Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1902, Page 1

QUEEN CAUSES DELAY amed for Making Lords Wait on the Opening D CEREMONIALS LOSE SOME OF THEIR CHARM Btate Opening of Parliament by Kisg is Lots an Attracti INNING MUCH TAMER THAN EXPECTED te Beer War Fails te Unite Btrengly ea Pelicy. MINISTERIAL MAJARITY STAYS UNBROKEN Srish Party Regnrds Compromise Memsure an a Mockery of Boer Rights and Wil Decline 1o Vote Upon It. (Copyright, 1002, by Press Publishing Co.) | LONDON, Jan. 18.—(New York World | Cablegram—Special Telegram.)--The state opening of Parliament by King Kdward is | miready losing something of its charm for Londoners, seemingly, and still more for | the nobility entitled to participate in the pretty ceremonial. Window seats, from Which to view the street pageant, were obtainable at about one-third of last year's prices and the crowd was not comparable with that which annually turns out to wit- mess the lord mayor's tawdry procession. The House of Lords was by no means flled. There were at least 150 places wvacant on the red benches, which last year were inconveniently crowded. 8till, as viewed from the press gallery, when the king and the queen were seated | on thelr thrones, with the royal family | and the court officlals grouped around, all | in uniforms bla%ing with decorations and sumptuous with gold lace, red robes, | Jeweled coronets and nodding plumes, the wcene In the House of Lords was one of smpressive splendor. The king threw himself into the cere- monlal with his powers. The protty, but the thoroughly bored The king arrived nearly balf an hour late. As he makes a feature of the strictest punctuality, this occasioned surprise. It woems that the queen caused the delay and | when they reached the House of Lords she consumed twenty minutes in giving the final touches to her toilet, while the king smoked a cigar, the aroma of which wafted inlo the royal gallery. When the door opened for the procession most of the per- sonages in the royal gallery and the House of Lords had been waiting more than two Dours, so this royal slackness caused some fmpatience. Undignified Scrimmage Obviated. The undignified scrimmage of last year, Fesulting Jo eerlous Injuries to two legis- dators, which attemded the , progtess of Speaker Cully and the members of the House of Commons to the bar of the Hou of Lords to hear the king's speech, was obviated this time by setting apart two galleries for the commoners, while a large body of volice was provided to prevent a Fecurrence of disorder. The members of the Irish party, who never participate in these functions, were dolding thelr caucus in a committee room while thelr British colleagues were re- sponding to the king's summons to the House uf Lords. The Irlshmen now meet tp elect a chalrman and other officers in Dublin, instead of in London, and all rival- ries and animosities are being forgotten. John Redmond is universally recognized as the best leader the party could provide. The session of Parliament opened tamely enough. The Iiberal opposition had been aborfously striving to attaln a ground of mgreement which might enable them to pre- ®ent a united front to the government on the question of war. Ministerinl Majority Unaflected. This was achieved by compromising on an mmendment, vague In terms and Incon- clusive in eftect, which, like Lord Rosebery’s famous Chesterfleld speech, merely hints at @ policy without making any positive declaration. There s not the slightest proapect that it will detach a single mem- ber from the ministerial majority of 130, while the Irish party, regarding it as a mere mockery of Boer rights, will decline to vote on it. There is a possibility of a rather awk- ward scandal in Westminster because Arthur Balfour wants to push his private secretary, a German named Sanders, who s unknown to the public, into the position of chlef clerk at the table of the House ©f Commons. That Is one of the most dignified posts in the British civil service and bas attached to it a salary of $10,000 a year, an elegant residence in the palace of 8t. Stephens and allowances, together with only six months' work in the year. The second clerk, Mr. Jenkinson, has the first clalm on the position, but he has no influence in what is punuingly claimed the “Hotel Cecll,” and therefore Is being passed over. In addition to unfitness through lack of experlence, Sanders {s held to be disqualificd because 1t would be {m- proper to have an ex-private secretary in & position whero he might be unduly in- uenced by his former chief. accustomed histrionfc | queen was bewltchingly prince of Wales seemed | INFLUENCES THE MONARCH Sir Ernest ¢ Noticeable Cone trol Over Opinions of King Edward nel Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing C LONDON, Jan, 18.—(New York World O blegram—Special Telegram.)—An amusing otory is going the rounds, lllustrating the extent to which the king s influenced by Bir Ernest Cassel. Lord Cromer, the Brit- fab agent In Egypt, visited the king re- cently to be congratulated on his second marriage. The king offered the usual fe- MUeltations, referred flatteriugly to Cromer's services In Egypt, and wound up with this yomark: “Sir Ernest Cassel bas formed a high opimion of your work.” In his anger Cromer told the story freely, being furlous that his reputation with the king should depend on the opinion of Cassel, ;who was mcarcely recognized at the residence in Calro. Literature, a perioidical which was tablished six years ago by the owners of the Times as a rival to the Athenaeum, ha ceasod (o appear. Ineffeciual attempts were made to sell it as a going concern and its umulated unpublished book notices are to be worked off in the form of HUterary supplements to the Times. It 1s singulor fact that every attempt by the | Comedte NDAY MORI NING, JANUARY 19, 1902-TWENT (-FOUR PAG Work in Enlightening Yankee (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co ) PARIS, Jan. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telegram.)—~Apropos of the proposed voyage of M. Mabilleau to the United States to lecture for the Alllance Francaise, the Echo de Parls makes the following observations: “We have never been, I think, more curious than at the present moment to know the Americans, and on their side the Americans have never been more eager for detalled information on our life. We have begun by belleving that the United States existed only to furnish American uncles to unlucky nephews, or wives to gentilhommes. Very soon we found out that these Ideas were fantastlo and stupid. ‘“The prodigious activity of that people, scarcely more than a century old, has aston- ished and disquieted us. We bave wished to know the reason for it, and engineers and economists have looked into the ques- tion. As for the Americans, as if fascinated by the glory of France, they have de- manded from us lecturers who could ex- plain to them our literature. Today they desire to have some lessons on our work, our Industry, our commerce, and M. Mabil- leau is golng to set out on Friday to in- struct them." M. Mabilleau has detailed the plan of his work. it appears that before Columbia uni- versity he will speak of social studies; before that of Chicago, on the production and organization of work; at Johns Hop- kins, of variety of French life province. six to twelve lessons, M. Mabilleau has been charged by the French government with two missions In | in the case of a member against whom a addition to his lecture work. minister of publia The French instruction has re- | quested him to study the organization of social instruction In the universities of America, and M. Millerand has requested him to compare the technical, commercial and industrial instruction of the United States with that of France. M. de Ferandy, a talented member of the Francaise, has just sent in his resignation to M. Claretie, director of the theater. suppression of the reading committee of uctors some time ago, which he considered | struck ®ich & blow to the interests of the actors that he did not care to longer asso- clate himself with the company. He de- clares that his step is an entirely inde- pendent one and that he has no desire to influence any other actor to take the same step The resignation will not take effect before six months and in the meantime he will continue to play at the Theater Francaise. At the expiration of that time he will be at liberty to withdraw his resignation if he desires, or to leave the theater perma- nently. Workmen engaged in enlarging the Rue Vanean discovered behind an apartment house a little street without sidewalks about two blocks long and closed at each end. The backs of two rows of houses tormed its side. An old signboard at the end of the street bore the name ‘‘Rue D'Olivet.” The street, it appears, Wi named for an abbe of the eighteenth cen- tury who wase the‘author of a grammar, as well as a member of the academy. BEST DRESSED IN ALL PARIS Wife Shows French Women How to Grace Exclusive Styles, or' (Copyright, 102, by Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Jan. 18 —(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Mrs. Alfred Harmsworth is fast becoming recognized as one of the best dressed women In Paris. This means that she Is queen of style. The wife of the editor of the London Dally Mall thinks nothing of coming to Parls to try on a coupla of dresses, ometimes re- turning to London the sdme night. But she spends more and more time on this side of the channel, and says she hopes soon to persuade her husband to buy a Parls resi- dence. When Mrs. Harmsworth came here sho was handicapped by the somewhat anti- French tope of her husband's publications. But lately she has become a great favorite in French soclety. She has just caused a huge seneation by appearing in a novel automobile coat, made of the hide of a perfectly white young colt, trimmed with dark sable tails and having & great collar which can be turned up and buttoned so as to leave only her oyes and the tip of the nose exposed. The effect is startlingly smart. After her first appear- ance in it all the wealthy women rushed to get imitations. It was the first time an English woman had set the fashion for Parls. On account of the scarcity of white colts such a coat costs $4,000. Redfern, the maker of the origiual model, cannot make others, for Mre. Harmsworth bought the exclusive right to it. Yet she gracefully gave him permission to make a duplicate for the empress of Russla. The Princess Loulse of Saxe-Coburg has been visited by two physiclans sent by her father, King Leopold of Belglum, who have pronounced her Intermittently demented and say the prince: health is becoming dellcate. Sad stories about her are told in diplomatic circles, One is that the prin- cess never ceasos to protest agalnst con- finement. Another {s that she frequently weeps, calling aloud for the Austrian of- ficer for love of whom she committed fol- lies which led to her disgrace and in- carceration in a sanitarium. The officer is thought to be setill imprisoned, although some assert that he dled under the severe treatment inflicted by order of Princess Loulse’'s husband. A philanthrople society reports that the women will start an in- dignation campalgn In order to secure the princess’ release, unless the delegation it s sending to appeal to the emperor of Austria ~—who always has shown more Indulgence thau Leopold—succeeds in inducing Joseph to demand that the Princess Loulse be re- turned to his care and protection. MULTITUDE CRIES GREETINGS of People Shont New Years' Good W Citisen (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing o.) BERLIN, Jan. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—8pecial Telegram.)—On St. Syl- vest night, the eve of the new year, toward 11 o'clock at might, the shops In Berlin were all closed and the police of the city assembled In strong force in the street. Then the people gathered from all sides untll they formed a thick mass. As the bells and the clocks of the city sounded to 12 o'clock and the new year made its advent from the throats of the mighty crowd ro: the cory, “Prosit Neujahr" (“May the new year do you good”). In a proprietors of the Times to establish a subsidiary publication has ended in fallure, although the prestige of the journal might Seom L0 be au invaluable assets moment the streets were cleared and each individual went away to his dwelling, feal iug that be had done his duty in wishing for bis fellow man & §ood Dew year | by electing Colonel Arthur Lynch, lately in the | Each subject will include from | | power of the government to move that he He has given as his reason the | | for the opening of Parliament. GALWAY TO SUFE? Pritioh Geverament Likely to by Disfranchisem .t Qisy NEL LYNCH LING Makes No Effert to Take Kis House of Commons. IN PARIS LONG IMPRISONMENT SURELY AWAITS HIM tos Pledge That if Elected He Would Burely Berve. CRACKS A JOKE ABOUT THE TRANSVAAL Vi Decinares His Movements Will Be Gove d by the Counsels of the Irish n Which He H (Copyright, 102, by Press Publishing Co.) DUBLIN, Jan. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—Galway City has been placed In an anomalous position of the Boer army, as (ts parliamentary rep- resentative. He Is not likely to be seen at Westminster, because he undoubtedly would be arrested, tried for treason and felony and get a long term in prison. He cannot resign, because resignation is not permitted warrant has beep issued. It after the lapse of a reasonable time Lynch fails to surrender, it will be in the be expelled from the House of Commons, at the same time probably punishing Gal- way by distranchisement. There was a clear understanding with the Irish party when Lynch was nominated that if he should be elected he would take his seat, but apparently he will not fulfill his part of the contract. Might Have Hnd Him in Af) PARIS, Jan. 18.—Colonel Arthur Lynch, the recently elected member of the House of Commons for Galway City, who is sald to have fought on the side of the Boers in South Africa, in an interview today de- nied that he had tried to go to England Colonel Lynch sald he had not left Parls, for the geod reason that he appreciated the fact that he would not be allowed to reach his goal, the House of Commons. He had some time ago contemplated going to the opening of Parllament, but, sald he, jok- ingly, “I did not think then that a nation that censiders itself onme of sportsmen would be 50 unsportsmanlike as to seek to reach me in cold blood when it might have had me in warm blood in the Transvaal.” Governed by His Party. Colonel Lynch added _that his future movements would be governed by the coun- of the Irish party, In which he has every confidence, and by tlie wishes of his constituents. He declared that the storles published in the English papers of his re- cént visit to Dr. Leyds at Brussels, with whom he was alleged to have business con- nectlons, were ioventions. He sald he had only passed through Brussels a year ago and has no business relations with Dr. Leyds of any kind, though they are on triendly terms. WORSHIP FEMININE LEADER of This Cult Practice All Sorts of Unholy Things Under Gulse of Religion, Followe! (Copyright, 1302, by Press Publishing Co.) JERUSALEM, Jan. 18.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The Theo- cratlc unity, or Diss De Bar, scandal in London, has attracted attention to a sec- tion here whose principles and practices are similar. The section numbers 100 devotees. They are chiefly Swedes, though the soclety Is cosmopolitan and includes in its membership a few Americans, Germans, Serviuns, Arabs, Hindoos and Turks. They live under one roof, claim to be above all human laws, discard marriage and all the other sacraments. Their leader, 8 woman, is worshiped as a god. They make a great show of re ligion and affect to live “pure and holy," but their first practical tenet is free love. Quarrels and scandals are frequent. Charges of systematic Infanticide have been | made repeatedly, but there s no press to | expose them, no public opinion to overawe | them, and authority here is so divided that it is nobody's business to put a stop | to thelr enormities. LADY CUNARD SEEKS A HOUSE Wants a Suitable London Home for Her Party During the Coronation. (Copyright, 1%2, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan. 18.—(New York World C blegram—Special Telegram.)—Lady Cunard | gavo a big lunch at Claridge’s Thursday for Princess Hatzfeldt. Among the guests were Ladv Rossmore, Lady Howard de Walden, Lord Clarendon and W. W. Astor, jr. Lady Cunard is looking for a town house for tho coronatlon. She will not take one ! with Miss Leggett this year, and is not Iikely to settle down in London until March | or later. She and Miss Sturges are going to Cannes to visit Mrs. Leggett. A rumor baving been widely printed that Mrs. Arthur Paget ls suffering from an in- curable internal aliment, this correspondent is asked to give an absolute contradiction to that statement. Mrs. Paget has now arrived in London, where she Is to undergo an operation for a complaint for which she hould have been operated upon ten years but she put it off from year to year. The operation will necessitate her remaln- ing In her room for perhaps six weeks. MEMOIRS OF RICHARD WAGNER Mother Prepare to Publish Some of Com- poser's Paper: (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co) BERLIN, Jan. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram — Special Telegram.) — Siogtried Wagner and hia mother are looking through the papers Richard Wagner left and it is belleved they intend publishing a large pa of this matter, A sealed box left contalns a great accumulation of matter, but it was his instruction that this should not be opened until thirty years after his death. This would be In February, 1913. The b-x is | said to contain a valuable collection of let ters from the mad king of Bavaria, whose patronage vat brought Wagaer lato promi. nent notier ENTERTAINING KING EDWARD Earl and Countess Yield to Rigld Form of Roy Etlguette, (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Jan, 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The at Penn house, Bucks, where Mr. and Mr George Keppel are among the party. Countess Howe is Marlborough. Her Lady Sarah Wil- son, who went through the siege of Mafe- King, Is also of the company. The presence of the sovereign at a coun- try house causes a rigid form of etiquette the house becoming for the to prevall, time being the property of the monarch All Its sérvants and appurtenances are at his disposal, the host and hostess are rele- gated to the position of visitors, and are 1t the queen consort is present the Lostess acte as lady-in-walting for the time, leaving the y behind the roval invited to dinner by the king. dining room immedia visitor and before all the other guests. Nothing is handed to the sovereign by a servant. That office is performed by the host or hostess. As a rule, the king only shares his dinner with his host and bostes partaking of breakfast and luncheon in his own apartments. It is wholly contrary to court etiquette for the queen consort or the princess of Wales to be the guest of a bachelor. The marchioness of Lansdowne, the British secretary of state of foreign affairs, and one of the handsomest daugh- ters of "“Old Splendid,” the first duke of Abercorn, ls a representative “great lady,” such as is seldom met with nowadays. She is not speclally brilliant, but has tact, com. mon sense and a charming manner. Of her six sisters, four married earls—Litchfield Durham, Mount Edgecombe and Winterton. and two dukes—Marlborough and Buccsi- such, Mra. Cecil Powney, one of the cleverest as well as one of the most beautiful of young matrons in English society, excelled as an amateur actress before amateur the- atricals had become the rage. Her country home, Fyfield house, near Andover, is an ideal rural mansion, situated in a lovely region. There she has often entertained the bright stars of the amateur theatrical firament. The duchess of Leeds is one of the most literary among the British peeresses. She published not long ago & volume of short stories entitled “Capriccios.”” On the site of the old trysting oak described by Sir Walter Scott in “Ivanhoe” she once planted @ young oak, which until recently was one of the glories of Harthill Walk, near Work- shop. It has been taken up, but the trunk 1s preserved. LONDON, Jan. 18.—King Bdward's visit to Earl Howe at Penn house, Amersham, is proving a brilllant social and sporting event. The other guests include most of those known as the “luper circle” the Hon. George Keppel and Mrs. Keppel, Earl de Grey, the Hon. Sidney Greville, Lord Vane Tempest and Viscount Curzon. Fri- day's shoot was a record day for Penn house, the bag belng 1,203 pheasants, ten brace of partridges, ten hares and twenty rabbits. The king dally uses hls. nrobably will uge dt; €6 ehe February 21 from Penn house to Windsor, where the queen will join him. Her maj- esty at present is at Marlborough house. Considerable flutter was created here by the announcement that King Edward had appeared in u frock coat with deep, turned up velvet cuffs. Hundreds of fashionable men immediately rushed to their tailors and ordered similar garments in spite of their extraordinary novelty. Consternation now prevails, as It is learned that what the king wore was a frock overcoat, on which velvet cuffs are often seen. FIGHT “WHITE SLAVE TRADE” German Associations Hegin Crusade Agninst Rufians Who Entice Thousands of Girls. | (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Jan. 18.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.)—The associa: tions for fighting the “white slave trade have begun an energetic campalgn in Ger- many. They have issued a report stating that on incontestable authority thousands | of girls leave European ports to be the es of rufffians who have enticed them way from home. In Germany alone there 18 sald to be a gang of nearly 100 persons engaged in this trafic. They are perfect in the art of making up disguises. The old schoolmaster in search of female assistants for a German school is the commonest rus Some pretend to be hotel keepers looking for pretty barmaids, or wine merchants who want saleswomen, or advertising agents who want girls to be typewriters, and 5o on. Gallicla and western Russla are thelr favorite hunting grounds. They do not hesitate to go through the ceremony of marriage. One man, recently arrested in Hamburg, has six wives living, of whose whereabouts at present he has no knowl- edge. He thinks they may be somewhere in South America. That country s not the only country to which these white slaves are sent. India takes quite a number, so does China, but Turkey takes still more, who are chiefly shipped from Black sea ports. Acronauts Besson and Ellas clalm to bave made a record on Tuesday. They left Berlin in a medium-sized balloon at 9 o'clock In the morning, traveled all day and all night, arriving the next day at 2 o’clock in the afternoon at Pinyatin, near Kieff, western Russia, 876 miles from here. They sailed. on the average thirty miles an hour. Thefr highest altitude was 11,400 feet (two miles and one-sixth). The temperature thete was 24 degrees of frost. ONE OF THE SEVEN SISTERS Lady Leucha Warner Seeks to Make Opera Popular in Egyptian Soclety. (Copyright, 192, by Press Publishing Co.) CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 18.—(New York World Cablegram—Specal Telegram.)—Lady Leucha Warner, who has come from Eng- land to enliven Cairo soclety this winter with her bright and charming presence, is one of Lord De Montalt's daughters. She is a musical enthusiast and has thrown all of her interest on the side of making ope! the music-loving people of the British world. EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING Boller In Spinning Mill Bursts and Many People Are K BARCELONA, Jan. 18.—The boiler of a spinning mill near Marseua exploded today and wrecked the building. A large number of working people were burned in the debris nd many of them were killed. Many of the bodles were burled loag dlstances Howe Have to king s visiting Earl and Countess Howe this week aunt of the duke of wite of as fashlonable as it should be among DELIVERANCE IS NIGH Miss Stene and Mrs Tailka Noon te Be Freed frem Bondage. CONDITIONS OF RELEASE ARE ACCEPTED Every Detail of Stipulations Put ia Black aad White. RANSOM TO BE ACCEPTED IN MACEDONIA Bulgarian Gevernment is Careful to Aveid Liability. DR, PEET CARRIES COIN FOR RANSOM Sixty-One Thousand Dollars in Turke Ish Gold is Ready to Hand Over to Bandits In Exchange for Liberation (Copyright, 1M by Press Publishing Co.) BOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 18.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—The leaders of the brigands who have held Miss Stone and Mrs. Tsilka prisoners for twenty weeks have finally accepted, and in writing, the conditions for the release of thelr cap- tives prescribed by the agents who have been negotiating for the women's freedom. Those agents are Rev. Dr. M. W. Peet, treasurer of the American missionary sta- tion in Constantinople, and the dragoman of the United States legation in Turkey, Mr. Garglulo, These two men left cember 17 and for one month have been unremitting in their efforts to reach an understanding with the bandits. Tho brigands waived their original demand that the ransom should be paid on Bulgarian soil and will accept it in Macedonla, which is Turkish territory. This is supposed to relleve the government of Bulgaria from liability for indemnity covering the ransom paid and perhaps heavy damages besid actual and punitive. In order to avold such liability the Bul- garian government has alded the American plans to secure the captives' release by directing the Bulgarian customs officials on the Turkish frontier to allow the agents of the Americans, either those carrying on negotiations or those bearing the coln for ransom, to pass freely across the boundary between the two countries. It is under- stood that Rev. Dr. Peet has $61,000 in Turkish gold to hand over to the brigands in exchange for the liberating of Miss Stone and Mrs. Tsilka. PROCURE BRIDE BY FORCE Practice Still me Parts of Ru < Constantinople De- Anclent Obtains in (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) BURG, Jan. 18.—(New York or! legran—Special Telegram.)—The anclent practice of seizing one's wite by force still obtains In some parts of the Russian Caucasus. In Abbas Tuman, the beautiful Georglan village where the late czarovitch dled, a Georglan house in which a famous beauty lived with her mother and uncle was forcibly broken lately by a Georgian prince and his attendants. The uncle, who resisted, was severely wounded, and the mother and daughter were slung behind the saddles of the prince and his suite. A few miles out of town the mother was thrown into a ditch and the abducted bride and her captors rode at full gallop for the prince’'s mountain stronghold. There a priest was in attendance and the marrlage ceremony was gone through be- fore the bride's relations, who were in hot pursult, arrived. A little “‘backshees and more soft words and the relatives re- turned home to drink the health of the newly wedded princess. The czar's attention has been called to the uselessness of the 4,300 Russian monks in the 742 monasteries, and he has de- termined that they shall be made to devote some of thelr time to caring for the slck and educating the poor. In all the mon- asteries there are only 1,93 beds for the sick and elghty-tour houses In comnection with them in which the poor are housed. Not a single mon; ry supports a school. BERESFORD QUITS THE NAVY Will Enter Parliament and May Be- come First Lord of Admiralty Under Romebery. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co) LONDON, Jan. 18.—(New York World Cablegram — Special Telegram.) — Lord Charles Beresford is about to retire from the navy and enter Parliament. He main- tains that the requirements of the British navy are shockingly neglected and that it Is absolutely necessary for the security of the empire to wake up the country to the extent to which the continental powers are outstripping England in naval effi- clency. Though nominally a conservative, Lord Charles has always been somewhat inde- pendent and now he is credited with de- signing to throw in his lot with Lord Rose- bery, who, if he had to form a cabinet, might make him first lord of the admiralty. FOR HARSH WORDS ON KAISER Feeble-Minded Workman Sentenced to Two Yenra and Six Months in Prison. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) MUNICH, Jan. 18--(New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.)—A feebie- willed workman named Killan has been sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment for using harsh words about {the kaiser. He already has served three terms for 1ike offenses. This time he wrote a letter to the judges in his district, say- ing severe things about the kalser and closing with & “hoch” for amarchism and lall its work. Kilian has no money and is belleved to be insane, but this did not protect him. FRENCH CONSIDER CANAL If Panamna Sale is Made Neceasity of Ratification by Tribunal Wil Be Decided, PARIS, Jan. 15.—It is explained here that it the sale of the property of the Panama Canal company is concluded jurls-consults will be appointed to decide whether a rat- ification by a French tribunal is required, | or whether the vote of a general meecting of stockholders will suice. In any case, however, it will be a matter of form. No cbstacle is anticipated on that score. E. INGLE COPY FIVE CENTS, THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Sunday and Monday; Southerly to Westerly Winds 1 Ministerinlist British May Delivernnce of Miss i ursnit of the Omaha Tas Dodgers. offer In Favored Record Capture by French Cabinet's Elect! " red with Workmen r Lands, Plan to Recount Womnn's ¢ Last Week aeity Work. tety. n on Roek Islund, South Omaha and Gas Franchise, t Nebraskn University ebx and His Final 8 we Ball Up in the Alr. ixciples o Woman: Her Ways and Whim Amusements and Musical Notes. y Walter Besant us Cunal, Echoes of Omaha An Y ness in Omaha, 24 Temperature at Om: Hour, Deg. 5 a. 5 6 n, 28 7a 22 S oa 21 " 21 10 a. m. 24 11 a m. 80 12 m.... .84 L — " ______J SEVERE SHOCK TO METHODISTS Denunciation of Biblical Infallibility Made by Professor Pearson. CHICAGO, Jan. 1 will say tomorrow Prof. Charles W. Pearson of the chair of English literature in Northwestern univer- sity, which is conducted under Methodist auspices, has thrown a bomb Into the ranks ot Methodism in Evanston, the ceat of the university, by giving out a statement of his bellef that biblical infallibility is a superstitious and hurtful tradition and that the biblical stories of Christ's bringing the dead to life, of His walking on the water and of feeding the multitudes with the loaves and fishes are mere poetic fancies, incredible and untrue. Prof. Pearson declares that the policy of the Methodist church is one of inactivity, obstruction and Jesultical silence on the views in which the leaders and scholars of the church have gradually come to be- leve, but which are not held by the body of the church. He says that most of the pres- ent teaching is evasive and that most of the Sunday school teaching is almost farcical and entirely inadequate, FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOMES Niece Are Victims of Mysterious Mur- derers, ~The Record-Herald Farmer and H MARYSVILLE, Kan, Jan. 18.—Carl E. Holt, aged 556 years, and his nlece, Miss Hilda Patterson, aged 30, were discovered today murdered at the Holt home, twenty miles west of here. The people had been missing several days and this morning an investigating party went to learn the cause. The man was found In the kitchen with two bulletholes in his head. The womau was lying on a back porch with one bullet- hole through her head and one through her neck. She had been assaulted. The house had been rifled. 3 The coroner’s jury returned a verdict this | afternoon that the two were murdered for the purpose of robbery. Holt had $1,000 in the house. The murderer stole the money and a fine team belonging to Holt. The bodies of Holt and his niece were badly mutilated. CONSIDINE IN STATE'S PRISON Former Theatrical Mannger Begins a Five-Year Term itentinry. CINCINNATI, Jan. 18.—James Consldine, the well known theatrical manager of New York, was taken to the penitentiary to- night to serve a five years' sentence. Con- sidine was convicted of robbing the post- office at Granville, O., in 1506, He forfeited his bond and on release from serving a term at the Jefferson City (Mo.) peniten- tiary, for dlamond robbery, was arrested again. He has been out on $10,000 bond and an effort to get a pardon from the pres- ident has been in vain. An order was recently made by Judge Thompson of the United States court of appeals requiring Considine to serve his five years' sentence in the penitentiary at Columbus and he was taken United States Marshal Fagin tonight. CHILD PERISHES IN FLAMES Two-Year-01d Burns to Despite the Father's Eftorts, Death SPRINGFIELD, 111, Jan. 18.—A fire which started in the house of R. L. Spears at Harmony, a small town seven miles east of this city, destroyed the house and con- tents and burned to death the 2-year-old daughter. Four children were sleeping in the room in which the fire started. The father heard the eldest daughter scream and hurried to the rescue. He succeeded in gotting three of the children out of the house and wag himself badly burned in the effort. Just as he started in after the baby the roof fell in and the child was consumed by the flames. Movements of Ocean Veasel At New York—8ailed—Manitou, for I don; Trave, for Genoa, Naples, etc.y F latla, for Hamburg: Etrurla, for' Liverpoo At Yokohama— Arrived—Coptic, from San Franclsco, via Hol or Hong Kong; Tosa Maru, sverpool Jan, 18, ulu, jolgenland, from waelphin; Cymric, from New' York. Salled—Umbria, for New York At Antwerp—Balled—Kensington, for New York.: At Havre Champagne, New York. At Cherbourg—Sailed—8t southampten, for New York. = At_Cardiff—Arrived—Hero, from Tacoma, via Bt. Vincent, C, V Salled—La for Paul, from there b B PAGES 1 TO 12. REa o ol o o o o e o o it AFTER TAX DODGERS Equalization Beard Oites Cerperations te fhow Oause Againat Raise. WILL HEAR TESTIMONY Morchants and Rioh Oiti Al B to Make Statements. EFFORT T® CATCH INDIVIDUAL SHIRKI List of Well Knewn Residente moned to Appear. TERMINAL COMPANY GETS A REDUCTION ON BOTH SIDES ired Lon Probability that Councilmen Will Find Work Enough as Noard of Equalisation to Keep Them Busy Another Week. The five franchised corporations of Omab have been cited by the Board of Equilisa- tion to appear before that body Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock and show cause why thelr assesements should not be more than the amounts returned by the Board of Re- view. J. H. McIntosh appeared before the board Saturday afteruoon on behalf of the Real Estate exchange and requested that a time be set when testimony can be glven concerniug the assessments of the five com- panies. He stated that the men he repre- sents desire to have a formal trial, so that there may be no doubt as to their com- pllance with the law providing for com- plaints concerning assessments. Mr. Mcntosh's request was at first de- nled by the board, five of the councilmen, Hascall, Mount, Whitehorn, Karr and Trostler, voting against the hearing. Coun- cllmen Lobeck, Burkley, Zimman and Hoye tavored the granting of Mr. McIntosh's re- quest. Unwilling to accept no as an an- swer, Mr. Mclntosh insisted that the coun- cil s to continue its sittings as a Board of Equalization next week and must grant cit- izens & hearing. He finally succeeded in getting his request reconsidered in spito of vehement protests from Mr. Hascall. Coun- climan Karr changed his vote to the affirm- ative on the second ballot and all the other members voted as when the request was first considored. This made the corporation hearing possible and the time was fixed for 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Individ Upon motion of Councilman Zimman the following men were cited to appear before the Board of Equalization and show why their personal assessments should not be raised: James Alnscow, 4 George F. Bidwell, W. J. M. Woolworth, C. T. Kountze, . A. Paxton, Ben B. Woo ohn F. Cou u:nof ant‘ uther Kountie. g T J. H. Evans, Geory 2. Barker, Charles Metz, J. 8. Collins, W. . Wyman, » Munt Appear. . Tukey, L., Selby, . Knox, Piyne, Henry B. Payne, W. G. Bhriver, W. H. Green Wipkarnam Hmith, ebrge P. Bem! Thomas Bwift, ar., James Creighton, R. C. Peters, Yoat, . Fairfield, . B. Hunt, . 8. Hall, W. Morsman, . V. Morse, Vance |1 D. Mer: B. Kitchen, M. Howard, W. Wattles, A LA Smith, [ T, Barlow, George Krug, John L. Webster, J.°C. Cowin, G. W. Holdrege, H. G. Burt, William J. ¥ W w. M anigal, hweltzer, H. Goodrich, J." J." Dickey, G. W, Clabaugh, Isaac’ Hattin, M. Moraman, D. H. Wheeler, &r., W. G Ur John Steel D, Connell, Terminal Company John C. Wharton appeared before the board and asked that the assessment of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company be lowered from $22,000 a mile to $6,000 a mile, tho sum fixed by the State Board of Equalization. He insisted that the city officials must accept the assessment fixed by the state board. At the request of several counclimen, E. Rosewater spoke briefly concerning the as- sessment of the Omaba Bridge and Term- inal company and sald that in his opinion the laws of Nebraska make It possible for the Omaha Board of Equalization to as- sess the property of the Omaha Bridgo and torminal company, regardless of the fig- ures of the State Board of Equalization. He said that the company's property is in- cluded In one county in Nebraska and does not correspond with the description of the property which is assessed by the state board. The assessment was reduced to $6,000 per milo by & vote of 6 to &. Councllmen Has- call, Lobeck, Mount, Trostler, Whitehorn and Karr voted in the aMrmative and Councilmen Burkley, Hoye and Zimman op posed the reduction. Reduced. Another Week, Perha Unless all signs fail the sitting of the Roard of Equalization will continue for an- other week. For the first time in the hi tory of this board its session will be pro- longed beyond the five days which it is re- quired to sit by law, The complaint of the Omaha Water com- pany concerning the low assessments of a nurber of prominent Omaha merchants and concerning the small returns of per- sonal property made by well-known capi- tallsts set things to going in the board ani has fnspired an investigation of assess- ments which threatens (o bring about a complete revision of personal tax lists. Upon the motion of Councilman Zimman all the jobbers and capitalists named in the complaint = the water company have been cited to appear hefore the board and show why an increase should not be made in their personal assessments. Hayden Bros., Ne- braska Clothing company, Continental Clothing company, Lee-Glass-Andreesen company and Rector & Wilhelmy company were added to the list of mercantile Insti- tutlons submitted by the water company. How Some Values Shrink “It is high time that an investigation be made of personal assessments 1o the city," sald Councilman Zimman. ‘“There are many homes In this city filled with fine fur- niture, cut glass and silver plate, but the returns made to the tax commissioner by the owners of this property Indicate that poverty prevalls in their homes. Fine car- riage horses are only worth $10 a head for purposes of taxation and swell turnouts lose all thelr value when they are put down on ¢ tax schedule. 1 am lu favor of bring- ing jobbers, professional men and all other owners before this board to testify concern- ing the amount of personal property they own. The men named In the complaint made by the water company and all others whose assessments are In question should be summoned to appear here. I am in favor of continuing the session of the board