Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1903, Page 2

ey I 0 “‘A ! MORSDAY, J - THE OMAHA JIAILY BEE.ig / . ~ ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1903—-TWELVE l’AGE; SINGLE COPY 4 HREER CENTS. S END OF STRIKE HOWEVER, ARE NOT GIVEN OUT iys President Burt Will Start West Friday to Confar with Men. EXECUTIVE BOARDS HOLD JOINT SESSION temont Made After the Adjournment of This Meeting. OCAL MEN TALK ON THE SITUATION wint that Whatever Else in Agreed Upon Plece Work Mast Be Ab doned and the Scabs Must Go. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—(Special Tele- am.)—That the officials of the Union Pa- eific raflrond and representatives of the em- ployes of the company have arrived at a tisfactory agreement In regard to the yrievances of striking shopmen, which reatened serious trouble on all the Har- man controlled roads, became definitely nown foday, when a report was made to he executive committee of both the Union pacific and Southern Pacific raflways that he strike was over. While Mr. Harriman maintains his characteristic reticence con- corning the ituation, & director of the com- pany said today: “A most satisfactory report on the labor situation was presented to the executive * committees today. President Burt s ex- pected to go west on Friday to thoroughly put the case to the men. A compromise bas been effected, but I cannot divulge its detalls. Not only has the strike of shop- men been terminated, but the threatened sympathetic strikes are thwarted by the fair stand the officials have taken toward the men.” Chairman Charles H. Tweed of the South ern Pacific company attended. Mr. Tweed" rosignation as chairman of the Southern Pa- elfic 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 Unlon Pacific officials in the east have as- sumed a more favorable aspect than the press dispatches even indicate. He has been in daily communication since last Sat- urday with President Slocum of the Inter- pational Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, who 18 in New York. The supposition of some is that the Union Pacific offici sought first to deal with the three crafts, machin- 1sts, blacksmiths and bojlgrmakers, sep- wrately, but finding this difagreeable to the strikers, they ylelded to the only alterna- tive of meeting the labor leaders alto- gother. Mr. Kiine however, does not take this view, ~Mr, Kline says the one point at ARE HELD FOR SMUGGLING es Are Trinl After minary Examination, a over Pr tor SAN JUAN, P. R, Dec. 31.—The hearing of the smuggling cases was continued toda before United States Commissioner Ander- ®on. In the case agalnst Lieutenant’ Com- mander George W. Mentz, U. 8, N., and Supervisor of Elections BenjandiuButler, Lieutenant Commander Ments ¢ tor trial fn $1,000 ball and Butler 2 charged. In the case against Lieutenant O, mander Mentz, Butler and James Brennan, an employe of the Country eclub. 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 proceeding: Today the lieutenant testified that he had removed certaln boxes, but said he did not remember upon whose order they had been taken to the barracks. Neither 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 mot identified POWERS AGREE WITH SPAIN win against Not in the Trouble with Moroeco Pre- tender. Interfere MADRID, Dec. 81.—Germany has notified Spain 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 was under British protection, has been mut- dered by Moors between Tangler and Teu- ten. The Kabyles in the vicinity of Melllla, Moroeco, are quiet. People who have arrived at Ceuta from Fez do not take very serious viaws of the situation there. LONDON, Dec. 31.—The missionary. head- quarters in London has telegraphed to Tan- glers for information regarding the mis- sionaries in Morocco, for whose safety, however, not much fear 1s felt. The latest advices from the Americans at Mequenez shows that Messrs. Welliver ot Sloux City and Reed of Kansas City went to Fez after the recent trouble at Mequinez. Six other missionaries are presumed to be at Mequenez. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Dec. 81.—Rev. James Wellever, formerly of Sioux City, s one of the Towa missionaries in danger in Morocco. Mr. Wellever was formerly a newspaper man and worked on the Sioux City and Fort Dodge paper: IT REBELLION IS SERIOUS upun which tbers will be no wnnrnmlw the dleposition of the strike breal okiness. Omatital Do 'These men must leave the shops uncondi- tionally or there will be no abandonment of the strike. It Strike is Not Settled. | “We will effect one of the biggest mo- tive power strikes in the history of the country,” sald this leader, “if the Union Pacific fight (s not settled as a result of the negotiations in New York. We have the moral support of our men everywhero and will have ample financial resources. ‘We will be prepared to wage the war as long as the rallroads can. We must fight 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 lite of our unions is at stake. It the Union P eific should win thié strike and introduce plecework on its system, which would mean ou 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 couniry. And.whenever that is done, whenever plecework 1s in general operation the unions are done for. Piecework is the death knell of organised labor."” The resignation of Chairman Tweed cre- ates 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 Bouthern Pacific board to the policy of the Union Pacific. It is belleved here that the Southern Pacific’'s avowed poilcy 18 to steer clear of any further trouble and by all means to see that the strike 18 mot complicated 80 as to invoive 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 & Ohlo to co-operate mctively with the Union Pacific strikers if they fall in their | 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 1t the settlement fails. PINNED UNDER THE ENGINE Fatal Wreok Occurs on South Park Rond Near Pittah Switeh, Colo DENVER, Dec. 81.—The combination train on the South Park railroad, which left Den- ver last evening, was wrecked about 4 o'clock this morning near Pittsburg switeh, four miles east of Breckinridge. The en- gine and four cars jumped the track and yolled down au embankment. Eugineer Danlel Williams and Fireman Frank Youdger, both of Como, were pinned unde” the locomotive and were terribly "soalded. Willlams dled two hours after beilng removed from the wreck. Younger may recover. The passenger car remained upgp the track and no passengers were fn- ANKER MUST SERVE TIME rontonte for with funds, haye passed since which time he of Uprising Warrl, PEKIN, Dec. $1.—Replylng to inquiries from the legation, the Foreign office today admitted that there was some truth in the reports of warlike preparations on the part of Tung Fu Sang, although it char- exaggerated. 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 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 officals participating in the ceremony. The monument is a white marble arch, spaning the principal busi- ness street the spot where Baron von Kettler was assassinated. SEND BALLOONS OVER SAHARA Fr Explorers Try BExperiment and it Successful They Will Trav- Desert by Atrship. PARIS, Dec. 31.—Mme De Burax and Cas- tilleon De St. Victor embarked at Mar- | selltes 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 airships across the Sahara desert. If this is suc- cesstul the two explorers propose to cross the unexplored portion of the desert in a balloon. This plan recelves the support of the French government, which supplies the baljopns. The airships to be used first are turnished with automatic registering instru- ments and carry requests written in several languages, asking the finders to return them to the authorities at Tunis. Major Marchand of Fashoda fame is to meet the explorers at Gabe: at which point the two balloons will be sent off. AUSGLEICH DIFFICULTY ENDS Premlers Get To, i her and News is ed with Deligl Celebra by Crowds New ¥ VIENNA, Dec. 31.—After a protracted conference Dr. Von Koerber, the Australian premier, and Coloman De Szell, the Hun- rian premier, surmounted the difficulties in the way of reaching an understanding with regard to the Ausgleich at § o'clock this evening, apd It was th announced that the premiers had agreed to: compro- mise tho Ausgleich dificulty, The Ausgleich is the customs union and fscal egent between Austria and Hungary. The news of the settlement was published in extra editions of tho gewspapers and was recelved with signs of satisfaction by the crowds celebrating t) year, PARTY OF EXPLORERS EATEN Lieutenant Magnese and Party Captured by Uganda Caniibals, Who Feast on Bodies. BRUSSELS, Dec. 31.—The Cougo admin- istration has received mews that Lieutenant de Magnese and his party, who charge of IS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS acterizes the stories of his movements as The Forelgn office says the viceroys of northern provinces have sufficient troops to d degraded for obeying the orders of his superiors and attacking | Lillle calling the girls, saying that Mr. | BState 8till 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 Tentifies, RERAITY, Neb., LY Dec. $1.—(Speclal Teleke Were was a small attendance when vened this morning. smallest sl the preliminary hearing of Mrs. Lillle commenced. The most interesting event of the day was the testimony of the 12-year-old daughter of the defendant, who detalled in her child- ish way the events of the night of the mur- der 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. This revolver was found | at the Lillie home by the coromer. It is a 82-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 {s made by the Fareland Arms company of Worcester, Mass.; pat- ented June 2, 1881; double action, center fire and is thirty-two long. Estella Dawson was the mext witness. 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 Mrs. Lillie scream. When I first saw Mrs. Lillle she was in Edna's and Mae's room. Thie adjoins the foom where I nlept. The door from Mae's and Edna's room to the hallway was sbut. “I heard Mrs. Lillio 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. Lillie was shot and there -was blood on his face. “We all then went down stairs. Lillie 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 nolse that morning at the time of the shoot- ing, only the shot and Mrs. Lillle scream. That there is no carpet or matting on the stairway, 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 Julla Ficke was called. She had been sew- ing for Mrs. Lillie 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 wa money in the house over might. This was | the first time I ever heard Mrs. Lillle 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 Mrs. | Mrs. Lillle was shot. I heard mo 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 myself 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 sweyt up and saved.” The state attempted to show 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 Ch 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 innocent, childish way, profound silence was observed throughout the court room. Spec- tators leaned forward to catch every word uttered by the ehild. She said: “The first thing I heard w 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 pap At this time counsel for the state re- quested that counsel for both sides, the d fendant and the court take & recess and examine the different rooms in the Lillle 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. that the state had twenty witnesses yet and the best witnesses were being held back until the last “We will have the bed in which Mr. Lillie lay, the window curtain and the window glase in court before we get through,” said he, “and there is some other articles which I Ul not mention that will be produced before we rest. Duiing the progress of the prelimipary hearing the state has attempted to show that the telephome in the Lillie residence | Mass.; waa vot In working condition on the morn- MEGLEY GOES TQ SANTEE Montana Man Take Char, Appoipted to WASHINGTON, Dec, 3f.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Secretary Hiteheock today ap- proved the recommendation of Commis- sioner Jones and appointed Wilber A. Meg- ley, now at Fort Peck, Mont., to be super- intendent of schools at the Samtee to succeed W. G. Saunders. The comptroller of the eurrency has ex- tended the corporate extstence of the First National bank of Omaha until she close of business December 31, 192 The City National banl 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. SBwan; sub- stitute, Leonard Moore. Molrose, regulars, Homer Josselyn, Ira V. Jo#selyn and Will- of ldncoln has ent for the Na- an. very letter car- ay: Fremont, fam O'Conner; substitutes, Mark Carmody | and Michael O'Conzer. Secretary Root by a decision just ren- | dered has thrown In the hnds of the civil courts in the Philippines for @ecision the controversy between the two elements in | the Catholic church in the islands which has developed into an actuhl sehism. schismatics, under the Jeadership of a priest known by the name ot Agilpay, have retained possession of a rge amount of property which is claimed by the Catholic church and the latter appehled to Governor Taft to dispossess the sablsmatics. 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 the matter to the United States govermtent lies in the | fact that the property fa controversy i3 part of that to which title must be passed to the United States If the negotiations now in progress beween Governor 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 State Railroad Com- mission against the Loulsville & 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 dis- trict court to record his citizenship declar- ation, was continued today and decision Was reserved. MILLIONS FOR THE FORESTS Congress Will Ap) riate Large Aniount for Thelr Preser- vati WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—The Amerlcan Forestry assoclation opened its twenty-first annual meeting here today. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson made an address, in which he said (hat the depart- ment 13 -experimenting to- ascertaln what are best adapted to different locali- Over 100,000 plants, he ad¥ il be went out for the experiment durlig the coming year. The report of the board of directors showed that greater interest s belng man- ifested in forest reserves in the southern Appalachian mountains. The bill providing for the purchase of 4,000,000 aeres at a 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. Sbaretti, archbishop of Ephesus, has recelved the pontifical brief | appointing him apostolic delegate in Can- ada, to succeed Mgr. Falconl, who has ar- rived in Washington to take the place of Cardinal Martinelll as apostolic delegate in the United States. Mgr. Sbarettl was formerly auditor of the delegation in this city and was three years ago appointed bishop of Havana. | There be succeeded in his negottations with | General Wood In adapting the ecclesiastic | | state to the mew civil order In a manner most satisfactory to this government and to the holy see. Mer. apostolic delegation here. where he has been a visitor during the last fall and he will leave for his residence iu Ottaws on Friday. Today, accompanied by Gemeral Wood, Mgr, Sbaretti was received by President Roosevelt, who expressed to him his satis- faction 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, vice president, Elibu 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 Alm Thousand Dollars Worth First Day. it Five 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 eight 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 did not break until the sale closed at ing. The advance sale yesterday wes $4,751, which 1is probably the largest ever recorded in Omaha for any 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 Asserts the Shooting Was Acel- dental. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Lydia DeGraw was shot and fatally wounded in Paulfield's saloon in Washington street, Paterson, N 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 shooting was accidental. Skinner returned to this clty three weeks ago from Fort Robinson, Neb,, after having served ten a half months in the army. He is 20 years of a The dead girl was about 3| years old. The | Sbaretti received his brief at the | 9 o'clock last even- ! the- | CASTRO ACCEPTS THE PLAN Willing to Bubmit All Differencés to The Hague Tribunal ANSWER GIVES GREAT SATISFACTION Text of Reply Will Not Be Made Pablie Until it Has Been Trans- mitted to the Allled Powe: | WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.—The answer of | President Castro to the proposals of the allies to submit to the arbitration of The Hague tribunal the Venesuelan diffiulties 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 é.talls of the answer will not be published here in advance of its reception by the European allied 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 steps toward a final taken for a day or two. The feeling here, however, based on a knowledge of Castro's position, is that his settlement can be submission of the case to arbitration. The answer has given great satisfaction here. Will Proteet French Claims. PARIS, Dec. 81.—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 Ttaly, 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. 31.—The German govern- ment’s reservations in agreelng to submit the Venezuelan claims to arbitration con- tinue to be undisclosed in thelr entirety. From statements appearing today, how- ever, it seems to be confirmed that Ger- many excludes from the claims which are subject to arbitration demands amounting to $300,000 for seizure of property and out- rages on the persons of German subjects under circumstances which are here deemed #0 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 oreferred claims are equivalent in amount to $300,000, hence the statements made abrond that Germany is rect. Germany waives an apology for what are here called “diplomatic insults” ask- ing only material reparation. It 1s 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 in interviewing President Castro. He found him at General Alcaatara’s estate at La | Victoria, dancing at noonday. General Al- | cantara, who was waiting with a bundle of | aispatches, remarked to the correspondent |that “it would not do to Interrupt the | president's pleasure even with state busi- but the correspondent says he spoke to the president between dances, “and after a conversational reconnaisance,” inquired it he Intended to give the powers satisfac- tlon. the one demanding satisfaction for insult; “At this remark,” the correspondent con- | tinues, “a lady clapped the president on | the back and sald: ‘That's the way to talk, old boy.! WAGES ARE TO BE INCREASED Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Adds Half Million & Month to Its Pay Roll effect on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad that will increase, sub- the-employes n all departments of the road. The percentages of increase vary in differ- ent departments and with different men of classes of employes. According to an ofi- clal statement, the new schedules, in connection with previous increases made during the year 1902, will make the total increases approximate what other roa located in the territory through which the Lackawanna rune, have done in this direc- tion. President Truesdale would mot state definitely 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 Citizens of t City that 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. Colonet Blodgett says the Wabash may ! bulld a new line from a point near Pat- | tonsburg, Mo., to connect with this eity, a distance of sixty miles. This would give |the Wabash & good linc from St | to 8t. Joseph. Rock Island's New Service. GUTHRIE, OklL, Dec. 31.—The Rock Island announces train service established over the newly constructed extension from | Lawton, Okl to Waurlka, Okl., where con- | nection 15 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 Denver & Rio Grande. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 81.—A. C. ley of St. Joseph, formerly master me- chanic of the St. Joseph & Grand Island, has been appointed master mechanic of the Denvar & Rio @irande and left for Denver today to assume the duties of his position | January 1. Goes with Rome, it is not expected that any further | answer practically clears the way for the | asking more than Great Britain are ineor- | “Why, mo,” replied the president, “I am | NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Beginning tomor- | row, a new schedule of wages will go Into | stantially, the pay of a large percentage of | Louis | Hinck- | CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Thursday and Friday. Temperatufe at Omaha Yesterday: Des . & . 40 YEAR'S DAY CALENDAR. Forenoon— Bpecial service at Trinity cathedra ducted by Bishop Willlams, at 10 o"clock. Afternoon— Off lake. Live bird grounds across the river at “At Cozy Corners, 2:30 o' clock. 1:30 o'clock. o'clock. Receptions at many private residences. Evening— Reception at Young Men's Ch: sociation, 7 to 10 o clock association, § to 8 o'clock. Reception by Women's Re George Crook post, § to 11 o'clock. High School Cadet Officers’ club bail, Metropolitan hall. At Cozy Corners, ' at Boyd's theater. Vaudeviile at Creighton-Orpheum. Detal poses to Work Together with Union Men in All Line ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Rev. E. 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: future. organizer in the field and to organize local that employers run their shops as shops,’ In which union and league men can ment. man's affair, but it will be 80 as to incorporated position to defend the rights of its mem. bers through the courts. citizens will be eligible to membership. are as follows 1. To protect independent their independence. 2. To sustain high wages by skillful, en ergetic co-operation with our employers 3. To establish reasonable according to the exigencies of trade. 4. To promote intelligent understanding o our work. 5. To furnish favorable workmen conditions may_become successful workmen. 6. To maintain sanitary conditio ployment by means of state laws and in spectors. 7. To compel officers of the governmen to ‘enforce the laws. laws. 9. To protect members tgainst unj treatment from employers by due proces: of law. 10. To ! vers. llon Against Coml Companies, Alleging Misrepresentations. NEW YORK, Dec. brought by the twenty-two residents o | this city who claim that during the recent coal strike they were decoyed to the mines in Pennsylvania by agents of the Erle| 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 railroad and coal com- they were locked in a against their will to the coal reglons o Pennsylvania and compelled to act turned over to the fury of the miners.' The men say they finally succeeded making thelr way back to the city, but de. clare that on offictal of the Erie road sald that no com plaint had been served as yet on the com pany. He added that the company wi without information as to the cause o Pennsylvania Coal company, | nothing unlawful and he had no doubt tha the companies would be able to success fully defend any suits that might brought against them. “The company makes no misrepresenta tlons.” said this offictal, “but s always ex tremely careful to tell the men the condl are employed.” Baltimere & Ohlo is to Give Fuel Sh ments Preference Over Other Commodities, BALTIMORR, Dec. 31.—General Superin Ohlo raliroad issued the following order to. day Until further notice we cannot carload freight ishable_produ accep except live stock and_pe for points east of Pitts. burg, Moundsy and Parkersburg. W will continue to @ t our own empty ca 2nd employ foreign cars en route home, This action places an embargo on of the Baltimore temporary halt in graln shipments. Jusf bow long: this will last fs not known, buf probably not more than & week. The object & Ohlo. It | along the lin | Connellsville, Lower Connellsville { Latrobe regions get a 10 per cent wage a | vance for a New Year's gift. The iade | pendert concerns followed the example s { by the H. C. Frick Coke company and vir. | tually the same scale will go into effec year Movements of Ocean Ve York—Arrived—N Liguria, from for Liverpool; Southampton. At Movill York, for Gl At Rotterdam New York At the Lizard—P'assed Philadelphia, for Antw At Queenstown—Sailed Liverpool, for Boston At Liverpool—Arri New York. Salied adelphia At Hong Vancouver. els Dec. 81 ew ckar, from Balled Philadeiphia, Arrived—Ethiopia gow, and proce Arrived r m, from Necerland, from Ultonta, from Bohemtan Noordland, for from Phil Kong—Salled—Athenian, 45 | Jobbers, Curling by Omaba Curling club at Cut- rget shoot at Gun club's at Boyd's theater at Vaudeville at Creighton-Orpheum at 2:30 stlan as- Reception ‘at Young Women's Christian of corps of NEW LEAGUF FOR WORKINGMEN of Organization Which Pro- M. ““The league will be organized in the near It is proposed to put a national | branches all over the country and demand ‘open have an equal and fair chance for employ- ‘The league will be strictly a laboring command the confidence of em- ployers and the general public and be in a Only American “The specific objects for which the in- dependent workmen propose to organize in hours of labor for training apprentices, in order that our boys of em- 8. To compel labor unions to observe the provide a labor bureau for its mem- v CLAIMS OF STRIKE BREAKERS Bring Suits Aggregating Over a Mil- 31.—Sults have been YEAR OF PROSPERITY Omaha Enjoys Twelve Months of Steady p-4 Business Expansion. a“ —_— 4% 45 GROWTH IN ALL DIRECTIONS IS NOTED 4 Manufaoturers, Retailers and 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 of Local Aectivity Com- 1o the Story of a Forward ovement for the Gate City in Commercial Importance. Every LI : | Bank clearings . «+ $362,007,068 Vol. of jobbing business.. 110,000,000 Output of Omaha smeltery 85,030,232 Renl estate transfers 15,626,320 Building permits ...... 1,000,880 Real extate m'C'g's, filed 8,008,273 Renl estate m't'g. released 3,150,010 Money ord patd at Oma sees sos Money orders fssued at Omaha oo 2,181, 62¢ 448,087 The year of 1902 has passed Into history | | 48 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 1 | bas not shown a decided ndvance und these 1| exceptional cases have been due to ex- traordinary conditions, which now promise to change. a| 7he retail trade of the city has been in- jured to a considerablo extent by the Union Pacific strike, which prevalled dur- ing the last six months of (he year, and 3| this strike also has had a bad effect upon real estate, both as an jnvestment and a moving commodity, a 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 certain extent a reflex action upon the jobbing trade, but the growth in other directions bas reduced this shortage to a point where it has had little effect upon the business houses, as, - | with one exception, every jobbing line of the city shows a paterial advanmce, the general average epp:cximating 20 per cent increase over the year 1901, which wi 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 t|city and labor has been employed in all of thg trades more regularly and at a higher average of wages thén in any previous year in the city's history. In the building trades this has been true to a degree, and although the value of building permits issued show a slight reduction below last year this catmot ba taken as a positive evidence of the tive condition of affairs in the building 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 Tre.é Tarns. t One of the mose satistactory evidences 1 of the city's grywth is the showing of the money order and expenditurs, the difference ranch of the local postoffice. the difference between the receipts the money rs and that pald out upon orders has been greater than ever before the city's history, proximating $1,900,000, showing that Omaha is recelving from outside towns that much | more than it is sending abroad. balance of trade has around until it is that much in favor of re- ap- In other come pany they were decoyed to Hoboken, where car and carried as trike breakers” under threats of “belng in their way home they had narrow escapes from being mobbed. An action, that he was confident that the Erie company and the constituent company, the had done be tions and circumstances under which they TO RELIEVE COAL FAMINE tendent Arthur Hale of the Baltimore & car- load shipments from the connecting lines means a of the order 18 to relieve the coal famine CONNELLSVILLE, Ps., Dec. 31.—Fifteen thousand miners and coke workers of the and | all over the coking country the first of the for from New for | Omaha through the postofiice transactions, | and as these transactions generally repre- | gent completed business and transactions in comparatively small amounts, it is sate to conclude that this difference is positive galn to the city, while bank balances may be in the 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 have 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, t f t -| The tendency of the year is shown by the - | racord of real estate mortgages filed and - | released. There were filed this year mort- gages amounting to $3,038,275, an imcrease | over 1901 of approximately $520,000, while | the mortgages relcased show a decrease from last year of approximately $410,000. This does not indicate that the people had less power to reduce debts, but that they felt that the investment of the money is Detter 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 transters, in spite of what has been considered & slow market, show " | a small increase over last year on ordinary business, but a large increase in the aggre- gate, caused by the transfer 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 {s approximately t $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 busine as there was considerable sotivity in real estate circles early in 1901, which was not repeated last year, +|JOBBING AND MANUFACTURING ¢ | Gemeral Advance in All Lines is R ported for the Year Just Closed. t a| The increase in the business of the manu- | tacturing 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- 0 | croased, the wages raid are higher and the )'\1»luh|l of busines® has reached a point | which surpfises those who were most 1 | panguine a year ago, “| The year has not n been remarkable, as (Continued on Fourth Page..