraaced for Mataaa or Colorado Darlaa; Pre Meat's Tear. WINONA. Minn.. March 25. Plans to capture Secretaries Shaw and Root and At torney General Knox during the president's western trip were unfolded to Congress man Tawney'a Incredulous eara tonight. J. C. Fremont of Watertown, S. D., an aged orator, who, at the close of the civil war was president of the society that sent many negroea back to Africa, called on Congressman Tawney and asked for a prt Interview.He aald be had come into posses sion of Information that a plan had been made to attempt the life of President Roose velt on bis western trip, but had been aban doned, and Instead the plotter were plan ning at some favorable point in Montana or Colorado to capture Secretary of the Treas ury Shaw, Secretary of War Root and At torney Oeneral Knox, and carry tbem to the mountains, to be held for suitable ran som. Fremont refused to divulge the source of I his Information, but insisted that It waa correct. Congressman Tawney places lit tle credence in the tale, but Las, never theless, written to Secretary Sbaw, telling him the negro's story. WOLCOTT RATTLES DETECTIVE Forced to Make Many Admissions In Stratton Caae by the F.a Seaator. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 25. The hearing of the famous Stratton will case. In which I. Harry Stratton, only son and heir of W. S. Stratten, Is suing for hi father' estate, valued at $15,000,000, left by the latter to Colorado Springs for a memo rial home for Indigent poor, atarted In the district court today. ..w-"V .r;.. the attorneys for I. Harry Stratton had tampered with the l'st of Jurymen who are to hear the case and today the court waa j taken up in bearing testimony a to the truth of the charge, which. It substantiated, will mean that a new panel will be called. Berry was on the stand all morning and wa subjected to a fierce cross-examination by Senator Wolcott, who forced him to ad mit that he was first employed by a rep resentative of the administrator who aro fighting the son. and while so employed went to the attorney of the son and en tered their employ, thus obtaining inside Information which he handed over to the administrators. Berry la a member of tbe Elks' lodge In thla city and In order to create an impres sion that be favored Harry Stratton, Intro duced the latter Into tbe lodge. When Berry admitted thl under oath Jt created a sensation. - , . , ... . - , . WOMEN'S VOTE TALK OVER BasTraglat Convention Conclndea with Debate oa Edacatloaal Qaallfleatloa NEW ORLEANS, March 25. The conven tion of the National Woman'a Suffragist association came to a close tonight after addresses by Miss Belle Kesrny and Dr. Augustln Stone Cull en of Canada. The morning session began with a work conference presided over by Mrs. Helen Kimber of Kansas. The plan of work or ganised provides .'or sn effort to double the membership, to Increase the amount of lit erature to be distributed and to prepare a catalogue of books oil woman suffrage. The afternoon, session was presided over by Mrs. Catt. The program Included a symposium on "Would educational qualifica tion for all voters tend to the growth of civilization and facilitate good govern ment?" Those who spoke were: Mrs. Pris cilla Hackstaff. New York; Mrs. Eleanor C .Stockman. Mra. Mary Woodswift. Cal ifornia; Mrs.. Clara B. Arthur. Michigan; Rudolph Blankenburg. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Oilman, Ohio; Mra. Hals Salmond, B. M. Hammond, Butte, Miss., and Mlsa Gail Laughlln. Then ther waa a vote, only six delegatea opposing the educational qual ification. OMAHA'S SURVEYOR IS DEAD William Brers, .Who Platted Gate City, Passe Away la Denver. DENVER, March 25. William N. Brers, a Colorado pioneer and founder ot the Rocky Mountain News, the first dally newspaper published In Denver, died thla morning from a paralytic stroke which attacked him laat Friday. He waa 72 yeara old Mr. Byera waa born in Ohio on February 32, 1831. In early life he wa a surveyor in Iowa and other western statea. Aa county lurveyc he laid out a greater part of the city maha. In 1859 he came to Denver and with two other established the Rocky Mountan Newa. He waa married In 1854 at Muscatine. Ia., to Miss Elizabeth Sumner. Hia wife and two children sur vive him. JURY CONVICTS MATRICIDE Philadelphia Roy la Doomed t a Die for Slaylna; Mother with Hatchet. PHILADELPHIA. March 25. George Nelk. who laat month killed hia mother, waa tonight convicted ot murder In the flrat degree. The prisoner admitted hi crime, but pleaded Insanity. The prisoner, who, was 22 yesrs old. on February 11 crushed his mother's skull with a hatchet and murderously assaulted hia sister, Minnie. He then stole $70 and disappeared, but was captured In a disrep utable resort at Reading, Pa., several days later. MASONIC DISPUTE IN COURT New York Brother Obtains lajaactloa Aaralast Stat and Lode Officials. NEW YORK . March 25. Charles L. Franklin, a member of Excelsior lodge of the Masonic order, ha applied to the su preme court for an Injunction to restrain the e(ctals of the grand lodge of New York a".d of Excelsior lodge from taking any step tn connection with charge brought against him as s member ot ths order, by William D. Crltcherson. Juslic Oreenbsum granted a temporary Injunction, returnable oa March VL CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fslr snd Colder Thursday; Friday Fair. Kxcept Rain in 8ojth Portion. Trmnerntnre at Omaha Yesterday! Hear. Dear. Hoar. Dear. 5 a. ta .to 1 p. na 4t 6 a. aa So 3 p. aa &3 Ta. na...... 81 S p. aa...... 6H Ha.ni St 4 p, 0 a. as...... 8! S p. aa IM 10 a. aa 41 p. na R 11 a. aa 4S T p. na BH 111 aa 49 N p. na (M 9 p. m ..... . o t TELLS OF SIEGE OF PEKIN Mlaaloaary from rhlaa Reeoaata HI Thrilling; Experience with Boxers. Knox Presbyterian church. Nineteenth snl Ohio streets, was comfortably filled last evening with an interested nudlence to hear Rev. Courtney Fenn tell the story of hi thrilling experience during the siege of Tckin. China, in the eight weeks that the missionaries snd foreign ministers were held as prisoners by the Boxers and their allies, the Chinese Imperial troops. He said In part: "We had fortified ourselvea a best we could n the grounds of the British lega tion In the compound, we called it. We were absolutely helpless to do anything for ourselves. It was your prayers that wrought that deliverance. Long prior to the climax of the Boxer outbreak we knew that trouble was brewing. It began to manifest Itself In the summer of 1898. The emperor of China, under the influence cf foreign books and beneficent foreign influences, decided to take a long step In advance and place China nmong the progressive nations of the world; to encourage religious tolera tion and abolish useless officials who were sapping the life out of tht empire and grinding the people Into the dust. The empress dowager believed In the old order of thing and revolted, aa It waa not her conception of whet China should be. The result was that the emperor was relegated to the rear aa a dangerous factor In Chi nese economy and the empress dowagor took the reins of power Into her hands. "Native Christiana were mercilessly per secuted, missionary establishments were looted and the cry of 'Down with the for elgi devils!' became universal. The CM- h.t the .production of modern civillxatton and methods meant the ruin of the empire and the destruction of Chi nese Internal commerce. The railroads would deprlTe. the carrler, of thelr metn od of living, and they really believed that a Chinese baby would be laid under every railroad tie. They were told and believed that the Introduction of the missionaries Into China was for political reasons; aa they could not be made to believe that the missionaries would come Into the country for other than a mercenary reason. The ultimate result would be the dismember ment of the empire of China and ita parcel ling out to the foreign nations. Hence the Chines were provoked and their patriotic spirit aroused, with the Boxers aa the chief patriota. These were the primal causes of th uprising, and looking at la through their eyea, we cannot blame them too severely." The speaker then told of tho siege of the legations, th death of th German min ister, th gallantry, of the llttl handful of American, marines, the opportune finding of an old muxxle-loading cannon in the com pound and th heroic wee to which It was put. He told, too, of the gallantry of Min iater Conger and of the ultimate raising of the siege by the arrival of the allied forces on the memorable 14th of August. The relief came Just In the nick of time, as It was beginning to be doubtful whether they could hoid out a day longer. MORE AUDITORIUM DIRECTORS Proposition to Add Biz Member to Board to Be Voted Tuesday. on The dlrectora of the Auditorium com pany, at their meeting at the Omaha club last night, were busy In making arrange menta for tbe meeting of the stockholders next Tuesday, when a vote Is to be taken on tbe question of making an addition ot alx member to the directorate. It has become apparent to the member of the board that better work can be accomplished by an increase ia the number of directors. and it the stockholders endorse this view at the Tuesday meeting, alx namea from among the stockholders will be added to the board. On the following day, la all probability, tbe full board of dlrectora will meet. At last night's meeting considerable time wa given to the discussion of the strike, which has caused a atop In all work on the Auditorium building. The dlrectora are much chagrined at this Interruption, coming Just when they had hoped to be well at work. They have been In conference with the contractora and hope that some con cessions will be made In the case of the Auditorium, owing to Its public character. They hope to have the atrlke soon settled and will then push tbe construction rapidly WILL TALK TO LEGISLATURE Part of the Program for Visit of President Roosevelt to Minnesota, ST. PAUL. March 25. Governor Vn Sant today received a letter from President Roosevelt' private secretary stating that it would be entirely agreeable to the pres ident to visit and address the legislature, After the address to the legislature Pres ident Roosevelt I expected to addre the people ot St. Paul from the capltol steps. STROLLER GEJS TWO YEARS Pleads Gnllty to Theft of Company's Cash aad Mast Serve Term In Jail. MILWAUKEE, March 25. Gilbert War field, the actor who atole $2,700 from the Sylva opera company, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to two yeara. Movements of Ocean Vessels March 2ff. At New York Arrived : Bovic. from Llv erpool; Noordman, from RoMeruam; Konlg Albert, from Kremen and f'h-rbourg; Hes perta, from Naples, etc. Sailed: lieorgla, for IJ verpool , Kyndam. fur Boulugne and Rotterdam: Cedrlc, for Liverpool. At Cherbourg Arrived: Patricia, from New Y.rk. Sailed: Kaiser Wllhelm der Orosse, from Kremen and Southampton for New York. At Moville Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York for Glasgow, and proceeded. At Uverpool-Halled: Frt-sland. for Phll ade.phla. via guriutown; Oceanic, for New York, via tiet?netow n. At Gibraltar Arrived: Prinaeasin Vic toria Iulte, fri'm New York. At tlruwhead I'aaited: 0-rmanic. from New York for 'ier.town and IJvrrpool. At Scliiy Paasrd: 8t. Paul, from New York for Southampton. At Si. Ml-hai-l Arrived: Cambroman, frm Boston f"r Naples ami Genua. At Queenciown Hailed: tiaxunla. from Liverpool for Boston. At Aouihaniplon Arrived: 81 PhuI. frm New York, killed: Knliwr Wllhelm oV r Oronre. from breiuen -fur New York, via Cherbourg. TELLS OF BOND SALE Member of Burt Count Board Tettifiei to Talk with Su.fer. SPOKE TO THE TREASURER IN ADVANCE Rear Alio Tells Committee of Br nging Matt r to Hit Attention. CALLS MATTER TO GOVERNOR'S NOTICE Savage Promised to Take Action, bat Never Did Anything. GILBERT PRIMARY MEASURE SIGNED Men Who Have Been Pashlna: II lloast thnt It Waa Enacted for Pnrpoae of "Gettlnn - Even." STUEFER bond deal before Inveetlg'tlne, committee. Witnesses testify to h.tvlns Informed him they were for sale. Taking of testimony concluded. REVENUE It ILL makes good progress In stnate. All amendments except minor ones made by committee promptly voted down. APPROPRIATIONS occupy attention of house. Severs! large sums added to bill as it came from the committee. Gll.HF.RT PRIMARY BILL signed by the governor. (Prom a Staff Correspondent LINCOLN. March 15. (Special Tele gram.) The Stuefer investigation commit tee finished taking testimony tonight. The senste put In the afternoon and night on the revenue bill and the house proceeded on Its course ot philanthropy, adding $128, 000 to the current expense hill, which la recommended for passage. Insuring a total appropriation beyond all records. One of the day's events was th elgnlng of H. R. 236. the Gilbert primary election bill, by Governor Mickey. The Stuefer committee will meet pri vately and review the voluminous testi mony adduced and aa soon aa possible mako It report to the house so aa to enable that body to act Intelligently on th claim of Mr. Stuefer for $3,000 premium on hia bond for tbe last year of his term as state treas urer. Ten of the claims committee voted to allow the claim and one against It. The senate had the revenue bill under consideration as a special order from S to 10 p. m., a recess being tsken for supper. Not a single change waa made In the bill except by committee amendment. Tbe senate doubtlese will report the bill 'or passage tomorrow and vote on It Friday. Howell of Douglaa tonight made a speech on the bill, urging deliberation tn consid ering It, attracting some surprise by pos ing aa a champion ot Omaha'a interest opposed to those ot corporation, oharglng certain senatora with trying to "railroad" the bill through, aad then later moved that further consideration of the bill be dis pensed with and that It be engrossed for a third reading. His motion wss lost. In th line of revenue legislation Gov ernor Mickey proposes to ask th bouse to morrow to act on an sn.endstory bill which he will submit 'reducing- th tax levy for university building purposes. This levy la now 1 mill and brtnga generally about $10$. 000, which 1 considered ample. Tbe gov ernor assumes that the new revenue law will materially Increase the assessed val uation of property and on thl theory con clude that thla 1 mill levy will produce about $500,000 for university building pur poses, which would be needlessly excessive. He therefore contemplates a proposal to the legislature to cut thla levy to about one third. Representative Thompson ot Mer rick made tbe dircovery that called atten tion to tbe matter. Tak IP Bond Ileal. The Stuefer Investigation was resumed at S o'clock thla morning. Peter Rorke, a member of the Burt County Board of (Super visors, waa the first witness. He tes tified that he bad asked Sears to Investigate the record ot State Treas urer Stuefer' office and ace what sum wa credited to th permanent school fund of the state by reason ot this bond sale to Nellgh. Then he told of a visit to Stuefer's office when he said Stuefer told him he wanted those bonds snd ssid bs would writ to that effect to Franklin Everett, who waa then chairman of the Burt county board, and added that If Rorke aaw him "in the morning" to Jog hla memory about writing to Everett. Rorke aald J. P. Sutherland had told him ot hla having told Stuefer about the bond issue and ot Stuefer's expressed alsh of wanting the bonds and that hs (Suther land) had so communicated to Chairman Everett. Rorke atated that he thought the bargain with Nellgh waa a good one for the county. Statement by Bear. Sears was then placed on the atand. He made a running atatement before being questioned by Attorney Vaa Dusen for Stuefer. He said: "On or about the 1st of January. 1901, 1 called on Mr. Stuefer at hla office tn Lin coln. He aald he had had a talk with Mr. Sutherland about the- Burt county bonds. He suggested that he could take tbem at ZM. but added that the Board of Educational Lands and Funda was not then organized and he would have to await Its formal ac tion before proceeding In tbe matter. "Later there was talk among the county commissioners of Burt county to the effect thst Nellgh had paid for tbe bonds with two checks from Stuefer on Omaha banka. Rourke spoke to m about thl and aald be thought It wa strarge Nellgh should make use ot check from Stuefer in a matter of this kind, and asked me to look up the circumstances. "I then went to Governor Savage and told htm what use hsd been made of these two checks from State Treasurer Stuefer Savage said he believed nothing was wrong, but would look Into tbe case. Before call ing on the governor I had gone to se State Superinter dent Follmer, chairman of tbe purchase board, to lay the matter be fore him and not finding him I left a note. The governor asked me to go and get this note, which I did, so thst he could look the matter up hlmaelf. Governor Savage aent out of his office, leaving me there, and returned In a short time, saying that he bad found wbat I had told him to bs true and expressed much regr.t and surprise. He said be found that Nellgh had used these two checks In the transaction and that coupons from S4 down to 1'4 h1 txeo clipped to pay Nellgh and by him taken away. I then returned to ir home Is Tekamah and sent Neligh'a bid to the gov ernor and the governor answered my let ter." Hears here produ-ed thla letter from Governor Savage, in vblch tbe governor said that Sears could rest asurad of any assistance he (Savage) wss able to give him in righting "what from the evidence seems to b a grave wror g " This latter wa dated November 11, l'jol. Continuing, Sear said: "I then stopped la Omaha oa mr Beat