Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1900, Page 1

f ESTA THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. BLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ¢ B, 1900-TEN PAGES. IN HARMONY AT LAST TForelgn Ministers at Pokin Reach Agreement Batlafactory to All CONGER CABLES TO STATE DEPARTMENT co oficlal said touight: s »ol the mossage s too meager to Brief Details Bhow Diplomatio Viotory & the CHIEF AMERICAN CONTENTION ACCEPTED Punishment for Offenders to Be the Greatest United States. Under Ohinese Law, CHINA TO ADMIT LIABILITY FOR INDEMNITY WASHINGTON, partment has been Informed that the for- eign ministers at Pekin yesterday reached an agreement, the home ofices. Becrotary Hay today recelved Minister signature on the part of United States government. to gather detalls of the understanding at However, it is known that in the two important relating to punishment and indemnity, the view of the Uuited Staies government has As to punishments, to be the severest that can be inflicted by the Chinese government. As to the indemnity the Chinese government is formally to admit its Habllity and then the matter is to be left for future negotiation. stood that on the other points the French basis of the Conger's this time. prevatled. proposition ha agreement. LONDON, Dec. the chances of says “'Are the Chinese to be the judges of what 10 the severest punishment they can in- filct or the European powera? If tho latter 18 the case, the acceptance of the American view will not take us much nearer a solu- o thing may be sald of tion and the the indemnity qu that there is mo adjournment. “It I8 belleved here,” says the Shanghal correspondent of the Times, “that the Yang Tee viceroys are galning power over the court and substiuting their troops for Gen- eral Tung Fu Heslang's. of the province of structed to . tago of bextn. Has Bx BERLIN, Dec. 5.—The Chinese minister here has handed the foreign officials a tele- gram from L{ Hung Chang to the effect that Bih Liang, the new governor ot Shan 81, has ted upward of eighty rebel leaders and asserting that he s otherwise acting with the greatest severity in the suppression of the Boxers and energetically publicly exe Paid to Several Al Be Dectded Upon Time in th Future. Dec. 5.—The State de- which was submitted 1t is issues, namely, formed the 6.~The Times, an agreement at f Che Kiang h ecuted Eighty. protecting the missionaries. CHANNEL STEAMER FOUNDERS Reports Vary an to Lo Certain that Several Peo- ple Perish. LONDON, Dec. ~~Storms have been sweeping over the British coasts and the #hips In the channel have had rough ex- Several minor wrecks have been Rossgull of Plymouth toundered off the island of Jersey. Its passengers were saved, but a boat con- talning nine of its crew fs mi: ST. BRIEUC, France, Dec. 5.—The English steamer Rossgull, which has been lost off the coast of Jersey, was engaged in the service between England and the channel islands and St. Brieuc. periences, reported. The galo at 11 last have been saved. steamer ing. night. TURKS ADMIRE THE KENTUCKY Na; Officers Visit the Big Dattle- ship—Telegrams from Smyrna Are Held Up. CONSTANTINOPLE, Colby H. Chester, Lieutenants Willlam P. Scott and Willlam A. Moffett and Ensign 1eigh C. Palmer of the United States battle- ship Kentucky will remain here until atter the Selamlik, Friday. The other officers of Con- Captain the Kentucky al stantinople. ‘While at Smyrna Chester exchanged visits with the Vall (gov- The latter greatly admired tho super-imposed turret ernor) and the na Dec. 0 expected to Vil val authorit! system of the Kentucky, The government has stopped all tel from Smyrna in regard to the Kentucky. RUSSIANS COME FOR CRUISERS Blue Jackets Man the Warships Bullt for Caar (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 6.—(New York World Ca- —Two hundred fan blue jackets salled to- blegram—Special and twenty Rus by € Telegram,) day on the steamehip Rhylander for Phil crulser. Csar's Cour LIVADIA, Dec. church house In London, in future, they will spend a portion of the Count Boni is deeply hurt at the want of sympathy shown hlin by hi and compatriots in his recent foaaclal year, troubles, s Going to Lo Iphin to man the Russian crulser Varyag, bullt by the Cramps. A like detachment will sall in & fortnight to man the second 6.—His majesty experi- ences no i1l effects from sitting up in his arm chair at meal times and is 0 much better that the court is discusstng the prob- able time of its return to St. Petersburg, which, however, s still undecide ST. PETERSBURG, today special servic glving were held for the convalescence of the czar and In connection with the birthday of the caarvitch, Grand Duke Michael, who was born December 4, 1878, Dec. n. ‘Count and Countes says Vanity Fair, “whi to tho | marked contrast with that of the previous difcult thoee they aro It was under- in the course of a skeptical editorial concgrning ekin, ttlement, but simply an The new governor been in- ange forthwith the question ing out of the Chu Chou ma: “It s the general bellefe here, the Tien Tsin correspondent of the Dally Mall, wiring Tuesday, “'that China will ae- cept the demands of the joint note, which all the powers approve, within n fortnight or three wecks and that then the second proceedings—the examination of proposal after proposal in detall—will of Lite, but 1t foundered in & According to the report which has reached here, only eleven persons out of the forty passengers on board 6. —Captain from London to 6.~In all the of thanks- for a nds Ca GERMANY THINKS IT ers Complain of the Al- leged Lack of rdiality Ex- pressed in President's Mensage. IcY BERLIN, Dec. 5.—The German Forelgn office and a section of the press will re- serve a final expression of opinion upon President McKinley's message to congress until the full text Is at hand. A Foreign “The cabled WJireesion as to the whole, but wo satisfaction irom the em- e phasiei U ey MeKinley lays upon he ool PR United - “ween the States and GePlang ' Wo are ready to meet America halt wit,. Many of the papors belleve they detect & cooler tone toward Germany than toward | Eugland and France. The Vossische Zel- tung says “The tone In which President McKinloy speaks of the relations of the United States and Germany 1s strikingly cool. It Is not to be fgnored that America’s relations with France and Great Britain are expressly de- clared to be friendly, while in speaking of its relations with Germany the president only says that good will prevals. Such a difference cannot be without dnsign. Pos- sibly an explanation is to be found in the allusion in tho message to the meat in- spoction bill. As a high protectionist Mr. McKinloy is least justified in complaining of tho hindrances to forelgn importations Into Germany." Change in Tone Remarked. The Berlin Neuste Nachrichten finda the tone of the message toward Germany “in message, which sald that the relations be- tween the two powers continued most cor- dial, while yesterday's message confines it- self, with Intentional reserve, to the state- ment that good will prevails, “This moderating language,” the paper continues, “Is especlally striking since varlous quostions have been settled within the year. The remarks about American meat importations into Germany are not sufficlent to explain such cool treatment of Amerlca’s relations with Germany, which the previous message and the speeches of the United States ambassador have men- tioned wo warmly. Therefore we reserve final judgment.” The Boersen Zeltung, which also calls at- tention to the difference in the language used with reference to France and Great Britain and that used regarding Germany, resents the imputation that the meat in- spection Lill s to be carried out with dls- crimination against the United Btates. The Lokal Anzelger, which complains of the “singularly cool tone of the mess toward Germany,” says: “President Mc- Kinley tries to place at the front the qu tion in which the political and the busines Interests of the two nations clash. His discussion of the commercial treaties goes to the length of suggesting reprisals.” The Frelssinnige interprets the “reprisal passage” as directed against Germany. Discuss Chinese Expressions. The press ge 1ly points out that Pres- idemt McKinley's discussion of the Chinese question presemts no new matter and no surprises. ‘The message,”” says the Kreuze Zeltung, “shows that the purpose of the United States 1s to agt in harmony with the powers. On the other hand, the Boersen Courler complains that *President McKlnley not only wants an open door, but claims a free hand for the State department and for himselt.” This paper admits that the “president's policy is in substantlal agreement with that of Germany. The Neuste Nachrichten, which makes the same admission, says: - “Germany's attl- tude with reference to the punishment of the guilty offictals 1s covered by Mr. Mc- Kinley s language in announcing the policy of the United States.” The Vossische Zeitung points out that “the United States, like Russia, 15 deter- mined fo spare the Chinese treasury.” The Boersen Zeltung condemns the presi- dent’s utterances on China as “incapable of being reconciled with the policy of the United States regarding the punishment ot the officfals,” but it calls his suggestion re- garding a reference of the controversies to The Hague court of arbitration “a thoroughly sound idea, well worth consid- eratlon.” Austrinns Do Not Like It. VIENNA, Dec. b.—The papers here gen- erally criticlse the United States' pollcy, as outlined in President McKinley's message to congress, with respect to China. While admitting the great influence Washington has exerclsed with European powers, the officlal Fremdenblatt complains that the United States appears unable to compensate individual foreigners for Infringement of their rights, while the Neues-Welner Tage- blatt, touching on the same subject, asks it President McKinley showed the same solicitude fo: the Austro-Hungarians who lost their money, health and positions in the United States, as he now shows with reference to Austro-Hungarians arrested for evading military serv FINANCIAL SHOWING IS FINE German Financlers Speak in Hig Terms of Secretary Gage's Repor! BERLIN, Dec. 6. —Secretary Gage's re- port has made an excellent impression in financial circles here. A financler to whom the correspondent of the Assoclated Press showed the figures exclalmed: “It is magnificent and confirms the con- ditlon of the American money market as indicated by the various loans of Europe during the year." Ma's Men Hold Mountain Passes. BERLIN, Dec. b.—A dispatch from Field Marshal von Waldersee, dated Pekin, Tues- Qay, December 4, says strong detachments of Chinese regulars under General Ma are reported from Shan Si to be holding the mountain passes on tie frontier of Chi Li. An explosion at Pao Ting Fu during the clearing out of a powder magazine killed one man and wounded Lieutenant Wolt- gramm and four others. Seal Arbitration Del ST. PETERSBURG, Dec, 5.—H. H. D. Plerce, secretary of the United States em- bassy, has secured thirty days' extension of the perlod within which evidence may be submitted In the Russian-American seal arbitration case before Arbitrator Asser, at The Hague, to permit the arrival of evi- dence from San Francisco. Mr. Plerce ex- pects to submit the American case befors January 8. Victoria Wastes No Wor LONDON, Dec. 5.—The queen's speech to- morrow will be the shortest on record. It will consist of a single sentence announc- Ing that parllament has been summoned to provide supplies for the urmy. Disabled Steamer in Port. HALIFAX, Dee. 56.—The Allan line steamer Parisian, from Liverpool, Novem- ber 21, reported last night off the harbor with machinery disabled, steamed up to its pler 1n a heavy suow storm this morning. ot Get Along Tometh SOFIA, Bulgarta, Dec. 6.—The cabinet has SHEDS HER FIRST TEARS iss Morrison at Last Breaks Down and Weeps in Oourt. PROSECUTION WINS IMPORTANT POINT After Prolonged Argument, the State res Adminsion of Mrs, Castle’ Deathbed Accusation as Part of the Evidence. ELDORADO, Kan., Dec. 5.—Jessle Mor- rison, charged with murder in the first de- gree, today for the first time since her trial began two weeks ago pentup feelings of angulsh and sobbed in court. It was the first sign of emotlon that the defendant had displayed. when Judge Redden, one of her attorneys, plecding that the ante-mortem statement of Mrs. Castle should not be admitted as ovidence, declared that the words of cusation agalnst the prisoner were “the concoction of men who sought only to con- vict an innocent girl."” Later Judge Shinn ruled that Mrs. Castle's statement could be placed before the jury as evidence, but sustained the objections of the defense to certaln sentences therein, among them the words "By my God, It is true,” the only part of the statement that the dylng woman wrote herself. However, Judge Shinn decided that the jury should hear the evidence glven yesterday as to the manner in which the statement was made. It was, he sald, alone in the prov- ince of the court to decide on the mental condition of the declarant, but the jury should decide whether it was Mrs. Castlo's own statement, or whether it might have been influenced by others. This made it necessary to have the testi- mony glven yesterday repeated and the jury was called in. Miss Morrison appeared more cheerful at the afternoon session, but watched the proceedings with evident impatience. The case now is not likely to go to the jury before the first of next week because of this delay. Criticises the Prosecutio: Judge Redden sald that Captain Waters, tor the state, in depicting the horror of the wounding of the bride had painted the scene of sorrow at the deathbed, “and now," said the attorney, I understand the purpose of this thing. fendant here to Intimidate and cow her and, it possible, to break her down, and then point to it when this case goes be- tore the jury as evidence of her gullt, or, it she could brace herself against it and by her will power not break down, they would point to that as evidence of a gullty consclence.” As Judge Redden talked he looked at the prisoner, whose eyes were wet with tears. She gulped down a sob and hid her eyes with her handkerchief. Miss Marrison has steadfastly maintained complete control of herself as she sat through the tedious examination of the state’s witnesses and this was her first show of a break-down. Onco released, the tears flowed freely. He charged that the dying declaration made by Mrs. Castle was a concoction of men who sought to convict an innocent girl. Bhe was a frail girl, agaiost whom viadic- tive men had conspired. All the evideice on which the attorneys for the state de- pended for conviction, he declared, was cir- cumstantinl, excepting the dying statement of Clara Castle. Nothwithstandiag Judge Shinn at the morning session held that Mrs. Castle's statement, practically in full, should be accepted as evidence, he announced at the opening of the afternoon session that the jury must hear the evidence connected with the making of the statement. They must, he sald, decide themselves whether or not the statements introduced by the prosecution are the actual expresslons ot Mrs. Castle. So it became necessary that all the witnesses who testified yesterday while the jury were excused from the room should be examined again. This will pro- long the trial at least a day or more and makes it improbable that the case will go to the jury this week. Dr. Ambrose was the first witness re- called. Popular Subscription. All the afternoon was given to the re- examination of the witnesses who testified yesterday. Dr. Ambrose and Rev. Whar- ton testified that a fund had been ralsed by subscription by persons in Eldorado to as- slst In the prosecution of Jessle Morrison. Dr. Ambrose testified that he signed the subscription list. Mrs. G. F. Ambrose testified that her husband, Dr. F. Ambrose, secured another section of Mra. Castle's statement and that it was made supplementary to the state- ment already published. Mrs. Arabrose identifled the following statement, which 18 dated July 6, and properly signed, as the supplementary statement: “I never knew of any razors being about the place on June 22, except the one Olin used. I never at any time had a razor in my hand. I never on that day saw any razor except the one with which Jessle Morrison cut my throat. I make the above statement supplementary to what I have al- ready made, fully belleving that I will not get well." When court adjourned the examination of witnesses who testified yesterday was not finishe PLAN MEETING AT SALT LAKE Executive Committee of National Live Stock Association Arranges for Annual Gathering Next Month. CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—The attendance at the International Live Stock exhibition was the | largest of any day this week. Morning trains brought in thousands of farmers and their families from Iowa, Minnesot Wisconsin, Illinols, Indiana and from states farther away, Texas and California con- tributing a number. Judging of the various grades ot blooded stock on exhibition was continued today and will be practically concluded tomor- row, when the slaughtering tests will be held. The tests to determine what feed is best for stock will also be watched closely. The blooded cattle sale of the Hereford Breeders' assoclation was contiued today and a number of pure bred Berkshire hogs were also put on the market. Some high prices were realized, The executive committee of the Natlonal Live Stock assoclation held a meeting today and completed the program for its annual meeting, to be held at Salt Lake City, Jan- uary 15 to 18. Among the subjects for dis- cusston will be “Live Stock Importing and its Relation to Forelgn Eanbargoes." Rec- ommendations will be made to congress that & bill be passed applying the retalia- tory principle in necessary cases. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—A real estate firm announced today that a colony of Boer farmers {8 to be established on Long Island between Hicksville and Syossett in Nassau county. According to the firm_they have signed a contract for 1,113 acres of land with the “Boer refugee ald committee’” and ex- pect twenty-three families of Boers here on Jecember 28, Seventy families In all are to live on the tract, according to the resigued, owlng to minlsterial ditterences, moters, and each {8 to have from fis twenty-five acres, ve vent to her 1t came | It was an attack upon this de- | LIQUOR LAW FOR MANILA Prevalence of Wet $0ods Emporiuma Creates Discussién of Gener. erest to { teens, MANILA, Dec. 6.—The hall occupled by the United States commission was crowded today, the occasion belng the public dis- cussion of the Manila licenso bill. The section providing for banishing intoxicants from the escolta and down town plazas was strongly criticised. Judge Taft ex- plained that the United States courts set- tled the right of the police and the power to limit the sale of 11quors and yet the places where they were sold were unlimited. He declared that the condition of the escolta, owing to the presence of saloons, was dis- graceful. The judge admitted that it was & hardship to some, but he denled that Injustice was being done. The licenses ex- pire In January and the section of the bill requiring removals will take effect in April The bill provides for & license of 600 pesos | ,oootators throughout the day. semi-annually, for a regular saloon; 800 for a theater and 500 for a hotel, besides a bar leens None of these will be al- lowed to sell a native intoxicants. Places are licensed separately for the latter. They are prohibited from selling to soldiers and Sunday closing {8 required. But hotels can serve llquors with mesls. Licenses are imposed on distillers, bfewers and whole- salo dealers, The commission has passed an act requiring wholesome food supplies for animal used in transportation and imposing penalties for cruelty to animals. DESPERATE CONVICTS ESCAPE Eight Men Break Away from the Transport Grant at Hong Kong. (Copyright, 1900, by Pross Publishing Co.) HONG KONG, Dec. b.—(New York World Cablegram—Speclal ~ Telegram.)— Eight desperate convicts, who were being taken from Manila to San Fran- cisco, escaped last night from the United | States army transport Grant, which touched here to get the body of Paymaster Barber and convey it home to America. The con- victs were destined to prisons in the United States. They got loose somehow, snatched life belts and jumped into the sea. After flcating about for awhile they were picked up by a steam launch and brought to this city, Among them was a soldler who had de- serted from the American army and had jeined the insurgent Filipinos, but had been captured. Threo of tho party have been found and taken back aboard the transport Grant and put in Irons. NELSON'S ELECTION IS SURE & Minnesota's Sec- » Still Badly Mixed. 8T. PAUL, Dec. 5.—So far as any ap- pointment is concerned there was nothing new in the senatorial situation today. Governor Lind has nmot yot succeeded In finding a republican to whom he could pre- sent the position—In fact it was asserted positively by one of his closest advisers today that the appolntment had not yet been positively offered to mnybody. Sev- eral men have been a8 to what they ‘would do it It were aifored, but thus far no formal tender of the place has been made. It has been suggested that in the event of a lively contest for the short term to succeed the late Senator Davis so much of a fight might develop that Senator Nelson would suffer. Present indications do not carry out any such suggestion, as the opin- fon 18 generally held that the long term must be filled before any votes are taken on the vacancy. This makes sure the re- election of Nelson. The latest development In the contest is the announcement of Na- tional Committeeman Shevlin that he would not be a candidate against Thomas Lowry or former Governor Pillsbury, and that he would abide by the decision of the Hen- nepin county delegation. Former Senator Washburn 18 also quoted as saying he would not enter any contest for the place. This reduces the number of candidates ma- terlally, and other statements indicato that Minneapolls will settle on some one candi- date when the proper time comes and sup- port hira unanimously. ST. PAUL, Minn, Dee. 5.—The Ploneer Press tomorrow will'say that it learns from a source which it belioves to be authori- tative that Hon. Charles A. Towne of Du- luth has been offered and accepted the ap- pointment as United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Davls. The paper 8 Governor Lind re- fused to confirm or ¢ the statement, but that its source of information {s wuch that it cannot doubt that it s ble. Mr Towne was the candidate selected by the democrate for senator in the election of four years ago, when Senator Davis was re- elected DULUTH, Minn, Dec. 5.—Charles A, Towne tonight confirms the report that Governor Lind had tendered him the United States senatorship to succeed the late Sen- ator C. K. Davis and said that he had de- cided to accept the appointment. He has telegraphed the governor to that effect Mr. Towne refused to discuss the matter farther, but sald_that he would leave for Washington via 8t. Paul tomorrow mo ng. TWO TRAMPS’ TRAGIC ENDING One Murder d Dragged Onto Track, the Other Stabs Him- melt When Caught, 8T. LOUIS, Dec. 5.—A speclal to the Post- Dispatch from De Soto, Mo., says: Two unknown men lle dead at Blackwell, Mo., & small town seven miles south of here, the result of murder and suicide Last night the men, supposed to be tramps, asked permission to sleep in the boller room of C. V. Segar's sawmill. One of the men was about b0 years of age and the other about 20. Early this morning the young man was found dead on the rallroad track with his skull crushed and part of his clothing missing. It was evident that he had been murdered in the sawmill and dragged to the railroad track and lald across the rails, A posse of cltizens started in search of his companion, who was caught about five miles out and brought back to the scene of the murder. When accused of the murder the old man drew a knife and stabbed himself in the heart, death result- ing instantl OMAHA MAN FOR PRESIDENT M. Donnelly Honored by Amalgamated Association of Meat- ttern. CLEVELAND, Dec. 5.—The Amalgamated Assoclation of Meatcutters and Butchers' Workmen spent nearty all of today in re- vising its constitution. Officers were elected as follows: President, M. Donnelly, Omaha; first vice prestdent, J. F. Hart, Utica, N. Y.; second vice president, Willlam Jameson, Kansas City; third vice president, Philip Saar, Buffalo, N. Y.; fourth vice president, Joseph Shehan, St. Louls; fifth vico presi- dent, Cass Schmidt, Springfield, 11 secre- tary and treasurer, H. D. Call, Syracuse, N. Y. Beckham's Plurality, Dec. 5.—Governor officlally reported, FRANKFORT. Ky Beckham's plur: is 3,680, The vote | Yerkes, follows: Beckham, AGAIN OPPOSES HIS PARTY Congressman MoOall Bpeaks Against the Army Bill, DEMOCRATS RAISE CRY OF IMPERIALISM 014 Clamor of Dange ot Giving esident Discretionary Powers in Matter of Increasing Mill- tary Force Bandied About. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The house de- voted the day to the army reorganization bill, which was brought up under a special order adopted at the opening of the session, which limited general debate to two hours on a side. Lieut A number of army officers were interested Chalrman Hull and Mr. Parker of New Jersey of the military committee, ropublicans, supported the bill and Messrs. Richardson of Tennes- see, Cochran ot Tennessoe spoke briefly against it. Mr. McCall of Massachusetts, republican, then aroused the only enthusiasm of the day against the measure. Several times during the last session, motably on the Porto Rican tariff bill, he refused to follow his party. Today he attacked the wholw Philippine policy of the administration. Although temperate in language, he was plain spoken in his warnings of the o gors which lay ahead of the government it @ colonial policy was persisted in. He also criticlsed technically several features of the bill, especially that lodging in the president the discretion to expand or re duco the size of the army at will. In concluding he llkened the unconquerable | try spirit which opposed our army in the Philippines to that of Washington at Val- ley Forge. Love of independence, he sald, was the “noblest heritage of the human heart.” He declared that the United States would immediately give the Filipino people honorable assurance that they should have a government of their own. In replying to Mr. McCall, Mr. Hull de- clared that until congress acted to the contrary we must assert and enforce our sovereignty over the Philippines or dis- grace ouraclves befove the world and it was the duty of cougress to provide an army adequate to put down the rebellion. Eleven of the twenty-six pages of the bill were disposed of before adjournment. Tomorrow the Grout oleomargine bill, under a special order made at the last ses- slon, will displace the army bill, which will g0 over until Friday. Debate on Army Bi When the house met the speaker an- nounced that he had a communication from the family of Mr. Boutelle of Maine resign- ing his position as chairman of the commit- tee on naval affairs. Mr. Dalzell of Penn- sylvania, from the committee on rules, then presented a spectal order for the imme- digte consideration of the army bill, the rule mot to Interfere with other special orders, Mr. Dalzell sald that legislation of some character was imperative, o8 it would take time to recruit and organize the new army, which must Teplace the ald ow July 1, 1901 Mr. Richardson of Temnessee sald that his side of the house recognized the necos- sity for some legislation, but did not agree that this bill, establishing a permanent standing army, should become a law. It an emergency exi provided for. It was proposed to provide an ary which could be expanded at the will of one man from 58,000 to 100,000. No matter how good or able that man might be, he was not willing to see one man given such power. It was in his opinion abdicat- ing the functions of congress. Mr. Richardson sald he was ready at all times to vote to put down rebellion any- where and everywhere that it existed, but under the stress of an emergency he was not willing to establish permanently a large standing army. Mr. Underwood of Alabama also inveighed against clothing the president with discro- tionary power to expand or contract the army at will Grover Cleveland Eulogized Mr. Gicsvenor of Ohlo, in support of the bill, sald that personally he was in favor of a standing army of 100,000 men. The people, he said, were not trightened when a dema- gogue suld that the purpose in increasing the army was to station large regiments near large citles to oppress labor. They were not alarmed by the cries that their As for the liberty was to be subverted. opposition to the “sliding scale” the presi- dent always had been practically supreme in the use of the army; why should he not in the use of his discretion have the power in time of necessity to expand the army? 1t was a glorious tribute to our system that never had the president of the United States attempted to abuse his power over One of the magnificent acts of the army. Grover Cleveland had been his assumption of his duty to keep the peace in a great commonwealth by did mot want him to interfere. It w. rule. Mr. Hull suggested that the oleomargar- ine bill, which was speclal order for to- morrow, bo postponed until the army bill was disposed of, but neither friends mor opponents of the oleo bill were willing lest some parliamentary advantage be lost. Mr. He said the main objection he had heard to the organ- Hull then opened the debate. ization proposed by the bill was to the al leged preponderating fnfluence of the ca alry. in the Philippines. ment Mr. tion to the effect that the republican party desired to folst upon the country a great standing army. Transfer of Volunteer Oficer: Mr. Hepburn of lowa asked what pro- viglon the bill made for the transfer of volunteer officers to the regular army. Mr. Hull replied that on the staff volun- teer officers could be appointed to the regu- lar army without regard to age or grade, but in the line volunteer officers could not be appointed above the grade of first lleu- terant, and then only when below the age of 30. Mr. Hepburn asked if Mr. Hull would ob- ject to an amendment providing that va- cuncles below the grade of colonel could be filled from the list of volunteer oMcers and declaring it to be the purpose of the act to place volunteer officers commissioned since April 19, 1898, upon the same foot- ing with officers of the regular army. “I should sa; responded Mr. Hull, major would do a great injustice to regu- lar army officers who have or twenty-five years in the army. Mr. Cochran of Missourl, who followed Mr. Hull, charged that the avowed purpose (Continued on Second Page.) of Massachusetts nant Generai Miles and’ Missour!, Kieburg of Texas, McClellan of New York and Cox of s an emergency should be means of the United States army when the governor of that state then arranged that general debate should run for two hours on a side and that then the bill chould be considered under the five-minute This, he sald, was necessary because of the effcctiveness of cavalry In operations In concluding his state- Hull ridiculed the charges mado during tho recent campaign by the opposi- that to appoint volunteer officers to the grade of CONDITION OF THE WEATHE Forecast for Nebraska—Generally Fair; Varlable Winds Yeaterday: Deg. mooo 40 m. . 40 EE TP READS LIKE REAL ROMANCE Party of Thirty-Two Miners Have Almost Miraculous Escape from Cave«in of Two Acres of Earth, SCRANTON, Pa., Doc. 6.—Thirty-two men employed at the Nayaug colliery n Dun- more wero entombed by a cave-in this morn- Ing, but, thanks to a simple fortunate cir- cumstance, a terrible diseaster was avoided. The men were at work about 1,000 feet from the bottom of the slope and 400 feet below the surface when two acres of the oot between them and the slope came down with a terrific crash, crushing the plilars beneath it and causing a rush of air that al- most blew the men from their feet and hurled the roof off the fan house. Thelr larps wero extinguished but, find- ng that the alr was still pure, they re- lighted them and began to cast about for a way. to escape. Some counselled remaining where they were until help should reach them from the outside, but the cracking of the pillars in thelr vielnity told them that the cave-in was extending and that they must soon find & way out or be caught like rats in & trap. Foreman Jobn Gibbons, who chanced to be with the men at the time, bade them keep cool and quiet and he would to find & way out. Crawling on his hands and knees over the fallen roof and squirming through crevices he made his way to within ffteen feet of the afrway which ted to the second opening and which it was presumed was not. affected by the fall, as it is & narrow passage out through solid rock Returning for the men ho had them take thelr tools and follow him. After a difficult and dangerous journey they reached tho point where the fall blocked thelr way This was attacked with bars, picks and shovels and after an hour’s work a passage was cleared to the airway which, as they had counted upon, was open. As fast as they could run they made thelr way to the second opening and to the surface, where they were greeted with wild hurrahs from tho thousands who had gathered expecting to see themn brought out crushed and man- gled corpses, it they were brought out at all. intervening between the time of the cave-in and the time they emerged from the second openipg the most Intense excitement pre- vailed. Scores of volunteers, urged on by the piteous appeals of the wives and chil- dren of the entombed men, descended the slops and in the face of the fact that the roof was continually working and that tons of rock were llable to drop at any moment, they proceeded to attack the fall and dig & passageway through it. The surface over the cave-in dropped in some places fully & yard and hugo fissuros zigzngeed in every direction. Tho Nayaug thirty years ago. It was pretty well worked out and only a comparatively few men were employed in it PASTOR TESNOW'S DOWNFALL Denver Mininter Sceks Viee and in Overwhelmea in the City's DENVER, Colo., Dec. (Special Tele- gram.)—Rev. Henry Tesnow, late pastor of the Reformed church, left hurriedly for (be east November 22 to escaps the odiun of unavoldable exposures. He fell from grace while probing for vice. He has re- ripned his pastorate by request. Dissiva- tion, mismanagement of the chusch finances and general conduct intolerable in a clergy- man caused his virtual dismissal from the church. Rev. A. 8. Dechant, superintendent of western missions ‘for the First Reformed church, came to Denver November 16 to conduct an investigation of the local mis- slon's financtal condition. A plain talk be- tween Rev. Mr. Dechant and Rev. Tes- now resulted. Rev. Tosnow armed himself with 4 revolver, threatened his wite's life and frightened her terribly. The horror ot exposure made him almost insane. At length he fled the town by a night traln. From Chicago he went to Delonco, N. J his old home, where his mother and s still live. Ho still writes beseeching le ters urging forglveness. Rev. Mr. Tesnow has always declared himself in favor of knowing the city's evils that he might tho better preach agalnst them. Upon this pretense he has continually absented him- self from his home, leaving his young wite at home at night. It Is sald that the sc- called extravagance of Pastor Tesnow will not fall short of $8,000, HOLD UP AN IOWA STOCKMAN Deteott Arrest the Robbers After & Fight and Recover the Property. CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Fred T. Gilmore of Baxter, Ia., was knocked senseless late last night near Michigan avenue and Harmon Court and robbed of $11,229 in negotiable paper, $23 in money and a watch. The robbers, Willlam Cummings and George Hayes, after o desperate battle with de- tectives, wero captured and all of the booty save the watch and money was re- covered, Gilmore came to Chicago to exhibit cat- tle at the live stock show. The detectives aw Gilmore with Cummings and Hayes, whom they followed to the scene of the robbery. When the officers approached the | robbers sprung behind a garbage box and began shooting &t the detectives. The latter lined up behind a telegraph pole and returned the fire. Twenty shots were exchanged at a range of not more than fifty feet, but no one was wounded. Having emptied their revolvers the de- tectives made a rush upon the bandits and caught them as they were trylng to reload thelr weapons. CIVIL SERVICE IN KANSAS Governor Stanley Proposes Law That Shall Make Merit and Not Polities the Arbiter. TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 6.—Governor Stan- ley has undertaken to establish a system of clvil service among the officers and em- ployes of the various state institutions. The proposed law will be similar to the Illinois law providing for clvil service in muni- clpal governments. It will provide that politics shall not be considered In selecting officers for state Institutions. The State Board of Charities will compriso the ex- amining board and will act as the civil service commission. Fitness, efMciency and length of term of service recorded shall be considered iu distributing the best po- itions, ;r During the two hours and fifteen minutes | collfery is un oid working that was opened | TREATY IS TAKEN UP ay-Pauncefote Agreement Laid Before the Benate at Washington, IT IS DEBATED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Senator Lodge Urges the Necessity of Its Bpeedy Approval UNITED STATES GAINS AND LOSES NOTHING Its Rights on the Nicaragus Oanal Are Thoroughly Proteoted. DEMOCRATS MAKE SHOW OF OPPOSITION ar Session is Devoted to the Conclusion of Senator Frye' Speech in Support of Ship Subsidy B WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.~On motion of Mr. Platt of Conmecticut the senate this afternoon held a brief executive session. It was devoted to the consideration of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The treaty and the amendment suggested to it by the com- mitte on foreign relations were read, at the instance of Senator Lodge, who took charge of tho treaty on behalf of the com- mittee. He then made a speech in ex- planation of the treaty and urged its speedy ratification as & mecessary prellminary to the consideration of the Nicaraguan canal bill. Senator Lodge was subjected to many questions during the presentation of his explanation of the treaty. Semator Bever- idge asked whether it was not truo that the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, as provided for in the pendiug treaty, would have the effect of permitting reat Britain to acquire property in the area affected Senator Lodge replied in the negative, saying it was well known to all that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, while abrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty so far as it applies to the United States and binds this country, still leaves Kngland bound by its terms. For this reason he was sure there meed be no apprehemsion on that score. Senator Lodge discussed the amendment suggested at the last session by the com- mittee on forelgn relations providing that none of the provisions of the first five sections of the treaty could be construed as applylng to “measures the United States find it necessary for securing by its own forces the defense of the United States The semator urged that this amendment had the effect of giving greater assurance to our own people and was a necessary safeguard. Andsay Ralses Objections. At this point Senator Lindsay of Ken- tucky interjected a question and in doing #s0 made quite a statemeut s to what he sald he considered & per alar wisafprehen- slon as to the effect of the amendment. “I find,” he sald, “that most people ap- pear to think that this amendment provides for the fortification of the Nicaragua canal, whereas it does nothing of the kind." He then quoted from the amendment, showing that it applled specifically to only sections one, two, three, four and fiva of tho treaty. Ho clalmed that it only provides in the most general way for the protection of the rights of tho United States, He called attentlon to the fact that while the treaty of Constantino- ple applylng to the Buez canal had been used as the basis of the pending treaty, only the first seven articles of it had been incorporated in the Hay-Pauncefote agree- ment, leaving out article 10 of that agree- ment, which gives to the sultan of Egypt the right to defend the Interests of that country in connection with the Suez canal. Right of Fortification Not Glven. Replying, Senator Lodge sald he had not contended and did not contend that the amendment provided the power to for- Uy the cansl. The grent benefit of the amwendment was found, he sald, in the fact that it applics to the first section copied from the Constantinople agreement, pro- viding that the canal shall be ‘free and open in time of war as in time of peace to the vessels of commerce and of war of all natlon: The amendment, he further sald, was substantially in the language of article x o the Constantinople treaty and therefore might be expected to serve the same pur- poses Intended to be subserved by that article with reference to the Buez canal. In conclusion he urged early action upom the treaty as of great importance, be- cavse of the general desire to go on with the Nicaragua canal legislation. He did | not, however, Indicate any time for taking a vote upon elther the treaty or the com- mittee amendment. Senator Money of Mississippi made a briet speech in general opposition to the treaty, but indicating that he might vote for it if the amendment was retained, though not satisfied, he said, that the amendment would make the document en- tirely satistactory. Upon the whole he thought the United Btates would best pro- mote its Interests by proceeding to con- struct the canal without asking the ald or consent of any other country, Regular Sesslon of Semate, At the regular session of the senate pre< ceding the executlve sossion todsy Senator Frye concluded his speech upon the ship subsidy bill. He devoted his attention principally to & technlcal explanation of the various provisions of the measure, ex- plaining with especlal care that provision which would admit to American reglstry forelgn-buflt ships. From several sources his attention was directed to thls pro. vision and it is evidently one upon which much of the forthcoming debate will re Aside from the speech of Mr. Frye no business of Importance was transacted in leglslative session. When the opened the credentials of Samuel D. Enery and Murphy J. Foster as senators from Loulsiana and George P. Watmore from Rhode Island were recelved Bills were passcd permitting Captain B. H. Mo- Calla and Commander W. C. Wise of the United States navy to accept decorations from the emperor of Germany. The resolution introduced yesterday by Mr. Pettigrew calling for information as to the postal frauds in Cuba was referred to the committee on relations with Cuba. The house bill for the celebration of the establishment of the seat of national gove ernment In the city of Washington was passed without discussion. Ship Subsidy Bill Taken Up. Consideration of the ship subsidy bill was then resumed, Mr. Frye of Maine conclud- ing his speech begun yesterday., Mr. Frye said the amount of subsidy would be no more than $9,000,000 a year. That limit, he sald, was Nixed definitely in the bill, “So far as the cost to the government i@ " he added, “it will be reslly "l