Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1903, Page 1

ESTABLISHED J UNE SEE STATEHOOD END Benators Grow Tired of Virtnal Deadlock to Obamber's Buyness SUBSTITUTE BILL PROPOSED AS WAY OUT Bome Members Wish te Oonsolidate Terrl- tories Inte Two States DANGER OF SPLIT MAY KILL SUGGESTION Republioans Seek Assurances of Unanimons Party Vete Before Acting. QUAY PREPARED TO PUSH AMENDMENTS Pennsylvanian s Ready to Insist on Tacking Omnibus Bill on to Appro- 1t ' Neocew Difenlty. y WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—All indications point to the conclusion of the statehood debate during the present week, but no one can tell at this time just when or how the change will come, It the plans of the .republican leaders who oppose the bill are put into effect the committee on territories will bring substitute bill early in the week providing for consolidation and the admission of two states. This will probably not be done, however, unless assurance can be secured that the full republican vote will be cast for the consolidation. 1t thie plan does not take shape Senator Quay s likely to press his statehood amendment on the agricultural bill and a test of strength will ensue. The vote ou this amendmont will be close, if taken, and while tho omnibus bill advocates feel that they have a majority they realize tkat ft will 5ot be so large as it would be on a direct vote on the statehood bill alone and by ftaelt. There is some talk now of admitting only Oklahoma, but if this should be undertaken it will bo only as a last resort and will be postponed until toward the end of the ses- slon. All senators are becoming restless under the present conditions, which, it is believed, cannot continue much longer. Tomorrow, In accordance with notice glven by Senator Allison, the bill making appropriations for the District of Colum- tia will be taken up. Some clauses will arouse debate, but advantage will be taken of the opportunity to further the efforts to compromise the differeaces on the state- hood bill An effort also will be made to seeure con- sideration of the Cuban reciprocity treaty, and a portion of the time next Saturday will be devoted to eulogies on deceased members of the hou MEETS AGAIN ON SABBATH House Hears More Sunday Eulogles and Receives Report of Co merce Bill Conference. T - ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—The house of representatives today held a memorial ses- sion to pay tribute to the memory of the Iate Senator Willlam J. Sewall and the late Representative Joshua 8. Salmon of New Jersey. Mr. Parker of New Jersey pre- sided. The eulogists of the two departed states- men were Messrs. Gardner (N. J.), Hull (Ia.), Syell (Ind.), Stewart (N. J.), Fowler (N. 1), Parker (N. J.), Foster (Vt.), Graft (ML), Willlams (Miss.), Warner (IlL), Randsell (Tex.), Lloyd (Me.) and Ball (Tex.) Chairman Hepburn of the committes on interstate and foreign commerce lald be- fore the house the report of the conferees on the department of commerce and labor and it was ordered to be printed. At 2:40 p. m. the house adjourned. GEORGIA RIVER PLAYS TRICK COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 8.—The Chatta- nuogh river fs on a rise and a flood 1 feared. The water is thirty-six feet above the normal and still rising. A bridge which was in process of con- struction has been seriously damaged and all the mills on the river front whl be idlo several days. Within six hours the river rose five and a half feet. The dam- age to property all along the river is con- siderable, MACON, Ga., Feb. 8.—The Ocmulgee river at this point is twenty-one feet above low water mark. All trains on thegSouthern through Macon kave been annulled, the tracks above and below Macon belng under water. People living on *he river bottom lands here have been compelled to flee. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 8.—The river is still rising here tonight aud it fs ex- pected the forty-foot stage will be reached by Monday night. Tow boats worked all day and are en- #aged tonight trying to remove corn from slong the stream. There are thousands of bushels of corn along the river In cribs and it 1s_feared a great deal of it will be lost. The Wabash river is rising rapilly to- night. A great many logs and tles are coming out of Green river. ERIE CANAL MAY BE CEDED New York's Att » mey General Decldes » No Bar to Transfer. e Constitution ALBANY, N general has decided that it is practical to cede a small portion of the Erle canal to | the United States goyernment for ship bullding purposes, despite the state con- stitution. The opinion s given in a letter to Major Thomas W. Symonds, head of the United States engineering corps for the Buffalo district. The question arose in connmection with the proposal to build a deep canal from the headwaters of Nlagara river to the navigable parts further,down stream. The letter clears away many obstacles that appeared to be insurmountable and assures the saving of both money and time. DRUNKEN MAN KILLS WOMAN #eontucky Lass Shot Down by Drink- MOOREHEAD, Ky., Feb. §.—Mollle Ste- goll, & white woman, was shot and kilied Rere today by Ben Marti It 18 5314 Martin was drinking. He claims 'b; shooting was aseldental. . o " . nal Y., Feb. 8.—The attorney | | FINNS WOEFULLY STUBBORN Wil Not J¢ 12 n Army and Re- fuse to "\‘u-: Viola- tion ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. % * invested General Bobrikoff, ¥ | of Finland, with unlimited completing a Finnish battalion. The pub- lic interpret this step as giving General Bobrikoff authority to accept persons who fall below the medical and physical re- | quirements, | The fact that the 280 men required for this battalion were not secured from 1 | obedient recruits apparently confirms “re vious assertions that only those Finns who are nearly certain of aar has snor pOL . for selyes. | The stubborn resistance of the Finns 16 further illustrated by the government's inability to find postal officials willing to sanction the opening of letters. The order to open suspicious mail and confiscate contraband matter was prepared last summer. The honored old postmaster general resigned rather than sign the or- der. After a long interval a complaisant | applicant was found | master’s secretary, whose counter-signa~ | ture was requisite, resigned his post and his successor has not yet been Zound. |Mexlean Commission Called to Deal | with Evils of Silver Cnr- | | reney. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8.—Great interest is taken here In the action of the American government on behalf of silver and Presi- dent Roosevelt's willingness to aid in the { solution of a problem of such vital im- portance fo this country. The attitude of the American government is considered most friendly. The monetary commission to study the silver question ‘s a attracts favorable attention. The government has won praise by its Judiclous action, for now ft is seen it pro- poses to act only on advice from represent- ative men. One of the questions of greatest present interest, and obe which the commission will Investigate, 18 the present quantity of sliver money in the country. Notwith- standing the existerce of many banks; it is pointed out by the finance minister that it is still the custom in many parts among merchants and wealthy private persons to keep large amounts of cofned sflver in pri- vate safes. An effort will be made to ascer- tain sclentifically the amount of currency, both metallic and paper, which the country requires for its busine FRENCH ARABS GO TO JAIL Jury Takes More Than Day to Find Verdict 1h Cnse Against 106, PARIS, Feb, 8.—The trial of 106 Arabs at Montpelier for revolting against the French residents at Marguerite, Algeria, after Iasting ffty days, ended this morning. The jurymen had been locked up for twenty-seven hours considering thelr ver- dict, and when they appeared in court everybody was in a somnolent condition, most of the Arabs being fast asleep, hud- dled together for warmth. A verdict of guilty was rendered in the case of twenty- #ix of the prisoners, the remalning eighty being acquitted. The four ringleaders were sentenced to imprisonment for lite and the others found guilty were sentenced to lesser terms. Clemenceau Denles Ever Seel leged Document and Fau Will Not Talk, PARIS, Feb. 8.—The Temps publishes an interview with M. Clemenceau regarding the statement that he has read the document to be used in the revival of the Dreyfus affalr, M. Clemenceau says he does not remem- has never seen the document referred to. All the published facts involving him are incorrect. The Presse has endeavored to interview Colonel Faurie, but he replied that by order of the minister of war he could mot make any communication on the matter. Anna Mulford's Men Taken Aboard h Steamer Pass Brow Men, LONDON, Feb. 8.—The British steamer Westhall passed Brow Head todsy and signaled that schooner Anna L, Mulford was aboard. On February 6 Mount Royal reported having sighted Anna L, Munford on January 16, leaking badly, when the captain re- ported that his crew had mutinied and at- | tacked him. Today’s report from Brow Head was the first news from Anna L. Mulford since Mount Royal sighted it. FREIGHT EMBARGO LIFTED Baltimore & Ohio Clears Off Congested Trafe and Accepts All Con- signments Offered. BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.—Ofclals of the | Baltimore & Ohio rallroad stated tonight | that the freight embarg. which had ex- isted for several weeks had been lifted | and that there was no congestion of | treight at any point on the line. Freight | was now befng accepted from all connec- | tions. While much freight there was little or no delay livery. |PRINCESS ENTERS HOSPITAL | in its de- of Saxon Court | Child Makes | Eloper 111, | to Let Her See Royal GENEVA, Feb. §.—The former crown princess of Saxony today entered the sani- tarfum of Timatierie at Nyon. It is reported that the refusal of the Saxon court to let her visit her sick child has completely unnerved her. Nyon is situated on Lake Geneva, in the Canton de Vaude, and the sanitarium is well known for the treatment of mental and nervous disorders. China Gives Belgium Conceasion. ANTWERP, Feb. 8.—The Metropole an- nounces that Belgium has obtained a con- cession o the Pel Ho river sorth of Tien 500 | vejection or have | legal cxemption from service offered them- | whereupon the post- | WILL PROBE CASH PROBLEMS | local measure which | | lines of the other two. DREYFUS PAPERS STILL SAFE | ber ever having' met Co’onel Faurie, who | is sald to have charge of the papers, and | SHIP BRINGS MUTINOUS CREW| the crew of the American | | should be a revolutionary movement. could not | count of the Panama canal negotiation FEBRUARY 9, 1903. PROTOCOLS ARE UNDER WAY Allied Ministers Spend Day Preparing Papers in Venernelan Trouble. ENGLISH DOCUMENT SATISFIES BOWEN o's Envoy Asks Only SI Changes in Instrument Presented by Sir Michael Herbert for His Inspection, ht WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Representatives of the allles are busily engaged preparing the protocols referring to The Hague the question of preferential treatment in the settlement of their claims against Vene- zuela They are in constant communication with their governments on this subject, and are anxious to cover every detail which should be in a2 instrument of the character. Wishes to Sign Al in Day. Mr. Bowen is anxious that the protocols should be identical so far as practicable and 1s also directing his efforts to get them signed on the same day. According to instructions from his home government, Sir Michael Herbert has pre- pared the draft of a protocol, which he submitted to Mr. Bowen today. It was the Qrst of the three which had been prepared : by the allied ministers and was most satis- factory to Venezuela's representative, he | finding only one or two places where he felt called on to suggest any changes convinced that He was the ambassador had made | every effort to bring the vexatious matter to a close and to arrange a protocol which would be mutually satisfactory. The Itallan ambassador, Signor Mayor Des Planches, was at Mr Bowen's apart- ments on two occasions today with refer- ence to the terms of the protocol, and | Baron Spec von Sternberg worked diligently on the German protocol. He saw Mr. Bowen regarding some feature of the in- strument. Mr. Bowen continues optimistic the blockade. He 's confident no perplex- ing complications will now Imtervene, and it will not be long until the whole ques- tion is settled in its primary stages, the ralsing of the blockade, the arbitration of the question of preferential preferment and the arrangements for the settlement of the claims themselves, {acluding those of both the allied and of the unallied powers. Terms of Protocol Anmounced. The British protocol provides for the reference of the contention of the allies for preferential treatment to The Hague for | settlement, for the payment by Venezuela to Great Britain of £6,500 cash and for the immediate raising of the blockade. The adjudication of the claims and the collec- tion of the 30 per cent out of which they are to be pald has been left for the second protocol. Italy vishes to have inserted in fts protocol an article providing for a change in the treaty of amity with Venezuela so as to include the *‘favored nation” clause such as other powers possess. ~ Mr. Bowen has explalned that while he is willing to use his Influence to secure this, he can do nothing more in the protocol than recommend it, as the matter is en- tirely irrelevant to the present controversy. There are also other provisions in the Itallan protocol which do not meet the approval of Mr. Bowen, and the Itallan ambassador has cabled to Rome for per- mission to withdraw them. Regarding the German protocol little is known except that it is along the general Several changes bave been made in it since yesterday and other changes are likely. It is understood that the German protocol will be somewhat shorter and more precise than the British and probably will not contain more than elght articles. It will provide for an initial payment of the same amount to Italy and Great Britain. But Italy will agree to receive the cash thirty days after the slgning of the protocol The fact developed today that some of the unallled claimant powers are consid- ering sharing the expense which Venezuela will be put to In Carrying its case to The Hague, since a decision will affect their claims. WAR MAY STAY CANAL TREATY Colombians Reported Ready to Revolt n in Opposition to Amer- fea’s Big Diteh. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 8.—Para, which arrived here today from Colon, brought the news of the suicide on Jamuary 30 of General Uribe-Uribe,, who lead the late revolution. The reports borught by Para indicate the | possibility of another revolution in oppo- sition to the Panama canal treaty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The report that General Uribe-Uribe had committed sul- clde caused considerable surprise here. After his surrender to the Colombian forces he performed valuable services for the government, inducing varlous guerrilla chiefs to desist in the opposition to the goverpment and surrender. Subsequently he went to Bogota and was cordially re- celved. He was less than 40 years old and was a brilliant fighter. Colombian officials here are surprised and grieved at reports of a threatened revolu- tion In Colombia. Dr. Herron, charge d'affaires of Colombia in Washington, says he can concelve of no reason why there He realize how it could be on ac- the treaty providing for the comstruction of that waterway had not been ratified by the American senate, much less by the Colomblan congress, which had aot even been elected Lord Milner to Stay. BLOEMFONTEIN, Feb. §.—Mr. Cham- | berlain, speaking at a banquet here today, was being hardled, expressed the belief that the high com- missioner, Lord Milner, would stay in South Africa long enough to see the fruition of his policy. This remark is held to dispose of the rumors that Lord Miiner was about to resign. Bu Hamara Still for Sale. MADRID, Feb. 8.—A dispatch from Tan- gler to the Tmparcial confirms the news that' the pretender, Bu Hamara, is a pris- oner of the Riata branch of the Kabyle tribe, which is ready to deliver him to the sultan for a ransom. Mace Proposals Ready. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 8.—The Aus- trian and Russian embassies will present to the porte this week the plan for the proposed reforms In Macedonla. Au Prepares for Trouble. VIENNA, Feb. §.—It is persistently serted that Austria is preparing a partial mobllization of its military forces i view ot mossible avants in the Balkans of an| early settlement and the early raising of those made | Tables Are Overturned When Earth o SBORO, Ky Feb. S.—~A distinct { earthquake shock was felt here at 6:25 to- night | Houses were shaken.and tables in the second storics of many homes were turned over. LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. S—A slight earthquake shock was felt here at about | 6:45 tonight. The vibratfons caused win- | dows to rattie, but no damage was done ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8—Two distinct earth- | quake shocks were felt in St. Louls and | vicinity between 6:20 and 6 tonight. The first lasted almost tweaty seconds and | while it was not so distinctly feit fmmedi- ately in St. Louls, in Alton, Belleville, Ed- wardsville and other nearby towns in Illi- nois it was sufficlently forceful to rattle dishes and swing doors. The second shock | followed within two minutes and was { slight and of short duration. Both shocks | were from southeast to southwest. MARION, I, Feb. 8—An earthquake shock was felt this evening. Preceding the shock a roaring noise was heard. Many persons ran into the street. At tho West | Side hotel flues were shaken down | PARIS, Feb. 8.—Slight earthquakes were | felt on Saturday at midnight at, Brest, St | Bricux and on the Isiand of Molene. PADUCAH, Ky., Feb. 8—A slight earth- quake shock occurred here about 6:45 to- | night. No damage was done and the dura- | tion of the vibrations was briet. | CLOVERPORT, Ky., Feb. 8.—An earth: quake shock startled a number of Clover- | port's citizens about 6:30 tonight. No damage was done and many people of the town did not know the shock had occurred. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 8.—Earthquake skocks were reported throughout southern | Indiana, as well as here, about 6:30 tonight. | At Baptistown some of the colored popula- tion fell to their knees in prayer during their fright GREENCASTLE, - Ind., Feb. 8.—Earth 6:30 tonight, but no damage wa: PSR MUST ELECT NEW GENERAL Franciscans Cailed to Rome, Where Provinecials Will Appoint Head of Order. | CINCINNATI, Feb. 8.~The Franciscan | tathers have received a call from Rome announcing that a universal chapter of the entire Franciscan order will be held fn that city on Pentecost Sunday to elect a superior general to succeed the late Father | Aloystus Lauer. | In this country the Franciscans have { five provinces and the fallowing provin- | elals will attend the general chapter and participate in the election: Perry R. Louls | Haverbeck, Cincinnati proyince; Hugollus | Torft, St. Louls province; A. Butelli, New | York province; Edward Blecke, New Jer- !sey province, and Stanislaus Jeka, Polish | provinee. It is probable that the mew eral will be Rev. former professor at the eiscan college, and for six ¥ clal of the Cincinnat! province. Father Englert bas been the representative in | Rome of all the American Franciscans since the reorganization of the friars minor by the pope about four years ago. CRUSHES SKULL FOR LUCRE | Murderer Slays Wealthy M W Takes ch and Pin, but Misses © NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Louls Mandel, a dealer in old ircn, was murdered today in his office In East Twenty-third street, his skull being crushed by blows struck with a heavy iron bar. He was found in an un- | consclous condition and died in the hos- pital. Robbery was evidently the motive of the crime, as the desk at which Mandel was sitting when he was attacked was rifled and his gold watch and chain and dlamond pin were take: The murderer overlooked, however, a large sum which Mandel had in an inner pocket. Murphy, employed in the iron yard, Man del reproved an Itallan known as ‘‘Joe" for neglecting his work, and ordered him to go and wash a wagon. The Itallan complied grumblingly, and Murphy went to breakfast. On his return he found Mandel unconselous on the floor in the office and the Itallan missin TELLS OF WORK AMONG INDIANS Bishop Hare Claims Dakota M Have Proved Most Sue- cessful. NEW YORK, Feb. S.—Bishop Hare, episcopal bishop of the Dakotas, preached this afternoon at the Church of the In- carnation on the work among the Indians under his jurisdiction. Bishop Hare traced the history of the Niobrara league from its inception. sionary work had been successful, he said, and at the present time there were eighty- five congregatfons, with both native and white priests. TEXAS DOCTOR IS MURDERED Wealthy Indian Woman, Only to Yield Life to Robbers. Marries ARDMORE, I. T. Feb. 8—Dr. T. J Fisher, & prominent physiclan at Roagan, Dr. Fisher, who was 45 years old, form- erly resided at Stephensville, Tex. By marrying & wealthy Indian woman he be- came possessed of valuable land near Reagan. . A patient called at found him dead, shot The other members of absent from home. CLEVELAND GOES eaves Flo Fisher's house and through the head. the family were " FISHING a Resort for Fiany Denizens, Whose ture He Essays. ome of ap. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. S.—Grover Cleveland, accompanied by Dr. Joseph D. Bryant of New York, arrived here on the New York limited this evening and took dinner at the Ponce de Leon. They spent the evening with General Scofield and other fends and left later for Stewart, on the St Luclesriver, where they will spendtwo weeks fishing. ke Spi BARCELONA, Feb. S8.—The workmen sssociations here have decided to com- mence & seneral strike tomorrow. quake shocks caused some excitement here | According to the statement of Jame | has been murdered, presumably by robbers. | Determination of Administration on This Point Most Oonolusive AMPLE PREPARATION FOR ARMED SUPPORT Activity at Arsenals and Navy Yards Indicates the Serious Intentions the President His Cabinet. ot and (From a Staft Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. £.—(Spkelal)—In spite of the fact that Venezuela will soon be free to resume its commercial relations with the rest of the world and that it has virtually concluded arrangements for the settlement of its indebtedness, the been settled by any means. is the meaning of the Monroe doctrine and | upholding its interpretation of that declar- | ation. | There is a peacetul air today among offi clals of the War and Navy departments {hm notwithstanding this atmosphere, the keep the rific manufacturing plants at work night and day. The excuse given for this extraordinary activity is that the War departinent s desirous of securing an ade- | quate number of the new Krag-Jorgenson rifles to equip the Natlonal Guard of each state with this modern species of small arms. “We have enough Krag-Jorgenson rifles (n hand to supply the militia of the varfous states,” sald General Crozler, chlet of the bureau of ordnance, “but we da not | want to break into our reserve supply, and | consequently it was thought best to hurry forward the manufacturing of enough new rifies for the equipment of the militia under the new law.'"” It is understood that there are on hand something lfke 125,000 modern, breech oading, magazine rifies of the pattern in use in the army and navy in the store houses of the government at this moment. The reserve supply referred to by General Crozier could very readily be made up gain after having been depleted by the ordinary methods, but in addition to orders for extra shifts of men at the Springfield armory, preparations are belng made for the establishment of a new plant for the manufacture of rifies at Rock Island, Iil, and agents of the War department are | known to be quietly at work investigating the facilities of a number of private con- cerns who may be called upon in case of meed to still further add to the ‘Dumber produced. Hurry Orders for Vessels. The little trouble in Honduras which was reported in the press dispatches early in the week offers a very plausible excuse for the hurry orders which were sent out by the Navy department to Mare Island, Bos- ton, Philadciphia and other points where United States war vessels are uuder con- struction or repair. It is known that at the last cabinet meeting a great deal of time was devoted to the diseussion of the necgssity of preparing to uphold the Mon- roe doctrine at any cost, and the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy wero advised that it would be as well for them to leave no stone unturned toward securing adequate preparations. On Monday came the news that Maine was to be gotten ready to receive her complement of officers and men at least three weeks before it was originally intended to fit her out, and there are on every side signs of as much activity in the shipyards and armories in country as there were five years ugo just before the old Maine was so mysteriously destroyed in Havana harbor. In this con- nection the Washington Post, discvesitg the repeated assurances that there is no | elgnificance in these warlike preparations | wys very pertinently: To say that there is no significance In ¢ strengthening of our army and navy Is a surd. Tt deceives nobody, while it makes 1 ridiculous. We harbor here a swarm o foreign attaches whosw notorious business it is to spy upon our military preparations, our forts and batterfes; to obtaln, legit- imately or otherwise, charts of our coasts, sea ports, channels, approaches, etc. It is perhaps true tha a position 10 compl however, that every knows far more about our equipment of offense and defense than the American people at large do. Why, then, fs it neces- sary to prolong the farce? Especlally, why need we protest to people who do not in the least believe us that we are building navies and assembling armies merely In a spirit of innocent amiabllity? The war which Secretary Root predicted must come may be deferred for a year or two. If it le to be deferred indefinitely the administration fs taking the very best peaceable course to delay it, for so long the manufacture of warlike material and the construction of battleships, cruisers end torpedo boats s conducted with so much vigor, foreign powers will be char§ of atirring up strife in Central and America for the purpose of testin sincerity of the American contention no Eufopean power shall be permitted¥o obtain additional foothold upon the Amers fcan continent. Ship Build The Navy depattment Has just awarded a contract for two new cruisers to two different concerns, both located on the Delaware river within rifie-shot of Phila- delphia. The cost of each crulser is a fraction over $4,000,000. The same price is to be pald to each company and vir- | tually the same designs are to be followed. | Heretofore all the big vessels built on the Atlantic seadoard outside of the navy yards | have been constructed either by the New- port News Shipbullding company or by the Cramps of Philadelphia. There ha been exceptions to this rule, but they were | of comparatively little moment. Now a | new giant has arisen on the Delaware to compete with the concern which has had a monopoly on ship construction since the failure of John Roach. This concern 1s known as the New York Shipbuilding com- pany, and its works are located at Cam- | den, N. J., right across the river from | Philadelphia, where the Cramps are situ- ated. The Cramp concern has a capital of nearly $5,000,000 and has on its payroll some 6,000 workmen. Its rival has $3,500, 000 capital and 4,000 workmen. The two new crulsers are to be each 502 feet long on the load line, with an extreme breadtb of 72 feet & inches; displacement of 14,500 tons and a guaranteed speed of twenty-two knots. The time limi* is fixed in the case of the Cramps concern at thirty-nine months, while the New York company, owing ‘o the mewness of its plant, 1s given three months additional. The Navy department will watch with great interest the progress of the work upon these two additions te the navy, one of which, by the way, is to be named Washington and the other Tennes- see. The utmost speed will be used by each company and it is expected that great rivalry will be shown in the matter of securing early completion. In any event the department will insist that each shall live up absolutely to its contract, and . The fact remains, war office in Europe Growth. | | {Continued on Fifth Page) | real question at issue between the United | | States and the European nations has not | Thet question | the extent to which this country will go in | Springfield armory has received orders to | engaged in the rame | abominable business abroad, we are not in | | (KILLS HUSBAND, BURNS Monticello Woman Murders Drunken | | arrested | the kitchen stove, with all | were tew. KENTUCKY HOUSES SHAKEN UP|(PHOLD MONROE DOCTRINE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska or Snow at Nigh Portion; Falr in North Falr Monday: Raln Tuesday In South Omaha Yesterday: Hour. Dex. 1o . 38 2 » .24 Temperature Hour, 5 a. “ 24 Spouse and Gri Bones to Powder for Hen Food LO, . Y., Feb.8 tayette Taylor of Centerville, Sullivan county, today confessed to having killed her husband, Lafayette Taylor, and burned the body on January 25 to escape detee tion. Taylor disappeared on the night of Janu- ary 25 and was supposed to have deserted his fanfily. On February 6 Mrs. Taylor Mrs. La- attempted to sell a horse to a Centerville | man, who would mot buy for fear Taylor night come back and claim it. Mrs. Taylor told him to rest easy on that point, for she had killed him and burned his body. The 14-vear-old daughter of the Taylors was asked about the story her mother had told about having killed her father. She sald the story was true. Mrs. Taylor was and today made a full canfes- sion. Her story I8 that her husband, who was a hard drinker, came home on the night of | January 25 drunk and be@an to abuse her. She secured a recolver and tried to frighten him. He attempted to take it from her and in the struggle It went off, the bullet striking him over the eye and killlng him instantly. She was so frightened for fear of being arrested for murder that she de- cided to cut up the body and burn it. Her 14-year-old daughter witnessed the ehooting and helped her to cut up the body in small pleces with an ax and burn it in his clothing. The burned bones were ground fine and fed to the hens. The blood spots were cov- ered with paint. The Taylors lived on a farm a mile from the main road and the chances of discovery Mrs. Taylor s about 40 years old. She says she confessed because the crime haunted her. She was taken to the Monticello jail. The daughter hhs not been arrested. BURGLARS STIR THE BANKERS Latter's State Association to Consider Matter of Rewards at Meet. ing in May. When the executive council of the Ne- braska Bankers' association meets In May the principal question that will come be- fore it will be the adoption of a plan of rewarding the arrest and conviction of per- sons who rob or defraud banks which are members of the associatiow. The funds from which these rewards will. be paid comes from the commissions pald the assoclation on burglary insurance writ- ten by an eastern company under a con- tract made about a year ago. This fund ! now amounts to about $1,000 and has been | increasea rapidly during the last thirty daye because of the increased demand for insurance against burglars. Burglars have been active in the last two months and at {his | 1east one of the banks robbed was a mem- ber of the Nebraska assoclation, but it | will be impossible for the association to | | /| same | | ing a new church in the near future. offer a regular reward for the arrest and conviction of the criminals, as the matter is in the hands of the executive council, and it is sald by members of 'he association that the council cannot offer a reward for the apprehension of criminals who have operated before the general scheme of re- wards has been adopted. It is said that since the Missourl asso- clation began offering standing rewards for the arrest and conviction of burglars and bank robbers, that form of érime has de- creased’ in the state more than one-halt and It 1s expected that the same effect will | be secured in Nebraska after May. GOOD NEWS FROM ST. LOUIS Private Advices to Trainmen Confirm Pr Dispatehes of New Concessions. The Union Pacific and Burlington repre- sentatives of the Order of Rallway Con- ductors and Brotherhood of Rallway Train- men in Omaha have recelved private ad- vices from thelr assoclate officers at St. Louls confirming the Assoclated Press re- ports published in yesterday morning's papers to the effect that the Missouri Pa- cific and the 'Frisco had finally granted the increase as was conceded by “Katy" road and that in all probatility the Corn Belt and Wabash would follow the, same course early in the week, The delegates here are still ablding their time, therefore, pending the settlement of affairs at St. Louls, as they have voted to take no further steps until that confer- ence 18 over. Some of the representatives have left the city for & day or so. WILL BUILD A NEW CHURCH St. Patriek’s Parish Will Soon Put (v Thirty Thousand Dol Edifice. Patrick's congregation, of which Rev Smith Is pastor, contemplates bulld- The congregation has long since grown too large for the emall wooden structure on South Fourteenth und Castellar streets. The new church will be of brick, with stone trim- mings, and will cost in the neigkborhood of $30,000. POLICEMAN SLAYS COMRADE St P Tennessee Officers Quarrel and One | Shoo Other Tracks, Dead in BRISTOL, Tenn., Feb. 8—Policeman Grat Walk shot and Instantly killed Policeman Childress here today The shooting, resulted from a Walk escaped. quarrel Movements of Ocean Vesse At the I New York, Boutham Minneapolis, from New At Naples—Arrived—New ngland, from Boston, via Bt. Michaels, Gibraltar, Alglers and Genoa. Balled—Vancouver, from Genoa, for Boston. At Liverpool—Arrived—Etruria, from New York; Laurentian, from ew York, via Halifax, N, 8., for Glasgow. At St Michaels—Afrives from Boston, for aples and i At MovilleSalled—Futnessia, from Glas- €ow, for New York. ° AU Queenstown—gatled—Lucsnia, Lrom Liverpool, for New York. Feb, N, -Kroonland, from ton ntwerp ork, for London rd—Passe ambroman, BODY | the | SEAS SLAY THOUSAND Paoifio Islands Are Totally Depopulated by Fearful Storm Lasting Several Days TIDAL WAVE FURIOUSLY SWEEPS LAND [ — | Houres and Pesple Meet Commen Destruoe tion from Warring Elements, NATIVES SEEK REFUGE IN TALL TREES Waters Rush to Unprecedented Height, Tearing Victims from Haven, FULL EXTENT OF DISASTER NOT KNOWN nly lll-:m—l::al from Five Out hty 1 Ravaged, So that Worst May Be to Come. Reports of - SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—News of & fearful loss of life in » destructive storm that swept over the South Sea Islands last month reached here today by the steamer Mariposa, direct from Tahitl. The loss of life is ebtimated at 1,000, On Japuary 13 last a huge tidal wave, | accompanied by a terrific hurricane, ate | tacked the Society Islands and the Pus motu group with fearful force, causing deaths and devastation Storm Rages Many Days. The storm raged several days, reaching its climax between January 14 and January 16. From the meager news received at Tahiti up to the time Mariposa left it was estimated that 1,000 of the islanders lost their lives, but it was feared that later advices would add to the long lst. The first news of the disaster reached Papette, Tahiti, on January 26 by the schooner Eimo, which reported 500 fatall- tles. The steamer Exce'sior arrived the following day with 400 destitute survivors. The captain of Excelsior estimated the loss of lives to be 800. These figures comprised only the deaths on the three islands of Hao, Hikuna and Makokau, whose ordinarv population is 1,800. On Hikoera Island, where 1,000 inhabitants were engaged in pearl diving, nearly one-half were drowned. On an ad- Jacent island 100 more wero washed out to sea. Makeno and Hao are depopulated. Conservative estimates at Tahiti place the number of islands visited by the tidal wave and hurricane at eighty, all of which are under the control of the French gov~ ernment at Tahiti. Survivors Face Famine. The surviving inhabitants are left desti« tute of food, shelter and clothing, every- thing having been swept away by the storm. The French government, on learning of the disaster, took prompt measures to re- Iteve the distressed district and dlspatched two war ships, Duranee and Zeles, with fresh water and provisions. thelr errand of mercy. | As the supply of fresh water and. pro- | vistons was totally exhausted by the storm, |1t was feared that many lives would be lost before the relief ships arrived. As far as is known eight white people were among the drowned. Included in these were Alexander Brander, N. P. | Plunkett of Oakland, T. D. Donnelly, form- |erly a fireman on the steamship Avstralia and the local agent of C. Coppenrath, a merchant of Papette. Added to this num- ber was an unknown woman who com- mitted sulcide from fright. As the islands were barely twenty feet |above sea level and not surrounded by | coral reefs, it was necessary for all the inhabitants to take to the cocoanut trees | when the tidal wave began to cover the land. These trees grow to an immense height, many reaching an altitude of 100 | teet, but all the lower trees were covered | by the raging seas, which swept with piti- ‘ll‘ll force abou. and over them, carrying | the. terror stricken natives to their death. The natives in the taller trees were sate | until the cocoanut trees gave way and then they, too, were swept far out to s | Gain Safety by Swimming. The survivors brought by Excelsior to | Papette gained the ship's side by swim- ming three or four miles from the tops of | the cocoanut trees. | E'mo, though badly damaged by the storm, also brought off as many persons | as could swim to it, bejng, like Bxcelsior, | unable to run ciose to shore because of the violonco of the ocean swells which con- tinued to run abnormally high for & week { after, the tidal disturbances, | Another schooner, Gaulofs, from the Ma- | quesan islands, 600 miles from Tahiti, en- | coungered the hurricane while en route to | the Batter place and only the timely action of the tain in jettisoning the cargo |saved the little eraft from destruci | with this precaution the life of one E | man was Iost by waves sweeping the decks. | One ot the many acts of heroism is that | of a woman, who climbed one of the tall | cocoanut trees and tied her little babe to | the branches, hanging onto the body o the | tree beneath the little one as best she could. THere they remained for ten hours, suffering great torture, untll fnally rescued. | Thousands of tons of copra and over 200 | tons of mother of pear! shells are known | to be lost. The pearl shells are valued at 181,800 per ton and many valuable pearls | may now be lost to the world forever, as these were considered some of the best pearl islands In existen®e. Among the passengers on Mariposa to- day was G. W. Waterbury, formerly of Chicago, who was on the island of Raiats | one of the Leeward islands, located som distance to the west of the {1l fated Paua- molu at the time of the storm. Much dam- | e was done there, although no lives were | 1ost. A well bullt road, constructed by the French government at considerable expense, was demolished, bridges were car- { rled_away, bulldings overturned and shat- tered and pleces of big ships, old wreckage and cocoanut trees heaped high along the { coast line. Old inhabitants on Ralatea declared it the worst storm they had ever seen. Returning to Tahiti, the little schooner ugon which he sailed was almost swamped by the high seas and a water spout came near to the boat at one place. RAG PEDLAR MEETS FOUL PLAY nd Body Crushed : Muti- ed, bly by Reommate, Whom Police Hi LAND, Feb, 8.—Solomon Stein, & rag peddler, 40 years old, was found dead at 132 Orange street this morning with his head and body crushed and mutilated in @ horrible manner. Ignatz #abn, his ~oommate, has been are rested on suspiclon. mad-of-wer Calsbris aocompanied. tham. 8. .