Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1901, Page 1

LEADS THREE RAIDS Mrs Nation Resumes Hostilitios in Topeka and Oontinues Them All Day, BEGINS BY SMASHING ANOTHER JONT Makes My, Murphy's Booze Emporium Look . Johnstown After Flood. G —— 'S ANT NEXT ENTERED T /Reduces to Kindling" .noy Bars Btored There and in a Livery Barn, /COLD STORAY 'HAS 600 WARRIORS IN HER ARMY Mintsters, Women and Col Organize Secretly Under Her ership to ¢ h'—Police Ar- rest Her Four Timen, TOPEKA, Kan., Feb tion put in a busy Sunday fn Topeka today and as A result the caplital clty has ex perienced more genuine excitement than can be remembered by the oldest inbabitant Mrs, Nutfon literally crammed the day full of exciting eplsodes. She succeeded in baving the contents of a notorlous joint smashed, brbke into a cold storage plant where a number of fine bars had been stored away for wsafety and demolished them, addressed a large mass meeting of men and women, and was arrested four times, The last time that the law 1ts hands upon her was when Mrs. Nation emerged from the church where the mass meeting had been held Tenight Mrs. Nation announces that she will begin tomorrow morning where she Teft off today and will not rest until all the joints in Topeka have been closed. This morning at 6 o'clock she sallled forth from the state house grounds at the head of 00 men and women, all armed with hatchets and axes, and moved on the jolnts of the city. Nobody but Mrs. Nation knew what plans she had laid. In the crowd were a large number of the students of Washburn college, some of the ministers of the city and a number of professional and business men. The crowd marched in perfect military order. There was no ex- citement. The men and women were fol- lowing their recognized leader, whom they trusted implicitly. 17.Mrs. Carrie Na- Smaxh Without Formality. The company marched silently out of the state house grounds, down Kansas avenue 10 the place on East Seventh kept by Ed Murphy. When the joint was reached the work of demolition was commenced with- out preliminaries. Mrs. Nation, brandish- ing a new hatchet, had started the on- slaught, utiering words of deprecation against the joint keepers as she deftly t hér weapon through the first plate- glass window at hand. Others followed her lead quickly. Amlid the shouts of the crusaders and the dictatorial commands of the pollcemen present, trying to protect the property glass was soon crasbing to the ground on all sides. Next the door was stashed in with an ax, the interfor entered, and bar, kegs, bottles, mirrors and everything smashable was attacked. Hardly five minutes after Mrs. Nation had begun the smashing what was once a well- furnished joint was in complete ruins. Her work over, M Natlon proudly emerged from the place only to be arrested. $he went along with the officer, followed by her band and many people who had gath- ered At the police station she was re- leased promptly and hurried back to her work. She entered a llvery stable in which some bars had been stored and smashed them. Then at the head of twenty-five of her stoutest-hearted followers she went to the Moser cold storage plant and entered In the search of sgme liquor she thought had been stored there. This time Mrs. Nation was arrested by the county authori- tlea and was taken to jail in a patrol wagon. It was afternoon before she was released from jail on bond, and after tak- ing dinner with Sheriff Cook she went to the First Christiun church, whero she was accosted by an officer with a warrant and tuken to the county jall again. She stayed this time for two hours and finally her bond was signed by one of the folntists of the city, a prominent negro politiclan. Campaign Arranged in Secret. The gathering of the clans at the state houro grounds was conducted with the ut- most secrecy. Very few knew about the intended raid except those golug to take part in it. At 4:30 o'clock dark, silent forms might be seen hurrying across the dlagonal walks and the lawns of the state house square toward the big ghost-like bullding in which the business of the state is transacted. At every peint of vantage in the grounds sentinels of the ‘“army’ were posted. "These accosted each comer fn true military style and obliged him to give an account of himself. If he wore a white handkerchief around his neck it was all right and he awas allowed to proceed, as the white hand- kerchiet was the emblem worn by the cru- ers.. What 18 your company?” one would of the other ‘Company C. We meet over on the south steps of the state house.” And so the qu tloning went on. Finally the army wa massed in the dark, dismal corridor under the east steps of the capitol building and calmly awalted the coming of their leader. As they walted thelr number was aug mented by many more men, who entered the ate house grounds with & determined and grim look on their faces and with axes elung over their shoulders. Two men came in with great mining picks, and others had sledgehammers. These weapons were too large for the women, who composed one- fifth of the party, and they carried bright new hatchets. Tranquilly Overaleeps, Mrs. Nation overslept herself by one Bour. Joint smashing, she explained, had gotten to be such an ordinary affair with Ber that she pever had occasion to lose any slesp on account of the excitement it ed. But get in line there, men and women," #he commanded, “we must be about the Lord's work now. Get your hatchets ready and follow me" And they did. Two by two, with no excitement, weapous 10 hand, they moved out on their mission of destruction. In the front proudly marched Mrs. Natlon, with her hatchet ralsed proudly. Behind her were Mrs Rose Christ and Miss Madellne Southard, who accompanied her on_her trip to Chi- cago, and Dr. Eva Harding. Next came six ‘Washburn college boys bearing an immense battering ram. The crowd turned the corner at Sixth street and soon reached the front door of Murphy's fashionable jolnt. Four police- m 0od at the door Lo guard the en- [ — (Continued on Second Page.) k Taid | | deaths are THE OMAHA DEWITTE HAS OTHER OBJECT on American to Impress ny. L BURG, Feb. 17.-<Shrewd ob. eevers In Petersburg belleve that the Rusalan minisier of finance, M. De Witte, in imposing a discriminating duty on Ameri- can manufactures of steel was not only | animated by a desire to protect the Russian | sugar Industry, but cager 1o selze an opportunity to mobilize Russia's Industrial | army with a view to proving its ability to stand the test of a tariff war. It is be- lieved, moreover. that he desires to im- | press Germany even more than the United | 8t nating 1 Ge was The Russian press does not give any par- ticular approval the experiment. The Bourse Gazette, usually influenced by the minister of finance. warns both sldes against implicit faith in the Bismarckian theory that tariff wars do not disturb good political relations, pointing out that ex perience has shown the opposite to be the case as a rule. “We hope (he friction will be as quickly removed as it arose,” continues the Bourse Gazette, “since the political relations now existing between the powers are the best they have ever known. Both are play ing the g of the tertium gaudens which is perpetrating a blow against both." The Novosti, correctly representing Rus sian publie opinfon as to the Russian gov ernment’s sugar policy, demands the aboll tion of the tax and of a system devised enable few luzy maunufacturers to make enormous profits at the expense of the ecom missioners. two to Temperance Quest Involved. The result of the export policy, the No- vosii contends, is assigned principally to domestic high prices. 'It is well known that one of the chief obstacles to temperance work in Russia is the price of sugar, which checks the consumption of tea. Americans here have long been convinced that one of the most formidable obstacles to the development of America’s export trade with Russia Is the lack of sufMcient return cargoes to make a direct steam- ship line between New York and St. Peters- burgh profitable. Therefore, they deplore any actior that would tend to aggravate the difficulties Developments nt Washingt WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. unt Lichter velde, the minister to the United States from Belgivm, says his government has not taken any steps looking to retallation ugainst the United States because of the continued imposition of a countervatling duty on Belglum sugar imported into the United States. The countervailing duty on Belgium sugar has been imposed for several years past Recently, as hag been the custom annually, it has been restated or readjusted and this has given rise to the impression that the step was taken recently by this govern- mept. The readjusted duty makes little it any difference in the existing rates, LONDON, Feb. 18.—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, who describes the action of M. De Witte as “a reprisal strikingly disproportionate to America’s duty on sugar,” says “It any official negotiations have been going on they must have been entirely conducted in Washington. Russians here have been taken by surprise and the Rue- an papers, which are always well disposed to the United States, express great regret at the ‘unfortunate incident’ and a hope that some amicable arrangement may be reached.” IMPLEMENT MEN ARE STIRRED Ilinois Manufacturers W Ing to Conslder New Created Call Meet- CHICAGO, Feb, Stirred to the sense of the necessity for immediate action, the 1lnols Manufacturers’ assoclation will endeavor to assemble the leading manufac- turers of agricultural implements in the United States in Chicago at an early date for the purpose of discussing the retalia- tory fariff which the Russlan government intends to place in effect on March 1. The directors of the Illinols Manufacturers' as- soctation will hold a conference here to. morrow, when arrangements will be made to send out notices to all manufacturers in- terested In the Russian trade, asking them to attend the meeting. The chief object In calling the manufacturers together will be to canvass the situation with a.view to its correction. It {s understood that the manufacturers will endeavor to get a sugar fmporter to protest against the tariff imposed on beet sugar from Russia and thus carry the ques- tlon before the board of appraisers in the hope that the tariff may be changed. COLD DAYS FOR SPANIARDS mometer Registers Below Zero ™ ight Degrees Snow Falls in MADRID, Peb. 17.—Throughout Spain the weather is intensely cold, the thermometer registering eight below zero. Snow has fallen In Palma, where snow storms have been practically unknown. A heavy gale 1s sweeping the southern coast ami eight small wrecks are reported from Cadiz. PARIS, Feb. 17.—Very severe weather and heavy snowstorma are reported throughout France. Snow has fallen at intervals dur- ing the day in Paris. Snowfalls are also reported in’ Alglers, where several natives have been frozen to death. Telegraphic communication with the fnterlor is par- tially interrupted LONDON, Feb. 1T.—All Europe periencing a return of winter w; ere cold and snowstorms are repor all parts of England, Germany tria and Prussia The blizzard continues in the Odessa distriet In Switzerland many villages are cut oft. Numerous eported MEXICO CITY, Feb. 17.—Early this morning snow fell in this city and in the valley of Mexico. The ground being cov- | ered with snow in the higher suburbs where trees and troplcal plants were beau titul with & white mantle, greatly aroused the curlosity of the people and created much excitement. Snow has not fallen in this city before for nearly half a century In the city, however, it melted as fast as It fell DEATH BREAKS UP THE CRUISE Lady DeGrey Feels that n Court Ap- pointment Under . is Imminent, is ex- her. Se- d from Italy, Aus- (Copyright, 11, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Feb. 17.—(New York World | Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The An- thony Drexel party for the Mediterranean |cruise on the Margherita has been broken up by the Jeath of Queen Victorla, as Lady DeGrey 18 prevented from golng by the im- | minence of her nomination to & court ap- pointment. Others, also, are detalned In England. The Drexels are now on their way to the Greek isles. They will return iw Cannes within & month, | foreman | sufter death.” | garding the sale of the Danish W. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1 1901, Juy in Zabn Murder Oase Finds Verdict in the First Degroe. TWENTY-TWO HOURS CONSIDERING CASE ex the l ch Juror is Polled and Decl Chotce—Prisoner's Father Aftected, FREMONT, egram.)—The murder case, hours, brought the first Neb,, Jury after Feb. 17.—(Special T in the Herman Zahn being out twenty-two in verdict of murder in degree and fixed the penalty at death. A few minutes befors 2 jurymen informed the balliff that they had agreed. Judge Grimison, the attor- neys and erk were sent for and the pris oner brought to the court room. Ho looked paler than wsual and his eyes were slightly inflamed and swollen. As the jury fied past him their seats the box he eagerly scanned their faces. Thelr coun tenances were pale and haggard and fhey looked tired and weary after their night's a | work “Gentlemen' of the fury, who Is asked the judge Fred Howe," was the answer “Mr. Howe, have you agreed verdict?” Wo have,” replied “You will deliver your verdict to the balliff. Bailiff, you will deliver the ver- dict to the clerk. The clerk will read the verdict Tho clerk unfolded the paper and slowly read ‘We, the jury, duly empanele worn In the above entitled case, do find and say that the defendant, William Rhea, is gulity of murder in the first degreo in manner and form as charged in the information. And we further do find, say and determine that the defendant, Willlam Rhea, should suffer death FRED A. HOWE, Falters at Death Se As Clerk Cruikshank read the last part of the verdict his voice faltered. He hesi tated and continued in an awe-struck tone “that the defendant, Willlam Rhea, should The jury was then polled by order of the court and each man, as the aquestion, “Was this and is this your ver- dlet?” was asked him, answered *Yes." Not a muscle of the defendant's face your upon your Mr. Mowe, Foreman ence. changed while the verdict was being read | and the jury polled. He sat erect in his chair, his lips and teeth firmly set gether, with his eyes fixed on the clerk. At 3:15 he was taken back to the jail. Fifty people were {n the room, among them Wil- llam Klein, Rhea's father. Last night the old man paced the corridors of the court house for hours, his wan, drawn face show- ing that he was suffering Intense mental anguish. His pale face grew whiter, while his lips trembled and his body shook with suppressed emotion as he heard read the penalty his boy must pay for his crime. Rhea walked back to his cell as uncon- cerned as at any other time during the trial. The verdict was what was generally expectad. The Jurors decline to dissuss what occurred in the jury rooumn. OXLEY JURY SAYS GUILTY Murder {n Second Degree in Verdiet at Broken How, After Nine Hours' Deliberation. BROKEN BOW, Neb., Feb. 17.—(Speclal Telegram.)—The Jury In the Fullhart case reached a verdict at 3:30 this morning, find- ing Oxley guilty of murder in the second degree, after being out nine hours. The ballot stood at first nine for conviction and three for acquittal. The defanse will ap- peal the case in all probability SAYS DANISH SALE IS OFF en ‘that Stea Uncle Sam Correspondent » Compa Ialand LONDON, Feb. 17.—"“The Danish govern- ment,” says the Copenhagen correspond- ent of the Daily Mall, “has suddenly broken off all dealings with the United States re- st Indies This is due to a satisfactory offer made Cla revents nrchas I by the Danish East Aslatic Steamship com- pany to assist and in the future administer the islands. The American government has been notified as to this decision.” The Copenhagen correspondent of the Times says “rom a competent source I learn that the Danish West Indies will not be sold during the present parliamentary sesslon. The syndicate will form a new Transatlantic Steamship company and un- dertake other commercial enterprises in connection with the islands, whose excel- lent ports will be, it s presumed, inval uable when the Nicaragua canal is finished “The negotlations are still uncompleted but they wlil be settled hefore Oectober and the negotiations with the United States will then be dropped. Mr. Anderson, a prominent director of the East Asiatic Steamship company, is among the most anxious to retain the islands.'” 0IL WELLS IN THE GULF Secretary of War Gives Permission for Sinking Them Near Sabine ¥ AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 17.—A sp: Beaumont, Tex., says: Colonel W of this city and Judge O. M al from H. Pope the secretary of war to sink oll wells in the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of what is known as *“oil pool,” near Sabine Pass Judge Carter says work menced s soon as ments can be made. SIBERIA AND PORT ARTHUR Reported will be com- preliminary arrange- Asreement ectin ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17.—It is re- ported from Nagasukl that an agreement has been concluded between China and the Russo-Chinese bank for the construction of a rallway from Lake Baikal, Siberia, to Port Artbur. The bank, in return for con- structing the line, gets the right to work it for thirty years, The same information as- serts also that & llne is projected from Hakbta to Pekin THIEVES GET LEYDS' PAPERS Transvaal Diplomatic Agent Loses State Documents in Mysterions BRUSSELS, Feb. 17.—Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal diplomatic agent, returned here last night from The Hague. His baggage was placed for a moment in the vestibule of his residence and shortly afterwards It was ascertained that thieves had enterod the house by false keys and stolen w valise containing diplomatic papers. The police are luvestigating the matter, o'clock the | to- | Carter of | Fort Worth have recelved permission from | Senda Police BT B with Objectlo Governor. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-<It was learned to. day thet Masor Van Wyck on Saturday evenlug returned to Albany the pollce bili with his disapproval attached | The memorandum which the mayor sent 1o Albany with his veto Is addressed “To the Senate of the State of New York,” and in part says This bill abolishes the present Board of Polico Commissioners in charge of the police department of the city of New York |and transfers all thelr powers to a single comwmissioner to be named by the mayor, subject at all times to & power of re moval vested not only in the but also in the governor. The power of r moval glven to the governor is not limited In any way It is pot a power of removal for cause and it does Dot require that the commissioner shail have any opportunity of being heard before his removal ““The position of the commissioner to be | appointed under this bill is therefore that |although u local offive, his tenure of office 15 at the pleasure of the governor of the state, 1t is further provided in the bill no person the governor remuves shall ever subsequently be appointed to the office The whole purpose and efiect of this dis- qualification and of the arbltrary power of removal vested in the governor is to completely nullify the power of appoint ment nominally given to the mayor “This 1s a violation of the provisions of the constitution, which guarantees to the inhabitants of the counties, citles, towns and villages of the state the right to select their local officers “This bill is an attack upon the constitu- tional rights of local self-government. It s all the more dangerous because the at- tack is made in an underhand and indirect way." The mayor's message will reach Albany tororrow morning. It is believed that the bill will b passed over bis veto by both | houses of the legislature and that the gov- ernor will then sign & AFTERMATH OF FIGHT CASE and W. N. H estival Board v way that Mayor Fleischm Resign from CINCINNATI, Mayor Julius Fleischmann and W. N. Hobart have re- signed as directors of the Ciucinnati May Musical Festival association. The mayor was a liberal patron of the biennfal mu- sical events here. Hobart has been a di- rector in this assoclation for a quarter of a century and connected with it since its organization. He has been president of it for eighteen years These resignations are due to the opposi- tion of others in the May festival directory to the contest that was scheduled for last Friday night between Jeffries and Ruhlin. Hobart, who has been noted as a factor in public-spirited enterprises, is one of the members of the old Saengerfest board and also a director In the Saengerfest Athletic assoclation. Mayor Flelschmann had given the permit for the contest. While the promoters of the Jeffries-Ruhlin contest had much abusa }wmed on them, especially during the 4rial for an injunc- tlon, it 1s claimed that some of their asso clates in the festival directory were most severe and the retiring members do not care longer to be assoclated with them. COLONEL COOK IS GUNNING Denver G, A, R. M pes Into Chicago to Make T land E CHICAGO, Feb, 1 Cook of Denver, past department com mander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Colorado and Wyoming and a member of the national council of the Grand Army of the Republic, arrived here today for the purpose of arousing sentiment among the members of the order against the re- cent action of the exccutive committee of the council at a meoting in St. Louis in anging the place of the forthcoming en- campment from Denver to Cleveland Mr. Cook declares that Denver has not been treated fairly by the executive com- mittes and declared tonight that he had it “from most excellent authority” that a prominent member of the committee stuted during the last encampment in Chicago “that while Denver would be chosen here, Cleveland would finally secure the prize.” This alleged statement Mr. Cook quotes as evidence of the Insincerity which he charges M'CUTCHEON'S PENCIL IDLE George Ade Takes the Clever Care toonist South to Recuperate in Health CHICAGO, Feb. 17.~John T. MeCuteheon, the well-known Chicago artist and news paper man, who spent two years in the Philippines and who for geveral weeks has been serfously {1l with pneumonia, will ba taken to Asheville, N. C., in a short time Unfortunate symptoms developed during the past week and his friends became alarmed at his condition. As a consequence arrangements have been made for a private car, which will be placed at the disposal of Nr. MeCutcheon. Trained nurses will ac- company him, as will also George Ade, his close friend and colahorer. The doctors who have attended Mr. Me- Cutcheon declare that the tropleal fever has 8o fnfested his entire system that noth- ing but a change of climate can save his life. WITH VICTORIA AS A MODEL in Organizing tter Education a Clara Barton Assists oclation for ¥ of Wao PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.—The Natlonal institute, an association formed for pro- moting the higher education of women, has determined to raise a fund for the estab lshment of university scholarships shall bear the name Victorla Foundation and which shall serve to keep before young women of the future the high ideal of womanliness and domestic virtues, coupled with the studious and progressive spirit as exemplified in the !fe and character of the late Queen Victoria. Clara Barton of Washiogton will be the treasurer of the fund NATHANIEL SWIFT IS DEAD Hrother and Partner of the Packer Dies with Congested Brain. CHICAGO, Feb, 17.—Nathanlel Switt, a brother of Gustavus F. Swift, the million- aire packer, dled here today after an illness of four days, the immediate cause of his demise belng congestion of the brain Mr. Swift was born in Sagamore, Mass., 63 years ago. He was ordained a minister of the Methodist denomination and took his first pastorate at Eastbam, Mass., when he was only 22 years old. In 1876 Mr. Swift gave up his ministerial duties to enter into | the packing busiuess with hls brother, that | Ment | MURDERS HIS STEPDAUGHTER Frampton Kills Ella Nebraska Oity. Hall Olark BATTERS HER SKULL AFTER SHOOTING Angry M ows Him to Jail and | ack ot dership Alone Pre- vents an Immediate Lynch * RASKA CITY, Telegram.)—One of s in the history amitted th Feb. 17— (8pecial the most brutal mur- of Nebraska City was evening shortly after 6 o'clock, when Hall Frampton, a colored man, shot stepdaughter, Ella Clark, commonly known s Ella Frampton Tho assault took place at their home on North Sixtt streef, in a part of town mostly Inhabited by colored folks. Irampton hed been drinking hard sl day and some time before the shooting took place had quar- reled with his wifs, and as a result had packed up his belongings, with the inten- | tion of leaving home. | He tried to induce his wife and step- | daughter (o go into the kitchen, to look over his things, but the sight of a -quhll'; barrelled gun etanding against the wall caused them to hesitate. As they turned | 10 go he grabbed up the guu and fired or barrel, narrowly missing his wife,. Both mother and daughter ran towar the Missouri Pacific Railway crossing, fif yards distant, where they separated, the girl running down the track to take refuge in the house of Mrs. Thompson. Frampton followed, gun in haud, threatening to shoot them both 1f he caught them. riew to Sto, He was caught thought (he girl beyond his reach, but he ran through the house and managed to overtake her within a few yards of their home, where he fired the remaining barrel at her. The charge en- tered her head under the right eye and came out through the ear. She fell from the sidewalk down a small embankment Not satisfied with this, he jumped down after her and kicked her violently several times about the face As he turned to leave he noticed a slight movement of her limbs aud In order to finish his horrible crime he struck her a tremendous blow on the head with the stock of his gun, fracturing her skull in a trightful manner. He immediately hid his gun in a nearby sewer and was about to flee, when he was | seized by some neighbors. One of them, Blmer Ingram, started up town with him, | but when in the middle of the Sixth street bridge Frampton showed fight. In the scufle that followed Frampton was thrown off the bridge, landing on his shoulders in | the soft mud below, unhurt. More neigh- | bors arrived on the scene and he was taken | to the county jail, followed by an angry mob, composed mostly of colored people, who scemed bent on administering punish- ment on the spot. It was only lack of leadership that prevented a lynching. Too Much Liquor the Cause, Trouble in the Frampton fawily has been rather common of late and all seemed to be the result of too much liquor. He Is under bonds (o keep the peace as a result of a disturbance a short time back, but until today had shown no disposition to be ugly. The fact that he had borrowed a gun from Loy Washington, also colored, early in the afternoon, tends to strengthen the belief that he was out for trouble, al- though he had made similar threats to kill several times before The murdered girl was 1 # student in the eigth gra street school. She was very light, in fact almost white, and was considered one of the brightest girls fn her class. Her asso- ciates were mostly white. After being shot she was carried to her room and everylhing was done to make her last hours as comfortable as possible. | Dr. Wilson was immediately called, but could not save her and she died in a few hours. held safely and until ft was was years old and de of the Sixth DEWET IN A SORRY PLIGHT: don egraph's Says Boers Exhausted. LONDON, Feb. 18.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from De Aar, dated Feb- ruary 16, confirms the report of the arrival there of Lord Kitchener and his staff to superintend the chase of General Dewet. The correspondent say Dewet's force is now denuded of almost all transport vehicles and his horses are exhausted.” Other South African dispatches report that several columns are pursuing General Dewet's, whose whereabouts are not indi- cated The Times' correspondent at De Aar con- firms the report that DeWet's commando is “extremely exhavsted” and “harassed on all sides.”” Ho adds: “Unfortunately the heavy rains have handicapped the move- ment of the British troops from the north The country is reduced to a swamp. The | rise of the Orange river has only prevented the co-operation of General Bruce-Hamil- ton's column in the enemy’s rear. The enemy gets sympathy, but few recruits, ex- cept mere youths. They are armed with Lee-Metfords."" ELUDES FRENCH'S VIGILANCE Protoria Dispatches Announce Carolinn Commande Breaks Through (o the Weat. LONDON, Feb. 18.—Dispatches from Pre- toria announce that the Carolina commando has broken through General French's cor- don westward. SURPRISE THE INSURGENTS Fifth Infy ry Detachment and Outwit Villa r and Aleja dros, Two Lenaders. MANILA, Feb, 17.—Eighty men of the Fifth United States infantry and a detach ment of scouts surprised the insurgent leaders, Villamor and Alejandros, near Paperia. Villamor was wounded. There have been further incriminating developments in the charges against Dy | M. M. Carman, the American contractor, who with his partuer, Thedorio Carranza, & Spanish morchant, was arrested February 6, charged with furnishing supplies to aid the insurgents. Proof has been secured of his dealings with the rebels, showing that he supplied them with uniforms, pro- visions, money and some arms. The la vestigation will be continued. Many insurgent officers are surrendering Bold Attempt on Loganport M LOGANSPORT, Ind, Feb. 17.--A bold at- tempt was mude he: tonlght by an un known man to assassinate Carl 1Y, Hecker, & prominent young citizen of this city, as he was seated in his home. A shot from A B8-calibe volver was fired a Becker, the bul arrowly mis<ing his head Nelther the fidentity of the would-be us sassin or his motive 18 known. | firm of Bissiuger & Co., dealers in | them with the murder of John Cummin DAILY BEE. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER recast for Nebraska—Kalr and Colder Tempernture at Omaha yesterdayt dew. 5 " v ; o b 5 VAN METRE SAYS HE LIED Admits that If Yoa See It in His Waterloo Tribune It Isn't Likely He So. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-A dispatch to Chbicago Times-Herald from Waterloo, says the Ia Itor 1. Van Metre the Waterloo Tribune, whose purported interview with Pat Crowe and confession from him in re- gard 1o the Cudahy kidnuping case has gone broadcast over the country, today declared the whole matter a hoax." In his explanation of the story the Towa editor states that the day before the pub llication of his weekly paper found him without enough matter to fill his columns, and that, believing It would not he taken weriously, he wrote and published the Pat Crowe yarn WASHOUT CAUSES BAD WRECK “Sireman and Three Passengers Killed and Others Injured Near Milln City, Nevada, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 17.—The Southern Pacific 1imited eastbound express, which left here at 10 a. m. yesterday, was wrecked at Mills City, Nev., last night. The fireman and three passengers were killed. The con- ductor, engloeer, one brakeman, two pos- tal clerks and one passenger wers injured The dead ADOLPH Francisco. CLINTON R. COULTON, San Francisco. B. L. WHITTAKER, firenan Injured Conductor Markle. Englneer George Abbey Postal Clerk C. A. Schuyler Postal Clerk J. C. Corin Slightly infured: Miss Bissenger, whose parents were among the killed. All the pussengers were badly shaken up. The (raln ran into a washout, which was caused by a cloudburst. All trains east and west were abandoned for forty- elght hours. Adolph Bissinger w of BISSENGER AND WIFE, San a member of the wool, leather and hides. Clinton R. Coulter was the superintendent of the Pacific Coast Sup- ply company, Later advices place the time of the wreck at 6 o'clock this morning. The killed were in the composite car, which was telescoped by the sleeper. About sixty feet of track was washed out by the cloudburst |GENERAL LEE ON THE NAVY | Smys 1t in o Na e Kept Ready for All Ewmtrgencien. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 17 hugh talking to the Kansas City Soclal Order of the Loyal Leglon at a dinner at the Coates house held in memory of the anniversary of the destruction of the battleship Maine, sald “The American navy {s a pride to nation and it should be looked after, it would be of importance if there ~General Fitz- for ever should be a war with a foreign natlon in | the future, 0 natfon could send an army to this country and be successful and want a navy which would be a defense as sure and strong.” wo Anent his appointment as brigadier gen- | report | eral In tho regular army and the that he would be retired in the near fu- tu neral Lee sald: “How long do [ expect to remain in the active service? It may be for a year and it may be forever," and then he added seriously that next summer would probably be a little more definite Mrs, Lee and her daughter accompanied the general hero and left for Huachuca, Ariz., where Mrs. Lee goes for her health. General Lee returned to Omaha MAY NOT BE THE LUCERNE'S me Disbelieve that the Wreckage Near Baclllieu is From that Vessel, ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 17.—There is now a decided conflict of opinion with reference to the identity of the wreckage near Bacil lieu. All who weat to the scene on the government tug Ingraham assert that wreckage shows no indicatlon of having belonged to the Lucerne. On the other hand, the agent who went to the scene first insists with equal positiveness that he saw much material which had unquestionably belonged to that sbip. The absenco of preclse brightens the outlook for fnformation the friends of the crew of the Lucerne, leading them to Leliove it may be adrift somewhere, though disabled. The telegraph operator at Perlican wires that nothing had been found up to night- fall that would help unravel the mystery. ARRESTSENTER'S PROSECUTOR | E. . Bartleit of Memphis Charged with Forgery and Altering Reo- ords in Recorder's Office. Mo., Feb. 17.- gram)—E. R. Bartlett, real estate and loan agent of this city, was arrested his office on & charge of forgery and alt ing records in the recorder's office. The accused appeared before Judge McKee in the circult court, entered a plea of mot gullty and gave bdnd for his apearance Monday. Mr. Bartlett was one of the at- torneys for the prosecution in the trial of Thomas R. Senter, who was convicted of torgery at Blue Earth, Minn., Wednesday Bartlett was said to bo the author of a circular sent broadcast over charging that & band of forgers and out- MEMPHIS, laws was located fu Scotland county, with | headquarters at Memphis. This accu s most emphatically denled by ation citizens | ot Memphis ARREST WIFE AND DAUGHTER Officers Accuse 'l John Cuminins fog H em of Polsoning fice and Cous- Death, TOPEKA, Kan,, Feb. 17.—Sheriff Cook to- day arrested Mrs. Maggie Cummins and ber 14-year-old daughter, Edna, on a war- rant issued In Jefferson county, charging a quarryman, the divorced husband of Mrs Cummins. The daughter s charged with putting poison in the coffee drauk by the father, which resulted in his immediate death. Mrs, Cummins 1s charged with in- stigating the crime. The body was ex- humed and the stomach removed and sub- jected to @ chemical analysis, e and Should | the | the | ~(8pecial Tele- | 1o Minnesota | CAUCUS TO CONTINUE Republican Legisiaters Will Ooufer Again on Benatorial Situation, ’PROGRESS MADE DURING LAST WEEK Election of Senators Beems Much Nearer Than Seven Days Ago. DREAM STORIES ARE PROVEN UNTRUE Events Bhow the Acouracy ef The Bee's Fublished Foreoart, | NO INTENTION OF ABANDONING THE WORK Caucus Wil Continne Until & Cholee I Made and the Election in Sewsion fn Cone mumnted LINCOLN, Feb, The senatorial tomorrow in session second 17 —(Special contest will double form irst, in the of the joint assembly, and, in the wecret caucus of the repub lean members While the cholea of senators has not yet been effected, will deny but that progress was made during the last week When The Bee reviewed the sltuation a week ago, oudlining the poelition of the varfous candidates and forecasting an early agreement upon terms for a cauc other papers were proclaiming that a caucus was more remote than ever, If not altogether N impossibility The forecast of the cau materializing ven than expccted, the aceeptance of the demand for & simultancous ballot by the followers ot Thowmpson, Meiklejohn and Currle, bring ing about the immediate signature of the caucus paper by the eatire republican membership, Nothing could disprove so effectually the | false reports about Mr. Rosewater stand- Ing in the way of a caucus and blocking every effort to sccure a caucus agreement, | and when the caucus met Tuesday night the Douglas delegation was not only prompt {on hand, but stayed through to the finish. The caucus will unquestionable continue to hold its sessions until a choice is reached on two senatorial nominations under the conditions prescribed In the call, because to abandon this caucus would practically mean the abandonment of caucus action altogether, as it would be impossible to secure the necessary sixty-seven signatures to another caucus agreement, at least so long as Mr. Thompson is in the fleld KEARSARGE IS NOT INJURED Explostion Treated Telogram.) be resumed open no one cus wooner wis of Thirteen-inch LARthly by OMcers of the Ship. Gon PENSACOLA, ¥ dent 10 one of the thirteen inch guns on the battleship Kearsargo while she was crulsing recently off Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, as reported last night, fs eaid by her officers to be of a trivial nature | No damage was done to the gun, except to | the rifiing. A premature discharge of ono of the shells was the cause WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—A mail report glving an account of the bursting of i shell in the bore of one of the big thirteen-inch guns of the Unitcd States warship Kear sarge has been recelved at the bureau of ordnance of the Navy department. The a. | cident occurred several weeks ago while the ship was at target practice off Pen sacolu. The damage resulting is said to be not serious and consisted mainly in ths deforming ‘Bouging” of the tube. This | will not prevent the gun being used again The naval officlals treat the matter lghtly and say that such exploslons ocour ovea- sionally. It is probably the first time, how- ever, that un explosion has occurred in lone of the thirteen-inch guns. The pe- | cuniary loss wiil not be very large NEGRO PAYS QUICK PENALTY ‘eb. 17.—~The ac chering mily, A negro named as Jackson was lynched today at St. Peter, a station on the Texas & Pacific road | about twenty miles above this city, for a | flendish series of crimes. This morning at o'clock he visited the home of Alexander | Bourgeols, the engineer of the drainage ma- chine o Belle Point plantation, some dis- tance from the plantatlon quarters, geing there on a raflway tricycle He told Bour s the manager wanted him and the en er mounted the tricycle with the negro. A little further on Juckson stabbed tho englneer i the back and threw tbe body 1ato a ditch. He then returned to the bouss and butcherad Mrs. Bourgeois und her two | bables and ransacked the house. Two boys | wera visitiug the family, and when they | el the first glimpse of the attack on . Bourgeols they hid in the woods. After the negro's departure the boys went to St Peter und gave the alarm, returning with a mob of several hundred men The negro was traced to his home and fdentified by the boys. He was hanged and his body riddled with bullsts before ths sheriff arrived ASPHALT T OUBLE NOT ENDED Mintater (o Venerueln Adjusts it Tem porarvily, but Vielence Still Thought onsihle, WILLEMSTAD, lsland of Curacoa, Feb. 17.-(Via Haytlen Cable.)~The asphalt controversy hus been temporarily udjusted by the diplomacy of the United States minister to Venoguela, Mr. Francls B Loomis, and the wmatter will doubtless go to the courts, &s it 13 reported that thu United States government desires a formal adjudication as to the rival Interests in- volved 1t 1s understood that Mr. Loomis has con- veyed a request to this effect to the Venez- uelan government. Should the decision be against the New York and Bermudes com- pany, then the question of lntervention will be opencd afresh. Trouble is feared at Pitch lake should an attempt to efect the New York and Bermudes company be made before a decislon s reached by the courts. NEW SOUTH WALES OBJECTS Replies to Miluer that It Wants Ne Recruiting Done There for African War. | SYDNBY, N. 8. W, Veb. 17.—Sir Alfred Milner, having notified the government of Now South Wales of his intention to send an ofcer to recruit in Austrella for the South African constabulary, the govern- weut has replied that the colony obje such & prooesdiog.