Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 26, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORN NING, MAY 1902, 26, INGLE (‘()PY FIVE CENTS, TRY TO KILL PRINCE Outlaws in Kharkoff, Russia, Attempt to Assassinate Their Goveraor, LOOKS LIKE CONTEMPT TO THE CZAR ‘Threatened Official is Recently Oommended for Buppreasion of Riots, RESULT OF UPRISINGS AMONG PEASANTS Whipping of Political Prisoners Continues in pite of Intimidation. “TROOPS FAIL IN EFFORT TO RELEASE MEN Armed with Daggers Sticks Townspeople of Ghirsel Liberate a Score of Prisoners Claim- ing Thelr Innocence. 8T. PETERSBURC, May 25.—A report his Feached here of an attempt to assassinate Prince Obolensky, governor of the govern- ment of Kharkoff, who was commended by the czar for suppressing the rioting among the peasants of that district. Licutenant General Von Wahl, governor of Vilna, whose wssassination was recently attempted on account of his wholesale flog- ging of political prisoners, many of whom ‘were educated, and who, according to cus- tom, were, therefore, exerpt from fogging, justifies these punishments on the ground that he was ordered to inflict them by M. Von Blehwe, the minister of the interior. Peasant political prisoners have also been whipped at Blelosotook and other Polish towns. Eighty persons who were arrested for taking part in revolutionary disturbances at Saratoff were confined in a private build- ing there. A number of rioters concen- trated in the vicinity of the buiiding, con- templating & release. The rioters were charged several times by the troobs before they dispersed, and the liberation of the prisoners was thus prevented. Armed with daggers and sticks the towna- pople of Ghirsel, in the Caucausus, have _liberated a score of prisoners who claimed they were innocent. ECHO OF THE EVENT IN PARIS Banquet Given Abroad in Consonance with Ceremonies at Wash- ington. PARIS, May 25.—A largely attended Franco-American banquet was held at the Hote! Continental last evenin The re- ception room was ornamented with por- tralts of Washington, Rochambeau and ‘Roosevelt, surrounded by French and Amer- fean flage, and by a model of the Rocham- beau statue. The banquet hall was deco- rated with the Stars and Stripes and the tri-color of France and with banners bear- ing the names of the various stats Mayor Gullemote of Vendome, the birth- place of Rochambeau, presided. Those pres- ent incinded Henry Vignaud, United States chorge d'affaires, ard the staff of the Amer- ican eml Count Guy de Rochambeau, & brother of the Count de Roghambeau now in Washingtol Marquise deé Frasse and Dur Chelle and Du Chalffapt, all three descendants of officers who fuught in the American revolution; Max O'Rell (Paul Boue) and many other distingulshed Frenchmen and prominent Americans, be- sides a delegation of the Pellsh Kosclusko monument committee. Mayor Gullemote gava ~ sketch of Roche smbeau, read a cablegfa.. ifrom Secretary of Btate Hay as follows: Monsleur la Maire: On the joyous anni- ry the pres'dent requests e to send ordial greetings to the Freach and Amesican ailisens assesbied In Paris 10 celebrate the historic friendship of France and America. JOHN HAY. + M. Gullemote aiso read the following re- ply to Colonel Hay's cablegram: Hlv. Jull. recived your kind telegram 1t to the Americans and French llnllld at this hhlo W' thank you wlrmly for your kind Present ou: word #) l‘fll homa, President Rooic\nl( e I BAOTE, Mavor ot ‘Vendome. Max d‘llnwnoll- proposed the health of President Roosevelt In an eloquent speech. The other speakers inoluded M. Jules Sieg- fried, M. Lasare Weller and Leopold Ma- billeau, il three of whom dwelt with ple ure upon their recent visits to the United States. The spokesman of the delegation of Kos- ‘clusko monument committee also made an address, In which he traced the career of Kosclusko. Spencer Pratt proposed, in the course of a speech, the formation of a Franco-American league for the purpose of cementing and perpetuating the good rela- tions existing between the French and American republies. » ‘The Figaro this afternoon gave a § o'clock in homor of the Rochambeau fetes. The guests were almost exclusively repre- sentative members of the American colony. A musical and theatrical entertainment fol- lowed. | This morning the Figaro issued an eight- page supplement, which alse appears today in America, entirely devoted to Rocham- beau and Americans at home and in Parls, with appropriate ‘{llustrations. All the morping and evening papers pub- lshed good cable accounts of the Rocham- Beau ceremontes at Washington and many of them print & picture of the statue. DANES WARMLY GREET LOUBET King Christian His People Wel- come the President of Franc COPENHAGEN, May 25.—President Lou- bet, who pald a visit to the czar of Russia, left Oronstad May 28 for France on the French crulser Montcalm and landed here today after s favoreble and rapld voyage through the Baltic. As Montcalm drew too miuch water to allow It to approach Copen- hagen, President Loubet was transferred to the torpedo boat destroyer Cassini, which accompanied Montcalm. Cassini was the reciplent of thunderous salutes from the forts upon its arrival in the roadsted here. King Christian, the Danish crown prince snd other members of the royal family em- barked on a launch and were taken to Cas- sloin, where the king was greeted by the president of France. King Chi the uniform of the comman the Dasnish army. The king and the president then came ashore in the royal launch and were driven amid cheers to the '‘Amienborg castle, where .~ luncheon was served to the royal family and the French visitors. Complimentary toasts were exchanged between the king and the president. Later King Christlan and M. Loubet together drove about Copenbagen and then returned to the harbor. The vis itors, accompanied by the king and Danish princes, were then conveyed to Cas- slol, where the farewells were sald. Amid «alutes aud cheers Cassini loft here at 4:30. COURT MAINTAINS SECRECY | Probes Arrest of ( Ofcers 1n Venice and Findings Not Divalged. NAPLES, May 25.—The court of Inquiry being held on boerd the United States erulser Chicago to (nvestigate the arrest of certaln officers of that crew at Venice Apr1 16, continues its sessions, but the strictest secrecy rogarding the proceedings of the court is maintatned. Orders have been recelved on Chicago trom Washington that the findings of the court shall not be divulged until they are passed upon by the United Staes govern- ment. MAN STONES ROYAL TRAI Thief in Naples Hurls Miw King and Queen and is Arrested. NAPLES, May 25.—King Victor Emman- uel and Queen Helena arrived here this evenirg on tholr way to Palerma to open tho agricultural exhibition. During the stoppage of the royal train at the arsenal here two stones were thrown at the train by Vinceazenso Guerrerio, who was Immediately arrested. Guerrerii has | previously been convicted of theft. The assault of this evening resulted in a great demonstration of loyalty toward their majesties from the assembled crowd. TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES Chilean and Argentine Governments Wil Utilize Penceful Means for Settlement of Controveraies. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, May 25.~The Chilean minister of forelgn affairs, Senor Vergara, and the Argentine minister to Chile, Joseph Antonlo Terry, are complet- Ing the detaile of the agreement which limits Chilean and Argentine armaments and which provides for the general arbitra- tion of disputes between the two countries. Owing to this favorable situation, secur- ities and bonds are very firm. Gold is fall- ing. Secretary Deering Plays Tennis. BERLIN, May 2%.—Henbert Guy Deering, who has fust been appointed secretary of the British legation at Washington, is now in Berlin playing at the internatfonal ten- nis tournament. Mr. Deering was born here in 1867. He 1s a son of Sir Henry Nevill Deering, the present British minister to Brazil. The new appointee was in Pekin during the slege of the legations and dis- tinguished himself there. Will Not Get Oplum Right. PEKIN, May 25.—The failure of the ef- forts of a German firm to secure exclusive rights of selling oplum throughout the Chi- nese empire for which privilege the firm in question offered to pay the Chinese govern- ment $15,000,000 a year, appears to be as- sured on account of the opposition to the proposal by the better class of the m'nisters and the palace officlals. Police at Anarchists' Meeting. BERLLN, May 25.—It transpired today tiat an anarchist conference attended by twenty-nine delegates was held at Mann- helm last week. The police got word of the meeting beéfore it ocourred and sent two officers to attend the sittings. Ae the proceedings of the conference were quite tame the anarchists were not molested. Chi LI Rebellion Subdued. PEKIN, May 25.—The rebellion in Chi jLi province has been practically subdued, but the finhabitants of the province are complaining loudly of the forces under Yuan Shal Kal, the governor of Ohi LI, and allege that his soldiers, in infiicting pun- ishments, do not distinguish between the guilty and the innocent. Martinelll Reports to Leo. ROME, May 25.—The pope has recelved Cardinal Martinelli, who gave the pontiff an account of his mission and the situation of the church in the United States. Hundreds of Cholera Vietims. MANILA, May 25.—The cholera record to date as follows: Manlla, 1,146 cases and 619 deaths; the provinces, 3,922 cases and 2,774 death: CAUGHT ROBBING THE MAILS Incentive. KANSAS CITY, May 25.—Frank M. Stur- geon, one of the oldest mall carriers in the Kaunsas City (Kan.) service, was ar- rested by postoffice inspectors for stealing a bundle of letters Sturgoon was caught in the act in the postofiice. He confessed, saylng that his stealings had coverd a period of el months and that debt had prompted the theft. He has a family. DEATH RECORD. A t H. Arriens. August H. Arriens, 1532 Sherman avenue, proprictor of the Omaha mills, dled Sunday morning and will be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, under the auspices of a German soclety of whith he was a member. Deceased had been a cltizen of Omaha for nine yeary, having come to this country from Germany. He was prominent in German circles and . a member of the Madonic order and the Woodmen of the World. He was 38 years and leaves a widow and three chil- Dr. Willlam Cralg Burke. CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, May 25.—Dr. Willlam Cralg Burke dled last night in this city at the home of his son, T. F. Burke, United States district attorney, aged 90. He was a graduate of Dartmouth college, class of 1838, and was the oldest living alumnus He was a member of the church counell which tried Rev. Heary Ward Beecher, The funeral will be held in this city Mon- day afternoon. Interment will be in South Norwalk, Conn. Mrs. Almenn Hilloek. Mrs. Almena Hillock, widow of J. B, Hil- lock, died at ber home at 3151 Ames avenue death being the result of heart disease. Mrs. Hillock wi - parently in good health an hour before her death and wi upervising work in the gar- rted into the house and was next found lying by the side of the house unconscious. She died before medical as- sistance could be secured. May 25.—Eugene C. ident of the Atlant; Kpoxville & Northern railroad, died at his home here today of hemmorbage of the lungs. ~ PHILIPPINE ~ BILL ~ DRAGS Measure is l'.xpeofod to Take Up Another Week in the Senate. NO VOTE PROBABLE FOR TEN DAYS Sugar Men Glad of Anything that Will Serve as an Obstruction to Bal- loting on Bill to Reduce Cuaban Tariff. WASHINGTON, May 25.—From recent in- '-llnnl the senate will “k if not a longer time to eonsidera- sy Ny, ©Bilippine bill. The prediction gyt s that a vote will not be rea. 15/, 2dd1e of the tollowing week. . "¢ ")/ - number of et speeches Dro. iy bill and other senators have no. dicated whether they will speak or no. Senator Burrows will be heard tomorrow In advocacy of the blll and among others who are expected to speak during the week are Senators Patterson, Pettus, Balley and Bacon, in opposition to the bill, and Sen- ator Spooner. in {ts support. When the set speeches are disposed of there will be an effort to secure two or time for consideration of amendments, al- lowing &peeches not exceeding ten or fif- teen minutes on each of them. It is not exnected that there will be any session of the senate on Friday, as that is Memorial day and a hollda: The prac- tice of the senate in the matter on adjourn- ment on Memorial day has not been uniform and there may he an effort to keep the senate in session, but this effort will he antagonized. Other Bills on the Schedwle. The continued deferment of the time for taking a vote on the Philippine measure has caused considerable abatement In the preparation of the discussion of the Nica aguan bill und the Cuban reciprocity bill, which will be taken up next In succession or jointly. The beet sugar people predict a month's debate on the Nicaraguan bill, but this pre- diction is not in accord with the views of the advecates of the Nicaraguan bill or its opponents in the Isthmian Canal committee. Both these elements are now claiming a majority and are saying that the soomer the vote s reached the better they will be satisfled. The beet sugar men, however, are counting confidentiy on the co-operation of the side which finds itselt in the mi- nority in the matter of postponiug the vote on the caual bill. sugar advocates welcome the introduction of any question which will defer considera- tion of the Cuban bill, since they think that there will be no Cuban legislation at all it the taking up of that question can be Postponed until after the passage of all the appropriation bill Appropriation Bills, The appropriation bills should be passed before the first of July in order to supply money for the support of the government after that date and they consequently expect that considerable time will be given during the month of June to the appropriation bills remaining undisposed of. They. count confidently on the early ad- Journment of congress after the appropria- tlon bills are out of the way and they hope that ff, after that time there is an effort to pass the Cuban bill it will be incumbent on the friends of the bill to maintaln a quorum In the senate. “It would be hardly fair,” sald a beet sugar republican senator today, in discuss- ing the contlugency mentioned, “to expect the opponents of the proposed reduction to assist in prolonging a session in midsum- 1er for the purpose of passing a measure which they do not want to see enacted into law." There {s still a considerable republican element in the senate opposed to tariff re- duetlon. and it is asserted by the beet sugar men that forty-Ave vepublicans neceseary to pass the bill have not yet been secured. It is declared, however, that the practi- callv unanimous vote can be secured for a rebate measure. CHEROKEE ~ NATION LEADS Contains More Farms and Improved Farm Area Than Other Terri- tories or Counties. WASHINGTON, May 26.—The census bu- reau has issued a report comprising agri- culture statistics of the countles and In- dian nations in the United States. It shows that the Chickasaw ration, Indian Terri- tory, leads in the number of farms, having 16,374. The following rank next: The Crerokee nation, Indlan Territory, 13,637 farms; Choctaw natlon, Indian Ter- ritory, 9,962, Lancaster county, Pennsylva- nia, 9,437; Orangeburg county, South Car- olina, 8,408, and St. Lawrence county, New York, 8,353 Crow Indlan reservation Montans, leads in farm area with 3,600,000 acres. It ls followed by Hartley county, Texas, 8,246, 335; Chickasaw nation, Indian Territory, 3,246,187; Wichita, Kiowa and Comanche In- dian reservation, Oklaboma, 2,600,670; Pecos county Te: 2,158,547, and Cherokee na- tion, Indian Territory 1,816,719. Hartley county, Texas, is the headquarters of large cattle companies and some of the area as reported as belonging to the county un- doubtedly is situated in surrounding coun- ties. Cherokee nation, Indlan Territory, leads in Improved farm area, having 1,165,061 acres. It is followed by Chickasaw na. tion, Indian Territory, 1,111,631 acres; Casa county, North Dakota, 977,951; Fresno county, California, 786,337, Grand Forks county, North Dakota, 790,567, and Whit- man county, Washington, 711,075 Cook county, Illinols, leads in the value of land and bulldings with $77,105,220, Ranking next are: Los Angeles county, California, with $70,981,930; McLean couaty, Tllinots, $61,161,240; Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, $53,999,550; LaSalle county, Il nofs, $53,639,040, and Livingston county, Tilinots, $50,378,640. Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, leads in the value of bulldings with $23,147,820. Chickasaw nation, Indlan Territory, leads in the value of live stock on farms with $17,954,830. Cherokee nation, Indlan Ter- ritory, s mext with $9,560,802; Creek na. tion, Indian Territory, with $8,245,000; Cus- ter county, Montana, $7,187.8 Wichita, Klowa and Comanche Indian reservation, Oklahoma, 36,908,433, and Choteau county, Montana, $5,97 Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, leads in the value of farm production with $12,613,- 415. Then follows Chickasaw nation, Ine dlan Territory, with $10,779,990; McLean county, Illinols, $10,686,045; Bt. Lawrence county, New York, $9,820,036; Dane county, Wisconsin, 39,303,989, and LaSalle county, Tliinols, $8,869,267. Lancaster county, Peonaylvania, leads in the amount of gross income with $9,210,. 816. Chickasaw patlon, Indlan Territory, comes next with $9,174,760; McLean county, Illinols, $8,831,515; Los Angeles county, Cal- ifornia, §7,527,680; Champalgn county, Illi- wols, $7.811,102, and LaSalle couaty, lllinols, #7,201,687, devote another | three days’ | In other words, the beet, MINING Operntors IN THE BLACK HILLS Treating @re by Home DEADWOOD, 8 D., May 25.—(Specfal.)— The Black Hills Is now treating by home plants--stamp mills, smelters and cyanide mille—at the rate of 179,000 tons of ore monthly, and shipping to outside smelters 10,500 tons per month, making a total monthly production of gold ore of 189,500 tons, by far the largest production of gold ore heretofore known from any gold camp or district in the United States. The following plants, owned and oper- ated by the mining companies named, are In constant operation, with their respective | dally tonnage, as stated: Companies. Hcemestake Mining free-milling i Cloyer Leat Mining Co., 8 ulnmp- rnu-- ‘Tonnage. 13,600 g . yY Tycoon-Ranger Mining Co., 10 stamps, tree-milling North Star, and other Southorn 1|m< free-milling ' Natlonal Smelter Co., smeiter ... Golden Reward Mining Co. smelter Golden Reward Mining Co., ¢ mill ke ind 3 wasp No. 7 Mining Co. Horseshoe Mining Co; & earfis! ning Bentiwooa.Standard Co.. cyanide Portland Mining Co., cyanide mill .. Dakota Mining Co,, cyanide mill ... Imperial Mining Co., cyanide m Highlana ~Chiet Mmm( il Alder Greak Mining Co. Rossiter (under lease), Total ... Most of the above plants have lnrn ore reserves and are not likely to suepend, ex- cept from breakage or for necessary re- pairs. The Clover Leaf company has re- cently added forty stamps to its mill, and at this time ls temporarily shut down for repairs to old machinery. The National Smelting company has re- cently completed its new and modern smel- ter, located at Rapid City, and started up two weeks ago to run lafgely on custom ores, with a capacity of at least 200 tons per day. The Horseshoe company Is ship- ping 300 tons of smeiting ore daily to the Omaha smelter. This company on Thure- day last broke ground for a 360-stamp cyanide mill, which will have a capacity of 1,200 tons a day. Other compauies are opening and developing mines, with the object of erecting mills, and a conservative estimate at this time will place the output of gold ores from Black Hills mines at 8,000 tons dafly before the close of the year. These figures do not take into mc- count the large tailings plants for the res treatment of ores. There are other districts, It is true, which probably produce, for the amount of ore which is mined in them, ores carrying greater gold values than the ores of some of the districts of the Black Hills, but in no camp or district of the United States or on the American continent is there a district which produces so much gold ore, or which treats or ships so much gold ore monthly, as does the Black Hills. While, for a greater part, the ores of the Black Hills are of a comparatively low grade, there is produced gold ores which carry very high values, and espe- clally 1o this true of the mines of the southern Hills, which, whln added to the rest of the ores mined, !t bring the average values up to.a fretty “Rood fgure. And, then, the ores, a geénern! thing, occur in such vast veins and deposits that the cost of mining is comiparatively small when compared to those of other places where the ore deposits and veins are small, hard to get at and difficult to work. First Shipment of Ore. GALENA, 8. D., May 25.—(Special.)—The first shipment of ore from this camp by rail was made on Friday over the B. & M. nar- row-gauge, the tracks of which have just been placed In condition for handling heavy freight. The shipment corsisted of 200 tons of ore and concentrates from the Richmond mine, which is being operated by Bart Harris and associates, The shipment ls belng made to the National smelter at Rapld City. The putting in operation of the rallroad has beem the cause of starting up a lot of new work In this camp, and many mine owners are now working ground which has lain idle, wita the exception of doing the annual assessment work, walting for such an opportunity In order to get their ores to the market, for there is a vast quantity of ore in this district that, while not giving very great returns, will pay to work if the excessive charge of wagon transportation 1s eliminated from the cost of treatment. A large quantity of such ore is now on the dumps at many mines in the district, and it will all be marketed, for the rallroad com- pany is putting in spurs to every mine which has a showing of ore to warrant it in bullding to it. Besides the ore trade which the railroad company is sure to get there will be an- other source of revenue which will amount to a big item in a year, and that is the timber-hauling business which it will re- vive. The road where it traverses the dis- trict euts through one of the most heavily timbered sections of the Black Hills, and one from which a greater part of the tim- bers which are being used in the Home- stake mines and other properties about Lead are secured. All of the freight com- ing into the district is hauled here from Deadwood, twelve miles distant, by wagon, and there are times in the year when that method of transportation is out of the question, but mow with the railroad run- ning there is very little likelihood of the camp again becoming isolated. International Mining Congress. DEADWOOD, 8. D., May 25.—(Speclal.)— At a meeting of the Black Hills Mining Men's association, held on Thursday even- | ing last, 1t was decided to send representa- tives to the meeting of tke International Mining Congress, which will convene at Butte, Mont., on September 1 of this year. A representative will be sent from every county of the Black Hills, and representa- tive mining men will be selected in every instance. The delegates to the congress will go instructed to use every endeavor to have the next meeting of the congress held in this city. The Mining Men's association is one of the stronges: organizations in the Black Hills, and includes in its member- ship every mining man of lmportance in this section of the state. E. R. Collins, one of the successful min- ing men of the Black Hills, a gentleman who has cast his fortunes with the coun- try ever since its eccupancy by the whites, will leave this week for Venezuela, to work some property in which he is interested there. His health has been bad of late and be is going there for a change of climate more than with a desire to leave the coun- try to better his prospects, for he will s*Ul retain his large Interests in the Black Hills. Ground was broken Thursday last for the new treatment plant of the Horse Shoe company st Pluma, and work is being pushed as rapidly as conditions will admit. The company hopes to be able to have the plant in operation by Septemiber at the very latest. Its shipments of smelting ores, 200 tons of which are being sent to Omaba dally, will continue, DEATH IN WAKE OF TORNADO Bix Dead and Beveral Injured by Storm in Bouth Oarolina. REFUGEES VAINLY SEEK SHELTER Flock to Structure Protection Which Shattered to Splinters and Occupants Killed Out- right or Fatally Hurt. for in UNION, 8. C., May 25.—8ix persons were killed and several injured by a tornado which swept over this section of the state this afternoon. The dead MISS SALLIE HART of Union. MISS ANNIE LAWSON of Unlon. MRS. MAXEY SIMS of Unlon. VERA SIMS. MISS LAWSON, ONE PERSO; Injured Maxey Sime, broken fingers. Lee Sims, badly cut on head and intern- ally Injured. Willlam Mabrey, fractured shoulder aad brulsed. Mrs. Mabrey, bruised. ‘Two children of Mrs. Mabrey, slightly. The main storm came from the north killed at Jonesboro. unknown, at Pacolet. 1t | seems there was also one from the south- west and that both met in this vilenity. The storm from th enorthwest was preceded by 0 |® Beavy rain and with what appeared to be a cloudburst 100 yards wide, which trav- eled with great speed. One wing of the storm passed along Main street and blew In several store fronts, doing much damage to stocks. Seek Shelter and Are Killed. Kitting bill, south of the town, caught the full force of the tornado, which blew down the school house and two residences there, converting them literally into kind- ling wood. The occupants ran from one of the houses before it went to pleces and took refuge in cnother nearby, but this also wae crushed to splnters. In this house Miss Sallle Hart and Annle Lawson were f{astantly killed, Mrs. Maxey Sims dled in an hour and her little daughter, Vera, died about 9 o'clock. Maxey Sims escaped with broken fingers. Lee Sims recelved several cuts on the head from falling timbers and was internally ln- jured. Mr. Mabray sustained a fractured shoulder and his leg was badly burned by a stove falling on him. H wi 1so Internally infured and may dle. Mrs. Lee Sims re- celved a had, but not fatal, cut on the head. Mrs. Mabray and her two children escaped with slight injurles. It took some time to get the victims from the debris. Every physiclan In town was called and they were assisted by the citi- zens In relieving the sufferers as much as possible. Everything that the familles had was destroyed. Jonesville reports that the storm was fearful at that place and that a member of the family of Miss Lawson who was killed there was one of the victims. The property damage here will aggregate $50,000, divided arong a number of stores and cotton mills. Pacolet also reports one killed and sev- eral injured. TO COMPROMISE BOND CASE Clair County Matter, for Which Judges Serve Time, to Be Settled Amicably. KANSAS CITY, May 25.—The famous Bt. Clair county bond case, for which several county judges have served Jail sentences because of their refusal to order a pay- ment of $200,000 worth of bonds fssued in 1868 to build a rallway across that county, is to be compromised. Representatives of the bondholders, who now have a claim against the county for $1,600,000, including principal and interest for thirty-four years, and the prcsent judges are to meet at Osceola tomorrow and con- sider a proposition from the bondholders which 1t is stated will prove acceptable to the county officials. Judke Thomas Nevitt, who has been in jail at Maryville for a year for contempt in refusing to order payment of the bonds, will be taken to the conference by a United States marshal. Judge Nevitt has wearied of jail lite and apparently is willing to glve in. S. D. Peden, another of the three judges, 1s serving & sentence in the Warrensburg jall. Deputies have been unable to cap- ture Judge Walker, the last of the trlo, who has lived in the brush since he wi elected. SYNOD HELD IN BALTIMORE Triennt Meeting of Reformed Church Largely Attended and Sun- day School Work Discussed. BALTIMORE, May 25.—Delegates to the fourteenth triennial general synod of the Reformed church held a largely attended mass meeting in Ford's opera house this atternoon. The Sunday school and young people’s work were discussed. Addresses were made as follows: “fe Relation of the Sunday School to the Bu- nevolent Work of the Church,” Rev, Theo- dore F. Herman, Lafayette, Ind.; “From the Child's Standpoint,” Rev. J. E. Bom- berger, D. D., Cleveland. All the pulpits of the Reformed churches in the city, as well as those of other de- nominations, were occupled today by the visiting clergymen. A communion service was held during the forencon In the First Reformed church. Services in the interest of home and foreign missionary work were held in all the Reformed churches tonight. SHOOTS WOMAN AND SELF Chicago Politiclan Fatally Wounds Sister-in-Law and Then Dies by Own Ha CHICAGO, May 25.—Because his wife had sought the protection of her relatives, Nels Johnson, & North Side politician, today shot and fatally wounded Mrs, C. J. Gullacksen, bis sister-in-law, and then committed sul- cide by shooting himself in the head. Tho shooting was the outcome of the sep- sration of Johnson and his wife after a married life of nineteen years. Several years ago Johnson became inter- ted in pelitics, and since then he has re- fused to work. Last week his home wa: sold by the sheriff and Mre. Johnson went %o her wsister's home to lve. Johnson blamed Mrs. Gullackson for the separation and while intoxicated and in a fit of re- venge tried to kill her, Teo Enter on Own Tracks. KANBAS CITY, May 26.—The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway has bought property in the west bottoms and s nego- tiating for more that will enable that road to reach the union depot over its own tracks It fa stated that close to $500,000 will be expended for this purpose. | Monroe street. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Showers Monday: Cypocler in East Portion; Tuesday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday: Deg. Hour. ». ». » ». v e » » v W. T. VAN BRUNT WARMS up Denounces Letters Offering Places in American Association to Went- ern League Men. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 25.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Four players of the St. Joseph team today received letters from Minneapolis offering them flattering Inducements (o Jump to the American assoclation. The let- ters are typewritten and the signature of Watel Wilmot, owner of the Minneapolis franchise, appended to each, 1s typewritten. The letters make sensational charges agalnst the owners of the Western leagut { franchise and urge the players to jump at once and save themselves ‘‘before the league disbands.” President W. T. Van Brunt of the St. Joseph club said tonight: “This work is | certainly villainous. Not a team in the Western league is in debt that I have any knowledge of. All players receive their money promptly and charges to the con- trary are too silly to talk about. The ex- cellent financial standing of league is too well known to the players themselves to take any wotice of -these character assassins. Similar letters to St. Joseph players have come from Milwau- kee." TO CO-OPERATE WITH FARMERS Walter Vrooman Pushes Coneern to Dispose of Grain and Eliminate Middlemen's Profits. KANSAS CITY, May 25.—Walter Vroo- man of the Western Co-operative move- ment has closed contracts for the purchase of six of the largest wheat elevators in the Kansas wheat belt and two of the largest flouring mills. The price pald 1s sald to have been $750,000, and Mr. Vrooman, who has left for New York to complete the financial end of the plan, says the present purchase is but the beginning of a move- ment to center the farmers of Kansas in a co-operative branch of the Vrooman Co- operative company. The concern will be known as the Wheat and Flour Western Co-operative company. The farmers are to be taken into the scheme upon the payment of §100 each, for which they are to receive the market value of their wheat sold to the company and in addition will receive one-half of the profit derived, the other half going to co-opera- tive stores through which the wheat and flour will be handled. “The plan,” sald Mr. Vrooman, “is to eliminate wheat speculators and the middle man. The farmers are in earnest sympathy with the movement. It is the only way to. head off the talked-of flour trust that is forming in New York."” It is intended to ship to Great Britain, to be sold among the co-operative members there, the surplus product not disposed of in Kansas and Missourl. SKAT PLAYERS AT DETROIT North American Congress Convenes, with Delegations from Many Cities Present. DETROIT, May 25.—Beats for 750 skat players were prepared in groups of four in Harmonie hall this afternoon, and the annual play of the North American Skat congress began with every seat fllled. From ynidnight lest night until this evening every train entering Detroit brought dele- gations of German devotees to the game to this city from nearly every city in the United States. The Chicago delegation numbered 300, Minneapolis sent 99, St. Louls 100, Cleve- land 20, Erfe, Pa., 18, Buffalo 15, Cincinat! 10 and there were small delegations from Boston, New York, Newark, Grand Raplds, Mich., and other citles. This afternoon the congress was formally opened by Vice President Fred Guenther, who made an address extolling the virtues of skat. Mayor Maybury and others made welcoming speeches. Two bours were devoted to the play to- night, and the congress will close at the end of play tomorrow night. There are 106 prizes, divided into seven divisions, and the prizes will be awarded at the close of the congress. Tomorrow the visitors will be taken on a | sightseeing trip about the city by local members of the league. VICTIM OF PISTOL ASSAULT Daniel Hill, Target for Three Assail- Lies Seriously Wounded in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 2. — Danlel Hill, & wealthy real estate owner of Morris, IiL., and a partner in the firm of the George H. Phillips company on the Chicago Board of Trade, was shot and seriously wounded to- da he lay in bed at his residence, 797 Six shots were fired, taking effect, one behind the left ear, one entering his nose and the other shattering his right arm. Considerable mystery sur- rounds the shcoting, According to Mrs. Hill, she and her hus- | band were asleep, when Mr. Hill was awak- ened by the forcing of a lock on the bed- room door. He reached for his revolver, but before he could use it, three men rushed into the room and fired at him. The first shot awoke Mrs. Hill and she rushed to the window and shouted for help. The police responded in & few minutes, | but In the meantime tbe supposed burglars | bad made their escape. OFFICERS AVERT LYNCHING Rescue Negro Who Fighfs with White Man from Angry Crowd in Colorado. FLORENCE, Colo.,, May 25.—A riot at a base ball game here todey nearly resulted in the lynching of Jason Wilson, & negro. Wilson was driviog a buggy and trying to pass every ome on the road, which was crowded with vehicles. He collided with a buggy occupled by Onnje Carroll, a white man, and the two began a fist fight. The crowd closed around them and finally began beating and kicking the negro. A balf dozen officers rescued the negro barely in time to save his life, and then only by standing the crowd off with thelr rovolvers, the Western | \OWE DEBT T0 FRANCE American People, S8ays Oardinal Gibbons, Are Obligated by Rochambeau's Valor, ELOQUENT SERMON BY CATHOLIC PRELATE Refers to Washington's Oompatriot s Flower of the Frenoh Army. MATURE IN JUDGMENT, WISE IN COUNSEL Loubet Delegates Put in Busy Day and Loave Oapital for Niagara, PRESIDENT AND PARTY ON HORSEBACK | Like Stmilar Occasion During Prince Menry's Visit, Mr. Roosevelt and His Friends Are Drenched by Rain, May 25.—The members of the Fremch mission which came to Washington to attend the ceremonies in- cident to the uaveiling of the Rochambeau | statue finished their visit here today and | tonight lett the city for Niagara Falls on | their week's tour of the east before sailing | for home. There were no formal ovations on the program for the day, but the vis- | itors found every minute of thelr time occupied in attending divine services, re- turning numerous calls, officlal and other- wise, and In drives about the city ama suburbs. Ambassador Cambon accompanied the members of the mission to St. Patrick's church at 10 o'clock in the morning, where low mass was said by Rev. Dr. Mangien | of Baltimore, Right Rev. Mgr. Rooker of the apostolic delegation and other priests assisting. The visitors wore the uniforme of their rank Cardinal Gibbons preached a short ser- mon. He spoke briefly of the French mis- sionaries who had crossed the seas to America and preached the God-speed to the aboriginal inhabitants, carrying the torch of falth in one hand and the torch of civilization in the other. Appropriate Thanksg! It was meet and proper that the sons of France should aesemble in the temple of God to give thanks to the Almighty for the great things which had been accomplished by their countrymen in this hemisphere In the cause of religion and civilization. Of Rochambeau, Cardinal Gibbons sald In part: Without detracting from the merits of his brothers in arms, I can afirm that Kochambeau was the flower of the French allied army. Mature In years, experlenced in military campaigng, & veteran of the seven years' war, calm, deliberate, self- ossessed, he was a man according to Washington's own heart—the general on whose counsel and prudence he could rely more than on that of any other com- mander. ") When' the American troops under Wash- ington and the Krench forces under Rochambeau were on the march to York- town, Washington gallantly prepared to give ‘the_post of distinction to the Fre army. Kochambeau gracefully decun..l the honor, and in doing so he followed fmpuise ot his own heart as well as the general Instructions he received fror his overnment that he should aiways sabordl- nate himself to the American commandet- in-chef. Cornwallis Hemmed In. The army of Cornwailis surrounded on land by the French erican troops and was prevented from -m by the fleet of Aumiral De Grasse Yardea"the Chesapeake bay, and: thus afant bt the Knghen commander. was inc ble and he surrendered his sword to ngton. The capitulation of Corn- allis was the most decisive event of the American revolution. May the friendship subsisting France and America—s triendahlp co-eval with our history as a nation—a friendship to which we owe our very existence as an independent, soverslgn power—may this historic triéndehip be perpetunted, - May it pe strengthened and consolidated by 't fron bonds of commerce and by the .om-n links of brotherly love. May the two great republies of the world go hand in hand in the march of lberty, and progress and civilization. And may the monument erected to Rochambeau in the capltal of the nation ever remind the American oftl- zen who will contemplate it of the ever- lasting debt of gratitude which the United States owes to France. The weather was very warm during the afternoon and some of the visitors pre- ferred to rest while others made ealls or took rides about the eity and suburbh. Several of the party, including the Count and - Countess de Rochambeau - and the Count De Lafayette, visited the beautiful Arlington cemetery and Fort Myer near the city. They were escorted through the grounds by Captain Lewls of the Second cavalry. WASHINGTON, between A quite unexpected feature of the after- noon, and one which pleased the visitors very much, was an invitation from Presl- dent Roosevelt to accompany him and sev- eral others on a horseback ride. The three | tire party aesembled in front of the White House about 4 o'clock, the visitors in thely uniforms making a very pretty plcture in the bright afternoon sunlight. A pho- tograph was taken of the group while there. The president guided the party through th northern section of the city until they reached the Zoological park. While in the park a storm began ta gather and the party came home at & lively canter. The rain overtook them, howe over, and before reaching their stopping place the entire party was drenched. Those on horseback were President Roosevelt, hls son Theodore and daughter Alice, Secretary Root and Senator Lodge, and the following members of the Rochambeau miseion: Gen: eral Brugere, Vice Admiral Fournier, G eral Chalendar and Captaln Lasson. During the recent viait of Prince Henry of Prussia to Washington he was the guest of the president on a horseback ride. On that occasion also a Heavy rainetorm overs took them on their return and they were obliged to hasten home, in the meantime getting a severe wetting. The party left Washington at 7:30 to- night for Niagara Falls via the Penneyl- vania railro Those going Included an the members of the mission, Ambassador and Mme. Cambon, and the members of th otaft of the French embassy and the presie dent's commission. WORK OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Two Milllon Cases of Disease, Des WASHINGTOYN, May 25.—Carol Nortou, i» & lecture delivered before a large audience in the Columbia theater today, asserted that 2,000,000 cases of discases have been healed in Christian Sclence during the thirty-five years of its history and that in that time about 700 Christian Sclence churches have been established and are now flourishing. He sald that Christian Science was not & faith cure, mind cure nor mesmerlém, but that it heals the sick only through s scien- tific understanding of man’'s relation for God.