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Omaha Daily Bee. 1 HE WIATEER FORECAST. For Nebraska I'aii and warmer Fcr low 8 -1'nlr mid wuruiei. ObK immi FEATURES 1 1 . n ' r, I if I Ion n n l nr t h' lrl of . I -rtn t n mfrl. t n t r ttt't ton . Ntmiirmrnt. !inuu; copy two hats. OMAHA, MONDAY MolJNINC, AIMIIL In, 1!U1 -TKX I 'AUKS. Vol,. NU. GEN. STANLEY M WILLIAMS HURT "- Oil BATTLEFIELD 3ebel Leader May Die of Injury Received in Daring Attack on Force of Colonel Mayot. ; II Mm I i,'-ir j' u(in- 11 n i . ' . ' i tT 'the omaha unon station. 1 HEAD IS TORN BY FLYING SHELL.! AM pf , i,omeseeker? dt'i not. of eourse. ! leom from Omaha. some ere Wonaiu j j rn J J , frr.m Chicago ami Joined the spcch.is here i Sixty Insurrectos Reported Killed ana (,, ni(,ny othprB took tlie .e.oiar "ainsi B.mainrlrr Art Routed ; Info Omaha and went out from 1,-ir. , Remainder Are Kouiea. . ln,(lllrv ,,, thP homwPkr , i( I what kind of farming thfy Intended to ; FEDERALS SHOW THEM NO MERCY ' I Bayonet Completes the Work of Riflei j j T finn. I and Machine Guns. H0SPIIAL TENT IS FIRED UPON, I ' " SurgCOn Appeal! tO United States .... ! Authorities for Aid. $4,000,000 VOTED FOR WAR FUND I Itamtirr ! Ilepanea inr rroo'inii for rarvhase nf ("applies and Other Pnrposea I ader Direction of flf llepartmrnt, yiT9 Or OAT IN MEXICO. t'hamhff of I lepiitles votes (4 .Ofai.000) Hold for ir fund. Oeneral Stanley Wllliama. deserter from Vnlted ftatea army, probably fntally wounded In IIrIH at Mexlca'll, Mex. ltelayed dl'patchea tell of heavy death losa In battla at Velsrdena Tues day. International trade continues to ln crraa deaplte Inaurreotlon, accordinn to official report. Oeneral Francisco Madero starts to waid Casaa (Irande region, giving up prevloun plan of attack. Force of ninety federals almost a l'idlated In canon near Atltxco, Mex. .MF.XICAU, Me.. April . Ueneial Stan ley Williams hulled his little battalion ot ebela against Colonel Hlguel ilayot 500 regulais on the mesa five miles south ot Mexican today. Klghty Insurrectos went Into (ha fight; twenty relumed from the batUa fjld. WUIIams was fatally wounded and Is now in th custom house hers, with his head lorn by a fragment from an exploding mII .,..XVt'.li, htif 4 4tait fjigltHes of his fleeing command ha was overtaken by a federal shell that (ell in their midst and snt up a geyser of flam and smoke arid fragments ot human bodies. His wagon trains were captured, with nearly all of the stores and ll' stock which ,he took tn his raid yesterday of several ranchea. Survivors strangling into Mexican tonight aay the federals took no prisoners. All those net killed By the (Ira of the federal rifles, machine guns and artillery were, It Is said,' Slaughtered mercilessly by the bayonet. The federals. It Is declared, fired on the hospital tant and the ambulance n hlch accompanied the rebels to tbe bat tle field. Dr. W. B. Larkina, the surgeon In charge, and his Assistants, who reached Mexican with the survivors, appealed to I'nlted States authorities to . aend Red fioss aid to the scene of the battle and save those they tould of the wounded. Woaade-a Refcel Brlnars Tlalas. New of the rebels' repulse was brought by a mounted rebel, who, with one arm nearly shot off, fell exhausted from hla hurra lit Iiont of the Insurrecto commander-ln-'chlef, tieneral Sal in a, and burst Into tears. lie brought Information of the wounding of Oeneial . Williams. Williams waa still knoan as "Stanley" to his men of the "Independent division ot the liberal army," despite the revelation of his real name and the fact that he was a deserter from the Ninth Infantry of the United States ai my. Later Williams was brought in alive, but pi enounced fatally wounded and taken to the I'nlted states army hospital In the custom house at Calexlco, across the line. When Salinas beard of his subordinated fate, b malntalnwl hla atolcal calm. "I told him he was a fool when he said be waa going out to fight them," he re marked philosophical!). "It he had re mained here, the federals would have bean farced to attack us In a position of our own chousing. I consented to his going out, bu only when he demanded It." Kvery detail of Williams' sortie from the entrenched position of the rebels her In (Continued on Second Pag.) THE WEATHER V'oiecajt of th weather: Km Nh'rs)a and Kansas Fair; slowly rung temperature. For Iowa Fair and warmer. For North and south lakota-Fair and v a rsrtar. . . - , For Missouri-Fair and slowly lining tem pera! m e. 1 rmprrat are at Omaha iraterdar. Hour. Lg. , " ni 31 (;if , rViSlT ti m St T WW a 7 m 39 Lfa,, Y,-t " 32 v M j ' ltf a. m 41 fOy-? " ' vWy . i: m VJ..v-iV 1 p, m f'l it - P 44 , " m M - x V " ' J: . P- " 5 'T'J " i I 7 p m . '. ail tomparattio Local Hrrars, ri i. ifio. ist. rw. I!. best today , 5; 7 44 U j,er lnda ml ( I ;4 Mean temperature 44 Ni M 44 I' I eel pi i a turn .M .i .) .no lnnirini and pre-ipitailon depart e fiom the mo mal. Nermal teoioeratuie .' 44 Kefiilency for the day 4 l ota) exres a4m e Maich 1 19 Normal precipitation IW inch Oefn ! m-v for the day 10 Inch mat 1.. i" (ml mio-k Mmrh I I s inches I (! Ienc Hire Mann 1 II Inch lrfi leu. y for cor. pet lod in li ! II Inches I-f (i. len.y (or cor. period tn l4) .1.'." tn. I.ea I ' Colonist Trains 1 Arc Loaded with Seekers for Homes . . Tiousund People Put Ihrouf h . .4 Gateuay in Four -Days to Settle in the West. 7", , i.. , m. , '1 he last of the special colonist lining to th west via the fulon f'acif c. will leave this afternoon wiih more thnn ."o settle rs ' for the fm ms of the west aboard. Today s i ; tmln Is the lat of the great four day-.il i',"n:?:r.,"r.,,hLw:i!! TllTi lake up. shoved that few of them were poor Tolk going out to better their rundi- I tion. hut that many were substantial cltiz- en, Cf tm. middle went. who had f it the ; il sire either to go hark to the farm, or; wpn ttr)lt0(l0 farnrs of , rmm ; try who wished to no to (Mliornia and other western states. '""""V " them who left Friday, sturda and Min- day ha.1 monev with which to hoy land or had th land waiting for them at their 1... ln I destination. .... ........ brniiKht out a few, ready to start In and , minikin "in try nteir fortun;, m new and. he I trains held several newly wedded collides I who were aoinit out west and to srow tin ,lh ,h Brr,aii communities heinfj ntartea there. Five of the right tourist sleepers making tip the special of Monday, will start from Omaha, the others from Chicago. The In fluence If land ahows In bringing the iHnd proposition to the ntlnds of those Interested la plainly shown in the personnel of the traoln. as those aboard are all from tht sections of the middle west where the great land exhibitions weer held during the last winter. The special' train movement closing today Is the second one this spring and the last. Three special trains were run the early part of March. Momeseekera will be crowding the tourist trains through Omaha all summer and many of the trains will carry two and three extra cars for a great part of the coming warm weather to ac comodate the colonist travel. Miss Anne Morgan Annoyed by Cranks Father of the Girl Talks with His Lawyers, but Refuses to Giv the x Facts to the Reporters.- NKW YORK, "April S.-(8peclal Tele gram.) It waa learned today that J. P. Morgan had communicated to a firm of lawyers tha Intelligence that his daughter, Miss Anna Morgan, waa being followed and annoyed dally by a crank. Mr. Morgan expressed great anxlnt; reraising the v.el- far ot hla daughter, but ao far as eeuld be ascertained the police have not yet keon notified of the financier's worry. Mr. Morgan la said to have cautioned r"laenl lau 1188 recommended the en the lawyers about making any statement i of legislation to carry out provl- to the newspapers, demanding the utmost' secrecy. Miss Morgan has been identified with various industrial affairs for several years. She la on of the leaders In the woman's department of the Civic federation, a member of th Colonial club and a moving spirit In benevolent organisations. Miss Morgan, on her return from Europe , last October, denied th report that she was engaged to marry Don d Bourbon, pretender to th thron of Portugal. i v ! Postmaster Thomas is Off to Washington Accused Official Hastens to Capital Quizzes Witnesses Who Testi fied at Inquiry. News of the arrival In Washington of the report of Inspector Moss of the Civil Serv- i ice commission on the charges preferred by Dan Tillotson against Postmaster Thomas at Omaha has been the signal for th poatmasUr to hlk to Washington. He departed last cvenlnr. It is said tlu he received soma kind of a communication from official headquarters of the Civil Service commission which made him de-', clde that his presence was more necessary In Washington than In Omaha. Tostmaster Thomas has been putting in considerable time th last week Interviewing postal em ployes to get from them the substance of their testimony before th investigators, and explaining to them that he wanted to know Just what was In the record In order to b abl. to tram up hi defense. AGED HEAD OF CHURCH STIRS FEELINGS OF BIG AUDIENCE President Joseph Smith Says Book of Mormon Is Fnlflllaarat of Prophecy. l.AMONI, la., April . (Special Tele- : gram.) Poaaibly the moat Interesting meet- : Ing of the conference of the Latter Pay Saints was held this morning when Presl- i dent Joseph Smith spoke at the main audi- I torlum. President Smith, now in his soih j year, his hearing- Impaired.- and his.; eye-sight gone, though his intellect Is as I bright as ever, spoke to a vtry large con- j gregation. He spoke to some extent upon I the Bible and Its teachings, and then asked his son. Hale W. Smith, who waa In charge 1 of the meeting for another book, called the two records. As he held up the book he ald he believed he held before him the two records which Is the new testament conjoined under one cover, with the book of Mormon. This hook, he told his listener as a fulfillment of a prophecy In the Bible and he challenged anyone to contradict lilm when he said that no other sect or peopli iiad fulfilled that prophecy. He then testified In strongeH terms to his unfal tering belief In the divinity of the book of Mormon and told of a time when the voter j of the l-ord spoke to him In the presence of other men, who aept like children, tell-! Ing him in clarion tones that the book j of Mormon is of divine authority. lie told the congregation how glad he felt (hat God had permitted him thus to make the trip to th conference one more. He spoke cheertngly of hi bltndne and the uncer tainty of th time he would be allowed to remain with th people. Most of th audi, nee wne In fears at I the close of his sermon. F.en th choh , waited for a few minute hefure the closing ) anthem waa aung. 1 CONG I! ESS FACES STOHMY SESSION! Virtually Four Parties. Each with . R,,enl.tion. Working it I ' CT Odds on Proposed Legislation. (BRYAN DIVIDES THE DEMOCRATS Sharp Line Drawn Between Conserva- tivCS and FrOgTeSsivCS. uncertainty is the keynote Uneasiness Equally Distributed Be- tween Two Major Parties. rnwvrTTTTnw mp ksitf Ul tUJN Vi,JN UUiN Bib IbbUE Interview .len Ont h Brjan lleplorlna Fleetlnn nf Mnrtln Make nreaeh In Ranks More Prononneeil. WASHINCTON". .prll -It is dally be- , cominK n,anfe!t (Mat congress Is facing L Ktormy ,eHBion alld th,r, h, m(u)p j"" '"recast of the probable legislative re- .suits. The fact th.U both of the great po- Itittf'al liorilfla f ,1L,I.-1A,1 I- I.. litlral parties are divided Is no lonper urinr,i nnu iiir iraut appear IO nave ,,,,,, . ... , i little? hol.e of restortnir nntth tin nmrA fhan awta There are virtually four parties, em-h with a large representation, working at odds In the present session. The repullcan minority of th house la divided between regulars and Iiibui gents as whs evidenced by the vote ;n the speakership content. The breach between these two factions is even wider In the republican majority of the senate. A sharp line has been drawn between the conservative democrats of the Semite, who are opposed to any attempt at dictation by William Jennings liryan and the pro gressive democrats. Including practically all of the new members and several veter ans, like Senator Stone of Missouri, who are Bryan adherents. The house democratic majority seems to have escaped a break, but the leaders fear the party contest in the senate may at any time spread to the other branch. The situation has interfered ith the selection of committees and the beginning of legislative work. Mncb tncrrtaittty Kxlsta. nuuauiy mere never has Deen a congress where so much uncertainty existed and ' where the uneasiness has been so equally ' uic.Muicu ucmren inr iwo major political parties. Of course, this Is due, in part to the fact that in the present congress the democrats are in power in the house and the republicans are in control of the senate. The real cause of the ansfety Is bolieved to be due to the proximity of the party con tentions which will select the standard bearers for 1912 and the knowledge that a slip by either tn the extraordinary session or the regular session to follow may very ei).v determine tbe.rjsiill of tj next na tional campaigi. So far as the administration program Is ; concerned there Is no room for speculation. " icuiprociiy agree- hivmi, mu ii is no secret he- would be glad to have congress atop at that and defer the question of further revision until the regular aeslon assembles next winter. His reason for this Is that the tariff board will be able to report several schedules by that lime. Clark's Intentions Knom, Neither is there any obscurity about the Program or speaker t lark. Representative I'nderwood. chairman of the new ways and means committee, and other democrats who are directing the policy of the house. Their plan for progressive lenislatlon on several subjects with which the country has been familiar in the last year or so. has been given out. The division In' the democratic ranks probably would not have been so pro nounced If it hud not been for the inter view given by Mr. Bryan yesterday deplor ing the election of Mr. Martin. It thrown the issue In bold relief arid It ia freely pre. dieted It will crop out frequently In de- bate. if there Is ant disposition on the part of the conservatives In both parties to work together to prevent any radical re vision of the tani'ff it Is conceded that they will be able to ca-ry out their plans. The progressles of both parties, actuated by the spirit of crusaders, will not hesitate widen the gulf between the factions in ,nelr Parlies for they have announced that they are plavihg for future stakes, and su preme stakes at that Broken Bow Arson C'nae) I'oat ponrd, BROKEN BOW, Ntb., April 9. (Special.) Judge Hcstletler p district court today granted a continuance in the case of Willis Moore, who is charged with burning the I t'uuster county court house. The case will come up at the next Jury term In Pep tember . Mother's Long Missing Twenty yeais uno Mis. Joseph Latterly of Council Bluffs was Uken to a hospital alck unto death. She recovered, only to find her huhband gone and her two little children, a boy and a girl missing. 1-aler It was learned that the father bad placed the children, the boy aged 2. and the girl aged 3, In a "home " Here all trace of them waa lost. But the mother never gave over the sean h for her lost chil dren. She secured a divorce and an order from the court gl ing her th custody of th little ones, but the father disappeared without making good on hla piomlse to turn the chil dren over to their inolher. Mis. I.afferty married again, and is now the wile of N. J. i'alton ot Council Bluffs. Sim found her son a few ear ago In South Omaha, and he la now making headway as a law atu dent, ll was through his search of th record of the "home" In which he and hla sister was placed that trace 'of the missing girl was found. Shu had been adopted by a family named Mullen, and look their name. When dlcoeied she was wot king as a stenographer In the law office of C. a Bah, o. k at Sheldon, la. Here her mother vlslied her during the week, and the reunion is to he followed by the permanent reunion of the family In Coiimil Bluffs alter May 1. w lien Miss Cen rv le w III give vrr her empio inent and o in Ire wuh her luuihir and Mep- tatht-r. From the -wahlniton Herald ENGLAND FACES NEW DANGER ' " ; " Rats Run Rampant, Spreading Terror Over the British Isles MODERN CAT NO LONGER WORKS Seventy-Five Millions of Dollars An nnallr the Valor of Property Destroyed by Rodents, Says Secretary Mnlthevra. J-OXf JOy, - Arfi l! t"Bbt( gram I Menaces to the t:.fty or England con tinue to multiply. The German peril is always present: the free trade threat against the IntegHty of the empire is an old friend; socialist spoliation often clouds the future, and- recently the country has heard much about the white bread danger. The latest source of perturbation is the discovery In England that "the balance of nature has been upset." and that In numerable evils are expected to flow from this dislocation. So many of the natural enemies of rata hate been destroyed that the long-tailed terrors are rampant In every direction and the AssnciuUd Cham bers of Commerce are advancing In a solid phalanx against the rodents. "Incredible though It seems." says Secre tary Matthews of this organization, "the country suffers from rats to the extent oaJ JT.vOOO .000 annually. .Nor is the plague oi rats the only sign of the disturbed balance of nature. The Board of Agriculture hui ordered a general attack on the migrant pigeons, which are descending by hundreds and destroying whole cloverfields Ui va rious parts of Kngland. "Itooks, larks and Starlings, some work ing in one place and some In another, have more than decimated the wheat ffelds. Finches have destroyed the buds in acres of fruit trees in Kent and Buckinghamshire from one end to the other, and the Isle of Wight Is suffering from the bee disease. "All these evils are due to mean med dling with the course of nature. The fox, the deadliest foe of rats. Is about the only enemy of those pests that we have not killed off. Hawks and stoats are nearly all gone. Owls and hawks should, be strictly preserved. The modern cat might as well be killed. It does nothing more than howl. Cats used to make themselves valuable by catching rats and mice. Now they scorn work so. vulvar and food so coarse. Nothing M good enough for them except canary. "Only a national movement can do any good. The county councils must act to- Continued on Second Page.) Quest for Daughter Wins fife?. MISa ciL.NKV IKV K xl L 1.1. t. N s i i - rrJl And the Cat Came Back t '' -"Hf 7"."U ,V. .v" I, A T - I H H-e H 1 Lsf' rMWM' Six Months for Failing to Destroy Revenue Stamps on Cigar Boxes Pool Hall Proprietor at Hurley, S. D., Must Also Pay Fine of Fifty Dollars. SIOl'X FALLS. S. !., April 9 (Special.) After bring out only, about an hour a jury in the I'nlted states court returned a verdict ,.f a'.ittv l- the case, of thert'nUed States against K. K. Benson, a pool hall proprietor of Hurley, who was tried on an indictment charging that he had failed to deface the internal revenue stamps on six empty cigar boxes from which he had sold cigars In his place of business. Two of the boxes were offered by the govern ment as exhibits In the case. Soon after the jury returned Its verdict. Judge Wlll ard of Minnesota, who Is presiding at the present term of federal court sentenced Benson to a term of six months In the Yankton county jail and Imposed In addi tion a fine of $.V) and costs. A verdict of not guilty was returned by a Jury In the rase of the I'nlted States against August Zolnowsky, a retail liquor dealer of Tyndall, who was charged with selling liquor to a mixed-blood Indian named George I.amoreaux. Winston Churchill Puts Story at Rest Secures Damages Against Spencer, : Who Charges that During Boer War He Broke His Parole. I-ONTMJN, April 9. (Special Cablegram ) For several years Winston Churchill, the home secretary, has been annoyed by a persistent story that while he was a Boer prisoner during the war in South Africa he broke his parole and escaped. Today he took measures to prevent any further circulation, of the story, by bringing suit for slander against one Spencer, a political speaker, who. during the recent election repeated the calumny. Mr. Churchill's counsel declared to the court that there whs not the slightest foundation for the sloiy. Mr. Churchill had hitherto Ignoied It. hut its repetition for political purposes during the last two elections had forced him to demand dam ages as the most effective means of kill ing the story. The case ended by Spencer a poluKlziiiK. The Jiidye then condemned hlin to pay damages in a nominal sum. ! Grand Army Libel Suit is Dismissed Criminal Charge Against Former Commander Morgan of Kansas Stricken from Docket. Tol'KlxA. Kan., April 9. The (irand At my of (he Bepuhlir libel suit which has been in I lie courts for sf v, ral years was finally disposed of yesterday when the (oiirt affirmed t lie dlsm sal of the suit. The action as a criminal one In which Captain P. SI Conev was the prosecuting w,,nc-s W. A. Morgan, then department roiiunaniler of the Crand Army of the Re public, was the principal defend. int. and (lire -iiii- six others. Tie charge a.f thai ihey had circulated a fsl-e and Tan ijeious si"ry about Captain ( 'oney lo de feat him fnr natioiia' 1 ommatid r. The fir.-l Hint risiiltiij lii a disaereeioent o( the jury and the court ihsinl-sed the case. The .-late appiabil and Hie supreio. coun iiuw s'isiain-i the dismissal. rrklK to I lull Mill loin of Hole. 1 1 1 : '-:!.! ." :. W ',"a April ! 'Special Televiaio , - i'ri d .1. .1 I.-, a lisM earth If'Hioi. .1 fi .-iiie npi red ,11 the ard of Mr.-. Kri d A Uliu-as pi op. in 1.11 00 1 liett about noon lielav aii as Mrs Klrcg ran 111'" tin' yanl she itepixd into ipilck sand in the chasiii and sank i lur ihn.ai hrfttn- sin- could be lal.i -i out A f.ftnu- fieil po!tr thiut in in. -and sunk ovt of j sight A geologist of tnf Weal Vliglllia: State biiiersii., uiil he ci'etl in to aacer- litit, fi.r tut- Mtitlf ,.f band i mil - "It I is ill tin center of the. rend. 'nee se, tioi Y1EWS OF BAILEY ON BRYAN Senator from Texas Declares the Nebraskan Dominates House. PURPOSE IS TO MAKE TROUBLE Southerner Fixed In Hla Opinion that Next Year the Man of Fair view Will Be Candidate of the Democracy. WASHINGTON. April S.(Spcial. Tele g.am.i By long odds the most Interesting figure In Washington this w"k has been W. J. Bryan of Nebraska. .Mr. Bryan has been advising with the democratic leaders In both branches of congress, and Is cred ited with having taken an active -art in the unsuccessful effort to prevent the selection of Senator Martin of Virginia as minority leader In the upper branch. That Mr. Bryan's presence and. activity is distasteful to some of the more con servative democratic leade s Is evidenced by a bitter Interview with Senator Bailey of Texas, printed toi ay. Mr. Bnlley taid: "Mr. Bryan now absolutely dominates the house of representatives. He deliberately came to Washington lo organize the rad icals and make war on everybody else Ho had no business here, except to make trouble, and trying to drive his party away from its sound anil historic position. "These men pretend they are fighting me personally, but they are not so much op posed to me as they are opposed to my views and the views of those who stand wilh me In the senate. I Harmony Prior to Bryan's Advent. "Before Bryan came down here there was no trouble among the democrats In the senate. They were harmonious and acting together. There was no hint ot dis sension. Mr. Bryan came on the ground went about among the new members and stirred up not merely a protest, but a riot. "Mr. Bryan and the radicals attack me as a protectionist. Any man who says I am a protectionist la a fool. They argue that I am a protectionist because 1 have voted for protective duties, but I want to point out that whenever I have done so, 1 have voted for lower duties. "What they call 'Balleyism' Is simply the fundamental doctrines of the demo cratic party. Mr. Bryan and Ids followers first announced that they were opposed to me as a minority leader In the senate. 1 could have had the leadership by a clear majority, but I would not take it. because I did not consider myaelf temperament ally fitted for It. "it was then proposed that Sepator Haron of Georgia, one of the most ex perienced and Intelligent democrats In the senate, should be the minority leader. (Continued on Second Page ) Omaha Taxicab aid 1 Auto Livery Co. r tl Aki-lilo ttom am PARI Of TM CI TV Hivrj AV 4fcf tat'rWt nma a twin mm 1 OMAHA. NEB March 16. Ull. The Bee Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb. 4 Gentlemen: have noticed the testimonials of Vice advertisers that, have appeared now for geveral day, and. feel that I would, like- lo help the good work by contributing Juki on, morn good word in favor of The Bee hr an advertising, niodiuni. V commenced to use The Bee regularly during the lat ter part of 1910, and the reattltg obtained hae Ixeii far be yond what we had anticipated firmly 1011 viuclng us, tbat Bee advertising ts the right way to tell people about our car and ftrvlce. One feature of Bee advertising that is especially appre elated is the service given us by your special service depart ment; for this aervice means considerable to the man who has neither the time nor the inclination to devote hlmaelf to the preparation of advertising copy. You hsve our unreserved perminslon to use (his letter, should you see fit to do so, as a recommendation of !e ad vertising Yours very truly. LKGlSLATUJtE TO AlMOUliNS TODAY j House and Senate Agree to Changes in General Maintenance Appro I printion Bill. i COMPROMISE AT LAST ARRANGED ! New Steel Grandstand Fund Cut to Fifteen Thousand. I PARTY PLEDGES FORGOTTEN? Many Members ofRoth Houses Not Proud of Record. GOOD ROADS REFORMS FAIL Democratic Majority Snciesstnl In I oprliOlna nma ef Xhb') Whl.h Uill Total f ar Mnrr 'I'lian Kxprrleit, (From a Staff Correspondent ) T.INCol.N. April .-(Spci la! V.Th Thirty-second Nebraska legislature w II Iremaln In session until some time Monday. By that time ail the hills which have been going through the engrossing profess will have been sinned In the presence nf the houses and rcad to go lo the governor. The big appropriation bill for general main tenance which was the bone of contention nil dav Saturday and most of the night, was finally reported out of the conference coiomlttw. Trrt house and senste agreed to the changes In It this morning. The compromise was between the agricultural men who wanted money for the slate fair and the university men who wanted tH.(K fo rthe State university. The J100.000 for the fair grounds, which waa to have been expended for a new steel grandstand, was rut to fri.oon, which will be used fnr general repairs, and the uni versity fund to S170.WO. The money for the university will he divided equally between the agricultural school and the city cam pus. An Item of J4O.O00 for the Beatrice Institute for Feeble Minded, which was pui into the bill by the senate at the urging oT Senator Jansen. was the only large amount cut from the bill. As the bills were finally passed the total appropriation for the maintenance of all state institutions except ing the university was $:'.W4,:',I0. a slightly smaller amount than was expected when the members were In the midst of adding Items lo it ad libitum. Party Pledge Forgotten f Members of both houses assert the legis lature w hich is just drawing to a cloae ha not distinguished Itself by the closeness with which It' has adhened to paily pledges. The nonpartisan board of control was saved at the last moment by a surgkal operation, which grafted upon a republican bill which hud passed the aubslance of a democratic bill by Matrau oni Madison. Reapportionment after much protest from rcjublli;ans was finally ' ' ompHshnl in a fairly satisfactory rtarinr;A7 Judicial re- ., apportionment bill awalfs th governor s signature. By the help and voles cf republicans and over the protests of most of the regular democrats a very conservative Initiative and referendum law went through. The author of it declares that It Is the most unprogrrsslvs bill In existence as a slate law anywhere In the country, but If the republicans had tried to Insist on a hill that really fulfilled the democratic plat form pledges they would probably have failed. Good Hoada Reform Fall. Good roads legislation started out with a flourish, a special committee and fliit chances of success and real accomplish ment, but the fear of breaking up county political machines or something els kept legislators from passing bills which th commit lees recommended. None of the widespread and progressive reforms which would have taken the hlghwajs out of the control of small community politics and put them on a sound business ba.ils Were passed. The democratic promise to th south western part of the slate for a new agri cultural school has been fulfilled. Home rule for cities over 6,000 and biennial elections have been arranged for. The democratic majority has appropriated sums of money which have not yet been totalled, but which .will be enormously larger than was expected. In the matter of a nonpartisan Judiciary It passed a bill which tha governor vetoed. Promi nent democratic politicians admitted after the thing was disposed of that the gov ernor had done only what was reasonable. Aged Man Lost on Pralrl. PIKUKH, S. U., April a (Special. I A small boy, herding i attic on the prairie near Caps the last. week, found an old man by the name of Welch wandering, evidently lust on the prairie, clad only In night rube and slippers. The day waa damp ami cold, and the old man was al most exhausted and thoroughly chilled, and completely bewildered as to where be was. He waa led to the home of Hi small herder and cared for until his relatives could be notified. lM