Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 18 1. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER ENTERS TAX PROTEST Burlington Railroad Company Bays Oom- missioner's Figures Are Tos High. INSISTS ON STATE BOARD'S ASSESSMENT Contends that Oity Has Authority Ouly Outside of Right of Way. REALTY EXCHANGE FILES A COMPLAINT It Asks for Raise of Burlington Assessment to $14,006,142, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR DEPO Board of Review ia Asked to Put Fall % Value of Tangible Property and Franchi in Rallroad Assessments. In contemplating the subject of rallroad taxation the Board of Review finds a new complication in a protest filed by the Burlington company in which that corporation respectfully but firmly d . mies the authority of the tax commissioner or the board itself to make any adjust- ment of the assessment on certain portions yesterday | proxies for 90,257 shares. | | this afteraoon, at FUEL FIGHT IS SETTLED Factions Agree and the Stockholders’ DENVER, Dec. 10.—In accordance & the agreement reached late last night b tween the proxy committees of the three | factions who have been contending for the control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, the following directors were unanimously elected at the stockhold- ers' meeting today: James H. Hyde, H. E. Huntington, E. H. Harriman, J. A. Kobler, J. M. Herbert, A. C. Cass, George J. Gould, J. L. Jerome, Edwin Hawley, John H. Mc- Clement, Frank Trumbull, Charles H. But- ler and J. C. Osgood. Messrs. Gould, Herbert, McClement and Butler were named by the Gould committee; Messrs. Huntington, Hawley, Harriman and Trumbull by the Hawley-Harriman com- mittee, and Messrs, Kobler, Cass, Jerome and Osgood by the Osgood committee and James H. Hyde was named #s the thirteenth | member of the board by mutual agreement. A roll call developed the strength of the | seevral factions. J. H McClement, repre- senting Mr. Gould and friends. held proxies for 65,314 shares. Edwin Hawley, repre- | senting B. H. Harriman and others, held | proxies for 94,403 shares and J. L. Jerome, | representing Mr. Osgood and friends, held A meeting of the new hoard was held which officers and mem- bers of the executive committee for the ensuing year were unanimously elected, as tollows: BRIBES T0O BREAK STRIKE Witnesses Tell of Thousands Offered for Resolution to Resume. W FouRe S SHOW WAGES PAID Delaware & Hudson Swear to Paying | Miners Over Six H d and La- borers More Than Four Hun- dred Dollars Yearly. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 10.—The most in- tereating, It not important, evidence before the coal strike commissfon today was to the effect that a former mine foreman a tempted to bribe two presidents of miners’ local unions to get ten men to pass a reso- lution ordering the men back to work Bach president was to recelve $2,500 and a good position as mine foreman and each of the ton men from $100 to $200. The name of no company was mentioned in connec- tion with the scheme and none of the law- yers cross-examined the witness. The large coal companies took notice of the testimony presented against the Coxes and Markles, when David Willcox, first vice president of the Delaware & Hudson, rotested against the commissicn blaming bis company for conditions that other mines. He was quickly stopped by the chairman, who sald the commission did not intend to hold any company respon- sible for whatever special conditions might exist at | |NEED OF FUNDS IS URGENT Secretary Wilson Asks 8700000 to Stamp Out Foot and Mouth Disense. WASHINGTON, Dee. 10.—Secretary | Agriculture Wilson appeared before | house committee on agriculture today to explain the urgent mnecessity for an | emergeny approprf#on to enable his de- | partment to stamp out the foot and mouth | Aisease now prevalent in some of the New England states. Mr. Wilson advised the committee of conditions in the quarantined districts and said it had been found mecessary to kill all infected cattle and he had ordered their slaughter. He estimated that it would cost about $700,000 to stamp out the disease. The committee also was asked to secure lez- of fslation which will give the secretary of | agriculture autnority, after an inspection of live stock, to give a certificate to the |tation from one state to another and | through states without any further inspec | tlon by state authorities. By .a recent decision of the supreme court cattle may be stopped at any state line, it was explained, shipper which will permit of the transpor- | 11, 1902— | | WELVE PAGES. NO CHANGES IN LAND LAVWS House Committes Smothers Bill to Repeal Several Provisions. the | LIKELY TO BROADEN IRRIGATION BILL Bartlett Richards Has Interview with Secretary Hitchcoek — Lindsay nd Millard. Do Not Meet. (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. gram.)—The house committee on public lands today put a quietus on the bill in- troduced by Powers of M husetts pro- posing the repeal of the desert land act, timber and stone act and commutation clause of soldiers homestead act. The bill was discussed ‘nformally, but thoroughly, and was opposed by all members from the arid and semi-arid states. Messrs. Shaf- roth and Mondell contended that the repeal of the present land acts would greatly re- tard development in Colorado and Wyom- ing. serious Interference to interstate commerce | laws a:e adequate and if rigldly adminis- {in cattle. | | ment by the committee. | carrying an | tered by land ofice officials frauds would A draft of a bill covering this proposed | be reduced to a minimum. | provision of law was taken under advise- | should be made it should be that timber | The committee | lands west of the Rocky mountains should | | will report to the house tomorrow a bill | be increased in price in proportion to theif | struction between Kahsas City and Wichita | was a great emergency Aappropriation of | greater value over timber lands east of the It any change 10.—(Special Tele- | It was admitted generally by all the | thus affording a | members of the committee that the present CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—8now Thursday; Friday Falir. Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Deg. Hour. Dex. 4 . 22 a4 84 3 22 o Mo 9 . . ORIENT NEARLY COMPLETE Plans, Wil Within He Definitely Thirty Settled Days Now. | KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10.—1t 18 apnounced {at the offices of the Kansas City, Mexico 1 & Orlent that the entire line from Kan- sae City to Port Stillwell will be definite! |located within the next thirty days ! than 600 miles remalns to be located, | cluding 192 hetween Kansas City | Wichita ,In Kansas; 300 in southwest Texas {and 100 in Mexico. Surveys have been made for these parts and it only remains to select the routes and secure right of way. The Orlent is planning to miles of Missouri Pacific Milton and Wichita, Kan. use sixteen track between The remainder of the 1,500 miles will be new track SINGLE COPY Con- | HREE —— ] CENTS. WAR HAS NOW BEGUN Britons and Germans Land Marines at La Guayra. {CASTRO APPEALS FOR ARMED SUPPORT | Tells Venesuelans to Take Up Arms Against European Powers, { MINISTER BOWEN PROTESTS AT ARRESTS | t Compels Release of More Prominent Prison- ers Oaptured in Oapital, CARACAS MOB STONES KAISER'S EMBASSY Crowd Gathers and Parades Streets, Shouting, Singing and Waving Pa- triotlc Hanners, Afterwards Slinging Rocks. LA GUAYRA, Dee. 10.—The combined | Anglo-German fleet {s entering this harbor and the first vessels are not 300 feet from the custom house. The landing of marines has begin i WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, Dec. 10.—Thero patriotic demonstration in of its property, This document s signed by Greeno, Breckenridge & Kinsler, as at- torneys, and was filed by them late yester- day afternoon. It Is addressed to Willlam Fleming, tax commissioner of the city of | Omaha; Vigtor Rosewater and Willlam J. Hunter, constituting the Board of Review In the matter of assessments of property within the metropolitan city of Omaha. In | part it reads as follows Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that the properties returned for aesessment and taxation within the state of Nebraska under the name of the Omaha & Southwest- ern Rallroad company and the Omaha (’.‘{ North Platte Raliroad company, and which are held under perpetual leases and oper- ated by the undersigned s a part of its rallway system, consisting of railroad and zelegraph lines, including roadbed, right-of- way, main and sldetracks, and turn-outs, depot zrounds and bufldings, section and tool houses, repair shops, warehouses, roll- ing stock ‘of ull kinds and descriptions, talegraph lines, furniture and fixtures and ather personal property belonging to the undereigned necessary for the construction and repair of Its lines of road, but not in- sluding property of the following character w»ithin the county of Douglas, viz., machine «nd repair shops, general office bulldings, | iorehouees and real and personal property | tutside of its right-of-way and depot | srounds, have been assessed for ‘taxation | “ithin the state of Nebraska by the State | Board of Equalization in the manner pro- vided by law, and a report has been made oy the auditor of public accounts of Ne- sraska to the county clerk of Douglas sounty, Nebraska, of the amount of the of oald propertles taxable within county, Nebraska, and the asse | may be begun range. Chairman Lacey, who had intro- | weather permits. duced a bill to repeal the desert land act | and commutation act of the homestead law, said he had done so under a misap- prehension of facts and gave notice that he would not press it. While no formal vote was taken, the committee practically agreed that there would be no bill reported by it this session to disturb present laws. vernment to Pay the BilL within a month if the Caracas last night when the news arrived | that the Dritish and German warships had | seized the Venezuclan vessels. FALLS CITY WOMAN RELEASED| A crowa quickly gathered in the streets | and squares, displaying banners and sing- by Her | ing patriotic songs. The populace marched St Biie Thientén to the palace and the president ad- | dressed it Then the mob moved on the Germas | legation, shouting “Death to the Germans. The windows were shattered with stones and attempts made to force the doors, but the latter resisted, and Mme. von Pilgrim- | Baltazzi, wite of the German charge d'af- fairs, who has been ill in bed for two | months and therefore unable to leave Caracas with her husband, was saved from violence. The crowd then marched to the German | consulate and to the residence of Dr. Koeh- |ler, again stoning the windows and a tempting to force an entrance. The police made no effort to disperse the demon- strators. The excitement was still intense when at 110 o'clock the government ordered the ar WOmAn | rest of all German and English residents. | One hour later 205 persons prominent iw | soclal and commercial life were crowded refused. The arrest followed. FEUD' ENDS IN A TRAGEDY |together in the police station. All the { British residents were arrested except Al- Desperate Encounter Between Two|port Cherry of tie Venezuelan (British Men at Rosendale, Mis- owned) Central railway and Mr. Wallace, PRI mapager of the telephone company, who escaped. exist In other parts of the coal fields | $1,000,000 to meet the requirements of the | Two check watchmen produced figures department to eradicate the disease, tending to show that at two Delaware & | — Hudson collieries the miners produced 116,- !PUSH BIG BOOM IN SCHOOLS 839 tons of coal more than they were paid | for. The miners had to bring up 313 | poeketeller and Others Plan Gigantic pounds to make a ton of 2,240 pounds of pure coal, and the union claimed that the company got more than 2,240 pounds of coal out of each ““miners” ton and produced offi- clal figures to prove it. The Delaware & Hudson presented its figures today, thus being the first to offer | certified statistics. They show the average earnings of each miner in 1901 to have been $622.68, and of his laborer $449.47. Offer Cumulative Evidence. Chairman, J. C. Osgood; president, J, A Kebler, first vice president, A. C. Cas second vice president, J. H. McClemen! third vice president, J. L. Jerome; secre- tary, D. C. Beaman; treasurer, J. L. Jerome; executive committee, George J. Gould, J. H. McClement, J, C. Osgood, J. A. Kebler, A. C. Cass. TRINIDAD, Colo., Dec. 10.—The news of the retention of the old management in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company was re- celved here and in the surrounding camps with much joy and the air was filled with loud reports of dynamite from every direc- tion. Teh scene is one of wild\hilarity and the mines have been closed until the celebra- tion s over. LOUP CONTRACT IS AWARDED | St. Louix Terminal Association Elects | | | Nothing in the Letters Writte to Show Scheme to Eduente Colored Yout Frau LEAVENWORTH, Kan.,, Dec. 10.—(Spe- clal Telegram.)—Iu the federal court this morning the case of Mary Lindenberg of Falls City, Neb., was dismissed. She was charged with fraudulent use of the mails. Present in court were a number of let- ters written by Mes. Lindenberg from Falls City. They showed that she had answefed a marringe advertisement in an | Omaha paper inserted by C. M. Conrad, but there was nothing in them to indicate that she had ever promised to marry him, The money which she obtained from Con- rad was given her. She has not yet secured a divorce from her husband. Conrad asked her to live with him until the divorce was segured and the | WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The bill for| 1, gigcugsion of the matter Chalrman the incorporation of a general educational |y oo ©ICOEHCR 0 GRS IRETIEE T that board which recently passed tho house of | o gome future time that clause of the irri- | representatives is intended to pave the|gyijon bill passed at the last session pro- way for the establishment of an educa- | yqing that settlers pay for water rights tional center of extensive proportloms. | pe repealed and that the government The measure was introduced at the In- |y yiang the entire expense of reclama- stance of John D. Rockefeller and other| ., projects without requiring settlers to persons of wealth, who, it now develops, | ot PIOJCCEE WAL T intend to create a fund to ald existing | “qp, committee authorized Mr. Mondell schoels and colleges, without any restric- to report favorably a bill passed by the tion as to the age, sex or color of attend- | jong0, introduced last.session by Senator anis. | Warren, providing for the resurvey of six- The measure is also without Ilmlullon“ -four townshi| t land in B, Horn to the section of country In which the | oy g . | county, Wyoming, with an amendment schools shall be located, but 1t {8 known t0 | 44112’ sixteen additional townships. be the especial desire of the promoters . to provide facilities in the South, INCIAINE | oormiies war harele o oo Seneior NI ‘“‘_:.;z‘f:":“:;";s:g‘:::”:fl"u’:.‘g“’ ’““"‘n' {1ard today in regard to his candidacy for Wiy sty o v e ‘;’:“‘e | United States district attorney, the sen- -\ ator having other matters to look after though the headquacters ‘.: offices of the | \pion made it impossible for him to hold corporation will be -located i Washing- | iho conference announced yesterday. Sen- i ator Milard was in conference with Guy ;‘)'::I:;“:"""’l;:‘,:':m s ©. Barton and counsel for the street rail- A way company, John L. Webster, in rela- ‘\Tflll'lu‘:nrl?. g-li'm "Jr.‘.‘ ‘| tion to the reorganization of the Omaha E:;"A lmae;h::"n Gates, Wi ‘stroet rallway system, whick has been pur- The understanding here is . eastery wyagh .'-"'.n:‘ 18 up: stitution will be pub dnto” il e Yoi B = . ness soon aftér the bill recelves the presi- dent's signature. SWANSON FOR ~ POSTMASTER Named by the President to Handle the Mails at Fremont, Nebraska. The miners announced that they were prepared to pile up cumulative evidence on | their claim that members of the unfon were being discriminated against by the com- panies, but they did not wish to take up | the time of the commlission. Mr. Dar- row asked that in case the companies, when | they present thefr side of the controversy, | piled up cumulative evidence on this point | that the unfon might call more witnesses | on the same line of evidence. Mr. Terry, for the Delaware & Hudson, said that company had a large number of witnesses to testify to violence practiced by the union, a subject which had direct bear- ing on the recognition of the union. The chairman, {n reply, safd he hoped both sides would %o the best they could not to produce too much cumulative evidence, and concluded by saying: “I think that matters growing out of the mere exhibition of feeling will not have much weight with this commission.” G. W. Philips, city superintendent of the public schools of Scranton, was then called. He testified that children of the mine work- ers left school earlier than children of par- ents engaged in other occupations. John Archibald of Hazleton, who is 65 years of age and who had worked in and about mines for Aitty-five years, sald some of the miners employed in the Lehigh Valley mines received only §1 a day. Rock Island and Increases Capital, ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.—At the stockholders' moeting of the Terminal Railroad assocla- tion of St. Louis today it was voted to | approve a contract to construct the Levée loop to evade the tunnel in entering the city and to increase the capital stock from ) SOULY. Flalay | 12,000,000 to $50,000,000 and the bonded fn- Omaha & Southwestern Pallroaq ' debtedness by the same amount. ompary. 48 miles at #6500 per mile, and | The Rock Island was formally voted & e Omaha orth Platte Raflroad ‘com- | ;;ny. 5,17 miles, at 5,000 per mile. | member of the terminal association and each of the nine interests in the terminal has a one-ninth interest in' the company, Present today were: jus 8. Walsh, presl nal;’ W. 8. McChesney, and general manager; ‘c: president; Russel Harding, e ager, and Alexander Cochran, lMeitor of the Missourl Pacific; B. F. borne, secretary Biz Four; W. H. Greene, vice president and general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio Southern: Milton Smith, resident Loulsville & Nashville; 8. G irgette; secretary Pennsylvania lines w of Pittsburg; H. 1. Miller. general manager Vandalla, and B. L. Winchell, vice presi- dent and general manager of the 'Frisco. MARYVILLE, Mo., Deé. 10—(8pedial Tel- Forelgners Cast Into Jail. egram.)—After engaging in a desperate| Ninety-seven German residents were ar- his father-in-law at Rosendale | rested, among them the German R. H. Bea]l, one of the most | Valentin Blohm, and Herr Knoff, ' PRRT L "/\\ 3 m cries of “Death to the Gam‘!“ and “Down with the the foreigne populace directed its way to the Gesman | residence quarter and gathered outside the Hotel Klindt and the German club, voelf- crating end vttering Insults. On learning of these incidents the United State Board's Figures. The only lawtul assessment which can be ~ade on raperties in quesion fo iaxes of lllth fssioner of the STy "ot Omann 1a SIL6H upon the property esessed in the name of the Omaha & | southwestern Rallroad company, and 311,510 | ipon_the property assessed in the name of | ‘he Omaha & North Platte Railroad com- | sany. Nevertheless, the commissioner ‘as arbitrarily and ‘without any semblance | ot authority pretended to make an assess- went upon sal um, to-wit., t of the termi- f vige: - ha veorgant: - o and that there will be little or no change in the management. Mr. Webster sald to- day that just as soon as the organization 'ror (o years. Last night he went o see perfected the new company would | por armed with a Winchester. Her father | spend in the neighborhood of $200,000 for | yot him at the door and the trouble en- new equipment and betterments. There | ioq- still remains, however, a great deal of WOTK | . faitor_tn-law fs said to have grabbed to be done before the company i8 in & posi- | jig ghotgun and the load was discharged | tion to do business, the final arrangements vice died at miantght. - » Beall had not been lviig with his wite | properties of a much larger 100 times the amounts men- to say, againat the property name of the Umaha & South- (cestern Raflroad company, 31,761,600, and inst the property listed in the name of 1Yo Omanha & North Platte Rafirond com- jany $1181,000, and this company is wrmed that you, claiming to be authorized % the premises, threaten to act on sald un- suthorlzed and arbitrary assessment 80 ade by sald WHilam Fleming, pretending ') act as tax commissioner, and determine whether same in your judgment s the -alue to be placed upon sald properties for {ne_purpose of taxation for the vear 1903 =ith{n the metropolitan city of Omaha This company denfes your power and au- thority In_the premises. The | DAKOTA MEN GIVE UP FORTUNE Hand Bulky Roll to Man Who Offers Advice When They Drink Too Much. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 10.—James Kirk- hridge, a resident of South St. Joseph, is | the custodian of a roll of bills amounting After the superintendent of schools Lackgwanna county, J. C. Taylor, and Superintendent of Schools M. W. Cum- mings of the borough of Oliphant had told the commission that 27% per cent of the children In of school, & sensation was caused by the testimony of John Barly, a check welgh- man, employed at the Gypsy Grove col- liery of ihe Erle company, who was presi in the mining region were out| WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The president today eent the following nominations to the senate: First Lieutenant John F. Wild, to ptain in revenue cutter service. | Postmasters: Illinois—John E. Thomas, Belleville; Benjamin McKeen, Collinsville. lowa—James E, Wheelock, Hartley; Ben J. H. Tamplin, Hull. Nebraska—Daniel be having to be made in New York City, for which place Mr. Barton and Mr. Webster Wil in all probability go tomorrow. Richards Denies Complicity. Bartlett Richards of Nebraska, one of the biggest live stock owners in the country, together with C. J. Greene, attorney for | the cattlemen, had quite an extended con- | ference today with Secretary Hitchcock | in Beall's lgg. i YOUTH SHOOTS BANK BANDIT| Rescues Father from Pointed Pistol and Scares Maranders om. DEKALB, Tex., Dec. 10.—A daring and | States minister and his secretary, W, W. Russell, went at once to see President Castro and after a long conferency suc- ceeded in cbtaining the release of Dr. Koehler, Mme. von Pllgrim-Baltaszi's phy* siclan, and Herr Valentin Blohm. Mr. Bowen also obtalned official sanction to represent British and German interests during trouble. The government has placed an embargo on the British raflroad to La Guayra and dent of the Gypsy Guove “local.” Early | on the German Central railroad to Caracas o it i o . | fatal attempt to rob the bank here was nade by the State Board of Equallzaiion Swanson, Fremont. Kansas—Jonah E. Nick- | in regard to certain homestead entries f sald he was introduced to a former mine 6,000, w! 3 Vi t Toots all ‘the propettiss’ ot the undsraigned | 0, $6:000, which waa given him Iast nigh n elther the name of the Omaha & North Flatte Railroad company or the Omaha & “outhwestern Rallroad company, except chine and repair shops, general office sulMings, storehouses and real and personal roperty outside of (s right-of-way and fepot grounds, 18 the only assessment which the tax commissioner of the metropolitan sity of Omaha hae any power or authority fo make, and there 18 nothing with respect thereto which you, sitting as a board of re- view, have any authority to review or act n. “Rleane take motice and be governed ac- cordingly. Complaint Against Burlington, A dooument also bearing upon the affairs of the Burlington road, but very different in its tenor, was filed soon after this pro- test. That was the complaint of the tax committee of the Real Estate exchange, the purpose of which is to effect an increase of the rallroad company's assessment even above the figures named by the tax com- | missioner. The aggregate amount at which this complaint appraises the Burlington properties in this city is $14,996,142.30. The complaint Is similar In form to that filed on the previous evening In relation to | short line between this point and Kansas the aesessment of the properties of the Union Pacific ro It is drawn by J. H. Mcintosh as attorney, is sworn to designated as relating to the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Railway company, the Burlington & Missouri River Rallroed com- pany in Nebraska, the Omaha & Southwest- ern Rallroad company and the Omaha & North Platte Rallroad company. Like the petition’ in regard to the Unlon Pacific road, it is drawn in separate sections, each section dealing with a different portion of the property and each in itself constituting @« complaint. The first complaint relates to the passen- ger statlon, which, it Is set forth, cost $600,000, and which, with the grounds, is eaid to be worth $800,000, at which figure the board is asked to assess it. ' The main double track is the subject of the second complaint &nd this portion of the company's holdin embracing the right-of-way and other tangible appurte- nances, is appraised at $2,111,000. To this 18 ndded $4,222,000 for the franchise and the board is asked to assess the property at the aggregate amount of $6,333,000 Another complaint is devoted to the ter- minals of the Burlington road, which are considered as to their carning capacity and their present and prospective value as an item of property, and upon which is placed » valuation of §7,863,142.30, which the board 48 urged to accept as its basis of taxation. This petition concludes with the prayer that the board assess the different proper- ties enumerated in the aggregate sum of $14,996,142.30. MANY ARE FROZEN TO DEATH Extreme Cold Weather, Together with Hard Times, Causes Suf- tering in Germany. BERLIN, Dec. 10.~The extremely cold weather prevailing In Germavy, in con- mection with the hard times, is causing much suffering. Many persons bave been frozen to death 1o the western Industrial |provinces, by | George T. Morton as complainant and is | it If present and important plans are to be | | by some employe opening the main valve of | | mendation | given shorter hours. by two stockmen, who sald they were from South Dakota. The men had been drinking and because Kirkbridge gave them some wholesome ad- | vice In the hope that they would not fall into evil hands and be robbed the strangers thrust into his hands the roll of bills and insisted that he keep it. Today Kirkbridge made inquiries at the stockyards for the owners of the money, but they could not be found. CONFER ON STREET RAILWAY Railroad Seeks to Prevent Swift a Armour Getting St. Joseph Belt Line. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 10.—The Burlin ton raflroad today inaugurated a hard fight agalnst Swift and Company and the Ar- | mours, who are at the head of a company endeavoring to get a belt line rallway | operating over the tracks ot the projected | City. The new rallway wants a large part of the Burlington right-of-way and must have carried out. The Burlington asks the fed- eral court to protect its interests. TELLS SWIFT TO CUT HOURS Finds Due to Careless Ope: of Valve. Jury Recent Explosion Was CHICAGO, Dee. 10.—A coroner's jury today decided that the boiler explosion at Swift and Company's ice plant was caused one of the bollers too suddenly. The jury included in the verdict a recom- that engineers, firemen and water tenders employed by the company be The testimony showed that they were compelled to work twelve hours a day. RAILROADS WITHDRAW ENGINES St. Louls Fair Company Refu and Loses Rallway Facl Ul ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.—In accordance with thelr ultimatum, the Missourl Pacifie, ‘Friseo and Colorado roads today withdrew their engines trom the fair grounds. . The roads demanded that the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company either organ- ize a terminal system and supply engines and crews of its own to do switching on the world's fair site or pay the rallroads tor doing it. spected Robber Arrested. BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 10.—John Lovett and Arthur Aldri of Onarga were arrested at Buckléy by United States mar- shals. charged with robbing the pow Buckley on July 11 of 0. il was fixed at $5,000 In each case. The govern- lll'n‘l of c|lll.l .(";I looking :.l’ I‘\‘Lfl!n(’! against certain cago crooks who &re Slapected ‘of belng Luiplicated. foreman named Michael Grimes, at the Lackawanna Valley hotel, Scranton. Barly and a miner named O'Hara, who was also president of a local union, were each offered $2,500 to get ten men to pass a resolution ordering the men from the | two locals they represented back to work. Story ot Attempted Bribery. He met Grimes in a hotel through another person. In the course of conversation Grimes asked him how he stood in politics. Farly replied that he had not made up his | mind, and Grimes sald that being president of a local union he had much influence among his friends in Dunmore and that if he worked for Willlam Connell for congress he would give him $1,000. This | was on September 23. After making this proposition, asked: ““How about the strike? Don't you think the men are weakening?' To which Early replied that he did think they were waver- ing just a little. Grimes then told him that he knew a break was coming in the 1anks of the men and that they would be defeated. Grimes recognized that the men had grievances and that they had put up a g00d fight, and as long as they were going to be defeated by the operators Early ought to get something out of it. Grimes then made this proposition: “If Early .could get ten men to have a resolution passed by his local Grimes would give nihe of them $100 each, the tenth man $200 and Early $2,600 and all expenses necessary to carry out the scheme He further added that Early need not apply for work for three months and that he would then be given a foremanship. During the three months his expenses were to be paid and there would be mo trouble in getting & mine foreman's cer- tificate, as the mines coutrolled the board that issued them. Later in the conversation Grimes amended his proposition by offering to glve two of the ten men $200 each and at the same time offered Barly $100 for current expenses. Early refused the money and told Grimes he would see him later. He reported the matter to District President Nicolls of the Miners' union and it was decided to see how far the bribery scheme would be carried. Proposition is R Grimes Another meeting was arranged and as Grimes had spoken of having approached O'Hara, the latter went along. The same proposition was made to O'Ha The same night there was to be a joint m ing of all the locals in the vicinity of Dun- more and Grimes wanted them to pass the resolution that night, but the (wo presi- dents could not see their way cleat to do it. Grimes then proposed that they size up the men in the meeting, get thirty of them interested, and it the resolution was passed the thirty would each receive $200. Early went on to say that the ministers of the vicinity were to be approached, but they were not to get as much as the miners for breaking the strike. President Nicolls, he said, then gave out a public statement {Contiaued on Becond Page.) olls, Atwood. Indian inspectors: James McLaughlin of North Dekota, Cyrus Beede of Iowa, re- appointments. The senate confirmed the following ap- | potntments: Mason Mitchell, consul at Zanzibar. C F. Lioyd, marshal for district of Mon- tana. Registers of Land Crosby, at Montrose, { bell, at Akron, Colo. | at Bacramento, Cal | Oklahoma City, Okl | _ Receivers of Public Moneys—Richard Fysh, at Independence, Cal.; G. W. Warner, at Akron, Colo. POSTMASTERS, Kansas—J. B. Callen, Junction City; H. 8. Givier, Kakeeney. Missouri—J. W. Scott, Moberly; A. J. Siebert, St. Genevieve; N. B. Peite, War- saw: J. B. Rose, Springfield. llinois—R. C. Boehm, Whitehall; H. 8. Buntl, Boushne; J. C. Louden, Lebanon; J. A.'Leader, Cartersvill pendence: D. E. Clay Whitman, Offices—Davis R. Colo.; Peter Camp- John 'F. Armstrong, Selwyn Douglas, at Kansas—E. Foster, Ind McClelland, Chanuté; A LaCroese Towa—C. A. Carmody, Mapleton; ‘Weeks, Correctionville; C. C. G. A. Danforth, Hamburg. Leonard M. Thomas of Pen: be second secretary of Rome. Richard P. Clarkson, to be pension agent at_Des Moines, George W. Eills of Kansas, to be secre- tary of legation at Monrovia, Liberia. POSTAL CLERKS ARE DENIED Told De 1 Not Make Ree- ommendations to Congre Neces: A J Pugh, Adel; ylvania, to the embassy at rtment W for ry Lexislation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Frank T. Rogers of Chicago and W. A. Hickey of St. Paul of the United Association of Post Office Clerks today discuesed with the first assistant postmaster general the policy of the department toward the reclassification of clerks. Mr. Wynne told them that the policy was | not to suggest legislation to congress, but | slmply report on the merits of the bills in- | troduced and referred to the department. | The delegation asked leave for clerks to come to Washington and appear before the | postofice committees of congress to advo- | cate legislation, but Mr. Wynne told them such action could not be allowkd under the president’s recent order. o ! M | order to the rural free delivery service | The attention of rural free delivery letter carriers is called to the order of the presi- dent_directing that letters and petitions should not be addressed by them to mem- bers of congress or committees of c requesting incpease in their salaries or com- pensation, but that the letters and petition should in'all cases be sent to the postmas ter general, to be transmitted by him to the proper committee of congress if in his judg- | ment 5“”‘ course should be taken. It is ex- | pected that all rural free delivery letter i (‘:;rlerl will strictly comply with this order. i New Sort of Borus Bill WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The United States secret service today announced the discovery of & new counterfeit $20 gold cer- itficate, act of July 13, 1883, check lefter C, Lyons, register; Roberts, treasurer, por- trait of Garfleld. The Bote 18 & poor photo- @raphic production. ngress | Wynne today issued the following | gent of Cheyenme, are registered tonight I which have been attracting very great at- tention by reason of the publi. allegation | of fraud made against thers. The question | of fences on the public domain was also | discussed and Mr. Greene intimated to| the secretary that he would submit a draft | of & measure to him before leaving Wash- ington which he believed would® be just | and equitable to both the cattlemen and the government. Mr. Richards told the | secretary that he had mo hand whatever | in inducing the soldiers’ widows to make fraudulent entries on public lands in Ne- braska. Mr. Richards left this afternoon for New York, but will return to Wash- ington early next week. Beebe Gets Another Term. The president today naminated Cyrus Beebe of Dubuque, Ia., to be Indian in- spector. This is in the nature of a re- appointment, Mr. Beebe having served one | full term as Indian inspector, with head- | quarters in Indian Territory. He was originally recommended by Sen- ator Allison. 1 Howard H, Baldrige of Omaha was ad- | mitted to practice before the supreme court today. Mr. Baldrige arrived from New York this morning and left for Ne- braska tonight Congressman Burkett today recommended the appointment of A. A. Hyers to be post- master at Havelock, vice G. 8. Copeland, resigned. Mr. Copeland's resignation will take effect February 1. Secretary Shaw to Give Dinner. Secretary and Mrs. Shaw are In New York, making a number of purchases for their home on Mause avenue. The secre- tary and Mrs. Shaw will give their first cabinet dinner January 10. The secretary goes to Chicago on December 20. He Is to | deliver an address before the Bankers' club at its annual banquet on that even- ing. His subject will be finance. In view of the recommendations the secretary has made in his report, his speech {s being looked forward to with much interest. The South Dakota delegation upon the recommendation of Representative Martin bas agreed to the appolutment of Willis H. Bonham, editor of the Deadwood Plo- | neer-Times, as postmaster of that city. Sale of Indian Lands, Bishop C. C. McCabe of Omaha and N. J. O'Brien, formerly of Omaha, now a resi- at the Ebbitt. Representative-elect Hinshaw today called upon Commissioner Jones at the In- dian bureau to-advocate the framing of a bill to provide for the sale of the surplus | at his head. Young Dodd grappled with the | with made by four men about 2 this morning Over the bank s the local telephone ex- | change, opergted by W. L. Dodd and his | son, Marvin, 20 years of age. One of the | robbers knocked at the door and when Mar- | vin Dodd responded a pistol was polnted | from Valencia. The populace is still intensely excited and the situation Is regarded as critical. The British and German flags have been publicly burned man, wrenched the weapon from him and | it ehot the bandit, killing him. A tusillade followed and young Dodd was shot twice, but not seriously wounded. The three surviving band‘ts escaped. TRAINS CRASH IN DENSE FOG | Four Illinois Central Men Are Injured and Two of Them Ma Die. | BLOOMINGTON, 11, Dec. 10.—In a heavy fog a passenger and freight train on the Ilinois Central met in a hewd-end collision tonight near Birkbeck. John Raqberts, con- ductor, and Thomas Duke, baggageman of the passenger, were painfully Injured Harry Padden of Chicago, engineer of the freight, and Robert Oxley of Clinton, engi- neer of the passenger, were crushed under the wreckage and may die. | All of the forty passengers escaped serfous Injury. i CREW IS LASHED TO RIGGING{ Life Savers Attempt to Wrecked Schooner Off Atlantie City. Reach ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 10.—The | wreck of a schooner, with men lashed to the rigging, can be seen off this city The wrecked vessel is thought to be the two-masted schooner James W. Lee of | Bridgeton, N. J. It carries a crew of six | men. The lite savers have not yet reached it. Movements of Ocean V At New York—Arrived Oceanie, from Liverpool and Queenstown; Manitou, from London. Salled: Philadelphia, for Bouth ampton; Teutonle, for Liverpdol; Georgic for Liverpool. At Kinsale—Passed: Georglan, from New York, for Liverpool. rrived: Hallfax; s Dee. 10, Bavartan, * from Sylvania, from Boston. Salled: Cymric, for New York; Westernland, for Philadeiphia At Antwerp—Salled: Pennland, for Phila- delphia. At Queenstown—Arrived: Celtic, from New York, for Liverpool. and proceeded. | Balled: lvernia, from Liverpool, for Boston At Hook of Holland—Arrived: Pottsdam from New York, for Rotterdam land belonging to the Otoes and the dis- tribution of the proceeds among the In- dians. Mr. Hinshaw was informed by Com- missioner Jones that the department would recommend such & me bill of this character had been frequently recommended York Wants Pablic Bulldin, Mr. Hinshaw fs greatly interested in se- curiug an appropristion for & public bufld- ing st York, eftizens of that eity having sent him a petition for such 3 building. It is possible Mr. Hinshaw will ask some (Continued on Second Page.) At Yokohama-—8all Lyra, Arthur. etc., for Tacoma. At Lizgard-Passed: St York, for Southampton; Montreal via Sydney, C. At Browhead—Passed: York, for Liverpool At Glasgow—Arrived: trom Port Louis, from New Memnon, from B., for London Celtle, from New Victoria, from Hamburg—Arrived: York Inistrahull—Passed v York, for Glasgow Belfast—Arrived Montreal. At Beachy San Francisco At Bt. Vincent from Scattle, Liverpool Pretoria, from Sardinian, from | Ramorehead, from Head—Passed: Hafis, C, V.—Arrived: ‘acoma, ete from Kintuek via Coronel, for | bor | rounded by Venezuelan | action taken Venezuelan Ships Sunk, La Guayra, Venezuela, Dec. 10.—Ten Ger- man and four British cutters who captured the Venezuelan fleet yesterday without a shot being fired broke up two of the ves- sels, which were undergoing repairs, and took the others outside the harbor. This morning General Crespo, Tutmo dnd Margariia were sunk, Ussun was the only !vel el spared, in view of the protest made by the French charge d'affaires, H. Qulev- reux, who notified the commodore of the allied floet that it was the property of a Frenchman. At 10 o'clock last evening 130 German saflors were landed and proceeded to Car- donal, a suburb of*La Guayra, in which fs situated the residence of the general eoun- sul, who, with his family, they escorted back to La Guayra and placed on board a warship. On their way the Germans met & party of Venezuelan soldiers, but no colli- slon took place. At 5 o'clock this morning a landing party of thirty British seamen went to the Brit- ish consulate and conducted the British consul, R. Schunck, and family on board Retribution. The German and British residents at La Guayra have been arrested, with the ex- ception of Messrs. Fleldwick, Prince and Le Page, the English directors of the har- projection, who barricaded their houses. Later in the day they were res- cued and taken on board Retribution. The Englishmen’'s hoyses were sur- policemen, but when & party of 320 sallors marched to their release no resistance was offered, al- though the German and British warships ! had cleared for action. The torpedo boat destroyer Quafl ar- rived here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The German crulser Panther left this morning in the direction of Carulano and Falke for Puerto Cabello on & search for the mainder of the Venezuelan fleet. It is believed Indefatiguable s on its way to Cumana, the port of Barcelona, where the Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador is now lying. Troops are expected from Caracas, as the government is credited | with the intention of repulsing any landing forces. All the stores and banks are closed. | Great excitement prevalls, as the popula- tion fears the town may be shelled or other tonight. PARIS, Dec. 10.~-An official Venesuelan communication to Its representative here protests that Great Britaln and Germany, acting in concert, bave committed an act of hostility in & manner as arbitrary as it 1s unprecedented by the selzure of Vene- zuelan vessels lylng st La Guayra. At the same time President Castro has | appealed to the Venezuelan people to take up arms. He has decreed a general am- nesty for all political offenses and has or- dered the restitution of the confiscated property of Venezuelan eltizens. England Has No News, LONDON, Dec. 10.~The sdmiralty bas