Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 16, 1903, Page 1

WRIGHT IS ARRESTED New York Deteotives Onpture Abconding Lovdo: Com-any Pr:moter. PRISONER SAYS HE FEARS KING EDWARD Makes No Resistancs, Going Quietly to Oourt and Ludlow Jail CALLS OFFENCES CHARGED MERE BUSINESS Burprised thot Parl.ament Had Not Settled His Affair YOUTHFUL NIECE ACCOMPANIES SUSPECT Keeps Closely to Cabia on Voyage from Havre, Saying She Intends Visiting Friend the Unt States. NEW YORK, March 16.—J. P. Whittaker Wright, the London company promoter, who Is accused of colossal frauds in con- mection with the organization of various financlal corporations, was arrested today on the arfival of the French line steamer La Lorraire from Havre. The arrest was made by two central office detectives at the request of the London police. Wright was taken to police headquarters and lats¢ to the Tombs police court, where he was arraigned before a magisirate and turned over to the United Statew authori- ties. Hé was then taken to the Ludiow Btreet jail. Traveling with Wright was a tall, good- looking young woman who said she was bis niece. Her name appeared on the pas- senger list as Miss F. Browne. Fears King Edward. When told he was under arrest, Wright showed no excitement, but sald he was a triend of King Edward. His principal con- cern was to avold publicity and he asked that his arrest be kept from the newspa- pers. Wright and his companion were'entered on the original passenger llst as M. An- dreoni and Mlle. Andreoni, but soon after leaving Havre he told the purser that a mistake had been made in making the tick- ots out in the name of Andreon!. His name, accordingly, was changed and appeared on the additional Iist as Mr. J. W. Wright, and that of the woman as Miss F. Browne, Wright i thus described In the cable mensage from the London police Absconder charged on warrant with fraud to & large amount, Whittaker Wrigh', manager of London Globe Finance corpora. tion of this city. Age, 50; helght, § feet 10 o= 11 inches; complexion.: flor{d;’ hair and mustache, durk; large head, small eyes, receding forehead, small chin, with fleshy roll beneath; stgut bulld and welghing about 22 pounds; wears gold-rimme.1 glnsses, With gold chain attached; speaks with light American aécent. Please rest if_possible and wire commissioner of volice, London. This deacrition did not it the man to detalls. It was & good general descrip- tion. howevgr. Mere Matter of Busisess. Wne o woviet ity ) Wright wna-the “young woman occupled one of the finest deck sultes on the ship. 1ernl was sitting at a desk In his cabin 'when found by the detectives. When ad- ldressed by name he at once admitted his fdentity and on belng told that he was under arrast at the request of ihe London That was a business transaction. 1 un- derstood that the matter was all settled in ent. This 1 a surprise to me. I willing to #o with you. All I want i3 to t away from here with as little nolse as possible. Don't let the newspapers know apything about this. They then went on deck and the woman, Miss Browne, was told quietly by Wright of his arrest. With an officer on each side of him he was escorted down the gang- way and taken to court, where detectives | explained the artest in a few words. Two United States marshals appeared with a warrant for Wright's arrest charging him with belng a fugitive from justice. Wright ‘was not called upon to in a few minutes he was formally turned over to the custody of the marshals, who took him to the Ludlow street jail. Miss Browne, who was left on the pler, remaiped to look after the baggage. She is a rather tall, slender person, dresscd io dark blue and was wearing a rather broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat, with a filmsy light blue veil. She de- clined t¢ make any statement beyond that she had come over to visit friends. Aftsr her baggage had been examined she left in a cab, imstructing the driver to go to | an uptown hotel. Nothing was known on La Lorraine as to the idenuity of the palr. They made no friends, and Wright appeared in public but fittle. La Lorraine left Hayre about 5 p. m. on March 7. down to Havre on the ndon. They went at once to thelr cabins. Diring the trip across Miss Browne did not appear on deck until the vessel was one | day from port. Wright spent most of his timé in his suite. Wrwht Threatens His Mr.\Wright in the course of a long con- versafion with a reporter said tonigl express to you my It {3 an outrage and those wh) onsible for it wiil be made to suffe uil extent of the i ¥. The charge \ga'nst me s tochnical and in this country ko one would ever think of making it it 1 secutors. believed it possible that such a charge Yould be made | wou.d not, o, course, hlve left home, but arter havin, devoted tN last two yeirs in assisting th of the Glote compar officers hav.ng made (h Purliament that it was not ress wny charge againsi me, | take a two months' tr.p to statement \ possible to felt iree t British Col properiles thre; to vis! have some\iteredts, and (o retur by wuy of A\staiia, where 1 have ests of variou\ kinds It is now mde than two years since th Globe compandfaiied. Ther. was & public inquiry more ihn a year ugo, after which it was declaredfhat my hands were ciein of any crime 0\ intent to do wrong, and that nothing bulerrors of judgment couid be advanced agdust either myself or the other directors o\ the company. The men assoclyed with me were above suspicion he direciors, heside my if, were (he Iatdlord Dufferin, forme] governor general ¥ Canada; Lord Loch, former high commMioner in South Africa; Lord Edward P&am-Clinton, Somerset Calthorp Yid Robert . Leman t Cadfornla, where home \ter- j pelicy of conciliation, but in view of past | Bund, with Sudermann, ay anything, and | draped | Wright and his companion came | train that after- | entire | bla 1o inspect certain mining | Gene all o jog broken. IRISH NOT TOO SANGUINE| Belleve Government Me Yo Offer Conellintion, bat Are T 2 4 < or Fresh m--ppnln-m\“g,’ . LONDON, March 15.—Several Irish me. bers of Parliament addressed demonstr tions at Liverpool, Manchester, Birming ham and Dundee tonight on the better pros- pects of an Irish land settlement John Redmond, speaking at Liverpool, sald the government's Irish land purchase bill offered a great hope of a settlement. The policy of coerclon had changed to a disappointments the Irish party was not too sanguine. If it was worth while to spend millions of pounds on the acquisi- tion of two Dutch republics, it was much more Important to spend a few hundred thousands In concillating Ireland. Willlam Redmond, at Manchester, de- clared that the landlords had surrenderea to the nationallst party, PROVE FRENCH DUELS SAFE fgnt Parisians Fight with Swords While Famous Clubmen Cheer Them On. PARIS, March A novel encounter was fought this afternoon in a private enclosure between eight men armed with duelling swords without buttons. The conditions were the same as prevall in actual duels and four of the combatants were wounded Nearly 15 persons, among tbem being Santos-Dumont, Maxime Dreyfus, Robert | Charvey and other well known Parisian | club men, witnessed the fight. The police | attempted to interfere, but the commissary of police was induced to bellese that the affair was an ordinary fencing match with buttoned foils and withdrew. The organ- izers of the encounter declare that the object was to demonstrate the harmlessness of duels as they are generally fought. CASTRO RE-TAKES REBEL TOWN Venezuelan ¢ h Awaits Arrival of German Minister in Cnracas, CARACAS, March 15.—A bedy of govern- ment troops was sent from Margarita tsland”on March 13 to attack the revolu- tionists at Carupano, which, during the blockade, was taken by them. .After three hours' fighting the government forces re- occupled the town, recapturing the guns and Mausers and took sixty-three prison- ers, thirty-nine of whom were wounded. Cash for the first payment due to Ger- many, under the Washington agreement, was deposited in a safe at the treasury to- day and will be pald on the order of tho German minister, Herr von Felldramm, who is expected here on Tuesday. STALLED TRAINS MAY MOVE Great Efforts Ordered to Lift Month Long Blockade in New- foundland, ST. JOHNS. N. F., March 15.—A working tratn with a crew of sixty men was dis- patched tonight to attempt to clear the fallway line mcross the country, cut out the train which been snowbound for thirty days. The work train previously operating in the interlor was deralled some time ago and has since been helpless in the midst | of the snewdrifts. Protects Berlin Mo BERLIN, March 15.—The theatrical cen- | sor recently refused to permit Paul Heyse's play, “Mary of Magdala,” to bo produced in Berlin, whereupon the Goethe Ludwig Fulda and Prof. Mommsen as leaders, decided to pro- duce It in private before an invited audi- ence. Sudermann, however, has just pub- lished a letter from the police president | forbldding the private production of the play. Itely Will Exhibit at Fair, ROME, March 15.—The minister of for- elgn affairs has finally notified Ambassador Meyer that Italy has decided to officially | participate in the St. Louls expcsition, ap- propriating $100,000 to that purpose. A bill providing for this appropriation will be | presented to Parliament about Easter. A warship will be used to transport part of the Italian exhibits. King Recelves Chamberlain. LONDON, March 15.—King Edward this afternoon received Mr. Chamberlain at | Buckingham palace, and talked with him | on his tour in South Africa. SPINNERS DECIDE TO STRIKE Demand Ten' Per Increase for | Six Thousand Rhode Ixland Hands, PAWTUCKET, R. I Rhoie Island Spinners’ assoclation at its branch at Woonsocket this afternoon de- cided by & unanimous vote to call a strike | tomorrow in the four mills of the Man- ville company, three of which are in Woon- socket and one in Manville, R. I H The spinners ask for an increase of 10 March 15.—The | | with gold now per cent, but the general secretary, James | Cliffo of the Rhode Isiand Mule Spinners’ | oclation, states that there are other | grievances which extend back for some time. The Manville company is capitalized t $6,000,000 and employs 6,000 hands. SCUTHERN TRAIN DERAILED| nd Three | Are | Dies the Tramp in Wreck of Passengers Injured, | CHARLESTON, March 15.—The | Soutbern train No. 4, due at Camden at| 11:30 a. m., was wrecked eight miles from that point today. The front trucks under the baggage car jumped the main track and threw the traip | onto a sidetrack, all the cars being de- | railed except the Pullman, which had one | set of wheels off An unidentified tramp was instantly killed and James Reed, a colored passenger, had | Lewls Cleyburn and Mrs. M. | E. Taylor escaped with slight injuries. = | MARCH 16, 1903 READY FOR A WAR IN CHINA| Reaswon for the Present Ooncentration of Troops in Philippines. IS *CONSIDERED INEVITABLE oy PEAK Detei’ nation of European Powers to rtition the Celestial Empire Belleved to He at Bottom of Present Agitation, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 15. There is a quiet but steady concentration of troops in the Philippine Islands which the general public knows nothing of. This concentration of troops is one of the settled policies of this government that the United States must npot be caught asleep when what is now regarded as in- evitable, a terrible war in China, is in- augurated for the partition of the flowery kingdom. So quietly is the War depart- ment moving in the matter that the people of San Francisco and Seattle have come to look upon the returning and (he departing | soldiers as a matter of change of base While 10,000 trcops are on their home- ward way, having served the appointed per- lod in the tropics, there are going out take thelr places 14,000 men, and it is in this proportion that the government of the United States is strengthening its po- sition in the Pacific seas. Among those who have watched the trend of affairs in the last fev: months, and who have been stu- dents of the Chinese situation, there is but | one opinion, that revolt is in the air in China and that those who are abetting the movement aga{nst the present Chinese dy- nasty are actuated largely not for pur- poses of personal aggrandizement but to curry out pledges made to European pow- ers. . Imperative orders have been issued by the Navy department to push the build ing of the baltleships now on the stocks at navy yards throughout the country. The marines are strengthening ‘their arm of the service, while the United States rog- ulars who have not seen forelgn service are on the qui vive to embark for the orient because they realize that something will be doing shortly in the country of the dragon. There is repressed activity everywhere and the government of the United States is determined to see to It that American interests are protected when the clash of arms comes. Canal Treaty Prospects. As it looks now, the Panama canal troaty will be ratified next Tueeday, an agree- ment having been reached to vote on amendments on Monday and take a direct vote on the ratification of the treaty on Tuesdiy. From those in a position to know it is learned that very few amend- ments will be attached to the treaty, and should any of the amendments be adopted they will be adopted for the purpose of strengthening the treaty and making It much more effective than it is in its pres- ent form. Senator Morgan, who has per- sistently fought its ratification, has been placated by permission being given him to print his remarks in the Record. He has all along said that his continued opposi- tion to 'he treaty wae not in the umature of a filibuster against the measure, but he desires that the country should know the reasons why he is opposed to the Panama route. Just as soon as the senate ratifies the treaty it will be sent to the countrios interested for their approval, the exchange | of treaties probably extending into the late summer. After the treaties have been offi- clally exchanged the Treasury department will make the preliminary cash payment of $50,000,000, $40,000,000 of which will go to the French Panama Canal company, with headquarters in Parle, an1 $10,000,000 to the government of Colombia. been somc talk among financlers that the withdraval of this enormous sum of mone.y | from the treasury might cause a financial | panic, but at the Treasury department the reverse of a panic, it is said, will be the | result, for it will put in circulation through the purchase of exchang on Europe nearly | this enormous sum. Before the time comes for making the payment the secretary of | the treasury will have informed the Amer- ican banks, through which the transaction | is to be made, sufficiently in advance for them to purchase the valuable exchange on’Europe. . When this has been accom- plished Secretary Shaw will pay the banks in the treasury and thus country. Payment In France, the books will be balanced and the trans- action closed. | be purchased so far as Colombia is con- | ana (Special.)— | to | | Later of his at least a week CCUNCIL BLUFFS WOMEN HURT Omaha Express [ ‘wrecked at There has | PAY TO Doctors, Patients ond Busiuess Are Duped by Strange Med- fenl AlMance. INDIANAPOLiIS, Mareh 15.—J. C. Wilson Barrows,. who came here last summer, claiming to ba gents of the “Med- | been ome seventy-five physiclans and 100 othefs believe they have H. G feal Alltance of Am:;r " have not seen for six weeks, been duped. | Wilson Incorporated ‘the concern, and then explained the schdine to many physi- The doctors werh to pay an initia- tion fee of $10 and §1 a'year dues and fur- “alli- clans, nish a list ance.” of their patrons to the The agents theh went among t patrons, and induced many of them to be- come “‘members” of the alliance by paying pay In feturn the patrons an initiation fee nents of 15 cents were to receive free meflical attention. of $1 and weekly The merchants were next visited and in duced to become members on the payment to allow the patrons of the alllance & discount of 5 per on articles furmished. The medical of $2, upon their agreement cent alliance also fssued pollcies for the pa: ment of death benefits. About $5,000 wi secured here by the two men The home office of the “Medical ised to make an investigatio primiihnte - +ini SEWARD WEBB ILL AT 'FRISCO Strives to Keep Orders Private Deoctor Not to Talk, SAN FRANCISCO, March ard Webb of New York, -Dr. who, nia from the east several days ago, is now in sectusion the Palace hotel. Dr. tri San Franeisco. Accompanying the doctor was Dr. ham, his own physician, Dr. Webb was remaved from his private but reached the Palace hotel he was able to get out of the conveyance with the assistance of his physieians and an attend- As he made his way to his rorm ho | limped noticeably and had to be supported. | was ascertained that Ne was suf- car to a cab when he in an invalid's chair, ant it tering from a ‘nasty attack of gout. That Dr. Webb was evidenced immed! presence should be given from St. Louls Depailed Nenr Elm Poln ST. CHARLES, Mo, Bim Point All will recover. The injured: Mrs. J. E. F. McGee, Council Bluffs; Ia. Mrs. Ella Cox, Council Bluffs, Ia. . J. F. Bennett, Memphis, Tenn. W. H. Smith, Kirkville, Mo. D. Truehott, Des Moines, Ia. W. M. Prickett, Mercer, Mo. James Canantsy, St. Louls. J. L. Holbrook, St. Louls. W. C. Seeger, St. Louls. The train was behind time and running { Afty-five miles an hour when the entire | train excepting the engine and express car The five ditched coache: left the’track. were badly wrecked The injured were taken to St. Louls. BRONZE Treasures Guarding N u Hall, wity PRINCETON, N. J., March 15.—One of the bLig bronze lions which guard the en- | trance of the historic Nassau hall was so throw $50,000,000 into circulation in this | badly dispgured last night by a crowd of | young ulumni and upper classmen that it cannot be satisfactorily repaired. The contingent of students and gradu- | The purchasers. of American grain in Bu- | ates gathered together on the steps at a rope will pay the French Canal company; | late hour to eing thelr class songs and engage in a liftle celebration. Even If no exchange can | jollification one of the big lions was be- { headed and otherwise mutilated, the trag- | cerned, It is clear that the loss of $10,000,- | ments being gathered up by the university 000 to this country will be.overbalanced | proctor this mornir by the additional circulation gained in the | payment company. fo this manner to the Predictions have been made in connection with the Panama project that | there will not be enough gold in the treas- | ury to make the payment usual working balance of $50,000,000, this prediction is sald by the treasury peo- ple not to be well founded. In the first place, the government now has to its eredit $311,161,634. Of this $150,277,778 is on de- posit in national mainder is held treasury. in various funds in why it should be maintained when the #01d assets of the government ire 87 large. When the custom of maintalning :his work- ing balance was established it was done on the theory that the goveroment should always have at legst $60,000,000 with which | to do the business of the country. When it has over $300,000,000 officials feel that there 1s no' need of apprehension about de- pleting the item known as the “avallable cash balance” below the $50,000,000 mark | The balance at the present time is about $75,000,000 and by the time the canal pay ment is due it I3 confidently expected ft will be much larger and that the payment of $50,000,000 will hardly be felt by the treasury in view of the stupendous possi- bilities which present themselves to the | American people. Break Up Indian Reserves. Senator Stewart of Nevada, who s chalr- man of the committee on Indian affairs, is an avowed advocate of the policy of break- ing up every Indian reservation in the on nd retain the | damage being estimated at $200. but | |CUTS THROAT IN BATHROOM Veteran Michigan banks, while the re- | the | There is no law requiring the | $50,000.000 working balance and no reason | ton, had partially Wallington has been in the employ of the Michigan Before becoming baggage master here he was @ brakeman and then a conductor. SECOND TRIAL FREES BOY Montana Youngster Escapes Gallows his The lions were pre the new gymnasium last night, s Self at Detroit Home. DETROIT, March 1f.—Frederick Walling- taggage master of the Michigan Central in this city, cut residence on several hours later at Harper hospital nonths and was for thirty-five vears chief his throat in the bathroom of Abbott street ill for several demented been Mr. Central for fifty for Killing Ranching Father's Enemy. GLASGOW, Mont., March 15.—John Hay- fleld, 16 years old, was acquitted today on econd trial of killing Willlam Palmer. The jury disagreed at the been a difference between former trial. There had CONFER BENEFITS Men Alli- ance of America” in Montreal has prom- Presener Secret and Sew- with a party of friends, reached southern Califor- haa arrived unexpectedly in San Frascisco, an1 in Bis apartments at Webb is ill, a fact which his phy- sicians have tried to comceal, just as they d to conceal the fact of his presence in Brig- was anxious to conceal the fact of his presence from former ac- quaintances here ately after his arrival, when Dr. Brigham sent word to the hotel office that no notice out for . March 15.—The Omaha through expiess awhe Wabash was Sy oilos west of here, today, and nine people were injured. LION DECAPITATED| Princeton Students Mutilate Univer During the nted to the uniyer 'rench | gity by the class of 1879, of which Presi- dent Wilson is a member. Another act of vandalism was committed the Central Baggage- his today and died He years, CODY ASKS FOR PROTECTION Appeals to President to Keep Bheep from Monntain Water Sheds PRINTS TRACTS IN SCORES OF TONGUES American Soclety Reports on Work of Carrying Gospel to People, Using Fifty-Five WASHINGTNN, March 16.—The president | has just recelved the following letter from Colonel W. F. Cody LONDON, March 3.—The Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, Wastungton: For the benefit of future generations the timber, and espe - |cially the unaerbrusn, must be protected | now’ beiore it Is too late from the she:p | dovastating the mountain watersheds, as | they have already done the vaileys ‘and table land. it sheep are allowed Lo Drowse on the underbrush of our mountains in less than five years tiom now the homesecker, the man behind the plow, the actuai tax- | pa whil_have to leave the Big Horn | vasin’ for want of water to irfigate his land. No one knows this better than your- | seut, for you are famillar with all the west. | { W, F. CODY. Printed Books Preach Gospel. The annual meeting of the American | Tract society was held this evening In the | Metropolitan Presbyterian church, Mr. Jus- | tice Brewer of the United States supreme court presiding. The Rev. Judson Swift, fleld secretary, gave a brief report, an'l‘ neral 0. 0. Howard delivered an earu- | est and eloquent address. The report said the society was organ- ized seventy-eight years ago ‘‘to diffuse | a knowledge of Christ as the Redeemer of | elnners” by means of the printed page During the year publications have. been issued In English, German, Italian, Bobe: | mian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish, Benga- | lese, Bulu, Fang and Marshall Island and the number of distinct publ.cations reach | nearly 9,000, of which over 2,000 are vol- | umes. The whole number of tracts and | periodicals reaches nearly 80,000,000, which | dces not include the millions of tracts and volumes issued at missionary stations in | forcign lande. The number of periodicals | printed and distributed in the past twelve | months aggregates 1,760,000, and the num- | ber of languages or dialects used fs 155. | Seven hundred and thirty-nine thousand ! immigrants arrived in the United States during 2902, and the tract soclety is fur- | nishing colporteurs to labor among them | fn their homes and places of employment, | distributing Christian literature in the lan- guage or dialect which they speak. The | evangelizing of these people, the report | says, is a work of national importanc The total distribution of Christian lit- erature in the Spanish language for the year aggregates 2,000,000 pages, the greater | part of which hax been sent to the iaission stations in the islands. This includes the publication of a Sunday school paper in | Spanish, the first of its kind ever issued. | Good work also has been done in the ‘army and navy. By means of colporteur wagons Chris- tian literature is placed in tle Mormon homes for the express purpose of reach- ing the children and youth. In the for- clgn field grants of cash have boen made throtgh loeal tract or-publishing societies to aid In providing a metive Christlan Irt- erature at the mission siatione in Europe, Africa, Asia and the fslands of the sea. The demanda for Christian literature in tho mission stations throughout the world fs greater than it has been for three quar- ters of a century. The call for the so- clety’s publications and for additional col- porteurs is ever increasing and pressing, and an earnest appeal le made for funds. New Industry for Islands. The bureau of :nsular affairs of ‘he War epartment has recelved from the Philip- { pine bureau of agriculture a tulletin on | Cacao culture tn <he. Philippine :slands. The bulletin says: The cacao grown in ihe Philippines is ot | | such excellent quality ‘hat :here is keen | Tivairy among buyers to procure it at an | advance of quite 5 per cent over the com- | mon grades of :he Java bean, nho.with-| standing the failure on the part of the local | rower to “‘process’ or cure the product | n anv way. In parts of Mindanao and Negros, despits fll-treatment_and no treatment, the plant exhibits a luxuriance of growth and wealth of productiveness that demonstrates ity entire fitness to be considered a valuable crop In those regions. " Recent statistics place the world's de- mand for cacao at 20,000,000 pounds, valued at_more than $30,000,000 gold. Therefore there is little danger of over- production ar4 vonsequent low prices for many years to come. So far as known the areas which cecao prospers in in the great equatorial zone are small. Cacao is cul.l- Vited nearly everywhere in the archipelago 1t 18 grown in several provinces in Luzon i Mindanao, Jolo, Basilan, Panay, N gros, Cebu, Bohol and Masbate and s presence can be reasonably rrmnoiel upon | &Il the larger islands anywhere under an elevation of 1,000 or possibly 1,200 metres. AMES STARTS HOME AGAIN eaves to Face Trial Bribery Fugitive Mayor Minneapolis Charges. on BOSTON. March 15.—Accompanied by his wife and Sheriffs Dreger of Minneapolis and Doane of Manchester, N. H., former Mayor Ames of'Minneapolis left here today for the west to face the indictments for bribery. A little crowd of friends gathered at the South terminal to see him off and to them his last words were: “Don’t worry about me. I shall prove that I am not so black as they have painted me, and better still, I shall then get well.” BRITISH !NDIANS WOULD TREK{ anada and Settle on Land Bought in United States, GUTHRIE, Ok, March Slas Smith and Henry Captain, chief of the Seneca Indians, have spent the last week at Paw- huska, Okl, the capital of the Osage In dian nation, discussing with Governor Big heart of the Osages plaus for the purchase of Osage lands by a tribe of Semeca In- dlans, 1,600 in number, now residing on a reservation in Canaaa. The Indians on the Canadian reservation desire, It is stated, to come to the south- west and be near their brothers in this eountry. [ARMY OFFICERS GUESSING : | Order to Detchemendy to Reappear | | unusual, as, once on the retired list, of- CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska—Falr Monday and Tuesday 1 Temperature at Omaha Vesterdny: Hour. . Mour [ 5 a om g 1 . 2 as | 40 42 42 2 aa . 42 41 F] 4 5 o D, Before Examining Board Menn u Mild Sensation. May Captain Detchemendy, late of the Twen- ty-second infaptry, who upon his own p- plication was retired shortly after the regi- | ment returned, for physical disability ac quired In the service In the Philippine hes been ordered before Major General, | Young, president of the retiring board, for | examination as to his physical condition. Behind this order, which was publishe last week, there may be something sational, in the opinlog of army officers. | Nothing 1s known by those who will talk | of the matter as to the circumstsuces sur- rounding the retirement which would lead | the government to believe that the condi tion of the officer was not as represented by BMm at the time his resignation for the stated reason was accepted, but the fact that he has been ordered for further examination causes his acquaintances to wonder what the next step will be in his case. The procedure {s sald to be very sen- | cers are very seldom required to show that they have a right to be there. It 18 reported In army circles that Colonel | Forrest H. Hathaway, another officer well known In Omaha, is to go on the vetired | list as brigadier general, with the appoint- ment of Colonel Humphreys as brigadier general and quartermaster general of the army. Colonel Hathaway was chief quar- termaster of the Department of the Mis- wouri during two years afty the close of the Spanish war. When ordered from | Omaha to the Philipploes he was in such poor physical condition that a board was | appointed to determine his fitness for ser- vice in a tropical country. The board sat at San Francisco and the departure of | the colonel was delayed two weeks while they passed upon his gase. It was decided | | that he would be able to serve, but he had | been on the islands but a short time when ' he was sent to the general hoapital, which | he quit only to return to the United States, | He then went on leave, which he spent | in Omaha and at the conclusion of such | period he went to the Department of Co- | lumbla as chief quartermaster. He served | in the civil war and his health has been seriously affected by his service in Cuba [ and the Philippines. Colonel E. J. McClernand, a member of the general committea of the Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba, is making preparations for the celebration of the fifth | anniversary of the surrender of the city of Santiago, which will be observed July 10, Captatn C. B, Humphrey, who was ap- pointed as captain from first lieutenant ot the Boventeanth, intantry, has been assigned to Ahe Twenty-second Infantry and will | command Company H, stationed at WMort Crook. Captain Burkley Enochs, formerly sta- tioned at Fort Niobrara as first lieutens ant of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, has been assigned to the Ninteenth infantry und will join that regiment upon the expiration ot his present leave. TAX ON INSURANCE BUSINESSV‘ I Companies W Tax Protest Against Bill | Thelr Recelpts, to Gross Agents of Nebraska insurance companies are preparing a statement to the legislature as to the effect of the proposed tix upon | the gross earnings of the companies. It will be claimed that the tax will have the effect of Increasing the cost of Insurance, as the agents claim that the companies will be required to pay & tax upon money which they Mo not’ possess, as much of it | will be pald out in commissicns, and in | many cases the losses will more than equal | the premiums recefved, It fs sald by some of the agents that | certain companies are taking steps to ad- vance the rates in Nebraska anyway, and | that this bill will have a tendency to bring | the Western Insurance union rates up to a | higher point. They eclaim that some of the st houses in Omaha and South Omaha, including packing houses and de partment stores, will join the insurance companies in asking the legislature to lef the revenue law upon insurance: companies remain as it i It is estimated that un der the proposed law the Increase in the | tax upon imsurance companies alone would be about $1,000, would be proportienately less in the state. SOLDIERS MENACE NEGRO! Threaten to Lynch Colored Man Who Stal Texas, in Omaha | while 1t Trooper in BRACKETTSVILLE, Tex, March 15.— | Private Willlam Bayne of Troop H, Twelfth | cavalry, was dangerously stabbed by a negro boy last night. Paul Doe was ar- rested and 160 soldiers gathered about the jafl with picks and crowbars to take him | out and lynch him. Major Kendall of Fort Clark, learning | of the trouble, went with a strong guard | and dispersed the soldiere. Military guards are kept about the fall and are patrolling | the streets to prevent trouble. PREPARE FOR ROOSEVELT £l | New Mexico Towns Propose to Give! Prestdent Rousing Reception | in May, | SANTA FE, N. M., March 15.—Word was | received today by Major W. H. H. Llewel- lyn, and, It is understood, also by Gov- | ernor Olero that President Roosevelt will' be in Santa Fe on the morning of May & | man, a Douglas « | with the work THREI PLAYS FOR VANTAGE Friends of Revenue Re.orm Watching tc Tack on Loomis Amendment. CENTS OPPONENTS ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT Fight Means Full Attendance in the House at Present. MUCH WORK AND LITTLE TIME REMAINS Pure Food Bill and Appropriations Fellow the Revenue Bill. LAWYERS DISCUSS BARTLEY PARDON Investigating umitteds Have =« Chance Dy 1o Get Dowm to Work the Week. ng Present (From a Staff Correspondent.) N, March 15.~-(8pecial.)=Full at- be looked for in the house throughout this week. The fight on the scction of the revenue bill dealing with reilroad faxation, which resulted in & ten tative victory for the corporations Friday. when the Thompson amendment was adopted, is not settled and promises to be revived, Friends of revenue revision wh vocated the Caldwell amendment, whic defeated, will be on their guard and move for the substitution of the Loomis amendment—identical in cflect with the Caldwell amendment—for the Thompson, and bring the matter to a vote the first time they think enough of the Thompson side is absent to make possible the pas- saze of the Loomis amendment. Being cognizant of this plan the Thompson peoply doubtless will be punctual and regular in their attendance. The fight in the house last week over sections 87 and $9 of the rovenue bill, dealing with the manner of assessing and taxing rallroad property, presented some groas incongruitics. For .nstance, Mors- unty member, who had been elected, above all else, to secure leg- jslation that would compel railroads to pay their just share of taxes, became one of the most uncompromising advocates of the revenue bill and the Thompson amendment, both of which have been generally recog- nized as railroad measures. It is true that In a perfunctory manner, Morsman sup- ported H. R. 344, providing for municipal taxation of rafiroad terminals, that is, h> voted for it, this constituting his sole support. But even this impassive ad- vocacy H. R. 344 makes his course all the more fnconsistent. This may be made more apparent by drawing a parallel between the purpose of H. R. 344 and section 93 of the rovenue bill, which provides that the State Board of Equaliza- tion shall value and assess all railroad property and that its returns shall be taken by local asscesors as the basis of tax- ation. H. R. 344, as I8 goncrally known, was based on the principle that ivunicipal tax commissioners should fix {heir own valuations and . assessmenis., of.sallroad terminals lo the exclusion of those fixed by the state board. 'Thuk it wili seen bow this member straddled the propésition. Says Poor Men Are the Shirkers, ce may of Mr. Morsman's advocacy of the revenue bill and the Thompson emendment was sa radical that he was led to vemark, during his speech Friday that “I know, to my personal satistactiou that for more than ten years the railroads of this state Have been paying, not only thelr just proportion of taxes, but have been paylug more than (his and I also know thal the small tax- oayers and not the railroads are the ones wno have been shirkiug their taxe ‘his from a man elected on a platform ot tax reform. As has neen asked: “Is It any wonder H. R. 171 und H, 2. 844 were consigned to untimely graves It should be restated that with Mors- man, Shelly and Koetter of Douglas also voted against the Caldwell amendment. Another man who voted for H. R. 344 and the Thompson amendment was Sweezy of Aflams. Sweezy even went further than | Morsman and talked loudly and strongly for H. R. 344 and then as vigorously, in turn, supported and opposed the Caldwell amend. ment. 4fter it Adlsposes of the revenue bill, the house will take up (he pure food appro- priation measures and Lills proposing con- stitutional amendments, of which there are half a dozen. The idea of grouping these latter measures Into one may prevall, as t seems to be very popular. Bverything | must be done to expedite matters, for the ime is astonishingly short as compared to be done. The committee on investigation Bartley cigar box may have a of the good op- | portunity of prosecuting its work this week. It will not be interrupted as much as it has been with the revenue bill debates. The committee has a number of important witnesses to examine, chief of whom prob- ably is United States District Attorney W. 8. Summers. Legality of Bartley Pa; The committee appointed to inquire into the legality of the Bartley pardon has not done anything yet, but may have the chance this week. Some excellent material is at hand on which to begin operations. Prominent lawyers of the house contend | since The Bee disclosed the fact that the contain the official seal of was procured without the consent of the secretary of state, that the pardon is vitiated, not only by this irregularity, but by others which have become apparent. It is pointed out that the requirement of the law’ that be- bond the and knowledge or aid state not | fore a pardon can be granted, uotice of the Intention or application must appear for two wecks prior to the time of pardon in a newspaper of general clrculation in the county where the criminal was convicted, was not complied with. This 18 sald to con- stitute @ barrier to the legality of the rdon With such facts as these available it Is evident this committee nus mo need for delaylng its work to look for a basis on which to .begin There 18 still another committee of in quiry whose work is pending. This is the committee to investigate the official meth- They would have nothing to do h a company as Dot as free at of suspicion a® heir own name reason for any them to be asl p heir congectlon with me. They lost .‘X deal of money Hayfield's father and Palmer, who were neighboring ranchmen. During an alterca- tion between the two young Hayfleld, who was hunting, was said to have taken a shot at Palmer, killing him instantly DOCTORS TOO EXPENSIVE Shoots Himself When Overtakes country. Among the first movements along and in Alb(uq:xl;ruuf in the afternoon, on bis way to California Extensive preparations are being made | to make the president’s reception a not- | able_one. The Senecas here number only 350 as f as known. WISH ANTHGNY FOR MAYOR Leavenworth Republicans | ods of ex-State Treasurer Stuefer. It is without a chairman, Nelson of Douglas, Warner of Lancaster and Douglas of Rock having refused to serve. Evidently there 1s @ strong disposition L0 suppress this in- vestigation. INSANE _LOVER _SLAYS GlRL} this line to be inaugurated by the senator | in the policy which he has laid out for his committee Is one which proposes the aboli- ! Fires Four Effective Shots at Disdain. |tion of the Indian reservations in ful Sweetheart on Her Way | York state and the distribution of o Hhasak. lands held by the Indians there in sev- eralty. With this end in view the senator - | will take several meémbers of the committee PROVIDENCE, R. I, March 15.—Miss | oy [ndian affairs to the New York reserva- Julls Toombes, aged 23, was shot by Wil- | tions some time this summer, 8o that each liam Stevens Morse today, a rejected lover, | of them may have a porsonal knowledge of who duriog the past three months has been | conditions which exist. “Right in the heart twice in an insane asylum. | of the clvilized portion of this continent,” Morse fired four shots at her while she | gaid Senator Stewart, “‘there exist several on her way to church and every shot - = took effect, : as we ail did, but thalls the risk_one i take in such busined affatre They "as well s myeell, are a3 Ikocent of fraud a} the official prosecutors A the crown. In making the trip 1 ok, took my health into considcration, thinkig a journey several months would Miore me (o t Vigor of a couple Of ¥eks ago. I have aturally been worrying Agreat deal over affalre and have donel great aeal of hard work I my efforts tdussist in clear ing up the tansled conditil of the Giab: and other companies. 1 am\r trom bein 5 broken-down, but I regret fut it will no New the Movements of Ocean Vessels March 16, At New York—Arrived—Calabria, from Marseilies, Leghorn and Naples;, la |...,1 raine, from Havre; Patria, from Marselil and Naples; Phoenicla, lermo and Naples: St ampton and Cherbourg. At Naples—Arrived— N Boston, wla Azores for Alexandria At Liverpool—Arrived—Campanta, New York, via Queenstown. Al Quéenstown—Balled Liverpool, for New York. Nominate Neplew of Women's Suffra tte Bridges Damaged GIBRON, Neb., March 15.—(8pecial.)~The Platte bridge across the south channel near Lowell is partly out and the bridge across Iro7 | the main channel south of Shelton s im- "““| passable. All bridges on the <ibbon line are being crossed except the Lowell chan- nel. - Wood river hus subsided and tarmers are coming In from the north as el ®ist Champlon. from ul, LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 15.—D. R Anthony, jr., business mapager of the Leavenworth Times and a nephew of Mise Susan B: Anthony, bas been nominated for mayor by scclamation by the republican city conventiop. Genpa. ra-| from’' South- | JOLIET, 1L, March 15.—Henry Schlimm, a rural mail carrier, shot himself today on account of poor bealth 3 He said his wages were too small te support him and psy doctor bills, | from “(Continued Eururla, llom}