Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 30, 1902, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1902—TEN PAGE SINGLE CO PY FIVE CENTS. HANNA TAKES AHAND Ohio Btatesman Oonfers with Representative Men Over the Miners' Striki HE REFUSES, HOWEVER, TO DISCUSS IT Qoal Oompanies Deputize Large Numbers of Police for Belf-Protection. NO VIOLENCE YET, BUT IT IS FEARED Sonunion Men Are Put to Work in Some Hasleton Coal Mines, EFFECT OF STRIKE REACHES NEW YORK famine is Beginning to We Felt and eral is Hoarded In Sc Lots as Treasure, ® Preclous CLEVELAND, May 20.—A report was in circulation here today that a long conf ence was held during the morning by Sena. tor Hanna, chalrman of the Civic federa- tion, and George W. Perkins, representing J. P. Morgan & Co., relative to a settle- ment of the anthracite coal strike. ., When seen by an Assoclated Press re- porter Semator' Hanna refused to elther deny ¢ confrm the report. “I have nothing to say. There has been too much said already,” he declared. Mr. Hanna also refused to discuss the state- ment of Frank P. Sargent, predictinS & strike of the soft coal mine Mine Owners Protect Property. « POTTSVILLE, Pa, May 20.—The coal companies In this section are gathering special policemen to protect their property, and In the event of a conflict on Monday they will have & large body of men in the fleld. | . The Reading company has bad 125 police- men sworn In since Monday. These will supplement Its regular force of fifty police- men. All bave been ordered to report for Buty at once. It is known that a strike of the pumpmen, engineers and firemen s inevitable With these special ‘policemen and the watchmen and speclal detectives who have been already employed the Reading com- pany expects to have a sufficient force to protect any nonunlon men who may be brought here to run the pumps. \The Saint Claire Coal company and the Buck Mountain Coal company also had tommissions issued to a number of special policemen. The Pennsylvania company will bave sworn in fifty policemen before the €nd of the week and a score of other com- panifes will take similar action. Strike leaders are protesting inet the action as uinnece: ry. They say that at present there Is no evidence of violence on the part of the strikers. Nonunion Men at Work. HAZLETON, Pa., May 20.—Eleven non- pnion men brought here last night from Philadelphia were put to work today at the Cranberry colliery of A. Pardee & Co.. to Rl the places of striking firemén and pump runners. This b the first {mportation of nonunion men into the district. Tt was learned today on what appeared to be rellable authority that, if necessary, the coal companies will next week arrange for an Interchange of engineers, firemen and “pumpmen who have signified their willingness to remain at work, but not in thelr own districts. According to this ar- rangement men from the Schuylkill region are to be sent to Wilkesbarre, those from Hazleton to Scranton and those from Wilkesbarre to Shamokin. Owing to the peticence of both the company representa- tives and the mine workers' leaders this information cannot be confirmed. The Lehigh Valley Coal company today made provision for housing and boarding its firemen and pump runners at the No. 4 olllery, its largest operation in the dls- trict. Anthracite Coal Famine. NEW YORK, May 20.—According to re- 1ail coal dealers this city will enter today upon the first day of its real anthracite coal famine since the strike of miners. Not A cargo was in sight in the market yester- day. The stocks of many of the yards are depleted entirely by the severe drain of the last two weeks and nowhere except in the yards of the rallroads, where coal is hoarded by the thousands of tons, could be had even a glimpee of the mineral. PHILADELPHIA, May 2.—The Penneyl- vania railroad has notified coal shippers that on and after June 1 §1 per day de- murrage will be charged upon cars detained over an average of four days at Greenwich Point, Perth Amboy, Harsimus Cove and Baltimore. This action will interfere very serlously with speculators, who, taking ad- vantage of the anthracite strike and the consequent Increased demand for bitumt ous coal, Are buying the latter and using the cars for storage purposes, pending = market for it at high prices. No Falth in Settlement. WILKESBARRE, May 29.—The local coal operators do not eredit the report, origl- nating in New York, that a settlement of the miners' strike is imminent. One opera- tor says it is doubtful whether the strikers would be permitted to return to work now at the old wages. They probably could return as individuals, but not in a body and representing a union. At strike headquarters today nothing was known of & contemplated settlement. National Board Member Fallon says the strike could mot be settled off-hand some persons imagine. If the coal com- panies had a proposition to make, lpoking to the return of the men to work, & con- vention of miners would have to be called and the terms offered by the operators passed upon. This would take time. The arrival of President Mitchell and what action he will take regardi the | petition of the Scranton engineers, firemen snd pumpmen for a withdrawal of the strike order lssued by the executive com- mittee of the United Mine Workers is avalted with much interest. TRAGEDY OCCURS IN FLAT| One Man with His Skull Crushe. Another with'Bullet in His Head. i « NEW YORK. May 20.—Policemen, at- tracted by the shouts of alarmed residents in an apartment bullding at 50 Second ave- nue early today, broke the door of one of the flats And found J. 8. Kilraln, a dealer ~=: cigarettes, lylug on the fioor with his Wl erushed au adjolning room, Iylng on & bed, was ‘araman, a tobacco merchant. Cara- was shot through the head. In one he eld a pistol and pear him was & = The police believe he attempted VAeldain with the hammer and then self. The cause is not known. 14ed later 8t the bospital, WITHIN MILE OF Daring Feat Performe by CRATER on Tueaday Afternoon g Kav Geo FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, May 20.— Noon.—The crater of Mount Pelee hag been approached within one mile. ""‘l WAS AC- complished Tuesday afternof s * Aporge J. Kavanaugh, an unattached copanied Prof. Robert T. HUl, States government geologist, on the « tion. When Prof. Hill turned south, toward 8t. Plerre, Mr. Kavanaugh continued on past Morne Rouge. His route seems to have been along or near the Cale Basse divide. He says he descended from Morne Rouge to the valley between Morne Rouge and Mount Pelee. This valley was deeply strewn with ashes. Mr. Kavanaugh was gulded by an aged negress to where an old footpath once led to Lake Palmiste, near the summit of the crater. There an iron cross, twenty feet high, was buried in b to within a foot of its top. Be- fore him stretched upward the mountain slope, covered with ashes, which soaked by the heavy rains and baked by the sun and voleano heat looked like a cement side- walk. The whole mountain top was shrouded in smoke. Forgetful of the explosion of the previ- ous night and the awful suddenness of the outbursts, and tempted by tbe seemingly y ascent, he continued upward and made photographs and rough sketches. Mr. Kavanaugh found the valley filled with ashes, and two great rifts, which he was afraid to approach. At 6 o'clock In the evening he turned back, reaching Morne Rouge at about 9 o'clock. He had made no new observations and realized his danger only the mext morning, when occurred the greatest outburst since Mount Pelee’s first eruption. On Wednesday Mr. Hill tried to ascend to Mount Pelee, but falled. He found a little hamlet near the mountain, black with 150 dead bodies. They were not carbon- ized, nor had their clothing been burned off. Probably this valley lay near the inner edge of the zone of blasting flame. George Kennan reported from Morne Rouge this morning. Two hours agoe Prof. Angelo Hellprin, president of the Philadel- phia Historical society, working under the auspices of the Natlonal Geographical so- clety, left with Mr. Ledbetter to make a three-days’ careful exploration and study of the new craters, east and north. TROUBLE FOR NICARAGUA Two of the Leading Conservy Politicians Are Planni a Revolution, o NEW YORK, May 20.—It is reported, ca- bles the Guayaquil (Ecuador) correspond- ent of the Herald, that along wth the mill- tary expedition which left Colon recently | for Bocas del Toro on the Colomblan gun- boat General Pinzon there also were shipped about 1,500 rifies and 200,000 cart- ridges for Generals Mena and Pedro Joa- quin Chamarro, leading conservative poli- ticlans in Nicaragua, who have teen stay- ing in Panama for several weeks and who are supposed to have gone to Bocas del Toro on a Germ-~n mail steamship. It 1s said that they will proceed thence to the nearest Nicaraguan port on the Atian-| tic side’ with revolutionary intentions. President Zelaya, however, has been in- formed of the movement and will not be taken by eurprise, even If a succossful landing . should be effected by Generals Mena and Chamarro, which is considered somewhat difficult, as the coast is well guarded. Should events prove these reports to be true serfous complications may arise be- tween Colombla and Nicaragua. SENOR SAGASTA MAY RETIRE Not Certain that King Will Sustain Position Concerning the Corte: MADRID, May 20.—The possibility of the early retirement of Senor Sagasta from the premiership 18 agaln being discussed in connection with the differences regard- ing the meeting of the Cortes. The presi- dent of the senate, Senor Montero Rios, considers that as no decree proroguing the sesslon has been issued, the law requires the reassembling of Parllament, and he has decided to summon the senate to meet June 2. Senor Sagasta 18 opposed to convening the Cortes and will appeal to the king, who, it is said, will not sign the proro, tion decree without consultation with other political leaders. It is held in some quarters that such action on the part of his majesty will render Senor Sagasta's position untemable. SEALER IS PROBABLY LOST No News of the Hatslc ce Sall- ing from Victoria Feb. ruary 15. VICTORIA, B. C., May 29.—It is feared that the sealing schooner Hatzic, the only vessel of the coast fleet which has not re- turned to port, has been lost. It has never been seen aince starting on its epring cruise on Friday, February 15. Fears have been expressed for it for some time and hope was not abandoned until the coast steamer returned without any news of it. 1t s believed to have been lost in the blg storm of February 24. The Hatzlc is commanded by Captain Daley, sn old sealer, and besides him there were on board Captain Farley, Mate P. Danley, A Medina, W. Christlan, a cook and twenty- four Indlans trbm Kiovotok, on the west coast of the island. Captain Daley has a wite and family Former President a Conapirator. QUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 20.—The newspapers here denounce former President Alfaro of Ecuador, who is residing here, for conspiring to overthrow President Plaza, his successor, who was inaugurated in August last, asserting that Alfaro has called on the Colombian rebels to suspend their operations in Colombia and come to Ecuador to help him. It is further a serted that the former president has prom- ised that after the Colombians bave been victorious in overthrowing President Plaza Alfaro will assist them to defeat the Col- ombian conservatives, against whom they are pow waging war. The Guayaquil papers are asking Alfaro to furnish an explanation of his conduct. E h wthen Asiatic Fleet. VICTORIA, B. C., May 29.—Great Britain fs strengthening its fleet in Asiatic waters by sending vessels from the Paclfic station. The torpedo destroyers Virago and Spar- rowhawk will leave shortly for the Orfent, to be added to the there. Arethusa, which was sent from here at the time of the Boxer rising and which did not return, ls coming over to convoy the torpedo boat destroyers. When they leave it will make three vessels that have been seat fzom here to China by the admiralty. NOT FIGHTING FOR®LIBERTY Filipinos, Senator Morgan Declares, Are Bavage Tools of Hong Kong Junta. SOUTHERNER DEFENDS PHILIPPINE BILL Spooner Closes Debate for Re- Ably Setting Forth l'r.,”\ irtue of Country’ 5, smee Over WASH: .GTON, May 29.—Interest in Phil- ippine liberty ls increasing as the discus- sion draws to a close. Today the senate galleries were thronged with auditors and the atiendance on the floor was larger than it has been for some time, including many members of the house of representa- Lodge of Mamsachusette, in charge of the bill, offered several amendments to the measure, the most important being one extending to the Philippines the provision of the bill of rights of the constitution of the United States, excepting only the right to bear arms and the right to a trial by jury. All of the amendments were agreed to. Mr. Morgan of Alabama delivered an ex- tended speech, in which he eupported in the main the bill as presented by the com- mittee. He sald it looked toward peace and toward a just and peaceful govern- ment In the islands. Some changes were necessary, in his opinion, but these he thought would be made. He declared tha: there never had been a pretense of or- ganized Filipino government in the islands and said had Dewey recognized Agui- naldo's claims he would have given aid and comfort to the declared enemiés of the United States. Not Fighting for Liberty. He took sharply to task those In and out of the senate who had extolled Agui- naldo and asserted that the Filipinos were not fighting for liberty, but eimply as the savage tools of the Hong Kong junta. Mr. Clay of Georgla opposed the pending measure In a carefully prepared speech. He regarded the action of the United States since the ratification of the treaty of Paris as a great mistake and urged that this government ought to declare its purposes in the Philippines. Such action, in his opinion, would put an end to the trouble in the fslands. He maintained that the bill ought not to be passed, as it would confer greater power on the Philippine commission than ever had been possessed by king or potentate. Late in the afternoon Mr. Spoomer of Wisconsin began & speech in support of the bill and the American policy in the Philippines, which comcluded general debate on the measure by the republicau side. He reviewed the situation in the lelands and said the responsibility for it rested not on any one party, but on all alike. Strange, the Opposition. It appeared strange to him that a me ure intended to exalt civil government and to subordinate the military power should create such adverse contention, and he declared that on the democratic side there had been nothing heard but peseimism, gospel of despair, suspicion, distrust, and Imputation of the motives of the repub- lican senators. ‘He pald a brilliant tribute to President Roosevelt and to the policy of the late President McKinley. He de- clared that never in the annals of time had an army carried to a people so much of amelforation, so much of upbuilding; so much of kindness and tenderness, as the American army had carried to the Filipinos by direction of McKinley. Mr. Spooner gave notice that he would conclude his speech on Saturday. Mr. Lodge then offered an amendment ex- tending to the inhabitants the “bill of rights” of the constitution of the United States, except the right to bear arms and the right of a trial by a jury. In answer to an inquiry by Mr. Pettus of Alabama Mr. Lodge explained that in the opinion of the majority of the committee on Phillp- pines, it would be unwise in the present circumstances to extend those rights to the Filiplnos. The amendment was agreed to. Other Amendments. Other amendments were adopted as fol- lows: Providing that nothing In the pending bill' shall be held to amend or Tepeal the act providing for revenue for the Philip: pines; providing that a single homestead entry’ shall not exceed forty acres in ex- tent; providing that the beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to water in the Islands, and that the government is authorized to make rules for the use of the water supply; providin that if bonds or any portion thereof sha be paid out of the funds of the government of d islands, such municipality shall re- imburse sald government for the sum thus paid and said government is hereby em- powered to collect sald sum by the levy and collection of taxes on such munici- pality. Mr. Morgan of Alabama then addressed the senate upon the bill, “If Aguinaldo had in fact driven Spanish dominion from the islands or kad destroyed the power of the United States to hold Manila under the peace protocol,” he said, “he had worked a miracle in the develop- ment of national power that no other man ever attempted. Attitude of Democrats. Mr. Spoomer, in his speech, summed up attitude of the democrats in this way: Ve who voted against the Parls treaty men who observe the obligations of the constitution, you who voted for it vio- lated the constitution; we who .are opposed to you stand for the Declaration of In- dependence; you who disregard it. We are the friends of the army; you all it; love the flag; you dishomor it; we hate atrocities; you defend them; we want lib- erty in the Phillipines; you want elavery there.” Discussing some references which had been made to previous speechez of his, Mr. Spooner sald he had announced that he was not in favor of the permanent dominion of the United States over the Philippines and he was not now. “I would not,” he sald, “buy dominion at the cost of any man's liberty.” Mr. Spooner sald he declared that he was not in favor of making promises to men who bad a revolver at his breast nor to men who were training their guns upon Amer- lemn troops. IHe stood by that declaration Dow. FREES SEVENTEEN OTHERS Decision Case Opens Doors United States Pri WASHINGTO! May 29.—Under the de- cislon of the supreme court in the case of Captain Peter G. Deming, Secretary Root has directed that twentyseven ex- members of volunteer organiations now serving sentence sball be released from confinement. Ten of the freed men are Bow at the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary and the other seventeen are at Alcatraz island, California. They are all eplisted men, 2 MURPHY AFTER A JUDGESHIP Former Nebraskan Wants a Place on the Bemech in the Territory. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 29.—%Special Tele- gram.)—Hon. George A. Mutpby of Indian Territory, formerly of Beaffice, Neb., is in Washington with a view of interesting the president and incidentally republichn senators in his claim for a judgeship in the territory. It was learned today that ex-Representa- tive E. K. Valentine is after a government job. He wanted to be register or receiver of one of the land offices, but as these have been provided for he now wants any- thing that pays a fair Y. Representative Lot Thomas has recom- mended the reappointment of G. L. Van- desteeg for postmaster for Orange City, Sioux county. This Is the first postmaster- ship Thomas has taken up sifice his district convention. Cobwebs are still covering a oumber of offices in the Eleventh distriet, notably Sioux City. Representatives Burke and Martin have started for South Dakota to be in attend- ance upon the republican state convention which meets June 4. Mr. Martin will join the Black Hills delegation at Sioux City on Tuesday and go with them by special train to the convention. Senators Gamble and Kittredge will not be able to attend the convention on account of the vote on the Philippine civil government bill being taken next Tuesday. The senate has passed a Wil iIntroduced by Senator Clark of Wyoming adjusting the conflfct respecting the state &chool indem- nity selectious in lieu of e 1 lands in abandoned military reservatigns. It pro- vides that all state school demnity se- lections in lieu of what afe kmown as school sections in abandoned mjlitary reser- vations, made pursuant to & decision of the secretary of the interior, dated Janu- ary 28, 1808, and before notice of with- drawal of that decision was regeived at the local land office at which selections were made, ehall be confirmed by the secretary of the interior. The salaries of the postmasters at Forest City, Humeston, Marshalitows and Story City, Ia., will be increased $100 after July 1. The comptroller of the currency has extended the corporate existence of the First National bank of Villiscs, Ia., until the close of business on May 29, 1902. The postoffices at Crystal, Tama county, and Wanamaker, Ringgold county, Ia., will be discontinued after June $0. Bids were opened today at the Treas- ury department for the installation of con- dult and wiring system at the postoffice building at Oskaloosa, Ia. The lowest bid- der was H. W. Skinner of Dubuque, Ia., at §°147. Iowa postmasters appointed: C. J. Schroeder, Stout, Grundy county; Ferdinand Kuehnel, Westphalia, Sheiby county. Rural free delivery service will be es- tablished in Iowa July 1 as follow: ton, Muscatine county, ome rout covered, twenty-three square miles; popu- lation, 445; postoffice at Pleagant Prairie to be discontinued. Winthrop, Buchanan county, four routes; area, sixty-seven square mi) population, 1,625; the post- office at Middlefleld to be disconsinued. PASSES SILVER COINAGE BILL House Votes for Measure to Increase the Subsidiary Coin Cir- culation. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The house to- day passed the bill to increase the sub- sidlary silver colnage. The democrats di- rected their fight chiefly against the pro- vision to recoin the standard silver dol- lars into subsidiary coin as public necessi- ties might require. A half dozen roll calls were forced. Some of the New York demo- crats voted for the previous question, but voted with their colleagues on a motion to recommit with instructions to strike out the provision relative to the recoinage of silver dollars. The conference reports on the omnibus public buildings and fortification appropria- tion bills were adopted, and the house adjourned until Monday. The text of the subsidiary coinage bill 1s as follows: hat the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to coin the silver bul- lion in the treasury purchased under the act of July 14, 18%, {nto such denominations of subsidiary’ silver coin as he may deem necessary to meet public requirements, and thereafter, as public necessities may de- mand, to're-coln silver dollars into sub- sldiary coin; and so much of any act as fixes a limit'to the aggregate of subsidiary silver coin outstanding, and 8o much of any act as directs the coinage of any portion of the bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 189, Into standard silver dollars is heéreby repealed A blll was passed for the improvement and care of Confederate Mound in Oakwood cemetery, Chicago. Mr. Loud of California called attention to the fact that there were buried at Con- federate Mound twelve union soldiers and 4,043 confederates, and expressed the cpin- fon that the bill would be the first step in the direction of national care for the graves of the confederate dead. But he made no objection. A bill was also passed to reduce the se- lection of reserve banks to cities of 15,000 inhabitants. FILIPINO AT WHITE HOUSE Aguinaldo’'s Former Secretary of War Pralses Government in In . WASHINGTON, May 20.—General Filipe Buencamino of Manila, formerly Aguinaldo's secretary of war, ealled on the president today In company with Secretary Root. General Buencamino was taken prisoner by the United States troops at the time Agul- naldo's mother was captured and since that time has been at the head of the federal Filipino party, He told the president today that his mis slon to Washington was to correct some of the false reports that have beem put in circulation, with a view to discrediting the work of both the civil government under Judge Taft and the army. The civil gov- ernment, he told the president, was doing a really wonderful work for good in the islands and it bad been ably seconded by the army. The stories of cruelties perpetrated by our soldiers, be sald, were either wholly untrue or greatly exaggerated. The army had con- ducted itself in & way to elicit praise from all right thinking Filipinos and himself, too, in the face of the greatest temptations and provocation. Judge Taft's commission had the entire confidence of all rightly disposed native e sald, and it was Genmeral Buencamino's hope that Judge Taft might be induced to remain an indefinite time &t the head of the civil government. The Fillpinos, he sald, love Judge Taft, for he has never once decelved them and they know him to be thelr friend. The general will appear before the Philip- pines committee of the memate within the uext few days. RISE IN THE PRICE OF MEATS Further Advance Imminent as Reeult of Ohicago Teamsters' Btrike. PACKERS AND MEN WILL FIGHT IT OUT Signs of Peace Fade as Result of effectual Conference and a Bitter Stru = Lookea For. CHICAGO, May 20.—Prospects of a pre- cipitated rise in the price of meat and a fight to a finish between the packers ani Teamsters' union No. 10 developed at the Unton Stockyards today. Signs of peace faded as the result of an Ineffectual con- terence and indications of a general strike grew stronger. Two smaller unions are already out. Swift and Company have pre- pared to arrange sleeping quarters for employes at their packing house and hun- dreds of cota have been taken into the yards. The distribution of meat tp local houses was attended by great difficulty loday, owing to the attitude of the striking team- sters. No work was attempted without the presence of the police. A nonunion teamster made an attempt to deliver meat 1o the Palmer house and was severely beaten for his pains. At every point where attempts were made to unload refrigerator cars police were present to prevent trouble. One car was sent back to the stockyards, it having been found impossible to unload it. The Bohemian Butchers' assoclation, con- trolling 130 shops, has offered to close up for four days to aid the teamsters if de- sired. The Water street “luggers”’ organized today and announced that they would re- fuse to “lug” meat not carted by union teamsters. OFFICIALS CUT UP IN WRECK Ome Burlington Man is Killed and Two are Fatally Injure ALMA, Wie, May 20.—One man killed and four seriously injured, some probably fatally, is the result of a disastrous wreck on the Burlington road here this afternoon. A gravel train on which there were six officials of the road, including Superintend- ent Cunningham, was going in the switch when another gravel train, coming from the north, crashed into it. Superintendent Cunningham is . & most precarious condl- tion and the gravest doubts are entertained as to his recovery. The dead: E. J. BLAKE, consulting engineer, Bur- lington system, headquarters at Chicago. Injured: 8. D. Purdy, roadmaster, horthern divi- sion, both legs cut off, will dle. D. C. Cunningham, superintendent, north- ern divielon, one leg cut off, may dle. W. L. Breckinridge, chief engineer of sys- tem, seriously. J. B. Bessler, general superintendent of the system, seriously. ‘The inspection party left La Crosse on the Burlington inspection car to go over {ts llne where improvements to the road- bed were belng made. A new patent com- bination engine and car for unloading gravel trains was at work here and the party decided to inspect it. This car is open from the rear and a narrow passageway, just wide enough to admit one man, and six feet long, leads to the engine room. The traln wi standing on the north switch and the officlal party, headed by Superintendent Cunningham, entered this passageway in eingle file. At that moment a southbound gravel train from Pepin, heavily loaded and running at high speed, thot onto the switeh from around the ma- chine car. When the engine struck the car in which the officlals were standing it doubled it like a jacknife, crushing the derailing five cars to the rear, all of which were plled up in confusion by the track. Fireman Russell and Engineer Larson of La Crosse fumped after the engine was reversed, escaping Injury. Blake's body had not been recovered by midnight. It is & mangled mass of flesh and bones, im- prisoned in the wreck. The injured were at once taken to St. Francls' hospital, La Crosse. There fs belleved to be no hope for Purdy, both of whose legs were ampu- tated. OFFICERS OF CLAIM AGENTS E. H. Hanser of Om President s Elected Viee National Assoclation. of MILWAUKEE, May 29.—The National As- soclation of Rallway Claim Agents closed its sessions today. Officers were elected as follows: President, A. A. Krause, St. Louls, Mis- wour!, Kansas & Tex: vice presidents, B. C. Whinston, St. Louls, Wabash; W. A. Hinsey, Milwaukee, Chicago, Milwau- kee & St. Paul; E. H. Hanser, Omaba, Bur- lington & Missourl River; F. B. Plerson, Chicago, Chicago & Northwestern; E. D, Haldeman, Kansas City, Kansas City & Southern; secretary-treasurer, W, 8. Mo- Caull, Kansas City, Missourl, Quiney, Omaha & Kansas City, The next convention will be held in Bos- ton in June, 1903, A member of the assoclation made the startling disclosure today of & serfes of trauds being perpetrated on the railroads of the country. The evidence produced showed that there is an attormey somewhers In the west who, with three other men, is engaged In holding up rafiroads in nearly every big accldent which occurs. The game worked 18 to have two of the men in the deal pretend to have been seriously injured in an accldent. The men are not present at the time of the accident of course, but they turn up in time to swear that they were in the wreck, and by means of their peculiar abllity to dislocate a hipjoint or some other part of their anatomy at will, they lay claim to damages. The attorney tollows them to the sceme, a third man swears that he saw the two injured men In the train prior to the wreck and a claim for heavy damages thus results S ———— CHINESE LEPER RECOVERS moogra Oil, East Product, Only Treatment Administered. = Indian ST. LOUIS, May 29.—Dong Gong, the Chi- pese leper who has for nine months past occupled an isolation house near Quaran- tine, hae apparently recovered from his malady and will be released within two months unless the disease returus. Chaulmoogra oll, the product of an Bast Indlan tree, has been the sole treatment administered to Dong Gong by Dr. Martin €. Woodruff, superintendent of Quaran- tige. men between its front and back walls, and | (cen’ yintes, and was drowned with the three others. CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Fair .~ . Warmer y Clouay; Probable and Cooler in North and West Forecast for Nebraski Friday. Saturday Pai Showers Portions. For lowa day; tion. alr Friday and Probabdly Satur- ‘ooler Saturday in Northwest Por- Temperature at O: Hou Den. . B4 L [ . 61 o5 66 68 70 ha Yesterday: Hour, Deg. ™ SrasanE~ EEEEasneEs MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS, 8:30 a. m.—High school excursion to cadet encampment at Weeping Water. 9: 30 a. m.—Decoration of graves of vet- erans, 1p. m—G. 3 p. m—G. park. A. R. parade. A. R. exercises at Hanscom 10:30 Molnes. 2 p. m.—Base ball: Field Club-Lee-Glass- Andreesen at Omaha Field club. 3:30 p. m.—Base ball: Crelghton Univer- sity-Drake University at Creighton Field 3346°p. m.—Base ball: Omaha-Des Moines. Douglas county golf tournament at Coun- try club. leld sports. golf and tennis tourney at Omaha Field clul. Tennis at the ¥ Fleld Deaf. a. m.—Base ball: Omaha-Des A. grounds. day at Nebraska School for the Opening Opening of Lake Manawa. of Courtland Beach. Opening of Krug Park. §:15 p. m.—Ferris Stock Boyd's theater in “Denise.” SHORTEN TIME TO THE COAST Eastern Roads F company at Project Scheme for Schedule New York. ster from CHICAGO, May 29.—The Chronicle to- morrow will say: June 1 will witness the first great step toward faster time between New York and thé Pacific coast. There is a well-founded report that there has been an agreement between the Penusylva- nia and New York Central officlals by which the fast trains are to go in at once and that the time to be made between New York and Chicago s to be twenty hours. This schedule is generally looked upon as a compromise, which reliev: the ditua- tion of the possibility of pressing the | speed to undue limits. The matter has progressed to the point where there h been a meeting of the New York Central passenger representatives, called for the purpose of arranging the time schedule between New York and Chicago. Similar action will be taken by the Pennsylvani: This meeting will be held the present week and the settlement of this d.tall will be followed quickly by the anncuncement of the new train. ‘This is a shortening of the time between New York and Chicago by four hours below the fastest trains now running and almost six to eight hours below the ordinary trains, Following the determination of the Chi- cago & Northwestern to put in a fast train from Chicago to Denver by June 1, the action of the eastern lines is regarded as having & direct bearing on the plams for quicker time to the Pacific coast. EXHAUSTIVE TEST OF BUTTER Five Hundred Samples from Nineteen | States to U lergo Expert 5 Examination. CHICAGO, May 20.—The first exhaustive test ever made of creamery butter, taken from all parts of the United State s finished in Chicago last night by a com- mittes appolnted by the Agricultural bureau and the National Creamery Butterz makers' sssoclation. Samples of butter from G00 buttermakers, repregenting nine- were examined and similar tests will be made from now until October, when a report will be submitted. The purpose of the tests is to secure an 1den of the quality of the butter put out by makers and the method of manufacture. At the end of the test each buttermaker | will hear the results of the examination as wall as suggestions that may assist him in making a better quality. { W. D. Collyer, United States inspector of butter exports, and D. B. White, field in- | structor of the Minnesota dalry committee, are in charge of the te | —— GIVES HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS Young Man Saves Mother, Sister and Friend, and Drowns Making Further Attempt. PORTLAND, Ore., May 20.—Four per- sons were drowned last night by the cap- sising of a rowboat In the Columbla river artin‘s Bluff, twelve miles above The drowned are: HERBERT MARTIN, aged 24. IVY MARTIN, aged 16. LILLY DURKEE, aged 21. LIZZIE DURKEE, aged 18. Besides those drowned there were in the boat Mrs. Jomes, Mrs. E. C. Martin and Ella Martin. Herbert Martin ed his mother, one sister and Mrs, Jomes. After taking them to shore he swam back to e the re- mainder of the party, but became exhausted GUILTY OF GRAND LARCENY Chicago Man Robs His Mother-: that He May Star a Actress. CHICAGO, May 20.—A jury in Judge Brentano's court today returned a verdict finding George d'Essauer guilty of grand larceny. He was charged with stealing $40,000 belonging to Mrs. Harvie, his mother-in-law. The jury found that he was guilty of taking $15,000. D'Essauer, according to the testimony, got the money from Mrs. Harvie by fradu- lently representing that he would invest it. Instead, it was alleged, he spent much of it in traveling in Europe and America In pur- sult of an actress. It was alleged that he planned to “star” the actress, but that the plan fell through. Cuban r Mostly Hypothecated, WASHINGTON, May #.—Hon. R. F. Broussard, & member of congress {rom Loulslana,’ was before the senate commit- tee on relations with Cuba today. He said he recently made a irip over the entite island of Cubs. His investigation showed that the American Bugar Refining company owned no very large proportion of the raw sugar that has been manufactured. With few exceptions aM of the sugar manu- factured this year has been hypothecaied to men who loaned money to the planters, and It was his opinjon that these men would eventually control the output. “The American Sugar Refinery,” the witness sald, “will get ut“lsubx 9 per cent of .Cll bm. ¢ gron y congress to Cuban +* Fhe" Commitiee & until | Cape Colony. | ture. GIVE TERMS MONDAY British Expeoted to Announce Definite Peace Bettlement First of Week. NO FURTHER DOUBT OF THE CONCLUSION Despite Balfour's Pretendsd Uncertainty Parliament is Sure of Plan. COMMONS LEADER EVEN HINTS AT IT Oabinet Puts Finishing Touches on Agres- ment to Terminate War, DESIGNATED AS THE '‘PEACE" SESSION On the Eve of Cessation Fightin, South in Africa Progresses with Vigor and LONDON, May 20.—~The government leader, A. J. Balfour, annoumced in the House of Commons today that he hoped to be able on Monday next to anmounce the result of the peace negotiations in South Africa. Mr. Balfour added: “I eannot, however, be absolutely certain 6f belng in & position to do so, and until the statement can be made I do not think it expedient to take up the budget.” The government leader also sald: “A re- cent phrase, ‘hung in the balance,’ has been absurdly misinterpreted as referring to di- visions in the cabinet on the subject of the budget. That is not a fact, and the ques- tion is whether the house can properly be asked to discuss the budget until they know precisely where they stand in regard to the negotlations.” In spite of Mr. Balfour's pretended um- certainty thero is no doubt whatever in the House of Commons, or elsewhere, that a tull peace settl._.ent will be announced Monday next. The capture of Commandant Malan, nounced from Middelburg, Cape Colony, last night, renews attention to the rebellion in Commandant Malan took the late Commandant Scheeper's command when the latter was captured by the British and became chief Boer commandant in Cape Colony after Commandant Kritzinger's cap- Malan, who was mortally wounded when captured by Major Colett's mounted troops, was among the irreconcilables who refused to send delegates to the peace con- ference at Vereeniging, Transvaal. Campnign in Cape Colony. According to the latest uncensored cor- respondence from Capetown the Boers are still in constant occupation of at Jeast twenty-two different localities in Cape Colony, having more than a score of bands of raiders, mounted and armed, and of suf- ficlent mobllity to defy sucoessful pursuit, although the British have often swept and ‘‘cleared” every mile of the colony's terri- tory. A correspondent reports t(hat ‘he “Invasion is more actively aggressive than ever and rebellion Is mote ~AmpABL’” .., . “The campaign agalnst the roving Boer commandoes in Cape Colony, which has been in active progress for sixteen months, has achieved nothing beyond keeping them movimg. ‘‘Any occasional succet the cor- respondent adds, “obtained by the seven- teen British columns operating in Cape Colony is more the result of Juck than of their tactics, and these unpalatable facts will continue as long as so few columns co- operate in the hustling. The inadequacy of the supply of the troops Is at the root of the unsatisfactory operations.” The British cabinet was speclally sum- moned last night and sat for a little over an hour. It is generally accepted, how- ever, this morning that the session, though brief, suficed to put the final touches on the agreement which will terminate the war. Celonfal Secretary Joseph Chamberlain was sufficiently recovered from his indispo- sition to attend what is already designated as the “peace” cabinet. Papers Believe Balfour. ‘The morning papers are unanimous in accepting the statement of the government leader, A. J. Balfour, in the House of Com- mons, as having but one meaning, namely, peace, but the papers belleve that its long experience with the astute Boer character compels the government to the unusual precaution of announcing nothing until the terms of peace are actually signed, lest another surprise should be forthcoming at the last moment. For reasons similar to the foregoing thes censorship in South Africa has been riously devoted fo preventing the terms of peace from leaking out. ‘ The delegates who left Pretoria at 9 o'clock Wednesday night include Acting President Schalkburgher of the Tranevaal, General Lucas Meyer, commander-in-: of the Orange Free State forces; General Botha, the Transvaal commander-in-chief; Generals Delarey and Dewet: State Secre- tary Reitz of the Transvaal; General Smuts, Commandant Beyers and Landdrost Brand. They are, therefore, representative of all parties. It presumed that these dele- gates have fully accepted the British but in Pretoria it is belleved they wiil have, some difficulty in bringing the | Vereningen conference entirely to their way of thinking, which is likely to delay & de- | cision in the matter until Manday. BOERS MAY RETAIN ARMS South Africans Ob with British, PRETORIA, May 20.—Lord Milner, the British high commissioner, left Pretorfa for Johannesburg this morning. The Boer delegates have also left this city and have seturned to Vereenigin, Transvaal, the scene of the peace con- ference between the Boer delegations. The question of the retention of arms has been settled in a manner favorable to the Boers, whose contention that the occupants of outlying farms would be exposed to danger from attacks on the part of the natives or wild beasts was held to be well grounded Snow Falls in New York. MALONE, N. Y, May #.—8now fell last night throughout (he northern part of the Adirondacks. The mercury here dropped to 8. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Ma ml;hl- w:nh:r bureay llt:dc o coldest city in the Unit 4 day, the lowest temperature -‘."fl. officlal reports at the weather b show that a trace of snow fell Stilwell to Buy Mater NEW YORK, May 20.—Arthu: well of Kansas City, sas City, Mexico bullt M 2.~ Accor ter was also t radl from Kansas City to_th co, will sall today for B Fuerst ‘Blsmarck. He will, it 1s. large orders in Europe for rail log material Y. Coast