Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 5, 1903, Page 1

[ ] ESTABLI Monros Dootrine ie Not Officfally Recoz- nized by Powers, S0 SAYS BERLIN VOSSISCHE ZEITUNG | Deo'aration is Bitterly Awniled by This German Newspaper. ITS EX CTIONS ARE OF NO CONCERN Declares Even South American States Do Not Oountenance It. S0 GERMANY CANNOT ACCEPT ITS TENETS AfMrms that Country Wil Ewt Its Claims Agninst Venezuela Without Regard to Position of United States. BERLIN, Jan, 4~The government of the German marines at Puerto Cabello, Venegucla. The foreign office 1¢ such landing occurred it must have been transient and regards the reported selzuro of the customs house at Puerto Cabello by German marines as a canard. Several newspapers today in their yearly political reviews, devote much attention to The | Vossische Zeitung (independent Jiberal), re- gards Germany's proceedings against Venez- Venezuela and the Monroe doctrine. uela as entirely within the limits of Inter national law. “Whoever has a claim against anothei says this journal, ‘“‘tries to collect it whether they be private Individuals or na tions. HED JU NOT-LAW OF NATIONS 1s without information regarding the landing says that | | made the record of killing 1,000 birds to | | his own gun in a single day on his estate | It anybody disputes our right to| Descendant of the Great Mogul Can- not Live o try §30,000 » ’l('up\'vllh( 1908, by Pres LONDON, Jan. 4.—(Ne blegram—Special Telegi Dhuleep Singh, whose B engaging the attentioh. Jjondon bankruptey court, says th Iy 1sn government would pay him the a owes him he would not oniy be sok. e wealthy. Prince Vietor, & brother-f by marriage of Lady (Viergina Bou Putiehing Co.) York Wotld Ca- nce Vietor roubles are grand mogule. After the capturc of Delht at the time of the mutiny his father waa found a babe of 3 years in the great temple and was taken charge of by the British government, which appropriated $70,000,000 worth of his father's property, including the tamous Kobinoor diamond, now the chief Jewel in Queen Alexandra's crown. Prince Dhuleep Singh was brought to England, placed under the care of a gov- ernees and educated at Eton and Oxtord. The British government then made, under a year in compensation for the family prop- erty appropriated at Delhi. Dhulsep Singh married a French woman at Suez and de- veloped extravagant tastes. He was the best partridge ehot in the world, having | at_Clevedan, in Norfolk He got into financial difMculty, clalmed his property from the Dritish government and when the llability was repudiated went to Russla and tried to stir up a rebellion among the sikhs, of whom he was the head. This falled. He returned to England, made _ | atonement and was accorded a reduced in. come of $60,000 a year./ On his death he { three children—two princesses and Prince Victor—between whom his income was divided, the daughters getting $15,000 a year each and the prince $30,000. Prince Victor three years ago married a deed, a solemn settlement on him of $500,000 | HINDOO PRINCE A BANKRUPT REFORM 1¥ GERMAN MORALS \ | | | Deerhardt, 1s a direct descendant of the': Women of Hizh Degree Take Part in Move- ment to Regenerate Country. LAXITY IS NO LONGER TO BE CONDONED Two Meetings Held and Effort Mak- Sinter One ing to Have Emperor's Preside at the Next Held in Berlin, , 1908, by Press Publishing Co.) Jan. 4—(New York World Ca blegram—Special Telegram.)—German prin- cesses to the number of sixty-nine have made a solemn vow to reform the morals of the Fatherland. They will work in two directions. First—They will seek to establish institu- tions for redeeming unfortunate fallen women Second—They will bring their social in- fluence to bear on men in high stations to take up strong ground against im- morality. Two of the sixty-nine are queens—the queens of Wurtemberg and Saxony. Thirty- five belong to relgning houses in various parts of Germany. These women are golng about their work in business fashion. Their first meeting was held In Frankfort-on-the- Main. Only sixteen real princesses were present, although twenty others sent repre- sentatives. They had high tea in the principal hotel of the place, and the proceedings, to which no man was admitted, were prolonged. Judging, however, from the noise in the room in which they met, ti% meeting was animated and not infrequently jocynd. At this meeting the princess of Waldeck- Pyrmont presided. She is a stately, hand- some personage, with a beautiful volce and lovely hair. She rules soclety in her own lttle principality with a rod of iron—woe OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1908. COAL TO GO UP A NOTCH TODAY Seranton Companies on erease of §1 Pér Ton in Price racite. Agree In- of Ani SCRANTON, Pa., Mn. 4.—Following the lead of the Lehigh Valley, the Jersey Cen- tral, the Reading companies, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Westérn company yester- day acceded to the demand of its contract shippers to suspend the 85-35 contract until circular and actual market prices agaln contorm. Only about half of the independent op- erators are selling under the 65-35 con- tract. They have had to be content with 65 per cent of §5 on big sizes and the same per cent of $3.75 on small sizes, the arbi- trary figure fixed by the carriers for coal at tidewater. The independents who were not under contract terms have sold their coal at the breaker for at least $5 a ton and the purchaser looked after the freight. The contract independents argued that it was unfair that they sBould be bound by an arbitrary circular price when they could get fully 60 per cent better prices, and partieularly whea other Independents were getting all that the law of supply and demand allows. This means that the Independents are now all free to sell thelr coal at the breaker at the best prices they can secure, leaving it to the purchaser to deal with the carrier about freight charges. In return for the concession the inde- pendents have promised to favor the east and New England, where coal Is most needed, and with thill end In view they have already announc® that no more coal will be sold by them & retail. To genersily discoufage local consumers from buylng more coMl than fs actually needed an advance fn price was agreed upon, and tomorrow Scrantonians who want coal will have to pay 5 a ton for the larger domestic sizes. This $1 a ton more than it was selling for last week. Under normal conditions it sells here for $2.50 WORE AHEAD FOR CONGRESS Little Expected for a Few Days Until Mem- bers All Returu from Holidays. STATEHOOD BILL ON DECK IN SENATE Many Other Me ng for Recognition—Com- mittee Considers Cuban Important Pre Treaty. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Many of senators who left Washington for the Christmas holidays are still absent and the present indications are that when business Is resumed at noon tomorrow there will not be a very full attendance. Before the week is far advanced, how- ever, the semate again will be in regular working order and there will be little ces- sation of work before March 4. The pre- diction is very general that the remainder of the session will be exceedingly busy, because of the number of important ques- tions which will be pressed forward beforo final adjournment. During the present week and probably for some time to come the omnibus state- hood bill will be the chlet tople of discus- slon on the floor, but under the unanimous agreement by which the bill was made the unfinished business it cannot be taken up any day before 2 o'clock. It is the pur- pose of the friends of the bill to press its consideration and not to allow the bill to be sidetracked unless under very great pressure. The present purpose is to give way only for appropriation bills, but thers are no appropriation bills on the senate calendar. It is, however, the purpose of the senatorial leaders, and especially of those who oppose the statehood bill, to press appropriation bills to the front as rapldly as possible. The senate committee on appropriations the CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Monday and Tuesday. Temperature at Omaha Yosterday: Ho Des. 20 28 CE R P T 123252 E0 0] FATAL COASTING ACCIDENT Young Elmer Molntyre Has Sk Crushed on William Street AL Elmer MeIntyre, & 14-year-old lad, crashed Into a “traveler” on the Willlath street hill at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon with such force that his skull was crushed and he dled & few minute later. The vic- tim of the accident resided with his mother, Mrs. M. Mcintyre, at 1225 Willlam street. During the afternon a large throng of boys and girls and several coasting par- tles, in which older pleasure seekers min- gled, had been meking speedy flights down from Sixth to the Burlington rallroad tracks, i sled from the top of the hill and was sliding at a terrific speed, when at the intersection of Fifth and Willlam he nearly collided with a large coaster returning to the sum- mit. Just behind was being drawn an- other. Unable to avold a collisicn, he planking of the big coaster. He was hurled some distance and knocked unconsclous. Bleeding profusely from his wounds, he was carried by Charles Povilk and Mrs. the smooth foy surface of Willlam street, | The McIntyre lad had started on his little | crashed into it, striking his head upon the | 8. Weisbroad into the meat market of Joe | HOUSE NOT SO SWIFT Takes More Time Than Benate to Settle on the Matter of Organisation. SPEAKERSHIP FIELD IS A LARGE ONE No Conoentration of Sentiment on Any One Man is to Be Noted. EFFORT TO REVIVE TWO-YEAR-OLD FIGHT Oards Which Are Intended to Damn Mookett with Its Praise. SOME SUGGESTION OF A DARK HORSE Indioatio t Mockett Will Lead at the Start, with Thompson a Close Second—Several Ballots Prob, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 4.—(Special Telegram.)— Although only one day remains before the caucus that is to settle the spoakership fight the contest is still being waged, with the fleld full of eandidates. The day h been full of rumors, none of which, how ever, have materialized into any definite action, binding any number of members to a particular candidate. The rush line tactics pursued by the senatorfal end of the field, which carried Harrison to Hall over the goal of president pro tem, have produced a sort of reaction. Harrison s recognized as a eort of legates of the so-called antis of the last legisla- ture and his scoring has been followed Wp by an effort on the part of the same el ment to resurrect the old f{ssue of D. B. compel payment of the Venezuelan claims we must ask that person if he be willing to pay the debt“himself, or give guarantees therefor. It so, the matter speedily could be settled, but, If this other person is un- willing to give such guarantees, his objec- tlons don’t concern us. The United States could settle the trouble between Germany and Venpzuela In a moment If it would stand good for the payment of our claims, but the United States s unwilling to take this step and we cannot demand that it do #0. In this case the United States should not hinder Germany from pursuing a course that is deemed expedient.” betide the unfortunate male transgressor | who gets into her clutches in Pyrmont. He | is ruthlessly excluded from her court. An- other important person at the Frankfort meeting was the ‘Duchess of Crach, one of the sweetest of the younger German duch- esses, & woman of a fine mind, winning in all her ways, graceful as a sylph. 'She is a Wurtemberg lady. Her castle and gardens are models of care.and show what culture and refinement In their mistress can ac- complish. She is the secretary of the asso- clation. Vopolka, 1324 South Fifth street. Police Surgeon Mick was immediately notified, but delivered. READING, Pa., Jan. é.—By midnight to- night the Reading company expects to have transported to market for the past forty-eight hours 3,600 cars of anthracite coal This movement of coal began yes- terday morning, and In forwarding this great quantity the company is breaking every record. Today every locomotive of | all classes was pressed into service and all available freight crews were called on for help. Most of the 3,600 cars were moved today. Officers estimate that dur- ing the holidays and because the miners falled to get back to work promptly 260,- 000 tons of anthracite falled to reach market. The independent operators of the region mine about 15 per cent of the entire pro- duction of anthracite coal NO MALLEABLERON COMBINE Proposed Organisation Anno immediately will take up the legislative, executive and fudicial appropriation bill, and it will be reported to the senate as | before his arrival the boy died, soon as possible. It is & bill which de-| Mr. McIntyre, the father of the dead mands considerable Investigation, and it {s | boy, cannot be located, having left the city | years ago. Early in the evening cards were not probable that it will reach the senato |last fall, since when mnothing has been | distributed throughout the hotel lobby pur- much before the middle of the month. | heard regarding his whereabouts. Coromer | porting to be a plea for Mockett, but in When it s reported the committee will | Brailey took charge of tho body and re« | reality designed to cut under him. The seek to secure its immediate considera- | moved it to his undertaking room: reading matter on the card {s from the tion. \ inquest will be beld. pen that produced the screeds against D. Debate on Statehoo: E. Thompson during the session of 1901 STRIKE SETTLEMENT LIKELY and were aptly referred to as an extra edition of the historic “Daily Capital,” Message from New York Gives Union Pacifie Strikers published at that time by the sc-called Hope. Thompson as a factor in the speakership contest against Mockett, who was one of the lleutenants of the Lancaster county candidate for United States senator two daughter of the earl of Coventry, Lady Anne Coventry. Her taste in selecting a husband was freely criticised, for Prince Viotor, though educated in England, is as much of an Oriental as his father was. He seemed to think that if he married into a swell English tamily and so gave hostages for his loyalty, as it were, that the British gov- ernment would restore his father’s original | income of $500,000 a year. Accordingly he proceeded at about that rate, giving his wite costly jewcls and keeping great state. But now that his creditars have come down upon him the British government looks on his troubles with callous indifference. EMPEROR STARTS MODEL FARM Shows German Agriculturists How to Make it Pay Without State Afd. According to the arrangement made be- fore the holidays, the debate on the state- hood bill will be resumed at 2 o'clock to- morrow, Senator Nelson of Minnesota being the first speaker on the list. He is a mem- | ber of the committee on territories and in | addition to his opposition to the admisslon of the territories of New Mexico and Ari- zona, he is a staunch advocate of the bill fo- the admission of Oklahoma and Indlan Territory as one state, which was reported by the majority of the committee as a sub- stitute for the house omnibus hill. He Second Meeting Lively. antis. Sentiment is general that this effort to revive a buried fssue is likely to over- reach itself and react against the can- didacy of W. T. Thompson, in whose be- half its authors appear to be working. ‘W. T. Thompson himself, it is only fair to say, disclaims any knowledge or coun- tenance of these campaign cards. The next meeting was held at Cassel and was better attended, not probably by prin- cesses, but by their business representa- tives, who mean to work bard to carry this thing through. No particulars as to the resolutions adopted have come to light, but enough {s known to ime that the crusade has begun. One woman said she was going to begin that very day to influence her men New Scouts American Pre. The Vossische Zeltung refers to what it ealls “the wild noise” in a portion of the American press which declares that Ger- many has no right under the Monroe doc- trine to take forcible action in Venezuela and that Germany has not even recognized the Monroe doctrine. “We meet the officiale again Tuesday, when a settlement probably will be de- cided on."” This is the news that came yesterday to strike headquarters from an executive rep- ced & “The latter assertion is correct,” the journal. Buropean country will ever do so. declaration thereon.” After reciting the history and origin o the framer of the doctrine the paper says “No other European state ever recognized this doctrine and we believe no The Monroe doctrine Is not adapted to become a subject of diplomatic negotiation and the document hardly exists in which this doc- trine is lald_before any European power ‘with the fequest that this power make a (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) BERLIN, Jan. 4.—(New York World Ca- blegram—Special Telegram.) — Emperor Willlam has been directing much atten- tion lately to agriculture. He says if German farmers would only take lessons from scientific farmers in England or the United States they could increase thelr crops and jmprove thelr condition. without state aid. . His model farm in Cadinen is being rap- {dly transformed into an agricultural show place. When the emperor took posses- friends to do their utmost to change the prevalent lasity of views. 'Another said she must get to work at ence among the hapless women. She spolled an otherwise admirable speech by reference to the shock- ing morality of the “lower orders,” and was speedily brought to book by a friend with the remark that in the matter of morality there was little to ohoose between the aristocracy and the working classes. Ank ‘every princess in the room applauded. 80, at least, rumor has it, for no such vulgar person as a reporter was present Month Ago as Co Gone to Pleces. ted s PITTSBURG, Jan. 4—The Gazette tomor- roy will say: ‘The $20,000,000 malleal solidation announced laht: ‘a8 an na- sured thing has gone to pieces. It Is sald that the support of former Judge Elbert R. Gary, Max Pam and their assoclates in the United States Steel corporation was with- castings con- has a carefully prepared speech and its de- livery probably will require the greater part of two days. Semator Burrows will be heard mext and he will probably speak for two days or more. Other republican senators have agreed to speak in opposition to the bill and it is now estimated that there will be mo fewer than fi’teen anti statehood speeches before consideration of the measure is concluded. Bome speeches in support of the bill are promised, but the Indications are somewhat against the resentative In New York. On the strength of this telegram from one of the men en- | gaged in the conferences with the Union Pacific officials, strikers are disposed to | look with more seripusness than ever upon the poesibility of a settlement this month. Still, they are proceeding with their plans ‘ust as if they expected the fight to con- tin) not ,months and will ob- ler‘:" z’fs‘- poll ‘3‘&\ the last vestige of war {s gone. But the strike-breakers are less skeptical, so to speak, than the men outside the high board fence that sur- Suggestion of Dark Ho: So far as the lineup between the speaker- ship candidates {s concerned, it cannot be accurately described, because about halt of the members of the house are yet to put in thelr appearance. The impression is that Mockett will lead in point of strength, with W. T. Thompson a close second, and that the finish will 1ot be seen until the caucus proceeds to ballot tomorrow ”(. The hope of the other candidates is that nefther of the leaders will be able to muster serts that the right of intervention claimed by the holy alllance has long since been abandoned. The countries of South Amer- fea have been in a state of chronic revo- lution, yet nobody In Europe dreams of in- the necessary number of votes, and that their followers will be compelled to choose among them. There is some suggestion of a possible emergency which may bring out a new man delivery of any of them during the present week, though it is possible that Senator Foraker, who is an earnest advocate of the omnibus bill, may be heard some time witdin the next few days. sion of it four years ago it was in a con- dition of wreck, both houses and estate, badly drained, badly stocked and ylelding no crop worth speaking of. In four years he changed everything. The house is now among this bevy of arlstocratic dames. A leading spirit at the Cassel meeting was the Duchess Frederick Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holsteln, a woman who comes trom a fine race of pure and herofc men. drawn on the ground that the conditions are not opportune for the launching of such a concern and this led to the deal being dropped for an indefinite time. rounds the Union Pacific shops. They con- tinue to leave, and probably wisely so. The telegram quoted also brings the in- formation that the reports contained In to the effect that tervention. The disastrous issue of N poleon’s attempt In Mexico renders it prob- able that no European state will ever re- the peat the effort to establish itself in western hemisphere, . “Later interpretations of the doctrine,” continues the Zeltung, “do nof involve the defined hegemony of the Unitgd States over Central and South America. The United States claims suzerainty over | these states, with the right of interven- tion, but denles to European countriées the right to Interfere in thelr affairs. How far such suzerainty extends and what rights and obligations come from it have never been cleared up. Nelther have the Central and Bouth American stales recognized thls but they have decidedly re- Jected 1t owing to Its repulsion of the Ro- No European suzerainty, manic and Germanic race state has made concession in this respec and finally the United States itself has r statement of its alms. Unrecogmired. “The Monroe doctrine does not belong to international law, but to conjectural poll ties. with rights. Germany h Monroe doctrine. The nation having such obligations debts. ‘Germany will establish its claims con. siderately in form and energetically action. The Taglische Rundschau complains tha that hard realist, the Yankee, does not ap. must pay thel preciate courtesies like the visit of Prince Henry and the gift of the statue of Fred. erick the Great, into the rusty and hoarse Monroe trumpe! and Qermany must lot that Iimpuden trickster, President Castro, alone while he | laughs in his fist."” HUMBERTS ASSISTED DREYFUS | Colonel Du Paty de Statements Made by Gaston Pollonais Recently, PARIS, Jan. §.~The Temps has pubd lished an interview with Colonel Du Paty | de Clam concerning the articles pub. lished In the Gaulols by Gaston Pollonal the well known polemist, in which it wa. ssserted that the colonel recently made deposition before the magistrate invest! gating the Humbert case to the effect (hat | the archives of the general staff contal documents showing that the were active In trylng to save Dreyfus. Colonel Du Paty de Clam confirms the He | accuracy of M. Pollonals' statements. adds that be was stfuck during the Drey. fus affair with the activity of the Hum. berts In behalf of Dreyfus. He says everybody whom the Humberts could com mand worked Jard to save Dreyfus. *Wha the Humberd nted was money, say Jolonel Du Paty do Clam, for meney gave all the influence in behalf of Dreyfus and weny the Humberts strings at work. were able to set Disturbauces Are Spread BHANGHAL Jan. 4 —The disturbances in the tnterfor of China are spreading. Five thousand troops have been sent to sup press the disorders in the province of Che Monroe It binde nobody and endows nobody no obligation to | recognize and no occaslon to dispute the South Amerioan | states stand toward Germany as soverelgn and they all have the rights and all the obligations of soverelgn states, and “but blows a few notes | am Confirms the Humberts the former were especially active in 1897, when i a charming English country house and shooting lodge combined, and the estate of about 5,000 acres, half forest, is in a fair way to add $20,000 a year to the emperor's revenues. Four years ago only rice and potatoes would grow in Cadinen. The emperor has | Introduced wheat, oats and barley and | mangel wurtzel for cattle. t Dutch cows on the estate and every day their produce goes to Danzig and other towns in the vicinity., The Cadinen milk, cream, butter and cheese have become famous throughout the east of Germany and command the highest prices. The 1| emperor's new dairy is modeled upon the Windsor establishment. supplies all the power needed. During his recent stay in emperor read up all Dbooks on dalry farming. also been directed to a better breed of swine, He has just bought a farm ad- joining Cadinen, a place called Kickelhof, where he has installed some of the best Westphalian breeds. But he is proudest of his potatoes. In | tour years he has replaced the poor, soapy potatoes which used to grow In Cadinen with a splendid, floury article, admired all | over the countryside. The potatoe output of Cadinen this year was over 1,000 tons. LOSES HIS HEART TO A wWiDOwW Bachelor dinen the the latest English t r Soldier Finally _ | (Copyright, 198, by Press Publishing Co.) | blegram—Spocial Telegram.)—Mrs, Blake of Boston will wed next Tuesday Sir Seymour % | Blane, a septuagenarian bachelor soldier, ¢ | Who has alwaye boasted that he had never had a love affair and never met an English girl who could entice him from single blessedness. But when he met the tall, clegant, Mrs. Blake, the widow of a rich Bostonian, and who has lived for the last | seven years In a pretty house on Hans Place, the baronet soon lost his heart Every night he dropped in to Hans Place and, until the engagement was fixed, he was unhappy. ‘The bride-to-be s a charming woman, quiet and kindly, and for some _ | time has been in rather delicate health. She ! irreproachable taste in all things and sses beautifully. Her wedding robe will { be of gray velvet with old lace. At Mrs Blake's wish the wedding will be very quiet It will take place at Holy Trinity, Sloane street, at & very early hour. Mrs. Blake has a great socfal connection Among her most intimate personal friends are Lady Chesterfield, Lady Roden, Lady Wallscourt, Lord Munster, Miss Vanwart and Lady Abinger, all of whom are invited to the wedding. About seven years ago Mrs. Blake lost her only son. 5| ) - | - To Resist American Cotton Kings. PARIS, Jan. 4—It s said that Jules Slegtried, Richard Waddington and Felix Meline, as well as other deputies and sen- A s | ociation, with a view to re American cotton monopoly by alling the development of the growing of cotton in the French colonies and especially tn the Soudan Transport Huncock at Valparaiso. VALPARAISO, CE{N, Jan. 4.—T! - | States army transport Hancock He has put 150 | A spirit motor | His attention has | LONDON, Jan. 4.—(New York World Ca- | | i | ana Another was the duchess of Ratibor, a | woman of tremendous energy and one of the | leaders of Berlin society. She is constantly in and out of Emperor Willlam's court, and exercises a tremendous influence in mili- tary circles. She is one of the best dressed of German women. Two women who take a profound Interest | in the movement are the princesses of Schaumburg-Lippe and the princess of Saxe- | Meiningen, both sisters of Emperor Wil- liam, but gentle, winning women. They will not take any prominent part in the public agitation, yet all their sympathies | the seventeen constituent concerns, are with It. But the soul of the movement is the Duchess Vera of Wurtemberg, the wife of | Duke Eugenef,’a Russian princess by birth, a flery, enthusiastic Slav nature, full of noble fmpulses. She Is a deeply religious woman, a fine bible scholsr and fn her Wurtemberg home the center of everything that tends to regenerate soclety. She has a strongly marked Slav face and cares little for cutward appearances or dress. The next meeting is to be in Berlin, and efforts will be made to induce one of the emperor's sisters to preside. FRENCHMEN ELECT SENATORS Contests P Off Without Incident and Resuls Confirm General Expectations, PARIS, Jan. 4.—Senatorial elections were held today in thirty-four departments of | France, Algeria and in the colonies of La | Reunion and Guadeloupe, to select ninety- eight senators, of whom ninety-four will fill seats the terms of whose occupants have constitutionally expired, while the | other four will fill vacancies caused by deaths. The elections passed off without incident. The results have confirmed the general ex- pectation that the ministerial majority in the upper house would be strengthened. The conservatives have elected five progres- sive republicans, the liberals have elected twenty-five republicans, eighteen radicals thirty-four radical soclalists. Final | ! returns from some seats in France and | | Minister Rouvier was clected ! two ministers who | ators and a number of leading cotton maa- | utacturers have formed a colonial cotton | ing the the two colomles have not been recelved. | Premier Combes has been re-elected from | the Department of Charente-Inferieure; he was also returned from Coreica, where he was only nominated Saturday. Finance in the De- He thus| the Senate Rouvier are the only were candldates. The only other noteworthy result of the elec- tions was the defeat of the former minister of foreign affairs, Hanoteaux, in the De. | partment of Alsme. Of the candidates elected today sixty-eight were already | members of the Senate; the others are deputies, ex-deputies or new men partment of Alps-Maritimes. passes from the Deputles to M. Combes and M The ministry of the interior claims that the government gained fifteen and lost two, | gain of thirteen seats in today's | elections, | Attempts to Steal the Jewels. LONDON, Jan. 5.—In a dispatch from | Delb! the correspondent of the Dally Mail | says: “A body of Pathans made a bold attempt in broad daylight Friday to attack the guard and rob’ the jewel room of the | arts exhibition, where gems valued at $1,260,000 were in keeping. Members of the Unitod | police force and the jewelers present after arrived | a scufle succeeded In folling the attempt. | was turned on Early last month William C. McMillan of the Michigan Malleable Iron company, which would have been one of the strongest of nounced that the deal had been completed. Audits had been completed by a New York firm and everything was In readiness for the financing when the important support from the United States Steel corporation interests was withdrawn. Only one of the several Pittsburg malle- able concerns had planned consolidation. This was the Pittsburg Mal- leable company, controlled by the Westing- house company. The new concern was to have been launched the first of the year. The seventeen concerns which were to form the conmsolidation have a combined yearly output of 200,000 tons of malleable cestings. These concerns are mostly lo- cated in the middle west, in Illinols, Indi- ana, Ohlo, Michigan, Wisconsin, with three others at Buffalo, N. Y., Trenton, N. J., and Chattanoogs, Tenn. DEATH IN LODGING HOUSE FIRE One Killed, & Do One Fatally and About Seriously Injured at Denver Conflagration, DENVER, Colo., Jan. 4—A fire in a lodging house on Thirteenth and Market streets today resulted in the death of one | man and the injury of a dozen more, one fatally and several of them seriously. The fire is thought to have been caused by the explosion of a gasolipe stove. The dead: JOHN OTT, itinerant tinker, aged 45. Fatally injured: keeper and proprietor of the lodging house; terribly burned. Serlously injured: Charles Haik, Glendo, Wyo. William Hardin, baker. Burt Keefe, cook. Ferris Thomas, bartender. Frank Brown, laborer. George Herbert, laborer. Ed O'Malley, laborer. Lizzie Hall. All of the latter were burned and brulsed, the brulses being received from jumping from windows. The property loss was nom- inal. ELECTROCUTION FOR ELEPHANT Topsy, the Original “Baby” of Fore- paugh Show Many Years Ago, s Killed Humanely. NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Several tion by electricity at Coney Island of “Topsy,” an elephant who had killed three men and had recently become unmanage- able. Immediately after grains of cyanide of potassium had been administered. con- craled in a carrot, a current of 2,600 volts through copper plates on which the animal stood. Almost lnstantly the elephant fell, and at the end of ten seconds, when the cur- rent was turned off, was pronounced to be dead. An autopsy showed that the poison had not had time to take effect The execution was conducted under the supervision of the Soclety for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals. ““Topsy” was about 35 years old and was the first baby elephant exhibited in this to enter the | | week. | there will be any hearings on the treaty. | | less debate, but any discu hundred | spectators today witnessed the electrocu- | Other Measures Pressing. The time of the senate each day before 2 o'clock will be earnestly contested for, | tion being the omnibus bill, the immigra- tion bill, the eight-hour government labor bill and the Philippine currency bill. Senator Proctor has given notice that he will call up the, militia bill Monday morn- ing as soon as the routine business fe dis posed of, and he will try to keep this biil to the front until action can be secured. Some features of the measure are sharply antagonized, so that it may provoke con- siderable debate. There also is a disposi- tion to amend the immigration bill. The supporters of this measure do not yet seem inclined to concede the changes demanded. Senator Lodge, as chairman of the com- mittee on the Philippines, has given notice that he will press the currency bill as rap- in its p i much older. Senator McComas will urg consideration of the eight-hour bill. The committee on foreign relations, it is expected, will take up the Cuban treaty at its meeting this week, but it is doubtful whether it will be reported during It has not been decided whether Thus far no formal request for them has been made and probably none will be sought until after the beet sugar convention, which is to be held in this city during the wi Senator Oullom says that he will ask the senate to give the treaty its at- tention at as early a day as practicable after it shall be reported. A large number of new bills and resolu- s Bl s AR A “m";tmn. will be intreduced at the beginning jof the session tomorrow, among them a Joint resolution by Semator Morgan direct- ing the executive department to cease ne- gotiations with the government of Colombia for right-of-way for an isthmian canal and to close agreements with Costa Rica and Nicaragua for the construction of a canal by the Nicaragua route. On Thursdey during the morning hour | | Senator Hoar will address the senmate fin | support of his anti-trust bill. It is probable that his speech will give rise to more or fon on this bill must cease at 2 o'clock unless unanimous | consent should be procured to delay the statehood bill for a time. No Program for the House. 2 No complete program Is mapped out for the house for the first week of the new year. The leaders are very anxious to| force the appropriations bills ahead as rapidly as possible. The Indian bill is on the calendar and headway is making In committee with the postofice, diplomatic and consular and Dis- | trict of Columbia bills. The latter, at| least, will be reported to the house before the end of the week. ' Mr. Sherman of New York, chairman of | the Indlan committee, is 11l at Hot Springs Ark., and bis absence may delay considera- tion of the Indian bill. Until the appropriation bills get into the hopper the house probably will occupy | its time with miscellaneous matters brought | philadelyhia, for Iiverpool { up under calls of committees. Recelver for Silverton Bank. DENVER, Jan. 4—A special to the News {says that Thomas Ancear has been ap- | pointed receiver of the Bank of Sliverton { at Stiverton, Colo Friday after the disappearance of its presi- dent, J. H. Robin, who committed suicid among the measures seeking early atten- | t idly as possible, and expresses confidence | age before the session grows | | tically 2 per cent higher than it was four the | | At which closed its doors | Liverpool, for New York. | coma, some eastern papers an unequivocal victory” has been won by the strikers in their ability already to se- cure the officials’ pledge to the abolition of plecework, are positively incorrect. The offictals have not only hot yielded in this, the cructal point, but are holding out with special tenacity and show they would rather give up every other proposition before that one. Plecework or no plecework is the pivot on which the strike hangs and bas hung on all along. INTEREST RATES GOING UP Money Brings Two FPer Cent More Than it Lid Few Months Aso. Omaha bankers say the tendency of the money market s toward higher rates of interest. The rate during the fall months has advanced gradually until it s prac- mouths ago, the prevailing rate being 7 to 8 per cent, againat 5 to 6 per cent on sim- tlar paper in August, A largo amount of western cattle paper which was placed six months ago at 6 per cent 18 now commanding 8 per cent, as loans become due aud are renewed, for much of the cattle which it was thought would be marketed in December is being held. For two or three months the Omaha money market has been lower than In any of the large cities and the expectation is that the conditions which prevail elsewhere will be seen locally before the end of the season of activity, CAPTAIN BARNUM EXONERATED Court of Inquiry Blam: for Making Com wations of Misconduct. FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan 2.— A court of inquiry appointed by Major Gen- eral Jobn C, Bates, commander of the De- partment of the Missouri, to investigate certain allegations and charges against Captain Malvern-Hill Barnum, Eighti cay- alry, has completed a report entirely ex- onerating Captain Barbum. Major General Bates approved the findings of the court. The trouble occurred during the fall maneuvers at Fort Riley, when Major Ayers was commanding an Eighth cavalry squadron, with whom Captain Barnum wae serving. The charges concerned the lssu- ance of passes, and in passing upon them the court says “The court is of the opinfon that Major Avers in making these assertions was hasty and intemperate, and that, while not imputing to him any intention of making a false statement, the assertions mada by | him were misleading, inaccurate and un- warranted.” Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. At New York—Arrived: Umbria, from Liverpool and Queenstown: Sardinian, from Glasgow; Hesperla, from Genoa and Naples; Canadian, from Liverpool At Holy Head—Passed 4. Rhyndland, from At The Lizard—Passed London; Bluecher, from New York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg At Liverpool—Arrived: Etruria, from New York-via Queenstown: Nomadie, from New York, Eafled: St. Louls, from Southamp- { ton, for New York. Queenstown—Batled: Minneapolis, for Ivernia, from At Hamburg—Arrived: Monos, from Ta- ttle and San Franciseo via Cen- tral and South American ports and Havre. altogether, but at the same time there is a general aversion to dark horses on ac- count of unsatisfactory experiences with dark horses on former occasions. While the agreement upon Harrison by the senators has caused a renewal of the talk about a compact that was to make Mockett's running mate, all parties con- tinue to deny the existence of such a com- pact. Rouse of Hall, who was expected to be & formidable candldate for spenker, has unquestionable suffered from the premature action of the senators, but has tried to combat the argument against giving the presiding officers of both houses to of and the same county by recalling the legis. lature of 1899, when Lancaster county cap- tured both the presidency of the senate and the speakership of the house. Delesdenior of Cass and Sears of Burt each have numerous delegations of their friends bere assisting in the promotion of their campaigns. The death of Representative Musick of Nuckolls and the eerlous {liness of Repre- sentative Atwood of Seward will reduce the number participating in the caucus, even if all the rest are at hand, and make the vote necessary to nominate thirty- elght instead of thirty-nine. Senators to Ca . Notwithstanding the fact that the senate organization is practically decided on, & senate caucus will be held to make it a formal matter and agree upon the minor offices. Senator O'Nelil was by mistake represented in these dlspatches to have been present at the conference of Harri- son followers yesterday, whem in fact he ‘was not there, and naturally does not want his friends to labor under the impression that he gave up the fight and went over to Harrison without their kmowledge or assent. He has, however, acquiesced in the result and expresses himself today as satisfied with it. Among the onlookers here are State Chairman Lindsay, Congressmen-elect Hin- shaw and McCarthy and United States Mar- shal Matthews, but they all insist they are hes spectators only. Messnge is Ready. Governor Savage's message 18 practioaliy completed and will be ready by tomorrow for transmission to the legisiature, al- though it will not be delivered befors Wednesday. It is understood that the mes- sage is a quite lengthy document, going into considerable details for all the various departments of the state government and full of recommendations on various sub- jects of public importance. It is expected to be in: the governor's characteristic style, with forcible language that calls a spade a spade. Fusionists Are Lomesome. In the melee the fusionists seem to have been almost entirely overlooked. The tew already here indicate a disposition to vote for George L. Loomis of Dodge for speaker, just to show a friendly disposition. The four fusion votes in the senate have not yet found & lodging plac Dedicate New Pythia: ASHLAND, Ni Jan. 4.—(Special)— Sheffer's new hall, which was completed last week, was dedicated last night for the use of Star lodge, No. 9, Knlghts of Pyih- ias. Frank J. Kelley, grand chancellor of Nebraske, officiated in the ceremonies of dedication, after which the members re- paired to the Selma hotel, where a ba quet was held, plates being lald for enty. Oficers for 1903 were Installed Hal here today from Mare island qn its way to One ‘committee appointed to examine into | New York. Entrauce to the jewel room has Bow been At Valparaiso—Arrived: United ptates | made much more diMicuit.” bank Is credited with | army transport Hancock, from San n- | saying the depositors will be paid in full. | clsco for New York. covntry, when she was brought here by ((he affairs of the Klung. Adem Forepaugh twenty-elght years ago. Grand Chancellor Kelley as follows: C., M. Ma V. C, R. D. Plne; P, J, i Al