Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ISTABLISHED JUNE RADICALS WIN POINT & ocialists Defeat Liberal Debate on Rev! Attempt to Close m of Constitution. VOTE ON THE PROPOSITION TODAY Excitement Prevails in Brussels Logislative Halls During the Debate. PREMIER IS JEERED THROUGHOUT SPEECH Mombers Declare the Government is Thirsting for Blood. Booial SSERT CIVIL WAR IS THREATENED of Progres Cone Leaders fo) te Precedes a Concession from Premier, Violent demning Provoking St Specch National BRUSSELS, April 17.—The debate on the propcsed revision of the Belgian consti- tution was resumed in the Chamber of Rep- resentatives today. M. Braun (liberal), ad- vocated a speedy closing of the debate, in the Interest of the whole country, and the premier. M. de Smet de Mayer, heartily Mndorsed the suggestion, and proposed that the bouse coptinue sitting today until the question was settled The soclallsts protested againat the adop- tlon of the proposal, but the premlier - sisted upon Its adoption. M. Van Der Velde, the soclalist leader, criticised the government’s attitude. Instead of extend- ing the olive branch, he asserted, the pre. mier offered fresh provocation. The so- clalists were absolutely opposed to the dis- cussion today because vital events might soon occur. The speaker then pointed to the fact that there were 300,000 men on a strike and that they enjoyed the respect of the ‘middle class vernment Thir for Blood. This statement was greeted with soclalist shouts of: “‘The government thirsts for blood."” The premier maintained the wisdom of the proposal for a speedy close of the de- bate. Soclalist shouts of “Trickery!" “Treach- “It will be the signal for a revolu- 1" followed the premler's remarks. At this juncture M, Van Der Velde crossed the floor and beld a brief conver- sation with the premier, duripg which M. Troclet (soclalist), cried: “Then you want blood to flow tomor- Mrow!” The premier having reiterated his un- niterable adhesion to the proposal to close the debate, the soclalists broke out Into considerable uproar and clinched their fists threateningly, but they confined them- welves to that and to uttering shouts of deflance. The debate was then continued by the premier, who, amidst (ffequent interrup- tions, declared that a fyrther revision of the constitution would not accord with the destres of s Gowley. He 4id uot be- leve that universal suffrage would be Ive to the maintenance of free in- stitutions in Belglum. The government was prepared to examine Dhereafter arrangements calculated to im- prove the conditions of the country, but it would not agree to adopt universal suf- frage, pure and simple, which, he claimed, the socialists mlone desired. A revision of the constitution, the premier further as- serted, would plunge the country into tur- moll, and the government utterly declined to be driven at the dictation of the popu- Jdace and under threats of strike afMation and violence. Renqwed sociallst uproar, including threats of clvil war and shouts of “You have murdered one of the people,” fol- Jowed this announcement. The premier, after remarking that h declined to notice such calumnies, sald the existence of their national institutions was at stake, The government was responsibie for the honor and destiny of the country and was consclous of its duty. He then in- vited the chamber to reject the proposed conaideration of the proposal to revise the coustitution. After a violent speech by M. Jansen, iprogressist, who declared the governor was forcing the country over the brink of civil ‘war, the premier sald the government was willing for the sake of peacs to withdraw the closure proposal. M. Van Der Velde agreed to this and the chamber upanimously fixed the hour for ‘vote on the question of revision of the con- stitution at 6 o'clock tomorrow. EXILED KING DEAD IN FRANCE /Grandfather of the Young King { of Spain Dies at Axe of Eighty. BPINAY, Department of the Seins France, April 17.—Don Franclsco 4'Assl the former king of Spain, died here last night at the age of 80 years. He was ex- pelled from Spain in 1868 Don Francisco d'Assise, duke of Cadls, ‘was born at Franjuer, Spain, 1822, and Oc- tober 10, 1846, was married at Madrid to h! cousin, Queen Isabella 11 of Spain, and wi the same day proclaimed king of Spain. Queen Isabella and her husband were ex- pelled from Spain as a result of the revolu- tion of Septemebr 30, 1868. She formally sbdicated the throne in Paris June 25, 1870, in tavor of her son, the late King Alfonso XII, father of the present king of Spain, Altonso XIIL The latter, who was pro- clalmed king under the regemcy of bis mother on the day of his birth, May 17, 1886, 1s to be crowned May 17 mext. WITNESSES AGAINST LYNCH Are B Bt by the E from South Africa. y LONDON, April 17.—Although there is no indication that Colonel Arthur Lyach, who fought on the Boer side in the South African war, and who was elected to rep- Tesent Galw: city in Parllament, in No- vemiuer last, has any intention of placing Dimself within reach of the British courts, the government is bringing witnesses from South Africa to testify in support of the obarges of high treason brought agalnst bim. Lewls Handley, an American by birth, t & Daturelized British subject and farmer of the vicinity of Glencoe, Natal, landed in England today. He says Colonel Lynch was the leader of a Boer force, principally :w of Irishmen, which raided his farm'in 1900, confiscated bls stock and other movables and de- stroyed his Lyvch informed Hand- 3oy that he (Lymch) was a British subject.| erament. BETTER Fever, ded QUEEN WILHELMINA H Her Mnajesty Sti but Danger is Now Regn as Passed. AMSTERDAM, April 17.—The cause of Queen Wilhelmina's fliness ia premature ch ldbirth. An offictal bulletin published (o- day says her majesty passed a somewha | 1ess tranquil night. The . howeve not increased and her *ion Is com- paratively satisfactory A bulletin issued fro, p. m. today says tever continues It was authoritatively declared this aft< | noon that the report that the queen fs suffering from peritonitis and nephritis is untrue. Prof. Roosenstein, the pathologist of Leyden university, it ia added, was called in for consultation because the at- tendant physiclans feared that pneumonia might set In. The danger is wow regarded as passed The Offtclal Journal of The Hague contalns & notification from the minister of the interlor, Dr. Kuyper, to the effect that Prince Henry of the Netherlands, the prince consort, desires that all public fes- tivitles (n celebration of his birthday, April 19, be caacelled In consequence of the queen’s illnes All classes of the population are deeply grieved at the illness of Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, the prince consort, !s overwhelmed with anxiety and hardly leaves the queen's bedside. The queen mother is fn constant attendance on the royal patient. Whenever her majesty enjoys peaceful sleep Prince Henry busily occuples himself in replying personally to the numbers of telegrams which are con- stantly arriving from European sovereigns and court Dr. Roeesinger, one of the queen's at- tending physiclans, is staying permanently at the palace. Her majesty’s temperature yesterday reached the alarming height of 104 degrees, but the departure from the palace of Prof. Rosenstein, the pathologist of Leyden university, who has been sum- moned In consultation, is considered a hopeful sign that the crisfs is past. It Is reported that Queen Wilhelmina caught cold recently while sitting in the park. today It ie also sald that living at Castle Loo does not seem to agree with her majesty. The ilinces of Queen Wilhelmina is a universal topic throughout the country, and the various public bodles have ex- pressed sympathy for the queen and thelr hopes for her recovery. The condition of the royal patlent was unchanged at 8:30 this evening. CONTROVERSY IS REOPENED o 1 Dispatches Referring to feat of British at § kop Published. De- LONDON, April 17.—All the officlal dis- patches referring io the defeat sustained by the British troops under General Buller at Splonkop, Natal, January 24, 1900, were made public today. Those hitherto unpub- lshed merely emphasize how hopelessly muddled were the preparations for that gagement. The controversy between Gen- eral Buller and General 8ir Charles Warren 8 proved to have boen even more bitter than previously hinted at, while a new ex- tract from of Lord Roberts’ dispatches brings additional censure on General Bul- ler. Lord Roberts declares that General Bul- ler's endeavor to put the responsibility for the defeat on General Warren was not jus- tifiable. Roberts holds that it was Buller's duty to intervene when he saw things were going wrong. This remark was caused by a dispatch from Buller in which he says: I saw no actempt on the part of Warren to_either grapple with the situation or command his force himeelf. We lost our chance by Warren's slownees. He seems to me to be a man who can do well what he can do himself, but cannot command. I can never employ him again on an inde- pendent command. I ought to hlg‘ as- sumed command myself when I saw things were not going well. 1 blame myself now for not doing Buller explains that he falled to super- cede Warren becauss it might have dls- credited the latter with the troops which was an especially serious matter, as, it Buller had been shot, Warren would have sucoeeded to the supreme command. The question of the responsibllity for the actual retreat from Splonkop s shrouded in a maze of dispatches proving that a mis- take was made in sending a heliogram and that there was a general desire to shirk the onus. Beyond this washing of dirty linen nothing appears to have been accomplished by the publication of the dispatches. ON THE VERGE OF REVOLUTION A in Haytl Are Begin n Usly Aspect. NEW YORK, April 17.—Private advices from Port au Prince, by way of Kingston, Jamalca, are, says the Herald, Indlcative of a far more serious state of affairs In Haytl than i generally known to the out- side world. The recent uprising In the vicinity of Jacmel, which was quickly suppressed, is, sccording to the Herald's informant, but a forerunner of serious trouble for President Sam. The latter continues The sit: 08t serious and points to a § of the peop of Haytl it persists in his announced intention of attemptin to remain in power after May 15, on whic! date his term expires. Many citizens have sent petitions throughout ~the republie. Port au Prince garrison wes not suff clently large and the government gun- boats were used. The entire city of Port au Prince a state of greal excltement. public buildings are kept closed, whenever possible, in fear of conflict between the op- ponents of President Sam and the soldlery. VOLCANOES ARE IN ACTION in All_doors of tion Follows an Earthquake in the New Hebrides it VANCOUVER, B. C., April 17.—Advices from Australia state that on the 10th of last month the New Hebrides islands were shaken by an eartbquake. The shocks sub- sided next day somewhat, but at intervals were renewed throughout the week. Six hours af'er the first trembling the city became a blaze of light and Alberim, Lopevi and Tingoa volcanoes burst into ae- tion, the last named blowing out & mew throat into the sea and sending & great waterspout over the land. The devastation caused by the earthquake was widespread. Pllgrims See the Pope. ROME, April 17.—The pope this moraing recelved in sudience a large number of Swise pilerims. Owing to the diplomatic rupture between Italy and Switserland a hostile demonstration against the pligrime was feared, but it was prevented by the ex- haustive military precautions by the gov- e o i(’OSDEMN‘S THE HOUSE RULES Oushman of Washington Declares Arbitrary Power is Vested in Speaker. SAYS INDIVIDUAL POWERS ARE MENACED Appeals to Republican Assoc IKeep Standard of Action on High Plane and Preserve Equal Rights to Members. SHINGTON, April 17.—General debate be Cuban reciprocity bill closes tomor- L 7 at 3 o'clock and it is the intention of the house leaders if possible to force a final vote on the passage of the bill be- fore adjournment tomorrow night. All day long the leaders were counting noses and preparing for the final struggle tomorrow The democrats are badly split on the bill The opponents of the bill occupied most of the time of the debate today, the fea- ture being a vigorous speech by Mr. Cush- man, republicas, of Waehington, against the measure. Mr. Cushman arraigned the committee on rules and the house leaders in a breezy and at times a sensational fashion. A portion of his criticism was in a semi-humorous vein, but some of it was decidedly caustic Mr. De Armond, one of the leading demo- crats of the house, delivered a forcible speech in favor of tariff reduction on tri articles. Dr. Armond Is Sareastic. Mr. De Armond explained that later on & motion would be made to amend the bill to take the differental off refined sugar— the differential put in the bill for the benefit of the trust. Then, he said, would come the beautiful spectacle we have wit- nessed %o often—the rules would stand in the way and members would' hide behind the rules. But Mr. De Armond warned members that they could not justify themselves with such a plea. “This will be your chance,” he ‘sald, “you are either for this trust, or you are against it. If you are agalnst it do not let a spider web rule stand in your path. The man who votes to sustain the chair will stand in history and before his constituents and this house as opposed to the proposition he refuses to consider.” Mr. Cushman of Washington made & breezy speech against the bill. He de- clared that a majority of the republicans of the house were today opposed, although a majority were convinced that it would be better for them to be in favor of it. Blames Speaker Henderson. He intimated that the speaker’s position was responsible for the change of attitude of many of the members and followed this statement with a very outspoken and al- moet sensational criticiem of the power exercised by the speaker. I make the statement on this floor now, sald Mr, Cushman, ““that no member who introduces a bill not & private bill, can get it considered unless it sults the speaker, nd If anyone wants to deny that I am in @ persomal position, and in a clearly happy frame of mind to give a ilttle valuable testimony on that point.” (Applanse and laughter.) Mr. Cushman quoted Cassius’ allusion to Caesar the collosus of the world, and continued Attacks Rule I make no onslaught on the individual have a high regard for the speaker of this house personally and for him politically, but the fact is that we have adopted a set of rules in this body that are an absolute disgrace to the legislative body. (Applause on the democratic side,) They are not re- publican, they are undemocratic, they are UnAmerican, (Applause on the democratic side.) We need to restore this house to the great patriotic plane on which the fathers ¢ the republic placed it; where every in- dividual on this floor stands on an equal and exact plane with every other. We operate here under a set of rule confessedly designed to belittle the hop: ana dwarf the ambitions of the individual members of this Cbdy, and at the same time we vest more power in the hands of one or two men than was ever enjoyed by Orlental despot or a ten-button mandarin. I say to you, my friends, that the system is rotten at both ends. It is rotten at one end because it robs the individual member in this house of the powes that the con- stitution of the United States and his cre- dentials as a member on this floor entitle him to: it is rotten at the other end be- cause it vests power in men that have no right to it, and oft time places on them ities that they have no capacity to fulfiil. (Applause and laughter.) MF. Chairman, jet no man charge me now ‘with trying to tear down the rapub: lican party. ‘I am not trying to tear down the republican. party; but 1 contess that I sometimes feel that | would like to put my hand upon the throat of one or two men who concelve that they are the republican party. (Applause and lu‘hldl‘) v T am a bellever in the republican party. The true friend of his party is the man who does not sit fdly by and watch his party drift into disrepute and toward de- Struction, but the man who rises up and cells attention to the evils that exist. Quotes Republican Authority, Not Individual. Mr. Cushman then turned his attention to the pending measure and its sponsors. After reading the utterances of Harrison. Blaine and McKinley on the subject of reciprocity, to show that they did not advocate such reciprocity as was contained in the pending bill, Mr. Cushman said 1 appeal from the reciprocity of John Dalzell to the reciprocity of Benjamin Har- rison. 1 appeal from the reciprocity of Congressman Grosvenor to the reciprocity of Willlam McKinley. 1 appeal from the Teciprocity of Sereno E. Payne to the reciprocity of James G. Blaine. “I have been Interested as well as en- tertained,” he continued, “by some pecullar statements that have been made on this floor in support of this measure. “The gentleman from New York (Mr. Payne) on this side of the chamber vro- claimed that this measure was the heieht of republican protection, and then within an hour before the sand In the glass had run once, Mr. MeClellan arose on the other side and announced that he was ®o- ing to vote for it because It was a breach in the wall of protection and a step toward free trade. And these two speeches are printed in parallel columns of the same issue of the Congressional Record. “There Is a picture. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Payne) with one foct planted on the wall of proiection, with the other set firmly on the ramparts of free trade, with the American Sugar Refining company in his arms and the platform of the republican party in his hip pocket. (Leughter.) There is a tableau (renewed laughter) that with the aid of a slow cur- tain and a little red fire would bring tears to the eyes of an Egyptian mummy. (Laughter.) Mr. Loud of California declared that he Was & republican and followed the leaders where he could, many times agyinst his better judgment, but from this 'proposi- tion be said he must dissent. He insisted that there was no obligation on the Unitel ates to help Cuba at the expense of our own people. Cuba already had cost us on way and another & thousand million dol- lars. Mr. Lacey of lowa, the last speaker to- day, supported the bill, Fellowship hy Cofumbia University. NEW YORK, Apr —Annual ahips In Columbia university ha In\\ardrd for the academic year by the uni- versity council. Thirty-eight were awarded each carrylng an annual stipend of $500 o tellow- them west of the Mississippl river, the awards arc University Fellowship—In academie chem- istry, Hal Seans gt Moscow, Idaho; In ad- jministrative law, Harold Bowman Molnes. la.; in European history, Boyd of Durham, N. C.; Brucs of Austin, Tex Ham Campbell economcs, in Greek, Wis querque, N. M in zoology, Charles : in metallurgy, Wil- of Kempsey, England; In Walter Clark of Delaware, O.; Stephen Hurlburt of Madison, in physiology, James Miner of Beriin, Wis., in constitutional law, muel Smith of Akron, O.; in zoology, Raymond Osborne of Fargo, N. D.; in Ger- manie languages and literatures, Charles Turrell of Arkadelphia, Ark. Alternat Under the Fagulty of Phi- losophy—In anthropolos: Joseph Blair of Hall, Pa.; in paychology, James Porter of Bloomington, Ind. Alternates, Under the Faenlty of Politlcal Sclence—In finance, Robert Olsen of Walla Walla, Wash.; 'n statistics, Danlel Peacock of Richmond, Ied. Alternates wder and Applied Bcienc McFarland of Lawrenc gineering, Richard City, Utah. P Honorary Fellowship in Meonomics and Politieal Science—Henry Mussey of Atkin- son, I, J Carl Schurz Fellowship fof the Study of the German Language and Literature, value $600—John Louis Kind of Oma N Annual Fellowship in Anthropology—Wil- Iam Jones, Sac and Fox ageacy, Oklahoma. the Faeulty of Pure In echemistry, David Kan.; in civil en- Lyman of Salt Lake Among the favored ones are two Oma- hans, Hal T. Beans, whose address is given as Moscow, Idaho, and John L. Kind, who is an instructor of German in the Omaha High school. Mr. Beans is the son of David T. Beans of 2406 North Twenty-first street. He secured his academic degree at the Uni- versity of Nebraska, taking his bachelor of science from there In 1899. The next year he held a scholarship in the ¢hemistry di partment at the university #nd took his second degree. He then went to the Uni- versity of Idaho, where he has been ad- junct professor of the chemdstry depart- ment. His university fellowship will give him an opportunity to complete his studles in the sciences. Mr. Kind s also a Nebraska university product, baving won the highest classical honors there all during his residence. He alzo was of the class of '98 and specialized in German and Greek. When Initiates into the honorary scholarehip fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, were chosen from his class Mr. Kind's was among the first five names, it being the custom to nominate a quintet in advance of the rest as a mark of highest merit. On graduating Mr. Kind wa scholarship in the German der Prof. Laurence Pasele] this for two years, taking:h gree meanwhile in 1801. During his post graduato study he traversed the entire course in the Sanskrit, the Hebralc and the Gothic languages, as a final foundation ‘to his modern language work. Mr. Kind was last fall given a position in the German de- partment of the High school here on recom- mendations from university faculty mem. bers. His Carl Schurz fellowship will pay him $600 a year and was gained on his mas- ter's thesis and certificates of the unusual amount of work in the German language and literature which he had done, RENEWS THE CURFEW CRUSADE President of National Wants All Railroad Towns to Adopt Ordinance. iven a it un- ind he. held ter's de- Association KANBAS CITY, April 17.—Alexander Hogeland, president of the National Curfew association, is taking steps to extend the ourfew law to cities and towns along all railroads In the United States. He has ad- dressed a letter to Charles H. Winslow, general secretary of the rallroad branch of the Young Men's Christian assoclation Kansas City, Mo., inquiring if he cannot arrange with the general managers of all the trunk lines of railway to place in the hands of the mayors amd councils of all cities and towus on their respective lines of rallroad the curfew and one other ordi- nance requiring city and town officials to arrest all boy tramps and restore them to thelr homes. President Hogeland thinks the management of all of the rallways will be glad to aid in getting the ordi- mances referred to adopted, as they are cer- taln to prevent further recruits to the ranks of the vast army of American tramps now swarming over the country. President Hogeland says the ordinances will lessen accidents to trains and protect both lite and property and they will greatly curtall the liability of rallways to prosecu- tion for accidents, as well as to reduce the army of tramps. SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT Possibility of Strike in Anthracite Cosl Regton is Growing Le: SHAMOKIN, Pa., April 17.—Miles Daugh- erty, member of the mnational executive board of the United Mine Workers from the porth distriet, has returned to his home here from Indianapolis, where he attended | the meeting of the board. Mr. Daugherty | says the possibilities of a strike In the anthracite coal reglon are growing less | and that within a few days a move will ba made toward the settlement of the differ- ences between the operators and mine workers From Mahoney City Information Is re- ceived to the effect that a strike has been averted John de Silva, & member of the district executive board, said that while he had re- celved no official information concerning ihe settlement he had reason to believe it was true and that it would be confirmed, officially, before the end of the week What the basis of the compromise would be ho eaid he could not say, further than that if it was satisfactory to National President Mitchell and the district presi- rank and file of the organization. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. April 17 Kansas City & Lexington Bleciric railway, with a capital stock of 350,000, was char- tered here today. The company, which pro- poees 1o bulld a trolley line between Ran- gas City and Lexington. Mo.. a distance of forty-two miles, is composed of James C. and Bdward McGrue, Edwin M. Taubman, W. B. Waddell and F. B. Duval of Lexing- ton. The line s to be bullt to obtal cheaper frelght slea will ha narriad. OMAHA MAN N THE LIST|BURKETT KEE John Louis Kind Awarded Carl Schurs ve just been more. The successful candidates come from twenty states-and territories, almost halt of Among of Des William | ; In geology, Douglas Johnson of Albu- | dents it would receive the approval of the transportation. Passengers PS UP FIGHT Insists Attorney General Knox is Mis- informed on Oourt Matters. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES HAVE SCHEME Seek of Mines Bill Tacked Onto Irrigation Mensure, with ldea of Helping Both Out. to Mave Scho (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON,, April 17.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Representative Burkett is still {an ardent supporter of the bill giving Ne braska two judicial districts. I cannot concelve how Attornev Gen- | eral Knox could have written the fetter to Congressman Stark when the facts in his office show that the Nebraska United States district court does more business than some states which have two judicial dis- tricts at present. My impression is that | Attorney General Knox has heen misled and notwithstanding his opinion that an- otber district is not needed in Nebraska 1 for one want to say right now that I do not agree with him and I will work for the bill s enthusiastically as Knox had never been written.” Burkett | The representative from the first Ne- | braska district today secured a ruling from | the secretary of the interlor reversing | Commiesioner Evans in the case of T. H Hatch of Lincoln, who notwithstanding he had five years' service in the war. has been unable to secure a pension. He has Ifor twenty years been attempting to es- tablish the fact that the scurvy which be has is due to his army service. For three vears Mr. Burkett has followed this case trom division to division until he has at | 1ast secured a pension for Dory Hatch. In the sercetary's opinion overruling the com- missloner he says that scurvy in the army has been well established. The case will now go back to the commissioner of pen- elons for final actlon. Senater Alllson leaves tonight to be gone for a week or ten days. Seek Alllance with Irrigationists. is sald Mr. for lTowa A committee of presidents of agricultural colleges of the east was Introduced to Speaker Henderson today by Representa- tive Grosvenor, who discussed with Gen- eral Henderson the bill of Mr. Grosvenor to apply a portion of the proceeds of the sale of public lands to the endowment of schools or departmwnts of mining and metallurgy where these schools of mines are connected with agricultural colleges. The committee went over the bill with the speaker and it was finally agreed that the best way to secure the passage of this measure was to join forces with the friends of the irrigation bill and bring the two measures together in one bill. thereby miv- ing the measure greater strength than they could possibly have separately. It has been stated that the irrigation bill will be defeated unless coupled with some measure that will give it additional votes. It is extremely doubtful if the ir- rigationists will permit Grosvenor's bill to be added to the measure, as they are desirgus of getting a direct expression from the house on the proposition of irri- gating the arid and semi-arid reglons of the west. It was stated toddy that Prest- dent Beardshear of the agricultural college at Ames, In., has written a strong letter to Bpeaker Henderson In behalf of the school of mines bill and urging upen the speaker the Importance of euring its passage. Hull Sure of Money. Representstive Iull of D & Molines dis- trict sald today that he had assurances from the secretary of war of receiving $300,- | 000 for Fort Des Molnes during the next fiscal year. “I am opposed to segregating any portion of a lump sum in an appropri- ation bill,” sald Captain Hull. “I have re- fused to do it repeatedly in the military bill and I cannot blame others for refusing to do it in their bills. In order that I may get $300,000 I had that amount added to the appropriation for barracks and quar- ters In the sundry civil bill. We are still baving a great deal of trouble over the new fort and I get disheartened sometimes with the shoots that some people take to defeat the results of bard work. I had no sooner secured the promise of the senate commit- tee on appropriatiens to take care of Fort Des Moines in an indirect way when I learned that a crowd of sociallsts in Des Moines, headed by & man by the name of Work, has taken out an injunction againat the water works company of the city and seek to enjoin the company from extending their lines of pipe to the fort grounds. These men do not hesitate to say that th are against the location of the fort at De: Molnes, because the presence of the sol- diers i» a menace to liberty-loving people, and a lot of other tommy rot." Date for Vote on Oleo Bill. The vote on the oleomargarine bill will be taken April 25, the speaker having de- cided with the committee on rules to set aside that day. Considerable pressure was brought to bear on the speaker to allow the house bill, with the senate amendments, to lie on the table and dle there, but the speaker insisted that the bill should be gotten out of the way, and it is now under- 8tood that all the senate amendments will be concurred in by the house, with the ex- ception of the amendments relating to renovated butter. Chairman Mercer of the house commit- tee on public bulldings and grounds stated today that he would in all probability re- port the omnibus building bill early next week and a rule will be brought in for its immediate consideration. The bill carrles about $15,000,000. The report that Major Edwin H. Conger will not remain much longer as minister to China has led to the presentation of the name of John Barrett, formerly mints- ter to Slam, to succeed Conger. Senator Mitchell of Oregon talked with the presi- dent today about Mr. Barrett and told tho president that all of the Pacific coast would be delighted with Mr. Barrett's lection. If there was any outlook for & vacancy in the Chinese mission the presi- dent might be glad to give Mr. Barrett some consideration, but no such vacancy is expected, and the story of the lowan quit- ting China is belleved to be premature. Rumple's Co Representative Conner of lowa recelved a telegram today from his colleague, Mr. Rumple, stating that he expected to re- turn to Wasbington in the course of & couple of weel The telegram did not give any information as to *Mr. Rumple condition, which Is thought to be rather precarious. Postmasters appointed: Towa—A. L. Johnson, counts South Dakota—Lillian Pennington county. Four rural free delivery routes will be established July 1, one at Harvard, Clay th W. J. Jehason, Lewis (Continued on Second Pase) Calliope, Sioux Inman, Mystic, if the letter of | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER for Nebraska—Fair ¥ and Saturday day Temperature nt Omaha Yesterdnyt Der Dew. o . m »om (3 DIVIDES SUPPORT OF BISHOPS Episcopailans Provide for Misslonary Dintricts ce of Prelates. Share in Maintes CINCINNATI, April 17.—AtL the opening of the Episcopal House of Bishops today holy communion was celebrated by Bishop Doane of Albany, mssisted by the bishops of Washington and of Long leland A resolution was adopted recommending the people of the misslonary jurisdiction of the Episcopal church to take action in as- suming at least part of the support of their bishops. While as many bishops as attend the synod of the Old Catholics at Bonn, Germany, next August, Bishop Pot- ter of New York was designated to extend the greetings of the Episcopalians of Amer- ica Bishops were selected as follows: Salina, western Kansas, Nathaniel Sey- mour Thomas, rector of the Church of Holy Apostles, Philadelphia, and son of the late bishop of Kansas; Honolulu, Henry Bond Restarick, rector of St. Paul's church, Diego, Cal; Porto Rico, James H Buren, formerly of Lynn, Mase. The new bishops cannot be consecrated for two or three months, awalting the ap- proval of the committee. Most of the day was devoted to considering the admission of the Mexican church. TOPEKA, Kan., April 17.—Nathaniel Sey- mour Thomas, elected bishop of the diocese of Salina, is a son of the late Rt. Rev. E. §. Thomas, second bishop of Kansas. He was for several years a resident of Topeka. and was in charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd. He is a graduate of the Kansas Theological college, and served his first rectorship in Leavenworth. TO HARMONIZE INTERESTS Compromise to Be Recommended by Amalgamated Association C; possible will dentinls Committee WHEELING, W. April 1 port from the Amalgamated assoclation’s contested seats committee is expected this afternoon, und meantime the convention is idle. It s learned on good authority that the committee will recommend & compromise course in regard to the lodges which have failed to pay assessments. It will recommend a procedure in re- rd to the offending lodges that will not be regarded as a vindlcation of the officers nor as a slap at the delinquents, The fact Is that the number of delinquents is o Jarge that it would not be wise for the convention to ruthlessly turn them down, and at the same time ft is recog- pized. the power of the executive board must be upheld. It 1s a delicate question to handle and the committee is now looking for a way to barmonize all opposing interests and to settle the question in a way that will be conducive of good feeling on all sides. It is understood that both factlons have agreed, in view of the proposed compro- mise, that they will not consider the result a victory one @ay or another, and that after the questidn is disposed of ft will not be brought up in subsequent preceed- Ings. It is stated that one reason for the compromise is that the delinquent lodges threatened, If turned down altogether, to afliate with Chicago lodges which have been expelled and organize a rival organi- zation. BIG WHEAT CROP IN SIGHT Yield Above Average and Equal Last Year's is Antici- pated. to NEW YORK, April 17.—Accordiug to dis- patches to R. G. Dun & Co., the outlook is encouraging for a large yleld of winter wheat. At most points the acreage is equal to or larger than last yea and even in the few reports of a decreased area the loss is only put at 10 per cent, while the most hopeful statements make the increase 60 per cent. On the whole there appears to have been little loss dur- ing the winter from weather conditions, although at a few points the snow pro- tection was light. Damage by Insects Is | also less serious than a year ago. The least satisfactory feature thus far is the lack of molsture, which is causing anxiety in a number of states. With average weather during the rest of the season, how- ever, there is every reason to anticipate a yleld above the average, and probably tully equal to last year's large produc- tion. The liberal demand and good prices of the evious season would naturally tend to sumulate operations, so that re- ports of a large acreage were (o be ex- pected, but estimates of condition are more sanguine than the government report om April 1, which may be due to favorable weather during the last few weeks. TOURIST MAKES A RICH HAUL Comes from Mexico Laden with Val- uables is Arrested for Al- leged Smuggling. EL PASO, Tex., April 17.—Willlam Wel enberger of New York City was arrested by United States custom officers today as he stepped off a Mexican Central rallroad tralu direct from Mexico City with valu- able jewels, watches, Mexican drawn work and other valuables. Welsenberger had seventeen valuable watches hidden in a belt around his walst. Jewelry was con- cealed about his person in every concely- able way and his trunk was full of valu- ables worth $6,000. Weisenberger wired his brother in New York City to come to his assistance and employed an attorney to fight his case. The preliminary trial was held this even- ing and Weisenberger was bound over under heavy bond on & charge of smuggling VICTIM OF BRUTAL CRIME Girl Ten VYears of Age by & Masked is Ase TACOMA, Wash., April 17.—Susie Taylor, 10 years of age, while going bome from\ school, was attacked and outraged by a masked man nesr Puget Sound avenue and Bouth Nineteenth street. The citizens are hunting for the girl's assailant and threats of Iynching are made. The child was seri- v infused. = FOR NICARAGUANWAY SenatorMorgan Argnes Advantages of This Over Panama Canal Route. SAYS FORMER IS BEST IN EVERY RESPECT Asserts Difference of Five Millions in First Cost Should Not Interfere, ULTIMATE RESULT THE THING DESIRED No Question, He Says, of the Superiority of the Nicaragua Way. DENIES FRENCH COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SELL Alabama Senmtor Bohio Says Liabllity of Dam Washing Out, Entaile Ina Incalculable Lo Shou WASHINGTON, April 17.—For more than four hours today Mr. Morgan of Alabama. chairman of the isthmian canal commlittee addressed the senate on the subject of the Nicaraguan caval. He devoted the greater part of his speech to a conslderation of the desirability and practicability of the two principal routes, Nucaraguan and Panama. Ho strenuously favored the former, main- taining that in every possible respect it tad many advantages over the Panama route. A parliamentary change in the situation of Chinese exclusion bill was made fust before adjournment, the measure passed | by the senate yesterday being substituted for the house bill. This was done to ex- pedite the bill in the house. The resolutions offered by Mr. Culberson of Texas directing the secretary of war to send to the senate a statement of money paid by the United States on account of the Philippine copmission and a statement of the amount of money expended for sending troops to the Philippines and for .their maintenance were agreed to. Morgan Begins His Speech, Mr. on the Morgan then began isthmian canal question. He aesumed, in beginning, - that the ate was convinced of the indispensable character of a canal—that it was a national necessity—and that it was only cholce of methods and a comparison of national vantages which was left to decide, questions of financlal ability, of private Interests, of political bias, having been relegated te the rear by command of a free, honest and powerful principle. It is to reach the logical results that should follow the actual merits of the claim ot elther canal route in deelding the prefer- ence, that I will try to present an outline of the questions that now require discus- sion.” ‘The subject presents itaelf to my min' sald Mr. Morgan, ‘‘with conclusive forow the form stated in the six propositions will now state 1. We ha: - perfence, sclentific fes e and these means of knowledge a clustve of the Tacts s we Coul h':p:ou make them in another half-century ot flfll%; 2. The question now to be decided s the cholce of either of two routes for a canal. whether it shall be located at Panama or through the valley of the San Juan river in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. « tee. 3. The controlling factor in making this sclection is the assurance of success ' constructing n canal that will be per- manently useful for commerce and for the needs of the government and its policies and for the benefit of the people of the Unitad States, sum of money necessary for expendi- ture {n the work of constructing such a cunal to accomplish such ends cannot be reasonably compared with the real vaiue of the results to the people and the g ment of the United States and the chol of either route, with safe, intelligent and sincere regard to its permunent usefulno: and advantage rhould not be controlled aflected by o difterence n the present cost of ccrstruction, 1 will say, withi of even $50,000,000. Y . e 5. The assured certainty of success in the gonstruction of a permanent canal s, of necestity, the baslo or foundution "fact upon which congress must act in the se- lection. of the canal route. Considered as n simple proposition of elvil enginees ng there is no doubi—not even a shadow of doubt—as to any fact touching the pran- teebility of a <hip canal from Greytown to Hrito, In and along the river and across Laky Nicaragua. It 8 certain beyond u reascnable doubt that its cost {s as neari: within the limits of exa:t estimates us ar.- great public work that was ever undec- taken "I+ {8 upon this ascertained and sot- Ued Laris of certainty that o e Tarin ¢ y that I rest my Judg Liabilities of Panama Route. 6 1t the dam at Bohio, on the Pan route, should fail for any cause. the only hope of a canal weross that fsthmus would perish. never to be restored. All engineers admit this fact. The fallure of a dam Cenchud., or Boca 8an Carlos, or at Ocho. or +i Tamborgrunde or at any other site on the 8an Juan river wouid only mean the osx of Lhat structure, to be replaced on 1 beite location of a lake level. These hances are at least ten to one, and if the 11K 1# estimated at only tenfold the cost of the dam at Bohlo, It would deter the beldest gimbler in futures from riskin, powsible loss of more than $80,000, w) 1 ne was ruccessful his profits could not ex ceed 5,000,000, But the loss of a dam Benlo could not be lese than 1 glear loas to the nited States in c. ay nothing ol he llves wasted work, the Incalculable loss to our " com. ve end the national sna des) that cur people would -uf{vr'f\. s ol Discussing the proposed routes of the ca- nal and the decision of the Walker com- mission, Mr. Morgan sald: Noe Doubt ou Nie “No membher of elther of the three com- missions expressed a doubt or apprehen- slon as to the certainty of the successful completion of a canal on the Nicaraguan route on elther of five plans that have been adopted, surveyed and located by the greatest engineers in America. “The feasibility, practicabllity, useful- ness, permanence and commerclal value of the Panama canal to the United States are all clouded with many doubts. “One duty that the government owes to bumaaity, which rises above all other per- sonal consideration in the choice of these routes, Is the care of the health and lives of men whose labor is the | power that must open this great waterway. “It 18 & political situation of great mo- ment and It {s & cause of sincere gratifica- tion to the three republics concerned in this canal that the Interests are unifiel and not discordsnt, as the inter of the state of Panama are toward those of Co- lomibla.” Reforring to the position taken by the advocates of the Panama route, Mr. Morgan sald: Criticlses Panama Advoeates. “No more rockless an attitude was ever taken with reference to an economic ques- tign or with less bemevolence, reason or Justice to support § Mr. Morgan maintained tbat the Isth- mian Canal commiseion had no authority to accept an offer of the Panams Caoal company and that the sole ty of the president was to determine the route he monld sesnmmend o consTess. It Mested his remarks ntrolling Factor In C