Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1901, Page 1

v ) ) *ing in women and children, cattle and food ’ THEY CRY FOR BREAD OR WORK ] I'ABL l\l”']) APPEALFROMKRUGER Pall Mall Gazetts Prints a New Plainthes Interview with Boer President. L, ASKS FOR SOMEONE TO ARBITRATE “Will No One Give Us a Ohaaoe of | Defending Ourselves?” CAN PROVE ENGLAND THE AGGRESSOR Olaims Transvaalers Declared War Only Feoause Compelled. FRE!;CN MAKES ONE MORE CAPTURE Report Comes from fLourenzo Marquer That Large Force of Boers Have Surrendered (o Him in Ermelo, LONDON, Feb. 15,—The Pall Mall Mag- azine will publish on February 15 an in- terview with Mr. Kruger, in part as follows Will no one arbitrate? W1il no one give us a chance of defending ourselves? We may have done wrongly, we have our foults and our weaknesses We declared var, but our hands were forced and we cun prove It. Get someone to judge be- tween this England aud ourselves ‘But the Lord will help us in the end We shall win. I do not know how or when, but we shall win at last.” Mr. Kruger says the Transvaal offered nore reforms in one week than an older country would make in forty yea glv- Ing in to the uttermost, but the uttermost was seized upon as a stumbling block Referring to hia reception in Buropo, which has bitterly disappointed him, Mr. Kruger safd: “I care nothing for flowers, nothing, nothing. The people who send them mean well, and 1 am grateful, but I care nothing for them. What I want is a fair hearing. If they will only give us a falr hearing and Justice. We are a little folk, but we have made great steps When asked why he came to Europe he sald to the interviower: “I could not go out with the commandos, as did Mr. Steyn, but 1 thought I should be of some use bere.” Regarding Mrs. sorry for her, too. tor her, but I have my country. My wife Bix are still with her. They were left with her in her home. ‘Myo were cap- tured, I believe; two more are dead also, a8 I have not heard from them for two months and 1 know they were in the thick of the fight. Thirty-one sons and grandsous I have in the field, yet I could not go on com- mando. I have not heard from my wife for sixteen days, but she has six children with her and she is not to be pitied.” Keported Capture by French, LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Feb. 15.—1t I8 re- poried that General French has captured a large Boor force In the Ermelo district. The ammunlition, guns and shells surren- dered by the Boers to the Portuguese at Komatipoort will be sunk at sea. Women Assist Stratesic Move. CAPETOWN, Feb. 15.—For a month Lord Methuen has been scouring the country be tween Kuruman and the Transvaal, bring Kruger he sald: “I am I have a deep sorrow far more sorrow for has her children. I from all the farms. Fitty women and 100 children, together with a few men, ho has #ent to Vryburg. On one occasion while he was pursuing a commando the Boers sent off their wagons in charge of women and girls in one direction and went themselves in another. The women were such expert drivers thot the British had considerable AifMeulty in catching the convoy. General Smith-Dorrien occupled Amsterdam and Taungs February 9 sh Back the Boer: COLESBURG, Cape Colony, Feb, 18.— Plumer's column encountered General Dewet February 13 and gradually pushel back the Boers. The British had a fleid battery and the Boers one five-pounder. The shrapnel burst splendidly. Ten of the Pritish were wounded during many hours of fighting. An occastonal dead Boer w found. The engagement is being continued today. All the males at Grasfonteln have been arrested. There is plenty of evidence that they were assisting the Boera. Severnl Thousand l‘ll‘ People Pa in Buda Pest, Finally Be- coming Vielent. BUDA PEST, Feb. 15.—Several thousand persons out of work marched through the principal streets here today currying mot: toes such as “Bread or work is our righ’," and singing the “Marselllaise.”” They also began smashing the windows of restaurants and stores. Tho police, In force, dispersed the. mob after scenes of violence, during which many arrests were made. GERMANS TO HAVE FAST GUNS | Military Commisstoner Repo Ra s That -Fire Rifies WIN Be Supplied the Arvmy, 15.—Durlng today's dls- cussion in the budget committes of th Relchstag, one of the military commis- sloners said the tests with the machine Kuns firing 300 shots per minute w sat- tsfactory and that the whole army would be fitted out with them,during the present yoar, forming a special corps. BERLIN, Feb, Death of Hel (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) NICE, Feb. 15.—(New York World Cable- gram-—Special Telegram.)—Helen Fiske dled at the Cosmopolitan hotel here yester day after a short (llness. MAY COMBINE WITH YERKES Unfon Tractlon Company May Enter Connolldation of Chicago's termural Lines. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Representaltves of the Union Traction company today denied unequivocally rumors-of a consolidation of Al the street and elevated railway lines operated by that corporation and the Inter- %18 aMliated with Charles T. Yerkes. Rep- resentatives of Charles T. Yerkes, on the other hand, stated that resident stock- bolders and directors of the Union Tra tion company would not be consulted pry vious to the consummation of the rumored deal /" Tn financial circles the belief was gen- erally expressed that the report of a com- Fioation of a closer alllance of the Unlon Loop, Lake street and Northwestern Ele- vated companies was trus and that th companies would in the near future be united under one wanagement, JUNE { mal | fired THE OMAHA Judge Hook Refuses (o Releane Him on Hall, Neceasitating Re- tarn to Prison. LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Feb. 15—Ex- sriin M. Carter, U. 8 A., serv- in the federal prison at wacth for defrauding the goy- sontracts, toduy suffered N tempt to secure re- anot lease Judge Hook retused to release Carter on bail aud ordered him remanded to the fed- eral penitentiary to await the action of the Unites States suprems court, his habeas corpus case. “I cannot,” said the judge court the reason for liherating the prisoner on bafl Such a case has’not been presented that would authorize anything of the kind and the motion is deried and the judgment of the court stands Carter flushed “‘even had the as these words were spoken, but soon regained his composure, quietly put on his overcoat and left the court room with Warden McLaughry to re- turn to the penitentiary ‘L am innocent of the charges upon which 1 was convicted,” are the opening words In Carter's aMidavit, court-martial proceedings will be declared null and vold by the supreme court, and | the conscquent recovery of my liberty will | not vindicate my honor nor proclaim my innocence to the world." Carter's special plea for liberty is that | he may secure civil trial at Atlanta, Ga Continuing, the afdavit attempts to ac count for the sums of money expended by Carter in excess of his pay, stating that they were given him by his father-in-law. Two physiclans offered afidavits to the ef- fect that the prisoner was a sufferer from neurasthenin, and it confined for any length of time would suffer mental collapss and become insane W. C. T. U. ENDORSES HATCHET Presldent of White Ribboners Urges Followers to Glve Mrs, Natlon Ald, 15.~The Reword toduy N. Stevens, president of the Women's Christtan Temperance union, has sent the following message from her home iIn Maine to Mrs. Caroline Grow and Mrs. Chapin, editors of the Unlon Signal, the official organ ‘Print as many good things as vou can of Mrs. Carrie Nation; she certainly has accomplished much.” It was the first endorsement that has been given Mrs, Nation by the Women's Christlan Temperance unlon's officer. Mrs, Nution wears a white ribbon, but she sald at Willard hall Wednesday night: “I haven't much use for the white rib- bon and not so very much for the Women's Christlan Temperance unfon. They wouldn't help me along with my work. They are too slow." ‘The endorsement, if we interpret it that was glven cautiously,” sald Mrs. Grow, “as Mrs. Stevens is studving Mrs, Natlon and her methods. Truly her work In Kanwas is remarkable and the entire Women's Christian Temperance union 1s now recognizing it “Do you think Miss Willard would have approved of Mrs, Nation?" “By all means; she would have liked her work In Kansas. “I think the Women's Christian Tem. perance unfon in Chicago 18 being shaken up by Mrs. Natlon; so are the church people, sald Mrs. Chapin. “Wa are all too apathetic. I doubt if there will be any bands of home defenders formed here, but surely the women will be quick- ened by tie Mrs. Nation spirit.” CRASHES DOWN EMBANKMENT Street CHICAGO, Teb, says: Mrs. L. M Car Containing Thirty Pas- scogers Leaves Ralls and s Wrecked. NATI, Feb. 15.—A street car con- taining thirty passengers, enroute from Dayton, Ky.. to Cincinnati, jumped the track today on a down grade and plunged over a fifty-foot embankment fnto & small stream, Injuring all but one of the passen- gors. Several may dle. Among the mor seriously Injured were: Motorman Samuel Yates, fatally. W. H. McCormick, Bellevue Miss Edna Contans, Bellevue, may d\ Willlam Spencer, Dayton, Ky., may ai Miss Ella Huxell, Westwood, may die. A. H. Waggner, Bellevue, The others injured recetved cuts and brulses, Mies Emma Hampton was the only passenger who entirely escaped injury. She was taken from the wreck in a fainting con- dition. The car was running at a lively speed when it suddenly struck some small ob- struction on the rail and lustantly veered across the track. Motorman Yates stuck bravely to his post in an ondeavor to apply the brakes, but his efforts were unavailing and the car crashed over the embankment VICTIM OF BENGAL TIGER Bloodthiraty Beast Attacks Its Keeper INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 15.-Albert Nellson, aged 15 years, employed as an ani- mal keeper at the zoological garden in this city, was killed by a Bengal tiger today. He entered the cage in which the tiger was confined and was attacked by the beast. A terrible struggle followed, in which Nell- son was torn in & bundred places. Redhot frons were thrust into the bloodthirsty ani- luto its body did it releaso its hold on the vietim. Nellson was dragged from the cage more dead than alive and w hurrled to the city hospital, where he dled as he was being carried in. The tiger was not fatally wounded. Nellson lived at Plqua, 0., and had been employed by the company three years. He was in ckarge of the lion cubs and it is supposed opened the tiger's cage by mistake. MANILA MINERS' RICH FIND Two Clean Up $5,000 in Two Weoks— Tmportant Discovery of Gola, 15.~Colonel Marous D Cronin and elghty men of the Thirty-third reglment have routed 100 insurgents at Candon, South llocos Cap sen, with fifty men, routed a force of ihe enemy at Santa Maria. The insurgents, who were commanded by Tino, had two cannon and were strongly en- trenched behind stone walls on a steap mountain side. There was h fighting for thres hours. When thelr ammunition was exhausted the Americans retired a short dist Then Tino abandoned his position and retreated southward Gold dfscoverien of some {mportance Lave been made {n the province of Lepanto, Two miners made 33,000 n (wo weeks. The min- ing prospects in the provinces of Benguet and Bontoc, adfolning Lepanto, are on- couragigs. but it 1s impossible to obtain @ title to miping clams at present, MANILA, Feb OM:AIIA, on appeal n| | power, which is doubtful, see a | ‘and believe that the | but not untll seven bullets had been | SA'I U RDAY IMPORTANT DAY FOR (UBA| Inland Republio Exvects to Make Great Ocoasion of Bigning Conatitution, lIS TO OCCUR MONDAY OR TUESDAY A1l Foreign Consuls Are to He In- vited to Witness Ceremony—Com- mission and General Now Conferring. HAVANA | Wood left Havana |rest at Batabano. | special committee Feb. 15.—Governor General today for a two da With him went the appointed by the Cuban in(mllllvllh nal convention to draw up & proposiiion defining the future relations betwaen the United States and the republic of Cuba The committee and General Wood will discuss the matter this afternoon and the former will probably return to Havana to- morrow Judging from the personal opin- ions of the members of the committee, no objections will be raised on its part to instituting the most liberal relations; in deed, it seems to be accepted as a matter {of course that the United States govern- | ment is entitled to ask for assurances as |to the stabllity of the republic. There is |an evident disposition to look upon the outline of the proposed relations as pub- |Msted in La Nacion, as indicating what is desired by the United States, La Lucha | commented favorably on the proposition at | | the time. May Stall Naval Nations. The only hitch that is expected to arise between General Wood and the commission in discussing the question is as to the estab. lishing of naval stations in United States. Tho other clauses may be somewhat modified, but it is Itkely that an agreement will be reached whereby Cuba shall not negotiate loans on which she is unable to pay interest and shall not make treaties with other nations prejudicial to the interests of the United States In Cuba or in any way preventing the Island’s free- dom of action. The United States, on the other hand, will guarantce peace and the protection of the rights defined by the treaty of Paris, and all rights acquired by milltary decrees during the period of in- tervention will be respectad. The specfal conmittee will report to the convention early next week The signing of the constitution will be made an occasion of fmportance. Tt fs ex- pected to take place next Monday or Tues- |day and the foreign consuls will be in- | vited to be present. NOT LIKELY TO BE ABSORBED ent of « ado & Southern Railway Denies Rumored Sale Other Roads, DENVER, Feb. President Frank Trambull of the Colorado & Southern rail- way In a4 statement issued today denles the 1iklthood of that road being absorbed. Ife suys: My Information from official sources Is that nothing is going on In Colorado & Southern matters. This refers to the vu- ‘mored absorption of the road by otner rail- road interests “All of the capital stock of the company is held by five voting trustees, a measure intended protect all security holders allke. This absolutely preciudes the domi- nation of the policy of the road In the self- 1sh interest of any other corporation, less all of the stock be purchased, and even In the latter event an arrangement would have to be made with the voting trustees before the voting trust could be lssolved. 1t will thus be seen that it would be Impossible to change the management of the property and its general policy with out the knowledge of the voting'traste particularly as the trustees are men who are eminent in raflroad and banking efrcles In New York, namely: ¥. P. Olcott, presi- dent Central Trust company; J. Kennedy Tod, banker; Henry Budd, head of the banking house of Hall, Garten & Co.; Gen- eral G. M, Dodge and H. Walters NEW PLAN IN RURAL SERVICE Maryland Town Postofice Bullding on Basis of Rur Population Served. to un- WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—An entirely new departure fn postofiice buildings in centers of rural communities was proposed to the | house postoffice buildings committees to- day, and met with general approval. West- minster, Md., is a small town of 3000 people, where the experiment of rural free delivery was put Into operation for the en- tire county. The town now distributes mafl to 40,000 people scattered throughout the county. It is now proposed to build a $50,- postoffice, with facilities for this wide- spread distribution. Chairman Mercer of the committes says this i the first building in small towns based on ‘he rural population they serve| | nstead of the local populatton of the town. Rural free delivery service was ordered established March 1, at Hooper, Dodge county, Nebraska. The route embraces an area of forty-four square miles, with a population of 500. J. B. Lane was appointed carrier. WANT THEM VICE ADMIRALS Senator out M, « Proposes a Way the Sampson-Schiey Dimculty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Senator Me- Comas is making efforts to secure a com- promise which will permit confirmation of the president’s nominations advancing vari- ous officers of Admiral Sampson's fleet for meritorious conduct during the Spanish war, He suggests that ali but Sampson~and Schley be confirmed and that congress pass a resolution creating the grade of vice ad- miral, with the understanding that these officers be glven the position. Some opposition is made by supporters of Admiral Schley, who fear that he would not be given the senlor position by the presi- dent, TARIFF WAR IS IMPROBABLE Indicates Impos & Duty. No Reanlt fro n of Countervall WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The State de- partment has officially advised Count Cas- sini, the Russian ambassador, of the de- clston reached by the Treasury department to Impose a countervalling duty on Russian sugar imported into the United States. Count Cassini was unwilling to express an opinlon as to what action his government will take, probably preferring to await de- velopments from St. Petersburg, whither he referrod the offielal communication. However, he scolfed at the idea that serlous tarift war ie probable, MORNING, Cuba by the | | rematn until after the inauguration DAILY BEE. FEBRUARY NEBRASKA DISTR I INTACT oner \rrlu'- Assures Cone gressmen That Towa's Attnek in Utterly Futile, 15 gram.)-Senator Thurston bhud with John W ternal rumor that divide the Commisioner fpectal Tele a0 intervies commissioner of ¥ Aative o the being made to collection distric orkes said he such a scheme was being pushed, but thought it had little chance of su eeding. | Later Congressman Mercer alao called upon | the same errand as the senfor senator from Nebraska, and was given to understand that { the Nebraskans need not fear about any | diviston for sometime mt least Seek Places in the Army, Scnators and members of congress wearing holes in the marble steps lead up to the White House in thetr sire to get a favorable position proteges in the army. Sengtor Thurston, In additfon to the batch of names he sent in early this week, has prepared this sup. plemented list of men for licutenants, ir cluding H. B. Mulford, now major of one of the provisional regiments in service in the Philippines: Nathan J. Shelton, Clan- ton €. Norris of Table Rock, and Clarence Furay, son of J. B. Furay of Omaha, All these men, with the exception of Furay, are in active service in the east Appr n The conferees having charge of the dian appropriation bl completed work today and agreed upou all conference, “except upon the appropriat of $100.000 for the survey of lands and begloning work for a dam across the Gila river at San Carlos reservation, Arizona, permitting the leasing of lands by ex- ecutive order In reservations for mining purposes, and sending to the court claims the Sisseton and Wahpeton claims, Senator Pettigrew's pet project These amendments, inserted in the bill by the senate, will be reported back to the two bodles with notice of disagreement, and the real fight for (he system of nutions irrigation will thus be sprumg upon th bouse under the privilieged question. Rep- resentatives Sherman, Little and Curtls, the house conferces, are decidedly of the opinion that their body will instruct the to further insist upon their disagreement The friends of irrigation have a fight on their hands, and every interest friendly to the recognition of arid lands 1s expected to lend a helping hand to the representatives in congress, for the Gila river dam site is looked upon as the entering wedgo for national irrigation. It is expected the conferees will report their disagrecment to the three amendments on Monday and ask for further instructions. Won't Press Indian BilL Congressman Gamble has decided not to press the bill ceding Indian lands in Gregory county, South Dakota, to the gov- ernment. The Indlan appropriation bill conta with a view to securing cefistons of such lands to the government. When the bill becomes a law Mr. mml»lu-?wm formally recommend that steps be t tofacquire Indian lands In Gregory cou hent Yerkes revenue today efforts braska Y { 1 WASHINGTON, Feb | | | | for thelr Indian rintion n thelr ftems Congressman Burke of 8ot recommended the estal!iy tree delivery aj Bouth Dakotn. Mondell States His Position. A controversy among western representa- tives has arlsen over the provisions of the measure providing for the reclamation of arid lands, which the house committee on public lands has under consideration with a view to reporting It to the house. On the one hand Shafroth of Colorado and New- lands of Nevada are urging the adoption of the bill embodying the provisions of bills introduced by themselves. Their proposed measure provides for and canals and for the diversion of streams at government expense; thit water so stored or diverted shall be used to irrigate spe- cific tracts of land which shall be sold at such a rate per acre that the government shall be retmbursed for its expenditure in constructing irrigating works -and canals. Representative Mondell opposes the provis- ions*of the proposed measure providing for the distributlon of stored water by the gov- ernment. He contends that the resolutions adopted by the national irrigation congress in December in Chicago should be followed These provided that the states shall have sole and entire control of distribution of water and that the generai government should not be expected to go beyond build- ing storage reservoirs and dams in the work of land reclamation. It is Mr. Mondell's con- tention that whe construction of ditches and the distribution of water {s not due from | the government, and that neither should the government make any extra charge for lands which may be irrigated by conserva- tion at government expense. No step should be taken, he contends, that would open the way for the general government to take from the states the full control of publie waters which they now possess do not wish to vote agalngt un arid land reclamation bill, shoull one be re- ported,”” Mr. Mondell sald this evening, “but I am prepared to oppose such a measure 1 it I8 not framed along the proper lines for the protection of all of our western inter- ests. I a comprehensive plan of land re- clamation !s to he fnaugurated it s highly important that such plans be good ones, for a mistake now in the adoption of a plan which will not be practicable and which will not be acceptable to the people of the west will prove a setback to reclamation from which we will' not recover for many years.' a hHas it rural igSherman, and, Madison 1n Soclety A Personal, Mrs. W. E. Andrews was hostess this atter- noon at a charming reception, being us- sisted in receiving by Mrs. Bishop of Michigan, Mrs. Ierguson of Nebraska, and Mrs. Dennett of South Dakota. A great many Nebraskans availed themselves of | the oppertunity to renew old acquaintance- | ship formed fu the prairie state. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ferguson of Hast- ings, Neb, arrived in Washington today and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. An- drews of the treasury department, and will W. B. Taylor of Omaha is at the Raleigh, Hon. Bert Gannett, now a- resident of Omaha, 18 on a visit to his parents, Mr. and ‘Mre. A, W. Gannett Senator Thurston will present the name of J. A. Miller of Fairbury for the position of special agent of rural free delivery He 1 strongly urged by representative men of Falrbury and other places. Senators by Direct Vote, Mr. Burke presented a memorial of the South Dakcta lcgislature urging the adop- tion of a constitutional amendment for the election of senators by direct vote of the people. Postmasters appointed Town—J. H. MecKeeman, Wayne county; J. E. Sullivan, son countr Wyoming mie county; coun Postoffices at Everett and Maple Creek are to be supplied by rural carriers Big Springs, Oasis, John- . Standa Ire Waters, , Archer, Lara- Lovel, Big Horn 16, understood | tn | on | is general authority for Investigation |- bullding reservoirs | Dr. George H. Stranger was appoiated pension examining surgeon at nxmne.'\il W und Dr. E. P. Rohrbaugh at Casper, 1901-TWELVE MASKED WOMEN RAID DEPOT | c¢ Fifteen Veiled Orusaders at Goffa Destroy Whisky and Bear in Transit. MISSOURI PACIFIC WILL PROSECUTE oMcin Detectives Offender Them Resent the t Act and Wil Send Mucover the and Have Tried, o women froight ftteen beer. IFPE, Kan broke Feb. 15.~Fifteen masked into the Missourl Paclfic depot ere tonight and destroyed jugs of whisky and four kegs of Breaking into a freight depot s a penitentiary offense and the Misouri Pa- cifica officials announce that detectives will be brought here to learn the identity of the women concerned in the affair so they may be The destruction of the liquor, it is contended, was unlawful, as the depot is not a saloon and the liquor from another state It is believed t an example will be made of the raild- it possible, to prevent raids on depots in other parts of the sta The women raided all of the “folnts” here Wednesday and a determined fight against the saloons has been kept up since then, prosecuted peka as a Dry Town. TOPEKA, Kan, Ieb, Todny was the limit fixed by the citizens' committee for the jointists of Topeka to (o be out of bust ness. As far as can be ascertained the orders of the cltizens have been observed The chairman of the vigilance committee said ho was satisfied tonight that the town was dry, with the possible exception of a little “bootlegging.”” The jointists have been busy all week moving their fixtures to places of safety. Mrs. Natlon in an interview tonight con- emned the action of the secret organiza- tion of men In Topeka which has closed up the joints. She sald the closing would only be temporary and the women would have made a much better fob of it. She sald it was a very serious mistake for the women not to go out on their smashing tour on the night of the 7th. She has called a meeting of the Home Defenders for tomorrow, at which various matters will be discussed Today, at Olpe, Kan., a large company of women, headed by the ministers of the town, walted upon the jointists and gave them just fitteen minutes to close. The women were armed with hatchets and threatened to smash the fixtures. The jointists did not wait to parley, but im- mediately closed. The same process was repeated at Cottonwood Falls. Riot Threatened at Winfield, WINFIELD, Kan, Ieb. A riot 18 threatened here as a result of the crusade recently fnstituted against the “jointists.” The saloon men have many sympathizers who deny that the crusaders have a right to destroy saloon property. The partisans of each faction are arming and & clash be- tween them Is imminent. Several ministers have been warned to leave the town or suf- fer the consequences. Saloon keepers have, however, agreed to close at midnight and to exclude chalrs and slot machines from the barrooms KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 15.—A special to the Times from Perry, Kan., says: Fif- teen women following Mrs. Nation sallled forth at 6 o'clock this evening and with axes and hatchets denuded and wrecked joints. The last visit, that to a drug store, ended in one of the women being severely burned by breaking a bottle of carboilc acid over her hands The sum total of the raid was twenty barrels of whisky, sixty-two kegs and twenty cases of beer turned into the street and $800 worth of fixtures destroyed. A cheer- ing crowd followed the crusaders from place to place. Neither the county nor city offi- clals made any attempt to Interfere. Emporia Women Are Ready EMPORIA, Kan., Feb. 15.—The principal churches of the city have agreed upon a plan to suppress the jolnts. A committee of ten men from each of the churches has been appointed with orders to have the joints closed within a few days. The women have organized and stand ready to do hatchet execution it it is needed INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 15.—Senator Bar- low today futroduced a bill legalizing “Joint-smashing” in Indiana. The bill per- mits any crowd of people not exceeding twelve to “smash any booth, boat or other place where liquor Is illegally sold in In- diana, declaring guch places to be nuls- ances. It also prdvides tbat anyone inter- fering with the “smashers” shall be pun- ished for assault and battery or assault with intent to kill. The bill was referred to the temperance committee. The bill speciies rooms, booths, boats, tents or wagons where intoxicating liquor 1s sold, or gambling or selling lottery tick- ots Is carrled on. It {s made the duty of peace officers “to proceed to abate such nuisances by processes now provided by law, but on the neglect or refusal” of these officers, ““the joint-smashers” may legally enter and destroy. The “smashers’ are freed from responsibility in damages. PECK IS A DRY MEASURE Kansas Prohibi Rid the Town of Two Moist Head- aunrters. WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 16.—One hundred prohibitionists, men, women and children living mostly outside of Peck, ralded two joints in that town last night. The citi- zens looked on in indifference, without violence, little excitement prevailing. Peck 1s a Sedgwick county town fourteen miles south of Witehita Traders walted on George Hattle, ran one saloon, and told him he would have to move out at once. Hattle owns | the bullding eand refused to budge. Then the crowd entered his store and removed every fixture and all his goods to the | street. They told him to take them from town. Again he declined, and they qulfl‘y( moved his goods to the depot They then vielted Carey Leedham, | another juintist, and carrled out the same program, exacting from his & promise not | to re-enter the business FOUR SUSPICIOUS FIRES All in Wotel Majestic and Belleved to Be of Incendiary Origin, who CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Four small fires, all of which are belleved to have been of Incendlary origin, were discovered today at different times on as many different floors of the Hotel Majestle, which adjoins the Great Northern hotel. Following the evi- dent attempts at incendlarism last night at the Palmer house, the Great Northern hotel and the Hotel Grace, today's fires caused considerable excltement and have resulted in the police and detective forces around the leading hotels te be more than doubled The police department belleves that or- ganized attempts are being made to create panics in the big hotels for the purpose of robbery and the utmost efforts are being PAGES. made to discover the miscreants CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast foor Nebraska—Fair; Warmor emperature nt Omaha ¥es Hour. ». » » " » » » ». STRUGGLE ON TOP OF THE CAR keman and Two Holdups Hard Fight While T in Motion. CHICAGO, Feb. 15.~On top of & box car at the rear end of a rapidly moving freight train Willlam J. Benuett, a brakeman, gave battle to two highwaymen last night. Ono of the bandits hud a revolver. With that one Hennett clinched. They rolled and tumbled about together on the top of the swaying car, each endeavoring (o hurl the other from the train. After a desperate struggle Beunett succeeded in getting his adversary in & position where he was able | to throw him from the car without golng | with him. At tbat juncture the confed- erata of the robber with the revolver came into action in A scuffle with the brakeman steuck hfim from behind with a billy and rendered him ous. Angered because of his narrow escape, the robber who had been worsted then set upon Hennett and as he lay helpless pounded him mercilessly over the head With his revolver, inflicting a dozen wounds and knocking out several of the victim's teeth. After mearching Bennett and re- curing a small sum of money and a silver watch, it i3 supposed that tha robbers jumped from the train and made their es cape. The assault took place on a train on the Lake Shore tracks between Forty- third and Fifty-first streets. Bennett did not recover his senses until the train reached Englewood. There the train was moving slow streaming from his wounds. Bennett climbed down the car and foll from the train fnto the arms of Yardmaster Flaws. The fnjured man was taken to the Engle- wood Unfon hospital. HIS BODY IS IN EVIDENCE 1ty Man Found in n Creek nve KANBAS CITY, Feb. 15.—The body of Willlam Stelp, a hardware merchant, mysteriously disappeared on January 31 last, was found today in a creek In an out- lying portion of the city. Etelp had taken his Iife with a revolver, clutched in his hand. About the sume hour the body was found a relative of Mrs. Stelp handed Chief of Police Hayes a letter, received by the woman, in which the writer offered to re- turn Stelp on the payment of $1,000, which was to be left at a point designated. Chiet Hayes began preparations’ to trap the al- leged “kidnapers,” but before they were rried into effect the body of the misuing man was found. The letter demanded that the money be sent at 7 o'clock tonight and closed: “If this money i not paid within this time your husband will suffer fmme- Alately."” Stelp, who had served as a juror on a murder case, worried himself Insane over the verdict rendered and wandered aws He had evidently been dead several days. Tho alleged “kidnapers” are belleved to have taken advantage of his disappearance to ply thelr game. The police tonight arrested William T. Beals, a teamster, aged 18 years, who was found acting suspiclously at the place whero the money was to be left. He is being held for investigation. ORPHEUM CIRCUIT STARTS IT Meyorfeld and Ackerman Lead We ern Vaudeville Managers' Conten- tlon with Eastern Syndicate. CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—The Record tomorrow will say: Western members of the Vaude- ville Managers' Assoclatfon of the United States are secretly preparing for strife with | their eastern associates. Abllity of the eastern managers to pay higher salarios than the western men and thus secure the best attractions Is said to have started the trouble, which threatens the dtsruption of the so-called trust. For two days Morrls Meyerfeld and Charles Ackerman of 8an Franclsco, presi- dent and vice president of the Orphsum circult, have been in Chicago In conferenca with the managers of the Cnhicago opera house, the Olymplc and the Haymarket, and It is asserted that the negotlations have reached a point where the papers for the #ale of the Chicago theaters to the Orpheum Ppeople are being prepared. When the sale fs completed the weatern managers will be in a position to offer united opposition to the eastern managers, and 1t fs said that unless the latter discone tinue their custom of giving performers ex- travagant salaries open wartare will be de- | clared. TWO WAGONLOADS OF GAME velt and Guide Bring ment of Lions ts, Gove R MEEKER, Colo, Feb. 15—~ Buck" Davis, a cowboy who has just come in from the north; brings the information that Governor Roosevelt and party will rench Meeker to- night. Mr. Roosevelt and John Goff, the gulde, have been down tha river hunting outside the Coyote basin arid came back to the Keystone ranch Tuesdday night with two wagonloads of lfons and wildcats. One of the llons, which will probably measure and welgh more than any other Kkilled on the trlp, was treed about forty miles west of the Keystone ranch and killed | by “Nig* one of Goff's blaodhounds. Davis says the roads hetween hers and Coyote basin are in bad shape on accaunt of hea snow The Colorado Midland agent at Rifle has been asked to reserve berths for Roosevelt and party on the train going east Saturday night. WARNS KANSAS CITY CHINESE tef of Police Rays Celestinls Must Cease W ing or Be Driven Away. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.—Sam Moy, a prominent Chicago Chinaman, arrtved here today to attempt to straighten out a fac- tional fight that hi existed in Kansas Clty's Chinatown several months. Moy in- terviewed the chief of police on the situa tlon and was told that there was only one way out of the troubl, “The Chinese must stop thelr wrangling," sald he, “or I'll drive them out of Ka Clty." Moy promised to do his best toward set- tling the trouble. He saved his companion and y, and with blood | who | which he still | ‘[?}(H,;} cory | less m | reluctantly |in lare again working; | down 175 feet and 1s still going down in No. CENTS, SIXTY MEN ENTOMBED FIVE Explosion Blooks All Ohaanals of Exita ad Fire Encompasses Them, MINERS WHO FACE A HORRIBLE DEATH Rescuing Party Hasa Long Dig Ahead and May Be Too Lat WOMEN WRING HANDS AT SHAFT'S MOUTH Tooks Like One of the Worst Mining Disasters in History. SPECIAL RELIEF TRAIN WITH DOCTORS Ocenn Steamahip Ordered Back in an Effort to Turn to Succor the Helpless Prisoners—Reports Grow Steadily Worse, SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 16,~A special to the Post Intelligencer from Victora sayve News of what is feared will be one of the most horrible mine accidents in the history of not enly the provinee, but of the domtn- fon, took place this forenoon at the unfon mines, owned by the Wellington Colllery company, of which James Dunsmulr, the premier of the province the princtpal shareholder. The telegraphic advices re- celved so far glve no compl of the accident, but newspaper correspondents now hurrying by steamers and tug- beats to the and the facts will shortly be obtainable. A near as can be gathered, the explosion took place about 11 o'clock In No. & shaft This particular shaft i situated fn the vil- lage of Cumberland. There were in it when the explosion took pla one of them ped. The wrecked the mine, destroylng the shaft from midway down and filling it with a solld mass of rocks, timbers and earth h Fire and Gas. The firat explosion was followed by sev- eral more, while the dense volume of smoke issulng from the ventholes indicated only too truly that the fire as well as gas wias doing Its destructive work below As soon a8 practical after the accldent the men of tho morning shift in No. 5 shaft or- ganized a rescue party. No. b 18 situated about a mile from No. 6 but the two workings are connected by a tunnel and through this channel an attempt was made to help the unfortunate fellows In the wrecked shaft They had not cut their way many vards through the debris when they encounterod fire, which rendered the plack untenable and obliged the party to desist. The hope- e came back by telephone to the surface, conveying the heartbreaking news to the relatives of the imprisoned men, whose urging was not necessary to induce the relief party to return to their apparent hopeless task. tescuery Foreed (o With@ras. Overvome at last by gas and smoke they withdrew from No. 6 and com- menced work on a long cut from No. 4, the only other means of reaching the men. Work on this was prosecuted with the greatest vigor until abatement of the fire No. b enabled them to once more re- turn there. Tho lntest news is somewhat encouraging, It being stated that the fans that the cage has got story sixty men and not one explosion 4 shatt A speclal (o the Times from Nanaimo says: An explosion occuired in No. § Unfon mine this afternoon. Sixty men imprisoned. The mine i3 on fire. The res- cue party failed 10 get down, owing to the fire and wreckage. The rescus party is nOW trying to got through from mine No. 5. A speclal train has left Victorfa with ofi- cials and doctors 1o connect with the etecmer Joun, which has besn ordered | back from Vancouver, Partinl List of Those Imprisoned. Of the sixty men imprisoned in the mine the names of the following are obtainable: Walker and two sons. John White. Thomas Lord. Robert Steel George Turnbull, Many of the men are married and have large tamilies. Immediately on recelpt of the news todsy at the head offices of the Dunsmuir company hers @ speclal train was made up and proceeded at 1:15 o'clock to Nanaimo. Premier Dunsmulr s not home from Ottawa, but his confidential representative, A. L. Lindsey, his son, Rob- ert Dunsmuir, Mr. Little, the superintend- ent of the mine, and Inspector of Mines Morgan left on this special. At Nanalmo, which was reached this evening, the Duns- muir steamer Joun awaited them and on hier they will proceed sixty miles by water to Unlon bay, the remaining six miles by land to Cumberland to be made on the Dunsmuir colliery raflway. The scene of the accldent will be reached by midnight. Dr. Walkem, the colliery surgeon, will {Joln the party of officials at Nainamo and will accompany them to the mine, Little Hope for the Men. Even should the rescuing party reach the Interfor of the wrecked workings toe night there is little hope for any of the men locked up in the shaft. John Bryner, ox- member. of parllament, brother-in-law of the premier and ex-manager of a portion of the Dunsmulr mining business, said to the Post-Intelligencer tonight that scarcely any hope could be held out for the men. Their Only Avenue o The only way in which any of them could escape would be by reaching some remote portion of the workings to which the fatal gases and smoke could not penctrate. The as in & coal mine, he said, did its work In a few minutes, hence the hopelessness of the task of saving men who had heen In it for hours. The last report of the fn- spector of mines pronounced the shaft as complying with the regulations governivg coal mines Memorable Bridge DI SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 15.~The Cumber- land mine s one of the properties of the Union Colllery company, situated near Comox and reached from Unlon bay by the private colllery rallway crossing the Trent river, on which the memorable bridge disaster occurred over a yvear ago. It hag been singuarly fortunate heretofors in {m= munity from disaster and was counted an espectally safo mine to work in by reasen of the character of the coal formation found there and thc manner in whioh it had been opened . No. 6 shaft, the scene was bottomed in October, 1598, at a depth of 814 feet. It 15 well constructed and timbered with a mud wall, the pit being timbered . with 12x18 wawed Julks, bulit solldly together, sixteen feet wide and twelve feet high. The shatt 18 located closs of the disaster,