Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 18, 1901, Page 1

ESTABLIS OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER GLE FIGHT AND RUN AWAY Tnwurgents in Bamar "afer to Live te Fight Anethet" Dy SIXTEEN BOLOMEN LEFT DEAD ON FIELD Ninth Infantry j, ow of Twe Killed md v 7y, % ACHIEVEMENT Is Rout of Four Hundred ln’bch in ke is Hoavy Blow, CHAFFEE SHOWS CLEMENCY TO PRIEST HARTMAN' “RAISE Leniency lish No P inals Who Seek MANILA, Nov. 17.—Company E of the Ninth infantry, under Captain F. H Bhaeffel, was attacked by fty bolomen and several insurgents armed with riffes at a point six miles from Tarangan in Island of Samar. rush the Americans, failing to accom- plish their purpose, they aquickly broke and scattered. The men of the Ninth lost » corporal and a scout, killed. and one private was wounded. Sixteen of the bolo- men were killed, while the riflemen caped. Ten Hotchkiss 8- fire guns will be sent to the southern islands for operations in the mountains, Captain Herman Hall of the Twenty-first infantry has been scout- Ing for several days In Batangas province. Me had four separate engagements with the insurgents therc. Judging from the firing on sions, Captain Hall estimates ot each band of the rebels at rapld these occ the force from thirty [SILVER PESO TO RING TRUE| the | The insurgents tried to | Commisstoner Recommends Fived Value and duction for the FRANCISCO, N 17.<Charles A special commissioner of the War department on coining and banking in Philippines, and D. R. Willlama, secretary of the Phillppine commission left for Washington tonight. They are carrying with them the annual report of the Philiy. pine commission. While fta contents will{ net be made public until after It has hee delivered to the president, Commissioner Conant Intimated that the commission hos renewed the recommendations made ago upon the subject of cofna I think,” he sald, “that the plan which the civil commission recommended a year| v will be recommended again this r | This plan provides for the fssue of a silver | peso exchangeable for ents In gold and rly of the size of the Mexican silver dollar. If thi® coin can be kept at a fixed | relation to gold limiting the quantit and by other measures to maintain its| credit there would be no diffieulty In keep- | ing it at the value which may be fixed by | law'* The Mexican silver dollar, containing about 46 or 47 cents worth of silver, is now in use in the islands. The difference tween the intrinsic the money value of the peso proposed by the commis- slon would be but § 4 cents, v nt a year ne value and Commercinl Needs In discussing legislation by congress th Is needed to promote the prosperity of the | tslands, Mr., Conant sald: “There are number of very Important measures which | would promote American trade and the | development of the resources of the islands besides polftical measures which relate the form of government. There is a very | desire hive congress authorize American hanks to establish branches, with | power extended to ald b and Amer- | fean fnvestment enter the most liberal manner “A definite mining with great eage ists who ixlands A land needed. at| | law is being awaited ous by American capital have already found that e rich In gold, copper and law and a forest law are Almost nothing be the iron. | also | | arranged | some of t WINERS ARE (P 1| a is Called Out Quell the Fioters. Several Win Casanities ¢ trenche, MADISONVIT troubles in th bloodshed today striker, Is deac striker, fs West. Hut guards, are dangerously mines of seve wo the began at about The or eighty stron pany's stables By this time active and the circle over the there it red house of the by the firing or M fire. The after steady attacking volley in fire on t other buildings of the company, guards for the work, The ba hour, when the | Ing Smith ¢ the fleld. How leader was o pa L hit unty investigatio fatally attacking seen cour LB, Ky fs district James H 1, George sunded, by Providenc 430 o'cl party, 8. first “house and then in a few surrounded and.a mule were killed and several | animals were disabled the guards were were fo of party brow m Nov b wounded. Dawson and Nathan wone The trouble oceurred at t '. en miles from here, where an attack it ok some fired on the en & (he com- min rme the well directed fire on (ha 1-unfon men n to uch use party this quarter, he engin r opart ttle I and Cre many riy N, An small and while sending oo wch wounded | ants took with them Is not known, but ihe to fall and it who went to his resc Smith Croyeh for ¥ ARM Kentucky 1 rought Mint ma A neg anoth ‘while Jo Hush, of the oAl compar seventy-fi A her. oth becom: a sem Fr in hill Men a timber return voli kept atahle while 1 . m, a were dolng effective ragea msallants withdrew, almost lea wounded h is beliey Judge Hall at Providence started was all 5 [wroming Identity of st IS GUESSING WHO et is Matter of Cenjectare and All Do b Not Agree. CHEY E, Wyo, Nov, 17.-Local ficers who have bad mwuch to do with the Hole-in-the-Wall gang of outlaws In the state during tie t four years and who are acquainted with every member, say they are almost certain that the man under arrest in St. Louis for attempting to pass bank bills taken by the men who robbed the Great Northern train near Waguer, Mont., in July last, i« no other than Harry Longbaugh. 014 residents of the state who have known Longbaugh since he was a boy say the description of the prisoner answers that of Longbaugh. United States Marshal 1. A Hadsell knows Longbaugh well and feels certain he would be able to identify him. Warden McDonald of the state pen- itentiary says he belicves the prisoner “Butch” Cassidy, who served a number of years in the Wyoming penitentiary AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 17.~An effort will be made to secure the return to Texas of o ! Ben Kilpatriek, alias Harry Longbaugh now held in St. Louis on suspicion of being one of the Montana train robbers. Gov ernor Sayers today received from (he sheriff of Concho county a requesi to issue a requisition on the governor of Missouri for the prisoner. Kiipatpick is wanted on weveral charges, including murder, robbery { and jaii-breaking., tn Concho county and | Tom Green county. MINE STILL BURNS FIERCELY o S of- K e ro er hn m is he 1o g i m ] h Pipe and e Are Hurried ey Get Water on th nd W. Va., Nov. 17.—Up to n | this time other dead bodies have been recovered from the Pocabontas mine dis- aster, but several may be added to the lis! which now numbers nine, as there are two or three miners unaccounted for The mine is still burning fiercely and for the last twenty-four hours little has been accomplished in the way of searching (he mine for those that are still missing. it on il od | | been Inside Btory of the Exel ‘Whence It Came. SUPREME COURT MAY SETTLEIT THIS WEEK o Tip and rot s and Varies y of the Omahn and the Contin Litigation Over 1t e Noard wnte: Reviewed, (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, ~ Nov. 17.—(Special.)—~Tha principal peint of interest about the ses- ston of the suprcme court this week |s whether the “exclusive tip” of a forthcom- ing decision in the Rodell case, upsetting the Omaha police commission, will terialize. The “exclusive tip"” was pub lished in the World erald as coming straight from the inside and it cannot b denfed that {1 hae been a source of con siderable speculation here as well as at Omaha. The Redell case was argued sev- eral weeks ago before one of the divisions of the supreme court commission and th opinion in the case is supposed to referred (o the judges of the for their endorsement and affirmation An Omaha lawyer who was here week and who claimed to have inside formation about the “exclusive tip. this interesting story That n have court this in- tells Exclusive “The ‘exclusive tip' came to Metcalfe of the World-Herald from Judge Duffie direct Of course it was told o him in confid on the supposition (hat it would be plea ing news to him, but instead Metealfe waxed decidedly angry and entered vigorous objection. Instend of keeping it confiden- tial he weat right to work and had it em odied In a nsational letter from Lin- coln, giving the whole thing away. His object, it is said, was to endeavor if pos sible, to head off the decision by inducing the supreme court withhold its ap proval “You nce [ the whole police | commission ecast for Nebraska v Winds, tare at Fair and Warmer Omaha Yesterday: ur. » » » » ». v » ». ». BURNED BY MOLTEN Workm npts Ignorant that Their Cargo Over mrades Are Undernenth, HOMESTEAD, dend and twn seriously burned resulted from a party of workmen being buried under a mass of molten slag at the Howard Axle today Dead JOHN children Pa., Nov, 17.—One man works RUSKA, a wife and four w Hulsi, aged 33 years, compound fracture of the right badly burned and bruised. orge Sixki, aged 50 years, 2 contused foot and bad scalp wound severe burns all over the body The accident occurred on the cinder dump back of the company's plant. The victims were engaged in collecting serap when a party of workmen at the top of the dump, about t aty feet above, dumped thelr | over the edge, not knowing that the men | were directly beneath them. The car con { tained ut elght tons of slag, a great | part of which was redhot and much of it fn a molten state. Before help could reach | bim the unfortunate Ruska was dead and Hulsi vo badly burned that he can hardly recover FORMER QUEEN AFTER COIN { Seeks (0 Rexnin en to Make n Few U Homestead leg, body Homes(ead; also Inrs on the Side. Nov. 11 COry FIVE CENT [FUTURE OF FUSION Populiet and Demesratio Leaders Interpret onult in Nebraske SOME INTERFSTING VIEWS AND FORECASTS Has the Famous Political Allianos Ouslived Its Usefuiness? WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN FRONT OF US? Will the Fusion Pregram Be Repeated in Bpite of DNefeat? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS DISCUSSED' e Hee Presented with & Symposium o rolitical Sttu State from Mighest Authorities, ton in the What effect will the result in Nebraska have on the future of fusion in this state? Will fusion between democrats and popu< lista be continued notwithstanding suce cossive deteats of fusion tickets? On what lnes will the coming battles of Nebraska be fought out on the part of the fusion parties? Answers (o these questions are given i the following letters from leaders of (he fusion movement in Nebraska, who have kindly given their views for publication in response to requests from The Bee. The letters are written from the men who have fn the past sat at the council table of fuston. Their views are newly formulated in the lght of the last election. That they will be suggestive to poople {nter ested in Nebraska politics without regard (o party koes without saying The letters nerewith come from tha fol< lowing well known political figures: M. F. Harrington ot O'Nelll, populist: W. H. ot or inquest id, BAN FRANCISCO, Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawail, who arrived liere esterday, is combining busidess with pleasure. Besides seeking recovery of bealth she has come to consult with the federal authorities relative to the crown ‘luml« in Hawail. These were sequestrated by the revolutionary government at the time (he monarchy was overthrown and no |attempt has been made to relmburse her for the crown revenues, amounting to some | 200,000 a year The itorial to fifty. They made no attempt to charge Captain Hall's party. Captain Hall's scout resulted fn the capture of one insurgent officer and 50,000 pounds of rice. for First Cav was supposed last night that the fire wouid have been under control by, this afternoon, but It was found this morning that a large amount of pipe and hose was yet needed In order to reach the fire The mine officials are sparing neithes effort nor expense in caring for the in- fired, burylng the dead and extinguishing the flames. It is mow hoped with the relief gangs from other wines the fire will be gotten under control by tomorrow after- noon, although it is probable that it will not e entirely extinguished for a week as it is a draft wine and It will be almost impossible to flood it, MEN OF MILAN GIVE BATTLE Citlzens of Kan Foreibly Object to Being Robbed—Doors Blown From Bank Vault. the development of the islands in these respects untll repeals modifies the provisfons priation bill passed the last congress forbldding the granting of franchises for| Adjutunt General Murray a longer term than one vear. When con- | wanced an fnvestigati gress authorizes the granting of franchises | ponoo o CA S under. any reasonable restrictions thera | er Mines Attncke | will be a great influx of American capital | and enterprise.’” Followlug (he fight at the Providence | mine there were other riots at other Ken- DIE WHILE DOING DUTY | tucky mines. An attack was wade on the i nive guards at the Monarch mines, three United States Marahals Are Outwitted | miles from Earlington, tonight, but it was and Killed by Mississippt Fepulked. t Two employes of the St. Bernard Coal company at Morton's Gap were fired upon by & man who sprang from behind a tree. There was much trouble at other places. but neither injury mor loss of life ful- lowed. Owlng to the day's riot and the & Y controversy from the very start purely peiftical. When the republicans had the povernor as well as (he city gov- ernment at Omaha it made littie difference where the appointing power for the police commigiion was When Holcowab was clected governor the republican legisla ture, as you remember, took the power away from the populist governor and put it o an appointing board ¢ isting of three <tate officers, makiug the governor the minority member, with two republicans to overrule him. By the time the fusion- ists secured complete control of the state government, enabling them to repeal this law and restorc the mppointing power to the governor, the court stepped in with its home rule decision and threw the wholo police management back to the city gov- erument, which was under a republican | administration. The very next vear when the fusionists obtained a majorily mem- Thompson of Grand Island, democratic can- didate for United States senator; Edgar Howard of Columbus, former cemacratic candldate for congress in the Wipst dis- triet; R. D. Sutherland of Neison, former populist congressman. Views of M. F. Harvingto O'NEILL, Neb, Nov. 16, 1%1.—To the Editor of The Bee: For one, 1 do not feel discouraged over the result this vear. Fusionists have been {n power in probably three-fourths of the counties of the state for a few years. That gave them consid- erable local patronage to dlstribute end wherever an appointment was to be made there were several applicants und those who failed to get appointments bechme s0re and many of the fellows that got them were ungrateful. Then, if some person falled to be called on a jury he blamed { the sherift or the county board for his the coroner's jury verdict heifig has bedn negro came 10 his death at (b the guards while defending 1fc erty and they were therefore that the hands of and pr justificd at once com- opening up com- Rovernor congross of the hy raine Iry. General Sumner, commander of the dis- trict of southern Luzon, highly praises C. tain Hartman and his troop of the First avalry, who last Wednesday morning at- tacked 400 insurgents entrenched in rifle pits at Buan, Batangas province, and routed them. General Sumner says the blow then adminis by Captain Hart- an is the most severe the insurgeats have suffered since he (General Sumner) as- sumed command of his district. Owing to the fact that the United States transports Sheridan, Waldron and Hancock all met with accidents in the inland seas of Japan and the returning party of visit- fng congressmen is consequently mow de- Jayed in the latter country, the transport 1o legislature passed a bill appropriating $250,000 for the crown lands, | but President Dole vetoed the bill on the ground that there was not sufficlent money in the treasury fo pay it. Subsequently the legislature offered (o grant her a pension of $25,000 a year, but she refused to accept the money, for the reason that it would place her on the list of charitables, u step that was exceedingly repugnant to her. Before the ammexation of the islands she nahiner. OXFORD, Miss., ~John A. Mont- gomery, deputy United States marshal pro tem, of this city, and Deputy Marshal Hugh Montgom of Pontoloc left here last % Town ious Thomas, which arrived at Manila Novem- ber 12, will be immediately dispatched to Japan. Genmeral Chaffee opposes United States tramsports in future passiug through the fnland seas. Merey thown t The Wilipino priest, Deposy, has been wentencéd by court-martial to the penalty of death for the murder of certain of his tountryinen who favored the Americans. Dut of respect, however, to the coudemned man’s calling and the religious body to which he belonged and most unworthily represented General Chaffee has commuted his sentence fo twenty years' Intprison- ment General Chaffee desires it to be under- stood that the leniency exercised in case cannot be taken as a precedent and o person o the islands can be permitted to plead his office, however sacred and ex- Alted, as a protection against crime, BRIGANDS ARE STILL SILENT Ahd Prieat. ors of Misa Stone Have Not as Yet Replied to the of Dickinso posals SOFIA, Bulgaria, No —The brigands who abducted Miss Ellen Stone, the Ameri- can misslonary, and Mme. Tsilka, her com- panion, have not yet replied to the latest proposals of Mr. Dickinson, diplomatic ugent of the United States in Sofla. This is belleved to be due to the fact jhat the band has many leaders and that the latter are unable to agree among themselves. There is a general impression here that time s belng frittered away while wait- ing for the brigands to reduce their de- mands. It s felt that the only means by which matters can be brought to a head is to inform the bandits as to the sum avail- able for ransom and to declare that this cannot be increased for any consideration whatever. Such an ultimatum might en- danger tho Hfe of Miss Stone, but it Is more probable that the brigands will accept this conditlon. Besides, every day's delay imperils her Jife, vot so much on the score of the brigands themselves, but by reason of the exposure and strain sbe Is undergoiug. * DUTCH BOARD ENGLISH SMACK Roer Sympathizers Stmulate Distress and Wreak Havoe Aboard Brit- ish Fishing Vessel, LONDON, Nov. 17.—An extraordi femonstration of pro-Boerism is reported by a Brussels newspaper. It seems that & Dutch fishing boat belonging to Ymuidon, whilo off Weilingen lightship in the North sea, pretended to be in distress and ap- ached & British smack. Thirteen fisher- men from the Dutch boat boarded the British craft and attacked the crew of the latter, shouting: “Long live the Boers!" Several of the Britishers were wounded. 1t is alleged that before making the at- tack the Dutchmen locked their captaln fu his cabin. The British smack succeeded in escaping and arrived at Ostend, where the | night for the purpose of arresting Wil Matthis, an alleged counterfeiter and moon- shiner, who lived twelve miles east of this place. Barly today Hugh Montgomery's horse was found standing at the gate of Curdy hall. A nelghbor of Mattlis sald the lat- ter's house had been burned to the ground. Upon furthér fuvestigation two partially burned bodies were found in the ashes of the burned bullding, which have been identified as the remains of the deputy marshals, John A, Montgomery's horse has not been found and it I8 suposed Matthis made his escaps n this horse. Matthis' wife was at her father's, a few miles from her burned home, and sh she and her husband left home yeste her husband leaving the county. Matthis was Indicted last summer for making and passing counterfeit money and was out of jail upon a 2,000 bond. The principal wit- ness against him was a #ro lving in the same neighborhood. About a month ago the negro was assassinated, The two marshals went to arrest Matthis for making illiclt whisky and it ls sup- posed they were prevalled on to remain for the night and were shot while guarding their prisoner. A posse of thirty or forty of the lending eitizens of Oxford went to the scene today and every effort will be made to capture Matthis d REPUBLIC KNOWS ITS FRIENDS d Frenchmen Alded in Ameri- cnu War for Independence, Are Linted Wh NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Colonel Charles Chaille-Long of Baltimore, Md., who Is known as an African explorer and who upon the death of Moses P. Handy became diplomatic representative of (he special United States commission at the recent Paris exposition, returned home today on thg steamship La Bretagne. Colonel Challle- Long has been abroad since 1897 and dur- ing the last year, under an appointment from General Horace Porter, American am- bassador to France, he has been overhaul- ing the musty records of the War and Navy departments of that country, seek- ing to prepare a list of officers, soldiers and independence of the American colonies. The names of over 10,000 of these ha been listed and the French government has promised to publish them in book form, with all the data regardiug the battles in which the sea and land forces took part | during the American revolution. General Porter Is the president of the Soclety of the Sons of the American Rev- olution in France and Colonel Long was made register of the commission, which was composed of Henry Merou, French consul at Chicago; Mr. McLean, deputy United | States consul general at Paris, and Major | Huntington, U. 8. A The French War and Navy depariments, Leing deeply interested in (he search, ap- pointed assistants to the colonel and his associates i the search of the records. BLCODSHED AROUND BEYROUT situation and. Hopkins ordered out th leavé for the scene of trouble before day- light. counties e militia. Th in the mining fleld ‘of Webster the governor has e troops w State Troops Summoned. Two companies of state troops have been The Madisonville company is doing patrol duty in the outskirts of town and the Hopkinsville company of the State Captain H. ordered out. guard, under command of Thomas and Second Lieutenant Robert Bellamy, night. There are but thirty of the men, as or- reached here at 11 o'clock to- WELLINGTON, Kan., Nov. I7.—Sate blowers raided Milan, & small town six- teen miles west of here, early this morn- ing and after entering every prominent #tore, among them the ‘one In which the postofice is located, wrecked the safe and fixtures of the Milan State bank with dyna- mite. but the third, on which was the time lock, resisted the force of the explofives snd citizens who had been &roused by the noise rushed into the streets with shot- guns and drove the robbers away before | they had egecured any plunder, Belleving the robbers were concealed in m D. ders reached Hopkinsville but a short while | the ‘bank a posse kept watch until day- before train who could not Lieutenant Major E. mient of troops. B. statement tonight, in which he is determined suppressed. time, enlisted strength of seventy ieorge w. Hopkinsville that lawlessness shall A detall of twenty men has The company has an | light, men and thos be found tonight will low In the morning in command of First Phelps. Bassett of the Third regi- accompanied Adjutant General Murray Issued a declares started for the Providence mine. Tonight, as the train having the troops Nortonville camp, cated In the woods near the rallroad, camp- fires could be observed and the scene was shots were fired, aboard passed one of bustle. the Several but not at the train. At are astir. the Madisonville A searchlight, camp I the strikel recently placed on top of a coal tipple near Madisonville, was thrown on the camp. were there, handling their arms and walk- About 150 men ing about between their tents. WAGE EARNERS TRY STRENGTH Chicngo Workmen E; Successful & 1 CHICAGO, No iny into a thelr own state offices, late The! Brethren in Fol orers’ Party. v, A meeting of all of the day “In present plans candidates will SHIPBUILDERS HOLD SESSION win High Naval el when the be wage a regular 7.—Inspired by the suc- cess 9f the union labor candidates in San Francisco and Bridgeport, Conn., the labor- men of Chicago are to be organized wage earners’ party and will have candidates for municipal This movement was started sailors of that nation who fought for the | today by the Chicago Federation of Labor, laboring men of Chicago has been called for the first Sun- December, organizgation will be effected, According to plaworm nothing but demands for the enforcement of the claims of the union laborer. al par will embo T earners and appeals will be to men of that class, Attend Re- unfon and Dinner at Baltimore keglving Day. BALTIMORE, builders will b dinner of th Nov. o e the annual Progressive 1T.—An event of un- usual interest (o naval architects and ship- reunfon and Order fol- the be when was discovered that they had escaped. Secreted in a vault in the bank was $4,000, for which no search was made. As a result of the rald the robbers secured but a few dollars, Bloodhounds from Wichita were taken to Milan, but they refused to take the scent {and the pursuit of the men was abandoned. he | ALL NATIONSASJ_(ED TO COME Sxhibitors at § tion Will Soon Be Issued in Many Languages. it se | Rules ouln Ex- 0- ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 17.—Rules and reg- ulations which will govern exhibitions and concessionaires at the St. Louls exposition have been taken up in detail and discussed by, the executive committee of the compan A ‘majority of the rules have beep agreed upon and the remainder will le approved within the next two weeks. As soon as the entire list is approved several hundre thousand coples will be printed in different anguages and distributed through the en- tire civillzed world. Plans for a mammoth live have also been discussed by the executive committee. Assurances have been received from many of the leading live stock organ- izations of the United States that they will duplicate any sum which the World's fair will offer in cash prizes for the exhibit BODY IS NOT YET IDENTIFIED Trooper Ellls Proves to He $t the Flesh and Jury is Unable to Secure Any Facts, ra stock exhibit nd ty LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 17.-8 M Howell, state manager of the Metropolitun Life Insurance company, recelved a tele- gram today from the commanding officer at Fort Bliss, Tex., stating that W. H. Bllis was at that place, sick with tuber- culosis. This settles the controversy ratsed by the Littie Rock police that the dead man sent here from Jeffersonville, Ind., as the body of Newell C. Rathbun was W. I Ellls of Troop D. This is the troop at present stationed at Fort Bliss, Coroner Young resumed the Inquest on the body in his possession this afternoon. The result was a verdict that deceased and cause of death were unknown. If nothing is heard from Jeffersonville before Thurs- dy he Al of Two doors were blown off the safe,, bership in the supreme court, {he Omaha democraty prevailed upon Governor Poynter to pame mew police comnilssioners, no'- withstanding (he previous court decision, and take chances of having them make %00d their clsims to office, They made their fight, bul the court declined to re- verse itself and they were left out Ih tho cold. The principle of municipal home Tule seemed firmly established and the ouly prospect for changing the control of the Omaha pollce commission was made de- pendent on the verdict Omaha in the choice council of their mayor and Omnha Democrats Oppore Change, “What Metcalfe sald to Judge Duffie is not recorded, but he Is said 1o have told him in unmistakable language that his pro- posed decision would upset the whole works, speaking from the standpoint of the su- premacy of Omaha democrate. He tolg him |h“ such a decislon at this time would take away from the democrats every hope of ever securing control of the police commis- sion. It was morally certain that the re- publicans had the present governor and would in all likelihood elect his successor and several successors for many years to come. Nebraska is a republican state, he tnsisted, and would stay in the republican column unless the republicans made bad breaks, which they were not apt to do. On the other hand, according to Metcalfe's idea, the democrats are on the verge of re- gaining control of the city government as soon as the terms of the present mayor and other municipal officers expire, This s only a little more than a year oft and with the gains they have made this year in the courthouse, the Omaha democrats have been whetting their appetites In anticipa- tion of some of the city hall pie. Met- calfe’s position, which probably reflects that of the other bosses of the Omaha dem- acratic machine, has been emphasized still further by the editorial articles he has been printing since the publication of the ‘ex- clusive tip' assuring the public that he does not want any change in the police commis- sion law, that the city government is just what the people voted for and that the only proper way to get a change is to vote the democratic ticket at the next city elecion. Appointing Power Not Involved, “Coming back to the Redell case, as a matter of fact, it does not involve the ques tion of the valldity of the commission or where the appolnting power lies. The only question raised in that case is the jurlsdic- tlon of the present police commission to hear charges against Redell as fire chlef and dismiss him If the charges are sus- tained. The lower court held that the de- cision of the supreme court declaring un- constitutional the section of the charter vesting the governor with the appolnting power also wiped out the section giving the commission power to hear charges against officers. Strange fo say, when the appeal was brought to the supreme court it was handed over to the division headed by Judge Duffie, who had been one of the at- torneys for the last governor-appointed of the people of | was advised by competent attorneys to sub- mit her claims to Kogland for arbitration. exient and are worth about $15,000,000. LAST TOUCHES TO EXPOSITION (ea Wil Open at Charleston with Religlons, Services—Deer Hunt for President. CHARLESTON, 8. C., Nov. 17.—On Sun- day, December 1, the exposition will open ! hera with a religlous service, in which all denominations will take part. The musical program will be rendered under the direc- tion of Mme. Bardt The formal opening of the exposition will take place on Monday, December 2. Chaun- cey M. Depew of New York will deliver the principal eration and President Roose- velt will start the wheels moving by wire from the White House. The president has accepted an invitation to visit the expo- sition with his family on February 22 and it i8 hoped he will be able to remain here several days, a number of entertainments having been projected in his honor, amonk them a deer hunt on the private grounds of President Wagner of the exposition com- pany. This week the finishing touches will b given to the exterior of the exposition bulldings and the work of decorating the interior will be completed. Exhibits are arriving each day. ' BURIED UNDER TONS OF ROCK Two Workmen Are Killed and Fore- n Hurled b in Afr by Premature Explosion COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 17.—Two men were Kkilled and four injured as the result of the premature explosion of a blast at the Cas- paris stone quarry, northwest of Colum- bus, today. The dead are A, M. VACCI JOHN M. ANTONIO. Injured: - Peter Montrose. Carmine Della Frank Wilson C. C. Thorne. The two men killed were working under a ledge and were buried rock. Thorne, the foreman, was hurled are not serious. BRONZE STATUE TO W'KINLEY Citizens of rect Memor! Encumpment Surp Wilson will probably die. Cleveland Propose 1 with Grand Army EVELAND, Nov. 17.-If the proposi- of $8,000 collected for that occasion will be used to erect a bronze statue of herole size to the late President McKinley in the public square, the center of the business portion of the city. Thus far the matter The crown lands are over 1,000,000 acres in under tons of thirty-five feet in the air, but his injurles tion made by a eommittee of 100 citizens to the finance committee of the recent Grand Army encampment is carried out, a surplus failure to get on the payroll for a week jor two. If a bridge was not repafred promptly or a road kept in right repair the party in power w blamed for it. Then, aga fusionists are a lot of inde- pendent thinkers and if a uomination failed to sult them they were ready (o cut the ticket fn many instances. This and other things Injured us throughout the state, as @ rule, and in the local quarrels tho aiate ticket was lost sight of. However, all the “Kickers” within the party have used thelr %nives and let some blood flow and they will all feel better, 1 think that fuston will continue in Ne< braska until 1904, In that year, if the cor- poration “democrats secure control of the emocratlc nationdl convention, a third ticket, standing for public ownership of public utilities and of monopolies, will be put in the field and will receive a strong support. If, however, the democracy should come out for the public ownership of mo- nopolles and public utilities and should take In general a strong stand in favor of social reform and a radical change in the industrial system, and should nominate some man who honestly in himself rep- resents that platform, then 1 think we will all be united in one organization. Un less the democratic party is ready to step | torward and urge the government owner- ship of railroads, telegraphs, telephones, coal mines, iron mines and copper mines, it may fust as well retire from the fleld. It It goes back to the old lines of Cleveland democracy it will not only be defeated in 1504, but absotutely annibilated There 1s no room in this country for two parties representing organized greed. The party that finally defeats the republican party must offer some remedy for existing abuses. Furthermore, the party that wins must hold out some hope of Independence and employment to the wage-earners. For xample, It seems to me clear that the only way to get the coal miners of Penn- sylvania to vote a different ticket from that voted by thelr employers is to point out to them that we propose that they &hall have employment and at better wages and from Uncle Sam himself. [ belleva they would almost vote to a man to go to work for Uncle Sam in preference to working for any corporation The lines here Indicated may soclalistic, but intelligent be afrald of mere names. The tendency of the intelligent thought of the country is socialistlc along certaln lines. In my oplnion, William J. Bryan has made the last great fight that will be made for the independent middle class business men. The fight 18 on between organized avarice and the discontented and the fight will get more bitter the longer it continues and the closer the struggle gets. In Nebragka next year 1 think the fusionists ought to stand shoulder to shoulder and nominate & strong anti- monopoly ticket. The present administra- ton 18 Justly subject to a terrific arraign- ment for its subserviency to the trans- portation corporations, both in the matter of railroad rates and taxation, and 1 be. Meve that a strong candidate for governor, who will have the courage to openly fight the present administration on ita corpora- tion record, can be electod governor. But be termed men should not Draughtsmen in this city on Thanksgiving evening. Naval architects from the ship- yards and schools of that profession along the Atlantic coast from Bath, Me., to Rich- it we nominate any milk-and-water man we are doomed to defeat. Yours truly, M. I. HARRINGTON Position of Edgar Howard, day next the body will be burled at the expense of the city of Little Rock commission, named by Governor Poynter. In that capacity Judge Dufffe opposed the claims of Omaha to the right of municipal n and Christiuns Are Sald ahed with Serloas the captain lodged & complaint with the British consul. > has received the endorsement of most of the men connected with the Grand Army en- campment and there is little doubt of the ve ( home rule HONORS FOR EARL LI'S SON Title of arquis WiN Through Twenty-Thr. Genera- tlons with Other Distinctions. Deacend PEKIN, Nov. 17.—The empress dowager has {ssued another edict eulogizing the late LI Hung Chang and ordering the erection of & memorial arch near his birth- place. The edict also directs that the rank of marquis conferred on the son of the te Chinese statosman in his own right shall descend through (wenty-three gener- atlons. It confers high rank upon the other sons of Earl Li upon whom the posthumous rank of marquis has been be- stowed, and confers dignities upon his ndsons, together with lucrative offces. NTINOPLE, Nov. 15.—~Conflicta resulting in much bloodshed are reported betwern Mussulmans and Christians at Bey- rout. Similar reports have been received from Soutari and Albania. The military commander i Albania hid resigned on find- ing pacification impossible. Movements of Ocenu Vessels Nov. 17, At New York—Arrived: Liverpool; La Bretagne. from Havre: ‘Min- nehahn, from London; Nomadic, from Liverpool: Patricta, from Hamburg; Staat- endam. from Rotterdam At Liverpos Arrive New ork i ISLOW . At Gibralta Lahn, and Naples, for New York. At Queens.own—Salled: Campania, from Liverpool, for New York; detained by foj Hohemian, from Umbrla, from from Genoa l mond, Va., will take part. ville and Hichborn qnd other naval officers Admirals Mel- have accepted invitations to be present, MOTHER DEAD AND SON INSANE Ends Wom Morphine ixistence and Youth Belleves Himwelf Too Good te Live, MINNEAPOLIS, Nordman, who, today. Nov. 17.—=Mrs, with her son, sulcide Saturday by taking morphine, died The son is still in the bospital, with prospects of recovery, although his mind is seriously deranged tantly about live here. bis désire to He raved con- this world, as he believes himself too good to leave > rah attempted ROBBERS ARE WELL REPAID Rallroad Safe is Blown Open and Con- tents Are Secured Hefore Police Reach Scene, FINDLAY. O., Nov. 18.~The safe in the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton freight- house was blown open a little after mid- night this morning and e robbers se- cured about $700 in money. It Is thought that the deed was committed by four men who were seen near the freighthouse seve eral hours before by the night watchman. Nitroglycerine was used to destroy the safe and many persons were awakened by the explosion. The burglars grabbed what money they could and left immediately thereafter, The police are hot on thelr trall, in its fire and police depart- ments before he went on the bench. If the commissioners who heard the Redell case therefore should endeavor to reverse the decision of the court twice afrmed ft would not be surprising, but whether the supreme judges, who put themselves on record searcely more than a year ago to the effect that the question was closed and to be considered as the settled judgment of the court, will consent to such a proceed- ing will be known only when the dec Is handed down from the bench.” The “exclusive tip"" has already caused Governor Savage no little worriment He is just beginning to learn how many peo ple in Omaha would like to serve as police commissioners and who are even to wait for the court fling thelr applications ments, ‘. ion not to act and witling before endorse memorial soon becoming a reality. WO00D FINDS WARM WELCOME in Del " Party « yed One Day Owing to Hospitality of ( f Jamale e ernor SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 17.—Governor General Wood and his party returned fo- night from Jamaica on the government vacht Kanawha. While at Kingston the gov- ernor general was received with much honor by the governor of Jamatea, Sir An- gustus Hemming, and the wilitary officers He remained @ day longer (han he had originally Intended in consequence of the brilllant social functions. Tomorrow night General Wood will probably go to Guanta- namo to inspect the troops, COLUMBUS, Neb., Nov, 16.—~To the Bd- itor of The Bee: Frankly, T doubt a future for fusion in Nebraska. Populists and dom- acrats allke appear (o have recched the sensible concluston that it is folly te com- tinue the support of two separate political organizations whose memberships hold common principles. Personally, I was not in faver of fusion In the beginning, be- cause ! believed it would ultimately work injury to the democratic party, but 1 have actively supported every fusion nominee, because my brand of democracy teaches that be is the best democrat who looks to his etete and natfonsl conventions as his only political lawgivers and obeys their mandates to the letter. Fusion has worked injury to my party, but it has alse worked £001 to my state. T am ready (o accept the &ovd done my wlate in full settlement of