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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXIMJ, FEIilTAKV lDll-SLXTKHX f.MJKS.
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BUiERS T11UUNU
MOTOR CAR SHOW;
Visitors t Automobile Exhibit ;
Demonstrate Real Interest by
Making Many Purchasei. j
CONTEST FOR SALE HONORS !
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Several Dealers Claim Prize for First j
Contract. I
WATCHING WHEELS 00 'ROUND
Crowds Interested in Operation of
the Models,
MANY COUNTRY FOLK ATTEND I
i
i
i
oath Dakota Partlcalarly Weil Hco
rfimlrd, Despite nmsetlag nto-
Blftr ! to CoSBCn (
eerts Ponalar.
We, wining of the Interest In the auo
Wiohile vhow wan seen Tuesday. The
rwfli poured Into the hilt building In a
toady stream from the moment th doors
OP'ned until near the r-ourvvf closint:. The
number of paid sdmlaslons up to iV Tur
fley ft'-rnoon was greater than that Of
ny previous show.
fluec.fss In apparent, no', only In th i
greater amount of visitors alio attcriil the
auto exhibition. fnt In a larger percentage
rtt actual buyers. Not a deaier hut ha-
reported that he has at least one car eld
nd several protective buyers Interested.
There la a little more than a hot content
on a to who- acid the firat ear cf the how.
Tl la honor la always closely contested, but
It arama hard to place It thla season. W.
L. Huffman claims hia sale of a Hupt
Teata wins the honor. O. F. Hi'm C.cclnres
he sold a Cadillac seven minutes alter the
show started. Cialg of the K. M. P. Insists
that an K. M. F. car wn Bold to the tirat
man who entered the doora, and Silver of
thr Velle company assert that he received
check for one of his cara before he hat'J'y
had (tot hlmaelf prepared for the Influx
of visitor.
'"We have practically no trouble with
visitors. )n fact, we conalder the Omaba
crowd the moat careful and considerate
we have ever aeen." remarked a factory
expert who haa vlalted all the big city
ahowa thla year.
Interested la tNarklao.
Chaasle are popular with the majority f
the visitor. There la something about
Intricate machinery tha-t attrn?'.a attention.
Around each of the aeveral chastti dis
played at the ahow there la always a
crowd.
The farmer and the outside dealer were
preaent In large numbers Tuesday afternoon
and night and they were more eagerly
south t after by the enterprising- salesmen
than the city people." ,
The presence of outside visitors-waa not
only aeen In the ahow but In the hotels
a Bd .. stores. .South fakot was well repre
sented on the hotel registers, and thla was
rather a surprise, aa Sioux City and Dea
Moines are to hold ahows soon.
One of the popular feature of the auto
mobile ahow l.s the concert In the afternoon
and evening by the orchestra. The concert
begins at 4:31 o'clock In the afternoon Snd
In the evening at S:30. ,
Witt Form Association.
The State Association of Automoblle'rlubs
will be formed Wednesday morning: at the
Rome. Representatives from Beatrice. Ne
braska City, Stanton, York. Aurora and
. Fremont, are In Omaha with orders to Join
"the association in the names of their clubs
and others are expected. Grand Island. Lin
coln. Hastings and others of the automobile
towns of Nebraska will probably Join the
association.' Questions of state Interest, auch
a food roads and legislative points, will
be taken up In the session.
A. O. ftatchelder, chairman of the execu
tive board of the American Automobile
association waa entertained Tuesday night
at a dinner at the Henahaw hot el v by the
offlnera and directors of the Omaha Motor
club. lie will be present at the meeting for
the formation of a stale association thla
morning.
In a talk to the Omaha Motor club men
assembled with him at the dinner Mr.
P-atchelder declared that a atate association
was certainly needed In Nebraska where
there were more than JI.Soo automobiles li
censed last year and where there were
probably 15.000 or more put In uae thla sea
son. Two ef the exhibits attracting attention
are the chassis of the Cadillac company
and of the Ford company. Each of the
chasela ahow all of the running parts,
Ignition system, cylinders, transmission,
wheel and brake systems and have been
arranged so that the observer can see them
working. Olaas haa been Inserted In the
place ef the steel Jack eta The running
parts are turned by electric motors showing
the complete action of the automobile en
gine. '
The Rambler Motor Car company Is put
ting forth something which will strongly
appeal to the motorist who haa had a taste
cf what a crank can do when it flies baci.
flt la a aafety cranking device which shuts
off the spark when the automobile doea
not crank and prevents the crank from
fllng back.
CIRCLES SADDLE MOUNTAIN
Aetata Makea SesHlltitl night la
eeead Day at Meet at
Maaterey.
MONTF.r,Kt Met.. Teh. a.Oa the see
nd day of Mlo's first aviation meet.
Kens Binvm w.-.-f:tiu:Uhed the sensational
by flylr g arvrttl th historic Saddle moun
tain. r.(.'iil Oeirov made a cross country
flight of ttf!'- Jl' miles snd Bene Bar-
rier attemp'.eu 10 establish an altitude rec
ord, lie was forced to doscend from a
height of t .oa feet, his carbureter freezing.
Unusually cold weather prevailed today.
Tbe squad of air men will depart today
tor Mexico City. As ths altitude at that
point. S.tKV feel la considered prohibitive
la flights by heavier than air craft, the
meeting will be more than usually Inter
aaliug. HAYTI ADVISED TO SLOW UP
late Impart Meat Makes Protest
Asalast Waolraale Kseratteas
of Rebels.
WASHINGTON. Feb. II. -As I he result
of a piul, rrslMeied bv the llikinh ran--eul
general at 1'ort Au Prince, against the
re'gn of terror ia Haul, the 8tate depart
ment today ma-la iepiecntatl"ua to ths
llsiien government 'He whole.-a'e eve
cottons of t-tiobilunari piUunrrs. edtls
lr.g tas autheiiucs to adupt a more reason
a auroa
Wall Street Thinks
All Gould Lines Will
Go to Big Interests
Increased Activity in Securities of
Companies Serves to Again Call
Attention to Rumors.
Ni;V Tom-:. Feb. 21-Increased actlvltv
today In the securities of the Unuld rail
way companies served to agsln call atten
tion to rumors of further ahsorprlon of
these propertiea by Standard Oil-Kuhn.
Loeh Interest, a step in which was marked
recently wlih Oeorge Gould's announcenfrt
of hla forthcoming retirement from the
presldncy of the Missouri Pacific. Riprc
eentatlve of the Standard OII-Kuhn. I,oet
Interests denied they had embarked upon
a campaign for absolute control of the
Oould propeHlea or had In mind any trans
continental road from lenver. with these
properties aa a nucleus. Wall street be
lieves, however, that before maty months
further radical ehn?fs of onrship. with
more or less elimination it the Oould In
fluence, will be shown
The feature of the nuirn'nr sess'on on
the (stock exchange was the strenulh of
Wabash fours, which were again traded In
to an enormous extent. They advanced to
1is. a gain of more than three polnta from
'sterday'a closing. Business in these bonds
In the first hour B-?gTgRt-d over SI .WW,
par value, while Mlf-sottrl Pacific converti
ble. and Wabash-Pittsburg terminal bonds
sleo were very active.
In the etoek department there was ureat
activity In Missouri Pacific. IXnver Rio
Grande. Texas A Pacific and other Gould
aharca at advancing prices.
On the curb Western Tacifit sixes lost
some of their recent advance at tba outset,
but soon recovered.
Nebraskans Hurt
in Wreck Near Reno
C. P. Garr o Omaha and Myron D.
Evans of Roseland Reported
Injured in'Accident.
rtKNO, N"ev., Feb. -aGeorge Grldley of
Caro, Mich., who was the moat seriously
Injured In the wreck, la a liotelkeeper. He
Buffered abrasions of the right chest.
Others who were Injured were:
Myron P. Evans. Roaeland. Neb.
C. P. Garr, Omaha.
F. U. Gray. Wllloughby, O.. thigh in
jured. Cornelius Osangrada, New Tork. linotype
operator, dislocation of th ahoulder.
B. C. Arnold. San Antonio, Tex., rail
road clerk, ehest Injured.
Mra. Josephine Needham, 16 Ilesa atreet,
Saginaw, Mich., breast badly Injured.
Mica Lillian Hearblner, bound for Carliii,
Xev.. Internal Injuries; serious.
Theodore Wheeler, Maysvllle. Ky.. cut
on face.
T. M. Smith. Homer. .Mlcb... shoulder In
jured." , -
Mrs. Himau Kelley. 442 Curtis street. St.
Paul. Minn., breaat Injured.
Joseph C. Camp, Oswego, N. Y.
V. Moyer, Chicago.
Charles E. I.Knovan, Burkett, Ind.
C M. Wilson, colored, Chicago.
About a doaen othera suffered minor
hurts.
Russian Troojs Move'
Toward the Frontier
Chinese Resident of Mongolia Re
ceives Orders from Peking to
Mobilize Banner Troops.
ST. PKTEBSBCRG. Feb. II A dispatch
from Harbin rava that l:u-atan troops are
being concentrated, at Klakhia, a settle
ment in Siberia close to the Chinese frontier
and oppoaite the Chinese town of
Mtamaehln Orders have been Isaued to
strengthen the watch on the frontier.
Tha Chinese resident of Mongolia haa re
ceived orders frjm Peking to mobollae tha
baqner troops.
The government conalderg tha tons of
the Chinese reply to the Russian note de
manding a closer adherence to the pio
vlslons of the treaty of 18M. affecting
Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan, most
conciliatory and eatlafactory. 'As a whole
ths oota handed to Russian Minister Koro
tovlta at Peking yesterday Is regarded as
evidence of a desire on the part of China
t satisfy all the Russian demands.
Boms details, it waa pointed out today,
require further negotiations, which could
confidently be expected will lead to the
removal of the difflcultlea between the
two goYernmente st an early date.
LONG RETAINED BY EDDY HEIRS
raraavr Secretary avr Will Have
Charae of Salts la Sfasas
raaaetts.
BOSTON. Feb. II Announcement was
made today that former Secretary of the
Navy John l. Ixng haa en retained to
represent In the Massachusetts courts the
Interests of George' 0V. Glover of Lead,
S. V.. and rr. Ebenexer J. 'Foster Eddy
of Waterbury, Vt.. son and foster son,
respectively, of the late Mra. Mary Baker
G. F.ddy. the founder of the Christian
Science church. It is understood that Mr.
Ixmg will co-operate -villi William F
Chandler of New Hampshire and his as
sociate counsel, who have asked In Ne-
Hampshire for a construction of Mra
Kddy's will, alleging thtt aa she had rot
the power to give nor the Christian Soienct
church to receive ao large a uequist as the
I2 0uo.v0v residuary es ate.
Cows Must Give Way to the
Golfers at the Country Club
It the cows who once on J. A. Methane's
pasture graxed and turned ruminant es
upon the rich Country club ground be
yond ever had a chance to return they
loot that chance Monday. The matter of
S3! tun stands between the eoas and pasture,
and bow it Is understood golfers here
after may lose all the balls tbey chouee
on the browsing ground-
The deal by ahtrh a bond Issue of l
11 inade and the deed to the c'ountry
aa made and the deed to the Country club
original grounds, covering forty acres, waa
placed la the handa vt the Burns-Prlnker
bvnd firm, became knoan Monday. It waa
alas announced Hist the taaaur ii.t acres
fortcarly feciocgiBg' M 1. A. lcat.aa aad
HISS IN SENATE.-
FROM. (jALLE
(incident Follows Remark by-Uailey
Reflecting on Intelligence of
Portion of Andience.
HEARD ABOVE OTHERS' APPLAUSE
Texan Angrred by Expression of Oppo
sition by Several Persons.
BEVERIDGE MAKES LONG SPEECH
Indiana Man Will Conclude Remarks
Today by Consent.
LORTMER TO TALK IN DEFENSE
A censed Vnalnr Will Hake Tlea for
Ons "rat narrows Will Aak
A ote After Canrlasloa of
. address.
WASHINGTON. Feb. SI. A Icnc. sibilant
- hiss floated over the chamber of the I'nited j
J Ftatea senate today, rising above the ex-
j pir Inar applause with which the galleries j
I had greeted a comment reflecting upon the .
Intelligence of the occupants. So far a
j many who have long been connected with j
I It could recall never before has a hiss i
j been heard In that dignified body. j
I he incident followed a remark by Sen
I ator Bailey of Texas. Senator Crawford of
South Dakota had made a statement bear
j Ing upon the Lorimer case that brought
forth an expreasion of approval from on-
looaing opponents or the lllinola senator
who aat In the gallery.
"No applause will be permitted from
those In the galleries." said the vice pres
ident, severely.
"The applause." eald the Texas senator,
who waa In controversy with Mr. Crawford,
"is a fair measure of the Intelligence of the
audience."
From that portion of the audience which
had not previously joined in the applause
came a slight outburst, despite the presid
ing officer's caution, but as it trailed away
out came the hiss.
No notice of It was taken by the senators
or offlcera of that body.
Hevrrldsre'a Speech Lssg.
The day In the aenate largely was de
voted to the Lorlnier case. Senator Bev
eridge took the floor near 1 o'clock and
apoke for more than four hours. Ha did
not conclude and suspended with the under
standing that he would continue tomorrow
after Mr. Larimer's speech In his own be
half. Senator Burrows, in charge of the ques
tion In behalf of the committee on privi
leges and elections, had previously given
notice that after Mr. I.orlmer's speech he
would ask that a vote be taken.
There waa general- acquiescence In this
plan until It was found Mr. Beverldge could
not well conclude tonight. The new ar
rangement wilt give the Indiana senator
the close o J,hS discussion unless some yt'
assumes the responsibility for prolonging
It to make reply to blm. The spirited part
of today's discussion csrne toward the close
of the Beverldge speech and waa begun by
Mr. Udllinger. He Interrogated Mr. Bever
ldge aa to the source of the money which
th latter had freely charged had been used
In the Irtmer election. Mr. Beverldge re
plied it had been received from Brown.
Uroderlck and Wllaon.
"But where did Brown. Broderick and
Wilson get li?" persisted Mr. Galllnger.
Mr. BMerldse confessed he did not know,
and to assist him somewhat the New
Hampshire senator suggested that as the
men who had confessed to receiving the
money were "a band of liars" no one could
tell whether there was any foundation for
their charges In this Instance.
Iaile: Attacks Ktldeace.
In this 'connection Mr. Bailey undertook
to show that nothing had developed to con
nect Mr. Lorlmer with the use of money
In the election. He mentioned It aa a curi
ous jact that this was the first case of the
klnd"n the senate in which there had been
no effort to show the source from which
Uhe money alleged to have been used hud
been derived.
Hers it was that Mr. Crawford entered
the controversy.
'it makes no difference where the money
came from," he aid. -if it waa used for
corrupt purposes and an election resulted
Irom Ha use.
A burst of applause resounded from the
galleries. The chair admonished the visi
tors that demonstrations of the kind are
not permitted by the senate.
"Oh," exclaimed Mr. Bailey, who accepted
the manlfeatation as against his poaltlon.
"it Is a fail- measure of the Intelligence of
the audience."
Then the hiss waa heard
Saying there waa not a arintUla of evi
dence connecting Mr. Ixrimer with ths
charge of bribery, Mr. Bailey asked Mr.
Beverldge if he believed Brown. Broderick
and Wilson had aupplled the money, and
the Indiana aenator replied In the negative,
expressing the opinion It had been furnished
to them.
The Texas senator then said If there had
actually been money In the possession
of Holstlaw, Beckemeyer, Link and White
,ita source easily could have been traced,
j No effort had been made, he said, to show
thai i cents had been drawn from Lorimer's
! bank, and he argued that If money had
been used for Mr. Ixtimer the bank books
'would have shown this fact.
I
Rale of (taasa teste,
"That position is against every rule of
common tense." declared Mr. Crawford. In
terrupting the Texan. "The burden of proof
la not on those making the charge, the pre-
iContinued on Second Page )
the cows haa now passed into the handa
cf the club in an outright purchase.
In Ihs spa- e of a week, according to the
reis.rt. practically all the Country club
U-nds. bearing per cent interest, have
. b-en sold. The proceeds l.ava been used
In purchasing the browsing grounds,
j Trouble over the pasture came to pass
some months ago. nun the club was rent
ing the land and failed to pay the rent
on a certain day. Helxtng that oppurunit).
'Mr. McShane undertook to withdraw the
land from the renters and to give it to ike
.cows. The club obtained an injunction
against Mr. Mc.-hana, cui et al. and re
jauted t J ousting process unul lbs sals
;ef several cue age.
I.
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"There vorvt
Dettcr -than
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From the Chicago livening Post.
THOMAS KNOWS LAW-BROWN
Nebraska Senator Says Omaha Charges
Up to Civil Service Body.
KNOWS NOTHING OF THE 'CASE ;
( onsresamaa ItlnshaTT Heromsaeads j
Frank R. Wild to Be Postwaster at
Uewllt trmi Fig a res fur
Dakota CI tie's.
. ,. i
'' fFrom a Staff Correspondent.) ' " V j
v WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. tbpccial Tele- j
gram.) Senator N orris Brown la wholly j
unconcerned about the charges agalns;
Postmaster F. B. Thomas of Omaha. He I
sayt, he'has not been advised officially as j
to any cnarge against the local "nasby ' and
until he Is up against the. real thing he
says he doea not propose to try to vindicate
an official who undoubtedly knows what
the law Is regarding soliciting of funds for
campaign purposes on the part of servants
of the sTovernment.
"I don't know anything about the
charges," atd Senator Brown. "Thomaa
is no doubt well Informed as to the statutes
covernlng pernicious activity In politics J
in a campaign. It is clearly a matter for,
the Civil Service commission to decide. If !
any violation of the statutes haa occurred, j
It Is obvious that I cannot be Interested
in a case of which I positively know noth
ing." Waahlnatoa'a Birthday. '
Follow ing a custom of long yrara" stand- !
Ing In the United States Senate the birth- -day
of Geortre Washington will be cele- I
brated as usual tomorrow by the reading j
of the famous "farewell address." This year I
the vice president haa des.gnated Senator f
Ijifinrtto Young of Iowa to read the ad- j
dress when the senate convenes tomorrow, j
Senator Warren today Introduced a bill j
authorizing the eecretary of war to sell 1
to the diocese of Cheyenne sixty-two acres :
of land located in the northeast corner of j
the Fort I). A. Ruwie!! military reserve- ',
tlon, the I'nited Statea being willing to re- i
llnqulsli this for a consideration o S3. '
It la Senator Warren'a understanding that j
the biahnp of 'Cheyenne contemplates the '
erection of a school and other buildings for I
educational purposes on the land deslg-)
natrd. x I
. , W1H Dewltt Postmaster.
Representative Hlrahaw today "cleared !
his slate." so far as recommendations for
appointments to poetoffiees of the presi
dential class are concerned, when he sug
gested to President Taft the nomination
of Frank R. Wild to be postmaater at De
wltt. Mr. HJnshaw said, further, that pre
vloua recomn er.datlons he has made to
the president during the present session
have been accepted, sent to the senste and
confirmed.
The director of the census today an
nounced the population of South Omaha :
by wards, aa follows: .
First ward 4.M'
Second ward 4 I T .",
Third ward !.
Fourth ward.; 2.MO
Filth ward 4. ;...
Sixth ward S.4M;
The president loda- nominated George C. ;
Iehr to be postmaster at Kslclllne and'
John D. Ixng postmaster at Kimball, 8. l. j
Director Iur and today announced the j
population of tha following cities In "8001111
Dakota: i
1910. IfaiO.
Belle Fourche I.'-? 4i.
Cuater WJ
Deadwood 3:
' Mot Springs t.m Ml;
Kaptd city if-.
SturglS
Call Tyler ltfOO
today if you have, a
single want ad.
Tbe ad taker will tell you bow
to get a servant
How to net a position '
How to rent a home .
To sell a us- less article--To
fill your Idle room
Eiervbcxly reads He want ads.
Tyler 1000.
v r-r T'
B3W '
X woncfev f li; would - '
c g-p
The Very Same Car
"be any here.
-tha-t
- v orf-
mine.
Custer Man on Trial
on Charge of BuVning
County Court House
John Lee Testifies Saw W. Moore
Leave for Bnildinj and Return,
. Saying it Was Ablate.
BROKEN BOW. Neb.. Feb. 21 (Special
Telegram.l-The preliminary hearing of
Willln Moore, charged with burning the
court honse January 14 or last Sear, 'was
begun In county court before Judge Hoi
comb today. In order to accommodate the
crowds the district court room waa used.
The principal witness of the afternoon
wit John e. who previously resided at
the Moor place. He testified that Moore
had offered hi in IV) to help bum the court
house, but he had refused and Moore told
him If anything happened that he' (Iee)
waa to know nothing. , ' ,
Iee further testified to watching Moore
that night nnd to seeing him go In the di
rection of the court house carrying a Jug.
LaJLfr Moore returned and told I.ee the
court house was on Are. He said Moore
told him he wanted to destroy the records
and mortgages against his property, cm a
gruelling cross-examination Lee admitted
that he had been afraid to tell of the oc
currence because Moore might give him
away for selling whisky.
Judge J. R. Dean la with County Attor
ney Beal In the prosecution,- while Sullivan
& Squires are for the defendant.
Temperature Below :
Seasonable Average
Weather is Cold in All Parts of United
States Except the Pacific
Northwest
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 Temperatures
this morning were below the searonahle
average In every part t-f tha country ex
cept the north Pacific coast caused bv an
Increased barometric pressure-, according to
the weather bureau. Miles tity. Mont., re
ported the bsrometer there as reading Sl.lt
inches this morning, this bring the highest
reading recorded In the United States in
Ihs last several years.
The Increase In pressure, haa caused
freezing weather as far' south as extreme
north Florida and throughout the interior
of the gulf states, while In the northwest
the thermometer resdings are nil below
xero. Fair, cold weather will continue to
night and Wednesday in all districts east
of the Mississippi. '
GAS EXPLOSON IN ST. LOUIS
Mir Workmea lajarrd ky Areldeat
la Parlfylag Plaat of I.a
llede Worka.
T. IXH'IS. Mo, Feb. 21 An explosion
in the purifying plant of the I.a(iede lias
Light company Injured nine workmen to
day. The walla of the buildings were bloa n
down. Five of the men were serioualy Injured.
Thirty-Six Million Hogs Killed
in One Year in United States
WASHINGTON. Feb TH. "Pork aters" is
a term which may rightfully be applied to
the people of tbe I'nited Slates If the fig
ures just made public by the census bureau
for the year W may be lakt-n as a basis.
The figures show that during that yetir
4 4.009 mora hogs were killed In this coun
try for io-.-d purpoats than all other anl- '
nials combined, irviuding beeves, calves, j
sheep and Ismbs. goats, kids. etc. During j
the year lift 36.4tJ.vM hogs were killed for;
! food purposes and J1ju,CM of all other
i animals.
t
The total number of animals slsughtered
1 in the slaughter houses and meat packing
I establishment during 19u, are riven as
j tjl. Kvt m. These figures however, do not!
I represent the entire numlxr of auimals
kUlad fur fiOd purposes durkug Ute perlud
.IS I i t
CARROLL YETOES OREGON PLAN
Iowa Legislature Finds Sensation in
Governor's Act. .
DEMOS SAY WELL NAME 'SENATOR
Declare I area Bill la Passed Over
Veto They Will Break Dead lock
e
task Wrecker peaflelsl w
Heller taagfat.
, "t-Frora a Staff Correspondent)'
DKS MOINKS. 'Feb. 21 (Special tele
gram.)" Governor Carroll's veto of the Ore
gon plan bill In tha legislature today hu
caused consternation in political circles and
It may result in the election of a aenator
very soon. The democrats ssy that they
will proceed veryeoon to elect a senator
snd that unless the lull Is passed uvtr the
veto they will cause a lot of trouble for the
republicans.
It Is expected that the house will tomor
row pass the bill a second time and that
the senate will then take some' time for de
liberation. .Republicans and democrats held
I conferences tonight on the subject.
The governor, in hia veto message,
read to the joint if mbly, character
ized the measure as "an attempt to
Indirectly accomplish something that can
not be done Uii-ctiy. ' and it-c.orcj
lhat It waa an evasion of the con
stitution of the I'nited Statea. 1le aald the
measure abrogated lhat section cf the
constitution providing that legislature
shall elect I'nited .Slates senators.
The governor holds that the measure has
no bearing on a roNjsed amendment to
lermlt the election .of senators by the
direct vote of the people, since one is a
contravention of the constitution, while
the other Is a change in the constitution
Itself.
Todays ballot on senator resulted:
Deenier. 50; Kenyon, 40; Torter (democrat),
, absent, li; paired, 7. Ncces.-ary to
elect. TO.
Bank Wrecker laaaht.
Banker K. J. Penfleld of Kelley. ia.. a
town twelve miles north of here, was to
day arrested at Water-town, 8. D.. and he
wki be brought back here. It is estimated
this evening thet his ahortsgl at the bank
Is about fciOtw. His wife received a post
card from him, saying she will never see
bint stain.
Many residents of Kelley will lose money,
some of It rcprvsentlng the savings of
many years. Lodge and Sunday school
funds were deposited in the benk. Several
Des Moines banks hold commercial paper
from prealdent Penfield.
OPTION 'SILL RECOMMENDED
Jsalrlsrr t SMaillIre of House ;ivra j
Its Approval to the
llesisrr,
Fiorn a Starr Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 21 (Special Telegram.)
The house commlitee on judiciary today
recommended for passage the county, op
tion bill This menus thst It will be voted
upon In the house without discussion. The
county opilon bill probably will be lost In
the house by three or four votes.
which the report covers, and the grand I
total ran only be obtained, it is declared,
upon the completion vt the statistics of
agriculture. The flgurea given corns from
24.424 alaughter bouaea. which Include die
large wholeaale slaughter and meat 1 ack
Ing establishments and. as welL the abat
toirs. Inclneratlrg establishments and fer
tiliser factories where dead iinima's kre
consumed.
The primary purpose of this census In
outry, li is said, was to determine ihe Lum
ber of hides snd skina available for tiie
manufacture of leather. THeae cannot be
remplnted until the statistics of agriculture
are available. liut the figures so (r col
lectfd place the number at il.rTl.roa avail
able for h'des. These figures are exclusive
of hog. from which skins ars taktu la
a few Instances.
SCIIEELE SEATED
IN LOWER JiOl SE
Representatives Spend Day Over Con
test and Adopt Majority Report,
54 to 43.
THREE REPORTS ARE SUBMITTED
rriends of Contestee Declare Ballots
Unfit to Be Counted.
SENATE TALKS ON STOCK YARDS
Spends Day in Debate Without
Reaching Decision.
HOUSE COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION
live fttnek end (.rasing Hsilr t ata Oat
Pa steal Valuation and I linl
Rales from South Omaha
Measure.
iFro'ii a S aff Corresputidmi )
LINCOLN. Ft b. SI 1 :eclal.- Tfrnre
Scheie was scsud tod.iv n a m rilv-r ,,f
the house of rt piesr nlaliv e '-y c iu ef
it to 4.1 an-i :l.e ens,- of ''hsfle JVirniui,
the republican ctnt'-taiit. i" d.-nli d.
The lieui" -0!-nt I he v !iol o.-.v iii-J--;.it
tion Ibis omsilon. Aftc- th-; three nimii
were submlttcil in the nion-liK the -,U si -n
of ado-iting ttie minority rrporl di-c'n-lng
the election 11 tie was f rs. tnker up and
soon afur lh afternoon s"sslon Iwgan it
a? voted down bv r to :2 Norton of
Polk 1hin tried to get lis o n report tiC-cei-trd.
which was a scoml minority op n
iun and stiKgesitsl that the ballots in ihe
disputed lownFlilps bv gone over by the
committee. This ah'o was defcatcu by the
same vole.
Then a roll chII was takcu on th.- ques
tion of adopting the report of the niti.lority.
Ffailng Scheele. and th rwj 1 vv 1 a
stralcht party vote, with dree e.CiliOMS.
All the democrats exr-eid ni Norton o." P.tlk
votel for the rcH:rt to it-cat Ihe d. moci at
and all the republican excepting NiiiXuiHn
of Cass snd Pilnce of Il.tll voted sg 11ns, 1;.
Ilrllots In llml hnpe.
The arguments In th af .rnoin went
over the same ground lhat had been
covered In the morning. When the Norton
recomnvndation vvas up the member from
Polk inslsu-d that a Just deci.il-n c u'U n.v
be made until the ballots were counlet!.
This was answered by Grossman, liilla'i
anl o'liers as they hud snswerel th- nryii
ments of the minority by the ass -rU-m
that the ballots were In such condition
lhat they nilfilit have b on tampervel vlii
and therefore could not be ronsidcre I .cvd
evidence,
A motion to adoi'l (ho majoiity re
port u-Mii made when the dcoate oin-ned In
Ihe morning, and as a substitute Tayljr
of Merrick moved the adoption of the
minority report, signed by the t c;'-uhii an.
hUlls. of, Dixon. CiiistafMon of - under.
tebbetia of -A'avvson and himself. He re
viewed tbe evidence atwd declared that ths
case should be decided,, not upon party
lines, but upon Its merits.
lie cited the testimony of a Oik miu
said he had made an error and had given
r'cheele five more votea than Wert man
In one township, when they should have
had the same number.
Answer by (.roasiuan.
Tr.is argument wa- answered by CJti--nmn
of Douglas for Ike majority. Hpcak
Ing for the wet democrats, w ho were Law -rctice
of Dodge. 1cdlgh of Otoe, Hieeht of
Itichardtton. Iiegan of Platte, Urueber of
Thayer and lllmself, Grossman declared
that the ballot were In such condition
lhat tiny could not be taken us c lilence.
and there Cure no further Investigation
could be made. He aald that no legtiino.iy
had suggested fraud and runsciupiuly tlm
record as it stood could not be lmx adieu.
He was etlll e-iieaking when (he house de
cided to lake a leccss to the afternoon
rcsalon.
Teat of Majority Iteporl.
The report of the majority as adopted wag
as follows:
"Mr. speaker: The undersigned member
of your committee on piivileges and eloo
lions, constituting a majority of eald com
mitter, to whom was referred the contested
election case from Sew ai d county, Ne
braska, w herein Chut lea W ert man contests
tho election of Henry tk-Tirele to the office
of reinesentatlve from the Twenty-ninth
district of Nebraska, beg leave to submit
Ihe following reiKiit:
The contestant herein, Charles Wertman,
was the duly nominated candidate of the
republican party at ttie election held No
vember 8. 1310, for the office of representa
live for Ihe Twenty-ninth diatrlet of Ne
liial:a. and on the faA-e of Ihe returng ie
cuved l.ffC votes; the contestee herein.
Henry 8 heele, was the duly nominated
candidate of the democrat party at the
same election for the same office and on
the face of the returns received l,b3T vote?.
"Tbe said Charles Wertman In time and
manner required by law served Hie said
Homy Scheele Willi notice of contest fr
his seat as a representative for the Twenty-ninth
represent a live district. In the
notice the contestant set forth various
(.rounds of contest, hut under tloj tvtoiu.
ni made up, there has been presented to
the committee only (lie ijue-tlon uf eiior
by ihe clerks of elect on In precinct C of
Reward county. In conning the tallies In
the (oil books. In the poll' book retained
by one of the clerks of election and not re
turned to the county clerk or canvassing
board. In the total column opi-oolte 111c
tally line rVheele Is given 140 roles, whlla
In like manner. In the same books, Wert
man Is credited with 145 votes, but spider
ing In Wertman s line there la an omission
of five tally marks In abuult he middle of
the tally line, while the other I -oil boot,
contains 145 tallies In favor of Henry
8cheele and 140 voles in lavur vf Charles
Weiiman. with no omlswlou of tallies. The
said poll book containing the 145 (allies for
Hcheele was aent. under seal, by the elec
tion board to the county clerk ftt Reward
county, and when the canvassing' board
opened the said la-t mentioned poll boo
so returned to It under sal it found that
there were 115 tallica for the coiitr.-Mee,
Henry fcheele, but opposite the tallies thr
canvassing board found tne figures "!, '
but upon a recount of said tallies thu ainv
canvaaning board found 145 tallica lu favo'
of the eald Henry Kcheele and found It" ti.
lias In favor of said Charies Wcitmuu
I'ton this finding the county clerk IsmiuJ
to I lie aald Henry ijclieeli a srjllficate of
lectlm as representative for tlie Twenty.
Hint 11 representative dialriet of Aeuard
county Nebraska.
No t-'raad Kuautl.
"lour committee further finds from Ui,j
evidence and arguments of counsel
Meiltuan that no fiaud or dseepticu ,s