Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha 'Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED Jl'NK 10, 1871.
OMAHA, FRIDAY -M0112USG, 1EKUUAHY 20, 1903-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS.
WHEELS SLIP ON ICE
Shool Children's Street far Dashes Into
Lackawanna In gins.
EIGHT DIE AND THIRTY ARE INJURED
Tcnrg Men and Maie'ens Met Instant
Death in the Crash.
ONE BODY LODGES ON MOVING TRAIN
Force of Impact Shown by Scattered Human
Forms and Wreckage.
ItOTORMAN VAINLY STRIYES TO STOP
Fate Brakes n Hard, sat Rashes to
Doota Tkrmik Protect la at Gate
Closed hy Vtgllaaf Watch,
anaa at CroaelaaT.
NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 19. A fist express
en the Lackawanna railway cut through a
trolly car crowded with school children at
the Clifton avenue crossing today. Eight
of tb children were killed and thirty or
mora Injured. The motor man of the car,
who stuck to his post, will die. and the
engineer of ths express was so badly hurt
that there Is little hops of his recovery.
Both the sxpress and ths trolly wers on
teep grades, going at right angles. Ths
exprsss was signalled, and the crossing
gates were lowered while the street car
was yet only half way down the hill. Tba
motorman Immediately turned off tbe power
and applied the brakes, but the car slip
ped along ths Icy rails. It gained tremen
dous momentum and at ths bottom of ths
hill crashed through tbe gates directly In
the track of the oncoming train. The loco
mot Ire ploughed Us way through the
trolly, throwing the children in every di
rection. Ths dead, all of thla city except one, are:
VIOLA ILL. IT years.
MAID BAKER. IS years.
ERNESTINE P. MUELLER, IS years.
MABEL E. KAR8CHNER. 17 years, Tiffin,
O.
ALMA LOEHNBERO, IS years.
ROSEBUD KOHN.
ELLA WERFUEP, 1 yesrs.
EVAN L. EA8TWOOD. Jr., 18 years.
The mors seriously Injured:
Peter Brady, motorman of trolley car,
skull crushed, will die.
Oscar Backllff, engineer of train, head
crushed, probably fatally injured.
Jennie McLelland. IS yeara, skull frae
tured; other Injuries, probably fataly.
Florence Toll, ankle broken and badly
hurt about head and ahouldera.
Mabel Smith, 11 yeara; head Injured.
George Smith, colorsd, leg fractured.
Walter Bauermans, IT years, rlba broken.
Comrades Watch IMa
ster.
Ths - accident happened within three
blocks of the high school building, and In
the car at ths time wers nearly one hundred
pupils. Aa many as thirty others had
.managed to throw themselves Xreua tba ear
befote the crash came.
' The trolley waa one of tba apectala which
every day bring the children to school. It
had mora than lta ordinary load today, ow
log to ths cold. It contained every child
that could squeeze Inside, and others stood
on ths rear plstform. Because this car
had been so crowded rasny who were wait
ing for It before the hill was reached could
not get on, although some climbed on the
front platform with the motorman, .
A score or more children were compelled
to follow ths car afoot. They ssy that when
the car waa still lesa than half way down
the hill the railroad gatea began ta drop.
Peter Brady, tbe motorman, promptly shut
off the power and applied the brakes. Speed
was checked, but It continued to move
slowly down tbe Incline. There waa no
thought of danger. Then It began to move
fastsr and faster. The Ice-covered ralla
afforded no hold for the wheels, and. al
though Brsdy Jammed his braka harder and
then swung on the reverse, the momentum
of the car grew at svery yard, and the car
shot down toward the railroad. When It
waa right at ths gatea ths express thun
dered into It.
Warned by the cries of those afoot and
by their own aenao of danger those on tbe
platforms began to throw themselves off
Into the snow, and aa the car sped along
the few remaining fset toward the rails
perhaps one-third escaped death or injury
la this way, but there waa no time tor
those within tbe car to do more than crush
toward ths rear door. The gatea were
swept aside like toothpicks, and before the
cracking of timbers died away came the
crash amid ths frantic cries of those who
aaw death dashing down upon them.
The wreck of ths trolley wss complete.
Tbe pilot of the engine struck It almost
amidships, turned it partly around and cut
It In two. One-half was thrown to one
side and lay on the tracks, the other wss
hurled soma distance away.
In every direction lay the Injured and
dead. The engine waa brought to a stand
still, and from ths train and nearby houses
men rushed to the rescue. The spectacle
was appalling, and many who starred to
work had to give np, unnerved.
From the high school, where ths crash
had beea heard cams pupils and teachers
to aid In succoring their companions. A
lad who landed safely la a enow bank thirty
feet from the crossing arose, brushed the
snow out of his eyes, and with a shriek
rushed up the street to a firebox and turned
In aa alarm.
Within five minutes as many dead bod
tea had been laid side by side In the snow
alongslds tbe track. One of them, that of
a girl, was found a block beyond. It had
been carried there on the pilot of the en
gins. Load sfter load of injured was sent
sway In patrol wagons and ambulances.
Wlthla a short time there wss not an in
jured person near ths scene of the wreck,
and ths dead were oa their way to the
morgue.
Ceadorter Slakes Statesaeat.
The conductor of the trolley car, George
Gould, said:
It Is rustomary for trolley conductors to
leave their cars at this crossing, and, aa
the car stops, to run ahead and ses if the
trsck is clear.
I should have done that this morning had
I not seen that the gates were lowered.
Naturally. I concluded that the car would
stop and the first thing I knew waa when
we wtnt crashing through the gatea
Police mas stuckey, who was witness
of the accident, said tba trolley car had
projected about four feet over the track
when It wss struck. There were about
twelve children oa the front platform. It
la not knewa whether they hampered the
moiormaa's movements. Psssengers oa ths
trala beard tbe screams of ths children be
fore the trsin struck ths csr.
As aa Illustration of ths force of ths
collision, tbe front part of ths trolley car
tContlaued aa Second, Pags4
TO PRESENT A JOINT NOTE
Sattoae of F.arope Formally
Saltan at lateatlea f
aoararate Refer.
Ratify
rrtrvw, rep. 1J IDf nuRBlID '
minister. Count Lamsdorff. has comu If
cated to the French government the fa r
that Russia received yesterday the last of
the adherence of the Europesn powers to j
the Joint note to Turkey, on the subject of
reforms, thus making the action of the
powers unanimous.
He srcordlbrly directed M. Selnovlef. the
Russian ambsesador at Constantinople, to
proceed with Baron von Callce, the Aus
trian ambassador, to the sultsn and present
tbe note todsy. It was st firs, intended to
present the Austrian ncte first, but this
was considered In order to give sdded force
to the joint personal presentation.
It was alao dealred to secure tbe full ad
herence of Germany, which was somewhst
conditional at first. Tbe unanimous action
decided upon yesterday Includes thst of
yesterday. The note, as finally framed.
strikes out all reference to Macedonia, as
It was considered thst the designation of
one part of the country by name would In
crease tbe anti-foreign agltstlon which the
powers are seeking to check.
The note Is generalised so as to cover
all the localities where Christian people
reside, the only locality specified being
three Tillages in Northern Turkey in which
most of ths Christiana live. The protec
tion of the lives snd the complete safe
guarding of tbe Interests of the Chris
tians form the chief features of the note.
In view of the unanimity of the powers
the officials here consider thst the sultan
Is certain to accept tbe proposed reforms,
but It is not Intended- to terminate the
question with the presentstlon of the note.
It will be followed speedily by further
Joint action. Including the sending of con
suls of the various powers throughout
tbe Christian regions to see that protec
tion is actually g1v;n and that the reforms
are really carried out.
The authorities do not hesitate to say
that the note la only the first step In
the plana for the betterment of tbe con
dition of the people under Turkish rule.
An official here said that while ths
United States wss not concerned In the
action directly, yet the protection de
manded for all Christians would be Indi
rectly beneficial to the . American Chris
tlana In Turkey.
BRETONS DEFEND SCHOOLS
tea Geaiaraies Wio Come to Oast
TeachlaaT Haas Arrerdlag
to Ijiw,
PARIS, Feb. 19. There was a revival to
day of the religious dlsturbsnces which
characterised the closing of the congrega-
tionlst schools in Brittany last summer.
The nuns having reopened their school
at the Tillage of St. Meen, near Lesneven.
a police commissary, accompanied by a
squsd of gendarmes, proceeded to the Til
lage to serve the order to close the school
When he arrived the chspel sounded the
tocsin and J00 peassnts gathered In front
of the school, shouting:
"Death to the commissary. Down with
Combes," and "Hurrah for the titers."
Showers of atones greeted the commis
sary and the gendarmes, who, however,
forced their way through the crowd and
Into the school. The commissary resd the
order to the Isdy superior, who. sfter some
parleying, promised to depsrt -within a
week.
The commissary was again hooted as he
left under escort of the' gendarmes. The
teachers of lay schools and reporters pres
ent were also hissed snd hooted snd ex
perlenced some difficulty from the 111 usage
of the mob. No arrests wers made.
BOATS MUST WINTER IN ICE
Beaalaolo Tries Osee More Fraltlese
Task of Cattlas; Bekooa.
era Oat.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Feb. 19. The United
States revenue cutter Seminole made an
other attempt thla morning to reach the
Bay of Islands.
When it started a northwest gale wss
blowing and the conditions were decidedly
unfavorable. The gale increased to
bllssard at noon, forcing It to abandon ths
attsmpt. and it returned to the harbor
at I this afternoon. Seminole aucceeded
In escaping from the storm only by feel
Ing Its way for miles around ths channel
head back to the channel, or it would have
probably been crushed against the coast.
It ta now generally conceded that Semi
nole's mission Is hopeless.
ESTATE IS TO ACCUMULATE
Heaolalo Wosaaa Faaeea Cklldrea
Over for tko la her a
Babies.
HONOLULU. Feb. 19. (Via Victoria. Feb.
19.) A peculiar will has just been filed for
probate. It was made by the Ista Mrs. A.
B. Csrter, a native woman who married a
Philadelphia physician, who survives her.
Ths will disposes of property in Pbl'.Adel
pbla and New York and tba island of Oabu
valued at about $21,000. and provides that
there is to be no distribution of the prop
erty until after the death of all her chil
dren, the youngest of whom Is 4 yesrs old.
The grandchildren will then share alike in
the distribution.
CUT WAGES - CAUSE STRIKE
Caoae Copper Cosapaay
Walk Oat Wkrs Pay
Red weed.
la
CANNE, Mexico, Feb. 19. The engineers
and firemen of tbe Canne Copper company
have wslked out aod tbe road la again
completely tied up.
No ore la being moved from the mines to
the smelters. Ths walkout wss due to the
company's action In reducing the wsges of
firemen and brskemen.
Ead of Feodal ysteas.
HONOLULU. Feb. 19. (Via Victoria. B. C.
Feb. 19.) What may herald the end of the
old feudal system In vogue among the an
cient chiefs and still observed by many of
tbe wealthy Hawallans, occurred In the cir
cuit court yeaterday. John Bright, a na
tive, secured Judgment for S4&0 agslnst
Prince David Kawananakoa. a brother of
Prince Cupid, the delegate-elect. It waa
claimed by the defense that Blight had
beea a retainer of tbe lata queen dowsger,
and that the services for which he claimed
oompeneatloa had beea psld for by tba use
of a portion of her land.
Prealdeat of Salvador Elected.
PANAMA. Feb. 19 Pedro Jos Esrblon
has been declared elected president of
Salvador, succeeding General Regalado, and
Cellx Velado baa beea declared trice pre si -
MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION
Frerident Insists Upon Ratification of Cuban
axd Canal Treaties.
"XICAN CATTLE MAY NOT ENTER
authorities Report niarase
, Live Stork. Which Waih.
m
t-.artea Aathorltiea Are
iBvestlgatlag.
(From a Staff Correspondeat.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Senator Dietrich had an interview
with President Roosevelt today regarding
matters In Nebraska. After he had stated
bis wsnts tbe president inquired In regard
to the ststus of the Cuban tresty, snd It Is
understood the president ststed to the
senstor thst there were erroneous reports
broad In relation to his position regsrdlng
the same. From conversation with tbe
senstor It was learned that unless tht
Cubsn treaty was ratified during the pres
ent congress he would call the senate In
xtraordinary session for that purpose.
There wss no mincing of words so fsr as
could be learned. The president wss em
phatic In his declaration. He stated that
he was not disposed to allow the Cuban
treaty to die an ignominious death snd
thst if the senate failed to do Its plain
duty he would call them together In extra
session for tbe purpose of ratifying the
treaty between Cuba and the United States.
The outlook for confirmation of the treaty
s not considered exceedingly promising by
the president, so far aa he can Judge from
con ver sat Ion had with senators on tbe sub
ject. The president regards the Cuban
treaty as the most Important of all those
pending, and that he does not Intend to
permit sny computations to Interfere with
the ratification of that treaty Is made ap
parent In his emphatic announcement that
he will hold the senatr in Washington until
some definite action ia taken upon the
measure.
Cat Bolldlasx Approprlatloas.
Senator Fairbanka, chairman of tbe pub
lic buildings and grounds committee of the
senate, announced today that hla commit
tee hud In preparation a public building
bill that would very 'materially decrease
the -amount carried by the house bill re
cently reported. He stated that he had
received word from Representative Cannon,
cbslrmkn of the appropriations committee
of the house, that the latter would not
permit any building bill of an omnibus
character to pus congress carrying mors
than SC.OOO.OOO. In accordancs with these
well defined views on the part of the
veteran chairman of the house appropria
tions committee. Senator Fairbanks hopes
to report a bill on Saturday that will meet
Mr. Cannon's support.
Nebraska and Iowa will probably suffer
by reason of tbe cut In appropriationa
which has been ordered, tmt to Just whst
extent Is problematical In view of the
Indefiniteneas which surrounds the bill at
the present moment. The rubcommlttee,
however. Is at work and It Is the deslrs of
Senator Fairbanka to report and pass ths
measure before the bouse tskes action on
tba bill reported from Mercer'a committee.
' Roatiao of Depart ae at a. '
Bids were opened today at the Treasury
department for tbe construction of the
extension of the public building at Bur
lington, la. The lowest bid received was
tbst of A. L. Shaw of Burlington, at $39,590.
Postmasters appointed
Iowa Fred G. Fearis, Richland, Keokuk
county; Paul B. Farley, Summerset, Warren
county.
Wyoming Thomas Freeguard, Bsrnum,
Johnson county.
An additional rural free delivery route
1)1 be established April 1 at Bedford.
Taylor county. Iowa. The route embraces
an area of eighteen square miles, contain
ing a population of 450 persons.
Mexican Cattle Barred! Oat.
Secretary Wilson said today that ths
British government had received ad
vices from one of lta consuls In
Mexico to the effect that foot
and mouth dtseaaa had broken out at San
Lula Potosl, and that tbe department of
agriculture, acting on the British repre
sentations, had directed Inspector Sbaw of
the bureau of animal Industry to make a
thorough Investigation.
Dr. Shaw Is now In the neighborhood of
the reported outbreak. Pending hia re
port tbe entry of live atock from Mexico has
been Interdicted. There are no official
advices to this government to indicate the
presence of the disease on ths Mexican
border.
Flads II lilt ta Systran Faalty.
Throe years ago William Cary San
ger, then Inspector general of the
New York National Guard and now
asalatant aecretary of war. made a
thorough Inspection of the reserve and
auxiliary forces of Englsnd and of tba
militia of SwiUerland.
Tbe work was voluntary, for, though
President McKlnley greatly desired it. there
was no appropriation avallabls and Colonel
Sanger defrayed hla own expenses. Ths
result of this Investigation Is embodied In
a report Just Issued from tbe government
printing office, which it is thought will
become a text book for the military
student.
Ssys ths author: "Ths story of the
Spanish-American war has much which
Americans must read with pain." And then
be tells how seriously the government waa
embarrassed In its efforts to msks use of
its cumbersome and refractory state militia.
"With the state forces that are main
tained with a view to national defense in
time of need," continues Colonel Sanger,
"there csn be no excuse for not devising
In tlms of peace the best plan for utilising
their services. And If It Is ad
mitted, as It must be, that ths army and
state forces combined will not be numer
ically strong enough to carry on any great
war. It is our plain duty to decide in ad
vance what la tbe wisest and best plan
toy exploiting our fighting force when such
action la necessary."
Having Bounded thfs warning. Colonel
Ssoger proceeds to state In detail the re
sult of his Investigations In Englsnd and
the former country being
I cnosen tor inquiry Drcause u resemtitea
the United 8tstes In having bo system j
of compulsory military service.
Wishes Jolat ('oaaaBlasloo to Meet.
Senstor Fairbanks hss suggested to Sir
Wilfrid Laurler tbe advisability of sgsln
calling together the Joint high commission
cn the Alaskan boundary treaty.
Sir Wilfrid and Senator Fairbanka are
chairmen of the Joint eommlaalon and when
that body adjourned in 1900 it was with ths
understanding that It could be reconvened
only by tbe mutual agreement of the two
chairmen.
Tbe Alaska boundary wss tbe rock upoa
which ths commission split at lta lat
meeting, for It .was clearly evident thst
tCoaUaoed. en Fouxlh Pag.)
MAY FORM A COMBINATION
Frleads of Btaiehood aod of C'aaal
Treaty May l.lak Kate If
Xrrraisri,
WASHINGTON. Fro. 19. There is a
movement on anions some of tbe friends
of the statehood bill ID the senate to couple
tbe fortunes of thst measure with those
of the Panama canal treaty snd mske the
ratification of the one depend upon tbe pas
sane of tbe other. f
The details of the f)laa have not come
to light fully, but It la understood that
the scheme Is to measce the treaty by
delsy until an agreement to vote on the
ststehood bill can be secured.
None of the statehood supporters will
admit that this is tbe purpose, but one
of the most prominent of them on the re
publican side of the chamber admitted that
such Is the tendency. 5rfsr.y of the stste
hood advocates on bothj sidus of the cham
ber ssy they will not tilow Senator Mor
gan to be forced by a test of physical en
durance to complete his speech lo oppo
sition to the tresty before he Is willing
to conclude of his owa sccord.
The rumor of such a. purpoee was cur
rent about the senate hrfore the executive
session began at 12:29 todsy and those
who had heard it merely as a rumor were
convinced that It was without foundation
In fact when Instesl of Senator Morgan
resuming his speech soon after the ex
ecutive session begsn Senator Quay ad
dressed the chair and aent op some doc
uments to be read, among which was the
constitution of Colombia.
He made no explanation beyond ssylng
that the documents would throw light on
(he subject and thst he thiugh. especially
at this time the senate should be informed
as to ths provisions of the constitution of
the country with which the United States
Is doing business.
This step on his psrt was tsken as a
notice that he Intended to assist in the
opposition of tbe treaty and It was re
called thst during yesterdsy'a executive
session and while Senator Morgan was still
speaking Mr. Quay bad Suggested the ab
sence of a quorum, thus helping to make
It easy for the Alabama senstor.
Mr. Quay took the copy of the Colom
bian constitution, whlrh he asked to have
read from quite a large pile of docuroenta
which lay on his desk snd when he asked
to hsve it resd the republican senators
sitting near him Immediately reached the
conclusion that he had united his forces
with Senator Morgan and that the atep
wss Intended to force the acceptance, of
the statehood bill.
Without giving voice to such a supposl
tlon Senstor Aldrich objected to the read
ing of the document by the clerk, saying
thst evidently the proceeding was merely
Intended for the purpose of delay.
Senator Quay replied that such wss not
his Intention snd that ha would ask to
have nothing read which would not throw
light upon the subject under consideration
Senator Morgan also said that so far as he
was concerned there wss o collusion. It
waa then agreed that "for the present and
until It should become evident that the
reading was for delay." It should con
tinue.
The anti-statehood republican senators
made no concealment of .-their auprlae at
Mr. Quay'a proceeding pl all of them
who would expfeaa an cAwljn st" girsaM
that the move would not result In the
passage of the statehood bill, whatever
might be Its effect upon tbe treaty. They
did not believe thst It vsottld preTent rati
fication of the treaty.
Before Mr. Quay took the floor Senator
Hoar made a brief spee-h In support of
the tresty, ssylng that since the Snooner
act had become a law the United States Is
In honor bound to consummate the trans
action provided for by thst set.
BID ROOSEVELT TO WATER TALK
Dietrich, Rosewater ssd Others lavlte
Prealdeat to Attead Irrlga
tloa Coagreaa.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Senators Kearna
of Utah and Dietrich of Nebraska, Wil
liam Classman, mayor of Odgen, Utah, and
Edward Roaewatcr. editor of The Omaha
Bee, today invited President Roosevelt to
attend the eleventh Irrigation congress, to
be held in Ogden on September- 9, 10 and
11.
Tbe president said he probably would
not be able to accept.
GET-RICH FIRM SAVES MAIL
Baspeeted Crook Ohtalas lalaactloa
Agcalast fit. Loals Post
sa aster.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 19 Judge Thayer to
day issued a temporary restraining order
agalnat Postmaster F. W. Baumhoff,
which requires him to desist stamping
the word' "fraudulent" on mall addreased
to the National Securities company.
He ia to appear in the United States
circuit court on February 28 to show cause
why tbe Injunction should not be made per
manent. Solomon Bwartx, who has been appointed
receiver of the E. J. Arnold Turf Invest
ment company, this evening mads ar
rangements for aa expert to open the safe
In the office of that concern. He also
took charge of seventy typewriters and
had them stored.
The postoffice department has ordered F.
W. Baumhoff to hold the mail of John
Ryan and company, ths St. Louis Turf
syndicate and the Colonial Securities com
pany. JURY GRANTS HALF MILLION
Awards Blc Daasaajes for Brakes Cos.
tract Asslgard with So Gaar.
astet of Fayaaeat,
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. After a trial
lasting fourteen days s jury In the United
Slates circuit court today awarded S500.000
to J. W. M- Fields, a distiller of Owens
boro. Ky.. sgainst Paris, Allen Co. of
this city.
Mr. Fields entered into a contract In
ISM with Paris. Alien Co. to
I furnish them with the output of his dis-
; tlllery for fifteen years. They saaigned
their contract to another firm, and Mr.
Fields declined to ship goods without a
guarantee of payment. Thla was not forth
coming, and ault was brought by Mr. Fields
to recover.
VOTES MONEY ?0R TWO FAIRS
Itah Seaate Appropriates Cash for
t. Loots as Port
taad. 8ALT LAKE CITY. Utsh. Feb. 19 In (be
senate today a bill was paaed sppropnai
ing 15.000 for Utah's exhibit at the St.
J Louis fair and $10,000 for the Lewis and
Clark 4pelUoB. at Portland.
DIVIDES DISTRICTS ANEW
Bill to BeappoTtion the Ut for Le&ie-
latire Purpose.
REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION
McAllister of Deael Offers Measare
lateaded to Pat the Cooatles
oa a Mora Eaattable
Foetlagt.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 19. Speclal.)
McAllister of Deuel has all resdy for Intro
duction his bill for the reapportionment
of the state Into senatorial snd represent
ative districts. Ths bill incresses tbe
number of representatives from Douglas
county from nine to thirteen and aenators
from three to four, giving tbe metropolitan
county seventeen. Instead of twelve mem
bers In the legislature. It combines a
small area of the western part of Doug
las with Saunders county In a new sen
atorial district and gives it one member.
The bill reduced the total number of
senatorial districts from thirty to twenty
eight snd Incresses the number of rep
resentstlve districts from sixty-seven to
seventy-four, but lesves the number of
members the same aa at present, 100 rcp
resentntlves snd thirty-three senators.
Lancaster gets six representatives, a
gain of two, but retains the same somber
of senators, two. Counties like Richardson,
which hsve but a small population and
large representation, are most affected.
Richardson has a population of 19.000, with
three members In tbe bouse. The basis
of representation Intended by law Is 10,
000. Thus under the present law Richard
son would scsrcely be entitled to two.
The new bill gives Richardson only two
members In the house. The purport of
the bill Is to equalise aa nearly as possible
without geremanderlng. The chsnges It
makes msy be seen from the new districts
which follow:
Senatorial Districts.
District. Counties. Members.
Flrat. Richardson end Nemaha 1
Second. Pawnee, Gage and Saline 2
Third. Johnson and Otoe 1
Fourth. Cass and 8arpy. 1
"Fifth, Douglas 4
Sixth, Douglas and Saunders 1 j
Seventh. Washington, Burt and Thurston. 1 .
Eighth, Dakota. Dixon snd Cedar 1 1
i intii, timing, v
fenth. Rtantoti. iin
leventh. Boone, N
welfth. Platte an
JMnth. t urning, Wayne and Pierce 1
Madison and Antelope.... 1
rsance and Alernca 1
nd Polk 1
Thirteenth. Dodge and Colfax 1 I
Fourteenth. Butler and Seward 1 I
Fifteenth, Lancaster 2
Sixteenth, York and Fillmore 1
Feventeentb. Jefferson snd Thaver l'l
Eighteenth, N'uckols. Webster. Franklin.. 1
Nineteenth, Adams and Clay 1
Twentieth. Kearney and Buffalo 1
Twenty-first. Hall and Hamilton 1
Twenty-second, Howard, Sherman, Valley.
Greeley, Wheeler, Garfield, Loup and
Blaine 1
Twenty-third. Knox. Holt, Boyd and
Rock 1
Twenty-fourth, Brown. Keya Paha,
Cherry, Sioux, Sheridan, Dawes and
Box Butte 1
Twenty-fifth, Lincoln, Logan. Thomas,
Hooker. Grant. Mcpherson. Keith, Per
kins, Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball. Ban
ner and Scott Bluffs 1
Twenty-sixtX - Custer and Dawson 1
Twenty-seventh, Harlan, Phelps, Frontier
ana uoeper 1
Twentv-ts-h,t,h. Furnas, . Red Willow,
ij ten cock, inase, staves am uuney.... i
wftepreaoatatlTe Districts.
First, Richardson ." t
Second, Nemaha 1
Third, Pawnee 1
Fourth. Johnson 1
Fifth, Nemaha, Pawnee and Johnson 1
Sixth. Otoe 2
Seventh. Casa 2
Eighth, Sarpy '. 1
iNinth. Douglas U
Tenth, Washington 1
Eleventh. Burt 1
Twelfth. Cuming 1
Thirteenth. Washington, Burt and Cum
ing ,
Fourteenth. Dakota and Thurston....
Fifteenth. Wayne v ,
Sixteenth. Dixon
Seventeenth, Cedar
Eighteenth. Stanton and Pierce
Nineteenth, Knox
Twentieth. Knox and Boyd
Twenty-first. Antelope
Tweaty-second, Madison
Twenty-third. Platte
Twenty-fourth. Platte and Madison.
Twenty-fifth. Nance
Twenty-sixth, Colfax
Twenty-seventh, Dodge
Twenty-eighth. Saunders
Twenty-ninth, Lancaster
thirtieth. Gage
Thirty-first, Jefferson
Thirty-second, Baiine
Thlrty-tmrd, saline & jenereon
Thirty-fourth. Seward
Thirty-fifth. Butler
Thirty-sixth. Butler and Seward
Thirty-seventh. Polk
Thirty-eighth, Tork
Thirty-ninth. Fllmore
Forty. York and Fllmore
Forty-first. Thsyer
Forty-second, Nuckois .
fnrtv-thfrd. Clay
Forty-fourth. Thayer. Nuckois and Clay
Fortv-nrtn. eosier
Forty-sixth. Adams
Fortv-seventh. Hall
Fcrtv-elghth. Hamilton
Fortv-nlnth. Hamilton and Hall....
Fiftieth. Merrick
Fifty-first. Boone
Fifty-second, Howard ,
Fifty-third. Garfield. Wheeler
Greeley
Fifty-fourth. Sherman and Valley.,
Flftv-flfth. Holt ,
and
.... 1
Fifty-sixth. Rock, Brown. Loup, Blaine
and Thomas
Fiftv-seventh. Keya Paha, Cherry,
Hooker and Grant
Fiftv-eighth. Sherman and Dawea
Fifty-ninth. Scotts Bluff, Box Butto. Sioux
snd Banner
Sixtieth. Deuel, Keith, Cheyenne and
Kimball
Sixty-first. Lincoln. , 1
Flxty-seeond. Custer
Sixty-third, Custer, Logan and McPher-
son
Sixty-fourth. Buffalo
Sixty-fifth. Kearney .
Hlitv-stxth. Franklin
Hixty-seventh, Harlan
Pixty-e Ighth. fneips
Sixty-ninth, Furnas
rVventleth. Dawson
Seventy-first, Dawson, uoaper and Kur-
nas
Seventy-second. Frontier and Hayes
Seventv-third. Red Willow
Seventv-fourth. Hitchcock, Dundy, Chase
and Perkins
TILLMAN TO STAY IN JAIL
Application for Release oa Hood Is
Refased by the Mastls
Irate.
COLUMBIA. S. C. Feb. 19. Former
Lieutenant Governor Tillman was this aft
ernoon refused ball at the conclusion of the
healing of his application for release oa
bond. Mr. Tillman Is held on the rbsrge
of murdering Editor Gonzales.
Mr. Tillman was not present at the tear
ing. The affidavits by the defense tended
to abow that Tillman acted in self-defense.
In his sworn declaration Mr. Tillman
stated that be had been repeatedly urged
and warned to watch for bis aafety. He
wlabed to avoid any altercation, hia state
ment saya.
Aa ha was about to retire from the office
In a couple of days, be wss removing bis
personsl effects, including two revolvers,
when he met Mr. Gonzales, who. he staled,
pushed his bsod Into his pocket. Believ
ing bis life to be lb danger, Tlllmaa hur
riedly aald: "I got your message." and
fired, the affidavit declares, to aava the de
fendaat'S Ufa.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecsst for Nebraska Friday Fair; Satur
day Warmer In East Portion, Ksir.
Temoeratare at Osaaha Teaterdayi
Hoar. Dear. Hoar. lesr.
g a. so io 1 p. aa i
a. ta 11 . so 2T
T a. sa JO S p. sa 30
i. R 4 p. an
t) su an io 5 p. sa Z
ll a. sa IS el p. sa SIT
11 subs Ill T p. m...... S3
IS aa. 1 a p. ra SMI
p. aa ill
COOPER CLUESBUSY NIGHT
Popallst Orgaalsatloa Electa Owlcers
to Deaajlae Delesjatlow.
At the meeting of the Feter Cooper club
Isat night the following officers were elected
by acclamation: President. H. F. Mcin
tosh; rice president, James McMonles;
treasurer. Silas Robblns; secretary, L. B.
Forgao: executive committee, John Em
blem, George Maguey. L. J. Qulnby, F. O.
Kellogg, E. J. Morrow; membership com
mittee, R. P. Quintan. Silas Robblns, Fred
Horton; sergcant-at-arma, Fred Horton;
program committee, Jama McMonlea, E
L. Thomas, George Magney, IV J. Qulnby,
H. F. Mcintosh.
The club discussed the question of placing
a city ticket in the field for the purpose
of ascertaining the number of populists
in tbe city and to hold tbe party organ I ra
tion. The following resolution was sdopted:
Wheresa, There Is now pending before the
legislature of Nebraska a bill known as a
substitute bill for house roll 171, the pur
pose of which is to equalise taxation In the
cities or enrasxa lor city purposea, ana
Whereas. The sols purpose of the law Is
to cause the rsllmad corporations having
property In the cities to share equally with
all other persona In the burdens of city gov
ernment, and
Whereas. Such equal taxation la required
under the constitution of the state snd Is
only just and equitable, and
Whereas, Such equitable taxation for loral
city purposes cannot In any manner what
ever, or In any way impair the revenues
of sny county or district In the state, or
tske awsy from such districts sny advan
tage thev enjov; therefr-e be It
Resolved, That we, the Peter Cooper Pop
ulist club of Omsha. do most earnestly re
quest and demand of the members of the
Urislature without ressrd to party affilia
tion, to grant the people of the cities relief
from the unconstitutional Inequality of
assessment existing snd which It la sought
to remedy bv enacting Into law. without
delay, the substitute bill for hoiue rail 171.
RED MEN'S MYTHSPRESENTED
New Orlesias Caralval Devotee Day to
AhorlsTlaal Lesreads Miss Roose
velt Aasoasr the Visitors.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 19. The Knights
of Monera gave tbe opening pageant of ,
the carnlvsl representing the myths of red
men, sixteen elaborate Boats parading the
streets decorated to Illustrate legenda of
the aborigines.
The city was magnificently illuminated
and decorated, the weather favorable and
the throng of visitors greater thaj ever.
Misa Roosevelt and other visitors Tiewed
the parade from the club galleries, whl'e
Admiral Schley stood beside the mayor at
the elty hslj plattcrm nfl , .was given, an
ovation. 1
The Momus ball waa especially brilliant.
with Miss May Schwarti as queen.
Admiral Rivet of the French cruiser Tsge
snd Admiral Schley occupied a box to
gether.
Miss Alice Roosevelt was again made
part of the royal court and speelsl atten
tion showered on her. The officers of the
battleship Texaa and the French cruiser
attended and with the Indian costumes of
the maskers and rich toilets of the women
made the acene unusually plctureaque and
inspiring.
BOILER BLOWS MEN TO BITS
Read! an- Loeoswotlre Explodes, K III-
lasr Two mad laJarlasT Sev
eral Others.
POTTSVILLE. Pa., Feb. 19. By the ex
plosion of a boiler on a Philadelphia
Reading passenger train engine here to
night, the fireman of tba locomotive ' waa
killed, the engineer fatally and several oth
ers slightly Injured.
Barney Rabb. the fireman, waa buried
under the rulna of hla engine, and his
beadlesa body was recovered two hours
later. John Alexander, the engineer, was
removed to a bospltaL He cannot live.
John Gillespie, a. passenger, was seriously
Injured. '
CATTLE DISEASE SERIOUS
Dr. Salaaosi Claims Great Preeaa.
tloaa Are necessary la
Masaaehasetts.
BOSTON. Feb. 19. According to Dr. P.
E. Salmon, who baa eome on frcm Washing
ton, the foot and mouth disease In soutb
esstern Massachusetts Is of a more serious
nature than baa been resllied In this state.
He says more precaution is necessary than
those in charge of Infected animals have
been willing to take if the disorder is to be
stamped out within a ahort time.
OVERLAND LIMITED WRECKED
,
Several Cars Ieave the Ralls as Resell
of Brakes Wheel, hat So
Oss Is lajared.
CHEYENEE. Wyo., Feb. 19 (Special
Telegram ) East bound No. 2 was wrecked
at Busbnell, on the Union Pacific this aft
ernoon. Several cars left the raila, but no
one waa Injured. Traffic was delayed about
six hours. A wrecking outfit from Cheyenne
waa aent out to clear the track. The ac
cident was caused by a broken wheel un
der the engine tank.
PARENTS AID LOGAN STONE
Carboadale Cltlseas Will Meet to Posh
Chlldrea's Msssatat to Fa.
as Geaerol.
CARBON DALE. 111., Feb. 19. The resi
dents of Jackson county nave started a
movement, supplementary to that of tbe
school children, to erect a monument to
General John A. Logan.
Tomorrow a mass meeting will be held
to launch ih movement.
Maveaseats of Oeraa resets Feh. 19.
At New York Arrived Lancastrian, from
Liverpool: Furnessla. from Glasgow. Sailed
L'Auultalne, tor Havre; Bulgaria, for
Hamburg.
At Queenstown Sailed Westernland.
from Uverpool, for Philadelphia; Celtic,
from Liverpool, for New York.
At Liverpool Anied Parisian, from St.
Johns. N K . and Halifax
At Rotterdam Arrived Amsterdam, from
New York.
At I aj n don Arrived. Feb. 1 ColumbU,
from boatou. fcM-lied Jainpaapolla, for Ms
Tors.
BOSDSHES ASK HELP
Ken Wlo An Still field on Eartley Obliga
tion Working on legislature.
SAY THEY ARE READY TO PAY SOMETHING
Only Thres Wlo Are BoWent Wio Are
Not Already Released.
WORKING QUIETLY ON LEGISLATORS
o
Schema Will Be Launched Sometime in
Next Eleven Days,
NOT CERTAIN OF GROUND IN THE HOUSE
.Members of Omaha Park Boar4 Ask
'.rarer Tax Levy and Boy AsbowbA
Available la Osaaha la Ea.
tlrely laodesjaate.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN. Feb. 19. feclal.) Unless
aystemstlc plana which have been set on
loot miscarry a demand will be made upon
tbe legislature within the next eleven days
to provide means for the release from their
financial obligation to the state of the
bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Bart ley.
Every effort is being made to Insure tbe
success of these plana and prevent their
mlBcarrisge. The men behind this move
ment hsve been ssslduous In their enter
prise, aod have been anxious to launch their
boat In open waters before this, hut have
been advised not to do so until some sort
of definite sctlon Is taken with reference
to the revenue bill, which has claimed and
possessed right-of-way from the very first
of the session. This advice has prevailed,
and the plan now is though there may
yet be some change to let the Hartley bond
proposition rest until the revenue bill Is In
troduced and well on lta way.
William A. Par ton of Omahi ami C. C
McNIfih of rremont,. tm-o of the Hartley
bondsmn, have been frequei.1 visitors at
ths stste capltol since the legislature con
vened, and have been carefully laying their
wires. Mr. Taxton left the city yesterdsy.
The Information comes from a source thst
csnnot be doubted thst the lsunching of
this movement has been arranged, and that
the matter will now be allowed to rest for
a few days. However, ss but eleven days
of tbe forty within which bills and resolu
tions of this character can be Introduced,
it will be necessary to get tbe machine Into
action before those eleven dsys expire.
ine members of the senate and house
n,Tfl pmty
on thla nroo-
ositton. While It csn be said thst even
the bondsmen themselves are not any too
sure of their ground, they feel reasonably
certain that some sort of compromise might
be made whereby their burden could bs les
sened. It Is not understood that the plan
la to work directly through tbe oompro
mise board, as was vodertaken on a previous
occasion. When the time for acUon corns
the argument will bo mads that there are
nowhtfttnr''me.i vhoera on the Hartley
bond . who coula e-hhd. responsible. Toe
certain reasons the names mentioned are
not disclosed. There were originally, of
course, a dozen persons on this bond of $1,
000.000, but by one means and another most
of them have managed to get from under
tbe load.
Willlasr to Cobb promise.
One of the men whom the stats' atlll
holds responsible for Indemnity on tha
Hartley bond, who was In the city today,
was interviewed upon the movement 'to
secure release from this obligation. Ho
conversed freely, but asked that hla name
be withheld from publication. Ho aald:
"While I sm not prepared, or not at
liberty to say what has been dona toward
securing the release of the Bartley bonds
men from this bond, I can aubstantlato
the statement that something is being
done. It Is a fact that we have taken
atepa to get off that bond not. I remind
you, to ahlrk any fair responsibility, but
to arrange for a just and equitable set
tlement of thla matter. I can aay thst
even before tne legislature convened cer
tain members were approached, with hon
est motives, in tbe Interest of thla prop
osition. And efforts have been made alnca
to obtain a nucleus among tbe members of
tbe legislature upon which we might pro
ceed with our schsme, but I am not aa
thoroughly In touch with the atatus of tbe
movement now as some others and cannot
give you a definite atatement as to that.
I have not recently entered Into any con
siderable talk with any of my associates
on that bond about tbe matter, though I
have seen some of tbem In tbs city and
presume they were here to sea what waa
to become of our scheme.
"It strikes ms that some fslr basis ot
settlement ouiht to be arranged. If tha
legislature thinks we are not entitled to
complete freedom of responsibility let It
name what amount of the loss It thinks we
ought to make good. For my part I would
be perfectly willing to leave tha entire .
matter to any twelve ot the largest tax
payers of Nebraska. I would be willing to
abide by their declalon. There are but
three of us who are feeling any concern
over this proposition and we are disposed
to do wbst is fair and right, but we cannot
that It wnnM he rlrht ta reaulra
us to discbarge the responsibility that
waa placed on tbe whole number. We are
all redured in pecuniary resources aa a
result of this bond proposition aa It ta.
I venture to ssy that we bave expended
already not a cent leas thsn $50,000 In
defending and prosecuting tbe suits aris
ing from tbe situation. Four suits have
been tried in the district court and throe
In the supreme court and aults of that
character are not tried for nothing.
"Yea, I would be eternally glad If this
legislature could aee its way clear to
provide means for straightening np this
matter and of course I. as well ss zny as
sociates, would be glad to get from under
this heavy load."
Fearfal ot Hoaso.
There Is Intense anxiety on tbe part of
the bondsmen this one, at lesst, snd no
doubt his feelings msy be tskeo as an index
to tboss of tbe others aa to tba prospects
for the success of their proposition. This
gentleman, in his conversation with a cor
respondent of Tbe Bee, asked:
"From your own observation, what do
you think would be the chances of getting
such a resolution through tbe house and
senate?"
It la evident that greater feara are en
tertained aa to tbe bouse thsn the senate.
BtUl. more work has apparently been done
among tbe members of the senste than tbe
house, with a view, it haa been suggsated,
of being able to secure a more sure founda
tion by beginning in tbe upper bouse.
Members of ths senste and house who
have been taken Into eon 11 le nee on this
movement are loth Indeed to talk. It la
Uared thai If too much la aald svosj, the