Bee The Omaha VOL. .XXXVI-XO. 141. OMA11A, THLKSIUY MOJiXINU. XOVKMBKII '2K 1!KG TWKLVE PAGES. SLNGIJS COPY THREE CENTS. BTRIES BY FRIENDS Witoenei ay Bichard and Conistock Solicited If en to Tile.' 5PADE RANCH TRACT IS FIRST CHOICE 'Frieadliei'' Gu to Merrirata on Bpocial Train to Eixn Papers. :.NTRYMEN PROMISED $1 AN ACRE AS FEE All txpemei and Eailroad I are Faid j Bepretentatin of Comtock. MOTES TO COVER FEES STILL UNPAID j j economical and political nccvcKsity. I. Vmu4 Te.tlfT All! Herr IrnburK the new colnnlat director. who addressed the house after the elian Ter Had Do Wa Mn Same. I rented out Inc. necessity for the to Kntry Paper Already Filled Out. A uriiliar and interesting Us lute of Hie r -main now on In the federal court ' 'y night out Wednesday afternoon . ' vs Kliown that W. G. Comstock wu 'V busy at Valentino and Mer rimaA ns favored entrymen into line for ' fill particular scrlpt ion of lands knv , v, wivnin tno npaur ' enclosure "o '-,-crllctt Richards was excising- Mm. at EI!r.wor.h. at . tl:e fame mi), 'if tie apparent purpose imlng that the - ' lands should lc se lected by "friend ,.cntrynien. Both Ilartlett Rk'harrt at Ellwortli and W. a. Coinntock at Valentine had provided ivecurate a.nd compteta deHcrtptionn of tho land the "friendlira" were to file upon and undertook a personal supervilon of the tiiatter with the precaution their men should not I raught napping, but ahtmld b lirst In the Una to get In their filing on se lected ctlon before the big crowd caught on. Thin was particularly noticeable, at liie A'alentine land office, where the entry men espeK-lally solected by Jlr. Comatock. tlirougli liia agent. McElroy. rather than take chance of waiting In the lino at Val entine, took bl detachment of entrynien down to Merrlman- and had United BUU.cs t'ommlasloner Jleath ready to acknowledge ihti filings and neceKxary affidavit and up-plUa-tlonn an early after midnight the night of Junt; 27. 1TO4, as possible. MrElror 1'arty iirtu Uiili'f. Tho reault wa that the fllinps made liy the McKlroy party took precedence over nil other filings on the. morning-' of June JS and they were given the very first rholco of the. lands within the Spade ranch n closure, which comprUied desirable valley, windmill locations and other choice we Hop. Til application bad In each ln Btance txen Olieni out with typewriter and accurate deurlptlona of the lands deBlred filled In the application. In order to aave time a drift tor tho Hi land office fee wan attached to each group of pa pore, and all the entiTmen had to'do was to sign their name, swear to them and lgn a note to Mr, Comxtock for $."0 to over the esiienpee of the filing fees, Thl was the gist of M"JnS(!(uy 'atej-notj tentintony.. - ! SVlillam McElroj-,-the carpenter. w ie called Wednesday afternoon for cro rxamiilatlnn and redirect. In hi redirect examination he stated be had given W. (!. t'omstock;, h!a note for S40 to pay the ex pense of filing fee advanced. He- had never paid this noto, nor had he been asked to pay it. lie did not know who hud the noie. lie (dated that he never did any plowing on hi land, never raised any cat tle on It and was on tho land about a week in ID'S, ujid slept on It two nights) In lsi. John V. O'Xe.ill of Gordon, a railroad em ploye., was another or the entrymen so licited by McElroy. He did not remember of having sworn to his tiling papers at all. Noitliur did he pay any money on the re cetver'H certificate. MeRlroy first spoke to him about muking a filing June 3ti, 1!H4. JlcElroy at that time was soliciting entry men to make filings within tho Spade ranch enclosure and told witnens that he did not have enough entrynien. "I asked hint if there wa anything In It?" aid O'Neill, "and he said: 'Yea. there is (1 an acre in It lor you." He came to my house about 12 o'clock that night to have me go to Valentine with him. I met him ( at the depot, and there were aevcraJ other I there. We got to Valentine at 5 o'clock the next iiiurning. I did not pay any railroad tare, nor did I pay any expense nt all while there. W'e went to Comstock's of fice over tbe giocery store. I paw Mr. Com stock and Mr. Huntington, McElroy and other there. The papers were all made out, tho descriptions being filled In with a typewriter. They were banded to me to Mg'.l and I then handed them to Tom Huntington. Huntington handed me a note for j and Comstock asked me to sign It, which, ho said was to cover the expense or llllng. He said If I took the land In gooel fuifh Ui note would be returned to roe. Tha note has never been returned yet. r a pern Maard at Midnight. "ThJt night, t lie 7th, we weni on uti x'ra rtairi to Merrlman and went to the office, uf Vnlted State Commissioner Heath. Thet were twelve or fifteen In th1 party. With each set of papers there vyas pinned draft for tit lor filing fee. Jut Hft.-r midplgtit we handed our p"Pfr with in draft to the commissioner and swore lo the paper early on the 11101 ning of the itli of June aa we could. It wa only a very little while after midnight.. Aftur we were worn we passed out a.nd went direct 10 Got don. We left the paper with the com-ml.-lonrr. I do not know what became of j them after that. Mr. Comstock went with : us to Merrlman from Valentine, and II think h paid our fans. I did not pay! any." The witness stated that he talked with ! .Mccuuy niwiTiru ana was tolil that a bouse had been built on witness' claim and vProrTlatIon or oeti.tW acre from tlie mar tliat a rig would be furnished wltnesa any qul" C1 Claniicurda'a Irish istates. Mr. timu ha warned o out to ihe land. Wit- Duffy 'explained that ho d.-slred the gov. ncss Stated that he never put unv imnrove. ' ernnient to compulsoilly acquire the prop. nient oil Ihe land, but be understood theiK were two windmills on It. "t oni took tho land for the money that whs in il. I nvt-r liiteiideil lo live on it. nor did ' Improvements on it and never in taadeA te." etker (!.. Tell n.m Mor. Alliona iMti-i iiirti,w oi eelri.lu v was Clyda R- fc-kwlth of Valeatine. who m " r--e. told a atory aiuioa-. Identical with that of,' 11 eland. Ihe prt-Vluu witnem rgurding ihe giving' '''i"r' 's ,;hat)' e of the bill passing if a note for I A. goli.g to Meirtman to during the present sensiou or I'drllainent. .. . ,.. . , car in bio application befora thu tTim-' . miseioncr. W. tad already proved up j one Quarter Mctun of land In gxd faltli, ; TOi LON, 7ov. It bevatne known this and till filing w lor threw additional afternoon that the squadron of wart hips, ouaxuirs. "I'lfty or V me.) were there at 1 consisting of the Buttren. Baint Iuls and Me rlin. an and waited there until after IS Charlemagne, accompanied by the transport midnight to awear in' their papers," said Luntve, which left Toulon early this morn- the witness. "Wa atuyed there until the next nioruliig and then went down to the ranch," t'lukib T. Eaage, an employe of tin 8de ranch told a similar story to the two pracaelUig wltnesse as tielng one ef th tC'ontlnucii uu dccot.U i'jge.. COLONIAL DEBATE OPENS Chancellor von Huelotr Mart Im portant Talk In Reichstag, Referring to rlsl. HEREIN. Nov. IX Chancellor von Hue- , l..w opcocd the colonial debate in the Reich- ! lg tojay. Tliw galleries wire crowd' u. In part Chancellor . von liuelow said 'the colonics were passing through a severe crisis. Only after three ye-ars war had tho Of rman rcbeels In West Africa been I suppre ssed. Largo sums wire needed foi Ihe departments frr Hll colonic. He was j tirc tliHt no chancellor and ii' Reichstag . would arsume the responsibility of giving up the colonic. 0 nuaiiy had colonic whether It wonted them or not and must remain a colonizing nation so long as it had n strong fleet, liermsuy did not ac i quire lis colonics with the Idea of be coming a great colonial power. U was an J financial Independencei of the various (ler ! man protectorates and their eventual self- government, adding that it wan the opinion of the British and Americana that colemiza- tlon niuol begin with the building of rail- roAds. F'rof. nurgeKS. ICerr IVrnburg . , . , i.iiii. .u . .1 i-it...i ctnio. added, had lol.l blm that the I nitud Mates was only abl lo puppres the rebellious Filipinos after the railroads had entered the territory of the Insurgents. AMERICAN CITIZEN RELEASED KatnralUed itnsslan Admitted to Ball After Arrest for Kedltlon at PsWot. " j Hi". VETKRSFlL'RG, Nov. LX I he.Hlore rtmltli, a naturnlired American cltircn of Astotla. Ore., . , . i ,M m, ti.i...j one uiinrti in ' ' burg, having been released on bull from the prison at IVkov, in tho Hnltle province?, where he had been confined for eleven months. rlmilfi, who la a native of Esthonla, left Russia in on account cf political per secution, having been prominent in the agt- tatlon that vear asuinrt the landloi-ds, and pettled In Oregon. Ho returned to Russia parlson with every detail presented 1 by the , , , . .. , census. The mnn product of the year after the Imperial manifesto ot Octoliei JO, ,lltvr a vau(. of yery m.a,.,v jkhvo,... latij, granting a constitution to Russia and ,01. nearly $0ii.c,Oji aliove the value of amnesty to political exiles, but was ar- 1 and exceeding by over K.tWVXMsO the . , , '., ... x. , . e .1.-. 1 hgures for the last cenwus. resunt for -edition at the height of the rev - .d,UK crops, olu.lotmry nglution in December last and , Con, , far th n,ost va,mff liarrowty escaped being shot. Later Smith estimated at $l.lOi.,tt. Next comes wa placed on trial before a court-tiitirtinl, the cotton crop, which. Including seeo. but owing to the intercession of the Amer- ?r.''nl1 l the growers near!;.- . . Siv10.:K '.. The value of huv, which Is loan embassy the government decided to , 01.d(,ri approaches X nf.i. tr' him liefure a civil instead of a military Whent. the fourth crop, nmy lie wortn court. A announced ut the time, the of- ltWt.0f; oats. aj..ot--V: potatoes $1.- . , ... , .,. '""'.tst'. Riirlev. with a value of .ii).i. flclala of the rmbuwy were gratified with Khow!t a Kulll of :1 ,,,,r rPnt . pr,dultlo,i the result, as Hmith's papers were Ineg- In th past seven years. The totsicfj crop ular, though it was establlBhed that he will be worth shout $.V. (...). A r-niark- . . ,, , i .. . 1,, ,1,- i-i, 1 able develojmient Is that of the sugar beet, had lived several years In the l nited now ,,ie nmth crtp ,n vaJu Thfy ,jriv,u(.. State. 1 tion In Tui Is placed nt Sto.0ft0 long tons, ! valued at S".l.(.i ). Peven years ago the iini utit nrrnnr oft. IOT : value of this crop was 7..0t. The vulu.j KARL HAU BEFORE COURT , of all kinds of sugar, syrup and mblassc. I aggregates I75.iXii.hiO. ... .1 ..niris r.ireed All Former Vear. Gerutan-Anwrlcaa Lawyer Charged: Ufm Mtm im.ris),M,,OWl) t)lc mI1, Ulo with Murder Appears to Be Insane. LONDON. Nov. S.-Karl Hau, kHu htau. protestor of Roman law !a Gccrse Wal Ington' univcrally, AYashiiiKtori D. C. whj ha been under arrest here since Novemiaii 1 on the efiarge ot murderlne; his niolhei-lii-law at Baden linden, wa again brouahl upon remand at the Bow street police court today. When the providing magistrate explained to the prisoner that papers con taining a mass of evidence in Ms case had been received from Germany, but that tip rc was still further technical evidence nec s- aary (for which the German authorities had sent) before e could be formally extra dited und asked him whether he had any. thing to say, Hau. with staring eyes, an swered : "I don't undettand what this about." Is ull The prisoner has apparently lost his rea son or is feigning Insanity. 'For several daya he haji been confined in thei prison infirmary und clouely guarded, oalnj to tho fear thit he may comniil suicide, Fntil this morning Hau either did not or pre tended he did not ivcognln' anybody, ever, his lawyer, Mr. Wilson. - - - CilMlatC A I nil. TUT Wft, rrtmmu HUUHU int lULUH Russian t,stveranieat Receives Re port of Dlstresa, but People Are ot Violent. ST. FETERSnTRG. Nov. The famine condition In the governments of Himbirsk, Kazan, hamara, Saratov and other Volga government have now reached a most des perate stoge. According to experts, tho famine is only slightly. If at all, less severe than lie afNU famine of 1S:1, which enlisti-d the yn.pathy of the cHiliseJ world and caused the rnltod Slit.- to send a ahiploud of grain, clothing, etc., lo Russia. The thou- r iinita In ihi. dvl, ,111,1,1.. . ... , ..,.. . ,. ale now in the grap of actual starvation; the cold weather has already begun, and . . letters s.nd illsimti-ne itescriiie t ie nlteous , , ... , . condition of tha peasants, who are eating plgwaed and hay In order to lessen the pang of hunger and are generally resign- ing themselves gpHlhetlcally and hope- lessly to their fate, only In rare instances resorling to violence. rLANRICARDC'S LAND WAiMTFn Irish Parliamentarian Would Haw Estate Fore I lily Divided h he Government. 1JNDON. Nov. William Duffy, na tionalist member of Parliament for South Galway, intrixluend a bill lu the House of Commons this afternoon providing for the '"' uf lb" maroula. thus permitting the latt who absolutely del lines to sell un- ,lf . 1... LH u-l lo K.-l ,L l,lr-lf in "her corner of the world, where Ids ex- ira-ii ainai y laieuep nmi uimniurai aciiviiies will ha tnoie appreciated." . . , . ... , Ceptinnlng. Mr. Duffy described the mar- '....I- ,.i --l.rie-rH. M "hi I t-l. I ln r,i..n...e m-..- n m l-.v,..v.. ing for Tangl'l, wa recalled by search light tfignal. Bremen Waul Better llurnu HEREIN, Nov. M. The senate of Rreuicn tcslay submitted to the people a .re ject tor addition to the harbor facilities IrvoivJiijS uu outlay of I5'",ew. . . WILSON MARES HIS REPORT Annual Etatemeit of fecretary f Asricu!- ture Suowi Wrk of Department. AMERICAN FARMER HAS PROSPEROUS YEAR Valae of Crops of lotted Mates In creases Krond Comprehension and Held ralaa Facilities . for Transportation. WASHINGTON. Nov. .-Secretary Wil F in. in prejvnting to the p-e:ient his tenth nnnnal report, takes occ:islon to Indicate the position of the producer from the soil In the development of the country. He r-ports him as ninklng progteps In the sciences and art a of agriculture, aided bv the researches of the Department and of the experiment stations, and states that "the time of ihe man and the yield of i.he acre become more renponslve a? more im perative demands are made upon them." A summary follow?: The laws made by congress t its lni scwinn, to b! executed by tho depart meet, have leiniired and received spict'il Mtien tn. The meat low Is being enforced, and Inspection Is now made In over l.K houses. Not less than L ido experts hne b-cn uddeii i..,i .,... i,i... i,.,i l,,.,. prepared for the exccuiion of the pure food tew. Oool has followed the onemtk.n ot iin. ini inr inr ixTcrmioHiioii ii in- i . 1 1 1 lever tick In some of the southern s'efs. 1 In dealing with the gipsv and brown-tnll morns m rsew i-rigiand imrxn-ti'ti parnsues have tnen successfiilly established. A b-4-ginntng has been made In the method or ntau. H.IH4 the grudlng of grain, and the law providing for tho humane treatment or live Mock in transit is lvcelvinfr carclul attention. . !..... .ed Valne of Farm Prod net a. The economic revolution In the art and science of ncrlculture continued during 1!, with tremendous results m the nn- Mwii.1 1 inpi";ri l . I MIIJ." Ol i 111 lie -mi- , , , , . ...... , . i , i , , l tlnues to rush forward lieyond comprehen- bion; crops are straining the freight caixy- Ing ability . cf the rsilronds; and the farmer, alive to the Importance of the place that he occupies in the nation, ofteiw this yearly account of himself to the peo. pie. The secretary premises that the fig ures presented In his review of the year's full production are advvnee estimates pre liminary to Heme to lie made later by the department. Kstlmates are made for con; factory, and the workshop In providing J exports, and with liis surplus beyond the nation's ui-ed the farmer hns loaded the fleets of oceans. For the. fiscal year ended Juih 30, I'm. this, surplus has been ex ported to the value ol tm.nW.M, the tor- Be.Ht amount evts-. reached by agricultural t of Mr arll1 Mf?. Ths1.'-. R. Ryaiv,. will K' exports for this or any oilier country, HT" , , , '-.-"k. si rvices of the exceeding the export value of lfoi. consecrated tomorrow. .The so ices 01 tti pr'ioMiy the tecoiu year. Among emu' , exports cotton nuimtains u long iea nun a value oi tao,tMMw. The packing house products exported amounted to a value 01 .o.,0tri.vO. 1 Imports of Farm Products, Tho Imports of agricultural products con sist mainly of the same articles ear after year and reached tholr highest value in 1!iii,V aVit.OXi.cioo. Th'-se Included packing house products, J,t8,x.ijul: sugar anil mo lasses. ii.(i: coff.-e. T't.Ji.s; silk, ast.- ! (iY,ii; vegetable Uliers. :.ij.C": wool. ISH. iniawi: tobacco, $.'.'.iX)iVioi'; funis. lf.'1.("Ki.U'i: tea. JH.UUi'.t.'cO. lu forest product-'. ! shows an import value exceeding SrS.f-yii.etV. against a tejtHl value 01 exriris 01 siiiiu.ir j products amounting to Ki.110.1''. I Aurlenllore More sctcntloc. The mighty production of the farmer for one-third of a century has come out of an agriculture having many faults. yl ;ln course of agriculture Ir. this country. i:n scientific a It may seem, has had economic. J'isllticatk'n. I'lone. rs, pour and In debt. hav no capital, even if they iaive know edge. Tiny must have buildings. ma I chiuei-' and live stock even at the expense i cf the soil. Moreover, millions of acres or j fresh, land have lieen coming Into produe- ' tlon faiitcr than doi.iestl.- cousaniptton iT; Iduiral. A more wientiue agriculture woufi I have rais.d cions In excess of the demands. i but. when consumption demands and prlc-s ' sustain, tne tarmer win rceiionei, ior ini j doors of knowledge md example are open- ing wider to htm. No miracle would lie ! reeniired to double or even treble the pro duction of citton Jer acre. The corn crop can be increased by one-half per acre within ono-fourth of a century and yet without r-aclilng the limit, and the sRme may be said of whent and many otbei crops. Oie-fnurth of the ilalry cows of tho country do not pay for their lcd, alio more than one-half of them iv no profit. The egg production per lu-n will bo ln ci'cuaed bi- ot least a dozen a year within 11 generation, while some poultrymen fore tell double that Increase. If thv Inns or "" ' m e, k . . a 1 " production would have possibly agwi e- gated SjUMM"'. The firmer will not fail the nation If tne nation noes nol Tall liie farmer, lb- iii-eds education lo open the .u.mf-r. of 1 he soil now hidden from hln, The work of the department has alreadv l . ,...i. ... i.....a.uiu ..r ...io..nb nun resuun . n-u "i .. .., of dollar annually and et has baielv clo,;, lc ,h!-esl,ho.l of Its mission -if dicovery and education. Co-operating to - t"e fame ends iar- tne experiment stations ! )!ollep' fan,,ei-s''i.tituteir Vtid "maTiy "rf- cellent agricultural publications and Ixioks. ; Imiirovriueiit In Farmer Condition, Cotton planter are now out or their'. fi?r""Lr .1! r."':.11:' Jlo Vp "lm:r - crslon of a niilllon ag icidtural debtors. i pacing high rates of Interest, into tirau- i.lHlly indeindent fanners, de-bi-free and offering Ihelr savings to the banks at an !,ull m rate, of interest a 2 r r e-eut. ' f armers ar . u Isilisti the using their new capital m wste r:': 1' 'and and Formerly there was an abundance of farn, laiMir ailll m ,ioij wi tajo, . ai-i.ai. v Ihe.ie conditions are reversed; labor is scarce) and capital abundant. A new dignity, hns com to agriculture along with It economle strength, und for Ihe abundance the Creator has enabled the farmer to aupply. for the stability ot the national agriculture, for the comfort ine nn.ist of a lotent tuture. the iieo- ple are ready to loin in a elay of reverent an,l joyous thanksgiving It is no i little- gi atincation to the bead I Of the Lh rwtl partiiient of Agriculture in ore- Se-nilllg tills piceun- vi hip- imiiihtb place lu the ecemeniiy oi tne couniry anei pictur. ,L1,w: .. .a l , . . ing tne imstonniTies oi nis iiicoie to realize 'hat his department has bad unimportant , .id must, tr intelligently and '-,n..v,,v urimlnklnwl nk. ,n Im,, , . .... ; 'Tc r-rs V " r.-vle ,,, n,,,, detail the work ot the carious channels liiiuiigh which the department fjerform it function. tiraln Silaadardlsatlon. t . u .i . J.tJtfX, Tl s,rp toward necunng umiormity of gi-ain priding. Congrcf ut Its lust session rii- vj,1 Veventual' v bring!"g;'u'b,iut this stnn.UnlliHt U.n. Two lulior norn have leeii ei.lubllrid, one- at Haltimore mid tne other at New Orleans, where thorougli study in lhs preniiit svstviu of grain grading will be m.iee with a view to reaching methods which will make standardisation possible. Ilr Land Farming. The secretary oicn a cuutioii to th. VI j'- pro.-tie-ctive eettl'-r In the great plalne .Continued on He-cond i'age.j I ROCKEFELLER IS THREATENED I Woman with Revolver Taken Alter Demanding Million Dollar or Magnate' Life. NEW YOftK, Nov. :'S.thiirBed with threttctilng to kill John D. rtocki-feller un- less he paid her $l.0f0.l'-.. Mrs. I Iota Itclltia : Uea-ivols H innrield, V CHrs old, as r j rested today 111 front of the uR1c.es of the Guardian Trust roninanv on lower Ilrond- way. The art'St was made on a warrant i issued by a police magistrate, j At the district attorney's office Mrs. i Handheld sold that her husband had been in the oil business, but that be had re signed from the Statute td Oil company. .Mrs. HandfleM Is carped with having forced herself Into the office of Mi. Tlockc fcller'M secretary las. Friday and delared she wanted $1.0.X1 and that It flic did not get It forthwith sho would lull Mi'. Itookefeller and bum down the bulldh: whtie the company's olflces are located. It Is charged sho displayed a revolver. Some cne in the KtHndnrd Oil office made out n check for SUOafW drawn to Mrs. Itaiidfleld's ord r rind pavMhlo at the Guar dian Trust company- She a'-i-cpted it. but was followed to the onVcs of the tins' company. Alfred V- Itarretl. eshler j of Ihe trust comimry, hud been notified not to eah the check, and when Mrs. IlandfMd presented It said tnat the trust company did not have that amount of money handy at that time. He s.sked Mrs. Handheld to Tel ill 11 Wiiiiiefrday. Mr.'. H.-imiflrld ugrecd to do so and departed. Officials of the Standard Oil company tind the Guardian Trust company notified the district attorney's office unit a warrant for tho arrest of Mrs. Hsndfleld was Issued by a magistrate. When Mrs. Hanritlcld appeared today he was taken to the dis trict attorney's office and nurstioncd. The district attorney afterwards said he would not permit Mrs. Handfield lo talk to any o:k. When arraigned in police court Mrs. Handfield said she had pone to Mr. Rocke feller's office with the purpose of saving his soul. or. if he refused, lo have- h!.x soul saved to save It for him "by blood atonement." Phe had a revolver. She sa l she wa "a saint of the sun. moon and water" and that she controlled theni all Herman Handfield.' foreman of a trunk factory, the woman'- husband, said that his wife had been acting in a peculiar manner for some time He declared that 1 he had never been ruined by the Standard fill company or had b" ever bad any doling with that company. Mrs. Hand field was sent to llellcvue hospital lor observation as to her mental condition. mm 1 1 CATHEDRAL TO BE DEDICATED ! . . j Archbishop Faleonlo Will Take Par 1 . 1- (eremnnr at Hlfhuiaad 'on Twnrsday. WASHINGTON.. Nv. 2S.--Arcbbi.hrr i Faleonlo. the apostolic delegate; Cardinal , Gibbons. Monignr D. J. O'Conncll and , utliev dignlUitte til tne 1 auio.c. 1 uuim , Will leave Washington lhi uHernoon lm- i mediately after the close- ,f the meeting j of the trustees' of tiie Catholic l nlverslty- : of America for Richmond. u., wnero ire new Cathedral of the facreci noari. a pui eonROfratlon Will D conuui ieei ny i""i' v d yiver of Richmond. .'.snMen oy uie ai.trate. Arcliblahon John II. " ... ,,, laU Keane 01 .I..I..U.1... , . ... - drcss and Arriioisuop .c will preach ut solemn vespn's in tho even ing. The hoard of trusties of the Cu' hollo imlvitsity adjounied today alter transact ing routine business to meet again at the imivei-sity the second Wednesday after Easier. The trustees li ft late thi evening for Richmond, Vu., to participate tomorrow in Thanksgiving ceremonies and the dedi cation of the new Richmond cathedral. No definite action was taken on the mut ter of securing increases in the endowment fund for the university. The trustees completed the organization of a Catholic negro bureau, whose work will Is.- al"iii; lines similar to the work of the Catbolie Indian bur.viu In the west. K.-y. Father Uuike, pastor of the Hi. Rein dict tiic. Moor tr.egrot cnuirn lu .ie 1 " .... . -iiar.e of ti;e bureau. City will have tharg 01 n.e STEAMSHIP STOKERS FIGHT Due Fireman Killed and Battle Only suppressed at Point of ,uu. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-One fireman was killed and a dozen were severely beaten In a desperate row between firemen In the stoke hold of the Mallory steamer San Ja cinto as the vessel was rounding Cape Hat ,. ..nrinite from C.alveston, Monday i nlghl. liy wireless Captain Evans notified; j headniarters In this fit y. s that! 1 ' . ,.,.,., a, w,1 todav a souad : when mi nan u.. -ii',j ,.. ..f , whs ttv re to take the alleged inur- j , h. - others to the police station. I u rei inci o1 .-,.oi, ,. t'ubnu is held for 1 r.iueinn-. - . ,,... v 1- nia-a E ,he murder of Pietro Moiaera. who died lno e No. I, Anm. a E hour after he bad be en struck repeat- Ulllc 1 hot p. sunsuiuie. , bfL hritd Nxlth f hovel, j l wa only at the point of their guns that , (-a pt a 1 n Evans and another ship' officer j uu1i .1 lighters and rescued Molae.ra hi assailant. Coiuhero was also un- ,,,.i. from a blow on the bead. His ' wounds and those of the rest of tho firemen . lllirt were dressed by the steward. otlicers say that none of the The snips om ' 11, in v tire nvn would disclose to them what ,. alioiit. H seems It first arO:e ' ? Moia-ra and Conchen, over the passing of coal and me others joined In the l,i1ee inelee. I MAYOR SCHMITZ ARRESTED ia Fraat-isev Ottlclal la 'Faken Into Caatody foon After He F.atera California. TMCKEE. Cal.. Nov. Mnyor Eu ! gene E. Sebmitg if Hau Frfnrlsco, whei. gene E. Sebniitz it nan rri?nrisco, ith his wile. Is returning from"a trip to i viii-..,. VL-:tu nrrenieii nrrei ins a i ifern.ioii : j by Ik puty Slieriff Hnry Knox on a charge "f ''"n Iounn " 'rlu JUI San FlSllCISCO can r lain The Indicted orticial seeme.i to feel Ids prrest keenly. Mr. Pchmitz fc,-c,ned cu- tirely unDurved at the arrst c.f. her bus- band. The tears came to her eyes and ; -he -Pr-ared to be very mil. worried.; Mayor BClimu uio imi ui-ige li.nn m- drawing loom, where he wa. clocettd Willi Abraliam Ruef. The grand Jury, which resumed it ac slon thi afternoon. Is now coududlng iti Inves'igation In regard to the alleged ex tortion from various restaurants thr.t exr 'sled before the fire. Several new wit nesses apiieared la-fore the Jurors thia aft- erinsai and considerable tetiiinony was t,,,ln' Moaey for Pan Fra urlni-u. NEW YoftK. Nov. 'X-Th subiieaauiy loiav Uaiufciliid a.V.'." to ban r rauetsco. BURKETT MEETS PRESIDENT Tbanki Him for ' tbe Fromotion to i Bricadier of John J. Eenbinir. MRS. BASSETT'S DEPOSITION IN COURT t omrulssloner nit-hards ot Heady to Make ahllc His Mateuient Regarding; Land Office candnl. 'From a Ktaff Correspondent.) WAPHINGTON. Nov. rN.-(Scial Tele, j gram.) Senator Burkett toilay called on '; the president to thank him for making i John J. Pi rshinc a brigadier general and j to take no with him the question of h!s confirmation. While there was eonslderu- j hie talk at the time over Vershlng's ap- ! pointment. It is thought there will be no j serious objection made to his i-onflrma- t!on. The president has had his mind nmdy j tip for pevcmi i-cuin to make l'eishlng a brigadier, and the opportunity having pre- rented Itself be was given a star. i nest Hay for ('rrlrra. Senator fturkett also called on the p,i- niHster general tii.,v umI rtiscu..v-d with I Mm 'the means of affording proper relief 1 to the letter carriers throughout th- c um- I tic. Senator Hurkett takes the . post Ion I that the carriers are the hardest worked ai.l puniest paid class of men 111 the gov. enure nt service and thinks they sN.nld l.avo One tlav hi a wei k with their Cu.iTii. I lies. He thlnkf. the government should provide substitute, for these men on rbtn- day. or curtail ti.e nours on that day so that the cat-tiers can bo lo church and have 11 day of rest ...... - -- 1 1 - irRomuiii hhiii, The testimony offered by Mt. Fanny Rico Hassett In the tourse of a. depcisit.lon taken In Omaha October 4. HVS. nm a fea ture of the proceedings today in the. suit for alwolute divorce filed against lier by Charles Hassett. Wlirn Justice Go'ili! ad.iournwl eitilty court No. 2 yesterday Attorney. IJeniy E. iMvls. repivsentin'j Rev. K. Lawrence Hunt, Waned us co- "T,""mm unnotineen mat lie ; wished .to read the testimony of Mrs. Bar- Hen in full: that it covered a total or 1rttS pages of typewrilteu manuscitpt, u'sd the leading probably would occupy the full time of both the morning end nftcnusiu sessions today. Attorneys for Mr. Has sett interposed objection to the presenta tion of Mrs. Hasrett's testimony In liohalf nf Mf llni n-l iu.. 1 . . 1 . ..... nun,, i.iiiTii .-.in- iias 3"-i. 1 1 111 in-. fense In her own l-lirht nirwliiKt tli. li-nlli fulslty of the Hocusatior.s against be,- self and Mr. Hunt Jointly, but Justlci; Gould ruled th evidence to be admissible. The reading of Mrs. Uiasetts testimony i today by Attorney Davis marked the cul 1 mlnation of the effort to refute Ihe charges et up by Mr. Riissctt at the basis of his 8pplica,ion or dIVOIX.e. w(n nt(r.nUon rft!d t0 V).ry dPlai Mt. Kaj)H(.u-a jonosltlot) presented an unqual'- f)od ,iPnll, of ,,. exjpt,nrp between her- I ,,- an(, j,,. ,1)lnti at nnv tfmp of ; ,llllotll, aI1KPr h. the, complainant. One nUK8tlo in particular, directed at ber dur- ! , th. croas-evaniiivitinn -..i ,n 11,. i-.-i.'jiaiiiiii0iiuii, llClll . IO IIIC r fhe whrde liialiei-rMrs. Hasse tt died 'wlwtlur s1k 0xh the co-ro- !.v- ply. uuot.-d literally. wa: "I hare heart of j 1,-.. .,1 . . un.jent. ; Her reply . . r,,r,,,i..i,.,i u. (hi., ...... , ..;. , .. . ; . "ul ' " .anything in my mind, anything of that ( kiIK. towatd any man while I am still the wife of another." Ktfharda Reply ot Read. Commissioner Rirhards of the general land office saiel today that he was not I quite ready to issue his promised state nient in re ply lo the charge that have, J been brought agalnut his administration by persons In Denver. "This matter does not involve me in any way," he said (liis morning, "but a state ment by liie; at tile present might be em barrassing to so.ue others. I nm merely wnitlng until certain things transpire to make a detailed und clear explanation of tlm l-hi.lo molli.1' Tl.n i.h..jr-a ..r larllies In' connection with "the sale 'of government lands are brought by person: who have a iic anc. Pay for Nebraska lYoops. The auditor for the War depurtnniit to - day admltled the claim of CoU.t.c! W. li.im J. llrun s regiment, the Third Neb brasko volunteer for liS.Sto, belli; the rate of pay allowed at slate rati-n for tho men of the reglnant from tl.o time they r-v ported for duty, during the Kpanish-Aniei i- . can war, until they mustered Into the :c.-. I vlu The claim does 1101 Inciudo an Item of $....i. claimed by offlceis for the reai- which they hope ultimately to transfer at uient, vifcich umoiint will doubtl. ss bo up- tl)e Huitnbun station of Engiewood the proved ia accordance with tbe ruling made ' irauscontliuailal n al! from the east Instead today. A.; there) ure about l.tK.0 ni"n n) ,,f bringing It tlown into the city proper, the regiment the average amount to each I in thla way the officials of the road he lium will be something less than V 0. ' lievo a saving can tie made to ihe govern- Minor Matters at Capital. Rural carriers appointed: low a Minden, route No. 1: Joseph t '. Ha nlmai tin. car- i rier- John Rotedt. substitute. Fouth Da- , ri r. joiui . kota Etlum 1 .............. m.,, route No. Jonas 'il.-on. carrier; .a .eisou. puoauiuie. .am ra n. I norp. carrier; ARCTIC SHIP LITTLE DAMAGED Mranirr Hodsevell I Able to Prorerd i to rn Vork Without Repair. HYDNEY, N. 6.. Nov, An examina tion into the bottom of the An tic steamer 1. lla..l.c.r.,l ,1,.. I'.l 1K..I 1. I.. j ', ,' . .... '.. ., . . I "lu, h. "'" . h""hU j ka Hr(? ,n gu)d cu,1(1Ujon In- Jl - ,, I Two flanges of the propeller are gone, but the steamer will not require any repairs before it resume- its voyage to New York. Captain ISarilctt expec ts lo nail lomurrow for New York. rilRI8f IANIA. Nov. Captain Amundsen, tho An tic explorer who le - cently went through the northwest passage. was presented today with the gold medal cf the Geogi-aphleal society. After the pre rentstlon tho society gave a banipiet In tils honor j ' BANDIT WAIVES PRELIMINARY' .DMHUII flPllfU I 1 1 U UI III 1 1 1 PI n I , j .Trial ol Man Who Hohbed Paaaengar. ! on Alton Traia Set for Second I .Week In Deer mi ber. MlHS1IAL1 .... X(iV. A.j.ie i'ldl , .,v. am:mlu here, this .f.,,,. -. - j u chflrc f rubujng t rh. ,igo Alton riassenger train al tilasgow on fun- day tight last and the Ruck Li land train i.yr the sumo place on November . He waived preliminary bearing and bis trial wa set for the second week in Decem ber, at a date yet t-i be fixed. He. will be . I.Wl 1.. Ml. -k1j)I He Wa l,lnrn..l .. , .j.jve Cain of Ohlcago, who had ' lcn Iraeing Rumsey since the fiist tof- Im-iv utaj wan i-sieriiay e,uiei a cou f.s.i.ei fvni the ti ..til lolibii, I' tuin-.! lo l'lncu tod,' NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST t Inady Tharxlny and Wirarr In l'.ast Portion. Trlday Italn and Cson and t older. Temper Mnr. Ot a. Hoar. Iea- m -At I p. m HT la. m..-. ... il i, ni .IS 7 a. in an :i i. in an st a. m . 2? 4 p. m W 1 a. m xs s p. m : l a. n ill l n. d :- II n. in,,.... T p. m AH fJ n :til s p. ii .17 tl rt. at 7 TORREY WISSION MEETINGS Anditorinm. ft i. m. and Ti:K r. Kverjr Ditr Kgorpt fanrdny. Jaeohj's "IVdrkrrn1 Tralnlna In "IHtHe,' 15I.T HoTtard Strict. 7 p. ni. Bnrn-nod Theater. lUitWi to 1:."M) Tneado. Wednenday. Friday. Dr. Tnrrry'a Addrea to Bonlnesa and Professional Men on "flu "on for llcllcvtng the lllble Be the Mor.1 f Ood." V. W. ('. . txrniMt Room. 1'JlilS to 1 Fvery liny t'.icept Satorday. IV'omn'i Meeting, Conducted Jicoh;,'. UAKUbu IS WELL RECEIVED Friends of Tenor ( (insider Ilia t or dial Rer-itlon a Pnhllr t ltidlcntli.il. N K VUVtK. Nov. iS.-.Vt the Metro- r"Hln opera house tonight Enrico Caruso, tho '"" made his first public, P- rrance since his recent conviction In n ' J""''e ,'ourt " ""' '-argo of nnnojlns 'women in Central park. The opera was I "1 . ll,,.,.,,, ,,,,,1 tf-.,,.,,u., un,ln- .!., J,,!..,'. to Madam" Seinbrlch's "Mlml." The audi ence, whic h was n brilliant one, gave the tenor a cordial reception, which was ac cepted by his friends as 11 public vindica tion. The applause that greeted Caruso I at the beginning and again at "the ending of the tl if t act was repeated with 1111 diminlslled energy utter tho second und third acts, when li'i and the other on inln rs of the conipa.iy were recalled half a dozen times. Roth Caruso and Madame Hem i, ich were overwhelmed with floral offer Ing.. At the coiiMu.- lon if the opera the Ital ian contingent present, which was espe cially nunicioiis ard voclferou. In the stanellnt; room around the outer edRCH of tre lower floor, started still another dem f.psti jtlon, but the great bulk cf the re tiring audience f()ul; IK, p,irt lu thin and Caruso made only cne rcsiionse to the plaudits. Throughout the evening there was r.-. appreciable disapproval, of Caruso manifested In any part of the house. The occupant of the boxes, as a rule, hud the least part in the demonstration. MONEY FOR IOWA COLLEGE Urlnnrll to Receive g(X).MH from Rockefeller Foundation When t onditlona Are Met. NEW" YORK. Nov. ?. Announcement was made today that at a. meeting on Tues I ' - - I d"' r tlu" prenrrnl ducailon biwrd. whkh j "' chnrgei ' of ll,o John D. Roekelcller ! fouiidutlou for highe r cducalion. llic fol - lowing approprlatloiis were made; Lawremc uulversltv. Apoleton. Wis.. I'M. : tWi; -Drury college. Ppringll. ld. Mo.. $.Vi.i".i: HIMimon.l, cliege. Itlchmond, Va.. JI.V....O: Washington and I.e.- uulvcirity. Lexlnn- ton, Va, Iowa college, C.iinnell, la.. IllJ.f'OJ. - This makes a total of t ;7.5-.o contributed from the Incoirc of the Rockefeller founda tion since the gift was received in October, I These gifts Hie t'Oiiilltiunal and wiani tho conditional amounts an- raised the total contributed for the endowment of colleges will be JC.iiTt-.tXiO. Subsequently the mem bers of the genera! education board of Reakefeller foundation met the membem of the executive committee of the Carnegie foundation fur tho advancement of teach ing and nn Informal understanding was reached thai In all matters concerning the lll;i"r development of education the lioard ! will endeavor lo work In harmony. NEW TRAIN ON ROCK ISLAND j . " 1. . . I HeUI Will t -rry Tr.nscontlucn.al ! M fr" " ' hleago. j I rillCA;o. Nov. The Chicago. Kock jBjan,i Vaelfic road announced today that 01, December It; it will put Into service lw- 'tween Chicago and Omaha a new train to j nient. as the iice- salty of using wagons I 'in wh.lch to transfer the mails acrow the ! city will be obviated. The new train will carry mail xcbisivcly and no attempl will 1.3 I be made at prcseni to reduce the running) time, although ilnil may lie accomplished 1 later. n I mmc klAV rCT Mnwcv who was aiallcincd on lh.' third floor. Uia ' ILLINOIS MAY GET MONEY covcred the fire. He said he bad gona te litter lo Kettle Uiritlu of taxes Uae State. belched forth, burning off hi hair und NEW YORK. Nov. .-Tho dire, tors f t-jebrows. The watchman was unald to the Illinois Central Railway company met 1"t d,x,r unA "1" w",c r""m ,v"s her.- todav. After a r-ccss Governor Quickly filled with flame and smoke. O Con Dree u announced that a committee, con- I i-ell gave the alarm und liuirle.1 around .-Isting of Dlieetots Auchlncloss. Astor. ' waking up the sleeping Inmates, Vand. rhllr. Harrlman and rresldent Hara-I Th- closet had formerly ben an old ban. ex-oflhio. bad been ap)iediit.-. to take 1 rlcv ite.r shall, and w ith the door 0-u a up the matter of tax.js of ll.t-JO... due the j draft resulted that nui. kly spread the lire ,taie of Illinois The governor ttl that satlsfacUiry , progiess was being biadn and bo looke,j fur j An early adjustment of the state's claims. i The cotumlttce Is rxix-cled to ronurt back jto the full bot.nl at next month' meeting, Aside from this the proceedings al today meeting waa wild lo be entirely routine. 1 OFFICIAL VOTE OF BAY STATE! ! tioveruor t artla (.ulld, Jr., la He. Klrrtrd hy a Plurality of Uvrr Thirty Thousand. BOSTON. Nov. iV-Thc offl. i.il fi ues It.- ,l A r.f l l.l-,Hll.tN Uf lllA ..l,lr. To. .iaV- Vive mlr 6 luit. e r nm I. . 1 . . .-. - - - - lie today. Cuiti Guild, jr., the repuhp- ran caudielat for governor, bail 2i.'.oJi; John R. Moian. candidate of th demo- cratlo and prohibition partle and of the Independence baguj, had 1!'2,3"'5. Guild plurality wa & Si3. Headlaa Advaneca Maura. READING, Fa.. Nov. . The difference between tne miinatf. mint of Hid Fliiladel phia Heading Itallioa.l eoinpauy and lis employe m the .enil. fieinio und yarrl s.-i-vl.ii were tiled lejday. all Ihe trairiu.eii n e-Iv Inn on u.iv in. e of )o ymT i nt In iagis, in adii.tiou P Ihe uujusUneol of UU"lU.ll lute.-. TEN DIE IS FLAMES Twenty. Fite CtLera Injured by Jnniping rrom Windowi of nrnint House, ST. LOUIS LODGING HOUSE IS DESTROYED names Break rrom Old Air (baft lefore IamatfB Know of Tire. FIVE HUNDRED ASLEEP IN BUILDING Watchman Awakena tbe People, Bat Eo'me Aro Unable to Escape. MEN JUMP DESPITE EFFORTS Of FIREMEN trased hy Roaring Flamea Inmataa of lloase Do not Watt for he !Rfrty ta to Be Mrrtehed. ST. LOIIS. Xo: JK-The Llglithousa hotel, a three-rtfiry structure on the north west corner of Ninth and Market street tttlllaed as a tialvatlon. Army building, nil damaged by firo earli- today when probably 1W men were lodged within It. I Over men were nalc; lu the bulldltid ; when the tire was discovered, the, greater numnrr neiug on tltr a'cund aod tliii d floors. All bi.came panlcstrlcken and be fore the firemcnt arrived und could alrctctt nets many had Jumped from ' tho upp-r windows and were picked up crushed and unconscious mi tho street below, .The. four dead have not bean Identified, as their bodl.-a were burned to a crisp. Ten lost their Uvea and probably thirty five were Injured, alwut half that number being serlou.-ly Injured, pome not being ex pected to live. Four were burned and two died from Injuries received In Jumping fro.n upper window. Px others of thone who Jumiicd are lying unconscious at the city hospital and are not expected to live. The fire started on the third floor and swept through the old bulldlag rapidly. Men fought at tho windows to secure tha lifelines and slide to the afreet, but so great was the frenzy with which tho rope were seiaed und held that they were of little avail and those who could not cap by ihe stairway leaped from the window. A larg'S number of those who Jumped wera caught In nets, but many Jumped befora the nets were stretched and were Injured. Tit' re waa only one stairway and tha panic stricken men surged clown this Btalr way to the street, only to find the door lockeel. A lain resulted and niYiKsbtv cveia r ' ,OM ot j,fo wouj0 ,,ave occurred had not j firemen promptly burst the door out, per mitting tho frenzied men. to pour out lutj the street. The cause of tho fire has not been ascer tained. . About threo months- ago the Solvation. 1 Army barracks at the corner of Eighth and ; walnut stieetg were comp.ntaly destroyed j by Kre and one, man was killed. ! Killed and injured'. The following Is a partial Hut uf . u,. '".,- ; ' '" : . f ....:.,',' ! l.MLifcMIMEU I ijuiiicy. lb; 'jumixsi; uleo' M EN : old soldier of at iio.-PitHi. m-onuii; D. itoE, iutntied: dieo at hoa- pltal. ...jiircd In jumping: ' Jonn Hrauy, years old; acrlous iuterual Iri.i.ries. I nai li s J. Ri.s, .10 years Old, shoulder frai iuiT'1 and internally hurt. John Phaw, oi years old, tuie-li gged mauj lf h iinctui.-o. ( James Valley, unconscious; burned, jumped. (ioorg.1 M. I'erry, unconscious, aged Ili; burneo; Jumped. Tnoiiius vvuisii, ageil y; unconsclousj burned; jumped. 'i ho mas ticoiing, Jumped; unconscioua because of injuries. John Rutler, jumped; unconscious. Charles Meier, ukw! S. ,o. !M jsrk iw line, tnicaso; mimed ami Jumped; uncou sclotts. juoiin Vlerhblllg, nrri?d 2S. from OranU Rapids, Mich.; face and bnciy nurned. r.iiiownig injuicd win probably recover; William Owen, ngexi 3; fractured rlb from Juinplng. William vi 1. Icy, !ej fractured. I'earl Hyatt, a'eci il, ltuiana nolle; frac-tur-ei rlbb and hnee. Edwaro liowaru, aged IS; badly burueti, condition aerieus. riei .11 niVi Alfred Uroad, Vi yctrif old; hands and I Oce. I Tnomu Callahan, fireman; fsce aud I hands. ' James Clark, 30 year old; all over body. j aenouH. hunu"''11"' i yearn old; face and Julius Rurkhardt, 53 years old. James J.yiic.i, 4v year old. John liraoy, w ytiirs olel. (. Iiaric ivoss, dsy work. Thoma iwooney, years old. J. W. Mueller, in years pd. O.-cnr Anderson. W years old. Oeorgo Miller, 40 years old. Frnng Louise, So year old. William tlilllland. i0 years, llajtcrsiuu, III. John Moor -, 30 years old. Charles iiolar.d, 30 yeurs old. Fire from Closet. The building , wan a turee-sto: y struclura and fully CjO men woe sleeping la It wheu the fire broke out. Watchman O'Conncll, j a clothes i losei to get en.j.e wearing ap ! par i ior several of the men, whi weie ! praetloally without clothing, aud upon ' opening th" closet door a sheet of flaniu i throughout tne nuucing. At every window could no seen tna tot ma j of half-naked men, eallli1(t to fljctn. n la I terror, and u few minute later leaping from the burning building to bo crushed on j the sidewalk below. Life line. raKem-.t jat window, provided mean of e'.ope for I score of the 5i lods'ie- Men Run Throngh atret?!. Terror tuck possession of the men and a numlsr of them started to run through the ptree-t as soon as they esc)ie.i froiP tae building. Thinly clad. Deluded Uion rau madly uutil thy were pursued and cauj,ln and taken In ambulane to pluc-ex e,f i mih. Many of tber.i were takn to Nc f . ' en0(, hous; nearby. Doaii Wr ilii. . . .. .. I... 1 ....... from the " V. . . . . Home oi lau mi-i'i....... uvu i a, were crying abjeictly and Were not L.b: , ... 'tii i,at wa the mutter wit!: ther.u bout eighty men wera crowded Into the 1 baacnient, sleeping wh'n the fire was dle- covcred. They were unable to get out, us the door was apparently locked. Their cri. attracted th attention of policemen and the bafttmient cioor wn broken In. lb., men poured out of the taaeinent like) lats from a trap. The firemen culled to thoe lu the win dow not to Jump until fhe n.-ts eeniM x lrctetie.i. but all tr. IHtle avail, tur a tat a tUe flaiiits ro,ir';(l ueaior lo the wludwwi