Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1902, Page 1

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JU MANY FINNS STARVE wit sma Orops Fail All Over Country as Resultof | Copions Rains. FROST ALSO AIDS GENERAL DESTRUCTION Peas Do Not Grow and Petatoes Are Not | Gathered. MEN EAT BREAD MADE OF UNRIPE RYE Feod is Bo Bitier That Horses Refuse to Bwallow It SCHOOL CHILDREN GO HUNGRY ALL OVER Immense Sums A Mef, bu mer This © Voted to Give Re- Many W mas Day. 8T. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21.—The average * grain crop gathered in Finland is valued #t $30,000,000. The estimated value of the 1002 crop is $20,000,000. While this loss ls enerally distributed throughout the coun- try, the provinces of Uleaborg, Kuplo, Vasa, St. Michael and portions of Vibours, are practically without grain Peas have entirely failed and the potato crop has not been gathered, the hay has rotted or been swept away by floods. The disaster is due to the late spring, the nearly continuous chilly rains und the early frost which was recorded on August 10. In the north there have been only halt a dozen days when it did nmot rain. The rains also spoiled the fishing. 80 complete was the failure of vegeta- tion that hundreds of dead birds have been found In the forests. The present .crop taflure is the worst that has been ex- perienced for the last Afty years, but it is hoped that better methods of communica- tion will facilitate the work of relief and avold wholesalo deaths by hunger and typhus. Grind Unripe Gratm. There are, all told, about 500 parishes in Finland, 194 of wdich are now nearly destitute. The agricultural board has re- colved reports from 140 parishes, showing that 106 have food supplies which will suffice them until Christmas only. The unripe rye and barley which the people are forced to use make a bitter bread, which even the hungry horses refuse to eat. In some parts of the country bread is baked from barley husks and straw, | mixed with a little flour, and Is purchased by the needy people with their hoarded savings, Such bread contains little nutri- tion and is extremely thwholesome. The peasants have expended all their money for flour and are, consequently unable to buy clothing. Count Bobrikoff, governor general of Fin- land, has issued an appeal for help in Rus- sia, and a voluntary relief committee has been organized by Finns, with branches throughout the country. The Anglo-Amer- jcan church bere is afiliated with. this committes. - Veote Mint of Money. The senate has decided to expend $376,- 000 on pubile works and has allotted $500,- 000 for the purchase of grain, which will be sold to the people at cost. Beventy-five thousand dollars will be used to encourage | cottage industries. The provinces and cer- tain cities of Finland have also voted various sums for relief work, amounting in all to $600,000. The voluntary relief com- mittee has received $125,000, but it is un- derstood that all this sum has been al- ready expended. Pastor Gilburn of St. Petersburg has just returned from a sledge journey through | Kuplo province. He found 1,900 . school children who were in need of food. Of this number 1,115 were totally destitute. It is estimated that 400,000 will be without [ Yood on Christmas day. Business in Finland is suffering in sym- pathy with the extreme conditions, but no fallures have yet been recorded and the banks have not raised the rate of discount. Emigration is increasing constantly. Up to November 17, 20,156 persons had left the country this year via Hanga, while un- known numbers crossed the gulf of Both- nia to Swaden and took passage from The effects of the crop failure on atlon, howaver, will be felt more strongly in 1903, The Russian government has drawn up a comprehensive plan for relleving the distress which 1s widespread throughout ten governments of European Russia and | some districs of Siberia. WILL KILL FOREIGN DEVILS| SHANGHAI, Dec. 21.—The North China Daily News hears that Tung Fu Siang, the sexiled Chinese commander, is mobilizing in Kan Su 10,000 well equipped troops, fnclud- ing the provinclal garrison of 4,000, which was disbanded by imperial command. Tung | Fu Slang contemplates the extermination of foreigners in the provinces of Shen Si and Kan Su and the selzure of Sian Fu. Friendly officials are advising foreigners and missionaries to depart in order to avold | the impending trouble. Tung Fu Stang s buying great quantities | of grain and fodder and is In constant com- | munication with Prince Tuan, the dowager | empress and Yung Lu, who are believed to be secretly encouraging him and supplying bim with mopey. | ARMY'S NOMINEE ELECTED Hundred Votes 'F Nora, | While Fifc to Ge n Blanks Are Cast. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, Dec. 21.— There was a disorderly scene at today sitting of congress as & result of violent | speeches by Senator Cauvin and Deputy | Jeannot, who protested against the procla mation by the army of General Nord as president of the republic. One bundred and fifteen votes were cast. Of these General Nord recelved 100 and was elected, while fOfteen of the ballots were blank, The people of the country de- sire peace and they have received the re- sult of the announvement of the election | with satisfaction. Belglum Gets Chinese Land. BRUSSELS, Dee. 22.—King Leopold bas | coucluded megotiations with (he Chinese | government for t ton of a tract of territory similar to the settlements of otber European natio Belglum has ac- | cepted this arrangemect instead of finam- | |AMERICANS OUTDO BRITISH i only one | eral clal compensation for Its claims arising trom the recent rebellion. INE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDA MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1902. SINGLE GER Hamberts Declare win ate Fraud Story | Sarp nama Sensation, MADRID, Dec. 21.--When Mme. Humbert and others charged with the Parls safe | trauds were arrested yosterday one of them handed a package containiLg $48,000 to some ' people who lived in the same house. This | package has beer’ “at to the French con- | sulate. X According to P& % Saterviews, Fred- erick Humbert dechy he revela- tions of himselt and TNGGUPGI nates will | rival the Panama scandal®y were the victims of robbers W them. He says that all cla ¢ from ministers down, will be involve Mme. Humbert also claime to have un Parils doculnents which compromise promi- | nent personages . While the police were waiting to enter | the house Mme. Humbert burned many papers, including banknotes to the amount | of §1,200. The wisoners are being well treated in prison. They are permitted to have thelr | meals sent in from a neighboring restau rant and all occupy separate cells, though a careful watch is kept and they are not allowed to receive visitors | A mald servant, who was employed by them in Madrid, sald they allowed no one | in thelr house and started in apprehen- ' sion at every ring of the bell. They sisted in the housework themselves and the men of the party mever went out ex~ cept at night. PARIS, Dec. 21.—A special messenger has left here for Madrid with the docyments connected with the oxtradition of thé Hum. berts. The prisoners are expected to ar- rive here on Whdnesday, | GERMAN LINER IS DISABLED | Bursting Deutachl v Crlinder Fi el with Steam Which Greatly Alarms Passengers. | | PLYMOUTH, Eng., Dec. 21.—The Ham- burg-American liner Deutschland arrived here at 2:15 this afternoon. ‘When nearing the Sellly islands a cylinder burst and the starboard engine was badly damaged. It | will require four months to effect repairs. One engineer was rather badly scalded. The | steamer left here at 3 for Cherbourg and Hamburg. | The accident occurred at 1:30 this morn- | ing. For a time the vessel was in com- plete darkness and filled with escaping steam. The passengers were greatly alarmed. | They rushed from their cablus anxiously making Inquirles as to what had occurred. | Excellent discipline, however, was main- | tained and when everybody was assured that there was no danger the excitement gradually subsided. With the exception of the engineer, who | caught in the escaping steam, Deutsch- officers say no one was seriously in- The steamer came Into port using its port engines alone at a speed of sixteen knots, LONDON, Dee. 21.—The Hritish steamer Northpoint arrived hers today with the crew “of the German ssteamer Pure Oll, which founderéd on December 14. North- point had Pure Oil in tow for five hours. HELPS AUSTRIAN SHIPPING Government Will Introduce Bill Re- stricting Emi, ts to Na- tional Vessels, VIENNA, Dec. 21.—Early in January the government intends to introduce in the Reichstag a bill to restrict and regulate emigration. One of the objects will be to restrict all Austrian emigrants in Austrian vessels from Trieste instead of permitting them to travel by German and other for- elgn lines. The Eremdenblatt, a sefni-oMcial organ, supports the bill in the interests of home shipping and estimates that In flve years Austro-Hungarlan emigrants have taken trom the country 28,000,000 florins, the bulk of which has been paid to forelgn railroads and steamship lines. It urges the im- | portance of emigrants retaining a sense of their Austrian citizenship as long as po sible and thinks the proposed bill will a st this end by enabling the government to protect the emigrants beyond the first stages of their journey. The new measure will follow the lines of the Hungarian bill now under par mentary considerati The supporters of this bill report that emigrants not only embark at Flume, but Insist that they be carried on Hungarian ships, manned by, Hungarian crews and furnished with Hun- | garian supplies. ‘ Altred Moseley Claims United States | Workmen Turn Out Jet- ter Joba. LIVERPOOL, Dec, 21.—Alfred Moseley, who bas just made & tour of the United | States with a number of representatives of | British labor uulons, arrived here today on | , and that as a resul s would be made in the meth- ods at present employed in several English | trades. Ho could not anticipate these re- ports, but was greatly impressed with the superiority of American to British work- men. The Americans worked harder and | were better tralned and educated than the ! Englishmen. Mr. Moseley sald he intended | to take another commission to the United States in the autumn to Investigate edu- | cational conditions. Political Bankers Fail, LONDON, Dec. 21.—~The private banking firm of J. & J. W. Pease of Darlington | has falled, with liabilities estimated at $2,500,000. It Is understood that the fafhily of the three partners are practically the affected. The partners in the firm are three members of the House of Commons, representing Barnard Castle, Darlington and Cleveland Yorkshire. Sev- triends of the family have offered fnancial assistance to arrange a settle- ment, Choate Visits Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 21.—Mr. Choate, the American ambassador to Great Britaln, and Mrs. Choste arrived here today. They were welcomcd by the stafy of the Amer. ican legation, and then proceeded to the British embassy, where they will spend several days as the guests of Sir N. R. 0'Counor. De Rydesewski ix Free. PARIS, Dec. 21.—The order dismissing the case against Jedii de Rydezewski, whose apartment Mrs. Ell | adoption of the plan recommended by the | that some plan should be adopted which | of its roadway between the capital and the |the fce which so frequently hamper and | | Maryland HUMANITY | FOR LEASING AND RESEEDING [SIGNALS ~ ARE | DISREGARDE Nebraska Delegation Favors Becretary Wil- son's Plans, OPPOSITION TO EIGHT-HOUR AW | | colliston 1 Senator McComas of Maryland Mak- | e Fight of His Life in Favor of This Bill, to Which Man i (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, ~Dec. 20.—(Special.)— | Next to the desire for clean meat is the | disposition to demand plenty of it at a fair price. Last week congress appropri- ated $500,000 to enable the secretary of ag- riculture to stamp out the foot-and-mouth disease, which threatened to spread to évery state in the union. The secretary will do this by destroying hundreds of | i tacturers Object. | | | | tle in New England, and already his agents | are engaged in the work of slaughter. the committee on appropriations and the | committee on agriculture have been con- | sidering bills to destroy diseased cattle in the east the western members, and par- ticularly Chairman Lacey of Iowa and the committee on public lands, have been busy devising means for feeding healthy -mcki in Nebraska. i The controversy which has arisen in that | state over the alleged lilegal occupancy of | the public lands by the cattlemen has at- tracted national attention. A year or two | go Secretary Wilson made a personal in vesilgation of the conditions which exist | in western Nebraska. The secretary found that thousands of sections of land had been denuded of their pasturage through | the system of grazing them In common. When the secretary of the finterfor and | the commissioner of the general land office came to look into the subject they re- ported in favor of leasing these lands, and | at the same time to provide for reseeding them with grasses which will thrive in the arid regions. It is reported that no method | has yet bpen devised for irrigating the arid | acres of western Nebraska, and the only | hope of preventing the further destruction | of pasturage rests upon a plan for curtail- ing the number of animals pastured on | each square mile, thus giving the grasses | time to grow again. The Nebraska dele- gation in congress is practically a unit In support of the Idea that the lands fn con- tsoversy are usetul only for range pur- poses. It will be decades before they can be used for agriculture, and they are con- sequently working together to secure the secretary of the interior two years ago— namely, to lease them to responsible per- sons at n fair, rental which will assure their preservation, or at least prevent them from being cropped so closely as to glve the young plants no chance to recu- perate. Inasmuch as the lands in controversy are | valuable only as range lands, because the sandy character of the soll makes irriga- tion practically impossible, it is claimed will bring about returns to the govern- ment. It is proposed to do this by leasing tracts large enough to feed a few hundred head only, fn order to prevent & monop- oly, and during the remaining days of the session the western men will devote their attention very largely to this object. Gigantic Rallrond Betterments. Almost on the same day that congress provided for a grand unfon station in the city of Washington the municipal authori- tles of New York City adopted an ordinance glving the Pennsylvania railroad the right to tunnel through the borough of Manhat- tan and both the East and North rivers. In | one week legislative bodies have taken ac- | tion which will assure enormous progress in facilities for travel between the north | and south. During several years past the Penusylvania company has been engaged in practically rebullding the greater part | metropolis. Milllons of dollars have been and are being expended in betterments and milllons more must be spent before the glgantic work contemplated can be com- pleted. When this work {s done, however, it will be possible to shorten the time be- tween New York and Washington by a full hour. The work will also joln Long Is- land and New Jersey with Manhattan is- land in such manner as to assure constant communication in spite of the storms and delay traffic. Washington will benefit in | er ways, 100, for the tracks which now deface the beaufiful parkway known as “the Mall” will be removed and the first step toward the plan for making the capi- tal the most beautiful city In the world will be taken. The Pennsylvania raflroad has been working to this end for years, and the successes of the past week are gratifying to the people of Waslington as they must be to the officers of the cem- pany. Oppose Eight-Hour Law. According to declarations made by the conservatiye element in the senate, there are breakers ahead for the elght-hour bill, which has passed the house three times and afterward been killed in the senate. | The senator who Is champlioning the cause of this measure with intense zeal and per- sistence Is the chairman of the senate com- mittee on' labor, Louis E. McComas of | McComas wishes to succeed himself in 1905, and there is no doubt if he can get the elght-hour bill through the senate after the three disastrous defeats it has suffered in that body the labor lead- ers and agitators will recognize him their greatest champion. It might be sald that the manufacturing Interests in Senator McComas' state are arrayed solldly against him In his effort to place this bill on the statute books of the United States. If such an event should happen, according to rep- resentations made by representatives of tho | great shipbullding and steel manufacturing | plants of this country, as well as the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers, those | interests would positively refuse to bid on | government work. The contractors argue | that they could not at the same time obey | the provisions of an eight-hour law and meet the rigid specifications prescribed in government contracts. They also maintain that it would work great Injury to the ! discipline and commercial output of thetr | plants in having In the same establishment one force of men working eight hours on public work and another ten hours on pri- vate jobs. Many of the senators are de- bating in thelr minds the remark made | the other day before the senate committes | on labor by Edwin 8. Cramp, who said that it an elght-hour law had Peen enacted twenty years ago, the battle of Santiago | porarily transformed Into a hospital. | house will stand: | popultsts has caused some Il feeling and | the canvassing board. | Witmer bouse shortly after 3 and dld not | 4 eriing'the doctrine and asserting 1t hasd: {GAS | comfortably ten persons. o : CAlitornia Col wa A"e-vvl to Warn T n of Impend.. BRYON, Cal, Dec. 21—Sixteen persons were killed and twenty-seven injured in the | t night between the south- | bound Les Angeles “Owl” and the Stock- ton fiyer. The engine of the local plowad its way Into the last coaghes of the “Owl," which were fliled with Fresno people. The passengers were hurled to the forepart of | the coach and hemmed In by a mass of | debris, their suffering s danger intensi- | fled a hundred fold by @louds of scalding | steam that poured frém the shattered boller of the Btockton emgine. After the “Owl" left the Oakland mole | it was noted that there was a leak in the | flue of the engine. Thikdncreased to such | an extent that it was deemed advisable to take up a freight engle for relief. The | train officials knew that the Stockton lo- | cal was followlng half @8 hour behind and | sent a flagman down he track to give warning. It 1s sald that the Stockton train got | the warning signal In time and gave the | usual response with whistle blasts. Why the incoming train was Mot checked, how- | ever, has not been thus #ar éxplained, the | men who could tell beingamong the badly | injured. The ¢ictims were spared from fire only because the oll burners| were extinguished | when the crash came. | | Axes and saws were brought into play, | assengers and train créw lending enger | 1d. Messengers were sent to Byron Hot | Springs and Drs. Bird and J. D, Davidson | came quickly to the station. A trained | nurse accompanied them and first aid was | at once given to the mangled, bruised and | scalded sufferers who were lying near the | track. Every effort was made to alleviate | their, sufferings and #hose who were un- able to proceed om their Journey were taken either to.the Springs hotel or to the church in Byron, which was tem- None of the passengers of the Stockton train were injured and. all of the crew of the “Owl" escaped wunhurt. Of the killed it was possible to identify but one person; the others were not known to their fellow passengers and nothing was found on them to furnish a clue to their names or resilence. FIGHT IS GROWING COMPLEX Teller Has Four Republican Oppo- nents for United States to DENVER, Dec. 21.—8enator® Henry M. Teller arrived home from Washington to- day to look after his {nterests in the con- test for re-election. In addition to Mr. Teller the announced candidates are: For- mer Senator Edward 0. Wolcott, Frank C. Goudy of Denver, District Judge Walter N. Dixon of Pueblo and Irving Howbert of Colorado Springs. Teller claims the entire democratic vote on joint ballot and will probably get it, as there is no one op- posed to him In the democratic party. The remaining four candidates will di- vide the republican support, Goudy claims to have ebout two- ot the —repub- Iican members of the leglslature pledged and this claim is said by well informed leaders not to be sanguine. But much depends on the outcome of | contests now before the state cavassing board. Should the democrats be seated the Democrats, 32; repub- | Meana, 33, | The canvassing board contains two pop- ullsts, elected through fusion with demo- cre Faflure to accept propositions for | fusfon at the present election held out by it s feared the populists will seek re- venge now through their representatives on The fliness of a representative-elect at | Hot Springs, Ark., also complicates mat- ters. Should he be compelled to remain | away and the democrats be seated the vote | in the house would be & tie. RAIN FOLLOWS PRESIDENT | Spolls His Hollday, Though He Goes Riding in After. . noon. RAPIDAN, Va, Dec. 21.—In a driving rain the president, Mrs. Roosevelt and four of their thildren, accompanied by their host, Mr. Joseph Wilmer, went horseback riding this afternoon. The party left the return until after 5. It has rained here hard and increasingly since an early hour last night. This morn- ing tae president and his family and Mr. Wilmer drove to the picturesque little | Episcopal church in Rapidan. The trip was | made im a big carriage capabie of seating | It was drawn by | four horses, Mr. Wilmer himself drivivg. | Not more than a score of worshipers braved | the storm to attend the service. i At the conclusion Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt | were greeted, cordlally by the pastor and ! the few members of the parish present, the introductions being made by Mr. Wilmer. Owing to the severe ralnstorm the wild turkey bunt planned for tomorrow has been abandoned. The president and his family will return | to Washington tomorrow morning on a special train leaving Rapidan at 9 and due in Washington at 11:25. WILL KEEP OUT ONE-LUNGERS fornia Senate Committee Recom- mends Laws Barring Con- sumptives from Stat LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 21.—The com- mittee appointed by the state senate to Teport on consumptives coming to Califor- nia from eastern states and the proposed plan to establish a state institution for the care has decided to recommended restric- tive legislation. It was decided not to support the plan | of establishing a home for patients, the | committee being of the opinion that such move would only result in encouraging | persons suffering with tuberculosis to come | to California. \ { {FARMERS SURROUND BANDITS which carried no clerks Robbe: and| Who Held Up Restaurs Stores Caught In Indiun; i arn. i | would mever have been fought. because it would have been impossible for his works to have turnéd out the battleships which dostroyed Cervera's fleet. A number of | workmen from the Cramp shipyards and the Homestead Steel works testified on one oc- casion that they considered the bill a cur- | tallment of their privileges to work as | long as they pleased and & menace to their (Continued on Second Page.) i LOGOTEE, Ind., Dec. 21.—Word was re- | ceived bere tonight that farmers had sur- | rounded in & barn west of this place the | outlaws who held up the night clerks at Patterson’s restaurant, robbed two stores | and attempted to rob the White River bank | bere yesterday morning. A posse of twenty armed men left at once, accompanied by detectives employed by the bank and insurance companies, to | assist o the capture, | | ment | clety today. | tinually improving. | the Philippin | Marletta, PRESIDENT FAILS, MAN WINS Golden Rule Jones Bays Roosevelt is Greater Than Government. SETTLES STRIKE IN SPITE OF OFFICE Clatms Battle is Murder and Declares No Son of His Shall Draw Sword to Defend Nation's Com merce, CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—“Theodore Roose- velt as a man is greater than the govern- he represents. While the govern- ment of the United States was unable to restore poace in the anthracite region, Roosevelt, not as president, but as a man, | suggested a rational way to settle the trouble. The man triumphed and the prob- lem was solved.” Thus spoke “Golden Rule” Jones, mayor of Toledo, O., before the Chicago Peace so- He sought to show that force of arme was futile, that it w and that killing in battle wi Mr. Jones declared, was an optimist, and rs, he gaid, the world was better oft than it was 100 years ago and was con- murder, however, the caused the reference to the president. He eriticised Major General Young, who at a banquet in Cleveland on Saturday night spoke of the necessity of force to- maintain the supremacy of national com- merce. “No trioth , “but T would not raise a boy to go inte the army or the mavy to support commerce of this find."” Rev. Francis J. Barry, chancellor of the archdfocese of Chicago; Joseph Stolz of the Jewish faith and Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones were the other speakers. PIERCES HEART WITH NEEDLE Chieago Vivisectionist Demonstrates Ponsibility of Admiaistering Local Treatment. CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—After a series of ex- periments, covering more than five years, W. Byron Coakley, a well-known vivisec- tionist of Chicago, has discovered that it | 18 possible to administer local treatment | By meaus of a fine hollow | to the heart. golden needle, seven or eight inchos long, which he terms ‘‘organotone,” Dr. Coakley not only has been able to plerce the heart without causing death, but te inject into it various flulds without subjecting the pa. tient to the slightest danger. Thus far he has been compelled to con- fine his experiments to dogs, rabbite and similar animals, but so certain is he of his ground that he will attempt to secure a human subject for a demonstration he has been asked to waké before the International Medical congress at Madrid, in 1903. ‘While at work over a dog recently the doctor conceived the idea of Injeciing a salt solution into the animal's heart. To his surprise *the dog not only withstood the shock, but the heart action was greatly tmproved. This led him to make rioFs ex- (unqed investigations, and these resulted in the verification of his first experiment. Weak dogs, sick dogs and strong, healthy dogs were used In the experiment and, it is sald, there was not ome that did not survive the Injection: FILIPINOS MUST BE Cornell's President Says Indépendent Government Must Be Given to Philippines. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—J. H. Schurman, president of Cornell university, delivered an address tonight on “The Problems of to a large audience at the People's Institute, Cooper Union. He was heartily applauded when he sald the United States must ultimately give the Philippines independence. A vote on the question of endorsing this view was adopted almost unanimously. In the course of his address Dr. Schurman said President McKinley at the time of his appolntment to the Philippine commission acted with the {dea of giving emancipation to the Filipinos as well as to the Cubans. Asked by & member of the audicnce it the Monroe doctrine had not been weakened'! by the acquisition of the Philippines, he replied: Theodore Roosevelt is at this moment CAUSES FATAL One inmate of Burning House from Window and Will FIRE eaps PITTSBURG, Dec. 21.—An explosion of natural gas in the boarding house of Mrs. Laura Rickards, on McKean street, early this morning, burnt one man, probably fa- tally, and seriously injured twn others. F. G. Walters, a telegraph operator of 0., was burned about the face, chest and arms. and is not expected to recover, while E. W. Barrett, whose feet dition, and Burt Plper, with burned face and arms, will recover. The men were asleep on the second floor and were surrounded by fire and smoke when they awoke. Walters jumped out of the window and sustained severe bruiscs in addition to his burns, ¢ FIRE BURNS CHRISTMAS MAIL H Greetings Consumed York Central. Nearly Eight red Pouches of n New SYRACUSE, N. Y., Dec. 21.—A carload of Christmas mail for the west was burned near here this afternoon ar attached to the f 0. 3 on the New York Centr left New York at 8:45 a, m or thirty out of 700 or 800 pouches werc saved, the burned mall being for Chicago and points further west, The mail sacks were in a storage car, The crew was on the car behind and discovered the fire be- tween Peekskill and Highland. The car was left burning at the latter station OHIO RIVER FLOOD HALTS Waters Reach High Polat Expected to Recede Today. t mail which and Are EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dee. 21.—This after- noon the Ohio river, which has been over flowing the lowlands above and below the city for a week, came to a stand, and by Monday noen it is expected the high water Will begin to receds, inexcusable | that he | in spite of recent | That brought him to | late coal strike in Pennsylvania and | FREE | Only twenty | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER | - | Forecast for Nebraska—Fair Monday and uesday cmperatare at Omaha Yesterday: Hour, Des. Hour. De f 1 2 p 8 p. ». » » ». DENVER TRAINS DAY LATE Storm Effects Still Felt, Though To- day Schedule Time May Be Resumed, DENVER, Dec. 21.—The storm which raged on Friday and Saturday in eastern | Colorado and Wyoming and western Kan- sas and Nebraska has at length subsided All trains on the Unfon Pacific and Bur- lington were delayed at least twenty-four hours and some trains due yesterday morn- | Ing are only reaching Denver tonight. Om | the Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pa- cific snow drifis from six to ten feet deep made the movement of trains impossible until the tracks were cleared, but per- haps It was most severe on the Denver and Alliance branch of the Burlington. This line runs to the Black Hills and trains which left Denver on Friday were only re- | leased from the drifts today. One, which was completely hidden from sight by the | snow, was relieved by snow plows from Alllance, Neb. A supply train was also run from Mercer with fuel and provisions to provide for the needs of the imprisoned | passengers. It required desperate work to reach the stalled cars through the blind- ing storm and almo The attention of officials today has been directed almost exclusively to getting the trains going on schedule time again and by tomorrow it is expected usual condi- tions will prevail. RAISES THE SNOW BLOCKADE Tratas Lald Up for Fifty-Two Hours Started on the Union Pacific, CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, Dec. 21.—(Special Telegram.)—The Unlon Pacific snow block- ade between Cheyenne‘and Sidney was raised at 11 o'clock tonight and trains are now moving. Six westbound passenger ylr.lus which have been snowbound for | Afty-two hours will arrive here about | midnight astbound trains today were | sent via the Julesburg branch. The Chey- enne & Northern and Burlington roads are | still snowbound RAISING THE SNOW BLOCKADE First Trains on Union Pacific Since Through Saturday Morning P\ Kimball. KIMBALL, Neb,, Dee. 21.—(Special Tele- gram.)—All trains on the main line of the Union Pacific have been blockaded on this dixjelon. sige, Baturder. morniag, . Wost. bound passenger trains are llfirfjnl out and 1t is expected that eastbound trains will be | dug out this afternoon. The storm Is the worst seen here for many years and the range loss will probably be heavy. {GRANT OBSEQUIES CONCLUDE 1 and M Family tary Offic o Honor Note Join with Presis dent's Wi NEW YORK, Dec, 21.—In the mausoleum on Riverside Drive brief and simple serv- | iees were conducted over the re- | mains of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. In addl- | tion to the members of the family there were present among the 300 persons to whom invitations had been sent: Governor Odell, Mayor Low, Secretary Root, Rear Admiral Barker cnd staff, General James Grant Wilson, General Grenville Dodge, | General Horatio King, General Charles F. | Roe and staff, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Car- negle, and many federal and municipal oM\ cers and officers of the army and navy sta- tioned in the eity. General Frederick D. Grant and other members of the family occupled seats overlooking the crypt. The services were conducted by Bishop E. G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Righ Rev. Alexander Mackay E. Smith, bishop coadfutor of Pennsylvania, and opened with the hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,” after toda | Eplscopal and the Protestant Episcopal churches were read. The services were closed with the reading of a poem, “The | Land Beyond the Sea,” which had been a favorite of Mrs. Grant, and the singing of | the hymn, “Abide with Me.” ESCAPE DAMNATION [DIES TO Grand Rapids Man Thinking His Soul Lost Drowns Himwself in Cistern, | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., loose from three nelghbors who mescued |him from & cistern into which he had | jumped, and dropping back into seven feet of water, was dead when they were able | | to get hold of him again. | He believed that he was predestined to be | eternally lost. CABLE SHIP REPORTS WORK Over Twelve Hundred Knots of Pa- 1 Wire Are Now ntely SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—The following message was recelved foday at noon from the cable ship Silverton: Latitude 28.44 north, longitude 143,95 west Total cabie pald out, 1,269 knots. Weather fine. VANDERBILT IS IMPROVING e Decreases During Day Temperat: Condition Reported More Encouraging. NEW YORK, Dec, bilt's condition | provement toda; | of 1 degree in 21.—Cornelius Vander- showed considerable Movements | At New Ocean Vessel { York—Arrived: Island, from Copenhagen, ¢ Minneapolis, from Lon- | don: Etruria, f 1 | At Queenstow Commonwealth, | tor Beston: Baxonia, for Boston At Hamburg—Arrived: Moltke, from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg At Liverpool—-Sailed: Carthogentan, Boston. | TAt London 8an Franclsco iy mouth—Arrived: Deutsch New York, for Hamburg via iand proceeded. Dee. 21 for Arrived: Cluriiberhall, from and, from herbourg, t impenetrabie drifts. | | which he burial services of the Methodist | Dec. 21.—After | | & terrific fight Henry Larink today broke | and arms were burned, is in a serious con- | im- | there being a reduction | temperature this evening COPY THREE CENTS. ROOSEVELT WILL ACT ANSWER SAID TO BE ALREADY SENT Foreign Office Makes No Announosment and Profesees to Bxpeot Refusal, HOLD AMERICA FAVORS PRIVATE AWARD | Diplomats Think United Btates Would Up- hold Oontract with Financial House. NO POWER UPHOLDS HAGUE TRIBUNAL Rome Dispatch Alleges That Net One Single Debtor e Inter: » 1 Court Proper Anthority to Adjudicate on Quarrel. LONDON, Dec. 2L—It s belleved that President Roosevelt's answer to the pro- posal made by the allled powers that he arbitrate the Venezuelan fssues has been received in London. The strictest secrecy with regard to every phase uf the meyotia- tions is preserved, however, and it fs Im- possible to make a definite statement, but such indications as are obtainable point to President Roosevelt’s acceptance. A constant interchange of cables is pro- ceeding night and day between the United States embassy here and the State depart- | ment at Washington. It Is believed that the president's answer will be submitted | formally to the Foreign office tomorrow. By | Wednesday, unless some unexpected com- plications arise, the negotiations should have reached a stage approaching a settle- ment. At the same time it must be ad- mittod that it the president accepts it would greatly surprise the Foreign office, which has always been doubtful of the lssue of | arbitration on account of the belief that President Roosevelt, or the United States, { was not willing to undertake the responsi- bility thereby involved. | Judging from private telegrams received in London, President Roosevelt as arbi- trator would be favorably disposed toward the temporary. adoption of some such method as_was arranged with the Venez- uelan secret mission and communicated to the State department by Isaag Seligman. With President Roosevelt as arbitrator the serlous objections in the matter of guar- antees which frequently have been men- tion at ihe Foreign office would disap- pear. | In spite of the fact that Sunday is usually sacred to leisure in London's diplomatia circle, today has been marked by activity at all the embassies, especially the Amer- | fcan, where work was in progress all last night. The promptuess with which Washington deals with vital matters concerning which prolix pourpariers have been interchanged in Burope astonishes diplomats here and forms an interesting phase of an engrossing situation. ' Kipling Opposes Allianes LONDON, Dec. 22.—The Times this morn’ ing publishes a poem by Rudyard Kipling protesting strongly against the Anglo- German agreement. Provided the guaranty question can be eatisfactorily settled the London new pers agree this morning in desiring Presi- dent Roosevelt to accept the officé of arbl- trator. They fear that If the matter is re- ferred to The Hague, Venezuela will ig- nore the award. At the same time the president’s reluctance to accept the office is perfectly understood and his motives hre respected. Tt is recognized that he would have a difficult task, because, it-is sald, among other. things, there would be som thing like a scramble of the nations to be heard. The hope is generally expressed that a pacific settlement will be reached, thus avoiding the necessity of sending to Venez- uelan waters the large fleet which could alone render the blockade really effective. Great resentment is evinced in the press this morning at the report from Port of Spain, Trinidad, that the crew of the Brit- ish steamer Topaze was dragged ashore at Puerto Cabello at midnight half clothed, prodded with bayomets by the soldier roughly handled by the mob and impris- ned in one filthy room. | Opposed to Hague Court, ROME, Dec. 21.—It has been learned here that not one of the allles at present con- templates submitting the Venezuelan diffi- culty to The Hague court. The Venezuelan situation was fully discussed by King Vie- tor Emmanuel and the foreign minfster at their semi-weekly conference this morn- ing, and much satisfaction with the more peaceful turn of events was expressed. Signor Prinett! has ofcieliy notified the American ambaseador of Italy's partici- pation in the blockade. BERLIN, Dec. 21.—It has been learned here that the governments of Germany and Great Britain had adopted detailed an- swers to the proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan lssues. These communications will be handed to the American ambassador here and to the charge d'affaires in London | tomorrow. The German answer agrees in all substantial detalls with the British re- ply and makes no separate reservations on bebalf of the German case. PARIS, Dec. 21.—A dispatch to the Matin from Caracas says the Venezuelan revolutionlsts in the Higuerirote and Rio Chico reglons are levying heavy contribu- tions under penalty of imprisonment upon foreiguers as well as native The conciliatory manifesto issued by “El Mocho" Hernandez has been cordially received here. There are in Caracas today food supplies sufficlent for one month only. The revolutionists are stopping cattle from coming Into the city. els Move Much. LA GUAYRA, Dec. 21.—The Itallan erui- ser Glovann! Busan has captured a sloop which was coming from the east. The Brit- | ish cruiser Tribune left here at noon to- day for Port of Spain, Trinidad, with the schooner Mercedes in tow. The German training ship Etosch left port this after- noon to take Mme. von Pilgrim-Baltasel to Curacao. A German zelle, cruiser, supposed to be Ga- towing two large schooners ction of Trinidad. | The commander of the French erulser Troude visited M. Quivereux, the French | charge d'affaires, at the French legation | in Caracas. Troude will leave tonight. One | of the results of the blockade of the har- | bor is that corporations and shipping firms here have dismissed their laborers. Over | 500 men are therefore out of work Accents Roosevelt as Arbiteator, CARACAS, Dec, 21--In the name of Ve- nezuela, President Castro has siguified his acceptance of the appointment of President