Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 22, 1902, Page 5

A | The THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEM BER >0 1902 WHOLZSALE ILLECAL VOTING How.Fr.dey's Republicsa Primaries Were Carried by Maercer. IMPORTED MEN FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Yon-Residents Bro Mercer Tickets Um Nomes of Registered Voters Who Have Moved. In te Vete the Mr. Edward Rosewater, Omaha.—Dear Sir: The register for the primaries won t bear fcrutiny. Also watch out for influx of voters from various wards; they are Urder control of same party who di kind of job In Gear contest aeros river. Mercer men claim First, hth and Ninth; admit loss of Secord Third and a_figntin| chance in the Fourth. Talked to Clan Wednesday night for two hours. He Juet come from Lincoin. Said he w be in charge of Fifth ward and wanted myseif and one or (wo others to come over from Councll Blufts and help him out He sald they had plenty of money and In- teaded using it Sixth, Seventh, E This note, with the words “plenty of menoy” underscored, reached the editor ©of The Bee late Thureday night, bearing the Council Bluffs postmark. It was signed by & well known politician, whose Bame s withheld from publication for ob- vious reasons. Immediately upon receipt of the mes- sage Mr. Rosewater sounded the alarm and sent for Clty Attorney Connell and Mr. E. J. Cornish, whom he urged to take some measures to prevemt the erooked work suggested in the Council Bluffs note. | | | | | | | | American Transvaal (Mr. Conneil and Mr. Cornish exprosszed | the opinion that the Mercer managers would not take the desperate measurss to carry the primaries that were em- Ployed by John N. Baldwin In Council Bluffs a few years ago. They did mot be- leve that such an outrage upon the law would be attempted, although Mr. Rose- water reminded them that it was worked by the railrcad politicians before. At any rate, the confcrence came to a conclusion without making any arrangements to frus- trate the plans of the Mercerites as sug- §estzd by the note from Council Bluffe It now appears that the tip from the clty across the river was (he correct one to act upon, for evidence is at hand show- ing that a large number of men were Im- ported from Council Bluffs to vote for the Mercer tickets at the primary election ln this city. The results in the various wards indicate that the work was done in the very places where the Council Bluffs man suggested it would be undertaken It will be remembered that the Baldwin trick of scveral years ago was turned by sending a number of roustabouts from Omaba to Couneil Bluffs to vote at the primaries there under the names of reg- istered voters who bad moved from tne city or had died. At the primaries In Omaha last Friday the same unlawful pro- ceeding was successfully of the Mercer candidacy. this time the Ille- ®al volers being Imported Rinfe an 1 ug sworn in as repub- arried out In aid | from Councl | lican residents who had not registcred last | year and others putting in ballots under the names of registered voters who had weved from the city. fact that over 1,100 woters were sworn in at office during the thr preceding the unregisterad days immediately primarics and that the faces of hundreds of them were remark- *‘ iy ably unfamiliar to Omaha people Is cfted @8 evidence of the importation of out- siders, The rule of the county committee Tequiring two freeholders to sign the am- davit of each unregistered voter had no ef- fect in stopping the registration of- non- residents, for the reason that there were freeholders at the city clerk's office who were ready to and did swear that they knew men whose faces they had mever seen until they appeared at the city hall, In addition to the importations from Councll Bluffa, Union Pacific strike breakers were used to vote on transfers, aMdavits or the names of those who had moved from the city. It is reported that for many days preceding the primaries employes of the Blackburn committee were engaged in making up a list of voters who had left the city since the last election, fnd that the names on this list were located on the registration records and then handed out for use among the importations. Never before at a primary election in city of Omaha was coerclon practiced to such an extent as it was last Friday. The railroads and other corporations were #0 anxious to renominate Mercer that they left no stone unturned that might gain their end. - For the firét time in years the Union Pacific gave the employes In its general offices a half-day off so that they might get their votes in. Although most of the clerks were not told outright to vote the Mercer ticket, they were given to understand that the time off was given to them for that purpose. Switchmes and other employes of the Missouri Pacific and Omaha roads wi almost driven to the polis in the Fifth ward with inetructions to vote for the Mercer delegation. A nume Ber of wholesale houses who enjoy the favor of rebates from the raliroads gave thelr employes a half-holiday, compliments of Dave Mercer. Willow Springs distillery, in the First ward, Hugh Bartson, one of the bosses, gave it out cold to the workmen that they should wote the Mercer ticket to favor him. Bart- #cn, who was on the Mercer ticket in the First ward, boasted that he was to have “a fine thing” in the event of Merce: nomination. Street rallway conductors and motormen, & large number of whom live in the Sixth | ward, were all but bosses to get out and instructed by their Mercer, and they In the Days of Webster & Clay The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York was the leading life insurance company in the United States. To-day it leads all other com- panies in the world in Amets, over $352,000,000 Amount paid to Pelicy-holders, over $569,000,000 Write for ** Where Shall | Iusure?™ Tue Mutuar LiFe INsuraNcE Company or NEw York Rxcnase A. McCunov, President. FLEMING BROS., managers. Des Moines, Omaha, Neb, . .4 A.(‘unb'l w. B . the clty clerk's | | | | | day at the home of Miss Mary Powell entertainment at the church Wednesday night. Mr. Jameson of Omaha wi of Mr and Mrs. Hu; ¥y | night. Mr. Jameson assisted with the en- tertainment "t the ~church = Wednesday night. contributed considerably to the defeat of the Pratt delegation. Another thing that made Mercer success possible In the Sixth ward was the fact that the police allowed men known to be favorable to the con- gressman to go through the back door into the polling place while they kept the anti- Merceritca back at the front entrance. It s also reported that a number of saloon keepers were coerced 1nto suppert. ing Mercer by a threat (hat the Bromtch- Mercer police board would turn down their applications for llcenses in December it they did not get into line. 1 Its = “Gariand,” That's 21l you need to know about a stove or range BOER RELIEF FUND RECEIPTS Money Collected in Omnaha Patd Over to Dr. Leyds and by HI Acknowledged. OMAHA, 8ept. 21.—To the Editor of The Bee: The following letter will explain to the donors the disposition made of the funds ralsed by the Omaha branch of the league. We held the money for some time in Chicago, hoping that passports would be granted to Dr. Thomas and wife. When the government at Washington failed to grant the desired passports, our league directed the Governor Yatey Boer Rellef committee to forward to Dr. Leyds in Holland, for the relief of the Boer women and children, the money con- tributed by “the Omaha branch. The Chi- cago committee promptly complied with our request and duplicate receipts were sent by Dr. Leyds to the committees In Omaha and | Chicago. WILLIAM FLEMING, Treasurer. ELIZABETH SHIRLEY, Secretary. CHICAGO, July 2, 1902—Mlss Elizabeth Shirley, Secretary Omaha Branch Ameri- can Transvaal League, Omaha: Dear Madam - Referring to the resolutions adopied by the Omaha branch of the | American “Transvaal league June 1, 1302, requesting the Governor Bates Boer Rellef | Fund committee to forward to Dr. W. J. | Leyds the §700 previously sent to thi mittee by your league, | desire to i the money was transmitted through Hoi M White, Boer representative in this and that receipt for the amount has just bee from Dr. Leydes. The recelpt was Signed in duplicate and a copy le_enclosed herewith, together with a copy of the letter from Dr. Leyds' repre- wsenative. ‘As_this will probably be the last of our | correspondence | desire to take occaslon to | thank you for your hearty and cnergetic co-operation In our work in behalt the Boers when our efforts promised at least | some measure of success. Very truly yours, | P E SSINGEN. | UTRECHT, July 1 2. —Pe Van Vils- | singen, esq., Chicag in _the absence of | his excellency. Dr. J. W. Leyds, | beg to acknowledge the receipt of your cheque to the amount of gulden 179.13, which has been sent us by the consul general for the | South African Republic, Mr. Montagu + | White, and is intended for the Boer women | and children in South Africa | Buch proofs of true sympathy with our uch suffering people cannot be too much Abprectated and 1 tender you and the mem- | bers of your league my very best thanks for your generous gift. which will be duly employed for the purpose mentioned by you Enclosed please his excelienc find two receipts signed Dr. Leyds. 1| have the % i . ONIVELL. | Administrator Relfef Fund. | PG4 wirms | Faneral of Peter Nelron. the remains of | D Funeral services Peter A. Neleon, who was asphyxiated in | a ditch on South Thirty-eighth street while tapping a gas main, were hell at the family residence, 121 Plerce street. at 3| o'clock Sunday afternoon, after which in- terment was made at Prospect Hill ceme- | Rev. Carlson officiated in the pres- ence of a large crowd of friends. OMAHA SUBURBS. Dandee. Mrs. Griffith was the guest of Mrs, Perry one day last week s Mrs. Woite of Denver, formerly of Omaha, 1s visiting her sister, Mrs. Palmer Miss Lyda Wilson of Omaha was guest of friends in Dundee on Tuesday. J. B. Mason, who recelved a fracture of his ankle ihree weeks ago, is able to be about on crutch The Dundee achool opened ausplciously | last week,' with Mlss McKay as principal and Mise MacEiroy assistant The Round Dozen Social club met Satur- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. L. | Selby to organize for the coming season. The first meeting for the new vear of the | Dundee Woman's club was held Wednes- over the Lester Barr of Chicago, a younger brother | of P. J. Barr, is visiting him, aving re- turned from a'trip with him to Wyoming. W. L. Belby has been absent several weel r Keurney, Neb. on business cnn.‘ nected with his extensive farming inter- ests, Mattle, the young daughter of Mr. Chap- man, Fifty-first and California streets, who has been seriously {ll for several weeks, is | improving graduall Florence. . J. Hunt Is home for_a few days from his ranch at Bridgeport, Neb. Will Crookshank of Harlan, la. is here spending a ‘ew days visiting his parents. Tom Miller of Vancouver, . 13 visit- ing his sister, Mrs. W. R.'Wall, for a few days. Willard Green resigned as marshal Tues- day night. His successor has not yet heen | appointed. Thurston Lingwood of Wakefleld, Neb., is spending a few days here visiting Mrs Ole Olsen. C. A. Purtell purchased the Purcell prop- | erty on State street and will reside there in the future. | Miss Martha Herbaugh left Wednesday | for a two weeks' visit with her parents at | | 4 Hasard, Neb. The members of the Ponca Presbyterian church, three miles north of town, gave & soclal Saturday night | Mra. F. O. Wilson and daughter Annie of Council Biuffs spent Baturday and Sunday here, the guests of Mrs. L. A. Taylor. The auxiliary of the Ladies' soclety of the Presbvterian church gave a social and West Ambler. Mrs. George Cunningham is entertalning her nephew from Michigen. Mrs. Zoe Bmith gave the Ladies' Ald so- clety a luncheon and carpet bag sewing Tuesday Andrew Ziebeil, a stockman of Wisner, has_been' the guest of his step- Mre. J. E. Aughe, since Sunday. Mrs. R. Getty of Ackerman accompanied Mrs. Aughe to a quilting at Mrs. Pringl given by the Custer Women's Relief corps. Frank Hensman has recovered from the effects of a sprained ankle and ix able to resume work with the tea and coffee com- pany. Miss Ella Michael s slowly recoverin from her recent serious iliness with t but her sister, Miss Dora, is now very ili with the same malady. A petition is being circulated fn West Ambler and Ackefman for the extension of the West Leavenworth street car line to Center street or Lincoln avenue, John Young and children of Bron- , Kan., who spent the last week here, 1o Folsom, la., Wednesday, where she will visit a month with relatives. The Junior league netted the aum of $25 at its recent fair and entertainment. Master Paul Davie was chosen to turn the money over to the pastor, Rev. R. M. Henderson Robert Trimble and bride have returned from their wedding trip to Chicago snd Mic! @an and are at home to their friends with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hartaler. Mra. R. M. Henderson delightfully enter- tained the Ladies’ Ald society at & quilting bee at the parsonage Thursday. An elegant was served, covers belng laid for twenty-seven. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. 8 8. English of Tecumseh is in the city Fred Hoyt of Gordon is at the Mer- chants. Ralph A. Duff of Nebraska City was in Omaha yesterday. R W Fleming of Kearney was regis- tered at the Merchants Sunday. | Rev. M. A | shipped to Newcomerstown, O., AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA Present Oity Obarter Needs to Be Revised or Amended, CITY ATTORNEY ENGAGED IN THE WORK | No Proper Provision for | = City Bonds—Daties of City Ofcers Not Clearly Defined—Other Deficiencies. It is now an open secret that the pres- ent charter of South Omaha will have ‘o be elther redrafted or amended before ‘t can be of much service to the cities it is supposed to govern, and It ie stated that the legal department of the city is having more trouble than is confessed in try to make its providlons meet the require- ments of the city. In the first place. the sharge is made the charter Is @0 poorly arranged that it requires entirely too much work to ferret cut its contents. The provisions regard. ing public improvements and the duties of officers seem to be scattersd throughout the entire list of laws, and to connect these different provisions snd make them correspond with each other fs a task that 1s far from being essy. On the question of lssuing bonds—except those bonds which are provided to pay for grading and paving—it is extremely doubt- ful whether the city has the right to con- tract this kind of an indebtedness. It is stated that when the charter was originally drawn there was a blanket section incor- porated In it providing for the genertl fs- suance of all kinds of bonde. But this seems to have been lost when the charter reached the legislature for passage. As It now stands the charter contains ne such provision City Attorney Murdock is sald to be working on a revision of the charter, and that as soon os a legislative session is held the mew draft will be Iniroduced and passed. Whether Mr. Murdock will at- | tempt to redraft the entire charter, or whether he will simply amend those fea- tures of it which now seem so deficient, is not known. Early Hour Two masked men entered the saloon of | Fred Pfeiter, Thirt econd and G etreets, at an early hour yesterday morning and at the point of their revolvers forced the proprietor to deliver to them all of the money on hand, about $40. Pfeifer imme- diately reported the robbery to the police and special officers were detailed to the scene of the trouble. Yesterday morning a suspect was arrested, but as Pfeifer could not identify him as one of the guilty parties he was released Launghe at Alternative Wri Mayor Koutsky does not seem to be in | the least worried over the alternative writ | of mandamue served upon him at the in- stance of the Anti-Saloon league, in which | he is enjoined from countenancing any vio- lation of the state liquor la Mayor stales ihal sborily after he as- sumed his office he gave out orders that the ealoons should be closed on Sundays and after 12 o'clock at night, and that it this order has not been lived up to, it is not the fault of the police, but on account of the fact that the city has not sufficlent funds on hand to warrant an inercase in the number of policemen now enrolled in the city. Charches Reopened. After having been closed for several weeks, almost all of the churches of South Omaha opened again yesterday. During the summer monthe most of the local churches closed their doors in order that the union ! services belng held in the city might be | more liberally attended. At all of these different places, notwithstanding a drizaling | rain greeted the church-goers during the entire day, large congregations filled their | respective houses of worship Funeral of W. M. sabery. | Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather, | hundreds of people attended the funeral| services of W. H. Mabery, the ploneer of | South Omaha, who died on Saturday morn- | ing. The services were held at the home of the brother of the deceased, M. Mabety, | Head officiated. _After the | services the remains were placed in a metallic casket and in the evening were for inter- | ment. The remains were accompanied by | the widow of the deceased, his brother and other relatives from this place. No Counell Tonight, Unless a special call is Issued today there | will be no council meeting tonight. The | council was bllled for a session during | the early part of the week, but as only the | mayor and one councilinan appeared, an | adjournment was taken. In making the | adjournment no time of meeting was stated | and it s thought that the first regular meeting of next month s the first scsslon | of the council. If that is so, no meeting of the council will be held until October 6. Saloon Cases Soon. The trial of the saloon men who were | arrested during the months of July and August for violation of the state liquor | laws by keeping their places of business | open on Sundays will come up for hearing | on September 2. At each (ime these cases have been set for hearing the saloon men have in some manner secured a con- tinuance. However, it is now stated that | all parties are ready and anxious for trial. | It was stated yesterday that In cases brought under the city ordinances, new complaints bave been filed, as the liquor city 1s ordinance of the invalid. thought to be The Board of Education will have a meet- ing tonight, it is said Frans J. Fittle has returned to Lincoln, after spending several days in South Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. W. 1. Brooks of Des Moines are the uests of Mrs. Brooks' parents, Mr. and rs. David Condron. It was stated yesterday that an order had been given for the new benches de- manded for use In the police court room. The lecture of Rev. J. N. Wright on “Persia; the Habits, Customs and _the Needs of the Perslans,” at the First Pres- Byterian church last evening, was largely attended. Chief of the Fire Department Lou Etter, who was injured by being thrown from his buggy while making a run to a fire on Saturday night, was able to be around agaln last evening PRESIDENT'S NEPRASKA VISIT Will Make Stol Isiand, Hasting and Linco at Kearney, Fremont Grand President Roosevelt will be given an op- portunity to judge of the coming genera- tion of Nebraskans on his trip through the state this week, as nearly every town at which he will stop has made arrangements for the attendapce of school children at the reception to be accorded him. At Kearney the presidential party it is expected that the local committees have arranged ade- Qquate space In carriages. The arrangements for the reception at Hastings and that at Linceln are completed |but as they were by Semator Dietrich and Congressman Burkett in direct communica- tion with Secretary Cortelyou, none of the detalls of these receptions have been sent to Senator Millard. It is expected that at Lincoln the president will epeak from the steps of the capitol and that his reception there, as at other points in the state, will be non-pelitical in Its nature. ADJUTANT GENERAL REMOVED Preccdes Meetl n War Veter- apol & of INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21.—~The annual en- campment of Spanish-American war vet- erans will convene in the semate chamber of the state house tomorrow at 10:30 o'clock. The encampment will be called to order by General James B. Corvell of Philadel- phin, who is commander-in-chief of the order. Addresses of welcome will be ex- tended the veterans by Governor Durbin on behalt of the state and by Mayor Book- walter on behalt of the city. General Coryell will respond and will be followed by Senator Falrbanks. Senator Beveridge arrived last night and will also make an address. The encampment will then ad- Journ until 2:30 p. m. The afternoon session will be executive and will consist In reading of the minutes, the hearing of the reports of the com- mander-in-chief, adjutant general and other officers, as well as those of depart- ment commanders, A campfire at Tomlinson hall Tuesday evening will be one of the features of the encampment—indeed, the feature aside from the president’s visit. Addresses will be made by General Coryell, General Starr, Commander Hobson, General Smith, Sena- tor Falrbanks and Senator Beveridge. Ad- miral George Brown will be present to represent the mavy. The chiet feature of the encampment will be the presence of President Roosevelt here on Tuesday, ac- companied by a distinguished company. He will deliver an address from the balcony of the Colombia club after luncheon at that institution and will also address the vet- erans. It developed late tonight that several days ago Commander-in-Chiet James B. Coryell of Philadelphia requested the resignation of Adjutant General W. C. Liller, charg- ing him with insubordination and diso- bedience of orders. The adjutant general refused to resign and he was removed from office today by the commander-in-chief, who appointed Captaln Frank 8. Clark as his temporary successor. Clark has been act- Ing as assistant adjutant general. DETROIT, Sept. 21.—The third annual convention of Spanish war veterans will open in Light Guard armoty at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning About 100 delegates have already arrived and It Is expected that the morning traine will bring heavy con- tingents. The hour for opening the ses- had been set for O o'clock. but was | changed to sult the convenience of the president, who will make an address. Interest amobg the delegates seems to center around the proposed consolidatlon of the Spanish war veterans with the Spanish- American war veterans, the latter organiz: tion holding its annual convention at In-| dianapolis this week. —— GUIDI IS AN ARCHBISHOP | Consecrated wi Mont impressive Ceremony in Church of Santa Maria in A ROME, Sept. 21.—The consecration today of Monsignor Guidi, apostolic flelegate in the Philippines, as archbishop, which oc- curred in the Church of Santa Maria in | Aquiro, which is owned by the Somarchian fathers, his first instructors, assumed con- | siderable importance, as it was conducted | by Cardinal Rampolla, who, after the pope, | is the highest pontifical personage in the vatican. Cardinal Rampolla was assisted by Monsignor, Censtantini, the papal almoner, und Monsignor Gaspardl, secretary ex- traordinary of ecclesiastical affairs, and | who also acted as secretary to the commis- | sion of cardinals which treated with Gov- ernor Taft of the Philippines in his nego- tiations with the vatiean concqrning the disposition of the friar property in the islands. The edtire diplomatic corps ac- credited to the vatican, all the religious orders, and a number of prominent friars, the new papal nuncio in Munich, the mayor and the bishop of Alatri, Monsignor Gui- | di's birtbplacé, were present at the cere- | mony. The United States was represented by Rev. J. P. Farrelly of Nashville, Tenn., who was recently appointed privy chamber- lain to the pope. The function of consecration was most | impressive and the interest was height- ened by the presence of numerous high pre- | lates in their scarlet and purple robes. ardinal Rampolla was robed at the high by two assistant monsignors. Monsig- nor Guidi was robed in like manner, only he id not wear the pectoral cross, the ring or the miter. After the robing the papal master of cere- monies read a pontifical brief appointing Moneignor Guidi an archbishop and author- 12ing his consecration. Mass was then be- gun and was sald simultaneously by Car- dinal Rampolla at the high altar and Mon- signor Guidi at an aitar adjoining the high altar. In the middie of the mass the con- secration of the newly appointed delegate to the Philippines oceurred, Cardihal Ram- polla and Monsignors Constantini and Gas- pardi putting their hands simultaneously upon Monsignor Guidi's head and saying in Latin: “Receive the Holy Ghost.” They then ancinted his head and the palms of his hands. Cardinal Rampolla gave him the ring, emblem of his marriage with the church, the crozler, emblem of jurisdiction, and the gospels emblem of preaching after which Cardinal Rampolla em- braced Monsignor Guidl fraternally. Monsignor Guidl in his turn of- fered Cardinal Rampolla symbols two candles, two loaves and two tiny bar- rels of wine. The function terminated with the placing of the miter upon Monsigner Guidi's Bead, who was then installed by Cardinal Rampolla in the chair, while the Te Deum was intoned. Monsignor Guidi then gave his first bemedietion as arch- bishop. After the ceremony luncheon of 500 covers wae served in the refectory of the church. The tables were decorated with the white and yellow papal flags. Boy Crushed by Wagon. PIERRE, 8. D, Sept. 21.—(Special Tele- brought in today of the accidental death of Theodore, the 14- year-old son of John Brown, a merchant at {seem to be to attack the government forces | ident Castro has iesued a decree declaring in exchange for wrappers from Soap the result of poorly made soap. JAMES S. KIRK & CO. A thousand and one useful and valuable premiums [ ] [ ] White Russian A household and lauindry soap made from the purest materials under modern scientific conditions. No fatty odor or grease stains in the clothes -— Call for Premium List, 1615 FARNUM ST., OMAHA, or bring the wrappers to our store and select your premium. v 7 o | government forces. To this complaint Gen- FLY FROM ISTHMIAN CITIES | &2 eiima: Veptica "that he woula attend | to the matter and ordered his soldiers to St cease placing such obstacles. It was these orders which were misinterpreted at Colon, | where Commander MclLean saw an obstacle | placed on the railroad track last Thursday. Residents of Colon and Panama Alarmed by Rebels’ Approach, ——py- Two soldlere, who stopped a train to in- spect it just outside of Colon, acted with- LATTER ARE MASSING NEAR RAILROAD out superior orders and are reported to have been severely punished for so doing by General Feran. It was after this ocour- rence that Commander McLean declared the traffic over the isthmus to be interrupted Their Plan, However, Is Thought t Contemplate Attack on Govern- TG S ertee SVithiue Mow and decided to place Amerlcan guards on lestation of Trame, the tris, - MeLean is Imperative, BOSTON, Sept. 21.—Rear Admiral Cogh- Friday, the 15th, Commander McLean lan hae raised his flag on Olympia and|sent communications to the Colombian awaits orders to.proceed to the Isthmus of Panama and assume charge of affairs there. government and to the insurgent General Herrera, in which he said in part: “No Olympla 1s provisioned and coaled for | armed men save naval forces of the United three months. States will be allowed on or to use the railroad line.” KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 21.—The Brit- [ This declaration that the railroad could ish steamer La Plata arrived here today | not be used for the transportation of armed from Colon, bringing a large number of | troops has created opposition In conservi refugees from the isthmus. It is roported | tive circles, where it Is considered as an that, owing to the fear of rebel attack, a | attack upon Colombia’s sovereign rights gical many peopie are leaving Colon an: Panama. The Colombian government fs sending reinforcements to the isthmus and La Plata carried 1,000 government soldiers from Savanilla to Colon. The Colombian revolutionists are said to be massing in the nelghborhood of the rail- road over the isthmus. The refugees de- clare the situation at Panama and Colon to be extremely critical. Officers of La Plata say they were in- formed while at Colon that several liberal sympathizers had been imprisoned at Pan- ama because they had vetoed the order re- cently issued by the government and ap- peared on the streets of that city. Business in Colon fs entirely suspended The intention of the revolutionists would on the isthmus. General Salazar declines to express any opinion. General Quintero, General Salazar's most able lieutenant, has been stationed at Colon. He seems to have established very cordial relations with Commander McLean, who invited him to luncheon on board Cincin- nati. General Quintero reciprocated in Colen on Friday. It is eaid General Salazar, in a note addressed to the acting American consul general here, insisted that Come mander McLean should guarantee to him the right to transport troops and muni- tions by rail across the Isthmus. General ! Salazar has recelved no answer to this PENSIONS FOR WESTERNERS Survivors of the W membered by Government. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—(Special.)—The eneronsly Re. without interfering with raliroad traffic over the General the isthmus. Soldiers Sail to Fight. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Sept. 21.—Five schooners bearing about 1,500 | [ollO¥Ing pensions ave been granted government soldiers under the command of | Nebraska: Original—Robert L. Livings- General Castillo left Maracaibo, Venezuela, | ton, Elkhorn, $10: John W. Deen. Spalding, yesterday morning in the tow of the gun- | $: Wil ;mflfiv Dnu_v_!‘?m!l ll'; t&uhl‘yr: boat Zumbador. This expedition will at- | U$12. Widows, Minors and Dependent tempt to reoccupy Vela la Decorador. ves—Harriet Proyice, Kimball, $5: News has been recgived here from Ven- T R U IR ezuela that the revolutionary general, Men- | " "Original—Sidney G. Soper, Coliege doza, continues to retreat with his forces | Springs, $6. Increase, Reissue, Etc.—Louls v 1! | Robinson, Jerico, $L Willlam M. Giffen, to the interlor of the country in the hove | oyiray City, 84: Stephen D. Smith, Mar: of drawing President Castro from Valencia. | cuniivaws. i2: Jonn Kaough. Soldiers A correspondent of the Assoclated Press | Home, Marshalltown, §i0; John Hochspeler, has had an interview at Alta Garcla, in the | Alta ta, ohn W. . Slo v, 7: Corrick, Bloomfield, $12 state of Zulia, Venesuela, with Gemeral | Jhicw Janington Corric | Joseph Boots, Anamosa, $8; Willlam Cran- Manuel A. Matos, leader of the revolution | dall, Hedrick, $8. Widows, Minors and De- |MARTINIQUE NEEDS N0 AID FUGITIVES ARE COMPARATIVELY FEW No R Demand Natives Will Use s They ¢ Them. for Supplies, but Them So Long n Get KINGSTON, St. Vincent, Sept. 21.—Thera was an eruption of La Soufriere at mid- night last night, but no loss of lite. A pecullarity of this eruption is found in the fact that no dust nor scoriae was emit- ted. The flames were seen flickering above the crater and the sight was accompanied by internal and thunderlike explosions. NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—The Quebeo Steamship company’s steamer Korona ar- | rived today from the West Indies. Among against President Castro on the report that ;’:,""‘;jmh Relatives—Mary A. Ingram, Ma- | General Matos intends in case of his suc- | "R ¥ o cess 1o turn over the control of Venezuelan | Nebraska: Original—Theodore P. Jar- finances to certain foreign powers. Matos' General Matos man, Paplllion, $; Charles H. Luce, Omaha, $12. Increase, Reissue Etc.—John 8. Pat- ton, Milford, $12; Hezekiah Ramsey, North Platte, $10; Justus Kessler. Omaha, $12 Towa: Original—Henry C. Payne, Sioux City, 8. Tncrease, Relssue, Etc.—Adelbert J. Weeks, Correctfonviile, $i2; Tove Torkel- son, Decorah, $10; Hawkeye, $12; George H. Wright, Grand Junction, 8. Widows, Minors and Depend- ent Relatives—Rebeeca Long, Moulton, $5; Mary A. Miller, Clinton, 35. South Dakota: Increase, Reissue, Etc.— Sylvester Baker, Emery. $8; John Man- nings, Frankfort, $5. Widows, Minors and Dependent Relatives—Mira A, Knight, Grover, $12 (war with Spain). Issue of August 30: Nebraska: [ncrease, Relssue, Ete.—~Theo- ddte W. Smith, Omaha, $10. Argument. id: “1 know that Pres- me to be a traitor to my country because the Cologne Gazette and the Venezuelan consul at Liverpool, England, represented that 1 had already made an agreement to permit the finances of Venezuela to be controlled by foreign powers. This is abso- lutely false and to attribute euch an idea to me Is stupid. The surrender, direct or indirect, of Venezuela to foreign con- trol would be contrary to my ideas and my character. I said recently in Paris, Lon- repeat It here, that the government of Dexter E. Dana, Burlington.'$S. Increase, Venezuela should put an end to the squan- ;}:"l""‘:t_‘vm_l‘r;ml-l':-’::';: ”|‘ 'l‘:::l""!;i’f:.hy;::l dering of the country's revenues and ad- | §i2; Willlam B. Jones, Keokuk, $12; Harri- minister the national finances not for the |son H. Bonney, Little Sioux, $iz “Widows, for the satistaction of our territory. | Satbine. Agency $5 (Mexican war) ‘enezuela does not need to be controlled. | [ssue of Beptember 2 During the ten years between 1890 and 1900 | Nebraska: _Increase, Relssue, Etc.—Wil- during the same period of time the legiti- | Nichols. New Haven, $5; Clendenin Z. F mate expenses of the country amounted to irfleid, $4: William H. Beott, Mace; onia, omas iregg, Rockwe SIAN00. dvity & shrplus of U0000M. | iy Foid, A. Burroughs, Douglass, This $4,000,000 has disappeared and in- | §11; Joseph McCollum Magnolia, $12 (Mex stead of a surplus the country owes 3$7.- [can war). Widows, Minorg and Dependent R 200,000, for interest. Within six months | tives—Margaret M. Merryman, Kel- after the re-establishment of peace in Venesuela I intend to show the whole James B. Woodward. | | urged its passengers was Captaln Walker McKay, agent for the steamship company in the ‘West Indles. Captain McKay said: “I was at Fort de France, Martinique, August 30, the day of the most recent eruption of Mount Pelee. The explosion was terrific and the rumbl- ings and detonations were continuous for a long time. This eruption, it is estimated, caused the death of 2,000 people and cov- ered an extent of territory ten times greater than did the great eruption of May last. This time the track of the dis- aster was beyond the mountain ridge and spread out over the Interior. 1 saw the mountain In eruption. There appears to be numbers of apertures below the edge of the crater from which steam iz ejected. The great cone Is truncated and has changed considerably in appearance. The natives weré abandoning large sections of the country in proximity to the mountain. The government has warned the people to remove thelr goods to higher ground in an- ticipation of a tidal wave. “Martinique in the nofthern part s greatly devastated and the south 1s in full blossom and is thriving. We are ship- ping more freight now than before the eruption. It is a mistake to say that the people are starving and are crowding the fertile parts of the Ivland. The fact is that considering so many have been vie- tims of tue eruption the fugitives are com- paratively few in number. There is no need of food supplies. The natives will not 80 to work as long as they can obtain food for nothing. There is room for all and em- ployment Is easily obtained.” e oo—— TALKS PLAINLY TO SULTAN n Ambassador to Turkey Openiy Urges Ste| to Relleve Maccdonian Situation. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21.—The Rus- slan ambassador to Turkey, M. Zienoff, in the course of an audience with the sultan yesterday, called his majesty's attention to the Macedonlan situation and strongly that becessary measures be taken to improve it. Tho ambassador also re- terred in the most precise terms to the lack of order wong the Albanians, who have flercely resented the appointment of a Russian consu! at Mitrovitsa, Buropean Turkey. The decision of the sultan to permit four Russ'an torpedo boats, which are in reality torpedo boat destroyers, to pass the straits is regarded here as being & violation of the international laws and action in the matter is expected from the other signatory powers. An frade has been issued authorizing the passage through the Dardanelles of the four Russlan destroyers, providing they sail under the commercial flag of Russia, with twenty-four hours' interval between each boat, and that they carry no arms or naval crews, in order that treaties be not violated. world what the finances of the country are. | “It is true that I desire Venezuelan | finances to be controlled, but mot by for- | jgners, they must be In the control of an honest Venesuelan who will administer them properly. In four weeks time when we shall have arrived in Caracas, T will fur- | ther explain my plans for the future of | this country.” WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Secretary | Moody sald tonight there had not been a | word of news recelved at the Navy de- | partment today concerning affairs on the | Isthmus of Panama. It was expected that | Panther with a battalion of marines would have reached Colon by this time, but Mr. Moody said he had not heard from the ship today. At the Colomblan legation a dis- patch was received tonight from Mr. Quin- West River. The boy had been in this city with & man after a load of merchandise aud on the way home fell from the wagon and the wheels passed over him, crushing they have arranged to have the carriages of the party pass to the speaker's stand be- tween lines of the children, each of whom will carry a small American flag. Practi- cally the same arrangements will be car- ried out at Fremont and Grand Island. The pi for the first time Friday night. about % a’clock, but there will be no stop made and the train will go immediately west to Kear- ney, where the first reception of Saturday will be tendered the chief executive. Since ers, M L belng informed of the mumber of persons in wuN:m:i. p him to death. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 21.—Of t candidates examined by the Givil Bepvies commission \O% admisslon to the Naval ademy only thirty-two passed mentall 1t is tRought that a number of the cAn: ident's party will reach Omaha | didates who were only slightly deficlent will_be admitted by the examining board on Monday. Among those who succes fully passed are: V. M. Metealf, Cali- F. M. Flacher, lowa: R. E. Mann, rge; H Ly merscn, Soult Dakot LML ns, Mon. &Ofllfil c. tana tero, the prefect of Colon, which said his | relations with Commander McLean of Cin- cinnati were cordial No Frietion. PANAMA, Colombia, Sept. 21.—As far as can be learned in Panama, there has been Bo friction whatever between soldiers of the Colombian government and the Amer- ican bluejackets who are guarding the line of rallroad. The government ordered its soldiers to place obstructions on the tracks to ald in stopping the trains for inspec tion, intended for preventing insurgent troops from surprising the garrison. 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