Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1900, Page 1

IFTAVLISHED JUNE OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING AT SIXES AND SEVENS 'WAR MUST BE CARRIED OUT Lord Salishury Sounds New Forw Call in Address to Cone servative DECEMBER 1 i Omaha Man Whe Went to Lond | | Miltions Finds Himsert ¥ | Eight of Those on Board Perish in Effort \ | to Reach Land, | ccopyrignt _— LONDON of |BRAVE SAILOR SAVES LIVES OF MANY Porbent iy Press Publishing Co) 18, —~(New York Worid Telegram.)—Elisha ¢ Corey of Omaha, who recently arrived London to push the claim of himself | other relatives to the property represented to be worth &£40,000,000, has now had his he rudely The property which was known as the Corey estate, cc sisting of stocke, bonds and gold, posed to hav: been in the court of chancery cixty-five years and, acting on represenia tions that he and his relatives were eu- titled this, Corey is said to have en- tered into negotiations with & London com- pany, who promised to secure of the estate. From time to time answered that the day of delivery t hand, but after expending consid sums he decided to request Amb Ch to investigate the matter. Choate wrote the court of chancery, Whose reply just now received states there is no Corey Its managing owner, captain, purser, two | estate and £40,000,000. In fact, the engineers, two able seamen and & stow- | whole story 1s a perfect myth, H away were drowaed and the balance of th Clew ot thirty-tout taved by the pinck of| SHOUTS LOUD TO DEAF EARS | an unknown member of the ship's crew who | swam in a raging surf from the wreck to a | Lond ligbthouss with a line around his walst. | A The drowned SAMUEL BARBOE, Vancouver, managing owner CAPTAIN F. N. YORKE, Victoria, master. ENGINEER DUNN, Victorla. ECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEER MUR- | Y, Vancouver. H. L. WHITE, purser, Vancouver. alightest CROSBY, able bodied seaman. 1 - -~ SULLIVAN, able bodi seaman. STOWAWAY, name unknown | The ship Alpha was valued at $45,000. Its Speclal n nd STRONG EFFORT IN DIRECTION OF HARMONY Swims [§ Through the Nreak: and A Lifeline to the Shore ~Twenty-Five Fol Him to Safety. was £ VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 18.—New the worst marine disaster of the season | Britieh Columbia waters was brought he | by the steamer Czar from Union bay, on the east side of Vancouver island. The famous steamer Alpha, whose unauthorized trip to Cape Nome last May brought it into trouble with the Treasury department t Washington, was wrecked on a reet near the entrance to Union bay and not a vestige | of the steamer remains | of | to habita- the release he was it to was near dor “Irrevocuble” in Chines Not o Euforce " ‘I‘Inmnrrrr l mrs Torrents of e on Americans and Bog- lishimen Only Wonder, by Press 18.--(New 1al Telegram.) ns unruffied by t nor has there the | indication through press inspira- | on or otherwise that developments in con- | with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty are regarded with concern in official This despite the frenzied farrago of abuse of | cargo comprised 750 tons of salt salmon |the president, senate, congress, the press | tons of coal, cousigned to Yokohama |and the Americans generally, emitted daily and valued at $80.000. The total insurance |in the dispatches of the correspondent of | on the ship and cargo was $65,000. |the Times. The unintelligent dishonesty, the | not | Publishin | to Publish York Publi N g Co) World | feel- | aragua (Copyright LONDON Cablegram ing bere rem canal quest) 100 Dec CLEMENTS HAS A CLOSE CALL Narrowly Escapes L ing Entire In stead of Only a Part of His Command JOHANNESBURG, Monday, Dee. 17.—De- talls of the defeat of the British at Nooltdegacht Indicate that General Cle- ments' entire force had narrow escape from capture. The Boers' plans were splendidly laid. If the main British column had tarried a little longer there would have been a complete success for the Boers, who exposed themselves undauntedly, vell- ing and waving their arms. Their rushes were only stemmed by artillery After the British retreat the Boers held & prayer meeting. Their hymns could be heard by the retiring British. All accounts indicate a heavy Boer loss. Colonel Legge exhibited spl did bravery. He shot five Boers with his revolver before he fell with three bullets in his body. CAPETOWN, Dec 18.—~The Boers who crcssed the Orange river into Cape Colony, | west of Aliwal North, on Saturday, en- countered the Cape Rifles and Brabant's force, which retired with loss. BERLIN, Dec. 18.—At a meeting today of Pan-Germans protests were entered against the expulsion of Germans from the Transvaal. Some speakers so expelled de- | clared they were brutally treated by the British and a government inquiry was de- manded. LONDON, Dec. 18.—Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated Decewber 17, repcrts that all the British wounded in the engugement at Nooltgedacht have arrived there and are doing well. VOLUNTEERS TIRED OF WAR Officers in the Bri South Africa Tender Resignations. the nec \ | .l | It is two weeks since the Alpha first |outcome of a semi-civilized mentel con- started from Vancouver for Japan. After it | dition which, according to him, is the dis- had been four days out it returned to|tinguishing mark of the American repu Victoria, partly disabled. Last Saturday the ! )ic's representative institutions, is throw Alpha left Victoria for Union to replenish | jnto stronger relief by fulsome adulation of Its coal supply. A terrific gale was raging | England, the senate is described as being and late Sunday night the steamer ran on | animated “by a contempt for public law | a rock at Bayne's sound, at the entrance to piratical spirit for which shooting is Union bay. It was quickly dashed to pieces nly adequate punisbment. “They be and all would have perished had not one | )jove in bluster and menace,” while of the crew made the desperate and suc. | .gpejand’s attitude of dignity and her silent cessful effort to swim with a line to the | congcjousness of strength seems to them lighthouse on Yellow fsland. In the rag-|jroofe of weakness” Englishmen are ing sea, only part of those on the ill-fated | pore)y puzzled by these verbose appeals to ship managed to reach shore safely, the | oot 0 g th African preoccupations officers and owner remaining on board and were less all-absorbing, it might be differ- failing to reach the rock. The twenty-five | .y "yt g5 it s there I8 no response what- survivors remained on Yellow island, which |, op 15 these excitements to passion and ill- fs a rock 200 yards wide, until Sunday will night, when the sea moderated somewhat | and a sloop was able to call and take them | o) AND'S™ SILVER | | st Al w « b TRAGIC MURDER IS MYSTERY Archbishop of St. Paun elebrate to Union | the Twenty-Fifth Year of Hin | Episcopate on Friday. | | JUBILEE | Newark Man Kills Woman Supposed to Re His Wife—Spouse at Home Makes Denial. HOPEWELL, Pa., Dec. 18.—A. C. Metzger of Newark, N. J.. shot and killed his wife today at @ hotel here, and committed suicide. Mrs. Metzger was the leading lady of a theatrical company plaving here. Her hu band, from whom she had been separated for some time, had previously concealed him- self in her room and soon after ber en- trance the tragedy occurred NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 18.—The police of this city received information that Alfred Metzger, a stained glass manufacturer at Newark, had last night killed a woman, | supposed to be his wife, at Hopewell, Pa., | 808 than oomm|tia GRS membership and influence and the Metzger lived in this city and at his |y prajare s world wide The residence Mrs. Metzger was found alive|peport i that the archbishop has asked for and well. She was shocked to hear of the | ;' coadjutor it ‘|rng~xl\ said to have been committed by | purqens of clerical duties. From time 1o her husband at Hopewell. She eaid her! imo quring the last few 6 ATt | husband went to that place on Thursday | pishop's & Bas ‘hakn renchten) : abroad will continue to aid the regulars. || . "oy he gald, to superintend the putting | of in connection with the cardinalate The foregoing are designed to quiet those | 4 et ula in of stamned glass windows In a church. | Archbishop John Ireland was born in the field who are waitug to go home. | o %\ BECE RIE B Joh and wa Numbers of voluteer officers, resignations | i, SicErabhed 10 Rer yest StAting | 1538 and is now in his sixiy-second bledon 8 todav—-Iawssts: Dhysloians and that he exvected to be home today. Mrs. | He located in St. Paul in are gasetted toda; L s 4| Metzger sald she had no suspiclon as business men—who have urgeutly repre- sented that thelr affairs are golng to ruin. |""' il g oDy o DECLAIM AGAINST POLYGAMY who is alleged to | ve been murdered by her b ; The War office, owing to these representa- | °* Af BIADARA. iisia tions, has let them off Women Express Fear of the Growing Political Power of the Mor- | . ‘ROBBERS MAKE A RICH HAUL DEFERS - ITS THANKSGIVING reh. Crack a Bank Sate and Secure 815,000 Great Britain W Wailt Until Sit- —Make Thelr Escape, but uation in South Africa is More Posae 18 in Puranit; Favorable. S§T. TAUL, Dec. 18.—~Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul will celebrate the silver jubilee of his episcopate next Friday. On that day he will have been iwenty-five years a bishop of the Cathul 1 vch, o The archbishop 18 1n the caei) bul To e pected home by Friday. It is understood that the clergy and sisterhood will nake manifest their loyalty and affection in ro- membrances of various kinds. One of the gifts is sald to be an elaborate and | quisitely ornamented cape outer vest- ment worn by the archbishop while forming his pontifical duties. Twelve y ago Bishop Ireland wa elevated to high office of archbishop During period the church has steadily increa; an per- LONDON, Dec The government pub- lely ' requires employers, who have kept open situations for yeomanry, colonials and volunteers, to continue their patriotic ef- forts to minimize the sacrifices of these men in the service of their country. The War office has fssued the queen's thauks to the yeomanry, colonials, and vol- unteers, expressing her reliance that those | ars the this ed in fame of because ars ‘n vear. 18 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15.—A meeting of women to protest against Mormon polygamy held here last night, the principal speakers being Dr. S. J. Elliott, an Episco pal deacomess, and Rev. W. E. Campbell, a missionary among the Mormons. The ing was one of a series being held through- out the country under the auspices of the International Council of Women for Chris- tian and Patriotic Service. Miss Helen Gould 1s vice president of the council Dr. Elliott in the course of her remarks said: “Polygamy 18 spreading with Mor- monism. 1t not confined to Utah, but exists in 1daho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyo ming, Nevada and Colorado. If four more states are added to the nine in which the Mormons already have political power it will be lmpossible to legislate against them.” Resolutions were adopted urging congress to take prompt action in favor of an amend- ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18.—A special Post Dispatch from Shelbyville, Ind., says: (hanksglving service in St. Paul's cathe- | Kenvedy's bank, at Hope, south of here, | dral in connection with the return of Lord | Was entered at 2 o'clock this morning, the Roborts from South Africa, has been aban- | safe blown open with nitro-glycerine and doned owing, as the government announces, | $15.000 carried off by two men who were {0 its “being considered desirable to defer |Seen to leave the building by the night a general thanksgiving until the close of |OPerator in the telephone exchange. The the operations in South Africa. jrobhere had & conieflsrais powad outslde | The program Is now for Lord Roberts to (10 @ carriage, in which all escaped debark in the ot, to visit the queen | A Pposse has been organized by the citi- at Osborne house, January 2, to re-embark | 2¢08 of Hope and has started out after the d to finally land at Southampton, com- | FOPPers m‘g R By m‘l;” l“" [M’“,o:""’ Hope is only five miles from Flat Rock, o where the safe in the postoffice was blown open early Monday morning and $200 taken, It is presumed that the operators in both cases are the same, ment prohibiting polygamy and making its SLIGHT PINGREE'S BANQUET | practice punishable by disfranchisement Judgen of Supreme Court, State Sen- CHOATE IS TO RETURN HOME ators and Raflroad Officialy Con- spicuous by Their Absence, Probability that He Wil Not Return ost in Eng- lund, was to the LONDON, Dec. 18.—The contemplated PATROLLING ABOUT PEKIN | United States Troops Asked to Super- wvise District Lying Southeast of Chinese Capltal SKIN, Dec. 18.—Count von Waldersee has issued an order assigning various dis- tricts in the neighborhood of Pekin for supervision to the representatives of the various powers. The order says that the extent to which the co-operation of the French and American troops can be de- pended upon is a matter to be determined by agreements made with the generals com- manding these forces Under the plan the United States troops will supervise the dis- trict southeast of Pekin from the road to Shan Tshang to the road running from Maku King to Hi 81 Wu. Count von Waldersee says he kno there is a considerable force of Chinese un- der General Ma in the northern part of the province of Shang i and another to the south, but with the severe winter now set in he did not expect any aggressive Chinese movement. On the other hand whenever the allies leave a district for any length of time, bands of robbers and | Boxers will congregate. For this reason the field marshal desires the co-operation of all the allies to cover the various dis tricts with strong patrols. It is now understood that a meeting of the foreign envoys will be held tomorrow, | Powers in a Pretty Taogle Over Conet ""u“" . N, De the annual con- of Joint Note to Ohina. A "y National Union of Conserva- | tive {oday Lord Salisbury, | commentinx ¥ emarkable change | London from a seiial to a tory strong: | held, remarked ttat the only radicalism re- | malining was found where the burning ques United Btates and Great Britain, Apparently | tion was the Lousing of the poor. The con- serva he dded, could not more se- at Outs, Really in Concord. [ curely maintain their hold on the publi e | than by devoting their whole power to re- . ug this scandal of civilization—the AMBASSADOR CHOATE SEES LANSDOWNE |, riue many working people had to un- | a—— dergo from the pitiable accommodations and providing adequa althfu Efforta Are Mads to Put the Garb of Secrecy 1on. for 1 ?:1-':\]r et About the Conferences. Alluding to the war, Lord Salisbury said they wished sustain the empire and | maintain the glory of England untarnished ENGLAND FORCED TO TAKE FALSE POSITION | their efforts must not be elackened until | this great enterprise was carried out, for | on the issue thereof depended the glory and While Consenting to Insertion of the | jorpeiuity of the emplre. 1t might require Wor De- |a s'renuous effort and great acrifice. Be The present was a period of some anxlety We sald the premier, * not know % exactly what had taken place. We earn- estly hope the issue may be better than Dec 18, —Mr. Choate, the the beginning. But we have to push it Unitod States ambassador, had long con. | throush. Maybe there are matters which | ference this afternoon regarding the Chi- | DAve o e el i Deso situation with the marquis of Lans. | Plained it may be the subject of scrutiny downe and subsequently Henry White, sec- | 8% (0 the steps whered m]:vrn‘ ut e, crecy I8 maintained as to the outcome of | ¢ of our empire may be these consultations i What could be learned from British and American sources varled considerably former expressing annoyauce and anxlely e latter maintaining that nothing serious devcloping. Some information, how was gathered by a representative o the Assoclated Press of the extraordinary tangle in which the Chinese question has been mixed, and the reconciliation of the | contradictory telegrams that have emanated | from Pekin and various European capitals It appears that over a week ago the powers came 10 an agreement to eliminate the word “irrevocable’” from the joint negotia- | tions. When it was believed everything | was settled, objections weré raised. Great | Britain, for the sake of harmony, although | much against her will, agreed to reinsert | the “irrevocable clause. In this, it is | sald, she was supported by the United | Stites. Once more the joint note seemed | on the point of signature, when a misunder standing arose in Pekin. This confused the governments and formed the subject of the dispatch from Secretary Hay, which | Mr. Choate transmitted to the marquis of | Lansdowne today. As the result of the in- | terview Mr. Choate has sent a long cable- gram to Secretary Hay, in which he tributes the latest misunderstending to an error in forwarding instructions, an error which occurred presumably through the ca- ble company and which caused Mr. Conger and Sir Ernest Satow, the British min- ister in Pekin, to take opposite views, al- though their home governments were per- fectly agreed. The United States embassy, while noucommittal, hopes that today's con- ference will clear up the muddle and bring about a signing of the joint note in Pekin within a few days On the other hand, the British Foreign | office is not quite so hopeful. Officers there profess to be rather at sea as to whether the conditions are to be irrevocable otherwise. Indications point to their being trrevocable British officials admit that they gave in under protest and with a distinct reserva- tion that, although the demands are irr vocuble, this in no way necessitates an en- forcement of the demands by Europ troops. To such a course Great Brit cannot and will not agree. Consequently, compliance with the “irre- vocable” clause was somewhat of a farce on the part of Great Britain and this feature of the case becomes more interest- ing when taken in conjunction with the statement authoritatively made here that Great Britain and the United States are in the same boat in the joint mote negotia- tions, HAY TALKS TO PAUNCEFOTE| Becretary Has Interyiew with British Amb, dor, Expediting Action on Pekin Agreement. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secretary Hay had a conference for w short time this worning with Lord Pauncefote, the British ambassador, devoted solely to the Chinese situation. The result was to clear up, 80 far as that can be accomplished in Wash- ington, some obscurity as to the Pekin agreement, and unless unexpected opposi- tion comes from some other source, neither | the State department nor the British em- | bassy has any reason to apprehend further delay in the consummation of the agree- ment. A misunderstanding appears to exist as to the Britsh attitude, according to offi- clals here. So far from holding out for | more severe terms and harsher measures | generally, It is stated that the British | government is in thorough accord with our own policy, as developed in the latest Pekin negotiations and the exchanges that have taken place betweem Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote. The United States government itself has taken every pre caution, in making its contribution to the agreement, to insure its binding force and | ¥ at no time has the Britlsh government sought to go beyond the State department in the terminology proposed for the agree- LANSING, Mich, Dec. 15.—Governor Pingree's banquet, which was anmounced | in honor of ihe members of the state leg- Islature, justices of the supreme court and NEW YORK, Dec. 18 A dispatch to the | railroad officials of the state, was given in | Journal and Advertiser from London says the hall of the house of representatives to- | Ambassador Choate will, it is said, sail day. None of the justices of the supreme | either on Saturday or the week after for court por of rallroad officials invited were | (he United States, the death of his partner, present, while only three state senators | Charles C. Beaman, having rendered his and forty-six representatives attended. | presence in New York Decessary. ot one of the state officials-elect accepted | The news of Mr. Beaman's death was a Governor Pingree's invitation o0 be present. | great srock to him, as he had no idea that The menu was elaborate and the list was | his partner was even alling. It is belleved long, here that Ambassador Choate will not re- turn to London. He is not a rich man and his life here as ambassador entails not only the loss of his professional income, but is likewise a heavy drain on bis purse, as his salary is barely sufficient to pay his house rent. This in itselt rendered him disinclinea to retain the ambassadorship for another four years, and now that his part- | ner in the firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman | is dead his return to America for good has become more than ever probable. LOOKING ON THE DARK SIDE pondent Does Not Think Tmproved. LONDON, Dec. 18.—A Pekin dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette dated December 17 says: The situation has not improved by the representatives of the powers having reached an agreement, as the scope of the negotiations is limited and the effect is neutralized. The allies have neglected to close the arsenals and factories at Han Kow and Shanghal, and have ailed to check the tramsmission of supplies of ammuni- tlon of the Chinese. Tung Fuh Siang thus hi every opportunity of rallying and equipping his army. He has secured the position of dictator, terrorizes the empress and coptrols the whole movements of troops. It will be necessary to give the military operations of the allies a wider are ROME, Dee. 15 A celved today says the ministers at Pekin will meet tomarrow, when probably a final agreement will be reached as to the text of the joint Chinese note. s that Grover Compliments Benjamin, PRINCETON, N. J.. Dec. 18.—Former President Grover Cleveland was usked by the Assoclited Press correspondent toda if he had seen President Harrison's speec at Ann Arbor. Mr. Cleveland replied I saw a liberal synopsis of it in some of the papere and rega it as the best d. lveranc yet made on the subject which it discusses. It seems to me that those who desire to cquaint themselves with the precise question involved and what terri- torial expansion means to our republic and what it threatens our people cannot pos- #ibly be afforded a better means of e lightenment than ex-President Harrison | has furnished.” | | Comen from Colon to Talk Canal. COLON, Colombia, Dec. 18. dvices from Bogota say & minister of Colombia will shortly proceed to Waskington, there to enter into negotlations for opening the canal in course of comstruction through the Isthmus of Panama, Colombia reserv- ing national sovereignty and guaranteeing | free transit to the nations of the world Indicates Chili's Peaceablene SANTIAGO DE CHILI, Dec. 18,—The gov ernment of Chili has fuvited tenders of 400 coal tenders and 400 freight cars. This is Ninth infantry, cedemia of glottis: Decemn: ber 14, Joseph’ Knox, Lom‘,-"‘ i PNinth | looked upon as refuting the report that infantry, pucumonia, HAFFER. ,cmu is nearing & war, Pekin dispateh re- Mysterious Retarn of Diamond. CLEVELAND, Dec. 18.—The one missing diamond of the twenty stolen by Express Messenger Hoffman from Adams ress company was returned to Deputy Police Superintendent Rowe Sunday even- | ing, The deputy superintendent had guests | | at home Sunday evening and just after the Jast of them had left 4 rap came at the | tront door of his residence. A small boy | handed the officer a brown envelope, stat- ing that there was no answer and dlsap- peare: Deputy Superintendent Rowe opened the envelope and in 1t was the missing dlamond On a slip of paper were the words his is the Adams Express company's diamond.’” The identity of the small boy Is not known and who sent the diamond to the deputy is “iso @ mystery, Lord Stratncona Instulled. { LONDON, Dec 18—Lord Strathcona and | ount Royal the Canadian high commis- oner, was today installed as lord rector of Aberdeen. Everywhere he met with demonstratively cordial greeting from the students. In his rectorial address Lord Strathcona dealt with the unity of empire. He reforred to the gratifying growth of the Dominion ot Canada, the federation of Australia and the similar federation of South Africa to follow the war. The speaker did not altogether favor an im- perial parliament. He thought a con- sultative imperial council would meet all the needs, Chaffee Reports Casual WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—General Chaf- fee's latest casualty list Is as follows PEKIN, Dee. 18—Adjutant Washington: The following casualtie occurred since last report: At Pekin cember 8, Sergeant John O'Connor. pany L, Ninth infantry, pneumonia; De- ember nuel Wotack, Company H, neral, have De- Com- l | chtet d | graph 9, 1900-TWELVE I’A(.l Popular Douglas County Man Selected for Important State Office. KONOR TO FAITHFUL PUBLIC SERVANT ce Made Vacant in County Tr » Ofce Will Probably Be led by the Appointment of Otto Baumann, orge urer of Anthes, the popular deputy treas Douglas county, will be the nex deputy auditor of the state of Nebraska The appointment of Mr. Anthes to this im- portant post was announced yesterday by Charles Weston, state auditor-elect. To a Bee reporter Mr. Weston said: "I am in accord with the other state officers- elect on the proposition that all appoint fve places shall go to men particularly well qualified fill them. Of course I have had a nuiber of applications for the ityship in my office. and while many of the applicants possessed the nec- essary qualifications, 1 selected Mr. Anthes because his peculiar fitness for the position Las been amply demonstrated by long and eficient ice to Douglas sunty. Mr. Anthes an expert countant, a hard and faithful worker, and a young man whose ambition has not yet been worked out. 1 am confident that b will be just the kind of an assistant I is ac- | want.” The gratity most of Mr. Anthes of this county, who with his excellent public He has been {n the county treas urer's office for eleven years, and prior to that time served for two years in the office of the county clerk. When Mr. El- sasser, the present de cratic county treasurer, came into office he determined to retain the services of Mr. Anthes, and conditional effort by local democratic leaders to have the latter removed to make room for cne of their party workers has | been unsuccessful County Treasurer Elsasser has nounced the mame of the democrat who will succeed Mr. Anthes, but it is ru-| mored that the place will be given to Otto | Baumann LINCOLN, Dec. 18.—(Special Telegram.) Governor Dietrich tonight selected M. A Metzger of Gage county for steward of the Institute for Fecble Minded Youth at Bea- trice. will appointm the peop familiar a not au- ble [MILLIONS ARE AT STAKE | have to be Western Union legrap! and Great Northern Railre pany Lock MHorn Company 1 Com- ST. Dec. 19.—Judge John Dillon of N Rush Taggert of Chicago, arrived in St. Paul today. They are counsel for the Western Union Tele- company, defendant in a litigation es tablished by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad company, now part of the Great Northern system. They spent today looking over the volumnious record which was taken before a master In chan- | et The eage efines on for trial before Judge Lochren in the United States district urt tomorrow. The action was begun in 1847. Millions of dollars hinges on the | determination by the trial court. The Northwes also a | wester ern Telegraph company is party defendant. In 1879, the North- Telegraph company built a graph line aloug the right of way of plair tiff's road In 1882, 1,537 miles had been built. The same year the Narthwestern gold out to the Western Union company, the consideration belng $1,800,000, together with rentals of §1 ninety nine years. Contracts were )0 & year for ed into between the ruillway and the telegraph campanies in 1879, and again in 1882, by which among other things the telegraph companies were to supply the wires, poles, etc., and the raflway company the transportation facili and The plaintiff ny ed to furnish operators along the line of its road. The right of way was owned by the road. The action turns on the con- struction of these contracts. The plaintift insists that the defendant companies have no ownership in the telegraph lines except an interest as joint owner, and asks that for such owners the defenda be ged to accept the value thereof. e the beginning of the suit and defendants penditures. BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT TELL r Masked Men Beat Ohlo Farmer » for Refusing to Divalge Hiding Place. 0. Iy 18.—Four masked men entered the house of Michael Freyman, two miles east of here, today and bound and gaged Freyman, after which the ched the house. Finding no money they relecsed Freyman and told him they knew he had just received $3,000 and that they wanted ‘. Upon his denfal he was knocked senseless with a club. Freyman was revived, again questioned and upon his second denial was again knocked senseless His unconscious body was then bound with | ropes and he was left to perish from the cold. The open house attracted the atten tion of who investigated and is in a precarious con- plaintif have kept an account of ex MIDDLETOWN. dq dition ADDS TO HIS GENEROSITY John D. Rockefeller Increases En- dowment Fund of University of Chicngo by 81,000,000, 18. t the convocation Unive: rHI\ of Chicago to- day President Harper announced that John D. Rockefeller had made another gif $1,500,000 to the institution. Of this' sum $1,000,000 18 to be used as an emdowment fund and the university is to derive ‘le benefic of the Income of it from year to year. It is also stipulated that the $1,- | (000,000 is to be in the university’'s name un'!{ is to be considered its absolute property | for all time. 1 CHICAGO, Dec exercises of the The belance of the gift is to be used fo immediate purposes and for general needs Mr. Rockefeller suggests that $100,000 of the $500,000 be used for the construction of the university press bullding, & large part | of the structure to be » of Ocean Ve s Dee. I8, York—Arri Captain Bennett Antonlo terdam, from Rot- terdam. Balled—Ale ndria, or Inagua, Belize, etc.;: Kaiser Wilhelm 11, for Naples, | et | t Plymouth—Arrived—Patricia, from New York. for Hal and proceeded Deuatschland, from rk. for Ham- burg._Salled--Pretoria, from Hamburg, for w York At _Rotterdam-—Arrived. New York, via Boulogne At Sydney L from 8an Francisco, Auckland At Boulogne—Arrived—Potsdam, w York, for Rotterdam At Liverpool—Bailed—8ylvania ton At Moville—Arrived—Furnessia, trom New York, for Glasgow. devoted to a library, | 7 Moveme: | At New from Port Re Potsdam, from Arrived Mariposa via Honolulu * and | from for Bos- | dous piece | Bro | canyon | the Union Pacific | ands discharged h | Judge | ing the cory FIVE INGLE CEN STEAMSHIP A TOTAL \\'RE(H}WREY ESTATE ONLY A MYTH ANTHESFOR DEPUTY “[)mm‘counmou OF THE WE*"‘E"‘ST ATUS OF COLOMNIES “orecast and for Thursday Ines: ‘|y Omalia Yesterday: | He Dex. | 44 | 45 | M | Further Argument in Porto Rico and Phil- H ippine Onses in Bupreme Court. i n- 2 Appel‘lnu Present Btrong Array of Reasous for Their Contentions, HEARING ATTRACTS NOTABLE GATHERING 3 . BORING THROUGH WASATCH Union Pacific remendons Job of Rongh Mountain Bailding, Wy 18 contract for a railroad work Union Pacifl Collios of Lincoln, for the bu ho canyon cut Wyo., to Salt Lake ( The contractors | are given four years in which to complete their task. Thia line was surveyed I summer and despite tact rellable ts stated that ild be | ooy of the dentea | WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—In the cases of o7 aad. il when | John H. Goetz wud Mauuel Papke, wrgu 1 an alliance was enter | ment of which was begun yesterday iu the the Union Paci ed supreme court. Edward olss & Sale Lake road wh 1 for Goetz, continued his ar beginning he left off the day on by Mr. Har He took prac a8 that assumed | GRIGGS APPEARS FOR THE GOVERNMENT Attorney General Holds That the Constitu- tion Does Not Follow the Flag. CHEY Telegram.) NE The of awarded by th De il to Kilpatrick | Neb. The | VIEWS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON ARE CITED and the co of the pro- | of rd (Spec ract calls it s Port " nid Down as a F posed act that Every niry is Pri- marily a Forelgn Port Ame in a Ceded Co can Revenue the this Union a few that — fic \RO. d into be Pac where when Mon on of tcally by M form a ¢ Union Pacif) for the road fr thus giv tourned direct and owed river to the Pa who gave out the even hinted that | les road will not be 1 independent line, as has been report-d but will in reality be a part of the Unlon By controlling the Los Angeles-Salt Lake | tration neither line and with the construction of the Echo | the Philippines and other cutoffs ¢nd reconstruction | States in 1 between Evanston and Omal will inside of three have nothing to fear from the Burlingto bec transcontinental line that ontractor said today tb been over every that no line can be b Union P: Ove rte o Repk ground i the Il coast. The « inforn the Missour ntractor here tod Lake-Los A ation Ay neral and n time Salt iges appeared for the le an exhaustive and able presentation of the . that of the adminis- the Porto Rico nor part of the United that their people are the American republic 1 he argued that the constitu- not of necessity the flaz argument today, dr listinguished uoted in legal and public Applicability of Constitution. After examiniug numerous Perkins said that the doctrine that the constitution did not extend to the terri- orie based on the idea that the con- As a portion of the pre road from | stitution was s nce, a sort of chattel Evanston to Salt Lake will be run through | which would moved about. hare kwd art of the Wasatch moun- | there as congress saw fit, rather than ber of long tunnels Wil | gomething bequeathed to us by an- the task of Kilpatrick ors. It was, he sald, a sort trans. Bros regarded as one of th stantiation of the constitution.” It was higg engineering under- ention that the constitution could taken by a western railroad N ot into territory unless congress placed it there. He denied that the con- SOON TO START FOR HOME | surution in itself, extended to the terni- by declaring that it was an inan- iean Volun pines to He R substance, lacking the powers of lo- Order of Thelr Going. government at the Are a the of other words tion does The sense work y bbb o follow ause of any buildin future or 1 n a at of that and have and say en Omaha i1l b cases, Mr and const ific on as direct as the Salt Lake Angele posed subs he most rugged tains and a n driven ) feats A of a of & C st ever a tories imate comotion At this point White i series of pointed questions of Mr MANILA, Dec. 15.—The Volunteer regi-| The justice first asked if Mr. Perkins' ments will proceed to the Urited States 1o | contention would lead him to the conclu- be mustered out, in practically the seme | sion that immediately upon the making of order as they arrived in the Philippine isl- | a treaty ceding territory to the United Thes will be Teolac States every person bora tn (Lat territory provided by the army bi after the date of cession became ipso jure seventh volunteer r a citizen of the United States begin the homewsrd movement by embark- | Mr. Perkins answered in the afirmative, ing on New Year's day, will be brought | aying that if contention was correct from the Laguna de Bay district and will | those born in the territory after the cess I on the transport Sheridan. The womer were citizens, if they were civilized, and sick soldiers who were to sail on the | and not in the pesition of our Indians, Sheridan will leave on the Warren on Sat-| Justice White asked what authority thers urday as for excluding Indians. He pointed The Eleventh cavalry, which is to follow | 0ut that the distinction between the Amer- the Thirty-seventh volunteers, will be trans- | ican Indian and the citizens antedated the ferred here from Camarines province, and | COnstitution. He again propounded the will sall on January 16, on the Me query citizensbip following imme- The Thirty-sixth regiment, which fately ¢ conclusion of a cession of rvice the earliest, in July, 1866, is territory in the province of Ilocos, but will be trans Mr. Farkins Torteds s ersons born The offic ession and commissions in voluntecr regime the United be retained in the Philippines and | United teer officers on special duty will be Justice ouly on the authority of hezdquarter Arms, ammunithon, equ res and imals will be transferred to divisicn head quarters, cxcepting 100 rifles, 100 cartridge belts and 5000 rounds of ammunition a rcglment. The men will retain thelr huver- sacks and utensils Volunteers desiring to and remain in th lowed to do o Ame ers N 1 woin ¥ in the Justice asked a Perkins to his | w | the gan n answered that undoubtedly in the territory after the subject to the jurisdiction of were citizens of the rs of the regular. army holding wilt State White “under suggested tha* in the jurisdiction of the tates,” as stated, placed out of tion the very contention which was being made in these cases Mr. Perkins said the limitations of his wer were intended to cover such special cireu AnCe relating to Indians and un- ized vhich had been referred Continuing his argument, Mr. Perkins cited many other authorities, supporting his view that the constitution in itself extended to territories. Theory this answer United the ment, s leave Philinpines Enlisted the service will be al- natives will be It is believed that the temporary deple tion of many posts and the checking of operations will result in renewed insurgent activi The announcement this afternoon of the carly commencement of transportation home of the volunteers caused surprise. General Hughes reports that 21,000 per- | sons in the island of Panay have sworn allegiance to the United States JESSIE MORRISON GETS OUT Her Friends Succeed In Persunding Court to Admit Her to #5,000 Dail. of Nation's Founders. Mr. Perkins summed up the arguments for | the appellant in part, as follows The people of the United States, in and by the ¢ tution, organized and erected nd the same government, of defined ited powers for all people who might the dominion of the na- le i 15 the nent form, u themselves, governmer | In_every place The power to govern the people inhabit- ing the territory of the nation which is delegated by the constitution to congress limited &nd defined by the constitution d cougress can transcend the limits im- The' constitution congress to fmpose date that all duties shall be uniform thr main of the United Mr. Perkins sai | they had establish of Pari and theory of the « establishment In a perma alterable except by the people fundamental principles of applicable in all times and KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 18.—A spectal to | Star from Eldorado, Kau., says Judge Shinn today agreed to admit Jessie Morrison to bail in the sum of §5,000 pend- ing her second trial for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle. Bondsmen have mot yet been secured, but the prisoner's aged father, ex- Morrison, expressed the hope that be will be able to secure them within a | /8Ve few days. The case cannot come up until | D84 set next spring and it Is belleved another jury | 12 full force cannot be secured in the county. Her re- | 1004l do lease will probably end the case and the Miss Morrison was in a very happy mood | $14 Bot when she entered court today with her | POT'? father and bounded out of her chair lightly | ©*" after Judge Shinn had announced his in tention to accept bond. It is sald that she | will go to her old home in West Virginia when reles ROBBERS MAKE RICH HAUL Indinna Safe Crackers Secare 818,000 from Citizens’ Bank at Hope. HOPE, Ind., Dec. 18.—The safe in the Citizens' bank here was blown open by robbers and looted of Its contents at 2:30 o'clock this morning. There fiv ons, The telephone girl » flashes called up a number Post- master Spaugh, one of the first to arrive on th saw a man on guard in front of the bank, who ran inside the bank door ust In time to avoid a load of shot from augh's shotgun. The robbers fled with their booty and made their escape At least $15,000 tuken. Three four men were connected with the bery. A party of twen'y men are country in search of tie " limits the powers of taxation by the man- imposts and excises zhout the entire do- appellants felt that d that peither the treaty nor the tariff act of 1867 were vio- of constitutional principles he forth, but that the tariff act and effect throughout the ain well as in Porto Rico Philippines clsewhere, and it contemplate & tax on goods trans- from one part of the national d 1o @ th the a n. nother. tension of Trial Jury. referred one point to need of applying general constitutional principles to the domain instead of considering mere commercial or practical features, Justice Brown asked if the court | could not consider the practical effect of | extending to the Philippines the require- ment for trial by jury in every case. Mr. Perking said that if the constitution 1 that trial by jury should not he doubted whether the court | would consider the practical inconveniences of giving that right to particular locali'le Mr. Perkins also referred to some other constitutional requirements, such as the right of h which might ha to be extended to all territory allke. Justice Brown asked in this connectlon el thought we could single out what provisions of the constitution apply to new territory and what do not Mr. Perkins responded that was the court to say “thus far and no farther. that it was for congress to act always, however, within the limits defined by the court by When at | the counsel were saw th of citizens, ex- corpus | | scene, | for it or rob- scout was robbers Hari Sums U Harmon, counsel Philippine for l'«-pl..- for the defendant case, followed Mr. Per- speaking at times in impassioned which rang throughout the cham- He spoke of the august character of Supposed NEW ORL body of @ man of the robbers Mr in the kins » dead | who ap the Ilin Central train in the suburbs of this city Tuesday night, was found today in the | vicinity of where the crime occurred, | ber. tones