The Omaha Daily Bee.
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ESTABLISHED
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APPEARANCE OF WAk
Aoiions of Japan Ara 8noh u to Exoita
Grata Alarm.
SEOUL PRESS GROWS BELLIGERENT
Adrcoatiif the Slaofktei of All Foreigner!
. and Biotiig ia Fearad.
MINISTER ALLEN ISSUES DIRECTIONS
Ordtra American Woman and Children to
Bamain Indoors.
RUSSIA CANNOT ACCEPT JAPAN'S REPLY
Hash Orders Placed with American
Mine Owner for Forty Thousand
Tons of Coal and Battleships
Ordered In london.
LONDON. Jan. 16. The Seoul corre
spondent of the Dally Mall says that the
native press Is advocating the slaughter of I
all foreigners.
United States Minister Allen has ordered
all American women and children to re
main Indoors and he predicts that rioting
by the military Is Imminent. I
M. Collin de Plancy, French minister, has
vainly advised the emperor to take refuge
.in tne I rencn legation. I
Trie Dally Tcu-grapn e tokio correspond- i
ent says the Japanese government; as a I
Dart of its Dlan of naval extension, has
Sshlp. " 160r"tOn
The Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Ioun aeatl " "eir ananaonea toau lie
Malt reports the gradual and extensive had been "hot th "" before by the con
movement of Chinese troops toward Shan 'tablea In a fight during which Herman
Hal Kwan In Chi LI province, probably hot nd kllIed fmjr escaping for the
with the view of guarding Wan To, on the
Onlf nf l.lntn ul Hf.nlln,r the mines
thereabouts against Russian seizure.
DETROIT. Jan. 14. A Detroit firm, own
ing coal mines near Norfolk, Va., has re
ceived a rush order for 40,000 tons of Poca
hontas coal for the Japanese government.
LONDON; Jan. 14. Minister Hayashl re
eclved today the text of the Japanese reply
to Russia's last note.
Tt does not rftnt.ln an ultimatum, but
reiterates Japans original demands with
what Baron Hayashl terms "a modification
upon a minor point
The questions of Chinese sovereignty In
Manchuria and Japan's sphere of Influence
in Corea are relnslsted upon.
Minister Hayashl said to a representative
So far as I can see the relations of the
two powers regarding the dispute nractl-
callv are unchanged. I have no Indication
?! V' r?Ptn lh' ntBJf. iLlv ? ie'
but TexpecTth. AeioUaUon. wVunuLu.
for several weeks. . I
London I-c.s Hopetnl.
The British Foreign office officials ad
reading this Japanese reply cotton, which makes the trade practically 1 th burlR, rf the Qead at the beginning of Leds of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
aslan note that It only takes ,n'P0"""8 x"p at a, ' , the strike a modification of the strike order dno Railway company sent a circular to-
tonlght after
to the last Ru
th crisis a step further In a less hopeful
direction. The advice, received by the
Forelgn office made them fear that Russia
would not accept Japan's reiterated da-
A private' dispatch from Toklo says that
In spite of all reports to th contrary, the
Japan troops will not be thoroughly
. prepared to start for Corea on the scale
desired In th event of auoh a step being
considered necessary before the first week
In February, This Is considered signifi
cant in conjunction with Baron Hayashl's
statement that the negotiations are likely
to extend for three weeks longer and sup
plies an additional reason for Japan's
answering. In pacific terms. It Is also
pointed out that In three weeks Japan's
new cruiser will be practically out of all
danger.
S-veral of the diplomats here do not
hare th British foreign office's complete
pessimism, believing Russia will give In
at the last moment. At the German em-
baaay it la presumed that Berlin's de
pression yesterday was due to some com-
munluatlon from bt. fetersourg intimat-
Ing that Russia would go to war rather
than concede some particular points of
Japan's demands.
Berlin's , Version of Note.
BERLIN, Jan. 14. Japan's main points
tit her laat note are understood unoffi
cially here to be that Japan consents to
eliminate Manchuria from the controversy
owing, to the signature of th commercial
treaty between China and Japan and
Russia's aasurancea that China's commer
cial conventions will be respected. Japan,
therefore, restricting Its claims to Corea,
asks for a definite, written guarantee that
Russia will abstain from Interference In
me yuiiucs u& visum,?, i.u.
Corea exclusively to Japanese Influence.
ra"b7i
aone, if Russia still thinks one desirable.
which shall consist of equal territories of
Corea and Manchuria, Including tfce Talu
river, with all Russia's fortifications
thereon. Finally, Japan fixes no limit of
time, but earnestly expresses the hope that
u ...I, m111 nnf fiumv nunnni ira m rt n
favorable reply to Japan's reasonable re-
quests. Japan alludes to Its privilege of
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discontinuing th negotiations should it ap
pear -that Russia Is unwilling to accept
these minimum proposals. The bote, al
though not altogether precluding further
negotiations, has a certain finality In Its
ten Implying that the correspondence Is
closed on the aide of Japan.
It Is not believed here that Russia will
consider the proposed neutral sone as sug
gested by Japan. No authorttlve opinion
la obtainable as to Russia's probable reply.
and It Is said that th situation la likely to
he prolonged for a good many days and
possibly for weeks.
Rnsslan Troops Pass Dardanelles.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Jan. 14. Two larze
vessels belonirin to the Russian volunteer
fleet, carrying troops, passed through th
Bosphorua today bound for the far east.
,
De.erl.es Note a. Moderate.
iuiviv. jan. it, 11 is saia mai j.p.n
answer to Russia's latest note la not in the
form of any ultimatum and It la described
moaeraie in terra., out resoiuis in ions,
it is asm 10 oe largely aevotea to a ui-
cuaalon of affairs connected with Corea.
japan nawug on s.rongiy aavisea no 10
fight over Manchuria alone. Foreign Mln-
iKi.r ivuiuura uufu successively me mar-
quls Ito, cni or tne privy council, ire-
hiler Katsura ana tne emperor. He subee-
uuonllv called UDun Huron d Roaii. tha
.
Russian mlnisur, snd It la generally be
lieved hr handed him In person tha
Japanese reply.
War Is Expected.
PEKING, Jan. 14. Th expectation of war
Is greatly Increased In diplomatic circles
here. The German minister now regards
war as a probability, although not despair-
Ing of a settlement at the eleventh hour.
Heretofore he had regarded war as only a
SuMli)lllty. tin legation bus received a
puaUita4 M (Second rafsj
19, 1871.
& AN ELA!1ATE BANQUET
-thar Pearsoa nines the Tariff
sslon and Verbal shower
qaets Are Ksrhuna-cd.
LOi ON, Jan. 14. Cyril Arthur Pear
son, chairman and practical organiser of
Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commission.
Save an elaborate banquet at the Hyde
Park hotel tonight to Mr. Chamberlain
and the members of the commission. The
banquet hall was ornamented with the
flairs and shields of the various colonies,
and orchids predominated in the scheme
of floral decoration.
Mr. Pearson, after proposing a toast to
the health-of Kins Edward, proposed the
health of Mr. Chamberlain and paid a
high tribute to his magnificent energy,
The toast was honored with the greatest
enthusiasm.
Mr. Chamberlain, replying to the toast,
ssld he regarded the formation of the com-
mission as an historical event and he
spoke of the practical benefits which were
useiy iq raiuii iron xne larjors oi me
committee for the country and the empire,
and said that Mr. Pearson was the great-
est "hustler" he hart ever known. I
HERMAN ESCAPES FROM JAIL
Former Philippine Inspector, Charged I
with Mnrder and Robbery, Is
at Large,
MANILA, Jan. 14. George, Herman, at
on time chief Inspector of constabulary
who. In company with O. J. Johnson, con
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. a. uinr. ... ,
"! Thrlstole, has Just escaped from confine-
ment at Cebu and Is still at large. When
SCS of hlmyjohnsobny
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guvemmeni niu. nr.iueu w
tlonal charges against W. D. Ballentine,
former Insnector at this nort- and John T. I
Miller, a former Inspector of Immigration,
charce of consnlracv to lmrjort Chinese
both of whom were recently acquitted of
admitting coolies Into the Philippine Islands
rii.r,.i.,t o. m.rrh.ni. n r.t .r.
tlflcates.
GAMBLING HURTS BUSINESS
Spinners Declare Present I'n favorable
Condition of Cotton Market is
Dan to Artificial Inflation.
MANCHESTER, Jan. 14. A meeting of
th Federation of Master Cotton Spin-
ners nere aiscussea a resolution 1
to the effect that members and I
non-'nem'r discontinue buying and sell-
speculation. Th. relutlon
sets forth that the present condition of
cotton has been caused by "gamblers using
J.
lrl v'ew r m")oru"ce or ne 80'u-
ilon the voU therupon wa" POtponed for
a week.
DEFEATS GOVERNMENT- FORCES
Lender of Troops Compelled to Re
treat In Face of Insnrgent
Army.
BUENOS ATRES, Jan. 14. According to
a dispatch from Montevledo, Uruguay, Oen-
eral Munis, with 2,600 government troops,
has been obliged to beat a retreat, owing
to numerical superiority of the revolu-
tlonists. Oeneral Munis Is said to have
resigned. War Minister Vasques Is ex-
pected to take supreme command of th
Uruguayan government troops.
The Uruguayan government forces were I
defeated January 11 at Paso de Toros, log-
ing twenty-five men killed and having
forty-flv men wounded.
ISSUES NEW YEAR'S UKASE
Csar Grants Favors and Offices
fa
a Few Rnsslan Coart
. Favorites.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 14. An Imperial
ukase. Issued on the occasion of the Rus
sian New Tear, appoints the Grand Duke
Michael Nlcolalevltch president of the
council of the empire for the ensuing year.
The csar has sent an autograph letter to
Constantino Pobledonoseff, chief procura
tor of the holy aynod, conferring on him
th Insignia of the Order of Bt. Andrew.
M. Muravleff, the minister of Justice, has
also received an expression of the csar's
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"ctol 'PPreclation rvlces.
IMPORTATION OF SILVER
Nothing bnt Money on Gold
Basis
May Be Bronght to
Philippines.
MANILA. Jan. 14. Th act prohibiting
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, ST T v . . T.v , " "
I and the member of the commission have
been loudly cheered for their promptitude
In meeting the demands of the mercantile
classes ln this respect. Action upon the
supplemental act providing for a tax upon
a wrltten contracts made payable
ln
home or foreign coin not upon a gold
basis, has been postponed for a week.
FIND BRITISH CAPTAIN'S BODY
Son of I-ord Rlbbeldnl Poand Plereed
by African spear la
Somallland.
LONDON. Jan. 14.-A dispatch received
today at the War office from Major Gen
eral Kerton. commanding the Somallland
expeditionary torce. announces that the
toay or captain 'i nomas usier, iord Rlb-
Mi&Wm son and heir, who was reported
b Qenrai Egerton to be missing after
the engagement recently between the Brit-
Uh -nd ln. foroe. th. Mll, Multao. ha.
toximi. pierced by a spear.
I Diplomatic Changes at Vatican.
ROME. Jan 14 -The transfer of Mon.
,ignof. Dibolmonte. th papal nuncio at
Brussels, to Vienna and the appointment
gf Mgr Caputo aa papal nuncio to Ba-
varU wer. offlclay enounced today. Th
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pe ioaay re eivea oaron iteming, wno,
it is reportea, win do appotaiaa tiavarian
minister to the Holy Bee, aucceedlng Baron
de Cetto, who has been here twenty-one
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tiv Taslng Power to Falsa a
HAVANA. Jan. 14. The senate last night
,tr ,on d0 approved th bill
autniirwni ricaurai riuw i nicran
duties In his Judgment not to exceed SO per
cent more than the present rstes. a
adopted by the house yesterday. Th bill
bow goes to rresiaeni rauna. ,
OMAHA, FRIDAY MOKNIXO, JANUAHY 15,
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WILL HEAR ST. LOUIS MEN
Boot and Ehws Warkari Will Laarn What
Expelled Bare to Bay.
ADOPT LABEL FOR REPAIRERS AND OTHERS
Becuuso of Kxpenae lnt one Delegate
Will Be dent to Meeting; af Na
tional Federation at Sna
Franelaco.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 14. The convention
of the Uonf and Shoe Workers today re
ferred a number of resolutions to the com
mittees.
The convention also reconsidered Its for
mer action that was against the payment
tna eXD.nses of a committee from the St.
lui. council, whoso eia-ht charters had
been revoked, and the convenUon voted to
pay thn expPT,flF4 of thoBe from st. Louis
wno wanted to be heard In their defense,
A ,Miut -Rs adooted to resume the
orlgInal BtrlKe f und ,t existed prior to
. t -. . A. j .
the Detroit
convention, after the deficit In I
' . . I
expense fund was wiped out
the general
Owing to the expense of sending delegates
to Ban Francisco a resolution was offered
and referred to make President Tobln the I
only d legate to the next convention of the
American Federation of Labor. Resolu
tlons were adopted specially thanking those
who sustained the union at Lynn, Haver
hill, Montreal and St. Louis.
Miss Sadie Spraggon of St. Louis, from
tke committee on labels, . reported many
' mm a" among mose ""u
neing meets lor jnnoers ana repairers.
A committee was appointed to meet Law-
.nM and Plnta of St. Iiuls on their ar-
J Z&ST P'
Tfn Hope to Mettle gtrlke.
BLOOMTNQTON, 111., Jan. 14 A com
mittee of the street railway strikers left
today for Chicago to close a deal for
twelve automobiles, which will be operated
In competition wltn tne street railway sys
tern.
All hope of a settlement of the strike I
b" t"w hn abandoned and the strikers
m a noay canea at tne omces or xne
company today ana returned oaages,
puncnes ana otnor properiy. um t me
strikers left the ranks today and returned
to the company's employ, the first break.
The company is expecting others to re
turn. ,
Resnmes Liverymen' Strike.
CHICAGO. Jan. 14. The strike of livery
drivers began anew today, after a truce of I
fifteen days. Jollowina- the Iroquois theater I
fire. Not 5 per cent of the 1.600 drivera of
carriages and hearses are said to be at
work and only, the undertakers' wagons
were put into service In lieu of carriages,
..t,. . nKl I trek A runnrf
, th. or. , to
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employes to agree on a wage scale was the
PMM nt th- ,Mmntlon r th. -trik(l.
To avoid the distressing Interference with
was made, and before the day was over
hearlle, mannd by unlon drtVers were at
the disposal of every liveryman In the city.
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stART FIGHT ON MONOPOLY
Commission Men of the Conntry Will
Panic Michigan Road in
Court.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 14. A fight against
the alleged throttling of competition In the I
fruit and produce business ty a prominent
Chicago firm of packers was inaugurated
today In the convention of the National
League of Commission Merchants. The
matters were precipitated by the reading
of a paper by John L. Scales of Chicago,
In which It is charged that this firm, by
means of refrigerator cars which they own,
and by reason of special contracts with I
railroads and one traversing Michigan in
particular, was making an effort to secure
control of the fruit business to the hard-
ship of the small dealers. Th paper Bald
me aiicmgan roan nua bihiucu um iinwuti
men that its facilities for handling iruit
was inadequate; that the refrigerating bust-
nesa of the road would be handled here
after in a certain line of cars, and that the
price for Icing a car would be $22, Instead
of $7.60 as formerly. Mr. Scales then of
fared a set of resolutions alleging that the
turning over of the refrigerating to one
firm by contract was Illegal and asking an
appropriation of $1,200 to fight th matter
In the courts.
A prolonged discussion ensued and Mr.
Scales' resolution was adopted.
BURNING JAIL KILLS THREE
Two Fatally Bnraed and Two Others
Hnrt at Flra In State of
Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 14. Three
prisoners were cremated, two fatally
burned and two others seriously hurt In
th burning of tb town jail at Pratt City
today.
The dead
JOHN KELLT. a railroad man, aged 60.
GEORGE KTLE, colored.
CHARLES RUSSELL, colored.
Fatally burned:
James Smith, colored.
William Young, colored. .
There were fifteen men and four women
In the Jalh all negroes except Kelly. A
panlo ensued when the fire was discovered
and the prisoner were released, but not,
however, until three had perished. Police-
man Chrle Hatfield, who discovered the
fire and hearing the cries of the prisoners,
and unlocked the doors, was overcome by
smoke and cama near losing his life,
Qmltt. mwiA Vftunu With nf whnm a r a at.
to die. are accused by the other
prisoners of setting fir to the Jail. '
THIEVES FOLLOW THE FLAMES
Fir Breaks Ont in Montana Drag
Storo for Second Tlma and
Wipes Ont Homes.
HAVRE. Mont.. Jan. 14. Flra broke out
again today in Btrongfellow'a drug store,
burning th entire block of business houses,
Including the Havre hotel, a modern hos
ttdry. erected threa years ago. The fire
then Jumped across the street and destroyed
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I nnunwr uiut, uwu,cu uj . ii So tiumiui
I aiore ana a numoer oi Huuom ana res-
tauranta. Th flumes then spread eaat-
ward, fanned by a gale, end destroyed a
block of houses.
During the conflagration thieves began to
I niundur the hurnlns: or deHarted tmlldinjrs
and secured considerable booty. Assistance
w
was called for from the aoldiers at Fort
jkaainiooine, ana a company was rusnea
the city and martial law was declared. The
loss is $k,000. with little Insurance. Many
people are homeless, but dUaena have or-
I ganlaed a relief committee.
1904
MRS. bechteljo be tried
la Attorney selects Case
Against Mother for First Trial
on Merits.
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ALLENTOWN. Pa., Jan. 14. The four
mombcis of the Hechtel family. Mrs. Cath.
arlnc Hechtel, her daughter Martha, and
her sons. John and Charles, were today
rl(u,pd u ,ra, chantea wlth bpn(r ncces-
sorles after the fact to the murder of
Mabel Hochtel.
District Attorney Llchtenwalter an
nounced that the state wna ready to try
all four Indictment's, but Attorney Schaadt,
the defendant's counsel, asked for sever
ance and the district attorney said he
would try Mrs. Catharine Hechtel first.
An argument between the district attor
ney and Mr. Schaadt over the arraignment
of the prisoner wa-s cut short by the Judge,
who said:
'The prisoner need not be arraigned.
Let her plead to the Indictment."
'Not guilty," declared Mr. Schaadt.
'And before we proceed," he continued, "I
would like to ask that thn disgraceful
scenes of yesterday be not repeated today.
TV"!!!
Let ttl.
e case be conducted In an orderly
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and proper manner,
A.mlrM .,
The district attorney said nothing, but
i.nntlniiMl with tils nrpnnp.Knna for thn
Mal of MrB Bechtrt an(, th work f cm-
panerir a jury wni begun.
Counsel for Alois Eckstein, who was ac-
nnlHi4 VAter1nv. announced thAt Eckstein
wou(1 on , wltnPM gtand Tne at.
torney asserted, however, that his client
knew very little about the case.
A Jury to try Mr Bochtel was completed
this afternoon. Assistant Prosecutor Luti
toM thn Jury that the commonwealth would
show that there wbs a quarrel In the Hech
tel house on Sunday night, October 25,
that Mabel Bechtel was 'struck down by
f T
hidden for two nights and one day and
that the aged mother aided and abetted
In the concealment. He sold the mother
was an accessory after the fact.
Mrs. Maggie Miller, a next door neighbor
to the Bechtel family, said that she was
awakened by Mrs. Bechtel's cries early on
the morning that the body was discovered
n an alley, and hurried to the Bechtel
home, where she found Mrs. Bechtel hys
terical and calling her daughter's name-
Mrs R,rhtei told th witness that as she
opened the cellar door to get her washing
machine In the underground alley, she
stumbled over her daughter's body. The
witness said she saw Mrs. Bechtel several
times on Monday, the day after the mur
der, and Mrs. Bechtel did not seem to be
laboring under any excitement or to be
hiding any secret. Late In the day she
w Mrs. Bechtel sitting at a window
sewing.
PLANS OF THE ROCK ISLAND
Stockholders Will Be Asked to Ap
prove Bond Issne of fl(l3,(KX,
OUO in March.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Presldent W. B,
to the stockholders of the company
eing forth that at the meeting to be
hell March 21 next they will be asked to
unnrovaa m. tVini Ihhm ntt ti vomA 11R3
frpt1- T
Of the total sum $15,000,000 are to be Issued
forthwith, 1X2,025,000 are to be reserved for
retiring various Rock Island bonds, 113,
800,000 are reserved to be Issued to pro
vide funds to the amount of 76 per cent
of the nurchasa nrice of securities of other
COmDanies which mav hereafter be ac-
qUirMi Dy the company, $27,475,000 are re-
served to be Issued (not mora than $2,500,-
qqq n ttny one year) fOT the cash cost of
future Improvements or betterments and
$25,000,000 are to be held by the trustee to
t,e jesued from time to time as the corn-
pany hall furnish to the trustee certlfl
cates stating that It has, oubsequent to
January 1, 1904, expended an (.mount of
ca,n equal to the then market value of the
new bonds so Issued for the acquisition of
property which the railway company may
lawfully acquire, or In permanent improve-
I fcnents or betterments, including equip-
1 ment on tne raiiroaas suojeci to tne new
mortgage
I The circular sets forth that the board
of directors decided it to be preferable at
present to restrict 'refunding operations to
the requirements of the ensuing thirty
years. This plan was deemed better than
the former proposition, which contem
plated a refunding period of eighty-five
years. It was also thought advisable to
limit the aggregate amount of the pro
posed Issue to a sum which should make
the new bonds available for Investment un
der the New York savings bank law.
FINDS WIFE AT ROPE'S END
Woman Who Sought Death Becaase
I She Conld Not Sleep Makes Resene
I Work Easy for Husband.
MORA, Minn., Jan. 14. W 1th one end of
I a rope tioa arouna ine waist ana tne otner
end fastened to a post Imbedded In the
ice, the body of Mrs. J. C. Pope, wife of
an attorney, today waa dragged from
Lake Mora. Mrs. Pope was a sufferer
from insomnia and left a letter saying
that she had determined to end her suf
ferings. Mr. Pope, on returning home, found his
supper ready and the Are burning In the
stove.' Supposing his wife had gone out
for the evening he retired. Mrs. Popa oc
cupied an isolated chamber because of her
sleeplessness and her abeence waa not
discovered until this morning. In her room
her husband found a letter addressed to
him In endearing terms and begging his
forgivenness for her act,
I A searching party followed the woman's
footprints in the snow to the lake. She
I hutt orritie nut to an ODeil IDuri tflRftA hv
Ice cutters and tied one end of a rope to
a scantling Imbedded ln the ice. With the
other end colled securely about her waist
8he had 'I'J'Si?! Mr- Pope
wan e my t ... -
TAKES MONEY FROM LODGES
Hend of Mntnal Insnrnnee Concern
Said to Havo Absconded with
Funds.
PEORIA, Jan. M. The flight of David
G. Clemow, supreme president of the Order
of Mutual Protection, Is followed by a
j," of ,hortages In his accounts to
uiBcovery oi anurias" in uis inuunn m
i variou, lodses
nlns year he was banker of Baker
Modern Woodmen. At tha last elec-
,lon n waa defeated, and when It came
to turnlna- over the funds in his Dossesslon
I i, n.4 h ... wiik kin.
I .v. . rw . i - ir.
i muig n in u i,wv v, iiwa luuiioj, xiv mmm
I treasurer of the local lodge of the Order
j f Mutual Protection, and hia ahortage
tui hare Is estimated at X330. fTlendHhlD en-
oumpment of Odd Fellows, of which he
was treasurer, will meet Saturday evening
to see If funds amounting to $100 held by
I him can to four-
TEN PAOIW.
ARGUE FOR ROSEBUD BILL
Advocates of Burke Measure Appear Before
the Home Committee.
ARMY TELEGRAPHERS ASK RECOGNITION
Hearst's Campaign Manager States
Several Middle Western States
Will Certainly Instruct
for lllm.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-tSpeclal Tele
gram.) 'the conimltu-e on Indian affairs
this morning held a meeting to hear the
arguments of those favoring the pussagu
of Representative Burke's bill to open to
settlement 41t0o0 acres of land lying idle in
the Rosebud Indian reservation. Represen
tative l'.urke, member of the committee and
father of the bill, first addressed the com
mittee und explained the purport of the
measure. Ho waa followed by Judgo Kin-
kaid of tho Sixth Nebraska district, who
favored the measure. Representative Mar
tin also nddressed the committee, as did
Messrs. Backus and Lucas, representing
the Commercial club of Bonesteol, S. 1.
The hearing before the Indlun affairs
committee lastd an hour and then ad
journed to meet again Monday morning
next. Representative Burke feels confident
that the committee will order a favorable
report upon his measure, following closely
upon tho lines recommended by Secretary
Hitchcock anil Commissioner Jones. Sena
tor Gamble, who has been absent from the
capital for several weeks, returned to
Washington today.
Congressman Martin today called at the
PostofPco department to urge thn estab
lishment of an additional rural free de
livery route out of Siearnsh. Lawrence
county, and also a new route out of Mans
field. Brown county.
Pleads for Army Telegraphers.
Mr. Roeewater appeared today before the
pensions committee of the senate and
house and urged that the army telegraphers
of the United States should be placed on
similar footing with ofllc.era and privates
of tho civil and Spanish wars. Mr. Rose
water, who is chairman of the executive
committee of the Society of the United
State Military Telegraph Corps, stated to
tho committee that while he did not want
a pension he believed army telegraphers
had seen as much service as any man ln the
field. In many cases being under fire and
yet always charged with grave responsi
bility. A number of bills have ben Intro.
duced to give army telegraphers a pension
able status. It is believed, however, that
no action will be taken until next fall.
Judge McHugh. who had contemplated
going to New York today, was summoned
to Nebraska by telegraph, and he left this
evening for Omaha.
Frank Ransom and Harry Brome, who
have been in Washington this week, left
for Omaha last night.
Makes Claims for Hearst.
In a talk had with Mr. Mat H. Ihmsen,
political manager of William Randolph
Hearst, candidate for the democratic presi
dential nomination, Mr. Ihmsen said that
Iowa, South Dakota, Kansaa and ln all
probability Wyoming would to for Mr.
Hearst. He stated that no efforts were
being made to secure the delegation from
Nebraska, for the reason that Mr. Hearst's
managers believed ' that It would be mis
construed If they went into Mr. Bryan's
state for delegates.
National Committeeman C. A. Walsh of
Ottumwa, la., stated today that Iowa
would be for Mr. Hearst in the conven
tion.
Mr. Dahlman, national committeeman
from Nebraska, was noncommittal so far
as any candidate was concerned. He said
he had not talked Individual politics with
anyone and gave the Impression that noth
ing would be don In Nebraska until after
Mr. Bryan had a chance to look over the
situation.
The determination of the national com
mittee to go to St. aouls has created a
backfire which cannot help but hurt the
nominee, whoever he may be. Grover
Cleveland was nominated ln that city n
1888 and went down to defeat and those
who follow th trend of events see the
handwriting on the wall for any democrat
who is nominated in that city ln 1904, par
tlcularljj, as democratic politicians assert,
If it be Gorman or Parker.
Wherever possible Hearst interests will
Insist upon early conventions, with Instruct
tlons. Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota
are to hold early conventions. Mr. Murphy,
leader of Tammany, has said he would like
to have an early expression from the peo
ple of th country as to who la their choice
for the democratic candidate. This asser
tion Is taken to mean that New York will
hold a late convention, so that the con'
sensus of the states may be had to aid
New York In its determination to send an
Instructed or an uninstructed delegation to
St. Louis.
Democrats have had a hot time in Wash
tngton during the last few days and there
have been so many clashes ln the national
committee that it cannot help but leave
sore spots. The republicans ln the mean
time are looking on with equanimity.
A rural free delivery route was ordered
established February 15 at Ely, Lynn
county, la. Koute covers an area of
twenty-one square milea containing a popu
lation or KJ5.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes
jivoca, regular, Arthur II. Old field; sub
stitute. H. E. Lewis. Mapleton, regular,
William T. Wedmorel aubstitute.
Metcalf.
Shaw Will Not Resign.
A rumor gained currency here tonlaht
to the effect that L. M. Shaw, secretary
of the treasury. Intends to resign because
or motion which la said to have arisen
relative to the administration of customs
arrairs at Boston. It Is asserted that Sec
retary Shaw Is much Incensed because im
porters In Boston have appealed to the
president through their congressional rep
resentatives against a recent order of the
secretary which rather discomfits the Im
porters. Mr. Shaw tonight, however, said
that he had no intention of resigning and
could not understand how the rumor could
have gained currency.
COKE BUSINESS IMPROVES
Nearly Five Thousand Ovens Have
Been Added to Productive
Foreo of Pennsylvania.
8COTTDALH, Pa., Jan. 11 The coke
trad seems to have started upward with
a rush after a long period of depression
During the week 4.836 additional ovens have
been fired and the production Increased
20.000 tons.
Estimates on production show December
to have the lightest output of any month
of the past year, the total being 427.928
tons. The production for 1901 waa over
1.600,000 tona less than for V and nearly
1,000,009 ton lesa than for IMA.
PINMLW COPY TIIKEB CENTS.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Frldayi Satnrday Bain or Snow,
Trmperatare at Omaha Yesterdart
Hoar. Den. Hoar. Den-.
ft n. m at 1 p. m H4
a. m Ito Jl p. m
7 a. m St1 p. m 9
H a. m 3CH 4 p. m
t a. m 317 ft p. m 4A
10 a. m m Hp. m S
11 a. m ..... . m T p. m al
12 m 02 p. m Rt
n p. m ..... 1W1
DEPORTED MEN MUST STAY OUT
Governor Penbody Assures Federation
Committee Military Will Be With
drawn from Cripple Creek.
DENVER. Jan. 14. A special committee
from the State Federation of Ijibor waited
on Governor Teabody today and asked, on
behalf of the federation, that the troops
be withdrawn from Toller and Ban Miguel
counties; that the vagrancy order be res
cinded, and that the men who have been
deported from those counties bo permitted
to return home.
Governor Peabody assured the commit
tee that the troops are being withdrawn
as rapidly as prudence seems to Justify,
and that. In his opinion, the conditions
prevailing will permit the recall of all
soldiers except a small provost guard
within a very few days. The guard will
be maintained only long enough to demon
strate that the present peaceful condl
tlons are permanent.
The vagrancy order, the governor said,
was never Intended for law abiding cltl-
snns who desire to work and will not be
enforced against them. Tho deported men,
the governor declared, must remain away
from the districts so long as the military
men are In control. The meeting was very
friendly.
LYNCHERS WEAR NO MASKS
Take Negro from Officers in Rrond
Daylight and After Hanging
Hlddlo Body with Bullets.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 14.-"Jumbo'
Clark, a negro, waa lynched at High
Spri igs this afternoon. Clark had as
saulted a white girl, about 14 years old
while she was on her way to school. The
matter waa reported to the authorities and
a posse Immediately went ln search of the
offender. He was chased about seven miles
from High Springs and brought hack to
High Springs and there was identified.
Officers left with the prisoner to bring
htm to Gainesville, the county seat, but
they were overtaken by the mob a few
miles from this place. The negro was
taken from the officers and hanged to a
tree, and his body was riddled with bullets.
The mob consisted of fifty men, who wore
no masks, although the lynching occurred
ln broad daylight.
TELLS TALE OF DESTITUTION
Canadlnn Indian Reports Cannibalism
Induced by Famine Among
Members of Tribe.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. A dispatch to the
Inter Ocean from Port Arthur, Ont., aays
thai an Indian-has Arrived In- town and
told a terrible tale of the suffering among
the members of his tribe, north of Lake
Neplgon. He told of where one family
was so destitute that they murdered a
young squaw 25 years of age and the rest
of the family ate her.
At first his tale was not believed, but
It waa corroborated by three white trad
ers who arrived later. A train waa at
once started for the scene with food, but
it will take four days at top speed to
reach the Indiana. Two constables also
left to look into the murder case.
CANNOT KEEP OUT CHIN DONG
California District Court Holds Amer
ican Bora Chinaman Can Land
Despite Immigration Laws.
8AN 1 FRANCISCO. Jan. 14.-In the
United States district court today Judge
Dehaven, ln acting upon the habeas corpus
proceedings brought on behalf of Chin
Dak Dong, rendered a decision which con
troverts the opinions of various United
States Judges on the Important immigra
tion rights. Chin Dak Dong, it appears,
was born in this country. Some time ago
he went to China, recently returning on
the steamer Gaelic, and applying for ad
mission. Judge Dehaven holds that the
fact of Chin Dak Dong's birth having
taken place In this country. Irrespective
of his present allegiance, entitles htm to
land.
CASE GOES 0VER UNTIL JULY
Shipbuilding; Heaxlng Given Extended
Contlnannoe by Stipulation of
Attorneys of Parties.
NEW YORK, Jan. U-The foreclosure
proceedings of the New York Security and
Trust Company and Charles M. Schwab
agalnat th United States Shipbuilding
Company and Receiver Smith were adjourned-
today until July 20 the adjourn
ment being taken in compliance with a
stipulation entered Into by all Interests of
th shipbuilding litigation that all, suits
should be held ln abeyance pending the de
cision of Judge Klrkpatrlck of the federal
court of New Jersey on the motions for the
consolidation of all the actions pending
before him.
DOWIE DREAMS OF A NEW ZION
Will Found n City on the Texas Gnlf
or Pad go Coast When He
Returns.
LOS ANGBLKS, Jan. 14. John Alexander
Dowle with hia party of Ziontte supporters
hss arrived ln Los Angeles. He announcea
that he will remain in California until
January 21, on which date he will leave
Ban Francisco for Australia. He denied
that he would build a Zlon city In south
ern California, but said that It was very
likely that he would found a city either
on the gulf or somewhere on the Pacific
coast. He states that he expects to re
the world about June 80.
turn to Zloo City from hia trip around
JIM1NEZ PARTY SUCCESSFUL
Dominican Capital Still Holds Out, hut
Provlatuhal Government
May Capitulate.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14. According to ad
vices by steamer from Monte Christl, the
Jlmlnea party In San Domingo la meeting
with great success, says a Herald dlripatch
from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies.
While the capital la holding out against
his forces, it Is believed, the dispatch adds.
that the provisional government will soon
capltulata
WANT PANAMA CANAL
National LWi Etoak ConTentiaa Tandtn
Thanki to Fratideit fot Eis Work.
CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTURY
Bach is Terms Uiei to Dtioribt Completion
of Iitbmian Waterway.
WANT RAILROADS REGULATED BY LAW
Would Hit Government TroTido Rulta
for Etndliig Lite Stock.
TALKS FOR KEEPING DUTY ON HIDES
Editor of Mve Stock World TelU
Delegates that Producers of
Cattle Should Insist Ipon
Maintaining Tariff.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 14.-Th flrsv
action of th national live stock conven
tion today waa to unanimously adopt a
resolution endorsing President Roosevelt's
policy relative to the construction of tha
Panama canal.
The resolution, a copy of which waa or
dered sent to President Roosevelt, follows:
Resolved, That the sincere thanks of th
entire membership of the National Live
Stock association in convention assembled.
Is hereby enthusiastically tendered Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt for his untiring
ami successful efforts to bring about tho
building of the great Panama canal, the
contemplation of which will, In the Judg
ment of this organisation, be the crowning
achievement of the twentieth century.
Legislation ln the interest of the live
atock industry waa the general topio of
discussion during the. session. The legis
lation desired Is principally In connection
with the handling of live stock by rail
roads, the passage of the bill providing for
a classified census of live atock and meas
ures In relation to the use of government
reserves for grazing range. Many Bug- -gostlons
as to how desired legislation may
be secured wer made.
Resolutions favoring J he passage of th
pure food bill and demanding the transfer ,
of the control of government reserves from
the Department of the Interior to that of
Agriculture were passed.
A. C. Halllwell, editor of the Chicago
Daily Live Btock World, delivered a brief
address on the subject, "The Tariff aa It
Affects . the Stockgrowers." H said In
part:
Tha nroDOHitlon to throw down the tariff
bars that now serve to limit. If even In a
small degree, the number of South Amer
ican ana otner toreign niaes tnat reacn tnia
country, hi a serious thrust at tha business
of the live stock grower.
The one certain thing In a reduction of
the duty on hides would be that ranch
men and stock farmers would hava to foot
the bills.
The hide dealers and tanners are not
slow to make their demands tor free hides.
In their efforts to follow pernicious prac
tices of the financiers who try to make
$1 of capital pay fat dividends on nine of
water, they have taken advantage of tha
consumer and would not put additional
screws to the producer. Boole and shoos'
cost much less than they used to, hut -they
do not cost the wearer any lnaa.
The live atock producers of the United '
States have a rlf.ht to demand tht what
they produce shall enjoy as much trad 1
protection as is given to thova who en
gage in the final processes of manufac
tures. President Springer In opening tha after
noon session stated that what the atock'
men wanted and must have. If tha railroad
companlea continue to withhold, passes, la
an active railroad commission The rail
roads do not want the systam, he aald,
because they know what It rnpana, be
cause they have seen what has' been ac
complished thereby,
"If the railroads Insist on opposing us
we will appoint an elective commission
In every state west of the Mississippi
river. We have had to spend money to
learn a few things, but we have learned
them."
Governor Wells of Utah delivered an ad- '
dress on "The Policy of the Government
Relative to Forest Reserves.".
Poor Railroad Service.
W. W. Cotton of Oregon In an addreas
declared that it waa useless for the stock
men to try by legislation to get a speed
of twenty miles per hour by freight trains
unless they were willing to pay the extra
expense. He advised co-operation between
the atock raisers and railroad men rather
than an attempt at legislation.
A paper by L. A. Allen of Missouri de
clared that ln the matter of car aupply and
speed in transit the roads are giving tha
poorest service In the history of railroads.
Mr. Allen held that the live stock men are
Buffering from unwarranted Increase In
rates, the refusal of passes and discrim
ination. Tho cause of these conditions. It
was said, Is the community of Interest
combination and the arbitrary action of
railway magnates In trying to get all the
earnings of the shipper.
A paper by B. F. Saunders of Texaa held
the action of the railroads In relation to
live stock to be responsible In a large
measure to the demoralized condition of
the range stock business. The speaker
stated that when there waa competition
between the roads th stockmen fared bet
ter, but present mergers and combinations
leave the stockman without recourse.
A resolution waa adopted expressing the
thanks of the convention to Prasildent
Roosevelt for his continued Internet In be
half of live stock Industry. Jerry Simp
son expressed himself strongly In favor of
the leasing of public lands. He thought
It offered the only solution of tha situa
tion that the live stock Industry now
faces.
A new executive committee waa elected,
follows:
J. M Rohart. Hxritnri vllu IrV t
Wetatril, Blue Ridge. Ga.; C W. Baker.
Chicago; Mortimer Levering, Indianapolis;
C. K. Curtis. Ames, la.; J. T. Caatlemati,
IxmiBvtlle; W. H. Dalrimple, Baton Rouge,
La.; F. P. Bennett, Boston; C. C Llllle
Coopervllle. Mich.; H. B. Carroll, 8t. Paul;
rmrr iannii, jannen, Aeo.; t'liarleg
Wright. Keene. N. H.; G. H. Davison.
Mllhmok, N. Y. : . A. Weston. Buffalo;
Overton In, Nashville; F. M. Stewart,
Colorado City, 'lex.; J. F. Mead, Randolph.
Vt.; H. A. Williams, Duo. W. Va.
M'CLELLAN IS AN AMERICAN
Mayor of New York Saya Plaeo of
Birth Does Kpt Affect
Him.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 -Mayor MoClellan
today announced tha ap4olntnent aa this
city's commissioner to the 8L Louis ex
position of Thomas H. Hynea, who was
Mayor Lowe's commissioner of correction.
in view of the fact that a question haa
been raised as to MuClellan'a eligibility for
the presldniicy because he waa born In
Dresden, Germany, the mayor waa aaked If
he considered himself a natural born citi
aen of tho United States within th mean
ing of tha constitution.
"Is that question acadefnio or political?"
asked the mayor. "If It Is political I am
not hero to discuss politics. If it la aca
demic. I will aay that I ant a natural boraj
olUaan of th United n la tea"
