Nebraska Newspapers

    LOT P CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , JANUARY 23, 1<K)K
NUMBER 11
3 Vy;1
4.
A PLOT 10 DESTROY
PLAN TO BLOW UP AMERICAN
VESSELS THWARTED.
OFFENDERS TO BE ARRESTED
Anarchists Are Involved in the Plot,
According to Head of Rio de
Janeiro Department.
Rio Janeiro—The Brazilian police,
have discovered an anarchistic iilot
here having as its subject the destruc
tion oi part of the ' American fleet
now lying in the harbor. The con
spiracy, while centering in Rio Ja
neiro and Petropolis. has ramification
in Sao Paulo and Minas Geraes. An
individual named Jean Fedher, who
resided in Petropolis. was the chief
conspirator here, although it is under
stood that foreign anarchists are
deeply involved in the plot. Fedher is
believed to have fled to Sao Paulo and
the police, who know him. have been
sent to that place for the purpose of
apprehending him. One of the detec
A tives who is well acquainted with
Fedher. having served on the police
force at Petropolis for some tijre.
returned from that place after-having.,
made investigations there, and had a
long conference with the chief of po
lice at Rio Janeiro. The latter gave
it to be understood later that the Sao
Paulo police are on the track of the
arch-conspirator and expect to arrest
him soon.
Statement by Police.
In an official note which the chief
of police sent to the correspondent of
the Associated Press, he says:
"Some time . before the arrival of
the American fleet at Rio Janeiro, the
Brazilian government received word
from Washington and Paris that an
archists of different nationalities in
tended to damage one or several of
the ships of the American fleet. The
names and adresses of the conspira
tors were indicated by information
which the police here had received
previously from France and Germany.
The police of this district are work
ing with the police of Sao Paulo ansfc
Minas Geraes., and I am sure.every
precaution will be exercised and the
* most rigorous vigilance observed.'both
on land and sea, to prevent any in
jury being done."
The chief of police after having
made this official statement, said he
did not feel he should go into any
further details' with regard to the
conspiracy, but he authorized the._
statement that the plot was organized
by Fedher and he added that the peb—
( pie of the United States could rest
easy, as all of the- conspirators had
taken refuge in the interior,.
POET AND BANKER IS DEAD.
Edmund Clarence Stcdman Expires
Suddenly at His Heme.
Xew York—Edmund Clarence Sred
man. the hanker and poet., died sud
denly at-his home-in tins'city Satur
day night. Mr. Stedman, widely
known as the banker poet, died from
a sudden attack of heart trouble. He
was passing into hi-sStudy when the
attack came and‘he rel- to the floor
unconscious.
Ask Consent of Depositors.
New York—The temporary receivers
of the Khickerbocker'"Trust cOmpany
was extended two weeks by the su
preme court Saturday: Counsel i,for j
the depositors and stockholders’asked
further time in which to secure deposit-,
«ors' absents to the plan for resump
tion. * 1 .
Merrill Orders Inquiry.
Newport. R- I.—Rear Admiral John
R Merrill has ordered an inquiry-^ to
be begun into the death of H. A.
Hartnet. the naval apprentice, who
died from a blot clot on the brain.^ol
lowing a fight aboard the United
^States training ship Cumberland.
- -T* %
' V
VjfFine for Harvester Trust.
. Topeka{, Jtan.—JuAge^Daha.'.iji the
Sitawee County distf&t court’ here.ras;
seat'd a fine of $12,600 against the Inf
ternational Harvester company, which
the court found guilfcj j>n forty-thr.ee*'
ccunt,s *of violating rthe Kansas anti
trust law ■
Bryan Goes to Kentucky.
FrankfOrt, Ky.—William Jennings'
Bryan has volunteered to come to
Kentucky-and help the democrats win.
the United States sefiatorship. ..Gov
ernor Beckham received a letter, from
Mr. Bryan saying he would be here
on Tuesday.
<=
£
•i '
*
Twenty Blocks Burned.
IT.'r Santiago Chile—A great fire at Te
. ? hnuco, a flourishing city in the south
^ of Chile, has destroyed twenty blocks
of buildings. The loss Is more than
$300,000. There is great distress
among the poor.
*i.y[
FRANK BARKER IS HANGED.
Red Cloud Murderer Goes'to the Gal
» lows.
iihooln—Frank Barker, tke Web
ster '^county • •double-murderer, was
hanged in the state penitentiary Fri
day afternoon. " The trap was sprung
at 2:57 o'clock, and nine minutesJater
he was dead. His execution occurred
just three minutes before the time
expired in which he could legally De
hanged, the mandate of the court hav
ing ordered the warden to execute
the man between the hours of 11
o'clock and 3 o’clock. The execution
was delayed until the last minute that
Barker's attorneys would have every
opportunity? to secure a stay of exe
cution- either from the governor or
from theicourts.
- Barker met death without a tremor:
he walked from the hospital between
two guards, 100 feet across the yard,
through the warhouse to the steps of
the gallows, up the 'steps apparently
without fear. In a whisper the execu
tioner asked him if he had anything
to say and in a low voice he replied
"no." The straps were adjusted, the
trap sprung aad the. law had been vin
dicated before the'sixty or seventy
five people present realized that -the
executioner was even ready to begin.
Only one citizen of-Webster county,
where the crime was committed, was
present at the execution. Charles
Walker, a brother of Mrs. Alice Barker,
one of the condemned man's victims.
Barker's last request to jYarden
Beemer was to refuse admittance to
any one from Webster county and his
wish was respected except in the case
of the relative and he was admitted
according to law. Fifteen citizens of
the vicinity of IHavale and Red, Cloud
were at the penitentiary seeking ad
mission. as were four sheriffs,-but they
did not get into the death room until
after the execution,
'-aKo evidence has' been shown to- me
that convinces me I should interfere
with the process of the law and save
Barker from thd gallows," said Gov
ernor Sheldon at the end of the long
drawn-out conferences between him
and iudge Haiqer and others pleading
for the condemned man. It is my
judgment Barker is as sane as any per
son under,, -similar circumstances
could be.” '
Judge Hamer, when he received the
governor's ultimatum, raced from the
penitentiary back tdtown as fast as
he could go to seek a rehearing on
the insanity plea before some district
judge.
Governor Sheldon, with Attorney
General Thompson went to the peni
tentiary in the morning for the pur
pose of having a final interview with
Barker. The governor held a long con
versation with the prisoner, and even
then was not satisfied what to do.
Judge Hamer was at t&e .prison and
talked with -the governor again, show
,ing*him an Ohio supreme court deci
sion, which held that a person is in
sane when he has an ..uncontrollable
impulse. Governor rSheldon left the
penitentiary undecided, and asked .the
warden to delay ijie execution until
2:30 p. m., but oil.his return to the
state) house, finally concluded not to
grint further reprieve.
MILES OF CARS ARE IDLE.
Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Out
of Employment.
Omaha—Car shortage. which was
distressing to.'shippers a few months
ago. has been supplanted by a car sur
plusage equallj’ distressing to the
railroad magnates. .Every manager of
a . railroad Centering Omaha has the
common complaint to make and the
officii report of the car service asso
ciation'Vonfirrii's the'individual state
ments b>> showing the aggregate num
ber, of idle freight cars on the rail
roads of-tlte United States and Can
ada at present to be 260,000.
This represents a total capita! of
$124,000,000; which is not earning any
revenue for the railroad companies.
This a great change from November
l2,*when the car shortage amounted to
57,028 cars, and on October 30 the car
! shortage' amounted to 90,757 cars.
,*?----—
Sale of Opium Is Shut Off.
Washington—Within a little over a
month’s time the lafr'prohibiting the
importation of opitim into* the Phil
ippines will beco'nte .effective and in
aittlcipifUon of' that .Important-’-event
f there is much speculation among the
l/Filipinbs in regard-to the probable ef
fect of-'"the law - i-large quantity of
Jwjium is consumed in the islands,
mainly Ik- the large:Chinese element,
but, the j^aneful habit of opium smok
ing has b?ep rapidly extending among
the-mative^Filipinos ahd even among
the Americans. '.■•'*
-■ g --'
* ’ Money Flows to New .York,
New York—A tremendous flow of
cash from the'(banks throughout the
country to New York. City banks’was
-indicated on {Saturday by the, bank
! statement, which showed- an increase
of $26,185.800/in the amount of c$sh
held by the New York Clearing House
institutions. ‘ This increase in cash is
not thhught'to be a recoyd one. but it
is believed?‘to approach Within a fe'w
millioq?-of the largest increase ever
recprdM in a single week' in this city.
. *
SWTLE IT YOURSELF.
f
1—TTTT7F
THE ALDRICH FINANCIAL BILL
GETTING THE MEASURE IN SHAFE
TO SE REPORTED SOON.
Senate Committee on Finance Held
Two Meetings and Will Soon
Get Together Again.
Washington—After two session? of
the senate committee on finance
Thursday the members of the com
mittee were in possession of a fair
idea of what shape the Aldrich finan
cial bill will be in when it is reported
next week. There will be no more
meetings of the committee until Mon
‘ day. when the various amendments
which have been gradually evolved
through the general discussion of the
bill during this week will be Incor
porated in the measure.
It is stated to he practically certain]
that the limit of extra currency which
the bill provides, for will he raised
from 1250,000.000 to $500,000,000. Most
of the members of the committee be
lieve that this figure is not too high
' for a time of emergency, ^hen a heavy
issue, of currency notes is demanded
| on security of the prescribed sort and
under the prescribed tax. The tax on
f the emergency issues will not. it is be-1
! lieved, be placed higher than 6 per
! cent, which the bill now provides, j
An amendment ottered by Senator
{ Bailey reducing the required. popula-1
j tipn of ?. county or municipality whose!
i bends are to figure in a currency is-j
' sue from 20.000 to 10.000 is expected
i to receive the support of a majority]
' of the committee, and according to re
! liable report will be adopted. This
| will;permit smaller towns of just as
great an age and of commensurate
j prosperity with the larger towns to
' participate in the benefits of the
measure.
Senator Dolliver probably will offer
an amendment in opposition to the
raiiroad bond feature of the "bill, and
It may possibly call for the entire
elimination of such securities.
Senator Bailey will no doubt support
him in such a project, as he does not
hesitate to let it be known that he is
not in favor of railroads being al
lowed to file their bonds with the
j government as security for currency
I issues, owing to their tendency to
fluctuate. There is thought to be
enough opiwsition in the committee,
however, to defeat such an amendment,
for the belief expressed by its oppo
nent^ is that the backing by the gov
ernment, once railroad bonds are ac
cepted as security for a certain issue,
will have the effect of insuring the
stability of the currency notes issued
on them.
A democratic meml>er of the com
mittee asserted that the minority as
a. whole is not in favor of a bill pro
viding a currency basis on any se
curity,_except government bonds, but
betftg. unable to prevent a favorable
report on such a measure they are
making it their duty -so far as lies in
their power, to make it as effective a
measure of that nature as possible and
thgy are therefore joining with repub
licans in advocacy of most of the fea
tures of the Aldrich bill.
Three-Cent Fares Needful.
-Detroit. Mich.—Mayor William B.
Thompson, in his annual message to
the common council, declared that
the; railway companies can obtain "no
new lease of life except upon the
fundamental basis of 3-cent fares.”
Nakashoko Resigns.
Tokio—Nakashoko. vice minister of
communications, resigned. He will be
suij Seeded by Muzuka of the railroad
i bureau.
SAILORS HONORED IN BRAZIL
AMERICAN ADMIRALS ARE GIVEN
BREAKFAST BY EXECUTIVE.
Four Thousand Men From Fleet Are I
Given Shore Leave. With a
Smoker for Officers.
R!o Janeiro—The president of the
republic. Dr. Penna. entertained the
admirals and some of the higher offi
cials of the American fleet at a break
fast Wednesday at Petropolis. Later
in the day there was a garden' party
at the American embassy in the same
suburb. Through Rear Admiral Evans
could not be present at these func
tions. the fleet was well represented
by Admirals Thoma.s Emory and j
Speery. Captain Osterhatis of the flag- :
ship Connecticut. Captain Wainwright
of the Ixmisiana, Captain Hubbard of
the Minnesota. Captain McCrea Of the
Georgia ad Captain Murdock of the
Rhode Island.
Baron Rio Branco, the minister of j
foreign affairs, was not able to be
present on account of sickness.
The breakfast of the president was j.
given at the palace, which was beauti;
fully decorated with flowers and greens
and the Brazilian and American flags.
There was a warm - interchange of
fraternal greetings. Dr. Penna speak
ing eloquently and in the warmest
terms of the friendship entertained [
in the Brazilian republic for the great
republic of the north.
In reply the American ambassador,
Irving B. Dudley, warmly thanked the
president for his kind 'allusions to the
relations of friendship existing be
tween the United States and Brazil
and for the magnificent reee_ption
which awaited the Americans on their
arrival, in the country and which they
were now enjoying.
The American officers and other in
vited guests went to Petropolis early
in the morning. They were met by
the representatives of the president
and by the American ambassador.
Later, at the breakfast, they met.
among other high officials, the Brazil
ian minister of marine. Admiral Alen
ear; the minister of war. Marsha! Her
mes Fonesco: the chief of the naval
station and the members of the presi
dent’s staff.
The newspapers this morning all
commented favorably upon the good
behavior of the sailors who had shore
leave yesterday. The men all had a
good time and perfect order was main
tained. Xot less than 4,000 men visit
ed the city during the course of the
day and evening.
CHAIRMAN OF WASTE PAPER.
Place Found for Senator Bailey of
Texas.
Washington—Senator Bailey -was
on Wednesday made chairman of the
committee to dispose of useless pa
pers in the executive departments to
succeed the late Senator Mallory. The
principal value of the appointment is
that it gives him a committee room,
of which the scarcity of minority
chairmanships has thus far deprived
him.
TAFT WILL STAY IN CABINET.
Declares Rumor Unfounded He is to
Devote Time to Candidacy.
Washington—Secretary Taft indi
cated that he wanted to be quoted as
saying that there is absolutely no foun
dation for the rumors that he is to re
sign from the cabinet. The printed
story was to the effect that Secretary
Taft would resign and devote his en
tire attention to his campaign for the
nomination for president.
THE CABINET W IN TROUBLE.
Ministers cf Finance and Communica
tions Resign.
Tokio—-A cabinet crisis is immi
nent. After a conference of the cabi
net ministers Marquis Saionjai, the
prime minister, visited the emperor at
the palace and was quickly followed
by Prince Ito.
It is understood that difficulties ex
ist over the budget which are inrec
oncilable.
It was announced that Yoshiro
Sakatani. minister of finance, and
Isaburo Yamagata, miinster of com
munications have resigned from the
cabinet. Their resignations have been
accepted. The resignation of Mar
quis Saionjai. the prime minister, has
been refused.
Masamsa .viatsuda. minister or jus
tice, will combine the portfolio of
finance, and Keihara. minister of the
interior, will combine that of the min
ister of communication. This leaves
the cabinet without any new element
and removes the disputants, who have
ben the disturbing factors for some
time past. The information about the
resignation of Isaburo Yamaeata as
minister of communications, an
nounced by the Associated Press on
January ill was evidently correct,
and the official denial made on the
following day was • probably intended
to tide over the period during which
there was a possibility of an adjust
ment.
The whole matter now- is believed
to be settled. There probably will be
some changes of items in the budget
and probably the government may de
cide not to increase taxation, but in
stead reduce the appropriations for
the army and navy. It is possible that
it may be decided to issue a loan to
cover the deficiency.
The cabinet counsel gave rise to
some heated debates. Yamagata in
sisted upon the resignations of Saka
tani. who is responsible' for the bud
get. which will be introduced in the
diet, and who is blamed by the cab
inet ministers and the public because
in 1907 he promised that there would
be no increase made in the taxation
nor would there be any resort to a
foreign loan in 1508.
An investigation of the financial
situation convinced the cabinet offi
cers and elder statesmen that an in
crease in the taxation, or in lieu there
of a foreign loan would be unavoida
ble. Sakatani endeavored to reduce
the' appropriation for the army and
navy to which these factions objected
and finally succeeded in carrying their
point.
Controlled by the Standard.
New York—More than 99 per cent
of the old business in Colorado. Wyo
ming. Utah and New Mexico is con
trolled by the Standard Oil company,
according to testimony adduced at the
government suit against that company.
GOVERNMENT HOLDS UP NEWS.
Japanese Political Situation Will Not
Ee Complicated by Reports.
Washington—With a full compre
hension of the fact that the Japanese
emigration question is being made an
important issue in the political cam
paign now in progress in Japan and
a consequent desire to avoid in any
way embarassing the Saionaji minis
try and perhaps causing its overthrow
at the approaching election, the State
department is resolutely declining to
publish any information respecting
the progress of the negotiations with
Japan on that subject.
SAYS IT WILL MEAN WAR.
Japanese Protests Against American
Exclusion.
Paris—The Patrie publishes a letter
from a “Japanese officer who was
wounded in Manchuria and who is now
convalescing at Nice.” protesting
against the idea of the inferiority of
the Japanese. This writer says:
“In the hierarchy of people, we are
superior to the Italians and the Span
iards. Can the Yankees refuse our
immigrants when they accept the re
fuse and the scum of Italy and Ger
many? No one has the right to treat
us like the Chinese, who are savages.
If the Americans persist in their pre
tensions, it means war.”
Cuban Self-Government.
Washington—In transmitting to the
ensate on Tuesday the report of Pro
visfnola- Governor Magoon on condi
tions in Cuba.* the president said: “I
am glad to be able to say that we can
now definitely announce that by or be
fore February 1, 1909, we shall have
turned over the island to the president
and congress to be elected next De
cember by the people of Cuba. Our
work to turn the island over to it3 own
people will be scrupulously regarded.”
Indiana for Fairbanks.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Republicans in
Indiana in district conventions select
ed members of the state committee
which will manage the coming presi
dential campaign in Indiana. Each dis
trict convention adopted resolutions
indorsing Vice-President Charles W.
Fairbanks for the presidential nomi
nation. ’ - — ■ •
ONE HUNDRED CRUSHED AND
BURNED TO DEATH.
CROWDED HALL CATCHES EIRE
Many Trampled Under Foot Perish in
the Flames and Others Injured
by Jumping.
Boyertown. Pa.—A catastrophe, hor
rifying in .its details and sickening in
its results, on Monday night swept
nearly 100 souls of this borough into
1 eternity in almost the twinkling of an
eye and injured nearly three score,
many of them fatally. While the Scot
tish Reformation was being produced
in Rhoades' opera house by Mrs. Mon
roe of Washington a tank used in a
moving picture scene exploded. Imme
diately there was a wild rush for the
exits. Men of mature years endeav
ored to stifi the panic, but their voices
could not be heard above the shrieks
and screams of the terrified women
and children who composed the great
er part of the audience.
The scenes cannot be portrayed fit
I tingly by the most imaginative. The
blood-curdling cries for help of those
who weie penned within the walls of
the blazing structure could be heard
above the Toaring. seething flames, it
seemed as though nearly the entire au
dience made a mad rush for the exits
the moment the explosion occurred.
In their attempt to quiet ihe crowd,
those persons who were on the stage
accidentally upset the coal oil lamps
used at the foofights. The burning
oil scattered in all directions and tbe
lamps which were used to light the
opera house exploded, throwing the
| blazing oil over the terror-stricken
, people who were fighting frantically to
gain the exits. In the mad rush a.
section of the floor gave way. precipi
tating scores of persons to the base
ment. As the floor collapsed tne
shrieks of the helpless persons who
were carried down were heard for
: blocks. . It'^vas scarcely five minutes
from the time of the explosion of the
tanks until the entire heart of the
structure seemed a roaring furnace.
Scores of persons who were in the
balcony at the rear jumped from the
windows and sustained fracutred limbs
and skulls.
To add. to the terrible disaster, the
j fire apparatus became disabled and
the structure was left entirely to the
mercy of the flames. It is almost cer
tain not a vestige of the bodies of the
unfortunates who were overcome by
the smoke and perished will ever be
found.
Assistance was asked from Potfs
towir, bui before the tire apparatus
from that Cijy reached this place th •
entire center of the structure was a
roaring furnace. Had the women and
children heeded the warning of the
cooler heads in the audience, the hor
rible loss of life might have been
avoided, but there was the usual panic
and stampede which invariably follows
such a catastrophe.
Boyertown, Pa.—When nightfall put
a stop to the work fcf recovering the
dead from the ruins of the Rhoades
opera house.'"where the holocaust oc
; curred. the official roll of victims num
bered 1G7. Whether any more bodies
are buried beneath the ruins cannot be
positively seated, but it is the belief
of those who’had charge of the grew
some work that all of the dead have
been removed and that the total list
| of victims will not go above 170.
Indorse Bryan.
Carbondale, 111.—William H. War
j der of Williamson county was nomi
nated for congress at the democratic
' convention here to fill the uneipired
| term of the late George W. Smith in
! the Twenty-fifth Illinois district. Res
I olutions indorsing William J. Bryan
I for the presidency were adopted.
UNION STATION ANNEX FIRE.
Quarter Million Loss at Kansas City
Result of Blaze.
Kansas City—The Union station an
nex, in Union avenue adjoining the
i Union raiiwav station was destroyed
i by fire Monday. The Union Station
; proper, one of Kansas City’s land
marks. was saved by the firemen after
' a hard fight. The burned building
i contained the receiving offices of the
Adams, Wells-Fargo and Pacific Ex
press companies, a branch of the
postoffice, the offices of Fred Harvey
Eating House company, the Pullman
Car company's linen room and the
' Railway Men Young Men’s Christian
I association rooms. The loss is esti
! mated at ciose to $250,000.
Coal Roads Are After Time.
Washington—The coal carrying rail
roads who are required under an act
of congress to dispose of their coal
properties by May 1 next, have sub
mitted to the attorney general a prop
osition looking to a postponement of
the date of enforcement of the Iaw3
on account of the recent financial dls