Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1901, Page 1

-, _— CSTABLI HED SALISBURY'S REGRET Yondon Asks if it is Occasioned by His In- sisting on Bouth African War, PREMIER PRAISES DEAD QUEEN'S SAGACITY No Minister Ever Differed with Her but He Lived to Be Borry. BOLEMN CONFESSION RIVETS ATTENTION | Duke of Cambridge Fees Five Eovereigns Reign in England. AGED KINSMAN NEAR THE EMPTY THRONE e Toddled When George 111 Died and Hobhles to He- celve King's Messnge About Vietorin's Death, KCopyright, 1901, b ss Publishing Co) | LONDON, Jan. 2.—(New York World| $peclal Telegram.)—The House tacle whe Cablegram of Lords was an imposing sp assembled today to recelve the king's n gage announcing the death of Queen Vic- tor The stately chamber with its air of subdued eplendor, the two long lines ot pecresses dressed In deepest mourning in the side galleries, the throne of English nobility in somber attire on the bright red benches on the floor, the dead queen’s emty throne, all conspired to make up a| scene pleturesque In iuselt fascinating 1 the assoclations it awakened Just before the premier rose to speak there hobbled In toward the cross bench used by the royalty a talllsh, white haired, stoutly built, decrepit old man. It was the queen’s cousin, the octogenarian duke seen five sov He was At the who has now England 111 died of Cambridge, erolgms reign in old when CGeorge ye age 12 he attended the funeral of George At 18, ho was the bearer of the coftin of William 1V He now has seen the death of his cousin, Queen Victoria, and the ac cession of her son. All eyes were turned upon him, but he was more concern with bis gout, as ho shifted about painfully in Dis seat The oratoricals werd not equal to the ®cenie efforts of the occasion There was | & singular deficiency of feeling, of inspiring sentiment, in the speeches, although at one time, when Kimberley was reférring to the affection no entertained for the queen, he shed tears. The eulogies w on the | whole commonplace, far helow the possibill tles of the topic. Salisbury let fall one observation that riveted attention. He sala solemly, in testifying to the queen's sagace 1ty and foresight, that no minister ever differed with her on any {mportant point of policy but he lived to regret it. As the house digpersed, everyone was asking could he have been referring to his having over- born the quecn’s judgment about the South African war, COFFIN LID CLOSED DOWN Toynl ¥ akes Tw Last Vace of the Mother, Fond COWES, Isle of Wight Jan 1 m. - The members of the royal family terday morning took their last look at the foatures of the dead queen. About 10 o'clock in the morning the shell was brought into the bed room, where were waiting King Edward duky Emperor William, the of Connaught, Siv James Reid and the royal women The latter having retired 8ir James Reld, with reverent hands, a slsted by three trusted household servants and in the presence the king, the em peror ard the duke removed the body from the bed to the coffin. Not a trace of the ravages of disease was visible, The sery ants having retired, Queen Alexandria, the prince and the children were called and with lingering steps and stified sobs hey passed slowly before the white-robed and peacoful figure. At the foot, never moving #tood the king und when the mourning crowd hud son and grandson of the dead Kalxer Weeps Bitterly Imperor William wept even more bitterly than the royal women. Finally tired and the king left alone James Reid, beckoning to the servants, who were holding the cofin lid, asked the king's tnstructions For a fow seconds the king stood speech- ssed therp rems the ned only he also re was Sir Toss, stricken with emotion at the last fare well. Then he said quickly: *Close It finally; it must not bo opened again Thus the remains of England's greatest ruler were ferever closed from human view. Reverently dining room roval yachts coffin, over Kalsor gently lald (h of the Garter, placing at the head a diamond crown. Hanging above was the union jack At the altar was the rector of Whipping- ham, who read a portion of the funeral servica {n the presence of the royal family Emperor Willtam covered his face with his hands and the grief of Princess Beatrice was pitiful. After the benediction each placed a wreath upon the coffin and then all retired The correspondent of the Associated Press 1s informed that the heen opened and will aftor the funoral the cofin va Offcers and tock their which the horne into th men from the stands around the king, q and queen’s will hi not be opened until its details being unknown s not to the royal family Atleged Deathhed Compnet. There is no truth in the statement that King Edward and Emperor William knelt by the bedside of the queen and swore to preserve peuce the deathbe uralnes; dramati According A significant feature of all scenes has been their absolute and the of false or absence elements. to a rumor circulating at Os borne King Edward desires himself to be styled his imperial majesty, in order to | emphasize the fact that he is emperor as woll as king Today (Saturday) the local volunteers and the forces in the vicinity will pass through the Chapelle Ardente. After these will pass the corrvspondents of the l.ading papers of the world A very remarkable feature of all the pro- ¢rodings is the intense martial air which pervades them. The naval parade off Spit- head 18 to be the greatest, if possible, the world ever saw und the military arrange ments at Windsor will eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted Tonight nadiers are mounting thelr sl lent guard over the coffin, with guns re- versed, arms crossed and heads hent The silence s unbroken save by an oc- casion shufe from the soldiers in changing their uneasy position Crown Prin ex (o England. POTSDAM, Jan. 25.—~Crown Prince Fried rich Wilhelm, accompanied by Colonel Pritzelwitz, started for England at 10:3: | & escorted by the third-c st versed stood at the World from Cowes will was openc | the duly constituted auth will ever be m have an entirely |» children of Vi robes of the Knights | AT NEW KING'S CORONATION | o'clock this morning via Flushing, LILY DENIES SHE'S MOBBED BISH FIRES IN ACSTRALLA of- Says She fl"r-rr;f No Dege Hundreds of Fan en Are Burn Out and (Copyright, 1801, 1 Many Drop Dead of Heat Apoplexy, LONDON, Jan. (Ne York World Ca- | —— lesrar Specia ‘elegram.)—Mrs. Langtr, e T e it | THERMOMETER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY tinued TR Degenerates” in Bai. | Hurricane Sweeps ruction and ham theafe, ’0 e from London New rit Waves after an annouthy 0 queen’s death, n Big Fishing Fleet Her story is that we } authority to and o Town. order the cur A ruUng G as the theater | manager was absent and €he was at som trouble to learn if the report was true, but | SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 25.—A special to finall the curtuin was rung down before |(he Times from Vancouver . N the third act was concluded. The manager | The destruction b ! h in Australia them arrived in alarm to see that a great |According to mail advices by the steamship crowd had g hered before the theater A Frangi, have been a ling Many ople he drove away Mrs. Langtry admits a few | are dropping dead from heat apoplexy, the boys hooted, but no vielence was offered. [ thermometer running up to 115 and 120 in “I am the Inst person in the world,” she |the shade. Hundreds of families have been ald tn wish to ca a slight upon the burned out, aund on of the « reigning house. All my friends know that.”” | €ountry residences have been destroyed | Marvelous escapes were made One ARRANGE FOR THE FUNERAL ) * farmers wakon drove 10 pereons fio ‘\h( fire circle and sure death three miles Remaine of England's Former Queen |0 @ T0Ver where they all rematned im Wil Not Be Viewed by mersed with only their mouths and noses Masses, above water untfl the terrific flames had ik | passed over. Scores of miles of grain have COWES, Isle of Wight, Jan. 25.—The |been destroyed and great droves of sheep body of Queen Victoria was removed to the | 804 cattle have perished Chapelle Ardente, in the dining room, thi: A terrible hurricane ha read death morning, by a party of bluejackets from |A0d destruction in New Britain. The force | the royal yacht of the waves after the wind subsided wa The only persons who will be admitted to | 'orrifi At Herbert Shore, the white set view the remaine today will be those whose | tlement, the whole town was demolished names appear on the quecn's visiting list, | On€ hundred and forty-eight boats, large officers of the army and navy and a few | 40d small, were smashed to kindling wood prominent residents of the island All the wharves were wrecked. The The marquis of Lansdowne, secretary of | Were uprooted and the banana fields extend state for foreign affoire. Fleld Marshal [ID& for miles laid waste. Almost every at arl Roberts, commander-inchief of the |!¢mpL to save proper esulted i loss of forces, and Willlam St. Jobn Broderick, | 1ife. The death list among the natives wa socret of state for war, will be among |'arge. No human being could live in the those who will view ber majesty’'s remains, | 810rm, and those who wished to save them It has been definitely decided that there |SeIves retreated to densesforests inland will be no public lying in state. Sydney Telegraph's correspondent at The arrangements for the fuperal are | New Hebrides expresses the fear to his dually evolving The remains of the ‘h-mv-r that the French will drive the Eng queen will be taken to Pestsmouth on board | 11sh from the New Hebrid They the royal yacht Alberta and will remain |condoning the murder of the Englishman, on the boat Friday night, February 1 | Captain Kass, by natives. They have en Contrary to expectation, Crown Prince [Baged men to hoist the French flag re Frederick Willlam of Germany will not | peatedly on trivial occasions and celebrate come to England on the al yacht | When a French ve arrives or passe: Hohenzollern, but will arrive tomorrow Prominent Frenchmen openly declare that | The grand duke of Baden has given notice | England is much invelved and now (s of his intention of attending the ‘funeral France's chance to hoist the neh flag The imperial German yacht Hohenzollern, | In the islands | s crufser Nymphe, was signaled during the atternoon at bover. | EARL WANTS TO BE DIVORCED The yacht will come to Cowes and the | | crulser will proveed to Portsmouth. rd Rosslyn, Former Actor a War | The marquis of Lansdowne, secrotary of Correspondent, Begins Suit te for forelgn affatrs came to Oshorne Amninst His Wife, today by speclal command of the king. He | — will be presented to Emperor Willlam | EDINBURGH. Jan. 2.—The earl of A private service over the remains of | Rosslyn today began a suit for a divoree Queen Victoria was held this morning. The [against his wife. Lord Rosslyn has been an coMin was placed on a crimson dais, in | actor, his stage name being James Erskine. the center of the dining room and rested | His full name is James Francis Harry, St. [on a silk union jack. A white satin pall | Clair-Erskine. He has also served in South wag over the cofin, with the royal crown | Africa with Thornycroft's Horse and was a and insignia of the Order of the Garter | War correspondent for the London Daily embroidered on it. Sentinels with arms re- [ Mail. Lately he has been cditor of the Scot- tish Life. The 1869 and in 1 arl of Rosslyn was born in 10 married Violet, daughter of orn § » Robert Charles de Grey Vyner of Gaulby OPEN THE LATE QUEEN'S WILL | Jorert o e e pn . of by = Remnin |® %00 and duughter. The son's title {4 Lord Loughborough. He was born in 1802, BARON ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD € the ¥ ires ¥ NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—A dispatch to the Queen Victor iined yesterday by rities. Nothing officlally as to the Eays and exa at rankfort. de public | provisions of the instrument or the amount | FRANKFORT, Jan. 25.—Baron Wilhelm | of her private fortune. It is generaily sup- [ von Rothschild, head of the banking firm posed that this preliminary inspection was | of that name, died at noon today made In order to follow exactly her maj- | The deceased, who was 74 years of age, esty's dircctions in regard to her funcral. | was head of the Frankfort house of the | It is known that the queen made a will | Rothschilds for fifty vears. IHe was an| early in her reign, which was repeatedly | uncle of the three members of the London | altered and added to as children and grand- [ house, and handled many of the largest children were born and as her cstates | Germsn government loans rapidly advanced in value. This proceeded | 1 until 1896, when her majesty decided to | BOERS DYNAMITE TRAIN | document care new personal drawn, and with great this was accom ord Kiteh, No ¢ er and usale Those in a position to make any sort of a guess as to the provisions of the queen's | i will declare that the Princess Beatrice,| PRETORIA, Jan. 25, -Ye ay a train wigow of Prince Henry of Battenberg, will| with Lord Kitchener and a body of troop be” the principal beneficlary. She is the | proceeded toward Middelborg, an armored | Bovernor of the lsle ot Wight and will | pilot engine preceding. It wus derailed by | probubly inherit Oshorne house and the | dynamite near Balmoral. The Hoers, whe | | whole cstate surrounding it. Then the | were in force, opened fire and the British duke of Connaught and his sons, who have | replied. The Boers were ultimately driven | been great favorites with Victoria, will|off, The British sustained no casualties | receive large portion of tho fortune. The duke will probably become the owner of | | | Balmora and e Scottlah property |DIG UP STREET PROCESS!ON The g recelve who bequests ndehildren the are expected to | largest the two | oria’s youngest son, the for mer duke of Albany Exenvators "t Scientific e € 0 mark; oves. ylon Treawnr The que n's second daughter, Princess BERLIN, Jan. 25.—The German Babylon Christian of Schleswig-Holsteln, Ia not rich | o i B B A Germa ; and it is expeeted that she and her four | . of.. Kaldewey, the a | noted assyriologist, reports two important children will be liberally provided for L il AL LI sdward VII, who will mply previded | bl \| “:‘ ';' hed - street | for by the country, and the duke of York, L R, »vwlnr‘x rn:~ tutelary who comes into the duchy of Cornwall and | S{HY 86 Bubylon, and the great Mero will be the prince of Wales, will probably [ f4¢h temble of Esaltu, containiog a large not share in tne late queen’s private for- of very interesting antiquities tune. WILL USE GERMAN FIELD GUNS British ¢ Abont to S Mr. Choate (o Be Reinforced by Wil lery of itary and Noval as Well as Cive clgn Manufacture, thiau Awsociates. TBENS e DS R WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The president [ M3t modern field guns of German manu- | probably will designato a representative of | f1¢tUre, with their carriages, ammunition, the United States army. one of the navy, | W4KOns and equipment, have arrived here and at le one prominent civilian, to | fFOM Germany for service with the British act in conjunction with Mr, Choato in rep- | 7 ith Africa resenting the government of the United S e oo clak ivars | MR. BROWN LOSES HIS SUIT VIL This will be in line with the prece- | X dent established in the ca \e corona- | New York Man Wh tion of the ent czar. The precede Consolidating Kansan Ci calls for oficers of high rank for such an | Gow ( occasion and it will be necessary to send | them from the United States NEW YORK The ai It 15 expected the coronation will mot | vision of the supreme court handed down a take place for about six month decision today amrming order of th lower court in the case of Robert G. Brown KAISER AS A FIELD MARSHAL |azioc Fovert S Suvier Browa sis that in Aupust, 1895, Snyder made an agrec Ish Army Uniform | ment to pay him $10.000 it he could ne 1 of His Queenly | gotiate a combination between the rival| " gas companies in Kansas City and sued to (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) Justice Patterson, who writes the opinion LONDON, Jan. 25.~(New York World Ca- | of the ¢ nts out that the consolida blegram — Special Telegram.) — The Dally | tion was not effected until more than Chronicle understands the king has com- | year after the agrecment and then under en manded the kaiser to be made field marshal | tire different conditions. of the British army and that the kaiser will —————————— wear the field marshal's uniform at the fu- | Moven % of Oc neral. The kaiser Is already an admiral of | (At New York—Arrived—Aug 4 from Hamburg, the Britlsh fleet At Havre—Arrived—La Champagne, from v | New York War Ships Pay Homage to Queen. | At Loston- Arrived—Ivernia, from Liver HONG KONG, Jan All the war ships | Pl 4.9 sanRtawn; : w England, from in port, including the United States war |\t Agowt Arrived Peruvian, from ships Albany, Bemnington and Luzon and | Portland the German and Portuguese ships )u“..ufl“\" N i hall d-—-Port Albert, from today in a salute of eighty-one minute guns | M{PYR I8 SALIG L in homor of the late Queen Victorls A | fax and Portland; Cymrie, for New York. lator they fired a royal salute in celebra- [ At Moyilie-Sulled—Astoria, “trom Glas » accessiol o one of K sow P REW §OF ton of the accession to the throne of King | #°N: XN NN Y X¥ii ca batria, from New Edward VIL York, via Nuples, TWELVE YaNGLe cory WM CONDITIONS 1N PHILIPPINES | CONOITION 0 PAGES CENTS, (COMES T0 AN INOUIRY torial Deadlock to Be Enlivened by Investigating Committee, INVINCIBLES F THE WEATHER Thriven from aturns Une 3 and When Report That Immorality Runs Riot is Denied by the Commission, s Yesterdny ¢ ¢ from the East SALOONS DO NOT R Y ANY MEAN b A “'UGLY RUMORS" assassinate farmers who refused fearing the blac would dynamite his home as they oved to Choteau isl WILL ALL BE Relntlons of the Friars to the fle Abuse of Anth Discassed, Houte Takes the Initiative Steps in the Proposed Exami had threatened placement Advoented, CALLS IT LEGAL CONCUBINAGE | fine farm home. About § o'clock TENTH BALLOT SHOWS NO SIGN OF CHOICE aw o stranger step to a nsmitted to the the secretary Philippine commission transmittal windowpane was sh near Schillinger re i his arm. The | | 9 | Another Blight Bhifting of Favors by the Republican Members. rt of the commission, but its act of leg Information a8 an example to the others, and Shertft Hotz {8 on ays he is now A gang of desperadoes is attempt BOTH HOUSES MEET AGAIN TODAY Wt Over to re Adjour Fails and the government of the islands may in their peaceful industrial develop $1.000 and the farmers $500 for the capture dead or alive. collector of Mis someone be appointed fears to handle the tax payroll while are after him. OF DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI | MeGonnigie, 7 Many Batfies, Diex Secretary Root enactment of h SO B I beg leave to supplement my annual re transmitiing Philippine commis but only recently department slon on that date ASHEVILLE, dovelopment of that Colonel MeGounigle was ing the eivil ind was connected with the guartermaster's of the Department of fhe Mis- Ho was court-martiaed of conduct unbeeoming g And threat Charles P, erward made commisshry general. A misdemeanor for emarry efther in this dustrial progress now granting of the AMERICAN BEER ALL Experts Decla commander from the con, commission count of the progress mad and gentlom McConnigle was appointed from 0 of guerrilla w to the date of port confirms the favorable anticipations of A personal letter r Taft, dated December 14, (8pecial Telogram.) the commission by me from Judge Representative ade assistant quartermaster presiding ofcer © to Investi to appoint a committoe of thr es of corruption ag or aud lteu- Insurgents Surrender, “Bince writing In Nocos Norte tates senator. h was traced to quartermaster’s not well affected towird veported tha wdidates had or had im told that Rreat many Martin then A committee American beer appointed by have no power to ¢ jotut. session mpel the attend investigation of Chicago ex native priests ry in the battles of Fivdiarks, Sailor's | Creek and Apvomattox Cogit. House. inst the Americy timportance hird knocks cvervwhere nd I decm this ac- | manufacturing this country vas rustpined Another speaker was Dr Wilkinson's motion out of order hitting small meritorions falling off iy insurgents in the cominission a views contained in its report by the following dispatch from Manils Becretary of War American brewer KILLED IN SHOOTING GALLERY quartermaster “On January reinforeed 11 ting at the ¢ overwhelming | | \ Washington HALF MILLION DOLLAR FIRE | Crockery and Passage of “House ot v bill at pre NEW YORK through the n o shooting gallery on the 0 improviog condi each honse Vil government cnn franchises of substantinl aplital n intern. needed as most iin- Dentrayed. Vit blished; no public oranches will although many mem Leen excused Fire of a m ment of private ments possible portant step in complete pacitication orgunized with defined purp curing efvil government States und reasor Legisiators and other in the senatorial con! the vigorous loss of $550,000 and in re watching with standing six Ing a sign on the the counter falling glassware or were scorched near at hand in our opinion when dis. turbances existing 3 in circulation last Kelly picked up a n burning slowly for some though seriously and it is predicted that by noon were saved rives to give Filipino people advantuges Kovernment and expired Brooks building ailway, which pressed in writing their willingness to enter ¢ under the conditions named, which evated Loop unsatisfying. Commission em Building, $10,000; stock, all well insured Brooks is one of on being made that be cffective MOURNING no nomination ind uneertainty of tenure ation my imposxible The Douglas eounty mem awalting law (o perf surance that they would go into the caucus MRS. RICHARDSON'S HEARING sed to Know recommend S insurrection dispositio established. disposition point where civil gov- Tmproving t | of the members towards the call A special to the ndicting that preliminary CCOMMISSIO! arly twenty “A dispatch from Judge Taft, ¢ Richardson, assumption members who have from the organization voting have Richardson, Christmas eve, wa millionaire begun here today signs of wavering dur betng captured or in considerable | rendered daily anidress showed conference of all members upon a common ground, although of « o0 occur for several days tional developments would be di Richardson in Topeka next | Work' in Samar P court room Richardson appea slower because The Wilkingon resolution, authorizing an tigation of the fon of interior and swollen STEAMS UP TO NEW ORLEANS various char has driven duelng disturbance, but infc unexpected reveral days tnereasing in Manil introductio As amended CUTS HIS THROAT WITH RAZOR arged with Burning §ifs kes His Owa provinces on | 3W ORLEANS Jan. 25 was glven today to the fine first-class n crulser Vine The ship spent the Representative (elands are tion authorizes the committee 000,000 acres held in private ownership. More permanent government . portation, but whether they have given any Tenn., Jan. charged with burning his wife to WOODBURY before noon, resenting Gern supply are ne rupt practices “The section of the report on the liquor t the powers Delegation, Officers pursuing u discovered that indicates th of the commission are ampl that subject ul hore to ¢ from the Ger m ofMiclal order: | among them bei aontracting reports of Mrs, Gordon's death Queen Victoria and {ns officers shall wear cr misleading statements have » of intoxleating liquors KILLS SHERIFF FROM AMBUSH | | than in any in the United States. greater size children are % Officind Coming nnd Pulls recommendation hoard Governor commission to your approval, through the that part of your military authority perintendent atron of the FUN COSTS DOLLAR A HEAD| War depart prive, Kansas, imission had legislative procedare dopted regular methods of lay's ballot senators resulted Morgan Guleh examination reading of the report Sherlff Sump found gullty reopened and did a tion suits were begun against 1sts of the county to close their pla T are included | Temperance and fined $1 each big business the conviction that who is accused of breaking into some cabins | the commission neighborhood sheriff coming rward with all practicable speed establishment FOOTPAD'S VICTIM MAY DIE of Kansax Joints in the county OREGON ON MIDDLE GROUND rermitting n institutions fulfillment of our duty to the peaple Philippine islands Metklejohn, secretary’s concerning | States Senator, wing questic potpad near The senate today | with principal being fractured shall be given the regular state elections, thelr United States senator,