Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 1

ALL RUSH FOR JOBS Neblemen and Ceursly Women Want to Be Ooronation Nervants INTELLIGENCE OFFICE Turn Dewn Earls and Dukes for Lask of Recommendation DENBIGN WOULD CARVE, BUT HE CAN'T Beatrioo Follows Oraves the Right to Strew Horbs. RIVALS FOR WORK OF GRAND LARDERER STATESMEN AS on the win by Bomerret Vainly Casts Hin Eye Imperial Orb, but St. Alhn Be Master coner Strong-Minded Prosy. (Copyright, 191, by LONDON, Dec. 7 Cablegram--Special composed of the Press Publishing Co.) (New York World Telegram.)—A court highest offices of | the state and chiefs the su preme court s now sitting at White- ball to determine the claims of noble- men and others to perform tain duties at the coronation. The Glibertian .nbuvn'dfly‘ and anachronistic character of the pro- | coedings that this eminent tribunal is gravely conducting are well nigh incon- | colvahle The earl of Denbigh, a descendant of the novellst Fielding, claimed the right to act s grand carver at the coronation banquet. He confessed that he knew nothing of the art of carving and hig claim was disal- lowed. Threo gentlemen, owners of certain munorial rights, were rival claimants for the privilege of officiating as grand lard- erer to the king, yet nelther knéw what the duties of the position were. The commit- tee extricated ftself from an awkward fix | by declding that it had no jurisdiction. The duke of Norfolk, Lord Mowbray and a commoner named Oddin Taylor claimed the right to officiate as chief butler of Eng- | land. The committee again evaded giving | a decision, although the mayor, aldermen | and citizens of Oxford claimed t right to attend the king as assistant to the chief butler, ot For the King's First Drink, Mise Wilshere claimed the hereditary right to present a silver-gllt cup for the king to take his first drink from at the coronation banquet, the cup being given to hor as her fee. The committee disallowed | the claim, The dean and the chapters of West minster, more fortunate, established a claim to instruct the king and queen in roliglous rites and ceremonies, The duke of Somerset claimed the priv- flege of carrying the imperial orh, but was unable to prove his right to do se. The duke of Richmond, who claimed the Tight to bear the scepter, and the duke of Roxburgh, who desires to bear the staft of $t. Bdward, were referred to the king's ex- ecutive committee, but the claim of the duke of St. Albans to be represented by a deputy as hereditary master falconer was allowed, the duke himself being mentally unfit for the position. Miss Beatrico Fellows was unsuccesstul in claiming the right to act as herb-strewer before the coronation procession. There were clalms by armor bearers, bowsters, cape bearers, cup bearers, train bearers, glove bearers and standard bearers, as well as a frantic competition among owners of most anclent names to perform every sort of menial offico for the king or | queen from the moment of their rising till | thelr golug to bed on coronation day. Accretion of Ridic The great majority of these petitions were referred to the king himself. The only result of the committee's sitting seems to have been to demonstrate what an accre- tion of ridiculous formalities still adheres to even the most limited of monarchical fnstitutions. It Is quite possible, strange as it may appear, to be a duke in England and still be without any social Influence or prestige. This was the case with the duke of Hamil- ton, who married the handsome danghter of Major Poore this week. The guests did not foclude a single person known in aristo- cratic soclety, nor was there a present from any one so known. ,The duke of Hamilton, belng an invalld and poor, has never taken a place in the fashionable world. The duk d duchess ure already dubbed “the poor Hamiltons." The duke was once a naval officer and noted as 4 swimmer. One of his feats wus to dive under a war ship, but ouce when performing it he sustained an injury to his back, causing a loss of power in his legs. Recently massage has improved his con- dition. He has $50,000 yearly, but is bur- dened with three palaces, which he cannot malntain and has falled to let them, WOMAN EXPERT WITH THE GUN Duchess of Bedford in Ol of England Hunte! » Formalities, sed an One (Copyright, 1M1, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 7.—(New York World v ziegram—Special Telegram.)—Among the | many British ladiog d In the “Sur Shot" class, the duchess of Bedford, daughter of the late archdeacon of Lahore, 1s reckoned as one of Kugland's greatest experts with the gun. She is also an expert angler, but cares more for the gun than the fishing rod. Her grace is also devoted to dogs and Iy never seen without three or four when | she is at her stately home, Woburn Abbey Bhe often goes out with her dogs on shoot- ing expeditions, dispensing with keepers and beaters ‘FORBIDDEN LOVE” REVIVED Opern by Richard Wagner is to Be (Copyright MUNICH, Bavaria World Cablegrawm—Spocial Telegram.)-— “The Forbidden Love,” an opera by Rich- ard Wagner, which bas not been sung since 1836, when It was sung at Madgeburg be- fore the then youthful composer himself, s to be revived soon at the Court theater here. The composer's son, Siegfried Wa wer, 1s moMernizing some passages in the opera and elaborating others. There are 1801, by Press Publishing Co.) T.—~(New York JUSTICE IS TOO COMPLICATED “White Lady" of Dreyfos Fame Seeks to Have Court Stmplified. Code (Copyright, 1%1, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 7.—(New York World Cable- gram—Spectal Telegram.)—The mysterious | “White Lady” of the Dreyfus trial is again before the public. This time she has issued a pamphlet in which she eloquently de- nounces the present system of judiclary She shows that, although the constitution says justice shall be public and free for everybody, people now prefer to suffer flagrant wrong rether than incur the tre- mendous expense and delays of legal re- dress. Then she shows that the courts and leglslators have gradually surrounded the administration of justice with such complicated rules that now the simplest case becomes uncertain and dangerous, even with all possible right on one's side. The pamphlet gives a series of glaring examples of legal Injustice, and winds up with a fervent appeal to all citizens to unite in a popular movement o break up the “Fat, mysterious monopoly of lawyers" and exact hefore election from candidates for Parliament pledge to advocate a completo revision of the laws and the unifying and simplifying of civil and erfm- inal codes by a special commission of sixty members, one-third only to be lawygrs and judges, one-third to be prominent Men un- connected with the law, and the other one- third to be sensible women. Crities pronounce the booklet admirably written, It is distributed free throughout France. The cover notes that 5,000,000 have been printed Rodin, the famous sculptor, has finally been Induced to take a class of American students. Never before has he conde- scended to have puplls WOMAN’S CLUB IN DIFFICULTIES % Are Glad, Because it Taught Thelr Wives Whist and Clgarettes, (Copyright, 191, by Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA, Dec, 7.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Speclal Telegram.)—The Women's club, which was started in Vieona a year ago, has got into financial difficulties. The list of members never reached 400 and not all of these paid thelr $5 fee and dues, while the expenses were nearly $5,000 for the first year. Neither the president nor the house com- mittee would accept re-election and the newly elected ones were at their wits' end to pay the pressing debts and to ralse money to carry on the concern. It should said that the club countenanced by Vienna husbands, who have discovered that it takes their wives | away from home and teaches them to play | whist and smoke. The members, anxious to save the club from rufn, with great sacrifice arranged to have 5 o'clock teas on two consecutive days, providing tea, coffee and delicacies expecting the guests to pay high price for the entertalument. Thousands we invited, hundreds accepted the invitatlons and crowded the four rooms of the club. After all the edibles and drinkables had been cousumed the colub meniber were ! horrified to discover that oobody Lad paid anything. The invitations having been personally signed, the invited had con- sldered themselves guests, and had not even dared to ask whether there was anything to pay. On the second day bills with delicate hints for payment were stuck on the walls with pins. The result was that nobody was hungry or thirsty and nobody took anything The financlal downfall of the club seems inevitable. CHEAP THINGS TURN GOLD Sele be is not Ints Warmly red 8 Debate the Re exn of Reviving Alchemy, (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Dec. 7.—~(New York World Cabl gram—Speclal Telegram.)—The possibility of making gold out of cheap substances Is belng warmly debat #cientists here. The topic would have been dismissed a few years ago as a crazy revival of mediaeval alchemy, but since the renowned chemist (Berthelot's) discoveries and remarkable assertion that gold probably is a compound substance instead of being a simple metal, a quite important school of scientists has predicted ‘that gold will be manufactured as cheaply as butter is, some day. Meanwhile the French Society of Modern Alchemy claims that three of Its members, Jollivet, De Lassus and Hooghe, all chem- ists of reputation, have just completed a successful synthesis of gold; about half an ounce was produced and it took six months to do it Prof. Berthelot is unwilling to give an opinion about It without knowing the de- talls of the process and examining the product obtained, but he says: “Until now chemistry has been a study of only immediate reactions; yet slow reactions, by which I mean those taking from a month to two or three years, are suspected, and this will open quite a new field in sclence. Possibly metals might be decomposed into soveral elements. It they can be so treated, they likewise can be recombined.’ Camille Flammarion, to whom was glven an opportunity to examine the artifiefal gold, says: "It presents all the outward characteristics of real gold. 1 shall pever pronounce anything impoesible in sclence unless it is so mathematically.” NEW AND SUPERIOR STEEL German Manufactu; Surp: Tnims ed Krupp and Harvey, by Press Publishing Co.) 7.~(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telogram.)—A Mecklen- berg manufacturer named Giebler claims and the Charlottenburg technical institute | 15 said to have confirmed ¢he claim, to bave | iuvented a composition of steel twice as | hard ws any that had ever been made, the cost and production being 50 per cont lower than that of other steel. Profectiles | which penetrated eleven millimeters (about | balf an inch) of Krupp armor plate, caused | only a slight dent on plates of the new | steel, seven millimeters (a little more | than one-quarter of an inch) thick | 1t was reported bere that a representa- tive of Herr Giebler was going to Pitts- burg to megotiate with the steel trust there for the sale of the patent, but Herr Globler denles it. He says he will develop his secret for the benefit of his fatherland. He Intends to use his steel for tools, which will be on sale soon, and for guns and armor plates for ships. According to experi- ments made by the Royal Mechanics' Tech- nical lustitution the new steel i about (Copyright, 1901, BERLIN, Dec. some strikingly beautitul airs in the oper: Which deals with the German Renalssance Fegiod. 140 per cent stronger and 50 per cent lighter than Krupp, Harvey and Bobler teel aRd ¢oats one-third legs, | war is making itself seriously felt and is | the army. | Jects and of th PEACE IS DEMANDED - Eaglish Conventle: =! Make ' 5 ON Ml:i SPEEDY RECALL o the Oabinet to at Onos. Aoentrati urtial Law, WINTER TRADE OUTLOOK IS ALARMING American Competitien and Boer War | Both Blam: LONDON SWARMS WITH THE WORKLESS Camps an Young Men, Idle Through Stagnation of Allied Sl Pre Starvation to Enlistment for Atric rade (Copyright, 1901, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Dec. 7.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The council | of the National Liberal federation, com- | prising delegates from every liberal and radical assoclation in the country, as- sembled at Derby on Wednesday to discuss | the ‘war., Nearly 600 delegates attended. | Liberal fmperfalism was snowed under. It was a startling revelation of a change of feeling on the war, for when the same | body met in August the anti-war party was in_the minority, | Resolutions were adopted at Derby de- manding that the cabinet send a npl‘l'lnli commissioner to South Africa to conclude peace, that Milner be recalle and con- demning the concentration camps and the martial law. Less than fifteen delegates representing lberal imperiallsm voted against th sweeping declarations of policy. Unabated confidence was voted in Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. This action by the officlal representatives of the liberal caucus is a clear notice to Asquith and Sir Edward Grey and other liberal ex- ministers who approve the war to submit or quit. It depends chiefly on Rosebery whether there shall be a liberal imperialist session. | He will speak next Thursday at Chester- fleld. His views are always more or less | in @ state of flux and his attitude in the present phase of the war Is unknown. Denouncen Concentra “Oulda™ bas issued this nunciation of the British concentration | camps in South Africa: “I have no hesita- | tion in declaring that 1 consider the con- centration camps and the whole treatment of the non-combatants, the women and children especially, as most brutal and most unwise on the part of the British | government, for, united to the intention | professed by them to destroy the entire | race of Boers, it bears the most inhuman significance and if Great Britain is invaded curcessfully by a foreign fon I« tartain iont a similar measure will be meted out to the British population.” The press is expressing much alarm at the trade ouflook for the winter. The stagnation consequent upon the protracted n Com vigorous de intensified by the effects of American com- petition. The Northampton boot trade is almost at a standstill. Distressing accounts are published of terrible privations the operatives are already undergoing. This undoubtedly 18 due as much to American competition to the recurring wave of commercial depression now passing over Europe and causing such a serious condl- tion of things, especially in Germany. The building trade, the staple industry of London, is in even a worse state than the boot trade, and vast hordes of artisans engaged in the numerous allied trades are thrown out of work. The mass of the un- employed in the East End already is as- suming serious dimensior Prefer Starvation » Army. Yet, strangely enough, the young men appear to prefer starvation to enlisting in the recruiting returns showing no advance proportionate to the growing number of men out of work. The firon trade in the Midlands and north of Eng. land (s falling off rapidly. So is the tin trade in Wales. Even shipbullding, which has withstood the slump longest, now is decidedly slackening. In the West End of London the trades- men complain that they are having the worst Christmas season in many years. Th | milliners and dressmakers are the most seriously hit, but the depression extends to all_ branches of business, epecially those concerned with luxuries. Robert P. Porter, regarded here as one of the leading American statisticians, has opened an office in York house, Norfolk street, with the Statistical library, for the purpose of providing Information on Amer~ ican commerce and industry for the Engs lish press and public. This information bureau will be of great service to business men in London. No information is to be had at the embassy or the consulate here about commercial matters in the United States. At neither place has there been received either the peace treaty with Spaln, signed in 1898, or the Cuban constitution, adopted last June, though many English and American business men are inquiring for these and other documents affecting tnternational relations. CHAS. KINGSLEY'S DAUGHTER er Pen Role of Lu Stles Up Much Mixed Criticism (Copyright by Press Publishing Co.) LONDO! . T.—(New York Worll Cablegram—8pecial Telegram.)—Lucas Ma- let’s nowest novel, “The History of Sir| Richard Calamdy,” has provoked a deal of | mixed criticism on account of the plain manner in which she treats delicate sub- abnormal, not to say re- pulsive, character of her hero. As the daughter of Charles Kingsley, inheriting his talent as well as traits, it might be expected that she would not fear to be plain spoken, even had she not written “The Wages of 8in," “Colonel Enderby's Wite' and “The Gateleas Barrler.” Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mrs. St. Leger Harri- son NO DELEGATE FROM ROME Pope Was Not | A wlon Th ormed of Edward' to the ne. ROME, Dec. 7.-The Fanfulla s the people will not send a delegation to attend | 1itzeh, whose special braneh this is, says he | she the coronation ceremonies of King Edward VII, as his holiness was not notified of the king's accession to the throme. MUNICH SORRY ABOUT IBSEN of Mis Health Ree en of His Favorite Bavarian Haun Alarming Report vive Memo! (Copyright, by Press Publishing Co.) MUNICH, Bavaria, Dec. 7.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—One of the most prominent recent residents of Munich was the great Norwegian poet and dramatist, Henrik Ibsen, about whose health alarming reports are now current. He was a constant visitor to a hand- somely equipped cafe on Maximillfan strasse. His punctuality was proverbial, the state of weather making no difference. Every forenoon he went from his lodging to the cate, taking small, mincing steps, never noticing the shops or what was going on in the streets. He selected a quiet corner in the cafe, where he read Norweglan and Danish news- papers, sipping a glass of Swedish punch At 3 o'clock in the afternoon he went home for lunch. After a short nap he returned to the cafe at € o'clock to read the evening paper and drink glass of Scotch whisky The servants at his hotel took his letters to the cafe. Often he retreated to a back room, where he was supplied with stationery and worked until late at night, but usually he went home at 7 o'clock, when there always were a few friends to see him. When he went to the theater he put on a beautiful overcoat with silk facings and | lining. He wore numerous orders, one over the other, 0 as to get them all on. | His “get up” was rather dandified, includ- | ing patent leather shoes with long, pointed toes, faultless white tie, shining silk hat and immaculate white gloves, but his hair | and beard were untenable, even by the best | cosmetics. Ho never speaks to a stranger without bowing low. There always is a smile on | his lips when speaking. He was extremely popular in Munich, cspecially among the university students and the artists, who crowded around him and were diligent In their efforts to obtain his signature or a scrap of his writing. AMERICAN GIRL'S SUCCESS Minn 1001, Montgomery Wins High Hon from the U of Berlin, ity (Copyright, 1901, by Press BERLIN, Dec. 7.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Miss Mary Willlams Montgomery, on whom has been conterred the degree of doctor of philology, with praise, has caused a decided stir in university circles, ho and Miss Caroline T. Stewart, Amer- can, and Erl Elsa Newman, German, are the only women on whom this high aca- demic distinction has been conferred by the University of Berlin. The American women are philologists, the German woman is a doctor of natural science. Miss Montgom- ery Is a brilllant Assyriologist. Prof. De- Publishing Co.) never had a more gifted pupil. She took as her thesis & dissertation on the following: (1) It is probable that the Babylonians bad colned money. (2) Ham- murabi, like the other kings of first Baby- lonian dvpasty, was of Casaanite bieod, (3) The + Assyrian' labgusge 18, that Semitic dialect which is nearest to Hebrew, She defended her thesis with much anls mation and with striking success. Opposed to her in the debate which ensued after tho reading of her dissertation were three good Assyriologists, Miss Romson, Mr. MacNelll and Dr. Schloessinger, but she won all along the line. Miss Montgomery is daughter of an American missionary to the Armenians and was born twenty-seven years ngo at Marash, in Asia Minor. As a child she went to Amerioa, studied in the high school in New Haven and was graduated from Wellesley college, where she studied rman and French literature and took her B. A. After two rs in the east she came to Berlin, where she has studied six seasons, HALL CAINE AND BRET HARTE ix in Trouble Over Rome, Other Secks Trouble by Parodies. One the (Copyright, 1901, by Pre: Publishing Co.) LONDON, Pec. ow York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Hall Caino is awaiting with unconcern the attempt to | procure his expulsion from the National | club. He spoke respectfully of the pope and of the Catholic religion at the open- ing of a bazaar In the Isle of Man and that stirred the religlous prejudices of fellow members of the National club, an Institus tion founded to provide accommodation for men united in virulent hatred of Catholi- cism. Hall Caine smiles at the suggestion that he is about to go over to Rome, but he declines to comment on the action of his fellow eclubmen. Bret Harte, whose literary actlvity hne never been greater than it now is, {8 about to repeat one of his earliest successes by publishing soon another f{nstaliment of “Condensed Novels,” in which he will parody in his inimitable style the leading novelists of the past ten years. The story rune that be ls atrald to include Mario | Corelli, lest she might take the joke seri- ously, and he Is a man of peace. MUSIC TO CURE PATIENTS Physieinns of Great Charity Hospital . Prescrihe Melody in Allo- pathie Dones. (Copyright, 1801, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Dec. T.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Physiclans of the great Charity hospital in Berlin are couvinced that music has power to solace and help patients toward recovery. They have arranged concerts for the whole win- ter. Solo players on the harp, the violin and the piano will alternate with quartets and orchestral music. Every patient well enough to attend will be asked to do so Many of the musiclans are selected from ameng the patients. Others are profes- sionals, who will give their services free. DR. ZELL SHATTERS IDOLS Writes & Big Hook to Prove that Polyphemuses and Other Cy- clopses Were Gortlla: (Copyright, 191, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Dec. 7.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Dr. Zell, a German scientist and philologist, has be come in a measure also an iconoclast. He has written a book to prove that Polyphe mus and other cyclopses were gorillas, 1t is not only & learned, but a witty volume | of perhaps 200 pages. In Ulysses' ad venture with the cyclops, related in th | Germen workmen, who then ¢ | per cent of the Americans’ work. [ panies which ninth book of Homer's “Odyssey,” Dr. Zell sees no mere fancy, but a “‘real recollectlon of actual experiences Germany's New Moasure is Comp! Given te Committes FINAL VOTE NOT EXPECTED FOR MONTHS Will Endeaver to Defeat the al Obstruction, ADMINISTRATION COMMANDS Kaiser is Oencerned Over Ru Thas America. MAJORITY Rather FORMER ALREADY MANIFESTS OBJECTIONS German Manufacturers Find 1t Necess anry to rlean Work- men aw un 1 ive to Native Tradesme Tmport A The tarift bill goes to the committee next week and nobody ex pects its reappearance for months. Her- ren Bebel and Richter and other opposition leaders have agreed to delay the measu as long possible in committee. They are determined to make a fight every one of the 846 ftems. This well-worn form of parliamentary obstruction s to be con- tinued In the house after it leaves the com mittee and it s quite possible that the final vote will not be reached until 1903, unless the government offers a compromi which is unlikely. The government, being aware of the dilatory tactics ahead, is considering changing the rules of the house 80 A8 to block the obstructive tactics of the opposition. A varfety of estimates of the majority for or against the bill are in calculation The general Impression is that the gov- ernment mands a large majority. It 18 not the United States that the govern- ment would be concerned about, should the tariff bill be put through in its pres- ent form, but Russla and Austria-Hungary It 1s the belief of the foreign officers that Germany is well able should the United Stgns of K BERLIN, Dec. as on to ates make reprisals. War. Russia and Austria-Hungary have already informed Germany that they are not will- ing to negotiate commercial treaties on the basls of the pending tariff. These noti- fications are considered equivalent to declaration of an economic in which the broad markets now open to German will immediately be closed and the consid- erable volume of United States products now finding its way to Russia through Germao traders would in con excluded with German good The manager of the American Tool com- pany's works in Berlin has made a re- markable comparison of the wages pald and cost of tools made Lere with the wages pald and cost of tools at the American works, both sets of laborers using identical wachines. He finds that the American workman, making an exact allowsnce for the difference In wages, turns out a clear per cent more product for the same unit of wages. Man for man the German pro- duces two-fifths of what an American does. Kmen Are Superior war, A shoe factory at Breslau using Ameri- can machinery secured better results by importing eight American workmen and paying them by the plece to stimulate the me within 10 The American insurance co; have complied with the law coming into force with the new year transferring the control of Insurance from the state govern- ments to the imperial government know that their concessions may be withdrawn whenever the government chooses. The the law 18 framed so that it is really left to the direction of the government whether llcenses are granted or denied to foreign companies and Americans run the risk of baving their privileges canceled should Germany and the United States have an economic disagreement. RICH WIDOW ADMITS LIKENESS pts Poo » Fen Betray Him as Her Hu, band's Son, oy Beenuse Press Publishing Co.) VIENNA, Dec. 7.—(New York World C blegram—Special Telegram.)—Two women, neither over 30, stood before a judge who was to decide which should support a fatherless boy of § years. One was the rich widow of a Vienna manufacturer, who had driven up with a splendid carriage and pair and who wore costly silks and furs The other was a simply clad working woman, whose pretty face was pinched by hunger and care. The rich woman's hus- band died several years ngo and left his childless widow all his earthly possessions. The poor woman said he was the father of her boy, though she had not made it known before, because she had been able to care for the child hitherto. But now her bealth was falling, The poor woman had no proof that could satisty the court. When the case seemed lost her lawyer begged permission to pro- duce the child. The judge shrugged his shoulders, as much as to say: “What Is the use? The rich woman, suddenly stirred by an impulse she ceuld not account for, sald she should like to have the child produced if that were possible. The boy was brought in. The rich woman looked at him searchingly a moment, then iaid to the judge: *I will trouble you no more. The boy is the image of my poor husband He shall have as much of his money as he desorves when he has grown up under my care, TREASURER ON THE CARPET Custodin Continu (Copyright, 1901, by of Buffalo Funds Secu e Until Experts Report, BUFFALO, Dec. T.—The hearing in the case of City Treasurer Philip Gerst, chargod with misapplication of public funds, begun before Mayor Diehl today. Mr Gerst was suspended by Mayor Diehl on November 19. He s charged with having unlawfully appropriated to his own use $43,080 of the city's money; with appropri ating to his own use at various times city funds o xmounts ranging from $1.850 to $2 and with loaning to various persons at dif ferent times clty money In sums rauging from $5,000 to $52. Robert Schelling ap peared for Mr. Gerst, who was not present Mr. Schelling asked for an adjournment un til the report of the expert accountant had been comp He also stated that Mr Gerst had retained Franklin 1. Locke o counsel and that Mr. Locke could not be present this morning. He asked for an ad journment until Wednesday, which the mayor granted. was uphold her side | the | uence be | SINGLE THE BEE BULLETIN. Fore r Nebraska--Rain ¥ Falr in Western P diy; Monday, Fair and Col Winds. or Snow in tions, Sur Northerly Page Hash (o Ne Coronntign Britiah Convention Demands Long Delay fn German Tarift Nebraskn Senntors hern 1 o Meli Servants alne Memoring 1o Resene W n of Nehraska | Frelght Wreok on { Nebraska Insune A rwa Leads at Liv 1 Fore nha Has astries, Pael Tranaferred, | nd Charity W | 1 Tt Parting % for the Cloth ok on the Bonrds, Nwhirl, ditorinl « 1&ht for Three- N that Taints Many « Carfare Omahn Ments. PFoor. nt Mer Wa No Other Way ter Besnut from Omahn Point of View. | Business in Om; { OMAHA INVITES W, Meln Next ALUMNI James peaks for the Ans nven- MILWAUKEE | vates of Harvard | waukee today m | thy Omaha, Chicago apolis The mecting was held behind closed doors 1 lasted for three Varlous ques tions relutive to the interests of tbe uni- versity discussed. Officers were elected as follows President, Rev Iliot Pendleton, Cincin- nati; vice president, John Bigelow, Minne apolis: secretary and treasurer, B. M. Por- ter, St. Louis. Cincinnati and Omaha extended invita- tions for entertaining the next annual gath- ering, but the question was left to the ex- ecutive council to ide. The meeting closed with o formal banquet. at which A R Sy oA atuE oF Drome inent alumni. ‘George H. Palmer, the sp clal representative of the Harvard faculty, was the chief speaker. The others who r sponded were James H. McIntosh of Omaha, the retiring president, B. H. Sanford of Knoxville, Tenn.; Frank Hamlin of Chi- cago and J ph Wilby of Cinclnnati, {SUES FOR BREACH OF PROMISE | Misn 1 Dee Over 100 grad- ollege gathered in Mil- attend the fifth annual eting of the associated Harvard clubs of west. Delegates were present from St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louls, Cincinnati, Louisville and Indian- hours. | were Koster of 11 #20,000 from of Grin i B Relns MATTOON, gram.)—Miss Lou sued G. E. Reiss m Dec. 7. Koster of (Special Tele- this city has of Grinuell, Ia., dry goods merchant, for $20,000 for breach of promise to wed. Her sult was instituted in the cireuit court at Shelbyville, wh Relss was visiting his wmother while enroute to | Edinburg to marry on December 11 Miss | Margaret Crowley, a school teacher. Reiss | and Miss Koster were reared at Shelbyville and were said to be devoted to each other | tor years. She is a handsome blonde. She alleges that they were engaged to be mar- ried last Easter, but that on various pre- texts Reiss delayed the event. When Miss Koster learned that carde for his wedding to Miss Crowley had been issued she says she was broken-hearted and instituted the sult. ORDERED TAKEN TO ST. LOUIS Bankrupt Clo Answer ¢ fng Merchant Must rae of Fillng False Utlon in Court. SPRINGFIELD, 111, Dec. Ing before Judge Humphrey in the United States court today Louls J. Staarecke, a clothing merchant of De Lassus, Mo., was | ordered taken to St. Louis to answer a | charge of making a false schedule when he filed a petition in bankruptey In the east- ern district of the United States court of Missourl. Staarecke was arrested here while enroute to Chicago from East St. Loufs. He was accompanied by his daugh- ter, who carriad in her arms a 2-months- old child. The accused is charged with having given his assets when he filed a petition in bankruptey at $169, while mer- chants from whom he purchased goods claim he possesses a much larger sum.. He taken to St. Louls this afternoon. WHISKY TRADE INCREASES orin Mannfac Il After a hear- was urers Break Records roduction s ot irits. PEORIA, T, Dec. 7.—~The week ending tonight goes down in record with the great production of spirits in the history of the industry in this country. During the six days ending tonight the Fifth Tilinols Inter; Qistrict has collected §935,701, the largest week's business ever done in apy one district in the United tates. This 1s an average of $156,000 per day, or §i0,000,000 per year. The con- sumption of corn during the past week has been the largest on record, something over 800,000 bushels having been in the manufacture of spirits and glucose I0WA MAN KILLED IN WRECK est revenue ush Out the CADDI, I T., Dec. 7.—In a wreck on the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf railroad yeeurred half a mile east of here today, J ¥. Carlson of Sioux City, Ia,, killed An extra crashed Into the rear end of a local frelght at a curve. Several cars of merchandise were ground to splinters, was | Thrones | | ment | 10oked | Columbia. in Askn for | which | | on Indian affa | was today cory i "IVE CENTS. PLUMS OF SENATORS Millard Likely to Be Head of Committes on Seabeard Reutes SUCCEEDS QUARLES IN THAT RESPECT Affairs and O:her. DIETRICH MAY NOT GET CHAIRMANSHIP Will Have a Share fn Work on the Isthmus ALSO TO TAKE PART IN THE PHILIPPINES win Forest Reserves and Game— More ¥ Are Asked for Indian Schools. South Dakotn Senntors Lal (From a Staft Corr WASHINGTON, Dec 7. (Special gram.) -8 Millard will in all prob- ability the chairmanship of the comn tratsportation routes to the seaboard. Thi committee was presided over by Senator Quarles in the last con gress, but has been t psferred to the head of the committee on Indian affairs, leaving a vacanc Mr. Millard will probably be The Nebraska cnator will ou the com mittee Indian ding Mr. Thurston, and he given an assign on the on District of upon as & committeo belonging to His knowledge of civie affairs will, it is thought, make him an invaluable the committee charged with v of shaping legislation for the gove of the national capitol Senator Dietrich will probably be as- signed to the committee on interoceanic canals, but the chairmanship of that com- wittee will remain with Senator Morgan of Alabama, in spite of the fact that this I8 the majority party. Mr. Morgan has been more closely fdentified with the canal legis- lation than any other man in the sena Mr. Dietrich will also have a place on the Philippiues committee, and probably one other Sen spondent.) Telo- \tor given on he , which to fill bo placed affairs nay be imittoe asked also on ueee member the duf ernment of tor Gamble of South Dakota is to bo made chairman of the committee on forest reserves and game. According to the pro- gram he will also sit with the committee and that on torritories. Senator Kittredge goes to the committees on public lands and interoceanic canals. He may be given a chairmanship of one of tha minor committees also. Boih of the South Dakota senators will work Industriously in the interests of the Black Hills country and have asked for committee assignments which will enable them (o serve those iu- terests best. Intereats of South Dakot Senators Kittredge and Gamble were call- ers today at the Indian bureau, where they took up & number of matters of interest in South Dakota. They desire that in- creased facilities shall be provided for the industrial branches of the Indian schools at Hope and Rapid City. They were assured by Commissioner Jones that he would recommend that adequate funds be made available for the purpose. Another question discussed with the com- missloner was the equipmeat of the Canton Indian asylum. The senators believe this institution should be enlarged, but mo ac- tion will be taken by Commissioner Jones until he has received a report from Super- intendent Gifford as to what s necessary in the of equipment and additional buildings and the amount that will be re- quired to maintain the institution. An es- timate of $12,000 for maintenance has been submitted to congress, but it is belleved this amount will not be sufficient it the institution is enlarged. way Department W. Baxter examining Notes. Dr. M. pension Neb. Frank Fox Is appointed fireman in the public building at Omaha. Postmasters appointed Nebraska—H. Wilson, Lamar, Chaso county, vice O. M. Goldsboro, deceased. South Dakota—H. L. Elliott, Verdon, Brown county. The First National bank of Lincoln, Neb., approved as a reserve agent for the First National of Schuyler, Neb. HOLD IMPORTANT CONFERENCE War Department Discusses Legisla- tlon Necessitated by Recent In- sulne Decinio was today appointed surgeon at Hastings, WASHINGTON, Dee. conference was held at ment today in regard to the legislation necessary to meet fiscal conditions in the Philippines as result of the recent insular decislons of the supreme court. There were present Secretary Root, Senators Lodge and Platt of Connecticut and Representatives Payne and Dalzell. The conference lasted nearly two hours and the result will be shown In the action of the house ways aud means committee early next week, 7.~An important the War depart- DINES WITH THE PRESIDENT of 11linols Discusses 1 Sitaation at Governor Yaten WASHINGTON, Dec. T.—Governor Yates of Illinois lunched with the president today and discussed with him the political situa- tlon In TIllinols, jovernor Yates says he was summoned here and denies that his proclamation for the relief of the Boer women and children had any connection with his visit PLEAD FOR GENERAL MASO Friends of the Cuban voke Mediatio retary Root. Candidat of Secre- HAVANA, Dec. 7.—Senor Plorra Pidel loft Havana today for Washington to present to the authorities the grievances of the eupporters of General Maso as a candidate for the presidency of Cuba. One of the complaints he will make {8 that the Central Board of Canvassers, which is composed exclusivelv of Senor Estrada Palma's sup- porters, are not complying with the laws Secretary Root will be asked to appoint w new board with a Maso representation, and a request will be made that new pro- vinclal boards be appointed and that the elections be postponed until January 31 in order that a schedule for reforms may be brought about,