Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1901, Page 1

19, 1871, OVEMBER 6, 190 l’ FIVE CENTS COLOX ESCAPES FIRE ews Roaches Washington taat Port Will Not Be Attacked. IPRECEDENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT RULES Tethmi Railread is Under Contrel of United 8t —< V) ST FULLY RE-C"7 4 fFRee TR 3 fOsptain Porry of Iowa Aswumes Fuu | Oemmand, PEFEAT OF LIBERALS BY GOVERNMENT Mebetn S0l Hold Some Sway Along the Line=People Take Refuge WABHINGTON. understood hero that there is to be no bom bardment of Colon by efther side. While Commander McCrea was given wide discre tionary power and nothing was said to him about stopping the bombardment directly, pevortheless the State department csteb- tshed a precedent in (hese matters last year when it instructed Mr. Gudgers (o warn the josurgents at Panama that they ‘would not be allowed to bombard that port It the government troops on the Pinzon should persist in thelr purpose it is said that the commanders of the various war- ships at Colon would reguire that ample time e allowed for the withdrawal from the town of all forelgners und that the at- wacking force, to escape restraint, would be \obliged to direct their bombardment with such rare precislon as to destroy the insur- gent detenses without harming the railroad property, and even without endangering th: ;nn. ® of trains, conditions probably not to be met. The secretary of the navy today cablel ;Dph‘n Perry of lowa to assume full command of all the United States naval forces on both sides of the isthmus, in order o Insure harmonious operations. Consu! !General Gudger's last dispateh, which came after 1 o'clock, was about as follows: “Our ttroops have arrived at Mattachin, one-half @f the way across the isthmus. No obstruc tion, and Colombian government seemed to [be victorlous over the insurgents.” Free Transit Re-Established. i | Lator advices, while showing the situa jtton on the isthmus to be still unsettled, oontain the information that free transit by way of rallrond has been re-established. {Theee advices came in a dispatch recelved Wy Secretary Long from Captain Perry of he battleship lowa, who had made a trip 8croes the isthmus from Panama to Colon, from which place he sent a telegram, an xtract of which the secretary made public, s follows: “Captalu Perry reports that free transit Beross the isthmus s restored and that he Foturns to Panama this afternoon. The cap- tain will leave a guard on each passenger erain for the-present.” The purpose of the guard presumably is %o prevent interruption to the free passage ©f trains by insurgents congregated along {the 1ine of the road. . Mr. Herran, in charge of the Colombian Jegaticn, is well satisfied with the tenor of the advices which have come to hand today from Acting Governor Arjona of Panama, who reported that the rebel army having been defeated at Culebra and Emperador General Alban had now marched on Colon. His theory is that General Alban com- pletely dislodged the rebel force which had camped at Chorrera, from which place Mr. Forran belleves they retreated to Culebra and Emperador, where they agaln took a ptand. Their defeat at these places, Mr. ‘Merran savs, leaves General Alban free to march to Colon. Mr. Herran thinks that General Alban Mmow has at least 1,000 well equipped and thoroughly armed men, besides which 600 en are on board the Colombian boat Pin- on, now at Colon. Mr. Herran asserts that rebels have mot at the outside more n 1,500 men, Music Sounds Mounrnful Yosterday morning at 10 o'clock the hooner Clapet and a railroad barge re- fturned to Panama bringing 350 men from rrera, being the remainder of General Tban's expedition. Great crowds gathered ¢t the wharf to witness the arrival of the diers. They wero received by bands of jmusic, but the music sounded mournful and Ehe air sounded more like a funeral march Ahan the joytul strains of welcome to a vie- rious army. At 3:30 p. m. yesterday, at the head of averal hundred men, General Alban left wema by train for Empire station, where he liberals were reported to be in fairly tropg numbers. His purpose was to sur- rlse and rout them. The train bearing hess troops was held up just before it ar- ved at Culebra station, owing to the berals opening fire on Alban's advance guard. Alban disembarked his men from o train, which returned to Panama The fighting at Culebra lasted from 4:40 untll # p. m. : Mintaters Narrowly Eacape. } Reve. Lovridge and Jacobs, Baptiet and esleyan ministers respectively, narrowly escaped being shot. Their honee in Culebra was riddled with bullets. The government troops advanced and the [fight was stubborn all alons the railroad | Jine until Empire station, a mile and a halt @istant, was reached, The liberals re- { treated slowly, Alban's men following them unttl the latter eventually reached Matach- u:'. station, Here General Alban conferred | with Captatn Perry of lowa, who was poturning from Colon on an armored wain. |3t ie understood that Captain Perry will "ot allow the raliroad to transport troops, | ponsequently General Alban and his men { were forced to push ahead on foot. It is | ald here that they thus reached San Pabla, 1.'" 'e the liberals are in force. The lib- | arals are in command of General Lugo. Dead and Wounded Expose Between Culsbra and Empire over (Milled and wounded could the track. The sight was gruesome. There is Do proper Red Crose service and e wounded lacked care. The majority lof the killed seemed to bo 0ops and the rebels are still n force along the lipe. Thrae hundred ot lowa's men |were landed at 4:30 yesterday at Panama ‘to protect the property of the rallroad and !tp ensure the contiuuance of transit across jthe sthmus. In goverument circles in [Panama there s entire confidence in Gen- leral Alban and it in Delieved there that Ithis conservative gemeral is able to cope with the political situation and the ap- ‘Emuh ineurmountable diMeultiss before k4 _ (Continued on Second FPage.) Nov It 48 pretty well | 150 be seen along copservative New of0 Me Ac Pan-Ameriean Projects 1 on by lOBJECTS OF THE CONGRESS ferene MEXICO, Nov This morning's ses slon of the Pan-American congress was chiefly taken up with the report of the work done by several committees. Among the projects which have been pre sented to the Pan-American conference is one presented by the Guatemalan delegate. Lazo Arriaga, looking to the reorganization of the bureau of Amorfean republics, The project states that the objects of the bureau are Mrst Aectelons and Pan-Amer- To carry into effect ‘ons of this and future v aferences Seand. To prepare studies, reports, proj- ects, statistical data, etc., and in general all the work that may bhe caleulated to | facilitate the next conference in the realiza- tion of ite program. Third. To care, keep and care for its own archives Fourth. To continue and the prompt compilation of data on commerce. industry and agriculture, which may be of interest to the countrie DOWIEITE IS FOUND GUILTY od of Abetting extend | Elder Brooks Convie and sen- tenced on Charg Mansisughter, VICTORIA B Nov, Eugene | Brooks, elder of Dowie's Christian Catholle church in Zion, was today found guilty and sentenced to three months, without hard labor, for aiding and abetting John Rogers, | who ‘was recently found guilty of man- | slaughter, tor not providing his infant children with medical attendance when they were suffering from diphtherfa, trom which they died. Brooks will appeal STEAD AT MERCY OF KRAUSE It Befriended Doctor Falls to Appear Willlam T. Will B, as Conspirntor. | Prosecn | it | LONDON, Nov. William T. Stead and | Harold Rylett, who this atternoon furnished | the £4,000 hail demanded for the release of | br. Krause, ex-governor of Johannesburg. charged with high treason and inciting to murder, were warned by the magistrate | that it Mr. Krause fafled to appear for trial [ they could anticipate being prosecuted on the charge of conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice. Horace Plunkett is Coming. LONDON, Nov. The steamer Oceanic, to sall from Liverpool next Wednesday for New York, will have among its passen- gers Gilbert Parker, M. P., dramatist and author, and Mrs, Parker, also Horace Plunkett, recently defeated hy Colonel Ar- thur Lynch in the Parlinmentary contest In | Galway. REVENUES EXCEED EXPENSES Department Recommends n of Third and Fourth Annes of Mal WASHINGTON, 'Nov. Third Assiste ant Postmaster General Edwin C. Madden, in his annual report, recommends the con- rolidation of third and fourth class mail matter, an increase of the limit of fndem nity for the loss of registered matter from $10 to $100 and that the postal employes be made llable for the value of registered matter lost through their carelessness. sources were $111,631,193, less than the expenditures. This Is excly sive of the cost of transporting the mails over the subsidized Pacific railroads that have not settled thelr bonded accounts with the government. The total value of stamped paper and starp books fssued during the year was $104,785,957. The issue of postage stamp books is regarded as & successful experiment. The 4.698.625 stamp books 8- sued have cost the department $4.69 per 1,000 to manufacture. There were 650,614, 800 postal cards fssued. The amount of second-class matter matled free of postage to actual subscribers within the county of publication constitutes practically 7 per cent of the entire amount mailed. CATHOLIC ~INDIAN SCHOOLS Archbishops Favor Money Contribating More for ‘the 25.~It was an- nounced today that the Catholic archbish- ops of America at their anpual meeting adopted the following resolution We heartlly commend and will practically encourage work for the ralsing of the wmount annually needed for the support of the Cathollc Tndian schools and will stmilarly encourage wider efforts aiming at bringing the benefits of Catholle training o the Catholic children In the government schools, The personnel of the Catholic Indian bureau fs: Cardinal James Gibbons, presi- dent; Rev. William H. Ketcham, director; Very Rev, D. D. Dyer, treasurer; Charles Lusk, secretary BOUNDARY DISPUTE AVERTED DiMenities Settlement of Chilh and A Hetween WASHINGTON, Nov. ened trouble over the houndary line be- tween Chili and the Argentine Republic has been averted for the present at least Signor Tnfentla today conveyed to this gov- ernment an assurance that the two prinei- pals to the boundary question have just succeeded in reaching an amicable, satis- factory understanding. Thig statement has glven great satisfaction, for it is belleved here that hostilities between China and Argentine would involve three-fourths of South Americ CLEVELAND STILL IMPROVES Yormer President 1s Rapidly Recover. ing from Cold Contracted Down South. PRINCETON N j.--Former President Clevelana is rapidly recovering from his severe cold. This Is the report of Dr. Wikoft, bis physician. On account of belng indtsposed himself Dr. Wikoft did not call to see Mr. Cleveland this afternoon d the latter was so decidedly improved that it was not necessary to call In any other physician. Mrs. Cleveland also gave out a bulletin which sald that Mr. Clave- land is stll gaining in streagth and is rest ing very comfortably. L The postal revenuea for the year from all | being $3,928,727 | THRONC THE WHITE HOUSE Visitors from Nobraska and Elsewhere Find the President Hard at Work. MISS GIBLIN'S CLAIMS ARE PRESENTED Major Llewellyn En Mra. Rooses velt<=Representative nrkett Pleads for Irrigntion=Varle ous Western Interest: (F'rom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov (Special Tele gram.)—President Horace G. Burt and Chief Englueer J. B. Berry of the Union P’a cific system and R, B, Schneider, natlonal committeoman from Nebraska, were among the callers on President Roosevelt toduy Mr. Schuetder acted as major domo for (I party. Semator Dictrich jolned the Ne- braskans and participated in the felicita tions which were extended by the rail road mugnates to the president. The in terview was short, as this was one of the president’s busiest days since he assumed the reins of government and he had little time to give to any one visitor, wore there who desired to talk with him. From conversation with representatives of the Unlon Pacific it seems safe to state that the Burlington and Unfon Pacific prop- erties will not be operated as one system and that is was not the intention of those who were instrumental in forming the Northern Securities company to bring about such a close community of luterest as has been Intimated, except to maintain rates and to prevent roads with fancled griev- ances from cutting tariffs that bad been made in good falth. Chiet Engineer Berry sald the Union Pa cific was in splendid condition and that with shortening curves, reducing grades and with its increased locomotive tonnage the road was never so perfectly equipped to do business. “Our yards are cleared at the leading terminal polnts every night,” said Mr. Berry, “and while our trafic is large, we have not yet felt the shortage in cars that other roads report.” Speaking of the determfnation to rebuild the shops in Omaba, Mr. Berry said plans for the new shops had been approved aud that the road would spend about $1,230,000 before they were completed. “The thirty- year-old shops will be torn away,” he said, “to be replaced latest design. Tho capacity of the shops will be enlarged to correspond and will be | built with a view to employing 1,600 to 1,800 | men." ‘The visit of President Burt and Mr. Berry to Washington was for the purpose of pay- Ing their respects to the president, Mr. Schnelder having arranged for the meeting while the party was fn Philadelphia Messrs. Schoeider, Burt and Berry left for Omaba this afternoon. The Case of Miss Giblin, Mr. E. Rosewater had a conference witn Secrotary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture today in reference to the dis- charge of Miss Giblin and some other em- ployes who lave represented to him that they were tyranized over by Dr. Wate, who is backed by Dr. Avers of the bureau of ani- mal industry at South Omaha. Mr. Rose- water, speaking of the matter, said: *‘Miss Giblin was suspended and removed from her position as assistant microscoplst some two months ago on churges he claimed were trumped up for the purpoe of displacing her under some civil service pretext. At my request and subsequently at the request of Senator Millard a special agent of the De- partment of Agriculture was sent to South Omaha and carried on & star chamber in- vestigation. Miss Giblin's request to be represented by an attorney was denied and she was even refused a copy of the s grapher's notes taken at the testimony. No cross-examination was permitted and the witnesses who were called were barred from reading over their evidence. Women who were employed in work similar to Miss Giblin's represented that they were suh- Jectod to peculiar treatment from those in charge of the bureau. For obvious reasons the names of these women are withheld. 1 became interested in the case, helieving an Injustice had been done. Sccretary Wilson today promised to look Into the matter and to investigate the case further with a view | of seoing that right should be done and that | no employe of the government is subjected | to indignit Major Liewellyn at White House, Major W. H. H. Llewellyn, formerly of Omaha, now of New Mexico, who served with President Roosevelt and his Rough Riders during the Spanlsh war, dined with the president this evening and later was Mrs. Roosevelt's escort to the theater Major Llewellyn's son, who was born in Omaha, served with his father in Colonel Roosevelt's regiment. The hoy is 18 and stands 6 feet 4 Inches. Major Llewellyn who is a brother of Charles E. Llewellyn inspector of rural free delivery In Ne braska, left Nebraska twenty years ago and is now district prosecuting attorney in the territory. He 18 here to assist New Mexico in_securing statehood. Ropresentative Burkett talked with Presi dent Roosevelt today In behalf of {rrigation for the western arld lands, with results which he says were satisfactory. Mr Burkett, who was chairman of the meeting of western congressmen and state engineers in Cheyenne in June last, to consider irri- gation matters, has called an adjourned meeting of the representatives of the same interests for Monday evenlng next in this eity. At this meeting the western con- gressmen will discuss government aid to the arld west, and if possible will formulate & bill for introduction before congress upon which all western interests can unite, South Dakota Affair no- Indian Commissioner Jones has approved an agreement made by Inspector McLaugh- ln with the Rosebud Sloux Indians for the purchase of lands in Gregory county, South Dakota, by the government with a view to opeaing them to settiement. The land ln question embraces thousands of acres of val- uable agricultural lands. The Indians agree to dispose of them at $2.50 an acre. Since the agreement was made with the Indians by Inspector McLaughlin some dissatisfaction bas been expressed by members of the Rosebud tribe over the price agreed upon It 15 claimed that the land is worth $10 an acre. The commissioner of Indian affuirs bas recommended that Secretary Hitchcock submit & treaty to congress with the request that it be ratified in the form in which it was first agreed upon by the Indians. Plans for the public building at Aberdeen D., are nearly completed. The appro. priation of $100,000 made available by con- &ress for this building is regarded as in- adequate and additional funds will be asked of the coming congress. Plans are in such shape that they can be modified at short notice if congress allows additional funds for the building. The application of Phil 0. Hall of Brook (Continued on Becond Page.) 80 many | by bulldings of the very | IOWA WATERWAY PROJECTED mery of Des Moines Promoting Canal Connection kuk and Capital, or Keos OTTUMWA, Ia, Nov. 25.—(Special Tele- gram.)—There has been broached in this city a gigantic scheme to construct a sys tem of ship canals out of the Des Moine river from Keokuk to Des Moines, enabl Ing river steamers to ply between the two cities. 1t is proposed to build a locks and dams fhat will accommodate light draught boats. John Emery of | Des Moines called on Senator Harper, J. H. | Morrell and others and broached the mat ter to them. All of them are said to b in favor of it and to belleve it can be ac complished. The plan Is to ask congress | for an appropriation and have the govern | ment | do the work. Such a plan, it is claimed, would be of inestimable value to the wholesale Interests of lowa, enabling manufacturers to land their produets in | the midale of Towa at the same rate as is | now made to Mississippl river points. It would also enable Towa to open its conl and | &rain markets to the world. Mr. Emery is #aid to be enthusiastic at the support he hus received from Kcosauqua, Ottumwa and | Eddyville. A plan is now being perfected 10 muke done the to donat survey made. shipped up a survey and if this citles interested will enough thovey to have The plan is to have the river on barge tugs to handle them, thereby dolug with any objection that might be rai; on account of the many bridges over | the Des Moines river that will not ermit a large stemer to pass under. 1t fs be- | llovea that enough water ix in the river | the year through to make such a profect | possibte. [PHILLIPS BOOTS AN EDITOR Candildate for Gove Have Chastised R. M. Moore of Ottumwa. | lexislat | cannot be aske: | the | treignt using | away b | towa Democrnts | ernor Sald t OTTUMWA, TIa., Nov, (Special Tele- gram.)—Because he published the name of | Thomas J. Philllps, democratic ex-candidate for governor, in his non-partisan weekly so- | clety paper, the Saturday Herald, afte | having been warned not to do so, R. I | Moore, an old democratic editor of | eity, attacked this afternoon by Phil- | 1ips ou Market street, this clty, and after a vigorous berating was kicked, No rests were made. Moore maintained silence as to Phillips during the recent campalgn, but later he clussed Phillips with Cato Sells and others as a probable nominee for senator. Phil- lips 1s said to have taken offense and wrote a letter to Moore, cancelling his sub- scription to the Herald and forbidding the use of his name in the paper. Moore re- produced the letter in his next issue with an article about it. He again printed Phil 1ips’ vame last Saturday and Phillips today accosted the editor on the street, told him not to publish the name and when Moore appeared indifferent, is said to have ad- ministered the chastisement. Moore did uot retallate Phillips, in an interview later, said he had befriended Moore often when the latter wished bills allowed by the ity council during Phillips’ two terms as maser; had also appointed Moore on the Carnegie li- brary board against the wishes of the coun- il and saw no reason why Moore should have treated him as he did. He is sald to have threatened, it Moore ever published his name again, to whip him soundly. Moore lived here years and was formerly editor of the Ottumwa Democrat wa ar- Ben McKnight of Sloux City, ¥ of Nebraska, Quarter Century, Must Serve SI0UX CITY, Nov. 25.—(Special Tele gram.)—Twenty-five years in prison is the penalty which Ben McKuight, a plasterer, who came here from Nebraska, will have to pay for beating his wife to death. Judge A. R. Dewey of Washington, Ia., who heard the case, sentenced him here today. Me- Knight, it w charged, abused his wife frequently in his drunken fits and in his blood poisoning set in and the woman died Before her death she made a statement, telling of the revolting assault made by her husband. It took a jury less than half an hour to return a verdict of guilty of murder in the second dcgree, which was the strongest verdict that could be returned under the fnstruction of the cour ty Con- tern NEW YORK, Nov. 2i.—Reports of the damage done by the storm of Saturday night and Sunday continue to come in. De- tails from points on the Jersey coast, the uthern coast of Long fsland and the upper shore of Long Island sound show that the destruction was widespread and the mone- tary loss much heavier than at first sup- posed Long Branch reports tonight show that hardly a buflding there escaped damage. The ship Flotthek stands almost up- right in the sand it was begun today. It will be unloaded @s it Jies. This will be comparatively easy The railroads are gradually tracks in working order, but at some places no trains have been run. In ‘addition to the loss resulting from the stoppage 1t will take many thousands of dollars to repair the breaks. The wealthy New Yorkers who have sum- mer houses on the upper shore today vis- ited them, to find wreck and ruin in all directions. The extensive lawns are piled high with sand and wreckage. Reports still come in from points in New Jersey, on Staten Island sound and the surrounding inland waters. It will take days to figure out the loss, SURE OF Lewis and Clark Centenninl SUFFICIENT FUNDS Exposi ct Mns u Bright ook, tion ¥ PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. %.—Canvassers for subscription to the Lewis and Clark cen- tennial exposition, which it is proposed to hold in this city in 1905, started out this morning and it is understood tonight that practically the entire capital stock for the company 15 insured. The committee will make & report Wednesday night and many of the large subscribers cxpress the belief that the wmount of money pledged at tL« time will greatly excced $300,000, o ask an appropriation from the coming | this | IOWA WIFE-BEATER'S PENALTY | last one he bruised an ankle so badly that | STORM DOES HEAVY DAMAGE | The work of unriggiog getting their | NEBRASRA'S OFFICIAL VOTE Rtate Onnvassing Beard Reviews Figu: County Clerks, SEDGWICK 12,659 AHEAD OF HOLLENBECK of Average Majority of Republican Cane didates for Regents 15,171 ~Hend of Tickets by nties. (From o Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Nov. (Special Telegram.) The majority of Judge 8. H. Sedgwick over Conrad C. Hollenbeck, as returned by | the state canvassing board, is 12,639 The average majority of the republicaw cand! dates for regents is 15,171, The canvassing board wet this afternoon and made the official count from the re. turns of the county clerks. The total vote cast was 204,192 and for the various candi- dates was as follows: For Supreme Judge H. Sedgwick, re- publican 99; C. H. Holleubeck, fusion, 86.331; W, L. Clark, prohibition, 4,072; J. B. | Randolph, soctall: . r Re 6,845, republicans; s , 9,084, and Calkins, Hawkby, 83,895, and Baysion, 81,819, fusionlsts; Walker, 4,207 and Billsworth, 4,013, prohibition; Wilkle, 1,824, and Shram, 2,007, socialists. ollowing is the official vote by counties Sedgwick and Hollenbeck Sedg wick 1,8 for Hollen Countles e Adams 5 Antelope Bahnor Cherry Cheyenne Clay Colfax Cuming Custer Dakota Dawes Dawson Deuel Dixon uglas ndy imore Hamilton tHarlan | By Hitcheock Holt ... Hooker Kearuey .. Kelth y Keya Pata . | Loup & | McFherson | Madixon M Nemahn | Nuckolls Otoe | Pawnce | Perkins | Phelps { Plerce . Platte Volk Tted Ricl Roc Sary 3 Saunders Scotts Bluft Seward . fheridan herman foux inton hayer . | "rhomas Thurston Vaulloy 4 ‘Washington Wiyne ... Webster . Wheele Wiliow .. rdson Totals WILL SEND PLEDGE BY WIRE Brother of Miss Stone, Captive Mis- slonary, Considers Minutes an ' s as Dol rec " EAU GLAIRE, Wis, Nov. 25.—0, H. In- gram recelved today a letter from Charles A. Stone, brother of Miss Stone, the captive missionary. Mr. Stone asks Mr. Ingram to send assurance direct to the Peabody bank- ing house in Boston that he (Ingram) will pay by wire, If necessary, the $5,000 of- fored by Ingram at the Hartford board meeting. Mr. Stone said it might come to pass where minutes as well as dollars might be precious, but at the same time be intimates that there are iIndlcations | that a compromise will be effected whereby the captives will bo released without the large amount of money first talked of. Mr Ingram has written to the Peabody bank, glving the assurance asked by Mr. Stone. | Mr. Ingram says he will wire the $5,000 called for under the conditions of his pledge. OFFICER BURNED IN EFFIGY Liheration &ro Prisoner i Causes 'rouble. 1 dian Territory Serlons GUTHRIE, Okl., Nov, 25.—United States Commissioner Denne, at this hour, 11 o'clock, Is being burned in eMgy by an semblage of 500 people of Roff, I. T., and vicinity and indignation is high. This ac- ! tlon was caused by Denne's dismissal of a colored prisoner, Jefft Walker, who seri- ously stabbed a white man, W, L. Robert- son, in Roff last Saturday. A mob has formed and is now looking | for Walker, whom they declare they will burn at the stake if found. Robertson will die, FORMER QUEEN GOES EAST 1 win nter Liluok w Spend Most of the Washing- tom, D, €, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov After & three days' stay in this city, during which time #he was the guest of homor at nume erous entertainments and receptions, former Queen Liluokalani of the Hawaiian islands left for the east tonight over the Rio Grande rallroad. She will go direct to New Yeork, where she intends to place her | #on in & private scbool. From New York | ®he will go Washington, where she will re. walg the greater portion of the winter, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nobraska Tuesday and Wedne Generally _ Falr day; Variable Winds Temperature nt Omahn Yesterday Mo Tonr. Vew. 8 Tpeom.. " “ m.. 4 WMo 4T m.. as m.. " » . [ " 10 1" [ 1" an a2 SWITCHMEN STRIKE TODAY 0 Plttsharg Threatened by One Tha annd Men, Serlous Tie-Up Yard PITTSBURG. Nov. 25 eoven roads in Pittsburg have decided strike a A m. tomorrow A meoting of the switchmen tonight was attended by about 600 men, and this ac- tion was decided upon. The result of this movement can only be conjectured. In an ticlpation of possible trouble {t is learned that the Pennsylvania railrond has made application to the city police department for sixty officers to be on hand in the Unfon depot yards at T o'clock tomorrow morn- ing, and in the Baltimore & Ohio yards fully 100 Piokertone are on duty. It was stated at a meating tonight that from 700 to 1,000 men will obey the strike order tomorrow The demand of the men s that the Chi- cago rate be paid here. This rate s 27 cents an hour for day conductors and 29 cents for night conductors of switch en- gines, helpers 25 cents day and 27 cents night. The present rate is 25 cents day and 26 cents night for conductors, 1% cents duy and 20 cents night for helpers Grand Master Hawley of the Switchmen's union i& expected here tomorrow to con- duct tho strike. In the present congestsd condition of the | railroads the strike, it carried out, will be dlsastrous to the companies involved. Up to midnight there had been no change fn the pilots’ strike. The strikers aver that there | has been no break in their ranks and teel confident of winning. COLONEL MORSE GIVES VIEWS Expresses Favorable Opin to Effect of Dectsion in Stock Yard KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 25.—Colonel C. | ¥. Morse, vice president and general man- ager of the Stock Yards company, said to- | day regarding the Washlngton decisios “Its Immediate effect upon the stock yards and its patrons will not be noticeable. ter the lower courts decided against us we moved the cattle business, except quar- antined cattle, into Missouri and charged the old rates. Sheep are yarded in Missourt and the horse and mule business is all iu Missourl. The hog busiuess is in Kansas and the vardage charge for hogs has come plied with the Kansas law trom the first. The fact is that the directors had taken up the question of reducing yardage charges on hogs before the law was passed.” “Then will you not increase your rates on hogs?" We have not thought of doing it. WAILthis d-ciston affect yordage charges for quarantine cattle?” “Not now. There is one chagge for yard- age and another for maintalning the quar- antine. The United States laws require separate yards for quarantine cattle and there is a quarantine charge that goes with the yardage charge." READY TO FIGHT RAILROADS Attorney General of Minnesota Will Help Governor to Suppress Consoltdation, PAUL, Minn., Nov. 25.—Attorney General Douglas, who returned home this evening, made the following statement in regard to the effort to prevent the alleged consolidation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Rallway companies through the medium of the Northern Se- curities company of New Jersey: “1 shall earnestly co-operate with Gov- ernor Van Sant in fighting any consolidation which is in violation of law and will do anything in my power to encourage further legislation of a practical pature, either state or mational, which is calculated to preserve competition. “The organization of the great railroad corporation 18 & clear violation of the spirit, although wvot of the letter of the act of 1881, the validity of which was sus- talned by the supreme court of the United States in the Pearsall case. 1 am not in & position to discuss remedies, but am under the' impression that interference by the federal authorities, based upon the Sher- man anti-trust act and the interstate com merce act, is likely to bring about good results.” HURRYING ON TO ST OTTAWA omcinis Yukon Territory Will | of { Fight Rehellion Threatened | Agninat Government, CHICAGO, Nov. 25.--Overland through Alaska to the sea, by water to Seattle and through the United States on their way to Ottawa, officials of Yukon territory are hurrying to plead at the Canadlan capital for help o put down the rehellion threat- cned by members of the Order of the Mid- night Sun. . Three of these officials arrived at today and others are on the way. That | serious trouble s imminent in the far "north was candidly admitted by three mem- bers of the Yukon department of publie works who were in consultation at the Palmer house today with local capitalists who have interests in that country. Thess men are D. M. Minard, uccountant; J. C. Tache, resident enginecr, and P. E. Morcier, assistant engineer, vernor General Minto of Canada s to be asked to send troops to the scene, Mr. Minard, leader of the party, said: “W expect to proceed to Oftawa at once and will have a covsultation with the high government authorities about the trouble in the territory.” hicago vements of Ocean Veascls, Nov, 25, New York—Arrived--Lahn, from Astoria, from Glasgow and Moville, usgOW — Arrived — Commonwealth, from Liverpool. Balled--Pretoria, for New Yorl At Halitax—Arrived-Numlidlan, Glasgow and Liverpool. At St Vincent, C. V.—Arrived—Anubus, from_San Franclsco, Valparalso, etc., for Hamburg. Wilhelm from At Cherbourg—Arrived—Kalser der Grosse, from New York, via Plymouth, for Bremer, At _Hamburg—Safled—~Penn New York At Astorla~8alled—Albla town At Boilly Hamburg. AL New Geuoa vania, for for Queens- I8land—-Passed- Bulgaria, from via Cuxhaven, for New York. Bagres—Passed -Iohengollern, from York, for Glpraltar, Naples and ! The switchmen on | UNCLE SAM'S CROPS Seoretary Wilsen Reperts Great Develop- ments in Agrienlture. ANIMAL INDUSTRY HIS CHIEF CONCERN Vass Forsign Market Preverved Oaly by Mot Rigid Inspeol HOPES FOR MACARONI WHEAT IN NEB ASKA Ohemistry's Important Part in Adv Bugar Beet Industry, IRRIGATION DEMANDS SPEEDY PUBLIC AID aoing Efforts to Adjust Confiicts of Farmers With Range Stockme termination of Prairie Dogs. ~tixe WASHINGTON, Nov nual report of the sec Hon. James Wilson, made public today, is considerably larger tham in former yea reflecting thereby the groat growth and de velopment which has attended this depart ment during bis administration. He announcee an lwportant extension of the forecast fleld of the Weather bureau, which now includes reports from certain points in the British ixles and on the tneut of Europe, from the Azores Bermuda and Turk's fsland. An extension of (he forecast to farmems through tha tural free dellvery {s contemplated. Sub- stantial improvements are reported in the department’s system of wireless telegraphy, of which the secretary says in conclusion “While there is much experimental work yet to be doue, before the present system fs reliable for intership communication, or before any two systems can work in the same fleld without each rendering the other useless, such progress has been made by the government experimenters that, with no interference by private systems, stations can be successfully operated over at least 150 miles of coast line and they are now in operation on the North Carolina and Vir- ginia coasts, aud soon will be instituted be- tween the Farallone fslands and the main Iand and Tatoosh island and the mainland, on the Pacific coast The ffth an- ary of agriculture con Nassau Animal Industry. A large pordou of the report covers tha subfect of animal industry. The grand total of animals and avimal products exported during the year exceeded $250,000,000 in lue. This vast forelgn market fs only preserved to our producers by the the in defatigable efforts of the department and the rigid inspection exercised through the Bureau of Animal Industey. The burean inspected for export 385,000 cattle, 228,000 sheep and 48,000 horses and mules and nearly 1.000 vessels arrying livestock. Im- ported animals were also inspected to the number of 342,000 and where uecessary quarantined. The secretary suggests that with the emormous interests our stockral ers have at stake, and {nspection or quaran- tne affordiog”after a1 & relative, not an absolute guaranty of protection, it might be well for the country to follow the exampla of Great Britain and exclude livestock from other countrles entirely. The meat fuspec- tion service involved the inspection at time of slaughter of nearly 37,000,000 animals. Of the more than 5,000,000 cattle n- spected, the condemned carcasses were about one-fourth of 1 per cent; the 6,600,000 sheep, ove-tenth of 1 per cent and of 24,000,000 hogs, one-third of 1 per cent. In the control of indigenous diseases 1,600,000 inspections were made and over 45,000 cars diginfected in the Texas fever service alone. In the repression of scabies in sheep nearly 8,000,000 animals were in spected, and over 1,000,000 dipped under the supervision of the department inspectors Tn combatting the disease known as “black leg" the bureau distributed over 1,500,000 doses of vaccine, the result boing to reducs losses In affected herds to less than 1 per cent, where formerly it was In most c about 10 per cent. To aid In detecting tu- bereulosis in cattle and glanders in horse over_44,000 doses of tuberculin apd 7,000 doses of mallein have been supplied. The secretary points out the serfous avil resulting from a system of state inspection which, if it became general, would effect ually prevent the marketing of live stock in some sections and would destroy much of the usefulness of the federal inspection. He regarde the present conditions as so menacing to the interests of the cattle fn- dustry in the west and southwest that he has requested the attorney general to «o- operate in bringing the matter before tha supreme court for decision as to the con stitutionality of these state laws, This re quest, has been favorably recelved and the assistance of the Department of Justive promised. of Plant Ind Investigations fn plant physioloxy and pathology have been lately devoted to the #tudy of cotton diseases, diseases of orchard fruits and of forest trees and construrtion timber. An interesting discovery to cotton growers 1s reported of a cowpea resistant to the fungus that destroys the cotton roots. The cowpea being used in rotation with cotton, the securing m reslstant cow pea will bo of the greatest possible valus to cotton growers. In botanieal {nvestiga- tions important work has been done on seods, improvement of crops and methods ot crop production in our tropleal posses slons, and prevention of losaes to cattle in the west from eating polsonous plants Comparative experiments regarding the re lative value of Amerlcan and Buropean clover eed give resulte stropgly in favor of the former, at least under conditions prevalent in this country. A remedy has been found which, when promptly adminis tered, {8 effectual in the treatmnent of an mals poisoned from larkspur and poison camas. The agricultural conditions of our new possessions are being thoroughly studied and special attention 1s heing given to the production fn these possessions of tropical crops, for which the United States pays out millions of dollars annually. Rals ing coffee in Porto Rico has been the sub ject of spectal atudy. Our annual importa tions of this valuable crop now ameunt to $70,000,000. The secretary aseerts that much loss h resulted to the cattle industry o the west in recent years owing to the injudiclous management of ranges. The department’s experiments show that much could be done under proper control, to restore the ranges to their original condition, and he recom ‘mends action by congress, giving the presi ent mathority to secure for the experimen tal needs of his department such tracts of public range lands as may be Decessary Introduction of Valuable Seeds. try. Great activity has characterized thi fu- troduction of valuable seeds and planty from abroad, with most satistactory results |