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TALK ON PRIMARIES
House Committee Has the Dodge and
McMulIen Bills Up.
ONE vital difference in the measures
Dodge Proposes to Apply Principle to All
Classes of Elections.
M MULLEN EXCEPTS STATE OFFICERS
Argument Advanced Direct Primaries Tend
to Better Class of Officers.
SAME RULE APPLIES LL DOWN. THE LINE
Dome nppo.f Applying It to '
lenr It Would Ci've he Ponolous
(.enter Advantage In
dominations.
(From a Btalt Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Jan. :4.-(Speclal Telegram )
The Dodge and McMulIen primary election
hills received a free-for-all hearing In room
aoO of the Llndell hotel tonight before the
house committee on privileges and elec
tion. Representative Dodge of Douglas
and Representative McMulIen of Oagu,
mithors of the respective measures, opined
the discussion, the former acting as chair
man of the meeting. Victor Rosewater, at
the request of the,author. of both bills; had
come down from Omaha to participate In
the debate. Other speakers were Repre
sentative Perry of Furnas, Windham of
Cass, Barnes of Douglas and Senator
Sheldon of Cass, Jones of Otoe and Harsh
of Harlan.
The Dolgo bill provides for direct pri
mary elections In city, county, district
and state elections, while the McMulIen
bill takes In all but the state and substi
tutes United State senatorial elections.
Representative Dodge, who was the first
speaker, claimed the same direct benefits
insured to the people by primary elections
In city, county and district were Insured
in state elections aa well and therefore
his bill offered more benefit since it applied
the law to the state elections. He e.rgued
that the operation of his bill would tend
to prevent slates, made possible In con
ventions, avoid factlonallHm and obtain the
nomination of the best men for the several
offices. To the argument that primary elec
tion for state officers would result in
giving the populous centers an unfair ma
jority of candidates on the ticket he re
plied that it tended no more in this direc
tion than does the present system and that
a good man from Cheyenne county would
be far more likely to get the nomination
than a bad man from Omaha. Mr. Dodge
maintained that the best party organiza
tion was possible under his bill, that It did
not provide for platforms, as they were
not necessary until afterward.
Perry Has dnestlon.
Representative Perry asked if a political
machine would not have an advantage
under thlg system and be able to get ob
jectionable men on the ticket.
Mr. Dodge's t answer was that o. such
""control was possible, but that on-tan- con
trary, If the community was composed of
good citizens, a majority of them voting
naturally would select good men, while If
the community was bad the nominees
would, consequently, be bad.
Representative McMulIen made the point
that primary elections were Impracticable
and bad for the selection of state officers
for the principal reason that they would
enable the larger cities to get their men on
the ballot to the exclusion of the places of
less population, and In many cases crowd
the ticket with men not as popular outside
of the populous centers,' nor as well quali
fied for the respective offices 89 many can
didates from sparsely settled communities.
He also argued In favor of his provision or
the state platforms made by the conven
tions as one essential element toward per
fect party organization. He said the chief
question In political affairs -was, "How can
the party organization be best maintained T"
In his Judgment the answer was to retain
the present system in state elections. He
pointed out that the objection of unfair
distribution of candidates in the minor elec
tion, district, county and municipal, wos
not apparent. He asserted that his bill em
bodied the best features of the most suc
cessful primary election laws now In opera
tion and that they excluded the state elec
tion feature as he had done. '
should Cover the state.
Victor Rosewater was then Invited by
Chairman Dodge to address the assem
blage. Ho commended at the outset that
feature of tho McMulIen bill applying the
primary election to United States senators,
but deprecated the fact that this bill omit
ted state officers from Its operations. That,
he thought, diminished its potency. He
favored the Dodge bill Insofar as it related
to the fundamental principle of primary
elections in city, county, district and state
and regretted that it did not extend to
senators. Mr. Rosewater as a. preface to
his remarks said the question which natu
rally suggested Itself was, Why is such
legislation necessary? Answering this, he
said the present system of political affairs
contained certain evils and' the present
prims motive of primary elections wan to
remedy these evils, which, he said, ought
to be obvious. . Retracing the history of
election rules In the republican party coun
cils of Omaha, Pouglu county and the
Second congressional district, he came to
a direct discussion of the subject. The
main evil of the present convention sys
tem h declared to be the possibility of
foisting undesirable men ui the ticket.
He said too often candidates are nominated
who are opposed by the great majority of
their party- DUt ore, the beneficiaries of
gangs and Influences in control. Very
often conventlon-mado nominees are men
unheard of before their nomination. But,
under the primary election system every
man had to come out in the open, and this,
he said, would do away with the railroad,
rule. Dark horse candidates would be cut
out also Under the primary system. He cited
the cxamplo of Burkett winning out fo
senator as showing that coming out with
a bold announcement was a good thing,
and discouraged dark horses.
"I believe Mr. Burkett got the nomina
tion for senator simply because he had
come out so long in advance," said Mr.
Rosewater, "and when the legislature came
to elect a senator there was not a man
with nerve enough to oppose Burkett."
Mr. Rosewater said It the direct primary
was good tor a city. It was good for a
state election, and vice versa, and he said
if applied to state elections, it would
Insure against corporation rule, and if
applied to senatorial elections it would
pi event the election of a railroad-nominated
senator, for which remark he was
manifestly commended by the majority of
bis hearers. He took no stock in the-Idea
a advocated in the McMulIen bill that
(Continued, on Third Page.)
LOOKING UPH0CH'S RECORD
People with Missing Friends Are Re
porting to the Police at
Chicago.
CHICAGO. Jan. 24. Information of more
d victims of the supposed Bluebeard,
V n Hoch, has been given' the police
s hn Frlck, an employe of the Nickel
1 railroad. Frlck has reported to the
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w a charge that his sister, Mrs. Wll-
3thu!tz. married Hoch, who then
ilmself Albert Muschburg. at Argos,
5 l 1900. Mrs. Pchultz had a child
Nettie, then 5 years old. "Shortly
?y arrived In Chicago letters ceased
to me," said Frlck, "and I am
le belief that my sister and her
' were done away with. My sister
hat t.iut $1,600 at the time of the mar
riage." Mrs. J. H. Schwartzman of Milwaukee
telegraphed the police that she would ar
rive here today for the purpose of trying
to identify a photograph of Hoch as the
mar. who married her sister In 18&9. The
woman died shortly after, leaving 11,800 to
her husband.
Relatives of six of the thirteen wives
credited to Hoch have expressed a belief
to Police Inspector Shlppy that the six
women died of poison. The list of dead
and missing is as follows: Mrs. Marie
Welker Iloeu, died January 11, IWlu; Mrs.
Mary Stelnbccker, died 1MM; Mrs. Mary
Becker. St. Louis, died 1'2; Mrs. Mary
Schultz, Argus, Ind., died 19"0 (child also
disappeared); Mrs. Lena Hoch, Milwaukee;
Mrs. Sophia Hoch, Milwaukee.
Acting on the theory that Hoch is the
missing Janitor of the notorious H. H.
Holmes "castle," the police are using the
same methods to trace Hoch as were used
In seeking Holmes. The officers believe
Hoch to be a pupil of Holmes and that he
will use the same ruses that were employed
by Holmes to escape arrest.
A furniture dealer on Milwaukee avenue
Informed the police tonight that he had
furnished five different flats for Hoch,
each time under a different name, and that
he had a new wife for every flat.
The first flat furnished was in May, 18!t2,
under the name of C. T. Meyer; the sec
ond, June, 1Ss92, under the namo of H.
Irlck; the third In 1894; the dealer does not
recall the name used, but It was different
from thut used on another occasion: the
fourth was In 1854, under the name of
Jacob Iiocli. The wife this time was Mrs.
Mary Steinbrecher. The fifth flat was
furnished In 1S9S, under the name of
Adolph Hoch. This time Hoch gave a
mortgage on the goods and then sold them.
For this he was sentenced to a year in
the county Jail.
The dealer told the police that he knew
that the women who were installed In the
first three flats died In a short time after
marriage. He asked Hoch why he changed
his namo every time he married, and Hoch
replied that he did not believe he could
get married under the same name every
time, as many women would object to
marrying a man who had been so many
times a widower.
BRYAN BEFORE THE COURT
Talks A boot Intent of Testator In
the Dennett Will
Case.
"'NfcW ' J-tAVEN", ' Co nn v Jam4.-"rgu-ments
were heard In the Connecticut su
preme court of errors today on the appeal
of William J. Bryan from the decision of
the superior court denying him authority
to receive 150,000 mentioned In the famous
sealed letter left by the late Phllo S. Ben
nett, of whose estato Mr. Bryan Is execu
tor. '
Mr. Bryan spoke eloquently for three
quarters of an hour. He said it was due
him in this case to say a few words as to
the Intent of the testator. This Intent, he
thought, was very plain, and he honed the
court would be explicit as to whether the
sealed letter could be received as a declara
tion of trust, even if not a part of the will.
He said thnt mest will contests turned on
two or three questions, usually on the ca
pacity of a testator to make a will, on the
question of undue Influence or on the In
tent of the testator In making bequests. In
this case he thought Mr. Bennett Ideally
competent to make a will. As to the que
lon of undue Influence he cited the fact
that Mr. Bennett travelled 1,500 miles to
Nebraska, carrying with him a will to be
used as a model, and afterward traveled
1 B00 miles back to New York, where he
duly executed he will. The question
therefore turns on the Intent of the testa
tor. Mr. Bryan referring to his personal In
terest In the case, said: "I trust that the
decision of this court will be so explicit
that It will be Instructive to those who
hereafter draw wills. No matter what
this court may think of the purposes of
this bequest, the right of a man to make
his property go to the person or the per
sons he wishes Is sacred to us all."
With Mr. Bryan's remarks the case was
closed.
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN MURDERED
Shot by Ilia Brother in Quarrel
Over Settlement of an
Estate.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 24. In the village of
Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland.. at mid
night tonight, George Wagar shot and
fatally Injured: his brother John. A patrol
man who bad been called to the Wagar
home was shot through the stomach by
George Wagar. A number of village of
ficers have surrounded the house for the
purpose of nrroatlng Wagar. John Klay
mar la the wounded policeman.
Charles Cofflnbury and Mayor Rowe of
lakewood head the posse which now sur
rounds the Wagar house.
The cause of the shooting is supposed to
have been over the settlement of the Wagar
estato, for which John Wagar was ad
ministrator. The other members of the Wagar family
are thought to be Inside the barricaded
house.
John Wagar died at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. He came here two weeks ago from
South Dakota, presumably for the purpose
ofnetftlng his father's estate.
George Wagar, who did the shooting, has
lived1 In various parts of the west for the
lust twenty years.
FATAL WRECKJON THE ALTON
Firemen Killed and Passengers In.
Jnred Wlieu Coach Turns
Ovrr In Illinois.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 24.-A. G. Chaplin, a
fireman, of Alton, 111., was killed and
several passengers were Injured, but none
fatally, today in the wreck of an Illinois
Central Terminal train near Alton. Thirty
passengers in the one coach of the train
Wc re ' badly tightened and narrowly
esaied death when the coach turned over,
but with two exceptions their Injuries
consisted principally of cuts and bruises.
John Hardy of Upper Alton broke two
rlbs and Attorney John J. Kreuholt of
Alton has a badly wrenched leg.
THAYER IS ENJOYING LIFE
Eightj-Pifth Birthday Pifids Nebraska's
Pint Beiator Mentally Active.
KEEPS UP WITH THE TREND OF EVENTS
Recalls Vividly acenes of rioneer
Days of the state and His Mlrrlng
C areer as Pioneer. Soldier
aad Statesman.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Jan. 24.-(Special Telegram.)
Wrapt In the solitude of his own peaceful
thoughts. General John M. Thayer, Ne
braska's "grand old raun," pioneer, soldier,
statesman, sits today In his quiet, cozy
room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Lara1), j lero waa recorded ,t 7 a m and at 9:30
1915 Prospect avenue, gazing back through , the ,emperature had falkn to Aogn,es
the long, deep corridors of eighty-five years j b(.,ow u waa nQ cqW (n fuct nat thj
"No, it did not occur tome until 9 or 9:o0man wnQ u Qf tpm
this morning that I was So years old today, , had tQ ca New QrI y
remarked the general to a correspondent i Ar(,nn. ,, T. -wm. k.,
for The Bee who had called, on him.
thought of it yesterday, but did not when I
first awoke this morning
One of the first settlers of the state and
Its metropolis, a leading factor In repress
ing Indian ravages, a distinguished officer 1
In the war of the rebellion, the first United ;
States senator from Nebraska, twice Its
governor and the honored occupant of
various official positions leading up to those
which crowned his eventful career, John M.
inayer occupies a place in me nisiory or
cnraK ana in me nrrections or lis people
which no other man ever did or ever can
claim.
One would almost forget, though. In the
benign presence of this old man that he
had done so much of enduring benefit for
posterity forget only because of the bene
factor's Innate and unaffected modesty.
"Why," he laughingly said In that sweet
sincerity of the soul which comes to one of
Ms kind In the evening of life, "I am pro
foundly honored to know that any one of
my fellow citizens has thought of me on my
birthday."
And in childish Innocence he added, "How
came you to think of It?"
Memory Is Good.
Like most men who have rounded out
and retired from the activities of a busy,
eventful career and come, with the burden
of great deeds resting upon them, triumph
antly to face the golden sunset of life.
General Thayer is reminiscent In mood.
i
But he also Is progressive still. He will
talK or the dear old past, but he loves to
converse of the present and future. As
vividly as though It was yesterday, he re
called what people cherish as the greatest
deed of his great life the organizing and
leading to the front of the First Nebraska
; volunteers at the outbreak of the civil war.
) He will tell Interesting things which oc
curred during his term as United States
senator, or governor, or even as territorial
governor of Wyoming, member of the Ne
braska legislature, pioneer or Indian fighter,
all this he recalls minutely, mentioning
dates and speaking names as though the
events had just transpired and he was In
the ful vigor and bloom of young man
hood. Just standing upon the threshold of
his life, Instead of Just completing it
"When President Lincoln Issued his first
caU for ,mjW Jrnoiia Aa.darfenA h natloii
agalfisrtrlavefy; then a young man already
trained In Indian warfare, I wrote to Sec
retary of War Simon Cameron and n.Und
that one of the first regiments be assigned
! to Nebraska, that as Nebraska had 28,600
t . . . . i - . i i . v ,, . . .
yuuiHLiuu ii ue auoweu uj iorm a reut-
ment to send to the front. My request was
granted," said the general, his face flushed
with the proud thought, "and we went to
the front."
' It would be useless to recall the dis
tinguished services General Thayer ren-
j dered his country during those four years,
j But he loves to recall at least one event of
tne war.
"It Is brought back to my mind Just at
this time," he said, with pathos in his
voice, "because of the pres.? reports I have
read of the approaching death of my dear I
old friend and comrade, General Lew Wl- j Z.r T, . ,' w,e ""P"1 or e" en
lace. He and I were together at Shiloh ! l ' tlflV11"6 Were m-'u re-
under Genera. Grant. History records that ,
General Wallace made a mistake In giving I
jia certain order there. I never thought so
But Wallace was suspended for a while
jand it was a crushing biow to his friends j
and admirers, who thought he was right."
thought he was right.
One Regret for Past.
Then, moving on over the chasm of years
Intervening, General Thayer, with moist
ened eyes and unsteady voice, recalled this
incident:
"When I was In the United States senate
General Wallace made a request of me that
I secure for him tho honors of congress
and one day he led me over to the desk
of Senator Morton of Indiana and we
talked over the matter. I wanted to do it.
I loved Wallace, I honored his distin
guished services as a soldier and officer
and I believed It was nothing but Just
U.. T HIH nt nffnr tha rn!,.H r
v : : : : " . u,u
noi, cnieii um ul uuuaiuerauon ior my j
1 . i.inJ nn.m.xlA T .... J 1 . .
UJU liitriiu tum vuiuiauo. j. icoicu IL WOlliri .
: .7' 1,::: z.. ' v-." " o"cu
I naa aone 11. now many, many times
have I wished I might be a senator Jin
...... - - ,
ana l wouia ao mis ior my oia friend. Ij
tell you I would. In the last few days, I
since reading that General Wallace Is near
death's door, this thing has been con-.
stantly on my mind and I have thought '
how glad I'd be if. before he goes and
before I am called hence, I might go to
htm and tell him how sorry I am that I i
did not do this and how gladly I would do ,
it if I were a senator today."
General Thayer lives a quiet, simple life.
aa he says. He has made his home for
years with Mr. and Mrs. Lamb and they '
are devoted In their attention to him. He
arise, at 7:30 and generally retires at 9 30
or 10 at night. Ills time Is spent reading
chiefly. He reads two dally paper, and '
some other matter. He keeps Informed on '
current event., but object, to the glare and
glamor with which the yellow presj pre
sent. Its news to the people
, the people. He want. J
densed and almply writ-
everything a. con
ten as possible.
Watching Russian Situation.
"I have been Interested in keeping up
with the situation In Russia," said the
general. "I cannot help but believe that
the present crisis in Russia at St. Peters
burg may lead to the overthrow 'of the
ruling powers and what will follow that,
whether a reign of anarchy and lawless
ness, 1 cannot tell. At any rate It seems
to me It will mean the termination of the
war In the far east, leaving Japan the
master of the orient. I am convinced
. i ....... r; t th. Wt. n V. i ..
mu " v ! cuivibers has
been unwise. They could and should huve
averted tho crisis. I regret to see Russia '
in such a dilemma, for ever since Russia
aided our nation in the time of its grat
trouLle I have felt a debt of gratitude for
the czar's kingdom and even In its present
(.Coutluued a steoond Ptgs.)
F
COLD WAVE HS GENERAL
Iowa Reports BItfaard Raging In
Northern Portion of
State.
Some difference of opinion exists among
people who had to get out Into th? weather
between 6 and t yesterday morning and
make a pilgrimage down town or wait at
some windy corner for a belated street
car as to whether the morning was the
coldest of the winter. There is, however,
an unanimity of sentiment that it was the
meanest morning of the season. Suburban
thermometers registered a temperature all
the way from S to IS degrees below zero.
The fact that the early part of Monday
night was in a measure comfortable,
though cold, made the midnight cold wave
all the meaner.
At weather headquarters in the federal
j bu,dlnB. . ,pmn.r,,.lrB , s hMn.
looks to get a higher temperature to keep
j rcZlx WeTsh
the benign prophet of the weather bureau.
I sitting comfortably In his office In a regis-
tered temperature of ,0, but an actual tem
perature of about 35, agreed with the prop
osition that It was col.
"Up at Winnipeg," ald Colonel Welsh,
"they ore perspiring ni 28 below zero and
the same thing isiapuf nlng over at Prince I
Albert and at Devil's l.ake. At Wililston,
j p
only 26 below
recorded. A zero
rhnM.i. nt wh.r vt.,nH. Hr,-,
.
as the south line of Iowu and across north-
eastern ieurasaa, uui at aicnune ju oe- , talked with Ilerr Ooetze. secretary of the
low zero is the figure, while at North Platte giaj.s manufacturers, over the effect of the
it is 14 above zero. At Cheyenne, Denver j strike on the German Industry and ex
and Santa Fe 24 above zero Is the rule this pressed much concern.
morning, rne e-oia wave is connned to
northeast Nebiaska and along the river.
The forecast for tonight is continued cold,
with slowly rising temperature Wednes
day." At 9 o'clock last night the thermometer
registered 10 below and waa still going
down.
COLD WAVE OVER MANY STATES
In Many Sections Accompanied
High Winds nnd Snow
in Others.
by
CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Reports from many
cities and towns in the west and northwest
show that the most severe cold of the
winter Is prevailing and In the majority
of places the low temperature Is intensified
by a high wind.
In this city the mercury fell from 23 above
zero to 6 below in twenty-four hours. All
of today and throughout the greater part
of the night A. gale of forty miles an hour
was blowing. There was but little snow
and traffic was ot Interfered with, al
though there was mii-h suffering In the
poorer districts ot theLlty.
Northern Minnesota Sand Wisconsin re
ported tho most severestorm of the winter
as raging today and tofilght. The snowfall
was heavy, blockading1 railroads and crip
pling communication generally. The tem
perature In this section, however, was not
aa low as in places ff.rfher o the south.
r. - -SXom -BwUngtog. i 'rjrS..- ra-raa
reported, with & high-
..,,.
' ,v-- nntoiittiHuwni
Tl rennrterf h i
, T ... . ... . .
severe gale. In this part of the state snow
' was "rirted badly in the railroad cuts,
. lllterft'ring seriously with traffic. Around
! Mnrmhfllltnwn husln... rr VA r ,
v ' 1 1- vciurni
miu me ureat w esiern railroads was prac-
tically at a standstill.
From Kansas City came the report of the
coldest wvather of the winter throughout
western Kansas and Missouri. Zero was
reached at 7 o'clock tonight and 10 below
was expected before morning. A bitter
north wind accompanied the cold wave.
The body of a young man, probably frozen
to death, was found in a straw stack near
Wichita, Kan.
The same general conditions nrevnilert
i i -r .. , , r i
miuuKuuut inaiana. At several points In
Via ,, ,-nl ,..1. . .
ah ( ----- nuim wiej.
sulpende TtoZa
eraf velrt' i ? ?, J J Cld Sev"
aria aTdVent'X L
nnr..H t r . . De'. w ler. was
reported from Louisville as the prediction
for tomorrow morning. Ten below n.-ith
a fierce wind from the north, was reported
from Springfield, III., with the probabilities
of a further drop of five degrees befora
morning.
It is aaid that the cold wave will continue
over the greater part of the west until to
morrow night.
WEST POINT. Neb., Jan. 24.-(Speclal.)-
iV strong northwest wind, following the i
wiowiau. is arming the loose snow and
.niium iravei tiimcult. The weather is
intensely cold, the thermometer marking
17 below this morning at daybreak. During
, .c illu ,, gamea strength anil
" "1,n tty colder
hl-mboldt, Neb
Jan. 24. (Snerl.il a
light fall of
snow, accomrjanieri v, a
n u .l
j c uiwp
nc merino merer in fl anA m .1 .
jnn -pen i quite severe
stock ei,i,,ii,, v,
" mv! Z1? a reat y
of
"...v.. aiv ijcihk iea in thin m.,..,,.
PES MOINES la J . iT
celved a h. 1 I', J"n' .,;r"eporu ,e"
" . :
of a flerrA l,llv, ,
northern , ,.. 77' " over tho
the .tree cars are .t .tad:,, C''y
railroads entering the town 1 ii. "?
rarllv aban .. . . 6 temP-
town, In that ML r 8f du,3' th"
wlTh the mercirv " H,rm
'"n', ' mark' "
Today ,,llS p3lnt
ST PAUI J,i, 9j ti .
St. Paul todav i i7 tempriit '
This was the IZ , "T".' M Iero'
well u WiX , '" th" nor,h-
X CZn Z l?0''
to 3 below, with s S .twlr
and Qu' Appelle 20 be ow at M It ?
Minn., and 18 brio, , J.LLT .'"!a9'
i ---- ... iiiui i n i. i i
PLATTSBURO, N. V.. Jan. I4.-The ther-
n.ometer registered 20 degrees below zero
at Saranao Lake today. 24 bedow it Upper
I'hn a t-i , ... .
na ac raul Smith s and
18 below at Addison Junction. Lake Cham
plain is completely frozen over, tie lee
being from five to twenty Indies thick.
MORNING IS UNDER ARREST
Routt County Commissioner In Col.
orado f'hurged with Collect,
ing Illegal Fees.
DENVER, Jan. 1-Judge Moses Hallett.
In the United 3tat s district court, Issued
a warrant today for the arrest of C. A.
Morning, United Etatts commissioner of
Routt county, tYluradu, on a charge of tic-
ceptlng lllegnl fin in connt-ctlon with lani
filings. Tho i nuance ot the warrant fol
lowed un investigation which has been
niude by a special agent of the Interior de-
; jartment.
STRIKE CLOSES FACTORIES
German Coal Miners Refuse to Aocsds to
Demands of Men.
EMPEROR MUCH CONCERNED AT TROUBLES
Chairman ot Coal Syndicate Says
Owners Will Suffer Loss Rather
Than Make Rotten Peace
Negotiations.
BERLIN, Jan. 4 The calm attitude of
the strikers Is regarded as being most re
markable by the police authorities through
out the coal mining districts. Although
detachments of police from other parts of
Germany continue to arrive, they have
thus far been unnecessary. This Is payday
at part of the mines.
Privy Councillor Rixdorf, chairman of
tho Rhenish Westphallan coal syndicate,
was Interviewed today by a correspondent
of the Frankfort Zcltung and was quoted
as saying that the mine owners had not
only their material Interests to defend, but
their convictions. If the government and
public opinion endeavored to press the
j minf, owners to negotiate with the strikers,
It would be seen that the mine owners
would rather suffer a loss "than arrange a
rotten peace which would be followed by
fresh strikes."
Herr Rixdorf added that the coal syndi
cate had received many offers from abroad
to deliver coal without the sellers com-
I mission.
. . ...
, lne empero,- Rl a mrge recepuon ai mo
I palace Sunday of persons newly decorated,
The ministry of the Interior has Issued
a memorandum of tho German coal pro
duction for 1904, showing that the coal
strike region produced 6T,49,557 tons out of
a total of 120,6y4,0'JS tons, and 10,776,619 tons
of coke, or five-sixths of the total.
Germany Imported 7,2$,042 tons of coal in
1D04 and exported 17,9,00O tons.
Factories Close Down.
C:ADI;AC1I, Prussia, Jan. 24. Three
large factories here have notified most of
their workmen that they intend: to close
down on account of the scarcity of coal.
GLASGOW, Jan. 24. A meeting of the
Scotch Miners' federation today adopted a
resolution of sympathy with the Westphal
ian strikers and Instructed the delegates
to the British Miners' federation to urge
that all possible financial support be given
the German miners.
HANOVER, Prlissla, Jan. 21. The Mu
burg cement works here have closed for
want of coal.
ESSEN, Prussia, Jan. 24. The electric
railroads still have coal enough for a few
days. The mayor has Issued an order for
bidding the collection of money to assist the
striking coal miners. Authorities of Bochum
have taken similar action. Cardinal Kopp
of Brealau has contributed $750 to the aid
of the strikers as an expression of his sym
pathy. GRISCOMB GREETED BY MIKADO
Representative and Staff Given AodU
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i i 1 1 i . . . r . .w - .
' "cuin uu mo turn ui
the American legation In special audience
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and later entertained them at luncheon
While the streets of Toklo were ringing
of the news of the riots at St. Petersburg
and of the Russian emperor taking refuge
at Tsarskoe Selo, the Japanese emperor at
the reception and through Minister Griscom
expressed to President Roosevelt his satis
faction at the cordial relations existing be
tween the two countries. He paid a high
compliment to the Vnlted States for the
courtesy shown to Prince Saduaru Fushlml
during his recent American tour.
In reply Mr. Griscom thanked the em
peror for the Interest Japan had shown in
the St' Lo.u:s "P.08"'0" the friendship
m ji n1 ffHtffl nv I'rl nr h nshlmt nn the. na. I
manlfested by Prince Fushimi on the occa
elon of his visit.
The emperor at noon lunched with Minis
ter Griscom, the legation staff, Prince
Fushlml and a number of Japanese of high
rank. The emperor, who was In high
spirits, toasted President Roosevelt and
those present, Including the legation Btaff.
Al STRIA REICHSRATII IS SESSION
Premier Gaatsch Makes Muny Allur
ing Promises in Ills Speech.
VIENNA, Jan. 24. The lower house of the
Reichcrath met today. In the course of
his speech, Premier Gautsch said he had
reason to believe that the house, in accord
ance with the desires of the people, would
exPectat,onB or tne state and citizens. Tha
rnoHl funiculi, inuuirui until e inem, lie said.
would be reaching an understanding be-
tween tho German and Czech race. Tho
government would endeavor to secure the
good will and co-operation of representa
tives of both, but It was determined to
maintain its authority and public order.
Premier Gautsch promised that the gov-
ernment would do its utmost to promote ' afternoon in the Security bank block, which
commerce with the other nations. He con- ' was destroyed, loss 112,001). Other bulld
cluded with an appeal to the house to In- ' lugs already destroyed make a total loss
augurate the session by orderly and peace- of 130,000. Citizens have made heroic ef
ful activity.
FKiIITIfi
BATTLE
OF
III HKIA
Japanese Watch Events at St. Prters.
burg and Comment on Situation.
TOKIO, Jan. 24. The Japanese are
keenly watching developments at St.
Petersburg. The newspaper, publishing '
extras witn uccoums ot ens riots are I
eagerly read. The people were shocked
at the death roll and there is a wide-
spread feeling that the bureaucracy will
be powerless to stem the tide of reform
and that the downfall of the bureaucratic
system must end the war.
A member of the foreign legation said:
The war is over unless the Russian peo
ple are crushed with an iron heel. It has I
brought about a crisis. The JananesH
army Is now fighting the battlo of the
Russian people.
RISSIAXS iilE It O I TED Bl, JAPS
Five Olllcrrs and Men Captured with
Arms When Position la Taken.
TOKIO, Jan. 24. The Japanese headquar
ters at Slenchang, Manchuria, reports that
a Japanese force dislodged about one com
pany of Russian cavalry northwest of
Welstzuku on Monday, occupying the posi
tion and capturing some horses and arms.
Another Japanese detachment routed a
force of Russians in the neighborhood of j
Chancheng, inflic ting over twenty casual- '
ties. The Japanese captured five officers i
and men, with their horses and arms.
SPOII.ISCi
SAX
IMtMIXUO'S
FIX
Revenue t utter Intercepts Expedition j
Carrylug Arms.
BAN JUAN, P. R-. Jan. 24.- The revenue
'cutter Dexter ha. been dispatched to May:.-
guez for the purpose of Intercepting un ex
peditlon carrying arms and ammunition to
San Domingo for the leader, of a con
templated revolution.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Wednesday nnd Not So Cold In
Northwest Portion. Thursday Fair
and Warmer.
Temperatnre at Oi
Itonr. Peg.
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Indicates
LINCOLN HAS A SERIOUS FIRE
Sevrral Big Illncka Destroyed, hut
Flames tndrr Control at 3
O'clock.
(From a Staff Crrrcpondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 25.-!;ipe'clal Tele
gram.) Fire dlsiovered shortly after mid
night, which Is still raging, has completely
destroyed an entire block of five-story
buildings at Thirteenth and P streets,
known as the Halter block snd the Fur
niture block. The Iocs will be near 0,'i0.
The Individual losers are:
I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, owner of
the Halter block 75,0O0
Furniture block, owneel by an Omaha
rurty and managed by J. W. Mc
efald 5o.O.0
Lincoln Overall A Shirt company, I
. Jones, formerly of Omaha, man
ager GO.Onu
"esiern Mercantile company n.ou
i Pound Plumbing company 6i
Hickman Grocery company 6,(.i0
The Westover Art gallery, Columbia
Thonograph company and a cigar store,
owned by Mudra & Hammll. were In the
destroyed bulldlrgs anel were lost com
pletely. Fire Chief Clements, while drag
ging a hose, fell on the Ice and broke one
leg anel an arm. He was taken to tho sani
tarium and is In bad shape.
The fire was first discovered In the West
over Art gallery, which Is In the building
occupied by the shirt company. Before the
department had a stream playing on the
blaze the fiami'S were rushing out of the
upper stories of tho building and soon com
municated to the shirt factory. This com
pany occupied the four upper stories of the
building and had an Immense lot of ma
terial and finished garments stored in Its
rooms. These were soon nblnze.
In an Incredible Bhort space of time the
smoke and flames were belching from every
opening In the large building, and the Art
was communicated to the Halter block
across the alley to the north and to the
buildings occupied by the Lincoln Hardware
company and Hall Bros." Hardware com
pany, the rear of which were across the
alley south from the burning buildings.
These buildings face on O street. It wnt
soon apparent (nat tne naiier diock ano
the Furniture block were doomed, and the
efforts of the firemen were redoubled In an
effort to save the two hardware stores. Mil
ler & Palnes, a block to the south, and the
Oliver theater, across the atreet to tho
west.
Owing to the cold, ico formed as soon aa
water was poured on the buildings and
i owing to the number of electric wires,
strung near the buildings, the firemen are
having the fight of their lives.
At 2:30 o'clock the walls of tho Halter
j .. . . .. . The 'flremjn are concc.
tratlng their efforts to save the hardwnre
stores. The upper stories of the Halter
block were occupied by roomers, all of
whom escaped.
I At S o'clock the fire was under control.
! Hall Brothers nnd the Lincoln Hardware
; company have been badly damaged in the
I rear portion of the buildings, but the r'e
' malnder of the stock will be saved. Several
small tires were started In other buildings,
bue were quickly extinguished.
ROCKWELL CITY IN FLAMES
told Renders (be Water
Works Insnfllc lent to Meet
the Occasion.
ROCKWELL CITY, la., Jan. 24.-Fire to
night threatens to destroy the business
I section of this city, because of the de
1 morallzatlon of the city water supply by
1 the extreme cold. The fire started this
forts In the bitter cold to fight the flames
with bucket brigades.
The fire was gotten under control before
midnight. The loss Is estimated at JIE.,000,
with 45,000 Insurance.
MORE FRAUD IS DISCOVERED
Gubernatorial Contest iu Colorado
Continues to Furnish Iluklnes for
Handwriting Experts.
DENVER, Colo., Jan. 24. The Joint legis
lative committee hearing the Peahody-
1 Adams gubernatorial contest spent the aft
ernoon ngaln today listening to the re
ports of handwriting experts on ballots ex
amined. Tho reports showed that of 2,521
ballots found In ten boxes 625, most of
them democratic, were fraudulent, having
been written by one or two persons.
GRAND JURY LOSES SECRETARY
Carl Phelps Creates Sensation at
Portland While Land Fraad Case.
Are Being Ia vestlgaled.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24 A sensation
has been created by the mysterious disap
pearance of Carl Phelps-, secretary of the
federal grand Jury, which Is investigating
the land fraud cases. Phelps esked to be
excused from the Jury room for a few min
ute, on Friday afternoon. He ha. not been
een since by the members of the Jury or
by the agents of the government.
Movement ot Ocean Vnti In Jui
!l.
At New York Arrived
Vad-rlnnd, from
Ant ; I p.
At tilasgow Arrived:
New York.
Furuessia, from
At Naples Railed: Cltta Dl Nupoll, for
Ni w York; lieutschlan.l, for New York;
Neckar, from Genoa, for New York.
At London Arris ed: Mnnielialiii. from
; New York, via Southampton.
LAY SIEGE
TO CITY
Troopi Patrol the Streets of Radem mi
Tire Into People.
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SHOWS ITS TEETH
Imperial Deoree Tollewe the Appoiatment
of OoTernor General
GENERAL TREP0FF GETS FULL COMMAND
Former Chief ef Police of Moscow AatamM
Charge of Iffaira,
RECENT EVENTS MAnES POST NECESSARY
Xevr Officer In Command at St. Peteroa
burg Will Have Almost Ilespotlo
Power In Enforcing
Regulations.
Ill I.LKTIX.
BRESLAU, Prussia, Jan. 24 -Speclal Tel
egrams from Radom, European Russia, de
scribe thut city as being In a slate of siege,
with military patrols In every street. TUa
soldiers occasionally fire on gatherings of!
the people who have returned the fire, kill
ing three officers. The people are also said
to have blown up scvemt buildings vita
dynamite1.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 14. The ap
pointment of General Trrpoff, the former
chief of police of Moscow, to the governor
generalship of St. Petersburg was aocom-p-enled
by an Imperial decree announcing
the creation of the post of governor gen
eral. The lncumlent of this office, the de
cree states, will be In control of all the de
partments of administration of the city
government of St. Petersburg, with power
to demand the assistance of the military
and possessing all the rights of the minis
ter of the Interior In appointments to tha
municipal council and the zemstvo, and the
power to command individual to remain In
the city. The decree, which Is addressed
to the senate, says:
Recent events havo shown the necessity
for tho adoption of measures for the preser
vation of state institutions' and public se
curity adapted to the extraordinary circum
stances of the times. On this account we
hnvh conpldered It necessary to create the
oftlce of governor general of St. Petersburg
on the basis of the provisions of the law
prescribing the duties of chiefs and gov
ernors general and of the.followtng regula
tions: First The city and government of St.
Petersburg are placed under the authority
of the governor general.
Second In elocutions where the mainten
ance of state Institutions nnd public se
curity are nt stake sll the local civil au
thorities and all tho educational Institutions
are made subject to the governor general.
Third The governor general has the
rlpht, with the assent of the minister of the
inetrlor. to enforce rn-asures sanctioned by
article 140 of the censorship statute.
Fourth A ps rt from the right of making
obligatory the regulations In aV'nrdance
wlth lnw prpvldlng for stricter maintenance
of order the governor renernt will he em
loweml -to mlte obligatory the regulations
pffectlng ohlects of property of any kind In
the Interests of nubile tranquillity and order
In his Jurisdiction. In cases Of violation
the nenaltles and mode of nrocedure pre
scribed In articles xv snd xvl of the law foe
the stricter maintenance of order sre to he
aciopteei, wnereny tne governor general ran
commission the governor nno prefect of St.
Petersburg who are subject to him, to deal
with said casea.
Declare State of Siege.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 24. St. Peters
burg will be declared In a state of siege to
morrow. General Trepoff, until recently
chief of police of Moscow, hae been ap
pointed governor general of St. Petersburg1
and has taken up quarters In the Winter
palace. Strangely enough the only prece
dent Is the case of General Trepoft's father,
durlngthereign of nihilistic terrorism undei
Alexander II, a strange coincidence thnt
unsuccessful attempts were made on the
lives of both. General Tfepoft Is a man ot
great energy, but the measures he adopted
at Moscow for suppressing the student
demonstration In December last provoked
much resentment and the revolutionist. f
cently condemned him to death.
The aspect of the Rustdnn capital Is de
cidedly more calm. Business, which had
been at a complete standstill, has been re
sumed upon a limited scale. The employee
In a few of the smaller factories went bacK
to work todny and the crowds of strikers In
tho streets were diminished. The troops In
evidence were not so numerous as on Mon
day, and a more confident feeling exists In
official circles that the energetic measure
which have been Inaugurated will ensurv
the safety and quiet of the city.
Reneath the surface, however, the fep
meeit continues and the public nervousness
and apprehension as to future develop,
ments is still unallayed. Secret meetings
of different classes in opposition to the
existing order of things wore held In vari
ous places during the afternoon and even
ing, but the divergent element, which
were suddenly brought together by tag)
tragic events of last Sunday are advancing
on divergent plans and no common ground
of action has yet been found.
Waiting an Moscow.
In the meantime the police are actively
searching out the leaders. Three well
known Russian authors and a prominent
editor were arrested today and the prison
are filled with agitators, revolutionists and
student orators. Such measures may re
sult In bomb throwing and terrorism to
morrow, but the consensus of opinion la
that the Immediate future action of th
agitators depends on what occurs In Mos
cow and other large cities of Russia, 'where
the' workmen are beginning to strike. Over
100,000 men are out in the old capital of
the empire tonight. A telephone message!
irom Moscow to the Associated Press at
midnight reported Hint there had been ne)
dlseirder there as yet. There will be a bit
demonstration In Moscow tomorrow and N
it feared It will be accompanied by blood
shed. Tho situation confronting the military
authorities at Moscow Is much more serious
than that at St. Petersburg. Out of over
1,000,000 Inhabitants of Moscow, over two
thirds are workmen, Including an exceed
ingly rough and turbulent element. The
troops are fewer and the city does not lend
Itself, like St. Petersburg, to natural bar
riers to prevent tho congregation of men.
The center of the town has no bridges and
no canals and hills and narrow street,
make It difficult for troops to act. Only
the featcs piercing the walls of the old
town, which surrounds the Kremlin, would
afford the .military natural places to bar
demonstrators.
At Kovo and Plevna, where strikes have
been lufun, the strikers are following the
St. Petersburg plan of marching about the
city and Inducing or forcing other work
men to h uve their employment.
Only Troops on streets.
The windows and doors of practically
every shop and1 residence la St. Petersburg