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FHE OMAHA DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUXE 1 ! > , 3871. OMA3IA , THURSDAY MOTl2irijSrG- , FEBRUARY 1(5 , 1899 TWELVE PAGES. SlNCfLE COPY JBTVE CENTS. MINE REMEMBERED ! r'ut ' Anniversary of the Disaster is Duly ' Celebrated in Havana. WRECK OF WARSHIP DECKED WITH GREENS Laurel Wreaths Four Feet in Diameter Tied with National Colors. CUBAN CLUB OF HAVANA CONTRIBUTES High Mass in Honor of the Dead Celebrated in Merced Ohurch. GRAVES ARE DECORATED WITH FLOWERS Cnliniin Join with AmerleniiN lit In > - Tribute to ( lie Memory of ( lie .Meii Slnln h > - .Spiiiil-.il Treachery. HAVANA , Fob , 15. The sun shone brightly this morning for the llrat time In several days when the wreck of the United States battleship Malno destroyed In Ha vana harbor on the evening of February 15 , 18&8 was decorated with n large American flag. flag.At At 9 o'clock the stars and stripes were hoisted nt half-mast by Captain Eaton of the United States auxiliary cruiser Reso lute , who , with Mrs. Estes Hathbono and Mr * . Dudley nnd ten sailors of the Reso lute , rowed to the sunken battleship. The only others Inking part were a battalion with officers of the First Maine heavy artillery. An immense rope of greens was festooned about the fighting top , each loop hung with laurel wreaths four feet In diameter , and tied with red , white and blue ribbon. .The Cuban club of Havana had placed an artificial wreath on the boat crane and this Captain Eaton transferred to the peak of the gaff. At 10 * o'clock high mass was cele brated In honor of the Maine victims in the Merced church , at which General Ludlow * nnd several of his staff were present. The ceremony , which was very impressive , was nttendcd by Brigadier George H. Ernst , rep resenting Major General Brooke , Comn.o- doro B. J. Cromwell , captain of the post , and other naval olficcrs , the city councils , committee - mitteo of the Cuban assembly nnd other members of the assembly , the secretaries of the civil department nnd many department olllclalri , together with representatives of the Havana fire brigade and other local organ izations. Many women of the better classes were in the congregation , which crowded the edifice. Ueeornte ( lie Oriivcu. This afternoon the graves nt Colon ceme tery were decorated In the presence of American officials , military and naval do- " tolls participating. The graves were thickly covered with flowers. Father Sherman had 'been ' Invited by Mm. Hathhone , who Is president of the Women's association , to read prayers at the gravrslde and he ap peared in full vestments nnd with the statement thrt the Bishop of Havana had given his consent. Commodore Cromwell snU that as the bishop was not willing that a Protestant chaplain should officiate , he { Commodore Cromwell ) -would not con tent to the reading of prayers by Father Sherman. The latter thereupon went to his hotel. He had deferred his sailing on re ceipt of Mrs. Rathbone's Invitation. Commodore Cromwell Informed the news paper correspondents that the sailors felt deeply on the subject , regarding the ceremony - mony of decoration as distinctly a naval af fair. Therefore he could not permit any ex cept a naval chaplain tn officiate , although he 'was qulto willing that both a Protestant nnd a Catholic clergyman should act. If cither were to be excluded , then the other nitist bo also. ( eneral Iee Arrive * Too Inte , The procession from the city consisted of marines and sailors front the Brooklyn and the Resolute , the band of the Brooklyn , Major General Ludlow's staff representing him , women In carriages containing Amerl- can visitors , a portion of the Seventh regi- 7ment cavalry. It was met by General Brooke nnd staff nt the cemetery where a wagon- load of Moral tributes presented by the American women and local societies was heaped on the graves , each sailor and marine contributing some floral token. The crowd looked on in sllenco , some kneeling. It was 2:45 : p. m. when the procession reached the cemetery and the ceremony was over In half an hour. Major General Lee nnd the detachments of the Seventh army corps had not arrived. The marines and sailors inarched away , Commodore Crom well , the naval officers and a few others re maining. In about a quarter of an hour General Leo's column arrived battalions of the Second end Illinois , Tlilrd Nebraska , the First Malno artillery , a battery of the Second United States heavy artillery and the bands of the Illinois and Nebraska regiments. As General Lee , on horseback , bared his head near the grave Commodore. Cromwell ' saluted , saying : "I am sorry you were not liere for the decoration. " General Lee said : "I was notified to be hero at 3:30 : p. m. and I was at the ceme tery gate at that hour. Now that I arrive I find everything over. " Commodore- Cromwell said : "General , the hour was 2:30. : I sent you word two days ago. " General Lee replied : "I never received It. I was told 3:30. : " Commodore Cromwell politely expressed his regret at the misunderstanding. The Illinois band played "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner , " the crowd un covering and the soldiers presenting arms. This ended the ceremony. General Leo was detained fifteen mtnules outside the cem etery , having gone to a locked gate. IN MEMORY OF DEAD SAILORS I'lnRi. Fly nt Half MnHt In New York In Honor of the Maine a nil It * Orctr. NEW YORK. Fob , 15. A year ago today the United States battleship Maine was blown up In the harbor of Havana and 2fll American seamen lost their lives. The event Is being remembered in this city today. Flags are flying at half mast on the city hall , the public schools and all other public buildings , national , state and mu nicipal. Nearly all the vessels coming Into the harbor , those going out and those at the piers have flags at half mast. This la not confined to any class or order of shipping. Busldca the public buildings , many of the private residences have Hags suspended at half mast , and In many of the. stores are pictures of the ill-fated battleship with the phrate , "Remember the Malno. " SAN FRANCISCO. Teb. 1 * . The first an niversary of the sinking of the Maine In the harbor o { Havana was not general ! ) ob served today beycnd the Hying of Hags at half tnac4 Tin principal buslnees houses anil exchanges oUerved the day in this way and nil the ships In the harbor , Including the British and other foreign vessels , were decorated. NEW MAINE REPLACES OLD ! ! rut 1'lee.e of IlattlcNlil | > 'n Keel I * liiilit on Fateful Amil * pmnry if tliu PH1L.ADKI.PH1A. Fob. 15. The anniver sary of the blowing up of the battleship Maine In Havana harbor was marked herewith with the beginning of work on the powerful man-of-wan which wllf hear the name of the historic battleship. The new Maine will bo built by the Cramp Shipbuilding company and at the company's yards at 11 o'clock to day the first piece of the keel of the vessel Wns laid. There was no formality In the proceedings , but the shipyard was thrown open to the public and a great cheer was given bv the crowd as the group of workmen set In place the first steel piece of tlio > keel. The builders will endeavor to have the new battleship ready for launching February 15 of next year and to have > It ready for service on the third anniversary of the sinkIng - Ing of the Maine. The Maine la 'being ' built upon the new stocks , Just completed , that stand to the south of those supporting the keel and lower framework of t'jo big battleship that Is be ing built for Ilussln. Thus , side by side , will grow Into nwful proportions two monsters of the deep. \eiv Mil I in1 NurpnineM tin * Old. The now Maine Is to have a speed of eighteen knots. It will bo a ship of 12,300 tons displacement and in its main battery will carry four twelve-Inch guns and twelve six-Inch guns. These figures give a par tial Idea of the superiority of the now Maine over the old one , for the now ship will be an embodiment of everything that has been learned by experience and experi ment and conceived by Ingenuity and study since 1S30 , when the ship wrecked In Ha vana hurbor was built. Among other things the new Maine will probably have under water torpedo tubes , the first over put In any ship In the American navy. Torpedo tubes above the water lines nro so dangerous to the ship trying to use them that It Is not probable that they will ever bo used In battle. It has been recommended that the torpedo tubes bo taken out of all the battleships. A torpedo fired from above water Is liable to bo hit by the rapid fire guns of the enemy while It is In the tube ready for launching and exploded. This would hoist a battleship "with Us own petard. " All the guns of the Maine , except the big , wclve-lnch ones In the turrets , will be of the raplrt-flro pattern. Its secondary bat tery will l > o exceptionally strong and so mounted that no torpedo boat can crcap up and get In a 'Mead angle" that Is , posi tion where the guns of the secondary bat tery cunnot ibc trained on It. There will be twenty slx-poundere and several automatic Colt guns and one-pounders In the secondary battery. The guns will all be for smokeless powder. MtttcVoniIwnrlc Uxcil. In planning the Maine It was sought to do away with every bit of woodwork pos sible. What little woodwork will enter Into the composition of the ship will be treated by a process which renders It absolutely noncombustlble. Another feature of the Malno will bo lie comparatively shallow draught , which will enable It and Its sister ships to maneuvre In waters where other ships of the same fighting power would bo aground. This , it will readily be seen , oven by a layman , might sometime give the Maine a great advantage over an antagonist In a fight. It was originally Intended to have the armor plating of the Maine of sixteen and onc-half-lnch Harveylzcd steel , but then came along the wonderful "Krupplzed" armor and after exhaustive tests this armor has proved so good that the Maine will have twelve-Inch plates of it put on it Instead of the sixteen and one-half-lnch Harveylzcd armor originally planned for. This change will admit of making the armor bolt of the battleship broader and of extending It fur ther forward and aft. The Maine will bo especially well supplied with electrical ap paratus for lighting , etc. Its turrets vlll be moved by electricity and the ammunition will be hoisted from below and rammed Into the gun by electricity. The new Maine will be 3GS feet on the water line , twenty-seven feet beam and will have a draught of twenty-four feet seven Inches when it has full supplies of stores and ammunition and 2,000 tons of coal on board. i.v iiinuTH.VA.vr .inxivixs1 MRMOIIV. Serfjennt Anthony Tilkox 1'nrt 111 Ccl- 'ehrntlon nt IMttnlinrtv. PlTTSnURO , Fob. 15. Today the naval reserves and the Duquesno Grays commem orated the blowing up cl the Malno by special services at the grave of Lieutenant Friend \V. Jenkins of Allegheny , who was a victim of the Maine horror. The memorial services at the grave were preceded by a parade of the two military organizations from the court house In this city to Union- dale , a distance of about three miles. One of the principal participants was Sergeant of Marines William 1) . Anthony , whose famous report to Captain SIgsbeo of : "Cap tain I have the honor to report , sir , that the ship Is blown up and sinking , " will make him live In history. Sergeant An thony , who was a great admirer of Lieu tenant Jenkins , secureda , furlough from the Brooklyn navy yard In order to be present at the ceremony. STATE OF WARJXISTS THERE I'rexlileiit of Itepnhlle. of .NU'itramni iNMiien ii I'roelninntloii Ilnttlc Hxpeeted. MANAGUA , Nicaragua ( Via Galveston ) , Feb. 15. President Zelaya has Issued a de cree declaring the republic of Nicaragua to be In a state of siege. A battle Is expected to take place today west of Chile mountain , the dividing ridge of the Cordilleras. The president Is sending troops to the front as rapidly as collected. An uprising- was recently noted at Magalpa. The Pacific steamship company announces that It will carry passengers for half Us former ralo between Panama and Ocos , Guatemala , in opposition to the Pacific Navigation company of Liverpool , The United States gunboat Marietta , which arrived at Greytown on February 13 , baa sailed for Blueflelds , the headquarters of the revolution , headed by General Reyes. Trnn | iort Slieriiinii nt Cilhrnltnr. ( Copyright , 1S99 , by Press Publishing Co. ) GIBRALTAR , British Spain. Feb. 15. ( New York World Cablegram Special Tele gram. ) The United States transport Sher man , bound for Manila with the Third United States infantry nnd four companies of the Seventeenth , has arrived here and is coaling. It left New York February 3. Ono private soldier died today. All tbo others are reported well. The Sherman will sail tomorrow for the Suez canal. Coollen Flee from the BOMBAY , Feb. 15. A plague panic has j occurred in the southern Kolar gold fields i of Mysore. About 2,500 coolies have boltd and it Is feared this may lead to a suspen sion of the work. There have been sixty cases of plague In southern Kolar and ( NATIVES WAIT IN AMBUSH Enemy Occupies Both Bides of Eoad to Jaro in Largo Force , TOWN OF JARO DESERTED AND LEFT BARE .MnrkKincii In Protected Hntiic * Fire itt Outpost * mill C'ntlforiiln Vol unteer * AieiiKC the Ilarharlty hy nn KfTcctUe Attack. MANILA , Feb. 15. 11:15 : n. m. Lieuten ant Colonel C. L. Potter of the Signal corps arrived from Hello yesterday evening with dispatches from Brigadier General M. D. Miller to Major General Otis. On Sunday afternoon General Miller ordered a reconnaissance - naissanco In force to ascertain the enemy's position. Major Cheatham's bat talion of the Tennessee volunteer regi ment marched beyond Mole without finding the enemy and returned to Hollo. A battal ion of the Eighteenth United States Infantry with two Hotchklss guna and one Gulling gun marched tovard Jaro. Midway between Hello nnd Jaro this battalion encountered a large body of the enemy , occupying both sides of the road , who met the advance of the American troops with a severe and Well-directed fire. The Americans deployed and returned the fire with a number of volleys. The troops advanced steadily , sup ported by the Hotchklss and Galling guns , nnd drove the enemy through Jaro to the ] open country beyond. The town of Jnro was found to bo deserted and all portable prop erty has been removed. When the Ameri cans entered the place there were only a few Chinese there. At 4:10 : p. m. Captain Griffiths raised the American flag over the presldencla. During the fighting outside of the town Lieutenant Frank Bowles of the Eighteenth Infantry , while working with Kellar'-s battery , was shot in the leg. In addition one private was seriously wounded and two were slightly Injured. The rebel loss was severe. All was quiet on Monday when Colonel Potter left Hollo. Two natives attempted to slip past the United States cruiser | Olympla during the night In a boat. They i failed to respond when hailed , but kept I paddling along. After a earning shot a' sentry fired at the boat and killed one of the occupants and wounded the other. Another IlriiHh with lU'lielM. MANILA , Feb. 1G. 11:15 : a. m. Four companies of volunteers which had been clearing the country In the vicinity of Pateros , ten miles southeast of Manila , and which had been recalled , were followed by the enemy today as they retired. On reachIng - Ing San Pedro MacatI the Americans made a stand near the churchyard and the rebels were driven back. The Callfornlans again advanced and are now occupying the same ridge , commanding the valley of the river , which they held yes terday. A gunboat near the Paslg river Is clearIng - Ing the jungle. ItehclN Arc Driven Hack. 5:20 : p. m. Several rebels yesterday aft ernoon having fired from houses bearIng - Ing white ( lags on the American out posts. Colonel Smith. with Companies L , D and K of the California volunteers , proceeded to rloau out the nueruy along his front. The rebels opposed him from the brush , and several skirmishes occurred , duiing which nine of the Callfornians were slightly wounded before the rebels wore driven out. The work proceeded today in a syste matic manner , a gunboat shelling the vil lages nnd working its rapid-fire guns very effectively on the Jungle. The entire California regiment , with the exception of two companies , four companies of the Wash ington regiment , two companies of the Idaho regiment , and a battery of the Sixth artil lery , were engaged. The rebels were driven toward Lake Laguna do Bayo. They held their fire , ap parently being short of ammunition , but they fought desperately. The American outposts In this direction ' are now fully twelve miles out. All Is I j quiet along the rest of the line , with the | I exception that an occasional exchange of'1 shots between the sharpshooters breaks the ' monotony of the day. ] LOUD DENIAL OF AGQNCILLU Filipino Audit Clnliiifl lie Hnil Noth- IiiK to Do with the ISn- tlve Attiielc. LONDON , Feb. 15. The Filipino agents hero have received a cablegram from ! Agonclllo , the' agent of Aculnaldo , saying : "The statement of General Otis that ho has a copy of a telegram from mo advising Agulnaldo to attack the Americans Is an absolute fabrication. I challenge General Otis to produce the telegram. " Agonclllo adds that the Americans threaten to exterminate the Filipinos. The European junta announces that it has received a message from Manila saying the Filipinos have made all arrangements necessary for guerrilla warfare around Manila , that fighting has been In progress without Intermission since February 4 , and that the Americans have lost heavily in killed and wounded. Agulnaldo's head quarters are now near Caloocan , out of range of the war ships In the bay. WOUNDED IN SKIRMISHES .Number of Volnnteern Reported Severely Injured South Dukotiin Iro\vneil In I'nxlir Hirer. WASHINGTON , Feb. 15. The following casualty report was received at the War department today : MANILA , Feb. 15. Twentieth Kansas wounded : February 12 , engagement at Caloocan. Sergeant Ira Kelthly , Company D , slightly. First California Wounded by dwultory firing yesterday : Privates Allen Grant , severely ; Albert Egger , slightly ; Ray Huron. Company C. slightly ; William C. Walsh , severely ; Sergeant William F. Dunne , severely ; Corporal Hmry Rltter , Company II , sllghtl ] ; Edwin A. Hartlg , First South Dakota , drowned last night while attempting to load Hotchklss gun at Paslg. OTIS. CUBAN LABORERS MAY STRIKE I.oniihliorcinen Demand Shorter Day ii ii it Trouble IN I.IWely to Follow No HlolliiK Will He Tolerated. NEW YORK , Feb. 15. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana saysA strike which will Involve 3,000 to 3,500 'longshoremen and stevedores Is threatened and should It come the authorities fear that it will bring Cuban affairs to an early crisis. These men are desperate and ugly and striken In the past have invariably resulted In serious bloodshed. As the strikers will be largely Cuban It can be readily understood that a collision between them and the American soldiers would have most serious consequences quences , coming at this time when each side < vleua the other with suspicion , i The 'longshoremen have been working fourteen hours a day for an average pay of t } 1.75 In Spauljh silver. They demand U for ten hours n day and will probably mnko trouble If their dcmamlR are not met. The men fear nnd respect General Ludlow and ho may be able to prevent the strike which now seems inevitable. General Ludlow compelled the Western railroad last week to deal fairly with the engine drivers , who struck , and the men believe he will now right their wrongs. On the other hand , General Ludlow has said that rioting would not bo tolerated nnd even the Cubans who most dislike the American general know that he cannot be bluffed nnd are slow to give him cause to call upon his troops. WOMEN AND CHILDREN LANDED ItrnaniMl I'liNnrtiRerA of Ilulcnrln Ilc- port that CnrKO Shifted , Tliro\v- liiK tUilt on Heniu'N I'nil. LONDON , Feb. If , . A dispatch from Lloyd's agents at St. Michaels , Azoro Islands , announces that the twenty-five women and children taken off the disabled Hamburg-American steamer Bulgaria by the American tank steamer Weehawken , were lauded at St. Michael's yesterday. The rescued passengers report that the cargo of the Bulgaria shifted , throwing the steamer on Its beam ends. During the gale 150 horses were lost nnd a boat with five men on It went adrift. The Weehawken , which met the Bulgaria SOO miles from the Azores on February 5 , stood by until noon of February 6 , but nt that time the disabled steamer hod been lostt sight of and the Weehawken proceeded. The German consul rfl St. Michaels adds that the quartermaster if the Bulgaria says that only one of the compartments was partly filled , which , considering that the ship had eleven water-light compartments , could not mean that i ( was In Imminent danger. But , In view * of the very severe weather and the situation on board the steamer being so critical , Captain Schmidt thought It right to attempt to put the pas sengers on board of ether steamers. It is not know whether he succeeded In trans ferring all his passengers. More of Iluljrnrln'M CIMV Rencuril. NEW YORK , Feb. 15. The German con sul at Ponta Delgado. Azores Islands , which port was reached on Sunday by the Amer ican tank steamer WcehawRcn with twenty- five women and children taken from the Hamburg-American liner Bulgaria during a severe storm , .800 miles from the Azores IsTands on February 5 , cabled to this city today that owing to the high seas neither the passengers from the Bulgaria nor the crew of the Weehawkcn have as yet como ashore. The consul reports that It is not believed at Ponta Delgado that the Bul garia has sunk. Another boat from the Bulgaria is said to have been picked up by an unknown steamer. TOOK OVERDOSE OF CHLORAL Secretary of Stnte Hern of Mliinemita Unit n Clone Ctill from Tnkliif ? I'll t eiit Medicine. WASHINGTON , Feb. 15. A heavy over dose of a proprietary preparation contain ing chloral nearly resulted fatally to Al bert Berg , secretary of state of Minnesota , Uero today. Mr. Btrg bad been 111 yesterday and his physician prescribed the , chloral compound for the secretary's highly nervous condltlpn. Mr- , Her ? . -QUnces..pt the preparation under th < Impression that It was a harmless effervescent nerve tonic. It was only with the greatest difficulty that he revived , but ho suffered agonies from the effect of the stomach pump and oilier heroic remedies necessary. Secretary Berg came here some time ago with Governor Merriam on business. TRY TO END THE CONTEST i I'owem mill Kliii ; PrnvlxloiinllyKree , to Drop Out of the Senatorial Flulit in ltali. i SALT LAKE , Utah , Feb. 15. In order to | bring the long-drawn-out senatorial contest to a close Judge Powers and Congressman King tonight agreed to withdraw from tho' contest provided McCune would withdraw and give the democrats an opportunity to j select some ether candidate that would re- | celve the united support of the party. Me- | Cune personally would not consent to such nn agreement , hut said ho would reTor the matter to his supporters. No further action has been token. SACRAMENTO , Cal. , Feb. 15. The fifty- ' second ballot for United States senator has been taken without result , the deadlock con- j tlnutng unbroken. The vote was as follows : { Barnes , 11 ; Estee , 1 ; Bulla , 13 ; Burns , 23 ; Felton , 1 ; Grant , 27 ; Scott , 2 ; Bard , 2 ; White , 27 ; Roscnfeldt , 2 ; .letter , 1 ; Phclan , 1. HARRISBURG , Pa. , Feb. 15. The demo crats and anti-Quay republicans absented < ' themselves from today's session of the joint assembly to break a quorum and to prevent the possible election of a United States senator only fifty-five votes wore cast , of which Senator Quay received CO , George A. Jenks 4 and Congressman Dalzell 1. The house by a vote of 88 to 85 adjourned today without taking action on the McCarrell jury bill. The bill now goes over until March 21 , when It will bo taken up for second reading. The bill , which , It has been i charged , Is In the Interest of Unltde States Senator Quay , has already passed the sen ate. The Quay conspiracy trial has been fixed for February . DOVER , Del. , Feb. 15. The three resident members of the Delaware legislature again held a joint suasion and voted far United States senator today. The vote was : Addlcks 2 , Gray 1. A quorum IB expected tomorrow , row. EUCHRED IN HIS CONFESSION SeiiNiitlonnl riiarKeH Atrnlimt I'rcNl- ilent of Lafayette College Develop In Trial of I'rof. Sle.ve.iiH. EASTON , Pa. . Fob , 15. Tbo trial of Prof. George H. Stevens , charged with burning Pardee hall , Lafayette college , reached a climax today , when counsel for the defense introduced as evidence a confession made by the prisoner the day after his arrest , The paper Is a remarkable piece of work and dramatic in the extreme , Stevens ad mits all the charges under which he is In dicted , but lays the blame of his downfall and bis present predicament at the door of President Warfiold. He claims that he was inveigled Into signing a paper by the col lege president that later turned out to be an agreement on his part to quit the fac ulty. Warfleld Is severely scored and con demned and he U held responsible for the physical and mental condition of Prof. Evans , who in In an Insane asylum. Stevens says Evans was Induced to return from Rome on a promise of a position from Warfleld , who at the last moment refused to keep his part of the agreement. Stevens was much affected during the reading of bis confession. At times he would weep bit terly. Warfleld sat near the prisoner. Mjdtery Vet t'nraveleil. NEW YORK , Feb. 15. Fred B. Hovej and Dr , Edwin F. Hitchcock were the only witnesses examined In the Adams inquest today. Dr Hitchcock attended Mrs. Adams after she had taken tha poison No devel opments of any note were brought to light and -the mystery IB as dense an ever. j * ( % . . , s * ' MfV' V-ff WVv RVh * VJ va1 * rl" i. ; . - * . N Cf "W. : ? ' r'H' ' . il WU. ; THE TELL-TALE RECEIPT. AUDITOR PT'BUC ACCOUNTS , UXCOLX , .Inn. 15 , ISO' ' ) . Secretary Xn- tloiml Aid , Topckn , Ktui. : Dear Sir This will Introduce Mr. .1. A. Simpson , whom I hereby appoint to examine the hooks nnd accounts of your society. Yours truly , JOHN K. COUXlOhU ( State Seal. ) The Xntional Aid Association , Dr. , to J. A. Simpson : Kxamlnntloii 575 Expenses V5 ! /Total Received payment January ( i. 1SO ! ) . J. A. SIMI'SOX , Stale Examiner Xchrnska Insurance Department. The certificate of authority fri in the handwriting of Simpson and is signed hy his uncle , the auditor , on the , ' ! rd < > r January. Three days later , as shown by tin ; receipt , the examiner had made the trip to TopeUa. finished the exam ination nnd put In a bill for $100 , although the law limits the charge for examinlDK benelit societies to $ . i per day and expenses. The receipt ! H en tirely in the handwriting of Simpson. KEEPS LAMBERTSON IN RACE Scott Votes for Him as an Accommodation for Kepresentative Jansen , NO CHANGE OF SENTIMENT IS RECORDED Twenty-Fourth Joint llallot for , ILjUtcrt.Sjt.iOe.ijJ'i.'Miitor fJU ; : _ Xn , Iji- . ' Ileiitloit of n Solution of the Deadlock 1'etv AliHCiiteca. Totni . .IM : ins ini iot : us is.- laTe To elect. . ( Ill < ! T (1(1.it ( TiO ( Jit UX LINCOLN , Feb. 15. ( Special Telegram. ) The only change in the vote today was Scott of Pawnee , who changed from Field to Lambertson , explaining that he did It to accommodate Mr. Jansen , who was absent bccaugo of sickness. The absentees were : Belsner , Armstrong , Morrison , Jansen , Pollard. Of these Arm strong , Belsner and Pollard are Hayward supporters ; Jansen has been voting for LambertEon , and Morrison Is a fuslonlst. Individual Vote. The record of Individual vote Is as fol lows : Allen Bouller , Canaday , Carton , Caw- thra , Cosgrove , Crockett. Cunningham , Dobry , Dunn , Easterllng , Eastman , Elwood , Endlcott , Farrell , Flynn , Fretz , Fuller , Grandstuff. Grell , Grosvenor , Hale , Hardy , Howard , Johnson , Klester , Kncppor , Lemor , Loomis , McGlnley , McCracken , Memmlnger , Miller , Moran , Morgan , Murray , O'Neill , Peck , Schaal , Smith of Antelope , Smith of Butler , Siecke , Shore , Spohn , Sturgess , Swan , Tanner , Taylor of Custer , Taylor of Flllmoro , Thompson of Clay , Vandegrlft , Watson , Weaver , Wheeler , Woodard , Wright , Wyraan 57. Hayward Alexander. Allen , Arends , Ber- let , Blake , Currle , Dltrnar , Evans , Fowler ler , Glffert , HalJerman , Hair , Hannibal , Harris , Hastings , Hathorn , Hicks , Holbrook , McCarthy , Nesblt , Newell , Prince , Reynolds , Rouse , Sandal ) , Schalble , Smith of Rich ardson , Steele , Thompbon of Merrlck , Tuck er , Walling , Wllcox , Young , tellers 3G. Thompson Anderson of Lancaster , Burns , Clark , Fisher , Harkson , Israel , Lane , Mann , Rocke , Talbot 10. Webster Beverly , Burman , Cox. Crow , Detweller , Houck , Myers , Noyes , Olmsted , Van Dusen 10. Flefd Barton , Chambers , Wenzl 3 , Weston Chlttenden , Hibbert , Jonea , Prout 4. Reese Halter 1. Foss Graf ton 1. Adams Milbourn 1 , CornUh McC'orgar 1. Hulner Conwell 1. Van Dusen Smith of Saline 1. Hlnshnw Smithberger 1. Larabertson Scott 1. DlNiiKreeiueiit on CIIIICIIH llallot. The senatorial conference committee had another meeting today and the result was a disagreement over the question as to whether the caucus ballot should be an opeu one or a secret one. The vote on this prop osition stood four for open voting and fivf for secrecy. This veto was not taken ai meaning a final decision and the commit tee adjourned over to tomorrow , when there will bo another attempt to get together. From the best Information obtainable the members who were In favor of an open bal lot were Jansen , Steele , Prince and Noyea , while those ube favored the other method were Clark , Wenzl , Smithberger , Milbourn and Prout. To analyze this division brings about some CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska- Colder by Thursday Night. Temperature at Omaha j exteriliiy : Hour. Her ; . Hour. ! > : . curious results. Taking Into consideration the way they have been voting In the Joint sessions , the four men who favor an open ballot represent the strong candidates In the joint convention , while the five men represent the weaker candidates. Again , It Is seen that of the five favoring n secret vote in the caucus , only one clearly rep resents the outspoken wishes of the candi date for whom ho has been voting. Clark Is for Thompson , who Is In favor of a secret ballot. Wenzl has been voting for Field , Smithberger for Hlnshaw and Milbourn for Adams , three senatorial candidates said to favor an open vote in the caucus. Senator I'rout has from the first voted for Weston , whose wishes In regard to the manner of conducting a caucus are not known and who Is not hero to express his sentiments on the subject. CurloiiH Condition. The fact that the gentlemen composing the committee were appointed , not par ticularly because of their own personality , but because they represented candidates for whom they had been voting , makes it all the more curious that the secret ballot men are in the majority on the committee. H Is said that Representative Clark not only favored n secret caucus but he desired the * " " committee to"ballot secretly on the subject and wanted the vote whereby the conference should adopt the report to also bo taken In secret. A majority of the committee having voted In favor of n secret ballot , a report might j have been made , but this was not done for I obvious reasons. A minority report would also have come and the matter would have been as far from settlement as ever. The condition Is that the work of the committee Is not binding on the members , the report brought In , If one should be agreed upon , would not bo binding on the Joint confer ence of all the republicans and the adop tion of the report by the conference would not bind Individual republicans to go Ii.o ! ' the caucus on the terms thus proposed. This shows that the problem Is still far from solution , The action of an Improvised conference of Hayward supporters this afternoon showed how far apart the factions are on the caucus question. It Is said that twenty- three members assembled In the Hayward headquarters and entered Into an agreement that they would never go into a secret I caucus , and It Is also said that the antt- ' secret caucus men who can bo depended | upon to stand out number between thirty- five and forty. Among the members In general there Is not much hope of a speedy agreement that i will bring all the voles Into a caucus and I unless the committee tomorrow arrives at | some satisfactory plan that has not yet been suggested or oven thought of the same monotonous grind for another week Is In prospect. APPROVE NATIONAL PLA1TORM Democratic .Slate Committee of Mln- neNota AilojitH ItexolntloiiK Ad hering to I'rlncliilcM of 'fill. ST. PAt'L , Fob lii. The democratic state committee met hero thin afternoon and adopted the following resolution : "That the democratic state central com mittee does hereby reafilrm and endorsa the national democratic platform adopted by the { democratic national convention In Chicago ' In IStiC , and the principles of the demo- j cratlc party as therein enunciated. " W. J. Bryan , nt the request of thti com mittee , appeared and addressed It briefly and a vote of thanks wan tencdcrd him. I'rli-ex of 7,1 nc Are I looming. GALENA. Kan. . Feb. 15. All records were broken today when zinc ore sold at $47 i to $50 a ton In Galena , Jopllu and Webb City. The Scott Mining and Smelting com pany was today offered $50 a ton for its entire - . tire output for the next ninety days. The olfer was no * accepted Six months ago prices ruled fMiu } 20 to ? 21. LICUTY STANDS PAT Declines to Recognizs Any OommUtcfl But that of the Legislature , CORNELL'S SUPPORTERS OFFER EXCUSES Senate Joins with the House to Conduct Searching Investigation. COMMITTEE OF THREE SENATORS NAMED Ourrio of Ouster , Front of Qago and Halo of Madison Appointed. UNION PACIFIC LAND SALE BILL IS DELAYED Company Doxlrrj , tii Present Some 1CK"I ArKiiiueiit * I" Hi llolinlf lle ore Final Action In Taken. LINCOLN' , Feb. 15. ( Special Telegram. ) The legislative Inv.titlgatlng committee appointed to look Into the affairs In the audi tor's ofOcc Is Just getting ready for bust- nests and will aim to make a searching In vestigation. All danger of a clash with the olhcr committee composed of state officials poems to bo passed for the reason that Deputy Llchty refuses to recognize the au thority of any committee but the one ap pointed by the legislature. This cumo to a focus today when Llchly appeared with an attorney and denied the jurisdiction of Uio state house committee. Thcro was an Interesting session for a time , but finally the committee adjourned over until Friday when , In the absence of specific charges or testimony , It will probably bring In a verdict exonerating Cornell. Attorney General Smyth admitted today that his committee lacked the power to compel the attendance of witnesses. Llchty h.is em ployed as attorncjs W. J. Lamb and A. G. Wolfenbarger and It IB said that 'M. ' F. Har rington of O'Neill is also assigned in tbo case. case.News News comes from over the state that much interest is being taken , sentiment be ing divided as between Cornell and Llchty. In Richardson county , the homo of Cornclt and Llchty , as well as of the other depu ties in the office , a mass meeting of populists Is called for Saturday night to take some action in the matter. One deputy of Cor nell , who also acts as a legal adviser , said In an Interview today that Cornell wanted to enforce the rcclprocar Insurance law all the year , but was prevented by Llchty. An other deputy , In speaking of the Palm letter , said : "As teen as we got that letter and found what kind of business Palm was doing Cor nell shut him olt and you will notice that since December ho 1ms not been allowed to examine any more companies. " This statement , however , does not coincide with < hat of Auditor Cornell , who claims never to have seen the fetter or to have known anything of Its contents until It was published In The Hee , Following IK : i letter from awr.U known JiopulUi'io ' Mrv Llcni.xjrtoirimcjii.uujhli , for his posUIon : Letter in I.lehty. FALLS CITY , Neb. , Feb. 8 , 1S09. Hon. Samuel Llchty , Lincoln , Noli. My Dear Friend : I am Informed that you are meeting with some trouble on .iccount of your opposition to the "free pass" iniquity and that some bogus reformers who have been having a good time for the last year or two running aroung tlio country on free transportation are even demanding of Mr. Cornell your discharge. Now , I nm sorry to know 'this feeling exists among the men whom we ought to honor , but I know you are. In the right anil when one knows ho is ! In the right he should never ylo : I. your friends hero all agree with you 3v the word "friends" I mean the whole popul'st ' parly of this locality. I have heard only one men condemn you , and he had his pocket ? foil of free passes at the time to my certain knowledge. Populists here are all proii'l ' of the ntanrt taken by Governor Poyn.er. If all our state officials will join In wlrh you ard I'oynter In fighting this damnable evil nnd I purify themselves and keep clear of coriora- lion taint In the future wo may Have our ' party next fall , otherwise It Is gone lieyond 1 redemption. I know the hardest thing wo . had 'to ' fight fh this county last fall was the free pass record of our state officials. I ! , could hardly look a republican square In the I eye without laughing. The ardor of our people was dampened. I hoard any number express their dingust nnd I know whereof 1 I speak when I say that unless our ivtato officials clear their skirts we will find It Im possible to carry this state either next fall I or In 1800. I have a warm personal frallni * i for Mr. Cornell. I did all I could to secure his renomlnatlon and re-election. I bellovo 1 at heart he Is a honest man , but there have ' been close to him pome very bad advisers , There is no doubt In my mind that there 1 ought to be a cleaning out of bis office , but I It Is not yourself that should bo discharged. ' Ho had not been In ofTlcc six months until I I became thoroughly convinced that be hart matlo n serious mistake in 8Jme of his op- , polntmentB , but I held my peace , for I have long slnco found out that the blunt , outspoken - ' spoken frleml who will toll you to your faca i of your mlstakos or faults Is seldom apprc- < oiaitcd , while the fawning , cringing pyco- I pliant will worm hie way lno ( your conft- I dcnce to your undoing , There nro those un- i der Mr. Cornell who have been beard to say ' that It was perfectly right to take nil the favors ho could get , "that " they l > elong < to him as perquisites of his office , etc. Such loathsome parasites ought to have been kicked out of the state house long ago. i Well , my old friend , you know whit old i David Crokctt's motto was , "First l.now you tire right and then go ahead. " Thlo In the best rule of life If the "pass brokers" I succeed In hypnotizing Cornell until ho kicks you out It will hurt him worse than it will you , Meantime I hope ho will learn to know his real friends and that your ro tations with him will bcccrno more and more friendly as the years go by and you Icain to know each other bettor. Yours for peace and gcod government , 0 CO. A. AIinOTT. .Semite .Nil MICH n Commit Ire , The senate did not entirely concur In the house resolution to have an investigating committee of three representatives and two senators to Inquire Into the alleged Irregu larities of the auditor's office. The gov ernor's message was taken up at H o'clock : this morning. Motions and substitutes con cerning the action to be taken by the sen ate were pifed up crosswise , until It was hard for the chair to know Just where "they we-re at. " Farrell of Merrlck resented the motion of Talbot of Lancaster to take the naming of the committee out of the president' ! ) hands , raying that was very discourteous , to the presiding officer. In reply Senator Talbot i elated the history of the appointment of the somewhat celebrated "Mutz and Deal" Investigating committee by the fusion senate two yearn ago that did such good work In fating up the $10,000 nnproprlatjon placed at Its disposal , Senator Farrell Icing a mem ber at that time. He could not say much In reply to the hUtory of that commit- tci . The senate finally decided that it would name three senators , making Currle of CUB IC' . Prout of Gage and Halo of Madison tbo committee. When the committee on engrossed bllli