Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 25, 1901, Page 2

THE OMAHA I)A\ era their sense of right and in a few short hours thelr integrity for which they stood #6 high is wrecked almost beyond repalr. The purchase of the Burt county bonds by an agent of Treasurer Stuefer recently, who afterward sold them to the state for a premium of $3,200, it as given out by prom- fnent citizens of Tekamah is true, s a transaction that merits the severest con- demnation. Why do men of such excellent reputation thus risk their all? Sift 1t to the Bottom. ntral City Enterprise: The Omaha Bee makes some ugly charges against State Treasurer Stuefer. The charges would seem to be excelient material for an investiga- tion and should be sifted to the bottom. Pays to Be Honest. Chappell Register: The Omaha Bee is after State Treasurer Stuefer with a hot toot and Mr. Stuefor will undoubtedly find that it pays to be honest. If he has acted talrly In the matter of purchasing bonds for the permanent school fund and In the investment and deposit of the school money he should have made a statement, as re- quested by the state convention. If he has been dishonest he had better make a clean breast of it and make matters right. Nebraska is safely republican and the re- publicans of the state are determined to Kkeep it 80 it honesty and a proper admin- iatration of the affairs of state will do it, and any one not thoroughly In accord with this principle of republicanism had just as well Join the popullst funeral protession Not for Kecping Quiet. O'Neill Frontier: The Bee has the fair- ness to publish Mr. Stuefer's statements and at the same times gives dates and figures in a similar transaction in Cuming county, the home of the state treasurer The Bee may be a little bitter against Mr Stuefer for refusing to comply with the resolution its editor had fnserted in the ropublican platform, but if the treasurer is milking public funds the Froutier has no inclination to “keep quiet.” Governor Must Act. Callaway Courfer: Unless Mr. Stuefer can set himself right before the people, be- yond doubt or cavil, a searching and honest investigation should be made. If it be found that he has been acting otherwiso than squarely and honestly with the peo- ple, it fs to be hoped that Governor Savago will take prompt measures to make an ex- ample of him. The republican party of Nebraska cannot afford to take the chances ot assuming responsibility for any more Bartleys. Turn on the light. Stories Do Not Lyons Sun: Mr. Stuefer makes an ex- planation, in which he states in effect that Neligh purchased the bonds without his (Stuefer's) knowledge and entirely on his own responsibility and afterward offered them to the state treasurer as an invest- ment, which offer was accepted, and that therefore the profit of Mr. Neligh was le- gitimate and the state treasurer had done his best in the investment of the school fund moneys. However, the stories in de- tall do not appear to track when com- pared with records and other substantial evidence. The Sun hopes that the whole matter will be sifted to {he bottom and justice meted out without fear or favor. If Mr. Stuefer is gullty, as appears, of allowing the people to be fleeced to line the pockets of private parties, he should be summarily dealt with. If he Is inno- cent, let it appear from a complete show- ing of the facts in order that the people may know that their interests are secure. lanation Does Not Explain. North Platte Tribune: The *‘explanation” offered by State Treasurer Stuefer does not oxplain soveral points in the Burt county hond case and there are a g0od mAny peo- ple who look upon the transaction as a suspicious one. We believe that a thorough investigation should be made; In fact, we should think Mr, Stuefer would demand such. If everything is straight the result of the investigation would only tend to strengthen Mr. Stuefer in the estimation of the people. Disappoints Republicans. Tekamah Journal: 1In Tuesday's papers State Treasurer Stuefer makes a denial of any compliclty /@ defrauding Burt county or the state scpool fund. From the evi- dence adduced My, Stuefer was either so ignorant of bustness methods that he was used as a tool by unscrupulous bond brokers or he shared in the spolls; In either event he {8 not the kind of a man the republicans thought they were electing as state treas- urer. ok, Enough of Bartley Style. Supetior Journal: The Bee has the cour- age of its convictions and will not shield 4 man simply because he is & republican. The man has to be more than that. He has to be an honest republican to receive Bee protection. The state has had enough of the Bartloy style of politiclan and The Beo seems to have a determination to root them out wherever they appear. Not & Private Snap. Stanton Picket: Why are so many men dishonest? Why do they as soon as elected 1o a public office begin to plan and schema to increase their own worldly possessions ut public expense? Why can they not ac- cept. public office as a public trust and be honest? When a state or county pays a man for his time they are entitied to that time. More than that, they are entitled to the hest talent he possesses. Not a part of the benefit of his experience and judgment, but all of it. The man_who is not willing to thus devote his time, talent and energy is mot a fit person to hold public office. He is not ome in whom the public can safely repose their (rust. The man who looks upon public office as a private snap should never be elected to an office. Treasurer Stuefer was elected by voters of Nebraska who were tired of bogus reform. Hie sa- gaclty s @ business man was never called in question. His reputation was that of an honest man. 1f, as BOW Appears to be trus, he has abused the_trust reposed in him he #hould at once resign and give the public yet another man to handie the funds of Ne- braska. I he is inuocent, then he should do something more than enter a general denial. He should show that Mr. Neligh never had in his possession bonds belong- Ing to the state of Nebracka, as is charged. As matters now stand it looks bad for Mr. Stuefer. Party Cannot Be H Tecumseh Chieftain: It Is to be boped that 0o odium will attach to Mr. Stuefer, but 1t his proceedings have been irregular he should resign his office at once. The re- publican party canoot afford to bé ham- pered with the questionable transactions of those whom it has honored with office. mpered, Someone Is Loser. Grand Island Independent. 1t is plaln that efther Bur. county or the permanent wchool fund s loser by fust so much as the third and superfluous party in the transac- tion 18 the gulaer. It might be difficult to #how that Mr. Stuefer himself has made any profit. But the disclosures point strongly to the fact that the state has lost nearly $4,000 on the deal or that the Burt county officials have pald §4,000 more than Your Liver W1l be roused to its natural duties and your biliousness, headache and constipation be cured If you take Hood’s Pills Sold by all druggists. 25 cents, |is guilty as charged we think | treasure: may, neceseary. Mr. Stuefer's uplmnwu doesn't fully explain. In the meantime let us hear again from the Burt county officials A Timely Exp Hartington Herald: The Omaha Bee i engaged In exposing an alleged bond deal charging State Treasurer Stuefer with ques- tionable conduct with regard to the pur- chase of bonds issued by several counties as investments for the permanent school fund. It must be admitted that The Boe seems to have made a strong case against Mr. Etuefer. The Herald, however, in a matter of such grave importance, feels im- pelled to withhold judgment until the evi- dence pro and con is all in. Of course Mr. Stuefer denies having done anything wrong in the transactions. The Herald belleves with The Bee that when republican officials g0 wrong the exposure should come from the republican press rather than from the opposition, in order for the party to retain the confidence of the people. rty Cannot Shield Him. Wayne Republican: The republican party of this state is firmly determined to rid itself of boodlers in public office and we are pleased to see that it is the republican press which has been taking the lead in calling Stuefer to time, When the party at the last state convention adopted the publicity resolution with regard to state, county and municipal treasurers it was not shooting into the air or making a play for political effect. There was an actual de termination to demand consclentious serv- tce from public officers and notice was thereby servad upon all that political amii- atlon would not serve as a protecting man- tle for questionable methods. In trying to enrich himself at the expense of the state Mr. Stuefer has shown himself en- tirely unworthy of the adherence of his partisans and they will have no hesitation in manifesting the fact Why a Middlemaun at All? St Paul Republican: What the people of the state want to know above every- thing else 1s why It should have been necessary to carry on negotiations through a third person at all. Unless Mr. Stuefer is able to explain all of these things fully and satistactorily he should lose no time in resigning his office. The party which elevated him has never indulged in pre- tense or sham reform and it is in no mood for trifiing with a representative who be- trays bis trust. Denial Not Enough. Rushville Recorder: From revelations recently made in The Omaha Bee in regard to certaln bond transactions made by Treasurar Stuefer it shows that Individual up o an uneviable light. Treasurer Stuefer has published a denial of any desire on his part to benefit in the Burt county deal involving $80,000 of bonds referred to by The Bee, but his denial merely reduces the amount of which the school fund was milked from $3,200 to $2,650, which his triend Neligh received the benefit of. A mere denial or the shifting of blame does not prove anything and hie explanation is far from satisfactory. We think it is about time republican state treasurers learned to be careful in financial deals be- tween their friends involving state funds and we think It time to have an investiga- tion of the treasurer’'s office to set at rest these irregularities so treely talked ot by the two leading Omaha dailles, for the fact should not be lost sight of that any mal- administration of the treasurer's office will be a stab to every good republican in the state. Argument for Resignation. orfolk News: It is regretted by all that occasion for such a disclosure should be made, but Inasmuch as there was a shady deal republicans are pleased to know that it' should be exposed virtually by the republican party, whose demands, made in state convention, Mr. Stuefer has persist- ently refused to comply with. The trea: urer, by ignoring or but partially com- plying with the demand of the state con- vention, has practically read himselt out of hope for further honors at the hands of the party and this disclosure Is strong ar- gument for his immediate resignation. Through with Defending Stuefer. Osceola Republican: It has not been many weeks since the Republican was de- fending State Treasurer Stuefer's adminis- tration, but we will need a little more light thrown on some of his transactions relative to the investment of the perma- nent school fund before we will have any- thing more to say in bis defense. W. T. §. Neligh, one of his most intimate friends, was allowed to make a nice rakeoff on some Burt county bonds sold to the state for the school fund and the same gentle- man also raked in a few dollars on the same kind of a deal in Cuming county, which was Stuefer’s home prior to his elec- tion as state treasurer. The Omaha Beo is to be commended for the course it is taking in exposing these transactions, for it Treasurer Stuefer has been guilty, as charged by that paper, he is certainly not worthy to any longer receive the support or endorsement of the republican party. It was the rascality of a few republican state officlals that made it possible for populism to sweep the state in 1806, and that part exposure of the rottenness of the previous republican administrations mdde 1t impos- sible for us to again elect a ticket until last fall; therefore, it Treasurer Stuefer it is the duty of the republican party to turn him down hard in order to show the people of Nebraska that our platform promising re- form is made to he kept and not for the sole purpose of eleeting men to office. Charges Are Scrious, Ainsworth Star-Journal: of a serlous nature and, the facts, call for the early resignation of Mr. Stuefer and the restoration of the fll-gotten gaing to the state, it indeed ac- tion be not brought against him on most serlous counts. It is {o be hoped the state in the interests of the party and good government, be able to clear his skirts of any taint of suspicion in this matter. The charges are if borne out by Unenviable Notoriety. Tilden Citisen: State Treasurer Stuefer has gained unenviable notoriety through the columns of The Omaha Bee during the last week. From indisputable evidence printed in that paper It is shown that W. T. § Neligh, a close business associate of M Stuefer, purchased bonds issued by Burt and Cuming counties, but that the bonds were pald for by checks drawn by the treas- urer on the permanent school fund of the state. Mr. Neligh then motified the treas- urer of his purchase, suggesting that the bonds were a legal investment for part of the idle school fund. The treasurer bought the bonds at the terms offered by Mr. Neligh, who, however, first detached Inter- est coupons, netting in the aggregate nearly $5,700. It seems that Mr. Stuefer had for- mal notice of the intended sale of the bonds fn ample time o make the purchases direct from the couuty boards. Kailure to do this and the subsequent deals place him in a po- sition which is discreditable to himself and embarrassing to the r?ubhcln party. There i§ mo matter upon wiich the people of the state are more sensiive than the safety and proper investment of the school fund and it has been somrthing of u surprise to re- publicans not “‘on the ipside” that the present treasurer should persistently refuse to account for all the mouey constituting this fund. The political party to whom Mr Stuefer owes his election went out of its way al its last state convention to plainly intimate its expectancy that the treasurer would hereafter framkiy take the whole people cf the state into his confidence when reporting his dispesition ef the scheol money and is resolution necessarily im- | plied that he would invest it in the most profitable manner for the state that could legally be done. Neither the spirit nor the letter of the law providing fgr the treas urer's purchase of bonds contemplates a brokerage charge against the fund for mak ing such investments, but that 15 what was done in the cases mentioned and the brok- erage was sufficlently large to merit the term of a ‘‘rakeoff.’ The fact that the re- ciplent of the rakeoff was closely connected with the treasurer in business affairs gives color to the accusation that Mr. Stuefer is manipulating the school fund rather to his own aggrandizement than to the benefit of the state and this construction, uncharitable though It may sound, will stand until the treasurer can clear himself of the imputa- tion Not Anxions to Change Places, J. Sterling Morton's Conservative: The Conservative withholds any comment as to the honesty or dishonesty of Siate Trens- urer Stuefer in this matter until further tes- timony has been advanced. At the present writing the Conservative would prefer not to be in the position occupled by Stuefer. Nor can it counscientiously give any miti- gating reasons s to why Stuefer ought not to be immediately indicted f6r malfeasance In office Out of B Clay Center Sun: State Treasurer Stue- ter is charged by The Omaha Bee with com- plicity in a bond transaction in his home county, whereby a business friend, if not a partoer, profited to the tune of $3,200 at the expense of the state. Mr. Stuefer vig- orously denies. It was necessary during the late campalgn to make excuses for Mr. Stuefer and the republican party should go out of that business altogether, leaving such unwise things to the demo-pops. Papers (hat Defend Stuefer. that have with defenses or arslogies for Mr. Stuefer are the Lincoln . irual, Blair Pilot, Fremont Tribune, Falrbury En- terprise, Wausa Gazette, Beatrice Express, Broken Bow Republican, West Point Re- publican and Beatrice Times—nine in all. WIND SWEEPS COAST (Continued from First man, whose name {8 not knows., into the sea and drowned, The United State# hotel at Long Branch was wrecked early in the night. The gale started a corner of the roof and the wind getting under it ripped almost the whole covering off. Very little could be done to save the interfor. The rain was falling in torrents and men worked hard to get the furnishings to points where they would be In the least danger. Along Ocean avenue several store fronts were blown in and the rain beat in during the night. Many of the avenues are im- passable owing to fallen trees and fences being blown across them. Tonight there is but one telegraph wire working out of the city. The New York & Long Branch railroad 1s blocked by a washout at Morgan's. No trains have come In or gone out by that route since morning. xcuse Business The only republican papers come to notice Page.) & washed Asbury rk The storm struck Asbury Park, N. J., with more force than any in recent vears. The wind during the night attained a ve- locity of seventy miles an hour and did much damage to cottages. The great waves rolled across Ocean avenue and the surt rolled across the beach and into Wesley lake, overflowing i, something that never occurred since Asbury Park was located. The water of the lake flooded cellars and made the streets in that vicinity almost impassable. The Metropolitan hotel, one of the largest at Asbury Park, whs swept of its roof and the rain soaked down Into the rooms, caus- ing much damage. The piazzas of the Hotel Strand were torn off and the building con- slderably damaged. Trees have been stripped and the sireets are littered with trees, parts of roofs, verandas and shingles No trains reached Seabright today and none may for several days. The south track s washed away for a quarter of a mile and 1,500 feet of the rondway is either washed away or buried in the sand. A new inlet from the ocean to Shrews- bury river has formed near Navesink and an examination of it this afternoon indi- cates it Is deep enough for the river steamers. The piers of a number of wealthy New York cottagers were swept away and the wind, carried off a corner of the roof of the Normandie hotel. Fifteen fishermen's hoats were wrecked. Seabright is in dark- ness, as the high tide flooded the electric light plant. Property Loss is Heavy. Driven by the terrific northeast gale, the highest tide ever known along the north shore of Long island swept inland, leaving a ribbon of wreckage that girts the shore tront from Astoria In Long Island Clty out to Greenport on the extreme end of the island. ‘Thousands ot dollars damage was done. Docks, boat and bathing houses were wrecked and fleets of yachts which hda been drawn up in supposed safe winter quarters were floated off by the high tide and left stranded in many instances more than a mile Inland. Washouts occurred on two branches of the railroad and trolley roads. Traffc was suspended on two branches of the Long Island railroad, while for more than half & day the cars of the New York & Queens county electric rallway were unable to get beyond Steinway owing to the tracks across the meadows being submerged by the tide. Probably the greatest damage was done at North Beach on Flushing and Bowery bays, where more than $20,000 worth of docks, paved walks, pavillons, places of amusement and other property was de- stroyed In the cove off North Beach, where the Willlamsburg Yacht club has its headquar- ters, the fleet of small boats was swamped or carried inshore. Estimate of the Damage. The Tribune estimates the damage done by the storm on the northern shore of Long Island sound from and including City Island to the Connecticut line at The effects of the storm are very mani- fest at Brighton Beach and Coney Island Breakwaters and bathing pavilions, board walks and other accessories suffered much damage. Off Manhattan Beach can be seen a capsized schooner. Whether its crew got to shore safely or not cannot be learned. Great Dam e Further East, NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov, 24.—The dam- age done by the severe storm of the last twenty-four hours has been the greatest in some instances in the history of the #tate and the damage will reach $50,000 or more. At Shippan Point several docks connected with private residences were carried away by the high tide and the cellars of a num ber of buildings near the water front were completely submerged. Along the canal the water rose over the banks and a consid- erable part of the lower end of the city was overflowed. The frelght warehouses of the East River Boat line were flooded North & vesident Returns (rom WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-President and rip. Mrs. Roosevelt returned to the tity about o'clock this afternoon from sheir outing down the Potomac river. lL\ BEE: MONDAY, AMERICA'S CRLl‘lEbT NEED fecretary Hitoboook Deolares Irrigation of Faramount Impert RECOMMENDS IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION Conservation of Water Supply an Reclnmation of Arid Lands Ave the Vitnl Want of the United States. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The annual re- port of Secretary Ethan Allen Hitcheock of the Interior department was made pub- lic today. 1t endorses the conclusions sub- mitted by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones regarding the present Indian educa tional system. The secretary say “The management of the Indian service in the field and in the schools, while sat- Isfactory under existing conditions, fa not deemed to be the best for the welfare of tha Indians and different methods will hereafter be adopted. This policy, as hereinafter indicated, contemplates requir- ing the working by Indian allottees able to do so of a falr portion of lands allotted them and the contributing by their indus- try to their own support of all not entirely disqualified by actual disability, physical or otherwise; the discontinuance of the lssue of rations to those known and determined to be able to support themselves and the ex- tension to the latter of every possible atd for their well-being and encouragement; the inauguration of indistrial training in all #chools whete not now established, so that such Indians of both sexes may be taught the trades or industries adapted to their circumstances.” Income of Indian Tribes, The income of the varfous Indian tribes trom all sources during the year aggregated $5,039,880, a falling off of $260,952, moatly due to the expiration of treaty obligations. In the future full leasing privileges will be confined to those whose disability or in- abilty actually disqualifies them from working more than a small part of their allotments, those conditions to be clearly shown; all other allottees to be required to work at least forty acres of their allotment. The Dawes -commiesion to the five cfv- ilized tribes in Indian territory reports that the rolls of membership of only one nation, the Seminoles, 80 far have been ap- proved and their lands have not yet been entirely allotted. ; The time cannot be fixed with certainty when the enroliment of the four remalning tribes will be finished, A vast amount of labor 18 yet to be per- formed by the commission In investigating the claims of applicants for enrollment and equalizing the value of the lands al- ready claesified, and Secretary Hitchcock recommends that the commission be in- creased by tour members. He also favors a modification of the law requiring distribu- tion of lands on the basis of equalized val- uation and that a definite period be fixed for the completion of all the work pertain- ing to the allotment of lands among the Indians fn the territory. Natfonal Water € The report says (hat the act of June 3, 1887, known as the timber and stone act. if not repealed or radically amended will result ultimately in the complete destruc- tion of the timber on the unappropriated and unreserved public lands. The tim: bas errived, according to the secretar: when reservolrs must be built and man- aged as a part of & national system of water conseryation, They cannot be suc- cesstul if maiutained, however, Without a thorough sstem of forest protection. Th | introduction of practical forestry on the | forest Teserves has now begun. The general policy as announced in an | outlina memorandum to the commission of the land office Is that additional forest r serves with boundaries drawn fo lberats the small amount of script should be created during this winter, the good will of residents in the reserves should be galned, forest fires guarded against and the Tesources of the reserves should be made available for the conservative use of the people. Systematic investigation designed to make them accessible and useful should be undertaken and each forest reserve and part thereof sbould be dealt with on its | own merits, Legislation to correct the | abuses that have grown up in the practice | | ervation of llen selections of land {s urged. | Wool-Growing Indusiry Treating of theep grazing on the forest Teserves, the recrefary says: recognize fully the interests involved in the wool-growing industry, but I also recog- nize that the paramount question before | the people of the west today, especially those in the arid reglons, is how to prop- erly conserve and protect the water sup- ply 80 as to fufnish a sufclent’ amount to answer all the emands for Irrigating pur- poses and the best solution that has yet been oftered to that problem is the creation, the efficient patrolling and the proper ad ministration of’ forest reserves. “Under these circumstances I havo adopted thq policy of permitting sheep to graze ‘in that portion of certaln reserves where it 18 shown, after careful examina- tion, that such grazing Is in no way in- jurious to or preventive ot the conservation of the water supply and that policy it Is my purpose to continue. “Such a polioy, in my judgment, will af- tord all the encouragement to the wool growing industry that it can reasonably ask in this connection from this depart- ment and s not inconsistent with those vast interests dependent upon irrigation, which demand consideration at my hands.' Reclaiming Artd Region, On the question of reclamation of the arld region the secretary says: “The in- vestigations which have been carried on demonstrate that there Is no one question TWICE TOLD TALES. No Meat Extracted from Them by Some Who Most Need the Facta. We have more than twice told the reader of the fact that he or she may perhaps easily discover the cause of tho dally ill- feeling and the experiment is not dificult to make. But there are are for selves. Some day the oft told fact will flash upon us as applicable when the knowledge comes home, that day after day of inconvenience and perhaps of suffering has been endured, the cause not belng recognized or believed, although we may have been told of the ause many thmes over, but never believed it applied to us. It would startle a person to know how many people suffer because they drug themselves daily with coffee. We repeat it, it 1s & powerful drug and so affects the delicate nervous system that disease may appear in any part of the body, all parts being dependent for health on a healthy nervous system. Rellef from coffea for thirty days has cured thousands of ple who never sus- pected the cauge of their troubles The use of Postum Food Coffee is of kreat bemefic to such, as it goes to work directly (o rebuild the delicate cell struc- tures from the elements nature selecis for the work. Relief from a heavy drug and the taking of proper nourishment is the (rue and ouly permament method, readers who think truths some one else and not for them- | NOVEMBER | tended to septrate the two races, | Maso’s manifesto | negro vote and 25, 1901, now before the people of the United States of greater importance ‘than the conserva tion of the water supply and the recla- mation of the arid lands of the west and their settlement by men who will actually builld homes and create communities It is recommended that censtruction once be begun as follows The San Carlos storage claiming 100,000 acres or more of public land at an estimated cost of $1,040,000; reservoirs in the Sierra Nevada in Call- tornia, for reclalming desert lands In Ne- vada, the division of St. Mary river into the headwaters of Milk river In Montana. An appropriation of $260,000 is asked to carry on the hydrographic work of the geo- logical survey. Rond-Alded Ratlroads. The secretary says the met earnings of the bond-alded and land-grant railroads amount to over $13,000,000 and the increasq in gross earnings to 1,000,000, The in- crease in expenses for the year was over $24,000,000. The debt of the Central Pa- cific railrond to the United States now stands at $63,852,625. The secretary submits the annual report received by the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua, which shows that since its organization 10,145 shares of its capital stock have been subscribed for at par, ag- gregating $10,014,500, and with the total amount of cash received In the treasury as reported by the company fs $1.114,603. The expenses of the company have been $1,172,771 in cash, 31,990 shares of full- pald capital stock, $5,000,000 of first-mort- gage bonds and its obligation for $1,855,000 of the first-mortgage bonds. It also has 1ssued 180,000 shares of its capital stock at par value in payment of concessionary rights, etc. The llabilitles of the capital consist of the amount still due under its concession of the $1,855,000 of bonds men- tioned and of cash labilities outstanding aggregating $2,000,000. It assets compris its unusual capital stock, the $518,500 first mortgage bonds and the 2,420 shares of cap- ital stock received in liquidation of the claim against the Nicaragua Canal Con- struction company, the concession, eto., and the plant, railways, supplies and other property in Central America The report also discusses the affairs of the varfous bureaus already made public. Indorses Comm loner Evans, The report highly endorses the work and recommendations of Commissioner of Pen- sions Evans and says that the veterans have no more sincere friend than their comrade, the commisstoner, who himself served as an enlisted man in the army, and he but maintains and defends the honor of their pattfotlc service when, refusing to ignore both the letter and spirit of the law, he declines to permit the impostor, whether claimant or mt, to share in the bounty provided for the veteran and those de- pendent upon him LIVE = POLITICS Unusua! at reservoir, res IN HAVANA Interest Manifested in Ca paign for Election of a Caban i ent, HAVANA, Nov. he campaign of Senor Tomas Estrada Palma for the presi- dency of Cuba was opened last night in Havana with an overflow meeting at the Tacon theater. General Maximo Gomer who presided, made a short speech, com- mending the candidature of Senor Palma. He was followed by Senor Gonzales, who extolled the civic virtues of Senor Palma He declared that, although he recognized the patriotism of General Maso, he did not consider him as valuable a man as Senor Palma “for the presidency. Garcla, a megro, made an effactive speech, in the course of which he pointed. out that in a bumber. of the Latin republics the negro was not separate from the white and as- serted that Genetal Maso's plan, was an attempt to divide the Cubans. Atter extolling the achievements of Marti General Garcla sald General Palma had taken up the work left by Marti and car- ried on the revolution. He referred to the autonomists as “traitors, who would be- tray the country to the Americans to- morrow and who have insulted the negroes in thelr manifesto. He declared there were no longer negroes in Cuba, as all had heen made one by the revolution: that blacks and whites could not be divided and that | they must respect the Platt amendment, as it was part of the constitution and could not be made an fssue i the campalgn. Marau Delgado, a negro, sald General a trap to cateh the that General Palma was a man_ahove reproach, at negro had nothing to fear. Senor as he would be backed by national party, and that an ideal president. “General Maso's manitesto wa ten by him,” observed Semor Capote. “It Is & motley production of various people. some of whom accept the Plait some of whom do not accept it."” General Maso's political managers assert that their candidate made large gains last week In Havana, La Lucha has some out for him and to- morrow Juan Gualberto Gomez will print the first issue of the Independencia in Gen- eral Maso's interests, Senor Palma’s supporters, on the ofher hand, feel confident of victory, since they have complete control of the election ma- chinery. This will be a point of attack by General Maso until the election. He is managing hls campaign from Havana, INSURGENTS ARE CAPTURED After Severe Conflict Captain, Men Are Su cessful, the republican he would make law and Law- MANILA, Nov. 24.--Captain Edward P. Lawson's company of the Nineteenth in- fantry bas attacked and captured an In- surgent fort on Bohol islahd, south of Cebu, In the Vizayan group. Thia fort was surrounded on all sides by a precipice and the only entrance to the higher ground was guarded by a stockade with a line of entrenchment behind it. Cap- tain Lawton sent Sergeant McMahon and twenty men to climb the preciplce and at- tack the fort in the rear. Sergeant Me- Mahon's party accomplished the task after three hours’ climbing through the thick undergrowth of brush and vines that cov- ered the almost perpendicular cliff. They took the enemy by surprise and drove them from the fort. As the insurgents eseaped they bad to pass the remainder of Captain Lawton's company at a distance of 150 yards. The enemy suffered terrible losses. The insurgents defended themselves with both cannon and rifies. The cannon were captured, the smaller ones were removed, while the larger ones were burled. Captain Lawton, in his report, makes sp 1 men- tion for bravery of Sergeants List and Mc- Makon, CHILI'S FIRST IRON LAUNCH Homemade w paraino. SANTIAGO DE CHILI, Nov. 4.—~The launch of the first ivon steamer consiructed in Chili occurred at Valparaiso today and was a greal success. The ceremony was at- tended by the president, Semor Jerman Riesco, the federal authorities and a large assemblage of people. The entirs ship trom keel (o truck, was constructed in this country. which | whose hands the | Capote | asserted that Senor Palma was sure to win, | not writ- | UNION MINERS STRIKE 0F Riotons Boones at Madisonviile Are Quelle by the Offieers. MOST OF THE WORKMEN UNDER ARRES Some of the Offenders ¥ by Flight — Tents e (he Lay Ave ANl Re- the moved from scene. MADISONVILLE, Ky, Nov mous and much-talked-of camp ing union miners that hae The been ville, is a thing of the past Tonight there s nothing left (o mark th rendezvous of those and even the courts and gave the state am county authorities so much trouble for th last two monthe, save ash heaps, stra made by the tent of debris incident to camp lite. All of th behin charged escaped the officers are prisoners the bars of the county il County Judge Hill with peace, unlawfully a thereby making the cam terror of the public peace.’ | Tents th Men The four large tents with all the cam outfit were captured today and brought i with the prisoners. | that the proceedings on the part of county authorities referred to in the golng paragraph 1s the execution order issued last Wednesday by Judge John G. B. Hall, the union camp at Nortonville be disbande before Sunday morning at daybreak an that the campers shall not assemble agal In the county banding order mfter wenace and aken th of a Count recelving sworn state ments from more than 100 reliable mei residing in the southern portion of the county, who swore that armed men forth from these camps and were responsi- ble for the nightly aftacks on the and property and homes of those who wer peaceable and hard-working citizens men banded destroying men who persist in ently of the United Mine Workers America, who have had representatives | Hopking county for more than n year try [ing to force the miners employed in th | mines to join their organizatlon. | these things Judge Hall investigated considere before acting, but wheas he di act he was endorsed and supported by th governor of the state and the entire mill tary fore of the camp simple though for the and working together property intimidatin, vas accomplished effective was Prestdent Wood's After - President Wood of Mine Workers and Judge Yost, for the union, onstrated t not to heed the orders of the court hurled deflance in the face of the office; declaring that they the command -and that they move until they were moved that Judge Hall called on Adjutant General David R. Murray and the two companies o ate guards from Madisonville and Detinnce. the “would no the order and disband the camp. plane for carryiog out the order wers pleted lagt night and the ecuting was set for this morning. A special train left Madisonville at m. today, carrying County Judge Sheriff John H.. Hankins, Deputies J Thomas and Samuel Jennings, also Genera Murray, his aides, Captain Ellls of Owens- boro, Captain Gordon of Frankfort and Cap | tains Powers ville and Hopkinsville companies train took the siding at Nortonville | Hall, the sheriff and his deputies got | conveyatve, previously ordered for the trip | and drove to the camp, | gistant. On arriving at the camp it found that all the men, save or thirty, had left, taking with | the arms and ammunition | present Judge Hall ordered at rested. Arriving at the camp | morning. the first | attention was @ yard square, lowirig notice i lines to represcat poetry | HUUMO WL ot A b . have come (o stay county people until we get man on the tipple to welgh our a, Hall once early ar piece of canvas, with a ¢heek weigh- coal M. W.of A" Mirers Are Submissive. charge of Arlie first lieutenant the Greenyille In of Ouats, company reported to have been killed in last Sun- day's battle at Providence. He was very polite and offered no resistance to the | officers. | camp were taken Into custody. Oats and | Jim Platt, one of the campers, escaped at | Nortonville and neither has been caught | The following are tha names of the pris- county jail: Curt Horsefleld, J. W. Carry, L. V. Wright, Arthur Tomasson, John Young, Stellard Dinning, George Spencer, James Anderson, J. A, Hogan, J. B. Crafton, J. W. Aaron, Melton Barnes, Willilam Crick, L. T. Hew- fett, J. W. Vickey, Mace Young, Herbert Gaddisy Willlam Larmath, C. M. Mornes, H. H: Sadler and John Trotter Negro Sthikcrs Eacape, One of the features of the capture camp. Yesterday there were 100 negroes in camp. more than 1t was evident, from the condition in which the camp was found that a visit by authorities was cxpected very soon All the guns and ammunition to the union strikers had been removed None of their supplics could be about the camp. The men who are held as prisoners will be tried on the charge of “unlawfully assembling, causing a breach of the peace and banding and confederat ing together to violate the law.’ Judge Walter Evans of the istrict of the federal court arguments in the injunction cases tomor- row at Owensboro, The attorneys for fa- the strik located about a guartér of a mile south of Norton- in the southern part of this cqunty, who defied the officers that was used for beds, holes in the ground, stakes and other marks campers on whom the sun rose this moro- ing with the exception of a very few who by “a breach of the embling and banding, 1t will be remembered fore- commanding that Judge ' Hall issued the dis- went that the unfon eamp is an unlawful assembly of purpose of | independ- | of | AL of { buflding trades and The plan by which the removal very United | orable ‘hief counsel | hausted intention and did not intend to obey ' then it was Hop- kinsville that were here to help him execute The com- time for the ex- mes | 1 Strang, with the Madison- The Judge | ina| a quarter of a mile | was twenty-five them all All who were | this | thing that attracted the | aboui on which was printed the fol- Hopkins When the officers arrived the camp was | of Kentucky State guards and the rame man who was He and twenty-two others of the | . o oners taken at the camp and lodged In the was the absence of the negro members of the but today there were none in the vicinity of Nortonville or the camp until after the arregts had been made, the belonging found Loulsville will hear the the in the county have beeh o with a vew of making ed several days ago by Evane permanent and include all the mines in the county well. as that i the Reincke distr The injunction enjoined (he assembling within ho | Reincke miping | ment will be offered | tion permanent. The company has surre charter and has applied nder the laws of Delaw | Under the new eharter 1 the right to apply to the federal govern- | ment for protection, as the Relncke com. pany did when it secured injunction from Judge Evane in the United States court for the western district of Kentucky. coal operators gathering eviden the injunction | Judge b d as strikers from range the \ strong argus make the fnfuncs Bernard Coal its Kentucky for new one . ¢ £ of T v company has STRIKE IS APPARENTLY OVER Naven Rallronders Ret, Thely Work in Hariem Miver Yards, New note a NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Thero was a rush of business at the Harlem river yards of the New York, New Haven & Marttord ratlroad today, for at 10 o'clock in the mor ing all of the men who went on atrike las Tuesday went back work. The work was somewhat interrupted by the high tids in the Harlem river, this being caused by the big easterly storm which was raging The tide covered the approaches to the car floats, so that the work of shipping cars down the river could mot be done. The average rise of the Harlem from low 1o high water is about five feat. but today ha tide rose about three fe above the aver nge. At noon the tide receded somewhat and four floats carrying sixteen cars each wers landed at the yards. These floas came from N | the depots in Jersay City and were loaded Y [ with perishable freight The first tfain to leave the yards under the direction of the old men loft at 1 o'clock and the men lined up along the track cheering The headquarters of the serted all day, giving strike {& over for good. Forty cars arrived at the yards from New Haven at this afternoori and weré shipped | floats immediately w " a a Ll u e a a n strikers was de evidetive that the n e 2 o'clock miners | */TO FORM CENTRAL UNIONS New Ormaniznt by Federnted Union g | Strike Vniwnnees NEW YORK Noy At a recent i that a new n I wis announced eting of the Foderated union body of central in the has been formed which will take the place of the Board .of AValking Delegates and the Building Trades cil. The new central body will represe 8 membership of 5,000 in the bullding trades. It will. have all of the building trades’ unfons among it aMliated trades | union in its organization wnd it is said | strikes will not be ordered untit every hon means of settlement has leen ex A motlon was carried to call on all unions in the now body to afliate them selves with the Central Federated union, unions a o coun y el Bay ¥ t PARIS, Noy. 21 I Paris hasbecom 1| s announced that the Equitable Life In- (| surance company has sequired plot of ground on the corner of the Boulevard Des Capucines and the Rue la Paix, over- looking the Grand opera house, where it in- pducing the latest Amer ican methods of construction. rin Sites One of ¢ sites it finest Awmerican property 0 AMUSEMENTS, | NOopwARD & v 1 BO”).’D’S BURGESS, Mgrs. { Tonight—Tomorrow_Night Herbert KELCEY niEffie SHANNON R LORD AND MASTER e, $1.00, $1.50, nesday Night. 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