NEWS SECTION.
The Omaha Sunday Bee.
PAGES 1 TO 10.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, MAY 21, UMKV-FOUR SECTIONS-T1IIKTY-SIX PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
BOERS STILL BITTER
Africanders Denounce Constitution of
Country u Prepared bj Great Britain.
DECLARE COLONY IS NOT WELL OFF
Compare! Transvaal with Condition! in
Cape Colony Fifty Yean Ago.
I COUNTESS TOLSTOY ON WAR
SITUATION IS ACUTE IN EAST AFRICA
Wife of Russian Author Wrllfi Let
ter Telling- of Condition
of I'eople.
British Treasury Faiii to Supply Money to
Save lariier Expenditures.
GROGAN TALKS Of MtLDED LEGISLATION
Vi a that Land Um of Ken Poimm
lions Are Work of Ama
teur and Should Be
Amended.
Wonder J-
RUSSIA MAY
PRETORIA, Hay 2o. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee) The Boers are bluer In
their denunciation of the new constitution.
They declare that the colony Is worse otl
than Cape Colony was fifty years ago.
Much ot the criticism la directed against
the clause retaining the Intercolonial coun
c On the present basin It is inevitable
that this body should come, in (or much
abuse at the first elections. Tim council
Is not popular In the Colony because. It
has never made a point of consulting the
members of the Transvaal legislature on
matters concerning the colony only. Last
session a cane In point occurred where It
was felt that the Intercolonial Council,
with regard to certain matters of railway
construction, arrived at a decision an
tagonistic to the voice of public opinion In
the colony. Everywhere It Is felt that the
council would make more progress If It
& hnurH a mnr rtaurlv dfrprtncn to tllH
legislative bodies.
Kast African Conditions Had.
CAPE TOWN, May 20 (Special Cable
gram to The Bee) The situation In East
Africa Is attracting wide attention through
out all the British possessions In Africa
owing to the fact that the treasury has
failed to supply the comparatively trifling
sums which are necessary to render the
past expenditure of about 7,000,000 sterl
ing effective. Kast Africa and Uganda
have Just emerged from their tutelage
period with the Foreign omce ana passed
under the Colonial office control. This
change Is regarded as marking a milestone
In the history of the British empire In
Africa.
The situation is really serious, owing to
a lack of funds. Huge sums have been ex
pended upon the railway, but with a view
to the strategic needs of the moment and
without consideration of the commercial
development of the country through which
the railway passes. At the period of Its
Inception this commercial development was
not foreseen, and the urgency of securing
Immediate contact with the then ' storm
center of the t'pper Nile was the dominant
factor in tn wlertlnn.Tf a route.
Now that these strategic needs have been
met It remains to fructify the dormant
5,000,000 which the task involved. The
conception Is regard ?d as another examplo
of the British Instinct for the trails that
become highways of the world. It Is no
longer a case of pitching money Into a
morass. The Nile hns been saved for
Oreat Britain and the railway Is already
wearing deep the channel of Central Afri
can trade. Its success Is assured and it
t will sterilize all German efforts to tap the
commerce of the Interior.
Regarding the land settlement problems
E. S. Qrogan is quoted as saying:
The main theory that permeates the ex
Istlng East African land policy is the
theorv of "no speculation. Now.
speculation" means no business. since
speculation Is In an ever accentuating de
cree the verv essence of modern business
No man leaves England In search of 3 per
rent, nor does the farmer who 18 sum
rlentlv eaulnned with cash to buy. stock
and finance the whole ot his land hold
In, seek nastures new. The new lands
are the happy hunting grounds of those
whose heart. Ideas and ambitions outrun
their balance at the bank. Men Is what
East Africa needs, for where men come
thither does the money flow; but never yet
- did money ever precede men. And the new
country which waits for prosperous folk
waits lone.
Work of Amateur,
The East Indian land ordinances are evi
dently the first born of an amateur who
has culled the theoretically attractive fea
tures from various colonial ordinances, lit
sublime ignorance of how they have
worked in practice, and with complete dis
regard of the peculiar conditions of the
particular case. Cnder them the land Is
being rapidly frlvoled away, and unless
Immediate action be taken the country will
be so tied that further railway construc
tion wll' become financially Impossible, and
the last great chance of diverting the
stream of emigration into Imperial chan
nels, and of finally substantiating Brttlsu
dominance in the African continent, will
have passed awav.
The existing policy, while it Induces the
great majority of settlers to acquire a far
larger area of land than they will be able
to develop, aims at limiting the amount of
WARSAW, May i0.-(Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The full text of the bltei
on the war, written by Countess Sophie
Tolstoy, wife of Count Leo Tolstoy, has
Just hK'ii given out hero. It is as follows;
It is said that tin-re is in Russia no
unity of opinion or teeiniK, but then- exists
on the contrary a complete disparity ot
views. 1 am extremely puineo by arti
cles in various unsympathetic papers, suou
as .ovi'ie vii inya, MosKovsaai, ieu- nnun nr ,,.Mnu
I Mostl una others, w nlcn can tor the con- ! DJni VT umvi
tlhiiatliin of war ni;d ure opposed to peace, ,
without entering Into any political coiisid- I
erations, although pcisonaiiy 1 am per- j
suutWd that the i ontmuauoii of llie war
Is not only useless, but win lead to ln
eieaslngl greater louses and disorders, by
those uisafiectcd masses In whuin the war
has awaacned contempt for human life,
and an aimless, brutal thirst tor blood. 1
simply cannot understand those who dare
to continue to advocate war.
Is it possible thai these people are bereft
of the most elementary love toward hu
manity and of the understanding ol good
ness nay, of mere imagination, thtit they
are able to live with the innocent victims
of war and their forsaken litnillles througii
tnesc desperate BUIicriugs, under winch Ine
whole of Kussla Is now groaning.
Some Imagine that Ine people are retard
ing war and death Willi wisdom and
equanimity. This is not correct. I um
living In the count! y. I have seen a son
of my own oil to the war. 1 have ex
perienced and seen these partings wltn
Heartrending grief, and never have I wit
nessed augnt else than tears, sorrow and
condemnation of the cause for which tn
men were being sent away. I know of
only a very tew exceptions, and those not
among the people, but the educated
younger generation.
1'eace cannot lie a disgrace, as so many
wrongly Imagine. A lost war Is not a
disgrace, but a misfortune. A spiritually
uiulevcloiic 1, unchiislliinlike nation such as
the Japanese, was bound to conquer, for
aiuiiig tnein is rue the principle oi pa
triotism, which Is opposi'd to the Christian
principle of love to one's neighbor, and
ther-jfore of oiiDosllion to war. They have
nul yet 'grown up to this stage, but the
Russians are on llie way to it.
Besides what disgrace can be greater
than that of torturing men, and compeling
th.'in to commit the greatest crime imagin
able, that of depriving others of their
lives by cruel, complicated, Improved meth
ods invented by a shameful, wrongly di
rected civilization.
What cruelty can be greater than that
Of leaving hundreds of thousands of chil
dren and aged people without fathers and
sons. foodlcHs, dying from want, un
clothed; than that ot compeling to surfer
hundreds of thousands of weeping moth
ers, wives, fathers and children, many
dying or becoming ill through grief; than
that of leaving the fields uncultivated In
order to Impose upon future generations
enormous state debts.
Better let go all these lands which are
acquired by insanely cruel methods In
order that the remaining land should pros
per and the people bless their rulers.
Yesterday, on returning home, the first
thing 1 saw at the entrance of my house
was a pale woman, thin as a skeleton,
who was leaning In exhaustion against a
post. 1 asked her what sue wanton.
BROIL IN THE NORTH
Correspondent Tells of the Conditions
Between Norway and Sweden.
FINDS ANALOGY IN BRITISH ISLANDS
Likens Norwegians to Scot'' d Swede
to People of T
S . TO BE FRAIL
at it Has Lasted as
i it Has.
WATCHING ITS CHANCE
Possibility that the mar, Rebuffed In
Asia, Mar Torn Ills Attention
to tbe .Northwestern
Countries.
We are dying of hunger! Help us!
rive children; I am the sixth."
"And where Is your husband?"
"In the hospital. Maimed at the war,
unable to work." , ,
After a short silence the woman sighed
and usked me: "And what Is the news?
Will they soon stop ine wan
Nothing is nearu aooui mm.
Tii.n what is He. doing? she said, in
a tone of unspeakable uftcringj.
riOIll UO )UU uj ..v.,
t'i,v tha rrl How nuinv people are
dying of hunger! How many orphans has
L. . V. .. i ' ll.w.H Hod'"
lie n,'iiv ureitii'B. ....... ....... ,
ti.ib la wimf the neotile say. this Is what
a common mother teels, but a mother with
the same feelings towaru tier nuniy,
ferlng child, emnciaceu irom ns winiio
CHRISTIANIA, May 20. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) The strained relations
between Norway and Sweden have been
brought about by Norway's Jealousy for its
constitution.
One of the first violent symptoms was the
demand for separate consular representa
tion abroad. The right to treat Independ
ently with foreign powers Is also claimed.
The crown prince regent has expressed a
willingness to compromise on the consular
question and to discuss other questions at
issue, but owing to the present temper of
Norway he has personally withdrawn from
the quarrel und declared that It must be
left for settlement to the state authorities.
For the root of the evil wo must go back
to the year 1RH, when the two nations for
opportunistic reasons were Joined together
on a basis ot such an Impractical nature
that no two ordinary' business men would
accept such lines for a common agreement
of partnership, and until this evil Is reme
died there will be no lasting unity.
Can any person of ordinary sense Imagine
the position of England and Scotland being
Joined under one king, but with a separate
government and a totally separate army,
there being not the slightest connection be
tween the two armies except In the person
of the king as the head of each, the only
practical connection between the countries
lying In their external relations, thus both
being (at present) represented by the same
foreign minister, the same ambassadors and
the same consuls.
People Are Peaceable.
It must be admitted that It Is a tribute
to the peaceable nature, high character
and good sense of both peoples that they
have been able under such abnormal re
lations to get on fairly comfortably to
gether for some ninety years; and It
would be greatly to be regretted If these
attributes should fall them now Just when
the time Is approaching when they ought
to strain every nerve and sacrifice every
personal feeling In order to render the
union stronger than ever In view of pos
sible Russian aggression, as It must be
STILL HAMMERS MACDONNELL
Inlonlat Member of Parliament
Passes Severe Strictures I pon
the Irish Official.
BELFAST, May 20. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee)-C. C. Craig, M. P., In the
course ot an address at a meeting of Ms
constituents this week at Antrim, said
that he had read that the visit of Sir
Anthony MncDowell to bishops, priests
and leaguers in the disturbed parts of Gal-
way had been authorized by the chief see
retarf. For his part, he would still hesi
tate to believe It, and If he were con
vinced it would be with regret. He did not
think, and the people of I'lster would agree
with him, that it was right or even con
stitutional that the peace of Connaught,
involving the protection of those who were
Intimidated In their Just rights, should de
pend on Interviews between the under sec
retary and agitators, clerical or lay; It
Was adopting the Indian practice of deal
ing with the trlhnl headsmen for restoring
in the community respect for British law.
Other Indian Innovations In this country
had not been successful, and he did not
think this would bo so, either. In India,
however, the headsman so approached was
personally held responsible for breaches of
the law by the village, but In this country
that course could not be taken, but this
was the first time that the priests and the
United Irish league had been publicly rec
ognized by a high executive official as ca
pable of controlling the peace of a district
in which the king's writ ran. At Birr
some days ago in the county court the
league tribunal was referred to as having
"concurrent Jurisdiction" with the Judse.
Were they to understand from this mis
sion that the league was to be regarded
as having "concurrent Jurisdiction with
the authorities for the good behavior of
Galway?" i
At the meeting of the under secretary
with a priest and a league, member the
Galway. unionist and Protestant might well
wonder with which member of the Junta
his .interests came In. It was very prob
able that Mr. Long was the man to give
much In return for these services of paci
fication, and that, therefore, Irish union
ists would not directly suffer. They de
sired to support the chief secretary, bo
far as they could, and even If he were re
sponsible for this, which they thought
was a mistake, let them remember that It
has been done openly and not on the sub
terranean methods of his predecessors, and
they should assume that he was acting In
the best Interests of the Galway unionists
toward securing them freedom In the ex
ercise of their ordinary rights under the
law. At the same time the whole trans
action only showed more clearly than ever,
If It were needed, how much suspicion,
after the policy of the last two years,
Irish unionists would continue, not un
naturally, to attach to the proceedings of
the government while the under seeeretary,
who had advertised his nonpolltlcal
opinions, was permitted to represent It In
any capacity In Ireland.
BIG FIGHT IMMINENT
General Engagement Expected Between
Belligerent Foroes Near Gunsha Pass.
LINEVITCH TO ACCEPT OYAMA'S OFFER
Japanese Loader Deploys, but His Real
Purpose is Not Known.
RUSSIAN FORCES ATTACK HOSPITAL
Tokio Officers Eeport Two Lively Skir
mishes Hear the Railroad,
THE BEE BULLETIN.
COLLIERS MAY FOLLOW ROJESTVENSKY
Hundred and Fifty Deeply Laden
Junks that Were .Near Cape
St. John Disappear.
prlvatlons-a mouier in i ii.. 5LiV,Ti i patent to every on -acquainted with, tha
".. i .. i r rn TnHiHnrni l
common to an mortals.
But if the czars Hiid the generals are
afraid of the disgrace of peace, then let
us mothers, or an masses, iciuu
those slaughters which have so rent out
hearts.
IRISH TO SETTLE QUARREL
Vnited Ushsb und Catholic Associa
tion May Devise Plan for
Lulled Effort.
BELFAST, May 20. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee) Negotiations are in progress
to bring about a reconciliation of the long
standing differences between the United
Irish league and the Catholic association.
The latter organization represents the
opinion of Dr. Henry, the bishop, and a
proportion of the clergy and laity, and the
friction arose In consequence of the posi
tion taken up by the association in regard
to political and municipal matter In the
city.
At the recent municipal elections candi
dates representing the league and the as
sociation contested seals, and efforts were
afterward made by both bodies to raise
separate subscription lists toward thu Irish
Parliamentary fund. The league con
tended that it was the proper medium
through which the money should be for
warded to the central executive in Dub
lin, but Dr. Henry and his advisers thought
otherwise, and a check from the member
of the association was forwarded to one
RUSSIA IS BUSY NEAR INDIA
Bombay F.spreaaes Concern Over
Construction of Railroads Near
the British Border. .
circumstances that the present brutal
Kusslficatlon of Finland Is only a means
to an end, and that a seaboard on the
Atlantic and the North sea in close prox
imity to Great Britain 1 Russia's pros
pective object, to which It has been mak
ing rapid strides lately by the endeavor
to annihilate the buffer state of Finland.
We have every reason to believe that
balked by powerful Japan in the east. It
may be only too eager to take an early
opportunity to revenge by aggression in
the west, where it has only a Bmall na
tion or unfortunately two small nations
of 7,500,000 people (Sweden 6,000,000 and
Norway il.tVuO.OOO) between It and the
coveted prize. Here It is that British In
terests are at stake in the present posi
tion between Sweden and Norway, and
It behooves England to be on its guard,
and if possible by Its friendly offices to
assist in bringing about a better under
standing between Sweden and Norway,
which two countries show a most strik
ing parallel with England and Scotland.
British Analog-? Perfect.
Any one who knows all four countries
thoroughly must be greatly struck by this
remarkable parallel, Sweden, like England,
being the larger and richer country, with
a fairly easy-going race, who forge ahead
by their gunural Intelllg-euce and relative
rich resources, taking life easily like the
average Englishman, while the mountain-
bred, hardy Norwegian, brought up in a
poorer country, where the struggle fur life
Is greater, is the exact counterpart ot his
of the treasurers of the fund. This was j Scotch descendant, with Indomitable en
declined, and Mr. Redmond returned the
check. The money, which amounted to
some hundreds of pounds, was subse
quently given back to the subscribers, and
the league thus gained a victory. Some
days ago a resolution was passed by the.
association expressing its desire for peace
and offering to negotiate with the league
to develop, alms at limiting the amount or : - " -
land which anv one man may acquire Ir- : in order to arrive at an understanding. The
respective of his power to use it. This
must fall, as It it. subversive of the vvhoi.'
existing social and commercial scheme. At
the same time there Is a tendency to Im
pose minor restrictions on the land tenure,
which, without benefiting the state, seri
ously hampers tbe holder's chance of
financing his operations. When the state
pans with land. It should part at once
and for all. and leave land transfer as free
us air, but to secure Itself from the pri
vilege of tenure should attach conditions
to the title of the land, which conditions
puss with the title. The slate's share In
f rowing values can always be maintained
v a tax on land, and any other form of
lien vitiates land as a base of finance until i
such time us land values become clearly
ascertainable. I his time can never be
leached without the base of finance, which
transferable title gives.
cague has consented to appoint three or
more delegates to meet an equal number
of the Cathollo association, and present
indications point to the possibility of an
amicable settlement of the difficulties
which have heretofore caused the friction.
STAND FOR SHORTER WORKDAY
Scotch Trades Inionlets Adopt Reso
lutions tailing for Improved
Conditions of Labor.
GLASGOW. May 20. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The Scottish Trade Union
congress, which has Just concluded lta
The Inst rush ot Immigrants has carried , annual sessions at Hawick, adopted several
I.and for Settlers.
EuHi Africa beyond the stage when it is
reasonable to give luiul on fixed terms to
the Hist man who applies. The pastoral land,
which is still In hand should be cut Into
sections suitable to Its position and quality,
surveyed, Uetlned as to lent and conditions,
and parcelled out to whoever undertakes
Immediate occupation. The outlying dis
tricts, coast lauds, und the lands suitable
only for ostrich farming, zebra ranching,
and other so to speak abnormal uses should
resolutions for the betterment of the work
ing class, the more Important being fur the
Increase of government inspectors in coal
mines and favoring eight hours a a day
work In all trades.
Speaking of the Inadequacy of mine In
spection, Mr. Gilmour ot Hamilton said the
death role In mines was i,om) a year and
o ufi iv, apiuauuu, nu w urn app:i- i mis migm oe reuueeu iu oui wun a system
cation Is made, put up at auction with llie I nt nrotMsr in8Dection bv nmrth al n,
minimum conditions defined. Lands lying!0' Pr1Pr inspe. t ion d prartual men.
1 neni wcin w' uuur 111 Di-iiimnii ana only
ergy and, like every great Scot, with a
great opinion of himself in the first place,
his family In the second place and his na
tive town In the third place, while lastly
his country Is tho hub of the universe, an
Innocent little piece u egotism which no
one can blame Him for, tailing Into con
sideration all his other good attributes.
Qut Just this little piece of egotism is at
present in uaiifcer ot losing its character
of Innocence and becoming dangerous it
allowed to overrule common sense, where
a certain amount of give and take, and
consequently sinking of personality (on
both sides) is absolutely necessary for the
good ot the Scandinavian commonwealth.
It will probably strike the practical mind
that a complete union of the two countries
on the same basis us England and Scot
land Is the only lasting solution of the
situation, and It ought to be the one aim
of every good Swede and Norwegian to
bring about such a complete union.
Educated Swede and Norwegians under
stand each other's dialect without any
dittlculty, the whole difference between the
two languages not being nearly as great
as between Lowland Scotch and London
English. As regard the custom duties
between both countrlus It is pointed out
Vhat uch a custom boundary existed be
tween Scotland und England lor more than
a century after the union, gradually dis
appearing, until finally abolished some
seventy year ago, and a regard local
matter each country could always retain
IU own local government.
BOMBAY, May 20. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee. ) Russia's aggressive policy on
the Afghan frontier continues. A new
branch line of railway Is now being con
structed from Samarkand to Termes, on
the River Oxus. opposite Balkh, which
will be completed within a year.
Balkh, in Afghan Turklstan, is about
thirteen days' Journey from Kabul across
the mountains, though in a straight line
the distance Is not abovo 200 miles.
New military roads are also being made
toward various points on the Afghan fron
tier, and In spite of Its need of troops In
Manchuria, Its forces have not been de
pleted in this part of tho world. They
amount to five army corps, or about
200,000 men.
Preparations are now In progress which
clearly Indicate that after the conclusion
of peace Russia intends to endeavor to
rehabilitate Its shattered prestige by a
movement southward. No invasion of India
Is projected, but the opinion prevails that
It proposes to cross the upper Oxus and
occupy northern Afghanistan to the line
of the Hindu Kush, to seize Herat and oc
cupy Khorassan, and to make its influence
supreme In Teheran and northern Persia.
This program could be curried out even
now without the slightest difficulty and
without the possibility of its being pre
vented by Great Britain. Russia would
make at present no further advance be
yond that Indicated, and If Great Britain
actively resented Russia's action It would
have to operate far from Us bases. It re
mains for the imperial government to de
cide promptly what policy Is to be pur
sued when the Inevitable advance occur.
This, It Is thought, will constitute the
first great move of Russia towurd the Per
sian gulf, and will prepare the way for
the ultimate challenge ot Briilsit supremacy
in. India.
Ol'XSHU PASS, May W. (Eighteen Miles
North of Tie Puss, Manchuria; A general
engagement is Imminent. Field Marshal
Ojama is deploying heavy forces against
General Lluevitch'B left and is concentrat
ing bin troops along the center, but his
base Is opposite the Russian right. It is
not yet clear which wing is making a
demonstration and which will deliver the
main blow. It 1 evident from Llnevltch
preparations that he Intends to accept a
decisive bailie.
firi at Si. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 20.-The War
office confirms the report from Gunshu
Pass that field Marshal Oyama is on the
eve of tuking the general offensive, and
no doubt Is entertained here that General
Llnevltch will accept battle in his present
position. Tho general staff believe
Oyama's advance was precipitated by the
doubt regarding the issue of the coming
naval battle between Admiral Rojest
vensky and Togo. With an unbeaten army
In front of him Oyama's position might be
critical If his communication with Japan
were Interrupted, even temporarily.
Captain Cludo Dismissed.
It is now understood that Captain Cludo,
who was Admiral Rojcstvensky's chief
tactician and who testified before the
North sea commission at PariH, has been
dismissed from the navy by imperial order
for repeated and persistent disobedience of
the order to refrain from the publication
of his views on naval reform.
Russian Doctors Pleased.
TOKIO, May 20. The report that the
Russians have complained of the manner
In which their wounded men left at Port
Arthur were treated by the Japanese 1
officially denied. It Is said that the Rus
sian medical officers on leaving Port
Artlmr addressed a letter to the chief of
the Japanese medical staff thanking him
for the care of the Russian wounded and
enthusiastically expressing fraternity with
the Japanese surgeons.
Itussluns Attnrl: Hospital.
7 p. m. It was announced this evening
from the headquarters of the Japanese
armies in the field that three Russian col
umns of mixed forces advanced southward
May 18 to the vicinity of th-j railroad
The Japanese engaged them ar.d drove the
Russians northward. Simultaneously 600
Russian cavalry attacked a Japanese field
hospital at Kanghln on the right bank of
tho Liao river. Japanese artillery and in
fantry deposed tho attacking cavalry after
Inflicting heavy loss upon them.
Colliers May Follow Rojestvensky
HONG KONG, May 20. Aocordlng to In
formation received here today, the 150
deeply laden Junks (presumably loaded with
provisions for the Russian fleet), which
were sighted, May 1G, twenty miles off Cape
St. John, by a correspondent, who pro
ceeded from here to Kwanchchau bay.
north of the Island of Hainan, have left
the vicinity of Cape St. John and, it 1b
added, are probably seeking to effect a
Junction with Admiral Rojestvensky's
fleet.
French Admiral on Trip.
SAIGON, Cochin China, May 20. Admiral
T)e Jonquieres, the French naval com
mander, sailed from here today on the
cruiser Gulchen. His destination was not
announced, but it is understood that he is
going to make another Inspection of the
coast to see If the French neutrality is be
ing infringed.
Forecast far Nebraska Showers ana
Thunderstorms Sunday anil in Kast
Portion Monday, f ooler Monday.
SEWS SRCTIOS
1 Troubles of orway and Sweden,
liner still Bitter at F.naland.
l.nnd Unfile Kspected in I'.ast.
(hlrnan Strike Is to Continue.
2 Xnmber of Church Conventions.
Pinna for Royal Weildlnsr.
Knapp Talks of Railroad Rates.
3 Sev from 411 Parts of ebraka.
Cnnley Spenka of Baptist I nlon.
4 Her Tnlka of Ilia Hotel Pinna.
Meetlna; of Improvement Clubs.
A Rn be I of Words In Court.
Affairs at South Omnhn.
Krnmln Ip Sew tlty Wards,
fl Past Week in Omaha Society.
Woman In Club nnd Charity.
7 Council lllnffa and Iowa Sews.
H Women liolfera C.olna to Europe.
Bonrd Ordera Water for Streets.
Echoes of the Ante-Room.
Reanlta of Saturday's Ball Guinea.
10 Joe (inns LUht welaht Champion.
Sebraaka Heats Colorado I oiieae.
F.DITORI4L SECTIOS
1 Coffee Roastlnsr Hnalneaa In Omaha
Omnha Roys Make (iood Seamen.
2 Editorial.
T Financial and Commercial.
HALFTONE SECTIOS
1 It h flies, the Amateur Crackeman.
2 Propoaed Sew Hotel for Omaha.
3 Plays and Players.
Music nnd Mualclans.
4 Omaha's Bnlldlna Transformation.
Curious Capers of Cupid.
Tersely Told Talea.
5 Work on the Panama Canal.
President Roosevelt in Sebraaka.
Feature of Recent Schiller Feat.
6 For and A hunt Women.
T Grlat of Sportlnsr Goaaip.
H Railroad and the People.
COLOR SECTIOS
1 Buater Brown Goes Fishing-.
2 Why Men and Women Wed.
From Sear and Far,
3 A Costly Cup of Coffee.
4 Home In Tree Brlnsts Divorce.
Saves 111a Father Wins lluabnnd.
B Lnnahlna a Species of Insanity.
Thirty-Three Yenra Sine Hua
hnnds. O At What Age is She Most Inter
eatlns;r 7 Top o' the Mornln'.
8 Lucy and Sophie Say Good-Bye.
Goat Family Fata Pie,
O The Rejuvenation of Mr. Schenck.
lO Bevy of Staae Beauty.
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All ftegotiations for Settlement in Chicago
Trouble Are Declared Off.
STAND BY THE EXPRESS IRIVERS
Refusal to Take Beck Any Men Cause of
Renewal of Tight.
UNIONS WILL PURSUE ORIGINAL PLAN
Will Call Out Drivers Where Men Are Dis
charged for Refusing to Make Deliveries.
WILL AFFECT TEN THOUSAND MEN
Employee of Team Owners Aaaoclsvs
tlou and Lumbermen's Aaaoclu.
(leu May Go Out
Monday.
CHICAGO, May 20. Tho strike o the
.teamsters Instead of being declared off Will
be spreud to greater proportions. This was
decided tonight by the members of the
Teamsters' Joint Council, which was in ses
sion until midnight.
The council met at 8 o'clock to hear the
report of the negotiations that had been in
progress with the employers throughout
the day. They agreed to all the stipulations
of the employers with the exception of that'
which declared that thu drivers of the ex
press companies should not be taken back.
This was tho rock upon which the peace
program was wrecked and after several
hours of debate It was decided that the
Teamsters' union could not leave tho ex
press drivers to make a lone tight, but
must stand by them. It was decided to call
off all the negotiations and prepare for a
further fight.
Statement of Teamsters.
The sense of the meeting was expressed
in the following resolution, which was
passed and given out as defining the posi
tion of the teamsters:
It Is due to the members of tho nubllo
and momhers of the teamsters' organization
that a statement Is Issued relative to our
position relative to the proposition sub
mitted ty the Employers association. The
Employers' association offered a propo
sition which might have received favor
able consideration from the strikers and
their committee providing it carried with
It no proviso that would act as a detri
ment to any part of our organization.
Their proposition, however, carried with
It that the strike against the railway ex
press companies be declared off without
those companies agreeing to the proposition
made by the employers of any other propo
sition, they having made the statement
that they had held a meeting and decided
that no strikers would ever again lie re
employed as workmen for the railway
express companies in met, to HSiamisn a
blacklist against nil of their former em
ployes. This the teamsters' organization
or its officials could not accept.
We believe that the railway express com
panies are not Justllled In their refusal to
reinstate anv of their former employes and
believe that the best interests of all would
be served had they agreed to the same
proposition or n somewhat similar one to
that which the Employer's' association sug
gested. Under these conditions It Is Incumbent on
the members of the teamsters' organization
to continue the strike until such time as
the express companies will agree to the
same conditions as those offered by the
Employers' association.
The methods of the unions will not differ
from those whlcJi they have pursued thus
far In the strike. They will continue the
boycott against the houses where the
strikes have been held during tho last
month, and if any of their members are
discharged for refusing to mnke deliveries
all of the drivers employed by that house
will be called on strike at once. The flrst
effect of the spread of the strike will be In
strong, New York; treasurer-ln-chlef. Major the building trades and trouble Is looked
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SPANISH-AMERICAN VETERANS
Major Harry Alvan Hall of Pennsyl
vania Elected Comraander
In -Chief.
BOSTON, May Jo. The annual convention
of the national commandery of the Naval
and Military Order of the Spanish-American
War began here trtday.
Reports of the various officer were read
and the following officers were elected
Commander-in-chief. Major Harry Alvan
nun, j-cimsyivHniH; senior vice commander
In-chief, Major W. B. Dwight. Connecticut
junior vice commander-in-chief. Captain
yior rj. oriiwii. Illinois; regisier-in-chler
Major Felix Roseburg, Pennsylvania
deputy regisier-in-chlef. Major S. T. Arm-
George F. Shields. California; chapltvln-ln-
cnint, nev. lieorge 11. Iveisey. Connecticut;
counsel, i.ieuienam commander J. a. Bears,
L. d. N., New York: Captain F. E. John
son, U. S. A.. California: Colonel James H
Coryell, V. S. V., Pennsylvania; Colonel B.
C. Dougherty, U. S. V., Pennsylvania;
Major Otis H. Marion, U. 8. V., Massachusetts.
for in this direction on Monday.
Ten Thousand Men Will Go Out.
The Lumbermen's association has de
clared that It would make deliveries to boy
cotted firms and would insist upon their
drivers taking goods where they were or-
Tonlght the delegates were entertained at dered to take them. This means a strike of
a dinner at the Exchange club, the Massa- all the union men employed by the Lumber
men's association, numbering about 2,000.
It is expected that the members of the
chusetts commandery acting as host.
FUEL
OIL FOR NEBRASKA
along proposed railway extensions shouil
be as lar as advisable preserved: for If
this Is not done, no railway construction
other than by the state will be possible to
nuance.
By the effective handling of the land
settlement problem alone will the future
stability of East Africa be assured, and
it is mot urrent that the Colonial office
should take Immediate steps to obtain a
comprehensive report and a basic scheme
elaborated by some acknowledged master ot
the question. The imperial wastage, due to
the continual drift or the youngur Sons of
English agriculturists and New Zealand
sheep farmers toward the Argentina. Is ap
palling, representing as It does the final
loss of one of the soundest elements of
our race. In East Africa there Is land
enough t absorb enormous number of
settlers, land flrst-clsan In cuallty, and
owlui t '' various altitudes and rain
fall suitable for the successful practice of
every con, eivahle luancti of tbe great pri
mary Industry; while the Importance of a
considerable concentration of British popu
lation on tnese niKiiland plateau cannot
some six Inspectors. The congress agreed
to call upon all co-operative societies to
employ only trade union labor.
Mr. J. Kelr Hardle, M. P., wa presented
with a check for M by the trade union
ist of Scotland. Mr. Robert Smylie. In
making the presentation, said that Mr.
Hardle' serious Illness had necessitated
resort to th highest medical skill and a
fund had been opened to defray the ex
penses. Mr. Kelr Hardle, in responding,
said he felt almost like a capitalist with
such a check In his hand. While grate
fully accepting this check, he absolutely
refused to allow a.iother testimonial, which
probably would have exceeded the present
amount ten times, to bo subscribed for him
by members of the House of Commons
Two of his colleagues had suggested such
a testimonial, but he had peremptorily
U e.asjoried to lis relation to linperbd " """. "
' Siratag I stopped sueb a movement.
INDIANS REFUSE ASSISTANCE
People Injured by Earthquake Prefer
Prayers to Medical Attend
ance by Europeans.
LUCKNOW, May i0. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The authorities ar expert
encing dittlculty in rendering aid to the
natives Injured by tha earthquake in the
mors backward mountain districts.
Owing to the superstition of the country,
European medical treatment ia declined.
The natives prefer to trust to the effect of
an appeal to their deities and to their own
strange remedies. Notwithstanding this, a
large amount of good medical and surgical
work 1 being done, both by public and
private hospitals.
The needy are being provided for by sub
scription. Government money will be used
alien th contributions ar exhausted.
)
JAMAICA FEARS A MONOPOLY
Objects to Pending; Mail Contract
as It Desires to Create
Competition.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 20. (Special
Cablegram to The Bee.) Public opinion
with regard to the mall oontract question
is deeply aroused, and the Jamaicans un
animous verdict Is that the contract should
not be given to Elder, Dempster & Co.
The reason of this feeling is that If tho
offer to the latter is uccepted a practical
monopoly v.ill bo established here, which
would be inimical to commercial Interest.!,
more particularly In view of the fact that
the island only four eurs ago agreed to
pay an annual subsidy of k,0j0 In order
to establish a healthy rivalry in two ways,
both in the ocean carrying trade and in the
banana trade.
In the first case tills object has been at
tained, but in the latter the attempt to
establish competition was defeated, owing
to the combination of tho Elder-Dempster
line with the American Fruit company,
which loads English Fruit steamers.
A council of the merchants on the ex
change have entered a strong
PLASS FOR RISS1AV ASSEMBLY
Matter Will Be Finally Considered by
Appointive Delegation.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 20. The Boull
gan Rescript commission has practically
completed Its labors and the Associated
Press Is in a position to announce that
It will recommend the establishment of a
representative assembly with limited legis
lative powers. The project will be pub
lished at the end of May, after which It
will be considered by appointed representa
tives of the various classes and the project
will then ,go to the council of the empire
for final action. The government has de
cided against the proposal to have elected
representatives view the ground to be cov
ered, as the semstvos and doumas are not
sitting at this time of the year. It was
held that to await the election of repre
sentatives simply to go over the project
would involve too much delay.
The Russ today violently attacks the cre
ation of the new department for peasant
affairs as being a bad sign and "simply a
new piece of bureaucratic machinery."
The Catholics, Molokans, Stundlsts and
all dissident creeds throughout the empire
Hie testifying their appreciation of the
grant of religious freedom and are holding
thanksgiving service.
The committee of the St. Petersburg
senistvo under the presidency of Baron
Korff, adhering to the program of the Mob-
cow congress, ha pronounced In favor of
a representative assembly with legislative
power.
Statement that Santa Fe Will Make
Rate that Will Bring: In
Kansas Product.
KANSAS CITT, May 20. F. Dumont
Team Owners' association, which does the
greater part of tho hauling for the railroads
In the city and which has been for several
days threatening to take sides with tha
Employers' association, will also be com
pelled to come out for deliveries to the boy
cotted houses and that all of their men will
be out within a few days after the corn-
Smith, one of the attorneys of the Kansas rnencement of next week. They employ
Oil Producers' association, said today: The about 8,ono teamsters.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad Is
going to give the Kansas Oil Producers
an interstate tariff which will enable them
to sell their oil In competition with coal
In the states of Missouri, Iowa and Ne
braska. E. P. Ripley, president of the
Santa Fe, has told me that the Santa Fe
Will Call for Troops.
Sheriff Barrett said tonight after being
Informed of the action of the Teamsters'
Joint council:
It simply means that the troops will
have to be called. We have found It dif
ficult to maintain the peace with the force
Secretary Hay to Go to Paris.
BAD NACHEIM, Germany, May 20.
Secretary Hay will have finished the pre
scribed cure next week and leaves Bad
Nauheim May 27 for Paris. Then he will
will put In the Interstate freight rates Just of i,fl!':,, 'in1 "pfutles we have had and
. . ,, now that there Is a prospect of so much
as soon as the figures can be compiled, greater a body of men being on strike,
Mr. Ripley said that the road has ordered with all the chances of rioting that It en-
600 tank CArs for the use of the Kansas "'"i- "'"' ,,,e ?"1 ,", me question tor us
, , . . . , , milium iur 1 1 1 it nit- hihmuii eiitj 1 1 tun
producers and that wherever necessary the trie military. As soon as the strike spreads
santa irm win construct the necessary stor- 1 I win te compelled to osk tne governor or
age tankage.
PACKERS WIN IN MONTANA
District Court Hold that the State
Anti-Trust I .aw a Vncon- '
stltutlonal.
HELENA, Mont., May 20. On the ground
that the anti-trust law of Montana Is
unconstitutional Judge Henry C. Smith, In
the district court here today, sustained the
demurrer to the information in the crim
inal proceedings Instituted against five
packing houses. M. S. Gunn of Helena,
representing the defendants, presented the
demurrer and after hearing arguments the
court sustained It. The state will appeal.
Movements of Ocean Vessels May 20.
At New York Sailed: I.ucanla. for Llv.
erpool; Minnehaha, for Ixindon; Pretoria
for Hamburg; Bt. Iuls, for Plymouth
Columbia, for Glasgow; Calabria, for Iea
hotn; Vadrland, for Antwerp; Konlgln
Lulse. for Naples; Sicilian Prince, for
the state for aid. I have done all that I
am able to do und tho prospect now Is that
the strike will get beyond the powers ot
my office.
As soon as the statement was given out
and the council adjourned President Shea
of the Teamster' International union
stepped to the telephone and called up
Levy Mayer, nttorney for the employer,
at his room at the Auditorium Annex.
"Hello, Mr. Mayer," he said: "This Is
Shea. I wanted to tell you that the coun
cil has decided to reject the proposition
made to us by the employers. I thought
It right to let you know at once; that is
all."
The strike committee was Instructed to
demand from Edward Hlnes of the Lum
bermen's association an explanation of a
declaration on his part that the lumber
men would Insist on delivering to boy
cotted houses on Monday. A committee
was appointed to Inform Hlnes that an at
tempt to do so would mean a strike of
their men.
Terms of Propoaed Settlement.
A transcript of the several propositions
go to London, and will sail for New York
protest i on the White Star line sieamer Baltic,
against tho acceptance of the new contract ' leaving Liverpool June 7. While in Paris
which they maintain is antagonistic to the 1 Mr. Hay will call on Foreign Minister Del
expressed opinion of the mercantile com- j catse and probably will be received by
munlty and of the elective element of the 1 President Loubet. These call will be so-
rapies, iji i.ascogne. lor tiavre, Madonna. ubmltted last night to the Teamsters'
for Marseilles. Arrived: Plxdelphla, from . , ., , , , u . o . .
Southampton; Prlnxess AllceVfrom Bremen; Jolnt "'"ncll. Includes the following points:
Etrurla, from Liverpool! The strikers are to be reinstated, wher-
At Plymouth Arrived: New York, from ever vacancies occur, except that tne em
legislature, and would also entail serious
loss to the island.
Judging from a careful analysis of the
opinions expressed, it Is evident that the
prevailing set.tlment Is strongly in favor
of the contract being continued with the
Royal Mull Steam Packet company on
equal terms, thus stimulating competition
and In consequence reducing freight and
passenger rates.
Resolutions from various parts of th
Island embodying the above objections and
urging the continuance of the Royal Mall
contract are pouring In to the central
government and no event In recent years
clal, for no international business will be
discussed seriously.
Austria Orders Torpedo Boats.
VIENNA, May 20. The minister of ma
rine has placed a preliminary order for six
torpedo boat destroyers and ten torpedo
boats with a firm of shipbuilders at Flume.
They will be the first of such vessels to
be built in Hungary and will cost t3,Q00,0.
Italian Kin Receives American.
ROME, May 20. -King Victor Emmanuel
today received James Stokes of New Tork,
vice president of the Young Men's Christian
has so keenly awakened, the publla InUresLj asaoulaUyhj la prlvala audience,
New York
At London Sailed: Mesaba. for New
York; Sardinian, for Montreal.
At Movllle Arrived Victorian, from
Montreal.
At Quentown: Sailed: Celtic, for New
York. Arrived: I'mbrla. from New York.
At Naples Arrived: Perugia, from New
York: Nord America, from New York.
Sailed: Cltta dl Genoa for New York.
At Cherbourg Arrived: Bleucher, from
New York. Sailed: St. Paul, for New York.
At Rotterdam Aalled : Staatendam, for
New York.
At Antwerp Sailed: Zeelaud, for New
York.
At Boulogne Sailed: Hamburg, for New
York. Arrived: Kyndam, from New York.
At Liverpool Sailed: Campania, for New
York; Cestrian, for Boston; Ueorglc for
New York.
At Genoa Arrived: Llgurla. for New
York. Sailed: Lombardla, for New York.
At Copenhagen Balled: Oscar II, for New
York.
At Havre Sailed: La Lorraine, tar New
"Yorki Uonursei Xm Asw. York.
ployers will not consider applications of
men convicted of violence or violation of
the law. Thu settlement doe not Include
the express companies; union men must
deliver to the express eonipanies when
ordered to do so. the Employers' Teaming
company to continue having nonunion men,
the open shop to prevail, woiklng condi
tion, wages and hours to remain the earn
as before the strike.
Mob Attacks Keg-roes.
Seeking to avenge the murder of Enoch
Carlson, the 8-year-old boy who was shot
and killed last Tuesday night by a negro,
core of men armed wim revolver went
forth last night determined to drive tha
nonunion teamsters front tho district. Ne
groes leaving the branch yards of the Pea
body Coal company at Twenty-sixth Place
and Canal street were followed and as
saulted, and as a result two riots occurred,
.la wUku one xnaa wag aliwt and irobaU9