Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1901, Page 1

CSTABLISHED JU N o ———— e e WHY WAR CON;INCES, REBELS ARE TREACHZROUS IN CHARACTER | | Take Advaniage of Hamanity D sp'ayed by | Mot American Eoldiers. FEDERAL SYMPATH Z:RS ARE INTIMIDATED | | Disoourages Haste in Eupplanting Military | with Civil Gevernment. REMOVAL OF TROOPS MUST BE GRADUAL | Reports of Other OMeinls Show Ine fract! 0t Re e Trivial, but Intimate Dane ger of Brigandage, nw tons to WASHINGTON, Dec 6.—The War depart- ment today made public the first annual report of Major General Chaffee, military governor of the Philippines. General Chal sums up the situation in the islands from & military point of view by stating the provinces of Batangas and La Guna, in Luzon, and the Islands of Samar, Mindoro, | Cebu and Bohol constitute the now disturbed by any embodied force of fnsur- gents. He says that to the physical chara ter of the country, to the nature of the wars fare of the rebels, who are amigos and foe 0 the self-same hour, to the humanity | of the troops, which is taken advantage of by the rebels and the inhabitants who sympathize with them, and to the fear of assassination on the part of the friendly disposed It they give information to the American forces, Is due the prolongation of tho guerrilla warfare. Commenting upon the replacing military with tion, General Chaffee say: Must Act with Deliberation. withdrawal of Interference with clvil does not contemplate withdrawal of the troops from their stations to any e siderable extent. On the contrary should not be done hastily and whe d taken should be graduai and more in the nature of concentration than reduction force or abandonment of any considerable aren of territory Ho thereforo recommends that there be no materal reduction of troops before January, 1903. The civil governments which are belng organized—provincial and nicipal—General Chaffoe says, are both new and untried and there is but one certain and reliable method of ascertaining the progress of the Filipinos in sel-govern- ment, namely, its observation by the army. On the object of the military government of the city of Manila, General Chaffee says: Milftary Rule Effective. In the government of Manlla for three years, it the military influences have done nothing more, it Ix everywhere apparent that un excelfent foundation has been lnid and & turbulent and . hostile community hrought 10 observe the laws and . in- dividually be orderly. This has been done without undue harshness or great severity ©of treatment of the inhabitants. In apticipation of a partial concentration of the troops in the islands next year Gen- eral Craftee submits estimates of cost for the construction of quarters and barracks. He recommends that a permanent post be constructed at once in the vicinity of Ma- nila for a garrison of two squadrons of cav- alry, two batteries of artillery and two ful regimanty of Infantry, together with a hos- pital and atore house, the whole to be vader the command of 4 brigadier general. He Kives $500,000 as a rough estimate of cost for this project, and says that $200,000 should be available immediately, in order to take full advantage of the dry season. For the construction of permanent quarters at other places which may be determined upon he estimates that $2,000,000 fs re- qQuired. Troops Too Credulous. [ area plan of gradu civil 1y administra- General Chaffee devotes a good portion to the terrible disaster which befell Company €, Ninth infantry, at Balangiga, Samar, and which, he says, was “largely due to over- confidence in the assumed pacified condi- tions and In a people, who to u great ex- tent as yet are strangers to and unappre- clative of our humane and personal liberty beliefs and actions.” American soldiers, he says, fail to dis criminate between real and assumed friend- ship on the part of the Filipinos. A table is submitted showing that since June Inst, the date of the last table sub- mitted by General MacArthur, up to Sep- tember 15, 361 Filipino officers and 3,633 men surrendered to the American military and twenty-six officers and 454 men wers captured. Brigandage Offers Problem, In an appended report General J. P. San- ger, inspector general of the Division of the Philippines, in speaking of the discipline of the troops In the Islands, notes a com- mendable absence of excesses and serious infractions of the regulations, but says that there is great room for improvement in the mattors of dross, demeanor and show of respect In saluting superlor officers, the criticism applying to officers as well as sol- diers. Judge Advocate General Goesbeck says that the suppression of brigandage in the Philippines most probably will be one of the trylng problems of the future. If the military arm was left to deal with the marauders he says there would be no doubt of their final suppression, but the incoming of\civil government complicates the situa- tlon very considerably Great attention is paid in appended re- ports to the subject of the prevalence of vonereal diseases in the army of e Phil- ippines, and the vigorous measures taken to segregate dissolute women and by rigid physical inspection guard against a spread of such diseases With his own report General Chaftee sub- mits those of the commanders of*the mill- tary departments in the Philippines and of the heads of the several stuft departments. LONG WITHDRAWS BOATS Battieship lowa and Gunhoat Mac Leave Colon on Secres tary's Ordel WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Secretary Long has ordered Captain Perry of the battle. ship Towa, now at Panama, to proceed down the Chillan coast to Talcahuano, where the ship is (o be docked and overhauled. He also ordered Commander McCrea of the gunboat Machlas, at Colon, to bring his vessel north, stopping at San Juan, Porto Rico, on its way home for coal. The gun- boats Marletta, at Colon, and Concord, at Panama, will remain at their respectiy tions for a time, and then they, toc leave the isthmus if affairs retain their that | present quiet aspect. TRAIN ROLLS DOWN MOUNTAIN Fireman and wineer Crushed d Several Cars Wreeke 0 B. C., Dec. 8 adian Pacific freight & enst slow rate around a as curve 400 fect ahove the Frazer “Engineer Randall suddenly came upon a rockslide ly fitty yards ahead him. A signal was given to the and the engine reversed, but too late The traln was going scarcely five mi an hour but the heavy traln behind piled the engine on the rocks and before the engincer and fireman could jump the en- gine rolled cver 300 fect down the sheer bluft toward the river ngl Randall were crushed to death beneath the They were from Kamloops. Threc were wrecked, going over the bank after the engine. TraMc was delayed six hours SIMPLY MATTER _OF BUSINESS German Orator Pln 'ANCOUVER % a8 a C -At this scare rer and Fireman Potruff ngine, cars Frien striet Banis, Amerten o BERLIN, Dec. 6.—The United again was frequently reforred to during the tariff debate in the KReichstag today Herr Speck (centrist) said We are without what shall Germany o cotton. 1 ask what will the U'n % do with fts cotton? at an Amerfean market we have no nterest in American friendship than has In ours am far remove ting a tariff war with the Unb must preserve our not need forelgn countri d damages if no_com- fex are made with the United Clearly, the United Stuates, SURRENDER SOON T 'silkan, Reports » Wil Speedily Be merc States? EXPECT M1 Say, LONDON, Dec dispatch th Daily Telegraph from Sofla says that th surrender at Salonica of Miss Ellen M Stone, the American missionary, and her companion, Mme. Tsilka, is impending. PERU ADOPTS GOLD STANDARD wislation 1o that Direction Its Finat to nge n Signature, LIMA, Peru, Dec. 6.—(Via Galveston Tex.)—The Chamber of Deputies yesterday sanctioned the gold standard law, which has already passed the senate. Must Speak the Langu MELBOURNE, Dec. 6.—The Immigration restriction bill, which excludes from Aus- tralia all persons who cannot speak a Euro- pean language, has passed the common- wenlth senate. SCHEDULE OF REDUCED RATES Gene 1 Passenger Agents of Eastern % Arrange for Series of Gathering CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Reduted rates for a number of big sunual gatherings to be held next summer were agreed on by gen- eral passenger agents of railroads cast of Chicago at a meeting in this city today. For the convention of the National Edu- catlonal assoclation to be held in Denver, Colo., July 7-11, a rate of one fare plus 2 will be made by all lines east and west. The extra $2 will go iuto the treasury of the Educational assoctation. Tickets for this gathering will be on sale east of Chi- cago July 4, 5 and 6. The final return limit will be September 1. The triennial gathering of the Interna- tlonal Sunday Schools' assoctation will also be held in Denver. For this meeting the railroads will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip plus $2. The convention will assemble June 26 and will continue in session until July 1. The tickets will be on sale n the territory east of Chicago June 23-24 and the final return lmit will be July 31. For the Charleston exposition the rall- road agents agreed on a scale of rates based on the limit of the tickets. Regular tourlst tickets, good for ulnety days, will| be sold at 80 per cent of double the one- way local fares days will be sold from Chicago and all points east of here at one first-class fare plus 10 per cent. The return trip must be finished within fifteen days. NO CONCLUSIONS YET REACHED Presbyterian Revisl Com Discusses Divine Purpose Other Important Que WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Presbyterian committee on the revision of the creed occupled most of the sessions today with & discussion of the divine purpose, which will be incorporated as one of the articles of the brief doctrinal statement. There was considerable difference of opinion as to the expression of this portion of the crecd, but Jjt was explained that the diver- gence of views was as to the phraseology and not as to the conception of the divine purpose. Other features of the statement consid- ered today related to the doctrine of God and to the doctrine of the divine revela- tion. No conclusions were reached as to the final text to be used in arranging the para- graphs treating of these subje Dr. Herrick Johnson, chalrman of the committ expresses himself as greatly pleased at the manifestation of harmony among the members In the work they have undertaken. LEAVES A MODEST ESTATE Helrs of George M. Pullman, Jr., Get Five Hundred Thousand Dollars REDWOOD CITY, Cal,, Dec. 6.—The will of George M. Pullman, jr. who died No- vember 28, has been filed for probate. The etition sets forth that the estate does not exceed $500,000 and that the known heirs- at-law are the mother, Miss Hattle Sanger of Chicago and the wife, Sarah Lander Pull- man of Menlo Park. The latter asks for letters of administration. POWER AND LIGHT COMBINE SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.—The Evening Post says Eastern capitalists are inter- ested In the formation of a large lighting and power combination which has been or- ganized in this city with a capitalization of $30,000,000, An effort will be made to gain control of all the lighting companies in the state. of | brakemen | States | Tickets good for fifteen | 'BURKETT'S CHRISTMAS PLUM Congresyman from Linceln @ees on Co mittes of Approprintiens. | SuRPRISE FROM SPEAKER HENDERSON | (From a 8taft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—(Special gram.)—Representative Burkett's s as & member of the house committ | appropriations one of the bigge prises aker Henderson has hande colleagues in a long time. 1t was expected | that the congressman from Lincoln would ket a good assignment, but 1t | | was never imagined that he would pull oft A plum that any man in would esteem it a distinguished honor to receive Several state delegatio actively at work in behalf of their colleagues. Wil- | llam Alden Smith, backed by the Michigan delegation, was an avowed candidate for the | place, and dectded pressure was brought | on the speaker to appoint him. General Metcalt of California was also in the ra as were nearly all the old members, who would rather have the appropriations com- mittee than the committee on ways and | means Speaker Henderson, the house today by appointing three com- | mittees, ways and means, appropriations and enrolled bills, so that the work of con- &ress might not be delayed, and at the same time relieving the pressure brought by iu- fluentlal members for places on the com mittee on ways and means and appropria- tlons. Burkett's selection is regarded as a sig- nal honor for a two-term man, many men leaving congress at the end of years with- out enjoying so rich a reward for personal work. Tele- tion on | s | his | committee congress were however, surprised Surprive to Burkett, “I never s0 surprised in said Mr. Burkett, shortly after Henderson announced the committee. all other representatives, 1 talked over the committee assignments with the speaker. He asked me what I most de- sired, and 1 said it was the ambition of most men to serve on the committee of ways and means or appropriations The speaker sald these committees were out of the question and remarked that a 1 had devoted considerable time to th elections committee he thought he would give me one of these assignments. 1 told him I would serve faithfully wherever placed, and so the interview ended u can imagine my surprise when my nam was read talling up the republicans on the committee on appropriations. The unex- | pected had happened. Of course, I am happy over the assignment. Who would not be?" Mr. Burkett held a levee after the house adjourned and he was showered with con- gratulations from both sides of the cham- ber. Chairman Cannon of the committee will call his colleagues together early next week, and work on the pensions appropria- tlors bill and the urgency deficioncy meas- ure will be begun, the desire being to pas one or both measures before the holidays it such a thing is possible. Neville's Ve my lite,” Speaker tke two e for Stark. | Bonine Congressman Stark is just a bit annoyed over the manner in which newspapers are speaking about his vote for speaker, which Judge Neville cast. “My colleagues, Judge Robinson and Mr. Shallenberger, came to me,” he says, “and asked If they should vote for me. I told them certainly not. I voted for Mr. Rich- ardson for speaker, although I did not enter the democratic caucus, and Judge Neville voted for me. Why this should cause any great amount of hilarity I cannot under- stand. 1 chose to remain out of the demo- | atic caucus and to show that the popu- | list party Is still represented in the lower | house Judge Neville voted for me for speaker.” For Nebraska Puablic B Judge Stark introduced a bill appropriat- | | ing $75,000 for a public building and site | |t York, Neb. Congressman Shallenberger | of the Fifth Nebraska district introduced a bill for a pudlic building at Hastings and appropriating $125,000 for the site and | building. The cougressman said if the com- | mittee of western senators and representa- tives charged with the task of formulating an irrigation measure could not harmonize | on a general plan he stood ready to intro- duce a measure which he believed would meet all objections. Congressman Burkett presented the res- olutions of the citizens of Havelock and | several other places praying for the passage | of a law prohibiting anarchy. He also | introduced resolutions of tha American | Bankers' association for the passage of a bill returning lithographed checks after the stamps thereon had been canceled; also bills to pension William Crombie and H. G. Knight of Lincoln, J. A, Wilson ot | Tecumseh and Joseph Church of Humboldt. | | He also Introduced a bill amending the act of 1890 relative to pensions, and in- stead of granting penslons, as now, making a flat rate of $12 a month. Rellet of Foreat Settlers, Representative Martin of South Dakota introduced a number of bills, amonz them one for the rellef of bona fide settlers in forest reservations, a bill providing that | where a claimant under the settlement | [ laws of the United States within the limits | of a forest reserve created by the act of 11881 has falled by remson of ignorance Yui take advantage of his right, he may be per- | mitted to file his claim in the proper land | office and secure & patent, providing he | has made a hona fide settlement prior to the president’s proclamation and has lived upon the property within the time specified in the act. He also Introduced a bill appropriating | $150,000 for, a soldiers’ home at Hot Springs, | 8. D, and one authorizing the Federal | Rallway company of South Dakota to con- struct a railroad, wagon and foot bridge across the Missouri river at the village of Ocome, Lyman county. Other bills In- | troduced by the South Dakota representa- tive are for a public bullding at Deadwood costing $200,000 and to regulate by public act the reservoir sites on pubiic lands. The committee selected by western rep- | resentatives In congress to form an arid land reclamation bill, of which Senator Warren of Wyoming Is chairman, accom- plished little at its meeting Thursday even- ing, except to elect Representative New- lands of Nevada as secretary. Varlous measures were discussed but without reaching any conclusion. It was decided {to hold another meeting Monday night, when bills which have been Introduced in the present congress looking to the con servation of western waters will be taken up and considered enators Dietrich and Millard are buey (Continued on Second Page.) | twenty-tour | tzing the | at | Meade of the on the charge of drunkenness, has resulted APPOINTS HOUSE COMMITTEES Speaker Men tees and Body Ad- Journ Doc. 6.~In the house to- day, after reading and approval of the jour- nal, Mr. Gal of Tennescee, who has just returned from the Philippines, appeared at the bar, where the oath of office was admin- istered to him. Speaker Henderson then announced the appointment of the following committees Ways and Means—Payne, New York; Dal- #ell, Pennsylvania; Hopking, 1llinofs; Gros- venor, Ohio: Russell, Conneeticut; Steele, Indiana; Tawney, Minnesota; McCall, Mas- sachusetts: Long, Kaneas; Babeock, Wis- consin; Metcalf, California, republicans. Richardson, Tennesses; Robertson, Loulsi- nu; Sawnson, Virginla; McClellan, York: Newlands, Nevada; Cooper, Texas, WASHINGTON | democ Appropriations—Cannon, Mlinols; Bing- ham, Pennsylvania; Hememway, Indiana; Barney, Wisconsin; Moody, Massachusetts: VanVoorhis, Ohlo; McCleary, Minnesota; Littauer, New York; Brownlow, Tennessee; Gardrer, Michigan; Rurkett, Nebraska, re- publicans. Levington, Georgia; McRae, Ar- kansas; Boll, Colorado; Plerce, Tennesseo; Beaton, Missouri; Taylor, Alabama, demo- crats rolled Bills—Wachter, Maryland; Bull, | Delaware; Burke, Pennsylvania; New Hampshire, republicans. Lloyd, Mis- sourl; Edwards, Montana, democrats. Then, at 1:20 p. m., the house adjourned uatll Tuesday. In each of the committees announced to- day the majority representation was in- creased one and the minority representation reduced to that extent. This policy is to be followed in the appointment of the other committees. Mr, Metcalf of California Is the new republican member on the ways and means and Messrs. Brownlow of Ten- nessee, Gardner of Michigan and Burkett of braska the new publican members on appropriations. Mr. Underwood of Alabama was the democrat dropped from the ways and means committee. The retirement of Mr. Allen of Misslssippl from congress made it unnecessary to drop a demoerat from the appropriations committee. Mr. Wachter of Maryland eucceeds Mr. Baker of the same tate as chairman of the committee on en- rolled bills. Mr. Baker was not re-elected. SHOT FIRED AT SHORT RANGE Nature of Ayres' W Wan Currier, nd Shows that Close to WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—During the ex- amination of Dr. W. P. Carr, who was called as an expert by the defense today, in the case of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine, on trtial for the Ayres, jr, counsel asked him to give an opinion as to the relative positions of Mrs. and Ayres when the shots were fired. District Attorney Gould claimed that the only person able to give such informa- tlon was Mrs. Bonine hersel. Counsel for the defense answered that the detoctives and the district attorney and his ussistant with their skill and experience had elicited from the defendant at police hemdquarters a detailed statement of ey rw fact and cfr- cumstance, and that W on the stand would adduc S R this statement he sald counsel had based their defense. The court held that the question could be asked as to the effect of firing, pro- duced by a plstol at a certaln distance from the obfect, and also within what distance the person using the weapon might have stood in order to fnflict wounds such as were found upon Ayres' body. The wit- ness answered that from the nature of the wound en Ayres' body the pistol could not have been held at a distance greater than to eighteen Inches from the body. HEPBURN'S NEW CANAL BILL lown Representative Introd: ition for Constr: Isthminn Waterw e Prop- tlon of WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Representative Hepburn of lowa today introduced his isth- mian canal bill, which by reason of his being the author of the bill passed last year and his probable continuance at the head of the house commerce committee, s cgarded as the measure which will serve as a basis for action by the house. It differs from the Hepburn bill passed last year, in making the total appropriation $15€,000,000, instead of $140,000,000. Of the total amount, $10,000,000 is made immediately available to begin work. In other respects the bill follows that of last year, author- president to way frum Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and then to direct the secretary of war to begin the construction, from Greytown on the Carribean sea, to Brito on the Pacific ocean, with sultable defenses. SOLDIERS MAY:_DRINK CIDER Deciston Affect Troops to Exchange. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—General Brooke, commanding the Department of the Bast, has decided that a soldier should not be punished for alleged intoxication due to the drinking of cider contalning intoxicat- ing Ingredients obtalned at the post ex- change, Private John W. Donovan, Sixteenth com- pany, coast artillery, who bought the cider at the post exchange, was conyicted by court-martlal at Fort McPherson, Ga., of drunkenness on duty and sentenced to three months' confinement at hard labor and to forfeit $20 of his pay, but General Brooke has disapproved the sentence TO BUY DANISH WEST INDIES Re tiou | hase House Proposing Par- American ship of Islands, WASHINGTON, Dec. f.—Representative Gardner of New Jersey has introduced a joint resolution wuthorizing the State da- partment to purchase the Danish West Indies and appropriating not exceeding $4,000,000 for that purpose. The resolution refers to the desirability of American own- ership of these islands under doctrine. MEADE SECURES AN ACQUITTAL Court Martinl Brings in Verdict and Ofcer in Restored to Duty at Brooklyn. whner- WASHINGTON, Dee the Navy department that martial in the case of Colonel farine corps, the court Robert 1. who was tried in his acquittal and has been restored to duty at the Brooklyn navy yard, New | murder of James Seymour acquire a right of | the Monroe | 6.—It {s announced | PAGES ATTACK 0N JAIL EXPECTED Nogre Prisoners, ‘f GOVERNOR SENDS TROOPS TO RESIST RIOT | Sttantion Andalusia, Where Twenty-¥i Negroes ned for Murder, Fraught with Gravest Dange - Are MONTGOMERY, Ala,, Bradshaw of Covington county this after noon wired Governor Jelks that he had positive Information that a mob from Opp would attack the jall at Andalusia tonight for the purpose of lynching the twenty-five negroes implicated in the killing of (h: town marshal and a merchant at Opp on Wednesday The sheriff asked that eoldiers be sent to Andalusia without delay The governor ordered the militia company at Greenville to proceed by train to Anda lusia and arranged with the railroad com- pany for a special train. Captain of the Greenville company replied twenty minutes that his company would leave for Andalusia at 5 p. m. The dis tance from Greenville to Andalusia Is abou sixty miles and the militia are expected to reach Andalusia at 7 o'clock Three More Negroes Killed, ANDALUSIA, Ala, D The gov ernor troops tonight to ald Sherift Bradshaw protecting the negro rloters in Jail here and the town is under martial law. The sheriff s expecting an attack at any moment from a mob from Opp and Is prepared to protect his prisoners at all hazards. Three negroes, names unknown, were caught and killed by a posse of citi= zens near Opp today for alleged implication in the riot and the whole country is In arms against the negroes. ANDALUSIA, Ala., Dec. 6 hour tonight the mob had appearance. The knowledge of this attack. News has just been recelved here that yesterday morning a negro committed sul clde near Opp. He was being pursued by a posse with bloodhounds and seeing that escape was impossible, the black shot him- self. NEW CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT Californin Representative Bill Denigned to Defent TH worn Schemes, Dec. 6.—Sherift [ sent in Iate an Up to not made fact may prevent an r Dec. 6.—Representative who represents the San Francisco district contalning the Chinese quarters, in which 30,000 Chinese reside, today intro- duced a Chinese e It defines strictly (he status of those who hy treaty have a right to enter the country, exclud ing all except Chinese officials, teachers, students, merchanis, travelers and return- ing laborers. In each of these excepted cases a sec- tion is devoted to the rigid Identification and specification of the excepted parties. in the case of Chinese oficlals the gov- ernment 18 required to furnish a list of its officials coming to this country. Mr. Kahn #ays this will overcome the wholesale crea- tion of officlals, including those of the Six Companles, who are =aid to have been mad officfals in order to take them outside of the exclusion law. GUNBOAT VICKSBURG REPORTS Inefictent Cable Service Cause Delny Transmi WASHINGTON, Kahn, WASHINGTON, partment received a delayed cablegram to- day, dated November 25, stating that the Guuboat Vicksburg went winter at Neuchwang, China, on that day. This Information relieved the naval off- | cinls of quite a little anxioty felt in regard to the welfare of this vessel. It s ox- plained that the cable failities near Neuch- wang are very poor and accounted for the absence of information here as to the| Vicksburg's whereabouts. CRAZY SNAkE_AT_THE CAPITOL Turbulent Leader Wants a Contin- uance of the Old Trihal Relationw, The Navy de- WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Crazy Snake of the Cherokee Indians in Indian Territory | | and others of his faction reached hero | today and called at the White House and | | the Interior department. They falled to {s6e the president. Commisstoner of In- | atan Affairs Jones advised them to return | home. Crazy Snake and his followers mad | serious trouble at the agency some months | ago. They are here In an effort to secure | the continuance of the old tribal relations. [CONTINUES TO COLLECT DUTY Deciston of Supreme Conrt Does Not Disturh Philippine Tarift, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A number of | matters were discussed at the eabinet meet- | Ing today, but none was of special im-| portance. It developed that the govern- | ment is convineed that the decisions of the | supreme court in the insular cases do not disturb the Philippine tariff and that the government will continue to collect custom | duties. | PAYS AMERICAN CLAIMS! Great Rritain T Sends Draft to State Departmen African Damages. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—~The State de- | partment has received a draft for £6,000 | trom the government of Great Drifain in full payment of the claims of ccrii - Amer- fean citizens, who claimed to Luve been | | tmproperly expelled from South Africa dur- ing the Boer war LOW WATER RETARDS BUSINESS Street Car Operations Hi of River Sacinty for Soutn Service and Milling dered by Lack | Power, | L | MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 6.—~The Mississipp! | river is unprecedently low. Owing to the | lack of waterpower the street car service In | Minneapolls, St. Paul and Stillwater has been conglderably crippled. Fourmills are | seriously affected. The deficlency of water | 18 attributed partly to the lack of fall rains | and partly to the fact that loggers on the headwaters are impounding water in the streams to float out thelr output in the spring. troops are on guard and | into dock for the | | | Cora wav | | ford, 24 below CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Saturday Winds. d Colder Nebraska Sunday Falr Falr Nor Tempernture nt Wour, 5oa “n 7 n N on o on 10w 1 Omahn Yesterday: Honr Deg. I i~ B0 B2 n0 I3 ' 4 veos BB EPORT DEWEY DENIES THE R that ed Dectston Sal He Untrue, Statement Sehley Counrt | NEW YORK, Dee The World | morning publishes a dispatch from Wash | ing Admiral Dewey has de nied the statements published yesterday the had reached that Admiral on five counts thie saying tha that court of inquiry in the been found Schley and rullty deciston case had a Schley MKINLEY PARK Bl Prov Trae NATIONAL & n Reaervatl in Apalachinn Mountaine. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—-Representative | Brownlow today reintroduced in the houss | @ bill of the last congress for the ereatton of u park In the southern ApAlachian moun | tains, be called the McKinley Natlonal shall contain 4,000,000 acres. “president MeKinley when | ardent advocate of this park,” Brownlow, diecussing the bill. *The south | revers and his memory because he | aid more than any other man to unite thi cause, That l& why they want me to intro duce this blil, creating the McKinley Na- tional park, In grateful remembrance of the man." MAKES A COMPLETE DENIAL tary of State in Oklahoma Snid to Be Asylum park and alive was an sald Mr loves Under nrges. GUTHRIE, Okl Dee. 6.—~William Grime: secretary of state of Oklahoma, in response to th report that insane asylum charges have been filed against him in Washington similar to those which caused’ the removal of Governor Jenkins, sald tonight “I never at any time owned any est, directly or indirectly, In the | property or privileges of the Oklahoma Sanitarium company; ¥ never participated, directly or indirectly, in securing the con- | tract, nor have I in any way received any | portion of its carnings or been benefited by reason of it having been let to the sanitarium company or any of its mem- | bers.” CATHOLIC Inter- PRIEST MARR'ES rted Wedding of Father An Politeo and Mra. Eva M. Springateen. hony KANSAS CITY, Dec. 7.—The Times says Rev. Father Anthony Politeo, In charge of the Catholic parish of St. John | tst in Kansas City, Kan,, was married in | st. Joseph, Mo.. Nov to Mrs. Eva M. | Springsteen, known also as Mrs. Fair. She says she came here from Chicago, but her home was originally in Atchison, 1t is said. Father Politeo Is 37 years old and was a college friend of Henry Slenkiewlez and later a companion of Gabriel I'Annunzio. He was exiled from Dalmatia because of his liberal political utterances. He came here from Johnstsown, Pa STEALS ~ WIDOW’'S PENSION Pentten Into Crime. Dec. 6.—Walter Cava- his sweetheart, Daisy Wheeler, a 17-year-old girl, to steal $1,200 fn pension money from her widowed mother and flee with him to Chicago, was found guilty in the criminal court here today and given a five years' penitentiary sentence, KANSAS CITY, naugh, who forced | The girl was given a reform school sen- tence, but was paroled after the judge had administered a lecture. OLD SOLDIER FOUND IN RIVER Remnins of Missing Veteran of I Home Recovered nt Kansas Clty, KANSAS CITY, Dee. old soldier, who had evidently been an inmate of the Soldlers'’ Home at Leaven- worth, was found floating in the Missourl river here today. His underwear was marked “962 F,” which was the number of Patrick Dugrue, who disappeared from the Soldiers’ Home last Saturday. Dugrue served in Company I, Eighteenth Towa, dur- ing the war. TOO POOR TO BUY STAMPS Colored Preacher Arrested for Usi Canceled Postage Makes Admisston, #.~The body of an FORT SCOTT, Kan., Dec, 6.—Rev A Young, a colored Baptist preacher, was rested here by federal ‘officers on the charge of using canceled stamps. H. admits the charge, suying he had no money to buy stamps needed to mall some letters. SEVERE WEATHER 5 today IN EAST Mereury Down Thirty-Three Relow send to KINGSTON, N. Y., Dec. 6.—Severe cold prevails throughout the entire Catskill mountains. This morning the thermome- ters registered 16 below at Oneonta, 18 be- low at Davenport Center, 22 below at Stam- at Bloomville and 33 below at Hobart » of Ocean Veasels Dee, York—Arrived Houl and § AT . W Neko, from Ta- 1 Guayaquile; Pa- Movem W phurg. Jane nsylve ymout from Van- ia comi tricla, At from New Yo At Liver) New York Arrived—Fuerst Blsmarck, Arrived Satled—Bovie AL St Johns—Arrived | Glaskow and Livernool, | Prijadelphia | vark,! ; Germante, from for New' York Rardin from for Halifax and Salled—~Marquette, for New At Queenstown—Arrived New York Liverpool. At Havre—Arrived—La New York Campania, from ampagne, from n of Vaat | The bill provides that the park shall | stock, | the Bap- | o | SINGLE COPY FIVE CE | | | | gant | owever, | man fn the Amerie INTS, SCORES MINISTER WU Chinese Representative is Taken to Task by Amorioan Federation of Labor, ALLEGED REMARK IS SEVERLY DENOUNCED dens Reotevaelt's Attitude Bxolusion Sirongly Indorsed. Chinese STRINGENT IMMIGRATION LAW URGED Will Ask Oongress to Extend Geary Aot te All Objectionable Asiatios POLITICAL UNION AMONG ALL MEMBERS enls with T Dratted Sixty Hesol to Be Acted Vartety ot Alren ¥ BCRAN of the posed day ¥, Pa., Dec. §.~The conventlon American Federation of Labor dis tderable routtne bustness to wlons held. The after noon meeting was adjourned an hour carlier In order that the committees which were announced by President Gompers could or and take up the work out for them. There of delegates and transacted without a hiteh n, except the matter tested seat of a St. Louls delogate. Ad not amount to much though the discussion was quite longthy The overshadowing feature of the day was the able address of Edward F. Me- Sweeny, deputy commissioner of {mmigra ton at the port of New York, on the sub- ject of immigration. He spoke for more than an hour and was generously applauded for the great amount of information that he gave the delegates. During the course were hat has been tull business rauch of latd was a tendance at was dls- con- This, al 0 or cus P | of the two sessions elghty-elght resolutions were presented and refe The cover Jects that a to committeos varfety of sub- ot workmen, Scores Minister W One contained a denunclation of Wu Tingfang, th Chinese minister, for an alle 4 derogatory remark against the American people and another conveyed the “sincere and hearty thanks" of the Feder- ation of Labor to President Roosevelt tor the position he took In his message to congress on the question of Chinese ex clusion, The committee on credentials made an- other report on contested seats at the afternoon sesslon and the recommendations were accepted, except in one Instance. There remains but two contests to be acted upon, and they were postponed at the re- quest of the partles interested. Among the more important resolutions presented at the afternoon session were these: Denouncing Wu Tingfang, the Chinese minister, for having made the leged re- mark that when the Ameriean people “are biased they are beyond argument and rea- son does not appeal to them." List of Resolutions, Asking workmen to unite for independent political action in a party having for fts avowed object the averthrow of the capital- Istic system of production and distribution and the re-establishment of the co-opera- tive commonwealth Asking congress (o amend the Geary et 80 a8 to excludo Chinese, Japanese, Malays and all people of Asiatic extraction, and to prevent the use of the American Paciflo island poesessions as & bridge over which excluded races may pass to the Usited Denouncing anti-scalping legislation, be- cause the ticket brokerage business is le- gitimate, a cenvenience to the public and a means of cheapening rafllway travel, Asking congress for the right of suffrage for the citizens of the District of Columbia. Providing for a general defense fund Ly levying a tax of 2 conts per month on every n Federation of Labor Seek to Amending the alien contract 80 as to Include musiclans. A batch of resolutions dealing with trade Jurisdiction and trade autonomy were also introduced. It s not unlikely that a bitter contest will be waged by the delegates when the jurisdiction and autonomy questions come up. The report of the credentials committes promised to develop into a lively debate, but the call of the previous question cut oft further debate. An objection was en- tered against that portion of the report which related to the St. Louls stationary engineers and brewery workmen's contro- versy. The committee recommended that Delegate Willlam Brandt of the Trades and Labor union be seated against the pro- test of the stationary engineers, and that the Trades and Labor union be instructed to have the brewery engineers join the in- ernational union of steam engineers. Brandt Takes The convention seated Brandt without a word, but the matter of instructing the labor union to take in the brewery en- glneers caused an extended discussion. It was finally refered to the exccutive council for disposal and thus the important ques- tlon of trade autonomy was not closed as labor law Seat, The delegates from federntion of Labor, Federal Labor unions numbered 8,750, 8,654, 8,038, New York Fed Chicago Federation of Labor for United T nd Labor Council of reator, 111, Mosale and Encaustic Tile Layers and Helpers' International union were seated In the temporary of President Gompers at this morning's session First Vice President Duncan of Boston presided Max Hayes of Cleveland Introduced a resolution providing for the admittance ot miners under 18 years of age into unious at & reduced per capita tax. [ Agninst Subsidy, Delegate Dietrich of Washington, D. C., presented a resolution protesting against subsidy leglislation by congress and another resolution called for the appointment of a committee of five to draft a memorial to congress to prohibit the granting of injunc- tions by courts agalnst organized labor Other resolutions provided for hoycotts against concerns located in various parts of the country, glving seamen the right to quit any merchant vessel on which the service has been obnoxious to him and for universal labels After the resolutions had by the proper committees A recess wad taken until the arrival of Edward ¥. Mc- Sweeney, deputy commissioner of (mmigra tion at the port of New York, who ad dressed the de”egat He reviewed thy the Illinois State s and ahsence ext on referred