Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1900, Page 1

[ —— ESTABLISHED JU NE 19, 1871. -_—n SPEAKS FOR KAISER Oount Von Buelow Btates Oircumstantially Emperor's Attitude to Kruger. GERMANY TRIED TO WARD OFF BOER WAR President of Transvaal Republic Informed a8 to Oonditions in Europe, AFRIKANDERS ~ REFUSED ARBITRATION | Feeling on Part of the Boer Leader Ran Too 1 High for Oounsel. GLOOMY VIEW OF TRADE IN FATHERLAND | Declares ook for 78 He ntraction, Seoretary of the Treasury That While He Does Not & Repetit of ¥ Does Look for C BERLIN, Dec. collor, Count 10.—The imperial chan- von Buolow, replying to a question on the subject of Mr. Kruger's fallure to be re- celved by Emperor Willlam, sald the gov- ernment d1d all in ity power to ward off war und left the two republics in no doubt as to the state of affairs in Burope and of Ger- man neutrality. When, In 1899, the qu tion of arbitration seemed not altogether excluded, the government recommended it to Mr. Kruger. He thought the time had not yet come. When Mr. Kruger later sought intervention kis feelings were too badly inflamed for the Dutch and German | governments. For the German govern- ment it was lost time to give advice. Ger- many was convinced that any step of a great power at that moment would be critical and lead to no result. ‘““There was | no use for us,” sald the chancellor, “to | pineh our fingers between the door and the hinge.” The chancellor added that when the suggestion of mediation was made to Great Britain by the United States in a quite gently-worded Inquiry it was rejected offi- elally and categorically. Intervention might have led to war. The chancellor described the reply of M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, to Mr. Kruger as: “France will in no case take the initi- ative, but would not oppose it when certain eventualities became known, provided the: are calculated to serve French interesu The chancellor thereupon remarked that he could not have dealt with the situation better himself. Ovations to Mr. Kruger in Germary, he pointed out, would have dis- placed Internatlonal relations and served no purpose of Mr. Kruger or of Germany. Gormany was not bound to Great Britain by a hair's breadth more than Great Britain was bound to Germany, but to act the Don Quixote against Great Britaln would be a plece of folly for which he ‘would not be responsible. Contraction of Trade. In the Reichstag today during the de- bate on the estimates the secretary of the imperfal treasury, Baron von Thielmann, took a decidedly gloomy view of the eco- romlc situation in Germany. He sald the system had been undergoing a radical change since summer and people must bo prepared for a number of years to see . a gradual shrinkage of the Inflated condi- tion. The decline, however, would not take the form of a general financial crash, as in 1873. This period of diminished trade could not pass without affecting the im- porial budget. Therefore, It was necessary to strengthen the reserves of the treas- ury. In regard to the abolition of the sugar bounties, the secretary of the treasury sald the negotiations betweem Austria, France and Germany were not concluded, but they would probably provide a basis for definite agreements. Tho secretary also announced that a bill taxing sparkling wines would shortly be presented and that another bill taxing ccharine was in course of preparation. In 1901, sald the secretary, an increased expenditure of 53,000,000 marks must be provided for. Consequently the transfer of surplus revenues to the federal states would cease, A general survey of the present estimates afforded, the secretary remarked, a de- cldedly less pleun‘k pleture than last year. Although the Kruger matter will be taken up again in the Reichstag Count von Buelow's speech, evidently prepared with great caro, was so overwhelming in its array of powerful facts that it amounted to a sweeping victory over the entire oppo- sition. The imperial chancellor's involun- tary humor and his particularly apt quota- tlons extorted hearty laughter from his bit- terest opponents. 80 far as German policles go, tho ncl- . dent 15 closed. At all events this was the evident opinion of the Relchstag when ad- Journment was taken at a late hour. The bud-et committee of the Relchsiag has adopted a resolution that the Chinese expeditionary corps must be dissolved after 1t has finished its duty in China. ROBERTS ON FARM-BURNING Commander-in-Chief Defends ment, but at the Same Time ecaten Its Necewsity. CAPETOWN, Dec. 10.—In a memorandum to the premier of Cape Colony, Sir John Bordon Sprigg, Lord Roberts explains that tarm-burning has been ordered strictly in accordance with the usages of war. He says in part: “Whether the people whose Bousos are burned are actual accessories to the cutting of rallways and other dam- ago must be left to the general officers commanding to decide. They must be trusted to make full inquiry before having pesource to extreme measures; but, as thia 18 essentlally police work, I anticipate, that when the police are established we shall find the necessity for burning gradually aisappear with less danger of the innocent ssuffering and that my successor will eventually be able to abolish altogether a Ll teful punishment.” PROHIBIT PRO-BOER MEETING | Liverpool Authorities Will Not Allow Maud Gomnne to Talk—Enter- tain Canadians, VERPOOL, Dec. 10.—A pro-Boer meet- Iog, at which Miss Maude Gonne was to preside tonight, has been probibited by the police, The returning members of the Royal Canadian regiment, which left Loudon this morning, arrived here during the day. They received ovations from large crowds and were entertained at lu by the lord mayor, Mr. Arthur Crosthwaite, and the sorporation of Liverpool. OMAHA, UESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1900- FN PAGES. E. %70 TRUST SALISBURY House o4 25 Re Pre Refuses to Censure S siie Allegea xH ¥ T, pY o N LONDON, Dec. 10,1t 8o dosultory discussion Joseph Waltoth, l”xl member from the Barnsley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, withdrew his amend- ment, offered Friday last, to the address and G, C. T. Bartley, conservative, moved an amendment to the address asking the house to express regret at the fact that Lord Salisbury had recommended so many of his own family to offices under the gov- | ernment, One-fifth of the cabinet members, Mr. Bartley sald, are of the same family. Sons would obey their father and sons-in-law and nephews would yleld to the same in- fluence. Such conditions precluded an in- dependent inquiry into the army fallures in South Africa and were calculated to impair gravely the efficiency of the publie service and diminish the chances of re- form In the system of natlonal defense. The samo cankerworm of nepotism had en- tered the army and navy and it was the general opinfon that many of the fallures in South Africa were traceable to officers who had obtained their commissions by family influence When the premier’s nephew rose to reply the house was filled with expectation. Mr. Balfour sald the unhappy accident of birth ought not to be a bar to public service. There was only one member of Lord Sali bury's family In the present government who was not in the last. Mr. Bartley, he added, had not shown that the appointees complained of were incapable, while the country at the recent election had shown confidence that the premier would o out with ability his thankless, heart- breaking task. The amendment was lost by a vote of 230 to 128 Replying to Mr. Healy, nationallst, who asked whether the Irish-American and Irish prisoners captured in the fights with the Boers could not be permitted to return to thelr homes, J. Powell Willlams, financial secretary to the War office in the late administration, but now a plain member of the House of Commons, representing South Birmingham, sald prisoners of Irish na- tionality could not be treated differently from others. Attack on Chamberlain Resumed. D. Lloyd-George, radical, member for Carnarvon district, brought together a serfes of accusations against Mr. Chamber- in that had been figuring in the news- ers and moved that no member of the government ought to have a dir or in- direct Interest in concerns competing for government contracts. He pointed out that the gecrotary of sjate for the colonies held 5,600 shares and other members of his family 67,000 shares in the Birmingham trust, which in turn was a share-owner in the Tubes, Itd., making $10.000 & year out of government contracts, He asserted also that Mr. Chamberlain and his rela- tives held shares worth £230,000 to £250,- 000 in Ellfott’s Metal company, contractors to the admiralty, and shares valued at £250,000 in Kynoch's Dynamite company. contractors to the War omoe. After enum- erating other companies in which the Chamberlain family, he arserted, had in- terests, Mr. George declarcd chat he was not attacking the private character of the minister, but had raised the matter be- cause this “case might be used as a prece- dent later to justify corruption.’ Colonial Secretary Replies. After various speeches for and against the resolution, Mr. Chamberlain replied. It 18 my personal honor that is involved In this question,” he sald, “and I think it hard, after twenty-five years of life in tho full light of Parllament to have to stanl up and explain that I am not a scandalous thief. These attacks are monstrous and absurd. I took no notice of charges during the election, although there had been a conspiracy of insinuation. 1 had been charged with fattening on the profits of o war 1 had provoked. “Of all the companies mentioned, I hold shares in two. My relations intend to take legal proceedings and the public will sce how this abominuble charge will be dealt with by the court. My relations are al) business men and have had to make thelr own fortunes. I come of a family which boasts nothing of distinguished birth or of inherited wealth, but has an unbroken record for nearly two centurles of un- stained commercial Integrity, Never dur- ing the whole course of my political career have I been asked to use my influence to secure pecunlary galn for myself or my relations.” Colombo Connection Explained. Proceeding to explain his connection with the two companles, Mr. Chamberlain said he had jolned the Colombo company twenty-three years ago. Its shares had never been quoted on the Stock exchange. The contracts to build huts for Boer pr oners in Ceylon was given to the Colombo company on the responsibility of the local government without —any . communication with himself. So far as the Birmingham trust was concerned, he said, ho knew nothing whatever of its Investments, al- though he had recently ascertained that there was a trifiing investment in the Tubes, 1td., since his brother managed the business of that organization, but the com- pany's already small business with the admiralty had largely decreased. After hav- ing made further explanations of a similar kind, Mr. Chamberlain exclalmed amld min- isterial cheers: “Is It not hard to have to deal with such rubbish as this? When all 18 reckoned up, perhaps my Indirect interést in government contracts is a few pounds or even shillinks. And yet the House of Commons 18 called upon to pass a solemn resolution which will not strike me, but will be a self-denying ordinance for many members who do not anticipato that result.” Unworthy Methods in Public Life, In an eloquent peroration the colonial secretary declared that the attacks had not icjured him, but had glven pain to a number of private individuals. Those who had made them, he asserted, had intro- duced into publie life unworthy methods and had made it more difcult for honorable and sensitive men to serve thelr country. He was loudly cheered as he resumed his seat. His son, J. Austen Chamberlain, financlal secretary to the treasury dopar ment, followed with some remarks, R. B. Haldane, radical, member for Had- dingtonshire, and others spoke, atter which Mr. Lloyd-George's motion, which was of- tered as an amendment to the address, was rejected by a vote of 269 to 127, Mr. Balfour, tle government leader, then moved the closure, which was carried by 253 votes against 18, and the address to the throne was adopted by 265 votes against 23, Crisis in Bulgaria ut an K SOFIA, Bulgeria, Deec. 10.—The caused by the resiguation of the Bulgarian cabinet presided over by MM, Ivantchoff and Radlslavoff has ended with the forma- tion of a ministry by M. Ivantchoff, who, in addition to the premiership, will hold the portfollo of finance, with M. Tontscheff as minister of foreign affairs, and General Petroff as minister of the laterior, suc- 1 ceeding M. Radislavoft, DAVID B. HILL FOR PRESIDENT Trusted Lieutenant of New York Democrat Forecasts Him as Choice in 1004, APPEAL MADE TO CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT Mayor McGuire of Syracuse Depre- cates Talk of Party Reorganis tion and Incldentally Mentions Name of W. J. Dryan. { CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—The Chronicle will | say tomorrow: David Bennett Hill, ex- governor of New York, and former United States senator, I8 to be a prominent candi- date for the presidency on the democratic ticket In 1904, A declaration equivalent | 1o n personal announcement by the New | York man was made tonight by James K McGuire, Mr. Hill's political lieutenant, | mayor of Syracuse and chairman of the | executive committee of the New York state organization. Mr. McGuire arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon from the cast and was visited at the Palmer house by a numbet of the local party leaders. “If the republican foreign policies so far as the Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba are concerned shall fall absolutely or in any part in the mext four years,” said Mr. McGuire, “apd the democrats want a man fitted to the task to solve the existing question, that man undoubtedly will be David Bennett Hill, “Ex-Semator Hill is very much like Gro- ver Cleveland was politically. Mr. Hill is less than he might be in the state organi- zation, but he {s wonderfully strong in the nation. He is looked upon as a man abso- lutely safe and is regarded as one’of the ablest statesmen in the nation. “Should the republican pollcy of colonlza- tlon prove a faflure and the nation four years Lence require a conservative, clear- headed, able man, whose democracy never has been questioned, then the cholce of the next democratic convention will doubtless be Mr. Hill. It the radical element of the party develops strergth enough again to get in the saddle then the nominee will be William Jennings Bryan or some other man, but not Mr. Hill. “This present talk of reorganization is idle at the present time. The moment has not arrived to talk of reorganization. Re- organization of the party, if it is neces- sary In 1904, depends entirely upon contin- gencles and the trend of events between now and the next national convention will point out what is necessary. CENTENNIAL OF THE CAPITAL Notable Anniversary to Be Celebrated at Washington with Due Pomp and Pugenant. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Governors of states and other high officlals are arriving hore to attend the cemtennial celebration on Wednesday. Among those who have ar- rived 8o far are: Governor Shaw of lowa, togother with Secretary of State Dobson, Adjutant Geperal Byers and Attorney Gen- eral Remley; Governor Schofleld of Wiscon- sin, Governor Barnes of Okiahoma and ex- Governor Markham of Californta. The celebrution of the centenmary of the es- tablishment of the national capital here will be opened at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, when President McKinley will re- celve the governors of the states and territorics. Subsequent to this Colonel Theodore A. Bingham will unveil a model and drawings of an enlarged executive mansion. District Commissioner McFar- land will deliver an address upon the dis- trict’s development and Governor Shaw will Alscourse upon the development of the states. In the afternoon the president will pro- ceed to the reviewing etand at the capi- tol. He will be efcorted by the governors of the states and territories with their ffs; large detachments of the army, navy and marine corps, natlona guards of the various states and District of Co- lumb'a; naval militia, veterans of wars and distinguizhed civilians, He will review this parade and then with members of the diplomatic corps, cabinet, supreme court, governors, Admiral Dewey, General Miles and the senators and representatives will repalr to the house of representatives, where addresses will be made by Repre- sentatives Richardson and Payne, Sena- tors McComas, Hoar and Danfel. The cele- bration will terminate with a reception to the governors of the states and territories at 9 o'clock that night. AWAY FOR AMERICAN HOMES Canadian Volunteers Start from Eng- and to Return to Nat Country. (Copyright, 1900, by Press Publishing o.) LONDON, Dec. 10.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Two hun- dred and seventy-six officers and men of the Royal Canadlans, returning from the Boer war, left London today by special vestibuled train over the London & North- western rallway for Liverpool on the way home to Canada. Liverpool was reached in three hours and ffty-nine minutes and the contingent will sail on the steamship Champlain tomorrow, The departure of the volunteers from London and their arrival at Liverpool were attended by scenes of great enthuslasm. GERMANS CALL ON KRUGER Hoer Leader Receives Deputation at The Hague and Returns Visit of Forelgn Minister, THE HAGUE, Dec. 10.—Mr. Kruger today recelved a deputation from the Altdeutscher | Veenband and thanked his “German broth- ers” for their token of sympathy. Lator Mr. Kruger returned the foreign minister's visit. BERLIN, Dec. 10.—Baron von Rheinba- ben, Prussian minister of the Interior, has ordered the chief of police at Cologue to make a special report as to disorderly in- cldents connected with Mr. Kruger's visit to that city and especlally with reference to the anti-British demonstrations before the British consulate. Moveme of Ocean Vessels Deo, 10, At New York—Arrived—Caledonla, from Liverpool At Leghorn. New York, Nuples nd Genod. At Bydney, N. 8. W from Vancouver, B, C Brisbane. At Naples—Arrived—Alle from New York, for Genoa. Salled-—-Fuerst Bismarck, ful; N':‘!l Ynl’kl At verpool—Arrived—Lancastrian, fro Boston; Taurle, from New York, 7 *Alkurelnml ~Salled—H. H. Neler, for New orl At SBouthampton—8alled—Vaderland, fro Anlwnrg, for New York. » At lasgow—Arrived—Anchoria, New York. At Hamburg—Arrived. Franclsco, ete, via Havre. sylvania, for New York. At Gibraltar—Arrive York, lh»rdNublfl ‘nlu‘i‘ l.l'mL 1t At London—Arrived—M uneapo New York. ok Arrived—Karamania, from a Lisbon and Gibraltar, for —Arrived—Aorangl, for Honolulu and trom anls, from Sin Salled—Pean- Werra, from New from ‘| No Trace Discovered of the Depre | Selir, has started for Lisbon and the Dutch CONFIDENT OF WALDERSEE re Assume That His Ree ter Must 10.~The German govern- ment has not taken official notice of Gen- eral Chaffee’s letter to Count von Walder- see complaining of the removal of the actronomical instruments from the wall of Pekin and the return of the letter to the Anmerican commander ‘‘on account of its tone.” Only a few of the papers print the in- cident in their news columns. The Vos- sicche Zeltung remarks: “Whatever the | cavse, General Chaffee had in no case a right to use such rough language in his letter to the commander-in- chief." The Berliner Tageblatt observes must, of course, reserve A& definite judg- | ment until reliable German reports have been received. Whoever knows of the gen- eral diplomatic tact of Count von Walder- e will not doubt that hejwould not have | employed such a brusque procedure without the strongest reason.” Ciptain Dannhauser, whe s with Count von Waldersee, suys in a private dispatch recelved in Berlin today: “The French have abandoned their operatlons to re- move astronomical instruments from the walls of Pekin, presumably in order to impress the Chinese with their compara- tive clemency, but the Germans continue removing instruments wnder the protec- tion of & company of engineers.” Under the patronage of Countess vor Buelow a notable concert was given this evening for the benmefit of the German troops in China. It was attended by Em- peror Willlam and the empross, many members of the nobility and the entire diplomatic corps, including United States Ambassador White and Mre, White. The net proceeds of the entertalnment were about 180,000 marks. AFRAID OF ABSINTHE HABIT French Chamber of Deputies ¢ Upon Government te FProhl Liquor's Manufacture!and Sale. “We PARIS, Dec. 10.—In the Chamber of Deputies today M. Marie Edouard Vaillant, soclalist, one of the deputies for the De: partment of the Selne, moved a resolution calling upon the goverament to prohibit the manufacture and sale of all alcoholic liquors pronounced *dangerous” by the Academy of Medicine. The resolution was | aimed at absinthe, the consumption of which has nearly doubled in France since 1894 and now stands at 10,000,000 litres an- nually. M. Vaillant and others denounced the sprend of absinthe drinking and laid stress | on the ravages among the population. “The Increase of corsumption of ab- nthe,” sald the mover of the resolution, marches arm in arm with the increase of cases of driveling insanity, which will end by becoming a national malady." The Chamber adopted the resolution unanimously. RELICS OF NELSON STOLEN tors, Who Are Supposed to Be French. LONDON, Dee. 10.—~No trace has been found of the thieves who on Saturday last stole several relics of Lord Nelson, includ- Ing his watch and many of his medals, from Greenwich hospital, The popular bellef in Greenwich 18 that the depredators were French, owing to the alleged discovery of @ letter in broken English left behind in which the writer promised to return and carry off a French flag which 1s among the relics. The vandals abstracted almost every- thing portable. Even the gold hilts of the #words were wrenched from the blades and | the jewels were stripped from the scabbards. They also broke Nelson's sword of honor. Captain Chester and Other Officers of the Kentucky tained at the Yildiz Palace. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dece. 10.—A dinner was glven at the Yildiz pulace tonight in honor of the officers of the United States battleship Kentucky, now at Smyrna, pre- vious to which the United States charge d'affaires, Lloyd C. Griscom, introduced the officers to the sultan. The grand vizier and other dignitaries were present at the | dinner. Subsequently Mr. Griscom and Cap- tain Colby M. Chester were received in private audience by the sultan, who after- wards received the other officers and ad- dressed th in a tew graclous words. ENVOYS LEAVE THEIR POSTS Tension Hetween Portugal and The Netherlands Apparently as Great Ever. THE HAGUE, minister to the Dec. 10.—The Portuguese Netherlands, Count de mimster to Portugal. Baron von Heeckeren 1 expected here from Lisbon this evening. Count von Bylant in the second chamber today notified the foreign minister that he would interpellate the government tomor- row on the tension between the Nether- lands and Portugal. Ant emetic Play Causes Scandal. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 10.—The scandal caused by the demonstration Thursday evening last on the first production of the anti-Jewish play entitled, “The Contra- bandists,”” during which the actors were pelted, personal conflicts followed and the performance had to be stopped, 15 still the subject of considerable discussion here and threatens to start & student agltation, the university sympathizing largely with the demonstrative hundred Christlan students who signed a statement that they particl- pated in the riot. About 400 students met Saturday and after llstening to some flery speeches condemned M. Suborbin, editor of the Novoe Vremya, for his activity In the attempt to launch the anti-Semitic play, the theater management, the police and others. The police late on Thursday night released all the persons, about fifty, ar- rested during the disturbance and no prose- cutions have yet been anmounced. After the students’ meeting It became known that | the minister of the interfor had sent the newspapers a cireular positively forbidding further allusions to the scandal The authors of the play have relin- quished their efforts to produce it Colonel Plequart Protest PARIS, Dec. 10.—Colonel Plequart, who was 80 prominently identified with the Dreyfus case, has addresed n memorfal to the Chamber of Deputies protesting against the amnesty bill, which he says will include him “among the forgers and utter- ers of forgeries, who will profit by the | amnesty.” R Grain Cro ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 10.—~The official estimates for this winter and spring crop in sixty-four departments of European Rus- sla are foilows: Wheat, 658,000,000 peods; rye, 401,700,000 poods, and oats, T 600,000 poods, I |cles have been filled. BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT fanta Fo and Its Btriking Telegraph Operators Each Olaim a Victory, RAILROAD DENIES BEING 'NCONVENIENCED Order Iasued for Discontinuance of Reacinded and Return to CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—Ofcials of the Santa Fe systemn claim that the telegraphers’ strike on their line is practically over and polnt to the fact that almost without excep- tion thelr passenger trains were on time to- day and that freight was being handled in volume as great as before the strike was inaugurated, Third Vice President Barr of the Santa Fe system, the officlal most active in ad- Justing the operation of the road during the striko of the operators, made the following statement tonight “We have all the men we want west of Albuquerque, but are short 250 to 300 east of that point. We have been hiring men all day and at the present rate will have a full | complement within three days. due here at 9:30 a. m train that was late, minutes. “On the average our passenger trains have reached Chicago as nearly on time as though there were not a strjke. Wo are ac- cepting all freight offered and are moving most of {t. Fruit shippers have been noti- fied of our ability to handle shipments up to the capacity of our equipment. All of the important offices have been filled and all through business is being bandled by or- ders from these points. “We have no quarrel with the organiza- tion known as the Order of Rallway Tele graphers. Our fight {s with the individuals who went out. Seventy-five per cent of the men who refused to strike were members of the order and these will be retained and promoted. Those who struck will not be re-engag 4, al hough scme who went back to work immediately will be retatned.” Trainmen Have Not Taken Action. JLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 10.—Concerning a report to the effect that the Railway Train- men may join the telegraphers’ strike on the Santa Fe, Grand Chlef Morrissey of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen said that he knew absolutely mothing of such a movenient. Chief P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said, when asked if the engineers were likely to become in- volved In the strike, that he knew nothing about the matter further than what he bad read in the newspapers. G. A. Seagrave, a representative of the Sacta Fo company, was here today employ- The train today was the only and that but twenty { ing operators to take the places of strikers. Seagrave sald he had succeeded in en- geging a number of men in this city at salaries ranging from $56 to $85 & month. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 10.—Theodore Nemayer of the telegraph department oy the Atchison, Topcka & Santa Fe claims to have secured twenty-five operstors in Loutsville today, who will immediately take places lett by the strikers. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dee. 10.—At the local Santa Fe offices it is stated tonight that all passenger trains arrived and de- parted on time and that the company is in no way embarrassed. Operators Lack Personal Interest. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 10.—From General Manager Nevins' office the follow- Ing statement was obtained today relative to the strike situation on the Santa Fe system: “The trouble on our southern Califcrnia division never reached proportions to cause us inconvenlence. In this city all vacan- On the Valley road six men quit last night. Thelr places have all been filled or will be filled be- foro night. On Superintendent Denulr's division of the road from Selligman to Mojave fourteen quit and on Superintend- ent Hibbard’s division from Sellgman to Albuquerque there were four vacancies yes- terday. Practically all these have been supplied, many of the old men having re- turned to work and in other cases new men are being employed. We are handling our through telegraphic business from the coant to Chicago with no delay whatever and all freight and passenger trafflc is being handled without the slightest delay or in- terruption. So far as the lines west of Albuquerque are concerned, the strike is practically ended.” The Santa Fe's overland trains east are on time. All passenger trains are reported on time, with freights for the most part a 1ttle late. The telegraj'iers continue hopeful, but the indications are that the strike is a fallure o far as the Southern Californfd and the San Joaquin valley {s concerned and 15 collapsing on the divisions between Mojave and Albuquerque. The telegrapers, unton ia etrong as ever and the secret of the fallure seems to le fn the reluctance of the men to reliquish the advantages ganed in their recent strike through a sympathetty strike, in which the element of personal interest is lacking. Pueblo Reports No Delay, PUERBLO, Colo.,, Dec. 10.—Trafic on the Santa Fe rallroad into and out of this city has not been affected by the telegraphers’ strike. Several late trains have been bulletined, but this 18 no more than the ordinary delay resulting from the heavy business. A report received from the division between La Junta and Coolidge, Kan., says that only six operators on that division have gome out, while eleven are still at thelr posts. The official reports received from stations along the northern division indicate that large numbers of the operators are still workling. DOLPHINHOPEFUL OF SUCCESS dent of the Order of Raflway Telegraphers Says Developmenta Favor Strikers. Pro GALVESTON, Tex., Dec. 10.—President Dolphin of the Order of Rallway Telegraph- ers tssued a circular today on the steike situation which he telegraphed to all operators, assuring them that success would crown thelr efforts. He cited freight congestion at Wolt City, Ladonla and other north Texas stations, where, he claims, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe cannot handlo the business. He clalms to huve heard from operators as far west s Call- fornia and as far east as Chicago, and that at least 95 per cent of the operators on the Santa Fe system are out. Presi- dent Dolphin emphatically denfes the truth of the alleged statement from Chalrman Newman of the Order of Rallway Tele- | graphers on the Santa Fe, to the effect that Newman instructed all the men to re- turn to work and that the company had agreed to arbitrate. Mr. Dolphin says that Newman never made such a statement and declares that officials of the railroad com. pany are authority for the statement, " (Continucd on Second Page.) | by United States Circuit Judg | this afternoon, Oberiin M 'CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska rally Fafr Tuesday and Wednesday; North to E Demurrer and e nish Term. . Sent Back to ¥ ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.—In a decision handed down by Judge Hook of the federal dis- trict court of Kansas, and concurred in Amos Tha Carter, formerly captain in the United States army, under sentence of five years' Imprisonment for misappropriation of government funds while In charge of the harbor work of Sa vannah, Is remanded to the custody of Robert W. McCloughry, warden of the fed eral penitentlary at Leavenworth, where Carter has been confined, the court over- ruling the petitioner's demurrer on the habeas corpus writ issued some time ago and sustaining the ruling of the trial courts, together with the subsequen of Presidont McKinley, who set aside twelve of the charges under which he was convicted, but made no change of the sentence Impased by the court-martial In addition to the prison sentence Carter was fined $6,000, which was paid ead he was dismissed from the army. Judees Thayer and Hock find these proceedin were entirely regular One of the chie contentions urged in Carter's behalt was that the president in reducing the number of specifications pre- terred thereby made void the entire pun- fshment inflicted. On this point Judge Thayer says The punishment prescribed by the articles of war is attached to the charg nd the specifications made therey r, latter being merely by way fication and d ta ment clpal charges > which they ctive relate; but even If this were not so, | rule 18 well established that where sen- tence in gross is pronounced upon a con- vietton under an {ndictment contalning sev eral counts and upon appeal or review some of them are held bad and the oths tre sustalned, the sentence will not be disturbed, provided 1t Is such as coull lawfully ‘have been imposed under counts which wero upheld LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 10.—Captain Cartor entered prison here in April last With one year off for good behavior he still the ¢ the b has a little more than three years to serve. | His application for a writ of habeas corpus was filed at Leavenworth on October 17 and was heard on November 23, Judges Thayer and Hook both sitting on the case. Frank P. Blair of Chicago and Congressman Gros- venor of Ohlo appeared for Carter. Carter was permitted to appear in court in cfti- zen's clothes and it was the first time he had left the prison walls since his Incarcer atlon. EXPLOSION IN ASPEN TUNNTL Five Men Repor Injured in Accident on Unfon Pacific. SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 10.—A special to the Tribune from Aspen, Wyo., says a disastrous gas explosion occurred today on the new raflroad tunnel by which four men lost thelr lives and several others were injured. The tunnel fa being built on the cut-off of the Unlon Pacific road between Aspen and Hillard. The explosion was caused by the accumulation of gas. The dead: DAVIS LAND, Ceredo, W. Va. MIKE VOLLNOGLE, Joplin, Mo. MIKE LYNCH, residence unknown. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Californa. Injured John Ward, foreman. Lawrence Early, lahorer. Dan Schofield, laborer. TLree other laborers were slightly hurt. Twenty-five men were at work ot the time of the explosion. It is not known what ignited the gas. Electric lights are used throughout the tunnel. The coroner's verdict was accident.” MARTIAL DEAD BROUGHT HOME Transport Hancock Brings Bodlies of 1,500 Soldiers and Sallors to San Francisco, “unavoldable SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.—~The trans- port Hancock arrived today from Manila, via agasaki, with the bodies of about 1,500 sailors and soldiers who either died in battle or succumbed to the ravages of discase in the Philippines, China, Guam and Honolulu, This is the largest number of bodies brought home since the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. The Han- cock will like!y remain in quarantine a few days. The bodies will be conveyed to the Presidio and placed in the bulldiaogs there pending interment or shipment to the homes of the relatives. The Hancock was twenty-five days in making the run from Manila and was sev- enteen days in coming from Nagasakl, the last port at which she touched. She brought fifty-two cabin passengers, 600 in the steerage and there were eleven deaths on the voyage to add to the cargo of dead carried from the Philippines CHICAGO WAGES WAR ON VICE Churches to Unite in Suppress ¢ an Effort to o Immor- ity, CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—Representatives of nearly every church denomination in Chi- cago have resolved to unite in a crusade against civic immorality and take an act- ive part in the suppression of vice and the maintenance of law and order in Chicago This course was decided on today at the regular weekly meeting of the Methodist | ministers and later at & joint meeting al which several other denominations were represented. committee of laymen to see that all laws for the suppression of vice are enforced and that the downtown basement resorts, whose licenses were recently revoked, be | kept permanently closed, as places dan gerous to the moral welfare of the com- munity. RUSH TO NEW GOLD FIELD Profitable Diggine Reported from Fourth of July Creek Near Canadian Boundary, SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 10.—A special to the Chronicle from Nelson, Wash., brings news of u starapede up Fourth of July creck, a branch of the Kettle river. 8hot gold has beeg discovered with ground run ©ing $10 to the cubic yard. Digging in that vicinity has been secretly worked by George Arnett, an old miner, for three or four years. It s estimated he has cleaned up $10,000. The strike extends on both eldes of the British-American boundary, SINGLE COPY the | FIVE CENTS, [FULL OF FAKE NAMES South Omaha's Registration Books Btuffed Full of Fictitions Fusionists. DISCLOSURES MADE IN CONTEST HEARING Alleged Frauds Are Bhown to Have Solid Foundation in Fact. BOOKS SHOW SIGNS OF MANIPULATION Proof of Negleot of Law That Padding Could Be Done. P! | SAMPLE LOTS OF IRREGULAR ‘'VOTERS" ut Down on Polling from Vacant Lots or From Places Where They Were U to Resident The election contest proceedings before Frank J. Sutcliffe and George W. Covell, notaries public, in which republicans seek | to establish thelr right to legislative scats actlon | for which fuslonists hold certificates, I8 be- coming Interesting. The hearing, which openied last week and adjourned from time to time, was resumed yesterday morning. In addition to the overwhelming proof of fraud in the counting of ballots which was brought out last week, now comes evi- dence of gross irregularity In the registra- tion In varlous precincts of South Owuha. Add to the “queer” count of the ballots the remarkably “queer” registration system, and there Is an aggregation of irregularity such as is seldom found in amy election. The foundation thus far lald by the con- testants establishes beyond all doubt thut they are operating on a tangible basls and there Is an important volume of evi- dence yet to come, Briefly summarized, the proceedings thus far have shown that what the fusionists aid not accomplish in Jugling registrailon they finished when the counting of the votes was reached 8. C. Shrigley, city clerk of South Omaha, was the witness of the forenoon yesterday. Mr. Shrigley carried with him duplicate rec- ords of the South Omaha registration and tho entire forenoon was occupled by him Ian reading aloud to the stenographers the | figures showing the registration in the va- rious pre more sea comie later. The ottorney for the contesteos ob- jected to the introduction of the books as evidence on the ground that they were only coples of the original records. This was simply in line with the policy of the contestees to burden the s(cnographie recs ords with objections Gross Car Shown, Only a glance at the registration books is necessary to reveal that something Is wrong, and the imost charitable construc- tion that can poesibly be placed upon it {8 gross carcloapess. The law requires that at the close of each registration day the registrors shall draw a red line beneath the last reglstered name and then afx their signatures below that. The purpose of this red line is to show where the regla- tration closes and to prevent the possibility of unauthorized names being added. This important provision of the law was not heeded. There are mo red lines end no signatures (o indicate where the legitimate reglstration ceased. In this way 100, 200, 500 or even 1,000 names might be addo The work was so bunglingly executed that in many Instances the registration figures are out of all proportion to tho voting strength of the respective preeincts. This feature of the contest has not yet been entered into thoroughly, but the attorneys for the contestants are coming to it rap- 1dly as possible, and some highly interest- ing develcpments are expected. There was an animated discussion at the noon hour as to whether City Clerk Shrig- ley had the legal right to leave the rogls- tration books with the notaries. “I want to go to dinner,” sald Mr. Shrig- ley, “and I would like to know it I am authorized in relinquishing custody of the records. I am the custodian and I don't like to let them get out of my possession.” At length the city clerk was satisfied that he would be committing uo error in leaving tho books. “They are in eviderce here now, Mr. Simeral, representing the contestants, “and you have no right to take them away. The eximination of the reglstration fig- ures 18 a tedious task and will require some time. Detatls of the Frauds. afternoon session was particularly prolific of results. It brought to light the minute details of the frauds, which had merely been indicated in a general way at tho morning session mes, dates and places were revealed oficially, leaving no doubt as to the truth of the republican assertion that fraud was committed in South Omaba. In fact, there has never siuce the election been any doubt that gross irregularities existed, but the testi- mony now coming in shows it up in greater volume than was expected. George W. Clark was on the witness stand the entire afternoon. Mr. Clark tostified that he was employed fo Investi- gate the South Omaha registration list and that he made & house-to-hOUse cANVAsS to ascertaln it the registered voters were bona fide. The attorneys for the econ- testants read names from the list and Mr. Clark explained the results of his Investi- gation, he having made memoranda of what he discovered in each case. The develop- This was preliminary to & hng investigation which 18 to cHNneNN The It was resolved to appoint a | ments were surprising and, according to the sworn testimony of Mr, Clark, & large number of the fusion voters had no citizen- ship rights 1o South Omaha whatever Some of the numbers given on the reglstra- tion books proved to be vacant lots, others were business houses, others were vacant awelling and one was & Chinese laundry. The following 18 a partial list of the illegal registrations discovered by Mr. Clark: First Precinct, First Ward, Ulrich Andreggo, 410 North Twenty-sixth street; no trace of him there, Hert' Cameron, Twenty-fourth street, be- n M and N; not living there. »d C. ‘Thoma, 503 North Twenty-fourth could not_he found. Roe, 58 North not there. Sumner, 532 North Twenty-fourth uld not he found. Ambs, G018 North Twenty-fourth vacant lot 20 M street; not there, 20 M street; could not be Twenty-seventh W found. James Connelly, 2620 M street; left for Kansas City last June and I8 a resident of that city Job Connor, Twenty-sevonth and 1, strects; lives in Lincoln; never has lived i Bouth Omaha, but was there this fall on & short visit Andrew Schow, him at that pla = 120 Hennings, 218 N found there. Firat Precinet, Second Ward, 6 N street; no trace of reet; could not be ke Shimmers, 812 Twenty-fourth street; t 1ot Charles Harbur, 33 North Twenty-fifth