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L HUNT FOR BIG CAME
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resident 8tarts for Two Months' Camping
Trip in Texas and Colorado.
TO ATTEND REUNION OF ROUGH RIDERS
Elaborate Reception Prepared at Dallas,
Sherman and fort Worth.
FIRST SPEECH AT HARRISBURG, PA.
This Morning Chief Executive Will Be
Oneat of Louisville for Three Hours.
WILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH WASHINGTON
Viae of Couriers to Be Maintained
Between Cam a and Telegraph
Office While He U
Hunting.
f wahhiwuton, April a. witn cneers
I and good wishes responding at the Penn-
1 sylvsnia depot the president, at 9:05 a. m.
1 today, oa a (pedal train, started a trip
through the south. Among those at the
etatlon were many friends of the presl
dent. Including Postmaster General Cor
telyou and Secretary Metcalf of the De
partment of Commerce and I,abor.
The special train, which Is one of the
finest the Pennsylvania railroad has ever
sent out of Washington, consists of three
cars the president's private' car, Rocket;
the Pullman sleeper. Forest, and the com
bination baggage atd buffet 'car. Viceroy.
Attached to the train, to be run as far ai
Baltimore as a buffer, was a day coach.
The train la handsomely fitted and con
tiilns every known appliance to Insure the
comfort and safety of the passengers. The
train was scheduled to leave at o'clock,
Jjut It waa a minute after that hour when
ip niin president arrived at the station. He
had been delayed at the While House for
I a few minutes in. signing some important
I papers. Even after he boarded his car
I some papers were hundeo. to him for his
J signature. It was Just five minutes after
I the scheduled time of departure when the
I train drew out of the stution. In the
I party, besides the president, were Secre-
tarjr William Loch, Jr., General S. M. B.
Young, Dr. Alexander LnniDeri, lieuten
ant O. R, Fortesque, one of the presi
dent's aides; M. C. Latta, J. L. McGrew,
stenographers to the president; H. A.
Strohmeyer, photographer, and repre-
eenatlves of the newspaper press
associations. This trip Is being made
primarily to enalue the president to attend
the reunion of his old regiment, the Hough
Riders, which is to be held at Ban Antonio,
Tex., next Friday," and. to hunt big game
in Oklahoma and Colorado.
Will Make Some Speeches.
Incidentally, the president will deliver no
table addresses at several places enroute.
His first important stop will be at Louis
ville, Ky., tomorrow morning, where he
will be the guest of the city for three
hours:. lie will go directly to St. Louis,
and, thence, via the Missouri, Kansas A
TesaWfrrthiJ, , Jo, 6K Antonio, stopping
at several places on the way, among tfiem
'Bhermaaf and Pallas, Tex.
After leaving Ban Antonio the president
will go to Oklahoma for a week of hunt
ing and ' proceed . thence to Colorado to
hunt big game tn the mountains.
Unless It should be necessary on account
of unforeseen circumstances to curtail the
trip, the president will be absent from
Washington about two months. Definite
plans for the trip, after lie shall leave
Oklahoma, have not been made, the pur
pose of the president being to adjust his
plans to the conditions as they may exist
at the time. While he expects to be in
the wilds of Colorado for a considerable
time, he will keep In constant touch by
means of couriers, . to the neurest tele
graph station, with Washington, and thus
will be enabled to attend to such Impor
tant business as may demand his personal
attention.- Dr. Lambert, who accompanies
the president. Was his physician In New
York aijd has hunted throughout the coun
try which the president will visit.
Horse Falls Down,
a President Roosevelt's delay tn arriving
at the railroad station to take his special
tor the south was due to an accident which
happened to one of the horse attached to
his carriage soon after leaving tho White
House. The off horse fell, becoming en
tangled In the harness. The accident
amounted to little and the president was In
no wise Injured. It occasioned a delay of
about five minutes. After the horse had
been gotten up the trip to the station was
made without Incident.
prepare for Bis; Wolf II out.
LAWTON. Okl., April . Although the
president seeks isolation from the world
In planning to hunt wolves for a week In
the 480,000-acre pasture reserve In southern
Oklahoma, 'the cltlxens of that section of
the territory have demanded that he shall
view and participate In one of the rous
ing, stupendous wolf drives for which the
southwest country is noted. According to
the arrangements now being perfected, the
president will be given a horse and will
take part In the Anal rush after the wolves
have been corralled. In order that the
' plana may be (tarried out It will be neces
sity to obtain the consent of the president's
manager, who' has decreed that during tho
president's seclusion amid the fastnesses
f the Indian reserve, troops of cavalry
from Fort Bill will patrol the fences and
permit no one to enter.
Bis Time for Dallas.
DALLAS, Tex., April J. Great prepara
tions are being made for President Roose
velt and party, who arrive here on the
evening of April 5. The president Is to
deliver an open address and later he will
be tendered a banquet. Over 100 prominent
republicans und democrats from all parts
of th state have been Invited. A mili
tary parade has been arranged. In which
the National Guard from all sections of
the state will take psrt. '
Progress of Jourae).
UALtlJuOrtc., April . 'the special train
from Wauingiul with Prt-siueiu Roosevelt
auu pfy puU through mis city at lu:uu
a. in.
talks at HarrUbura.
HAKRlboiJKU, Pa., April . "1 don't ex
actly say tnal i need a ret, but I am going
lo U1 one in Uie open, under Uli blue
l.en," said President Rooseve.ii today,
. Aiming oil the pKortn ut Ins social
lra.ui at the Pennsylvania station una eun
vreni . Willi luugietsumn Oltnauud.
Lolled ttlktes Senator Carruu and limed
felaies Marshal Leonard, in the pretence
of a great crowd that gathered at inu sta
tion to meet him. It was suggested to tne
president I lull things wouiu go along In a
smooth manner even If he were absent.
"ililnfs will be ail riant," lie said. "I
have lilt 'left sitting on the lid seeping
down t lie Bantj Domingo matter."
Later lie said: "I am going to have ao
eutiug. 1 am going to get away where I
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OPERATION 0NJ3RITISH PRINCE
Kldest on of Kins: Is I'nder Sur
geon's t are for t nan
nonnred Disease.
IONDON. April 3 The prince of Wale
under an operation today at Marl-
borou J" use, the nature of which was
not d! ; I In the official statements, siib
sque S .sued. The public wus assured
that lg serious was the matter by
Sir I " 9 H. Laklng and 8lr Frederick
Trev- - sj..; court physicians, whose signa
ture appended to the statesment, as
folio-
"O lo a slight operation this morn
ing rince of Wales will be confined
to h m for a few days. As his condi
tion rise to no uneasiness, no bul
letlr tie issued."
A icr evidence that nothing alarm
ing .... matter with the prince of Wales,
he yesterday attended church and visited
an artist's private studio. When Henry
White, the retiring secretary of the Amer
ican embassy, who has been appointed am
bassador to Italy, and Mrs. White lunched
with the prince and princess of Wales on
Saturday, the prince was In splendid health
and spirits.
MOROCCO IX THE I.IMKMGHT
Attitude of Germany Attracts Atten
tion In All Kuropenn Capitals.
PARIS. April 3. The Morocca incident is
dally making a deeper impression, and
while calmness continues to prevail there
Is a growing sense of the rudeness of the
shock which Emperor William's visit to
Tangier and his de claration gave to French
policy. However, for the present It Is
evident that the purpose Is to adopt a pas
sive attitude and await the development of
events.
The Temps tonight says that authorita
tive version of Emperor William's re
marks at Tangier makes It useless to deny
the disobliging character of such words,
which "constitute almost the maximum
short of openly quarreling with France,
that William II, could attempt In order to
be disagreeable."
However, the general tone of the press
Is singularly . free from belligerent or
menacing talk.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 3The devel
opments resulting from Emperor William's
speech at Tangier Friday, continue to ut
traet great attention in the press and In
diplomatic circles. The sober view is that
the German emperor seized on a favora
ble opportunity to read France a lesson
for leaving Germany out of consideration
in the French-British understanding re
garding Morocco, with the view possibly
of compelling France to make a perma
nent renunciation of her aspirations re
garding Metz and Alsace Iorralne, also
with the practical purpose of securing a
vote In the Reichstag next fall for a large
naval program.
TANGIER, April 3.-H'offman Philip,
United States consul general here, will
leave tomorrow for Fez. His Journey at
the present Juncture of affairs is much
commented upon.
REACH NO AGREEMENT IX Hl'SGAHY
Opposition Parties Will ot Accept
Emperor's Compromise Plan.
BITDA PEST, April 3. The executive
committee of' the opposition parties at a
meeting today rejected the proposed com
promise between the crown and the com
bined opposition, by which It would be
possible to effect the formation of a cabi
net. Count Julius Andrassy, the former
premier, Informed the committee that he
had learned that only a small part of the
proposed Increases In military expenditures
could be postponed. The committee de
cided that so limited a concession was not
acceptable and did not form a basis for
further negotiations.
iCoutluucd on Second p,
SUIT AGAINST STANDARD CO.
People of Cottonwood Falls, vKansaa,
Bay They Par Twice as Much
for Oil as Emporia.
EMPORIA, Kan., April 3. The Business
Men's association of Cottonwood Falls,
Chase county, has retained an Emporia
lawyer to start suit against the Standard
Oil company. The Cottonwood Falls peo
ple allege that the price of oil that retails
at 13 cents In Emporia sells for 25 cents in
Cottonwood Falls. In Emporia the Stan
dard competes with the Webster Oil Com
pany, an Independent refinery, while In
Chase county It has no competition.
TOFEKA, Kan., April 3. Attorney Gen
eral Coleman began suit today In the su
preme court to compel T. T. Kelly, atute
treasurer, and E. B. Jewett, warden of
the penitentiary, to sign the bonds which
were Issued under the provision of the
law enacted by the recent legislature pro
viding for the establishment of a state oil
refinery. The attorney general declares
that the state treasurer and the warden
have refused to sign the bonds, and that
they have given no reason for their re
fusal. The court la asked to require these
oflicinls to come before it und give their
reasons for theii refusal. The effect of the
appearance of these officials In court, with
their reasons for refusing to sign the
bonds, will be a decision by the court in
regard to the validity of the law.
CONNORS IS NOT IN COURT
Armour's Superintendent Falls to Ap
pear, So Application for Imme
diate Trial Goes Over.
CHICAGO, April 3. Superintendent T. J.
Conners of Armour & Co., under Indictment
for alleged interfering with federal grand
Jury witnesses, failed to appear In person
before Judge I-an.lls today, and thus falling
to observe the formality of arraignment
was unable to push a motion for an Im
mediate trial.
Judge Iatndls said that he would not be
in Chicago again for at least two weeks
after today.- Attorney I'rlon, general
counsel for Armour A Co., said he would
endeavor to have Conners in court this
afternoon.
The case was continued until Saturday
morning. When counsel for Mr. Connors
realized that they would be unable to
force the case to an Immediate hearing.
Attorney I'rlon lied a demurrer to the
indictment which waa voted against Mr.
Connors by the special grand Jury. Tho
demurrer Is general In its character and
has as Its main objection to the Indictment
the assertion that the Indictment Is Insufficient.
Republicans carry Michigan
Fragmentary Retnrns Indicate n Pin
rallty of luwirdi of Seventy
Thousand.
DETROIT, April 1 Election returns are
fragmentary, but the Indication are that
the republican state ticket is carried by
upwards of fti.otio majority. Only candi
dates for supreme Judges, regents N ihs
University of Michigan and members of
the Hoard of KducaUo were voted for.
CANAL COMMISSION NAMED
Theodore P. Shouts is at the Eead of the
Few Organization.
MAG00N FOR GOVERNOR OF THE ZONE
Chairman, Chief Engineer and Got
ernor Are Granted Additional
Compensation In Addition to
Their Regular Salarr.
WASHINGTON". April 3. The president
has carried out his plans for the reorganisa
tion of the isthmiin canal commission n
to personnel and business methods, gen
erally on the lines of the legislation he
suggested to congress a the last session,
which failed in the crush of business in
the closing hours. Today, within half an
hour after the president e departure from
Washington, Secretary Taft. directly In
charge of canal matters, made public the
personnel of the new commission and the
division of duties among them. Only one
member of the old commission was re
appointed, Mr. Benjamin M. Harrod. Other
wise the commission Is new from top to
bottom, for there Is a top and bottom and
considerable difference between the func
tions and pay of the commissioners. Find
ing he was obliged legally to uppolnt seven
commissioners, the president did so, but
he carried out his own plan by making
three of them practically the commission.
The other four, though bearing the title
of commissioners, not only receive a much
lower compensation, but are assigned much
smaller fields of activity. The president
also has carried out his scheme of dividing
up the work of canal building among the
commissioners, so that nominally acting- as
a body on stated occasions, each Individual
member would operate In a special, field.
The head of the commission is a trained
railway man,, chosen for his administra
tive abilities In the financial and purchas
ing field; the new governor of the xone Is
a lawyer, who also has had to do with
state affairs; the engineer commissioner
already is known for his abilities in the
execution of the practical work of canal
cutting. The other members of the com
mission are placed to comply with the law
oa to the number of the commission,' but
are men of high ability as hydraulic engi
neers. Secretary Taft told them today that
they were expected to show results and
that is said to be the keynote for the presi
dent's action of today.
Personnel of Commission.
The personnel of the new commission Is
as follows:
Theodore P. Shouts, chairman; Charles E.
Magoon, governor of canal sone; Johk
F. Wallace, chief engineer; Rear Ad
miral M. T. Endicott, U. S. N.,; Brigadier
General Peter C. Haines, U. b'. A., retired;
Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps engineers,
U. S. A.; Benjamin M. Harrod.
These names were announced at the War
department today, and in connection with
the announcement Secretarj "'aft gave out
for publication a statement showing the
altotment of salaries to the new commis
sioners and his own letter to the, president
and one from the latter explaining the
plan of reorganisation of the commission,
the reasons therefore and the particular
duties to be assigned "to '-each commis
sioner. The first reads as tallows:
The president has made an order allows
tng a salary of 37,600, with traveling ex
penses, to each member of the commission,
and to the chairman of the committee the
additional compensation of 322,500, to the
chief engineer and additional compensation
of 317,500 and to the governor of the zone
the additional compensation of 310,000. The
head of each department Is allowed the use
of a furnished house on the Isthmus and
his traveling expenses wnen traveling on
the business of the commission.
The total Is 3102,600. The salaries and
allowances under the former commission
amounts to 3120,000. The total compensa
tion of the governor of the zone and chief
engineer are In effect unchanged.
Letter of Secretary,
Prof. Wliliam Burr and Barclay Parsons,
civil engineers, will be appointed members
of the consulting board of engineers. Sec
retary Taft s letter to the president is us
follows:,
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON.
March 3u, Woo. mi. president: In tne
matter oi tne reorganization of the ma
chine by which tile x-anama canal is to be
ouilt, 1 beg, nrst. to can your attention to
me oxircme Importance or fixing a dennlte
plan wnn respect to which you may tcel
reasonably certain, llrst, that it can be
practically executed and will result In a
navlgaole canal, and, second, Ihul me navi
gable canal will be the one tiest adapted
lo the uemands which may be made upon
it by the commerce of the world.
The act oi congress evidently contem
plates a canal wnn locks, tne cost of which
snail he in the neighborhood ot ?2uu,uiki,uuo,
Including the mom y already expended. It
is quae within the bounds of pusaiuillty
thai the best Hum of cauul will be a sect
level canal, with a tidal lock only at one
end, and that the cost of It may exceed
tne 3-w.oou.uw in the mind of congress by
at least lu0,u00,u00 more.
The work of the engineering depart
ment of the present commission has been
largely devoted to obtaining the data upon
which the plan of the canal muy be de
termined. These data Include topographi
cal measurements, borings, the churacter of
the soil, the Mow of water In the rivers all
stated with sufficient exactness to secure
the closest calculations by experienced en
gineers, though not on the ground. It is
prooabiy that within the next few months
these data will have been so fully aser
tained by the chief engineer, Mr. Wallace,
and his assistants that they may be sub
mitted to a board of engineers of the hlgh
esting stunding, with recommendations as
to the best plan to proceed with the work.
It has also been made apparent by the re
ports of Mr. Wallace and the commission
that whatever plan Is likely to be adopted
work of excavation and construction which
would have to be done under any plan muy
proceed without waste of energy for a
period quite long enough to enable you to
decide which is the best plan.
Favors Advisory Hoard.
I suggest, therefore, that the first work
to be uone is tne appointment of an ad
visory Ouuru oi enguwers, say, seven or
nine in number, to be selected irum the
engineers Having especial knowledge of
huiaunc engineering and canal construc
tion, to whom shall be submitted all poa
Bliiie information with respect, to the pro
jected r'uiiaina canal, both that ontuineo by
tne t-reiicn engineers before our purchai-e
of the plant and the data obtaineu by the
cnief engineer of the present cunal cum
mission, together with all projects sug
gested for the solution of the problem
winch the canal commissioners deem rea
sonably possiuie or practicable; that the
advisory board -be Invited to Washington
tor the purpose of agreeing on its recom
mendations in the premises, and that it
possible such recommendations be made be
fore the regular meeting of congress In
December; Ihut the recommendations be
submitted to the canal commission as then
constituted for its approval or modincatioit
and with the recommendations of the canal
commission be submitted to the president
for his action and transmission to congress
As already suggested, this work of securing
the best plan and Us approval by congress
need not delay In any way the preliminary
work adapted to any pcKslhle. plan or the
highly critical work of sanitation, the ex
treme Importance of which have already
been empnaslxed In your previous Instruc
tions to the canal commission.
It is conceded even by Its own members
that the prevent commission Iihs not sn de
veloped itself Into an executive body as tu
give hope that'll may be used luccessiullv
us sn Instrumentality for carrying on the
immense burden involved in the const ruc
tion of the canal, and It remains fur the
president. In the failure of cmmiex to act,
to reorganise the commission, both by
change 111 personnel and by certain In
structions us to its internal procedure and
distribution of powers and authority to
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
SMITHS FIGHJ EXTRADITION
Attorneys for Xau Patterson's Rela
tives Allege that Papers Arc
Irregular nail Void.
CINCINNATI, April 3-The contest by
J. Morgan Smith and wife, relatives of
Nan Patterson, against extradition, and
the fight against the New York detectives
will go hand In hand. This was indicated
by the proceedings In court today. At
torney 8hay, for the defense, asked for
time to prepare an answer. The court
granted till Wednesday, when the habeas
corpus proceedings will be disposed of.
Mr. Shny mns afterward aeked what he
intended to do about the letters of the
Smiths that was taken by the detective
and sent to New York. He replied that fic
tion would be taken against these officers.
When the habeas corpus case In behalf of
Smith was called Attorney Bhay alleged
that the information or affidavit upon which
the Smiths are held In Cincinnati was
made out after the writ of habeas corpus
had been issued.
"If this is true, the persons now In
custody are held illegally and ought to be
set free," said Judge Spiegel.
"I. wish to procure witnesses to show
that this Is true." said Attorney Shay,
"and therefore ask fo a continuance."
"Your honor," said Prosecuting Attorney
Rullson, "we have all of the papers neces
sary to hold these people here, with the
exception of the copy of the indictment.
We telegraphed New York Saturday after
noon and received word that the copy was
being made with all haste and would be
expressed here Immediately. This morning
by long distance telephone we ascertained
that the papers had been sent and we have
been trying all morning to locate the
money wagon of the Adams Express com
pany. In which the package will be found.
The package arrived- here this morning,
but so far has not been delivered. We are
ready to go on with- the habeas corpus
proceedings, but ask for a continuance In
the matter of the extradition."
The court then continued the case, re
manding the prisoners to the county Jail
In charge of the sheriff. .
The three points upon which Bhay and
Cogan bused their contention that the
prisoners must be released under the laws
and decisions of court are:
1. That they are not fugitives from Jus
tice. 2. That the requisition papers were signed
In blank bv Governor Herrlck.
3. That when arrested there was out
standing against them no warrant, bill or
charge of any sort; that a warrant is not
retroactive; that before they can be ar
rested legally they must first be set free
from arrest under the alleged Illegal de
tention. Their contention Is that the requisition
papers were not Issued by Governor Her
rlck, but by a clerk, and that a Issue of
the paper of extradition Is an executive
prerogative which cannot be delegated.
When the papers were Issued Governor
Herrlck and his party were In Texas. He
had left with his executive clerk a number
of forms of extradition papers signed in
blank. It was one of these blanks that
was duly filled out for the return of the
Smiths to New York;
MORE WATERJN GAS STOCK
Peculiar Business Hrtn4a mt New
York Combla Aired nya Gas
' at Low," I'klce.
NEW YORK, April 3. Nearly 6.000,000
of the 13,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas sup
plied to consumers In New York city by
the Consolidated Gas company last year
was purchased, from the New Amsterdam
and other gas companies at the rate of
from 28 to 40 cents per 1,000 cubic feet.
Tills fact was brought out today during
the examination of Benjamin A Whitley,
assistant secretary of the Consolidated
Gas company, before the legislative com
mission which la inquiring into the light
ing conditions In this city. The Consoli
dated company supplies gas to consumers
at 31.00 per 1.000 cubic feet.
Robert A. Carter, secretary of the com
pany, who followed Mr. Whitley on the
stand, was asked to explain what dlspo
sltion - had been made of the 320,000,000
which was realized when the capital stock
of the company was Increased from 380,000,
OiiO to 3100,000,000. He replied that It had
been used for "construction purposes."
By referring to a statement which had
been prepared for the committee, however,
Mr. Hughes found that nearly 312,000,000
of this sum had been Invested In corporate
stock of the city of New York at a low
rate of Interest, while the stockholders
were being paid Interest on the sum at
the rate of 6 per cent. Mr. Carter ex
plained this was done because the com
pany, might need the money at any time,
and wanted to have it available. He did
not know that It would be wanted In
three months or even In six months, how
ever. "Metintime you are paying 6 per cent
on this 312.0Cr0.oO0 out of the profits of the
company and charging up those payments
as part of the expenses of the gas mak
ing?" said Mr. Hughes.
"Precisely," replied the witness.
Counsel for the Consolidated company,
upon being given leave to supplement Mr.
Carter's testimony explained that the
company happened to have the 312,000,000
on hand because It took advantage of the
market last vear.
The conditions for floating stock were
favorable at that time and consequently
the stock was Issued and sold.
The examination of Henry M. Edwards,
auditor of tho New York Edison com
pany developed the fact that while the
actual values of the properties owned by
the Edison company at the time of con
solidation with the Consolidated Gas com
pany was approximately 319,600,000, the
company had outstanding stock and bond
Issues aggregating 3tH.0uO.o00.
FORTY-TWO MEN ENTOMBED
Explosion in Leiter Coal Mines at Zeigler
111., Causes Thirty-Fftur Deaths.
FIFTEEN MANGLED BODIES RECOVERED
Accident Due to Accumulation of Gas
in Lower Workings Over Sun
dayTipple Badly
Wrecked.
BENTON. III., April I Some fifty miners
were entombed today In Joseph Letter's
mine at Zeigler by k terrific explosion of
gss and It Is probable that thirty or more
of the burled men are dead. Thus far
three bodies have been found. The ex
plosion was due to the ract that the Leiter
mines are not worked on Sunday, thus
allowing gas to accumulate In the lower
workings.
When between thrty-flve and forty-five
miners had descended Into the mine today
to resume work a terrific explosion blew
the timbers about the mouth of the mine
high irto the air. One of the steel cages
was blown to the surface from the bottom
of a 600-foot shaft. The shock of the ex
plosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles
d.stant.
Miner on Surface Killed.
One miner was killed and four were
severely Injured at the mouth of the shaft
In which the explosion occurred. The work
of rescue was begun at once by miners
who were arriving when the explosion took
place, but the main shaft was demolished,
so that rescue work has to be carried on
through the air shaft. This has hindered
the work of aiding, the entombed men to
such an extent that when darkness fell
tonight only three bodies and one Injured
man had ben brought to the surface.
These bodies were found thirty feet from
the bottom of the air shaft, and this Is as
far as the rescuers have been able to pene
trate. A committee of union miners from
Duquoln and other neighboring mining
towns, headed by District President Mor
ris, hastened to Zeigler soon after the ex
plosion occurred and offered their aid.
Bodies Badly Blackened.
The bodies of the dead are so blackened
that they cannot at once be Identified.
Roily Campbell Is the Injured miner
brought out of the shaft and it is said that
he cannot live. Campbell is- conscious, but
he is unable to give any explanation of the
accident.
There was much excitement among min
ers when the accident became known, be
cause there had been a strike of long dura
tion and many conflicts had occurred be
tween strikers and nonunion miners.
An all-day investigation tends to show
that the catastrophe was due to the acci
dental explosion of accumulated gas.
Fifteen Bodies Recovered.
Up to 10 o'clock tonight fifteen dead
bodies had been recovered. The work of
rescue Is made very difficult and dangerous
by the foulness of the air In the mine.
Only two of the bodies found show
marks of the explosion. Death In the
other cases having Evidently resulted from
asphyxiation. , ,
3oph-T welter "is 'expected to reach Zeig
ler tonight, although It was at first re
ported that he was enroute to Europe.
Rescue work .will continue all night.
Tonight thirty-one ooffins accompanied
by an undertaker arrived in Zeigler.
These represent only part of the known
dead.
The' number ot dead Is estimated st
thirty-four; wounded, eight. It transpires
that there were two explosions clcW to
gether. The first explosion took place In
the air shaft and was followed by a much
greater upheaval In the main shaft. There
were employed In the mine only 180 men,
120 being at work days. Four cages, each
containing ten men of the day force, had
gone down Into the mine and were sup
posedly at the bottom when the catastro
phe occurred.
The explosion wrecked the shaft, blowing
out the skids on which the cages we-e
hoisted.
Victims Mostly Foreigners.
Of the thirty-four men thought to be
dead only fifteen had been taken out at
10 o'clock tonight. Besides these bodies
three were removed alive, but with fatal
Injuries. Among the dead are James Rey
burn, engineer; J. P. Fink and Willis
Campbell. The remainder are Greeks and
Lithuanians and were designated by num
bers. Superintendent Hurd tonight said that
the shaft was a wreck and that the main
entrance was so disabled that It would
take a week to repair It.
In the effort to recover the entombed
men five rescuers were overcome by after
I damp. All the searchers for the men
I below were let down by hand. In two In
stances the men above were nearly over
come by gas.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Tuesday, Wednesday Fair and
Warmer.
Temperature at Omaha Ycsterdi
Hour. Ueg. llonr. Dear.
R a. m no l p. m 4:t
O n. in.,.,.. 4i St p. m .' 4ft
T a. rti 4l 3 . m 4.1
H a. in 4.1 4 p. m 441
n. m ...... 4.1 II p. m 4."
to n. ni 4.1 l p. m 41
t a. m 4.1 T p. m.i.... 4T
13 m 4.1 IH p. m 4t
9 p. m 4.1
DEBATE ROCKEFELLER GIFT
Mass Meeting; at Boston Addressed by
Two Prominent onrea
tlnnal Ministers.
BOSTQN, April 3.-By prearrangement
the regular meeting of the Congregation il
Ist ministers of Boston and vicinity con
sidered the question of the acceptance of
the 3I00.CT0 gift from John D.. Rockefeller
to the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions and the protest of
tepresenUtives of the ministers In the de
nomination In New Englatld. as well as tl.e
recent report on the question recently ac
cepted by the prudential committee of the
American board. Re-v. F. A. Noble, D. D., of
Chicago, representing the prudential com
mittee, defended the action of that com
mittee In accepting the gift. The protest
ants' spokesman was Rev. Daniel Evans
of Cambridge. The meeting hall was
overcrowded and besides the, wo principal
speakers many were heard on both sides
when the subject was open for general
discussion. Dr. , Noble's principal conten
tions were:
The American board Is not an Inquisi
torial body. It was not organized to look
Into the morality of the man who makes
a gift.
The lioard was organized to propagate
the gospel In heathen lands and the char
ter provides that any nmn who makes a
bequest shull have It carried out.
No man has a rlght'to hinder any othor
man who wants to do good.
Dr. Evans In reply said:
The serious national situation crented
by some corporations whose methods and
practices are morally iniquitous and so
cially destructive should alarm the church.
One of the corporations conspicuous and
notorious for methods and practices which
n ro morally Iniquitous and socially de
structive is the Standard Oil company,
whose president Is Mr. John D. Rocke
feller. The facts are in the possession or
the general public and in the light of
them our acceptance of the gift and our
relation to Mr. Rockefeller are being
Judged by the plain people.
It cannot be overlooked that the pruden
tial committee, as representing the board,
is but the organ of the church In Its mis
sionary operations. We ask the prudcntlat
committee as an organ of the church not
to involve the church In entangling al
liances with opposing Interests and antago
nistic forces. The church, of which the
board Is a representative before the pub
llci must be kept free to strike her blow
and speak her rebuke against corporate
evil and free to be the leader and In
spirer of those who In many organized
ways are fighting the battle of social
righteousness.
DEUEL J-EAVES UNIOnTpACIFIC
Becomes General Manager of Denver,
Northwestern A Pacific
Bead.
DENVER. -April 3. Announcement was
made today that William A. Deuel, superin
tendent of the I'nlon Pacific railway, with
headquarters at Omaha, had been ap
pointed general manager of the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific railway (the
Moffat road) und will enter upon his new
duties on May 1. Mr. Deuel also becomes
general manager' of the Colorado-Utah
Construction Company, which has the con
tract for constructing the Moffatt road.
Mr. Deuel, when asked concerning the
above stated It was true so far as It re
lated to the Denver, Northwestern & Pa
cific road, but that he would have nothing
to do with the construction company. Mr.
Deuel stated he knew nothing as to who
his successor on the I'nlon Pnclflc would
be.
A man who Is generally well posted on
Union Pacific affairs stated last night thut
the appointment of Mr. DeuePs successor
would doubtless be made within a few
days. It was the Impression of tills gentle
man that Mr. Charles Ware, assistant su-
I perlntendent under Mr. Deuel, would 'be
tendered the place.
PEABODY AND BELL SUED
Charles H. Moycr Asks flOU.OOO
DamOKC for Aliened Malicious Per
secution and Imprisonment.
DENVER. April 3.-Charleo H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation of
Miners, filed a complaint today In the
United States circuit court against James
H. Peabody, former governor of Colorado;
Sherman M. Bell, former adjutant general,
and Captain Bulkeley Wells, now adjutant
general, who was military commander In
Tellurlde when that city was under mar
tial law. The complaint states that the
plaintiff was subjected to hardships, hu
miliations and disgrace by the defendants
without probable cause, and also without
legal process. He was also deprived, he
alleges, of having a public and speedy trial
by an impartial Jury in the district In
which the offense Is alleged to have been
committed.
The confinement. It Is alleged, greatly
impaired the plaintiff's health by the rea
son of the extreme dampness and un
wholesomeness of the Jail. The complaint
aniens that the defendants were guilty of
malice and that they should be imprisoned
according to law.
Moyer waa held as a military prisoner.
Damages In the sum of 3100,000 are de
manded from each of the defendant
MOB GATHERS IN OHIO CITY
Threat to Burn n Saloon Hun by
Joseph Kempler at Sprlnarfield
Place Heavily Gnarded.
SPRINGFIELD, O., April J.-Thexe was
great apprehension here tonight lest repe
tition of tho disorderly scenes, enacted a
year ago, when a negro named Dixon was
lynched, would occur. Because of nu
merous complaints that had been made
against the saloon kept by Joseph Kemp
ler In tho "levee" district, a large crowd
of men and boys gathered In that vicinity
at 10 o'clock, with the avowed purpose of
burning the place. The police were more
alert than during the Dixon riot and
quickly surrounded and patrolled the place,
making a number of arrests of men who
were considered disorderly and likely to
arouse the mob spirit. At midnight the
police have the crowd, which numbered
up to 1.000 persons.Swell scattered and the
feeling Is growing that there will be no
rioting. The saloons In the portion of
the city where the Kempler saloon Is lo
cated are closed. The number of drunken
men on the streets Is Increasing and thU
fact gives the police officers more concern
than anything else.
ELECTION AT SL LOUIS TODAY
Mayor Wells Is a Candidate for lie
election Xlne Million Bond
.Issue to Be Decided.
ST. LOUIS, April 3The mayoralty elec
tion, which Is to be decided at the polls
tomorrow, will be the climax of the most
stubbornly fought campaign In recent
years. The democrats have renominated
Mayor Wells, the republican standard
bearer Is John A. Tally and the other two
tickets are headed by Lee MsrlwetherT In
dependent public ownership, and W. M.
Brandt, socialist.
In addition to the full city ticket, the
I people will be called upon to d clde whether
I the city shall Usue 38.OOU,OO0 worth of bonds
be used for public lmpi ivenunts,
I. 0. 0. F. HOME DESTROYED
Main Bnlldlnn; of Institution for
Widows and Orphans at tor
alcana, Texas, Burns,
DALLAS, Tex.. April 3.-A special to
the News from Corsicana, Tex., says: Fire
today destroyed the main building of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Widows'
and Orphans' home; together with Its con
tents. The loss Is 3100,000, with 318,000 In
surance. Superintendent Ash says that all the
children are accounted for. Miss Murle
Ash, who was 111 in the building, swung
herself out of a second-story window and
losing her hold before assistance reached
her, fell to the ground, feet foremost, and
was only slightly Injured.
Three little girls Jumped from a window
In the second story. Of the number Irene
Brown was seriously, but not fatally, hurt.
Laura Kelly, aged 3, was rescued from the
building after losing consciousness from the
effects of smoke. She will recover.
INDIAN AGENT IS INTERESTED
Trouble Is Kxperted Between stan
dard OH Company and
Its Lessees.
OUTHRIE, Okl., April 3.-Frank Frants,
the Rough' Rider captain, whom PresHent
Roosevelt, named as agi nt for the Osige
Indians, is here conferring with United
States Attorney Horace Speed relative to
expected trouble between the Illuminating
oil company, a branch of the Standard,
and Its sub-lessees In the Osage reserva
tion. The company rr"'-'tly secured a renewal
blanket letse, and with the beginning of
the hew year yesterday, raised the rent.il
on the sub-lessees from 31 to 31C per acre.
The sub-lessees urn organizing forwnutual
protection and trouble la anticipated.
Movements of Ocean Vessels April l.
At New York Arrived : Republic from
Naples; .eeland. from Antwerp; L Aqua
tine, from Havre; Hleucher from Ham
burg; Potsdam, from Rotterdam.
At Iindon Arrived: Ainni-t nka, from
Nee- York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Princess Irene,
frum New York; Koenlgen Lulse, from
Key York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Caledonian, from
Boston.
At I'olermo Arrived: I'lirpathla. from
Fit Ufa. t
At Naples Arrived: R tnunlc, from Alex,
andritt.
Al lagow Arrived: Columbia, from
Nsw York.
Al Otno.1 Arrived: Crellc, from New
York..
At liover Arrived: Vaderland, from New
York.
t Yokohama Arrived: Tydeus, from
Tacuina; G lent unci, fruiu San Francisco.
TWO BILLS VETOED
Consolidation of Omabaand Douglas County
Treasuries One of Them.
ALLEGES MEASURE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Zuelow Bridge Fill is the Other One Which
rails of Approval.
HEARING ON ELECTIONS BILL TODAY
Speaker House Turns Back Extra Compen
sation as Speaker.
ALSO TURNS IN A LIST OF SUPPLIES
Armchair Over Which Comment Waa
Raised and Office Furniture an4
Paraphernalia Included
In List.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. April S. (Special. )-Oovernor
Mickey this afternoon vetoed H. R. 3-16, the
bill providing for the consolidation of the
office of the county treasurers of Omaha
and Douglas county; vetoed the Zuelow
bridge bill providing the state should pay
for the repHlr or construction of one bridge
over BOO feet long In each county; signed
the Omaha charter bill, and 11. R. 384 and
S. F. HI, by Mtsarve, providing that It
should require a two-thirds vote for a
village or town of less than &.000 peopla
to Issue bonds for the construction of a
water works system. Haste was urged on
this latter measure, for the reason that
many towns and villages hold elections
tomorrow and the Issuance of water bonds
Is a question with several of them.
The governor vetoed the bill providing
for the consolidation of the offices of the
treasurers of Omaha and Douglas county
for constitutional reasons. His veto mes
sage transmitted to the secretary of state
is as follows;
The purpose of H. R. 343 Is to consolidate
the office of the city treasurer of Omaha
with the office of the county treasurer of
Douglas county. This is In no sense sn
independent act, for the reason that if it
were valid its principal effect would be to
amend that part of the school law which
makes the city tressurer of Omnha ex
officio treasurer of the Board of Education
of Omaha, so as to make the county treas
urer cx-ofnclo treasurer of such board.
Tho statute making the city treasurer of
Omaha ex-ofnelo treasurer of the Hoard
of Education is section 12, subdivision 17,
rhapter 79, complied statutes, or section
1427b of C'obbey's statutes. This section is
not a part of the Omaha oharter, nor a
part of the art relating to the duties of
county treasurers, but is a part of the
school law. H. R. 345, being in effect an
amendatory act, violates the provision of
the constitution providing that no law shall
he amended unless the new act contain
the section or sections so amended and
the section or sections so amended shall
be repealed. It does not purport to either
amend or repeal the section mentioned nor
does It set out In the new act the pro
visions of the old law.
For the above reasons I transmit to you
herewith H. R. 346 without my approval.
Brlda-e Bill Vetoed. -
Following Is his reasons' for falling to,
approve the Zuelow bridge bill:
I herewith transmit to -von without my
appruval H. R. 3(6. This U a' Bill preriding
"for state ownership, control, construction
and repnlr of certain bridges of BOO feet
or more in length within the state and
located on or as a part of public roads."
In my Judgment, this measure seeks 'to
establish a dangetous precedent, far-reach,
ing in its possible effects on the state's
finances. It Is only a step from state con
struction and ownership of bridges 600 feet
in length one In a county as provided for
In the bill, to the ownership and construe,
tlon of those of lesecr length, and. to the
ultimate construction and ownership of all
bridges, without regard- to length or num.
ber. There Is no more reason for the state s,
to enter upon an era of bridge construction
for the benefit of the various counties than '
for It to undertake road - Improvements
drainage ditching or any other form of
improvement which Is now properly per
formed by the counties, or by private or
cor. orate enterprise.
I bijlleve the measure to be against tha
public weal and fraught with serious possi
bilities, i , ' .
The governor-returned from Osceola fh!
noon and i(t once took tip the bills before
him. Among his callers was Representa
tive Zeulow, who tried In vain to have the
executlv-s signature attached to his brldgs
bill.
Tomorrow has been set apart for the np.
pearance of those who sre to pntest
against the signing of the biennial elec
tions bills. The governor will take no ac
tion on this bill until after It has been
thoroughly discussed.
Rouse Returns Excess Salary.
Speaker Rouse has put It back. That was
one of the luBt acts of his legislative ca
reer. As a result the state Is Just 310 to
the good. The money represents the 33 a
day which has always been allowed the
speaker In excess of his regular salary of
35 a day. ome weeks ego Attorney Gen
eral Brown In an opinion given to the nudi
tor held that the speaker nor the president
pro tern of the senate had a right to extra
compensation. As soon as the opinion was
published former President Pro Tern Har
rison sent back to the state treasurer 3-19,
representing the amount he had drawn In
excess of his 35 a day. When Mr. Rouse
started to leave Lincoln he put the matter
ip to Auditor Searle with power to act,
and tho auditor Just sliced off 360.
Hut this 60 is not all that Speaker Rouse
put back. The Inventory of the supplies he
returned to tho chief clerk of the house Is
shown In the following receipt Issued to
ths speaker:
Received of George L. Rouse, speaker of
the house of representatives twenty-ninth
session of Nebraska, the following state
property: Two arm chairs. 2 rocking
chairs. 1 office chair, 1 sofa 1 roll top desk,
6 burr ers with globes complete, 1 soap dish,
1 1.x. king glass, 1 file board. 2 tabs writing
Paper, 1K eheets of blank writing paper,
loose; 1 auditor's report, 1 copy session
laws 1903, 2 volumes I'obboy's Statutes, 1
house Journal 1W. 1 hairbrush nnd pom,
1 rl ithes brush, t whisk broom. 4 pen.
holders, 6 lead pencils, I stick file, 1 parr
shears, 1 letter opener. 2 bottles murllag.
1 iHtttle fountain pen Ink. 1 Inkwell. 2 mess
orandum calendars, 1 bill file house; 1 hill
file, senate; 6 state officers' reiiorts, I spit
toons, 1 waste basket, 1 pitcher and two
glasses.
All Appropriations Signed.
The governor has signed all the general
I appropriation bills, but he vetoed the Item
In favor of Mrs. Hoxle on her claim for
services at the Kearney Industrial school
during the lust fusion regime.-
Bills Sia-nrd by Governor.
H. R. lol Appropriating 3I2.00O for a state
exhibit at the A wis slid . ism exposition.
H. R- 24J--Hvlng county treasurers
greater power to coRnct personal taxes.
li. R. i! -1'hanRlng the election of ceme
tery trustees In Lincoln lo correspond with
the benn'iil elections.
H H 317. by Wilson Appropriating 31,
9ri2,nK for ycneral state enes.
II. R. 215 For the distribution of funds
paid Into county treasuries for inalhlensnce
of tn-e nlsh schools.
II R. 222 To permit magistrates to re
quire sureties to make nflld.iv it of their
unitl'tlcst Sons.
II It. Defining Hi" powers of magls
ttMtea tu re.'Ulre ieco-,nlx.incc la certain
cssn.
II. It. 12-To i xtr-nd the h'.lel keepers'
lien law tu proprietors of bn.irdlng hnues
and restaurants.
H. R. 3.l Tin deficiency spproprlatlon
bill.
II. H. !'-To require the registration of
ao1on-.ob!l'S. :
II. H. 2irt--To prohibit the sale of liquors
wliliin five mile of any camp of insa
