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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. IRELAND FOR [RISH Wyodbam Introduces Sweeping Land Pur- chase Bill in House of Commona. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1903—TEN PAGES. DEATH SAVES MACDONALD|ROMANCE RUDELY SHATTERED PLAN TO DENUDE CABINET Girl Travels Tem Famous British Gemer | Seeks Grave as Miles Only to Lose Lover Refuge from Dishenor. After A | SHOOTS HIMSELF IN Fears Impen Court-Martial to Investigate Alleged Gri Moral Laxity of Risen Military St E CENTS. CONDITION OF THE WEATHERZTELLS OF BOND SALE Forecast for Nebraska—Falr and Coider Thursday; Friday Falr, Except Rain in South Portion. NE 19, 1871. SINGLE ( CASTRO TAKES IT ALL BACK| fve Up His Jol Just at Presen Decldes to Not Thousan. President —_— Member of Burt Oounty Board Testifier to Talk with Stuefer ‘SPOKE TO THE TREASURER IN ADVANCE Rears Also Tells Committee of Brnging Matt'r to His Attention. CALLS MATTER TO GOVERNOR'S NOTICE Savage Promised to Take Action, but Never Did Anything. GILBERT PRIMARY MEASURE Mysteri:us Bandits Proposs Oapturing . Shaw, Bost and Knox | SEEK TO HOLD POLITICIANS UP TO RANSOM Yesterday: CARBONDALE, 1L, March 25.—Miss Flo | Cros formerly & schodl teacher in south- ern Illinols, traveled 000 miles to meet | 10 | and wed Prof. John Barrow at Manila, but did not find ber lover. A letter awaited her instead saying it was Impossible for them Colorado During Pres- to marry. He gave no reasons for his de- clsion. fden: Tour. 086 e e Prof. Barrow and four other graduates | » | of the Southern Ilinols’ Normal school at| (Cocon sy T L0 b m‘TELLS OF SIEGE OF PEKINQ Carbondale were sent to the PRIIpPINes | . .\ 1o gecretaries Shaw and Root and At- | ahiy ok China isesants s in 1501 as school teachers. Miss Cross 4 | torney General Knox during the president {sister, Daley, weat out in August, 1902}, irip were unfolded to Congress. gy and was married to Jolin Demmer upon her arrival at Manils. Miss Flo Cross later ()" TRYReY's incredulous ears fonight. The general was alone in his amall cham- | recefved transportation from Prof. Bar- | o, (o FIMEIRC € EIETORE S B B ber on the mezzanine floor at the time. One | row and left on November 24 for !.nun.\“r - RSN O 1h s ool e nd of the temale attendants heard the pistol | where she arrivefpon December 28. She | v ™4 Bresident of the soclety that sent shot and, opening the door, saw the gen- | pas not seea Barrow since her arrival. She | o 7" ’r._;n 8 e - "k:é e eral's figure stretched on the floor with |is living with her sister, whose husband’s | (onsTtoeman Tamney and asked for 4 pri- | the head. She ran screaming to the bal- | Gepu, where Barrow is teaching. This fs| 770 € O FRRNRE L S BRS REL T cony overlooking the lobby, where many |ui Miss Cross' parents know of the love | Tade (o attempt the life of President Roose- CARACAS, Tuesday, reading his special messa | day Genmeral Castro wi tion of the presidency President Castro's special Wi¥ delivered to congress this afterie says “When I abdicated it was with no m.nff y minded calculation, still less was it the re- GIGANTIC LOAN ALSO CONTEMPLATED | [ Ch Tl orry o ridiculous farce, which has no place in & heart warmed by the heat of great \deals.’ ' He then says that he believed his abdica- tion was & duty Imposed upon him in the Interest of the peace of the republic. “With aration tod. he “Yll SUSPEND JUDGMENT |, 00dy would lose and all would gain, | g since this would imply that my efforts and | Recognize Fairness of Proposal Made, | my sacrifices were always and under all but Wish to Examine Detatls | circumstances at the service of the republic Before Tendering Final at its first cal Support to Ministry. arch 24.—After an PARIS HOTEL FREE GRANT OF SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS Aged Negro Dise Coup is Arranged fo . led Government Will Give Buying Tenants | Large Measure of Aid CrucALBE~ Five Hundred Million Dollars to Be Bor- rowed and Lent to Erin. PARIS, March 25.—Major General Sir Hector Macdonald committed sulcide today at the Hotel Regina. He shot himself in the right temple shortly after noon and expired a few minutes later. NATIONALISTS SIGNED Knox Presbyterian church, Nineteenth and Ohlo streets, was comfortably filled last evening with an interested \udience to hear Rev. Courtney Fenn tell the story of | his thrilling experiences during the slege of Pekin, China, in the elght wecks that the missionaries and foreign ministers wers |Men Who Have Been Pashing that it Was Enacted for Purpos " o of “Getting Even.” After passing in review the other aAim. | cuities in the way of the government, he | eays he saw how his Intentions were mis- velt on his western trip. but had been aban- \ ~ with to commence reductions in the cost. LONDON, March 25.—The tary, Mr. Wyndham, introduced the go ernment’s long-anticipated Irish land bil in the House of Commons today. It pro Doses a free grant of $80,000,000 for the purpeses of the bill. The keen interest felt in this new legis- lation, which, It is hoped, will promote ntment in Ireland, was crowded bouse. The peer's gallery and distinguished stranger's allery were filled, and there has not been such a gathering of members of parlia- ment since the opening of the session. Michael Davitt, the father of the land leagve, celebrated his fifty-seventh birth- day by re-entering the house for the first time since he ceased to be a member, in order to hear the chief secretary for Ire- land unfold his plans. Mr. Wyndham, who was heartily cheered when he rose to speak, announced at the outset thet the government thought cash ald was necessary for the fulfiliment of the proposed schems, but- it attached greater importance to the credit opera- tion than to the cash operation. He then unfolded the scheme which pro- vides for advances of money for the pur- chase of land by the temants. The ad- vances will be in the shape of cash and not of stock, but in order to enable the cash to be raised a new stock Is to be floated. Credit More Important Than Ca: 1t will be called “‘guaranteed 2% stock™ and will be unredeemable for thirty years, and borrowing tepants will be charged 3% per cent, Mr. Wyndham doubted if $500,000,000 of the stock would be needed, though $750.- 000,000 could be safely advanced on Iirish 1a It will be issued at the rate of $25,6000000 yearly for the first three years and afterward possibly in larger sums. In addition to this the government proposed a free grant of $60, 000,000 to be raised in addition to the stock, the interest and sinking fund of which ould be borne by the treasury, at & maxi- mum anpual charge which will not exceed 1,850,000, - Irish secre- on the British - ”m administration amounting to $1,250,000 annum forever. Terms of Payment. Proceeding, Mr. Wyndbam dealt with the points of the bill, which contains a be- wildering mass of figures, showing how ad- vances would be made and the terms of re- payment, but it seems In the main to be on the lines laid down by the land conference report and will be satisfactory to the land- lords and tenants. In the course of his speech, which was | punctuated with cheers, Mr. Wyndham sald | the landlords of Ireland were being ruined | financially and that the tenants were being | ruined morally and the taxpayers of Eng- land were paying $700,000 per annum to the land commission and $7,000,000 to the Irish | police, which largely was needed to deal with (llegalities arising from the lani ques- | tion. | “Is It remarkable under these circum- stances,” asked the secretary, “if the land- | lords and tenants come together?" | Mr. Wyndham did not think any velled reasons need be looked for. Past experi- ces showed the state incurred no risk in | siving such ald. From the taxpayers' view- point it was atated that aid for the land purchase was a safe commercial transac- tion. By the ald of the state 8,000 tenants had already bought their holdings and the state had not jost a penmny. , Supported by Public opinion. Public opinion supported repayment, and this was bigh, moral security, besides which was the security of the land itself. Mr. Wyndham also sald the number of anomalies which had to be dealt with re: dered the work most embarrassing, compl! cated and very difficult to present to the house an ioteiligible manner. The state of things in some parts of Ireland was such as could scarcely be believed in England. He instanced one village in which a land- lord was In the workbouse during the greater part of the year, while the tenants lived under conditions worse than those of the Kaflirs of Africa. What the government proposes to do to remedy this state of a fairs was, briefly, while withdrawing no ex- lsting rights, it contemplated that the pur- chase of land in the future should proceed by the sale of estates, under three commis- sioners, Michael Flaicane, secretary to gov- ernment of Bengal revenue, general and statistical department; Frederick 8. Wrench, now one of the Irish land commis- | sloners, and Willlam F. Bailey, former assistant commissioner on the Irish land commission. ower of of per Commissioners. The commissioners are empowered to | decide what comstitutes an estate, which does uot necessarily mean the entire prop- erty owned by ibe vender, as a consid- erable portion thereof may remain in his bhands. The commissioners may refuse to sanction the sale of poor holdings unless there are reasonable facilities for their enlargement, where Dnecessary, and for adequate access to turf as fuel Mr. Wyndham proceeded, saying that In view of the strong recommendation of the recent land comference the government bhad provided that the landlords might make thelr own arrangements with the tenants If they tallled with the policy of the present bill, which instead of ex- ratriating the landlords, as stated in some quarters, would, he hoped, emable them to remain in the eountry. The governmeat thought the period for repayment of all loans should be sixty- elght and one-balf years. These were strenuous provisions against subdividing mortgages on holdings. In conclusion, Mr. Wyndham sald he was sure the landlords and tenants would con- tioue to act in the reasonable spirit which actuated the conference. There were two alternatives before the country. They (Continued oa Third Page, | sary; represented and he was disheartened and at that moment resigned. ‘Notwithstanding those reasons which were weighty to my mind,” he continues, “congress does not ac- cept my resignation and insists that I should continue, that I should not persist therein, but considers me still useful in the government “I bow before its desire and resign my- self to the new obligations imposed by the country, but only until the work of pacify- ing the nation shall be complete and an- other re-established in the public adminis- tration. Remember it well, senators and deputies, I believe my separation neces you may think otherwise. I hope the future will prove you right. Accept an expression of my supreme thanks for the generous demonstration of which you have made me the object.” When it was known he had not resigned & popular demonstration took place. NAVY FURNISHES A LESSON French Marine Minister Says Country Should Follow Amer- fean Example. that PARIS, March 25.—Marine Minister Pelatin in the course of a speect in the senate today defending France's navel policy, sald the United States furnished a lesson in naval construction which France could follow with galn. He referred to the American and Ger- man navies as being the two most pro- gressive of the present time and sald their strength was not through the maintenance of a large, unwieldy force during times of | peace, but was due to a small force, ea- pable of quick enlargement In time of ar. This permitted the expenditures of large amounts of money during periods of peace on dock yards, coaling stations and new ships, instead of conmtinuing expenditures on a eostly force. The minister declared France should follow the same course, con- centrating all ber naval efforts on com- tion, British 'I.l."'l_;:.- Point Nearer South Pole Than Any Predecessors. CHRIST CHURCH, N. Z., March 25.—The steamer Morning, the Royal Geographical society’s relfef ship for the Antarctic steamer Discovery, has arrived at Lyttle- ton, eight miles from here. It left Di covery in Antarctic waters with all well | on board. Discovery had been in winter quarters at Victoria island since February, 1902, during which time records were obtained by sleds- ing, and the record farthest south was reached on sledges at latitude $0.17. This lourney was made under trying conditions. The dogs all died and Lieutenant Shackleton almost perished from exposure. Discovery was fitted out under the auspices of the Royal Geographical soctety, the Royal society and the British govern- ment, and left England in August, 1501. MORE FIGHTING IN ISLAND [0 Restored by w Santo Not Yet Ships in Domingo. SAN DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Do- mingo, Tuesday, March 24.—The inhabitants of this city were again thrown inte a state of alarm this afterncon by the fact that turther fighting le taking place at San Car- los, near here. A commission has left San Domingo for Azua and Barahooa om the warship Inde- pendencia, in order to bring about surren- der of those places. The warship Colon has left here for Sam Pedro de Macoris in order to compel that town to surrender. PEOPLE LOSE CONFIDENCE Petition s Forwarded Asking for Re- PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinided, March 25.—The Chamber of Commerce bas adopted a resolution providing that a cable dispatch be sent to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain urging the immediate removal of the governor of this island, Sir Cor- nelius Moloney, and the principal officials, “in whm the public has entirely lost confi- dence,” and asking for the appolntment of | a royal commission of inquiry. The populace is quieter. The bodies of twelve of the men killed during the rioting were buried today. Govermment Splits for Social COPENHAGEN, March 25.—The elections to the Municipal Council of Copenhagen, beld today, resuited in a defeat of the so- clalist party, which recentiy elected the mayor. This defeat Is consequent on the detection of the government party and is Ilkely to result in the socialists nominating an independent ticket at the elections w0 the Folkething in June. France May Harness Falls. PARIS, March 25.—Impelied by the sue- cess of the Niagara Falls power canal, the minister of agriculture has appointed a commission to study the various falls in the Alps and Pyremees, with a view to utilizing their pow trical traction on the government rallroads Seek to Overthrow Kiv. MADRID, March 25.—A meeting of 5000 republicans today elected Prof. Salmeron | leader the republican jarty. Senor Salmeron declared bis intention to begin the work of establishing & republic in Spain immedistely. The secretary anmounced that 20,000 tarm laborers bad joilned the party. particularly for elec- | guests, Including a number of women, were assembled. Doctors Arrive Too Late. The proprietor was the first to reach the expiring man. Medical help was summoned, but the doctors arrived too late. No money cr papers of any kind were found in his baggage. but two notes, written in Englisl were lying on a table, and these were taken | possession of by the authorities, though it | is understood their contents bave no bearing {on the suicide. A number of photographs were also found in his coat pocket. The British embassy and consulate were notified later and Consul General Inglis took charge of the body. The door was then | locked, the consul general taking the key. The French officials took possession of the revolver, which was of nine milimeters cal- ibre and apparently new. Sir Hector arrived in Parls last Friday from London on his way back to Ceylon, where It was understoad that an immedia: court-martial would be held to investiga charges made against him the hotel at 11 at night, absolutely unac- companied, he was told that only a emall and indifferent room was avallable. He replied that that was quite suficient, as he only intended to stay a day or two In Paris. Reads Paper hoots. Little was seen of him since his arrival. He was, however, in the lobby this morn- ing about moon and it is belleved that a newspaper, printed in English, containing a resume of the grave charges against him {and embellished with hie portrait in full uniform, came to his attemtion. He the lobby, going to his room, and the pistol shot followed soon afterward. No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral, which is of the British authorities. Those about the hotel who had conversed with Sir Hector recently say he showed 1o signs of excitement or mental worry. Peasant’s Son Rises High. LONDON, March 25.—The tragic end of “Fighting Mac,” who, the son of a High- land eottar, rose from & draper’s assist- ant to be an honored general in the British army, has caused great surprise and deep sorfow in Lomdon. The Bature of fenses with th\: t become generally known, but had been com- n gossip in military circles, and al- though In the army and among his High- lander comrades especially® there keen grief, their feeling !s that it s “‘better to die thus than face dishonor.” Sir Hector Macdonald was separated from his wife many years ago because he got his commis. sion. He has nat lived with her since. He leaves & son who is being educated in an English public school. Sir Hector MacDonald's great chance came when, as a sergcant during the Atghan campalgn of 1579 and 1880, with'a small force, he, by a furious bayomet charge, cleared out a body of Afghans who were lying In ambush for Lord Roberts. For this feat Lord Roberts offered him the choice of the Victoria cross or a commis- slon. He chose the latter. His greatest military achievement was leading the black Soudanese brigade in the Omdurman cam- palgn against the Khalifa. The oficlal announcement by the gov- ernor of Ceylon in the legislature on Mon. day that Major Gemeral MacDonald would be court-martialed and the publicity given to the affair were evidently the determining motives for the suiclde. His friends attribute his rash act to his broken health and shattered nerves, the oatcome of two campaigns in the Soudan and South Africa. The newspapers here comment sympa- thetically on the inexpressibly pitiful end of a hrave man, and say his countrymen will remember him best as the man of whom on his return from Omdurman King 'u--rd. then prince of Wales, sald: “In 1875 you were doing sentry duty in India and now you are a general in the British army. I am proud to have met you.” MISSING HEILFOUND MAD Indiana Youth is Discovered in Paris Asylum After Long Years. PARIS, March 25.—United States Comsul General Gowdy today found Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette, Ind., in a private san- itarfum. Two French physicians, Drs. Antheaum | and Fisher, examined the youth and pro- { nounced bim incurably insane, but Chase bas now been handed over to Mr. Gowdy's care. Secretary Hay has cabled to the | consul general to act as guardian. Moses Fowler Chase is the central figure lot a celebrated case which has occuplied | the courts of Indiana and Ohio. He is the grandson of Moses Fowler, 3 leading cap- italist of Indiana, after whom the eity of | Fowler is named The grandson's share in the inheritance has been the subject of controversy. Four years ago his father lost track of him and last January asked Mr. Gowdy | to take up the search. This has been pro ecuted systematically and resulted in the Qlecovery of Chase today. BONILLA CAPTURES HONDURAS Captures Government Seeures More ! pport. General a NAMA, March 25.—Advices from Hon- announce that after a victory ob- tained by President-elect Bonilla over the retiring president, Sierra, the towns of | Villanueva, Petreilos and Santa Cruz and | “Gemeral Nuila, supporting Senor Sterr | bas surreadered. All the Atlantic se: his supporters, Gemeral marching on Tegucigalpa Mondragon, 1 Moody Reaches Jamaica. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mareh 25.—Dol- phin, with Secretary Moody and party oa board, bas arrived at Port Antonio. On reaching | Jett | bject to orders | Lapimienta prouounced in favor of Bonilla | board s mow in Bonilla’s hands and oue of | affair. Prof. Barrow recemtly wrote to bie father that he had not seen Miss Cross and did not expeet to marry her. M Cross expects to secure a position as | teacher and remain in the Philippines. | Four years ago Barrow taught the Shiloh High school and Flo Cross was one of hi; | puplls. The courtship was begun at that time. BOTTOMLESS ' BOG IN UTAH| Engineers Drop Rocks and Earth In Quagmire, but Fail to Fill Hole. OGDEN, Utah, March 25.—The first fatal | aceident on the quagmire across the north- ern arm of Great Salt Lake occurred last night, when a Southern Pacific engige ran onto the track across the sink. The track had sunk six fnches and the engine was overturned, Piteman Watson belng klilled and Engineer Jenkins slightly injured | For several months a stretch of less than 1 600 feet of the fill and trestle work across | the lake has given the engineers trouble, and pumerous accidents have occurred. Thousands of tone of rock and earth have | been dumped into the sink, seemingly with- | out effect. Qnce it seemed to be filled and a track was built across the embank- ment. Next morning it had disappeared and hard work was required to save the rails and ties. Two and three forty-foot | piles, placed end to end, have found no | bottom, and the theory has been advanced | that a subterranean outlet to Great Salt Lake has been earrying away the material | almost as fast as it could be dumped in. At no other spat on the long fill across the lake has any trouble been experienced and the engineers believe that ultimately | they will find bottom and succeed in fll- ing the hole. FEENEY IN TROUBLE AGAIN | | of trouble by taking letters and checks | barely out of court when he was arrested 1 | NEW YORK, March 25.—At a meeting of | Seoner Out of ‘Jafl Than e o - gz NEW ORLEANS, March 25.~(Speeial Tel- egram.)—The local police are up agajnst s criminal prodigy—W. H. Feeney, who came here from Omaha and got into & sea from a traveling companion. He was in the St. Charles hotel Turkish bath this morning on charges of grand larceny, for- gery and receiving money by false pre- tenses. The stolen property was fovad on him. Dorothy Denning, living at 313 North Basin street, complained to the police yes- terday afternoon that a thief had entered the room of one of her boarders and stolen Jewelry valued at about $1,000. The jewelry was her property and she haé .oaned it to one of her boarders, Alice Knoll. The police were furnished with a description of the several pleces—a diamond sunburst, valued at $560, a dlamond ring, worth $275, and another dfamond ring, worth $175. Feeney b at varfous times been in Fordham college, Philli Exeter academy, Berkeley school and Harvard, and is a member of Psi Upsilon. He says drinking absinthe is responsible for his crimival career. WOULD STAY WHITE PLAGUE New York Medieal Oficer Reports mption ns Greatest Ald to Death. NEW YORK, March 25.—Dr. Lederle of the ' Board of Health today reported- to Mayor Low that “tuberculosis remains the greatest single cause of death in this city and one which, in my opinion, demands more attention from the municipal authori- ties In the interest of public health. “The number of persons suffering from consumption is variously estimated at from 30,000 to 40,000, and many of these are ai fecting their associates and thus adding to the extent of the disease. I belleve that the time has come when the city of New York should extend its facilities for the treatment of tuberculos He recommends the erection of a sanitar- fum on the tent plan. The deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis In New York last | year numbered 7 JEWS SEEK COLLEGE CASH/| Memorial. New York rabbis today & committee of five was appointed to raise subscriptions in the state for the Wise fund, which is belng raised for the Hebrew Union college at | Cincinnati. This fund is known as the Isaac M. Wise memorial fund aad now | amounts to over $150,000. It is intended to raise $500,000 and to | have this sum collected before mext Sep- tember, wheu Dr. Kohler, now rabbi of Temple Bethel of this city, will by in-| stalled as president of the college ! Committees similar tu that named teday | are to be appointed in all states where there are Je CHILD LABOR IS CONDEMNED Report it Workers. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 25.—The sen- ate commitiee on mines and mining de- cided tonight to favorably report the bill dren can be employed inside the mines from 14 to 16 years and outside tbe mines | from 12 to 14 years. ‘ | of the city doned, and Instead the plotters were plan- | allies, ning at some favorable point in Mont Colorado to capture Secretary of the ana or Treas held as prisoners by the Boxers and their the Chinese imperial troops. He | said in part “We had fortified ourselves as best we | ry Shaw, Secretary of War Root and At- |could on the grounds of the British lega- | torney General Knox, om. Fremont refused to divulge the source of | that deliverance. and carry them to | tion—in the compound, | the mountains, to be held for suitable ran- we called it. We were absolutely helpless to do anything for ourselves. It was your prayers that wrought Long prior to the climax his Information, but insisted that it was Of the Boxer outbreak we knew that trouble correct tle credence in the tale, La. theless, written to Secretary Shaw, him the negro's story. Congressman Tawney places lit- | Was brewing. never- telling WOLCOTT RATTLES DETECTIVE Forced to Make M. Stratton Case by the Ex- Semator. It began to manifest in the summer of 1898, The emperor o | China, under the influence of foreign books | |end beneficent foreign influences, decided | to take a long step in advance and place China among the progressive nations of | the world; to encourage religious tolera- | itselt y Admissions in | 10D and abolish useless officials who were | sapping the life out of the empire and | grinding the people into the dust. The | | empress dowager believed in the old order | | of things and revolted, as it was not her COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 25.— | Conception of whet China should be. The | The hearing of the famous Stratton y Stratton, only son | case, in which I Har nd helr of W. S. Stratten, is suing ather’s estate, valued at $15,000,000, the latter to Colorado Springs for a rial home for Indigent poor, started district court today. Two days ago Harry G. Berry, a will for his left by memo- in the detes- tive, filad an afidavit in court alleging tha: the attorneys for I Harry Stratton tampered with the I'st of jurymen who are | had to hear the case and today the court was taken up in hearing testimony as truth of the charge. which, if substantiated, | will mean that a new panel will be to the called. Berry was on the stand all morning and was subjected to a flerce cross-exami by Senator Wolcott, who forced him mit that he was first employed by fighting the son, and while so em nation to ad- a rep- | resentative of the administrators who are | for other than a mercenary reason. ployed | went to the attorneys of the son and en- tered their employ, thus obtaining information which he handed over administrators. inside to the Berry is a member of the Elks’ lodge In this city and in order to create an impres- sion that he favored Harry Stratton, duced the latter into the intro- lodge. When | Berry admitted this under oath it created o ——e WOMEN'S VOTE TALK OVER Qualification NEW ORLEANS, March 25.—The conven- tion of the National Woman's Suffragist oclation came to a close tonight after addresses by Miss Belle Kearny and Dr. Augustin Stone Cullen of Canada. The morning conference presided over by Mr: Kimber of Kan The plan of wo ssion began with a work Helen rk or- ganized provides lor an effort to double the membership, to increase the amount erature to be distributed and to prej of lit- pare a catalogue of books ou woman suffrage. The afternoon. session was preside by Mrs. Catt. The civilization and facilitate ment?” cilla Hackstaff, New York; Mr C .Stockman, Mrs. ifornia; Mrs. Clara B, Arthur, Mi Rudolph Blankenburg, Mrs. d over program included a symposium on “Would educational qualifica- | Bext Tuesday, when a vote Is to be taken tion for all voters tend to the growth of | on the question of making an addition of good govern- | Those who spoke were: Mrs. Pris- | become apparent to the members of the Eleanor | board that better work can be accomplished Mary Woodswitt, Cal- 1gan; Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ohio; Mrs. Hale Salmond, B. M. Hammond, Butte, Miss., and Miss Gail Laughlin. Then there was a vote, only six delegates opposing the educational qual- ifications. OMAHA’S SURVEYOR Willlam Byers, .Who Platted City, Passes Away in . DENVER, March 25.—Willlam N. a Colorado ploneer and founder of the Mountain News, the first daily ne published in Denver, died IS DEAD Byers, Rocky paper this morning from a paralytic stroke which attacked him last Friday. He was 72 years old. Mr. Byers was born in Ohio on February | part of the Program for Visit of In early life he was a surveyor western states. 22, 1831 in lowa and other As county surveye- he laid out a greater part maha. In 1859 he came to Denver and with two others established the Rocky Mountan News. in 1854 at Musecatine, Ia., to Miss Eli Sumner. His wife and two childre vive him. . JURY CONVICTS MATRI Philadelp! Boy is Doomed ¢ for Slaying her with Hatehet., PHILADELPHIA, Nelk, was tonight comvicted of murder first degree. The prisoner admitt crime, but pleaded ineanity. March He was married zabeth n sur- CIDE 2.—George who last month killed his mother, in the ed his The prisoner, who, was 22 years old, on February 11 crushed his mother's his sister, Minnie. disappeared, but wi He then stole § skull | with a hatehet and murderously assaulted and ptured in a disrep- | able resort at Reading, Pa., several days later. MASONIC DISPUTE IN COURT New York NEW YORK , March —~Charl the preme the offcials of the grand In connection with my steps order, by Willlam D. Critcherson Justice Greenbsum granted a temporary | injunction, returnable oo March 3. s L. | Franklin, & member of Excelsior lodge of Mnsonic order, has applied to the su- | sourt for an injunction to rvestrain lodge of New | York and of Excelsior lodge from taking | charges | raising the minimum age at which chil- | brought against him as a member of the | result was that the emperor was relegated to the rear as a dangerous factor in Chi- | nese economy and the empress dowager | took the reins of power into her hands ‘Native Christians were mercilessly per- secuted, missionary establishments were | looted and the ery of ‘Down with the for- | eiga devils!' became universal. The Chi-| nes: held that the ‘ntroduction of modern | civilization and methods meant the ruin | of the empire and the destruction of Chi- nese internal commerce. The railroads | { would deprive the carriers of their meth- | ods of living, and they really believed that | a Chinese baby would be laid under every raflroad tle. They were told and believed that the introduction of the missionaries into China was for political reasons; as they could not be made to believe that the | missionaries would come into the country The ultimate result would be the dismember- ment of the empire of China and its parcel- Mng out to the forelgn nations. Hence the Chinese were provoked and their patriotic spirit aroused, with the Boxers as the chiet patriots. These were the primal causes of | the uprising, and looking at is through their | eves, we cannot blame them too severely.” The speaker then told of the siege of (he legations, the death of the German min- Aster. Sh gallaniry. of the little handful of merican marines, the opportune finding ot an old muzzle-loading cannon in the com- pound and the herolc vse to which it was put. He told, too, of the gallantry of Min- ister Conger and of the ultimate raising of the siege by the arrival of the allied forces on the memorable 14th of August. The relief came just in the mick of time, as it was beginning to be doubtful whether they could hoid out a day longer. MORE AUDITORIUM DIRECTORS Propositio: Board to Add Six Members to to Be Voted om The directors of the Auditorium com- | pany, at their meeting at the Omaha club last night, were busy in making arrange- ments for the meeting of the stockholders six members to the directorate. It has by an increase in the number of directors, and if the stockholders endorse this view at the Tuesday meeting, six names from among the stockholders will be added to the board. On the following day, in al! probability, the full board of directors wil! meet. At last night's meeting considerable time was given to the discussion of the strike, which has caused a stop In all work on the Auditorium building. The directors are much chagrined at this interruption, coming just when they had hoped to be well at work. They have been in conference with the contractors and hope that some con- ceseions will be made in the case of the Auditorium, owing to Its public character. They hope to have the strike soon settled, and will then push the construction rapidly. WILL TALK TO LEGISLATURE President Roosevelt Minnesota, to ST. PAUL, March 25.—Governor Van Sant today recelved a letter from President Roosevelt's private secretary stating that 1t would be entirely agreeabie to the pres- ident to visit and address the legislature. After the address to the legislature Pres- ident Roosevelt is expected to address the people of St. Paul from the capitol steps. STROLLER GETS TWO YEARS Ple: Guilty to Theft of Company’s h and Must Serve Term in Ja MILWAUKEE, March 25.—Gilbert War- fleld, the actor who stole 32,700 from the Sylva opera company, pleaded gullty today and was sentenced to two years. Movements of Ocean Vessels March 26, At New York—Arrived: Bovie, from Liv- erpool; Noordman, from Rotterdam; Konlg Albert, from Bremen and Cherbou Hes. ria, m Naples, etc Balled: G gia, for Liverpool; Ryndam. for Boulogne and Rotterdam; Cedrie, for Liverpool At Cherbourg—Arrived: Pa from New York. jalled: Kalser Wilhelm der rosse, from Bremen and Southampton for New rk. At Moville—Arrived: Ethiopla, from New York for Glasgow and pr eded. | At Liv Salled: Friesland, for Phil. adeiphia, enstown ; Oceanic, for New York, via Queenstown At Gibraltar—Arrived Pringessin Vie- toria Louise, from New York At Browhead -Passed Germanie from W York for Queerstown and Liverpool At Bellly—Passed Bt. Paul, from New York for Scuthampton. At St Michaels—Arrived: Cambroman, from Boston for Naples and ( . At Queenstown—8a 5. nia Ldver ol for Bostor | At Southampton—Arrived aul, trom New York alled Kanlser Wilheln der | Grosse. trom Bremen .for New York, vis | Cherbours. from 8 I T | STUEFER bond deal | urer. | 000, which is considered ample. before investigsting committee. Witnesses testify to having informed him they were for sale. Taking of testimony coneluded REVENUE BILL makes good progress in senate. All amendments except minor gnes made by committee promptly voted down. APPROPRIATIONS occupy house as it ¢ GILBE governor. attention of Several large sums added to bill me from the committee. PRIMARY BILL signed by the (From a Staft Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 25.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The Stuefer investigation commit- tee finished taking testimony tonight, The senate put in the afterncon and night on the revemue bill and the house proceeded on its course of philanthropy, adding $138,- 000 to the current expense bill, which is | recommended for passage, imsuring a total appropriation beyond all records. One of the day's events was the signing of H. R. 236, the Gilbert primary election bill, by Governor Mickey. The Stuefer committee will meet pri- vately and review the voluminous testi- mony adduced and as soon as possible mako its report to the house so as to enable that body to act intelligently on the claim of Mr. Btuefer for $3,000 premium on his bond for the last year of his term as state treas- Ten of the claims committee voted to allow the claim and one against it. The senate had the revenue bill under consideration as a special order from 2 to 10 p. m., a recess being taken for supper. Not a single change was made in the bill except by committee amendments. The senate doubtiess will report the bill for passage tomorrow and vote on it Friday. Howell of Douglas tonight made a speech on the bill, urging deliberation in consid- ering it, attracting some surprise by pos- ing as a champion of Omaha's interests \s opposed to those of corporations, obarging certain senators with trying to “rafiroad" the bill through, and then later moved that further coneideration of the bill be dis- pensed with and that it be engrossed for a third reading. His motion was lost. In the line of revenue legislation: Gov- ernor Mickey proposes to ask the house to- Mmorrow to act. - bill which B S g e Ly for university building purposes. This levy is now 1 mill and brings generally about $108. The gov- ernor assumes that the mew revenue law will materially increase the assessed val uation of property and on this theory con- cludes that this 1 mill levy will produce about $500,000 for university building pur- poses, which would be neediessly excessive. He therefore contemplates a proposal to the legislature to cut this levy to about one- third. Representative Thompson of Mer- rick made the discovery that called atten- tion to the matter. Take Up Bond Deal. The Stuefer investigation was resumed at 8 o'clock this morning. Peter Rorke, a member of the Burt County Board of Super- visors, was the first witness. He tes- tified that he had asked Sears to investigate the records of State Treas- urer Stuefer's office and sce what sum was credited to the permanent school fund of the state by reason of this bond sale to Neligh. Then he told of a visit to Stueter’s office when he sald Stuefer told him he wanted those bonds and said he would write to that effect to Franklin Everett, who was then chairman of the Burt county board, and added that if Rorke saw him “In the morning™ to jog his memory about writing to Everett. Rorke sald J. P. Sutherland had told him of his having told Stuefer about the bond issue and of Stuefer's expressed wish of wanting the bonds and that he (Suther- land) had so communicated to Chairman Everett. Rorke stated that he thoughbt the bargain with Neligh was a good one for the county. Statement by Sears. Sears was then placed on the stand. He made a running statement before being questioned by Attorney Vas Dusen for Stuefer. He sald: “‘On or about the lst of January, 1901, 1 called on Mr. Stuefer at his office in Lin- coln. He sald be had had a talk with Mr. Sutherland about the Burt county bonds. He suggested that he could take them at 3%, but added that the Board of Educational Lands and Funds was not then organized and he would have to awalt its formal ac- tion before proceeding in the matter. “Later there talk among the county commissioners of Burt county to the effect | that Neligh had pald for the bonds with two checks from Stuefer on Omaha banks. Rourke spoke to me about this and said bhe thought it was strange Neligh should make use of checks from Stuefer in a matter of this kind, and asked me to look up the circumstances. “I them went to jovernor Savage and told him what use had been made of these two checks from State Treasurer Stuefer Savage sald he believed nothing was wrong, but would look into the case. Before call- ing on the governor I had gome to see State Superinterdent Follmer, chairman of the purchase board, to lay the matter be- fore him and not finding him I left & note. The governor asked me to go and get this note, which I did, so that he could look the matter up Mimselt. Governor Savage went out of his office, leaving me there, and returned in & short time, saying that he had found what I had told him to be true and expressed much regrct and surprise He said he found that Neligh had used these two checks In the tramsaction and that coupons from 3% down to 3% had been clipped to pay Neligh and by him taken away. 1 then retursed to my home io Tekamah and sent Neligh's bid to the gov- ernor and t governor answered my let ter.” Sears here produced this letter from Governor Savage, lu which the governor said that Sears could rest assured of any assistance he (Savage) was able to give him in righting “what from the evidence scems to be a grave wrong' This letter was dated November 11, 1901. Continuing, | Sears said “I then stopped la Omaba on my Bext o i 4