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Daily Bee.
LISIIED JUNE 19, 1871.
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Paper from Nebra.
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ATTORNEY MUST SUBMIT A SHOWING
Summers' Will Be AiVed to Tell What He
Would ProTe.
CALLS UPON THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
Will Aik for Document and Reports Be
garding Halting Office.
NEXT MEETING . DATE IS NOT FIXED
Committee Will Walt (or Papers Be
fore Farther Outlining Plaa
to Be Followed at the
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Special Tele
gram.) The decision of the committee
charged with the Investigation of Senator
IMetrtch to send for transcripts of all pa
pers In the federal court of Nebraska, to
gether with papers on file in the Depart
ment of Justice and the Postofnce depart
ment. Is taken to mean that there will be
Ho haste In, concluding the Investigation.
There Is undoubtedly a disposition on the
part of the committee, whose personnel
Is of the highest, ' to go Into the question
with due consideration. From the order
argued today by the committee no' knowl
edge that should be In the possession of the
court and the Jury Is to be overlooked by
this committee, every one of whom has
distinguished himself In the law.
' District Attorney Bummers will be asked
to appear before the committee In due sea-
Son, and In all probability others whom
District Attorney Bummers failed to call
tlAfntti ltt arranj. i.tev tall whot thav
r I
and the appointment of the Hastings post-
master will also bs summoned to Washing'
ton. The committee proposes to go Into all
the facts bearing upon the Dietrich In
dlctment and It proposes to go slowly, as
one senator expressed It today. The hear
Ings will In sll probability be In executive
session. Certainly the conferences of the
committee will be behind closed doors, as I
today's committee meeting Indicated. Every!
effort will be made to secure knowledge
bearing upon the particular subject which
the committee Is charged to Investigate and
ta report win no final.
Outline of Procedure.
'The oommlttee In executive session de-
uraerra, inai ine cierit or tie committee
obtain from the clerk of the court In Ne
braska certified conies of the Indictment or I
KJmi: "nndth.' caZe''ea.o. "of th.
United states against Dietrich, i I
Ordered, that the chairman of the com. I
rniuee request tne attorney general to 00-
tain for the oommlttee from the district at- I
tornev In Nebraska nil the names and real-
riences of the witnesses thst he proposed to I
c 11: a statement or what each witness was
expected to testify, and the district at tor-I
n, vm nn-in. t tf .-m .1-. h.t. I
he Is Informed of any further facts or
sources or teetlmnny relating to said eases.
Ordered, that the rh'tlrman make applica
tion to rhe pnatmnstwr prtiwral for ail facts
and documents in the nnrlon of his de-
, partment or 0" anv subordinate thereof. In
relation to said matter. Including a'l re
ports made to him or communications mads
by Ma department to the attorney general.
Senator Hoar, rhalrraan of the committee.
upon adjournment of th. meeting sntd that
the time of another meeting had not been
greed upon, as It wou'd tako some time
ta secure all evidence asked for as outlined
In the statement. .
It Is expected that It will tske at least
two weeks before transcripts In the case In
Nebraska and the papers on file In the
roetofltce and Justice departments can be
obtained.
Decorating- Federal Building.
Senator Millard, who has been Insistent
that the federal buildings In Omaha should
be decorated and painted and who has
urged upon the supervising architect ,the
need of taking care of the building, many
of the rooms never having had any atten
tion paid to them since the completion of
the building, was Informed today that pro
posals for painting and decorating ths In
terior of the building would shortly be In
vited. It Is the purpose of ths supervising
architect to spend between tlO.000 and 115,000
puthls work. The court rooms and ofllces
f ths clerk, marshal and district attorney
are to be decorated In the best manner,
while the corridors and rooms other than
those mentioned will be put In neutral tints
and the woodwork restored.
Personal Mention.
' Charles R. Hannan of Council Bluffs,
former president of the First National
bank of that city, but who In recent years
has been giving his attention to the build
Ing of a trolley line between Toledo. O.
and Detroit, Mich., Is In Washington on
his way to Boston.
Miss Ula Saunders of Holdrege, Neb.,
who has been taking the post graduate
course In the Boston Conservatory of Mu
sic, IS a guest of Mra W. E. Andrews,
with whom she will remain for some time.
The Smith Dakota delegation, with the
exception of Senator Gamble, leaves to-
right for New London, Conn., to witness
the launching tomorrow of James J. Hill's
big lake boat. "The Dakota,
0 . William H. Cronk has been appointed
postmaster at Alta, Valley county, X
braska, vice B. Jones, resigned.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska.
Clay Center, regular, John W. French;
substitute, William B. French. Lexington,
regular. Edward J. Duryee; substitute.
Julia Duryee Ptiger, regular, Sydney W
Morton; substitute, Henry Church. Iowa,
Conway, regular, William L. Grubb; sub
tltute, Frank Gregory. Mapleton, regular,
Wesley J.v Masters; substitute, Ernest O
Purston. Oxford, regular, Elmer Mason;
Substitute, George W. Dunham. Rudd.
regular. Charles W. Crowell; substitute.
Mabel Crowell.
ONE UNGALLANT KENTUCKIAN
College Dtreetors Consider Cnse of
Man Who Insetted Breathitt
Connty Girl.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. Feb. 5. -The board of
directors of the stats college Is sitting to-
day to consider a sensational case which
may go to court.
Miss lUrgls. 18 years old, daughter of
Judge J. H. Ha rgls of Brsathttt county,
who Is a student in the college, charges
that shs has been Insulted frequently by
Luke Milward, a Lexington student, and
subjected to taunts because of her father's
alleged connection with Breathitt county's
feud troubles. Judge Hargls Is here and
demands that the college tak action. The
mountain students took the girl's part and
1 ejecti
ejected Milward from the grounds at points
vol vers.
The board reported that there is nothing
In the charge of disrespect to Mls lUrgi
and retuseil to expel young MUward,
three die !1e flames
Foar Others Are Iajared la Fire la
Dwelling; Hoik la
Meatreal.
MONTREAL. Feb. . Three persons were
burned to death In a Are In a small dwell
In- house In Cadieux street today.
The dead are:
WILLIE CRAWFORD.
MRS. EDWARD CRAWFORD.
JAMES HOG AN, her son-in-law.
The Injured:
Mrs. Ethel Hogsn.
James Hngan, her Infant son.
Edward Crawford.
Thomas Hare.
Hare and Mrs. tfngan, with tier Infant
In her arms. Jumped from the second story
of the burning house.
Edward Crawford was carried out after
he was badly burned. The fire evidently
started from an overheated kitchen stove.
HUNDREDS KILLED IN JAVA
Volcaalo Erraptlea Destroys Mach
Property and Life oa
' Dateh Island.
AMSTERDAM, rb. 6. Advices received
here say that-an entire town In the Inland
of Java, Dutch East Indies, Is reported to
have been swallowed up by a volcanic
eruption and that hundreds of persons
were killed..
The colonial office later received a dis
patch from the governor of the .Dutch East
Indies reporting the eruption of the volcano
of Merapl, In the Island of Java, and say
ing twelve persons were burned to death
and that twenty were severely Injured.
The eruption was accompanied by showers
of redhot coals.
KILL THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
ilerreros Hardrr Two Government
Officials s.nd others Caaaot Kow
Be Fonnd.
n-n TVT 1 .l.l
cation with Windhoek. German Southwest
Africa, has been restored. The suthoritles
there cable that the Herreros murdered
Assistant Director Hoepner of the Colonial
bureau and Herr Watermeyer, an agri
cultural expert. No Information regarding
the fate of Herr Muellendorff, the Cologne
pesette correspondent, ana vr. oerber.
forestry expert, has been obtained by
0,8 authorities. 'Both of these men are
reported to nave Deen muraerea.
CLOSES CHILEAN V CONGRESS
Government Bads Session with Work
Hot Completed Becaaee of
Vloleat Opposition.
RlWTTinrt. Chile. Feb. 1-TnnrrMa. nK.
k'J bl but ?.n
10 ,no " m opposition
the government has closed the sessions.
The bm providing for the Sale of the
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battleship, Capltan Pratt, the protected
cruiser Chacabueo, the torpedo gunboats
A.mlrante Condell and Almlrante Lynch
.,. w. HnM,, ,, . -,.,
transports, Malpo and Aconcagua,
was not adopted.
!
Refuse. Ara;entlne Beef.
VIENNA, Feb. I-Ths custom fflolala to
day refused to permit the unloading of the
consignment of forty carloads of Argentine
beef, the first to arrive here, and ordered
It returned Immediately across the border,
It appears the shipment would pot have
been allowed to enter Austria at all had It
not been for an oversight of the customs
office, who thought It an ordinary cone
slgnment from London.
Lopes Will Bo Deported.
MANILA, Feb. 6. Slxto Lopes, the well
known Filipino agitator, whose unfriendly
disposition toward American rule In the
Philippines has been exhibited ' upon oc
casions In the past, has arrived .here and
relbsed to take the oath of allegiance,
He will be promptly 'deported.
EDITORS ENDORSE ROOSEVELT
National Association Passes Reeolu-
tloa Vnuulmoosly In Favor of
President's Nomination.
WASHINGTON. Feb.. (.-The National
Republican- Editorial association, at Its
I meeting here today, unanimously passed a
I resolution offered by Charles 8. Frahols,
editor of the Troy (N. T.) Times, strongly
I endorsing President Roosevelt for the ndm-
Inatlon for the presidency and pledging ths
best efforts o( the association to that end,
A resolution offersd by Thomas P. Peters
of the Brooklyn Times expressing ths eym-
Hlknn ,n h Mrlou- nines, was adopted.
patny 01 tne association - witn senator
At the session today Lafayette Young
of the Des Moines Capital delivered a short
address on "The Unchanged Attitude of
the Northwest on the Question of Pro
tection." Mr. Young opposed any change
In the tariff at this time or reciprocal
agreement with Canada. 1
E. H. Norrls of the Mocksvllle (N. C.)
Record called on republican editors every
where to demand of their members of con
gress that ths provlHlons of the constitu
tion be enforced In the south as well as In
the north. He declared that to vote the
republican ticket In the south meant os
tracism and boycott and that, alike, to
colored and white voters. He declared
that when southern representatives In
congress presented themselves with cer
tificates of election obtained by fraud
they should be turned out. Other speakers
took a more hopeful View of the southern
situation. ' t
John A. Bllcher, editor of Leslie's
Weekly, New York, was re-elected preal
dent of the association and A. O. Bunnell
Of Danville, N. Y., secretary and treasurer.
President Roosevelt this afternoon cor
dially received the delegates.
MRS. ALLEN WANTS CHILDREN
Representative of Children's Home
Society Mny Go to Conrt
Against Mother.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Feb. (.-(Special.)
-Miss Irma G. Allen of Omaha was In ths
city yesterday in consultation with County
I Attorney Root In regard to securing the
I two little daughters of Mra Ella Kephart.
I one being 4 and the other 13 years of age
I the children to be given a horns by the Ne-
I braska Children's Home society,
Sopi time since Kephart became Intoxi
I csted and pounded the face of hla wife In
I a horrible manner. The wife caused his sr
I rest and th court allowed htm to leave th
I city and remain away, which he did. Mrs.
I Kephart is now working at a house of ques-
I tlonable reputation.
I With City Marshal R. W. Hyers Miss
I Allen visited ths bouse, but Mrs. Kephart
I refused to part with her children. Legal
I proceedings may be Instituted to obtain poe-
1 -M'on of th little girls.
IJANiNA HAS TYPHOID FEVER
Miorooop'o Expert Announce. Hature of
Disease After Examining Blood.
DOCTORS HOLD EARLY CONSULTATION
Announce that No Farther Bulletins
Will Be Issned Before Evening
Vnlesa I'nexpected Develop
meat Takes Place.
WASHINGTON, Feb. . Senator Hanna
Is officially pronounced to have typhoid
fever. The following bulletin was Issued
by his physicians Immediately after the
consultation at 9 o'clock this morning:
8enator Hanna has tvnhnld fever. The
diagnosis H confirmed hy the complete
blood examination rnnrtA this mnrninar
by Dr. Edward Uehrond. The senator rested
rainy well last nlt?ht, snd this morning
his temperature Is 1M, pulse 82.
President Roosevelt walked over from the
White House this morning personally to
Inquire after the senator's condition. He
spent ten minutes at the hotel.
Dr. Behrond Is a microscopic expert of
this city. He made fwo tests. The first
one showed the presence of the typhoid
baccilus. The second test whs made to
confirm the first one. The physicians will
issue no further bulletins before evening
unless some unexpected development oc
curs. The doctors say the case of typhoid
Is irregular.
The question of sending for the members
of Senator Hanna's family was discussed
with the physicians this morning and it
was decided that It was not necessary at
present to send for them. Mrs. Hanna,
Mrs. Medlll McCormlck, a daughter, and
Miss Phelps, a niece, are already here.
Mr. McCormlck Is expected today. The
members of the family not here are Mrs.
Pkrsnns of Cleveland, a daughter; Daniel
Hanna of Cleveland, a son; L. C. Hanna
and H. M. Hanna, both of Cleveland, broth
ers of the senator. 1 The latter Is spending
the winter at Thomasvllle, Ga. Mrs.
Prentiss Baldwin of Cleveland, a sister,
was here recently, but has gone to
Thomasvllle. Mrs. J. Wyman Jones and
Mrs. J. C. Morse, sisters, also are In
Thomasvllle.
Condition Is Hopefnl.
Those In consultation over the case were
Dr. Rlxey, who has been his regular at
tending physician here; Dr. G. Lloyd Mag-
ruder and Dr. Behrond. The president ar
rived during their consultation He talked
earnestly about the case with Elmer Dover,
secretary to Mr. Hanna, for ten minutes
and expressed his warm sympathy. Then
he walked back to the White House.
No one except his regular -household Is
permitted to see the senator. Hla sole diet
la milk and no' stimulants are being used.
He rested fairly comfortable during the
night. Mrs. Hanna Insists on personally
attending the patient much of the tune.
but another trained nurse began duty to
day.
The physicians say that the outlook Is
hopeful for his recovery and the crucial
point In the Illness should be passed in
about a week. They say that the c-ge Is
what Is known as Irregular typhoid and Is
less, serious than most cases of that 111-
nesa. It Is somewhat like walking typhoid,
which accounts for the recent fluctuations
in the fever and general condition of the
The family. It is said, instead of being
alarmed at the diagnosis of typhoid were
relieved at the announcement, feeling that
there might have been, other developments
of much more gravity. The physicians are
now making a test of the condition of the
kidneys. It Is realised that 'the ten&tor'g
advanced age and his rheumatic c.-dltlons
make the case a more serious one than
in a younger man, but the belief is ' ex
pressed by his family .that he will recover.
though he will be confined to hla bed for a
considerable period. The present plan Is to
take htm to Thomasvllle, Ga-, as soon aa
he Is able to be moved.
Senator Hanna rested quietly during the
day and up to S o'clock there was no
change in hi condition. There will be no
consultation of physicians this evening.
MICHIGAN ROADS ARE BETTER
Snow Is Being; Removed nnd Trains
Started oa Lines 'Recently
Blockaded. ,
DETROIT. Feb. t. All of the Michigan
railroads report traffic .conditions, which
have been greatly Interfered with by snow
for the last few days, improved today.
The Per Marquette' snovplow and relief
train, running through the snowed-ln
"thumb" district of the state, resumed Its
fight today at Blaine, which was reached
laat night. Conditions of the Pere Mar
queue's line from Grand Rapids to Chicago
are greatly Improved, but passenger trains
are three or four hours late. The road
hopes to havs Its freight traffic on a nor
mal basis by tonight If another Bnow storm
aoeshot come up.
The Grand Trunk railroad started
freight train out of Windsor, Ont., today
for the east, the first eastbound freight to
leave In two days. Conditions about St
Thomas, Ont., which has been the storm
center,, are much Improved. The Grand
Trunk's Chicago line is In much better
shspe today.
The Wabash' has abandoned Its east'
bound freight trains and Is devoting all Its
energies to clearing the line of ..delayed
anl 1 no wed-In trains, both passenger and
freight. Th Wabash Is experiencing no
trouble on Its line west to Chicago.
Two Per Msrquett relief trains of
twenty-seven csrs, bearing fuel and pro
visions for the snowbound towns in th
Thumb district of Michigan,' worked north
from Port Huron, seventy milts, today as
far as Bad Ax. It la expected that the
additional twenty miles to Port AiiHtln
will be covered tomorrow. The thaw ae.ms
to be general throughout southern Michi
gan tonight. A drtszllng rsln set in at
Detroit sbout T o'clock.
LEWISTON. Mont.. Feb. S.-Pushed by
four locomotives, ths great snowplow on
the Montana railroad today headed the
first train that has reached this place In
ten days. During that tima three express
trains have been tied up In the drift be.
tween here and Helena and as It has been
Impossible to send aid to them aoms of
the passengera have suffered for food. Two
trains are still tied up. In some places th
drifts were twenty feet deep.
SIX BURN IN PENNSYLVANIA
Flro In Foreign (tanrter of Trenton
Resnlts In Loss of
Life.
MAHANOY CITY. Pa., Feb. t. Six per
sons, all foreigners, were burned to death
early today at Trenton, near her. Th
fir destroyed six doubls dwellings. John
Checonskl and hla T-year-oid aoa were
among th victims. Th names of th
others are not known. The fir started
from an ovrhjt.vl stove. Th loss on
th lioueea is sauvL
HEARS MURDERER IS DEAD
ftherlff Receives Word of Finals of
Body of Mnn Who Killed
Teacher.
LOflSVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 8 According to
a special dispatch to the Evening Post, re
ceived here tod.y from Bedford, Ind.,
Sh.M'IfT Smith hns received a letter from a
man In New Albany, which Is four miles
below Louisville on the Indian, side, say
ing that a body had been found In the
Ohio river there and In th coat pocket
was a letter admitting that the writer
was the murderer of Miss Barah Schsefer.
A number of letters from Miss Bchaefer
were also found on the body. On the
corpse was found also, according to the
leMer to the sheriff, a gold watch In
scribed as follows:
'Presented to William Henry Mead by
members of the Iroquois Bostlng club,
January 1, 1901."
Telephone eommunicatlrm with New Al
bany at 10:S0 a. m. failed to confirm this
story. No body han been found there, ac
cording to the New Albany correspondent
of the Post The story is utterly discred
ited snd considered fhe work of a crank.
The letter was signed Wallace Willis Sims.
It was mailed at Louisville February 4.
The writer says that on Wednesday morn
ing he located the body In the Ico of the
Ohio river a mile below New Albany and
anchored It until evening and then took It
out and placed It In 'cold storage. He re
fuses to tell where or to describe the body.
He says there were found on the body let
ters dated December $9, 1903, January 4,
1904. and January 13, 1904. signed Sarah, and
In a vest pocket was a small ring engraved
W" to "B." Also the watch. In another
letter found on the body Sims says is a de
tailed description of the crime. This letter,
Blms'says, stated thst the writer arrived
at Bedford at 4: p. m. January SI for the
purpose of committing the crime. He armed
himself with a piece of brick found near
Monon station, went to the Johnson board
ing house and waited - for Mies Bchaefer.
He caught up with her and argued some
time on the subject of marriage. She asked
him to waK until morning. They quarreled,
she slapped him and he struck her with his
first, but not before she had pulfed his hair.
She fell lifeless. He pounded her head with
the brick and carried her to the shed. He
then escaped to Louisville and was about
to kill himself.
Sims says in his letter that he will give
no more Information unless It' is agreed to
pay the reward for the dead body and he
is protected. He says he has all the letters
and articles In hh possession.
The authorities say the letter is the work
of a crank and say they remember there
was a matt by the name of Wallace or
Willis Sims who made the disclosures con
cerrdng the alleged Cantrell gang of grave
robbers, which stories were without founda
tion, t '
CHICAGO, Feb. . No member of the
Iroauol Boat club of this city , who could
be" reached today. haa any knowledge of
William Henry Mead. . 1
COTTON SLUMP CONTINUES
gelling Movement Carries May Option
Down to 14 Cents, 120 .
Points Lower.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-The- drop In cotton
nrices waa continued today soon after the
market opened. At first the tone was fairly
steady, but before U 0 clock a selling move
ment began and the May option sold at
14a, a decline of 120 points, or lHc per
pound, since yesterday. The selling was so
heavy that the market seemed to be com'
pletely demoralised. July sold shortly after
11 o'clock at 14.35c, a decline of more than
a cent a pound since yesterday. .
There was a sudden recovery after the
selling panto had lasted about half an hour
and Mav ran ud CO points. The rally did
not hold, ' however, and MaV fell back 30
points sgain to 14.20c.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6. The New Or
leans future cotton market declined 170
points from yesterday' closing In the early
trading today. The greatest excitement
prevailed. .
Purlng fhe' decline rumors of all kinds
were circulated and 1 the nervousness and
apprehension of brokers Increased aa It
became more and more evident that the
day waa likely to prove a severe one. Com
mission housed, holding 1 large lines of
cotton which were either not sold on the
advance or were bought on . the break
yesterdsy on the theory of reaction, threw
thousands of bales on the market for what
ever price they would bring and as the
first hour wort on buyers appeared, less and
less anxious to assist sellers out of their
predicament '
At th opening many thouand bales of
both May and July cotton were bought
by the bull pool and this aucoeeded for a
time in summing the decline. By taking
large quantities of . cotton, the pool
Brokers succeeded In holding the market
and with other brokers, about H a
cent In fifteen minutes. Then another
wave of liquidation swept - over the
power of one Individuals or a set
of Individuals was not great enough to
prevent a crash. 1 The buying was no more
than If In the bucket and prices scrambled
than a drop In the. bucket and prices
crumbled away again about as rapidly as
on yesterday.
FUNERAL OF W. C. WHITNEY
Prominent Men In Political 'and
Financial World Honor His
Memory.
NEW YORK. Feb. $. Funeral services
over the remains of William Collins Whit
ney, former secretary of the navy, promi
nent financier and turf man, were held
here today at Grace Episcopal church.
Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, the rector,
conducted the services. Bishop Doane of AW
bany also participating. In the assemblage
which tilled the church, were many men of
the highest prominence in New York and
th United States and scores of employes
of the corporations with which Mr. Whit
ney bsd been connected.
Seventy pews In the center of the church
were reserved for the family and relatives.
Intimate friends, representatives of the
army snd r.avy, business assKlates, the
rest of the church being thrown open to
the general public, crowds of whom had
gathered before the church at the hour set
fcr the services.
Of the Immediate family only Mre. Al
merle Hugh Paget, a daughter, was absent,
being unable to return from Italy In time
for th funeral. Th honorary pallbearers
were Grover Cleveland. Ellhu Root Thomas
F. Rysn. J. Plerpont Morgan, Thomas
Dolan. Orant B. Schley, P. A. B. Wldeuer,
H. McK. Twombly, Colonel Wtl'lam Jay
and Q. G. Haven, but Mr. Morgan was un
able to attend and his place waa taken by
H. H. Vreeland.
Major General Henry C. Corbln and Rear
Admiral Frederick Rodgers, In uniform,
represented the srmy and navy and Mayor
McClellan the city government - '
At the conclusion of the service the re
mains were conveyed by a special train to
Wood lawn cemetery for litarmnt in the
, family plot
COUNCIL FIXES TAX LEVY
Decide on Thirteen Villi and Jndge
Hunger Ka tei it One.
FOURTEEN FLAT THEN AGREED ON
Federal Conrt Orante Water fen.
pnny's Plea, Which Will Make
the Totnl , Levy for City
Fonrteen Mills.
The annual municipal tax levy for 194
will be 14 mills. Ordinances providing for
this tax, which means $1.40 for every Jliio
assessed value, were passed by the council
at a meeting held yesterday afternoon. The
amount of money that mny be raised upon
the basis of a total valuation of 101.2G,?9O,
certified by the tax commissioner, Is 11,417,-
-88.06-' Of this amount 11,316,381.7. Is for
city purposes, 1354.397.01 for the schools
and tim,2&6.29 to pay water rental Judgments
for 1903.
The distribution smong the funds, how
closely it approaches the charter limit In
each case, and how much money each
fund will receive after deducting the usual
10 per cent for noncollectlon, is shown by
this table, prepared by Comptroller Lo
beck: Funds. N
General ,
Blnklng
Judgment
Library
Klre
Police
Fewer. Maintaining
Park
Lighting
Health
Cleaning and Sweeping
Curbing, Guttering and Paving
Water Board .
City Total , '.
School Total
Total '.
Water Rent (Judgment, $85,695.11 needed).
Totals
Hold Secret Meeting.
Thd MnnnllmM, I. V. V. A -rtlnn of
Nicholson, met secretly In the mayor's
office at the city hall Thursday night and
decided upon a 13-mlII levy. This dltknot
Include the tax to pay water hydrant
rental Judgments, for which a federal court
mandamus was Issued yesterday and which
brought the mill rate up to 14.
Th. call for the conference waa iseuea
hurriedly. Besides the council there were
present Mayor Moores. city Attorney
Wright. Tax Commissioner Fleming. Treas
urer Hennings and City Clerk Elbourn. No
private cttlsen was repieeented. Very lit
tle calculating was done, the information
presented by the comptroller, which wss
published in The Bee a week ago, being
taken as a basis for the figures. The aa
sessmenf basis used Waa $101,266,-90, and the
meeting did not last an hour.
Judge Munger yesterday morning signed
the peremptory writ desired by the water
company, ordering the council to make a
tax levy sufficient to raise funds to psy
Judgments amounting to $92,080 for unpaid
hydrant rental bills during 190$. Clty At
torney Wright filed a demurrer to the ap
plication, but "did not make a determined
fight against the mandamus.
Despite the fact that ' the aggregate
amount that will be raised for city
purposes, exclusive- of the school, -wat.r
board and watef Judgment taxes, is nearly
the charter limit, there will atlll b a
shortage of nearly $400,000 In the amounts
desired by the various departments to
carry them through the year 1904. This,
as has often been explained. Is due
principally to the pending railway and Pa
cific Express comoar.y's litigation.
The levy last year was 8.75 mills, on an
assessment value of $105,266,290.
ARGUING THE BUTLER CASE
State's Attorney Addresses the Jnry
ta Trlnl of Alleged Mis.
sonrl Briber.
FULTON, Mo., Feb. 6. Arguments to the
Jury In the case of Colonel Edward Butler
of Bt. Louis, who Is on trial before Judge
Grave on the charge of bribing members
of the house of delegates to secure the
passage of the city lighting bill In 1899,
were begun today.
Assistant Circuit Attorney Bishop of Bt
Louis opened for the state.
Judge Krum of counsel for th defense
followed Mr. Bishop. He spok for an hour
and his place was taken by J. H. Murry,
former prosecuting attorney of Boone
county, who argued for the state. Assist
ant Circuit Attorney JA aroney of St. Louis
followed for the prosecution.
David H. Harris, prosecuting attornsy
of Callaway county, began the defense's
appeal ti the Jury at the afternoon ses
sion. He had been .retained by the ' de
fense before ls election to that office.
The throng was so great that Butler and
the attorneys had to fight their way Into
the court room. Women and children, col
lege students and fair seminarians to the
number of 600 crowded Into the small
room. After Circuit Attorney Folk had
made the f closing argument for the state,
the case was glyen to the Jury at 4 o'clock.
DIES RATHER THAN SURRENDER
Minnesota Doctor Wanted for Embes.
element Ends Life at Ian
Francisco.
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Malcolm d
la Fer, doctor, ex-soldier and Inventor, who
was wanted by the Minneapolis police au
thorities for embezzlement, has committed
suicide here by taking poison. De la Fer
oarae to this city laat April from Minne
apolis In' order to escape trial for th mis
use of funds entrusted to him..
Whfle in Minneapolis he attained some
distinction as an Inventor of electric rail
way devices, a number of which are at
present In use. When the Spanish-American
war broke out he enlisted in the
Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers and wss
made an assistant surgeon, serving with
distinction In the Philippines.
FIGHT THE LOAN COMPANIES
New York Has Driven Many I'sarera
to Hew Jersey by Prose
cntlon. 1
NEW YORK. Feb. 6. As a result of ths
relentless cumpslgn sgalr.it usurers being
conducted by the district attorney's office.
nearly all ths big loan companies hav
moved hurriedly across th river to Jersey
City, to which place they have advised
their victims to send payments.
One of the companies,' which has mor
than half a hundred agencies in ths Urge
cities of ths United States, tnaugursted
the movement to escape prosecution. Ef
forts will be mad to have the Postoffloe
department slop tb concerns from using
the mail
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NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Rsln or Bnow nnd Colder Patsreaj
Cold Wave at Slant In Korth l'or
tloni Snndny Fair.
Temperature nt Omnhn Yesterdnyi
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MAY BE HITCH IN THE PLAN
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So Ktldenre Ihnt Mhlpbolldlna- Affairs
Are In Accordance with
Lost Report.
NEW YORK. Feb. (.Although It waa
stated last night that the new plan of re
organisation for the United States Ship
building company put out by the new re
organisation and the receiver and as
sented to by Samuel Untermyer on
behalf of the bondholders' protective com
mittee, thus settling the main litigation be
tween those parties, would be agreed to by
all alleged In this, there was no sign to
day that the Commonwealth Trust com
pany, as successor to the Trust Company
Charter
Mills. 100 P. C. Limit. 90 P. C.
1150 $ 2M.140 73 $ -55,0iK) $ 2.7.8. 66
1.H7 199.474 S9 WO.onO 179,527 40
.19 19,23 70 20,0"0 17.314 H3
.21 21.2A3K. 2'.',0(i0 19.137 44
1.47 14K.M6 75 150.000 133.9R- 07
1.12 1!3,47 04 , 116,000 102. OM 3
.13 13.163 32 25.000 11.K46 99
.80 0,37 89 4rt.Ono 27.839 20
. 66. Pill M 70.OH0 69.234 92
.09 9,113 07 10.000 8.201 76
.37 37.4M 83 40.000 $3,718 35
.29 ,34 82 SO.Ort) 26.4.7 89
.21 21.263 81 100.000 19.137 44
9 60 9111,934 " ' 197,000 865,741 18
8.60 354.HI7 01 818,967 31
13.00 $1,316,331 77 $1,097,000 $1,184,698 59
1.00 101,256 29 10.125 91.130 67
lToO $1,417.68 06 $ 141,768 $1,275,829 26
of the Republic, will take a position In ac
cord with It. It was authoritatively stated
that the Commonwealth company, as sue'
cessor to the company financing the Ship
building company, might. In assenting to a
plan by which the Shipbuilding stock Is to
be wiped out, make Itself 'the 'butt of at
tack by stockholders bringing suit for the
recovery of money Invested In stock, unless
It should Join forces with such litigants
and place the responsibility elsewhere.
It was ttated some time ago that the
directors of the Commonwealth Trust com
pany had decided upon bringing actions In
the court for the purpose of vindicating
their honor In the Shipbuilding transac
tions, and - this policy has not been .oat
eight of.
FIND BODIES OF THE BARKERS
Had Been Shot and Killed nnd Then
Burled In n Cnttle
Shed.
INAVALE, Neb., Feb. (.-(Special Tele
gram.) Oreat excitement prevail in this
community over the discovery of the bodies
of Dan Barker and wife, who -were mur
dered last Sunday night The bodies were
found In a rhallow grave In a cattle shed,
clothed only In their sleeping garments.
Bullets from a revolver which had pleroed
th man and Ma wife told the story of
the gruesome affair. There were two bullet
holus In' Barker's neck, and breast and one
In Mrs. Barker's breast.
r rana ; uarKer, .tne murdered man's
brother, -Is held In Jail suspected of the
crime. tAHhough he strenuously denies hla
guilt,' circumstantial evidence points very
strongly to him and it Is feared that, he
win do lynched by the Infuriated cittsens
and the sheriff of Webster county Is ex
erclslng every precaution to protect his
prisoner.
WOMEN WERE HIS VICTIMS
rostal Authorities Arrest Mnn Who
Is Alleged to Have Worked the
Letter Copying Scheme.
CHICAGO, Feb. B.-C. W. Thompson, who
the postal authorities Claim has operated
a malt order business under fifteen different
names, waa arrested here today by detect-
Ives from Postofllce Insnoctor Stuart's
office on the charge of misusing the United
Btatea mall. Women In all parts of the
country who believed they would be paid
$30 for copying each 100 letters are. accord
ing to the postal official, victims of ThomD-
on's scheme. Thompson was held In $1,000
bonds for a hearing of the case February
10. inspector Stuart aaid tonisht:
Thompson's latest scheme was on th anil.
lean chain plan. After a woman would
write Mm and et Drees her willingness n
copy letters at SO Cents each he would cause
her to send 50 cents fer "membership In the
bureau." Instead of allowing the women to
go to work Thompson would then require
them to get a friend to send 60 cents for a
membership and would promise to give 80
cents tor eacn memoer tnus secured.
WOULD FREEZE OUT PAPERS
Canadian Press Association Wants
Postal Rates Increased on
I sited States Mall.
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TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 5. At the meeting
of the Canadian Press association today a
resolution was psssed asking the govern
ment to amend the present postal arrange
ment regarding American publications.
If
this be arranged tt will mean that all pa
pers coming from the United States will be
charged at the rate of 8 cents per , pound-
It would also Imply a 5-cent'rate on letters
and an additional cent on postal cards,
ahows that Canada delivers 100 bags for
the United States for every one bag of
Canadian papers delivered In the United
States.
HOLD BACK INDICTMENTS
Llonor Denier Will Have a Reaplt
Until the Wichita Grand Jnry
' Gets Throngh.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. I. No mor Indict
ments against Missouri wholesale liquor
dealers for doing business In Kansas with
out paying a license will be returned until
after tbe session of the federal grand Jury
at Wichita next month. E. D, McKlver,
aaslstsnt United States district attorney,
said todiiy:
"There undoubtedly will be mor whole
salers Indicted next month. I also believe
that many express sgents will be Indicted."
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Hamlet's Home Is Threatened.
NEW YORK. Feb. 5. -The Danish castls
of Kronbnrg. famous ss the Elninor of
ShakeMpeare s "Hamlet," Is threatened, ac
cording to an American dispatch from Ber
lin, by destruction by the undermining
tides of the Ksttegst. Th foundations
are seriously damaged and th castle may
hav to be pulled down, together with th
terrace on which the (bust of llamlet'e
father appeuicd.
JAPANESE IN PANIC
'ly in Wild Terror from Buasian Territory
v ia AnticipUioa of War.
URNITURE IS LITERALLY GIVEN AWAY
VladiToeto). Merchant J Sacrificing Every
thing in Uaite te Etcape.
JAPANESE MINISTER TALKS OF Art AIR
Bayi Hit O.untry Desirei Bo Intemoti'ii
by Any Power,
CHINESE MUST RULE IN MANCHURIA
This Demand Not Conceded by Resale
Will Force Island KJngdow to
Proceed , to -Sxtrenia
Measures.
8T. PETER8RURO, Feb. 8.-'The Japan
ese are fleeing panic-stricken." cables the
Vladivostok Vorrespondent of th Novo
Vremya, "and Japanese storekeeper ar
sacrificing all their possessions in their
haste to escape to Japan. Cases ef oranges
are selling for 6 cents and furniture Is
being literally given away., They are prac
tically ruining themselves' In their hurry
to get away before the outbreak of war."
WASHINGTON, Feb. I. -The State de
partment sniKHinced the receipt of Infor
mation that Japan has called Its subjects
from the Talu district Cores, Into Seoul.
In case of a Rurao-Japaneae war the
statement was reiterated at the Navy de
partment that the fighting ships of th
Asiatic fleet will be kept awsy from the
scene of hostilities and every care will
be taken .to observe good sea manners.
That the 'American navy may not b with
out observers of what will he the great
est naval struggle of modem times It Is
said that In all probability that several
smaller ships of the fleet will be detailed
to go northward with competent officers,
who will be detailed to set as .official ob
servers. No order to this effect have yet
been Issued.
BFIRLIN, Feb. (.The St Petersburg cor-
respondent of the Lnkat Anselger tele
graphs that Admiral Skrydolov, comman
der of the Russian squadron In the Black
sea, has been summoned to St. Petersburg
for consultation on account of his know
ledge of -the far east. The dowager em
press said to the admiral when he was
leavlng,"there will be no war."
Rnssla Fcrwards r.eply.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. .-A an
nounced in the Associated Press dispatches
the draft of th Russian response, tenta
tively approved py the csar, waa tele
graphed to Viceroy Alexlcft last night. It
Is expected that Viceroy Alexleff will send
the answer so as to reach Japan on Mon
day. While the contenta of ' ths response
are carefully guarded they are known to b
conciliatory and to contain Important con
cessions, although maintaining RusMa'a
former position on some of ths main points
covering Manchuria and Corea. '
A diplomat In close touch with the Rus
sian aide of the negotiations Informed, the
Associated Press that Corea had again be
come the most difficult matter for adjust
ment. Russia, he said,' couM not agree. to .
Japanese fortifications In southern Corea.
"If the Japanese government In sincerely
desirous of avoiding . war," he added, ' ''It
will find in the reply when It arrives a
basis for an agreement, but If th authori
ties have made up their minds to remain
unyielding the negotiations must end In
an lmpasae. In any event, I do Pot see
how Japan can break off the negotiations
without replying to the Russian note and
setting forth Its minimum demands."
The news that the note had been sent to
Viceroy Alexleff caused an Increase of anx
iety today. On the bourse the prices ot se
curities fell, particularly imperial 4 per
cents and lottery bonds, In which the pub-
lie Invests heavily. In the diplomatic corps
there was much activity.
The Japanese minister, M.' Kurtno, in re
sponse to sn urgent message went to the
tsnusn emnassy ioaay ana spent over an
hour with the ambassador. Sir Claude S.
Scott
Russians Arc Excited.
At all' the embassies th attaches were
busy getting off cipher dispatches to -their
governments..
..The people for the first time seemed
notlcaably moved at th' prospect of war,
gathering tai groups to discuss th situa
tion. Increased activity also was appar
ent at the various ministries, but the
high officials remained calm. Insisting that
a peaceful settlement is still possible.
They say the military and naval prepa
rations hav been forced on Russia by the
open and hurried demonstrations of Japan
and add that misinterpretations are be
ing constantly placed on Russian ' move
ments in tho far east, which represent
Russia as already engaged In aggressive
tactics. As an Illustration they cite a dis
patch published In London reporting th
alleged mysterious departure of the Rus
sian fleet from Port Arthur. The chief of
the naval staff said the warshlpa had
merely left the harbor for a eruls around
th end of the Ta Lien Wan peninsula, to
try their engines, so as to be In readiness
to meet th Japanese warships In case of
an attack.
When shown the Associated Presg dis
patch under today's date front the Rus
sian correspondent st Port Arthur, the
same official declared It to be correct In
every particular. He also said Russian
troops had not been dlspatOsd to Che
mulpo and declared that the tending of Rue- -elan
troops to Corea or tho dispatching of
Russian warships to Oormn waters was
impossible under the prexent cirouinatances
both on account of strategic and polities1
reasons.
A dispatch from Vladivostok confirms the
report that large rum hers of Jspanate,
families have left the Mkolkole and L's
surl regions. It given a gloomy picture
of the slump In trade, shows thst clothes
and money are scarce ami adds that con
stant street rows are occurring.
Even th Japanese and Russian children,
play at war games In tho streets.
Collect War Material.
A Russian correspondent of th Atsikl
ated Press at Port Arthur telegraphs that
there Is no ruth In the report that freight
traffic has bee t stopped on th ManchurUn
railway.
All the ships of ,th Russian Patlflo
squadron which have I en held in rrv
are now In full cominlxstovi. ,
The regiments or the Third East Siberian
Rifle brigade, which recently lert Pnit
Arthur, are taking temporary station
slong the Chinese railroad. Th Port
Arthur garrison has been strengthened by
the arrival there of the Seventh brigade '
of conscripts, who luv been recently
going throi gh a short course of training,
Stores of provisions and coal are being
accumulated and all necesxnry military
works ar being actively pushed forwsfd.
llotu th army and navy ar la xcellsnt
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