Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 14, 1901, Page 1

’ ( A L) e————0-—— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, OMAHA, THURSDAY \lfllt l\(v. hflVlhlllFR 14, 1901 l W FL\']' r \(- l;. SIN I-Llu ( WPY FIVE CENTS, WOMAN IN THE PLOT HAS A TALK WITH miss STONE | BRISK BRUSH WITH REBELS | | | Balgarian Clergyman Sayw She {s Con- _"'fi, fned in the Resldence of & ’, ; Ratbbun Cenfesses Thav*y, - Coneerasd o In Toswrance 1. % s “ | NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Ivan Molochoft, a —_ Bulgarian clergyman from Uscub, in Mace- donia, has just arrived from visiting Miss DENIES ANY PURPOSE TO KILL Gu Stone and is now in consultation with Mr. - jekineon, says a Sofla (Bulgaria) dispatch ) 0 the Journal and Advertiser. Mise Pody of Vietim Will be Bent to Jefersen« | sione ne waid, “ie in the town of Ceres ville for Autopsy. Macedonia. I left her iwo days ago, coming | direct to Mr. Dickinson to try to arrange S | tor her release. Mies Stone and Mme WAR DEPARTMENT SURRENDERS ACCUSED | Trilka aro swell. but the straln is terrif | Ana there is danger that Miss Stone may - lose her mind. To be always in the same v utberities | furroundings ie likely to drive her crazy Soldier Will Be Tarned Over to & constantly looking at the same objects has of Indiaoa | semi-mesmerized her and she has had & | presentment that evil will befall her The brigand chief informs me that he MRS, RATHBUN BELIEVES HUSBAND IS DEAD | wiii now insist on the full ransom, as the - length of time Miss Stone has been loft on his hands leaves no margin for bargain- Mer Tmpression s that Body Sent for | o0 gy of the brigand chief is Burinl Beion to Former | - Dervich Younouss, and he is ap Albantan | Bekir Bey, In hose house Miss Stone is TRIRREY 55 THE SAnn onfined, I hand In glove with the brigand of the Latter ! chief. Bekir Bey assisted the brigands by | keeping Miss Stone for thirty days in the bk a | mountains before taking her to his house LOUISVILLE, Ky., N 13.—Newell ( “There are about 150 Macedonians impris. hbun, who was arrested here on sus- [omed in connection with the Stono affair plcion of having caused the death at Jef- | by the Turkish officfals. | want no persotal fersonville, Ind., of Charles Goodman, who | compensation, but i want (he Macedonfans was found dead in n hotel in t ty last | released. 1t the American, English and Thursday, d-ath baving resulted, it 1s sup- | French consuls ar Salonica insist upon Bekie posed, from laudanum poisoning, is tonight | Bey releasing Miss Stone it will not be i the Clark county (Indlana) jall on | Recessary to deal with the brigands, and we charge of murder. Under instructions from | can get her release without paying ransom." the War department Washington, Rath- | ! bun, who 15 a deserter from the United | MISS STONE HAS NO WARNING ates army, was this evening turned over — the river Rathbun told the Louisvilie police today Rock had known of bis plan to defraud the insurance company, | that his wife at Little the Indiana authorities and taken across | Missionary Observes tanal Precau- tions and Neo Critleism Ca Properly Be Made, though not of the murder feature of it.| BOSTON. Nov. 12.~The executive officers | The other features of the case today were Of the erican Board of Foreign Missions, the decision of the authorities (o haye abe | CONCeraing (he case of Miss Ellen M. Stone, body of the supposed Goodman removed | Issued a statement foday intended to be to Jeffersonville from mutopsy and tdentification and Little Rock for an the refusal of the local authorities to eend Rathbun te corrective of reports that have been widely published relative to the condition that resulted in her capture by the brigands. Litile Rock to testify at the coroner's in- ( This statement avers that Miss Stone was quest over the corpse that was there. A telegram was sent to Little today asking that the body *hipped Rock | be returned to | in pursult missionary of her customary duties as a when she was captured, The route over which she was traveling is one Jeftersonville. hat is continually used by the mission- For the first time Rathbun admi t0- | arles and without reason for apprehending day that he had a confederate in Little [any special danger Rock and, when closely pushed by Chief of | No warning whatever was given to Miss Detectives Sulllvan, stated that his wife | Stone as to this particular journey, either was in part of the conspiracy, although he | by the Turkish or Bulgarian authorities insisted that she was entirely Innocent of | She had the usual escort of elghteen or complicity in any plot to put Goodman out of the wa At first Rathbun stated that his only confederate war a deserter from the regu- lar army by the name of Blanchard, but he finally adnitted that this was false and that Blanchard was fictitious Plot to Girl. Reveate The suspicions of Captain Sullivan wers Little Rock that for aroused today by news from that Miss Corinne Pryor bad stated Rathbun had proposed a similar plot defrauding an Insurance company and hud said that It she would marry him and carry out her part that he would send & corpse home, that it could be buried as him anéd that he and she would divide the nsurance. He also learned that Mrs. Rathbun still insisted that the corpse sent from Jeffersonville and now in Little Rock ‘was that of her hueband After ascertaining these facts phase of the case. Rathbun safd: T have only told you part of the truth so far with my wife in Little Rock long ago. I 1014 her that 1 would find a corpse and that she was to telegraph for it to be burled and then collect the insurance, and in time 1 wonld desert again from the army and meet her at some place and we would divide it After making this statement Rathbun said | that his wife knew nothing of any plot ‘o commit murder or to set fire to a hotel. “Indeed.” he said, “no murder was com- mitted, for 1 did not kill Goodman. 1 might have killed him if necessary, but he | died of natural causes.” Identity of Rathbun. One of the most perplexing features of the case as it now presents itself to the 1 identity of police is in regard to the r the prisoner here. That he has been pa ing himself over the country as Lieutenant Newell C. under that name and that he wa his real home. A telegram has been received from the to her Captain Fullivan had Rathbun brought into his pri- vate ofice and futerrogated him about this 1 arranged this matter Rathbun, that he was married insured for $4,000 appear to be certain, but the de- tectives are convinced that it is an allas and that he has never told his real name or twenty people and was accustomed (o carry with her a Turkish teskre, or permit to trave! One of the missionaries acquainted with (he region states that the route Miss Stone took was the safest of any in that reglon. | The statement further afirms that there | is no ground whatever for eriticising Miss Stone for want of precaution in making this journey. BOERS CHARGED WITH MURDER War Secretary Accuses Burshevs of Hiding Their Tracks by Killlng Kafirs Behind Them, LONDON, Nov. 13.—Mr. Broderick, the war secretary, speaking fonight at a ban- quet given in London in his honor by the Clty Carlton club, declared that the Boers were hiding their tracks by murdering the Kaffirs behind them Lord Kitchener wired today, he con tinued, that the cold-blooded murder of natives had become frequent of late and that two dead natives, their hanas tied be- hind their backs, were found November 10 at the bottom of a mine shaft Later in his epeech Mr. Broderick said Great Britain now had 42,000 Boers In cus- tody In the concentration camps and on various islands and (hat been killed and wounded, or had left the country on parole. He added that he be- liaved the number of Boers tow in the field to be about 10,000 Mr. Broderick said he was sorry anythiog | had happened to affect the career of Sir { Redvers Buller and he assured the com- pany that the deafness of Sir Evelyn Wood was rot a bar to the work that oficer had to do as commander of an army corps. PEACE IS STILL AFAR OFF Boer Representative Says British At< titude Must Materi, fore Terma Are BERLIN, Nov | tung toda; 13.~The Frankfurter Zei- publishes an interview with A chiof of police of Evapsville, 1ud, SAUNK | ) Wolmerans, the Boer representative at that Goodman was a®resident of Cripple | smgterdam, in which the Iatter is quoted Creek, Colo.. where he was a brass worker. When asked as to the claim made by Mrs. Rathbun that the body seny to Little Rock was that of her husband, Rathbun laughed #nd romarked: “Maybe it is his corpse.’’ That fx all he would say on the subject Dr. Benson Doollttle who was present at the autopsy upon Good- man’'s body, says he will swear that laud- anum was in Goodman's stomach in large quantities. The Loulsville pollce began today in an effort to positively identify him. Molds Wife Guil n the fail bun was asked whether his wite of Jeffersonville, nding all over the United States photographs and a description of Rathbun t Jeftersonville tonight Rath- at Little as saying that all reported impending peace negotiations between the Boers and British ara unfounded. S0 long,” says Wolmerans. 'as the Brit- ish ministry maintaios the attitude out- ltned by Mr. Chamberlain’s and Lord Salis- bury's last speeches the question of peace cannot be entertained. The ‘dea of the cession of gold flelds is absurd. AUSTRIA IS ALSO PLACATED Turkey Agrees to Pay Ninety Thou- aand Francs (o Armeni nd to Adjust Other Differenc Rock was implicated in the plot to collect | VIENNA, Nov. 13.--Numerous grievances the insurance. After several moments si- Of Austria-Hungary against Turkey bave Jence he replled: “No, there was nobody | Deen settled by the agreement of the porte 88716 ok 1aths Mook ¥ 1o pay 90,000 francs to the Armenian vic t tims and by adjusting financially and other- I Uncie Sam's Grasp, { wise the wrongs arisiog from eight other WASHINGTON. Nov. 13— The War de. | matters of dispute. These include the riment has decided to send Newell C.|claims of the Oriental Rallway company Rathbun trom Loulsville (o Jeffersonville, ' It was the purpose of Austria-Hungary to Ind, under military escort. and there to | adopt effective measures had the porte not turn bim over to the civil authoriti military authorities are holding The Btates army, but believe he will on the more serious charge of murder, pre forred agaiust him in Indiana. As a pris oner of the United States government yequisition will be required from Kentucky 1o Indlana LITTLE ROCK, Nov. 1% -The over the body supposed to be that of Newel © Rathibun was resumed today Chist of Police Sanders. Durand Whipple. wWho rented the room which Rathbun oc pied as & recruiting office O'Connell. who roomed with Rathbun sey- eral weeks previous to his marriage, testi- fled that the body was not (hat of Rath- dun for Loulsville. Rathbun on the charge of desertion from the United | be tried | no to take him Inquest Former u- and Willlam | 014 by order Detective Chichester leaves tonight | He will take with bim a personal friend of Rathbun's for tha pur- ! yielded COSTLY SHINER IS COMING [ New Yorker Has Sailed from with the Hope Bine Dia- mond In Pocket. ond | LoNDON. Nov. 15.-—The report that the | famous Hope Blue diamond is returning to New York is correct of & member of a way there from London. The helrioom of the master-in-chancery. |1t 1x sald (hat the price paid for the dia- ‘monrt was $250,000 It is in the pocket b Interest in Re | BT JOHNS. N. F, Nov. 13.—Keen intej- st is displayed here in the movement for pose of identifylng him. Chichester rep. | TCiprocity with (he United States. It is esants the insurance company in whieh | ®XPected that any arrangement effected Abun secured the policies for $4,000. | ¥1th Canada will include Newfoundland 7"« body here will remain in the keepi especially, owing to the previous compact, §Coutinued on Becond Faged o he Rond-Blaine convention, which covers fshery reciprocity, 11,000 more had | ew York firm now on his | | | reported | teenth Llo et weeks Natives in Rifle Pita | TWO BOAT-LOADS OF ARMS COME TO LAND . Stattoned Near Do on Trail of Smuggled Goods —=Sizteen Natives Arve Killed and Five Wounded, Major W wan, ne | Hartman's this morn- MANILA, Nov Captain troop of the First cavalry carl Ing came upon 400 ineurgents at Buan in Patangas province, southwestern Luzon. Half the fnsurgents were armed with rifies. They were prepared for an attack and were | in rifle pits, The cavalry attacked the insurgents on the flank, killing sixteen of them, wounding five and capturing nine rifles. The insurgents broke and ran, the cavalry pursuing them Two large boatloads of srms are re- ported to have been landed on the south ern part of the Batanzas peniosula and taken to Durangan. Major West, stationed | in that locallty, is endeavoring to find | these urme | KILLED AND HURT IN ACTION neral Chaflee Makes Report to War | Department of During September mlties WASHINGTON, Nov reports to the War lowing casualties during last dated September 30 Engagement near Candelaria, Luzon, 4 p. m. September 24: Allen Crocket, lleutenant First infantry, killed in action In engagement near 8an Antonio September 15: Jacob Stettler, G infantry, chest, mortal In engagement at Lillo, ber 9 Willlam Rice, M hip, severe In engagement at 13.—General Chaffee department the fol- September, Luzon, Septem- Eighth infantry, | Jagua, Bohol: Howard M. Refley, M, Nineteenth infantry, chest, alight; Andrew Rowan, captain, Nineteenth infantry, leg, slight: James Carter, I, Nine- teenth infantry, leg. severe; Benjamin F. Davidson. I, Nineteenth {nfantry, leg, slight; Peter W. Scanlon, sergeant, I, Nine- | teenth infantry, thigh, slight AGUINALDO IS AN Steps to Secare Hin Nominal Captivity R stay ISSUE | me from Rel Many- Question, WASHINGTON, department 3.—~While the War | been advised of the ! step to secure the release of | Aguinaldo from captivity through writ of | habeas corpus, it was prepared for a move | in that direction. A few weeks ago the | first application of this Kind was made in the case of a military prisoner and, as there was some indication of a disposition ou the part of the Philippine commiasion to uphold the right of babeas corpus in that case, the department was obliged to | cable some instructions, both to the com- misslon and to General Chaffee, the re- sult of which was a practical denial of the writ War department officials have depre- cated the making of an {ssue of this im- portant point, pending the decision of the supreme court in the “fourteen diamond | Nov. has 7ot ringe" case, involving the question as to | whether the constitution follows the flag Up to this time there bas been no real test of the right of appeal from the Phil- ippine courts to the federal courts here nor of the right of habeas corpus in the | Philippines. As far as Aguinaldo is con- cerned. it {8 said that his captivity is only | nominal. The only evidence of it consists | in the appearance by his side of an army oficer when he walks about the town. for | he is free to go almost anywhere. More- over, it is said that this escort ir perhaps | Decessary to protect Aguinalde from as- sault, as he has been threatened by the secret socleties. SUMMER SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Association of Experiment Statlons | and Agricul Colleges WilI xtend Ttx Work, WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The Assocla- tion of Experiment Stations and Agricul- in annual convention today, a tural colleg decided to establish at Columbus, O. summer school for the study of agricultur astronomy, zootechny and dairying. Dr. C. True, the head of the office of experi- ment stations of the Department of Agri- culture, will be director of the institution The Ohio State university will furnish the buildings and equipment. The plan adopted 18 for graduate students, Instructors and investigators. The uction 15 based on a report from the executive committee on a plan proposed at the last convention by Dr. W. 0. Thompson, president of the Ohio | State university. A motion to change the | name of the association was tabled. | The section on mechanic arts, horticuls ture, botany, college work, agriculture and chemistry held afternoon sessions, at whl&h technical papers were read. The delegates r to the convention were given a reception | tonight by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. The conveation will close tomorrow. MERRIAM GOES OFF DUTY Colonel Sanno of the fantry Tempo atalled In His Place. WABHINGTON, Nov. 13.—In consequence of hie retirement, Brigadier General Henry €. Merriam was relleved formally of the command of the Department of the Colo- | rado today. Telexraph Instructions were | sent to Colonel J. N. Sanno of the Eigh- | infantry, the next ranking offcer, 10 assume command of the department until & regular detail can be made. It is under- stood in Washington that Major General MacArthur is to be given command of the | department about January 1. Coloncl Sanno, who is now at Fort D. A Russell, Wyo. will proceed at once to the head- quarters of the department at Denver CHICAGO MEN CORNER EGGS | Lines Out for More. CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—~Local packers are be- { That This Practice Wil Be Prcticable?’ | lleving Superintendent Garbutt of this part | account of the excassive work sutailed on EREYES ACTS AS DES!GNADO | Colombian Wi | course. ! his support. | lege association, which is meeting in this | Evaus out lieved to be cornering the egg market and now have 500,000 cases in cold storage. The combination expects, it is said, to have the | market completely under its control before the middle of January. Conditions are such at this date that apldiy. having gome up to #7 cents within | 1t 18 very probable that there prices are advancing [as at NEBRASKA BANK EXAMINER John Rash of Omaha Appointed h.v Compirolier Ridaely to Succeed « F. MeGrew. e ont. ) | WASHIS Nov. 13.—(Spectal Tele- | gram)—-sohn Rush of Omahs was touay | appointed by Comptroller Rideely as na- | tional bank examiner for Nebratka, vice C F. MeGrew, resigoed Rural free delivery servica has been or dered established January 1 at Malvern Mills county, la, with two carriers, Rich- ard Paul and James M. Whitmer. The route embraces seventy-seven miles containing & population of 450 Winn B, Sweet has been appointed post master at Bernhart, Jefler#bn county, Ia Vione D. Cross was today designated a member of the civil serviee board for the Muarshalltown (1a.) postofece The postofice at Wayland, Polk county. | Neb., has heen ordered discontinued after | November 0, First Lieutenant Harrie Pendleton, jr Eighteenth infantry, uow atf Fort Wood N. Y., will foin his company i Fort D. A Russell The Association of _«mmu“ Agrienitural Collegee and Experiment Statlons, holding its national convention herey today dis- cussed the question of irrigation. The | tople was: “Will Agricultural Irrigation Be Feasibla In the Humid Reglons of the | United States, and With What Crops and | Under What Circumstances & 1t Likely Prof. Elwood Meade, Dr. W. €. Stubbs of Lousiana and Prof. C. £ Pheips of Con- necticut were the speakers. It was their opinion that the interest fn Irrigation is growing in all parts of the country and that the humld regions can be henefited practically by its application. President Smiley and Prof. Nelson of the Wyoming State university, Prot. Carpenter of Fort Collins and Prof. Baker of Boulder are among the ) delegates attending Secretary Hitchcock has directed that the Black Hills timber resgrve of South Dakota and Wyoming be placed under the | «ole control of Supervisor Seth Fullock. re- | | of his charge. The change was made on the superintendent, who heretofors has had charge of all reserves in Wyoming and| 1 Wil talk when the time comes.' was South Dakota the reply, and not another word could the | Prof. Clarence Johnston of Cheyenne | chief get out of the stubborn piisoner reached here today on his Way to Italy,| *Tfirt saw this man when we were about Spain and Egypt, where he,%1W make a 500 yards out of Malta," said Michael F. study and report of the irrifation condi- O'Neill, the fireman. 1 was shoveling coal tions on behalf of the office” of irrigation | investigations | go on with my {LONG SCORE TO BE SETTLED m Counts in Indictment of Leng. baugh and Lawra Bulli TRAINMEN HAVE SEEN PRISONER BEFORE Fireman identities ber Who Climbed Into Cab and Directed the Management of Locomotive, ET. LOUIS, Nov. 13.~The November ted- | eral grand jury today returped indictments against Harry Longbaugh, alias John A nold, the mysterfous Montana train rob- ber suspect, and bis companion Laura Bul- lion. They were indicted on seventeen | Keparate counts each. Charlcs H. Smith and Michael F. O'Neill express messenger and fireman respectively | of the Great Northern fiyer that was held up last July mear Wakver, Mont., here this afternoon and identified the sue- pect under arrest as Harry Lobgbaugh the man who held up tha train and took the lead in intimidating the train crew and blowing open the express company's safe, from which nearly $100.000 in unsigned bills of the National bank of Helena were stolen O'Neill suve that Lobghaugh is the man nln\el! | | who climbed over the tender and held up Engineer Jones and himself and then su- perintended the blowing up of the safe. | His recollection of the episods was 0 vivid that he could describe the two re- volvers that the robbers used. The police say they are the same weapons that were found on the prisoner when he was ar- rested Prisoner Does Not Flineh, Smith and O'Neill came to St. Louis accompanied by D. F. Elliott, general man ager of the Great Northern Express com in whoso care the banknotes were | pany, when stolen. Longbaugh never fiinched when the identification was made. Ho merely looked at the men and sniffed con- temptuously. Chief Desmond asked Long- | baugh his real name and 1 looked up and saw him coming over | the tender. He had a big pistol in his left hand and a smaller one in his right hand. When he saw that I saw him, he | covered me with his pistol and told me to | work. 1 complied. | “Then he came on toward me and the engineer, T. R. Jones. He kept one pistol Ister Will Sdeceed 10 Power if Both President and ! Vice President Retire. WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.—The Colombian government is making an earnest effor: | and in an interesting way to solve the troubles which have arisen in its cxecutive | branch. The first official act of the mew Colombian congress is to appoint a “de- signado.” an official who succeeds to the | presidency on the retirement of hath the | president Rafael and vice presidel ‘iienera) | Reyes, Colombian minister w, France. now in attendance upon the cou- gress of American republics at the City of Mexico, hoids that position. Information has reached the Colombian legation in this city that a committee com- posed of three Colombian officials is about to leave Bogota for Mexico City to endeavor to induce General Reyes to accompany it back to tbe Colombian capital and take up the reins of government Notwithstandiog the fact that the former president, San Clemente, has been out of office for some time, it is true that h is still the constitutional president of Colom- bia and be has yet to tender his resignation from that ofice. However, San Clemente it is said, has said he will tender his resig- | nation provided President Maroquin, who is constitutionally only the vice president will do likewise. A great many of the present complica- tions in Colombia have arisen out of this sftuation and the strong factions back of the commission see in General Reyves an | official with a clean title to the presidency if, as they confidently believe, President Maroquin can be induced to relinquish his | office. It is vet to be seen how Geperal | Reyes himself will receive the movement Mr. Herran, arge d'affaires of the Co- | lomblau legation, received a mail dispatch from the governor of Panama today In which mention is made of continued aid extended by Nicaragua to filibustering ex- peditions entering Colombia. | SENATORS CALL ON PRESIDENT | Spoozer Expresses Falth in Ratific tion of Treaty and Passage Bl of Canal WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Senator Spooner of Wisconsin and Senator Bailey of Texas | saw the president today, and the former, 1o | Rether with ex-Senator Donald Cameron of Pennsylvania, took luncheon at the White | House. Senator Spooner, on coming out, de- | clined to discuss the questions of reciprocity | and tariff, but expressed the opinion that | the new treaty with Great Britain would be | ratified and the canal bill massed at the ap- | proaching session of congress. | Senator Balley, who was tor two con- | gresses the leader of the minority in the | house, says that so far as he is aware there | will be no meeting of the minority senators | to decide upon a policy of opposition in the | coming congress. He is inclined to think | that events will be likely to demand this | Senator Balley sald that if the new canal treaty was the Strong treaty it was reported to be he would gladly give it A delegation from the Land Grant Col- city, formally pald the respects of the as- sociation to the president today. It con- sisted of R. B. Fulton of Mississippl, Joseph Swayne and G. E. McLean of low FIGHTING BOB GOES TO ASIA Purposes to Send OMcers Serving There WASHIN intends to ON, Nov. 13 send Rear Admiral to the Aslatfe station to be second officer in command. Both Admiral Remey, commander-in-chief of that station, and Admiral Kempf. juplor squadron com- mander, will return soon to the United ates, baving served out the term allotted for service in tie waters. This will leave Rear Admiral Rogers. in senior command of the squadron, in supreme com- mand. Though it has not yet been decided, | will not then ! be threc admirals on the Asiatic statien, | present, for oficers of this rank are needed for service at home and two rear sdmizals, & 18 thought, will sulom Secretary Long Robley D. w | the story of the robbery. | offense {IOWANS PICK THEIR CORNER ! examined the ground plans of the fair. The | they [MILITIA PROTECTS A NEGRO | officer tor Crawford precinet, on me and the other on Jones. *‘What does this mean? said Handit is Explic It means that this is a holdup, and that | it is going through.' Jones. the fellow said, as he | climbed on the seat by the engineer's side,” { Pireman O'Neill then related in detail adding: | Atter looting the safe and getting the money, they had horses standing there and { they rode away on a gallop, shooting all tha whil O'Nefll said that for eight miles he rode in the same cab with the prisoner. He | studled bis ieatures carefully. He said that when the robbery occurred Long- baugh had a short and stubhy moustache It did not seem so dark then as it does now Chief Desmond says that he now thinks | | that the prisoner's real name is Ben Kil- patrick. A “tall Texan" answering the prisoner’s description was {mplicated fn | several train and bank robberfes in the | west and he was known as Kilpatrick Messrs. Elliott, O'Neill and Smith will | remain in St. Louis a day or two. The men may testify in the United States court if | it is decided to continu the prosecution here. Since this last evidence has turned up it may be deemed best to take the | prisoner to Montana for trial, where the of train robbing is punishable by death. | Committee Appointed to Locate Hawk- Site of adquarters Vin st eve Louls Exposition, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13.—William Logan of Keokuk, W. C. Haywood of Davenport, Wil- | liam T. Haywood of Des Moines, C. J Erickson of Boone, Samuel M. Lecch of Adel and J. J. Hartenbower of Des Moines, members of the preliminary committee ap- pointed by Governor Shaw of lowa 1o pro- mote the participation of that state at the | Louisiana Purchase exposition, spent today in St. Louis. After a preliminary meeting the party visited the office of Chairman Taylor of the commission of architects anl then took cars for the site, where inspected the ground set apart for | the states and territories. Returning to the hotel, A business meeting was held at which a plan of operation was mapped out This evening the members of the commit- tee were the guests of President Francis at the St. Louis club. party Sheriff Deputi izen and Still Needs in Fulfilling His Daty. elp MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov ernor Jenks tonight ordered tha company at Troy to proceed at to Ozark to protect Pharaoh Parramore, a negro, from being lynched: Parramore fs charged with having committed an assault on Mrs. Jim Saunders, a white woman liv ing two miles from Ozark. He was captured and 1s in the Dale county jail. The call for the militia was sent to the governor by the | sheriff of the county, who telegraphed that he bad deputized every reliable citizen of Ozark to assist him {n guarding the jail. BANDIT BURNS BALLOT BOX OMcer Gov- military once Georgin Election s Held Up and Returns Are Stolen—Offense Punishable hy Death. COLUMBUS, Ga, Nov. 13.—~A special {rom Seale, Russell county, Ala., to the En- quirer-Sun says: 8. W. Peppers, returning while enroute to Seale with the ballot box containing the returns of the recent election, was held up at the point of a revelver and the ballot box taken from him The highwayman wore a mask and his dentity is unknown, He retreated to the woods nearby, where a search later revealed the ashes pleces of the ballot box and papers, which had been burned. Thls s & sopital ofedse la this slate | Relation to Human Action," | Crew of Schooner is About to Per CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair T7 riday; Variable Winds. Temperatare at Om. MHour. 1 5 2 87 “ as 4 . B8 5 p e o ¢ T 8 o W SALSBUAY BOND FORFEITED Indictment of Grand R . Attors ney on Parton mint 1s Not Por CHICAGO, Nov. 13.~(Special Telegram.) ~The bond of $5,000 under which Lant K Salsbury, eity attorney of Grand Rapide Mich, bas had his liberty since his in dictment on the charge of the theft of $0 {000 trom Guy C. Barton, am Omaba cap talist, was forfeited before Judgs Dunne today. The attoroeys representing Sals- | bury secured a stay of ten days 1o perf: a bill of exceptions to the action of the court, which was taken in the face of the contention that as Salsbury is now on trial in a criminal case In Grand Rapids the charge against him here could not be called for the purpose of forfeiting his bond State's Attorney Deneen aaid in that he had no desire to be severe and that he would the setting aside ot the forteiture when Salsbury was brought into court. He said he wished the bond forfeited for the reason that Abraham S Beamish, one of the bondemen, had trans- ferred his property and that a forfeited bond in the sum of $1.300 stood on records against Abraham Mendelssohn other surety No effort will be made to arrest Sals- bury on & caplas under the bond forfeiture, which, it is understood. disposes of Any rights he might have under three demands already made by him for trial at three cou- secutive terms of court IN MEMORY OF CONFEDERACY court move the WILMINGTON eighth annual 12.-The United of Daughters of the Confederacy was called to ton the nver order i the Young Men's Christian aseo clation auditorium in this city this morn- ing by Mrs. Edwin Wood of Jacksonville, Fla., the president. About 175 officers and delcgatos are in attendance. During the morning sesslon Mrs. Stonewall Jackson of Charlotte, who is the guest of friends in the city, was formally introduced to the axsomblage and accorded an ovation Migs Adellan Dunavont. historian of the Texas division, closed the morning session with an address upon “‘Principles in Their being an abla defense of secession. Mrs. Cornelia B. Stone of Galveston presented in behalf ot Mri M. R. C. Gill Rosenburg of Texas bandsome silk confederate flag as it was first adopted by the confederacy. The staff 16 surmounted by o Maltese cross, &n em- blem of Maryland, the native atate of Dr. Charles MacGiil and Mrs. Ragan MacGill, for whom the flag is deslgned as a me- morial ight the visitors were guests local chapter at a reception BOAT APPEARS JUST IN TIME of the n with Their Vessel When Dificult Aescue is Accomplished. BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Me,, Nov. 13.—The schooner Annie Louise Lockwood, which ar- rived here today, brought news that the threec-masted New York schooner, J. B. { VanDuzen, was abandoned and sank in lati- tude 42.19, longltude 58.45, last Monday The crew of VanDuzen was saved by Lock- wood 2 VanDuzen was bound from New York for Camden, Me, with a cargo of coal anl when oft Cape Cod, Monday afternoon, it encountered a terrific gale and within few hours was almost a total wreck. Its sails had been carried away, its stern was broken ir and its rudder gome. It was | rapidly filling with water and was at the wmercy of the waves when Lockwood hove in sight. Tt was with great difficulty that a boat was launched from Lockwood to go to the assistance of the doomed schooner. The task finally was accomplished, however, and hardly bad the crew been transferred to Lockwood when VapDuzen careened and disappeared from sight. MISTAKES M'LEA‘N FOR DEER Settler Spies Fur Ca of Hunter and n oAt Tt with A oy ceuracy. DULUTH. Mion., Nov. 13.--J. E. McLean of Minneapolis was accidently killed while hunting mear Kose's Landing, in Lake county, vesterday and the shot that tore through him came within a foot of kllling| Attorney General W. H. Douglas of Minne- sota, who was present. McLean and several friends were hunting sud were foined by General Douglass. Other members of the party strayed off and Douglass and McLean sat on a log to rest. George Jenson, a set- tler, came along in the woods and mistaking McLean's fur cap for a deer shot and killed bim CLERGY'S PLACE IN POLITICS Bishop Potter Pastors Rights of Ordinary Citizen, Mak- ing Some Reservations, Accords to MOUNT VERNON, 0. Nov. 13.—Bishop Potter of New York tonight addressed the Sandusky convecation of the Episcopal di- ocesa of Ohio on “Municipal Reform.” His address dealt almost entirely with the re- lation of the clergy to politics and political movements. He held that the clergyman has the same rights as a citizen as hi brethren of the laity, but that as a min ister of God he has no business as an in termeddler In or aggressive leader of po- litical controversies 18, nstown—Arrives Majestic, from for Liverpool At Cherbourg-Arrived. Kalserin Maria Theresa, from New York. for Bremen At london-—-Arrived Minneapolis, from New York: Hermonthis, from Tacoma and Ban Francisco At Bremen-Arrived Darsmstad, from Baltimore At New York—Arrived Teutonic, from Livery 1 and 3 v H I( Meek: Fom Bremer \gla, for Nup! et Oceand: r TAverpool: Philadelphia for Bouthampton; Southwark, for Antwerp. AL Bonlogne-Arrived: Potedam, from New Y for Notterdam, and proceeded At Plymouth - Arrived—Steamer Pennsyl- vania. from New York, for Cherbourg§ aud Hembury, ead procesdeds the | MERTKEY FOUND TO MAZE Way Finally Disclosed to Hoart of North- | wost Railway Intrioacy, NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY FORMED ICflun with Four Hundred Milli [ | | | | Takes Up the Vast Burd NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK TO BE RETIRED ‘;llm‘mn and Hill Eloments Fully Rep- resented at Meeting, ALL DIFFICULTY THOUGHT TO BE ENDED New Corporation said (o e Intended 10 Foster Vartons Ronds Inter. ested, Thoush Detntis | Are No Settled, NEW YORK. Nov. 15 Two important & ments in the railroad situation in the orthwest occurred today to confirm the and both tended exiating belief that a final basls of settlement | {‘ of the contest for the mtrol of Northern Pacli had been deft }mw\ agreed to. Final ratificat! t thie agreement will bring into existence the Eroatest and most effective example ever | known of the community of interest {dea as applied to the railroad system of t | country The first of today's elopments was the poration at Trenton, N. 1. of the orthern Securities any WA cap Lital stock of $400,000, nd the second | was the unanimous adoption by the North ern Pacific directors of a resolution provid ing for retirement at par of the company's preferred stock on January 1, 1902 There was a full ndance at the meet ing at which this action was taken, those present including George ¥, Baker an Charles Steele, 1epresenting J. P. Morgan | & Co: B M Harriman of the Harriman syndicate, which is in control of the Unin | Pacific; James J. Hill, president of the | Great Northern, Samucl Rea, viee pres | dent of the Pennsylvania; James Stillman {of the National City bank: H. K. MeK Twomble for the Vanderbilts, and Wil liam Rockefeller. Method n nds. The meeting decided that the funds neces sary for the retirement of the preforred stock should be provided for by the sale at par of not less than $75,000,000 of 4 per cent | bonds converted iuto common &tock, each | holder of commou stock now outstanding being entitled to purchase at par an amount equal to seventy-five-eightieths of the amount of his present holdings. It was turther provided that two dividends of 1 per cent each be paid on the preferred stock before its retirement. Samuel Spencer was elected a member of the board in: place of Robsrt Hacon, re 6ign®, apd the board organized by re- electing all of the company's prescnt off cers No official etatement was obtainable this afternoon as to the scope of the newly in- corporated Northern Securities company, but it was generally understood that the company was formed to take over and con trol the shares of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern rallways and of their leased lines Value of the Stock. i Great Northern's outstanding capital is | 000,000 par value, selling at 200 in the { market, while Northern Pacific's total out | standing stock, after the retirement of the | preterred, will be $50,000,000 par valua, mak | ing & total par value of $205,000,000 for tha shares of these two compani At 200 for | Great Northern the amount would be fn- creased to $330,000,000 for the shares of the | two companies. Burlington shares, it is undersiood are not to be turned over to the new Northern | Securities company. That stock 18 now held as collateral for the outstanding Burling ton collateral bonds with voting rights vested in the Northern Pacific and Greal Northern raflways. It is undersiood that Union Pacific and Northwestern Interests agree to the retirement of the Northern Pacific preferred and that Unfon Pacific will have a heavy interest in the capital |of the new company, comsiderably beyond the par value of thelr present Northern Pacific share holdings, which are placed at $78,000,000 par value, just over a majority of the total, $155,000000 Northern Pacific stock capital No information was obtainable as what share, if any, the Vanderbilts and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul are to have in the new company o Union Pacific's New T ers Under the new arrangement the Union Pacific rallway will have voting rights in the Burlington, the directors being ahout evenly divided between the Unfon Pacifis and the Hill interests. The suggestion was made today that the Burlington stock may be held in & votlng trust, under the agreement hetween the two interests. In | this case J. P. Morgan will be a voting trustee As the control of the Burlington road by the Great Northern-Northern Pacific In- terests followed by the struggle for North ern Pacific shares, caused the affair which reached a wattlement today, the disposition of the Burlington naturally is an interest- ing question. I that regard the Journal of Commerce tomorrow will say that the Burlington I8 to be restored by the North ern Pacific and Great Northern, who now own it, to a practically independent basls and spjoy full and. free-trafo priviisses with all its connections. This indepena ence I8 10 be secured by a lease present owners to a new company forme for the purpose This is the Chicago, Bur- lngton & Quincy “Railway company.” in- corporated under the laws of lowa with a capital of $100,000,000 Lease Not Vet Announced, The lease will be @ minced after the i meeting of the old Burlington company te day (Thursday), but it is supposed that | will fully protect the Great Northern and Northern Pacific in their guaranty of the bonds by which the Burliuglon was pur chased After the meeting of the Northern Pactfi directors 1. J. Hill and George F. Bak went to Mr. Morgan's office and had & con tereuce with him. Later Jacoh Schiff of Kuho, Loeb & Co. and E. H. Harriman called. All declined to be interviewed A member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. said the Northern Securities company would be the holding company of the var ous roads interested, but he declined to sa what railroads the were the ground that dstails are not compleiad and prema ture publication might interfere with their nsummation, Tou Gy dest aseuivd,’ Bo said, “thet