Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 26, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, — MORNING, 187 DEADLOCK IS LIKELY *es ks _oF sisenn Believes Building of Ralirond the Beginning of Ern of De- 1. THREE CENTS. ALLIES SETTLE WAR eports Reach Europe that Rettlement Will Come This Week. OMAHA MONDAY NEW, SYSTEM IS NECESSARY Present Pian of Seleoting Indian Agents Oertain to Breed Scandal. MANY OFFICIALS ARE TOTALLY UNFIT JANUARY 26, 19038. INGLE COryYy WOLCOTT ACCEPTS TELLER CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for N and Colder Monday; Tuesday APPROVE ALASKAN TREATY —= se sk and American Friendship, braske- Falr. Rain Senaters Oprosing Btatehood Bill Threaten to Delay Appropriations. HISTORY AND PAST SPEECHES TO BE READ Membars Accumulate Voluminous Doou- . ments to Kill Time. QUAY THREATENS TO SIT CONTINUOUSLY - Pennsyivanian Ready to Enforoe Night Se:- sions to Paws Measure TREATIES MAY SUFFER SERIOUS DELAY COomplains of Bepubllm Treachery, but Urges Olose of Senatorial War, velopment, Temperat How 5 A m. 6 n. 7 e at Omaha Yesterday: De Copyright, 1903, Press Publishing Co.) PARIS, Jan. 2.—(New York Workl | blegram—Special Telegram.)—~Gengral Miles arrived In Parls this afterfoon from Rus- sla. The World's correspandent saw him | this evening at ‘he Continental he and talked with him on the subject of his long journey. The general sald his trip had been most intercsting apd pleasant. He {had beén in Rus:ia befofp in the summer, but he ‘ound Almore fnteresting to go | there in the Ay g0 one gots A better idea of L rn.n time of year and a journ of couns try resembling nothinkeg >3 When the géneral and who include Mrs’ Miles and G Mrs. Maus, crossed Siberla they «3%e tecn days In railroad cars. Genmeral confesced that it was rather fatigulag, but the cars were comfortable. Although the cold was at times very severe, it was not 80 Intense as he had experienced {n north- west America. “The problem of the Orlemt, especially in China,”" General Miles said, “Is oue of great moment. It not only affects that | country and its government, but it is ono in which nearly all the great powers of the world are Interested. by LONDON, Jan. 26.—The signature of the Alaskan boundary treaty has given great|Ag satlataction €0 tne Raglish prees on the | AoKo COLORADO TO SUBMIT TO RESULT ground that it provides, at a critical mo- | ment In the Venezuelan irouble, ai un- douhted proof of the uninterrupted friend- liness existing between Great ritain snd the United States. This point, swhich Is elaborated In all the editorials on ihe sub- Ject nimost to the exclusion of discussion | {of the Intrinsic merits of the arrangement concluded. Little doubt 1s entertainel here that the | United States senate will accept the treaty | and that {he commission will ultimately | Betod of aniseting Thilex ngsatht { meet in London, but regret is expresaed PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 9—To the Presi- | that 1o provision is made for the :ppoint- | dent, the White House, Washington, D. C.— | MeAt ¢t an umpire, because ‘n the event Sir. It was & great satiafaction io us o] ©f the commission belng cqually divided read In your recent annual message to con. | It 18 said the controversy will be litile gress, in reference to the officials who rep-| 1eATer @ seftlement, . resent the government in dealing with the | OD€ paper thinks in this vent the dis- Indians, that “A partioulaly high stand. | Pute will be referred to The Hague tri- ard of conduct should be demanded from | Punal | them, and where misconduct can be proved | The Times rejolces at th conetitution ct the punishment should be exemplary.” | ‘he Proposed commission, which, it save We hearily commend the high stand you | 'imPplies a bigh degree of contidence in the bave taken In this matter. At the seme | €QUIty of the other side. Thc commission | {tlme will you permit us to eall your at. | becomes virtually an arbitration eourt. Al T predict o sreat future,for Siberia, e | tetion to certain facts in connection with | VSN 6F "l'c‘l""r“:‘:’:!;": >yl oy ooy effect of opening up Siberia by the rail- | the deplorable results incident to the pres mt’h”cn merely beindis & deds et i ronds will be something Iike what ha hap. | °0 method of selectng Indian agents which | EPUSTICH: ertly FECREL o PO (0 pened In our own great Western sountry, | #how beyond question the fmportance of | P'7Be FBuCH (OSTRCS SAC KO0 ST, realize thyt they are about to break, but | The headiight of the locomotive is in snme | & distinct change in the plan now In VOgUC |\, ypqpiq (o arrive at a desision, no haria fow unprejudiced persons would undertake | TesDects the greatest civilizer in the wor'd, | fOr appointing them--a change that, in our | Ly "o e We dnly have a striking illus- e a0y ail aaertake | The development of & country’s resources | °Plaion. cannot be made too soon for um a2 45 a7 . a8 44 a a1 40 SORE OVER BAR ELECTION Some Members of Omahn Association Are Lightly Bruixed by Sature day Night's Contest AMERICA TO COLLECT CUSTOMS DUES Washingten to Appoint Commissien to Ad- minister the Port Offio n BLOCKADE OF COASTS WILL END TODAY Eurepean Powers Decide to Remove Ships from Bouthern Waters, Indian Reform Assoeiation Ca the Crookedness in the Bitterly Arralg Dome His Party, Dem- ocratie Senator as Honest and Devotad to State, Wicked Wrong tention Praises to Recor Service. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.—The Indian Reform association has written the follow- ing letter to the president calling atten- | tion to the necessity of a change in the DENVER, Jan. 25.—The clhoax in the senatorial fight In Colorado came tonight when Senator Wolcott, the candidate of the so-called “stalwart” wing of the republican party, announced his practical withdrawal from any fyrther contest, and urged the people of Colorado to mccept the election of Senator Henry M. Teller. It develops that the transactions at Saturday night's meei 3g of the Omaha Bar association were of guch nature and of such result that the .fissocintion’s career during the coming year will be interesting to observe. The faft is that the executive forces of the association are of different factions and a trial of strength may re- sult ‘Before the meeting was called to order at the Commercial clubrobms it had become generally known that F. A. Brogan and a following was to be pitted against John L. Kennedy and a following. The Kennedy faction had™made the charge that the Bro- gan faction I8 trying to run tife assoclation and the Brogan faction answered that it has had to run it heretofore because othors were not willing to do anything roquiring 80 much work. This preliminary CONFIRM BOWEN'S GUARDED STATEMENT Dullom Wants Cuba cols Called Up, but tertained that T Not Be Po 4a C Proto- rs Are En- win Republicans Are Treacherou Berlin and Rome Father Rumors o Pending End to Embrogiteo Which Lately Threatened Peace of Worla, The announcement was made in a signed statement, in which Mr. Woleott charges certain republican icaders and anti-Wolcott forces in the republican ranks with treach- ery, deliberate and continuous, although he disposes of others of the anti-Wolcott crowd by characterizsing them as “dupes” of the main conspirators. He refers to the refusal of the anti-Wolcotts in the house to unseat the democrat members from Arapahoe county and calls it “a crime against the republican. party and against Justice.” Mr. Wolcott declares that Lieutenant Governor Haggott, when ke withdrew from WASHINGTON, Jan, 26.—The feature of the week in the senate will be the con- Huuation of the contest over the «tatehood blll. The lines are now more closely drawn than they have ever before been since this measure was Introduced. They | are, indeed, co taut that all onlookers BRUSSHLS, Jan. 25.—A dispateh to the Petit Bleu from Berlin says an agreement on the Vénezuelan question will be reached next week and that a commission appointed by the United States government will be charged with the administration of all the maritime customs offics in Venezuela. Taken in conjunction with the statement Issued by Mr. Bowen yeeterday this is be- lscussion brought to ncter. Vote Encourages Frie: The advocates of statehood were much encouraged by the vote of last week, and contending that it as been demonstrated that there is a majority of the senate favorable to the bill, they declare that it is preposterous to ask them to yield, while the opposition urge that the vote was not & test at all and no real indication of the &ttitude of the senate. They say the bill 1s/standing in the way of other legislation and contend that it must get out of the road and remain out when the appropri tion bills begin to press to the front, they will soon do. It 1s probable, how- ever, that with some exceptional times, the bl will hold its place in the' front ranks during the week. It s the Intention, however, to use the appropriation bills only in case there should be av effort to hold night sessions In order to secure action on the statehood bill. Senator Quay (Pa.) has more than once indicated his intention of asking the senate to “‘sit continuously,” which mecns that he is contemplating night session: The general understanding among the friends of the measure is that the pro- longed session test will come early in the week, possibly about Tuesday, but the Pennsylvania senator has so far failed to make authoritative announcement on that point. Senator Quay now asserts his in- tention to press the bill more strenuously than In the past, and the opposition Is just pmnwlnd in its intention to re- alst its passage. They say that the nlll That thor ouhd rarner take. The Todpomt: for an exi mthnlnuth , statehood bill law. ‘When the question is again taken up Henator Burnham (N. H.) will proceed with itls speech and it Is now the plan to have fsenator Kearns (Utah) follow him. Senator Beveridge (Ind.) also will be heard. The opposition is prepared, if necessary, to Introduce extraneous matters for the jurposs of preventing a vote. For instance, ¢ne senator had on his desk a copy of the cneyclopaedia speech delivered by Senator during the consideration of the Wil- son-Gorman tarift bill, which he threatens to read, and another has at hand a volum- inous history of New Mexico. May Block Other Business. It night sesslons are |atempted the op- ponents of the bill will resort to the usual methods to kill time. On the other hand it 18 admitted the supporters of the bill will take a bold stand against allowing any other business to proceed unill a vote is secured on the statehood bill. 'Some would even go the extent of excluding appropria- tion bills. ‘There is some apprehension on the part ©f the bill's supporters that there may be an effort to unduly discuss and delay the statehood bill and such a course will be Tesented. The work of the week will begin with the diplomatic appropriation bill tomor- . This measure is in charge of Senator e (Me.), who will attempt to plll it through with dispatch. As the bill stands it is not uleul-ufl to provoke mufh debate, but there is a probability that there will be an effort to attach to it Senator Lodge's (Mass.) consular reform bill as an amendment. If this effort should be made considerable discussion is probable. ‘There cre several special ord for the week which will consume more or less time.- The memorial exercise ordered for Friday at the conclusion of the morning business in honor of the memory of the late Senator McMillan of Michigan, fs, in- deed, expected to last whole day. As usual In such cases the sepate will adjourn after theg conclusion of the memorial ad- dresses. Some time will be devoted on Saturday to exercises connected with the acceptance of the statues of Charles Carroll and Charls Hanson, which have been pre- sented for places in Statuary hall at the capitol by the state of Maryland. Senator Beott (W. Va.) also has given notice of a wpeech for Tuesday on the pension laws. Senator Cullom (11l.) will make an effort whenever the opportunity offers to secure consideration of the Cubun treaty, and he sald today that he would move, If pecessary, to have the senate go into executive session during the week for the purpose of taking up the treaty. Sena- tor Cullom also has In charge the Panama canal treaty and expresses a desire to se- cure early consideration, but as several of the members of the committee on foreign velations, which is mow considering the treaty, find It pecessary to be out of the city during the week, it does not now seem probable that the casal treaty will be re- ported during the week. HOUSE MEETS ON SUNDAY Eulogises Late Members as Prel te Week's Discussion of Many Bills. WASHINGTON, X 25.—The house of yepresentatives today inaugurated the ex- periment of holding memarial services for deceased members upon the Sabbath. It will be ti ) practice in the house in the future. Here- the house aln | usually follows the opening of avenucs of communication and commerce hy means ol | rallways. 1 anticipate that that will be the case in Siberia. ‘““The natives of Siberia struck me as & strong, hardy race, both men and women, perhaps unequalled In endurdnce oy avy other people In the world. They did not seem to be extremely poor, but were sult- ably clad and had an lbundlnw of whole- some food. “Along the llne of the Siberian railroad there probably are 5,000,000 of pesple who live mostly in villages, cultivating farms in the summer and gathering fhe products of the fields, the same as do the farming ‘communities in the United States and Can- a “I have had no experience of the 8i- beria represented by pictures of sledges being chased by wolves,” the gereral con- tinued, smiling. “In fact ,there is very lit- tle difference between travellng there and at home. “We have had an excellont reception from everybody. Marked courtssy and kiud- ness has been shown to us whorever we have been. “I was delayed, and arrived in the Rus- slan capital one day late. Later T was in- vited to an audience with the czar and to a grand court ball, but my “ngagemente would not permit me to remain. I have been away from home since September 11, and several important matters arz awaiting my attention."” ‘I'he general looked hale and hearty. He says Mrs, Miles s a good traveler and hais stood the journey well and has enjoyed h ‘experiences,. Wken the--World correapond ent called at the hotel she had gote to visit her sister, Mrs. Cameron, who is in Paris for her daughter's education. After staylng a few days here, General Miles will leave for the United States by way of London. BRAZIL BIDS FOR PEACE to Bollvi Government it Acre Expedition Called Off. LA PAZ, Bollvia, Jan. 25.—At noon yes- terday the first vice president, Colonel Velasco, was banished under an executive the Peruvian trontier. The reason for this action was that Vice President Velasco, being a leader of the opposition, could not assume the presidency without creating political disturbances. The second vice president, Dr. Anibal Capriles, will assume the preeidency when President Pando goes to Acre. During the past week conferences have taken place between the Brazilian minister and President Pando. The object of theso meetings has not ‘been definitely ascer- talned, but it is understood that Brazil is seeking to dissuade the Bollvian govern- ment from proceeding with the military expedition to Acre. It is said that Brazil is offering in exchange the Madeira terri- tory, situuted on the Bolivian froniier, vith | fnancial facilities for Acre here has issued an officlal statement ex- plaining the government's position toward | decree. A police patrol conducted him to | the Acre dispute and the projected expedi- | tion by President Pando of Bolivia. The statement declares that the Bra- zillan government has given Bolivia to un- derstand that the contract with the Boli- vian syndicatq. ls a monstrosity on law, since it entalls the partial allenation of | the concession is vold inasmuch as it dis poses of territory which is the subject of alspute with Peru. The statement proceeds to say that Br: 21l has always given a liberal interpreta. Boli munication on the Amazon and the Para- guay, but Bollvia having alienated to a forelgn syndicate the rights made to it in the Acre territory Brazil will now sustain the strict interpretation of the treaty After recounting the varlous proposals mude to adjust the dispute the statement concludes: » Bollvia having refused all th( se propos:ls and President Pando having decided to march against the Brasilian subjects in Acre, the president of Brasil has decided to concentrate troops in the adjoining states of Matto Grasso and Amazonas. FEAR r Shuts an Franelsce Steamer from Port for Fear of Infection, GUAYAQUIL, Ecusdor, Jan. 2.—The Board of Health has resolved not to admit into port the Kosmos ilne steamer Her- monthis, from San Francisco December 1, for Hamburg, which has arrived hers The board also asks President Plaza to recall the Ecuadorian consul at San Fran- cisco and to request Dr. Felicimo Lopez of New York to go immediately to that city and act as consul until the plague disap- pears from California Malaria Doctor ix Com LIVERPOOL, J 25.—Presiding at a complimentary bsnquet on Saturdey to Prof. Donald Ross, the reciplent of the Nobel prize for medical research, Sir Al- fred Jones announced that the United States had applied to Prof. Ross for ad- that he was going to America soverelgnty to & foreign country and that | tion to the treaty of 1867, seeking to favor | by procuring its facllity of com- | | good agent | PARIS, Jan. 25.—The Brazillan legation | | clvil service commission | short, 'FRISCO PLAGUE SPOT| good ol the Indian service. A careful examination of the changes of | agents in the Indlan service from July 6, 1899, to November 10, 1902, (a period cov- ering a There were fifty-five Indian agencies on July 6, 1899. number had been reduced to thirty-nine, of schools. In some instances question were notoriously unfit; in others, because the Indlans were so far advanced In civilization that an agent was no ionger needed. Omitting the latter, it leaves for- ty-three agencies as a basls for compari- son. the entire’ number) were elther dismissed trom the service by the department or al- lowed to resign, or refused reappointment for cause. In many Instances the official record of these mon was very bad and must have exerted a most pernicious Influ- ence on the Indians under their care. Too Much Polities. Of those so removed, one is now serving a term in the penitentiary for defalcation, another is under Indictment by the United States grand jury for fraudulent practices and will doubtless be tried at an early date. His predecessor in office, gullty of similur offenses, upon learning whei ac- tion had been taken, committed suicld Of the, others displaced, it may be said that two were removed for immorality, nine for dishonesty and gglluslon with traders. or others, and seven on “unfit” or “worthiess. he’ ground of bel In addition to these twenty-one cases there are seven agents still in the service against whom serious charges have been preterred, who are wholly unfit for the responsible pasitions they occupy. Sev- eral of these agencies are now being In- vestigated. ;i We desire to express our approval of the earnest efforts the prusent commis sloner of Indian affairs, Hon. W. A. Jones, has almost invariably put forth to purge the service of improper or unfit agents. in eome instances, however, he has been prevented from taking prompt action where | charges were made, owing to a lack of in- spectors who could be detalled to make Five years ago a statement prepared by the National Civil Service Reform league showed that a large number of changes the Indian agents was due al- The made in most entirely to political reasons. changes made during the last three yea however, show a commendable effort on the part of the Indlan office to get rid of unfit or dishonest agents, whose appoint- ments, as a rule, political influence. those agents, the Indian on its records. term was due to political ,pressure, to have the man retained, proved fitness. Scandals Sure to Come. The Indian ofice unquest'onably desires to elevate the personnel of Its agents and | keep the service free from scandal, but this is obviously impossible so long as the pres- ent system obtains of permitting the ap- | pointment of men to these important posi- tions for purely political reasons. 1t would be a great improvement leve, examination analogous to those under the qualifications bLefore ible. able to the present systewm, we belleve, of what ought to be done. If the position of Indian agent could be brought within the classified service problem would be doubtful whether it could be accomplished The authority conferred upon the execu- tive to place bonded school superintendents in charge of agencies, when such a step 1s | deemed advisable, of relief. possible, it promises well for, the future. These superintendents of Indlan affords a certain me: character, to prove thcir fitness mentally and morally. That the as In theory is evident from the f although more than ome-third of the superintendents, not a single defalcation in office has occurred. other hand, as service by reason of unfitness or malf ance In office. The plan of placing Indiar agencies under the control of school superintendents also has vations, and tarding Indian civilization. Tke superin- little more than three years) is | suficient corroboration of this assertion. Up to November 10, 1902, the | by pfacing the Indians at sixteen agencies | under the care of bonded superintendents | these | changes were made because the agents in During the three years in question, twenty-one agents (about 50 per cent of were obtained through It need scarcely be added that had the question of fitness been the determining factor in the selection of | office would doubtless have been spared this dark page We are glad to note that during the three years in question there | is but one instance where the removal of o before the expiration of his and in that case the indian office vainly sought in view of hls we be- if the executive were to insist that men recommended to him for the position | of Indian agents by members of congress or others should be subject to some form of certain their they should be elig- Even this, while it would be prefer- would be far the simplified. but since that would requiré congressional action it 1s |STRIKE ure | It the plan is followed wherever | schools are usually men of futelligence and high and before they are appointed must pass a rigid civil service examination plan is sound in practice as well t that \n- dian agencies are now In charge of school instance of | on the | s been shown, one-half of | the Indien agents appointed during a period of three years have been retired from ths the effect of breaking up large reser- | to a certaln extent disinte- grating tribal fealty—a potent factor in re- tration of the complexity of the question, |and then proceed to arbitration, hut we belleve the commission will reach a settle- ment in a manner which will leay: no rerse of disappointment on either side.” OTTAWA, Ont., Jan. 2.—A dispatch from Washington regarding the signing of a treaty to refer the Canada-Alaska bound- ary dispute to, arbitration was not unex- pected. In the prime minister's absence, the other ministers do not care to discuss the matter. It is known that the Ottawa end of the nogotiations have been pretty much in Sir \Winifred Laurier's hands. The question is asked here tonight, “How far does the treaty go?" ' If the entire boundary dispute, without the Dyea and Skagway reservation, is to be referred to the arbitration commission, then Canada does not stand to be In any worse condi- tion, than it is today. If the ownership of Dyea and Skagway has been conceded to the United States then Canada is placed in a dangerous position. It is belleved if the United States wins over the British representative, then the Canadian contentions are. lost. It is generally believed here that Lord Alverstone, lord chief justice of England, will be the British commissioner. He is better known as Sir Richard Webster, and was assgclate countel for Canada before the Bering sea commission in Pari Ir Justice Mills of the supreme court is nlen- tioned as a likely representative of Canada. FEAR ~BANDITS WILL FIGHT Missguri Ponges Seerch fon Bank Rob- .bers and Expect Big Battle, UNION, Mo., Jan. 25.—Tbe house, twelve miles from here, where the fight occurred yesterday between men suspected of being cers, was searched today and asack con- tatning $800 was found in the cistern. As a result of the fight Frank Rudolph, aged 60; his wife, aged 45; thefr daughter Esther, aged 13, and George Hames, a rela- tive, who were occupants of the hut, were arrested. Rudolph is the stepfather of Wil- llam Andorson, who escaped after the fight and is suspected of complicity in the rob- bery. The prisoners have Been brought here. Anderson and a compaiilon named Lewls are wanted specifically on the charge of robbing the bank. Lewls was wounded in night and departed. They went to a farmer named Armstead and demanded two horees. He refused to comply, and, laying down $200, they forciby took the horses and rode awa; 1t is belleved they will not surrender if surrounded, but fight to the death. Posses are scouring the country and are belng augmented by hundreds of drmed men and boys. Anderson, who s 21 vears old, is de- scribed as a typical backwoodsman, cool, | deliberate and fearless, and if he is dis- | covered a desperate fight will result. ISICK FOLK FLEE FROM FIRE Smallpox Hospital Binzes and Patients Escape in Their Night- clothes. | BIDDEFORD, Me., Jan. 25.—By the burn- ing of the smallpox hospital today thirty- | six men and women patients were forced | to escape tn their night clothes. The mercury was several degrees below zero and all suffered sure. One man is expected to dle. When the'fire was discovered some of the patients seized mattresses and dragged | them out on the snow, out of danger from | the fire and huddled together upon them. Notwithstanding the dread of the dis- ease the firemen and police went at the build'ng with a will, but failed to save it. The firemen and policemen gave up thelr outer garments to clothe the patients, who | were cared for owners as temporary FOR in houses offered by the hospitals. -RECOGNITION Tied Company Refases to Recognize Up Because ; Indiana Rallwa New Union, | cosueN, employes on this morning. South Bend Ind., the Service interurban Jan. 25.—One hundred on the Goshen- is abandoned and Bend are tied up. motion. The company refuses to new union formed and discharged several employes for joining it OLD WICHITA MAN SUICIDES Rallway Ma Much Ex Takes Fatal Morphine, Dose of | HUNTINGTON, Ind.. Jan | Kinaird, at gne time general and ticket agent of the Fort | cinnat! & Louisville railroad, passenger Wayne, Cin- committed tendent, coming tnto close relations with | sulcide today by taking morphine. (Contiuued on l‘“th Page.) the robbers of the Bank of Union and off- | the fight, but both secured horses late last | terribly from expo- | Indiana raflway struck ! the city lines in Goshen, Elkhart and South | the present recognize the | 25.—Robert E. | the Comstock lode 1Bt the senate chamber and with less than a dozen senators whose seats were undis- puted, organized another senate was fs- sured of support by his associates in the state government, which support “fell away from him,” however. Continuing, Mr. Wol- cott said: There were three joint sessions of the general assembly. At the lust one fifty one democrats voted for Teller. No othe joint session had been held and no repub- llean had voted In a joint sessich. The election of Mr. Teller was tinctured with fraud, first in the trickery of adjournment by the democrats of the house; second, in the arbitrary and fraudulent expulsion of two legally elected senators. There 18, however, no legally constituted | senate as mMight have been wut 10c in % conspiracy and it is now too late to undo the WI‘(\I‘AF and, by unseathg the fraud ulently elected’ members frors Arapahoe county, insure the valid election of a republican serator. Wicked and unforgivable as is the wrong done the republican party, vet from the point of view of the highest citizenship, there is but one thing to be done and hat is for the people to accept the deplorable situation and the governor of the state 10 issue a certificate of election to Mr. Teller. Must Close Fight Now. Mr. Wolcott says Important matters re- quiring legislative action will be coming up and will demand all the time and at- tention of the legislature, therefore, the senatorfal contest should not be further continued. Speaking of Mr. Teller, the éx-senator says that in no sense was he a party to the frauds above referred to, although he was the beneficiary. He pays the following tribute to the senator-elect: He has served Colorado ge lon _at - and y ur rezret that he no longer m l‘:r in the ranks of the party which has so highly honored him, every citizen of the state wishes him health and strength and belleves that he is single minded in his devotion to the material interests of the state. Mr. Wolcott concludes his statement by neither does he cherish rancor toward any- body. He declares that ho will always be found in thee ranks of the republican party in Colorado. Gover: Congratulates Teller. Tlenry My Teller left the city last night for his ntry place at Grand Junc- tion. Governor Peabody, who went to Canon City to spend Sunday at bome, was a pas- senger oh the same train and extended con- gratulations to the senator. “My election, I feel sure, was perfectly legal and regular,” eaid Senator Teller, in convergation with friends, “‘for I succeeded in getting the majority vote of both houses. Iam entitled to a certificate from the gov- ernor and shall expect it, but if I fall to secure gubernatorial credentials I shall be able to take my case before the senate nevertheless.” When asked if he would si3n a certificate for election of Senator Teller, Governor Peabody replied, “I will cross that bridge when I come to it. It is understood, however, that the gov- ernor will be in no haste to act in the mat- credentials for any one. The Colorado senator's term does not begin until March 4, and he is not likely to need any certificate until congress as- sembles next November unless an extra fon should be called. D. B. Fairley, chairman of the republican state committee, been demanded by vote of a majority of the committee on account of his oppesition to, the candidacy of E. O. Wolcott, has given out a statement declaring hat the republicans will not recognize Teller's election. He says: | In my opinion the election was fllegal and i no attention will be paid to It by the state central committee or either faction of the republicans in the house or senate. | election is invalid, for the reason ithat the | proper officers did not preside over the | Joint session. |SOUTHERN MEN TO ASK RAISE Tralnmen and Switechmen Louis-Louisville Branch Will | on St ! | Demand Inerease. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 25.—A committes of the St. Louls-Loulsville | Southern rallway will meet here this week | to consider the advisability of demanding | mosc largely attended funerai in Douglas an increase in wages The movement is to be general, and may extend to the whole of the Southern yail- way system. The demand will probavly be for 25 per cent Increase and changes in policy of the management Only mall cars are in | toward its employes in train service. MACKAY’S BENEFACTOR DIES | | | eryman Who Enabled Mimer to Make Million tn M1 Passes Away el COLUMBIA, Mo, Jan Bash, whose death fn Bcone county has just | been announced, lent John W. 1000 with which he Mackay $10,- Bash was then a prosperous liveryman of | Virginia City, Nev Mackay. Their friendship continued until | Mackay's death. Bash returned to Mis- Five years ago he was general auditor of | souri many years ago and left a large es- [nn Saata Fe railrosd at Wichita, Kan. |tate. ter, but will allow the fullest time for the | | determination of all lesues before he signs whose resignation has | The | of the conductors, trainmen and switchmen | 25.—Lawrence | bought and drvu]upud‘ , #nd a warm friend of | & the line, give in, after Kennedy had won presidential clindh. secretary A. G. Bllick, didate, had to beat E. C. Erwin, and for treasurer Clancy St. [ had to beat Hodder, both places. The division of honors vame when executive committemen were chosen. the Brogan faction got | James H. McIntosh and | seated, Parish as the Kenpedy minority. W. board their faction things, just the same.” | were J. B. Sheean, Burbank and P. | and general good time, that some rather sore spots remain. mercial Club to Get Busy with Railroa The tramsportation ne- | taking up the Othaha. = The take up regular business, and it is are secured. | meeting of the executive committee Tues | the policy of the management of the club rooms it ie anxious to enroll to have tho freedom of the rooms. Dnsuing Year Are Installed, for of Koresters, held its second annual instal afternoon. two weeks after the consolidation o Crelghton court with St. Philome: was in a way commemorative of that ab. sorption. The new court now has a mem bership of seventy-five. installed were: Chief ranger, Martin; past chief ranger, N. P.. Plan | tary, J. H. Callahan; treasurer, W. J. Cul ken; senior conductor, John Pinault; J. B. Foley; outside sentinel, Ed Daughton trustees, P. X. Kennedy, P. J. Brennan, Anton Linneman. Two Hundred and Fifty Vehicles Fol. low Jiearse Containing Peter Glandt's Body. | yesterday afternoon at the family residene near Bennington and {to the deceased. The services were con | ducted by the pastor of the German Luth | eran church at Millard and ih» pall | Emil Hansen, Henry Kuhl and Henry Bock The interment was at | place. Many believe it to “mve been (h | county's hmnry HANGS SELF WITH CLOTHING Indinna Murderer Commits Suicide in Jail While Awaiting Trial, MADISON, Ind., Jan. name of Shafer shot Smith at Vi {in jail today cut his clothing into string | and hanged himselt. | Movements of Ocean V w York—Arrived and Moville; Etrur d Queenstown els Ju Ethiopts, from Liver , from Br | At Glas, 4 pool men. At New At @ New Yo Liverpool Georgic, Iver: and "tor New York, fa Saxonia, from 1 and procees At Cherbourg—Sailed Bt Southampton, for New York At Moville—Safled: §ow, for New York. Paul, | the meeting mqre than 100 of the 150 mom- bers and the contest extended clear along the Brogan faction declining to in’ (he The vice president is chosen by the exncutive committee, but for the successful can- Hoddor and 0. §. Clair who bobbed up in the ilero W. D. McHugh, F. Gurley with Warren Switzler and John Brogan men assert that with this majority on the ‘will be able to run Others who were in the race for a place on the committee Arthur Smith, B. G. A. Wells of South Omaha. | After the election there was a luncheon but it is conceded TO CONSIDER GRAIN RATES Transportation Committee of Com- committee of the Commercial club and the grain dealers of the city will meet at the Commercial club rooms Monday at noon for the purpese of question of grain ratos to transportation " committee will thus be the first of the regular commit- tees of the club since the reorganization to i by members of the committee that the organi- zation will keep at work in this matter | until the rates desired by the grain dealers saying that for himself, he has not the slightest sense of personal disappointment,| The membership committee of the club expects to have a report to make at the day at noon which will show an increase in | membership of the organization of fifty since the last meeting. With the change In id that the membership com- | mittee finds a larger number of persons their names upon the _books ‘of the club than when all persons frrespective of membership were permitted {CREIGHTON COURT CEREMONY Ofcers of Catholle Order of Foresters Creighton court No. 1810, Catholic Order lation of officers at Arlington hall Sunday This ceremony, coming as it did J. B. Kennedy, installing officer, was in | charge of the ceremony, and the officials James ' W. vice chief ranger, M. N. Greeley; recording secretary, A. E. Kennedy; financial secre- Junior conductor, T. 8. Kennedy; inside sentinel, UNUSUAL FUNERAL GATHERING The funersl of Peter Glandt took place “riends cam# by team from many miles away to pay a last tribute ar- | ers were Chris Bull, Jeseph Bull, C. Rohwer, Allen cemetery and Mne of the | 250 vehicles followed the hearse to the burial 25.—A man of the and killed Richard ‘ehay last night and when lodged | from trom from Anchoria, from Glas- lieved to be authoritative. ROME, Jan. 25.—The Patrla asserts that the Venezuelan blockade will be ralsed te- morrow. Germany Defends Bombardment. BERLIN Jan. 25.—The German pres: discusses calmly the bombardment of San Oarlos. The leading newspapers here and in the provinclal cities take the position that if the United States put itself in the place of Germany it would see that the commander of Panther, unless the blockade were to become a diad letter, was obliged to enter the lagoon of Maracaibo, and that the action with the fort and the sub- sequent co-operation of Vineta with Pan- ther were Inevitable consequences, The newspapers attach some ‘mportance to President Castro’'s ‘hrowing ridicule on the blockade and his remark that he could render the blockade useless through the Maracaibo lagoon. Howen Not Communicative, WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Mr. Bowen feels optimistic tonight over the future in the Venezuelan matter. He adheres to tfe be- liet expressed by him in the statement given out last night that the case would te settled soon, and eatisfactorily. His latest proposition, the important tea- ture of which i the matter of guaranty as a preliminary to'the raising of the block- ade, will be in the hands of all the sliins by tomorrow afternoon, and Mr. Bowen thinks an answer might be receivcd in Washington possibly by Tuesday. Mr. Bowen declined tonight to discuss the announcement that & commisaion ap- pointed, by tbe United - would be charged with the admini fon of the maritime cuktoms ofiees in Venesueln. The inference drawn from his remarks was that while the statement as a whole waé in- correct, yet there was an elemant of doubt as to some feature of it. Bowen Con with Diplomats. A long conference between Mr. Bowen and Sir Michael Herbert, followed by others between Sir Michael, Signor Mayor Des Plancses, the Italian am- bassador, and Count Quadt, the German charge d'affaires, indigpted diplo- matic activity in Washington today over the Venezuelan situation. All the min- isters declined to discuss the re.ults of to- day's meeting, but general statements mude by them, that the situation tonight’ war- ranted hope of early relief, is significant of what has been accomplished during the last twenty-four hours. By this time the Londonm, Berlin and Rome Foreign offices are in possession of Mr. Bowen's third proposition stating the nature of the guarantee he fs prapared to offer if his initial request is compliad with and the blockade raised at onca. Strict reticence is maintained by all the nogotia- tors as to the rature of this guaranty and until the joint reply of the powers is re- ceived it will not be disclosed. Mr. Bowen and the State department oro greatly Impressed with the attitude of the allled representatives in Washington dur- ing the present negotiatioms. Whila act- ing at all times under instructions from thelr Forelgn offices they have cxpedited matters considerably by their traightfor- ward manner of dealing with Veneruola's representative. This fact has especlally appealed to the Whshington officlals, ko, while not participating in the proliminaries necessarily are vitally interested in their result. Although Germany {s sending a special envoy here ‘to conduct the negotiations, Mr. Bowen has taken occasion to oxpress his absolute satisfaction with the manner in which Count Quadt has represented his government. The German charge, of course, has been acting under instructfons fiom Berlin, but the point was made today by Mr. Bowen and by officlals of the Wash- ington government, that the activity of { Germany’s representative from the day of Mr. Bowen's arrival and the judgment he has shown has done much to ald in bring- ing about an ultimate solution of the pres- ent trouble. Action Expected This Weelk, Tomorrow there will be conferences be- tween all the negotiators, but no definite {action is expected regarding the blockade before Tuesday or Wednesday. —Through- | out his negotiations here Mr. Bowen ha Qealt soparately with the forelgn envoy; | while they have kept In constant touch wit | one another. There has been no jolat ae- tion on thelr pa The important fact developed today that { the triple .alllance against Veneszuela was | far more comprehensive than was supposed at first. The agreement between Great Britain, Germany and Italy favolved mot only a joint initiative action for the collec- tion of their claims, but each of tue three powers also pledged itself to 1ift the block- ade simultaneously Tht ironclad nature of the alllance al- ready has been commubicated to the State | department by Charge White and it js this fact which was responsible for the grave apprebensions heretofore felt regarding the outcome of the dispute. The reply of the powers therefore necessarily will be joint. A favorable answer to Mr. Bowen's last proposition, and it is the bellef of all to- night that the answer will be favorabk will mean the immediate withdrawal of all the blockading ships, while a declination | to amccept the guaranty offered by Mr, ' | Bowen must result In the continuance of .| the blockade by all three allles. Say Fort Fired First, MARACAIBO, Jan. 25.—~The United legation bas been conducting an investige: ‘