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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
KILL PlNGREE'S PET MEASURE
senate Votes Down Resolution Tor
constitutional ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Vote to Adjourn TodnH at Noon.

LANSING, Mich, Dec. gS.-Thc senate
this afternoon, by a vote OF 10 to i2, killed
the Pineree joint resolution for the sub
mission Of a constitutional amendment per-
hitting amending Of the state tax laws
which had passed the house.
The senate has adopted a resolution to
Der Of votes against the proposition was a
great surprise.
Despite the concurrent resolution passed
by the senate fixing tomorrow for a%djouru-
mcnt, 1t Is improbable that such viii har.
pen as the house will probably refuse to
S%djourn.
Governor Pingrce tonight is preparing a
long message to send to the house tomorrow
asking for the passage of a joint resolution
providing for the submission to the people
of a constitutional amendment for the
municipal ownership OF street railways aud
other public corporations.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2S.-At a special
meeting of the city council tonight a resolu-
ton was adopted requesting Governor PIN
gree and the state legislature to do their
part toward submitting to the vote of the
people an amendment to the constitution
authorizing the people to own street railways
and other public utilities whenever the pco-
pie of such cities vote therefor. The vote
on the question was 26 TO 3. a similar
movement for submitting the question OF
municipal ownership Is in favor in Grand
Rapids and other Michigan cities, the pur-
pose being to have the legislature act there
on before adjournment of ito special ses-
sion,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
TWO KILLED IN TEXAS DUEL
Combntants Use Pistols on streets of
DROPS Dead, other
Dies Two Hours Lnter.

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 2S,-A report from
Trenton, Tex, this evening says that a duel
vas fought there in which one of the com
batants was killed in the street and the
other died at his home two hours after the
combat.
William Littrell and Sidney Gray engaged
in a fist fight, Friends separated the men
and each left the place, warning the other
TO FIX himself" Littrell and Gray returned
in a short time each armed with a pistol.
As soon as they were Within close enough
range each began to shoot. Littrell fell dead
with a bullet through the region Of the
heart. Gray received a bullet in the left
lung and had his right arm shattered.
Constable Albright of Grayson county,
who went to the scene of the duel. could
lear nothing concerning It's origin. lie said
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
NEW TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE
Frederick Leyland & 60. 10 Establish
II Weekly Service Between Liy-
erpOoI and New York.

NEW YORK. Dec, 2S.-The announcement
was made today that arrangements had
been completed by Frederick Leyland & Co,
limited, OF Liverpool for the establishment
Of a weekly passenger steamship service
between New York and Liverpool. This new
line. which will constitute the most impor-
tant addition TO transatlantic service in re-
cent years. will have In operation in three
months six big vessels and will have con-
troll OF those OF the Atlantic transport line
now running between this port and London
4 year and a half ago the Wilson Furness.
Leylaud line, running between New York
and London, the majority interest in which
was hold by Frederick Leyland & Co., lin
tied, sold its entire feet OF vessels to the
Atlantic Transport line and made an agree
mcnt not to operate any vessels between
New York and London for a period Of seven
Yeas.
The Loyland line from Liverpool to Boston
still remained in operation aud It was gem
orally believed by shipping men that The
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29

Leylands would extend their operations to
New York. It is with vessels drawn from
this service that the new service viii be
inaugurated, but in the course Of time all
these vessels will be in turn supplanted by
a fleet Of powerful steamships now building
The vessels to be placed in the new scry-
ice are the Winifrediau, Armenia, Cestrian,
Victorian, Columbian and Georgian, several
Of them being at present used by the Brit
ish government temporarily for transport
service. These vessels average some 5000
tons each and can make the voyage in
about ten days. Their places in the Boston
service will be taken for the time being by
other vessels.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
BORDERS ON THE RIDICULOUS
London Times Points out the Improb-
able Feature of the LoLn1
.Anzciger Story.

LONDON, Dec. ESQ many alleged dis
closures of secret Delagoa bay agreements
have recently been submitted to the british
foreign office that the officials have made it
a rule neither to deny nor affirm them and
when questioned today regarding the state
ments Of the Lokal Anzeiger the officials ad-
hered TO the rule. But a representative Of
the Associated Press gathered that the al
legged disclosures were quite inaccurate.
A dispatch to the Times from Berlin COM
ments on the Lokal Anzeiger treaty state
ments is as follows: when it is remembered
that two of Portugal's Asiatic possessions,
Goa and Damao, form e~nclaves of the
province of Bombay, the statements of the
Lokal Anzeiger border on the fantastic
The st. James Gazette, in an editorial to-
day on the reported treaty, says it is q
mere patchwork of previous reports, some
partly true and some entirely false"
The probable truth is that, as previously
reported, the Portuguese possessions in
Africa, north and south of the Zambesi, will
ultimately be leased to Great Britain and
Germany, respectively.
PARIS, Dec. 2S.--The publication by the
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin of the secret treaty
between Germany, Portugal and Great
Britain. providing for the partition of the
Portuguese colonies, meets with no credence
in official circles here. A foreign office
official said to a representative OF the Asso-
clated Press that their advices from Portugal
and Germany left no doubt that the pub
l~ication was largely invention. They could
not believe Portugal would sign a treaty
stripping itself of its colonies and so far
reaching and harmful to Portugal"
Notwithstanding the denial of the French
foreign office, 1t is believed in other quarters
that an agreement between Great Britain
and Germany may exist outside of the under
standing arrived at between them last year
and as an outcome of the negotiations to
build a telegraph line connecting Capetown
with Cairo.
BERLIN, Dec. 2S.-A German official
agency issued a statement yesterday even
Ing to the effect that the assertions of the
Lokal Anzeiger were arbitrary and erron-
eous ~guesswork."
Official circles in Berlin describe the state
ments made as quite Inaccurate
Regarding the statement by the Lokal
An2eiger that a secret Anglo-German -Portu-
grese treaty exists for the division of the
Portuguese colonies in South Africa, the cor
respondent of the Associated Press is able
TO assert on the highest authority that the
story Is a pure fiction and in all it's claim
without foundation, The high official who
authorizes this denial made the following
declarations.
There is no objection to stating that the
understanding had by Great Britain, Ger
many and Portugal refers only to Africa
and leaves Asia entirely out. 1t is quite
certain that Germany under no consideration
would conclude such a bargain with Portu-
gal as the Local Anzeiger sets forth. Any
ono with the, slightest political sense ought
to see that these giny e~nclaves in the midst
OF British India are the last colonial pos
sessions Germany would dream Of"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
BOSTON SYMPATHY FOR Beers.
After II Spirited Debate City Council
Adopts Resolution to he Sent
to Kruger.

BOSTON, Dec. 2S.-The common council
of Boston today, after a spirited debate,
adopted a resolution of sympathy for The
Beers. The resolution follows:
Whereas, The common council of the city
of Boston has heard of the magnificent
struggle. for independence and freedom
from British tyranny which has been made
by the Boer nation recently, and
Whereas, This representative branch oC
our city government believes that the
Beers ought to be a free nation; be it
Resolved, That this council congratulates
President Kruger and his people on their
many successes already achieved and that
we fervently hope the war will end with a
complete victory for the BOer arms.
Resolved, That the clerk of the common
council be instructed to forward a copy of
these resolutions to President Kruger.
A resolution was also adopted extending
the sympathy of the council to the widow Of
General Lawton.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
AGENTS OF BOERs IN KANSAS CITY.
Discovered by British Vice Consul
ThrOmEh AEenIs In MnshingtOn.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 2S.-The British vice
consul here, Mr.. Burrough, made the state
ment today that agents of the Beers are at
work in Kansas City getting recruits for
the South African war under promise of
free transportation, free lands and honor
able citizenship after the war is over.
The plan. he states, is to forward such
recruits to Philadelphia, which he sa.s is
the rendezvous of the British recruits. It is
his belief, however, that not very many ,len
have been sent from here to PHILADELPHIA.
Tho British consul secured the names of
the Beers recruiting agents here by having
someone write to the Boer agents in Wash
ington asking for authority to recruit a
force in this city, with the result that the
applicant was put In communication with
the Boer agents here.
Consul Burrough states that scores Of men
have applied at his office for enlistment in
the British army.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
PHONE COMPANIES TO UNITE
Principal independent
Concerns % Chicago Forming
u Combination

CHICAGO, Dec. est was learned today
that representatives of all the principal
telephone manufacturers in Chicago, except
the Western Telephone company, are to
meet in New York City next week with the
avowed purpose of entering a combination
that is to embrace all the independent tele-
phone manufacturing concerns in the coun-
try. The Chicago concerns that are said to
be interested in the deal include the Ameri-
can Electric Telephone company, Kellogg
Switchboard company, Standardization
Telephone Manufacturing company, Victor
Telephone Manufacturing company and sew
eral of minor Importance.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Dog AIDS IN FINDING BODIES
StilI Searching for Remains of Other
Missing Miners at the Brnz-
nell Mine.

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 2S.-No bodies
were discovered at the Braznell mine today,
but the chances of adding a few more dead
to the present number are so strong that
the inquest will not be begun until next
Wednesday. Five or six feet of debris re-
main to be removed from the bottom of the
shaft and it is expected that two or three
bodies will be found. Today a small dog
was taken down to assist the workmen. He
has been in other wrecked mines in this dis
trict and was Of great service in finding
bodies. He trots along until he catches a
scent, then he stops and digs until his mas
ter arrives. 1t may be another day or two
before all debris is turned over and removed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
CANADA LOYAL TO BRITISH FLAG.


MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2S.-William 6. Can
non, queens counsel Of Montreal, is at the
West hotel. today. In answer to a question
as to the true condition of Canadian senti-
ment in connection with the African war, ne
replied that it was truly represented in
the newspapers OF Canada, the only differ
ance being that newspapers were totally
unable to express fully the extent and in
tensity of the war spirit that pervades all
classes of Canadian subjects.
In times of peace we are Canadians and
British subjects" said Mr.. Cannon, but in
times Of war We are the British empire and
that alone. The British flag is menaced and
its supremacy disputed by a government that
merely figures as the monkey to handle
European chestnuts. What the Beers are
after through their mentors on the continent
is African supremacy, which they will never
get so long as there are any men in the
British empire fit to bear arms. | say this
with full understanding that the whole
Dutch population of the continent will prob
ably be arrayed against us in fact, as it now
is in spirit"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Soon Taken III.

Concluding his narrative, Cornish told of
opening the bottle, while Mrs. Adams
brought a glass for him to pour out a dose
of the bromo settler. He poured out what
he termed "a good, big dose and Mrs.
Adams drank it, remarking at the time,
Cornish testified, that it tasted sour and
queer"
Il told her. concluded Cornish, that
the stun was all right and took a dose OF
it myself, though maybe not so large "A
dose as she did, She then went out. and I
sat down and commenced reading my pa
per. 1t was not more than two or three
minutes afterward that she cried out to ne
to come and help her. / jumped up and
ran to where she stood in the dining-room.
At the time ! had felt no effects OF the
stuff, but as soon as ! got up my knees
failed me. Just as I got to Mrs. Adams
she fell TO the floor. | stopped over and tried
to lift her, but could not do 1t. She could
hardly talk, and her face was drawn and
ashy.
Il left her lying on the floor and ran to
the hall and called to the hall boy to run
for a doctor. Mrs. Rogers and | then laid
Mrs. Adams on the lounge, and / vent out
to hurry the boy, but found he had gone. I
then went over to the drug store at the
corner Of Eighty-siXth street and Columbus
avenue. / told the druggist that somebody
was sick and that / thought il was poison.
lie asked me what she had taken and 1
picked up a bromo settler bottle and said
it was like that. He said: Why, that's
not poison, that's bromo setter. Then l
asked him what to give Mrs. Adams and he
said he did not know, that he did not know
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29

selling to the farmers tea and other articles
which they cannot otherwise purchase.
Heavy rain fell last ulght.'"
Gatacre and French report no change in
the situation.
Baden Powell reports all we'll December -.
The latest independent news from Lady
smith says:
THE field Qualifications would now with
stand any organized attack the enemy Is
likely to deliver. There are sufficient food
stufs for two months. The question Of for
age might be troublesome, but since the
rains there has been some grazing within
the British lines. There is no horse sick
ness. The casualties caused by our shell
fire are increasing and the Beers are re-
ported to be becoming nervous. They fear
night ]sorties and constantly open a heavy
fusillade on an imaginary attack"
The German officials have promptly
stopped the Beers from recruiting in Damar-
aland. Neither men nor horses are permitted
to cross the border.
Canadians Join Butler.
CAPETOwN. Dec. 23.-Colonel otter,
commanding the Canadian contingent Of
troops, is to join the staff Of Genera Butler,
all the members Of which are proceeding to
Natal, indicating that General Buffers
sphere will shortly be confined to Natal.
A man named Green, a former sergeant
major of the British balloon department, is
among the Boer prisoners captured at
Magersfontein. Greeu, who deserted from
Aldershot in 1898, admitted that he had been
some time in the service Of the Beers and
had been instructing them in entrenching. He
says there were 5000 Beers at Mayors
~fontein, 1000 Of whom were engaged the
day of the battle. The Boer losses, he as
serts, we're heavy, the trenches being full
Of dead.
Green further declares. that IL the attack
had been pressed the Beers would have
yielded. He says the Boer horses have to be
taken to the Modder river, as water IS
scarce at Magersfontein.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Missouri Tcnchers EIcct Omcers.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Dec. 2S.-The
ventIcn here today elected the following
officers: President, w. II. Black of Mis-
L. Demand of Lexington. l.. N. Gray OF
Ronne Terre ana j, A. Whiteford OF
Moberly; secretary, j. H.. Marley of AL
bany; treasurer. f.. d. Luckey Of st. Louis;
railroad secretary, w. j, Hawkins. The at
tendance Is ne largest in the history of the
association. The members Of the associa-
ton will visit the State university at Column
bia tomorrow, where the work of the con-
vention will be concluded and the a~ssOcia-
ton adjourn there. jefferson City was Sc
lected as the place of meeting next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Eouine cargo ncaches Manila.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Observation-Disclosures
General Ludington received a cable mes
sage this morning from Colonel Miller at
Manila saying that the transport Lennox
arrived there December 20 and the transport
Siam December 90. These vessels took out
a cargo OF horses and mules, the Lennox
from San Francisco and the Siam from Homo
lulu.
The transport Burford left San Juan de
Puerto Rico this morning from Santiago
enrcute for New York. The transport Sedg-
wick sailed from Cienfuegos yesterday for
New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29

what she had taken, Thea I went back to
the house"
Had the doctor come. them" asked MIR.
Osborne.
'No, the doctor had not, but the boy had
gotten back and said he had asked DR..
Hitchcock to come and that he said he
would"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Another Horny Merriam Was KILLED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-A dispatch from
Faribault, Mimi, announced that Henry c.
Merriam of Company G, Sixth infantry, who
was reported by General Otis as dead from
typhoid fever, was a son of Captain Mer-
rism, a retired army officer of this city, and
engaged to be married to Miss Bessie Ray
of Faribault. 1t appears from the War de-
partment records that there were two SOL
diers of the same name in the Philippines.
The Henry C. Merriam who died of typhoid
az Manila December 10 was a private in
Company G, Twenty-first United States in
fartry. He enlisted at Plattsburg Barracks,
n. Y, January "a, 1899, He was not a son
of Captain Merriam of this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
OPENING UP THE hemp PORTS
Assistant Secretary McikIcjobn Corr
reefs Some False Inn
prCssiOns.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Assistant Sec
rotary Meiklejohn Of the War department
has written a letter to Representative Long
Of Kansas, defining the policy of the de-
partment regarding the of the
Philippines, with special reference to the
opening of ports for the expectation of hemp.
Mr.. Long had transmitted a letter of a con-
stitGent alleging that there was so little
Manila hemp in the country now that the
price was II to 10 cents a pound, as against
a nominal price of . or E cents, while only
2 900 bales a week have been shipped to this
country since the war began, instead OF
%. 000 bales per week as formerly.
Promising his explanation with tho state
ment that General Otis has already been
Instructed to open the hemp ports as soon
as he had proper garrisons, which should
be early in January, Mr.. Meiklejohn goes
on tc show that the correspondent has an
erroneous idea as to the effect OF the war
upon the hemp shipments. He says that the
largest hemp expectation from the islands
in any one year was in 1897, when exports
averaged II, 800 bales per month. During
the ten months of 1899 the imports of hemp
into the United States amounted to 46,475
tons, which shows, he adds, that there never
has been a year when so much entered the
United States as in this war year, while its
value has been SAL per ton less than in 1889
or 1891.
MIR. Meiklejohn indicates that the CORE
spordent picked out certain years Of agricul-
tural depression in the wheat states as the
basis of his exceedingly low quotations of
past prices of hemp. He declares that the
communication received by the department
from manufacturers and brokers indicate
that there is no trust or combine controlling
the hemp market, as feared by the, farmers
and he concluded his letter as follows:
The. War department is doing everything
coz. patible with the requirements OF the
military situation to develop the trade OF
the Philippine islands and is confident that
tn, so-called hemp ports will be opened to
trade in ample time for any accumulations
of hemp therein contained to reach this
country and be manufactured before the
next wheat harvest. inasmuch as the com
bination of low freight rates and high prices
of fiber will tend to bring the shipments
By steamer in lieu of sailing vessels, as
they require only three months for the trip
aud an additional month will suffice to place
the manufactured article in the hands OF
farmers; shipments leaving Manila in March
would be available for the harvests of Iowa,
Nebraska and the northwestern s%tates.'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29

day by a number Of Chicago people identified
with labor and economic societies. The pro-
n~unoiamento Of the alliance is virtually
anti-imperialism with special reference to
the South African war. The representatives
present claimed an initial membership in
Chicago of 500. A work OF propaganda will
be taken UP at once similar to the Anti
lmperialistic league, but against British en-
croachments in South Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Find Their Mother Dend.

ELMWOOD, Kan. Dec. 2S.-Mary Beck,
AZ years old, was found by one of her four
children dead in her rocking chair, her
of the children said he heard his mother
say during the night she had killed some
one and would kill herself. Her husband
years and Mrs. Beck has supported her
family by foilowing the plOw during the
day and performing her household duties at
night.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
GROVER CLEVELAND SITS UP
Former Presidents Condition Is I'M
proying-Able to Get About
the House.

PRINCETON, n. j., Dec. 2S.-Former
President Grover Cleveland, who has been
confined to his bed for the last three days,
was more improved today. The attending
physician stated that the former president
was up and able to get about the house and
will soon be entirely recovered.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
FnmiIy Quarrel Results in Murder.

GUTHRIE. Okla, Dec. 2S.-A. j. Bayles,
while husking corn on his farm near Nc
Kinley, was shot and Instantly killed by
Charles Thomas, aged 80 years. Bayles,
who was about Is years old, married
Thomas 12-year-old daughter last summer
against the fathers wishes. Family quar-
preached Bayles with a leveled rife and. re-
marking that they had trouble enough,
fired. The murderer escaped TO Guthrie,
where he was arrested.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
Advance Price of Thread.

NEW DIRK Dec. est was announced
at the once of the Clark Thread company
in Newark, n. j., today that the concern
ton thread to the extent of about Is cents a
dozen spoOls, in common with the other
cotton thread concerns. The increased price
OF cotton and the increase in wages In the
New England mills are given as the cause
for the increase In price to the retailer.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29

ard, the head of the Robinson Investment
and Security company, convicted of having
used the mails for the purpose of swindling,
of the United States circuit court to eight
cen months imprisonment in Sing Sing
p pd oman, ana TO paS va a I'm me OF $SVr' W,bhdicnt Is ,ng
law. At the request of counsel Judge
Thomas granted "a stay of thirty days from
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
To Hiring A~rmstrong,s Body Home.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Major Frank
Armstrong, who lost his life in the Philip
pines and whose remains are to be brought
home on the troopship Thomas, with those
of General Lawton and Major Logan, was
a surgeon in the volunteer establishment
attached to the Thirty-second infantry. He
was a native of Kansas and served credit
ably in the Philippines with the Twentieth
Kansas infantry prior to his appointment
as surgeon of the Thirty-second infantry.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
TRY GRAIN-O!
Try GRAIN-Oi

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package Of GRAGN-O: the new food drink
may drink it without injury, as well as the
adult. All who try it, like It. GRAIN-O
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java.
but it Is made from pure grains, and tho
most delicate stomach receives It without
distress. a the price of coffee. 1Jc and 25c
per package. Sold by all groCers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-29
american Historical AssocIation.

BOSTON, Dec. 26.-Tho AmerlCam HTstOri-
cal association in session today selected De-
troit, December 27-29, 1900, as the place and
date for holding the next meeting. The
public session today was devoted to gem
eral discussion Of historical study. Among
Of Boston. Prof James II. Robinson of
Columbia university and Prof, w. j. Ashley
Of Harvard.