Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 6, 1901, Page 1

_ - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTA BLISHED JUN E 19, OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, CRISIS 1S AVERTED Russia Gives Eweeping Assurance of Treat- ing with Obina Unselfishly. STATES HAS THE Jacretary Hay Receives the Communioatien from Ambassador Cassini. OPPORTUNE Rendors Less Alarming the Reperts of Military Activity, HAY'S NOTE PROBABLY UNITED PLEDGE SOMES AT AN TIME INSPIRED IT dMicials at Washington See in It & WASHINGTON, April 6.—~The United States government has received a com- wunlcation from the government of Russia o unusual conditions. It bears on condi- Jdons iu China and particularly those re- ating to Manchurls. The document has sreated a profoundly favorable impression ind at the State department it Is looked apon as the most salutary event that has sccurred for several months in the eastern ituation. Secretary Hay received the com- nunication from Count Cassinl last night wnd communicated it to the president Although the terms of the Russian com- munication are withheld, it is known that Russlu takes occaslon to glve strong as surane of her disinterested purposes {hroughout her dealings with China. As lo Manchuria, it 1s stated that Russia’s sourse never has varied in the determina- don to leave that province as an Integral part of China and to retire the Russian iroops as rapldly as safety will permit. But, as a more signal evidence of Russia’s purposes and as an evidence of the em- peror's devotion to the principal of peace, awssurances of a definite and satisfactory sharacter are now given as to the execution of these purposes. The belief is held in sMclal quarters that the assurances of Russla are so sweeping as completely to wert the threatened crisis in Manchuria. Assurauce Comes Opportunely. The Russlan communication i the more significant, coming at a moment when the press advices from Europs asserted that Russia was collecting an army of 300,000 men for the purpose of holding Manchuria without reference to the desire of tho other powers. There 1s no' doubt that Russla has a large military force In Man- churia, so that had the czar determined to hold the province he has the military establishment already on the ground pre- pared to malotain occupaucy. To the officlals in Washington one of the most gratifying features of Russia’s action Is that it \s responsive to Secretary Hay's note of March 1 last. This note had been previously communieated to the Chinese minister at Washington and advised him that the United States viewed as inexpe- dient and dangerous to the interests of China the conclusion of any private terri- torlal or financial agreement. A copy of this communication was sent to the United States ambassador at St. Petersburg, Mr. Charlemagne Tower, and the Russian am- bassador at Washington also was made aware of its contents. While the note mever was addressed directly to Russia, yet by the foregoing means it came fully to the attention of the Russlan authorities MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS Ench Minister ut Pekin Wants to Set- tle Ditl alty in His Own w WASHINGTON, ~Mail advices have been received at the State department, indited by Minister Conger before he left Pekin on his homeward trip. These deal at some length with the minlsters of the powers, but It is not decmed well to pub- lilsh the detalls at this time, However, the sallent feature of the correspondence is the disclosure of the diMculties that have been encountered by the ministers in the effort to find common ground for the arrange- ment of a scheme of indemnification, it ap- pearing that there were s many projects submitted as there were ministers in at- tendance at the meeting. There s still no word from Mr. Rock- Rhill, United States speclal commissioner at Pekin, and the belief prevalls that the conditions are such that it is impossible to make a definite report of progress. JAPS ENLIST THE CHINESE Are Get Their Former Foe's Pledge of Support for War with R LONDON, April 8.—“Japan Is taking measures with a view to hostilities with Russia,” says the Pekin correspondent of the Daily Express. “It has entered into an arrangement with Liu Kin Yi, viceroy of Nankin, who is acting on behalf of the other triendly viceroys and governors re- garding the course they will pursue in the way of alding Japan against Russin. It is understood that they have promised to place the telegraphic communications and transport facilities at the service of Japan." BELIEVE RUSSIA WILL WIN Aflord to Be Defeated in the # for the Control of Man [ H Can PEKIN, April 6.—On one subject the members of the Russian legation claim to know nothing, and that is the Manchur.an question, The feeling at the other lega- tions is that Russia is bound to do some- thing or lose prestige wih the.Chine o The members of the British lezation in partcular are satlstied that China's refusal to sign the Manchurfan agreement means it will soom slgn something similar in order to protect its own Interests and have even nominal control of Manchuifa, which is now practically Russian territory. JAPAN TO FORCE THE HAND Is Prepariog to S that Ulthmatum, LONDON, April Russla’s reply cons cerning Manchuria being unsatistactory, the Japanese government has decided,” says a Yokohuma correspondent, “after a confer- ence with the heads of the army and navy and with the department of finance and foreign affairs, to add a second and more peremptory remonstrance, demanding a ro- ply within a stated period. This remon- strance, communicated through the Jupa- nese minister in St. Petersburg, almost m::unu 10 an ultimatum." PAY FIGHTING CREDITOR LAST Count Woni de Castellane Says That Aftords Him Keen Sa infaction, (Copyright, 1%1, by PARIS, April 5. , gram—Special Teleg, "y, + Bont de Castellane received from. Iy, "4 cor- respondent today his first in. 4 “at he and the countess will get 3560, more from the Gould millions thaw have been recelving of late. The count expressed hearty appreciation of the correspondent’s courtesy in showing him a private dispatch telling of the de- cision of the New York supreme court, ap- pellace division, in the Dittmar case, which affects the claim against the Castellanes of more than $3,000000. The decision was that the American courts have no jurisdic- tion over the Countess de Castellane so far a8 ber debts and those of her husband are Publishing Co. * World Cable concerred, as long as she chooses to stay in France. Dittmar, as assignee of Werth- eimer, the London curio dealer, had ap- plied for an injunction to restrain the Gould trustees from paying Countess Anna moro 0,000 & year out of the $300,000 in- come pending trial for his suit to recover $377,20. t fe scarcely a surprise,” sald Count de Castellane after reading the dispatch, “yet it is extremely gratifying from the stand- point of moral as well as materfal con- siderations. The decision is a manifest re- buke to the methods employed by Werth- eimer in instituting separate actions on the same notes In the New York, Paris and London courts through speclous misrepre- sentations. . We showed him up here so of- fectually that the Paris court virtually de- nounced him as a usurer, apd it is not astonishing that the New York supreme court reaches the same conclusion, “This decision will enable us now to settle with other creditors, with whom we are In perfect accord and with whom a mutually satisfactory understanding exists, before Wertheimer's account is settled. He will be obliged to submit his books to the experts appointed by the courts here and that probably will be a slow process. Any- how, there is keen satisfaction in knowing that Wertheimer's bills will be pald last of all” DAUGHTER GETS FORTUNE Edna McPherson Mat; away Bride of a Poor but Brilliant. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LLONDON, April 5.~(New York World Ca- Ulegram—8peclal Telegram.)—~Among the pessengers on the Deutschland today was Mrs. Joseph Muir of New York, formerly well known as the beautiful Edna McPher- son, daughter of the late Senator John R. McPherson. Her runaway marriage with Dr. Muir, a brilllant but poor New York physiclan, caused a semsation three years ago. Mrs. Muir, who with her husband arrived in London only a week ago, returns in consequence of her mother's death. Untll a month or two ago the wother and daughter had been estranged, owing to the latter's marriage, but t became recon- clled, and the daughter, who is the onmly surviving child, now comes in for the whole of McPherson's great fortu calculated to be 920,000,000, of which' Mrs. MrPherson had previously absolute control. - Dr, Muir did not accompany his wite. ARE COMING TO BE SHOWN Manchester Schd B ron Fomndry Managers h Workmen to Study American Methods. LONDON, April 5.—The managers of & number of irom manufacturers of the Man- chester district have decided to send out a picked party of British workmen to the United States for the purpose of studying American methods of workmanship in the automatic tool trade. The districts of New England, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincln- natt and Chicago and other steel centers will be visited in the hope of convincing the British workmen bf the necessity of {mproved methods it they desire to retain TOULON, April 5.—~The Russian sailed from here today. —— FIGHT IN AUDITOR'S OFFICE Frank T. Merriam and E Hammer One Another with ¥ Because of Jealousy, flect DES MOINES, Ia, April 5.—~Frank F. Merriam, auditor of state, and Ed L. Camp, until recently clerk In the insurance de- partment of the state auditor's office, en- gaged in a fist fight in the private office of the state auditor in the Equitable build- Ing this afternoon. Mrs. Camp witaessed the affray. Jealousy Is said to be the cause of the trouble. Camp recelved an ugly gash in the forehead before the two wera separated by friends. Merriam was not perceptibly hurt, JESSOPS LOOKS FOR SITE SheMeld Cutlery Firm' tives May Locate ( in Pennayl WASHINGTON, Pa., April 5.—8. J. Robin- son, managing director; J. R. Wagner, representative, and Colonel Hughes, the English attorney for the firm of W. Jessops & Sons, limited, of Shefeld, England, were in Washington today looking for a site for the establishment of a mammoth cutlery manufactory here. The local business men are anxious that the plant be established here and good inducements will be offered the firm. PATRICK HOLDS TO MONEY Flles Object; Representa- lery Plant nla, W YORK, April 5.—Surrogate Fitz- gerald some days ago issued an order di- recting Cantwell & Moore, attorneys for Patrick, to file with the surrogate the alleged assignment dated February 17, 1900, by Rice to Patrick of the former's esiate; also the assignment of September 21, 1900, of the stock on deposit with Wall street bankers and letters of Instructions which Patrlck 15 sald to have recelved from Mr. Rice. Today Cantwell & Moore filed a notice of appeal. The hearing on this ap- plication may not be had for two or thr months, B. B. Rice, a nephew, and Captain Baker, representing other heirs, offered a motion today to Instruct John P. O'Brien, the tem- porary administrator of the Rice estate, to advance $260,000 for the purpose of re- bullding the oil plant in Houston, Tex., destroyed by fire about two weeks before Mr. Rice's death. Patrick filed objections today, through Cantwell & Moore, stating that the propos! tion s hazardous and speculative and that it grapted the estate would sustain a se- rious and lrreparable loss. GENERAL (LAY'S VENDETTA to Russia Routs a Bheriff"s Posse. REPORT THAT CASSIUS Former Minist IS WOUNDED any Shots Are Esxchanged on Both Sides as Result of Daughter's Efforts to Secure Return of Her Furniture, LEXINGTON, K April ith cry “The vendetta! the vendetta!' on his lips, Gemeral Cassius Marcellus Clay, the famous abolitionist and duelist, and former United States minister to Russla, this morning led his little bodyguard to battle against the sheriff's posse, which bhad gone to his mansion in Madisom county, to serve papers upon the general in a civil suit, in- stituted against him by his daughter, Mra. Mary B. Clay. Many shots were fired on each slde, and the posse finally departed without accom- plishing the purpose of its visit. It is reported that General Clay was wounded. Fleeing from his supposed enemies he bar- ricaded himself in his “den’ in the man- slon, and there he remains guarded by his faithful servants. is wounded is known only to himself and to his little bodyguard. No surgeon has been summoned to the house, and none dare approach except on invitation. Today's conflict was directly connected with the domestic woes of General Clay, which have darkened the closing years of his life. The principals in the battle were Gen- eral Clay and two of his bodyguard, Bud Literell and Jim Bolin, on one side, and Sherift Colyer, Deputy Terrell and Frank | Mason of Madison county on the other. The writ which the sheriff sought to serve was one ordering the delivery of some fur- niture belonging to the general's daughter. Bulldogs Sound the Alarm. The oficers approached the house from the north, passing through the apple or- chard. The general's Russian bulldogs sct up a barking and the of rs stopped at the yard. The general's promptly came to the door and the sheriff announced that he desired a personal in terview with the master of White Hall. General Clay in a few moments came to the door, revolver in hand. “General Clay,” sald the sheriff, “‘we are here on a peaceful mission.” ““You are on my property and I will shoot you,' who, almost blind, strained his eyes as if trying to make out the location of an enemy. “Don't shoot, general; we are friends,’ shouted Sherift Colyer. “Sples,”” he retorted, and, handing his pistol to one of his men, he took instead a repeating shotgun and cocked it. Sheriff Colyer sought shelter behind a large oak tree nearby and his deputies also hid themselves. All pulled their weapons. General Clay shouted “The vendetta! the vendetta!” and began firing in the direction from which he heard the volces. ‘The sheriff fired in return after the gen- eral had pmptied the weapon and his depu- ties aleo fired, not at the old man they say, but hoping to scare him into seeking shel- ter. Colyer was ghooting wild, also, not desiring to kill the old man, who, although doing his best to kill him, belleved he was firing upon an enemy. Retreat After the Battle. After emptying the shotgun General Clay tried his revolver, which would not fire. He then took from the hands of the other guard a rifle and discharged it in the direction of the frightened sheriff and deputies. Ex- hausting his ammunition General Clay sought retreat. He went iuto his room and putting up the iron bars ordered his men to adjust the pistols, which were three large navy weapons, always kept lying on a dresser. He armed himself with a large bowle knife and a_ butcher knife. Ing himself by tbe side of the awaited further attack. After General Clay had retreated into his “den’" Sheriff Colyer and his men left the yard. They found a negro boy and sent him to the house to try and get General Clay to come out unarmed and meet them, but in this they were not successful and they re- turned without serving the process. Sheriff Colyer says he will not bother General Clay tomorrow, but will wait till Monday before serving the papers. Some months ago General Clay, who had been left alone after his child-wife, Dora Richerdson, ran away and left him, sent for Mrs, Mary B. Clay, a daughter, to come and llve with him. For some weeks they got along nicely, and the veteran appeared to be satisfied. Two weeks ago he told his daughter to go to his family and secure their consent to the release of all claims on the property which he occuples. He wantad to glve the property to Dora, the young divorced wite, who is now the wite of Riley Brock, and resides at Pinckard, in Wood- ford county, on property given her by the general. Revolver Drives Daughter Away. Mrs. Clay went away according to orders and, returning a day or so later, was met at the door by the old man. His eyes were flery. In his trembling hand he held & re- volver grasped tightly. He demanded to know the result of the visit. “It's all right,” sald the daughter. ““All right, is it?"" retorted the infuriated man. “You lie. 1 know you are deceiving me."” Leveling his revolver at his daughter's head he added: ‘‘Leave mever come here again.'’ Returning to his room the old man moaned: ‘'She was trying to deceive me. 1 could tell it by her fac, Securing a writ of delivery for her furni- ture Mrs. Clay placed the paper In the hands of Sheriff Colyer. General Clay still loves the child he married, and although she has now grown to womanhood and has remarried he wants to give her his prop- erty, which at his death goes to his chil- dren. He thinks the ‘vendetta,” about which he has talked and written for years, is on and believed today that he was shoot- ing at his enemles, come to murder him in bis own home. IOWA FOR OIL without leave door he frightencd RUSH TO Operators Sent by the Standard Man- agement to Size Up the Situation, LIMA, 0., April 5.—A number of oil op- erators left today for lowa, 4 rumor being to the effect that oil was found in Clay county in that state. The Standard Ofl company quietly sent several men to the new fleld several days ago, having re- celved advance information. Ofl is said to be oozing from the ground and heavy flows of gas have been struck at & depth of 500 teet. Steamer W eld Arrives, PHILADELPHIA, April 5—The Rritish stoamer Wakefleld, Captain Olsen, arrived at the Delaware breakwater today, about twenty days overdue. The steamer éncoun. tered heavy gales and was forced ‘o sall alnat head winds during almost the v~ e vvu’t the | Whether or not he | | itselt. bodyguard | replied the old man, | Station- | my house and| SHOWS COST OF PETROLEUM Expert Says 1t Takes 8102 Worth of Materinl to Make ®12 Wo t Gl WASHINGTON, April 5.—The census offi- clals today fssued a bulletin on the in dustry of petroleum refining, prepared by | E. W, Parker of the geological survey an expert special agent of the census covers the calendar year 1599 It shows that to preduce refined petro leum. to the value of $123,920,384 materials to the value of $102,809,341 were consumed stowing a difference in value between th raw materfal and the finished product much smaller than is common in industries of {more complicated character. The value of the products of the establishments engaged in this fndustry has increused 45.% per cent during the decage. Notwithstanding. that there has been a decrease in the number of refineries there has been an increase of 7 per cent in the number of wage-earners and 144 per cent in the amount of wages paid. The report says: “It {8 a somewhat notable fact that 12,199 wage-earners were cuployed by the sixty-geven ecstablishments operating the seventy-five refineries, the statistics of which are included in this report, being an average of 163 employes to cach refinery. The invested capiial i8 $: 2, which | represents the value of lands, buildings, | machinery, tools and the live capital re- quired to carry on the business, but does not include the capital stock of any of the corporations. The value of the products from the use of this capital was § 84, to produce which fnvolved an outlay of $6,717,084 for wages, $102,839.341 for raw materials and $3,330,851 for miscellaneous It he census schedule, however, takes no cognizance of the cost of selling manu- factured articles, or of inferest on capital invested, or of the mercantile losses ln- curred in the business or deprectation in plant. The value of the product given is the value obtalned or fixed at the refinery Of the old 42,234,664 barrels of re- fined petroleum produced in 1899 not less than 16,666,509 barrels, or nearly 40 per cent, were exported to foretgn markets. “The United States i8 not ouly the largest exporter of refined petroleum, but its trade in this commodity has rapidiy increased during the census decade, and s appar- ently susceptible of great increase.” RURAL DELIVERY CARRIERS Towns of Nebraska, lowa nand South Dakota Get Estensions of ‘ree Service, WASHINGTON, April G.—(Special Tele- gram.)--These rural free delivery letter carricrs were appointed today: Nebraska—Paul V. Swearinger at Milford Towa—Henry Bell at Parnell, Frank Esh- baugh at Tama, Edward Hebert at Burling- ton, David Hughes at lowa City, G. C. French at Osage, 8. Stevenson at Clarinda and Willlam Raugh at Maxwell. South Dakota—William F. Smith at Beresford. Towa postmasters appointed today: Ben- ton, Ringgold county, C. C. Gunter; Hutch- ins, Hancock county, B. F. Hofmaster; Lansrud, Worth county, Lalla Lansrud; Libertyville, Jefferson county, Clara Trout; Maloy, Ringgold county Jorenzo Worth- ington; Palo, Lian cowty, W. & Drake; Schley, Howard eounty, Frank Heinovosky. William E. Muffrey of Nebraska and J. R. Bollou of lowa were appointed book- binders in the government printing office. A postoffice was established at Eleanor, Butler county, la., with Joseph Nicklaus as postmaster. PROJECT INLAND HARBOR s of Secretary Long Appolats Investigate Possibilit Washington Lake. WASHINGTON, April 5.—Secretary Long has appointed a board of maval officers to inquire into the advisability of utilizing a large fresh water lake in the state of Washingion for the purpose of accommo- dating vessels of war. The board consists of Captalns Perry and Burwell, Lieuten- ant Commanders Peters and Willet, Naval Constructor Hibbs and Lieutenant Jensen, recorder. It 18 proposed to dig a canal connecting the ocean with this lake, to bo used for commercial pu poses, but the board is to inquire whether the plan should not be enlarged o as to take into consideration the needs of the na WHAT’S TO BE DONE AT MANILA War Department Reecives Plans Harbor Improvements Authorized by the Commissioner: WASHINGTON, April 5.—~The division of insular affairs, War department, re- ceived copies of the specifications and blue prints showing the proposed improvement of the port of Manila, authorized by the Philippine commission. The work includes about 150,000 cublc yards rip-rap, 21,000 cuble yards concrete and rubble masonry in breakwaters, about 5,000,000 cubie yards of dredging and a pile of bulkhead 4,700 fee: long. The dredging will be in mud, sand and shalls to a depth of thirty feet, the dredged material to be used for reclaiming land. of TO KEEP MAIL MEN COOL itorm Wil Include Gray e with Tarndown Collar and No Cont, WASHINGTON, April 5.—An innovation looking to the comfort of letter carriers tkroughout the country during the heat of summer probably will be introduced this vear by official permission to them to divest their coats on their rounds when felt to be mecessary. It is expected that the postmaster general soon will issue au order formally granting authority to post- masters for this purpose and modifying the requirements o 4s to allow the car- riers to wear a sultable gray blouse with turndown collar and a black tie. DOUBTS ALASKAN MERGER ny In Skep- Summer L CHICAGO, April the Weare Commission company nor the North Ameri- can Transportation and Trading company, both of which concerns do a large Alaskan busimess, when seen today, knew anything of the scheme as reported from London to merge into one big concern, with a capi- tal stock of $100,000,000, all the Alaska transportation and trading companies REPUBLICANS TAKE TOPEKA s of Returns Shows Their Ca, diate for Mayor Twelve Votes Ahead, | TOPEKA, Kan, April 5.—~The Topeka city council, in canvassing the municipal returns tonight, found a discrepancy in the figures (hat elects Hughes, republican can- didate for mayor, by twelve votes. Before his his opponcut was eleveu votes ahead, T0 PAY HIS OMAHA NOTE Bishop MclIuturff Bays He'll Settle with Mrs. Michi CLAIMS TO HAVE BORROWED 811,000 Thunks the Banks for Cashing 1 Personal Unsecured Notes and is Publicly Grateful for A anwer to SPOKANE, Wash., April 5.—(Special Tel egrum.)—~Bishop David N. MeInturfl of the People’s United church of Omaha and Spo Kkane announced today that he will at onc pay Mrs. Michie of Omaha the $700 he bor rowed from her. This Is the loan over which tome scandal arose when the bishop fatled to repay the money. He safd today “The Equitable Savings and Loan socie of Portland, Ore, has loaned us $11,000, | With this money we shall pay all we owe | here and the note at Omaha, though it Is not due for four yvears, thoroughly repair the building, build our splendid auditorium and Sunday school and Christlan Endeavor rooms and place our church in the very frent rank, with an income of $6,000 a year. | and McClellan, and now let me most heart- fly thank the business men of Spokane who have so nobly assisted us, and the citizens in general who have encouraged us many a time by kind words and with | tLeir money. Also (he banks that have furnished money many times on my own note without security., Then I must pub- licly thank God, who has so generously ered prayers.' The local church paid off a $4,000 mort- gage today, which 1s evidence that cash his been secured. CONVICTED OF PLAGIARISM First Prizse Man is Shut Out ¢ atorical Coutent at Des COLUMBIA, M April 5.—(Special Tel, gram.)-—Emmet Bishop of Ravenwood, Mo., who won the first prize at the state oratorical contest at Jofterson City, rep- resenting the State university, has been found gullty of plagiarism. The discipline committee has recommended his dismissai from the university and the president has approved the recommendation, Bishop was charged with using part of an oration delivered at Columbla in 1576 by Mr. Reaser of Westminster college. The charges wore preferred by Tarkio college, whose representative won second prize in the contest, and have been sustalned by the university authorities. Mr, Bishop is a senior law student, has borne an excel- lent reputation and has won several high honors. Tarkio college will be entitled to represent Missourl at the interstate or- atorical contest in Des Moines, la., now that Bishop has been disqualified. Bishop declares that the plagiarism was done unconsciously, If at all. He says he wrote the oration and gave it to a friend to touch up and the latter may have added something from the Reaser speech. Six hundred and fifty words are the same as in the Columbia speech. Bishop is a mem- ber of the Phi Delta Theta fratornity. LOCHINVARS ARE INDICTED enalty for Att irls Away from College. Pt to Get otter's BOWLING GREEN, Ky, April o.—F young men belonging to some of the best and wealthiest families of Bowling Green and themeelves members of the city's most exclusive social circles were indicted by the graud jury for participating in the cscapade at Potter's college Saturday night, in which several young women attending the college were also involved. The young men are: Roland Fitch, Willis Pott Pleasant Potter, Floyd M. Nahm and Harry Nabm. It is charged that they placed a ladder to a window of the college and en- ticed the girls from the college and that when Prof. Cabell, president of the col- lege, fired upon the men they returned the fire, without wounding him. The young women are mamed in the indictments. The young men assert that they intended to take the girls to a duck supper. The young women whom the indictment charges the young men with attempting to take from the college are: Misses Lena Hopkins of Louisiana, Ruth Haynes and Florence Cottrell of Cloverport, Ky., Bessie Simpson of Nicholasville, Ky., and Bessle Boyer of Indiana. ALL SCOTCH SHORTHORNS in Purchase of High-Priced Cattle in Chicago. CHICAGO, April The first combina- tion sale of All-Scotch shorthorns ever in Chicago was at the stock yards today. It consisted of thirty-nine select cows and heifers and ten bulls from the herds of C. B. Dustin & Son, Summer Hill, IIL; 1. M, Forbes & Son, Henry, 1l1l.; 8. E. Prather & Son, Springfleld, 111.; J. F. Prather, Willlams- ville, 111, and €. C. Norton, Corning, Ia. The three highest-priced animals sold for $4,700, divided as follows A cow, Victoria of Hill farm, to Frank Bellows, Maryville, Mo., for $2,100. Sweet Charity V, to George Ward, Ha- warden, la., $1,300. Secret of the Hill Farm 1V, F. P. Hood, Indianola, Ta., $1,300, AUSTRIANS ARE RIOTOUS Hundred Laborers on Near Cheyenne Engage in Flerce Fight. CHEYENNE, W April (Special Telegram.)—Three hundred Austrians on the Union Pacific grade thirty miles west of Cheyenne engaged in a riot this morn- ing and muny were Injured. So far as known there were no fatalities. An Aus- trian had been discharged by the foreman and, followed by 100 men, he sought reveng Two hundred Austrians took sides with the | toreman, and the forces fought ten min- utes. Pistols, clubs, knives and stones were used. Two foremen were fired upon, but escaped to Laramle. Ofcers went to the scene and the rloters were loaded on cars and sent out of the state. SHOOTS SISTER AND BROTHER 1d Boy of ¢ nkota, Ki Runs Awsy. GRAND FORKS, )., April 5.—Charles Boecher, aged 16, son of a farmer living in Tralll county, shot his sister, aged 10, and his brother, aged 6, tonight. The girl 18 dead and the boy Is not expected to re- cover. It is supposed the shooting was ac- Three Grade Sizteen-Yen North and Forkws, % and cidental, but this is not certain, and the boy | Fitzgerald, Forecast for Sunday Nehraska Fair; Faf v Yester BIG 'FRISCO-MEMPHIS COMBINE Two St Louls nnd Fort ronds to Be Conso! KANSAS CITY, April & head of the v, 18 L0 be president ott & Memphis rallroad, {s to and general manager of Frisco-Memphis system the present Francisco railw B, L. Winchell, Clity, Fort be vice president the two finally become T. F. St. Louis of the when Dew. a o t Raile Yoakum. & San president and Kansas these consolidated, according to an arrangement sald to have been made and A. & Dodge ager of the join solidation of the eral office and one said, take place Louis. When the co systems In every apprehensive about t not system, A some We also have our lovely home at Sixth | pregidgent Winchell today woul dation place the other officials and clerks of both department may well be 1t has yet beea decided who are to go and who are to be retained, but two men will not be kept to discharge the dutles of one position, The greatest will be practiced in the transportation departments and Memphis raflroads are to be managed as one system, so as to produce the great- time next of offices r positions economy, The est possible net revenue. TEXAS AND PACIFIC LEADERS Confirmed Directors L. 8 Thorne nud ¥ Aholish One OMce. Teet G, J. Gould DALLAS, Tex. meeting of Texas & the stockholders’ March lows: Edwin Gould Dallas. The directors elected the following oM Gould, president cers: George J, Thorne, first yice April meoting New York, An in ec York: New and president; and is to become trafic man- The actual con two roads, with one gen 1 of offclals, will, 1t is fall a0 not deny the report that the Memphis general offices are to be moved from Kaneas City to St, takes however. operating and "Frisco 2 adjour Pacific rallroad stock- holders here today ratified the election of w York, . at which three new members of the board of directors were as fol- Louls Thorne, gener: mwanager, and Frank J. Gould, second vi president dent was abolished. MANAGES SEABOARD AIR LINE The office of third v Jumes M. Barr (o Leave the Sauta Fe End at the Apri RICHMOND, Va., Skelton Willlams. April of Air Line are without foundation, ST. JOSEPH FREIGHT RATES Minnouri Paciti Amen Commercinl Club on the Ad- vanced Mo, 8. ST. Freight JOSEPH, Agent J. fere club in an effort tarifis 2 cents per south of here. that Mr. el ety April ty in pounds over Genera Lincoln of the Mis- €ourl Pacific rallway is in the ¢ ce presi- ~James M. Barr, vice president of the Atchison. To- peka & Santa Fe, has accopted the mosition | of first vice president and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line system and prob- ably will take charge May 1. time there is a division of the dutles be- tween Mr. Barr and Captain V. E. McBee, the general superintendent. This announce- ment was made tonight by Presidefit John Mr. Williams says that \llu' stories to the effect that the Pennsyl- vania or any other system is likely to se- cure a controlling intersst in the Seaboard In the mean- Confern with n- with members of the Commercial to adjust freight which went into effect yesterday rates, | advancing the rates from all points on the Missourl river Lincoln satd the rates will probably be adjusted tonight satisfactory to the shippers at this point. STEEL MILLS Many Play IN DEMAND n to Resume of Combine's Output adequate, PITTSBURG, April 6.~The to put into operation four sheet mills partly abandoned will also be started as soon as they another at Hyde Park, workers are sald to be scarce these additional plants in operation there this state. will be a big demand for men. JOHN W. GATES TO RETIRE ip Abroa CHICAGO, April take ohn W. Gates will retire soon from the office of chairman of the American Steel and Wire company and @ long trip abroac Chicago today from New York after an ab- sence of three months, and safd he ¢ cel He returped to to vesign, as he felt that he had woi mwen a chance, business for awhile Mr. Gates sald great success and the organization United States Steel corporation had been a expressed himsel strongly bullish on the steel stocks. GLASS TO LAST SIX MONTHS Manufactu Stoe PITTSBURG, April be a shortage months. It the factories close tho jobbers' boxes of glass, Jobhers Exceeding Demund, Judging from re- ports now heiug given out by window glass manufacturers and jobbers, there will not ot glase durfog the is announced there today that will be in about to supply t American Sheet Steel company hes {ssued an order nd two bar mills at the Falcon plant, Niles, 0., which have been idle for about a year. The demand for sheet steel has become &0 large recently that the trust cannot meet it, and this is the cause of the new ac- tivity displayed. The plants that had been up n be got ready, among them the old Saltsburg factory, the works at Scottdale, the plant at Plqua, 0., and Sheet and with After Quit- pected | od a good many years and ought to give younger He will retire from active | of the as Report summer when stock in the hands of the two combinations and organization or enough 3,250,000 the requirements of the country for six months. n of a boller has disappeared. Several childreu were present at the time, N, in this county. working near cxplosion occurred, I the b —T'w were ast night boller when thers Killed by the b a sawmill (4 the CONDITION OF THE WEATHER [ \RGEST IN HISTORY and Warmer riable Winds. Projected Railroad Combine Invelves an Unprecedented Capitalization. BURLINGTON IS TO BE FIRST ACQUIRED Movement Would Begin with the Beouring of the Btock LEADING FINANCIERS ARE MENTIONED Morgan, Vanderbilt, Hill, Harriman, Gould, Reokefeller ot Al CINCINNATI SPRINGS A SURPRISE Informs New York Roads ve A1 a “Cou that ¥ Ar Four Wig w terent.” NEW YORK, April 5.--Reports that huge railroad combinations are in process of for- mation were widely circulated here toduy Detailed statements concerning the plan ol ready published looking (o the combina tlon of all the great rallway systems of the United States under the control of one com pany were given, but as a general thing prominent railroad officlals and bankers declined (o discuss the matter. According to all accounts the enterprise involves (he greatest combinatjon of capi tal known in the history of fimance. It was said the compuny would be formed under the laws of New Jersey for the purpose of conducting a general frelght and transpor tation business throughout the United States; that the company would hold w controlling interest in all of the great rail- way systems and that the management of the roads would be vested fn (he controlling company. According to the proposition each road would preserve its identity aud corporaie existence, but the new company would con trol the affairs of all. By this policy, it was claimed, large sums of money could be ved as a result of economy in manage- ment and stoppage in rate cutting. Great Names in the . The names of men like J. Pierpont Mor- gan, Willlam K. Vanderbilt, James J. HAll, Edward H. Harriman, George J. Gould, John D. Rockefeller, Jacob 1. Schiff and James Stillman were freely used. One re- port stated that the first step in the pro- posed plan would be securing of coutrol of stocks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, the Great Northern and the Northern Pa- cifie, and that provision would be made for quisition of other properties in the immediate future, Discussing the reported amalgamation of the railway interests in the country the New York Press will say tomorrow: “All that is aimed at, according to the test authority obtainable, is & ‘community of interests.’ The close amalgamation on 4 ‘community of interest' basls was first brought about through the efforts of .J. Plerpont Morgan. A# a result of this tlose union of interests fulnous rate wars aro already at an end, not so many high-priced ofictals are needed as before and one cun buy a ticket on any trunk line in almost any one of the large offices in the citics. However, that a single company will be formed under the New Jersey laws to take over all the railroads of the country fs not considered seriously by well-informed rail- | roud men.” Clncinnatl Reports An Dispatches received in this city tonight from Cincinnati stated that a gigantic emalgamation of four railways under taw | kulding hand of J. Plerpont Morgan bad already taken place. The roads mentioned were the Southern rallway, the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, the Chicago, Indfan- apolis & Louisville and the Cincinnadl Southern. Helative to this particular report Gen- eral Samuel Thomas, president of the Chi~ cago, Indiunapolis & Loulsville rallroad, to- night said: “At the present time there s little to say about the deal. I belleve the report that comes from Cincinnati is a little bit premature. 1 do not belleve the amalgama- tion has been effected yet. “It s true that steps are under con- sideration looking to a combination of the roads mentioned. 1 think it will be effected, for all the interests are favorable to It. It can searcely be called an amalgamation of the roads under the scheme that is under consideration. It Is merely a centralization of power looking toward the best interests of the various roads.” her, SAME SOUTHWESTERN RATES . W hey Did 1 Year. Summer Tou Fare ST. LOULS, April 5.—At today's scsslon of the Southwestern Passenger bureau homeseekers' excursions from July to De- cember of this year were authorized on the same basis as heretofore. Summer tourist rates were also authorized on the same basls as for 1900, For the Pan-American exposition at Buf- falo, N. Y., the samo rates as were made for summer tourist business in 1900 wero adopted, selling from April 30 to May 31, or the Christfan Endeavor soclety, Cin- cinnati, 0., July 6 to 10, & per cupita rate of one and one-third fare was made. For the sovereign grand lodge of 0dd Fellows, Indlunapolis, September 26 to 20, 1901, a one and one third fare for the round trip was adopted. BUYS UTAH AND PACIFIC rt Line Revives Harriman Southwester: Kxtension. SALT LAKE CITY, April i,~A statement telegraphed from New York last night Ly | A W. McCune that the Oregon Short Line :Inul bought the Utah & Pacific road is con- { firmed by The nrincipal stockholders of the Utah & Pacific The road is se ty-five miles long and connects with the Oregon Short Line at Frisco, Utah. The transac- tion has caused renewed rumors of a pos- #lble southwestern extension by the Haril« man irterests. STRAIGHT LINE TO KANSAS St Joseph & Grand Island is to Bolld Cut-0fts and Loy Heaviest atls, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 5.—The St. Jo- seph & Grand Island raliway today let con- tracts for building cut-offs and improving | the roadbed of the line between this city and Marysville, Kan. The entire system of roadway will receive the bheaviest wako of mew steel rails,