Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1901, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. REPULSED BY BOXERS Qeneral Reid's Punjab Infantry Enceunters Btrenger Force Than Antioipated. ENEMIES WELL ARMED 2, /%cbbers Fonnd Armed ONE THOUSAND Both Bozer with ‘Lus. ";‘finm Rifles, MAJOR BROWNING L :’0 “ME KILLED R ney Hoand a Bepoy Are Slain Bet Aoccomplished. EMPEROR ORDERS LIU T0 RETIRE Sends Spec: Me 1o Stubborn Gene ng Him to Get Back Into Shan $1 and Be Good. PEKIN, April 21.—Brigadier General A, F. Reid, commanding the Third brigade of the India Imperial Service troops in China, who s now at Shan Hal Kwan, sent & company of Punfab infantry to disperse & band of robbers in the neighborhood of Fu Ning A force of Boxers and robbers, more than 1,000 strong, attacked the Indian troops, killing Major Browning and one Sepoy and wounding others. The company retreated to Fu Ning. Reinforcements have been sent from Shan Hal Kwan. The Boxers are apparently well armed with modern riftes PAO TING FU, Saturday, April 20.—This ity has been for the last few days a big French military camp. It s now estimated that 8,000 Freuch troops and 6,000 G mans will form the entire force when the reinforcements have arrived. no truth in current reports regarding s vere fighting between the outposts and the Chinese. an rders Liu to Back { Three men left yesterday under escort to convey Empecor Kwang Heu's first order to General Liu to retire immediately into the province of Shan SI. Prince Ching and other Chinese officials say the Chinese general has already retired, but their con- firmations or denials are conside: unrellable. The French and German troops seem to be co-operating fairly well, although until yesterday (Fridhy) there was some doubt a8 to who would commund the expedition. This question bas been settled by an ar- rangement under which the French and Germans are to work independently. and yet at the same time co-operate. If the Chinese retive over the Shan Si boundary, then, according to international agreement, the foreign troops should not go beyond it. The ministers of the powers in Pekin ear- | mestly hope that this will prove 1o be the They point out that the Chinese force has not been aggressive and only «came a fow miles over the border, arguing that it might just as well have been al- Jowed to remain where it was. RUSSIA IS PLAYING FAIR One High in Authority Says No Nego- fons with China Are Connidered. ST. PETERSBURG, April 22.—The state- ments that Russia has proposed to Japin an eotente regarding the far east offered to reduce its indemnity claim to $10,000,000 on condition that China slgns the Manchurian convention and grants fur- ther concessions in conmection with the Siberlan railroad are declared to be quite unfounded. On the contrary, Russin is determined, it is asse to enter into no negotiations with China in the present circumstances CHINESE ATTACK RAILWAY Rebels Repo Manchu ted to Have R n's Ralls an the Car o0y Broken LONDON, April 22.—"Chinese rebels h again attacked the Manchurian railway, pays the St. Petersburg correspondent the Daily Telegraph. 160 versts of the line, removed the rails and broken up the rolling stock. bave killed nearly a whole detachment of rallway guards. Troops have been seat from Amur province to the scene of at- Has & String (o the Mules, LONDON, April “The viceroy Nanking," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Morning Post, “evidently distrust- ing the professed object of the Franco- German expedition, refuses to permit * ther sales of mules to the British, except on condition that they are not tor the prospective expedition to Sian Fu.' ONE IN FORT DODGE HOLDS OUT (0 Have Bowed to n Combine. CHICAGO, April 21.—The Tribune tothor- row will say: Consolidation of all the #tucco mills in the United States is re- ported on ood authority to be the aim of a syndicate of which the Standard O\l com. pany controls a large share. Options have been secured on a number of mills In Michigan and on all the mills but one in Fort Dodge, la., which s the principal manufacturing point in the west for plaster, The plan contemplates the purchase of | the mills outright and the establishment of general headquarters in Chicago. The rapid increase in production is said bave had a dvmoralizing effect on the mar- ket and inspired the efforts of the pro- moters. DENVER PRISONER POISONED | Joseph Ha el nelt in Vietim of Cheene Spiced with Deadiy DENVER, April 2L—An attempt was made 1ast night (0 poison Joseph Haennel), a prisoner fu the county jall, charged with haviog assisted in robbing Mrs. Dr. Flora Betts of $7,000 worth of diamonds in An- gust last when driving with her. An apple ple and some cheese were loft at the jail for Haernelt by an old man who {3 unknown. After nibbling at the cheese the prisoner becamu sick. An emetic was administered, which saved his life. An examination disclosed that the ple and cheeso contained a great quantlty of arsenic and other polsons. Haennelt gifve testimony for the prosecution at the recent trial of John Barr and Mrs. Bes- sle Hodge, his housekeeper, on the charge of having brutally assaulted and robbed Mrs, Betts. The trial ended in disagree- medt of the Jury There 1s | pd very | ed on high authority, | the | o | “They have destroyed | They | of | intended | to | OMAHA, MONDAY MORN G, APRIL 00 =2 TOLSTOI'S COMING NOVEL It Deala with the Transformation of the terfly Into the Use ful Woman, TERSBUR of the 8T. Pl respondence Count Leo Tolstol's scribe the chrysal period of a young woman's life, the development of a but- terfly into a useful member of society. Its plot may be briefly outlined as follows: The Spesizeft family return late in the autumn from their usual journey abroad and go for a short vjsit to the estate of a relative, who s the district captain of Lijin. The party there is composed of the bigh ministerfal officer, Counclillor eizefl, his wite, Maria Necolalevna, and a 16-year-old daughter, Vera. The men talk of crops while the women indulge fn pro- vinclal gossip. It is then proposed that Vera make herself useful in the famine reliet work. She would prefer anything to boredom and undertakes to distribute clothing and nurse starving babies for dis- traction. She {s lost to view until her father and mother decide to return home. They send to bring Vera, but she positively re- fures to obey either the servant, her father or her mother. She has undergone a mental transformation within a few weeks and decides it is better to be a worker than a drone BERLIN PAPER BLAMES HILL B.—(Cor- Press. ) will de- April Associated next novel he Dent Shaply Him BERLIN, April The Herlin bourse had & dull experfence last week, the vol- ume ®f transactions being light and the quotations showed very slight varlation Much Interest was shown in American | rallway securities, German holders selling | largely to American buyers. Domestic rail- wuys weakened upon the lower receipts. The Frankfurter Zeltung, commenting | upon the purchase of the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney railrond in favorable terms, compares the transaction to the methods of Jay Gould and James Fisk, and par- | ticularly blames Mr. Hill, observing “Mr. Hill 15 responsible for purchasing the road at the present inflated value of | the stock, because he controls 500,000 | shares, which he and his allies bought cheap and are now selling to the Northern Pacific and at Northern roads at ¢n enormous profit to themselves, but to *he | disadvantage of the purchasing lines. The basis of exchange of the Burlington stock | for the Great Northern and Northern Pa- | cific bonds involves a heavy capitalization of the former." Decides to 0 gate lItxelf for Five Milllon Dellars to Bulld Railro YOKOHAMA, April 21.—The Corean gov- ernment, according to advices just received from Seoul, the capital of Corea, has de- cided to borrow from Fr 000,000 for the purpose of constructing the Northern | rallway from Seoul to Wikiu. It s as- | serted that It has objection to pledging the Corean customs for security of this loan, which created n desire in certain quarters for the dismissal of Mr. McLeavy Brown, director general of Corean customs. According to the same advice, Vice Ad- miral Seymour and Sir Claude M. MacDon- ald, British minister to Japan, rived at Chemulpo, Corea, on board British cruiser Powerful, and it fs said that they will have an audience with Em- peror Yi Yieung The Seoul correspondent adds that Rus- sia is endeavoring to secure a lease of Chin Hi bay. ALASKA SHIFTS GOVERNORS At Duwson wi y—Amitation 4 Dust, rate Cere Agninst VICTORIA, B. C., April 21.—Alaska ad- vices way Governor Ross was formally fn- augurated at Dawson on April 12 and Gov- ernor Ogllvie stepped down and out. The cremony was largely attended and Da son was in gala attire for the occasion, It is belioved the new chief executive will | pursue a liberal policy and business men of this city are much pleased with the prospects for the season under the new egime. The Yukon river opened on April 9 for fifteen miles below Lake Lebarge. The Dawson Board of Trade has decided to urge the discontinuance of goll dust as legal tender. TAKE ONE BOER EVERY HOUR Oomcers ptures Since Apr LONDON, April The War office has received u dispateh from Lord Kitchener reporting that since April 18 various Brit- ish commanders have taken elghty-one prisoners, together with 100,000 rounds of | small ammunition and many horses, eat- tlo and wagons, Lord Kitchener reports also the surrender of twenty Boers since that date. BULLETS FLYING IN THE AIR runken Brawl in Kausas Suburbs Results in In- Jury to Innocents, KANSAS CITY, April 21.—Four innocent white men were shot, one perhaps fatally, A negro was shot and another badly cut, the result of a drunken fight started by a | crowd of negroes in Rosedale, Kan., a sub- urb of Kansas City, today. Willlam | Blanchard received the contents of a shot- gun In the face and breast and was taken to | the hospital, where his wounds are con- ! sidered fatal. One of Blanchard's eyes was blown out, his face badly disfigured and a big hole was torn in his breast. J. W. Davis, deputy marshal, was shot in the hand; two other white men, names un- known, were shot and wounded slightly; Ben Cable, colored, was cut serfously, and Tom Swith, colored, was shot and wounded slightly. The negroes were quarreling in front of a | Joint when a negro, Sid Rawles, precipitated the trouble by cutting Cable, the latter se- | curing a shotgun and firing into the crowd, The shot missed the crowd and struck | Blanchard, who was waiting for a street car. During the excitement that followed half a dozen of the negroes obtained pis- | tols and shotguns and began firiog promis- Negroel <l Deputy Marshal Davis came upon the scene and was greeted with a volley from the negroes, recelving a wound fu the hand. Davis, with the aid of two other officers, | imally succeeded in quelling the disturb | ance and arresting the leadors, but not be- fore two other innocent white men had been wounded by stray shots. These two men, whose wounds are believed to have been slight, disappeared before their iden- Uty became known. EAST IS STILL SUBMER GED Hoavy Fall of Rain and Baow Con Many Points. ues at PITTSBURG IS SOMEWHAT RELIEVED River Recedes, but Only to Expose Tremendous Damage Done—Other States Report Thelr Losses, WASHIN uation at ON, April 21.—The river sit- Pittsburg is somewhat relieved | tonight. At 10 a. m. fter reaching a max imum stage of foet, or 5.5 feet above the danger line, the Monongahela river be- gan to fall and at 8 p. m. the stage was 25.9, a fall of 1.6 feet since morning. The maximum reached in the Allegheny | river was 6 feet Below Pittsburg the river is still rising At Wheeling, W. Va, at noon the river was 1.6 feot above the danger line of 35 feet, and rising, and an extrema Wigh water stage of at least 43 feet is indicated during | Monday. | At Parkersburg the stage at 7 p. m. was | 10 feet, four feet above the danger line, and a rise of three feet since § a. m. A further | rise, probably to 48 feet, is expected dur- ing the pext twenty-four hours, Below Parkersburg the Kanawha sandy and Scioto were sending out flood volumes and at noon the tween Point Pleasant, W. Va., and Ciocin- nati was rising from one-half to one foot an hour and rapidly approaching or passing the danger line at all points. At Cincinnati | at 8 p. m. the stage of the river was 424 feet, with every indication that the danger line of 50 feet will be reached or exceeded by Monday noon. 1t is still raining or snowing over the upper Ohio valley and therefore impossible to accurately predict the time of (he helght of the flood crests below Parkers- | burg. However, the danger lines will ne passed at all stations above Cincinnati by Sunday night and still higher stages pre- vail during Monday. Point Pleasant, W. Va, at 7 p. m ports a stage of forty-seven feet, or eight feet above the danger line, due to ‘h Kanawha river flood waters. Below Cla- | cinnatl the Ohio will also rise rapi'y during the next few days and all prepara- tions should be made for a dangerous flood The streams on the eastern slope of ‘he Alleghenies are also approaching flood stages and at Richmond warning has been issued for a thirteen-foot stage, or oue foot above the danger line, in the Jam:s river by Monday morning. Big | their Ohio be- COSTS PENNSYLVANIA MOST Storm Results in Flooding W PITTSBURG, April 21.—The most wide- spread and destructive storm, from a ma- terial point of view, has passed. It has left a zone of ruin 200 miles in diameter. Electric plants or their wires are fum- aged and the gas in the mains is generally | turned off. So half a million or more peo- ple are tonight gropng in darkness. A rallroader caught In a wreck caused by a landslide and death of an old woman from | shock, are the only fatalities known so far. The money loss may reach $3,000,000. The railroads think they have lost one million The loss of wages to the army of workers in manufacturing plants up and down the river will amount to $300.000, and repairs to the plants will be a lurge item. Damage to stores, residences and furniture in Pitts- | burg and Allegheny and down-river towns will probably reach $300,000. The tele- graph companies have suffered severely but cannot yet compute their losses. In addi- tion there is the enormous indirect dam- age caused by the almost complete suspen- slon of trade. The report fonight from Rochester, Pa., ie that the Ohio has overflowed its banks and a considerable portion of the city lving south of tne Fort Wavne tracks is sub- merged. The river is still rising and a steady downpour of rain continues. At one place the wedding of Thomas Elmes and Miss Clara Carter was to have taken place and the driver of the carriage bad to wade to the house of Miss Carter and carry the groom, the bride and the groomsman and bridesmald to the carriage in his arms, so they could go to the church for the marriage ceremony. The first direct communication from Washington, Pa., tonight says: “Chartier creek is a raging torrent and has over- flowed its banks in hundred of places. All trafic on the Chartier road is blocked by the bridges heing washed away and the landslides, and the Baltimore & Ohlo is seriously crippled. The report from Steubenviile, O. says The Ohio river reached its flood stoge th evening and after touching the twenty-nine- foot mark began to recede. The Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad and Wheeling & Lake Erle railroad are under water at Mingo. At Mingo Junction the big plant of the National Steel company is idle, water hav- Ing flooded the soaking pits, etc. Many families have been rendered homeless. “Little Italy” is submerged. In this city the paper mill, pot works and iron works are shut down on account of the high water. Fully ffty families in the low ground here were compelled to move from their homes. Parts of Rush Run and Bril- Hant are under water. PITTSBURG, April At 3 o'clock this morning the three rivers are receding at about the rate of three inches an hour. Ohio river mark at Davis Island dam 3 feet and fallin At Anacadia twenty house are fiood. Reports from up-river celved at Pittsburg up to meager, but for the most couraging. The damage buildings in Allegheny is estimated at about $100,000. It will take two months of hot summer weather to thoroughly dry out these houses. In Pittsburg the loss to restdences and stores and goods and the cost of cleaning up will amount to about 00,000. At Carnegie Borough, six milcs from Pittsburg, the loss is estimated at $40,000, of which the Columbia bridge works loses $5,000. The other losses range from $75 to $900. The Westinghouse Elec- trie company had two carloads of finished material on the tracks near Turtle Creek. They were caught in the flood and water Kot into the cars. The loss may reach $80,000. ERIE, Pa., April 21.—The snow storm of Friday night and Saturday and the sleet storm of Saturday was the worst known here In sixty years and surpassed the famous blizzard of March, 1888. There is twelve inches of snow on the level and during Saturday nearly every trolley line in the city knocked out. There were four freight wrecks on the Lake Shore rail- road at Girard Junction. The heavy snow- plow went off the rails and tore up 200 feet of track. The thermometer was at no time below thirty-two degrees and to- day raln \u been falling. in points 10 p. m. are part are en- 1o furniture and the re- | teared | danger | points | Ohlo va | have not arrived. | schedule time. OHIO HAS ITS WORST SCARE Alnrm t Thrfughont Valley Than at An§ Time Sinee 1884, More the CINCINNATI, April 21.~There has bocu more alarm throughout the Ohio valley to day on account of floods thad at any period sluce February, 1884, when the Ohio rives reached its highest @ of seventy-ome feet and nine inches at this city. Most of the inhabitants of the valley spent the night in anticipation of the worst flood ever known in the valley, as they will not know until tomorrow that the water has begun falling at Pittsburg. Until this news reached the rivormen here tonight it was that the record of 1884 might he broken, but now it is generally belleved that the river will not exceed the floods of February, 1897, and of March, 1808, when it reached sixty-one feet at Cincinnatl. The present flood is the worst that has ever been known so late in the spring While the water has begun to fall at Pittsburg, both rain and snow have been falling heavily last night and today a tonight all along the Ohio valley, The line has already been reached at above Cincinnati and {t will be reached here tomorrow morning. The mer chants and manufacturers in the lower part of the city have been working all day and night, preparing for the worst, Early this evening the weather bureau here an- nounced heavy snows and rains along the v. The uniform rise during t day was four-tenths of a foot per hour, but the average is higher tonight. Trains are late on all railroads and some trainy were due last night from the east It is generally conceded that the fruit crop throughout the Ohic valley {5 gone and the damage to crops Is very great CINCINNATI, April -At river had reached forty-seven rising three inches per hour. EVELAND, April 21.—The fierce storm that swept over this city and wortharn Ohlo throughout yesterday and last night gradually subsided today. It was followed tonight by a dense fog. Notwithstanding the heroic efforts of the telegraph and teie- phone companies to repalr their prostrated lines there has been little improvement to the service thus far. Trains on practically all roads entering the city continue to arrive from one to three hours bekind Traffic on the city street car lines continued to be badly crippled all day as a result of the deep snow and slush on the tracks. COLUMBUS, 0., April 21.—The water in the Ohfo river is receding, after having reached thirty-four feet at East Liverpool Much damage has been done in the lowlands along the river, however. Some of the potteries along the river bank are parily submerged and three feet of water covers the railroad tracks in places. All Sunday trains were annulled. PORTSMOUTH, O., April 21.—The Ohio river reached a stage of forty-nine feet here at 7 o'clock tonight. It rained and snowed alternately all day and is rainiug tonight. The Scioto river is running out heavy. So far little damage has been done, aside from the inconvenience in moving of hundreds of persons in the low parts of town, who are being forced out. MARIETTA, O., April 21.—-The heavy snow since Saturday was foilowed by a hard rain tonight. The river is at flood height and rising two inehes an hour. The business portion of this city is now flooded YOUNGSTOWN, 0., April 21.—The snow turned finto rain today and a disastrous flood In the Mahoning valley Warning has been sent to people living on the lowlands along the Mahoning river. Not a car has been moved on any of the traction lines outside the city since Friday midnight. POMEROY, 0., 2 a. m. the feet here, April 21.—The river here is fifty-one feet and rising three inches an hour. The water is a foot deep n buildings on the river front, FIRE AT THE PASSING BOATS Irnte Renidents A Near Wheeling M Artif WHEELING, W, Va. April 2L.—At 9 a, m. the river is 41 4 inches and rising 2 inches an hour. The topmotch Is ex- pected in an hour or (wo with less than 42 feet. This stage shuts Wheeling entirely out of outside communication by rail and only the big Cincinnati liners are able to run now and irritate residents along the river banks, who are firing frequently at the boats because the swell from them is washing their houses' foundations away. Tonight a Wheeling fsland man fired at the packet Keystone, and at a passing tow- boat, without effect. At Wheeling, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Ben- wood and Martins Ferry aboul 500 housus have been entered by the water, most of the families moving to upper floors. Nearly every manufacturing establishment in the Wheeling district is shut down and can- not resume until Tuesda Above Martips Ferr miner, discovered the burg track washed out bound passenger train was due in thirty minutes, he returned a part of the dls- tance and succeeded in stopping the train a few yards from certain destruction. There will be much distress in the dis- trict, most of the losers by the flood being the poorer classes. United States Senator N. B. Scott wires the Intelligencer $500 for relief. CONNECTICUT Protracted Rain ex and Wanhe to Flood Conn James Ward, a Cleveland & Pitts- Knowing a north- SOIL LOOSE Results In Ly u In Addition Damage. NEW HAVEN April 21.—Reports from around the state tonight show t the damage done by the floods resulting from the rain of the last thirty-six hours hus been very serious A score of 'wm«hnuw have occurred on the Central Néw England raflroad between Winsted and Hartford. The train leaving the former town at 4:45 this afternoon was unable to reach Hartford, as a result of two landslic which have covered the tracks with sand and rocks. The Connecticut river at Hartford is six- teen feet above the high water mark and 15 rising at the rate of an inch an hour. WINSTED, Conn., April The safety of this town and the lives of many In- labitants are seriously threatened tonight by the condition of Highland lake, which is now 80 swollen by the recent rains that its overflow is imminent Notices have been issued to the dwellers along four streets to take to the hills as soon as a general alarm Is given, and guards are posted. Rain is still falling Heavy Snow in KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 21.—Snow continued to fall all day Sunday through- out the greater part of eastern Tennesse: On the mountaius, where it has not been melting, the snow is reported to have veached a depth of nearly two feet. The rivers are out of bounds, but along the smaller ones the greater fear has passed The Tenuessee river at this poiut is Af- teen feet and iising rapidly, is feared. | | Within fifteen minutes William K. Vander- | The duchess called again, this time alone, {ana went DUKE AND DUCHESS REUNITE Warlberough and Osnsnele Home Again at Bt James Park, CHILDREN REJOIN THEM FROM BLENMEIM Willlam K. Vanderbllt's Good Advice and His Daughter's Own Am Prevall Against a Perma- nent Estrangement. (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co) | LONDON, April 21.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The duke and duchess of Marlborough arrived in London together this evening from the continent. They alighted from the boat express at Charing Cross, where their car- riage was waiting. They appeared on the best of terms. The duke first led the duchess to the carriage, then he gave some instructions to his servant about the bag- gage and jumped in after her. They drove away to Warwick house, St. James' park, where their children, whe had been brought up from Blenhelm, were to meet them. This united return gives a quietus to all the gossip about their estrangement, which has been so fre talked of for some time. The fact that they had been so long inseparable made their recent separation all the more noteworthy. Their Condu PARIS, April 21.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The duke and ducliess of Marlborough left Paris to- gether today for London. The nature of the differences between them remains a mystery except to a few intima who decline to divulge any facts, rather showing an Incli- nation to deny the whole story of infelicity | or to lessen its importanc It is true, nevertheless, that during the three weeks that the duchess has been here she has remained undr her father's roof at 138 Avenue des Champs Elysees. The duke, who was nere when the Vanderbilt family returned from Cannes, left Parls the next day for Spain without even seelng his wife or his father-in-law. When he returned to Paris a week ago he went, to the astonishment of the American colony, to live at the Hotel Bristol and declined every invitation addressed jointly to him- self and the duchess. Cool to the Duche Two days ago the duke went Longchamps' races, accompanied friend, arriving late. Seeing there his aunt, Lady Sarah Wilson, his wite and the marchioness of Anglesey together, he went up Into the grandstand and saluted them. He barely shook hands with the duchess, as If she were nothing more to him than the two others, and stopped with them only a few momen! During the whole of his stay in Paris the duke never once called at the Vander- bilt home, and no one from that house called on him. ‘When a reporter for the World sent up his card to the duke at the Hotel Bristol this morning the duke sent back word that he was hurrying preparations to catch the 10:30 train for london and had not time to see anybod). A little later a World reporter sent his card to the duchess at the Vanderbilt home, requesting a statement as to the rumor of an estrangement. The duchess replied that she wished the newspapers would completely ignore her private affairs, and that there was nothing to be said. The World reporter took his leave, send- ing the duchess word that he had just been intormed that the duke was preparing to leave Paris within two hours, Consuelo Finds a Way. This message had an immediate in Paris to the by a effect bilt and his daughter were driven rapidly to the Hotel Bristol. The duke did not r ceive them, sending word that he was out. up to her husband’s apartments unannounced. After half an hour's talk with the duke the duchess sent word to her maid to meet her at the Northern railway station at 1 o'clock sharp, with her trunks, ready to take a London train via Calais. The duke and the duchess drove to the station together and entered the same reserved compartmeut on the Calals flyer. In Paris the general inference concerning the strauge mutual behavior of the duke and the duchess is that the duke had be- come soured because of some money ques- tion wherein he bad expected the Vander- bilts to show themselves more liberal than they were. It is also believed that the duchess, who, despite her Independence of spirit, bates scandal and suffers keenly, realizes that the fact of a quarrel, whatever its cause, 18 likely to Interfere with her socfal plans and ambitions. Most of the young couple's friends fncline to the belief that the trouble is merely a passing cloud and will soon disappear, Ambition May Keep Them Together. A woman, a friend of both the duke and the duchess, said today: “The news has been cabled back from New York that thelr estrangement been published. This fact may bring them together. The clogest assoclates of the Marlboroughs have long been aware that the fire of love was not buring so brightly between them as of old, and it was understood that they had decided to live as Independently of one another as strict decorum would per- mit. But as both are soclally and politi- cally ambitious they will endure much disagreeable friction before coming to an open breach. “Now that the estrangement has become public property they will do their utmost to stop comment. This, doubtless, is why the duchess, probably advised by her clever father, sought out her husband and re- tused to permit him to leave Parls alone. “I believe that in thelr interview today the duchess repor to the duke that all chances of his becoming viceroy of Ire- land, now their one acute ambition, would be hopelessly blasted by a public breach between them, Edward having become ex- ceedingly ticklish since he is king upon matters of prestige and propriety.'” LIGHTNINGS OF VESUVIUS An the Blackness ¢ Increanes 1tx Vivid and Scorch- ing Glare, (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, April 2l.—(New York World Ca- blegrata—-Special Telegram.)—Mount Ve- suvius s again in a state of active erup- tion and many people, scientists, students and the curious, including American tour- ists, are leaving Parls by every train for Naples. The first signs of disturbance were observed a week ago, when for three days columns of smoke, issuing rapidly from the crater in great volume, tewered bigh above the volcano. Then came occasional rains | of hot cinders. sometimes sprinkling' the | country for several miles around. Now lava is beginning to run. The fire at the crater is intense at night, illuminating the sur- roundiog region beautifully. Only two slight tremors of earthquake have been telt so far. \ | Colorado state line and CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Monda to West wraska Cooler, Fair 1 Fair; ith Winds. Temperature at Omahn Yesterday: Hour. Deg. 5 om cooan s 4 4 ~ " 10 " [P BOTH TO HAUL THE HEROES Southern range tlan fle and San . Divide Transporta- of M Ar- SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.—The Chroul- cle says: The South ¢ and Santa Fe have perfected an agreement whereby they will divide between them a large vol- ume of passeuger trafic to and from Cali- fornia that would otherwise prove a bone of contention and occasion spirited com- petition between the transcontinental lines and a possible demoralization of rates. The agreement was made at & conference at Del Monte between trafic and passenger officlals of both roads after the adjourn- ment of the Transcontinental Passenger as- soclation. The agreement embraces among other things a division of the transports tion of marines and sailors during the year ending June 10, 1902 1t 1s estimatel that rany thousands of discharged seamen and recrults will be moved “etween the Atlantic coast and the Philippines during the year. The rate, it is announced, will | be the full tariff rate, loss the land grant | deduction. The Santa e has the largest land graut of any of the transcontinental lines. The land grant portion fs the road extending trom Atchison the Kansas- from Isleta, near Albuquerque, to Mongave. Government business over this portion of the roal has to be carried at 50 per cent of the tariff rate. The Santa, Fe is thus forced to offer a rate considerably below the tariff ard it is agreed that this shall be ofered fn the bids aked for by the Navy department. The passenger officials are still consid- ering many matters regarding the general Interchange of traffic between the two com- panies, among the most important of which is issuing of interchangeable 1nileage tickets. EXAMINATION IS POSTPONED hilip- Be WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Civil Ser- commission announces that the ex- amination advertised for April 23, 1901, for the position of department assistant in the Philippine service has been postponed to June 3 and 4 and that this examination will be held in any city in the United States where postal free delivery has beon established. Competitors in the examina- tion, in addition to taking the regular ex- amination required for this position, also may take one or more of certaln optional subjects, for which due credit will be given. Particular attention Is called to the fact that within & few months it is probable that a number of financlal agents will be need=d. These agents will be selected for this ex- amination and the selections will be con- fined as far as practicable to thosé who have shown proficiency in the optional subjects of bookkeeping and finance and who have pussed the regular examination. The salary of the position of financial agent will be about $2,000 per annum. The entrance salary of the position of department assistant will not be less than $1,200 per annum. ARE ALERT AND PATRIOTIC Natives of tive at TACLOB/ Island of 1 April 21.— Enthusiastic throngs greeted the appear- ance of the Philippines commission in the province of Leyte. Specches In the tri- bunal hall were greeted with cheers. The people are alert and patriotic. The president of Tacloban, with a de-| tachment of natives, is absent, chasing the remnant of 100 Insurgents. Most of the municipalities have been or- ganized and all were represented in the conference. The province will be created tomorrow with Major Henry V. Allen of the Forty-third regiment as governor and Lieutenant Conroy of the same regimen!. au treasurer. The population is 300, During the last fortnight Major John C. Gilmore, jr., of the Forty-third volunteer infantry has captured a high insurgent stronghold in western leyte. Lieutenant Morton L. Avery of the same regiment has destroyed another camp apd killed six in- surgents, WHISKY CONSIGNORS LOSE Arkansas Supreme Court Holds that eccts Rallroads in Sur- dering the Stum, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 21.—The Ar- kansas supreme court has delivered an ira- portant decision in a liquor selzure case | under the act passed in 1898 to suppress the fllegal sale of liquor and to destroy 1t when found in prohibited districts. The marshal of Jonesboro selzed and destroyed a quantity of whisky under this act. The liquor was iIn the St. Louls Southwestern rallway depot when seized. The consignors sued the railrdad company for the value of the goods. The supreme court declared that it was the duty of the railroad to surrender the whisky to the marshal under the warrant he had and that the law pro- tects the railroad company. The deciston affects a large number of counties where license was defeated in the last election. FREE BUNKS AT ENCAMPMENT Chairman Hayr of the Standing Com- mittee Necures General Accommo- dations at Cleveland, CLEVELAND, April 21.—Colonel James Hayr, chalrman of the Grand Army stand- ing committee on free quarters, announced today hat he and his colleagues of the committee had secured free quarters in schoolhouses and halls for 27,000 veterans at the encampment here Beptember 9 to 14 next. Colonel Hayr s mow ready to re- cive applications for free quarters. He invites the same at the earliest possible date and promises Lo take excellent care of Grand Army comrades who apply of Ocean Vessels April ork—Arrived—L'Aquitaine, from Umbria, from Liverpool' and Queenstown: Btaatendam, from Rotterdam and Boulogrie; Cymric, from Liverpool and Phifnde Arrived—Waesland, from Liverpool and Queenstown At LAvefpool—Balled- Devonta, tor At Queenstown—Salled=Lucania, _from Liverpool for New York. Arrived—8ervia from New York, for Liverpool, und pro- ceeded, for Hos- TARIFF IS T0 WAIT Now Philippine Schedule Prebably Withheld Until Insalar Oases Are Decided. CHANGE IN RATES MAY BE UNNECESSARY Work of Adjustment Progresses, However, Witheus Interruption. REVISIONS Dairymen Ask for Clause Demanding that Oles Be Branded. FREE ENTRY FOR NEWS PRINT PAPER Meat Products Not Satisfactorily Class- ifled=Reduction Asked for Flour, Prunes and 011 by C rnin Manufacturers. SEVERAL ARE ADVISED \ WASHINGTON, April 21.—It is not lkely that the new Philippine tarift will be pro- mulgated uutil after the decision of the supreme court in the insular case. It is stated at the War department, where the matter has received consideration, that this decision may make it unnecessary for the government to establish a system of tarift rates In the Philippines, although the department has proceeded with the work of equalizing the rates and recely- ‘ng and considering suggestions, as though the coming decision would not make any change in the present conditions. Some months ago the War department publisbed the tariff as prepared by the tarift experts in the Philippines and ap- proved Ly the Taft commission. Inter- ested parties, especially manufacturers and shippers, were Invited to examine this proposed tarift and make suggestions and criticlsms. It Is interesting to note that of the 419 paragraphs in the proposed tarifft only thirty-three paragraphs have provoked criticlsm or suggestion. Even these are in a mild tone and nearly all tuke the form of suggestion. Some of the more important suggestions are embodied in the following: It is suggested that there will be dif- Ity in making all duties specific and that in many cases perhaps ad valorem dutles will be better. There are some objections to the metric system, as American goods are in yard folds and European goods are in metric folds. If the yard folds are con- tinued it wouM be better for the American manufacturers, Four Months for Preparation. The Manila Chamber of 'Commerce ask: that four months intervene between the promulgation of the tariff and its enforce- ment. No provision is made for marking oleomargarine to distinguish it from but- ter. The dairy interests think such a provision desirable. A lower rate s asked for gasoline to be used for fuel and for launches. An ad valorem duty ls advised upon preclous stones and watches. One firm suggests that copperas and oxide should be upon the free Hst. It is claimed that cotton yarn should mot be admitted at a lower rate than fabrics woven from such yarn, also that the weight and washing of cotton tissues should be changed in the interest of coarser cotton fabrics. There has been quite an exten- sive discussion of this subject and it has been pointed out that changes in the Cu- ban tariff also were needed In this par- ticnlar. The free entry of “‘news” print paper Is advocated. Reductions are asked from 20 to 40 per cent on harness and saddle- makers' wares. It is suggested that cheap and expensive machinery should not pay the same rates. Certain typewriter firms want the duty on their machines reduced. A change is asked in the classification of meat products. It is said that the duty on alcohol should be doubled or manu- facturers ot whisky will be able to use the alcohol for making whisky at much less than the distilled product. California manufacturers ask a reduc- tion on flour, cereals, prunes, benzine, gasoline and petroleum, some of them sug- gesting thut these articles be placed om the free list. Condensed milk and fish, the Pacific coast desires, also should be placed on the free list. One suggestion made is that all materials for the United States forces should be admitted free of duty. Some rather interesting information has reached the War department in connection with the tariff, it bcing shown that Russis sends to the Phillppines two-fifths of all petroleum imported by the people of the islands. FAIR BOOMERS TO BANQUET Louls Plans E with Speeches Thurston u orate Din y Carter, d Other ST. LOUIS, April 21.—-All arrangewents for the banquet to be given ucxt Tuesday evening by the Business Men's league to the World's fair commissioners and others promincntly identified with the enterpris at the Planters' hotel, have been com- pleted. It is proposed to make the aftair one of the most brilliant of its kind ever given in St. Louls. No expense has heen spared in any detail of the arrangements. The invited guests include the Tawney committee of the house, the national com- missioners, the speaker of the house, Sen tor Allison and Congressman Cannon, chalr- men, respectively, of the appropriation committees of senate and house; the Mis- sourl senators and congressmen; the Mis- sourl state officers, the mayors of Bi. Louls and East St. Louls, and the delo tion which, headed by Former Goverror Francs, overcame all diiculties and in the expiring hours of congress secured the pa sage of the World's fair bill., The following is the toast lst of the ning, subject to any necessary change: Introduction, Nathan Frank, chalrman banquet committee. Address of welcome, C. P. Walbridge, president of Business Men's league. “Our Guests,” Thomas H. Carter of Mon- tana “The President of the United States,” John M. Thurston of Nebraska “The National Commission,” Lindsay of Kentucky, The World's Fair, St ““{he Loulslana Purchase,” Alexander M. Dockery of Missourl, (2) “Inception of the lebration and Formation of the Project,” Dr. Francis of Missourl; (3) “The Publia Response,” Willlam H. Thompson of St, Louls; (4) “The World's Fair Bl Con- gressman James A. Tawney of Minncsota () “How the Bill Was Passed,” Congri man John B. Corliss of Michlgan; (6) $5,000,000 Government Appropriation,” Con- gressman Joseph M. Cannon of Illinol chalrman commitiee on appropriations; (1) “St. Louls and the Fair,’ Rolla mayor of 8t. Louls, Several members of the national com- misston will arrive in 8t Louis Monday and the remainder on Tuesday morning. It is expected that the entire commission will be present at the upn*uln'[ meeting, e Willlam Lowts, 1903'"—(1)