The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY HORNING, MAIiCIl 1, 1U03-TEN PAGES.
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COURT STOPS STRIKE
Jodg Adams Iwuei Injunction Against
Wabaah Employe
PROHIBITS ORDER OR ADVICE TO QUIT
S emm mm
Makei Obedienoe to Men's Vote Contempt
on Fart of Leaden
UNIONS DECIDE TO OBEY AND FIGHT
Will 8eek to Show Oanw Why Writ Should
Be Vacat- datOnoo. '
RAMSEY MOVES DURING TIME ALLOWANCE
Ohtulns Flvo Hara Grave and Vara It
UlPemal JarUt Prohibit
Proposed Btopnaa-o on
Railroad Liar.
BT LOUIS, March I. An Injunction la
ued by Judge Adams In the Vnited Btatee
district court today . stopped the Wabash
strike temporarily, at least.
By the poll taken last week the firemen
and trainmen authorised their committees
to declare a strike at once should Mr.
Ramsey refuse to grant the demands for an
Increase east of the Mississippi. It was to
prevent this order being issued that the
Wabash officials applied for a restraining
rule and it Is this order which the in
junction Is designed to prevent. The men,
though flabbergasted at the judge's aotlon.
Immediately decided to obey the order, but
to make epeedy arrangements (or a fight in
the courts, hoping thereby to have the
order at once rescinded.
Hnir Obtalaa Trace.
The strike wae to have been declared at
noon today, but at Mr. Ramsey's request
he was given till 6 o'clock In the evening
to make a final reply. Shortly before the
expiration of the allotted time his. answer
came In the form of peremptory command
of the court enjoining the officers of the
men's unions from "ordering, Inducing or
otherwise causing, directly or indirectly"
a strike on the Wabash system.
Two hours later Mr. Ramsey followed this
up with a note practically refusing point
blank to further consider the demands
ma do upon him. Then he went home, tell
ing waiting reporters that there would be
no strike.
Excitement among the railway men and
in 8t. Louis labor circles ran high tonight
and there was much talk of Ignoring the
meaning if not the letter of the Injunction
and striking anyway. The men were wild
and ready for almost anything, but the offi
cials restrained them, pointing out both
by manifesto and by word of mouth the
neccesslty for calm deliberation and the
advisability . of obeying the injunction,
which was at all events Issued by a duly
appointed court and as such entitled to
respect. At the same time attention wis
drawn to the fact that the Injunction was
of necessity merely temporary and the
union had" the tehi'ro show cause why.lt
should not be made permanent. Conse
quently it was decided to employ counsel
to argue, the case and endeavor to have the
order vacated.
The statements Insofar as they refer
to the action of the court are conservative
and impartial, but when at the end Mr.
Ramsey's action is commented upon the
officials spare no words in expressing their
opinion of the railroad president. He Is
declared an open and avowed foe of labor
organisations, who, finding he cannot oper
ate the road without the aid of union labor.
hs taken refuge behind an order of the
court, which the men must obey without
protest or go to jail.
Injunction Is liver pin.
The -Injunction, after reciting that it
has been represented, that defendants ars
conspiring to order a strike wltL the object
of atopplng the business of the Wabash as
a common carrier, goea On:
We therefore do strictly command you
and each and every one or you Individually
and as representative of the Order of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
brotherhood of ljOfomolive Firemen von
and said, organisations, representatives'. J
cieras, agem ana attorneys, ana all others
who may be aiding and abetting you or
them, or acting In concert with you or
them and under your, or their direction,
and until the further order of the court,
absolutely to desist ami refrain from In
any way or manner ordering, coercing.
ersuadlng, Inducing or otherwise canning,
directly or Indirectly, the employes of the
aid the Wabash Railway company, en
gaced In or the operation of Its trains
within the Vnited States as brakemen,
switchmen or locomotive firemen, to strike
or quit the service of said company, and
from. In any way, molesting or Interfer
ing with said railroad company's said em
ployes, or with the iteration of Its trains,
of the conduct of its business as a com
mon carrier, and from molesting or Inter
fering with said railroad company. Its of
ficers, agents or representatives. In inspect
to the operation cf Its .rains or employ
ment of men for or In connection there
with, and from preventing or Interfering
with said railroad company with Its em
ployes anil Its contracts with shippers for
the transportation of property, and from
Interfering with or preventing said rail
road company from offering reasonable
proper and emial facilities for the Inter
change of traffic between Its lines of rail
road and other lints of railway connecting
tnrrewiin, ana ins receiving, rorwardlng
and delivering of pasvenaera and property
to and from Ita lines of railroad with other
railroads connecting with such lines, and
making a continuous carriage of freight
from placs of shipment to the plsce of
destination, ana irom preventing or inter
fering: with said railroad company's connect
ing lines and their employes In the like
Interchange of traffic and facilities with
salil complainant rtllroad company and
from ordering, advltlng or otherwise In
fluencing employes of said connecting llnea
to rofuae to Interchange traffic and affurd
facilities therefor aa aforesaid, and from
l.irerfrring with or preventing: said rati
road company and lis connecting lines
from complying with the requirements of
he Interstate commerce act of the United
Status aad with their agreements with
ach other respecting said facilities for
the Interchange of traffic, and from Inter
fering with or preventing said railroad
company In the carrying of the malls In
accordance with Its contracts with the
I'nlted States and the laws relating thereto
to the end thfct by any of the acts or
means afore. H. the said defendants, their
agents or servMnta shall not Interfere with
aid railroad company from discharging Its
Ullllea aim tiuiipaiiuua Willi r"(wi iu III'
tertate commerce or prevent It from T't
forming any or all its duties or obliga
ttons Imposed by the act of congress ap
proved renruary t, is7. ana amendments
thereto In relation to Interstate commerce.
Hereof fall not. under the penalty of
what the law directs.
The injunction is witnessed by Chief Jus
tics Melville W. Fuller of the supreme
court.
The Injunction Is directed against the fol
lowing person by name In addition to all
other offlcera rf 'he two pilot's i
John J. Hanrahan. Frl r-r'-'harrtt, A.
it. Martin, wnifi ren. t. 11 ti-ioii w
K Poe. W. I. T .?. B. W. SchiT-r. V
ism McKay, J. H. Courtney trorge v
l.radley 11. Mi'.Mnnui, diaries A. Low
lu.i, Cnarwa J. .i;ur, H. t Nlemeyer,
I' (' White r". .'. fthe,r!. . '.ds.
, K. W. ArnoM, A. K. Jordan, P. 11. Mor
riaaey and t'. II. Wllklna.
Immediately after receiving the writ a
meeting of union leaders waa held, where
(Continued on Second Page.)
FRANCIS NOW GOES TO SPAIN
President of St. Loala Fair Dolaar
Good Work la Behalf of Ik
Esnoaltloa.
PARIS, March 5 President Francis of
the St. Louie exposition, started for Madrid
today, after devoting the morning to a
farther exchange of visit. He also went
to the Chamber of Commerce "d to the
bourse. t ..f
Shortly before the day's opera ''', -an
Mr. Francis held an Informal le'v(. .
era! hundred leaders of the financial . 'A
commercial world crowding around h.
while M. La Grave, the commissioner ot
France to the exposition, presented the
leading officials of the various chambers.
All those present had something good to
ay of the exposition.
M. Ssntos Dumont, the aeronaut, waa
among the callers at the hotel, while Mr.
Pranrla was out, so that they did not have
an opportunity for a personal conference.
During the ball last night President Lou
bet aeparated himself from the presiden
tial group in ordpr to confer with Mr.
Francis on the subject of the exposition
and American affairs In general.
The French president referred with spe
cial kindness and warmth to President
Roosevelt.
LONDON, March "The government has
accepted the Invitation of the United
States government to participate In the St.
Louis exposition," said Premier Balfour In
the House of Commons today, replying to
a question of Henry Newman, liberal, re
garding the steps being taken to Insure the
United Kingdom being adequately repre
sented. "The extent to which the country will
participate," continued the premier, "and
the exact modus operandi are now under
consideration."
LADY COOK RATES COURT
Loses Libel Action and Then Raises
Her Voire In Violent
Protest.
LONDON, March 3. J. H. Wallace, for
merly secretary of the late 8lr Francis
Cook, today obtained a verdict for $3,250
damages for libel against Lady Cook, for
merly Tennessee Claflln of New York. The
latter was charged with accusing Wallace
of conspiracy to circulate rumbra 'that Sir
Francis died an unnatural death.
On hearing the verdict Lady Cook sprang
from her aeat and, waving a bundle of
papers, shouted: "Lord Alverston, I am
an American and I want you to listen to
me. This baa cost me thousands of pounds
end I have trusted myself In the hands of
an English Judge and an English jury. I
have witnesses from America. I can bring
hundreds of witnesses. I want to go In
the witness box myself."
The lord chief justice tried to stem the
torrent and asked Lady Cook to leave the
court, but ahe continued to protest in loud
tones until the ushers removed her.
"Oh, don't pull me out," she shouted,
"I will walk out. I ought not to have
trusted, but I am a weak woman. I have
done more for England and America than
anyone else." ,
SHIP - TRUST -AIDS-, BRITAIN
Vessels Being? American Can Supply
Food In . Time of -War.
LONODN, March J. In bla presidential
address at the forty-third annual meeting
of the Association of British Chambera
of Commerce Lord Avebury was Inclined
to be congratulatory over the formation of
the International Mercantile Marine com
pany and especially in connection 'with the
British food supply in war tlmea.
He pointed out that the United States
would never permit the ship of an Amer
ican company to be interfered with on the
high aeaa.
The meeting unanimously resolved to
urge the appointment of a British minister
Ot commerce. Lord Brasaey said business
circles here would certainly be grateful to
the government If through the creation of
the proposed ministry It could remove some
of those ungenerous tariffs which British
commerce encountered In every quarter.
JUDGES REFUSE TO TRY CASE
Peculiar Sltnatloa Is Said to Exist la
the 1 Town of Abo,
Finland.
STOCKHOLM. March I. The Aftonbladet
haa a dlapatcb from Abo, Finland, atatlng
that (he judgea of the Abo high court are
resigning wholesale, and that the police are
forcibly preventing the hearing of witnesses
in the action brought against General Kal
gorodoff, the governor of , Helsingfora, by
the persona who were Injured in the rlola
at Helsingfora last spring.
The rlota at Helsingfora last spring arose
out of a demonstration by recruits against
the army edict. General KalgorodoS or
dered out the Coasacka, who charged the
crowd, knouting and knocking down Indis
criminately. A large number on both aides
were injured.
BOSTON FIRM CLOSES DOORS
Tight Money Responsible for Failure
of Prominent Brokers In
that City.
BOSTON. March I. The failure of A. B.
Turner Brother of this city was an
nounced on the atock exchange today. ' Tbe
firm was largely Interested In Massa
chusstta Consolidated Mining and In West
ern railway projects. The failure Is at
tributed to the stringency of the money
market.
ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT
Paaae asrer Train on CheaapeaVe A
Ohio ftaaa lata Rear Fad '
of Frelaht.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va., March' I Pas
senger train No. I on the Chesapeake ft
Ohio railroad crashed into the rear ot a
freight train near Ruae!l today.
Freight Brakeman Charles Miller of Rue.
sell was killed. Captain Davia cf Russell,
on the freight train, and John Rose, flie
man. were probably fatally Injured.
KANSAS AIDS HUNGRY SWEDES
Governor Issues Proclamation A p
peallaar for Funds with Which
to Feed Starvla.
TOPEKA. March . Governor Bailey to
day Issued a proclamation calling on the
people ot Kansaa to aid the famine suffer
ers in Sweden.
A general committee of which Dr. Carl
Swensen of Llndsborg Is chairman, haa been
appototel to take charge of the relief work.
OBSERVE PAPAL JUBILEE
Begal Pageint Mirks the Anniversary
of Pontiff's Crowning.
LEO STANDS STRAIN REMARKABLY WELL
Sarroanded by Maltl-Haed C'ardlna
and Soldiers His Pnle Face and '
White Robes Give In
earthly Impression.
""i, March 8. From sunrise to day
li. tome Was on the alert and show
ing t ,not unusual animation and Inter
est In the celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the coronation of Pope Leo
XIII. This movement was especially
noticeable at the large hotels which were
Illuminated as though for a ball.
The crowds which gathered before the
first cordon of troops were Impatient aa
they stood dripping under the persistent
rain. There was a great clashing of um
brellas and general feeling ot discomfort
among the waiting sightseers, who Included
very many women in most varied attire,
comprising foreigners of all nationalities
and Italians from all parts of the country,
the uniformity of the crowd being pleas
antly broken by groups of sisters In the
differept gowns of ; their orders. Catholic
students and picturesquely attired friars.
When finally the doors of St. Peters were
opened an almost Indescribable struggle
occurred. In which all present forgot the
rules of holiness and strove hard with push
of elbows and feet to reach tbe Interior of
the sacred edifice, while on all sides were
beard cries of fear and Imprecations, not
very well suited to the spot where a notable
religious ceremony was about to begin.
The tribunes were soon crowded to over
flowing and all the best standing places
were taken. A period of comparative calm
succeeded the great rush and the atten
tion of the people was attracted to tbe
guilded throne near the high altar, and
to the Immense pillars of the basilica,
hung with red silken draperies. Some of
the tribunes on each side of the altar
were filled with men and women blazing
with decorations.
Family of Pope Present.
In a special tribune was the pope's fam
ily, the diplomatic corps and the members
of the order of Malta, all In full uniform.
After an hour of very fatiguing wait
ing a majestic procession began to ap
pear. It was composed of the great dlg
nltarlea ' of the church, the forty car
dlnala present, gorgeous in their red robes,
alone making a most imposing character
istic and picturesque group.
At 1 o'clock the great boll of St: Peter'i
rang out a signal, which waa followed by
the ringing ot the bells of about forty
churches In Rome, aa they sounded tbe an
nouncement that the pontiff waa on hla way
to the basilica. The life of the ancient 'city
seemed to pause for a moment, hata were
raised and the sign of the cross waa made.
Shortly afterward, inside St. Peter's, silver
trumpets blared out their message and the
pontiff appeared.
Tbe people held their breath for a moment
and then all the .pent up enthusiasm burst
forth In a tremendous roar ot wslceca.
From hla elevation on the new sedlav gea
tatorla, -carried by twelve men In costumes
ot red brocade flanked by the famous fla
belll (spreading feather fans) and sur
mounted by a Vhite and gold canopy, the
pope appeared to be more than a human
being. He seemed to be a white spirit, this
impression being added to by the pontiff's
white robes and white mitre, delicate fea
tures, face white as alabaster and his thin
hands moving slowly In benediction.
Lonar Live Pope Leo.
As tbe aweet-toned, well-trained volcea of
the Slstlne choir sang "Tuea Petrus" thou
sands ot voices ahouted "Long live Pope
Leo," handkerchiefs fluttered In the air, the
banners of the various societies represented
were waved and many of those present.
overcome with emotion, sobbed loudly, while
others fainted from excess of feeling or
fatigue.
Meanwhile the pope proceeded alowly on
what aeemed a carpet of heads, absorbing
the entire attention of the vast throng.
When the pope arrived at the throne the
ceremony proceeded rapidly. Leaving the
aedla gestatorla the pontiff knelt and prayed
and then rose without aaalatance, donned
the falda and the new triple crown and tbe
celebration ot the mass began.
At the moment of the elevation of the
pope a profound alienee fell In the assem
blage, the guards presented arms, the peo
ple knelt, where It waa possible for them
to do so, and from the cupola came the
clear, thin Bounds of silver trumpets giving
the Idea ot heavenly music.
The pope then administered the papal
benediction and retired to a room for re
storatives, prepared on purpose every time
he goea to St. Peters.
Aerogram from America.
NEW YORK. March J. The following
telegram haa been aent to the pope by
Cardinal Gibbons, transmission having
been made by the Marconi wireless system:
BALTIMORE March 2 Pope Leo XIII,
Rome. Ituly: American helrarchy, clergy
and laity send congratulations on your
jubilee. (Signed)
JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS.
GOVERNOR CALLS OUT TROOPS
Colorado Eaecatlve Sends Soldlera to
Protect Property at Colo
rado City. ,
DENVER, March 3 At the requeat of
Sheriff Gilbert ot El Paso county and the
United States Reduction compsny, opera
ting at Colorado City, Governor Peabody
at noon today called out the atate troops
to proceed to Colorado City and protect the
reduction company's plant from strikers.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Cop.. March J.
The owners of the Elkton and other mines
at Cripple Creek were notified to discon
tinue shipping ore to the reduction mills
at Colorado City which are having atrike
troubles with the labor unions on and after
March S. Thts Introduces the atrike Into
the Cripple Creek district, aa the Elkton
company says It will continue to run, em
ploying union and nonunion men, aa can
be aecured.
ROCKEFELLER GOING WEST
Ho Spends Fair Honrs In Kansas
tlty and Then Leaves for
Deaver.
KANSAS CITT, Mo., March I. John D.
Rockrfeller. accompanied by hla wife, aon
and a physician, arrived here today from
the east enroute to California, where he
goea to take a two months' rest.
During a four hours' stop here the party
apent aome time driving about the city
aud departed at 1:M this afternoon for
Denver on a special train over the Mis
souri Pacific railroad.
Mr. Rockefeller declined to be inter
viewed. He appeared to be well.
APPR0PRIATI0NSGR0UND OUT
Combination to Keep Them Down
I'nable to Withstand the
Aaaaalts on It.
PIERRE. S. D.. March 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Today was appropriations day In
both house. The combinations formed
early In the session to hold down the spe
cials going completely to pieces. Tbe sen
ate passed house bills for 110,000 at the
blind asylum at Qnry; $2,291 deficiency at
the reform school; $35,000 for the Aber
deen . normal: $25,000 for the School ot
Mines at Rapid City; $20,000 for the peni
tentiary, and' the bill for RedOeld Insane
hospital, and for the armory at Vermilion.
The senate appropriations pasted by the
senate were to import broad-to Ued stieep
for the Agricultural college experiment
station and a number of bills which were
duplicates ot house bills passed yesterday
and today.
A bill wss Irtrodured In the senate au
thorising the state to make a deficiency
levy of 1 mill on the dollar.
In the forenoon session of the house
the speaker was voted his chair and gavel.
The house passed senate bills fixing fees
for filing articles of Incorporation and pro
viding rules for the governing of corpora
tions formed in this state. The house bill
to create a state revenue commission was
killed on committee report, as waa the bill
to tax the products of ralnea.
At the afternoon session the house rap
idly ground through house bills up to the
time of special orders and passed bill
giving sheriffs $5 per day custodian fees for
holding stocks of goods taken under exe
cution; requiring counties to pay half
values for horses killed on account of
glanders; submitting to the electors of
Butte and Lawrence countlea the matter p!
boundary; providing for extra compens
ation for assessors in large counties, and
several small deficiency appropriation bills,
besides an appropriation of $20,000 for
Improvements at the penitentiary.
Then started the fight on the special ap
propriations fo.' Spcarflsh, Springfield and
Madison, which failed yesterday and tho
work was a repetition of the scones In the
senate two years ago under similar con
ditions. It was a matter of bringing up
the bills again and again until they finally
pulled througf, the Spearnsh bill coming
firBt and passed, 63 to 1. Lnngstaff fought
the bill to a finish, but was defeated In his
every effort in one of which be took the
first appeal from the decision of the chair
which has been made this session, but
failed to make his point. The Madison bill
wae next and failed, after whl.h LongBtreet
declared It as his belief that as one had
passed the other two should go through.
Springfield came next and apnln went down
for lack of two-thirds. Allrfn then moved
reconsideration of the Madl-on bill, which
passed, followed by lecontideration and
passage of the Springfield '..ill. The Ben
ate bill appropriating $1,00. annually for
firemen's tournaments cam up and after
considerable opposition wee -. to the Judi
ciary committee to pasa upc i its constitu
tionality. The house genenl appropria
tions bill and the bill -for $J,000 appro
prlatlona for buili'ings on t' fair, grounds
at Huron were Introduced by 'he appropria
tlona committee. . " . '
KATY CLAIMS INOiftN LAND
Files 'Application for Alternate- Sec
tions Through Cherokee Nation
with Davis Commission.
VINITA, Kan., March 3.-The Missouri,
Kansas A Texaa railway has filed with the
Dawea commission a claim to every alter
nate section on each side of Its line through
the Cherokeen nation. .
Thla claim la based upon an act of con
gress passed in 1866, and involvea 600
square miles of fine agricultural land.
The Cherokee nation will Insist upon the
United Statea reimbursing the Indiana In
case the railroad should sustain lta claim.
Chief Buffington claims that the land In
question waa given to the Indiana In 1835
by President Martin Van Buren, who aald:
"Thla shall be your home forever."
The Cherokees formerly owned Georgia
and South Carolina, Alabama and West
Virginia, in whole or in part. It Is thought
the government will Ignore the claim.
DEAD CATTLE D0T" PRAIRIE
Colorado Steers Snecnmb by Whole
sale to Severe Bllaaards and
Deep Snow.
DENVER, March . Thousanda of cattle,
dead or dying, In tbe snow can be seen
from every railroad car throughout the
range country. '
Tbe storms of the last two weeks wrought
havoc among the herds. Trainmen arriv
ing from the east report from six to
twenty Inches of snow on the Kansaa line.
One train crew on the Missouri Pacific road
counted more than 1.000 dead cattle be
tween the Kansas line and Pueblo. Rock
Island tialnmen estimate a similar number
lying within sight ot that line.
GOULD SYSTEM GETS BIRD
Milwaukee Official is to Become
Traffic Manager of All
Uaes.
MILWAUKEE. March. 3 The Evening
Wisconsin today aays: Within the nwxt
thirty days A. C. Bird, third vice presi
dent ot tbe Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
will become traffic manager of the entire
Gould system. His general headquarters
will probably be in Chicago. President A.
J. Earllng of the St. Paul road.' practically
confirmed the report and Mr. Bird did not
deny it.
OHIO RIVER AGAIN RISING
Daaaer Llae la Kxperted to Be
Reached Today and Mark
Damage May Follow.
CINCINNATI. May S. The Ohio river at
9 a. in. had reached the stage or 49.4 feet
and la rising at tbe rate of two-tentha of a
foot an hour. At this rate the danger line,
nny leet, will be reached at noon.
Indications are that possibly tour feet
more may come, which will cause much In
convenience in the lower portions of the
city by the flooding ot cellars.
KANSAS SEEKS NEW FOREST
Asks President to Set Aside Seventy.
Flva Thousand Acres la
Finney Ctpaaty.
TOPEKA, Kan.. March S President
Roosevelt will be asked to set alde 75.
000 acres In Finney county aa a forest re
serve. If the president granta the re
quest pine trees will be planttd.
The Kansas congressional delegation In
Washington will lay the matter before tbe
prealdtnl thla week.
FIND MRS. LILL1E GUILTY
Fix the Penalty at Impriioiment in Peni
tentiary for Life,
DEFENDANT TAKES VERDICT COOLLY
nrmanded to the Custody of tbe
Sheriff and tow Orruples the
Woman's Cell la Butler
County Jail.
DAVID CITY. Neb.. March . (Special
Telegram.) "We, tho Jury In the above en
titled rase, being duly Impaneled and
sworn, do find tbe defendant guilty of mur
der in tho first degree and rerommend
that she be Imprisoned for life.
"(Signed) A. C. POOLE. Foreman."
Thla waa tbe verdict rendered by the
Jury In the Llllie murder case at pre
cisely 3 o'clock this afternoon. Aa aoon
as the Jury had agreed upon their verdict
(hs news sprcsd rapidly and in a few
moments people were seen running from all
directions toward the courthouae and be
fore the defendant arrived the large dis
trict courtroom was completely packed
with humanity'. A large portion of the
crowd was men, not to exceed twenty
women being present. Each person aa
they entered the courtroom door wore an
anxious look and loudly whispered, "What
Is the verdict?"
Mrs. Llllie, accompanied by her father,
brother. Mrs. Orisinger. her sister, and
Sam Llllie, brother of the murdered man,
arrived at 3:23. They all took their usual
seats In the courtroom. While Mrs. Lillto
looked bright end pleasant she had the
appearance of anxiety aa to what the
verdict of the twelve men wss. As they
marched In she looked at each one very
carefully.
When Clerk Straka read the verdict Mrs.
Llllie sat motionless and when the word
"guilty" waa pronounced not even a quiver
of the lip was noticeable.
Counsel for the defense sked that the
Jury be polled. Clerk Straka called the
name of each Individual Juror and when
he arose propounded the question:
"Was this and la this your verdict?" and
the jurors Individually responded in clear
and distinct tones, "Yes, sir."
Judge Good thanked the Jurymen for
their patience during the trial of the case
and then excused them without further
service.
Mrs. Llllie waa remanded to tbe custody
of the sheriff and ahe now occupies the
woman's cell at the county Jail. The ver
dict as rendered waa expected by thoae
who heard all of tbe testimony and fol
lowed the case closely.
.The Instructions of Judge Good to the
Jury were lengthy and on the whole con
sidered to be eminently fslr. especially on
the polnta of previous good character of
the accused and motive for the commission
of the crime. The jury was charged yes
terday evening and deliberated practically
all night.
BODY IS PARTLY IDENTIFIED
Rematas of Woman Found la. River
' '. ' ProWnly.'. Victim. --af
Knapp.
NEW ALBANY, Ind., March . Although
Edward K. King today failed to positively
Identify the body of the woman found in
tbe river here as that of his wife's alster
and a wife of Alfred Knapp, the impression
Is strong that the body la that of Knapp'a
victim. The matter of identification Is ex
tremely difficult, owing to the Jong Immer
sion.
It is believed, however, that the body ia
that of Hannah Goddard Knapp and that it
was put In a rough box, thrown into the
Miami river at Hamilton, O., December 22,
floated on out of the Miami and Into the
Ohio and down past Louisville, where it
rose to the surface and was discovered.
The identification of the body waa made
almost certain last night by a minute de
scription telegraphed by the authorltlea of
Hamilton. In her ears were found gold
wire earrings and on the third finger of the
left hand waa an embossed ring with three
little birds and an owl. In every particular
the body was found to tally with the minute
description given by Knapp In hla confes
sion.
After being removed to an undertaking
establishment tbe body waa embalmed. Mr.
King examined minutely the earrlnga and
ring, and It la believed that before the day
Is over he will declare the body to be that
of Hannah Goddard Knapp.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Murch 8. A tele
graph message Just received from New
Albany, Ind., says: Edward F. King of
Cincinnati and Charlea Goddard of Ham
ilton, O., brother-in-law and brother of
Hannah Goddard Knapp, have positively
identified the body found floating In tha
Ohio late - yesterday afternoon aa that of
Hannah Goddard Knapp, wife of Alfred
Knapp, now under arrest In Hamilton. The
statement was made that the jewalry found
on the person was the same known to nave
been worn by the young woman lefore she
became the wife of Knapp, and that there
Is not the slightest doubt of her identity.
The remains will be sent to Hamilton tbia
afternoon.
HAMILTON, O.. March 8 While talk
ing about the finding of tbe body of Han
nah. Ooddard today Knapp confeasod an
other assault.
He waa hoboing in Missouri in the sum
mer of 1886, when he stopped at a farm
house and a 16-year-old girl gave him
bread and milk. When he found ahe waa
alone he assaulted her. Aa he waa leav
ing the room he saw a loaded Winchester
and grabbed it.
Soon after he waa pursued by sixteen
armed men, whom he held at bay and
finally escaped to the river, where at tha
point of his Winchester he made a man
take him acrosa in a skiff. After emptying
the Winchester he gave the rifle to the
man with the skiff and then escaped aa
rapidly aa possible through another atate.
Aa ne conciuaea nis narrative ne asked
with a sort of puszfed air: "What will
tbey do with me?"'
"Don't know," replied the queationer.
"Some aay you are craty."
"Well, I'm not," responded Knapp wl'h
audden heat, "I on'ry get tbeaa killing spells
at times, that's all."
DEATH OF BANKER AMYSTERY
Indlratlaaa Point to Opium Poison
aad an Autopsy Will
Be- Held.
GUTHRIE. Okl., March 8 An autopsy
held on the body of Horace H. Hagan, a
widely known politician and banker, who
died adddenly yesterday, aupposedly from
heart disease, indicates opium poisoning.
It Is supposed that Mr. Hasan took an
overdone of the druj to allay pain. ' Tha
stomal h will be removed and examined.
Mr. Hagan carried heavy life Insurance,
said to aggregate $100,000, tbe last $20,000
ot which waa aecured tea days ago.
CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER
ForecaKt for Nebraska Snow Wednesday
and I'rohHbly Ihurruia).
Temperature at Omaha Veaterdayt
Hour. Ilea. Hour. Dear.
S a. m .ia 1 . m SiT
tl a. m ...... :t.t 2 . m ......
T a. ni Jl p. in it
a. m .'l.'t 4 p. in . t . . . . it
a. m at. B p. m ...... SH
1 a. m a.1 II p. ni n
11 a. m UU 7 p. m HI
12 ni it N p. m HI
- D p. in ..... . aa
PLEAD GUILTY AND ARE FINED
Three Men Indicted for t'naaplrncy
In Connection with Indian
Land Sales.
Mck Fritz, Matthlaa Williams and John
McKeegan were each fined $200 in the
United States district court yesterday after
noon, having pleaded guilty to a chargn
of combining with other persons to Inter
fere with the free sale of government land
at auction.
The action was based on two indict
ments returned by the lt.nt grand jury, In
which these defendants, together with John
A. Harmon of O'Neill, A. J. West and Wil
liam Tlgh, were accused In bIx different
counts of conspiring to defraud the United
States, of conspiring to interfere with the
sale' of public land and ol Interfering with
such sale. All of the other Indictments
and counts against the three prisoners at
tho bar yesterday were dismissed by the
district attorney, and the defendants were
given ten daya In which to pay the fine
and costs.
These cases grew out of a recent eale of
land In Thurston and Cuming counties,
which sale waa held at 'O'Neill. In the
atatement ot the attorney of the defend
ants to the court it was said that the
parties had paid $2,100 to persona to cause
them to refrain from bidding, but that it
waa done because the parties threatened
to bid much more than the land waa worth
and then fail to comply with the terms of
sale, so that the land would revert to tho
government, which would bo to the Interest
of the men who received the morey, aa
some of them were then occupying the
land.
This statement waa admitted as true by
the assistant district attorney, and he rec
ommended that tbe pleas be accepted and
the other counts In tbe Indictments be die.
missed.
MAIL CARRIER IS MISSIN0
R. C. Davis, No. 1 of the Force, Has
I'naecountnhly Disappeared
from View.
R. C. Davis, one of tbe pioneer letter
carriers of the Omaha postal service, la
missing. He waa carrier No, 1, haa been
in the service twenty years, and was re
garded aa one of the most trustworthy of
the force.. '
' Davia ia about 60 years of age and, wlvh
bla wife, boarded at 11)01 California street.
Mrs. Davis is his second wife, he being also
her second husband. . Their domestic re
lations ,'Were amicable, aflLMrs,--Davi!!j
at a loss to account for his disappearance.
Mr. Davia haa been missing since Fri
day evening last. When he went home off
duty that evening he changed his carrier's
uniform for civilian clothes, and gave hia
wife recelpta for a number of small bills
that he had paid, Including the receipt for
his life insurance, which was not yet due,
and left unpaid eome bills tbat were really
more pressing. On leaving the boarding
house he told his wife he waa going to
visit a sick fellow letter carrier, and that
la the last she has seen of him.
Officials of the Letter Carrier's association-called
upon Mrs. Davia on hearing of
her husband's disappearance and will assist
In the endeavor ot locating him.
It waa at first thought that Davia might
have gone to California to visit his step
son, who lived at Loa Angelea. Mra. Davia
la not of tbat opinion, and la Inclined to
think that he will turn up again aoon all
right. Hla affairs with the postoffice de
partment are all right, and the cause ot
hla disappearance is yet unexplained.
GAS INSPECTORS ON STRIKE
New Men Employed by Chicago Gas
Company Under Police
. Protection.
CHICAGO, March 8. The atrike of the
Inapectora in tha employ of the People's
Light and Coke company, which was en
dorsed Sunday by the Chicago Federation
of Labor and ordered yesterday, waa act
ively Inaugurated today, nineteen inspectors
aent out by the company having left their
work at the request of the members of the
Gss Inspectors' union, who bad been dis
charged. The company executed a ahrewd move by
ordering the Inspectors not to report at
the office today, but to go directly to work
from their homes. In spite of the warn
ing twenty men reported at the office.
Police protection waa asked for and
under the protection ot tbe offlcera tbe
squad boarded a atreet car to make their
dally rounds. Several members of tbe
union also boarded the care and aoon pre
vailed upon all but one ot the men to join
In the strike.
NEW TERMINAL IN 'FRISCO
Better Than the Santa Fe or South
ern PncISc, but Casts
Million Dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO, Marcn 8. The Ex
aminer aays: Representatives of the San
Francisco Railroad, Terminal and Ferry
company have just secured a freight t 'r
mlnal In San Francisco at a cost of 11.900,
000, which will provide greater facilities
than either the Santa Fe or tbe South' rn
Pacific controls. v
Tbe new terminal Is located In the
Potero, Just north of Islals creek, and com
prises between sixty and seventy full
blocks, containing more than seventy-six
acrea.
The greater part of thla property Is now
submerged by tbe tides and It will cost
$2,000,000 to Improve it.
Movements of Ocean Vraarla, March 3.
At New York Arrived: Seeland, from
Antwerp: Lahn, from Uenoa, Naples and
Gibraltar. Sailed: Pallida, for Naples
and Genoa.
At Cherbourg Arrived: Kronprlnx Wll
helin, from New York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Neckar, from
New York.
At Itrow Head Passed: 1'ltonla, from
Ronton tor Liverpool.
At Prawi Piint I'aased : Pennland, from
Philadelphia for Antwerp.
At Rotterdam Arrived; Rhynditm, from
N-w York.
At Kremen Arrived: Kronprlns Wll
heim, from New York
At Antwerp Arrived: Vadurlandr from
New York.
At Alexandria Arrived: l ommonwealth,
from Hoatim, via Genoa, etc.
At yjeeuatown Arrived : Ultonla, from
Boston for Liverpool (and proceedaU).
OPES THE CIGAR BOX
Tbat ii tbe Mandate of a Etiolation Intro
duced in tin House by Knox.
BARTLEY AND HIS FRIENDS TO FIGHT
Former State Treasurer Meserre May Also
Iluve an Investigation.
FATE OF THE RESOLUTION UNCERTAIN
Kailmads Win a Signal Victory on
Terminal Taxntion.
H. R. 330 INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
ncireentatlvea f f'nunllea Which
vWobIiI Have Ilcea Direct ltene
' flclarlca Vote Aawlnat
Men sure.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
'LINCOLN, Neb., Murch 3. iSpeclal.)
Whereas. There ia an effort being made to
lelleve the .itlliial Lioixiatnen of Joseph 8.
Kurt ley, and.
Whereas. It being of common report that
there Is or bus been In existence a much
mooteii cigar box tontniiilng information
aa to why It hits become noceseary for his
ntfliial bondsmen to ask for legislative re
lief, therefore, be It
Resolved, by this house. That it be re
sulted tint the h foresaid clar box, to
nether with lis "ontents, be produced be
fore this body lor official Investigation,
and that this hoiwe appoint a committee
of live mi niliers of this body to prosecute
this Investigation ami lie empowered to
call for all papers and compel t tie appear
ance of all persons required to carry thla
Investigation to Its auccesfcful termina
tion; ami be It further
Resolved, That tills rommlttee be also
empowered to investigate the official con
duct of ex-State Treasurer John M. Me
serve regarding his alleged acceptance and
retention of Interest collected '.ipon money
beloniting to the atate which. It la alleged,
he had loaned and deposited In certain
banks in this state.
In spite of all the Influences brought to
bear by Bart ley beneflclarlea and othera
to prevent any move by thia legislature
looking to an lnvestlRatlon of the Dartley
cigar box scandal, this resolution; was Intro
duced In tho house today, aa waa pre
dicted In The Bee this morning. Knox of
Buffalo county la its author'. Mr. Knox
says he has Introduced the resolution only1
after a careful study of all the circum
stances surrounding this complicated and
mysterious affair aud aa the result of due
consultation with friends. lie declarea tbat
he Is prepared to push It vigorously, con
tending tnat it embodies a most urgent de
mand of the people ot Nebraska. Mr. Knox '
admit that he has been importuned by
varloua Individuals to drop the resolution.
One element has sought to stall off the
action by trying to make him believe It
would be an unwise ntep from a republican
standpoint, Mr. Knox being a republican,
but all such appeals, entreaties and advice
have fallen upon deaf ears.
" Sentiment Is Growlnar,
Tbat there is a live and enthusiastic
sentiment in the legislature for a thorough .
.ln.YestigatIon:.ofibia entir? Bcandal..and -
mystery cannot be denlod. , It wed apparent?
at the outset of the session; it has become'
evident since the recont declamatlona ot
Bartley In hla interview with a correspond
ent of The Bee, in which he defiantly told
tho peoplo of Nebraska It la none of their
business what he has done with the $500,
000 of state money embezzled.' Then, too,
the Introduction In the senate by Hall of
Douglas county of a resolution to releaae
the Bartley bondsmen from their official
obligation to the state, stimulated this de
sire for an honest Investigation. Thia la
apparent from the first clause of the above
resolution. The members who want to see
this affair cleared up have taken the po
sition that if the legislature la to go about
freeing these men from their obligation to
Nebraska It should free Nebraska, It pos
sible, from the burden that rests upon It
by partial reason of the veil which is held
tightly around this Mgar box said to con
tain ao many valuable I. O. IT'S.
Aa was Indicated in The Bee this morn
ing and aet forth In the resolution, the
plan of Investigation contemplates an in
quiry into the official conduct of ex-State
Treasurer Meaerve. the popullat official who
succeeded Bartley and whose name has
been connected somewhat with matters in
cidental to this mystery. Also, aa waa
forecasted by The Bee, steps will be taken
If the resolution ia passed to have Gov
ernor Savage and any othera who may be
able to throw light upon this question tes
tify before the committee.
Hartley's Friends Active,
What the facta of the resolution will be
cannot be predicted. It has been referred
to the Judicial committee of tho house,
composed of Nelsou, Mofsman, Ten Eyck
and "Kennedy of Douglas, Loomis of Dcdge,
Sweezy of Adams, Douglas of Rock, Thomp
son of Merrick, Spurlock of Cass and Perry
of Furnas. These men are all leaders In
the bouse. Tbey are all republicans, save
two, Loomis and Kennedy. It la not pos
sible to obtain an expression from he com
mltteo at this time, however. One of the
members pointed out this afternoon that
'rs polntec
was a lad
there was a lack of harmony In the com-
mittee. '
That every possible effort will be made
by the Bartley people and those who for
obvious reasons do not want to ace any
additional light shod upon thla affair to
obstruct the investigation. Is a foregone
concluaion. Slnro tho opening of the sns
slon this element has been teprnsented in
the legislature by cflkial lobbyists to aee
tbat this thing was not stirred up. This
lobby la still at work. One of the engi
neers of this movement had the temerity to
say yesterday In the course of his work
among a little group in one of the anti
rooms of the house:
"They talk so murh about the money that
Joe Bartley and his bondsmen owe the
state! Why, do you' know It's fact that
Bartley has actually paid back to tbe atate
over $200,000? And If Ihey had given him a
chance when be was out on parole he would
have paid back more. He asked for fur
ther time, but It was refused him."
It n 1 1 road a Kvade Taxation.
The house this morning by a vote of
flfty-threo to thirty-eight Vqted to In
definitely postpone H. K. 330, the bill tax
lug railroad terminals for munlrlpal pur
posed. The vote came on tbe reports ot the
committee on eities and towns. Tbe major
ity of that committee, Roberta cf Dodge,
Ferrar of Hall, Cropsey of Jefferson, Mc
Clay of Lancaater and Cauell of Otoe, all
representing cities having railroad termi
nals and demanding the rights contained
In this measure, voted to Indefinitely post
pone the bill, while tbe minority, Gilbert
and Nekton of Douglas, Sweezy of Adams
and Keener of Platte, ulso containing cities
having railroad terminals and favoring tbe
passage ot the bill, voted to recommend the
bill for paanage. Tbe former report was
sustained.
This is the flrit direct test (hat has been
made In the house on thla question 'of
railroad terminal taxation, Aa a matter
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