The Omaha Daily Bee.
KHTAIlLlgflED J UN 12 19, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY AinitNINO, DlX'EMHUIt 1, 1003 TEX PAGES.
SINCiLE .COPY FIVE CENTS.
WOULD KILL BEAU PRE
Eucn Flan Alleged to Eats Been P-jreited
tt Capital of Colomb'
PROPOSED ACTION WAS NIPPED
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Ooolar Head. Pr.Tail at Meeting Held
rtopie or Bogota.
LUIS DEROUX HAS ARRIVED AT COLON
Brisgi Latest Newt of Condition! Prevail
ing in Diiturbed Republic
AMERICAN LEGATION CLOSELY GUARDED
TXepresentatlTe of Panama In Colom
bia Hon of Representatives Goes
Hem After Passing- Tkr(h
Half Difficulties.
COLON, Nov. $9. Louis Deroux, who was
a member of the Colombia a house of rep
resentatives from Panama, and who made a
speech In the houee October 2, warning
Colombia to sign the Hay-Herran canal
treaty Immediately or It would loee the
Isthmus the day congress closed, and who
was also Instrumental In bringing- about
the appointment of General Abaldla ss
governor of Panama, has arrived hera from
Bogota, whence he started November 14.
Benor Leroax la a Panamanian and owlne
to his wall known political connections he
waa subjected to annoyances and affronts
at Bogota and on the Magdalena river,
where atone place on the way down a
number of Colombians threatened to board
the steamer and molest him. Trouble was
averted by tha captain cutting- the vessel's
moorings and dropping down stream. At
noa-oia snorts were made to persuade
w H no, n.mtiw ii 4ntn 1 U.v.. w I
alon to the Isthmus, but this he declined
to do.
- When Benor Deroux left Bogota the
United States legation was gusrded by fifty
soldiers, armed with rifles. Mr. Beau pre
mentioned that possibly he would come
down the river, but he has apparently de
cided not to do so. . A governmental con
sulting committee has been formed at Bo
gota. It Is composed of liberals, conserva
tives and others.
Wasted to Kill Beaupre.
The statement was made at a meeting
that Beaupre must be killed whether the
United States destroyed Cartagena or not,
In retaliation. Wiser counsel, however,
prevailed. , .
Bogota and the entire country Is waiting
to hear from General Reyes, whose grant
of full presidential powers has been con
firmed. While there Is still much talk In Colombia
of rattling a big army, no actual steps In
that direction have been made. Public con
tributions are being made and decrees
occasionally Issued referring to prepara
tions for war, but no warlike demonstra
tions have been made. Colombia possessed
a large number of rifles, soma artillery and
quantities of emiquptlonAmra.unltlon. has
recently' been moved from Bayla Honda to
.... Bogota. Colombia still entertains hopes
that General Reyes will succeed in effecting
a satisfactory arrangement at Washington.
Falling In this, the Colombians, lfls be
lieved, ' will undoubtedly advance on the
Isthmus, sending troops In small parties
of from 2,0u(f to J.000 along both coasts,
sufficiently Inland to keep their movements
secret, and on arriving on the borders of
Panama they will, It Is said, begin a
guerilla warfare, pillaging and burning.
They may also, it is alleged, attempt to
transport troops by sea, In small schooners
and other such craft, between unimportant
and little known ports, hoping to avoid
the American gunboats, and thus helping
In the general movement toward Panama,
or possibly landing troops In the Chlrlqul
district. The Colombians think they can
carry out such a movement without the
knowledge of the Americans and believe
tl.elr soldlors Inured to the hardships of
campaigning and living on the country
without a commissariat, and can reach
the borders of Panama overland.
Can Maintain Army Cheaply.
Coltmbla can move troops without money
erause.lt can send them Into the field
without a hospital corps, without a 'com
missary department, without means of
transportation and without pay.
Notwithstanding the Colombian govern
ment's assurances all the political parties
have not fully and unselfishly rallied to the
support of the government In this crisis.
The internal jolUlcal dissensions are
slowly growing more marked. The local
revolutionary movement is showing signs
of discontent throughout the entire country
and a recurrence of the recent revolt at
any time within a year would not surprise
those familiar with Colombian affairs.
An American traveling salesman who
spent the last month In Cartagena has ar
rived here. He reports that Cartagena Is
quiet, with the exception of an occasional
outbreak of popular, excitement against the
United otates, but nothing serious has oc
curred there. The American consul at that
place has not been molested. There are
only two or three Americans In Cartagena,
and they are long time residents, and well
liked. There Is no fear of them being Inter
fered with. The traveler confirms the Asso
ciated Press" previous dispatches regarding
tne attempt of the' American consul at
Cnrtagena to board t,he Trent and the In
terference of the police. The Colombian
gunboats Cartagena, (leneral Pin son and
Presidents Marroquln are at Cartagena,
Mar to Convince Them.
WASHINGTON. Nov. JO.-U la learned
that Mr. Tleaupre. American minister at
Hogota, ha received several different
propositions from the Colombian govern
ment since the publication of the corre
spondence, each containing some Indirect
method of rectifying a hat the Colombians
themselves now regard as a futal blunder
of permitting ths liay-llerran treaty to ex
pire last September. Mr. Beaupre la using
Ms best efforts to make It clear to the
Colombian officials that the treaty la dead
beyond resurrection, end that he cannot
even conduct negotiations looking to the
acquisition from Columbia of a right-of-way
across ths isthmus, located In an Inde
pendent republic, over which Colombia has
no authority.
MR. BRYAN ISJSTILL EATING
Lord Mayor of B.lfa.t U latest on
Ncbraehaa'a l.lst of Eater,
tslners.
BELFAST. Ireland. Nov. SO-Wllllsm J
Bryan lunched with the lord mayor of Bel
las, today and subsequently made a lour
..f Queens Island shipbuilding yards and
wi her large manufacturing concerns. He
will proceed tonight to Glasgow and -Edinburgh
CHURCH ANDSTATE CONFLICT
At Least Thin Mrni o Re Opinion
f Priest In Porta
Itlro.
BAN JUAN, P. n.( Nov. 1.-Rev. Felipe
Vlllajoz, a Spanish priest of the Catholic
church at Sumamo, had been convicted
r 'Y tne district court of a violation of the
JJlJ
y the district court of a violation of the
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i In Jail. Right Rev. James II.
BI. op of Porto Rico, has appealed
to G. nwr Hunt to pardon Kather VII
lajoz. which appeal the governor now has
under consideration. In Justification of his
action Father VIKaJoz claims that the laws
of the church are above the civil code relat
Ing to marriage and says that his course
has been approved by Bishop Blenk.
This Is the first approach to a serious
clash between church and state since the
occupation of the island by the United
Slate, though there have been other cases
In which defiance of the civil marring', law
have been shown. The feeling concerning
the matter is Intense and the decision of
Governor Hunt Is eagerly awaited
PROBE GRAFTS IN .HAWAII
Federal Grand Jury Retnrna Indict
ments Against Officers of
Legislature.
HONOLULU. NOV. nfl Tha f,W. I error,
Jury, which was charged by the late Judge
jMiew, reported today to his successor.
Judge Dole. The renort menne- the lai-
legislature of systematic and monumental
grarting and recklessness In the granting
of warrants for work nkVpr linnet and frr
excessive overcharges, G0,000 having thus
oeen spent altogether. The house vouch
ers, says the report, present an astonishing
spectacle.
Many clerks are mentioned by names.
Rev, Kulamale Is criticised, and 8. Mehlula,
the clerk of the House of Representatives,
is indicted for the destruction of public doc
uments. Several vouchers In hi.
missing. Another Indictment Is against
rxaanoie, casnier or the national
revenue office, who is charged with the em
bezzlement of $100.
LONDON GETS ASN0W MANTLE
now Storms Succeed the Long-Continued'
Reins Throughout
the Kingdom. .
LONDON, Nov. 30. The Incessant rains
have been succceeded by snow storms,
which, ' today, are general throughout
Great Britain and many parts of the con
tinent. The fall In London was very slight,
but In some of the country districts out
door -vork is suspended and traffic is car
ried on with difficulty.
Sixteen degrees of frost were recorded in
the fcouth of Scotland last night. Vessels
are seeking refuge In the harbors along tha
British coaat
The snow storms are so severe In Bel
glum that telegraphic and telephonlo com
munication with Germany Is Interrupted.
A score of lives have been lost from the
crews of the vessels composing the French
Ashing fleet during the storms of ths last
few' days. . ' ' '
COACHES BURN UNDERGROUND
Accident starts an Incorrect Rumor
Which Fills All Paris with
Excitement,
PARIS, Nov. 80. There were two acci
dents on the-Metropolitan Electric Under
ground railroad today, enmewhat similar
to the great catastrophe of August 10, but
there was no loss of life. In each case a
car was burned between stations, causing
the passengers to seek for escape slong
the tracks. As the Occidents occurred In
open stretches of track, the dense umoke
escaped and the dangers of suffocation
were averted. The first reports hr.3 p
that another catastrophe had occurred,
which caused much excitement throughout
the city.
STRANGE SMOKE SPREADS FEAR
South Amerlean State, Six Times
Visited by Earthquakes, Is
Much Distressed.
CARACAS, Vcncsuela, Nov. SO. For
nearlv three davs nant the itv r,e n.,
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state of Bermftdes. on the Gulf of ('sri,,,,.,,
nas been enveloped In sulphurous smoke.
The origin of the phenomenon cannot be
explained. The Inhabitants of the place,
numbering about 10,000, are afraid to leave
their houses.
A committee Is engaged In investigating
the matter. Cumin, has been destroyed
six times by earthquakes.
CUNARD LINER BADLY BEATEN
Steamer Stew York Lands American
Hails lit London Four Hours
Earlier.
LONDON, Nov. So.-The American malls
brought -by the steamer New York, which
arrived at Southampton Saturday, reached
the London postoffk-e four hours before
those landed st QueenstOwn by the Cunard
liner Cmbria. As no malls sre distributed
In London on Sunday, however, those
brought by both steamers will be dis
tributed simultaneously this morning.
This Inspire Won't Stand It.
CARACAS. Nov. 30 Benor Calvo. a
Jiirts-eonsul of Argentine, has been ap
pointed to succeed Benor Leoney Castello,
the Spanish ambassador at Paris, as um
pire in the case of the Franco-Venesuelan
claims, owing to the ambassador having
declined to serve ss umpire as a result
of the attacks of the Venezuelan press on
the Spanish arbitrators at Caracas.
FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FIREMEN
Mora Wages May Be Insisted I pen
Before Secret Conference
Is Adjourned.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Nov. JO.-A secret
convention of officers of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen of the lines of the
Pennsylvania railroad Is lu session here.
About twenty delegates are In attendance.
The firemen have suited for the same pay
under the new schedule of nine hours a day
as they received when they worked ten
hours. Conferences with t-nVers of the
railroad have failed to produce any result,
and although no definite Information is ob
tainable, it is thought the Bremen have
railed the delegates together to take up
this question and determine the course to
be pursued to obtain what they demand.
8. O. Washburn of Vnloutowii, Pa., chair
man of tba convention, refused absolutely
to talk upon the matters under discussion
by the delegate
JQ WORK OR PAY FINES
Such Alternative Given Striking Miners in
tba Teliurids. District.
PRISONERS AT VICTOR APPEAL TO COURT
Coal Miners Ordered to Cense Work
In Itnh, While Those In Northern
Colorado Fields Resume
Labors.
TELLURIDE, Colo., Nov. 30. Carrying
out the previous instructions of Governor
Peabody when he ordered that "agitators,
Idlers and trouble breeders lie driven from
the camp," Sheriff Rutan today arrested
twenty-eight men, soldiers assisting the
civil officers. Twenty of the prisoners were
discharged later by Justice of the Peace
Robinson. Eight others were fined from
IIS to $36 each. One man was fined for con
tempt of court. The sentences except In
the contempt esse were suspended until
December 2, when the fines must be pald
or Incarceration In Jail will follow unless
the men go to work.
About fifty miners are working on the
Tomboy property. No attempt will be
made to resume work at any otber of the
Idle mines until the Tomboy has secured
a full force of miners s.nd mill men.
Habeas Corpus for Miners.
VICTOR. Colo., Nov. 30. Deputy Sheriff
Wilson today served writs of habeas cor
pus for the bodies of Sherman Parker, C.
G. Kenninon, Patrick Mullaney, W. F,
Davis and W. B. Easterly on Colonel
Verdeckberg, commander of the National
Guard In this district. The writs are re
turnable to Judge Seeds December 3. Col
onel Verdeckberg said the men would be
turned over to the civil authorities be
fore Thursday. All have been incarcerated
In the bull pen for one week.
Strike Ordered In I'tah.
SCOFIELD, Utah, Nov. 30. All ths coal
mining camps In this district were Dla
carded today th official notices of the
mi ted Mine Workers of America, de
daring a strike In the Utah coal fields
and calling on all the miners to cease
work. From now on a systematic fight for
the demands of the miners will be made
under the direction of the union.
The notice of eviction served on the
striking miners occupying houses on
ground leased from the. company expired
today and guards, armed with rifles, made
a nouse to house call, demanding that ths
houses be vacated. No disturbances are
reported. -
More Miners Back at Work.
DENVER, Nov. U Nearly two-thirds of
me z.uw miners of the northern Colorado
coal fields resumed work, todav and it Is
expected that within a weak or two the full
rorce will be at work.
The announcement of the settlement of
ine strike in the northern district was the
cause of general rejoicing In all business
circles, tor It means an end to the coat
shortage. ,
Hopes are entertained that the conference
of union officials at Trinidad on Wednesday
win lead to a settlement of the strike In
the southern Held.
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THREE LYNCHED IN LOUISIANA
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Negroes Who Tried Uuns Ipsa White
' Man Are Summnrlly
Executes.
8HREVEPORT. Ij. Nv n T .h-
presence or a crowd of about 1,200 peajons.
''"" 111 anu negroes, rmi
Davis. Walter Carter and Clint Thomas, all
negroes, were lynched this afternoon ahnnt
1 o'clock within a short distance of Bel
cher, which Is twenty miles from Shreve
port. The men were executed for partici
pating in the fatal shooting of Robert
Adger, one of the most popular business
men In north Ijiilsiana. Th nwrnH ,..
leased their crime. They stated that they
were trying new guns and when Adgor sp
peared on the street thought it nniu
natural to turn the guns on him. No shots
were urea at the lynching, the negroes all
being hanged to a single limb of a tree.
Two of the negroes under arrest, Sam Lee
and Peter Thomas, were released.
The negroes of Belcher Joined In the
search for the men and apparently were as
eager to have them lynched as the whites.
One negro was presented by the whites
with a purse of nearly $100 for the part he
took iri the pursuit. The negroes were
given an opportunity to pray before being
hanged.
TYPHOID FEVER AT COLLEGE
President Hnrper of Chicago I'nlrer.
slty Wnrns Students of Urave
I)-r,
CHICAGO, Nov. 30 President Harper of
the University of Chicago has warned the
students ugalnst a typhoid fever epidemic
at the unlverulty. A numtier of cases have
developed In the lust few days and the au.
thoritles, fearing a siege, have begun the
most rigid effort to stamp out the disease
before It gets a firmer hold among the stu
dents. Today, before a special meeting of
all the students, Dr. Harper personally
asked university men and women to do all
In their power to'help the authorities In
their efforts to rid the university of the dis
ease. The students were asked to leave boarding
houses where the water was not boiled and
to take other precautions. Dr. Charles P.
Small, the university physician, said:
"Only a few esses have been reported as
yet, and I am sure that the fever can be
controlled If We are helped by the precau
tions of tha students."
KILL STREET SIGN MATTER
Real Estate Exchange Mm Attend
Council Meeting- and Settle
the Proposition.
A committee from the Real Estate ex
change, headed by J. W. Hobblne. Judge
Slabaugh. Herman Kountse, C. C. Belden
and others, put the proposed scheme of
narking the streets In conjunction with
advertising matter to sleep yesterday after
noon. After they finished speaking tne
council In committee session voted to place
the ordlnsnce on file. Mr. Kountxe ob
jected to the advertising matter on the
signs, Mr. Belden stld they would dUngure
the streets and bfcittle the city, while
Judge BUhai'a-h said the newspapers sre
the place for advertising matter. County
Commisvloner-clect Kennard. President
Wallace of the exchange and John H. But
ler also uttered protests. No ons appeared
to defend the proposed ten-year contract.
'Frisco Banks Oct Moa
NEW YORK. Nov. gfl.-A telegraphic
transfer of i;g0.(tt) to San Prancinco was
made today by the sublreasurv for account
of local banking Inter-... Further large
shipments are likely.
OMAHA PLACE TO BE FILLED
N
Immlstratlon Inspector to Re Named
nt nn K.srly Day by Depart
ment of Commerce.
WASHINGTON, fcov. 30 tSpeclal Tele
gram.) It is exp(ed that the Depart
ment of Commerce 'and Labor will within
a few days announce the selection of an
Immigration Inspect- for Omaha and the
district which Senator .Millard succeeded
In obtaining for his home city during the
summer. Last August the civil sen-Ice
commission held an examination for Im
migration Inspector and a number of. resi
dents of this city took the examination,
several obtaining the requisite passing
marks. After the examination Senator Mil
lard requested the appointment of F. W.
Fitch, an Omaha attorney, who had passed
a creditable examination. Tha civil ser
vice commission in Its report to Becretary
Cortelyou finds a number of names ahead
of Mr. Fitch and the department Is In
clined to choose another man from the
list of eligible for the reason that Mr.
Fitch, while not so high as the others,
has twice been certified, once to El Taso,
Tex., and to Port Townsend, both certifi
cations being declined. The Immigration
Inspector which Senator Millard secured
for Omaha pays t pr day. .
Representative Hlnshaw has obtained
the following pensions for soldiers' widows:
Mary Kennedy, York, $12; Sarah E. Sher
man. York, $12; SlbUla Wellman, Brad
shaw, $8.
These rural carriers vara .nmiitiiiui
'day: Nebraska Doniphan, regular, James
rt. antton; substitute, Jessie P. BriUon.
Garrison, regular, AVertx F. Schaumburg;
substitute, Anna M. Schaumburg. Mead,
regular, Nels Sjogren; subyitute, August
E. Shurgen. Seward, regular, Maurice V.
Leger; substitute, Henry P. Leger. -Iowa-Strawberry
Point, regular, John F. Hard
man, Jr.; substitute, Walter Jewell.
A rural free delivery route will be es
tablished January 2 at Welton, Clinton
county, la.; route embraces an area of
twenty-four square miles containing a
population of 40.
Lorenzo R. Blckford has been appointed
postmaster at Wellfleet. Lincoln county,
Neb., vice George S. Hicks, resigned.
National banks authorised to begin busi
ness: First national of Lake Arthur, la.,
with $25,000 capital; officers, Frank Rob
erta, president; W. 8. Streator, cashier.
First National of Scotland, 8. D., with
$26,000 capital; C. C. King, president; V.
S. Parker, vice president; J. p. Resner,
cashier.
Chief Justice Fuller In the supreme
court today ordered that the case of the
state of South Dakota against North Caro
lina be restored to the docket and set for
argument January 4 next. This case In
volves the validity of certain bonds held
by Bouth Dakota, which were Issued by
North Carolina, and purchased by the
authorities of South Dakota, as an Invest
ment to be placed to the credit of the
sinking fund for school purposes in the
latter state. North Carolina repudiated
the bonds and South Dakota seeks to
recover. .
ARE DEAD IN OLD KENTUCKY
Two , Killed nnd T Wounded by
Assassin Whobots nt '" '
Night, i .
LOUISVILLE Kv Va nA - ,.,
ir-m noagenvme, Ky.. says that two men
were killed, one mortallv smmiini
other seriously hurt In the Plkevlew nelgh-
oornooo ot Hart county last night. The
aeaa ant. Squire Oshorno nnri ro- n.
borne, his son. The wounded. Will Gard
ner, mortally; and John Bennett.
.mo nin-Kcu muraerer. t'uster narir, -
young farmer, was caught at Elizabeth
ton today after a desperate fight and was
lasen 10 Munrordvllle and lodged In Jail.
Under cover of darkness, while the In
tended victims were sitting around the
fireside, the assassin rrent tn (V.A .i
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of the room and placing his Winchester
near the glass, fired several times. Squire
Osborne fell to the floor dead, his head
torn almost off. His son, David, was shot
inrougn tne heart, and Will riarHn
wounded In the abdomen. John Bennett's
ien arm was shattered by a ball.
RonlrA HahnFtiA I I .. i ... , .
. .... unuia magistrate.
The trouble had Its Inclplency In a family
muoiibi, wnicn aeveiopea into a factional
fight. Gardner has huniufn.. k. -
good reputation. The tragedy has caused
mo areuieai excitement in years In Larue,
Hart and Hardin counties. h. h. .ri.!
clpals are well known and have many rel
atives.
DR. HUNTER GETS CERTIFICATE
Former Minister to Guatemala Is tha
Only Republican Congressman
from Kentucky,
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Nov. 30-Th. Wen.
tucky election commission todav u.,,i .
certificate of election to congress from the
r.ieveiun aistrlct to Dr. W. Godfrey Hun
ter of Cumberland county, late nilnlntae n
Guatemala, He waa elected at the special
election held on November 10 laat tn
ceed the late Vincent Borelng and to fill
out nn unexpired term of one year. D. C.
r.awaras and John D. White oblecteit t,-
giving of a certificate to Dr. Hnni. .i
threatened to contest In Washington before
congress.
Dr. Hunter left here tnnlsht for TOn-v,
Ington to file his certificate and take his
seat. He notified Speaker Joseph G. Can
non of the house of representatives by
teiearaph of his receiving a certificate of
electloa, also th;it tha speaker should not
orerl'MT.k him In committee assignments.
Dr. Hunter Is the only republican congress
man, from Kentucky.
COTTON MILLS MAKE, BIG CUT
Thirty-Two Thouannd Opcrntlves In
New Englnnd Have Their
Pay Heduced.
BOSTON. Nov. 30. The wages of atwtu
$2,000 cotton textile operatives were reduced
today. Today's addition brings the total
number In Kew England who have had
their pay cut down this fall to about
wu. and tne cut which takes effect In New
Bedford net Monday will swell the total
to about 76.000 and complete a general re
duction in southern New England cotton
mllla The cut down In the majority of
factories averages 10 per cent. Today prac
tically every cotton mill In Rhode Island
where there are about 2.2u0.Oii0 spindles,
odopted the new schedule. In that state
nearly 20,000 operatives ara affected, and the
new order of things will mean a loss of
fully $30.0U0 weekly in wages. The cut also
became operative In mills in Massachusetts
and Connecticut controlled by Rhode-Island
capital and employing about T.OCO additional
hands. ,
The reports from the mills district Indi
cate that the new schedules were received
without any serious protest on ths part of
ths opera Uvea
GENERAL BROOKE ON STAND
Tells of Friction Between Himself and
General Wood in Cuba.
WOOD IGNORED HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER
Retired Officer Says thnt Mam Voder
Investigation Fomented Discord
to Help His Career on the
Island.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Major General
John R. Brooke, retired, former governor
general of Cuba, today gave testimony be
fore the senate committee on military af
fairs, which charged Insubordination
against General Leonard Wood. General
Brooke was before the committee more
than two hours and occupied the entire
time In telling of General Wood's conduct
at Santiago. The witness offered in sup
port of his statements many documents
taken from records at the War depart
ment and several papers from his personal
collection. At the close of his testimony a
member of the committee said that It waa
probable that General Wcod would have to
return from the Philippines and testify.
One of the charges made by General
Brooke is that General Wood violated the
order which required him to make inspec
tions at Santiago, and to submit estimates
to the governor general. As evidence, of
this violation General Brooke called atten
tion to the building of barracks at San
tiago without General Wood having .given
notice to the department. General Brooke
said also that General Wood continually
sent communications to the War dcpnrt-
ment over the head of his commanding
ansureu ine committee
mat ne carea nothing for the ignoring of his
authority, but said that the proceeding had
been detrimental to military discipline.
General Brooke called the attention of the
committee In support of an allegation that
Oeneral Wood had neglected to work In
harmony with the military government, the
matter of General Wood's attitude toward
the newspapers at Santiago, which repeat
edly made attacks on General Brooke's ad
ministration. General Brooke read a num
ber of these attacks and also his recom
mendations to the War department that
the papers be suppressed unless they de
sisted. Wood Ignored Superiors.
One of the extracts from the Independen
ce, published at Santiago, was a bitter de-
nunicatlon. of General Brooke, under the
caption of "God Save Cuba." The article
was based on General Brooke's order for
the centralization of affairs of the Island,
by which customs receipts were sent to
Havana. The article, among other thine.
said that, if carried Into effect, these orders
soon would prohlblti the people of San
tiago from breathing without permission
from General Brooke; that It was a matter
of life and death to the province of San
tiago to get the order rescinded. A large
number of telegrams of Indignation sent to
President McKinley were appended to the
article.
General Brooke read a letter which he
had sent to. the adjutant - general of the
War department, asking that General Woea
be instructed to prohibit the; publication
of these articles during fhe period of mili
tary government. . He also read. General
Wood's rtfdy to the adjutant general,
which, the witness ssld, had been sent over
the head of his superior officer, saying
that freedom of speech, untrammeled criti
cism of the ml'ltary government and abso
lute Independence In all matters was a
necessary part of .the education of tha
Cubans to . fit them to conduct a liberal
government. '
General Brooke told the committee that
on January 4, 1R99, General Wood, without
consulting his superior officer, obtained per
mission to visit Washington, even though
he left In abeyance matters needing atten
tion. Correspondence relating to the trip
was laid before the committee.
Wood Dlstiulctcd Cubans.
In the course of General Brooke's testi
mony he said that General Wood became
unduly excited when the Cubans held In
dignation meetings at Santiago for the
purpose of protesting against the central!-
lation order. The witness laid before the
committee a copy of a telegram he re
ceived from General Wood saying that
the Cubans looked upon the order as ap
proaching a calamity and that profound
business depression existed. Finally, Gen
eral Wood prayed that the customs receipts
be left under local oontrol. The witness
declared that the attitude of General Wood
waa responsible to a great extent In adding
to the disquiet of the Cubans.
Members of the committee yk a great
Interest In General Brooke's testimony and
steps were taken to have copied a number
of the papers he offered In evidence.
Major Rathbone was before the commit
tee for half an hour this afternoon. The
committee asked him If he derlred to have
additional witnesses summoned, and as a
result of the conference, a number of sub
poenas weVo issued.
Dr. Pabl'Desvernoi,le, who was secretary
of finance under General Brooke's adminis
tration, will be called to tell what he know
concerning orders Issued to the courts by
General Wood, which are alleged to have
brought about the conviction of Major.'"1 business, commercial and miscellaneous
Rathbone. It was decided also to call upon
General Tasker H. Bliss, of the general
staff of tho army:
The committee will make requisition on
the War department for all correspond
ence and documents between the depart
ment and General Wood regarding the
Castoneuda electric lighting and power
concession for Havana.
A subpoena was Issued today for Burt
A. Miller of Canton, O., Havana agent
fgr a Maryland bonding house. He will
be asked concerning General Wood's al
leged influence on court Instructions.
A subpoena waa issued for Corydon M.
Rich of M uncle, Ind., who was chief of
the bureau of finance, department of posts,
during American occupation of Cuba. The
committee adjourned until Thursday.
Doubts Wood's Veracity.
The testimony of Horatio 8. Rubens be-
for the committee today tended to cor
roborate the statements made to the com
mittee by Major Runcle in reference to
the knowledge General Wood Is said to
have had of the Runice magazine article
critlzing unfavorably the administration of
General Brooke as governor general of
Cuba. One of the must Important state
ments made by Mr. Rubens was that Oen
eral Wood vial ted him after the publlc-atim
of the Runice article and that their con
versation showed that General Wood had
previous knowledge of It. Mr. Rubens said
that General Wood admlt'ed that tha
article put him (Wood) In an awkward
position.
At the conclusion of Mr. Huberts' testl.
mony a member of the committee asked
him his opinion of General Wood's ver
acity. He sated that the quesllou be made
more explicit and was then asked If ha
would be willing to accept the word of
General Wood lu any matter In which the
(Continued on Second Psge.t
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Snow Flurries Tuesdayi Wednesday
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RELIEF FUND IS GROWING
Contributions for Families of Fire
men Over SlsteVn Hundred
Dollars.
The fund for the relief of the widows and
families of the four brave firemen who
gave up their lives Thanksgiving morning
In the performance of their duties combat
ting the flames -which devoured the Allen
Bros, warehouse, has reached $1,619.98. The
fund Is still open and subject to contin
ued donations. It Is hoped that It will
be multiplied before turned over to the
beneflclnries. Mayor Moores submitted this
list Inst night.
Amount heretofore reported. ...$t,(W2.riO
Lee-Ulsss-AntlreeMen llilw. Co.i 6n.ni)
South Omaha Live, Stock Exchange.. lon.iK)
iiugo wasserman.f
Pn x ton Gallagher
Office Employes Cudnhy Packing Co.
Firemen, South Omaha ;.,
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Dr. Geerge Tilden
Senator C. H. Dietrich...
Hnnscom Park M. E. Church
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Henry Keating
Fred llunsiker
T. V. Allison, jr.. South Omaha
City Treasurer Henuings
Health Commissioner Ralph
Plutttieul scher Vereen
A. It. HulKfmann
John G. Pegg
Ezra Millard, through Omaha News
R. E. Wheeler, through Omaha Dally
News 5.00
Mogy Bernstein, through Omaha Daily
News t 1.00
E. Mi Fairfield . 10.00
. $1,049.96
SCOTS CELEBRATE' AN EVENT
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Found
ing of Order of Scottish Clans
Observed,
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the Order of Scottish Clans waa
celebrated last night with speechmaking
and a sumptuous banquet by the Omaha
Scotchmen of the Order of the Clan Gor
don. The addresses of the evening were In
formal and Included the following:
"Benefits of the Order as I See Them,"
W. R. Hobbs. M. D.
"Address to the - llaggls," by William
Kennedy.
"Formation of the Order of Scottish Clans
in America, ' by Judge Troup
Addresses were also made by Secretary
J. C. Lindsay and others. A feature of the
evening was the music, which consisted of
Scottish airs. One' of these was rendered
by Mrs. 8. D. Lees and waa highly appre
ciated." As the guests marched In to dinner
they kept step to a) Scottish march that
was played on the clan pipes by J. C. Bu
chanan. The Order of Scottish Clans has
enjoyed remarkable prosperity end Is of
great Influence among the Scots In this
country.
TO PAY TRIBUTE TO M'KINLEY
Loral Rcpnblican Clnb Takes Prelim
inary Steps for Birthday Anni
versary Celebration.
The McKinley Republican club will cele
brate the birthday anniversary of the late
President McKinley January 29, prelimi
nary steps for which were taken yesterday
afternoon by the banquet committee of the
club which had been appointed by Dr. H.
A. Foster. ,
The club will invite as local speakers Hon.
John L. Webster and Hon. Edward Rose
water and hopes to secure several notable
men, from abroad to address the meeting.
Of the outside dignitaries this list was de
cided on from which to make selections if
possible: Senators Hanna, Depew, Fair
banks, Beverage, Dolliver, Sponner, Judge
Taft and Governor Cummins of Iowa. Gov
ernor Mickey and other prominent Ne
braskans will be Invited.
These members of the club were appointed
ns chairmen of the respective committees;
N. P. Dodge. Jr.. banquet; Oliver Erwln,
speakers; I. Zlcgler, advertising and pub
licity; Charles Foster, arrangemeits of
banquet.
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING
Matters of Importance Demand the
l'rrscnce of Every Member of
the Association.
A mass meeting of the Cnmmerdal club
Is railed for this evening at 8 o'clock ttharp.
The purpose Is to discuss measures for the
a00"1 the city and a general conference
Interests. In which every business man of
the city Is Interested. It ls( earnestly de
sired that every one of the 4M members
of the Commercial club make nn effort to
be present. The mrettng will be railed to
order promptly st 8 o'clock and will be ex
clusively a biinlness affair.
HIGH PRAISE FOR NEW MEXICO
Mining Inspector Feels Assured Its
Coat Mining Possibilities Are
Almost 1'nllmted.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. J. E. Sheridan,
United States mining Inspector for New
Mexico, In his annual report says the de
mand for coal In the territory has exceeded
the supply, notwithstanding the substitu
tion of oil for fuel on 2,000 miles of rail
road. Great strides have been made In the
territory's coal industry and the report
says:
"Given ample transportation facilities and
a sufficient number oi miners, the Ntiw
Mexico con I mines are today developed and
equipped to quadruple the output, or pro
duce 6.000,000 tons per annum, which can be
easily Increased to 16,000.000 or 20,000.000 tons,
or ten times that amount with further In
crease of development and equipment."
HYMENEAL
May and December.
BLOOMFIELD. la., Nov. ,-J. W. Buz
zard of Wamego, Kansas, aged 71 years,
and Ida M. Bampaon tf Drskevllle, aged J,
were united in marriage riaturday after
noon In the office of I he county recorder by
Rev. M. Downing. Until tho duy prior to
their marriage they had never met, but
had corresponded. Both have pieloitsl
been married, sod they became acquainted
through a son of the grow to.
RREST ENDS CRAFT
8ach ii Statement of Lant K. Baliburj,
Former Grand Eapidi Attorney.
BANK ACCOUNT LARGELY OVERDRAWN
uanUMSSmnnm
Beason Qiren by Oity'i Legal Eepregsnta
tire for Hie Illegal Aots.
NEW YORK MAN ADVANCE0 THE CASH
Fundi Which Were Spent Came from an
Eastern Inspector.
MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DEAL
Testimony Tends to Show Newspapers
nnd Offlrlnls Had Part, ot Cask
Sent to Aid Municipal
Legislation.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Nov. l-Th
examination of State Senator David E.
Burns, who was charged by Lant K. Snls- '
bury, the former city attorney. In his con
fession of the bribery of municipal officials
and others In connection with the notorious
water deal with having received $J00 for
his work, was begun today in police court.
Salsbury was the first witness for tho
"4pIe' He testl,1' that he offered Bums
$31 in addition to $100 which Burns told
him he had already received. Burns'
scorned the offer at first, saying that he
was no $100 man. that he was not going to
Introduce the bill In the legislature and
have tho other persons In the deal make
a large amount, while he had Just a little.
Burns threatened, so S.tlslniry swore, that
he would tnck on a referendum clause to
the bill wanted by the promoters unless'
he was given $5,000. Finally Salsbury told
him to put In the bill and to say nothing
abont the $5,000 until the bill became a law.
intimating that he would be further re-
warded then. The $200 was paid to Burns
In Salsbury's office In tho city hall, witness
testified.
Where Money Went.
Salsbury testified that the water deal
first etime to his , attention In June, 1900,
when Thomas F. McQurry, a local attor
ney, told him that he hatf sotntt clients
who wanted to get a contract to furnish, the
city with water and that there uouU bo
$5,000 In It for him. Salsbury was driven
Into tho deal, so he confessed, because of
$16,000 shortage In his bank account
caused In unfortunate speculation In wheat.
He met R. A. Cameron of New York and
agreed to go Into the deai for $J5,0'iO cash.
The money was sent by 11. A. Taylor of
New York, tho money man in the deal, to
the State bank., "My sole purpose vas to
take the $a,000." said Salsbury, "to
straighten up my bank, account. If I had
gotten that money at that time I would
have settled the shortage and there the
water deal would have tndod."
Attorney Mr-Garry, however, wanted $21,.
600 from Salsbury, he testified, but It was
Anally agreed that Salsbury should pay
him $7,600. t .
Salsbury then went, Into the. matter of th
newspapers alleging connvt lion with tho
deal.' "Mr. -Cameron wanted to- knots Mf
the newspapers Would support us. I told
him that I would take care of It. I paid
Charles 8. Burch of the Evening Press
$6,000. I also gave J. Clark Sproat, the
mannger of the Democrat, some, I was
talking of becoming a partner with bproat,
It being understood that I was to us a the
paper as I wanted."
Implicate Others.
After paying' McGarry $7,500, so he testU
fled, he went down to ex-Mayor Perry's)
office and gave him $3,333. "Perry's theory,"
su Salsbury testified, "was for him and the
Democrat (a local paper) to stiport the
Bulley Springs water project, this being
represented as a rival Interest to the Lake
Michigan deul, In the Hid ot which bribery
was done. He advocated the Bulley Springs
deal with the loin purpose of getting the
other papers to oppose the project, before
It was known that the other papers would
accept money. Mr. Burch of the Evening
Press at first wanted $10,000, saying that the
support of tho Press was worth more than
that of the other local papers. 1 tried to
get him at tlrst without using taiutey, but
could not do nnythlitf with him. lla Anally
curno to my office In the city hall and took
tho $5,000, and I Insisted that nothing be
done by the council until the additional
$75,000 for which we had burgained with the
promoters came."
Salsbury also Implicated Samuel N.
Lemon, collector of lntemalsrevenuc. and
William H. Anderson, president of the
Fourth National bank, who, so hs sold.'
wanted $10,000 each. I,cnioii wax interestsd
In several water deals that were on at
one time, so Salsbury said, and rame to
his office, saying that he had paid the
mayor $10,000 and wanted to know how
much It would take to get tho council. "I
told him that It would tako $1'iih,ooj, ' said
Salsbury. "lie wanted me to come down,
but I told him that he and Anderson
wanted $10,000 without doing a thing."
Mouey to Newspapers.
Salsbury also Implicated Dudley. K.
Waters, it member of the Board of l'ubllo
Works; Eugene D. Conger, manager of the
Grand Rapids Herald, nnd J. It. Thompson,
municipal reporter of the Evening 1'resg.
'"I gave $13,750 to ex-Msyur P.trry und to
the Democrat $13,760. I gave atune to Corey
P. BUsuil of the Board of l'ubllo Works
and some to J. R. Thompson and to E, i.
Conger $10,0(0. J paid $.0 each to Alderujeii
Ellen, DepuHgU-r, Kinney, Bchrlver. Mol,
Sloiiehouse and Macl,achUn, $00) each to
Blssell, Thompson and Aldermen McOooL
Muir, Donovan, Uhysels, Lotlr and Slo
cum. To Isaac F. limureaux I paid $1,600."
Umoreaux was city clerk, and Is sup
posed to have confessed to the prosecuting
attorney, although he has not yet besn ar
rested. Arrest Stopped the Deal.
"Wi had bidders on the siring from all
sides aud our tlrst plan was to get them to
put up all the money possible with us as
bribe money and then go to tho council and
exhibit ths money with the statement that
it was scut here to bribe us and then keep
it. This was before the last water deal was
planned and our first plan would have gonu
through but for my arrest In Chicago,
which ccAred some of them out. We had
bidders in Milwaukee, Omaha, Chicago and
other places, and were just getting them
warmed up when my arrest In Chicago up
set all the plans.
"The next plun was to get the city to buy
the hydraulic water plant It was prac
tically worthless so far as competition waa
concerned, but could be made to sppear
good. In erler to get the deal through It
was necessary to have the city charter
amended, and for this purpose ws had to
arrange with Senator Burns and others.
Moses Crow and a Mr. Gray of New Vork
were to hack the schems financially gild
were to put up $u0.ooo as a starter. WlllarU
Kingsley of thin city acted for them.
"Of this amount we were to give 110,000