Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily
Bee
VOL. XXXVI NO. .
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKXIN'O, UCTOBEK 8, 190(1
SlNHtLF COPY TIIltKK CENTS.
Sj
f
&
I
f
Pi
i;
)
-a.
r
I.'
1
f
SOLDIERS IN CUBA
Fifth Iafactrj Baachai Havana and ii
Epdilj Divmbarsed.
sDVEMENT ACCOMPLISHED IN FAST TIME
Hour All that ia Required to Get Them Out
f Ship and Into Camp.
TROOPS PLEASED WITH NEW QUARTERS
Diamine of the Former Inaureanta ia
FrocrcMinr Favorably. -
ONLY SLIGHT 1 ROUBLE EXPERIENCED
linnrtfili In Monte Cases Hesltnta ta
(.lv t t Uana In 'Advance of
IHsarmtaa the Pa lain
Volnnteers.
HAVANA. Oct. ;. The first landing of
American soldiers tn the present occupa
tion Of Cuba was accomplished today with
maivelou promptness and tonight tho a people who had known how to win their
Second and Third battalions of the Fifth i freedom. He described the congress as a
l'nlted St.itca Intantry arc settled undrr great historical and constitutional aet
canvas In Camp Columbia. The First and j which would vastly strengthen the party
and Fourth battalions of the sW regl- ! n (he coming electoral campaign. M. Na
ment. which arrived this afternoon, also j houkoff. a former deputy from St. Peters
were sent out to the camp pr'iplly. Today , burg, explained the conrtant conflicts which
General Frederick Funstor 4 Mlshed his ! niI(J characterized the debates In the late
. -J ilent tu
Ms command.
. t'olonel b. . . . Vallf.
the marines. h '' or
ort to General Fui. '
rcc of regulars and ft'
commanding
dered to report
the entire force of regula
... I
will be under Funston"s command
the arrival here next Tuesday of Get.
J. Franklin Bell, who will direct the d
tributlon of tho forces throughout the s
land.
Within. an liour from the time that the
transport Sumner came alongside the rail
road wharf the disembarkation had been
completed and the BO men completing the
Second and Third battalions had been
transported on street cars direct to the
camp. Thhlr equipage and supplies were
taken on freight cars by another route.
Tho movement was so skilfully handled
that the men prepared their midday meal
from their own rations. The men are In
good condition and arc pleased with their
camp and Its pleasant surroundings
Disarming; la progressing.
The disarming of former inaurgents went
on much hotter today. Reports from mem
ber of the disarmament commission in
various provinces indicate that the troublo
which was threatened yesterday may be
avoided, although ex-rebels and volunteers
In a few towns tn Santa Clara province
are still disinclined to be the first to dis
arm, and it is feared that American sol
diers will have to be, sent to back up
the demands of the disarmament commis
sion. . Havan, Santiago, Plnar del Rio,
Matansaa and Puerto Principe provinces
are practically clear of rebels and show
no signs of trouble.
Governor Taft. Assistant Secretary of
Bute Bacon and General Funston 'are
gratified at the situation and believe tbaU
the dynquHlrs Santa Clara province
'. will be1 overcome" MTa few days. 80 con
fident are they that Governor Taft and
Mr. Bacon say they believe they will be
' able to start for' home next Saturday.
Governor Taft will spend the time after
Tuesday In famWtarlsing his successor,
Charles K. Magoon, with the situation.! Mr.
Magoon Is expected here on that day.
It ia believed that after the arrival of
tb wfws of Governor Taft and Mr.
Bacon in Havana the provisional governor
will give a public reception at the palace
to introduce Mr. Magoon to the people. '
The - moderates and ex-rebels in Plnar
del Rio are preparing a love feast. Setior
Calnes. a wealthy independent, Is to KiveJJjQ STRIKE OF PARIS BAKERS
m viniicr - tu inn ivaum n ui tiiv inu iui trn
recently at war. General Pino Guerra.
who arrived in Santa Clara City last night
to disperse his men, was met by Governor
Sobrado, a moderate, and together the two
drovn through the city. . They are work
ing in harmony. Inducing the ex-insurgents
to return to their homes. Ttie rebels on
the north coast, however, are reported still
te be rather active. Havana province is
fully pacified with the exception of two
commands 0 about 100 men each under two
brothers of General Del Castillo, who are
encamped near. Gulyra. These men will
be disarmed tomorrow.
Insarsrents Oolna- Home.
The Matanzas Insurgents who had Iteen
operating In eastern Havana and were
disbanded today are reported to have all
reached their homes.
Commander Culver of the cruiser Pes
Mulnes. which is stationed at Santiago, to
day reported that both the volunteers and
ex-rebels at Banes and Mansanlllo had
been disbanded and that as far as he
knew the entire province was uulet. Gov
ernor .Toft, however, learned of slight
troublo Ot Ouontanamo, nrcaseioned by the
demands of liberals that the mayor of that
place be removed. This Governor Taft
declined ..emphatically, declaring that he
would not set a precedent . which might
compel him to. consider similar demands
from T1 parts of the inland. General Reclo
of the Disarmament commission tele
graphed today from C-maguey that he be
lieved all the' rebels there would he dl.
armed . this evening.
Dispatches received by the Associated
Press from Sanctl Spirit us. where the
SanUi tiara commirsion Is worklne. Imli
' rate thai the e-rbels in that province
re not yet entirely reconciled to -disarms-
inent, a
that v,
causing
and Uneral Maclutdo has reported
olunteers fired on a rebel mum
a serious Uruahuck to the ODets-,
tlons. The disarming t Sanctl Splrttus Is j of the oinperor or Russia, and Princess ! eved of his duties in Cuba In a tew
proceeding.' but the usual difficulty Is en- Patricia of Connaught. nl"ce of King j months ' and then proceed to the Philip
countered In that the ex-rebels seek toiEdnard. An unwitting error was com. I pines, where he Is to assist the Filipino
evade . surrendering their guns while the 1 niltted by announcing through semi-officiul : in modeling an assembly of his own. there
volunteer still carry theirs. The sltuatlJn
there Is especially Irritating, as groups of
volunteers with guns march up and down
ttle street and taunt the dispersed aikI
disarmed rebels. In a fight today an ex -
rebel killed comrade and fled to the inou-
tains. The people of Sanctl bcliiius aivian actual betrothal,
greatly dissatisfied with the mayor and po
lice, and have petitioned for their irnme.
uiate rntnoval. . j
Governor Nunes and American Consul j
General Stelnhart were sent by Governor!
Taft to Alqulsar. Havana province, today 1
to Btttla a difficulty between two men j
f
claiming -. . yr o. mai town.
8-nor Molneda. a liberal. Was elected to the
ornur, wv - - . w-
J ginning of the revolution, and Governor
Nunes appointed a man named Basan to
be military mayor. Molneda returned to
day and claimed the ottli-e. Governor Taft
nd Oovernor rvuu.s neia a conference, und
elded V rrcogulse Moineda a claim. Basan
ill be remuvca. ( i
Th battleship. Malar,. -,,1 K.n ucky will
leave here tomorrow for
or Kngland.
The pivlliulnsrle of an organisation to
, , ,
(Continued on cond Psge .
BLACK HUNDRED IS ASSAILED j
-eaaatlonnl Xpeerh In Convention of
Hnaalan C onatltntionnl
Democrats.
HKI.rU NO FOR8. Oct. 7. The congress of
.he constitutional democrat assembled
here thlsaftrrnoon. There were present 1U
delegate, representing forty-three prov
Incs and four territories. Prince Paul Dol
gorouk,nff was clcct"d president, while M.
Chlsnlakof and Prince- Shakhovrkl were
made vice presidents.
The most sensational features of the day's
session was an Impassioned speech by Ivan
Petmnkevltch. In which he eulogised
Deputy Hertrensteln, who was murdered
In Finland last July by members of the
Black Hundred. He declartd Herts n
stein's blood stsined the souls of the op
ponents of the compulsory expropriation of
land and that his monument was found In
the gratitude of the Russian peasantry.
The committee report regarding the VI- j maintaining that now Is the time to take
borg manifesto, as previously predicted in j over the Island and forever remove the
these dispatches, contained a formal ap- Intricate problems of statecraft which must
proval of the document and the principle necessarily grow out of the continued poM
of passive resistance, but recognised tho j tlon of Cuba as a republic. Throughout
Inexpediency of applying either at the i a" the difficulties leading up to American
present time. intervention and the declaration of Secre-
In hl address opening the session Prince
Dolgoroukoff expressed regret that the con-
press was compelled to usk hospitality of
pHriiannt Bnd g,Bj,i t was the first duty of
the party to realise that the government
could never be sincerely constitutional.
The government views the act of October
an .. on historic! error exr.ll.-ahl onlv
v the theory of temporary aberration,
ling at length with the growing ftrenglli
V 'nfliience' of the labor party, M. Na-
I Aoff said he thought the first Parliament
lud committed a very grave error In al
lowing this party a preponderance of In-
! fluencc In framing the agrarian manifesto.
The congress began the work of prepar
ing an electoral platform and then ad
journed until Monday.
IRISH MAY ACCEPT, THE PLAN
P perch of John Hedmoad Indicates
Chanere In Attltnde of
Nationalists. .
LONDON, Oct. 7. John Redmond, ad
dressing a meeting of the Irish league at
Athlone yesterday, reiterated his limerick
warning to the liberal ministry, but In a
much less lrreoncllablc tone. He said
ho did not Ignore the grave practical
difflcultlea standing In the way of tho
ministers on the home rule question, and
that he and his colleagues were most
sincerely anxious to be Hble to support
the government scheme when the time
came. He said he had confidence In Kir
Henry Campbcll-Bannerrnan, the premier,
and James Bryce, chief secretary for Ire
land, as ha wah convinced they were homo
rulers, but he knew what influences were
at work and felt It his duty to remind
the government that they. In Ireland, wero
unchanged and unchangeable.
" In the editorial , article thl " uiornlng
the Tribune,' liberal. Interprets this speech
as an acceptance of the plan of approach
ing, the Irish settlement by Installments
and predicts that the government scheme
docs not possess -: the objectionable fea
tures that Mr. Redmond fears.
The Morning Post, . conservative, la of
the opinion that Mr. Redmond's speech
will please neither the extreme national
ists nor the moderate liberals. This
paper says Mr. Redmond seems to he
preparing his followers to accept with ns
little' grumbling as possible, an Install
ment of the nationalist demands.
Kxtra Supply of Bread Prepared In
Anticipation of the Legal
Rest Day.
, PARIS, Oct. 7. The threatened strike to
day of the bakers, of Paris, In conse
quence of the enforcement of the weekly
rest day regulation, did not occur and
todar passed without incident. Because of
the presence throughout the day of 4.0U0
special policemen and &M Republican
Guards, patrollng before the bakeries, as
well as detachments of armed infantry
posted at the various police stations, the
city had more or less the appearance of
being under military law. The working
bakers decided unanimously not to strike
and consequently 1.88.1 among the total of
3,090 bakeries in Paris have baked a double
quantity of bread and this evening the
stores are busy supplying customers with
an extra quantity, in view of the closing
of the bake shops tomorrow.'
A few of the working bakers received
instant dismissal for refusing to do the
extra work made necessary by this dou-
I be .pioduction and tonlitht these men
threaten reprisals. The authorities, how-
ever, have no anxiety on that score
1
DENIAL OF ROYAL BETROTHAL
('art ' (iosslp Grows, Into Formal
Announcement ns n
Fact.
. IAJNDON, Oct. 7. Au emphatic official
denial of the reported betrothal of Grand
Duke Michael, brother of the emperor of
Russia, and Princess Patricia of Connaught.
niece of King Kdward. was issued here to
day. ST. PETERSBURG,' Oct. 7.-A formal
i denial has been Usued here of the reoorted
j betrothal of Grand Duke Michael, brother
(news agencies In Lurope of what was ac -
I ceptrd yesterday as a fact in court and
diplomatic circles bare. ' It now apueara
that the discussion of this alliance, which
I la bound up with far-reaching political con-
sequences, has not reached the stage of
The (iitlmation that
- 'jouch a marriage was contemplated err on
eously developed In court circles Into a
premature announcement of the betrothal
as sn accomplished fact.
Poaeeaankor la Killed,
' CHARLOTTE, N. C, Oct. 7.-R. H. Eu
Unifni; on the Southern rallasv. W.hot
and killed today by Oscar Gaddy, a hwn,
t - , T . L ...........
?&gr
anoe, many 01 inein ueing under (lie Infiu-
ence oi liquor. (taaiiy escaped, but a
posse Is scorning the countrv for- iilm and
if caught l will be lynched.
clef r of Monlrlnal Improvements,
BlKMl.N'iH Alt. Ala.. (VI. ;.-Tl.e thlr-
" - ' VS,'',?
1 begin in lUini.nghsni Tuesday ii.ornlng snd
' continue until Fr.day night. Th
'draw to Birmingham the rt-i
i '" om,1"1 ' fa t- 'iited 8!at
s b- dv tc I'
pr-eer.tat .
es sail Can-
TWO IDEAS OF CUBA'S DESTINY
Frstidast FaTora Oirint; Iiland Republic
Another Trial.
SELF-GOVERNMENT FACTION IS STRONG
m B
Another (amp la Persistent In Its
leaaaada that Saw la the Time
for Annexation to the
t nlted States.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-Speclal.) Two
great camps are In process of forrnation
ovtr present conditions in Cuba. One
camp, represented by the president and
his political advlrors, la In favor of giving
the Cubans another trial to govern them
selves. The other camp la persistent In
tary T"ft that intervention was but leen-
potary. pending an agreement amongst the
several poiitlrnl ructions in luDa to get
together on some common basis. President
Roosevelt has maintained his position that
intervention did not mean annexation; that
under the Plstt stnendment the American
nation had no alternative but to Inter
vene pending a satisfactory peace between
contending Interests In the Isliind.
But on the other hand Senator Klklna.
Senator Bevrrldge snd other leading states
men are openly asstrtln;? thot the tempo
rary Intervention on the part of the t'nlted
States will become permanent, snd that it
I ' " ot the American government
j ,u ln hoisting the Stars and Stripes
over the island and to keep Old Glory fly
lug In the breese.
No one doubts here the president's desire
to mnke our Intervention ln the affairs of
Cuba but a matter ot a few months, and
yet private advices from the isliind would
seem to Indicate there Is a powerful party
In the Gem of the Antilles for annexation,
and that party has already begun a propa
ganda. Panama's Advantage.
Panama occupies much the same, relation
to the I'nited States ai Cuba. It has. how
ever, this one advantage over Cuba, that
there are ti.ono Americans employed on the
Panama canal and living in the canal sone,
which politicians regard as a decided help
toward steidylng the Panama republic.
While It Is true Governor Magoon was
sent as a special commissioner to supervise
the election in Panama, his report con
firms the p'optsltlon that the Panamaan
Is beginning to realise the difference be
tween Latin politics and those of the United
States and he Is striving with all his power
to reach a higher standard of government
than Is usually associated with Latin Amer
ican countries. -
From a thoroughly reliable source It Is
learned that immediately after the crisis
was reached In Cuba the president had In
mind Governor Charles E. Magoon as pro
visional governor of the island to succeed
Secretary Taft, whose presence in Washr
Ington is greatly needed. In this the presi
dent had, the worm and. earnest support. of
Secretary Root, "who.' while""- steadfast
friend of Governor Magoon, recognised In
the Nebraakan the essential - qualities
needed in bringing the Cuban people to a
more "perfect understanding of the Ameri
can, -both officially and socially. Governor
Magoon came from Panama with the un
derstanding that he was destined to the
Philippines as vice governor of those isl
ands Rumor, however, had preceded the
arrival of Governor Magoon in Washington
that he was to be thrown Into the Cuban
breach, there to remain aa provisional gov
ernor until another election for president
could be had. But when Governor Magoon
had his first talk wfth the president In con
Junction with Secretary Root, the chief ex
ecutive and hla secretary of state agreed
that Secretary Taft had gone too far tn hla
promises to mske Beekman Wlnthrop. the
present governor of Porto Rico, provisional
governor of Cuba, and that the program
as originally made up for Governor Ma
goon should go' on.
President's First Wish Prevails.
During Wednesday, however, there was
considerable cable communication between
the White House and the palace In Havana
over the succeesorship to Secretary Taft,
who. after ascertaining what the impres
sions of the president and Secretary Root
were agreed that Governor Magoon was
the right man for the place and that Gov
ernor Wlnthrop, who has made a splendid
record ln Porto Rico, could well afford to
be continued In the position which he now
holds.
In this connection it may be farther
said that there wan no "backing and till
ing" on the part of President Roosevelt, as
some of the newspapers have Indicated,
so fur as Governor Magoon's selection for
the Cuban mission is concerned. The idea
originated with President Roosevelt to
send Magoon to Cuba and when It was
learned that Secretary Taft had gone so
tar as to name his successor ln the. per
son of Beekman inthrop, wnne it was
acqulesed In by' both the president and
Secretary Root, Washington felt that Ma
goon was muuh more peculiarly equipped
for the position thsn the distinguished
Wlnthrop of Massachusetts and Magoon'a
selection Is the outgrowth of a conference
between President ' Roosevelt and Secre
tary Root, who urged the change upon
Secretary Taft In view of Magoon's
achievements In Panama. In other words.
Governor Magoon will tuke up ln Cuba
much the same work that he laid down
in Panama when he was selected as vice
I . th P!,lllmtns
I While Governor Magoon expects to be re-
' are many people In Washington today who
believe that Cuba will never see anotht r
' election except conducted under American
' auspkos lor Americans as a territory of
the United 8tatea. ..
j Maaoon's story oa Root.
j Governor Magoon brings back an ex
oeedlngly funny story In connection with
the visit of Secretary Root to Panama.
As minister of the republic and governor
of the canal sone, Magoon gave a mag.
nlncent dinner In honor of the secretary
of state. Many Invitations were sent out
to the leading people hotb Panamaan and
Araer,c,n' A Mr ,rwln nd hl" '
! were invited to meet tha American secre- i
( . y 0I lutt inu iu toe regret or Mr
a declination wM received from;
-the leading oanaer or tm republic. Meet
' i mr. I I n l H. m ...
log ui. wu vut oay ine
Panamaon explained to Judge Magoon ' of the republican congressional committee, portions of alcohol originally used and re
that the stork was expected to visit the j and Fenotor Penrose had a long confer-j UBO te same at tha pr..-nt time and this
family about the lime or Secretary Root s j
visit, and Mr. Irwin explained thai as,
he I. ad five daughters, a son on this ac.
caslon was not only expected but would !
be welcome. Later on, after th- accre- !
- - - -
tCoullnuvd on S-cond Pa. j
TEST OF SUBMARINE BOATS j
N...I u. . . -.-in... I
Naval Hoard Preaerlnen
vYhlen Competition . Mnat '
Meet.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 A provision lu
1 the naval appropriation bill rracted at the
last session ot congress, authorised the
secretary of the navy "to contract for or
purchr.se subsurface or submarine torpedo
boats to an amount not exceeding ILCXi.C).
after such tests as he shall see tit to pre
scribe." To prescribe and supervise the
tests S-crctar v ItonaDaite appointed a
board consisting of Captain Adolph Marlx,
Jr., Naval Constructor W. T. Taylor, Com- !
manders C. W. Dyson and Cleland Davis
snd Lieutenant John W. Tlinmlns. with
Ensign Frank IT Sadler as recorder.
The hoard has agreed upon the nattire
of the tests and the time and place, which
are required to be within nine months from
the date nf the pasrag- of the law.
The boats must be -i ady for trial on
February IK, 197. at Xarragansett bay,
where the test are to be made; and the
trials must be completed by Msrch 2. 1907.
The tests are to be comparative. In the
opinion of the board, It Is not practicable
to have simultaneous competitive tests.
The trials will be over a measured course,
under various conditions, that Is. ln the
"light" condition with all ballast tanks
empty, in the "awash" condition with the
vessels showing not more than half of the
conning towers, and In the submerged
condition with the connirtc tower not lss
than ten feet below the silrrace. The boats
will be put through all sora of maneuvers,
the time and the nature of the perform
ance of each being noted by the board.
The vessel's behavior In oeawsy slso will
be determined. In a submerged, run each
vessel will discharge all of Us torpedoes at
a suitable target, observations on the target
being made without coming to the surface.
Designs for mining, countermining, cable
cutting and handling torpedoes will be
tested; the strength, material and work
manship of each vessel will be examined;
Its habitablllty will be .determined by a
twenty-four hour submerge, and after the
trial all machinery -will he dismantled for
examination by the board.
It Is required that every boat to be
tested shall be submitted to the board com
plete In every respect ' for -trial under
service conditions.
QUIET RESTORED IN MACON
Object of the Mob's ' Wrath Is
Removed to Atlanta for
' ' Safety.
.. .
MACON. Ga., Oct. 7. Quiet reigns ln this
city tonight and no further trouble Is an
ticipated. The negro who shot Adams and
Solomon last night was sent to Atlanta this
afternoon for safekeeping. The military is
held in readiness in case of an emergency.
The mob succeeded ln breaking Into the
Jail at a late hour last night, but the negro
had been placed in the barracks under
heavy .military guard- Two white men
charged with murder escaped during the
excitement, but were captured today.
Adams and Solomon or In the hospital.
Phystclsns cannot determln bow seriously
they are wounded. The negro, Fews, who
did the shooting, was wounded, but .will re
cover. .-Another nes-iV4,.. shot tbrotrgh
the leg at the Jail last Wht while the at
tack was being made- on the prison.
Green and Gaynor, two federal prisoners,
convicted of frauds In the Savannah harbor
expenditures, were tin the Jail -last night
while the mob hammered at the iron doora.
After the mob effected an entrance the
noted prisoners mingled with the enraged
crowd In perfect composure.
MOBILK. Ala., Oct. 7. Fears entertained
of retaliation by the negroes for yester
day's lynchlngs of Thompson and Robin
son. - negroes charged with criminal as
saults, have disappeared and the city is
aulet tonight. No further trouble is an
ticipated. O'CONNOR TALKS ON IRELAND
Given nil Enthusiastic Reception by
Boston Aodlenee.
BOSTON. Oct. 7. T. P. O'Connor, one
of the leaders of the Irish parliamentary
party ln the British House of Commons,
was given an enthusiastic reception to
night ln the Boston theater under the
auspices tif the local branch of the United
Irish league.
Mr. O'Connor delivered a stirring ad
dress' upon the questions which are now
agitating the ,Irisli people. Mayor John
Fltsgerald presided. Mr. O'Connor, ac
companied by his wife, arrived- ln Boston
thla morning from Washington, where
he had been the guest of President Roose
velt. VETERANS OF SPANISH WAR
Assembling; at M'ashlnsrton
National Convention of
Organisation.
for
x ; aismnution to the manufacturing estab-
WA6HINGTON. Oct. 7 A large number 1 llshmentsj whose special denaturing formu
of members of tho United Spanish War I lae have been approved by the government,
veterans arrived today and tonight to at- j "Denatured alcohol will aupplant very
leno ine national euiaiiiijnivui 01 me or
ganlsation, which begins tomorrow. Arriv
ing delegations were met by district vet
erans, accompanied by a band. Headquar
ters for several candidates for commander-in-chief
were established today. Captain
Hamilton Ward of New York, Major Fred
erick S. Hodgson of Washington and Gen
eral George M. Moulton of Illinois are as
pirants for the office.
SUING GERMAN COMPANIES
flan
Frnnclsro People Brlnar
for Losses In tho Lata
Disaster,
Action
g.N FRANCISCO. Oct. 7. Five hundred
; suits will be filed In the next few weeks
In the federal and state courts in San
! Francisco against the North German Fire
I Insurance, company of Hamburg. Germany.
' This is announced by W. J. Herrln, preal-
dent of the policyholders committee. "We
I expect." said Herrin. "that the Judgments
' obtained in the American courts In this
! wllJ recognised in Gernisny."
j CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
I
Representative Sherman and ftenatvr
pcrMe mil an (ho
President.
: WASHINGTON. Oct. T.-Reuresentatlve i
t a ui. . Ae V-Aw 1. .......
rmiK-a . viiiiiiun v. iui., iiiMiiuitn
ence with the president tonight on the no-
Htlonl situation. Mr. Bhemian was a guit
of the president at dinner, and discussed
with him the condition In the country, es-
P'-cUI'V the situation In New York. Ijter
Mfnt PenruML und Hh-iman conferral
WU th. situation In Peuus. IvanU.
ALCOHOL FOR USE IN ARTS I
, I
OoTarnment Iituea Herniations for Kakinc
tha Danatured I roduct
EXPECTED TO BE ut IMMENSE VALUE
Commissioner Irrkra Spenks nf
Objects of Congress Legislation
Along Same Lines In Prac
tically All t onntrles.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. Mr. t Yerkes,
commissioner of Internal revnue, with the
approval of the secretary of the treasury,
today issued tfie departmental regulations
controlling the making of denatured alco
hol, the handling of the same, and its uses.
These regulations follow and render effec
tive a law enacted by congress ss Its last
session, snd which provides for the with
drawal from bond, tax free, of domestic
alcohol when the same is rendered unfit
for beverage or liquid medicinal uses by
the admixture of suitable denaturing ma
terials, and for the us" of the denatured
article In the arts, and Industries and for
fuel, light and power.
This legislation Is In harmony with slml.
lar enactments adopted by nearly nil foreign
countries. Great Britain In legislated
on this subject along the same lines of our
own law. and France, Germany. Austria
and virtually all the continental powers
now furnish their subjects alcohol free of
tax for the usese above mentioned.
In discussing the nw regulations today,
Mr. Yerkes said: '
"The prime object to be attained by this '
type of leginlatlon Is to furnish, for purely
domestlp uses, and also for what might be
called Industrial domestic purposes, heat,
light and power, cheap alcohol with the
hope thereby that there will be a reduction
Mtf expenses In these departments.
"This denatured alcohol will be a com
petitor with IllumlnatinsXoll, gasollno and
coal.
Objects of the Law.
"It will slso furnish to manufacturers
who use alcohol In the products of the
factories, alcohol free from the heavy in
ternal revenue tsx now levied on the
same. This tax amounts to about per
wine gallon on alcohol, at 10 degrees proof.
It Is believed great benefit will be derived
by the people by this legislation, and this
certainly was In the mind of congress, for
few public measures received such hearty
and unanimous support as did this.
"In preparing the regulation It was ts
sentlal to adopt rules that would prohibit
as far as possible- perpetration of any
and all frauds against the revenue of the
government by the reclamation and re
publication of denatured alcohol through
redistillation or other processes through tlte
removal of the denatured Ingredients
added and the restoration of the alcohol
to Its original condition for beverage and
potable purposes.
To- secure these ends It will be neces
sary to use articles for denaturing pur
poses and also use such Ingredients as
are the most difficult to separate from
pure alcohol by' chemical or other pro-
"In determining on the denaturing agenU
to be used, the cost of the same is of great
moment, for to render this new legislation
of practical us ;and benefit ICia naeeasary
for the denatured product to pass Into the
hands of tha consumer at aa low a price
as can Ae secured.
Two Classea of Prod act.
"Uhder the regulations now issued, alco
hol of 180 degrees proof Is freed from the
tax of SUM per wine gallon after being
denatured by the use of either some gen
eral denaturing material or some specific
material adapted especially to the uses of
certain manufacturing Interests. There
will, therefore, be two classes of denatured
alcohol; first, that styled 'completely de
natured.' which will pass Into general use
for general consumption, can be purchased
at stores without limiting regulations as
against the private consumer; and, sec
ond, specially denatured,' in which the
matetial demanded by the needs of manu
facturing Interests will be regarded, and
with limitations as to the use of this class,
confining It to the special manufacturing
industry for which it is prepared.
"This specially denatured alcohol will
be kept under strict surveillance and gov
ernmental supervision.
"For the completely denatured article,
ten parts of wood or methyl alcohol and
one-half part of benslne will be added to
100th part of ethyl alcohol; in other words
to every 100th gallon of ethyl alcohol will
be added ten gnllono of wood alcohol and
one-half gallon ft benslne.
"The denaturing process will be accomp
lished on the distillery premises where tho
alcohol Is produced, in special bonded ware
houses designated and used alone for de
naturing purposes and for the storage' of
denaturing material These buildings and
the operation Itself will be under closest
governmental inspection and control.
"After the alcohol has been denatured It
is removed from the distillery premises and
J then becomes a subject either of general
. distribution. If completely denatured, or for
'rgely the consumption of wood alcohol
for both domestic and manufacturing pur
poses, as It will be cheaper.
Price of Prod net.
"While the price of the completely de
natured product cannot now be definitely
stated. It la believed it will not be more
than SB cents a gallon.
"With regard to-the specially denatured
alcohol, the price of that will naturallv
j vary according to the cost of the denatur
ing Ingredients selected to meet the neces
sities of the manufacturing industries.
"These special agents will only be used
where It ia made perfectly apparent lo the
department that the Industrial Interests In
volved cannot use completely denatured al
cohol by reason of the presence of wood
alcohol or benslne. In that case some other
denaturing agent or agents, which will se
compllsh the purposes of destroying, as far
I as poslble, the potable or beverage quail-
ties of the alcohol and at the same time
adapf the denatured articles to the special
ends desired, will be determined upon.
. "The manufacturers will he requested to
furnish desired formulae, together with a
mplo of the denaturing agent produced
"co,a1"" to ,h formulae and a mmple of
'the pure alcohol denatured with this i-pe.
i tlail agent. These will all be thoroughly
examined In the departmental laboratories
and if it is decided that the requirements
of hf ,aw mrf met thf.n ,nfr UM w(1
permitted.
lis Redistill aad Lso Again.
"Many manufacturers recover larte mo-
privilege mill be extended to tlto denatured
product and. if no'smrj' for till re-use. the
1 rirortora of manufacturing plants will
; allowed to re-distill and re-denat ire
i .y, r,rovered alcohol under governmental
j .'
, .Continued on Bsoonfl Tag ,
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST J
Fair Monday and Tarsdnyi ooler 1
Tnesrfnr.
Temperature at Omaha testvrdnri
Hoar. Ilea. Hnnr. Dra.
n n. m .VI I i. m TU
n. m...... ft:t X p. m TT
T n. m 2 .- p. m Tit
n. m 11.1 4 p. tn o
On. ra iwi II p. m Tl
IO n. m 1.2 H p. m 7H
It n. 111 oil T . tn ...... 7'J
191 m......... T;t p. 111 71
0 p. m OH
COURT-MARTIAL IN THE ARMY !
Decrease In nmber Dnrlna the Past
tear. Accord Ins; to Adjntant
tieneral.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7.-Durihg the last
fista! year, according to the annual report
of General George B. Davis, judge advo
cate general of the army. Issud today,
4.5M trials by general court martial were
held. Fifty of these, trials wire of com
missioned officers, forty-two of whom were
convicted and eight acquitted.' Fourteen
officers were dismissed by sentence. In
four cases the sentences were commuted
to loss of rank, In .two cst-es resignations
"for the good of the service" were ac
cepted in lieu of confirming the sen truces,
and In one case the sentt-nce was disap
proved. About 50 pet- cent of the enllstid
men convicted by general court martial re.
celved :-enti-nc s Involving dishonorable,
discharge and about R per cent of theso
sentences were awarded In view of pre
vious convictions.
The trials by general court martial dur
ing the year showed a decrease of ;t4 as
compared with the previous ysr. Many
of the men tried were charged with un
lawfully selling clothing or accoutrements
Issued by the government to the soldiers.
The practice of selling clothing Issued to
enlisted men. the report says, continues to
exist'. In spit., of all efforts looking to Its
suppression. The clothing so disposed of
amounts to a tnnslilerable sum to the
United States and to the offenders, and
both these who sell the clothing and those
who huy It have bten prosecuted vigor
ously. General Duvls recommends that
where soldiers are convicted of selling
clothing Issued to them by the government
they be dealt with as severely as are those
who are convicted of buying It.
DOWIE HAS A NEW "VISION
Commanded to Raise Million Dollars
to Restore His Power tn
Xlon.
CHICAGO. Oct. 7.-Jolin Alexander
Dowle's plan for a Mexican colony was
abandoned In obedlonce to a command re
ceived by Dowlc ln a vision that came to
him last Friday night and that lasted five
hours, according to an announcement made
today by Deacon Arrington. one of Dowle'a
followers, who has remained loyal to the
deposed prophet. The scheme. Deacon Ar
lington said, was relinquished In favor of
another that contemplates the raising of
11.000,000 In Chicago for the purpose of re
storing Dowle's power and prestige. The
announcement was made In a small church
In Chicago. , . . . ..
. All ..preparation, for JDowla's departure. ,focJ
inexico nau oren compicica wnen in a
vision, accompanied by a blinding white
light, the glory of which could not be de
scribed, the "First Apostle" dec-lured he
saw the Master and heard Ills voice. He
was commanded, he Bays, to give up the
Mexican project and seek the glory of
Zlon elsewhere. Dowle then commissioned
Deacon Arrlngton to come to Chicago and
raise tl.ono.ono for "God and Zlon."
GREAT SHOW OF LIVE STOCK
Kntry List at Kansas City F.mbrnces
Rest Animals In the
Country.
KANSAS CITV. Oct. 7.-The eighth .an
nual American Royal Live Stock show
will open here tomorrow with more entries
In every department than ever befor In
Its history. The show will last all week.
There are entries of upwards of 7W breed
ing cattle, loO fat steers, sixty carloads of
fat and feeding cattle. !o0 draft, coach and
hackney horses. Including a string of
eight horses from the stables of King
Edward and Lord Rothschild of England,
and 700 hogs, sheep and goats. Exhibitors
are here from alxteen different states, from
Massachusetts to New Mexico. All of the
prtfmlnent show herds of tho country are
here. Including the prise winner of a
dozen state fairs.
It will be the largest gathering of prize
cattle from the four beef breeds ever held
in this country, not excepting the St. Louis
World's fair. Among the Judges in the
various classes are 8. W. Anderson, ma
ker Mills. W. Va.; W. N. Rogers, Me
Cook. Neb.; Thomas Clark, Beecher, HI.;
Joseph M. Hall, Paris, Ky and Tr-of. C.
F. CurtifS. Ames, to, t
PRAYER IN RACE CONTROVERSY
Sow .lork earr Churches Follow
the Advice of Bishop
j Walters.
1 NEW YORK. Oct. 7. Pursuant to an ap
1 peM Issued recently by Bishop Alexander
'Walters of the African Zlon Methodist
Episcopal church, prayers were offernd in
practically all of the Negro Protestant
chutches In this city today for more cordial
relations between the white people and the
negroes of the southern states. In some
tnstances the racial problem formed the
theme of the pastors' sermons. In his ap
peal to the negro preachers to make a
special prayer tn all churches In the coun
try today. Bishop Walters declared that
recent riots in the south have given evi
dence that the whiles were attempting to
"degrado and destroy lu.uno.wj citisens."
PUTS AN ENDT0 COURTSHIP
Man Whose Attentions Are ut
I Acceptable snot and Killed
by t.lrl's Father.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oc t. 7.-William ' A.
Do well, a prominent local newspaper man.
j was shot and killed this afternoon by John
i Quirk, becaure of attentions to Quirk's
, stepdaughter. Miss Bessie Squires. The
j shooting occurred at the Quirk residence.
SOI Chicago avenue. Jut as Dowell and th
I young Woman were entering the house.
Quirk calmly uwsited the &1 of the
officers and was taken Into custody.
. Dowell was taken to the hopltal, where
Ue expired lit a few minutes. Quirk seemed
plcuw-d when told that Ilia victim was
dead.
Ksrmer Hoy Takes Poison.
FUl.LKRTON, Neb.. Oct. T.-l9pecil Tel
egram.) Henry Doutltll, n firmer boy.
committed suicide last nlg'.H in !)')
hotel In this city. He drnnk four ounces
, of carbolic cid. Disappointed in love was
the causa, ills parents !is lu Cunning.
I Neb.
'Jjy $ HEAR
Kits Jotsphiu. Bummelhart Victim of
Atrocious Murder on Dcdca Etmt.
NO DEFINITE Cll) AS TO PERPETRATOR
Iidicationa Point to Tact She Euffjral tba
Vile it of Crimes fter Struck. -
killed going hom: from a friend's
Workad for Seller, th.r. maker, and Lived
at fccauaiDamn Y. Vr, C. A.
HEAD BADLY CRUirkii AND THROAT CUT
Revolting, Atrocity Aronses Intrnsrst
Feeling; and Police Have several
f'harneters t nder nrv rlllaac
In Their (lenreh.
Points In tin Atrocity,
Victim. Miss Josephine Itummelhait, j
years 01 ae.
"i orked to, Thomas S. Keller, shlrtmakai,
Sixi.-enin and Chicago. v
H.."i.i.o at tne Scanntnaviun Young Wo
men's Christian AawK-iailon home, fwrn-ty-wxth
unit l iipiioi avenue.
On her way home when killed. Had bi-en
in a friend's house.
, Evidences indicate irlminal assault as vsll
.ia Hiri.ctvjurt inurtter.
No clue as jt t to hrr murderer and assail
ant. Ponce have several notorious crtmlnaU
unuer surveillance.
The crime must have tx-en committed be
tween u).a) ami 11 o clock.
The autttx-iotis boldness or the brute tu
luioeriane u crime tut oaring 111 a tlili'kl
popumiei lesuieme uiMrici o eu,ii.v 111
ine niant hub overwhelmed rcvpiemt.
The best evhlence now In hand Indicates
that ttio woman was wsiaIum hckv on tn
north side of i;inlo street mid wnn strucK.
vith tne cnib and bricK by the brute a
sho reached: the corner, the enp)Hs.t m
of the Millce being thai the brute saw her
coming snd wns hid behind the telephotin
Jiolc; that when she reached that point
he Jumped out and strueK her, either
without warning or in response to her re
fusal to comply with hla tlenmsh aonmn.1.;
that then the orute dragged or carried tne
poor woman across the street and back
into the rear of the yard between tne
Uwt and Hughes homes, wheje he per
fected his atrocity, left his victim dying
and where she was found.
Besnlt of Anlopsy.
Dr. W. R. Lavender performed a post
mortem examination Sunday evening. The
examination showed that Miss Rummelhart
received tw blows on the head and a cut
on the throat, either of which would have
proved fatal. The blowa on the head were
on the right side over ear and left side
over eye. The latter blow, which was over
the frontal bone, caused a severe fracture
of the skull, one of the worst Coroner Bral
ley ever witnessed at un autopsy. The cut
on the throat severed the windpipe and
was caused by a rasor, T'r. Lavender be
lieved, although that wound indicated thu
use ot a sharp Instrument causing a stub
wound. The doctor also found evidences
of a crlmiuul assault.
''Tha wclman who was assaulted Saturday'
night at Tv7enty-tth and TWdge streets
died yesterday morning at 7 o'clock at the
Omaha General hospital and was identllled
late In the afternoon at the morgne as MUi
Josephine Rumiv-lhart of the Scandinavian
Toung Women's Christian Association hum.!
ut J"wenty-i-lxlh und Capitol avenue, and
employed as shlrtmaker by Thomas S. Kl
ley. Sixteenth and Chicago streets.
I'p to a late hour last evening the po
lice were unable to evolve any tangible
clue on which to work. The case now
stands aa a mystery bryond the theory
that the woman's assailant Intended crim
inal asfcHUlt and killed his victim to sub
due her or to suppress her outcites. The
woman carried no purse or handbag and
her only valuable article with her was an
ordinary ring. Kvery member of the po
lice from Chief Donahue down worked n
the case yesterday.
Never Regained Consciousness.
Miss Rummelhart did not regain con
sciousness and consequently gave no Infor
mation which might have helped the police
In their work. From the first Dr. W. O.
Henry and Dr. J. B. Ralph, who attended
the woman, offered little hope for her re
covery, as she had two wounds, both
Of which were fslal 1n themselves. A deep
gush In her throat and a wound from some
blunt Instrument on her temple caureJ
death In a few hours.
Miss Rummelhart ' was 40 years of ag i
and single. For tho last year she made her
home at the Scandinavian Toung Woman's
Christian Association home, and formerly
lived with her brother. Joseph .A. Hummel
hart, of the Omaha Stationery company.
H7 Farnam. and who rerbiea at 711 North
Forty-first avenue.
Had Been to Visit a Friend.
Miss Rummelhart was returning Satur
day evening, whnn assaulted, from a visit
with a close friend. Bettfc. Anderson. wh
works as a domestic) at 2001 Farnam street.
The time between Miss Rummolharfa de
parture from her home snd that when
she was found wounded by W. B. Hughes
and Paul Lowe, between 3563 and
I Dodge street, was accounted for by Miss
Anderson, with whom Miss Rtinimmnati
visited.. The sceno of the tragedy Is on
the natural route of travel between the
homes of Miss Rummelhart and her
friend. The shirtwaist found near Miss
Rummelhart when picked up had been
laundered during the evening at Miss An
derson's quarters.
The lapse of time between the hour of
the murder and Ume of Identification
placed the police at a gTcat disadvantage,
their hands being practically tied. For
several hours yesterday they worked on a
wrong Identification of tho womun. the
whole department being out on the report
tha,t the murdered woman was Miss Wilks
Ward of 213 South - Twenty-fourth Street
nd a daughter of Charles Ward, an old-
I
' time
street car conductor. The strdnge
psrt of the thing was that Mr. Wsrd
i himself vcalled at the morgue about lo
o'clock Sunday morning and positively de
rlsred the body before Iilm was thnt of
hi daughter. With this belief strong lu
his mind he left the morgue crying bll-
Iterly. The police at once set to work nu
thai fsls-J Identification.
Hon Mistake wns Made. -
J Having heuid curly In the morning of
' the murder und In an hour later being
! advised that hla daughter had fulled to re
i turn lo her home Saturday night. Mr
j Ward al once concluded his daughter had
txen murdered and ruslv-d into the morgue
I to view the. lidy. .Trembling. he ap
! pionchcd the. coollvg board and turned his
i lie ul awdiy lor an instant. Hla eyes blinded
j with t"Mi. the man firmly told the coronor
I the body was that of his daughter. Mr.
! Ward then went tu his home to console
his wife, who hud in the mc-autlm. been
advised iy telephone of thi supposed death
of l.cr amifcl-.t-r. Within an hour to
da ug hit i ipvri- at Utr Louts aud aUc4
(