Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1900, Page 1

) \ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTA Assembles at Dublin, EVERY NOTABLE ELEMENT REPRESENTED Beventy-Five Members of Commons and Many Priests Prosent. REDMOND PRESIDES OVER GREAT BODY Resolution of Bympathy with the Boers Adopted Amid Wild Cheering. TIMOTHY HEALY BARRED FROM CONVENTION illam O'Nrien Mis Veteran Fellowing of W ace ceedn in Keeping emy from Participation in Proceedings. DUBLI} 11.—Delegates to the num- ber of several thousands, representing county councils, borough corporations, dis trict councils, branches of the United Irish leaguo and kindred bodles, met today in national convention in the Dublin ro- tunda to “‘re-crea! the Irish party John Redmond, who presided, sald it was the “parliament of the Irish people.” Sev- enty-five Irish members of the House of Commons were present and several priests were on the platform. John Dillon, amid cheers, resolution to the effect that the South African war was estered upon in pursu- ance of a conspiracy to deprive two free nations of their liberty In the intercsts of miners and capitalists. He read letters from Boer generals glving {nstances of the ulleged brutality of Brit- 1sh soldlers in South Africa and also the death notice of a Boer boy ot § years old In the camp at Port Ellzabeth, whose father had refused to surrender and whose home was blown up with dynamite. According to the notice, the child and kis mother were deported hundreds ot miles and fed upon pea soup. The lad's death Mr. Dillon de- ecribed ns “cowardly murder. Intensely excited by Mr. Dillon's speech, the assembly broke forth into flerce cries anr protests against the conduct of the war. The resolution was adopted unani- mously and the convention ordered It tele- graphed to the president of the Afrikander- bund. Willlam O'Brien offered a resolution excluding Timothy M. Healy from the par- Mamentary party. While their differences are of a personal character he urged that for the sake of unity Mr. Healy's exclusion was necossar Timothy Harrington, who was frequently interrupted, sald that If the actlon of the delegates plunged the country into the vortex of despalr, future generations would curse the convention and those who par- tlcipated In it. uth!” yolled am O'Brienite fn the gallery. ‘I know where the hog is,” sald Mr. Har- rington, which caused protests and crios of “He is calllng his fellow patriots *hogs. Mr. Harrington, after the chairman had admonished the convention to give him a fair hearing, made a temperate appeal for hurmony. After other speeches an amend- ment, taking the bitterness out of the reso- lution, was proposed by Father McNeece, but this was rejected overwhelmingly and Mr. O'Brien’s resolution was adopted, only twenty-five hands showing against it. The convention then adjourned until tomorrow. proposed a CAUSE OF THE DISAGREEMENT d Informs Chamber of Trouble with Portug: THE HAGUE, Dec. 11.—Renlying In the second chamber today to the interpella- tion of Count von Bylandt, notice of which was given yesterday, on the subject of the tension between The Netherlunds and Port- ugal, the foreign minister, Dr. W. H. De Beaufort, sketched the history of the mlis understanding, which, he declared, had been exaggerated. He sald the Dutch minister at Lisbon,, Baron von Heekeren, announced November 17 that Portugal desired to with- draw the exequatur of Herr Pott as consul of The Netherlands at Lourenzo Marquez, unless the government of Tho Netherlands would obviate the necessity by dismissing or recalling Herr Pott. As The Nether- lands government had no official informa- tion that Herr Pott had permitted, as al- leged, the importation of contraband of war, it could not accede to the demand for his recall without a fuller Inquiry and it thereforo instructed the minister at Lisbon to cable to Herr Pott asking him to clear up the matter. Herr Pott then applied for leave to come to KEurope, which was granted, and The Netherlands proposed to Portugal that an Investigation be made during the consul's visit and that three months be allowed for the renderiag of a report on the subject. The government of The Netherlands sup- osed Portugal approved of this proposal and was surprised to learn shortly after- ward that Portugal insisted on withdraw- ing the exequateur of Herr Pott The forelgn minister explained that he was not aware if fresh complaints against Herr Polt were the cause of this, but notification sent to The Netherlands min- fater of the withdrawal of the exequateur pow would flly accord with the very friendly relations between The Nether- lands and Portugal. Immediately after the exequateur was withdrawn, however, the Dutch minister was summoned to give in- formation and Herr Pott was expected at The Hague within a month. After Count Van Bylandt had expressed the hope that the difficulties would be speedily settled the subject was dropped. Recovery, czar's phy. siclans {ssued the following bulletin to day: “'His majesty's recovery is pursulng & normal course. He has a good appetite, grins strength daily and his temperature and pulse are normal."” B ed in Forelgn Misslon Work, LONDON, Dec. 11.—The late Robert Art- Ington, an eccentric citizen of Leeds, who lived In a miserly manner In order to be able to devote his wealth to foreign mls- slons, has left the London Missionary so- clety over &£250,000. Nordenskjold ing te Antaretie, CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 11.-Assistant Pro- fessor Nordenskjold of the University of Uprala has arrived here to make prepara- thons for his trip to the Antarctic region. Woman's Sufirage in Vi MELBOURNE, Dec. 11.—-The legislative assembly of Victoria today passed the wo- suffrage and old people’s pension otorin. BLISHED JU Y PARTY IS BORY AXE\\" 7 Immense Gathering of Patriotio Trinu. "4, * NE 19, MILLIONS FOR BRITAIN'S ARMY House of Commons Asked to Vote Supplementary Estimate of L , Dec. 11.—When the House of into committee of sup- m St. John Broderick, the *ag war, Introduced the ates of £16,000,000 for He'"o nitted the government's had not been over-sanguine aticipated that the expenditure would be little short of the government had been Incurring during the whole financial year. He added that the government's policy was to pursue |the war with the strongest possible force land a continuous stream of supplies, so that peace may the more quickly be achieved. Mr, Broderick added that he be- lieved that the government was now ask- ing for the final sum required for this abnormal war. Sir Willlam Vernon Harcourt, liberal, ex- pressed the opinion that the house had not heard & more distressing confession. Al- though his original opinfon of tie circum- stances leading to the unhappy war was not altered, he would oppose the vote. The whole secret of the government's mis- calculations, he sald, was this It was in nowise a warfare of governments, but a conflict of races. He thought that, now they had overthrown the governments of the republics by overwhelming force of arms, they should deal with the brave | burghers now remaining, not by perpetuat- | ing increased expenditure, but by a policy | of reconciltation Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman said that the secretary of state for war had made a frank statement as to the real condition of affairs and he expressed a hope that the government would bring home the volun- teers. . Mr. Broderick replied that it would be impossible for the government to zive any pledge on that point, as Lord Kitchener must be kept supplied with many mounted men. Timothy Healy remarked: “A war begun in braggadocio and hypocrisy has brought humiliation to England and the culprit is in the colonfal office.” Henry Labouchere expresssod the opinion that guerrilla warfare in South Africa might last for two years. The supplementary estimate of £16,000.- 000 was then adopted by a vote of 284 against 8. The house having gone into committee of ways and means the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ex- plained that the existing borrowing powers of the chancellor amounted to only £5,000,~ 000 He moved therefore a resolution au- thorlzing him to borrow by war loan, ex- chequer bonds or ' treasury bills the sum of £11,000,000. He sald he did not expect to use his borrowing powers until Febru y or March and he asked the house to postpone any discussion of the subject until the second reading next Thursday. . Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman expressed his approval of the resolution, which wa: agreed to. The committee then rose and the house adjourned. CHAFFEE INCIDENT IS CLOSED Yee: ¥ . |ply | secretary s | Sapplementh | expectations and it 1s 1. March outley th a BERLIN, Dec, 11, 2 p. m.—The German Forelgn office authorizes tho Assoclated Press to make the following statement re- garding the Waldersee-Chaffee inctent, based upon a cable dispatch just received trom Field Marshal von Walderseo: “General Chaffee wrote Fleld Marshal |von Waldersee a letter in a rough tone. | Field Marshal von Walderseo refused to receive it, returning the same to General Chaffee. The latter then wrote a second letter, apologizing for his objectionable | expressions, whereupon Fleld Marshal von Walderseo invited ‘General Chaffee to breakfast and the incident was amlicably closed.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The War de- partment has received a report from Gen- eral Chaffee of the incldent that occurred at Pekin in connection with his representa- tives to Fleld Marshal von Waldersee. It appears that General Chaffee did use some pretty vigorous language in protesting against the thieving and looting of the for- elgn troops. What particularly hurt the teelings of Waldersce was & pointed refer- ence by General Chaffec to the fact that this disgraceful and unmilitary practice of looting was belng indulged fn, not by the men who did the fighting and opened the way to Pekin, but by the late comers, who had borne none of the brunt of conflict and hardship. Waldersee himself did not reach Pekin until long after the expeditionary force had occupled the town. It 1s recognized here officlally that Gen- eral Chaffee had provocation for his deliv- erance, but regret Is felt that he used this tone in addressing the fleld marshal, It is significantly pointed out here that per haps it was not Incumbent upon General Chaffee to make any representations what- ever on this subject to the fleld marshal, as there 15 no longer any official tie between them. When the United States government changed the character of its military rep- resentation In Pekin trom an expeditionary force to 2 mere legation guard, of course that guard no longer came under the con- trol of the commander-in-chief at Pekin, but was simply a part of Minlster Conger's offictal household CONCERNING RICHARD CROKER British [l Income Tax Assessor in Put- & the Screws o Hoss Har (Copyright, 10, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 11.—(New York World Ci blogram—Special Telegram.)—Croker has been ordered by the British income tax assessor to pay tax on £20,000 a year. | How the assessors fixed this sum 1t 1s im- possible to say. Croker attended recently before the assessors at Wantage and pro- | tested strongly, but to no purpose. The amount of his tax will be about £1,000 and the only way Croker can escape is by proving that his income is less than the sum assessed, for which it will necessary that he disclose his source of income. Italy's Troops to Stay in China, ROME, Dec, 11 tles today the soclalist group introduced a resolution calling on the government to recall the Italian troops in China. After a statement by Signor Sarraco, the pre- wier, that “to recall the troops would bs {mprudent and unjustifiable while negotia- tlons for peace are {n progress, the cham- ber then rejected the resolution by an over- whelming vote German Youth Guilty of Lese Majeute BERLIN, Dec. 11.—Max Lenzmann, the 10-year-old son of a Berlin lawyer, has been dismissed from his gymnasium and forbldden to enter any other in Prussia for committing lese majeste when the prin- cipal of the gymnasium mentioned to (he puplls the recent attempt at Breslau oo the lite of Emperor Willlam, OMAHA, be | In the Chamber of Depu- | STRIKE ON SANTAFE STILL ON Officials Declare Places of All Btriking Operators Are Filled, SYSTEM SAID TO BE HAMPERED BUT LITTLE Repreaentatives of the Men, on the Other I That Fewer Traine Are Being Run Every Day and a Tieup is at Hand. CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Tonlght Third Vice | | President J. M. Barr, superintendent of | the operating department of the Santa Ie railway, motified all the agents of the com- pany not to employ any more operators, a5 envugh men had been engaged to il the places vacated by the telegraphers who responded to the strike call. He said “At fifteen other points on the system we have been hiring Dew operators since this trouble began. Tonight I notified our agents not to eng any more."” Referring to the report that the com- pany was filling strikers' places with in- competent operators President Barr sald: “We did write to two schools in lowa asking for competent operators. The men |sent us 1n every instance were thoroughly examined and will have to pass another examination when they reach the places to which they are assigned. We do ot want the old employes to return. Their places havo been filied with competent men and we will retain them.” “The strike is practically over and our business 1s normal,” sald President E. P. Ripley. “A little delay and some annoy- ance has been the burden of our trouble. The report that officials of the company are opposed to labor unions is false. We have no quarrel with labor unions. On the contrary, we belleve they are a good thing when properly governed. MUDGE SAYS CAUSE IS LOST General Manager Orders 1 Resumption of Block Signal System. Pa; TOPEKA, Ken.,, Dec. 11.—General Man- ager H. V. Mudge of the Santa Fe today issued a notice offering a roward for the ar- rest of perscns who in any way imterfered with the operations of the wires or instru ments or any other property of the com- pany. “There was some Interference with the wires on the Oklahomsa division and at Olathe,” sald Mr. Mudge, in explanation of the motice. “It may have been dome by porsons other than strikers, but the trouble we experienced was very light.” Mr. Mudge says that the strike is a com- plete fallure, and that the road is fieding no_difficulty in filling the places made vacant by the operators. However, he still retains his place at the key in the general telegraph office. By order of the general manager the block system 13 In force again on the road between Kaneas City and Chicago. This order was made this morning after the claim was made by the company that all the operations of the road were in normal coa- ditlon, again. 7 In an Interview om the several features of the strike Mr. Mudge sald tonigh! Our busihess Is running normally again. We have kept train movements steady un- der the train order system. It has been satisfactory enough to run the traing in the same ‘way that other western roads run them. The Santa Fe has block signals, | as the others have not, We are using the block slgnals from Chicago to Newton again. 1 gave the order for resumption this morning. The hogus message for operators to go back to work, which J. A, Newman savs his name was forged to, went over the wires sure enough. It was taken off the wires in the general offices at the shop and at Holllday, Where iU originated 1 don't know. Mr. Newman's personal message of protest reached me late yesterday after- |noon. There had been nothing further | heard about the matter since 1 replied last night. Mr. Mudge's reply was as follow Your wire today. Am also surprised that any officlal should forge your name. Do not belleve it has been done. Please give me facts and name of officlal that I may investigate. There would be no object in leavoring to get the men back to work, as we are refusing to permit them to go back, as you very well Know. All the striking operators recelved notice today that their services would not longer be required by the company. The letters were written by C. C. Sholes, superintendent of telegraph, and were as follows: Dear Sir—You are hereby notified that you are discharged from the service of the company, to date from 4 p. m. Saturday, December S, for failure to perform the duties of your position. Balance due you for December services may be secured at any time by calling at the office of the treasurer. Yours, ©. G. SHOLES, Superintendent. Superintendent Sholes claims that thers are only 150 vacancles on the force of | telegraphers vet to fill and that they will be | flled in a short time. The company claims to be able to recelve and care for all the ordinary business with which it may be intrusted and that, as far as the strikers are concerned, the road need not. recognize their organization. TRAINMEN MAY GO ON STRIKE Secret Seasion Held at Denver, sult of Which Will Be Maq Known Today, DENVER, Dec. 11.—The local committee of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen held a secret meeting today and discussed | the question of aiding the Santa Fe tele- | graphers by means of a sympathetic strike. |1t is sald that it was practically decided [to submit the question to a vote of the | body immediately. 1If this is done the re- sult will be known tomorrow. Four new operators, it is claimed by the strikers, walked out today at offices between Denver and Pueblo and others, it 15 declared, will follow sult as soon as they can be reached and the situation ex- plained to them The new operator at Castle Rock dis- appeared this morning and later in the day he walked futo the station at Scdalla, elght miles south of Castle Rock. He satd that a crowd of masked strike sympa- thizers entered the station, orderbd him to bold up his hands, placed a rope around his neck, tied his hands behind his back, then marched him down the track a few miles east and left him with instructions to keep on going and warmed him mot to return to Castle Rock. NEWMAN SAYS MEN WILL WIN Lender of the Operators on Ea anta Fe Says Trains Are ing Dead in Large Numbers, Re- EMPORIA, Kan,, Dec, 11.—Chalrman New- man of the eastern divislon of the Santa Fo operators, tonight gave out & statement of frelght trains run and loads and empties handled through Emporia, which, he says, shows the great loss the company is sus- tainiug by the strike and that the com pany s making a losing fight. He says The strike occurred on December . (Cqutinued on Becond Page.) WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC | to the Americans. | surgents were chase NEW UNIVERSITY GROWS Bishop Hurst Report Fund of Nearly Methodist Institutl WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The board of trustees of tho American university held its annual meeting here today. Bishop Hurst reported that there Bow was be tween $2,000,000 and $2,000,000 on hand and uiged that every effort should be put forth to secure $1,000,000 during the coming year. The money would be used, he sald, as bagls for opening the Institution for actual work in instruction, The report of the finamcial sceretary showed that $75,000 will soon be added to the endowment fund. It was also reported that within the last few days a quantity of land near the site of the proposed uni- versity had been given by some friend Its value is about $5,000. A subseription of $10,000 was made by a member of the board, whose name was not announced During the day the members of the board called on President McKiuley, to whom the proepects of the university were outlined by Bishop Hurst. The latter spoke of the success with which the promoters are meeting and the determination to start one new bullding during the coming year it the contributions meet expectations. The president suggested to the board that it invite subscriptions, small as well as large In amount, In order that all classes might have an opportunity te comtribute. The president already has made a contribu- tion to the university fund and hopes to make another. At the afternoon session the board passed a resolution endorsing the organization of the Woman's gulld of the American uni- versity. The following were elected offi- cors of the board: Presidemt, John E. Andius; treasurer, Matthew G. Emery; secrotary, Rev. Charles W. Baldwin, D. D., all re-clected, Rev. John A. Gutteridge was elected firancial secretary. Goverfior Theodore Roosevelt of New York, Hol . G. Em- erson of Wyoming and Willlam L. Wood- cock of Pennsylvania were elected mem- bers of the board of trustees. While the members of the board were returning from the executive mansion the venerable Bishop McCabe was taken sud- denly 11l with a severe headache and had to be removed to the university offices for treatment. He recovered later, however, and tonight announced his intentiom of leaving for Evanston, Ind CHILDREN CRUSHED IN PANIC Cry of Fire Raiscd at Chicago Punch and Judy Show Resulty in Sev- eral Accidents. CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Fifteen hundred children fought and struggled and crushed to escape the fancied horror of death by fire this evening in West Twelfth street Turner hall. There was no spark of flame in the bullding, but the ery of a startled youngster was taken up and instantly the gathering of little ones was in a panic. Fully a hundred of the boys and girls were swept from their feet and trampled on and crushed agalust the walls and balustrades of the stairs. Others leaped from the gal- lerfes in the hall and fell in (he 5ldst of the struggling mass below. Almos! miraculonaly only a few were hurt beyOud bruiges. The exceptions were Bessle Goodman, 7 years old, knocked down and trampled on, collar bone broken, face severely cut. Fanny Margolis, 13 years old, trampled on and taken from hall unconsclous; condition sald to be serious. Annle Sandter, 12 vears old, jumped from gallery and was trampled on by crowd, chest crushed and probably internally finjured; taken home in ambulance, Morrls Swesnik, 9 years old, jumped from gallery and was trampled on by crowd in auditorium; taken out of hall unconscious and found to be severely crushed about chest. The occasion of the gathering was o Punch and Judy show. TOLD HIS MEN TO LEAVE HIM Sacrifice Avatls Them wents Diw mard White Flag. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.—Captain Deveraux Shields of the Twenty-ninth in- tantry, U. 8. A., has been invalided home on account of two wounds recelved in one of the most thrilling adventures of the war in the Philippines. Captain Shields and fitty-two men left Santa Cruz. on the Island of Marinduque, on September 11 last for the purpose of reconnoitering. Two days later they fell into an ambush and were fired upon by about. 230 men with rifles, who were supported by about 2,000 men with | bolos. Captain_Shields, telling of the engage- ment, said: I was twico wounded and fell unconsclous, but soon recovered amd then gave the order for the command to fight its way back to the statfon. 1 told them to leave mo with a man from tho hospital corps. “I dropped behind a =ice stack and told the man to raise the white flag. The ine surgents continued to fire at us. fought their way back a short distance and were surrounded and had to surrender or be Killed. “After the Insurgents came to me one of them took all my belongings. Another man was just going to shoot me when I saw a hand and arm come forward and strike up the gun. “Wo were iu native hovels for twelve days and then we started on a march over mountains, through dense forests and across rivers, compelled to sleep in mud and rain and given only the dirtiest water with which to wash out wounds. This continued until about October 12, when we were told that orders bad been recelved to turn us over Wo were taken to Buena Vista and turned over to General Hare.' Chase Insurgents Four Miles. MANILA, Dec. 11.—A detachment of the Fifth cavalry had a fight with 100 insur- gents south of Santa Cruz Sunday. The in- tor four miles. Four- teen of them were found dead. There were no American casualties. In addition to this engagemeat there had been several minor encountors between the troops and the In- surrectionists. Mr. Harrison s on Mr WASHINGTON, Deec. 11.—Ex-President Harrison visited President McKinley this afternoon. He was accompanied by ex-Sec- retary Foster. MeKinley. Movements of Ocenn Vessels At New York -- Arrived — Ethlopla, from Glasgow; Manitou, from London. Salled— Lahn, from Hremen, via S8outhampton. At Tsin Tau—Arrived. Doc. S—Frankturst, from 8an Francisco, via Mojl At London—Arrived—Mesaba, York At_Liverpool—Arrived—Ikbal, from Phila- delphia, Al Plymouth—8ailed—Pennsylvania, from Hamburg. for New York At Rotterdam — Arrived — Staatendam, from New York, via Boulogne. AU Philadelphia — Balled — Pennland, for Liverpool. At Liverpool — Arrived — Numidian, from ortland. At Genoa — Arrived — Aller, York. ee. 11, trom New from New The men | EMBER 1 1900-TWELVE PAG ONE NINETY FOUR OR FIGHT Motto of & Combination Formed to Head Off Reduction in Representation. | NEBRASKA, KANSAS AND MAINE UNITE | $tark Declines to Enter with lengues to Prevent Taking Away One Member from His Home ate, WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—(Spectal Tele- am.)—The fight over the congressional apportionment bill promises to be exceed- ingly active. The Nebraska delegation, with the siagle exception of Mr. Stark, with the Kunsas and Maine delegations, have united in an offensive and defensive alllance 1o keep their membership as at preseat in the house. In this connection it Is Interest- 11K 1o note that up to 1840 the house of representatives was always figured on a common busls of population. Simce that time the membership of the house has been figured upon an arbitrary basis created by the committeo on census having the appor- tionment bill in charge. The basis sug- gested in the Crumpacker and Hopkins bills is purely arbitrary, those representatives fixing what they belleved would be the right number the house chculd have. They divided the whole population by the number of members agreed upon, using the quotient as o common basis of representation. They them added the even number of times it would go futo each state’s population, and by that method they arrived at the number of congressmen for each state. This would leave a fraction fn each, and to use up the traction they gave the number of congress- men that this result would bring about to the states having the highest major fraction in order of size. By this method, no mat- ter whether the basis of representation was 194,000 or upward, it would leave Nebraska with one less than its present quota. How to Hold the List. On the direct basis of population, fixing 000 or a fraction for every member, Ne- ka would hold its present representa- and all other states the same. Under the way of figuring which has been in vogue since 1810 the representation of 104,000 would glve the house 355 members. This 18 considered entirely too large for the prea- ent capacity of the hall of the house of representatives, and it 18 hoped by Burkett, Littlefield of Maine, Long of Kamsas and ers who are in the close combine, that v will be able to strike a happy mean n 184,000 and & figure above 8o that Nebraska, Maine and Kansas will not lose any of the present membership, Judge Stark's opposition to the plan of the comblnaticn 1s said to have back of it a political scheme that is far-reaching. It is said here that Stark Is looking to the nomt- nation for the governorship by the demo- cratic party in 1902, and reasoning that the nominee for the presidency on the demo- cratic ticket will come from the east in 1904 he hopes to be on that ticket as the vice presidential candidate, so that he cares Ittle about the standing of Nebraska {a the house of representatives. Thurston Not = Dark Horse, Senator Thruston desires The Bee to state emphatically that the constant and ever re- curring reports that he 18 to be considered as a dark horse in the senatorfal campalgn in Nebraska is entirely unwarranted; that his statement that he would not be a can~ didate fr just as strong today as when he anmounced two years ago that he would not be in the race and he especially desires the people of Nebraska to take him at his word M. A. Hall, who was admitted to practice before the United States supreme court yesterday, left this afternoon for hls home. Judge W. R. Kelley and wife, who have been in Washington since Saturday, the | judge being In attendance at a hearing before the Interstate Commerce commis- | slon, "left this afternoon for New York. Senator Thurston states that it purpose to address a letter to the senators from the ctates which he has fncluded in bis bill creating the Tenth judicial circuit, for the purpose of ascertaining their dis- position toward his bill. recelved a number of telegrams which in- dicate the general disposition to have this new district created. For four or five years | the sentiment of the west has been toward | the division of the Eighth circuit, which includes Colorado, Montana and Nebr: |® Ka. Ray Objects to the Proviston, In this connection, Chaitman Ray of the house committee on judiciary, by which body the bill will be considered, said today that there is no question that the increase in the legal work fn that circuit will eventually nicessitate the creation of a new circuit, but that the house, in his judgment, could hardly consent to a vision during the present term. The cir- cult, as proposed in Senator Thurston's bill, embraces all the rallway systems, with but few exceptions, west of the Mis sourl river. It fncludes also the great mineral states of the unlon, and would not necessitate litigants traveling 2,000 miles to courts as is made necessary in the present elrcuit. Indian Commissioner Jones has recom- mended improvements at Indlan schools at Chamberlain and Rapid City, 8. D. He recommends the appropriation of $20,000 for each school. Congressmen Gamble and Burke will call | at the War department on Thursday re- specting the proposed improvements at Fort Meade, 8. D. BIds have been recelved at the department for new bufldings ng- gregating §00,000. This amount was set aside for improvements at Fort Meade, but 1t is inadequate, and an additional sum for the purpose will be asked by the South Dakota representatives. J. R. C. Miller was today appolnted post- master at Denton, Lancaster county, Neb., vice E. B Anderson at Platte, Charles Mix county, 8. D. A postoffice has been established at Lake Andres, Charles Mix county, 8. D., with Lorena Pierce postmaster. W. L Neely Is appointed substitute car- rier at Grinnell, I EIGHT INJURED IN A WRECK Trucks of Engine on Illinois Central Fast Passenger Train Jumps the wok. provements at Meade, ILSLEY, Ky, Dec. 11.—Eight persons were injured In a wreck on the Illinols Central railroad here today, caused by the trucks of the tender of the engine drawing the New Orleans limited passenger train No. 103 leaving the track while running forty-five miles an hour. The injured are: C. W, Northrop, Colfax, Md.; Mrs A. M. Coots, Princeton, Ky.; J. W. Scott, Battle Creek, Mich.; Ed Meni- fee, Covington, Tenn.; C. N. Underwood, engineer; G. H, Summons, Owensboro, Ky.; Miss Nora Munns, Dawson; James Franklin, Pullman car comductor. All the injured will recover, \ is his | He says he has | Idaho, Wyoming, Utal, | ai- | Slawson, resigned; also C. W. | ES, SINGLE CC CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Wednesday; warmer in eastern portion; Thursday probably snow or rain and colder; south- erly winds, becoming variable Temperature at Omahn Yeaterday: Hour. v v » ». ». " . » » JURY IS STILL UNDECIDED Fate of Miss Morrison, Charged with Mu r of Mrs. Castle, Not Yet Made Kuown. ELDORADO, Kan., Dec. 11.—At 10 o'clock tonight Judge Shinn sent the Jessio Morri- #on jury to & hotel, directing them to re- sume thelr deliberations at 8:30 o'clock to- morrow morning. The jury was closeted for nearly fourteen hours. One of the Jurors, Gregory, is slightly {ll tonight and needs medical attention. The opinion gen- erally obtains that the jury may take two or three days in reaching a verdict and that it ultimately will bo unable to agree. Jossio Morrison was fatigued tonight after the soclal labors of the day, there having been a constant stream of callors since carly in the morning had grown a lttle restless and naturally {mpatient at the delay of the jury in reach- ing a verdlet, “I have becomo fust a little bit discour- aged today,” mald Mirs Morrison. I ex- pected the jury to reach a decision In about two bours and I expected ft to be in my favor. Of course I may have influen Judgment to somé extent. ful, but I wish the jury would hurry up,’ she added with a troubled smile. Tvo of Miss Morrison's sisters sat near and they secmed more worrled than the prisoner her- self. The roll of the jury was called promptly at 8:30 this morning. As soon as they had taken thelr seats Judge Shinn ordered the twelve men to retire. The jury was led to & small room on the second floor of the court houte set aside for it, and its strug- gles began. In the hallway outslde the men could be heard talking loudly, ap- parently all at the same time. 1t ie the opinfon of the lawyers on both sides that no matter wiat the verdict may be, 1t will not be reached for a day or two. Miss Morrison entered the court room leading her 3 ! niece. She was ac- companted by ber father, sisters and broth- ers. When the jury was sent out to delib- erata the prisoner and ler family retired to her cell, Miss Morrison this mornink recelved forty letters of sympathy. One, from a New York City physiclan, extended an invitatfon from the writer and his wife to make her lome with them whe should have been acquitted DARING OHIO BANK ROBBERY One Town Marshal and One Plain Citizen Tied Hand and Foot and a Lone Woman Held in Duress. 1 am still hope- WOOSTER, 0., Dec. 11.—The most dar- ing burglary in northern Ohlo for many «a year was committed'at Seville last night. There were six men in the gang. A noise made by the robbers In forcing open the front door of the bank attracted the at- tention of Town Marshal Howard Weaver. Upon reaching the vicinity Weaver was sud denly selzed and with a revolver thrust in his face forced to surrender. The burglars took him upstalrs to a room above the | bank and tied his hands and feet. Three of the burglars meanwhile began drilling the vault. Presntly Willlam Houtsea, a citizen who lives near the bank, came by He also was quickly made a prisoner, taken to the room upstairs and tled as a com- panton for Marshal Weaver. Mrs. Mary Hides, who lives next door to {he bank, heard the explosion caused by forcing the second door, and came down to see what was the matter. Two strange men con- fronted her and marched her up to the room where the marshal and Mr. Houtsea | were bound. They did not ile her and of- tered no violence, but made threats. Lelsurely the burglars went to work at safe, taking nearly four hours before ¢ finally blew it open. In the safe was 120, which they secured, $1,000 ‘n gold | escaping their scarch among the packages Many valuable papers were destroyed. The marshal managed to loose his hands about this time and went to the door, but was confronted by an armed man and ordered back under pemalty of death. In a few moments all was quict and the three pris oners, unfmpeded, came out and gave tho alarm to citizens. The bandits had stolen {a handcar and sped down the raflroad The car was afterward found stranded halt a mile west of Sterling. The bank carrles burglar insurance and will not crippled by the loss. SEARCHING FOR LODESTONE Preabyterian Preachers to Seek Prayer Means to Draw Public to Their Churches, th EVELAND, 0., Dec. 11.-~At the regu- lar meeting of the Cleveland presbytery to- day, the question of how to counteract the influences which are decreasing the at- tendance at the churches represented was discussed. A number of the most eminent ministers present declared that they had for some time sought to increase the at- tendance by means of sermons upon sub- jects of popular interest. This, they all sald, proved effectual for a time, but had ceased to accomplish its object. What to do next was the question. The presbytery decided to consider It during a season of prayer and fasting to last from § a. m. to 6 p. m. behind locked doors, at the Buclid Avenue Presbyterian church on the last day of the year. DENVERMAY LOSE G.A. R. PLUM re of Western Clty to G fved Railroud Rate to Be Considered. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 11.—Captain W. H. Armstrong of this city, senior mem- ber of the national executive committee of the Grond Army of the Republic, today re- celved from Commander-in-Chief Leo Ras- sleur of St. Louls a call to come to that elty on Monday to attend an lmportant meeting of the national executive commit tee, The purpose of the meeting is to de- clde the place of next year's national Grand Army of the Republie eacampment At the Chicago encampment last summer It was voted to accept the proposition of Denver, provided that city would make good Its promise of a rallroad rate of 1 cent a mile. Denver has been tryiug its hest to secure this rate, but has not succeeded in keiting the western roads together, it is sasd Commander-In-Chlef _Rassieu pri- vately informed the arrangements com- mittee ten days ago that it must secure the concession by December 10 or the encamp- wment would go elsewhere, Prom- Besldes she | ed my | sho | be | - i TS, FUSION FRAUDS BARE JPY FIVE CEN Wide Range of Outrages Committed Agains Purity of Ballot. SOUTHOMAHA ELECTION REEKS WITH FRAUD All Borta of Trickery Resorted to by the Political Desperadoes, WITNESS TELLS NAME OF A REPEATER Judge Warned, but Did Not Investigate the Berious Accusation. FURTHER LIST OF THE FICTITIOUS VOTERS llowers of Bryan t the P The election contest brought by repub- lcaus who seek (o prove their right to legislative secats, for which certificates bave been tssued to fusionists, is bocoming intensely fmteresting becauso of the start ling revelations that are being made day after day. Some of the evidence of fusion fraud in South Omaha is enough to make even Dick Croker stand aghast. There I nothing vapory or equivocal about this evi- | dence. Names, dates and places are men- | tloned and all the ovidence offered carries conviction of truth, It is not hearsay, but actual observation of the witn es. At the forenoon sesslon yesterday fake registration, fake voting, straw men and straw methods—thin, chaffy straw at that were revealed in greater volume than at any previous hearing. But it remained for the afternoon ses- sion to bring out the most flagrant of all the wrongs yet made public. Willlam Miller, a reputable young man who was a resident of South Omaha for two consecu- tve years prior to three weeks ago and who is now living in this city, gave positive testimony to the effect that he saw a man by the name of John Bausig cast two votes in the First precinct of the Second ward in South Omaha at the recent elec- tlon, Saw Bausig Vote Twice, “I was at the polls in the First procinct of the Second ward,” sald Miller, “on the afternoon of election day when this man Bauslg came in. He carried two ballots to a booth. He was in the booth a little while, when he came out and deposited his ballot in the regulation manner. He then left the polls. About half an hour later Bauslg returned and I was surprised [to see him vote again. Although it was none of my affair, I exercised the general right of a citizen and informed Thom: Montague, one of the election officers, that Bausig had voted twice. Mr. Montague replied that 1 was mistaken and the inei- Gent was lighely passed, my own eyes and know 1 wi taken." Mr. Miller also gave some conclusive testimony to the “endless chain” voting | system, about which &0 much has been sald. On this subject he sald in substance: “In the same precinct where I saw Bauslg vote twice I also saw two men, | whom I ascertained were F. P, O'Connor |and Mike Quinlan, take two ballots and £0 1nto a booth. It seemed to me, as Tearly as I could see, that they took from thelr | pockets a ballot already marked and folded and voted it, carrying away with them the |blank ballot which they had received on entering the voting place. There may have been other instances of this kind, but I cannot say as to that, for I only gave particular attention to Bausig, Quinlan and O'Connor." On cross-examination Mr. Miller withe stood the thrusts of the attorneys for the | contestees very nicely and at no time did | he become confused, despite the fact that [the lawyers were apparently as merciless as they could possibly be. In the aggres gute Mr, Miller acquitted himself as o conservative, stralghtforward witness The testimony of Miller was the feature of the day, clearly eclipsing the revel tions of the forenoon, which of themselves were conclusive enough to show that the | was something wrong with the fueion forces {in South Omaha on election day. Clark's Evidence Corroborate In addition to the startling evidence of | Mr. Miller, Ed M. Tracy took the stand and corroborated in every particular all of the testimony previously glven by George | W. Clark as to the fake methods of regis- tration which were permitted. Tracy | with Mr. Clark during the investigation and also conducted a separate inquiry u art of the time. In some instances he not only corroborated the testimony of Mr, | Clark, but added materlal strength to ft, because his observation had occaslonally extended further, Additional corroboration of the ephemeral nature of some of those whose names are found on the reglstration books of South Omaha was glven by Paul F. Stein, a con- stablo, In whose hands subpoenacs wero placed several days &go summoning the straw men to appear before the notaries and glve testimony in this contest. The Iist of names in the subpoenaes was iden- tical with the names which appear in The Bee as fake voters. The constable wi instructed to find these men, it possible. He testified yesterday afternoon that he could not find them and in explaining the reasons why he tallied exactly with the report of the same alleged men previously made by Messrs. Clark and Tracy. The list of false reglstrations was in- creased yesterday by the following names, which were brought out at the forenoon session: irst Precinct, Third Ward, ter Billada 2629 V street; vacant lot; wuch person known tn the neighborhood; saward Burrey, Twenty-ninth and K Wi no sich person known there. Pat Cullen, 2908 R strect; not known at the number n Patrick Cahill, 2731 Q street; no one by name of Cahill &t the number given. Yamew Daly, 2720 R 8treet; such person lived there, but left about two weeks before election ‘George Glandey, 2026 R street; no such erson there PO oeebh Hickey, 2006 R atreet: heen in a hospitil two months and was there on election day, ¥ the records show that his fime. was voted Yoo ey Twenty-ninth and it streeta; could find no trace of X\> by James McAllster, 157 Noi elghth strect ft_city before Peter Jugent, Thirtieth and o trace found "J.Il’h}:n Neeley, Twentysninth styeets: could not be found James Puckhauer, Twent R; could not be found John §'¥iréet; no such person, Seo hira Ward, B. R Dals, R streets; nat there. Pete such b 8y W. C. no tre not mis- Twenty- ection B sireets; and T venth and cinet, Thirty-first and cond and R; Twenty Jrman; no such person exen, Thirty-first and T atreets; o of Hexern Joseph I Thirty-uinth and V streets; Koxek not found. Frank Johnson, 39 K street; mete thor- Bat I oaawageh, o