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D. H. CRONIN, Publisher,
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Calvary Episcopal church has Just
coma Into possession of a rare ami
valuable memento. This Is a large
white stone taken from the central
tower of the world famous Canterbury
cathedral, England. The stone has been
set In the west wall of Calvary
This stono was placed In tho
tower of Canterbury cathedral In 1480
when some repair work and altera
tions were being mad© and remained
there until a year or so ago, when a
portion of the tower was tom down
to be replaced by modern work made
necessary by the ravages of time and
tho elements. The stone Is quite an
ordinary piece of masonry, simply a
block of sandstone cut from a famous
quarry In France. It Is very white and
clean looking and measures possibly
two feet each way.
Up In the Cobalt mining district of
Canada, Just eight miles south of the
new mining town called Cobalt, at
Rngged Chutes, on the Montreal river,
Is on extraordinary power plant from
which more than 6,000-horse power In
compressed air is gained by making,
capturing and confining air bubbles. It
Is the largest natural air compressor
plant In the world, the compression be
ing effected by the direct action of fall
ing water, trapping particlos of air In
its descent and ufterwards liberating
them In a confined chamber under pres
sure.
i Miss Dennis Martin and Miss Gladys
Martin, twin sisters, of Eldorado
Springs, Mo., have made the highest
grade made in the University of Mis
souri during the last four years. They
tied on an average grado of 97.8 and
headed, the list of five seniors to be
elected to tho Phi Beta Kappa. The
girls are In their 20th year and dur
ing the four year* they havo been
students In the university they have
Invariably made the same gnide,
though they never study together and
■seldom 'receive each other’s help.
Major Henry L. Hlgglnson. In a let
ter to tho Boston papers thanks tho
■women for taking off their hats at the
concert of the symphony orchestra.
'It may not bo amiss,” ho adds, “to
remind the ladles that many men are
bald and suffer from unavoidable
drafts, but do not wear their hats Per
haps the ladles will draw comfort from
the fact that their hair, hereafter to be
In view, Is at the worst more attractive
than their hats, and Is often beautiful.”
Walters In Paris cafes have to be
capable walkers. The proprietor of a
boulevard cafe gave some of his wait
ers a pedometer, a»<t he found that
thoso who had tubles on the terraces
outside ran between 40 und 60 miles a
day, carrying customers' orders. This
proprietor alleges that ho had tried
English and German waiters, but none
of them had tho necessary endurance.
Frenchmen alone being equal to the
task.
Baccarat, France, has the honor of
producing the first glass that Is un
breakable. The new process has been
•uocessfully applied to the manufac
ture of lamp chimneys for use in coal,
mines containing much fire damp. The
glass makers of Baccarat have also
succeeded In Increasing tho elasticity
of the glass. Tills they accomplish by
adding magnesia and oxide to the or
dinary crystal glass.
Aviators who are striving for alti
tude records could be frozen stiff in
their seats If they were to go up as
high as 12% miles. Kites havo been
sent up that high, or about 65,000 feet.
They were equipped with recording
thermometers, which showed that the
temperature was 80 degrees below zero,
Fahrenheit.
The good people who live near Rub-'
ble, Ky.. have started a school for
people who are over 21 years of age
and cannot read or write. The clnBs Is
composed of 18 people between the ages
of 24 and 57. They havo only been hold
ing class for a few weeks each night.1
but already many of them can read
Bhoic sentences.
Chief of Police Steward, of Chicago,]
must be as much of an optimist as thei
Chicago papers say he Is. Alarmed at
the Increasing number of ambulance
calls resulting from women getting oft
street cars facing to the rear. Colonel]
Steward proposes thut a school bo es
tablished to teach them how to do It'
properly. And the chief declares that
suclr. a school would be a success. /
Smoking Just before meals Is to be
deprecated, because the pungency of
the pyroligneous products contained in
tobacco smoke renders the buccal mu
cosa Insensitive to alimentary stimula
tion—In fact, their effect Is to dull,
or abolish the olfaeto-gustatory reflex,
thus depriving us of whut Puwlow calls
'appetite juice.”
Airs. Helen M. Wtxson, who has been
elected state superintendent of public
Instruction In Colorado, is said to
ow*s her election to the nonpartisan
vote of the women. Though the dem
ocrats swept the state, Mrs. Wfesnn,
who was nominated by the republicans,’
received a large majority, women with
out regard for party lines voting for
.her.
Reports of the death of King Mene
iik, of Abyssinia, have been frequent
enough to confuse the world. He cer
tainly was very much alive at the end
of last year, for the Figaro announces
that his New Year's present to the
president of the French republic con
sisted of a lion, a lioness, a giraffe and
a zebra. The zebra died or. the trio
to Marseilles. p
The cost of traveling by rail In Rus
sia Is much less than In the United,
States, and the danger of accidents is'
reduced to a minimum by the fact that
the trains do not run at great speed
averaging about 25 miles an hour foil
the main lines and 20 miles on the
branches.
Argentina had on December 31, 1909
2,220,500 foreign born Inhabitants the
Italians leading with 1,089,022. followed
by 664 002 Spaniards, In order as named
the other nationalities were: French’
Russians, Syrians, Austrians, English’
Brazilians, Germans, Swiss. Portu
guese, Hungarians, Belgians and Amer
icans.
Denmark is trying out a new pontoon
bridge, in which the pontoons are an
chored beneath the surface of the
water, the bridge remaining motionless
Irrespective of the rise and fail of the
tide. _
Graphite mining has been carried on
in Bavaria for centuries and the meth
ods today are as primitive as they were
200 or 300 years ago. Improvements
are about to be Introduced.
There are now 16 women members
of town rouncils ns the results of re
cent municipal elections in England.
We pay high prices for hides and
furs. Pell guns and traps cheap. N. W.
pHlde & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
BISHOP BONACUM IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Noted Nebraska Churchman
Succumbs After Contest With
Pneumonia.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6.—Right Rev.
Thomas Bonacum, bishop of the Lin
coln diocese of the Roman Catholic
church died at noon today at his resi
dence southeast of this city.
Monday morning Bishop Bonacum
was in his usual health and was out in
the yard taking some exercise when
ho was seized with a violent attack of
yawning. Soon his temperature
reached 104 and a severe attack of the
grip and bronchitis developed. Tues
day ho was much improved and was
able to answer the telephone. Wed
nesday morning he suddenly grew
worse and pneumonia developed.
The bishop was about 65 years old.
H<‘ was a man of energy and deter
mination.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 6.—Bishop Bon
rum was plaintiff In the famous suit to
oust Father Murphy from the parish at
Seward, Nob. The fac tional difference
between the two men attracted much
attention among Catholics.
BRYAN FORGIVES WILSON
FOR PAST AFFILIATION
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6. Because of his
support of James I!. Martino for United
States senator, W. J. Bryan has ren
dered political absolution to Governor
Wilson of New Jersey and placed him
in his list of the demociatic elect. In
the forthcoming issue of the Commoner
Mr. Bryan gives unstinted praise to the
New Jersey executive and concludes:
“If Governor Wilson had known in
1896 what he knows today, he would
have fought shoulder to shoulder with
the democrats of that year, ,rather
than with the Palmer and Buckner
forces that were working as aides to
the republican party.”
In the names of every lover of pop
ular government, the Commoner thanks
Governor Wilson for his patriotic ef
forts.
BARRING’S WORD IS
WHAT IS WANTED
Nebraskan Continues to Hold
Fate of County Option In
His Hand.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6.—All kinds of
rumors are ufloat us the county op
tion bill approaches final reading In the
senate. This vote will he taken Tues
day afternoon. Senator Rartling of
Otoe county holds the balance of power.
A delegation of county option senators
waited on him last night to get him
to say finally how he would vote. He
again refuses to take a stand, but from
his conversation it is almost conceded
that he will vote In the negative. Tills
will defeat the measure In the senate
by one vote.
Pressure Is being brought to beai
by the executive. It is said, that the
governor has told Rartling that if he
repudiates the platform pledge and
does not vote for county option he will
veto the Runduy baseball bill on which
Rartling has set his heart.
Another possibility that is being lig
urod on is that the Routh Oniahu Stock
Yards will compel Senator Tanner to
vote for county option If it can secure
from Senator Ollis, democratic floor
leader, the concession that he will not
push tlie physical valuations bill
against the stock yards company.
In the house lhe county option bill
has not been introduced. It is being
held by the dry leader until the contest
proceedings in tlie case of one member
Is decided, tills contest is dragging and
may not be Anally disposed of for a
week or 10 days. If It favors the re
publicans, county option can pass the
house, if the democrats. It will fail by one
vote. The result in I lie senate will
materially affect the vote in the house,
PERSIAN STATESMAN
IS SLAIN IN STREET
Minister of Finance Killed by
Two Armenians, Who Make
Good Their Escape.
Teheran, Feb. 6.—Sani-Ed-Dowhle,
Persian minister of finance, was shot
dead In the street today, ills assass
ins. two Armenians, escaped.
The minister was returning home
from a meeting or parliament when he
was attacked. Death was almost in
stantaneous.
There was great excitement through
nut the city as ihe news spread. The
assassins got a start on their pursers
nnd had not been overtaken late in the
day.
The murderers also killed two police
men.
Washington. Feb. 6.—Mlrza All Kali
Khan, the charge of the Persian legation
In discussing the asslssinatlon of the Per
sian minister of flnanee. at Teheran to
day, said the dead cabinet officer was
a leading representative of the new
regime In Persia and one of the most
influential men in the country. Ha
was 4S years old.
LOVESICK SWAIN USES
HAMMER AND REVOLVER
Mount Clemens, Mich,, Feb. 6.—Au
gust Wiers, a farmer, 27 years old
committed suicide by taking poison to
d«> after shooting Miss Hattie Cp
llnger and beating the girl's mother
Mrs. Augusta Uplinger, with a ham
mer. Both women are in a critical
condition at a hospital.
Wiers had been paying attention to
Miss Fplinger for two years and was
Jealous because she went out with an
other escort.
GENERAL CHRISTMAS IS
HOLDING HONDURAN CITY
Puerto Cortez, Honduras Feb «—
> Via Wireless New Orleans,' Feb ’ 4 )—
General Lee Christmas, the revolution
■ ary military leader, arrived here today
i with part of the forces to take over
I the administration of this city, evacuat
' ed several days ago by the government
forces and held by the international
j troops pending tire arrival of the rcvo
! lutionists.
Puerto Cort.is the most important
port c.i the Atlantic coast of Hon
duras
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NEBRASKA GOUN '
OPTiONJNJA ANGE
Bartling, of Oto, Holds Key to
Situation and Refuses to
Speak.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 4.—Sponsors of
county option In Nebraska received a|
severe set back today.
Since the last election the passage)
of a county option law In the senate]
has hinged on. the vote of Bartling of
Otoe county. Just how he Is going to
vote has b un a question. During the I
campaign lie was not openly pledged
either way.
This morning several members of the
county option forces called on the Otoe
bounty senator to ascertain his atti
tude. While the conversation was bt -
hind closed doors it was afterwards
hinted that Bartling did not give his
callers any consolation. It is generally
believed in state house circles that ho
as much as said that he was against
the proposed law.
As matters now stand In the senate It
will be Impossible to pass a county
option law at this session.
In the bouse a bill providing for the
establishment of an agricultural college
In southwestern Nebraska created an
other furor. Eastman, Its author, wantedj
It reconsidered. His motion was tabled
by a vote of 40 to 37. The bill will]
probably not be taken up again at'
this session.
News Briefs of
the Northwest
ELDORA, IA.—Alfred Roach has
been arrested in Utah on a charge of
deserting his wife, who lives here.
RANDOLPH. NEB.—Hotel Eoughn,
of this pluce, has been sold by J. W.
Turner to A, H. Mesmore, of Omaha.
DUBUQUE, IA.—Joseph Ott has se
cured a verdict of $2,000 against the
Telegraph-Herald on a charge of libel.
LYONS, NEB.—The 20th annual
Bession of the Burt county farmers’ In
stitute will be held here beginning Mon
day of next week.
PIPESTONE, MINN.—Plans are be
ing made for a farmers' Institute to be
held in Pipestone February 15 and 16.
The Commercial club will assist the
state agricultural department in mak
ing arrangements.
PIPESTONE, MINN.—Rev. Henry
Snyder, for several years pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Woodstock, has
accepted a (tail from the First Presby
terian church at Mitchell, S. I)., and
will take up the work in his new Held'
next Sunday.
POISONER TELLS HIS
METHODSTO JURORS
Russian Assassin Secured Dis
ease Germs From a Veterin
ary Laboratory.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—Dr. Panfr
rhenko. whose specialty, he admits, has
been the removal by poisoning of’ un
desirable relatives and enemies of
those who could pay his fee, told at
today's session of the murder trial of
how he secured Ills Instruments of
death. The udmissions were brought
out in connection with the testimony
of medical witnesses.
Pantchenko, in common with Count
O'Brien De Lassy, is charged with the
murder of De Lassy’s brotherinlaw,
Count Vasslll Bouturlin, the heir to
several million, which, it Is alleged, Do
Lassy coveted for his wife. The doc
tor has confessed that Bouturlin was
the most recent of some 40 victims.
Dr. Henrlch, a veterinarian employed
at the pest laboratory in Kronstadt,
testified that the prisoner twice visited
the laboratory, where he obtained sev
eral tube's of cholera ondo-toxine,
which he represented were required for
scientific purposes.
At this point Pantchenko explained
to the court that De Lassy had fur
nished him with money for the trip to
Kronstadt.
STEEL TRUST MEN ARE
CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Dead Men Carried on Pay Rolls
In Hammond Works, Is
Accusation.
Hammond. Ind., Feb. 4. — Charges
(bat "dead men” were being carried on
the pay rools of the United States
Steel corporation, and the arrest of
Charles Bloomfield. John Caldwell and
Walter Thomas, time keepers, are be
ing investigated by the superior court
grand jury hero. The amount of the
alleged peculations, it is said, will
probably exceed $10,000.
According to a Gary undertaker,
Rade Zegarlc was dead and buried
many months before bis name was
stricken from the pay roll of the cor
poration. It Is said tills is only one
of many eases. !
WOMAN ARRESTED IN
GRAVE ROBBERY CASE
Danville, Ky„ Feb. 4.—Mrs Amanda
Harrison, or Mrs. Gillmore ?he was
also known, who is charp vith be
ing one of tile persons wi ctempted
to rob the grave of G. B. aufley in
the Stanford cemetery lusi Monday
night, was arrested in a remote sec
tion of Casey county late last night.
The warrant for her arrest was sworn
to by a brother of Saufley.
A young man is said to have assisted
the woman in digging the body of
Saufley from its grave. The casket
was found above the ground, but the
body hud not been disturbed.
GAS EXPLOSION HELD
TO BE PURE ACCIDENT
New York. Feb. 4.—“An unavoidable
accident” was the verdict of nine mera
'bers of the coroner's jury which has
been hearing evidence on the cause of
tho gas explosion in the New York Cen
tral power house on December 19 last
by which 13 persons lost their lives.
“The explosion was due to the negli
gence of companies in charge of the
yards,” was the finding of the three
other members of the Jury.
NEBRASKA CUTS OFF
DEBATE ON OPTION
Both Sides Lined Up On Propo
sition and Gag Is
Applied.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.—The senate
received a favorable report from
its judiciary committee on the county
option bill and without debate ordered
it engrossed for third reading, pass
ing over the discussion that ordinarily
occurs in committee of the whole. Thus
the gag is established on this bill in
the senate and no debate can occur.
The ostensible reason given for this
action was that every member of tbs
senate is committed one way or th«
other and that there is no use in wast
ing time in debate. A reason that i*
ascribed on the side is that the one
non-committal senator, Bartling, ot
Otoe, is using his position with botf
sides, thus securing almost what h*
wants. Both sides want him to shov
his hand before the final vote on hij
Sunday baseball bill and no mattei
which way he votes on county optioi
he will reap the result in the vote 01
Sunday baseball.
The house has wrestled with the bill
to establish another agricultural school
in the southwest with the sides even!;
divided. The committee of the wholi
recommended the measure for indefi
nite postponement after much debat*
and the house itself entered severa]
calls of the house in an effort by tin
friends of the bill to overcome a leaf
of four votes the opponents of tin,
bill had.
The vote on test was 47 agains*
and 43 for the bill. The lead could
not be overcome and the bill wai
killed.
NEBRASKA BREWERS
SUBMIT A SCHEME
jNifty Proposition Would Lesser
the Difficulty of Controlling
Legislation.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3.—Close students
of Nebraska politics see a clever mov|
on the part of the brewers behind s
bill Introduced by Senator Volpp. Th«
measure provides for four-year terinr
for state senators. It also provides that
their salaries be placed at $1,000 and
that they be allowed traveling expense!
to and from their homes each tim«
the senate adjourns. By the provisions
of the measure one-half of the pres
ent quota of senators is to be elected
at each regular election.
There are 33 members in the upper
house of the Nebraska state legislature!
It is now figured out by the opponents
of the brewery Interests that the lattei
are very anxious to have the bill be
come a law for the reason that it
wquld be easier and less expensive for
the brewers to elect a majority of H
or 17 members than it would be to elecl
33, or the entire number of state sen
ators. By having control of the sen
ate the brewers can sidetrack any leg
Islation that Is not favorable to their
Interests.
When the bill comes up for discus
sion it is more than probable that a
battle royal will ensue. It has been'
hinted in circles of political wiseacres
that Volpp may withdraw the bill be
fore the crisis Is reached.
I News Briefs of |
the Northwest
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WINNER, S. D.—State’s Attorney
O’Hollaren and Sheriff Little have de
clared war on the gambling joints of
Tripp county, and will close them up
and promise to keep them closed.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA.—Willie
lackey, aged IT, met with an accident
when he flew from a cliff here and his
machine collided with a telephone pole
His injuries are severe but not dan
gerous.
MADISON, S. D.—Relatives of WH
‘iam Brennan, who died in the police
6tation in this city, have been found at
Jewell, la., and his remains were taker
to that place for interment by a broth
er residing there.
WINFRED, S. Ik—H. K. Welling, for
many years landlord of the Winfred
hotel, recently underwent an operatior
for blood poisoning in his foot, at tlie
Madison hospital. Three toes from one
of his feet were amputated in order
to stop the spread of the disease.
DEADWOOD, S. D.—Johnnie Bohl,
a mere boy, of ttiis place, is believed
So be tlie youngest telegraph operator
In the state. Until a day or two age
he had been a Western Union mes
senger boy. but now lias been pro
moted to night operator for the com
pany.
ARTESIAN, S. D.—A local barber
nas been arrested on the charge ol
disorderly conduct because he, in a
spirit of fun, shaved half the head of
Frank Ott. of this place, who is not
mentally bright. Ott’s eyebrows were
tlso shaved off. When Ott reached
home his wife decided he was a fright,
ind on her complaint the barber was
Arrested on the charge stated.
BARREL MYSTERY IS
SOLVED AFTER YEARS
Haselton, Pa.. Feb. 3.—According to
•lues discovered today the victim o'
the barrel murder mystery here time
years ago was probably Miss Bertha
Tarlow, who disappeared from V, eat
Hasleton. She is said to have known
She secrets of a black hand gang in
this vicinity.
The body of tile woman was hacked
ind then jammed into a sugar bar
rel that was set on tire on the Eber
vale mountain, where the charred and
jnrecognizable corpse was found by a
miner. Only one shoe and a necklace
remained Intact, but they furnished
oo clue to the Identity of the victim,
GRAVE R033ING CHARGE
MADE AGAINST WOMAN
Stanford, Ky., Feb. 3.—Sheriff Mc
Cracken, of Lincoln, with the assis
tance of the sheriff of Casey county,
Alii lead a posse of officers in the
jeareh for Mrs. Amanda Harrison, also
known as Mrs. Gilmore, who is charged’
n a warrant with being one of the;
khouls who attempted to rob the grave!
>f George B. Suufley last Mondayi
night. It is l>elieved she is with rela
tives in Casey county.
LORIMER IS GIVEN
BODY BLOW WHEN
ROOT MAKES TALK
Speaker Declares That Com
mittee's Probe Was Not Suf
ficient and That Con
clusion Is Wrong.
Washington, Feb. 4. — That Senator
Lorimer, of Illinois, holds his seal as
the result of bribery, and on that ac
count should not be permitted to con
tinue In the Senate, was the conclu
sion reached by Senator Ellhu Root, of
New York, and announced by him In a
speech In the Senate today.
The New York senator held the un
divided attention of his colleagues. Mr.
ttoot’s position had been a question of
fnuch speculation, and so high is the
esteem in which his opinion Is held,
fhat It is known some members of the
Senate have held in abeyance their own
opinion until they could hear from
film.
There was a large attendance of sen
itors and the galleries were filled. Mr.
Soot spoke without notes and In the
nain his address consisted of a care
ul analysis of the testimony taken by
the committee. The argument was al
most entirely legal.
Committee at Fault.
The speaker lost little time in indi
cating the decision he had reached,
which was entirely antagonistic to Mr.
f,orlmer. He took the position that the
Investigation committee had been at
fault in permitting either the attorney
for Mr. I.orimer or the attorney for the
Chicago Tribune to direct its course in
fhe matter of connecting Mr. Lortmer
with the corruption of members of the
Illinois legislature, but asserted that
pven in the face of its fault in this re
spect, the committee had obtained suf
Hcient evidence effectually to taint and
Invalidate the election.
Citing the resolution under which the
Inquiry was directed, Mr. Root said
llie committee had failed to find the
testimony sufficient to justify the con
clusion that Mr. Igirimer’s seat had
been rendered Invalid by the employ
ment of corrupt methods or practices,
i “It is fair to Infer,” he said, “that
ihe committee was of the opinion that
Corrupt methods and practices were re
ported to, but that their legal effect
Was not such as to invalidate Mr. Lori
[ner’s election. This view is sustained
by the testimony before us, and I re
fret to say that after an examination
Cf this testimony I am constrained- to
lisagree with the members of the com
mitfpe* ”
Election Was a Disgrace.
He expressed the opinion that both
the state and country had been dis
graced by the methods of the Lorimer
flection. Not only did tho senator
Iffer as to the conclusions, but as to
le methods of the Senate committee,
e did not believe the committee had
•operly interpreted the scope of its
structions, but felt that it had gone
o far in interpreting the charges as a
•ivate complaint by the Chicago Trib
te. The committee should, he thought,
ive borne in mind that the reputation,
;e honor, the purity and the author
y of the Senate were involved.
"When,” he asked, "did we entrust
the guardianship of our honor and in
tegrity to any newspaper or any man?"
It was the dutv of the committee to
Investigate whether corrupt methods
tnd practices had been resorted to as
lirected by the Senate and not to de
:ide whether the Tribune had estab
'ished a case.
"It was clearly shown." Mr. Root
lontended, "that in following the lead
ership of the Tribune the committee
fiad failed to take advantage of any
ppportunities to obtain testimony. Ave
pue after avenue had been voluntarily
Closed. One effect of the committee’s
course was to create the feeling that
this was a persecution ratner than a
prosecution, and the speaker himself
confessed to sharing the view the work
was not one in which a newspaper
might properly engage.
Government involved.
"I do not believe,” he said, "that a
combination of the tremendous power
qf a great paper should be combined
with the work of a prosecutor, because
I do not think that such a combina
tion makes for justice. Rut this case
Is not the case of the Tribune; it is
the case of this government; It is the
government of the United States that
Is Involved.”
At tliis juncture the first interrup
tion occurred. It came from Mr. Payn
ter, of Kentucky, a member of the
pommittee, and a supporter of its
views He asked the New York sen
ator to Specify some of the witnesses
tie would have called that were not
pommoned at the instance of the Trib
une. « -*<
»ir. Root said he would have com
pelled the attendance of the cashier of
tho Holstlaw bank to show the finan
cial operations conducted there in con
nection with the alleged bribery; the
"Yarbora brothers, who are supposed
to have been present at some of the
Interviews between Browne and
White;” Governor Deneen and Speaker
Shurtleff.
"In regard to Governor Deneeij we
were told that he could testify only
In reference to the question of atmos
pheres,’’ said Mr. Paynter.
"Then,” responded Mr. Root, “you
ere still following the Tribune as if
that paper were the guardian of the
Senate.”
Admitting that Mr. Shurtleff had
been called, Mr. Root said that his
testimony had, been merely of a for
mal character, whereas owing to the
fact that he was closeted day and night
with I.orimer he should have been
questioned most carefully.
VIIC UVIU6IIU6,
Turning to the testimony before the
Senate. Mr. Root undertook to show
that even though incomplete it did not
Justify the committee’s conclusions.
Mr. Root told of a democratic mem
ber of the Illinois legislature who ad
mittedly had gone to Shurtleff’s rooms
which were occupied by Mr. Lorimer,
to arrange about federal patronage and
rapidly passed to the connection of Leo
O’Neill Browne with the case.
This man was declared to be Mr.
Lorimer's chief agent, "a fact which
rests on the testimony of Browne him
self, and is not the subject of dis
pute," he said. The senator then under
took to show that Browne had been
Instrumental in procuring the 30 dem
ocratic votes cast for Lorimer.
Speaking of the action of the dem
ocrats who followed the leadership ot
Browne and voted for Lorimer, Senator
Root said that if motives of patriotism
were involved these motives “were
locked in the bosoms of those demo
crats and were not apparent to his
party colleagues.”
Describing the two meetings in St.
Louis of Browne’s followers in south
ern Illinois, about which it was testi
fied that ut the first each member par
ticipating was paid *1,000 and at the
second meeting, hold on July 15, each
was paid $900, Mr. Root said that
that testimony of witnesses differed.
I Washington
SHERMAN BREAKS TIE
TO AID SUBSIDY ACT
Vice President Gives Casting
Vote to Put Ship Graft
Through Senate.
Washington, eFb. 4. — For the first
time In the history of the government
the vice president of the United States
[yesterday exercised his constitutional
[prerogative of casting a vote to break
itles in connection with three successive
roll calls In the Senate. By the first
he saved from impending defeat the
ship subsidy bill, and by the third
jforced an adjournment of the Senate
jon a vote having direct bearing on
the resolution looking to the election
of senators by direct primary vote.
: The vote on the subsidy bill, both in
the committee of the whole and in the
Senate proper, stood 39 ayes and 39,
nays and on adjournment 37 ayes to
37 nays. On all three occasions the vice •
president voted in the affirmative.
Another notable occurrence in con
nection with the vote on the subsidy
bill was absence of the new dem
ocratic senator from West Virginia,
Clarence W. Watson, who had taken
his seat early in the day as the sue-’
cessor to Senator Elldns.
Mr. Watson was in the Senate cham
ber for only a few' minutes during tha
pession and voted on only one roll call.
This vote w'as cast on an amendment
bffered by Mr. Shively, of Indiana, reg
ulating the aggregate expenditures
pvhich may be made under the terms of
the bill. In this provision the new[
West Virginia senator cast his vote lip
the affirmative, thus Indicating his op
position to the measure. After castinff1
this vote he disappeared,
i After the final result became known
the opponents of the bill, including all
pf the democrats, realized Mr. Wat
pon’s absence had prevented the defeat;
Df the bill. He was the only democrat
present at any of the roll calls whose
vote was not cast against the meas
ure.
The two votes on the subsidy bill,
which ware ties until the vice presi
dent broke them, were as follow's:
Yeas—Bradlqy, Brandegee, Briggs,
JJurkett, Burham, Burrows, Carter,
piark, of Wyoming; Crane, Cullorn,
Curtis, Dick, Dillingham, Dixon, Du
Pont, Flint. Frye, Gallinger, Guggen
heim, Hale, Heyburn, Jones, Kean, I
Lodge, Lorimer, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver,,
Page, Penrose, Perkins, Piles, Root,
Scott, Smoot, Stephenson, Warner,
jWarrcn, Wetmore, all republicans.
Total 39.
V>-1. T-,
Bristow, Brown, Burton, Crawford,
Cummins, Gamble, Gronna, La Fol
lette, McCumber, Smith, of Michigan;
all republicans. Bacon, Bankhead,
Chamberlain, Clarke, of Arkansas;1,
Culbertson, Fletcher, Foster, Frazier,
Johhston, Martin, Newland-, Overman,
Owen, Paynter, Percy, Shively, Sim
mons, Smith, of Maryland; Smith, ot
South Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Tal
iaferro, Taylor, Terrell, Thornton, Till
man, democrats. Total 39.
Eight senators were paired. Money
with Young, Bailey with Bulkleiey,
Gore with Depew, and Rayner with
Richardson,
Five senators, Aldrich, Clapp, Davis,
Sutherland and Watson did not vote
■and were not paired.
No sooner had the result on the sub
sidy bill been announced than another
sharp conflict was precipitated. Sen
ators Nelson and Borah were both on
their feet, but the former first ob
tained recognition.
"I move that the Senate take up the
bill authorizing the leasing of coal
lands in Alaska,” he said.
“Is that motion subject to amend
ment?” asked Mr, Borah.
The result of the adoption of Mr,
kelson’s motion would have been to
give the Alaska bill the place of un
finished business on the calendar which
hal been vacated by the subsidy bill
and Mr. Borah had counted on getting,
that point of vantage for tho resolu
tion providing for the election of sen
ators by direct vote of the people. Evi
dently he was somewhat discomfited by
Mr. Nelson's move.
“The motion is not amendable,” ruled
the chair.
There was an awkward predicament f
and In an Instant the Senate was I
thrown Into confusion. The situation,
was relieved by a motion to adjourn,
Offered by Senator Hale. Mr. Borah
was not disposed to quit and he and,
many of his followers voted against
adjournment.
"Tile vote is 37 to 37, a tie,” again
said the vice president, and for the
third time within 30 minutes ho cut
the Gordian knot by casting his vote'
tn the affirmative.
As a result the Senate adjourned
after an exciting day and in tho con
sciousness that the conflict over the
resolution for the direct election of
senators had only been postponed.
Washington, Feb. 4. — Senator La
fayette Young lined up with Senator
Gallinger and the rest of the maehino
Senators in the voting late yesterday
afternoon on ship subsidy. Senator
Cummins voted against the subsidy
measure. Mr. Cummins also voted for
an amendment which would have ad
mitted foreign built ships to American
register}-, though excluding them from
the coastwise trade.
Senator Young’s name does not ap
pear in the roll calls published in tho
jay’s recordas voting. He was paired
with Senator Money on the voting.
Money would liav* voted against tho
Subsidy bill apd thus Senator Young
Is disclosed to have been paired for it.
Progressives generally lined up **
igainst the bill, which was saved from
iefeat only by Vice President Sher
man casting the decisive vote three
times to break the tie.
Young Coming Home.
Senator Young departed yesterday
kftemoon. and it was impossible for
Sim to be present at the final vote on
Ihe ship subsidy, but by pairing for it.
tie gave the bill in effect a vote Just
is if he had been present, and by so
(loing brought about tho passage of
the bill.
Senator Young was disturbed over
reports from Iowa as to the progressive
Vote being shifted so as to try out
various candidates and is much wor
ried whether the standpatters will
stick to him.
NOTED MUSICIAN DEAD.
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 4. — Jan
Koert, well known musician and violin
ist, died here last night. Although a
hative of Holland, Mr. Koert had been
long identified with music In America.
Bis artistic career was one of distinc
tion.
MORAN AND MAXSON DRAW.
New York, Feb. 4.—Frank Moran, of
Pittsburg, and ’Dummy” Maxson of
Brooklyn, last night fought 10 rounds
to a draw in Brooklyn. Both are
heavyweights. Moran knocked Mat
ron down in tile first round for the 1
fount of nine.
