Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1901, Page 1

[——= ESTABLISHED GET EARLY HEARINGS Oontests for Legislative Beats Will Disposed of Promptly, QUIET DAY AT SENATORIAL QUARTERS Hainer and Merosr Reach the Boene, Each with & Lightning Rod. PRESSURE FOR PLUMS Would-Be Employes in Swarms and Much Disappointment in Prospect. SECOND DAY OF SESSION A BUSY ONE the 1S TERRIFIC SBeth Rranches of Leginlntare Pash Along Prepure for the R Before Them. LINCOLN, Jan. 2 —(Special.)—Asl the canvass of the vote of the last elec- tion, the chief progress made by the legis- lature today consisted in clearing the decks for promt action on the legislative contest cases in both house and senate Speaker Sears announced the housc com- mittee on priviliges and elections this morning f4 advance of the other commit- tees, in order that its members might get down to work without delay and enable the house to award on tihe contesetd seats to the parties justly entitled to them. The house committee is: J. A. Whitmore, chalr- man, . A. Marshall, P. M. Mullen, Conrad Betsner, T. E. Hibbert, J. W. Armstrong, C. J. Warner, C. M. Brown of Furnas, G. L Loomis, D, W. Hamilton, J. W. Tanner. In the senate a motion was made to a point the elections committee in the morn- fug, but Ransom interpored to have it de- layed, succeeding by a vote of 15 to 14, Sen- ator Crounse voting with Ransom and the tusionists. The question was raised as to whether {1 wus proper to trapsact any busi- ness whatever before the canvass of the vote. The motion to name the committee at once was renowed by Senator Oleson in the afternoon and carried with the follow ng result: Youug of Stanton, chalrman, Harlan, Oleson, Campbell and Woostin- bolm. he two committees find awaiting them tulky documents relative to ten contest-d sents. Two of them are in the nature of ex parte cases agalnst the eligibility of members unquestionably chosen by a ma- Jority of the votes, and eight of them are contests In due form, in which the right of the sitting member to his certificate of elec- “tion 1s assalled, Of the former one relates to the seat of Senator A. R. Oleson of Cuming, against whom I8 laid the charge that he does not possess the constitutional qualification of oue year's residence in his district, because he had temporarily resided in Doilge county and Bud hegn w republican candidate for district judge from that county the pre- vious year Counting from the convening of the session, however, Senator Oleson has a year's residence in Cuming, and it 1s understood that the protest against him will not be pressad by the parties institut- Ing it A similar object!on has been raised to Fred Hawxby elacted as u fusionist o represent Nemeha county. Depositions have been filed to show that Hawxby is a resident of Lancaster county, where he is a university student, and voted at the clty election last ring. Whether the protest against Hawxby will be pushed is not known. Even It the ineligibility of a sitting member were sus- tained his unseating would not give the place to his opponent, but simply to leave a vacancy fo be filled by special election Contest Cnwes The contests proper In the senate are 1. A. J. Coleson agatnst Frank T. Ransom, Douglas county. 2. John F. Schultz against John Liddell, Douglas county 3. J. J. Bonekemper against Henry Reut- ing, Clay county. 4 J. M. Johnson against B. \ Phelps county. The contests in the house are: 1. Carsten Rohwer against C. M. Douglas county. 2. F. M. Youngs agalnst C Joug! county. 3. Joseph Pigman against James D. Ream, suster county. 4. Allen G. Fisher again Coffee, Duwes county. In all these cases, except the last, the gen- eral allegations are of miscount and fraud and a recount of the ballots is demanded Several larger cases of ballots are in the oftice of the secretary of state to furnish employment for the-members of the election committees. The varlous contestants are naturally anxious to have their cases taken up at once and the dispostion of the republicans At least seems to be in that direction Speaking of the matter of contests, a lead- ing member of the senate said “I believe every contest should be decided strictly on its merits. Some outsiders are trying to mix senatorial politics into this question, but it really has no part in it 1 believe that every contestant who cap show that he was rightfully elected is en- titled to his seat and should not be kent out of it & moment longer than necessary This would be a generally accepted rule it there were no United States senators to elect. In fact, evéry one of us was chosen to exerclse a voice in the selection of the senators, and if a contestant is en- titled to a place in the legislature he Is entitled to it at once and in time to par- ticipate in the senatorial contest as In every other duty devolving upon our body. The comuittees in charge of the inquiry 1nto the relative merits of the cases are sure to be competent and fair, and if they ®ay any man is belng deprived wrongfully of his.seat In the legislature, I for one am reudy to give the remedy without dila- tory parleying.' Senatorial Matters Quiet, In senatorlal circles little change Is noticeable on the surface. The various candidates' headquarters are all in opera tlon recelving visitors. Ex-Congressman Halner came onto the fleld last night and declined to deny the intimation that be had brought his lightning rod with him. Congressman Mercer has also drifted in, having first taken the precaution to send soveral emissaries ahead to break the ie for him, but even then found it extremely chllly. lostead of coming to the scene of republican activity at the Lindell, Mer- cer has taken lodgment along with Ran- ®om and Gurley at the Lincoln, which is serving as the fusion rendesvous. Mr, Meiklejohn and his retinue of federal office- holders are doubling up between his hotel headquarters and his up-the-r reet map- slon. Mr. Rosewater was absent from his Hodges, Hunt, F. Johnson, Charles F. JU ¢ | parture Mr NE 19, 1871, OMAHA, THUR REFUSE TO GRANT INCREASE Manager of Colorndo Coal Mines Says Men Wil Retarn at o A ‘v,.i pr a Jan. 2.—James Cannon, presi Northern Coal company, has ‘e, Colo., to confer with the sars who are on strike mes. Before his de- on Ald the men must return to work upo® 8 old terms or not ut all. About 1,000 men employed in the Northern Coal company's mines have gone out. They demand an increase of 10 cents & ton in tho price pald for mining coal and an increase of $1 a day In the wages of machine men. “Our men have received better wages than any other coal miners in the state,” said Mr. Cannon. “They average $65 a month. At Lafayette we pay 25 cents a ton for breaking and loading the coal. An average man can casily break and load twelve to fifteen tons day. At Loulsville the men want 43% cents a ton; we are paying 334 To pay this increase would take $100,000 a year and would ruin us.” The Northern coal field is the main source of supply of lignite coal, the fa- vorite coal for steam heating and family use in Denver. The output has been be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 toos a day. The of- clals of the Northern company say they bave only ten car loads of coal on hand and the strike may cause a coal famine. It is not thought that operators will take ad- vantage of the strike to force up the price of coal. The other coal companies promise to use every effort to meet the demand. MAY PROVE TO BE BIGAMY ved . gone leaders for an ince. Prominent Boston Engineer Acc Double Life by ‘s Parents, NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—George W. Howard, nsulting engineer of Boston, who came to this city about a year ago as the repre- sentative of the Whitney-Elkins-Widener syndicate and who has made his home in this city since that time, was arrested at the New York Amsterdam hotel, this city, tonight on a warrant charging him with bigamy. Howard had offices in this city and has been a prominent figure in the soclal cir- cles of Brooklyn. Last September he mar- ried Miss Helen Hawkes, a daughter of Deputy Commissioner of Highways Henry Hawkes of Brooklyn. After the ceremony | the bride was presented with a handsome residence by her father and after the wed- ding tour the couple returned to their new home. Howard, however, for alleged bus- iness reasons, brought his wite to this city and they put up at the New Amsterdam hotel. It is said he frequently pleaded press of business and went to Boston, remaining away Friday, Saturday and Sunday for three weeks. The young wife's parents became suspicious and employed a detec- tive to shadow thelr son-in-law. The detective says he secured the evi- dence on which today's warrant was ls- sued. POPULIST FLOP APPLAUDED Themns M. Patterson, Candidate for Senntor, Endorses Hin Partisans Jump Into Democratic Fold, DENVER, Jan. 2.—Thomas M. Patterson, in his newspaper,. the Rocky Mountain News, commenting upon the action of eight populist senators who yesterday proclaimed their alleglance to the democratic paity, declures they did the “common-sense and practical thing,” and adds: “All silver men must stand with Bryan and the western democracy in this fight. Silver men can best ald tholr demc- crgtic friends from within the democratic citadel. They can, in primaries, in con- ventions and at elections, do thelr part to strengthen the arm of Bryan and over throw the goldbug contingent of the deino- cratic party in its announced assauit upon the democratic principles, which secured from Colorado 30,000 majority for the Bryan e tors." This utterance is considered significant in view of the fact that Mr. Pattersor, who was permanent chairman of the popi- list national convention fn 1900, is ono of the leading candidates for United States senator before the present legislature, RUSSIA BUYS AMERICAN MEAT Chicago Firm Secures Contract for Supplying Food for R sian Army, CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—The Tribune say Signatures were affixed in this city yesterday to a great international contract and a Chicago packing firm will supply the Rus- slan government this year with 1,500 barrels of a specially prepared meat to feed the soldiers of the czar's army. The terms of the contract will exceed $100,000. The vast field for supplies in Russia and Siberia bhas been opened to the Americans only lately, and it is belleved that the contract com- pleted yesterday is merely the predecessor of others which will amount to millions of dollars and result in the introduction and consumption of American packed meats in every part of the vast morthern empire. A new process of packing and plckling meat was an important factor in the award- ing of the contract. By this process it is sald that the problem of transporting the packed meat any distance and thorough any climate without affecting the quality of the supply has been solved. SNOW STORMS IN THE WEST Puget Soun White ered with ket—Cold in Colorado, VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 2.—PFifteen inches of suow covers the streets as the result af @ storm that has been In progress for the last twenty-four hours and still continues SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 2.—~The Puget Sound country is hidden under a blanket of snow. The fall commenced yesterday. This ond snow storm of the winter. WALSENBERG, Colo, Jan., 2.—The weather in this vieinity is the coldest in several years. This condition was preceded by a snow storm lasting several days. The present cold spell will cause the loss of cousiderable stock on the rauge. Reports are coming In of heavy losses of sheep. One herd ranging east of this clty is re- ported to have lost fully 50 per cent. Losses of cattle are also reported. Copyrighte k May He Rebound, CHICAGO, Jan clean old books, to trim the edges of the ves and to rohind them Is held v tha v court of appeals to he an invasion of the right of a person holding the copyright for the books. The ruling was announce Judges Wood, Jenkins Grosscup in_ reversing which h restraining oan and Hart Hanson on n of American Book company, wrt, however, puts a restriction upon the ruling by a statement that the book so rebound und recovered and offered for sale (Continued on Third Page.) should have prominently displayed and stumped Upon {ts cover notice that the book was a sccond-hand copy, NICE FIGHT FOR PRIORITY House Will Take Up Either River and Harbor or Reapportionment Bill, MATTER WILL BE CONSIDERED TODAY Senate Probably Will Devote First Few Days to Discussion of Army Reorganization, but May Take Up Ship Subsidy Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The house prob- ably will dispose of the reapportionment bill this week, although Chairman Burton of the river and harbor committee is in clined to contest the right of way with the census committee. The reapportionment bill, carrying out as it does a constitu- tional requirement, is a matter of higher privilege thau an appropriation bill, and if Chairman Hopkins insists, it probably will be glven priority. Mr.Hopkins, how- ever, may yield if he finds that any large proportion of the members will noz return from their holiday vacation ln time to vote on the measure this week. A deter- mined fight will be made against his bill by members from states which lose repre- sentatives uuder it, and Mr. Hopkins de- sires a full house when the vote s taken. He is confident that his measure will carry with it a full attendance. In any event, neither Mr. Hopkins nor Mr. Burton desires to proceed tomorrow, so that the session tomorrow probably will be brief and unimportant. On Friday either the river and harbor or the reapportionment bill will be taken up. If it should be the Iatter the expectation is that its consid- eration will be completed on Baturday. It the former, the length of time to be consumed {s problematical. Probable Proxram in Senate, The general expectation among senators is that the first few days of the time of the senate after reconvening tomorrow will be devoted to consideration of the army appropriation bill, but there is some dispo- sition to make an arrangement for a di- vision of time that will permit of the con- tigued presentation of the ship subsidy bill during a part of each day. When the committee on order of busi- ness, representing the republican side of the senate, made the subsidy bill the regu- lar order of business at the beginning of the present session there was an under- standing that when the army bill should be presented for consideration the other meas- ure should be laid aside temporarily if con- sidered necessary In order to secure the prompt passage of the army bill. There 1s apparently a disposition on the part of some senators partially to disregard this agreement, and the friends of the subsidy bill, most of whom are also supporters of the army bill, are trylng to secure an un- derstanding for confinement of the discus- sion of the army bill to the morning hour of the senate's daily proceedings, giving the time each day after 2 o'clock to the subsidy bill. A meeting of the committee on military affairs has been called for tomorrow, when the matter of procedure probably will be discussed and . decision reached as to whether the committee shall ask for all tho time of the senate until its bill is disposed of, or for only part of it. Some mem- bers of the committee are disposed to di- vide time with the subsidy bill for the present, but all senators, regardless of pol- itics, consider the army bill of pressing im- portance, because of the fact that the time for which the volunteer soldiers in the Philippines were enlisted has almost ex- pired. Hence it is probable that some ar- rangement will be reached guarding against any protracted delay on the military meas- ure. While comparatively few of the op- position senators will vote for that bill, none of them appear willing to make any objection to its early consideration. Cockrell Will Not Offer Substitute, There has been a general surmise that Senator Cockrell would offer a substitute for the army bill, but he stated today that he had no such intention, at the same time ex- pressiag bis conviction that the bill should be pressed to early disposition, because of the condition of the Philippines. Mr. Cock- rell expressed the further opinion that the | army bill would not be debated at great length unless there should be at the samo time an attempt to carry the subsidy bill along with it. In that event he thought it might be dificult to get he army bill through promptly. The opposition sena- tors generally will content themselves with an explanation of their views upon the army bill and will make no opposition to its becoming a iaw. There are still several speeches to be made upon the subsidy bill, but apparently none of the promised speeches has been prepared, so that Senator Hawley will he able to go on uninterruptedly for some time with the army bill, regardless of any ar- rangewent concerning the subsidy bill. SIOUX DEPREDATION CLAIMS Cases in Interior Departm Are to He Submitted at Once to Referee WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-—(Special Tele- gram.)—Cases now pending in the Interior department, known as the Sioux depredation claims, are to be submitted to a referee for decision, These claims involve $400,000 and have been before the department for years. They are based on the depredations of United States soldlers during the Sioux war. The testimony filed i exhaustive, and Indian Commissioner Jones, who was recently re- quested to make further investigation, re- plicd that all the evidence necessary is at hand. The matter is to be placed before a referee at once and a decision is ex- pected at an early date John W. Chapin was today appointed postmaster at Winfred, Lake county, . D. Miss Della F. Botsford of Washington, D. (., was reinstated as teacher at the Rosebud Indian school NEW TRAINING SHIP NEEDED 1 to Provide for arge Vessel for Academy, Congress to Be An Construction of Nav WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The hoard on naval coustruction today decided to rec- ommend to congress the construction of a 3,000-ton training ship for the naval acad- emy, in accordance with the plans of Super- intendent Walnwright. It was decided that the Chesapeake is too small for the ac- commodation of the cadets, Coinage Statement for the Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The yearly coin- e statement of the director of the mint hows that the total coinage of the mints f the United States was $137,099,401, as ollows: Gold, ! silver, $36,205,- 21 minor coins, $2,031,138. Of the silver coined 324, tandard dollars. The December coinage amounted to §7,- 8,580, of which $4,536,697 was gold and $80,600 sjlver and $301,328 minor colns, 80,012 was in DISASTROUS TO OCEAN SHIPS Storms Continae to Do Much W Ing and Mariners’ Périls Seem to Maltiply, ke ST. JOHNS, 3 “The British steamer Ivydene, Captain Milburn, from Hamburg, December 15, for Wilmington, N. C., went ashore during a snow storm last night at La Manche, and is likely to be- come a total loss. The erew are safe, but they met with a frightful experience in the open boats. No details of the disaster have yel been learned. The steamer Ivydene is of 1,797 tons net register. It is 310 feet long, has thirty- nine feet two inches beam and is nineteen feet four inches deep. It was built at New- castle in 1885 and is owned by J. T. Luon & Co., of Newcastle, LONDON, Jan. 2.1t hes been ascertained that one of the vessels reported at Cardiff by the captain of the Norwegian bark 1duan, as baving foundered during the gale of Friday fn the Bristol channel, was the Yorweglan bark Hovding from Newport, November 28, for Maceio. 1t was of 440 tons net register. Anotner of the vessels is belleved to be the Norweglan bark Tenax Propositi, from Newport, November 28, for Paramaribo. 1t was of 338 tons net register The British schooner Amelia Corkum, Captain Myrdon, from Oporto, August 25, for Newfoundland has beén posted at Lloyds as missing, having been finally given up. The Brit'sh schooner Samuel Moss, Captain Mably, from Cadiz, August 19, for St. Jobne, N. F., has been posted at Lloyds as overdue, Nothing has been heard of it since it sailed. BALLINGER STILL MISSING Doctor to ¢ Wife Comes from Dawson ¢ Relatives' Ald in Mak- ing Search. VANCOUVER, B, C., Jan. 2—The steamer Victorian arrived this morning from Skag- way with forty passengers, mostly from Dawson City. They left late as De- cember 16, making quick time over the ice. A. ¥ Lauder of Seattle was the latest pa senger and he came out on a bicycle. Mrs, Ballinger, wife of Dr. Ballinger, who left Dawson on December 6 for Skagway and completely disappeared, also came out by the Victorian, She heard nothing of her Lusband, who, it is feared, met with foul rlay, and she is now on her way to seek assistance of her relatives in Seattle. She will immediately return north to prosecute the search. There I8 no clue, An application for a new trial for John Slorah, who murdered his mistress, was refused at Dawson City on December 14 and the sentence of hanging on March 1 will probably take its course. The wrecked steamer City of Topeka is reperted to be in good shape and will probably be successfully raised. CHILI LOOKING FOR TRADE South American Coantry Becomes Competitor of Californin in Nicaragua, MANAGUA, (Correspondence Press.)—Chill 1s Nicaragua, of the Dec. 15— Assoclated making . active ef- forts to sell to Nlumgua and other Central Americatt republics flour, wines, horses, hay, etc., in opposition to California and other countrles. Chill is taking this action in view of now having low frelght rates by the British line of weekly steamers of the South American Pa- cific Navigation company, plying between Chili and Central America, and also to the low frieght rates by the semi-monthly line of German steamers operated by the Kos- mos company, which enter Chill and Cen- tral American ports twice a month en route from Germany to California. Chili gives a suovention of $100,000 per annum to the English company's steamers, CROKER FAILS TO APPEAR May Yet Have n His Appen come (Copyright, 1501, by P s Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 2.—(New York World Ca- blegram—special Telegram.)—Croker failed to put in an appearance today to prosecute his appeal against the income tax assess- ment, although he arrived in London Tues- day from the continent. His absence today does mot necessarily mean that he abandons his appeal, as his case can be taken up again. I called at the Walsingham House hotel, but Croker's presence was denled, although he had been there twenty-four hours. LABOUCHERE IS A MEMBER He and Ot London er Ru Daily stonian » Will Run the News on Glad- Lines. Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 2.—(New York World Ca- blegram—&pecial Telegram.)—The purchase of a controlling share of the Dally News, the leading liberal imperialist organ, by rad- feal capitalists, 1s now completed, Labouchere is a member of the purchas- ing syndicale, which proposes to conduct the paper on Gladstonian lines, (Copyright, 1901, by American War Vessels Sighted, BERMUDA, Jan. 28 p. m-—Four United States war vessels have just been signalled. Their names have not yet been ascertalned, The four vessels referred to in the above dispatch to the Assoclated Press from Bermuda are in all probubilities the An- napolis, Frolie, Wompatuck and Plscataqua. They sailed from Hampton Roads for Ber- muda on Sunday on their way to Manila. They are all small vessels Queen Henrietta 1 BRUSSELS, Jan. 2.—The Etolle Belge an- nounces that the health of Queen Marie Henrletta has been impaired and that she suffers constantly from bronchitis, The queen is quite weak and she does not leave her bed for more than a couple of hours each d King Must Divide His Time, STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2.—Captain Torkilde- gen has written a stropg article, which 1s published in the Norweglan papers, urging members of all parties in the Storthing to pass a law compelling the king to live six months yearly in Norway. Revolution is a Fissle. CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 2.—(Via Hay- tien Cable.)—The revolution headed by Former Secretary General Peraza is with- out an echo in the country. He is said to be, with fifty followers, in the mountains, lorto R s Filrst Trolley Line. SAN JUAN 1 PORTO RICO, Jan. 2. Thousands of people yesterday witnessed the starting of the new trolley system, the island's first road of that description. The peopla were much astonished v in to Visit France. OSEORNE, Isle of Wight, Jan. 2.—It is officially announced that Queen Victoria has (ecided, unless something unforeseen happens, to visit Cimiez, in the south of France, in March or April BATTLESHIP 10 LAND GUNS British Take Measures to Protect Capetown from Possible Boer Invasion, RISING OF CAPE COLONY DUTCH FEARED Conmervative South Africans Declare that the Serlousness of the Sit tion Is Not Appreciated by the OMcials in England, CAPETOWN, Jan 2.—The British battle- ship Monarch will land guns tomorrow as a precautionary measure. The situation is undoubtedly serious. It {8 believed that the Dutch have not joined the invaders in any considerable numbers, but a lack of arms is believed to be the true reason of abstention. In many places horses are treely offered and information readily sup- plied to the Boers. The early declaration of martial law fn the Capetown division ts early expected. This division does not in- clude Capetown itself. The latest reports show the situation to be generally s follows: Kuruman, it not invested, probably will soon be. Griqualand West is filled with small parties of Boers, who are working south toward Prieska for the purpose of co-operating with or sup- porting Commandant Hertzog, whose forces are in the neighborhood of Frazersburg The Boers are close to Graaf Refnet, whero of late the Dutch have given many dem- onstrations of sympathy. In the eastern part of the colony the ad- vance guard of the Boers 18 about twenty- fivo miles north of Craddock. The general impression here is that the situation is not appreciated in England. The Worcester conference excited the Dutch throughout the colony. Many old residents, who are by no means alarmists, regard a general uprising of the Dutch as quite lkely CARNAVAN, Jan. 3.—Boers commanded by Hartzog, Wessel, Petrius and Wessel- hut, are contlnuing their march on Fra- zersburg. It is sald they are encamped at Splenburg. The Boer horses are footsore and there is great want of fodder, as the country fs barren, Communication with Frazersburg is sus- pended and it I8 doubtful when this will be restored, as the Boers are traveling along the line. Thornycroft and De Lisle are continuing the chase, but their horses and mules are very tired. Many Dutch attended a funeral of a Boer Killed in action and placed wreaths on his coffin. The Boers captured and destroyed the mails, RESORT TO MARTIAL LAW Military Rule More Divi by ¢ tended to Sev na in Cape Colony ritish, LONDON, Jan. 3.—Martial law has been proclaimed in the Worcestershire, Ceres, Prince Albert, Frazersburg and Sutherland division: says the Cape Town correspond- ent of the Dally Mail, wiring yesterday. ‘The enlistment of volunteers is active and the best authorities anticipate favorable developments shortly. ““The great trouble is the scarcity of horses. Seven hundred Boers have broken through the cordon at Zuurburg and are advancing upon Richmond. The maglstrate there reports that they are burning and looting a few miles from the town." Lord Methuen is concentrating a force at Vryburg, whither 1,000 troops have been sent from Kimberley and others from more northern towns, to deal with a command that Is raiding around Kuruman “The Boers have reoccupled Jagersfon- tein, which, together with Fauersmith, the British evacuated on Christmas day. The comvoy o¢f retiring inhabitants with hundreds of wagons extended for seven miles. It was a mournful spectacle. Camp wae pitched at Edinburg. I gather that the motion for the evacuation was the difculty of maintaining food supplies 8o far from the railwa DEWET’S LAST MOVE BLOCKED Dashing Boer Leader Hended Off by Pitcher in His Advent Toward Bethlehem, LONDON, Jan. 2.—The War office has re- ceived the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener: “Dewet tried to move toward Bethlehem, but was headed off by Pitcher and retreated toward Lindley or Reitz. “One hundred and thirty Boer horses have been captured near Thaba N'Chu. The railway has been damaged south of Sarfontein. “Williams engaged the Boers southeast of Middlesburg, Cape Colony, and the British now occupy Graaf Reinet. CUT THE TELEGRAPH LINE Roer Column Operating South of Mid- dleburg — Reinforcements Sent Forward. CRADOCK, Cape Colony, Jan. 2.—A de- tachment of Boers entered Roodehoogte, southward of Middleburg, January 1. It is belleved this force is going to Graat Reinet. The telegraph lines are cut between Carna- von and Somerset west and Steynsburg and Maralsburg. Large reinforcements have reached Middleburg. Kr THE HAGUE, Jan, Kruger 18 suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis. While there is no anxety as to his con- dition, he is obliged to keep to his bed. Doctors Heynars, Van Khuyzen und Coert, during the day, Issued the following bulle- tin: “Mr, Kruger has for some days been suf- fering from a recurrence of bronchitis, which, in view of his age and the effects ot this climate, makes it necessary for him to be more than ordinarily careful.” Invaders Ren; CAPE TOWN, Jan, reached Glenharry, & few miles north of Graaf Reinet, in the heart of the most disaffected portion of the colony. enharry. ‘The invaders have New Honors for Lord Kitchener, LONDON, Jan. 3.1t 18 expected that at the conclusion of the war in South Africa Lord Kitchener will become commander- in- chief of India ivoree MINL, BUFFALO, Y., Jan A sensation was sprung in the illeged HBuffalo divore mill case today when David €. Fitzgerald one of the lawyers, alleged to hive operated the mill, was arrested on a charge of subor- nation of perfury in procuring false testi- mony for the plaintiff in the divoree suit of Elizabeth Garlipp against August Gar- Hpp. Coler Dec NEW YORK, Jan sald today that he had refus December salary of James J. ( dent of the borough of Manhattan, 'T'h amount is 3400, Mr. Coogan registered and voted at Southampton, . I, at the last election. The clty charter directs that a borough 3 esident must be a resident of the borough during his term of office, Coler 1 to pay the hogAN, Presi- SINGLE Forecast for Nebraska— Fair Thursday; r old; easterly winds Temperatare at Omahn yesterda Hour, Ho Boaom... O om.. T Aom. Koaom, SHAPING ITS FUTURE POLICY Cuba, Through Its Const vention, Tryln ations with Uni utional Con- o on Re- A States. HAVANA, Jan. 2 tional convention is The Cuban constitu- considering two pro mulgations of the future relations be tween Cuba and the United States. Onc of these aflirms, in the first place, an ac ceptance of the Monroe doctrine and the establishment of friendly relations with all the natlons, together with a resolution to proceed in all cases in complete accord with the United States. In the second place, it proposes 1o put at the disposal of the United States a portion of the shore of any bay on the north coast and of two bays on the south coast, for naval sta tions, together with coucessions sufficient in extent for the purposes of defense and san tation. In the third place, it declares that Cuba will place herselt on a war footing to help the United States in case such as- sistance should be needed, while a fourth proviso is an amplification of the first, sec- ond and third Tho other promulgation contemplates First—That the convention Is vested with authority only to convene Second—Not having been granted legis- lative functions, the convention cannot ar- range the basis of future relations. Third—Nevertheless, should the United States Cesire such a discussion, the con- vention is wiling to discuss and agree on an arrangement of mutual relations. Fourth--The aspirations of the conven- tion are merely to consolidate the country for reconstruction. Its cnergles are di- rected toward supporting the avowed policy of the United States, to which Cuba 13 bound by indestructiblo ties of gratitude, sald policy being based upon the unequivo- cal preservation of liberty and independence throughout the American continent The former promulgation embodies the desires of delegates friendly to t'« United States. The lattev is a counter check to the extremists. It is considered that the former is likely to carry. CARS AND ENGINES WANTED Ronds All Over the clnlly Tho Country, EW YORK, Jan. 2-The Commercial Advertiser has the following today: The locomotive works as well as the car shope in this country are overwhelmed with orders. President Callaway of the New York Central railroad, says he i having dif- ficulty in arranging for delivery of new locomotives urgently needed in the Cen- tral system before next fall. As many as poseiblo of the 100 new locomotives author- ized by the hoard of directors are to be wade in the New York Ceatral shops. Railroad men generally are complaining of the scarcity of freight cars and the lack of motive power. Although tens of thousands of new cars and hundreds of new locomotives have been built in the last two years, the abnormal growth of rallrond traffic has surpassed even the steady iIncrease in equipment, Western lines are constantly calling on their east- ern connections to move frelght eastward, but the eastern lines are not able to com- ply with more than half of these demands. WRONG MAN DRINKS POTION s Death Alleg n Prepare His Wife for Recreant 1 , Conn.,, Jan. 2.—The re- roner's inquest in the Rath- wystery, which has been public attention for the last week, was made public today. It finds that the death of Willlam Rathbun was caused by polson put into the coffee of a boarder, John F. Hart, by Maria Ann Rath- bun, wife of Willlam. The intention of Mrs. Rathbun, according to the coroner's finding, was to secure the death of Hart. Jealousy because of Hart's neglect of her and his attention during the last few NEW HAVE! ports of the i bun poisoning absorbing cory | given months to another woman is ascribed as the coroner's motive for Mrs. Rathbun's act. Mrs. Rathbun has been arrested on @ warrant charging her with murder John F. Hart was also formally arrested on a warrant charging bim with intimacy with Mrs. Rathbun, ARMOUR BUYS SALT ABROAD Big Packer tugal xplains Purchase in Por- | y Suylug Trust Prices Are Exorbitant, KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2.—Twenty-five thousand tons of common salt purchased | in Lisbon, Portugal, have been contracted for by the Armour Packing company of this | city. ‘““We found that prices have gone steadily | up on account of the salt trust,” sald the company's purchasing agent today, *‘and | #0 we went outside this country for our salt.” Twenty-five carloads of the shipment are already on the road and thirty-five addi- tional carloads will follow soon. HAVEMEYER WILL NOT TALK Reported Truce Hetween Coftes Barow Sugar NEW YORK, Jan President Have- meyer of the American Sugar Refining company sald today he had nothing to give out regarding a report that a settlement of the differences in the sugar trade had been arranged. The American Sugar Re- fining company today mailed to its stock- holders notices informing them that the annual meeting of the company would be held in Jersey City at noon a week from today. So far as known there are two directors whose terms expire at this meet- Ing. Har INDIANAPOLIS Prosident Harrison was' foduy electod director of the Consumers’ Gas company « this eity and has indicated his willingness to serve. The selection was m et cesglon to public opinfon. His position on the board of directors will be looked upon as . guarantee that the com will chu iiw attitude In respect to cortain it 1 the people . Jan Former Can't Sta NEW YORK, J of furniture of t 18 made so much nolse Alfred Roe went to the hall of the house where he lived today and after getiing into a quarrel with Mrs. Josephine Focan «h in the same house, was fatally stabbed the Racket, use the moving her in the neck and abdomen. Miis | Eugan was arrested, FIVE CEN'TY J.J. CROWE RELEASED t's Brother is Held Only One Day on Kidnaping Charge, EDWARD A, CUDAHY, JR., LOOKS HIM OVER Says the Council Bluffs Suspect Never 8tood Guard Over Him, ADDS HE NEVER SAW THE MAN BEFORE Prisoner is Then Taken Before Judge, Who Dismisces the Case, TWO REVOLVERS RETURNED BY POLICE For Five Minutes Young Cadahy 81 Up the Man at the City Jail, Then Emphatica dward A identity J. J Kidnaped b Shortly after 2 yesterday afternoon the Cudaby youth appeared at the city Jail aud confronted Crowe in the Bertillon room After looking at the suspect five minutes or more young Cudahy remarked, calmly “I never saw that ran before. He is not the one who stood guard over me and if he had anything at all (o do with the kid- naping 1 did not see him." After making this declaration the lad was taken before Chief Donabue for a private conference. Crowe was released from custody at 3 o'clock. He was taken before Judge Learn for a hearing and as no charge was pre terred the court dismissed the case. The two revolvers taken from him by the police were returned Cudahy, Crow m. Jr, bas failed to as one of the men who ek to (he Police, of Eddle Cudahy to identity J. J. Crowe as one of the kidnapers and the fallure of Daniel Burrls and Kobert Brown to identify the horse and buggy as the ones used by the kidnapers shortly prior to tho abduction ) unpleasant shock to tho police department, as it an nulled nearly a week’s work and indleated that the officers had been following false clues. This leaves the case virtually where it was December when the little bay pony was located at Pacific Junction. Prac- tically no headway has been made since then. This, however, is not the fault of the police, but of the obstinate engineer at Pacific Junction, who held the pony in tha bope of getting a reward and thereby de- layed the case a week or more, The pony Is the only tangible clue that hus been adduced since the prison house was found on Melrose hill. That this fs a real clue there can he no doubt, and to- day the police will give it most of thelr attention. They will begin by trying to locate the blacksmith €hop in which the animal was shod, hoping thereby to et a description of the man who had it in charge. “There never was anything more than a few points of circumstantial evidence to connect J. J. Crowe with the crime,” said Chief Domahue yesterday, “but he was suspected, and we thought that the qulck- st way to clear the matter up was to arrest him and bring him down to the station, where he could be seen by those in a position to identify the guilty man. This was a better way than to waste a lot of time having his house watched. He 15 now entirely out of the case, and we can devote our attention to other matters.” Bandits Afraid of One The fact that Mr. Cudahy has recently received two letters from the kidnapers, threatening dire vengeance if he does not withdraw the reward for their capture, has rise to an interesting and not im probable speculation as to the present predicament of the bandits. The theory 18 quit generally expressed that the out- laws are afraid of each other. They fear that If the reward is made large enoush 1t will tempt some member of their own gang (o turn state's evidence in order (o claim the bounty, which necessarily would be much larger than a single share of the ransom. “Every letter they write,” sald a de- tective yesterday, “increase their danger of apprehension just so much. They know this, of course, and the fact that they are willing to take the chances of writing two letters with the purpose of securing the withdrawal of the reward is enough to cou- vince me that the reward fs worrying them not a little, This is equivalent to admit- ting that they do not consider their arrest and conviction un impossibility. In short, they are getting sca “Another idea to be considered in this connection is that the Kidnapers probably have the $26,000 in gold buricd and that they are afraid to trust each other to dig it up. They are afraid to deposit it in «a bank and they are afrald to divide it or handle it in any way lest they bo caught with it on their persons. What they want for public interest in this case to die down as s0on as possible, so that they can divide the spolls and ‘light out,' and they know that the quickest way to secure this end is to have the reward withdrawn. Now that the city and persons other than Mr. Cudahy are taking an interest in having the bounty increased 1 look for something to turn up before long.'" CUDAHY GETS OTHER LETTERS Communieat Anuthilat The faliure wis Another. Threaten Tmmediate ire A. Cudahy, sr., received Wednesday two threatening letters, evidently written by two cranks. Both were sent through the malls and both are printed with a lead pencil In wn obyious attempt to imitate the letters written by the kidnapers. Both also refer to the reward, and seek to have it withdrawn. One says that if It is not withdrawn at once the entire Cudahy fam fly will be wiped out and that poison will be the expunging agent HASN'T REACHED LIVERPOOL Discovers the One . 1 Crowe is Not, LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2.—An investigation by a representatiye of the Associated Press of the report, circulated in the United States, that Pat Crowe, the alleged leader of the gaug ot kidnapers, who imprisoned young ward Cudahy of Omaha, Neb, until a ransom of $25,000 in gold was pald to them, was a passenger on board the British steamer Michigan, which left Boston De- comber 22, for this port, arriving here to day, failed to verlfy the story. The steamer carried no passengers, but had on board] a number of cattlemen. None of these would ackuowledge bimselt as Crow