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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
AFRICAN MINES SEEK LABOR
Owners Ask Chamberlain to Consent to
Introduction Of Cinnamon,
LONDON NEWSPAPERS OPPOSE PROPOSAL
Difficulties Experienced in America
and Elsewhere Pointed out and
Government warned Against
Giving Way to

LONDON. Jan. 15.-Nothing official has
as yet transpired regarding the settlement
Of the yexed question Of labor for the
Rand, but the idea that Mr.. Chamberlain
will consent to the importation Of Chinese
laborers into South Africa threatens to
raise a storm Of protest.
1t is limited in some quarters that the
mine owners OF the TransvRal so readily
agreed to contribute $3.50, 0OO, 900 to meet
the expenses of the war because they be-
lieved Mr.. Chamberlain was ready to yield
on the coolie question. The mine owners
contend that the employment OF white labor
in the mines has proved a failure, that 1t
is impossible to obtain a sufficient number
Of Kafirs and that it is urgently necessary
to find at least 100, 900 laborers effectively
to restore the mining industry.
Mr.. Chamberlain, in a conference held
with the mine managers at ~Johannesburg
on Tuesday, said II had been borne in upon
him that the vital question was that of
labor. He was not in favor of employing
Uganda natives for fear of introducing the
dreaded sleeping sickness which killed 3d.
900 persons last year. He warned the mine
managers that It would be extremely difh-
cult to secure an unlimited supply Of ASH
attic labor, and in conclusion said he was
unable to pronounce a definite opinion on
the matter.
The idea OF the mine owners is to i'm
port Chinese under the ~indenture system
and to reship them to China after a term
of years. TIL London papers this morning
decline to believe that Mr.. Chamberlain
will consent to such a plan, and they
point out the dangers experienced in the
United States and elsewhere in the en-
ployment Of "Yellowmen."
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT
bankers, Lawyers and Merchants
VIII Urge Its Passage by
the Legislature.

There will be an attempt made at the
present session Of the legislature to pass
an amendment to the negotiable instru-
ments laws OF the state, the purpose being
to make these laws identical with the laws
at present in force in a large number Of the
states. The bankers. lawyers and a large
number Of the mercantile houses Of the
state have at various times endorsed the
law as proposed. and IT is expected that It
will meet with little opposition.
The act will repeal practically all OF the
laws at present on the subject OF notes and
bills OF exchange and will substitute there
fore a law that gives legal definition TO
such terms as are in general use among
bankers and merchants as TO such instru-
ments and their parts. 1t provides that
bills may be corrected after signing by any
one to make the bills conform TO the facts.
and that such correction, such as the In
sertion Of a date, a rate Of interest OF the
like, shall not invalidate the note; that
days Of grace are 10 be abolished entirely
on both notes and bills.
II is the intention OF the promoters to
get such laws and such decisions under
them as will make 1t possible for any per-
son familiar with the mercantile laws OF
the state to know his exact standing in any
other state and to bring about uniformity
Of treatment OF all such afairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
MISSION BOARD CoNVENES
Discusses Formation of American
Branch of British
RIbIe Society.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Tenth ANNA
conference Of the Foreign Mission Board Of
the United States and Canada convened to-
day. Among the delegates is the Hon.
Emily Kinnaird, daughter of Lord Kinnaifd
of England. who is an enthusiastic worker
in favor of foreign missions.
The opening conference was presided over
by the Rev. John Fox, one of the secre-
taries of the American Bible society
The Hon. Emily Kinnaird read a letter
from the committee Of the zenada Bible
Mission proposing to members OF the mis-
sions in America that they cooperate in
woman's work in India.
The Zenada Bible Glass and Mission was
established in 1859 by the late Lady Kin
naird and is the oldest British society
working in India. The letter stated that
Miss Kinnaird and Miss A. Z. Edge were
author zed to take whatever steps appeared
practicable for the formation of a COM
mittee in America and to send out mission
aries from America to India.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
PLAGUE STEADILY INCREASES
Fourteen More Deaths Are Recorded
from Dread ScOurEe in
Mexico.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 14.-oficial ad-
Vices from Mazatlan report six deaths from
the plague in that city on Saturday and
eight on Sunday. The number OF p~atientI
is steadily increasing. The total number
in the hospital is eighty. eight, with six
more under observation.
MONTERREY, Mex, Jan. 14-Governor
Reeves has stated that appeals for assist
ance made on behalf OF the plague stricken
city Of Mazatlan might be officially pub
lished in order that all might have an OPP
%portunity to subscribe to q relief fund. The
governor announces that an appropriation
will soon be made by the state OF Neuvo
Leon for relief purposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
CROOK With OMAHA RECORD
Charles Dennis IL Arrested AT Wis.,
cOnsin Town for Bank
Robbery.

Charles Dennis. who is said to have been
as clever a crook as the Omaha police ever
had TO deal with, and who made this city
his stamping ground about three years ago.
has been captured in Eagle. Waukesha
county, Wis, for completely in a bank rob-
berry which was committed there q few days
ago. Dennis was arrested by Chief onahu
and Detective Dunn for having robbed the
schugart store in this city Of $4,000 worth
OF turs on August Is. 1899. The property
which was taken at that time was recoy-
cred. Dennis had a pal named Prince, with
whom he disappeared shortly after the
Sehugart burglary. He wss later arrested
with another pal named Monahan for a Job
at Joplin. No. Some time ago while at
Quincy, ILL.,. his Omaha pal. Prince. was shot
and killed and Dennis fell at Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
ENGINEER RISKS MUTILATIoN
Hands and Feet Freeze, but He Sticks
to Cab Until the Run
Ends.

PERU, Ind, Jan. 14.-His loyalty to the
Wabash may result seriously for Edward
Irish, an engineer on that road who lives
here. He was in charge OF the engine that
hauled the Continental Limited yesterday,
which was running seven hours late be-
cause Of the blizzard in Canada.
When the engine reached Lafayette, Irish
found a leak in a pipe under the boiler.
While making temporary repairs his
hands and feet were frozen, but he gave
little attention to It, thinking the warmth
OF the cab would soon thaw him out.
He took his train on to Danville, Ill,
where his run ended. His hands and feet
were swollen to twice their normal size,
but ne had made up thirty minutes lost
time.
Irish was brought to Peru and is now in
the hospital, where the physicians hope to
save his hands and feet. He is one Of the
best known engineihen on the Wabash.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
MAKE INDIVIDUAL DEMANDS
Trainmen and Conductors Dissolve
Joint Committee and VIII Seek
Raise Separately.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.-The wage Increase
committee Of the western roads has decided
to discontinue the general conference with
the arrangements.
Until the matter is settled each COMMIT
tee of trainmen and conductors will present
its demands for a 20 per cent increase to
the management of it's road only, and dis
cuss the matter with its management. This
decision was arrived at today after the
leaders Of the orders represented here by
the committees had spent several days with
the management of the western roads with
out making Roadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
RUSSIAN. BOATS LOCATED
DestrOyers Pass DRrdaneIIes In Spite
of British Protest and Reach
SebastOpol.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Sebastopol corre-
spondent of the Daily Graphic reports that
the four Russian torpedo boat destroyers
whose passage of the Dardanelles produced
the British protest are at sebsstopol.
This seems to dispose Of the assertion"
says the correspondent. that these vessels
have not passed the straits"
The ~Constantinople correspondent Of the
Times says the porte will not reply to the
British protest. Neither will the British
embassy here make further representations.
No other embassy has moved or will move
In the matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
ROBERTSON LECTURES TONIGHT
Former Omahnn is to Tell of Mar
Unique, It's People and Its
Late catastrophe.

Frank r. Robertson is to lecture tonight
at Boyd's theater or the catastrophies OIL
the Island OF Martinique, illustrating his
remarks with views he procured recently
with his own camera and expressly for
this lecture.
This is to be one of the features Of the
Young Mems Christian association course.
and the association feels that a double
Will be felt by reason OF the facts
that the topic is a comparatively new one
and the lecturer formerly of Omaha. He
has lectured here since removing from this
city and has given the association sueh sat
isfaction that it feels warranted in billing
him as one OF the best OF its many good
offerings.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
FIGHT FARMERS ELEVATORS
Illinois Grain Men Are Alleges to
Discriminate Against C~O-Opern-
tive Organization.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan. IA delega-
ton OF farmers from Mason and adjoining
counties complained TO Attorney General
Hamilton today OF alleged discrimination
by the Illinois Grain Dealers association
AMI commission men in Chicago against
farmers elevators"
The farmers allege that they are unable
to sell their grain. as the Grain Dealers
association has warned commission mer-
chants that they would be boycotted II they
continued to receive consignments from the
cooperative association organized by the
farmers.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

last month for havins robbed the Jones'
boro, Ill. postofice. He was arrested while
in the company Of Paddy Flaharty. who
was wanted for murder. Dennis induced
a saloonist in the Windy City to 90 upon
his bail bond and while enjoying his liberty
fed from Chicago. He later fell in with
the gang which planned the Eagle, Wis,
Job and was arrested by a posse Of citizens
who had organized for the purpose Of cap
turing the bank robbers. one Of whom was
killed by the citizens. Dennis is held there
to await trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Levine Family Row.

A row among the member of the Levine
family caused the arrest OF Abraham Lee
vine Of 1921 Cunning street on a charge of
assault last night. Joseph Levine, a Sec
ond-hand dealer at 306 North Sixteenth
street, uncle OF the prisoner, suffered a
compound fracture of the nose and a cut
over his left eye; and his son Abraham
received two black eyes, The fight oc-
Cured in the place of business of the in
jured man. who after medical attention
was sent to his home, 2214 Lake street, in a
cab. The physician whit examined the
wound was of the opinion that Levine had
been struck with some sharp instrument.
The injured Levine and the father of his
a%sailant were until recently partners,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
SCOTCH FIRMS FORM TRUST
Three Large Locomotive Works De-
eide TO Combine on Amer
lean Plan.

GLASGOW, Jan. IA meeting Of tho
shareholders OF three large locomotive
works in Scotland has been called for Ian
usry %, to ratify an agreement to combine
capital to the amount Of $40, 600. 900.
The companies concerned are the Hyde
Park Locomotive works of Glasgow. Dubs
G. Co. Of Polmadio and the Atlas Locomo-
tive works of Sp%ringbuTn.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

George Hortfald. a H-year-Old boy, living
at 1881 South Thirteenth street, wac ar
said TO have borrowed a push cart and
loaded Il with two manhole covers and a
boiler brace, which he hid in a convenient
place. lie was negotiating for the sale OF
the plumber when arrested. He said hat
he got the castings from the platform at
the rear Of Dewey y stones wholesale
house.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
YOUNG BOY DEFENDS MOTHER
shoots Insane Aunt Dead While She
Was s~trangIinE Her
sister.

HoPKINsVILLE. KY, Jan. l4-In de-
Tense OF his mother Thomas Whiteman,
aged IS, shot twice with a pistol and in
stantly killed his aunt. Miss May Phipps,
aged IS, today,
Miss Phipps, who had been insane sew
eral years, began choking her sister and
likely would have killed her had the boy
not shot her.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Engineers Get Increase.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14-Locomotive engi-
ncers and 1remen on the Chicago & West
ern Indiana and the Belt line Of Chicago
today secured an agreement raising their
wages. They will receive an increase of
10 per cent. beginning January 1. Ten hours
will be considered a days work, with pay
for overtime.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Three Alarms, one Fire.

The firemen responded TO three alarms
yesterday between the hours of 5 and 70
o'clock in the evening. The first alarm
came because of a burning pile of rubbish
5:53 an alarm was rung in from 34 South
Fifteenth street, where some benzine had
become ignited in the Jewelry shop of John
Baumer. The occupants eXtingulshed the
fire, with slight damage, before the ar
rival of the fremen. The cottage belonging
to Otto Balsh at Twenty-eighth and Chi
the evening. Loss about $500 on house an
oopfanta
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Tonrn ne DIdn,t Own.

NJ. j. McCauley OF Sioux City had a pair
OF new ice tongs yesterday afternoon
which he failed to satisfactorily account
for. When arrested he was trying to sell
them on North Sixteenth street for D
cents each. McCauley said that he had
been cutting ice for Anderson on Cut-Oft
lake, and II is thought that the tongs are
the property of the employer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

Able Cnme hack.

Il Jesse Able OF Des Moines, Ia. was ar
ested last night and an effort will be made
bring him to trial for a larceny which
Ne Is said TO have committed last fall IN
Dryers saloon, where he was employed.
A farmer paid for a drink witt a so bill
The prisoner picked II up and-fed to Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

No News at TangIer.

PARIS, Jan. IA dispatch received
here from Tangier, Morocco, under today's
date says a courier who has arrived there
from Fee brought reassuring intelligence.
Nothing is known at Tangier of the re-
ported defeat of the sultan or Of his
rumored retreat westward.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Doctors Advise CEar 20 Take Care.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The Kief CORE
spondent of the Standard says the med
cial advisers Of the car are trying to in
duce him to transfer the court to Crimea
for a few years, as considerations of health
make a continued residence in the north
ern palaces inadvisable. The car has no
particular ailment, but his weak chest
makes him susceptible to pulmonary
troubles.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

far been orderly, the shop keepers recall
the experiences Of some years ago, when
similar parades ended in the breaking Of
store windows. and some OF them are al
ready taking the precaution Of putting up
their shutters while the professions are
passing.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Unemployed Cause UneasIness.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE marches of the
unemployed, which have now become a daily
feature OF London's streets, are causing I'M
easiness. About 1000 persons traversed the
metropolis today. escorted by a body of po-
lice. While these demonstrations have thus
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
.RYAN'S IDENTITY IN DOUBT
Police Are Trying to Connect Him with
the Nestle Murder.
STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO MURDERER
No Positive Evidence "a show that
Ryan t. Thompson, but chief
DOnRhue Continues ~Invcsti-
cation of the Case.

Every effort Is being made by Chief Dona-
hue, Detective Dunn and others OF the po-
lice department to establish beyond all pos
sible doubt the identity Of Dan J. Ryan, who
is thought TO be wanted here for murder.
The task is proving difficult inasmuch as the
officers have no means OF identifying the
prisoner through the measurement system,
for at the time the crime was committed
and Thompson's pal, Reynolds, was taken
into custody, the Bertillon system was not
in vogue. All that the officers have which
will aid them materially in determining
Ryan's identity is an old and faded photo
graph which was taken some time prior to
the murder OF young Nestle. This photo
graph is believed to be at police headquar-
tiers and a diligent search is being made
for Il.
The officers who were on the force at the
time OF the murder are certain that Ryan
Is Thompson, as his general appearance is
strikingly similar TO that Of the man who
is wanted.
Chief Donahue is also searching the rec
ords of the trial Of Reynolds to secure the
names Of the witnesses. Some of the wit
nesses have died, but the chief thinks there
are those who still reside here who will
prove valuable for the state in case Ryan
is identified as Thompson.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Demand Macedopian Reforms.

LONDON. Jan. 15-The Vienna CORE
spondent of the Telegraph asserts that the
Russian and Austrian ambassadors at Con-
stantinople have presented an identical note
to the porte demanding reforms in Mace
donia,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Cost of P~russian Governments.

BERLIN, Jan. A.-The Prussian budget
estimates for 1908 show a deficit of SIS, 49,
600, which will be covered by a new loan.
The revenue is estimated at $3.50, 551 ,4S2, the
ordinary expenditures at $629, 092, 42S and the
extraordinary expenditure at $50, 634, 074.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
The chief of HeaIers.

Old sores, ulcers, piles, fstula and like
stubborn maladies soon yield to Bucklen's
Arnica salve or no pay. 25c'. For sale by
Kuhn g. Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Marriage

A marriage license was issued yesterday
70 James II. FaTris. Lincoln, Neb., aged 80
and Marie A. Fox, Lincoln. Neb., aged 3S
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15

The Teachers Retirement Fund OF the
state OF New Jersey is maintained by a sys-
TEN of voluntary payments by the teachers
throughout the state and a certain percent
age of each years salary makes one eligible
to the benefits OF the fund The plans and
workings Of this system were recently
presented before the Educational association
of Newark by Miss e. A. Allen OF Hoboken,
who is deeply interested in this work.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Prisoner il Measured.

Ryan was 'mugged' Tuesday afternoon
and his Bertillon Measurement were also
taken. The police Information on this man
shows that he was born in New York, and
for a humber Of years has had no residence,
making his home in the railroad camps.
He is FIVE feet seven inches in height, Al
years of age and weighs 141 pounds. His
hair is brown. He is of medium build and
has blue eyes. The thumb of his right hand
is of at the first joint, while his hands are
marked by several prominent scars.
Chief Donahue says that Thompson was
known to the Omaha police as a tramp bur-
glar, one of the worst types OF crooks
known to the police. The police are also
endeavoring to locate Thompson's former
pal, Reynolds, who was pardoned from the
penitentiary before his sentence was fin
ished. He would prove a valuable man in
Identifying Thompson, II II is he whom the
officers now think they have in the person
of Ryan.
Ryan WAS taken to the county jail yester-
day afternoon to begin his sentence for
| robbing Benhardt Bahnsen.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Report Of county Treasurer.

The report OF County Treasurer G. Fred
Elsasser, showing the whereabouts OF the
county funds December 81, 1902, follows:
December l, balance. ............... 1916. 1856
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
Marsh Prepares statement.

Secretary Charles Marsh of the South
Omaha Young Mems Christian association
has prepared a report showing the receipts
and disbursements for the year 1902. Senior
members have paid in 1921, while the
juniors have paid 1857. Subscriptions have
amounted to $500. other receipts bring
the total up to 1856. With the balance
on hand the total is S3,656. For expenses
the association has paid the general secre-
tary 81, 900, and the assistant secretary
$72O. Janitor service has cost $3.50, while
rent for the present quarters amounted to
1915. other expenses bring the total up to
balance with the receipts, less the balance
of cash on hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
City Receives Another Request for Vacation
Of Streets and Alleys.
RENDERING WORKS ARE FRowNtO UPON
OmciRl says the Project IL Not TO Dc
Thought of and Certainly VIII
BE sheIved-Magic city
Gossip.

Another request for the vacation Of streets
and alleys has been filed with the city
clerk. This time Wolf a thurman ask, by
letter. to have several streets and alleys
Just north Of the l. street viaduct vacated
in order that they may, perhaps, locate
a packing house. The fact that j. B.
Smiley Of the Union Rendering works has
been looking for the same thing for some
time leads city ~ofhcials to believe that
Smiley and his company want to turn this
city property, which is trackage ground,
into a "deodorized" rendering plant. In the
same deal there is the Union Pacific plan
to have the city vacate a big patch Of it's
streets and alleys commencing at L street
and continuing north to the city limits. At
the last meeting OF the council the Burling-
ton sent in a request for the vacation Of
a tract over on Thirty-sixth street.
A city ofhcial said last night that II a
few more roads would send in applications
now the entire portion Of the city west Of
the Union Pacific tracks might be vacated,
just to accommodate the railroads. As for
the latest proposition, that Of a rendering
works right in the heart OF the city, an
offcial said that the communication would
not be considered at all. "When read at
the next council meeting the firm making
the request will doubtless have the pleasure
Of reading in the official reports of the
council that their neat little typewriter
communication has been placed on hle."
Mayor Koutsky and leading members Of
the council say they are in favor of doing
all in their power to advance the interests
Of the city, but they do not think It wise
to give up good streets and alleys and good
trackage ground for mere accommodation.
Some rental, payable in advance, or other
consideration should be made the city be-
fore streets and alleys in the most valuable
portion Of the city are vacated" said a city
oficial. This seems to be the general idea
and the chances are hat 1t will be a long
time before Smiley gets his rendering works
in operation on the property north OF the
l. street viaduct, which now belongs to the
| cfty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-15
HaM aR7a HaM.

The dyspeptic RAY we'll be represented
pictorially as being half masculine and
half feminine, and combining the least
desirable characteristics of either sex.
He has all the stubbOTnness of the maR