Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-21
NEDRASKANS. BUYING MINES
George D. Msikltjohn Returns from g
Business Trip to Mexico.
SOUTHERN NEIGHsoR IS FORGING AHEAD
After Visit 10 Omaha Mr.. Mei<lejOhn
VIII GO 20 Colombia and Make
Effort TO secure Con-
cession.

SiSNdnh beCEeNdIy OF war, arrived At Wbbh-
ington last night, having come over from
New York at which port he arrived a Jay /
or two since from Vera Cruz. Mr.. Meikle-
john has been spending several months in
Mexico whittier he went to look into titles
| of several gold mines located in the state |
! of Chihuahua in which he and other cap |
italists of Nebraska are interested. He IL |
in excellent health and having had a sue |
cessful trip is in the best of hunor. Some
of the properties which Mr.. Meiklejohn |
has secured are near the celebrated Pal |
Tnaltio mine, owned by Senior Alverado, |
who recently offered to pay the Mexican
| public debt.
Mexico" said Mr.. Meiklejohn, lis forg- |
| ing to the front with gratifying rapidity |
and is destined to become a wealthy and |
powerful government. 1t Is onlya question |
of time when II will get on gold basiS |
which policy already has the sanction OF
many of the most important statesmen of
the country. Americans are migrating to
Mexico in ever increasing numbers ana
some towns like Monterey have. through
the efforts of men from the United States. |
become almost as modern and progressive
as our American cities. like the country
and the people and predict for our sister
republic a splendid future.
| president Diaz, you may say, will be
| reelected president of the Mexican re-
public at the forthcoming election. He has
! practically no opposition"
Mr. Meiklejohn will remain in Washing
| ton several days before returning to
Omaha. He will not. however, long remain
in Omaha, having in contemplation busi-
ness trip to Colombia. He goes TO Colombia
in an effort to secure certain concessions
from the Colombian government He will
leave this country for Colombia tine lat.
ter part of June
Carrier Afraid to Work.
Postmaster General Payne today read the
official report of the investigation into the
recent intimidation OF John Allgood, the
colored rural free delivery carrier at
Gallatin, Tenn.
The report says that only two persons
were involved in the affair and that the
sentiment of the community does not up
hold their act The carrier is afraid to
resume the service believing his life would
be endangered thereby. although Inspector
Conger, who made the Investigation, re-
ports that he believes the carer would
be entirely safe. An irregularity in the
appointment of Algood has been dis
covered and the matter has been referred
to the civil service commission
Senator Bate of Tennessee had a con-
ference today with Postmaster General
Payne and Urged resumption of service on
the suspended route, but the postmaster
general deferred action pending an in
quiry. Subsequently Mr.. Payne declined
to say whether the service would be re-
sumed.
He said:
but whether the people on the route were
esponsible fot II IS another question which
has not been decided.
No Grounds for Intervention.
Another large batch OF letters came to
the state department today all relating to
the Jewish massacre at Kischineff. The
department is acknowledging the receipts
of all these with promises. of consideration.
AS the Russian government appears to
/ have done what it could to restore order In
the disturbed section and seems to be
J furnishing the perpetrators of the outrages
officially, there is said to be no grounds
for United States Intervention or even rep
resentaton at this time
Won sternberg Sure of Commission.
Any doubt that may have existed as to
the intention of the German government
to make Baron Won sternberg ambassador,
has been dispelled by advices from Berlin
; to the effect that the ambassadors creden-
| tials as such will be issued to him as soon
as three months full pay allowed by Ger
man custom to retiring ambassadors, have
elapsed
Killed and wounded.
Adiutant General Corbin has received a
cablegram from General Dayis at Manila
announcing the following casualties in the
engagement at Tacsrac.. Killed-Samuel
w. Schwartz. Company F. Twenty-seventh
! infantry.
Wounded-John w. Brown, Fifteenth
cavalry; Patrick J. Fogerty, G Twenty
seventh infantry, genitals, severe; Roy H.
Ham, d Twenty seventh infantry, face
slight; John A. Carroll, Twenty-seventh
Infantry. face, slight; Nat C. Webb Com
pany c Twenty-seventh infantry, thigh and
arm, severe; William F. Carter, Company
C Twenty-seventh infantry, arm. serious.
The acting secretary of the interior to-
= day decided permits may be issued for
: grazing 10000 head Of cattle and horses in
the Absaroka division of tho Yellowstone
t reservation during the season of 1908.
Reports on Cattle Disease.
! The year book of the Department OF Ag-
riculture which will be published, soon,
| will contain the offcial report Of Or. d. e..
Salmon on the epidemic of foot and mouth
Z disease in the New England states. DR..
| Salmon says 4,175 cattle were affected and
1 ASA slaughtered to prevent further spread
of the contagion. The compensation paid
the owners of cattle. killed was N2O,OO7.
( He says the outbreak was virulent add
| ing: The disease spread with extreme ia
I ciiity and affected all the cattle in the
: infected herd within few days. while the
fever was high. the loss Of flesh extreme
: and the after results unfavorable"
2 The communication of the disease 10 per-
sons using the milk of animals affected.
! ne adds, has been frequently reported.
: They we're not investigated however, and
II is not positively known that the disease
4. affecting the people was identical with that
OF the cattle.
Kansas Lieutenant Discharged.
The secretary of war has ordered the
honorable discharge from the service of
= Second Lieutenant George r. Crawford,
g Eleventh infantry. Crawford has been at
tending the military school at Fort Leav-
enworth and has failed to pass his ex-
q animation after two trials. He was for
e merly of a Kansas regiment and afterward
in the Thirty-second volunteer infantry.
Il Internal Revenue Decreases.
. The monthly statement OF the collections