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CONQRE88.
The r.enato panned tho military
r.cadomy appropriation bill carrying
$1,125,000.
Senato passed over president's voto
Webb bill to prohibit shipment of
liquor to dry etatos.
Senator Shoppard Introduced a bill
to forbid change of eizo and color of
present paper money.
Senate pased naval appropriation
bill, with an amondment to authorize
tho construction of two battleships.
Rcllablo Information says William J.
Bryan of Nebraska hrts boon named aB
tho secretary of stato in tho now Wll
eon cabinet.
Sonator Owen Introduced resolution
calling on secretary of interior for all
correspondence on proposod Osago In
dian oil land leases.
A bill to reduce tho number of of
ficers for each regiment of Infantry,
cavalry and field artillery was intro
duced in tho House by Chairman Hay
of tho houno military affairs commit
tee. Tho senato pnsBod a resolution call
ing on 'tho sccrotary of tho treasury
hr all correspondence rolatlng to
treasury ordor No. 5, requiring cus
toms rocolpts to bo d6postted in na
tional banks.
Tho senato will tako no action at
this session on tho treaty recently ne
gotiated with tho republic of Nicar
agua, by which tho United States
would sccuro, for tho sum of $3,000,000,
a perpetual and oxcluslvo right to
build nn inter-oceanic canal through
that country.
Tho pdstofneo appropriation bill, car
rying approximately $283,000,000, nn
lncreaso of nearly $3,000,000 over tho
houso bill, wnB passed by tho senato.
Tho largest elnglo Item in tho bill is
for the transportation of mails on rail
routes, $51,G00,000 being authorized by
tho senato for this purpose.
That a man cannot llvo on $720 a
year and "keep up appoarancos" wau
tho decision of tho senato when it
overturned Its postofilco commlttoo,
voted out $720 salaries for postal
clerks and mall cnrrlors and accept
ed tho $800 minimum salary previous
ly flxod by tho house.
Tho effort that Sonator Gamble of
South Dakota has been making to bo
euro tho location of a now land ofllco
nt Cartor, S. D., met with success
when President Taft signed an order
which abolishes tho two land oIIIccb at
Chamberlain and Gregory in that Btnto
and established a now ono nt Cartor.
Houso and senato gavo tho annual
appropriation bills a vigorous push to
wards completion and mndo marked
inroads upon amass of loglslatlvo mat
tor that has crowdod tho calendars of
tho congress. Tho last appropriation
measure, tho general deficiency bill,
paused tho houso and that body linn
only conference reports to act upon
from now until adjournment. Tho gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill carry
ing $24,058,245 pnsBed tho houso with
practically no opposition.
GENERAL.
A memorial to congress suggesting
the annexation of Sonora and Lowor
California to tho Unltod Statos was
Introduced in tho Arizona Btnto Bon
nto rccontly.
Pollco Captain WalBh of Now York,
Implicated by Policeman Fox, self
confessed collector of protection
money, who later confessed to having
recelvod graft money from Fox, has
pleaded guilty.
With a stethoscope applied to his
cars, Karl W. Schneider, a manufac
turer of surgical instruments at Phil
adelphia, listened to his heart record
Its dying bents after ho had plorccd
that organ with a stool lance.
Carvod marblo is to perpetuate
tho fumo of "Uncle .Too" Cannon in
congross. Superintendent of tho cap
Jtol, E. "Woods, stated that a marblo
bust is to bo presented to conross by
tho "Snge of Danvlllo," and plnced in
the main rotunda of tho houso odlco
building.
Rov. II, Miller Scott, former pastor
of tho Butler Avenuo Congregational
church at Lincoln, Nob., who has
been attending Columbia university,
in New York, has accoptod n call to
Flushing, Long Island.
Whllo bathing at her homo at Dob
Moines, la., Mrs. E. B. Austin ,wns
.electrocuted by a "massage vibrator."
James I, Gillespie, a fireman, was
Wiled and a dozen others narrowly es
caped death when a building collapaod
at Atlanta, Ga.
Joo Rivers, tho lightweight boxer,
and Miss Paulino Sllrt, daughter of a
Santa Monica contractor, will bo mar
ried In Lob Angeles soon.
Salt Lake City has been chosen by
tho executive commlttoo as tho meet
ing placo for tho convention of tho
National Education association to bo
held July C to 10.
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Tho government has awarded tho
contract for building tho battleship
States civil eervlco examina
tions for different positions will bo
held throughout tho country during
tho spring.
Moving picturo men, testifying for
tho government In Now York, de
scribed operations of tho "moving
picturo trust" In opposing tho busi
ness of an indopondent company.
Tho department of state at Wash
ington has authorized Ambassador
Horrlck to lease new offices for the
American embassy at Ruo Chnlllot
Franco.
An engngoment of fifty-two years
will bo culminated at La Crosse, Wis.,
with tho marriage of John Knight, 70,
and Lydla Rood, CO, of Elborta, Mich.
Tho couple becamo engaged -In 1861.
Emporor William of Gormany lost
a lawsuit brought against him by a
tonant farmer named SohsL whom ho
boasted during a recent speech that
ho liad "thrown out because ho waB
no good."
Arrested for a series of small for
geries, A. J. Helnn, founder and for
mor presldont of a looso leaf book
manufacturing company of Milwaukee,
gouged out both of his oyes in Bolf
punishment. Representatives of tho bathtub trust
convicted of criminal conspiracy In re
straint of trado havo given notice that
thoy will pay tho fines Imposed on
them If tho govornment will cancel a
second criminal indictment.
By a voto of 244 to 95 tho houso
repassed over President Taft's veto,
tho Webb bill, prohibiting shipments
of intoxicating liquors into "dry
states." Tho aenato passed it over
tho veto and tho bill now 'becomes
law.
Tho recont storm put a crimp in
car loading on Nebraska railroads.
Beginning with tho start of tho storm
grain and stock loading dropped off
and tho record for two or threo days
bears a closo rcsomblance to Sunday
loading records.
Josoph Ellison, aged 73 yoars, a vpt
oran of tho civil wur from Frodcricks
burg; la., and a member of tho sol
diers' homo, wandered away from
Marshnlltown, la., and frozo to death
on tho Missouri & St- Louis right-of-way.
Dr. B. Clark Hydo's purchase of
cyanldo shortly beforo tho death of
Colonel Thomas II. Swopo, with tho
explanation that ho wanted tho drug
"to kill dogs with" was tho point
which tho Btato attempted to bring
out at tho Hydo murder trial in Kan
sas City. '
ThomaB and Robert Holmes who
aro belloved to bo tho oldost twins In
tho west, celobrated tholr eighty-first
birthday at Long Boach, Calif. Both
aro in good health and spirits. Tho
twInB Jointly hold tho office of post
master at Albion, WIb., for thlrty-ono
yoarB.
Tho Unlvorslty of Iowa will 3ond
tho first psychologist to bo a membor
of a polar expedition north this spring
with Vllhjul Stofansson. Luther E. Wi
den of Iowa will accompany tho ox
poditlon with a comploto lnbaratory
outfit of psychological apparatus to
moasuro tho efllcloncy of tho Eskimo
mind.
Tho United StatcB, it Is stated in a
Washington dispatch, has begun an
action beforo tho Intorstato commerce
commission to provont what is called
an attempt by tho Union Pacific Rail
way company to monopolize all tho
traffic bound for tho Pacific northwest
from polntB in tho mlddlo west and
great lako points.
On orders from tho Department of
Justice at Washington indictments
brought at Dallns, Tex., for alloged
violation of tho Sherman anti-trust
law by oinclalB of tho Standard Oil
company of Now York, tho Stnndnrd
Oil company of New Jersey and tho
Magnolia Potroleum company of Tex
as havo been nollo-prossed.
Tho Indiana eonatc has passed tho
house corrupt practices net bill,
which makes it a crime In Indiana for
a newspaper to publish "any artlclo
or cartoon" tending "to oxposo to ridi
cule, hatred or contempt" any person
at any oloctlon, and providing a flno
of from $500 to $1,000 and imprison
ment for not moro than a yonr for
oaoh offonso.
Thomas It. Marshall, vlco president
elect, rofuaed $4,800, that amount
being carried in tho regular appropria
tion bill to rolmburso Mr. Marshall for
monoy spent for houso rent, light,
heat and water during his four years
as governor of Indiana. Tho formor
governor said ho did not buliovo tho
appropriation constitutional, and Bont
word to tho conference committeo to
strlko out the $4,800.
For half an hour after ho had killed
floorgo 13, Marsh, an aged manufac
turer of Lynn, Mass., William A. Dorr
drovo up and down tho Lynn boule
vard with tho body propped up bosido
him In tho single Rent of his runabout.
Tho Department of Justlco has re
sumed its Investigation of tho Amor
lean Smelting nnd Refining company,
to determine whether It is a "smelt.
Ing truBt" in violation of tho Sher
man anti-trust law.
SPORT.
Tho Chicago Nationals, In training
at Tampa, Flu., played their fhst ox
hlbltlon gamo of tho season, defeating
tho Havana (Cuba) Athletics, 4 to 2.
Four men will represont tiro Uni
versity of Nobraska in tho Indoor
moot which is to be held in Kansas
City.
So widespread has become tho in
torost in golf and so many Its do ve
toes that courses havo boon built In
nearly every part of tho civilized
world within the. last ,fow. years,
10 W
WILSON
E PRESI
Many Thousands Witness His In
duction Into Office.
CEREMONIES ARE IMPRESSIVE
New Executive of Nation Takes Oath
on Eat Portico of Capitol After
Marshall Becomes Vice
President. By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington, March 4. Woodrow
Wilson of Now Jersey Is president of
the United States and Thomas Riley
Marshall of Indiana is vice-president.
Tho nstont that the oath-taking cere
monies at noon today in front of tho
capital wero completed, tho Democrat
ic party of this country "camo into Its
own" again after an absenco of six
teen years from tho precincts of ex
ecutive power.
A throng of many thousands of
people witnessed tho nowly elected
president's induction Into offlco. Nlno
tenths of tho members of tho crowd
were enthusiastically joyful, tho othor
88-eaEDra-
Presldent Woodrow Wilson.
tenth cheered with them, as becoming
good American citizens watching a
governmental change ordered In ac
cordance with tho law nnd tho Con
stitution Tho Blblo which during each suc
cessive four years is kept as ono of
th'o treasures of tho Supremo court,
was tho Immediate Instrument of tho
oath taking of Woodrow Wilson. Ed
ward Douglass White, chief justice of
tho United StatcB, held tho Book for
Mr. Wilson to rest his hands upon
whilo ho made Bolomn covenant to
support tho Constitution nnd tho'laws
of tho United States, and to fulfill tho
duties of his offlco as well and as
faithfully ub it lay within his power
to do.
Thomns Riley Marshall Bworo feal
ty to tho Constitution and to tho
people In tho Bonato chamber, whero
for four yoars it will bo his duty to
presido over tho deliberations of tho
members of tho uppor houso of con
gress. Ceremonies Simple and Impressive.
Both of the coremonios proper wero
conducted In a sovoroly slmplo but
most ImpresBlvo manner. Tho sur
roundings of tho scene of tho presi
dent's Induction into offlco, however,
woro not bo simple, for It was an out-of-door
event and tho great gathoring
of military, naval nnd uniformed civil
organizations gavo much moro than a
touch of splondor to tho scene.
In tho senate chambor, whoro tho
tho onth was taken by tho man now
vlce-prosldont of tho United States,
thoro wero gathered about 2,000
people, all that tho uppor houso will
contain without tho risk of danger
bocauso of tho rush and press of (ho
multitudes. It is probablo that no
where elso in tho United States at
any tlmo aro thoro gathered an equal
uumbor of men and women whoso
namos aro so widely known. The
gathering in tho senato chamber and
later on tho eust portico of tho capl
tol was composed largely of those
promlnout for their sorvlcos In Amer
ica, and in part of foreigners who
havo secured places for their names
In tho curront history of tho world's
doings.
Arranged by Congress.
Tho nrrnngemonts of tho ceremonies
for.tho inauguration of Woodrow Wil
son nnd Thomau Riley Marshal) wero
mado by tho Joint commlttoo on nr
rangemonts of congress. Tho Bonato
section of this committee was ruled
by a majority of Republicans, but
there is Democrntio testimony to tho
tact that tho Republican senators
woro willing to outdo their Democratic
"brethren in the work of making or
derly and Impressive tho inaugural
coromonies in honor of two chioftalus
of tho opposition.
Presldont Taft and President-elect
Wilson rodo togothor from tho Whlto
Houso to the cnpltol, accompanied by
two mombors of tho congressional
commlttoo of arrangements. Tho vice-president-elect
also rodo from tho
Whlto Houso to tho capltol and In tho
carriago with him wero tho senate's
presldont pro tempore, Senator Bacon
of Georgia, and threo mombors of tho
congressional commlttoo of arrange
ments. Tho admission to tho senate cham
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(S3-
ber to witness tho oath-taking of the
vice-president was by ticket, nnd It
is ncodlcss to say ovory Beat was
occupied. On tho floor of tho cham
ber wero many former membdrs of
tho senato who, becauso of tho fact
that they onco held membership In
that body, wero given tho privileges
of tho floor. After tho hall was filled
and all tho minor officials of govern
ment and thoso privileged to witness
tho coremonles wero seated, William
H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson, preced
ed by tho sergeant-at-arms and the
commlttoo of arrangements, entered
tho sonnto chamber. They wero fol
lowed Immediately by Vice-PresldenU
eloct ThomaB R. Marshall, leaning
upon tho arm of tho president pro
tempore of tho senate.
Tho president and tho president'
elect sat in tho first row of scats di
rectly In front and almost under tho
desk of the presiding officer. In the
same row, but to their loft, wero tho
vlce-presldentHolect nnd two formoi
vice-presidents of tho United States,
Levi P. Morton of Now York and Ad
lal A. Stovenson of Illinois.
When tho distinguished company en
tered tho chambor tho senate was
still under Its old organization. Tho
oath of offlco was immediately admin
istered to Vice-President-elect Mar
shall, w'ho thereupon becamo Vice
President Marshall. Tho prayer of tho
day was given by tho chaplain of the
senate, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pas
tor of All Souls' Unitarian church, of
which President Taft has been a mem
ber. After tho prayer tho vlco-presi-dent
administered the oath of office
to all tho newly chosen senators, and
therowlth tho senato of tho United
Stntes passed for tho first time in
years into the control of tho Demo
cratic party.
Procession to East Portico.
Immediately aftor tho senate cere
monies a procession wasf formed to
march to tho platform of tho east por
tico of tho capltol, where Woodrow
Wilson 7,-as to take tho oath. Tho pro
cession Included tho president and tho
president-elect, members of tho Su
premo court, both houses of congress,
all of tho foreign ambassadors, all of
tho heads of tho executive depart
ments, many governors of states and
territories, Admiral Dewey of tho navy
and soveral high officers of tho sea
service, tho chief of staff of tho army
and mnny distinguished persons from
civil lifo. They were followed by tho
members of tho press and by those
persons who had succeeded l'n secup
lng seats In the senate galleries to
witness tho day's proceedings.
When President Taft and tho president-elect
emerged from tho capltol
on to tho portico they saw in front
of them, reaching far back Into the
park to the cast, an lmmonso con
course of citizens. In tho narrow lino
between the onlookers and tho plat
form on which Mr. Wilson was to tako
tho oath, wore drawn up tho cadets
of tho two greatest government
schools, West Point and Annapolis,
and flanking them wero- bodies of reg
ulars and of national guardsmen. Tho
wholo Dcono was charged with color
and with life.
On reaching tho platform tho presi
dent and president-elect took the
seats reserved for them, scatB which
wero flanked by mnny rows of bonchea
rising tier on tier for tho accommoda
tion of the friends and families of the
officers of tho government and of the
press.
Mr. Wilson Takes tho Oath.
Tho Instant that Mr. Taft and Mr.
Wilson camo within sight of tho crowd
thoro was a great outburst of np
plauBO, and tho military bands struck
quickly into "Tho Star Spangled Ban
ner." Only a few bars of the musla
wpro played and then soldiers and ci
vilians became silent to witness re
spectfully tho oath taking and to
listen to tho address which followed.
Tho chief Justlco of tho Supremo
court delivered tho oath to tho president-elect,
who, uttering tho words,
3iifW?rtrtUMftfflBWnrTO1VmW tlUMtfi ilffl
Chief Justlco White.
"I will," becamo president of tho
United Statos. As soon as thlB cere
mony was completed Woodrow Wilson
delivered his Inaugural address, his
first speech to his fellow countrymen
in tho capacity of their chief execu
tive. At tho conclusion of tho speech tho
bandB played onco moro, and William
Howard Taft, now ox-presldent of the
Unltod States, entered a carriage with
tho now presidont and, reversing the
ordor of an hour beforo, sat on the
loft hand side of the carriage, while
Mr. Wilson took "tho seat of honor"
on tho right Tho crowds cheered as
thoy drove away to tho White House,
which Woodrow Wilson entored as the
occupant and which William II. Taft
immediately left as., ono whoso lease
had expired.
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ONE BODY FOUND IN RUINS
This Brings the Total of KnovVn
Dead to Four Search is
Temporarily Malted
CAUSE OF FIRE IS
Authorities Seem Convinced That It Started from
furnace Property Damage $185,000.00
Omaha. After working from 7 o'clock Sunday morning until 5 o'clock
in tho evening, Commissioner Al Kugol called a halt to the work In searching
in tho ruins of tho Dewey hotel temporarily. When tho men quit work tholr
search for moro bodies of victims of tho horrible fire had boen unrowarded.
No moro bodies had been recovered and indications wero that no moro wouH
be, located.
Firo Chief Salter, who remained nt tho scene of tho lire almost tho en
tire day, said ho hail given up hope of over unearthing moro bodies. "We
have searched that part of tho building whero the victims were supposed to
havo gone down," be said, "nnd -have found nothing and It is my belief that
all tho dead havo been accounted for. I hardly bellovo that, any wore
cromated."
Tho body of Mrs. Alice Bonevleu,
sister of Mrs. C, E. WInkins, acting
manager of tho burned Dowey hotel,
was recovered from the ruins at 4
o'clock Saturday morning. It Is tho
only body discovery up to the pres
ent tlmo.
Tho Identification wns mado by
Floyd Wilkin!, son of Mrs. Wilklns,
and by Night Clork Nold. A Russian
pony coat and a gold necklace fur
nished tho means of identification.
Workmen aro now digging in tho
portion of tho ruins in which bodies
of othor victims are believed to bo
buried. Nearly half of the ruins
which crumbled into the basement
havo been clearod up. Another por
tion of the ruins contains much parti
ally burned lumber, and comparative
ly little brick, and will not tako moro
than twenty-four hours to clear up.
Tho body which was discovered was
found in the engine room of tho base
ment, under a great heap of ice-coated
wreckage. Sam George and John
Shady, laborers in the employ of tho
street department, stuck their picks
into a pile of bedclothes, and with
drew them immediately upon discov
ering tho charred stump of a leg pro-
truding.
Tho body wa3 burned almost be
yond resemblance of a human form.
Both legs were burned off, one to the
knee, and the other a littlo higher up.
Tho face was completely obliterated,
and tho hair charred so that it was
impossible to tell what color it had
boon.
Tho black Russian pony coat, most
ly destroyed by fire, covered the up
por part of the chest and back, and a
portion of tho armn. An earring,
containing a sot, which may bo a'ruby,
was In ono oar, tho other ear being
destroyed.
Of a dozen acquaintances of Mrs.
Alice Bonevleu, who have called at
tho morgue of Coroner Crosby, none
wore able to identify the body posi
tively. Somo declared that Mrs.
Bonovleu bad a pony coat, and this
proved tho best identification clue.
Tho coat evidently had boen donned
Known to be Saved:
Mark Hemmlngway, Ewlng, Neb.
E. T. Comer, Elmwood, Neb.
Mrs. C. E. Wilklns.
Olaf Jornberg, Genoa.
S. A. Anderven, Genoa.
John Plerson, Mend, Neb.
AJton Wicklund, Mead, Neb.
A. R. Bruce, Broken Bow, Neb.
Dwight Porter, Broken Bow.
O. H. Conrad, Broken Bow,
Vidar Headman, Genoa.
Cloyd Athey, Broken Bow.
Grace Burton, Ruthvcn, la.
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View of Fire-Wrecked Dewey Hote-I.
STILL A MYSTERY
The Known Dead.
Charles Cummings, bartender at
the Henshaw.
Unknown man, about 50 years
old.
Mrs. Alice Bonnevue, sister of
Mrs. C. . Wilklns, wife of the
proprietor of the hotel.
A man named Beverly, who
worked at the Cole oyster house.
The injured:
Mrs. C. E. Wilklns, serious burns
and mental collapse.
Miss Llda Nelson, chambermaid,
broken leg and burns.
Grace Lee, 104 South Eleventh
street, minor burns.
Izzle Stlpps, mailer, at hospital
with bruises.
lola Jennings, 838 North Nine
teenth street, burned about face
and body.
Clara Newman, 838 North Nine
teenth street, slightly burned.
Mark Henenway, Ewlng, Neb.,
hands cut by glass.
Robert Olived, fireman, foot hurt
by flying hose.
Grace Burton, 822 Spring street,
condition serious.
in a great hurry, immediately after
tho alarm of Are had boen spread in
the building. Thoro wero no clothoa
under tho coat.
Tho report which was first circulat
ed that a man by tho name of Bever
ly, who worked at tho Colo Oyster,
house, had been burned and which
was later refuted, may still prove to
bo correct. A man by tho name of
Hanson It has beon learned was tak
en for Beverly. Hanson works at
the Colo Oyster company and Beverly
was a waiter at a local restaurant, but
just which ono no one seems to know.
Manager Nold of the Dowoy hotel said
ho had seen nothing nor heard any
thing about tho whereabouts of Bever
ly and believes that he went down in
tho flamos. Bovorly's first name was
Charles and ho was a regular roomor
at tho hotel and consequently his
namo did not appear on tho register,
which was found.
Just what caused the blaze never
will be known. It is not far wrong,
however, to say that it originated in
tho furnace room In tho bnsement of
tho hotel. This plant supplied heat
for the entire building, including the
business houses on the ground floor.
Tho blaze was first seen by nn A.
D. T. watchman, who was making his
rounds. This was about 4; 46 o'clock
so far aB can h determined. At that
time tho flames appeared to be. eating
their way through the whole structure.
There come a big puff like a muffled
explosion, then death and ruin.
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