Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1902, Page 1

7 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.~ ¢, DECEMBER 1, DEWET WRITES OF \\'ARiW‘""E" OPPOSES, "REVISION | \NERICA MUST DECIDE NOW |CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Does Not Think Anything Wil n-‘ N ¥ Done with the Tasift This Sesston. SINGLE COPY 1902. THREE CEN/ NOSBY IS IN EARNEST Taking Down of Fences by Oattlemen Not a Passing Fanoy. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNI PENSIONS 1 Ha HARRIMAN GIVES Southern TRUSTS IN CONGRESS Ohief Business of 8esion Will Be Anti- Cembine Legislation. Pacific Employes W Provision Made for Old srecast for in Eas. Portion ¥ Monday Rain | Fair Ir_in West Bays Boers Lost Because of Traitors Within United States Oalled Upon to Disallow Their Lines. Orinoco Blookade, Age. perature at Omann Yesterday! Hour. De, m.. 1 (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—(Special Telo- gram.)—Senator Warren of Wyoming ar- rived tonight and is at the New Willard. | The senator beileves that congress should All Other Powers Deny Venesuelan not attempt a revision of the tariff at this| Claim and Now Big Ship Wants time. “I am not in favor at this time of | Convoy any attempt to revise the existing tariff schedule snd do not believe that any legis- | HOUSTON, Tex., 30.—E. H. Harrl- man has decided on a plan for »ensioning aged employes of the Souther{ - and has directed Mr, Markham to 8 J o effect on the Southern Pacific in T’&; l;" The plan is practically the same as w in operation on the Pennsylvania, the ov HAS SO FAR KEPT CLEAR OF MATTER MEMBERS HAVE PLETHORA OF BILLS PANIC AND DESERTION FREQUENT EVENTS GETS AFTER LARGE OFFENDERS FIRST % Baller, Knox and Private Sol- Today Will Bes Many Presented Dealing with Bubjeot. STILL Letter to Distriot Attorney Indicates How berts or Kitchener and De- He Feels on Question. 2en Blockhouse System. now Illinois Central and the Chicago & North< western rallways. Employes who have at- Up River from This Country. LEADERS ARE UNDECIDED Many Favor Amendment to Sherman Law by Means of Appropriation. STRIKE COMMISSION WILL BE PAID Judge Gray Asks Vote of Fifty Thou- sand Dollars to Cover Expenses of Arbitrating Dispute. Anthracite WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—When the house convenes tomorrow a perfect deluge of bills dealing with the trust question in all its phases will be thrown into the legislative hopper. It 1s admitted on all hands that this will be the most important toplc of discussion; indeed, the leaders incline to the belief that beyond appropriation bills and routine legislation, it is the only mat- ter on which there is a chance of action. As yet the leaders have formulated no measure and there exists a pretty wide di- vergence of opinion as to what can or should be done, consequently the president’s recommendations are awaited with more than usual interest. Leaders Are Canny. Tha most conservative opinion among the republican leaders seems to favor an ap- propriation for the reformation of the Sher- man anti-trust act. Such an amendment, it is thought, could be placed in one of the regulay appropriation bills and put through both houses without difficulty, whereas any amendment to the law itself, no matter how conservative, would meet opposition. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the interstate and forelgn commerce committee, is one of those who believes that the Sherman law, It enforced, is sufficient to meet the situation, and tomorrow he will Introduce a bill ap- propriating $500,000 to be used by the De- partment of Justice in the prosecutions un- der the present law. It is not improbable when the leaders certain exactly what can be done that a caucus of republicans will be glllcd to agree on a measure. Meantime the trust bills introduced will probably be referred to the judiciary committee. There is some question of jurisdiction. If a bill Invokes the Interstate commerce clause of the comstitution It should prop- erly go to the commerce committee, and if the taxing power of the government, to the ways and means committee; but to secure uniformity all bills dealing with the subject have gone heretofore to the judiciary com- mittee and this practice will be followed ubless a fight. fer jurisdiction s made. The leaders have aiready reasolved to expedite the appropriation bills as much as possible in order to allow the largest mar- £ln of time for other matters. Mr. Cannon, chairman of the appropriation committee, indeed belleves the legislative, executive and judicial, and the pension bills can be disposed of before the holidays. His com- mittee will go to work at once and prepare the supply bills as rapidly as possible. The legislative and pension bills will probably be read before the end of the week. Find Money for Arbitrator) One of the first things the committee will do is to prepare a bill to provide for the coal strike commission. - Judge Gray has written asking for an appropriation of $50,- 000 to defray the expenses of the commis- sion, to pay its clerical force and to furn- ish such compensation for its members as the president may fix. The appropriations committee will meet tomorrow to prepare a Dbill, which it is believed will be presented and passed this week, as no opposition is anticipated. The session of the house tomorrow will | be brief. The roll will be called and an- nouncement made of the deaths that have occurred during the recess. The house will then adjourn until Tuesday, when the pres ident’s message will be read. There is no program for the remainder of the week be- yond the bill to defray the expenses of the coal strike commission. If the regular or- der is demanded the London dock charge bill is the unfinished busines SENATE TO TALK NEW STATES Trusts, Tarlf and Reciproeity Will Also He Taken Up During Sen: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 —The admi: of the territories of Oklahoma, New Mex- 1eo and Arizona as states of the union will probably be the subject of most importance to receive attention by the senate at the coming session, After the omnibus territorial bill passed the hou senate were 8o insistent on action and so strong in polnt of numbers that in the interest of other pending legislation a unanimous agreement was reached that the committee on territories should report next Wednesday, December 3, and a week later the bill will become the unfinished bus ness of the senate. This mears that un- less the measure is displaced by vote or by ubanimous consent it will occupy the! first place on the senate calendar until disposed of. It is the current expectation that this program will be earried out, whether the committee's report i favorable or uaf vorable, as the agreement contemplated consideration, regardless of the character of the raport. There is no definite Information as to what the committee's declsion will be but at the last session all the republican mem- bers of the committee except Seuator Quay voted to defer consideration, while Sen tor Quay and all the democratic members voted for immediate action, the result be- ing & majority of one for posiponement. It is known that some of the republican mem bers favor an amendment of the bill so as to provide for the admission of Oklahoma only, and it is the prevailing opinion that the committee will divide on this propo- sition, all republican members except Sen- ator Quay being considered favorable to it. However, the transposition of one repub- lican vote would insure the report of a bill to admit all three territories. A protracted debate is probable. The friends of the house measure claim to have the support of all democratic senators and of from ffteen to eighteen republic There is, however, determined opposition on the part of some of the republican lead- (Costinued oo Third Page.) last season its friends in the! tained the age of 70 years or more are to | be retired and will receive pensfons on | average salary for ten years prior to re- tirement. An employe whose pay averages $1.000 per annum for ten years prior to retirement and who had been in the service of the company thirty years would receiv~ a pension equal to 30 per cent of $1,000, or | $300 per annum. The order will include employee of the | Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonlo, the Texas & New Orleans, the Galveston & Northern, the New York, Texas & Mexican Gulf, the West Texas & Pacific, the Hous- ton & Texas Centrals the Houston, East & | West Texas and the Houston & Shreveport | roads. PUTS NO CASH IN ORIENT Gould Feeds New Road and in Return Gets Outlet to Pacific Ocenn. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 30.—A. E. Stillwell of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient rall- way sald today that the election of George J. Gould to the directorate of the rcad did not mean that Gould would invest monoy In the road, which is already financed. “It means that the entire Gould system of rallroads will be a feeder for the Orient, and in return the Gould lines will have an outlet to the Pacific ocean,” said he. Mr. Stillwell added that the Orient road would be completed from Sweetwater, Tex., to Kaneas City In eighteen months, ANGRY BOY SHOOTS EMPLOYER Quarrels Over Neglected Meat and Does Murder on I Streel. ~ GREENVILLE, 11, Nov. 30.—At Poca- hontas today Albert Ethridge, aged 18, shot and instantly killed his employer, John Kesner, proprietor of the Western hotel. The shooting was the result of & disagreement over some meat which Kes- ner had ordered the boy to get for dinner and which he neglected. Smarting under the sting of rebuke, Ethridge borrowed a gun from a nelghbor, and on the pretext of going hunting lay in | wait for Kesner at the drug store of C. B. | Springer. Kesner, in company with three friends, | soon came that way. When within a few feet Etbridge deliberately rafsed his gun and fired, the discharge taking effect in Kesuer's head and breast. ‘A posse of clti- zeng finally captured and disarmed him and he was taken In charge by Sheriff Wright and brought to Greenville tonight. | He 18 sullen, and says that when he saw | Kesner coming across the street he made | up his mind to kil him. The coroner's jury held Ethridge to the grand jury on the charge of murder. SAY LOW WATER WAS CAUSE Experts Who Examine Chicage Ex- plosion Put Blame on Dead Man. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—An investigation into the explosion of Swift and Company's | boiler plant yesterday was begun today by | mechanical experts, representing the city and private interests. Although those con- Queting the investigation were reticent, jt is said that Owens was responsible for the catastrophe. The great force of the explosion led to | the conclusion that the water had been allowed to get low in the bollers and that | when an effort was made to supply the de- | ficlency the explosion followed. Acting on fhe policy that he did not care to commit himself until sure of his! ground, the city boller inspector refused to give a specific cause for the explosion. After certain tests as to strength of the | metal of the wrecked plant are completed Mr. Blaney says he will make his official | report. The coroner has also begun an investiga- | tion, although the inquest proper will not be heard until December Y0. | TELLS WHY PEACE CAME| 1 Secretary d Exterm Thelr Race. Says NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—F. W. Heltz, former Transvaal secretary of state, w one of the speakers at a meeting tonight held under the auspices of the Clan Na Gael, in commemoration of the Manchester martyrs. His remarks were confined principally to the late war In South Africa, which he | characterized as brutal and inhuman. He | declared the Boers, like the Irish, had been martyred. The only reason peacé had been | stgned, the fear that the race would be | exterminated through the death of the | | women and children in the concentration camps, where 25,000 had perished, | TWO DEATHS DISTRACT YOUTH | Sister and Brother Die and He DI appears from His Chicago Home. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—John Earley, 17 years | 0ld, employed in the oMces of the Grand ! Trunk raiiroad, has disappeared under mys- | terious circumstances. Six weoks ago his only sister died, and | last Friday his elder brother, James, died suddenly. Jobn was not told of his broth- | er's death until he returned from his work. | He seemed almost overcome with griet. | Calling to his side his little brother he bade | the boy good bye and walked out of the {house. Since that time he has not been seen | or heard of by his family. He is of slight builld, has light hair and is five feet seven inches in helght. SHOOTS MAN FOR QUARTER Georg MOULTRIE, Ga In an alter- cation over 25 cents, Thomas Johunson shot | temptuous. | twenty-four to forty-eight LONDON, Nov. 80.—''Had not so many ot colors, England, as the great Bismarck the basis of 1 per cent per annum of the | OUr burghers proved false to their own | foretold, would have found her grave in | South Africa” That is the keynote of General Dewet's book entitled ‘“Three Years' War,” published today and dedi- cated “'To my fellow subjects of the British empire.” 1t is perhaps the most remarkable book by the most remarkable leader that any recent war has produced. The conciee, simply told tale of the extraordinary cam- paign s marked throughout with the stamp truth. The baldness of the narrative only serves to bring into strong rellef the | flery passages In which & strong man liter- ally blurts out his soul in pathetic regret or bitter denunciation. In thue taking the public into his con- fidence Dewet loses nothing of the glamor with which his exploits in the field sur- round him. In criticizing he spares no one, Boer and Briton come equally under the Iash. Praives Gemeral Bal Dewet declares that whatever the Eng- lish people may have to say in discredit of General Buller, he had to operate against stronger positions than any other | British general. Throughout the work he has but slight praise for Lord Roberts. and little more for Lord Kitchener —General Knox is almost the only British general who seems to have struck Dewet as a com- mander with real military genius. Of “Tommy Atkins” he has many kindly | “the British words to say and declares were far from being bad shots. The comparative immunity of the Boers from harm, Dewet constantly and most fervently attributes to the interposition of God. “If any reader,” he says, “is eager to know how it was I kept out of the enemy's not be understood, that I ascribed it to nothing else than this, it was not God's will that I should fall into their hands. Let those who rejoice at my miraculous escapes give all the praise to God.” Nevertheless, the book teems with ac- counts of military and other strategies by which Dewet outwitted his pursuer: Frequently he recounts cases of desertion and panic among his own men when his entreaties and “sjamboking” were all of no avail. He pays a tribute to General Cronje for his bravery, and declares he lost at Paardeburg only on account of his fatal eb- stinacy In refusing to leave the laager, he was advised to do by General Botha and by the writer himself. H to Fight Traitors. Regarding his own_forces Dewet writes “It was far easier to fight against the great English army than against treachery among my own people, and an iron will was re- quired to fight against both. Once, if only our orders had been carrled out a little more strictly and if only the most element- ary rules of strategy had been observed in our efforts to break the British lines of communication, Lord Roberts and his thousands of troops would have found themselves shut up in Pretoria, where they would have perished of hunger. It was not the skill of their commander-in-chief that saved them.” Of the blockhouses Dewet Is frankly con- “The blockhouse policy,” he v, “might equally well have been called the policy of the blockhead.” He emphatically defends the right to blow | up railroad lines and trains as a usage of war, and declares he never missed an op- portunity to do so. The so-called war agalnst women and the misuse of the white flag by the British is denounced by the Boer general, who says: “That such direct and indirect murder should have been committed against de- tenseless women and children is a thing I would have staked my head would have never happened in a war conducted by a civilized English nation, but yet it hap- pened. His last word is a plea to his fellow countrymen to be loyal to the new nation. “Loyalty,” he says, ‘pays best in the long run, and loyalty i{s most worthy of the na- tion ‘which has shed its blood for free- dom.” The book contains & magnificent portrait of the author by the American painter, Jobn 8. Sargent. TIES UP FOOD AND MAILS| Marseilles Steike Delays North Afri- can Letters and Renders Corsica Short ot Provisio) MARSEILLES, Nov. 80.—The strike at this port, which was started last week by the strikers to obtain an increase of wages, 1s now practically complete as regards the steamers here. As ships arrive the hands desert and the harbor is so crowded by empty vessels that it is diffcult to find room for mew cotners. There has been no disorder as yet, but the government is sending troops to meet any emergency, two regiments of cavalry ar- riving today. The strike has practically paralyzed com- merce along the cosst as it is spreading to other parts. Six hundred passengers are now waiting at Marseilles for transporta- tion to Alglers. The mails for Corsiea, Algeria and Tunis are also delayed from hours, but the authorities succeeded in forwarding a quan- ity of sacks on Saturday and it was an- nounced today that the government had ar- ranged o assure the mall service by reans of naval vessels. The government will also furnish the regular liners with seamen from the navy. As Corsica is largely dependent on serv- ice trom Marseilles for provisions the scarc- ity of flour and other necessities is already being felt in the islands. The strikers committee tonight tele- graphed to the minister of marine that if the strike wi not settled in five days an appeal would be issued for & general striks to all ports of France. Kr Caluminator Arrested. HAMBURG, Nov. 30.—The German painter, Christian Allers, a resident of Capri Island, who, it 1s alleged, was re- sponsible for the charges brought against the late Herr Krupp, ha on the Swise frontier, Atr L Aryres Proposed. ROME, Nov. 30.—The minister of tele- graphs bas decided to establish wireless and killed Charles Moore at Carbottis Mill near here today. telegraphy between Gemos and Buenos Ayres, been arrested | | | but beyond this he doubts whether the citi- | hands I can only answer, although I may lation along that line can be successful at this :(ession. [ believe, however, should pass some legislation during coming session to put a curb on trusts. In the matter of dealing with trusts congress will be largely guided by such recommenda- tions as President Roosevelt may make in his message.” Senator Warren disclaimed having any knowledge of any fllegal fencing of the public lands in Wyoming by cattlemen. | ‘Ot course there are vast cattle ranges in | my state, but that the cattlemen are ille- gally occupying public domain has not been | called to my attention, and as to alleged fraudulent entries by widows or others I| know nothing of it." | M. P. Keefe of Cheyefine arrived in Washington today. Mr. Kapfe is mayor of Cheyenne and : comes to ;uhlnnon to| confer with Secretary Rool regarding his | contract for the erectiom #f barracks at Fort D. A. Russell. It appears that the War department and city of Cheyenne are In a controversy as to the water supply for the proposed new quarters. Mr. Keefe will | call upon Secretary Root and General Lud- ington tomorrow and the yarious points in | controversy will be discussed department desires to ereet two additional barracks at Fort Russell, contingent upon | certain concessions of the iy of Chey-| enns as’to the water supply. Congressman Lot Thomas of lowa, ac- companied by his wife and daughter, is at | the Riggs house, having arrived late Sat- | urday night. The Storm Lake congressman says that while there is some agitation in | Iowa over the question of tariff rr\'lnlnm" he does not believe the people will seri- ously object if the tariff s allowed to stand as at present. A majority of the| people of Towa, he believes, are in favor of | & modification of the steel and iron sched- | ules and also are in favor of free lumber, | we zens of the Hawkeye commonwealth would | be in favor of tinkering with the tarift under present prosperous conditions. Major John F. Lacey of Oskaloosa, with Mrs. Lacey, arrived in Waghington today for the congressional sessiofl. BOARD EXPECTED TO SPEAK Strike Commissioners Will Probably | Muke Statement om Abortive Negotiations, SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 3k—A conference of the mine strike commissioners will be held here on Tuesday night prior to the re- sumption of the inquiry on Wednesday. At this conference it is ex) the com- mission will prepare a sta@iment setting forth the purposes ahfl i ¥, br rather lack’ of results, of the ten-day recess, and defining specifically the-position of the com- misslon regarding the recess. The negotiations for an amicable adjust- ment of the dispute delayed the prepara- tion of statistics for five days. As a con- sequence the commission will have to busy itself for a week or so with some other fea- ture of the case while awaiting a report from the accountants. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov. 30.—The 2,500 emploves of the Kingston Coal company have agreed to submit their grievances to | the grievance board of the United Mine Workers. The company is opposed to the check weighmen employed by the miners | and last payday refused to deduct from | employes' wages the amount necessary (o pay the wages of the weighmen. This brought about @ crisis and at a meeting of the employes held today it was decided to lay the matter before the executive board | of the miners’ unlon. | MUCH SNOW FALLS IN EAST| and Pennsylvania Maryland Both Covered with Wintry Mantle, Are PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.—The first | snow of the season fell today in central | Pennsylvania. It was wet and melted al- | most as soon as it fell. CUMBERLAND, Md., Nov. 30.—More than an inch of enow covers this section to- night and almost midwinter conditions pre- vail. All Incoming trains are covered, in- | dicating that the storm is more than local. | EL PASO, Tex, Nov. 30.—Snow fell| steadily here for several hours today, cov- | ering thée surrounding hills. Reports from New Mexico and Old Mexico fndicate that | the storm covered a wide stretoh of the country. North of here in the White mountains of New Mexico snow is four feet deep and wolves and other wild animals have been driven to the valleys of the White Oaks country in search of food. The beasts have preyed upon the herds of sheep and los: have been severe. MINE WORKERS TO CONVENE | Will Hold Amnual Meeting and Hea Ofcers’ Account of Big strike. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 80.—The secretary is preparing the call for the annual con- vention of the United Mine Workers of | America, which will lemble in this city on January 19 next \ The call will bo printed at once in the Mine Workers' Journal and the individual notices to each local will be sent out in! a few days. The basis of representation | is the same bas been followed in the past, which means that there will be in the neighborhood of 800 to 1,000 delegates, with a voting strength of about 1,700, The officers will make full reports as to the inside workings of the great strike. | THINK SUICIDE WAS KILLED | Pollce Arrest Husband When Wife is Found Dead by Note Deserib- ing End. i ELWOOD, Ind., Nov. 30.—Mrs. Charles | Dubols, & bride of but a few months, was | found dead in her room late yesterday aft- | ernoon with a bottle of carbolic acid at! her side and a note, in which she intention of taking her life. An autopsy | was held last night and no polson was | found in her stomach. i The side of her head was crushed, ap- | parently by the blow of a blunt instrument I The coroner’s jury held an inquest this morning, which led to the arrest of Charles Dubols, the husband of the dead woman, ‘who is charged with her murde l the | The War | g ment at St. Johns or Halifax in ships clearing cattle from Canada west in bond PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov. 30.—The United Stat is confronted with the ques tion of declaring its attitude regarding the blockade of the Orinoco by the Venezuelan government. Some ¥ ago the British authorities promised to convoy the United States mer- chant ship Manzanares up the river, but withdrew the cffer on the arrival of the United States gunboat Nashville on the ground that the United States now having a warship in port should convoy ite own merchantmen Nashville 1is suited to the purpose of convoying the Manzanares, but no ac- tion 1s possible until instructions have been recelved from Washington. The United States is the only nation which has not taken a decisive stand with regard to the blockade, and it is eaid this sitvation is embarrassing American ves- sels, especially the Manzanares, which has been here since June, its cargo spoiling and the delay involving a great loss to the com- pany Since the proclamation of the blockade 1,375 ships of all nations except the United ates have entered and left the Orinoco and It s insisted that this fact constitutes the best evidence possible that the blockadn s ineffectve. The Venezuelan gunboats have left the Orinoco unguarded for periods of two weeks at a time and the guns of the fort Los Cas- tillos, which were the only means of main- taining the blockade of Ciudad Bolivar, have been removed Dislike German Mov CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30.—The Venezuelan general, Antonfo Velutini, has been appointed minister plenipotentiary to France. He will renew the diplomatic re- lations between the two countries which have been ruptured since 1894. The pre- cipitate nomination of General Velutini is due also to the fears entertained by the Venezuelan government of complications with Germany. The newly appointed minis- ter {s of French descent. The news that Germany will send three warships to reinforce the German squadron in Venezuelan waters, which already num- bers three vessels, has produced a feeling of apprehension in this city and especially in official circles. CATTLE ' GO TO HALIFAX Nova Scotla Port Wil Get Business While Lasts. Boston Embargo HALIFAX, ¥. 8., Nov. cattle embargo on New England ports the agents of the Leyland line are making ar: rangements for the housing and shipment of cattle and sheep from here. There 1s accommodation for 3,000 cattle and 500 sheep. BOSTON, Nov. 30.—With the departure of Salina today tho Beston export market of cattle on the hoof is fairly closed for an indefinite perlod. PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 30.—Representa- tives of the Grand Trunk rallway and of the several British steamship lines using this port were in conference today to con- sider the cattle disease situation. Cables were sent to the officials of the several in- terests at London emphasizing the fact that Maine s free from the disease and that there is no chance of animals brought here for exportation becoming contami- nated and advising that these facts should be brought to the notice of the Department of Agriculture Two of the steamships that salled today carried cattle for Liverpool. OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 30.~In addition to prohibiting catile from entering trom New England the Canadian govern- will prohibit the loading of cattle trom Portland or Boston. The shipment of through the state of Maine will be stopped. These two orders will be revoked, how- ever, it the imperial govbrnment consents. The minister of agriculture is now in com- munication with Lord Strathcona regarding the matter. KRUGER AND LEYDS GET GOLD Britain Wants It und General Botha Will Probably Sue for It. BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The British govern- ment is telegraphing to all the German ports making inquiries concerning Boer gold bars worth $650,000, which it is sup- posed to have been brought to this country from South Africa, within the past fort- night. The bars are destined for FPaul Kruger, and Dr. Leyds, and it is said have been concealed in the Northern Transvaal Great Britain will endeavor to legally attach the gold if it can be located on the ground that it is entitled to all the assets of the Transvaal because it has ascumed responsibility for the debts of that country. including the bonds issued prior to the war. General Botha's reply to. Mr. Chamber- lain that the Boer government had no as but since receiving Mr. Chamberl'ain's let- ter General Botha learn-d, accerding to seemingly trustworthy information here, that Mr. Kruger and Dr. Loyds have in their possession $2,500,000. General Botha requested them to furn over this gold for the benefit of the Boer people, but Dr. Leyds refused, averring that the money was to be used in upholding the Boer nationality in the future General Botha has notified Dr. Leyds that unless the gold s given up lezal proceedings will be brought against him. ISLAND FARMS ARE USELESS Philippine s Pending Importation of Field Agriculture ndstin Animals, MANILA, Nov. agriculture ia the Philippine Islands have been blocked by a dearth of fleld enimals. original epidemlc of rinderpest and many others have since succumbed. The government had planned an extensive importation of these animals to meet (he erying need and arranged to have them {m- munized. It was forced to abaddon this plan on account of lack of money to meet the purchases. Gemeral cultivation of the plantations is impossible without them. 30.—The efforts to restore | | |RICH MEN BUY MINERAL LAND 30.—Owing to the | Syndies | [ |RCBBERS WAR WITH OFFICERS | Canada | | IOWA MEN IN TRAIN WRECK Chicago and Haltimore Express Col- lides with Frelght at Car Pen YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Nov cago and Baltimore expross Baltimore & Ohio railway, eastbound, r into an open switch at Carbon, Pa., eral miles east of here, carly this morning and collided headon with ight train One man was killed and others In- jured, one seriously. The dead HOWARD BRADLEY, passenger train. The fnjured Walter Miller. The Chi- 6, on the sov- a three engineer of the express messenger. H. E. Townsend, brakeman of the senger toain, Frank Miller, fireman of the freight train Both locomotives were completely wrecked and the express car telescoped. The pas- sengers were considerably shaken up, but none were injured. The collision, it is al- leged, was due to the failure of the freight brakeman to throw the switch on the main track after taking the siding. Among the passengers were Congressman W. I Smith Council Bluffs; Senator Dol- liver of lowa, Congressman A. J. Hopkins of Illinois, J. Ross Micky of Macomb, IIl., Congressman Chester 1. Long of Medicine Lodge, Kan., Congressman John H. Steph ens of Vernon, Tex., Congressman John Snook and wife of Ohio and Howell Jones of Topeka, Kan. All were badly shaken up but none seriously hurt LORENZ' WORK Will Have pital for Treatment pas- CONTINUES Chicago Permanent Ho; of Congen. ital Hip Dislocation. CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—Chicago is to have a hospital wherein congenital hip disloca- tions and other deformities will be treated methods. Dr. announcement according to Prof. Lorenz' Frederick Mueller made the today. The hospital is the direct result of Dr. Lorenz' visit to Chicago to treat the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Armour, who are interested in the project, and will give th institution financial support. Dr. Mueller will return to Chicago within a year or eighteen months to take charge of the new institution. e Acquires Five Hundred Thousand Acres fu Fastern Kentueky, KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 30.—A dispatch to the Journal and Tribune from Big Stone Gap, Va, says: A syndicate composed of Chicago, Duluth and eastern capitalists has closed a deal for 100,000 acres of min- eral and timber lands in the border comun- ties of eastern Kentucky and has options on 400,000 acres more. It is sald that fhcluded in the scheme for development Is the extension of three large rallroad eystems into the Big Sandy reglon. These roads are the Cincinnatl, Hamilton & Dayton, the Chesapeake & Ohlo and the Seaboard Alr line Shoot Sherift Deputy, Mount Horses and Flee, but Cowboys and Are in Pursul LAMAR, Colo., Nov. 30.—While pursuing three men suspected of having held up and robbed the postoffice at Carlton, Sheriff Frank M. Tate and Deputy J. H. Frisble came suddenly upon the men this morning. They opened fire on the officers, wounding Tate in the arm. Frisbie's horse was shot from under him and the three men escaped. As soon as the affair became known a large band of cowboys, heavily armed, took | the trail DECK HAND DIES WRESTLING cufles with Fellows on Bo: Falls Deck Helow. Vensel and to BSCANABA, Mich., Nov. 30.—Pat ney, a deck hand on the steamer Maryland, met Instant death as the result of a scuffie with two other deck hands on the boat, The three men were wrestling, when they all fell to the deck below. Downey's neck was broken. George Belroi's collar bone was broken and Joe Malarkey suffered a scalp wound. DOUBLE TRACK TO ST. Burlington JOE Rallroad Starts Today aying Extra Ralls from Omaha. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., | ton rallway will double-track much of its sets was strictly true as far as he kn'w, | | Bouthampton ated her | Ninety per cent of the carabos died in the | line between this city and Omaha. Work on the first thirty-five miles begins tomor- row and will cost $200,000. It will be com- pleted during the winter The double-track system will be in opera- tion to the junciion at Amazonia in sixty dzys, BANDITS WAR WITH CITIZENS Shoot Bank Watchman, Fight Battle and Without Escape Booty. WESTVILLE, Ind., Nov. nolds, watchman of the Westville State bank, was shot and Killed last night by burglars, who, without securing any money. escaped after a flerce battle with several citizens. Wesley Rey- of Ocean Vesse York—Arrived—St. Louls, and Cherbourg; Ci and Queenstown; Moveme . Nov. At New 80, from pania, from Liverpool adian, from Liverpool At the Lizard Philadelphia, for Antwery from New Vork, tor Londor from New York, ‘for Aniwerp At “Naples—Arrived—-Cambroman, ton, via Azores, for Genoa At Queenstown—Arrived—Ivernia, Boston, for Liverpool, and Sailed—Umbria, from Liverpool, York At Moville—Salled—Ethiopla, Has- sow, for New York. e S5 Passed—Pennland, from Minneapolis, Vaderla.d from from proceeded for New n Dow- | ov. 30.—The Burling- | WIDOW TELLS HOW SCHEME WAS WORKED Becomes Buspicions that She Was Not Getting a Square Deal, WRITES A LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT Indications that Someone Was Making # Good Thing In Fixing the Up to & the Cattle Baro; (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—(Spectal.)— When Colonel John S. Mosby left here for Omaha to assist District Attorney W. 8. Summers in getting the facts in the land jobbing cases before the federal grand jury he took with him some very Interesting documents as well as very explicit instruc- tions as to the scope of the inquiry. How carnest Colonel Mosby is in the matter will appear from this letter he wrote to Mr. Summers early in the month WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Mr Summers, United States District Attorney, Omaha—8ir: 1 have just been Informed at the Interfor department that the secretary has requestcd the attorney general to in- struct you to prosecute vigorously the sol- diers’ ‘widows and other cases. of land frauds which 1 have exposed in Nebraska Of course you must summon a_lot of thes so-called widows as witnesses who can glve 1 the names of the parties who were in this conspiracy to defraud the government While the widows are technically gulity, the real criminals to be punished are the men who hired them to commit perjury and fraud. I have before me a letter from one of these widows, which 1 shall bring with me to Omaha_and show you, in which she states that Fred Hoyt, the commissioner at Gordon, refused to let the widows read the papers they signed and swore to. This was the homestead amidavit (form 4-063) {n which the party swears that the entry is made “in_good faith to obtain a home for myself. That 1 am not in_collusion with any person. corporation or syndicate in making such entry,” and “that I have not | directly or indirectly made, and will not make, any agreement or contract in any Way or manner with any person, or persons corporation or syndicate whatsoever by which the title which I might acquire from the government of the United States should Inure In whole or in part to the benefit of any person except myself." Get the Guilty Ones. W, 8. ly 1t This widow says that quired to sign, at the time when they filed their applicatior.s, lcases or contracts to «ll their lands to somebody. She does not give the name uvf the person who hired them. As Bartlett Richard's fence cated on their claims no doubt he ex| to be the chief beneficlary in the transac- | tion, and s liable to a criminal prosecution under section 540 R. 8. 1 gave Richards notice to pull down his fence. Ie should they were all re- | be summoned before the grand jury to tell | what he knows about ths business. | is innocent he can_ tell a. | ie Eilty” he can i | | 1t he reat deal; it he plead bls constitutional privilege not to be compelled 10 give evis dence against himself. Those who hired these widows to swear to applications for homesteads were also guilty of subornation | of perjury (section 53%, R. 8.) An example | should be made of ithem, no matter how { many cattle they grage. Charles Tierman, who will in the Miller & Lelth cases, told me that Mitchell, a son-in-law of Mr. Akers, the receiver'at Alllance, was present and saw Miller, or Leith, pay $ to each negro at the door. of the Alllance land office, Be sure and have Mitchell as a witness befors the grand jury. I wish you also to summon as witnesses Ralph B.“Whitlaw of Cyrus, Neb., and James Gailagher of Lakeside, | Neb, You are is no 8o 1 be a witness 1 probably aware that Mr. Lesser nger an officer of the land office shall be present to assist you in | prosecuting these cases before the grand jury. I hear that one of the reasons for Mr. Lesser's suspension is that while his weekly reports ent him as being most of the time Platte, Neb., his offi- clal headquarter spent most of his tim at his home, . Ta., drawing his salary and per diem at le of person live at Tama and th Platte. 1 the attorney general yesterday. He send you instructions about th Please inform me on what da needed before the grand | Jury at Omaha. Respectfully, JOHN '8, MOSBY, Speclal Agent Government Land Ofide. Story Told by n Widow, How the “widows” were worked for their filings and relinquishments is well told in the following letter which was addressed to Hon. Binger Hermann, commissioner of the general land office: CLARINDA, Ia, Oct. %—Hon. Binger Hermann, General'Land Office: Dear Sir— In reply to your request for a description of land In question in your letter of October 1: I have delayed answer to this time be- cause 1 had nothing official to show. That is what 1 was trying to find out, whether or mot 1 had a right to some legal docu- ment to show that I had filed on 160 acres of land. The party in charge at Gordon, Neb., refused to Fl\’e us a scrap of paper to shiow fees pald or record of filing, ete, Fifty soldlers'” widows went in a body, at the ‘solicitation of a lady who represented | to us that we could homestead sald land nd lease same to the cattlemen in leu of | accupying it ourselves, and filed on land in | Sheridan count Nebraska, cattlemen to | pay all expenses, car face, board and I ng, filing fees and all, The first deal | soliciting dy made was to induce to carry our lunch on the train, whereas ar- rangements were made for supper at Nor- folk. A man came through car to find how many he would have to drive; found uifty women and fifty lunch baskets. That looked queer, and four of us sald, "We will yet oft | and take supper and lef our cold lunch rest under the seat.” ‘The lady had the money In hand to pay for our suppers, but if ‘we were willing to feed ourselves thers would be fifty times 50 cents saved toward some one's pocket At Gordon I At Gordon who aw will nd Ofice. at @ time were taken to office, Several had already leases and filings whe it came ti Mrs. Brenberger of Blair, Neb. She to read the papers and was Informed was no time to wait to read, but sign ai vacate place for other ladles.”” She refs und so did I 01l we knew the con en papers Then 1t was pandemonium let | loose among the widows and agents, For Wiy one hour of their preclous time words ran riot, till the whole document was read (three papers in number pinned together). the blank space of lease was written or ten years,” where it should have read | ears. Third paper was a bargain to sell same, for consideration, left blank when we proved up on the land. [ told Mr. Land Office Man I would sell to whom 1 pleased and when 1 pleased and Keep It as long as I pleased; {0 tear that off and write five years in leage or [ would never sign. We were at least two hours contending before we got the thing straightened cut Some of those “war widows” could neither read nor write and had already signed, but we stald with them ;HI they took their names from ten-year ease. By this time we were decidedly sus- picious and wanted a deseription of land or receipt of some kind. We could not L it Mre. Brenberger of Blair and others wrote for their recelpts. Fred Hoyt of Gordon wrote her he held the receipts and Intended to_keep them, too; s Inform the other ladies. She put his letter in a Blair paper, ! us she did not feel called on to hunt up | fifty ladivs and inform them that Fred Hoyt was thelr seif-constituted guardian, the Rtoke { lana | Debating o, While at Gordon it wus that some one wis to have every woman who could be induced to sign the ten-year lease. Ten times fifty s $oih, Good little wad for some ope, and if the report was not gossip, why the effort to trap us into signiz g without reading? Then 1 wrole to Alllance, ulfi( Just a current toplo $10 per head for