Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 29, 1902, Page 1

STABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. MOORS PUT TO ROUT Two Tiousand of Sultan's Troops Blain or Wounded by Rebe's. REPORT OF TAZA BATTLE CONFIRMED Imperial Awembly Driven Greatest Disorder. Away in GATES OF FEZ CLOSED AGAINST ENEMY European Oelony of 6500 Persons Are Be- “ leaguered in Town. POPULACE IS SAID TO BE DISLOYAL Pretender is Advancing Upon the City with a Horde of Follower a tuatton s Deeldedly Oritical for Tho Within W, LONDON, Dec, 28.—The complete rout at Taza of the Moorish imperial assembly by rebels under the leadership of the pretender to the throne, which was reported December 23, has been officlally confirmed. The im- perial forces abandoned their guns, rifies, ammunition, tents and beasts of burden ‘and fled precipitately to Fes. TANGIER, Morocco, Dec. 28.—On Decem- ber 22, 10,000 Shereeflan troops, commanded by a brother of the sultan's minister of war, rocelved orders to concentrate and tako the offensive against the pretender at Tasa. Before the Shereefians moved upon him the pretender attacked them with large bodies of cavalry. The imperial army was surrounded, completely routed and fled in disorder toward Fez, abandoning all mate. rials of war. The first fugitives arrived at Fez on the morning of December 24. The gates of Fez at present are shut. Bhops there are closed and the population is greatly excited, but there has been no disorder. The European colony of Fez, embodying about 500 persons, is taking no steps. to leave the town and appears to be satisfled that it 1s In no imminent danger, although the situation is regarded erfous. It 18 sald that the pretender’s followers have recelved numerous additions since his suc- cess and he is al ly negotiating with the tribes of Wedmaweb valley. The popula- tion of Fez is reported to be merally hostile to the sultan and ready to acclaim ny pretender who will guarantee the town from pillage. No detalls of the imperial losses have yot been received here, but it is rumored that 2,000 of the sultan's soldiers were killed or wounded. The authorities here are trying to minimize the disaster. It is sald that a section of the imperial troops sent #8 reinforcements deserted to the rebels and alded in driving the local troops back to Fez. i REBELS ADVANCING UPON FEZ #o Says London Times Correspondent Whe Flees from Ofty, Which He Declures is Disloyal. LONDON, Dec. 20.—In a dispatch from ¥es, dated December 23, the correspondent of the Times declares he believes the sit- uation to be critical. ‘I have reasons to doubt the loyalty of the inhabitants of Fesz," says the corre- spondent. “Both the government and the Europeans here ridicule my anticipation of an acute crisis and my estimate of the pretender’s strength. 1 am leaving Fez immediately. ~ The Times {s publishing a dispatch from Tangler, dated December 27, in which the correspondent says: 1 got away from Fez just in time. I arrived here this morning with the first news of the disaster. The rebels are re- ported to be marching on Fez, which ls incapable of defense for more than a few days, owing to its position, the absolute lack of a supply of provisions and the ruin- ous state of the town walls. “The population will remain loyal only s long as the sultan can protect and feed them. A few days of siege means starva- tion. The sultan may attempt to escape, but in that case the populace will recognize the pretender. “The sultan’s troops were disastrously routed, the remnant fled to Fez, abandon- ing everything, artillery, tents, rifies, am- munition, money and stores. Practically the whole army was routed, as cowpar- atively few troops were left in Fez. ‘The road from Fez to Tangler is open and safe at present, but the pretender's prestige will recelve an enosmous stimulus and loyal tribes will join his cause. If the sultan escapes or can defend Fes, the south will support him, In which case eivil war Is Inevitable.” Mr. Harris, the correspondent of the Times at Fesz, 1s said to be a confidential adviser of the sultan of Morocco. LEOPOLD FIGHTS AGAINST EXILE to Sign Away His Austrian VIENNA, Dec. 20.—According to an ia- terview published here, Archduke Leopold has refused to sign & renunciation of his rights as an Austrian subject. Emperor Francls Joseph losists that the archduke resign everything and never return to Aus- tria. The archduke claims the payment of his appanage and declares that he will take every logal step to fight against exile. He says he will never abandon: an Austrian subject. GENEVA, Dec. 28.—Newspapers here al- ! that the Swiss government has re- fused the request of the German legation to expel the crown princess of Saxony from Switzerland. Dowager bmcel ¥iles. PEKIN, Deec. 28.—The women of the American legation and Lieutepant General Miles and his party were -“-rmm« at luucheon today by the dowager empress | .., pranklin Gaylord. The Russian branch | d the emperor. United States Minister Conger also gave a diplomatic dinner in honor of the general. Tomorrow the min- ister will of Chinese officials to meet General Miles. China Takes a Stride. SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.—Yuan Hai Kal, vice- roy of CbI Li province, has drawn up plans for the formation of a department of com- munications on the Japanese model. His plans have received government sanction. The department has been entrusted. ‘o the control and management of the Chinese postal service. shock was experienced at Syracuse, Sicily, this evening. It was preceded by sub. tefrenvan Fumblings ~—— is rights as | OMAHA, MC DAY MOR G, DECEMBER 2¢ CABINET CRISIS IS ON IN JAPAN Katsara Ministey in Said to Be on Eve of Defeat Over the Naval and Land Tax Mea TOKIO, Dec. 13—vvu(/1' Dec. 28.)—The Katsura rnh.\ | 10 be on the eve of defeat o | and the land tax bills. If defeatés combination of political parties the" will be dissolved and a new election helti | The situation s being watched with keen- est Interest, Apropos of the naval increment bill a rumor emanating from San Francisco that Japan was preparing to send permanent squadrons to Esquimalt and Europe Is sald t0 be without foundation. The Japan Forelgn office denfed that Japan has any ambitions that way and says its only ob- ject In increasing its navy is to maintain the status quo in the far east In which all commercial nations are interested. TOKIO, Japan, Dec. 28.—The imperial Diet reassembled today. The house of rep- resentatives was ‘immediately dissolved by imperial order, and the house of peers was prorogued. The elections have been fixed for February. The dissolution of the Diet is due to the opposition of the party leaders to the gov- ernment's plan to raise the money for the naval program by increasing the land tax. The leaders refused the government's offer to compromise by reducing, this tax. The opposition desired that the land tax be abolished, and that the funds for the naval increase be secured from other sources. TRANSPORT SHERMAN ON ROCK ed, but the Calm gment of Officers Avolds Any © 1ties. MANILA, Dec. 25.—The United States transport Sherman struck a rock near San Bernardino light, south of Luzon, Friday night. The transport sustained a heavy shock and some of its plates were dam- aged. After the accldent twenty-three inches of water was found in its forward bilges, but was controlled by stecdy pump- Ing. The steamer proceeded for Manila under itsiown steam and arrived here to- day. When Sherman struck the passengers on board were terrified, but there was no disorder. They promptly took thelr sta- tions with life preservers on in the small boats. The officers of Sherman handled the situation splendidly. Sherman’s cargo was not damaged and it probably will not be necessary for it to dock at Hong Kong. Governor Taft's energetio expedition look- ing to the suppression of Ladronism has produced unusual activity in this direction. Numerous municipal presidentes in the provinees of Cavite and Rizal are assisting the nativé constabulary in running down the bandits. DISCLOSE HORRIBLE CRIMES Authorities of Osak: VICTORIA, B. C., Dec, 28.—Correspond- ‘ence of the-Assocluted Press recelved from Osaka by the steamer Taar includes detalls of a horrible baby farming con- spiracy in Osaka. An elderly women, her married daughter dnd husband and two other persons have been arrested for in- fanticide, and it {8 learned that since they started operations this year 300 children were killed. The Japan Times has an account of a Japanese of Koohi having been married to a corpse. The bride-elect committed sui- cide on the evening of her marriage. The body was recovered and at the request of the dead girl's parents the ceremony took place between the living and the dead. DUTY ON TEA CREATES FURORE Japa Merchants Are Thrown Consternation by Imposition of Ten Cent Tax. YOKOHAMA, Dec. 21 (Via Victorls, B. C., Dec. 28).—The report that the United States will impose the duty of 10 cents a pound on tea now held in bond, even though withdrawal may not take place un- til after January 1, when duty is removed on new arrivals, has caused consternation among merchants. The tea merchants, jobbers, grocers and others interested will endeaver to induce the government to withhold such action, which has come upon the market like & thunderbolt. The tea tax in Americ which was ome of the Spanish-American war taxes, is to be raised January 1, and in the event of that a large amount has | been placed in bond in American seaports. Dewey Greeted at Ponce. PONCE, Porto Rica, Dec. 28.—Admiral Dewey arrived here yesterday evening from San Juan and recelved am ovation. He was warmly greeted by a committes of na- tive officials and citisens and. was escorted by them from Juana Diaz to Pomce. Tte decorated in honor of the ad- arrival, which was followed by a fon with bands of music through the streets. Later the admiral boarded the United States stdamer Mayflower and sailed for Culebra. A er Shock Crar's Lan ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 28.—An earth- | quake shock which ted twenty-three seconds was felt today at Bigsk, in the government of Temsk. The governor general of Turkestan in a report to the czar on the Andijan disaster | be possible to find temporary accommod: | tions for the troops and the authorities at the devastated city. R Y. M A. Prospe ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 28,—The third annual meeting of the Young Men's Chris- | tian association, under the patronage of | Prince Oldenburg, was held here tonight. | Among those present were Prince Plato | Obelensky, Senator Tagantsey, E. L. Nobel of the association is nearly self -sustaining and its membership in the last year has increased. entertaln at dinner a number | Chappelle Reaches San Juan, SAN JUAN, Dec. 28.—Archbishop Chap- pelle, apostolic delegate in Cuba and Porto Rico, arrived here this afternoon, and the people of the city turned out in large num- bers to recelve him. The water front was crowded for hours before the archbishop disembarked. A large procession escorted the prelate to the cathedr: vices were held. Vice Admiral Cervera, who surrendered to the American fleet off Santiago de Cuba, to the post of chief of Staff of the Davy has been publisbed ia the Oficlai Gazette B C, ught "” says he hopes that within & month it will | HUMBERTS NEARING PARIS French Oapital Agog with Expeotancy Over Their Approach. | AUTHORITIES ARE GROWING ANXIOUS Attempts to Bring Them Secretly 4led When Train Crossed Span- rontier and Its Delay \/x Became Known, PARIS, Dec. 28.—The train bringing to | Parls the members of the Humbert family, who were arrested in Madrid, was due to arrive at 4:52 tomorrow morning, but owing to an accident to a brake, it was two hours late at the Spanish frontier, thereby mis: Ing connections with the Paris train Bordeaux. In their anxlety to avold the assembling of crowds and demonstrations on the ar- rival of the Humberts, the authorities hers refuse to say at what station the prison- ers will leave the train. These precau- tions probably will be defeated by the delay in arriving, it now seems prob- able that the train will reach Paris in broad daylight, instead of, as tntended, in the early morning. It is possible that the prisoners will be taken from the train at some station out- side the city and thence conveyed secretly to prison. Cells at the Conciergerfe have been prepared for their reception. At Hendaye, on the Spanish frontier, the car containing the prisoners was detached from the Madrid train outside the station on thé Spanish side of the frontler and the Humberts were hurried into a French car held In readiness and handed over to the French officials. After this had been done the Spanish police retired. The change of cars was accomplished o rapidly that the waiting crowd barely caught a glimpse of the party, but it greeted the prisoners with ironical cheer- ing. This greatly enraged Mme. Humbert. After the car had been attached to the French train the traln proceeded. Crowds had gathered at the various st tions, hoping to see the Humberts. They were disappointed, however, as the blinds of the car were kept closely drawn. At Bordeaux the Humberts' car was a tached to the fast train, which is scheduled to arrive here at 7:30 tomorrow. HOW MAJOR LIU WAS BEHEADED Details of Execution of Chinese Army Officer Who Refused to Protect British M1 tes. VICTORIA, Deec. 28.—According to ad- vices recelved by the steamer Tartar, the Hunan correspondents of the Shanghal pa- pers send particulars regarding the execu- tion of Major Liu, the Chen Chau military officer who refused to protect the murdered misslonari, mob, and whose execution was demanded by the British government and China forced to accede <o it after a naval demonstration at Hankow. The condemned man was re- moved from the yamen in a chair, after which he was taken to a place outside the walls to the place of execution. The execution was witnessed by a. lerge Bumber of forelgners. After the execu- tion the remains were rolled in a red wrapper and all day a continual line of people wept bitterly before the coffin. Before leaving Pekin for Washington, Su Liang Cheng, who will replace Wu Ting- tang, was given 1,000 taels and a large bouquet by the empress dowagbr, with whom he was in audience for some hours. News was recelved from Bangkok of a collision in the mouth of the Menam river between the North German Lloyd steamer Phra Ehim Clo and the East Indian com- pany's steamer Kelantan, the latter sinking in a few minutes. No lives were lost. The bark Aberystewick Castle, which was dismasted 250 miles off Yokohama on a voyage from the Clebes to Eureka, as be- fore reported, has been sold to Japan at Yokohama and the crew sent to New York. BOWEN PLEASES VENEZUELANS Cresident Castro Expected at Carac: to Discuss Terms of Arbi- tratio (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 28.—(New York World Cablegram—Special Telcgram.) —The course pursucd by United States Minister Bowen is glving satistaction here. President Castro s expected to return from La Victoria tomorrow to discuss the conditions of the arbitration. The Ked D line steamship Maracaibo has | been permitted to land its passengers and | malls at La Guayra. The eteamship Maracaibo salled from New York December 20 for Curacao and La Guayra with passengers, mails and a mis- cellaneous cargo, principally made up of flour, grain, butter, lard and other food stuff. STRATTON WILL CASE TODAY Will Be Begun at ings. COLORADO SPRINGS, Dec. 28.—The real battle for the Stratton millions will begin tomorrow when the hearing on the admis- sion of the will of W. 8. Stratton to probate | comes up in the county court. Prominent lawyers from all over the state, including United States Senator Patterson, are a | sembling in the city, and the prospects are that the hearing will be long drawn out. The protest against the admission of the, | will to probate wi | taken by the attorneys for Harry Stratton, the contestant of the will, and it was based upon numerous grounds. and his bride from Oshkosh, Wis., arrived {n the city yesterday to be present at the heariag. MINERS WILL ASK MORE PAY Profits Than Ever Before. SPRINGFIELD, 1Ill, Dec. 28.—W.,D. Ryan, secratary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of lilinois, in a statement today, saye that the miners of the Laited States will make a demand for a material increase in wages at the national comven- tion at Indianapolis on January 19. Mr. Ryan says that the operators are re- celving & larger price for coal than ever before, and they cannot make the excuse that the mines are not paying expenses Mr. Ryan says that (he convention will produce figures to show the total cost of mining & ton of coal and give the public an idea of the profit beiug reaped by the operators. Mr. Ryan will attend the con- vention and mo doubt lead the fight for bigher wages. / one of the first steps | Young Stratton | HERBERT MAKES EXPLANATION Says His Acceptance of Colorado & Southern Position is Due Only to DENVER, Dec. 28.—James M. Herbert, general manager of the Denver & Rio Grande raflroad, who Is to become general manager of the Colorad & Southern and vice president of the FoP Worth & Denver City on January 1, returned to Denver from a trip to Joplin, Mo., today. Tonight Mr. Herbert dictated the following state- ment: “Two weeks ago, ubsolicited, the office of vice president and gemeral manager of the Colorado & Southern and vice president of the Fort Worth & Denver City, carrying with It some attractive features, was ten- dered me. 1 asked time to consider, which was granted, following which 1 accepted. There has been no friction between myselt and higher Denver & Rio Grande officers. the paramount issue with me. solutely no friction as between | the Colorado & Southern and the Denver & Rio Grande interests. I have placed my resignation as director of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company In the hands of Mr. Clement, who is Mr. Gould's representa- tive in that company, for such action as he deems advisable.” Mr. Herbert sald further that the report that General Hawley had in any way in- fluenced his appointment with the Hawley roads is unfounded. 3 “It has been said,” sald Mr. Herbert, “that such was the case, and that the re. cent Colorado Fuel and Iron company fight prompted this. There Is absolutely not a particle of foundation for such a report. 1 am Mr. Trumbull's appointee. I never had any conference with Hawley, and will have nothing to do with him when I accept my new position.” HE APPEALS FOR PUBLIC'S AID Caleb Powers Seeks Awsistance from People Outside of Kentucky to Pay for His Defense, GEORGETOWN, Ky., Dec. 28.—Ex-Secre- tary of State Caleb Powers, who has had two trials and now awaits in jail here his third trial for complelty in the murder of the late Governor William Goebel, today issued the following appeal to the public: “I bave had written a number of letters to difterent states asking for financial aid in my coming trial for alleged complicity in the Goebel murder. A portion of the press has, through a misunderstanding of the facts, attempted te thwart my plan for raising the much-necded money with which to defend myself, by circulating a report that these letters were aot genuine because signed by different persoms for me. “It {8 true that mafy of the letters were signed by different persons, because it was impossible for one person to send them out in the limited time before my next trial, but all of these letters are genuine. T have been continuously in the jails of this state for nearly throe years. My means are exhausted. The generosity of Kentucky has been taxed to the utmost in my former so-called trials. In & few weeks I am again to be tried for my life. Hence my appeal no% to my friends out- side of Kent " IMPETUS TO Efig INDUSTRY Ceunation of Service of Frick Company ng New Ovens. PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—With the closing of the present year the H. C. Frick Coke company passes from the service of the general coke consumers of the country and will devote its energles to supplylng the constituent companies of the United States Steel corporation. The removal of this large supply of coke trom the independent fleld has done mor to stir up capital for new coke operations than anything that has occurred in years. During the past month of six weeks thero have been several public announcements of the plans of new corporations to develop coking plants in the western Pennsylvnia fleld, as well as in West Virginia. The latest to appear is that of the Unlon Coking and Coal company of New York. This corporation has been formed during the past few weeks by castern men and has secured 3,200 acres of fine West Vir- ginit coal land along the line of the West Virginla Central railroad. 'Phe first part of the coke oven equipment for the mew company will contain mo less than 1,000 ovens. The capital of the company for the present will be $2,600,000. UNIQUE PLACE OF WORSHIP St. Paul Citizsens Witness Opening of cent New People’s Church Costing Over $100,000. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 28.—The new People's church, which replaces the struc- ture burned about & year ago, was opened today with appropriate religious ceremo- nies. The church {s an imposing struct.?e, erected at & cost of over $100,000, and is unique In that its interior decorations pay tribute to the great teachers of all recog- nized religions and creeds. Placed at in- tervals around the semi-circle of the audi- torium are two tlers of stained glass win- dows that have been given to the church by the various nationalities and religlous denominations {n St. Paul. There, In their order, are Hebrews, Roman Catholics, Ital- {ans, Swiss, German, Methodists, Congre- gationalists, Unitarians, Baptists, Presby- | terians, Bohemians, Swedes, French, Irish, | English, Norweglans and Afro-Americans. | Other windows represent missions, pa- triotism, labor, the great teachers (which bear the names of Zoroaster, Confucius, | Buddha and Mohammed), philanthropy and | invention. The great pipe organ, to cost $10,000, is to be installed later. E!GHTY MINERS ARE ENTOMBED Fire Occurs in Coal Reglon Near Bachmut, & Rus Provin, Workmen Are in D ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 28.—A fire has occurred in a coal mine at Bachmut, | Ekatofinoslay province. A hundred miners were underground when the fire started. | Twenty of these have been rescued, but it |18 feared the others have succumbed. Mexico's Plague A MAZATLAN, Mexico, Dec. 28.—There Is better feeling mow that the plague b somewhat abated. The energetic moasures taken by the authorities bad excellent re- sults. The people leaving town have in some cases encountered sanitary cordons on approaching nelghboring villages and returned. Foreign ships touching here re- fuse to take passengers or freight. The deaths are diminishing, only four bein, reported on Thursday iast and during th subsequent days but few cases, tes IRRIGATION MORE POPULAR Bast is Waking Up to the Faoct Reclaiming of Arid Land Helps All FIGHT WITH SPECULATORS COMES NEXT Already This Class is Grabb Every Acre Poasible and Some Means Must Be Taken to Head Them. Of, (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—(Speclal.)—~The great work which the naticnal government | s just embarking upon of (he subjugation of the American desert is being discussed by the entire western half of the United States, and was brought prominence by the recent national irri tion congress held at Colorado Springs. The west has so long striven for some assistance from the government that its people can hardly realize that congress actually did make an appropriation of reservoirs and providing, further, that the proceeds from the sales of all western public lands, as received year by year, shall be used for such development. Bven west- ern senators and congressmen who, it might be thought, would have known the temper of congress on this subject, have expressed the greatest astonishment that such a bill should have really recelved the votes of a majority of congress. They had not reckoned, however, upon the change of sentiment in the east, as the question be- came better understood, and the support irrigation movement the past few years since the captains of the great manufact- uring centers have considered the possi- bilities of arld America and have actively forwarded the proposed plan to reclaim the western deserts and thus create new home markets for the sale of thelr goods. The eastern agricultural opposition, too, it seems, has largely disappeared since it Is seen that irrigated products will not come east to compete with eastern farm products, but will find a market In the Orfent, and that when the eastern manu- facturer sells additional goods in the west he will have to employ more factory hands and that eastern agriculture will be stim- ulated to feed them. Trade ls the life of the land, and the motto suggested by speakers at the recent irrigation congress that “trade follows the irrigation flag,” is appropriate and axiomatic. Keep Speculators Out. Now the great question s to save theso irrigable lands from speculators. While the peoplo of the country are complacently sitting back, waiting for the national frri- gation act to go into operation and pop- ulate the deserts, the land grabbers and speculators are absorbing, by fair means or foul, and as rapidly as possible, cvery acre of good land which there is any pos- sibility of Irrigating. The national irrigation act is as well guarded against speculation as it was pcs. siblo to frame a law under the existing conditions; but the men who have had the interests of the west and the nation at heart polnted out at the time of the pas- sage of the act that to safeguard the public Mnm\u}m 1ts reservation for act. Uil wettlers the desert land law and th commutation clause of the homestead law must be repealed. The activities of the land sharke since the passage of the irri- gation law show the necessity for their repeal forthwith. Under these laws mill- fons of acres of the nation’s best remaining lands have been, during the past year, absorbed by big stock concerns and fraud- ulently acquired, at that. A strong effort will be made at the pres- ent session of congress to secure the re- peal of these laws. Beveral bills looking to such an end have been Introduced, and | they will be urged. Needless to say, too, they will be urgently opposed by those | interests which wish no interference with their schemes for gaining control of as much land and water in the west as pos- sible, HER IDENTITY IS DISCLOSED Death by Suicide of Dollie Earl, a esque Actress, Reveals Sad History of Her Fallure, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.—Dollle Earl, the actress who last night committed sui- cide in her dressing room at a burlesque theater here, was today identified as Dollle Allen, daughter of Mrs. T. J. Allen of Rochester, N. Y. The identification was made by Mrs. F. Meyers of this city, who said she had known the actress since child- hood. Mrs. Meyers stated also that Miss Allen was married to a Mr. Bowsmith, a New York business man. Her grandfather was John Tallinger, who, according to Mrs. Mey- ers, was & wealthy merchant of Rochester and who at his death left kis business to T. J. Allen, the girl's father. Dollie Earl, as she was known on the stage, formerly sang with some of the lead- ing comic opera companies, but about eight years ago ber voice falled and she ap- peared with various burlesque compani The coroner has not yet héard from any of her relatives. PLANS FOR A BIG WOLF HUNT Up the Eatire HOT SPRINGS, 8. D., Dec. 28.—(Special.) —Owing to the ravages of the wolves on young stock in Fall River county, the a general wolf hunt, to take p ary 8. cured from Missouri and a good time and profitable hunt is anticlpated. Starting places have been designated on the out- skirts of the county, from which the hunt- ers will close in untll they round up somewhere near the center. Thrown trom Ho ad Injured. LUSHTON, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)— Cecll Churchill, while riding a horse, was thrown yesterday and seriously Injured. When found he was carried home and when | examined by a physiclan it was found that | his leg was broken, and that he had a dis- | located ankle. e Janu- i Young Coasters Meet Death. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28.—While coasting down the levee onto the ice formed along the river shore opposite Olive street this even- ing Mary Galleano, aged 15, and Ange Cafferata, aged 17, broke through the ice and weré drowned. Theresa Logo Mar- sino, aged 14, also plunged into the river, but was rescued. The body of Mary Gal leano has not been recovered Vanderbilt Grows Better, NEW YORK, Dec. 28 —Cornelius Vender- t comtinues to improve. His temperature slowly dropping toward normal. The at- tending physicians are well saistied with his progress. into particular | about $6,000,000 for constructing irrigation | which eastern men have been giving the | County Stock assoclation has arranged for | A pack of fine hounds has been so- | 'CONDITION OF THE WEATHER| Forecast for Nebraska—Generally fair Monday and Tuesday Temperature at Oma Ho Yesterday: 20| 20 27 24 |FRATERNALS NOT INTERESTED Denial of the Statement They Are Behind the Prosecution of Mrs. Lillie, DAVID CITY, Neb, Dec. 28.—(Special.) —The Lillie murder case is the chief topic of conversation, and some heated discus- | sions are hold. An Omaha paper of yes- terday morning stated that the fraternal | orders of which Mr. Lillile was a member were resnonsible for the arrest of Mrs. Lillie. The Bee reporter yesterday inter- viewed the head officers of theso orders |and they all say the statement is incor- |rect and unanimously say that they had ! nothing to do with the matter elther di- | | rectiy or indirectly, | Some of the members of the Women's | Christian Temperance union are taking | quite an interest in behalf of Mrs. Lillie, {and boldly assert that she is wholly In- | nocent of the crime charged. A large num- ber of the members of the Women's Chri | tian Temperance union are keeping “hands off,” and, since Mrs. Lillie's arrest, want a complete and thorough investigation | made, that her guilt or innocence may be determined by the court. It is asserted | that friends of Mrs. Lillle are ready to | furnish her with funds to aid in procur- ing the best legal talent obtainable. Mrs. Lillle went to Bellwood Wednesday evening to spend Christmas with her | tather, James Hill. She will return to- morrow morning in time for the prelimi- nary hearing. It 18 expected that a large crowd will be in attendance when court convenes tomor- row morning. WOMAN CHANGES MIND AGAIN Renews Charge of Murder Against 'Her Husband, but Authorities Do Not Belleve It. GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Dec. 28.—(Spe- clal.)—In the case of G. A. Baxter, the aged negro charged by his wife with the murder of thelr 4-months-old babe, who was induced to plead guilty to the charge of manslaugh- ter, though he insisted on innocence of crime while pleading, who was sentencad to ten years in the penitentiary and then exonerated by the testimony of the same woman who had made the charge, an ap- plication has now been filed in the district court asking to withdraw the plea of gullty, t aside the seatence and reopen the case. Judge Thompson will take the case under advisement until January 5. County At- torney Horth states that he will not pros cute the case any further; if the plea is wet “aside and the sentgnce canceled he will permit that to settle the case, though the woman is now sald to again incline to her first story. Since then, however, she has been in the jall with her husband, having for a time no other place to be housed. COWBOY SERIOUSLY INJURED Pucking Broncho Falls on Him a Ruptares Blood Vessel in Leg. HASTINGS, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Barney Plerson, a cowboy who is well known throughout the western part of Nebraska and eastern Colorado, was badly injured here today by having a bron- cho fall on him. He was riding a wild and bucking broncho when the animal fell and crushed him to the earth. For nearly five minutes he held the haunches of the horse off his chest with his left hand and thus prevented the ani- mal from crushing in his chest. When he | was finally released from his dangerous position it was found that the blood ves- sels of his right leg had been badly rup- tured and he was otherwise injured. Court Terms in First District, TECUMSEH, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)— Judges J. 8. Stull and C. B, Letton have agreed upon the following dates for holding district court in the several counties of the First district during the coming yea Gage county, January 26, March 23 and Sep- tember 14; Jefferson county, February 23, May 18 and December 1; Nemaha county, February 2, April 20 and September 21; Johnson county, February 23, May 11 and October 12: Richardson county, March 16, May 25 and November 9; Pawnee county, April 6, June 15 and November 30.. A grand jury has been called for this county at the February term. It is not known for just what reason, but many suppositions are ad- vanced. One is to have it look into the Chamberlain bank failure matters. YORK, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Special.)—Cadls Scholley, the young man from the west who wanted his assoclates to believe that he was really a bad man from the west, 18 in jall and at times cries over his mis- fortunes. Cadis, in & spirit of bravado and to show that he was really bad, stole Jam Grier's buggy and a set of harness from Brittain’s livery barn. He got as far as the nelghborhood of Hendersun when John | Amebaugh captured the property and tel ephoned officials here to catch Scholley, | who was on his way back to York. Scholley | was captured, and when pu. in jail he com- menced to cry and has been doing & good job of crylug ever since. He has been sentenced for sixty da; TECUMSEH, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Speck Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 6, 6 and 7, have been chosen as the dates for hoiding the annual Jobnson County Farm institute at Tecumseh. Premiums will be | offered for the best exhibits of corn and : truit, Steal Pair of Ponfes | PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Dec. 28.—(Spe- | | elal)—A pair of bay ponies was stolen | | trom the barn of George Poisall In this city | last night. Up to a late hour no trace of the robbers or the horses had been found. Movements of Ocean Ve Dec. 28, | At the Lizard—Passed: Nordam, from | New York for Boulogne and Rotterdam. | _At Queenstown—8alled: Umbria, for New | York. At ‘Moville—Salled York o At New York—Salled Havre. At Southampton—Batled: Moltke, Hamburg; Boul for New York At Browhead—Passed: Ivernia, from Bosten for Queenstown and Liverpool. Furnessia, for New La Champagne, for for ! change from yesterday. HREE CENTS SHIFTING THE BLAME Operator Oarson Puts Onus for Disaster on Dispatoher Kerr, SAYS HE SENT A This Was Conveyed to Oonductor as Reason for Bignal. TRAIN WAS SENT ON TO But Grand Trunk Offioials Assert Belief in Kerr's Oaution. “BUST" ORDER ITS - FATE DECLARE HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE As Work of Invest of Ontario Wreek Proceeds Injured Are for in Hoapital, LONDON, Ont., Dec. 28.--There were no deaths today among the persons injured in Friday night's collision at Wanstead on the Sarnia branch of the Grand Trunk rail. road, between Pacific Express No. 5, west bound, and an eastbound freight, in which twenty-eight persons lost their lives. The Assoclated Press was informed to- night at Victoria hospital that while sev- eral of the injured are still in a serfous condition, It is expected that all will re- cover. The body of Fireman Ricketts of the ex- press train, which was last night belioved to be buricd under the wrecked englnes, was found today covered with snow in the diteh beside the track. One arm was com- pletely toru off and the body wae other- wise mangled, Death must have been In- stantaneous. It is belleved that the body was thrown clear of the engine and fnto the deep snow in the ditch, where fn the storm and dark- ness the wreckers fafled to find it Friday night. Snow fell rapidly all that night, 80 that Ricketts' body was completely covered at daybreak and was not found Today one of the men working at the wreck noticed a little mound in the ditch and Investigation showed Ricketta’ body under the snow. Tonight there 1s but one unidentified body at the morgue here, that of & woman v' was ticketed from Toronto to Duluth Tho man's body which was unidentified last night was this afternoon {dentified as that of George D. Southern of Lockport, N. Y. Carson Denfes Responsibility. Andrew Carson, the operator at Wattord, the first station east of the wreck, whose failure to deliver orders to Conductor Mo- Auliffe of the Pacific Express to pass the freight at Wanstead, is sald by the Grand Trunk officials to have caused the wreok, this afternoon made to the Assoclated Press his first statement since the wreck, He says he recelved the order for No. b, the express, to pass the frelght at Wi stead at 9:48 o'clock, but declares posit- ively that a few minutes later Dispatcher J. G. Kerr, at London, called him and' or- deréd him to “bHust'™ or-cansel the order. He sald: - “About 9:45, after calling Wyoming and ascertaining that the freight was there, the dispatcher called me rapldly a half dozen times. When 1 acswered on the wire he told me to ‘bust’ this order. I wrote ‘bust it' across the order just as No. 5 was com- ing in. “‘Conductor McAuMffe came in and asked me what the ordsr board was out against him for. I told him that we had had an order for him, but the dispatcher had ‘busted’ it. He asked me to hurry and write him a clearance order, which I did. “After the train had started and was out of my reach the dispatcher learned that the freight had left Wyoming. I told him I could not stop No. 5, as it had left. He immediately began calling Kingscourt Junc. tion, the station between Watford and Wan- stead, on the rallroad wire, and I tried to railse them on a commercial wire. We both failed to do this, however, until after the express had passed the junctiou.” ¥aith in Dispatcher Kerr, Carson admitted that he knew that it was agalnst the rules to cancel a train order without sending a substitute for it, but sald that the dispatcher was his su- perior officer and he disliked to question his order or dispute his suthority to take this action. Dispatcher Kerr's order book in the local Grand Trunk offige does not show that the order was “busted” or canceled as Carson clalms. According to the book it was still in force and should have been delivered to the conductor of the express. Kerr has not made any statement even to the rail- road officlals and will not until he takes the stand at the inquest. Division Superintendent George G. Jones of Toronto says that the rule against can- celing or “busting” train orders is the strictest in the company’s code. “I do not belleve,” he said tonight, “that it has been violated since the standard dispatching rules went into effect. Dis- patcher Kerr is one of \h¢ best and most efficient dispatchers in our service. He fis the operator who accompanied the train bearing the Duke and Duchess of York on the roysl tour of Canada a year ago. I have evéry confidence in him. Other Grand Trunk officials who were present also expressed their confidence in Kerr. Coroner Dr. Harvey of Lambton county will begin the inquest at Wyoming tomor- Tow. Co fon of the Imjured. Ot the five Chicago people in Victoria hospital, John Bird and Dr. C. Harvey, lecturer on anatomy at the Unlversity of Chicago, are the most serlously injured, although Russell Quinn, whose hands are badly scalded, is suffering a great deal of pain. Dr. Harvey, who was one of the last persons dug out of the telescoped coach, is resting quietly tonight and is consid- erably better than he was last night. He is suffering from exposure in addition fo his wounds. The condition of John Bird shows little He 1is suffering considerably. Thomas Coote and his wife are both re. ported much better tonight. Mrs. Coote is still suffering from the shock and com- plains of pain in her back. John Barnes of Woodstock, Ont., whose leg is broken and whose back is injured, the house surgeons say, is probably the most serlously Injured of any of the wreck victims. His condition tonight is not so good and the doctors are appre- hensive about him. J. J. Cutbbertson of Port Hurom, Mich., whose mouth was badly lacerated, 1s suf- fering tonight. His wife and daughter, who are also in the hospltal, are mot se- riously {njured. J. M. Stewart of Oshkosh, W whosa wife and two young sons are in the how-