Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1 1903—TWELVE PAGE SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. D_OF STRIKE tor of Union Paoific Says a Compro- mise Has Boen Reached. S, HOWEVER, ARE NOT GIVEN OUT President Burt Will Start West Friday to Oonfer with Men. EXECUTIVE BOARDS HOLD JOINT SESSION tement Made After the Adjournment of This Meeting. OCAL MEN TALK ON THE SITUATION wint that Whatever Else is Agreed Upon Plece Work Must Be Aban- doned and abs Must Go. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—(Special Tele- am.)—That the officials of the Unfon Pa- eific rallroad and representatives of the em- ployes of the company have arrived at a tisfactory agreement in regard to the fevances of striking shopmen, which reatened serfous trouble on all the Har- fiman controlled roads, became definitely nown today, when a report was made to be executive committee of both the Unlon Pucific and Southern Pacific raflways that he atrike was over. While Mr. Harriman maintains his characteristic reticence con- corning the aituation, & difector of the com- pany sald today “A most satisfactory report on the labor situation was presented to the executive ' committees today. President Burt is e put the case to the men. Bbas been effected, but I cannot detalls. Not only h men been terminated, but sympathetic strikes are falr the officials have taken toward n Charles H. Tweed of the South- L e company attended. Mr., Tweed's ros| 10n as chairman of the Southern Pa eific board, not as a member, was accepted, although nothing has been dome toward selecting his successor. J. W. Kline, executive committeeman for the Union Pacific blacksmiths, says that negotiations between the strikers and Union Pacific officials in the east have as- sumed a more favorable aspect than the press dispatches even indicate. He has boen in daily communication since last Sat- urday with President Slocum of the Inter- Dational Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, who is In New York. The supposition of some s that the Union Pacific officials sought first to deal with the three crafts, machin- ists, blacksmiths and bojlgrmakers, sep- nrately, but finding this difagreeable to the strikers, they yielded to the only alterna- tive of meeting the labor leaders ulto- gother. Mr. Kline however, does not take this view. ~Mr, Kline says the one point at {ise upun eh there will be no compromi the dieposition of the strike breakes These men must leave the shops uncondi- tionally or there will be no abandonment of the strike. It Strike is Not Settled. | “We will effoct one of the biggest mo- tive power strikes in the history of the country,” sald this leader, “if the Union Pacific fight (s not settied as a result of the negotiations in New York. We have the moral support of our men everywhere and will have ample financlal resources. ‘We will be prepared to wage the war as long as the rallroads can. this out to the finish. We cannot listen to compromise. We started in six months ago to settle the question of plecework and settlo it right and we will not stop until that result is accomplished. The life of our unions is at stake. If the Union Pa- cific should win thié strike and introduce plecework on {ts system, which would mean on the entire Harriman system, it would simply be the opening wedge that would fatally split our organizations and admit the introduction of plecework throughout the country. And.whenever that is done, whenever plecework is In general operation the unions are done for. Plecework is the death knell of organised labor.” The resignation of Chairman Tweed cre- stes now interest in Omaha. Strikers con- tend that it has special significance and interpret Mr. Tweed's action to indicate the stubborn opposition of some members of the Southern Pacific board to the policy of the Unlon Pacific. It is belleved here that the Southern Pacific’s avowed policy 18 to steer clear of any further trouble and by all meana to see that the strike 1s mot complicated 80 as to involve fhat road. The only method for accomplishing this purpose, according to the strikers, is for the strike to be settled forthwith. One of the most conservative leaders of the strike last night informed a reporter for The Bee that pledges have been re- celved from shopmen on the Baltimore & Oblo to co-operate actively with the Union Pacific strikers it they fall in thelr ! negotiations at New York. It already has been stated that the Northwestern, Santa Feo and, of course, the Southern Pacific shopmen are pledged for a sympathetic strike 1f the settlement falls. PINNED UNDER THE ENGINE Fatal Wreck Occurs on South Park Rond Near Pittsburs Switch, Colora; DENVER, Dec. 31.—The combination traln on the South Park railroad, which left Den- wor last evening, was wrecked about 4 o'clock this morning near Pitisburg switch, four miles east of Breckinridge. The en- gine and four cars jumped the track and yolled down au embankment. Engineer Danlel Willlams and Fireman Frenk Younger, both of Como, were pinued under the locomotive and were terribly scalded. Willlams dled two hours after belng removed from the wreck. Younger may recover. The passenger car remaived the track and Do passengers were in- MUST SERVE TIME We must fight | ARE HELD FOR SMUGGLING| Defendants in Porto Rico Cases Are Bound Over for Trial After » ry Examinaf SAN JUAN, P. R., Doc. 31.—The hearink of the smuggling cases was continued toda before United States Commissioner Ander- ®on. In the case against Lieutenant’ Com- mander George W. Mentz, U. 8, N., and Supervisor of Elections BenjaufduButler, Lieutenant Commander Mentz ¢ 0.»&0; trial in $1,000 ball and Butler Lieutenant Oow._ charged. In the case against mander Mentz, Butler and James Brennan, an employe of the Country club. Butler and Brennan were discharged and the com. missioner was undecided as to Lieutenant Commander Ments. The hearing of the third case Butler was continued. The judge has discharged Lieutenant Steward McC. Decker, commissary of the Porto Rican regiment, against whom action for contempt of court had been started, upon Lieutenant Decker promising to answer the question to which his refusal to reply resulted in the proceedings Today the lleutenant testified that he had removed certaln boxes, but said he did not remember upon whose order they had been taken to the barracks. Nelther did he know what became of them. The testimony today showed that some of the boxes of liquid were marked with the single initials “DU.” Other boxes were la- beled with a dozen different marks, but the owners were not identified. POWERS AGREE WITH SPAIN win against Not Interferc in the Trouble with Moroeco Pre- tender, ADRID, Dec. 81.—Germany h ain that she intends to observe an atti- tude toward Morocco similar to that of France and Great Britain. All the powers are thus in accord with Spain‘s desire to maintain the status quo. A dispatch received here from Ceuta, Morocco, says that a Moor, who W under British protection, has been mu- dered by Moors between Tangler and Teu- ten. -y The Kabyles in the vicinity of Melilla, Moroceo, are quliet. People who have arrived at Ceuta from Fez do not take very serious views of the situation therc » The missionary. head- quarters In London has telegraphed to Tan- glers for information regarding the mis- slonaries in Morocco, for whose satety, however, not much fear is felt. The latest advices from the Americans at Mequenez shows that Messrs. Welliver of Sloux City and Reed of Kansas City went | to Fez after the recent trouble at Mequines. Six-other missionaries are presumed to be at Mequenez, SIOUX CITY, Ia., Dec. 31.—Rev. James Wellever, formerly of Sioux City, is one of the Towa misslonaries in danger in Morocco. Mr. Wellever was formerly & newspaper man and worked on the Sioux City and Fort Dodge papers. e ——— IT REBELLION- IS SERIOUS Warting Province is Sufficient. PEKIN, Dec. $1.—Replying to inquiries from the legation, the Forelgn office today admitted that there was some truth in the reports of warlike preparations on the part of Tung Fu Sang, although it char- acterizes the stories of his movements as exaggerated. The Forelgn office says the viceroys of northern provinces have sufficlent troops to subdue him. This latter statement is dis- belleved. It is expected that government troops will join Tung Fu Sang in the event of his undertaking a rebellion. Popular sympathy is with Tung Fu Sang, who was exiled and degraded for obeying the orders of his superiors and attacking the foreign legations here. The monument to Baron von Kettler, the German minister who was killed in Pekin shortly after the outbreak of the Boxer trouble, will be dedicated on January 18, Chinese and German officials participating in the ceremony. The monument is a white marble arch, spaning the principal busi- street at the spot where Baron von SEND BALLOONS OVER SAHARA h Explorers Try Experiment and it Successful They Will Trav- erse Desert by Alrship. PARIS, Dec. 31.—Mme De Burax and Cas- tilleon De St. Victor embarked at Mar- sellles today for Tunis, where they propose to send up two small balloons for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether the winds which prevail in winter will carry airsbips across the Sahara desert. If this ia suc- cesstul the two explorers propose to erot the unexplored portion of the desert in a balloon. This plan receives the support of the French government, which supplies the baljobns. The airships to be used first are furnished with automatic resistering instru- ments and carry requests written in several languages, asking the finders to return them to the authorities at Tunls. Major Marchand of Fashoda fame is to meet the explorers at Gabes, at which point the two balloons will be sent off. AUSGLEICH DIFFICULTY ENDS Pre: Get Together and News is Halled with Delight by Crow Celebrating New Ye VIENNA, Dec. 31.—After & protracted conference Dr. Von Koerber, the Australian premler, and Coloman De Szell, the Hun- garian premier, surmounted the difficulties in the way of reaching an understanding with regard to the Ausgleich at 9 o'clock this evening, and it was them announced that the premiers had agreed toi compro- mise the Ausgleich difficulty, ‘The Ausgleich is the customs umion and fiscal agent between Austria and Hungary. The news of the settlement was published in extra editions of the uewspupers and was recelved with signs of satisfaction by the crowds celebrating the new year, PARTY OF EXPLORERS EATEN Captured by Uganda Cannibals, Whoe Feast on Bodies. BRUSSELS, Dec. 31.—The Congo admin- istration has received mews that Li | Lillie calling the girls, IS NAKING SLOW PROCRESS Btate Still Has Large Number of Witnesses in Lillie Oase. REVOLVER IS BROUGHT INTO COURT Claimed to Be Weapon with Which Crime Was Committed—Little Child of Defen Testifies. 31.—(Spectal re was a small attendance vened this morning, the o) the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Lillle comimenced. The most interesting event of the day was the testimony of the 12-year-old daughter of the defendant, who detailed in her child- ish way the events of the night of the mur- Ger of her father, Dr. Sample was recalled for further cross- examination. The doctor testified that at the coroner's inquest Mrs. Lillle demon- strated to the jury, by the use of a re- volver, the position of the burglar on the morning of the murder. This revolver was produced in court this morning and identi- fled by the doctor. at the Lillie home by the coroner. It is a 32-caliber and is said to have been found in the dresger in the Lillie bed room by the officials. It has four chambers, two loaded and two empty. The revolver is made by the Fareland Arms company of Worcester, Mass.; pat- ented June 2, 1881; double actlon, center fire and is thirty-two long. Estella Daweon was the next witne She said she was 14 years old, had been at the Lillle home three weeks when the shoot- ing occurred. She was boarding there and going to school. Hears Mrs. Lillle Scream. “The first thing 1 heard on the morning of October 24 was a shot and heard Mr: Lillie scream. When I first saw Mr Lillle she was in Edna’s and Mae's room. Thie adjoins the foom where I slept. The door from Mae's and Edna's room to tho hallway was shut. “I heard Mrs. Lilli> say, ‘Oh, Mae, get up; someone has been in our room and shot at us’' Edna went in and called to her papa and tried to wake him up. We all then went Into the room and saw that Mr. Lillle was shot and there was blood on his face. “We all then went down stairs. Mrs. Lillle went down first. We took the lamp with us. It was a few moments after I heard the shot that I heard Mrs. Lillle scream. I did not hear Mrs. Lillle say anything after we got down stairs, only saw her at the telephone. We girls went to call Dr. Stewart and Bert Hall to help us. “When we got back Mrs, Lillle was in the bed room with Mr. Lillle. Mrs. Bert Hall was with her. The night before I saw Mr. Lillie lock the back door. This was about five minutes before we all went up- stairs to bed.” Witness sald that she did not hear any noise that morning at the time of the shoot- ing, only the shot and Mrs. Lillie scream. That there is no carpet or matting on the airway. On cross-examination, witness sald that ‘when Mrs. Lillie screamed it sounded like she was in the hallway, and also in the girls' room. Further than this the cross- examination elicited nothing. Sewing Girl's Story. At the convening of court this afternoon Julia Ficke was called. She had been sew- ing for Mrs. Lillle for elght weeks prior to the murder. Witness said in the afternoon prior to the shooting that Mrs. Lillle went up town, saying she wanted to deposit some money in the bank, but returned soon after and said the bank was closed; that ““during this same afternoon Mrs. Lillie asked us girls it we would be uneasy if there was money in the house over night. This was the first time I ever heard Mrs. Lillie say anything about money or finances.” Wit~ ness occupled the bedroom with Estella Dawson. “I heard both shots fired; the second one was just a few seconds after the first one. The mext I heard was Mr: saying that Mr. Lillie was shot. I heard no other noise. Could not say I could have heard anyone going down stairs hurriedly. Immediately after the first shot heard her sons come up those stairs when I was in my room, but they were not in thelr stocking feet. May Lillle took the lamp into Mr. Lillie's room to see if he was shot. Miss Dawson and myseif remained in the Hall. Immedi- ately after the shooting we all went down stairs and us girls went after Bert Hall and Dr. Stewart. It was getting daylight. In sweeping the floors that morning we found some pepper on the dining room floor, which we swejt up and saved. The state attempted to ehow by this wit- ness that Mrs. Lillie had made some re- marks about the poisoning of the blood- hounds, but was not permitted to do so. Lillie Child's Story. The next witness was Edna, the 12-year- old daughter of Mrs. Lillie. As this wit- ness told her story of the tragedy in her tnnocent, childish way, profound silence was observed throughout the court room. Spec- tators leaned forward to catch every word uttered by the child. She said: “The first thing I heard was mamma scream. I did not hear the shots fired. I got up and went into papa‘s room, took hold of his ear, jerked his head and called to him and tried to wake him up. ‘There was no light in the bed room at this time. We then went downstairs, us girls went after Bert Hall and Dr. Stewart, Mamma went to the telephone. When I went into papa’s bedroom that morning someone else came into the room, but I do not know who it was. Think I only went into the bedropm once before we went downstairs. Heard mamma scream twice; she came into our room and called us girls and said a man had shot papa.” At this time counsel for the state re- quested that counsel for both sides, the de- fendant and the court take a recess and examine the different rooms in the Lillie residence. This was agreed to by counsel for the defendant, providing the window curtain and sash be taken back and placed in the same position they were when the crime was committed and then placed in the custody of the court. This was agreed to and an adjournment taken until Friday morning. Bring Bed Inte Court. County Attorney Walling said last night that the state had twenty witnesses yet aud the best witnesses were being held back until the last “We will have the bed in which Mr. Lillle the window curtain and the window in court before we get through,” said nd there is some other articles which 1 will not mention that will be produced Lefore we rest.” Ouring the progress of the prelimipary hearing the state has attempted to show that the telepbone in the Lillle residence ‘was not in working condition on the morn- This revolver was found | | Ephesus, h | to the holy see. MEGLEY GOES 70 SANTEE|(ASTR0 ACCEPTS THE PLAN|CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Appoifted to Take WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Secretary Hiteheook today ap- proved the recommebdation of Commis- sioner Jones and appointed Wilber A. Meg- ley, now at Fort Peck, Mont., t be super- intendent of schools at the Samtee agency, to succeed W. G. Saunders. The comptroller of the ecurremey has ex- tended the corporate existence of the First National bank of Omaha until the close of | business December 81, 1823 The City National banlg of Lincoln has been approved as reserve tional Bank of Wichita, These lowa rural free riers were appointed u regulars, Swain Cook, Wilflam A. Vanbus- kirk; substitutes, A. Coof and Bur Lee. Linville, regular, Everett \W. Bwan; sub- stitute, Leonard Moore. Melrose, reg Homer Joeselyn, Ira V. Jokselyn and Wil fam O'Connmer; substitutes, Mark Carmody and Michael O'Conner. Secretary Root by a decision just ren- dered has thrown In the hAnds of the clvil | courts in the Philippines for @ecision the controversy between the two elements in | the Cathollc church in the istands which | has developed into an actual schism. The | schismatics, under the Jeadership of a priest known by the name of Agilpay, have retained possession of a jarge amount oi property which is claimedjby the Catholio church and the latter appehled to Governor Taft to dispossess the sdbismatics. The governor held that the quedtion was one for the adjustment of the civfl courts and the case came to Washington jon appeal. Sec- retary Root has sustained| Governor Taft's view, The importance off tho matter to the United States governthent lies in the | fact that the property ia controversy is | part of that to which titl¢ must be passed to the United States If the negotiations now in progress beween Goyernor Taft and M. Guido succeed. The Interstate Commerce commission will hold a hearing on January 15 at the federal courthouse in New York City in the case of Kentucky Stato Rallroad Com- mission against the Loulsyllle & Nashville and numerous other foads, involving an alleged merger. Arguments in the case on Antonlo M. Opisso in de Yeaza, a native Filipino who is seeking to compel the clerk of the dl trict eourt to record his citizenship declai ation, was continued today and decision Was reserved. MILLIONS FOR THE FORESTS Congre: Will Appropriate Large Amiount for Their Preser- vation. very letter car- ay: Fremont, WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.~The American Forestry assoclation opened its twenty-first annual meeting here today. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson made an address, in which he said that the depart- ment 13 -experimenting to-ascertain what trees are best adapted to diffevent locali- t A Over 100,000 plants, he adf . wil be sent out for the experiment durlig the coming year. The report of the board of directors showed that greater interest {s belug man- ifested in forest reserves in the southern Appalachlan mountains. The bill providing for the purchase of 4,000,000 neres at & cost not to exceed §10,- 000, it was stated, would be pressed at this session of congress. There were 383 members elected during the year, making a total membership of 2,136, Most Rev. Mgr. Sbarett!, archbishop of recelved the pontifical brief | appointing him apostolic delegate in Can- ada, ‘o succeed Mgr. Falconl, who has ar- rived in Washington to take the place of Cardinal Martinelll as apostolic delegate in | the United States. Mgr. Sbaretti was formerly auditor of the delegation in this city and was three years ago appointed bishop of Havana. There he succeeded in his negotiations with General Wood in adapting the ecclesiastic state to the mew civil order In a manner most satisfactory to this government and ! Mgr. Sbaretti received his brief at the | apostolic delegation here. where he has been a visitor during the last fall and he will leave for his residence in Ottawa on Friday. Today, accompanied by Genmeral Wood, Mgr, Sbaretti was received by President Roosevelt, who expressed to him his satis- taction with his work in Havana and his thanks for the hearty co-operation he gave General Wood while there. The American Physical soclety today elected the following officers for 1903: President, Arthur Webster of Worcester, Mass.; vice president, Elihu Thompson; second vice president, Prof. Merritt of Ithaca, N. Y.; treasurer, Willlam Haller. Milton M. Price of South Dakota has been appointed commerclal agent of the United States at Jeres de la Fontera, Spain. BIG SALE OF BEN HUR SEATS Omaha People Take Thousand Doll First Da; Almost Five Worth on As was expected, the advance sale of seats for the engagement of “Ben Hur" opened yesterday with a rush. The spec- tacle opens a week's engagement at Boyd's on Monday evening of next week, and as elght performances will be given here and seats were placed on sale yesterday for the entire week, & long line of purchasers ap- peared before the box office opened and the walting procession d1d not break until | the sale closed at 9 o'clock last even- | ing. The advance sale yesterday was $4,751, which s probably the largest ever recorded in Omaha for any the-| atrical offering during a single day. Al- though the sale yesterday was one of un- usual proportions, plenty of excellent seats can be secured for every performance next | week, as the sale was evenly distributed throughout the eight performances. FORMER SOLDIER IN TROUBLE; Shoots and Kills a Girl, but Asser NEW YORK, Dec. $1.—Lydia DeGraw wu} shot and fatally wounded in Paulfield’s | saloon in Washington street, Paterson, J., late last night. She died in the am- bulance while being taken to the hospital William Skinner, colored, was locked up on the charge of being responsible for the girl's death. He asserts that the shootin was accidental. Skinmer returned to this city three weeks ago from Fort Robinson, Neb., after having served ten and & half months in the army. He is 20 years of age. The dead girl was about 2| years old. Willing to SBubmit All Differencés to The Hague Tribunal ANSWER GIVES GREAT SATISFACTION Text of Reply Will Not Be M Pablic Until 1t W en Tra: mitted to the Allled Powers, WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The answer of President Castro to the proposals of the allies to submit to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal the Venezuelan diffipulties has reached Washington through Minister Bowen. The auswer amounts to a general accept- ance of the principles of the proposition, President Castro being willing to submit the arbitration of his case to falr and fm- partial authorities. The c.talls of the answer will not be published here in advance of its reception by the European allled powers, und, in fact, it may be withheld entirely from publication, on the ground that it really | belongs to those powers. Today the answer is belng prepared at the State department for transmission to Burope. As it is quite long and will un- doubtedly require careful consideration by the foreign offices at Berlin, London and Rome, it is not expected that any further steps toward a final settlement can be taken for a day or two. The feeling here, however, based on a knowledge of Castro's position, is that his | answer practically clears the way for the submission of the case to arbitration. The answer has given great satisfaction here. Will Protect French Claims. PARIS, Dec. 31.—A dispatch to the Matin from Caracas confirms the statement that Venezuela has promised France to treat its claim as those of Great Britain, Ger- many and Italy, but adds that a similar promise was refused to Belgium, Spain and Holland. AMOUNT OF CLAIMS EQUAL Germany and England Belleved to Be Owed About Same Sums, but For. mer's Officlals Are Silent, BERLIN, Dec. 81.—The German govern- ment’s reservations in agreeing to submit the Venezuelan claims to arbitration con- tinue to be undisclosed in their entirety. From statements appearing today, how- ever, it aeems to be confirmed that Ger- many excludes from the claims which are subject to arbitration demands amounting to $300,000 for selzure of property and out- rages on the persons of German subjects under circumstances which are here deemed 80 clear that it is useless to call in arbi- trators. The payment of this sum will not be demanded in cash at present, but a sufficient guarantee of the payment will be insisted upon. Great Britain's vreferred claims are equivalent in amount to $300,000, hence the statements made abroad that Germany I asking more than Great Britain are incor- rect. Germany waives an apology for what are here called “diplomatic insult; ing only material reparation. It is now stated that German cruiser Su- perber will sail for Venezuela January 4. The Lokal Anzeiger, the only German newspaper having a special correspondent at Caracas, prints a dispatch from the Venezuelan capital dated December 29, re- lating the correspondent’s experience interviewing President Castro. He found him at General Alcaatara’s estato) at La | Victoria, dancing at noonday. General Al- cantara, who was waiting with a bundle of | dispatches, remarked to the correspondent that “it would not do to interrupt the president’s pleasure even with state busi- ness,” but the correspondent says he spoke to the president between dances, “and after a conversational reconnaisance,” inquired i he Intended to give the powers satisfac- tion. “Why, no,” replied the president;, “I am the one demanding satisfaction for insults. “At this remark,” the correspondent con- tinues, the back and sald: old boy.' " WAGES ARE TO BE INCREASED Delawas ‘That’s the way to talk, Lackawanna & Western Half Million & Month to Its Pay Roll. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Beginning tomor- | row, & new schedule of wages will go Into effect on the Delaware, Lackawanna Western railroad that will increase, sub- ntially, the pay of a large percentage of the employes in all departments of the road. The percentages of increase vary in diffel ent departments and with different men of classes of employes. According to an offi- clal statement, the nmew schedules, taken in connection with previous increases made during the year 1902, will make the total increases approximate what other roads, located in the territory through which the Lackawanna runs, have done in this direc- tion. President Truesdale would not s efinitely what these increases will aggre- gate per month or year, but it was ascer- tained that they will approximate $500,000 per month. WABASH TO ENTER ST. JOSEPH General Counsel Blodgett Tells the cit of that City that is the Road’s Purpose. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 31.—"I expect to see Wabash trains running into St. Joseph | at no very distant day,” said Colonel Wells Blodgett, general counsel of the Wabash | rallway, with headquarters in St. Louls, to | a representative of the St. Joseph Gazette. Colonel Blodgett says the Wabash may bulld a mew line from & point near Pat- tonsburg, Mo., to connect with this city, a distance of sixty miles. This would give the Wabash a good linc from St, Louls to St. Joseph. Rock Island's New Service. GUTHRIE, Okl, Dee. 31.—The Rock Island announces train service established | over the newly constructed extension from Lawton, Okl, to Waurika, Okl., where con- pection |5 made with the main line, thus giving another direct route to Dallas. The pew extension is forty miles in length and passes through Faxon and Temple, Texas Goex with Denver & ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 31.—A. C. Hinck- ley of St. Joseph, formerly master ime- chanic of the St. Joseph & Grand Island, Dbas been appointed master mechanic of the Denver & Rio @irande and left for Denver today Lo assume the duties of his position January L Rio Gra in} “a lady clapped the president on | Forecast for Nebraska. ‘alr Thursday and Friday. 5 s peratufe at Omaha Yesterday: Dew. Hour, Dew. 50 e 42 a0 a4 30 40 45 a“ a1 40 EZZenacaf NEW YEAR'S DAY CALENDAR. Forenoon— Special service at Trinity cathedral, con- ducted by Bishop Willlams, at 10 o'clock. Afternoon— Curling by Omaba Curling elub at Cut- Off lake. Live bird and target shoot at Gun club's 1:30 o' clock. at Boyd's theater at Vaudeville at Creighton-Orpheum at 2:30 o'clock. Receptions at many private residence Evening— Reception at Young Men's Christian as- sociation, 7 to 10 o clock. Reception ‘at Young Women's Christlan assoclation, b to 8 o'clock. Reception by Women's Rellet corps of George Crook post, § to 11 o'clock. High School Cadet Officers' club Metropolitan hall. “At Cozy Corners,” at Boyd's theater. Vaudeville at Crelghton-Orpheum. NEW LEAGUF FOR WORKINGMEN Detalls of Organ Which Pro- poses to Work Together with Union Men in All Lines. ball, tlon ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Rev. E. M. | Fairchild of Albany, who has been called into consultation by the workmen Inter ested in the formation of the Natlonal League of Independent Workmen of Amer- ica, sald tonight: ‘The league will be organized in the near tuture. It is proposed to put a national orgauizer in the field and to organize local branches all over the country and demand that employers run their shops as ‘open shops,’ in which union and league men can have an equal and fair chance for employ- ment. “The league will be strictly a laboring man's affair, but it will be %:nrporaml 80 as to command the confidefive of em- ployers and the general public and be in a position to defend the rights of its mem- bers through the courts. Only American citizens will be eligible to membership. “The specific objects for which the in- dependent workmen propose to organize are as follows: 1. To protect Independent | their_independence. 2. To sw n high wages Ly skiliful, en- ergetic ¢ eration with our employer: To establish reasonable hours of la according to the exigencies of trade. workmen in our work. 5. To furnish favorable conditions training apprentices, In order that our boys may become successful workm To maintain sanitary conditions of em- spectors. 7. To compel officers of the government to ‘enforce the laws. 1o Jo compel labar unions to obaerve the aws. 9. To protect members 4gainst unjust tl;ell!m-nt from employers by due process of law. 10. Ta provid bor bureau for its mem- vers. ” \a CLAIMS OF STRIKE BREAKERS | Alleging Misrepresentations. NEW YORK, Dec. 8L.—Suits have been brought by the twenty-two residents of this city who claim that during the recent | coal strike they were decoyed to the mines |in Pennsylvania by agents of the Erie | Railroad company and of the Pensylvania Coal company. Damages for $50,000 each, amounting to $1,100,000 in all, are sued for. and the attorney for the plaintiffs con- sulted with an assistant district attorney today about bringing the matter before the grand jury to be sworn in next Monday. The plaintiffs claim that under pretense of doing work for the rafiroad and coal com- pany they were decoyed to Hoboken, where they were locked in & car and carried against their will to the coal reglons of Pennsylvania and compelled to act as “strike breakers” under threats of “belng turned over to the fury of the miners.” The men say they finally succeeded in making thelr way back to the city, but de- clare that on their way home they had narrow escapes from being mobbed. An offictal of the Erie road said that no com- plaint had been served as yet on the com- pany. He added that the company was without information as to the cause of action, that he was confident that the BErie company and the constituent company, the Pennsylvania Coal company, had done nothing unlawful and he had no doubt that the companies would be able to success- {fully defend any ruits that might be brought against them. “The company makes no misrepresenta- tion 1d this offictal, “but is always ex- tremely careful to tell the men the condi- tions and circumstances under which they are employed.” TO RELIEVE COAL FAMINE 1s to Give Fuel Sh s Preforence Over Other Commoait BALTIMORE, Dec. 31.—General Superin- tendent Arthur Hale of the Baltimore & Ohio raliroad issued the following order to- day Until further notice we cannot carload frelg ishable burg, Moundsvili Il contin mploy forelgn cars en route home, This action places an embargo on car- load shipments from the connecting lines |of the Baltimore & Ohfo. It means a temporary halt in grain shipments. Just how long this will last is not known, but probably not more than a week. The object of the order is to relieve the coal famine along the line | CONNELLSVILLE, Ps., Dec. 31.—Fifteen | thousand miners and coke workers of the | Connellsville, Lower Connellsville and accept except live stock and per- . for points east of Pitt and Parkersburg. W { Latrobe regions get & 10 per cent wage ad- | | vance for a New Year's gift. The iade- | pendent concerns followed the example s | by the H. C. Frick Coke company and vir- tually the same scale will go into effect all over the coking country the first of the York—Arrived—. Liguria, from Celtie, for Liverpool; Southampton At York Neckar, from Bailed-—- Philadeiphta, for Moville for At Rott New York At the Lizgard Philadelphia Arrived—Ethlopla, fre d New 15gOW dam and procee Arrived m, from Passed for Antwery At Queenstown—Sailed—Ultonla, Liverpool, for Boston. At Liverpool—Arrived—Bohemtan, New York. Balied—Noordland, for adelphia. At Hong Vancouver. cerland, from from from Phil- Kong—Salled—Athenian, for 4. To promote Intelligent understanding of for ployment by means of state laws and in- Suits Aggregating Over a Mil- to accept our own empty cars year. Movements of Ocean Vessels Dee. 81, At D Bremen | 'YEAR OF PROSPERITY Omaba Enjoys Twelve Months of $teady GROWTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS IS NOTED i Jobbers, Manufacturers, Retailars aad Bankers Encouraged by Oonditions. FIGURES SUPPORT THEIR ASSERTIONS Increase in Trade is Shown by Eyery Balance Sheet Prepared. REVIEW OF THE DEAD YEAR IN GENERAL Local Aetivity C ry of & Forward vement for the G city in Commercial Importance. Every LI tributes to th m, Bank clearings ‘ol. of Jobbing Ouiput of Omaha smeltery Renl estate transter: Building permits . 45,630,232 15,620,320 1,000,586 3,088,273 8,189,010 orders Omaha .. ... Money Omaha . 2,181,620 448,087 | The year of 1002 has passed Into history | as one of the most satistactory years, taken altogether, Omaha has cver experienced. With one or two exceptions there has not been a line of industry or business which { Bas not shown a decided ndvance and these exceptional cases have been due to ex- traordinary conditions, which now promise to change. The retall trade of the city has been in- jured to a considerable extent by the Union Pacific strike, which prevalled dur- ing the last six months of the year, and this strike also has had a bad effect upon real estate, both as an investment and a moving commodity, & rumber of former residents of the city having moved from the town, and the purchasing power of more than 1,000 men having been materially re- duced. This has had to a certaln extent a reflex action upon the jobbing trade, but the growth in other directions has reduced this shortage to a point where it has had little effect upon the business houses, with one exception, every jobbing line of the city shows a paterial advance, the general average app:cximating 30 per cent increase over the vear 1901, which was the highest point reached previous to last year. With the exception of the Union Pacific strike there have been no serious troubles between employers and employes in the city and labor has been employed in all of the trades more regularly and at & higher average of wages thin In any previous year in the city's history. In the bullding tra this has been true to a degree, and &lthough the value of bullding permits - issued show a slight reduction below last year this catnot ba taken as a positive evidence of the fela- tive condition of affairs In the bullding trades, as much of the work that has been done has been in the way of improvements and repairs which have not required a per- mit to carry out. Balance of Tra.e Turi One of the mosc satistactory evidences of the clity's grawth is the ehowing of the money order branch of the local postoffice. | Here the difference botween the receipts and expenditurs, that is, the money re- cived for orders and that pald out upon | orders has been greater than ever before |in the city's history, the difference ap- proximating $1,900,000, showing that Omaha is recelving from outside towns that much more than it is sending abroad. In other | words, the balance of trade has come around until it is that much in favor of Omaha through the postoffice transactions. and as these transactions generally repre- gent completed business and transactions in comparatively small amounts, it is safe to conclude that this difference is positive | gain to the city, while bank balances may be in vhe nature of speculative money sent here for investment. With the bankers of the city the year has | been eminently satisfactory. While there has been & shortage of money in New York and a corresponding stringency in other centers Omaha bankers have had no shortage. The deposits Lave been reduced somewhat on the whole and the loans and discounts reduced, but the reserve is higher than it was last year and the demand for money is healthy, the demand being easily met at rates but slightly in advance of this time last year. As Shown by Debts, | The tendency of the year is shown by the record of real estate mortgages flled and ! released. There were filed this year mort- gages amounting to $3,038,275, an imerease over 1901 of approximately $620,000, the mortgages released show a decrease from last year of approximately $410,000. This does mot indicate that the people had less power to reduce debts, but that they felt that the Investment of the money is better than paying the debt. This is shown by the fact that with the relative showing compared with last year, the actual debts of the community, in the form of real tate mortgages, were reduced by about $150,000, The real estate transfers, in spite of what | has been considered a slow market, show a small increase over last year on ordinary business, but a large increase in the aggre- gate, caused by the transter of the property of the Omaha Street Rallway company, rep- resenting $10,000,000, in the last month of the year. Leaving out this transfer, which was a practical reorganization movement, the increase over last year is approximately $200,000, or about 4 per cent over the total of last year, which is something not antiel- pated by the dealers, who expected to see & slight reduction in the volume of busines as there was considerable activity in r egtate circles early in 1901, which was not repeated last year JOBBING AND MANUFACTURING General Advance in All Lines is Re- ported for the Year Just Closed. The increase in the business of the manu- facturing and jobbing trade has been prin- cipally along the lines of development of houses already in business at the beginning of the year, as is shown in detall in this review. The number of employes have in- creased, the wages raid are higher and the volume of busines® has reached a point which surpFises fhose who were most sanguine a yoar ago,