Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 7, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JU N 7 anu ALL READY TOGZ, K| ‘*o,,»‘ i Legislators Expect to Pegin Active Busines: at Linooln This Morning. SENATORIAL MATTERS SETTLING DOWN Osndidates’ Strength Uncertain, but Lines Are Blowly Forming, OPPOSITION TO THOMPSON 13 EARNEST His Bouth Platte Legion is Kot Bo Rolidas Reported. ROSEWATER HAS GAINED NEW SUPPORT Kven His Enemies Admit That He Hawn Made Good Progress During the First Week of the Jan. 6.—(Special.)—The legis lature eniers tomorrow upon its second week, when It will doubtless get down | closer to business by the appointment of eommittoes, a more complete organization for actual legislative proceedings. In the senatorial arena there s no ques tion but that the atmosphere has been | somewhat clarified. Previous to the meet- 0k of the legislature the impression was carofully spread that the South Platte was practically united without opposition on D. E. Thompson and that he would have only 10 choose his partner to decide the distribu tion of the senatorial plums. It has dc veloped that Mr. Thompson is not having things all his own way in his own end of the state, but will have determined op- position from soveral quarters, At tho samo time his strength Is not to be under- estimated, as he undoubtedly has a larger follow!ing and fewer outspoken enemies than he had two years ago, when he made a fight against Hayward Mr. Melklejobn's canvass is being carried on with considerable vigor by his friends, .who are largely among the federal office holding element. Thoy are making claims of considerable strength for their candi- date, but have not as yet disclosed any of it. Mr. Melklejohn's campalgn will not flag for want of an energetic set of claquers. Rosewnter Stock Goes Up. Even his undisguised enemies concede thats the stock of Edward Rosewater has gone up and that the drift of talk is in his direction. Dave Mercer came down to Lincoln, using the inauguration as a pre- text and carrylng his lightnivg rod with him, to look over the ground for a favorable place to plant it, but left Friday night for Omaha on the way to Washiogton, telling his friends that he is out of it. He in- giuted that things looked too muddled for him to venture in and that he expected the Jegislature to be balloting two months from now without arriving at a result. The news of Mr. Fowewater's arrest it Omaha and his outrageous treatment by the conspirators who are trying to interfere with him elicited only disgust and contempt here, not only among republicans, but among fuslonists as well. One of them, who comes from Omaha, expressed himselt as d-- cidedly tired of such sulcidal volitics and gald that if they kept up their fool ho would be gorely tempted to cut loose from such a short-sighted crowd. Currle, Cro and Hinsh The movement for Senator Currle, which had congiderable impetus the first few days, seems to have dropped several degrees, al- though in all probability the senator from Custer will hav ral votes to his credit when the time comes to show them. He ex- pected to solidity the Sixth district mem- bers behind him, but found that it is impos- gible to do so. The other candidates, such as Hinshaw and Crounse and Hainer, have been pegging along, but without making any wpecial dlversion, and 1t they have gained any headway they have kept it to them- solves. During the coming wee's, however, things are bound to liven up ameng the senatorial baymakers, and by the time the week ends it ought to be thoroughly well settled whether a caucus is In sight before the bal- loting begin: IDAHO'S SENATORIAL FIGHT | Stiver Republicans termined Contest by Dem Joint Cuucus, sev BOISE, Idabd, Jan. 6.—An Interesting political contest is in progress tonight as a preliminary of the mecting of the legisla ture tomorrow three fusion partics domocrats, silver republicans and populists —which control both houses, have been in caucus through conference committees and to divide the patronage of the two bodie An arrangement has been made as to ap- portionment of the places, but now there is a demand from (he silver republicans that there shall bo o joint caucus tonlght on the senatorship before the patronage agree- ment goes into fol . There has never been an agreement to hold a joint caucus on sen. ator and this move has precipitated a fight that is still going on at 11 p. m. M Du- Lols {8 forcing the matter, as it will be of great advantage to secure a caucus nomina tion. His chances of securing such a nom fpation would be greatly improved if the matter can be forced before the patronage 18 divided. Pending a decision of this mat- ter the nominations of the places have not been made. FOR MONTANA'S LEGISLATURE — Gover- pduy. HELBNA, Mont, Jan. 6.—The fusionists in caucus tonight nominated Frank E. Cor- | bett, representative from Silver Bow, as peaker of tho house. Corbett received 24 votes, John McGinnis 14 and Thomas Kilgallon 4. W. A. Clark was supportin Corbett, while August Helnze, who Is scnatorial possibility, was backing M Ginnls. Heloze, previous to the last presidential election, was & republican, but | at that time joined with the fusionists, It 15 understood that the contest for the speakership was a friendly one and (hat | the Helnze and Clark forces will work together in the coming leglslative contest George H. Stanton of Cascade was tonight made president pro tem of the senate Governor Joseph K. Toole and the new | state officlals will be inducted into office | temorrow, ¥ Horses. MANISTEE, Mich., Jan The livery barn of Henry Radumacher was burned this morning with contents, including twenty nine horses. Fire also burned block of buildings extending from Water to First street. The body of a man was found in [} 2 & RUSSO-CHINESE AGREEMENT | [ ECISLATION OF THE WEEK | to | Brodrick NE Ransom as Eve ¥ schoolboy in N cupying a seat in the Nebraska fusion senators have been faithful for them in the campaign. the eyes of God and man, bave know that they were bought. som, Howell (and six others). the world as traftors. tors Ransom and Howell as the gent in that body, our part, for, indeed, any worthies in recent years could did. Speaking of Ransof bllls to passage. Shame's crown traltors bear the democratic name, e etccesecsesecstssseetsttteetstt sttt esestsetetettsotenson e teessssssssestessestesssssssssssssrssessestterssstsrsereeel vosoes Aflirms All Prepar inition of M Englinh for ¥ | LONDO “The outlines of the | Russo-Chinese agreement churia were settled with Li Hung Chang in | December, 15¢ says the Vienna corre- spondent of the Dally ograph, ‘‘and prior to that Russia had concluded treaties with the emirs of Bokha and Khiva and the shah of Persia, arranging for neu- trality or for military assistance in the event of difficulties arising between Russia and any Aslatic power. In fact, all the steps toward the practical acquisition of Manchuria had been carefully prepared.” “Reports have been recelved here from | Slan Fu," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard, “‘that General Fuh Siang's 14,000 troops have mutinied at Ku Yuen Chou, In the province of Kan Su, and that General Feng Tse Tal's army has been suppress the rebellion.” “Chang Chib Tung, the Wu Chang viceroy, wired the Chinese enyoys, atrentously urg ing them to delay the signing of the note," | says Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times yesterday from Pekin, ‘‘until several clauges had been amended and that portion | charges the imperial eponsibility of the atta tion. He further ourt with the re- ks upon the lega- irged the imperial per- sonages not to return to Pekin on the ground that the joint note permits the powers to maintain 10,000 troops between Pekin and the sea “An imperial decree was issued to delay the afixing of sfgnatures, but the Chinese plenipotentiaries replied that it was impos- sible to recall the assent already given. hina is now going to negotiate with St. Petersburg @ revival of the Russian-Man- churian agreement." The Pekin correspondent of the Chronicle says that Russia, in her agreement with China, agrees to defend the latter against any attack on her forts. ralloch Reports All § unive. PEKIN,, Jan. “6.—The British punitive force under Colonel Tulloch, which left last week for Kao Li Ying, returned today to Pekin. Colonel Tulloch reports that he found Kao LI Ying submissive and that the offictals had fled EMPRESS MOVES ARMY NORTH eng to March with 15,000 Armed exe. SHANGHAL Jan. 5.—It fa reported from Slan Fu that the empress dowager has or- dered General Feng Tse Tsal, commander of the province of Yun Nan, to proceed with his army to the that section to move northward, ¥ is sald to consist of 15,000 men, armed with modern weapons. Count von Waldersee, It 18 asserted, has arranged with Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang that the allied troops are not to op- erate {n the prefectures of Shun Te, Huang Ping and Ta Ming in the province of Chi Lt WALDORF CLOSES FOOTPATH 0 Give n Slice of Hiy mpennse the Orders General His Force « ut is Obliged 1901 Jan Special Astor (Copyright, by Press LONDON, Cablegram Waldort Publishing Co.) 6.—(New York World Telexram.) his application footpath from of nis mansion, Cliveden, Thames towpath, but was obliged to give considerable slic of his land to provide another foot- ath instead. His original demand was merely to close the old footpath as useless, without giving any compensation, but the local authorities opposed him, with the result now stated. Arrangements for a county ball, preceded by a large children's party, at Cliveden, are proceeding. It is stated that Lady Hilda the war secretary's wife, will the children's party LENA ASHWELL IS BRILLIANT Marl K In “Mrs, De won close the public gates the the to a chap rone ughs with (Copyright, 1801, by Preas Publishing Co) LONDON, Jan. 6.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—Lena Ash well's brilliant acting with Charles Wynd ham in “Mrs. Dane's Defense” has made her quite the rage, especjally among fash- lonable people. The duke and duchess of Marlborough, who have visited the play several times, consider her the greatest actress on the London stage. She Is the wife of the ex-comedy actor and play wright, Arthur Playfair, son of General Playfair, and nephew of the late Lord Play the ruins, The loss is $25,000, partly in- surpd. fair and England’s leading obstetrician, Dr. Yank Tse valley, and from | William | D R R ™SS ‘. KEEP IT BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, v uat an Unprejudiced Fusionist Says About the Man the Fusionists Have Honored by Their Votes for President of the Senate. I2dgar Howard In Papillion Times, March 3, 1% sbraska knows that every fusionist now oc- legislature plied and express understanding that he would favor Inws to regu- late the publie corporations in the state. Eight of them, perjuring themselves In gone over We do know that they ha betrayed the people who elected them. These Tt is not pleasant for us to denounce men of our own political faith, but duty demands it. Ransom in His True Colors. Bdgar Howard in Papillion Times, April 1, On the first day of the legislative sessi 1 The pleking wi wman who has watehe and would nd Howell, what a disgr: been to the free silver forces which ele every scheme to aid I corporation ngainst the sharp shafts of public criticism while pushing gamblers' 00 0000000000000000000000000004000000000000sesssenssl ceesscssscecscecccssttsecscerssecccccsocsoscce regarding Man- | sent from the province of Hun Nan 10| committes on | the opinion that the measure will be in | tors postpone the' di(o somewher. of the preamble had been expunged which | that 1is foree | pagees it probably will be with this modifi- | | b, | several places never before Traitor. a was chosen with the im- A of the and gréat pledges majority made to the L to the We don't ruthlessly The eight traitors arve Re men deserve to be advertised to enemy, n the Times |, ‘eked Senn of the orporation contin not an evidence of smartness on lcaders the course of those have done as well as we the pair has Hand in hand in back to fight o robhery, them, back to for shame is the fact that these Fenate Will Continue Consideration of the Army Reorganization Bill. CONTENTION MAY DELAY ITS PASSAGE House maeiy Dixpose of Reap nt BIIL, River and Harbor Bill and e of the Approprintion Bills, WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The senate will continue to give practically uninterrupted attention to the army reorganization bill until that measure shall be disposed of That the bill will pass no one doubts, and the general opinion is ihat it will get through some time during the present week. Senator Hawley, chalrman of the military affaire, expresses conference by Wednesday, but other sena- There are several committee amendments yet to be considered, Including those re- lating to the army canteen and the veter- inary corps, It was supposed at one time the canteen provision would cause prolonged debate, but the best opinion now is that comparatively little time will be spent on It. A number of amendments suggested by individual senators will be considered at greater length, and somo speeches on the bill as a whole are yet to be made. The provision of the bill au- thorizing the ment Filipinos 1n the army of the United States is among the features which are almost certain to come in for sharp attack. | With the army bill out of the way, the legislative, executive and judickl appro- priation bill will be taken up, and after it, other appropriation bills if any are In shape to be considered. The ship subsidy bill will be restored to the calendar as the regular order of | business when the army bill is passed afi | it will be pressed when no appropriation bills are walting conslderation. Next Saturday will be largely devoted to eulogies upon the late Se Davis of Minnesota. ote on Reappe The consideration of the reapportionment bill will be resumed tomorrow in the house. The Indications point to a final vote upon the measure on Tuesday, but the fight over the basis of apportionment is a bitter one and the debate may be prolonged. The out- come {8 not clear. Mr. Hopkins is still con- fident that his bill will carry, but in order to pull it through he is now ready to con- cede an increase of three members to cover the major fractions of the states of Florida, ‘olorado and North Dakota. If his bill | cation. but on strength The opposition is very aggresuive, the surface seems (o lack the uecessary to carry the Burleigh | There are forces at work, however, by which the opposition hopes, through the agencles of Senator Quay, Senetor Platt of | New York and Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, to swing the delegations of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts into line, and if successful the Hopkins bill may sufter defeat, Mr. Crumpacker of Indlana will move to recommit the bill with fnstruc- tlons to reduce the representation of the southern states, but there is no idea that such a proposition will prevall After the disposal of the reapportionment bill, the river and harbor bill will be taken up. It is expected to consume two days, The remainder of the week will bo de- voted to appropriation bills. The Distriot of Columbla bill probably will be the next of the supply bills to be considered, GUESSING OVER LOVE LETTERS | | | Woman's Book. (Copyright, 191, by LONDON, Jan. 6 blegram—Special Teleg the authorship of “An Love Letters” is still the literary sensa tion of the hour. Publisher Murray de clares that all guesses are wrong and that | | Press Publishing Co.) | York World Ca- | m.)~The secret of anglish Woman's the story is founded upon facts, The latest suggestion is that the letters were written by a sist husband, Cros; o. George Eliot's but this is also denied GOVERNOR WELL RECEIVED orto R cutive Visits Re- ne | | SAN JUAN, ¥ 6.—~Governor \I—L len, who left S8an Juan Thursday to visit the towns in the western part of the island, | returned to the capital today. He visite visited by any | governor of Porto Rico. Everywhere he Playfair, Lares 250 mounted citizens turned ont to was mosi enthusiastically received. At provide him with an escort. | | reinforcement | 1and, Belgium, | pected MORNING, JANI Rein ernl U Hoer, hed, G tth prees This morning news again W tisfactory Mar has been proclaimed at Ma and would have been pro- claimed in other districts but that the cab- fnet meeting called Saturday was unable to agree to it Anxiety concercing the mov Boers has sent fresh cold fit the colonies and Capetown calls for a strong Lord Kitchener's for being employed in protecting communications and the Rand mines It is asserted by spondent that unless Colony are increased a most undesirable state of affairs may result, as the success in arms of the invaders, however slight, might be the signal for a Dutch rising. As it is, many British residents have been compelled leave the Dutch villages near Capetown, lifo belng made unbearable, A ford has just passed through Clan- willlam district, The Capetown correspondent of the Daily Mail, who calls for 40,000 fresh troops, say “Prominent LONDON, from [ Is Jan Capetown law esbury ment of the a over the Capetown the forces in Cape corre Afrikander loyalists declare that tho rebellious colonists will construe the colonfal call to a challongs and that Is the opinfon of the rebels, owing to the fact that the members of the pro- Boer funta in Capetown have been touring in the disaffected district, making calls for reinforcement. Already there is proof that the colonials are leaving one com wando.” ms ag The milit important, though inforcements 1 are un- 1s sending re quez Portugal Lourenzo ds, according to The Hague ent of the Daily Mail, is recruiting in Hol- France and Germany and his recruits will be sent to Namaqualand, osten- | sibly as emigrants, each man recelving £50 down on startin In a letter to the Times this morning the earl of Dunraven, emphasiaing the *very grave situation In South Afrd warns the country to distrust the opinions of experts on the spot and to be ready for the unex- He complains of the “inertia of the authorities,” and urges the necessity of large reinforcen 8 The Capctown correspondent of the mes, who confirms the reports of the multiplicity of the Boer commandos, says rarly five- sixth of the English troops are employed on communicatiors and garrison duty, leaving a small number, partly unmountéd, to p sue the enemy. Large reinforcements are | advisable and these would be cheaper in the end.” The damage which the Boers djd to the Kleinfontein s estimated at £%10,000 RIVALRY OF GILDED YOUTHS Maharnjah | n Ave Awpir- f Lovely (Copyright, 191, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. ews York World Cablegram—Special Telegry <7 0e riyalry of certaln gilded youths faf Lo siniles of the charming girls now playing in “The Casino Girl” at the Shaftesbury theater continues to excite mueh amused interest. Ella Suyder and Eva Kelly have hosts of enthustastic admirers in thelr train, among them the youthful maharajah of Kuchbe and at least one English viscount Young Willlam G. Doyle, son of a Boston florist, and who is playing with the “Strol- lers of New York,” has been also much to the fore. He took handsome suite of rooms at the Hotel Cecil and became a con- stant attendant behind the the Shaftesbury, much to the chagrin of the maharajah, likewise of the viscount The fun waxed merriest when one night Doyle appeared in the caste with both girls and performed a brilliant cakewalk, for which he was vociferously encored. Ella Snyder, who was in great form that night, on returning to her dressing room, found a big photograph of the maharajah signed “Rajie together with valuable presents. The viscount, too, not to be ¢ done, sent over the footlights to Eva Kelly the biggest basket of flowers ever seen on the London stage Doyle s now enjoying himself in and will finish up at Monte Carlo. maharajah and the viscount are still close attendance at the Shaftesbury. WHITE AGGRESSION IN CHINA a scenes at | Paris The in in Their Desire. | Mrs. | read sentence by sentence and each was re | bad be | except feeble | rapialy | saulus, and, in keeping with the life and | southern | which, however, had been broken, | as the cold | but | ized that the TARY 1901, ARMOUR'S BUSY LIFE ENDS Remarkable Creator of Industries Expires at His Home in Ohicago. HAD NEVER RALLIED SINCE SON'S DEATH n Welghed Heavily an Not He Regained, Him=History of His Career, CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Armour, philanthropist, financier and multi-millionaire, head of the vast com- mercial establishment that bears his name died at his home, 2115 Prairie avenue, at 3:46 o'clock this afternocn A muscular affection of the heart, known to the medical profession as myocarditis was tho immediate cause of death. He had been slowly recovering from pneumonia that for three weeks had threatened his lite. At 9 o'clock this morning his heart gave way under the strain of his recent iliness, his pulse running up to 103 That was the beginning of the end Mr. Armour was surrounded by his family when he died. Those at his bedside besides his physician and nurses were: His wife, Philip D. Armour, jr., and Mr. and Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Rev. Frank W. & ilus. The millionaire retained con- sclousness until within hour of his death. During the day he had realized that death near. To those around him he had Philip Danforth ansa an wi 1 “I know T am very death when it comes Lord's Prayer Wi Last Ut Soon after luncheon and just before the physician forbade his talking more, Mr. Ar mour In feeble tones said that he would like to hear the Lord's prayer read One of the trained nurs who had been attending him drew a chalr to the bedside and slowly read from the bible the prayer for which the dying man had asked. It was ck and am ready for crance. peated by Mr. Armour. When the “Amen n repeated by him be sank back on the pillow and closed his eyes restfully. It tle later. “We were not altogether unprepared for my father's death said J. Ogden Armour. “All the members of the family had been here since the relapse of this morning In anticipation of the most erfous turn of events."” The news of Mr. Armour's death spread through the city and tonight there were many callers at the Prairie avenue mansion. Mrs. Armour retired to her apartments and during the evening saw only the mem- bers of her immediate family. J. Ogden Armour, who, with his wife, had been at the bedside of the dying millionalre all day, received the callers during the evening. It was announced tonight tlLat the funeral services would be held probably at the Ar- mour mansion either Tuesday or Wednes- day. They will be conducted by Dr. Gun- habits of the deceased, will be simple in character. The end came after two years of illness, during which time Mr. Armour visited German baths, passed the cold months in Calitornia and devoted himseit largely to an attempt to restore his health never to be regained For several wecks the millionaire had been living the old family home on Prairie avenue, the usual trip to southern California not having been taken this win- ter. He came down to his office in the Home Insurance building but seldom, and in¢ ed he did not come all. It was understood in the office tha had had an incipient attack of pneumoni it was given out no later than a week ago that he was on the road to recovery. It was noted, however, that the constant attendance of Dr. Frank Billings, the family physician, at the bedside of the sick man did not corroborate the favorable reports at the downtown office. For several days death has beon feared as the, outcome by the close associates of the great captain of industry. They real- | decline from day to day did not cease, and that there could be but ono end. When death came his grand- children, who had so close a place in his heart, were at the family residence, as was J. Ogden Armour, the surviving son. was the last word the great financler spoke, | farewells to his family a lit- | | 108t their lives in a fire at 115 W Decline Haw Been Gradual, Mr. Armour has lost strength steadily (Copyright, LONDON, Cablegram Nordau has issued 1901, Jan. - Sp by Press Pablishing Co.) 6.—(New York World fal Telegram.) — Max this warning | white aggression in China “The white races have recelved warnings enough in all times. The Huns, Mag Mongolians and Turks invaded Europe suc from the fifteenth to the seven- teenth century, and all theso yellow rs howed superiosity in war over the white, It the yellow invaders have partly with- drawn 1t 18 not because they were compelled to, but because they preferred to live in | Asia “Europe’s attack peated again and cessively on China will be re- | again il 1t 15 seen whether the yellow races are to’share the | fato of the other colored races or whether | the supposed superiority of the white races | will prove to be a fallacy PELLET RUINS RIGHT EYE Press Publishing Co.) LONDON 6.—(New York World Ca- blegram Telegram.)—Lady Henry | Somerset's only son, Somers Somerset, has lost the sight of his right eye from a stray pellet at @ shooting party at his uncle's the duke of Beaufort Only this year Somers Somerset endured | another trial in being put out of di ssien 1o the dukedom of Beaufort by the birth of a son to the duke, who is b4 | £ g UNION LOOP SCORES IN COURT Efforts ¢ (Copyright, 1901 Jan Speciul Mocke Ace 6.—Judge court, rende fon ing the demurrer vated rallroad of Chica of a bill for fnjuries by Monadnock bullding The trustees asked from the Union Lo vated rallroad comp on the loop, alleging that the eleveted structure shut off light and air, hampered ingress and egress to the building and that the noise annoyed tenants, The demurrer alleged that these alloged Injuries were aot sufficient ground for action, CHICAGO, Jan the circuit sust Baker, sitting an opin- of the ele the fling the trustees of the in for 8300, n and 00 damages the four nies operating t | year | home at | recove from day to day since the commencement f the winter. The pneumonia was checked, but strength was not regained. The firm grip he had so long maintained upon the business of Armour & Co., whether at the office or thousands of miles away, slowly relaxed. Reports no longer intereste him as tiey were wont to do during the first mouths of his declining health, The sudden death of his son and namesake nearly a ago hung heavily on him during the closing months of his life. In fact, he never recovered from the shock he ex- perlenced from that event. It stopped his progress toward recovery in his winter Pasadena and its sorrow remained frosh until the end, * | | | : [ [ i on affairs we of 1899 1 of v were confirmed » maintained until the spring | Then the machine began to show | s breaking. Mr. Armour was re when he salled for many to take baths at Baden bel Weln, He spent most of the summer at the baths and was sufficiently restored to health to take a trip to Switzerland, where he re- mained a month in the mountains, Constant Attention to I .., When he returaed to Chicago that fall he Ger was looking well and his friends hoped his | yrday Wall street received the news that .J. He went to Dan- | pierpont Morgan had bought the Central ", | Railroad of New Jersey and sold it ¢ was complete. ge, the Armour, summer home of his jr., at forth L Philip D, Oconomowo Lake, Wis, and he remained there until|opong Monday morning it is said it will be arly winter. Then he journeyed to Pasa- | in southern California, for the cold All the time he was at Oconomo- trips to his office in | building and was re- r dena, months. woe he made weckly the Home Insurance celving constant drift of his business affalrs The death of his son, Philip D. Armour, jr., in southern Callfornia on January 1000, was & great shock to the healthbroken man. The son had gone on a visit to his father and was taken suddenly with pneu- monfa. His death followed with scarcely a day's warning. The son had largely In- terested the father and inherited the busi ness ability of the Armours, and was closely following the steps of the head when he was stricken down. His beautitul home, completed but a year two before, at Michigan avenue and Thirty-seventh street, told of his love of art Mr the ai wo a a or funeral turn h and remained party (o Chicag © he went there When 1 t to Oconom until the ¢ r re (Continued on Second Page.) 3 | var, His treadmill of work and his firm grip |flight and appearance there was cha rted to be a sick man and these reports | ANOTHE| | Reading at reports of the general| wpjeh has been called for Monday to com- | for the formal transfer of the Jersey Cen- Armour was not able to accompany | during \lly | when all trace of the thres was lost | distance are gr | klan LE COPY FIVE CENT (LYNCHERS HOLD OFF and Warmer | Three Men Held for Murder of Herman Zabn | Are Bafe in Fremont Jail, BELIEVED TO BE HEAD OF SHARP GANG m.. m.. | | | Sherift and His Cfficers Are Given Great Credit for Their Capture. SMOKE SUFFOCATES EIGHT Fire In Harvard « ; RHEA BEARS UP WELL IN SPITE OF WOUNDS tel nt Minneapolis uses Death of Sleeping | Both He and Gardner Are Reticent, but Burke Talks Freely. Eight men ngton morning, rear of the The men were avenue south at & o'clock which had its origin in the Standard furniture store. overtaken by an intense volume of smoke in the Harvard hotel, which occuples the second, third and fourth floors of the build ing, and death in every instance was dus to suffocation. The fire was discovered by Charles Han son as ho was about to go to his room on the second floor. He immediately apprised George O'Connor, the night clerk, and the | two 00n set about to awaken the lodgers. The men were all sound asleep and 1t was With the greatest difficulty that they were aroused. Ninetcen of the twenty-seven | lodgers were successful in escaping, but the others were unable to beat thelr way back through the ol smoke, succumbed and foll | in their tracke, where they were found by | the firemen. Several had very narrow es- capes. The loss on the bullding and con- tents will not exceed £3,000. The d ATHANIEL PERLEY, painter, 60 this HE IS A SMOOTH, WELL-DRESSED FELLOW Clalms to Live In Norfolk and to Have a Wi ere—Brakeman Finds a Fourth Man W Anxtous to Escape the Willinms Crowd. FREMONT, Neb. three men held for Jan. 6.~ (Special.)~The the murder of Herman Zahn are securely locked up and there has been no further attempt to lynch them. When Sherlff Kreader arrived at the county Jall at 8 o'clock this morning with Willlam Darrald, alias Burke, who has also been called Willlam Burton, the second act of the most startling tragedy ever enacted in the criminal annals of Dodge county was closed in a way which reflects great credit upon the sheriff and the officers un- | der him. It is belioved by the police that the three men now in custody are ex- perienced eriminals and members of a gang | that have bafed the efforts of ofcers all through the eastern part of the state. Willlam Rhea, as he calls himself, is the leader of the three, a slender, dark-com plexioned, boyish-looking fellow, claiming to be only 18 years old, but with a sharp, evasive glance and stealthy manner. In #pite of all the shots aimed al him in the great chase of yesterday afternoon he was hit but three or four times One bullet passed entirely through his left leg four inches above the knee, one is lodged in the calf of his left leg, a third is in his body near the base of the chest on ths right side, and the fourth scratched him in the neck. He was also hit by a small shot This afternoon he is suffering con- siderably from his wounds and refused to talk. He admits being in Snyder Friday of [atternoon and that there was some shooting years ars old. subscription KIDMORE, oller, 45 y NTLEY, newspaper solicitor, aged 55 years B. SCOFIELD, laborer, ORGE RUDY, barber, MICHAEL MONAHAN, aged 75 years, J. N. ERICKSON of Alexandria, Minn., years old. JACOBSON, laborer, about 50 years vears old, 45 years old. ol Injured Harry Cotton, badly cut about hands. SNOW LINE GOES FAR SOUTH | h Time in Beau- for First Years, PARIS, Jan, throughout France and snow fell at Marsellles 6.—Se old is reported Italy. A foot last evening and |going on. the mercury shows 18 degrees of frost in| Irish Gardner, a Paris today. There have been a number of |a tall, powerfully deaths in the streets. Trains from a long | dark-complexioned man, about 40. He has atly delayed. been frequently seen in Fremont around a Snow has fallen even in southern Italy |house which for a couple of months last end the city of Rome and surrounding |fall was suspected as a resort for crooks. country fs snowclad for the first time in|His face wears a sour, scornful expression. many years. Crowds assembled on the Pin- | When talking he turns his eyes to the floor. cio to witness the rare panorama. While willing to talk generally, he, like his Vlerce Winter on the Continent, leader, merely admits his presence in LONDON, Jan. 7.—Severe cold has set in | Snyder and that there was some shooting throughout Europe. In England it is ac- |going on. Tn his opinion the entire three cotipunicd by A uortheasterly wind, | were Lo Grunk tu hnow wha, they wers mounting to a gale over the chanmel. At|doing. He takes his fmprisonment philos Dover a boat was capsized, four persons be- | sophically, as though it was an every-day ing drowned, and probably other aceldents | occurence. \‘-:lll b"' ”'I"W“fl"v Burke Denfes Sharing in Murder, srora ;:;:::\".II):'«”rl;:‘ll::;mnr‘:rh:: s:.‘.l.l,,'.‘."’r: While coming down on the train early Naples and In Bt. Peteraburs the cod fe 2“ this morning, Burke was qulte talkative. intense that the polico in the streets have | o, Sald he was 24 vears ofd and lived ' had to be frequently olieve 2 Norfolk, where he had a wife. He said he quently relleved and the 4 ed e people he schools to be closed. At Moscow the tem- soqumncad WIS e RUISL AN perature s 30 degress below sero, Fahron. K on the Elkhorn, whom he called the helt. Tremendous gales are blowing Williams crowd, and sald he had been loat- PlOWINg over |,y round there for some time. His occu- the Adriatic. Terrible blizzards are re- SRttt A l“um' Ilfm.r,,‘ axe o< | pation, he said, was that of metal worker i Southern Russla, |, ¢op ho said he did a little gambling on extinguishing signal lights and resulting in the deralling of the Orlent express at Alt- | P He says he t to Snyder with pazua the other two and drank and played cards The storm caused a collision betw with them during the afternoon. He \ger trains at Mikola, near Szatmar, H claims he had nothing to do with the mur- gary. six persons being killed, » HUB= | gor and stood near the door with his hands Nine peoplo were frozen to death on a|UP MKC the rest of them: that he aid not high road in Transylvania. Odessa ia com- | 1¢AYe Snyder with the two, but went away pletely snowbound. The harbor fs frasen | Decause hie foared tho people would think over and trains are unable to enter or de- | ' mized up. withiLup qiels SalE part owlng to the drifts ing to West Point, where he intended to e | eat breakfast and then take the train for VENEZUELAN BORDER FIGHT‘NnrMh The officers don't place much confidence In this tale. Said to Harvey Atchison, is bullt, smooth-shaven, was °n pas- was While the robbers were still in the su loon there were shots fired outside, and it is thought that Burke was out on the side- walk watching, and that the call from Rhea to put up his hands, if such was the case, was only a trick to deceive thoso in_the saloon. Burke uses the best of language in his conversation, and is evidently a man of education and ability. He I8 & rather heavyset, well-proportioned man, with long, dark hair, dark eyes and a bright, sharp, shrewd appearanc He wears good clothes, and while coming to Fremont in the frelght caboose kept his heavy blue Melton overcoat loosely huttoned, the col- lar turned up, and his soft, black felt hat pulled over his eyes Crowds St A crowd of men got as they crowded through the car to see him he crouched back between the officers seated on either side, with his eyes fxed to the floor, and apparently disgusted at being considered such an attraction. He feared that they would take him to Snyder | for his preliminary hearing, and was much relieved when told he would not have to go there again These arrests are expected to break up the gang which has made Its headquarters the Armstrong house, near Crowel, and at the shack on the Elkhorn Yesterday brakeman on the Oakdale branch of the Elkhorn, which rung through Snyder, found a man in the box- | car who begged him not to put him off, for he sald he had been staylug with the Wil- lHams crowd, and he afrald to stay there longer, as the Snyder poople might come over and clean them out Those present when the shed and hay- stack were burned yesterday were sure thot there was dynamite or nitro-glycerine in it, for there was o terrific explosion, which evidently bad a downward as well as up ward force. At the time this occurred Morgan has secured the controlling in | Gardner had he placed under arrest and In the Lehigh Valley also, and that | was in custody of George Bachman of this this interest will probably be offered to the | o(s " pechman v oy gl i the meeting of Its directors, | ,oqey and was continuously casting anxious gl toward the burnig plie and seemed to shrink away from fit. At | the time they thought It was because ha looking for help from someone con cealed In the burning mass, who was him- | self taking desperate chances. CLEMENT HACKNEY IS DEAD Have Rex Rebels—Uri Run Defeat of KINGSTON, Jamalca, Jan, 6.—The Brit- ish steamer Costa Rican, Captain Kolly, vhich arrived here this evening from Colon, Colombia, reports that a blg battle was fought recently near the Venezuelan border between the Colomblan government forces and 2,000 insurgents under General Uribe, ussisted by sympathizers from Venezuela, the battle ending in the defeat of the hels, who broke into small parties, General Uribe escapin The gover forces, at the time the Costa Rican left Colon, were scouring the country in the endeavor to catch General | Uribe, who is considered the real leader of the revolution. Meanwhile the {nsur- gents were getting ald from the rebels in Venezuela and Ecuador, According to a dispatch from LN December encral Uribe, chief of the Colomblan revolution, who had recently been defeated at Corazel, province of Boll- had arrived at Maracaibo and his acter- ‘deathblow to ment nt Prisoner. in at Scribner, and Cara Ized in the dispatch as a the revolutionary movement R OF MORGAN'S DEALS In Sald to Acy ntrol Lehigh Valley, Alwo for the Reading. afternoon a ired ¢ ] NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-=The Tribune tomo- row will say “Just at the close of the market on Sat- was to the Reading rallrond. When the market re- confronted Mr. with the additional news that | says nces plete officlally the purchase and arrang tral stock to its new owners.” EVANSTON SEEKS KIDNAPERS Hiinols Town Trica to Loeate Man and Woman Nelleved to Have ,. an Orphan, CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—Word was recelved at police headquarters tonight from Evanston to look out for a man and woman who had ped a 12-year-old girl from Lake Bluft the afternoon According the the couple enticed the into a #tore, then took her to keside, The girl s sald to be an orphan, but her name was not glven to the police, wag MILWAUKE 1 Huckney, at one time gencial superintendent of mo tive power of the Union Pacific rallroad ut | Omana, ana for the pust twelve years gen- | eval manager of (he Fox Pressed Steel com- pany at Jolfet and Pittsburg, with lead quarters at Chicago, died of liver diseaso at his home in this city toylght, aged 07 years. to story candy 1 L