Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1902, Page 1

'THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU NE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY M ORNINC NOVEMBER 28 1902—TEN PAGES. SINGLE CoOr COLOR TO BE NO BAR Boosevelt Will Not Consider Race in| Making Appointments. SAYS NEGROES ARE ENTITLED TO OFFICE @Good Oitisenship and Bterling Worth Are Sole Oontiderations. DOMINATION OF BLACKS NOT AN ISSUI Real Question it Whether Afrioans Have Equal Rights. IN SOUTH CAROLINA E TROUBLE ARISES Post | Re- Prestdent Gives Colored Which Whites Object to ceive Stiff Rejoinder from WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The president bas sent the following communication to a citigen of Charleston, 8. C. “My Dear Sir: 1 am in receipt of your | letter of November 10 and of one from | Mr. ——, under date of November 11, mi reference to the appointment of Dr. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston In your letter you make certain specific | charges agalnst Dr. Crum, tending to show his unfitness in several respects for the | office sought. These charges are entitied | to the utmost consideration from me and 1 shall go over them carefully before taking | any action. “After making these charges you added as & further reason for opposition to him that be is & colored man, and after Te- citing the misdeeds that followed carpetbag rule and megro domination in South Caro- lina, you say ‘that we swore never again | 10 submit to the rule of the African, and | such an appointment as that of Dr. Crum | 1o any such office forces us to protest | unanimously against this insult to the white blood,’ and you add that you um- derstood me to say that 1 would never force & negro on such & community as yours, Objuets to Colored Man. “Mr. —— puts the objection of rnlnr‘ % ' KINGETON, IS MASSING AN ARMY | » Thousand Men in Command | d Wil Declare Himwelf | President of Haytl |NORD 'Hl Te | Jumaica, Nov. 27.—Letters | received here trom Hayti say there is still considerable excitement in that republic, | | especially at Gonaives, whefluGeneral Nord 'lhl‘ Haytien war ministe & massing & | large army with the inté \h"‘lm" | bimself president. It e abe apne {10,000 men under his commentr " |to mdvance on Port mu Prince ‘. | fortnight. o PORT AU PRINCE, Nov. While Y. | situation here today is calm, serious di | turbances were apprehended yvesterday in | "h!‘ Chamber, which at the request of the | president was surrounded by government troops. On the demand of the provisional gov- | ernment Genmeral Alexis Nord, the war | minister, recently left Gonalves st the | head of 8000 men from the capital &nd arrived last night at St. Marc. He can reach Port au Prince efrly Dext week There is no confirmation here of the re- port that Gemeral Nord has the intention | of proclaiming himeelf president, but the | rumor {s much discussed and the people | here are awaiting his arrival with interest, | in order to learn his exact intentions. | CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, Nov. 27—t is | impossible to ascertain the real intentjons | of General Nord. At present he is march- ing on Port au Prince, with about 10,000 | men. He declares that he is not an a pirant for the presidency of the republie, | but that he will ineist on the election of | his candidate for that office. The identity | of the general's candidate is not kmown. | | The press of Cape Haytien is in favor of | General Nord. SAN DOMINGO, Nov. 27.—~The political | situation in Santo Domingo bas been com- | plicated by revolutionary disturbances | which have broken out in the northern part of the republic The government has taken severe meas- ures to suppress the movement and many arrests have already been made, including Genesal Wos Gil and J. D. Pichardo, & for- mer minister. RULES CAUSE REICHSTAG ROW Motion to Vote on Tariff as Whole Leads to Much Uproar im that Bedy. BERLIN, Nov. 27.—Scenes of great uproar first, sayipg ‘he 15 @ colored mun, and that of iteelf ought to bar him from the | office.” In view of these lust statements, 1 think 1 ought to make clear to you why | 1 am concerned and pained by your making | them and what my attitude is as regards | all such appointments. How anyone could have gained the idea that I had said 1 would mot eppoint reputable and upright colored men to office when objection was solely on mocount of their color, 1 confess | 1 am wholly unable to understand. At | the time of my visit to Charieston last | spring 1 had made, and since that time 1| have made « number of such appointments from meveral states in which there is a | considerable colored population. For ex- | ample, | made one such appointment ln‘ ‘Mississippl and another in Alabama shortly | before my visit to Charleston. that tlme appoitted two colored moem ws Judicial magistrates in the District of Oo- Jumbia. 1 have recently aunounced an- other such appointment for New Orleans and bave just made one from Pennsyl- vania. T had st Will Recognize Negroes. “The great majority of my appointments in every state have been of white men. North and south altke, it has been my endesvor to appolnt only men of high char- acter end good capacity, whether white | or black. But it has been my consistent | policy, in every ate wherc their numbers warranted it, to recognize colored men of £o0d repute and standing in making ap- pointments to office. These appointments of colored men haye in mo state made more than & small proportion of the total Dumber of appointments. am unable to see how I can legiti- mately be asked to make an exception for South Carolina. In Bouth Carolina, to the four most important positions in the state 1 have appointed three men and continued in office & fourth, all of them white men— three of them originally gold democrats— two of them, as I am informed, the soms | and disorder resulted in the Reichstag to- day from a motion introduced by the leaders of the center, national liberal and the two conservative parties, providing to take a vote on the tariff as & whole. Baron Kardorff offered the motion, which was greeted with laughter by the socialists and radicals, whereupon the baron re- marked: “Genutlemen, you have driven us to this course.”’ The wocialist speakers, Herr Richter and Barth, contended that the motion was | contrary to the rules of the house. Von Vallestrom admitted that he was in doubt on the question raised and declined to de- cide on the admissibility of the motion, leaving the matter for the house to decide after full discussion. : the_debate. AT edeted w'fi. rr An. trick and others shouted “piekpockets” and | Herr Ulrich, who repeatedly interrupted | the speakers, was called to order three times, the comservatives shouting: “Put him out.” Further discussion was postponed until | tomorrow. ILLEGAL TO SIGN NAMES! | Fremeh Ecclesinstical Petitioners Are | Found Guilty of Breaking La PARIS, Nov. 27.—The government recently | submitted to the council of state the wc- tion of the greater part of the Fremch | episcopate in signing & manifesto last | month for presentation to the Senate and | Chamber of Deputies, which urged a return | to the principles of the concordat as the only menns of securing religions peace in | France. | The question submitted to the council of | state was whether the signing of this mani- | festo was not contrary to the article of the concordat forbidding the episcopate to of confederste soldiers. 1 have been in. tormed by the citizens of Charleston whom I bave met that these four men represent | @ high grade of public service. “l do vot intend to appoint any unfit man to office. So far as 1 legitimately can 1 shall always endeavor to pay regard to !he wishes and feelings of the people of sach locality, but 1 cannot consent to take | the position thst the door of hope, the S00r of opportunity, is to be shut on any man, mo matter how worthy, purely on the grounds of race or color. Such an sttitude would, mecording to my convie- tions be fundamentally wrong “If, as you hold, the great bulk of the 1olored people are ot fit in point of char- swcter and influence to hold positions it soems to me that it is worth while putting A premium on the effort among them to \chieve the character and standing which will 8t them. Negro Domiuation Not in Question. “The guestion of ‘negro domination’ does tot enter iuto the matter at all. It might 5 well be asserted that when 1 was gov- wnor of New York 1 sought to bring about regro domination m that state because 1 @pointed two colored men of good char- iter and standing to responsible positions me of them to & position paying a ealary wice as large as that paid in the office now inder copsideration, ove of them as a lirector of the Buffalo exposition. “The question raised by you in the tatements to which I rvefer is simply rhether it is to be declared that under 10 cireumstances shall any man of color, © matter bow upright and honest, no vatter how good a citizen, Do matter how wir in his dealings with all_his fellows, ®© permitted to hold sny office under our overnment. “I certainly cannot assume such an at- Itude and you must permit me to say that D my view It is an attitude Do man bould assume, whether he looks &t it trom be standpoint of the true interest of the rhite man of the south or the colored man 1 the south, not to spesk of any other seo- lon of the union. “It scems to me that it is good thing tom every standpoint to let the colored san know (hai if he shows in.marked de- ree the qualities of good citizensip, the ualities of which in & white we feel are utitied to reward, then he will not be ut off from all similar rewsrd. “‘Without any regard as 1o what my dg- Ision may be on the merits of this par- feular applicaht for this particular place, feel that 1 ought to let you kmow clearly &y sttitude on the far broader guestion slsed by you, sn aftitude from which I #ve not varied during my term of office. mithtully yours, “THEODORE ROOSEVELT. {@ct in concert. The council has decided | that the signatories committed an sbuse of | suthority. | This decision may lead to the suspension | of the salaries of all the French cardinals, | archbishope and bishops, save five who did | not sign the document. BRITAIN ANNEXES Shells | | ISLANDS | Native South Sea Villages in Order to Punish Fijian Murderers. | VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 27.—According to I-am- received from Sydney by the steamer Aorangl, H. M. £ Sparrow has returned ,trom u protracted cruise through the South | sea group. During the cruise the warship's | | officers annexed Sparrow, Ysabel and Choi- | seul jslands for Great Britain. | At Malieta five villages of the natives | were shelled to punish the islanders for | | baving killed & Fijian woman because she | | embraced Cbristianity. With & view to| | impressing the natives with the seriousness | | of the crime committed by them and of | | warning them against.a recurrence of such acts Sparrow visited five places In the island of Malieta, namely Aukia, Scio, Uras Kwal and Port Diamond, and &t each place | the villages were shelled and partly de- | stroyed. | CLEARS KRUPP'S CHARACTER illlll.- i Government Finds Slanders Originated with Disappearing German Paluter. ROME, Nov. 2T.—An inquiry instituted in the scandals concerning the late Herr | Krupp at Capri Island is said to have com- | pletely cleared his character, and in cob- sequence the goverument will prosecute the wewspapers which made the defamatory | statements. 1t is stated that the ccusations against | Herr Krupp have been traced to & German painter, resident in Capri, whose arrest | was ordered. The painter has Qisappeared. | {CATTLE LAWS ARE CHANGED Argentine Conforms with British | Legal Live Stock Regu. ; lations. | LONDON. Nov. 27.—in the House of O~ mone today Mr. Hasbury sunousced that the Argentine goverument had introduced & bill making the live stock law of Argen- tina correspond with the British law gov- erning the inspection of cattle. . | Roosevelt, ROOSEVELT DINES QUIETLY | Only Mémbers of Family and Few Personal Friends Present. | WHOLE WORLD KEEPS THANKSGIVING DAY London and Other European Capitals Have Imposing Dinners at Which America is Lauded by Dis- tinguished Guests. . JINGTON, Nov. 27.—President and woscvelt had at their Tharksgiving Qinhe; only members of the family and a few personal friends. in the state dining room Those present were: The president and Mrs. Roosevclt, Semator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. and Mrs. Brooke Adame, Mrs. C. H. and Mise Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Captain and Mrs. Cowles, Theodore Dougl Robinson, Miss Helen Roosevelt, Miss Miss Robinson, J. K. Gracte, Robert Ferguson, Theodore Roosevelt, jr., John Eilliott and Miss Etbel Roosevelt. All Seets Unite. DETROIT, Nov. 27.—At & union Thanks- giving service in the Detroit opera house today Rabbi Levi M. Franklin of Temple Bethel, Judge A. J. Murphy of the record- | er's court, a Roman Catholic, and clergy- men of the Episcopal, Congregational, Bap- tist, Methodist, Christian, Universalist and Presbyterian churches occupied eeats on the platform and took active parts The mayvor, who is & member of Bt Peter's Episcopal church, made an imtro- ductory address, in which, alluding to the | union service, he said: In all the ages religious thought has run on parallel lines, sometimes converging and | sometimes crossing. We can see the paral lel lines when, in recognition of & comm faith, we came together this way to give thanks. Attend Two Services. MANTLA, Nov. 27.—The first general ob- servance of Thanksgiving day by the Roman Catholic church in the Philippines place today. calling attention to the proclamation of the president end Governor Taft directing the observance of the American holiday. A solemn high mass was held in the cathedral, the apostolic delegate, Arch- bishop Guidi, giving his benediction to the worshipers. Governors Taft and meny Americans were among those present. The other churches held a united service, Bishop Brent Rev. George Pentecost reciting the prayer Governor Taft and a majority of the Amer- ican colony also attended this service. In the course of his address Bishop Brent said be had opposed the United States assump- | tion of respomsibility in the Philippine islands, but he added, “Now we must re- turn and face our duty.” Dine in 0ld Londen. LONDON, Nov. 27.—Nearly 500 American | citizens and a sprinkling of distinguished Englishmen participated in tonight. The company included Mr. and Mrs. Choate, all the members of the embassy staff, Robert McOormick, American a&m- to Bussia; H. Asquith, Lord Reay, Lord Fairfax, | Lord Roberts and Bir Henry Norman. The wpceches weré numerous and abounded in good feeling and reciprocal compliments. Toasts in honor of King Edward and President Roosevelt were drunk with equal enthusiasm. Mr. Asquith, proposing Mr. Choate health, jokingly alluded to the “dreaded American invasion,” and then referred to the long line of distinguished ministers and ambassadors that the United States bad sent to England, each of whom, he said, had largely comtributed to the pres- ent happy relation of the two nations, and none more than Mr. Choate. In responding Mr. Choate replied to Mr. | Asquith's references to the “dreaded Amer~ ican invasion and combines” and said: There is one combination which meets | the approval of the peaples of both nations, that unites the people of both countries. America_finds itsell now the happy re- cipient of good will from all nations. Co- lumbia finds herself in the enviable but embarrassing position of having_suitors from all countries in the world. Columbia does not mean to give herself away. She means, like your great Queen Elizabeth, to maintain her independence to the end: at the same time it cannot but be conceded that she best understands the overtures from her own Tace and kindred. President Roosevelt, he said later, was 80 strong, brave and true that he might have been the leading spirit of the May- flower. It was his influence and example that was rosponsible for the interest that young Americans were showing in politics, and the vigor, courage and human sym- pathy with which Mr. Roosevelt brought the coal strike to & successful outcome was the admiration of all countries. Day Signalizes Peace. PARIS, Nov. 27.—Thanksgiving day wi quietly observed here by the colony. Special services were held in sev. eral churches. Rev. Dr. Thurber, pastor of the American church, said that the “cause of the world's thanksgi is that the nations are beginnigg to cémpletely sccept international arbitration in place of the arbitrament of the sword."” BERLIN, Nov. 27.—Three hundred Ameri- cans celebrated Thanksgiving Gay by dining | together tonight st the Kaiserhof. Henry White, the retiring ambassador, who pre- sided, proposed the healths of the German emperor and President Roosevelt, who, he said, were In many respects alike. The consul general proposed & toast to the ambassador and also to the secretary of the embassy, who leaves for Athens in a few days. A telegram of good wishes was sent to President Roosevelt. VIENNA, Nov. 27.—In the absence of the ambassador, Mr. Hale, the American charge d'affaires, and Mrs. Hale gave a Thanksgiving reception at the Hotel Bristol this afiernoon. Nearly 200 Americans at- tended . the function. ©01d Glory Flies in Rome. ROME, Nov. 27.—Hundreds of Stars and Stripes hanging from the houses of Ameri- cans announced Thanksgiving day to the people here. A special service was held in the American church, Rev. Dr. McCracken of New York officiating. Mr. Francis Mac- Nutt, a papal cavalier of the Cape and Sword, and the highest American layman at the vatican, gave & magnificent dinner in honor of the day. The guests included Archbishop Chappelle of New Orleans. Proi. Norten, director of the American Bobool of Classical Siudies, gave an enter- taiument to his pupil CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 27.—A Thanks- giving ball was given tonight by the Ameri- can colony and was largely attended, Presi- dent Diaz being among the invited guests. The reccption ai the Uuited States em- bassy was & brilliant function. Five bun- @red guests attended, tncluding the whole @iplomatic corps, the court officials, sev- eral members of the government, including the foreign minister, Mops. Seton of Su e - took | Bishop Gracla issued a letter | delivering an address and | the annual | ‘Thanksgiving dinner held at the Hotel Cecil | TEoes NOT SEEK = OFFICE Booker T. Washington is Only Inter- ested in Polities to Raise Negro Raee. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nev. 27.—The fol- {lowing Jetter has been Teceived by the Age-Herald from Beoker T. Washington I notice that several Bewspapers have recently connected my me with jcul matiers in such & manner as to show that my position 18 Dot understood 1 desire, thereiore, to Muke the follow- ing statement Sy fite work is the Pfomotion of the education of my race. What conferences 1 president or with any Erown out of my pos hot ne @ poi- tician, but as an edu It _should be borne in mind that there are about 9,000, had with the lic official have | llable under the law fortaxes and mill- tary service, and who punishabie for infraction of the law. ese peaple ut | present have no member of their race in the national lawmaking y, and it is right that thowe ¢ with making and executing the laws of the lgnd should ai times seek information; members of the negro interests and relations among whom they live Under no_clrcumstan promote poltical _candi ieer information rega: ures, nei.her have 1 doni but because of the impol ways sought to place industry among my { for friendly relations there may be occasions there have been in the am so requested, 1 can Fve information about men and measures, which would tend to promote such felendly relations Such it is my Quiy to jgive when it is asked for. Al cvery proper opporfumity 1 say to the vouth of our peoplé that they will | make a mistake if they ek to succeed in life by mere politicalluctivity or the hope of hoiding polld office. Now and then, however, pubfe questions af- fecting our interests arifh, which ure so fundumental and far vedhing thatthey transcend the domain off politics. Wher such questions present welves, In jus- tice to my race, I make my position known and stand for what | see $o be the right. We cannot elevate and make useful race of people until therg is held out to them the hope of reward right living Every revised constitutiod throughout the gouthern states has put § premium upon intelligence, ownership off property, thrift | and character. ! As an educator, and 1 strive in_every hom | way to enceurage the and enduring | prosress of my peoylc, 1F if all inepira- tion and hope of reward fs to be denied | them, they will be deprived of one of the Ereatest incentives to int mee, industry | and righteousnesss. On fthe other hand { they are encouraged in ensible and con- servative directions they will grow year by vear Into contentedness and usefulness BOOKER T. WASHINGTON LAKE STEAMER SI Coal Laden Ship Plu: to Bottom, Carrying Crew 14 Destruc- tion. the cencerned. or volun- ®0 in the past, nve 1 have al- edueation and as the bases m the races, the future, as . when, if 1 as a politictan, dle and rational wi DETROIT, Nov. 27.—In Lake Erie on Supday | Bylvanus J. Macy sp! Burwell, Ont., and pl turious gale on the steamer sleak off Port ‘erew with it. ‘which was be- away in the ‘sailing up the At arrived this ing towed by Macy, darkness and succeeded lake to Amherstburg, atternoon. The first news of the ported hy the It reported having paseed through five miles of wreckage yesterday thirty miles southwest of Lomg Point, parts of the cabin, life preservers and doors of some vessel. The vessel was painted white, but there were no distinguishing marks to tell what vessel it was from. The arrival of ‘Wilson, however, leaves no doubt but that | the wreckage is from Macy, as the last seen of that steamer was | vieinity. | Macy, with Wison 1in tow, | Buftalo last Saturday with a cargo of coal When half way up Lake Erie the gale was | encountered and when abreast of Port Bur- | well the tow line of the barge was thrown | off by the crew of the Macy, leaving the | schooner to shift for itself. When last seen Macy was laboring heavily in the ses and wae evidently making for shelter. It | the crew had time to leave their ship be- {fore the plunge to the bottom it is mot believed that the small boats could have | lived long in the terrible ses rumning. | That mothing has been heard of them | has convinced the owners that ail are lost. {Macy was owned by P. J. Ralph & Co. | | of Detroit wad was insured for $16,500. It is one of the older type of wooden steamers. STEAMER IS PROBABLY LOST Marine Underwriters Have No Hope for Safety of Bannockburn on Lake Superior. CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Marine undepwriters are inclined today to give the Canadian teamer Bannockburn up for lost on Lake Superior. It was reported to them that the missing teamer had been passed last Priday by the steamer Algonquin, about fifty miles southeast of Passage island and northeast | of Keweenanaw point. That would bring | Bannockburn well out into Lake Superior and right in the track of vessels. | Since tpat time nothing has been heard of the steamer. It was supposed the steamer had stranded on Caribou island. | The government discontinued that import- With the stormy weather prevailing it is | supposed that the crew could not have got | word to the shore. The Montresl Transportation compan: | owner of Bannockburn, sent out tugs | trom Bault Ste Marie this morning to search | the morth shore of Lake Superior in the | hope of getting some trace of it. Ban- | nockburn carries & crew of twenty men and ship and cargo are worth $200,000. Half Million People Will See Exhi- bition in Un Yards. CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Bverything is in | readiness for the informal opening Saturday position at the stock yards in this city. | The exposition this year will be one-third larger than last year, making it far ahead ©of sany other exhibition in the world in point of entries, general interest and edu- cational influence. Many foreign countries have named spe- cial representatives or notified their diplo- matic and industrial representatives Lo at- tend and make & full report. Railroad officlals and the exposition man- agement estimate an attendance of 500,000 people” trom outside of Chicago. Wednesday & new $100,000 building, pro- videg by the Union Stock Yards company &s permanent headguarters for the pure- bred live stock record essociations of the United States and Csnada, will be dedi- cated by the secretary of agriculture and the governors of & pumber of agricultural lnn- who bave accepied imvitations. polit- | The table was set | ",0f D€Eroes in the Unitél States, who are | r | eral, men or meas- | S IN GALE| 1o the bottom, | in the near | lett, | mnt light about @ week wgo for the season. | CHICAGO CATTLE SHOW READY of the third Internstional Live Stock ex- | Bears from Wathington Instrustions to Bweep Awny Illegal Fenoes WILL VIS[T DISTRICT ATTORNEY TODAY Then Goes on to Case and Eventu: North Will Reach tie and Begin operations. “l have come out here with instructions from the government, trom President | Roosevelt down to the landoffice, to clean | out all the fences on government land and incidentally to clean out all the fraudu- lent homestead entries, particularly those of subsidized soldiers’ widows. If District Attorney Summers is indifferen ter 1 shall report so to the as 1 have once before re ed ] for the interview recently given out by Special Agent A. M. Lesser, concerniug the charges against him, it is simply ap evasion of the real charge, which is obtaining money from e government by the use of false und fraudulent vouchers. Senator Al- lison, at whose instance he was originally appointed, has not yet spoken in his be- half. Senator Millard has requested his reinstatement, but the is because those cattlemen up there want Lesser kept. 1 torney gen haven't heard anything from Senaior Diet- | rich.” Mosby's Itimerary. Such were the declarations of Colonel John 8. Mesby, special inspector of the land office, shortly after his arrival in Omaha last evening. He it was who cleaned out the illegal fences of Colorado and then started the present agitation in Nebraska. Now he comes to pursue the subject still further, on instructions from President Roosevelt himself. This morning he wiil vigit District Attorney W, 8. Summers, dis. cuss the situation, see what the attorney has done or is planning to do in the mat- ter, submit to him the names of many wit- nesses who should be called before the present federal grand jury and then go ob to North Platte. At North Platte he is instructed to investigate the tramsactions of Special Agent Lesser, now under sus- pension. | Will Begin with Standard Company. | ‘From North Platte he will go to Alliance |and there “commence pulling down the | fences in the legal way,” to quote his own ! words, beginning on those of the Standard | Cattle company, which bas secured tracts | next that of Bartlett Richards and which |18, the colonel says, an even greater of- | fender than Richards, who has fenced in & | single strip sixty miles long and seventy miles wide. How long he will be detained at the various points Colonel Mosby does not know. “1 saw Senator Millard in the depot at | Chicago as 1 was coming out, but only for & moment, and we passed merely & remark or 1wo as to our respective destina- tions,” added Colonel Mosby. Concerning Agent Lesser. “The senstor wants Lesser reinstated, but that is because Lesser, having been | -t 3 fu office without @ single fenve | being torn down, stands in with those cat- | | tiemen up there. I have seen Lesser's in- | terview in reply to my previous remarks, but I observe that in that interview the | issue he raises is wholly a false one. He | talks of the frauds in the widows' filings, whereas, whilc Lesser winked at those, they are not even mentioned in the depart- | ment’s letter of removal, nor did he men- | { tion them in his reply to the department 1 would suge st to Lesser that he publish { that correspondence if he wants the public | to know just why he is under investiga tion. 1 have seen it and 1 know what was | written. ( Thowe Postmarks Agal “The facts are, as 1 have previously re- lated, that after Lesser sent in his weekly report for the week ending Saturday, Oc- | tober 2, last, the commissioner of the land- | office, moting that the letter was mailed on @ Northwestern train instead of at the | postoffice at North Platte, where the re- port purported to have been made out, | wired to the register at North Platte and ascertained that Lesser had not been there through the week. Investigating further, it | was learned that Lesser had been at North | Platte just nine days in the interval be- { tween March 1 and July 1, and not at all | Guring July. This information was cor- | | roborated by the statement of the post- | master at Tama, la., which is Lesser's real | home, that he spends 60 per cent of his | | time there. Lesser had been reporting | himsclf as working in this state and in| { his lana aistrict because if a special agent | tails to mccount for each day of the week | he loses pmy ior that day. The land de- | partment now has thirty envelopes which | enclosed correspondence from him and | which bear the Northwestern's postmark. | He Will Ask Summers. “As to plans and procedure in the matter of getting down the fences and prosecuting | those who fail to heed the notice given them, I do not care to speak further until |1 see Attorney Summers.” \ | “What if Attorney Summers should be | indifferent in the matter?” was asked | Colonel Mosby. “Then T will report the facts to the at- torney general. 1 made such & report once | before and be was given instructions by the sttorney general that were based upon the | { report of the land frauds that 1 provided | | the attorney general with." | | Colonel Mosby was interviewed in Chi- | !cago as he passed through there and in | that interview is credited with severely criticising Semators Millard and Dietrich | and with making “the explicit charge that | these senators are interested in the fencing | of the lands by the ¢attle barons, because us presidents of national banks they hold mortgages on cattle running omn the lands under the control of the cattlemen.” ENTIRE TRIBE IS ARRESTED ndians Who Star: Bewlitched Coun- trymen Are Charged with Murder. | TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 27.—United States Commissioner Folsom, United States Mar- shal Hepburn and Prosecuting Attorney Lions have returned to Junesu from Hoo- nah, where they held inguests over the re- mains of the starved Indians. The red- skins had been starved to death by their tribesmen because they were thought to be bewitched. One was tied to & tree and compelied to stand eight days and nights without food under heavy Tains, the object of this treat- ment being to exorcise the evil spirit of which be was thought to be possessed The officers placed the entire tribe under arrest during the investigation. Four mem- bers found directly responsible for the bar- barities were taken 10 Juneau under charges of murder. | | | { | stigate Lesser's | | in the mat- | ! trom | Grosse, ON OF THE WEATHER Nebraska—Fair Covler Baturday Friday an Baturday erature nt Om; Deg. . 20 1 1= Tem | Hour. ha Yesterdns Yo Dey . 88 . a3 as » RESULTS ON GRIDIRON Nebraska 12, Northwestern Michigan 23, Minnesotn Creighton 17, High Grand Island 13, Bellevue Chicage 11, Wisconsin 0 Kansas 17, Missouri & Pennsylvania 12, Cornell Dodge L 6, Jowa Normal 11 Ilinois S0, Jowa O Drake 47, Grinnell 0. Mitehell 50, Nehraska Medics 0. York 41, Aurora Lincoln H. 8. 21, Fairbury 12. Kparney 11, Grand Ixland 6. Onto 6, Indians 6. Columbin 6, Syracuse 6. Haskell Indinns 15, Washington 0. an, Utah 11. e Indians 20, Georgetown 0. Amen 16, Simpwon 11. Onawa 51, Missouri Valley 0. BIC FOUR TRAIN WRECKED 8t. Louis Flyer Tumbles Over Steep Em- | bankment in Illinois. CARS AND ENGINE ARE HEAP OF RUINS Many Doctors Are Summoned in Hurry Tend Injured Who Lie with Shattered 1o Conches in Cornfield. st left INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 25.—The Fiyer on the Big Four, which dianapolis this morning at 12:05, 10 be & total wreck, At 1:30 the train struck a one-half mile west of Avon and hal? miles east of Danville, county, thirty miles west of here, where the roads runs along & high fill. The en- tire train plunged down the fill and is now in a cornfield, a pile of ruins. A message was received here from ville at 2:20 asking for all possible med aid and ecight or ten physicians were moned. They, with Superintendent n- on & special train at & A telephone message from Danville at 2:40 stated that all available physiclans there had been called to the and no word had been than that the entire train was in & corn- field at the bottom of & Steep embankment and there was no doubt a great many were It was not known there whether | there were any dead or how wany were | injured. injured. In railroad circles at Danville the I;;l‘:g" Al oS “Hal ot was gemeral that the loss of lfe necessarily be heavy. The wrecked train left the Union sta- | tion in this city for St. Louis at 12:50 this 1t consisted of one sleeper from | morning. Cleveland, which came in over the Big Four at about the same hour, sleeper from Cleveland, which arrived earlier in the night, four cars trom Cin- cinnati, two of which were express cars, a combination and coach. The train was almost filled with passen- gers when it left, the travel from this city being unusually heavy. The first word of the wreck was received from the trainmaster at Mattoon, Ill. The Brightweod wrecking train was ordered out and two special cars were made up to fol- low. As Superintendent Van Winkle was board- baggage car and a day ing the train to leave for Avon he received this message from Danville “Four sleepers derailed. Send slecpers to transfer passengers.” From this he thought the wreck was not 80 bad as he feared at first. At 3:10 the wrecking train arrived trom Brightwood and immediately left for the scene of the wreck. General Burgeon Ford of the Big and a corps of physicians were on the train. OPEN SWITCH CAUSES WRECK Pen Persons and Injures Four Others. INDIANAPOLIS, 27.—A passenger train on the Pennsylvania road which left here for Louisville at 6:15 this evening, ran into an open switch at Stafford station, six miles south of here, where the Greenwood Interurban line crosses the railroad. engineer, George H. Frazier, was killed instantly and Lou Grant, the fireman, was fatally injured. John F. Clayton, baggage- master, was seriously injured. the passengers were slightly injured. The engine crashed Into a stonecar on the siding and was wrecked. A relief train brought the dead and injured to this city. GOLD MINE SALTERS IN JAIL Two Arve Sentenced and Omne s Arrested After Seven Mouths' Freedom. NEW YORK, Nov. 21—William H. Me- Nutt, who saye be is an electrician st the Rossmere hotel, was arrested here today &t the request of the Chicago police McNutt was indicted in April last by the | with | Cook county grand Daniel Kelly, James Lonergan, Edward Schultz and William C. Martin, for swindling Willism T. Block out of $13,000 by selling him & salted gold mine. Kelly and Schbultz were sentenced to four and six year respectively. Lobergan snd Martin are said to be in Burope. jury, tegether Movements of Ocean Vessels Nov. 27, At New York—Arrived: _Celtic, Liverpool and Queenstown; from Hamburg. Bailed: Sardinien, for Glasgow, but returned; Friedrich der for Bremen; l& Gascogne, from Pennsylvania, Havre At Liverpool—Arrived: Westernland, from Philadeiphia; Fretorian, from _Montreal Balled Lancastrian, for New York; Cor- inthian, for Halitex' N. §. &nd St. John, N. B.: Marion, for Hoston Vie Queenstown. At Hamburg—Arrived: Deutschiand, from New York. At Queenstown—Arrived Cymric, from New York Bailed: Teutonic. from Liver- pool, for New York; Nordland, from Liver- pool, for Philadelphia At Genoa—Arrived Auguste from New York, for Napies. At London—8alled Manitou, York. At Gibraltar—Passed Hesperia from New York, for Marseilles, Leghorn, etc At Glasgow—Arrived Mongelian, from New York At Havre—Arrived: La Toursine, Srom New York Victoria, for New Louis is reported broken rail five and & Hendricks Van Winkle of the Big Four, left for the scene | wreck received further another three Four The Three of for | Y THREE ALBRASKA UNBEATEN | Winds Up Foot Ball Beaton with a Victory Over Northwestern. CE 15 | % | GOAL NOT CROSSED DURING THE YEAR | Only Team in the West Whioh Oan Boast of Buch & Reocord. FINAL SCORE 1S TWELVE TO NOTHING Was on Northwestern's Twenty-Two- Yard Line at the Oloss. ONE TOUCHDOWN THAT DOES NOT COUNT Englehart Goes Line, but s braska’ Over Northwesters Called Back=Ne Goal Only Once . Danger. RECORD OF NEBRASK Nebraska 29, L. H. 8. 0 . Doane 0 | . Grinnell Nebraska Nebraska Nebrask Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska 12, Northwest (From a LINCOLN, Nov. | —The foot ba!l season-of 1902 at the Uni- | versim' of Nebraska was terminated today in & blaze of glory. Before 6,000 people, the gre st crowd that ever assembled about u Nebraska gridiron, the unbeaten Cornhuskers administered a decisive defeat | to the Northwestern university eleven, scoring twelve points and emerging from the contest with their own goal line still uncrossed, & record not achieved by any other college aggregation in the country Nebraska, not having lost & game this semson or even being scored against, on the record claims the championship of the west. It defeated Minnesots, which in turn defeated Wisconsin and Chicago, against which Nebraska did mot play Michigan today also defeated Minnesota, and while it was by a larger score than Nebraska's victory, It was scored against in thie game, s well as several other dur- ing the season. Nebraska's victory, however, was mnot easily bought. Profiting by their superb fight against 1llinols last week, the Method- ists entered into the play today with the spirit of demoms. The transformation wrought in Hollister's men was surprising to behold. They charged with spirited de- termination, contesting every inch of terri- tory and displaying an offense which puz- zied the Cornhuskers to the limit. Once the Methodists spurted and carried the oval from the middle of the field to win the coveted shadow of Nebraska's gosl posts, but the whistle blew for the end of the taff Correspondent. {the only chance they had to sully the Cornhuskers' goal. Charge Umpire with Unfairness. Booth, the Nebraska coach, and his puplis | charge that Hall, the umpire, ex-captain at Illinois university, was grossly unfair in his rulings. Eleven times the Corn- huskers were penalized, seven of which were for holding, the punishment each time being the loss of the ball. Most of the penalties came after Nebruska had carried the ball far into their opponents’ territory and the surrender of the oval absolutely ! precluded any possibility of piling up & score on the Methodists. One of the pena) ties was particularly exaspersting. Ne. braska had smashed its way sixty yards by steadv plunges, & single spurt by Half- back Bell, accounting for & third of the distance. The ball was finally carried over | by Fullback Englehart. Umplre Hall, how- ever, ruled that Guard Ringer was gullt#® of holding. He refused to allow the touch- down and turned the ball over to North- | western on its one-yard line. Baird im- mediately punted out of danger, the Ne- braska warriors capturing the ball and instituting another omslaught toward the Methodists' goal, but the final whistle celled them to & halt. Nebraska in Poor Shape. Nebrasks went into the game in & rather weakened condition. Captain Westover limped from the effects of an abscess which Quarterback Benedict was crippled | by & badly wrenched kuee, and to add to | his injuries he received & blow in a serim. mage which deprived him of his eenses He recovered, but played the last fiftecn minutes xlmost in & trance, scarcely know- ing the signels. The sbsence of Shedd at left end weakened Nebraska's defense. Follmer, who substituied for the crippieu regular, was much too light and North- western directed its chief attack around | and against the left wing A summary of the gains scored by both Ilen.ml shows that Nebrasks advanced the | ball 336 yards as opposed to 124 for North- western. Twice the Methodists held Ne- braska for downs and compelled a punt, | while the Cornbuskers’ defense was of suffi- clent virility either to capture the ball on downs or force Balrd to punt on seven different occasions. orth%esteru’'s chief reliance on the at- |tack was a tandem formation, the backs plunging straight ahead into the lime or else swinging around the ends. Pullback Fleager found himself baffied in most of ks sttacks on Nebraska's cemter, the Corm- | busker guards refusing to give way. Around the ends the Methodists had bet- ter success, although Cortelyou, &t Ne- braske's right extreme, threw most ef the rushes that came his way. Around Folk mer and his successor, Thorpe, Northwest- ern found little trouble in gaining. Van- ruyper, behind & solid wall of interference, once spurted twenty yards and Rogers in the second half repeated the performance. Nebraska's Attack Clock-Like. Nebraska's sttack in the main workec with clocklike precision. Tackle masses, with the balfbacks carrying the bal yielded satisfactory gains, but the line plunging of Mickel and Englehart, both at tullback, was responsible for most of Ne- brasks's advances. Nebraska's superiority in the center position was one of the strik- ing features, the Cornbuskers' forwards opening boles in the Northwestern line, which netted five and tep-yard smashes on almost every effort. Booth's proteges varied their sttack by using the ends to carry the bell, Cortelyou omce bresking loose for u fitteen-yard dash. A quick line opening yielded twenty yards, with Bell carrying the ball. Nebrasks's longest singic gain. Fake plays were attempted ui this by both teams, but with Poor Success Benedict, who does Nebrasks's punting, was unsteady, from the effects of & | wrenched kuee, snd ia the exchenge of