Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUIsE 10, 1871.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1902.
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FATE OF TIIE DIDDLES
Iwift Bttribntioi Stirs U TngiM of
Ciritii Thro j i-
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eMEN CRAVE VIEW OF THE BiDIES
M.ibid Login riniHf Gratifiti bj tkt
tORONER'S JW SOON GIVES VERL,
Detsraiiei E tsioigs, JWf a Vtotm of
' Cffiwr' Qoi. .
10CTSRS TELL iEATHBED TORTURES
Describe Natare of Wonnde and Show
What Cn-sae Fatalities Prise
. Sharers Arrt Eeaal
Fortleae.
BUTLER, Fa.. Feb. 1 Tbe terrible fata
of the Biddies is tbe aola topic of con
versstlon here today, and a curloua throng
ct people baa been defying tbe atortn, bang
lug about the Jail entrance Id vain at
tempt to get In to aee the bodtea of the
dead murderere. A great deal of sympathy
for the Blddlea la expressed oo all aldee
and many or tbe female portion of the
crowd expreaaed a desire to aee what man
ner of man Ed Blddle waa that , he ahould
exert such wonderful Influence, not only
ever men, but more particularly . over
women.
The jail doora were cloaed all day and
Bo on got In but the doctor who attended
tbe autopsy and tbe coroner's Jury, which
waa organised at 9 o'clock thla morning.
Even the reporters were excluded from
the inquest, which waa held In tbe Jail.
Coroner John James arrived at tbe Jail at
o'clock and aelected the Jury.
The testimony of all the officers con
cerned in the capture waa taken, except
that of Robert Ray, Butler policeman, who
Is 111 aVed.. The testimony of Dr. Greer,
who waa one of the doctors who attended
the Biddies, and that Of Sheriff Hoon, waa
also taken. "
- Vera If t of Corener'a Jars-.
The verdict of tbe Jury is that Ed Blddle
came to his death by a revolve: ahot fired
from a thtrty-two-callber revolver by him
self, and that Jack Blddle met his death
from a gunshot wound Inflicted by tbe offi
cers In tbe discbarge of their lawful duty.
The latter part of aectlon 6 of the Jack
Blddle verdict reada as follows:
That said posae returned the fire, and
battle ensued. In which aald John Blddle
received the wound which caused, his
death. "
We hereby exonerate the officers from
all liability, and commend them for their
brave conduct and the faithful perform
ance of their duty. ;..'-
Tbe testimony taken at the inquest was
voluminous, making about 11.000 words, and
Home parts of It were sensational.
t'harates Detective with Bmtsvllty.
The testimony given' by Density Sheriff
Jtaioey Honn refected severely on McGov-
ern, one ef tba.-piltabur detective.. Dep
uty Hoon, after deacriblng tbe bunt for tbe
fugitives and. the final sighting of i them
coming over the hill, aald: .
' "We put our two teams in charge of : J.
A. Snyder. We then got in line and they
cause down the hill, and the first thing I
taw. Blddle pulled a revolver. , When he
pulled tbe gun, all began to shoot. ' I could
not tell who Bred the first shot. We all
- shot. I should Judge we were 150 feet from
them."
"Did they fall out of tbe sleigh?"
"Yes, they both fell out."
"How many shots had been fired before
tbey fellT" . ' '
"I have not much Idea. I suppose forty
er nrty shots.' t
"The Biddies fell out of the sled?"
ice, air; mui uva iwi - ws w iu-
woman fell forward. She stayed in the
sleigh and tbe horse ran away."
"Describe your approaching the Blddle
boys."
Sheet Prostrate Body..
"McOovern and I walked up to them
They were both, lying on their, faces. 1
walked up first and McOovern swore at me
for It. I had a revolver In my hand and
bad It loaded. I walked up to them, and
he walked up and bit Jack on the back of
the head .with the butt end of his Win
cheater when he waa on bis face. Then
I turned Ed over on his back. I was the
first to touch either of the men. and hi
vnlnv In shoot thsm aaraln. He stormed
beok and shot Jack again after he was on
the ground. I turned Ed over and he said
'For God's aake, don't shoot again let. me
die.' Mr. Holllday turned Jack over and
he coaxed him not to abuse blm and to let
blm die." '
"The alugs that entered the' arms and
side of Jack Blddle were-, from the shot
fired by McOovern after, he waa lying, face
downward, in the anow, at cloae ranger'
"Tea. air; I am sure of that I was
within a tew feet."
"Do you think the striking of Jack on
the head with a gun had anything to do
with the hastening of his death?"
"I could not say. He could atlll apeak.
"Did he atrlke with considerable forcer
"He hit blm a good hard. bid with-the
butt of the gun."
Voder tbe Instructions of Coroner Jonee
an autopsy was held on the Biddies thla
morning. The evidence aeeured . by the
autopsy bears out the statements that the
Biddies intended to kill themselves rather
than be taken alive, aad that Ed succeeded
In his attrjipt, while Jack failed, though
his life waa forfeited.
Statement of the Anteney.
Dr. Brlcker gave tbe following statement
after the autopsy: '
Jack Bid He was the worw wounded of
the two m in, although he was In batter
condition than Kd whsn the men were
brought to the Jail Friday alert. He had
two aunahot wounds on the riant aide In
the region of the liver, the bulleta passing
vip and around the uooy ana am no atmut.
They wore removed on Saturday. A bullet
wound was found In the rout of the mouth.
but It ras alight and would not have
rauaod his death. This wound waa In
flicted by himself, with the evident Inten
tion of committing suicide.
In all. Jack waa suffering from nine
wounds, but cxcfuttng the one that pane
trated the kidney, none of them would
have been fatal. Ed s terrible' eufferlnia
were caused by a bullet wound thtt struck
him on the left breast about an Inch and
a half to the riant of the nipple and
passed down between tl.e fourth and fifth
noe to me leu vk me nt.ri auu iiinjun
ths luna. This wound waa made bv K
himself. The powder marks are visible
on the akin.
Duuih was cauaed by hamorrhacea an
the man a u ft. red untold agony to the las
breath. Another wound found on hla bod
was on ths aatne aide, about an inch from
the left nipple, but the bullet struck the
fourth rib. tmssed untie the skin and did
no damage. Both bullets found In Kd were
tl-clilr and In ths oplnlou of the doc
tors, whe held the autoay. there te no
doubt that he ktOsd himself.
After the autapay the bod lea of the
Blddlee ware taken ia charge by W. P.
(.Continued en Second Page.)
PRINCE HENRY LEAVES BERLIN
Ambassador Walts at Railroad Sta
tloa to Bid Godiptea to
America.
BERLIN, Feb. 2. Admiral Prince Henry
left here thla morning for Kiel. Andrew D.
White, United States ambassador, came to
the railroad station to bid official farewell
to the prince, who will probably not return
to Berlin before sailing for - the United
Statee.
Mr. White told Prince Henry that the
city of Chattanooga desired to give him an
album of views, - The prince said he would
S delighted to accent tbe album.
S1fy.'. White said he was sorry that the
v j K- the tropical United 8tates during
tbK months.. Prjnc Henry also regrets-
stay will be so limited aa to
prevent N n seeing many places which
he has bv. yted to visit.
Court Coil, llor Waldmann, with a part
of Prince Henry's servants, Including two
cooks, a steward and aeveral silver butlers,
are to leave .Hamburg today for the United
Btatee on. the Hamburg-American line
aleamer Oraf Waldersee.
On their arrival tbe . members of this
party will make preparations to cater for
the imperial - yacht Hobenxollera and will
procure special - supplies for the banquet
to be given on the occasion of the launching
of the emperor's new yscht.
Admiral von Baudlssln, . commander of
Hohenxollern, wiring from St, Vincent, C.
V. I., Wednesday, said he would touch at
Bermuda next, and from there. If the
weather was good, he would steam at full
speed for New York. He expected Hoben
sollern to do eighteen knots from Bermuda.
YUNG LI VISITS LEGATIONS
Newly Proclaimed Chinese Factotom
Makes Call est. Foreign
Mlalaters. '
PEKIN, Feb. 2. The pre-eminence of
General Yung Lu in councils of the court
baa been officially proclaimed. Today he
made a tour of the foreign legations here
endeavoring to gain the favor of the min
isters. An edict has appeared prompting
General Yung Lu to be first grand secre
tary, an office not necessarily powerful, but
of the highest honor and vacant' since the
the death of LI Hung Chang. ' Wang Wen
8 ho bas been advanced to tbe grand secre
taryship to succeed Yung Lu.
Tbe , pilgrimage of Yung Lu was made
with considerable pomp and he denied the
historical accounta of hla responsibility for
the attacks upon the foreign legations.
The dowager emprese bas Issued two
edicts, the first reciting that many Chinese
had studied abroad but were not Manchus.
and orders the Manchu courtiers and gen
erals to nominate M. nchus between the
ages of 15 and 25 to go abroad, there to
study foreign branchea of knowledge. The
second edict abolishes the prohibition of
intermarriage between Manchus and Chi
nese, which has been enforced since tbe
beginning of the dynasty, and directs of
ficials by. diplomatic methods to discourage
the binding the feet of. the Chinese female
children' because this Is barbarous cus
tom. ,-;' ":
URGES LATIN AMERICAN-UNION
Mexirnaa Say nenthern nations Bhenld
Preaent fltreaar Front to tatted
. , ", .- 1 States. '
MEXICO ' CITY, Feb. 2.-El Popular, a
penny dally, argues for a 'Latin-American
unity In order that the southern natlona of
tbe world may preaent a atrong and com
pact front - to their great- neighbor, the
United States, "which is more powerful. It
not more valiant, than the Latin-American
natlona, and may yet, under the pretext of
bestowing the blessings of pesce on tbeee
countries. Impose its rule by force and then
destroy Pan-American liberties.
"Tbe famous Monroe' doctrine," it adds,
'is simply a meana of preserving the equi
librium - between, the United ' Statee and
Europe. The two tigers, Europe and the
United States, stand opposed to each other,
and the prey they desire is Spanish Amer
ica, ' While these hungry beasts of prey are
dtsputlcg we should fortify tor our com
mon defense." - . .
El Impartial, a liberal dally, says: "It
as certainly not Chile which loet the bat
tle of arbitration in the Pan-American eon
fere nee. Chile rightly - maintained' that
tbla conference waa not called to act ' as
an International tribunal for tbe settlement
of disputes among the Latin-American na
tions. Chile was completely Justifiable in
Its attitude regarding arbitration."
DUTCH PREMIER HAS BACKING
Dr. Kayper'a ; Nrsjatlettone for Beer
' Peae Likely to Be
.' rrotoased. . - ;
LONDON,'. Feb. 2. The Hague corre-
apondent of the Dally Mall aays that Hol
land Jntenda to remodel Ita offer concerning
peace In South Africa and renew diplomatic
representations to Oreat Britain. Dr. Kuy
per,, the Dutch premier,, saya the corre
spondent, has , strong continental backing
and tbe negotiations are likely to be pro
longed. The British minister had an interview
with Dr. Von Lynden, the Dutch minister of
foreign affairs, laat Saturday, wires ths
Brussels correspondent of the Morning Post,
and intimated that Great Britain would
never negotiate with Mr.'Kruger and Dr.
Uyda.
Rudyard ' Kipling, who arrived at Cape
town, January IS, In a letter to a friend In
England, ' again protests emphatically
against any amnesty being granted the
rebels, which, he feara from the attitude
of the borne people,' may .be done. Mr.
Kipling declares it la a queetion of life
or death for the colony. .
WANTS WIRELESS TO DAWSON
Aleak Meat Geea to Ottawa to Ar
restee for the Msreeal .
. Syeteaa Overload.
. VANCOUVER. B. C. Feb. 2. W. F.
Thompson, former proprietor of the Yukon
Sun. . Is leaving Vancouver for Ottawa and
New York to endeavor to perfect arrange
ments for the use of tbe Marconi aystem
la transmitting messages to Dawson. Tbe
goverameut telegraph line to Dawson is
down so much of ths -time that It is de
clared to be practically a failure.
BOXERS PLUNDER MORE TOWNS
Two Theoaaad C'hlaeae' Creaa Cereaa
. Frealler aad laaabltaata Flee
far Safety.
LONDON. Feb. 2. A report has reached
here from Korea, wires the St. Petersburg
eorresporieot of the Dally Mall, that 2.000
Chtaee Boxers have crossed the Korean
frontier aad plundered several towus, tbe
Inhabitants of which fled. The government
has asked for military assistance.
LONE VOICE FOR LYNCHING
feliUrr Rioter in Caxper ii Immediately
IvnsTwUtd.
W000WAPD NURSES ' BRUISES IN JAIL
Now Declares that Sheriff Richer
Abnaed Hlaa aad Iasalted his Wife
-Trial Bet for Next Week
Monday.
CASPER, Wyo., Feb. 2. (Special Tele
gram.) Sheriff Tubbs got in here with
Woodward laat nlgbt at 11 o'clock. Tbe
whole town waa there. Tbe sheriff came
out of the car with Woodward. The deputies
locked arms wkh Woodward on each aide.
In front waa a solid guard of deputies and
behind wers ss many more. The members
of tbe fire departmentwere there by direc
tion of Mayor Cantlln and acted as police.
Some one yelled "Hang him," and the
disturber wss Immediately taken in charge.
The march to the Jail then began. Out
side of the one- yell, "hang hlm,".not a
word was said. No funeral ever waa quieter.
There were 200 aworn deputies and as large
an angry mob. Tbe deputies had the law
on their side. Everybody appreciated tbe
fact that If the least stir was made a
deadly fight would follow. ' Without any
further trouble. Woodward was put in Jail.
A reporter for Tbe Bee called on tbe
prisoner this morning and asked blm how
he got so battered. His head la a eight.
He said when he was srrested at the Owens
ranch they were taking dinner, and the
German who got through first stepped back
of him and the Brat thing be knew tbe
German hit him on the head with a hammer
and kept on pounding him until he was In
sensible. When he came to, he was hand
cuffed and In a, wagon going to Billings.
His head showed that he had been up
against tbe real thing. He says he hsd a
horrible time and suffered agonies. He says
be Is in Jail today because his friends went
back on him.
Woodward declares that Rtcker abused
him in Jail and used to humiliate him by
making remarks to bis wife when she
came to see him In the Jail. He aald nothing
about the killing of Flicker and. Judging by
his actions, he Is either going to play in
sane or exploit his alleged mistreatment
In Jall.V- -Everything
today is quiet. Hl trial Is
to begin a week from Monday. Natrona
county bas spent $5,000 running this man
down and bringing him to Justice.
NEGRO SHOOTS POLICEMAN
Kills Ofllper and Fleea, bat Is Cap-
tared aad Threateaed
with Lyacb IBS
CHESTER, Pa., Feb. 2. Policeman Mark
Allen was shot and instantly killed at mid
night by Albert Weat, a negro, whom he
had arrested for quarreling on the street
with a colored woman. The negro shot
Allen in the leg, and as he tell to the side
walk fired two shots into his body, death
resulting shortly afterward. ' -
Weat escaped, but was captured today
hiding ia a atable at Darby, seven miles
from here. Tbe"newe of the capture pre
ceded the arrlvkl of the offlcera with their
prlaoner, and when they reached the city
hall in a car a crowd of 2,000 nerscna met
them with cries of "Lynch .lm!"
When West was brought jut on the plat
form there waa a rush add a number of
persons struck him wlt'j umbrellas and
canes, while an effort ws made to get him
away from the policemen. Tbe negro waa
hustled Into the city hall and tbe crowd,
seotng that It was Impossible to reach him
In the narrow corridor, ran around to the
courtyard in the rear of the building. Tbe
big gate was barred, but a hundred shoul
ders were placed against it and It was torn
down and tbe crowd rushed in with cries
of "Lvnch blm!"
The city Jail stands in this courtyard
and, fearing that a rush would be made In
that direction. Sheriff Leary placed a
platoon of police In the areaway, and the
police, with drawn revolvers, faced tne
crowd, which sullenly retired. A plot was
made for a second onslaught and it waa
neceasary te place the leaders In custody.
temporarily, to quiet the crowd.
Mayor Jeffrie, addressing tbe crowd, said
that Justice would be done and urged bis
hearers not .to place anything in tbe way
of an orderly procedure of the law. The
crowd lingered and at nightfall extra guards
were placed at the city hall. . .
BALLOON DRAGS HIM TO DEATH
Captain Von ClearHeld, . rontons
Aeronaut of German Amy,
Has Keck Broken.
ANTWERP. Feb. 2. The death of Cap
tain Tartsch Von ZlegBeld, the military
aeronaut, who, with Dr. Llnke, left Berlin
on a short trip yesterday afternoon in a
balloon, which waa driven here by a gale
in Ave hours and collapsed, occurred In the
following manner:
A violent atorm blew the balloon acroaa
tbe River Scheldt, just above the masts of
the -vessels there. An anchor waa thrown
out from the balloon, but tbe cable broke.
Tbe balloon was then driven over the vil
lage of Zwyndrecht, followed by an excited
crowd, which was watching the desperate
efforts of the aeronauts.
Dr. Llnke aprang from the balloon when
at a height of fifteen feet, and Captain Von
Zlegfleld tried to do likewise and became
entangled In ropea and waa suspended by
his left foot.
The balloon went on 200 yards further,
dragging him, bead downward. Peasanta
then secured the balloon and found that
Von Zlegfleld's neck wss broken.
Captain ZlegSeld was one of the best
known aeronauts In the Germsn army.
GERMANY AND CANNED MEATS
Baadearath Now Intends to Enforce
teal Preservation.
BERLIN, Feb. 2. The long delay of the
Bundesrath in issuing the regulations ad
ministering the meat law appears to be dus
to the complexities of classifying meat
products and the difficulty of drawing a
provisions law which shall be measurably
acceptable. Six full drafts of tbe law
have been worked out alnce October, 1900,
when the paragraphs excluding aausagca
and canned goods were decreed in opera
tion. The Berlin correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press understands that tbe Bundes
rath now Intends to enforce paragraph 21,
which forbids the importation of meats
preeerved with borax, or other chemicals
considered injurious te health, aad which
excludes neat products that are artificially
colored.
A decree emoodying the foregoing Is be
K 'ed te be in course of preparation. Tbe
enforcement of tbe rest of the statute will
,Ue Is'SiTtd tor subsequent action.
t
PUTS BLAME ON. COMMISSION
Railroad Vlre Prealdeat Declares It
Responsible for the Cat
tlas; of Hatee.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 2. That tbe In
terstate Commerce commission la Itself to
blame fot tbe rate-cutting which It con
demna In its last annual report, is the
claim made by Walker D. Hlnea. first vice
president of the Louisville Nashville
Railroad company, in a pamphlet Just is
sued. Mr. Htnes has given special atten
tion to this subject. His contention Is in
substance as follows: '
The commission endeavors, as It has done
for years, to excite support for Its demand
for more power by deacriblng the preva
lence of secret rate-cuttln;. It held new
Investigations at Chicago end Kansas City
to disclose conditions which It has known
for years, delaying the publication of ita
report so aa to give the result of these
hearings.
The Indisputable fact must be kept bo'ore
the public that the prevalence of rate,
cutting Is an unanswerable argument
aaralnat giving the commission more power,
because It Is due principally to the com
mission's utter failure to perform its
manifest duty.
The paramount purpose of the law waa
to secure Dubilcltv and the maintenance
of tariff rates. It Is the express duty
of the commission to keep advised and en
force the law. It has the widest possible
powers of Investigation, including the rlsht
to call for the production of all books,
documents snd papers, and it can require
tne district attorneys of the I'nlted Btates
to prosecute all violators. These powers
nave oeen upneia oy me courts.
The commission, however, has not only,
failed to devote Its time iind enera-v to
discovering and prosecuting violations of
the law, but it bas by Us suplnenees
acquienceo in ana encouraged tnem ana
has done all In Its power to break down
the force of the art and make it a dead
letter by constantly nrorlalmlne: that the
courts have made Its enforcement Impos
sible, whereas, not a single decision has
impaired tne commission s power to pre
vent rate-cutting.
As an illustration of its methods. It states
In its laat annual report that the courts
have held that to convict for paying a
rebate It la necessary to show not only
definitely that the railroad comnanv paid
a rebate to a particular shipper, but that
it must aiso dc Known mat it aid not pay
the same rebate to some other shipper,
which as a practical matter is almost Im
possible. This statement Is not true. The
very decision referred to distinctly holds
that the mere fact of paying a rebate from
tne tariff rate is in Itself an offense, re
gardless of what was paid by anybody
else, and the act makes this offense pun
ishable by a fine which may be as much es
$5,0K for each Instance where the tariff
rate has been departed from.
The commission seems to have made In
vestigations upon the subject, not to en
force the act. but simply to advertise its
contention that the ett la not enforceable.
Moreover, no nart of the new power now
asked by the commission would hnve the
remotest tendency to prevent this rate
cutting, snd this report now shows that
this Is the evil to be contended with.
I make no attempt to excuse the rail
roads for violating the law, but I insist
that the commission's attitude is Inex
cusable. Offended becausn the courts over
ruled its erroneous ssauntntlons of power
in other directions, it basBieen sulking for
years, trying to create the false impres
sion that the act is worthless and seeking
to use the rate-cutting which It could
and ought to have prevented ss a basis
for demanding radical powers which would
In no way tend to correct it.
WAITS ON MERGERS LEGALITY
Bnvllnajton's Extension! froaa Bllllass
to Great Kails HeleJ Up Pead- .
Ins Conrt beolalon. V
nilTTW Mnnt.. Fen. 2.-!a snaclal to the
Miner from Oreat Falls eaStfhe ordor frtjro
Burlington seadquartora, eiiiaijiif t?Ti "work
on the proposed line from Billings to (jfeat"
Falls until the United States suprsme court
shall have disposed of the caae brought
against the Northern Securities company by
Governor Van Sant of Minnesota has been
received. An official of tbe company speak
ing of the order, said:
"It Is true that all work on the BUllnge
Oreat Falls line will be stopped as soon
as the surveyors reach Ubet, Fergus
county, and the work will not be resumed
until tbe supreme court decides tbe mer
ger esse.
"If it decides that tbe merger Is legal,
then .this work will probably be resumed."
TO WELCOME IRISH DELEGATES
Committees Arrange for Reception of
Leaders of Nationalist .
Movement.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The delegates of
the . United Irish league, W. H. K. Red
mond, M. P., and James Devlin, president
of the league's directorate in Belfast, who
are now on the Atlantic on - the steamer
Cymrlo, due here Thursday, will be warmly
received. Various committees are at work
arranging for their coming and for the es
tablishment of branches of tbe league.
Mr. Redmond is a brother of the Irish
leader In Parliament and is a member for
East Clare. Mr. Devlin is one of tbe lead
era of the nationalist movement. Fellow
townsmen In this city have appointed a
committee to welcome him and a dinner In
his honor will , be given during bis stay
in tbe United States.
George K. McQuald Is chairman of tbe
committee on arrangements.
CIGARMAKERS BACK AT WORK
Strlklnsr Factory Heads at Tampa
Reach an Agreement with
Employers. ,
TAMPA, Fl a., Feb. 2. At a meeting be
tween a committee of tbe striking cigar
makers and ths officers of the American
Cigar company here. In whose factories the
recent cigar makers' strike Is . effective.
held today, an agreement waa reached
by which all the men will return to work
tomorrow morning. , The strikers did not
get their entire demands, it is said, but a
compromise for tbe present wss reached.
The exact conditions of tbe agreement have
not been given out for publication.
JAMES B. AGNEWJS ARRESTED
Charged with gwladlta Phyalrlitns
In Iowa and Other
States.
CHICAGO, Feb. J. James B. Agnew, who
claims relationship to the well-known Phil
adelphia family of that name, la under ar
rest here, charged with swindling aeveral
hundred physicians of Illinois, Iowa, Michi
gan, Minnesota and Wisconsin out of small
urns of money. He is charged with bar
lug fraudulently obtained cash subscriptions
to a Chicago medical publication with
which he had no business connection. Ag
new csme to Chicago from New York.
TO ABOLISH DOUBLE LOOM
Locked Ont Weavers Will hot Oo Back
to Work I aless System Is
Abandoned.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Feb. 2. The locked-
out weavers of the American Woolen com
pony at Olneyville. at a mass meeting to
day, decided, tbat should the company re
scind its lockout order they will not ge
back to work without the abandonment of
the double loom aystem on all work ex
cept Clajr dlsfooaia aad sergta.
SEIZES iilS OWN DAUGHTER
J. L Ewtrl tf lean IfakM Drtnttio
font is Oagba,
CXCITING RACE THROUGH CITY STREET!
Omaha 'offleera Pnrsne Father and
Child to Coonell Bints and Then
Party Retnrns to This
City.
Persons who happened to be at the cor
ner of Twenty-fourth and Caldwell streets
st 12:80 Sunday afternoon saw a t-year-old
girl snatched from a crowd that was dis
mounting from a street car and lifted has
tily into a waiting hack, which was driven
away with the horaes under the whip and
two or three men following tbe conveyance
as fast aa their legs could carry them, add
ing their shouts to the chorus of cries that
came from the party of women and chil
dren left on tbe street corner.
The girl was Ruth Ewsrt. The men who
took her waa her father. J. S. Ewart. a
grain dealer of Kearney. Neb. He stl.l
hss her, but bas been served with a writ
of habeas corpus which will compel htm to
produce the child la district court at once
and bring about a final determination of his
right to retain her custody.
. The affair of yesterday bad Its origin, ap
parently, In aa estrangement which devel
oped between Ewart and his wife after
their family had grown to Include a s.-n
and two daughters. More than 'a year ago
Mrs. Ewart took the children with ber to
California and did not return. When her
mother, Mrs. E. L. Dodder of Omaha,
started home after a visit with her daughter
fn the coast state the latter retained the son.
but sent in her care the two girls, one It
years old. the other 6. The elder girl
stopped off In Kearney to live with ber
father, but he consented that the younger
one comb on to Omaha for the winter.
Father Comes to City.
During the holidays he wrote asking that
Ruth be sent to blm for a Christmas visit.
He clalma that his requests were Ignored,
but the family's attorney understands (hat
the girl was sick when the Invitation came
and that It was at the doctor's order that
she was detained In Omaha. Whatever the
circumstances may have been, Ewart de
termined to regain the custody of the
child and came to Omaha yesterday morn
ing with a plan decided upon. He reasoned
that the child would be attending the
Sunday school nearest her home, and that
by being near the church door when the
school. was dismissed he could spirit her
away unmolested. But Ewart made one
mistake. He thought the child and her
grandmother lived with the family of Ed
ward L. Dodder at 2420 Caldwell, whereas
they have been with Mrs. E. L. Dodder's
other daughter. Mrs. Mails Smith, at 2129
Franklin street, and they attend the First
Presbyterian church at Seventeenth and
Dodge streets.
Ewsrt hired Dave Whalen's hack and took
with him a friend somewhat versed in law
that he might guard against any epsn vio
lation of the statutes. Driving to a church
on.. North Twenty-fourth near Caldwell
they ".waited la. vala for. thevannaaranre
of the girl. Finally they s'arted bark to
ping, but at Sixteenth' and Dodge they saW
tbe chiia taking a northbound car in earn
pany with her grandmother, her aunt and
the latter's two children.
Driving with All Speed.
Wbalen was auieklv ordered te tnrn about
and drive with a', speed to tbe corner,
where they had been on sruard. Ha aim.
ceeded in beating the car. but It would
have done Ewart pa good had It not hap
pened tbat the girl and her party had ac
cepted an invitation to dinner at the Ed
ward Dodder home and got off at Caldwell,
nere tne father was waltlnc. instead of at
Franklin, aa was her custom.
The capture was accomplished the in.
Stant Shs Stepped out onto ths rap aton
some relating tbat It waa her father who
nrsi iook noia or the gin, and others fo
isting that bs remained within the ear.
rlage until his companion bad taken her
in nis arms to urt ner In. At first the
little girl cried out In great alarm, and ber
horrified relatives, as they clambered off
the car and saw the carriage dash off
with Whalen lashing his team, remem
bered the Cudahy affair and shrieked for
police and help. Two men who were pass
ing ana nao. seen wnat bae happened
started In pursuit, and' ftDa of them ran
more than three blocks before abandoning
tne uneven race. The carriage continued
along Twenty-fourth street for some dis
tance, then turned eaat and Anally reached
the Iowa aide over the East Omaha bridge.
Tbe girl meanwhile had discovered who her
captor was, and was content. She even
laughed and would loo'i out of the carriage
winaow to see it auy pursuers were In
sight, saying that se wished her sister
were along to share In the fun.
Intercepted at Itenncil BlaOs.
Mr. Ewart felt that his principal desire
was gratified, as he bad gained posseeslon
of his child, but decided to get to Mis
souri Valley, if possible, then go directly
to Fremont, and from there to Kearney.
But when the foam-coated horses dragged
the carriage lo front of the Orand Hotel
in Council Bluffs, at 1:13, Detective Weir,
who had been notified by telephone by E.
L. Dodder, was there In waiting and took
Ewart and the girl to the office of the city
Jail, where they were detained until Mr.
Dodder, Sheriff Power and City Prosecutor
B. F. Thomas arrived from Omaha. A con
ference was held between Ewsrt and tbe
members of this party, and it was ar
ranged that all should come back together
that Ewart should retain the child wtth
him at the Her Grand until today, though
be is not to be under arrest, and tbat a
writ of habeas corpua should be served on
him. requiring that the child be preaented
In district court The point was raised that
such a writ could not ' issue on a Sunday,
and It was accordingly arranged tbat Mr.
Ewart should sit up until after midnight
that it might be served on htm then.
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY RETIRES
Former Secretary of the Navy Shifts
the Barden of His Interests
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 William C. Whit
ney, financier and former secretary of tbe
navy, after about twenty-five years of far
reaching activity in tbe world of affairs,
bas decided to retire from business llfs. He
confirms this statement tonight, aaytng:
"Yes, 1 have decided to give up work and
settle down to enjoy the rest te which I
think I am entitled. It always had been
my intention to withdraw from actlvs busi
ness when I reached the age of SO. Now I
have passed tbe limit. I am out for good."
Mr. Whitney said ho had shifted the bur
den of his many Intereete to the shoulders
of younger mec. He also intlmsted tbst be
could nut be tempted te enter politics
SfaUi.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Net raska Fair Monday and
Tuesday; Warmer Mjmlay in Eastern
Portion; Variable Winds.
Temneratnre at Omaha Yesterday i
Honr. Dear. Hear. Deg.
B aw m 4 t p. m "
e) a. m . . . . . ,ft , 2 p. m
T n. m T Sp. m
8 a. m.....- Bp. m...... H
f a. m . . . . . . H It p. m ..... . T
lO a. m. T e) p. m...... T
It n. m '. S T p. m
IX m. , o Hp. m B
l p. m
Indlrntes Below Hero.
POLICE CONSIDER IT MURDER
New York Department Seeka Person
Who Canard Death of Mrs.
Minnie Clark.,
. s
NEW YORK, Feb. 1 Investigation by tbe
police today confirms the belief tbat the
woman found dead in a Christie street
houss last nlgbt with her throat cut wss
murdered snd thst a knife was placed ia
ber band afterward to give the' appearance
of suicide. -
Tbe womsn's identity was established, the
offlcera finding that she was Minnie Clark,
SI years old. who came here come time ago
with ner 12-year-old daughter. May, and
her husband, William Clark, from St. Cloud,
Minn. A year ago tbe husband became in
sane and waa committed to an asylum.
A neighbor beard a quarrel going on in
the house Saturday and other circumstances
which have come to light make tbe police
more strongly Inclined to . the murder
theory.
DANVERS. Mass., Feb. 2. Inquiry here
throws no light upon the supposed conneo.
tion of Harry A. Macomber with the woman
who waa found dead In a Christie strset
house in New York laat night, although the
letter of lecommendation found at the time
In a dresser in the room was easily traced.
Raymond L. Foster, an engineer tor tbe
Danversport Rubber company, and Bennett
A. Macomber, brother of Harry, live in
the same bouse here. Harry came here
with his brother from Newburyport eigh
teen months ago and remained a week. He
then left town and disappeared. Mr. Foster
also formerly employed Harry Macomber as
a Bremen In Newburyport, and when be came
to Danvers be ssked Mr, Foster for a let
ter of recommendation, which waa given
him. '
Two weeks ago Bennett Macomber beard a
report of Harry's death in Newburyport,
but failed to confirm it or lo locate his
brother.
STARVING FUGITIVES CAUGHT
Two Men Arrested on Charge of
Marderlnf James
lleekln.
BRPCKWAYVILLE. pa., Feb. 2. Half
naked and nearly starved, Thomas Mada
lena and Bonnie Poll, the Italians hunted
for the murder of James Heekia at Shaw
mur Saturday, January 28, were brought to
bay in a lonely woods near Crenshaw, two
miles from . Brockwayvtlle, at 10 o'clock
last bight and captured: '
The two bad been pursued and searched
for since the' night ofthe crime and the
commissioners, nf KIk"county and the' Shaw-
OH' Mining cnmpiKiT ,bs catered. - rowvV
of-11,000 for :"thetr.t capture. '
The"1" pursuing party last night was
composed of four Italians under the direc
tion of Squire Thomas Keyes. Ths fugitives
bad been hiding In the woods since Heektn
was killed. They declared they bad had
nothing to eat In four days.
When tbe Italian deputies under Squire
Keyes appeared tbey were too weak to
offer any material resistance and were
easily overpowered by the posse.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DEAD
Not Oae Miner le Known to Have
Escaped from the Mexico
Explosion.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 2. Tbe latest
information from tbe Hondo (Mexico) mine
explosion ahowa It to bavs been fully as
serious ss at first reported. There waa a
total of 10 miners at work In the mines
when tbe explosion occurred, and all of
them are dead. Ths majority of them are
Mexicans and Chinaman, few Americans
being at work. Every mule In tbe mine
was killed, three dead ones being tsken
from tbe debris today.
The work of clearing away tbe wreckage
Is being rushed aa fast as possible, but
there-ts no hope tbat any of the 108 men
will be rescued alive.
The explosion occurred in mine No. (.
and was occssstoned by striking a gas
pocket. Tbe mine is ths property of the
Coahulla Coal company, R. M. McKenny
being auperlntendent. The names of none
of the victims has bean learned here. The
loss to the mine Is enormous.
STOLEN PIAMONDS RECOVERED
Jewels Taken from Northern Pnclde
Baa gage Room Foand at
Terry.
GLENDIVE. Mont.. Feb. 2. The diamonds
stolen from the two iron-bound trunks be
longing to C. B. Clausen, traveling repre
sentative of a Minneapolis wholesale Jew
elry Arm, wers recovered todsy at Terry,
forty miles west of here, where they had
been chased. The robbery, which occurred
on January 12, was a bold one, the trunks
being . takon" from the Northern Paciflc
baggage room, broken open and the dia
monds abstracted. Jerry McCarty, who was
arrested on suspicion. Is said to have made
a full confession to the sheriff and to have
given directions for tbe finding of the miss
Ing Jewels.'
SAFE CRACKED FIFTH TIME
Northern PaclSe Depot In Olympla
Again Visited by Bar.
glare.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. J. For tbe fifth
time in four years ths safe of the Northern
Pacific depot In tbla city was blown opsn
by burglars last night and Its contents
taken. On the former occasion a consider
able sum wss taken, but laat nlgbt only 120
was obtained.
Movements of Ocenn Vessels Feh. S.
At New York Arrived: Kensington,
from Antwerp and Southampton; L'Aquai
tain, from Southampton; Hhein. from Bre
men; tit. Louis, from Southampton and
Cherbourg. ,
At Malta Paad: Steamer Athesla. from
Yokohama. 6hanhal. Houg Kong. Singa
pore, etc., for New York. -
At Hamburg Arrived: Steamer Memphis,
from tteaule. Taroma and nan Francisco,
via Valparaiso, til. Vincent.
At Shanghai Arrived: Chlng Wo. from
Glasgow and Liverpool, via Singapore and
tiong Kong, for Yokohama and Seattle.
At Sues Arrived: (llenfarac, from Seat
tle and Tacoma, via Hlgu, Shanghai, etc.,
for London.
At Clueenatown--Sailed: Lucaula, from
Liverpool, for New York.
M Havre called; La tiaacogue. for New
Tixk.
FIRE RACES IN GALE
DmUovi Unoli tf Elliots Sorties, ii Jut
OotMotioit Oltj of WaterbuT.
PROFIRTY lOSt FIGURED AT $2,000,000
Islp is Implored fra Btrtferd, Hw
Hvas aid Diovoorh,
FIRST BLAZE SEEN ABOUT SUNDOWN
Hifk Will Ipesiilj Spreads riamto fsl
Blocks Amid.
DYNAMITE PROPOSED TO CHECK ADVANCE
Combined Efforts of Best Denartmeati
of the Entire State Pewerleae te
Head Off the Torrid Tempest,
Which Rases All Mht.
WATERBt'RY, Conn., Feb. . In tht
hardest gale of the winter, Waterbur
struggled Bundsy wtth a fire tbat destroys
a large area of the business seotlon ol
the city and threatened to wipe It oul
completely.
An estimate of $1,000,000 as the amount
of the property loss on buildings and con
tents Is considered conservative by Insur
ance men.
The fire at X.10 this morning Is undet
control, and the wind Is moderating. The
flames are not out by any means, though It
is believed they oan be confined within the
area already burned. ,
The blase atarted in tbe upholstery de
partment on third floor of the store of the
Reld et Hughes Dry - Goods company, st
108-120 Bank atrset, and that store and
many adjoining buildings were reduced in
a few hours to smouldering embers.
Great Headway When Discovered.
The origin of tbe conflagration Is not
known The fire was not discovered until
it had gained tremendous headway. At i:15
p. m., E. T. Lyall and E. L. Burnham were
In the store. There was neither smoke nor
any sign of Asms when they left. Fifteen
minutes later flames were eeen to burst
from the third floor snd almost simultan
eously from the basement. Before anybody
could ring In an alarm the whole interior
of the building was a maas of flames. When
tbe department reached the scene flames
were issuing from every window of the
building and It was evident tbst the struc
ture was doomed and the entire business
section of the city wss imnerlled.
The fire started In a drlisllng rain with
a rapidly rising wind, and with ths Increas
ing cold the rain turned to snow. Tbe wind
waa at first shifting, but It settled toward
the east and carried destruction with It -Itapld
Spread of Flames.
The first 'building to cstch from the Reld
4c Hughes company's store wss a tall (true- ,
ture to the westward, occupied by the Sal-. ;
ration Army barracks and a Turkish bath,!
eatabllsbmeq. .A. moment later het flames t
Ia.nu1 Ka..lr 4m Ik. .lu.t -.. - ) .1,
stf et .tift-i f pei! ' ou - f h tRydnr A -Fits- .
mdurice mock, cannon weDsiersnrug
store, Davis' cigar store and the stors ol
J. B. Mullinss aV Son. Tha blaxa awent
rapidly through to South Main street and
Jumped across that street, shriveling the
buildings like paper.
At the ssme time the flames caught the
Masonic temple and traveled from the Sal
vation Army building to 'the rear of the
Franklin bouse on Orsnd street, and the
entire block, consisting of seven or eight
hsndsome five-story buildings, with thirty
tenements and the large and commodious
headquarters of tbe Wsterbury American,
were In ruins before midnight.
V Militia Cfilled Oat.
After 9 o'clock the militia was called out
to preserve order. There wss serious tslk
of .blowing up buildings to prevent tbe
spread of ths flames.
The fire waa considered partially under
control at 10:30 o'clock. It bad been
checked on South Main strset and the In
dications then were thst It would content
Itself on Center street - wtth burning out
the long block that contained the Franklin
house and tbe American office. Tbe First
Baptist church, opposite' the American
newspaper office, wss endangered. . '
Shortly after midnight tbe fire, which
had aeemed to be nearly under control,
had attacked buildings on tbs south aide of
Bank atreet and again raged furiously.
It waa then thought that 2.000.000 would
be a conaervatlve estimate of the loss. '
A special train with lire englnea from
New Haven arrived soon after midnight.
I 'Breaks Ont Anew.
Shortly after midnight the fire, which
had apparently been brought nearly under
control, broke out in new places and the
efforts of ths local firemen, combined with
the aid given by the fire fighters and ap
paratus from Hartford, Torrington, Bridge
port. New Haven and Naugatuck, seemed
powerless to stay its progress. -
Tbe blase waa Wiping out the business
portion of the city, all the fire being con
fined to that section, though ' residential
parts of the city were In danger from
sparks driven by the furious wind.
In ths panlo caused by tbe fire there were
many rumors of accidents and fatalities,
but at ths Wsterbury hospital at 1 o'clock
it was said that no Injuries nor deaths
had been reported there. '
At 1 o'clock the fire waa still burning,
though, as viewed from tbe hospital, which
ia on an amlnsnoe commanding a view of
the city, it appeared that Its vigor waa
abating. Hope was expressed that the
worst of the fire was over and that It would
soon be under control.
Desperate Remedies Proposed.
At 1 o'clock conservstivs ssttmates plsrel
the loss at 12,000,000. In dsspalr of being
able to subdue the flames by tbe usual
methods, tbe use of dynsmlte wss advo
cated, but the Idea was afterward aban
doned because It waa feared that the burn
Inf embers thrown up by tbe explosion
would carry the flames to distant sections
of the city.
It was reported that numerous thieves
were operating In houses whose occupants
had left them to view the blaze. A number
of arrests were made.
The manner In which the flames leaped
from one building to another and even
acroes tbs streets terrified the spectators,
for it seemed that no earthly power could
check them. As tbs special trains arrived
bringing assistance to tbe Wsterbury de
partment, many hands unloadsd the appa
ratus and hurried it to tbe scene of tha
firs.
Several times during tbs night It looked
ss though the firemen bad finally confloel
the blaie to a certain district, but ea:h
time a cvy of disappointment and warning
went up from ths thousands ot throats as
the fire' was seen bresklng out elsewhere,
Ibe WeUrburj bank had a sMsldhunark