Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 30, 1901, Page 1

\ "HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. I'ABLISHED JL REED'S TRIAL BEGINS Manila Depot Commiesary's Allege Bwindling Gets an Airing in Court, OBJECTIONS OF THE DE"CNSE OVERRULED —_—, Parfunctory Frelimin aesnes Placed on Btand av "l: CIGAR FACTORY MANAGER FIRST CALL..: e M Wit Bays Ho Gave Reed $1,050 to Help "“Make Up"” Davis' Deficienoy. INSPECTOR GARLINGTON ALSO HEARD Te fles that Ac Admitted Havi an Alleged, Predecessor's Nee sed Man Privately & Secured Money only tor MANILA, April 20.—The trial of Captain Tames « , former depot commissary at Manila, who was arrested about a fortnight go for alleged participation In the com- missary frauds, was begun here today and bids fair to develop Into a celebrated case Captaln Reed 18 charged with soliciting and recelving br % and with other official mis- conduct. At the beginning of the trial, counsel for the defense objected to the jurisdiction of the court, alleging that under an act pro- | mulgated in 1501, officers of the regular es- tablishment are ineligible as members of a | courtmartial to try an officer of volunt The defense further denied that a state of war existed In Manlla today, and alleged that the provost marshal, General George | W. Davis, is unauthorized to convene a gen- eral courtmartial, and Intimating that as General MacArthur virtually preferred the charges against Captain Reed, the orders directing his trial by courtmartial should come from Washington. The defense fur- ther objected (o the tact that several mem- bers of the court were of inferlor rank to Captain Reed. All these objections were overruled and the hearing of testimouy was begun Mr. Schindler, manager of the Alhambra elgur factory, testified that in November Captain Reed had told him that Major George B. Davis, who was the depot com- missary before Captain Reed, but who was sent to the United States on sick leave and whose name appears upon the books of Evans & Co., government contractors at Manila, as the recipient of $1,000, was $2,000 short In his accounts. Continuing, Mr. Schindler gave Captain Reed $1,050, which was 2% per cent commission on the cigars sold to the commissary departmena during the time Major Davis was depot commissary at Manila. An officer named Franklin, who was as- #slstant commissary, testified that on March 18 and following the direction of a superior officer, he obtained $1,000 from Major Davis #nd paid this money over to Schindler. Gives Reed's Admission. Inspecior ‘Geueral Garlington testifed that during the preliminary investigation of the commissary scandals, Captain Reed admitted to him recovering money from Schindler and others, and gave as an ex- cuse that the money so recovered was in- tended to cover Major Davis' beef shortage Licutenant Richard H. Townley of the pavy, At present superintendent of the Ma- pila nautical school, testified that as a rosult of a conference with Captain Reed he went to see Castle Bros., contractors, who supply the comm ry department with vegetables, etc., and wanted them to give Coptain Reed $2,000_and 10 per cent commission on all sales. Castle Bros, de- murred to this proposition. Lieutenant Townley again went to Castle Bros. und this time only asked them for $2,000. Castle Bros, were reluctant to hand over this sum and Lleutenant Townley explained that Captain Reed was in a position to advance the interests of the firm and that it would be advantageous to Castle Bros. to oblige him. Lieutenant Townley testified that he further explafaed to Castle Bros. that Cap- tain Reed might allow them the use of gov- ernment lighters and possibly be less rigid 1n the inspection of goods purchased. Lieu- tenant Townley said that he thought Cap- taln Reed was dofug a noble thing in at- tempting to protect the character of a brother officer. He also aid that such transactions were not customary In the pavy. When cross-questioned Lieutenant Townley said, rather sheepishly, that he was not so sure he was doing right in taking the witness chalr. Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, chief of the subsistence department in Manila, ex- plained the clrcumstances of Captain Reed's sppointment and described the du- tles of the depot commissary, not knowing whether the accounts of Major Davis were vorrect or vot. Colonel Woodruft explained that on December 30 Castle Bros. aroused his suspiclon by intimating that money was being cellected by an officer of the com- missary department. Later Colonel Wood- Tuft sent fur Captain Reed, who admitted recelving rebates for the purpose of cover- ing the dellnquencies of Major Davis. The testimon» of Colonel Woodruff is unfinished and other witnesses are awaiting examina- tion. Lieutenant John W. Hausermann of the Thirty-tourth infantry is judge advocate of the court and Major Thomas L. Hartigan of the Thirtieth infantry and Captain Charles H. Marple of the Fortieth infantry are the attorneys for the defendants. WHAT MANILA PAPERS SAY Confirm Reports Previonsly Cabled Regarding Investigation in Com- missary Department. WASHINGTON, April 20.—Coples of Ma- nila papers & month old have been recelved at the War department containing stories of the discoveries of irregularities in the matter of commissary stores. It appears from these accounts that Major West, who Wwas sent to Manila to be commissary, would not have charge of the department untll the stores were either shown upon involce or accounted for. This led to in- vestigation and some of the enlisted men &nd clvillans employed about the commis- ®ary store houses were arrested. Then the Manila police made the rounds of the city #ud found quite & large amount of commis- #ary supplies in different places. Much of this could be accounted for by the sale of savings on rations, but this saving 1t appears could not be disposed © to general buyers, for an order in force 10 the Philippines directs the return to the commissary department of stores of sav- ings, which will be pald for at the rate of cost to the government. This would be a much less profit than could be obtained by dealing with merchants and contractors. The papers received here simply emlarge upon the cable reports, OMAHA, MINE Explos GAS KILLS FIVE Ald cewon, 1 Aftects Diggers DI nstr Iy SOUTH M'ALESTER, I. T., April 20.—An explosion of gas occurred in the mine of the MeAl Coal company at Alderson this morning, by which five men lost their lives, soven were injured and another ls reported missing. The killed are TANT TAYLOR, colored WILEY CLARK AND BROTHER, col- ored. ANDR DOMIN ITY. injured are Andrews, colored, burned at Woods, burned, not serfously. Paul Sotak, burned, serfously Mose Garrel, colored, arm broken A man who lives with Joe Petrovitch and a man who lives with George Darling, were burned, the latter severely. Joe Pe. trovitch Is missing. It was not known at teh time the reporter visited the mine whether he was killed or had come out and gone home. Two others were temporarily overcome by fire damp, but recovered soon after being hrought out The explosion occurred at 6:45 a. m. at about the entry between shaft & and slope 7. which lead to the same mine. About 125 men were ot work in the m'ne at the time, | It is not definitely known how the gas ig- nited, but it seems probable that some of the men fired & shot that the shot firers had not fired | The hot firers enter the mine in the | evening afier the miners leave and fire all tho shots or blasts that they have pre- pared. Sometimes shots are not well pre- pared and the shot firers refuse to fire them. Ceeastonally fn these caees the men after- ward firo the shois thetaselves, althoush this fs against the rilss of fhe i is thought that was done this morning by some of the men who were afterwa:d killed or injured by the explosion. The dead were all aspyxiated. The explosion was not severe, as others working in other parts of the mine did not hear it, and the engi- neer at the shaft mouth heard no noise, but saw smoke arise. No damage was done to the mine. SOUTH DAKOTA MAN RAISED « in arles McCoy Hecomes Assistant Superintendent of New York Free Delivery. WASHINGTON, April 20.—The plan of reorganization of the free delivery postal system, including both the city and rural service, as authorized in general terms by congress last session, was adopted today, to take effect July 1 ization system, August W. Machen of Ohid will continue as general superintendent of the free delivery system with general charge of both city and rural service. Charles Hedges of Texas, now assistant su- perintendent, with headquarters in New York, is appointed superintendent of the free delivery service In the cities. The senlor assistant superintendent of the free delivery service, Willlam G. Edens of Chi- cago, preferred to remain in that city on account of personal and political Interests there. Charles McCoy of South Dakota, now an assistant syperintendent at large, is de- telled to New York as assistant superin- tendent in harge of that division. J. W. Irwin continues as assistant superintendent of the Paclfic coast division and San Fran- cisco. H. Conquest Clarke remains as spe- cial agent of the rural free delivery service. Miss Ina 8. Liebhardt, who has made a high record as secretary to the general super- intendent, is to be appointed certificate clerk of that office. WASHINGTON, April 20.—In the United States supreme court a motion was flled today for o writ of certlorarl in the case of the city of Plerre, 8. D., against Godfrey Dunscourt and Frank E. Jennison. The caso involves the validity of certain bonds that city Issued in 1890, RAILROADS INTO NEW YORK Pennsylvania to Spend Many Millions for Bridge Over the North River. N YORK, April 20.~The Mail and Express today has the following: The Mail and Express is authorized to state that the Pennsylvania rallroad is behind the North River Bridge company, which proposes to build a bridge across the Hud- son between Twenty-third street and the New Jersey shore. Under the Penusyl- vania company's decision arrangements are being made with banking firms in this city to float the millions of dollars’ worth of bonds necessary for the construction of the bridge. Actual work upon the struc- ture 1s expected to be begun within eighteen months. The scheme contemplates the construc- tion of a bridge for passenger traffic only at Twenty-third street. The terminal on the New York side will have a capacity for accommodating passengers for all of the rallroads which now terminate on the New Jersey shore from Communipaw to Weehawken. The cost of the terminals in this city and New Jersey will be greater than the bridge itself. It Is estimated that the bridge will cost $25,000.000, while the land for railroad yards, the erection of the stations and additional tracks will reach $40,000,000, BLOCK PORT ARTHUR DEAL Holland Stockholders in Land Com- pany Petition for Injunction Againat the Projected Sale, KANSAS CITY, April 20.—A speclal from Beaumont, Tex., says: The Holland stock- holders in the Port Arthur Land company today filed a petition here, asking an in- Junction against the sale of an umdivided half interest in 28,000 acres of land around Beaumont to J. 8. Cullinan & Co., and John Searles. The sale was negotlated in Kansas City by E. L. Martin, Arthur E. Stilwell and J. MeD. Trimble, trustees of the land company, and the purchase was supposed to have been made in the interest of the Standard Ofl company. [SHORTEN MILWAUKEE LINE Thirty Miles to Be Eliminated Be- tween Chicago and Kansas City. CHICAGO, April 20.—It has been decided by the Milwaukee & St. Paul raillway to shorten its line between Chicago and Kan- sas City thirty miles, reducing the dis- tance beiween .he two citles via this route to 500 miles. This s to be accomplished | by building sixty miles of new road from either Muscatine or Columbus Junction, la., | to Ottumwa In the sama state | _Arrests for Wronm Diawonsis. 8T. JOSEPH, Mo, April 20 ~City Physi- clan Tygart today caused the urrest of two ns for treating what he claims to DOX casch and FaliR to renort them for quarantine. The offending physiclans are J. C. Archer and Bullock. ‘Chey pronounced the cax ‘uban itch,” Small. 1 pox is rapldly on the increase. Under the reorgan- | [GENERALS AND MINISTERS assive and Belligerent Forces at Pekin Controversy. MILITARY ALL READY TO WITHDRAW Commanders Say They Wil Back Out Whenever the Ministers An- nounce Indemnity's Pny- ment Assured. | PEKIN, Aprll 20.—The generals of powers held & conference this morning to cousider the question of the withdrawal of the troops and decided to address a note to the ministers informing them that when the ministers are able to announce the lump sum demanded as indemnity, and the Chi- | nese have agreed to the principle of p ment, arrangements will be made for with- drawal The other matters discussed were the handing over of the administration of Pekin o native officlals and the plan for the command of the legation guards, as to whether this command should be centered in one officer o each detachment should | be independent. Regarding the government of Pekin it was decided to allow the Chi- nese gradually to assume more control un- til the civil government was entirely in their hands, the military only exercising passive supervision Some time was spent in considering the reply of the ministers to views recently enunclated by the generals regarding other questions of a purely military character. The ministers agree with the generals as | to the razing of the forts and also as to | the points to be occupled hetween Pekin and the sea, but they desire the generals to specify the numbers of the different nationalities at Tien Tsin and Shan Hai Kwan. So far as concerns the garrison of 4,000 men, which i to remain provisionaily at Tien Tsin during the period of actual occupation, it will be necessary that each nation’s strength shall be determined. The ministers belfeve that the provisional government at Tien Tsin should be abol- ished as soon as the situation permits. They agree that the forces in China should be under one commander-in-chief, but they contend that the generals should under- stand that the legation guards are entirely outside such forces and under their re- spective ministers, To Pollce Pekin, The ministers suggested that it would he necessary for the generals to consider the advisabillty of entrusting the -police ad- ministration of Pekin to Chinese offcials about one month before the evacuation; but in considering this question, they urged that the fact must be recalled that there had never been military administration of 4 permanent military organization in Pekin. Concerning the question of military evacuations, the ministers Informed tho generals that a proposition so conceived had been submitted unanimously by the representatives of the powers to their gov- ernments, that a partial reduction of troops was already possible, but that evacuation proper could not commence before the Chl- nese government had fulfilled articles if and x of the joint note, and not before China had accepted the geperal conditions for the payment of indemnities. ‘The Germans wers virtuwtly eaught in a trap near the Ku Kwan pass. A detach- ment of elghty had forty-five casualties, while the Chinese losses ars said to have been nominal. The German expedition is returning, leaving the country greatly dis- affected, on account of the hardships in- fiicted upon the population. Altogether the expedition appears to have produced a very bad effect. The current Chinese gossip is that the Germans were driven back with heavy losses, and this is implicitly believed by the bulk of the people. BRITISH ENLIST CHINESE Armed Native Christians and French Soldiers Create Trouble in Shan SI Province. PEKIN, April 2 ! Hung Chang has received a dispatch from the governor of the province of Shan Si asserting that 300 French soldiers, accompanied by 2,000 armed native Christians, are within the borders of Shan Si and have caused great distress and trouble wherever they have passed. The British have enlisted a number of Chinese at Tien Tsin for the Wel Hai Wel regiment. Liu Kun Yi has asked the throne for permission to Inaugurate a subscription fund In order to assist the government in paying the Chinese soldiers. Numerous reports have been In clreula- tion to ine effect that the derailing of the train between Li Fa and Yang Teun was not the result of an accident, but the work of the Chinese. These, however, are en- tirely without foundation, as a thorough investigation proves that the wreck was due to a defective culvert. JAPAN PREPARING FOR FIGHT Harbor Opposite Ru Port Viadivostock Converted Into ..aval Base. BERLIN, April 20.—~The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Cologne Gazette says | it is announced from Tokio that the harbor of Matsumai, capital of the island of Yesso, opposite Vladivostock, is being transformed into a naval port. The work is being carried out with all speed and is already almost completed e — VICTORY FOR THE WETS District Judge Hazen Decides Topeka Mayoralty Contest in Favor of Parker. TOPEKA, Kan., April 20.—Judge Hazen in the district court today decided the mandamus proceedings in the Parker- Hughes mayoralty contest case In favor of Parker, the democratic candidate. On the face of the returns Parker recelved a majority of elevem, but the council found an error in the tally sheets, which gave Hughes a majority of nine, and it gave him a certificate - of election. Hughes asked for a new trial, but Judge Hazen overruled the motion. The attorneys for Colonel Hughes will fle a bill of excep- tions. They asked for coples of the poll books to go to the supreme court, and Judge Hazen said the poll books could be photographed. Colonel Hughes was the candidate of the law and order league, ard the declslon of Judge Hazen is a vl tory for the “‘wets.” CRUSHED BY STREET CAR Char Foreman in Bur- on Shops at St. Joe Meets Accldental Death, ST. JOSEPH, Mo, April 20.-~Charles En- glemair, for twenty years foreman of the Burlington shops in this city, was crushed to death today while attempting to aligh: FOREST FIRES CAUSE ALARM 4 Prevalls and Large t of Farm Property in minent Danger, CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, April 20 Forest fires are raging near this city and peopla are becoming alarmed. The wind is blowing forty miles an hour and unless rain comes a large amount of farm property will be destroyed. The woods south of the city have been buruing for several days and the fire department has been kept answering alarms fals from Tony and Appolonia, Wis report fires near those places and that the villages are shrouded In smoke, ren CITY, Mich., April e raging at Fouche, eighteen 20.—Bad forest fires miles from here, and the depot is in danger of destruction. A large tract of valuable timber is on fire, the woods on both sides of the tract and about Carp Lake resort belng ablaze. There has been no rain for sowe time and the woods are very dry gangs of sectionmen this afternoon both directions along its lite to fight fires and farmers and lumbermen in viclnity are assisting. HAVE TO CHARGE FOUR BITS vecits Discover sing Sanday e Aunin, the that Pan-Americn BUFFALO, April 20.~The board of direc tors of the Pan-American exposition have reconsidered their action of Saturday in re- ducing the price of admission to 25 cents on Sundays. The attention of the hoard was called to the fact that the agreement under which the exposition firét mortgage bonds were fssued was Dba upon the und standing that the price of admission tickets to the exposition should be 50 cents for adults and 26 cents for children under 11 years of age. A meeting of the hoard was called and it was decided to make the price of admission the same for Sunday as that for the other days of the week, Ramon Pando, son of President Pando of Bolivia, and special commissioner to the Pan-American exposition, arrived here this evening. KFernundo E. Guachalla, Bolivian minister to Washington, aeeompanied him. FINDS A HIDDEN WATERFALL Wyoming Game Wards Another Wonder stone Nation, Discovers Yellow- nrk. ST. PAUL. Minn., April 20.—Word has Just been reccived here of the discovery of another natural wonder in the Yellow- stone Natlonal park by James Leather- man, deputy game warden for Wyoming, who found a waterfall 300 feet high, which he named “Lost Falls.” The falls are in Box canyon, two and.a half miles north- west of Hells Halfacre. A person can go within 100 yards of them and never be aware of their presencg. The water plunges from a comparative level (o o sheer depth of 300 feet or more. A dense growth of timber overshadows the sheet of falling water and a person can walk to the very brink without rcalizing hig danger, except for the warning thunder 6f the tumbling waters. Mr. Leatherman say 4 t easily cut to the place and ‘bell become more popular falls owing to its attra 11 cha es 1t will than Yellowstone fve surroundings. BLOODED CATTLE SELL HIGH Breeders from Min Towa and Missourl Get ¥ for Stock. inols, od KANSAS CITY, April sala of Aberdeen-Angus cattle began at the stock yards in this city today. The offerings are from the herds of the follow- ing breeders: ).—A combination W. 8. Karnaghan, Clarinda, Ia.; A. P. out, Winchester, 11L; A. S. Melvin, cenfleld, T1l.; Tyson & Co., Redwood 118, Minn.; John Harvey, Bloomfield, Ia., M. Duff, Chestnut, 1Il.; Haley Bros., rris, Mo, and W Mo, The cattle sold today brought an average of $230 a head. Among the sales were Golden Flora, 38749, cow, owned by Haley Bros., Harris, Mo., sold to Watson Bros., Judson, Mo., for $600; Euphemia 111, 22477, cow, owned by Haley Bros., sold to Judson Bros. for $700. CIGARS IN CONSOLIDATION Sixty Millions Capital for Scheme to Control the Rolling of Tobacco, J. Turpin, Carrolltoy, CHICA 30, April morrow will s 20.~The Chronicle to- A gigantic consolidation of cigar mauufacturing interests will be announced Wednesday. The American Cigar company, itself a consolldation of many factories and closely allied with the so-called tobacco trust, is at the head of the scheme. At least sevem other firms, now united under the name of the Havana American company, are o be absorbed and, in addition, it is reported five or six other large factories have already been bought. The total capital in the combine will represent upward of $60,000,000, SHIPBUILDING TRUST NEXT to NEW YORK. April Advertiser The Journal and will say tomorrow: Owners of shipbuilding yards met in the offices of Henry W. Poor & Co. today to begin pre- Hminary work toward forming a combina tion of shipbuilding interests. A capitaliza- tlon of $60,000,000 has been spoken of for the new trust. A part of the plans Is sald to be to divide the work of construction 50 that each plant can confine itself to a particular class of work O'NEIL HAS KIPLEY'S PLACE of the partment Sue Chief in Command, CHICAGO, April 20.—Mayor Harrison to- night sent to the city council for confirma- tion the name of Captain Frank O'Nell os chiet of police to succeed Chief Joseph Kipley, resigned. The name met with much favor and was confirmed without opposi- tion. Captain O'Neil has been a member of the police force for many years and has an excellent record. ng for Reporte 0. April 20 —When the ecase Foster, under indictment for r of W.'C. Johnson, the celery lled 'tn ‘common ‘pleas court ton G. Young entered the fol- lowing singular order against the press “The court |s moved to make an order restraining any person from sending out for publication any of the evidence given from a street car near the entrance to the shops. He was 57 years old. in the trial ot Charles Foster or anyihin, nurporting to be evidence given in the tria of sald case. 30, The | Manistee & Northwestern rallroad sent two | from | IMMENSE CONSOLIDATION IN PROSPECT Sale Marks First Step in Work of ing Transatiantic Shipping stx Into Compan Une rivalled Magnitu LONDON, April 20.—~The first step in the direction of the cousolidation of some of | the biggest transatlantic shipping (nterests | has been accomplished by the purchase by J. P. Morgan & Co. of the Leyland line of pool tomorrow. It {s understood that the shareholders will receive £14 for each £10 share. The Leyland line, whose fleets will thus pass into the control of Americans, fe one of Great Britlan's greatest shipping in- stitutions, far exceeding the Peninsular and Orfental Steam Navigation company in tonnage and importance When soric months ago it was suggested that the line was likely to pass into the hands of the Atlantic transport people much comment followed In regard to the effect it would have on other British lines, as it was generally felt in shipping circles that any such wide-reaching shipping amalgamation in close touch with Ameri- u railroads would bave s conse- quences for lines outside the combination. A representative of the Associated Press learned that the purchase of the Leyland lne {s tantamount to its consolidation with the Atlantic Transport line. For the present the Leyland will retain fts name and be under the same management, though changes in the directorate nare likely to oceur shortly President Baker of the Atlantic Trans- port line said to the representative of the Associated Press *“Although the Leyland line has been pur- chased by the Morgans, I am not yet at liberty, nor, indeed, fully in a position to discuss the arrangements projected. Bo- yond the purchase nothing will be settlcd until 1 return from the United States in June.” Mr. Baker sails Saturda Largest nnnge of Any ¢ The result of the projected consolidation be A steamship company with the largest tonuage of any company in the world. The report of the Leyland line for 1900, just {ssued, says the purchase of the West Indfan & Pacific Steamship company has been completed. The company now owns upwards of 99 per cent of the capital of ‘the Wilsor and the Furness-Leyland lines, Steamers of the value of £1,000,000 were recently added to the joint fleets. The di- rectors declared a dividend of 6 per cent on ordinary shares and set aside £370,000 to the account of the reserve fund. President Baker, who is going back to the United States in order to be present at the wedding s bis nface, whila refusing to deny or defivitoly confirm the report of the consolidation of the Atlantic Trans- port line with the Leyland line, pointed out to the representative of the Asso Press the advantages which would acc to both the companies “by a closer com- munity of interests between the Leylands and ourselves.” He said: “Especially 18 this during the winter months when the transatlantic lines are all bound, through stress of competition, to keep up a full service for the benefit of a handful of passengers, who do not secure proper attention owing to the fact that it is necessary for the companies to cut ex- penses down to the lowest margin. With the view of something of this sort the con- tinental arrangement was made, but this did not work very satisfactorily. For some time there has been a movement on foot to improve the existing conditions both from our standpoint and from that of the travelers.” Not the First 5 While the subsidy bill was pending, the representative of the Associated Press learned, the White Star line, the Central line and other English concerns were ap- proached with the view of entering into a combination which should transter a certain amount of tonnage to the American corporation, 50 as to secure for it the ben- efits of the projected law. These efforts, however, have been desisted in since the bill was defeated. W. G. Wolff, M. P., of the Belfast Ship- building firm of Harland & Wolff, in an in- terview with a representative of the As- soclated Press, sald: “I do not see any harm done. Certainly it is not likely to hurt the shipbuilding industry.™ Sir Christophor Furness, former owner of Attem the ese line, took an opposite view, He sald am opposed to consolidation be- cause I belleve it kills competition. Mr. Morgan is a friend of mine, but 1 believe he would he wiser it he would stop piling up burdens in the shape of millions for his children. | do not helleve that the great concentration of wealth in the United States can be for the country's good. The Cunard and White Star liccs are not all likely to join In any furtber combina- tions that may possibly be contemplated." Mr. Baker received notice today that the American hospital ship Maine, which he has been supporting at his own expense January for the benefit of the British d wounded, will be returned to him He has refused to sell the vessel to the government NATIVES HEDGE THEM IN Two sine and Fifty Members of Heneker's Expedition in a LONDON, April 29.—Information received here from Uromi, West Africa, and dated March 25, is to the effect that the punitive expedition under Major Heneker, composed {of 230 men and which had penetrated to the northeast of Benin seized an important town, was being at- tacked in force. The natives were collect- ing from all parts of the country. Up to the date of the report Major Heneker's command had thirty-two casualtles. Lieu- tenant Carstalrs of the Canadian militia has been slightly wounded. He was the only white oficer wounded. City and there ADOPTS BUDGET RESOLUTIONS for All Except Coal Will Come loduy. LONDON, April 26.-~The House of Com- mons this evening adopted by large major- itles all the budget resolutions in the re- port stage, with the exception of the coal tax resolution, which will be taken up to- worrow, steamers. A deposit on the purchas money has been made. The officlals of the Leyland line, In confirming the sale, told a re- presentative of the Assoclated Press | that an official statement will be fssued | from the head office of the line at Liver 10 shillings | Probably ( Portion; Winds Tempernture nt Omaha Yesterday: PREVENT DOUBLE LYNCHING Men Accused of Mai nba Man | ut Under Strons Guard | in County ATk HOT SPRINGS, April 20, (Special | Telegram.)—The city officials have been | forced 0 remove James and Etu, the men charged with throwing J Wilson of Omaha under the train here Saturday night, | from city Jall to the county jall, which | 18 now heavily guarded. More than 500 citizens visitors gathered about the ity jail ana showed a disposition to take | the men forcibly from the officers. Jaller | Speer could not have possidly kept them at | bay and but tor the fact of the removal there probably would have been two men found hanging to 4 limb in some convenient spot in the moraing Wilson i« better after the operation of | removing the leg und will recover. He was | in the employ of a Chicago house and trav- eled through Nebraska selling farm imple- ments. He belonged to the Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men and Woodmen lodges | and the members of the several orders are I(nklun an active interest in seeing justice | done. CARRY THE NEWS TO CARRIE Husband of the kan Acquires Esperience in Iu diann Saloon. INDIANAPOLIS, Tnd.., April A spectal to the Sentinel from Marion, Ind., says David Nation, husband of Carrie Nation, the Kansas reformer, was robbed of $78 in cash, some jewelry, and his return raflroad ticket to Wichita today. Mr. Nation is vis Iting his sister. Mrs. John Mills of South Marion, and attended a dog and pony show in Marion this afternoon. 1t is said he visited a saloon after leaving the circus and it is alleged that it was in this place that he was robbed EXCHANGE BREAKS RECORD Sales of Stock b in History tutlo the Lurgest of Insti- NEW YORK, April Transactions on the New York Stock exchange today were | by far the largest in the history of that ituted, the total being estimated at 000 shares. Transactions were so large and the market %o active that it was Impossible for the reporters to secure a record of all the sales, and it is probable that even the large total mentioned may be 5,000 shares short of the market. The largest transactions were fn United States Steel, 132,600 shares of which changed hands at from 49% to 52, closing at 51%. One hundred and seventy‘two thousand five hundred shares of United States Steel pre- ferred were sold at prices ranging from 97% to 99, the day was gr the total sales in that stock being 392,500 shares, at prices ranging from 108% to 120. The stock closed at 118%, an advance of 11 points as compared with last Friday's close. The dealings in bonds mendous, DAVID B. HILL'S OPINION was also tre- In Denying Rumor of Western Trip He Reproves Early Suggestions of ¢ tdat April 29, ALBANY, N. Y Ex-Governor David B. Hill today gave out the following statement : "My attention has been called to the story which is going the rounds of the press that 1 am expecting to make a politi- cal trip through the west and south either this year or next. “1 desire to state that I do not contem- plate any such trip. “When recenuy advised that an invita- tion was being prepared in the state of Washington and clsewhere requesting me to make such a visit 1 immediately replied that it would pe impossible and requested the abandonment of the proposed fnvita- thon, a “I will state further that I am not a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1904, I am neither seeking the nomina‘ion nor expecting it. 1 regard all suggestions of candidates at this time as premature and inadvisable. No one can now tell what can or ought to be done in 1904." WOouLD Joint MOB POLICEMAN Keepers Seek Vengeance for Killing of One of Their Number, TOPEKA, Kan., April 20.—Patrolman M. Hall, who is in the county jail charged with killing & drunken man named George Head on Friday night, has been in danger of mob violence all night. Hull was ar- rested today and placed in jail. Tonight joint keepers and their sympathizers have been trying to organize a mob to lynch Hall. It could not be recruited to a sat- Istactory number to make the attempt on the jail and the attempt has been aban- doned for tonight. Head was a joint keeper and was ar- rested Friday night by Hall for disturbing a religious meeting. The prisoner resis(« fog, Hall struck him on the head with his club, making a wound from whch he died seven hours later. The pollceman says his action in,quieting the prisoner was neces sary, but that he did not itend to hurt him severely BEET SUGAR FACTORY SURE Town Meeting nt South Sloux Encournges Omaha En- terprise, City SI0UX CITY, gram.)-~The April 20.—(Special Telo- people of South Sioux City, Neb., tonight held the biggest town meet- ing in the history of the place to ron- sider the matter of the establishment of a beec sugar factory there. 1t was deter- mined that the required amount of acreage had been pledged, which practically assures that the plant wili be erscted. Willlam C. Peterson of Omaha, who i at the head of the enterprise, through a misunderstanding failed to attend the meeling, but will have a conference with South Sioux City men In the morning. He sald If the reguired amount of acreage had been pledged work southerly | Hao Hour, Tooml | 2 1 coo N8| | ] Y 1 “ . .2 7 w0 ~ vee T8 » . T2 The activity in Unlon Pacific throughout | PROSECUTION WILL TRY ONCE MORE Effort to Becnre Comviction on One of Two Other Orimes, DEFENSE WILL ASK FOR HIS RELEASE Atterneys Prepare a Motion Requesting Discharge of Prisoner, JUDGE BAKER EXPRESSES AN OPINION Anwwers n Telegram from the Fast by Saying the Case Wil Not Be Abandoned by t st Whatever of satisfaction James Callahan may derive from the verdicy of the jury, which decided him not guilty of robbery, Will likely bo enjoyed by him In jall Judge Baker has glven out tion a statement that he as his inten will fnsist on the county attormey prosecuting Callahan on the charges of crime which are not in cluded in the one on which he has just been acquitted. Theso are grand larcony and false impriconment. The county at torney has said he 15 willing to proceed with the cases, holding an opposite view to that expressed by General Cowlin, al though it I8 uncertain as to when the next trial will be had. Callaban's attorneys will offer a motion for the release of their client, and the arguments on this will probably determine the course that will be pursued by the prosccutio The reward of $5,000 offered by the city for the apprehension of Pat Crowe, dead or alive, has been withdrawn, but the $26,000 offered by Edward A. Cudahy for the arrest and conviction of the kidnapers, and the similar sum offered by the eity for the same purpose, will stand. The specific roward for Pat Crowe was taken down at the instance of Chiet of Police Donahue. Tuterest In the verdict is general, not only in Omaha but elsewhere, and only surprise Is expressed. As an instance of how it struck the people outside of Omaba this telogram received yesterday by Judge Baker s printed: PITTSBURG, Pa, April 20.-To Judge Baker, Omaha child In America |8 safe {f Callahan goes unpunished. Can he not be tried on other indictments with a new fury? GODFREY L. CABOT, To this message Judge Baker replied as follows: OMAMA, Godfrey L. Cabot, Pittsburg,’ ¥ det viclous and lat mentabl progecuting attorney 10 prosecute on crimes not included in one tried. L. 8. BAKER. ASKS CALLAHAN'S RELEASE Attorney er In Preparing s Plea n Bar for the Pri oner, Charles W. Haller, one of Callahan's lawyers, sald yesterday that he was pre- paring a plea in bar for the release of Cal- lahan. The plea will state that Callahan has already been tried and acquitted on the offense alleged in the remaining Informa- | tions on file agalnst him and is entitled to his release on the constitutional provision that a man's liberty cannot be put In feop- ardy twice for the same offense. The hearing on this plea will probably ne the next move in open court in the Callahaa case. It is doubtful that the state will un- dertake to hold Callahan on the remaining tnformations, but an attempt may be mado to hold him on a charge of perjury. J. M. Macfarland, of counsel for the de- fense, said: “The verdict is a popular one among the working classes.”” When asked what there was in the case to divide the working classes from other citizens Mr. Macfarland had nothing further to say. SHIELDS WILL PUSH CASES County Atta Gener: ney Does Not A Cowin han's Release, County Attorney Shields does not agree with General Cowin in the statement that Callaban cannot be held for trial on the charges of grand larceny and false Impris- onment. He says: “When Callahan's lawyers put in their plea for his release on the ground that he has already been trled and acquitted on the offense charged In all three informations, the state will oppose the plea. We belleve his acquittal on the charge of robbery does not dispose of the three cases against him. He s in the sawe position as a man who s charged with both aesault and robbery would be if he were acquitted on one or the other of the charges. He has been charged with having committed three sep- arate and distinct crimes, and the fact thut he has been acquitted In one case does not affect the other ‘wo. “I have not yet decided to file a com- plaint of perjury agaiust Callahan, but I am considering the proposition. We could glve him tourteen years for perjury it a conviction could be secured.’ JUROR FULLER TELLS STORY Favored Convietion Re- xperience in the Jury Room, “If 1 had it to do over again I would hang that jury if I bad to stay out until doomsday,” declared W. B. Fuller yesterday moruing Mr. Fuller was oue of the three men to vote for the conviction of James Callahan on the first informal ballot after the jury retired, and he was the last man to give in to the will of the majority. He said “I think the verdict is an outrage and I'm beartily ashamed of it. When we re- tired at $:30 Saturday night we took an informal ballot immediately, and it was nine for acquittal aud three for conviction, 1 was never so surprised in my life as I was over the result of that ballot. I couldn’t see how it was possible for mew of Intelligence to hear the evidence In that case and vote for acquittul. Although the ballot was a secret one, I belleve the two men who voted with me at first were Bell und Sidper. On the first formal bal- lot one of these men went over to the other side, and from then on until about midnight the vote was ten to two. Finally I was left alone on the side for conviction Man Whoe coun ““The young men on the jury abused me most. shamefully, calling me a fool and other names, while the older and more sensible men argued with me courteoual They cluimed that Callahan had established a complete alibi, and some of them went 80 far as to ussert that Mr. Cudahy and on the plant would be begun about June L | Pat McGrath led whey Jhey testified that