Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 19, 1901, Page 1

% A ( 4 "HE OMAHA DaAILY BEE. TABLISHED J1 NE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1901-TWELVE PAGES. INGLE N0 ONE DARES TELL Beer Commanders Threaten Any Whe Dis- close The'r Whereabouts, WILL PUNISH B MARCH [ Fifty Dollars to Be the Amount, 1. Months the Time (] COLONY FORCES SWELLED BY RECRUITS | Armed Eoers Already There Number About 2,100 PEACE CONSULTATION AGAIN THE TALK Information re Between Botha and and For Plan to Surrender, MOLTENO, Kritzinger manders 18 com Cape Colony, June and Fouche, the Boer are busy placarding Cap with a proclamat that, in accordance with the action of the powers assumed when the northern part of Cape Colony was annexed to the Orange Iree State months go, any persons reporting whereabouts of any fined 350, or in default will to accompauy the command three months According to the best information there are about 2,100 armed Boers in Cape Colony and they continue to receive a few reeruits LONDON, June 18.—The Sun, which ha not heretofore been over-reliable on th aubject, hears that Mr. Kruger has actu ally cabled to General Botha, declining to concede anything, and that in consequence of this decision General Botha and the commandants agreeing with his peace views bave decided repudiate Mr. Kruger's authority and a further consulta tion with Botha's ntative and Lord Kitchener will be arranged for next week PATTI'S CASTLE AT AUCTION Price Offer Colony the compelled foot for to High Enoungh n LONDON, June 18.—Craig-y-Nos castle the residence in Wales of Adelina Patil (Baroness Rolf Cederstrom), was put at auction this afternoon at the mart in this city. Mme. Patti's reasons for disposing of one of the most beautitul country seats | in the United Kingdom are sald by her agents to be twofold. In the first place she desires to spend a good part of each year in Sweden with her husband's rela. tives, and In the second place she finds that the Welsh climate does not thoroughly agree with her. Her life in the future will be spent In the country of her husband's birth. Cralg-y-Nos was bought in for £45,000, after a dramatic scene caused by a faise bid of £60,000, which was the reserve price. The auction room was packed with influ- ential people and agenis. Among those present was Baron Cederstrom. The bid- ding opencd with an offer of £50,000, made by a prominent London auctioneer. other offer was heard and Auctioneer Lum- ley declared Mme. Patti's castle sold at that figure. Simultaneously the bidder rushed up and told Mr. Lumley he had not meant his offer to be taken seriously. Long conferences followed. Mr. Lumley went out and consulted Sir George Lewis, a well known lawyer. sceitement throughout the auction room. The bidder, who was very pale, remained in his scat perspiring, with the ecyes of all present upon him. They sald that no proceedings would be taken and Mr. Lumley opened the sale at £20,000. The bidding quickly advanced. At £456,000 a deadlock was reached and Mr. Lumley announced that he must buy in the property for Mme. Pattl, the reserve price belng £50,000. LOOMIS IS WELL PLEASED Former Miuiates to Cara: In Transferred pean Point. , June 15.—Francis B. Loomis, un- ntly United States minister to Venezuela, in an interview with the cor- respondent hero of the Associated Press, #ald he was very much pleased at his ap pointment to the post of minister at Lis- bon. His health had suffered by his stay in Venezuela and he considered his transter to a European legation being not merely an agreeable change, but a promotion. Mr Loomis dld not foreses ground fcw rencweal of the Venczuelan trouble the contrary, he looked forward to an era of the most friendly relations between the two countries under Herbert W his successor Mr. Loomis will take a trip to Switzor- land, and thence he probably will return to America before taking up his post ANOTHER DAUGHTER FOR CZAR Chane nd He Bowen, for Plenuy but No Direct H Throne ST. PETERSBURG, June 18 today gave birth to a daughter. The cbild will be' named Anastasia. The other children of the czar and czarina are The Grand Duchess Olga, born Novembs 1895, (new style), the Grand Duchess Tatiana, born June 10, 1867. The Duchess Marie was born June 25, 1890, THROW EGGS AT WORSHIPERS Three Me Bloodh of So Ir to His The czarina ced by nteas STANTON, Neb, gram.)—Sunday night Endeavor meeting was trict school number 05 clnet, this county schoolhouse, fc horscback and egged rode away. Monday June 18— while being pecial Tele “ Christian held in dis Union Creek pre- known as the Dufty persons rode up the gathering, then morning (he hounds were sent for night in cherge of Bob Emmons Early this morning they were given the scent at the schoolhouse and went immediately to the home of Will Besk, Ralph Marshall Omer Stewart and Thomas Long, Jr., who were arrested and taken before County Judge Vining They pleaded giflity to the charge of dis turbing a religious meeting and were fined $20 aplece and except young Long who, being only 10 ycars old, was fined $15 and costs. The dogs were put on the track after a heavy rain and their feat fs considrred conclusive evidence by the peo- | ple here that they are a valuable aid in Fuaning dowa crimiuals, penitentiary blood and arrived last twenty | Boer command will be | reigned | any | . | Grand | on | EPISCOPAL MARRIAGE CANON Committer Form Revised iens evision Has it to the veution, o su eral ¢ NEW YORK, J mittes on the revision of the canous of the Protestant Episcopal church, which was continued by the resolution of the house of deputies from the convention of 1368 pneurred it by the house of bishops, has st made public Its report, which will be Mbmitted for approval to the next general convention in San Francisco next October. Attache to the but not inscor porated in its text “proposed canon on prohibited degrees,” which revives the old discussion of the prohibition against marrying a dead wife's sister. This ques tion has long vexed the lawmakers in Eng- land. Elopements of young persons are frowned in the following words No minister shall solemnize the marriage | of any person who Is a minor under law of the place of merriage, unless the parent or guardian of such minor s present and consenting or hall have given written con- | went the marriage or is permanently resident in a foreign country Another precaution against marriages is taken follows ““No mins ister shall solemnize 1 marriage except in the presence of at least two witnesses, the minister or the wifnesses being personally acquainted with the Remarriage by divorced persons Is care- fully considered. “No minister shall &ol- emnize a marriage between persons unlexs by inquiry he shall have satisfied himself that neither person has been or Is the hus- band or wife of any other person then liv- Ing. unless the former marriage was an- | nulled by a decree of some civil court | competent jurisdiction for cause existing \Iu-’v»ru such former marriage.”" Discipline for divorced lald | down thus: “No person divorced for cause arising after marriage and marrying agaln during the lifetime of the other party to the divorce shall admitted to baptism or confirmation admitted to the holy communion, except when penitent and separated from the other party to the sub- | sequent marriage or when penitent and in immediate danger of death, but this canon shall not apply to the innocent party to a divorce for the cause of adultery.'” If the revisions submitted are adopted by the convention the canon law of the Episco- pal church will appear in a much simpler form than is the case now, for the canons as rovised number from one to ffty-six and are not arranged in such complex shape as they apyear at present REVISION COMMITTEE BUSY " a Week Working trinal ne I8.~The joint com- report, is the upon to a in-advised rties. persons i be PITTSBURG, June 18.—The creed revision committee, appointed by the last general assembly of the Presbyterian church at | Philadelphia met here today behind closed doors, with a full attendance of members, It 15 expected that the committee will be in session all week. The meeting was opened with prayer, after which the action of the last assembly, con- stituting the committee, was read by Rev. Dr. Willlam Henry Roberts. of Philadelphia, ecretary. of» the committee: " Adl‘action of the assembly as to revision was read aud discussed, with difference of opinion as to its meaning. The committee decided to get dowp to business at once and make every effort to do something at the first meetiug. Three | or four other meetings will be held during | the year, probably at New York, Chicago | and Washington. After a lergthy discussion of the plan to be followed, the commission decided to | put the work into the hunds of three sub- committees, to report at a meeting to be | be'd early in the fall. Rev. Henry Willlam Roberts was made chairman of the committee to prepare in | brief form the doctrines of the reformed | f2ith. Rev. Herrick Johnson was given the duty of suggesting the necessary changes in the chapter which refers to foreordi nation and DLr. Henry Minton was made chairman of the committee to prepare the new chapter on the love of God and the holy spirit The committee remained fn session until 6 p. m., after which Rev. W. H. Roberts made the following statement: | “The committee discussed the actions of {the general assembly, divided itself into | three sections, assigning to each a por- tion of the work and resolved to meet in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., August None of the committee would discuss the day's work. AS TO CARNEGIE COMPANY « nsolldation of the Natlonal and Carnegle Steel Firms is to Be S0 K YOUNGSTOWN, O, June 18 reached here tonight from a reliable source that at a meeting of the stockholders of the National Steel company, to be held at Bast Orange, N. J., on Jupe a pre- arranged plan to consolidate the National and the Carnegie Steel companies will be effected. After this meeting the ofces of the National Steel company, which will then be known as the Carnegle company, will be removed to Pittsburg and joined with those of the Carnegie company, all being under one management It is evidently the policy of the United States Steel company to abolish all high- salaried officers and have affairs directed from the Carnegle offices in Pittsburg. The manner in which matters are shaping them- selves goos still further in establishing the [ fact that Mr. Carnegle is still in contro! and personally represented by Mr. hwab. CLEVELAND, June 18.~In addition to | the consolidation of the National Steel | company with the Carnegie Steel company {1t 18 also understood that the identity of the Steel Hoop company Is to be lost in that of the Carnegle Steel company after the first of July. All contracts that shall have been made by the two companies by that time will be fulfilled by the Carnegie Steel company Within the last ten days the sales agent ofMce in Cleveland of the Carnegie company and the Ilinois Steel company with other offices of the kind have been consolidated, with one agent in charge. The indications point strongly to the domi- nation of the United States Steel corpora- tion by the Carnegic influences, AT PHILADELPHIA is i Steel NEXT eformed Preahy- n Place | | General sy | tertan Churen Dectdes i € 1902 Conventd | CINCINNATI, June 18.—The §ynod of the Reformed Presbyte ha general n church decided to meet on the third Wednes- day of next May in (he First Reformed | Presbyterian church of Philadelphia. The different boards and committees have ail been named. Prof. M. Daly of Philadelphia presented the report of the forelgn mis | 817n board, showing that the collections tor Imu year amounted 1o $3,700, and | of | Information | BATES RETURNS TO OMAHA Department of Mirseuri, SAYS HE'S HEARTILY GLAD OF THE ORDER Seems to Him Like Auditor of asury Quotes Fige ures Astounding to the World Powers, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The assignment of Brigadier Gen- eral John C. Bates of the permanent estab- lishment to the command of the Department of the Missourl, vice General Fitzhugh Lee, retired, was officially promulgated by the War department today. General Bates, it was confidently expected, would be as signed to this important department, in view of his knowledge of the west and his splendid career in both the east and west It 18 expected that General Bates will re- port for duty about September 15. General Bates served with the Second infantry ago, and it will be like golng home to this splendid soldier, whose distinguished service in Cuba and the Philippines, to say nothing of his honorable service in the civil war, has made him one of the leading military men of our country. command of the Department of the Mis- wouri, ofcially promulgated today, is highly spiration of his pleasure as seemingly Lwinkling beneath the grizzled eyebrows as he greeted a representative of The Bee. Glad to Return to Omaha. “Yes, 1 am pleased,” sald General Bates. “You may say 1 am glad to go back to | the Missourt. I am assigned to command | the Department of the Missouri and it's like going home. But I will not assume command of tke Department of the Mis- souri till my leave explres about the middle of September. I expect to see many changes in Omaba since my last visit there, but I guess 1 shall be able to find my way to | headquarters.” “How do you intend putting in your time, general, during the present and the day you assume command?”’ was acked | “Well, I really don't exactly know, but Il rest if my friends will permit. Having been & bachelor officer for some forty years, 1 have no real abiding place. I shall visit a few points cast and intend before assum- ing my new command to visit my old home in St. Louis. No, I have not yet selected my aldes. That, you know, is a matter which one cannot determine in advance of the date of assumption to a command.” Captain H. M. Reeves. who came from Mantla with General Bates, where served as his alde, has been assigned to West Point, but General Bates tonight ex- pressed the hope that Captain Reeves' a signment might be changed so as to enable him to become one of his staff aldes at Omaha. Aside from this expression of his desire for this assignment to his prospective staft as commander of the Department of the . Missouri, Gemeral Bates:.decliued to | predict the names of officers whom he would | desire to compose the remainder of his staff. Uncle Sam's Huge Purse. W. E. Andrews, auditor for the Treasury department, is as rapidly as pos- sible, consistent with public service, clos- ing up his annual accounts for the present fiscal year, so that Sccretary Gage may have the benefit of the work of his office by July 10. Last year the office over which Mr. Andrews presides and which is one of the most important within the government audited 36,108 accounts, aggregating $6,125,- 000,000 This year there will be somewhat of a falling off in the total amount, but the number of accounts audited will be considerably over last year's figures. Up to May 31 Auditor Andrews' office passed upon 35,835 accounts, aggregating $4,735,- 150,989, At this ratio,” sald Mr. Andrews today, “‘our office will probably pass upon finally between 38,000 and 39,000 accounts, al though the aggregate will be considerably lower than last year. There was one more general account Iast year with the Treas- ury department which invelved collections and disbursements covering $700,000,000 which will not appear in our totals for the present fiscal year. The increase in this year's business as represented by figurea in this office is directly traceable to the funding of the public debt under the new currency act of March 14, 1900. The volume of buciness passing through the public debt division of the auditor's office preceding the fiscal year of 1900 averaged 400,000,000, For the fiscal year of 1900 tha accounts relating (o the funding of the public debt with which this office must deal amounted to $280,000,000, and for the | first_eleven months of the present fiscal ar, which terminates June 30, wo have audited $200,000.000. This shows the enor- mous growth of our country, and there is nothing In the countries of the world to compare with the gigantic strides we have made in the past ten years. ft \s mar- velous to those who deal with figures. It 1s stupendous to the world powers which watch our growth." Department Notes. The Towa Natlonal bank of Des Molnes is approved as a reserve agent for the First National bank of Estherville, Ia Ralph E. Walker and Hugh C. McKeren | are appointed stampers in the postofiice at Waterloo, Ia | The postoMce at Havelock, Neb., has ! been moved to a building owned by Grace | D. Copelana | Captain Reuben B. Turner of the Quar- | termaster's department has been ordered to Des Mpines to assume charge of the construction of the public buildings for the military post to be established in that clty. AFTER DESPERATE BURGLAR Poase of Excited Farmers Surrounds Man Who Committed Whole- le Robberle CHILLICOTHE, O., June 15.-—A posse of farmers has surrounded a strip of wood- land near here and the sheriff has sent for men to assist in the capture of a desperado burglar who operated here last night on a wholesale scale. Beginning with a holdup on the street the desperadg entered three residences, the last being James Carroll's, where he attempted to as- sault one of Mr. Carroll's daughters. From there the burglar went to Kilki- nick, six miles north, where he entered the house of John Moss and attempted to as- sault Mrs. Moss who wi alone. She fought him off and aroused the neighbors. The robber fled and the pursult was taken up by & posse, which tracked the fellow to a plece of woods, where It now has him [nnlruumlwl. The farmers are armed with | guns of all descriptions and are waiting for Sheriff Devine to arrive from this elty. There is great excitement and it is prob- Jable lynghiog will follow it he is captured. Vateran of Twe Wars Gots Command of oing Home=| when it was stationed at Fort Omaha years | The order assigning General Bates to the | pleasing to him, if one cbuld gather an in- | he | | | meat before i TAX SHIRKERS IN OHI9, TOO Former Attorney General Says Stande 01l Company is Among Waorst, ASHINGTON, June 18.—The Industrial commission has received and will print as a part of its permanent report a num ber of afMdavits making reply to the testi mony given before the commission in 1809 by D. Archibold of the Standard Ofl com pany. These aMdavits are by Hon ¥ Monnett, formerly attorney general of Ohio; James W. Lee, of the Pure Oil com pany; M. L. Lockwood and Charles B Matthews of Butfalo, N. Y Mr. Matthews' testimony relates to the operations of the Vacuum Oil compan which he seeks to demonstrate is a branch of the Standard Ofl company. Mr. Lee says that it is not true that he ever admitted that the Pure Ol company 18 ftself a trust or that he attempted to sell any of his Independent Ol company interests to the Standard Oll company. Mr. Lockwood sub mits aMdavits to substantiate his state- the commission to the effect that the Standard company was at one time putting ofl in tanks to be shipped to Germany for 2 cents a gallon, while peopls in Texas and Arkansas, where there is no compedition, were paying 25 cents a gallon Mr. Archibold said there was not a word of truth in this statement. | Mr. Monnett's statement s a general | reply to Mr. Archibold’s testimony, so far | as it applies to the operations of the Standard company in Ohio. He says that not only the Standard company. but other oll companies like the Buckeye Pipe Line company, the Ohio Ofl company and the Solar Refiniug company comnected with it, “each and every one have openly and notorlously violated their charter and have violated the statutes of the state, crim inally and civilly, and are now so violat- | ing them, and did not dare to come into court and answer the charges of such vio- lation.” | He says that the charge was openly made and not contradicted that the influences of these companies deteated Joseph P, Brad- bury for the supreme court of the state, because he was suspected to be antago- nistic to them. He also charges that *‘they | have openly and notoriously evaded the taxes due the state by making returns upon their property, in many Instances, estimated at less than 10 per cent of its real value, considerlug the earning ca pacity of the property. He asserts that the compasy has evaded instead of courting Investigation of bis bribery charges, and he adds: “Campaigns come and go; commissions | investigate and legislatures meet and ad- journ; magazine articles are written and read, and yet, through their mouopolistic and criminal exactions the Standard Oil combinations of transportation and dis- tribution thereof levy tribute upon the owner of the oil rock and exact from the consumer of the refined ofl and its by- products this unnatural profit. The public are its victims; the little band of law vio- lators owning the controlling shares are the beneficiaries of the plunder. The pub- lic for a short time stand aghast at their very boldness and defiances. The govern- ment alone can check their abuses. IN DEFENSE OF -TEE TRUSTS' Standard Ol Attorney Kline Pleads for Them in a Briet in Snlt Case. CLEVELAND, 0., June 15.—"The right to combine is to be classed among the most Important and least questioned liberties of citizens," said Virgil P. Kline, attorney of the Standard Ofl company, in defense of trusts, in a brief that he filed in the com- mon pleas court today upon the demurrer in the buit brought by the National Salt company of New York, better known as the Salt trust, against its Cleveland branch, the United Salt company. The National Salt company entered Into a deal with stockholders of the Cleveland concern to purchase thelr stock so as to acquire control of the plant, but a few weeks ago brought sult to have the con- tract set aside, going into court to re- pudiate its consolidation agreement. The trust claimed that the consolidation was in violation of the Valentine anti-trust law. As a result of the litigation the plant of the Union Salt company was placed in the hands of recelvers. Mr. Kline, on behalf of the latter, filed a long brief and cited a large number of court decisions upholding the legality of combines, “To take away a man's right to sell or dlspose of his property,” continued Attorney Kline, “is to take his property from him, for by restraining its alienation you destroy its chief value as property. The right to sell one's property or business carries with it the right to sell to him who will give the best price and the most natural purchaser, the one who will neces- sarily give the best price, fs the competitor. Take away the right to sell to u competitor and you take from a man the most valuable and usually the sole market for his prop erty. Competition, it {8 said, Is the life of trade, but certainly there can be no law to compel to compete with cach other it they see fit to give up the struggle.” DOCTOR MAY KEEP ON CUTTING Nlinois Judge Sustains Him in Per. forming Operations Not Sanctioned by the Subj CHICAGO, June 18.—A physician perform an additional gperation the first he discovers a condition of the internal organs which renders the second one necessary to preserve the life of the patient, even though he has not the con sent of the patient, according to a ruling! by Judge Kavanagh today The decision was rendered in the case of Mrs. Agnes Muchern against the Post Graduate Medical school and hospital. Mrs Muehern was operated on by one of the professors of the college and while she was under the influence of an anaesthetic & con- dition as indicated was discovered and a second operation was performed. When the woman regained her health she brought suit against the college. WHILE GREENVILLE BURNS ters, Black a and Home G Be Calle GREENVILLE, S. (., June 15.—Fire which broke out in a bakery early this morning destroved an entire block in the business portion of this city. The loss will reach § 000. In order to save the stocks in other bulldings that were threatened the goods were carried to the streets While the people were fighting the flames negroes and white thieves were discov- ered looting the piles of goods and the Greenville light infantry was called out to ald in preserving order. The Western Union Telegraph office was destroyed and communication with the outside world was Anterrupted until this afternoon. Four may it during White, Get Busy ards Have to out. | Pingree, | night | Detroit DEATH OF HAZEN S. PINGREE Former Governor of Michigan Passes Away in London. | ONLY HIS SON PRESENT AT THE END rkable Career of n Representative American — His Achievements as an Official Who Fought for the People. | Cloxe of the Re “ LONDON, June 18.—Ex-Governor Pingree | of Michigan died here tonight at 11 His son was the only one present tinie. The attending doctor left Mr. Pin gree's beiside about 11:15, promising to return soon. H. S. Pingree, jr., who had | been watching at his father's side fou days 4 who has not removed his clothes during that time, noticed a sudden change in his father's condition He had hardly | reached the patient's bedside when his father died peacefully, without warning and without speaking one word. Young Pingree has wired his mother and uncle in the United States not to come to Loudon The body of Mr. Piogree will be em balmed and taken to his home. LONDON, June 18.~The diagnosis made by London specialiste of the cancerou$ af-| fection of the intestines with which Mr. Pingree suffered practically left no hope | for the patient's recovery. Toward the end | of his illness Mr. Pingree suffered great pain und weakened rapidly. Ho was unable | to retain nourishment. His mind, however, remained fairly clear. During the whole of Tuesday he was practically kept alive by injections of strychnine and drugs ad- ministered to lessen his pain Widow Retarns to Detroit. NEW YORK, June 18,—Mrs. Hazen S widow of ex-Governor Pm"'*'l death in London was announced to- | by cable, arrived in this eity from | Detroit this morning with her daughter, Hazel H. Pingree, and her husband's | brother, F. C. Pingree. They had started from Detrolt as soon as they learned of the seriousness of the illness of ex-Gov-| ernor Pingree in London, but recelved a| cablegram early today that there was no | use of continuing thelr journey, as the | governor's condition was so bad they would | arrive in London too late. Tonight they recelved a cable telling of his death. Mrs Pingree and her daughter will go back to tomorrow, instead of taking the | | steamer St. Paul, as intended. Common Council Ac DETROIT, June 18.—~Immediately after the assembling of the common council to- night the death of ex-Governor Pingree was formally announced. A committee on reso- lutions was appointed and the body ad- journed until tomorrow, when formal action will be taken respecting the death of the ex-governor. at the whose Carcer of a Notable Ofcial. Hazen S. Pingree, who is known in the popular mind as “Potato” Pingree, i the man who invented the “Pingree potato Ppateh” idea for giving poor people a chance 1o ral vegetabics for themzelves on va- jecant lots in and sronnd own. But this is only one of his popular projects. He accomplished a 3-cent street car fare for the people of Detroit, reduced the cost of gAs to consumers, and In other lines suc- cessfully fought monopolies and corpor tions. Mr. Pingree was born in Denmark, Me., August 30, 1840. Until the age of 14 years he lived on his father's farm, then worked in a cotton factory at Saco, Me., and after- ward in a shoe factory at Hopkinton, Ma where he learned the trade of a shoe cutter. He was u private in the union army, First Massachusetts heavy artillery, August 1, 1862, to August, 1865, and in five months of 1864 was a prisoner of war. Alter the war he went to Detroit and worked in a shoe factory till 1866 when, with H. Smith, he established a small shoe factory, which they developed into one of the largest shoe manufacturing businesses of the west. He was four times elected mayor of Detroit, serving from 1889 to 1896. He attalued national prominence by his successful project of securing vacant lots for the cultivation of potato patches by the poor, also by his fights against gas, street railway and other combinations. These fights he carried into the legislature and supreme courts and his aggressiveness and triumphs in the cause of the common people won him increased majorities at every elec- tion. He was chosen governor of Michigan in 1896 aud re-elected in 1898, Salary No Object. As mayor of Detroit, in which office he won his first public triumphs, he put in ten hours' work a duy on city business | for a salary of $1,000 a year. Among other | | services, he demonstrated that a 3-cent fare 1e all that a street railroad needs to charge to make fair profits. After a hard fight he made the gas companies come down from $1.50 per thousand feet to $1 per thousand. While looking into the gas companigs, Mayor Pingree got after the electric light companies and concluded that the city would do better by setting up a plant of 1ts own. An electric light outfit was pur- chased and, thanks to the mayor's scheme, the city soon found itself saving about $33 a year on every light. These are some of the specific things the mayor did for his city. Mr. Pingree rose from a cobbler to | the head of a large shoe fuctory. He was a rich man, bad never had any strikes in hic factory and arranged disputes by ar bitration, Tie was & business man to the | backbone and he ran his office as mayor just as he does his factory, on strictly business principles. He carrled the same | fdeas and principles into the governor's | ehair. Enemies of the People, In a recent discussion of his policy Mr. Pingree said: “In all of the fights con- ducted in Detrolt the disclosed enemies of the people were the corporationists. All lof the future serious troubles for Detroit | and for the state of Michigan and nearly all of the states of the union are secreted in the breasts of conspiring corporators. Much has been sald under the breath by men, much has been written by the essaylsts, editorials have heen written by the cord and here and there the pulpit has even mentioned a protest. Much has been said and little has been done. “Clvic federations are well meaning and have done good work, but they do not strike or have not the power to strike ef tectively at the head and front of the of- fending. It is too big & job for one man. 1t 18 too big a job for any special combina- tion of men. Tt is the people’s work under God and it 1s the work of years. The enemy is well entrenched and is well pro- vided with the sinews of war “The future scenes of the struggle arc the primariex and the courts. The greater part of the battle is plainly in the party primaries. Without the primaries the bat tle is lost. Without the primaries the courts are but a crutch. Nothing short of firms sustained losses ranging from $100,- 000 tn $250,000 and several others suffered smaller losses. the flooding of the primaries by the whole people can wash away the foul aceumula l (Continyed on Becond Page.) | settlement, | daughter of Henry D. THE WEATHER Nebragki—Fair Wer rior ™ Vari CONDITION OF Forecast Shower e for in wers in ¥ We wi re nt O Dew, Temperat Yesterday MRS. M'KINLEY OUT OF DANGER Doctors Make the After Consnltatio White W WASHINGTON, June 18.—Drs. Johnston and Rixey held a consultation at the White House this forenoon, the conclusion of which Dr. Johnston pronounced Mrs. M Kinley out of danger and convalescing. He said there may, of course, b of her trouble, but for the present the dan- ger {8 past. It Is expected that President and Mrs. McKinley will be able to leave for Canton by July 1 Dr. Rixey, on leaving the White House at 30 tonight, said Mre. McKinley is g She is sitting up daily about two hours. She today READY Prestdent w Announcement at the we. ot recu! 10 tting along nicely at up today saw several friends TO ABOLISH DUTIES Will Iasue Porto Rico I Sh Be Self-Sustnin WASHINGTON, June 18.—~The cabinet meeting today was without important fea- ture. There was a desultory discussion of the Chinese settlement, th Philippioes, Cuba and Porto Rico, but nothing of woment developed and no action was declded upon. The president is prepared to issue his proclamation declaring the abolition of dutles between the United States and Porto Rico I the insular legislature at the ex- traordinary session called for July 4 pre- sente facts to him to sustain the claim that the revenues under the Hollander tax law make the island self-sustaining The cabinet belleves that the Chinese set- tlement is close at hand. In talking of this Secretary Hay suggested that the amounts voluntarily paid the American missionaries by Chinese provinces should be deducted from our aggregate claim of $25,000,000. The general sentiment of the cabinet seemed to favor this course, but no action was taken, Secretary Hitcheock reported that a decl- slon of the courts in the suit to enjoin him from proceeding with the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache reservations in Oklahoma probably will be rendered in a few days. Until the court acts nothing further will be done. EIGHT MAYORS CANNOT SERVE Frand Discove, Cuban Towns in Time to Prevent Wrong Men Getting In, atlon HAVANA, June 18.—The government has rejected the bid of approximately $14,000,000 made by Dady, Onderdonk and McClellan for the cewering and paving of Havana and will readvertise the contract for three months. The question of issuing new city bonds still remains unsettled. The commission appointed to investigate the claims of Senor D'Armas to the right, under the Speaish municipality, to float bonds has awarded Senor D'Armas $187,000 This ward 1s given with the understanding that enor D'Armas will withdraw General Wood has not yet approved the decision of the commission. Many frauds in the municipal elections have been brought to light as a result of a military investigation made at the re- quest of citizens In the districts where the elections have been contested. The reports submitted show that the election of at Jeast elght mayors will he reversed. The work of investigation is not yet fin- ished. MISS ESTABROOK OF OMAHA Former Gate City Girl Christens Her unch at Lake Geneva, Wis, LAKE GENEVA, Wis., June 18.—Chicago soclety wae well represented here this evening at an event highly Interesting in vachting clrales of Lake Geneva. It was the successful launching of Colonel R, C. Clowry's new steam yacht, which promises to be the fastest pleasure craft on the lake. The honors were gracefully borne by Colonel Clowry's niece, Miss Estabrook, 2stabrook, formerly of Omauha, who, breaking a bottle of cham- pagne on the prow of the vessel, christ- ened it the Blanche. An elaborate pro- gram was observed during the afternoon and evening, participated in by a large party of invited guests The Blanche is seventy-five feet will carry fifty persons, and has comfort- able cabln and stateroom accommodations for a large party A. 0. U. W. ELECTS OFFICERS Supreme Lodge at Buffalo Makes the Selections and Gives Oregon BUFFALO, June 15.~The supreme lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen this afternoon elected the following of- flcers: Supreme master workman, A. (. Harwick, Buffalo; supreme foreman, Wehb McNall, Kansas; supreme overseer, B. R Matson, Chicago; supreme guide, Loufs (. Merrill, Massachusetts: supreme watch- man, Mr. Ritchie, Manitoba; supreme re- corder, M. W. Sackett, Meadyille, Pa elected for the twenty-second time; su preme recelver, J. N. Aker, New York (re elected); supreme trustees, Thomas Legatt Montreal; Edwin Danforth, San Francisco, §. I, Johnson, Okebofi, I. T Portland, Ore., was decided on as the next meeting place MANIAC HAS TO BE KILLED A ¢ re Danger- ROCKFORD, 111 possession of the Illinols here tonight and opens volver upon everybody In persons had narrow escapes. Policeman Frank Sully attempted to arrest the man anl was twice shot He returned the fire and killed the madman, sending a bul- let close o his heart. From papers found on the dead man his name appears to be A. G. Peterson and his residence is Chi- cago. What seems to be a will was also found. 1t is written in Swedish and reads “I give to my daughter, Edith Bollorsou all that | have. My secret 1 carry to the grave," A maniac rook Central depot fire with a re- ght Several at is ence | situation in the | long, | CcoPrY FIVE C —. [FOSTER A NEW PARTY Adveoates of Pablio Ownership Take Steps Toward Organization, :CLMM TO HAVE BRYAN'S SYMPATHY | He Gives the Movement at Least an Ene couraging Smile. | PERHAPS HE WILL BE k Thinks It May Become Hie Ouly Alternative. MISSOURIANS TO BE FIRST APPEALED TO ITS CANDIDATE Ubairman ( | Atte; in Kansas City Are Over the Cone clusfons Wil e " the Present Secret Conferences Made le There. KANSAS CITY, June 18 ~The first defls nite step toward the organization of a new third party, which s proposed to embrace Missourl and to form the nucleus for a | national growth, was taken today in Kansas | City at a conference of members of the | populist committes and & few free sifver ropublicans. The movement is sald | to have the expressed sympathy, it not the avowed support, of Willlam J. Bryan, who, | it 18 further hinted, is to be the new party's | candidate for president fn 1904, Lee Meriwether of St. Louls and twenty two other leadors In the public ownership of St. Louis arrived in Kansas City this morning, after having spent the whole of yesterday in consultation with Mr. Bryan {at Lincoln. Mr. Meriwether and’his fol- |lowers went to Lincoln from §t. Louls Sunday. Their purpose was to confer with Mr. Bryan and to learn his views in regard to the third party movement. Mr. Merl wether is guarded in his statements con- | cerning Mr. Bryan, but says that if Mr Bryan does not support the prosent move- ment he is at any rate in sympathy with its purpose, for it is to advocate the same principles which Mr. Bryan has cspoused J. H. Cook, chairman of the state central committee of the fusion wing of the popu- | Mst party, said that if the democratic party | 1s captured by the gold standard element | Mr. Bryan will be forced by the logic of events into the leadership of the new party. The conference was secret. It will be contlnued tomorrow and will end with a public meeting, when the result of tho gathering will be embodied In an address to the people of Missour. The meeting was first suggested by Mr. Cook In a circular letter asking a confer- ence with the free silver republicans and the public ownership party leaders. In response to this Lee Meriwether issued a call for the meeting today to the men of his party and J. W. Foster of St. Josoph fesued a similar call to the free silver republicana. The conference was to Include miiddle-of-the-road populists and all demo- crats and republicans who might sym- pathize with the reform movement HOMEOPATHS QUOTE DIETRICH Propore to Have Al Nebrask state a | party | States '~ Exn RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y., June 18,— The formal opening of the American In- stitute of Homeopathy was attended here today by about 500 members. More than 100 new members were recelved. The r port of the interstate committee stated that Senator Dietrich, while governor of Nebraska, put three institutions of that state under homeopathic control, and urged concerted action toward securing equal recognition of the schools of homeopathy with the old regular school of medicine in all states. There is a good deal of feeling over tho failure of the United States army to make provision in the army for homeopaths. The | physiclans in attendance declare that a cer- tain percentage of enlisted men are homeo- pathists and are entitled to be treated by the government accordingly, though this would necessitate two army surgeons at a Post. Surgeon General Sternberg, U. S, A., Is sald to be in sympathy with such a movement. Dr. Nicholas Senn of Chicago, Who was in the volunteer service, fs de- clared to be fu favor of falr treatment for homeopathists In the army. | Dr. Willlam B. Crane of Richfield de- livered the address of welcome tonight. | Dr. A, N. Norton of New York, president of the institute, responded. Dr. Norton, in his address, said that homeopathy shoulq be admitted on equal terms with allopathy In the service of the army and navy, “'The grounds upon which the claims shall be based,” he said, “are that the army and navy are supported by public taxation and that patrons of homeopathy pay a large proportion of this tax." The doctor contended that equal repre- sentation upon all hoards of medical ex- aminers and a proportionate representation In all state hospltals, asylums, etc., should be demanded and legislatures should he made to understand that no medical legls- lation can be enacted without the {ndorse. ment of the homeopathie school, {CLERGYMAN DROPS LIFELESS |Rev. August Kluk of Ha | Whi r ¥Fal rying for a ¥ t Norfolk, NORFOLK egram.)-—Rey Neb., June 18.—(Special Tel- August Klug, pastor of ths Lutheran church at Hadar, Neb., fell dead here this morning while going from the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missourl Valley rail- | way station to that of the Chicago, St. | Paul, Minneapolis and Omaba line. He was on his way to Winona, Minn., to at- | tend the Lutheran synod and visit relatives, | having come down on the Fremont, Elk- | horn train. He was hurrying to make the | transfer when he foll. Mr. Klug was 73 years old and leaves two sons and four daughters. CONSUMPTION IN COLORADO Medical s Ext o1 DENVER, June 15.—The discussion of consumption was the feature of the open- ing sesslon of the Colorado State Medical society convention today. Dr. Heory Sewall reported for & commit- tes on the subject, “Tuberculosts in Colo~ rado. He sald that in sixteen months to May 1, 1001, 1674 deaths from tubercue losis were reported. In 970 cases the dis= ease orlg outside of Colorado. la 450 cases the origin was not given. In 224 cases, or 13.32 per cent, the disease orig | inated 1a Colorado, te | Sew Society Hears of Cases, New. Dr, inte a