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The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
FOR A DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
The House Steering Committee
Agrees ON One, But Will Keep 1t
secret for the Present.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The Demo-
cratic Steering Committee of the
House of Representatives. reached a
decision to-day on a line of policy to
be recommended to the caucus of the
minority in the House. The commit
tee also agreed to request Represen-
tative Hay of Virginia, chairman of
the Democratic caucus. to call eau
Gus for next Friday night for the pur-
pose of passing upon the report of the
Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee is made up
of twelve Democratic members of the
House. They were appointed soon af-
ter the present session began to take
under consideration various resolu-
tons which were proposed declaratory
of the attitude Of the Democratic party
and its representatives in Congress. I'M
usual secrecy was observed as to the
agreement reached to-day, a resolution
being passed binding each member to
absolute silence. The only announce
ment authorized by Chairman Richard
son was that an agreement had been
reached and that pending its submis-
sion to the caucus. it would not be
made public.
It is understood that the agreement
is to the effect that all questions shall
be referred to the full caucus, so that
the latter body will have an opportun-
ity to discuss the various questions of
party policy which have been under
consideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
GROWTH OF CITIES
IMMENSE INCREASE SHOWN IN THE
NORTH.
S0UTH'S GROWTH WAS RURAL
BUT OUR TOTAL PERCENTAGE Ell.
CEEDED THE NORTH.

More Than One-fOurth of the TO-
100000 People OF This Country
Now Live in Cities of Over 25,000
Inhn bitants-SmnlI Cities at North
showed Little Incrcase-Reverse
Was the Case in the SOuth-Rural
Population of This Section In
creasinE Rapidly.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-The director
of the census to-day gave out state
ment regarding the growth of urban
population, North and South, which
shows the following facts:
The large cities, taken collectively,
are growing nearly twice as fast as
the rest of the country.
The percentage of the population of
Northern states living in large cities
is nearly three times as great as the
corresponding percentage in the South;
the North has a rate of increase no
greater than that of the South.
The large cities of the North are
growing much faster than those Of
the same size in the South, but that
this difference is balanced by an ex>
tremely rapid growth of small towns
and cities in the South and especially
by the high rate of increase of South
ern rural population.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
COL. ARTHUR LYNCH IN PARIS.
Beer Officer and Member of ParIia-
ment Will Not Seek to Take His


boer Officer and Member of ParIia-
ment Will Not Seek to Take His
Seat.
Paris, Jan. 1S.-Col. Arthur Lynch,
the recently elected member of the
House of Commons for Galway CITY.
who is said to have fought on the side
OF the Beers in South Africa, in an in
terview with a representative of the
Associated Press to-day, denied that he
had tried to go to England for the
opening of Parliament. Col. Lynch said
he had not left Paris for the good rea-
son that he appreciated the fact that
he would not be allowed to reach his
goal, the House of Commons. He had
some time ago contemplated going to
the opening of Parliament, but said he,
jokingly:
Il did not think then that a nation
that considers itself one of sportsmen
would be SO unsportsmanlike as to seek
to reach me in cold blood when it might
have had me in warm blood in the
Transvaal.'
Col. Lynch added that his future
movements would be governed by the
counsels of the Irish party in which
he has every confidence and by the
wishes of his constituents. He said
the stories published in the English
papers of his recent visit to DIR. LeydS
at Brussels. with whom he was al
legged to have business connections,
were pure inventions. He had only
passed through Brussels a year ago,
and he had not had business relations
with DR.. LeydS of any kind, though
they are on friendly terms.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
DEADLY GERMAN DUEL.
Husband Who Sought to Uphold His
Honor Loses His Life.

Hanover, Prussia, Jan. 1S.-Herr Won
Bennigsen, Landrath of Hanover, and
son of the noted politician, Rudolf Won
Bennigsen, died during the night as
the result of a bullet wound sustained
in a duel fought Thursday last with
Herr Falkenhagen, tenant of the
royal estate near Syringe.
The duel was the outcome of the in
timacy of Herr Falkenhagen with Frau
Won Bennigsen. The club to which
Herr Won Bennigsen belonged in
formed him of the stories in circula-
ticn. On Monday Frau Won Bennigsen
visited Hanover and returned to
Syringe in the evening, accompanied by
Herr Falkenhagen. The next morning
Herr Won Bennigsen ordered his wife TO
leave the house, and then challenged
Herr Falkenhagen. The conditions of
the duel were three rounds with pistols
at ten PAGES. Herr Won Bennigsen, who
was short-sighted, was shot in the first
round. His brother witnessed the en-
counter
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
ROBBED A GAMBLING HOUSE.
Omaha Robbers Said Their Game
Was as Fair as the GnmbIers-Mny
BE Same Men Who Robbed Kan
sas city Pool Room.

Omaha. Neb.. Jan. 1S.-Two robbers
held up a dozen men in a gambling
room over saloon of Cliff Cole, at
Fourteenth and Douglas streets, early
to-day and secured the cash box and
$500 in money from the customers of
the place They were captured ten
minutes later, however. by a squad of
policemen and locked up. They gave
the names of Frank Williams and
Frank Jones.
The robbery was a bold one. having
taken place in the heart of the city.
Neither of the men was masked. They
drew revolvers and ordered the men
in the room to hold up their hands.
After securing their money and the
cash box they rushed down stairs, into
Douglas street, where a policeman gave
chase, firing several shots after them.
riot call was sent i'm to the police
station and a wagon load of officers
rushed to the scene. One of the rob-
bers ran out of an alley and into the
arms of policeman and the other was
found in a hallway.
At the station both men admitted
their identity and said they had lost
their money in the place, and that
they thought their game was as fair
as that of the gambling house. All of
the stolen money was found on the
men, the cash box having been emptied
and its contents thrown into the street.
The men are strangers in Omaha.
The police think they are the men
who week ago, held up a Kansas
City pool room and escaped with ST.,
500. They are said to answer the de-
scription given by the Kansas City
police with whom the local authorities
will communicate.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
TROOPS FOR PHILIPPINES.
Gen. Miles Issues Orders for Move
ment of 5,233 Men.


Washington, Jan. 1S.-Orders were
to-day issued by Lieut.. Gen. Miles in
volving an extensive movement of
troops between the United States and
the Philippines. Troops to the number
of about 5,233 stationed in the United
States, are ordered to service in the
Division of the Philippines as follows
Second squadron, First cavalry Sec
ond squadron, Fifth cavalry; first bat
TALON, second infantry; headquarters,
band, and companies A, b. e, f, G, 1,
X, and l., Seventh Infantry, first bat
TALON, Eighth Infantry; headquarters,
band and First battalion, Tenth in
fantry second battalion; Eleventh in
fantry; second infantry.
The Second Battalion, Fifteenth In
fantry, and the Twenty-ninth Infan-
try are ordered to San Francisco in
time to embark respectively on trans
ports sailing Feb. Is and March l. Or
ders for the movements of the organi-
cations named will be issued in course
of time. 1t is ordered that these or
ganizations be recruited to the maxi
mum, and their baggage reduced to
the lowest possible limit.
This general movement of troops is
for the purpose of replacing the men
who have had long service in the Phil
ippines, with an equal number of fresh
troops from the home stations.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
PLANS FOR PRINCE HENRY.
tainments VIII BE strictly For
NAL with Plenty of Brass Buttons.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The commit
tee charged with the arrangements for
the reception and entertainment of
Prince Henry to-day, decided that it
would be impossible to yield to the
requests of many cities to have the
Prince visit them. 1t is likely beside
New York, Washington and Niagara
Falls, the journey will include Chi
cago only of the large cities. 1t was
also decided, owing to the tide, TO
have the launch occur on the orig
inal date Feb. 25. This will neces-
state two trips on the part of the
Prince between New York and Wash
ington. The Prince will come to Wash
ton from New York, arriving here on
the morning of the oath He will be
met at the station by a handsome mill
tary escort and conveyed to the Ger
man embassy He will next visit the
President at the White House and the
President Will return his call at the
German embassy. Some time Monday
evening the presidential party and the
Prince will leave Washington for New
York and they will see the launch at
half past ten Tuesday morning. This
plan involves a return to Washington
on the 26th the Prince will be enter
tanned at dinner at the White House.
On the 9th he is to be one of the COM
pany present at the Capitol when Sec
rotary Hay delivers the Mckinley
memorial address to Congress. After
a few social exchanges the Prince, in
charge of the Reception Committee,
will start on a short tour, winding UP
at New York in time to sail on the CO.
11IOol1ia IN for.
1t is part of the plan to have the en-
tertainment afforded the Prince thor
oughly national in character and that
the participants shall not be limited to
any one strain of blood or race. One
means of attaining this result will be
to make the reception as formal as
possible. so that it will be drawn upon
official lines, and there will be a con-
siderable appearance of the military
element where feasible.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
MINE WORKERS TO MEET.
The Convention mt indianapolis to
Be the Largest Ever Held.

Indianapolis Ind, Jan. 1S.-The thir-
teenth annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America will open
here Monday. Many delegates are all
ready here. 1t is believed there will
be over 1000 delegates. making 1t the
largest convention ever held by organ
lied labor.
1t is understood that the miners will
present a demand for an increase Of
at least 10 per cent. over the wages
they now receive, but it lis almost
equally certain that the operators will
make a stubborn resistance, as many
of them claim they are either operat-
ing at loss or at very small profit
The miners will also ask for an eX-
tension of the run of mine basis to
the district where the screen basis now
prevails.
The agreement which now exists be-
tween the miners and operators as to
wages was made here two years ago
and ratified at the joint conference at
Columbus, o., last year. The miners
feel that they are now entitled to an
advance inasmuch as the same scale
has prevailed for two years. The fact
however, that they failed to unionize
West Virginia may prevent them from
getting the raise as the operators of
Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana and H.
linois, which signed the competitive
agreement, charged that the West Vir-
ginia operators who paid non-union
wages are enabled to undersell them.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19

Prof. Pearson of Northwestern Uni-
versity Attacks Biblical InfalIi-
biIity.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-The Record Herald
will say tomorrow:
Prof. Charles w. Pearson of the chair
of English literature in Northwestern
University, which is conducted under
Methodist auspices, has thrown bomb
in the ranks of Methodism in Evanston.
the seat OF the university, by giving
out for publication a statement of his
belief that Biblical infallibility is a SUI
perstitious and hurtful tradition, the
Biblical stories of Christs bringing the
dead to life, of His walking on the
water and of feeding the multitude
with loaves and fishes are mere poeti-
cal fancics. incredible and untrue.
Prof. Pearson says that the policy Of
the Methodist Church is one of ina"-
tivity, obstruction and Jesuitic9l silence
on the views, in which the leaders and
scholars Of the Church have gradually
become to believe, but which are not
held by the body OF the Church. lie
says that most OF the present teaching
is evasive end that most of the Sun
day-scNcol teaching is almost farcicdl
and entirely Inadequate.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
"IIHERS HELD FOR TRIAL.

S banker Now Charged with
'"sery az Well as Embezzle-
ment.
ASllsas City, Jan. 1S.-John p. With
lormer president of the National
'ank Of Beaumont, Tex, was given a
'a''lg to-day before United States
'ianissioner Nuckols, who held him
ue United States District Court in
~aDont for trial on June 2. Withers'
|u1 rt Was fixed at $1,000, which he gave.
T'e's Was arrested here last Satur-
~. On warrant charging him with
h Ty@ziIng $4,000 of the banks funds.
NJ logan. national bank examiner
Ehe Gus who came here to present
|sms,1SSe against the banker, filed an
En uS,t1ul Dlll against Withers to-day,
|enbe1.,Al he charged him, aside from
|ho,as~ cement, with forging three
EepsS ,aggregating $21, 1913. 1t is al
hnl beIdt these notes were discounted
|pons,.e oy the bank TO balance
kppBeS which Withers is said to have
Nh gi'e =, to his own account. Withers
hartlsYY -,uay that in Texas with an i'm.
been INA .rlal he could show that he has
hen, eu'lly OF no criminal act or in
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19

900 to S7,5OO,OOO.
Washington, Jan. 1S.-Secretary
Root was heard on the question of the
Friar Lands in the Philippines before
the House Committee on Insular At
fairs to-day. He said these land
holdings constituted one of the chief
causes of discomfort among the peo-
surrection, and had furnished Agui
naldo his chief appeal to popular pref
udice. The Secretary said the religious
orders so fully recognized the bad
conditions of affairs that they were
disposed to sell out, and he urged that
the government should take advantage
of the opportunity to remove the chief
causes of discomfort in the islands. He
did not believe condemnation proceed
ings would be necessary, as there were
indications that a fair price could be
agreed upon. A rough estimate of the
value of the lands, he said, was from
five to seven and one-half million dol
lars, American money.
Secretary Root began his statement
by explaining the enormous power
which the religious orders had long ex-
ercised in the Philippines. They were
represented at Madrid, and the Arch
bishop was quite as powerful as the
Governor General of the islands. The
orders had largely supplanted the ma
tive priests. AS a result of the great
political power of the orders the
friars became the medium of commun-
ication between the local parishes and
the central governments. They held
large tracts of the best land, amounting
to about 400, 900 acres at the time of
American occupation. The people
rented the lands, and thus a landlord
and tenant system was now in opera
ton. This caused intense hatred, and
Mr.. Root said the feeling of the tenant
classes was not equalled in bitterness
by anything in Ireland Aguinaldo had
taken advantage Of this intense feel
ing of the tenants against the friar
landlords, and the movement had be-
come very popular. The Secretary said
that about the most important thing
to be done at this time was to dispose
of the friar question, as it was felt that
when landed proprietorship was
brought to an end most of the agita-
ton would be disposed of. The friars
had been driven from the land in many
cases, he said, and if they returned
the people would kill them. Appeals
had been made to the War Department
to collect the rents due, but the Secre-
tary said this could not be done with
out the use of troops. Mr.. Root said
that no religious question was involved,
as it was simply a condition that eX-
listed and was fully recognized. The
friars themselves were so fully alive
to the conditions that they would
doubtless be ready to dispose of their
lands. At all events, Mr., Root said,
they were a part of an organization
and he apprehended that the DISPOSE
ton of the lands would be determined
by higher church authorities than the
friarS themselves.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
WORKED ENDLESS CHAIN.
Florida Newspaper Man Arrested
for Using Mails TO Defraud.

AONA"sA RtNHDADGE wan Arrested
for Using Mails 20 Defraud.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Jan. 1s.-Post-
office Inspector Williams has been no.
tilted by Inspector Peer, that Joel e.
Smith, editor of a weekly publication
at Monticello, Fla, has been taken into
custody charged with using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. Smith, It is
charged, has been advertising For
ladies to do writing at home" and Of
fering them SIS month for their SER
vices.
Smith was arraigned for a prelimi-
nary trial before United States Com
missioner w. NJ. Archibald at Jackson
VINE and waived examination. No tes-
tlmony was head, and the defendant
was placed under 81 900 bond for his
appearance for trial i'm the Federal
Court at Tallahassee, Fla, on Feb. 3,
next. The required bail was promptly
furnished by friends of Smith. Smith
said that he was not guilty OF the
charge, and hoped that sentence would
be suspended by the public until the
true facts were known.
Smith was arrested upon informa-
ton filed against him by Fred d.
N'As RDoAOiAitf itSIEtlOis WHO Alleges
that the defendant unlawfully devised
scheme to defraud by use of the post
office establishment of the United
States and I'm its execution deposited
in the postoffice at Monticello, Fla,
to be conveyed by mail, divers letters,
papers and pamphlets addressed to
divers persons, whose names are I'M
known, promising to give to all persons
who would send TO him twenty-five
utrf agT fIaaa
new high grade bicycle, or a lady's or
gentleman's gold-hlled watch, and in
addition thereto, would give to such
persons so sending subscribers, employ
ment for one year at a salary OF SIS
per month, which employment would
consist OF said persons sending out his
circulars and pamphlets to other per-
sons endeavoring to induce said other
persons to procure twenty-five sub
scribers for said paper, for which they
would receive bicycle or watch, as
promised
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
they FAVOR PANAMA
vrAN CANAL COMMISSION
MAKES ITS REPORT.
TIE REPORT is UNANIMOUS.
rs1DENT WILL SEND TO CON-
GREsS THIS WEEK.

renort Very VOluminous ana
Attempts to Meet All objection
rno+ MAY BE Raised on Legal and
,-.orpntionaI Grounds--Member
.commission Declined to Discuss
rbeir Report and Nothing Could
NJ Learned at white House, But
,ho Fact of the Decision is
known.
r-osbinrton. Jan. 1S.-The supple
..ntaI report of the Isthmian Canal
Commission on the proposition of the
panama Canal Company, to dispose of
-. rronertv to the United States for
en- NM 600. was delivered to President
Roosevelt this evening. The members
~ the commission refuse to discuss the
nature of the report and like reticence
was maintained at the White House.
pnt Il was stated on excellent author
/, NV that the report unanimously rec
|ormends that the offer of the Panama
company be accepted.
4 The report, it it stated, is very volum-
linous. going into all phases of the
Iouestion and attempting to
|meet the objections that amy
heal complications will arise
|ont of the purchase or that there will
he any International difficulties should
the deal be contaminated. The report
|vas completed about 6 o'clock this
|erening. and after being signed by
the members of the commission, was
carried by Admiral Walker, chairman
|of the commission, to Secretary Hay,
who transmitted it to the President.
The latter will send the report to Con-
gress the first of the week, probably
|1Ionday.
How TO obtain Perfect Title.
The report goes fully into the steps
(which must be taken in order to insure
Ia perfect title to the United States,
|for in addition to the present Panama
|Canal. Company, the old organization
land the Colombian government must
HE reckoned with. The report finds,
|howeyer it is said, that the new COM
Ipany can give a clear title. 1t is
stated that the report says that when
I the commission made it's recent report
tfavoring the Nicaraguan route, no
EOffer to sell to this government had
Ebeen made by the Panama Company.
EThe offer Of S40,000,000, made in behalf
Eof the company, it is said, changed the
Estuation completely. 1t is also stated
|that the report holds that a little over
Il 900 shares of Panama Railroad stock
Iis owned by individuals outside the
Panama Canal Company, and that
Ithese can be purchased for a compar-
|auvely small sum. Other obstacles to
the sale, the report says, also have
. been removed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
NEELY ON The STAND
EX-CHIEF OF CUBAN FINANCE BU-
REAU UNDER FIRE.
C0NFR0NTS REEVES BOLDLY.
DENIES ACCUSATIONS AND SAYS
REEVES is CRAZY.

Nicely Maintains Perfect COmposure,
Explains All His transactions and
Gives Reeves the Lie Direct.
Reeves Retracts His Statement
About FOrgeries But Lets Nicely
Face Him DOwn-NeeIy Denies
That RathbOne's Private Bills
Were Paid From Postal Funds.
Havana, Jan. 1S.-When the trial
of the cases resulting from the Cuban
postofiice frauds was resumed in court
to-day the cross-examination of c. f.
w. Nicely, ex-chief> of the Bureau of
Finance. was continued.
Nicely said that his 30. X" on bills
under the miscellaneous account only
signified that the goods had been re-
ceived. None of Rathbone's private
bills for receptions given at Elcerro,
Havana, the witness said, were paid
from the postal funds. Nicely denied
telling c.. NJ. Rich, his first assistant,
that he (Neely) had saved Rathbone
$4,000 by including his private accounts
In those of the Postal Department. He
also denied that he had entered into a
conspiracy with Reeves and Rathbone
to defraud by issuing duplicate war
rants. He said all the warrants were
drawn in Reeves office. They might
have been cashed in the postoffice or
in a bank.
Nicely was confronted with Reeves
three times. He maintained perfect
eomposure, explaining all transactions
clearly and giving Reeves the lie di-
rect.
When Nicely denied that he. had
forged the names to the warrants
Reeves was put upon the stand to re-
lterate the statement previously made
that neither he nor Nicely forged the
names. Nicely looked Reeves in the
eye and babe him repeat the state
ment This Reeves refused to do.
Neely's lawyer then asked the court
to appoint experts to examine the sig
nature, with the view to discovering
the forgery. The fiscal objected to
this step, but the court said it would
note the request.
Reeves again confronted Nicely with
the statement that Nicely told him
when he was leaving for the United
states IN september. 1889, that lie Was
taking with him IS, 900 which he had
collected on duplicate warrants The
court asked Nicely what he had TO say
to this, and he replied that Reeves was
crazy, and that he would show TO the
court that Reeves was not with him
under the circumstances related.
The court then adjourned.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-19
TOWN TREASURER rs GUILTY.
Massachusetts omciaI Admits short
age of S25,OOO.

Wellesley, Mass, Jan. 1s.-In a
statement made to the select-men of
this place, former Town Treasurer AL
Der Jennings, who was arrested Thurs
day night on charge Of forging a
note for $1,000. admits that he Is
guilty of forgery and embezzlement,
and that the amount involved Is $25,-
900. In the statement Jenning says:
II Will take my oath that all the
money which have obtained by forg-
cry and embezzlement was S25 900.
There Is nothing more"
Jennings came here last night after
being released from jail on $4,000 bail,
furnished by his sister. Later he re-
signed as town treasurer.