Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 28, 1902, Page 1

. 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ABLISHED JU NE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1902—-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE OENTS. =i SIX POSTS FOR CUBA Oonsular and Diplomatio Agencies Named in President's Bpeoial Message, PROVIDES REPRESENTATION iN ISLAND Outline of New Obligations to Form Part of Permanent Paot. TREATY RIGHTS SPECIFICALLY DEFINED Independence Must Not Be Impaired by Foreigners. RIGHT OF UNITED STATES TO IN% Special Oblgations Are Imponed Ups. the New Republic for Maintaining Good Sanitary Comditions Throughout Island. WASHINGTON, March 27.—The presi- @ent this afternoon sent to congress the following message recommending provisions for diplomatic and consular representation in Cuba: “To the Congress of the United States: 1 commend to the congress timely consider- ation of measures for maintaining diplo- matic and consular representatives in Cuba and for earrylng out the provisions of the act making appropriation for the support of the army for the fiecal year ending June 30, 1902, approved March 2, 1901, reading as tollow: “Provided further, that in fulfiliment of the declaration contained in the joint res- olution approved April 20, 1898, entitled ‘For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its author- ity and government In the island of Cuba and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters and directing the president of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United Btates to carry these resolutions into ef- fect,’ the president is hereby authorized to ‘leave the government and control of the island of Cuba te its people,’ so soon as a government shail have been estab- lished in sald island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows To Preserve Independenc “I—That the government of Cuba shall hever euter into any treaty or other com- pact with any forelgn power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, mor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to 6btain by colonization or for mil- itary or naval purposes or otherwise lodg- :nenl in or control over any portion of said and. I1—That said government shall not as- sume or contract any public debt, to pay the intel upon which and to make rea- sonable sinking fun provision for the ultl- mate discharge of which the ordimary rev- enues of the island, after defraying the current expen: of government, shall be (nadequate. “III —That the goverament of Cuba con- sents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of & government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United Btates, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba. Lawful Rights of United State “IV—That all acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated, und all Jawful rights acquired thereunder shall be maintained and protected. “V—That the government of Cuba will execute and, as far as necessary, extend the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon for the sani- tation of the citles of the fsland, to the end that a recurrence of epidemio of dis- eases may be prevented, thereby assuring s:otecnun to the people and commerce of ba, as well as {o the commerce of the southera ports of the United States and the people residing therein. “VI—That the Isle of Pines shall be omitted from the proposed constitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty. “VII—To enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will gell or lease to the United States lands Docessary for coaling or paval stations at certaln specified points to be agreed upon with tho president of the United States. Forms n Permunent Treaty. “VIII—That by way of further assurances the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty ‘with the United States. “The people of Cuba, having framed a gonstitution embracing the foregoing re- quirements and having elected a pre dent, who 1s soon to take office, the time is near for the fulfiliment of the pledge of the United States to leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people. 1 am advised by the secretary of war that it 1s now expected that the installation of the government of Cuba and the termination of the military occupation of that island by the United States will take place on the twentieth of May mnext. “It is necessary and appropriate that the ablishment of international relations with its inauguration, as well to provide & chaonel for the conduct of diplomatic relations with the new state so as to open the path for the immediate negotiation of conventional agreements to carry out the provisions of the act above quoted. It Is also advisable that consular representation be established without delay at the prin- be established without delay at the princi- with the island may be conducted with due vegard to the formalities prescribed by the vevenue and navigation statutes of the United States, and that American citizens ta Cuba may have the customary local re- worts open to them for their business needs ad, the case arising, for the protection of thelr right Makes Immediate Provi “I therefore recommend that provision be forthwith made and the salaries be appro- &l‘:llld snd made immediately available (a) Eavoy extraordinary and minister lenipotentiary to the republic of Cuba— 10,000 *(b) Secretary of the legation—§2,000. *(0) Second secretary of t “(d) Consul general at Havana—$5,000. “(e) Consuls at Clenfuegos—$3,000. Sa: Uago de Cuba—$3,000. “I do not recommend the present resto- - on Gecond Pegep S~ RHODES PICKS BURIAL SPOT His Memorial on a Hilltop Will Be a Prominent Feature of Strike ndscape, LONDON, March 27.—In a dispatch from Capetown the correspondent of the Dally Mall says that Cecil Rhodes, when be last visited Matoppo Hills, selected the spot where he desired to be buried and gave in- struction to an architect comcerning the memorial there to be erected, which will te a prominent feature of the striking landscape. The date of burial is doubtful, says the correspondent, owing to the necesaity of constiucting a special carrlage road from Buluwayo. At present there is nothing mare than a bridle path. Work on this road has already been Legun, but its com- pletion will require one month The executors of Cecil Rhodes are Lord "Rosebery, Earl Grey, Alfred Belt, a director Ip“ the British Chartered South Africa com- Mr. Mitchell, B. A. Hawksley, coun- *he British Chartered South Africa oo and Dr. Jameson. The original will ¢ Rhodes is In London and will be pubi. & soon CAPETGWN, March 27.—The preparations for the state funeral of Cecil Rhodes, which will take place here April 2, are already in progress. Flags are half-masted every- where. Those who attended the sick bed say Mr. Rhodes continually sorrowed over the fact that he left so much unaccomplished. ‘8o little done, s0o much to do,” was an expression which he used more than once. During Mr. Rhodes’ ilinees all kinds of novel means were utilized to counteract the trying heat. Boxes of ice were let into the rooms of the seaside cottage at Mulzen- berg, where he died yesterday, punkas were continually kept in motion and extra win- dows were cut in the walls. PRINCESS RADZIWILL HELD She in Committed for Trial and Fur- nishes Ball in Twelve Thou- sand Dollars. CAPETOWN, March 27.—The hearing of the charges agalnst Princess Radziwill, who Is accused of forgery In connection with notes purporting to have been signed by Cecll Rhodes, was resumed today. The princess testified in her own behalf. She was committed for trial and her bond fixed at £2,500. It was furnished by herselt and two sureties. Evidence submitted by the prosecution showed that last August Princess Radziwill received two telegrams eent from Capetown to Kenllworth, Cape Colony, and purport- ing to be from B, A. Hawksley, counsel for the British South African Chartered com- pany. The princess subsequently bribed a jun- for clerk in the telegraph office at Kenil- worth for 10 ebillings to insert London as the office of origin of these telegrams. She then showed the messages to a firm of attorneys as cablegrams from the solicitor of Mr. Rhod This was dome with the object of securing a low rate of discount on a bill for £2,000. Mr. Rhodes cabled to South African news- papers advertisements in which he re- pudiated his signatures to.all ‘bills, but Princess Radziwill afterward attempted to discount motes for £3,000 and £6,000. The indictment against the princess in- cludes seventeen counts for forgery and fraud and a charge of contravention of the telegraph act. RED BADGE OF REVOLUTION Hat Bands of Courage Stir Up Exelte- ment in the Harbor of Panama, PANAMA, Colombia, Merch 27.—Great excitement was aroused here this evening by the arrival of the government gunboat Chucuito, towing a schooner filled with men wearing red bands on their hats, the insignia of the revolutionists. Chucuito met and captured the vessel off Capira. It is laden with salt and ammunition for the revolutionary general Lugo, who is operat- ing in the vicinity of Capira. Among the orisoners on board the schooner were two officers, who were captured at Agua Dul-e. Both officers were wounded. The corre- spondence captured with the steamer is sald to be of considerable value (o the gov- ernment. The revolutionary general, Herrera, and his staff are reported to be on their way to Chiriqui on board the gunboat Padilla The government gunboat Boyaca is on the lookout for other revolutionary vessels. It 1s reported here that the government sol- diers wounded during the recent fighting at David and Agua Dulce have not received prover medical attendance. ICE FLOES THREATEN SEALERS Gale Hages Around Sealing Vessels on North At Const. ST. JOHNS, ., Maroh 27.—The sealing steamer Harlan arrived in the channel last night with 13,000 seals on board. A furious northeast gale nas been raging for the last thirty-six hours and it is feared that it will cause disaster among the seal- ing fleet enclosed in the ice floes. The steamer Algerine, having on board 3,000 seals, was forced to seek shelter at Little Sand owing to the violence of the storm. The sealing steamer Leopard has just ar- rived bere and reports terrible weather along the coast, Vessels which have arrived from Europe with cargoes of salt report vast ice floes off the Virgin Rocks and the Grand Banks and directly in the track of Atlantie ship- ping. The presence of ice in that locality is regarded as confirmation of the belief that the missing Allan line steamer Huron- lan was lost there. PLOT TO MURDER WALLER Native Scout of S Says Plan W to Kill Major and Licutenant ‘Williams. MANILA, March 27.—At the continuation today of the trial by court-martial of Major Waller of the marine corps, for the execu- tion without trial of natives on Samar is and, a native scout by the name of Smoke was on the stand. Smoke testified to the existence of & plot among the native leaders of the Waller ex- pedition to murder Major Waller and Lieu- tenant Willlams. He sald that when the marines had rations they shared them with the natives. The scout also sald that be personally had suffered severely from hunm- ser. Wilhei Expects the Stork. THE HAGUE, March 27.—The announces authoritatively that Queem Wil- helmine is expected mogher paxt, B 4 19 Revome & BOWS TO BEET SUGAR MEN Trust Finally Acknowledges Industry is Too Firmly Established. TRIES BUYING CONTROL OF ITS RIVAL President Signs South Omaha Bridge Bill and Favorable Report is Or dered on Measure for Branch Mint in Omaha. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 27.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The action of the ways and means committee upon the proposition to give tar- iff concessions to Cuba depends largely upon the course of Representative Babcock. Mr. Babcock has been claimed by both sides. It was asserted today that Mr. Babcock, after a talk with the president, had decided to join with Payne, Dalzell and other members of the ways and means committee who favor concessions. It was declared. furthermore, that Mr. Babeock had been bulldozed into abandon- ing the beet sugar men through threats of depriving him of the chairmanship of his congressional committee. But late this evening the insurgents, as the beet sugar men are called, claimed positively that Mr. Babcock will stand by them, at least to the extent of demanding the repeal of the dif- ferential as a pre-requisite to his vote upon any reduction upon Cuban raw sugar. 1f Mr. Babeock stands firm on that ground it will be impossible to secure a report upon any bill which gives the sugar trust the advantage of a differential duty upon refined sugar. Trust Buys Up Heet Factories. In this connection it is learned tonight that the sugar trust has come to the con- clusion that the beet sugar interest is too firmly established to be crushed out, and in consequence new tactics have boen planned. The trust is taking steps to secure control of the beet sugar factories and to this end its agents are active in the western states obtalning large interests in the stock of the existing companies, and in some In- ances negotiating for the erection of new ants. According to advices received here within twenty-four hours the trust has al- ready purchased a half interest in each of the factories at Cairo and Alma, Mich., also at Croswell In the same state; the plant at Cutler, Utab, as well as one in Nebraska and another in California. In addition it is said that the same concern ls now negot!- ating for the bullding of a factory at Bay City, Mich. The situation, so far as the beet sugar industry is concerned, seems to be much like that of the democratic party in Ohlo & few years ago, as described by Colonel ke Hill. Returning to Washington in the middle of the campaign, he exclaimed, in answer to & question as to the outlook: “We've got 'em! We've got' em—unless they buy us!” Senator Millard today introduced a bill providing that hereafter the surveyor of customs at Omaha shall recelve an annual salary of $1,000 and be permitted in addi- tion to retain the fees of the office. A simi- lar measure has been presented in the house. . Towa Delegation to Confer. The lowa delegation will meet at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, according to call issued by Senator Allison today, to talk over the question of federal appointments. It is not expected that any action will be taken at this meeting, but some members of the del- egation desire to arrange matters before their congressional conventions, and want to reach an understanding as to what dis- tricts are to be taken care of. Senator Hansbrough's bill extending un- til January 1, 1803, the time for the pre- sentation of the claims of several states for reimbursement for expenses incurred by the ralsing, supporting and equipment of volunteer regiments for service in the war with Spain was today favorably reported to the senate. The agricultural appropriation bill to be reported to the house next week contains a provisfon appropriating $50,000 to continue work on irrigation investigations. The bill also directs the agricultural experi- ment stations to co-operate with the of- flcers of the irrigation investigations in carrying on irrigation experiments in such manner and to such az extent as may be warranted, with due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the western states and territories. ; Some time ago Senator Warren secured from the War department an apportion- ment of $4,000 to build a road hetween Fort Russell and Cheyenne. Of the bids re- cently opened the lowest was $5,700, and the work was mot undemaken. After a conference today with Representative Mon- dell, “the secretary of war agreed to make an additional apportionment of $1,700, and the work will be undertaken. The secre- tary has not decided whether the contract will be let under the former bids or read- vertised. Minority Against Lacey Bill, Representatives Mondell of Wyoming, Shafroth of Colorado, Jones of Washing- ton and Fordney of Michigan today filed a minority report.against the Lacey bill to transfer the control of the forest reserves from the Interlor department to the Agri- cultural department. The transfer of re- serves proposed by the bill is opposed on the ground that a complete transfer is im- practicable, because of the legal questions relative to the settlement rights in lieu of land selections, and mining rights must necessarily be determined by the Interior department; further, that the Interior de- partment is well adapted to administer all the features of the forestry reserve man- agement, including policing, while the Ag- ricultural department is not well qualified for such administrative functions. The re- port contends that great additional expense would be incurred by the transfer, as the Agricultural department would be com- pelled to appoint receivers of public money and special agents to perform duties within the reserves now performed by the general land office agents and result in two sys- tems of forest control under the govern- ment. The proposed transter is pro- mounced impossible of operation, imprac- ticable and expensive, and would lead to triction and conflict of authority. Approves Game Protectl The minority approves the feature of the Lacey bill providing for game protec- tion and on that question submits a sub- stitute bill providing that on request of the governor of any state the whole or part of any forest reserve may be consti- tuted a game preserve. President Roosevelt South Omaba bridge bill. William Whitney Manatt of New York, son of ex-Chancellor Manatt of the University of Nebraska, is in Washington to partici- pate in the competition for furnishing a design for a Grant memorial statue, which s to be erected in this city at & cost of $250,000. Mr. Manatt has also devieed a . dConsinved g Rosond Fagnd . bas sigoed the MILES OF PRAIRIE SUBMERGED Dakota Weaiher Ties Up Northern Pacific and Of Rail- way Lim i ST. PAUL, March 27.-5For the second time within two weeks the main line of the Northern Pacific is blocked and passen ger trafic is seriously inteFfupted. Ten days ago the North Dakota seeffon of the line was tied up by the worst'storm in fifteen years, accompanied by fléfee winds, tre- mendous snows and midwinter temperature. Reports today show thak trains are now blocked by spring rains &nd floods over miles of prairies. The sidden change In temperature melted the smow. Then came severe rains which HEY® transtormed stretches of prairie near® Mandan, N. D., and between Mandan and Jamestown, Into veritable lakes. At manysoints the main line tracke are completely ¢overed by the water, Farther north the Great Northern line has suffered severely, although the floods have not been near emough, to block trains. Still farther north the *“Boo" line has had trouble, although being'in a more broken country it has affected. Trains on both lines are. The Northern Pacifie west, due here Wedm afternoon, has not yet arrived. The ovi due this aft- ernoon 18 also blockad ind reports to operating officials tonig] blockade may mot be I midnight a train made reached St. Paul, bri from points this side of th&flooded country. Some of the Northern Bacific westbound traine have been transferned to the Great Northern at Fargo and will go to the coast over that route. ¥ Reports from Winnipeg says that the Great Northern's Manitoba division is tied up by washouts, but that tramscontinental traffic by the Canadian rallway is little de- layed. . EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL Misstesippt Has More Water Than it Craves and Rallrouds Ca Navigate. te that the [ tomorrow. At ‘at Jumestown in travelers VICKSBURG, Miss., March 27.—Nearly eight inches of rainfall in Jhe past forty- eight hours has alsomt isolated Vicksburg. Not a train on the Yazop & Mississippl Valley road has entered or left the city since 8:30 last night, when a passenger train left for New Orleans, ‘This train only succeeded in getting as far as Port Gib- son, eighteen miles south, where:it s as- serted the tracks are wasbet away for two miles, A The train due here this forning ran into a washout near Port Gili#oa, the engine, mail and baggage cars going Into the ditch. No one was seriously hurt, . Passenger trains are sialied north and south of the city. Baker's creek betweem tils city and Jackson is out its banks, cdusing a suspen- slon of trafic on the Alabama. & Vicksburg raflroad. At Yazoo City the greater part of the town is flooded and washouts are reported at many points or the railroad mear there, The town of West Point of the Mobile & Oblo suftored seversly-ou il & &, _ . TORNADO SWEEPS ARKANSAS Much Property in Clark ures Seve Destroys County and eral Perso LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 27.—Advices today from Beirne, Clark county, state that & tornado swept over that town yester- day, destroying much property @nd injur- ing several persons. The Yeager yardwood plant and the J. G. Clark mill were un- roofed. The schoolhouse, which was a one-story trame, was blown down, as was part of J. D. Robinson’s hotel, a cottage occupled by Jud Davis and another occupled by W. B. Hay. The wife and baby of the latter were injured. A string of twenty-five cars standing on the Iron Mountain railroad tracks was blown an eighth of a mile down the road. SUPPRESS TILLMAN TACTICS Senators Favor Suggestions to Gove ern Conduct During Debate. WASHINGTON, March 27.—The senate committee on rules today considered the various amendments to the senate rules which have been suggested and referred to it, but tacitly decided to enter upon no general revision of them. The question of cloture was briefly discussed, but as none of the members of the committee evinced any disposition to change the present reg- ulation controlling debate in the senate, the amendments looking to cloture were not pressed. A favorable report was authorized on the following amendment, suggested by Senator Hoar ae an additional rule soon after the close of the Tillman-McLaurin episode: No senator, in debate, shall directly, or indirectly, by any form of words, impute to any oiher senator any conduct or mo- tive unworthy or unbecoming a senator. No senator in debate shall utter any re- proach upon the character or history of any state of the unlon. REPUBLICANS MEET IN MAY Illinois State Convention to Be Held that Month in Spring- field, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 27.—At a meeting of the republican state central committee today Springfield was chosen the place for holding the republican state convention. The time was fixed for Thurs- day, May 8. Chairman Fred W. Rowe of Jacksonville was authorized to appoint a committee to draft resolutions touching on the deaths of William McKinley and John R. Tanner, which are to be presented at the conven- tion. Des Moines Gets it Next Year. CLEVELAND, March 27.—The closing session of the congress of the Disciples of Christ was held tonight. The following offi- Gera were elected: President, Prof. Jame Hall of Butler coilege, Indiana; vice presi: dent, Prof. Clinton Lockwood of Drake university; Rev. E. L. Powell of Louisville, Rev. B. G. VanArsdale of Peoria, Iil., and Rev. W. J, Shannon of Columbia,” Mo., members of the general committee. The congress will be held next year in Des Moines. Lawyer Convicted of Dishounesty. ATWOOD, Kan., March 27.—The jury be- fore whom was tried M. A. Wilson, charged with robbing the county treasury of §2,000 the night of December 31, 1801, brought in a verdict of gullty tonight, after being out since Tuesday. 'he convicted man Is one of the oldest and most prominent lawyers in this part of the state. T for M ¥, ARKANSAS Y, Kan., March 27.—The trial of Rev. Granville Louther, McPherson minister, on a charge of heresy, was begun here today in secret before eleven Kansas afvln.. inted by the sputhwest Kan- HOLDS GRAND JURY INVALID Judge Baxter Practically Nullifies Over Two Hundred Indictments. SLOT MACHINE CASES GO GLIMMERING Court Finds That Drawing of Grand Jury Was Partly Under One Law and Partly Under Another. Acting under the instruction of Judge Baxter, a jury in criminal court at 5 o'clock vesterday afternoon returned a verdict in the Hill case that makes it possible for about 250 of the 305 Indictments returned by the last grand jury to be knocked out by the indicted parties simply filing pleas in abatement. Among these are about 200 slot machine proprietors and thelr worry is practically at an end. It ls thought to be the determi- nation of the county attorney to proses cuta all the other fitty parties indicted, but not yet tried, and should all these choose to avail themselves of the opportunity af- forded by this decision they can make It cost the county between $1,000 and $1,500 to get the cases started through the justice courts and back to where they are at present. In addition to this there would have to be Included, in figuring what the decision costs the county, the expense incurred by the grand jury during the time it devoted to the preparation of the in- dictments which are now affected. In view of the fact that the total cost of the sixty- four days' sitting was $4,280.80, this factor must be conceded to be no small one, Judge Baxter's Decislon. Briefly stated, the decision is the result of what Judge Baxter considers afailure on the part of the Board of County Coms missioners to comply fully with the new jury law, which went into effect and super- ceded all other laws February 1, 1901. The board's erring consisted in its failure to meet and prepare and adopt a new jury list after the new law replaced the old one. Instead, it was shown to have adopted a list of January 8, or three weeks before the new law went into effect, and then per- mitted that list to stand. It was from this list there were drawn on August 22 by Judge Baker, Clerk Broad- well of the district court and County Clerk Haverly the names of the men who made up the grand jury that returned the in- dictments, the drawing being conducted under the provisions of the new law, while the list had been compiled according to the old law. Commissioners Hofeldt and Harte testified to these facts. Under the Old Law. Under the old law the mames of grand jurors were selected by the county com- missioners and the attorneys for the Hills insisted that the grand jury must be con- ceded by the state to have been created under either the old or the new law, and because the jury had bege undeniably drawn under the new law the etate was forced to take the ground that its entire process of creation had been under the new law.| Then the Hills' attorney attacked the method by which the 1ist had been adopted, or rather, fadled to ba adopted, and Judge Baxter held with them that the board had not fulfilled the requirements of the law in spirit and letter, and directed the jury to find & verdict for the defense. The case was entitled State against George and. Charles Hill, indicted on a charge of selling liquor without a license. Their counsel filed & plea in abatement and Assistant County Attorney Elmer Thomas had it tried to a jury, which is the first instance in many years of a plea being so tried in Douglas county. Jury Has Little to Do, When it came up for hearing yesterday a special venire had been drawn from the new jury list and ten more ‘“specials were rushed in yesterday during the noon recess. But the twelve, when finally se- cured, had little to do, for within three hours the judge gave them their instruc- tion to find for the defendant, and the case was at an end by 5:30 Its effect, however, is 8o far-reaching that the full result will not be knows until those parties indicted, but not yet tried, tell whether they intend to stand trial on the indictment or to flle pleas in abate- ment, forcing the county attorney to nolle the cases and begin prosecution anew by fling complaints and bringing them up through the justice courts. Attorneys who have been watching the case, including counsel for the Hills, say they do not anticipate that this will or can affect those fifty or more indicted parties who have been tried already and sentenced or- Liberated. GAZETTE-HERALD IS SOLD St. Joseph Morning Paper Bought by Lewls Gaylor and M. F. Kaufman, ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 27.—The Ga- zette-Herald, the only morning and Sun- day paper in St. Joseph, was sold today for $50,000. The purchasers are Lewis ylor and M. F. Kaufman of Colorado Springs, Colo. Mr. Gaylord sold the Colo- rado Springs Telegraph for $50,000. Mr. Kaufman is the owner of a large dry goods stote in Colorado Springs and formerly lived in St. Joseph. The paper will be called the Gazette. The politics will be democratic. The new owners will erect a bullding and Install a new plamt as soon as possible. In the meantime the mechan- ical work will be done on the plant of the Dally News, former proprietor. MAY PROSECUTE LYNCHERS Authorities Say Action Wil Brought Against Leaders in Ex- ecution of Negro Wa ce. LA JUNTA, Celo., March 27.—The au- therities claim to have the names of some of the leaders in the lynching of W. H. Wallace, the colored railway porter charged with assault on Mrs. Henrietta Miller, an1 it is sald prosecutions will be begun against them at the April term of court The corener's jury found that Wallace came to his death by “gunshot wounds and strangulation at the hands of unidentified Dersons. REV. E. L. LAMAR HELD IN JAIL Preacher Whe Killed Colvin Van Winkle Talks Morals to Fellow Pr wers. ARDMORE, L. T., March 27.—Rev. E. L. Lamar, the holiness preacher, who shot and killed Colvin Van Winkle, in front of his church at Cumberland, Sunday night, has begn bound over without bail and placed in Jall here to await the action of the grand jury. He refuses to make & satement, and spends his {lmy preaching to his fellow rigoneis, CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Nebraska Forecast for alr_ in West Showers and Colder in Fast Portion ¥Fri day; Baturday, Falr; North Winds Hour. Des. ur. Dew. Temperature at Omnaha Yesterdny: L o oo 48 1 6 om, : 2 p o1 T A omo.. 41 E us S A miii... 44 40 < o6 D omom. 48 5 p o5 10 & m. 54 6w o4 11 . mooo... 87 7P 57 E . . 60 = L3 o " DOWIEITES UNDER QUARANTINE One Case of Smallpox Withers the “Leaves of Healing"” for Awhile, CHICAGO, March 27.—Discovery of smallpox in the buflding at 5446-47 Mich- igan avenue, occupled by John Alexander Dowle as a college, chapel, hotel and pub- leation office of Leaves of Healing, re sulted In 132 Dowleites boiug quarautined there tod Even if no now cases of the disease develop theee followers of Dowie and nearly a score of servants cmployed in the place will not be allowed to lcave it for twenty days. Three policemen guard the entrances and exits of the building, formerly the Nor- wood hotel and doors and windows on the, ground floor have been barred and locked to prevent anyone from leaving the build- ing. All this Is because a porter, named Fred Sheller, was found suffering from smallpox. Sheller was removed to the hospital. The disease was in an advanced stage. DEADLY WORK WITH REVOLVER « ocer Shoots Divorced Wife 1y, Her Mother Seriously and Kills Self. EMPORIA, Kan., March 27.—Stephen G. Conkling of the grocery firm of Emery & Conkling today shot and fatally wounded his divorced wife, shot and seriously wounded his mother-in-law, Mrs. Silvers, after which he discharged the two remain- ing bullets in the pistol into his own heart, dying instantly. The tragedy which occurred at the home of Mre. Silvers. was the outgrowth of mat- rimonial troubles which terminated in a divorce suit during the last term of court. Conkling has threatened to kill his wife a | number of times since the divorce was granted and when he appeared at the house today he began to shoot before she could escape. One of the bullets intended for ber struck her mother. LABOR BREAK OVER CARNEGIE Racine Workingmen Stop Scheme and Split Up Union Ranks. Library RACINE, Wis., March 27.--The refusal of Racine laboring men to allow the accept- ance by the city of a library offered by An- drew Carnegle will probably break up the Trades council, which includes all the unions. The members of this council pre- wented a protést to the ciy’ cownelT ugainst the library, but withdrew it without con- sulting the Trades council. For this they were expelled. - They were re-elected to the central body by their respective unions, however, and on a refusal to accept their credentials three big unions left the Trades council tonight. It is expected others will follow. GUEVARRA WILL SURRENDER d a Promises to Give Up Comm Ritles (o Smith, Gener MANILA, March 27.—General Smith, in | command of the American forces on the | island of Samar, had a three-hour intervigw yesterday with the insurgent general, Guevarra, and several officers of his com- mand. Guevarra succeeded General Lubau s insurgent leader in Samar and has sig- nified his intention of surrendering to the American authorities, It was arranged between General Smith and General Guevarra that the latter, with the entire force under his command and all | their rifles, would surrender April 15. The serviceable rifles to be turned over num- ber 250; of these 125 are Krag-Jorgensens. TO EFFECT WESTERN COMBINE Conferees Seek to Consolidate Mi rans- ippi Irrigation and Min. ing Congresses. DENVER, Colo., March peaker B. F. Montgomery of the Colorado house of rep- resentatives left for Washington tonight as a representative of the Transmississippl congress to confer with representatives of the National Irrigation congress and the | International Mining congress, concerning the proposed consolidation of the three bodies. The other conferees will be ex-Governor L. B. Prince of New Mexico, of the Min- ing congress, and J. H. Springer of Califor- nia, of the Irrigation congress. PACKING HOUSE IN MEXICO North American Beef Company Will Try Yankee Methods in CHARGES OF BRIBERY Grave Offenses Alloged Against Members of House of Representatives, ARISE OVER SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES Oase is Presented by Richardson, Leader of the Demooratio Bide. DIRECTLY INVOLVES AGENT OF DENMARK He Admits Agenoy of Attempting to Bribe Mombers and Press. AFFAIR STIRS UP GREAT EXCITEMENT House Dectdes Unanimously to Inves tigate Charges and Committee is Appointed by Speaker Henderson, WASHINGTON, March 27.—A gonulne sensation was caused in the house today by the presentation by Mr. Richardson of Tennessce, the democratic leader, of charges alleging the corrupt use of a tund of $500,000 in connection with the sal ot the Danish West Indies. The churges wers contained in an alleged secret report of Captain Walter Christmas to the Danish government, who alleged that he had em- ployed corrupt means to bring about the negotiations for the sale of the islands. The reports from which Mr. Richardson read mentioned the names of Abner Me- Kinley and his partner, Colonel Brown; C. W. Knox, who was described as “an inti- mate friend of Senator Han Richard P. Evans, who was said to represent “Mr. Gardner and his friends in the bouse,” and two press associations, the names of which were not given, as having been interested in the matter. The charges agalnst members of congress were not specific. Upon the basis of this report Mr. Richardson asked the adoption of a resolution for the appointment of an investigating committee of seven. The speaker ruled that the matter was priv- fleged after Mr. Richardson had amended his resolution so as to specifically include members of the house. Great excitement attended the whole pro- ceeding. Mr. Cannon ef Illinois insisted that Mr. Richardson's presentation was fragmentary and that the whole matter should go over uutil tomorrow, until mem- bers might read the documents presented, which included newspaper extracts, af- davits, etc., in the record. Christmas, he declared, on his own statement was a briber and worse, but the house voted down the motien to postpone, and the res- olution, after being amended in minor par- ticulars, was adopted. Personnel of Committee, The speaker appoiated the following com- mittee to make the investigation: Messrs. Dalzell (rep.) of Pennsylvanla, Hitt (rep.) of Illinois, Cousins (rep.) of lowa, Mo~ Call (rep.) of Massachuseits, Richardson (dam ) ot Teanessee, Ditsmore (dem.). of Arkansas and Cowherd (dem.) of Missourl. The army appropriation bill was subse- quently passed without material amend- ment and a rule was adopted to make the bill to retire officers of the revenue cutter service @ continuing order until disposed of, the order not to interfere with appro- priation or revenue bills or conference re- vorts The resolution presented by Mr. Richard- son is in part as follows: Whereas, one Walter Christmas, & sub- Ject of Dehmark, who is now, and who has been for several years, a diplomatic agent sentative wered, of ‘De and rk, authorized and with the’ government of the United States for the Danish West Indian island to the United Stat and who Was a the agent of the Uni tates for the purchase of said Islands, has submitted @ secret and confidential Teport to his own government, and, Whereas, th sald Christinas, agent and representative and aforesaid in his report to this government, declares and sets forth among other things the fact that the govs ernment of Denmark hus contracted, agreed and obligated itself to Pa; and trn over to him, the sald’ Ohrigts mas, 10 per centum, or about $500,000 dolldrs of the proceeds of the purchase, money arising from the sale of sald islands to the United States when the same shall have *n_paid by the United States to Denmark, for the express purpose, as has [ lared and set forth by him in his el report to his government, for ing of members of the United ongress, including members of the representatives and other promi- nent citizens of this country, and so sub- sidizing American legislatoré to the end that the pending treaty between the United States and Denmark ‘ror the sale of the islands by the latter to the for 1 ) £ « er gov- ernment may be consummated, o 50V Momey is Ready. The resolutions further recite that sald secret report etates that the $500,000 shall be immediately paid to Cbristmas, if the purchase money is paid by the Unied States for the corrupt objects set forth. The pendency of the ratification of the treaty is also set forth. In conclusion the resolution recites that a select committes of seven memoers of the bouse of repre- sentatives be appolnted by the speaker to examine into the charges and the alleged circumstances, contracts, etc., “which in any manner have for their object the bribery or the attempted bribery of mem- bers of the United States congress or of the paymeut of any valuable consideration of any kind or character to them or to any of them to vote for or to assist in procur- ing the adootion or ratification of the said Uruapan. CHICAGO, March —Jobn W. McKey of the North American Beef company today let to George T. Clarke of Jonathan Clarke Sons & Co., of Chicago, a contract to erect a $200,000 packing house in Uruapan, Mich- oacan, Mex. This will be the first plant of its kind in Old Mexico and will be thor- oughly modern. The long distance and hot climate, added to the fact that refrigeration on the route is almost impossible, has pre- vented the shipment of dressed beef from the United States to Mexico, Movements of Ocean Vessels, March 27, At New York—Arrived—Manitou, from Londol Gera, from Bremen; Calabria, from Naples B La Touralne, from Havre, for Baltim At Boston—Arrived—Ivernia, from Liver- pool. IA! Shanghal—-Arrived—Yang Tsze, from Liverpool, for Beattle At Genoa—Arrived—Karamania, from New York and Baltimore. t S| ski—Arrived—K, cky, from Tacom ‘'oklo and Bhan At F g Kong—8alled—Braemar, for Ta- coma: Victoria, for Tacoma. At Antwerp—Sailed—Pennland, for Phil- adelphla. .-\l‘ London—Arrived—Menominee from New York. At Liverpool—Arrived—Westernland, from Philadelphia At Naples—Arrived—Aller, from New York At Queenstown—Arrived—Germanie, from New_York, for Liverpool. Salled—Majestic, tor New York, from Liverpool; Rhynland, for Fhiladelphia, from Liverpool. At Southampton—Arrives—8t. Louls, from New ".I‘Jl’k o At Rollerdam—Haled-Ameterdam, fo New York, - . treaty of sale of the sald islands.” The republican leaders hurriedly con- sulted during the reading of the resolution and when the reading had been concluded Mr. Payne, the majority leader, immedi- ately made the point of order that the matter was mnot privileged. The reso- lution, Mr. Pa sald, contemptu- ously, was based upon an alleged secret re- port to the Danish government Instantly Mr. Richardson met this with the statement that he had a copy of the secret report to the Danish government. “On my honor as & member of this house, said he, “I have now in my desk what pur- ports to be and what I belleve is that secret confidential report. Assuming the full responsibility of my words, I believe I have unmistakable evidence that this report was made to the Danish government by a quasi it not & real agent of that governmen Says He Has Evidence. W he did the gentleman ebtain access to the secret archives of the Danish gev- ernment?’ interpreted Mr. Payne, sar- castically. 1 never have been te Denmark,” re- orted Mr. Richardeon, “but the gentleman knows there are other ways of obtalniag authentic goverament documents. | haws the evidence here. This is & grave chasse, | I do mot bring It here for the purpase «f making political capital. Here is & chasge that $500,000 was pald for the express pube . pose of bribing the American congress, yot the gentleman from New York sceks ta interpose & technical ebjection.” 4 Epsaker Henderson eb this pelag sallod