Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1902, Page 1

.THE OMAHA DAILY BEL. ESTABLISHED JUNE 7)), 1871. SAND HILL FORESTRY|FisHes anti-anancuy Plas to Eatablish Three @reat Reserves in Wostera Nebraska. AGGREGATE OF HALF A MILLION ACRES All ia Nigbrara District, ” =malaad North E R SIZER GETS LINCOLN NOMINATION Forty Nebraska Bankers Ask for Re- duction of War Tax on Capital— Further Hearing on Leasing of Indian Lands, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A letter was circulated among the Nebraska congressmen today for their s natures, addressed to the president, recom- mending the establishment of three forest Feserves In as many localities In the s hill districts of Nebraska. These reserves as contemplated include regate of 668,720 acres, with but 1 per cent held under private claims. It is designed to make the experiment of ralsing timber in these forest reserves, should the president follow the suggestion of the Nebraska dele- @ation. It is sought to include the so- called Niobrara district, which lies largely in Cherry county, and in the vicinity of the Niobrara river; Dismal reserve, which 18 situated in Blaine and Loup counties, and the North Platte reserve. It Is thought by those who have the matter in charge that the delegation will be & unit in having the land set aside. Pleads for Fi tlon for the Advancement of Sclence, and connected with the University of Nebraska, has written a letter to Senator Millard, pro- testing against the merging of the fish contemplated, with the new Department of Commerce. He says If it Is done, it will seriously impalr the fish com- mission’s work and handicap it in its sclen. tific investigations. The letter was re- ferred to Senator Frye, chairman of the committee on commerce and president pro j tem of the senate, who has written a char- cteristic repl. ting that he will do nothing to Interfere with the efclency of the commission, nor hinder it in any way in its sclentific investigations. ‘The Omaha Commercial club telegraphed Benator Millard, asking him to see the Indian office and have Omaha included In ‘ its list of places to receive bids for Indian supplies, in view of the location of an In- dian supply depot there. Senator Millard found that Omaha was included as one of the cities {n which bids would be recelved. Postmawter Biser of Lincoln, E. R. Sizer's nomination to be postmaster At Lincoln went to the senate today. *I do not expect there will be any difculty in securing Mr. Sizer's confirmation,” sald Representative Burkett. “I do mot expect ,there will be any protests filed, and Sizer should have his commission within a few days.” Petitions from forty bankers In Nebrask ‘were received today by the senate asking for a reduction of the war tax on banking «wapltal, The senate committee on Indian affairs continued its hearings today In regard to ithe leasing of lands In the Standing Rock Jndian reservation in South Dakota. Com- missioner Jones was before the committee, also a delegation of Indlans from the Teservation, in oppesition to leasing part of the reservation. The Indlans said they were not opposed to the lease to Leoma but were opposed to granting the portion of l1ands sought to be included in the leasc to Walker, for the reason that it would de- prive nearly 200 families from continuing their improvements and take away from them the care of thelr stock and hay. Miss Hall, missionary fram the agency, was heard In opposition to the entire leas- ing proposition. It is thought th: the Walker leq will be so modified as to re- lleve the Indians living on the Grand River from enclosure. The whole subject has been placed in Commissioner Jones' hands for '‘amlcable adjustment. Personals and Department Not ( Frank Orane ot Plerre, 8. D., chalrman of the republican state central committee, is In Washington, s Captain Seth Bul- lock of Deadwood, 8. D., who arrived today. C. W. Miller, member of the executive committee of the Letter Carriers’ assocla- tion, has arrived, to look after legislative matters which the letter carriers desire. Brigadier General P. H. Barry is to leave for Nebraska tomorrow. Other members of the Nebraska National Guard are to remain 4o the east several days. ‘The postoflices at St. Peter and Andrew, Cedar county, Neb., are ordered discon- / tinued. 8. B, GriMeg of Watertown, 8. D., was today admitted to practice before the Troasury department. Ed F. Nelson, W, E. Atkinson, August A. (Tylee and Charles C. Gardner were today | appoluted clerks in the Lincolu, Neb., post- oftice. Roy W. Hick of Sargent, Neb., pointed copyist in the pension ofice. Bellamy & Hornung of Omaha have been awarded a contract for installing the heat- i0g apparatus in the Blair, Nob., public is ap- bulldings at thelr bid of $1,076. NAMES LINCOLN POSTMASTER WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—~The president loday sent these nominations to the sen: Postmasters: Illinols—Willlam A, M tel, Grayville; Bamuel B, City; D. G. Willlamson, Staunton. { A. Large, Rock Valley; Albert Rome: ley; Arthur 8, Burdick, Postville. Missouri—David H. Gllchrist, 1. F. Okey, Grant City. Nebraska—E. R. Sizer, Lincoln. Arkansas—John A, Brouse, Lonoke. California—B. C., Ide, Marcus J. Isaace, Etna Mills Portd Rico—Fred Lesser, ir., Mayagues. Becond Lieutenants Infantry—Corp Gallatin; ( mte Charles E. Swartz, Nineteenth infantry; Villlam J. Dav Rt, Minnesota; John Beott, at large. Roach, Mason lowa—Henry E. Bollluger, Afton: Frank 8ib- Arroyo Grande: al farry 8..Adams, Elghteenth infantry; Pri- , At large; Frank F. Jew- Comm! WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The detalls of a blll restricting anarchy and anarchists was practically determined on today by the speclal committee of members of the house Judiclary committee appointed to consider this subject. The language of some of the provisions 18 yet to be settled, but all of the essential features of the forthcoming measure are determined upon. The measure will provide the death pen. alty for an attempt to kill or assault the nresident or anyone In line of succession tho presidency. An accessory before ‘t 18 to be treated as a principal - A accessory after the fact is punished in & fess degree than a principal. Any per- son who counsels, advises or advocates the assaulting or killing of any officer of the United States shall be fined or imprisoned, No allen who advocates an overthrow of organized government, or who is afliated with an organization holding such views, is to be admitted to this country. Provision is also made for the punish- ment of those conspiring in this country against a foreign ruler. The special com- mittee probably will report to the judi- clary committee within the mext few days and a report to the house is expected soon thereafter. Secretary Root today appeared before the house insular affair committee to urge the enactment of a homestead law for the Phil- ippines. He sald thera should be legisla- tion to enable the Filipino to acquire title to property and that denial of that right was, in his opinion, the cause of much of the present disturbed conditions, He cited the anti-rent riots in New York and the riots in Ireland as evidence of what followed such denfal. He thought a homestead law should be passed to permit the natives to make entry of 100 mcres of 1and as the maximum, the local govern- ment to fix the minimum. He also urged the repeal of the Spooner amendment pro- hibiting the cutting of timber and the granting of franchises. He sald that in- dustry In the islands should be promoted, not prevented. The Islands needed rail- roads to develop their abundant resources of timber, coal and other minerals. The hearings on admitting Oklahoma to statehood began today before the house committee on territories and will continue tomorrow. Delegate Flynn made the open- ing presentation. He was supported in his view by Sydney Clark and others. Another view was presented by a dele- gation favoring the Incluston of the Indian Territory with Oklahoma {n any plan of statehood. EMPEROR APPROVES THE PLAN with Com- for German Soverel mittee's Arrs Prince’'s Reception. Con WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Emperor Wil- llam has approved the plans of the com- mittee of arrangements for the reception of Prince Henry, as far as they go. Ho bas left the committee the arrangement of the details of the general plan and today fhe members were at work on these, par- ticularly upon the contracts to be made withr'the ral'road ‘agents ‘for the havliug &' the special train which will be engaged by the governmont for the journey of the prince. This train will be made up of six cars of the finest construction and one will be set apart for the exclusive accommoda- tion. of the prine In its present shape the plan looks to as fair a division of the time as conditions allow between sections of the country and to that end it is now proposed to take the distinguished visitor as far into the south as Chattanooga, as far west as St. Louls and as far north as Milwaukee on one side and Boston on the other. The priuce will arrive in New York on Saturday and will spend his first Sunday in America quletly In that city, paying a visit to Grant's tomb in Riverside park. He will leave after midnight, arriving in Washington about 10:30 o'clock Monday morning. He will be met at the station by a mili- tary guard, made up of a squadron of cav- alry and a battery of artillery, both from Fort Meyer. With this escort, he will pro- ceed to the German embassy, and a detall of engineers from the Washington barracks will be named as a special guard of honor to watch the embassy day and night as long as the prince remains here. The wecond Sunday probably will be spent at Chattanooga and & visit will be paid to the great national park at Chickamauga. The third and last Sunday of the prince's stay In America will be spent in New York, where he will rest and perhaps visit some of the German soclal organizations, In this way the committee has avoided the ssity of traveling on Sunday. NATIONAL CONTROL OF TRUSTS e by Industr! on Which Completes Its Loug Labors. WASHINGTON, Jan. commission, after several years spent In {nvestigating the industrial condition of the country with the view of making recom- mendations calculated to assist in the so- lution of the problems of the times, has completed and sent to the printer its final report. It 18 expected that this report will be presented to congress, as required by law, within the next few days. The final document will be a volume of about 1,000 pages and will be a review of the evi- dence contained In the previously published eighteen volumes: In this last volume the various questions which have been considered In the course of the inquiry are discussed under sep- arato headings and recommendatibns are made. On the subject of trusts the com- mission follows closely the lines of recom- mendations laid down by the president in his anoual message. Supervision by the national government Is recommended. The most radical specific step suggested in that direction by the report is that the books of all corporations should be subject at all times to Inspection, as are the books of national banks. The commi: ownership of rallroads and telegraph lines, but does not recommend such a departure trom present methods. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Representative Clark of Missour{ introduced a joint resolu- tlon expressing sympathy for the two South African republics and regret over the suffering caused by the war. The'resolu- tion expresses the hope that thie declara- tion by congress will influence Great Brit- alh to consider favorably a settlement of the troubles. Provision is made for for- warding the resolution to the British gov- ernment and to Presidents Kruger and Steyn. 23.—The industrial | —3 Received by Head of Celestinl Empire as Representatives Na- tions as Great Orlent: PEKIN, Jan. 23 he ministers of the forelgn powers here have attained the goal which has been their aim since Intercourse between China and the powers began. They have been received as repregentatives of soverelgns equal in rank to Whe Chinese emperor. The audience yesterday between the emperor and the ministers was held in the Innermost large ball of the forbidden city, The emperor sat upon a dals be- hind a table. There were four princes at the back of his chair and a dozen official at each side. The dowager empress wi concealed by a screen, according to the stories of the attendants, and remained in- visible. The audience chamber was furnished or- nately in contrast to the dingy room which served for these audiences under the old regime. The secretaries translated the addresses of the ministers, coples of whicl were handed to the emperor. The replies were delivered by Prince Ching. Emperor Maintaing Silence. The emperor was silent throughout the audience and remained stolid and impassive. Formerly the emperor replied to the min- isters in Manchu and the prince Interpreted what he sald. Today he appeared as an Automaton and the secretaries of the for- elgn ministers, who were present, reported that he lookéd weaker, less intellectual and more childish than prior to the eiege of the legation. Sir Ernest Satow, the British ambassador, made the following address: My august soverelgn has charged me to express to your majesty his sincere desire to mee the independence and the integrity of the Chinese empire maintained intact, and that the prosperity of the Chinese people may be hastened by the removal of obstacles to the free exchange of commodi- tles, by the extension of manufacturers and by the utllization of the resources of the sofl. The wonderful improvement in the means of communication between different parts of the world, through the development of steam navigation, rallways and telegraphs, has brought all countries into much closer relations than was possible in former mes. us the nations of the world are nabled to profit by the lessons to be e ed from each other in the art of ernment, In methods of education, in administration of justice and in the application of the public weaith to ‘the advantage of the whole people. If, under the enlightened rule of your mafesty, the barriers which in thie past hindered the free and mutually advantage. ous Intercourse of China with the rest. of the world be completely removed, and her domestic institutions wisely regiilated, it is certain that China, advancing along ‘the path of progress, will attain to a height of prosperity unknown in the past, The ministers of the forelgn powers en- tered the forbidden city at the main gate, leaving their ‘military escorts outside. At the second gate they entered yellow chairs, like those furnished for the priuces and secretaries. They walked through the Inner courts of the forbidden city and their cort- ego retired from the city by the east gate. DEFER ATTACK ON PANAMA Liberals at Present Are Satisfled with Preventing Supplies Reach- ing It i NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—A Colon dispatch recelved by Dr. J. Restrepo, agent of the Colomblan liberal junta here, announced that General Frederico Barrera was at Paralso, awaiting reinforcements from Nombre de Dios, Cocle and Bocas del Toro, and that as soon as they arrived Colon would be attacked. Detalls of troops forming part of Gen- eral Serglo Perez's army were reported at rador, on the line of the Panama and at Matachin. A liberal force under General Victoriano Lorenzo was ex- pected to effect & junction with the Perez detachment. Panama, it was sald, was not to be at- tacked at present, but efforts were being made to prevent supplies reaching it. In another dispatch recelved by the liber- als today Generals Clodomiro illo and Jose-Maria Castillo acknowledged receipt of 500,000 cartridges for Mauser, Remington and Manlicher rifies, sent for more than a fortnight ago. The brothers Castillo also announced that they had invaded the Boli- var province and held troops on the dalena river at Pivijar and Plato and berano. The object of this expedition was to fur- nish the guerrila troops with ammunition. According to this dispatch the conserva- tives In this reglon were reduced to the towns of Santa Marta and Clenaga, ' the rest being /n the indisputed possession of the liberals, ISTHMUS IN GREAT SUSPENSE Ports Are Quiet, hut Renewed Hos- tilities with Liberals Daily Expected. COLON, Colombia, Jan. 23.—The situation on the Isthmus remains unchanged. Al- though quiet maintains here and at Panama these ports are on the tiptoe of expectancy and the resumption of hostilities between the government forces and the liberals is awaited at any moment. American and British warships are expected to reach Colon shortly. A slight skirmish occurred on the rallroad between here and Panama today In which there were ten casualties among the Iib- erals, This skirmish resulted from the vig!- |lance of the government troops, who are closely watching all outlets along the rall- yroad to the interior of the country. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Jan. 23.—The Chilean government will present a diplo- matic clalm against the United States of Colombla because of the 10ss of the Chllean | steamer Lautaro, belonging to the South | American Steamship comp#y, which was |selzed by the Colomblan goverpment and sunk in Panama harbor during an engage- ment with Colombian liberals. As a result of the renewed actlvity of the liberal forces of Colombla on the Isthmus of Panama Sec- retary Long has ordered tite gunboat Mai etta to proceed to Colon on the gulf side, in order to co-operate with the crulser Phila- deiphia at Panama on the Pacific side, in keeping a close watch on any developments which may threaten United States interests or treaty rights and In stopplng them when they take that course. Marletta Is now with the North Atlantic squadron at Culebra island, oft Porfo Rico, and will 1l tor Colon without d Harrington Re-Elected Lord Mayor, DUBLIN, Jan. 23.—Timothy C. Harring- ton, member of Parliament for the harbor division of this city, hae been re-elected lord mayor of Dublin. Mrs. Ric nom in Cheered by Test! mony of Her Good Char- acter, PLATTSBURG, Mo., Jan. 23.—Mrs. Addle B. Richardson's defense was begun today in her trial here for the murder of her husband, Frank W. Richardson, at Savan- nah. The defense will, it is expected, finish tomorrow, when the defendant will take the stand. s Today It was shown that Mrs. Richard. ®on’s trips about the stredts of Savannah after night in company with Stewart Fife, which fact the state brought out yesterday, were to find her husband. Johnnte Rich- ardson, 14 years old, the first witness lled by the defense, told of going with his mother at 11:30 at nlght to find his | father and how, after Fife had located himn intoxicated in a hotel, Mrs, Richardson had gone there and taken him home. This was corroborated by Mrs. Gertrude Grant, sister of the dead mam, and by the hotel proprietor. i Others told of Mrs. Richardson's good character. They were: Rev. John Atwill, a rector of the church whith Mrs. Richard- son attended, and who bad lved at the Richardson home; Rev. A. R. Hunt and Peter Christiansen, the latter a member of the grand jury that indicted Mrs. Rich- ardson. Christiansen was asked: ““You Jeard others discuss her ¢haructer?" “No, sir, because I suppose there was nothing bead in it to discuss.” ““And you signed the indictment against her for' murder?" i “Yes, sir.” A score of witnesses from the leading families in Savannah were placed on the stand late this afternoon and they all tes- tified to Mrs. Richardson's good charaoter, This was to offset the statements of Leon- ard McDanlel and Carl Guenther, who tes- tified that they saw Mrs. Richardson and Stewart Fife on the street together late At night. Frank Richardson, the 12-year-old son of Mrs. Richardson, was put on the stand and it was expocted that he weuld be called upon to give important evidence regarding the whispéred talk with hi§ father in the store on Christmas eve, Just before his father went home to his death., The te, however, made no attempt to cross-ex- amine him and he was not asked what his father saud. John D. Richardson, brother of the mur- dered man, testified that when he went to Savannah, after receiving the news of his brother's death, and hired two lawyers to help the vrosecuting attorney to run down his brothe: ayer. This action was taken Independent of the interests of his sister- in-law. The witness also testified to Mrs. Richardson’s good character. A sis| niece and other relatives of the dead man were placed on the stand and all testi- fled to the good character of the defendant. When court adjourned tonight all of the testimony for the detense in, ex- cepting that to be given by Mrs. Richard. son herself. She will probably take the stand tomorrow morning. DRYDEN GETS ' OMINATION as United 81 3, never Assured. TRENTON, N. J. Jan. 23.—The republican caucus to select a ‘candidate for United States senator to be supported during the present session of the legislature, to suc- cead the late Senator Sewell, selected on the nineteenth ballot John F. Dryden of Newark, president of the Prudential In- surance company. Mr. Dryden, on the nineteenth ballot, re- celved exactly the necessary thirty-two votes. His principal rivals were State Senator Stokes of Cumberland county and former United States Attorney General John W. Griggs. Congressman Gardner, ex-Sheriff David Baird of Camden and Barker Gummere of Mercer were also in the field, and while they received a fair amount of support in the early balloting, it was at no time doubted that the contest was between Messrs. Dryden, Stokes and Griggs. On the first ballot Mr. Dryden received 19 voted; Mr. Griggs, 16; Mr. Stokes, 11; Mr. Gardner, 5; Mr. Gummere, 7. During the first dozen ballots the votes of Mess: Gardner, Balrd and Gummere fluctuated a good deal, while the vote of Mr, Griggs remained statlonary, and that of Mr, Dryden increased to twenty-four, and the vote of Mr. Stokes went up and down, as the sup- porters of the other three South Jersey candidates voted either for him or their own particular favorite. The balloting continued in this way until the close of the seventeenth ballot, when the South Jersey members held a confer- ence and all decided to go to Stokes. The eighteenth ballot resulted in Mr. Dryden getting 24 votes, Mr. Stokes 24 and Mr. Griggs 15. As the roll call for the nineteenth ballot was concluded the total stood: Dryden 31, Stokes 29 and Griggs 3, Benator Cross of Union, one of the three men, changed his vote and gave Mr. Dryden the necessary thirty-two votes The vote was at once made unanimous. The republicans have a majority on joint ballot of forty-five, which assures the elec- tion of Mr. Dryden, as the caucus action 1s binding. REFUSES USE OF HIS CHURCH Pastor Declines to Have McKinley Memorial Service Held in the Bullding. PITTSBURG, Jan. 23.—Rev. Dr. Parry, sustained by the trustees of the First Pres- byterian church of wukm-nfl.r:, bas re- fused the citizens the use of hls church for McKinley memorlal services on Wednes- day night next. When asked the reason for his action Rev. Parry sald: ' “Our church has been used too fre- quently for demonstrations of a public rather than a religlous nature. Every time a public meeting was called my church was made the meeting place. That s not 1t was bullt for. It was built for the worship of God. This thing of turning over the church to anyoné at any time has be- come ‘like Mark Twain's mule—too mo- notonous. To allow the citizens the use of the church would We to deprive the mem- bers of the church of their regular Wednesday evening prayer meeting. That s all 1 have to say. SHOOTING IN SIOUX cITY Joseph Russell, Bartender, Kills Samuel rks, Packing Ho! Workman. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Jan. 23.—Joseph Rus- ell, a bartender, tonight shot and killed Samuel Starks, an employe of the Armeour Packing company. The shooting followed & quarrel over a dice game. @raad Jury Finithes its Work and Reports to Judge Baker, WELL DEFINED RUMORS DEVELOP NAUGHT Indictments Retarned Against Slot Machine Gamblers and South Omaha School Board Members. Three hundred and five Indictments rep- resent the net result of the labors of the rand jury, which was dismissed yester- day afternoon by Judge Ben 8. Baker as one of his last judiclal acts in Douglas county. The jury bad broken time records by serving sixty-four days and had listened to 663 witnesses, whose fees amounted to $1,640.10. The fees for the sixteen jurors are glven out at the office of the clerk of the district court as $2,065.60. From the same source It {s learned that the sheriff's foes on services amount to $584.10, making & grand total of $4,289.80. Of the Indictments returned more than one-half were against Omaha and South Omaba business men, charging them with “keeplng gaming machines,” or, to be moro specific, slot machines. The docket shows that nearly a dozen of these have not been found, but that the others have, since the indictments were returned, December 21, December 24 and Decomber 30, ap- peared and furnished $200 bail. The other charges are: Selling liquor without a license, keeplng gambling rooms, arson, robbery, assault with intent to kill, em- bezzlement and malfeasance in office. Am From the jdentity of the witnesses known to have been before the grand jury and from the nature of public offenses which might properly come before the grand jury, it is deduced with some safety that two of the indictments held up are against George Lucas and Charles Hathaway, al- leged to have had criminal intimacy with the girl Zola Coulthard. Others may be for a tontine investment company that has galned ome public disfavor and an- other for u woman of the town sald to have robbed a victim of $10. It is surmised, to account for all the Indictments, that every member of the South Omaha school board bas been Indicted, with two excep- tions, which exceptions are presumed to be Ryner and Loechner. Some Notable Indictments. The principal interest attaches to the in- dictment against John B. Meserve, former stato treasurer, charging him with the embezzlement of tunds, and several against members of the South Omaha school board for corruption in office. Theo- dore Schroedor of that board was among those agalust whom indictments were filed, January 2. the specific charge against him being malteasance in office. He gave bail in the sum of $200. In this connection it had been charged that six of the jurors had been bought off with. @ purse of $600, raised in South Omaha, and Judge Baker called the jury befors bim-last oad told the mem- bers of the frequency with which such re- ports had reached his ears and of how seri- ous would be such conduct on the part of any juror. He sald that he did not wish to belleve such rumors, and yesterday he went still farther and informed the body that he believed the aspersions wholly wrong. He sald: Commendation of the Court. ‘“Gentlemien of the jury, for the Ilast twenty years I have had a great deal to do with criminal courts and grand juries, and I am of the opinion that this jury has worked honestly and faithtully, and with honor and integrity. I am sorry to say that there has been some unholy criticismn of this jury, but there has been of nearly every other, and it is my experience that those who know least about the facts are the omes who criticise most. And often, you may have noted, those persons who make great display of Indignation are bad themselves. As for you,. I realize that you have encountered obstacles and that it is often hard to return indictments, but I be- lieve that you have investigated things carefully and fully.” Of the indictments, the judgé said: *I am of the opinion that of the many bad crimes slot machine gambling is one, not because of the nickel that Is put in, but because it serves, in a measure, to elevate gambling In its greater forms, and you have the thanks of this court for returning the indictments that you bave.'" End Comes Abraptly. The jury had come before him from cofirt room No. 4 on the floor below, at 2:45, and if 1ts life had been long its death was ab- rupt. Roll was called, all members respond- ing, and Foreman John Grant immediately presented five indictments, which, with five others returned earlier on which service has not yet been obtained, will be kept from the press for the present. The foremau next submitted the jury's report, but the Judge, upon being informed that the some- what voluminous document was all ready tor filing, dispensed with reading it and made his few parting remarks as given above. He then dismissed the jury that bas been #0 long in session and within five minutes the court room was empty, Full Text of the Report. Following 18 the full text of the grand Jury's report: To the Honorable, the Judges of the Diatrict Court of Douglas County, Ne- Gentlemen—We, the grand jury, ecttully submit the following report: © have been in continuous wession from day to day since November 6, 1901, Sundays and holldays excepted, and have endeav- ored, withbut blas or prejudice, fear or favor, to do our duty under the law and Suppressed Indictments, the chargo given us by the honorable court. We have found and presented 305 true b f incictment. tlls of in . i n:tore entering upon our work we'were inférmed that your honorable court had called this grand Jury i compliance’ with resolutions adopted by the Board of Edu- cation of the city of Omaha, urging an inquiry Into certain rumors of ‘corrupt and Ill’filwf\fl practices by city officlals, alleged to have entered into a conspiracy to col- ropriate to thelr own use the moneys that should have been paid into the school (und through the medium of the police court. We were ied to belleve that the officers and members of the Board of Education, who had preferred these serlous charges, would appear before us at the outset and place us in position to verify them, but more than three weeks elapsed before any- body connected with the school board put in an appearance, and the effort of this party was designed to distract and confuse ug In our work while we were in the midst ¢ an_inquiry Into violations of law and ffenses committed by other parties. After we had disposed of a number of cases involving violations of the criminal code, we entered upon & thorough Invet! gation of the rumors concerning ‘“‘muni pal corruption.” Ve examined a large humber of withesses, including nearly all of the members of the Omaha Hoard of Education, the keepers and Inmates of dis- orderly houses, and part! under police survelllance, who were presumed to have knowledge of the alleged blackmail. or forced contributions, but ble to (Continued on Fifth Page. of of Friday; Cold Wave; Saturday Falr and Cold; Northerly Winds. Temperature at Omaha Yesaterday: Hour. Dea. . s 1 2 8 4 13 [ s L] Forecaster Weleh of Omaha was notified last evening of the approach of a cold wave, the prediction being for a drop of 20 degrees in temperature. SHAW CLINGS TO OLD HOME This Assurance at Denison Farewell Reception Rouses Tamult of Appina DENISON, Ta., Jan, 28.—(Special Tele- gram.)—More than 1,000 people flocked to the Denison opera house tonight to attend the farewell reception to Governor L. M. Sbaw, newly chosen secretary of the treas- ury. People from all the surrounding coun- tles were In attendance, and every town in |Crawford county was represented. OId- time farmer friends, democrats as well as republicans, drove twenty miles over the rough roads to bid the governor godspeed. Colonel Sears McHenry presided over the brief program. Short speeches were made by Carl F. Kuehnle, J. B. Romans, P. E. C. Lally and F. W. Meyers. Secretary Shaw recelved a tremendois ovation when he arose to speak. He an- nounced that he had mo intention of giving up his Denlson home, and this statement was recelved with great applause. The re- ception was a magnificent tribute to the affection with which Secretary Shaw is held by those who know him best. Ex-Governor Shaw 18 to leave for Des Moines tomorrow morning. RETURN OF GOVERNOR SAVAGE Telegram from Me: ‘Will Reach Home Sunday Morning. (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan, 23.—(Special Telegram.)— A private communication recelved here to- night conveys the information that Gov- ernor Savage will return from his southern trip Sunday morning. Newspapers in Mem- phis quote the governor as saying that he intended to visit Florida before returning to Nebraska, but as the telegram received tonight is dated at Memphls, it is belleved he has abandoned that part of the trip. When Governor Savage left the statd three weeks ago he gave no Intimation as to when he would return, turther than say- irg that he expected to be in Lincoln again by January 23. Since Monday morning the executive department has been the gather- Ing place for a great many persons who are anxious to see the governor, and the long distance telephone has been kept humming with calls from various points in the state. RECEPTION FOR CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—President and Mrs. Roosevelt's reception in honor of con- gress took place at the White House to- night. There was a large attendance, in- cluding the cablnet officers and representa- tives of other branches of the public serv- ice and of the diplomatic corps. Mrs. Payne, wife of Postmaster General Payne, assisted Mrs. Roosevelt In receiving for the first time, the other cabinet women in line belng Mrs. Root, Mrs. Knox, Mrs, Hitchcock and Miss Wilson. Mrs. Roosevelt's dress was of white lace over blue silk, with a pink ribbon caught with roses. She carrled a large bunch of La France roses. Others invited to places In the Blue Room with the receiving . party were: Miss Jones, a ‘niece of Postmaster General Payne; Hon. Whitelaw Reld and Mr: Reld, Hon. Rickard Olney, Mrs. L. F. Bay- ard, Senator and Mrs. Depew, Dr. St. Clair McKelway and Mrs. Logan. The floral decorations were on the usual scale and very attractive, especially in the East Room. Azallas of variegated colors and raany varieties of flowers were banked on the mantels and smilax was en- twined around the le GILLETTE HAS GOOD POSITION Cattle Plunger is & Buenos Ayres Comp; erintendent of Mining KANSAS CITY, Jan., 23.—Two lawyer: who went from this eity to Chlhuahu: Mexico, two weeks ago to take deposition of Grant Gillette, the Kansas cattle king, failed and returned without the deposition. Glllette is superintendent of the Buenos Ayres Mining company, with headquarters 150 miles west of Chihuahua. Although he was\served with & notice that his depos tion would be taken at Chihuahua, he was not present on the date sét for the deposi- tions, The suit in which the depositions were to be taken 1s that of the Third Na tional bank of St. Louls against a num- ber of Gillette's creditors to determine which held the prior mortgage on $30,000 worth of cattle. CATTLEMEN CAUSE TROUBLE Rangers Kill Herd of Sheep e Are Incensed Over Crimen, d Peo- MOSCO, Colo, Jan. 23.—The people of Costilla county are much aroused over the Killlng of 100 sheep and the wounding and driving away of 200 more, belonging to Teofilo Trujillo, ten miles. from Mosco, by fiftéen cattlemen of that neighborhood. The sheepmen were first warned to vacate the public domain. The cattlemen, it is sald, also fired into the cabin of the owner about 10 o'clock on the night of January 18 and very narrowly missed the occupants, Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 'the cattlemen sald to have been con- nected with the outrage. Trujillo is sald to be an inoffensive old man, who has lived in this yicinity for the past forty years. Jan. 33, Celtle, from Balled: La W.—Arrived: Sonoma, via Honolulu and Auck- jand. At Liverpool—-Arrived i i Movement of Ocenn Vesne At New York—Arrived: Liverpool and Queenstown. Savole, for Havre. At Sydney, N. 8, from Ban Franclsco Tonan, from 8t John, N. B., and Halitax; Teutonie, from New' York. At Bues—Arrived: Glenroy, from Tacoma, Hiogo, etc., for London. At Queenstown—Sailed: Belgenland, for Philadelphia; Oceanie, for New York. At Rotterdam—8alled: Statendam, for New York via Boulog: At Hamburg—Arrived: from New York. ur Mer. Graf Waldersee, OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1902_TEN PAGES, INGLE COPY FIVE CENTS, BILL EQUAL IN RANK T0 EMPEROR | CONFIOENT OF WER AcauITTAL | INQUISITION COMES T0 END|CONDITION OF THE WEATHER MESERVE IS INDICTEL Grand Jury Finds Bill Against Him fog Embeszlement. CHARGES MISAPPROPRIATION OF INTEREST fetool Fund Used by Populist Treasurer for Private Gain, DETAILS COVERED BY JURY ROOM SECRECY Witnesses Drawa from South Omaks Union Steok Yards Baak. ANOTHER CASE OF FARMING PUBLIC MONEY Former State Treasurer W Those Prominently Me Likely Fusion Ca for Governor, John B. Meserve, former treasurer of the state of Nebraska, has been Indicted by the grand jury in Douglas county on the charge of embezzlement of money be- longing to the state school fund. The indictment, with four bills against other persons, was handed fn to Judge Baker about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Just before the grand jury was finally dis- charged by the court. The case of the former populist stato treasurer was taken up and Investigated by the grand jury last Tuesday, when a number of witnesses who were supposed to have kunowledge of the questionable transactions wers sum- moned to appear before the jury. These witnesses ware mostly officers and em- ployes of the Unlon Stock Yards Natlonal bank of South Omaha. It is dificult to iearn the facts brought out in the grand jury room, but sufbient Information of a rellable sort has been gleaned to show that evidence was ad- duced to indicate that Merserve, as state treasurer, had on deposit at the Unlon Stock Yards National bank a large sum be- longing to the state school fund, on which he had been pald interest, which had not been credited up to the school fund. During the last campalgn It was fre- quently charged, and not denled, that Meserve was farming out state funds for his individual benefit, the same as Bart- ley had done before him, but the indict- ment of yesterday 18 the first tangible evi- dence of the practice. It s sald that Thomas B. McPherson, cashler of the Unlon Stock Yards Na- tional bank, was & banker in Red Willow county at the time Mr. Meserve was tre urer of that county, which may have had something to do with the deposit of school money in that banl Mr. Meserve has been frequently men- tioned as one of the leading candidates for the fusion nomination for governor this year and he is known to have been grooming himself for the race. Meserve Notified of Indictment. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan, %2.--(8pecisl Tele- gram.)—J. B. Meserye had uot been no- tified of his indictent by the Douglas county grand jury when interviewed by a reporter for The Bee tonight. “I have no comment to make regarding the matter,” replied he when questioned. in Omaha today and knew that some by the grand jury, but I was not cailed to testif) Mr. Meserve Intimated that the proceed- ing was actuated by political motives, but would name no one whoni he thinks re- sponsible for {its origin. He refised to say whether or not he had loaned school money to a South Omaha bank as charged in the indictment. Attorney General Prout sald: “I know nothing whatever of the case. My stteh- tlon has never been called to the charge: but I presurae the county attorney of Doug- las county s looking after the matter. Treasurer Stuefer also denied having any knowledge of the case. GIVES STARTEIN__G TElSTIMONY Witness Says Friend of Howard Di- rectly Implicates Lattor as M derer of Geebel. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan, 23.—In the How- ard trial tpday Willlam Sanderlin swore erly White, one Howard's id to him early in the present got Jim Howard to go to Frank- My month: * fort to kill Goebel, and he killed him. brother John will spend all we have to get Howard out.” Several witnesses having in his possession a false mustache testified to Howard's shortly before the shooting. Some strong testimony was introduced to controvert the alibl set up by the defense. The proprietor of the Board of Trade hotel and numerous other witnesses testi- fled that Howard was not in the hotel at the time Goebel was shot and that nelthes of his allbl witnesses, Robertaon or Moore, was there. Howard's story as to his wh bouts on the day of the shooting was also contra- dicted on several points. The attempt of the defense to fasten the shooting on Henry You nd Dr, W. R. Johnson was given a severe blow by several witnesses testifying that Dr. Johnson was at his home In Jackson county on the day of the shooting and for some days previous thereto. SEEK TO MERGE PAPER FIRMS Representatives of Forty Wrapping CINCINNATI, Jan. 23.—Representatives of forty wrapping paper firms in this coun- try have been In secret session here today. Charles Penfleld of Kansas City pr e It was stated that the formation of a combine was the object of the meeting. While it was stated that there was not likely to be any more cutting in schedule rates, the members had nothing to give out for publication. HUNTER SHOOTS BROTHER Accldentally K Elmer Moore While Shoot at & Rabbit, BT. JOBEPH, Jan, 23.—A special to the Dally News fom Chillicothe, Mo., says: Elmer Moore, aged 22, was accldentally shot on Gramd river, near Lock Sprin Daviess county, yesterday afterncon by his brother, FEugene, aged 20. They were hunting and became separated, and a shot intended for & bit wrought the fatal work