Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 15, 1902, Page 1

= THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, OMAHA, TUESDAY NGLE CO MERGER CASE IS UP Fight on Railroad Oorsolidation Beguu by Btate of Washipgton ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT Attorneys for Defense Deny Jurisdiction of the Federal Tribunal. DECLARE THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR IT Justice White in Reply Denies Precedent for the: Merger. FULLER THINKS STATE CONTROL SOLVES IT el for Northern Secarities, Great hern and Northern Paeifie m Rights of Individ for Their Corporations. WASHINGTON, April 14.—~The United States supreme court today heard argu- ments (n the case of the state of Washing- ton against the Northern Securities com- pany and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern raMroads Involving the merger of the two rallroads. Attorney 'General Biratton appeared for the state and made the opening argument, contending (hat this court Is the only ome thut can properly hear the case And that if It refuses to hear it there is ng tribunal to which the state can apply fop the redress of a wrong He was frbquently interrogated by mem- bers of the court. Justice White asked why the gtate court did not pass a law of 1ts own (Z' cover the case, and Mr. Strat- ton ropifed that he thought the state had that/right, but that it also is entitled to an findependent proceeding for injunction In freply to Justice Harlan he sald that thé state might, of course, proceed against either of the rallroad companies for dam- ages, but that the Northern Securities company could not be thus reached in a state court. The chief justice wanted to know If the state could not institute a sult and give the securities company & thance to come In. 2 Rouds Are Interatate. ex.”" was the reply, “but it won't come In'" He agreed with a suggestion mads by Justice Brewer thit the railroads in- volved are interstate roads and that on this account [t was competent to appeal te the national authorities. Summing up the case, Mr. Stratton said the question presented is “whether the stock and power of control of two gigantic | lines of rallway, traversing the states of Washington, Mecntana, North Dakota and Minnesota, may be consolldated so to create a monopoly in rallway trafiic therein, in deflance of the laws of such, or whether & corporate entity can be created and used for the express purpose of overdrawing the constitutional enactments of a number of sovereign states and thus accomplish indirectly that which this court has de- clded could not be done directly. Churles Wi Mvinm guf < former Attorney Genera) Griggs appeared for the rallroaa companies and the securities company. Mr. Tunn contended that if the Injunction uld be granted as prayed for by the state of Washington the securities com- pany would be compelled to sell its stock du at least one of the rallroad companies. Some Power as Individual He contended that the securities com- pany had the same power to acquire, own and vote sto any natural person would have and could mot be enmjolned. Surely ho man could be limited In his holding of ¥tocks and securities, but whatever power & state might bave to control the holdings of its own citizens it could not be reason- Ably contended that it could have any in- Buence on citizens natural or artificlal ot bther states like the securities company. Surely there was no law of the state ot Waghington, nor was there any common law that could limit the holdings of an in. @aividual in this respect and If an Individual could hold without limitations so also could & combination of individual More- ever, If there could be such a limitation It was for the states themselves to apply It He 0 contended that there was no prece- dent allowing one state to go into another state for the enforcement of its own laws and sald that Washington was undertak- ing to do just that in this proceeding. To do this would be a violation of the four- teenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. Mr. Bunn contended that if the state of ‘Washington could come to this court for rellef it could go to the courts of New J sey for it. He sald there was no precedent for such a proceeding Reverses the Rule, Justice White st sted that likewise there was no precedent for such enormous combines as that complained of in this case. To this suggestion Mr. Bunn said that while this might be true, they must be proceeded with by legislation if at all. Mr. Griggs argued that the power of the supreme court cannot be Invoked by one state to enforce the police of another, and contended that in this instgnce Wash- ington is attempting to control the corpor- ate action of three companies, which pretends to derive its exlst wsuthority from that state. He followed Mr. Bunn, in the contention that there could be no more restriction on the holding of stock by & corporation than on its hold- ing by an individual, adding that the prin ciple is in no wise affectod by the amount involved. The mel suggestion was, he sald, & refutation of the erropeous asser- tion implied in the bill of complaint. No Vielation of State Law. He wrgued that no act complained of would take place lu Washington. There was no poesibility of the violation of a state law, because Washington had no law on the subject. It was only argued that public opinion would be violated, but this court was not here to sustain the demands of public opinion of one state agalnst the citizens of another. The states should be left to provide their own remedies. Let Washington provide ita own laws and try to do something itself Instead of parading d asking this court to de thing that it has no right to do. In his rejoinder, Mr. Stratton sald that the entire argument on bebalf of the de- fendant corporations had turned on the con- tention that Washington could mot proceed Agalnst them because of their nomresidence, ‘whereas, he urged that this very olroum- Stance was what gave the federal supreme court jurisdiction. Without this interposi- on the state was, he repeated, without Temedy. What About State Ownersh “What de you think of state owner- Fhip? Could Dot the state take possession of the roads and run them?' asked the chief justice. Mr. Stratton replied that such a remedy i ittt SEVERE BATTLE REPORTED Kitchener Sen News of Fight Which There Are Many Casualt LONDON, April 14.—News of severe fighting in the Transvaal at the end of last week has been sent by Lord Kitchener, who reports that about 200 Boers were killed, wounded or captured. There were about 100 British casualties. The British also captured three guns and a considerable quantity of supplies. Com- mandant Potgieter was among the Boers killed. Lord Kitehener, in a dispatch dated from Pretoria, Sunday, April 13, recounts how Colonel Colenbrander, after locating Com- mandant Beyer's laager, at Pzel kop, moved his force by different routes from Pieters- burg, Transvaal colomy, blocking the prin- cipal llnes of retreat. The fighting com- menced April 8, when the Inniskilling fu Ters attacked Molipspoort, covering the Boet position, and by dusk had seized a hill eastward of the poort, after consider- able opposition, resulting in Colonel Mur~ ray being wounded and Lieutenant Lincoln being killed. In the battle of April 12 he gave the Boer losses In killed, wounded and prisoners at 106 men. The colonet expested to be able to report further captures. Filghting at Ciose Quarters. The most severe fighting occurred April 11 in western Transvaal, where General Ian Hamilton has replaced General Methuen In command of the British troops. The Boers attacked Colonel Kekewich's icrce near Roolwal, and fighting at close quartes enrued. The Boers were repulsed, leaving on the fleld forty-four men killed, includ- Ing Commandant Potgieter, and thirty. four wounded. The British captured twenty unwounded prisoners. According to last accounts, General lan Hamilton was pursulng the remalnder of the Boer command. ‘The British loases in this fight were six men killed and fifty-two wounded. At the beginning of the pursuit Colonel Kekewich captured two guns, a pom-pom, a quantity of ammunition and a number ot wagons. A force of Boers recently overwhelmed a strong British patrol sent out from Bultfontein, Orange River Colony, to clear distant farms. An officer and were wounded and the remainder of the patrol were surrounded and captured. Lora Kitchener mentions holding an inquiry into this reverse. CULMINATES IN A STRIKE General I of Sociallst Riots in Brus bor Disturbance Is Resnlt BRUSSELS, April 14.—The strike has begun pretty generally in the mining re- glons of the country, which are divided into four coal flelds, surrounding Mons, La Louliver Charlerol and Liege. No serious incidents have yet been reported anywhere. Strong military precautions have been taken in every part of Belglum. A dispatch from La Louyiere, a town in the province of Hainaut, announces that, in Accordance with the decision of the labor demders, a general strike has rommenced iu the coal mines, glass works and factories of the central districts, including Marie- mont and Bascoup. Advices from Liege say that a general strike has been started in the coal mines of the Seraing district and at the Kettin foundry at Solessin. The quarrymen of the Amley valley havé also struck, There has been rioting at Poulsur, where the convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor has been stoned. From Mons troops started for different poirts In the Bornage Aleiriot. At Cuesmes, a town in the province of Hainut, 5000 strikers assembled around the state arsenal with the object of stop- ping work, The weavers of Ghent are ceasing work and a general strike of the weaving trade will be declared tomorrow. The great strike has commenced at Charlerol, where 15,000 out of the 40,000 coal miners already have stopped work. A general strike has been declared In most of the large boot and shoe factories. Adequate measures have been taken to enable the soldiers to reinforce the police at a moment's notice at any point required. There has been thus far today Do que tion of proclaiming martlal law. Such a step cannot be taken in Belglum without special legislaive action. About 18,000 men are now out on strike in the Mons district. FAMILY SLAIN BY ROBBERS Brains Beaten Out with Axes and Fire Set to House of Vietim ST. PETERSBURG, April 14.—A dispatch trom Kovilo, capital of the government of the same name, announces that all the members of a Jewish family numbering seven persons, residing near that place, have been siain by robbers, who beat out The murderers occupled by their Debt., LONDON, April 14.—At a meeting today creditors in the bankruptey pro- ceedings agalust Lord Francis Hope it was disclosed that his llabllities amounted to $75,000, including & claim for $45,000 on a bill of exchange given to his divorced wife, May Yohe, the American actress, in 1901 The debtor disputes the claim on the ground that he geceived no consideration for the bl The only asset is the debtor's life interest in the family estate. GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, April 14.—Adol- phus Dewet, a nephew of the Boer general, Dewet, who was wounded and captured at the battle of Jacobsdal, and who after- ward escaped from Bermuda by ewimming to a schooner bound for New York, ar- rived here recently. He spent a few days in this city and proceeded to Lima, Peru, where be will engage in & mining enter- prise. Scan s Promised ST. PETERSBURG, April 14.—An investi- gation has been opened by the court at Saghalin, an island off the east coast of Asia, belonging to Russia, luto numerous charges of thefts and embessloments brought sgainst government offclals. Al- though only minor officers have thus far been asccused the affalr promises to de- velop into & sensation. Chile a Bolivia Dispute. BANTIAGO DE CHILE, April 14.—The negotiations for a final arrangement of the disputes between Chile and Bolivia are very far advanced. The Bollvian mintster here, Senor Aramayo, is going to Buenos Ayres to dlecuss the propositions with the Bolivian minlster to Argeatina. Dr. Oar- T two men | BEEF PRICE SCALE BROKEN Packers at Kansas Oity Alarmed Over Threatened Buit Against the Trust. BREAK UNIFORM SCHEDULE AS RESULT 45,’;.«-1- Ina ‘\,*:‘;. o Under W ""”n( President and the Q,‘;;u Gener: — KANSAS r‘l.%l 4.—(Special Tele- sram.)—The loca. wrs showed evi- dence of alarm today over the Instructions from the Department of Justice to United States District Attorney Warner to beein proceeding against the beef trust. For the fist time In over a year they failed todav to issue a uniform schedule of prices. The COudahy Packing company, Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, the Armour Packing company and Nelson, Morris & Co.. all increased the price of beef in the carcass ' cent, while the Fowler Packing company and Swift Packing company made no change. The same concerns which raised beef % cent also ralsed provisions, that is hams. bacon. lard, etc., % of & cent, while the other two issued no new schedule of prices. The butchers hardly know how to regard this move. Most of them express the opinion, however, that it is merely a ruse for the purpose of making the public be- lieve that there is no agreement regard- ing the prices and think that Fowler and Swift will soon follow in the footstevs of their competitors. To Hegln Searching Inquiry. CHICAGO," April 14.—United States At- torney 8. H. Bethea, following instructions given by President Roosevelt and Attor- ney General Kncx, will make a searching Inquiry Into the workings of the so-called beef trust In Chicago in relation to the Sherman anti-trust law. The investigation will be secret and when finiehed a full report will be furnished to Washington for the use of the attorney general in deciding what course his depart- ment will take against the packers charged with belng In the combination. District Atiorney Bethea refused to dia- cuss his plans or reveal the nature of his {nstructions, but it was learned that he uot only recelved written instructions by mall, but while in Washington last week was advised personally to begin the aviry. + Particular attention will charge that (he territory states has been parcelled members of the so-called result of a sharp advance in all prices to the retailer. An effort also will be made 10 secure proof of the existence of an agree- ment between the local packers to maintain a schedule of prices. Movements at Washington. WASHINGTON, April 14.—Representative Ray of New York, chairman of the house committee on judiclary, to whom was re ferred the Thayer resolution calling upon the attorney general for Information relative to the prosecution of the alleged beef trust, has written a letter to Attorney General Kmox cou- cerning the matter and has received a reply which he will lay before the judiclary com- mittee at its meeting tomorrow. The attorney general's letter will not be made public until it is presented to the committee. Mr. Ray sald today: I have no doubt that the attorney gen- eral of the United States will immediately piobe the matter of the alleged beef trust 0 the bottom and prosecute all offenders Vigorously If there In substantial evidence that the law has been or is being violated Reliable Information is to the effect that the Department of Justice, in the alleged beef trust matter, has not gone beyond the point of an investigation into the question of whether or not the trust has violated the federal law. No prosecution has been ordered and no grand jury has been sum- moned to determine the question, so far as the department knows. SOCIETY IN THE WHITE HOUSE Distinguished Party BEntertained by Pres Wite at Musicale. be paid to the in the various out among the trust with the WASHINGTON, April 14.—President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave anotber of their de- lightful evening musicales at the White House tonight, to which eeveral hundred guests, representative of Washington of- ficlal and resident society, were invited. The decorations of the East room and the public parlors were very beautiful. The program was an extended one of seven numbers, each of which comprised from one to six selections, comprising classical music, plantation melodles and other fe: tures. Mr. Wilford Russell, the baritone. of Lordon, was assisted by Miss Esther Pal- liser, Miss May Palliser, Miss Leech and the Misses Turner, with Mrs. Wilford Rus- sell and Mr. H. L. Brainard at the plano. The music began at 10 o'clock and con- tinued until a late hour. Those present included members of the cabinet, the assistant secretaries of the various departments, a sprinkling of the senate and house and of the diplomatie corps, and some well known Washing- tonians. GOVERNOR DOLE IS TO REMAIN Chiet Executive ot rimwall to Be Removed by the President. WASHINGTON, April 14.—The following official statement wae made at the White House today: “The president, after most careful in- vestigation and bearlng as many men as possible, and hearing from others, n come to the conclusion that Governor Dole’s course has been such as to warrant bis continuance as governor of Hawall, and entitles him to the respect port of the administration.” The governor was a caller at the White House today and sald that he would go to Boston for a short visit and in about two weeks would sall for hom CLARKSON GETS A PLACE WASHINGTON, April 14.—The president has determined upon the appointment of James 8. Clarkson of lowa, formerly first assistant postmaster general, to be sur- veyor of customs of the port of New York. It also was announced at the White House today that Lieutenant Sharkey, naval off- cer, at New York, will be reappointed. Superin: Mint. WASHINGTON, April 14.—The president today nominated John H. Landis to be superintendent of the mint at Philadelphla vise H. K. Boger, resigaed, L} e - HORSE MARKET Resnlt of Governor Dockery to He Filed in Washington. AT LATHROP Investigntion Made by JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, April 14.—0. P. Gentry, Governor Dockers's private secre tary, returned today from Lathrop, Mo. where he was sent under Instructions to make an Investigation of the charges that a British post s being maintained there to supply horses and mules for the British army in South Africa. Governor Dockery torwarded the secretary's report to Senator F. M. Cockrell at Washington this after- noon, with the request that the senator lay the matter before comgress In his report Mr. Gentry says that the firm of Guyton & Harrington owns the sheds and land at the post, meccording to the statements of the county officers. He con- tinues 1 _was Informed that this firm shipped 000 head of horses and mules during the Inxt vear, most of them directly for South Africa. 'From appearances It looks very much ‘lke the business is largely con- ducted under British auspices. It Is claimed, however. that all the compensa- tion recelved by the firm I 35 cents a day for the care of each horse and mule fed for the Britieh government. It is not my province to offer any Suggestions as to whether International’ law has been vio- lated. That question is_obviously one be determined by the United States gov- ernment Mr. Gentry says that twenty-one Sepoys | who arrived at Lathrop recently will re- turn to Indla soon with from 500 to 1,000 mules for the use of the British army in that country. ATTEMPTS LIVES OF FAMILY Kills One Child and Attneks Three Others and Mis Wife, Man FORT SMITH, Ark.. April 14.—A speclal to the Times from Sallisaw, 1. T., sa. One of the most brutal murders ever committed in the Indian Territory, took place a few miles east of Stilwell. A white man named Dudley, killed his 10-year-old daughter, fatally wounded two other chil- dren and serfously wounded his wife. Dud- ley has been taken to Sallisaw to prevent his being lynched. In jall Dudley contessed the crime. He sald he had been talking to his family about his neighbors, and fearing that they would repeat his statements and cause trouble, ne determined te kill all four. He #ald be attempted to kill them on Thurs- day night when he secured an ax and went first to the bed of his children. They were asleep and looked so jmnocent that his heart falled him. The next day, bowever, he carried out his desire, first braining his 10-year-old daughter with a plow point, then attacking his two other younger chil- dren, and finally his wife. After commit- ting the deed he went to the house of his jand ag father, wtere he was arrested yesterday. Excitement was intense and there came near being a lynching st Stilwell, before the officers could get Dudley out of town. At Sallisaw, when Dudley was told that only his oldest daughter was dead, he broke down and cried, and said his only regret was that he had no: dicpatched all of the family. Mrs. Dudley probably will recover, but the two children cannot Hive, SCALE COMMITTEE AT WORK Report Expected to Be Ready When Amalgamated Delegates Convene. WHEELING, W. Va., April 14.—President Shaffer, Secretary Willlame and Assistant Secretary M. F. Tighe of the Amalgamated association, arrived this morning from Pittsburg, and immediately the wage scale committee went into an all day session. Its report will be ready for the convention when its first session convenes tomor- row. Convention delegates are arriving to- day and tonight all of the 220 accredited ones wil be on the sceme. Tomorrow morning' the convention will open with an address of welcome by Mayor A. T. Sweeney, to which President Shaffer will respond. The opening ceremonies will be brief, as it 18 the desire of the convention to get down to business immediately. It is re- ported that the suspended Chicago lodges intend to make a vigorous fight for re- instatement before this convention. Thelr charters were taken away from them dur- ing the strike for refusing to quit work, and they gave as a reason for their action that they were working under a sanctioned contract which forbade their striking. It 1s sald they will make & vigorous fight and that it will be one of the Interesting con- tests of the convention. SETTLES OWNERSHIP ISSUE Controlling Interest of Choctaw Goes to Speyers, Presumably for Roek nd, PHILADELPHIA, April 14.—Over 155,000 shares of the stock of the Choctaw, Okla- homa & Gulf rallroad had been deposited with the Girard Trust company in favor of the sale of the road to Messrs. Speyer & Co. of New York up to the close of busi- ness today. The total shares of Choctaw issue amount to 206,000. This settles finally the question of ownership of the road, which goes to the New York banking house, and it Is expected will be turned over to the Rock Island system. The minority holders have until May 7 to accept the offer made, which is for the purchase of all common stock at $80 and preferred at $60. STORM IN THE NORTHWEST Rallway Trafic Impeded and Da age to Stock Interests in Feared. DENVER, April 14—The storm which has prevailed over almost the entire coun- try from this city west and north b caused geenral delay in railroad trafic. No serious damage 1s yet reported, but the change from rain to & heavy, wet smow, interspersed with rain and hail, may have caused / suffering to cattle on the open ranges. Trains bave been delayed from one to four or five hours. Indications are that the storm conditions will continue today. Eastern Del tes on Way. ST. LOUIS, April 14.—Eastern delegates to the natlonal convention of the National Editorial association, to be held ut Hot Springs, Ark., arrived here this morning and spent the day sightseeing. The party consists of the editors of about thirty prominent eastern papers and thelr wives and daughters. ‘onight the delegation will leave for Hot Springs. where the con- vention will meet tOmOFTOW, In a special train over the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Base Ball Suit Postponed. KANSAS CITY, April M.—J . A Kk inane Bt bulotic wesocta tioa 8Bk ¥ ey Walmer. e prtchar: o Ay itk the i leaatn KNOX HITS THE COURT BILL | Writes a Letter Saying There is No Need of Two Judicial Distriots in Nebraska. EAST OMAHA BRIDGE BILL SLUNBERINGI Speaker Henderson wenta to Allow Hot Springs Soldiers’ Home Bill to Come Up for Action In the Houne. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 14.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The bill dividing Nebraska into two judicial districts received a most un- expected black eye today from Attorney General Knox. The Nebraska senators have recently been receiving many letters trom attorneys throughout the state for st the measure, but the letters in opposition to the bill have far outnum- bered those favoring It. So importunate were these communications to populist members of the Nebraska delegation that they decided to write a letter of Inauiry to the Department of Justice requesting an opinion on the question of the expedi- ency of dividing Nebraska into two judicial districts. This letter, which was written by Congressman Stark, asked the direct question whether there was an Increase or | the | decrease in the number of cases on federal court docket and if justice was done without delay. To thia letter the at- torney general responded today as fol- lows: Knox Sees No Renson. Sir—Your letter dated the 1ith inst., ask- ing to be advised as to whether there is any necessity of dividing Nebraska into judicial districts, has been received. ply thereto you are advised that there apparent necessity for such division. The business of the United States courts in the district of Nebraska is readily dis- posed of under the existing law. The criminal business of the district is com- paratively small, nearly all of it coming From the Indian teservation. the defend- ants being charged With violations of the revenue acts. Very much the greater part of the clvil business 18 transacted at Omaha and will continue to be disposed of at that place, even If the state should be divided into two districts. As stated above. there is no apparent necessity for a divislon of the state Into two judiclal districts. Buch division would largely in- crease expenses to the United States. Re- spectfully, P. C. KNOX, Attorney General. Hon. house of representa- tves. When a copy of the letter shown Senator Dietrich he expressed his surprise in most emphatic terms. He said he could not understand how Attorney General Knox could give out the information above when his immediate predecessor, ex-Attorney General Griggs, had given him the infor- mation upon which his division bill was based. It will be recalled that statistics given out by Senator Dietrich some weeks ago, showed that the business done by the federal court of Nebraska was largely in excess of that done by a number of we: tern states and in eome particulars as much as two or three western states com- bined. The senator could mot understand how such a letter could be written in view of General Grigg's statements, and he at once wrote to Attorney General Knox, ask- ing for additional informatien. The letter of the attorney general, however is re- garded of so definite a character that it is very much doubted if any further attempt will be made to get the bill out of the bouse committee onm judiclary. Saunders to Be Agent at Santee. President Roosevelt sent the name of George W. Saunders, to be Indian agent at Santee agency, Nebraska, to the senate to- day. This action Is according to the pro- gram outlined some time ago in The Bee, which Senator Millard had planned for Saunders. The Santee ageacy will on July 1 be discontinued, and Mr. Saunders will hold the position of agent until that time, after which the scheme is to have him ap- pointed as superintendent of school at the agency, also to have charge of Indlan af- fairs, as agent previqus to the discon- tinuance of such position. East Omaha Bridge Bill Hung Up. Representative Smith of the Council Bluffs district, said today in reply to a question as to the status of the bill grant- ing permission to the Omaha Bridge & Terminal company, to change the character of the structure across the Missouri, that it was still slumbering in the committee of interstate and foreign commerce and was Iikely to remain in that condition for some time to come. He admitted that a representative of the company, Jobn R. Webster, who has been in Washington for a number of weeks, endeavoring te secure tavorable consideration of the measure, had suggested a number of compromises, but none of them were satisfactory to his peo- ple and that he had been compelled there- fore to decline the suggestion. The last compromise suggested by Mr. Webster con- cedes all the requests made of the East Omaha Land company. to the character of the bridge, but asks for an extension of five years In which to bulld a bridge across, according to specifications in the War department. But as the charter of the company runs for a year and a half yet, and a five year's extension would give the company six and a half years in which W. L. Stark, | to complete the bride, Representative Smith was compelled to decline this compromise and as a result Mr. Webster, his wife and son leave for New York temorrow, and on Wednesday or Thursday will leave for Omaha. Dr. Frank Porterfleld of Atlantic, Ta., and Ed D. Egan, editor of the Atlantic Tele- graph are in the city. Representative Burkett secured today & pension for J. H. Mockett of Lincoln, which datos back to 1889, and gives Mr. Mockett about $1,500 back pensien al the present allowance of $10 per month. For two year Mr. Burkett has had this matter before the department. He has bad upwards of twenty hearings upom the question, whether the deafnes from which Mr. Mockett is suffering was of army origin. The pen- sioner was a musician in the army, and for many years h been endeavoring to prove that his disability was the result of army service, but failed to make out his case until last week, when the secretary of the interlor reversed the Medical Board of Re- view and gave him & rating of 310 per month. T. B. Roberts and wite of Armour, D., are in the city on visit. W. M. Smith, cashier of the First Na- tional bank of Sheldon, with his wife and daughter are in Washington on their way home from Florida Dises wa Patronage. The lowa delegation In congress will meet in this city next Saturday to con- sider the question of federal patronage in that & It is & rule of the delegation to decide these matters in & meeting of all the members. It is sald that Senators Allison and Dolliver are opposed to giving another term of four years to Messrs. Pat- terson and Kimball, collectors of internal revenue, respectively, for the northern and southern districts of Iowa. This opposi- tion is mot on grounds of inefclency, but — Contioued on Becond Page) CONDITION OF THE WEATH Nebraska—Fair | West peratare at Omabh Deg. Mo “ 1 ER for East re in FOR POPE'S BL | Woman's Cathoit ESSING Order of Foresters Requests Bened fon of Hely Father, CHICAGO, April 14 he biennial con | vention of the Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters began here today with an attend- auce of 130 delegates and nearly an equal number of alternates representing 37.000 women in all parts of the country. The opening session was chiefly devoted to the ting of delegates. Solemn religious services as & preludc {to the convention were held in the Holy Name cathedral, 5,000 women being present Archbishop Keehan gave his benediction | and Bishop Muldoon preached the sermon At the conclusion of the services officers of the order sent a cablegram to Pope Leo, notitying him of the opening of the conven- | tion and asking his blessing. The nomi nation, election and installation of officers will be among the final acts of the con- vention There is sald to be considerable | difference of opinion over the election of the high chief ranger and the policy to be adopted. FOURTH DETROIT Shot Durin Saloon VICTIM & Quarrel Dies of Hix Wound. DETROIT, Mich., April 14.—John Kol asinski of 247 Lovett street, who was shot by Martin Nowakowski last evening during a quarrel In Nowakowski's saloon, died to- day without regaining consclousness. He is the fourth person killed in Detroit since last Wednesday night Miss Carrie M Jennett was murdered late Wednesday right by Prof. J. N. Mil- ler, who is already serving a life sentence for the act. George H. Heywood was killed early Thursday morning and W. M. Jones 1s under arrest on suspicion, with much stronk circumstantial- evidence against him. Last night Matthew Smith, a teamster, who was jerked out of his wagon last Thursday by Joseph Scott, a negro, died from the injuries he sustained. Scott 18 under arrest. NEWS FROM THE ANTARCTIC Swedish Expedition Disembarks at Snow HIll for the Winter. NEW YORK, April 14.—News has been received here from the Swedish Ant- arctic expedition, whose leader e Dr. Nordonskjold, ocables the Montevideo (Uruguay) correspondent of the Herald. The expedition disembarked at Snow Hill, Lovls Phillippeland. It was accompanied by the surgeon, Dr. Eklof, the Argentine lleu- tenant, Sobral, and two sallors, one of whom was a member of Abruzzi's Arctio expedition, Dr. Nordensjold’s vessel, Antarctic, tried to sal directly south from Cape Horn, but as too many lcebergs were encountered and there was danger of the ship being imprisoned for a long time, Dr. Nordens- Jold decided to change his course. His ex- pedition will remain at Snow Hill until next summer. The party has food enough to last two years. MINES WORK SHORT FORCES Plants Closed mineers Reopen with About Half Crews, BUTTE, Mont., April 14.—All of the mines of the Anaconda, Parrott and Washoute companies, which were closed by the holst- ing engineers’ strike, have resumed opera- tions. They are equipped with new engl- neers, who have been practicing with the great engines for ten days and are again running on regular. The output of ore is curtalled, the amount extracted now dally being 3,000 tons, as against 5,000 before the strike. Only about half as many min- ers are employed, and the companies fear to increase the ore extraction on account of the new engineers’ unfamillarity with the engines. BOYCOTT SO FAR HARMLESS Measure Inaungurated Against Stock s Company Has ifect. KANSAS CITY, April 14.—The boycott measure inaugurated by the Kansas City Live Stock exchange last week agalnst tbe Stock Yards company had no apparent ef- fect on the receipts of cattle, hogs or sheep at this market today. It is belleved, how- ever, that tomorrow will furnish a fairer test of the import of the commiselon men's request to their customers to ship to other markets. Both sides to the controversy maintained their positions today. The Stock Yards conpany may tomorrow ask the courts for an injunction to force the commission men to withdraw their boycott. MAN DIES, BUT HIS WIFE LIVES Bartender Shoots the Then Turns Revolver Upon Himself. Woman and KANSAS CITY, Aprll 14.—James Rossa, an Italian bartender, shot his wife at thelr bome here today and then committed sul- clde, firing & bullet through his head. The woman may recover. Mrs. Rossa caused her husband's arrest & few days ago for assaultyng her. Just before the time set for his trial to come up today he thrust a revolver into her face and fired, the bullet entering the woma mouth and passing through the cheek. Rossa then turned the revolver on himseif, dying instantly. GIVES BIRTH TO QUINTET Woman Twenty-Elght Ye 0ld Be- comes Mother of Five Children, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 14.—Isasc Rhoades of Balle Gap, announced in this city today that his daughter, Mrs. James McGowan, aged 28, of Tucker's Cor- mer, a bamlet in Ulster county, gave birth to five children, all girls. and that they Mrs. McGowan's other PY FIVE [HINT AT PEACE TERMS CENTS. | | Summary of Pending Proposals of Boers and British Disclosed by Reports. | | TO DIVIDE SOUTH AFRICA INTO DISTRICTS | Boers Accept British Lord Commissioner, with a Burgher Executive, [NO WAR TAX SHALL BE LEVIED ! British Distriot Officers Gonceded with | Committee of Boers, | ENGLAND RESERVES THE VETO RIGHT i R ment, eiburg to Have Civil Governe War Indemnity Provided and Disnrmament of Trooy | Delivery of Prisoners | THE HAGUE. April 14.—From those | close In touch with the Boer leaders here | it appears that the latest secret dispatches | from South Africa outline the peace pro- posals now under discussion at Pretoria. They closely follow (he summary given on | Saturday last by the Evening News of Edin- | burgh, with the following additional de- tails The Boers accept a British jord commis- sloner with a Boer executive, both to be president at Pretoria The country to be divide with British district officers and a Boer committee, chosen by polling, by the burghers; the veto right to be reserved to the British government; the majority of the British officers must be conversant with the Dutch language; Johannesburg to be retroceded to the British with complete British civil organization A war indemnity of at least £10,000,000 to be distributed by mixed committees; dis- armament to occur when the first batch of Boer prisoners is sent back to South Africa into districts, No War 7 No war tax to be levied: both languages to be recognized In the schools and courts and in official documents. The expense of the garrisons in South Africa to be borne by Great Britain; the present Boer leaders to be retalned in of- fice so far as possible. LONDON, April 14.—Replylng in the House of Commons today to the liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who asked whether any terms of peace had been suggested by the Boer leaders in South Africa, the government leader. A. J. Balfour, said it was impossible at present to say; that a message had been recelved Saturday from the Boer leaders, through Lord Kitchener, and that a reply had been #ent to them. Further communication was expected. It is sald that the communication of the Boer leaders to Lord Kitchener amounted to little more than a request for parmission to use the cable in consulting Mr. Kruger and the Boer delegatos i Burope regard. Ing a basis for a peace sottlement. There is a distinctly hopeful feeling in ofcial quarters. BERLIN IS UNDER WATER Torrential Rain Damage x. is Onuse of Great in German City. BERLIN, April 14—A violent thunder storm, accompanied by torrential rain, broke over Berlin and its vicinty early to- day, causing great damage. Many build- ings were struck by lightning. The fire brigade was summoned to upwards of three hundred places to extinguish fires and cope with floods. The water was so deep around the ap- proaches to the raliroad station on Fried- rich strasse that it was imposcible to reach the depot. Al the Lehrte station some of the waiting rooms had to be closed, as the walls threatened to fall. A portion of the embankment of Potsdam railroad, near Scoenberg, was swept away, and similar damage to the circular railroad necessitated a suspension of trafc. X The streets were so flooded that the street cars In several districts were stopped. The roads were almost impassable for pedestrians and, consequently, the schools were closed. The museum was cofw siderably damaged. The decorative por- tions of many buildings and the statues in the public squares were seriously damaged by hall, which, for a time, fell most heavily. Traine were unable to leave the Stettin station because of the floods. ‘The cellars of the Royal theater and the Relchsbank are under water. A house | on @ericht str collapsed and some of the occupants were injured. PANIC AHEAD FOR JONATHAN Economie Finanecial Orisis United States Predicted by H a Vienna Paper. the VIENNA, April 14.—Dle Zeit in an edl- torial article today, expr §loomy fore- bodings concerning the economic positions of the United Stal and Germany. The paper declares the United States is stand- ing on the threshold of an economic and | financial crisis Although the conditions in the United States are outwardly flourishing, it says, the situation In Germany, immediately pre. ceding the crash in that country was equally favorable. The chief danger to Germany no lonwer lles in American combinations exporting their surplus stock, but from the pendfox commercial collapse of the United Stat: It will then be found that in the interests of self-preservation the United States will dump its goods on the European markets, thus disturbing the entire economic life of Germany as never before realized. Genmeral Ma's Troops Dewert. TIEN TSIN, April 14.—It is reported here that 1,000 of General Ma's troops, who were taking part in the Cheo Yang expedition, have deserted and joined the rebels in Southern China, taking with them their arms, munitions and treasury. Peace Relgns in Hayti. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, April 14.—~The twenty-third legislature of Hayt! was opened today without amy extraordinary incident. Advices recelved hefe from Jacmel say or- der has been re-established there. All is quiet here, Dickinson Leaves Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, April W.—C. M. Dickinson, the Uuited States coneul gen- eral, and Mrs. Dickinson left Constauti-