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    The Omaha, Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUKE J 9, 1871.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOUSING, MAUOII 20, 1901-TEK PAGES.
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TORNADO IN ALABAMA
Bwiipt JonM Valloj Learlng Broad Path of
Dtath and lain.
WORST AT BIRMINGHAM AND IRONDALE
Twentj Keg rei and FIto WhiU Penoni
RoporUd Killid.
PROPERTY LOSS IS PROBABLY $350,000
Ghurcnu, Stem, Rtiidancei and Bailroad
Bnildingi lie Distrojed.
EIGHTEEN BODIES SO FAR RECOVERED
lIr mi it Police Drpnrlmrnt Arc M1HI
at Work Anionic I In- Ituln. Find
ing .Many tcrlouly
Injurril.
UIP.MINCIHAM, Ala., March 25. Shortly
beforn 10 o'clock thin morning a fearful
tornado swept Jonon valley und tho
southern part of thin city. Tho number of
killed 1b tonight, estimated at twenty-flvo,
of whom five hto whlto. The destruction
of property In placed nt tf"0,000. Eighteen
bodies had been recovered up to 7 p. tn.
and scores of Injured havo been rcmorcd
to tho liospl tals.
Among the. dead are Dr. (I. O. Chapman of
the. firm of Tally & Chapman, who conduct
u private Infirmary lu this city, and tho
wlfo and Infant child of llobcrt J. Lowe,
chairman of tho democratic state executive
committee. Following la tho Hat of Identi
fied dead und- known Injured;
Tho dead;
1)11. (I. (J. CHAPMAN.
miih. iiomsiiT J. iowe.
IN KANT CHILD 01' MHS, LOWE.
J. ALKXANDEH.
LITTLE DAUOHTEH OK II. II. HUDSON.
K. MYIU), colored, collector Union Mu
tual association of Mobile.
CAHHIE HUDSON, colored.
MAflOIK HLEVINS. colored.
CAHHIE HKNIIY, colored.
LIZZIE OLEN, colored.
COOK KOIl B. II. HUDSON, colored.
UNKNOWN OAHPENTER, struck by fly
ing lumber.
Lint nf Injured.
Fatally Injured:
Mm. It. H. Thomas.
Mrs. W. H. Thomas.
.Mrs. D. D. McLaughlin.
Mrs. J. Ferguson.
Mrs. Mylum.
Carrie Elln, colored.
Injured:
John Dillon.
Ham llrlght, Dethro, back of head cut.
Child of Mrs, McLnughllu.
Mrs. Stevens.
L. L. Holtnn, arm broken.
Sarah Adams, colored, arm broken.
Albert (llenn, colored.
Jerusha (llenn, colored,
(ircen Curry, colored.
Carrlo Elmore, colored, not expected to
live.
.Mary fJoodlnw, colored, arm und leg
broken.
Surah Thweatt, colored, arm broken.
Dave Elmore, colored, serious Internal In
juries. Sarah Elmore, colored, serious Internal
Injuries.
Mrs. Lynch and daughter, Internal In
juries. Frank Krlmscy, .arm broken and head
bruised.
Louglu Martin, colored, struck by Dying
timber.
Hhea Curry, colored, arm broken and
bead bruised.
Mrs. F. (1. Schaffcr and baby, slight In
juries. Mrs. Kates and daughter, slight injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Doorr, slightly Injured.
W. V. Docrr, bricklayer, bruised and
badly nut.
W. P. Dlckerson, scalp wound and con
cussion, serious.
Mrs. ncl E. Olaccopazzt, badly bruised.
Mrs. Jami Lane, Injured about head.
Jim Wilson, colored, sick In bed with
pneumonia; was badly bruised.
Mrs. Calloway, colored, badly fractured
arm.
Will Calloway, colored, scalp wounds.
Ned Thomas, colored, face cut slightly.
Lee IMchardson, arm bruised and finger
broken.
From tJrceu SprliiM to Avu ndnlr.
The storm struck tho city In the- extreme
outhwestorn corner and plowed Its way
eastward, leaving a path 150 feet wide
through Iho entire southern section, ex
tending from Orccn SprlngH on tho west to
Avondalo on tho cast, and continued Its
course, until Kb fury waH spent In tho
niauntniiis beyond Irondale, a small town,
six miles cast of tho city.
Tho morning dawned cloudy and sultry
nd grew mom threatening as tho day ad
vanced. Clouds began to guther and,
shortly after 0 o'clock sharp lightning
flashed from the southwest. Tho nlr bo-
catnn heavy nnd stifling. The voloclty of
Iho wind suddenly began to Increase nnd
out of tho uvcrenst sky tho dreaded funnel
shaped cloud mado Its appearance. Hug'
King closo to the earth It enmo down upon
the city. Tho nltltudo of tho cyclono was
not more than seventy-five feet. Tho negro
shanties and cottages In tint lowlands wero
the principal sufforers. Tho larger resl
rtencea on tho higher grounds suffered but
lightly. Tho large trees on tho hillside
of tho St. Vincent's hospital wero torn tip
by tho roots and largo masses of stone
wero twisted out of the ground nnd broken
and scattetod over tho driveways leading
to tho institution.
From Eighth to Tenth htrect tho tornado
bounded llko a rubber, ball, and when It
ssatn descended It struck a two-story
house, occupied by Joseph Hiisenholhnor nnd
almost raied It to the ground. Tho II
year-old daughter of John Krunscy was
caught under tho debris and severely In
Jured. A houso occupied by Taylor Hun-
sen, nearby, was unroofed and thrcn small
negro houses near thero wero demolished.
Onward the wind sped in its fury, do
mollshlng trees nnd fences until It reached
Eleventh street, whoro n house owned by
John Hayes was lovelcd to tho ground,
Skimming close to the earth the storm
wept through a small pine grove, tearing
the trees tin by tho roots und hurling them
through tho nlr llko arrows,
Nlrlkr .uro Settlement.
Beyond the grovo the torm cloud
swooped down upon n negro settlement and
tho cabins wero crushed, not one being left
In Its pathway, Carrlo Ellin, a negro wo
man, was burled beneath the debris, hut
most of tho negroes escaped with slight In-
juries and, after the storm had passed
gathered around tho wreckagp, thankful
that they had escaped with tholr lives.
Eastward th storm swept, cutting Its
way through another strip of woods, strlk-
(Continued ou Second Pace.)
SHEBOYGAN RIVER OVERFLOWS
I.uoscnliiR nf tlir Ice Itesritt In Flood
Ill Fnetnrlr Along the
Hank.
SHEROYGAN, Wis., March 25. The Ice lu
tho Sheboygan river has loosened up and
today began Its downward course. The water
r to about three or four feet and the
lata, the Sheboygan Pea Canning
''Oil A ny..l t'., 1,1 t tln.l .
rft ,11.111,1.111 rvi'llii mi, i.wu-
P- 'I ii, wuter about four feet.
Two . 1 a steamer were car
ried Into'u lth the assistance
of several tug ' 't back to their
moorings. Tho lc. csont Is hanked
against the Pcnnsylv.. .a nvenue bridge
nnd tho water In steadily rising.
MILWAUKEE, March 25. Saukvllle, n
vlllago fifteen miles north of the city Is
under water todny as a result of tho Ice
gorgo formed in the Mllwaukeo river tit
that point. Two bridges nave been swept
away.
Flood In Mniiy IMiiees.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 25. The
heavy rains and tho thaw throughout Wis
consin for tho lust three days hnvp caused
high water In many places. Sheboygan,
Oshkosh, Fond I)u Lac, Saukvllle and this
city nro having the worst experiences.
Tho Hoed In tho Menominee river val
ley In this city Is higher today than for
'ears past and several factories are tin
abln to npclute.
Plggsvllle, a Mllwnukca nuburb, Is
under water nnd the streets and yards of
tho town Innundated.
At Wuuwntosa the river Is threateningly
high.
At Illurk Itlvrr fulls tho Hlack river Is
on a rampage. It rose ubout eight feet
today nnd Is still rising. Tho Ico Is going
out nnd damage to property will be heavy
unless tho wateiB recede.
Fond l)u Lac reports that nn Ico gorgo
bus formed at Twelfth street bridge nnd
It Is feared that tho bridge will be holBtcd
frmu Its foundation.
Oshkosh reports tho lowlands v) cov
ered with water, und on tho road be
tween thero and Necnuh tho Intcrsuhurhan
railway truck in many placet: Is u foot or
two under water.
At La Crosso dynamlto was used this aft
ernoon to break up tho gorge In tile La
Crosso river within tho city limits, which
had threatened to carry nwny tho bridge
between tho north anil south sides.
A sixty-foot dam In the Hoot river ut
Hokuh, Minn., was washed away. That lit
tle, river Is now on one of the worst ram
pages In Its history and farmers arc threat
ened with serious damage. The Missis
sippi nnd IJIack rivers havo overflowed nil
tho lowlands In the vicinity.
Tho dam on the East Twin river in the
vlllago of Mlshlcott, near Munttctvoc, sud
denly gavo way today and It Is estimated
that tho sudden overflow of water did
damago to tho amount of $15,000, Houses
wero completely turned around. Three
bridges, one In the village and two Just
south, wero badly damaged,
Tho wuter is five feet deep on the niulu
street of tho village.
Tho village of Saukvlllo has been cut In
two by tho flood und the railway station
cannot be reached from either side. Thero
In much excitement there tonight nnd Port
Washington was appealed to for holp.
Kamllles nro leaving their homes. All
night there were parties of men rowing
about In tho only two boats tho place pos
sesses, with lanterns nnd torches, searching
for unfortunates who might havo been
caught In their homes or near tho village.
TRAIN BLOWN OFF THE TRACK
Turitndo Striken It Xeur Ilnenn Vltu,
Llftlnu KiikIiic from the
llnll.
COLUMIUJS. C.a., March 25. A mixed
train wns blown off tho Central of Georgia
railroad tracks one mllo cast of Iluenu
Vista Into this afternoon by n tornado.
Tho truln consisted of an engine, baggage
cur, two conches nnd twelve freight enrs
nnd was going fifteen miles an hour when
struck by tho wind. Tho engine was lifted
from tho track, the tendor turned over, the
bnggugo car and two coaches and threo
freight cars wero thrown on their sides
Tho rest of tho train remained on the
trnck. No one was seriously Injured.
Cussetn, thirty miles south of this city,
wns visited by ono of the heaviest wind
nnd rainstorms known In years. Tho Prim
Itlvo Ilaptlst church was blown dowivVTcl
egraph Operator W. M. EnrJIsh was
knocked unconscious by lightning. Colum
bus experienced a henvy rain and wind
atorm, but thero was no serious damage.
UNION PACIFIC OPEN AGAIN
Miumv llliiekude In Ilnled anil Nix
rimer Train SI nve
West.
OGALALLA, Neb.. March 25. (Special
Telegram.) Tho snow blockade upon the
Union Puclflo was, raised nt 3 p. m. today.
Six westbound pnssengcr tralns'pullcd out.
Train No. 3, duo hero nt 1 oclock n, m
Sunday, went ahead and tho rust woro
close behind. No freights nro moving yet.
Handlers living near report some loss of
stock, principally cows and Itttlo calves
Tho storm Was the worst for many years
It Is clear nnd pleasant nt this hour, f p. m,
MAKES EVENR0ME TREMBLE
Unlit nnd llnll Unit In tilana Fronts,
Kill .Htiiek mill tin in
I'rnil Tree.
HOME, C.a., March 25. A rain nnd hall
storm hero this morning blew In tho fronts
of several business houses und ruined their
stocks. N'o fatalities have been reported.
Six Inches of rain fell In four hours, ac
cording to tho wenther observer. At Cham
bers, hI miles from Home, tho gule blew
down J. A. Hounsovillo's homo und his
brother's. Mnny head of llvo stock wero
killed. It Is feared much Injury has been
done to fruit trees.
TURNS WARM AFTER THE SNOW
St urn; linn Ahntcd nntl Train Mot Iiiht
a I aunl l.lv Stock All
ItlKlll.
DENVEH, March 25. -Tho storm which
raged In Colorado nnd Wyoming yes
terday nnd last night has passed away and
under tho bright sunshine tho snow Is fast
disappearing. Tho weather has not been
cold, and It Is not believed thnl range
stock has suffered much.
Mrll.cn enr lialtctnn.
GALVESTON, Tex., March 25. At Double
Hny, a hamlet thirty miles north of Gal
veston, the storm of Friday night assumed
cyclonic, proportions, Mrs. Fish and n 7-year-old
girl, daughter of Hlehard Measle,
were killed. Three persons were Injured.
Three houses, which withstood the Septem
ber storm, collapsed.
Troop tn Protect I'rnperty.
MONTGOMEIJY, Ala., March 25. In re
sponso to n request of Mayor Drennau of
nirmingham Governor Sanford tonight or
dered .out the state troops in that city to
protect property In the damaged district.
MANCHURIAN' CRISIS TODAY
Russia-China Agretmint, if Still Uniigntd,
Will Lapit Toaight.
JAPAN PREPARES FOR PROMPT ACTION
If Cr.nr'a Diplomat flnccced the
lslnntl Umpire Will Not llrsl
tntc tn Strike, Confident
of WlnnliiK,
LONDON, March 25. The Chinese minis
ter, Sir Chlh Chen Lo Feng Luh, called at
tho Foreign olllcc today and urged the
llrltlsh government to bring pressure to
bear in order to prevent Russia from se
curing tho necessary ilgnntures to the
Manchurlau agreement.
The Foreign uttlce is still In the dark
tonight as to whether the agreement will'
oe signed or allowed to lapse when Hit
tlruo expires, Mnrch 2S. The officials of the.
Japanese legation are Inclined to believe
Hussla will succeed. In getting the neces
sary signatures. The situation Is stilt more
complicated owing to tho fact, ascertained
by a representative of the Associated I'ruo
today, that thero are two secret treaties,
ono of which Is to be. signed nt St. Peters
burg, dealing with Husslu's military con
tro! of Manchuria, and another to bo signed
at Pcktti, dealing ..Ml Us civil poe.s.
Tho Chinese uppers '
failed to produce any direct remonstrances
from Great Ilrltaln, or apparently from any
other power to St. Petersburg, for Hussla
persistently adhered to tho contention thnt
tho agreements concori no one except Hus
sla nnd China. On this ground Great
Urltnln's request for copies of tho agree
ment was abruptly declined, It Is ex
plained nt tho Foreign otllce hero that It
would bo a dangerous and useless breach
of diplomatic proceduro to endeavor to en
ter upon expostulations with Hussla, which
would only he based on information sup
plied by China.
IIunsIii linn the. t pper Hand.
In other words, the copies of tho treaties
and modtflcntlunu of them given by China
to tho powers were worthless documents
and will remain such until Hussla chooses
to comraunlcnte tho text of tho actual treat
ies .and modifications.
In tho nbsence of tho Japanese minister
In London, Ilaron Hayashl, Mr. Matsui, first
secretary of tho Japanese legation, who
was Interviewed this everting by a repre
sentative ol the Associated Press, made n
comprehensive statement of tho interests
Involved. Ho said:
"Hussla's Insistence, China's helplessness
nnd tho probable victory of Husslnn diplo
macy tomorrow will bring us to the brink
of a dangerous situation, In (which nono of
tho powers urc bo deeply concerned ns
Japan. Even if the secret treaties have
been modified, ns Is alleged, the changes
aro so trilling ns to mnko tho documents
thoroughly objectionable to Japan.
"Assuming that China signs the treaties, 1
suppose Great Britain," Germany nnd tho
United Slates will protest to Hussla. Hut
that Is as far as they will go and nbout
as much as they will get. With Japan It
Is a matter of fighting.
"The question Is whether wc aro to fight
Hussla now or to fight her later. Sho has
no right to Manchuria, and If she secures
Manchuria she will be on tho way to se
curing Coren. ,
Japan Heady tn Strike.
"Our government officials, I believe, are
seriously considering tho cHbIb. Their eyes
aro wide open and they will not bo driven
to precipitate action by tho Jlngolsts of
Japan, who are cponly clamoring for Im
mediate war. Yet If they see that war Is
unavoidable they will not hesitate to strike.
"Japan hns no reason to bo afraid us to
the result. Many reasons occur to the
average Japancso mind In favor of forcing
at tho present moment a struggle which
must como eventually. The chief reason
ugnlnst so doing Is the fact that Japan Is
Just beginning a new industrial era which
would bo temporarily killed should we en
deavor by forco of arms to prevent Husslan
encroachments.
"If wo follow the lend of other powers
and do not threaten hostilities we rcaltzo
that we must sit down tamely and sen any
othor nation stop In to make agreements
similar to those which China seems on the
verge of signing with Hussla. ThU would
mean the partition of the Chinese emplro
and the end of tho "open door." If wo
opposed It, wo naturally think we would
have the moral support of tho United
States, which hns boon tho champion of
these principles, and also of Great Britain
and Germany."
RUSSIA MODIFIES TREATY
In Return for Coneennlun Demand
that Clilnexe Stun It Im
mediately. LONDON, March 25. A dispatch from
Pckln avers that the Russian government
has consented to a number of modifications
In the Manuhurlnn convention, tho principal
ones being that Klu Cbow nnd Port Arthur
shall not bo annexed, but shall be leased
from the Chinese government, as hereto
fore; Hussla will not Insist upon thero
being a Husslan resident nt Moukden; tho
Chinese army will bo permitted to maintain
order in Manchuria prior to tho completion
of tho Manchurlan railway, which, while
In course of construction, will not noces
surlly require tho protection of Husslan
troops; Hussla will forego its demand that
mining and railway concessions In Mon
golia, Turkestan nnd Kashgurla shall bo
granted to none but Russian subjects.
Hussla stipulates, however, that none but
Chinese and Russians shall be allowed to
undertake such enterprises.
In consequence of theso concessions tho
Russian government nsks for nn early
slgnnturo of tho convention.
BOERS NEAR QUEENST0WN
Whole Tim n In Culled Out tn Jinn
llrrniitvi nrkn liny anil
Muht.
QUEENSTOWN. Capo Colony, March 25.
Tho town guard hero has been called out
owing to reports that a force of Doers Is
near tho town. Business hns been shut
down In order to allow the employes to
man the tienrhes nnd forts day nnd night.
Tho Iloers, who nre said to ha twenty miles
off, nro alleged to have crossed the railroad
near Drummond.
WHILE DISTRIBUTING RELIEF
Vllmlniiiiry S t.inelioiiNe of London
.Murdered hy Clilnrar He Waa
Helpline.
TIEN TSIN, March 25.-Inqulrles show
thnt tho Rev. J, Stonehouso of tho London
Missionary society, who, as announced in
theso dispatches yesterday, was killed by
brigands fourteen miles east of Tien Tain,
was murdered ut the ferry of the vlllago of
Whnngnlo on the, Hun Ho river, tec miles
east of Tungnn Hsen, whllo distributing re
lict to the nturvlns villagers.
MONARCHIST PLOT IN BRAZIL
Admiral Mrltn tinier; Arrcit anil
Others In Army anil .Nnvy
Watched
NEW YOHK, March .25. -A dispatch to
tho Herald from Rio Jane ro says: Greit
excitement prevails hero 'over tho arrest
of Admiral Custodlo Jose Mcllo and others
on nccount of the revelations of a mon
archist plot through tho suicide of Ilaron
do llurgnl. Extraordinary precautions aro
being taken by the government to prevent
any outbreak. Apprehension centers about
tho navy. Tho war vessels aro being closely
guarded, as It Is believed the oftlcers are
not quite trustworthy.
Details of the plot which Ilaron do Hurgal
revealed to tho authorities havo been made
public. It was the purpose of those con
cerned, It Is declared, lo ,g!vo the aignal
for tho outbreak by tho assassination of
President Campos Salles. (During tho ex
rltement thnt followed the! monarchist ad
herents In the army and navy wero to tal:o
possession of tho city and hold tho gov
ernment officers. Tho affairs pf state were
lo bo Intrusted to a triumvirate composed
of Admiral Mello, Marshal Cnnturia and
Counsellor Lafayette Perelrn.
Admiral Mello was quietly removed from
the city, as It was feared. hat his preseuco
would cnuso disturbances. Ho was con
veyed to Coblas Island, wh.cro he Is held lu
the custody nf Admiral Proenca.
ROYAL PAIRREACHES MALTA
Fleet llrrel nml Soldier nnd I'npn
laec Turn Out tu Greet
Them,
MALTA. March 25. The. steamer Ophlr.
bearing the duko nnd duchess of Cornwall
and Xork on their tour o( the world, ar
rived hero this morning. The war ships
lu tho harbor wero manned und dressed.
The sun shono brightly and the crowds
wtro early astir, pouring Into Valctta and
lilting tho terraces and ramparts command
ing a view of tho harbor. The approach of
the Ophlr was hernldcd when it was still
eighteen miles dlstanct by salutes from
a flotilla of ten torpedo boat destroyers,
which went out to meet it. It entered the
harbor amid salvos of artillery from St.
Augelo, tho citadel, forts and war ships.
After receiving tho officials tho duko and
duencss lnnded nnd drove to Porto Hcalo
nnd thence to tho palace. Tho balconies
of all the houses along tho route were pro
fusely decoruted with flags and bunting
and filled with cheering spectators. Tho
entire distance from the landing place tp
tho palace was brightly decornted with
Venetian masts und arches. The streets
through which tho duko and duchess nnd
their pnrty passed wero lined with troops
and bluejackets.
BOERS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS
llaulnutoii'n Foree Attack Delnrej,
CnpturliiHT I K I'rlHoiierN mill
.Much Ammunition.
LONDON, March 25. The War ofllco has
received the following dispatch from Lord
Kitchener:-
"PRETORIA, March 25. Uablngton's
forco. Including Shcklotoa's column, at
tacked Dclarey, 1,500 strong, northwest of
Ventcrsdorp, nnd having defeated him
followed him up rapidly with tho result
that tho floor rearguard whs driven In
and Us convoy, rr.pturcu including the
guns captured at Vaal'a ba'nk.
"Our troops displayed great gallantry
and dash. They captured two 15-poundor
guns, ono pompon, six maxims, 320 pounds
of big ammunition, 15,000 rounds of small
ammunition, 1C0 rifles, llfty-three wagons
nnd twenty-four carts, besides taking 110
prisoners.
"Our losses were slight. Many Boers
were killed or wounded.
RUSSIA HAS NOT WITHDRAWN
ANiure FiiKlnnd It Still Ileiualiin In
Cn-Opcrutloii with
Power.
LONDON, Mnrch 25. Replying to Sir
hills Ashmcad-uartlctt, conservative, who
nsked in tho Houso of Commons today
whether Rusaln had presented China with
a modified agreement regarding Manchuria
nnd whether Russia had wlthdrnwn from
the so-called concert of Europe, tho foreign
(.ccretary, Lord Cranbomo, said the govern
meut understood that the terms of the pro
posed agreement wero still under discus
sion, but ho was unable to make any posl
live statement on that subject. The Rus
sian government, ho ndded, had Informed
the government of Grent Britain thnt Rus
sia has no Intention of withdrawing from
co-operation with tho other powers In
China.
BRITISH SOLDIERS MURDERED
While DoIiiht Police Duly at Tien Tain
Two of Them Are Ah.
niiniiiiiiteil.
TIEN TSIN. March 25. In an affray last
ovenlng two members of the Welsh Fusllecr
regiment nnd a rqembor of tho Victorian
contingent, who wero noting as policemen
were sabred nnd bayonetted. It Is alleged
that Germans wero the principal culprits
CREWS CLEARING THE LINES
(irent lluntle lu Ksiiana ami Fnnteru
Colorado to Get Sihmv OA
Trnck.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 25. Western Kan
haa and enstoru Colorado nre lu tho throes
of a blizzard. Beginning Saturday night
nnd continuing through Sunday and Sunday
night, the worst snowstorm of tho season
visited that section.
Tho trains on the Rock Island havo been
badly delayed. Saturday's tlyer hns been
stuck In tho biinw at Brewster, Colo., for
twenty-four hourH nnd a number of trains
aro being hold at Goodlnnd, Kun. Tho Chi
cago trains aro being run over the Union
Pacific trarks from Llmon Junction, Colo.,
to Manhattan, Kan. Northern Hiich of tho
Union Pacific and B. & M. aro blockaded
with snow.
vjii iiiiuuiu oi ino seventy or ujc storm
yebterday railroad men wero able to do
little toward improving tho situation, but
today tho work Is going on satisfactorily
and by midnight tho lines will be cleared.
BOTH CLAIM WATER WORKS
Clnh lie! nee ii Ooteu fy Official
anil AkciiIn of the Com
plin y,
OG DEN, Utah, March 25.-Wor was de
clared today botween tho city council and
tho Ogden water works company. Tho city
tho Ogden Water Works company. The city
notified all consumers not to pay their
water rentnls pending tho termination of
the suit. Tho company began turning off
tho wuter today and the entire pollco de
partment, reinforced by 100 specials, ar
retted tho agents of tho company and they
were Jailed without bond. The officer
then turned tho water on again. Great ox
cltemcnt prevail! here.
ABANDONS ITS CREAT WORK
Legiilaturs Dtcidei to Lear Its Talk
Mostly UncorapliUd,
EARLY ADJOURNMENT DEATH TO BILLS
t.nw Needed mil I'romlnril Left In All
StaKc of Preparation hy the
DccImIiiii to Unit on
Th urnilny.
LINCOLN, March 25. (Special Tele
gram.) Tho vote lu tho senate, udoptlug
tho report of the Joint committee on ad
journment. Ilxei the close of the session
for Thursdny next. ' While the last day of
the session may be protracted by turning
bark tho clock tho constitutional require
ment thnt every bill be read on three tin
ferent duys In ench brunch of the legislature
before Its pnssago makes this early ad
journment tantamount to killing all tho
measures that have not passed one house
or the other by noon tomorrow.
It may us well bo understood now as
later that this early adjournment Is brought
nbout by the co-operutlon of tho railroad
corporations that are fighting the election
of D. E. Thompson and at the samo tlmn
trying to stave off adverse legislation nnd
tho fuslonlsts, who nre willing to put tho
onus on tho republicans for falling to
legislate und ulso falling to break the sena
torial deadlock. Tho vote In tho senuto
was 10 to 11, four republlentis voting with
the fuslonlsts, two of them being leaders
of the so-called nntls.
Kill Important I.enlNlallon.
Adjournment nt this time means that nil
tho Important legislation that was hoped for
from them this session Is likely to go amiss,
while time will be hnd with dltttctllty to
attend to the regular appropriation bills.
First and foremost adjournment kills all of
tho bills to regulate railroad charges, telo
graph and telephone tolls, stock yards rates
nnd every other proposition ugnlnst which
the corporation lobby has been working.
Ono of tho bills, known aH the GUIs bill,
hns already passed tho house, providing for
a 10 per cent reduction In freight rates on
llvo stock. This bill Is pending In the
senate, but a contract hns been undertaken
by Frank Ransom und home of his usso-
elates to head It off without letting It
como to u vote, because If .i roll call were
over forced on It u count of noses Indicates
thnt It would go through. Snuflltig It out
hy adjournment will therefore make less
fire and little r.rcoke.
lilTcct on I'nrty I'ledue.
The worst feature of tho move Is Its prob
able effect on Important party measures,
pledged by tho republicans in tho pint
form on which tho state wus carried for
McKlnley and tho state tlckot. No ap
portionment bill has yet been put through,
although every one knows thnt one of tho
potent factors In making the legislature re
publican was n dealro to have tho state ro
distrlctcd for congressional end legislative
purposes In u way that would not go to the
dlsndvuntUKo of tho republican party and In
sure the state against populism for years to
oome. It Is said that Senator Van Boskirk
voted with the fuslonlsts on tho adjourn
ment proposition with the idea that It
would forco uii extra session for the pur
pose of considering apportionment, in which
Ije Is especially Interested. An c;:amloatlui
Pf the constitution shows thut the provis
ion relating to apportionment Imposes that
duty on tho regular legislative session
directly nftcr tho census enumeration nnd
at no other time. If an apportionment were
had at an extra session Its conbtltlttlouullty
would be open to question and with the
supremo court constituted us It Ib, with n
majority fusion. It would be running great
chances of being knocked out If uttucked
In tho courts.
No Xrrr Unllot Law.
As with the apportionment th&'same with
the ballot legislation. One bill designed to
require candidates nominated by more than
one party to cbooso which party desig
nation they wish to appear under ou tho
nfllclnl ballot has passed tho senate, but
It has been stalled In the house. Tho bal
lot law reported from the elections com
mitted of tbo house was ordered engrossed
for a third rending In tho houso this ufter
noon, nnd will be put on Us pnssuge to
morrow, but it will havo ' to tuako fnBt
tracks to reach the senate nnd go through
the regular course there, oven If it hnd no
opposition to encounter.
Snve I.cc. Ilerilman' Crntt.
Another beneficiary of adjournment Is tho
supremo court clerk, Leo Herdmnn, who
sees In It relief from tbo downfall of bills
to cut otf his nbsorptlon of supremo court
fees. Governor Dietrich has been utter
Herdmnn pretty hard, and sent In n message
todny with nnother bill Intonded to clip his
wings, but this must now go the way of
the deadwood lumbering the houso and
senate tiles, and Hordraan will Bhuke hands
with himself for having killed off throo bills
already, to say nothing of opening tho
safety valve on his exchequer.
Ah to Omaha measures, ii largo bunch
hnvo been caught hanging lu midair and It
would tuko a miracle to land them. Tho
paving bill, und tho salary increase, bill,
nnd the real estate abstractors' bill and u
lot of other mensures, to push which dole
gallons havo been making the trains heavy
between Omaha and Lincoln, nre quite
likely to bo Bldetracked.
Sentiment of the (iovernor.
Tho eftect of adjournment unci all Its
consequences upon tho party naturally ex
cites considerable discussion, Govornor
Dietrich, when asked what ho thought of
It, replied: "You cun suy I am deeply
disappointed. Not only are a great many
measures that deservo consideration cut
off, but in tho time remaining It will bo
Impossible to glvo tho attention that ought
to bo given to the appropriation bills
providing for thu expenses of tho state gov
ernment.
"What about an extra session? I don't
want to talk ubout It. Unless I chango my
mind there will ho no extra session. An
extra besslon would cost tho taxpayers
from $20,000 upwards. The legislature
should do Its work In Ub regular session
I am disappointed; that's all."
State Chairman Harry Llndsny was pres.
ent durlns this Interview and lent his en
dorsement to It. .
Its effect on tho senatorial, situation, by
bringing up nn immovable barrier to bal
lotlng In Joint session after Thursday, has
not yet been fully realized, but win cer
tainly bo n chief tonic of talk from now on
CALLAHAN WANTS BENEFIT
Ask Thnl llrnderaoii Con fens Thai He
I Not One of Hie Cuilnliy
K lilnnper.
DALLAS, Tex.. March 25. Sheriff John
son received u letter from Charles W. Hal
ler of Omaha, nttoruey for James Cal
lahan, who Is charged with being one of
the Cudahy Kidnapers, In which Ilaller asks
If II. C. Henderuon, who nrrused himself of
this crime, will glvo a deposition for tho
benefit of Callahan. Henderson declined to
give answer for publication, but main
tains thut ho is the guilty parly.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for NelmUku Fair Tuesday: Ris
ing Temperature; Winds Becoming Sottli
eriy; Wednesday Kulr.
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HANNA'S VlhW OF NEBRASKA
Mil Such a Demllock I nil Armnnent
In I'nt or of Popular Vote
for Scnntor.
NEW YORK, Mnrch 2tS. -The Times says:
United States Senator Hantia was Inter
viewed last night on matters of public In
terest. He said:
"So far as 1 am personally concerned, I
am opposed to the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people. Still,
I can see that an amendment to the consti
tution providing for the popular election
of senators will be encouraged by obstlnnte
leudlocHK lu legislatures, us In Nebraska
nnd Delaware. Wo should bo very con
servative in tinkering with tho constitu
tion. Tho trouble with the present method
Is that Iho will of the people, as expressed
nt the polls, Is sometimes delayed or hold
up Indefinitely, Why, ufter the last na
tional election, theru was delay In choos
ing United States senators In accordance
with the expressed will of tho people in
llvo or six states. And here wo have two
states, each carried by the republicans,
euch with a republican legislature, de
prived of representation In the United
States senate- Delaware and Nobrimku,
"The deadlock tn Nebraska makes every
republican indignant. Tho patty there Is
clearly denied tho legitimate fruits of its
victory. All that I have done us chairman
of the national committee in both Delawnro
und Nebraska has been to favor the elec
tion of two republican senators.
"It has been stuted In the Philadelphia
papers thut I was iiblug my Influence In
fnvnr of Mr. Adilicks lu Delaware. The
statement was untrue. I have said no word
In favor of any person or faction ns against
nnother. As my action wns In Delaware so
It has been und still Is In Nebraska.
"Tho tlmo for tho election In Nebraska
will expire during this wouk und I hope
something will develop tomorrow fnvor
able to limiting the dendloek."
AGAINST GRAIN COMBINE
Farmer of Kiiiimiin Inleuil to Hun
Klrvutnr of Their
(Inn,
KANSAS CITY. Mnrch 25. Tho fnrmerB
of central Kansas nro organizing nguiust
whut they call the grain combine. Just
now tho center of working opposition to
thu so-called grain combine Is ut Solomon,
but farmers around Abilene, Sallnu und
Mcl'herBon are gutting ready to Jolu.
At Solomon forty-threo farmers huvn or
ganized u stock company und will run uu
elevutor of their own. At Suliua u slmllur
scheme Is on foot, though the company
Is not ready, llko the one ut Solomon, to
incorporate and nctuullly go Into business.
A. P. Collins, vico president of tho com
pany, In explaining Its purpose today said:
Solomon Is a big shipping point, with
three railroads nnd on eanh rnilrond there
Ik one grain buyer. Our cdmpany includes
most of the large wheat growers of thu
neighborhood und our plan Is to havo an
elevutor of our own, employ a man to run
It and have him pay ulwayB a fair market
price for the wheat."
WOMAN IS HACKED TO DEATH
Attacked nnd Ntiihhed lo Death hy
Mr. Karri ami Her Duiiulitcr
of HlriuliiKliuni.
ST. LOUIS, March 25. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says:
Mrs. Addle Harris nnd her 10-year-old
daughter Weutietta fairly hacked to
pieces at EliBley last night Mrs. Ella
Humphries, who was suspected of being in
timate with Richard Harris, husband of
the elder Harris woman. Mrs. Harris went
to Ensley to make a personal investigation
of the alleged relationship of her husband
and Mrs, Humphries. Sho went to tho
Humphries home. There sho found her
husband In Mrs. Humphries' room. Sho de
manded admission, but her husband burred
the door. At this Juncture Mrs. Humphries
emerged from a buck door. Tho Harris
woman attacked Mrs. Humphries and
stubbed her to death. The mother und
daughter were arrested.
SHOOTS HIS WIFE IN STORE
llimliiuid of Chlcuifo Milliner Tnke
Her Life and Fatally
Wound llluiMeir.
CHICAGO, Murch 26. Charles Lattlmer
went into his wifo's millinery storo ut 50'S
West Slxt'ythlrd street today, wulked up
behind Mrs. Luttlmer, who wns examining
a hat preparatory to delivering it to u cus
tomer und without u word shot her In tho
h.ud, killing he- Instantly, Lattlmer then
placed tho weapon to his own head and
tired, Inflicting a fatal wound, Mr. und
Mrs. Lattlmer hud been living apart for
some time.
A letter wnn found In Latlltnur's pockot
addressed to A. J. Lattlmer, it brother, at
Clinton, III. In tho letter Lattlmer said
ho Intended to take his life, Sixty dollars
in bills wero enclosed In tho lotter, whlrh
also contained Instructions to have tho
writer a body cremated.
PHILLIPS ONCE MORE KING
ItrlKii of Corn Put rniiiile
Hard One for
Short.
to lie
CHICAGO. March 2.1, The News today
hays: Gcorgo H. Phillips Is onco ninro king
of tho cornptt and his reign promises tn be
a hard ono for the shorts. Under tho die
tatlon of tho young speculator the cereal
today sold to 42fcl2Ho for May dcllvory.
a gain of c over tho previous session, ami
the highest prlne touched this season. Tho
demand was sufficient to curry thu market
up in the face of henvy realizing sales by
longs. A feature of tho prrsent bull cam
paign is that tho country Is heavily repre
sented on tho long side of tho mnrket und
will profit by tho advanro, Phillips' hold
ings alono nre estimated to be-In the mil
lions, Close IIcIIkIou MlnhlUhiiieiiti.'.
LISBON, Mrch 2r,. Thn pollco lave
closed tho religious establishment -hich
hfVH been ordorod closed by ministerial de
cree. Ilnuhtful I) ran.
LOUISVILLE, Ky , March 25. Kid Carter
of Brooklyn und Jack Bonner nf Philadel
phia met fur n twenty-round bout ut .Music
halt tonight which lesulted lu u dr.iw. m.
cording to the decision of thu local referee
Tho crowd, however, showed Unit n tlioiiKlit
til decision should hui'e lieeli given to c,ir.
ter Bonner was knocked down several
times, while Carter was fresh ut tho end.
ALL THERE TO VOTE
Honda Iiu Almost thi Total Lif iilaturs
at Joint Btiiion.
RAILROADS HELP OUT BRYAN'S PLAN
Run a Special Train to Git Balatsd Fusion
iiti to Lincoln.
HARD SLAP DEALT TO NEWSPAPERS
Houii in Oommittio of the Wholi Outi Out
Olaimi for Adwtiiiig.
MAKES POOR RETURN FOR PARTY LOYALTY
Pre of the Slate, Which Hit Fouuht
the I'IkM or He public nulMU, U
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LINCOLN, Murch 25. (Special Tolcgiutn )
lu the Joint convention today 1). E,
TLompson cuiiio to the front with hid
declaration that If elected In 1 tin I In 1 1 oil
UtCS sennto lie would fnvnr nn iimnml.
inent to the fode,rl constitution for the
'lection of United Stuteu senutorH by direct
oto of thn people. The commutilcattoti
mis presented by Senator Harlan und rc.nl
by tho secretary us follows:
LINCOLN, March -Mr. President nml
letnborM of the Joint Convention: lte
niiulliig to the resolution nf the Joint con-
iilllliili I .It.ulri, I., uut. (I.... I 1.... I.........
" ' ........ ... nnj int.. i Hi.t.j ilili3n
favored submitting tn the people nil ques-
Minn in wnii-ii uiej- lire uiruciiy unci i-sieil
ml I earnest Iv Invnr the al,.i.t!,m ..r I'l.lt.-.i
States senators by ii dliect vote nf the
eople. D. u. THOMPSON.
For a Monday session It wns tho fullest
ittcndunce since the biillotlnc for United
States senators begun. Every republican
UH In Ills Beat, excent U'ntizl mi. I M.r.
hall, and all tho fuslonlsts but live, sev-
t ill of the latter lielnir mi ilm sii.b liuf
I'hls result was brought nbout by the extra
igllnucu of all thn cant i.mllni Infer., alu
ach seeing to It thut members under their
ntluence wero on hand. The eiiidlmr form
with tho fuslonlHts is unquestionably W.
nryati himself, who Is utL-im. ttn.n, i.
stand stendy, und, strungo to say, lu this
iuh euoriH uro iicing seconded by thu rail
road combination thut to beat D. k. Th
son Is co-opcrutlng with tho opposition to
irovent any election. Tho most conclusive
root of this wus given today, when, with
rains knocked out bv thn Htnrm nn.i ttm
outlook threatening tho detention of sev
eral mcmiiers liecuuso of delayed service, a
special was provided hy the Elkhorn-Unlon
Pncltle nil the way from Grund Island In
Untoln to Ininc in t-vo fimlonlatit, Senator
.wooistenliolm und Hopresontutlvo Thorns-
sen, and swell tho voto of tho fusion cuii
dldateB on Joint bullet.
Only two chances were recorded ii lumtp
the republicans, both coming out of tho
Croilliso column. Senator .lnlim.nn vnle.t
ugain for Hosewutcr und Senator VunlloH-
nine tor .Melklejobli. An is shown by the
figures, tho fuslonlsts featured Allen and
iiitcncocic, polling the r full slrena-th fur
tho former, whllo two of their votea went
to W. H. Thompson Instead of lo Hltch-
:ock.
A DmiKAroii NiiHlfrtlnu.
The suggestion of Mr. Melklelohn. that the
choice of United States senators bo left
to tho open bobhIou with tho expectation
that tho deadlock run be binned liv re.
publlculiH ut tho Inst hour of tho lust duy.
huh not. htrucK u responslvo chord, becuuse
tho more tho members look nt It thn moin
dungeroiiB If uppeurs. Under thu law tho
leglBlatura is recpitrcd to tako only ouo
ballot for United States senator n dnv.
meeting for that purpose In Joint session
nt noon. This means ono ballot evcrv lec-
lslutlvo day, so that if tho InHt day Is ex
tended over more than twenty-four hours
nothlnir coninelx another Inlnl Mnnulnn nml
moro than ono bullot can bo taken only
by voting down a motion to adjourn and
moving to proceed with nnother ballot, with
or without an Intervening recess, Tho so
called nntls nro -o bent upon defeating
Thompson that they openly declare thoy
would rnther lenvo tho Bcnatorshlps vucant
tnnn to assist In his election. With their
votes udded to those of tho fuslonlsts u
motion to ndjourn the Joint session would
curry desplto nil efforts to tho contrary
und tho deadlock would bo left as a legis
lative legucy. Tho untln und tho fuslon
Ists would like to welcome such an oppor
tunity, as It In Inst what tliev linvn tieon
waiting for and what thn fuslonlsts huvn
ueen worKtng ror. tiki last hour of thn
last day Idea for electing tho sonatorn Ib,
therefore, tho most dangerous thnt hns
yet been projected.
Hhiihlix Treatment of .eiTpnpcrn.
Tbo woeful lark of party spirit and dis
cipline among tho republicans was never
moro forcibly displayed thnu In thn houso
this morning, when thoy allowed tho claims
of a scoro of republican newspapers for
advertising tho constitutional amendments
four years ago to bo knocked out of the
claims bill In committee of the whole. No
ono contended that the advertising had
not been printed or thut tho bills woro not
rendered nt tho regulur statutory rute,
Tho stats had received the benefit of tho
ndvertlilng ns required by law nnd any
prlvato person ordering thn hamn would
have in en held to tho payment of tho debt.
But tho knockers were Out nnd tho claims
went by tho board.
"It is a shame," remarked ono of tho
members, "to treat the uewspupors in ion Ii
u shabby way. Thcsti papers have hern
working year In fhd year nut for thu re
publican pnrty with mighty small return n
tho way of support and patronage. Their
energetic worn miring tuu last campaign
had a great dcul to do with giving thn
legislature u republican majority, ami yet
when their Just blllb aro rendered for
services of which the stain and Its lux
payers havo hud the benefli. wn let them
hold thu sack and then expect thorn to tako
off their contu tho next cuiupiilgn and tight
tho pnrty's battles Just ns hard as nvtr.
I say It's a ahuniu."
('linen AkiiIii Ineirccl mil.
At tho republican cuiiciih tonight flfiy
the persons worn represented, u fow of
them by prosy. The balloting began at 8:30
and continued with few Interruptions until
10:30, Mr. Currlo und his supporters held
a conference Just prcvlou.'i to thn caucus
and planned a diversion for Iho purpose of
drawing from thn Hoscwuter column by
Bending votes to llaldrlgo.
Senator Newell blarted the movement In
thu caucus, :o that ou several ballots from