Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 1, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JU ONLY CAULES LEFT \7,," Last of Other Filipino « ¢ Abanden the Insurreos Necide to 4 & GENERAL TINIO IMITATES ALEJAND:. Northern Luzon Leader Will Deliver All Men and Guny at Onos ANTAGONISTS OF LAWTON ALSO QUIT Colene's Who Rerved Malvars Surrendered at Lipa Lest Friday, THIS BRINGS THE END STILL NEARER OMeers Recently Retarned fr the Campalgn Consider that Only the Head Hunter Remaine to Disposed Of. April 30.—~Two important ecablegrams were received today at the War department from General MacArthur at Manila. In the opinion of the officlals the news contained in them marks the almost complete collapse of the organized rebel- llon in the¢ Philippines. The cablegrams are as follows General mand, today men and nx they info surrendered, with hle com- at Sinalt. He wiil deliver all in his command as ®oon wathered ther. Thiy completely pacifies the first department of Worthern — Lugon, for many months the worst in Luzon Colonels Clprinno Callao and Gregorio Katibac, Malvars beat officers, surrendered to Colo Jucob Kline at Lipa April 2, with twenty-three officers, 1us men and elghty-six rifles Tinlo Is sald here to have been with Ale- Jandrino, one of the highest officers in the fnsurrectionary force He was In com- mand in northern Luzon during the famous chase after Commander Gilmore. Once Fought Lawton, Malvars, whose colonels surrendered to Kline, was alsc one of the best known Fil- ipino leaders. He was Lawton's most for- miduble foe und commanded the insurrectos at the fight at Zapote river, the most se- rlous battle fought in the Phillppines. He has confined his operations southern Luzon, which never has been completely subjugated, and Lipa, where the surrender occurred, has long been one of the prin- cipal frsurgent arsenals 1t 1s sald at the War department by offi- cers recently back from th Philippines that there now remains in the field in Luzon only one chief whom they are particularly desirous of catching, namely, Callles, the head hunter. This man has violated every rule of warfare and it Is not expected he will be taken alive Another cable message, dated Manila, today was recelved from General MacArthur announcing several other surrenders. Juan and Blas Villamore, leaders, Abra, surrendered Bangued, April 27, now en aged assembling s tered commands. de- ivered arms. Aligpay priest, e Tlocos Norte ince, m, surrend al Taoag Aprll 2 General Hare's Opinion, NEW YORK, April 30.-Brigadier Gen: eral Luther R. Hare, who rescued Captain Devereaux Shields, U. 8. A., und Lieutenant Gllmore, U. 8 N.. in the Philippines, and was more active than any other American officer agalnst the insurgent general Tinto, arrived here today on the Awmerl- can liner New York. General Hare is bas- tening (o his home at Sherman, Tex., be- cause a member of his family is dying The general left the Philippines on March ¢, coming home by way of China, and Suez. General Hare sald: I was at Aden when told of the capture of Aguin aldo. The war Is practically over, but a sort of military police will be required to break up the bands of bandits. The climate fn the Philippines is very tryiug on Americans and all soldiers sickening on fleld duty must he sent home to re- cuperate or else they will never get well.” MANAGER BALDWIN TESTIFIES Anserts Money Reed Wi d Captain James C. s for Shortage of Beef. MANILA, April p. m.)—The trial of Captain James C. Reed, ex-depot commissary at Manila, churged with solicit- ing and receiving bribes and with other official misconduct, which began here yes terday, was continued today and was flercely contested. Thomas Harrles, a bookkeeper of the firm of Robinson and Macondray, testified that Mr. Robinson pald Captain Reed $881. The firm's books contained entries to that e fect. red Macondray testified that he ar- rauged to glve Captain Reed per cent com- mission on the sales of vegetables furnished to troops. Before testifylng, Barry Baldwin, for- merly United States marshal for California and now manager of the Macondray com- pany, shipping merchants, tendered a Matement to the court. He sald attempts bad been made to intimidate him and he pked for the protection of the court, but the latter declined to receive it and re- turned it to Mr. Baldwin unread. Mr Buldwin testified to having a $200,000 beef cont Captaln Reed came 1o his office and claimed there were slight shortages in the beet deliveries on account of which Mr. Baldwin gave Captain Reed $345, Adjutant General Arlingion testified that Captain Reed sald Major Servis was short 1,000 pounds of beef. He admitted receiy- ing money from Mr. Baldwin, but sald the sum he received would be applied to the beet shortage. SAN JUAN PIER New $150,000 St Fire ( BURNING ture Destroyed t Threatens Conalde; Additio amage. SAN JUAN, P. R., April 30.~The new $160,000 pler here caught fire this after- noon wnd was destroyed in half an hour. A large stock of sugar and rum was lost in the fire. The fire continues to rage and threatens to spread to the stores of the custom house. Livea may have been lost, but this Is not yet ascertained. DEATH BEFORE HIS EXPOSURE Treasurer Maxey, Short in Accounts, Kills Himself When His Sue. cessor's Term Begine, ARKANSAS CITY, Kan., April 30.—R. A. Maxey, for six years treasurer of Ar- kansas City, committed suicide at his home here today by shooting. In & letter ad- dressed to the bank in which the eity funds ‘were held Mr. $3.646. He was over to his successor today. local manager for the Pond Lumber com- pany. ® Maxey sald he was short apan to have turned his office Maxey was THE OMAHA NE 19, 1871, CONFIRMS SALE OF STEAMERS Chalrman of Leyland Company Rreaks the Nens to Other Stoeke holders. LONDON, April 80.—A circular was issued this morning by Chairman Ellerman of the Leyland !inc, in which the provisional con- *act with J Pierpont Morgan for the sale bis entirs holdings of ordinary shares in te steamship 1'ne, namely, 71,000 shares | at £14 108 per share for each £10 share, Is set out and that Mr. Morgan agrees to | purchase oo .imilar terms all ordinary shares offered before May 26. Holders of a | great mujority of the ordinary shares have, l‘ummuuu to tne circular, intimated to Mr. Ellerman that they will avail themselves of the offer of Mr. Morgan and the effect will ve that purchasers will teeome owners of practically the ordinary shares of the con- solidated corporation at a cost of upward t£1,750,000 Mr. Ellerman binds himself not to en- gage, either directly or indirectly, in the North Atlantic trade, either with the United Kingdom or the continent, except between Antwerp aud Montreal, for 4 term of four- teen years, on -ondition that the purchasers ell him the Mediterranean, Portugal and Montreal fleets and the business connected therewith at an agreed price. Mr. Ellerman adds that he proposes to re- tain his entire holding In preference shares, amounting to over £150,000, and his co-dl- rectors will retain all thelr preference hold- ings, amounting to £120,000. Mr. Ellerman Also offers to buy any preference shares at par and thelr accrued interest. A circular fssu.d by the secretary of the Leyland line accompanies Mr. Eller- | man’s circular. It explains that the di- | rectors, including Mr. Ellerman, hold £885,- | 680 out of £ 0,000 ordinary share capital | and £314,900 out of £1,415.000 preference capital. Scveraul of the directors also con- large amount of other shares and trol | the directors Intend to vote in support of | Mr. Ellerman’s arrangement at all the meectings called in connection therewith. The secretary adds “It Is anticipated that practically all the ordinary shareholders will accept the of- for and the effer will be that the Morgans will hold £1,200,000 ordinarfes at a cost of over £1,750,000." A meeting of the shareholders h called for May 7 MAKES ENGLAND NERVOUS J. Plerpont Morgan's St hase Regarded Scheme, been mahip Pur- » Great (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, April 36.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—J. Pler- pout Morgan's purchase of the line has created a nervous feeling in ship- ping centers here. It is regarded as the first move of a great scheme in competi- tion for Atlantic traffic. The papers here declare that the bargaln favors the share- holders of the Leyland line, but the lavish spirlt in which the steel trust king has carried through the deal intensifies the nervous apprehension created by his ap- pearance as a rival In the shipping indus- try, of which the supercilious comments of newspapers only give additional evidence The Pall Mall Gazette says: “If the Americans choose to puy fancy prices for second-rate British ships, we' need not despair. We can wait until quotations on the Clyde are lower, as they must koon be with trade going off and freights dropping | rapidly. Then we can build new vessels | very cheaply and use them in opposition to our enterprising friends on the other side Meantime, one must not forget that in this last vear or two there has been seen a conslderable development in { America in ship-bullding for sea going, as distinct from lake trafic.' This general tendency of comment is com- bined with compliments to Mr. Ellerman, president of the Leyland company, for his shrewd bargain. Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman of the Peninsular & Orlental company, said to the World correspondent “I see nothing to be alarmed at in this transaction. On the contrary it s a first- rate thing if we can sell our ships to America at this rate. Mr, Morgun can | have as many as he wants at that price | Their places will be supplied by better ones and England's position in the ship- ping trade wi be vastly improved by the transaction.’ | TOLSTO'S RACY REJOINDER Replies to Decree tlon f Escommunica- with Charges of Insin- erity and Viclousnes: PARIS, April 80.—The Temps today pub- lshes a two-column reply of Count Tolstol to the decree of excommunication pro- | nounced against him. It is dated Moscow, | April 13. He says that as a result of the decree he has received letters from igno- rant people, menacing him with death. He sharacterizes the decree as illegal or in- teptlonally equivocal, arbitrary, unjustified and full of falsehoods. Moreover, he says, it constitutes an instigation to evil senti- ments and deeds. Count Tolstol denounces the practices of the church and says he is convinced that the teaching of the church, | theoretically astute, Is injurious, is a lie | tn practice, and Is & compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery, under which en- tirely disappears the sense of Christian doctrine. | GERMAN FORCES FALL BACK Only Small Garrison Left at Passen— Bellef There Wil Be Yo More Expeditions, BERLIN, April 30.—1t s stated by officials here that the main German expedi- tionary force in China is now withdrawing to Its former position, leaving & garrison at the pass at the great wall. The non- participation of the French in the battle was not due to orders recelved from Paris, but to their failure to arrive in time. Further expeditions are not projected and will not be undertaken unless the Chinese make them necessary. In officlal circles it is belleved that General Liu acted upon his own initiative or perhaps at the suggestion of some anti-forelgn mandarin, officlals not belleving that the Chinese government or- dered General Liu to resist the Germans, since such action Is plainly against the gov- ernment’s interests. FATAL TO DUDE ESTERBROOK er New York Third Baseman's Jump from Car Window that Kills MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 30. Esterbrook, formerly of the New York base ball cludb, jumped from the window of & train near Tuxedo this evening, while being conveyed to the Middletown state hospital for the insane. He was brought to the hospital here, where he died later. Esterbrook, who was known a# ‘‘Dude” Esterbrook, was with the old Metropolitan ~lub and afterwards third baseman for the Natlonal league club in New York. Leyland | DAILY BEE. ¢ N oA INVADES THE CONFEDERACY Major McKinley's Oommand Completely Surrounded by Men in Gray. | MANY ENCOUNTERS ENROUTE TO MEMPHIS | | Ranning Fire of Cheers with Broadsides of Eloquence—Foragl in Memph Answered MEMPHIS, May 1.—At 1:30 this morn- | ing the presidential train resumed its | Journey to New Orleans, which will be | reached at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 30.-The dentlal party passed through the Dixie today and at 4:30 this reached Memphis, on the banks Mississippl. This was the first place of the tour After descending the mountains last night the traln todvy skirgmed along through northern Alabama and the valley of the Teunessee river and touched at Corinth Miss., where General Grant worsted For- Test in his campalgn to cut the confeder- in two. The fresh, green southland with its fruit in full blossom and its in- finite varlety of wild flowers in the fields and forest a great change from the backward spring which the party had left | | behind at Washington. The heat was rather oppressive, but the weather was not so warm as the president’s welcome. The hearty greetings extended to him along the route testified now completely he had cap- tured the hearts of the people of Dixfe. Corfederate veterans at all the stopping | places were among the president’s most enthusiastic auditors and that he was im- pressed with thelr marks of love and es- teem will be evident after a perusal of the brief speeches he made at Huntsville, Decatur, Tuscumbia and Corinth. During the morning, at the hour for the cablet to assemble, the president sum- moned his advicers into the observation car and there, behind closed doors, the first cabinet meeting on wheels was held No important advices had been recelved from Washington which required actlon, but the forelgn dispatches in the papers were talked over and some of the details as yet undetermined were discussed. At Memphis the party recelved a won- derfully impressive welcome. A committee, headed by Senator Carmack, met the train at Corinth and escorted the party to this city. A national salute of twenty-one guns fired from the river bluffs signalled the city. At the station Governor McMil- lan ana others reinforced the greetings to the party. Confederntes an Guard of Honor, A military parade, with a company of grizzled coufederate veterans in their old uniforms acting as the guard of honor, es- corted the party in carriages through the principal streets and around the custom house, whence a view of the Mississippl, almost overflowing the Arkansas side, obtained. to Court square. The city was elaborately decorated with flags and bunting. Not a residence or business house seemed to have escaped from the desire to decorate In honor of the pres- \dent's coming. Banners were stretched across the street bearing such inscriptions as “Mr. President, the city is yours; The nation's president.”” The cheering through which the procession passed was tremen- dous at points along the route. In Court square, where the open-air reception oc- curred, the platform was so hedged around with roses and blossoms as to make it a flower show. Over 10,000 persons were packed into the square when \he president wag introduced by Mayor Willlams. In response to cheers the president made the first really notable speech of his trip. His theme was the resistless power of a great united people and was delivered In his best vein. When he referred In clos- ing to the noble record of the Tennessce volunteers in the Spanish and Philippine wars, Governor McMillan led the cheering. The speech In full is as follows “I reciprocate the sentiments of good- | will and fraternity expressed by your hon- ored mayor and shown In this cordial re- ception on the part of the people of Ten- nessee. 1 do not misinterpret this demon- stration. T do not appropriate it, but ac- cept it In its true spirit and recognize its true significance to our common country, It is representative of that universal good feeling happlly existing among the people of the United States and which is not bounded by state, political or geographical lines. It is co-éxtensive with the unfon itself and exists because of our love for the union. It 1s not perfunctory or super- ficial, but decp and heartfelt. It is the hearty, honest sentiment of honest people, loving their country and proud of its insti- tutions and determined that both shall be | maintained. presi- heart of afternoon of the resting was was werfully Influences Natlonal Lite. It is powerfully influencing our national life and development and con Jleting that unification ko essentlal to national secur- ity and o indispensable to the realization of our national strength and fnfluence. “What & mighty, resistless power for good is a united vation of freemen! It makes for peace and prestige, for progress and liberty. It conserves the rights of the peo- ple and strengthens the pillars of the gov- ernment and 1s a fulfillment of that more perfect unlon for which our revolutionary fathers strove and for which the constitu- tion was made. “No cltizen of the republic rejoices more than I do at this happy state and none will do more within his sphere to continue and | strengthen it. Our past has gone into his- tory. No brighter one adorus the annals of mankind. Our task is for the future, We leave the old century behind us, holding on to Its achievements and cherishing its memories, and turn with hope to the new, with its opportunities and obligations. These we must meet, men of the south, men of the north, with high purpose and reso- lution. Without Internal troubles to di tract us or jealousies to disturb our judg- ment we will solve the problems which confront us untrammeled by the past, and wigely and courageously pursue & palicy of right and justice in all things, making the future under God even more glorious than the past. “I am glad to meet with the people of Memphis and of the state of Tennessee The history associated with the greatest struggles and sacrifices of our country and their valor has been conspicuous on every battlefield of the republic. The common- wealth has lost none of the zeal and patriotism which gave to it in the earlier days the name of “‘the volunteer state.”” It shows it s still worthy of that proud desig. nation, for even now its enlistments in the new army according to population, exceed any other state in the union. (Applause.) Honor for Tennessce. “Her record in the Spanish war was a distingulshed one. 1 shall never forget that during the anxious days of 1899 it was the Tennesee soldiers in the Philippines who ONIAIIA; ? TUESDAY MORNING, MAY | Burlington | the Northern Pacific Railway company and | ot the | stockholders who shall | to constitute a final acceptance of the offer. | | bullet was of pure lead | to admit testimony as to the relations be- | man that he was tired of feeding Eastman | | this declaration twi | receiver for the Boston and Montana Copper | Naval with unfaltering patriotism, led all others (Continued on Second Page.) DIRECTORS MAIL THE TERMS OMelnl Circulnr o [ Offer to Ruy Dur- n Road Iy Sent to Stockholde Aptil 30.—The the directors Burlington & Quincy ment of the detalls of the offer of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern com panies to purchase the capital stock of the road was mailed to stock holders today. The circular fs an application of facts previously made known concerning the deal Besides the offer to purchase the Burling ton stock on the basis of $200 in bonds for $100 in stock, the cirenlar says that the bonds are to be the joint obligation of BOSTON lssued by official of the cireular Chicago, making announce Great Northern Such stockholders as ment of cash will and $40 in cash As previously stated, bear interest annum from ture July 1, ble at the panies at 10 July*1, 1608, Raflway company desire a part receive $160 in bonds the bonds are to it the rate of 4 per cent per July 1, 1901, and are to ma 1621, but are to be redeema- ption of the two northern com- ver cent and accrued interest or on any coupon day there- after. The purchasing companies reserve the right to pay off part without paying the whole number of the bonds. The bonds to be paid will be designated hy lot. The bonds are to be secured by pledge of all the stocks acquired with a trust com- pany as trustee, under a deed of trust. The total authorized issue of such bonds will | be limited to an aggregate amount equal to twice the par value of the total amount of stock that shall be deposited under such trust deed. Cash not exceeding in the ag gregate $50,000,000 will be paid to those prefer to receive payment partly in cash. The conditional deposit of two-thirds of the pital stock must be made on or b May 20, 1901, the deposit of such two-thirds The transaction is to be completed by the | two northern companies on or hefore Sep- tember 2, 1901, by delivery of the bonds and | cash on the terms of the proposition. All cash so payable will bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum from July 1, 1801, until September 2, 1901, or until such earlier date as may be designated. TELLTALE TIN IN BULLET Hurvard Chemist Confuses and Co t9 Eastman’s Testimony in Murder .. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 30.—The pen- dulum of evidence in the Eastman murde trial today swung slightly ever to the gov- ernment’s side ot the case through a fa- vorable decislon in the morning and some expert testimony late in the afternoon, tending to show that the bullet taken from | Grogan's body came from the center-fire revolver, although Eastman in his many slatements said that the accldent took f while he bad an old rim-fire revolver in his hands. Members of Grogan's fam- ily testified that Eastman had said he was not on good terms with Grogan. The expert testimony offered on the com- position of the rim-fire and center-fire cart- ridge was of interest, as Prof. Wood of Harvard, who had made an examination, testified that he had found tin In the frag- ment of bullet taken from (ogan's body, which correspended with the composition of the center-fire bullet, while the rim-fire When court opened this morning the judges aunounced that it had been decided | tween tke two men seven months priof to | the killing of Grogan, provided it was shown that the alleged ill-feeling had con- tinued up to the date of Grogan's death. John Grogan, brother of the dead man, then (ook the stand. He described a quar- rel between Eastman and Richard Grogan in November. 1869, when Grogan told East- and his family. Eastman of railsing a chair when foot on it and stepped between the men. | Eastman withdrew, saying to Richard Grogaa: “1 will flug you if 1 have to wait | five years, for this" Eastman repeated was in the act witness put his COPPER COMPANY RECEIVER ckholder in the Hoston & Montann Asks for One and for an Acconnting, NEW YORK, April 30.—Application was made today to Justice Andrews of the su- preme court by John MacGulnness for a company of Montana. The Boston and Mon- tana company of New York, the Amalga- mated Copper company and the Lewisohn Bros. are made parties o the suit. Mac- Guinness, the plaintilf, is u stockholder of the Boston and Montana company of Mon- tana. He demands an accounting during | the time that the company was In the hands of the Boston and Montana company of New York, and claims that between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 of the assets of the Montana company were never accounted for by the New York company while it held control. The court made the order returnable May 3 and granted a temporary Injunction restraining the Boston and Montana com- pany of Montana from disposing in any way of any of its property or assets dur- Ing the pending of this suit PUBLIC BECOMING TOO WISE Board structs Its Mem WASHINGTON, board of construction continued its di cussion of the new ships authorized by congress and of general questions of naval architecture. Some of the members felt that the public was learning too much about what is going on In the board and a decisive resolution was adopted directing each individual member to hold no com- munication with the press on the subjeets under discussion. The new chief con- structor was present with sketch plans of & number of the excellent ships designed by his predecessor. The matter of batterles Is stlll recelving the chief attention. KNOWLES' CREW IN PORT April 30.—~The naval Men on Wrecked by Steamer er A Safely nded. NEW YORK, April 30.—The steamer City of Washington, which arrived here today from Colon, bad on board the crew of eight men of the schoomer “mma C, Knowles, which was discovered off Barnegat one day last week on Its beam ends and aban- doned. The crew was picked up by the steamer Allianca of the same line, bound from New York for Coloa, on April 23, after the steamer had been In collision with the schooner. The Alllanca transferred them to the City of Washington April 26. , 1901-TWELVE pay- | | part CONDITION OF THE WEATHER | for Nebraska Wednesday Not PAGES. Forecast CONGER [N COUNCIL BLUFFS Returning Minister to China Stops in| \\// Omaha for Breakfast. Tatr th Contl West 1 ™ Wirm; o Wall Btreet Oonsiders Contest for Rosd' Contrel Fractically Cenclude Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdny: “ 7 ~ i 1o " 12 A Al B LU by | VANDERBILT THE SUPPOSED PURCHASE Big Delegation to Ing, but Reserves Ovation Til Majo Can Get His Breath ht to Have Distanced Competitor in Recent Lively Bidding, CONGER IN DES MOINES |BURLINGTON'S SALE FORCES HIS HANI All fs in readiness for the reception of Minister Couger on hie arrival in Council Bluffs this morning on his way home from Pekin. From telegrams received from members of the party that went from he west 10 meet Mafor Conger and from Union Pacific headquarters it appears absolutely cerfain that there can be no mistake the time of the arrival of the party reached Denver at 10 o'clock eeterday morning, spent several hours there and left at 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the east, with the expectation of arriving at Omaba at 7:15 this morning Ernest B. Hart, one of the Council Bluffs delegation that went to Ogden to meot Major Conger, wired yesterday that the party had planned to take breakfast on the car after the arrival in Omaha and local arrangements have progressed accordingly It is the plan to have the car sot out on o { witol £ | Makes Nacessary Immediate Westora Pro- reetings, | | | tection for the Northwestern, DES MOINES, April 30, program the Des Molnes, May committees today (8pecial)—The day testivities io | was completed by the Conger and his fawily | will be permitted to have their day of | i rest on Thursday, but there will be some | Rond's quiet conferences with his friends relating | New to the political ituation. On Friday at 2 | Kk p. m. the auditorium will be thrown open for Conger reception and welcome. The will be decorated The first 300 seats in the parquet will be reserved for old soldiers, no matter where from or of what war. The auditorium seats 2,800 persons there will be plenty of | room tor Conger as The: to CONTROL TO PASS N FEW DAY Representatives Admit Likely ¢ hough Vet Pussed. tha Arrangemen He Hus Not the house The announcement that the control o the Unfon Pacific bas passed during th heavy transactions in that stock on the Ney | York exchange within a fow days, 18 o idetrack ——— of music ang | MOTe than cusual importunce here. Th e A AR A R L . | news does not como as u surprise for thos and to have an engine in readiness to take | addresses and all tho latter will be short, | oy ve heen following the transaction It to the lowa side of the river imme- |unless Major Conger chooses to make an (w09 HAve beon (OUOWINE the sranspetion diately after breakfast and in time to|extended address. He will huve his choice | that lightaing was about to strike 1n the bring it up to the Northwestern station on | in the matter. Welcoming addresses will | Im'”“‘r’* & i Broadway at 8 o'clock Ibe by Chiet Justice Josiab Given of the | On the arrival in Council Blufts carriages | lowa supreme court and by John A. McCall | h will be in walting and Minister Conger [and Dr. E. R. Hutchine. There will be | and the members of his party will be taken | music by local vocalists, including the sing- into them and driven up to the Grand hotel, | I0g of the song “Beautiful lowa.” by u | escorted by the old soldiers, the Dodge | chorus. The exercises are expected to take Light guard, the High school cadets d | two hours and a half. At § o'clock in the other organizations that turn out to take | evening the capitol will be thrown in the demonstration. After the ar- | open for the reception by the women of the rival at the hotel the program for the fol- | clubs. The capitol will be brilliantly lighted lowing hour is yet somewhat unsettled and | and decorated. The reception will be in the will have to be arranged to suit conven- | Bovernor's reception room and the main fence when the time comes. One plan is | corridor. Both the meetings will be public to have the visitors et out of thelr car- | Indications are for about 330 to 300 people riages and stop at the hotel for a time | o0 the Des Moines special train to Council and then return to their carriages for a | Bluffs tomorrow. The local committee has drive to Falrmount park and about the | Deen notificd that about forty will go from city. Another proposition is to make the | the town of Dexter. the old home of Con- | drive to the park and elsewhere before the | Ber. Many others will go from Atlantic and guests leaye their carriages after taking | intermediate poinis. A number of persons them at the depot. This latter course will | from outside the city arrived here today to probably be followed | g0 with the Des Moines contingent on the Ha nke for Everyq train tomorrow morning. ollowing this drive will come the public reception, beginaing about 11 o'ctock, when | FIRST RECEPTION IN DENVER Major Conger will meet and shake hands - with the people In the corridor of the Grand | ! hotel. This reception will continue for an hour or an hour and a half. One o'clock Is the hour set for the ban- auet, which will be given in the main dining room of the hotel. During the time the quet is in progress Mrs. Conger and a small party of women will be entertained at a lurcheon given under the direction of Mrs. John N. Baldwin in the reception room at the entrance to the dining room. After the repast a number of additional women will be present to hear the speeches, provizion having been made for thelr ac- commodation during this part of the pro- gram The program of toasts i ter—Governor Leslie M. Shaw. € Welcome--Mayor Victor J 50 a consist o More than & week ago It was said tha e contract between the Unfon Pacific ani the Northwestern is of an un hur acter and the belief was expre some change was coming | The New York Evening Post, onc best financial authorities in the country yesterday stated that the control hus pusser or would pass in « few days to new inter ests. It also asserted that Unlon Pacific interests admitted that the heavy trunsue tions could be explained on no other theory Inquiries at the general headquarters o the Union Pacific fn this eity brought fort) no information on the subject. It is kaow that there has been more or less selling o Union Pacific stock in this city recently thought it was belleved that this was be cause of fear for the stability of the mur: ket and the desire to take marging. | Such a deal ar this would mean much i railroad circles. It s said that W, K. Van rbilt has been a beavy buyer and it f supposed that he, with allied interests, it attempting sccure the control. Tha would mean a gigantic system reaching from New York to San Francisco, with & network of lines and in many places a par allel of tracks. Vanderbilts in Control. The Vanderbilts are supposed to contio the New York Ceniral & Hudson River rail rond, which owns 3,217 miles and througt stock ownership controls the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and the Michigan Cen tral. The Lake Shore, in turn, in a simila manner, controls several smaller roads. These roads give them the finest of sys. tems between New York and Chicago, witk plenty of feeders all along the way. Com- ing on west there is the Rorthwestern line, embracing the Chicago & Northwestern, the Minneapolis & Umaha, the Elkhorn and tne Sloux City & Pacific . These roads cover this territory in admirable shape and give u service which 13 rapldly approaching thaf of the eastern roads. Commencing at the Missourl river 18 the Unfon Pacific system, which, with its re- cently secured control of the Southern Pacific, would add to the Vanderbilt com- bination one of the strongest systems reaching into the west and southwest What such a change of control in the Union Pacific would mean locally hag al- ready been a matter of speculation. It fs supposed that E. H. Harriman, who has been the powerful factor in the Union Pacific councils, will lose his scepter If tha Vanderbilts are the ones that are to have the control. That means that the president of the Union Pacific will stand in a stronger position than even now and some influences which may have been powerful in days gone by may pass away. To some, such u change s reported in the New York dis- patch means the passing of the last ves- tiges of the old Union Pacific and the men in the general offices who have held over under the new regime. As Wall Street Sees It NEW YORK, April 30.—The Evening Post, discussing Unfon Pacific affalrs, says: “It was believed in Wall strect today that the contest for control of the Union Pa- cific property, which has been for some time in progress with a resultant advance of twenty-seven polnts In the lagt two weeks, hus been virtually ended by tho success of one of the competing bidders, It was generally accepted that the Van- derbilt interest was the successful pur- chaser. The cessation of the rise In Un- fon Pacific was followed by u great riso In New York Central, which moved up seven and one-elghth and in Pennsylvania, whica rose four and a half. “Control of the Unlon Paclfic rallway has undoubtedly paesed in the recent ex- traordinary active market for the sharos. gven Unlon Pacific interests today ad mitted that the buying could be explaied on no other theory than that an effort had been made to get control of the property. It was declared that control had not yet actually passed, but it was admitted that In the next few days it might be develop:d that new interests had secured enough of the sbares to place them in control of the property “Wall street held theory that the of thu Ktute to inl Public Greeting here on Conger by « aud Others. Pestowed | ernor NVER, April 80.—(Special Telegram.) At 10:30 this morning Minister Conger and | his party arrived in Denver and were wel- comed by the city and state officials and the citizens' committee. From 10:30 until 12:15 the Conger party and Denver enter- tainers were driven about the city in car- riages. At 12:30 Ilnucheon was served at the Brown hotel. From 2 to 3 o'clock a public reception was given to Minister Con- ger in the lobby of the Brown hotel. At 4 jo'cleck ihe Conger party departed for Omaha, A% soon as the train ¢ this morning the reception committee, headed by Governor Orman and Mayor Wright, made Its way to the rear of the car, where the minister and his party were in- formerly welcomed to the city The reception this afternoon was the first public reception given Minister Conger gince his return. After the recep- tion the party was escorted to the train by the committee During the day Mr. Con- ger received a telegram from his brother, promising to meet the party in Omaha. OIL EXCITEMENT IN WYOMING | t DE! me to a standstill nings. ASt—'Our Guest ger, minister of th “Toast—"Hon. Baldwin Toast Policy o Saunders ast- Takes Moines. Toas(-Town In of the Nation, Dolliver, Fort Onr Loyal, ! Hon. Edwin H. ( ‘nited States to Chin Sdwin H. Conger,” John > “The Open Door: th Enlightened Clvilization in rient,” . G, Star _of Empire Cumming, Des o “Westw Its Way, rd A the B the Councils Uni Dodgs Amerlean Tender and and Servi d States Senator J. P. Wome Tru A telegram was received in Council Bluffs yesterday from Des Moines asking that Judge Given of Des Moines be given an opportunity of making a short address to the general public in the open air and it was decided last evening that he should be allowed ten minutes to speak from the veranda of the Grand hotel immediate upon the arrivai of the Des Moines contin- gent, which will be some time between 11 and 12 o'clock United States Marshal Christian ar- rived from Des Moines last evening and stated that it was estimated that the con- tingent from that city alone would num- ber hatween 300 and 400, 1t Is the Intention of the Des Moines folks to enter heartily Into the celebration in Council Bluffs and then take Minister Conger and party aboard their special train and leave for the capital city at 5 o'clock in_the afternoon. The commitiee appointed on Monday to solicit funds for the general expenses of the reception went out yesterday and in a few hours secured the desired amount Senator Dolliver, who responds to a toast at the banquet, arrived at the Bluffs from his home, Fort Dodge, at 11 o'clock last night. Speculation Over Candidacy. In connection with the speculation as to the governorship and Mr. Conger, cou- siderable significance {s attached to the completion of the delegation that went to Ogden to meet the returning minister. The republicans of the party were to a mau antl-Cummins workers, E. Hart, na- tional committeeman for lowa, who Is a member of the party, baving been one of Senator Gear's strongest backers during the old senator's last fight. It I3 said that Mr. Hart and the others are in a position to glve Mr. Conger a good Idea of the sit- uation so that he will be prepared in ad- vance of his arrival to meet any contin- gency that may turn up. Mr. Cummins, however, is to be at the reception with the other Des Moines men and will make one of the speeches at the banqut In the afternoon, it having so hap- pened that the chairman of the program committee, C. G. Saunders, is a warm sup- porter of Mr. Cumming, or at least always has been, and in this way the Des Moines candidate has been given the opportunity to be present and defend his candidacy against ¢ stampede to Major Conger. Hon John Herriott of Guthrie Center, the Ninth district candidate for governor, has al- ready arrived and s to be at the banquet, but will make no speech. The following is quoted from a private letter from Hon. W. E. Bainbridge, second secretary of the legation at Pekin, to Cap- tain L. B. Cousins of Council Bluffs: “lowa bas reason to be proud of Edwin H. Con- ger. He s the kind of stuff that men are made of and nis courage during the last vear under the strain of his tremendous re- sponsibility has been most admirable. No man here during the slege seemed to com- mand the confidence and regard of every- one as he did. It was due to his fixed deter- and helpful. It was due to his fixed deter- mination that our marines held the section of the city wall which was the key to our Hash unat o Se Cintmn triet, Utah, April 30 has Just returned region, extending from Pledmont on the Union Pacific to north of Fossil on the Oregon Short Line, a distance of thirty-six milcs, reports great excitement over the oll discovery made near Piedmont and the sur- face oll wells or springs found around Fossil. Califorola and Pennsylvania oll | perts are on the ground and a great rush is being made to stake claims. The petroleum brought to the surface in boring for water east of Chaspen tuunel has been analyzed and found to equal as an {llum- inant the best product of the Pennsylvania wells and is sald to be worth $6 a barrel in a crude state. Claims aggregating 5,000 acres have been recorded in the Evanston land office in the last week. DENVER, April 80.—~The Times sy An ofl field has been discovered in the western part of Rio Blanco county, ex tending over into Utah, which bids fair to | create as great an excitement in that sec- tion as that in the Beaumont flelds of Texas. A large number of oil springs have been found in the vicinity of Rangely, from one of which two barrels of lubricating ofl was skimmed In one day, and oil men from California and Pennsylvanla are coming into the country in large numbers. In the vicinity of Rangely and in the Stinking Water basin, more than 100 quarter sections of land have been located and new loca- tions are belug made dally. The nearest | station to the oil fields is Rifle, on the | Denver & Rio Grande rallroad, about sixty | miles southeast from Rangely. REJECT THE CENTRAL'S OFFER wtw' Ol Warn A Prepare for Action, OGDEN, ger, who M. D. from Lessen- the ofl today very generally to the Unlon Pacific has been acquired by W. K. Vanderbllt, Mr. Van derbllt, in 1899, took the unusual course of making a public denfal through the press of the reports then current that he pro posed to combine (he Unlon Pacific with the Chlcago & Northwestern, He fs now abroad, Wut it is belleved that, with the nois Central railway and of the International | conclusion of the Burlingtou deal, he has Assoclation of Machinists falled to reach an | felt the necessity of protecting the North- ugreement us to wages and hours at a joint | WeSLerD In connection with the Pacific coast conference tonlght. The company offercd | for all time by uniting the two propertivs, a 5 per cent Increase to all machinists, an |10 the present development of railroad increase of 2% per cent to helpers and a | Policy this unlon has more advantages and general raise of 2% per cent to black- | 1€8s objections tham two or three years smiths, boilermakers, painters and others | 4E0: { mploved In the shops. - The company also| “Other interests besides Mr. Vanderbiit announced that it would allow time and a | 4re belleved to have been endeavoring ta balt for all overtime, but insisted on he [ S¢€k control of the Unlon Pacific and it is retontion of the ten-hour a day rule. The | belleved that the conflict of thesa interests offer of the company Is equivalent to | ib the market accounth for xome of the ex- minimum scale of 29 cents, which is the | tréordinary movements In tho deulings in basis on which the Great Western road re. | Unlon Pacific shares. [t was sald tbat cently settled with its machinists, Tho | IDterests in the St Paul had heen buyers men in their proposition to the rallway | #ud that also Chicago futerests llke Mar- officials asked for 30 cents an hour, nine| *hall Fleld and N. B. Ream had also. como hours to constitute a day. into the market as heavy buyers, hoping At a meeting of the machinists late to-| !0 €6t & volce In the management If not night It was decided to reject the proposi- control of the Unlon Paclfic tion made by the road and to hold out for Confir of i the demands presented by the organization. NEW YORK, May 1.-(8) Telegrams were sent (o all the shops along | —The Press this morning the iine of the Ilinois Central informing | gener Mae CHICAGO, April 30.—Ofcials of the INi-| o clal Telegram.) ays: It was the 1 impression in Wall street yesterday The Knowles was bound from Charleston to Fall River and it was feared that iia crew had all been lost. It was towed to Philadelphia. whole defensive position. He s, in fact, A great man. a statesman In the broadest nse, a skilltul diplomat and & safe coun- lor.’ the men of the resuit of the conference | that and telling them to be in readiness for the (road had passed. The Press s able to final action, which would be taken inside of [aMirm that the Vanderbilts have acquired thirty-six bours, a dominating intcrest In the property and the control of the Ualon Pacific rail-