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The Omaha Daily Bee.
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OMAHA, TUESDAY MOR2JIHO, FE1.UUAKY 10, 1003-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY T111.EJ2 CENTS.
LAST ACT IN STRIKE
Curtain Rings Up on Closing Bcene of
Booeetelt'i Arbitration.
COUNSEL START CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Speeohei Will Last All Week and Then De
cision Will Come.
M'CARTHY TALKS FIRST ON MINERS' SIDE
Likens Mitchell to Men Who Made Ameri
can History in the Past
BAER IS TO PRESENT OPERATORS' CASE
All Day Tbnrsduy Reading President
la to Hare Floor, bat on Fri
day narrow Will Bam Ip
for the Mea.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 9. Ariruments
for and against the United Mine workers,
which will continue before the coal strike
commission for the next six days, were
begun todsy, when the miners, through
Daniel J. McCarthy of Hazlcton, made the
opening argument.
Mr. McCarthy was followed by former
Congressman Brumm of Mlnersvllle, who
made a general argument, and Henry De
marest Lloyd of Chicago, who confined his
efforts to the question of recognition of the
union and yearly trade agreements.
The operators will begin their argument
tomorrow, continuing three days, and clos
ing with George F. Baer, president of the
Reading. Then Clarence 8". Darrow of Chi
cago, the principal, counsel for the miners,
will take all of Friday and Saturday until
adjournment in summing up and In an
swering President Baer.
President Mitchell la expected here dur
ing the week. Whether he will address ths
commission depends upon developments.
Lawyer, Begin Their Talk.
Among those present when the session
opened was President Baer of the Reading,
who was present for the second time since
the Investigation began.
Mr. McCarthy immediately began his ar
gument. He said. In part:
America has been a history-making na
tion since i the Declaration of Independence.
The age in which we live Is the most pro
gresHlve the world has ever known. Rapid
development has been made in every brHnch
of set i' nee and industry. Not only along
scientific and industrial line has progress
been made but also along sociological lines.
The condition of mankind Is steadily im
proving because of thle phenomenal devel
opment, yet this development causes the
condition which now confronts us.
In all ages there have been times when
It became necessary to redreas certain
grievances or wrongs, and it always seems
as though Providence provided the proper
instrument at the proper time to accom
plish the desired result.
We find a Moses to deliver the people
of Israel, a Napoleon, a Washington, a
Lincoln, a Orant, a McKinley and a Roose
velt. These have all labored in the cause
of humanity and liberty. Just as the clouds
hung heavily over the mine workers of this
country, a new star appeared to dispel the
clouds in the miners' life. This star has
not risen In the east, but in the west John
. Mltch.aU. ....... ,.r
First Miners' Organisation.
The first practical miners' organisation
was effected at Bt. Clair, Pa.. In 1888, and
was known as the Miners' Beneficial asso
ciation. It entered into an agreement with
the coal companies and established the S3
basis. This continued for some years and
was broken by Franklin B. Qowen.
From this time until 1883 wages were at
a very low ebb until the advent of the
Knights of Labor when they began to im
prove until the 1887 strike, which marked
the end of this organisation. This was
followed by the 1'nlted Mine Workers of
America, who, in 19k, succeeded in organ
izing the entire region.
The miner in his work requires an enor
mous amount of energy. The coal must all
be handled at least twice, the slate and
Impurities picked out and all work done in
a foul and vitiated atmosphere. The miner's
work Is exceedingly dangerous.
"he miner who would avoid all the dan
gers which lurk In the depths of the mine
could never work a day. He Is constantly
subject to accident and death from gases,
explosions, premature blasts, falling qoal,
props breaking, cars running away, etc.
Restriction of the Output.
The companies made a streiuous effort to
Show that tne miners were restricting me
output of coal since the strike, but from
the preponderance of evidence It is shown
without contradiction that the miners could
not secure anything like a suflU-lent num
ber of cars to make anything like a fair
day a wages.
The subjects of the weighing of coal,
recognition of the union and the Status of
nonunion men are all exhaustively bandied
by Mr. McCarthy.
In conclusion he said:
On account of the great increase In the
-cost of Uvlna at least a M per cent In
crease in wages U Imperative. With all the
arguments In favor of the recognition of
the union there is none stronger than the
huh character of the miners leader.
John Mitchell has been through the fire
and tested. His honesty and sincerity of
nuroose has never been questioned. He
tunda out boldly in his sterling Integrity.
and like the diamond In the rough, the
more you rub it the brignter It amnes.
Lloyd Pleads for Vnlon.
Henry Dcmarcst Lloyd followed with an
elaborate argument In favor of the miners'
demand that their uulon be recognized
He said In part:
The miners want more than the mere
recognition of the union. They want an
agreement for the negotiation of contracts
and settlement oi grievances, witu pro
vision for arbitration If necessary. Ar
rangements of this kind are every year
becoming more common in r.urope anil in
this country. This voluntary system and
the compulsory arbitration of New Zealand
are twin brothers, traveling by converging
paths toward the same goal Industrial
The most precious power of all fur the
pacification of Industry, the power to pre
vent disputes from beginning, will be ab
sent unices the commission exercises the
iower it has to provide a permanent
remedy.
There are probably not half a dozen trade
unions in the world which could stand
without ruin the exiH-nses of such an
arbitration as that which the I'nlted Mine
Workers of America are glad and proud to
have had accorded to them.
Proceeding, Mr. Lloyd reviewed the re
sults la Great Britain of trade contracts
between capital and labor. In one trade a
period of U0 years of unbroken murders,
riots, larceny, machine breaking and strikes
were brought to an end In this way.
Iraae Arguments Will Succeed.
Continuing, he said:
In America these agreements are becom
ing more and more common. Conspicuous
examples of their success are shown in the
foundry trade, the printing business, long
shoremen and others. The testimony of the
employers is practically unanimous that
strikes have been stopped, discipline has
been restored among the men, equality of
competition given to the masters and busi
ness security increased by release from the
danger of labor troubles. The unions have
been faithful iu keeping their contracts and
moderate in their demands.
During 11 2 disputes were settled In
the Illinois coal fields. Klgh'.y per cent of
these were agsliiat the men, but they were
all obeyed. There has Urn no mine strlk
of Jny importance since these relations
were ivslsbilnhed, where the arrangement
prevails, but there have been serious
strikes elsewhere.
The mine workers of America have never
gone on strike ufnlnst the employment of
lion-union men. The easirst objection of all
(onUnu4 oa Third Paf
FIGHT NEAR MANILA CITY
liXlronnri Kill limprrlor and Tno
Other Mfnkrri of Constabu
lary Pir,
MANILA, Feb. 9. A force of 100 con
stsbulary under Inspector Kelthly yester
day defeated a body of 200 Insurgents near
Marlqulna, a small town riven miles from
Manila City. Th" TaKement was severe
ana resulted in tb ''"i
' Inspector liar-
l. 1 -. 'M, 'I
Kin nu'i uur iijilu u
Hillary and
wounding of two othefa..",
The enemy left fifteen d.
wounded. Inspector Harris' horre.
Atlanta, Ga.
The body of insurgents formed the naln'
force of the Irreconcilsble Oenersl Kan
Miguel. The constabulary were divided
Into three detachments, which were scout
ing In the Marlqulna valley.
The detachment commanded by Inspector
Harris csme upon the enemy who were In
a, strongly entrenched position. Inspector
Harris fell at the first volley, being hit
five times.
The constabulary, although outnumbered,
held their position until Inspector Kelthly
with the main force arrived, when the
enemy were p'ut to rout. Their headquar
ters were captured and burned and the
constabulary seized the records of Oeneral
San Miguel, who claims that he succeeded
to 'the command of the insurrectionary
forces when the other generals surren
dered. He has only a handful of men under
him and his operations have been of no
consequence. The wounded Americans are
all severely injured.
MAY RESTRICT CUBAN CITIES
Insular Government Thinks of Keep
ing Many Drenches of Municipal
Affairs in Central Hands.
HAVANA, Feb. 9. The organization of
the government will be fully completed
when the provisional bill now under dis
cussion in the senate and the municipal
bill In . the house of representatives are
passed.
There Is considerable discussion as to
whether complete autonomy should be
granted cities In the management of mu
nicipal affairs. The national government
Is still attending to the sanitary work,
street cleaning and park work In Havana on
the lines initiated during General Woods'
administration. Some congressmen hold
that It would he unconstitutional for the
government to permanently conduct any
municipal affairs.
The government favors the federal con
trol of the sanitation and street work of
Havana, at least, snd the majority of the
senators are of the same opinion, but It
is questionable whether the house will con
cur in such a proposal.
PRINCESS RECALLS GIRON
Finding Saxon Court Obdurate De
rides to Contlnne Life of
Choice.
LONDON, Feb. 9. An agency dispatch
from Brussels asserts that M. Giron Is re
turning to Geneva In response to an urgent
appeal from the crown princess of Saxony
The princess having failed to obtain, per
mission to see her sick child, considers
It futile to make any further concessions
to the Saxon court.
MUNICH, Bavaria. Feb. 9. The Grand
Duke Ferdinand IV of the non-reignlng
house of Tuscany Is willing to become
reconciled to his daughter. It Is said, on
the following conditions:
Absolute separation from Gtron.
The grand duke, of Tuscany to fix her
place of residence and select her entour
age.
It Is regarded as certain that the prin
cess will accept the ultlmstum.
SAMOAN ISLAND AMERICAN
Formal F.xerclses Mark Transference
of Power at Tntnlla Last
Month.
TCTCTLA. Samoa. Jan. 27, via San Fran
Cisco, Feb. 9. (Correspondence of the As
socisted Press.) January 16 was the day
appointed by the cruimandant of the United
States naval station at Tutulla for the
people to receive the president's reply to
the Instrument of cession given on April
17. 1900.
Lieutenant Commander Mlnnett, U. 8
N., attached the medals sent by the Wash'
Ington government to the coat of each chief
as he was called up to receive the greeting
and present.
One of the most Interesting incidents of
the day, and which was accepted by the
people with many loud cheers, was the
presentation of the United 8tates flag to
tho Samoan Guard.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR HAWAII
Six Million Dollars Keeded to Con
struct Buildings aad Bridges
and for the Hoads.
HONOLULU, Feb. 9. (Ey Pscific Cable.)
Superintendent of Public Works Henry
E. Cooper hss furnished Governor Dole
with his estimate of the needs of the
Island government, and they will be trans
mitted to the legislature for action.
Superintendent Cooper says that in the
next two years his department will require
$0,600,000 for public Improvements, includ
ing the construction of bridges, roads and
buildings and for running expenses.
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. Vw . T v .
OT.a.-u k'j iuhu buu eugsrna luai u uiu lor
securing $4,000,000 be introduced in the
legislature.
CLYDE OVERFLOWS BANKS'
ladaatrlal District Near Glasgow la-
ndnted nnd Dosen Extensive
Works Flooded.
GLASGOW, Feb. 9. The River Clyde
burst its banks above Glasgow today and
inundated the Industrial district of Ruth
slein, where a doxen extensive works wers
flooded.
The main road was ten feet under water
and many houses were rendered Unin
habitable. Several residential districts
south of Qlasgow aUo were flooded.
Elsewhere in Scotland traffic on the rail
roads has been stopped, bridges swept
away and houses hsve collapsed. No fatal
ities have been reported.
ISTHMIAN WAR CLOUDS BREAK
Guatemala Report as Flghtlag Hon
duras and Salvador la Dispatch
to London Paper.
LONDON. Feb, 10. The Daily Mail this
morning publishes a dispatch from Guate
mala declaring that war has been pro
claimed between Guatemala on one side and
Salvador aad Honduras an t&e otaer.
ALLIES ASK TOO MUCH
Germany and Italy Demand Large 8am In
Adv&noe of Arbitration.
BRITISH PROTOCOL MEETS BOWEN'S FAVOR
Berlin aad Rome Will Have to Mod
Ify Terms of Documeata Pre
sented Before Ceatro'a Kavoy
Will Agree to Sign.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Although Mr.
Bowen and the other negotiators are closely
guarding the provisions of the several
protocols. It Is understood tonight that de
mands exist In the German and Itallun
agreements, as they are at present drafted,
which Mr. Bowen cannot agree to concede.
These provisions ore for an Increased
payment by Venezuela prior to The Hague's
decision regarding preferential considera
tion.
It Is reported that Germany asks. In ad
dition to the (27,500 cash already agreed to,
a certain percentage of the customs re
ceipts until the remainder of the $40,000
demanded In the original ultimatum to
President Castro is paid.
Italy, It Is believed. Is Insisting on a
similar demsnd, though the amount asked
for In its ultimatum was more than $300,-
000. i
Would Require Klabt Months.
Both Oermany and Raly suggest that this
money be paid in monthly Installments out
of the customs duties, but even under this
arrangement it would require eight months
for the payment of the entire sum.
It Is the principle, however, to which
Mr. Bowen so strenuously objects, snd
which he has Informed the German and
Italian envoys he cannot subscribe to.
Until their protocols are relieved of these
objectionable demands, Mr. Bowen says,
they must remain unsigned. He contends
that Germany and Italy are insisting on
preferential treatment while nominally re.
ferrlng It to The Hague.
It Is the firm opinion of both the Italian
ambassador and the German minister that.
these demands are the result of a serious
misunderstanding by their foreign offices of
certain phases of the negotiations, which
were supposed to be settled. They are
using every effort to have this misunder
standing cleared up and have informed Mr.
Bowen that they hope to submit their con.
ventions to him In a few days.
Mr. Bowen made It plain that he will
consider any requests they may advance.
but will not yield to the extent of signing
the present German and Italian protocols.
Published reports that Germany Included
In its protocol a demand for an apology
from President Castro or his resignation
are Incorrect.
The British protocol Is reported to be
satisfactory as drawn.
The reports thst come from Caracas are
to the effect that, great suffering Is being
inflicted upon many Innocent persons, and
the foreign residents are bearing more than
their share of the rigors of the blockade,
because their more complex wants are not
to be satisfied with native food. .
It Is believed that Italy Is not likely to
prove an obstacle to the winding up of
these negotiations.
Baron von Sternberg, the German mln.
lster, spent some time with the British
ambassador and with Mr. Bowsn at the
latter's hotel today.
Fear Retaliatory Duties.
LONDON, Feb. 9. It was authoritatively
stated this evening that while no serious
point has arisen to Jeopardise a satisfac
tory settlement of the Venezuelan troubles
minor difficulties are delaying the signing
of the protocols.
The Foreign office and the embassies
here today were busy discussing queries
from Washington regarding the phrase
ology of the protocols. Italy's difficulty.
It is said, apparently arose from Slgnor
Des Planches learning that the British pro
tocol Insisted on a renewal of the commer
clal treaty with Venezuela and Italy de
sired assurances thst no differential duties
would 'be imposed subsequent to the set
tlement.
It is considered In London that Germany
Is likely to advance a similar contention,
all the allies feeling, to quote one of their
representstives here, "that Venezuela is
not likely to feel too friendly after the
episode Is closed and might nullify all the
terms by Imposing retaliatory duties."
March Against Rebels.
CARACAS. Feb. 9. A force of 200 men,
with fifty horses and 200 guns, under com
mand of Minister of War General Ferrer,
left Caracas this afternoon in the direction
of the seaport Huigerote, fifty-five miles
east of Caracas.
Ths object of the expedition Is to attsck
a body or 1.600 revolutionists l-nder Gen
eral Monagas, who is reported to be too
feeble to attack the government, but strong
enough to devsstate the district around
Rio Chlco, province of Mlrado, sixty miles
southeast of Csracas. Even ardent revo
lutionists seem to recognize thst President
Castro Is master of the situation.
The government troops captured the town
of Guaitre at noon i.nd are now march
ing on Rio Chlco.
PREACHER WOULD BE HONEST
Belittles the Reported Phenomenal
Spread of Methodism, Saying Faith
Is Declining in Parts.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9 The Rev. Dr. J. II.
Buckley, editor cf the Christian Advocate,
j caused a sensation st a meeting of Meth-
"lodist preachers here today.
The previous
speaker, D. D. Thompson, editor of the
Northwestern ChrUtiuu Advocate of Chi
cago, had spoke in a most enthusiastic wsy,
declaring there had been 1,500,000 converts
made by the Methodist church In the last
four years.
Dr. Buckley disputed the sccurscy of the
figures. He declared the statistics showed
that Methodism was actually declining In
some of the eastern conferences at any
rate. He believed In looking at the facts,
and be declared It was a grievous mis
take to take an over-optlmistlc view.
His atatemeDts were vehemently opposed
l by the other members of the meeting.
WOMAN USES
PISTOL
She Shoots Her Assailant, Who Then
Almost Murders
Her.
MONONGAHELA, Pa., Feb. 9. During
the night an unknown man forced his wsy
Into the telegrsph offlcs at Walston station
snd assailed Mrs. Wilson, the operator.
Mrs. Wilson shot the man, snd this so
enrsged him thst he beat her slmost into
Insensibility and then tried to burn her
to death by forcing her head Into a stove.
The arrival of a freight train, however,
frightened lilni and he fled, leaving bis vic
tim unconscious.
Mrs. WV.scn is the wife of ex-Mayor Wil
son of this city. She is a handsome wui&an.
afeA 10. liar conditloa la critical.
FRENCH SUSPECTS ARE HELD
Men and Women Arrested op Reach
ing Hew York, Charged with
Parisian Murder.
NEW YORK. Feb. !. The Immigration
authorities tonight detained as prisoners
on the French line stesmshlp La Bretsgne
two psssongers st the request of Coudert
Bros., lawyers, acting for the French min
ister of foreign affairs.
The prisoners are Henri Thiboeuf, a
Frenchman, and Marie Petto, a young
woman who comes from Belgium. t Their
names appeared on the list of the ship
as M. Mongodln and Mme. Jouanne.
The man Is held on suspicion of murder
snd robbery and the woman is charged with
having been his accomplice. On December
1 last a middle . aged woman living at
Bols de Colombes, near Paris, was found in
her home stsbbed to death. The police dis
covered that two men, both well dressed,
had called at the house on pretense that
they wanted to hire an apartment. One
of these men Is said to have been Tho
boeuf. Thohoeut and the women took their ar.
rest In an equally unconcerned manner.
Tboboeuf said he was a deserter from
the French army and that for that reason
bad come to this country under tho name
of Mongodln. Ho denied all knowledge of
the crime.
All the papers and baggage of the pair
were sealed up snd will be turned over to
the French authorities.
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE
William Hooper Youn Pleads Guilty
and Gets Life Sentence
to Prison.
NEW YORK, Feb. . William Hooper
Young, on trial for the murder of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer, pleaded guilty to murder in the
second degree and was sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
Judge Herrlck explained that he hsd ad
vised Young's counsel to change his plea
and also advised the district attorney to
accept It, this action being taken because
of the prisoner's mental condition. Ac
cording to the report of the doctors, he
was not Inssne In the legal aspect of In
sanity, but from a purely medical point he
Is not sane.
In sentencing the Justice said: "There is
no occasion now for ms to make any re
marks to the enormity of your offense.
You are aware of the penalty of your
crime. The sentence of the court Is that
you be confined In state prison at Sing,
Sing at hard labor for the term of your
natural life."
For the first time since the esse wss
called Young walked into court today with
out assistance. Ills eyes hsd lost their
look of vacant terror, and he sat straight
In his chair looking at the court.
His responses to the questions of -the
Judge, howeve. were made in an Inaudible
voice. He showed no sign of perturbation
after sentence had been passed.' .
'FRISCO FREE FROM PLAGUE
For Sixty Days K
Scourge Has
i Case of Dread
Been Dis-
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.' 9-Medlcal men
are all said to now agree that there Is no
plague here now, and thst all the danger,
If any ever existed, hss long since passed.
Every vessel now clearing from this port
Is given a clean bill of health, showing
that there has not been even a suspicion
of plague here for at least sixty days. In
this the local health bosrd agrees with the
federal quarantine officers. The health of
ficers are now prepared to assert positively
that San Francisco Is a clean port.
In view of the fact that there is posi
tively no trace of the disease in the city.
Dr. Vincent P. Buckley has issued the fol
lowing statement:
"Dufing the last sixty days no esse of
bubonic plague has been discovered In this
city, and at no time during that period
has the Board of Health, of which I am
a member, recorded any case of that dis
ease. In view of this fact, vessels clear
ing from this port are given clean billa of
health.
"It Is with a great deal of pleasure thst
I make this statement and at the same
time denounce as false any and all state
ments contrary to what Is herein con
tained." SUICIDE ENDS STIRRING LIFE
Man Who Braved Hostile Kaffirs aad
Edited New York World
Slays Self.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 9. John W.
Pratt, a well known newspaper man and
lawyer, committed euicide this morning dur
ing a fit of Insanity. He killed hlms?lf
with a shotgun in the bathroom of his
house, the charge piercing his heart. Hs
bad been mentally unbalanced for a year,
but never morbid or violent.
Mr. Pratt was an Englishman who went
to South Africa when a young man. There
he wits a successful wool merchant and
afterward published a newspaper. By a
daring ride alone through a country swarm
ing with hostile Kaffirs be saved a British
settlement and received a gold medal and
the thanks of the British government.
About 18S0 he came to New York snd his
detective work In certain criminal cases as
a reporter for the Dally Tribune gave that
paper a temporary prosperity. For a time
Mr. Pratt was managing editor of the New
York World under the former ownership of
that paper.
He is said to have primed the first zinc
etchings ever used In newspaper Illustra
tion. HCLDS MIDDIPS RESIGNATION
Annapolis Superintendent Refuses to
IetaHaslng Victim Leave
Academy Easily.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., Feb. 9 The resigna
tion of Midshipman Robert 11. Pearson
has not been accepted. Fearson has b?en
given a leave of absence.
Superintendent Brownson hopes that the
New Hampshire youth will reconsider bis
action, and will not send the resignation to
ths Navy department until Pearson has
had an opportunity to discuss the matter
with his friends. Members of the third
class are still restricted from all liberty.
NINE COAL JDEALERS FINED
Chicago Jary Mulcts Fuel Mea In
.VM Each for Rrstralalng
Trade.
CHICAGO. Feb. 9 Nine officers and di
rectors of ths Retail Coal Dealers' asso
ciation of Illinois snd Wisconsin were to-
dav fined $500 for conspiring to restrain
trsde.
The formal verdict was returned only to
Lvava 1a way for a but trial.
HENDERSON IS UNDECIDED
Speaker Bars Stories About Hit future
Plant are All Premature.
BILL TO ADMIT FINE STOCK DUTY FREE
Soath Dakota Senators Vrglng Mat
i ters of .Interest to Their State
Before the Indian Com
mittee. (From a Stsff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. (Special Tele
grsm.) Considerable Interest has been
manifested In the future of Speaker Hen
derson, who retires from congress ou
Msrch 4. Various reports hsve been cur
rent to the efiect that he would associate
himself with lsw firms, corporations, or en
gage In other lines of business for which
bis legal knowledge and his extended con
gressional experience have qualified him.
The latest announcement purporting to
forecast his Intentions wss to the effect
thst he would succeed the lste Hon. Thomns
B. Reed as member of the law firm of
Simpson, Thstcher tt Bernum of New York,
probsbly Inspired by the fsct that Speaker
Henderson succeeded Mr. Reed ss speaker
of the house. When asked totfay ss to
the authenticity of this report and. others
current, 8pesker Hnndorson ssld:
"I have not reached any decision what
ever as to my future movements after this
session of congress closes."
Railway Safety Appliances.
Tremendous pressure Is being brought to
besr upon members of the house represent- I
stives by members of railway employes'
associations and representatives of rail
roads regarding certain features of a bill
reHtlng to safety appliances which Is still
unreported from the house commlttes on
interstate commerce. Speaker Henderson,
who Is receiving numberless petitions from
railway employes throughout the weet, nn l
who is greatly lntirested In the measure,
stated today that he was using every effort
to bring sbout the passage of this bill if It
could be done, but he had found tho task
uphill work. He said that he was the first
man to place a safety appliance bill on
the statute books. If those interested In
the measure csn get together upon some
common ground the speaker said there
would be no question as to the bill coming
up.
Job for a Dairyman.
la view of recent resolutions adopted by
the Iowa dairymen. In convention at Ce
dar Rapids, and of the action of other sim
ilar conventions held In Wisconsin, urg
ing thst a practical dairyman be placed In
charge of the dairy interest In the Agri
cultural department it Is probable that
Secretary Wilson will shortly acquiesce in
the request of the dairymen of the country
and make an appointment along the lines
suggested. "For some time," said Secre
tary Wilson today, "we have been casting
about for a thoroughly practical dairyman
to put in charge of the dairy interests In
this department. We have requested the
civil service commission to frame a eet of
questions which would enable us to secure
e practical man. It might be well for
dairymen to aid the department In securing
a man. who would ftll.the requirements
mutually desired." .
Breeding Stock Cornea Free.
Senator Harris of Kansas today intro
duced a bill regulating the importation of
breeding animals, which is of particular
Interest to breeders of registered stock In
Nebraska, , Iowa and states further west
ward. The bill proposed by Senator Harris
amends the existing law as follows:
Any animal Imported, specially for breed
ing purposes shall 1 be admitted free,
whether Intended to be so used by the lm
nnrter himself or for eale for such pur-
pone; that no such animal shall be admitted
free unless pure breed of recognlxed breed
and duly registered in books of record es
tablished for that breed; thst certltlcate
of such record and of pedigree of suoh
animal shall be produced and submitted to
custom officer, duly authenticated by the
proper custodian of such book of record, to
gether with affidavit of owner, agent or Im- i
porter that such animal Is the Identical
animal described In said certificate of rec
ord and pedigree; that the secretary of
agriculture shall determine and certify to
the secretary of the treasury what are
recognized breeds and pure bred anlmnls
under the provisions of thle paragraph. The
secretary of the treasury may prescribe
such additional regulations as may be re
quired for strict enforcement of this pro
vision. Dakota fenators Busy.
Senators Gamble and Klttredge of South
Dakota have been wrestling with the senate
subcommittee charged with the preparation
of the Indian appropriation bill relative
to Indian matters in South Dakota. It is
understood that as a result of their work
the subcommittee will recommend an ad
ditional $1,000 for Flandreau, making In all
about $65,000 for this school alone. The
Item of $25,000 for the Insane asylum at
Canton. S. D.. will in all probability be
changed Insofar ss Its verbiage is con
cerned and the clause of last year's bill
adopted instead. The amount appropriated
will be the same.
The senators also submitted the Rosebud
treaty as passed by the senate last session
and asked that it be made a part of ths
Indian appropriation bill. Should the sub.
committee fail to act favorably upon It, it
Is tho Intention of the South Dakota sen
ator to present it to the full committee,
although it Is extremely doubtful tf the In
dian commlttes will attach it to the bill In
view of a rule it has laid down regarding
neW legislation being attached to an ap
propriation bill.
Commissioner Jones on Isst Saturday
made a vigorous contest before the senate
Indian committee to strike all Indian agents
on those Indian reservations where allot
ments have been made. Senators Gamble
and Klttredge protested against this action
in ths strongest possible terms, as they
recognized thst it would wipe out nearly
all agents In South Dakota and substitute
for agents thus eliminated bonded superin
tendents, which the senators do not want.
Personnl Notes.
H. G. Kratz and wife of Sioux City, who
have been In Washington for several days.
wers presented to the president todsy by
Congressman Thomas.
Representative anf Mrs. Martin of South
Dakota, who have been on a tour of south
ern cities with a subcommlttes of the house
committee on postofflces and post roads,
returned to Wsshlngton todsy.
F. J. McShana, and wife of Omaha are
In the city on a visit to their daughter,
who Is attending school here.
Representative Walter I. Smith of Coun
cil Bluffs arrived from Iowa yesterday,
where he went to attend the funeral ot
Congressman Rumple. While suffering
frcm a slight cold, which kept him In hie
hotel today, he expects to be In the beuse
tomorrow.
Representative Sballenberge- today filed
with the committee on military affairs ad
ditional affidavits in support of his bill
to grsnt a medal to Georgs W. Churchill
of Clay Center, Neb. Friends of Churchill,
who durlug the civil wsr wss a private la
Compsny I, Twelfth Wisconsin volunteers.
(Continued oa Third Page.)
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fnlr Tuesday.
Probably Warmer In Southwest 1'ofllon;
Wednesday Pair snd Colder. '
Temperature at Omaha yesterday!
Hour. Hen. Hour. Dea.
n a. m ...... 1 1 p. m ...... -to
Ma. m IK V p. m 4:(
T a. m 17 H p. m 44
S a. m Ill I p. m 4:1
a. m Ill 5 p. m...... 41
10 a. m it I A p. m :tl
11 a. m T p. m H
13 m (l p. m HH
9 p. m as
BURNS TWO DEAD MORTGAGES
Ilanacom Park Methodist Congrega
tion Wipes Out Evidence of
Former Debt.
Thin, blue wrrnthe of curling smoke,
rising slowly to the celling In tie sudlencs
room of the Hnnscom Park Methodist
Episcopal church marked an important
epoch In the history of that denomination
Monday evening, when two mortgages, ag
gregating $S,600, were given to tho flames
before a large congregation, composed of
the members snd attendants of tho church.
The Incineration of the paper was the
obliteration of nearly the major portion
ot the debt which has hung over the church
during the post ten years.
One of the mortgages destroyed was
known ss the Sumner mortgage, and was
given April 13. 1893, and represented an
obligation amounting to $6,000. Ou that
had been paid interest aggregating $,1,588.
The paper was discharged August 2. 1901.
The other obligation was the A. B. McCon
nell estate mortgage, held by the heirs In
Woodstock, 111., the face value of whlrh
was $2,600. I'pon this had been paid In
terest amounting to $1,600. This paper was
discharged January SO, 1903.
During the last ten years tho church has
paid upon Its debt. Including Interest and
principal, $18,1S8, while there still remains
against the property another mortgoge
amounting to $7,400, which, by pledges soon
maturing, will be met during the coming
fall. Of tho money raised $5,000 hss been
during the four years of Rev. C. C. Clssell's
pastorate.
The evenjt last evening was characterized
by speeches delivered by Peter Whltner,
John Dalo, In whose home the Hauscom
church was organized In 1886, the mem
bership at that time being twenty-two, and
which has since grown to 350; W. P. Hsr
ford, Presiding Elder Jennings snd Rev.
Mr. Cissell.' During the everlng a musical
progrsm was rendered. A luncheon fol
lowed the close of the exercises.
WORKING F0RA NEW WARD
Worth Rnd Peonle Ask Division of
Fifth and Sixth nnd Cre
ation of Tenth.
Ernest Sweet, as chairman of a commit
tee recently appointed by Interested psr
ties, is circulating a petition to be sent
to tho legislature, asMng that body to
create a ward out of that portion of the
Fifth and Sixth wards lying north of Pratt
street.
The petition sots forth the fact that tho
northern parts of those wards sre prsc
tlcally undeveloped, so that the conditions,
there are much different from the condi
tions in the more thickly settled portions
of the wards; that these conditions make
it impossible for one councllpian to jive
necessary attention to the northern parts
of each ward, and for that reason the
conditions in the northern pert of each
ward being similar, it Is desired thot It
b? placed in one ward.
The petition Is being generally signed
by the residents of the district affected
and will be presented to the legislature
Wednesday, about 450 signatures having
been secured.
IMPROVERS OF NORTH OMAHA
Debate on School Building- and Divi
sion ot Wards Takes Their
Time.
At the irieetlng of the North Omaha Im
provement club last night J. J. Smith,
from the school committee stated that tho
burning of the Beals school recently muy
have the effect of delsylng the construction
of the new Monmouth Park school. The
people of the Vinton stree district also
have gotten together In asking for a site
for a building In that neighborhood. In
the discussion it developed that $25,000 ap
propriated to construct buildings last year
had been used for other purposes, princi
pally Improvements.
The question of dividing the Fifth and
Sixth wards and creating a tenth ward
was considered at' length. On the vote
the club was practically unanimous In
favor of dividing the wards on Pratt
street, all north thereof to be In the Tenth
ward.
The wbmen of the neighborhood will
meet with the club next Monday night to
report upon the formation of a society
whose object will be to beautify the north
ern pert of the city.
SMALL FIRE AT NEW SHOPS
Kot Much Damage Done, hat (Blaso
Creates Considerable Excite
ment for a Time.
At 11 o'clock last night the staging under
the spex of the root of the new Vnlon Pa
cific shop building, known as No. 2, was
discovered to be on fire and an alarm
turned In. The shops fire department wss
at work when the city firemen arrived.
The less will not exceed $150. The build
ing has been under construction for only
about a month and is not more than half
finished. The roof consists of steel girders
and glass, with considerable temporary
woodwork below. This csught fire, prob
ably from coals from the riveting fo:ge
which was left on the staging by the work
men at 6 o'clock. The blaze being at such
aa altitude attracted considerable atten
tion. The steel work was not Injured by
the heat.
W. K. Yanderbllt t.ocs West.
W. K. Vanderbilt, with a party of friends,
came in from the east ovtr the Northwest
ern laat niKi't and went out on the I'nlon
Pacllic on his way to California. The party
U occupying a Yamlerbilt private car.
Movements of Oceaa Vessels Feb. 9.
At New York Arrived: Lu Ilretagne,
from Havre; Anchoria. from DIuhkhw-.
Balled: Kuieerin Maria Theresa, fur i-'un-chul,
Madrrlu, Alexandria etc.; Victorian,
for IJverpool.
At Havre Arrived: I -a Champagne, from
New York.
At Southampton Arrived: Kroonland,
from New York.
At Glasgow Sailed: Cnrean, for Boston.
At Sagrrs Passed : Calabria, from New
York, for Marseilles, etc.
At (ilasgow Arrived: Laurrntlan, from
New York and Hamilton.
At Hreinen Sailed: Main, fwr New York.
At Rotterdam Arrived : Rotterdam, froin
Ntw York via Plymouth and Houloisne.
At Marseilles Arrived: llespeiiu, from
New 1 ork. fur Naules.
At iondou Arrived: Minneapolis, from
ntw tor.
M BILL Ml MONTH
Member of Committee Saji it Will Take
That Long to Complete the Work.
SNAP JUDGMENT TAKEN BY MINORITY
How the Karsas Bill Was Takon as Basis
After Being Once Tnrned Down. '
BAD BLOOD AMONG DOUGLAS MEMBERS
Efforts to Defoat Water Works Bill Geta
Delegation by ths Ears.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CENTER OF FIRE
McAllister ot Deuel County Has Ilia
Reapportionment Bill Ready
for Introduction Some
Time Today.
(iYom a Ptnff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. 9. (Special Telegram.)-
"In my Judgment It will require at least A
month for this committee to complete Its
work In proper shape," said a member of
tho Joint revenue committee tonight in ref
erence to the task confronting a subcom
mittee appointed to codify all the revisions
of the revenue law made by the committee
at large. This committee consists ot thesd
members: Senators Brown and Pemberton.
Representatlvea Thompson, Sears, LoomiS
and Sweezy. Its work Is to whip Into snap
all the fragments of revision thus far pro-,
duoed by tho main committee, whose work;
Is Incomplete. Then tho main committee is
to resume operations and play for the goal
by means of the codification of the auboom
mlttee. Vnder tho circumstances, therefore,
the Introduction of a revenue bill Is a very
Indefinite proposition. Certainly there is
good reason for the general opinion that no
such bill will be ready this week and protx
ably not for a month, as the member
quoted Intimates. This member doea not
look for any sort ot complete revenue; bill,
but merely a few amendments.
Ry this same gentleman the substttut Ion
of the Kansas bill for the Nebraska law
last week was explained. "Four of tho
committee were absent," he Bald, "and that
left ten at the meeting; six of these voted
to repudiate the committee's former action
in taking the Nebraska law and substituting
therefor the Kansas bill. Four opposed it.
The four absentees were also against it,
so you see the trick was turned by tha
minority." He admitted that this apllt
the rommitteo into two factions and cava
Just grounds for the statement that minor.
Ity and majority reports would eventually
be made, nut of course, ss hs indicated,
there may be a reconciliation before; that
time comes. '
It can be definitely announced that ths
committee has discarded the plan of as
sesslng all property at its fair cash value
and adopted Instead the Iowa plan. Urged
by John N. Baldwin, to list at full vaiua
and assess at one-fourth.
Trouble. Over Water Works,
The activity of representative at" ,fM
Omaha water works to secure the suioUU '
ment of the Howell-Qirbert act, compelling
Omaha to acquire and operate ita own wa
ter- works plant, led to a moat unusual
proceeding in the senate today, and occa
sioned considerable Ill-feeling between
certain members from Douglas county and
Lieutenant Governor McOilton.
J. M. Fairfield, E. M. Fairfield and At
torney Woolworth, all representing the wa
ter works company. In their vigorous et
forts at overthrowing this newly enacted
law, have had distributed throughout tha
senate forms of affidavits which, filled out 1
nnd signed by senators, will show that tha
signatory partlea swear that H. R. No. 6T
was cot read in full In the senata the
third time before being passed. . On this
basis the water works people declare, their
determination of knocking out this meas
ure, even though It has acquired tha gov
ernor's elgnsturc. Without having been
read In full the third time ths water com
pany's attorneys, as hss already been stated
in The Bee, claim the act is illegal and can
easily be defeated.
. This afternoon in open session ot ths
senate Lieutenant Governor MoOllton ad
vised members of that body to refrain
from affixing their signaturea to affidavits
of this character.
The fact of a presiding officer advising
members of a branch of the legislature in
such manner led to considerable excite
ment. The lieutenant governor's action
was naturally Interpreted as Indicating but
own friendliness to the Howell-Qllbert act
as opposed to the course being pursued
by the water works people. When asked
regarding his motive Mr. McGllton said ha
understood that many senators had already
signed this affidavit, and as ha strongly
Indorsed the measure he took this means,
not only with the thought of preventing
further signing of ths affidavit, but ot
placing himself on record in the matter.
Gilbert Not Worried.
Speaking of ths vigorous fight that la tie
lng made to overthrow this law, Repre
sentative Gilbert, a Joint author ot tha
art, said:
"We are not In the least disturbed Over
what our enemtes are doing. We are con
vtneed that they can never Invalidate this
act. Their course In making this fight on
such a minor technicality Is evidence
enough that they themselves admit tha le
gality of ths act and realize that It would
be futile to attack it on any grounds In
volvlng Its legality or constitutionality.
We have the opinions of the best lawyers
that the bill Is all right. The peopls ot
Omaha want It and it will stand."
The FairOelds claim to have tha signs
turea of a number oi senators to their
affidavits, but would not give out any
names, as they said they promised to keep
them private. They seem to feel reason
ably sure of yet securing the defeat of this
law. Their opposition has led Gilbert and
other members ot the Douglas delegation
to remark that "this proves that the Omaha
Water Works company was not behind ou
bill."
XaralnK Water Board,
During the day the Douglas county del
egatlon caucused on the mstter of reoom
mendutlons fur the water board to be ap
pointed by Governor Mickey under ths pro
7ltous of ths Gllbert-Howell bill. In this
work they had the assistance ot Chairman
Charles A. Goes of the Douglas county re
publican committee and William F. Gurley,
who came down from Omaha tor the pur
pose. After consultation it was deotded to
recommend to the governor that he appoint
a board consisting of Isaac E. Coogdon,
Guy C. Bartou and Milton Barlow, repub
licans. and H. W. Ystes, W. A. Paxton and
Euclid Martiu. democrats. Governor MJeksy
says he is getting a ?real desl of advice;
ou this point by mall und otherwise.
Hrirsur Men Not llurinoaloaa.
There is little, doubt of a lack ot bar
mouy amoag lbs revenue committeemen
