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OMAHA. SATURDAY MOKXINC.. MAHl'H 11. lHll-TWKNTV PACKS.
siNULt: curv TWO CKXTSv
hEATT ENDORSES
CONGRESS' WORK
.Treildent Sayi Sixty-First Gathering
Poi More Than Any Assembly
"i Since CiTil War.
Direct and Positive j
Denials of Report !
That Diaz is Sick i
EXPLOSION FELT
HUNDRED MILES
The Feminine Double Cross,
It' so bad eo-feSde'
Supoo.e we botW wiar oof
V7LD THtNG-5.
All Y.tgrvfc.
J" they're
No one
OLD or
will
not
notice
"today.
Hundred of Ton of Black Powder :
X
Cablegram from City of Mexico Say
President'! Health Wa Never
Better.
and Dynamite Are Set Off
by Spark.
PLAJTT NEAR KENOSHA WRECF"
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LDDRXSSE3 SOUTilLO CONGRESS
FILIIU'STER UPON
ANTI-TREAT 151 LL
I. D. Evans Occupie Four Houis
Trying: to Prevent House from
Voting on Measure.
MEMBERS KILL IT 33 TO 52
Strenuous and Humorous Scenes
During the Conflict.
EFFORT TO GET BILL PUT OVER
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(TeHi of Appointment from Dixie to
Promote Unity.
JAPANESE TREATY COMES FIRST
Many Other Wiie and Important
KeajTirci Enumerated.
EECrPROCITY DKAPPOESTMEST
Chief Keerlrv Amrtt He lastrwrta
rle-sreerwtftTes t Offer Free
Trade la All Prod nets, hat
rnada Refuses.
ATTJINTA. Oi, March 10 President
Tift tn t noteworthy addres before the
Fotith Commercial congress tonight ipoke
In pun, as follows:
"The commercial and Industrial develop
ment of thin country of the lust twenty
y earn has been so arrest that" the statistics I
startle us. An elimination shows that
proportionately the commercial and busi
ness growth of the south Is greater than
that of any other part of the country. I
"With the coming of prosperity, with
the resumption of comfort In their lives, j
with a growing svmpathT on the part of :
the north In their working out of the j
serious problems confronting them, and
vith th. sense of triumph In their success I
it S.Als -.. A i f Irtii! lata tha
iu u..!..!.!,, .,-
southern people have mellowed. The north-
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em people have met them half way and
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never In the history of the country have
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the two sections been so fondly and so
, . . , . .,
near. In su h complete union as they are
today.
"The cause of education has received a
tremendous Impetus all over the south.
"You have the rare question In the
south; yon have the question of efficient
labor. Roth are most serious problems.
l.uf I Vwllev. as strong! as I csn believe
anvthlng that the solution is to be found I
in a system of primary and Industrial I
education offered to every youth, male and
frmale. white and black. If one can Judge
of the prospects from the enthusiasm of
educational conventions held In eyerjr stats
In the south, he may safely prophesy that
the movement Is on foot to bring about In"
actual operation th best standards of
pi lmary and Industrial education. .
Tw Sertlaas' BeH-wsalas; t'alted.
"It la a great pleasure for me to come
to the south agnln. When I was here In
the early part of my administration. 1 ex
pressed the hope that I might be per
mitted to do something to bring the north
snd the south closer together and to con
vince our southern brethren that they were
psrt of the I'nlted States and part of
the government and that we were all really
Americans, -lir-Mason and IUxon line
to divide' t!s" ' My hof has-heetl rvallxea.
for mv appointments of southern men to
hlsh office have ben received throughout
the north as well ss the south as proof
that birth In the south and participation
in the civil war on the side of. the con
fed' racy wes not the slightest bar to
pi e ferment to the most exalted position of
those plainly competent and fit.
"By raising in great quantities that which
all nations must have snd which you can
only produce, you have Increased the de
pendence of the rest of the world upon
American Industrlea The science of agri
culture has progressed here as In other
sections.
"I congratulate you on what you have
done. . I congratulate you on your pros
pects. There is not the slinlueat tinge of
Jealousy or envy of your good condition
on the part of the northern and western
manufacturer or farmers They rejolve
with you in your success and in a progress.
more rapid than their own. j
'But. my friends, I know you are not so
partisan as to confine our Interest to
southern commerce and trade, and that
you will not object If for a short time in
the remarks which I am about to make 1
turn this meeting Into a committee on the
state of the union and consider some of
the issues now pending or which have
been recently disposed of.
Keren! t aairru' W ark.
"The Sixty-first congress. Just closed, has
enacted more useful and t-oriKi essive legis
lation in Its three sessions than any con
gress sinve the war. The cloas of Its third.
Its last and its shortest sesatlon. aas ob-
soured by sui h an apparent dogging of .
business as to leave the Impression that It ;
had done at that session little or nothing;
in the way of helpful lama. It is due that i
ronarrs l.i remove au.-h aji lmr,r.l,.r.
for It hei don several thin., ih.t .
commendation.
"tn of lln 1 r v 1 n i- -via ,.f . V. - .
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gress pasted an act naming suhtantial re- '.
dut tlon In the coat of appealing ca-es Join
t'. courts of first lnstame to the courts
i f appeals.
"It has adopted a recised cole of the
laws treating federal iiurts and flung
their jurtadit Hon. It has atoliBhed circuit
o irts altogether, ami in this way has been
atie to simplify the pra. th e In those couiti
and ptetiiK to ielue expenses It h.t
lnt'traaed the t,i . ies uf the supreme tout
Juatires a vtai.
"The incieas,. .. .1 t t,i h.Ve In en made
but an. th.r . p in the right ctn . -lion
shuutd tne us 4'fa.-tlon And it
has f-nallv d..ne the ).. i, , to provide tnai
h.'ti fedeial j'ul.f, a i'e tiavrlliig th.ir rx-pert?-ej'
i.hA!! Im pa 1!
"it has aoli d to the .Vi
lor the prevention of injur t
enii.lotHi and 'sei.cet -t and
Of the Uvea, a piovtaion for t:ie
of loci'Piiut iv e tHiilers. w lucn it
. t'li-iances
tailr.-aU j
- saving I
'. - j-ect on !
;s : ied
i'i i-iiii lurtner mnj in (i.ai Mlf .
life ami limb, wtucii. before I ie sar-ty I
apl-l-ai.ee t- t were enact.-d. vcerv shocking
tu their number and a disgrace to t:.e tail-
road aiid to the ;.' rt.nirnt timi jH r- i
mil ltd 11 -.em. !
t.:anbaa Huilaiaaa I'rot Itled. j
"It .as irt idi for th purchase, erec j
tion and t .miU;n; vf embafrsv hiiildlrKit
and lecatuirii. fir i-t amnassadtira and 1
nvtniMters ahrtJ. so that they shall l- (
lr i.rli housed and aliail live in a e()le:
and '. Knitv 1m fitting ntie off eta! ret-ie- !
setitative iu a Ijicign tu'inlrv c.f a arrest !
nation l:Ke our.- . t
' The .i. nf of aclt a prov -V'ti has j
Htade it Imituintvlf fur men of ordinary
Batau to hotel diplomatic office and has
bru ifcl t about the a'xt ird ravauit that
who 1 reach a political equality of rich and
t' tnlinued on Third Paga)
BALTIMORE. March 10-The Baltimore
News this afternoon printed the following
dispatch from Ernesto T. Slmondettl, editor
of El D'aro. at th Of of Mexico:
The health of President Piss was never
better The people have perfect faith In
him. The massing of American troops on
the frontier of our country has created a
gret Impression on the public, but ths
Mexican people have accepted In good
faith ths advices from Washington em
bodying Mr. Tuft's declarations of asjmr-
i ance that there Is no intention of Interven
ing."
PARIS. March 10 The Mexican legation
today received from Enrique Creel, ths
Mexican minister of foreign affairs, the
following cablegram:
'"Hie hr-aith of President Dial continues
good. Statements to the contrary are pur
Inventions."
More White Firemen
May Refuse to Work
Strike May Be Called on Other Roads
that Are Aiding Cincinnati Line
to Move Freight.
CINCINNATI. March 10-An accurate
tlm,, of ,.,, pf g,rke order j
sent last night to white firemen of the 1
c.,n(.lnnaUt New 0rIwin. 4 T,xa9 pmc I
r4iiro8d m8 lmposalble todav. Ths
I.
brotherhood officials claimed that the order
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'had been generally observed, wh lie the
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railroad officials stated there had been no
,
: interruption of service. The men are striv-
i
is ua c iifra i u turmoil rxiiuufu irom
fast freight and passenger runs, while the
. railroad claims that under the working
agreement with the road the negroes are
eligible to promotion with the whites.
That the strike may spread shortly to
oln"r "neB "'"tea at union neadquar-
,ers 11 stated inat other roads I
h8d ben aidlnc the Cincinnati. New of-
leans at lexas ravine to move perishable
; freight aixl that unless this practjre was
I stopped the union men on those lines would
! be called from their engines.
Thus far the strike is effective only be
tween Cincinnati and Chattanooga, Tenn.
Million Dollars
Damage by Floods
Bridges and Wagon Boad in Vicinity
of Lo Angeles Torn Out and
Great Areas Inundated.
LOP ANOEIJES. Cal.. Mach lt.-Ths
storm whkh hag been creeping siuth over
tl ai' foa the last we reached a
climax around Los Angeles last night. The
floods tore out wagon bridges and Inun
dated great areas.
With ths exception of the Southern Pa
cific Coast line, which will be out of com
mission for several days, from washouts
and weakened bridasa. the railroads mn.
filing Into Log Angslea have not suffered
serious Interruption to their traffic
In Banta Barbara county over l.Ono arret
of rich bottom land has been waahed Into
the sea by the Santa Maria river. The
damage has been estimated at $1.VK.000.
Beet fields have suffered great damage
near Santa Maria and Lompoc. The loss
of live stock has been heavy.
A report has been received that five
persons were drowned in the Arroyo
Ursade, but this has not been confirmed.
I i ne norm auec is me uu iieian aooui
1 ganta Maria 8Dd the I'nlon Oil company I
j r, rt. ,he breaking of a 75.000 barrel I
r..ervoir.
Egyptian Curios
Stolen from Museum
Fifteen Rare and Valuable Specimens
of Ancient Jewelry Taken from
University of Pennsylvania.
PHtlJVPETHIA. March 10 letectlves
are investigating the theft from the
museum of the I'niverslty of Pennsylvania
by two men of fifteen Kgv'ptian curios.
The robbery took place yesterdav and the
articles taken were from. the collection of
Eckley B. Coxa
The articles Included: Neckiaee. three
tt ,on 'nd nd of sld and amethyst
nenun. 1111 im..i ..-.., cim, u.n-
form of' hawks
lce. "'de of gold beads In
ana numan neaa; goia nsiurf 01 piain
guld beads about eighteen inches long.
! two thin gold wire bracelets tied in lover a
knets gold finger nng, with a scarab
necklace of gold and amethyst beads eight
een Inches long: string of gold bead in
firm of cowrie shells and Hons: string of
plain gold beads: two large gold earrings:
ih'-e -.mail stririKs of guld beads: small .
K"ld rv Under about an inch and a half!
long, with pendant of amethyst beads and,
green feidsar.
Omaha Boys
l"N I V ERiHT Y F otetHA ii
Left to Right Mcmbaa Ramsey.
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All Buildings Within Five Mile A.
Uninhabitable.
ONLY ONE MAN IS KILLED
Several Hundred Perioni Hart, bnt
Only Few Seriously.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION PROBABLE
Plaat Consisted of Forty Bsllslaas.
Five of Which Are still Stand
ins; Contain Urse Quanti
ties f Fxploslves.
TLEAPAVr PRAIRIE. Wis. Msrch 1
Hsrdly house In the thi.-kly populated
farming country In a radius of five miles
from here is habitable today as result
of the evploslon last right of five mara-
ilnes filled with dynamite and black pow- f
der at the ri Pont de Nemours Powder
company plant.
One man. E. ?. Thompson, was killed,
one was seriously Injure, several hundred
were painfully hurt and the greater num
ber of residents of this village. Bristol
and the surrounding country have packed
their remaining household goods and
moved away until their homes are rehul't.
There is still st the plsnt In prarticslly
op, lhipr ab. t0 )nm,nt explosion.
sufficient gunpowder to cause far greater
damsge to the community thsn the blast
laet night.
The five magazine which exploded last
night contained 130 tons of finished dyna
mite. I-) tons of dynamite unfinished. M.flMn
kegs of finished giant powder and 25.009
kegs of unfinished giant powder.
There were eight small cars of dynamite
stored on a spur near the plant, acoordina
to Sheriff Ptahl. The superintendent re
fused to stats the amount of powder In
the buildings, but said three wheel raills.
one for powder buildings, and twenty
I smaller separate store buildings all con-
tained explosives In some quantity
Pleasant Prairie Is ten miles west of
Kenosha. Wis. The powder mill is a mile
north of the village, which has a popula
tion of about 7oa
Ratlre Village Wrrrkra.
The foree of the explosion completely de
molished the houses on the Geneva road,
which were nearest the mill, and every
house In ths village was wrecked.
The wreck of the village was followed by
the heglra of the entire population. Blown
from their beds and with their houses
tumbling about their heads, the residents
of the village loaded their half-clad fam
ilies on farm wagons and moved tn a
long procession of battered and shivering
refugees In search of shelter In Kenosha.
A special train was rushed to Pleasant
Prairie from Kenosha over the North
Western railroad to remove the women
and tho worst Injured A If rw avails bis
doctors and nurses In Kenosha accompa
nied ths train and attended to the
wounded. .
That no greater list of fata lit ks followed
the disaster was due to the small num
ber of men at work In the plant.
Several attempts to search the ruins
were made by Sheriff Andrew Stahl this
morning, but on each occasion he and his
deputies were driven back by successive
explosions as the fire reached packages of
powder.
The last attempt Just before daybreak
was stopped by the heaviest of these ex
plosions and the sheriff said the fire must
die out before the ruins could be ap
proached. Another Rsplnalon Probable.
'There are eight carloads of loose black
powder In a building still standing." said
Sheriff Bta hi. "It may tet go at any mo
ment. There Is a hole in ths ground where
the dynamite house was. a hundred feet
deep."
The shock wss felt as far as Cleveland
on the east and to the Mississippi river
on the west. In Chicago, fifty-five miles
away, hundreds of windows were broken
and buildings were rocked. Kenosha, Mil
waukee and other Important towns suffered
severely.
It is believed the first explosion took
place In the glaze house. In this house
more than 1.W6 kegs of poder are dried
at a time tn steel cylinders. Each cylin
der holds about 12 kegs of powder. The cyl
inders are about twelve feet long and three
and one-halt feet in diameter. Tbay are en
closed in steel Jackets, through which live
steam Is forced and as the cylinders re
volve the powder is dried and brought to a
I high heat. There were nine of these cylln
I ders.
Ths extent of ths glase on the grains
I of powder determiner Its great degree of
1 exploslveness. When the powder Is nearly
polished ana is ary ana not 11 is in a
dangerous condition.
The Initial explosion was followed by the
explosions of the dynamite magazines.
Flee Bailalafi Still ttaailag.
The property occupied by the powder
company Is approximately li0 acres. There
mere forty buildings, according to Super-
lmendrnt Bradey.
He said there were five main magazines.
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(Continued on Fourth Page)
in First Debate
TCPKXTS Vllu MKT YOKh
Robert Strehiaw. Stanton Ba-iaaurr,
Ma Get out yyy New Velvet
3yit,nw neW shoS ond
Best wo.st !
Now Movy Get rny
nd my New ryrVS , qvjiCK .
From Its Chicsgo Evening Post.
ANSWER TO CADET TAYLOR
Bee Publishing Company Files Its
Reply in Libel Suit.
BASIS THE DEFENSE RESTS ON
PaVllratloa Allraed Admitted asd
Trath aad Ciootf Motives et I'p
to Jnatlfy serial
Prtvlleae.
Tn th libel suit of Csdet Taylor for ISO.-
Onfl damages against The Bee Publishing 1 Oklahoma and Kansas, who escaped from
company snd Victor Rosewster. the de-jthe Kansas stats prison November H, lSOO,
fault taken while the latter u In Wash- j 1, serving a sentence for grand larceny in
Intrtnn. was vacated and set aside by Judge; th. Missouri pnitert1ary at Jefferson City
KeteHe yesl-rday a.xl leave was r.rauted to , un- h Vame of Cn,rlM) Mofm wa- tn
th eWendants to plead in tns case. 1
For Mr Rosewater. his attorney. W. J.
ConnelW filed a demurrer, and for Ths Be
Publishing company an answer, admitting
publication, hut setting up that the article
complained of was the truth, published for
good motives and Justifiable ends. Tho
text of the answer follows:
And now comes The Bee Publishing com-j
pany. a defendant In the above entitled ac-!
tlnn
and answering the petition of said
plaintiff filed herein, denies each and!
every
allegatlon and statement In said '
petition
contained except as hereinafter j
expressly admitted to be true.
Thls defendant admits that it Is a
noratlon oraarclaed and eii.tina- under and
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Nebraska, and that It has lis principal
place of business in the City of Omaha In
Do uk as County. Nebraska.
This defendant admits that at all the
times mentioned In said petition it owned,
operated, printed, published and circulated
the daily newspapers known as the
"Omaha Dally Bee." printed, published
and circulated mornings, and the "Oraaii
Evening Bee," printed, published and
culated evenings except Sunday, and fur
ther admits that at times and on special
occasions It also printed, published and
circulated at noon extras of said Omaha
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This defendant further admits that said
newspapers at the time of the publications
mentioned In sard petition were extvn-
slvely published and circulated an said
Douglas County. Nebraska, and through-
out the State of Nebraska, and to some
extent fn the City of Washington. D. C.
This defendant further admits that on
tho Uth day of December. 1510, the cer
tain special telegrams quoted and set
forth in plaintiff s petition was published
in said Omaha Dally Bee .and in said
Omaha Evening Bee. which said special
telegram was received in tho usual and
ordlnary course of business In printing and
circulating said newspapers and publish-
Ing therein ths news of the country for
the benefit and. Information cf the sub-
scribers and patrons of said newspapers
and ths reading public, and which said
telegram and the publication thereof un-
der ths facts and conditions of said pub-
Ucation was specially privileged.
Telegram SpeclaUly Privileged.
Ths said defendant further alleges that
said publication of said telegram was al'O I
a avs airu
on that I
entioned!
specially privileged for the reaj.
at the time of filing the protest m
in said special tee ram and at the time,
of said publication the said plaintiff was
an applicant and candidate for gppnin
ment to the position of surveyor of Cus
toms at the Port of Omaha by the Presi
dent of the Cnlted states, subject to con- j
flrmatlun by the Senate of the I'nlted !
Stairs, and his said candidac was being
opposed and objected M toy man persons j
who were opposed to ths appointment to
such an office of a notorious tankwrecker,
swindler and crook, and a po.lticaj and
financial derelict pleading the statute of
limitations against the victims he had de
frauded, as the said plaintiff at said lime
and for a long time prior thereto was gen
erally known and reputed to be.
This defendant further answering, al
leges: That each and all of the statements
in said special teWgram were true and that
said publication of said telegram was the
publication of ths truth and was made
b) this defendant wlttj guud motives and
for Justifiable ends.
nit Oar laaaaaira.
This defendant further answering said 1
petition, aiurges: That prior lo the pub- '
ll.-atlr.ia nf aAlrt anarla! taleirrftm l.arll - r n 1
or about ths S&th day of K tober. 1VA. there
was published in the Omaha Ialiy Herald,
a newspaper of general circu.atloa In the
(Coo tin Jd m Fifth Paga)
NoW I ahat hove to wory
boot dressing.
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BSt Hot
Deovie . you
depressed today
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Escaped Murderer
Doing Time for Grand
Larceny in Missouri
Ben Cravens, Who Got Away from
Kansas Prison Ten Year Ago,
i Identified.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. March 10-That
Ben Cravens, a notorious desperado of
positive statement of William Duckett,
Bertlllon clerk in the Kansas penitentiary
today. Duckett. who bad Just returned from
Jefferson City, identified Cravens by nu
merous peculiar scars on his body.
Standing rewards offered for Cravens
arrest aggregste $10.ifi0. of which Ss.0 was
offered by the Oklahoma Anti-Horse Thief
association.
Cravens had Just begun to serve a
kiupuci ior muraer in vaia-
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",m "maio.,e oau mU, oummy rr-
cor-lvo,v" wlth whkh surprised their
Suards. They were pursued by a posse
that killed one of the three fugitives Crav
ens escaped and wss never located until
his identification today.
The clue of Cravens whereabouts was
given to the Kansas prison officials
through an anonymous letter from an Illi
nois town. It Is believed the letter was
written by a man who had served a sen-
1 la ",e
jFort Omaha Company
Loses Eight Horses
i Boxcar Containing Mounts of Signal
0
J Corp 11 Burned Near Duran,
j Oklahoma.
DENI8ON, Tex.. March 10 -Etght horses
h-ilH1- , . r. , ,..a
signal corps, burned to death In a box car
near Duran, Okl.. last night. The train
was delayed six hours. The company was
en route from Fort Omaha to Ssn An
tonio. I Hadley Vetoes Folic Bill.
i JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. March 10.-
1 Governor Hadley today vetoed the home
j ru)e poll.e b, for s, Kansas tTty
j ,nd Jo.,ph providing for the elecUon of
two democrats and two republican police
! commissioners for each cltv. The b'll
; providing for the appointment bv the
central committees of the two leading
parties of supervisors of election for all
j ,.lti. h,ving registration laws, was also
j T'tod'
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arrell s
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.'Fine Syrup
Free Today
Sec if your name appears in The
Bee's want ads today offering
Farrcll's Syrup free.
You don't have to advertise
to get it. Find your name and
the gift is yours.
The Bee is also giving away
today:
O'Brien ' delicious euinly.
l"llike's famous flour.
American theater tickets.
V"-
seen so
MORSE ON HIS WAY TO OMAHA
Inquiry Into Postmaster' Conduct is
Near at Hand.
THL0TS0N RECEIVES TELEGRAM
Thomas Keeps I P an Innocent Front,
Meanwhile Endeavoring to In
timidate civil fervlee
Employes.
Pan W. Tlllntson hss been Informed bv
ths civil servteo commission at Washing
ton that his charges against Postmaster
B. F. Thomas wl'l ps luventiKsted at once.
Further Information is lacking In th
Washington telegram, but Mr. Tlllotson ex
pects Secretary Morse of the Cincinnati
district to arrive In Omaha at any time
now to pursue the inquiry. Mr. Morse has
been detailed to conduct the Investigation,
because he Is outside of this civil service
district, is not acquainted with any of the
principals In the postofflce controversy, ami
is, therefore, qualified to weigh the evi
dence with an impartial mind.
In what manner the Investigation will
be pushed Is a matter that rets with Mr.
Morse, but Mr. Tlllotson and his attorney,
Frank B. Shotwell. are endeavoring to se
cure a public inquiry.
Civil service employes, as well as many
business men of Omaha, hail the news of
Mr. Morse's early arrival with a great dat
of satisfaction. The civil service employes
are working under a continual strain by
reason of the chaotic condition at the poet
ofilce. The postmaster Is keeping up a brave
front. Insisting there Is really no trouble,
but In the meanwhile he is sending out his
emissaries to see the mVn who are to testify
at the Investigation, trying to show them
the danger in giving their testimony, as
If they were the ones In trouble. The em
ployes are not In the least disturbed by
. ' . .vi.... .
received from the Postofflce department
that no Innocent parties to the shakedown
will suffer.
NO TRACE OF STOLEN JEWELS
Officers Who Retsrned Steamer
America Find It Tts( of
Drsmaaend Gems.
PL.YMOCTH. England. March lft.-When
the Hamburg-American line steamer Amer
tka arrived here today It was stated that
the Inquiry on board had failed to throw
any light on the mystery of the disappear
ance of the Jewels lost by Mrs. Ma-id win
Drummond. formerly Mrs. Marshall Field.
Jr., of Chicago, while ahe was returning
to New York on the vessel two weeks ago.
Knglsh police officers boarded the
steamer here, as did a number of German
officials, with the Intention of making an
exhaustive Investigation, while en route for
Hamburg.
Little Hope at Any Time to Save It
from Defeat.
SCHEELE NEARLY MADE MISTAKE
I Members llnrrv Out tn Restnarant tn
! state Oft llnnaer and Retorn tn
j I Isten to More C.n versa I Ion
frnnt Mr. Riant.
t
J i From a Staff Correr-onoer t I
1 UV'ViI-X. M.irch ! - Sicial .1-The
Kans anti-treat 1-i". H 1'.. was k'llcl
: by the h.nue tins itftrrnuon b a vote of
j XI to h2
The vote rin't affr a fi!lhufer which
j the minority ti a 1 hcen mamtalntnc for four
i tiours The lull provided that the bsr
! keeper or aloon owner should 1h held re
j sponsible for violations of the present antl
I treat law and was iolently opsed !v
'the wet majority. The wet nvn refused to
j frnnt the author of the l il H' e customary
courtesy of allowing the bill to go over
and the filibupb r resulted n i' e effort of
Evans to dela consideration until they
would grant h:s desires snd allow him to
have the hill submitted when ever bod w
was present to c.. on record There was
very little indication at any time that te
bill couid pass a the house Is Just about
evenly split between wets and dry snd a
few o ft he drs w ere anainst this partic
ular mcasnie.
The roll call on t';e !!! on third reading
taken at was as f. !!:
te In Detail.
( A ee :
i a,Men Mi.;n.
Ant.ea. H.bM. Netr.
Haaer. lb .1. N it-t.vn.
fU-laT. -I '1". Put,.
H,i. e t. .1. !. vse-ttentMn-h.
I'nlton. Kirk lioherls.
I h. rt . L.r.'Wv Sai.N-rn.
:,artp, vi.m ver.tn
(;,lt ti'...r T avlrn- iMern. ki
i;an.i-f MWlt. l..n II ti hr'k
liu'fon. Al.Hit:. wane 13.
Noes: '
HaclsT. l.mMmin. M-CiHle.
Hartal. liniiler. V.-t'VjrthT.
Polard, llarrlna'on. M- Kisali-a.
j ivinham. HanUt. Neli.
j B-jlla. Iler.a. Tins,
j Pine H"lme". Iteri,
'larks. H.vr"Hk-. HH-a.
I l(nlo. Kem. hrt1.
I P.leial. Kxtoiic. ,-hete.
; fwal. Irn-e, Shuetlv
I Eastman. lt1tth. shoeniakar.
I ivaKenttera-'r. I.i-r. Soiaelar.
Krtea. Mat-aij. . Sink.
Fuller. Mertar. Skeen.
Jollier Merer. Sn.
laillaaiiar, V.iarty, Mr. DeakerM.
Cierdea. stvirptvr.
A lent : -
Anderson. K liev. V'""1' '
I Hu,hae. Ha'ler. Nr-lRt.-i
! Kaawr, J. hn .n. 'it...
j Klha, 9tTre. w-.-.!,,.,
Drys wh voted against the tub .-ie.
Bailey, Clarke, (Tonln. Hsrrlngton. Hetxog.
Kent and jMeypr. Smith, who was absent
at the vote stated previously on the floor
that he was opposed to the bill. Sanborn
was the only wet who voted for the bill.
Mory of the Filibuster.
The attempt made by Evans, to talk the
re-st of the house Into a state of submis
sion and get hla bill put over until all the
members were present was punctured at
the critical moment by Kotouc "f fllehard
son. who. prompted by the representative
of a demiK-ratlo newi-paitcr dug out a for
gotten rule in Robert's rules of order limit
ing the debate to speeches ten minutes
Ions. The speaker held that the rule ap
plied to the ,ro-eedlnH of the house Just
as all 0 Robert's rules apply and he was
sustaiP'ip by a vote of b'l to 77.
This i Bine alxiut 2 o 1ock. when ths work
had been going on tdnce 10;3.
The foundation for the protest which
Kvns led and which cost the state hun
dreds of dollars worth of legtxlattve time
was the uncourteous attitude taken by the
majority In refusing to allow the bill to go
over to Monday. Evans tried successively
to have It paaavd over, to go Into the com
. " . , ...
! mittee of the whole and thus postpone It
an dto make it a epe lal order for Tues-
day. These three motion were killed. On
threw down his own pany through a la.-k
of parliamentary skill. He moved to tabl
the motion to mane me cvana inn a spa
tial order, not realising that this would
have tauied the bill also and thus accom
plish the very object at which the repub
licans were aiming The democrats saw
their mistake, however, before they had
passed the motion and defeated it. Shoe
maker moved to proceed with the regular
order of husiness and then Evans rose to
peak. lie took the floor at 11:26. about an
hour after the bill had first came up. and
kept It until Kotoiit sprung his motheaten
rule at 2.
Speech a Masterpiece.
Evans' speech was a wonderful creation.
Py actual count he quoted There la a title
in the affairs of. men " seventy-two times.
"When in the course of human events"
thirty-six times ami There is u reason"
frjrt'.-eisht t:"'. s Members optot-lng an I
friendly supplied him w.th ho.u hound
candy, water and a lur.rh. W hi n the crowd
Fho:te. "Shut up sit down'" and othe
ui complimentary comments he am. led.
when they tried t.. drown httn out witit
applause lie thanKed them with cavalier
grace when vt.lei.t epit'enrcs tf coughing
swept o or lie' ast-einl ly he Inquired so
licitously for l.e lea'ih of evi r body pres
ent, singly and collective!) . snd every In
terrupt on Kave him a new idea ai.d a new
tack In bis Inexhaustible flow of con. ment
on t!i:ngs in general and nothing in par
ticular. Me read editorials from ail the
newspapers that he could find lying around.
At he progressed the ! icl-.lalora realize,!
the truth which he declared with owl-like
solemnity. "The fl ght of time la the niottt
universal thing we have In this country.''
When lunch time came the members
rushed out and m.ibbed the corn lor lunch
counter It was emptied in a few moments
and various members ret irned to their
seats shouting thick comments through
wediies of pumpkin pie and succulent ear U
withes jf cheese. The speaker order-d
thre lunches and seventeen othera wtr
onienl in h:a nam ami distributed r the
pag-a.
Speaker Makes I p Mind.
W hen the ieaaicer was trying to m.kr
up his mind aboui the ten-minut ru'e be
consulted Horace Fl lavis. (rt aFs'.ttiar.i
chief clerk, and I eter Holand. meini.fr
from IioViglas, received a sharp rebuke
from ths speaker when l.o advanced b-