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The Bee. ESTABLISHED eJU-NE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOltNING, tFEJIItUARY 4, 1002 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Omaha SMITES MAM SHIPS Bald Itnwi Krth Atlntio Coit wit ' Hal and Corpi. tvtN itIam unable ti weather itorm tUsch BtMl Gnaiii Ealpltn tn tk Stw Jemy Etidy. ICHOONERIURED -MSHT OF WRECK Iill-Xifpl Mohnt Wtil Off Long Is'.aid. .r- . V. v CREWS REICUE TUCS ERETHk Jfe-avlag trw Helpless with Maes ad Bant la the Fae f Tr- aaeadoaa Sea Cold -an ' nosare Eihaast Seansen. NEW TORK. Feb. I Th gal which has eea sweeping th coasts ot Long Island gad New Jersey for . mor than twenty four hour and is conUauini tonight, though with abated force, haa brought death and disaster to sailor and their graft. Report of loea of life are confined to the fteatera tod of Long Island, whence cornea jew that aeveral bodle hare been washed Mhore. It waa not known up to 10 o'clock tonight what vessel the men who lost their Uvea con from. They might bav teen on either the bargee towed by th tug Richmond, reported a passing Block Island without tow, bound from New York tor Newport, R. I., or the tug Cuba, which passed Block Island two hours later, and which left New London yesterday for New port Newa and was returning without tow, When leaving port, Richmond had three barges and Cuba two. Wreckage atrewa the ahor In the vlclu Ity of the Bellport. I I.. Wo saving ata tlon, and ono body cama aahor east of this station. One barge waa thrashing about this afternoon near Forga Rlr sta tion. The finding of two other bodies was reported later from the same point The largest piece of wreckage to tho after quarter and m- portion of the stern of a barge. On this wera the letters "O. P. E." The crew of the American merchantman Bchepp, a- full-rigged ship which went ..horn u the shoals oft Long Beach, L. I., early today, were In peril all day. Lata reports tonight nay they ar still on th tranded vessel, though the danger of death haa been lessened owing to the slight abatement of the storm. I A westerly gale waa blowing seventy miles an hour when Bchepp struck at .3 in the morning. 1 The men from Captain Andrew Khoadea' life-saving station. tntle to the east, dragged their mortar , to the acene of the wreck, reacning pcocpp Hm, davbraak and found the aeaa break ing over Its how and etar. The vessel was about 1,009 feet from ahem and tossing AaevHr.-sUth ,srvery :triM;.oV breaka4. Nearly" rvry spar In ihe ship Iraa twisted .of broken. Several of th he seen o deck running to and in trtrent efforts to keep , from freeslng to - death. The llfe-aavera of OapUIn Rhoadee aUtlon and those of the Long Beach aUtlon under Captain Van Wlcklea, made aeveral attempt to ahoot the life lines over the ahlp, but their et forta were not auccesstul. They then tried to launch the lifeboat, but thla proved lm muihi.. ewlna to the high aeaa. The crew of the tug John Atwood and S. 8. Berwlnd had narrow escapee from Min tn tha bottom with their crait un- day afternoon. Nothing waa known of their plight until the arrival of the German Steamer Barcelona, the crew of" which roe. rnnri tha tutmen. The tugs had been de livering provisions to the stranded steamer Savour, ashore at Long Beach, L. I., and were proceeding back to thla point when the gal struck them. The wave not only ...n avervthlna moveable, but also thair holds and got Into tha Are boxes.' Th aeven men on each tug were tn imminent danger of death for over two ' hours. The tugs wer abeolutely helplea and gradually alnklng when Barcelona hove In eight and took th half-frosn crews aboard. . Wltmn nan an nour aiwr the two tug went to the bottom. Cantata Claus Bohn waa utterly exhaust ad whan Barcelona reached tha South Cen tral pier thla morning, aa he had beet) forty-elght hour on the brtdg. He aald that all the houses of Berwlnd had been mashed by the fury of the wave, when, Barcelona hove down on the sinking 1 end rescued the crew. Both of the tug boat war fin vessel Of their class. Berwlnd waa ; probably worth 833.000 or 135.000, and Atwood about tso.ooo. BARGES GO DOWN WITH CREWS fTn Mem Lost with Twe Vnl la) the ley Bloat On Block . galeae. FALL RIVER. Mas., Fab. 1 The tug Cuba, owned by the Staple Coal company Of Taunton, arrived here tonight and re. ported the loss of its two berges.Matansa gad Cardenas.' off Block Island, last night, Aurtag the heavy gale. Bach barge had 1,000 tona of coal on board and each 'waa manned by a crew of five. Tha company tonight could not give the names of th trews. ' OHIO RAILROADS ARE BURIED Deep Cat Erie la Choked with gnaw aad All Trains frant Kast Ar Late. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. I. All railway tralna from th east today were delayed by the heavy snowstorm. The Lake Shore company's through tralna arrived five to aeven hours lata. A deep cut near Kent, O., on tha Erie. Is completely filled with snow snd several trains ar blocked there. A large force of taen la engaged la clearing away the snow OVERWHELMED BY AVALANCHE nnaweltd from Maaat Baabrateh Leys Deealat Villas; f -Blethers. GRAZ. Austria. Feb. I An avalaach from Mount Boubratcb haa partially over. whelmed th village of Blslberg. near the town of Villain. Maoy peraona have beet killed. Montreal's Arcll Condition. MONTREAL. Frb. 3 The aaowaterm which started yesterday continue. Rail road tiaJBo la from four 1 eight hour SHIPS ON BRIGANTINE SHOAL Ifkmarr F.dlth L. All and Rtean4iln Claverdale Wrecked Steel PHILADELPHIA. Feb. I. Th windstorm which began yesterday afternoon and reached a velocity of fifty mites an hour along th aouthera New Jersey coast and In the vicinity of th Delaware Breakwater, baa greatly diminished and tonight la blow ing twenty miles an hour. . Reports from the south Jersey coast and Delaware river polnta Indicate that vesaela that were exposed to the gale weathered the storm fairly well. Two vessela are ashore on ' Brlgantlne Shoal, a abort dis tance north of Atlantic City, and two steamers are reported aground In Delaware bay, fifty miles below this city. The British steamer Claverdale, from Asiatic ports, for New York, which grounded an Brlgantlne Shoal yesterdsy. Is still fast. The, wind and aea are unfavorable, and during tha last twenty-four hour Claver--del haa been awung around by the ele ment until now it lies broadside on.' deep In the aand. -Wrecking tugs are with It. Several hundred tons of after-ballast and cargo will have to be discharged before the wreckers will attempt to pull the vessel off the ahoal. ' Claverdale waa bound from China and Japan with a cargo valued at 12,500,000, consisting of 4,000 tons of tea and 3,000 tons of general cargo. A crew of twenty-five men remains aboard. The' stranded ship Is visible from the board walk here and Ihousanda of visitors are 'viewing the un usual spectacle of a great steel eteamsblp lying almost out of water. Claverdale la ' almost a new vesrel. having been built at Stockton, England, In 1899. It halls from London and is owned by E. Hatlehurst Co. It Is built of steel and la a modern cargo carrier, regis tering 8,300 grOBS tons. Its length Is 830 feet, beam 43 feet, draught 24 feet. The schooner Edith L. Allen, which went ashore during the night on the same shoal within a -short distance of ' Claverdale. Is also fast in the. aand. The achooner. which waa bound from Brunswick for Nsw York with lumber, waa misled by the lights of Claverdale and of the tugs, and before, the captain saw his mistake Allen touched bot tom. ' . ' Advlcea to the Maritime Exchange aay the British steamer Europe,,- from London, for Philadelphia, Is reported tn Delaware bay, alx miles below Reedy Island, and the British ateamer Drummond, Philadelphia, for Bt. Thomas, la reported fast in the mud in Delaware bay. The schooner R.'D. Rlbber, from Mobile, for New York, was blown aahore in the Delaware Breakwater bar bor, but waa aoon afterward floated and aalled tor lta destination. . It waa not In Jured. No anow accompanied the wind today tn thla section. ALL EUROPE JS SNOWBOUND Great Britain, Prance, Spain, Italy ad Switzerland llav the Worst ! Wfitktr. (,',' LONDON. Feb. i I. Reports of damage caused by the . wind and-' snowstorms 'on th CootiDent and la Great Britain continue to be received. . Carriage and street ear traffic in Madrid haa been, stepped and railroad tralna ar delayed. . .Some of the-towns in northern Spain are isolated and fruit trees have been deatroyed. In Switzerland many vll- lagea are cut oft from communication. Telegraphic communication with Italy has been Interrupted. There Js more snow In Venice then at any time in twenty-C years. The river Tiber rose twenty-flv feet. Th lower portion - of Rome I flooded, as well aa the Forum, the Psn tbeon and the Temple of Vesta. The water of the Tiber Is now receding. Several more wrecks off the British and French coasts are reported and tbe crews of some of these vessels have been lost. Numerous ships are overdue. There are heavy snows In the northern part of Great Britain. - Several steam trawlers have not been heard from for a month. It. la possible they have aought aneiter la tbe baya of Iceland. BLIZZARD HOLDS UP ACTORS Theaters Dark la Foor Bl Cltlea Be eaaae. of Dee paow.drlfta ' aad -VVreclt. PITTSBURG. Feb. . The billiard which haa prevailed throughout thla section since early Sunday .la responsible for the closing tonight of ths Academy of Music In this city, and Incidentally four other theaters, en at Cleveland, two at Chicago and one at Detroit. These failurea are the result of an accident on the" Erie railroad just west of Youngstown, O., today. When the train bearing Harry Bryant Burleaquers company, coming from But falo to Pittsburg, reached the point men tioned. ploughing its wsy through the tin mense snow drifts, ths forward baggage car parted In the middle, causing an effect ual blockade of the road. Tralna following with John Drew's company for Cleveland, and three other troupes, ' one bound for Detroit and two for Chicago, were unable to get around th wreck until too late te keep their date. No one was hurt, but all aunered severely from the extreme cold BITTER COLD IN SOUTH DAKOTA Indiana rind Body f V'aldeatlded Maa Who Waa Frosea te t Death. PIERRE. 8. D.. Feb. 3. (Special Tele gram.) Frank Flener came In from Big Bend country today aad reported the frees lng to death about laat Friday night of an unidentified maa In Big Bend. The man who was apparently 'a German about Si years o.l wss at tiie Flener ranch Thursday ri took dinner there, leaving In tbe after noon. The next htard of him was when two Indiana came to the ranch and reported finding the frosen body. Coroner Bright haa been notified and will Investigate. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Feb. . (Special Telegram.) Oue of th moat severe storms thla winter is prevailing here tonight. The temperature early in the evening was be low sero Indicating that the night will be one of tbe coldest of th aeaaoo. Soms snow la falling and high northwest wind aad badly drifting th large quantities of snow now on th ground. HURRICANE AT NOVA SCOTIA BhlpBlaa- BBsTer Severely trans Wild' eat gtaraa Halifaa Haa Known ia Yearn. HALIFAX. N. 8.. Feb. 3. Last night' ktorm waa th wtldeat la Nova Scotia for year, and report tonight indicate that shipping ha - auoered severely. It I roughly estimated that th damage to sail log vesaela aloa wiir reach liO.sCO. Th damag at Luaenborg will be f &.0OQ. Four ta vessel hate been aertoualy damaged. OLD BY NO MEANS MINUS Dais Oeatiaaea U Staid Bator Ttmparh- , tar rifir, Hewsvsr. 0RTNI6HT 6F FREEZING ATMOSPHERE Weather Maa Olvea Oat Infenaatlea That JassaiT Waa aa laaaanlly ' Wins Month When Takes aa a Whole. Forecast for Nebraska-Fair Tueaday: Wednesday. Fair and Probably warmer; Northerly Winds, Becoming . Variable. Te peratare at Os aha Yesterdays Hoar. Dec. lion Deaf. . ' II ' ft a. at T a. m W M. n 9 a. , m , O a. m. . . . . . 1 ! a -. s . 4 . 5 p. e p. T p. H P. 14 13 14 10 T tt 5 1 4 4 4 I T I. .... . 11 12 12 a. at...... t Indicates below sere. This morning marks' he fourteenth day ef a term of-unusually severe weather for thla part of the United States. At ' no time since January 21 ha the thermometer at the government observatory marked a degree above the freestng point.' On that day ( the maximum temperature waa 85 de grees a oove sero for a part or- the day. That night there was a slight change Hi the temperature ' and ' the next day the highest point reached waa 31 degrees above sero, or 1 degree below' the freeslng point. The nex day was still colder, tbe highest temperature recorded being 1 degrees above xero. But these daya, while cold In' oomparfbon " with' 'those " which ' preceded thm, wer still above th normal for Jan uary dars. . y - Th. real cold weather, compared with January averages, began' on January 24, which waa, however, warmer than any sine that time. The highest temperature recorded that day waa .21 degreea above sero and the lowest , giving deficiency for the day of 2 degrees. The next day, with a deficiency of '9 degrees," a maxl mum of 21 and a minimum of , waa not remarkable compared with the pre ceding day, but January 26 the mercury for the first time during the month dropped below the sero line, with a minimum of degrees below sero and a maximum of ( degreea above. January 27 waa the coldest day of the preaent term, ' having a mlmt mum of 12 degreea below sero. Since then the mercury haa" been below sero on Jsn uary 28, January. 31,. February 7 and 2, and at no time since January 2t haa tbe mersury been above 17 degrees above sero. Taken as a whole, the month ef January was unusually warm. ' Until January 23 there was an excess of 'warmth for the month amounting to 351 degrees. The de ficiencies - of other . days brought this ex. cess down to 283 degreea for the month, making aa .average daily excess of 7.6 de greea for-January. Until January 20 there waa no precipita tion recorded for, the month hut, slpce that tint there haa Seen a fail ot tbreo-quarters of aa Inch -of melted' auwt aratbewt Wight lache M anow unmelted. - One ' reason . that the .' people notice th present-cold weather, la oa account of the last two ysars..' when .that month waa ex ceedingly . warm, the .average dally , excess in 1901 being degrees and tn 1900 11 degrees. , Last winter there were only three days when "the mercury, went below - sero and the coldest time waa oa December 81, 1900, when. '2 .degrees below was recorded. This condition hss. In the opinion of the local forecaster, led the people to forget the usual winters ef Omaha, which ar about such aa th one we are having now, with perhapa a greater range, taking ten. days at a time in consideration. "The rough weather on the coast," aald Mr. , Welsh, "is a continuation of the storm which passed over .Omaha Saturday night. It struck the lakes with a maxl mum wind velocity of twenty-six .miles an hour at Buffalo this morning and with probably Increasing velocity as It , pro ceeded to tbe east. At the Omaha station at 4 o'clock Man day afternoon . th wind velocity waa twenty-six miles an hour, and the flurries of snow gsve appearaace of aa Incipient billiard, but reporta received at the local office caused the forecaster to maintain that no aerloua storm would follow. ' At 3 o'clock thla morning street 'ther mometer vsrled from to t below xero. ' MERCURY LOW IN NEBRASKA Cold Weather aad lee ftarveat Cea tlaa Throaahoat th state. HUMBOLDT, . Neb.. Feb. 8. (Special.) The thermometer dropped again Saturday night to 18 degreea below, but Sunday It moderated somewhat and the groundhog ex perienced no difficulty In aeeing his shadow. The last cold snap was taken advantage ot by the local dealers and tha Ice harvest la now completed. . The Spring Late com pany haa In Its houses 1.G00 tons of finest quality lea and la In much better ahape than last year when It disposed of sev eral carloada to other cities which were not so fortunate. .- KANSAS CATTLE COMFORTLESS toehaaea Fear Lasses . After Laat Klaht, the Severest of th Wtater. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 3.-6tockmea in western Kansas are having trouble tonight tn the effort to protect their cattle from th cold. Th mercury took a sudden drop this afternoon and 1 now below aero. - The night la the most severe ot the winter. The cold Is accompanied by a stiff wind from the north. The ground Is completely covered by snow to a depth of several Inchea, which makea it bard for the cattle to obtain the necessary food and water, Stockmen expect loasea to result If the weather doea not moderate by morning. SEVERE COLD WAVE IN CHICAGO Oa Maa fraeea la Death aad Other Serieasljn aAslreted by -Weather. . CHICAGO, Feb. 3. Chicago suffered se verely from the cold wave today, the mer cury at I o'clock being I degrees below sero and at 1 o'clock 1 below. An Inmate ot the Old People's horn waa frosea to death and Joha R. Davia of Clenvllle, III.. waa taken to tbe hospital with hi hand ao badly frosea that amputation may be aeces sary. At th county hoapUal It was aald that "Young Griffo." th pugilist whose hands and feet wer froten laat night, waa la a aerioua oo-edttloa. Th physician could aot a tat a whether amputatioa would be necessary. YORK STATE. IN EL1ZZARD GRIP Railroads In Hrhera aad Weslera Sections Battle with th . Elements. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The storms In th northern and weetera parte- at -the stats have played havoc with the 'echtdule of Jhrough tralna due to- arrive at the Grand Central atatlon. NeltRer the new Chicago Express nor the Southwestern Limited, due at t.iO 9. m.. had arrived at a late hour tonight Reporta Indicate that the storm extenda all over -New York slat and is the heaviest known In years. ' No tralna have left Oswego since -Sunday night. The storm still continues, tbe wind blowing forty miles an hour. A .heavy snowstorm still rages through th Hoosac valley. Not train from the west on th Kew JTork Central has gone through Geneva, and only two from the west bar arrived. Traffic on all lines haa been demoralised and most of the read are devoting their attention to keeping passenger trains mov ing. All the passenger trains "are from one to twenty-four hours lata. ' The Washington train over the Pennsyl vania, due at Buffalo at 7:40 Sunday even ing, arrived thla afternoon under a heavy pull of engines. Alt trains en the Erie between Salamanca aad Dunkirk bave been abandoned. . .. TRAINING SHIP DRAGS ANCHOR Laicaitrr Cats Cable at KewMrt Kewa aad Many Kim 11 Craft -i. ... ? A' Bak r, ; ' .-, NEWPORT NEWS. . Va.,' : Feb. 3. The wind last night attained a Telocity of 70 mile an hour. Tbe United States training ship Lancaster dragged Ha anchor' across the Bell telephone cable, cutting tt, and deatroyed tbe long distance eommunlcatlon. One amall schooner wis driven ashore here, and many small' boats were tank. . CONFER ON THE DUTCH NOTE British MlnUter Saeade Caaaideretl Tim with natch Miniate of , . Foreiarav Affair. , i.-. THE HAGUE. Feb. 3 Th British mta' Inter to the Netherlands, Sir Henry How ard, had a long conference today -with tha minister of foreign affairs. Baron Van Lyn den, and Dr. Kurper, at the latter' resi dence, oa th subject of the notes exchanged between the Dutch and British governments. I In the first chamber today Baron Van Lycden, replying to a auentloo, said noth fag '-could yet be .revealed regarding the Dutch and British communication on th Subject of peace in 'South ' Africa, the British government having expressed -a de aire for a elmultaneoua publication In London, and Th Hague'. - The government were ' then discussing ' the tlm of their publication. .."'-'.:- LONDON, Tab. 3. In th House of Com mons today A. J. Balfour, tha government leader, said be toped -th Dutch communi cation regarding South Africa and ' tbe British reply would be laid aa the table Tuesday. - --i " . " 1 ' ' f -. . DISPARAGES PEKIRECIPTlSri Bagrlish fmp' ears iMrs. .-wConaer Bhowld Hav,Saraed Gift ,, .... froas Empress. , ,i .. - " '-"'; ' ' LONDON,' ' Feb. - 3. Commenting, this afternoon., on-the' reception on Saturday of .the wive 'and children of the members of the diplomatic corn at Pekin by the dow ager empress and emperor and the empress, the Globe wrathfully remark that it waa humiliating to every European and Ameri can.' and- expressed indignation at the fact that the ministers "permitted ' their wives and children- to be degraded by bow ing to the infamoua woman and receiving decorations from- her bloodstained hands,' adding: . "The nocklace the dowager empress placed on Madame Conger should have been spurned aa the gift of murderers chargeable with the torture and death of American christian women. The ladles were not' primarily to blame, but an unpardonable fault rests with the diplo matists who allowed the cruel indlirnltv. The ladles will be represented as having performed kow-iow lo ine usurping Tyrant ana a aay oi regret win assuredly come. KAISER SENDS JEWEL CASE Rich Present to Mlaa Roosevelt, Who la te Chrlatea th Yaeht. - NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The kaiser's gift to Miss Alice RoMwvelt, In connection -with th , visit to imerlca of Admiral Prince Henry, says th Berlin correspondent of th Journal, la to lx a gold jewel case, richly studded with diamonds. In th center of th Hd Is a portrait of th kaiser, with th Imperial monogram in dlsmonds. The Internal fittings snd decorations of the kaiser's American yacht are being made by a ' London firm of decorators and the chief artist has interviewed the kaiser, who said laughingly: "I ahall send a torpedo boat for my yacht some day before June 18, ao you'll have to get it finished by then, as I want It to take part In the Kiel re gatta." EARL OF MUNSTER KILLED Major of British Araay Lose Life a Lap Mlnea ia Soath - - Africa. LONDOrf, Feb. 8. A South African cas uaKy list-published this evening Includes the name of the earl of Munster, Geoffrey Oeorge Gordon Fits-Clarence, who waa ae cldentally killed at the Ijipo mines Feb ruary 3.. The earl was a mrjor of the Third battalion of the Royal Scots, Lothian regiment. He waa born in 1359. Steamer Finally Keaehea Part. . LONDON. Feb. 3. After tossing help lessly In the English channel for sixty five houra the Dover-Oslend passen ger steamer Marie Henrietta was towed into Ostend this morning. The gale ia abating. In view of the aeverlty of tbe weather, tbe number of casualties thus far reported ia comparatively amall. Newa haa Juat been received her that the ateam trawler Anlaby,' with a crew ot twelve men, belonging to Hull, haa been loat In a anow storm off Iceland. The first officer of th French ship Cbanaral was landed at Falmouth today. He la the sole survivor of th crew of twenty-two men ot the vessel, ablcb waa capsized off Unhauty. Tbe bark wreckad off tbe Scilly Islands last evening, and which was supposed to b a Germaa vessel, turns out to have been th Italian bark Lofaro. . - Wreck ACeeta Herdlea'a Serve. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. t.-Mme. Lillian Nordica la con lined t her room at the Palaue hotel with an attack of nervous ness. Dr. James W. Ward, who la lo at tendance, aaya that tha attack ia not aerl oua. It ia tha meult of the singr' recent trlmt; la a lailrcad wreck!, REPORTS 03 CUT AFFAIRS Ifavir Vovraa tai City KsgiaMf Etwtti libisti Their KarUwa, CASH BALANCE '0M THE BIGHT SIDE Biitsii Kent Within laeoai Last Irar Tark Strict Vlellaaee, . aad Proaete gteaewed tor Csrml Year. Mayor Frank B. Moor presented his an nual message to th city councilman at a meeting called at I o'clock yeaterday after noon. The message 1 aa follows: We have cloeed the vear and have before as our balance sheet for that period. The AKurea are most gratifying, for they show that we have kept cor pledge to the peo ple made at the beainnlnc of 1W1. At the close of 100 It waa found that a number of funda were overdrawn and that several departments had exceeded their allotment. When the levy for 1901 waa made the mayor and council promised the people that we wouM do everything In our power to eee to it that no funda were overdrawn at Mi end of 1901 except the water rent, lighting and health funds, where the fixed charges exceed the amount of the levy authorised by the charter. When the year ended there waa a balance of over 113,0"0 In the general fund after paying all claims ana not a single department had exceeded Its allotment. This result was only ac eomnllRhed by vigilance and economy. Comfortable balances also existed in the other Virion funds except In those men tioned; and In the library fund. The library fund la managed and controlled by the library board and the mayor and coun cil are tn no manner responsible for their overlap. Thla record Is one of which we may -well be proud. And now, before the levy of 108 Is made, I desire to renew the pledge of 1901 for 1902. Whatever that levy may be. It shall be my ateadfast purpose to so man use the financial affairs of the city that st the cloee of 1902 our balance Sheet shall not show an overdrawn fund or allotment. City - Treaaarer. for 1901 was even better than trist made bv him In 1900. On December 81 his book showed that 90 per cent of the 1901 levy for personal taxes naa Deen couectea, al though the tax ltata had been In his hands only eight months. in 1900 ho collected 84 per cent or the personal taxea for the' current year, while hla predecessor collected but 62 per cent In the corresponding period of 1899. The result of this activity has been that on January 1. 1902. the outstanding general warrant dert or the city waa wo.t less than It waa on January 1, 1901. Special taxea have come in during the year at the rate of about 110,000 per month and the n.nl.1 Mamnl. ilaht 'ha, Im.ii lo.o.lu h. duced. r In the year 1900 the city was on a cash Basis tor only tnree and one-nair months In 1901 four and one-half months, and In 1902 thla should be Increased to five and one-half months. , . Fire aad Police Board, At the IRQ? iMtalnn fit t ha. l.lHlAtnra a-if Nebraska It was provided that: "In each city of the metropolitan clasa there shall be a board of Are and police commission ers, to consist of the mayor, who shall be ex-offlclo chairman of the board, and four electors ot the city, who snail be appointed mrj , ...... iiiui, . on June -a. -.1898. , our supreme court, in lta opinion In the case of State againot Monres, reported in So .Neb., page 480, with reference to thla provision of the charter, aald: "The act of the legislature, of 1897, In 'so far aa ft assumes to confer authority upon the-governor, to appoint fire and po lice eonimlastonera in 'cltlea -of the metro- fHilltan clnss, la void as being aiv unlawful attempt to' ceDnv.- the. people of. auchrw i.4h- iM!h-tr- tawtui -eelf-ge-teiiige, llivni. - . -. , On. dune 7. 1500. In the case-' oT ' BtsTfe against Kennedy, reported in SO Neb., page 3u0, the supreme court said with reference to tne cas or state -adainat Moores, above: "That the state, acting through lta governor, could hot appoint Are and police commissioners for Omaha: that aald Judgment is conclusive upon the atate and, aa ar matter. of course. Is binding upon the governor -ana tnoae claiming through or Under him." - . . In the Kedell case the supreme court de cided that the preseht board has the legal authority and right to try the charges against Redell. the present board waa appointed under ine law . as eaiaDiisnea oy tne supreme court, was confirmed In Its rlcht to hold said oftlco by the court and later held to be authorised to try charges- filed with it, It la therefore the leaallv authorised, in. pointed and acting board and Its members are entitled to the office until their terms expire or until the legislature shall make a new provision. Police " Department. The report of this' department Is a most gratifying one. It dlaciosea the fact that the amount of stolen property reported last year waa 120,046.28 as against 127,137.48 In 1900 and $27,043.65 in 1899. While the amount stolen in 1901 was less than that reported in 1900 or U9, yet the percentage ot atolen property recovered was . larger than In the prevloua years, bring !la.626.07. During the recent prolonged period of extremely cold weather the number of peraona suffering from cold, and hunger waa Appalling. The Associated charities waa discontinued last winter, and so there being no other organisation to appeal to, these unfortunate persona applied to the police department for aid. Had It not been for their prompt and efficient action In meeting the emergency, much suffering and many deaths would have resulted. Aa mayor of the city, 1 appealed through tbe dally preua to the people, of the city asking tlfat money, clothing, etc., be sent In at once to relieve the distress, and the people generously responded. Officers were detailed; to investigate ine applications tor assist ance, and supplies were furnished at once to all worthy persona. It haa been urged that thla work waa outside the proper xpnere or mo ponce aeparinient. i admit It, but. this waa an unusual emergency, There waa no other agency to take charge of the work, and it seemed better to have the department go beyond the limits or lta proper sphere for the time being than to have unfortunate people freeze or starve. However, It ia hoped the necessity will not occur again, umana needs a perma. nent: charitable organisation, and our philanthropic people should provide one without oeiay. Police Jada. The people, by their ballots, have ren dered a verdict on the police Judge that la very gratifying. The former, police Judge haa been a very expensive luxury. The receipt from the police court ha vie grown smaller and smaller each year, but not ao with the expenaea. rilnce 1897 our charter haa provided for an annual aalary of 11.2UU for the police judge, but by a legal technicality 'Judge Gordon ha compelled the city to nny him annually the sum of I2.&U0. or ll.u each year more than tne charter provided. 1 congratulate ine people in ineir a lec tion of a man like Louis Uerka for the office of police Judge. A man of experi ence and ability, who haa demonstrated In the past hla ability to prentde over the polic court. I trust all ordinances will now be enforced. Kspeclully tbe ordinances in wh'.ch the people are ao much inter ested, such as those prohibiting the sale of adulterated milk and food, short metis, ures and the dumping ot garbage withtn the. city llmita. Fire Department. The work of thla department deserves f;reat praise. Chief Halter has aroused n the members of the force an Intense eathuaUutra and loyally which haa -never before, existed under prevloua manage ment, lie la a trained nre lighter and haa the respect and confidence of his men. During the year there were 4o fires. Tbe fire loos waa 1:54. 13.1 of which 38,441 waa on buildinga and tli6.iM) on contents. The loss over Insurance waa only about 110.40. ' Among the large fires of the year were the following: January IS. Unlnger at Metcalf Implement houae. Iuhs t.Suu. February . Omaha Street Railway com pany car barn. October la. Western Type Foundry and May's grocery, H7.WU. October 23. Three-story brick building, Fifteenth and Dodge, $7.0o. December 1, Omaha Creamery Package company. 5.000 The department had been asking for a new and additional apparatus fur some time, and in December it waa found te b Imperative that t.vuu feet of boa should be purchased. The Urge Are that have occurred la the (Continued , Fifth Peg-) OUCE ARREST KIDNAPER a North Dakota Centers We ma a aad Boy Who Dlaa ' eared free Evaastea. CHICAGO. Feb. 3. Chief of Pollc O'Nell today received a telegram from Chief Bal lard of Casselton. N. D saying that Flor ence Ely and Frank Ely Rogera, the boy whom the woman is said to have kidnaped from Evansten last July, are In that town. A second totegrara stated that Miss Ely waa said to have ronfessed her Identity. 'I believe Rallard ha found th right people, although of course, there may be some mistake," said Chief O'Nell. "No time will be lost tn making -the Identifica tion absolute on way or th other." Th Ely kidnaping case I on of th moat peculiar wtth which th police have had to deal In years. - Miss Ely, the aunt of Frank Ely Rogers, a 13-year-old boy, cherished an infatuation for her nephew which the boy' parent regarded re markable. It I thought that preparations to send Frank away to school, thus remov ing him from th Influence ot his aunt. caused the latter to take him away her self Mr. Roger has been til from grief and anxiety since her son disappeared and th pollc of th whole country have been put on the watch. STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE tophoaaore la Medical Department of t adversity ot Mlchlaaa Shoot Herself. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 8. Miss Agues Inglls, sophomore student In the medical department of Michigan, committed suicide here today. Eh vwaa a daughter of Dr, David Inglls, a prominent physician ot Detroit, and waa 35 year of age. Th young woman was an unusually bright and promising student and had already made a name for herself among the pro fessors. She was prominent tn athletics. being coach of the' freshman basket ball team and taking great Interest In gym nasium work. No motive for tbe deed haa been disc- oovered, but It Is known that she was aubject to attack ot great mental de presslon. At such time she ha often threatened to take her life. Worry over examinations doe not seem to be the cause. aa she passed with high marks all she had taken up to this time. After examination she went down town, returning to ber room and shot herself, the bullet penetrating near the heart. She then opened the door, walked out Into the hall and fell. She died half an hour later without regaining consclousnesa. MURDER CASEJOF WILL PRINCE Ho 1 Beta; Tried la Kansas City for hare In Death at Philip H. Kennedy. KANSAS . CITT, Feb. 3. Th trial - of Will Prince a on of the murderers a year ago of Phillip H, Kennedy, his bro ther-in-law, was begun her today. Ken aedy, who was soliciting agent of the Mer chants Plspatcb Transportation company. waa shot, and Jrllled-by Lttl BttcojrKen- edr, Il wJT of h month. " ' fXeandy hsd brought -ult to have hi marriage eet aside, asserting that he had been compelled to marry the girl by her father and brothers, Bert and Will. On the day that Kennedy' case was to have com up Mrs. Kennedy called him from hi office In the Ridge building In the down town district and shot him.' She was found guilty and sentenced to ten years In the penitentiary. Her father and brother were charged with conspiring with her to kill Kennedy. Will Prince asked for a severance of the cases and he will De tried alone, tiia sister, who Is out on bail waiting decision on appeal ot her case, will. It Is said, tes tify In hla behalf. MANGLED BODIES RECOVERED Eighty-Fear Dead and Slateen Men ' Barely Alive Tahea from Honda Mine. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 3. A special from Eagle Pasa says: Eighty-four bodies and sixteen met barely alive, some of them horribly mangled have been taken from the Hondo mines. Tbe search for the bodies has stopped, on account ot tbe stench, but disinfectants arrived this afternoon and work will be resumed. Th shaft had ,118 men enrolled and Ighteen are still missing. Twenty-five head of dead mules have been taken from the shaft. The damage to property is very great The company has obtained all the phy alclans and nurses that can be secured from all polnta and Is doing everything possible to save any of the miners who may still be alive. The scene at th open ing of the mine was horrible. Wives mothers and children of the dead and man gled were screaming and crying and re. fuaed to retire. DYNAMITE IN NEW YORK at at Old Stewart Mansion ' nblea Two Men nnd Arreat Follows. Die- NEW TORK. Feb. 8. Two men were severely wounded this afternoon by a heavy blast of 'dynamite oa th sit of th old A. T. Stewart mansion. Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue. The tnea hurt ar Mor ris Harnett, a watchman employed by a Bru of builders, whose skull was fractured, and Ferdinand Holly, a furniture designer, who was cut in the thigh by a piece of flying rock. A building foreman who' bad charge of th blast was arrested. 1 ROCK IN BAKING POWDER Jen York Health Ofltelala Srla and Destroy ' Adnttrrnted , Goads. ' NEW YORK, Feb. 8 Three and one-half tons of baking powder seised by the Board I of Health and officially condemned by the city chemists, were deatroyed today. Part of the powder was found at a department store and tbf rest In a warehouse. Tbe chemists who examined It said that it con tained 2 per cent powdered rock. GUN BURSTS ON 7EARSARGE Aeeldeat Oeeara Darlag Target Prae. tie, hat K Injnrlrs Ar . Keearted. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Th navy de partment has been advised by Admiral Hlg glnson in command of tbe North Atlantic squadron that one of tbe five-Inch guns f Kearsarg burst while tbe ship was at target practice. No on Is reported to hav been Injured. Kearaargo Is bow oa th way from Porto Rico to Cuba, POLICY FOR SOUTH BpnlioB Cauoii TaUt U 'Afm von IlTMtigating DigfraioIiiMmeit THREE HOURS OF UVEIY OlSCUSSIfN Crajgokr PmeiU Rottlitin Mi Pitts ITrjtit Nsotttit. SOUTH FAVORS STRONG ELECTION LAW - Maa-aaaat ' DsoltrM Afaiitt Aiy Bdntiva f Eut Eepmettatlsi. , ' LOfjG OF KANSAS AR CUES rtR CAUTION Deprecates Stirring t Agitation Saeh a that at Fartr-Thlrd Congress. Which Canned Indirectly Death of F1v Congressmen. WASHINGTON,' Feb. 3. Th ' republican members of the house ot representative, had a caucua in tbe ball of the house to night to consider the 'line of policy to be adopted concerning th alleged disfranchise ment ot voters in the south. Th caucus lasted from 8 o'clock until shortly after It. It was determined to adjourn for on week to consider more fully the various proposi tions brought forward. . ' The main discussion ot the meeting turned on a resolution offered by Representative Crumpacker ot Indiana, providing for Ihe appointment of a special committee ot the house to investigate questions of disfran chisement and to report remedies to the , hoViBc. This brought out several other propositions, mainly from southern repub licans, who favored a strong federal elec tion law. Including en from Represents- , tlve Partholdt of Missouri, on these lines. One hundred and twenty-five republican , members were In attendance out of full membership of 200. Speaker Henderson. Representative Payne ot New York, th re publican floor leader, and moat of th lead era of th houae, including about all the southern republicans, . were present. Ths gathering wa not aa numerous bad been desired, however, owing to the bad weather and private engagement, and this was on of the main reason for deferring action. Representative Cannon ot Illinois occupied the chair, with Representative Louden- slager of New Jersey a secretary. Craaagneher'a Reaolntlan. At the outset Mr. Crumpacker presentee hi resolution. ' a follows: Resolved. That it I Th nense of tht ' caucus that the committee of rulea report - a resolution aa a aumuitute lor tnoae now. ,. pending In said committee, providing In substance that a select committee be ap pointed by the speaker, to consist of eleven ' members, whose duty It ahall he, and who shall have full and complete power and au- tnortty, 'to investigate ana inquire into whether the right to vote of any of the male inhabitants eif any of the states, 31 years of age, and being rltlsena of the i.TUieo rstaiea. -is eeniea or aoriogei the constitution and laws of .any atate ex cept for-crhne;,.jd'lf guc-h ia found to he,' the fact, aald ar-lec eommlttre aha.l have, the right and It shall be lta dutv tn renort at any time; by bill or otherwise, such . measure or measures' may be necessary to place the .representation -of such state m tne nouse or representative. on a con- . atltutlonal bauls. . . Urge Itged of Investigation. Mr. Crumpacker supported hts resolution la a vigorous speech, urging tha need ot an Investigation fully authenticating th facts ' as a preliminary to decisive action by con gross. He was followed by Representative Taylor of Ohio, Dayton ot Went Virginia. Olmstead of Pennsylvania, Morrla ot Min nesota and Shattuc ot Ohio, all In favor ot the proposed investigation. ' It soon developed, however, that tha southern republicans were more favorable : to a strong electloc law than to any reso lution which contemplated a reduction of membership from th south. The southern men who spoke against th resolution and In favor of a federal election law Included Representative . Blackburn and. Moody of North Carolina, and Qibson of Tennessee. ... ' Bartholdt of Missouri, and Rodney ot New ' Mexico, also favored th plan ot an elec tion law. 4 . . After the discussion had proceeded for . some time, with little prospect of agree ment. Chairman Cannou yielded th chair to Mr. Long of Kansas, took th floor and mad a strong appeal for coiaervatlv ac tion. He pointed out th difficulties which had been encountered when former "fore bills", had been urged before congress, and he cited the incident is th Forty-third congress, when Ave member ot congress had. died from the Indirect affect of the protracted struggle over so election law. Hd referred aluo to ths agitation this move ment' would occasion, and the feeling; It would engender. Mr. Cannon waa for poatpontng action, at least for th pretest, and the tenor of hi remarks was not favorable to aay of th plan proposed. . Representative Parker ot New Jersey also opposed action, and Representative Reeve I of Illinois was for postponement. Late In the evening Mr. Payne, th floor leader, mad a brief speech, adding bis Vlw lo favor of deferring action. until th Ques tion could b examined with mor car. By this tlm th sentiment ot th caucus waa clearly favorabl for postponing th subject for another . week. ' Accordingly a motion prevailed to adjourn th caucut until Monday night. ' SURRENDERS EXCEEP CAPTURE Geveraer Taft Bays Many laanrgant Give l' A rata Volaa tartly. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Governor Taft today continued hla atatemsnt before the senate committee on Philippines regarding the condition existing tn those Islands. Governor Taft said it will be found, n investigation, that th aurreoders by la- surgents of arms and men were tar la ex cels of the actual capture by th military. There were, he wald, 10,000 adult tn th Island of Samar engaged In the study of English. "In tbe meantime," said he. "tbe reliance of the commiaalon Is oa th small educated portion of tha community. , who form a nucleus about which w think a stable government can be erected.' 9 Movements of Cera a Vesaela, Feb. S. At Halifax, N. B : Arrived Numldtao, from Uverpool, for St. John's, N. B. At Boston: ArrivedBy ivanla, from Llv- rA't' 'Brisbane: Arrived Aerangl, from. Vancouver, via Honolulu, fur bydney, N. 8 W 'At Gibraltar: Arrived Lab a, from, Near York, for Naples. At Queenatown: Arrived Ivernla, from New iVork, fur Liverpool. At Antwerp: Arrived Uouthwsrk, from New York. At Glaagowr Balled Mongolian, fop NaW York: Concordia, lor Hail fa aad B(, John, N. B. ' r
