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V The Omaha Dailx i:stablisiii:d jume 10, is7i. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKNIX(i, JAMUA1JV 27, liKW Ti:" l'AGKS. SlNdLl COl'V TIIllEIi CENTS. Bee. v. SAYS LESSLER LIED Doblin RetracU Bribery Story Told U the Ootnirittee on Baturdaj, CLAIMS HE WAS ASKED TO PERJURE SELF Complaining Representative. Writes Out Tale and Oiree it to Him. COMPLETELY FREES QUIGG AND FRIENDS Witnesi Now Swears No Money Was Offered for Boat Vote. MEMBERS ARE ASTOUNDED AT NEW STORY Closely Question Man on Stand and Get Detailed Account of Alleged IHot Framed by New York. Represent at Ire. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Fhlllp Poblln, ho told the house committee on naval af fairs on Saturday that Mr. Qulgg had of fered to bribe be and Mr. Leasler, today retracted. The statement came without any previous warning and members of the committee looked at one another In amazement aa Doblin went on with his statement. Oustar Rogers, an attorney, after the . first witness left the stand this morning, aald he appeared for Mr. Doblin, who lad made some statements on Saturday which were true and some which were false and that he held In his hand a statement to which Mr. Doblin had sworn. The committee was unanimous In agree ing that Doblin appear In person. He was called and made specific denial of all hli previous evidence, wherein be alleged at ' tempts at bribery. He was rigidly crons-ciamlned by prac tically every member of the committee and pressed for an explanation of his action ; today, but persisted that he was telling the truth today and adhered to his deulals. When Doblin had left the stand the com , mtttee's program, which contemplated call ing Dr. W. B. Kerr to the stand, was abandoned and it went Into aecret aesslon. ' Borne of the members, in view of the re markable developments, favored dropping " the Investigation, but others urged that It be continued. i It Is understood that Mr. Less I or aaked that he be permitted to make a statement .and said be had another witness he would call, whereupon the committee decidod to meet again tomorrow. Mr. Leasler was present In the committee room when Dob lln gave his testimony. Asks Immunity for Doblin, Just before Doblin went on the stand ' Mr. Rogers asked that such Immunity be accorded him aa was within the power of the committee. ' Mr. Taylor said only anoh Immunity as the statute gives could be accorded. Mr. Doblin then proceeded to tell of hla coming to Washington and of his appear ance before the committee. He said when he came to Washington to appear before the full committee he decided to make the i statement be did. "I now retract," he aid,, "every word in which I aald Mr. ' Qulgg tendered me any bribe- in any way." "Will yon state to the committee in what reaped your testimony la not truer' Dob' lln was asked. "In relation to my being called to Wash' Ington and my conversation with Mr, Less ler at the Hotel Normandle at 8 o'clock or thereabouts. Statement Not the Truth. ' "The fact Is, the statements I made re garding Mr. Qulgg are not true. I read the article as It was handed to me and I waa told by Lessler, 'You have got to stand for this,' and I said, 'Oh, that cannot be.' " 'Well,' he aald, 'then I am politically dead.' " " 'Well.' I said, 'you carry me with you. iHe said, 'You will be all right it you will Just appear before this committee. I win go and see the speaker and I will fix it up.' He goes out of the room, comes back and said he had seen the speaker, and said It will be all right. All you have got to do is to go before the committee and aub tantlate my story.'" "When I was called to Washington I got this telegram: " 'Take midnight train and come to me, Want to see you. Keep this confidential.- Monte.' " Mr. Roberts Signed by whom? A. Signed by "Monte." Mr. Taylor Who Is "Monte?" Tonr as aociste? A. Monte is congressman Lssier. have had correspondence signed "Monte." Continuing, he said: "While we were eating breakfast I was reading the article familiarising myself as to the statement made, and when we got upstairs he said: 'Do as you want about It' laflnVuceg by Lessler. " 'Well.' I said, 'I cannot stand for any thing like this.' " 'Oh,' he aald, 'you have got to. I'll be back in a minute.' He went out of the room aad wbeu he came back he said: 'I will go down and look after the commit ' tee.' Just before that he said: 'You nec not have any fear. There Is nothing going to happen to you. You appear before thl committee and they are friends of mine, and all there will be to it, they will report to the whole committee and there won't he anything further to It.' The congressman left the room. I laid on the sofa. I took the paper up 'again and read It over. In about half or three-quarters of an hour someone ramo In and aald: 'You come along with me. We will get into the capltol all right. Nobody will see you. You will be able to get up through a aide elevator which is right close to the naval committee door and you can get in, and I will see that nobody sees you.' Makes a Startling Confession. Continuing. Doblin said: "I went Into the committee room. The gentlemen were standing about and my guide aald. 'This is Mr. Doblin.' The other gentlemen sll shook hands with ui. I sat down and later I was handed a cigar, which I smoked. They made uie leel agreeable. I took it for granted that it was all right. The flrit thing I k:. one of the gentlemen of the coniinlitee, after a conversation In which I sxpla'uel my Interests in politics in New York, ked me how long I had been la politics. Then one of the gentlemen said: 'Wasn't It Mr. Qulgg who said to you that there waa $5,000 In it for Leasler and $1,000 for jrou ?' "I said at that time. 'No, sir.' Then all the gentlemen around me said 'Oh. It's all right; you go on.' and then there was a discussion In the rcom aa to how I stjoJ. I refused to answer at that time kl all. The gentlemen seemed to agree 'hat there was nothing to it. Feeling agreeably at (Continued ca Third Page.) REPORT ATLANTIC BOAT LOST Anilrift ftesldetns Spread Discred ited Ramor of l.lnrr Ashore on Welsh (naat, HOLT HEAD, Wales, Jan. ST. Rumors are current here that a big Atlantic liner la ashore at Abcrfrsw point, a rocky head land about the middle of the western coast Anglesea. Detail' are, however, en- Irely larking and 'ory generally Iscredlted. According to one rtv 'if. 'sen mem- bera of the crew have roH. . he re- malndor being deterred by v j No reports mention any passengv. the name of the vessel. -BB. Bo far as can be ascertained no shi any Importance engaged In the AtlanOw. service can be In the neighborhood of the ADgiesca coast, i ne siory is reuucreu me more unlikely by reason of the fact that the earliest rumors connected the wreck 1th the American line, whose passenger boats ply to Southampton, and which has do freight vessels In Welsh water. SCOFFER CONTRACTS- PLAGUE Masatlan Editor Reviles Sanitary Measures and Now Suffers from Dread Disease. MAZATLAN. Mcx., Jan. 26. There were four deaths from plague today, and tho Ituatlon Is considered less favorable. The number of patients in the lazaretto is fifty. One new victim is Luis Cervantes, brother of the chief of police of Ouadala- ara, who recently started a dally paper, In which he has attacked sanitary measures and physicians and advised the use of do mestic remedies) only. Antonla Leon, a school teacher, has died of the plague. Her relatives h,ave departed, and the house which she occupied burned. The entire ward known aa El Cuernlto has been destroyed by fire to prevent its Infecting other localities. The increase of the disease is due to the return of the poor people who had sought refuge outside the city, but are being driven back by hun ger. MAY SETTLE ACRE DISPUTE Bolivian Minister to Small Is Given Power to Negotiate Treaty. LONDON, Jan. 28. The Brazilian lega tion In London announces that the Bolivian minister at Rio Janeiro, has notified the Brail Man government that President Pando has given him power to enter a formal agreement with Brazil concerning the Acre dispute. These negotiations are expected to lead to a peaceful solution of the diffi culty. The Brazilian government has or dered the naval and military forces to mobilize. LAPAZ, Bolivia, Jan. 26. The second contingent of the Bolivian expedition to Acre left Lapas today trader the command of President Pando. It will Join the first contingent at Buenoa Ayres on the Benl river. PELEE AGAIN IN ACTION Vxenrslonlsta Who Land on th ened by Toienno, ' CASTRIES, Island of St. Lucia, B. W. I. Jan. 26. The royal mall steamer Eek took over 400 excursionists to St. Pierre, Mar tinique, Saturday, and arrived here today. It reports that while at St. Pierre, at 6 o clock In the evening, Mount Pelee erupted. At the time there were more than 200 persons ashore and great alarm waa felt for their safety. Volunteers from the passengers who had remained on board assisted the crew in hastening to the rescue. After forty mln utes of excitement all the passengers wore brought back safely. Apparently about 600 feet of the .cone of the volcano has been blown away. CHINA HONORS A MURDERER Appoints Ha Lien Sun to Important Post In Spite of Missionary Massacres. PEKIN, Jan. 26. Hu Lien Sun, governor of Hunan, one of the officials blacklisted by the powers after the Boxer troublea on account of the massacre of missionaries, has been appointed governor of Shan SI. The ministers Ignored the failure of the Chinese government to dismiss him from office, but now the American, French and British ambassadors are sending a note to the government, saying that, considering the missionary murders in the territory under his Jurisdiction, it la not wise to send him to a province where missionary interests are exceedingly Important. GOVERNOR SUSPENDS MAYOR Porto Rlcaa Executive Does Hot Malt for Conrts When Fraud Is Charged. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Jan. 26. Gov ernor Hunt, acting Independently of any Judicial proceedings, today suspended Man uel Egoicue, the mayor of this city, from office and ordered an Independent investi gation into alleged city frauds. A prosecution of Egozcue is pending be fore the district court on the charge of destroying the city records to cover up evidence of peculations. MACEDONIAN OUTLOOK GRAVE Hnsslan Minister Summons Sella Min ister to Hasty Conference at St. Petersburg;. VIENNA. Jan. 26. G. Bakhmetleff. the Russian diplomatic agent at Soda, Bulgaria, has been hurriedly aummoned to St. Peters burg to consult with the foreign minister on the Macedonian actuation. M. Bakhmetleff expresses the gravest fear of the situation lu Bulgaria, which he de clares is Infinitely more threatening than at any time in the last five years. SWEDES FEARJCOPPER TRUST Report Current In Sraualaavla that American Combine Is Haying Local Mlaes. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 26 The Oeater sundsposten publishes a report to the effect that American mining speculators have made large purchases of iron and copper mines in Sweden and Norway and that the great Scandinavian companies are likely to be incorporated in the American copper trust. IS LEASE BILL OR NOTHING Chairman Lacey 8ays Time is Too Short to Push Through New BilL WINNEBAGO INDIAN AGENCY DROPPED Strong, Opposition Developing; to House mil Allowing Cattle to Remain on Hoard Cars Forty-Klght Honrs. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (Special Tele .im.) Chairman Lacey of the pub- .in lands committee trig of the special today, speak roessage which Governor Mickey sent to the leg- Islature last week recommending the creation of a commission to examine into the arazlns- lands of the west and make re- ports upon illegal fencing of the public catlc senate as the regular organization domain, said that a commission was br receiving from Its secretary the emor wholly Impracticable, and that It would be j gency appropriation bill. Which it passed Impossible to get a bill through congress at ffila ...clnn nni Bnnrnnrtstlnr th VieC- essary amount to carry out the provisions j of the bill. He further said that Insofar as he had talked with members of his com- mlttee that a practicable land-leasing bill j was the only kind of legislation that could be accomplished at this session, falling In which he saw no other course left to the secretary of the Interior than to pull down the fences, as ho has stated he will do in the event there is no legislation at this bus- alon. Restores Indian Agencies. After a heated colloquy, in which several members of the house participated, amend ments were Incorporated In the Indian ap propriation bill today providing salaries for Indian agents at Crow, Creek, Slsseton, Lower Bmlo and Yankton, in South Da kota, and Sac and Fox, in Iowa. The bill as reported provided for discontinuance of these agencies, but on request of Repre sentative Burke, who was absent from the city when the measure waa framed an op portunity was given him to bring the mat ter up in the house. As a result agencies at the five places named will be contin ued. No effort was made, however, to provide for an agent on the Omaha and Winnebago reservation, the agent at that place hav ing been discontinued by reason of failure to appropriate money for his salary for 1904. When Chairman Sherman waa aaked why no effort was made In behalf of the Omaha and Winnebago agent, he stated that not one of the Nebraska delegation had called his attention to the matter. Senator Millard's attention was called to this, and the senator responded, stating that he would look Into the matter, but not knowing the status of the case he could give no opinion aa to what he would do when the bill reached the aenate. ' South Dakota Pares Well. At a meeting of the house committee to day several amendments to the Indian bill, of Interest in South Dakota, were report ed favorably on motion of Representative Burke. One of them Increases the appro priation for enlarging the Chamberlain school to $13,600; also $9,000 for additional buildings, and $11,745 for the purchase of additional land at Rapid City, S. D. The appropriation for maintenance of the Rapid City, school x- flo,c'a1-o.aajrovia accommodatlona for 225 puplla, instead of 150. Other items are as follows: Four thousand five hundred dollars for erecting an Industrial school at Flandreau, $5,000 for an additional building at Pierre and $20,000 for surveys at Pine Ridge. Shuts Out Home Companies. Attorney General Knox, In an opinion today, suatalned the action of the post master general in shutting from the malls certain co-operative home companies which have been doing a lottery business in vio lation of United States statutes the at torney general In his opinion recites the case of the Nebraska Home company, whose charter was abrogated by state authorities, and which finally reached the aupreme court of the state, where a decision adverse to the Nebraska Home company waa hand ed down. The decision of the attorney gen. eral effects some forty companies through out the west, Nebraska having one or two. The case came to the attorney general, be ing iaken up by the Co-operative Home company of Kansas City, and In which every contention of the postmaster general waa sustained. Congressman Martin of South Dakota, speaking of the bill conferring Jurisdic tions of the federal courta to pass upon crimes committed upon Indian reservations, stated today that it was a matter of great est moment to the citizens of South Da kota. He said that when he first intro duced the bill the Judiciary department of the government opposed the measure, but finally be secured a rehearing upon the measure before Attorney General Knox, and the attorney general finally agreed to make a favorable report on the measure. Senator Gamble had introduced a slml'ar measure In the senate, but substituted Con gressman Martin's bill for his own, in order that relief might be obtained. Pressing Iowa's Claim. Fifty clerka connected with the census bureau will leave about the middle of Feb ruary on an official tour for the purpose of gathering information on debt and wealth, and those assigned to the semi arid states will be especially charged to look up the subject of irrigation. Adjutant General Byers of Iowa will have a hearing tomorrow morning before the house committee on military affairs on the claim, of Iowa against the government covering equipment of troops by Iowa dur ing the Spanish-American war and rent of barracks at Des Moines after troops were mustered into the service of the United States. Senator Gamble today secured a favor able report from the commerce committee of the aenate extending the time In which to erect a bridge over the Missouri at Yankton one year. The diplomatic bill, which passed the senate today, carrlea an increase of $500 for salary and $900 for clerk hire for the consul general's office at Monterey, where Philip C. Hanna of Kossuth county, Iowa, Is consul general. Objections All Around. The bill recently passed by the house providing that live stock may be held In cars forty-f ight hours, baa brought forth proteats from humane societies throughout the west, who contend that 'the cattle will Buffer from lack of food and water. The ownera of cattle have also objected to the bill, for the reason that it will result In the landing of the stock on the markete in an unfavorable condition. The present law on the subject, which provides that live a.cck iu ca'. s ahall be unloaded, fed and watered ud allowed to rot t .ery tenty-elghl hours, been on the statute books for twr.'y-nve yeara. In compliance with It, stc:k yards have been constructed and all arrangements (Continued on Second Fage.) CONCEDE TELLER'S ELECTION Sot Much Donht as to the Hranlnrlty of the Joint Session. DENVER, Jan. 2. The roguinritr of the election of I'nlted Suites Senator Teller Saturday at a Joint aisslon of the demo cratic members of the two houses of the general assembly is practically conceded by the republican senators, who today abandoned the separate organization which they maintained all last week and returned to the renate chamber, where the demo cratic majority has been in continuous ses sion since last Monday. Lieutenant Governor Haggott shook bands with the democratic president pro tern. Senator Adams, who had presided during his absence last week, and resumed the chair. The senate then adjourned un- " inurenay aricrnoon. TnB republican officers of the house of representatives today recognir.ed the demo- ibsi ween. i A motion was mado by. Representative Frewen, a Wolcott member, to recotslder the adverse action on th reoort for the ex pulsion of all tho Arapahoe democratic members, but It was defeated by a vote of 37 to 24. The house then adjourned until tomorrow. Governor Peabody said today that he knew no reason why he rhould not sign a certificate of Senator Teller's election, but he would wait for a "Judicial opinion" on the matter, for which he had asked. The subcommittee or the democratic state central committee has ar ranged for a banquet at the Brown Pfllace hotel oa Wednesday night to be tendered to Senator Teller, the demo cratic members of the senate and house, the unseated democratic members of the house and the democratic state central committee. Preceding the banquet, the same ev?nlng, a public reception to Senator Teller will be held in the rotunda of the Brown Palace hotel. The democratic and anti-Wolcott re publican members of the house have agreed to maintain the present organization of the house Intact. In consideration of recognition of the democratic, senate and an agreement to unseat no mqre democratic members, the democrats will vote with the antl-Wolcott republicans against any proposition that may be sprung by the Wolcott faction look ing to a reorganization of the house. Thus the republicans opposed to Wol cott'a senatorial candidacy, who refused to enter Into a caucus, will be left in control of all the important house committees throughout the aeseion. Frank C. Goudy, one of the republican candidates for' senator, tonight lraued a statement declaring the election of Teller Illegal. He defends the action of the antl Wolcott members of the house In falling to seat the republican contestants from Denver tin the ground that such action would have caused the unseating of all republican senators and blocked necessary legislation. He says the campaign of 1902 was made upon the distinct understanding that Mr. Wolcott would not be a candidate for senator, and that "If he had not come into this fight there would have been no factionalism and in alt probability Mr. . , . v . . . . i PRISONERS SAW WAY OUT Death of tho Sheriff Gives Men In Mitchell, South Dakota, Jail a Chance. MITCHELL, S. D., Jan. 26. (Special Tel egram.) A Jail delivery took place in this city last night and a very Important pris oner made his escape. Jack Sully and Fred Baer, the two In mates, were released from the prison and no trace of them can be found. They were assisted by outside parties, who sawed the lock from an outside door that is rarely used, and then sawed their way into the Jail. At 4:30 in the afternoon the deputy sheriff saw Sully In the Jail corridor and when the deputy returned at 7 o'clock the Jail was empty and an investigation re vealed that the prisoners had gone. Tele phone messages were sent in all directions to intercept the fugitives. Sully is the noted cattle rustler who has operated on the Sioux reservation, west of Chamberlain, for a number of years and in that time baa made way with hundreds of cattle. He haa always been able to es cape the officers, or has stood In with them to the extent of having escaped ar rest. Last summer Sully was arrested at Ver digris, Neb., where h chad driven a large number of cattle and had sold them to Omaha dealers. He was brought back to Lyman county and later placed In the Mitchell Jail for safe keeping. It Is believed that the plan for the de livery has been In operation for several days and the fact that Sheriff Brooks died Saturday afternoon gave Sully's friends a chance to work all the better. It was not a difficult matter to saw through the iron bars that held them captives. Baer was sent here from Alenandrla to serve a sentence for ninety days. With only an hour's start of the officers. Jack Sully, the notorious cattle rustler who broke Jail here last night, has so far eluded all efforts to locate him. Not the faintest trace could be secured of him after he left the Jail, about 6:30 In the evening. It Is believed that three par ties were connected In the delivery, one of whom sawed the bars to the outer door and the other two who watched and spirited him away. Today the deputy sheriff made another discovery in the condition of the Jail. Sully had taken a bar from one of the cells and broke the plaster on the south east wall. He then picked out the mortar and the stonee and had a passageway large enough for him to pass through. Evidently he was not aware of the help ha was get ting from the outside. MEMBERS NOT JACK RABBITS t tab, Legislators Ofllolallr Censure Paper Which Criticises till. Vaccination. SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 26. The lower house of the legislature today made formal objection to its members being compared to Jack rabbits. The objection waa in the form of a set of resolutions severely censuring a Salt Lake City paper, which on Saturday pub lished aa article stating that ucnioera 'rem Ban Pete county "could change placea with Jack rabblta and the legislature would be strengthened by the presence of their si b stltutes." On account of the vravalerce of small pox agitation in favor of oompulsor vac cination haa been strong ur.l the repre sentatives from San Pete county vigorously opposed the movement. TAX LEW FOR THE SCHOOLS Board of Edncatian Deoidei to Ask for Two aad Tbree-Teiths Kill. FINANCE COMMITTEE MAKES ESTIMATES Figures that the Seed of the Various Departments f the Pnbllc School System Will neqnlre Oat lay of f.v.7,.1ft. Two nnd three-tenths mills Is 1he levy that the Board of Education will ask the city council to make for school purposes for the coming year. In thlr action the board will follow the recommendation of its committee on finance. Member W. R. Homan offered as a sub stitute for the committee report a resolu tion to commit the board to ask for a levy of only two mills, but tho motion to sub stitute was lost by a vote of 2 to 10, Mr. Mcintosh voting with Mr Human and Messrs. Andreescn, Levy and Maynard being abm lit. Then on the adoption of the orig inal report, Mr. Mcintosh voted aye, leav ing Mr. Homan alone In the negative. The report of the finance committee was framed at a meeting held yesterday after noon, which nil members of the board were Invited to attend, and most of them were present at least a portion of tho ttme. The committee presented an estimate of the needs of the various departments of the school system for the rnmlng year as bnsert upon tho expenditures of previous years and the needs of the coming yenr which are already apparent. IXImnte of Kxpcnnr. This detailed estimate Is as follows: Advertising $ 1 Architect a services ,V;''V. i n. , Cartage Census enumerators l.'nt Construction 25,00.) Drawing, kindergarten nnd music supplies 3.S,m Kleetion expense 2 Kiectrtc power " I i'. A n nil IUI1K 1 .'ill in 1 1 et. I .. ' Kxpress nnd freight f" Fuel l!.'m J.-urnlturc and fixtures 11.'t rnproveniems inuranoe premiums Interest and exchange Janitors i.ight and fuel gas "vl :!'. charts and globes Printing Piano rent and tunlnff 60) Hutu) 36.000 sso LH 2.0l 2.V) R' 14.0.0 12.5 2. ooo 7..V") IX.) Sio.'rfiti 22.V1 rlent Kepalrs Salaries, officers and clerks.. Special taxes Stationery and supplies kites Teachers 1 lappllnneniM nd redemption fund .. 50,1 k I ) insurance fund 1,000 Total $..97,850 Following is the summarised estimate of probable expenditures for the year: For support of schools $472,850 For er-ctlon and furnishing of school buildinp-s 2S.(KV) For the creation nf sinking fund 60,0a) Vor payment of interest on bonds and warrants 60,00) Total $o97,850 Estimate of Resources. . The committee estimate of the resources of the school department for the coming year. is as follows: EHate apportionment 4o,frn Miscellaneous licenses interest on funds Rent "police court fines 'Miscellaneous sources Rale of Junk, etc "s'onresklent tuition "itebate on Interest Tax collections, 2.3 mill levy .... 11,000 fi'K) 860 3.0c) l.tH'i) V ) l.OM 1.000 302.300 Total ..$.V)7,8r;0 In the absence of Mr. Maynard, chairmin pf the finance committee, the report was submitted by Dr. Christie, who moved Its adoption. Mr. Homan moved as a substi tute for the report a resolution, as follows: Whereas, For the school year ending June 30, 1K97. the expenses, as shown in tha annual report, were $361 ,M.5s and the aver age daily attendance 12.672 and the average, expense J-S.3o per pupil; and Whereas, For the school year endlm; June 30, 1902, the expenses were lo74,72o.7'.i, the avernge attendance 14 S3 and the aver age expense per pupil $3fi.ti5, or $S.6i per pupil increase In the expense per pupil in the course of five years; ana Whereas. For the year ending June 30, 1837, the average number of teachers em ployed was 322, with an average of forty pup'lft to the teacher, and for the year end ing June JO, ISO'.', the average number of teachers was 418, with an average attend ance of less than thlrty-slx pulls to the toacher; and Whtreas, If the attendance had been kept up to the average of forty pupils to ttu teacher the saving , would be e'ii.OW) per year; therefor be it Kesolved, That the expenses of the schools may be reduced by methods of economy and the city council be asked to make a levy or out l mine ior inn cuuung year. Homan t races Economy. Mr. Homan made a long argument in support of his substitute, quoting from the reports of past years to substantiate his statement that the expenses of the schools had been higher than need be. He thought that if the levy was small the tendency would naturally be toward economy, while the larger levy would be conducive to ex travagance. Dr. Christie took Issue with Mr. Homan and said that while that gentleman was very ready to come In at this time and charge the committee with having been extravagant in its estimate, he had had nothing to say in the afternoon committee meeting as to how that estimate could be reduced. All of the members had been invited and requested to attend the meet ing and make suggestions, and that was the proper time and place for Mr. Homan to say what he had to say on this subject and suggest how the levy could be reduced. Dr. Christie said that although Mr. Homan was very severe in his arraignment of the former board for Its expenditures, he was himself a member of the finance committee and presumably sanctioned the expendi tures, and even now be did not suggest any definite means of cutting down the ex penditures. He did not Bay which teachers might be discharged or which schools might be closed up, or in fact suggest any means of reducing expenses, superintendent Makes Statement. Superintendent Pearse was called upon for a statement as to the average number of pupils per teacher and the average ex pense per pupil. In the course of his re marks he reminded Mr. Homan that he had In a conference of members of the board within the past week proposed a levy of ZVi mills tor school purposes. Mr. Pearse quoted statistics to show that the average number of puplla to the teacher in the Omaha schools Is as large as in my of the other cities of its slxe and the cost per pupil as small. He said that the choice of 1897 as a year for comparison waa not fair, from the fact that at that time the city was suffering most from the hard times and the school board took unnatural means of reducing expenses, such as hold ing only half-day sessions in the kinder gartena and lower grades. In correction of some of the other facts (Continued on Second Page.) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebrnkn-Fnlr In Fst. Pnow In West Portion 'tutla; Colder Wednes day, with pno. Trmperatnre at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Den. llonr. ft a. i l n. i T n. i H a. i a. i 1(1 a. i 11 a. i 1-J lu. . . . an . . 31 . . :t.i . . at . . mi . . JIT . . uh , . 3H t l. a P. :t p. 4 p. n p. M p. T p. n P. p. :tt 40 41 41) :t! as u a i i2 til .... . m a . I RELIEF FOR j-AMINE VICTIMS Swedes of Mebraskn Have Sent About f'J.r.tM to the SufferlnaT People. The Swedes of Nebraska, through a so ciety organ'zod two mouths ngo for the purpose, have rained about $2,5uO for tho people of their native land who are suffer ing as tho result of crop failures last sum mer. Judge. Stenberg, us head of the so ciety. Is sending the money at the 'aie of 1.000 crowns per Week to Sweden, where It Is received by tho relief board created by King Oscar. It is hoped that the money can be sent nt the same rate until July, and there is enough In sight to mike cer tain that it can bo sent at ibat rate for lit least two months from this time. According to word received from Sceden by Omaha parties, the greatest troulilt Is not to earn for the suffering people at lliiB time, but to save their live stock and enough grain for seed. The center of tho distress is the mining town of Gallivant, which Is located several miles north of the Arctic circle. In a country which in ordi nary yenrs produces enough grain and live stock for the inhabitants, but this gnln and live stock are of peculiar varieties, by long cultivation adapted to the . xtr - .. ...... northern climate, the grain being quick to mature and ibe ratt able to oii:wlt fcr the most part on the twigs of th trees which cover the northern peninsula an! tha mosses which cover the ground. They reed, however, a certain amount of hay, nu.l this has completely failed. It Is feared that If the seed and the stork Is consumed be tween now and the making of the next crop It will be almost Impossible to acclimatise other grain and other stock to th coun-.ry, nnd for this reason the royal board il. -sires to supply the people of the stricken dis trict with provisions until they can pnai another harvest. Omaha has raised about $2,000 of the fund in the handa of the local society and Chi cago haa contributed about $15,000 to the relief fund. Tho total amount sent from the United States up to this time Is i-bout $50,000. CAPITOL LODGE CELEBRATES Orsrnnlsatlon of Masons Observes Forty-Math Anniversary by (Siring- ltanqnet. One of the most pleasant Masonic re unions of the year was the celebration last night of tho forty-sixth anniversary of Capitol lodge, No. 3, the oldest Ma sonic lodge in the city, as Nebraska lodge, No. 1, was located at Bcllevue 'for many years before being moved to Omaha. The observance of the anniversary began w44h f banquet a aFse,on'e-4al V h was spread at 7 o'clock. W. A. DoBord was toastmaster, and after the feast intro duced George W. Llnlnger, one of the old est members of the lodge:. Mr. Llnlnger entertained the 200 assembled Masons with a brief history of Capitol lodge and Borne recollections of early Masonry In Nebraska. The second speaker was Edward J. Cor nish, who spoke of "Masonry and Democ racy." John J. Morcer, who was to have responded to the toaBt, "The Acacia," was unable to be present, and his place was filled by Henry Hardy, whose treatment of the subject was well received, though ex temporaneous. "The Square and Compass" was the theme of Isaac It. Andrews and "The Lambskin Apron,' that of Rev. Lu ther M. Kuhns. During the evening songs were sung by Daniel H. Wheeler, Jr., and Jo F. Barton and Instrumental solos played by E. O. Pederson and Ernest Nordtn. APPOINTS NINENEW FIREMEN Fire ana Police Itoard Includes Four Former Members In the List. At the meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Monday evening nine new members were appointed to the fire department, as follows: Thomas Murphy, Pat Roche, Ed A. Burmeater, M. C. Kotcb, O. L. Fox, C. Cummlngs, R. D. Gray, Ed Car and August Gutter. Murphy, Bur mester, Fox and Car were formerly in the department. Four policemen were brought before the commissioners for having left their beats while on duty. The violators of the police rules were Patrolmen James Cuslck, M. J. Sullivan, William Good and A. F. Lambert. Each pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined two days' pay. LOTTERY TO PAY SOLDIERS Cubans Tropose Xew Means of Rais ing Fonda to Satisfy Revolu tionary Claims. HAVANNA. Jan. 29. The majority of the house of representatives and the peo ple in general are In favor of a govern ment lottery to guarantee the loan for the payment of the soldiers. The acheme, however, would be veteed by President Talma, and the passage of the bill to pro vide for the payment of the loan through internal revenue is probable. This bill proposes the issue of 6 per cent bonds, running for forty years at the mini mum price of 90 per cent. BINGHAMTON WANTS TREFZ Conareaat lonaltsts "o Pleased with Omaha Man's Preaching- that Call Is Probable. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Jan. 26. A com mittee of the First Congregational church of thia city recently visited Omaha, Neb., to listen to the preaching of Rev. Edward Trefz of the Kountzo Memorial church. The committee has reported favorably and It Is believed that the church will extend a call. Movements of Ocean Vessels Jan. StO, At New York Arrived I-n Champagne, from Havre; Minneapolis, from lri1on and fc'iull.mpton; Ktrurla. from Klnnton; City of Ai.fcut.ui, from bavanuah; Phoenicia, from ierom. At Hamburg Sailed Bulgaria, for New York. At Liverpool Arrived Ivernla, from New York: Trltonla, (nun St. John, N. H.. and Halifax. Sailed Armenian, for Boston. At Olas-gow- B ille.i- M'.noKollan, for St. Joliu, N. ii-i Orcadian, for i'onlund. MW BILL FAVORED Sentiment of Ecvenue Committao Opposed to Tinkering th Old Law. GOSSIP ABOUT THE KANSAS MEASURE Small Attendant Delays. Actioi on Question of Leasing Grazing Ldana. MADE SPECIAL ORDER FOR THIS MORNING Patent that Sentiment is Practically Unani mous Against It. SPIRITED DEBATE OVER PRINTING llonse Wants to Know More Ahout l.ettlnsr nf the Contract and AVhjT Hills Are ot Promptly Itetnrned. (From n Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Jan. 26. (Special Tele gram.) "My Judgment Is that we will rec ommend nn entirely now bill rather than revenue revision undertaken by amending the old law." said a member of the sub commit loo of the Joint house and senate committees on revenue revision tonight. This rubcommlttee, which was appointed to deride whether a whoie new bill or sim ply amendments should be attempted, had a secret meeting. Tho members said no decision was reached as one committeeman -Senator I'ombcrton was absent. He was absent because of his Inability to lo cate tho meeting, so tanfully waa it guarded. The member quotd also asked not to be understood as making a decisive statement as to the attltudo of the commlttoe, but he showed plainly by his remarks that the sentiment Inclines toward complete reve nue revision. "There are forty amendments In the present revenue rode," Bald ho, "and I am convinced that It would be unwise to patch It any more. This legislature had better simply make an out and out new law. Oh, of course, I don't mean to throw away the old law entirely. It contains some good features t hut could and should bo used to advantage In drafting the new statute." In answer to a query aa to his opinion of the proposed Kansas revenue bill,, which Is Indorsed and supported by the Union Pacific as a good law for Nebraska, this representative said: "I think In most respects It ia a good bill. I have resd It carefully, and believe it would equally meet tho needs of this' state. I don't know why tho Union Pa cific or any other corporation that ia ac cused of tax shirking should exert ita en ergy in behalf of this measure. I see noth. lng In It encouraging to a person or cor poration looking to evade a Just share of taxation." , A fuslonlst member of the legislature has made this ohsoivatlon of the Kansas Union Pacific bill: "It looks to mo like the fairest and most economical method of revenue legis lation I have ever seen." It certainly is a fact that this bill good qr. .bad.. Js. being vltauly , pushed ' by . . Union Paclfio lobbyists.' One' of these lob bylsts was asked tonight It it waa not the Union Pacific's scheme to secure the in dorsement of this, bill, while still not wholly approving it, as a moans of de- feat lng any aort of revenue legislation. He smiled and eald: , "That's one way of looking at it." But the members of the Joint revenue com ml tee Insist that the legislature will not and dare not fail to enact rome reve nue law. Postpone Action on Leasing. Owing to irregular attendance, the house at Z thia afternoon decided to poatpona o'clock this afternoon derided to poatpona consideration of Governor Mickey's mea sago on the Dietrich land leasing bill aa a special order, as was arranged for Sat urday. The subject will be taken up to morrow at 10 o'clock. Before dropping the matter for today, however, the house listened to the read ing of several resolutions on this import ant subject and every one Indicated clearly and beyond any doubt that the overwhelm ing sentiment was against Senator Diet rich's bill and with the plan outlined by President Roosevelt and commended by Governor Mickey, namely, that a commis sion of experts be appointed to investigate the conditions of leasing and fencing graz ing lands and report to the proper authori ties. In fact, a resolution of precisely this character was Introduced by Shelly of Douglas. As the entire matter went over for consideration tomorrow this resolution was not acted on. Although the general feeling among the legislators la that the unfriendly attitude manifested by Oovernor Mickey In hla mes sage last week practically puta thia bill aside ao far as thia session of congresa is concerned, aa was stated by The Bea's staff correspondent in Washington, there Is an evident desire that the Nebraska legisla ture place Itself squarely on record as being unalterably oppoaod to thia proposi tion and for that reason the members who are most active In the matter are not dis posed to "speak easy." When the matter cornea up at tomorrow morning's session, therefore, disapproval of the bouse may be looked for In strong and forcible lan guage. It Is quite likely that the Shelly resolution will be adopted and not at all Improbable that It will go through without a dissenting vote. Makes Things Interesting. This waa "Missouri" day In tha house. The members wanted to "be shown" aome Interesting and pertinent things In con nection with the contract by which the house printing Is done. For some momenta tho sfaelon resembled an old-time Meth odist experience meeting and then at other periods it had the appearanco of an indignation rally. Some days i;o the house instructed Its committee on public printing to nvestl gate the printing contract, by whom It was let, to whom and under what conditions. Today that committee reported, through its chairman, Auderson of Knox. This caused the ruffle. Mr. Anderson said 'hat tho contract waa let by the atate printing board, composed of the state auditor, treas urer and aecretary of state, and waa let to tho State Journal company, which con cern was to print the bills for $1.34 a psgi for 500 copies, as was stated some days ago In The Bee. The contract further ape rifled that the printers should return bills within three days or forfeit a floe of $2S for each failure so to do. It waa Inci dentally mentioned In the report that the price two yeara ago tor this work was only $i.ie. Pending consideration of this report. Good of Nemaha introduced a resolution that the employes and officers of tha hoise be subordinated and subjected to tha direc tion of the chief dark, and Oragg of Wayaa
