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The Omaha ' Daily Bee. j:staih,isiii:i jini; u, ihti. OMAHA, MOM)AY JlOHNlJvG, JAN U All V 12, 1903. BlXfiLK COPY TlIUEi: CENTS. CATTLEMEN EMIOUTE Kansai City Makei Elaborate Plani to Greet Convention Delegates. SEVEN THOUSAND VISITORS EXPECTED Eeprwntativea from All Parts, with Six Etate Governors, Will Assemble. LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION HAS BIG EVENT Will Hold Five Daya' 8e3ien Commercing Tomorrow Morning. WOOL GROWERS AND RAILROAD MEN MEET Twfntf Thonaand Dollar la Ready to Spend on Klahomtr Kntertalnment on All Attracted to Yarloue tiatherlnga. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 11A-AU arrange ments hcve been perfected Tor the Na tional Live Btork association, whlrh. with Its adjuncts, the National Wool Growers' association and the National Association of Railroad Live Stock Agents, will meet in convention In this city on Tuesday. The three conventions will attract 7,000 persona directly connected with them, beside a host of other Interested In the live stock business. A fund of $JQ,000 has been rau"d for the entertainment of the visitors aril every minute of their time here will be crowded with Incident. The live stock convention will begin Its sessions on Tuesday morning in the Cen tury theater, and hold sessions there alsc on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The wool growers will meet on Saturday at tho Live Stock exchange, and the railroad men will meet at the Coatea house on Wednes day and Thursday. The wool growers arc nearly all members of the big organization, and will participate In Its convention. Concluding the week there will be an excursion to New Orleans In a special train, open to all. The convention proper will be called to order by John W. Springer, president of the association, who will then deliver bia an nual address. This will be followed by the annual report of the secretary, Charles F. Martin, and the annual report of the ex ecutive committee. The program for tho convention contains some exceptionally able addresses, and la full of general inter eat. Besides these there will be some lively debatea on notable subjects of gen eral concern. The visitors' ball, next Wednesday night, will be the finest functlor. of that sort Kan sas City has ever attempted. The grand inarch will be led by President Springer and the governors of states, half a dozen of whom will be present. The climax of tho festivities will bo reached on Friday night, when there will be a huge minstrel shoT In Convention hall and a theater party for the women at Gertrude Berkeley's play houa. Plana are practically completed for tho annual convention of the National Asso ciation of Retail Grocers and General Mer chandise, which la to be hold bore on Tues flay, Wednesday and Thursday or thla week. About ROn delegatea are expected and they will be the guests of the Kansas City Re tall Merchants' association. ACQUIT HOUSTON OF MURDER Jury Requires Only a. Few Mlnsitea to Arrive at Its Ver dict. I GERINO, Neb.. Jan. 11. (Special.) Thi jury In the case against young Walter Houston, who was chargtd with the murder of Clarence Fullerton on October 5 last, haa returned a verdict of acquittal, afl.er being out only a few hours. No one ex pected thn verdict to be one of murder in the flrt degree, as there were some miti gating circumstances. The cattlo stealing case against "Four Bpot" Hurlburt was dismissed after the evidence disclosed the fact that the brand of the complaining witness was not re corded with the State Brand commission. Mrs. Haynes, a well known ranchwoman southwest of Alliance, was the complaining witness. W. P. Powell, a drayman at Seotts niutt, waa almost instantly killed In a runaway last night. Hia brother, Evan Towell, waa also seriously, but not fatully hurt. Powell ' lived only an hour after the accident. He was a married man and had a family. CLOTHES AND MONEY GONE O Ulcer Arrest Man at Fremont with Stolen tinrmenta on Ills I'rraoa. VALLEY. Neb., Jan. 11 (Special Tele gram.) At an early hour this morning E. A. Doherty. a boarder at the Valley house, discovered he had been robbed of his boot suit, overcoat and $21. He, with Marshal Leach and the Valley bloodhounds, .trailed a stranger, whoso room was found vacant, to where he boarded a westbound freight. They were followed to Fremont with a team and with Sheriff Bauman tr-ey found the man, who proved to be Charles Ethertou, with the stolen clothes on and f 17. The bal ance had been spent In a sporting house. Etherton had been auspUioned by the Fre mont officers for some tjme. He was ar rested and put In the Fremont Jail. Hia trial will be held at Valley Monday. JUSTIFIED" IN KILLING MAN Mlchlaaa Prisoner Dtarharged. aa lie Slew While liealallug lllcKal Arreat. JACKSON. Mlrh.. Jan. 11. Fredrick Sell off was today acquitted of manslaughter In having shot George Smith on September 7, when the latter was In company with offlcers who were attempting to arrest him without a warrant. Judge Peck, In charging the Jury, said Sleloff bad a right to use all necessary fores to protect himself, as the attempt to arrest him without a Warrant consti tuted ahaault and battery. COLORADO ITALIANS FIGHT Aaeleut Feud Ilreaka Out la Mining lamp and Leads to Free Kb out In sr. TRINIDAD, Colo, Jan. 11. A telephone message received from Hastings, a coal camp, eighteen nilUs north of this city, reports a fight between two factions of Italians. On was killed, having been shot six times, and several others were injured. Thi Usbt was the outcome of a feud which hk existed among tie llaliaua of the camp for several years. SULTAN REARRESTS BROTHER Mornrrnn Holer, Jealons of Relative's I'opnlarlo, Once More Places Hint In ( nc dy. MA PR ID, Jan 11 A o. ''''l vEl Lib eral from Tangle)-, Morocco. "f . "in reports frcm Fex declare the so-. -arrested his brother, Mulal Harv whose popularity he Is Jealous. LONDON, Jan. 12 A dispatch to tw Drtlly Express from Tangier says all tHj Europeans of Fez have now left and that the foreign ronsula will follow Immediately. A dispatch to the Morulng Leader from Tangier says the sultan has left Fex with his army and is awaiting the rebels at the Zetu river. The sultan's uncle, Mulhal Arafa. tins arrived at Tangier and Is seek ing to raise money. The Imperial trcops are badly armed and unreliable, while the rebel soldiers are well organized and better armed. The Times correspondent at Tangier says the sultan has appealed to the governors of all districts, including Tangier, for men and arms. The general situation Is cer tainly not Improving. A caravan of mules taking money from the customs here to the sultan at Fex waa met by an Imperial messenger, who ordered It to return (o Tangier and await a cavalry escort, as the roads were unsafe. Tho Benlm-Hara tribe, near Ilazan, has driven away its governor. PARIS, Jan. 11 A dUpatch to the Jour nal from Tangier says the sultan has mad" known bis Intention of abandoning Fez and taking refuge at Rabat, where he will es talilifh his capital. A letter received from Fez says the for eign consuls there have left for Rabat or Casa Hlanca. Ministers of foreign powers have held a meeting to concert measures In view of common action, but It Is not known what decision was reached. TANGIER. Morocco, Jan. 11. The depart ure of the live women missionaries, four of whom are English, from Fez for Tangier had been long meditated and was not an outcome of new developments. Many sensational reports are current here of affairs in Fez, but there Is little reliable information to be had. It Is considered a satisfactory feature that the trlbea to the south of Fez are remaining quiet. Seven Jewa have been murdered In the Halna region. Tho sultan Is reported to be suspicious of the movements of his brother, Mulal Mohammed and keeps the loyal horsemen from the south around his per son Instead of sending them against the rebels. Heavy rains now threaten to In terrupt communication with the Interior of the country. ASSASSIN IS MERELY MAD Man Who Fired on King Alfonso lias o Connection Tilth Anarchists. MADRID, Jan. 11. Felto, tho man who fired at the royal procession yesterday, was examined today. Ills bearing during the questioning confirmed the previous reports that he Is suffering from monomania. A careful official Inquiry has ahown that he is not connected with anarchists. The king has received a host of royal or other congratulations on his escape. A dynamite bomb sent here by rail in a box from Barcelona has been found at the railway station, but all attempts to dis cover Its sender have been frultlcaa. The box reached here the day before the funeral of Senor Sagasta and la supposed to have been intended for use during the passage of the funeral cortege. When Kelto fired, the queen mother and the Infanta were much alarmed. The king was very cool, however, and Inquired It anyone had been hurt. After being In formed to the contrary he chatted with the civilian governor, who walked alongside the royal carriage, giving his majesty tho details of the outrage. I'pon arriving at the palace the king im mediately repaired to a balcony to watch the excited populace. The queen waa In the meantime so up set that physicians had to be called to attend her. Felto waa confined tor nearly a year in a lunatic asylum at Buenoa Ayres and since bo returned to Spain, last June, baa lived chiefly In Madrid, vainly seeking em ployment, often changing his abode and al ways attracting notice by his reticence and gloomy aspect. He pestered people lu year senator amcneu oi uregon senas io high positions for protection and wrote to hese restaurant a a large box of Columbia this end even to King Alfonso and other . river salmon end on that day the proprl aovoreigns. He waa several times employed ' etrs of the lunch rooms find very little as a servant in aristocratic houses, but' business for their cooks other than the waa rlways dismissed as crazy. ' preparation of these superb fish. Then, too, Felto allegea that the Argentina govern- Bome ,he southern senators and members ment robbed him of hundreda of thousands have lately been engaged In educating the of pounds and imprisoned him when he taR'o ther colleagues up to " possum instituted suit to recover the money. J and sweet latere." A score or more of these SEEK TO HEAL ROYAL FEUD Kalarr'a Trip to Italy May Smooth !Hrr Difficulties with Aoatrlan Coart. ROME, Jan. 11. The visit of Emperor William to the Italian court next April may be the means of smoothing 'over the long standing difficulty between Austria and Italy. The difference arose over the failure nf Kmneror Francis Josfnh to return the visit of the late King Humbert In 1882 be- cause of Ihe pope's threat to rxcnmmunl- cate any Catholic aoverelgn who became a guest at the qulrinal before going to the vatlcan. It Is proposed that the Austrian emperor come to Rome simultaneously with the em peror of Germany. Aa there would then bi no accommodation at the qulrinal for both W3S Probably responsible for the consump rnval visitors. Emueror Francis Josenh ! tlon f moTe mutton than any other man cou'd stop at the residence of the Aiwtrlau ambassador to the holy see, visit the pope, go to Naples and on his return to Rome be - come the guest of King Victor Emmanuel. DECLARE DUEL UNNECESSARY teeonda Hay rrlaettl eed Xot Meet Ills Subordinate, fount BelUarade. ROME. Jan. 11. The seconds of the for eign minister, Slgnor Prinettt and Count Bellegarde, have decided that the foreign mlniater is not obliged to fight the count, a subordinate. The count declares he will find a way to compel Signor Prlnettl to fight him. EARTH QUAKES IN MEXICO sever "hock Dors Considerable Daraaae to Property at J aialllopee. OAXACA. Mexico. Jan. 11. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Jamlllopee. Considerable damage as done to propel ty. but there as no low of life. Subterranean rumbling has been heard there for some lluia. WATCH THE LEASING BILL Other States Interested in' Effort Eeing Made by Nebraska Members. VIRGINIAN REMEMBERS CORRESPONDENTS "cnll-trltlea of Fating 'Which Are -rvable In Capital Heataaranta Pie a. tarle Article of Diet. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. (Special.) There Is no subject that la commanding greater attention from western delegations In congress than the grazing bill which the Nebraska delegation Is now interested In formulating It Is tacitly agreed that no general bill looking to the leasing of the unoccupied public domain can pass con gress, and consequently legislators have been racking their brains to hit upon some measure that will give the big cattle grow ers grazing area and at the same time safe guard the Interests of the government. While legislators differ as to the terms of the measure, which Is designed x amend existing public land laws Insofar ns leasing Is concerned, there Is not one who does not recognize the need and the Importance of some such bill, in view of the millions which the growers of cattle have Invested. The homesteader has rights which the gov ernment Is bound to protect, and It is this protection that is worrying legislators. Cheap beef Is as essential as cheap coal, and In order to bring the price of beef down to the pockets of the workingman, who stands in most need of this necessity, it has been argued that a conservative leasing bill would be of Incalculable benefit, not only to the government, but to the cattle growers as well, in that it would Insure them rights of entry on the public lands of the nation which are now denied them. Nebraska haa been one of the states most vitally affected by the laws relating to the public lands. It has been the seat of a most pronounced war against cattle own ers, and It Is now in the public eye to a larger degree than any of the other west ern states by reason of the recent efforts put forth by the Interior department In en forcing existing regulations. Ono of the men who la most vitally interested in this legislation is Major John F. Lacey, chair man of the house committee on public lands, who expresses tfre hope that some meaHure will be evolved that will have the support of congress .vhlch, while protect ing homesteaders, will at the same time permit the leasing of Nebraska lands under proper regulations. Remembers the Press Gaag. For the past eighteen years the men who are entitled to admission to the press gal lery of the house have annually experi enced the Joy which seizes the country editor when the first basket of strawberries are placed upon his desk by an appreci ative subscriber. Eighteen yeara ago Hary Llbbey of Virginia represented the Norfolk district in congress. He was a popular man and an enthusiastic believer In the auperlorlty of the oysters grown in Lynn Haven bay at the mouth of the Potcmac. Mr. Libbey sent to his home and secured a few gallons of these famous oysters, which were served In the press gallery to all who cared for them. Since that time he has annually repeated the process, but now in stead of two or three gallons he sends a whole barrel. The oysters for 1903 were "shucked" on Wednesday last in Norfolk and they reached Washington on Thursday morning. For the hour between 1 and 2 o'clock on the same afternoon not a news paper writer was to be found in any of the corridors or the committed rooms whlcu they usually haunt at that time of day. More than 150 men were busily engaged In disposing of raw oysters In the press rooms In the rear of tho gallery. Not one man In twenty among those who participated In tho oyster orgie ever saw Harry Llbbey. but each was willing to swear that he is a keen Judge of the quali ties of an oyster and that he had picked out about as fine a lot as ever grew in the shallow waters of the bays of the lower Totomac. There are other gatherings of this kind constantly occurring in the restaurants of the bouse and the senate. About once a peculiar soutnern animals wnicn nengni the heart of the darkles "way down on the old plantation" have" been served this win ter and as a result " 'possum" is found on the bill of fare whenever the restaurants can secure a supply in the markets. Another peculiarity of congressional luncheons is the wonderful popularity of spare ribs this winter. It is a daily spec tacle to find ten or a dozen senators and members gnawing the rib bones of a amall porker, and while the southern men are most partial to all kinds of "pig meat," the appetizing aroma of spare ribs has ' i-u lo uc" a I extent that members from north, east and ' we"1 are a,mo8t " en'b.ueUatte 0ver the I a,sn 88 lno8e ,rom "i"""". ouia Laro- j Una and Texas. Hatch a Mutton Man. The late Congressman Hatch of Missouri ! ho vf-r ,at ln ""Kress. Mr. Hatch was I farmer and he prided himself upon his 1 flo,k ot Southdown sheep. "You fellows Q" 1 UHl mutton is, n wouia say to a group of congressional friends. "VuU seem to tl.ink that all sheep meat Is mut ton. Now, the real thing is a 5-year-old wether, killed properly and hung up for at least two weeks before being eaten." And then Mr. Hatch sent to his borne farm aud secured two whole carcasses. He gave a mutton dinner. There were mutton chops, mutton broth, roaut shoulder and roast saddle of mutton, served with currant jelly and boiled legs ot mutton with caper sauce. In fact, there was a mutton din ner complete. Every member who sat at that feast admitted that he bad learned more about the flavor of sheep properly butchered and served than he ever knew before. Since that day a few old timers eat mutton at least once a week and tut meat has to be especially obtained for them. But after all the staple dish of the Amer- i lean congressman at noon seems to be pie. Apparently It makes little difference bat the component parts of that pie may be to long as It Is Just pie. ''Bring me a piece of pumpkin pie," a member iil say to a waiter. "Sorry, sir." ill co:ne the response, "but the pumpkin (Continued on FlUn Page.) ENGINEER OVERLOOKS SIGNAL Trains C ollide and One Man la Killed, One Fatally and Kaatlaeer Seriously Injared. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Jan. 11 (Special Telegram.) Two freight trains met head on near Harper's Station shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. Fireman Scallll of Cheyenne was killed, Brakeman H. S. Welck of Laramie waa fatally rrtirt and En gineer J. 1). Rlnder of Cheyenne lost a foot and sustained other serious Injuries. First No. 21. Engineer Rlnder, who wai making his first trip west of Laramie, ha orders to" meet a special freight eastbound at Rock River. The orders were later changed, the vpecinl coming to Harpers for No. 21. The order to N6. 21 was put out at Harpers, the meeting point, but owing to a blinding etorm and the road being strange to hi in Engineer Rlnder did not see the sig nal and ran by Harpers, raretlng the east bound train on a heavy grade one-quarter of a mile west of the station. The operator at Harpers, seeing that No. 21 was not stopping, put out a fusee, which attracted the attention of Conductor Cook, who set the airbrakes and had almost stopped the train when the collision occurred. Fireman Scallll waa pinned against the boiler head and was literally roasted alive. Brakeman Welck was lying on top of tho fireman, but away from the boiler head. He sustained internal Injuries and will die. The track was torn up and traffic delayed for seven hours. Rlnder and Welck were taken to a Denver hospital and the remains of Scallll will be taken eiast to his old home for burial. FORMER MAYOR IS DYING .4 brant IfeTvItt, Once Head of IVew York City Government, Neara End. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Abram Stevens Hewitt, formerly mayor of New York and distinguished as a philanthropist, politician and student, la dying. At 10 o'clock tonight It waa announced that he was growing weaker and that there was only a bare possibility that he would survive the night. Mr. Hewitt, who is in his 81st year, has been confined tc his bed since Thursday at his residence In this city, suffering from ob structive jaundice. A bulletin lewued at 10 tonight read: Mr. Hewitt has continued to grow pro gressively wenk. He sleeps most of the time and suffers no pain. The immediate members of the family were summoned to the house tonight. There were present: Mrs. Hewitt, Jr., and Mrs. J. O. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt, Miss Hewitt, Miss Eleanor G. Hew itt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Hewitt, Ers kine Hewitt, Edward Cooper, General and Mrs. Lloyd Bricc, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper. Mr. Hewitt was born In Haverstraw, N. Y., on July SI, 1822, and raduted from Co lumbia college at the head of his class in 1842. i With Edward Cooper, eon of Peter Cooper, he founded the firm of Cooper ft Hewitt, to which Peter Cooper, whose dnughter Mr. Hewitt married, turned over hia iron business. Mr. .Hewitt organized the Cooper Union and- ha Been the secre tary of the board ot trustees continuously In 1874 he was elected to congress, serving, with the exception of one term, until 1888, when he was elected mayor of New York. DOUBT ABOUT OHIO GOVERNOR Defense In Legal Trial Will Dlapnte Personality of State's Eierotlve. CINCINNATI. Jan. 11. Judge Howard ot Paris, Ky., la ln Newport as the representa tive of the state auditor, John Sweeney, who is being sued by the state of Kentucky to recover $30,000 alleged to have been mis spent during the recent gubernatorial squabble at Frankfort when Governor Ooe bel waa assassinated. The point that the defense Is trying to make la that Taylor and not Goebel was governor during the time that the illegal expenditures were made. Judge Howard seeks here to prove by the records of the Campbell county court that Senator T. M. Hill, now deceased, who was ill at the time. did not qualify until January 31, 1900, and that prior to that time the legislature dH not have a working quorum to declare Goe bel governor. Consequently, he contends, the acts of Taylor and his cabinet wero legal and binding until the time that Hill had qualified, thus creating the quorum necessary. It is maintained by the defense that there was really no meeting of tho legislature un til the adjournment from London to Frank fort on February 19, 1900. SMOKE GIVESFLAMES CHANCE Woman Suffocated While Fighting Way to Window and Succumbs. NEW YORK. Jan. 11. Mrs. Forlne Henry, a daughter ot the late Leonard Lewisohn, was burned to death today ln a fire that almost entirely destroyed her residence. Albert Erlckson Jumped from the sixth story window and received Injuries from which he died soon afterward. The fire had gained considerable head way before it was discovered, for when the first alarm waa sent out the house was In flames from cellar to roof. Mrs. Henry's two infant children were saved by their nurse, who ran with them to the street. Mr. Henry, who was slightly burned, was rescued by a policeman, r;ho entered the house before the arrival of the firemen. It was supposed that his wife had already i made her escape. After the flames had been extinguished Mrs. Henry's charred body was found In her bedroom on the second floor. Appar ently she har" succumbed to the smoke while attempting to reach a window. DEAD MAN DRIVES TRAIN Mone Kllla Knaiaeer. Whoae Hand Remalna on Throttle for Flaht. Mile Run. KNOXVILLE, Teun.. Jau. 11 Passengers on an incoming Kooxville ft Ohio railroad train rode several miles this afternoon with the hand of a corpse at the throttle Of the eugine. The train left Buckeye, Tern., on time and ran through Careyville, the next sta tion. This aroused the fireman's suspicions, who stepped to the engineer's side of tbo engine ' He found him dead and Immediately atopped the train. There was a wound on the left side ot the engineer's head and the supposition is that a piece of stone fell from the side of a high rut througti the mountains and killed hltn inaiautly. The train run per haps eUht miles after be waa killed. HOLDUP MEN TRY SALOONS Mate Eaids on Stori Place at Brewery find OatTander'i on Fifteenth. GET AWAY WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY Jobs Are Kvldratly the Work of the Same Pair, Who Indicate They Are Old Hands at the ' Baalneaa. "Hands up, fellows!" was (he word In tha Storz brewery saloon and In Ostrander'a yes terday evening, when two armed and masked men stood up the occupants of these places In good old highwayman manner and safely got away with about $125. In tho former saloon, which Is at 1825 Sherman avenue, eight persons submitted to the robbers, but enly two were In the latter place, which 6 at 512 South fifteenth street. It was reported late in the evening that two men had been about to enter F.d Qulnn's place. Sixteenth end Nicholas streets, but were seen ln the street and thu doors locked. At 9:10 o'clock the two men entered the brewery saloon by a side door near tho rear, which opens into a rear room. Pass ing through this tliey entered the saloon at the rear. Covering the Fix men there at the time they ordered hands up, and then told the five customers to line up across the room from the bar. One man. with a blue handker"hlef over his face, stood by the door and covered the men with his re volver, while his companion stepped behind the bar. Charles Glllan, who was one of the men ordered to line up, did not throw up his hands, as he thought it was a Joke which was being played out. The man ct the door raid: "Here's one of those fresh guys. We'll have to show him something." , The highwayman with the. white mask, turning, raised hia revolver, and repeated the order for Gillan to raise his hands. Ho did. Go Through Cnatomera. The robber then went through the cash drawer and the pockets of Philip Cell cf 1803 North Twenty-fourth street, the as sistant barkeeper. The white-masked rob ber then took his station at the door and he with the blue handkerchief started to go through the line of men. At this point Mrs. Donahue, mother of Tom Donahue, the engineer at the city Jail, who lives across the street, entered the saloon by the rear door to get a can of beer. The rob ber on guard pulled her through the door and made her stand there until the holdup was accomplished. Meanwhile tho blue-faced man went through the line, turning each man in order with face to the wall and handa up after he had finished with him. When this operation waa complete the two backed to the door with leveled weapons and walked out. They were aeen to go south by a man who passed along. Those in the saloon at tempted no pursuit, contenting themselves with telephoning to the police. During this scene Michael Michelsen, commonly called "Big Mike," the head bar keeper, who lives across the street from the saloon, waa quietly lying low In a small closet In tine room, wh'ch h had entered Just before the holdup men came ln. Mich elsen had $52 ln hia pockets. Raymond Nel son contributed $1.10 to the robbers, Michael Smith gave $11, Charles Gillan added $4.50, Thomas Meldrum made It $8 more, Herman Nagle threw ln a snuff box. Bartender Gell surrendered $8 of his own money and the house furnished $12 or $15 more and a Smith ft Wesson revolver, which was in the cash drawer. Repeat Performance at Ostrander'a. In Ostrandera'a practically the same or der of procedure prevailed. Colonel Floyd, the bartender, and an old man who disap peared without giving hia name, were the only occupants. The two men thla time wore soft hats, evidently with the Idea of concealing their identity. There was $50 In the cash register and it is thought some additional money taken shortly before thn holdup. Colonel Floyd had $22 In his clothes, which waa taken. This second rob bery happened at 10:20 o'clock. The reported attempt at Ed Qulnn's la not well authenticated. It is said that shortly before 10 o'clock someone in the saloon caw two men through the glass of the Bide I door who were tying masks on their faces. The doors are said to have been locked, which caused the robbers to draw off. The police have no clew as to the identity of the holdup men. The frequent holdups of grocery stores in -the southern part of the city, were the work of a tall and a short man, but these of last night wero both described aa of about medium height. The men who committed these robberies are supposed to be strangers to this city and experta in this line of work. The two similar tricks In South Omaha Saturday night are attributed to them as the de scription then given tallica with that ot the men who operated In this city last night. They were described as five feet eight inches and five feet ten inches in height, respectively, and of medium weight. They wore handkerchiefs over their faces, the shorter man having on a blue one with white polka dots, and the other a white one. They were well dressed, with overcoata and polished shoes. They each had revolvers, one a nlckled weapon and the other of blued steel. In the Storz saloon they wore caps pulled down over their ears and ln Ostrander'a they had soft hats. FIGHT FOR CHILD'S CHARGE ClilrasTO Teacher and Ilia Parenta Quarrel Over t'aatody of Little tilrl. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Under a writ of at tachment for contempt of court issued by Judge Crelghton of Springfield. III., James W. Brooks, principal of tho Shields Gram mar school, waa arrested today a; he was leaving the Normal Park Presbyterian church. The arrest Is an outgrowth of the bitter family quarrel between Mr. Brooks and his parents. Prof, and Mrs. Andrew B. Brooks of Springfield, for the possession of his little daughter, Florence. Last week the child was taken from the custody cf her grandparents by the decision cf a Chicago court and given Into the keeping of her I father. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Jan. 11. ludge I Crelghton bases the contempt charges ! against Mr. Brooks on :he ground of al ! leged fraudulent means adopted by him to have his mother take Florence Brooks to Chicago in order that he might get the child cut of the iurisdlct ion of the courts of Sangamon county. In this way he hoped to overcome the decision given in the cage Involving the custody of the child by Judi;"? Crelghton two years ago, when he gave her Into her grandparents' custody. It is al leged that James Brooks invited his par ents to Chicago to speud the holidays with him. ahd that on tbeir arrival there the fcherlff of Cook county served a writ of habeas corpus on them to secure posses sion ot the child. CONDITION Of THE WEATHER Forecast fur Nelirnska Knlr Monday. Warmer In Vfi TnrUon: Tuesday l-'atr and Warmer In liast lVitlun. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayi Hoar. lr. Ilonr. lr. R a. m 2 1 . m :i a. m 1 2 p. m H 7 a. nt O p. m 4 N a. in 1 4 p. ni it 1 a. in O R p. m ' 1(1 u. in 1 (I p. n It 11 a. m .1 T p. ni K 12 m a St p. m 2 t p. m 2 Urlow Zero. TO UTILIZE C0RN STALKS Xew Yorker tomes to ell Omaha Capitalists a Marhlne for that Purpose. E. B. Thaw of New York la In Omaha trying to Interest local capital ln the man ufacture of paper from the pith and fibor of cornstalks. The results are produced by a patented device which la being operated In Illinois successfully, it Is said, by the company which secured the rights of tho Inventor. It is averred by the company lhat the product of the corn stalks can be made ln Imitation of the higher grades of linen papers, as well aa taking the place of the pulp papers which are now generally used for newspapers and cheaper publica tions. Samples of the paper which have passed through the pulp mill only are shown In support of the claim of the com pany. By producta from tho manufacture of paper are cellulose and a stock food. The patentee of the device Insists the machine will separate tho pith from the fiber, permitting the treatment of each by a different process, so that tho pith can be used as a filler while the fiber Is used as a binder for the paper, but aamplea of paper made from the separate producta are shown. It Is said that one ot the pith papers will supersede parafln -paper as a wrapper for butter and Bimtlar goods, as It Is Impervious to both water and grease, while a pasteboard ran be produced equal In all respects to the pulp ooard now ln use. HARD TO DETERMINE VENUE Illfflcnlt Problem Arises In Filing Jurisdiction In Indian Murder Caae. James W. Davla and Howard McKee, charged with the mutder of "Little Jim" of the Winnebago agency, are now ln Dakota county, where they were taken yesterday by the sheriff of that county, hav'ng been turned over by the federal authorities Sun day. The men wore arrested and bound over to await the action ot the federal grand jury following the death of "Little Jim," and were brought to the Douglas county Jail. A number of witnesses were called before the Jury, but few testified. The attorneys for the accused Indiana alleged that the crime. If any, had not been committed upon tho reservation, but ln Dakota county, which will give the atate Jurisdiction to the ex clusion of the federal government. Thla fact was brought to the attention of th district attorney, and after a 'time ho con sented to drop the proceedings before the federal grand Jury and leave the matter in the handa of the Dakota county authorities. It is said that the question of Jurisdic tion will be hard to settle,, as the fight in which the victim was killed occurred so close to the Dakota-Thurston county linn that it may be necessary to determine the venue by a survey. PROBE RAILROAD COMBINE Kentucky Commissioners Will Exam ine Moron, Gates and Othera Concerning- Merger, LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jen. 11. The railroad commissioners of Kentucky will leave Louisville tomorrow for New York to In vestigate the alleged violation of Kentucky lawa by the combination of ra'lroad sys tems in this state. J. Pterpont Morgan, August Belmont, John W. Gates and other prominent financiers and railroad men have been summoned to appear before the com missioners to give testimony. The investigation will be into the "terms and conditions by which the railroada in Kentucky have been combined or acquired" and under this heading evidence will be taken concerning the Louisville ft Nashville-Atlantic Coast line deal. FIVE BANDITS ROB SEVEN Chicago Railroaders Are Held Ip and Relieved of Watchea and Money. CHICAGO, Jan. 11. In the southwestern part of the city, near the drainage canal, five armed bandits held up and robbed ocven members cf the crews of five differ ent railroads today. The victims were an engineer and fire man on the Chicago ft Northwestern, an en gineer and fireman on the Chicago Junc tion Terminal and three switchmen on the Chicago ft Alton, the Chicago ft Burlington and tiro Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul. All the robberies occurred on what is known as Ihe Belt Line, between Twenty-sixth and Thirty-first streets. Watches and money were taken from most of the victims. The total amount is said to be $250. BULL G0RES BANDERILL0 Americans Throng to Watch Fight Which F-nda la Death of Mattlllero. EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 11. Five thousand spectators witnessed a bull fight ln Juarez, which resulted in the fatal injury of Fran cisco Matlllero, who is famous on the con tinent as a banderillo. An enormous bull pinned Matlllero to the ground. Many men were overcome and fainted. Matlllero was carried from the grounds with both legs broken and in a dying condition. Four-fifinVof the audience were Amer icans. Motrmeala of Ocean Yeasels Jan. II. At New York Arrived: I.a KretaK'ie, fmm Havre. At (Jueenstown Arrived : Hnxonla. frim New York, for .i-iverponl. a tut proceed. l. H.iiled; Lucmiiu" Imm Liverpool, for New j 1 ork. ! At Genoa Sxlled: Ciimhroman. for Hos ! ton. ; At Movllle Snile.1: Ethiopia, from Libia I gow, for New York. At Klimalc lle:il -Passe. I : Philadelphia, from New York, for Liverpool I At rVllly I'MMHed: .Minnehaha, from N-w York, for Lonuon. I At i.lx.ird i'nMiK d : Rotterdam, from Hot j t Mam. for New York: Kroonland, for i.t ha melon ami Antwerp At HrnwlirH.i I'axso-il: Suxonlan, for ! L'it-eriKtow n and Liverpool. ; Xi Liverpool Arrive d: Civic, from N :w 1 Wk. HOLD UP COAL CARS Chicago Dealers and B&ilroad Ken Taoe 8 rare Charge. AGENTS TOLD TO DELAY FUEL IN TRANSIT Mine f rodnct Piled Along Tncki to leep it Off Market. GRAND JURY TO HEAR SENSATI.NAL TALE Combine Alleged to HaTe Endangered Litea of Destitute Poor. BURN MISSOURI AND KANSAS BUILDINGS Famine Leada Farmers to Tear 1'p Sldeeralka. Break I p Fenrea and Chop Down Trees to Feed Farnaces. CHICAGO. Jan. 11. The temperature I. Chicago today dropped 24 degreea In less than two hours and tonight Is hovering sroitnd the aero mark, thus greatly Intensi fying the serious suffering for lack of cial. The worst cases of destitution had been provided for by charitable Institutions and to this alone is attributed the fact that no deaths were reported during the day. Two thousand persons in Chicago are auf ferlng from ailments directly due to cold and exposure resulting from the coal fa mine, according to the weekly bulletin of the health department Issued today. Sertoue results are already aeen In the heavy in crease of the death rata and the health department brands' those responsible for tho fuel shortage guilty of constructive homicide. The death rate last week for children under 5 yeara of age was 19.1 per cent, greater than in the corresponding week of last year and among persona over 60 yeara of age It was 36.7 per cent greater. Neareh for Evidence. The actual aeareh for evidence of com bine of dealers will be undertaken tomor row by the special grand Jury empanelled yesterday. Twenty-five coal men. some of them the heads of wholesale firms and others chiefs In the councils of corporations operating mines, have been summoned to appear an1 tell what they know of the "ring." It is the Intention that no one but coal men shall be examined, and, under Mr. Deneen'a direction a series ot pointed questions have been arranged for each prospective witness. Tralnloads of coal cars, sidetracked and labelled with placards instructing railroad freight crewa to hold the conslgnmente In definitely, are said to have been discov ered by the parties who caused the Investi gation to be made. It la also aaserted that beyond the city limlta, on one and probably two roada, countless tons of coal have been taken from the cars and heaped up on either aide of the tracks for aa much aa three-quarters of a mile. The grand Jury will insist upon being in-' formed, why tbU teal has not beun brotrglrt--Into the market and put on sale. Bars Dnlldlngs for Fuel. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 11. In many towna ot Kansas and western Missouri no fuel of any kind can be had at any price and everything combustible la being burned fruit and shade treea, old buildings, side walks and fences. In Kansas City itself there' Is Buffering among the poor, owing to the high price of coal, but there Is no scarcity, the yards be ing better stocked now than at this time last year. The lowest temperature of the present cold spell ln this city waa 4 above xero at 7 this morning. Zero weather waa experi enced last month, but a sharp wind made today the moct uncomfortable of tbo winter thua far. At 7 thla evening tho tempera ture had risen to 11 above. Yesterday'a snowfall waa one and a half Inches. READING. Pa., Jan. 11. The Philadel phia ft Reading railroad officials announea that for the week ending tonight more an thracite coal waa taken down the main line than for any previous week In yeara. The total waa 10,200 of all classes of cara, or an average of 1.100 cara for each working day of the week, equal to nearly 225,000 tons. Thla waa distributed In the company's ter ritory aa far aa New York and along Its branches ln this state and elsewhere. The coal famine throughout thla section has reached such an acute stage that many Industries In the smallor towna will soon have to close and In the country districts the distress is so widespread that teama bave started from Schuylkill Cf'.inty coal fields, thirty and forty milea distant, to supply pressing necessities. Coal Scarce In fit. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 11. Though fuel is both acarce and high there la no famine here yet and consequently but little Buffer ing, although the thermometer ranged 2 below zero today. A high northwest wind served to gTeatly intensify the cold and blew fine flurries of snow with cutting force In the faces of pedestrians. DETROIT, Jan. IX. Mayor W. C. May bury will tomorrow issue the call for the convention In Washington decided on In Chicago yesterday. While he would not tonight gtve the exact date for which the convention will be called, he said It would be within the next ten days. BLOOMINGTON, 111., Jan. 11. Extreme cold weather Is delaying shipments of coal from southern Illinois to the north. The tonnage will have to be reduced to enable traffic to move. It ia said that while low temperaturea prevail the speed of coal trains will be reduced from 10 to 20 per cent. INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 11. There la much suffering here from lack of fuel. Mayor Hook waller announced tonight that the finance committee of the council would meet tomorrow to tako up the proposition to have the city buy coal and sell it' in email quantities at wholesale rates. The poor will be given coal free. WIND CUTS DOWN HOUSES Ilemovea All structures on Patch Hun dred Yarda W ide Through Town. SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 11. A aevcie windstorm visited Berrler and Worth coun ties In the nouthern part of tbe slate today and did much damage. At itmegu the hotel waa blown dewn and a number of houses unroofed. The wind swept a putib of M0 yards wide through the town, damaging every house aad up-rooti-iK every tree It encountered. At licarttcase the stacks aud pi pea of a Mg lumber plant were knocked over like tenpins. At Tlflin a number of houss were damaged. It lr feared tbe worst baa not yet been reported.