Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 10, 1901, Page 1

TABLISHED LOGAN O HIS HORSE Grandson of Illustrious General Unvei Bimmons Btatne, NATION'S NOTABLES ARE WITNESSES Ezecntive Family, Mrs. Logan and Many Vetorans Present. PRESIDENT AND SENATOR DEPEW SPEAK s the Former Touchos a Responsive Cbord in the Publio Hess IS A MAGNIFICENT ONE MONUMENT “five Feet Tall, Wrought e nnd Repres cn Years' Labor. Stands Fort in Inspirl i WASHINGTON, April 9.~The herole bronze equestrian statue of Major General John A. Logan, which rests on an impos- ing bronze pedestal in Jowa Circle, was unvelled today in the preseuce of the presi- OMAHA, WED NESDAY ent Lays Flowers on f Stntesman=Speech on Republic's Future, President Loubet, ac- ‘e Freoch ministers and Iy crown of flowers upon Gambetta's to. % He expressed the hoj that the '« Parliament would s00n vote to trang “emains to the Pantheon. It is hope this transfer may be accomplished by fy 14 next, the French national holiday, President Loubet subsequently repaired to the port of Nice, three-quarters of a | mile away, where he wis welcomed by the | Chamber ‘of Commerce and visited the hos- pit He was everywhere warmly greeted. At a banquot sater, and replying 10 a toast to bis health, President Loubet asserted that the principles of justice, solidarity and good will were the founda- tion of the republic and inseparable to France. Ho said the country neednd unity and that the conflicts of interests and the | country's {ncreasing wants would end in compromising the future of the pation, un« less steps were taken to ameliorate social conditions. Solidarity and civil peace could mot be sccured except by reciprocal sacrifices. Continulng, President Loubet said that private interests should be subordinated to the greater interests of the natlon. The "Sa ) 9 compani. 7, others. pla PERSECUTORS Jobn D, Eargent Returas to Wyoming to Regain His Reputation, WANTS TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DAMAGES Partner of Robert Ray Hami Works Two Years to Earn Money to Fight the Men Who Drove Him Away, Wyo., CHEYENNB, April A partner of Robert Ray Hawilton, the wealthy young clubman of New York who was drowned fn a mysterious manner in Snake river, near his Marymere ranch in western Wyoming in 1891 and who was sus- death, as well as baving murdered his wife today filed suft in the Ulnta county court against D. €. Nowlln, Wiillam L. Simpson and James Lanbagan, all prominent citi- zens of the Jackson's Hole country, Sar- kent asks for damages to the amount of 26,000 for alleged persecution and defam- ation of character. Nowlin is the man who was justice of the peace at Jackson for a number of years republic had already shown in its legisla- tion the ssities of the laboring democracy, but legislation alone would not | dent, the cabinet, the widow and relatives of the gallant soldler, many of his com- | rades in arms and a vast multitude of peo- | ple. The sculptor, Franklin Simmons, who | was knighted by King Humbert of Italy, was also present | Master George Tucker, a grandson of the | honored warrfor, pulled the unveiling cord | at 2:45 o'clock. The folds of the large American fing fell away and the dashing figure of “Black Jack” Logan, seated on his eharger, stood revealed. A roar of cheering echoed far down the intersccting strects | and avenues. ! The president and mcmbers of the cabinet had been escorted to the statue by a mili- tary parade under command of Colonel Francls L. Guenther of the Fourth Uni ed States artillery. The procession included detachments from the artillery and infantry arms of the regular army, a battalion of marines and a company of seamen from the navy yard, a provisional regiment of the District of Columbia militia, members of the socleties of the Army of the Tennessee and of the Cumberland and members of the local veteran assoclations. Mrw Ly gnn Present, sufice. The give-and-take principle must | become part® of the conscience of the na- | tion. Thus could the country weld lis | unity and assure its moral grandeur and material prosperity President Loubet's speech was loudly ap- plauded. BOTH BRITON AND BOER WIN| upien Pletersburg, | and Capture of Seventy-Five. teh Surron Party LONDON, April 9.—Lord Kitchener, re- porting to the War office under date of Pretoria, April 8, says: “Plumer has occupled Pletersburg with slight opposition. e captured two locomo- | tives und thirty-nise trucks.” The capture of Pletersburg is regarded here as important. The place Is the ter- minus of the rallway and has been the cap- | ital of the Boer government since the capit- | ulation of Pretoria. The whole Northern raflway is now in the hands of the British According to Lord Kitchener's dispatch, and the other two are alleged to have taken a prominent part fn the actions Against Sargent. A few years after the drowning of Hamilton and after the New York Sun and citizens of New York had failed to fasten the responsibility of the clubman’s disappearance upon Sargent, an Indian s son’s Hole region. A regiment of cavalry was hurried to the scene and when the fake was exposed Sargent was charged by peo- ple of the Hole with having started the | scare. | In 1897 a party of ranchmen headed by | Simpson went to Marymere ranch, where | Sargent made his home, to Investigate al leged reports that had reached the settle ment that Sargent had been beating his wifo | and committing crimes. It was alleged that the posse found the situation even than | had been reported. Mrs. Sargent and the children were brought down to the settlo- ment, where the woman died. The report was circulated that Mrs. Sargent made a | dying statement, charging her busband with 9.—(Special | Telegram.)—John D. Sargent, at one time | pected of having had a hand {n Hamilton's | A few years later, but who was acquitted, | are was worked up in the Jack- | | Presho AL MORNIN( NO CONFIRMATION, RECEIVED General Wood April Reporte Am te) dm [l Platt nicated WASHINGTON, meeting today lasted about Mr Knox new attoruey gener Vas pre sented to his coileages and created a vory favorable impression The cabinet gave some attention to the subject of indemnity to be required of China, it being brought forward by Sec- retary Hay, in conmection with Mr. Rock hill's dispatches received since the last meeting. Great surprise was expressed at the enormous total of the elaims, which, be |Ing all before the ministers at Pekin, ap- proximate the vast sum of $500,000,000 Moreover, at least one of the powers in- #ists on kecping the aceount open until it elects to withdraw entirely from Pekin at a remote date to be fixed ut its own will, thereby leaving the total of its claim to be fncreased greatly hereafter. The opinion of the other cabinet officers completely we- corded with that of Secretary Hay, as to the desirability of securing & Feduction of the claims No official Information has heen received by the government of the reported rejection of the Platt amendment by the [Cuban constitutional cobvention The | matter | was discussed by the cabinet, and it was considered strange that General Wood had not communicated so important a fact {f it were true. The cabinet hou the NORTHWEST POSTAL CHANGES | — | Appointments in lown nnd Nebraska and a New OMice In South Dakota, | WASHINGTON, April %.=(Special Tele- gram.)—These lowa postmasters have been appointed: Big Rock, Scott county, Sophia Eld; Langdon, Clay county, C. & Charles B. Frazier of Kldora, J. L. Whit- ney of Britt and Carl Garner of Bedford, la., werc appointed railway mail clerks A postoffice was established at Cavi county, 8. D., with Halvards- | gaard as postmaster. Sarah H. Sample, Wilbur W. Field and W, J. Palmer were appointed substitute clerks in the Keokuk (la.) postoffice; Arthur W ‘hmidt at Muscatine, Ia., and Arthur B lass at Hastings, Neb, The Hanover National bank of New York crimes. Sargent was forced to flee tho | country. Going to New York, he worked | two years and earned money, with which he returned twice to face his accusers. On his arrival here a year ago last fall 'LEWIS, CLARK AND BUFFALO has been approved as reserve agent for the First National bank of West Point, Neb. They Are Grouped ottar | n New Ten- NINE COMMISSIONERS NANED Supreme Court Judges Announos Their Cheice of Coadjutors, THREE FROM LINCOLN, TWO FROM OMAHA Statement Is Authorized that ine No Influence in the et the ‘s Share. 1t LINCOLN, April 9 week of iberation the judg supreme court a ) this afternoon ar rived at an azréement on the appolntment for the supreme court commission. The nine men ¢d were immediately noti- fied by wire of their appointment and all were asked to meet with the Judges at the capitol at 10 o'clock ton row moining to organize and relative (o a plan to be followed discharging the duties of their offices The men chosen Columbus, populist; John I | coln, gold democrat; George A. Day of | Omaha, republican; E. R. Duffic of Omaba, | democrat; W. G. Hastings of Wilber, demo- | crat; J. 8. Kirkpatrick of Lincoln, popu- list; W. D. Oldham of Kearney, demo- | crat; Roscoe Pound of Liacoln, repub- | lican, and 8. H. Sedgwick of York, repub- | lican. The appointmenis were made unanimous vote of the three Judges, The fusionists received th of the appointments, five being the actual number. The republicans were given throe appointments and the gold democrats e, Three of the commissioners live in Lin coln, two in Omaba and the others in | Columbus, Wilber, Kearney and York, | Politics Has No Influcnce. In directing the publication of the names the court authorized Clerk Herdman to say to the press that politics had no influence in tho selection, but that the men were chosen wccording to their ability and not becauso they happened to be aMliated with some political party. John H. Ames has for fifteen years been a prominent attorney in this city and until the split on the money question was one of the democratic leaders of the vicinity. He was a member of the First district con- gressional committee when W. J. Bryan was named for congress, but afterward left the party because of his opposition to the silver standard id He was several years a member of the law firm of Harwcod, (Special.) sele in are: 1. L. Albert of Ames of Lin- lon's share | | the S Wednesday; d_ Probably coming Ve CONDITION OF THE WEATHE recast for Nebriska R Warmer; Westerly riabl Falr Winds, ha Yesterdn Mour. g me. 3 B3 a3 P 4 56 54 celBg Ll B0 " he Avernge Surpassing Any in Last Ten Year W' YORK, April 9o number of the Weekly will say Local reports culturist's corp | tully conso The Awmerican forthcoming | Agriculturist | from (he American Agri- of county observers, care- ated 1010 stato averages, show A condition of wheat higher than has been noted at this time the last ten years, with the exception of 1881, The generai | average reported for the whole belt, s | L tigure which represents a practieally | Procpect over the greater part of | winter wheat ar At (he date at which correspondents of | the Am, Agricniturist m the ob servance there bad been no periyd of warm, growing weather sufficient to iu®.ce spring growth, demonstrating absolutely the tent to which the Messian fly is present. | The returns, thercfore, must be qualified with (he statement that tho discount shown from a perfect condition may not entirely | x- | INGLE COory == — o SHOT BY MARSHAL OFFICER SERVES WARRANT ON DESPERADO FIVE Prisener Asks Pormission to Ohaage H Olothing for Jeurne, GRABS GUN AND AIMS AT DETECTIVE Hammer Falls on Empty Shell and It's the Other's Tura, TWO QUICK BULLETS IN VILLAIN'S HEART nty Glad to Be Ria error Whe Admitted Murder, Arson, Hobberies und the Slaughier of Stock, AINSWORTH, Neb,, April 9.--(8pecial Telegram)~Dave 0. Lu “ wotorious character of Noith Brown county, was shot od instantly Kkilled this morning ut o'clock at his home near the Niobrara river by Deputy United States Marshal Fred M. Hans while resisting arrest. About one year 0 seventeen horses be. 10nKing to Jones & Sellers and being herded 1 the rauch of ¥. . Hedriek in the north Part of the county were mysterlously shot epresent the actual damage from (his cause With the exception of a few coun tles in Kentucky, 'l and Ohlo, no | winter killing i Since March 1| there has been abundance of moisture | in all sections i nesse reported GIRL AND GUN JUST IN TIME erickn Chicogo Father's Prostrate April 9.~ Fredericka Ramsa girl, pursued two robbers and saved her father from being robbec. She was reading in the library of her home when she heard her father cry for help. Seiziug the shotgun she burst | through the front door fn time 1o see a| CHICAGO, Bub, ourishing a shot- | an 18-year-old | tonight in this a| A reward of $100 was offered for the ar- rest and conviction of the guilty party United States Marshal Hans, who is also chief of detectives of the Elkhorn road, was appealed 0 1o ferret out the perpe- trators. Detective Hans assigned ove of his men, Willlam H. Duquetto, known as the tramp detective, to work up the case, At various times Duquette was in the county looking up the facts in the case On March 18 he appeared at Luse's ranch and by ways known to his profession so worked the fellow that he gained his com- plete confidence and at the end of threo days had gained evidence sufficlent not only to prove Luse the man who killed the herl of horses, but also saw him kill a horse belonging to a rancher near by. On March 30 he also secured evidence to prove Luse the perpetrator of crimes of murder, arson and robberies sufficlent to condemn him to | he was arrested and Indicted for wife mur- | only one officer and one man were killed. | der und bound over to the Ulnta county | The Boers evacuated the town during the | court. Ames & Kelley. The death of the senior member terminated the existenco of the | masked man kneeling on her father's chest, the gallows or penitentlary fe b, and Noten with Highly Artistie while a second robber ching the | histrph L pUALY 206 110, a4 Mrs. John A. Logan and other relatives connected with men in various localities firm and Mr. sat upon a platform at the base of the monument, Mrs. Logan has been quite ill with the grip recently, but was able (o be present. She was escorted by Colonel Max- well Woodhull, who was General Logun's udfutant general during the civil war. With her were also Thomas M. Logan of Mur- physboro, 111, a brother of General Logan; Miss M. E. Logan, a nlece; 8. K. Cunning- ham, Mrs, Logan's brother; Logan Tucker of Chicago, a grandson, and Mrs. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard 8. Tuthill of Chicago, Mrs. George M. Pullman of Chicago, Gen- eral . A, Starriog of New York, General and Mrs. Blackmar of Boston and the per- #onal servant oF mmjor John A. Logan, jr., who was with the latter when he was killed in the Philipplues. q The president and his cabinet and other aistingulshed guests occupled a flag-draped stand opposite this platform, while fu an- other stand extend ng around the monument were other guests, including many of Gen- eral Logan's old comrades; representatives of John A. Logan post, Grand Army of the Republic, of St. Louis; the Logan Repub- lean club of Brooklyn and the Logan club of Philadelphia General Dodge Presides General Grenville M. Dodge, president of the Soclety of the Army of the Tennesser, who is the only living general represented | the group on the bronze pedestal showing | General Logan in council of war with his commanding ofcers, presided over the coremontes. He paid a high personal tribute to the dead chicftain and after the | invocation had been offered by Rev. Frank | Bristol, introduced the sculptor, Mr. Sim mons, (o the assemblage. The statue was then unveiled amid great applause, and the Fourth artillery band rendered “Colum- bia, Gem of the Ocean.” At the moment of the unvelling a sec- tion of the Fouth artillery fired a national salute on the White lot, south of the ex- ecutive mansion. President McKislley recelved an ovation a6 he was Introduced and it was some time before he could begin in his remarks. He spoke as follows My Fellow Citizens: 1t Is g when patriots are honored and patriotism exalted. Monuments which express the nation's gratit for great deeds inspire great deeds. The statue unvelled today Proclaims our country's appreciution One of 18 herole sons whose name 18 de 10 the Americun people, the soldler of twi wars, the Nt senator and commoner, wl John A. Logan Vogan's career was unique. Fis disty tion does not rest upol his military achlevements aloue. His services in the of his own state, in the na- use of representatives and in the e of the Unlted States would have n him an equally conspicuous pl annals of the country. He in the forum and in the field. names INStantly suggest a senti- That of Logan stands for exulted This was the key of his s fty politics was nothing to When the nation was in danger the alternative come he wis swift to dedicate his life and fortune to the party of Lincon because it stood for the in- divisibility of the nation. How much he did to create and increase the sentiment of loyalty and patriotism imong the people of his own sta i throughout the nation van never be 1o He stos with Dou holding up the cause of the union ol W his own life as a cheerful sacritice, it need be, for its preservation Au inter patriot, he was also partisan, He' was forceful as he was undaunted In convictions and carried nelusions a* any cost was “ clmmer nor a laggard. He de- epised duplielty, wus the soul of frankness And atways at the front in every stragile, luring the vears of his W leader from hoy- his hod_token e Klve the great an in- in the battle m (o | i civil or military eventful life. 1 hood. the youthful assoclate rounced and w Fogrity will serve every man who has and ke it 105 success was founded cn good character, unfalling sincerity, bigh Courage and unvemitting industry ver of Peaceiul Pursuit TTo came out of the war with the highest military honors of the volunteer soldior, Brillfant in butt'e and strong in millitary connetl, his was » the true American spirlt, for when the war was end he was guick and eager to return the pe ul parsuits of civil life, While a striet disciplinarian, he be ed by all his men. No duty hazardous for them to cheerfully take and 1o erit was too great for them to undergo when he com man Ho was not only considerate and tender to the soldiers whom he led, but generous and courtcous to his brother offcers, 1t was signit his generous ¥pirit that under the tempting opportunity of a great command he declined it rather than Injustice should be done and humilia- tion pui upon @ brother officer. No wonder that Generul Logan was the idol of the rank and file of the urmy. They loved him; he Joved them In_ Washington, with most onerous and exacting senatorial duties resting upon him he was devoted 1o the Wants and necesal jes of hie old comrades. His sympath s services ver denied the wis nized aln among integrity = was him well, ‘as in- was vet was oo under- n 10 thelr need. was night prior to Plumer’s arrival after blow- ing up two trucks laden with ammunition. Lord Kitchener further reports the cap- ture of sixteen prisoners, fifty horses and the depot of war stores at Boshmanskop, Orauge River Colony. As an offset, the commander-in-chief re- ports that a detachment of 100 men of the Fifth Lancers and Imperial Yeomanry were attacked by 400 Boers to the northward of Aberdeen, Cape Colony, and that after sev- eral hours' fighting the British were sur- rounded and captured, with the excepti of twenty-five who succeeded in making thaln asanma “FORTUNETELLER” WELCOMEOD London Aundience Recelves Alice Niele wen and Her Co y with Greatest Cordl ty. LONDON, April 10.—London gave an en- thusiastic welcome to “The Fortune Teller," which was produced last evening at the | aftesbury theater under the direction of | Frank L. Perley by the Alice Nlelsen Opera company. ety detafl of the production received cordial approval from an over- flowing audience. Miss Nlielsen, whose first appearance in England it was, won an instantancous triumph. Joseph Cawthorne, ugene Cowles and Alex Clark made hits. COMEDY PROVES SERIOUS Flashlight Chemicals Explode in Line bon Opera House and Injure lergyma LISBON, N. D, April 9,—An explosion of flashlight chemicals behind the scenes of the Lisbon opera house last night seriously injured Rev. J. B. McDonald. Two others, Mills E. Moore, city auditor, and Roy Bev- erance, son of the county supervisor, were slightly injured. The comedy, “Turn of the Tide," was to have been presented by local people under the auspices of the Cath- oli¢ church. SAYS KRUGER COMES MAY 31 Paris Paper Dates ¥ parture and ous Boer's De- romines Lecture ny Hall, PARIS, April 10.—Le Rappel, which has already published several remarkable state- ments as to the plans of Mr. Kruger, dis- plays the following dispatch from The Hague this morning “Mr. Kruger's departure for the United States has heen fixed for May 31. He will lecture in Tammany ball about June § as the guest of the democratic party.” ‘rench and Italinns Salote, TOULON, April 9.—The duke of Geno command of the Itallan fleet, repaid today Vice Admiral DeBeaumont's visit of yes- terday. Both the French and the Italian war ships saluted while the duke was go- ing ashore. ’ The duke, after reviewing the guard of houor of marines, proceeded to the pre- fecture through troop-lined streets. The meeting between Admiral Beaumont and the duke of Genoa was most cordial. The | duke was re-escorted to his flagship, the Lepanto, with the sume ceremonial. He everywhere met with the heartiest re- ception from the crowds. Sultan Appeals for Ald. TRIPOLI, Sunday, April 7.—Advices from Benghazi state that the sultan of Wadai, finding himself helpless against the rebel- lion now In progress, has invoked the as- sistance of the French, which has been promised bim Premier on Road (o Health, PARIS, April 9—M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the premier, passed a good night. His con- | dition is excellent and his rapid recovery is anticipated. GOTHENBURG PROMOTER BUSY ville Try. Olof Rargstrom Is in Lo ing to Launch Lowu | | LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 9.~Olof Barg- | strom of Gothenburg, Neb., is in Loulsville | trying to organize a company to incorper ate the Louisville & Port Royal railroad, which he says is backed by English capital. The road is to be bullt, according to the project, from Louisville to Walhalla, 8. . From the latter point to Port Royal, ths 1 his limited purse were Amalilaued ou Second Page) ‘un)molm aie sald 10 owR & rallread, Just a year ago Sargent had his | trial and as no evidence was introduced that would prove the charges he was ac- quitted. As the matter has been before the public #0 many years, the outcome of the present suit will be watched with interest. MACHINERY PLANTS TO MERGE Charles Allls Seek o Form Combine Manufacteries Valued at Fitty Million Dol witHIGAGRARE!L 9= ARRecial Srom Mil- senting the great plant of the M. s ‘vre- company, is iu New York, In connection with a proposition to consolidate all the big machinery and statlonary eugine plants of the country. he trust will, if formed, have a capital of $50,000,000 and include over forty plants. They are located in Milwaukee, Fort Wayne, Canton, Wilkes- barre, Pittsburg, Youngstown, Cleveland, Pittston, Pa, Hamilton, O., New York, Philadelphia and Akron | Willlam Allis said today that the com- bination had been under consideration for | some time, but’ that his company had never glven an option on the plant. None of tho other officers would confirm the report that the combination had been formed and that the Allis company was in it. However, from the attitude of some of them when approached on the subject, it Is apparent that it is only a question of a short time when the organization will be formed. CUBAN DELEGATES BALLOT Majority Favors Reconsidering Vote Against Merehing on Wa ington, HAVANA, April 9.—The Cuban consti- | tutional convention today formally consid- ered the vote against sending a commis elon to Washington, the final vote standing twenty in favor of reconsidering to elght opposed. The program now is to appoint a commission of five who shall in the first instance wait on the governor general, dis- cuss the situation with him and ask his ad- vice. A further extension of the mortgages | which expire, according to the decree of Former Governor General Brooke, May 1, | is belng urged, but the movement is meeting with strong opposition from the owners of estates who have been deprived of their rights and income for four years. General Wood is considering the question of ap- pointing a commission in each province with a view to bringing about some ¢ promise between the tenants and owners, DETAILS OF THE PURCHASE | Dénver & Rio Grande to Buy the Stock of the Rio Grande Western CHICAGO, April 9.—The Post today gives the following details of the proposed con- solidation of the Denver & Rfo Grande and ande Western: The plan is buy the preferred and common stock of the Rio Grande Western, cancel the Denver & Rio Grande stock, in the treasury--$3,500, 000 preferred and $7,000,000 common —re- served for acquiring the Rio Grande West- ern wnd the common, to increase the ferred from $23,650,000 to $44,400,000, and to {ssue for future capital requirements $5,900,- 000 consolidated mortgage bonds. Subject to authorization of the increase proposed, shareholders of record April 15 will be allowed to subscribe until & p. m. May 1, to $12,000,000 of the new preferred at 90 to the extent cf one share of the new pr ferred for every five shares common or pre- ferred of their present holdings. Payment of $20 « share must be made at the time of application and the remainder May 30. FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT Omaha Sues "a Creighton of London Syndicate for M Million, SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 8.—Suit f 00,000 was filed todoy agaiust the Byrd syndicate, limited, of London by John A. Crelghton of Omaha, a contractor, He alleges that he entered into & coutract with James R. D, Graham, agent of the Byrd syndicate, by which the syndicate was to drill for oll and ges in Texas, to spend $100,000 within two years and $100,000 4 year thereafter until the dally output reached 2,000 barrels. Creighton claims the syndi cate did not carry out its part of the cou- s Yo | deeds today. m- | pre- | WASHINGTON, April 9.—~The secretary of the treasury has approved a design for the new $10 legal tender United States note. Prominent in the center of (he face of the note is the picture of an American buffalo, taken from a photograph of a fine mounted specimen In the National museum. On the right and left ends arc the por- traits of Lewis and Clark, the noted ex- plorers of the far northwest. By the side of each is a youthful figure extending a palm over the pictures. The figures and letters denoting the denorkination are quite large and conspicuous. T's jte 4s con- sidered as artistic as any“ig ed in manv KNOX ENTERS THE CABINET | New Attorney General Takes Oficial Oath Before Justice Shiras the White Houxe, WASHINGTON, April 9.—Mr. Philander . Knox of Pittsburg, who succeeds Atlor- eral Griggs at the head of the De- partment of Justice, was sworn in at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the cabinet room of the White House. There were present President McKinley, Philander Knox, jr., Mr, Kuox's youngest son, and Justice Shiras of the supreme court, who administered | the oath. Justice Shiras is an old friend of the new attorucy general. Mr. Knox und | his son had arrived in Washington from Pittsburg at §:20 a. m. Mr. Knox was ace companied to the White Houvse by C. O. L. Cooper, who was Attorney General Griggs' private secretary, and who may continue with Mr. Knox in a similar capacity. After taking the oath Mr. Knox remained the president uutil the cabinet assemble FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT| o Trust Companies Obligat e Papers for Ten WASHINGTON, April %.—An agreement between the Standard Trust company of | New York and the Baitimore & Ohio Trust company providing for equipment obliga- | tons to cover $10,000000 of additional Ames then formed a with his son. This slnce been maintained. L. L. Albert of Columbus served on the district court bench in his resident district under an appointment by Silas A. Holcomb, then governor of the state, artner- ship partnership i | | Son of lown J ice. George A. Day of Omaha is a son of former Justice Day of the supreme court of lowa. He served two years as deputy under Attorney General Churchill. % R. Duffie of Omaha was formerly a practicing attorney in lowa. He has served on the district court bengh isswErnor, county by appotntment froni e K- yuqeq ‘ar the Seventh judicial dlstrict for twelve | years, two of which were served under | gubernatorial appointment. J. 8. Kirkpatrick of this city was formerly assoclated with Judge Holcomb In the law business at Broken Bow. He opened a law office In this city four years ago. W. D. Oldham of Kearney was deputy attorney general during the last two years of the fusion administration. Roscoe Pound of Lincoln Is a young at- torney, a graduate of the University of braska and Cernell Law college. H. Sedgwick of York was district judge York for eight years, his last term expiring one year ago. Whao t Omaha Membe Are, The only public office ever held by George A. Duy was that of deputy attorney general of ebraska under Attormey General Churchill from 1895 to 1897. At the expira- tion of his term Mr. Day returned to Omaha and resumed his legal practice. Judge James Day, for fiftecen years a justice of the lowa supreme court, is the father of the | new commissioner. Other members of the family have also achieved distinction in the legal profession. Mr. Day is in his forty-first year and has been a resident of Omaha for the last elgh- teen years. He graduated from Tabor (Ia.) college in 1881 and from the law school of the University of Iowa in 1883. Coming to this city that fall, he entered the law firm of Stow, Hammond & Day, which was dis- solved in 1886 by the death of Mr. Stow, | equipment was filed with the recorder of | The agreement is dated Jau- | uary ¢ last. The abligations are for $10.000 each, with 4 per cent interest from Janu ary 1, 1901, payable semi-unnually, und are to be in ten ser of $1,000,000 1 | principal. The ies mature respectively | on December 31 of each yeur during the continuance of the lease. The obligations are nemed “the railroads equipment obliga- tlons, car trust of 1901 The additional equipment 100 locomotives, 2,500 box hopper cars and flat GIGANTIC ~ LINEN Spinners of Belgl ing Com each 3 . coutemplates cars, 2,000 steel cars, 00 TRUST | Germany and He Form- in Austris 0 WASHINGTON, April 9 Information | concerning the formation of what amounts gigantic trust embracing every linen spinning concern on the continent of Eu rope has reached the State department in a report from United States Consul Mahin | at Reichenberg, Austria. For some time, | | says the consul, it has been understeod that | the Austrian, German and Belglan spinners | of linen there had decided to unite in a re duction of product. ¥From Paris has come the news that the French spinners are also | to join in reducing the output of the mills. | The object is believed to be to steady and | possibly to enhance the price of linen yarn Makers of linen cloth have, during the fail and winter, sufered from the high price of yarn, and this enormous combination will make conditions still worse, says the consul, TEN THOUSAND HARVESTERS Ank to a | | | fmplement Denlers’ Associntion 1 es for Them Over Western Axsocintion Lines, | | WICHITA, Kan., April §.—D. W. Blaine | & director of the Southwestern Kamsas | Oklahoma Implement Dealers' association consulted Secretary Dillon today with ref- erence (o going before the Western Passen- | r assoclation to for a speclal rate | for at least 10,000 harvest hands to tasc care of the small grain in the wheat belt in June. They will ask a rate of 1 cent a mi from the Missi pl river. The mate of 10,000 hands is made from a can vass of farmers by school dist The crop in the wheat belt will be 25 per cent d | and perjury are made. who dicd the next day after being nomi- nated for district judge. Mr. Day was then alone for a year, when the partnership of Gregory, Day & Day. composed of Judge Gregory, Mr. Day's brother and himself, was formed. This firm was dissolved in 1895 due Dufie's Recor Judge Duffie came to Omaha in 1857 and has practiced his profession here ever sinco. He served on the bench of the district court for about two years, having been appointed by Governor Crounse to fill the unexpired terms of Judges Davis and Walton. Edward R. Duffie was born in Lewis county, New York, in 1846, and was reared in that state. He attended Lawville and Carthage academies and finished his school days at the State Normal school in Albany. Mr. Duffic came west when he was 20 of age and settled in Towa, wh up the study of law. cars he took Belng admitted to the bar in 1867, it was but a few years later when he attained prominence in his profes- sion and cnjoyed a large practice in north- western lowa, He lived at Sac City for twenty years and for eight years he was judge of the district court at that place, MAKES CHARGES OF PERJURY Mary A. Davis en Petition to Con-| test Administrators of Former ushand's Estate, CHICAGO, April 9.—Notice of the filing of a petition to set aside the letters of ad- | ministration issued by the probate court | in the estate of Edward A. Davis has been | served on the attorneys of the adminis- | trator, Charles G. Davis in Chicago and Administrator Joun E. Davis in Butte, Mont., by Mary A. Davis, who claims dower rights as the divorced wife of Edward A Davis, In this petition charges of conspiracy The hearing of the petition will, it s sald, bring before the probate court a part of the countest over the $6,000,000 estate of Judge Andrew J Davis of Butte, which occupled the courts of Montaua for years. dward A Davis nep and the son brother of the wealthy jurist beneficiary under his will. The Davis' | A Davls, | and chief | petitioner was Judge W of John | rapidity. victim’'s pockets, Miss Ramsaler was rais- | ing the gun when one of the rohbers lcoked up. “Look out, Bill, she's going to shoot,” he cried in warning to his comrade and dropping the watch Ke had just taken from Mr. Ramsaler, vaulted the fence into the street. The second robber followed him. fiss Ramsafer started in pursuit, but the men escap d hristopher Ramsater, the father of the girl, is a well known con- tractor, RAILR wreier SHARES OAD__SHAL Investment Class, NEW YORK, April gram.)—The Evening shares have reached them in the so-calle Preferred, paying 7 per cent dividend, is quoted at 200, yielding at that pri per cent income; common shares, paylug b per cent, yield hardly any more than pre- ferred shares, The dividend record of these shares has not heen particularly extensive nor steady. At the opening of 1897 Omaha common shares were selling below 50 and preferred around 135 Of these, ad- ances of 90 points and 65 points respec- tively, 20 to 25 points have been recorded in last year It is iriteresting to observe that this en- hancement in market values has occurred despite the decreasing gross and net in- come and with a surplus of but $182,420 car- ried into the new account APPEAL FROM PORTO RICANS Petition Addressed to McKinley | Pleads that Many Islunders Ar Suflering from Hunger. Tele- Omaha s which place Investment class, (Special Post says: pric NEW YORK, April Eglesias, delegate of Labor of Porto Rico, who arrived on the steamer Por from Sah Juan, {3 the bearer of a petition from the workingmen of Porto Rico to President McKinley. In this petition, which bears 6,000 signatures, the Porto Ricans say: “Misery, with all its horrid consequences, is spreading in our homes with wonderful 1t has already reached such an extremo that many workers are starving to death, while others that have not the courage to see their mothers, wives, sisters and children perish by hunger, commit sui- clde by drowning themselves in the rivers or hangiug themselves from branches of trees." AVALANCHE BURIES FAMILY | Mother @ Four Children in the Ruins of Their Colorndo Home, CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., April 9.—Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and their four children were buried in their home tonight | by the sliding of the huge dump of the Granite mine. The Smith dwelling was Just below the base of the dump. The re- | cent snows had softened the dump so that | the top suddenly slid down, crushing the | house and burying its Inmates. Hundreds of men are digging away the dirt and rock, but it is not thought possible any of the victims will be found alive. 9.—Senor Santlago the Federation of ther, Crashed | | | M. capable of the worst of crimes. With such ovidence before him Marshal Hank procured and served the paper on Luse this morning. Detective OF Hin Guard. Luse threw the detective off his guard by apparent willingness to submit to arrest. He only asked permission to change his clothiag and prepare for the journey, but the first opportunity be grabbed a Win- chester from its place of concealment and drew a bead on Hans. The fact that an empty shell was in placa of u loaded one saved the life of the de- - e - villain's heart. Hans followed the firet bul- with a second, causing instant death. let Luse, by his own confession, belonged for | vears to a band of outlaws and road agents in W Big E voming, claiming to have helped kill , a United States marshal, and bury | his body in the grounds belonging to the first hotel built in Laramie City, besides participating in numerous other murders. Luse also tried to hire parties to murder John Sullivan, a Tesident of this city, and I Mead, a rancher living near him, against whom he had grievances. For years he had been a terror to the people of his neighborhood and his death comes as a relief to the law-abiding people of Brown and neighboring counties. Luse leaves aivorced wite and four children. WOMAN VOTER IN THE TOILS Mrs. Mary Ratcliffe of Denver Arrested DENVER, April 9.—A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mrs. Mary Ratcliffe on the charge of having wilfully, know- ingly and unlawfully voted fn the wrong precinct at the late clty electlon. She is 36 years of age and has two ch.ldren. She was an active demociatic worker during the campalgn preceding the city election. It is sald that she is the first woman arrested for an election fraud in this country. R. L. Meyers, a deputy Internal revenue collector, was arrested today on a warrant charging him with having pald Ersest Beamstein §1 for his vote. The three judges who accepted Beamstein's vote one minute after the polls had closed were also ar- rested. They furnished bonds In the sum of $300 each The Tax Reform league decided today to increase its fund for the prosecution of election “rauds from $10,000 to $20,000. Com- mitteer epresenting both the republiean and demucratic purties are co-operating with the league in the work. FROM KAW TOWN TO PACIFIC Mexico & Orient Line Opens une, 190 KANSAS CITY, April 9.—Presldent A, E Stilwell of the projected Kansas City, Mex- ico & Orlent rallroud today confirmed a dispatch from Chibushua, Mexico, stating that a contract had been let for the con- struction of the road between that city and San Angelo, Tex,, o distance of probably 400 miles The road will cross the Rio Grande at Presidio del Norte, where a bridge connecting the Lwo countries will have to he built Mr. Stilwell added: “The rallway will be HILL SURE OF BURLINGTON | - | . % Nego- | lidation of Inter- ¥ Ended. Northern's P’ ionw for ( ests Are NEW YORK, April 0.—The Evening Post | “President J. J. Hill of the Great | hern raliway will leave this city to- | mo! with his negotiations for the Bur- lington raillway successfully concluded.” According to the Evening Post, Mr. Hill would not make any persooal statement but informed his close nssociates that the Burlington negotiations had been concluded and that when he left New York tomorrow he would leave only minor points unsettled MORRISON TRIAL POSTPONED Eldorado Girl Will B pense 1 Nol row | | Held In Su LDORADO, nounced K It was an- I Morrison asks (hat the resident administrator be to the grand jury to answer perjury amd conspiracy in conneciion with held charges of | beavier thau that of Jast year, the haudling of the eslale, 1 : mur [ ber fos case tried until Septem The n hoth sides desire postponement. The case had been set tbe June Lerm wl court, ttorneys | sas City and Wichita, 1 finished and in operation between Kansas City and its terminus on the Pacific ocean a year from next June.” The distance of 200 miles between Kan- Kan., will be built this summer, the contract having been taken by & Chicago firm. ABSORBING FUEL COMPANY un Steel und Wire May Control of Colorudo Concern, CHICAGO, April 9.-—A meeting was held in the offices of the American Steel ead Wire company today of men interested in that corporation and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. It wag stated that the con- terenca was held for the purpose of com- pleting the details of arrangements whereby the coal and iron interests ali- ated with the Colorado Fuel and Iron com- pany will pass under the control of (he American Steel and Wire company, the plans confemplating Immediate and exten- sive improvements and enlargements of the big Pueblo plant and other interesta, Chairman John W. Gates of the American stecl and Wire company refused to discuss the objects of the meeling