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Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
FRENCH SUSPECTS ARE HELD
Men and women Arrested on Reach
ing New York, Charged with
Partisan Murder.

NEW YORK, Feb. a.--The immigration
authorities tonight detained as prisoners
on the French line steamship La Bretagne
two passengers at the request Of Coudert
Bros. lawyers, acting for the French min
lister Of foreign affairs.
The prisoners are Henri Thiboeuf, a
Frenchman, and Marie Petto, a young
woman who comes from Belgium. Their
names appeared on the list of the ship
as NJ. Mongodln and Nine. Jouanne.
The man is held on suspicion Of murder
and robbery and the woman is charged with
having been his accomplice. On December
1 last a middle aged woman living at
Bois de Colombes, near Paris, was found in
her home stabbed to death The police dis
covered that two men, both well dressed
had called at the house on pretense that
they wanted to hire an apartment One
Of these men is said to have been Tho
boeuf.
Thoboeuf and the woman took their ar
rest in an equally unconcerned manner.
Thoboeuf said he was a deserter from
the French army and that for that reason
had come TO this country under the name
Of Mongodin. He denied all knowledge of
the crime.
All the papers and baggage Of the pair
were sealed up and will be turned over to
the French authorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
william Hooper Young Pleads Guilty
and Gets Life Sentence
to Prison.

NEW YORK, Feb. civilian Hooper
Young, on trial for the murder Of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer, pleaded guilty 10 murder in the
second degree and was sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
Judge Herrick explained that he had ad-
vised Young's counsel to change his plea
and also advised the district attorney to
accept It, this action being taken because
,of the prisoners mental condition. Ac-
cording to the report of the doctors, he
was not insane in the legal aspect OF fn-
sanity, but from a purely medical point he
is not sane.
In sentencing the Justice said: "There is
no occasion now for me to make any re-
marks to the enormity Of your offense.
You are aware of the penalty of your
crime. The sentence OF the court is that
you be confined In state prison at Sing
Sing at hard labor for the term OF your
natural life."
For the first time since the case was
called Young walked into court today with
out assistance. His eyes had lost their
look OF vacant terror, and he sat straight
in his chair looking at the court.
His responses to the questions Of the
Judge, however, we're made in an inaudible
voice. He showed no sign Of perturbation
after sentence had been passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
WORKING FOR A NEW WARD
North End People Ask Division of
Fifth and sixth and Gree
alton of Tenth.

Ernest Sweet, as chairman Of commit
tee recently appointed by interested par
ties, is circulating petition to be sent
to the legislature, asking that body to
create a ward out OF that portion of the
Fifth and Sixth wards lying north of Pratt
street.
The petition sets forth the fact that the
northern parts of those wards are prac-
tically ,undeveloped. SO that the conditions
there are much different from the condi-
tions in the more thickly settled portions
of the wards; that these conditions make
It impossible for one councilman to give
necessary attention to the northern parts
of each ward. and for that reason the
conditions in the northern part of each
ward being similar, 1t is desired that it
be placed in one ward.
The petition is being generally signed
by the residents OF the district affected
and will be presented to the legislature
Wednesday about 450 signatures having
been secured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
FIGHT NEAR MANILA CITY
Ladronnes Kill Inspector and Two
other Members of COnstabu-
larry Force.

MANILA, Feb. "a force Of 100 con-
stsbulary under Inspector Keithly yester-
day defeated a body Of 200 insurgents near
Mariquina, a small town geven miles from
Manila City. Thel . Eagement was severe
and resulted in tb '..ffl..,s Inspector Har-
gis and one man :. ~, W sbulary and
wounding of two others.isR,
The enemy left fifteen deS~
wounded. Inspector Harris home
Atlanta, Ca.
The body of insurgents formed the main
force of the irreconcilsble General San
Miguel. The constabulary we're divided
into three detachments, which were scout
ing in the Mariquina valley.
The detachment commanded by Inspector
Harris came upon the enemy who were in
a, strongly entrenched position. Inspector
Harris fell at the first volley, being hit
Ave times
The constabulary, although outnumbered,
held their position until Inspector Keithly
with the main force arrived, when the
enemy we're put to rout Their headquar
ters were captured and burned and the
constabulary Eeized the records Of General
San Miguel, who claims that he succeeded
to the command of the insurrectionary
forces when the other generals surren-
dered. He has only handful Of men under
him and his operations have been of no
consequence. The wounded Americans are
all severely injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
SUICIDE ENDS STIRRING LIFE
Man Who Braved Hostile Kahrs and
Edited New York World
Stays Self.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 9.-John w
Pratt. well known newspaper man and
lawyer committed suicide this morning dur
ing a At of insanity. He killed hims elf
with a shotgun in the bathroom Of his
house. the charge piercing his heart. He
had been mentally unbalanced for a year,
but never morbid or violent
Mr.. Pratt was an Englshman who went
to South Africa when a young man. There
he was a successful wool merchant and
afterward published a newspaper. BY a
daring ride alone through a country swarm
ing with hostile Kafhrs he saved British
settlement and received a gold medal and
the thanks OF the British government.
About 1880 he came to New York and his
detective work in certain criminal cases as
a reporter for the Daily Tribune gave that
paper a temporary prosperity. For time
Mr.. Pratt was managing editor OF the New
York World under the former ownership Of
that paper.
He Is said to have printed the first zinc
etchings ever used In newspaper illustra-
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
FRISCO FREE FROM PLAGUE
For Sixty Days No Gaze of Dread
seOurEe Has Been Dis
covered.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.a-MedIcal men
are all said to now agree that there is no
plague here now, and that all the danger,
IL any ever existed, has long since passed
Every vessel now clearing from this port
is given clean bill OF health, showing
that there has not been even a suspicion
OF plague here for at least sixty days. In
this the local health board agrees with the
federal quarantine officers. The health Of
feers are now prepared to assert positively
that San Francisco is a clean port.
In view of the fact that there Is posi-
lively no trace Of the disease in the city,
DR.. Vincent p Buckley has issued the fol-
lowing. statement:
During the last sixty days no case OF
bubonic plague has been discovered in this
city, and at no time during that period
has the Board of Health. OF which am
a member, recorded any case OF that dis
ease. In view of this fact, vessels clear
ing from this port are given clean bills of
health.
"It is with a great deal of pleasure that
make this statement and at the same
time denounce as false any and all state
ments contrary to what is herein con-
tanned"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
PREACHER WOULD BE HONEST
BeIittIes the Reported Phenomenal
Spread of MethOdism, Saying Faith
is Declining in Parts.

NEW YORK Feb. 9-The Rev. DR.. j. H.
Buckley editor CT the Christian Advocate
caused a sensation at a meeting of Meth
odist preachers here today. The previous
speaker. d. D. Thompson. editor Of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate Of Chi
cago, had spoke in a most enthusiastic way.
declaring there had been 100000 converts
made by the Methodist church in the last
four years.
DR.. Buckley disputed the accuracy OF the
figures. Ee declared the statistics showed
that Methodism was actually declining in
some OF the eastern conferences at any
rate. He believed in looking at the facts,
and he declared 1t was a grievous mis-
take to take an over-optimistic view.
His statements we're yehemently opposed
by the other members Of the meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
IMPRovERS OF NORTH OMAHA
Debate on school building and DivI-
sion of Wards Takes Their
Time.

At the meeting of the North Omaha I'm
provement club last night ]. j. Smith,
from the school committee stated that the
burning OF the Beals school recently may
have the effect of delaying the construction
OF the new Monmouth Park school. The
people OF the Vinton street district also
have gotten together in asking for a site
for a building in that neighborhood. In
the discussion It developed that $4,000 ap-
propriated to construct buildings last year
had been used for other purposes, princi-
pally improvements.
The question of dividing the Fifth and
Sixth wards and creating a tenth ward
was considered at length. On the vote
the club was practically unanimous In
favor Of dividing the wards on Pratt
street, all north thereof to be in the Tenth
ward.
The women of the neighborhood will
meet with the club next Monday night TO
report upon the formation of a society
whose object will be to beautify the north
ern part OF the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
MAY RESTRICT CUBAN CITIES
InsuIar Government Thinks of Keep
ing Many Branches of Municipal
Affairs in Central Hands.

HAVANA, Feb. 9.--The organization Of
the government will be fully completed
when the provisional bill now under dis
cussion in the senate and the municipal
bill in the house of representatives are
passed
There is considerable discussion as to
whether complete autonomy should be
granted cities in the management of mu-
nicipal affairs The national government
is still attending to the sanitary work,
street cleaning and park work in Havana on
the lines initiated during General Woods
administration. Some congressman hold
that It would be unconstitutional for the
government to permanently conduct any
municipal affairs.
The government favors the federal con-
troll OF the sanitation and street work Of
Havana, at least, and the majority of the
senators are of the same opinion, but It
is questionable whether the house will con-
cur in such a proposal.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
Forecast for Nebraska - Fair Tuesday
Probably Warmer in Southwest Portion;
"Wednesday Fair and Colder.
BURNS TWO DEAD MORTGAGES
HanscOm Park Methodist COnEregR-
tion wipes out Evidence of
Former Debt.

Thin, blue wreaths Of curling smoke
rising slowly to the ceiling in the audience
room OF the Hanscom Park Methodist
Episcopal church marked an important
epoch in the history Of that denomination
Monday evening when two mortgages, ag-
gregating $500, we're given to the flames
before a large congregation, composed of
the members and attendants of the church
The incineration of the paper was the
obliteration of nearly the major portion
Of the debt which has hung over the church
during the past ten years.
One of the mortgages destroyed was
known as the Summer mort gage, and was
given April 49, 1898, and represented an
obligation amounting to $4,000. On that
had been paid interest aggregating $3,5SS
The paper was discharged August 2, 1901
The other obligation was the A. b. McCon-
nell estate mortgage, held by the heirs in
Woodstock. H., the face value of which
was $2 600. Upon this had been paid in
terest amounting to $1,000. This paper was
discharged January 30, 1903.
During the last ten years the church has
paid upon its debt, including interest and
principal, SIS, ,1SS, while there still remains
against the property another mortgage
amounting to 81, 400, which, by pledges soon
maturing, will be met during the coming
fall OF the money raised $4,000 has been
during the four years of Rev. c. C. oissells
pastorate.
The event last evening was characterized
by speeches delivered by Peter Whitner'
John Dale in whose home the Hanscom
church was organized in 1886, the mem
bership at that time being twenty-five, and
which has since grown to $50; w. p. Har-
ford, Presiding Elder Jennings and Rev.
Mr.. Cissell. During the evering a musical
program was rendered. luncheon fol-
lovad tho close of the exercises
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
SMALL FIRE AT NEW SHOPS
Not Much Damage Done, but BIaHe
Creates Considerable Excite
ment for a Time.

At II o'clock last night the staging under
the apex OF the roof OF the new Union Pa
cihc shop building. known as No. 2, was
discovered TO be on fire and an alarm
turned in. The shops fire department was
at work when the city firemen arrived.
The loss will not exceed $3.50. The build
ing has been under construction for only
about a month and is not more than half
finished. The roof consists OF steel girders
and glass with considerable temporary
woodwork below This caught fire, prob
ably from Goals from the riveting fos ge
which was left on the staging by the work
men at 6 o'clock. The blaze being at such
an altitude attracted considerable atten-
tion. The steel work was not injured by
the heat.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
SAMOAN ISLAND AMERICAN
Formal Exercises Mark TrHnsference
of Power at TutuiIa Last
Month.

TUTUILA. Samoa. Jan. 27, via San Fran
cisco. Feb. s.-(Correspondence of the As
sociated Press january 16 was the day
appointed by the ccumandant of the United
States naval station at Tutuila for the
people to receive the presidents reply to
the instrument of cession given ON April
II, 1900.
Lieutenant Commander Mlnnett, u 8.
N, attached the medals sent by the Wash
ington government to the coat of each chief
as he was called up to receive the greeting
and present
One of the most interesting incidents OF
the day, and which was accepted by the
people with many loud cheers, was the
presentation of the United States flag to
tho Samoan Guard.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
WOMAN USES A PISTOL
She shoots Her AssRiInnt. who Then
Almost Murders
Her.

MoNoNGAHELA. Pa, Feb. s.-During
the night an unknown man forced his way
into the telegraph office at Walston station
and assailed Mrs. Wilson. the operator.
Mrs. Wilson shot the man. and this so
enraged him that he beat her almost into
insensibility and then tried TO burn her
TO death by forcing her head into a stove.
The arrival of freight train, however.
frightened him and he fed, leaving his vic
tim unconscious.
Mrs. Wilson is the wife Of ex-MayOr VIII
Son of this city. She is a handsome woman.
aged 90. Her condition Il critical.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
IMPROVEMENTS FOR HAWAII
Six Million Dollars Needed to Con-
struct Buildings and Bridges
and for the Roads.

HONOLULU, Feb. 9.-(By Pacific Cable.)
Superintendent Of Public Works Henry
Z. Cooper has furnished Governor Dole
with his estimates of the needs Of the
island government, and they will be trans
mitted to the legislature for action.
Superintendent Cooper says that in the
next two years his department will require
Sc, 900 for public improvements, includ-
ing the construction of bridges. roads and
buildings and for running expenses
He proposes that part OF the money be
raised by loan and suggests that a bill for
securing S4.0O0,000 be introduced in the
legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
CLYDE oVERFL0WS BANKS
Industrial District Near Glasgow In
undated and Dozen Extensive
Works Flooded.

GLASGOW, Feb. s.-The River Clyde
burst its banks above Glasgow today and
inundated the Industrial district OF Ruth
slein, where a dozen extensive works were
flooded.
The main road was ten feet under water
and many houses were rendered unin-
habitable, Several residential districts
south of Glasgow also were flooded.
Elsewhere in Scotland trafnc on the rail-
roads has been stopped. bridges swept
away and houses have collapsed. No fatal
tiles have been reported.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
PRINCESS RECALLS GIRoN
Finding Saxon Court Obdurate De-
cides to Continue Life of
Choice.

LONDON, Feb. 9.-An agency dispatch
from Brussels asserts that NJ. Giron is re-
turning to Geneva in response to an urgent
appeal from the crown princess Of Saxony.
The princess having failed to obtain per-
mission to see her sick child, considers
II futile to make any further concessions
to the Saxon court.
MUNICH, Bavaria, Feb. s.-The Grand
Duke Ferdinand w of the non-reigning
house of Tuscany is willing to become
reconciled to his daughter, 1t is said. on
the following conditions:
Absolute separation from Giron.
The grand duke of Tuscany to fix her
place of residence and select her entour-
age.
II is regarded as certain that the prin-
cess will accept the ultimatum.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
HOLDS MIDDIE'S RESIGNATION
Annapolis Superintendent Refuses to
Let HaEinE Victim Leave
Academy Easily.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Feb 9.-The resigna-
tion OF Midshpman Robert II. Pearson
has not been accepted. Pearson has been
given a leave OF absence,
superintendent Brownson hopes that the
New Hampshire youth will reconsider his
action, and will not send the resignation to
the Navy department until Pearson has
had an opportunity to discuss the matter
with his friends. Members OF the third
class are still restricted from all liberty
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
lSTHMlAN WAR CLOUDS BREAK
Guatemala Report as Fighting Hon
duras and salvador in Dispatch
20 London Paper.

LONDON, Feb. lO.-The Daily Mail this
morning publishes a dispatch from Guate-
mala declaring that war has been pro-
claimed between Guatemala on one side and
Salvador and Honduras on the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
NINE COAL DEALERS FINED
Chicago Jury MuIcts Fuel Men In
$500 Each for Restraining
Trade.

CHICAGO, Feb. s--Nine officers and dI-
rectors Of the Retail Coal Dealers asso-
citation Of Illinois and Wisconsin we're to-
day fined $500 for conspiring to restrain
trade.
The formal verdict was returned only to
pave the way for 9 new trial
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
Movements OF ocean vessels Feb. o.

At New York-Arrived: Il. Bretagne,
from Havre Anchoria from Glasgow.
Sailed Kaiserin Maria Theresa, for Fun
chal, Madeira, Alexandria, etc; Victorian,
for Liverpool.
At Havre-Arrved: La Champagne, from
New York.
At Southampton-Arrived Kroonland.
from New York
At Glasgow-Sailed: Corsan, for Boston.
At Sagres-Passed: Calabria, from New
York for Marseilles, etc.
At GlasgoW-ATrived: Laurentian, from
New York and Hamilton.
At Bremen-Sailed: Main, for New York.
At Rotterdam-ArriVed Rotterdam. from
New York via Plymouth and BoulOgne.
At Marseilles-Arrived: Hesperia, from
New York, for Naples.
At I.ondon-Arrived: Minneapolis. from
New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-10
w. X. vanderbiit Goes West.

w. X. Vanderbilt, with party of friends
came in from the east over the Northwest
ern last night and went out on the Union
Pacific on his way 10 California. The party
Is occupying a Vanderbilt private car.
The Washington times., 1903-07-13
Wabash a Grain Carrier.

Dispatches from the West say that
George Gould spent Sunday inspecting
the work which has been done on the
terminals OF the Wabash system in
Pittsburg
He took a trip up the Monongahela
River IN launch TO look over the ton
mage producing section he Is anxious to
tap. Asked about the story that he was
interested IN building a line from ocean
TO ocean, he said:
THAT story Is ridiculous. We have no
such Intentions. Our lines reach only to
Ogden. West. and we have no notion OF
extending in that direction. We have ex-
ceiIent traffic arrangements to the Pa
cifc Coast. and are very friendly with
the interests controlling these lines"
Mr.. Gould said the Gould system be-
tween ticewater and Salt Lake would be
in operation within eighteen months. He
said that he had learned on his tour OF
inspection that business was not on the
decline He found much construction
work under way. and by fall he expected
The Washington times., 1903-07-13
JAPS AND MEXICAAS
IN BLOODY BATTLE
Greasers Insulted by Remark of an 0ri-
entail Laborer.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. July 1S.-ons
hundred and fifty Japanese ana the same
number OF Mexicans. employed as rail
layers by the Santa Fe. have been en-
gagged in a bloody battle for five days
on the desert between Victorville and
Barstow. according to dispatch re-
ceived here.
Four men have been killed and be-
tween forty and fifty wounded, and the
fight continues. The trouble was start
ed by an insulting remark made by a
japanese about a Mexican. Blows
quickly followed, and then each side re-
sorted to the use of tools and bould-
ers. The Japanese were driven across
the river. where they entrenched them
selves.
The Mexicans stormed the earthworks
Friday and two men were killed. State
troops may have 10 be called out 10
Quell the trouble
The Washington times., 1903-07-13
NEWS OF RAILROADS
AND OF RAILROAD MEN

to see the boom take hold and flourish
for several years TO come.
The only blue spot in the country is
Wall Street he said He added that he
had paid much attention to crops, and
believed that they would be good. He
expected to make the Wabash the great
est grain carrier in the country between
tidewater and Chicago.
In discussing the present prosperity
all over the country Mr.. Gould said:
Il cannot agree with the financiers
who believe that the nation has reached
its zenith Of prosperity, and that the
fiscal year just ended marked the high
est tide Of our prosperity. There is
much work to be done. and it is only by
travelling over the country that the
enormous undertakings. which. together
with the smaller ones that must neces-
sarily be overlooked. impress one OF
the magnitude of the construction work
in progress"
The Washington times., 1903-07-13
TOPEKA CRIES IN PAIN.
TIN NO WHEAT FIELD!"
Unemployed of Eastern Cities
Swamp the Town.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 13.-Topeka sends
out a warning cry to the natives of the
East Topeka wishes Il understood that
1t is not the wheat belt OF Kansas, and
that the last mentioned commodity does
not spring up and grow between the cob
blestones in its streets.
This city is now being swamped with
crowds of the unemployed from Eastern
cities, who apparently think that Topeka
is a wheat field. The Objectionable part
OF this is that most of the pilgrims after
work are dead broke" and they have to
be fed and quartered until they make W
their minds to walk to the harvest fields.
Hence the warning.
Every train brings more in search OF
work, and the city's population has been
augmented by many hundreds, while It's
larders have been correspondingly de-
pleted 1t is predicted that they will
have TO find their board when they start
to work. for IT would be a losing ar
rangement to give them board for their
work if the appetites they exhibit are an
indication of their usual feeding pace.
A special car carrying forty men
anxious TO work in the fields arrived
here last night directly from New York
city The men paid S26.60 each for their
transportation from New York to Topeka
and most of them are sans money. Many
were laborinE under the delusion that
the State of Kansas would provide the
transportation for them from Topeka to
wherever they would be most needed.